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""""""" . CHicAao. Trade maintain a steady course, and, maid from the sentimental effect of finan cial trouble In the East, there ia aastali Wd confidence felt here as U the outlook. arraneportation of finished materials, fen- ral merchandise and other commoditi exceed that at this time last year, and, N Vwhlle the aggregate of new demands tor manufactures has narrowed, there Is sea sonable activity in most lines of dlstri ' station. Payments through the banks train make a largely increased showing, JJegitlmat discount requirements srj promptly extended to responsible borrow rs, and there is leas general pressure for ' Wnonev for mmmrrlal mirnnaea. hut la Increased number of trading defaults ap pears this week, indicating further elimi nation of weak concern. Most banking accommodation for Indus trial purposes is amply provided for un til the tura of the year, and, while the lira In of currency to more crops has be come heavier, there Is no apparent rea on to question the soundness of busi ness. Were there any existing difficulty In disposing of the products of the soil ejr any evidence of shrinkage In the ynr vjhaslng power some apprehension might lensue, tut crop marketings continue ia levees of the hifh aggregate a year ago. : Raw materials exhibit no decline ia the hrolume of absorption. Conaumers hold feat for concessions and prices reflect aa leader tone, although these are quoted tanehanged la iron, steel, bides sad bather. L Bank clearings, $207,471,158, esoeej fcjiose of corresponding week la 1000 hy S0.9 per cent. Failures reported in Chtr Sigo district number 28, against 18 last eek and 21 a year ago. Dun's Review KBWTOBK. 'Trade and industry have tended toward flat In sympathy with reports of finan cial vnaettlement at New York' and a few other citle the continuance of mild weather affecting as it doe retail attri bution, the natural seasonable Blowing down of Jobbing trade and (he influence ipon retail trade and collections of the (ontinuance o the holding movement of terop. On the other hand, the financial aituatioa at New York, generally speak ing, seems te be well la hand; the New Xerfc banks, onder courageous and experi enced leadership, are meeting conditions aa they arise with discretloa; recent de cline! ia prices of cereals and cotton have encouraged foreign demand for the country's products, the holding of cotton. le great exchange-making medium, is 'ahowlnr some ilm of reUilnr. end low Wed prices ef domestic commodities lead to the hope that the demand of a proo ' parous country, affected by ths unduly high level of some commodities, will re live, Business failures for the week ending (Oct. 24 number 217, against 104 laat week, 184 in the like week of 1900, 178 la 1906, 180 in 1904, and 217 In 1903. 'Canadian failures for the week number 139, aa against 36 last week and 20 In 'jthlf week a year ago. Bradstreet's Re- 'port. Chicsgo Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $7.10; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 (to $0.10; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.50: wheat. No. 2, 05c to 08c; corn, No. 2, 68c to 50c; oats, standard. 48c to 49c : nre. No. 2. 80c to 82c : hay, rtknothy, $12.00 to $20.00; prairie, $9.00 Ua tlKHft. knlt.r hnl prumtrt. 27o to 28c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 24c; potatoes, er bushel, 55c to 66c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 t.V I.W. UUH WI W VMW.vw j , 15.00 to $0.50; sheep, common to prime, &3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2, 00c to 1.00: corn. No. 2 white, 62c to G3c joats. No. 2 whits, 50c to 51c. I - St. Louis CatUe, $4-50 to $7.00 ogs, $4.00 to $0.10; sheep, $3.00 to 5.60; wheat. No. 2, $1.00 to $1.02; corn. 4o. 2, 68c to 50c; oats. No. 2, 46c to 17c; rye. No. 2, 82c to 83c. I' Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $3.50 fcoas. $4.00 to $0.30; sheep, $3.00 to bt5.25: wheat. No. 2. $1.03 to $1.04; corn, jWo. 2 mixed, 05c to 00c; oats, No. 2 nixed, 62c to 63c; rye. No. 2, 01c to 03c. , Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $3.50; hogs. 4.00 to $11.00; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 fwhear, No. 2. 00c to $1.00; eoru, No. 3 rvellow. U5c to title : oats. o. 3 white, k63c to 64c ; rye, No. 2, 80c to 87e, Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern. !$1.05 to $1.08; corn, No. 8. 59c to (10c; ioats, standard, 60c to 61c; rye, No. 1, 83c to 84c; barley, standard, $1.00 to $1.01 ; pork, mess, $15.50. ' Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.25; hogs, firl to choice, $4.00 to $0.75; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.75. I' New York Cattle. $1.00 to $0.25; fiogs, $4 00 to $0.80; sheep, $300 te $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.05 to $1.06; icorn, No. 2, 70c to 71c; oats, natural white, 65c to 50c; butter, creamery, 25c to 28c ; western, 10c to 24c. I Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.00 to i$1.02; corn. No. 2 mixed, 2c to 0.1c; ieata, No. 2 mixed, 62c to 63c ; rye. No. t, 80c to 87c ; clover seed, prime, $10.35. Told la a Few Lines. The niattresse used In the German rmy are stuffed with little rolls of paper, and are said to be a great Improvement on straw. Government crop report coutalna no urprises for the trade except for the claim that the spring wheat quality la slightly better than last year, i The rebuilding of San Francisco has been hampered greatly by the very high avage schedule. The rstes exceed by a dollar a day the maximum scale in New York. A report from Conf ul H. L. Harris says that the raisin and fig crops of Smyrna liuve been very seriously damaged by vio lent thunderstorms, aceorapunied by bail. In the latter part of August. Gov. Hughes in a speech at Buvplre Plate day at the Jamestown exposition aid no one can be permitted to put prl rate Interest above public advantage in the government of the future. Ky diKi'ir.jf a canal from the Rio Grande, v.ut far from its uictulh to tho Msissippi the Tnited States would enjoy an Inland waterway 8,000 miles long. The cost if tbe work is estimated at $4,000,' The International Spinners' Ualea fcaa decided en the cstablishmeat ef a defease fund. The International convention of Stoa Utters and Helpers will be held la Do- troit, Mich., next year. The Wisconsin State Federation ef La bor has started a movement for the adap tion of a universal union label. In Canada the hoot and shoe industry employs almost 13,000 wage careers. The annual wage list amounts to $4,044,171. The International Mar We Workers Union, while a small one, represents aa almost absolute organisation of the craft. Los Angeles (CaD Central Labor Council hna requested the Americaa Fed eration of Inbor to take steps to uaien ise tradea in that city. Over six millions of dollars was paid out by organized labor in the United States last year for sick and death bene fits, tool Insurance, etc. The average salary paid a national pre siding officer of a labor union is about $2,500. Ia some cases the traveling ex penses are added to this. The 12,000 ceat tailors ef Maahattaa, who went oat on strike last summer while members of the Brotherhood of Tailors, are to form a aew national organisation of tailors. The International Glove Workers As sociation has voted to increase it per capita tax 25 per cent. The purpose of the increase is to ergaaixe aaloaa la the mailer cities. The Oklahoma State Federatio of La bor at Its receat meeting adopted a reaa httion hi favor of woman suffrage!, aad proposes to make this a test .question ia supporting candidates. The Rhode Island State Federation at Labor has petitioned the members ef Congress for the enactment of a law which would prohibit government hand competing with clvlliaa bands. A universal price list and the general eight-hour workday ia every section of the United State and Canada ia the plaa proposed by Boston (Mass.) Steel and Copper Plate Printers' Union. The application ef the box makers and sawyers for a charter la the American Federation of Labor has- beca referred to the officers of the Amalgamated Wood Workers for consideration. If It I found that the Jurisdiction asked for doea not clash with that of the wood workers the charter wilt in all probability bo granted. Two years ago, at the suggestion of the Rev. Charles Stehle, superiatendeat of the Preebyterlaa department at church and labor, the custom of baervlag the Sunday preceding Labor day as "Labor Sunday" was Introduced in the Presbyte rian church. Ill Is year, It I announced, practically all of the 11,000 Preebyterlaa pastors la this country preached sermon analogous to the day, with appropriate tjsorciacs. Kansas City, Mo., la going to have a labor temple, and that at no distant date. The corner' stone for the new borne for labor was laid a few weeks ago with Im pressive ceremonies. More than $30,000 has already been raised by voluntary subscriptions for stock, and to show the earnestness with which the union men have entered into the project, they have agreed to give one day's pay toward the fund to erect tne temple. The division of information of the Bureau of Immigration, of which T. V. Powdcrly 1 the chief, propose to have well qualified men and women travel upon atearaships and mingle with incoming aliens for the purpose of informing them of labor conditions in this country and Iwbat they may expect upon arrival here, fl'brough their agents, too, It la expeoted to discover attempted violation of the alien contract' labor law. The ministers of Coffeyville, Kan., have adopted a union scale of prices for con ducting funerals, and they propose ex tending their organization to all portion of the State. Recently one of the minis ter was called to attend a funeral at a. neighboring point, lie paid hi own car fare, hired a livery team and bought hia own dinner after the funeral. The result was a meeting of the Ministerial Associa tion and the adoption of a $3 fee for a funeral or no service. Alexander Law, president of the Eight- Hour League of America, says that the object of the league is to make the de mand for the universal eight-hour day the paramount Issue In the next presidential campaign. The people are agreed that the eight-hour day is a good thing, be says, hence the time has arrived to make It uul versa 1 In the country. Continuing, he says that all, business will in time be compelled to work to an eight-hour level, and the greatest reform since the abolition of slavery will have been accomplished for all time when this is brought about. The Supreme Court of the State of Michigan has banded down a decision of great importance to organized lubor. It is as follows : "Workingmen have a right to fix a price upon their tabor and refuse to work unless that jeffce is obtained. Singly in combination they have this right. They may use persuasion to In duce men to join their organization or re fuse to work except for an established wage. They may present their cauae to the public in the newspapers or circulars n a peaceable way, and with no attempt pf coercion. If the effect in such a case s ruin to the employer, there Is no re dress, for they have only exercised their legal rights." If plans of union men In Milwaukee, Wis., are carried out a new labor organ ization will be formed. It ia W be com posed of bellboys, porters, chambermaids, kitchen worker and various other help around hotels. Labor unions of Vancouver, B. C, are much exercised over the threatened inva sion Japanese from Honolulu. The Vancouver labor market la greatly over stocked, yet the records show that up ward of 2,500 Japanese laborers have ar rived during the last few months, with the tendeaey toward greater arrivals la the future. Hat manufacturers have decided, after a conference with the employes, that they w'vll continue to place the union label In all union made hats. Tkji Is all the offi cers and members of (Tie I'nited Hat ters of America sought from the Na tional Fur Felt Hat Manufacturers' As sociation. W. W. Westcott. Richard A. Canfield's most formidable rival in the gamUlng business, and a brother of Katherine Ting Ivy, theosoiihwt leader, is dead at his home in New York City as tse result of pneumoula, complicated by llrlbt's disease. ... ! 1171 Henry II. landed in Ireland and styled himself King of All Hiberma. 1443 Turks defeated the Hungarians at battle of Cossovo. 1520 Magellan discovered and entered th strait which bears his name. 1540 De Soto and bis force engaged In bsttle with the Mobile Indians la Alabama. , 1382 The Gregorian calendar Introduced. 1012 Champlain arrived In Canada to take op his work as governor of the country. ' 1630 First general ceurt In America held at Boston. 10S1 Massachusetts Puritans limited suffrage to members of the church. 1008 Jean Talon resigned his office as Intendant ef New France. 1075 Hatfield. Mass.. repulsed an at tack of Indiaas under King Philip. 109O Massachusetts invaders retired from before Quebec without making an attack.... An English Beet from Massachusetts attacked Quebec. 1092 British government took away William Peun's proprietary right in Pennsylvania. 1710 Port Royal, S. C, captured by aa English fleet. 1725 First issue of the New York Ga zette, first newspaper In that city. 1T4 Bill Introduced - in the New York Assembly to raise money for the erec tion of Columbia college. 1775 Town of Falmonth (Portland), Maine, burned .... American troops raptured Cbambly, Quebec. . . . Pey ton Randolph, first president of tbe Continental Congress, dieil. 1777 Americans repulsed British attack on Fort Mercer, Red Bank, N. J. 1781 Lord Cornwallis aurrendered at Yorktown, Va. 1788 Preaident Washington started on a tour of the Northern Slates. 1793 Maria Antoinette guillotined. 1800 Spain; ceded the territory of Louisiana to France. 1803 Congress assembled in extra ses sion to art on tbe Louisiana Purchase treaty. 1805 Horatio Lord Nelson killed at the battle of Trafalgar. 1812 American sloop Wasp defeated the British brig Frolic off tbe coast of Virginia. 1813 Napoleon defeated at tbe battle , ; of Lelpsic. 1820 The last "State Lottery" drawing held In England. 1828 The Delaware and Chesapeake canal opened. 1831 Arms' bill passed for the repres sion of crime and Insurrection In Ire land. 1834 British Parliament bouses. West- mlaster, destroyed by fire. 1839 Charles Edward Poulett Thomson succeeded Sir John Colborne as gov ernor of Canada. 1842 First aubraarine telegraph In Amer ica laid between Governor' Island and New York. 1845 Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, French tragedienne, born. 1840 Nathan Clifford of Maine became Attorney General of United States. 1849 Chopin, the great musical com poser, died in Paris. v 1052 Abd-el-Kaedir, deposed ruler of Al giers, released from his confinement by Louis Napoleon. 1853 Filibusters, under Col. William Walker, sailed from San Francisco to establish a pro-slavery colony in lower California. 1850 Seven person killed in panic in London while Mr. Spurgeon was preaching. 1859 Col. Robert E. Lee captured John Brown and his men at Harper' Ferry. 1801 Col. Baker, frl d of Lincoln, kill ed at battle ot null Bluff. .. .Strat-ford-on-Avon purchased tbe birth place of Shakspeare. 1803 Gen. Grant appointed to the com mand of the western armies. 1804 Gen. Bberidnn turned defeat Into victory at Cedar Creek. 1S(W Austria evacuated Lombardy. 1872 Steamship Missouri burned at sea with loss of 87 lives. 1883 Cetewayo, king of the Zulus, sur rendered to the British. 1S84 Marquis of Iansdowne sworn in a governor general ot Canada. I8S9 King Carlos ot Portugal ascended the throne. 1892 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago formally dedicated, w 1904 Frederick Augustus III., ascended the throne ot Saxony. A FloalluK Trout Pond. One of the novel features ot the steam ship Amerika of the Hamburg-Aniericun line is a tank in which fish, principally trout and carp, are kept alive and served 'to customers in the restaurant when or dered. The tank are of sine, and the .water is supplied with oxygen by puniu ing air through perforated pipes exteud- lng into the water. More than 500 fresh trout and 150 carp were sold on a recent rlp from Hamburg to New York. The Costliest Kleclrla Line. Details of a marvelous electric railroad now projected from Milun to Geuoa, Italy are given by L. B. Ward in the October World To-day. Although only eighty-five tulles long the road will encounter such a mass ot tunnels and bridges that the cost will average over $."oo.OK) a mile. To avoid all grade crossings i!7'' bridges and It) tunnels are to be constructed, one tun ne being twelve miles long. It will take six year to complete the liue. Klectric afcttiuolivc of 1,000 horse-power will te used, with a 4 2,000 borne-power current generated by water power, giving a aieed of eighty tuilet an hour. TO BRING MORE GOLD. ale of Paras Prod sets Abroad to. Relieve Moner Dllflealtles. Outweighing all that the meat powerful financiers of the country could do, the American farmer hna come to the rescue of tbe finances of the nation and is reliev ing the money difficulties. Tbe great American staples wheat, cotton, tobacco, meats-, are on their way to Europe, thl being the season of the year when Ameri can products are marketed abroad. In return the United States Is receiving credit for msny million dollars abroad, which ran be converted speedily into a, Stream of gold flowing Into the country. It Is this fact which is expected to pro vide lasting relief, and which backs up the efforts of the bankers and financiers of the country with such force as to make It virtually certain that -the coming nionths will be ones of ease in the money markets. The natural resources ot the country promise to exert even greater Influence than the sale of American securities abroad. The latter have suffered dis credit, to some extent, under recent pres sure. The Intrinsic value of the product of the farmer, to which must be added those ot the mines and oil fields, and their colossal aggregate at this tim of the .year 1 beyond the reach of financial dis trust, above the power of Wall street. Coaveatlom of Trnst Carbers. At Chicago 400 delegates appointed by State Governors met, under the auspice of the National Civic Federation, to dis cuss the curbing of trusts. President But ler of Columbia university, who presided, made an address, Sn which he warned against premature or Ill-considered meas ures for the regulation of public service corporations, lest they disturb "that faith vftiich civilized man has in his fellow and upon which rests the whole enormous structure of our credit system." He add ed that If this were destroyed there would V) few corporations of any kind left to regulate. At the same time he admitted that the country was face to face with new economic conditions and abuses which must be checked. He thought that the Sherman anti-trust law commit the nation to a too extreme policy by exalting competition over co-operation. Many economists of national reputation took part in tbe discussions which followed or delivered set addresses. Bankers, mer chants and labor leaders were also heard. Judge Grosscup aired his favorite plan for a national corporation commission and Samuel GompVrs said that the' trade union was the proper accompaniment of the trust. The majority favored some form of federal regulation of all corpora tions. Many of the delegate took the some position as that ot President But ler against the Sherman anti-trust law, it being the sense of the convention that the law waa more at fault than the trust tor existing conditions. Vhe New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad will now proceed rapidly to install the entire system with electric power, owing to the successful completion of the trial Installation on the division between New York City and Stamford, Conn. , The outcome of the trial of T. L. Ford, chief counsel of the San Francisco Street Railway Company, who was indicted for bribing city supervisors, waa a disagree ment of the jury, which stood eight for ac quittal and four for conviction. Another trial is already in progress. United States district attorneys In va rious parts of the country have been in structed by Attorney General Bonaparte to institute suits against a large number of railroad companies to recover penalties Incurred by thera for alleged violations of the safety appliance law. Advance copies of the financial state ment of the Rock Island Railroad show total arnlngs of $00,238,420, an increase ot $0,000,502. Notwithstanding . an in crease of nearly ' $0,000,000 in operating expeises, the net earnings were $19,194,- 278, an Increase of $3,023,478. At the annual meeting of tbe Chicago and Alton railroad, E. II. Harrlman fail ed to be re-elected a director and the name of hi friend, James Stillman, was left off. this marking the complete ascendancy of the Rock Island Interests in Alton and victory for the Moore-Reid people. Under an agreement with Gov. Comer ot Alabama, the Southern Railway and other lines in that State, except the Louisville and Nashville, are o put tbe 2-cent fare and freight rate into effect Pec. 1, and all litigation as a result of resistance to tbe rate is to be withdrawn. In his annual report President Charles S. Mellon of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad admits that the 2-cent passenger rate established about a year ago has proved a profitable one, the gross earnings ot his compAny having in creased about 5 H?r cent during the past year. Tbe annual report of the Baltimore and Ohio road shows gross earnings for the past year of fM.S,502,t24, an Increase over the two previous years The net earn ings for the year, however, were only $27,302,s:iO, a decrease of $.".13,(H4 from 11KM1. Operating exensea increased $5, 304.8(19. The business of Havana, Cnba, is par alysed by one of the grwitest strikes iu her history, being caused by the walk out of the engine drivers on the railway Hues leading out of the city. Their griev ance la that they are paid in Simnish and not American money. It has been almost imjiosaiible to move any truins, as the men employed to take the places of the strik er are afraid to work, although protect ed by the isdire. The first official statement of the finan cial results ot the operation of Chicago's traction lines sbow that the city's share of the net profits ot the Chicago City railway for the first six months ending July 31 were $278,218. This la based Ukii the city's getting 55 per cent of the total profits. When tbe I'nion traction lines are brought Into the city operation jilan It is estimated that the city's share ot the profits will be over $1,300,000. Much discussion has been caused by the report of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit (nnutny for the last fiscal year, showing a deficit of over $3tH,Ols), while during the same period the company paid dam age claims for accidents to the amount of $1,217,5MI, or 7 per cent of t he-gross receipts. This does not include (he cost of the legal stnff iu defending suits. Com uicuMng oil tlii'se figures, Collier's says that "when traction companies through out the country are compelled to choose bet wen killing and dividends, they will find ways to prevent the killiuga." BAI5T7LX GETS f 150,000 ' FOB CAID MACLEAJTS IDI, CA1T JJJ JfTLREV AVTSKZlC D.VEJ2 JXftC XX. JilT Tbe Moorish bandit Raisull' triumph ant conclusion of negotiations for the ran som of his prisoner, Caid Sir Harry Mac lean, for $150,000. has greatly increased the prestige of the bandit chieftain. Tbe British government has agreed to pay fortune a ransom. The capture of Gen. MacLean, cota- ma nder of the Sultan' body guard and next to him the most powerful man la Morocco, was the most spectacular and amaaing of all the feats performed by IUlsuli. It was made while the com mander wa bearing peace offerings te the outlaw, in sight ef his stronghold. Up to the time ot his capture by the brigaad Caid MacLean ' waa considered Invincible by the persons of the Mareccaa court. GERMAN BALLOON WINS. Pommrra CoTers 90 Miles Atlaatlo Coast la 43 Hoars. Germany won the second Interna tlonal balloon cup contest from France by th narrow margin of five miles, unofllclal figures. Third place also went to Germany, while America had to be content with fourth honors. The single English entry was ninth and last. v The race Is pronounced by experts to be the most remarkable. In the history of aeronautics. AH racing records were broken, both for length of flight and for the time ient In the air. The world's noncompetitive endurance record was also shattered, although tho world's noii-competltlve record for distance still stands by a big margin. Tbe German balloon Pommern landed at Asbury Tark, N. J. The ballooa had covered 000 miles In an air line from St. Louis in forty-two hours, an aver age of nearly twenty-one and one-half miles on hour. This established a rec ord for the race, the winning balloon In last year's Initial race starting from Paris covering an air line distance of only 402 miles. Mr. Erbsleeb and his aid, Frof. Clayton, thus carry off the International aeronautic cup and a cash. prize of $2,500. The result or the con test was determined by the number of air miles covered in the flights. The French balloon L'Isle de France made a remarkably game fight for premier honors and came down in New Jersey, but a few miles from the Pommern. The Pommern made an extraordinary light When it came down It was Iu excellent condition and could have added several more hundred miles to Its tally had, the open ocean not been ahead. Tbe reiorts show that an extreasely wide area of country was covered by the balloons, the points at wblck the nine contestants landed being separated by long distances. Besides the two bad loons which came to earth In New Jer sey, two more descended In Virginia, While two others laudd la Maryland. One of the contestants descended In Ohio, another In Delaware, while Major II. B. Horsey reached the earth In On tario. Major Herscy URtxl the United States, the siune bnlloou In H'hh he won the race with Lieut. Lahm last yeur. He was eighth. The victory of the German balloon means that the race next year will be held under the auspices of the German Aero Club. The International cup, which Is the gift o( Juines Gordon Bennett, must be won three times by the saai club to tie held pcniiauoutly. Pompadour Clerks Wis Strike. The young women employed in a Pitta burg department store, upon being told that they would not be allowed te wear their hulr in pompadour fashion, formed a union and notified the managers that unless the order was rescinded tliey weuu walk out iu a body. Thereupon the man ager surrendered unconditionally. PlNirks from the Wires. A mouse seldom lives longer thaa tbrea ven rs. Centipedes nro eaten iu some pans oi - . South America. Australian Jewelers rent ensagement rings to their customers. John Bull figurea out that his coun try has been successful iu 82 per cent of the battle iu which. It uas engagea. Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas F, Ryan, will it is said, build a summer home at SulTern, N. Y, te cost $1,000,- 4JOO A nbvsician in Portland, Me., estimat ed that 2,018 teasiHiouful of tears, or two gallons in all, were shed iu one night bv tho audience that heard Savage' Madam Butterfly" in that city recently, New York City Is making a marvelon growth in tbe directiou of cheap amuse ments. There ore now H) one-cent, hve- ccat and dime places of ealertainment. where there whs not one ten years ago, Eighty-two per cent of tbe workers en gaged in The papir box industry of the United States are wtxncn. Among to l.nvr.1 an. I ciciir operators two-thirds are wemca aad of the booUMnler more thaa bulf. ! J? . v 4 .' " ' ? Vvi. w PE.ACE CONGRESS RECORD. Met Retails of the Interantloaaj Conference at tbe llsane. . The net results of the InU mational peace conference at Tli llng.ie, which ex tended from June 2."i to Oct. 1. are, in the opinion of Gen. Horace Porter, a prominent member of the American dele pntion, far beyond expectations, instead Df bcinjt a disappointment, a has been frequently reported in cable dispatches. Gen. Porter said they had don the work they were sent to do, namely: to estab- 'lnh the principle of the Inviolability of private property nt sen as a rule of In ternational law. He-says they B.vure? for this the support of a lame mnjoritj f the powers represented, although they failed to win unanimous assent. Besides this, the conference has placed restric tions upon the ue of floating mines; hns forbiddec the bombnrdment ot undefend ed eva coast towns ; has prohibited, the levyinst of contributions by threats; has shielded the non-combatant In war time; has strengthened the provisions for relief of the wounded, and has tnken precau tions against a revival of privateering by insisting that converted merchant vessels be formally enrolled upon the naval list and commanded by a naval officer. And, finally, Just before adjournment, the plan of a permanent Court of Arbitration was agreed upon, with only a few o. the small er nntions dissenting, not from the prin ciple, but as to the method of conducting negotiations, holding that the judges should be appointed upon the basis of the equality of all nations. As to the collec- resolution forbidding the employment of fnroa unfit attar .pl.itr.tlnn Khnllld haVO I been refused, or after an award had been set at naught, was unanimously accepted. At the closing session. President Nell- doff asked the conference to render hom age to President Roosevelt for proposing a second conference, and was authorized to send him a telegram expressing grati tude. The efforts to establish an international hich court of justice and obligatory arbi tration were unsuccessful, largely owing to disagreement as to the method of It creation, although the priuciple of obliga tory arbitration was formally adopted. The right of the different rulers to sign the various conventions or agreement will be open until June 30. I'JOS. The eeneral expenses of the conference approximated S3.OO0.000, nearly, half of which was spent for telegrams, and over $500,000 to pay for the numerous dinner given In honor of different delegates. All over the country farmers are fin ishing up their Heason'B work and taking . . e c f .. , . I, a . r .a.. account Ul muilin. .uwi wi tin m . - is ,itl, ,i,. v,- i.,hr for. while crops ore not so great in volume as they team of polar bears would draw a big have been for the past two or three years, ger crowd If he drove up Broadway. prices are such that the farmers of -the United States will receive almost $1,000,- ()00 more for tut.jr products than they got last year. What this means 'to tile country may be guessed -when it is reflected that the farm er Is the basis of prosperity. When he is well off. all men in other occupations are comfortable. When hard times seize him, nil other lines of business are at once af fected. He Is tbe foundation of the na tional weal. If the farmer has no money to deposit in the rural banks, banks have no money to lend manufacturers and mer chants. If he hns no crops, railroads can not earn dividends. Shortage of money at once reduces industry and lowers the rate of wages. If it continues, inousanus of men arc thrown out of employment and misery becomes general. On the other band, when the tarmer is prosperous, money and credit can be ob tained for merchandizing and manufac turing, railroads thrive, labor's reward increases, affluence spreads over tho coun try. Tho earth is tbe mother of all wealth. Everything mnn uses comes out of It originally, and the men who devote themselves to cultivating the soil are the medium between earth's riches and the rest of mankind. r Farmers should be happy as this win ter draws In. With abundant profits, in peace ani plenty, they can reflect that their money is clean. They have not grown rich through robbing other men. They have created wealth. Every dollar they jHMsess represents so much more to feed and clothe humanity, so much more of comfort and hnppiness. The American farmer ought to be com fortable in mind as well as in body. The soil has given him a competence. He has paid off his mortgage long ago. He has a good home and owns-liis Droao acres, has a balance in the bank, and as he looks forward he can see plenty in the future. He is much better off tjmn most men. although he may not realize It cnicago Journal. OH Tri'Nts SP7 Methods. While hunting for some explanation of the big loans shown on the books of the Standard Oil Company for last year Gov ernment's Counsel Kellogg brought to light the trust's system of spying, known as the "st:itistic:il department." It wa the purpose of this department to keep tab on nil sales by rivals through an in tricnte spy system. It keeps a record of every barrel, can or tank car load which has been taken from the oil fields by competitors, and traces this oil to the market, with each charge fr transport tiati an .1 the limit selling price noted. An other device employed by tho Standard is that of the dummy company, whicn masquerade as tui independent concern ami is moved from one lieiu to anoiner, its business being to cut price under reai competitors of the Standard. Tarts Aeroplaae Ilerord. Henry Fnrmau. a Paris aeronaut, baa succeeded In navigating the air on his aeroplaue a distance of 2S5 meters, thu breaking the record of 20 meters, held by Santos I turnout. Ill" machine traveled at the speed of twenty-five miles an hour, and was brought to tbe earth with only slight damage. It employed a fifty horse power motor. The start was made with heel resting upon the ground, but when a uneiMl of twenty miles an hour wa ranched bv a slight elevation of the front horizontal rudder the aeroplane glided .t... .. m tl.a li..ii'lit nf twelve me. liiiu " - tew: then, by adjusting the rudder, that height was maintained throughout the flight, l'arnmn says he Is convinced that he can Hv a mile or more without th slightest difficulty. hud nick M-ret Withheld. 1 noil the order of Attorney (S-neral HmuMuirte. the marshal at Cleveland withheld from publication the deposition which Ibckwlth. the OVrlin banker, gave in jin to the financial transactions of the late ('as!" 1.. 'liadwiek, who died while servini: a term in pr'.s m for a long series of cio. lied financial d -els. Sfnndnnl Oil' nfflnlty Is MIbs Dlvt- dpiul. ( 'ItUiigo Tribune. There 1 n iirevnlpnt notion that Rockefeller ought todlvldc Philadel phia Pros. , Let' linul .our navy up on the land. lost nie other jmer should objoct.-y New York Moll. A crrnor In cereals this fall ought nsult In n boom In farms next sjirla;.'. Philadelphia inquirer. - Ir make th overage ninn feel rather cneerlUI to discover umi ' overcoat Is gomi for anoiuer wimn. r Washington Post. ' When n pood Jockey can earn 50 (XKl a year. It Is strange tuat so manj- ight-welghts try to get Into Congress. Washington Post. As the chorus girl season Is comlngr on we mnv begin to look for the dis tribution of mme swollen fortunes. Philadelphia Press. While the President wa enjoylnf tW-r meat In camp, the rest of us were- growling about the dear meat tt home. flSUIllgtOn t'OSt. I Salesgirls In Pittsburg have been for bidden to wear pompadours. Waa not life in Pittsburg hard enough before? Philadelphia Inquirer. All kind of food are getting so high In price that corned beef and cab- bape will soon rise to aristocratic rank on the menu. Philadelphia Inquirer. Af'.or Miss Gladys Vanderbilt be comes the Countess Szechenyl she will always remind her friends of an Incur able case of hay fever. Washington Post. While a Paris doctor may, as he a-. serts, cure cancer In thirty minutes, so Important a process ought to be worth at least an hour's time. Philadelphia Ledger. With the price of pie up, the cost of Indigestion Is again advanced. If this continues it will , soon be so that no one ran afford to have it New York Tribune. In New England the price of pie lias advanced 20 per cent The manufac turers must have felt that they have been mincing mSVters too long. Wash ington Tost. The Norwegian explorer who pur- . . . T. . . . . pose to reach the North Tole with a New York World. c It U reported that 20,000 pounds of priuii'S have been ordered for victual ing the Pacific fleet. That ought to make tlu? men feel like fighting. Washington Post. Pastor Aked, recently brought over from Englund to New York, says the story of Jonah Is a fiction. Then the- nnture fnker Is no modern creation.. Philadelphia Ledger. The Russian opinion that war be tween the United States and Japan la lpc-vltnbte arises, doubtless, from a not unn(,tufal desire to see Japan licked. Philadelphia Ledger. Women's hats, the experts tell us nre now the same as they irere a hun dred years ago. That Is doubtless the renson why they seem to be looking backward. New York Tribune. Now somebody else Is going to glad--den the hearts of mankind by "making a dash for the North Pole." Can't the North Pole be abolished by internation al agreement? New York Sun. A new opponent of rural free deliv ery has arisen The postmaster at Mount Carmel, Conn., has become tired" of distributing mall on a dally wage- of 15 cents. New lorn iriDune. A large steel plant has been located in China, and that country is destined to discover that for ways that ard dark and tricks that are vain, a large steel plant Is peculiar. Washington Post. Doctors who plead guilty to Profv Osier's charges that they smoke too much may allege that they compound for t,holrWn Indulgence by forbidding: it In their patients. New York World.. Hunting the North Pole seems to have become a popular gamS. Under the rules of 1000 and 1907 it seems to be much safer than football, autorao blllnz or aerial navigation. New York. The Baltimore Sun says some vaude ville "artists" are paid $10 a minute We have seen some that made us feel that we were earning thnt much by watching their performance. Wash ington Post. If the reduction In steamship rates- goes much further the competing com panies will offer not only to carry pas sengers without charge," but even to give them handsome bonuses. New York Tribune. Uncle Sam Is gathering crops worth (7.000,000,01 KV That means about fSO worth of farm produce for every In habitant. As a producer of real wealth, the farmer is still In a class by him self. Philadelphia Press. Captain Amundsen announces that he Is having six polar bear teams trained for u dash to the North Pole In 1010. Matched against the Wellmam airship, nn Arctic race between the tor toise and the hare seems to be prom ised. New York Sun. Some of those (teople who are doing: o much kicking about the Irish girl' face on the new gold coins probably wouldn't get hold of one often enough to r-.'Co'ilze tbe lady, and wouldn't luive It loiig enough to commit her o.iUh t i.iiictiiorv. Washington Post. " :u V ' ' " -"'lers strike, legun in .;i-,io. U .:..w v:: '.ing In recriminations dls.vrd. The strike is a two 'il weapon, which no organization .'icitU U i-beallic lightly and thought ; v. Cutest public opinion sustains ' i- ' :i move U nlwius little les -n t..-;. i.l.-.l. New Yt.rli Tribune. ':ii I'.i.'l f.L-:-;S oi:t th:rt hi court. !. A f i fu-.-csKf ul Iii 82 per cent .. i :::t'.cs la Llcli I: has engaged. i