Barbers at Windsor, Ont., have receiv
M an Increase in wag.
The Germans have established the host
trade schools In the world. x
The wood-work inn trades of Russia
comprise a union membership of l,!27.
Electrical workera at Halifax. N. S
liave received an increase of $1.50 a week
l'n Ion labor in the leather trade ol
Russia haa reached the number of 12,(K0.
Nearly 8,000 organized women in Ger-
tnany are employed an printer' assist
ant.
The British National I'nion of Clerkf
fcaa decided to hold its 1!HW convention
in Birmingham.
Needle making and file cutting seem to
I) the occupation moHt susceptible to thi
ravages of consumption.
Chicago. III., ha twenty-two local of
the International Freight Handler' and
Railway C lerk I'nion.
A big campaign hn been Instituted for
the organization of hoilcrmakers and iron
- chip builder at ItulTalo. N. Y.
. A Nottingham (Kngland) miner hn
patented a safety pit cage, which i aid
to be a great advance on all oth-r. g
The member of the Federation of Ger
man Seamen, 30,000 strong, are mill on
' strike, having gone out May 120 last.
Union in ninny of the Inrger cities of
Minnesota are mining fund on their own
account with which to pay organizer.
Oa fitters are among the best-paid
mechanic in New South Wale. They
receive higher wagea than the plumlicr.
San Francisco (Cal.) Laundry Work
rs' I'nion haa decided to begin an agi
tation against Japanese and Chinese latin
dries.
Ran Francisco (Col.) Brewery Work
ra Union la discussing a proposition to
procure a ait for the erection of a brew
era' ball.
Granite cutters at Maisonneuve, Que-
ec, have obtained an advance from $2.50
to $3 a day and tb adoption of the eight
hoar day.
Ad effort la being made to have all ce
lent workera unite under the Jurisdiction
n the American Brotherhood of Cement
Workers.
Boston (Mass.) Clgarmskera' Union
k&i levied a local assessment to Increase
1st out-of-work benefit for the unemploy
ed of the craft.
More than 22,000 members were added
to the rolls of the International Associa
Hon of Machinists In Massachusetts' dur
ing the last year.
Central Ftderated Union of New York
y carrying on an earnest campaign to
tbtsin the construction of ships in gov
trnment yards.
During 1000 forty-one of the sixty-four
anions affiliated with the General Fedora
tion of German Tradea Unions at Berlin
paid unemployed benefits.
Affiliated to ths general federation of
trade uniops in Germany, the bricklayers
and masons ars among the strongest, with
188,747 members at the close of 1000.
Toronto, Canada, Is the place, and Jan
uary of aaat year tha time selected for
holding the nut annual convention of
tit Custom Cutters' Association of Amer-
Mine hundred foundrvmcn at Campion.
Falkirk, Scotland, are affected by a lock
fat, which originated from a strike dua
the employment of several men not In
be union.
Measures for the better payment of
o) teachers, the better registration of
statistics and provision for old age
kions are forecasted In the Nova 8co-
eglslature.
W. K. Trotter, a member of the Typo
graphical Union in Winnipeg, bas gone
tb Great Britain as the representative of
he 'Dominion trades congress In imml
frauon matters.
Minneapolis Typographical Union No.
12 bas taken the first step in a move to
ftlfe a fund from which to pay striking
members a sum equal to that received
While engaged in their regular occupation
A bill is now pending in the New York
Legislature which, provides for the semi
monthly payment of all railroad employes
In ths State. The Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Englnemen bas been
moat active in puaning tne mil.
Tfee new federal law, limiting the hours
of railroad telegraphers to nine a day,
Has the cause, indirectly, of putting sev
eral hundred trainmen, who had been
carried as extras to work, besides about
1,000 additional operators on the various
roads of the country. Tne extra expend!-
tars by the roads will probably reach
about $10,000,000 annually.
Leaders of labor unions in San Fran
else ars laying the foundation for a
movement that will lead to a close scru
tiny of all persons who are to become can
dldates for national, State and judicial
offices. Those who have the matter in
band declare that a review of the past
shows that in the Judicial linea ths wage
earners have not received the considera-
tion to which tbey have been entitled,
Labor haa two representatives In Con
gress who hold membership cards in the
Telegraphers' Union. One is Represents-
tive Carey of Milwaukee, a Republican,
end the other Representative McDermott,
of Chicago, a Democrat. These labor
men are working bard to obtain the pas
sage of labor legislation, and since the
recent decision by the Supreme Court in
the Hatters' Union case have been seek
ing to have enacted an amendment to the
Sherman anti-trust law that will exempt
labor unions from its provisions.
The Trades Union Congress of Great
Britain, through its parliamentary com
mittee, is about to go into the daily news
paper business. Sixteen unions, with an
aggregate membership or .khmkni, are
pushing the movement, which they pro
pose to capitulixe at $.iOO,(NKI.
Some idea of what it costs to provide
for the unemployed against want may lie
gained by reference to the amounts ex
pended by Typographical I'nion No. 0 of
New York, ' during the years 1!M1 urn!
J007. In the former year the benefit
board disH-used $."3.(jr1.75 : in the latter
, year the total was $:J4,S40.,.'7.
RELIGION AKD REFORM.
Because Minneapolis is infested with
. blind pigs, the licensed taloonkeeiers en-
' tertain hard' feelings toward the brew
em. The retailers' association has passed
'" a resolution pledging the members to buy
' from no brewer c.ho sells lo any one be-
' sides a licensed dealer.
' Gov. Warner of Michigan states that
bo laxity will be permitted in enforcing
ths anti-liquor law in those counties
'which voted 'dry' " at the recent elec-
n. Officers 'A the law in those coun-
Ktcu which have adopted local option will
.jriected to keep their bailiwicks dry.
DENVER'S GREAT
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"WELCOME. AJtDC XC UKlON
When tlm dclcgiitca to tlio 1 1 1 1 k -i;i t ! tuitimiiil convciitloii alight froan
tlw train nt tli Union Ktntlon In Denver tln-y will lie ciwIhI by a band
Bonie wclifiine nrcli, iwtl nt a oottt of $.'r(.(Mi(. TIiousuikIm of tourists and
delegate to iintloiiiil con vent Ions Iiiivp juiH-'ed tlinmli tlilH arch and have
marveled nt Itn U'linty mid eoiiiiueiitod ujion the very iipparciit hospitality of
the people.
The nrch wnn betfun onrly in 1!MM. It welglm seventy toim, Ih eighty feet
In length, nnd llfty-nine fei-t from tlx Htrect to the hlt'iest sdnt. The center
driveway Is thirty-four feet wide; mid the kMc wings lire eleven feet wide and
twenty-nix feet blgli. It In built ol n ,niillt;at lo:i of ii:etiils that luatirea
8treriKth and durability. There nre I.M.t) eleitil - ln v.mleHfcut lights out
lining the nrch.
BANGETY-BANQ OUTFIT.
Oavel and Sounding Board Beady
for Denver Convention.
The gavel Blown In the accompany
ing picture will be used by Cliiilrumn
Tojh Tngiirt of the DenuxTiitic Na
tional Ckiniinlttee, to cull the national
convention to order in Denver on July
7. Inasmuch as it Is exacted thit n
Nebraskan will on that occasion lie
nomluated for rresldent. and as It is
further believed Hint an Omnhnn will
tuake the nominating speech, more thnn
ordinary assooloUvt value clinirs to
OAVEL FOB WCMVEB UEFTIMO.
this piece of llgnumvltne wood. This
gavel and sounding board were sent to
Mayor Duhlmann of Omaha by T. G.
Harrla of Fort Robinson, Neb. Mr.
Harris Is a strong supporter of Bryan,
and an acquaintance of Mr. Dnhliunti.
The sounding board Is made of Black
Hills cedar.
BIG ALGERIAN BATTLE.
French Troops Repulse an Attack
by Berbers and Arabs.
Advices from Coloiub Bochar, Alge
ria, sny thnt a French column jsisted
on Talzaxa Hill, which commands the
plain of Tumlet, was attacked fiercely
at daylight Thursday by a number of
Berbers, who, with nomad Arnbs, hnve
been concentrating for several weeks
on the weslerh frontier of Algeria.
Although surprised, the French force
rallied and fought desperately, and not
only heat off their adversaries, but pur
sued them for six miles. So hot was
the pursuit that the Arabs, in their
headlong flight, abandoned their dead
and wounded. Several green flags of
the prophet also fell Into the hands of
the French. 1
The French victory was costly, how
ever. Twenty-eight men, Including" an
officer, were killed and 100 men, includ
ing ten officers, were wounded. The
losses were greatest in the foreign le
gion. The Berber losses were much
heavier, 125 bodies lelng found by the
French troops. The pursuit was stopjied
vy darkness.
Bloelc thmt Houses 01T3 Souls.
Harold M. KlnW In rnn...f tn. il,..
Federation, the organ of the Federation
Of Churches, gives the result of his study
of the congested sections of New York.
There he says one may find now more
than seventy-five blocks having a density
of nonulatlon of over I.INtf) tuuinln . l.u
acre. In 1005, 8HI block hud a popula
tion or nasi souls each. 10 had 2.om
population, 40 over 8,000, 3 over 4.0O0,
l witn over o.issp, anil one other with ex
actly 0,173. This Inst is the negro block
on the upper West Side, bounded by
Amsterdam and West Kud avenues and
Sixty-first and Sixty-st-coud streets, tlf
a or ine most congested blocks, the
tlien percentage is now .13.
Two In an A tronlnne.
For the first time in Kurope two per
son have made a successful Might in the
same aeroplane. This occurred nt ls,v,
France, when Henry Farmun as;vnded iu
the machine of Leon Delngrange, the lat
ter steering. Trior to this Furmnn had
made the record flight of two and a half
kilometers in three minutes aud twenty
one seconds.
Many of the northern Minnesota saw
mills bnve resumed operations. As a
rule they will operate only day forces.
Helen Maraaret Beatrice Sacher. 7
years old, lias come to New York from
Kurope to nsk for half of the f I.(Hmi.(kki
estate of Mrs. D. D. Culton. The child
1 the daiiKliter of a sister of Mrs. Caro
line Dahlgrtti, to whom the fortune was
willed. Little Helen's mother is dead.
Twenty-five feet will be added to the
tower of the Mcirotsditan I.ifn InimrHiwt.
i Company's building in Madison smuire.
New York, muking it seventy feet higher
than ti e Singer structure and second ouly
to the Kifel Tower iu l'uris. Tim Imilr.
cut will be 075 fivi- above tlje curb.
$25,000 GATE.
cSTATlOX" "Pt-WVEK. -
HISTORY OF STATE PROHIBITION
Maine Adopted prohibition in 1840;
repented in 1N.H1; re-enacted prohibition
ill IK'S.
New llnmisbire Adopted in l&Vi; re
pealed in IbO.'l.
Vermont Adopted in 1S.10; repealed ir
1!K).'I.
Massnchnsetta Adopted In 18.12; re
l;ealed in 1NOM; readopted in 18t0; re
pealed in 187.".
Rhode Island- Adopted In 18.12; re
pealed In 18tWj readopted in 1S80; re
pealed in 18!.
Conneeiicut Adopted in 18.14 ; repeal
ed in 1872.
New York Adopted in 18.15; declared
iiiii'oiistitiitional.
Oliio Adopted in 18.11; annulled by 8
licence tax law.
li.diana Adopted In 18.1.1; declared
unconstitutional.
Michigan Adopted In 18.1.1; repealed
In 187.1.
Illinois Adopted in 18.11; repealed in
18.l:t.
Wisconsin Adopted in 18.1.1; vetoed by
Governor.
Iowa Adopted partial prohibition So
18.1.1; full prohibition in 1884; mulct law
in 18!i:t.
Nebraska Adopted in 18.15; repealed
in IMS.
Kansas Adopted constitutional amend
ment in 1880.
North Dnkotn Constitutional provis
ion in 18!0; repenlcd in 1800.
South Pakota Constitutional provis
ion in 1800.
Georgia Adopted prohibition In 1007.
Oklahoma Adopted prohibition is
1007.
Alnba ma Adopted prohibition In 100S
According to the annual compilation
made .by Dr. II. K. Carroll In the New
York Christian Advocate, the total gaini
of all religious denominations last yeai
were a.HOl ministers, 4,214 churches nnd
ti'J7,."4l communicants. The Roman Cath
olic denomination continues to rank first
with a long lead, the membership being
estimated at 11,000,000, which is consid
erably less than that given by Sadlier'i
Directory. The latter places the Cath
lie population in this country at 13,8!K),
:i.1.l. led by M.tiO.'l priests. Next to tin
Catholic stands the Methodist church,
with t!,00ll,78t communicants, represent
ing a gain of 101,000 for the year. Bap
tists now number 3,2'.'4,:((Xi, a gain ol
103,000. With an increase of 50,000. (ht
Presbyterians now number 1,821,504
Lutherans have U.OL'U.OOo, a gain of 05,.
172. The Hlsciples of Christ uunibet
1,'JN5,1'J3. The American Jewish Year
book places the number of Jews at 1,777,
18.1. l'i t est a nt Kpiscopulians reached
NIO.tl-V.), Christian Scientists 85,000, Uni
tarian 71,2Ki, and Congregationalistl
000.327.
Bixhop Samuel Fallows of the Reform
ed Kpixcopal church of Chicago, now out
of the leaders in the Christian psychology
movement, has given out the prescription
with the observance of which he believel
any one may live to be 120 years old and
die a painless death. Its mam points art
as follows : I'.ai ly to bed and early to
rise; plenty of exercise of a kind dif
ferent from jour regular employment ;
obey the laws of hygiene; love (iod and
be sipiare with your fellow-man, anil
drink buttermilk or sour milk two oi
three times a day. He says his author!
tic are I be I'-ible and the latest science,
particularly the work of MetchnikufT oi
the l'liKleur Institute.
At Oakland, Cal., the other Sunday tbt
wife of the Rev. Walter K. Tanner, pas
tor of the Melrose Baptist church, occu
pied the pulpit, her hiisbnud having been
hurt "41i an automobile accident. Shi
delivered his sermon on "Hauiel in Sua
I'runcitc'o and Oakland."
Bishop Thomas Augustus Jaggar, who
has Iw-en itpHiiitcd head of the American
Upiscopni church In Kurope in succession
to the late llishop Wortbingtoii, is nearly
70 years old, nnd for that reasou may
not ai-ccpt the place, as it would necessi
tate his taking up a residence iu I'aris,
which he has no particular desire to do.
The Memorial Baptist church of Hart
ford, Conn., with the express approval of
a majority of the congregation, has set
apart a room iu the basement of ths
church, where babies may lie left ia
cburge of n artalcer by mothers who
wish to attend services. It was found
that miiny women witfi" young children on
their bauds were prevented from going
to church. The women will take turus
I'ving as the caretaker.
Charges have been preferred by Rev.
Jeorpe A. Cool:e of Troy. N. Y., aguinst
Rev. )r. Bordnn I. Browne of the Bos
tou university, I used III on his book, "Th
I'vii.ciples i-f Kthics."
mm Cburchcg
ni!i!t n i
I V1IIIVUI UVIIIIIIUIIIi )
A folltlcnl Wrecker.
rolltlclnns me "up 1" the nlr" over
the mysterious program of the Inde
ieiideuee I-engue, the personal political
organization of William Randolph
I learnt. Rumors that the league would
support RooHevlt. or JoIhihoii, or Bry
an led the editor of a Hearst newspa
iwr to divulge this much of the league's
liitentioiip, namely, that It would sup
jmi't none of the men iinna-d, but would
have a candidate of It own nnd would
conduct u campaign that would compel
the old parties to sit up and take no
tice. Bryan DcmocratH have already taken
alarm and are speculating as to the
probable Influence the league will have
tin the election. t'inUcFtlotinbly, with
u candidate in the lield, the league
would draw more largely from the
Democrat? than from the Republicans,
and the very character of the 1 learnt
following would Indicate that he will
attract men who would otherwise vote
for itryati. This would amount to a
serious defection III the very Northern
StateM that Bryan must carry to lie elect
ed. Suppose, for illustration, Mr.
Hearst himself should run us the
league's candidate, he would poll u vote
1n New York State so large that it Is
a cjuostioii If Bryan would run better
than third. And If the Nebruskan can
not carry New York it is useless to
consider any other Northern Stute as
beliig in the doubtful column.
Apparently It is the opinion of the
league's leaders that there Is no chnuee
of Mr. Bryan's election, ami that with
bis defeat this year the Democratic
party will be hopelessly foundered.
Iu that case, the league will be on
hand to gather up the wreckage nnd
Invite the discouraged Democrats to en
list under its banner, with a view to
measuring strength with the Republic
an party in the national campaign of
1012.
Why Democrats Are Apathetic.
William E. Curtis, who bas been hob
nobbing w ith the good citizens of South
Carolina and furnishing interesting ar
ticles on matters social, political and
industi lul, lias discovered a iK-cullur po
litical condition hi that State. He de
clares Unit South Carolina Democrats
are resigned to Bryan's nomination, not
that they feel he has any chance of
election, but because they ure dolus.
light well under u Republican ndmin-V
istration, and are therefore Indifferent.
But is not this feeling shared by
Democrats In many other sections of
the country? The evidence is found
among the Democratic members of
Congress, very few of whom have the
temerity to prophesy a victory for Mr.
Bryan. Several of them are out
spoken in the opinion that the purty
eunnot give the Republicans a real
buttle until Mr. Bryan has had his fill
of running for the presidency, and still
they ure not sufficiently concerned to
organize against him. This Indiffer
ence is due In part to the fact that
Mr. Bryan lias several months the
start in the way of u campaign, und
already bus secured enough delegates
and promises of support to make his
nomination seem certain. But there
la another reason beyond this, and II
is because the Democrats realize Uat
the Roosevelt administration Is freer
of partisanship than most administra
tions have been; that it has been lu
very truth an American administration,
having in view the interests of all the
people, without regard to politics, sec
tional or material risk.
Kven prominent Southern Democrats
accept the, assurance of a continuance
of the Roosevelt policies under the
guidance of Secretary Tuft with any
thing but a feeling of gloom and ap
prehension.
Tariff und Trusts.
The DeiiKH-ratle cry that a protective
tariff Is "the mother of trusts" is dis
proved by so many facts that Its Itera
tion Is but partisan noise. During the
last great coal strike It was urged that
the removal of the duty of 47 cents a
ton on Imported coal would bring the
coal trust to terms and break Its power.
Congress suspended the duty, and for
more than a year foreign coal was ad
mitted free to any isirt in the United
States. The effect on the trust and
price of coal In this country was prac
tically nothing. Foreign holders of
coal marked up their price for ship
ment here, just ns the South Ameri
cans several years la-fore added 2 cents
a iMiund to their .price for coffee ex
jKirted when the duty of 2 cents a
pound was removed by the Congress of
the United States.
In his fast notable ppeec h In Congress
Senator Vest contended, and no doubt
believed, that the duty on foreign coal
was the mother of the trust. But the
removal of tb duty failed to Is-netlt
consumers n single cent. The Item of
47 cents a ton duty Is too small n mat
ter to explain the operations of the
coal trust. There are foreign combina
tions In coal that ndvaiu-ed the price
for carg' to America when the duty
was stisMudcd. The American supply
of coal Is Immensely greater than that
of Kurope. Large trusts exist in every
Important Kuropoan country. Belabor
ing a protective tariff with the Idea
that the blows fall on the trusts and
that free trade would iiImiIIsIi trusts is
1 1 1 nt ami effort wasted. The result ex
pected cii'.inot bo reached along that
road. St. Louis (llobe-Deinocrat.
Ill ert-U.
timivli I aiu dlsapiKiinted in Cut
ter. Gotham Why so?
"1 took dinner with hliu the other
day."
"Have n (smr dinner?"
"It wasn't that; but, you know, he's
a well-known sculptor."
"Yes, 1 know."
"Well, I noticed that he couldn't
carve at the trb'.e any better thau I
cun !" Yoiikers Statesman.
The Ktr.-ifitutfurMVril Sea.
"I'lease give me two bills for niv
hat. one for $10 for my husband nnd
for 20 to show my lady friends."
Meggeud) rf e r 1 : 1 act t er.
Rat Brraa Will Re TTntalaatesi.
The Eastern newspajM?, and esne
c'nlly those which prior to 1800 were
more or less Democratic, are still
amusing themselves with speculations
os to bow the Democracy inigbt man
age to get nlong without Mr. Bryan
ns Its presidential candidate. Several
even make hopeful predictions that
somehow or other the Democracy will
so manage.
Thus we find the New York Sun, the
other day giving the most prominent
place on Its first page to a column from
Its Washington correspondent headed
"Anti-Bryan Movement Crows." From
this we lenrn thut the friends of Gov
ernor Johnson of Minnesota have
opened a literary bureau In Chicago
which we knew before and are send
ing out some very good arguments on
piiier why Mr. Johnson should be the
Democratic standard bearer and Mr.
Bryan should he left to attend to his
publishing business In Lincoln, Neb.
We also lenrn that the friends of
Judge Gray of Delaware have likewise
opened n literary bureau in Washing
ton, and are preparing to clrculute lit
erature In bis behalf, esjiecially In New
Kngland, New York, New Jersey, and
the South. Also there Is a "state
ment" from the gentleman In charge
regarding "a league of Gray clubs In
process of formation."
And, thnt everybody may have a fair
chance, we also are Informed that "ad
vocates of the nomination of former
Governor William L. Douglas of Mas
sachusetts are becoming exceedingly
active, and It Is apparent thnt the ef
fort In his behalf Is well organized In
its publicity branch" as. Indeed, It
ought to lie. lu view of the experience
of Mr. Douglas in the work of procur
ing publicity.
All of which Is mildly Interesting
rnd entirely bnrmless. There Is not
the slightest objection to enthusiastic
gentlemen from Minnesota who spend
their time nnd money In this way. Nor
Is there the slightest objection to other
gentlemen from Philadelphia or its
suburbs who occupy their leisure In a
similar manner. Nor to gentlemen
from Massachusetts who divert them
selves with the Idea that fhey are
renlly doing politics. Nor to Eastern
editors who whistle to keep their cour
age up before taking to the woods.
This Is a free country, nnd those
who have the taste and the means nre
welcome to amuse themselves with any
i:!nd of bnrmless game. And nil this
IMilitlcnl "pussy-wants-tt-corner" that Is
now going on around the edges of tin?
poll: leal battle-field Is entirely harm
less. It Is so absolutely harmless to
Mr. Bryan that his smile doubtless
gains a wider benignity when he hap
pens to think nbout It.
For Mr. Bryan knows and we all
know when we lay n9ide the toys with
which we play and renlly think about
the matter thnt all this printing nnd
posting ond circularizing and making
of excellent arguments does not, will
not, and ennnot make the slightest dif
ference; that all this piping and plead
ing has, will hnve, and enn have no
more effect thnn a brass band has
upon the course of a blizzard.
We all know that Mr. Bryan will be
nominated Just the same. Why? Well,
largely because of the Republican pnr
ty and Its course for the last four or
five years.
With half of the Republican party
gravitating toward the Bryan platform
of ten years ago, the Democratic par
ty naturally sticks to thnt platform
nnd the man who made it. This lu ;lie
plniu tendency of the times, deplore
who may.
But can Mr. Bryan win? many ask
That depends. He certainly Is nearer
winning to-day than ever before In a
preliminary campaign, and that Is
about oil anybody can see or soy with
truth up to the present. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Cleveland' Prescription.
In his latest message to the Demo
cratic party, G rover Cleveland says:
"Our jieople need rest and jience nnd
assuraiK-e; and it will be quite in line
with true 1 leniooraey and successful
policy to Impress upon our fellow coun
trymen the fact that Democracy still
stands for those things."
The objection tothevenerableex-Pre
ldent's sapient advice is that he is as
smiling Iiemocracy to be and to stand
for what Democracy was and stood for
In the days of his active career. But
that which wears the livery of Democ
racy to-day Is quite different from the
party of the Cleveland regime. It bos
U'cn made over, transformed and re
built until the old lines are obliterated.
Democrats who couldn't conform to the
new dispensation dropped out. Rene
gades from other parties and derelicts
flouting aimlessly on the sea of politics
were picked up and given the places
made vacant by the apostates. And
the man who performed this wotk of
repair saw to It that he wob obeyed
as the master builder. Since then t lie
Democratic party has been absolutely
controlled by one man to whom "rest"
and "reassurance" were strangers, lie
ruled by Inciting unrest, nnd by nii-
ls-allng to the mass as against the class,
There Is little doubt that Mr. Cleve
land's remedies are valuable and would
give the people comfort, but they will
never Is' applied by the Democratic
party us long as William Jcnuiugi
Bryan wields the scepter.
Discretion.
"So you are independently rich?"
"No, sir," answered Mr. Dustln Stn.x,
"I am rich. But lu this era of jMipulnr
criticism the richer a man Is the more
careful he has to be not to act lu the
least indcH-ndeiit." Washington Star.
Awlsl.
"An Icicle, falling from the roof, fell
ed ti I nt to the pavement," snld the ex
cited man. describing un accident.
"Ah, I see," remarked the reporter,
"he was the victim of an eavesdrop-
jht." IX'trolt Free Tress.
The Boue,
"Say, paw," queried little Tommy
Toddles, "what is the bone of conten
tion ?"
"The Jawlsjiie, my son," answered
the old man, with a nlde glance at his
J wife. Chicago News.
oPZmO OF THE
' rZjj) ZfK jrZjA I Hea fsiy Aat I
DEATH OF FAMOUS BRITON.
iampbell-Bannerman, Liberal Lead
er, Succumbs to Lingering Illness.
Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Bannerinun,
vho retired recently from the British
premiership, died Wednesduy at his
Dfticlal residence In London. The death
at Sir Ileury after a lingering Illness
lid not come as a surprise.
From the beginning of the preseut
session of parliament Sir Ileury bad
been suffering ill health and. after the
opening ! day, he practically had not
iK'i'ii able to attend the sessions nt all,
Chancellor Asqulth acting us premier
In bis absence. He whs seriously
3tiicken after a big political meeting
held nt Bristol on Nov. 13, and he was
obliged to give up his pluns for a se
ries of political speeches that be In
tended to make.
Few Invalids have been the object of
so much solicitude nnd attention as
was bestowed upon Sir Henry, there
having been a constant stream of call
ers at his Downing street residence,
including King Edward, who visited
him on two occasions; Queen Alexan
dra, und the dowager empress of Rus
sia, the prince nnd princess of Wales
and many diplomats and men promi
nent in public life.
On bis resignation, April 5, the rep
resentatives of all parties united hi
paying tribute to his ability and strong
character. Mr. Asqulth said of him :
. "In the a minis of our history there
Is no man who after long years spent
In the thick of public contention has
ever laid down the highest office in
tier the crown more universally ami
deservedly beloved."
Mr. Redmond, lender of the Nation
alists, said that In Campbell-Banucr-mun's
dlsapiieiirnnce Ireland suffered
a loss second only to the loss caused by
the retirement of Gladstone. "There is
not an Irish Nationalist In any part
of the world," said Mr. Redmond, "who
will not deeply deplore that this con
sistent, brave, honorable friend of Ire
laud has been taken from the arena of
public life."
Ian t Export Jersey Water.
The United States Supreme Court has
upheld the New Jersey law prohibiting
the exportation of water from the State
by pipes, the appeal from that law having
been made by a water company which
had contracted to deliver a large quantity
daily to one part of New York City. The
company insisted that the law impaired
the contract and therefore was uncon
stitutional. T Klevale the l.ettal Profession.
The Committee on Code of Professional
Kthics of I lie American Bar Assoeiatioii
litis formulated iu the preliminary draft
Of about seventy canons of professional
ethics relating to the duty of the lawyer
in relation lo the profession lo the public,
to the client and to the judiciary.
Frederick MacMonnies has been se
lected to prepare a model for the statue
of Kdwin Booth which will be erected by
the Players' Club of New York in G rum
mercy Park in that city. The memorial
will coat
The annual convention of the Millers
National Association met in Chicago. The
most iniortnnt matter before the meet
ing was the introduction of Canadian
wheat into tbis country without duty, in
order that it may be milled by Americau
labor. The miller are anxious for leg
islation along this line.
Frank Sprague walked down the street
in L'avis City, Pa., and saw his sweit
hearr riding in a earring with another
man. lie x.ke pleasantly to the couple
and passed on, but before be bad gone
twenty-live feet he drew a revolver and
abut himself deud.
SIB HENRY CAMPBKLL-DANNERMAN.
BASEBALL SEASON.
FORTUNE FOR LABORER,
Because Thirty-Five Tears Before H
Saved Benefactor's Life.
To have saved the life of a fellow,
emigrant In a wreck In 1S73 and thirty-five
yenrs later to have read In a
newspaper plastered upon the wall of ft
homestead shack an advertisement
which led to his becoming the recip
ient of a fortune of $375,000 Is the luck
of Peter Andersen, a farm hand, who
resides near White Bluffs. Wash. An
dersen received a check for $5,000 to
enable him to proceed to New York to
carry out the final legal formalities nec
essary In the transfer of the fortune.
Andersen left Denmark iu 1S73 upon
the ship W. J. Gottry. Off the const
of Newfoundland the Gottry was wreck
ed. Andersen supported Peter Knud
seu, a fellow passenger, until tbey
crawled upon a piece of flotsam. Later
they were tossed upon the deserted
Newfoundland beach. After terrible
privations the two men reached New
York City, where they separated. Knud
sen made $1,000,000 In the glove, busi
ness In New Jersey.
Km ma Uoldinun Not B.nrred Ont.
When the womnn leader of Americas
anarchists, Emma Goldman, returned
from a brief trip into Canada, where
she went to address striking workmen,
nn effort was made by the American
frontier, authorities questioning her right
to re-enter this country, and it was sup
posed that the action was inspired from
Washington, in view of the current fed
eral activities against those of her cult.
She submitted papers showing that she
had married J. K. Keersner, an Ameri
canized foreigner, and with this explana
tion she was admitted.
Alexander Berkman, the New York an
archist and comrade of Miss Goldman,
was released from custody of the local
police in connection with the Union
Square bomb throwing. Siiverstein, the
man who was injured in trying to throw
the bomb at the police, still lingered be
tween life and death at the hospital and
is said to have told the police how he
made the bomb and intended to get re
venge upon the police, who had clubbed
him.
W7SGVDS,
or
The national baseball commission has
taken Player Campbell from Winnipeg
and awarded him to Chicago.
The national baseball commission pro
poses that players who played in the Cal
ifornia State League during the winter be
lined $10O each, as the California league
is an outlaw.
In a fight at Dublin, Tommy Burns,
the American heavyweight champion,,
knocked Jem Roche, the Irish champion,
out of the ring iu one minute and thirty
eight seconds.
George Huckenschniidt would like to
regain his wrestling title, but he will not
attempt it in a Chicago ring. This was
the statement the thoroughly tamed "lion"
made ns he boarded the s! amer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse to return to Europe.
"Hack" claims he was not fairly treated
in his match with Gotcli. Experts who
witnessed the match soy "Hack" had not
the endurance to wrestle under American
rules. His limit is 1!0 minutes to a bout.
The weeding out process in the Amet
baseball stpiad has begun. The team
will be weak behind the bat, as there are
no lirst class backstops as jet in the run
ning. Beiter. the best mail in the posi
tion, is needed at first, aud will he kept
there if possible.
Prof. E. D. Angell, assistant professor
of physical training in the University of
Wisconsin, coach of the basket ball nnd
track teams, has accepted the position of
director of athletics at the Oregon State
Agricultural college at Corvillis, Oregon.,
lie will leave Wisconsin at the end of the
present school year.
The remnant of the Am-s track squad
is developing into a bunch of good inea
under the training of Jack Watson, and
be still has hopes of making some one
burry in the State and Missouri valley
meets. The loss of Hubbard cannot be
made up, as he was the product of three
years' training.
The faculty of the University of Wis
consin, by au overwhelming vote, decided
not to increase the number of football
games neM fall from tive to six. As a
risiilt Wistoiisin will next fall play Chi
iT.n. Mii'utsota, Indiana and Lawrence
universities and Marquette college of Milwaukee.