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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
FIRST BOYCOTT ON RECORD
Unique Club" Goes Back Several
Centuries, when English WeaV-
ers LeaRued Against Scotch.

The trade boycott IL by no means Of as
recent origin as some people suppose, nor
is It Of Irish extraction. Among the early
boycotts which strongly suggest the mod
ern institution is one that halls from North
England, and is chronicled in Brands His
tory OF Newcastle" This has its inception
in a dread OF Scotch competition. On Al
gust 81. 1897, in the corporation of weaYers
in Newcastle a number OF regulations were
adopted, among them that mo member
should take a scotchman to apprentice, or
set any Of that nation to work, under a
penalty of 40 slilIings." More than this. TO
call a brother Scot or mansworn'' involved
a forfeit OF 9 shillings 8 pence. without
any forgiveness"
The canny Scotch doubtless did not delay
TO pay back the English in kind, but It is
nearly two centuries later before any rec
ord appears of the extent TO which this
commercial feud ragged between the two
peoples or as to the reprisals that were
made by the blue bonnets over the
border"
In 1853 a sort of covenant was entered
into by the diapers, MERGERS, milliners and
other tradesmen and shopkeepers OF Edin-
burg to cease all dealings with commercial
travellers from England. then called Eng
fish riders" The language Of this covenant
IuUns NOHnlagAl III AlaN Nh0 bANAh6 "a ~
ders or commissions to English riders, or
. clerks Of English houses, when they come
20 this city tends greatly 10 the destruc-
don OF the wonted wholesale trade thereof,
from which most OF the towns in Scotland
used TO be furnished with goods. and that
some Of these English riders not only en-
nance the said wholesale trade, but also
correspond Will 1t and sell goods to private
families and persons at the same prices and
rates as II to us in a wholesale way, and
that their frequent journeys to this place
arc attended with high charges, which
consequently must be laid on the cost OF
those things we buy from them, and that
wo can be as wen served IN goodS BY a
written commissiea by post las little or no
regard is hal h$ them TO the patterns or
colors OF goods which we order them TO
send when tn4y are here, therefore, and
for the promotion OF trade Cd, we hereby
voluntary bind and oblige ourselves that
in no time con ing we shall give any per-
sonal order or commission for any good0
wo deal in to any English dealer. clerk or
rider whatsoever who shall come to Scot
land"
To this document, with It's native pre-
tense that II Is for this promotion Of
trade" is added an obligation TO have
mo dealings with any people in England
who shall make q practice Of coming them
selves or sending clerks or riders into
Scotland" The penalty for violating this
agreement was set down to be R2 p for
every offense.
It is to be remarked that among the sign
ers Of this document, well to the top. was
the name OF James Beverage. Perhaps
this doughty proteotionist Of 1S years 9
was an ancestor OF our own SENATOR BeVeT-
ldge.-Indianspoiis Newk
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

a metamorphosis more marvellous than the
transformations wrought by tabled Aladdin
with his wonderful lamp.
Greensward, sweeping broadly, a rcstful
and seemingly boundless delight to the eye,
embraces within IT'S verdant vistas lake
that are ~green-blue gems, relieved by the
white and gold Of chaliced lilies.
The club house rises up, enduring in it's
marble whiteness amid the solidity of the
granite pillars that bound the estate, a
place of admirable loneliness, its broad
piazzas, it's many balconies, its roof gar
den and its promenades affordlng inimita-
BILE views Of the countryside, inspiring to
day dreams with its visions of the ever
mutable sea.
At night stately electric standards light
the ways, with great Italian lanterns, in
bronze, glowing at the porte>cochere.
The reception hall, in italian renaissance
and hung with Nile green silk, richly en-
bossed, gives upon the great central court,
soaring to q superb glass dome at the roof,
sixty feet above. 1t is in reality a vast
apartment, 70xS0. whence springs the flying
stair. twenty-five feet in width. which rises
TO the mezzanine floor that served the
first owner as a lounging room.
To the right and left the stair ascends
up to the promenade balcony on the second
floor. with a second promenade surround
ing the court on the third floor, the two
promenades affordlng access to the suites
Of sleeping apartments. each with its bed
room, dressing room and bath.
A soft ivory tone predominates through
out the great hall, tinting the large. sus-
tanning. fluted pillars and the many arches
! and balustrades. Al the right and left are
immense fireplaces, framed under mantels
Of deeply toned mahogany. twelve feet In
width and fifteen In height. The wood
work throughout is mahogany-the book
cases included, which are built into tn
VAUDEVILLE the electric lighting is In fix
lures OF pale green Pompeian bronze, with
amber glass shades.
There is a noble dining room opening
from the left, its dimensions being SOx4)
feet. The heavily beamed ceiling Is ivoIy
tinted. The walls, above the high wainscJt.
ing, are paneled in silk OF royal blue, the
same rich color showing In the tiles Of the
mantel. while portieFes Of blue silk AMI
leather screens In blue carry out the har-
mony OF the scheme.
Across the hall are the drawing room and
billiard room. They are in striking ton
trast with each other, in beautiful con-
sonance with their respective uses.
The drawing room. in Nile green, silver
and ivory. with IFS large mirrors, It's man
telplece in Italian renaissance and its tx
quisite cabinets of bric-a-brac, is almost
femininely delicate in its air OF dainty ele-
gance.
The billiard room, nearby, is virile in the
impression II gives OF strength and solidity.
II has the old English Gothic design, in
oak of dark green hue. with the walls hung
in red tapestry. The woodwork is elab
orately carved, the ceiling heavily beamed.
Al the fireplace colonial andirons stand,
with a generous log basket, both in ham
mered bTass.-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
RELIC OF INSURANCE SCANDAL
JOhn McCalI's Marble Palace Becomes
Home of millionaire
Club.

Shadow Lawn" and its marble palace.
the projected home OF John Mccall. former
president OF the New York Lfe Insurance
company. and almost completed when dis
aster and death came to the insurance
magnate. is now the club house of the
Brooklawn Country club, composed OF mil
lionaires. shadow Lawn" cost $4,000.
It u near Long Branch, and the thunder
OF the stormy Atlantic echo in It's marble
halls.
There is no other club anywhere in the
world that has so imposing a home-none
that has such a spread of aoreage. The
land alone cost 10000 Originally farm
land, IL underent, at the behest OF Mccall,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
Billions in Mud Banks
CONTINUED from Page One,)

are habituated-that is. the froblem which
Is yet to be solved.
One OF the best known systems devised
thus far employs a floating barge. eighty
feet long, sixteen feet beam and six feet
deep. on which IL housed all the appara-
tus used. The advantage OF the barge ID
that II utilities the water and which natur-
ally forms as a bog lie cut into. pnshing its
from side 10 side.
A. one end Of the scow are screw ex-
.cayators eleven feet In diameter. Dredg-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

He smiled.
A lady / know" he went on, came
down stairs TO see the powers on the eve
Of a large dinner. and found her butler
staggering about the dining room. with red
eyes and disordered hair.
THE man dropped a cut glass bowl and
laughed. and his mistress cried Indignantly:
Good gracious, Parker, you're drunk!
I'll butler, with a silly smile, said,
soothingly:
Don't be alarmed, ma'am. 1t amt
ketchin'. New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
MANY TRAGEDIES IN THE AIR
Attempts to Fly Marked by Martyrs to
the Cause.
RECORD OF DISASTERS LARGE
stimulus of MOdern Inventions Pro-
duce Spectacular Disasters-Am-
bilious Experimenters Too
Hasty for safety.

From the beginning OF experiments with
alrships. inventors and balloonists have
shown the greatest courage in rlsking their
lives for the advancement of aerial naviga-
ton. The disaster which cost Lieutenant
selfridge his life was one OF a long series
OF tragedies marking the progress Of air
ship Invention. Many a daring balloonlst
and devoted inventor has literally given
himself to the science he loved.
The recent impetus to aerial invention
by the success Of the Wright brothers and
other we'll known aviators has stimulated
the passion for aerial travel. AS a con-
sequence the number of accidents to avi-
ators has greatly increased.
Tragedy as well as disappointment at
tended the wreck OF the huge balloon OF
Captain Thomas l.. Lovelace, an American
a%eronaut, at the Frsnoo-British exposition
grounds In London August IA last. Miss Il.
Blanche Hill, the a%eronaut's secretary, and
a bystander were killed, three other persons
wese fatally hurt and a score seriously
burned In the flames that shot from the
torn gas bag Fifty were injured in tho
panic that followed the explosion.
Spectacular Disaster.
~ aRANNh1AAGA aAAAlNhA 70 q LAdlAAlONAA
airship at Berkeley. Cal. on May % last,
resulted In serious injury to sixteen men.
who narrowly escaped with their lives.
The airship, the invention OF j. A. Morrell,
was on it's trial trip. In fun view of TO-
900 spectators II assembled 800 feet when II
suddenly burst and dropped 10 the ground
with It's crew OF sixteen men. Seven Of
them were severely injured and the other
nine were bruised and cut. The accident
caused intense excitement among the spec
tators.
The five engines OF the mammoth craft
were not put In operation until the airship
was we'll under way, when two OF them
were set to working. Before the ship could
be propelled further than a few feet the
forward end tilted downward until the craft
stood at an agile OF As, degrees. nose down
ward. The members OF the crew were UNI
able 10 run along the canvas pathway to
eaualize the weight and right the air
ship. They chung desperately TO the net
ting and superstructure.
The rush OF gas TO the stern Of the long
gas bag caused the envelope to burst with
a loud noise. Then the ship settled toward
the earth. Some OF the crew lost their
heads and jumped, Morrell. the inventor
and several OF the engineers were caught in
the u-nderstrueture and injured by the en-
gines.
Racers Narrow Escape.
Three men, the crew OF the racing balloon
Vile de Dieppe, had a narrow escape from
drowning IN the Whirlpool Rapids at Mag,
ara Falls September !. They were Captain
A. +. Mueller, In charge OF the balloon
Perry dsygory, 10 years old, and Gerald
Gregory. n years old, son OF c. +, Gregory
Of Chicago, secretary OF the American
Federation OF Aerial club. The balloon hat
sci sail from Columbus, Ohio, and run int,
troublesome air OaSTents over Lake Erie
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
II IL Were,

Walter ]. Travis, golfing at Rye. sympa-
thiEed with a friends story Of a drunken
caddy.
1T Is amazing" said Mr.. Travis. "how
people with resious responsibilities on their
shoulders-butlers, engineers. eaddisS and
so on-will get drunk.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
Is A HAT WORTH MORE THAN A MAN?

maker of hats in Danbury, Conn, whose hats were
boycotted by labor union, has decision from the
supreme court permitting him to the union and its
members for three times the amount of the loss they
caused him.
This is under the Sherman antitrust law which was
passed to worry the trust octopus. Perhaps the lawmak
imagined that it would swing around and hit
labor union and then again perhaps the trust lawyers in
the lobby and committee knew how the thing would
work.
The supreme court justices, however, rare legal
dentists Sometimes law is brought to them which has
teeth at all and they fit it out with fine set Of false
teeth, while another law, which has double set of teeth
all round with tusks at each corner gets most of them
nicely pulled
In this the sacred hat trade had been attacked and
the lower courts decided that the law could not protect it.
The supreme court at once however, that hats form
ed of the pillars of society," and their protection
imperative.
Another that of an engineer discharged by
railroad because he a union The Erdman law
provided that the railroad company could be fined for
doing this 1t fined by lower court but the supreme
court pulled all the teeth out of this law in short order
union man is merely human being, and not hat, and
the corporations may discharge him and blacklist him and
boycott hat You can blacklist a man, but you can't
blacklist hat.
When you put your derby hat made in Danbury,
Conn., handle gently because it is holy emblem of the
rights of property The rights of hats, according to the
courts higher than the rights of man. There has
been such significant verdict since the bred Scott de-
cision, which declared that human being, when he
black, was as much property walking stick That
decision caused the civil
This decision should not war, but it should
bring about revolution in constitutional methods
The constitution has not been amended for more than 80
years and it should be amended If congress is not
to be put above the court the people should be put above
the court and should be able decide constitutional CUES
lions finally by referendum vote
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
BIG TRANSFER CO.
LOSES PAYING PULL

This morning Frank Stillwell,
the Pacific Transfer solicitor, was
arrested at the Great Northern de-
pot by Patrolman Daniels. He was
released on bond and the case will
be taken up sometime next week
before Justice IIinkle. 1t will be
holly contested. as the transfer
people intend to carry the fight
into the highest courts and endeav.
or to knock out the ordinance. The
Pacific company enjoys special
privileges with the railroads, and
their men are allowed to board in
coming trains. 1t is argued that
this is violation of the ordinance,
which prevents soliciting on COM
pany property. The ordinance be-
came necessary when the rivalry
for business became SO keen that
traveller had difficulty in escaping
the horde Of rustlers with whole
skin, and the chief issued orders
yesterday to enforce it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
THE MOUSE AND THE SUFFRAGET.

The British woman suffragets deserve the admiration
OF the civilized nations They courageously Drawing
all the errors that stubborn and ypocrtca politicians
brutal police and unsympahetc citizens may impose They
have been elected from parliament many imprson
ed and some have been ostracsed by their particular
cla SETS 1t has remained for Miss Pankhurst the first
woman graduate in law in England, to demonstrate the
absolute fearessness of the suffragets. The "ants
driven to desperation to block the increasing popu
arity of the suffrage movement concocted cowardlv
plot They scattered box full of mice upon the platform
from which Miss Panklurst was speaking. Did she quail
in fear and faint? She did not Miss Pankurs grabbed
of the mice that unable to escape and fonded it
before her astonished audience She given rounds
OF applause, and Miss Pankhursts friends call her
''the first lady of the land.'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15

first, did not appeal to some of the
more conservative workers, and
Mrs. Wells organized a club of fol-
lowerds, composed of the more in
dependent thinkers known as the
Progressive Woman's Suffrage
union.
With Mrs. Wells as leader this
body of women inaugurated the
street corner meetings. The move
ment gradually grew in popularity,
and other members joined the rank
and file. Five meetings in all have
been held and each has attracted
hundreds of spectators, mostly Gu
riosity seekers.
The campaign is preparatory to
an appeal. granting woman full suf-
frage, to be made at Albany Feb.
10, when the suffragets will attend
in a body.
In discussing the open air meet
ings, Mrs. Wells said:
THE meetings have been par
ticularly orderly and the specta-
tors have been most respectful. 1t
takes sensational demonstration to
arouse the women to action. | do
not want to be put in the attitude
of criticising the American women,
but they are too mild in their
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15

forelock. He has headed off the
possibility of electric signs exploit
ing Mark Twain Rye" or mark
Twain five for 10 cents Cheroots.'
In order to make the trade mark
patent stick it is necessary to &C
tually engage in business. The pa
per quotes Ashcroft as saying: ut
is a sentimental and not CONNER
cial venture. To protect Mr.. Gle
mems name and picture we must
comply with the law and sell some
goods, but the trade will probably
be restricted and as private as pos
sible.
I'VE are going to put out Mark
Twain whiskey and a Mark Twain
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15

Mark Twain has patented him
self, also copyrighted himself, and
is going into the cigar and whiskey
business under the pure food laws
of the United States. All this on
the authority of the Bar and
Buffet, liquor trade paper.
Theh paper says that the patent
rights have been secured by Ralph
w. Ashcroft, Marks business man
ager.
So long as man is alive hs can
protect his name. but once dead his
heirs are powerless to prevent the
name and picture being exploited
on bill boards and garbage CANS.
So Mark has taken time by the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
PADDED The PAYROLL

SEATTLE, Feb. 15.-W. M.7 Muir
dock, superintendent for thee Rich
& Harris Construction Co., with or
fees in the Bailey building, was ar
rested on a charge of padding pay
rolls for his own pecuniary benefit.
Murdoch, it is alleged, admitted
that he had been living life, that
had carried him beyond his means.
Members Of the firm say that,
after padding the payrolls and as
signing salaries to men who had no
existence, he drew the money. and
sQuandered it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15

a greater success than ever on this
tour. Her voice has a wonderful
range, in fact is the most remark
able voice yet developed. She sings
full seven notes higher than Tetra-
zinni, the star of the Manhattan
opera house.
Tetrazinni sings e fat in altis-
simo, or above the scale, levelly
and with a pure though somewhat
heady tone. Ellen Beach Yaw
takes F sharp in altissimo with as
little effort as the same note on the
treble clef, and she can run up the
scale from the altissimo F sharp to
the c higher than the socalled high
&. 1t is the highest note reached
by any soprano in the world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15

cigar to protect the trade value OF
Mr.. Clemens name. In the past it
has happened frequently that after
the death of notable persons their
names were seized upon by unwar-
ranted persons and used to adver-
tise some cigar, whiskey or other
article.
"Mr. Clemens did not want I'M
authorized persons to use his
name as a trade mark. In having
the name, photograph and auto.
graph patented we acted chiefly out
of precaution. 1t was protective
measure to keep the use and value
of noted name in the family OF
the man who made 1t famous"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
PYTHlAN NIGHTS INITIATE

Red Cross lodge No 2S. Knights Of
Pythias, initiated one candidate in
the mysteries of the first rank last
night. A number of new members
joined by card. The Dramatic Or
der of Knights Of Korasan, which
is composed of the social loving
of the Knights Of
Pythias, will go to Cranbrook, B.
c.. next Saturday for the purpose
of initiating a class of rs under the
leadership of H. A. Oswald and
Gus Meese.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
GETS Her DIVORCES
TWO AT A Time

TACOMA, Feb. 15.-Divorces
granted in pairs to the same COM
plainant is going some, even in this
age of rapid fire separations, but
that is the way Judge Reed dealt
them out to Mrs. Julia N. Seymour
Bemer. She first married A. II.
Seymour, who deserted shortly aft
er, and she learned he was
bigamist. On the theory that this
nullified her marriage she was
welded to b. F. Bemer. When she
learned that the first ceremony
was not annulled without formal
action by the court she sued for
divorces from both and got them
In a bunch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
Fights No Longer
For the Under Dog

Special Correspondence to The Press
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 49,
Sen. ]. B. Foraker, Of Ohio is not
the man he used to be. Many OF
his old-time constituents would not
recognize him were they to see
him emerging from his big resi-
dence in Sixteenth st. to enter his
carriage for the capitol.
They remember him as a fire.
eating, vigorous young man, fight
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-15
THE BUTCHERS BILL

Madame Blauve was shocked,
amozed. angry. She had come home
to find AlphOnse, her own son AL.
phonse, engaged in a tete-a-tete
with the butchers daughter. Dieu!
Even now she had not recover from
the shock of it, though the little
chit had been gone an hour.
Was it for this she had brought
up her son with such care, had
given him dancing lessons and
taught him etiquet!
Menatime, Alphonse, aged IA,
thought in the darkness Of the
closet where madame had locked
him of the dancing eyes of Adele
that was her name. He remem-
bered her rosy checks and her red
hair tied with bright ribbons, the
saucy fling of her red skirts reach
ing scarcely to her knees. 2;
But Alphonse found no oppor.
tunity for further trysts with
Adele. Every day madame dressed
him in one of his velvet suits with
ruffies at the wrists, and a white
collar, and took him with her on
visits. He met little girls, prim
and proper little pale-faced girls,
not al all like Adele.
At last came a day when ma
dame left him at home alone. AL.
phonse sat by the front window
Suddenly his eyes beheld Adele
Alphonse was entranced.
But-had she forgotten him so
soon? She was passing without a
look.
Alphonse raped excitedly on the
pane. When she saw him she
smiled and Alphonse hurried to the
front door. She was beside him
once more and the light in her
dancing eyes was sweet to his soul.
He pressed her to come in. No,
she could not do that. In fact, she
was collecting few bills for her
father and must hurry on her way.
They were old bills Some people
neglect to pay. All, here was one
against madame. Surprising! 1t
was unfortunate she had let him
see it.
But Alphonse seized the bill
which she was trying to hide. Was
he one to see her father deprived
of his due?
Oh. well, If he was determined
she must submit. Men are so mas.
terfui
Alphonse knew where his mother
kept some money. Feverishly he
counted the coins. The bill was
large and had been standing for
some time. But the money suf-
feed. How proud he felt as he
counted it into Adele's little hand.
And she rewarded him with smile
as she handed him the receipted
bill. She still smiled upon him as
she went away.
When madame came home and
found what her son had done she
was more angry, IL possible, than
ever. She locked Alphonse in the
closet and fairly raved She had
been saving that money for new
dress. What vulgar ideas Alphonse
had, to think Of paying these
tradesmen!
The next day madame was sit
ting at the window with Alphonse
when the butchers girl passed. Her
ribbons futtered mockingly in the
breeze and she tossed her head in
a way that made the long braids
fairly dance.
Alphonse opened his eyes wider
as he saw who walked beside her.
in the act Of glazing down on them,
met the eye Of the butchers girl.
Thank you very. very much,
madame, for payment of my faith
er's BILL" chirruped Adele. "He
said you were not good for it, but
said I would collect 1t for half.
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ing for the under dog. He was that
in every campaign, almost up to
the legislative session in 1896,
when he was sent to the United
States senate. 1t is as such they
best like to think of him.
Once in the senate though, he
changed front. He resigned the
brief he had been holding for the
under dog and took one for the cor
porate interests. He has grown fat
and white-haired and affiuent. Now
he wonders why, slowly but surely,
he is being retired to private life.