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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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Hy Private Least* Wire.
New York, July 2.—The funeral of
Frank Lindstrom's father, with the
youth ns one of the chief mourners,
was turned Into a double burial, and
1 young: Lindstrom’s body waa interred
beside that of his parent.
This tragic change was due to a lire
at Undstrom
morning, at
sacrificed his <
his father’s body
Some curtains In t
All of the mourners
of young Llndstro
firemen reached tl
the young man’s
that of his fnther.
vfilch* tin
vn llfo in
rly In the
young man
tying to save
from the names,
te room caught fire.
, with the exception
n, tied When the
» scene they fount
body lying besid
PREFERRED TO STAY
WITH HER MOTHER
YOUNG HOLLAND LOSES
BRIDE IN LEGAL FIGHT
KILL BUCKETSHOPS
BROUGHTON URGES
SAYS A “NOTORIOUS LAWYER*
HAS BEEN EMPLOYED TO
LOBB* AGAIN8T BILL.
I*. Lea 0. Broughton called on the Geor*
■fa legislature to kill licensed gambling
In the form of bueketshops In Georgia ia
his Sdndsy night sermon.
He exhibited ns reason for passage of
the peodlog measure the little red satchel
of n farmer who la said to have dropped
SK.000 la buoketsbop speculation. The satch
el was filled with receipts for money be
bad lost in such nlnces.
lie likened bocketsbop ps-wrietore to vsl-
tun*'who proreed to fill their pockets with
the gains of those who ran 111 afford the
ims. Dr. Broughtoa snl<i m mm M
stadjlng the methods of these shark* for
TMrs. and It was a game of robbery pure
ssd simple. Among other thing* he^id:
Taketh# who,, pin, Of
baiinese In Georgia. and they are,th* rec
ul.r inialder* who nr. branded In every
ettte in th. nnlnn. They nr« Iho verr
MlnP of tb.ni, that Governor Toll:
in At of bl. state. It I. nn nwfnl nmli
3 ball. I know what I nr «»d I ran
oror. It If one wblt of It 1. denied. ra III'
SITlfbl.il to meet Ih.lr paid lobbyist on lb•
toor of tb. legislature and .bow him
tbit an,. Will h. .cc.pt tb. challenge?
1 (hire him to do It.
••What ought we to dof There I* nlretdy
« law against them. The supreme court
B » so decided In past yenra. Hot the legla-
tare last terra did the fool tiling of put
ting a license tax upon them, and recently
the supreme court has said that this make*
them legal. This hn* tied our hands anil
turned the filthy mob loose upon onr people.
•If it Is urged that It will afTert the cotton
bnslncs. I say not so. North Carolina has
abolished them, and It has not affected the
cotton mill Imslnsaa. There is plenty of
hralas In the legislature tote. tW Kill
the damnable bucket shop; he Is th* chap
STRUCKJYLIGHTHING
FITZGERALD WA8 VISITED BY A
HEAVY STORM SATURDAY
WITH DAMAGE.
will pt bill, nml save our >lai« from tbc
greatest ctlrse we ever bail. Tb.r Mo.
rbret, it..!, mnnlpuUt. tl« irlM. nml
work otli.r dst*#: .11 tbl. whll. tho poor
victim «■ 1.1 to suppose ta li engaging In
ijmnlr a amt of cum. All tbcic "hargis
ess lie proesn. Tb.r know It, and they
A- not com. In the opvn and deny It.
^®fcre la not a Marker record out of bell
y than tb.r hare rot."
I FATHER WAS KILLED
V BUT SON UNHARMED
J Fperlal to Tbc (loorRlnn.
I Alexandria, La., July 2.—Standing at
■ the aide of hie son In the doorway of
I an outbouae, where they sought refugo
J from a atorm, Washington BynArd, a
prominent farmer of Kffle PMtofncr,
I Aroy.le, pnrlsh, was H truck by'light*
I I nlnf tnd Killed, but his boy was not
hurt.
Named by Acclamation.
FpwllI to The Ueorglnn.
A,bovine, N. C.. July 2.—The Demo-
crata of the Tenth congressional dis
trict nominated Hon. w. T. ' 'rnwfont
os the next candidate for congress to
succeed Hon. \V. M. CJudgrr, Jr., hy
scclsmatlon In the convention held
here Saturday. *
Special to The Georgian.
Fitzgerald, July 2.—A. terrlflc rain
and wind storm, accompanied by fre
quent lightning, struck this city from
the northwest at 12:45 o’clock Satur
day. One large building under con
struction was demolished, and the
First Baptist church steeole was struck
by lightning and set on Are. By splen
did work In a drenching rain tho de
partment saved the main building. The
damage Is about 2200.
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 le thought serious damage result,
ed In the direct path of the storm,
which passed north of the city.
DAMAGE AT MONTICELLO
BY SUNDAY STORM.
Special to The Georgian.
Montlcello, Ga.. July 2.—Consider
able damage was caused here yester
day afternoon by an electrical atorm
which passed over the town at 3
o’clock.
An unfinished residence and out
house 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 roof of J. H. Kelly's store was
torn off.
A heavy rain followod.
TWENTY-SEVEN LAWYERS
PASS TENNESSEE EXAM.
Bl COUNTY POLICE
Negroes who prefer sitting In the
shade end picking a banjo to Yielding
a pick and shovel In the sun would do
well to do their "banjo picking outside
of Fulton county. The cdunty police
as well as the Atlanta department are
making a war on vagrants and the
jail Is being filled with Idle negroes.
Six husky specimens were rounded
up Monday morning by the county po
lice department and the docket for
“first Monday" in Juflge Calhoun's
court shows a k*K list of vagrancy
charges. There Is work for overv able
bodied laborer In the county ana con-
tr.ii’tims f.’i r*•:111 hull.Jim; on.I .uh.r
public works are trying In vain to hire
laborers at from $1.25 to $1.50 n day.
It Is the Intention of the authorities to
ml thf i ity ;u;-l « —ir.ty <-f tin* \ uniant
rl:i«H, Whirl, i - ft • II th«* criminal
class as well.
Special to The Georgian. •
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—Hons.
S. L. Cockroft and Robert Burrows,
members of the state board of law
examiners, have graded the papers of
the students who stood the examina
tion'for practicing law In this stato
here recently. Twenty-seven young
men passed and will be admitted to
the bar.
FORMER GEORGIAN DIES
OF APPENDICITIS
Sprrlnl to Th. Georgina. -
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 2.—J. O.
William., n well-known contractor and
former grocer, who earn, to thl* city
eoveral yean ago from Cartenvltle.
Go., I. dead aa the re.ult of appendl-
cltli. He waa 42 yean of age and
leave* one brother In thl. city. IL A.
William., who It a prominent citizen.
MET HORRIBLE DEATH
IN NEWJfELL SHAFT
BOY FALLS HEAD FOREMOST IN
TWELVE-INCH HOLE AND
SUFFOCATES.
TAX RETURN ROOKS
OPEN FEW OAYSMORE
"I will keep open the tax return
book* a few daye longer," eald Thomas
M. Armletend, etnto and county tax re
ceiver, Monday morning, 'in order to
permit belated property ownen to
make returns Just how mnny days t
cannot sny. It 1* Just a matter of ac
commodation."
The office of the receiver wa*
crowded Monday' morning and a largo
number of r. turns we re receive,]. Mr
Armletead atntcs that the number line
reached about 2,000 mere than at thle
date last year, tho total being about
25,000. No Idea of tho values repre
sented can bo had until tho figures nro
added, which wilt bo not before the
middle of August.
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O
RETIRES REGULARLY, O
BUT HAS NOT SLEPT O
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. O
Special to The Georgina.
Abbeville, La., July 2.—A boy of 5
years, straying from his 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 hours. A 12-Inch
augur was being ueed In tho work and
the well had attained a depth of 18
feet when the hand* knocked oft for
dinner. When the laborers returned
and prepared to resume work they dis
covered the child’s predicament. At
tempts to rescue him with hooks and
lassoes were futile. Then enlarging the
hole wae tried with the result that the
child woe suffocated by the small par
ticles of dirt which were dislodged. It
required two daye to recover the body,
because of the hardness of the ground.
Appropriation Increased.
Specie! to The 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 Frazier and Congress
man Moon were successful In having
the appropriation Increased to this
amount.
The money will be used In purchas
ing a site and building an addition to
tho custom house.
Dies After Brief lllnet*.
Special to The Georgtsn.
Newberry, 8. C., July 2.—Mis* Rotf-
erta Lathan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Lathan, of Little Mountain, died
at her home In that place on Wednes
day morning after a short illness.
Miss Lathan waa 18 years of age.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Little Rock, Ark., July 2.—
Georgo Robins, 72 years of nge,
of Rogers, has not slept any for
fifteen years.
Mr. Robins moved to Rogera
several years ago from Nebras
ka. About 15 years ago he suf
fered a severe attack of la
grippe, since which time he has
not closed hie eyes In a single
sound, peaceful sleep. He holds
the position of night watchman
for the town of Rogera. After
being relieved In the morning
from hie duties by Town Mar-
O i shat John Shlnpaugh, Mr. Rob-
O Ins goes- to his home on West
O Walnut street and retiree, but
O does not sleep. O
O O
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Young Wife in Short Skirt Called
to Witness Stand—Refused
to Greet Husband.
PRESBYTERIAN NURSES
GRADUATED TUESDAY
Neat Invitations were Issued Satur
day to the friends and relatives of the
nurses of the Presbyterian hospital
and to the many friends of tho Insti
tution, announcing the annual com
mencement exercises which will be held
at the hospital on Tuesday evening nt
8 o'clock. An unusually Interesting
program has been prepared for tbe
happy occasion aa follows:
Music.
Prayer. . • • '\ 1
^Presentation of diplomas—Dr. A. R.
Holderby, president
Presentation of pine—Dr. EL C. Davis.
Address to graduates—Rev. Richard
Orme Fllnn.
Report to medical staff—Dr. C. W.
S trickier.
Benediction—Rev. T. H. Rice, D. D.
The graduates follow: Misses Lucy
Wright Maude H. Swift, Nan J. Cald
well, Pauline Winn, Mary Pearl Fee-
beck, Elsie McCandlleh and Vests
Clalro Johnson.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Moultrie, Ga., July *.—By the con
sent of the bride and a decree of the
court of ordinary, Mrs. Jease H. Hol
land, nee Peterman, who eloped from
her home near midnight about a month
sgo and was married and subsequent
ly taken from her husband by rela
tives, will disobey the marriage con
tract and live with her mother, Mrs.
Laura Peterman. 1
Mr*. Holland was taken from the
state two necks ago to evado the of.
flMSL who tatade an attempt to eenre a
writ of habeas corpus on the mother
who rctuhird tl.T. Sul.-1...|\|. :it]\ . .Mu
se) advised her to return.
Tho mother and daughter appeared
In court together, the young woman
wearing a dress almost to her knees
and looking a perfect child. As they
entered Into the bar Inclosure young
Holland, who was sitting near tho en
trance, arose end attempted to greet
his bride with a handshake. Mrs. Hol
land shrank away from him and drew
her hand behind her.
The court houso wee crowded while
lb ■ ■ l.i 1 i.i.l ii I n,'., nun,
bar of wltneeae* were Introduced by
both eldcs, among them bring the hus
band and th* mother of tho girl. The
latter testified that her daughter woe
only It and not well matured In mind
nnd body for a girl of that nge, and
waa entirely Incapable of choosing
wisely In a marriage agreement.
The scene was dramatic when the
counsel for the plaintiff called the
young woman to tho stand and asked
her If she preferred to live with her
mother or was It her desire to go with
her husband. After some hesitation,
the reply waa that she preferred to
stay with her mother. At this point
the plaintiff's eour.ee! announced that
they would withdraw their proceed
ings, sad the JtatM ItMal ta* grasr
directing her to the care of her mother.
The groom mi very bitterly disap
pointed. but accepted th* situation with
MeaaMg agabood. He bad totd Jils
attorneys that ho did not desire to llvo
with her against her will.
REDUCED R. R. RATES
FOR FOURTH OF JULY.
The W. & A. R. R. and N. C. & 8t.
L. Railway will sell cheap round trip
tickets to all points south of the Ohio
and Potomac and east of the Missis
sippi 'river, Including St. Louis,
Evansville and Cincinnati, at one and
one-third fares; tickets to be sold
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. R. R.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
General Pass. Agent
PEACHES ARE DESTROYED
AND CHICKENS KILLED
llpeclal to The Georgian,
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 8.—The re-
cent hall and wind atorm which raged
In this section did much damage to
the peach trees and young chickens.
Trees laden with fruit were blown
down and chickens wera killed by tho
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 Discounts
on Quantities,
Give Width of
Stak6S.
E. D. CRANE & CO.
Front New Depot.
All Sizes,
Big Stock,
Quick
Shipment
OF
LOW RATES VIA
GEORGIA RAILROAD
%
Account 4th July.
Tickets on sale July 2d, 3d and 4th, limited to
July 8tli, at rate of one aud ouc-third fare for
round trip.
For full Information qppljr to any ticket agent of tho Georgia
Railroad.
R. E. MORGAN, General Agent.
J)
DOMINICK PARDONED
FROM PARISH PRISON
Fpeclul to Tbe Georgian.
New Oricanm. left., Juljr 2.—Dominick C.
O'Malley, principal owner of the New Or*
lenna Item, an afternoon dally, hna been
pardonod from Orient)* parish prison, where
be baa bean serving a term for criminal
libel.
O’Mnllcy Waa anutenceil to servo eight
..jonths aud pnr a fine of loW for libeling
Mayor Martlu flchrman. of tbla city. Tb®
recommendation! for O'Malley's pardon,
lgned l»y the trial Jarir®. lion. JoabuA O.
Inker. nnd Atlorney General Onion, waa
placed In Governor Illanchnrd'a hand*
lit ton linage by Attorney K. A. 0 Holllvma.
who made n hard bnt fruitless fight before
the courts for O'Malley. Governor filanch-
nrd algnod tho papers after examtulng
them.
NEW BOARD OF TEACHERS
FOR PALMER INSTITUTE
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Oxford, Oil, July 1.—It hn* bean of
ficially announced hero that a new
board of teachers will be placed In
Palmer Institute st the opening of the
term In September.
Professor N. A. Ooodyeor, of the
Emory Hummer School, will •succeed
Professor L* 11. Bandlford as principal,
while Mias Cora Anthony, of Newborn,
nnd MHh Catharine Butter, of Coving
ton, will take tho plnre* of Mtsees
Fannie singleton and Nell Lowry.
PORTRAIT AGENT SUES
OFFICERS FOR DAMAGES
Special *o Tbe Georgina.
Orlfiln. On- July 2.—Selgfirled Flelss.
a traveling portrait mnn, wnn nrrewteil
In this city several days ngo by Police
man Maddox and carried before Jus
tice Mills for n commitment trial.
When the coso was called the claim
was ipade that tho officer really had
no authority to mnko tho nrrent, a* ho
had no criminal wurrant, the only
thing being against tho man wa* a
possessory warrant, nnd thnt waa In
tho hands of a county officer. The
Justice released FIcIsm and now he hna
Instituted n suit for ll.ooi) damages
ngnlnat Officers Maddox and Brown.
JACKSON IS HANGED
FOR DOUBLE MURDER
fipeclal to The Georgian.
Greenville, tla., July 1-J'rnnk Jack non.
a negro, was hanged here Friday fur tb**
murder of n nepo woman and ber Infant
child sear Ode®sndnle several months ago.
xpressed n di'Hlro to sny a few i
to tb®
id*er. He
hnd
*.| In
b am
lie tnlil tbst t
reeoaetlsd to |L
This Is tbe first hnngl
In about twelve yeprs.
1 them ng
currying of ttren
pi 1*11(1 red f-» die
WOMEN IN PACKINGTOWN MENACED BY SUPERIORS;
SOCIAL PERILS ARE POINTED OUT IN “THE JUNGLE"
Upton Sinclair's Story Depicts
Evils That Girls in the Beef
Houses Face to Keep
Miserable Positions.
. CHAPTER X—(CONTINUED).
The girls worked at a long table,
tnd behind them walked a woman with
^ pencil and notebook keeping count of
the number they finished. This woman
Wl1 * of course, only human, and some
times made mistakes; when thla hap
pened there was no redress—If on Sat
urday you got leaa money than you
htd earned you had to make the beat
of It But Marlja did not understand
this and made a disturbance. Marlja'a
disturbances did not mean anything
n «nd while ahe had known only Ltthu-
oolan and Polish they had done no
Jof®. for the people only laughed at
b aiM * mode her cry.
But now Marlja was able to call
r J*®** *n English, and so she got tho
who made the mistake to dls-
«uf her. Probably, os Marlja claim-
SILVER BASKETS.
e arc showing some very
attractive patterns in these
much-sought piece's. The
smiths who have wrought
tlieiu have so admirably car
ried out the artistic ideals of
the designers that the result
is entirely pleasing.
Grace, elegance and supe-
* or ,v orkmanship are char-
< teristic of all our silver-
fam.
MAIER & BERKELE.
ed, the made mistakes on purpose after
that: at any rate, she made them, and
the third time It happened Marlja went
on tho warpath and took tho matter
first to the foretadjr, and, when she sot
no satisfaction there, to the superin
tendent.
This waa unheard-of presumption,
but th* superintendent said he would
see about It. which Martja took to
mean that she whs going to get her
money. After waiting three daye she
went to see the superintendent again.
This time th* man frowned, and said
that he had not had time to attend to
tt: and when Marlja, against the ad
vice and warning of every one, tried tt
once more, he ordered bar back to her
work In a passion.
Just how thing* happened after that
Marlja waa not sure, but that after
noon the forelady told her that her
services would not hs any longer re
quired. Poor Marlja could not have
been more dumfounded had the woman
knocked her over th* head: at first she
could not believe what she had heard,
and then she grew furious and swore
that she would come anyway: that her
place belonged to her. In th* end eh*
eat down In the middle of th* floor and
wept and walled.
It was a cruel lesson, but.then Mari-
ja waa headstrong—she should haro
listened to those who had had expe
rience. Th* next time she would know
her place, ea th* foreledy expreeeed It:
and so Marlja went out. and the family
faced tb* problem of an existence again.
It was especially hard thla time, for
Gna waa In 111 health, and Jurgt* wae
trying hard to save up money for thla
II* had heard dreadful stories of the
mldwlres, who grow as thick as fleas
In Packlngtown, and he had made up
his mind that Ona must have a man
doctor. Jurgis could be very obstinate
when he wanted to, and he was In this
case, much to th* dismay of the wo
men who felt that a man doctor wae
an Impropriety, and that the matter
really belonged to them. The cheapeet
doctor they could And would charge
them 215, and perhaps more when the
bill came In, and her# was Jurgls de
claring that he would pay It, even If
ho hod to atop eating In the meantime!
Marlja had 'only about twenty-five
dollars left. Day after day ah* wan
dered about the yards begging a job,
but this time without hope of finding
It. Marlja could do the work of an
able-bodied roan, 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 the fam
ily learned It along with her—that
when you have once got a job In Pack
lngtown you hang on to It, como what
will.
Four weeks Marlja hunted, nnd half
of a fifth week. Of course eh* stopped
paying her dues to the union. She had
about made up her mind that she waa a
lost soul, when somebody told her of
an opening, and she went and got a
place as a "beef trimmer.” She got
thla because the hose saw that she had
the muscles of a man, and so he dis
charged a man and put Marlja to do
his work, paying her a little more than
' tlf what he had been paying before.
When she first came to Packlngtown
Martja would have scorned such work
aa this. She v.ne In another canning
factory, and her work waa to trim the
meat of those diseased cattle that Jur
ats had been told about not long befdrs.
She waa shut up In one of the rooms
where tho people seldom saw th* day
light; beneath her were the chilling
rooms, where the meat was frozen, and
above her were the cooking rooms;
and eo she stood' on an Ice cold floor,
whll* her head was often so hot that
she could scarcely breath*.
Trimming beef off the bones by the
hundred-weight, while standing up
from early morning till late at night,
with heavy boot! on and the floor al
ways damp and full of puddle*, liable
to he thrown out of work Indefinitely
because of a Blackening In the trade,
liable again to he kept overtime In
rush seasons, and. be worked nil she
trembled In every nerve and lost her
grip on her slimy knife, and gave her
self a poisoned wound—that was th*
new life that unfolded Itself before
Marlja.
But because Martja waa a human
horse she merely laughed and went
at It; It would enable her to pay ber
board again, and keep the family go
ing. And as for Tamoaslua—well, they
had waited a long time, and they could
wait a little longer. They could not
possibly get along upon his wages
alone, and the family could not live
without hers. He could come end
visit her, and ell In the kitchen and
hold her hand, and he must manage to
be content with that
But day by day the music of Tamos-
slue’ violin became more passional*
and heart-breaking; and Marlja would
alt with her hands clasped and her
checks wet and all her body a-trem-
bl*.
Marlja'a leeeon cam* Just In time to
save Ona from a similar fate. Ona,
too, was dissatisfied with her place,
and had far more reason than Marlja.
She did not tell half of her story at
home, because she saw It wae a tor
ment to Jurgls, and ahe waa afraid
of what he might do. For a long tlmo
On* bad seen that Mice Henderson,
the foreledy In her department, did
not Ilk* her.
At first she thought It was the old-
time mistake she had made In ask
ing for a holiday to get married. Then
aha concluded It must be because eho
did not give the forelady a present oc
casionally—she waa th* kind who took
presents from th* girls, Ona, learned,
and mad* all sorts *f discriminations
In favor of those who gave them,
the end, however, Ona discovered that
It wa* even worse than that. Miss
Henderson was a new-comer, and It
was some time before rumor mad* her
out', but Anally It transpired Jnst what
her status was. The superintendent of
the department had put her there to
keep her quiet, It seemed—and that
not altogether with success, for once
or twice they had been heard quarrel
Ing.' She had the temper of a hyena,
and soon the place she ran waa
witch's caldron.
There were some of tbe girls who
were of her own sort, who were will
ing to toady to her and flatter her,
and thee* would carry tales about th*
rest and so tbe furies were unchained
In th* place. Worse than this, the
woman lived In a disreputable house
down-town.
In the slack season some of them
would go. with Mias Henderson to this
house down-town—In fact. It would
not be too much to aay that she man
aged her department at Brown's In
conjunction with It. Sometimes wo
men from the house would be given
place* alongside of decent girls, and
after other decent girls had beeu turn
ed out to make room for them.
When you worked In this.woman’s
department th* house down-town was
never out of your thooghts all day—
there were always whiffs of It to be
caught. Ilk* th* odor of the Packing-
town rendering plants at night, when
th* 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 plnre ona would not have
stayed a day but for starvation; and.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
The story of 'The Jungle,” Upton Sinclair’s novel, which caused the
government Investigation Into the methods employed by th* Beef Trust,
has Its origin In an actual Packlngtown romance.
Th* first chapter shows a broad-shouldered butcher being wedded to
a young girl who sees In him a hero. The wedding. In all Its grotreque-
nese, la deiirrtheil. I
Practically* penniless, Jurgls tells hi* bride she shall not return to
work In the packing house—he will work early and'lst*.
on arriving In Chicago, J. Siedvllan, a Lithuanian, who ran s delica
tessen store In Packlngtown, guided Jurgls, Ona, Mnrlja and th* re
mainder of tb* party through the stock yards, after he bad given them
lodging. t
Th* little coterio decided to purchase a house. They were to pay 211
a month for It. They And they have been swindled—that th* company
charges such Interest that they will be unable lo pay. I
Jurgls refused lo Join a labor union that would have promoted the
Interests of all. He did not understand that the life was being worked out
of him.
The little family discovers that the real estate agent of the Packing-
town eoncem for which 'Its mature members worked had taken advan
tage of their Ignorance, and thrust Into the lease of tho house a clause
compelling them to pay exorbitant Interest on th* structure. Htanbrtovas,
the youngest of the party, wa* sent to work. Th* certlflcat* of age held by
him lied. It said he waa it. He was ytars younger. Ona, too, was forcarl
to soak a job. She paid 110 aa tribute to th* forelady who angagad her.
Jurgls' health le falling from the terrible grind, and Ona Buffers for weeks
with excruciating pains because of dampness and overwork.
Martja loaas har position because th# factory cloaaa down, and Anta-
nas dlss of ths tsrribi* grind.
Saturday's Installment told of th* frightful rondltlons In the yards—
gave a detailed, lucid account of the actual fact*. The author told how
bribery of Inspectors permitted cattle afflicted With tuberculosis to be
killed and canned; how all sorts of diseased scraps wera potttd aa vdav-
llled ham,” "prassed chicken,” etc., and how, although ali th* stuff cams ,
from the same hopper. It was tinned In various grades and sold for dif
ferent prices.
The Inatallment also told of th* political corruption of tha stock
yards; how ona boss controlled the votes or bought them, and how even
the masters of the yards feared the |»wer of th* bote. The chapter
dosed with the atory of how Marlja, resuming work at Intervals, wa* de
liberately cheated out of bar pay. ,
(Copyright, 1108, by Upton Sinclair. All rights reserved.)
as It waa, aba waa neyar sure that
ah* could stay th* next day. She un
derstood now that the real reason that
Miss Henderson hated her was that
ah* waa a decent married girl; and
she knew that th* tale-bearers and the
toadies hated her for th* same rea
son, and ware doing their beat to
make her Ilf* miserable.
But there was no place a girl could
go In Packlngtown If she waa partic
ular abost things of this sort. Her*
hanging always upon
the whim of men every bit as brutal
and unscrupulous ea tha old-time
nder auch clrrum-
r was exactly as in-
evalent as It was un-
nf chattel slavery,
i quite unspeakable
the packing houses
rere taken for grant-
only they did not
Thin
went
all til
h. ,
show, ea In the old slavery times, be- I of Ilf* should have com
cause there waa no difference In color nt all In the manner tl
between master and slave. tt should have com*
One mopilng Ona stayed at home and
Jurgls bad the man doctor, according
to his whim, and her boy waa born.
The coming of this boy waa a decis
ive event with Jurgls. It mad* him Ir
revocably a family man: It killed the
last lingering Impulse that he might
have had to go out In tha evening*
and alt and talk with the men In the
saloon*. There was nothing he cared
for now so much aa to alt and look at
the baby.
This waa very curious, for Jurgls
had never been Interested In babies
before. But then thl* waa a very un
usual sort of a baby. II* had the
brightest little black eyes, and little
black ringlets all over Mg head; MR
waa tha living Image af Ids tether, ev- \
erybody said and Jurgis found this a
• ■ .1;, ding .-In uin.-lnn. II v as -uf-
flclently i ‘
‘ "*■ rid I
Imitation of lla father's noi
idy un anny.
Perhaps, Jurgls thought, this wns In
tended to signify that It was Ills l.aby;
that It waa tile and llna'e, to care for
all Its life. Jurgla nevi i had iinssea-
aed anything nearly r.. Intere-iing a
baby was, when you com* to think of
It, assuredly a marvelous iio-»..«-ion.
It would grow up to he n man. a hu
man souL with u personality ull of lie
own, a will of Its own! Sm h thoughts
would keep haunting Jurglr, filling him
With *11 sorts of 'Slninge and almost
painful excitements. Ho wa* wonder
fully proud Of little \ntsnas; he
was rurious about all the details of
him—the washing and the dressing
and the eating am! the -l-eping of hint,
and naked all -.rie of absurd ques
tion*. It took him quite a while to
get over hi* alarm nt the in. reditdo
shortness of the little creature's legs
• hit Id • III.!, .lino' \. ■ i •. mil,, time to
ere his hnby: be never felt the chains
about him more than Ju»t then. When
he cam# home at night the baby would
.'|. nti 1 tt v null! ho the merest
chance If he awoke before Jurgls hsd
to go to Sleep himself. Then In the
morning there wan no time to look at
him, so really the only chance the
father had wa* on Sundays. Thla w»e
B ra cruel yet for Ona, who ought n>
re stayed borne and nursed him, iho
doctor said, for Iter own health as well
aa the baby's; but tina lutd to go to
work and leave him for Teta Klzhleta
to feed upon the pale blue poison that
was called milk nt the corner grocery,
lint's confinement lost her only a
Wr. k'H w llges ahe Would g'l to th*
factory the -e. ,,nil .Monday, and the
thnt Jurgls could per-USil- her
to ride In the cur. and let him run
along behind and help her to Brown *
when she alight..I After that it woulj
bo all right, said Ona; it ««. no ..train
Bitting still sewing hum. nil day; and
If eh* waited h uger she might Hnd
that her dreadful forelady hnd put
some on* elee In her place. That would
be a greater calamity than ever now.
Ona continued, on account of tin- Inihy.
They would nil have to w ..k harder
now on hi* account. It waa mk h a rc-
sponalblltty—they muat not hate tho
baby gro» tip to suffer no the. hnd.
\i. ; 'l l., hid... ■!. Iw.d I the first
ll tluil Jurgl. hnd thought .if hlm-
ii, If—he hnd clenched hi. hands and
d Ill'll —If anew for the .like of
tlnv mite of human possibility.
.1 ... ima went bark to Brown'*
saved her place and a week's
«, and u iim never ngnln a w ell per-
long 111 ahe lived. It la dlffl-
In words all that this
it to iirm. It seemed aurh a alight
— nnd the punishment wa. eo out
I proportion that neither .he nof
It had; that .
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