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FOR PEACE MONUMENT
In 1915, Plans a *e Proposed By
Cincinnati Citizens.
CIVIL WAS SEMI-CENTENNIAL
Each State Repreienting the New South
to Have Its Own Building in Which
to Exhibit It* Resources.
Cincinnati, Ohio. —A movement to
oelebrate the semi-centennial ot peace
between the north and south by hold
ing, in 1915, a great southern exposi
tion at Cincinnati and dedicate a
southern peace monument in Cincin
nati was launched at a special meet
ing of the chamber of commerce. The
proposition was given enthusiastic ap
proval by the members. At the close
of the meeting one of the leaders in
the movement said: “A southern ex
position and some sort of memorial
or monument indicating Cincinnati’s
affection for the south is assured.”
A formal report was presented in
support of the idea giving various rea
sons why such a celebration should
be held in Cincinnati. While sum
ming up ttie probable character of the
celebration, the report said:
‘‘As to character, scope and plans,
these are matters for future consid
eration. It may take the form of an
exhibit of waterways, devices and
methods. It is suggested that there
be erected a monument commemora
tive of peace, the money to be raised
by popular subscription. This monu
ment is to occupy the center of a
small park or public square in Cincin
nati. The unveiling of this monu-!
ment would take place at the open
ing of the celebration during the
month of May, 1915, the fiftieth an
niversary of the restoration of peace.
Unlike expositions of the past, each
state representing the new south
would have Its own building in which
its resources, things of human inter
est and particular forms of amuse
ment and entertainment would he
found. No state would be restricted
as to the magnitude of its exhibit.”
bishop Pimtß is iiead.
Noted Prelate of New York Passes
Away After Long Illness.
Cooperstown, N. Y. Henry Coil
man Potter, seventh Protestant Epis
copal bishop of the diocese of .New
York, died at “Fernlelgh,” his sum
mer home, near here, after an illness
of several weeks.
Death was due primarily to embol
ism in the right leg, following a
long attack of liver and stomach
trouble, and the end had been fore
seen for some time by the bishop's
physicians. Bishop Potter suffered a
severe relapse, and though oxygen
was given him him decline was grad
ual and he sank into unconsciousness
which lasted until the end.
Henry Codman Potter was 74 years
old and a native of Schenectady, N.
Y. He had been at the head of the
New York diocese since 1877, succeed
ing his uncle, Henry Horace Potter.
Bishop Potter created a stir through
out the country several years ago,
when he took part at the dedication
of the subway tavern on Bleeeker
street, New York. He was noted for
his adovcacy of organized labor.
A few years ago Bishop Potter mar
ried Mrs. Elizabeth Striven Clark, his
second wife.
Bishop Potter was the son of the
Rev. Alouzo Potter, who was conse
crated bishop of Pennsylvania, in
1845. He was ordained a priest in
1858.
8,000,000 BAGS OF COFFEE
Owned b y Brazilian Government
Stops Stock Market Gambling.
New \ork City.—Gambling in cof
fee on the Now York coffee exchange
has almost ceased. This is true also
In regard to the coffee houses in Eu
rope. In two days there have been
only a few more than 20,000 bags of
coffee sold on the New York coffee ex
change. A year ago the dailv sales
were about 80,000 bags.
This condition has been hrought
•bout by the government of Brazil.
In 190 t there was an enormous crop
of coffee. To have marketed the whole
of the product would have sent prices
tumbling and Brazilian planters
would have been ruined. The coffee
had to be disposed of, and so the gov
ernment borrowed money, making the
coffee export duty on it security.
This coffee now owned by the gov
ernment amounts to about 8.000,000
bags. The government against this
has borrowed $45,000,000.
With this enormous holding the
government controls the market. As
prices have fluctuated so little, trans
actions on the exchange have been
made unprofitable.
RETURNS TO FACE CRIME.
Mexico Delivers Walker, the $500,000
Embezzler, to United States.
San Diego. Cal.—When the steam
er St. Deuis arrived from Ensenada,
she had on board William F, Walker,
the New Britain, Conn., absconder,
who was in custody of State Superin
tendent of Police Egan of Connecticut
and H. J. Hoffman, a detective.
Walker was rather a pitiable object
as he stepped ashore, stooped and
haggard. The newspaper men who
sought to interview him could get lit
tle more than a shake of the head,
and the remark: "It is a very fine
day.” He returned no answer to
many pointed questions that were put
to him.
| release: after long slavery.
Men Were Inticcd Aboard Ship and
Held in Peonage.
San Francisco, Cal. —Nineteen sur
j vivois of several hundred South Sea
| Islander kidnapped 18 years ago from
[ their native strand and sold into
I slavery among the coffee plantations
1 )f Guetemala, arrived here on the
steamer City of Para. They are free
and homeward bound and in addition
are traveling as tourists with the Brit
ish government paying expenses.
The natives were kidnapped by Cap
tain Blackburn, who visited the
islands in his steamer, the Montzeratt
and enticing them aboard, sailed away.
They were supposed to be contract
laborers bound to their Guatemalan
employers for three years.
Ignorant of the language and in a
strange land, they slaved until their
plight was made known to the British
government. This, however, was not
until 18 years had passed and most
of the natives had died.
Captain Blackburn wa3 lost at sea
in December, 1894, when the Montzer
ratt went down with all hands.
IS INMUNE TO RABIES.
Man Claims to Have Been Bitten by
Three Thousand Dogs.
New York City.—Dr. F. R. Jackson
of the Pasteur Institute was called
to Montclair, N. J., to make scientific
examination of David Steinfeldt, the
Montclair dog catcher, who, according
to the record he has kept during his
six years' service, has ibeen bitten
three thousand times by all manner of
dogs at least one of which was af
flicted with rabies.
Dr. Jackson made a close examina
tion, and Steinfelt, in answer to his
questions, said that he is frequently
affected by some of the symptoms
which usualy presage hydrophobia.
Steinfeldt has not yet decided
whether he will visit New York to
undergo scrutiny at the institute, as
he fears “experiments” may be con
ducted by the surgeons if he places
himself in their hands.
RUNNING FUR GOVERNOR.
Texas Blacksmith Making Race for
Governorship of That State.
Dallas, Texas.—Saturday the demo
crats of Texas will decide at their
primary whether to elevate a black
smith to the governorship or to retain
Governor Campbell in that office for a
second term.
The blacksmith who is opposing
Governor Campbell is H. R. Williams,
of Crumby. Williams served one term
in the legislature eight years ago.
His slogan against Governor Camp
bell is that the latter has injured
Texas by his extreme anti-corpora
lion policy.
W’illiams is literally hammering
himself along, for as he manages his
campaign he is carrying on his trade
at the anvil and shoes ill-tempered
mustangs and stubborn mules.
IN TOUCH WITH MINISTRY.
This Country Has Not Yet Recognized
New Government.
Washington, D. C. —Although the
American government has not official
ly accorded recognition to the govern
ment of Paraguay formed since the
recent revolution in that country, yet,
following the customary practices in
such cases, Minister O’Brien is in
touch with the ministry. This is de
sirable because a contingency may
arise whereby the United States may
have to call upon the existing provis
ional government for the protection
of American interests or make other
representations. Whether the United
States will recognize the new govern
ment is a question for future settle
ment and will depend upon whether
the new ministry will be able to
maintain peace and successfully car
ry out treaty relations.
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
Chairman Hitchcock of the republi
can party is in Colorado Springs,
Col., preparing for a bard fight in the
West.
William 11. Taft, who is at Hot
Springs, Va., has completed the
speech he will deliver in accepting
the republican nomination at Cincin
nati, July 28.
John W. Kern, democratic candidate
for vice president, made a visit to
his old home at Kokomo, Ind., and
was given a rousing reception. Laier
he made a short address.
Alabama delegates to the conven
tion of the Independence League,
which will be held in Chicago next
week, have decided to push the name
of M. W. Howard of Alabama for the
nomination of president of the United
States.
Virginia's independence League has
stated that John Temple Graves is
their preference for president of the
United States, provided William Rau
idolph llearst will not run.
Thomas E. Watson opens his cam
| paigu for president on the populist
ticket’ Thursday, July 22, in an ad
dress at Macon, Ga.
William J. Bryan has practically
completed his personal plans for the
campaign. It is his intention to make
ten or a dozen political addresses,
dealing with the vital issues as pre
sented iu the democratic platform,
but to deliver no stump speeches.
Mr. Bryan will go to New York
some time in August. It is said he
has determined to wage a fierce bat
tle iu that state, believing that, des
i pite his failure to get an eastern run
ning mate New Y'ork is debatable.
Ollie James of Kentucky has been
selected for the chairmanship of the
[democratic national committee.
FOR CONTEMPT OFCODRT
Gompers and Mitchell are Sum
moned to Appear.
VIOLATION OF INJUNCTION
Order Was Issued in the Farxous Boy
cott Case of the Buck Stove
Company.
Washington, D. C. —la the Buck
Stove and Range case, Justice Ander
son of the district supreme court,
summoned Samuel Gompera, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor; Secretary Frank Morrison of
that organization and John Mitchell
of the executive council and former
president of the United Mine Workers
of America to appear in court on Sep
tember 6th next, to show cause why
they should not be punished for con
tempt of the court’s injunction order.
The citation is based on a petition
of the Buck Stove and Range com
pany of St. Louis, which alleges that
an order issued by Justice Gould for
bidding an alleged boycott by the
American Federation of Labor has
been violated by the public utterances
and addresses of the three labor lead
ers named. It is also stated that
Gompers caused to be published in
The Federationist, the official organ
of the federation, a certain article re
flecting on the court’s decision, and
in alleged open defiance printing the
name of the Buck Stove and Range
company on the "we don’t patronize
list.”
Gompers is quoted as saying to sev
eral newspaper men: “So far as I am
concerned, I wish to state this: When
it comes to a choice between surren
dering my rights as a free American
citizen or violating the injunction of
the court, I do not hesitate to say that
I shall exercise my rights as between
the two.”
Other utterances are quoted which
it is alleged Gompers and Morrison,
in furtherance of an alleged plan to
nullify the court’s orders, have pub
lished editorially and which are oth
erwise offensive to the court’s decis
ion, including the name of the Buck
company. The references, it is claim
ed, were made for the purpose of
keeping alive the idea of the boycott
as it existed before the order of the
court, and were so framed as to affect
the sale of the company’s products.
John Mitchell, at a meeting of the
l nited Mine Workers last January,
put to a vote a resolution imposing a
fine of $5 on any member of that or
ganization who purchased a stove or
# rango of that company’s make. The
resolution also provides for the expul
sion of a member in default of pay
ment of the fine.
GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS.
700 Delegates from Southern Sttaes
Close Business Session at Asheville.
Asheville, N. C.—The Southern
Wholesale Grocers’ Association closed
its three days’ convention in this city
with the election of the following of
ticers;
President, J. Van Hoose, Birming
ham, Ala.; first vice president, H. A.
Foreheimer, Mobile, Ala.; second vice
president, W. B. Mallory, Memphis,
Tenn.; treasurer, S. W. Lee, Birming
ham, Ala.; secretary, Robert Moore,
Birmingham, Ala.
The following were elected to com
pose the advisory board: Adolph Sey
er, Arkansas; L. D. Cooper, Florida;
A. S. Pendleton, Georgia; James Han
dy of Monroe, La.; L. B. Rogers,
South Carolina; J. K. C. Wulbern,
Charleston: W. J. Dabbs, Tennesee;
J. R. Williams, Lynchburg, Va.
Hot Springs. Ark., was selected as
the next place of meeting.
MIMIC WARFARE
Naval Militia Having Sport Off Hamp
ton Roads.
Washhington, D. C. —Theoretically
rushing to the defense of Hampton
Roads, the most important naval base
on the Atlantic coast, the District of
Columbia naval militia has left Wash
ington for Alexandria, Va., there ship
ping on the cruiser JJTankee, which
is laying to off that city. Under com
mand of Commander Marsh of the
navy, a fleet of eight vessels will de
fend Hampton Roads and the navy
yard at Norfolk against the attacking
torpedo craft. A majority of the ves
sels of the defending forces will be
manned by the reserves of Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, New Jersey, North
and South Carolina and the District
of Columbia. The Yankee is a flag
ship. Other vessels participating are
the gunboat Isla De Cuba, the Sylvia,
the Vixen and the Prairie. There will
be half a dozen torpedo boats, two
submarines and possibly several de
stroyers. The program will include
everything from regular ship routine
and drill to theoretical battle.
STRIKE TROUBLE IN ALABAMA.
Deputies and Miners Clash —One Min
er Killed. Three Deputies Injured.
Birmingham. Ala. —Information was
received at the sheriff’s office that
one striker had been killed and three
deputy sheriffs wounded in a clash at
Johns, a mining tow n in the Blue
| Creek region.
j A special train with forty soldiers
was rushed to the scene. Several hun
dred strikers were marching upon the
1 property of the Tennessee company
when deputies ordered them to halt.
The strikers are said to have fired a
volley of shot and three deputies fell.
The deputies in turn fired and one
man was said to have been killed out
; right.
MEXICO FUR MEXICANS.
Policy i* Demanded By Editor* of the
Southern Republic.
Mexico City, Mexico. —The anti-for
eign fight in Mexico is assuming very
large proportions and a bitter contro
versy over the question is being
waged by the foreign and native
press.
La Patria recently printed an arti
cle in which it proclaims that the
time is ripe for a policy whose cry
shall be "Mexico for Mexicans.”
Most of the tirade is directed
against the “yankees,” a term of con
tempt used by Mexican editors in des
ignating Americans.
Among other things, La Patria de
clares that if Americans think the
governments of Argentine, Chile or
Brazil more enlightened than that of
Mexico they should journey to those
parts; the sooner the better.
After referring to the efforts on the
part of the foreigners against the pro
posed new mining law restricting in
corporations in Mexico, the paper has
| this to say:
“We repeat, out attitude towards
foreigners. We are not boxers, but
patriots, and when we take a given
decision we take it not as against for
eigners, but for the benefit of Mex
ico.”
"The minister of public works has
submitted to the executive of the
union the draft of anew mining law
which incapacitates foreigners from
acquiring mines in the frontier states
and foreign companies from acquiring
mines in any part of the republic.’*
WAGES FOR THE YEAR 1907
Were 3.7 Per Cent Higher Than in
1906—Some Interesting Figures.
Washington, D. C. —The average
wages per hour in 1907 were 3.7 per
cent higher than in .1906, the regular
hours of labor per week were 0.4 per
cent lower than in 1906, and the num
ber of employes in the establishments
invested was 1 per cent greater than
in 1906.
These are some of the facts of in
terest in a statement issued by the
bureau of labor as the result of an
investigation of the principal working
occupations in 4,169 establishments
representing the principal manufac
turing and mechanical industries of
the country. The article is entitled
“Rates of Wages and Retail Prices
of Food, 1890 to 1907.”
Investigations covering the sales of
1,014 dealers in sixty-eight localities
show that the real prices of thirty
principal articles of food, according
to consumption in representative
working men men’s families were 4.2
per cent higher in 1907 than in 1906.
As the advance in retail prices from
1906 to 1907 was greater than the ad
vance in wages per hour, the purchase
power of an hour’s wages, as measur
ed by food, was slightly less in 1907
than in 1906, the decrease being one
half of 1 per cent.
The average hourly wages in 1907
were higher than in any other year
of the eighteen-year period from 1880
to 1907, and more than 20 per cent
higher than the average in any year
from 1890 to 1900. As compared in
each case with the average for the
ten-year period, 1890 to 1900. As com
pared in each case with the average
for the ten-year period, 1890 to 1899,
the average hourly wages in 1907
were 28.8 per cent higher, the num
ber of employes 44.4 per cent greater
and the average hours of labor per
week 5.0 per cent lower.
DISMISSAL OF JOS. M. BROWN
Governor Hoke Smith Gives His Rea
sons in a Message to Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga. —In a special message
to the legislature Governor Hoke
Smith gave his reason for dismissing
Honorable Joseph M. Brown from the
Georgia railroad commission.
After stating that during his cam
paign speeches in 1906 he had an
nounced his intention of removing
Mr. Brown in event of his election,
Governor Smith asserts that after the
railroad commission had reduced pas
senger tariff in Georgia, Mr. Brown
had issued a pamphlet containing ar
guments arid statements adverse to
the reduction of passenger fares as
made by the railroad commission,
also arguments to show that the re
duction was not beneficial to the
masses of the people.
"The pamphlet encouraged litiga
tion by the railroad companies
against the railroad commission and
caused lack of harmony in the com
mission,” the message further states,
"and on August 20. 1907, I received a
j communication from Mr. Brown en
closing a ‘card’ sealed in a separate
envelope and a note stating that en
closed in the envelope was a card
which he had refrained from publish
ing. I was unwilling for Mr. Brown
in this way to force upon my atten
tion offensive matter which he had
refrained from publishing, and, there
fore, on August 21, 1907, I suspended
him and returned the smaller envel
ope to him seal unbroken.’’
MOST PRECIOUS OF METALS.
American Finds Uranium in Mexico.
Large Deposit.
Mexico City. Mex.—William Niven,
an American explorer and antiqua
rian, has returned from a trip to the
wilds of the state of Guerrero with
samples of uranium, the most preci
ous of all metals. An analysis of the
samples has been made by the direc
tor of the geological institute here,
and he declares that Mexico is des
tined to be one of the radium produc
ers of the world. Samples have also
been spent to the Smithsonian insti
tute at Washington. Mr. Niven claims
the deposit is a large one.
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Post.
OLDEST CHURCH ORGAN.
Found or Island of Gothland and in
Excellent State of Preservation.
In the Baltic Sea, forty miles from
the mainland, lies the Swedish island
Gothland, a Mecca for students oi
early Gothic architecture. In Wla
by alone, the chief town of the island,
with its population of 8,000 sou’s,
may be studied what remains of no
less than ten churches, some of which
date from the eleventh and twelfth
centuries. The oldest of them is the
Church of the Holy Ghost, completed
about 104 C.
Prof. Henmerberg, director in a Ger
man music school, and especially in
terested' in the study of mediaeval
organs, visited fifty-nine churches ia
Gothland, and in a little village called
Sundre came upon the remnant of
what is unquestionably the oldest
•known organ in existence. The case
alone has survived the fret of seven
centuries, the holes for pedals and
(manuals are placed as in modern in
struments, and inside one can see
the chamber for the bellows and judge
of their action; the exterior is adorn
■ed with paintings dating from about
1240.
When this ancient instrument could
no longer serve its original purpose
it was used as a sacristy and for the
Safeguard of holy vessels and vest
ments was kept in careful repair,
hence its excellent preservation to
our day.— Youth’s Companion.
DROPPED COFFEE.
Doctor Gains 20 Pounds on Postum.
A physician of Wash., D. C., says of
his coffee experience:
“For years I suffered with period
ical headaches which grew more fre
quent until they became almost con
stant. So severe were they that some
times I was almost frantic. 1 was
sallow, constipated, irritable, sleep
less; my memory was poor, I trembled
and my thoughts were often confused.
“My wife, in her wisdom, believed
coffee was responsible for these ills
and urged me to drop it. I tried
many times -to do so, but was its
slave.
“Finally wife bought a package of
Postum and persuaded me to try it,
but she made it same as ordinary
coffee and I was disgusted with the
taste. (I make this emphatic be
cause I fear many others have had the
same experience.) She was distressed
at her failure and we carefully read
the directions, made it right, boiled it
full 15 minutes after boiling com
menced, and with good cream and
sugar, I liked it—it invigorated and
seemed to nourish me.
T hat was about a year ago. Now
I have no headaches, am not sallow,
sleeplessness and irritability are gone,
my brain clear and my hand steady.
I have gained 20 lbs. and feel I am a
new man.
I do not hesitate to give Postum
due credit. Of course dropping coffee
was the main thing,but I had dropped
it before, using chocolate, cocoa and
other things to no purpose.
Postum not only seemed to act as
an invigorant. but as an article of
nourishment, giving me the needed
phosphates and albumens. This is no
imaginary tale, it can be substantiat
ed by my wife and her sicter. who
both changed to Postum and are
hearty women of about 70.
I write this for the information
and encouragement of others, and
with a feeling of gratitude to the in
ventor of Postum. “
Name given by Postum Cos., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville," In pkgs. “There’s a Rea
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