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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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Hour., 8 am. till 8 p. m*
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YOUTH SA ORIFICES O WNLIFE
TO 5V1 VE CORPSE OF FATHER
By Prlnte Leased W!r*\
New York, July 2.—The funeral of
Frank Llndstrom’s father, with the
youth as one of the chief mourners,
was turned Into a double burial, and
young: Llndstrom's body waa Interred
beside that of his parent.
This tragic change waa due to a Are
at Undstrorn'c
morning. «t i
sacrificed his o’
his father’s b
Some curtains
All of the mour
of young Lind
home early In the
hlch the young man
n life In trying to save
dy from the llames,
n the room caught Are
tors, with the exception
Bed. When tho
PREFERRED TO STAY
Bremen reached the scene they found
the young man’s body lying beside
that of his father.
KILL BUCKETSHOPS
BROUGHTON .URGES
SAYS A “NOTORIOUS LAWYER"
HAS BEEN EMPLOYED TO
LOBBY AGAINST BILL.
I*. Lrn G. Bresgbisa railed on the Goar-
(U legislature to kill licensed gambling
In tho form of hncketihops In Georgia Id
II. Soadiy night sermon.
lie exhibited u reawn for panage of
the pending mea.ure the little red sntehel
of a farmer who I. uld to hnre dropped
IE,000 la liurket.hop .peculation. The sstcli
CHURCH AND HOME
STRUCKJYLIGHTII1G
FITZGERALO WAS VISITED BY A
HEAVY STORM 8ATURDAY
WITH DAMAGE.
-h places,
lucketsbop proprietor, to
to dll their pocket. t
who mn III .ITord
He likened bl
lure, who pros
Ian **Dr. "Elronghton” nbl he lutd been
undying the methods of
leton to ml-
' with
tho
. -
Jms iud ft was a game of robbery bore
■no .Iniple, Among other loins, ho geld:
1 •Take the wholi gong . of ibem'tluh.g
uliarka for
"Take" the whole gong of them - doing
Indue.. In Georgia, «nd they nte the reg
ular gamldera wlm ore branded In every
state In the onion. They nro the very
people, some of them, that Governor 1'olk
111 out of hi. state. It Is as
nr.™'It If 1 one°whir of'it l.’denleji I'd jjo
iV-llghtrd to meet their paid lobbyist on.Ihe
door of the lagl.latnni end »h-
this gang. Will he accept the eh
1 dirt* him to do It.
"\Vh.t Mght we to doj. Therein already
legit-
t them. The supreme i
I In neat yesrs. Hut the I
rm did the fool thing of
- decided
liture la.t term — — -— —
tin, • llcsnoe Ms upon them, andrecently
the aapreme court hnn mid that this amkea
them legal. Thl, hna tied onr luadi’and
turneil the fllthjr mob loose upon our people.
"If It la urged that It will affect the cotton
tn.lnea, I my not so. North Carolina hnn
iliolinhed theta, and It ha. net nltiH-tod tho
lotion mill btialr.eaa. There la plenty' u
train. In the ICglalntdre to II* Aim. Kll
the datauable bucket shop; be I. tho Chau
ve an sfter. And by the help of God wo
will go; him. and mve our state from tho
rreotest ourne we ever had. They lie.
ibent. ntenl, mnnlpnlnte theatres. and
vork other dntea; nil thl. while the poor
-Ictlm I. led to suppose he la engaging In
dinnly a game of chance. All them ,-harKn
•an lie proren. They know It, and they
dare ‘not come In ihe open and deny If.
Thera I. not t blacker record oat of hell
than they have got.'
FATHER WAS KILLED
BUT SON UNHARMED
Special to The Georgian.
Alexandria, La., July S.—Standing at
the aide of hla eon In tho doorway of
an outhoune, where they sought refuge
from a «tortn, Washington Ilynard. a
prominent farther of Iff 14 Pftstofflce,
Avoyelles parish, was struck by light
ning and killed, but his boy was not
hurt.
Named by Aeolamatlon.
Special to The Georgian..
Aahevllle, N. C.. July 2.—Tho Demo
crat* of the Tenth congressional dis
trict nominated Hon. W. X Crawford
a« the next candidate for congress to
succeed Hon. W. M. Gudger, Jr., by
acclamation In thn convention held
here Saturday.
Special to The Georgian.
Fltsgcrald, July 1.—A terrlflc rain
and wind storm, accompanied by fre
quent lightning, struck this city from
the northwast at 12:41 o'clock Satur
day. One large building under con
struction was demolished, and the
Flrat Baptist church eteenle was struck
by lightning and set on fire. By splen
did work In a drenching rain the de
partment saved the main building. Tho
damage Is about SIOO.
W. V. Church's fine residence on
Roanoke drive was struck by light
ning and badly damaged. A family of
eight, which occupied the home, were
uninjured.
It la thought serlou* damage result
ed In the direct path of the storm,
which passed north of the city.
DAMAGE AT MONTICELLO
BY SUNDAY STORM.
Speclsl to The Georgian.
Montlcello, Go., July 2.—Consider
able damage was caused here yester
day afternoon by an electrical storm
which passed over the town at
o'clock.
An unfinished residence and out-
houeo of Mr. Charles Oxford and
number of chimneys and trees were
blown down. Two mules were killed
by lightning near the depot, and a part
of the root of J. IL Kelly's store was
torn off.
heavy rain followed.
TWENTY-SEVEN LAWYERS
PASS TENNESSEE EXAM,
8peclal to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—Hons.
L. Cockroft and Robert Burrows,
member* of the state board of law
examiners, have graded the paper* of
the students who stood tho examina
tion for practicing law In this state
here recently. Twenty-seven young
men passed and will be admitted to
the bar.
FORMER GEORGIAN DIES
OF APPENDICITIS
Special lo The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—J. O.
Williams, a well-known contractor and
former grocer, who camo to this city
several year* ago from Cartersvillo,
Go., Is dead as the result of appendi
citis. He was 43 years of nge and
leaves one brother In this city, R. A.
Williams, who Is a prominent citizen.
WAR ON VAGRANTS
BV COUNTV POLICE
Negroes who prefer sitting In the
shade and picking a banjo to wielding
a pick and shovel In the sun would do
well to do their banjo picking outside
of Fulton county. The county police
as well ns the Atlanta department are
making a war on vagrants and tha
jail la being filled with Idle negroes.
Six husky specimens were rounded
up Monday morning by tho county po
lice department and the docket for
"flrat Monday” In Judge Calhoun's
court shows a long Hat of vagrancy
charges. There Is work for every able
bodied laborer In the county and con
tractors for road building and other
public works are trying In vain to htro
laborers at from 21.25 to J1.50 a day.
It Is the intention of the authorities to
rid the city and county of the vagrant
class, which Is too often the criminal
class as well.
MET HORRIBLE DEATH
IINEWJVELL SHAFT
BOY FALLS HEAD FOREMOST IN
TWELVE-INCH hOLE AND
SUFFOCATES.
TAX RETURN BOONS
-OPEN FEW DAYS MORE
•*I will keep open the tax return
books a few days longer,** said Thomas
M. Armlstend, ptnto and county tax re
ceiver, Monday morning, “In order to
permit belated property owners to
unit.• P turnF. Just Imn- many d.iys I
cannot say. It Is just a matter of ac
commodation.”
The office of the receiver was
crowded Monday morning and a largo
number of returns were received. Mr.
A rm 1st rad states that the number has
reached about 2,000 more than at this
''•* i' 1 V'!-, tll«* bring lib.Mlt
16,000. No Idea of the values repre
sented can be had uutll the figures are
added, which will be not before the
middle of August.
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RETIRE8 REGULARLY,
BUT HAS NOT SLEPT
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
Special to The Georgian.
Abbeville, La., July 2—A boy of I
years, straying from hie mother, wan
dered near a well excavation that had
been left uncovered at the dinner hour
and fell headlong Into the hole where
he lived for four houre. A 12-Inch
augur waa being used In the work and
the well had attained a depth of 12
feet when the hands knocked off for
dinner. When the laborer* returned
and prepared to reaume work they dis
covered the child’s predicament. At
tempts to rescue him with hooks and
lassoes were futile. Then enlsrglng the
jiole was tried with the result that the
child waa suffocated, by the small par
ticles of dirt which were dislodged. It
required two days to rscovsr the body
because of the hardness of the ground.
Appropriation Inorsased.
Special to Tha Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—Instead
of 250,000, the Chattanooga postoffice
gets an appropriation of 2110,000 for
the proposed addition to the building
here. Senator Frailer and Congress
man Moon were successful in having
the appropriation Increased to thl*
amount.
Ths money will be used In purchas
ing a site end building an addition to
the custom house.
Dies After Brief lllneie.
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, 8. C., July 2.—Miss Rob
erta Lathan, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
J. B. Lathan. of Little Mountain, died
nt her home In that place on Wednes
day morning after a short Illness.
Mias Lathan was 18 years of age.
Special to The Georgian.
Little Rock, Ark., July 8.—■
George Robins, 72 years of age,
of Rogers, has not slapt any for
fifteen years.
Mr. Robins moved to Rogers
several years ago from Nebras
ka. About 18 years ago he suf
fered a severs attack of la
grippe, since which time he has
not closed his eyes In a single
sound, peaceful sleep. He holds
th* position of night watchman
for the town of Rogers. Aftsr
bslng relieved In the morning
from his duties by Town Mar
shal John Shtnpaugh, Mr. Rob
ins goes to hlB home on West
Walnut street and retires, but
does not sleep.
YOUNG HOLLAND LOSES
BRIDE IN LEGAL FIGHT
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PRESBYTERIAN NURSES
GRADUATED TUESDAY
Neat Invitations were Issued Satur
day to the friends and relatives of the
nurses of tho Prosbyterlon hospital
and to ths many frionds of the Insti
tution, announcing the annual com
mencement exercises which will bo held
at the hospital on Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock. An unusunlly Interesting
program hnB been prepared for the
nappy occasion as follows;
Music. . : r
Prayer.
Presentation of diplomas—Dr. A. R.
I •!■ ' prcd.l.rit.
Presentation of pins—Dr. B. C. Davis.
Address to graduates—Rov. Richard
Orms Flint.
Report to medical staff—Dr. C. W.
trickier.
Benediction—Rev. T. H. Rice, D. D.
Tho graduates follow: Misses Lucy
Wright, Maude B. Swift, Nan J. Cald
well, Pauline Winn, Mary Pearl Fee-
beck, Elsie McCandllah and Vesta
Claire Johnson.
Young; Wife in Short Skirt Called
to Witness Stand—Refused
to Greot Husband.
Speclsl to Th* Georgian.
.Moultrie, Oa.. July 2.—By tha con
sent of the bride snd a decree of th*
court of ordinary, Mrs. Jttae H. Hol
land, nee Peterman, who eloped from
her home near midnight about a month
nnd waa marrlsd and subsequent
ly taken from her husband by rsla
lives, will disobey the Atarrlage con
tract and live with her mother, Mrs.
Laura Pstarman.
Mrs. Holland waa taken from the
state two weeks ago to evada the of-
Acer*, who made an attempt to serve a
writ of habeas corpus on tho mother
who retained her. Subsequently coun
sel advised her to return.
The mother and daughter appeared
.J «prr ‘
wearing ■
and looking a perfect child. As thsy
entered Into the bar Inclosure young
Holland, who waa sitting near the en
trance, arose and attempted to greet
hi. bride with n handshake. Mr*. Hol
land shrank away from him and drew
her hand behind her.
The court house was crowded while
the case was on trial, and a largo nutn
ber of witnesses were Introduced by
both sides, among them bslng tho hus
band nnd ths mother of tha girl. Tht
was entirely Incapable of choosing
wisely In a marriage agreement.
The scene waa dramatic when
counsel for th* plaintiff called the
young woman to the stand and asked
her If she preferred to live with her
mother or was It her <lo.Ire to go with
her huaband. After abme hesitation,
the reply was that she preferred to
stay with her mother. At thle point
the plaintiffs counsel announced that
they would withdraw their proceed
ings, nml the Judge Issued the order
directing her to the care of her mother.
Tin- gl •"'HI U 111 V'T\ 1111 : t I'. .11- 11.
pointed, but accepted the situation with
becoming mnnhood. He hnd told Ills
attorneys that ho did not dtslre to live
with her against her will.
REDUCED R. R. RATES
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
The W. A A. R. R. and N. C. A St.
L. Railway will sell cheap round trip
tickets to all points south of the Ohio
and Potomac and cast of the Missis
sippi river. Including 3t. Louis,
Evanevllla and Cincinnati, at one and
one-third fares; tickets to be (old
July 2d, 3d and 4th, good to return
until July 8th, 1906.
For further Information and tick
ets apply to any agent of the W. A
CHA8. E. HARMAN,'
General Pass. Agent.
PEACHES ARE DESTROYED
AND CHICKENS KILLED
flpeclat to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—Tht re
cent hall and wind storm which ragod
In thle section did much damage to
the peach trees and young chickens.
Trees laden with fruit were blown
down and chickens were killed by the
hall.
Indispensable for the load. Prolongs life of your
wagon. Relieves strain on team. Desi
rable for driver. Economical in
cost. Universally useful.
“EVERYBODY KNOWS.”
Special DIscohrIs
on Quantltlu.
Give Width of
Stilus.
E. D. CRANE & CO.
Front New Depot.
All Sizes,
Big Stock,
Quick
Shipment
(F
%
LOW RATES VIA
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Account 4th July.
Tickets on sale July 2d, 3d and 4th, limited to
July 8th, at rate of one nnd one-third faro for
round trip.
For full Information apply to any tlckot agent of tho Georgia
Railroad.
R. E. MORGAN, General Agent.
DOMINICK PARDONED
FROM PARISH PRISON
Hpeclit.l to The Georgian.
Now Orleant.' I a., July 2.—Dominick C.
O’Malloy, principal ownor of tho New Or-
lonnn Item, on afternoon dolly, boa boon
pardoned from Orloano pit Huh prison, Where
he hna boon ocrvlng o form for criminal
libel.
to oerto eight
f.-r^ Minding
recommendation Tor t)’Mnlliy’■* pardon,
■lined by the trial Judge. Hon. Joshua U.
linker, nnd Attorney General Onion, woo
•Inrod In Governor IUonrhord’o hands pt
Jlaton Kongo by Attorney K. A. O'Sullivan,
who mode n hord but frultleoo Oght before
tho courts for O’Malley, tforornor lUn»»*'!»-
nrd signed the papers after examining
thorn.
O'Mnlley was sentenced to
months and pay a flue of |60(
Mayor Martin llohrmon, of th
NEW BOARD OF TEACHERS
FOR PALMER INSTITUTE
Speclnl to Tho Georgian.
Oxford, Oa., July 2.—It ha* been of
ficially announced hero that a now
board of teachers will bo placed In
Palmer Institute at the opening of the
term In September.
Professor N. A. Ooodyenr, of tho
Kmory flummor School, will succeed
Profoteor L. B. HimUfonl lie prlm lpnl,
while Miss Cora Anthony, of Newborn,
and Mlos Cathorlno Duller, of Coving
ton, will take tho places of Misses
Fannie Hlngloton and Nell Lowry.
PORTRAIT AGENT SUES
OFFICERS FOR DAMAGES
Special to The Georgian.
Orlf!ln. Go., July 2.—Selgflrled FI#!*#,
a traveling portrait man, was arrested
In thle city several days ago by Police
man Maddox and carried before Jus
tice Mills for a commitment trial.
When the case was called the claim
was' made that tho officer really had
no authority to make tho arrest, aa he
had no criminal WHrrant, the only
thing being against tho man wn* a
possessory warrant, nn;l that was In
the hands of a county officer. Tho
luMlco relnnned Fbds* nnd now ho hnn
Instituted r» suit for $1,000 damages
ngalnst Officers Maddox and Drown.
JACKSON IB HANGED
FOR DOUBLE MURDER
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, Go., July 1—Frank Jackson,
a negro, was hanged hero Friday for the
murder of a negro woman and her Infnnt
child near OdeeiadAle several months ago.
lie espressod ft desire to any a few words
i the negmeg who bad gathered In quit**
number. Ho warned them ngnlust drink
ing whisky nnd the carrying of firearms.
He snbl that he was prepared to die aud
reconciled to his fate.
This la the first hanging to occur here
In about twelve years.
WOMEN IN PACKINGTOWN MENACED BY SUPERIORS;
SOCIAL PERILS ARE POINTED OUT IN “THE JUNGLE”
Upton Sinclair 9 s Story Depicts
Evils That Girls in the Beef
Houses Face to Keep
Miserable Positions.
CHAPTER X—(CONTINUED).
The (Iris worked at a long table,
snd behind them walked a woman with
pencil and notebook keeping count of
the number they finished. This woman
*«*, of course, only human, snd some
time* mad* mistakes; when this hap
pened there wss.no redress—If on Sst-
unity you got lass monty than you
had earned you had to make the best
of It. But Marija did not understand
this wd mads a disturbance. Marija’a
disturbances did not mean anything
end while she had known only Llthu-
«lan and Polish thsy had don* no
h»em. for the people only laughed at
her snd made her cry.
But now Marija was able to call
1,1 me. t n English, and so she got the
'“men who made tht mistake to dls-
1 iking her. Probably, ns Marija elalm-
SILVER BASKETS.
^ e are shotting some vert*
attractive patterns in these
much-sought* pieces. The
smiths who have wrought
tiiem have so admirably car-
rjf'd out the artistic ideals of
. designers that the result
entirely pleasing.
(trace, elegance and supe-
n< l r T' orkraanship are char
acteristic of all our silver
ware.
\ MAIER & BERKELE.
ed, she made mistakes on purpoi* after
that; at any rats, she made them, and
the third time It happened Marija went
on the warpath and took the matter
flrat to the forelady, and, when she got
no satisfaction then; to ths superin
tendent.
This was unheard-of presumption,
but th, rapertntendant Mid he would
see about IL which Marija took to
mean that sha .was going to get her
money. After wafting three days sb*
went to see tbs superintendent again.
This tlm* ths man frowned, and raid
that he had not had time to attend to
It; and when Marija. against the ad
vice and warning of every one, tried It
once more, he ordered ber back to her
work In a passion.
Just how thing* happened after that
Marija was not sura, but that after
noon the forelady told her that her
services would not be any longer re
quired. Poor Marija could not have
been more dumfounded had the woman
knocked her over the head; at first she
could not believe what sha had heard,
and then she grew furious and awora
that she would come anyway; that he?
place belonged to her. In the end she
sat down In the middle of the floor and
wept and walled.
It waa a cruel lesson, but than Mari
ja waa headstrong—she should have
listened to those who had had expe
rience. The next time she would know
her place, as the forelady expraeted ft;
and ao Marija went out, and th* family
faced the problem of an existence again.
U waa eepeclally hard thl# time, for
Ona waa In 111 haalth, and Jurgl* waa
trying hard to rave up money for this.
H* had heard dreadful etories of th*
mldwlvet, who grow at thick a* fleas
In Packlngtown, and ha had mad* up
bl* mind that Ona must have a man
doctor. Jurgta could be very obstinate
when h* wanted to, and be was In this
case, much to th# dismay of th* wo-
rasn. who felt that a man doctor was
an Impropriety, and that the matter
really belonged to them. Th* cheapest
doctor thsy could find would charg*
them 215, and perhaps more when the
bill came In, and here waa Jurgls de
claring that he would pay It, even If
he had to stop eating In the meantime!
' Marija had only about twenty-five
dollars left. Day after day aha wan
dered about the yards begging a job,
but thle time without hope of finding
IL Marija could do the work of an
able-bodied man. when she was cheer
ful, but discouragement wore her out
easily, and she would come home at
night a pitiable object. She learned
her lesson this time, poor creature; she
learned It ten times over. All tht fam
ily learned It along with hen—that
when you have once got a Job In Pack-
tngtown you hang on to IL come what
wtlL
Four weeks Marija hunted, and half
of a fifth week. Of course sh* stopped
paying her dues to the union. She had
about made up her mind that she was a
lost soul, when somebody told her of
an opening, and she went and got a
place aa a "beef trimmer." She got
this because th* boss saw that she had
the muscles of a man, and so h* dis
charged a man and put Marija to do
hts work, paying her a little more than
half what ha had been paying before.
When she flrat came to Packlngtown
Marija would hnve scorned such work
a* this. She was tn another canning
factory, and her work was to trim the
meat of those diseased cattle that Jur
ats had been told about not long before.
She waa shut up In one of the rooms
where the people seldom saw the day
light; beneath her were the chilling
rooms, where the meat waa froaen, and
above ber were tha cooking rooms;
and so she stood on an tee cold floor,
while her head waa often so hot that
she could scarcely breathe.
Trimming beef off the bones by the
hundred-weight, while standing up
from early morning till lata at night,
with heavy boots on and th* floor al
ways damp and full of puddles, liable
to be thrown out of work Indefinitely
because of a slackening In the trade,
liable again to be kept overtime In
rush seasons, and be worked till sh*
trembled In every nerve and lost her
grip oa her slimy knife, and gave her
self a poisoned wound—that was the
new life that unfolded Itself before
Marija.
But because Marija. was a human
horse sha merely laughed and went
at It; It would enable her to pay her
board again, and keep the family go
ing. And as for Tamossln*—well, they
bad waited a long time, and th*}’ could
wait a little longer. They could not
possibly get along upon hla wages
alone, and the family could not live
without hers. He could come and
visit her, and aft In tha kitchen and
hold her hand, and he must manage to
be content with that
But day by day tha music of Tamos-
slue’ violin became more passlonsto
and heart-breaking; and Marija would
sit with her hands clasped and her
cheeks wet and all her body a-trem-
ble.
Marija'a lesson came just In time to
save Ona from a similar fate. One.
too, was dissatisfied with her place,
and hid far more reason than Marija.
She did not tell half of her story at
home, because she saw It waa a tor
ment to Jurgls, and she wss afraid
of what he might do. For a long time
Ona bad seen that Miss Henderson,
th* forslady In hsr department, did
not like her.
At flrat she thought ft waa the old-
time mistake she had made In ask
ing for a holiday to got married. Then
she concluded It must be because she
did not give the forslady a present oc
casionally—she wss the kind who took
presents from the gtris, Ona learned,
and made all sorts of discriminations
In favor of thou who gave them. In
the end, however, Ona discovered that
It was evsn worse than that Miss
Henderson was a new-comer, and It
was some time before rumor made her
out; but Anally It transpired just what
her status waa. The superintendent of
th* department had put her there to
keep her quiet. It seemed—and that
not altogether with success, for one*
or twice they had been heard quarrel
ing. Sha had the temper of a hyena,
and soon the place abe ran waa a
witch's caldron.
Thera were some of the girts who
were of her own son, who wtre will
ing to toady to her and flatter her,
and these would carry tales about tha
rest, and so th* furl** were unchained
In th* plact. Worse than this th*
woman lived In a disreputable house
down-town.
In th* slack season soma of them
would go with Miss Henderson to this
house down-town—In' fact. It would
not be too much to ray that sha man
aged her department at Brown's tn
conjunction with IL Sometimes wo
men from the house would be given
places alongside of decent gtris, and
aftsr other decent gtris had been turn
ed nut to make room for them.
When you worked In this woman's
department tha bouse down-town was
never out of your thoughts all day—
there were always whiffs of It to be
caught. Ilk* tha odor of the Packing-
town rendering plants at night, when
the wind shifted suddenly. There
would be stories about It going the
rounds; the girls opposite you would
be telling them and winking at you.
In such a place Ona would not have
stayed a day but for starvation; and.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Tho story of “The Jungle," Upton Sinclair's novel, which caused th*
government Investigation Into the methods employed by the Beef TrusL
has Its origin In an actual Packlngtown romance.
The first chapter shows a broad-shouldered butcher being wedded to
a young girl who sees In him a hero. The wedding, In all Its grotsaqus-
ness, la described.
Practically penniless, Jurgls tells hla brld* she shall not return to
work In the packing house—tie will work early and 1st*.
On arriving In Chicago, J. Hsedvllas, a Lithuanian, who ran s delica
tessen store In Packlngtown, guided Jurgls, Ona, Marija and tbs re
mainder of th* .party through the stock yards, after he had given them
lOdgtog.
little coterie decided to purchase a house. They were to pay 212
a moqth for IL They And they have been swindled—that the company
charges such Interest that they will be unable lo pay.
Jurgls refund tn join a labor union that would have promoted the
Interests of alL He did not understand that tha life waa being worked out
of him.
The little family discovers that the real estate agent of the Packing-
town concern for which Its mature members worked had taken advan
tage of thslr Ignorance, and thrust Into the lease of ths house a clause
compelling them to pay agorbltant Interest on the structure. Htanlalovas,
the youngest of the party, was sent to work. The certificate of age held by
him lied. It said ha waa 14. If* was year* younger. Ona, too; waa forced
to seek a Job. Bhe paid 210 as tribute (o ths forslady who engaged hsr.
Jurgls* health la falling from th* terrible grind, and Ona suffers for weeks
with sgcruclatlng pains because of dampness and overwork.
Marija loraa hsr position because ths factory closes down, and Anta-
aas dies of th* terrible grind.
istallment told of the frightful-condition* In th* yards—
lucid account of the actual facts. The author told how '
•tors permitted cattle afflicted with tuberculosis to b*
I; how all sons of diseased scrap* wars potted as “dev
ised chicken," etc., and how. although all the stuff cams
ft
kill
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fro
fen
yar
the
doi
lib.
« •»»« wen, rail'* ii'sw, ■mi'JUHii rail uiv atuit lsiiiib
topper. It waa tinned In various gradss and sold for dir-
exit also told of the political corruption of the stock
toes controlled the vote* or bought them, and how even
:He yards feared the power of th* boas. Tha chapter
lory of how Marija, resuming work at Intervals, was de*
1 out of hsr pay.
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neat dny. She un-
the real reason that
ated her was that
married girl; and
tale-bearer* and the
for the same res
ting their best tp
-able.
> place a girl could
If she was panic-
of this sort. Here
snglng always upon
every bit os brutal
ss the old-time
der such clrcum-
was exactly aa In-
ralent aa It waa un-
of chattel slavery,
quit* unspeakable
lb* packing house*
•re taken for grant-
only thsy did not
slavery times, be-
difference tn color
1 slave.
One morning Ona stayed at home and
Jurgta had th* man doctor, according
to his whim, and hsr boy was born.
The coming of this boy waa a decis
ive event with Jurgl*. It made him Ir
revocably a family man; It killed the
last lingering Impulse that he might
have had to go out In th* evenings
and sit and talk with the men In the
saloons. Thera was nothing he cared
for now so much aa to sit and look at
the baby. _
Thl* was very curious, for Jurgls
bad never been Interested In babies
before. But then this was a very un
usual sort of a baby. If* had th*
brightest little black eye., and little
black ringtoto all over hla head; he
was the living Image of hla father, ev
erybody sold—and Jurgta found tbls a
fascinating circumstance. It was suf
ficiently perplexing that this tiny mlt*
of Ilf* should have com* Into the world
at ell In the manner that It had; that j
U should have com* with a comical
Imitation of Its father’s none wn. .Im
ply uncanny.
Perhaps, Jurgls thought, thl. In
tended to signify that It was his baby;
that It waa his and Onn'a, to err ret
ail Its Ilf*. Jurgls never had posses
sed anything nssfty eo Interesting a
baby was, when you come to think <.f
It, assuredly a marvelous po.session.
It would grow up to be a matt, u hu
man euul, with n personality nil of Its
own. a Will of It* own! Such thoughts
would keep haunting Jurgls, filling him
with alt sorts of strange nnd almost
painful excitements. He wn* wonder
fully proud of little Antnnas. he
wss rurlou* nlmut all Ihe details of
him—th* washing nnd the dressing
and the eating nnd me sleeping of him.
snd asked all sorie of ni -urd ques
tions. It took him quite a while 'o
get over his alarm at the Incredible
shortness of the little creature', legs.
Jurgls had, nlns! very little time to
see his baby; he never felt the rhsins
about him more than Just then. When
he rnme home nt night the baby would
be asleep, nnd It would bo the mere-t
chance If he awoke before Jurgls hod
to go to steep himself. Then In the
morning there was no time t.. i....k at
him, eo really th# only chan, e th*
father had was on Bundnys. Tills was
more cruel yet for Ona, who ought to
have stayed home and nursed him, th*
doctor sold, for hsr own health n* well
as th* baby’s; hut Ona had t.. g.. t.>
work end. leave him for Teta Elxbletn
fo feed upon the pal* blue poison thnt
waa called milk at the corner grocery.
Ona'*' confinement lost her only a
week’s wages—she would go to the
factory the aecond Monday, ami the
best that Jurgls could persuade her
was to ride In the ear. and let him run
along behind and help her to Brown’s
when she alighted. After that It wnulrf
be all righL sold Ona: It waa no strain
sitting still sewing hams all dny; and
If she waited longer ahe might nnd
that her dreadful forelady had put
some on* els# In her place Thnt would
be a greater calamity than ever now.
On* continued, on account of the baby.
They would all have to work harder
now on hi* account. It was such a re
sponsibility—they must not have the
baby grow up to suffer a* they had.
And this. Indeed, hud been the rtrst
thing that Jurgls hnd thought of liln
of hu
self—he had
brpecd himself
that tiny mite
And so Ona went
and saved her plat
wages; and was nev.
son ss long ns she
cult to convey In w
meant to Onn: It ee,
offense, and the punl
of all proport
any one else e
(Continued In
d hlr hands
t he
that
a well ;-er-
It Is dlffl-
II that this
icti a slight
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