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The labor world., 1909-05-01
PEDDLER GETTING +.
SOME EASY MONEY
Is Selling Housewives Cotton Under
Name Of Linen and Chara-
ina Bio Price,

IS oe''u9 HOUSEWIVES Cotton Under
Name Of Linen and charg-
ing Big Price.
Complaints have been coming into
the police station that a peddler is
tleecing innocent housewives by SELL
ing cotton cloth for linen and
charging IS to rs cents a yard for
it when it can be bought a almost
any Duluth dry goods store for Is
cents yard. s.
1t is said that man is making a
house to, house canvass selling his
cotton wares and representing them
as real linen and that he has been do
ing large volume of business. He
represents that his goods are the best
make of linen and that the reason he
can sell them for cents when the
stores are charging more is that he
Is on the inside" with manufacture
ing firm,
The stuff is a common grade Of
mercerized cotton and the people who
buy it for IS to rs cents a yard are
being fleeced. The police are looking
for the peddler.5 ;. @ If .s. @
The labor world., 1909-05-01

provides that the employers and work.
ingmen shall each be represented by
one man and tht the third commits
sioner shall be learned in the law.
The commissions duties are chiefly
for the compilation of data looking to
the presentation Of an employers liza
bility act to the next legislature.
The men appointed will serve with
out salary, but are allowed $4,000 to
cover the entire expenses of the COM
mission.
1t is intended that the work of the
commission shall be most thorough
and painstaking, and that their study
of the subjects involved shall extend
not only to other states but to GER
tain of the European countries as WE'LL
The labor world., 1909-05-01
BRITISH LABOR HAWNG !.
OUR OWhExPERIENCE.
Unemployment Increases While
Prices of Living Steadily
-. Advance. -.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-From
statistics published in the: Board Of
Trade Labor Gazette, Consul General
Robert J. Wynne, of London, fur
nishes the following information con-
cerning labor conditions and whole
sale and retail prices in the United
Kingdom.
At the end of the year 1908 employ
ment was worse than at any CORE
spending period since 1892. The gen.
eral decline which began during the
second half of 1907 continued until
the last two months of 1908 when
there was slight Improvement The
prolonged disputes in the engineering
and shipbuilding trades and in the
cotton trade adversely affected en-
ployment at Nancy establishments not
directly concerned in the disputes.
Returns relating to over 100000
members of trade unions show that
the means of the percentages of mem
bers returned as unemployed at the
end of each month of 1908 was 7.8 as
compared with 81 in 1907. The high
est mean percentages of the unen-
ployed at the end of each month, oc-
Cured in 1904 and 1865 and Z, re-
spectively. Omitting these two years
the mean percentage of unemployed
from 1898 to 1907 (eight years. was
3.s. The mean of the monthly per-
centage for the metal, engineering and
shipbuilding group Of trades was 1926
in 1908.
The general level of retail prices Of
food showed an increase of nearly 2h
per cent as compared with 1907, over
5 compared with 1906, and S.4 COM
pared with 1900.
The labor world., 1909-05-01
Order to Examine Final Account OF
Special Administration.

Order to Examine Final Account Of
Special Administration.
STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY
In the Matter of the Estate Of Patrick
Sennott, Decedent.
The Petition of Archibald Ferguson
as representative of the above named
decedent. together with his final ac-
count of the Special administration of
said estate, having been filed in tlis
Court, representing, among other
things, that he has administered said
estate, and praying that said final
account of said Special adminstra-
tton be examined, adjusted and al
lowed blythe Court, and for the dis
charge Of the representative and the
sureties on his bond.
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard, and said final account exam
lned, adjusted and allowed by the
Court, at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House. in the City of Du-
luth in said County, on Monday, the
oath day of May, 1909, at ten o'clock,
A.. M, and all persons interested in
said hearing and in said matter are
time and place to show cause, if any
there be, why said petition should not
be granted.
Ordered Further. That this order be
served by publication in the Labor
World according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Minn., April 26th,
1909.
(SeaD BY the Court.
J. B. MIDDLECOFF,
Judge of Probate.
Labor World May /, 8, Is, 1909.
The labor world., 1909-05-01
BOUNDARY LINE TO
BE PLAINLY MARKED
Between Y. S. and Canada BY Com
mission Appointed for
That PURPOSE.

In the coming summer the remark
ing and surveying of the boundary
line between the United States and
Canada will engage the attention Of
the two commissions appointed for
that purpose. o. H. Ttman of the
United States coast survey and Dr. w.
F. King, Dominion astronomer.
Surveying parties will begin work
in the near future between the Lake
of the Woods and Port Arthur. At
stated points where the boundary
passes through water, monuments of
reference will be erected. On land,
where the line passes through country
various in character and is covered
The labor world., 1909-05-01
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
St. Louis.-ss. District Court, Elev-

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st. Louis.-ss. District Court Elev-
enth Judicial District.
In the matter of the application Of
john G. Person to register the title
to the, following described real es-
tate situated in st. Louis County,
Minnesota, namely:
Lots numbered one % and two (2),
in Block numbered eighty (8O),
Portland Division of Duluth, accord
on file and of record in the office
of the register of deeds in and for
said county,
Applicant,
City of Duluth and all other persons
or parties unknown, claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
the real estate described in the ap-
plication heYhEN.
The State of Minnesota to the above
named defendants:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the application of
the applicant in the above entitled
proceeding and to file your answer
the Clerk of said court in said county,
within twenty (20) days after the SER
vice Of this summons upon you, eX-
elusive of the day Of such service. and,
II you fail to answer the said applica-
tion within the time aforesaid, the
applicant in this proceeding, will ap-
ply t., the court for the trelief de-
manded therein. ..,~-
Witness, J: P. JohHson, clerk of said
in said county, this 17th day of April,
A. D. 1909. :"
J. P. JOHNSON. Clerk,
BY V. A. DASH, Deputy.
(Seal Of District Court, ST. Louis Co.,
Oliver LIVER S. ANDERSON,
Attorney for Applicant, .~s&..
Duluth, Minnesota. -.~
Labor World, May 1-8-15-1 1907
The labor world., 1909-05-01
CASE THAT PUZZLES
THE BEST SURGEONS
Man With Ruined Spinal Cord
Waits Two Years for Death
to Come.

PHILADELPHIA, April 29-With
his spinal cord in the same condition
it would be in if he had a broken
back, his legs paralyzed and unable
to move his body below the waist
line, john p McCaffrey has lain for
two years on water mattress in the
home of his mother, 1912 North End
street. waiting for death.
That he is still alive is a marvel of
The labor world., 1909-05-01
Commissioners ARE
NAMED BY GOVERNOR
On Employers Liability Laws
and Report to Next Session
Of Legislature.

=, Governor John A. Johnson recently
appointed the three commissioners who
are to investigate employers liability
legislation in other states and countries
and report to the next legislature. The
appointees are George M. Gillette, rep
Tesenting the employers; w. E. Nc
Even, state labor commissioner, re-
presenting the working men. and H. "
Mercer, representing the bar. The law
Evening star., 1909-02-07
TARIFF ON LUMBER.
Statement Filed With the Ways and
Means Committee,

In statement filed with the House
ways and means committee today by
James Elliott Defebaugh of Chicago
editor of the American Lumberman, re-
garding the efforts that are being made
to induce Congress to remove the pres
ent duty lumber. it is asserted. that
the principal witnesses who appeared
before the committee in advocacy of
free lumber are officers of British Co.
lunlbia lumber company.
The statement contains the announce.
ment of the formation of the Ameri-
can Timber Holding Company. with a
capitalization of $6.000,OOO, holding title
to about 1.J00,0O0.0OO feet of timber, To-
Gated principally in western British
Columbia. accessible to tidewater The
purpose of the company is to float. it IL
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stated. a considerable part of the stock
on the American market, particularly
in the event of the removal or ma
terial reduction Of the duty on lum-
ber
'One of the chief witnesses of No
vember 20 was Nj. J. Scanlon of Mime
apOlis who is president of the new
company" says Mr. Defebaugh. The
leading witness of November 20 was
Theodore NJ. Knappen of Minneapolis.
who is now announced secretary of
the British Columbia Timber Company.
Another important witness was r. t..
Lynch OF st. Paul. who is one of the
directors. Further. an exhaustive
written brief, printed December 10. was
by w. s. Dwinnell. who is treasurer ~
this timber company.
Since the hearing of November 20
the country has been flooded with liter
ature sent out by the Forest Conserva-
ton League, of which Mr.. knappen ad-
mitted himself to be the chief conStit.
uent. 1t seems evident that if these
gentlemen can break the tariff lumber CO.
coanut. they hope 10 be able to claim the
milk as Canadian"
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WATTERSON IN RETIREMENT,
Bereaved Editor Will Not Again
Appear in Public

TAMPA Fla, February Elm a letter
declining TO take part in the banquet here
to William Jennings Bryan, Henry Wat
tersOn, the veteran editor of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal. declared that he
will never again appear in public
The death of a dearly loved daughter.
followed by the appalling tragedy which
took from me a son who was the very
apple of my eye. leaves me stranded and
helpless and wholly unequal to any kind
of publicity.
Before left home l Cancelled all of my
speaking dates and resolved never to
again appear before any audience was
a portion of a personal letter which Wat
terSon addressed to President Brown of
the state fair, now in progress here.
Watterson was to have been one OF the
principal speakers at the Bryan banquet,
and when his letter was read many heads
bowed in sympathy.
Bryan was visibly affected by the read
ing of the letter and made q touching
reference to the incident I'm his after-din-
ner speech
Watterson. who will be siXty-nine years
old on February III. is now at his winter
home at Naples on the gulf, near Fort
Meyer, Fla.
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REV. DR.. WESTON DIES.
Decedent Known as Grand Old
Man of Baptist Church.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. February c.
Rev DR.. Henry GriGgs Weston, the veto
ran president of Grocer Theological Semi
nary. died early today at his home in n
land near here He was cighty-nine wears
old. DR.. Weston was known as the ''ura nd
old man of the Baptist Church" lie,
had been president OF Grocer since the
seminary WAS founded. in IhGS and
through Ills leadership it became one o.
the best known institutions of its kind in
the country.
DIR. Weston was born in Massachusetts
and graduated from Brown I-niver-
sity in 1910 and from tie Newton Theo-
logical Seminary in 1S4S. The same yca-
he was ordained in the ministry. and
the next three years he spent in mis-
sionary work in Illinois. He then la-
bored in various charges. until called to
the Grocer Seminary.
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DEATH CHAIR FOR HARDY.
Alleged Slayer of Jones Voted
Guilty-Motion for New Trial.

Special Dispatch to The Star
SUFFOLK. Va. February 6-Without
the change of facial muscle or the quiv-
er of an eyelid Sam Hardy, merchant
and choir singer. alleged slayer of T. G.
Jones, today looked boldly into the face
of Court Clerk Conner as he heard that
he must die All argument was COM
pleted last night when Attorney CabeIl
of Norfolk, in a dramatic appeal of three
hours duration, closed for the state. and
the jury was locked up at IL o'clock. This
morning the jury began its work with a
long prayer. Only one ballot was taken,
only two of the jurors having exhibited
hesitation in voting Hardy to the death
chair.
Counsel for the defense moved for a
new trial.
The verdict is a surprise Hardy was
accused of shooting Jones in the latter
dooryard at Holland, October 26 last. The
evidence was circumstantial. Attorney
Cabell. in his closing argument, said:
Sam Hardy. your hand held the gun
which killed Jones, but I doubt that your
mind was the master mind in this trag
edy.'
Evening star., 1909-02-07
ITALIANS IN A PANIC
New York Tenement Shaken
by a Bomb Explosion.
LOWER RAILWAYS RUINED
Twenty Families Sent Into the Street
in Excitement.
SHOP IS ALMOST DEMOLISHED
Not Known That Any Threatening
Letters Had Been Received.
Dead Child in the House.
SHOP IS ALMOST DEMOLISHED

Special Dispatch To The Star.
NEW YORK. February 6.-The ex-
plosion of a bomb which. the police say,
failed To do any material damage to the
man for whom ii was intended but
which succeeded in almost entirely de-
moilshinS a shop next door and reduced
the Railways on the first and second
foors to Il state of ruin, shook the five
story tenement at 305 East 18th street
a few doors east of I'd avenue, shortly
after O'Clock this morning. The house
is occupied largely by Italians, and the
Jar and roar of the explosion sent the
twenty families occupying the five floors
into the street in highly excited con-
dition. Many windows in the neighbor.
hood We're shattered
The bomb which did the damage was
set in the vestibule of the building, di-
recuy between the grocery store of
Giuseppi PavOlacci and the butcher shop
run by the firm of Maggi-Capanesti. The
police are firm in the belief that Pavo-
lacci was the man for whom it was in
tended. but he denies absolutely that he
has received any threatening letters So
do the Italians who own the butcher
shop
Pavolacci in Pursuit
When Policemen Birmingham and
Manning ran into the vestibule immed-
lately after the eXploSion they say that
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Idea of the Founders.

1t never was Witnin the contemplation
OF the fathers tnat the federal seat OF
government was t. be local political
hahitation. II was to lie the home of the
national government within the exclusive
jurisdiction of Congress. excluding inter
ference by any other power.
Ii would have been an easy thing for
the government to have located itself
within the city of Philadelphia. New
York, Boston some one of the other
great cities of the country. But know
ing they would require many public
buildings and considerable room, they
intended to keep away from the large
business centers and manufacturing; .;
places and have territory limited to the
use of the federal government. 1t is not
as though the United States had taken
the territory from some other government
and then denied To the people the right
of selfSovernment, but as said, the Con
stitut'on was framed on the theory and
cession was made upon the hypothesis
that home was being created politically
for the federal government. not To be in
terfered with by any other power.
Assuming that there are people in the
District of Columbia that are denied full
political rights. il must be admitted and
conceded that the same is due to their
own efforts. Originally it was thought
that the larger number of people moving
there would be those in the employment
or Tie government from dlHerent states
in the Union. and would retain their citi-
zenship. and would be i'm the District
temporarily only: but since civil
service has become the law many regard
the District as their permanent home.
This may be unfortunate. but cannot very
well be helped. Every person i'll the Dis
trict can exercise the right of voting by
selecting some state and adopting it as
his place of residence.
1t must be borne I'm mind that the peo-
ple of the United States are tWOfOld in
terested in this important question. The
people of the United States are interested
in every person having full political
rights. and they are also interested in the
protection of the vast property in the
United States situated i'm the District of
Columbia; and what Is now located there
is small in comparison with what Will be
Ia a few short years.
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they were just il time 10 meet the grocer
as he burst from lis si.op fiol'ris:ing Il
pistol From tie lOos III Pavoiaccis eyes
they are sure that il was not fer them
that he intended til" contents 81 his pist oi.
although in his excitement he almost fired
al ihe police before he noticed their uni
forms
This bomb explosion Nigh, have had
more serious consequences than the usual
occurrence Of the sort owing to the fact
that scarlet fever mas been prevalent
among the children at No. s05 for some
time, and several of them are seriously
i'll. Had a fire followed the setting off
:of the explosive. as often happens in
such cases, the exposure and excitement
following would proba bly, have rendered
their condition worse. AS il was, several
children were called out but they had
been so we'll wrapped up that they will
hardly be any the worse for the expert
enCe.
Death at Midnight.
Only d few hours before the explosion
a death tsom scarlet fever had occurred
in the family of Salvatore Prencost who
lives on the third floor. Prencost must
have placed the customary streamers of
white ribbon on the door for his daugh-
ter thero. four years old, who died at
midnight bUt little while before the
was tDutiIGu TO tlie DOnlD on the
floor beneath it. When the shock came
Prencost picked up the body of his child
and ran to the street with ii in his arms.
The presence of the bomb in the entry
was discovered by Policeman Birmingham
before it went off, but not in time TO
prevent its exploding. He noticed pc
culiar looking box there and decided that
ii was worth crossing the street to inves-
tigate. Just as he got inside the outer
door he saw Il sputter of fire from one
corner of the box. He could see that the
sputter came from the end of fuse, and
that the fuse was about as short as 1t
could conveniently be. Birmingham
lodged behind the masonry Of the door
way just in time to miss the outer doors
of the vestibule as they were blown into
the street.
Frightened Inmates Gained.
The noise brought Manning to Birming-
hams side and together they turned in an
alarm and started into the house to pre-
serve order among the tenants who
were already shouting on the upper floors
and starting a stampede down the stairs.
Fortunately the force of the explosion had
been insufficient to wreck the stairWayS
or even badly damage the upper floor and
the frightened Italians became calmer
when they found that escape was easy
and that there was no fire to fear.
\ cursory inspection showed that the
building had not been badly damaged.
The worst havoc was wrought in the Mag
Si-CapaneSti butcher shop. The interior
of this had been converted into a junk
Evening star., 1909-02-07

shop. the fixtures and stock in the place
evidently getting the full force of the
explosion. In the entry the porcelain
panelng had been shaft cred and both sets
! of doors had been blown away. The outer
/, doors lay in the street, and those at the
back OF the vestibule had been shot back
irlo the hallway.
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Pistol Law Unconstitutional.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, February 6.-The
Alabama law which prohibits the carry
ing of pistol less than "a inches i'm
length was declared unconstitutional by
the state supreme court yesterday, the
opinion reversing recent decision. The
law applied to officers of law as we'll as to
Evening star., 1909-02-07

civilians. and the decision declaring the
law null and void was rendered in the
case OF Lon Taylor, constable. who had
been found guilty of carrying an unlaw-
full weapon.
Evening star., 1909-02-07

that things he dore or not done, as long
as not legislative in character. The pcn-
t.ie want something substantial in the
way of political freedom. aud do not want
To play governing themselves. They are
seeking legislative power something 50
far out 81 reach Ii can be determined
by ascertai3in2 if the power sought TO he
delegated Is legislative. In other words,
does il give those seeking TO exercise th"
iia.st any legislative power?
That Congress cannot delegate ieelS-
late power is "a principle universally rec
ogniZed as vital To the integrity and
maintenance OF the system of government
ordained b. the ConstitutioH.'-t'ield VS..
Clark, H.; l.. s, GIl
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x;yx;5l3ah' =
Heeaszfh
Never Fails to Restore
Gray Hair to its Natural
Color and Beauty.

No matter how long ithas been gray
or faded. Promotes luxuriant growth
of healthy hair. Stops its falling out
and positively removes Dan.
dru1t. Keeps hair soft and glossy. Re-
fuse all substitutes. ~ times as mucE
in 81. 90 as Soc. size. Is Not a Dye.
81 and soc. bottles. at druggists
Send Dc for free book " The Care of the Hair. +"
Philo Hay Spec. Co, Newark, N. J.
Hays Harfina Soap cures pimpIes,
red, rough and chapped hands, and all skin dis
eases. Keeps skin fine and soft. 2sc. druggista
Send &c for free book ''The Care Of the Skin"
O'DONNELL'S PHAR.; PEOPLES PHAR.:
REHS MODERN PHAR.: STEVENS PHAR.i
SPARKS BROS TWO STORES. nol5- -Su-.f
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}O9-4l1-4l3-4l5-4l7 Seventh St.

the person submitting the best reason
in so words Or less.
1t is not necessary to make any
purchases to enter this contest You
may submit as many different answers
as desired, but each must be signed
separately and must be received at our
advertising department on or before
Friday, February TO-
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Pavolacci in Pursuit.

When Policemen Birmingham and
Manning ran into the vestibule immed-
lately after the explosion they say that
Evening star., 1909-02-07
Any Size.

Heavy Colonial Iron Beds just like this
illustration. with choice Of white blue
or green enamel Have high head and
foot, heavy continuous posts and NAV
be had in any size desired
Evening star., 1909-02-07
The Act of Cession.

The act of cession may make some
trouble. The Constitution quoted does
not say to whom cesson shall be made
The cession was in the nature of a con-
tract between the state of MARYLAND the
Congress and government of the United
States.
The general assembly of MARYLAND re-
linqushed and ceded TO the Congress and
government OF the United States full and
absolute sright and exclusive Jurisdiction
of all that part of the territory OF Mary
land in the District of Columbia as well
eff soil of persons residing or to reside
thereon, pursuant to the tenor and effect
of the eighth section of the first article
of the Constitution of government of the
United States
clared the same is hereby accepted for
the permanent seat of the government cf
the United States. 1t is perfectly plain
That we cannot have two governments in
the District OF Columbia. The great oh
ject was to make the federal government
absolutely independent of any state
power.
II the people of the District of Column
bia do not have any vote they still have
great political influence.
So far all must agree that the power To
Iegfslate in and for the District of Co
Iunbia is exclusive III Congress- and
without an amendment to the Constitu
lion no local government can be erected
that will satisfy the demands of the
people of the District. Anything so far
suggested would be subject to the Iegis-
iative will of Congress. and the pOiitical
freedom so much desired by the people
would not be realized.
Congress cannot delegate its exclusive
power 10 ieSislate. Congress can delegate
Evening star., 1909-02-07

All answers will be submitted to
three impartial Judges. who will select
the best. and notify the winner of the
machine. We reserve the right to use
all of the reasons submitted.
Employees of this store, or mem
bers of their families, will be barred
from this contest.
Evening star., 1909-02-07
Rules Governing Contest.

We want your idea of the best
reasons for buying White Sewing
Machine-why to buy White in pref
erence- to any other sewing machine
and will give any White Sewing Ma
chine in this store absolutely free to