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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
MINE OFFICIALS TRY
TO SETTLE BIG STRIKE

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 22.-Presi-
dent Tom L Lewis, Of the United Mine
Workers OF America, and other officials
are here today to make another attempt
10 settle the strike in the Tuscarawas
field. The operators of the field and
the district mine workers met with Mr..
Lewis and discussed the strike.
President d. II. Sullivan. OF district
No 6, said he hoped a settlement would
be made and that it will not be necessa-
~ TO call a general strike in the mines
of the operators affected.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
ARTHUR M. WHEELER
PLANS TO QUIT YALE

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. LEFT is
announced at Yale university that prof
Arthur M. Wheeler, one OF the most
prominent members of the college facul-
ty since 1858, has rendered his resierla-
ton to take effect at the close Of the
college here In June. Professor Wheel
er was graduated from Yale In 1857. Ad-
vanced years is given as the reason for
his retirement. .rett
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
INCREASE ALLOWANCE
FOR EVAPORATION LOSS

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-The ways
and means committee OF the house re-
norted favorabIy today the bill TO in
crease the allowance made by the Inter
nal revenue laws for loss Of whisky by
evaporation during the aging process In
the distfnery or storage house. The de-
rnand for q greater allowance for evap-
Grafton Is the direct result Of the deter
ioration OF the quaIity OF white oak used
for whisky barrels.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
TRUSTEES ARE WINNERS
FOR SLATER ESTATE

WORCESTER. Mass. Feb "a legal bat
tie Of long standing. involving property valued
At nearly q. COZ 600 has Just been decided in
IT, supreme court here. A sinal decree orders
- sale q the securities Of the slater NILS at
Weher and Grafton, held By the trustees OF the
estate q the late Horatio ~. Slater he
prouertv Is assessed AZ s.. 80. COO
ne decree marks a victory for the trustees
n their Legal battle over the property lett
81 Mr.. Slater by Mrs Mabel Hunt Slater, the
widow a. guardian for her four minor ehu-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE
MODIFYING TROOPS
The Monaghan Residents Re-
ceive Orders to Mobilize
All of the Banner Troops

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. PA dis
patch from Hardin says Russian troops
are being concentrated at Kiakhta, a
settlement in Siberia close to the Chinese
frontier and opposite the Chinese town
OF Maimachin. Orders have been issued
to strengthen the watch on the frontier.
The Chinese resident OF Mongolia has
received orders from Pekin to mobilize
the banner troops 80
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
C0WETA POULTRY MEN
NAME NEW OFFICERS

NEWMAN. Ca. FEB. 22.-Officers were elect
% for another year and ether Important bus
fness vas transacted at recent meeting OF
TIE coweta Poultry association =eld in New
nm
1t fAe meeting plans were discussed for the
hoidfnx u ! big poultry show in Newman next
fan II Is being planned 20 make the show
one q tie bseEest ever held IN the state and
= vii attract a great deal OF attention
throughout the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
AGED Poetess Dead

A PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22.-FTanees
E. W. Harper, who achieved fame as
negro anti-slavery lecturer and poet
ess, aged IS, died here today. It had
been written of Mrs. arper that she
had done more for her race than any
other woman.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
MARRIAGE TRADE BUM;
OFFICE ORDERED CLOSED

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-so small has
been the demand for marriage licenses in
the borough of the Bronx, which in itself
has a population of 100000. that 1t has
been decided permanently to close the
branch of the New York bureau of mar
riage' licenses. The applications for IL
censes in the Bronx, Notwithstanding that
ir is largely residential section, have
averaged but one a day in comparison
with about 100 a day at city hall in Man
haitian.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
Piles Quickly
Cured At Home
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure
Trial Package Mailed Free
to AL in Tain Wrapper.

Many cases of Piles have been cured by
trial package fPyramid Pile Cure
without further treatment. When 1t
proves it's value to you, get more from
your druggist at soc box, and be sure
you get the kind you ask for. Simply
I'LL out free coupon below and mail
today. Save yourself from the surgeons
knife and its torture, the doctor and his
bills.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
FIRST WOMAN ON RECORD
DIVISION PASSENGER AGENT

passenger agent. the first woman, so far
as local railroad men know, to occupy
such a position in the United States. Her
territory extends from WATERFOWL. H.,
to Bettendorf. Iowa. and includes the tri-
Isl, 900 people.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
OLDEST COLORADO LADY
SURRENDERS TO DEATH

FLORENCE. Col. Feb. 16.-Mrs. Fran
ces Esper, les years of age, said to be
the Oldest woman in Colorado, died in IN q
arms OF her I11-year-old husband last
night from burns received when her
clothing caught fire from an open CRATE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Esper had been married
81 years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
RAILROAD MAN FOUND
DEAD ON THE STREET

DECATUR, Ala. Feb. n.-Patrick M.
Hesslan, an employee of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, was found dead
on a street in New Decatur this morn
ing. He came here from Nashville.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
Officers Stabbed

i CHARLOTTE. y. C, Feb 22--Moses
Speaks, who killed his wife and son-in-
Jaw last week az High Point. N c., to-
PAY seriously stabbed two officers who ar
|rezted him One OF them is in a serious
|condftion- The same butcher knife was
employed today. Speaks says he was en-
route back 70 High Point 70 kill two doc
tors whom he disliked. He is now in jail.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
HEAVY SILVER WATCH
STOPS SINGING BULLET

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. "a heavy silver
watch In Charles van Buren's vest iocket prob
ahiy saved his life last night when II stopped
bullet fired at him By Mitchell DOren- The
watch case shows = large indentation where the
ball struck
Van Buren, i night depot master at the Union
passenger station. He declared that Doren.
after cursinx him. began firing and a pistol
duel followed in which neither was hurt. Both
were arrested.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
(By Associated Press. )

DAVENPORT. Iowa, Feb. l6.-Miss
Daisey oden. for several years chief
clerk Of the Davenport passenger ONCE
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad. has been appointed division
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
Kern Meets BRYAN

LOUISVILLE. KY, Feb. 22.-UnIted
states senator-elect John W. Kern. OF
Indiana came to Louisville today 10
meet william J. Bryan. who viii arrive
here from the south late this afternoon.
Mr. Kern said his meeting with Mr..
Bryan would be OF a purely personal ma
ture-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
WAGE ORGANIZED WAR
AGAINST M0S0IIITn

NEWARK, n. J., Feb. 22.-Twenty-one New
Jersey towns win combine forces this snmmer
In determined campaign against the Jersey
mosquito. preliminary council of war for
the purpose Of planning the campaign and de-
VIII be held at South Orange this week State
Entomologist Smith and L. o. Howard chief
entomoiogist OF the department of agriculture
reetors and advisors Of the work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24

morning of the first day when two of
the party, with the prize setter of the
bunch, started up a branch where
birds were particularly thick. They
hadn't gone so yards when the dog came
to dead set. The men drew up closer,
moving a little to one side in order to
shoot to the best advantage. Then they
gave the dog the signal to flush.
There was whirr-but not Of wings.
There was streak of gray and yellow
through the air-but not Of harmless
plumage. The dog jumped ten feet side
ways without having time to utter even
frightened yelp, and the fangs of the
biggest diamond backed rattlesnake ever
seen east OF the Rockies missed that ter
rorized pups quivering flank by little
less than an inch's margin.
One of the two hunters, noted high
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24

Georgia creek bottom.
Last Thursday a party of well known
railroad men left Atlanta in private
car for a big dove shoot in Lowndes
county. Among them were some of the
best shots in Georgia, and dogs almost
worth their weight in gold, pointers and
settlers so valuable and 80 worthy Of
consideration that they were never con-
signed to baggage cars, but luxuriared
with their masters among the velvet
cushions Of the Pullman. 1t was hunt
ing party de luxe, but not a party de
luck, as later events Showed.
The car was sidetracked somewhere
down near valdosta, and the party took
the field. The very first morning of what
was intended to be two or three-day
hunt, they bagged a splendid lot of doves
and quail. The brush was literally full Of
birds; the dogs were eager; the marks
men were at their best 1t was still the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24

Ever read the above letter?
A new one appears from time
to time. They are genuine,
true, and full of human inter-
est.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
ATLANTA DOVE HUNTERS KILL
q 3O-POUND RATTLESNAKE AND
SWEAR OFF FOR THE SEASON

This story is true, because they brought
back the rattles-14 of 'em-of a heftiness
which leaves no doubt that they must
have been appended to the biggest, wick
eldest diammd-back that ever crawled in
Georgia creek bottom.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-24
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have
Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect 1t.

Nature warns you when the track of
health is not clear. Kidney and bladder
troubles compel you to pass water often
during the day and get up many times
during the night
Unhealthy kidneys cause Iumbago. rheumatism
catarrh of the bladder pain or dull ache in the
back. joints muscles, at times have headache
or Indigestion. as time passes you may have a sal
low complexion, puffy or dark circles under the
eyes. sometimes feel as though you had heart
trouble. may have plenty OF ambition but no
strength. get weak and lose flesh.
If such conditions are permitted TO continue.
serious results are sure to follow; Brights dis
ease, the very worst form OF kidney trouble
may steal upon YOU
Prsvalsnoy OF Kidney DassSss.
Most people do not realize the alarming in
crease and remarkable prevalency OF kidney dis
ease. While kidney dis orders the most COM
mon diseases that prevail. they almost tn e
s aonss. S SnS N.
feet, while the original disease constantly un-
dermines the system.
Trial WIN conv1nos Anyone
II you feel that your kidneys are the cause of
your sickness down condition, begin taking
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney Hv-
er and bladder remedy, because as soon as your
kidneys improve they win help the other organs
natural help TO Nature for Swamp-Root is the
most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys
that has yet been discovered.
swamp-Root In Pleasant to Take.
II you are already convinced that Swamp
Root is what you need, you can purchase the reg
ular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all
drug stores. Don't make any mistake but re-
member the name DR. K1lmer's Swamp-R Root, and
the address, Binghamton. N. Y, which you will
find every bottle.
EDITORIAL NoTICE-To prove the wonderf
may have a sample bottle and a book of valr
absolutely free by maN The book contains man
received from men and women who found Swamp
they needed The value and success of Swamp
our readers are advised to send for a sample bot
Co. Binghamton. n. Y, be to say you read tn
ia Semi-Weekly Journal The genuinen ess of til
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24
Alvey
Augustus
Adee
,A~%AAANA&AAN%A%ee&@A3.x IS

- I.VEY AUGUSTUS ADEE. sec
- oni assistant secretary of state.
q "a is known in Washington as the
indispensable diplomats He
speaks and writes 1uontly FRENCH.
German. Italian and Spanish.
Mr., Adee has been second assistant
secretary Of state since 1886. He suc-
cepded William Hunter of Rhode Is
land, for whom the position was espe-
cially created twenty years before.
Although 1t Is generally supposed
that the official Thanksgiving procla-
nations are each year composed by
the president. in whose name they are
issued, this work Is one Of Mr.. Adee's
important functions. OF course the
president has the privilege Of editing
them. but 1t has been rarely that Mr..
Adee's drafts OF the proclamations
have not been o. KID as written.
After the Thanksgiving proclamation
has been approved by the president it
Is handed to the state department ex-
pert penman, who In his copperplate
chirography writes it upon large
sheet Of parchment, which Is sent to
the president for his signature and
then returned to the state department
to be signed by the secretary of state.
Excels at Wording Treaties.
Next it must be pressed with the
great seal of the United States. This
seal, which was made by jeweler at
a cost of $4,000. is the most sacred
instrument used by the government.
Mr.. Adee's has long been the master
hand in the wording of treaties, tho
writing of diplomatic notes to the
powers. the construction of state docu-
ments. He is the memory center of
the department of state and its index
Of diplomatic precedents as well as its
arbiter of social precedence. When
distinguished foreigners visit our coun-
try it Is he who arranges their seats at
state functions and their places in pa
rades or ceremonials,
Mr.. Adee cares little for so called
society" After concentrating his en-
ergies upon his official work for ten
months Of the year he cuts loose each
summer. expresses his bicycle to New
York, takes it aboard an ocean steam
er, mounts it on the European side Of
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24

Their Struggle In Opening
Mines That Have Pro-
duced Millions.

terminus. The boys" got around the
ment with a railroad that ran from
Winnipeg TO Duluth and after two
years had their little fifty-mile road
built from the through line to their
mine.
The building of that fifty mile rail.
road is one of the remarkable achieve
ments of the Merritts. To do it, when
men of money would not listen to their
appeal for funds, they had to sell
virtually every dollars worth of prop
elfy in their possession. Slowly, with
many interruptions because Of lack
Of cash. the rails went down in that
new. rough country until the line was
finished and transportation was pro-
vided from the mine to the ore docks
which the brothers had built at AL
louez. on the lake front
1t was 1892 before the first train
load of ore was hauled from the mine
to the lake, In that year the Merritts
were out Of debt and held the majority
of stock in property worth many mil.
lions.
The Meeting With Rockefeller.
Then came disastrous 1893 The
Merritts were caught in the financial
crash and had to have cash. Leonidas
went to New York. got money from
Rockefeller and later. as he testified.
was trimmed" by Rockefellers fore.
ing payment of a call loan Of several
hundred thousand dollars. Rockefel-
Ter has denied this, but the important
point Is that Leonidas went to New
York with securities, bonds and stocks
now valued at over $70O.O00O00 and
left there after few months "practi-
cally penniless."
There was another heavy drain on
the Merritt brothers resources after
that eventful visit to New York. That
was the famous legal fight which they
made against Rockefeller They got
judgment against the oil man for $780,
900. but were financially unable to
prosecute the case in the higher courts
and settled outside at great sacrifice
After these experiences the Merritts
could scarcely hnve been called well
TO do. Hut through all their troubles
they managed to hold on TO some Of
their UNEMPLOYED lands Since then
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24

one of the public schools and still later
principal of the evening high school
She is now district superintendent of
schools.
The movement for equal pay was be
gun in 1904. For two years the sub
ject was discussed ut frequent meet
ings, and In 1906 the Association of
Women Teachers was organized with
14,OO0 members. A year later Miss
Strachan was elected president. and
the long. uphill campaign was under
taken
At that time women teachers receiv-
ed 5000 for the first year, With al an
nnal increase of $40. whereas men
teachers got 5000 the first year and an
annual increase of sos.
A bill providing for equal pay for
men and women teachers was intro
duced In the state legislature in 1907.
1908 and 1909. Each Of those years the
bill passed both houses. only to be kill
ed by vetoes. twice by Mayor McClel-
Ian and once by Governor Hughes. The
vet0es were based on the ground that
the legislation violated the principle OF
home rule.
The legislature of 1910 passed the
bill. Mayor Gaynor and Governor Dix
approved. and 1t will so into effect on,
Jan. ! nest.
Miss Strachan believes In co-educa
ton. THE great advantage of 20
education" she said, lis that girl infiu
ence tends to make boys more gentle
and refined. while. on the other band.
girls grow more practical and self re.
liant through boy influence. I'm sure
that God intended neither the u,ascu-
line nor the feminine nature to be com
piete In itself, but rather that the anal.
tiles Of either should complement those
Of the other.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24

EDNA =. CASSIDY wETH MISS RuRFLEs
AND 6KoRGET1R
kingese spaniels In the country were
bepched. and the classes for the other
b<&eds were web filed.
}uan1 Netman's 'Ganin Racquet won
~ special prize for the best Ameri-
EN- bred dog. Miss vernona Jarbeau's
Ganin de Jeanette won the silver
bowl given by Monfefiore G. Kahn for
the SMALLEST French bulldog. and Miss
JArbeau also won the silver trophy Civ
% By Thomas III. williams, Ir.. or
San Francisco for the best team OF
Hreneh bulldoaS bred by the exhibitor
Two Shetland ponies were on view.
. dainty little dog that suggests both
Che Pom and a red toy spaniel In looks.
Il sssch = cross can be imagined Chi
qu1ta. The winning Chihuahua, was en-
tered By Arthur Brandeis of Omaha
Heb. Miss Edna II. Cassidy OF Al
bAny divided honors in toy poodles
with Mrs. Nicoiai Of Manhattan. and
- q further instance Of the wide in
terest 10 the show wicklow Gypsy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24
Carnival
Of
Toy Dogs
- he ninth exhlbttion ~ ~ r..

T&HE ninth exhibition of the Toy
Spaniel Club of America
- which was held recently a,
the Waldorf Astoria. New
York. was yeritabie carnival of the
arla rats of toy dogdom. The exhi.
Diuon attracted host of feminine
lovers OF the tiny pets.
When the club started to give the
annual exhibitions spaniels had near
monopoly of the attention. but
SINCE then such distinguished visitors
nave reached our shores as the Pom
eranians. Pekingese. Chiffon Bruxel.
lois and Pappillions. while the French
bulldog and the American Boston ter,
Ksars have attained the dignity of q
ssandsf I'd household pets.
Only One Man Judge.
A stan of six judges made the
awards. five members OF the board be.
ing women The masculine eyes of F.
= Sternberg reviewed the Pekingese
spaniels. while the women judged the
esher classes. Nearly all Of the Pc
e e
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24
THE NERD|TTS and
THY FOUND. BIT
Poor Boys Who Discovered
the Worlds Greatest
Iron Range.

R EONlDAS and Alfred Merritt OF
Duluth. who testified before
~ congressional Investigating com
mittre NJ Washington that they
had been TRIMMED by .Iohn ID Rookie
Teller out of properties worth poten
tally 700.00O.O0O, discovered and start
ed the development of the most won
derfuIly rich and easy to mine iron
ranges in the world-the Mesaba--
range that has added more than q
quarter of billion dollars to the
wealth of the nation and is producing
ore and wealth at rate undiminisbed
Fools gold lured Lewis Merritt,
the father Of the Merritts. to the re
gion at the head of the lakes in 1856
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-24

Fools gold" is certain compound OF
iron ore and sulphur. which. having
the appearance Of gold. has deceived
hundreds OF prgspectors The father
of Leonidas and Alfred and of their
six brothers WIS attracted by seine
what general rumor and moved from
| Ashtabula county. o. as soon AZ n
treaty with the Indians ceded the
lands on the north shore of Superior
He WIS Il New Yorker by birth and
was then forty seven years Old. Be
I! fore going 10 Ohio be had been in the
| lumber business la Warren county. ia
| First Found Timber
In the northern wilderness the older
Merritt found no gold but it Is related
that he did lind a bit of red iron OFT.
and that he carried that home in q pa
per parcel. showed II to his sons. thel,
in their teens. taught then, its value.
and told them he tho,fytlt here were
great riches in the und.velaped region
about Oneota, where sa,ey had made
their home 0neota il now a part ~
Duluth
Four Of Lewis Merrid1's boys i.eoni.
sdas. Alfred. .Andrtis attd Cassi,is- de.
cided to join In the search for the bnr
led riches They plunged into the for
est and became daring weodsmen
They traverSed all the Minnesota coun
try north Of Lake Superior and went
some distance west
In the first few years they didn't End
what they We're looking for But ttpy
found something else that was exceed
ingly valuablev timber. They beca ne
iumbermen They knew woodcraft.
They prospered and within twenty
years were fairly wealthy men They
sold out their timber business in 1881
Instantly they acted upon the knowl.
edge they had gained in the years
when they ~eruised" the woods and
located their hrsi iron mine They
kept pretty still about it aud saga
ciousiy Travelled over the entire Mesaba
range, which they surveyed. cross sec.
toned and mapped II WIS hard WORK
for horses could not travel there. ana
the men had TO pack everything Oh
their backs. But there were seven OF |
them at il by this time-the four broth.
ers and three of their nephews, all Of |
whom. however. were generally refer.
red TO as "the Merritt brothers,.
They found What they were looking
II in bewildering abun
lance. ~
Hard Time Raising FunGs.
But seven men OF only moderate
means cannot do much business with
mines far from y shipping point with
,ut transportation means. A railroad
he Merritfs bad TO have. They didn't
ave money enough TO construct lie.
or building railroad In the range
ountry Is very. very expensive. They
old prominent men in Duluth about
heir finds The Duluth men were
ncredulous Some dismissed Them
With laugh. Other unbelievprs sough,
Q argue with them that the geology
( that section made 1t absurd to think
I there being iron there
Net only did the Duiuthians refuse ,
nnnciai aid 10 the Merritts. hui when
the boys somehow got enough money
, start building their raiIroad Duluth i
let them make that city the