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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1907)
A general strike ben been declared la Ledt, Russia, and tUi 512,000 men re out. New Bedferd (Maiw.) Weavers' Union fcas agaia Utated wiU Ue United Tex tile Workers. ' Tba interaatiaaal cenvenlien of Stee ttra aad IIera will be held in De troit next year. The International Unlen of Ladies' Garment Workers will held a convention tn Boston aezt year. Union labor ia renewing Interest in the proposition, to establish a magnificent la bor teple ia Boston. Thirty-six unions, out of a total of forty-six in Dnlutb, Minn., are affiliated With the trades assembly. A special committee of the St. Paul Trades Awcmblj is looking into the mat ter of building a labor temple. Vegetable renders of Brooklyn, N. Y., re talking of organising a union to pro tect themselves from the middlemen. Fall River (Mass.) weavers have ac cepted a compromise that 474 yards con stitute a cut, and the threatened strike is off Tn thai na naa Ai4In trwln nt ar In T rwllJt ' the iverage wages a day for men is 15 cen j; women, 8 cents, and children, J rBts. The largest shipbuilding firms are to be found in the Baltic ports; large firms have also established themselves on the Elbe and Weser. San Francisco (Cal.) Stone Cutters' Union, through ita executive committee, lias decided to submit its differences with employers to arbitration. Emma Gruber Foley, elected president recently of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Is past president of the 'Women's Auxiliary to San Franclnco Typogrsphlcal Union No. 21. All chances of Boston garment work ers becoming involved in the dispute of (the suspended locals of New York and the International Union are over. Tho Bos jton unions will support the national or ganization. 1 Some 70,000 Scotch miners have re ' lie wed their demand for an advance in ; wages of 12 per cent. The present rates amount to about G shillings 1) pence a day in wages, so that the demand is considerable. Corporation laborers at Calgary, Can ada, have received an Increase from 25 to 27 cents an hour, and it has been de cided by the City Council that eight hours hall constitute a working day, except in cases of necessity. A blind man's union has been formed In Paris. The members are the blind em ployes of the National Institute for the Blind, who were dissatisfied with their salaries. They threatened to strike and received an Increase. The convention of theatrical stage em ployes, held recently in Norfolk, Va., had before It a proposition to establish a sick benefit fund, also a funeral benefit fund. It was decided to submit this to the sub ordinate bodies for a referendum vote. Large crews of men have been going to the West through the Minneapolis (Minn.) -employment offices for a long time, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Wash ington and Oregon taking the bulk. The work supplied Is understood to be railroad building. About forty employes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad have been retired on pensions. The men so re tired have been tn the employ of the com pany from thirty-five to forty years, and will now receive from $0 to $7 a week for the remainder of their lives. The Industries of the United States suffered less from strikes during 1005 than in any year since 1802. In 1005 there were 221,080 employes thrown out of work by 2,077 strikes undertaken by 170,337 strikers In 8,202 establishments and lasting an average of twenty-three days In each establishment Involved. The terrible disasters which have re cently occurred In the local coal mines pf Germany and Franco have directed the attention of scientists, especially In the former country, to Introducing methods of protecting the miners against a recurrence of such calamities, or at least of dimin ishing, aa far as possible, the loss of life. A Pastors' Union, composed of all the Protestant clergymen of La Crosse, Wis., la affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Ia that town members of the other trades look upon the preachers as brother workers, admit their delegate to the meetings of the Trades and Labor Council and bave a representative of that body at the meetings of the clergymen. The organisation of employes on the railway lines of the United States dates from the organising of the Brotherhood of the Footboard, at Detroit, Mich., May 8, 1803, ly the locomotive engineers, which association Is known as the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers. Other branches of the transportation service fol lowed, from time to time, so that now each branch ef the service ia organised. The Massachusetts State Commission on Commerce and Industry,' recently ap pointed by Gov. Guild, has sent to many labor men, as well as business men and trade organisations' officials, a request to end to it before Sept. 1 a statement of the waya each thinks that the commercial and Industrial prosperity of the State can be promoted, whether by changes in legis lation, by public or private undertakings or otherwise. Women of Jersey City have started a novel organization. To establish a school to Instruct women how and where to spend their money most beneficially for onion labor will te one of the features of the body, besides boosting union labels and encouraging men to organise. On the subject of uniform design for all union labels, the executive council of Uie American Federation of Labor has de cided that the report of the committee at Jhe Minneapolis convention last year sliall be given careful consideration. The matter will be again brought up at. the coming convention at Norfolk, Va. It Is believed that If all the labor unions of San Francisco, Cal., were to join in a common cause a great hospital could be erected and maintained at a comparatively small cost per capita. A strike of the blast furnace men at rittsburg. Pa., which, it is said, will af fect between 10KM) and 15,000 men, pus sHily will be culled in the U".ir future. The difficulty is over the eight-hour day. Tim s'lccess of the Missouri Stute Fed eration of Labor in the matter of obtain ing the enactment of a number of laws for the protective of the interests of labor bss attracted a great deal of attention Is the Bast DOWH THE MISSISSIPPI. (treat NimiI ts llener Reevelt Kwlf is Oeleker. For the Brut time la history a Presi dent of the United States Is going to take a journey on the Mlslssijpi river, not for the punae of getting from one point to another, but to nee tlio great river, to meet the people who lire along Ita basks and e acquaint hbmasK with the conditions as the exist at the preheat time la that territory adjacent tn the "father of waters." True to bis principle of swing thine" for himself Instead of through the eyea of others, PraaUenc Roonevelt Is coming to the Mlmlsrippl valley In October to find nt what the needs of this great water way and tho tributary ts It really are, and the Member of Che Lake-to-t be-Gulf Deep Waterway Association hope to so Impress him with the Im portance ef their project that before he leaves the middle west be will be Ring ing "14 feet through the valley" as lustily as the rest of them. The entire river from Keokuk, Ind., where he embarks oa the river bout Mississippi, to Memphis, where bis journey ends, will be ea feto to greet him, but at St. Louis the most elabor ate reception will occur. Here the har bor and the city will combine to do him honor, and the decorations as well as the program of events will be on the nest elaborate scale possible. The President will leave Keokuk on Tues day morning, Oct. 1, and will go down the river on, the Mississippi river Com mission's steamboat Mississippi, arriv ing at St Louis alwut 0 o'clock In the morning of the 2d. Here he will be met by the Governors of 20 Mississippi Tallcy States, the officers of tho Lakes-te-tue-Gulf Deep Waterway Associa tion and tho Executive Committee of the St. Louis Buelacm Men's League, who are his hosts en this occasion, ne will remain In St Lsuls a few hours, departing "thence for Cairo and Mem phis. Along the river every town will be decorated In honor of the dlstla gulHlied traveler, and every boat from one end of the river to the other is ex pected to take some part la the great four-day pngeunt. International Socialist Coasreia. Eight faandred and eighty-six delegate, representiag twenty-five of the leading nations of the world, which constituted the International Congress of Socialists, snct tor the frst time on German soil at Stuttgart Of these, 300 were from Gersmny, ISO from On gland, 00 from France, 80 frea Austria, 50 from Rus sia aad smaller delegations from Switzer land, Bohemia, Hnagary, Italy, Bulgaria, Itoamaala, (Sweden, Holland, the Malted States, Argentina, South Africa, Austra lia and Japan. Secretary Van der Velde of the International Socialist Bnreau, offi ciated nt the opening of the congress. The oaenlng address was made by lierr Bebel f Germany. Ue laid stress ea the So cialist gains daring the past year In France and oa the fact that fer the first time SooiaJlsta bad been elected to the BTltirth Parliament. In bis own country, while the number of seats ia the Reich stag had been reduced, he pointed out that the Socialist vote had increased a quarter of a million since 1000. Ue said the number of enrolled members of So cialist syndicates in Germany last year was 1,B00,000. He referred to the "scan dalous prosecution" of Haywood in Amer ica, and expressed satisfaction at his ac quittal. Herr Singer presided. An open air mnas meeting was attended by 10,000 Aoclattsts. Taw asore important subjects a lac inid daring the week were immigra tion, Che rotations of the party to trade unions and the proposal to Introduce sim ultaneously in all parliaments a motion fer easaWshiag by law maximum working hours. Tte..Nev& Tho shortage of fruit makes this a sert of canned-goons auianier. The summer shoos this year bring us one step nearer to the yellow peril. CSehtnlta, of San Francisco, is going to rua far Mayor aa far as the penitentiary will let Mm. The United States has at last suc ceeded ia shedding itself of Its James Ilsaen Hyde. Uncle Sam, it seems, has lost an Island la one Pacific somewhere. Has Japan been searched T Astronomers have found a new canal on stars. But the one on Panama Is till subject to delay. Mr. Rockefeller's knowledge of tho af fairs of his own company is almout as prefoond aa his silence. Unole Bun has a hard time in summer with fupr hmmlgTanta pouring in and Amwrisnn money pouring out. Meet of the stammer hotel proprietors wenkt give anything for a method for the painlasn extract! em ef peckerboeaa. What in besne withont a Teddy bear? A New York child fell three stories, land ed oa its stuffed pet, and was unhurt. The King of Spain announces that if is a very happy feeling to be a father, Just wait, Alf, till teething time begins. It was a woman who figured Jhat as a result of the telegraphers' strike the wires might become seriously damaged from rust. Mea who have been trying o drink all the wbbdty in the country tuny feel en couraged to knew that they consumed 11.44V.252 gallons more butt year than the year before. The Standard Oil Comvany has de clared another (41,000,000 quarterly divi dend. Reports that the Standard was about be go to the poorhotwe were evi dently without foundation. If the Standard Oil Company made $100,800,000 In three years when ita pres ident wusn t able to attend to busiueas. what would it make if John D. Rovke- fuller was in working trim? Needn't be surprised If you find your buttons are not sewed on. Your wife can explain that the trust has raised the prioe ef thread. A Chicago woman says she stole iu or der to make her mother comfortable. And now the rude police are waking the whole family uncomfortable. After awhile when yeu send the little girl to the atom for a spool of cotton you'll have tn send a porter along to cans the uieaey to pay for it. Those New York confidauoe taea who took $2,000 from a newly arrived Ehgatbb man .ght to be ashamed of ttemeahrsn. They'd take candy from a child 121 City of Mexico taken by Cortea, 1526 Turks defeated Hungarians at Mohacz. 1034 Swedes defeated at Nordlingen. 1C00 Milton's works burnt by the hang man. .. .Marquis de Feuquleres as sumed office as Viceroy of New France. 1001 Baron D'Avaugour took office as governor of Canada. 1C04 New Amsterdam surrendered to the English and became New York. 1751 Hie city of A root, India, takes by Lord Ciive. 1755- Stonlngton, Conn., attacked by the British. 1770 Americans defeated by the British at battle of Lonjt Island. 1781 French fleet arrived ia Chesapeake bay to help the Americans. Igi 1782 Preliminary treaty between Eng land and the United States signed at Paris. . . .Nine hundred persons lost la the sinking of the "Royal George" at Portsmouth. 17S3 First' ascent of a balloon filled with hydrogen, at Paris. 1701 George Hammond, first minister from Great Britain, received by Pres ident Washington. 1813 Crenk Indians massacred defenders of Fort Mins, in Alabama. 1810 British fleet bombarded Algiers. 1833 Act .for the sbolition of slavery throughout the British colonies re ceived the royal assent 1835 The "Beaver." first steam vessel to ply oa the Pacific ocean, left Eng land for Fort Vancouver. 1842 Congress changed the beginning of the fiscal year from Jan. 1 to July 1. 1852 Samuel D. Hubbard of Connecti cut became postmaster general of the United States. R850 Leigh Hunt, poet and essayist. died. 1801 Gen. Fremont proclaimed martial law in Missouri. 18G2 Forts Hatteras and Clark, on the North Carolina coast, taken by Union forces. .. .First train run on the Underground railway In London ....Garibaldi defeated and taken prisoner at battle of Aspromouto, Naples. 801 Gen. Sheridnn resumed offensive operations in . the Shenandoah valley ....Gen. McCicllan nominated for President by Democratic national convention at Chicago. .. .Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia. J8G0 First monument erected to heroes of the Confederacy unveiled at Grif fin, Ga. S79 Cetewayo, King of Zululaad, cap tured by the British. 18.90 Gen. Roberts relieved Kandahar. 88l Over 200 Uvea lost In the wreck of the "Tsutoa," bound from Caps Towa to NatnJ. (885 First cable road began operations in New York City. 18811 Sixty-seven persons killed in earth quake at Charleston, S. C. 1801 Santiago taken by Insurgent Chileans. .. . Balmaeeda's army final ly defeated at Yina del Mar, Chile ....Fifty persons killed a ad Injured in wreck on the Western North Car olina railroad. 1802 Metropolitan Opera House, New York, almost wholly destroyed by fire. 1893 House of Represeatatives voted to repeal the silver-purchasing clause of the Sherman act, rejecting all free coinage amendments. 1890 Fresh outbreak ef the rebellion against Spanish rule ia the Philip pi nes. 1002 Violent eruption of Meat Pelee. 1000 Great reeeptioa la New York in honor of William J. Bryan on his return from a trip around th world. Piatt nepllea to Critic. Senator Piatt, as president of the Unit ed States Express Company, In a circu lar to stockholders, shows that the earn ings and Income for the first half of the present year have fallen off, compared with the first half of the preceding year. The net Income from all sources for 1007 be estimates at 7 per cent. Thia state ment is regarded as an answer tn the de mands of minority stockholders for a di vision of surplus and their charge that the Piatt fi.mily aud their associates have juggled the bucks to hide the .profits from owners of stock. The minority faction al leges that rival companies have been rep resented on the board and that business has been diverted to competitors. A for mal demand hits been made for reform in the inauagcmeut of tho company. Martyr to Esprrlmenta. The death of Dr. Seneca 1). Powell, a tnemher of the faculty of the Post Gradu ate Medical School of New York City, 'is believed to have been directly due tT his experiments in the cause of medical sci ence. In his efforts to demonstrate that lcohol was an antidote to carbolic acid he doctor frequently swallowed what would have been a fatal done of the poi son and then took alcohol. Many of these experiments were made in the presence of classes at the school where he was an 'ustructor. I.arurd, tho Tennis Champion. For the third time in his career Wil liam A. Larned won the national tenuis championship in the singles at Newport the other day, defeating Robert Leroy, the intercollegiate champion of Colum bia ; thus the cup becomes Larned's prop erty. He is expected to retire from the chempionship field. IaTestlnatlasT A no Tensions. A m.iiimliivliia tilt a kun m r.ti.t lit...! It 1 . . a g l . . . t . uvv. uuua w uauiiaiwriii 10 investi gate the subject of eld age Insurance and 1 pensions, with a view to establishing such ' a system In that State. TWO WOMEN'S DEVOTION Yet tiring Freedom to Cnlo Powers of Kentockjr. While nothing definite is yet known as to the time of Caleb Powers' next trial, recently deferred, on the charge of murdering Gov. William Goobel of Ken tucky, the preparations are being made and when the case is agnin called his de fense will be complete. Incarcerated for seven years for a murder which changed the political history of a State, outlawed Its Governor and wrecked many homes. Powers, who at the age of 30 yeara was Secretary of State for Kentucky, is still fighting desperately for his life aad lib erty. Three times already Caleb Powers haa been condemned for participation in the Geobel assassination ; three times he has been granted new trials. To his moth er and bis old school teacher he is In debted for at least two of those. Almost immediately after the mnrder Powera was arrested while trying to es cape in disguise. On Aug. 19 following, a jury pronounced him guilty of com plicity In the aafuuwination and fixed his punishment at life Imprisonment He was a man of some little means and bis political friends, partly considering his trial as one arraigning his party before the world, came to his aid and a new trial was granted. "It was a coward's shot which slew Goebel, and Caleb is not a coward." This is what Mrs. Rebecca Powers, the mother of the prisoner, said at the first trial. This is what she said after the appeal was successful, and this is what ahe made many others believe by consist tnt reiteration. "I know Caleb Is not a coward, and I also know he had no connection with the deep damnation of Goebel's taking off." This was the downright answer to er sry charge made against the prisoner re turned by Mrs. Lulie Clay Brock, who I ifL ni iRfll CALKB POWERS. taught the young man when he was a youngster and who remembered the slight blue-eyed boy who called her his "second mother." But the convictions of these women had no weight with the second jury which passed upon the guilt or innocence of the man. So on Oct. 28, 1001, these twelve men brought in a verdict of guilty, and again was the prisoner sentenced to the penitentiary for his natural life. In the meantime, however, and before Gov. Taylor left the State as a rugitive from justice to prevent arrest and ar raignment for complicity in the same as sassination, the executive granted a par don to the prisoner. The Supreme Court of the State declared this pardon void, holding that Taylor had ceased to be Gov ernor at the time it was issued. But the feeble old mother never ceased praying for her son's freedom. Nor did she waver in her faith as to his inno cence. She had impoverished borself, having sold her little farm and moved to the home of a daughter, to aid in raising finances for the son to continue his battle against what seemed to be overpowering odds. Then came the third trial. She was living In an humble cottage In Bar boursville, and every evening she could be found standing at the gate, her very soul crying out for a verdict of "inno cent." Finally the verdict was carried to her, but it was as far from that expected and hoped for as dny is from night. It wat on the evening of Aug. 20, li)03, that she learned that a third jury bad con demned her boy to death. Holding herself steudily erect, the aged woman made but one comment : "My son is innocent ; my solo prayei now is to the God of the fatherless and the widow that ho will wen the eyes and soften the hearts of those enemies ol Caleb who seem determined to have his life. But both he and I will live to provi to th" world that he had no connection with the crime." I'rior to this trial Powers had ued ur about all the funds he could secure. Now he was pretty well discouraged. Again did a woman come to his rescue, rn the mountain school at Fleminsnburg, Caleb Powers had inspired that affection tn Mrs. Brock which was to bring forth a harvest that made a fourth trial possible. Not withstanding her 54 years she gave up all her time to raising a fund for Powers' defense. She resigned from the little school and traveled the length and breadth of the State In behulf of her for mer pupil. She was particularly suc cessful among the women of the State, and it was her spirit, which she imparted to others, that made the fourth trial I certainty. One of the attendants will be the pris oner's mother. She says she cannot beai the suspense which was hers while await ing the verdict in the third trial, and slu is confident that the prejudices of foriuei juries will not be a part of the make-up of the next which will try her boy. What ever the outcome of the trial, the pris oner is bearing up with remarkable forti tude. rrltfhard Sure He la night. United States Circuit Judge Pritchard, iu an opinion recently announced at Ashe ville, N. C, strongly allirms the jurisdic tion of his court in the issuance of t lie recent injunctions against olth-ial durinj the railroad rate controversy. He de clare that a Slate Legislature cannot sc frame an act a to di-prive a citizen of right vouchsafed hint by the federal con stitution or to deprive the Federal Court of Its jurisdiction. Kehoea of l'la nronud I'onveullon. The recent National Playground con vention at c uu-ago tias started a new wave of interest in the vital subject ol children s play, and muny cities are con sidering the adoption of au extensive plan for the creation of playground to connection with school houses and parka A Coat lr Mew Theater. Plans have becu filed for a new theatei iu New York City facing Central Park the cost of which is estimated at $1,700, (HK). The main .structure Is to be seven stories' high, w ith an extension of eleven stories, and. exclusive of the boxes, will have a seating capacity of 2,5 aaaOss"at CHICAGO. Fall operations bave opened up nndet financial conditions without any lmmedl ate prospect of relief. . September divi dend payments afforded some loosenim of money, although the effect was onij temporaay. The disoanaU rate remain! firm at the highest cost this season, but the offerings of paper by the manufac turing Interests are less urgent and tbt banks stand better prepared to meet thi Increasing withdrawals of currency U move crops. Business generally shows no decided In terruption in its leading activities, an! consumption of raw and finished productl remains unabated. Heavy producers con tinue so well supplied with forward wort it is not found necessary to curtail em ployment of machinery and labor. Much encouragement for the future li drawn from agricultural advices indicat ing progress in harvesting and further ad vance in the corn growth throughout th principal surplus States. Mercantile collections in the West oc casion little comment, and the defaultl are lower in numbers and liabilitiea Wholesale markets show an exceptionally large attendance of visiting merchant! from the West and South, and the buy ing of fall and winter merchandise com pares favorably with a year ago. For eign demands caused Increased activity in grain and flour, and values have again risen to a new high average for the lead ing breadstuff, and there is also im proved demand for provisions and live stock. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict numbered 17, against 24 last week nd 17 a year a?e. Dun's Review. NEW YORK. The more cheerful tone of matter! financial is reflected in the reporta of ex panding trade at large jobbing center! on fall account. Conservatism in buy ing is, however, still enforced by money market conditions, and purchases are not so largo as thf-y are numerous at man markets. Relatively the best report! came from leading northwestern and southwestern centers, which apparently find crops tnrning out better than earliei anticipated. One feature deserving atten tion is the reported less noteworthy buy ing of complete new stocks of goods, which Is apparently a result of money conditions. Quite a few cities report trade as a whole ahead of the fall sea-e.-Ti of 1900, the crop outlook in those sec tiuv.s no doubt influencing buying. Col-leci-ons show improvement in different lo calities, but as a whole arc still slow. Bracstieet's Report. Chicago Cattle, common ' to prime, 4.00 to $7.25; hogs, prime heavy, $1.00 to $0.35; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.05; wheat No. 2, 03c to 05c; corn, No. 2, 61c to 02c; oats, standard 63c to 54c; rye, No. 2, 80c to 88c; hay, timothy, $14.00 to $20.00; prairie, $0.00 to $14.50; butter,, choice creamery, 21a to 2Cc; eggs, fresh, 15c to 20c j potatoes, per bushel, 54c to 03c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.0C to $7.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 tc $0.4O; Bheep, common to prime, $3.0C to $4.75; wheat. No. 2, 87c to 88c; corn, No. 2 white, 50c to 00c; oats, No. 2 white, 47c to 48c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to $7.10; hogs, $4.00 to $0.70; sheep, $3.00 U $5.50; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 03c; corn, No. 2, 00c to 01c; oats. No. 2, 47c to 49c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 78c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.75 1 hogs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $3.00 te $5.00: wheat, No. 2, 00c to 01c; corn, No. J mixed, 01c to 03c; oats, No. i mixed, 49c to 50c ; rye, No. 2, 84c to SSc, Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.25; hoes, $4.00 U $0.50; sheep, J2.50 to $4.73 wheat, No. 2, 02c to 94c; corn, No. S yellow, 07c to OvSc; oats. No. 3 white, C4c to 55c; rye, No. 2, !c to 83e. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, $1.02 to $1.05; corn, No. 3, 03c to 04c; oats, standard, 51c to 53c: rye, No. J, 80c to 88c; barley, standard, 87c to 80c, pork, mess, $15.45. Buffalo- Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.75; liogE, fair to choice, $4.00 to $15,85 ; tdieep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.25 ; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.10. New York Cattle. $1.00 to i'O.SO; hogs. $4.00 to 7.00; sheep. $3.(i) to $5.40; wheat. No. 2 rd. $t.Ol to $1.0.1; corn, No. 2, 00c to 70c; oats, natural white, 02c to 04c; butter, creamery, 22 to 27c; eggs, western, 17c to 21c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, h'" tc 91c; corn. No. 2 mixed, (ile to 0."c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 40c; rye. No, 70c to 78c ; clover seed, prime, $0.50. To Consliler Norway Veulrnl. It is reported that at their recent meet ing Kmpernr Willium of Germany and Emperor Nicholas of Russia reached so agreement by which their respective gov ernments are to regard Norway as neu tral territory. This is Biiid to be iu ac cordance with the desire of Gnat Brit ain, which has been heartily supporting Norway's endeavors to secure guurauteei n this direction. All A rou ml the Globe, An American soldier at Cienfucgos, Cuba, Is suffering from what is believed (O be yellow fever. This is the first cast of a soldier being attacked by the disease since the army of occupation went to the island. Superior Jud?e Lnwlur of Sau Fran cisco denied the motion male by the at torney represent in; Patrick Calhoun, Thoruwell Mulluly, K. K. Schmits. Abra ham Ruef and others to set uside and dismiss the various bribery indictments against them. A local revolution which broke out at Sau Luis, cupilal of the province of San Luis, ha been ipjelled by ti rgentiu authorities. In the State railways In Germany tht carriages are paiuteu according to tht colors of the tickets of their i-espevtive clases. First class carriages are painted yellow, second class green and third clasi white. "Craps," or throwing dice, is said ts have beeu originally a religious act. In the turn of the dice was supposed by tht primitive peoples to be the answer of tht gods to th-ii- prayers. There was uo clement of cnauce involved. BTEEL TRUST'S CITY. GARY, IND., WILL BE THE PARA DISE OF CAPITALI8T8. WonnVrfol Town Which Has Isrssg t'l on tho Shore of Lake Mlchlaraa Will Bo Corporation Owned aad Rated. The town of Gary, Ind.,' vrhlch Is be Ing built at the behest of the magnates of the steel trust practically com pleted. The gigantic steel plant which Is to dwarf every Industrial plant that has ever existed Is raising Its tall chimneys ngalnst the sky, and the great furnaces ln whose flow thousands of toilers will find a living are standing with greedy mouths waiting lor their food. Down on the aand dunes of In diana, on a little nock of land stretch ing Into the southern end of Lnke'Mlch b?nn, the new town is rising. Only the other day there was nothing there but the drenry mounds of sand with a sparse and hungry vegetation accentu ating the dreariness. Even the drowsy Cnlumet, which river flows through tha new city, had a forlorn and lifeless as- pert. All that Is now changed. The sand dunes have been leveled. The reedy marshes of the river hnve been filled In, niul In place of tU3 few scattered trees modern buildings jave arisen, and thousands of laborers hnve turned the desolate pltte into a great camp of Industry wlitre pick and shovel, ma son's trowel and architect's measure are busy nil day lows. Broadway, tho principal street. Is 3j miles long and 100 feet wide, with 20-foot sidewalks. On evesy side stores, banks, hotels and ofllce buildings are rising to comple tion. Two hotels, nt a cost of over $50,000, are under way, while a bank building Is completed and a newspaper oflice is even now busy publishing a weekly paper, which will soon be a daily. I'nliine I.lvlnV Conditions. Twelve thousand men will gain a living in the mills. They wJl form a great homogeneous majo'ritjr of the new city's population, and witi! the end al ready In sight tho question arises as to how this groat army of workers with their wives and families will live. The place where these men will work will be owned by the United States Steel Corporation, the houses that they will live lu will be owned by the same body, they will pay their taxes nrtd receive tieir light and water at the will of their employers. Such Is the plan, at least, at present, and those who ar Interested In the great experiment are now inquiring curiously as to what these unique conditions of living will mean. There are persistent rumors that the packing houses in Chicago will move to Gary and interests allied to the Steel Trust are already beginning to flock to the new city, foundries, ship yards, manufactories of bridges, sheet steel, structural Iron, tlnplate, wire and wire products, and other concerns Into whose business steel enters largely, have al ready acquired or are seeking sites on which to erect factories. The Initial population of Gary will certainly not be below 20,000 and may be more. Guarding Against Strikes. Gary Is Intended to fulfill tho dream of many corporations and the particu lar dream of tlie Steel Trust a town where labor agitation will bo unknown and where capital will have full awing. The United States Steel Corporation Is leaving no stone unturned to have ln its hands sufficient power to quell In stantly any attempt at a strike. The steel plant is located on one side of the Calumet river, which divides the town Into two parts. Fronted by the river and backed by the lake, It will be al most Impregnable to rioting strikers. Swinging bridges across the Calumet will turn It Into a mediaeval fortress about which the drawbridges may be swung upward and the enemy cut off while the castle can obtain fresh sup plies of defenders and ammunition from the lake steamers. Then, ngaln, when the striker faces raised rates for his light, fuel and transportation," he will probably think twice before strik ing, or at least such Is the hope of his employers. Workers Xeurly All l'nles. An Interesting feature of the whoit project Is that almost tho entire popu lation will be Polish. In tho new town English w ill be nt a discount, and the Tole, with his habitual dislike for de parting from his native tongue and cus toms, will have a unique opportunity to find ln the English-speaking country to which he is flocking In thousands a city where he will meet only his own countrymen, where the natives of the country will be to nil Intents and pur poses foreigners, and where he will be enabled to live his life uuder the tra ditions and customs of bis native land, Notea of Current Events. Several persons were Injured when twi passenger trains collided head on on the Galveston, llarrisburg and San Antonio railroad near Seabrook, Texas. Sachem Hall, the new $100,000 dormi tory of Yule university at New Haven, was so badly damaged by fire that It will be necessary to rebuild it. Fire iu the upper stories of the Monitor Truck and Storage building in Toledo caused a loss of $2iK),(KX). The Interna tional Harvester Company was the heavi est loser. Effective war, it is announced, is being waged agiinst the Black Hand through out Pennsylvania by the State constabu lary ami the indications are that tht troops w ill so in rid the commonweulth of this murderous organization. The Bank of Auburn, Wash., was rob bed of $5,21 Ki some time between Satur day nllit aud Sunday morning by soiu one having a pass key and the combina tion of the safe. President Hoosevelt has granted a com mutation of sentence in the case of Mrs. Adaliue Koso of Jackson county, Ky convicted of making and selling whisky la violation of law. Miss Agnes Maguire, a teacher of Brooklyn, has disappeared mysteriously. While caught In a rainstorm at Lake Ilo patiMiig her cousin left her in a buggy for a fmv minutes. When ho returned sht was gmie. Following the co inference of high naval officials with the president, or ders were Issued by Acting Secretary of the Nary Newberry to hasten all preparattoan for the much discussed cruino of the battle-ship fleet to tba Pacific Cooat lie said that the fleet woald sail from Hampton Roads De cember IS for Saa Francisco, in coxa and of Admiral Evans, expecting to arrive at the destination April 10, a distance at 13,772 miles. The big war ships will be under steam sixty-three days, and spend fifty-two days at tar get practice. The sailing pace will be ten knobs aa hour, permitting colliers to accompany the fleet part of the way. Over 100,000 tons of coal will be con sumed. A complete machine shop ou board ttie Panther will be conetantlj U hand for repairs. Following sharp attacks on tha Board of Naval Constructors ln the Navy, a service publication, Secretary ' Metcalfe called on all officers for Bug gcstkoas how to promote the efficiency of the service. Two of the battleships, the Iowa and Indiana, were criticised as being "soft enders," aad alreadyT these hnve been ordered Into the re nerve list, most of their men going to the new battleships. By "soft end" the critics mean ships having spaces afr the bow and stern not protected by armor, which In action would make them vulnerable to attack. It is also charged that steering engines ln sev eral cases have been left unprotected i,-.. by tfie naval constructors. Other ship4Y' thus criticised are the Oregon, Massa chusetts, Kentucky and Kearsnrge. The Navy Department has announced the awarding of contracts for the con struct Ion of the two new 20,000- ton "Dreadnoughts" to the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy,. Mass., and the Newport News Ship building Company of Newport News, Va., respectively. One of these ships Is to have American turbines aad tho other the British type of turbines. The contract price with the Newport News company is $4,000,000, iind that with1 the Fore River $4,377,000, these being- g the lowest two bida Contracts for the A armor are divided amdng the Carnegie, " uetmenem and Midvale plants. The Naval Board of Inspection and Survey has forwarded to the Navy De- partiuent Ita report on the exhaustive, trials of the four submarine torpedo boats, the Octopus, Viper, CuttleSe and Tarantula, constructed for the government. Much attention was de voted to the open ocean trial of the Viper, which was selected to make a ninety-six hour sea test for the pur pose of determining endurance. The performance of the Viper demon strated that she has a radius of action of 1,000 miles without coming Into port or communicating with any other vessel for a period of four days. Pa Inters at work on the dome of th Capitol ln Washington found Am the gutter below the first bulge a woman' bonnet, four derby hats, ten straw hats, two ham sandwiches, thirteen cents, a nursing-bottle, and a sparrows' nest containing tirty-eight eggs. The spar rows must have planned a eorner In the egg market, for no hon sparrow could cover three dozen eggs with any prospect ef batching them. The cruiser Washington, which has w nruv V TT BUVU 4. LIB recently had her final tents under the supervision of the Trial Board of the. ' Navy Department with most gratifying results, her speed record being over rwAntv-injk kBAta mn Wrtu. aikI 4Ha n n tion of hmr guns and turrets proving exact duplicate of the cruiser Tenn essee. It has been agreed behreen the gov ernments of Canada and of the United States that the owners of all buildings on the boundary-line must decide in which country they shall live, aud must move the whole building accord ingly. The purpose of this agreement Is to reduce the smuggling evil nud otherwise to put an end to lawlessness on the border. Tubllc Printer Stilllngs has ordered that hereafter all employes of the gov ernment printing oflice shall addresa one another with the formal designa tions "Mr." and "Miss, ln contradis tinction to the prevailing custom of us ing nick amies. Hereafter medical preparations, such as headache powders, which contain ncetpbeuitidin, must have on their pub lished formulas notice that the prepa ration contains "acetauilld," from which tho former drug Is derived. The president haa approved Col. Goe thul's request for authority to expend $s,(HK).(H!t) more than the appropriation for the present fiscal year on the Pana ma Canal. The i-oumoii for asking this was thnt the work had proceeded with ,-ded with y -tldputi-d, I to bo In greater rapidity than was antldpn and this action was believed the Interest of true economy and might save a year's time ln completing the canal. Congress will be requested to make an appropriation to cover this deficiency. The Treasury Detriment closed the fiscal year, June 30, with a surplus ol $.SO,02,42, and with the receipts to taling $005,300,135. which lu $70,000,000 more than In any other year in our his tory. Tlie customs receipts were $333, 230,120 and the Internal revenue $270,- 300,38. Secretary Taft has ordered Governor Magoon of Cuba to buy all the church property In Havana at the option prise of $lvS,tti, this being an alternative te exvrsDTiatien.