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INDISTINCT COPY THE BANNER ATHENS, GEORGIA, SE THE BI' 1 u LONDON STRIKE. SOME OF THE REASONS FOR ITS ^EXISTENCE BRIEFLY STATED. _j Tin- ('uin^sriv* of tho World's Metropolis I» Not *«> V ast as It Was Ih for« the Opening o! the Hue* Canal, Whlfjh Kov- olutlonlr.l.l the Hast Imlia Travie. No labor trouble of recent years has attracted greater attention from tHink- ing men and wqmen t'tan the vast up rising of low paid workers on and iilxUit the Hast London thicks. But tlie causes iiich have led up to the action of the ten in going out and the stubborn 're fusal of the employers to "rant the six pence advance asked for are not well understood in the United States In the course of a recently printed editorial ar ticle The New York Run set forth those causes with such singular lucidity as to warrant the transferrenceof a good por tion thereof to these columns. AN ANXIOUS MOMENT. “To understand the present strike of the London dock laborers and the un willingness of the dock companies id grant all the demands of thi» laborers,** says The Run, ‘‘we must keep in view the fundamental fact that the port of London some time since entered on a period of decadence, Until the open ing of the Suez canal and for some years thereafter the volume of its foreign trade rapidly expanded. During those good times the Wages of all classes of Workers rose. Corn arid timber porters (tho highest class of dock laborers) and stevedores earned from §10 to §!5 a week. In -72 the casuals of two of the docks, the London ami St. Katherine and the West and East India, struck and obtained ten cents an hour in the place of sixty-two and a half cents a day. To defeat a similar combination tho Millwail docks imported country la bor, which they have retained to this day. “When the economical consequences of the Suez canal were fully revealf-d. it was plain that tho lido of commerce had turned against London. The slow in crease in the volume of goods handled was much more than counterbalanced *>y the shrinking of values and of profits. 'The transshipment trade was revolu tionized by the opening of the direct route via Suez to tho European conti nent; goods formerly housed in London were'unloaded straight from the ocean vessel to the continental beet. The re sult of dwindling profits has been a downward tendency in all the grades of hiburempl'iyod by the docks and wharves of East i,-avium This tendency ha.1 been accelerated by the unceasing drift of foreign hud provincial labor into the n»oinipaii,s. which has gone on simui- Ijuicsiuaiy with the shrinkage of employ ment. “it is necessary? to hear in mind the decline of London’:) foreign comungve -and its depresses; effect upon the dock c anpaai -s in order to comprehend t-he ctnhhorunes.) with which, while \ ielding o:i most points to the strikers, they have set their faces against The demand tor twelve cents an hour for piece work. What is now paid, and v.d . t piece work, as dLsth-guishrd from contract work, means in East Loudon, will be presently made ch ar. Bat first let us get some exact notion of tlm number of dock la- liorers, stevedores and others who could by any possibility take part in this strike. case the men are paid directly by the company, and receive ten cents an hour. But half the work of these docks is let out to small .contractors, generally chosen from the permanent laliorers. This system has naturally led to sweat- ing-tlinl is. to the coercing of laborers by the sub-contractors to accept starva tion wages. In 1880 the casuals struck against this system. The company yielded and required the‘gangci^ sub contractor. head of a gang, to pay his hands a minimum of twelve cents an hour. It is said, however, that this regulation is. evaded by secret bribery and corruption. “V-\> are now in a position to under stand (lie ultimatum of the East London strikers. They demand that the con tract system shall bo utterly swept away. Ail work given to the irregularly em ploye! 1 must U- piece work. To this de mand, as well as to the stipulation that no casual workman shall be discharged until he lias a chalice to earn fifty cents, the dock companies early expressed a willing::,vs to accede. What was re fused was the demand that under tlie piece work system the men shall receive a minimum of twelve cents an hour. They refused because they have hither to, since 1872, paid but ten cents, and Iveowse the plus has not in recent years averaged above one cent an hour to each laborer. They say that at twelve cents an hour there would be not only no plus, hut scarcely any profit to the compa nies." The methods of work upon the London docks are not at all like those 'employed in New York and other American ports. Few of the improved methods of hand ling freight used in the United States are known there, perhaps, among other rea sons, because of the deer .-osiug amount of business to be bandied. Tlie methods of hiring extra men have been described so often in the newspapers since the beginning of the strike as to re quire no special mention here. The two cuts given show the gang waiting for the announcement of men wanted to be made, and the mad rush that ensues when bread is distributed. to the unem ployed. They are from The London Graphic. HENRY HITCHCOCK. SIOUX CITY'S PRIDE. Tlio Corn Palace or 18S0 Will Be the finest Ever Erected. Sioux City will soon complete her third dim palace, which will be the central object of iuterest in her third annual harvest festival. The com pal aces of her two preceding festivals at tracted so much attention that the com ing one will be on a larger find better plan. Of course this structure will not be built of corn alone, seeing that that would be a rather unstable material; but it will be “finished’l_in corn and decorated with the same, and its large exhibition flails will show that grain ar ranged in all forms of beauty. ALL WELL ALONG IN YEARS JOHNNY MULLEN, THOMAS ROONEY AND MRS. ELIZABETH LARNED. THE STRUGGLE FOR BREAD, “Then the term dock labor is in London * properly applied only to tho employment -offered by the import trade. Tho export trade is handled by tlie stevedores, with whom tlie shipowners contract directly, •and for whose work the dock companies are in nowise responsible. “Now as to the grievances complained of. These do not arise in connection with the pay Of the permanent laborer but out of the methods of employing the casual or irregular labor. In tho West and East India docks the contract sys tem dees not obtain, but what is called “piece work” is distributed among the irregularly employed. That Is to say, when the company has undertaken a particular job, such as the unloading of a large steamer, a number of irregulars are taken on for the day by the com pany's foreman and paid ten cents an hour. As an encouragement to good work, and provided the task has been accomplished at a certain rate of profit to the company, a “plus” is divided among the members of ‘ the gang. To the ordinary workman thi3 plus aver- i one cent an hour. Counting in the ings of the irregular idia docks have averaged Katherine ract the former r '" Sketch «if the New President of the Amer ican Ily Association. Henry Hitchcock, who lias recently been elected president of the American Bar association, comes of a family of high standing in the profession of the law. His grandfather, Samuel Hitch cock, of Vermont, was a United States circuit judge in 1801. His father, Henry Hitchcock, was chief justice .of Alabama. T li a present Henry Hitchcock w a s born in 1827; was graduated from the University of Nashville. Tenn., in 1840, and from Yale in 1848. He studied law and went to St. Louis. HENRY inTCUCCCK. When the ,S t. Lotus law school, in which he became a professor-, was first thought of in I SCO, he had become one of tho lead ing practitioners cf that City. Mr. Hitchcock vv.-w identified with the United States military sort ieo during the civil war as judge • advocate on Gen. Sherman's -staff. He was one of the founders and has been an active member of lire American Bar association; and f .*otu thii date of itsorganization ho has been a member of ihe jurisprudence committee, lib has ba n president of the Missouri-State Bar association and the St. Louis Bar association. In 1882 Iso.was associated with Edward J. ’Phelps, Clarkson N. Fetter, Wiiiiam M. Evarts and others on tho special committee for the relief of the United Slates supreme court, and prepared a majority report, which was adopted by the association after debate. It has since been the basis of all their action for the relief of the United States supreme court. Mr. Hitch cock was also the organizer.of the Civil Service Reform association of Missouri. As professor, dean and provost of the St. Louis Law school be has done good work. Tho Southern Exposition. Montgomery, Ala., will hold its first exposition on Nov. 5, closing on Nov. 13. Its object 13 to give the people of the south an opportunity to display their wares and manufactures before the peo ple of Alabama. From all sections re ports are coming in that undoubtedly poiut out tho fact that the exposition will present the finest array of exhibits to its visitors that was ever presented in that section. The representatives of the exposition are eagerly welcomed on all sides. Tlie people of Georgia are as fa miliar with tho southern exposition as with their state affairs, and it has been very extensively advertised. Maj. Burke, who is the general man ager, was very much pleased with the result of his visit to Auburn, where he had many and long conferences with the Allianoe men, and a number of influ ential farmers evinced a lively interest in the exposition. Mr. W. 0. Bible, Jr., the secretary, speaks very encouragingly of the out look for the exposition in Georgia. Everywhere he went in that state he found friends willingly working to add CORN PALACE OF i8fci>. The palace will be 2-10 feet long and 120 feet wide, and will have a central tc wer 200 feet high. Most of the inte rior will be comprised in an auditorium 233 feet long, with a music stand and tlie most approved arrangements for acoustic' effects. The music this year will be bv tlie famous Seventy-fifth Regi ment band of New York. It is scarcely possible to describe trie peculiar finish of the corn palace, and quite impossible to give any just idea of it in an engraving, such are tlie delicate blendings of green and gold and delicate tints of red, brown and orange, which may be produced -by an artistic arrangement of native grains, grasses and fruits. All the decorations in wood and drapery will he made to harmonize with the general design, which is to give a complete picture of American grains. Inside there wifi lie balconies and al coves for various exhibits, and it is ex pected that most native American pro ducts will be shown, as there will be an open floor space of 8.000 square feet, be sides balconies and alcoves and other sections for display. At the highest will float, of course, the American little lower down will appear bunting harmoniously shading the main wall, and all below the bunting will be covered with corn and other grains in all obtainable forms, relieved at inter vals by designs in grasses, ferns ar.d other growths which long retain their consistency and color. The novelty of the design and the success of the former exhibits justify the prediction that the corn palais of September and October, 18S9, will richly repay a v Lit. ■ /: point wi flag; a 1^4 tl THE ORIGINAL BANNER. Its Lend It to the Proprietor Will Not City of Halttiuorc. The particular star spangled banner which inspired Francis Barton Key to write his soul stirring but somewhat throat stretching song lias become the subject of a rather curious controversy. Several questions are involved. Does a Slag become the property of a command ing officer simpiv because he lakes it away with him? If not, does the title vest in Ilia family by long and undisput ed possession? Or does the statute of limitations (which cannot “run” as against a government) tako effect as to r. Hag? Here is tho history: The ladies of Bal timore made the flag and presented it to the garrison of Fort McHenry, where it “waved in triumph” Sept. 10. 1814: Col. George Armistead, commander during SOUTHERN EXPOSITION BUILDINGS, to its success. His reports from Macon and Augusta were very favorable; the Southern exposition is a familiar name in these cities. Great efforts are being made by the several railway companies to run excursion trains to tlie exposition. At tlie Top of tho Eiffel Tower. Traveling American—Good gracious! How far beneath me it all seems! small these Europeans are!—Life. THE ORIGINAL STAR SPANGLED BANNER. the bombardment, took it away with him, and it is now in the possession of his grandson, Mr. Eben Appleton, of New York city. Baltimore wants it to exhibit at her approaching celebration of the battle of North Point, and Me. Ap pleton says it shall not be exhibited un til the World’s fair in 1898. The flag was originally of regulation garrison size, but is now merely a square, the rest having been cut away tayfelio hunters in the early days, when it was not so jealously guarded. It has fifteen stripes, In one of which CoL Armistead wrote his name and the date of the bat tle—the same being clearly legible now. His widow bequeathed the flag to her daughter, Mrs. William Stuart Apple- ton, wBo was born in Fort McHenry some years after the war, and from her it came to her son. It has been exhibit ed on several occasions, notably at the Lafayette reception in 1824, and at tho Philadelphia .centennial; but Mr. Apple- ton declares it shall be seen no more till 1892, and then all the world can get a view of it. Light Bodies. “I see,” remarked Homestaver, “that some swimming matches are advertised this morning." And Mrs. Homestayer (scornfully said that any match would swim well enough, but she didn't believe tho best matches in the world would be of any account after they had been in ™ uai ! swimming more than once, anyhow.— tlow Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle. Tho First Named Lives In Maine and Claims 130 Years, the Second in Michi gan and Claims 107. ami the Third Will Shortly Beach the Century Line. Who was it said there are no very okl people in the New World? Whoever he may have been he must hide his dimin ished head, for scarcely a week passes nowadays that the newspapers do not unearth some individual who has passed the line marking tho first century. This article deals with one Thomas Rooney, who has passed the line by several years. Mrs. Lajrned, who is about to step across it—if grim death does not step in and prevent, and “Johnny” Mullen, of Oxford. Me., whose age is claimed to be 130 odd years. The oldest man in Oxford, Me., is Johnny Mullen, who was horn in the north of Ireland, and claims to be ISO years of age or thereabouts. He is of about the medium height, very thin and sinewy, and with no surplus flesh cn his body. His eyesight is keen, but he complains of defective sight cn very near things, though he has never used specta cles. He is beginning to get deaf, and his only complaint is of a “tired feeling” after working a chert time. His parents, Charles and Bridget Mullen, were linen weavers and quite well off. They had two boys and two girls. One of th.e first things that Johnny can remember is crawling across the floor to his mother and cawing with fright, while th.e dreaded press gang searched the house for his father. As soon as he was strong enough to stand alone and tall enough to reach the weav ing harness, lie commenced to work at the loom until a little over 21 years of ago. Then the Mullens, hearing such glowing accounts of a new and wonder ful country, of its great fertility and th.e freedom of its land to ail, sold out and crossed the ocean to St. John, N. 13. All the family, except Johnny, went to Bos ton in a sloop. Mullen got a job in a sawmill in St. John, where he thinks he stopped about thirty years, as a little boy he first got acquainted with there grew to manhood,mar ried and had sev eral children be fore he left. In the summers he worked in the sawmill, and along the coast in the winters when the mill was not running. After awhile ho tired JOHNNY MULLEN, of St. John, and with two friends hired out on a coaster and came to Capo Eliza beth, Me., where lie iivod somo } T ears. He next went to Portland and then tc Westbrook, where he fortunately secured a job lugging new wet brick in Hawke’s brickyard. This was such a nice job he stuck to it for seven years. When he had saved a little money he bought a farm at Raymond and settled down. Soon after he married Mis ; Lizzie Bryant and had five children. His wife finally deserted him and went to the bad. His' three boys died young, and his two daughters work in tho factory ut Gx ford. Johnny could not make a living off his farm, as it was small, poor and rocky, so he commenced digging ditches for other men. He was an expert at this, and soon his fame as a ditch digger spread abroad i:i tho land. For twenty- five years he followed tins work in Ray mond, LriJgton, Casco, etc., and all the country round. Finally ho sold out and went to Oxford, where Iu3 ‘first job was the excavation for tho foundation of tlie woolen factory. When the factory opened Mr. Robinson, tho manager, gave Johnny the position of night watchman. He smoked strong tobacco “like a steam engine” all night to keep awake. At this time Mr. Mullen was probably 100 years old. His irregular habits, sleep less nights, tho malaria of swamp3 and the poison of tobacco clo not seem to have impaired his constitution. About five years ago he began to fail a little; not from sickness, but from a gradual weakening of all his physical powers. He left off regular work two years ago, only doing light work. In his young days Johnny went to New York city, and relates many inter esting stories of that city in “ye olden time.” He was one of the first gang that commenced coopering in Virginia, and the only one who stood the climate with out sickness. He attributes this to his care in wearing warm woolens when not working, keeping out of the night air and not touching intoxicating liquors. After wandering around he returned to Maine, and now does most of the worjs on bis . farm of fifty-three acres in Harrison. His diet lias always been very plain, and his habits are very regular. Wormwood, which he steeps in a strong tea and drinks when “out of sorts," is his only medicine. He has studied the habits of all nature’s'living things, and is quite a natural philosopher in his way. Thomas Rooney lives in Fremont, Newaygo county, Mich. He was bom in Ireland in 1782, “and by this token” is now 107. In his early life he was a stock raiser, and a successful one, too. Later he came to the new world and locat ed at Toronto. Still later ho re moved to Mount Forest, where he grew rich and prosperous as a farmer. In 1873, THOMAS ROONEY, U<Wever> he de l cided to leave Canada, and then took up his abode in Holton, Mich., whence he removed to his present home. He is a father of fourteen children, four of whom are now living. His declining years are also gladdened by thirty-six grandchildren and fifty-three, great grandchildren. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Larned. of Central Falls, R. I., is an interesting old lady, who is just on the verge of a demurv of life. She was born in Dudley. Mass.. Jan. 10. 1 T0:>. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Eaton. Her parents were John Elliott Eaton and Elizabeth Davis Eaton. Her father was a surgeon in the revolutionary anny, being a resilient of Spencer, Mass., at that time. After the war he moved to Dudley and settled. In 1810 Miss Eaton married Morris Larned, of Dudley,whore she remained nil her life, until seven years ago, when she moved to Central Falls. Mr. Larned died ten years ago. Their children num ber thirteen, of whom only live are now living. Mrs. Larned has twenty-live grandchildren living, and her great grandchildren are too numerous to be correctly estimated even by members of the family. Mrs. Larned sleeps a great deal of the time, and at times does not care to leave her room. Within the last few years she was very fond sm - «• ... Cu> Sir Edwin| authoritv, per j “ d ,l >* ! india and about enterin'* on Aai » £% States and C l(,Ur or feel a renewed L, ' uu! Hwjf ! us Work »- 'n !is J because Edwin ArnSn' 1 Cl bree sided man. I & is interesting in j," .I***! 2 coders knowlumin -^Ui J and other w W fc # 0l but m addition to U o m' ,,1u1 Cl most able and inihS e * *1 ers m Great ffritain‘1 Daily Telegraph | )e n- F ° rTi >eUfl 7.000 leading merits, and he is , *01 eminent in power ion,' , ^ Otherwise have fallen ° afl0r it, Tlie peculiarity of : L ■; ^rr" lr ,„„riuu written at white heat and i spur of the v ~r. // MRS. LARKED. | member of the Episcopal church in good • ii„ tIT , and regular staudiug and has been the Boston Journal.'* ' 0t of receiving call ers, but has grown indifferent \) of iate. She is considered to be in good health, and can read with spectacles a little, hut rarely at tempts to, as she appears to have no wish to read. Her sight and hearing have re cently failed her, and she speaks very seldom of old times since. She has been a great knitter in her time, but her failing sight has de prived her cf that pastime. Her home is with her married daughter. Mrs. Cor delia Davison. She is a direct descend ant of John Elliott, the great Indian apostle. Her grandfather, Joshua Eaton, :t clergyman of Spencer, married Sarah Elliott, a granddaughter cf John Elliott. Mrs. Lamed’s father was tlie first phy sician in Dudley, Mass. The Indians worshiped and regarded him as a “great medicine man,” and he was highly es teemed by all who knew him. GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEES. John Milter, Republican, of North Dakota, nnd J. :i. Toole. Democrat, of Montana. John Miller, familiarly known in North Dakota as Farmer Miller, and nominated by the Republicans o f that ?>tate for gov ernor, was born in Dryden.N. Y*., some forty years ago. His early training was on his fatlier’s.farm, and his education was that of the common scliooL When but a young man he JOHN miller. engaged in tin? mercantile business in Dryden as a clerk, and has since then followed the same business for lumself with more or less regularity save for the last few years. In 1880 he removed to Dakota as axi employe of the Dwight Farm and Land company, with tread- quartern at Dwight, Richland county. Elis political career began when Th.e Wall pet on Globe Loomed him for the territorial council. Binco then he has steadily risen in the estimation of his party, a a the nomination for governor shows. Joseph Kemp Toole, of Helena, who has been recently nominated by tlie Democrats of j Montana for gov-1 ernor, was bern j atSaVannah,Mo., ; May 12, 1851. He j was educated at | the public schools j of St. Joseph, j Mo., and at the j Western Military academy at New Castle, Ky., of which Gen. E. J. K. toole. Kirby Smith was principal. He studied law, was admit ted to the bar and has since practiced. In 1872 he was elected district attorney of the Third judicial district iu Mon tana, and was re-elected two years later without opposition. In 1881 he was elected to the Twelfth legislative assem bly of Montana as a member of the coun cil from Lewis and Clarke county, and was also their president. Toole was elected a member of tlie constitutional convention which met in Helena in Jan uary, 1884 He was also elected to the Forty-ninth and re-elected to tlie Fiftieth congress as a Democrat. His first speech of consequence in the house was deliv ered last January. Cliarlf* A. Lee, President. Charles A. Lee, the new president of the National Editorial association, which has just ended its annual session at De troit, is a young man from Paw tucket, R. L He has been a news paper man all his life, and has been with his present paper fortwenty- five years. He is but 43 years old, standing over six ’ feet in height. He is a trenchant writer. In poli- Charles a. lee. tics he is a Republican. He founded the Rhode Island Press association, and has been three years president of the New England Suburban Press association. He is a prominent Knight of Pythias. Ho is a handsome man, and one of the most popular fellows in the profession. i/Wy** shoot anything down in Maine, asked the inquiring neighbor of < e . , 1 ' e *- urnt d sportsman. Gh; yes,” said the truthful sportsman, all the rapids.”— of frequent] mens aft y i]e<-|i ontent; f or in thf»K n „ ^ id night an, '*! best editorials were in C " V '' h hours iff:-.; them. Yet they anTmoLf 1 ' English The writ,,-', ..JJj? 1 them to be a perfect m ac hq« ecl _m perfect order, incr J.;^ evsion ol action wifi; "* l her languid moods. W . ° l>il “ on v,e “- snyin- that, ignore , urkey and Sm% { panubian princijialitics. ird’’, mg was gained | )V t! , e Edwin Arnold £ 1 ‘tau SIR EDWIN ARNOLD. risen* Edward 1 - son, the latter holding terest in the paper, boldiv this movement, turning from J 11 e '( had us A Ported i % & tnainteisaJl British and prei '/the eas effect rj derfui. tides tl; with eagerness by all intelligent men are now regarded as bavin? J an era in British politics. Edwin Arnold was bore June and is the second son of Robe.. Arnold, a country gentleman and landed proprietor of Sussex. Arthur gained some repul house of commons for his the franchise, and also as eastern affairs. Edwin ve tained a scholarship in lege, Oxford, and in 1832 Newdegate prize for iiis poem “Feast of Belshazzar.” After term as instructor he was mad, of the government's Sanskrit Poona, India, and since that fame in America rests almost his works about India and ligiens. It is only in England editorial fame is the greater. Other works besides those® religions have proceeded from bi> the best known being some lations from the Greek poets tory of recent government in India. FIG “Light of Asia’' in 1871. and evented a reiigMB literary sensation both in America. For this production of Siam decorated him with tlf the While Elephant. In 1883 “Pearls of Faith, or Islam3 ii>g the Ninety-nine Beautiful Allah, with Comments in Versa, was he who arranged tnelm.t of Mr. George Smith to ,-vssym duct'd the proprietors of The to send Mr. Henry Stanley w Despite his immense and brilliant Mr. Arnold is still comparatively*.® man, still in full health ‘aid and the public may confidently rich results from his tour in i AiuericJ I tlyalj illi 3 • j Actor, Playwright, Anti** George Fawcett Rowe, the arW dramatist, who expired recem Glen ham hotel, in New Vork,'«s in Exeter, County Devon, G about 1836. His father was an man and his mother a Spa““"l son inherited idiosyncrasies When quite a child he called “Alfred and the ^ learned to sketch and paint' mother. When a very young went to London ami bee painter. From this he ^ In 1852 the Australian gold t out and Mr. Rowe went W* his fortune. He painted and wrote and acted until he got a theatre at Mel bourne and be came a manager. During these years in Austra lia he translated and constructed over fifty plays. They were ephemeral affairs and soon passed out of existence. . gp He mado a tour of Peru and at last brought York. thaOly®^ In 1868 he opened a* ® 0 ^ atre,on Broadway, un ment of Mrs. Jolm Wood, ^ cessfuL From played frequently to £ with favor, but was Dickens’ characters. iar k3W making nonsiderab latter impersonation. ^ m He wrote a conrcdy nosto{ W which failed- ^ffailure* jj matic writings nere t neva Cross” was a jt f J was accused oM Ly, lie £ f[ i French. In g but W good cn-cumstanccs, j0)0 D. stood by him and help** 1