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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13
$4,000 PERSONS DESTITUTE.

LABOR Union Calls Tor Help Tor People
Of Philadelphia Mill District.
Philadelphia, Feb. IL. An appeal
for aid for destitute people in the
Kensington mill district of Philadel
phia, one of the greatest industrial
centers In the world, was made at the
meeting at the Central Labor union.
The union appointed a committee to
act on the plea of delegation of tex.
tile workers who claimed that from
IS. 900 to $4,000 men, women and chill
dren III the Kensington district are IN
need Of relief.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13

The Detrult accommodation train
was wrecked near Adrian, Mich. The
entire train N seven cars was tipped
over into the ditch. Several passen-
gers and some Of the crew were in
jured
Three foreigners were killed and
six Others seriously injured when the
boilers In the WEIGH brick plant at
Monaco. Pa. exploded. 1t is supposed
frozen water pipes caused the acci-
dent The damage is estimated at
81. 900.
David Barrie. Sir Thomas Lpton's
representative I'm this country when
the Irish baronet raced Shamrock +.
and Shamrock III. for the Americas
cup. was killed In New York by falling
in front OF locomotive which crushed
him.
A passenger train was wrecked one
mile east OF Sweetwater, Tenn The
train, while going at q rate Of thirty
i've miles an hour. ran into an open
switch and chashed into loaded coal
car. A number Of persons were seri.
Ously injured
In the teeth OF the widest blizzard
that has swept Oneida county. N. Y,
this winter, firemen OF three cities
fought for ave hours fire that before
controlled had caused total loss Of a
quarter Of a million dollars In the bus
mess section ~ Rome
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13

]. this winter, firemen OF three cities
fought for ave hours fire that before
controlled had caused total loss Of a
quarter Of million dollars In the bus
mess section OF Rome.
Fcrelen.
No less than 1000 cases Of influenza
were reported In Berlin last week
DR.. Leander Starr Jameson, premier
and secretary for native affairs Of
Cape Colony. has resigned.
Advices from Honduras report that
the election Just held there resulted
| In sweeping victory for Gen. Miguel
r. Davila - president Of the republic.
The inhabitants Of Elba intend to
commemorate the centenary Of Napo-
Icons sojourn ON the leland by inau-
gurating m imposing monument to his
memory.
Capt. verlynde Of the French line
steamer Ia Bretagne was found
drowned ID the harbor at Havre. It
n believed he fell into the water while
leaving the vessel In the dock.
Despite the fact that the American
financial hurry cast dark cloud over
the German business world In the last
three months Of 1907, the Fatherland's
general trade volume for the year
showed heavy gains over 1906.
a revision OF the College Of Herald
~ of Georgia, Trans-C aucasia. has re-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13
LYNcHiNo THREATENED.


vf4tH NIIIeu A0eu WdH'
Lexington, KY, Feb. IA special
from Prestonsburg, Floyd county, says
that Engineer William Artrip OF the 10
cal railroad line there, In charge OF ;
train which struck and killed an aged
man named Burke, was dragged from
his engine cab and hustled to JAIL
where he IL IN danger Of being lynched
BY the angry citizens.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-13
|Nls N WIN SUMMARIZED
cioGsT o. The NEWS WORTH
TGLLiNo coNpENsED ron
susy R9ADERs.


ousy NGADERs.
Washinoten Notes.
Tho senate has passed bin to vail
date the location or mineral claims
heretofore made BY United States
deputy mineral surveyors In their In
cumbency IN ONCE.
In the annual report OF the cCnn-
missioner of patents Tor the last cal
endar year, which has Just been sub
mitted to congress. II Is shown that
SOS patents were issued to residents
IL Minnesota, 134 10 North Dakota.
IN TO South Dakotans, 75S to resi-
1ents cf wisconsin, 679 to Iowans and
lib To residents Ok Montana.
Attorney General Bonaparte has d.
rected the various United States attor-
n aeys ID institute suits against large
number of raiirnad companies to re-
cover penalties incurred by them for
alleged violations Of the safety appli-
lnce law, The facts upon which these
prosecutions are based were reported
70 the interstate commerce commits
Sion BY its inspectors Of safety appli-
ances. The violations made the basis
y the prosecutions number 101.
perseoal.
Maj. Charles w. Anderson. aged
si9htytWo, member d Gen. Forests
sta6, \ dsa1 4 Nashville. Tenn.
Capt 1ohn !. Quinn. widely known
ahcut ~ 0Feat Lakes - ! diver ana
Wxeeaer, disd = Detroit aftsr ; long
n&9,ia oteuliivan, DE Irish actor and
utn6er. diUd - Grant hospital. Colum-
o0n. Ohio. after A operation for Az
y pendicitiI.
w. b Statler, president Of the Bank
ers' Accident insurance Company q
Des Moines, died n that city N dOu-
N pueumonla.
Henry Borsch. one x ~ Oldest op-
flciapo "A ~ United GtAtee. died n
Cklcoxo "a pleurnOuto ~ was N =
laniI1 notsd lor ~ manufactuPe q
m. clSt1 naanhridss Hsrris, wifs
Haxr1s. president u The
1T = t(xn vx{vo Sntty, oied at hor
4nn6, ~. peath was due
81 lnon1 lrsIdehI. ~ noted Dan-
Il m NJ M ItSct ma for mnny years
I Il A1e 1lny y NM Arts
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
Abdul Yields as usnal-

Abdul HamId, Sultan of Turkey and
champion International molyeoddle. has
yielded 10 the demands of Italy. and will
be good. This is by no means the first
time IN his life Abdul has yielded, nor
yet do we opine 1t will be the last. In
deed, yielding is the Sultan's long suit;
upon It is founded the greater part of his
reputation among potentates!
The truth of the matter is, the nabob
of the sublime porte is the greatest mis-
fit in all Europe. He is the exponent of
a theory defunet in his neighborhood, and
sick abed nearly everywhere else in the
world. No ruler in Europe can compete
with him in the possession OF high
sounding titles; while no rulers titles
mean less His army is all but a sham:
his navy transparent bluff. He is
grandiloquent of speech, he defes the
lghtnings with impressive dignity. But,
in the end, ever and always. he gives in
at the psychological moment; throws up
the sponge and quits
The Sultan is a mollycoddle who fears
assassination at every turn in his palace.
He is a weakling, even though it may be
largely through force of circumstances.
Time was when the Turk was truly a
terror 10 every European state; for a
period it appeared quite likely that he
would overrun the then Western world.
But his backsliding once begun, it has
never ended. To-day he is everybody's
chopping-block; nowhere is there any ma
ton so poor as 10 do him reverence.
BY and by, probably, the Turk will be
caused to move on" toward the East,
Europe viii shake him of. and he will
fan among people more nearly of his
mold. character. and peculiar mental
equipment He has degenerated from an
aWe-inspiring figure into a mere joke
and even as a joke he is getting rather
threadbare and unamusing! And civiliza-
tion can spare him, too. His influence
never has been for the betterment Of
mankind. as we conceive the term. The
sooner he becomes a memory in Europe.
the more satisfactory it will probably be
to every other nation therein.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
pass the Anti.gambIIne Bill.

Speaker Cannon can to-day. tomorrow,
or any day he may elect put his great
power 70 most righteous use by allowing
the anti-race track gambling legislation to
be completed
It viii not require five minutes of the
Houses time, for that body is ready to
concur in the Senate amendments to the
bill when it gets the chance.
This newspaper has not the least doubt
that iniquitous influences are quietly at
work to prevent this enactment at the
last moment. The gamblers and their
allies. having no open champion among
the lawmakers-no McCarren or Grady
ready at call brazenly 10 lead a night for
the perpetuation of disgracefuI conditions
here at the National Capital-are relying
upon underhand methods to kill the bill
during the rush incident to adjournment.
There are men in Congress. no doubt,
who would be party to such methods, but
not many of them, and the leaders OF the
House are not Of that number
Fortunately. the bill has gone through
the various committee stages, where de-
yious and dark means are the more easily
employed, and is now on the Speakers
desk In shape for final action whenever it
is called up. That 0fr Cannon viii not
only permit ii TO be called up. but in
terest himself to the extent OF seeing that
it be called up. cannot be questioned. His
worst enemy or most bitter partisan an
tagonist has never accused him of using
his great power TO prevent legislation so
obviously needed, so imperativeiy de-
manded. as is contemplated by this meas
ure. and so We are sure that the Speaker
and the House itself. as a body. can be
relied upon to complete the good work
already done,
The act. in SO far as It's anti-gambling
feature is concerned. is simplicity itself
It merely extends to all parts OF the Dis
trtct, the exempted spot at Bennlng in
eluded, the anti-gambling law we now
have.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
CHILD LABOR IN GERMANY.
Children Bound Ont TO Farmers IN
Virtual Slavery.
-crman Letter in Boston Transcript.

German Letter in Boston Transcript
The annual recurrence Of the century
old child-labor market on March 81. which
many local journals describe as only a
slightly disguised selling into temporary
slavery, has again aroused a storm of
indignation on the frontier provinces Of
Austria. Switzerland, and Germany. In
the market place Of Friedriehshafen be-
tween eco and 40 girls and boys from
eleven TO fourteen years old. whose homes
are in the outlying districts of the Tyrol
and the Voraiberg, are contracted out
yearly for seven months. from April
to the end of October. to farmers from
Southern Bavaria, Wurttemberg, and
Baden. Very little consideration is given
10 the wishes OF the children themselves.
most of t.em being in service against
their viii, and in order to satisfy the
avarice of their parents who exploit them
in this way. The children, generally in
charge of their parents, reach Friedrich
shafen on labor-market day. Here they
are drawn up on the market place. and
then brought forward for inspection by
a crowd Of farmers, who look them
over, feel and poke their limbs. mean
while discussing loudly their physical
merits and dement's.
The whole day is thus passed in the
process OF selection. Some Of the elder
children, who have served one or two
previous terms Of bondage. give stealthy
indications 10 their younger comrades
when a farmer approaches who is known
for his rough treatment and coarse be-
havioT. and the boy on girl then endeav-
OTs 10 display himself At his worst: but
avoidance is not always possible. Grad
ually all are disposed Of, and those in
charge of the children then sign with the
farmers agreements for the seven months
bondage and the sums decided upon are
handed over. This usually amounts for
the entire period Of seven months 20
Sl2.50, but sometimes it attains 800. The
terms of the contracts are very harsh
providing that the children, regardless of
sex, may be utilized for cattle herding
housework. stable and stall-cleaning.
nursing children, feeding cattle, running
errands. and whatever else the master
may require them 10 do.
Good treatment is included in the
but, according 10 a local news
paper which has conducted an inquiry.
this clause is more often broken than OBJ
served, and many children return home
partially crippled or totally wrecked in
health, owing to the brutality OF their
masters HeaTtrending scenes are wit
messed when the children part from their
parents and are handed over to their
masters TO be taken away from all their
for seven long months, The only
bright point in the transaction for the
children is the arrival of October q.
which is called packing day." when the
little ones. on the completion of their
bondage. put their scanty belongings in
a bundle and set ont on foot for Fried
richshafen again, where they assemble
at the headquarters of the Children's
Society. whence they are forwarded 10
their homes, probably TO so through
similar process the following year.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
Plenty of Political safety Valves for
DisgFuntIed Voters.

From the Boston Transcript
While the two leading parties viii. as
usual. command about all the interest cen
tering in the Presidential contest, we may
expect the usual number Of scrubs" In
the race The popuiistic remnant has
already taken It's position. Possibly Whar-
ton Barkers new American party may
have an ''unknowA" to enter, while the
several brands Of socialism will insist
upon representation. The Independence
League viii have candidate, probably
from Massachusetts, and the Prohibition
lists may think the time and the tendency
are favorable 10 the greatest effort Of
their lives. Thus there should be an Op-
portunity for those holding every shade
Of political opinion and moved by every
form OF impulse To align themselves un-
der their Own chosen banners. Those tan
genital side-shows perhaps furnish the
political safety-valves in our somewhat
heterogeneous citizenship. Probably few
now remember that Debs. the Socialist.
and COrTigan. the Social Labor man, were
in the Presidential running four years ago.
out OF over 15500000 votes they received
about 43l 000 More than a quarter Of a
million were wasted on Rev Mr. Swallow.
the Prohibition candidate As a political
organization the Prohibitionists should
disband- In various States the old pas-
ties have taken up their work and ad-
yanced It much faster than the separate
party could have done. Its members
should show their appreciation by an ac-
acknowledgement that an independent stand
on their part is no longer necessary. They
have hung Il one issue for long tirqe.
and now even that has been taken away
from them.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
LOCALIZED ISLANDER.
Suggested Method OF Preventing
Libel by Ex Parte Papers.

~ IL
From the Kansas City Times.
after fuller investigation" the divorce
lawyer In the Won Hermann suit now
declares there was no basis for his
charges involving Miss Julia Marlowe
That fuller investigation" ought to
have been compelled before publicity was
permitted to the accusations. Our court
procedure should provide such preliminary
inquiry by commission. Not a suit should
be given full standing In court-carrylng
with It publicity-until a commission Of
inquiry, or some equivalent judicial de-
vice. has learned that there is merit in
the action and that its allegations have
a reasonable basis Of truth.
It is no salve for a cruel injury to re-
fleet that It is unethical to infiict II. 1t
does not mitigate an offense Of attorney
ism 10 believe that high-minded lawyers
would not do such things. High-minded
men possibly do no wrong to whatever
group they belong.
The thing 10 do Is TO prevent libels in
the form of legal statements. Don't
leave the field of ethics.
A court auxiliary that would sift evi-
dence and separate the sheep from the
goats in all classes Of litigation would
perform quite as valuable a function as
the ultimate tribunal itself.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
RECEPTIVE POLITICIANS.
Their Field for Activity should Be
Curtnfled by Legislation.

Ahelr Field Tor ACTIVITY Shoula be
Curtnfled by Legislation.
From the Philadelphia. Press.
Il have always found political parties
in a receptive mood, said Mr.. Thomas
F. Ryan. the New York fnancier and
promoter. In his testimony to the New
York grand jury. I'VE were always In
formed that an election was coming.
This receptive mood" is common TO
all parties. They al enjoy the same ap-
petite. It is stronger at elections. but
1t is good all the year around. Politics
and parties never sleep. Both are always
receptive"
This receptive" appetite cannot be
stopped or slaked or quenched but IL can
be regulated and the way 20 regulate it
is by publicity. In this State, If the con
tributions Mr.. Ryan chronicles from the
New York Metropolitan Street Railroad
were made now they would have 10 be
fled and published. They should be every
where. Congress ought TO pass the bin
now before il. requiring the publication
of all contributions 10 any party or for
political purposes in Federal elections.
A Presidential electoT is a State officer.
Any contribution or expenditure made 10
elect the Presidential ticket in this State
will have TO be filed and published any
way under State Jaw But a general
Federal law is needed TO regulate the re
ceptive mood" OF political parties.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
The New Arbitration Treaties.

The fidelity of the United States govern
ment TO the principle of international ar
bitration has been shown by the con
sistent endeavors of recent Secretaries OF
State to conclude treaties of arbitration
with all the principal nations. Though
the late Secretary Hay signed a series
of such treaties, they were pigeon-holed
by the Senate. and it has remained TO
Secretary Root TO suTmount the objections
raised by that body to the Hay conven-
tions and to procure the ratification OF a
new set of arbitration treaties according
with the principles of The Hague con-
vention Of 1899 for the pacific settlement
Of international disputes The essential
paragraph in all the new treaties runs as
follows:
Differences which may arise of a legal nature.
or relating TO the Interpretation Of treaties existing
between the two contracting parties and which it
may not have been possible 10 settle By diplomacy
shall be referred 70 the permanent court Of aTbi-
uatiCn established at The Hague By the Conven-
tioa Of the 2sth Of July 1885, provided nevertheless
that they 90 not affect the vital interests the indie
pendencc. OF the honor Of the two contracting
states, and DO not concern the interests Of third
parties"
To overcome the objection Of the Senate
20 the former treaties, the present con
ventons contain an article providing that
each arbitration shall be made the sub
ject OF special agreement defining the
matter in dispute, which agreement shall
be submitted TO the Senate for ratihca-
ton. TherN is a correlative clause IN the
treaty with Great Britain wherein the
British government reserves the right
before concluding any special agreement
in any matter affecting the interests Of a
self-governing dominion of the British
empire TO obtain the concurrence therein
OF the government Of that dominion"
This concession of the right of a colonial
government 10 q share in the treaty-mak-
ing power of the British sovereign is one
nf the most important recent develop
ments Of British colonial policy, and prob
ably more than offsets the reference Of
arbitration treaties TO our Senate. In the
case Of the treaty with Great Britain, by
a formal understanding external TO the
text of the treaty, special arbitration
agreements do not become operative until
ratified by the Senate, and the treaty
itself is not applicable TO existing pc.
euniaVy claims or to treaties for the set
tlement of water boundaries.
While the serious differences affecting
international relations are expressly ex-
empted from arbitration by the terms
Of the new treaties. as also by the terrls
OF tie old they afford means of reaching
peaceful settlements of many minor mat
ters Of dispute that are difficult of ad-
justment by other means. Our adher-
ence 10 the principle of arbitration has
been consistent throughout our national
history, and number of very difficult
and Important international questions
have been solved by judicial process. The
new treaties mark a step forward in the
The Washington herald., 1908-04-24
AN INERRANT STATESMAN.
Tribute to the Mighty Product OF a
Mighty state.
IRON the New YORK Tribune.

From the New YORK Tribune.
We should like TO write il down with
mathematical symbols. for we fear that
mere words vii; not convey our sense of
the Importance and exactness of this pro-
portion: As the State of Texas Is to any
other state in magnitude so is the Texas
superman TO any other superman. And
notice that we compare the Texas super
man with any other superman; to COM
pare him with ordinary mortality is a
task beyond the range of human Ian
guage. It is great State. and its super
man is I'm every way worthy of IT, The
superiority OF the redheaded widows Of
Houston" over the rest of their delect-
able sex elsewhere and of the pumpkins
and watermelons of Texas over such
gourds in the rest of the Union is not
greater than that Of the Texas superman
over the finest superman ever conceived
by Herr Nietzsche in his most imagina-
tive moments.
We should like to know of any other
superman who could say of himself what
Senator Bailey said in his speech al Bell
Vile, Tex, on Wednesday, as reported In
the Galveston News:
Nov my countrymen, il is little hard
that the United States Senator from Texas
should be compelled TO leave his post of
duty and come down here and defend HIM
self before the people whom he has served
for seventeen years and in whose name
he has never committed one mistake. Is
that not remarkable? II never happened
before in the history Of American politics
As between a man who has never made a
mistake in his public life and always
makes mistakes In his private life and a
man who never makes a mistake in his
private affairs but always does in his
public duties. would not you prefer the
former? Of course you would, but when
you can get as a Senator a man who does
not make mistakes either in his public
or private affairs. whose public and pri-
vate life is clean and wise, don't you
think you are fortunate? "a voice: We've
got him. Yes, you have one"
The man who has never made a mis-
take in public or private life Is so out of
harmony in this world that he Is, para
doxical to relate. pursued with universal
suspicion. Not to make mistakes is for
the gods" said the Greek poet. but if he
had lived to-day he would have added,
'and for Senator Bailey" This fact
measures human progress in twenty-five
centuries