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New-York tribune., 1909-06-28
WALK In PITTSBURG
ONLY ONE MAIL CAR Run.
No Speed Limit for Ta1is-To I'm
port Strife Breakers

Pittsburg, June 21-Due TO the strike Of the
streetcar conductors and motormen, greater
Pittsburg walked to-day amid intermittent
thunder showers and torrid sun. Since .
O'Clock this morning only one car, carrying the
United States mail. has moved in the city or
suburbs
Persons living in outer Allegheny County used
the hastily provided shuttle trains Of the Penn
svlvania Railway and the Baltimore & Ohio
On these trains the travel was extraordinarily
light so much 50 that ar noon the railways
tool. off the ive-Tninute schedules and substi-
tuted hourly service
Downtown Pittsburg was deserted for the en-
tire day. except at the headquarters Of the
Amalganated Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees and the Offices of the PITTS
burg Railways Company. A. union headqIar-
ters the strikers oongregatsd early. The men
urt:eS.y declared for long and hard fougst
strike Al the Offices Of the railways company
the executive officers consulted all day. plan
ming their campaign.
The day was marked with only one clash be
tween union men and would-be strike breakess-
Two negroes applied TO the superintendent at
the Homewood car barns for employment. and
were set upon by union sympathizers and
chased from the district The police were IN
formed but no arrests were made
Conveyances were early placed at a premium
by enterpr!sing wagon and cab owners Taxi
cabs did a stupendous business, and were al
lowed TO break speed limits in their efforts TO
handle the inter-resident district traffic
New-York tribune., 1909-06-28

BRETON WOODS, WHITE MTs., NJ r.
information at III. 1122. and 1lSo 3 way.-~AdYt.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-28
PREACHER WITH STRIKERS.

PREACHER WITH STRIKERS.
At many of the churches to-day morning and
afternoon services were dispensed with The
Rev. Dr. A Fisher, of the Wylie Avenue Bap-
tst Church. an aristocratc congregation in the
Heron Hill district made reference to the strike
situation in his morning sermon however, in the
following words: IF these men. both union and
official had loved each other as Christ taught.
this strike which now engulfs this city would
never have occurred believe these poor strik-
ing nnotorHen and conductors are only asking
what these wealthy street railway operators
could have granted without straining point.
pray God that no such violence may attend this
labor struggle as marked Pittsburg by a trail of
blood during the unforgettable days Of the
Homestead strikes
Wild rumors Of strike breakers arriving and
being hidden in waterfront houses poured into
the police stations during the day Investiga-
ton Of the rumors proved them to be without
foundation However. ii is known that the
Pittsburg Railways Company has been nego-
tiating with professional strike breakers, in
Guiding James Farley, who will undoubtedly
bring imported men here to run the streetcars.
An agent for strike breaking concern was
heard from in Latrobe, Penn, a short distance
from here. to-day. II was said he had con-
tracted for two hundred foreigners to come to
Pittsburg. It is known that for the last three
or four weeks the Pittsburg Railways Company
has anticipated general strike Of its
ployes- Extra crews have been broken in on all
lines throughout the city and environs On the
Heron Hill line, where seven cars ran hourly
under the ordinary schedules. last week four
teen have been in operation in charge of extra
crews. In other parts of the city the same sit
uation prevailed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
To TEST New Bank Acts

Tn" first test case of the now bank
ing laws WAS started last night when
Attorney Jas. T. Boyd filed u prayer
for mandamus to compel the state
board of state bank commissioners tu
issue license to J. Marymnmt. Of Reno
10 open II bank
Til" law reads that the board shall
grant Il license. under certain conditions
to II Corporation" but says nothing
about person. The petitioner ayers
that the board is dcpriring him of his
constitutional rights to engage III any
lawful business for gain.
The writ is made rcturnahlc October
G ut which time arguments will hc
heard us t" why the writ should not bc
issued. Three acts relating to banking
were passed hy tn" last legislature.
The present action relates to only ono
clause of one of these acts. aud while
important will not impair the law in
force. Carson Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Program ol Mining Congress

Following i the program of the
American Mining Congress at the 18th
annual meeting to he held at Goldfcld.
Nevada. for the week beginning
September 2;th. Questions uf import
amcr will hc discuss Il ry nnted
speakers:
~ Federal Bureau Of ,I:,.,- hv d
W. Brunton of Denver ali Canrrcss.
man ". F. Eu.,l.hriob, - q ,rfr,rni,
The Need OF a National Laboratory
for Research Work in g},, Domain Of
Mining" by Tb,,,r. - y;,I-h ~
ColorAds.
The Tutur, If III. C,nrrr NIinri,g
Industry" bv Hor.,r i stevens
lioughton. Mich.
The M.vcrrp, f,r ,iro,,.r S,r,,,
aud Efficiency in Mining" by DR.
Joseph \. Ho!ma, Washiagt,n. d G.
Federal I.a.iI Policies ~ Thav Af.
feet tn" Miniug Industry" hv S.n,.p,s
WcI,!.,u 3. U,yb,ru nr Id,b, Rood
Smooa Of Utah and Cicorp. +
Chamberlain of Oregon.
Mine Insp.ction." hv C,ur,cn,v n.
Kalb of California. Henry Lao Of
Utah. and DR.. J,,.,h \ I;,Ino. &c
Washington. DC
"Elcctrictv: It..R.la.;nu to In, MIN
ing mdu,try," by p p,ttnr nf COLA.
field. Ncv.
The PARALYSIS of NHniny Districts ."
ny Z. b. Kirby. St. Louis Mo-
The Miniu,, Mans Irt.r..-t i, T,,a
Opnrations, by Professor ~ y Worth
with Carnegie Steel comu,nv pitts.
burg. Pa.
'.Smcltcr Rates" by James II Fox
Seattle. Wash.
The Zinc Mines of S,u,h.r, NJ.
yada." hv DoupIns White los Argola.
Cal.
"Old Comstock DAYS" bv William G
Raistun. San Francisco, Cal
The Purchase of Coal bv the B. r.
L. Method" by Snnucl 4. Taylor
pttsburg. Pa.
"Goy,rnmcmt Cu.npcration With the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
WhilcwaShinU Coal

AS our readers are likely to bc served
with coal which has been whi;owashcd
an explanation of this novel and nm.
usual condition is in order. White.
washing coal is not done to improve its
appearance or increase its burning
qualities. the treatment neither i'm.
proves nor harms the fuel. II iso dc.
tectivc scheme on the part of the rail.
roads to locate and prevent theft of the
coal aS II is hauled from the mines io
tho consumer. These doprcdations
amount to thousands of tons annually.
and the railroads are the sufferers. ns /,
is up to them To- deliver as many toms
ut destination, often thousand miles
away. rs was weighed in when the car
was turned over for transportation.
Two or three tons may bc removed
from II carload containing forty toms
without attracting attention 10 its de.
creased quantity until the car Is again
placed on the scales. 70 locate the loss
limcwatcr is sprayed over n trainlond
of coal. In u short time the water has
cvapora,cd. leaving load of white
coal. Then removal Of any ,,pol leave.
Il big black spot which is quickly motto.
cd by inspectors and station agents and
tho leak found and stoppcd. II n
Windsor IN October Popular Mechanics
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Some Costly Ruls

Fancy. if y"u can. oriental rugs
worth literally their weight in gold.
1t Is difficult of belief. vet il is fact
demonstrated in the oriental hnilding
at the Alaska ukon-Pacific "xpn,i-
tion
In the Alaska building at tn" fair
there Is an exhibit of a million dollars
of virgin gold dust, but il takes up ten
times the amount of room that eight
small oriental wcavcs take up in the
oriental building. and these eight are
valued at SlOO.OOO. The whole lot of
them are put away at night for safe
keeping III IA vault. Whose inside cham
bcr measures only ~ 10y - inches. The
safe Is of tn" latest burglar proof type,
yet besides all of its locks and bolts
there is also. at night. gigantic Turk,
one" warrior uf the sultan. who
heavily armed guards the treasure
The Atiycr brothers literally cumhcd
the orient to bring its treasures to the
exposition. They penetrated Persia,
Iurki>tan, Syria. kurdist;tn, BrluOchi-
stan. Turkey and Armenia. The
reduced circumstances of many hitherto
wealthy families who suffered with the
young Turks and the breaking mp Of
many II luxurious harcm. enabled the
Atlychs To secure precious family heir
looms. never seen before hy intidcl eyes
One of the rugs in the collection is
| valued Mt S2j.OOO. There are two that
are held ut Sli,5OO. three whose value
is 5000 each and number which run
from $1,000 to 5000. In the collection
there are a number of rugs. of course.
that common people can look upon.
some rs low as 800 but they are carried
more to use for comparison than for
any other reason.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
WhIt Becomes Of the Corn

People often wonder, particularly
those who have travelled for hundreds
of miles through the corn belt. what
become, of corn which is grown every
year. In the year 1898, when the to-
tai crop WAS 1855, 900, 900 bushels,
2il. .OO0,0 900 bushels were consumed in
-four and grist mill products, 5000. 800
bushels in the manufacture OF starch.
9,O0O,GOo bushels for malt liquors. H.
O0O.OOu bushels in the production of
distilled liquors, 10000, ,O00 bushels tor
glucose. 10000, 900 bushels for export
and l3,0oO,O0O bushels for seed, max
ing total Of 5lS. OOO. 900 bushels. or ~. :,
per cent of the entire crop. The remain
ing 50. per cent, or 2,llS. 900. COO
bushels, seems to have been used almost
entirely for feeding. Exchange
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Lander Turquoise Mines

That Lander county will develop II
of the most famous turquoise mines in
the West is among the strongest posi-
hilitics. says the Austin Revcillc The
property is situated i'll Cortcz canyon
ani belongs To Charlie and George
Schmidilcin and JOhnie Francis. The
development includes Il 10 foot tunnel
witch has s1own up some splendid de
poSit> of the finest grade turquoise.
The property WAS examined this week
by Paul Tarpey and Harry Stimler,
with whom George B!alicSlec of To.
moplh is associated. They brough bacl;
s3mc beautiful specimens which they
have tested In Il thorough manner. Tho
Inspection of the mine WAS made with
a view of mprchnSn
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

\ wife who sits idly by while her
husband is being pounded may bc
punished in Chicago This is the
law rs understood and enforced IN the
Englcw0od court. Mrs Dora LLOYD
was eating hrcakiast when her husband
and IN impluyc who boarded in tho
family began tnquarrcl. and Mrs. LLOYD
went on eating bread aud buttcr Tho
husband was done MP and llc caused the
arrest Of the wife and boardcr. Both
were fined and as they could not pay
they went to Jail Tho c0urt held that
a wife has no right TO observe the
neutrality laws when her husband Is
being licked.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17
Safety al Sea

Last year II thousand ships or more
were lost; the year before the sca took
nearly the same toll. 10 the tourist
his assurance of safety lies in the fact
that il is tho sailing vessel. with it's
dependence on the iicklc wind that
largely makes up the tremendous loss
Frcighting steamers. vUyaging on M.
familiar coasts. nearly complete the
disaster roll; hut TO the great liners.
with their familiar routes. their well.
known lines Of travcd. their guarded
and well lighted hurhDrs and nll their
appliances for safety. the manifold
dangers of the ocean ar" only the re-.
mote possibilities that give touch of
adventure to their passage from land to
land. Every morning brings uS some
story of death or accident on land.
while the great passenger ships come
and 20 in mOuoiunous regularity. bring
uf high seas that have kept them from
making now records With the present
madness for speed and its attendant
rcCklcsSucsS. our streets demand con.
slant alrrtncss If you would cross them
with safety. Speed at sca has como
through larger and NOR" st0utly con.
strucicd ships. 81 the familiar old
story Of the sailOrman at sca in u storm
who. serene IN his consciousness Of
ample sea room. pionsly calculated:
"God help the poor folks ashore to.
night" is not wholly Gantastic.--
Exchange
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

The following is II negro preachers
explanation of how hot hell is:
well, Sah, if you take all dc wood
derc is in dc state and pile it in one
great pile, and den take all de coal
dcrc is in dc state of Penn svlvauia
and pile it on top. and den take all de
oil belt and saruratc dat wood and
dat coal and set il all on fire and
bring u sUal from hell and Sot him in
dc middle of dat fire he would freeze tu
death"
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31

cellin Boule. director Of paleontology
in the Paris Museum, to determine
the sex of the earliest known human
being. Small hip bones showed that
the creataure was man, and the
sutures of the skull that he was ripe
with years when he died. He was
about five and one-fourth feet high.
The walls of the skull are very thick,
the skull box is fiattened and slopes
to the front and the eye arches are
exceedingly large and prominent. A
wide mouth, big nose and massive
paw were characteristics in life. This
type of man stands between Java
monkey and the lowest order of hui
man being existent to-day. The esti-
mate of the age of his bones range
between 10000 and 100000 years.
New York Tribune
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31

stupidity of his lower browed rela-
tives.
Not long ago three priests discov-
cred the skull of this progenitor Of
Adam at Chapelle-aux-Saints. Sci
entists have made a study of it, and
declare that this earliest of known
humans had right to think we'll Of
himself, although he would hardly fit
into modern drawing room. Take
him for all and all, he was man. ;"
He made fair use of his Opportuni-
ties, and did not attack animals that
he could not subdue. He gave his
children a good hunting education,
and perhaps taught them the rudi-
ments of art-how to scratch pictures
on stone.
Up to the present time seniority
among human relics belonged to
those found in Neanderthal, Ger
many, in 1856, and in Spy, Belgium,
thirty years later. When the Mean
derthal skull was found Darwinism
was in it's infancy, and men were
rather ashamed to acknowledge their
ancestors. To-day they are eager to
trace back the relationship as far as
possible. The Neanderthal skull has
a capacity Of some 1900 cubic cent?
metres, and this is about the capacity
of the Chapelle-aux-Saints specimen.
Modern man averages 1900, with
Cuvier's and Lord Byron's expand
ing to 1900. while the Australian
aborigine drops down to 400. The
best brain cavity that the manlike
apes can show is 600 cubic cent?
metres.
The Chapelle-aux-Saints headpiece
was found in one of the numerous
limestone caves Of the Correze dis
trict, amid flint stones and the bones
of deer and bison. The geological
level was about the same as that in
which the Neanderthal and Spy bones
were discovered. Together with the
skull, some vertebral and hip bones
were unearthed, which led M. Mar
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31
EE ANTEDATED ADAM
French Cave Man Lived Between co..
COO and 100000 Years Ago.

Thousands of years before Adam
found himself in the Garden of Eden
there lived man who made his home
in the limestone caves Of Central
France. He had no need of fig leaves,
since nature provided him with a
tasteful robe of hair. His life was
undoubtedly hard, but he was fairly
equipped for the struggle, having
teeth like gorilla and a sinewy arm
that could WELD a club with deadly
effect against his fourlegged enc
mics. He went hunting after the
lower animals, and enjoyed getting
the strangle hold on deer or sinking
his teeth in the neck of a young cave
bear. He would often beat his prey
over the head with rock. When
ever he used stone or club, he prob
ably congratulated himself on his
superior methods and felt mild con-
tempt for the dulness of his cousins,
the apes. When he glanced in
stream of water he admired the in
tellectual aspect Of his forehead and,
maybe, understood the reason for the
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31
Eeedinu Birds in Scandinavia.

The transplanting to this country
of the Scandinavian custom of feed
ing birds in winter, advocated by
Christian T. Nelson of this city, Is
being indorsed by leading members of
the humane societies throughout the
Northwest. THE custom of feeding
birds in winter, believe, had it's orr
gin in Scandinavia" states Mr.. Nelson.
"The juleneg' is bundle Of oats left
unthreshed in the fall of the year and
kept for this special occasion. 1t is
tied to pole or tree and left for the
birds to feast, on. In Scandinavia,
when the farmer brings in the Christ
mas trees to sell to the people in the
villages and cities, he also has with
him a large supply of 'juleneg,' which
he disposes of at the same time, so
that outside of every home where
there is Christmas tree may be found
the bundles Of grain for the birds. -
Chippewa Falls Correspondence OF the
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31
TtE LANGUAGE OF THE GAME.

'tIe ambled to the Acne sack"
The pestle Wielder soon was whitfield
Il mps waved the orator way back
"A Wilbur Wright the batter hitfed;
lis here again. . brothers all
The pleasing language OF baseball.
He leaned against the hurler's slant:
me catcher pegged him by two feet
'of blnSItS we We're somewhat SCant,
such spitbau serves were hard 10
beat
Beside ii classic tongues seem tame
The language of the glorious game.
"He whanged the shy, elusive pill';
THE garden guardian speared the
sphere;
1.-THE bleacherites yelled. oh. you Bill!'
Red Casey was the cannoneer";
No doubt OF it-spring has the floor
When baseball talk has doomed once
more.
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31

| ing up the widow to Jerry, and it also
meant the humiliation of owning that
his friend, even when he had turned
from him, was dearer than ANYTHING
else. So Sim hesitated and longad
and kept on maF'1g himself unco1n-
| Portable for almost a month. Then
one day as he passed Jerry's store he
could not resist looking in, as he had
| used to look, for a sight of Jerry. And
| as his eyes travelled wistfully from
| window to window, he suddenly be-
came aware OF pair of eyes staring
back at him. Eyes in which the wist-
| fulness of his own reflected. 1t was
| Jerry himself standing with a shoe in
his hand, before an impatient custo-
| mer, forgetful of business and of time
and of differences as he looked at his
| friend.
Sim went by hurriedly, but he new
er stopped until he reached his own
house. There he took the beautifully
made coat from hanger and put it
neatly into box. Supper was ready
and waiting when he went down and
he ate absently. Afterward he put on
his hat firmly, drew a long breath and
started out with the box.
But he did not have to 60 far, for
he and Jerry met at the garden gate,
and Jerry had a bundle on his arm
which he held out to Sim with sob.
Il began 'em that night l saw you
with your feet yon that railing" he
said. Il knew those shoes hurt-I
knew they did-and l went home and
made 'em and l never had the courage
to give 'em to you until now"
In spite of his weight and his dig
nifty and his 60 years he flung his arms
about Sim and held him close
'If you want the widow Parsons"
he cried, you go and get her. But
don't let her stand between us tha!
have played and worked and joyed
and sorrowed together all-all our
lives"
Il don't want her. said Sim, pat
ting Jerry's broad back as tenderly as
if it had belonged to the widow her
self. THE only person in the world
that can't get along without is you"
After a. while they sat down child
ishly upon Sims steps close together
and the bundle and the box changed
hands. Jerry tried On the coat and
said it was the handsomest he had
ever seen. Sim Immediately made a
present of his torturing shoes to the
gardener. 1t grew dark but still the
old fellows sat there, close together.
When 1t became known that Jerry
and Sim had deserted the field of ac-
tion as far as the widow was con
cerned, that lady Immediately an
nounced her engagement to Thomas
Green Of the Upper Village, and gave
out with much emphasis that she had
never cared about either of her other
suitors
1T was just kind of fun TO see two
old men quarrel about woman" she
was reported to have said. But Jerry
and Sim when they heard were not
distressed. They looked at each other
placidly, and smiled.-Boston Post.
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31
Mr., oosLlNoroN GETTING ON.
Can Wear New Clothes Without 30
ina Stared at in the Street.

ing Stared at in the Street.
"Well, now," said Mr.. Goslington,
this is encouraging; have sport
ed out in new suit of clothes without
having anybody stare at me, a great
advance on anything I've done yet.
In such circumstances l used to be so
self-conscious that in my efforts to ap-
pear natural l made myself all the
more conspicuous, so that everybody
stared at me, to my furtheL great en-
barrassment and confusion, but this
time seem to have got through very
nicely; nobody noticed me at all.
Il don't know why 1t is. but we all
seem when we put on new clothes to
imagine ourselves the centre OF all
observation, and SO despite the pride
we may have in them wearing them
the first time may be a great trial.
knew a man once who used to break
in his new clothes gradually.
This friend of mine when he got
new suit would first wear the trousers
with an old waistcoat and coat. The
next day he would wear the new waist
coat with old trousers and coat, and
then he'd wear the new coat, with old
waistcoat and trousers. In this way
he sort of accustomed himself to his
new things gradually, SO that he didn't
feel so strange in them, and then on
the fourth day he'd swell out in the
new suit complete.
"He thought this helped him heap.
and l dare say it did help him some,
but it never appealed to me and 1t
looked like running away, anyhow;
and so when I've got new suit
have just put it on and worn it. !
have been selfconscious in it and |
know it, so that l walked differently
and acted differently in some way so
that I attracted attention; but l have
braved it out, and now l realize that
l must have been improving.
Yesterday l wore for the first time
a new suit and absolutely nobody
looked at me, and that is encouraging
l don't know but that would have
felt little better if one or two, just
one or awo, had looked at it, but l am
nightly pleased to have had nobody
look at it. Really, it makes me feel
that am getting on. A man has real
ly got to be somebody when he can
wear new clothes without having peo-
pie stare at him in the street. New
York Sun.
The St. Mary banner., 1909-07-31
Automatic Bottlc-Filler.

A bottle-filling machine has been
recently invented by two Philadelphia
men for which several interesting i'm
provements are claimed by the inven-
tors. In the first place, it is more
thoroughly automatic than any of the
devices now in use for this purpose,
and, further, it seems capable of a
greater range of adjustment. 1t will
handle material of any character