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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
and the attempt on the premier.
NO AGREEMENT Is REACHED
Chicago Railroad Managers Confer
With SWitchmen.

Chicago, Feb. IA conference of
the railroad managers committee and
representatives of the Switohmen's
union of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen was held here, but no de-
cision was reached 1t is said that
the conference may continue for sew.
eral days and that the entire case will
be reviewed.
The railroads have refused wage
increase to the switchmen of eighteen
Chicago railroads. The men, by an
overwhelming majority, have voted to
strike. The railroads have offered to
arbitrate and it is generally believed
that will be the outcome.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
TRAIN GOES INTO RAylNE
Several Coaches Wrecked but Only
One Person Killed.

ST. Louis. Feb. 10--Conductor Rich
ard Reach of st. Louis was killed and
three persons injured by Rock Island
train No. 2S from Kansas City leaving
the track. The wreck occurred at
Union, Mo-. sixty miles west of st.
Louis.
The tender jumped from the rails
while on trestle. The engine pulled
the tender across in safety, but the
baggage, mail, smoking and chair car
went over into the ravine.
The trestle is seventy-five feet high
and all the cars which went to the bot.
tom OF the ravi1e were reduced to de.
bris except the steel coach. Twenty
seven passengers in the day coach
were bruised ana scratched. Conduc
tor James ID Teach was crushed
death by saie when the baggage car
turned over III dropping.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
ARRESTED BY THE POLICE
Armed italian Who Insisted on Seeing
Governor Eberhart.

st. Paul, Feb. 11-Michaelangelo
Scavo, who acquired notoriety by hav.
ing his throat cut last March, tried to
force his way into Governor Eberhart's
Office at the capitol, the police charge,
and was subdued only after struggle
with several guards.
Scavo, according to the story, in.
sisted on seeing the governor to pre-.
sent a petition. When the guards
blocked his way he produced re.
volver and fiourished it, A telephone
message brought the police, who put
the man into patrol wagon and took
his to the station.
Scavo was held by Judge Finehout
under 5000 bail. He is charged with
carrying concealed weapons.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
LIBERAL FACTIONS TO FIGHT
Conservative and Radical Wings Tn.
able to Get Together.

London, Feb. 11.-Indications of a
fight for supremacy between the more
conservative faction of the Liberals,
radical wing, led by Chancellor of the
Exchequer David Lloyd-George and
Winston Churchill, developed at the
first meeting of the cabinet since the
recent election.
Unless these two leaders can come
to an understanding there is every
prospect of storm and short lived
parliamentary session. So far the
radical faction has shown itself abso-
lutely unyielding, despite Asquith's
oyertureS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
CAPTAIN ALEXANDER SHARP.

of the American vessels during the fa-
nous battle of July 3. 1898, otherwise
known as the battle of Santiago.
which resulted in the destruction of
Cervera's fleet.
He obtained command of one of the
converted yachts, rechristened the
Vixen. Though the little vessel had
no business in an engagement between
ronelads-battleshi and cruisers
Commander Sharp did not hesitate to
get into the thick of the fray and made
a fine record
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
RIVER SEINE STILL RISING
Officials Declare There Is No Cause for
Uneasiness.

Paris, Feb. 11-The river Seine has
risen eight inches in twenty-four
hours. A further rise of ten inches
is predicted At cabinet meeting
Premier BRAND expressed the opinion
that all necessary measures of precau.
ton had been taken and that there
was no cause for uneasiness.
American Ambassador Bacon sent to
the foreign Office another check for
$4,000, representing the relief fund
collected by the chamber of commerce
of New York The governments relief
measures provide for loans of sums
up to 81 900 to run for five years, with
out interest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
ON NORTHERN PACIFIC
Passengers MiracuIously Escape seri.
Gus Injury.

Butte, Mont. Feb. 10.-Train No. 4,
known as the Chicago express, was
wrecked five miles east OF Heron on
the Northern Pacific railroad The
entire train, with the exception of the
engine and two rear sleepers, was
ditched. The wreck was caused by
spreading rails. After leaving tn
track the train ran on the ties for SOC
feet. The forward tourist car, follow
ing the day coach. plowed ipto the side
of high bank after leaving It's truck
and was completely wrecked. The
second tourist sleeper turned over, az
did also the dining car.
The train was travelling at the rate
Of forty miles an hour and it was mi
raculous that no one was seriously in
jured. 1t took two wrecking crews
nearly twelve hours to clear up the
wreck.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
ESCAPE IN SCANTY ATTIRE
Hotel Guests Panic Stricken by Fire
in Building.

New York, Feb. 11.-Scores of
guests in the Cosmopolitan hotel on
West Broadway ran panic stricken in
scanty attire to the street when smoke
from fire that had broken out down
stairs went up through the upper hall
ways. Employees had difficulty in re-
assuring the frightened group that
sought safety out of doors while the
firemen were working within. The
fire was extinguished with small dam
age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
BOILER EXPLOSION
CREATES HAVOC
Six Men Are Killed and MANY
Others Injured.

Bay City, Mich, Feb. 11.-While a
score of workmen were warming them
selves in the boiler room of Princings
saw mill at Crump, waiting for the
whistle to start the days work, the
boiler exploded, killing six of the men
outright and injuring all the others.
The mill was wrecked. 1t is be-
lieved that cold water was forced into
the boiler when the water was low,
causing an excess of steam.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
TO SETTLE CUSTOMS FRAUDS
National Sugar Refining Company viii
PAY Government $780, 600.

New York, Feb. 10.-One hundred
thousand dollars is to be paid to the
government by the National American
Sugar Refining company in the settle
ment of underweighing frauds on the
company's hooks. II is said that this
payment. which was decided upon
after protracted conferences with Gus
toms officials, will exempt the corpora.
ti0n from civil prosecution. though this
statement has not been officially made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
TILTED MAN ASKS DAMAGES
Society Girl Who Breaks Engagement
Sued for $4,000.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Feb. 11.-Miss
Elizabeth Kelly, prominent society
girl, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
]. Kelly, has been served with papers
In q breach of promise suit for $25, 5000
damages instituted by Leicester M.
Pond, young architect of Spokane,
Wash.
AS yet no answer has been returned
and 30 far as can be learned neither
Miss Kelly nor her parents have taken
legal counsel. 1t was stated by friends
Of the family that they probably will
take no notice whatever of the pro-
ceedings.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
Woman Dies at Age of 113.

New York, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Pauline
Brooks, the oldest resident of New
York city, who has lived in three cen.
turies, is dead at her home here She
was 113 years old. Mrs. Brooks never
wore glasses and had never been so
seriously Ill as to require the services
of a physician.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
MURDER LEAGUE In KOREA
Man Who Attacked PreTier vi Makes
Confession.

Seoul, Korea, Feb. 1.-THE nucleus
of a murder league has been discoy.
cred here as a result of the investiga-
tion following the attempted assassi.
nation of Premier vi.
The Korean who made the attempt
on the life of the premier has con.
fessed and given the names of his as.
sociates. From this it would appear
that there was close connection be-
tween the assassination of Prince Ito
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
MADE GOOD RECORD
AT SANTIAGO BAY
Captain Alexander Sharp Dies
at Washington

Washington, Feb. 11.-Captain Alex.
ander Sharp, president of the navy in
spection board and recently command
er of the battleship Virginia, is dead at
typhoid fever. He was born in White
Haven, Mo-, in 1855.
With the death of Captain Sharp
passed one of the gallant commanders
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12

Washington. Feb. 10.--A bill making
Commander Robert e. Peary, U. s. N.
discoverer Of the North pole. a real
admiral. was passed by the senate. In.
dications are that the measure will
also receive the approval OF the house
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
FOR INJURIES DONE BY AUTO
Harold Vanderbilt Must Pay French
Workman $4,650.

Paris, Feb. lin the civil chamber
Harold Vanderbilt, the young New
York millionaire, was condemned to
pay a workman named Guignard s4,-
$50 for injuries suffered by him in
1907, when he was struck by Wander
bilt's auto Guignard sued for $4,000
The court decided that he was entitled
to $2,250 for medical and doctors bills
and $2,400 for damages.
Guignard lost an eye in the accident
and suffered injuries that resulted in
partial deafness The costs of the
trial were also assessed against Van.
derbilt
Chicago Labor Leaders Fined.
Chicago, Feb. 11.-Martin b. Mad.
den, former president of the Building
Trades council; M. ]. Boyle, an official
of the Electrical Workers union, and
Fred Pouchot, former business agent
of the Metal Workers union, We're sen.
fenced to pay finD OF $500 each fol.
lowing their conviction on May 20 OF
conspiracy to do an illegal act. A mo
ton for new trial was oyerruled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
SIX taaopicIsers Near, Dsath.

Chicago. Feb. 11.-Six ragpickers.
lying asleep amid an immense pile of
the rags that they had gathered, we're
rescued from death by firemen. One
of the men had gone to sleer smoking
q pipe and the burning tobacco falling
among the clothes evidently caused 1t
to shoulder until the rags burst Into
0ama.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
ABOLISH PERSONAL TAXES
Recommendation of Mayor Gaynor ot
New York.

New York.
New York, Feb. 10.--Mayor Gaynor
would abolish personal taxes In New
York state. He has reached this de.
cision in view Of the many complaints
from persons who have been errone.
ously assessed for personal taxation.
In q letter the mayor said he be-
lieved q majority OF the people OF the
state would like to see the personal
tax done away with. He suggests pub
lie bearings on the subject. with Q
view TO remedial legislation. The
value ofgpersonal estates In New 70. k
city last year. after swearing on had
been completed. was $225 .000, 900.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-22
Modern Gold Mininn

Up until about 1850 only placer or
surface gold was mined-that is, free
gold. deposited IN the beds OF streams
In sands and in the crevices of rocks.
Placer mining, mainly In new and re-
mote regions. still furnishes material
though not q large percentage of the
worlds output. Formerly the alluvial
gold wss separated from the sanuf
and gravels containing it by washing
them in pans, cradles, rockers and
sluices, In 1852 the hydraulic method
was first employed in California. BY
this means a giant" stream Of water
turned against the side OF Il mountain
washes everything before 1t. The gold
settles TO the bottom OF the tunnel or
sluice through which the gravel, sand
and water flow. In 1889 dredges or
excavators were first used I'm Austria.
La. Today steam and electric dredges
produce a considerable portion of the
worlds output.-Byron w. Holt in Ev-
erybody's.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-22
A VERY PLEASANT HOME.
All Because of tho Way He Solved rns
Closet Space Problem.


must tell all my brothers how my
wife and l have solved the problem
which so botherS those who dwell
where there is cut little closet room.
With one dressing case between us,
there was not room for all our things.
As TO the closets, they were crammed
full. and even under the bed there
were many hat boxes. So purchased
another dressing case.
then took all my clothes, which
had been crowding my wife's in her
dressing case, and arranged them In
my own. In the top drawer put my
handkerchiefs. collars and ties and
all those other little articles of finery
which every man loves so much. In
thei second drawer l7placed my shirts
and underwear and devoted the lower
drawer to my trousers, neatly folded.
md my hosiery. My wife was de
lighted. as it gave her her own dresser
lall 10 herself and relieved the closet
somewhat.
But in a day or so the new plan
proved to have few defects, so ut my
wife's suggestion l emptied one of the
upper drawers in my dresser, putting
its contents into the other and allowed
my wife to use the now vacant recep-
tacle for few of her jabots, scarfs.
etc. The second day 1t was decided
that my shirts and trousers could oc-
cupy the same drawer, the lowest one,
so this was fixed, and into the second
drawer my wife moved n few of her
petticoats and such things.
Soon finding that j was still using
too much space. l permitted her to put
my collars and such effects into the
lowest drawer with my trousers, etc,
thus giving her both of the upper
drawers and the next and still leav
ing me plenty of room in the one bot
tom drawer.
Since then, however, i have found
that 1 do not require so much space
for my few things, so have taken them
out Of the bottom drawer and packed
them into hat box, which l keep
under the bed. thereby giving my
wife all the drawers in my dressing
case. ! find the present arrangement
very satisfactory, rs all l have TO do
now is 10 empty the hat box on the
bed when l want anything in 1t and
then, when 1 have made my selection,
sweep the other articles back into
place.
In this way l have solved the dress
ing case problem, and everything is
lquite pleasant in our homc.-Paul West
in Delineator.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-22
WEST POINT UNIFORMS.
Cadets Must Sacrifice Comfort For the
Sake of Looks.

at is true" said a retired army Off
Ger in discussion OF West Pointers
with the Washington Herald. that
many West Pointers acquire n figure
OF perfection OF symmetry and a car.
riage the acme Of manly grace, but
these are due not to any ingenious an
planes, but to the systematic drills
aud exercises that make the cadet. 10
certain extent. an athlete. At the
outset these young fellows are put
through what are called the setting
up exercises, their object being 10
straighten the body and develop the
chest. One might suppose that it would
require a great amount Of such exer-
else to make any marked showing. but
three long hours Of such exercise daily
viii soon produce beneficial results in
the most stopped forms.
THE cadet uniform IS also great
help I'm this direction The dress cont
is tight, very tight The shoulders are
heavily padded in order TO give them
n square effect The chest is made
thick, so that there viii be- no danger
Of wrIuSliug And in size "a new dress
coat seems always 90 boz designed Tor
o boy several times smaller than the
one vito IS 70 wear &c. a new dress
coat in fact, is always q source Il
suffering 10 its owner. When be FIRST
puts b. on 10 buttons readily about she
neck. but seems to lack about six
inches at the waist The owner may
sguIrm and wrigg.e and attempt To no.
duce DIS waist 90 minimum clrcum.
ference. but bis maiden efforts arc
never sufficient 20 button the new dress
cont Experience is great teacher.
though. and 'hc young fellow laugh.
inely requests one or two OF bis friends
q" lend thoIr Hauoc. and le finally
succeeds .1 bu.toriac the coat All
tA.s for 'nc sake ~ looks Comfort has
no place Zoo tha makeup ~ a west
Pointer. its discipline and looks"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-22
Financial Statement.
MERCER COUNTY, w. VA. aaea
Showing Financial Condition June 3Oth 1910.

Eek
Road County .s725s24ggi
claims 6S934ol S2l
pail
sannE Indebtedness June 3Ol 1910 (Nl
J.
Settlement Juno3 Both, 1910.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-22

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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-19
MUSIC
HOUSE
Louis Michel Moving into
New Building Built for
His Own Use.

Louis Michel is moving into his
new building on Wenatchee avenue
opposite the Columbia River Lum-
Der company. The lower floor and
basement will be devoted exclusive
ly to his music business. The upper
floor will be occupied by Mr.. Mi
chefs family as their residence. II
has all the modern conveniences of
comfortable home, running hot and
cold water, bath, toilet, steam heat.
etc.
1t is matter of much pride to
Mr.. Michel that he has the only mu-
sic store in the city owned by a citi-
zen of this city. He has the ex-
elusive agency of several good makes
of pianos and organs, of the Edison
photograph and a number of other
musical instruments.
Later the basement will be fitted I'D
with a small recital hall where teach
ers can give their recitals of pupils.
etc. In the rear is piano hospital.
A competent mechanic, Mr.. Walker,
is in charge. 1t is the only institu-
ton of the kind in north central
Washington.
A formal opening of the new music
house will take place early in Janu-
airy.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-19

cial problem would be just where it
could succeed. The difference would
be that, with the rest, the strain for
bare living would be more tense,
while the successful few would have
TO be stronger than ever and more
insanely ambitious. Those who fell
below the highest standard would
still be crowded to the wall, still be
denounced as indolent, still be rob-
bed of the lions share of what they
did produce.
Do not mistake me! Industry is
indeed a virtue, and one which is
too much neglected by all classes.
Whoever, therefore, says anything
calculated to stimulate wholesome
industry renders public service.
But he who stimulates it by raising
false hopes of business success as
the reward of industry, is, although
he may not know it, committing a
social wrong. 1t is not true that
the success of our rich men Is attri-
butable to superior industry on their
part. Other factors have entered
in to produce the result. These
factors may have been good or bad;
just or unjust; mean or manly or
sOrdid-but they are not merely fl
deity to an employers interests
Not alone excessive devotion to du-
ty, not alone excessive industry, have
helped turn the scale for success or
failure. And at the present time
the most important factor of all is
some advantage whereby the indus
try of the unsuccessful may be forced
to contribute to the success of those
who succeed. Not until man can
live in fabulous luxury at the ex-
pense of others is he accounted sue
cessful. For that reason in 1ustry
is no guarantee of success in life
The industrious as a class cannot
succeed SO long as success consists
in the possession Of power to levy
tribute upon industry Is this true
Or nOt?' Does not every intelligent
man know, will not any genuinely
honest man admit, that the indus
trial power of the present time CEN
ters in monopoly? 1t is true that we
may get our monopoly by excessive
industry, so long as the standard of
work leaves q margin fer eXtraordi-
nary labor feats-or We may get it
by chicanery or fraud, but it is mon
OpOly all the same and not industry
that finally makes for what we poor
stupid Americans call success.
Monopoly is a process Of levying
tribute upon the industrious for the
benefit of mCnopolists. 1t exacts all
the traffic will bear. Increased in
dustry cannot benefit producers as
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-19

| the industrious are assured of sue
cess.
In one respect the theory of sue
cess thus indicated is like that which
| it has displaced. 1t embodies a
measure of truth. Just as the idea
| was true that the good boy would
succeed, other things being equal.
| so it is true that the Industrious and
persevering boy will succeed, other
things being the same. But right
being the same implies that a large
propo: ton of boys shall not be good,
in order that the good one may sue
coed, and that large proportion
shall remain inferior in industry, in
order that the industrious one may
succeed. In other words, this much
belauded industry theory of success
can be true only so long as most peO-
pie do not act upon it. For if all
were equally industrious, all would
not succeed; and If all tried to eX-
coed by exceptional industry, the
great mass, who must necessarily
fall short of such a standard, would
come into a condition of virtual SER
Vitude TO the successful servitude
tha! would be all the more profita-
bic to it's beneficiaries on account of
the high standard of industry, the
struggle to avert it had esta blished.
If, for example, the clerk who will
ingly works nine hours in an office
when the rule is eight, is the man
for promotion, and all in the office
are ambitious. the rivalry for success
will result, if the employer also is
ambitious, in extending the office
day to nine hours. After that the
clerk who would distinguish himself
must work ten hours. This might
go on until the standard of office
hours would be raised so high as to
abolish all leisure.
Superior industry" Dr. Matthews
says, will give man preference
with the kings of finance, with the
royalty of the world" etc. Well, sup
pose Ut. MdttuSNS SctS stan Idl u
Of industry so that a man who reach
es it will be given prefence with the
kings Of finance" is it not inevita-
bic that if all rose to that standard
the winners will be those. who raised
the standard still higher? None
could excel when all had reached
the limit The time would never
come, OF course, when all workers
would reach the highest standard Of
human endurance? Some would be
physically too weak and others NOR
ally too sane. But there would be
some point at which the great mass
would give up in despair, and when
that point had been reached the So