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Show ; t ogpen, rtAn, TiirnsiuY morning, February Tni: morning examiner, LABOR o- t the great Baltimore Frank Supple a competent esti-th- at on factory autistic. the number of persons out of employment will reach en- Other have estimated the more. at greatly Idleness account of - nni 64t44IIN NOTES aGJ. $ HOW JIMMIE GOT HIS ENGINE Bp WILLIAM WALKER HIMES OepprisM. ftw. bn ifrdtin T. C. i I o; ijzc a at- - MA.rBB cod. Jimmie Mould take hold of tbe whistle cord when No. 14 came to tke loop on the down grade and signal "llello" to Nettie at Benson station in sharp Masts upon the whistle, which stood for the dots and dashes of tbe code. So thing went along for a year and Jimmie's prosiiect of promotion got little brighter. On tbe record of tke office of tke superintendent of motive power ke was still merely James Kincaid. fourth on the list of firemen, with a good reputation and tbe prospect of succeeding to an engine In ibe course of five or six years. When business pieked up Is ike full a number of extra freight trains were put on, and he gut his first chance to run an eugtue. On the first' trip it fell to his lot to take out tlie third sertiou of freight train Xa HM, east bound. The third section of Na lOci was made up of thirty-one heavily loaded ears, and none of these was equipped with air brakes. As he pulled out of Adairvllle the old yard master swung himself np into , ' dollars and blacLU-t- . .: n i klii. the engineer responsible. Faster and faster the poles on the side of the ir.ui, ..him. Jimmie's mind wi, rki'tp faster ;,i ids l:fo. Jiu than It had over orders directed him tn wait on ths ill,- westsiding at Benson !.iu-- n bound passenger tn:i: aud he smv- - rl.e knew that at any cu- -t lit- t: to th. farther passenger. Away side of Benson he already see the faint line of smr.i.c . up from It, and he knew ll.-- i a would arrive u minutes. at Benson in Just i He figured that bis own train trat goand would ing about a mile a reach Benson in sev.-- u. iuuti. if no alternative offered it-.- :f l.o resolved to put on all brake wl.-- n ij. got to the wreck foot of the hill ami his own trhin. There was a straight on the farther truck fer three - d.-.i,- fr - ,i me Pencoyd iron work of it was th$ general undonlaudini: indefinitely recently when among all the employee of tke of force a nearly of lat division of the X. and T. It. 10 received DOtlee required. ht, "T R. that whru Jimmie Kincaid got hi vere no longer Lrt who were discharged at one time engine he would also get Nettie Oliver. from 40 to 50 a week, but But Jimmie's chance for getting an enJJyJJliive been receiving an average gine in the near future did nut seem particularly bright, lie was fourth on d i a week. tke list of firemen of Ike La wrvn division and that uicont ke must of conference , the resultDonnellya of the New wait until four engineers died, reached Agent or were fired. Of New Haven ft Hartford railroad the age of llrnl side of Benson, and n.e engineer of the . committee of the 600 striking course then was always tke chance , the wreck Id passenger train woi.M to won been he do be able trike that ha their something handlers, in ample time to eon.e to a stop. Secured off. and they will return to to attract the atteutlon of tke superinThis plan, if carrhsl oi.t, would probtendent of motive power, and then be ob the old term, which. arq.fU hut he an hour. ably mean death for might get his engine st any time. B wekur20cent sualyxed the situati-ii- i uuiiu the less In the meantime Nettle had a fairly the eab of the engine amt said: I think ye'll pull the engine all coolly because of tlim. 1 eaih is sometelegrapher at Ben Republic Iron good position, yb, bar mill of the Jimmie, me bye, but for the thing that engineers get accustomed right n son Jimmie and could get station, aBd Bieel company, of Alexandria, lnd., love of the saints be careful when ye to facing. Rut if be could ouly discovto chat a 140 chance for men brr with few et and week this wM parted strike the top of the hill this side of er some way of letting Nettie know the idle-,- r. minutes every day when his train. pasto work after a long period of Benson. Faith, it's a heavy train condition of affaiis ii would lie an work- - senger Xa 14, lay over on the sldici 1 the Beginningebruary given ye, and if it should break easy matter for Iht k tlirow the dethey've cut a of were to Benson given st lbw the limited mail in ao at this plant in two going down that hill and tbini railing switch after Ii" h id passed mid lit worker, and it will affect several pass.. When ha had begun scraping cyan witn no air brakes on to them allow tbe rear half of tin- - train to rotor an acquaintance with Nettie somethousand sheet worker. In preparatthere'll be the devil and all to pay. ware houses the conflict, to a safe haven in the rorulicld beside the a before for ever hail Jimmie ion year thing filled are Itespite this warning, there was no the track. f being plant tin the plate used the pretext that be was thinkin;-of ator- -, fear of a "break In two in Jimmie's Down at the station Nettle beard a to overflowing. In addition, the learning telegraphy, and under heart as lie nursed his engine along sound which sent her rustling out to house of the American Steel and he had picked np fal: toward the top of the hill on tbe other the platform. Awny up the hill abe Wbe company are being packed full of working knowlMge of the Morse code. side of which lay Benson. This Is an eould see a freight train coming down tiite and the Bteel corporation is seMany sly Joke did the train crev miring additional storage space. The accident which lirppena very rarely at n terrific rate of Rived. Tlir whistle 'sutfdMV No. 14 Crnckat-Jlminleof Wheeliand which not even tbe most experiuae i true of the situation in cord seemed to he in the hands of a baborn ambition learn to telegraphy, enced engineer ran successfully guard lunatic, fur the whtsih- was aouuding ng. The American Sheet and Tin be bore all .of tb vj with eqiuuim '.j Plate company is running more than against But as he struck ths top of In strange, unearthly shrieks. As she more and said' that the knowledge mlly. the bill and begun to descend on the watched it souieihtng struck Iter us jve mill full time, producing come some In time. After week. handy each of plate than 125 boxes side toward Benson he felt a Jerk became understood awhile being strangely familinr u I tout the way It all among Very little of this ia being told, fully which nearly threw him off his seat tbe whistle we sounding. All of a men was case ike that Jimmie's really Looking hnck, L saw that tbe worst II per cent being stored. If the mills sudden it struck her (burs was methtrue kept running at this rate one year serious, and tLen the jokes stopped, had fanppenni. A coupling had snap od in the shrieks, od that, iuterpreled tke production would be 50 per cent pven the head brakeman of No. 14. lied In the middle of the train. os n who by the Morse code, they were saying, had consumption the forbore a greatest wit neater than reputation For the present there was hnt on "BN, BN, BN." her station call. This ed The of trade. the to make remarks about the connection I, the history and was continued for a few Association officer are aware between the Mom code and pretty thing to do. and that was to go (low n. grade ss fast as he eould. Lookln then began: "Broke in two! Throw that trouble is in store for the mem-begirls. If the Bteel corporation can de- - Benson station is at the foot of back, be cotriil see that the rear brake derailing switch when first section is man, who was the only man on It feat the tin plate workers, ih backbpast station." Three times this was Twelve Mile bill, and this hill la recars which had been left behind, ha far garded one of unionism will be broken repeated, and then tbe engine went worst aa the the by engineer around the curve at ike farther end of approximately 10 per cent in their place on the division. The grade Is so made one Ineffectual attempt to set th brakes and then bad jumped to safety the loop, and she could hear the whiswages Considering the lung period of .heavy that the track winds up the bill Jimmie knew that if the fourteen rare tle only faintly. Mlftmss they were glad to even get to 'In two long loops. When yon get to wild behind caught up with work at that price-- ' The mill haa been But site heard enough, and when running second the of loop beginning you tbe forward half of tbe train there tampered lor mat a year on the fuel ,tbe Jimmies engine whined past the staare a from Benson mile station would be a wreck which would cause tion with bis white face pressed close-I-jl utter and even producer gaa haa fail oq nonly straight line, hut It Is six miles da ir.ss to the crUnl nt thaawasH of ed to entirely remedy the difficulty. against tbo glues at the side of Hie .distant Ire tie track. After be lie-Philadel-rioie- d rg b s be-Mi- en , t- - .l.r.-.uic- , - Amal-ganat- ) : The United States 8teel corporation h lining up for a struggle with the Amalgamated Association at the close of the wage agreement, June 30. The principal fight will be among the tin The policy of the as k is concerned. deal With fnmpsny will he tO KfUSe to uwlon labor in the future. 1L C. Prick la said to have outlined the policy to ADVANG be followed. Ths arbitrators in the strike of the Chicago limy driven have announced their decision. The result is n renewal of the old contract againct which the m truck, with the exception of two I'rmi which were eliminated In favor of ths owner. These two Items are that there shall be no more delegates of ths unions posted in the stables, and the liverymen are not bound to have uniforms mads by union tailors. The mm are to receive $12 a week for a tvelve-hoday, with 25 cents an hour In each overtime, with one day off week. These were practically the conditions before the strike. ia Characteristic of the age the uh of mine machines in the growing as against 2,622 la 1898. In a few states there .Vu A decided decrease ia the number of machines used, hut with the exception of 'Wyoming, these wen states ia which .comparatmeively little development In the chanical production of coal haa been bide. All of the states when the use if machines had exerted any significant effect upon the production prior to 1902 ihowed substantial increase in that 1M0. Jf the Talk of n general suspension of miniIn Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and weat-e-n 1.1a pre-une- The Hist stop toward being visa is to know that tiisu art ignorant. Envy not tbe appearance of bappl ness in any ruin, for thou knuwest mil his secret grief. Indulge not thyself In the passion of soger, it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast. t'onsidcr and forgrt not thine own weakness, so shall thou imrdon the fallings of others. The he it of the envious man Is gall and Mttcrnesa. The sueeess of his nejglitior bra belli bis rest. This inula lit la thine. The next is in the woiiili of futurity, aud thou know-es- t nut what it may bring forth. A s veil nddeth io beauty, so are a set off by the shads man's virtu.which hia modesty easleib upon him. As tlie ostrich when pursued kidetb his head, but forget teth bis body, as the fears of a coward expos him to dunger. - countries, and recommended the establishment of such a bureau ia msMachusetta. mpat "now did your nephew's para oftr "Just wedding ! m Miners Hava Been Killed In Colorado Camp. Butt. Feb. 24. Six nera have beenColo, killed by a snov-J,,,llCta Augusta mine, nine miles er tteet j,1. ' of Created Butte. They MeQuade; Joseph Fetrerl, Rfe- - Joseph Blogar. Mike Vld-- i JT nd Tony Rtencha.-- Only recovered. one body Tkete Haste. lVtp aranic.c was a hasty- affair, - tlie Urand canyon of Colorado, desired by W. W. Bass, of Coconino, Aria., and granted by legislation pending the huuse committee on public lands la to be investigated by a according to the instructions ofl the full committee given today. e, RESTORE DIFFERENTIALS, 'j New York. Teh. 21. it was s noiinied today that the various steam ship lines in the Mediterranean have come to an agreement to end the steer age rare war that haa been on for two months, the new agreement providing for n division of the steerage business heiween tbe various line and roMoiing the eld agreement as to differentials. j PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Washington, Feb. II. The president haa sent to the senate these nominations: Rear admiral, Captain Caspar K. Goodrich; poet master, Washington, James Late, Roalyn. HOUSE. dia-tann-a .1 Washington, Feb. 24. After pasting bill to extend the provisions of the act of January 11, 19IKI, to the Osage reservation in Oklahoma, the house re Burned consideration of the naval ap pmprlathm bill and Mr. Cooper eon tlnued hia fight against the provision for a naval training station on the Great Lakes. 't ' f rl FIVE CHINESE BURNED. if Fatal Result ef Fir In Laundry, Stockton, Cal. Slocklnn, Cul., Feb. 24. Five Chi none were burned tn death today In m fir which gutted e Chinese laundry on North Hunter street. They were aslnep In n small room. Only one auo. coodi'd in escaping. It la thought that s defective flue caused ihe tiro, . f FIRE LOSS 850,000. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 24. Fire errors. ht it I 1 at gr. peoevi Flridlng. Examiner Teleohone Numbers! Day, 234X; night, 58. ' Rt, Louis. Feb. 24. Hajlm Ota, acting commissioner general of the Japanese commission to tho world's fair, is 111, threatened with typhoid fever. , fraction of what it pecialist, and patrons may be assured of the most careful fitting. Many splendidly made and reliable Shoes will be sold AT COST and very much less. THE DALTON One of the best $3.00 Shoes in the market, 4 pleT70 will be sold for Laird, Schober & Mitchell A line possessing the finest material and workHand turned French Kid, but a trifle out of manship. style. Regular price $4.50 to $7.50. SALE PRICE JpL CURTIS & WHEELER This line is also slightly out of date, but a pleasing, substantial Shoe ; all grades, from $1.50 to $5.50 per pair. SALE PRICE The Celebrated HEFFELFINGER High Top Boot for Ladies. Just the thing for street wear during the spring months. All sizes' newest lasts. Regular price $3.50 to $5.00. SALE PRICE New Stock AT GOST. EDDY & WEBSTER'S Full Line of LAUNSBURY & MATHEWSON COS $3.50 to $6.00 qualities. SALE PRICE. WILLIAMS & HOYT'S Children's and Misses' Shoes of superb wearing qualities, in various sizes, at greatly reduced prices. the most stylish, comfortable and perfect-fittin-g FOSTER THE Shoe in the market at a marked reduction. i a This' department is meat complete, and carries a carefully selected line ef every variety that ceuld be desired. . 100 pieces Fancy Silkh worth $1.25 to $2.00 par yard .. r 'An advanSe shipment just received of the meat desirable materials, and stylish patterns, and new fashions, which wa will sell AT COST fer the benefit ef our many customers. 81-2- You will find goods hart ef qualities so desirable, and price so lew, opportunity para to possess soma of that you eannot afford to let the J ' t;.: them so eaeily. 25 plecee All Wool Spring Suitings, In many shade and weaves worth 60c to 75c 25 pieces Selected Suitings, meat desirable colors, worth 75c to yard Hare are bargains aaldem heard ef In Thompson's "Glova Fitting," .regular Sale Price, "Royal Worcester," ranging from Sale Price, 78c. A complete and BLANKETS Will be sold at auch lew prices keep them until next winter. 75c $1-2- 5 to The well known line of the famous "P, ft D." Corsets, UMBRELLAS In ,the newest d Dont fail to call upon MISS PAULINE KEPPLER EMBROIDERIES Complete line ef light freight and Woolen Garments, fer men, woman and children at price that warrant quick sales. Ladies Vests, Chemises, Corset Covers, Night Gowns, Drawers, etc, are all Included In thl sale. Special cut prices on our entire lino. From tho lowest In price to grades. A vory opportune time for supplying your needs In Hosiery that will wear well and give ths best satisfaction In every . sixes Never before have we had such a handsome showing of these ty materials- Cambrics, and demonstrator. She America's leading corset-fittthat is best suited to you for the corset tells you style comfort and correct form. Her advice and services are free. At our store from Feb. 26th to March 5th. er dain- Nainsooks, Hamberfca, etc. Insertions and Edges of all widths, and matched sets. Every p'ecs reduced for this sals. JjWruu)vvvvvvvvvvvYvvvvvrevvvrivvvviiiva"wn"w"w""n"""""w" HOSIERY HOSE Good,' serviceable articles Serge and Silk; Plain, Silver, Ivory and handles all at wonderfully reduced prloea. Sale Price, 42c. UNDERWEAR large assortment of Children's that it wflbpay yeu taftuy neurand $4-5- ALL AT COST. styles and model Those popular and comfortable Tuxina Girdles, latest designs corded, fa A off LACES COMFORTS Cereete. to $2.75 qualitiaa e Sale Price, 75c. PRINCESS" and Sorosia" Skirte, ia all, the ruffled and pleated during this sals at wonderfully reduced prices. An exceptional opportunity. y 0 o Beautiful now Appliques, Galoona, ate comprise airthr edges. manufacture. the highest Clara art known bfrt-ac- a 81-2- UNDERSKIRTS - high-grad- 81-0- Sale Price, 58c. J 25 5 CORSETS Sale Price, 43c. worth 81.00 to Trimmings comprises tho greatest as soriment and handsomest materials of any (tore In tho country. War j make this class of goodo a specialty. An excellent opportunity to supply present anft future needs-- wvwwvwvraewea Sale Price, 98c. i' 50 pieces Special Suitihgs. 25!. off TRIMMINGS No doubt our lino of Dress You can never have toe many Gloves In tha house. Wo offer the quality deep, in all sizes and colors; regular "Alice"--tw- o 14 to 9 2, seam- - o Ogdens I. t i KID GLOVES (SUITINGS 81 M par . " Sale. Price, 98c. $2.45 to $2.75 .$2.45 tO $2.75 up-to-da- High-Cla- ss Dry Goods Store. f t i Bmhport today destroyed th Phelps "Yea. lui&od. They told the minister Plano companyn dry kiln, loss 100. to huviy. as they JtmVwgaged a cul 000, and (he Moore Rubscriplloti man by the agenrya building, loss 550,000. TH Custom may hind a man tats many COMMISSIONER IS ILL. 1 SHIRTWAISTS SILKS tho highest KILLED IN SNOWSLIDE. Right struct an aerial tramway over SHOEtS. , York, Feb. 24. The Lithographers Union of New York has rejected by rltd gate withMit fear and tang tbsMUt tbe rreidenee, whirh stood raidf back In th garden. I wffs admitted and asked If Mr. Reid was at homo. I was toM that, be was and was shown into a room on the Wtf'Jtuil Side of the passage, Wailing there some tiuie, sn old. slippered man esma la. whom I did not recognise tn see meF ha asked. im you I rasa from my chair aad replluri. I have callnd to see Captain May we Reid.' 1 beg your pardon, be raid very frigidly. 1 am fharle Rcade, with which he turned his hark upon ma and left ni there alone. That was tlie only time I had tbe pleasure of meeting one of England's greatest authors. Captain Mayor Reid had taken a corner house in a street of 'the same name in Maids Vale, some miles from where Mr. Charles Iteade resided during bil last days." heur!"-JUd- splendid." "Were there any contretemps?" "I don't think so. I didn't see any. You see, we kud the church thoroughly cleaned up before the wedding took Place," Cleveland Plain Dealer. New goods are pouring in so rapidly that we find it Accessary to move a lot of desirable merchandise AT ONCE, to get more room to properly display them. So, MOVE THE GOODS will be our business motto for the next TEN, DAYS. We have made reductions on the many seasonable and desirable values that can only mean a quick cleaning out. . The goods are aU laid out lor convenient choosing, and plenty of clerks will be on hand to serve you. 8 arbitration propo-JI.i- v employers' association, niru takes in the employers through-j- h 8ut and Canada. Tfie other, unions are expected to miler action, which probably general lockout March 28 of .J.000 unloa lithographer employed by Mociua anises then should he strike before that time. Rois-rBarr, the uuth.ir. raid with glee lh-- t'upisia Mayne Ib'id, who was a frieuil ef his, e&iue to 'Loudon aud sent hi address to Barr. The Utter Maned tu call on Ueid. lie did not know the airert and. asking a bus man if his vehicle panged such and such n street, was assured That it- did. In due course he came umh tlie street. In hia lelter Mayue Reid said he had taken a comer house in this street aud added that he had a garden and a high wall. "When I got down from the bus," says Sir. Barr, "1 fuuiul that tlm corner bouse had a high wall and doubtless behind It a delightful gardeu. which answered perfectly the description which Captain klayne Reid had given me. "1 said is a pul icemen, because I wanted to he sure. Vonld you tell me Aud he anwhere Air. Reid lives? swered, 'Do you mean Mr. Reid, the au tae po-thor F And I replied. Tea ilceiuan pointed to th premises I had f my already seleiied as the yvideih friivid. Therefore I wtfot tbnmgb the I nod TUMCff" Sea Them. LOCKOUT FOR MARCH. n,Jrltyaa ts Construct Novel Road Salvrl Harr's Visit ta ilia FrlsaS Arizona Man in Grand Canyon, fagiala Maas Hrid. b. 21. to com Washington, - An Event of Surpassing Interest to ' Every Resident of Ogden and Vicinity. Dont Miss it." The Massachusetts Bureau on Statistics of Labor has reported that free employment bureaus are in successful operation in thirteen states in 'the States, na well na in eight foreign AERIAL TRAMWAY. MEETING AN AUTHOR. O already tood that the railroads have begun to grab coal again, as they did during the anthracite strike. Tha grabbing process consists of aelsing cars consigned over their Unas. An investigation of the situation In Indianapolis shows that a complete suspension of mining the four states for a period of only two eks would dose many of the largest uctorlea, and that If the general suspension should be continued for anoth-te- n days practically the whole Industrial life of the city would come to a nsndatlll. . ' V ng coal haring n decided effect on the arkets. Large consumers, such as manufacturers, traction and street rail-vs- y companies and the railroad are beginning to taka steps to prepare for A suspension if it comes. It ia unders- 111 - m a j.jriv.-a- V.'iiiu iU iiikt v.ir in if the tra.n wl.ii-l- i sidl ivmalni'il iutiiri bad llie freg he sow her throw ail Ii, r wij;hi ou ihe swl'.ch I tint iold handle, and every one or ii.. cars whi.-l- i were following hint wc I id iihhut baruiicsl.v. on the soft earth of tlie coruth-hl- . Rri'iglng to u step, lie ran hack to (lie siution and on 1o tlie aiding in ample time to hi tlie paasi'uger train pass him. Tlie traiu muster ex 'Uitneii Jimiuie of pilvery closely a to the ing valuable freight cars on useful agricultural la! J and passed tlie ease up to the division Ue examined the papers carefully, made amue notes on tin Indium of them and referred the whole matter to the of motive power. When Jimmie walked out of the (litiire he was a full fled; id engineer and find lioen e of mind. ivngratukiHi on Ids Ami the superiiiteiidftit of moiive power roiigratilnted him again a month liter when ihe railroad lost tbe services of the reiccraph operator at Benson station suit Jinnnie gut s w ife. 1,'i'. : Mtumlnous coni mine of the United Kites. The report of Edward W. Parker on the production of coal in 1902, which forma part of the annual volume of Mineral Resources, published by the United States Geological Survey, shows that 5,418 machines were employed ia Pennsylvania on April - t :. t tin- - sn. ion r. r |