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.
