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Show Till STARTED COUNTY NEWS LEAVER MILfORD .... buiue iiicu um era talk loo mui-- ImjI'U UTAH Ulpluiiiata; ultl Atom all the once mighty Hour ton lamily baa anil to lose la Spuiu. Tb.it sweet (iiipuiiation, delta, never cun make the ven American" love H. It la hard al this season lo keep an plant Irom earnest the thing. New York haa bml enough llmlson Fulton celebration lo laid It lor at lenat a century. Indianapolis, Jnd. Various Interna-Jomt- l the labor unions throughout ouiiu y lire, and have bei n for some lino, taking much Interest in the I'nloii Irliiicrs' home at Colorado Spring!!, Col., conducted by the Typographical union. internationals have taken under onulderailon the establishment of a Home along similar lines for their own In ihe current Issue of the Hrlcklaycr and Mason, the ofllcial journal of the Bricklayers' and International union, there Is an lilusi rated article dealing in an espe-lallclear and thorough manner with the pi int era home and Its method of operation. Speaking of Its expense, the article says that one minute of his working time each day is what every union printer In North America gives us Ills mile toward the maintenance of the I'nlon Primers' home. Every nmnih every one of the 45,000 members or the International Typograpb-cn- l union pays an assessment of lo om." half a cent a day, or less than he amount the average pilnter will nrn In a minute's working time. Continuing, the article says: "It la a small sacrilice, but it Is this small sacrifice, coming from every man, workwith his fellow laing in which borers, gives to the home an innaal fund of $90,000 for maintenance and improvements. New York. The long threatened general strike of the Kosher butchers' union throughout, the city for union onditloiiH begun In MiO kosher butcher shops In Manhattan, The llronx. Williamsburg and East New York. Ilciiihiimiifrs were established at 133 Khlriilge street, where the strikers as they came from the atorp reported. were apAbout twenty committees pointed to go to the shops In an effort kosher butchto Induce the ers lo strike. The demands of the Working strikers are as follows: hours to be from five a. m. to live p. in. with half an hour off for breakfast and an hour off for dinner. General recognition of the union and union cards to be displayed in the windows of the stores. Minimum wages from 8 to $12 a week for the various grades of workmen, and the abolition of Ihe rule by which kosher butchers board with employers. Washington. A reort ha Just been published dealing with the first eight months, from August 14, 190", to March 81, 1908, of the new Danish net concerning unemployment benefit Middles. At the end of the above term there were 34 such societies duly recognized; 31 of this total covered Ihe whole country, three only one The aggregate provliiee (Zealand). number of members entitled to aid In rase of unemployment was 70,449, or 67,783 men and 5.RC0 women, and of Hipse only 7,668 lived In the rural disVa-Ioii- h Thai little Norwegian with all renuea should lake a little lookurouml tor the lourih dimension. tar aa can he otiaervcd. young women with due Ivory throata are not at all alraid of pneumonia Rn Ma--ion- s y On aerond conalderatlon the British bouse of lorda probably will deride lo be thankful that the budget la no worae. Having utiqiiealloned eupreninry on land, tea and In the air, Uncle Sam la perplexed to know wbut next to tackle. One good thing about easiern aerla' travel la that there will be no atop ping to get out and ehovel snow oil the trark In winter. Washington dispatch prniosis a only core lor panlca la a level bead In a time ol ertata and faith In the government A cure for pnulca." The Kvery possible means la uaed lo n nt Ion Into miHuting Ku rope by assuming a burden ol null tarlam. Heaven Turbid Unit the tempt era should prevail. tempt this It la becoming quite the fashion lor royal princes to won Ain'erlrnu heir caaea. Ordinary tltlea will thus lie crowded out ot what they have huh erto tound so protllable a mntrlmonlui field King George of (ircere wants In ah The king business la gel line to be almost aa alrcnuoua as shooting Ilona oil the Jump In Africa, and the crowned beads of Europe are not uaed dlrate. to It The inggeetlon la made that the north pole be turned Into a weather bureau station. Thin would bo all right If they manage so that Ita brand of weather could be utilized In July or August. Queen Wllbelmlna of Holland baa Invented a baby caravan In which (ho little prlnreaa may take her outing In gll klnda of weather. Natural, aa a queen's Invention, It ought to draw a large royalty. There are ninny testa of real love, but the plHlnt ol a llrooklyn wife that a bride of 18 cannot love a husband of 65 on a continuous diet perform ance of bean soup la one of the mean eat yet invented. la becoming one of Wlfe-desertlo- n the grent evils the times. A punishment to fit this crime would he the sentence of the marital deserter to bard work In prison, with Ihe profits thereof going to the family deaerted of non-unio- n ex-tee- The coal scuttle bat which haa been derided aa a thing miaeathetlc served p utllltnrfnn purpose when It saved a womnn's life In a Wisconsin town by shpddlng to her shoulder a brick that fell from the fourth story of a build Ing The Incident allows what might be made of the hat. If beauty la to be Ignored, and the qualities of the helmet cultivated (Ire-man- The new Items embrace n shooting In mistake for a deer; the probable loss of iw-young hunters In tlx north woods;" and the finding of Hi feet and shoes or a man who wmi eaten by wild animals while out Imni lug. These are warning or the dan gers of the chase which merely give cent to the sport of the true hunter, but they should admonish rare, never thelesa, during the season which Is now al hand The report uf the aulumohile acciby which two men were killed nenr Minneoln. I,. I., says Hint the vehlele was going "ill a modern le rale of speed" al the time, and eoes on to relate that Hie two victims of the accident had their skulls crushed hr .being thrown over the tiont of the automobile against the telegraph pole with which the vehicle collided It evident that the term moderate speed" baa takeL on a new meaning loci- the advent of the motor vehlele dent - In a paragraphic reference to the rediscoverer of New York's great river which appeared In these col umni he was spoken of as "Hendrik'' Hudson. A subscriber protest that be waa an Englishman and that his name waa Henry. The aiiliscrlber Is right. Hut the celebrated nnvlgator was for a time In Ihe employ of Hoi land and to hla Knickerbocker friends be was always "Hendrik." which means the same thing aa Henry and looks much quainter In print a very tempting quality from the standpoint of the paragrapher. Indianapolis, Ind. Edwin Perry, naof the felttional secrets ry-- t ed Mine Workers, has in the fnlted Mine Workers' Journal the official publication of the organization, a warning In regard to any local union seudliig In more rotes tlssn they are cnlitli d to according to the number of members for whom tax lx paid to The notice sets ihe International. forth that there la being received at ihe headquarters, in this city, letters from secretaries of local unices of the organization all over the country telling how many ballots it will be ueci hsary to aend In order that the total membership may be supplied. In nearly every Continuing, it says: case the number given exceeds the number on which the loral union pays per cupha tax. It would bo an easy matter for this office to supply any local union with the number of ballots naked for, but by so doing we may be the' cause of bating the entire vote or the local thrown out by the tellers. When the tellers come to this city to count the vote, our ledgers are turned over to them, and In every case where a local sends in a vote larger than the number of members for which they imy tax, the vote Is not counted." In large and conspicuous letters, the "If you want your Hdvlce Is given: vole to be counted, hold your election on December 14, according to the constitution, and use your return sheet. I)o not send the ballots back to us." Kansas City, Mo. A building in the course of construction here, to be used an a garage, was partially wrecked Winby an explosion of dynamite. dows in adjoining buildings were broken, but no one was injured. The contractors say the explosion was a result of recent labor troubles, nonunion men having been employed In its construction. Two men were arrested on suspicion. London. England. The board of trade report on the hours and wages In the clothing trades of the United Kingdom shows that the total number of work people employed In this section is about a million and a half, 400,000 men and 1,100,000 women. About half of them are employed in factories and workshops, the rest iwrfently being home workers. Manchester, England. A dispute In one section of the printing trade In this district over wages and hours of lalior was settled by the Manchester Typographical society and kindred societies guaranteeing the good faith of New York. Edward F. Terry, "outside man" of the bridge building firm uf Terry ft Trench, which did all the steel work on the wonderful Manhattan bridge, New York, using 4U,0'W tous of metal, and most of the work an the 83u.ooo.0oti Williamsburg bruise, which has the second longest a lumvpaii in the world, was once berjack in Michigan and Wisconsin luiii her woods. l.i ft fatherless at 12, Terry, a native of New Hampshire, with ouly a boy's strength and a boy's education, FIRST IN HIS WOULDN'T LINE CLAIM OF CHARLES W. DOUGLAS TO DISTINCTION. FOR BLUFF When Frederick D. Underwood, the president of the Erie raliroid, was yardmaster al Milwaukee, one Eastern Man, Recently Deceased, Was of hi friends among the men was In Train Pioneer Dispatching the hudiy injured. No hospital waa availReally Waa Inventor of able, and Underwood hurried him to a Present 8ystem. lioiel and told the proprietor that the railroad would pay the hill. He made Charles W. Douglas, the first train frequent visits to the Invalid, and also dispatcher, died recently in Wayne, reassured him. When Ihe man came X. J., and wag out short an arm and a leg u bill of in Port 21.200 was sent to Mr. Merrill, who buried J e r v I b, N. Y. was then the general manager or tho-- Charles i Minot. Milwaukee load. Merrill wus peppery first g neral su- - aIll2 to domineering, and when superintendent of jie 6aw ti,e pm ,hd In violent the Erie, wlxi orig-- jUUgimj,e ,y whose authority It had iiiated In 1851 thelpe,,u incurred. Young Underwood was system of moving brought in and a lively scene followed. trains by tele- The general manager declared that graph, created a the company would never pay the bill new railroad oper- and finished with That ends It! 'nled by a bang of bis fist down ating department, that of train dis- on the table that shook the chandepatcher, and ap- liers. Douglas pointed "Well," returned Underwood, "if the as Us head. rompany turns ita Injured men out on Douglas was the the streets I will pay the bill." "You will?" sneered Merrill. "How last one of the telegraph opera- will you pay It? tors who learned the business on the 1 have twelve hundred friends In pioneer line constructed by Ezra Cor- Milwaukee, and every one of them will nell 60 yeara ago. Having learned the give a dollar for the purpose, said printers' trade In Angelica, N. Y., he Underwood, and off he wevt. starred out to seek work elsewhere. "Wouldn't bluff, would he?" said He found It In the office or the Record- Merrill to his secretary as soon as er of Dundee, N. Y. This was In 1849. Have him certify to the gone. Cornell had recently extended Ills tele- bill, and then pay it. graph line through that part of the A few years after that Underwood state and had established an office in was on Merrills staff. the printing shop at Dundee. Duuglas learned to operate the Morse Instrument. In 1851 the Erie telegraph SAVED TRAIN AND VANISHED line having been put in operation, with headquarters at Elmira Doug- Ragged Wanderer, Preserver of Many Livee and Much Property, Man las, then 19, applied for a place as of Modesty. operator and got charge of the Erie office at Addison, N. Y. Soon afterA few years ago a tattered old ward the telegraphic system of runtramp, walking along the track on hla ning trains was adopted by Minot. The Morse alphabet characters were way to Waterbary, Conn., came upon In those early days of telegraphing a washout. The water main supplyperforated on a tape as the message ing the city of Waterbury had burst, raine to an operator, which unwound and the rushing water bad cut a hole from a reel and the operator copied through 50 feet of the roadbed. the message from the tape as it unHe had no sooner made the discovwound. Douglas had not been long in ery than he heard the whistle of a lothe service when he discovered that comotive far away round the curve. he could translate the message by Pulling off his ragged coat, he dashed sound and he Ignored the tape there- up the trark In the direction of the after. One day a conductor was wait- sound. Reaching the curve, he came ing at Addison for train orders and face to face with the train, which was be discovered that Douglas was pay- running at high speed. Standing being no attention to the dots and tween the rails, ho waved bis coat dashes on the tape. frantically above hla head and jumped The conductor refused to accept the aside just In time to escape the wheels-oorder until Douglas had copied it In the engine. The train shot by him hla presence from the tape. Although with a roar, and he believed hla warnIt corresponded exactly with the mes- ing had not been seen, and that it was sage the operator had taken by sound, rushing on to disaster. the conductor reported the unheard-o- f But the engineer had seen him and act to telegraph headquarters. the next moment the force of the air- Douglas was called there for reprl- - brakes threw the passengers from mand but he gave to the superintend- - thelr he Baw the ,eaU. Aa aoon ent, who waa the late L. O. Tlllotson ; train waa safe the old tramp turned of New York, such convincing ex- and disappeared Into the woods; and hibition of hla ability to take mesthough the railroad company made a sages correctly by sound that he was vigorous search for him they were unpromoted to the general office. Al- able to trace the vagrant who waa the though the tape attachment to tele- hero of that day. instruments was not abandoned im-jne- 1 ac-co- . he-ha- Edward F. Terry. was compelled to become the main support of a family uf six children. He went into the woods, which he knew. In Wisconsin he happened to become a laborer on one of the first Iron bridges built In that state. From that time his rise was rapid. of At 25 he was superintendent bridge work for the Alden Bridge Company, Rochester, N. Y., and at 30 lu business for himself. Since that time he has left bridges from the Missouri to the Hudson to mark his upward trend. lie la at present engaged In constructing the New York terminal of the New York Central, the biggest job he has ever tackled. NEW Chandler ment TO KNOX Hale of the State Depart- ASSISTANT Cornea of a Distinguished Family. s Vice-Preside- pi'.t.-bi'.vg- STAND Railroad Yardmaster, Strictly in the Right, Made Company Pay Hospital Bill. Washington. Chandler Hale, newly appointed third assistant secretary of state, If there is anything In the hereditary proposition, ought in time to become one of the nations greatest have Both father and grandfather been senators and men of force. The new secretarys father, Eugene Hale, senator from Maine 1881 to 1911, on December 80, 1871, married 5 1 ary Douglas Chandler, daughter of the late Senator Zacharias Chandler of In terms apassistants the printers' Michigan, the Warwick of President proved by the employers. The strik- Hayes administration. The father was ers are to be appointed postmaster general "by New York. The total membership President Grant in graph 1874, but declined, union Workers United the of Brewery and waa tendered the naval portfolio for years, from that Innovation of at the present time is 45,233, composed by President Hayes, but declined this Douglas id railroad telegraphy dated the beginning of the taking of mesof 366 local unions and 187 branches. also. During the last year nine local union So far the youngest of this national sages by sound as a requisite of all charters and 12 branch charters were group of three at the age of 36 has oHrators. tricts. Douglas rose to be superintendent granted. During (he same time 4,954 served his country as secretary of the Washington. The clly of rim. in new members were taken Into the or- American embassy at Vienna and as of the Delaware division of the Erie, succeeding Hugh Riddle, who succeedGermany, deals with the problem of ganization. In a wny that ed Minot as general superintendent in homes for Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish 18G9. Attracts the attention of social stu- government has Intervened to settle Douglas and Riddle resigned The clly the dlxpute which was the cause of after a quarrel with Jay Gould. dents In other countries. Riddle went west, entered the servbought suburban land and built smull the general strike In this city. Arice of the Chicago, Rock Island ft houses, each with a lit lie garden. bitrators have been appointed for this Pacific and rose to be president of These were sold upon reasonable purpose as well as to draw up reguthat company. Douglas subsequently terms. After 20 years or this experi- lations for the settlement of future became general manager of the South-sidment niHiiy of the working people own disputes by arbitration. railroad of Long Island and later their homes. The denih rate is noCal. The bill proSan Francisco, general superintendent of the New ticeably lower than In other elites of hibiting nny one not entitled to do so York ft Oswego Midland, now the Germany. from wearing a button of any labor New York. Ontario ft Western. When Insurance organization, or from carrying a union England. I.omtou, Garrett" A. the late ngaiiist unemployment Is exciting n card without being an actual member was made of the New In llobart receiver of attention England. deal of a union, has been passed by the great York ft Greenwood Lake railroad he The passage of some law Tor earning California legislature. appointed Douglas superintendent of such Insurance Is being dismissed Milwaukee. The recent convention the road, from which place he refrom every point of view. Whether or of the International Glass Blowers' to become part owner and gensigned not the effort to make this insurance to indorsed the plan retire of the New York ft Sea enacteral manager compulsory by parliamentary on pension all members who have Beach railroad and the Sea Beach ment will succeed Is still a matter of reached the age of CO years and hnve Palace, one of the pioneer show places doubt, but a strenuous effort will be worked at the business 25 consecutive and hotels on Coney Inland. made to obtain the passage of such a years. When those interests were absorbed law. Holland. The Holland others Douglas b came manager of 50 by Wltli cent, Pa. per trail.' unions ire oiganlzlng those Erie Express Company, which was the It when than enrollment w Chandler Hale. larger wo: kn s hose occupation and numafterward purchased by the school workers' mine the only npviu-dbers offer n field for union action. The Sinco then Douglas of ihe American delegation Company. secretary in th Cubed States has completed union t have u In done nitirh the has been engaged in general railroud to the 1907 Hague peace conference. iis first year's session. It Is nt. Lost till ol Holland to ral e wages. Like his father, he Is a lawyer, but work. Creek, la., a little mining village in Loi.i'on, Eniriurd. The number ol ihe anthracite region. The success iMV.ren working half time in Great unlike his father, he has confined himUnfortunate Illumination. of iiifcrfiallonal of the exeperlment has lucn so proha decreased materially in re- self to the subject As the state line fre'ght train on a position as toward lead which law, nounced that plan are being made cent yi'i.ts and this Is said to have or the New still further to extend among the been due mainly to restrictive legisla- secretary of state, or as diplomatic the Berkshire division was railroad Haven edrather through bis melting of country, workers the advantages of mining representative tion. West Cornwall, Cohn., the crew saw a as a vote seeker. career a as than ucation. The Austrian Wood Washington great searchlight shining down the Ottawa. Canada. The Trades and Workers' union had 115 strikes and track stryffcht in their faces. A head-oA Gentle Rebuke. Labor congress of Cnnaila. It is said, lnrkci ts lu 1P''S. involving altogether collision seemed Imminent and the strawIn for the year was late will spend several thousand dollars on It nioir.hers and 3.5IM) shops, at a crew deterwas jumped. George Bennett, the organisation work during the year. berries, but Mr. Beacon total cost uf about 235,090. fireman. lit n at a local hospital fataldinIn for some have to Sunday Cardiff. Wales. Iron workers mined Vancouver, B. U. The official labor Wales have been awarded an advance paper ner. Over the telephone cmne the ly Injured as a result. The engineer. sold to be proving a sucres news that they were "very fine, Arthur Evans, hung Iris body from ef per cent, dating from Oc- In every 1. very fine Indeed." Being, how ihe cub window, but kept hot grip on tober Kan. The Leaveuworth. female dismen nre Kan-mCity. Mo. Labor ever, a cautious housekeeper, she de- the ilii'oitle. The light suddenly clerks have formed an organization. and the train was brought fruit appeared over herself, the look to In hopes of occupying their new labor cided New York. The ladles' waist cut as the grocer was not always to be to a stop. Investigation showed that temple by January 1. lent have organized here lately. a big automobile lamp on a farm trusted. Ottawa. Canada. Recently several Chicago. From April 1. 1S91, tc she wagon going to early market had a with in good." don't unions very Canada, appear of the trade They June 30, 1909. strike benefits were (lashed down the track at a grade membership of about twenty thousand, paid by the International Association aald, somewhat later, examining a basketful. "They look here crossing. effected an amalgamation into what of Machinists amounting to $l,825r ol labor. she extracted one and tasted it "they they termed a federation 004.90. Plan for Through Line. ' little green. I don't know. Canadian that the take ground They Baltimore, Md The clonkmakert look a A Mexican newspaper tells of thantook She one. net should me men independently union try have won their strike after a long con- Just let to run Pullproposed railway I guess I'll take one box, of the International bodies, and ac- test. other. man cars from Seattle lo Panama. It resolula don't You very have many strong put passed cordingly Lincoln, Neb. Street car men ol please. la to be part of the Southern Pacific a box, do you?" she Inquired. tions aimed at such International or- this rity recently formed a union. railway system, which is now belt:,; rethe said was. grocer, There ganizations. on to Guadalajara, and a conpushed union so been many Photo there's York. but Engravers' Nw Helping Somebody's Fish Story. spectfully. has been secured for a line cession a there net over em that Inside a salmon reports a membership of 3.3R6, fishmonger n ladies looking front Acapulco to Salina Cruz, tho Increase of 364 for the present year. Wallingford. Berks, discovered an troy ain't" Pacific port terminal to the Tehuante-ne-e The total number of locals is 49. a chisel five Inches long and lalf You may gJe me two boxes." said wage-earner- The German Tear Hook for IftOft. Just Issued, gives the empire a popuThin Is an Inlation of 63,886.000 crease of 3.250.000 In 3$ years. Since the count has Increased by 1871 s It Is healthy growth, the rbtefly of births over dcatlia and decreasing emigration LUMBERJACK Edward F. Terry, Bulidsr of Great Bridges, Began Career in the Wisconsin Woods. U Klswick, Editor ft Manager. W. AS . Wells-Earg- o , n IMi.i'i-i- 1 one-hal- f s A Railway Mans Monuments. How a man's work will live after biin is evidenced by the benefits reaped at thla late day by the Erie road from the forethought and zeal of the late Charles E. Latimer, chief engineer In his day of the Atlantic ft Great Western railway and later of the N, Y., P. & 0., the forerunners of Ihe Erie of Whenever an engineering feature was involved Mr. Latimer was right there with the goods," ns John Collopy, Ills veteran roadmaster. was fond of saying. Mr. Latimer, said Engineer Maintenance of Way J. Burke of the Erie, was the first chief engineer to take into account the maintenance feature. He was the original maintenance man. It was upon his order that all along tho line of his road trees were plants ed to furnish material for ties, and even between Marlon and Day- ton, there are battalions and regiments of these trees, big catalpas, testifying to Mr. Latimer's foresight and good sense. We have cut lots of them, too, at a great saving." Farmers al"'g the line of the Erie well recall Mr. Latimer. Whenever any of them wanted to locate a well he would call in the chief engineer, with hi little hazel withe, a divining rod. and Mr. Latimer never failed to strike the water. Cleveland Leader. to-da- ' to-da- Rooeter on Cowcatcher. When tlit 3:40 express arrived yesterday afternoon people noticed that little Robert Thompson, who was In the crowd, started un a run for the englna In a minute or two he climbed on the front of the locomotive, and as the people began to rail the engineer to look out for the boy, Thompson jumped to the platform with a largo Plymouth Rock rooster in anus. It hud been picked up somewhere on the route by the locomotive; its feet caught so that it was held, and Thompson secured it practically uninhi jured. Lee correspondence Republican. Spring-fiel- d rare-full- y - gain of four. round Id weight. Tit-Bit- railway. Two Million Miles by Rail. A locomo'ive of the Loudon & named Charles Northwestern ralirn-id- , Dickers, has the dlsrin tloa of hnv!rc traveled neatly 2,19') fid,'! miles in haul-intrains, a feat. It is express thought, unique In the annals of The Charles Dickens, built at Crewe, wss put Into service February 6, 1812. and until a year or twi ago wss sli'.l one of llie fastest locomotives on the road and in excellent condition. Sunday Magazine. ra!-roadiu- |