Frexldeml's Baby Drca * .
Marlanna , the 10-months-old daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Horace Whlttlesey
( * 'f Emporla , Kan. , Is the owner of a
! 3ress worn by William Henry Harri-
Uononce president of the United
fjtates , when he was a baby in old Vir
ginia days , says the New York Herald.
jWilliam Henry Harrison was born In
1-773. Miss Ellen Windsor , who was
I Tippecsnoe" Harrison's nurse , was
ven the dress by the mother of Mr.
rrlson. She , in turn , gave it to her
lend , Mrs. Cbapin , for her baby to
ar.
ff Years afterward Mrs. Chapin passed
It on to her friend , Mrs. . J. C. Whit-
jjfclesej , and Horace Whlttleseywas the
pext baby to wear the little garment
Mrs. Horace Whittlesey dressed little
farlanna in the famous frock the oth-
jer day , but she didn't allow her to
knake mud pies while she had it on
fcn fact she wore it only half "an hour ,
& d the dress was then put carefully
Sway.
The pretty little garment is made
jwith low neck and short sleeves and is
one piece from neck to acin. It is
Bhirred at the top , the hem finished
kn genuine Mount Mcllick embroidery ,
land French knots are scattered over
the dress. 'The material is the finest ,
linen. 'j
LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA.
\ < Suffered Untold Agonies DoctorSaid
It Was the Worst Case Wonder
ful Cure by Cuticura. *
"I used the Cuticura .Remedies for
eczema. The doctor said it was the
. worst case he ever saw. It was on
both limbs , from the knees to tlie an-
Ikles. We tried everything the doctors
iknew of , but the Cuticura Remedies
Iflid the most good. I was obliged to
Ilie with my limbs higher than my
ahead , for the pain was so terrible I
could not walk. I suffered untold ag-
lonies. One limb wasted away a great
ideal smaller than the other , there was
Iso much discharge from it I found
jthe Cuticura Remedies very soothing ,
and I still keep them in the house. I
km very thankful to say that I am
cured. I found the Cuticura Remedies
fell that you say they are. I hope that
you may be spared many years to
knake the Cuticura Remedies for the
benefit of persons suffering from the
torture of skin diseases , such as I had.
Mrs. Gelding , Box 8 , Ayr , Ontario ,
Canada , June G. 1905. "
Bad Brealc.
"Back from de east , eh ? " greeted the
ifalghwayman. "How did you make
tout ? "
. "Pretty rough , " replied the pick
pocket "I got snapped up an' de judge
was just about to give me six months
when I thought I'd get off by telling
' !
aim I was an iceman. " '
"Did de game work ? "
I should say not ! When he heard
I was an iceman he gave me a year. "
ATTRACTIONS OF WESTERN
CANADA. i
aiaarnlflcent Crop Return for tlie
Year 19OO.
The manner in which the Canadian
iWest has attracted settlers in recent
years has caused many of our jour
nals and public men to sit up and take
notice , to use a current phrase. From
every European country and from al
most every State in the Union large
bumbers of settlers have flocked to the
prairie provinces of Canada , where
ree homesteads and wide opportuni
ties are open to all who desire to avail
themselves of them.
The greatest factor in attracting set
tlers lies In the inherent richness of
JBoil and suitability of climate for pro
ducing what is universally considered
to be the finest wheat in the world
( the "No. 1 hard" of Canadian growth '
and other cereals that rank in the very
Brst class. This year the harvest re-
: urns were : Wheat , 90,000,000 bush-j |
sis ; oats , 76,000,000 bushels ; barley , !
17,000,000 bushels ; and when It Is con ;
sidered that the entire population of-
the three provinces as evidenced by
the quiquennial census just completed
is only 810,000 , it is easily seen that
ithe lure of the Canadian West is in Its
agricultural potentialities.
Another feature which attracts the
settler Is that railway construction is
proceeding with such rapidity that al
most every district Is within easy reach , i
of outside markets , and that good ,
prices for all lines of farm products
rule practically from the commence
ment of agricultural operations. This
iis a factor which did not prevail when
; tbe earlier settlements in the West ,
rwere made in Canada and in the Unit
ed States , and has given a great Im
petus to Canadian Western settlement
Jin recent years.
The free grant system of homesteads
hich prevails in the prairie provinces ,
which every settler who is able and
willing to comply with the conditions
-of actual settlement ( by no means onerous -
-erous ) Is given ICO acres free , except
. $10 for entry , is a great drawing card ,
and. In the last fiscal year gathered In ! ,
-over 189,000 additional to the West
ern population , of which 57,796 were
.from the United States.
The further fact fls Is strongly
ibrought out by the agent of the Cana
dian Government whose address ap-
ipears elsewhere , that a splendid com
mon school system , practically free , prevails *
-vails throughout the entire country ,
tand is easy of access in even the most
( remote districts , is another great ln
Jducement to the settler who has thg
'future ' welfare of his family In mind }
, and this , coupled with the fact that
Western Canadian law and order ar
proverbial , completes a circle of good
. .and sufficient reasons why the tide oi
immigration has set in so steadily fo
rward the country to the north of our
boundary line.
NO MORE WHITE SUGAR.
Jfev Pare Food I/aw "Will Knocfc Ont
tlic Highly Bleached Article.
The pure food law that goes into effect
Jan. 1 is far reaching in its provisions ,
but if carried out will without doubt
result in mucb good to the community
and will probably lessen in a measure
the stomach troubles so prevalent. There
will be no more white sugar offered for
sale after the new law becomes opera
tive. There will be loaf and granulat
ed sugars as at present , but the color
will be a dull yellowish white , not very
attractive to the eye , but much more
healthful than the article known to trade
for fifty years or more as "white sugar. "
Washing bluing is used to impart the
snow white color and Uncle Sam has
decided that it is better for the health
of the country to put aside the washing
bluing and get back to first principles.
Tinned vegetables , notably tomatoes ,
green peas , and some kinds of string
beans will not have the appearance of
having been so freshly picked as for
merly , but the coloring will be natural.
No effects in coloring will be permitted ,
except that provided by nature. Mar
malades and preserves , that tempt the
eye before the palate , will not be quite
so attractive , and if there is a slight
scum on the jar , skim it off and say
nothing. It is simply proof that pre
servatives have not been used ,
Mustard , which generations of the
j people have come to regard as yellow
I never having seen any that was not
. ' adulterated will be gray and 'butter '
will be nearly white.
Tinned meats will probably lose their
: popularity , for it is expected the prices
will be about doubled. Some of the so-
called tinned meats and game offered are
made of a combination of corn meal and
condiments that look inviting , but have
very little food value. They are put up
at small cost , have a delicious flavor , but
they are not meats and game , nnd it is
not expected housekeepers will buy tin
ned cornmeal when they know just what
it is as told by the label on the can.
The new law makes no reference to
eggs and the cold storage brand can be
disposed of as the integrity of the dealer
decides. Refrigerated meats and breadstuffs -
stuffs are not mentioned in the law.
After Jan. 1 all goods shipped from
.factories will go out with , i guarantee
that they are as veprcsenteJ ; that there
"
is no" false labeling. The penalty for
violating a law is not more than one year
in a federal-prison or $500 fine or both ,
and for a second offense the penalty is
doubled.
ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Secretary of Treasury Puts Amount
to Jnne 30 , 1008 , at 089,028,453.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
transmitted to Congress the book of es
timates of. appropriations required for
government service for the fiscal year
ending June 30 , 1908. The following ta
ble shows the estimates , together with
the appropriations made by Congress for
each item , for the present fiscal year :
Estimates Appropriations
Objects for 1908. for 1907.
Legislative estab
lishment $ 5,618,175 $ 5,647,357
Executive estab
lishment 32,571,910 26,064,092
Judicial establish
ment 980.120 1,108,914
Foreign inter-
course 3,254,077 3,796,683
Uilitary establish
ment 79,950,102 72,305,270
Naval establish
ment 115.444,950 98,773,692
[ ndinn affairs . . . .7,970,168 14,878,144
Pensions 138,243,000 143,746,100
Public works . . . 95,865,540 53,545,710
Postal service de
ficiency Indefinite. 298,416
Hiscellnneous . . . 59,244,088 126,269,857
ermanent annual
appropriation. . 149,886,320 155,117,320
Grand totals. . $689,028,453 $701,551,566
The annual report of the bureau of in
sular affairs of the War Department
emphasizes two legislative matters before
Congress , on which it says depend to a
laige extent the future prosperity of the
Philippine Islands. One is the bill reduc
ing the tariff on Philippine products to 25
per cent of the Dingley rates for sugar
nnd tobacco and making all other articles
free , and the other is a measure provid
ing for the establishment of an agricul
tural bank in the islands.
TAFT CALLS THEM MURDERERS.
Secretary on IV'egro Soldiers " \Vlio
Killed at Brownsville , Tex.
President Roosevelt's action in dismiss
ing from the army three companies 'of
negro troops in the Twenty-fifth infantry ,
as a penalty for the outrage at Browns
ville , Texas , is warmly defended by Sec
retary of War Tuft in his annual report.
The report , after pointing out that the
President's order has been severely crili-
cised because it condemns the innocent to
undeserved punishment , thus reviews the
incident :
"Out of a battalion of 170 enlisted men
in the army of the United States , from
nine to twenty men formed a preconcert
ed plan to revenge themselves upon the
people of a town in which they were sta
tioned for the insults they felt that the
townspeople had heaped upon them. In
accordance with the plan , they left the
barracks under cover of darkness about
midnight and proceeded to discharge
their weapons into the houses of the
town for the purpose of killing those
against whom they felt a grievance.
"They came near killing some one or
more of the three women and seven chil
dren who were sitting or slewing in two
of the lighted rooms into which they fired.
They , in fact , did kill one man , wound
another and seriously injure the chief of
police. They accompanied their firing
with expressions indicating the malice
which prompted their action. There can
be no doubt , therefore , that the squad of
men who moved together from the fort to
the town and did this shooting were
guilty of murder , and murder in the first
degree. "
Sagrar Trust Pined.
A fine of 518,000 was imposed upon $
the American Sugar Refining Company
by Judge Holt in the United States Cir $
cuit Court Tuesday , for accepting rebates $
amounting to $26,000 from the New
York Central Railroad Company.
IVew L.iprht on the Bible. $
Drs. Grenfel and Hunt , the famous
English Egyptologists , discovered papy
rus dealing with the life of Christ. It
contains forty-five lines of the gospel ,
presenting a marked variation from the
authorized version.
2
IFNAINCIAL
CHICAGO.
In the aggregate of bank exchanges
for both the week and month Just end
ed substantial gains appear over those
of. last year , indicating that expansion
in business generally is yet making pro
gress. Heavy orders continue to be
entered by the leading industries for
delivery at distant dates , .and consider
ing the rapid absorption of the unpre
cedented outputs of furnaces and fac
tories , it is clear that consumption has
established a new high level.
More concern is expressed as to the
future productions of finished materials
owing to the difficulties presented by
cost of supplies and labor and the in
ability of railroads to provide satisfac
tory transportation. These considera
tions are becoming more widespread ,
but for the present they cause no halt
ing in the efforts to obtain the best
results.
Thanksgiving trade made an improv
ed volume of retail dealings and , al
though jobbers are seasonably quiet
in i the staples , the demand is well main
tained 1 for holiday goods. Wholesale
houses find a satisfactory demand for
spring wares , particularly in the tex
tiles , footwear , carpets and furniture.
Interior advices testify to gratifying
headway in the reductions of winter
lines and the outlook is bright for
heavy Christmas business. A healthy
Indication is found in an increased dis
counting of bills , and western collec
tions average up well.
Manufacturing operations reflect sus
tained pressure upon facilities and
greater outputs of finished products.
Recent specifications for additional
railroad equipment add to the forward
period of activity in iron and steel and
car building. Other producers have
much work to keep forces busy , and
tbere is steadiness in demand for imple
ments , heavy machinery , brass and
wood working.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict 1 numbered 22 , against 26 last
week and 22 a year ago. Dun's Re
view of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Trade has been active as rarely be
fore at this season , despite widespread
holiday observance , warm weather in
parts of the South , and bad roads in
the Northwest. The really serious
cause of complaint , a reflection in itself
superabundant prosperity , .is the
practically country-wide congestion in
railway traffic , which affects grain
movement , collections and retail trade
iii the Northwest , delays delivery of
badly needed coal supplies in the en
tire West , interferes with the move
ment of cotton to market at the South ,
nnd hampers manufacturing operations
in the iron and steel , textile , lumber ,
and other trades. Railway men appear
awake to the situation and are work
ing energetically , bu < - the near approach
ot the winter season renders the out
look dubious. Spot sales in general
jobbing lines are rather lighter , as is
natural under the circumstances , but
this branch of trade , as well as first
hands , is busily engaged on business
for spring. In cotton fabrics , for in
stance , the only feature hampering
trade is the complaint of backward de-
1'veries ' , due to labor shortage or to
factories being oversold. Bradstreet's
Commercial Report
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
$4.00 to $7.45 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00
to $0.50 ; sheep , faoir to choice , $3.00
to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; corn ,
No. 2 , 43c to 45c ; oats , standard , 32c to
33c ; rye , No. 2 , Goc to GSc ; hay , timothy
thy , $13.00 to $1S.50 ; prairie , $6.00 to
$15.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 24c to
30c ; eggs , fresh , 29c to 34c ; potatoes ,
30c to 43c.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00
to $7.00 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to
$6.35 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to
$4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; corn ,
No. 2 white , 43c to 44c ; oats , No. 2
white , 33c to 35c.
St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $7.00 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $6.32 ; sheep , $3.50 to
$5.35 ; wheat , No. 2 , 75c to 76c ; corn ,
No. 2 , 42c to 43c ; oats , No. 2 , 32c to
34c ; rye , No. 2 , 61c to GSc.
Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ;
foogs , $4.00 to $6.50 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 75c to 7Gc ; corn ,
No. 2 mixed , 47c to 4Sc ; oats , No. 2
mixed , 35c to 36c ; rye , No. 2 , 70c to
72c.
72c.Detroit
Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $5.00 ; hogs ,
$4.00 to $6.12 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 76c to 77c ; corn , No. 3
yellow , 4Sc to 50c ; oats , No. 3 white ,
35c to 36c ; rye , No. 2 , 69c to 70c.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
77c to 79c ; corn , No. 3 , 43c to 44c ;
oats , standard , 33c to 34c ; rye , No. 1 ,
GSc to G9c ; barley , standard , 54c to 55c ;
pork , mess , $14.50.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.00 to $6.25 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00
to $6.60 ; sheep , common to good mixed ,
$4.00 to $5.75 ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$5.00 to $7.80.
New York Cattle , $4.00 to $6.00 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $6.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 78c to 80c ;
corn , No. 2 , 53c to 54c ; oats , natural
white , 3Sc to 39c ; butter , creamery , 25c
to 32c ; eggs , western , 30c to 35c.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 74c to
7Gc ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 42c to 43c ;
oafs , No. 2 mixed , 34c to 35c ; rye , No.
, 65c to 67c ; clover seed , prime , $8.25.
TREASURY FULL OF GOLD.
Secretary Slimv's Keport Sliovra
Cotmtry/M Great Prosperity.
The unprecedented prosperity of the
United States is reflected in the report
of the retiring Secretary of the Treas
ury , Mr. Shaw , whose statistics were
filed with the House.
Never before has there been so much
gold in the United- States treasury , according -
cording to the report On Oct 15 there
was $871,893,899.77 of the precious
metal stored in the vaults. Of the
8,380 chartered national banks , 448
failed and 1,743 were placed in volun
tary liquidation , and since the estab
lishment of the national banking sys
tem in 1863 , statistics show that cred
itors of these insolvent institutions re
ceived 78 per cent of their claims , on
an average. The money in circulation
in the United States now amounts to
$2,736,046,028 , or $33.08 per capita.
The outstanding principal of the public
debt on June 30 was $895,159,140 , an
iucrcase of $800. Including the issue
of Panama bonds the public debt Nov.
1 was $925,159,250.
The past fiscal year shows the largest -
est customs receipts in the history of
the country. Over $3,000,000 was col-
le'cted in customs.
In speaking of the weakness.of . the
currency system , Mr. Shaw says thatj
the harvest of 1906 strained well nigh
to the limit the credit possibility of the
country , and as to his 'action at the
time , which met much criticism , he
says :
"The government quarantines against
yellow fever ; it spends millions to protect -
tect the people against unwholesome
food ; it inspects banks in the interest
of depositors , and does a thousand oth-
er things to safeguard the people
against disaster of various kinds. This
policy oft governmental supervision receives -
ceives universal approbation. Believing -
ing it to be the duty of the government
also to protect the people against fiuaus
cial panics , which in this country have
caused nio.re mental and more physical
suffering than all the plagues known to
man , and recognizing that under our
system no possible co-operation can be
secured among banks , each independent
of the other , and finding these institu-
tious in the interior sending their mon
ey to be loaned on call in the cities , and
the reserve of the country , even in the
idle season , very low , the Secretary of
the Treasury undertook the task of
making some slight provision for the
inevitable. He withdrew from the chans
nels of trade $60,000,000 and locked it
up. This was accumulated in part by
excessive revenues and in part by deliberate -
liberate and premeditated withdrawals.
His only excuse for withdrawing the
people's money when they did not need
it , and when its presence hivited spec
ulation , was to have it ready to restore
when they did need it , and when its
absence would bring certain disaster. "
Secretary Shaw points out various
ways in which the dealings of his de
partment with national banks could be
put upon such a basis as to act as a
preventive of panics here and abroad.
In this connection he says : "If the
Secretary of the Treasury were given
$100,000,000 to be deposited with the
banks or withdrawn as he might deem
expedient , and if in addition he were
clothed with authority over the reserves -
serves of the several banks , with power
to contract the national bank circulation -
tion at pleasure , in my judgment no
panic as distinguished from industrial
stagnation could threaten either the
United States or Europe that I could
not avert" '
The Secretary's report is issued in
the revised spelling form , as advocated
by President Roosevelt
? | ir * rffc i' ' &MX
The manager of the Burlington lines
has notified all clerks , stenographers and
technical workers that if they join a union
they will be discharged. |
An official of the Pennsylvania railroad
announces that work will soon be started
on a great power plant and dam , just
west of Harrisburg , on tlie Susquehanna ,
to electrify the Pennsylvania railroad be- j
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg. I
The demand of the trainmen on tba
Reading railway for a ten-hour day was
rejected by General Superintendent Tice.
The men were told that as an increase
in wages had been granted nothing more
could be expected for the present.
President Earling of the St. Paul road
confirms the report that his company is
to build a cut-off between the northern
division and the valley division , thereby
shortening the line to the northern peninsula
*
sula , by way of StarLake , by more than
fifty miles.
The ruling of the interstate commerce
commission that a railroad may not issue
transportation in exchange for advertising
in newspapers is to have a legal test
through a case brought by the Monon. 3
President McDoel has ordered the con- j t
tinuance of contracts for transportation
in payment for advertising.
The firemen and engineers of the New
York Central lines have reached a settle
ment with the officials by which all will
get a substantial increase in wages and
a ten-hour work day for all branches of
the sen-ice. A similar advance in other
branches of ' .he servicf was expected.
At the close of the fiftieth year of con
secutive payments of dividends the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company placed ita
stock upon a 7 per cent basis , which is 1
per cent higher than had been paid since
1900. As the capital of the company has
grown the number of stockholders has in
creased to about 45,000.
i
j
'
Rev. Joseph Anderson Vance , D. D. ,
who declared from his pulpit ir the
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church , Chi
cage , that-it is prac
tically impossible
for a poor man to
get justice to-day
in a legal contro
versy when hiu op
ponent is ricb , has
been pastor there
since 1899. During
his residence in Chicago
cage he has been
identified with the
EEV. j. A. VAXCE. Bureau of Chari
ties , in which capacity he has spent
much time among tiie poorer people of
. .
i the { city and has studied the obstacles
j against which they do battle. He was
born j in Sullivan County , Tennessee ,
Nov. 17 , 1SG4. He was awarded the
B. D. degree by Union Seminary , Vir
ginia , in 1SSS , was made : i D. D. by
Huron ( S. D. ) College in 1901 , and in
190o the Same honor was conferred on
.
him { by his alma mater , King College.
He has previously held pastorates at
Louisville. Ky. , and Baltimore.
*
* * *
Nelson O. Nelson of St. Louis , a mil
lionaire - manufacturer , suggests money
as , a cure for the child labor evil. He
proposes to make
good to need- par
ents J : the weekly in
come they would
lose if their children
.
dren under 14 were
,
taken from the fac
tories and sent to
school. His propo
sition has been sub"
mitted to the woin-j
en's clubs of St. I
Louis. Mr. Nelson N. o. NELSON.
Dffers to pay half the money if the
women's . clubs will pay the other half.
It is said his investigations indicate
only a third of the child workers under
,
der 14 are at work through actual ne-
2essfry. Mr. Nelson is well known for
his ' communal village of Le Claire , 111. ,
where he lives among his workers and
shares his profits' with them.
. * .
Professor Goldwin Smith , who has
recently celebrated his eighty-third
birthdaj- one of Canada's grand old
|
|
men. sixty years
: : ago he was a con
tributor to the Lon
don Saturday Re
view , and forty-
eight years ago he
was a professor at
Oxford , where he
had for a pupil the
present king of En-
gland. Professor
Smith is a native of
Berkshire , England ,
PROF. SMITH. but lle lias aiways
manifested the greatest interest in new
world institutions and about thirty
years * ago took up his residence in To
ronto. When Ezra Cornell founded his
university at Ithaca , N. Y. , Goldwin
Smith was made honorary professor of
English and constitutional history and
delivered several courses of lectures.
William Matthew Holderby of Cairo ,
[ 11. , a student at Princeton theological
J seminary and a missionary worker
among the boys of
Princeton. N. J. ,
! has started a cru
sade against ex
cessive drinking
by the students of
Princeton university -
sity and has
shocked the uni
versity and town
with his charges.
The college au
thorities admit &s * " v xxf .
. , . , . , W. M. HOLDEISB1' .
there is drinking ,
but say that on account of the small-
aess of the town the drinking appears
to be more prevalent than it really Is.
*
*
Eugene A. Foss , vice president of the
Boston reciprocity league , is in Berlin
studying the reciprocity situation /rom
the German standpoint.
'
+ *
Wade H. Ellis , Attorney General of
Ohio , is one of the most active oppo
nents | of the attempts of the Standard
. . m i Oil trustto
things all its own
way in that com
monwealth. Mr. El
lis is a Kehtuckian ,
born just across the
Ohio River from
Cincinnati , where
he received his ear
ly education. AI-
: though he was ad
mitted to the bar in
' S' . < ! > ' " ? > . g -y. > ? K - ? ' - . - ' : : : " < ' _ , , , rt , - . - . .
1890 , he did not
W. H. ELIJS. . . -
practice for several
years , but went into journalism , at one
time being editor in chief and business
i manager of the Commercial Tribune of
Cincinnati. (
Gruny , a penniless anarchist of Paris ,
was recently arrested. The news was
published in the provinces and was seen
by a lawyer who had been seeking him
for months as an heir to a fortune. Now
that Gruny has means he is to be re
leased from prison. He says that his
views of economic questions have already
undergone a radical change.
L QUJav * C4r l.UU.l.Vl \1C4.AJ V.
Gustav Wolff , a sign painter of St.
Louis , has had two pictures prominently
hung in the Paris salon.
An imperial edict was issued at Pekia
approving a constitutional government ,
and the members of a new reform cabinet
were named , with Prince Ching at the
Lead. 4
The Rusian council of ministers has
approved the adoption of the income tarf
suppressed by the minister of finance ,
which is expected to produce a revenue
of $20,000,000 a year.
The French customs authorities have
decided to exclude American -ham , bacon ,
canned pork , etc. , because the microscopic
examination has been eliminated from the
Americas meat inspection regulations.
The house of lords , by a vote of 157
to 40 , allotted the education bill so ate
to provide that local authorities must ex
tend facilities for religious instruction , in
stead of merely giving permission to do so.
The Japanese government 'lias decided
to build a bridge over the Yalu river at
Yon Gam Pho , having a span of 3,239
feet , so as to establish direct railway
communication between Mukden and Fu
San.
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The municipal elections throughout
England indicated that the conservatives
were gaining some of their lost ground.
The campaign issue was the alleged ex
travagant expenditures on socialist
schemes.
An incipient mutiny of some 500 Brit
ish sailors at Portsmouth occurred be
cause some of their number were arrested
for refusing to kneel so that an officer of
small stature could see the men in thu
rear rank.
The German poet , Ganghofer , who re
cently had a long visit with Emperor
William , quites the Kaiser as saying that
he is a thorough optimist , and that he
will be happy if his people understand
his purposes.
The socialist congress at Limoges ,
France , rejected a motion favoring insur
rection on the part of conscripts in case-
of war and adopted one calling on the
soldiers of all nations to seek the sup
pression of standing armies through legis
lation.
The interpretation of the recent munici
pal elections in England , held by the
Unionists , is that they prove a strong
anti-government feeling and a decided setback - ,
back for labor candidates and municipal
socialism. The latter had held the bal-
imce of power in London for three years.
Premier Campbell-Bannerman told a
deputation of liberal and labor members
of the House Tuesday that the matter
of old-age pensions would soon be taken
up as one of the government's policies. He
thought that the scheme would favor
thrift and independence. Chancellor of
the Exchequer Asquith also agreed to
this proposition.
During the inaugural banquet of the
new lord mayor of London , Sir William
Purdy Treloar , the Marquis cf Richen ,
who was the hcief speaker , dealt with
the Congo State abuses and cruelties ,
and declared that if Belgium did not put
things to right soon Great Brtain would
consult other powers , with a view to a
concert to remedy existing evils.
Replying to the deputation composed
of men representing various creeds and
parties who complain of the atrocities
committed in the Congo Free State , the
British foreign secretary , Mr. Grey , said
that if the Belgian government failed to
take action soon the British government
would inquire of the other powers what
their views were and seek a concert of
action.
The Canadian government has notified
the United States that the postal treaty
will be abrogated in so far as it relates
to second-class mail matter , the object
being to exclude from Canadian territory
certain periodicals or newspapers pub
lished in this country. Canada says that
if new regulations are formed to shut out
such objectionable publications , a sew
treaty will be entered into.
Owing to the continued disorder arid
unsafely of foreign residents in Morocco ,
the Spanish and French governments
have now sent warships to Tangier , and
it is expected that a British squadron
will follow. A crisis is threatened by
the granting of increased powers to Rais
Uli , the bandit. The European powers
are acting harmoniously and will send
troops ashore under one commander in
case the Moors take a hostile course.
In the Belgian chamber of deputies at
Brussels the minister of foreign affairs ,
referring to she recent warning from offi
cers of the British government , concern
ing alleged Congo abuses , said that Bel
gium would pursue a line of action dic
tated by her own interests without regard
to British interference. On Wednesday
the socialists moved to refuse the terms
of King Leopold's will , bequeathing the
Congo to Belgium on condition that the
royal domains be maintained after its
annexation.
A sign that the Russian government is
preparing to hold elections for a new
douma is the action of the Senate in in
terpreting the election law without ap
peal. It has declared that railroad em
ployes who inhabit buildings owned by
the government cannot vote , and this will
exclude 170,000 workmen from the fran
chise. It includes machinists , signal *
men , guards and repairers. Tlie decision ,
also removes 8,000 employes of factories
owned by the War and Navy Depart
ments. The Senate has also made a
sweeping reduction in the peasant bank.
The object of these rulings is to secure
more acceptable returns from the next
election than from the last one.
After M. Jaures had announced in the
French Chamber of Deputies that 'his
party was weary of the church and state
controversy , and had decided to support
the government , a vote of confidence re
sulted in 416 ayes and 163 noes. This
means that the chamber will support the
government in a firm policy of execut
ing the separation law as it stands. The
minister of education assured the cham
ber that no negotiations would be had di
rectly with the Vatican , and that plans
were on foot to assist the local and diocesan
cesan religious associations in organia-
ins their dependent houses of worship.
