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Philadelphia Street Car Co. and
Employees Reach Agreement.
Strike Had Completely Tied Up Trolley
System and From the Strikers View
Point Was Entirely Successful.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The employees
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company voted to accept the propo
sition made by the company.
In the extreme northern and north
western sections of the city, the hot.
beds of rioting, the vote was almost
unanimous against accepting the com
promise, but as the barns in the less
turbulent districts were heard from
the heavy anti-compromise vote was
overcome, _
The termination of the trouble be
tween the company and its employ
ees was brought about primary by
State Senator James P. McNichol, the
republican leader of this city, at con
ferences with the traction officials
and the striker's representatives.
The delegates chosen by the strik
ers met Leader Pratt and discussed
the proposition which had been made
by the traction people. Some of the
delegates insisted on 25 cents per
hour, while other thought 22 cents an
hour and a ten hour day was a fair
compromise. The men finaly agreed
to accept 22 cents an hour.
The old “swing system” has been
abolished; ten hours- will constitute
a day's work; all employees will be
permitted to purchase their uniforms
in the open market; all future differ
ences are to be adjusted between the
company and a grievance committee
chosen by the employees.
If, after an investigation by the
city controller of the books of the
company, it can be shown that more
than 22 cents an hour can be paid
without crippling the finances of the
Rapid Transit Co., then the men will
insist upcen a further advance in
wages.
The eclevated men, it is stipulated
in the agreement, are also to receive
an increase of one cent an hour,
The present strike has been the
most complete tie-up ever experienced
by local trolley companies and the
temper of the people was more vio
lent than in the strike of 1895.
'MOTHERS ATTEND SCHOOL.
Nursery Bottle is Called the Lazy
Mcther’'s Baby Killer. |
Chicago, 111.—Weigh your baby ev
ery week. Do not feed it with a nurs
ery bottle. Do not let flies touch it.
Do not give it a “pacifier.”” * Do not
rock it and joggle it up and down.
Mothers and babies in the Hull
house district “attended school” at
the Mary Crane nursery. A trained
nurse tcld the mothers just how to
care for their babies properly, and a
real, live, sure-enough baby was dem
onstrated upon for the benefit of the
other babies. .
“The pacifier, an invention of the
devil’s, to spoil your baby’s mouth,”
and “nursery bottle, the lazy mother’s
baby killer,” were definitions placard
ed in the nursery, and it was further
declared that pacifiers caused ade
noids and often total deafness, en
larged tonsils and caused the baby’s
mouth to grow awry. Every nursery
bottle, except that devised by the
milk commission was called unsani
tary and branded as impossible to
keep clean.
The talk was the first of a series be
ing given by the health department,
and a number of club women in co
operation.
TRAVELERS ELECT OFFICERS.
P. J. O'Meara of Indianapolis Is
Elected President.
Asheville, N. C.—L. T. Leßeaume
of St. Louis was unanimously elect
ed secretary and treasurer of the
Travelers’ Protective association.
P. J. O’'Meara of Indianapolis de
feated Carey J. King of Rome, Ga.,
for the presidency on the first ballot.
Other officers elected were: Assis
tant to secretary, T. Schuyler Logan;
first vice president, Frank Pegues of
South Carolina; second vice presi
dent, Edward J. Wernicke, California;
third vice president, John A. Guise,
Missigsippi; fourth vice president,
W. L. Diggins, Florida; fifth vice pres
ident, Frank R. Hewett, North Caro
lina; national board of directors,
George W. Smith, St. Louis, chair
man; Fred R. Scharlach, St. Louis;
George Liehl, Texas: John T. Rock,
lowa; W. W. St. John, New York.
Chattanooga was chosen as next
place of meeting. Convention adjourn
ed sine die.
MEN DISGUISED AS WOMEN.
Give Asbury Park, N. J., Citizen a
Sound Whipping.
New York City.—Elwood Wolfe and
Russel Youmans, two well known men
of Asbury Park, N. J., were held to
the grand jury charged with having
administered a beating in a pictur
esque manner to Charles M. Jackson,
at his home near Asbury Park. Po
licemen heard frantic cries for help
jn the middle of the night in Jack
son’s home and when they broke into
house they arrested Wolfe and You
mans, who were attired in women’s
dresses, Jackson bore many indica
tions of a severe whipping and declar
ed his two disguised visitors had beat
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! HEALTH OFFICERS MEET,
Doctors From Twenty-Four States Con
vene in Washington.
Washington, D, C.—An interesting
development of a discugsion of rabies
at the anuual con!eron& of state and
territorial health officers with the
United States public health and ma~
rine hospital service was the state
ment that the disease frequently 1s
contracted from the bites of “‘skunks,
wolves and other animals.”
The subject was brought up by As
sistant Surgeon General Kerr, who
presented a large chart showing the
geograpnical distribution of rabies
each of the cases, and spoke of the
measure in various localities for com
batting the disease,
Drs, Goafrey of Arizona and Brum
by of Texas described the danger
from the bites of skunks and other
wid ammais in their localities, and
declared that wolf bites frequently
convey the infection of rabies.
pr. Kerr declared that public opin
jon was becoming xapidly educated
to the neceasity’ gt‘ muzzling dogs as
the only cértain way 'of overcoming
the disease, The general conclusion
of the conference was that it was
quite .as reasonable to require the
muzzling of dogs as it was to prohib
it the free roaming of cattle and
horses in the street.
A motion by Dr. Bennett of Colo
rado, providing for the appointment
by Surgeon General Wyman of a
committee to consider the question
of the prevention of rabies and re
port to the next annual conference,
was adopted.
Introducing the subject of leprosy,
Surgeon General Wyman voiced the
widespread feeling that this disease
was one which concerned all the
states collectively.
‘He pointed to the fact that the
United States was the first govern
ment to make provision for a thor
ough investigation of leprosy. His
remarks had reference to the leprosy
institution in Hawaii. Assistant Sur
geon General L. E. Coffer spoke of
the striking improvements that had
been accomplished in the leprosy sit
unation in Hawaii, not only for the
comfort of lepers, but for the care of
the non-leprous children.
I"'rom reports made by the dele
gates, it appeared that the United
States was remarkably free from lep
rosy.
The sescions are being presided
over by Surgeon General Wyman.
Twenty-four states and territories are
represented by delegates.
The surprising prevalence of the
“hook worm” disease in the south
was shown by Dr. Charles W. Stiles,
who said it was due to unsanitary
conditions and the resultant pollution
of the soil. He said that 27 per cent
of the children in a large section of
the south had the disease in such
an apparent form that it could be
detected without a microscope.
Child labor in the south, said Dr.
Stiles, was a positive blessing, as it
was improving the condition of the
children. Dr. Stiles urged the need
of educating the pocr people to the
necessity of providing themselves
with proper sanitary facilities teach
ing the country doctors how to treat
the disease.
Pellagra, the disease which has
made its appearance in this countrv
only in recent years. was discussed.
Dr. C. F. Williams of South Carolina
read a renort showing its prevalence
in the sonth. Dr. H. P. Harris of
Georgia, said the disease occurred
chiefly in the fall and sprinz, and
that it =»rohably was due to eating
cornbread made from unripe or moldy
corn. He said that its most promi
nent symptom was insanity,.
KILLED WIFE WITH ACID.
Man Told the Court He Tried to Mar
Her Beauty.
New York City. — Because he
thought his wife the most beautiful
woman in the world, Gasper Zittinick
poured sulphuric acid over her face
as she slept in their home, intending
to mar her beauty and make her unat
tractive to other men, but the acid
eot into her eyes and penetrated her
brain, killing her.
Zittinivk pleaded guilty to man
dlaughter, He was sentenced to not
less than 10 nor more than 20 years
in prison,
Newsy Paragraphs.
. The Illinois legislature passed a bill
declaring void apartment leases which
prohibit children in apartment hous
es. The governor has announced his
intention of signing the bill.
An injured cyclist lying unconscious
in the roadway in Lisbon, Portugal,
was picked uap by King Manuel and
Queen Amelie while they were motoy
ing through the suburbs and hurried
to the Lisbon hospital in the royal
automobile. The king and queen
waited until the man’s injuries had
been dressed and then conveyed him
to his home in their car.
E. H. Harriman and Mrs. Harriman
gsailed from New York city for Bre
men. Mr. Harriman announced his
intention of spending a three months’
vacation abroad. He is going to Par
is and Vienna, but further than that
the details of the trip have not been
arranged.
Vice ‘Chancellor Garrison of Jersey
City refused to grant an injunction
restraining the organization commit
tee of the Southern tSeel Company
from proceeding with the organiza
tion c¢f the Southern Iron and Steel
company. The court dismissed the
order to show cause which was ob
tained by Harrison H. Schuler, a mi
;norlty _stockholder. T£: Southern
Steel company is an Alabama corpor
ation and was run independently -
COTTON CONDITION 811
Government Report Shows Re
duction in Acreage.
Area Planted This Year is Reported at
31,918,000 Acres, Which is About
95.6 of Acreage of Last Year. 1
Washington, D. C.—The growing
crop of cotton on May 25 was 81.1 per
cent of a normal condition, against
79.7 a year ago and ten year average
of 81.4.
The area planted this year is about
95.6 per cent of the area planted to
cotton last year and aggregates about
31,918,000 acves, a decrease of 1,450,
JUO acres or 4.4 per cent from the bu
reau’'s revised estimate of last year's
planted area. This is the report of
the agriculture department,
The revised estimate of last year's
planted area was 33,370,000 acres.
The figures for the area planted this
year includes that already planted
and expected to be planted.
By states the area planted, in acres,
in 1909, and the condition on May 25
respectively by states follows:
' BUREAU BY STATES.
State Acre- Condi
age. tion.
YHEIIE .o s 5o o 0 28,000 85
North Carolina,, .. 1,436,000 83
South Carolina .., .. 2,498,000 83
BOEEIE .. .. s s 5,505,000 84
T s« .. +s 5= DS 91
Alabama .. .. .. 3,552,000 83
Mississippi .. .. .. 3,244,000 78
Louisiana .. .. .. 1,155,000 74
T .. .. ... o 710 D 78
Arkansas .. .., .. 2,304,000 84
TN ~ .. 7554,000 85
IR, .. . e 90,000 93
ORlßhoma .. .. .:; &113000 84
Total acreage 31,918,000 vs. 33,370,
000 last year.
June condition 81.1; last year 79.7;
year before 70.5.
Average for ten years 81.4, against
82.3 last year, 83.6 year before.
Immediately following the publica
tion of the government report cotton
broke seven to nine points, as the
condition figures were considered
rather bearish. On the other hand,
the decrease of 1,452,000 acres in the
area was a bullish factor and furn
ished the basis for heavy buying by
traders.
REUNION OF BLUE AND GRAY.
‘“War Passions Are Gone” Answers
General Evans.
Minneapolis, Minn. — Telegrams
from leaders of the Grand Army and
Confederate Veterans all over the
country are being received by the
Minneapolis Journal in approval of a
campaign for a great reunion of the
Blue and Gray to be held next year
in Washington under the supervision
of the secretary of war.
Commander-in-chief H. M. Nevius,
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
thinks the plan should first come be
fore the encampment at Salt Lake
City in August.
General Clement A. Evans, com
mander-in-chief of Confederate Vet
erans, replied:
“l have no authority to speak offi
cially. I can say personally that war
passions are gone in the south.”
MAN STRETCHED HIMSELF.
Luther Walsh Entered Annapolis
Under Difficulties.
Annapolis, Md.—Luther Welsh of
Kansas City who had to stretch him
self four years ago to get into the
naval academy, graduated as number
four ameng the one hundred and sev
enty-four. Welsh passed the mental
examination and had the appointment
as midshipman within his grasp,
which it was found he was short by
an inch or two of reaching the re
quired height. With great spirit he
submitted himself to a specially con
structed instrument and pulled out
the reefs in his spinal column until
he measured up to the full standard
of an American midshipman.
FORTUNE FOR CHARITY.
Widow of H. B. Plant Leaves Many
Bequests.
- New York City.—More than $200,-
000 was left to charity by the late
Mrs. Margaret J. P. Graves, wife of
Robert Graves, and prior to her mar
rnage to him the widow of Henry B.
Plant, the multi-millionaire railroad,
steamship and hotel owner, whosa
will was filed in the surrogate’s court
here. The donations go to Roman
Catholic institutions in New York
City.
The total amount of the bequests
is about $3,000,000. The value of the
estate is estimated at $8,000,000.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
Piece of Chicago Property increased
~ $30,000 a Year in Value.
Chicago, Ill.—By holding a piece of
Chicago down-town property twenty
four years, William C. Lebenstine of
New York City, has made a clear
profit of more than three-quarters of
a million dollars. This is at the rate
of more than $30,000 a year. :
This' became known when it was
announced that Mr. Lebenstine has
sold to Richard W. Sears, the south
east corner of Jackson boulevard and
Plymouth place. The consideration
mentioned in the deed is nominal, but
it is stated that Mr. Sears paid about
$900,000 for 'fthe land. The land is
80 foet by 106 feet. :, . . ..
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NORTH, EAST,
SOUTH and WEST.
Summer Tourict Tickets
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TO
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and all Eastern Cities,
Full information can be had of any Seaboard
Ticket Agent, or by applying to
R. H. STANSELL, Ass’t Gen’l Pass'r Agt.,
_ Savannah, (Ga.
OLD TIME SONG BOOK 10 CENTS.
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Light, Lilly Dale, Long Ago, Marching
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Ground, My Bonnie, My Maryland,
Old Kentucky Home, Old Black Joe,
Robin Adair, Rocked in the Cradle
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Rose of Summer, Old Oaken Bucket,
Star Spangled Banner, Vacant Chair,
Those Evening Bells, Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp, Uncle Ned, We're Tenting To
night, When the Swallows Homeward
Fly and twenty others for 10c, stamps
or coin, Particulars of our great of
fer of a Piano Free for a little assist
ance in your own home is enclosed
with the song book. You can earn
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once. For a short time we will send
a gold plated finger ring FREE as a
souvenir to each one who sends =z
dime for the song book. Send today
to Piano and Music Co., Galesburg,
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BONDS AT 80 CENTS.
An old established manufactory oi
high class goods desires to secure a
little more capital to meet the in
creasing demand for their preduct. It
offers a small issue of 6 per cent cou
pon bonds at 80c on the sl. $25 bond
for S2O. SIOO bond for SBO. For full
particulars address Drawer 52, Gales
burg, lil. tt
The man who lives for notoriety’s
sake generally gets the dregs of even
that cheap draught.
The reserve that some individuals
knock down from their friendships
makes that very friendship cheap.
It isn’'t always the 22« karat soli
taire that spells true love. J
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Dirigible Bought From Baldwin
Hits PPole at Fort Omaha.
Fort Oriaha, Neb.-—While making
a descent from an experimental flight
at dusk the army dirigible balloon,
No. 1, bought from Captain Baldwin
last fall, was in collision with a tele
phone pele and received such inju
ries that it will be laid up for repairs
for some time, and further experi
ments will be indefinitely postponed.
Lieutenants Lahm and Winter were
in the airship when the accident oc
curred. During the day eight suc
cessful flights were made.
