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VOL. XXV.—NO. 272.
TALKS BACK
TO MR. BAER
President Mitchell, of Miners,
Contradicts Spokesman
of Coal Trust
WAGES THE MINERS GET
3aer Said to Have Made an Erroneous
Comparison Between Anthracite
and Bituminous Workers.
JENIAL THAT MINERS HAVE
RESTRICTED THE OUTPUT
On the Contrary, Says Mr. Mitchell,
the Product Has Been Increased —
Demands of the Miners Restated and
Allegations That the Union Favors
Lawlessness Is Contradicted.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 28.—
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, tonight gave out the
folowing statement:
"The recent utterances of Mr. Baer,
spokesman of the anthracite coal trust.
Mr. Hewitt and other interested per
sons disclose a well defined purpose to
confuse and cloud the real causes
which resulted in the coal strike and
an attempt to divert attention from the
actual issues involved. However, mis
leading are the utterances, it is a re
lief to know that they now admit that
the public has rights and interests
which cannot be ignored with impun
ity; and inasmuch as the public must
be the final arbiter of the coal strike
It is imperative that it shall not be
deceived by statements which are at
variance with the facts. With the
purpose of correcting some of the false
Impressions and misrepresentations
contained in the statements of the gen
tlemen referred to, I issue this letter.
Says-finer Has Erred.
"It is not my Intention to point out
the innumerable instances in which Mr.
Baer has erred in statement and al
legation. His unsupported assertions
that certain things are true, cannot be
accepted as final or conclusive, par
ticularly in view of the fact that un
questioned authorities can be cited to
prove him to be in error. Mr. Baer
states 'that the wages paid in the an
thracite coal regions are, compared
with the wages paid in like employ
ment, fair and just.' By 'like employ
ment' Mr. Baer must refer to bitumin
ous coal mining. I am willing and
prepared to demonstrate that wages in
the bituminous coal fields are from
20 to 40 per cent higher than those
paid for similar classes of work in the
anthracite fields.
"The fact is that the minimum wage
received by any adult class of mine
workers in the soft coal mines is 26%
cents per hour, while the minimum
wage paid to boys is 12^ cents per
hour. In the anthracite coal mines
men performing precisely the same
labor receive from 13 to 20 cents per
hour, while boys are paid as low as 5
cents per hour and rarely receive to
exceed 8 cents per hour.
Works Two Hours Less.
"The bituminous miner works a max
imum of eight hours per day, which
Is two hours less than men in the an
thracite field are required to work;
moreover, the anthracite mine worker
labors under the further disadvantage
of being more liable to be killed or in
jured, the casualties being 50 per cent
greater in the anthracite than in the
bituminous mines.
"There are other statements of Mr.
Baer which are equally incorrect;
among these is his assertion that' the
miners only worked from four to six
hours per day;' and his further asser
tion, 'that the lowest scale of wages
was 85 cents for boy slate pickers.' If
Mr. Baer desires, I shall gladly fur
nish him with the names and address
es of thousands of slate pickers, each
of whom received much less than 85
cents per day, and I shall be willing
to have the returns verified by the
company's pay rolls.
"The next misstatement of Mr.
Baer to which I shall give notice is
that which claims that 'for some mys
terious reason' the miners restricted
the output of the mines. Mr. Baer
claims 'that in this manner the prod
uct of the collieries has been reduced
about 12 Y 3 per cent and that, in the
case of the Reading company, it
amounted to more than 1,000,000 tons.'
This is not true.
Increase in Output.
"The fact is that, instead of a loss
of 1,000,000-tons, there was an increase
In the year 1901, from the mines oper
ated by the Reading company, of 838,
--243 tons, and a total increase from all
the anthracite mines of 9,000,000 tons.
The output of coal in 1901 was far in
excess of that of any year in the his
tory of coal mining. In attempting to
account for the increased tonnage, the
operators point to the installation of
labor-saving machinery, which re
duces the proportion of men and boys
employed by the day. If we disregard
all mine workers whose labor might
be saved by such appliances and take
simply the output per certified and
employed miner, we find that the pro
duction per miner was 1,271 tons in
1897, 1,293 tons in 1898, 1,383 tons in
1899, 1,391 tons in 1900, while in the
year 1901 it was 1,585 tons.
"Since the very inception of this
strike the aims, objects and ideals of
the United Mine Workers of America
have been willfully distorted by a.
email army of critics. We have been
unjustly maligned and our motives and
purposes maliciously impugned.
Miners' Demands Repeated.
"We therefore take this opportunity
to repeat specifically that we do not
seek to interfere with the manage
ment of the coal properties or with
the proper discipline of the working
force; but we do demand:
"First, an increase in wages for men
employed on piece work; second, a re
duction in the hours of labor for men
employed by the day; third, payment
for a legal ton of coal; fourth, that
the coal we mine shall be honestly
weighed and correctly- recorded; fifth,
Continued on Fourth Pag*
The St. Paul Globe
DAY'S NEWS SUMMARIZED
Weather for St. Paul and vicinity;
Showers today and Tuesday..
DOMESTIC—
Catholic societies throughout the coun
try petition President Roosevelt to end
the coal strike if possible.
More state troops are ordered to the
coal region and the sheriff says the call
for them is forgery.
Grantsburg (Wis.) newspaper man dis
appears while delirious fiom illness and
a week's search for him is without re
sult.
Cable communication between the Unit
ed States and Manila is promised for
July 4 next.
Second expedition against the Moros of
Mindanao starts out. Hard fighting is
likely.
Young negro is burned to the stake in
Mississippi after confessing to the murder
and assault of a white woman and to
other murders.
Willmar (Minn.) man is killed in a fight
with Indians in North Dakota.
A half million dollar fire occurs at
Stockton, Cal.
FOREIGN—
Chemical company fails in Germany and
a director is arrested. The failure is due
to fraud.
Paris paper says the United States will
have to take control of the Latin-Ameri
can countries if they do not reform.
Bulgarians are defeated by Turks, both
sides losing heavily.
Earthquakes and tidal wave do consid
erable damage in Mexico.
Financial heads in Europe may pre
vent the issue of a Roumanian loan until
the anti-Jewish legislation is modified.
POLITICAL—
New York Democratic convention may
nominate David B. Hill for governor.
SPORTING—
National League—Chicago 4, St. Louis
2; Chicago 4, St. Louis 1; Cincinnati 3,
Pittsburg 2.
American League—St. Louis 10, Chicago
9; St. Louis 4, Chicago 10.
. Shamrock club, of Winnipeg, defeats St.
Paul Lacrosse club, and wins international
championship. Score, 12 to 2.
RAILROADS—
Harriman roads will extend to the Yel
lowstone park, it is said.
WASHINGTON—
Coal supply in the government building
at Washington is exhausted and the gov
ernment may seize and operate mines.
Synopsis of Pension Commissioner
Ware's annual report is given.
Another operation is performed on the
president's leg.
LOCAL—
Mormon missionaries will attend a con
ference in St. Paul, and an effort will be
made to make converts here to the faith.
The first lock of the gigantic engineering
system which is to make the Mississippi
navigable to Minneapolis by the largest
freight steamers, has been completed.
Populace makes" last visit of season to
parks, and as usual is meanly dealt with
by the street car gonipany.
Bids for paving and building of sew
ers will be opened today by board of pub
lic works.
Mayor Smith and Secretary Cannon, of
charter commission, work hard for bond
issue amendment.
One man is shot and two others injured
in miniature naval battle on river.
Family of Charles Miller returns home
to find result of lifetime's thrift wiped
out by flames.
MINNEAPOLIS—
Flour mill owners grant eight-hour day
and strike is avoided.
Word is received that Blanche Crane's
big brothers are still hoping for a chance
at Olaf E. Olson.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
Port. Arrived. Bailed.
New York... Celtic
Moville Columbia.
Naples Vancouver.
New York... Noordam.
Hamburg... .Pennsylvania.
Queenstown Campania.
New York... .St. Louis.
Liverpool Umbria.
HERO SEARCHING
FOR HIS PARENTS
Fred L. Howe, of Kentucky, Who
Planted the American Flag Over
Pekin, Reaches Winona.
Special to The Globe.
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 28.—Fred L.
Howe, who ran away from his home
in Maysville, Ky., and joined the
Twentieth Kansas volunteers and
went them to the Philippine islands,
is in the city in search of his parents.
Howe went through some of the hard
est of the fighting in both the Philip
pine and Chinese wars.
It was he who planted the American
flag over Pekin after both of the reg
ular color-bearers had been shot
down. He has as many as fifty bullet
wounds on his head and body. One
bullet passed through his head, and
he is now deaf and dumb as a result of
the injury which he sustained.
While Howe was in the Philippines
his folks moved away from Maysville,
and he is now anxious to find where
they are located. He has traveled over
thirty-eight states and two foreign
countries in search of them.
FAILURE DUE
TO CROOKEDNESS
Director for a Chemical Company In Ger-
Many Arrested, and Others
Will Be.
MANNHEIM, Sept. 28.—Herr Hennlng
er, a director of the Rheinan-Mannheim
Chemical company, has been arrested, and
other arrests in connection with the com
pany's failure are imminent.
The Rheinan-Mannheim chemical In
dustry, a joint stock company, filed a
declaration in bankruptcy Saturday. An
examination of the books showed that it
had worked at a loss many years, and
that the deficiency had been concealed by
false entries. The capital of the concern,
$625,000, was practically lost.
Not So Momentous Now.
CHICAGO, Sept. 28.—What was to have
been an important move In the formation
of the alleged beef trust took place yes
terday, when Swift & Co. notified the
Anglo-American Packing company that it
would assume control of the Kansas City
and Chicago plants on Monday. The as
sumption of control, now of little moment,
was to have been a practical announce
ment, t>£ the consummation gf the trust,
MONDAY MORNINS, SEPTEMBER 29, 1903.
FAGOTS AROUND HIM
YOUNG NEGRO BURNED AT THE
STAKE AT CORINTH,
MISSISSIPPI
HAD ADMITTED THAT
HE DESERVED HIS FATE
Execution Delayed a Day to Enable
Relatives of the Victim to Reach
Seene —Negro Confessed Having As
saulted and Murdered a Woman and
Was Guilty of Other Murders.
CORINTH, Miss. Sept. 28.—Writhing
in the flames of burning fagots, piled
high by hundreds of citizens, Tom
Clark, alias Will Gibson, a young ne
gro, was burned at the stake here early
today, after having confessed to one
of the "most atrocious crimes in the
history of Northern Mississippi, the as
sault and murder of Mrs. Carrie Whit
field, on Aug. 19 last. Before the torch
55- T*sj DEC - !!• 3|J|B
PROTECTS THE COAL BARRON, BUT NOT THE PEOPLE.
was applied Clark stated that he de
served his fate.
Mrs. Whitfield, the wife of a well
known citizen, was found dead in her
home. Investigation showed that she
had been assaulted and her head was
practically severed from her body, a
razor having been used. Both Whit
field and his wife were related to sev
eral of the most prominent families of
the South and the indignation of the
populace knew no bounds. Corinth
and the surrounding country was
scoured in an effort to apprehend the
murderer, but diligent search failed to
disclose his identity. Two detectives
from Chicago were employed, but their
efforts were fruitless. Several sus
pects were arrested, but in each case
an alibi was proved. A committee of
twelve citizens was named to continue
the search for the murderer and these
men have been very active in their
work.
Located at Last.
On Monday last it became known
that Tom Clark, a negro living near
here, had trouble with his wife and the
latter threatened to disclose the secret
of a crime. Officers apprehended the
woman and she told the officers of her
belief that Clark had murdered Mrs.
Whitfleld. Clark was arrested and yes
terday was brought before the com
mittee of twelve in Corinth. The negro
confessed to the murder and to a num
ber of other crimes that he had com
mitted.
He said that several years ago he
killed two men on an excursion train
in Mississippi. He told of an outrage
perpetrated by himself upon a negro
woman, and also the theft of $1,500
from a physician at "French Camp,
Miss. Clark said that he had never
been suspected of committing any of
these crimes, and had covered up his
tracks in a way to deceive the officers
of the law. After hearing the confes
sion, the committee decided that the
negro should be hanged from a tele
graph pole in the street.
" Clark said he deserved death, but
asked that the execution be delayed
today so that he could have a farewell
interview with his mother and brother,
who live in Memphis. The request was
granted, and the two relatives were
telegraphed for, but it was learned
that they were in Mississippi.
Method of Execution Changed.
Meanwhile the news of the negro's
arrest and confession spread rapidly
over the surrounding country, and to
day's incoming trains brought hun
dreds of people into the city to witness
the execution.
The crowds became so great that at
midday the main street of the town
was ordered cleared and the an
nouncement was made that It had
been decided to burn Clark at 8:30
o'clock in the afternoon. This state
ment caused much excitement, and
Continued on Fourth Paac
strenuous Week
FOR THE SOLDIERS
Nearly All the National Guardsmen at
Fort Riley Are Generals and
Colonels.
FORT RILEY, Kan., Sept. 28.—To
morrow morning will open a strenu-'
ous arms for all arms of the service.
The maneuver for Monday is vaguely
described by Gen. Bates as a "Problem
of contact of opposing forces of all
arms," which includes the possibility
of anything between a baseball game
and a general massacre. The exact
nature of the problem to be solved is
known only to the military umpires
and to Gen. Bates, and will not be di
vulged until, the troops have marched
out in the morning. The commanders
will then be informed of the nature
of the task ahead of them. The
browns, however, will be in the mi
nority and the- blues will have the pre
ponderating force in the field.
The officers of the national guard
are coming in rapidly, and by Tuesday
morning, when the Kansas militia will
have arrived, it is estimated that ful
ly 100 officers, besides those of the
Kansas guard, will be on the ground.
So far there is but one captain among
the national guard officers, the others
being colonels or generals. The hope
lessly outranked captain comes from
New York city, while the colonels and
generals belong everywhere from Cal
ifornia to Rhode Island and from Wis
consin to Texas. Gen. Funston ar
rived in camp this afternoon, coming
as the guest of Gen. Bates. He will
remain for a few days to witness the
maneuvers.
CABLE COMMUNICATION
WITH MANILA SOON
Official of the Commercial Company
Fixes July 4, 1903, as
the Date.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Vice Presi
dent George G. Ward, of the Commer
cial Cable company, who arrived today
on the steamship Celtic, made the as
sertion that the United States will be
able to open up cable communication
with Manila, P. 1., by July 4. 1903.
Mr. Ward says the cable is being made
in London at the rate of fifty miles a
day, or 300 miles a week, and will be
finished in March.
Thomas Skinner, a director of the
company and also a director of the
Canadian Pacific railway, arrived with
Mr. Ward. WTjfen Mr. Skinner was
asked if it was J'true the Canadian Pa
cific railway would combine with, the
steamship lines of Canada and Eng
land to form a rival trust, he said:
"That is something that Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, the premier of Canada, who
is now in England, will have to settle
when he returns. Cn his arrival in
Canada it Is expected that a confer
ence of the lieutenant governors of
the provinces will be held and this
question settled."
BULGARIANS AND
TURKS LOSE HEAVILY
But the Former Seem to Have Captured
the Whip End in the Affair
at Vodena.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 28.—Offi
cial telegrams received here say that
800 Bulgarf&n revolutionists who were
surrounded by Turkish troops at Vo
dena in the valleyet of Salonica, and
who forced the cordon after a sanguin
ary fight, lost 52 men killed and 112
■men wounded. The Turks also suffer
ed severe losses. The pursuit of the
Bulgarians continues.
Lost In a Hurricane.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept., 28.—The
British ship Claverdon, which arrived from
Hamburg today, reports having passed
through a hurricane Aug. 27, with a loss
of five of her crew.
LEG OPERATED ON
SURGEON'S KNIFE EMPLOYED ON
THE PRESIDENT THE
SECOND TIME
PORTION OF THE BONE
FOUND TO BE AFFECTED
Physicians Declare That There Is
Nothing Dangerous About Mr. Roose
velt's Condition and That This Sec
ond Operation Will Hasten the Pro
cess of Healing—May Go Riding in
a Few Days.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept 28.—An
other operation was performed today
on the abscess on the left leg of Presi
dent Roosevelt. In the former opera
tion a simple needle was used to re
lieve the trouble, but today the sur
geons with a knife made an incision
into the small cavity, exposing the
bone, which was found to be slightly
affected. The president's case has been
progressing satisfactorily, but It is
believed by the physicians that the
further operation made today will
hasten his complete recovery.
While none of the doctors is willing
to be quoted, they give the most posi
tive assurances that there is not the
least cause for alarm, and say that on
the contrary there is every indication
of a speedy recovery; that the area of
bone affected is very slight and will not
result in any impairment of the presi
dent's limb, and that there is no evi
dence whatever of any matter that
would produce blood poisoning. They
confidently expect that the president
will be on his feet within a reasonable
time and with his robust constitu
tion to assist recovery, soon will be
himself again.
Dr. Newton M. Shaffer, of New York,
who long has been acquainted with the
Roosevelt family and has attended the
president's children at various times
and who also is a well known bone
specialist, joined the president's physi
cians in their morning consultation.
Temperature Higher.
It was noticed that there had been
a slight rise in the president's temper
ature, and an increase in local symp
toms, and the conclusion was reached
that the patient's recovery would be
hastened by making an incision of the
wound for the purpose of relieving the
slight tension or swelling which was
present, and also to drain the wound.
The operation wps performed be
tween 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoo*.
An application of cocaine was used to
"allay the pain. The president stood
the operation very well, arid subse
quently expressed his satisfaction at
the successful result. Dr. Rixey, sur
geon general of the navy, performed
the operation, assisted by Dr. Lung,
the president's regular physician. Dr.
O'Reilly, who also was present, is the
surgeon general of the army, and
heretofore has been consulted regard
ing the case. Dr. Edward R. Stitt,
another of those present, Is in charge
of the naval museum of hygiene and
medical school.
The physiciane tonight took a ro
seate view of the president's prospects
for getting out again. He has become
somewhat restive because of his close
confinement, and the physicians are
considering the advisability of per
mitting him to take a ride in a few
days.
Will Hasten Healing.
The physicians say the question now
is simply one of the healing of the
wound, and reiterate that this will be
hastened by the operation made today.
Dr. Shaffer called at the temporary
White house tonight for a social visit,
Continued on Third Page.
PRICK TWO CEiVT3^{ SSWB"SSfer«.
EXTENDING TO
YELLOWSTONE PARK
Harriman Roads Figuring on an En*
. " :; terprise to Save Them "
Money. :.. : :J^Jt^
Special to The Globe.
HELENA, Mont., Sept 28.—Accord
ing to reliable information received
here, the Harriman roads will extend
the St. Anthony branch to the Yellow
stone National Park and work on it
will begin next spring. A portion of
the route has already been surveyed
and will be completed In the spring.
The inability to accommodate the
people properly at Monida, where a
stage connection is made, and the fur
ther fact that the railroad company
pays the Monida & Yellowstone Trans
portation company $20 for each pas
senger hauled from Monida to the
park and back has induced the Oregon
Short Line to extend its road as near
to the park as it can and handle all the
business itself. The branch from Ida"ho
Falls to St. Anthony is thirty-six
miles long and the best and straightest
piece of railroad in the West. The dis
tance from St. Anthony to the park
line is about seventy-five miles.
It is also the intention of the Short
Line to build a large hotel at the end
of the new line. The park business this
season was, with one exception, the
largest In its history and the fact that
Hill's road enjoys a virtual monopoly
thereof has induced the Harriman peo
ple to build a direct line.
WILLMAR MAN IS
KILLED BY INDIANS
Threshers Loaded With Liquor Quarrel
With Red Campers in
North Dakota.
Special to The Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Sept. 28.—1n
a fight between a party of Indians and
campers near Park River this after
noon a thresher named Nels Johnson,
whose- home is in Willmar, Minn., was
shot and killed. The threshers visited
the Indian camp and are said to have
been using considerable liquor.
A fight broke out and Johnson was
killed. Threats of lynching the In
dians were made, but a posse of citi
zens arrested them and placed them
in jail without further fatalities. The
Indians refuse to make any statement
SECOND EXPEDITION
AGAINST MOROS
Capt. Perishing Thinks He Can Take
the Forts Easily, but the Sultans
Say Otherwise.
MANILA, Sept. 28.—A second ex
pedition against the Moro position at
Maciu, Island of Mindanao, left camp
Vicars today. It is in command of
Capt. John J. Pershing, of the Fifteenth
infantry and is composed of a battalion
of infantry, a troop of cavalry, three
sections of artillery and a detachment
of engineers. The engineers will con
struct a pontoon bridge and a corduroy
trail across the swamp which flanks
the land side of the Maciu forts. Rafts
will probably be used to attack the
fort from the lake side.
The sultan of Butig was made a
prisoner by the column under Cap
tain Eli A. Helmnick, of the
Tenth Infantry, which last week
destroyed the Butig forts, but
was released. He furnished the
Americans with horses to transport
their supplies.
The sultans of Maciu regard their
position as impregnable and have re
fused to treat with Capt. Pershing.
Capt Pershing is confident of his abil
ity to capture the Moro forts without
serious losses.
TALK OF D. B. HILL
FOR GOVERNOR
New York Democratic Delegates Seem
to Regard the Proposition
With Favor.
SARATOGA, N. V., Sept. 28.—Few of
the delegates to the Democratic state
convention, which is to begin its work
here Tuesday, have arrived and those
here know little as to nominees or plat
form. Talk in this direction is halting
until the arrival of ex-Senator Hill to
morrow morning. It is generally un
derstood that with this arrival the
situation will be materially cleared,
and while the fight over the governor
ship may go into the convention the
rest of the ticket will be named without
concerted opposition.
Never in advance of any convention
in years has there been such a list to
select from. Several timfts at piazza
conferences during the day the conver
sation has turned on Hill as a can
didate for governor and the proposition
seems to have found favor. It will be
remembered that the convention of 1894
was stampeded for him against his
wishes and protests and that the Tam
many delegation to the last national
convention also attempted what was
nearly a successful stampede for Sena
tor Hill for vice president. There are
not enough of the Tammany leaders
here tonight to say whether such a
programme will be attempted again.
Upton May Try Ballooning.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—A news agency to
day makes the following announcement:
"Sir Thomas Lipton, who was recently
elected a member of the Aero club, con
templates a trip across the channel with
C. S. Rolls, and In the event of the I voy
age being made in a balloon Sir Thomas
will be accompanied by his iuam yacht
Erin. - ,
MAY SEIZE
COALMINES
Coal Famine Reduces the
Federal Government to
Desperate Straits
SUPPLY IS ALMOST GONE
Suspension of the Printing of Cur
rency and Postage Stamps May
Be Necessary
NOT A POUND OF COAL IN
THE PRESIDENT'S BIN
Government May be Compelled in Self-
Preservation to Seize Some of the
. Anthracite Coal Mines and Operate
Them—Cessation of Currency Print
ing Would be Disastrous.
Special to The Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 28.—The
United States government may be
forced to condemn some of the anthra
cite coal mines and operate them to
obtain a sufficient supply of fuel to
keep the wheels of government moving.
A general cessation of public business"
about the government departments in
this city is a probability of the neafl
future unless heroic measures are
adopted to obtain anthracite coal.
A serious phase of the anthracite
strike in Pennsylvania, which has re
ceived practically no consideration out
side of official circles but which in it«
possible widespread disastrous effect
upon business and national prosperity;
makes it of first importance, is th«
scarcity of coal in the government
buildings. At several departments the
supply of coal is practically exhausted.
The officials refrain from discussing
the situation because of the grave con
sequences involved.
Unless the anthracite mines are plac
ed in operation, ejther by an agreement
between the operators and miners or
by the government taking forcible pos
session, It will be a comparatively short!
time before the printing of paper
money, which is proceeding at the
rate of $2,000,000 a day, and the print
ing of postage stamps will have to be
abandoned.
Elevators Stop Running.
Already the elevator in the Wash
ington monument has shut down be
cause of the scarcity of coal. Th«
next step will be the closing of the ele
vators In the government departments,
and in a week or two the electric and
heating plants about the public build
ings must close until some relief is
forthcoming. The presses at the bu
reau of engraving and printing, where
the paper currency and postagai
stamps are turned out, are dependent
upon a small supply of bituminous
coal, but the demand for soft coal
makes the officials apprehensive that
it will soon be as scarce as hard coal.
Should these presses be stopped, th{
effect upon business can hardly be es*
timated. There is a small reserve sup^
ply of postage stamps that could hi
used in such an emergency, but not
enough to guarantee enough stamp*
to go around, should the presses re-j
main idle any length of time. Jus^
now, when there is a scarcity of mon«
ey, the suggestion that the governs
ment may be forced to stop printing
currency must cause a chill of appre-^
hension. As the supply of coal oil
hand is exhausted, and as the weathe»
grows colder, there must be a suspend
slon of government business.
President Out of Coal.
Unless the government can obtalrt
coal the clerks will, within the next
three weeks, be required to work In
their overcoats, by the light of oil
lamps, and before two months go by
it will be so cold that only the strong
est can perform any work without heat
in the buildings. The president and
congress are without a coal supply.
There is not a lump in the president's
bin.
The government, when its stability
has been threatened by war, has ex
ercised the right to compel citizens to
come to its defense. If it had the right
to draft men and require them to offer
their lives, is it without power to com
pel the coal barons to furnish the nec
essary fuel to discharge its functions?
The government may soon be forced to
consider In this regard the compara
tive value of a pound of coal and a
pound of flesh. It has taken the on*.
Is it powerless to take the other?
LORD MILNER HOLDS A
PISTOL AT HIS HEAD
Cape Colony Minister Attacks British High
Commissioner.
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 28.—Replying today
to a deputation of merchants who com
plained of the Inefficient railroad freight
service, Mr. Douglas, minister of rail
ways, violently attacked Lord Milner as
the cause of the inefficiency. He declared
Lord Milner virtually presented a pistol
at his head and threatened that unless
the imperial demand for trucks to bring
troops to the coast was complied with, he.
Lord Milner, would take measures to pre
vent goods from entering the Transvaal
through Cape ports.
REPORTED DEATH OF THE
EMPEROR OF KOREA AN ERROR
On the Contrary, He Is Alive and In
.: the , Best of Health.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—An official tele- VI
■ gram ] to' the Korean legation | here says m
the emperor of Korea •is alive . and In V-:
; the best Tot health. x
The ,: Seoul (Korea) correspondent of ;
i the f Paris ? Figaro said, ' in a dispatch '
published Sept. 26, that * the ? emperor
I. was , reported - dead. . . .
"ri- . , ; Jay Cooke Better.
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio. Sept. 28.—There la '
•a> decided improvement in the condition -j
'of Banker Jay i Cooker of : Philadelphia, to- -
'night. -.-■_ , .-:.:- .*;;%£? ' %
