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FEARFUL CALAMITY IN TEXAS
Over Two Thousand Lives are Lost
In Tidal Wave at Galveston.
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Hurricane Swept Whole Coast With
Resistless Fury and Stories of
Death and Destruction Come
From Many Points,
A special from Houston, Texas,
state that the West Indian storm which
reached the gulf coast Saturday morn
ing wrought sad havoc in Texas. Re
ports are conflicting, but it is kuown
that an appalling disaster visited the
city of Galveston, where, it is report
ed, a thousand or more lives have
been blotted out and a tremendous
property damage incurred. Meager
reports from Sabine Pass and Port
Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of
life, but these reports cannot be con
firmed at this hour.
“The New York World of Monday
printed the following:
“Austin, Tex., September 9.
Information has just reached me
that about 3,000 lives have been
lost at Galvestion, with enormous
destruction of property.
“No information from other
other points. Jos. D. Sayers,
“Governor.”
CONFIRMATION OF GREAT DISASTER.
A special to The Memphis Commer
cial-Appeal from New Orleans says
that advices regarding the awful ef
fects of the storm which has been rag
ing along the gulf coast of Texas are
just beginning to arrive, and the story
they tell is fraught with horror. First
in importance is the news that Galves
ton was struck by a tidal wave, and
that the loss of life there was between
2,500 and 3,C00. The water is fifteen
feet deep over Virginia Point. Every
effort is being made out of New Or
leans to get telegraphic or cable com
munication with the wrecked city, but
to little avail. One message was re
ceived Sunday evening fixing the loss of
life at 2,600. It came by cable from
Vera Cruz aud was later confirmed in
a general way.
Great damage and considerable loss
of life is reported along the line of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad.
There is much anxiety about the Sa
bine Pass and Port Arthur.
The last news received from Sabine
Pass was Saturday at noon, and at that
hour the town was entirely surrouud
ed by water. The storm had not then
reached its height, nor had the tidal
wave which is reported to have swept
over Galveston, been announced.
However, at the time the last report
was sent out the people were fleeing to
the highlands for safety, and it is
hoped that they may have found
refuge in time. Port Arthur is not
so exposed to the waves as Sabine, but
the damage there is believed to have
been great.
Telegraph wires were down at Port
Lavaca, ltockport, Aransas Pass, Cor
pus Christi and Brownsville, on the
lower coast, and grave fears were en
tertained regarding the safety of the
inhabitants of those towns.
APPEAL FOR HELP SENT OUT.
A dispatch to The Chicago Chroni
cle from San Antonio, Texas, says
that the startling news has just flashed
over the wires informing Governor J.
D. Sayers that a messenger, at great
risk of his life, has just reached Vir
ginia Point from Galveston with the
report that 2,500 are probably dead as
a result of the fearful storm.
An urgent appeal to all Texas is
made for help. The messenger said
that the grain elevators at the water
front are wrecked and hundreds of
buildings have collapsed or were car
ried out to sea. The greatest distress
is said to prevail.
DEAD BODIES ON PRAIRIE.
The following telegram was received
from Houston by The Dallas News:
LITTLE FOOD IN PEKIN.
Commanders Suggest Partial With
drawal of Troops In Consequence.
The British, American, Japanese
and Russians are posting proclama
tions in Pekin defining the jurisdic
tion of their respective districts for
the preservation of order, promising
protection to the inhabitants and in
viting a resumption of business for
the purpose qf restoring confidence.
A scarcity of food seems inevitable,
owing to the fact that no produce is
arriving, and the various generals have
accordingly recommended a partial
withdrawal of the troops before wdnter
eets in because of the difficulty of pro
visioning theta.
HEAVY DAMAGE TO RICE.
stcrm Seriously Hurts Farmers Along
the flississippi River.
A trip over the storm - stricken sec
tion along the Mississippi river, start
ing some thirty! miles below New Or
v leans to the gnlf, shows
a rout 310t1,000 to the rice
orfarms, poultry, cattle
will double the
amou^^Hß^p r t ver rose six feet dur
ing flooded the section.
“Relief train just, returued. They
could not get closer than six miles of
Virginia Point, where the prairie was
covered with lumber, debris, pianos,
trunks aud dead bodies. Two hundred
corpses were counted from the train.
A targe steamer is stranded two miles
this side of Virginia Point, as though
thrown up by a tidal -wave.
“Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
Two men were picked up who floated
across to the mainland. They say they
estimate the loss of life up to the time
they left at 2,000.”
The above message was addressed to
Superintendent Felton Dallas and came
from the manager of the Western Union
telegraph office at Houston.
ENORMOUS PROPERTY LOSS.
The estimates of property losses
made by citizens of Galveston was
that 4,000 houses, most of them resi
dences, have been destroyed. Some
business houses were also destroyed,
but most of them stood, though badly
damaged.
The city is a complete wreck from
the water front and from the Tremont
hotel. Water was blown over the
island by the hurricane, the wind
blowing at the rate of eighty miles an
hour straight from the gulf and driving
the sea water before it in big waves.
The gale was a steady one, the heart
of it strikiug the city about 5 o’clock
Saturday afternoon and continuing
without intermission until midnight,
when it abated somewhat, although it
continued to blow all night.
A CORRESPONDENT’S ESTIMATE.
A correspondent of the Houston
Post returned from Galveston at three
o’clock Sunday morning. He places
the loss of life at from six hundred to
one thousand. At Virginia Point the
houses are all destroyed. The mem
bers of the crew of the relief train re
port four or five colored people drown
ed there and two children of a Mr.
Wright perished. At Dickinson the
buildings have been blown away and
several fatalities are reported.
The hurricane was particularly se
vere at Brookshire, twenty-seven miles
west of Houston, on the Missouri,
Kansas aud Texas railroad. Four dead
bodies were taken from the debris of
wrecked houses, and it is believed that
others have been killed. It is report
ed that only four houses are left stand
ing in Brookshire, which was a village
with a population of6oopeople.
Later reports received from Alvin
state that many persons were killed
there. Eleveu bodies havU been re
covered.
At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Woodstock
was killed by a falling house; Mrs.
Nickelsou and Louis Broquet were
drowned. S'. K. Mcllkenny, wife and
daughter aud Mrs. Leroy and two
children are missing. They were
known to have been in their cottages,
which were destroyed. The dead
body of a sailor was found under a cot
tage.
A report from Chenango says that
eight people were killed.
Not a house in the town of Chappell
Hill escaped damage, aud many were
demolished. Business houses also
suffered and a fine gin is a complete
wreck.
At Brenbam the courthouse was
nearly wrecked and the city hall com
pletely so. Every business house and
residence suffered to a greater or less
extent. The fire apparatus is under
the ruins of the city hall and a guard
is maintained for fire duty.
At Guston stores were unroofed and
residences destroyed. At Rock Island
the Baptist church was titallv wreck
ed and several residences unroofed.
Forty-two dwelling and business
houses were wrecked at Wallis.
At Fulshear fifty houses were blown
down. One person was killed near
the town by a falling house.
Iu Hardin county a large amount of
timber was blown down and there was
much damage to property at Village
Mills. No damage was done at Corpus
Christi or Bockport, on the lower
coast.
At Richmond three negroes were
killed by the collapse of a church and
three others were killed near there.
STRIKE HELD UP.
Request of Anthracite /liners Not Yet
Conceded By Executive Board.
The national executive board of the
United Mine Workers of America ad
journed sine die at Indinnoplis Sunday
without promulgating a formal in
dorsement of the application of the
miners of the anthracite districts for
permission to strike. At the close of
the session President Mitchell said:
“There is practically no change in
the situation since last night. If the
operators do not meet our demands
within a given time the strike will be
ordered upon the indorsement of Sec
retary Wilson and myself."
GERMANY ACTING UGLY.
Kaiser William Mak;s New Complies,
tions In the Chinese Muddle.
Advices from London state that the
deadlock in Pekin apparently con
tinues. It begins to look as if no
solution would be sustained, at any
rate before the arrival of Count von
Waldersee at Tien Tsin. Germany
seems to have introduced anew com
plication by endeavoring to organize
some kind of offensive movement in
the province of Chili.
BILL ARP’S LETTER
The Recent Riots In Akron and
New York Are Discussed.
FAVORS BUILDING “SECTIONAL” WALL
William Says Northerners Ifato People
of the South Any Way anti Negro
Question Is Not In It.
We thought that maybe the late
New York and Akron riots would even
up thiugs, and the south haters up
iu God’s country would call off
the dogs, but they are still blow
ing the same old horn. They are
hard up, however. Some of the
hounds have lost the trail, and all are
scattered aud there is no keynote to
rally them—the buglers don’t har
mouize. Some said that the riot
iu New York was owing to a corrupt
Democratic administration in that
city. The Akron horror called for an
other solution, and now they boast
that they saved the nigger, but if it
had been down south he would have
been lynched with Sam Hose tortures.
A late paper sent me as a marked copy
says that southern mobocracy lias
crossed the line and is affecting the
lower classes up north, just as a con
tagion spreads in unhealthy regions.
It all comes from the south, and there
is no quarantine to arrest its progress.
That’s bad and sad. Let’s build a
wall.
But seriously we must warn onr
good negroes not to cross the line. It
is dangerous. Keep away from Pana
aud New York. Stay at home and
cultivate our cotton aud corn and let
politics alone and yon ure in no dan
ger. Idleness is your curse. If I had
my way I would re-establish the old
patrol system and make every tramp
negro carry a pass or take a whipping.
I would empower the town marshals
aud the country constables to arrest
every vagabond on the highway and if
he eouldent give a good account of
himself he should be tied up and
dressed down. We old men know
that one good whipping has more
effect on a bad negro tliau five years
iu the chaingang. Even a hanging is
glory, for they are going straight to
heaven.
Last Saturday night a tramp negro
cut the slat from the blind of Mr.
Cary’s house and opened it and erawl
ed in and stole his paternal gold
watch aud his pocket book within
three feet of his head, while he was
sleeping. No doubt he was armed,
and wonld have shot Mr. Cary had h
waked up and resisted. The negro
took a night freight and was arrested
at Kingston and the watch was recov
ered, but he got away. We have got
to do something with these tramps.
Our chaingangs are full enough. I
repeat it, that no good, industrious
negro is in any danger in the south,
aud they know it. Jim Smith is the
biggest farmer in the state, and he
says there is no labor in the world
equal to that of well-regulated negroes,
and he knows.
But the spirit of mobocracy is not
confined to the race problem up north.
The lynching last Saturday at Gillman,
in Illinois, was against an old defense
less white woman—a doctress w ho was
suspected of causing a young girl’s
death by malpractice, but who had not
had a trial, nor had any intention to
harm the erring girl. A-*-nob of 250
men attacked her Ironso in the night,
and she defended herself and her home
and killed and wounded as many as
she could. They mortally wounded her
and burned her house; What kind of
civilization is that? Why dident they
hunt up the man who ruined the girl?
Our civilization down south has al
ways protected women, no matter
what they did. We will not hang
them for murder, for even old Mrs.
Nobles was sent to the chaingang.
Our women must have protection from
white brutes and black fiends, and we
would have rejoiced if somebody had
have given that scoundrel,. Dr. Wil
kerson, who ran away with his wife’s
sister, a hundred lashes before he was
turned loose in At lanta. That was a good
ease for a little mob law. t If the law
could not reach him the lash would.
Poor, helpless, pitiful worhan! How
you have to snffer in silenepe and live
and die with your wrongs 'unavenged.
How many hearts are breaking now
because of a husband’s tyranny or his
faithlessness to his marriage vows.
For her children’s salie she keeps
silent and buries her I secret in her
bosom.
I know of men who npade fame while
living, and on whose Tponumenis ful
some epitaphs are chi seled who dis
graced and dishonored the name of
husband. I know some who are not
dead who are doing the same thing
now, A woman chained to an un
principled man is the [most helpless
creatnre upon earth. I Promethius,
bound to tberock and tne eagles eating
his heart, was not wortie off. Black
stoDe says there is no wrong bnt has
a remedy. He was mista^® 0 - Women
have a thousand wrongs that are reme
diless. What kind of reupedy is di
vorce or separation or
the heart that is broken.
and honor that woman want*,
was promised her at
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conduct are hers, while he is at his
bank or store or office or shop or
maybe at bis clnb or billiard table.
There'was a time when the wife was
the husband's slave, according to the
law, aud the children were his prop
erty, aud it is hard to eradicate that
idea from some men’s minds in our
day. Woman has bern called the
weaker vessel, and u.e i the lords of
creation so long that it won’t obliter
ate. Girls, be careful to whom you
chain yourself for life. Better sew or
be a shop girl or a typewriter or a
school teacher or live with kindred or
friends and do housework than take
any risks. Marry a young man who
has good principles aud good habits,
and not much money. The love of
money is still the snme old curse, and
most of the young men want to make
it by short cuts and dishonest prac
tices. “Get money, get it honestly,
if thou caust, but at all events, get
money,” is still their motto.
The eager.graspingpnrsnitof money
is the curse of this age and generation.
Huntington is dead, and left his mill
ions behind, and his boast was that all
men were purchasable,aud when it was
to his interest he bought them,whether
they were legislators or congressmen,
or judges of the courts. He spent mill
ions that way.
Some of onr office seekers are doing
the same thing on a small scale —buy-
ing votes —yes, buying negro votes.
The white primary dideut nominate
them, and they have renigged aud re
niggered. A little whisky and a few
dollars will secure the darkies,aud the
fear is that the white primaries will
prove a failure. There are men
running for office as independents
who rely mainly on the negro
vote, and can’t be elected without it.
Such men ought t-o have the contempt
of every good citizen. They ought to
have coutempt for themselves, aud I
reckon they do. The negro who sells
his votqjs not half so depraved as the
white man who buys it. But we will
know by waiting, aud if the primary
proves a failure, then let us Lave the
Hardwick bill or something better,
and may the lord protect us from un
principled office seekers.— Bill Art
iu Atlanta Constitution.
REQUESTS AN ESCORT.
Li Hung Chang Is Willing to Visit
Pekin For a Peace Conference
With the Powers.
A New York Herald dispatch from
Tien Tain, August 28tli, via Che Foo,
September 3, and Shanghai, September
3, says:
It is reported that the American
minister approves of iuvititig Li Hung
Cluing to Pekin to negotiate on behalf
of China.
Those who know the viceroy best
regard him as insincere, incapable and
unreliable. In Pekin the government
is dead. It means either partition or
the maintaining of independent pro
vincial governments.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says Li Hung Chang fans made a re
quest for Amerioau escort to aceom
puuy him on his journey to Pekin, and
that United States Consul Goodenow
is considering his request.
Now that a proposal more in con
formity with the original American
recommendation has apparently met
with the approbation of at least a ma
jority of the powers, the British for
eign office has allowed it to become
definitely known that the British gov
ernment is of opinion that it is advisa
ble for the allied forces to remain at
Pekin until satisfactory arrangements
for peace., etc., are concluded with the
Chinese government.
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ROOSEVELT SARCASTIC.
Rough Rider Presents CtJ;ct Lesson
to His Detroit Audience.
The iniital meeting of Governor
Roosevelt’s western tour, which was
held in Detroit, Mich., Thursday
night, was all that the governor’s most
ardent partisans could havs desired
in the point of attendance and enthu
siasm. The floor and galleries of the
great hall were crowded and many
were unable to obtain standing r<om.
The vice presidential candidate re
ceived a tremendously enthusiastic
greeting.
When the governor arose to speak
the great crowd arose almost en masse,
and remained standing and shouting
for some time.
The governor’s speech occupied
about nn hour in delivery and was lis
tened to throughout with thoughtful
attention, aud the telling, sarcastic
and witty points were quickly caught
aud applauded. The governor gave the
audience an object lesson when he as
serted that our soldiers in the Philip
pines had less to fear from any body
of armed bandits in that country than
they had to fear from the principles of
the Kansas City platform and the suc
cess of the Democratic ticket.
He said five members of the regular
army were present and he a'-ked them
to stand up that the audience might
see their tyrants. Five soldiers from
the Fourteenth Fort
j Wayne, who seat,
ODELL NAMED
BY REPUBLICANS j
For Chief Executive of the Great State '
of New York.
PLAN WAS PREARRANGED
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Ex-Gov. Black Mada Nominating
Speech-Roosevelt on Hand. ,
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The Nw York state republican i
convention in session at Saratoga
Wednesday nominated the following
ticket:
For Governor—B. B. Odell, Jr., of .
Orange.
For Lieutenant Governor—Timothy
L. Woodruff, of Kings.
For Secretary of State —John T. Mc-
Donald, of Albany.
For Comptroller—William J. Mor
gan, of Erie.
For State Treasurer—John P. Jaeck
el, of Cayuga.
For Attorney General—John O.
Davies, of Oneida.
For State Engineer—Edward A,
Bond, of Jefferson.
The Republican convention, while
remarkable in some respects, was de
void of the interest engendered by
strife and uncertainty. The appear
ance of such men as former Governor
Black, Hon. Cliauncey Depew and
Governor Roosevelt attracted an audi
ence that filled every available seat in
the great convention ball. A great
majority of the spectators were
women.
The political features of the conven
tion were the return of former Gover
nor Black to the organization fold, the
demonstration accorded Abraham Gru
ber by his colleagues of the New York
delegation and the general prominence
given to those who have at times op
posed the organization.
It was a rather delicate task to im
pose upon Governor Black the duty of
naming the man whom he defeated
when an aspirant for the same nomi
nation four years ago, and of praisiug
the admiuistratin of another whose
nomination to the governorship meant
the retirement of Mr. Black two years
ago. Yet he performed both tasks
acceptably and was accorded a greet
ing which was excelled in its entlm
iasm only by that later accorded Gov
ernor Roosevelt. His was regarded by
many as the speech of the convention.
Chauticey M. Depew’s speech was
thoroughly characteristic. While the
applause throughout the convention
had been generous, it cannot he de
nied there was a general apathy, occa
sioned no doubt by the certainty of
prearrangement of every detail. It
was not until Governor Roosevelt en
tered the hall that anything ap
proaching tile usual convention de
monstration was witnessed. The greet
ing accorded him was iu the same
spirit manifested in Philadelphia.
HESSAGE AUTHENTIC.
Li hung Chang’s Cable to Atinlster at
London Was Correct.
The Chinese minister at London,
Chili Chen Lo Feng Lull, admits the
correctness, iu a general sense, of the
cable message sent to him, according
to Shanghai advices, by Li Hung
Chung, in which the latter is quoted
as saying:
“Our St. Petersburg minister
has persuaded Russia to leave
Pekin. You are useless if you
cannot persuade Englund."
The minister also says he lias sent a
powerful memorial to Lord Salisbury
urging him to adhere to the Russian
proposal to withdraw the allied forces
from Pekin, as he, Sir Chih Chen Lo
Feng Lub, believes it will pave the
way to a speedy settlement. The min
ister also said the Chinese people were
sick of the war; that the genuineness
of Li Hung Chang’s plenipotentiary
powers was undoubted and that Li
Iluug Chang was working in full
sympathy with the emperor, dowager
empress and privy council, all of
whom favored peace.
Sole Heir to /Tillions.
The will of David Hinton was pro
bated at Cincinnati Tuesday. The
estate is valued at from 515,000,000 to
$20,000,000 and Mrs. Charles P. Taft,
the only heir, is made executrix with
out bond. Hinton made many be
quests in his will, but paid them all
before he died.
RESULT OF VHWno.NT ELEC HON.
Unoffx'al Figures Indicate Republican
Majority of Thirty thousand.
The election returns for Vermont
have all been sent in. A careful scru
tinv of the county returns based on
official returns in all but a few towns,
and in these, unofficial figures being
used, show that Btickney, Republican,
for governor, has a plurality of 31,468,
and a majority over all of 30,192.
Prince Tuan Hiding Out.
According to a dispatch from Shang
hai, it is reported there that Prince
Tuan is hiding within easy reach of
Pekin, awaiting the result of the pres
ent conference of the powers.
••Oflno SIGNIFICANCE.”
f£hus Doth Mark Hanna Characterize
the Vermont Election.
level and, 0., Thursday, Sena
was a‘-ked for an expression
HHBkult of the elc ction in Ver
i• 1 the temperance •iiii.s-
MMlnHXlßMWllargel v iut- • the issue in
st-Si’S he -1.1 not le-lieve
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COUNCIL RELENTED
Atlanta’s Mayor Apologized and
Impeachment Trial Was
Called Off.
Mayor James G. Woodward, of At
lanta, has been given another chance
to redeem himself and retain his job.
The impeachment proceedings,
which charged drunkenness, neglect
of duty and irregularity, in that he,
while drunk, signed a contract for 100
cars of coal when he should have sigu
ed for only fifty, wore withdrawn fif
teen minutes before the impeachment
trial was scheduled to begin. His
apology to couuoil was accepted, aud
he is now to be mayor of Atlanta so
long as he übstaius from sti’oug drink
and attends to the duties of his office.
The impeachment trial was fixed for
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Short
ly before tiiai hour Judge H. M. Reid,
of the civil branch of the city court,
who was to have presided, was notified
by City Attorney Anderson that the
trial wonld uot be belli, as the pro
ceedings had been stopped by the ac
j tiou of council.
All of this charity work was not ac
complished until after one of the most
I interesting sessions that has been
I held by the city council of Atlanta,
j Home eloquent speeches were- made
by the members of that body, both
for and against the withdrawal of the
impeachment proceedings.
Following is the letter of resigna
tion signed by the mayor:
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3, 1900.—T0
the Honorable General Couucil of tha
City of Atlanta —Gentlemen: I here
with tender this, my resignation, to
your honorable body and give the
same to Councilmen Rawson and Har
well, to be handed in by them at their
discretion and to be effective when so
transmitted to yon.
J. G. Woodwaiid, Mayor.
After the session of couucil, the
resignation was handed Councilmen
Rawson and Harwell, and by them it
will he tendered council when they
deem it necessary to do so. As has
been stated, they will consider it to
the best interests of the city to tender
the resignation as soon as they have
positive knowledge that the mayor has
taken one drink of an intoxicating
beverage.
BROWNLOW-EVANS FACTIONS
Meet In Nashville and Effect a Satis
factory Compromise.
After a fourteen hours’ session and
exchange of propositions, the cam
paign committee of the Browulovr and
Evans factions at the meeting in
Nashville reached a compromise short
ly after midnight Wednesday morning,
under the terms of which there is to
be but one state and electoral ticket
in the field. Under the terms of the
compromise the Evans men get the
electors in the third, fifth, sixth and
tenth congressional districts and one
elector for the state at large.
Both candidates for railroad com
missioner are to be withdrawn and
W. P. Chamberlain, of Knoxville, is
to be made the nominee. W. F. Pos
ton, the Evans nominee for governor,
is to withdraw in favor of John E.
McCall, the Brownlow nominee for
governor. The Evans men will add
ten members to the Brownlow state
committee.
Evans men get the organization in
Rutherford, Bradley, Rhea, DeKalb,
McNairy, Crockett, Gibson and Shel
by counties, while the Brownlow side
gets the organization iu White, Bed
ford, Davidson, Benton, Weakley,
Obion, Dyer, Coffee and Putnam
counties. The Evans state organiza
tion disbands.
TRANSPORT IS SAFE.
Delay of the California Was Caused
By a Broken Propeller.
The war department Tuesday re
ceived the following cablegram:
“Manila, September 4. —Adjutant
General, Washington: Transports
Meade and California arrived today.
Latter delayed Guam, broken propel
ler. MacArthub."
The Meade carried a squadron of the
Third cavalry, battalion of the Fif
teenth infantry and a company of en
gineers. This force originally was in
tended for China, but was diverted at
Nagasaki for Manila.
The Colifornia was about ten days
overdue. It is reported that 700 tons
of commissary stores, which she car
ried, have been damaged or destroyed.
How this occurred was not stated iu
the brief cable by the war department.
Georgia Is Doing Nobly.
The Georgia funds for the India
famine relief movement have reached
the sum of $5,425.26. This is an in
crease since the lust published report
of nearly $1,400; a wonderfully large
contribution. The state has nobly
done her part toward the relief of the
famished ones.
Eight-Hour Day Wanted.
The convention of postoffice clerks
at Atlantic City ordered a bill drafted
to be presented to congress fixing
eight hours as a day’s work, and limit
ing forty-eight hours to a full week’s
employment. This is the same privil
ege as railway clerks and carriers en
ioj.
UNIFORM SALARIES FAVORED.
A Bill Before Congress Is Indorsed By
the Letter Carriers.
The letter carriers’ national conven
tion iu session at Detroit, passed a
; resolution indorsing the bill pending
in congress providing uniform $1,200
salaries for carriers. President Gom
pers, of the Federation of Labor, in a
brief address urged that the associa
tion wonld tie a greater gainer it.
strength if it wonld affiliate with the
American Federation of Labur.