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TUESDAY, December 18, 190B.
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street, Ottumwa, la. Telephone* new 547.
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t, Attorneys at Law.
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Attorneys at Law.
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street, Ottumwa, la.
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R. R. TIME TABLES.
&Atl C. B. & Q. and C. R. I. & P. trains
«5 depart from Washington street
Union depot.
BURLINGTON ROU". J, C. B. & Q.
W. S. PARKER, Ticket Agent.
,'No. Going East. Depart
Vjumg casi. Depart
312a—Chic. Dubuque & Quincy 2:00 a. m.
.'TOl—Local freight 5:00 a.
filOb—Peoria, Dub. & Quincy 11:40 a.m.
tj 6a—Chicago Limited.... 1:41 p. m.
t\4a—Chic., St. L. '& Quincy.. 7:10 p. m.
fllga-Fast Mall 11:43 p. m.
^a-Chlcago Peoria & Rockford 11:23 p. m.
MSb—Burlington & St. Louis 7:3S a.
16a—Past mall 6:00 a. m.
Going West.
I 5a—Omaha, Council Bluffs
Sc
Nebraska 12:48 a. m.
tfast mall 3 00 a. m.
8a—Omaha, Kansnn city, Denver,
Hot Springs, Dead wood. Oe
™en' Portlnnd & California 7:45 a. m.
1 7a—Fast mall 8:22 a
E 9b—Peoria to Creston 1:40
iulSa—Limited 3:33 p. m.
\Allb—Ch,c
to
Ottumwa, arrive 10 p. m.
rl la—Chicago to. Denver 11:48
1 a--dally: b—except Sunday. Nos. 7, 8
(]*na ir» do not carry passengers.
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Fort
Madison—Going East.
(Ft. Madison
Sc
St. Louis (b).... 3:35 p. m.
Going West.
wrom Ft. Madison & St.
Louis (b) 11:50 a.
HICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
ft0,
Going East.
Depart.
b206—Keokuk, Kansas City,
California and Southwest.. 9:30 a. tn
b202—Des Moines to Keokuk.3:17 m"
Chicago ...10:17 p.
b274—Local freight 4 jo n.
Going West.
*203—Des Moines, rtuthven,
West Nenrpqka & Wash
Ingtoii, Mnscntlne, D»~-*n
wShij port snd Chicago 7-00 a
h201—Keokvk. Des Moines and
OmnDa
I b205-Kook.uk. Des
Omahs
..11:10 a.
Moines and
b273—Local freight
a—daily b—except Sunday.
IV
'All C.
7:05 p.
8:16 a. m.
St. P. and Wabash trains
depart from Jefferson Street Union
depot. J. P. WHELAN, Agent,
C. M. tf ST. P.
Going East Via Cut Off. Time
»#—Washington. Muscatine,
1) Davenport & Chicago 5:85
(12a—Washington. Muscat Ine
,! Davenport & Chicago 12:05 a
«D2b—Davenport freight 9:io 5?'
jl Going West.
Sa—Kansas City and Intermed
late
t',-5a—Seymour, ChlV'cothe, Ex
celslor Springs and Kan
sas City 2:14
9?b—Chllllcothe lreight 7-00 i" S
fila—Chllltcothe freight 12-30 n' S'
nna -Chllllcothe freight 10:40 a
Going East Via Marion.
10b—Marlon, Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate 1:55
108b—Marlon, Cedar Raplus and
Intermediate 5:45
98b— Marlon freight 6-40 a'
Coming West Via Marion
'9c—Marlon, Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate 6 1-55 a
103b—Marlon, Cedar Rapids and
Intermediate 10:05 a
a—daily: b—except 8nnday: e—except
Monday.
WABASH TIME TABLE.
No. Arrive. Time,
la—St. Lob Is & Kansas City .. 6:25 a.
13b—Moberly & Do3 Moines 11:25 a. m.
3a—St Louis & Kansas City.. 7:05 p. tn.
No. Depart. Time.
i2a—St. Louis- & Kansas City... 8:20 a. m.
.* 6b—Moberly & Des Moines 4:05 p.
4:20 p.
4a—St. Louis & Kansas City
a—Dally.
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WOMEN ON THE FARM.
One day of the Wapello County
Farmers' Institute was given to the
women, and the time was' devoted to
the.ir department of the farm work—
for the farming industry is divided
into departments the same as other
industries. The proceedings of the
day showed that there are many
things that the women of the farm
can get together and talk over with
profit in the same manner that the
men do.
Years ago it was necessary that ex
treme economy be practiced in the
farm home in order that a small pro
fit might be laid aside whe nthe stocl
and crop were marketed^ Today it is
not as necessary that the home shall
be deprived of comforts or that the
farmers' family shall forego the plea-s
ure and education, but economy plays
an important part in the possibilities
of the possession of these things most
to be desired.
The women on the farm today are
enabled to enjoy the comforts and con
veniences and many of the pleasures
that had previously been only for the
women who lived in town. Many of
them have had the privileges of high
school or college education. They do
not have to undergo the hardships
that were thrust upon their mothers.
While their work may be hard, and
especially so a certain seasons of
the year, the farm homes now are
much pleasanter workshops than they
were years ago.
Before a good roads meeting In Ok
lahoma there was a woman, who had
made a study of the subject, pleading
for good roads for the benefit of the
farmers' wives. She had the figures
showing that the larger proportion
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or Icon School Osteopathy,
the women in the insane hospitals,
came from the farms, having become
demented, afflicted with melancholia,
because of their isolation from the rest
of the world. Her figures probably
can not be disputed, and it is just aS
probable that her conclusions were
correct. The brighest home is none
too good for the farmers' wife and
family. When roads are bad the men
have to go to town about so often
anyhow, but the women await a more
desirable time. The result is that
weeks roll by without permitting the
woman of the house to enjoy the as
sociation of any person or thing that
is not a daily sight.
What their tendency is today Is
signified in the meetings during the
institute. They are demanding better
lawns, more beautifuul surroundings
and other things that in times past
would have been considered useless
on the farm. The women will have
them too, for they have been making
wonderful progress in the home, the
same as the farmer has been doing in
the field.
INCREASE OF SALARIES.
It was comparatively easy for the
house of representatives to pass leg
islation raising the salary of the speak
er of the house, the vice president
and the members of the cabinet to
$12,000 per year, but when it came
to the amendment raising the salary
of members of the senate and house
to $7,500 the congressmen were more
backward.
Champ Clark of Missouri said he
would vote against a bill increasing
the salary of congressmen for the
reason once given by John Allen. "1
know that the salary of congressmen
Is too small," said Mr. Allen, "but it
is better than nothing.". It is infer
red from this that the famous "salary
grab" is still fresh In the minds of
the present congressmen, and that
while the increase at that time was
not out of proportion witty the de
mands made upon the congressmen,
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little later there were quite a num
ber of them who would have been
glad to take the old schedule as "bet
ter than nothing." Therp were those
who not only realized little from the
"grab," but they lost their jobs as
well in the hurricane of public opin
ion that followed. Even men who
voted against the bill, but drew the
additional salary under it, *ere cut
down politically.
So, while the congressmen a of
the opinion that their salary is not
measured in accordance with (he
heavy demands upon their resources',
the lesson of long ago is one that they
find hard to effectively pass from them.
The step they have taken in reference
to the speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, the vice president of the
United States and the members of the
President's cabinet may be one that
-will ultimately resutl in a successful
movement for an increase in the salar
ies of congressmen.
It is well known that none of the
men in elective positions or cabinet
receive money enough to make both
ends meet if they are compelled to
depend upon their salaries alone to
pay their expenses, especially if they
remove their families to the capital.
The president of the American base
bail league this week had his salary
raided from $10,000 to $15,000, now
receiving three times as much as a
senator and almost twice as much as a
cabinet officer. Men of much ability
are compelled to make sacrifices when
they enter life at Washington, for
there is much more to be made by
tnem by selling their services to-pri
vate interests as a private citizen than
by giving their time to the public at
the public's price.
Some government jobs may be call-
ed "snaps," but they are not the ones
that Involved an election and life at
the national capital.
pearance of state lines. He also
brought out the point that if the states
are to preserve their border lines they
must be more active In accomplishing
the demands of the nation, consider
ing their neighbors as well as them
selves.
It is this point,that the secretary
has emphasised that it is the failure
of the states to regulate the abuses
that it was to a degree, in their power
to regulate, that has brought the de
mand from all sections that the na
tional government take the problems
into its own hands for solution to do
it within the prescribed powers if pos
sible, but to bend the constitution of
necessary. As has been observed by
Secretary Root, the power to regulate
interstate commerce has enabled con
gress to reach and remedy many of
the evils.
This speech and the tendency of
congressional action foreshadows the
trend of the future unless the states
prove themselves capable of and in
clined toward the present demands.
The great trunk lines have eliminated
the state lines, some cities have grown
to be greater than some of the states,
and the nation is one with one great
body to make its laws and an execu
tive to enforce them. States may
stand alone in local government, state
taxation and state pride, but the in
terests of one have come to be the in
terests of a half dozen to such an ex
tent that those on the border line can-,
not be longer ignored.
Sections that formerly cried out
against a centralized government now
make demand that the national gov
erning body go to its extremes and ex
ercise every power that can be inter
preted Into the constitution.
HEARST'S HOMESTAKE MINE.
With the breaking out of labor trou
bles in the Homestake mine, the ma
jority of the stock in which is held
by the Hearst estate, something
of the attitude of the great champion
of labor's cause when it affects him
self is revealed.
There has been trouble at the mines.
It has been more serious, apparently,
than it is now, for there is a report
that concessions have been made and
the men do not have to work twelve
hours any more. The laborers are
mostly Italians, Finlanders and other
foreign elements that can be secured
at lower wages with longer hours than
th& native American can be induced
to labor for.
It is said that the reason non-union
laborers are hired is because the mine
could not be made to pay if the high
scales demanded by the union men
were adopted.
Business is at a standstill in Lead
and Deadwood, the towns in the vi
cinity of which the Hearst mine is lo
cated, and all are anxiously awaiting
an adjustment, of the differences be
tween the owners and the laborers.
Nothing has been seen in the Hearst
journals thus far about the oppression
of the laboring men in the Hearst
mine there have been no cartoons
picturing the "Hearst interests" as an
ugly octopus monopolizing the water
supply to the towns in that locality,
nor as a huge being, half man and half
animal, oppressing the laborers by
working them twelve hours a day at
less wages than are paid to the union
miners.
If the Hearst interests act in time
he may not have to, for with a few
concessions these foreign laborers will
go back into the mines and a strike
will be avoided.
Little has been said about the Home
stake, or Hearst mine, and there was
an ignorance on the part of the public
of the conditions and the monopoly
there until it was fexposed by Secretary
Shaw in the recent campaign. Hearst
has been able to fool many people into,
the beilef that he could do no wrong
to the laboring man, and kept their at
tention directed to other people's af
fairs with such a noise that the labor
ing men never thought of looking at
Hearst's own affairs.
This has been a bad year for men of
the Hearst type, the men who have
been living and growing fat by dema
gogic methods. There has been a sort
of reaction as people have become in
formed as to their true character as
it differed from the pretended charac
ter. Such men have their day, and
people become agitated over and by
them for a time and then the world
moves on.
CHURCH VS. STATE.
Sioux City Journal.—Nowhere In
the world today exists a situation so
fraud with portent of trouble as in
France, where a majority of the people
awok-3 to a realization yesterday morn
ing that they were without churches in
which they could worship God without
violating a civil statute. This arnaa-
THE OTTUMWA COURIETt
ELIMINATING STATE LINES.
In his address at the banquet of the
Pennsylvania society In New
York, Secretary Root voiced
the growing sentiment of na-jthe new low. as it relates to the main
tionalism and discussed the disap-' tenance of churches.
ing situation Is the result of recent
efforts by the government to sever tho
long existing relations between church
and state. Immediate responsibility
tor the present crisis lies with the Vat
ican, which has instructed the French
prelates, priests and people to pur
sue a polic-y ol passive resistance to
He goes so far as to imply that the lie there is no need for union and that
powers of the national government as the church can get along very well on
expressed In the constitution are in
sufficient to cover the needs and de
mands of the public. He cites the
number of measures that have to be
reached through the avenues of the
Prior to last year there was part
nership between church and state in
France. Last year the government
decided to cut the bonds. With this
general policy the church need neces
sarily nave no quarrel, as our own ex
perience has proved that in a repub-
interstate commerce law, and observes1 ^ome protested against the order, but
that there are other conditions that I offered no resistance. But the same
are to be met wherein the congress has! 'aw which closed the religious schools
not the power over the states.
There are a few of the southern
statesmen who continue to hold sacred
the rights of the individual states and
exhibit a jealousy when there is a like
lihood of encroachment thereon, but
in spite of this there has been a general
demand, both north and south, for cer
tain measures that have been met by
congress. For many years almost ev
erything except the laws for tariffs
and internal revenue, for the regula
tion of the currency, promotion of in
ternal improvements and the mainte
nance of the army and navy, powers
nearly all of which are expressly giv
en in the constitution, were left to the
states to exercise. Some of the states
have utilized these powers to a reason
able extent, but others have not made,
use of them to the degree demanded by
their neighbors.'
its own feet. The first step toward
dissociation in France was the barring
of religious instruction from schools
and the f-xpulsion of religions orders
which had been conducting the schools
dictated that church property could
no longer be held by the church as an
institution. It was required that the
lay members form associations to
which the church property should be
transferred and by which it must be
held in the future. It was to this or
der that the central government of
the Catholic church has refused to sub
mit. Some of the French bishops and
priests were willing to abide by the
law, and refrained only by direct or
ders from Rome. Rome held that the
civil law is in violation of the whole
system of church organization and
could not be obeyed without undermin
ing the foundations of the church.
Finding that the new law would not
be observed by the church the gov
ernment proposed a compromise. It
was suggested that the association law
would be held In abeyance and the
Catholics would be allowed to use
their churches for worship provided
they would take out permits under an
old Jaw regulating public assembly.
Rome rejected the compromise and
instructed its congregations not to
take out permits, but to let the gov
ernment go ahead with its enforce
ment of the law, shutting up the
churches and making outlaws of the
priests who might attempt to. hold
serviws under the regulations of the
church. The law took effect Wednes
day. Today a service cannot be held
in anv Catholic church throughout
France except in violation of law
Moreover the failure of the church to
establish itself on a legal basis makes
all priests and theological students
subject to military service, the same as
ordinary citizens.
It is obvious that the vaticajj thinks
the government cannot enforce a law
which deprives a large portion of its
citzenship of the right to worship un
der regulations prescribed by the
churcti. It is equally obvious that the
government Intends to enforce the
law. In a way this will place the
churchmen in the role of martyrs,
Loyal Catholics, firm in their confi
dence in the wisdom and authority of
the head of the church, are sure to be
moved by resentment against the gov
ernment. Although Rome advises that
this resentment shall not find vent in
viqlenco or open defiance of the officers
there is grave apprehension of serious
trouble.
Without attempting to pass on the
merits of the controversy at this dis
tance. it would seem that the govern
ment made a mistake in trying to dic
tate the manner in which church prop
erty should be held. A similar effort
even in this country would arouse
widespread resentment. In going to
that extreme the government appar
ently made inevitable a clash between
civil law and church law. Had the gov
ernment stopped short of this the pres
ent opportunity for serious trouble
would not have been possible. It may
be argued, too, that the law having
passed the church should have put up
with it, but this offers reminder that
the officials of the church owe obliga
tion to the canons which have been
handed down from century to century
as the fundamental laws of the great
organization of which St. Peter was
the .first visible head.
YOUTH THE INSTRUCTOR.:
Chicago Chronicle.—Certainly this is
the era of young men. They dominate
the situation in business and politics
and literature. They bear the palm
while the older men wear the cypress.
This, perhaps, accounts for the cir
cumstance that most of our contempor
ary reformers are young men—very
young men. The general idea to push
the young man to the front in every
thing else has naturally resulted in
according him leadership in reform
movements also. So that nowadays
graybears sit at the feet of young wis
dom with the down upon his lip and
are instructed.
Professor Shailer Mathews apparent
ly questions the entire wisdom and de
sirability of this elevation of adoles
cence to the chair of judgment. He
speaks words of heresy and even of
contumacy. "Immature reformers,"
says he, "are the most dangerous
forces in molding public opinion. In
flated with visions of Utopias and airy
dreams, they carry the world to-heights
of great danger."
Professor Mathews seeks to save
himself from the consequences of his
heresy by adding that "we must admit
that indiscriminate demands for re
form are better than self-complacency
and apathy," but this will not absolve
him from the pains and penalties
which he has incurred. To talk of "im
maturity" in this epoch of precocious
genius is to commit lese majeste
against the reigning monarch—youth.
It is idle to quarrel with realities.
It is true that twenty-five years ago
youthful wisdom found it hard to get
a hearing and the hearing, when ob
tained, was not always a reverant one.
But nowadays the sole qualification for
a great instructor is that he shall have
been in frocks while his auditors were
actively engaged in the world's acti
vities. The young man imparts in
struction to the old man. Times have
changed and we have changed them.
Perhaps It would be better to say
that the older man has changed, while
the young one has merely begun to
assert his dominance, hitherto ques
tioned or denied him. He has come
into his own and exercises his birth
right of directing the physical and in
tellectual progress of humanity. He is
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the divinely constituted reformer he
is the preacher of righteousness.
And, of course, it is right to preach
righteousness. It may be possible,
howevei\ as Proftessop Matnews ftereti
cally intlmatesv that the vefjr youngest
of the reformers may not know exactly
what righteousness and reform really
are.
The thought is startling, but it is
perhaps natural.
THE TEDDYS HAVE IT.
New York Press.—"I confess I don't
like this business!" growled one of the
fire-eaters. "There is Teddy McGovern.
the greatest of prize fighters there is
Teddy Allen, the greatest of gambling
house keepers there is Teddy Shonts,
the greatest man in Panama, digging
the big ditch there is Teddy Marks,
the greatest of theatrical promoters
there is Teddy Ransom, the greatest
justice of the peace in Jersey City
there is Teddy Roosevelt, the only
president America ever, had there is—
but forget it! This country is run by
Teddy, Teddy, Teddy. And yet there
tfas no Teddy until Roosevelt."
ALBIA.
Albia, Dec. 15.—Mrs. Eva Ames of
Thomas, Oklahoma, is visiting her
daughters, Mrs. Cl&rk and Miss Etta
Terhunc.
Mrs. Rosentali of St. Joseph, Mo., Is
visiting her friend, Mrs. George Car
man.
Mrs. B. P. Castner entertained tho
Grand Whist club Thursday evening.
Mrs. Masey is very ill with pneu
monia.
Mrs. E. J. Cooper is enjoying a visit
from her mother, Mrs. Coffman.
Mrs. Proudflt of Clarlnda has moved
to Albia to make her home with Mrs.
Anna Vanschoiach.
Mrs. Ann Protheroe. mother of J. T.
Clarkson of this city, died at the home
of her daughter in Hiteman and was
buried yesterday.
Mrs. H. H. Hammond has shipped her
household goods and will leave foi
Centralia, 111., to' join her husband,
who has a good business location there.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Rlzer will leave
Monday for Carlsbad, New Mexico, to
spend the winter.
The case of the State of Iowa vs
Rev. C. S. Cooper was opened today
and a motion for continuance was
overruled. Attorneys Dave Bates and
J. C. Mabry were disqualified from ap
pearing as counsel for the prosecution,
because of their being connected with
a civil case that had bearing on this
one.
BLOOM FIELD.
Bloomfleld, Dec. 14.—The funeral
services of Edmond Carlisle Russell
were held at the Milton Russell rest
dence Friday morning and the body
was interred in the South cemetery.
The services were conducted by Elder
M. Downing, assisted by Rev. F. D.
Ferrall, pastor of the Christian church
The sermon was a beautiful discourse
on the Twenty-third Psalm. The music
was furnished by the choir of the
Christian church and the pall bearers
were Floyd Hutton, John Ellenberear
Otis Rector, Argus Spurgeon, George
Dunlavev and Arthur Hartzler.
Mrs. J. H. Leon spent Thursday in
Ottumwa as a guest at the home of
Mrs. C. R. Atwood.
Mrs. W. W. Power returned Friday
from Pulaski, where she has been
spending some time on the Power farm.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Scott of Ottum
wa, Mr. and Mrs. Fessler of Chari
ton and Mrs. Minnie Mattlck of Moul
ton were guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Lorenz Thursday.
W. M. Campbell of Milton was a
business visitor In the city Friday.
Mrs. James McGowen and children
will return next week from Loveland
Colorado, where they have been spend
ing a month or more with Mrs. Mc
Gowan's sister, Mrs. Nellie Benson.
The trip was made for the benefit of
Mrs. McGowan's little daughter, Mar
garet, who had been In 111 health for
soma time.
Clarence Stafford of Cloquet, Minn.,
arrived Saturday to spend a few days
with his parents, Rev. and Mrs C. L.
Stafford.
TYRONE.
Tyrone, Dec. 15.—W. D. Shehan de
livered poultry In Melrose today.
Peter O'Connor Is visiting in Mt.
Pleasant at this time.
William Griffith visited with friends
in Charlton a few days last week.
Mrs. M. Greene was a Melrose visitor
on business Wednesday.
Jerry Doyle was transacting busi
ness with Melrose people one day this
week.
F. L. Mercer of Albia was interview
ing the fur trade here one day this
week.
The frescoers who are doing the work
on the Catholic church building of
Georgetown for the last three weeks,
have completed their labors. The
building will be ready for occupancy
about Christmas.
J. T. F. McGrath was representing
the plaintiff in the case of James Mc
Donough vs. the Anchor Fire Insurance
Co., in the court of Justice John S
Quinn one day this week. This was
case where the plaintiff sued to recover
for a horse which was killed by light
ning August 16. A judgment was ren
dered for $75 and costs in favor of Mc
Donough.
James O'Neill was a Melrose visitor
one business one day this week.
John P. Judere and wife transacted
business in Albia Monday.
A telephone has been placed In the
depot at this place to be used in con
junction with the block system in
handling trains.
J. P. Feehan visited with friends at
Albia Monday.
Bart Feehan was transacting busi
ness in Hiteman one day this week.
W. H. Murray visited in Melrose on
Tuesday on a mission of business.
FARMINGTON.
Farmlngton, Dec. 15.—Miss Olive
Jenkins left Thursday morning for
Kansas City, Mo., to visit her sister,
Mrs. John Gaffnev
George Shafer, aged 82, is suffering
from a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Shaffer
was taken sick Wednesday afternoon.
Word has been received of the
marriage of Miss Mary Brownfteld,
formerly of Farmington, but now of
Versailles, Mo., to Samuel Mobley of
Versailles.
Mrs. Kirkpatrlck entertained the
Card club Thursday afternoon.
Dr. W. H. Mott, recently of Croton
has moved to Farmington.
Mrs. Adella Foregrove is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Dan O'Neal, in Kahoka.
J. C. Wise of Fort Madison has
moved to Farmington.
Mrs. William Stone was called to
Mt. Sterling Tuesday by the serious ill
ness of her sister. Miss Blatterman.
Work has commenced on the Farm
ington bridge and extensive repairs
will ha made.
fill'
freight and express charges.
LOSES LEFT HAND
End News.
In about a month I will begin to get In my John Deere and New
Departure Implements and If you need any repairs for tfyem give m«
your orders now that I may have them come with gocds and save
BOTH PHONES 664.
Nss. 209-211 West Main St
A DUNHAM, EMPLOYED AT PACK
ING HOUSE, IS SEVERELY
INJURED
A. Dunham, 234 Walnut avenue, had
his left hand so badly mangled yester
day afternoon while at work at the
plant of John Morrell & Co., that am
putation was necessary, the hand be
ing taken off just above the wrist.
Dunham was employed operating a
stoker machine in the fertilizer depart
ment. The machine became clogged
with fine coal dust and in attempting
to remove his hand, it was caught by
the plunger and mangled terribly. Dr.
J. B. Wilson was called to render the
proper surgical attention and the am
bulance was summoned. Mr. Dun
ham was taken to the Ottumwa hospi
tal, where the hand was amputated.
Dunham has only been employed at
the Morrell plant for about two
months.
Miss Brandt Makes Final Address.
Miss Jewel Brandt held her last
meeting with the women and girls em
ployed at the packing house last Wed
nesday noon. It has been Miss
Brandt's custom for some! time to hold
meetings with the women employes at
the noon hour on Wednesday. Miss
Sara E. Johnstone, secretary of the Y.
W. C. A., and Miss Amelia Schworm
accompanied Miss Brandt. T. D. Fos
ter was also present at the meeting
and made a short, earnest talk, which
was greatly appreciated.
Miss Brandt will speak at Klrkville
tomorrow. She will address the con
gregation of the Methodist Episcopal
church ir the morning and that of the
Presbyterian church in the evening.
Next Wednesday she leaves for her
home in Chicago and in about a month
she will go to Pittsburg to engage in
religious work there.
Mr. Beard fainted while on his way
to his pulpit about two weeks ago and
has teen !11 since that time. Mr. Beard
was pastor of the Second Congrega
tional church a few years ago.
Hand Is Caught in Stoker Machine. Pennsylvania Railroad Takes the InW
and Is Terrible Mangled, Making an
Ampuation Necessary—Other East
Former Pastor III.
Roy Beard has received a message
from his home at Rossville, 111., stat
ing that his father, Rev. Beard, is quite
ill.
Find Old Well.
Laborers who were digging a ditch
on the east side of "C" discovered an
old well which was 12 foet across and
walled up with heavy utone aad filled
with cindtrs. Old employes of t'.o
packing hTise will remember that th
well v.-as dug by a man named Thor.i.is
Gcw ui-d vras used to supp'y wat.ei in
the lani
ri-iinery
when it was on cue
fourth floor ol the main building, be
fore the great fire of 1894.
A. B. Osier is oft duty for this week
and next, enjoying a vacation and tak
ing a much needed rest.
H. Faber of the packing room has
been on the sick list this week at his
home.
Wesley Lake of the killing depart
ment was called home last week Mon
day evening by the sudden illness of
his sfrjfe.
M. Gilbert of the loin gang received
an ugly cut over his left eye last Wed
nesday morning.
D. B. O'Brien of the cutting depart
ment was on the sick list last Thurs
day and Friday.
C. W. Langdale, foreman of the
painters' department, is enjoying his
annual vacation.
Daniel Denefe of the machine shop
is off for a few days nursing a badly
bruised finger.
George Rowlinson of Gloucestershire,
England, arrived here last Wednesday
evening and is a guest of his old friend,
Ernest Manns, foreman of the lard re
finery.
M. Parker, general manager of the
A. D. T. companl, accompanied by J.
Sheehan visited the plant last Wednes
day.
Otto Schaub, foreman of the canning
department, is enjoying a two weeks'
vacation.
Charles Hadden of West Hayne
street, is very sick, suffering from par
alysis of the throat.
Ralph Lee, a member of the East
End band, is very sick at his home,
near the cornor of Main street and
Walnut avenue.
C. A. Orr, chief engineer at the Mor
rell plant, was compelled to be absent
from duty last Tuesday on account of
a severe cold.
Gus Hackinson of the green meat
cellar was compelled to be off duty last
Tuesday and Wednesday on account
of a lame foot.
Verne Sleight, a student at Parsons
college, Fairfield, spent Sunday with
his parents.
The Ladies Missionary society of
the East End Presbyterian church met
at the home of Mrs. J. W. Footer cor
ner Iowa avenue and Second street,
Thursday afternoon. Miss Mary Mc
Elroy addressed the meeting.
Arthur Bean of the fire department
was on the sick list last Thursday and
Friday of this week.
Phillip Shore of the local room badly
cut the thumb of his left hand last
Wednesday morning
A. C.^Catnam,
5tr^yejng
inspector
8
DO IT NOW.
JAS. SHEPHERD.
"New Shepherd's Ranche."
v"
Ottumwa, Iowa.
LABOR RECEIVES
CHRISTMAS^ RAISE
BIG CORPORATIONS MAKE WAQB
INCREASES AGGREGATING
ALMOST $100,000,000.
I
'SIS
tial Step—Well Known Corporation*^
Fall In Line—Thousands of
ployes Benefited.
Within a month practically everjf
important railroad system and tho
largest of the industrial corporations
have declared Increases in the wages
of employes. The Pennsylvania rail#
roads took the lead voluntarily. It*
185,000 employes east and west ot
Pittsburg will receive a million dollar*
more than they did in November a»
the result of the recent 10 per cent
advance.
Railroads Follow the Lead.
When the Pennsylvania announce®
its raise in wages it was predicted]
that the example would be followed
by other large employers of labors
One after another, in quick succession^
a dozen or more corporations gave th«
glad tidings to their employes. Th«!
Reading made a general advance of ltf
per cent, the Erie conceded a mlleagw
basis for payment of engineers on all
divisions, the Lackawanna increased
the pay of employes in the traffic de«
partment from 8 to 20 per cent, and
the New York Central granted ltd
firemen a ten-hour day and a subsrta
tlal increase. The roads centerlnntf
in Chicago increased their switchmen's
pay four cents per hour. The Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul declared
general advance of 14 per dent fotf
switchmen, seven and one-half pepf
cent for firemen and 10 per cent fo»
all other employes.
Other Corporations Accede.f^i
The Standard Oil company ha's" In*}
creased the pay of its refinery em«i
ployes 5 and 6 per cent. The United
States Steel Corporation has allowed
70,000 of its laborers an advance of
10 cents a day. About 11,000 employes
of the American Express company get
a raise of 10 per cent, a total of $700,«
000 a year, and 4,000 employes of th®:
National Express company get a sim
ilar raise. The Amalgamated Copper
company has declared an advance la'
the wages of 15,000 employes,
Mine Workers Benefitted,
The 7 per cent increase which tho]
anthracite mine workers received on]
November's production was the culmi-i
nation of an upward wage movement]
which began with 1 per cent in July!
and reached 4 per cent in October. Be*(
tween June and October the elghtf
principal anthracite producers paid!
in wages about $1,250,000 more thaa'v
the miners would have received ac
cording to the June scale. More than,
150,000 anthracite mine workers have
benefltten by the operation of th®
sliding scale established by the anthra
cite strike commission.
Total Increase on Railroads.
One calculator has figured that the
total increases in the wages of rail*
road employes this year will amount,
to $82,000,000 annually, or nearly 4
per cent of the gross earnings of all
the railroads combined in 1905. Am
other estimate puts the total Increases'
that the railroads will grant to theii*
employes at $100,000,000. The increase
on the Pennsylvania system alona
amounts to about one-eighth of that*
sum.
Many Employes Affected.
A comparison between the number oft
men employed on the Pennsylvania!
lines east of Pittsburg and Erie, Sep
tember 30, 1901, and the number em
ployed September 30, 1906, shows that
the wages Increased by a greater pew
centage than did the employes. la*
•five years the total sum paid, to em
ployes increased 50 per cent, while
the number of employes increased but
38 per cent. The following list show*'
the increases:
Lines East of Pittsburg and Erie.
Total number of employes Sept. 3(L
1901, 97,324.
Sept. 30, 1906, 134,041.
Increase, 36,317, or 38 per cent.
Amount paid to employes per monttt
In 1901, $4,489,422.
Amount paid to «nployes per month'1
in 1,906, $7,125,017.
Increase, $2,635,595, or 59 per ceat^
These figures are for September SO
and, therefore, do not ake account oC
the recent 10 per cent advance de
clared by the Pennsylvania. On th«
eastern lines 125,440 employes are af
fected by the advance and the In
crease on the pay roll for the year
amounts to nearly $8,500,000.
On the lines west about 60,000 men
are affected, the increases amounting
to about $3,500,000. Thus the whole
Pennsylvania railroad system has de
clared an extra dividend of $12,000,000
a year to its 185,000 employes—in
itself probably the greatest dividend
to labor ever leclared by a single cor
porate Interest and initiating the most
remarkable wage increase movement
in the history of this country.
for the A. D. T. company, was her©
inspecting the plant Thursday.
George Huyck, mail carrier who
lives on Iowa avenue, left last Friday
night for Sterling, Colo. He has ac
cepted a position with the Burllngtor
road as a conductor.