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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Steel Workers, the strongest trade or
| ganiZatiOn in the Central Union OF
Terre Haute, Ind, unanimously re-
| fused to indOrse the views of Samuel
w. GOmpers on the presidential candl-
dacy, deciding to let its members vote
as they please. The Central Union so
far has refused to take up the mat
| ter.
Protest from Leaders and Press.
Frank A. Kidd, president of Column
bia Typographical Union No. 1O1, Of
Washington, d. c., takes exception to
the effort by Samuel Gompers to bring
the labor vote into line for William ].
Bryan.
Now that GOmpers has announced
his programme" says he, II do not
know that anything need be said. How
ever members of unions, like other
citizens, will exercise their individual
preference at the polls, and are more
than likely to be guided by their party
predictions than by the political pot
| pOurri prepared by officers of the Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. UniOnism is not a
political question, nor can unions as
body be swept into any political camp"
Commenting on Mr.. Bryan's Labor
Day visit TO Chicago, the Building
Trades the official organ of the AssO-
ciated Building Trades of Chicago and
Cook county, although a Bryan sup
porter. says Bryan was buncOed when
he visited Chicago. Editorially the pa
per declares that the whole affair look
ed like an attempt to punish organ
izatiOns that the Federation could not
control, rather than a celebration of
the annual holiday of labor, concluding
with the statement: at was not i
vOte-making day; it was vote-losing
program
The Labor World of Pittsburg in a
recent editorial said: at is ex-
tremely unfortunate for the trade
suniOn movement that President Com
pers has reduced himself to the level
of mere common, political haranguer
and agitatOr. He has descended to the
level of the methods of the thorough
going professional political spOuter The
latter invariably lives by besmearing
the characters of others and imputing
all kinds of dishonest motives to his
opponents. This is what President
GOmpers has done and is doing now
that he finds himself entangled in a
net the intricacies of which he had no
idea when he set out on his Democratic
campaigning"
Caft Real Friend of Labor.
The reasons of the international
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Taft an honorary member were given
in a letter from T. J. Dolan, General
Secretary-TreaSurer of the union, to
President GOmpers of the American
Federation of Labor. The letter says:
During the last session of Congress
Mr.. Taft and six Congressmen-three
Republicans and three Democrats
helped us to make fight to- keep
| wages up at Panama, and all these men
| were elected as honorary members of
our brotherhood at the time. There is
no politics in this matter as far as our
organization is concerned. Of course,
we appreciate very much the efforts of
these men in helping us to keep up the
| wages of our members, and it is only
quite natural that we should wish
| them to receive political success"
Changing Industrial Conditions.
In the ten years which has elapsed
ci inc Of ho ,nlo
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-15

Burn all We cannot take. And then for the hills
o Wales! But well harry CO.,
Tall and stately Maud Neville. the widowed
lady Of Warmont Castle. Her hair white but
she erect pine and all who looked into
her resoute face might we'll have taken courage.
Some seemed to do SO. and around her gathered
Of stalwart reainers, with shields. axes, and
swords Some who had bows were hidden to the
loopholes the second floor, and bide their time
Men" she said you know well what wolves these
Of us will be left to tell the tale"
chorus OF loyal voices answered her and the
gripped their weapons.
The robber chief and his savages had reached
the palisades.
With loud yes, they rushed. The foremost
fighters each side closed in desperate strife and
the Warmont farmers showed both skill and strength
Halt Of them carried batte-axes poleaxes and they
himself the rush might have been checked but
nothing could stand before him. He fought like
wild beast, striking down foemen right and left and
making a pathway for his followers.
Victory for the outlaws would have been shortly
gained but for the help that to the villagers.
"Onward my men," shouted Lady Maud, as she
sprang across the narrow bridge. Follow me! Save
your kith and KIM
Still they too few; and the white head Of the
brave woman quickly the centre of surging
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-15

mass, her men being almost surrounded by the
horde Of robbers.
No shout came up the road. There was no sound
but the r~7id thud Of horses feet but suddenly five
good ances charged furiously in among the wolves.
The foremost horseman went clean through them but
his horse sank groaning Welsh pike stabbed
him, and his rider barely gained his feet the
horse went down. Sword in hand. then, he turned
to face his foes, but he spoke not to them.
Mother" he shouted Il am here"
Thank God for thee, my SON." responded the brave
Thou but just In timel"
Dire had been her peril at that moment but Rich
ards presence gave courage to the defenders, while
his charge had staggered the outlaws. He
than match, with three of his discounted men-at-
at his side for the foes Immediately in front
of them His fourth follower lay several yards away
with his steel cap beaten in by blow of the terrible
club
"Iah! Hah! Hah!" yelled Clod he turned from
that victim to press his way young Neville.
Down with him. Out OF my path Give the young
ster to me-"
Face him my mem" said Lady Maud
heavens aid be with thee! On, for the good
Kings men,
Il have thee" roared Cod swinging high his club
and preparing for deadly blow,
Firm rock stood the young warrior raising
his shield to parry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-15
- =: AN ALICE ALPHABET u .s
By CAROLYN WELLS

is for Nobody, seen on the road
O is for oysters. with shoes on their legs
p is for Pigeon who guarded its eggs
Q is for Queen who breathlessiy ran.
Z is the Rabbit who hunted his fan
$ IS the Sheep, on her knitting intent
r. Tweedledum. with his noisy Lament
I is the Unicorn. valiant in feud.
V is the Violet, saucy and rude
W $ the Walrus with appetite keen
Y the Executioner employed by the Queer
is the Youth Father William surveyed
Z is the Zigzag the Mouse's tale made
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-15

A is for Alice who wrote to her feet
B is the BaDdersnatch, frumI0us and fee;
c is the Cheshire Cat, who slowly appears
j. is the Duchess who boxed the Queen 81 ca.
r is the Eaget who barred out long wor@a
F, the FIamingo the queerest of birds.
G is the Gryphon loQuacious and gay.
II, HumptyDumpty in gorgeous array.
for the Insects with curious names.
is the Jabberwock breathing forth flames
K is the King who whizzed through the air.
L is the Lobster who sugared his hair.
NJ, the Mock Turtle whose tears freely flowed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-15

distance. and a hill in the background. In a
spirit of humOr HogaTth has filed the picture with
Representatives, from the standpoint Of perspective and
yet the first glance careless observer would detect
nothing wrong in II.
Here is 4 somewhat similar picture that shows what
a queer-looking tumble would result if the artist
should neglect the rules of perspective parts OF
his drawing and follow them IN others.
If you were SEED TO point out which of the three
elephants and which Of the three CRATES travelling
through tho long, Queer-look ng corridor or bridge
shown in lhc accompanying picture the taest
would you place your finger upon the
hi1dmost animals? The giraffe that brings up the
rear oEertop other two, and the elephant
in front appears Luz dwarf compared with his big
brolacr occupying the last place behind; and Yet
surprising i may seem you will find by carefully
measuring he heights Of the animals. thai the near
really either taller than those that fol-
low fully cQua 20 them in size.
The reason that the latter look larger than
they really is because they 90 grow smaller
the proportion as do their surroundings
which drawn ACCORDING the rules OF perspective
For you will that the Ines of the roof floor
and sides OF the building grow closer together they
vanish in the distance. The illusion further
phasized by the three the platform. These
also drawn in accordance with the laws Of per
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-15
x THE YOUNG LORD OF WARTMONT =.

. HERE came a crashing sound breaking the
shadowy silence OF Longwood forest.
Out into an open glade, where the sun
: light fell upon the long green grass OF
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

or a fraction over twcnty-one icet to
the mile. In other words, this road
through the most mountainous reg
ion of the country has been so con
structed that It's locomotives will
have a hauling power equal to that OF
engines on the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern, whose line traverscs
the level Fast. On the Union Pacific
in early days the grades increased the
operating expenses three hundred
per cent; contrarywise, the lack OF
grades on the Western Pacific means
saving just that much in cost OF opcr-
alton. ....
There is one respect in which this
newest road which is going down
from Salt Lake to San Francisco has
not tried TO outstrip its predecessors
that of speed in building There
has been nothing hasty about its plan
ming or construction; indeed, in its
fruition it has been slower, though far
safer, than were the earlier lines, The
Western Pacific was born in the
brain OF L, \. Jcfery, who closely
followed General Palmer as presi-
dent OF the Danver and Rio Grande,
and it has been brought to compile
ton by him. Mr., Jeffery has been
in the railroad business fifty years
and this youngest child OF his imag
ination is more than fifteen years old,
though active work of construction
has not been going on all that time,
AS soon as he succeeded to the presi
dency of the Rio Grande in 1891, Mr..
Teffery sensed the need OF an outlet
to the Pacific Coast. The pioneers
in Pacific railroading took no account
OF local freight, but as experience has
proved that this class of traffic makes
up o5 per cent, Of the total, the new
enterprise, instead OF building to
reach the coast somehow, anyhow,
was designed with consideration for
all the commercial factors, to the end
that it might get the most carrying
business, open up the most promising
territory, and thus earn the largest
dividends.
There, in a word, is the greatest
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
Overland Limited With a Hundred
Passengers Aboard
NARROWLY MISSES SMASHUP
With Engineer Dead on Cab Floor
the Overland Limited, Runs Wild
Over Switches and Past Signals,
at Speed Of Sixty Miles an Hour.

CHICAGO, May 28.-The over
land Limited, fastest train Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
Road system, ran Monday night at
full speed for nearly sixty miles an
hour over interlocking switches and
past signals near Byron, Ill.,, with
engineer Albert Gauvins lying dead
on the cab floor and no controlling
hand on the throttle. The train, with
a hundred passengers aboard mar
rowly missed a smashup.
Officials Of the railroad yesterday
heard the story as told by Fireman
Michael Nash. 1t proved frightful
tragedy had been averted as by a
miracle.
The train left Chicago on the jour
ney to San Francisco with Gauvinat
at the throttle in very good health.
Near Davis Junction, at Byron, where
the train slows down to cross the
right Of way Of another road, fireman
Nash noticed that the train was fly.
ing across switches and tracks at top
speed, unmindful of adverse set sig
nails.
Just as the limited cleared the
tracks Of the other road, heavy
train thundered across on the rear.
Nash leaped back into the engine cab
and discovered Gauvin's body lying
on the floor. The train was stopped
and help called. An examination
showed the engineer was dead as the
result Of hemorrhage OF the brain.
After some delay another engineer
was obtained and the train proceed
ed. Guvin had been in the service
of the road about rs years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
The Last Tie
Laid in the Compile
ton Of the Pacific Rail
road--May 10, 1869,

Into this were driven four spikes,
two OF silver and two oi gold, and
when they were fast and hrm the
great bond between the Atlantic and
the Pacific was welded
Hats OFF, was the messages cIlK-
ed by the telegraph instruments to
the East. And then, after the invoca-
ton by tthe Reverend DIR. Todd OF
Pittsheld, the wire spread the word'
1--WE have got done praying" Back
came the answer, 1--WE understand;
all are ready in the East"
With that simple ceremony was
completed the tremendous achieve
ment of which Sidney Dillon, presi-
dent Of the Credit Mobelier--the
company which constructed the
Union Pacifc--declared many years
afterwards: at is not too much to
say that the opening OF the Pacihc
Road viewed simply in its relation
to the spread OF population, devel-
opment of resources, and actual ad-
vance of civilization, was an event to
be ranked in far reaching results with
the danding of the Pilgrims or per-
haps the voyage of Columbus"
The old West has practically van
ished and with it many Of the things
that made the story of the building Of
The first Pacific railroad read almost
like fantastic romance. In the first
quarter-century after its completion
the Union Pacific accomplished re-
suits which have influenced the whole
world to a striking degree. But to-
day the work of that period seems
crude and almost careless. No better
way of understanding the difference
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

For years ! was troubled with bill
iousness and constipation, which made
life miserable for me. My appetite
failed me. | lost my usual force and
vitality. Pepsin preparations and
cathartics only made matters worse.
l do not know where | should have
been today had l not tried Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
The tablets relieve the i'll feeling at
once, strengthen the digestive func-
tons, purify the stomach, liver and
blood, helping the system to do its
work naturally-Mrs, Rosa Potts,
Birmingham, Ala. These tablets are
for sale by Frank Hart and Leading
Druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

between what has been and what ~,
Of measuring Americas wonderful
progress in less than two generations,
can be found than by comparing the
first line 70 the Coast-the Union Pa
ciGc-- and the latest--thc Western
Pacific.
When the first Pacific line was built
the engineers ran the tracks around 2
boulder rather than move il, and even
gave way 20 the largest trees.
Though an authority writes that the
constructors o. the Union Pacific
buildcd better than they knew, II has
taken the constructive genius Of a
Hartman and q, least hundred mil
lion dollars 70 rebuild the road and
make il an efficient transportation
system judged by modern standards
But no, even mountains could turn
the Western Pacific engineers aside
In the carly days i was get there
somehow" today it is get there
wisely"
The instructions given the engin
GERS OF the Western Pacific were
simple and direct. "You arc 10 build
a straight road which in no case will
exceed a maximum grade Of one per
cent" Thirty.nine years ago that
mandate would have spelled impos-
sibility; to-day il is an accomplished
fact, Indeed, on the older Pacific
roads grades were as Nature made
them; but the Western Pacific has
been built in an almost unbelievable
way which gives ii, on eighty per
cent. OF its mileage from Salt Lake
City to San Francisco, a maximum
grade OF four .tcnths OF one per cent,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

May 10, was the thirty-ninth an.
niyersary Of the greatest commercial
even, in the history OF this country.
On the 10th OF May, 1869, the last
spikes we're driven in the first rail
road 10 link the great West CONNER.
cialy with the rest OF the United
States.
Things were very different from
what they arc now on that May day
thirty-ninc years ago, though the
entire country, which 50 long had
held aloof from the Pacific railroad
project. seemed 70 awaken at last
and realize the meaning of the ccrc'
mony which was being performed At
the little railroad town Of Promon-
terry in Utah, 65S miles east OF Sacra-
Tnen,o. Few people gathered TO wit
ness tho event as compared TO the
number that had attended the far
more imposing exercises when ground
was broken in Omaha, in 1864. But
the whole nation gave ear, as II were,
to tho sound Of the hammer strokes
that drove home the las, spikes and
for the first time brought into close
commercial contract the great pro"
dueins region OF the West and the
consuming ccnters OF the East
All the principal Offices Of the coun.
try were connected by telegraph with
the now forgotten town OF Promon'
tory on that day, and the click OF the
instrument communicated TO waiting
thousands the resounding blows that
completed the last section in the steel
highway between ocean and ocean.
The governor oi California had come
TO attend the ceremonies, but from
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

difference between the early roads
and the latest. Two generations
ago the West was regarded merely
as gap 10 be bridged in order to
secure the supposed Oriental trade
Today the trade with the Orient Is
an almost negligible factor compared
with the Importance Of providing for
local traffic and developing new ter
ritory. In 1869 the West was moth
ing from the traffic managers point
Of view; in 1908 il is everything; and
the change has been marked by the
growth simultaneously Of the rail
roads and the country through which
they pass. But the most striking
difference between the methods EN-
ployed in putting through the early
Pacific roads and those used today
appears on the financial side Thirty
nine years ago the idea was simply
to build a railroad a railroad that will
at the same time furnish the people
OF its territory transportation facili
ties that will make ii profitable and
an opportunity for secure investment.
The Union Pacific required for its
construction tremendous government
subsidies. Sometimes these took the
form Of millions Of acres OF land,
sometimes OF cash additions in the
shape OF bonds In certain cases the
subsidies aggregated $4,000 mile,
and never did they fall below $4,000.
The West has come into its own,
however, and now it has to look to
no one for help in its great works.
Not only has the Western Pacific re-
ceiyed no subsidy but it has actually
paid the government for timber cut
on the land along its right OF way
which the government laid claim to-
With population that has grown to
thirty millions from the two millions
OF people it had when the Union Pa
cihc was built, the West realizes its
own gigantic possibilities and wei
comes another railroad. Whereas
moneyed men ridiculed what they re-
garded as visionary scheme and re-
fused to invest in the Union Pacific,
so that it was almost impossible tor
the promoters of that great enterprise
to secure capital, some OF these same
scoffers hastened to give their sup
port to the present undertaking, The
entire bond issue OF the Western Pa
cihc. amounting in round figures to
$50,000,000, was subscribed before a
spadeful OF earth was turned on the
right OF way,
Two-thirds of the way through the
last century the West was desert;
now it is the great producer of freight
Then its railroads were built as a
daring gamble, now they are con
structed as an assured investment from
the start, Then the one per cent.
grade was an impossibility; now it is
Enthusiastically twentieth century
money maker-so expensive in the
beginning that it would have frigh-
tened the previous generation, but
so certain in result that it makes a
strong appeal to this one,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
Whooping Cough.

"In February our daughter had the
whooping cough. Mr.. Lane of Hartland
recommended Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and said it gave his custom
ers the best of satisfaction. We found
it as he said, and can recommend it
to anyone having children troubled
with whooping cough" says Mrs. A.
Goss, of Durand, Mich. For sale by
Frank Hart and Leading Druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

the other side OF thte Rockies there
was the scantiest representation. The
last tie TO which the rails were spiked
was made of highly polished CaIltor-
MIA laurel and bore a silver plate with
the inscription:
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29
WHEN THE WEST
WAS BORN AGAIN

Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of the Compile
ton of the First Pacific Railroad - A
Crude Affair Compared With the Latest
Enterprise---A Marvellous Construction
of the New Western Pacific Line---How
the Great Empire of the Prairies and
Mountains Has Come Into Its Own
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-29

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New-York tribune., 1908-02-21
MURDERED AND CUT UP
BLACK HIND SUSPECTED.
Italians D;smembered and Wntilated
Body Found an Flatbush.

The body of an Italian, dismembered and
wrapped in two oilcloth covered bundles, was
discovered yesterday morning in vacant lot
between Rochester avenue and Rutland Road
Flatbush The police believe that it is another
of the Black Hand murders that have been com
mitted in New York in the last few years
The body was found by John HanLon, of No.
1854 Degraw street, fish dealer, while calling
on his customers. He informed the Pratbusn
avenue police station. and Patrolman William
Cotterman, Inspector O'Brien and Captain Dull
fer were soon on the scene, making an investi-
CATION Soon after Acting Captain Kuhne and
Antonio Vachris, who is in charge of the Italian
detective squad in Brooklyn. arrived with sew
eral detectives.
The body was taken to the Flatbush avenue
station and found to be that of man about
twenty-seven or twenty-eght years old, five
feet ten inches in height, with dark curly hair
and gray eyes. The body was dressed In a
cheap black suit The legs and arms were IN
package and the trunk in another The
lips, nose and part of the chin had been cut
from the face. In the clothing, which had been
left on the body when it was cut up. were
found 81 bill and some small change, a
watch, two stilettos and two letters, each ad-
dressed to Salvatore Marchinne, care Of An
tonic Lessa, banker, No. As Union street, Brook
Iyn N. Y" One of the letters was apparently
written by the victims father in Palermo, ana
the other by Antonio Coma and also came
from Palermo, but neither contained any Gle"
as to how the man met his death
The oilcloth in which the body was wrapped
was of a peculiar pattern and was evidently
new. The police believe they may be able TO
trace these wrappings. One Of the bundles was
tied with two pairs of suspenders The body
had been washed before being wrapped up and
then carried TO the place where it was found
within twenty-four hours after the crime was
committed. There three stab wounds in
the neck which had evidently been the cause OF
death. The country where the body was found
is mostly open and near by is a small colony of
Italians.