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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

sible for 235 fatalities. On the 18th
81 lives were lost in storm of the
coast of Spain, and on the 18th a flood
in Asia Minor swept away 1000 peo-
pie.
Few Fatalities in August.
August was the most merciful
month in the year. In the United
States the death roll was 10, prin-
cipally caused by floods in North and
South Carolina and Georgia. The
biggest disaster abroad was a cyclone
in Hungary which killed "A people 1t
was closely followed by a mine ex-
plosion in England with 20 fatalities.
The total deathroll for the remaining
disasters was 81, the largest single
item being SO lives lost in forest fires
in British Columbia.
The United States was still forum
ate through September with a total
of fatalities merely amounting to 33.
but abroad the ominous figures com
menced to mount with rush again.
Five thousand lives were lost in a
disaster at Symrna-
October was the month of the great
forest fires which devastated Michi-
gan, destroying so lives and so. 00o,-
900 worth of property A typhoon in
the Philippines added its quota of 500
souls. and a second typhoon off China
claimed 5000 victims.
Both at home and abroad November
proved a comparatively innocuous
month, although it was marked by two
comparatively large disasters. Three
hundred and thirty-nine lives were lost
in a mine explosion in Germany, and
l2S deaths resulted from the burning
of the steamer Sardinia at Malta
December and Yuletide came and
exhausted humanity saw the black
year drawing 10 a close in apparent
calm. They were looking forward to
the new year in eager hope that the
evil days were over. when the great
! est bNw of all fell
On December IS. 1908. occurred the
great Italian earthquake, the mos
stupendous disaster of the worlds his
tory Even yet it is impossible t.
make an accurate estimate of what its
cost was either in loss of human life
or property. 1t is known that 125. O0t
| people persisted, but in actual fac
| it is probable that figure is far below
| the real number OF victims. In mate
rial loss it is impossible 10 name an,
| figure.
Far Surpassed Lisbon Disaster.
| Up to the time of the italian earth
| quake the record disaster lad seeI
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

Mr.. William A Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer. he is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago. H. and only
lose two-cent stamp for reply
~ would be difficult to design prac-
teal house any cheaper than this. 1t
is small affair intended for a new
married couple who don't require very
much room. 1t is very neat, pretty
little story-and-a-half house 25 feet 6
inches wide by 81 feet 6 inches long,
exclusive of porches. Love in a cot
tage used to mean more or less dis
comfort in the winter time as soon as
the weather got cold. but modern in
ventions have been lately introduced
into the smaller houses and we are
applying them in a sensible way
Besides hall we have three good
have two very good bedrooms and a
hathdoom tucked away in the roof
gables. In fact, it might properly be
called gable end house. All the win
dows you get upstairs are in the
gables. and, by the way, these win
dows just add the necessary finishing
touches to the large gables. A house
gable was never finished satisfactorily
until the three-window frame was in
vented, and that didn't happen until
recently. There was some objection
at first to triple windows like this,
easement windows they are sometimes
CALL until the women found out how
to dress them up satisfactorily, but we
don't hear any complaints now The
fashion seems to have come to stay
because the women have given it their
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

that a window of this kind admits
more light, sunshine and air than a
narrow, contracted, old-fashioned af-
fair
One great advantage of house like
this is the ease with which the house
work is carried on There are many
pleasant features about the plan. one
of which is the combination living
room and dining-room which make
practically one room nearly p feet
long by 13 feet in width The partial
division in the center may be hung
with curtains or not, but usually the
archway is left open. especially in the
summer time If a woman has hand
some portieres she likes to display
them at the proper time. but she also
likes to put them away in summer out
of the way of moths and the fading
propensities of sunlight And 1 often
think that she does it to have a
change l don't care how handsome a
curtain is, if it hangs before you the
year round you become Indifferent TO
it, in fact, you don't see it. you don I
know it is there But if your wife
puts It away you miss it and when il
comes back again you are pleased to
renew old acquaintance A real live.
woInanly woman is fully alive to the
fact that most men and some women
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

first of the month with an avalanche in
Switzerland which cost 81 lives.
among the lost being several Ameri-
cans. Three days afterward came the
schoolhouse fire at Collingwood, o.
One hundred and seyenty-eight chill
dren burned. trampled and crushed TO
death, No adjectives and no words CT
any language could adequately de-
scribe such an appalling event. Nlo-
lent death invested with terrors al
ways strikes humanity with peculiar
fiendishness when it seizes as its prey
helpless and innocent children ms
holocaust of childhood stunned the
country into Oblivion of lesser caiam-
tiles, while the despairing shrieks OF
hundreds of mothers and fathers rang
across the world. The month closed
with an earthquake in Mexico in
which 500 people were killed and a
mine explosion at Havana. Wyo..
which added 40 more items to the long
toll of the years violent deaths
Fire and earthquake gave place to
flood and storm in April. and the loss
of life leaped upward with terrlhc
bounds. The first great disaster of the
month occurred in China. where 2,ooo
people were drowned in a flood which
inundated the province of Hu-pih. A
few days later two railway accidents,
one in Australia and the other IN
Alberta, accounted for IS more I'M
fortunates. On April "a a series OF
cyclones of unprecedented fury burst
over the southern states. destroying
as>l and
devastating property to the extent OF
millions of dollars. Mississippi paid
F! go lives to the rage of the storm,
| Louisiana contributed los. and Ala
, bama 81.
While the cyclones were stiil ravas-
| ing the south. in far northern Alberta
/ a snowslide buried 40 persons and
| obliterated a village. The last week
/ of April saw last supreme effort put
| forth by the malign fates to make the
| first of the month of spring the most
| deadly of the dread year Forty lives
were lost in railroad accident in
| Australia and IS more in similar dis
/ aster in Mexico. landslide at Notre
Dame de ISABELLE. Canada, added 81
TO the swelling total. and finally the
Japanese cruiser Mutsushim blew up
and 240 members of its crew persisted
Past Mere Foretaste of Future.
1t might well have seemed that the
fury of the fates would have been ex
hausted by this time, but instead HUI
mainly had only experienced the frs
few blows of the terrible scourgins
which was to be visited upon it. Ii
the first three days of the next month
% persons were burned to death il
America. Is in Norway. and the col
lapse of a tenement in London ac
counted for 20 more. The followin:
day a ferryboat capsized in Russia ant
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

people realize what a heavy toll it
takes on life. In the United States in
1908 1OS people were killed and 81
injured in elevator accidents
A significant feature of the list Is
the exceptionally high number Of fatal
titles which resulted from the acct
dental discharge of high explosives
In spite of the elaborate precautions
which are generally observed in the
handling of such material as dyna-
mite death marshaled a large army
of victims from premature explosions
Altogether 499 lives were lost through
this class of disaster.
Dangers Surround Earth's Delivers.
An examination of the figures brings
home forcibly the terribly dangerous
conditions under which work the men
who go down into the earth to delve
for wealth. From every country in
the world which owns mines was con-
tributed the tale of a grewsome un-
derground tragedy. In all 2,2I0 min
ers were sacrificed, and the universal
distribution of the disasters would
seem to indicate that no precautions
can be taken which will guarantee
safety with any certainty to the SUBJ
terranean workers.
In considering the statistics given
! here it must not be forgotten that
they do not include many thousands
OF violent deaths which would run the
total far above it's present tremend-
Gus total of over a quarter of mil
lion. No account is taken in these
figures of single fatalities, such az
persons killed by street cars and in
| other thoroughfare accidents and the
| long list of individual deaths for
which the railroads are annually re-
sponsible. Also the criminal statistics
are not included, and it is only too
| true that the number of persons who
| meet their death from assassination
every year is a large one Suicides
also are not included, nor the big
| number who lose their lives through
| less handling of firearms, and the
numberless other stray hazards which
| surround life
| If all these figures could be collected
and added it is not an exaggeration
| to say that it would be found that at
least SOC. 900 persons came to violent
| end during the fatal months of 1908.
| That is to say that the year saw the
| violent destruction of a population of
| a city almost as large as Pittsburg. As
a matter of fact the true figures would
probably he much in excess of that
number.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

thu earthquake at Lisbon in 1855,
when $4,000 lives had been lost. This
terrible tragedy had been for over a
century and a half the object of the
awful diSmay of the world. 1t be-
comes almost Insignificant in view of
the calamity which befell in the clos
ing days of 1908. For every soul that
went out at Lisbon two were quenched
in Sicily and Italy and 5000 more
were added for good measure.
Another point of interest. especially
for those who cherish the venerable
superstition anent the unluckiness of
the number Is. is the discovery that
there was a disaster on every thir-
teenth day of the month for the first
seven months of the year. The rec
ord was started on January Is. the
date of the Boyertown theater fire. A
month later there was a boiler ex-
plosion in Pennsylvania, followed in
March by an avalanche which took IS
lives in Siberia. April Is saw a flood
in China which cost 1000 lives, and
the same day in May a similar disas-
ter was responsible for the loss of
IL. coo people. while AZ people died in
a cyclone in Louisiana. June Is a
dynamite explosion took nine lives in
Winnipeg, and on July Is Al lives
were lost in a storm off the coast of
Spain.
Another curiosity is discovered in
connection with the highly-useful ele-
vator which has made possible sky
scrapers. While it is fairly common
to hear of acciC ents in elevators, few
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

ly to meet with approval from the
most fastidious housekeepers- Tho
cellarway leads down from this little
vestibuIe and there is also a set Of
shelves reaching from the floor to the
ceiling This set Of ceIlarway shelves
IS about as useful as any other feature
of the house For some reason il il
almost impossible to keep jeIIies in
the cellar without having them mold
in the glasses III kept In the kitchen
the jellies shrink until the glasses are
not more than half full. but shelves In
a ceIlarway built like this seem to hit
the happy medium and the fruit comes
out just as nice in the winter time as
when put up in summer Dry air in
the house and damp cellar air meet
here and the results are very satisfze-
tory.
The value of a house is made Nd Of
little things It Is the many little
things added together that make rse
round. satisfactory whole The man
or woman who wants a house Il, suit
them must study the details before
starting to build. otherwise the house
will be unsatisfactory when finished
The fact is. few families car End a
satisfactory house ready made Il is
difficult for anyone to feel really thor
oushly at home in a rented house
There are fifty little things you would
like to have different but you posi-
lively refuse to put time and expense
on house that belongs to son.e one
else This is one reason why so often
recommend young people TO start ou-
In home of their own ft may not
be elaborate but III it fits the pocket
book it is very likely 20 prove fhes
nucleus of happy ard prosperous
life.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27
Advice for Lfe,s Course

Be and continue poor young maz
while others around you grow rich By
fraud and disloyalsy. be without place
or power. while others beg their war
upward. bear the pain Of disappoinsed
hopes, while others gain the accom-
plishmenf of theirs by aattery- forexo
the gracious pressure OF the hand for
which others cringe and crawl WRAP
yourself In your own virtue- and seek
a friend and your daily bread If ron
have IN such a course grown gray.
with unblenched honor. bless God. AMI
observation-disclosures
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

Gus calling of - miners Within two
weeks similar accidents in England
and Spain had called 30 more men to
their account. while q dynamite acct
dent in California was paid for with
SO lives.
As II each month was endeavoring
to Guido in horror its predecessors.
March opened with a record of terrible
disasters. among which is numbered
the most hsartrending American tTas-
eGy since the IroQucis fire. The
carnival of destruction opened ON sas
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

121 passengers were drowned. A
week later another terrific cyclone
burst over the doomed southern
states and took toll of AZ lives in
Louisiana, IL in east Nebraska, and IA
in Oklahoma
The sequel to this prelude came on
the 18th, when 10000 lives went out
in another Chinese flood at Hankow.
Beside this appalling tragedy a rail-
road accident in Belgium with 60 fatal
tiles seemed trivial As grand
5nale the Inflated Hankov was strE.k
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

Nv EiGHT-the most terrible
year of disaster in the his
sSxSN tory of the modern world.
81 That is the black record
W which Time has entered in
his books for the year
which has Just closed. A quarter of
a million people DESTROYED in awful
catacylsms. billions of dollars worth
OF property wiped out of existence.
sum of pain and human anguish which
can never be expressed in words or
figures-such is the balance which
must be carried to the debit side OF
the worlds account books.
The mention of the word catastro-
phe will of course bring the thoughts
OF every one back TO the great Italian
earthquake. the greatest single dis
aster in the worlds history. a tragedy
which cost 5000 lives and wiped out
of existence great and historic cities.
In the shadow of that terrible holo-
caust the world has failed 10 realize
that it was merely the climax of a
long series of horrors which followed
one on the heels of the other from
the first day of January. 1908. to the
first day of January. 1909.
The chimes of the rejoicing bells
that rang in the new year of 1905 had
not died away when the grim fiend of
destruction commenced its work in
a mine at Carthage. n. III. Twelve
miners were blown out of human rec
ignition and The black year had
opened
The first big blow fell IL days later
when 800 people were Moderated in
a restaurant fire at Canton. China. 1t
was followed the next day by trag-
eiy in America which shook the coun-
try TO the core and sent thousands
into mourning. The opera house at
Boyeriown. Pa. was burned down dur
ing an amateur performance. and LIZ
charred and mangled bodies were sub
seauently taken from the ruins.
The first month of the ominous
year waned 10 a close amid 4 series OF
minor disasters at home and abroad
, which were overShadowed by the hor-
rors which preceded them and the
yet greater horrors which were To
come. The first of February ushered
in the first cyclone. which devastated
Mississippi. leaving 30 dead bodies
and hundreds of ruined homesteads in
its wake. Two days later news was
flashed across the wires that a mine
explosion in Japan had destroyed 81
miners and that 81 lives had beer
lost in q snowstorm in Algeria.
Devastated by Cyclone.
Scarcely a week had elapsed before
the cyclone fiend made its second ap
pearance. sweeping through Mime
sofa and Texas. claiming Is lives. Or
the same day a mine explosion In
Natal put an abrupt end to the hazard
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

sanction. When the women nail
fashion it stays nailed until they
change their minds, and they haven't
published any change of sentiment in
regard to triple window. especially
when it decorates the gable end of a
house roof. The reason probably is
that they have found a satisfactory
way to arrange the shades and cur
tains and they have also found out
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

forget things when they arc out os
sight and ont of hearing so next fail
the old curtains pass for new drzp-
cries.
The front hail connects with the
kitchen b. way of sort of cellar
vestibule- This arrangement Is all
right A great many houses are Sd
built that you can { get from the
kitchen to the front door without
passing through the dTning-room and
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27
Same Old Excepsicu.

Singleto7-Does your wife ever a~-
knowledge your superiority
WedGerIy-OnIy when she has y
lead pencil that requires sharpening.
Chicago News
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

par1or- The idea seems to be that a
door opening from the kitchen IN the
direction of the front hall IS likely to
disseminate the savoTy odors of cook
ing when certain vegetables are un-
dergoing the boiling process and the
perfume is not considered sufficiently
bon ton to associate on equal terms
with the guests in the parlor
This plan. however. provides for
double doors. precaEtion that IS Ike
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-03-27

sible for 235 fatalities. On the 18th
81 lives were lost in a storm of the
coast of Spain, and on the 18th a flood
in Asia Minor swept away 1000 peo-
Dle
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
!. III
NO : | SCHOOL
'LtoSTNRe 81 e,RR TO THE.
BUILDING MT sANIToa suT
. our

The fire Departments was SSues ouI
dlis afternoon. Tbs ell came ton
thS State Norma School uSa1tns
cut up a few pranls during tie hua,
der storm that psSeA over the city
between Il and ! 0doch The cur
rent entered. the Normal IN the attic
orr the electric llShS wires The
tnaitor made = hSDesao1 o. tie
t1dEng and uWa naIl blass IN tie
.GsEe. He had Tie bEaso ~ before Che
Gremen got there There W. sSresE
Dad Of excitement arSu1d he Normal
b making the turn - Che Normal
Che ladder wagon WIS upset The wa
suu Is very long Nad che lad6ers
tGtg4rt On a tree One OF de horses
W. 6rowH to de street TIE wagon
WAS slightly damaged The horse es.
ODed with few szateaoa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
Dixie Has It
TEoDTe FAMOUS HUNTING TRIP
IN AFRICA WILL BE PRO-
pUcED TO-DAY.

The papers over the entire country
have been publishing articles relative
10 Mr.. RooseveIt's famous nuntfng trip
in III wilds OF Africa. It is one thing
to read. about his experience and an.
other TO actually see them. Through
special arrangements Managr Hall
OF the Dixie Theater, has obtained
selig's great film called ,"Huting Big
Game in Africa" This marvellous pro
duction in moving pictures will be
presented for the entertainment Of tAe
"Dixie' patrons. Afternoon and
night, to-day, Tuesday.
1t will be worth anyone's while 10
spare twenty minutes during some
hour Of the day and see the different
wild beasts and methods OF trapping
and killing them. The scenic effects
showing this Wild country is worthy OF
favorable comment. In fact, the con-
struction Of this subject is so very
natural that the spectator almost ferD'
in close touch with the actual occur
ence.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
CADET DROWNED
Jesse Butcher Lost HE Life IN the
Monongaheta River Yesterday.

NoRGAETowN, June 1-Jesse G.
l. Butcher. aged 81 years, 4 eadet pr
yste IN Company B, OF Che University
c@ps OF cadets and a arEs year stu.
dent In the preparatory department Of
the university, WAS Crowned b die
Nonongahela river at a point opposite
ae Jones factory yesterday afternoon
between two and three o'clock. The
young man was bath1ng whUn tie &c
cIdent occurred He was not good
swimmer. but vas seen IN the water
beyond his depth for some dine by
others who were Tar away. Without
any previous Indication that he was
In danger, he was seen to thrfw up
his hands and heard to scream Tor
help. Three strangers who were on
the bank of the river nea. and a mum
Der of boys who we're in he water
further up the stream hurried to his
assistance. The men ON the bank
plunged into the water and made a
heroic effort to rescue the drowning
man, but failed. One of the men mar
rowly escaped drowning.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
SENATOR COLEMAN
Saved eaissworkoro Lie at satsm
This Monho.

CIARSBURG, JuSs L. stnator C.
G. Cofman saved The life of Jules
Gano, a Belgian glass snapper, who
attempted 10 beard o13n No. 3 this
morning as It was pulling out OF sa-
lem. Gano fell Gu Tho track in front
Of the whaels Of fhO baggage car and
Senator Corman rushed 10 him. pull.
ing him from the tranh iasl in time
to save the felloTO hrnd from being
crushed. The wheel caught his arm
which was later AnpuEated at hos
pltal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
Complimentary to miss srOop1.


! The Snowalter Glass III 'O9 of the.
Fairmont High School was delightful
~ entertained Saturday evening by
Mrs. Fred Helmick at ter home on,
Fairmont avenue The AFFAIR was nE-
ranged complimentary TO William Ea-
win Brooks, a brother OF Mrs. Hci-
mick, and who Is a member OF the
class. A Delightfully."- evening was spent
by the class and few other friends.
A splendid musical programme was
rendered during the evening. Tne
class eolors, red and white. were eff
fectively used in the decorations and
refreshments. The following out Of
town guests were present: Misses
Moore and Smith. the guests Of Miss
Roberta Fleming; Miss Jackson, the
guest OF Miss Neal, and Mrs. w. B.
Brooks and Mrs. Katherine Booth, Of
Pittsburg,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
Sunday Evening Wedding.

Sunday evening at the Baptist par
sonage, Rev W. ]. Eddy performed
the ceremony which Made Mr.. Melvin
Brown, Of West Chester, AMI Miss
Anna Belle Spencer man and wife. Mr..
and Mrs. Fay vandervort and Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Snoderly Witnessed the
ceremony. Botn Mr.. Brown AMI his
bride are excellent young people and
have a host Of friends, VINO join in 81.
tending congratulations and best wish
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01
In Society
e@ q q q e g q q & Is 81
- ~~r~.'~s
Garden Party POSTPONED.

On account Of the AntFTubercMosts
League benefit TO be given Saturday,
evening Of this week, the garden party
which was to nave been gwen at
'sShadyside" for the benefit Of the"PEb
lie scnool Band, mas been postponed
until Saturday evening, June the 18th.
This promises TO be quite an enjoys
BILE affair. A concert will be given by
the band and other pleasing featurs:.
introduced to make the evening a
pleasant one for the general pfDlt1.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-06-01

Mr.. John S. Scott, secretary Of the
Fairmont Fair Association, has the
Plat for the conesssiofls 10 be let at
the fair grounds during the spring
meeting.
George H. Whteeear~er. Of Buck
harmon. Is here experimenting the
track. Mr.. Whitescarver 'has%t in ex.
cellent condition, He will -rema!n
here NATL after the meeting.