IN THE WRONG OFFICE.
'The War Department Ifnil .Inrlwdle
t ion Over \aviftnMe Rivers,
Hat Not ( reck*.
An amusing* incident occurred the
other (lay in the usually prosaic pre
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war. Tn addition to the customary
throng of official callers was a small
band of Indians who had come from
the far distant reservation in the west
to see “the Great Father," as the Indi
ans call the president, relates the
Washington Star. Sphinx-like and
stoical, they awaited their turn to talk
business. Secretary Root did not keep
them long in suspense. His quiet man
ner and civilian dress did not seem to
impress them much, and at first they
seemed unwilling to stand up and talk
to him. After the exchange of many
gesticulations and gntteral grunts be
tween the big chief, Thleeumfixieo,
and the interpreter, the latter under
took to tell the secretary what was
wanted, but with indifferent success.
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heart was white” and his “spirit was
white,” and that he wanted “justice
and peace.” The secretary was clearly
puzzled by the situation. He under
took to explain that the war depart
ment had no jurisdiction over the In
dians and suggested that they had bet
ter see the secretary of the interior.
The red men would not understand him
and the chief started to make another
harangue.
“What tribe do these men belong
to?” finally inquired the secretary.
“The Creeks,” replied the interpre
ter.
“Ah, the Creeks,” remarked the sec
retary with a smile. “I see it all now,
but they have made a mistake. 1 have
jurisdiction over navigable rivers, but
not over creeks.”
The war secretary then withdrew;
the Indians left the office in single file
and were started off in the direction
©f the interior department.
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A. Provisional Strike Ordered to Be
gin Monday, May 12, in
Pennsylvania.
OPERATORS DECLINED TO ARBITRATE.
The Executive Committees of the Varioue
liistrlcts. After a Conference at Scran
ton, Thereupon Ordered a Strike, gSub
Jeet to Ratification by a Convention, at
Ilazelton, Wednesday.
Scranton, Pa., May 10.—A general
strike of the miners of the anthracite
region has been ordered for Monday
next, but the order has a reserve
qualification attached. The question
as to whether the *trike is to be
made permanent is left to the deci
sion of a convention of delegates of
all the local organizations.
The miners’ executive committees
of three districts met yesterday
Horning, and had a three hours’ ses
sion. At its conclusion President
Mitchell gave out the following:
“Replies to our .proposition to sub
mit the entire question in dispute to
an impartial board of arbitration
have been received from President
Baei, of the Philadelphia & Reading;
Chairman Thomas, of the Erie rail
road; President Truesdale of the
Lackawanna and President OlypVant
of the Delaware & Hudson, all of
whom refuse to join us in the adjust
ment of the differences between us
by the methods we propose.
“The executive committees arc now
considering the chances of success or
possibilities of defeat should a strike
be inaugurated.
“A decisive vote on the question
will be taken this afternoon.”
At 4:30 p. m. the committeemen
again assembled and remained in ses
sion until 7:30. When the session
was concluded, President Mitchell
prepared a statement, and assem
bling the newspaper men at the St.
Charles hotel, read to them ns fol
lows, from a typewritten paper:
“To the Anthracite Mine Workers of
Pennsylvania:
“GENTLEMEN: The executive com
mittees of the anthracite mine work
ers who were delegated by the
Shamokin convention to represent
you in the negotiations with the rail
road presidents and mine operators
for the purpose of obtaining in
creased wages, shorter hours and bet
ter conditions of employment, have
exhausted all peaceable, conciliatory
and honorable means at their com
mand. and have failed to secure any
concessions of a tangible nature, and
while under the resolutions adopted
by the Shamokin convention author
ity was vested in the executive com
mittees, should they fail in the ne
gotiations, to inaugurate a strike at
whatever time in their judgment
held out the greatest promise of suc
cess. the committees, after three
days’ serious deliberation, feel that
in justice to the anthracite nine
workers and tthose dependent upon
them, before a general strike is in
augurated, the question should be
further considered by a delegate con
vention, in which representatives
from the various local unions shall ho
fully instructed by their constituents
and prepared to vote in favor of or in
opposition to complete cessation of
work.
“In the meantime all persons em
ployed in or around the collieries,
strippings, washeries and breakers
are instructed to temporarily abstain
from working, beginning with Mon
day, May 12, and continuing there
after until a final decision is reached
by a delegate convention, which will
convene Wednesday morning, May 14,
at Hazelton, Pa.
“The basis of representation in this
convention shall be one vote for each
100 members, and one vote for each
additional 100 members or majority
fraction thereof.
“The executive committees recom
mend that special meetings of all
local unions be held on Monday af
ternoon, May 12, for the purpose, of
selecting delegates and considering
the question involved; and it (spe
cially recommended that specific in
structions be given to delegates as to
how they shall vote on the proposi
tion to inaugurate a strike or con
tinue work under present conditions.
“The instruction for all men to sus
pend work on Monday does not in
clude firemen, engineers, pumpmen
and other labor necessary to preserve
the properties of the operators.”
The 1 rder is signed by all the dis
trict presidents and secretaries.
There was a big crowd about the
St. Charles when the order was given
nut, and the proverbial dropping of a
pin would have been audible at any
time. President Mitchell, standing in
the center of the crowd on a chair,
read the statement.
immediately upon the conclusion
of President Mitchell’s reading the
crowd scattered, and in an incredibly
short space of time the news had
spread by word of mouth and mes
sage all through the valley. .
STRICKEN ON HOUSE FLOOR.
Delegate Smith of Arizona, Taken
Suddenly 111 Oil the Floor
of the House.
Washington.May 10.—Delegate Mar
cus A. Smith, of Arizona, was taken
ill on the rtoor of the house Friday,
at tin* close of a brief but vehement
speech on the statehood bill in which
he is deeply interested. The three
doctors in attendance united'in mak
ing the following statement at tvfu
o’clock: “it is impossible to deter
mine now liow serious the attack ia.”
THE SURGEON’S KNIFE
Mrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt
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With inflammation of the ovaries and
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and pains which none cun dream of but
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a walking medicine chest and a phys
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Satlvt Pride,
“I suppose,” said the easterner, sarcastic
ally, “you never have a single cyclone in
your country.
"Right you are,” said the Kansan, boast
fully; “we never have anything less than a
hi cyclone or a tri-cyclone here.”—Catholic
Standard and Times.
Caught.
Joakley—Budds. the florist, has a big in
quisitive plant on exhibition.
Coakley—What's an inquisitive plant?
"Rubber!”—Philadelphia Press.
Korgrttlng nnd KorBrlvInsr.
“Woman,” said the crusty person,‘‘may
say that she will forgive and forget, but
she will never let you forget that she for
gave.”—Baltimore American.
Train linn ISO Miles in 180 Minutes.
.Springfield, 111., April 16—The Con
tinental Limited on the Wabash Railroad
lias made a new Record from Tilton to
Granite City, making 180 miles in 180 min
utes. This was with five stops—three sta
tion stops, one to change engines and one
to take on coal. The actual running time
was two hours and thirty-eight minutes.
The run from Danville to Decatur, 71.6
miles, was made in 70 minutes, including
stops at Tolnno and Rement.—St. Louis Re
public, April 17th, 1002._
Advice.
“Advice,” said Uncle Eben, “is like mos’
ev’ything else. If it's any good you doesn’
have to give it away. You kin giner'ly sell
it.”—Washington Star.
Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
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Merchants talk about “tin horn clerks”—
clerks who blow a great deal, and are of lit
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lioHtnn In I'nlqne.
A Chicagoan had been taken around Bos
ton all day to observe her bulwarks, but had
failed to observe any of those symptoms of
paralysis which are acceptable to the Bos
tonian mind. “Now confess,’ ’said the Bos
tonian host, after the burden and heat of
the day, “isn’t Boston a unique town?
“Unique,” mused the westerner, “I believe
that word is derived from two Batin words,
unus, one, and onus, horse. I think Boston
is a unique town. ’—Chicago Chronicle.
False Hopes.
“How did you like the speech?” they
asked Tommny, on his way home from the
political meeting.
"It was bum, answered Tommy. \\ hen
he said ‘westward the starved umpire takes
his way’ 1 thought there was goin’ to be
somethin' about baseball in it, but there
wasn’t.”—Chicago Tribune.
“COSTINE>'TAL’S" NEW RECORD.
Clips Two Mlnntes Between St. Louis
and Decatur.
The Wabash "Continental Limited” made
a new record Thursday night between De
catur and St. Louis, cutting two minutes off
the best previous record:
.Engineer Braddock, with No. 607, a new
high-speed engine, made the 105 miles from
Decatur to Granite City in 101 minutes. A
live minute stop was made at Litchfield,
making the actual running time ninety-six
minutes, an average of 65.4 miles for the
whole distance. Best previous time was
ninety-eight minutes.
From Staunton to Carpenter, 10.2 miles,
the time was seven minutes, or at the rate
of 87.42 miles an hour.
The forty-seven miles from Boody to
Honey Bend were made in forty minutes—
70.5 miles an hour.
The train departed from Decatur an hour
and forty minutes laTe, and had, besides the
regular equipment, President Ramsey’s pri
vate car. Wabash officials say that the new
engines will make a hundred miles an hour
before the summer is over—St. Louis Repub
lie, April 11th, 1902.
Whnt Did She Mean!
Blowhard—I can trace my descent back
as far as the fourteenth century.
Miss Kutt—That's nothing; Mr. Darwin
can trace it back farther than that for you.
-Ohio State Journal. •
The First Uoardiug-llouae in His
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England should have. The Four-Track News
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omen ?
Matter-of-Fact Captain — No, madam;
that is a seagull.—Judge.
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Our best friends are those most successful
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A critic by any other name would be a
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Sometimes responsibility increases a
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