The Daily Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 271, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1903 Page: 2 of 4
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Ain't It a mich’y *ood country—»n«w*r-
ln' quick to your call.
f,r»n the (Iclda that are heavy with har-
v«*»t to the cluttering vlnea on the
wall!
Then ho. for. a *ong
~ Afl the heigh-? * . y along— »
For the hrightot ol«l country of all!
Ain't a mighty good country—from cot-
tage to garlanded hall.
With room In the hilla an’ the valleya
for the heorta an' the home* of ua
all!
Then It'a ho. for a aong
Ail the glad nay along—
For the bright-'? old country of all!
— Frank L. Blanton In Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
Burdick.
Edwin L. Burdick, president of , walla and floor of the little <!<n were
E. L. Bnrdlrk 4k Co., ernl of the Buf ! bespattered with brains an 1 1)1?»>'I Th»-
falo Envelope Company, nil murVr- head had been cruihul with some in
—dt-lt-to-ho—oa- Aah l>»4-4MMiiiiAlitaaanL,
Buffalo, N. T., last week. In one of ! Interesting discoveries were made
the finest residence ructions of the j \,y detectives. No weapon could
city. The theory at first advance*! : j(<J found anywhere. The body was
that the crime was the work of a dg.j onjy In an undershirt. At the
burglar was
Mr. ^Burdick was
10:30 on the night
abandoned ffs 'the polfi-e
probed deeper into the < aae.
lost seen alive at
of Feb. 27. when
he bade the other members of the
household good night and started f.?r
hla room, apparentfy with the Inten-
tion of retiring for the night. In the
morning his body, rlatl In an undei-
shlrt, was found Irlng on a couch In
a small room off 'he lower hall used
t&TTfUJ? P. PEMSZLL
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response? t in k. i«. Burdick'* Action
for Divorce, Who Has Become Con-
spicuous 8 nor the Murder,
by Mr. Burdick as a smoking room.
The "body was covered with a rug and
a number of soft pillows. The couch
was saturated with blood and the
onjy
foot of the couch were found the
drawers and stockings The trousers
and c>ther articles of clothing which
Mr Burdick had worn were in hla
bed rearm on the floor above. The bed
had not been occupied. On the tabic
In tie smoking room the detectives
found a bottle partly filled with
whisky and the remains of a light
lunch. Members of the family de-
clare that Mr. Burdick never partook
of the food of which the lunch was
composed and never drank lienor
wldlo eating
Mrs. Burdick, the murdered man's
wife, left home two months'ago with
the Intention, it is said, of not return
lug. On Ike. G proceedings for
divorce were filed in the county
clerk's office by Mr. Burdick. The
murdered man's wife bat returned tc
Buffalo. She Is not suspected by the
police of complicity in the crime.
The Anger of suspicion Is pointing
toward a woman in the Elmwood dis
trlct. Her history is known to the
police.
Superintendent Bull says the sus-
pect Is. a woman. He said in part:
"While I have-not been taking an
active part In the work and left it to
Mr Cusack, he reported to me fully
fr??tn time to time. Mr. Cusack has
well-defined theories. Ho has estab-
lished a motive. I gave my ideas to
Mr. Cusack as to the motive that led
up to the crime. He had come to the
same conclusion I did. While we
think he could make an arrest with
safety, we prefer to wait, and we be-
lieve that certain evidence we wish
to gather will lead to successful re-
sults. ”
EGYPT RICH IN GOLD.
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l The Egyptian government has
I granted concessions over large tracts
English Mining Companies Confident of country, the prospecting and (level-
Investments are Good. • ?*t?tm-nt of which are in the hands of
"The California of the Old Clvfllza- \
tkm of the Emit" ia the happy phraae
employed by an eminent Egyptologist j
In describing the land of the Nile tn
tho proud days of the nineteenth and j
twentieth dynast lea. The history ol j
Its gold mining industry Is lost in
antiquity, but evidence Is overwhelm-
ing that it flourished in very early
days and on a most extensive scale.
Tho lettei* discovered a few years
ago at Tai-el-Amama give some Idea
of what the output of gold from
Egypt must have been at thu time of
the Israelitish captivity. The king of j
Babylon ia wanted gold for a new tem |
pie. and It w as to Phare ah that he ,
wfolo'fc-tfsk for It. Th'e'klrg of As-
syria Indited letter* to tie Egyptian
court, pclnted cut that not only hla
father, but even the king of Cappa-
docia. had received twenty talents of
gold sed asked that at least as much
should be sett to himself. Two cen-
turies later, when Egypt bad lost her
empire acd been devastated by bar-
barians from the torth. the amount of
tdd yielded by the desert mines was
• II) ecomens.
But oven more precis? testimony la
fr rt .cimtrg from « papyrus preserved
a Ttorlc, which was discovered In
t^e wits of Thebes. This unique doc-
amwt. supposed to have bean written
In the thirteenth century before
Christ, contains a map of the mines
of Ant* end marks the position not
c=iytcf the mines themselves, but alto
cf tV miters’ horses, the wells from
Whin they drew their water and the
'IpSfcHcnSfr'fi* tp the shafts. .
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several of the leading firms of Eng
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Mere Than On# Hundred Year* Otd.|
ljawrer.ee McAIpin of Philadelphia
l^as just celebrated his one hundredth
birthday. He was born In Ireland and
laid tbe first rail cn the Madison acd
ipotia railroad. He has had
children. He lost track
of them—two eons and two
era! years ago, but
are now living la Canada.
Wlll Be Missed at Capital.
The departure of Justice and MrsJ
Shlraa from Washington, now that the
former has retired from tbe supreme
beach, is a source of much regret to
many friends. Whist players of the
capital are especially put out, for Mrs.
Shlraa Is an accomplished player and
much devoted to the greatest of card
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Charges of Irregularity.
The recent ? convention of freight
handlers held in St. Louis reveals a
strange condition of affairs in the of
■flee of the American Federation -**!-{-
Labor in the way of Issuing charters.
It seems that when "Larry" Curran
said he had received a charter for an
International union of freight handlers
before that union was formed he spoke
the truth, and there is likely to be
’ something doing” as a result. 4
Shortly after receiving the charter
Curran proceeded in his own way to
form an internanonamnton to his own
liking, the main object being to see
that he was elected national president.
He took no chances on that question,
as the various local unions of freight
handlers throughout the country had
nothing to say on tho subject. Curran
(ailed the convention for St. Louis,
and there were thirty-two delegates
present, twenty ?even from Chicago
and five from two local unions in St.
I.ouls and East St. Louis. The no-
th es for the convention were sent to
the other loeal unions throughout the
feuntry five days before the conven-
tion opened, so us to make sure they
would have no ? pportunlty to send
delegates who might be against Cur-
ran for president. Consequently Cur-
ran was‘elected pieslcfcnt, as per pro-
gram. and now pr. touts are being sent
to the headquarters of the A. F. of L.
In Washington, (ailing attention to the
illegal manner in which the conven-
tion was called, it is more than like-
ly that President (dampers will with-
draw the chart i when the facts corair
to hU notice, for although one cf the
objects of tim A. F. o* L. is to encour-
age the formation of international
unions, it can hardly encourage them
being formed In the manner the In-
terior Freight Handlers and Ware-
houseman < f America was formed.
Curran got the charter first, ami
formed the union after, laying careful
plans to sec he would be president
Will Gnmpt rs stand for this plan of
procedure? it has been the rule when
a national union was to be formed that
the officers of the A. F. of L. set tho
date for the convention and gave all
affiliated In? nl unions of the craft am-
ple* time to elect delegates and be rep
resent d. Then, when tho union was
ti.ru.cd, at v.as representative of the
craft, and not of any particular clique,
as seems to ho the cave in this par-
ticular itntance.—Chicago Inter
Occam
minors. It Is s composite measure,
bearing the Indorsement of Edgsr T.
Davies. state inspector of factories and
workshops; the Chicago Federation of
Labor, the compulsory department of
the Chicago board of education and
numerous child-saving organisations.
The present age limit of 14 years
is unchanged by the bill, but the right
of notaries public to issue affidavits
as to the age of children is annulled
and It becomes the duty of the board
of education to designate a child’s age.
Affidavits must be accompanied by
positive proof as to birth certificates
or registration of baptism.
A slight educational test must be
applied to children between the ages
of 14 and 16 years before they are to
be permitted to work. The test shall
consist of sight-reading and writing of
several simple sentences In the Eng
Ilsh language. Minors under the age
of 16 years shall not be permitted to
work between the hours of 10 p. m
and 6 a. ra.. thus doing away with
night work for children.
The bill prohibit!...the_employment
of minors under the age of 16 years at'
extra-hazardous and dangerous occu-
pations and defines the character of
such habardous tasks. The employ-
ment of girls under the age of 16
years at work requiring them to stand
continually through the day is pro-
hibited. The employment of children
under the age of 14 years in concert
halls where liquor is sold is prohib-
ited. .....*
The Right of Combination.
“Capitalists have a right to do a?
they please with their money, as long
as they do not become public charges.
A man without capital may labor or re
fuse to labor, go long as he keeps out
of the poorhouse. Capitalists have the
right to combine capital in productive
enterprises and by lawful competition
drive Individual producers and small
ones out of business. Laborers and ar
tlsans have the right to form unions
and fight this combination of capita!
iats by lawful means." This statement
of tho right of combination on the part
of capital and labor was handed down
by Judge C. C. Bland of the St. Louis
court of appeals in a decision in favor
of Joseph E. Walsh, who sought an
injunction to prevent members of the
Master Plumbers' association from
combining in the refusal to sell him
supplies because he wa3 not a mem-
ber. Judges Barclay and Goode con-
curred in the decision, which was a
reversal of a decision in Judge Wood's
eburt. The appellate court, while
holding that the association should
ho restrained, as Walsh asked, refused
to dissolve the organization, as he re-
quested. It was stated that the asso-
ciation was a lawful one.
QUIT THE TURKEY BUSINESS.
Greed of Bindery Girl* Soured Secre-
tary of the Navy Whitney.
The story of bow a few impatient
women destroyed a mighty good reso-
lution. cay* the New Yorh Tribune,
was recently told by the chief clerk of
the NaTy Department. In 1888 Secre-
tary Whitney was delayed in getting
out his report, and finally had to push
it through with a rush.
“So well wa* the work done,” ■*7*,
Mr. Peter*, “and so plea*ed wa* the
secretary, that two day* before
Thanksgiving be sent for me and *ald,
'Mr. Peter*. I wish you would go to
the market and buy a turkey for every
employe of tbe government printing
office.’ ‘But, Mr. Secretary,’ I replied.
‘It would require 3.000 turkey* to fill
that order.’ ‘It makes no difference If
5.000 would be needed; buy them.’ ‘It
is impossible,’ I said; ‘there are not
3.000 unsold turkeys to be had In
Washington to-day.’ ‘Then.’ said he,
‘ascertain the names of tbe men who
had the principal part in getting out
the report, get a turkey for each to-
day. and order the necessary number
—3.000 or 5.000— and see that they are
delivered in time for Christmas.’ Un-
der these instructions nine turkey*
were Bent to tbe printing office that
day. The next morning the secretory
received ten letters. Nine were note*
of thank3, and the other was a letter
from fifty-five glrla in the bindery,
who demanded a turkey each because
of the part they had taken in getting
out the report. As soon as he read
that letter the Secretary of the Navy
said: ‘Mr. Peters, I have gone out of
the turkey business.' Nothing further
was necessary. The Christmas distri-
bution was not made, and all on ac-
count of the haste of fifty-five women
to get recognition for their services."
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A TALL BLACKBIRD STORY.
Two Scales Not Desirable.
Two of the Chicago building trades,
tho Stone D.-rrlckmen’* union and the
Gravel Roofers’ union, have signed
new agreements with their employ-
r.j. the former being granted an in
crease of five cents an hour in wage?,
end, the latter ton cento an hour. The
wftgos of gravel roofers will now be
.'<> cents ar. hour and derrlckmen 45
cents. The Lathers’ union submitted
a rcalc cf wages for the approval of
the advisory board of the building
trades making the rate |4 a day for
first-class men end $3.50 a day for sec-
ond-class men. The beard promptly
refute.1 to indorse tbe scale, because
of the two rates. It has been a theory
of the contractors for years that the
;mtcns shc-:M- be divided Into first
and second ?• iats men. Experience
has shown that where it was done
*h? sec* nd-ciass mei^did all the work
and the fir«t-cla£g men walked tbe
streets, in good times, when work
ia plentiful, the demand will regulate
the wages for first-class nen, as the
fact that the union sets p minimum
?c*l« is no reison why a contractor
should not pay a higher rate to men
he thinks are worth it. A minimum
scale Is not a uniform scale by any
means, as it sometimes argued, and if
tbe classification of tbe workmen la
left to tbe employer, as it must neces-
sarily be. all tbe man will be second-
class workmen in dull tiufos. No
union should stand for two scales of
wages for the same class of work. Bet
a minimum sca£. and let tbe em-
ployer pay os' much more as he wants
to for the better class of workmen.
Govern** Child Labor.
Representative Davies Introduced tn
the Illinois House of Representative*
a Mil to govern the employment of
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Will Settle Amalgamation.
President I. J. McDonald of the In-
ternational Union of Commercial Tel-
egraphers. and Percy Thomas, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Commer-
cial Telegraphers, held a two hours’
conference over the wires, between
Chicago and New York the other night
regarding the amalgamation of the
two International unions. It was final-
ly agreed to submit a proposition to
the membership of each organization
that' two delegates be named from
each, these four to select the fifth, and
meet in the headquarters of the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor at Washing-
ton on March 15 and there reach
terms. The decision of this board to
be final and binding upon both.
Honest Old Darky Makes Another Con-
tribution to Literature.
“Well, suh,” said Bro. Luckle, as
the shavings fell from his plane, go-
ing along the rough way of the plank,
“you don’t see no blackbirds in At-
lanta now, lak what you use ter see."
‘Blackbirds?’’
‘ Yes. suh! Sence dese tall br.ildln’8
come up, dey don’t fly over lak in de
ole days. 1 well remembers w’en I
lived nigh Medlock’s, a drove of
blackbirds come ’long, one-half mile
wide and* ten foot deep. Yes, suh!
You white folks don’t b’l’eve dat now;
hut dey’s lots of old cullud folks ’mem-
ber dem days! I wuz younger den dan
what I is now; en one day, ’long ’bout
de time blackbirds wuz a’flyin’, I took
my gun en crope up on de cowshed.
Bo’s ter git a good shot at ’em. en not
ter strain my gun, en bless God. here
dey come! Dey wuz full half-mile
wide en ten foot deep—dea lak I tell
you—en dey darkened de sun fer full
fifteen minutes—so much so dat de
chickens Towed dat night wuz come,
en gone ter roos’! Well, suh, I shet
my eye en pull loose on ’em ‘twel I
hear de double-barrel gun go ’Bow!
Bow!’ en den dey commence failin’!
Dey felled en dey felled en dey felled
—’twel de barnyard wuz black wld
’em; en I slid down, I did, fum dat
cowshed, en picked up two barrels of
’em! En dat ain’t de wusst of It, kaze
fer ten whole days atter dat de people
picked up blackbirds fer ten mile fum
what I fust let fly at ’em; en ler two
months dey wuz nuttin’ but blackbird
pie in dat neighborhood; Ef you don’t
h’l’eve what I tellin’ you, deg ask
Dock Smith—he wuz dar, en he seen
It!”—Atlanta Constitution.
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I? WAS NO PICNIC.
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Long-Standing Dispute Settled.
George V. hightail, president of the
International Untgn of Steam Engi-
neers. has returned to headquarters
from an extended trip around the coun-
try. settling questions of jurisdiction
with the United Brewery Workmen
under the decision of the convention
of the American Federation of Labor.
All unions of engineers chartered by
the United Brewery Workmen have
been turned over to the Engineers’
union, the conditions being that where
they had a clear card they were ad-
. mltted without Initiation fee*. It has
settled a long dispute which has kept
a number of trades divided for the last
three years.
Child Labor Law Indictment. ..
.J. B. Jaqueth, timekeeper for the
Butler Publishing company of Chi-
cago, was indicted for employing two
girls who were, less than sixteen years
old. This Is the first indictment nnder.
the child labor statute. Jaqueth was
acting for the manager of the Chi-
cago broach of the firm when he em-
ployed the children, but it ts held that
he alone Is responsible. Similar coses
hart been tided heretofore In Justice
courts under disorderly conduct and
other charges. In such coses only
small fines were assessed.
And Worried Mothsr Doubtless Knew
Whereof She Spoke.
To illustrate a point he was making
In a recent lecture in Philadelphia,
Joseph L. Barbour, a well-known law- -
year of Hartford, Conn., told this
story:
A woman with five small children
boarded a horse car in New York,
which was already comfortably filled.
Tbe conductor became a trifle impa-
tient because It took the family oo
long to get aboard, and, as tbe mother
finally reached tbe top step and the
car began to move, the conductor ven- *
tured to oak her: "
“Madam, are these all your child-
ren, or Is It a picnic?"
The woman flushed aa she replied:
"Yea, they are all my children, and
I tell you. It’s no picnic.”—New York
Times.
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Affiliate With Strong Body.
The International 8late end Tile
Roofers' Union and the Stonemasons’
International Union of America hare
* scoose affiliated''and obtained ebar-
fbc* Aren the National Building Trmbw
Council
Another Roc Egg. .
The supply of roc eggs Is apparent-
ly not yet exhansted In Madagascar,
for a fresh specimen was brought
over recently from Antananarivo to
Johannesburg, its finder doubtless re-
garding the Rand capital as tbe most ~
likely market in tbe 8outh African
quarter. The egg was put up for sale
by aucUon, "between the ehalns,” the
other day, and after some spirited bid-
ding was sold for a hundred guineas.
Being comparatively speaking, a freak
egg, the price paid for It la probably a
fklr one, but after it passes through a
few more auctions Its , figure mop
ranch the regular market standard,
which has lately been well am Mt
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