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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

Last week we asked Senator Burkett
how he voted on the house amendment
relieving labor unions from prosecution
under the Sherman antitrust act
Shortly after the paper was deposited
in the postoffice we learned that Sen
ator Burkett voted for the amended
bill-that is, he voted to relieve labor
organizations from attack under the
guise Of throttling trusts in restraint
Of trade. We gladly make this fact,
public without waiting to hear from
Senator Burkett
We would like to see "Dick' Met
calfe and Charles 0. Whedon pitted
against one another for the senator
ship. Not because we believe Met
calfe could easily defeat Whedon, but
because it would be cinch that no
matter which should be elected Nebras-
ka would be represented in the senate
by man who would not dodge and
trim, and who would always be found
on the side Of the people.
Several republican legislative can
didates in Lancaster county, and at
least two democratic candidates, have
refused to sign Statement No. L. In
other words they will not agree to
vote for the people s choice for United
States senator. Can it be possible that
they refuse to pledge themselves be-
cause they want to be in a position to
barter and trade their votes? The leg
islative candidate who refuses to sign
Statement No. u should be beaten
so badly that he III never bob up for
office again.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12


country. Ever hear one Of those mis-
sonaries who is so eloquent in his pleas
for the children of the Chink and Hot
tentot making plea for the pinched-
faced, thin-blooded, physically stunted
American child who is being worked to
death in the cotton factories Of Puritan
New England and Cavilier Georgia?
Ever hear them begging for money to
save from fate worse than that en-
dured by the Chink and the Hindu the
helpless and hopeless female victims
Of greed whose life blood is sweated
from them in the foul tenements of the
east in order that thousands be osten-
tatiously given to charity Well
be in a whole lot better shape to save
the heather in foreign lands after we
have accomplished by practice in our
own America what we send missionar-
les to preach about in China and India
What would the great Methodist
should offer it million of his brewery
money for missionary purposes? Would
it treat Mr.. Busch with the same kindly
consideration that it treated Mr..
Rockefeller's "donation?" trow not.
And yet 1 hold that Adolph Busch's
money is cleaner than Rockefeller1s IS
money. I have never yet forgiven
the church in which my mother lived
and died-lived the life of saint and
died with face transfgurel by the
glory that shone upon her@I have
never quite forgiven that church for
having listened to the siren voice Of
Oily John and accepting q pile, of his
blood-stained and dirty dollars
Perhaps 1 am narrow-minded and fa-
natieal on this subject, but it seems
to me as fit and proper to run a liquor
saloon in connection with the church
in order to raise money for church ex-
penses, as It is to accept the money of
a Rockefeller for the same purpose
l am not yet ready to subscribe to the
doctrine that giving part of the swag
to charity atones for the crime.
Dick Turpin and Robin Hood were
two knights Of the road who robbed
the rich and gave literally taathe poor
in order to salye their conscienceness
What clergyman will condone the
crimes Of these two 5highwaymen be-
cause Of their, thoughtfulness for the
poor9 Yet Dick and Robin were mighty
fine and upright men compared to some
Of our financial kings who are la,sded
for their piety and philanthropy.
This week The Wageworker gives
aspiring candidates an opportunity to
take it's readers into their confidence.
l warmly commend the readers to the
advertisements Of political candidates
herein contained. The man who writes
about himself certainly ought to know
his subject.
Now will somebody kindly tell us
what difference it makes whether
congressional candidate is for county
option or feminist it?
The Buck Stove and Range Co. is
billing the county with four-sheet post
ers. 1t not only pays to advertise, but
it pays to be fair and just.
BILLY MAJOR
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

Governor Shallenberger has made
good. There has not been single
breath of scandal in any of the state
institutions-somethin that has NOT
occurred during the term Of any other
governor. The state tax levy is lower
than it has been for years, despite
largely increased appropriations for
education and vastly increased cost Of
maintaining state institutions. There
has been no abuse of the pardoning
power, consequently no turning loose
upon society of offenders against the
law During the last legislative ses-
sion but one real labor bill was passed
the maximum train crew law. Gov
ernor Shallenberger signed it without
hesitation despite the protests of the
railroad corporations. Compelled by
statute to approve contract for the
labor of convicts, he insisted upon and
secured supplemental contract pre-
venting the sale Of prison made gar
ments within the state, and this, too,
despite the opposition of the republi-
can members Of the board. During
the street car strike in Omaha great
pressure was brought to bear upon
Governor Shallenberger to call out the
SUdIt IllllCId LIZ ICluScu W COuSlNlCl
the demand and told the union busters
Of Omaha that they could find relief in
arbitration, not in martial law It so
happened that the corporation against
which the strike was called was
an Interstate corporation, and the
Bureau of Labor was helpless in
the face Of the fact that a fed
eral injunction would have been
issued the minute the head Of the bur-
eau tried to conduct an investigation
as provided by the state statute. But
during the height Of that strike Gov
ernor Shallenberger not only gave the
deputy labor commissioner free hand
in trying to bring about settlement,
but gave him and the strikers every
possible and legal encouragement in
the way of securing satisfactory
settlement. One Of the first acts of
the present deputy commissioner of la
bor was to take the initial steps in form
ing the State Federation of Labor, and
in this work the deputy commissioner
had the cooperation of Governor Shall
lenberger.
There is one quarter from which
Frank Tyrrell is expecting nothing but
untiring opposition- the head offices Of
the Lincoln Traction Co. The reason is
not far to seek. Tyrrell is insisting
that the Traction Co. get right with
the people it pretends to serve. Not
only that, but he has taken decided
i L \ / I
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

Having been caught with goods ON
him Uncle Nose Kinkaid now comes
serenely to thesfront with the claim
that he should be absolved from all
blame because he has disposed of the
the goods to an innocent purchaser" :"
Uncle Nose is the innocent guy, ism It
he?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12
HITTING THE POLITICAL PIPE

A FEW STRAY BITS OF GOSSIP CONCERNING MATTERS
HAVE TO DO WITH RUNNING CITY, COUNTY AND STATE
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

1t is a joy to note that there is a
growing disposition on the part of the
church people-to go to the people
instead of waiting for the people to
come to it: to make the Christian life
attractive to men and women instead
Of repellant. l can remember when
the Sabbath began at sundown Satur-
lay and ended at sundown Sunday and
Between these hours we kids had to
wear faces long enough to eat oats
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

out of a churn. To whistle was
sacrilege, an dto laugh meant rep
rimand. 1t was nothing to have 60
sit for three mortal hours and hear
some long-winded man afflicted with
moral and mental dyspepsia tell us
that we were all hair-hung and breeze
shaken over hell and damnation, and
time and agin we kiddies have been
scared witless by the wierd pictures
of hell drawn for us by some leather
lunged sky pilot. Dance! Heavens,
to even want to dance was next thing
to the objectionable sin.
Ell ruaceanu hbanuh- h-odaeb-oyeluieSy
Less than forty years ago Uncle John
Oliver turned the water on to his mill
wheel one Sunday morning to grind
a grist for a sick neighbor, and the
congregation Of the village church was
so sure that Uncle John was going to
hell for that awful sin that they called
special prayer melting to intercede
with the Almig lightly in his behalf And
although l am still on the sunny side
of fifty | can remember of more than
one congregation being rent in twain
by the introduction of an organ-some-
thing that the ultra-pious thought was
the cap-sheaf invention of Old Nick.
1t has taken that sort Of thing
long time to die out-but, thank God,
it is dying out, and rapidly. But is it
any wonder that religion Of that sort
failed to appeal to young men and wo-
men? Is it any wonder that those
who clung desperately to that sys-
tenn Of theology wondered amidst tears
and groans why young people were
not joining the church and taking part
in religious works?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

The Buck Stove and Range Co. is
billing the county with four-sheet post
ers. 1t not only pays to advertise, but
it pays to be fair and just
BILLY MAJOR.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-08-12

Now will somebody kindly tell us
what difference it makes whether
congressional candidate is for county
option or feminist it?
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14

SPOKANE, April 13.-Secy. of In
terror Ballinger has notified the local
land office at Spokane to warn all
settlers on the Spokane Indian reser-
walton that the Northern Pacific
Railway intends to bring suit to Sc.
cure title to the odd-numbered sec
tons on that reservation. Warning
is to be given settlers locating on the
odd sections and they are to be made
fully aware they are likely to be in
volved in a lawsuit with the railroad
company.
Secretary Ballinger in a recent de-
cision held the railway company was
not entitled to the odd sections on
the Spokane reservations, contending
the reservation was established
about a month before the line of the
railroad was definitely located in that
vicinity. It is from this decision the
railroad will appeal to the courts.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
WOMAN LURED ! TO
DEATH BY LETTER
MRS HENRY SCHULZ BODY is
FOUND.
LIES NEAR HOME OF SISTER
Charles J.. Weller, Her Son-in-Law'
Thouot1t to Be the Woman's
Assassin.

TACOMA, Wash, April 11.-An un'
known assassin, shortly before noon
Monday, April 4, waylaid Mrs. Henry
Schulz. a Tacoma woman, and shot
her to death with a .38 CALDER re-
yolver. on the unfrequented Artondale
road, Gig Harbor While her frali
body lay quivering, the f1end silenced
his victim with a club. Mrs. Schulz
had been decoyed to her death by a
fake letter that told of the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. r. Habericht
of Gig Harbor.
Until Sunday afternoon, when Sher-
ifs officers and bloodhounds found
the partially decomposed body OF Mrs.
Schulz where the assassin had drag
ged it, her fate was not known. :
Strong circumstantial evidence i'm
plicates Chas. j. Weller, the dead
womans son-in-law.
Willie Burrell, the 15-year-old boy
who delivered the message, says the
description of the man VINO hired him
TALES exactly with the description
of Charles ]. Weller, as given to
Sheriff Morris, except that the man
wore silver-bowed spectacles.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Bold Lean Gains Liberty.

BOISE.-Weeks of patient toll re-
suited in a daring Jail delivery at the
Idaho State Penitentiary, when
Thomas Harris, one of the most no.
torious prisoners in the institution,
and John Cunningham, his cellmate,
removed hundreds of brick from the
ventilator leading from their cell, and
cutting a hole through the roof.
While Harris Immediately made a
dangerous leap of Is feet to the
ground and over the prison wall,
Cunningham hesitated and was
promptly brought to halt by the
shots of the guards.
Harris has so far not been cap
tured. He was surrounded by posse
south of this city, but managed to
eyade his pursuers.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Schmitz PAYS Up Dues.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April H.
Ex-Mayor Schmitz, who is out on bail
pending an appeal on conviction for
graft extortion, has been restored to
membership in the Musicians Union.
having paid considerable arresrageg
OF dues. It is possible the ex.mayor
Will again take up his profession n
musician.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
English Test Required.

VANCOUVER, Wash, April 12-
When soldiers are recruited for the
United States army in future they
will be required TO pass tests in read
ing, writing and speaking English, &C.
cording to an order just issued by
the Secretary of War Applicants
who do not meet the tests will be
rejected
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Anti-Pofndexter Plan Is Matured.

SEATTLE.-The election of five
Supreme Court judges in November
will De made the basis of an attempt
to force Representative Miles Pom
dexter, insurgent candidate for the
Senate, to declaration of principles,
through the medium of a convention
platform.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
MORE BATTLESHIPS FOR us.

WASHINGTON. - By decisive
vote of 1852 to ITO, IA being present
and not voting, the House authorized
the construction of two battleships to
cost $6,OOO,OO0 each. Thirty-three
Democrats voted for two battleships
and "a Republicans against.
This action was taken just prior to
the passage of the naval appropriation
bill, carrying $12S,037, 500. y
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
SmuggIers Move North to Operat

smuggIers Move North to Operate.
LOS ANGELES, April 12.- Driver
from Los Angeles by the Federal
sleuths aided by the local authorities,
the band of opium and Chinese SNUG
glers that has been operating along
the Pacific Coast and the Mexican
border has transferred it's scene of
operations to the northern ports in
Washington and Oregon, according to
Deputy United States Marshal Dur
lin
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Spokane Trains Collide.

SPOKANE.-A misunderstanding Of
block signals resulted in head-on
collision of passenger trains Nos. 2
and 3 on the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railroad a mile west of Spo-
kane Saturday night. About 80 per-
sons were injured, and it is expected
that several will die,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
MISCELLANEOUS

1 Burr portable key scatter.
1 2x4-inch oSt drill.
1 No. 900 Buffalo blower.
1 3q3x23 Marsh steam pump.
1 23x21x2 More steam pump.
3x3x2a Duplex steam pump.
1 Gear wheel a diameter and pinon.
1 Cast pulley 0Ox12."
2 Cast pulleys 3oxo-in. Extra heavy
rims.
4 12-inch water motor.
1 5-inch Gate valve.
0-inch Globe valve.
800 feet of Sin. black pipe.
. Grind stones.
Set pipe dies from / to 4 in.
Set pipe dies from 14-in. to 2 in.
1 Set bolt dies, full mounted, lin.
to Ain.
We carry a complete line of shaft
ing, boxes, hangers, bar iron, ma
chine bolts, pipe and pipe fittings and
John Firms babbit.
We Buy, Sell, Exchange and
Repair all Kinds Of Machinery
DAY PHONE TAI NIGHT PHONE 81
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14

INDIANAPOLIS, April 11.-A stem
ographer, Mrs. Jeanette Stein, in the
office OF the Eclipse Coal Company,
was responsible for the discovery of
a $4,000 coal graft in which the
Claypool and the English hotels, two
OF the leading hostelries of this city.
and the City Hospital, were the vic-
tins.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
SECOND TRIALS ORDERED.
Idaho Mems Cases Set for June 7
Land Frauds CHARGED.

BOISE.-Although acquitted last
February at the conclusion of a SEN
sational trial in the Federal court be-
fore Judge Frank S. Dietrich on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government of $4,000 acres of timber
along the Clearwater River in Nez
Perez County, William F. Kettenbach,
ex-president of the Lewiston National
Bank; George H. Kester, ex-cashier
of that institution, and William
Dwyer, a timber cruiser, will be tried
on the same charge in the United
States Court here June Z.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
10000 Socialists Meet.

BERLIN, April 10.-At least 10000
Socialists and radicals took part to-
day in the most impressive demon
stration ever held in Berlin in favor
Of suffrafe reform in Prussia.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
March Is Record Month.

WASHINGTON excavation
of the Panama Canal for the month
OF March was 3,067,497 cubic yards
place measurement, against 2,6O2,995
yards in February
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
San DIEGO Feels Quake.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 1O.-At
11:57 P. M. slight earthquake was
felt here The shock was of about
ten seconds duration
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
BOILERS

SO H P Atlas high pressure.
4 20 H P Scotch marine.
1OH P Vertical, Submerge tube.
We sell the Pennsylvania Boiler
Works boilers, all kinds and sizes.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
GASOLINE ENGINES

1 p H P All Day Digger.
Jack of All Trades.
i4HP Fairbanks Morse.
/ double cylinder 6xo marine
1 single cylinder Aka marine.
We are agents for Fairbanks q
Morse gasoline engines.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
THE MARKETS
Portland.


Wheat-Track prices Club, 96c;
bluestem, $1.01; red Russian, Csc.
Barley-Feed and brewing, SGT.
Oats-No. l white, 500 per ton.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$4,000 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$23; alfalfa, SIT; clover, $16
Butter-Extra, 33c; fancy, 2S@30c;
ranch, 20@22c.
Eggs-Ranch, candled, 2O@22c.
Hops-1909 crop, 15@1Sc; olds,
nominal
Wool-Eastern Oregon, 14@17c per
pound.
Mohair-261ac.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, CSC; club,
S1@S4c; red Russian, Gle.
Oats-s27@2S per ton.
Barley-$24 per ton.
Hay-Timothy, $2O@23 per ton; al
5alfa,a f18 per ton.
Observation-Disclosures Creamery, CSC:
ranch, CSC.
Eggs-Selected local. 26027c.
Potatoes-$12Ql5 per ton.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14

SAW MILL MACHINERY
/ s. M sawmiIl complete (bargaln).
Souel steam feed.
4 set live rolls.
carriage and track.
6 48-inch saws.
/ 3O-inch saw.
32-inch cutoff saw.
Saw arbors, all sizes.
1 saw Swage, new
40 second hand wood split pulleyS.
40 second hand steel split pulleys.
Cast pulleys, all sizes.
1 saw grinder.
1 saw anvil.
IS emery wheels.
A lot of second hand rubber betting.
1000 feet of chain betting.
20 18-inch car wheels and axles.
IS 1O-inch car wheels.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
STEAM ENGINES

io side crank, rebuilt.
111 IS centre crank, rebuilt.
1 1OX12 side crank, Self-contalned.
79x1O center crank.
New engines, all sizes.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-01-12
"ANoTHER's SHOES"
A Phrase That Had Its Origin In an
Ancient Custom.

The expression stepping into an
others Shoes" like many another COM
mon phrase. had Its origin In al an.
Client custom.
The old Morse law required that q
person to be adopted must step into q
previously prepared shoe. This shoe
was made from the skin tnken from
the right hind leg Of three winters
old bull"
The skin was flayed from above the
hook. and out of this the shoe was
made. The person to be adopted step.
ped into this shoe. taking into his
arms one at Il time. Ii Is presumed. the
younger SONS of the nun muking the
adoption. If there were also sons who
were of age they stepped into the shoe
afterward. by this sign showing their
consent to the adoption.
A man In this way could adopt an
illegltimate son. making him his law.
full heir. but In that case the father
was Obliged TO step into the shoe hrst.
they stepped Into the shoe afterward;
If there were no full grown sons. then
the next of kin did the stepping. aud
without his consent. by the way. this
special adoption could not be made.
Witnesses TO the ceremony In tho
use of the shoe were required to O..
tabllsh Its legality.
II Will be seen that this was con.
sidered an important ceremony. aud
since SO much "shoe stepping" was
done 1t Is not strange that the express
sion us now used passed Into common
speech.--ChicagO Record Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-01-12
THE BABY TURTLE.
He Has to Paddle His Own Canoe
From tho Moment Of Birth.

just so soon as Il baby turtle energies
from the egg off he scuttles down to
the sea. He has no one to teach him,
no one TO guide hill. In his curious
little brain there Is Implanted IL streak
OF caution based upon the fact that
until certain period In his life his
arnlor Is soft aud no defense against
hungry fish. and he nj once seeks shell
ter ln the tropical profusion OF the
gulf weed. which holds within Its
branching fronds an astonishing album
danee of marine life. Here the young
turtle feeds unmoIested while his ar
NOR undergoes the hardening process.
Whatever the young seu turtle eats
and wherever lie eats IL. facts not gem
orally uscertained. one thing n certain
1t agrees with him Immensely. He
leads II pleasant sort Of life. basking In
the tropical SUI aud cruising ieisurely
In the cool depths,
Once he has attained the weight of
Twenty-Five pounds. which usually oc.
crrs within the first year. the turtle Is
free from nll dalger After that no fish
or mamnal. however ravenous. how
ever well armed with teeth, interferes
with the turtle.
When once he has withdrawn his
head from Its position of outlook into
the folds of his neck between the two
shells intending devourers may strug,
gle In vain 10 make an impression
upon him. Harpers Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-01-12
Votinu In cpain.

Voting In Spain * held To he u duty
to the community, not merely II priv
ilege Of the Individual. and neglect Of
civic Obligations carries its own pen.
atty Male HdIlis Of legal nge and uii-
der seventy. with the exception of
priests. notarIes and Judges, ARE re-
quired to vote In municipal elections.
Failure to east n ballot IL punishable
by having onp's name pnIilshed M
cenSrre for neglect. 10y having taxes
Increased = per cent. by suffering II
deduction Ut per cent IN salary II
employed IN the public service aud for
the second oifensr The i,,ss at right 10
hold elective or appointive office.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-01-12
His Second Thouuht.

A politician named Blank got place
for "a clerk during one Of the sessions
Of the Legislature OF his state. The
clerk was very grateful. says the Sat
urday Evening Post. At the end Of
the session he came around to Blank
and said. MIR. Blank. want to tell
you how much am Indebted to y0u
for your kindness ia getting me the
place have had. 1t meant more to
me- Mr.. Blank. than you may think. i
thank you from the bottom OF my
heart. Also want to say. Mr. Blank.
that II there ever comes time when
can do anything for you-anythiug at
all-you are TO command NE. l will do
anything you mny ask me to do. am
at your service"
Blank thanked the man. and he
started to 20. AS he reached the dOoe
he turned and said. "Of course. Mr..
Blank. would prefer that 1t should b.
something honorable"