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Morris tribune., 1909-05-01

at Lebanon college. His connection
with the Knights Of Labor gave him
his first knowledge of economic ques-
ttons, and he held number Of impOr-
tant positions in that organization un-
til his removal to Ohio in 1891. Five
years later he was elected secretary
treasurer of the mine workers In Ohio,
which position he held until chosen vice
president of the national organization.
Mr.. Lewis rise in the labor world
was due largely to the fact that he
possesses great executive ability.
shrewd business capacity and strong
personality. Coupled with these quail
ties are thorough knowledge Of min
ing. familiarity with organization rrac-
tice and ability to recognize facts.
Morris tribune., 1909-05-01

seat he now occupies. Arrnougn Ii
member of the bar Senator Johnson
does not practice his profession, but
devotes himself to farming.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
IMPORTERS GET $500, 900, 900
Sugar Trust Has Not Been Alone in
Swindling Operations.

New York.-"I am satisfied that the
government has been swindled out of
mere than $500, 900, 900 in import duties
at this port during the past twenty
years.
This statement was made Wednesday
by Richard Parr, deputy surveyor, who
for nearly three years has been studying
the secret methods by which importers
here have been evading the tariff laws.
His close personal and official relations
with Collector Loeb warrant the infer
ence that the collector shares with Mis-
chief aide this startling opinion as to the
enormous amount of money out of which
the government has been cheated here
by men who, for the most part, are
stanch advocates of the protective tariff
system.
''The results Of my mcompleted work."
Mr.. Parr went on, convince me that
fully SIC 100000 a year has been tilched
from the revenue by New York i'm
porters of all classe of foreign commodi-
ties. While the sugar frauds are the
most glaring and probably bulk larger
than do those of any other single import
ing interest, at the same time | am
aware hat the American Sugar Refinery
Company has not been alone in these
swindIino ODeratiOns.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
ABANDON HOPE FOR MINERS
Many Men Are Probably Buried in
the Debris.

Cherry, lll.-liope that there might
still be alive some OF the $50 men
known to be cntOmbed in the st. Paul
coal mine was practically abandoned
Tuesday.
An exploration into what is known as
the second vein, where it was thought
that probably many miners had barri-
cadcd themselves and had managed to
exist on oats and corn provided for the
mules, showed that great portions OF the
tunnels had collapsed. 1t is thought
many mel were buried under the debris,
and if the obstruction is not soon cleared
away at least 100 bodies may never be
dug up. Fire was still raging in these
tunnels, and the back portions, where
imprisoned miners could have found a
retreat, were said to be full of the fatal
black damp.
what little hope we had was given
up when we penetrated to what is called
the overcast" said W. w. Taylor, gen
eral manager of the mine. In that place
pure air would have been found if it
could have been found anywhere, and
the miners, aware of it, would have re-
treated there"
Meanwhile Cherry continued to be a
village of mourning. The death Tues
day Of n of the survivors brought to
the surface last Saturday reduced the
total number of those saved ont of the
80 lost in the disaster to nineteen.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
OUTPUT OF GOLD MINES
TOTAL PRODUCT FOR 1908 WAS
$40, $40 OUNCES.
Colorado Leads With $22,871,OOO
Alaska Second With $685.
800, California $19, 1913, 700

Washingtou.-The gold mines of the
United States produced S94,j60,OOO
worth of the precious metal during 1908,
according to the United States geological
survey, and the bureau of mines, which
have co~-operated in preparing an analysis
OF the reports from private retiners and
federal minis and assay Offices.
The total gold product was 5,470,34O
ounces, u net increase in value of $l,2l4,-
300. Colorado leads with a productive
value OF $22,S7l 900: Alaska was second,
with $l9,s5S,S 500, and California was
third, with $l9,327,1OO Porto Rico was
the smallest producer, with a total OF
only $500. The Philippines show a re-
markable increase of S2l9,s0o to u total
of $S24,500.
Some states of the union usually not
associated in the public mind with gold
mining make a showing in the report.
In fact, twenty-one of the states and
territories, not including Porto Rico and
the Philippines, are producing gold.
Texas produced $50 worth in 1908; New
Hampshire mined $1,000 worth, and
somewhere in the vast grazing country
of Wyoming was produced $500. The
summary shows a net decrease of 4,O73,-
900 ounces of silver, with a value of $685.
05O,6OO. The total production Wa 81
140, 500 fine ounces.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
UNION BUSY
PLANS ARRANGED FOR A CAM.
PAlCN OF EDUCATION.
Impetus in Truck Farming Will Re.
suit in Canning Factories
Being Established.

Baton ROuge.-The plans of the
ever progressive Baton Rouge Truck
Farmers Union embrace an enlarge.
ment Of the area, and the employ
merit OF more up-to-date methods in
truck growing for market.
The union has employed Ellis Wei
land, Of Baton Rouge, to give the
truck farmers instruction in the mat
ter Of growing crops, and it is undc:-
stood that he has already suggest
ed Improvements in tn" way Of cul-
iIrr which will mean the saving Of
time and money in the course of a
year.
The growing of strawberries will b"
gone into extensively, and many of
the farmers are already getting in
their cuttings for the next planting.
it is believed that the impetus in
truck farming will result in & re-
Sumption Of work by The canning fac
inIy *l.t was idle the greater part
CT last season..
The idea that the cannory cannot
be operated at a profit, because of
cost in obtaining raw material in SUI
1:c'trt quantities will not hold good
Wien the crop is harvested from the
increased acreage in this section.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Front View Of Cathedral.

balustrades. Some rooms are finished
in Cuban mahogany, but there is very
little intammable material anywhere.
The heating is by steam and the light.
ing by electricity.
The cathedral is three stories high,
with a spacious basement. The ground
floor will be the banquet and ball
rooms, with galleries. The social
rooms are on the second floor, which
is also provided with quarters for la
dies. There is also a room for the
cystic Shrine. The third floor is oc.
cupied by the consistory auditorium,
which is arranged on the stadium plan
with tiers of opera chairs rising steep
ly, so that those in the real seats can
all see the work on the large floor be-
low. There are seats for nearly 600
in this auditorium. The organ loft is
to the north and at the south end
there is a spacious stage provided
with scenery, the work of a St. Louis
firm.
The p"roscenium arch is elaborate
with the designs and emblems of the
several degrees. The decorative de.
sign and color scheme were che work
of a Chicago firm. The organ was
made in Rock Island at a cost of
$4,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
DIES WITH SON IN ARMS
CONGRESSMAN DE ARMOND OF
MISSOURI BURNED TO DEATH.
Was Carrying His Grandson From
Burning Home When He Sue
cumbed to Smoke and Fire.

Kansas City, Mo.--It was in a vain
effort TO save the life OF his little grand
Sol that Congressman David A. Dear
mond, Of the Sixth Missouri district,
persisted in a fire that destroyed his
home in Butler, Mo-, early Tuesday.
The heroism OF the congressman a
made known when, with his arms locked
around the blackened and burned body
Of the little boy, the congressman's body
was found. He had caught up the e.
year-old lad, David 4. De.Armond, Jr.,
and rushed with him through the leap
ing flames that filled their sleeping
room. The congressman fell with his
unconscious burden and both sank
through the floor to quick death.
What makes the tragedy unusually
pathetic is the fact that the grandson
was the grandfather, idol. The two
often slept together. Monday night the
boy went to his grandiathcr's house,
and after a happy evening the two re-
tired.
The next the family heard of them
was early Tuesday, when, from behind
the smoke and flames that enveloped
the house, the boy screamed:
"Oh grandpa, get me out OF here; I'm
burning to DEATH
"Ies, son; don't be afraid; grandpall
take you out" was the calm reply. Then
both went down to their death.
James De.Armond. who is a son of
the congressman and the father of the
boy who was burned, tried to rush into
the burning house to save the victims.
He was prevented from entering the
house by friends, who knew the effort
would be in vain.
Mrs. Clark says that her father sacri-
feed his life in a heroic effort to save his
grandson. She thinks that Congressman
De Almond was aroused in time to save
himself, but that in awakening the boy
and attempting to carry him from dam
ger, he became confused in the smoke,
which was momentarily growing denses,
and was overcome before he was able
to find his way out.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
THREW HERSELF ON TRACKS.
Woman Wanted to be Killed by Train
on Which Son is Engineer.

AleXandria.-A tragic attempt at
self-destruction ouccurred here when
Mrs. S. T.. Weems, a member of one
Ct the most prominent families in
Rapides Parish, Respondent over the
failure of crops on the plantation,
threw herself in front OF a railway
locomotive and narrowly escaped a
horrible death.
The pilot of the engine struck
the woman on the side of the head
and threw her from the track. She
suffered several severe bruises, but
lone Ofthem vas of a serious nature.
The lad. had been respondent for
several days, and attempted suicide
some time ago by taking laudanum.
Following this attempt the men,
bers Of the family kept a close watch
on the woman, but she escaped their
vigil and made her way to the Iail-
road tracks.
She waited until the tram was in
near reach of her and then threw her
self toward the center of the tracks.
A pathetic feature of the attempt
at suicide was the wish OF the woman
that she had been killed by the train
on which her son is engineer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
WOMEN KILLED BY POSSE
Cover Retreat of Male Members Of
Family From Mob.

Lexington, ky.-A revival of the
Christian-Daniels fcud on the West Nir-
ginia border has resulted in the killing
of two women, Mrs. Charles Daniels and
her 16-year-old daughter, Mary, who
were shot down while defending their
cabin home against the attack Of a
sheritf's posse which had been formed to
capture Jim Daniels and his brother,
Charles, accused Of killing George Chris
tian.
About three weeks g George Chris
tian returned to the kentucky side, and
was shot down by jim Daniels without
provocation, it is claimed. Christian and
Daniels were brothers-in-law, and had
formerly been allies. Each had served
a term in the West Virginia pe%nitentiary
upon the charge Of murder and shooting
to kill. They fell out over a trivial mat.
ter and became deadly enemies.
After the killing of Christian by Dan.
iels the two families and their friends
became involved and for some days both
factions have gone about heavily armed.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
FOOD EXPORTS DECREASING
Hill Argues Production Is Falling
Behind Consumption.

st, Paul, Minn.-While not entirely
agreeing with the recent statement is.
sued by Bradstreet's, which intimates
that the consumption of food products in
this country has caught up with pro-
duction, James j. Hill says that the
point has been nearly reached and that
we are so close to it that there is rea.
son for alarm.
1T is q matter which should be seri.
ously considered" said Mr.. Hill. "Our
present balance of trade is an indication
that the margin between our production
and consumption is becoming narrower.
Look at the figures ten years ago and
then look at them nOw. Our enormO
balance of that time has dwindled away.
We are not exporting foodst-tIs as we
were. We are consuming them ourselves.
The reason for the increase in price
this year over last year is a matter OF
supply and demand"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
MAY TAKE NICARAGUA
APPEAL FOR INTERVENTION TO
STOP ANARCHY.
Americans We're Serving as Volun'
teers in Rebel Army, and Did
Not Deserve Death.

Washington.-That the United States
is convcrging its forces for intervention
in Nicaragua can be asserted On the
most reliable authority.
At the very moment that President
Zclaya protests to the state department
that the two American citizens murdered
by him, Groce and Cal.non, were exc
cutcd legally, the navy department will
issue new and prremptory orders to YES
sells to proceed to the Nicaragua port.
I'VE are praying that God will cause
some foreign power to intervene in the
name of humanity and put an end to
the anarchistic conditions that exist in
Nicaragua
This ringing appeal, contained in a
letter struggled aboard d steamer at
Corinton and received at Panama, has
stirred this government as has no de
v%elopmcnt since the nation was startled
by the announcement that the two Amer
leans, Leonard Grocc and Leroy X. Can
non, had been barbarously murdered by
order of Santos Jose Zclaya. president
of Nicaragua and trouble-maker of Cen.
trail America.
The plea for intervention has caused
a profound impression at the state de-
partmelt. 1t has planted in the minds
of the government officials the seeds Of
a plan that may bear fruit eventually
in the annexation of despot-ridden Mica.
ragua.
To cap the climax of the testimony
that has been piling up to show that
Zelaya's act in condemning the two
Americans to death without trial was
an outrage on civilization. came the tclc
gram to Salvador Castrillo. representa-
tive of the Nicaragua rcvolutionists in
this city, signed by Juan Estrada, lead
er of the revolutionists, who has pro.
claimed himself president of the provi.
sional government. 1t read:
Cannon and Groce We're serving as
volunteers, with the rank of colonies,
in the revolutionary army, and consc.
quently did not deserve the death pen
atty. A similar crime of Zclaya's has
never been witnessed in the history of
,entral America"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Left Parson with Victory.

A west Of England parson once re-
fused to read the Athanasian creed.
The parishioners complained to the
bishop, who told the parson he must
read it. Now it so happened that the
creed may be said or sung" so on
the following Sunday the parson ad-
dressed his congregation thus: Next
follows Athanasius' creed, either to be
said or sung, and, with heavens leave,
| will sing it. Now, clerk, mind what
you are about After this they both
struck up and sang it with great glee
10 a foX-hunting tune, which, having
previously been practiced, was we'll
performed. The indignant parishiOn.
ers sen word hot haste to the bishop
about what had happened, but he said
ne could do nothing, as the creed had
been sung, SO the pa%rishiOners decided
70 dispense with it altogether in fu-
ture.-LOndon Opinion.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
FIRES START AGAIN.
Victims of Illinois Mine Horror Numbel
Three Hundred and Ten.

Cherry, lll.-The St. Paul mine was
sealed early Wednesday morning, the fire
gaining such Roadway it was thought
best to cut off all the air in the shaft.
The mine will probably remain sealed
for several weeks.
Best figures obtainable regarding the
mine disaster are as follows:
Total number of men in mine at time
of fire, 527.
Men who escaped when fire broke
out, PIT.
Dead bodies recovered, identified and
buried, 101.
Men rescued alive from the mine,
seven days after the fire, 30.
Rescue party burned in cage, 10.
Bodies in third vein, 169.
Total death list, 80.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Nothing But a Bootlegger.

Saltwater, Okla.-District Judge Hus-
ton sustained the demurrer of the defense
to a suit filed by Ralph Brown, a ne
gro, against Mrs. Cora D. Hammett, of
Oklahoma City, president of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union of Ok.
lahoma, in which he demanded $1,000,
alleging SANDER.
Tn a speech at Saltwater during a
state meeting of the union, Mrs. Ham
nett referred to the negro as a boot
logger; and since that time he has been
sentenced fer %bootleggin2.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Night Riders Use Whip.

Cynthiana, Ky.-It became known
Saturday that Archie Van Hook, a
wealthy farmer, living near Kenten.
would not confirm these reports.
town, Ky, twenty miles northeast OF
here, was severely whipped by night
riders. Van Hook was called to tho
door Of his residence, where he was con.
fronted by six night riders. They seized
him, took him to his barn and two men
whipped him with switches. The night
riders then told Van Hook that he must
pool his tobacco, threatening him with
another visit if he did not do 80.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
FINEST CATHEDRAL
Scottish Rite Temple in Fort
Wayne Is Dedicated.
Mnsons Of High Degree at Exercises
Attending Opening IF 100000.
Tempie-Has a F.ne Ban
quet Hall.

Fort Wayne, lnd.-The new Scot
tiah Rite cathedral in Fort Wayne
costing about 5000, 600. and said to be
the finest in America, was dedicated
on the evening of November II IN the
presence OF visiting members OF the
order from most Of the larger cities OF
the far east and the middle west. The
dedication was preceded by a banquet,
at which 100 plates were laid. The
banquct-roOm of the cathedral fills the
entire ground floor and is n OF the
largest and most ornate banquet halls
in the west.
Owing to the illness of Sovereign
Grand Commander Samuel G. Law
renee. 30, of Boston, the master OF
ceremonies was Barton Smith of To-
ledo, 80, puissant lieutenant grand
commander, assisted by John Corson
Smith, 33, grand minister of state.
William Geake, SO. of this city. com
mander-in-chief of the Fort Wayne
Sovereign Consistory, assisted in the
dedication.
The dedication was held at the reg
ular time of the fall meeting of the
consistory for the Valley of Fort
Wayne, and 300 took the Scottish
Rite degrees. Degrees were given
from the fourth to the Thirty-secOnd.
Heretofore this valley had no jurisdic-
ton beyond the eighteenth degree.
and the degrees from 10 to % were
conferred here for the first time. As
the consistory has already nearly l.
100 members, the Fort Wayne consjs-
tory has become one of the largest in
the country.
The cathedral, which was designed
by Mahurin e. Mahurin of Fort
Wayne, is at Clinton and Washington
streets, IN the residence section, with
the handsome First Presbyterian
church across the street. 1t is built
of Bedford stone on all sides and is
thoroughly f%ireproof, being finished
within with concrete floors, marble
stairways and w%ainscoting, and iron
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Rice Deal Involves $4,000.

Crowley.-A rice deal which in.
voles an expenditure of $4,000 was
consummated when Frank A. God
chaux, manager of the Planters Rice
Mill at Abbeyille, purchased in one
round lot 10000 sacks of rough Hon
durus and Japan rice from the Lou
isiana Irrigation and Mil Company
This is the largest single purchase
of rough rice in the district; a little
more than 10000 sacks having beer
the largest quantity that was pre-
viously moved in a single shipment
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Starch Fiends.

A Pitsburg steam laundryman, en-
ploying over a hundred girls, says that
his profits are slightly reduced by the
starch eating habit that prevails in his
and most other laundrics. AS coffee
roasters chew coffee, so laundresses
get a liking for starch. Cases have
been known where girls have eaten
,,hree or four pounds a week. But the
starch habit. unlike the habit Of
drugs or Of alcohol, benefits the
health. Starch-eating laundresses be-
come plump and robust. Starch, all
the same, costs money, and laundry
owners fight against starch eating as
pa%ssionately as teetOtalelS fight
against beer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Oil Refinery Open for Business.

Baton Rouge.-The Standard Oil re-
fnery near this place is nearing COM
pletion in all its magnificent details.
The establishment was constructed a
a cost of $4,000, 900, and has already
commenced refining oil supplied in
tank cars. 1t will be a couple OF
months before the pipe line is COM
pleted.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
COTTON CROP 1o,157,ooo
Estimate Of Field Growth-Progress
Of Picking Unusually Early.

Memphis, Tenn.-Rcports from CORE
spondents of the COmercial Appeal
throughout the South Indicate:
That the field growth of cotton in 1909
was 10,l57,00O bales.
That cotton has been marketed very
rapidly and an unusually small per-
centage remained on the farms on No
vcmber Is.
That favorable weather of the autumn
allowed practically the entire production
to be harvested in good condition, and
it has been ginned quite fast.
That the production is distributed by
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Couldn't Uncouple,

A well-known Scottish clergyman
got into conversation in a railroad
carriage with a working man, who in
formed him that he had been a cou
pier for over 20 years. "Oh," said the
minister, II can beat that! | have
been a coupler for owe 80 years"
cay" replied the workman, but l can
uncouple, and you Gamma"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
KILLS FOUR ELEPHANTS,
All Members of the Roosevelt Party in
Good Health.
states as follows:

Nairobi, British East Africa. -Reports
received from the American hunting ex-
petition are to the effect that all mem
bers of the party are we'll and will re-
turn to Londianai Nov. 3.
During the hunting on the Cuas Ing.
hisu plateau, Col. Roosevelt and Kermit
Roosevelt, in company with the African
explorer, Carl f. Akely, killed four elc.
plants. The party took many other
trophies, including five horned giratfes,
a leopard, a roam bush buck, a Jackson's
harte beeste, an orb, a singing topi, a
bohor and a kob.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Farmers Will Try Wheat Crop.

Grand Cane.-The farmers in this
section will experiment with wheat
as a diversion from the cotton crop
They have decided to plant from
one to five acres, the purpose being
to test the soil and climate as lC
the production of wheat, and, if the
We'd is satisfactory they will plant
enough to provide their own imm2.
diate needs in -four. Plans are al
ready under way for the erection OF
a mill, and the work of construction
vii begin if the crop matcrializes.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
HELPS THE RICE GROWER.
Experiment Station to Have Weather
Bureau Attached.

Baton Rouge.-There is a bit of
information here to the effect that
the government is eQuipping the ex.
pertinent station at Crowley with in
struments for determining the condi-
ton of the weather in advance.
If the rice farmers can be ap-
prised 10 a reasonable certainty as
to the time It is going to rain, the
men who engage in that business
wiz have an advantage that is not
enjoyed in many sections.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
75,678 ALIENS COME OVER
Largest Number Of Newcomers We're
From Italy.

Washington.-During October there
were 1858 immigrant aliens and 1874
non-immigrant aliens admitted into the
United States, 26,451 United States citi-
zens arrived, and 1,616 aliens were de-
barred, according to the October bulletin
issued Wednesday by the immigration
bureau.
By far the largest number of immi-
grants during October were from Italy,
1884 coming from Southern Italy, and
2,61O from the north of Italy. The Poles
constituted the next largest class, with
1910 and the Germans, with $500. There
was only one Korean admitted, and not
a soul from the Pacific islands.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
RESTORE THREE-CENT FARE.
Baltimore & Ohio Will Cut Out Two.
Cent Fares.

Charleston, w. Va.-The Baltimore &
Ohio railroad announce that it will put
the three-cent fare rate into effect in
West Virginia. All the other trunk
railroads running through the State have
already done so. This action was taken
by the railroads following a decision by
Circuit Judge Burgett that the two-cent
fare law was unconstitutional. The
State supreme court has not yet passed
on the question.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-04
Baldwin Estate Ten Millions.

San Francisco, Cal.-The estate OF
Lucky Baldwin, popularity supposed
to have been worth 100000, 900, has been
found by appraisement to amount to
$4,000 900. The appraisement has not
been completed, but the greater part Of
the work has been done. The heirs in
San Francisco received a preliminary re.
port through their attorneys. There was
surprise, but it was pointed out
that the Los Angeles realty is proving
disappointing.