The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 08, 1904, Image 6
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j THE WORLD'S I
Chicago Is theCeutral Figure of Ti
of the Universe?the apt chart
Steevens, the Celebrated Engllsl
I | fLatfysmith, cut off In his prime
ol nations"?We may say with
t*w? million people cluster In Chicago
frank and free,
fa the big old clumsy city sprawling
'round the Inland sea.
She smiles a sumptuous siren, lures you
ever to her side.
3h?-'s a captivating lassie, shy and piquant
as a bride.
And no matter where you wander you
may not escape her spell.
Teu'll be homesick for old Halsted as the
miirmiirlnir flCMtl shell.
As the storm-tossed sailor's yearning is
for his native shore
You'll be longing for Chicago and State
street's mighty roar.
Clearing House of every nation underneath
the sapphire sky.
Ten thousand factory whistles fling their
challenge llerce and high:
"Granary of hungry nations, famishing for
meat and oread;
Chatelaine of western prairies o'er the
living and the dead."
When you move away from State street,
you are merely camping out.
Xeaving home and friends behind you,
jest and song and boyish shout,
War Prison
In his article on the American prisoners
of war of 1812 at Dartmoor,
John G. McNeel tells of an attempt to
escape from the prison which rivals
famous attempt to escape from
Libby prison:
. "A committee was formed to watch
both guard and prisoners, to see that
n -no undue communication went on be-tween
them, and enough were told off
to do the work while others rested,
and all went on in the every day routine
as usual. On the 20th, after taking
mo6t careful measurements, the
digging was begun. A shaft was to
be sunk in both prisons to a depth of
twenty feet, and then at this depth
a tunnel 250 feet long was to be begun.
This would carry the excavation
beyond the outer wall, which
extended down six feet to the plane
of the road outside. The work proggrossed
rapidly, but the difficulty was
to dispose of the loose earth. It was
done in this way: A little at a time
was emptied into the stream which
ran through the court at four miles an
bonr, each of the men emptying a
small quantity when unobserved.
They also obtained permission to
bring some lime into the prison under
the pretense of whitewashing the
walls, whitewashing the openings. No.
? ~ >,nn/,nnniii/1 iTiH no piiarrf he
9 WIU5 UUVVtupvu, HUV* WV
Tag posted there, digging was also
begun in that prison. A large hollow
?pot was soon found, and large quantities
of earth were removed to it. A
lamp was kept lighted to expel the
foul gas, and in a month the tunnel
'had grown to forty .feet. In September
the tunnel had much increased,
Fishes oil
Fish stories are usually not to be
believed, says the Trenton (N. J.)
State Gazette. But fish truth is even
stranger than fish fiction, and right
within the city limits may be seen
weekly a sight that causes the spectator
to rub his eyes and conclude
that maybe Munchausen was not
such a liar after all.
At the Olden avenue bridge adjoining
a brewery the spectacle of a genuine
"fish drunk" is evident any morntng
when the beer vats are cleaned
and emptied into the stream. The
prospect of a free 14-karat "toot" is
alluring even to the finny tribe, and
feeling that they are going to get
fnr nnthin^ thev congre
gate in large numbers and lay around
muting for the brewery to "treat."
When the foaming malt pours forth
into the water you see a rush "a la
Princeton." It is just like a beaming
politician asking his "feller" citizens
to "have one." Pickerel, eels, perch
? asd catfish mingle in the festivities,
nd the meaning of the old saying,
"He drinks like a fish," now becomes
evident.
The fish leap out of the water, dart
at one another and throw themselves
high and dry on the stones at the
water's edge, not caring whether
Sleeps on
Gen. Fred Grant always sleeps with
hia boots under his head when he is
traveling on a train and quite frequently
when he puts up for the night
fa a strange place.
Tiie story of how he formed this
ltabit came out one night several
years ago when a fellow traveler be
held the general occupied in carefully
tacking his foot covering underneath
the pillows of his sleeping car berth.
**? guess I'll never break the habit,"
sait/. the general in his slow, easygoing
way. "no matter how much I'm
laughed at, as you're doing now. But
once it was no laughing matter to me;
I can tell you.
"While the civil war was being
fought I was a cadet in West Point.
Ose summer time when vacation was
close at hand my lather promised me
\at I could spend it in the field with
Si. and as soon as I was permitted
"V?ave the academy on furlough I
?Vhe train south to join him.
.Aas in high spirits until I awoke
ed to De s slumber and start.
\ on my boots. To my horror
them not w^ere I ^ad Ptect'd
. b 'aoUH>ugh I searched for them
y they could not be found.
CLEARING HOUSE | G
me, and the Cynosure and Cesspool I
icterization of Oeorge Warrington 1
A Man of Letters, Who Perished at S
i. "His death eclipsed the gayety |
Dr. Samuel Johnson. J ^
Always roaming like Ulysses, with a 3
fierce and hungry soul
Always trailing like a gypsy, questing for
lair greensward goal.
Take me back to old Chicago, where
they're always on a strike.
kVhere there's always something doing,
like Jim Bludsoe on the Pike.
Oh the big old city calls me like a mother
to her side.
I have roamed a graceless truant, swollen
with rebellious pride. mo
haoir to old Chicago far across <]
the sundering sea.
Let me get in tsuch with Halsted? Bnb- ~
bly Creek's the place for me. I;
What's the good of always roving like a
swallow on the wing. 1
Sweeping like a stealthy sea gull always
yearning for the spring. x
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Always roaming like Ulysses with a
fierce and hungry soul. t
Trailing like a swarthy gypsy, sashay- ing
to the farthest pole.
Every man brags of his birthplace?Chicago
is the town for me?
Oh the big old clumsy city, sprawling
round the inland sea! T
JAMES E. KINS ELLA. ?
Registry Division. Chicago Postoflice. ti
ers of 1812;
n
and the openings were so cleverly con i
cealed that they were not discovered p
by the guard. They were so small :]
at the top that but one man could .,
squeeze in, although within the tunne! ^
four could walk abreast.
"On the 5th. to the horror of all
Capt. Shortland entered the prison 1,1
with a large guard, and walking 3
directly toward the hole, said hf p
knew of the work in No. 5, but as his. i
informant had not told him correctly.
then began to sound the entire flooi 5
with crowbars, but so carefully hac y
the work been carried on that it was 3
a long time before the openings wer< ,
discovered. He then questioned many
as to what they had done with thf
earth, but all answered, that they atf :
it.
"To prevent further attempts thf n
1 prisoners were removed from th< i'
yard which inclosed Nos. 5. t>. 7. into 3
the Inclosure on the north side which p
contained Nos. 1. 2, 3. but as therf p
01,pnlAlnn nf tho atffmilt It I il
IWttS 11U OUO|yiv?vu .... m- No.
4, that prison was loft as it was j
The other tunnels were filled witl J
large stones, and the captives wen j3
kept in No. 2, while this was done and
then removed to No. 4. as No. ' o
was badly out of repair. The prison
ers did not give up all hope, but foj 3
the present kept very quiet. A court ]
of inquiry was held, and several wen n
tried, but as the penalty was deatt! 1
the evidence was not considered suf
flcient to convict. Afterward the dis J1
covery of the plan was thought tc have
been made through the turnkeys ^
hearing -voices in the tunnel."?ho? r
Angeles Herald. >
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i a Frolic'
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school keeps or not. When one lest Q
bibulous than his fellows starts u
leave with the idea that there will bt ?
trouble in the family if he stays
longer, his companions gather about
him and coax him back for "just on( J
more." | J
As their jag begins to assume its 1 J
second stage they drift slowly dowr 3
the stream with an "Oh, my head!'| a
aspect that makes me leacumgs u.
Carrie Nation look like a last year's
almanac. Here it is that the Easi
Trenton boy proves himself "Jolinnj
on the spot," and, wading into tlu
stream, picks up the "plain drunks' j
in baskets and shortly afterward thej
are sizzling over a kitchen fire> vie
tims of their own conviviality.
As the stream of "Export" cease.'
from the brewery and the pure flow
ing water takes its place the fist
gradually disappear from the surface
ard there is nothing to be seen o:
them till the next "social season/
when the vats are again emptied.
Residents of this particular sectioi t
of the city who have witnessed the t
1 above sight time and again say th< ?
fish come down stream in school? 8
just before it is time for the weeklj *
i vat cleaning, and on coming to the ^
i I Olden avenue bridge patiently awai'jj
I developments and beer. t
His Boots
Some rascal had walked off with then
j in the night and he had also lielpec v
himself to my hat, as I discoveret a
later on. [
"I was in a nice dilemma and mat ^
ters were helped only slightly by till ti
porter scurrying around and flnallj (
raking up a pair of dilapidated rub t
bers and an old hat that looked ai 1
if it had been through a season'i f
campaigning. But I had to make th? 1
best of the situation and when !
stepped forth into the cold world at *
Washington I must have presented j
] an amusing spectacle as regards ncae ^
?J and feet. i
j "I didn't have enough money witt
me to buy new boots and hat; neithei
was I armed with any letters whict
would give the shopkeepers confideuct
iu me. There was only one thing tc 1
do. and I did it. I tramped arounc '
Washington looking up my fatlier't t
friends, and when 1 found one 1 t
poured my troubles into bis ears anc j
he graciously advanced me the prict t
of the articles of clothing I needcc ?
j most. And you can rest assured that r
; when I took my boots off that night 1
' I slept upon them, and I've been doirf J
so ever since."
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t it'1^1 - "'Yii iir'M'iijjmr'i . ?
2,162,000 BALE CROP
iovernment Estimate Shows Enormous
Yield of Cotton
i SENSATIONAL DROP IN PRICES
ireatest Surprise of Any Government
Estimate of Late Years, Few Bears
Having Even Talked as Much as
12,000,000 Bales.
I
Washington, special. ? rrenminary
eturns to the chief of the Bureau of
tatictics, Department of Agriculture,
how a total production of cotton in the
'nited States in the year 1904-1905, of
2,162,000 bales. Round bales have been
lcluded in this estimate, and reduced
a their equivalent in square bales,
he estimate does not include linters.
he estimated production by States will
e made public Dec. 5 at 11 a. m.
In the preparation and issuance of
he cotton report. Secretary Wilson
ave a demonstration of the precauions
taken to avoid advance informaion
leaking out. Representatives Bure-ss,
of Texas, and Ransdell, of Louisina,
were invited by the Secretary to
witness the preparation of the estijate.
The party was locked in the
rivate office of the statistican. and
he reports from all the cotton disriets
were taken into the room. The
ocrs were locked from the outside,
nd the Secretary then gave orders for
he opening of the report. The estilate
of the crop for the year 1904-1905
- as then prepared and sent out. before
ny person in the room was premitted
a leave or communicate with any peron
from the outside. "In this manner
he cotton estimates are invariably
iade," said Secretary Wilson, "and all
uman injcnuity is used to prevent t
?akage of information."
New York. Special.?The govern
aent estimate or uj? i-unuu
og the yield at 12.162.000 balet, issued !
laturday. was a surprise to more poo- j
le. perhaps, than any government re- j
ort of recent years. While a few of j
he more extreme bears had been talkng
12.000,000 bales or over, the aver- ,
ge opinion even in bearish circles !o- I
ally, was that the government esti- !
nate would be under that figure. .
The*announcement was followed by j
nother sensational break in prices. j
'he decline that has been in progress j
iow for over a month and carried the j
jarket down from 11 cents to SV6 cents, i
iroved insufficient in the estimation of I
he trade to fully reflect the new con- j
ition of afTairs, and a crop of the size I
eported. There was undoubtedly a big
liort interest in the market, but in
pite of covering, prices declined neary
half a cent in less than an hour of
rading. January, which was sold
round 8.56 during the forenoon, was
lepressed to abonjt 8.10 and other
aonths suffered in like measure. The j
aarket was very excited, with trading
xeeedingly active.
The official close was barely steady
t a net decline ot 52 to 57 points, with
anuary, which had closed on yesterday
t 8,5G, quoted at S cents, and March i
t 8.20. The business was enormous, |
,nd. in spite of additional wires securd
for the day by some of the houses, j
here were many orders remaining un
xecuted after the close of the mar- ;
;et. when sales put it tip about 600,000 |
ales. This, it was said, led to a con- j
iderable volume of trading in an un- !
ifficial way after the noon hour. Quoations
on these transactions, so far
s could be lea rend, ranged within 1
bout 3 points of the closing figures,
larch, it was reported, sold around
$100,009 Cotton Seed Fire.
Selnia, Ala., Special.?The Internaional
Cotton Seed Oil Company's .
dant was partially destroyed by fire !
Sunday afternoon, and the seed, hull i
md meal warehouse are a total loss,
ietween three and four thousand tons J
>f seed were lost. The total is esti- I
nated at $100,000, practically covered ,
>y insurance. Spontaneous eontbus- |
ton the warehouse is the sup- j
)osed origin of the Are.
Fatal Gasoline Explosion.
Pittsburg. Special.?In a fire which
ras remarkable for its rapidity and
iwful havoc, Mrs. Rock Berry and
wo of her children were burned to
leath Sunday evening. Rock Berry,
he husband, and his son, Henry, and
laughter, Annie Perry, were forced
o stand in the street and witness
he tragedy. The forceful though
cindly efforts of the'police kept them
rom rushing into the flames for their
oved ones.
Tho fire is thought to have been
atised by a spark from a coal stove
letting fire to the carpet, which Mrs.
Jerry was cleaning with gasoline. The
muse was destroyed inside of ten
ninutes after the explosion.
Killed By Neighbor,
Memphis, Tenn., Special.?A. dispatch
rom Sumner, Mis.-., says that Smith
tfurphy, one of the richest planters in
he Mississippi delta, was killed there
iy Jerry Robinson, also a wealthy
danter. The killing, it is said, ts the
esult of an old feud, originating sevsral
years ago in the shooting of a
tegro whose sendees >s-ere claimed by
>oth men. Robinson ;urrendered imnediately
to the sheriff He is 2 years
ild; his victim was Zl.
v- - > * - v v;.;_JHkc.
LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS
An Interesting Document Issued b;
the Department.
The observation of the phenomena o
nature has engaged man's attentioi
fiom remote antiquity. His early effort!
to interpret the wonders of the heav
ens, and especially the intricate anc
apparency aroicuij tuaugcs iu mc ui
mosphere, resulted in the acceptance
of the supernatural rather than th<
tiue explanation of things. Thus arose
the first crude sciences, the oldest o
which?Astrology?assumed a causua
connection between the stars and con
junctions of the planets and man'!
actions, both individual and collective
Although these first efforts to under
stand nature were honest, the appar
ently natural love of man for the mys
tcrious, and the mental slavery result
Ing therefrom, ultimately formed a se
rious hindrance to the growth of rea
knowledge concerning the phenoment
of nature, the baneful effects of whirl
have hardly yet been overcome ir
seme lines of thought.
One science. Meteorology, the science
of the weather, which has made its
chief advancement only during the las
fifty years, is still retarded in its p:og
;ess by the trammels of superstition
We still have groundhog experts
weather sharps, and long range fore
casts, people who pretend to believe
that they have an infallible system o
predicting the weather, storms, f.ocdi
cr droughts for months or even year!
ahead, and who foist their prediction:
upon the public for the benefit of their
own pockets. Like the charlatans wlic
not long ago swindled, .some people
with a process of obtaining gold fron
sea-water, these weather fakes alsc
keen their methods secret, and strange
te> say they find some people willing te
believe their preposterous e-laims, the
publie-aticn of which is calculated to be
fr.ctfivr.lv inlurious to agricultural
commercial and other industrial interests.
The Weather Bureau, a departmon
of the National Government whose ser
vices are for all. bases its forecast!
r.fon actual instrumental observatioi
( f weather conditions throughout th?
United States, and is scientifically in
vestigating the laws controlling at
trosplierie phenomena. Us forec asts arc
ior a definite time and place, and'arc
issued for only two or three days in ad
vanee. rarely more, because the exper
forecasters of the bureau understanc
the futility of attempting long range
forecasts in the present status of the
science. Though occasionally missing i
fore&st. the Weather Bureau rarel;
fails to give timely warning of radica
weather changers which are of praotica
importance to the interests of the
country.
It speaking well for the people o
North Carolina that the press in thi;
State so generally refraius from dis
geminating harmful long range weathe
forecasts. Misstatements by private
weather forecasters should be entirely
suppressed; weather forecasts in alma
r.acs. etc.. are worthless. As a true
knowledge of meteorological phenom
ena is of great importance to man ii
all the activities of life, people shouli
rather place their faith in the Weathe
Bureau, the operation of which can
r.nt fail to be of greater and greate
benefits to the people as the science o
meteorology advances.?C. F. Von Her
mann. Weather Bureau.
News of the Day.
Thirty thousand Socialists demon
r.trated against Herr I.ueger, mayor o
Vienna, on the eve of his sixtiet!
birthday. The burgomaster recently de
scribed the Socialists ns a lot of raga
muffins. October 23 they gathered i;
the RingstrassQ, opposite the Rathaus
shaking their fists and waving stick
and red handkerchiefs. A charge by 1,
000 polite finally dispersed thorn.
Archbishop S. G. Messmer. of Mil
watikee. did not attend the funeral o
Archbishop Elder in Cincinnati on elec
tion day because he said his duties a
a citizen prevented his going.
Mme. Franceses Janausthek, famou
as an actress, died at Amityville, 1..
Rev. Dr. William T. Manning, vlea
of St. Agnes' Chapel, Trinity Paris
New York, was elected at Lacastei
Pa., as Protestant Episcopal Bisbo
of the new Diocese of Harrisburg. Pt
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Woodcock, c
Detroit. Mich., accepted the offer to b<
come Protestant Episcopal Bishop c
Kentucky.
Father Vandeven was consecrated s
New Orleans and Father .lames 1
Davis was consecrated at Davenpor
Iowa, as Coadjutor Bishop of Davei
port.
e,0-ani7ppe nf the Women's Chris
ian Temperance Union made their r<
ports to the national convention i
Philadelphia.
The World's Fair at St. Ixmis. whic
closed Wednesday, is pronounced
financial success.
The strike of the miners in the To
luride district of Colorado has bee
declared off.
Joseph Loiter, the wealthy owr.t
ol coal mines at Zeigler, 111., and hi
attorney have been indicted for brinj
lug armed men into the State in d<
fiance of a new Illinois statute.
The creditors of D. J. Sully, the fo
raer "cotton king,'' came to an agrei
ment, and a settlement now seem
probable.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick agree
in New York to pay in cash the elaii
for $190,000 held against her by He
bert D. Newton.
Thomas E. Watson, lately Populii
candidate for President, made an a(
dress at Crawfordville, Ga., in whic
he bitterly assailed the Democrati
party and the "Solid South."
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END OF GREAT FAIR
,'
World's Exposition Goes Out In Blaze
[ : of Glory
A |
; MANAGEMENT HIGHLY GRATIFIED
e ^ Closing Exercises Held in the Plaza
- | of St. Louis, Exposition President
Francis and Gov. Dockery Deliver|
j Ing the Principal Addresses?Mr.
. { Francis Says the Fair Has Consumed
s j His Entire Time For Four Years and
' I is the Work if His Life?Final Dav
j Designated "Francis Day" in Hi?
Honor?Closing Scenes Impressive.
St. Louis, Special.?The Louisiana
1 | Purchase Exposition has ended. The
i stupendous and magnificent exposition,
k whose tendrils of interest have extendi
od into every portion of the civilized
world, and even into aboriginal re>
j cesses, bringing within the gates of St.
; Louis millions of visitors from
I ; throughout the entire world, has ran
its course, and now passes into history
as probably having comprised the most
{representative collection of the re;
sources, industries, art, people and customs
of the world ever assembled.
The best order has been maintained
j throughout; there have been a few
fires, but all were of small moment,
with the exception of the destruction
i of the Horse of Hoo Hoo, and the partial
destruction of the Missouri Build'
ing. recently. The former was immej
diately rebuilt. No loss of life has ocj
rurrcd during the exposition from accij
dents. St. Louis has proffered most
| gracious hospitality to the world, and
iit has been accepted.
! Throngs of visitors have poured in to
, attend the exposition with the expecta!
tion of being pleased and satisfied.
They have departed amazed and gratified.
The opinion has been expressed
| at all times, on all sides and without
reserve, that the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition has been a success. The
man probably most prominently known
1 in connection with the World's Fair is
3 the president, David R. Francis, and it
i \vas deemed fitting that the final day
, i shotilu be designated as "Francis Day,"
; in his honor.
! "This exposition has been the work
" of my life," said President Francis. "It
; has consumed my entire time for the
, [vast four years, but every hour has
lieen an hour of pleasure to me. I have
' , exhausted my stock of adjectives in
J i trying to describe this fair. It is as
' | difficult to do it justice as it is to paint
8 | the lily."
0 j The dosing ecercisos were held at
\ i the base of the Ixmisiana Purchase
' I monument, in the plaza of St. Louis,
j where were held seven mouths ago
' j the exercises that formally opened the
gates to the world. The principal
f j speeches delivered were by Governor
, Lockery, of Missouri, and President
3 I Francis,
j President Francis, in1 his address.
1 spoke of the lasting influence of ' the
0 ! fair, "which marks a new epoch in the
' j intellectual and industrial advance.
ment of flic world and the dawn of a
5 new era in tho industrial relations of
, governments and people." In conclu,
i sion lie said: "May the enterprise with
. } which we have been connected for
i nearly seven years past bring into still
~ | closer brotherhood all the nations and
, all the peoples who huve participated
' in it. May it deepen our patriotism,
i May it strengthen our for a benign
Providence that smiles upon us."
i of A a'oIao!/ oil th0 trrPflt
I* 1 WIIIJJll.T ai -f vnuvn ? vuv D.-.ww
exhibit places were closed and visitors
! were excluded. In the Palace of Agri"
culture onslaughts were made on some
" | of the exhibits, where the settings were
!l j composed of straw and fragile mate:
rial, and for a time general demolition
i was threatened, but prompt action in
11 affecting a general ejectment put a
stop to the threatened turmoil.
s | Steadily the white bulbs silhouetted
~ the exhibit palaces against the night.
i periodically the illumination of the
. i Terrace of States surmounting Festival
( ! Hill changed from white to red. then to
. | green, and then black and white. Over
s ; on Agricultural Knoll the great floral
clock clicked off the minutes of tue departing
pageant. And in the night rang
s out the tones of the massive bell, as
* | the midnight hour was tolled by the
' : great clock. Instantly a hush seemed
tr to pervade the entire grounds. The
glowing electric bulbs slowly began
dimming, the pulsations of the great
r' engines that drove the cascades gradiK
p ally died down. The light faded steadi.
ily. diminishing until but a faint glow
was perceptible. Suddenly there was
" darkness, and the 1/uiisiaita Purchase
Exposition had passed into the chron)f
iclcs of history.
it G'rft to Methodist Church.
I' Nashville. Special.?The late millionaire
philanthropist and dry goods merchant
of St. Louis, Richard M. Scruggs
t- ir. his will just filed, makes specific
bequests of MSI,000. Large amounts
n are left to the Methodist Church, South
h foi (he foreign missions. To W. R.
a Lambutli. Secretary of the Hoard of
Missiones of Nashville $5,000 arc Vtft
1- for a girl's school at Hiroshima. Jan
pan: Bishop R. B. Hendricks will get
$,".000 for missions and the same
T sums arc left to Bishop K. E. Hoss,
's Bishop Chandler, of Atlanta, Bishops
5- Galloway and Wilson for the same
e_ purposes.
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Live Items of News.
e
lS Some striking figures are contained
in the annual report of Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson.
d The President and Mrs. and Miss
n Roosevelt returned safely to Washingr
ton from St. Louis.
Kansas contributed a figure of John
t J. Ingails for Statuary Hall, in the
Capitol.
h The New York State Court of Ap,c
peals declared the Eight-Hour law unconstitutional.
FOR THE OPEN SHOP
Movement Among Employers Against a
Labor Organizations
A MI.MRFD nFTHK A OF MinF
?>vni vwi> vi rvbav ?in v
Citizens' Industrial Association Takes
Steps to Fight the Boycott, Limitation
of Apprentices and Other Labor
Union Measures?Will Discriminate
Against Neither Union Nor Independent
Labor?Steps Looking to
Organized Effort?President Roosevelt
Alleged to Have Assented to aRemark
That Responsibility Must
Be Put on Unions.
New York. Special.?Plans for organizing
tlie employers of labor in this- *
country to combat the labor unionswere
considered at Thursday's session of
the Citizens' Industrial Association
convention. Among the several addresses
delivered was one by Daniel
Davenport, of Bridgeport. Conn., executive
agent of the Americ?-.d AntiBoycott
Association. Mr. Davenport's
topic was the purpose and work of tbeAmerican
Anti-Boycott Association. '
He told of the suits against the United
Hatters, which, he said, had been of
great moral effect in bringing home to
workers responsibility for the JjoycotLA.
John Bcattie. a representative of th? <
Master Painters and Decorators' Association,
speaking of the labor situation
in New York, said? "Recently I asked
President Roosevelt, as an American
I citizen, to use his influence to put the
i responsibility on labor unions, and he
said:
" 'That's the thing that Is needed."
The report of the committee on resolutions
as adopted re-affirms the ob
! ject3 as adopted by the Chicago and
! Indianapolis conventions of the Clti
teens' Industrial Association, and again
! declares for "the open shop." DeI
man ding only good faith and fair dealing,
it discriminates against neither ' union
nor independent labor.
"The freedom of the apprentice and
the right of the individual to have a
trade and follow it.
"The right of private contract, with
; equal obligation upon employer and t
1 employes.
"The right to work, limiting the
hours of labor whether of brain or of
the hand as a matter of mutual agreement.
not a subject for arbitrary legislative
enactment."
The resolutions direct the executive
committee to take the nece33ary steps
j to secure a proper channel of activity
I for the correction of interested organ!
izations with the Citizens' Industrial
Association of America. The resolutions
oppose the limitation which the
trade union sets upon the nuinber of
apprentices in any shop and favors the
; establishment of public artisan schools
; giving a diploma which shall be the
I evidence of the right to begin to pracj
tire a trade.
The resolutions finally condemn the
i policy of trade unions In prohibiting
membership in the State militia. as disloyal
and dangerous. 's
H. F. Thompson, of Birmingham,
Ala., said in part: "Politically you
speak of the solid South, but there is
something solid intt'ne South besides
that. It is the "open shop.' That is
fair *o labor, because it ask3 nothing
but merit and skill. There are cities
I in the South that have not a single
union shop in them. Chattanooga is
one of them. We are prepared in^the
South to protect the 'open shop* with
the same strength as we protect the
sanctity of the home, and we beg of
you to do your duty as patriotic citi;
zens and make the North and the West
; and the East just as solid against-"^"?'
trades unionism as we have made the
: South."
David M. Parry, of Indianapolis, was
i re-elected president of the association.
President Did Not Say It.
I Washington. Special.?It was anthorI
a?aMvaiv stntPfi at the White House
i that the President did not make the
1 renlark attributed to him by Mr. Beattie.
nf the Master Painters' Asso
elation.
Colored Industrial Schools .
i Lynchburg, Special.?The better element
of the negroes in Lynchburg began
a movement for the establishment
of an industrial home and orphans'
school of domestic science in this city.
They have secured a building in
which to begin operations and the
school will be opened as soon as pos.
sible. It is the intention of the pro'
moters of the project to add a reform1
atory to the home.
Telegraphic Briefs.
John W. Yerkes, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, reports estimated
receipts for the present fiscal year mHL
as $230,000,000. Fi
It is believed either Rear Admiral 7~ A
Davis, Chadwick or Sands will be the M
American representative on the Anglo-Russian
commission to investigate
the North sea affair.
Attorney-General Moody declares
guessing contests conducted by publications
are forbidden by the Anti-Lottery
lav.*
Private John Smith, of the Army
Hospital Corps, who married a uegrcss
was dismissed from the service by the
war department on the ground that she
has another husband living.
Favors Hague Proposition. ^
Washington, Special?Mr. Hioki, tboJapanese
charge d'affaires, called at
the State Department and informed
Assistant Secretary Loomis that the
Japanese government had received
yesterday the invitation of the American
government for a second conference
at The Hague, and that the invitation
v.-ould be promptly presented
to the Diet. The intimation ia that
the proposition meets with Japanese
favor.