Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-14

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is the civil service term for reducing them.
These men will be given work as watch
men. messengers and other easy jobs. and
those who cannot do any work will prac-
tically be in receipt Of a pension from the
An entirely new kind OF combination in
restraint of trade" has been evolved in
New York City, II the charges made in
certain suits for damages which have been
brought in that city are to be regarded as
trustworthy indication. Accord
ing to the facts as alleged, five associations
of retail marketmen have Joined in one
general association and have formulated
rules under which demand is made upon
the commission merchants that they sell
only to members of the retailers assocla-
ton, or at least not to sell to outsiders
unul after certain hours in the morning.
AS a result OF this restrictive scheme a
lea ing commission merchant claims that
he was boycotted by the association be-
cause he persisted in treating all buyers
alike. He has brought suit for $50, 600
damages against three individuals proml-
nently connected with the marketmen's
association, and has also laid charges
against the organization before the federal
district attorney, who has begun an in
vestigation to determine whether or not
the methods against which complaint is
made are in violation OF the Sherman anti
trust law. The boycott seems to have been
directed against three commission firms,
which 10 consequence have been compelled
to throw away tons Of perishable ship
ments watch they could not dispose Of.
One of the peculiar phases Of the boycott
was that many members Of the market
mems association were opposed to the
coercive method, but they considered them
serves bound By the authority of the or
ganization and yielded to the will of the
majority.
The interesting case OF the leper, John
Early, who has been isolated in the Dis
trict of Columbia since last August, now
takes a new turn. The battle OF the
leprosy experts seemed ended not long ago
when DR.. Ehlers, the leading leprosy au-
thority of Denmark, examined Early and
pronounced the man a leper beyond all
possible doubt. But the New York spe-
cialist, DR.. L. d. Buckley, refuses to be
convinced. None of his examinations has
revealed the leprosy bacillus, and in this
view he is sustained by the pathologist of
the New York Board Of Health. In order
to treat Early, DIR. Buckley has secured
his removal to the New York kin and
cancer hospital. His own theory Of the
mysterious disease, according to the New
York Times, is that the victim has merely
an aggravated case of 'dermatitis
venetata," which was contracted while
Early was working with a caustic liquid
made from black ash in a North Carolina
pulp mill.
Weighing 500 pounds, Miss Plunkett, who
gives her home 80 New York City, fell off
an electric car in Elizabeth, n. j., on
October s, 1908, and SO, she asserts in a
suit she has brought against the Public
Service corporation, has since lost 20C
pounds, as the result of the accident, to
the great detriment to her value as an
attraction at county fairs and the like,
where Miss Plunkett has frequently fig
ured as a drawing card. Miss Plunkett
alleges that the company's negligence was
responsible for the accident, and has con-
sequently sued for so, 900 damages, setting
forth as her claim the loss of weight she
has sustained and the consequent dimin.
ished profits which she in heI
profession.
A Catholic priest, who has for years
been performing marriages on Ellis island
was telling some OF his experiences
relates the Times,
"old world thrift creeps out even In
the marriage ceremony" said the gooC
father. when immigrants come her,
they expect to save, and they are capabl,
OF driving many a sharp bargain. on,
day before a big liner got in I was ap
preached by four young men, who told m,
they had been in this country for tw,
years, They expected their sweetheart
on the steamer that was then coming VI
the bay.
A." We all came down to get married,
said the spokesman for the quartet. w,
are friends, and We sent for our sweet
hearts together. We want you to MARI,
us, and we wish to know II you won
marry us cheaper because there are fou
of us
The idea Of club rates in marrias
fees struck ms as being rather move
Our church is not much Of a stlckler 10
fees, and We often marry couples VIII,
are poor without charging anything
However, l deemed II best not to reml
the whole charge in this instance.
" Ordinarily l charge 81 a couple
said. But since you want the ceremon.
performed as cheaply as possible, / wi
save you some OF the expense. l will d
il for only 81 apiece-A In ALL
That was entirely satisfactory to them
When the steamer came up to the pie
and the girls came ashore and passed tn
required examination l performed tn
ceremony. We borrowed the wedding rim
OF the matron, and even avoided that ex
pense. 1t was certainly a bargain In mar
riages," and the twinkle that gleame
from his eyes and the light that came u
from his heart and rested on the father
face showed he was glad that he had ha
10 do with the launching Of this cut-rat
happiness.
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