Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1894, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY B;x;- GCOUNCIL BLUFFS. NO, 12 PEARL STREET. CB, « e 4 Delivered by carrier to any part of the citz, H. W. TILTON, Letsee. TELEPHON ES—| No. 43; office, editor, No, MINOK MEN Grand hiotel, Council Bluffs, Mayne Real Estate agency, The Ganymede Wheel club monthly meeting this evening. The trial of cases on the criminal docke will be comenced in the district court today. Henry Southern, Jose his left arm mnot long ago in a sheller, is progressing nicely on the road t recovery, and thinks of going to his hom in Boomer township next week. Mrs. Charles Moxley has filed a complain in the office of the clerk of the court, alleging that Emil and Jane reopened Oct. 1 539 Broadway. will hold thelr little daughter. Mrs of the case, A barn in the rear cf Captain Brown's house, 1105 First avenue, wa on fire at an ¢arly hour yesterday mof and before the fire department could guish the flames a horse and buggy belongi to Joseph H. Kintz were destroyed damage to ‘he building nominal, hte horse was a valuable on At St. Paul's ch urch audience assembled and a fine gram was presented. Among the number were Sir John Goss' ““Cantate Domino” and “Deus Misereatur” in C. The choir sang fo the anthem John Stainer's ““Ye Shall Dwell in the Land,” the soprano by Master Rod Lanzendorfer, sweet soprano volce. At a regular meeting of Lily camp No. R. N. of A. Thursday, December 6, the fol lowing named officers were elected for year 1805: Oracle, Mr; L. Smith; oracle, Mrs. M. E. Weatherbee; recorder, Mrs L. J. Morris; receiver, Mrs. 1dith McCune chancellor, Mrs. W. C. Boyer; mars! Kate M ller; inner sentinel, Mrs. J. ouetr sentinel, Mrs. Dora Fowler; Mrs., W. C. Boyer; alternate, Mrs. Susa MeG. Snyder; board of managers, chairnn Mrs. May Wind, Mrs. Susan McG. Mrs. Minnie Pfeiffer. 0. M % extin bu musical pro ‘We have two nice six-room cottages Avenue O, near Twenty-ninth street, we will sell at a bargain if taken at once. Bay window, good cellar, water in yard, larg lot. Installments. street. Lougee & Towle, BOSTON STORE. For One Week Only. The foll:wing list of merchandise will b old at ADVERTISED PRICES to close out the lots before the holiday rus is upon us. These goods are offered as bar. gains, being a sacrifice from original price and far below valu Blg lot silk and wool novelty dress goods 59¢ a yard. | were $1.00 and $1.25, for this sale, 6d-inch striped and mix=d repellant; quality, now 29c. All remnants of dress goods half price. 48-inch all wool black French serges, whi cords, Ottomans, and fancy weaves, so0ld for $1.00 to $1.50 a yard, to close, a yard, All wool red flannel, All wool skirt pattern 50c_each. 76e cotton blankets, 48c each, good size. Extra heavy Canton flannel, was 1 now 835c a yard. Bed comforts, geod size, 48c each. Infants' silk-trimmed hoods, 43¢ worth $1.00. Ladies' black cashmere hose, now 19¢, or 3 for 50c. Ladies' opera length hose, fancy colore tops, werth 0c, now 29c a pair. 19¢ quality infants’ wool hose, for 25c. Ladies’ wear, worth 89c, reduced to 62%c cach. Angora wool, 12%c a ball. 10c colored Saxony yarn, ¢ a skein. Get our prices on b:oks and holiday good before buying. FOWLER, DICK AND WALKER, Jouncil Bluffs, la. 62t 15c a yard. worth $1.00, 40¢ 10¢ PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. James Hunter of the Minden bank is visit- ing friends In the city. J. H. Bradley of Chicago, one of the junio members of the firm of David Bradley & Co., 18 in the city. Frank V. Badollet has accepted a position i an orchestra at one of tha leading oper: houses of Pittsburg, Pa. Willie, the little son of Rev. and Stephen Phelps, Is 11l with scarlet fever his home on Willow avenue. On Tuesday, from 9 to 10 a. m., all ladie purchasing art needle work materials be given an hour's free instruction. come and see the hands:me new art m terfals, embrolderies, etc. Mail orders r ceived. Misses Clark & Wetzel, 3 way. Gas co'king stoves for rent and for sale al Gas Co.'s office. L8 Domestic soap breaks hard water. Ground oil cake $1.30 hhd. at Morgan & Co.’s drug store, 134 Broadway. Typewriter supplies at Findley Tried to KL Chlef Seanlan. James O'Brien, who keeps a saloon became involved in a quarel midnight Saturday night A long era of bad feeling had existed betwee: them, and the row was precipitated by th fact that during the evening O'Brien ha shortly aftei been quite largely patronizing his own wares. The noise aroused several officers ane they went in to put a stop to the difficulty. ‘While they were trying to arrest O'Brien he pulled a large revolver from his pocke and levelling it In the direction of Chie Scanlan's head, pulled the trigger. For tunately. for Scanlan, the hammer hit cartridge that had already been and he will consequently’ be spared pleasure of attending his own O'Brien was disarmed and locked up in th city jail, along with Hough, and both of them will have a chance to plead to th charge of Aisturbing the peace this mornin in police court, th Druggist Was Rather Sudden, W. Frank Martin Hughes' farm, caught in a rather yesterday afternoon, near Manawa, embarrassing He had just wa this side of drug store silver dollar. but as soon the dollar the river he entered Seller' and asked for change The change was handed over as Mr. Seilers took hold o he saw It was counterfeit Without giving the young man a chance to explain ho ordered him to go to the polic atation with him. At the police station th young man satisfied the officers that he had | no Intention of passing the counterfeit money. The dollar had been passed on him Omaha man, and the first inkling he that it was mot all right was when told him so, peace. The fad—and all fads are popular—of the They will be still more popular when the ladies @ay Is the razor-toed shoe for ladie know that Byers is giving away the fines $5.00 shoe for $3.50. Grand Army f the Republic dance Monday gentle- evening, December 10. Admission, men, 25 cents; ladies, 25 cents, In needle art. Miss M. Noveltie broldery given. street. L e Bouriclus' music house has few expenses; high grade plancs are sold reasonably. Ltutsman street. ssons Sutter, 0 em. 10 Pear 20 per cent discount on all trimmed hats At Mrs. Ragadale' Davis sells drugs, paints and glass cheap. James & O'Kecte, real estate and irsurance. Oll cake, $1.40 per sack at Davis's night who had the mistortune to corn distriet Schuitz have been in the habit of shamefully beating Moxley has been appointed guardian, pending an Investigation | ing yesterday a large | g0lo belng sung who has a very | the viee , Mrs. Collins; delegate, Snyd:r, on wWhieh Small payment down and balance in 235 Pearl that 3 pairs heavy ribbed nonshrinking under- Mrs. at will Ladies, Broad- 337 B'd'y. on Broadway near the corner of Bryant street, with Clift Hough. exploded, funeral. Sawyer, a young man living on | situation returned from a trip to Omaha, and when he reached for a by an had | Sellers He was allowed to depart in | 116 NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS South Beventh Street Property Owners Objeot to the Oity Oouneil's Action, | OVER RCCK ISLAND ENCROACHMENTS Giving Away the Street Causes an Angry Protest from the Residents—Co Justity Their Action by a Course of Special Keasoning. ellmen t1 Almost owners without on South arms against the exception Seventh action the property street are up In of the city ccuncil 0 ¢ | Thirteenth and Fourteenth to Rock Island company. As there is littl prospect at present of their cooling off, the | chances are that injunction proceedings will be resorted to for the purpose of preventing what they claim is an unwarranted infringe- ment of their rights and a detriment to their property. The avenues the t at | councilmen, or rather the six demo- | eratic councilmen, justify their action by " | saying that there is some doubt as to whether the city has a right, not only to that per- ¢ |tlon of Seventh strest, but to the correspond ing portions of Sixth, Eighth and Ninth | streets. According to their story, the ad- t had laid its tracks and gotten possession ®[of all the property comprised in the three blocks from Sixth to Ninth sireet. The : original plat has been clipped out of the county records, so that there does not seem to be a very good prespect of the settlement of the question whether the company deeded the public the streets. Rather than show the company the wi of the city’s hand, it was decided to gi Rock Island Seventh street, city might keep the other streets. This de- cision was arrived at after long and prayer.ul discussion in one of the star chamber ses- sions, for which the present counicl has be- come somewhat famous. Thep raperty owners, are di-posed to say “'bosh" or some'hing wo to such statements from the vencrable city dads. It is not very likely ,they say, that the Rock Island would come In on bende knee and ask the council to give the company something that already belonged to it. The company would merely gobble it and then let [ the city whistle, as the railroad companies e [usually do. Just what action will be taken by o [ the irate citizens who were so unmercifully sat down upon by their chosen representa- tives has not yet been decided, but judging from the wrathful remarks that were heard vesterday and the day before their memorie will fondly utrn back this way when the six democrat e councilmen come up for re- election, even If nothing else is done. . & | | | | | on the other hand, n Dry pine kindling for sale. n | cobs. H. - | 8. s Cheaper than A. Cox, 37 Main street. Telephone Selected hard wood for heating stoves. H. A. COX, 37 Main street. Tel. The laundries use Domestic soap. 48, Another try Show. The citizens of Council Bluffs will have another chance to spend a week with chick- ens, commencing today. She annual exhibit of the Western lowa Poultry association will be held in the Beebe building, 209 Broadway, and Secretary W. A. Groneweg and Superin- tendent C. largest_exhibit of the kind ever seen in the west. Prizzs to the amount of $400 have been offered, and like 1,500 birds being entered. assoclation which started the scheme of hav- ing poultry exhibits last year, and the suc- cess of the first year's effort promises great things for that of this year. now Washerwomen use Domestic soap. [ Eagle work. laundry, Tel. 157. Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap. bkl ) THE RAILROAD DETECTIVE. A Smart Follow Who Has Many Interesting Experiences, It was in the waiting room of a Jersey sty railroad station, says the New York Sun. People were flying to and fro for trains and the scene was quite as animated as the rush of people around a circus ticket wagon. A smooth shaven, mild eyed man was stand- ing near the door when peopla were pouring out for departing trains. The man, who was well dressed, seemed to be looking for some one about to leave. His eyes were fastened on the door, and each person who passed was subject 'to his careful scrutiny. After a few minutes a stoutly built man, plainly dressed and wearing a black mustache, walked up behind the man at the door and tapped him on the shoulder. The man turned about, and the two men held a qulet but earnest two minutes’ conversation. When it was ended the man with the mustache * | pointed toward the street door, and the other man with an angry look followed his direc- tion. “Don’t come back,” said the man, who gave what was apparently an order from one having authority, He spoke firmly, in a voice that could be heard several feet away. It seemed strange that a man attending to his business should be ordered out, and submit to the order. The reporter's curios- ity prompted him to make an inquiry. “What sort of a play was that?” he asked of the man with the moustache. “What business is it of yours? man. He seemed somewhat mollified when he learned that the Inquiry was natural, and was not_caused by ulterior motives, “Well,” he said, “that innocent looking gontleman that you saw leave is one of the best known of the confidence men and thieves in the east. He is out of prison just now, but is watching out for his line of busi- ness. He sometimess hangs about on the ferryboats watching for rural victims on ' | the incoming trains. 1 suspect that he was ! | looking out today for the safe departure of | gome victim who has been finished up by - | the gang and would not squeal because he did not want his name in the papers. You see we can’t hold the crook, as we have no evidence. So we give him the run.” “And what is your business?” porter asked. “Oh, 1 am a rallroad detective, here o protect the patrons of the and the detective moved away. Every railroad company has a small corps of detectiyes—bright fellows who do not win | big reputations in big cases, but who are constantly employed in the hardest and most trying work. They are traveling from one end of the line to the other, looking up all sorts of depredations, except the work known as spotting employes. That work Is usually done by detectives hired from an agency. The reason is easily explained. The rallroad detective, in order to carry on his work suc- cessfully, must have a large personal ac- quaintanca with the employes of the road. | It 1s & ten to one shot that if any one caught him spotting a friend he would be thence- forth useless. But there is no end of labor. The protection of patrons in large railroad stations from pickpockets and bunco men is a most important work. It requires a de- tective with a remarkable memory for faces and a most extensive acquainfance with sneak thieves, He must carry the rogue's gallery in his brain, of- | ten happens, though, that a man pos sessed of the real detective intultion can come pretty near locating a thief by his appearance aud manners. For instance, while moving about in a crowd at a railroad station—a crowd that changes constantly— he will perhaps notice one man who re- mains there after the departure and ar- rival of several trains. That man is classi- fled by the detective as a suspicious charac- ter. The detective watches him carefully and then if he is not quite sure, he politely asks the man whether he is waiting for a train. If the answer is unsatisfactory the detective will observe that the waiting room ;|18 not a public loafing place, but Is in- tended for passengers. In nine out of ten cases the experienced .detective will know whether the man Is lying. Station detectives, as they are called, must have a better kuowledge of thieves than the average agency. detective, for there is a great roar in a railroad office whenever a pocket Is pleked in a waiting room. It is to be said, however, that such occurrences are compara- tively rar The green goods man who 724 Broadway, for good s r t asked the r a the re-~ f B detailed road, s M f " N s It 1 | In declding to glve up Seventh street between | | dition was not platted until after the railroad | akness | e the | in order that the | Hafer promise that it will be the this has resulted in something This is the A DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1894, goes to meet his vietim walts outside the station or on the ferryboat. There Is an end of the old days when bad men could ply their work In waliting rooms, men like Grand Central Pete, who got his sobriquet because he was usually found hanging about the Grand Ce rll tation. Ixc 1 m otive's work for the most par \lu g ou lmi\n thieves and em- pluyl‘n who ‘have destroyed property and in detecting thieves who make raflroad prop- erty a mark. He Is set on the trail of the man who draws a spike from the track, or the small boy who throws a stone through a car window. When a switch Is turned by an unknown hand he Investigates. Every loss, no matter how small, is investigated by ‘such large companies as the Pennsyl- vania and the New York Central The theft of a_ticket offic2 calls forth tal- ent which may have been wasted in profit- less search for a boy who threw a stone at the locomotl in times of labor troubles is the hunting down of writers of anonymous letters to rail- road officers. Letters from crank are thrown In the waste basket, but letters con- taining threats to destroy railroad propeity are held for Investigation. During strikes the detective corps Is enlarged, the help b ing_furnished by such agencies as Pinker- tond and Drummond’s. Whenever a case in volving large interests and requiring a spe- | elal form of skill is to be handled the agency is called upon. Express companies usually employ two detective unless a special guard is required for large shipments of money | in spareely settled regions. These men are | principally employed to keep track of the messengers and to learn their records and | habits, and to trace out claims. Whenever | a big robbery occurs the company detective is in charge over all assistants that may be furnished. They do not come into conflict with railroad detectives unless there is a lawsuit between the two compan'es. The railroad and express detectives are paid according to the requirements of the | companies. In the far west, where freight stealing is often carried on by organized bands of highwaymen, men of nerve as well as brains are needed, and there they re- celve salaries as high as $250 a month. The ordinary railroad detective in the east re- celves considerably less, but enough for a good living. There is always a chance for | something better. Ii he does a bit of work clever enough to attract the attention of a big agency, he receives plenty of offers. Good detectives are ecarce. ol oibibar 1 CURE A DIPHTHE, UCCESS. San Franclsco Physician Uses the New Remedy on w Baby. SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 9—The first trial in this city of the anti-toxine cure for croup and diphtheria is in progress and the re- sults thus far encourage hops of a success lof the new remedy. The disease under treatment {s that of laryngal diphtheria, otherwise a virulent croup, and the patient is an infant of 17 months. The child is of Italian parents. When summoned the physician, Dr. E. L. Decorval, found the babe in an almost hopeless condition and the usual remedies produced no improve- ments. He procured some anti-toxine from the Board of Health. Hypodermic injections preduced a_remarkable change in the child's condition, but Dr. Decorval says it will be necessary to await the normal period to complete the apparent cure, A Twenty-Dollar Bill of 1779, What might be called a relic of the revo- lution is an old $20 bill, issued in 1779, which is now in the possession of John Cummings of Detroit, who received the bill from his sister in Philadelphia about the time of the centen- nial exposition in 1876. The size bf the bill is different from any paper money issues of late years, it being three and a half inches in length, by two and a half inches in width. The words “Twenty Dollars” are printed in the upper right-hand corner, and it also bears this inscription upon its face he bearer is entitled to receive twenty Spanish dollars, or an equal sum in gold or silver, according to a resolution of congress of the 14th January, 1779." Below this reading are the signatures of James Wilson and M. Gardner. On the back of the old bill is an engraving of a leaf, around the edges of which are the words: “Printed by Hall & Sellers, 1779.” The bill is so dilapidated that it is hard to distin- guish the design on the face of it, even with the aid of a magnifying glass. Money Belongs to the Government, CLEVELAND, Dec. 8.—Arnold Dreen, the attorney of the Central Labor union who brought the charges against Judge A. J. Ricks of the district court, has completed his brief. In it he maintains that the proof of- fered shows that Ricks illegally retained clerk’s fees in the Birdsell cases to the amount of $1,558, and that he unlawfully re- tained as clerk's fees in other cases $4,700. Mr. Dreen also declares these sums are due the government and not Judge Ricks' suc- cessor as clerk. - Coal for the Drouth Sufforers. On Thanksgiving day the congregations of the Hanscom Park Methodist, St. Mary's Avenue Congregational, Beth Eden Baptist, Westminster Presbyterian and the Second Lutheran churches held union services, At that time a collection was taken, the under- standing being that the proceeds should be used in purchasng coal for the destitute in the western portion of the state. The col- lection netted $57.78, and with this money Rev. O'Dell of the Beth Iden Baptist church_yesterday purchased three cars of coal, which was forwarded to Wellfl-et, Hol- brock and Stratton. phatacalD IRl Protected oung Daunghter. HENDERSON, Ky., Dec. 9.—In Webster county John Clayton shot and killed Jesse Driver. Driver, who loved Clayton's 14- year-old daughter, had been forbidden to come on the Clayton farm. He persisted in his attentions to the girl and planned to clope. As Driver approached the house in his buggy he was met by Clayton, shotgun in hand. What passed between the men is not known, but this morning Driver's dead body ‘was'found in the road where the meeting took place. Clayton is at large. S A Sweat Shops Ralded. BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.—Under the guise of the violation of the law by working on Sun- day, the police and health officers today raided a number of sweat shops and ar- rested twenty-three men and eighteen women and girls. 1t was found that th were not provided with the breathing space required by law, which is 400 feet of air space for each person, ————— Killed by Yaqui Indians. URES, Mex., Dec. 8.—A ranchman name@ Francisco Morales has reported to the authorities that a band of Yaqui Indians visited his ranch and killed three sheep herders and drove off a large number of cattle. A detachment of troops will be sent in pursuit. o e Druggists' Agent Arrested. CHICAGO, Dec. 8.—H. B, Williams, Chi- cago agent for the wholesale drug house of Frederick Stearns & Co. of Detroit, was ar- rested here today charged with embezzle- ment. The amount of the embezzlement is not known, but it s said to be large. Sult (or Half a Million, DENVER, D:c. 8.—Herman Sturk has begun suit here against J. H. Hampson to recover $500,000 for his services in obtaining | & transfer to the defendant of a concession for a railr:ad from the City of Mexico to Palisade Bay on the Pacific coast, r e L Defaulting Teller Under Heavy Honds, NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—John R. Talt, defaulting teller of the Chemical National bank, was arralgned before United States Commissioner Shields and released in $10,000 bonds. He is under indictment for the em- bezzlement of $15,000. e Slight Earthquake Causes a Panic. ROME, Dec. 9.-In Regglo, capital of Regglo di Calibria, there was a slight earth- quake shock last evening, which caused the people to flee from their homes and camp n the open places. At b o'clock this morn- ing there was another sharp shock, which caused a renewal of the panic. - Cotten kFactory Burned, COLUMBIA, 8. C, Dec. 9—The Bank cotton factory In Lexington county, about thirteen miles from Columbia, was detroyed by fire last night. The origin I8 unknown The loss is §75,000, covered by Insurance. e b N New Use for Electrioity, In Australla horses and cattle are now being branded by electricity from storage batteries. The temperature is uniform and the brand safe and artistic, the A duty that keeps railroad detectives busy | INTHE GRAND ARMY.OF LABOR Questions to Come Befors Afnéfican Feder- ation at the Denver Mosting. #MUCH ANTICIPAYED FROM JOHN BURNS Gomper's Part in Raliway Gnion Strike to be Conslaered—His Chanceb for Re-elec- tion as Prosident—W hat Friends are Saying for Him. The meeting next Tuesday at Denver of the American Federation of Labor will undoubt- edly attract general attention all over clvilized world, inasmuch as John Burns, distinguished labor leader and lawmaker England, will be present and address delegates at some length. Since it has been generally known that John Burns would at tend this meeting there has been considerable of a scramble all over the country for posi- tions of delegates to the national meeting of the federation, there being many of the labor leaders who desired to meet Mr. Burns and have the pleasure of listening to his ad- dress, which is depicted to be a masterly ef- fort and to de1l at length, frem pract’cal knowl- edge, with the great and overshadowing ques- tion of labor. Arrangements for the entertainment of del- egates while visiting the Mountain City have been made by the Central Labor union of Denver, which is a strong labor organizatic and amply prepared for the entertainment of the large crowd that is expected. The principal tople of discussion present in labor circles is, of course, gard to the distinguished Bnglish visitor, but when the delegates assemble, it will be found that a large amount of routine and special business will demand their attention, and unless all signs fail, several of the issues that will come up for consideration and ad- justment will provoke long and probably heated discussions, 1t s not believed by the Omaha labor lead- ers that there will be any trouble, as has been anticipated by some, over the American Raflway union strike of last summer. They say that the federation did the proper thing at the proper time toward the American Rail- way union. The position of Mr. Gompers is generally endorsed, as they considered it would have been very unwise for him to have encouraged a general strike all over the coun- try, and it is pointed out that Mr. Gompers had no power, whatever, to order such a strike, or any other strike, such power being vested in the unions themselves, when not delegated to their national officers, which is rarely the case. ‘Then, as further proof of Mr. Gompers' loyalty to Mr. Debs, when in need of help, it is shown from the records that the American Federation of Labor gave President Debs, of the American Rallway union, $500 to assist him in making his de- fense, and that this money w given at the suggestion of Gompers, who was In sympa- thy with Debs from a general labor stand- point and desired to see him personally have able legal counsel for his defense before the courts, In this city the report of a probably heated discussion of the American Railway union strike is not given much. weight, it generally being believed that Gompers and Debs are on friendly terms, only differing in opinions re- garding the lines of action to be followed by the labor organizations of! the country in bringing about reform. It is well known that Debs is the leader and representative of the radical clement, and that he strongly ad- vocates political action i labor organizations, but the recent opinions of Gompers in relation to political action tend to lead his followers and admirers to believe that he s ready to go as far as, in the jullgment of the dele- gates to the national conveiition, is deemed advisable for the best interests of the work- ing people. The program now generally known as the *political program,” which was submitted at the last national convention of the American Federation of Labor to the national and local unions affiliated, will most likely be the greatest bone of contention that will ‘come up for consideration by the dele- gates to the Denver meeting. This program provides for political action by the unions and defines the issues upon which to make the fight at the polls. There are ten dis- tinct propositions in the program, and it was agreed at the last national convention that each national and local union affiliated with the federation should ballot upon each propo- sittion separately, and that those receiving a majority of all votes cast, should become the principles of the American Federation in the future, or at least until ordered changed by another general vote of the This system of defining the general princi- ples of the federation has been endorsed by nearly all the labor leaders of note in the country. Aside from the decision of what the prin- ciples of the organization shall b there will be an interesting part taken by all the dele- gates in the selection of the officers for the coming year. At this distance it looks like Samuel Gompers, the present incumbent, against the fleld, with a pretty good showing for Gompers. His friends maintain that his experience fits him better for the position in these critical times than any cne else who might be mentioned, and they further point to his work as editor of The Federationist, the official organ of the American Federation of Labor, as positive proof of his ability to lead the many labor organizations of the country in the right path. It is not defi- nitely known at this time just where Mr. Gompers stands upon the growing question of & general union of all the labor organiza- tions of the country, but his friends claim that he is ready to join issues with the Knights of Labor and ‘all kindred organiza- tlons as soon as it may be developed that the rank and file of the members desire the gen- eral union effected, he only being their agent to_carry out their wishes Taken as a whole, it Is quite probable that the Denver meeting next Tuesday will be one of the most interesting labor conventions ever held in America. the the the at in re- Notes on Labor Matters. Tobacco workers will form a national union soom. Danville (1) 75 cents per ton. Lexington (Ky.) barbers are Sunday closing <rdinance. The New York bakers have refused to re- duce the price of bread. London machine typesetters have deserted the hand compositors London pays 42 per cent tax of England and Wales. Minneapolis cigar make's have induced an- other firm to employ union men. Traverse City (Mich.) lathers will work for l:ss than 2% cents per yard. In the country districts cf France cent coal miners struck against fighting a ¢f the income not 67 per of the agricultural lab rers are idle. Pittsburg auctioneers 'say’the sheriff’s em- ployes are encroaching gn their business. Minneapolis mail carriers will not deliver letters to houses where: vicious dogs are kept. The Cotton Workers' Prctective union has joined the American Federation of Labor. Saginaw street rallway men threatened to strike because three leading union men were discharged. A co-operative glass factory Is to started at Tarentum, Pa., and another West Virginia. The Ir:n Molders' unign of Tacoma, Wash., has been sued for damages by an expelled member. The union bricklayers at Jacksonville, Fla., went on a strike for §3 per day for nine hours' work. Employes of the Parkersburg, Pa., Iron company have accepted a wage reducticn of 10 per cent Railway C:nductors' Insurance association has disbursed §1,000,000 among widows and orphans of members, At La Crosse, Wis., the secretary of the brewers' unfon was heavily fined for dis- tributing a boycott placard. The government of Spain has at last es- tablished a national bureau for labor statis- tics, which has been demanded by the labor unions of that country for a number of years The bureau will be modeled after the labor be in bureau In Washington, of | present members. | DIPHTHERETIC SERUM, Discovery, Operation and Roesults of the New Curative Agent. The ravages of the dreqdcd disease diph- | theria aré only too well known. In the census year 1880 it caused 38,143 deaths in the United States, and doubtless a much larger number In 18%0. In France the nual mortality is put at 30,000, and Austria at 20,00, In New York City last year there were 1970 deaths of this disease An unusual number of cases I8 reported this season from different parts of the country Naturally, there is a good deal of interest felt, says ‘he Louisville Courler-Journal, not' merely in medical circles, but amonk the people generally, in the new for diphtherin, discovered by Prof. a pupll of Prof. Koch. The value | | n- in | of such | alleged discoveries requires to be carefully tested, Some of been heralded in re specifics have prov that have | nt years as infallible disappointments. The results o far obtained by the use of Prof. Behring's serum are of such a chara as to justify a thorough test of its Although this discovery was made years ago it was not until early the vear that any extended test of its efficacy was made. In a children's hospital in Paris, where during four preceding years nearly 4,000 children had been treated” with an average mortality of 52 per cent, the use of the serum was begun last February In the six months the serum was tried on #§ patients ‘and the mortality was only 24! cent. During the same period in & other hospital, where a Jarger number patients were treate the ordi the mortality was 60 p cates a reduction of rnearly cent in the mortality under the jew treatment, but, of course, no trustworthy conclusion can be founded on o narrow a basis of fact. It is quite possible that facts and’ ecircumstances that would y modify the conclusion be not stated in these The y are apt to be by 'enthusiasiic lievers in the new discovery, who can ardly be expected fully to sfate all the adverse facts that may have come to their knowledge. The experiments made in Berlin, how- | ever, were qually or even more encouraging. In a hospital there under the old treatment the mortality was 40 per cent of the ¢ treated. With the new treatment the mo tality was only 14 per cent. It Is even at- | tempted to show that by rejecting certain cases in which death was inevitable the ratio of mortality could be reduced to 11% per cent, but it is best, perhaps, to adhere to the actual figur it does not appear that there were numerous s in which death was inevitable under the old treat- ment. This 18 especially advisable in view of the fact that by including other hospita in Berlin we get an average mortality of | ¢ per cent. It will be noted that while | e figures are higher in the Paris hospitals, | the percentage of the reduction of mortality 18 nearly the snme in both It is a matter highly proper for public information that the efficiency of this new remedy s largely dependent upon the | promptness of the treatment. As the tients seldom reach the hospitals befc third day, and some as late as the the chances of recovery are not so as if the treatment were more prompt tables of Prof. Ehrlich are very suggesti on this point. He treated six persons on the first day of the attack, and saved them all; | sixty-six on the secind day, and saved sixty-four, or 97 rcent; tw i the third day, and saved §6 per cent; nine on the fourth day, and saved 77 per cent. Of those treated for the first time on the fifth day he lost about half In the Willard Parker hospital in York twenty patients were treated with the serum, and five of them died. It is maintained that four of the deaths were not due to the poison of diphth and that, in fact, the mortality was c one in sixteen, or 6 per cent. Qualifications of this sort, however, are easily made, and ar hard to refute, 0 that in general the of the figures will have to' be accepted until further tests show them to be too high. None of the cases in this_hospital received any treatment before the third day, and 40 per cent of them not until the fifih day or later. The mortality of 25 per cent, therefore, was by no means a bad showing. The serum is to be utilized as a prevent- fve as well as a cure. In Berlin it was ad- ministered to 130 children that had been ex- posed to the infection. Of these only two had the disease in a mild form. Preparations to obtain an adequate ply of the serum are making in different parts ¢f the country. In New York City thirteen horses and several other animals have been incculated. From three to five months are required for the preparation of the remedy. A good deal of it will be avail- able some time next month, when tests on a larger scale may be made. While it is not safe to rely too implicitly on the favor- able reports already received, there fs still reason to hope that the serim will prove to be extremely useful, both as a curative agent and a preventive. Anti-Toxine Works Like a Charm. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 7.—The first experiment to be made here with anti-toxine has proved successful, Frances Langson, daughter of Dr. Langson, was taken ill with diphtheria Sunday. Tuesday her life was despaired of. She was given an injection of the serum sday noon and another Wednesday, and she is so far recovered that a third injéction is not necessary. The old remedies failed utterly. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 7.—Logan Clen- dennin, the first’ patlent treated by local physicians with anti-toxine, has recovered, and_other patients are improving rapidly. A further supply of the serum has been ordered from New York. el e e Installed as President. Father John Pahls was installed at noon vesterday as president of Creighton college and rector of St. John's Collegiate church The ceremony of installation consisted solely of the reading of the decree, whick orders Father Pahls to the presidency of the college. The late president, Father Hoeffer, who was Installed a few days ago as the president of Ignatius college of Chicago, read the decree. Father Pahls has had experlence in teach- g that covers more than twenty-five vears, although he is only 47 years of age. He was educated at the divinity school at Woodstock, Md. Previous to coming here he had been at the St. Louis university, where he was treasurer of that institution | for three years, He was also moderator of | the Marquette club, a religious and social | association of the Catholics of St. Louls, He succeeded Father Hceffer to this office when the latter was ordered to the pres dency of Creighton college. e Corrosive Sublimate. the wife of a barber who | 20 North Sixteenth street, almost | sterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from of a dose of corrosive sublimate d been sick for some time and tak- The bottle was kept in the husband says that by The Trouble with the ordinary preparations | of Cod Liver Oil is that too | much oxygen is used up by the body in disposing of them, This fact is admitted by the best physicians. SLOCUM'S the remedies of way, indi- to rte be- fifth freat New Toolk Mrs, A. 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