Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, June 06, 1907, Image 7
-Age cannot wither the Infinite varie- tty of an actress' husbands. New York Summer will have to go some to ? make up for this spring. New York A woman has an awful good time ihoping other women envy her. New "York Press. The more fun you could have spend ing money , the more you don't know where to get it. New York Press. Contracts may be divided into bar- -sains , marriages and Pittsburg matri- Tinoninl alliances. New York Sun. If the Spanish baby has had its first -.attack of colic , the news has been care- .fully suppressed. Washington Post. In all probability there will be no sshortage in the wheat crop except for trading purposes. Philadelphia Press. Millinery stores are now advertising the "airship hat. " Another way to imake the money fly. Washington Josr. Ruef says he fears injustice in San Francisco. But it's exactly the other rtliing that scares him. Philadelphia jsLedger. When wheat reaches $1 the farmers . .are reconciled to the wicked men in ithe pit who "deal in futures. " New -York Tribune. To complete his popularity King Al fonso has only to appear on the streets v.of Madrid pushing . " perambulator. York Sun. "How docs our weather man make predictions ? " queries the Washiug- -lon Post. Poorly , brother , poorly. 2sew York Mail. No doubt the Hon. Abe Ruef is a' jSrin believer in the theory that a man ( -should not be hit when he is down. 2Cew York Mail. Mark Twain is to get a degree from Oxford University. But will he ever rsucceed in acquiring the Oxford man gier ? New York Sun. Notice that the Weather Bureau is asking no credit , even among the farm- jars , for the dollar-wheat episode. Philadelphia Inquirer. Ian Maclaren was neither a warrior jnor a politician , ! but the mourning for Inin is deep , sincere and worldwide. Philadelphia Inquirer. A New Jersey woman is going to far- J -off Asia to get a husband. No place is too far and no danger is too threat ening. New York Herald. The sentence of a New York woman -io seven years' imprisonment for kill ing a man reflects upon the value of the man. Philadelphia Ledger. The New York Ice Trust is to ex pand to embrace coal and wood , so -there will be no closed season for its patrons. Philadelphia Ledger. German scientists , in opposing the -sise of the rod at school , may be cer- ttain of the hearty approbation of the -.small boy. Philadelphia Ledger. When s. man wears clothes that are out of style either he is so poor he haste to worry about something else or so -cich he doesn't worry about anything. New York Press. magazine writer who deplores decadence of the English language - ' could get into a better frame of mind iby skipping the baseball reports. Philadelphia 'Ledger. ' It was an English actress , not an American , who suppressed news of her } anarriage through fear that she would "jje accused of seeking to advertise her self. New York World. Commentators upon the new plan to snake Chicago beautiful will probably aiot speak about painting the lily or ii tiding another hue unto the rainbow. New York Tribune. A London literary critic thinks that laughter is immoral. Physicians say It is a splendid aid to digestion. Shall - we be morally dyspeptic or unmoral ly "Siappy ? New York Suu. Nebraska farmers must be riding in Tullman cars mainly now. The Lcgis- 3iture has passed a bill reducing par- 2or-ttir charges within the State one- third. New Y ( rk World. The ceremony incident to the chris tening of the little Spanish prince con tinued for two days. Christening a Iboy with 12 names is a strenuous un- * ! cr tak ing. Washi ngton Hera Id. That Chicago man who/proposed / at luncheon and married 'at/ / sundown is liable to get in the divorce court at "breakfast and get a decree before his moon refresher. Cincinnati Cominer- Although the .per capita consumption . - of sugar in this country was 76 pounds Hast year , it was not enough to coun teract the effect of Hie lemons handed -.to a good many of us. Washington Test Mark Twain is complaining about a -tr.an who looks like him. Still , if ths anan doesn't look enough like him to draw his pay at the cashier's window , 3ie has no real kick coming. Washing ton Post. ? L r > A scientific sharp some time ago de tected a human soul in the act of leav ing a body , and now a Haverhill doc tor has succeeded in weighing one. [ o , Somebody may yet catch one of they * If they don't watch out. New York EWorld. COLD HURTS CROPS. WEATHER FOR MAY WORST IN 25 'YEARS. Wet Fields Full of Rotting SCCUH nnd Many Farmers Face Crop Failure Theory an to Cause of Chilling The unprecedented cold weather which has held the entire country east of the Rocky Mountains in its grip for the last twoi weeks has wrought enormous damage to crops of every kind. The Washington weather bureau reports that not since 1882 has the ab normal weather of the present year been approached in severity. As to the cause of the unseasonable weather conditions now prevailing the experts of the weather bureau have two facts and one theory. One fact is that practically every bit of the cold air that has been rushing flown from the Northwest has come from the di rection of Siberia. Another fact is that it has come in such great volumes that it has leaped over the natural bar riers found in the 'mountains of British Columbia and spread over the North west , the middle West , around the great lakes to New York and New England , and as far south as Kansas. "We have an idea , " said Professor H. O. Frankcnfeld of the forecast di vision of the weather bureau , "that an extraordinary amount of snow has fall en In Siberia during the Jast five or six months. All the heat has apparent ly radiated from it , leaving an intense ly cold mass covering the earth. Arctic winds blowing over that mass of snow and Ice do not have their temperature raised to any appreciable extent before they hit the American continent. The winds that blow across from Siberia ap parently are without moisture. The re sult is a high pressure over the north ern part of the American continent , while in the south there Is a low press ure. Atmosphere , like water , kows to the lowest point. There is no doubt about the course of the cold winds that have served to make the oldest Inhabi tants speak of this spring as If it were the coldest In human experience , which It Is not. " Conditions in Many StateH. The following reports , showing crop conditions for various sections of the country have been received : Peoria , 111. The abnormally cold weather in this section of the country has played havoc with crops , and not more than half a crop of oats and wheat is expected. What is known as "the green bug" is working in the wheat and oats and the cold weather has retarded the growth of the cereals to such an extent that the insect has gotten in its work with disastrous results. In central Illi nois not even half a crop is expected. The cold weather has left the ground in poor shape for planting corn and the farmers report the outlook discouraging. Ln Crosse , Wis. Reports to offices of southern Minnesota branches of the St. Paul railway , which covers the bulk of the best wheat territory in Minnesota and South Dakota , are that the weather of the past week has proven favorable to crops. Ninety-five per cent of the seed ing of wheat , oats , rye , and barley had been done. The condition of ground is very good and farmers expect an average crop , if weather remains favorable from now on. The crop is now two weeks be hind. Minneapolis , Minn. Although the crop outlook in the Northwest seemed unfav orable at the outset , present prospects are that the grain will give a bigger yield this season than last ; in fact , the situa tion in the Northwest could not be bright er , for general conditions are such that this section should enjoy unparalleled prosperity this year. Cincinnati , Ohio. There has been a remarkable continuance of cold , highly unseasonable weather in this region for many weeks past. The only crops to be injured at all are the grapes and berries , as all growing grain crops are too far ad vanced to be seriousl } * hurt. Cleveland , Ohio. The cold weather and the rains have not done much damage to wheat in Ohio. Reports received from every section of the State state the cold is delaying the growth of the wheat , but the gerrn is all right. Fruits have not fared so well in this State. Wabash , Ind. The unseasonable weath has cut the wheat one-half , even though conditions are favorable until har vest. The corn is all planted , but with mercury below 40 , almost nightly , the plants have been badly nipped and cut worms are at work. Fruit is practically all killed aud vegetables have suffered severely. Keokuk , Iowa Oats and winter wheat , the only kind of wheat raised in this section , made an excellent showing , and with future favorable weather good crops of these cereals will be harvested. Corn is making a fair stand , grass made a slow start , and there will be a very short hay * crop. Fruit is almost a total failure , including early apples , peaches , peats , plums and cherries. The berry cjrop is short. Omahn. Neb. As compared with six weeks a o the condition of Nebraska wheat has fallen off somewhere from 15 to 20 per cent. Six weeks ago. how ever. the condition was as near perfect as was ever known. Corn has been plant ed under exceptionally favorable condi tions and the acreage is slightly in ex cess of last year. a Detroit. Mich. ' The most backward spring in the memory of even the "old est inhabitant" has seriously hurt the farmers of Michigan , and will later makn its effects felt on the consumers. The month of Mnj all through the Wolver ine State has been like the March of or dinary years , and all crops are sure to be at least a month behind. The fruit crop will undoubtedly be short this year. and present indications point to a small and poor berry crop. Early vegetables are scarce and are bringing high prices. It pays to advertise in this paper. LIKE WHANG THE MILLER. Maine Farmer Ruin * Himself In Ftl tile Search ( or tlold. If a faker , who made a precarious liv ing selling patent cure-alls in the daytime and holding second-sight seances at night hadn't put up three years ago at the home of Samuel Gordon , then a well-to- do farmer near Macwahoe , Me. , the chances are that Mr. Gordon would be a prosperous man to-da } ' . Instead he Is dead , his farm has gone to ruin and his children are scattered through the West. When the faker put up at the Gordon home he said he would give the owner a second-sight seance for his keep. More to accommodate him than anything else , Gordon consented , and that night in vited in the neighbors. After some weird incantations the faker went into what appeared to be a trance and told of a spot in the woods not far from Gordon's home where a vast amount of Indian gold , takenf from white men more than two centuries ago , lay buried. He was far from exact in locating the spot , but he did mention a peculiar bowlder , and the entire community was so impressed that they secretly set out next day to find the place. Gordon found within a week a bowl der resembling that described by the faker and bought the property upon which it was situated. To do this he was forced to mortgage his farm , but this he did cheerfully , as he had great faith in seances. lie then began to dig. The more he dug the more determined he became to locate the wealth and the more he neglected his farm duties. But though he dug long and faithfully he dis covered nothing more valuable than stones and earth. His children believed their father had been fooled.and sought to persuade him to desist , but their efforts amounted to nothing , and finally , one by one , they left home , saying that they would return wrhen the gold fever was over. After that Gordon lost his farm and his health failed. Finally he became morose and semi-insane , and remained in this condi tion until his death , recently. VAST GROWTH SINCE 1800. Expanding : Conditions in United States Shown by Government. A series of panoramic views of condi tions in the United States from 1800 to the present time in area , population , pro duction , commerce , money circulation , wealth , inter-communication , publication and education is presented in a statistical abstract of the United States just issued by the Department of Commerce and La bor. It is a volume of 700 pages , with scarcely a line of text discussion other than the titles of the tables themselves. Beginning with tables as to area , it is shown that in the continental United States the population to the square mile lias grown from six and one-half persons in 1800 to nearly twenty-eight at the present time. The per capita circula tion , which in 1800 was $5 , in 190G was $32.32. The per capita wealth , which in 1850 was $307 , in 1904 was $1,310. Bank deposits , for which no record is available earlier than 1875 , were a trifle over $2,000,000,000 in that year , and in 1S9G they were $12,250,000,000. In 1820 deposits in savings banks amounted in round numbers to $1,000,000 , while in 1906 they were $3,230,000,000 , with 8,027,192 depositors. Imports of mer chandise , which in 1800 amounted to $91- 000,000 , in 190G were $1,226,000,000 ; while exports , which in 1800 were $71- 000,000 , in 1900 were $1,744,000,000. The publication also shows increases In , cotton production from 155,556 bales in 1800 to 11,333,000 bales in 1906 ; in sugar production , which amounted to less than 14,000 tons in 1825 , to 582,414 tons in 1906 , and in corn , the production of which in 1840 was 377,000,000 bushels , to 2,927,416,091 bushels in 1906. The value of manufacturing products has grown from $1,000,000,000 in 1850 to nearly $15,000,000,000 in 1903. Brain Injury and Speech. Taking issue with the generally accept ed theory that a definite region of the brain presides over the function of speech and that an injury to this part of the brain means an interference with the power of using language , Pierre Marie , a French investigator , whose views are set forth in an article translated for the Lit erary Digest , contends that the old notion is largely erroneous. After referring somewhat indetail , to the results of ex periments on persons afflicted with apha sia , he states that failure to stand these tests indicates , not word deafness , but diminution of intelligence , since the pa tient understands the meaning of the words separately , but is not able to make a proper connection of ideas. He con cludes , therefore , that the theory of word deafness and its localization in the brain cannot be sustained. While his views are perhaps too radical for general accept ance , they seem to necessitate some mod ification of previously held theories on this subject. May Xot Destroy Forests. The Supreme Court held that the State of Georgia bad a right to protect its forests , and that the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur and ? Iron Company could be enjoined from so conducting their smelting works on the Tennessee side of the line as to destroy forests and vegetation in the State of Georgia. The court gives Georgia until ) the October term to submit the form of ) a decree with which it would enjoin the > operation of the smelters. In the mean time thq objectionable companies are said to be installing a plant that will con dense the sulphurous fumes , and which t < would thus render the decree unneces sary. However , the decision remains im ! portant as affecting the principle of for est and vegetation protection. The smelting companies in the case are large ly owned by Standard Oil interests and : the case has been pending for a year and half. Detective Samuel A. Hamilton of the Birmingham , Ala. , police , who was shot $ : by Mrs. Annie Magness at her home in o ; Smithfipld , Ala. , while W. R. White , her 9 , first husband , was endeavoring to take away the two young children of Mrs. Magness , is dead. rest Federal government medals and certifi reT \ cates of honor were awarded at Block Isl- st ind. R. I. , to the captain and crew of the stdt schooner Elsie and members of the crews dt of several fishing schooners who saved dtX passengers of the steamer Larcainont last ( X February. re CIAL CHICAGO , Aside from the effect of unfavorablt weather on leading retail lines , the course of business is steady , production in the industrial branches being fully sustained and new demands carrying the period of assured forward work farther into 1908. No diminution appears in the pressure for supplies of raw material. Current inquiries indicate that heavy orders for rails and equipment are im pending , and there is fair activity in fur nace product , structural shapes and wire. Local building operations involve unusual consumption of materials , and the forces employed increase , at exceptionally high wages. Manufacturing conditions remain fa vorable , wood and leather working plants steadily increasing outputs , and there is a large distribution f electric and brass goods. Receipts of ore fall short of ex pectations , owing to late opening of nav igation , but fresh arrivals of lumber and bides exceed those of a year ago. Deal ings in the wholesale branches make a fair aggregate. Mercantile collections continue tobe very encouraging. Bank statements this week exhibit deposits at the highest level. Commercial borrowing is not particularly urgent at this time , but money works crisier , although the discount rate re mains at O1 per cent. The markets for provisions and live stock reflect steady absorption , and bet ter receipts of hogs increase packing , but the breadstuffs are in lessened demand , the rapid rise in prices having discour aged cash operations. The total move ment of grain at this port aggregated only 7,403,886 bushels , against 9,368- 130 bushels last week and 5,746,688 bush els a year ago. Compared with those oi last year , there are increases in receipts of 14.3 per cent and in shipments 42.6 per cent. Receipts of live stock were 266,893 head , against 233,345 head last week and 280,814 head last year. Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict number 14 , against 26 last week and 24 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. 4 _ . , NEW YORK. Crop and trade reports are irregular , but there is a slight improvement visible as a whble , owing to higher tempera tures. Relatively the best reports as to retail and wholesale trade come from the Pacific Northwest. In the centra West , Southwest , Northwest , East anc ( South the volume of retail trade is be hind a year ago almost without exception. Foundry pig iron markets are firmer. Business for 1908 is appearing in various lines. Within the week 25,000 tons ol malleable Bessemer were sold in Cleve land for delivery in the first part of 1903 , the price basis being $22 per ton , valley furnaces. Some southern iron has also been disposed of for first quarter ship ment , the quotation being $18.50 Bir mingham. Demand for basic pig for de livery in the last half of 1907 is quite heavy. Business failures for the week ending May 23 number 165 , against 184 last week , 170 in the like week of 1906 , 179 in 1903 , 184 in 1904 and 181 in 1903. Canadian failures for the week numbel 19 , as against 22 last week and 13 in this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Com mercial Report. Chicago Cattle , common to primt $4.00 to $6.55 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00 to $6.35 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 to $6.10 ; wheat , No. 2 , 96c to 98c corn , No. 2 , 53c to 54c ; oats , standard , 45c to 47c ; rye , No. 2 , S4c to S6c ; hay timothy , $14.00 to $21.00 ; prairie , $9.00 to $15.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 22a to 24c ; eggs , fresh , 23c to 15c ; potatoes , 50c to 66c. Indianapolis Catfle , shipping , $3.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to $6.50 ; sheep , common to prime , $3.00 to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , 91c to 93c ; corn , No. 2 white , 53c to 54c ; oats , No. 2 white , 42c to 44c. St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $6.25 ; hogs. $4.00 to $6.52 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.30 ; wheat , No. 2 , 97c to 9Sc ; corn , No. 2 , 53c to 55c ; oats. No. 2 , 43c to 45c ; rye , No. 2 , 75c to 76c. Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.60 ; hogs. $4.00 to $6.55 ; sheep , $3.00 to 55.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , 95c to 96c ; corn , Xo. 2 mixed. 53c to 53c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 43c to 44c ; rye , No. 2 , 74c to 76c. Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , 4.00 to $6.60 ; sheep. $2.30 to $5.50 ; ivheat , No. 2 , 99c to $1.00 ; corn , No. 3 rellow , 55c to 57c ; oats , No. 3 white , i7c to 49c ; rye. No. 2 , S6c to S7c. Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern , )9c to $1.01 ; corn , No. 3 , 52c to 53c ; ats , standard. 44c to 45c ; rye , No. 1 , lc to S3c ; barley , standard , S3c to S4c ; iork , mess , $16.45. Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers , 54.90 to $6.00 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 o $6.75 ; sheep , common to good mixed , J4.00 to $5.75 ; lambs , fair to choice , 5.00 to $7.00. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $6.00 ; togs , $4.00 to $7.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to S6.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.01 to $1.03 ; orn , No. 2 , 60c to 62c ; oats , natural vhite , 49c to 51c ; butter , creamer , 23c o \25c ; eggs , western , 15c to 17c. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 99c to 11.00 ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 55c to 57c ; ats , No. 2 mixed , 46c to 47c ; rye. No. 79c to SOc ; clover seed , prime , $8.20. Interesting News Items , Joseph Milner is under arrest as the esult of the finding of the dead body of Sirmaus , a storekeeper at Simians' tation , Madison countjFlorida. . More than a score of families were ren- ered homeless by a fire which swept lineoln , N. H. , entailing a loss of $100- 00. Twenty-two cottages and two large ssidences were destroyed. MR& . M'KlNuEY DEAD. R idorr of Martyred President Panne * Away ut Canton. Mrs. McKinley. the widow of tht nartyred President , expired at Can ton , Ohio , Sunday afternoon. Ilor ieath was so peaceful that it waa with lifficulty the physicians noted when dissolution came. There was no pain ind no struggle. The body of Mrs. Mc Kinley is to rest in the vault in West Lawn cemetery , which holds the re gains of her husband , until the com pletion of the national mausoleum on Monument hill , when both caskets will be transferred to receptacles in that tomb. Although for thirty , years Mrs. Mc- Kiuley had been something of an inva lid , she was comparatively well until a week before death , when she suffered a. stroke of paralyses- Throughout the long period of her Inralidism , dating from the death of her two little children , Mrs. McKinley showed a firm and unwavering belief in the career of her husband and by her cheering words , in spite of person- MBS. M'KIXLEY. al afflictions , encouraged him when there was darkness at hand. She be lieved that his star of destiny would never set until he had become Presi dent of this land and for more than a quarter of a century cherished that be- Jief until her hopes were realized _ . After P7esideiit McKiiileys death she expressed a desire to join him and prayed day by day that she might die. .Later , however , she frequently told friends she desired to live until the completion of the McKiuley mauso- 'leurn , which is the gift of the nation and which is to be dedicated on Monument ment hill Sept. 30 next. Mrs. McKinley was bo'rn in Canton June 8 , 1847. James A. Saxton , her father , was an intellectual and pro gressive business man and banker , hit wife a lady of culture and refinement Ida Saxton was reared in a home of comfort and ease. After attending Canton schools she was a pupil at a private school at Delhi , N. Y. Later she went to a Cleveland academy and finished her education at Brook Hall seminary , Media , Pa. While she taught Sunday school in the Presbyterian church young Lawyer William McKinley was superintendent of the First Methodist Episcopal Sun day school. Among many admirers and suitors the handsome young soldier , who had been with Grant and Sher man and won distinction In the Shenandoah - andoah vallej- , was the favored one. Her life as the wife of William Mc Kinley was a devoted one. They never "kept house" while he was in Congresi because of her invalid state. She , how ever , desired to be with hinJjg much ns possible and spent much time in Washington. On his campaign tours while he was Congressman , Governof and President , she journeyed with him After McKiuley's term as Qovernol ended , they catfie to Canton in Janu ary , 1896 , in time to celebrate thei silver wedding anniversary in the first home of their early married life. This wedding anniversary was the begin ning of a year and two months' resi dence in Canton , during which tima Mr. McKinley was nominated and elected President of the United States GOES UP IN SMOKE. Many Millions Eaten ITp by Aetna Fires and l > y Fire Protection. In all this huge country of ours wt built about $500,000,000 worth of new ouildings a year ; our fire losses , includ ing cost of fire departments and insur ance , exceeds that sum. Two hundred million dollars is actually burned up gone into smoke ; fire departments , high water pressure and all that sort of thing mean nearly $300.000,000 more ; we an nually pay out $195,000.000 to the gen tlemen who condescend to gamble with us on the question of fire in insurance premiums. We get back , after consider able trouble and some litigation , about $95,000,000 from the insurance com panies as a slight salve for our fire in juries ! Surely not a profitable gamble. Xow then , the above are normal losses , so called. One fire , like San Francis co's , means $313,000.000 wasted in smoke , $1,000,000.000 in lost business to that city and the country generally , $12,000- COO to clean up the debris and $330.000- 000 and 20 years' time to get the city m the condition it was before the fire. To counterbalance all that vast total the people of San Francisco may , after long delays , much quibbling and tiring litigation and fussing , get $133,000,000 from the insurance companies ! Short Nevra Notes. Gen. Funstoa used to collect botanical specimens for the Department of Agri culture. Leopold. King of the Belgians , is said to be the richest monarch in Europe , next to the Czar of Russia. The Duke of Orleans contemplates an jxpedition to explore the northeast coast jf Greenland this spring. The Sultan of Turkey eats sparingly , jats meat seldom , and water is his prin cipal beverage , supplies of which are con veyed to his palace in sealed barrel The musicians of Vallejo , Cal. , hava formed a labor union. Belville ( Canada ) carpenters arc ask ing for an increase in wages. Granite cuttersof Hardwick , Vt. , have won their fight for better wages. A district council of cement workers will be formed in San Franci-sco , Cal. San Jose ( Cal. ) Street Car Men's Union is agitating for an increase in pay. Laundry Workers''Union of Alamo la county , Cal. , has made a demand for an eight-hour day. Union labor is renewing interest in a proposition to establish a "labor temple" in Boston , Mass. The San Francisco ( Cal. ) building ma terial teamsters' union now has on the roster 2,600 names' . The Wiuona leather workers" union has affiliated with the Minnesota State Federation of Labor. Announcement has been made that all Italian barber shops in San Francisco have been unionized. Leather workers on horse goods at To ronto , Can. , are asking an increase of 15 per cent in their wages. The International Union of riorj-e- sheers of the United States and Canada was organized in 1875. The New York police now desire an eight-hour daj\ Several hundred o them recently met and organized a union. The Ontario branch of the Canadian Labor party was recently organized at a lively meeting of labor men at Toronto. The Sacramento Labor Temple Asso ciation hopes to have its $50,000 temple ready for occupancy by next Labor day. Agricultural laborers at Argenta , in. the Province of Ferra , Italy , are on , strike for a more equitable division ot labor and wages. The New York Labor Bulletin , just issued by the Department of Labor , gives the number of organized men and women , in the Empire State jis 398,494. , * . " * * $ * - ' A new lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen was instituted recently in Minneapolis. The membership is al most -wholly from the See shops. * There is a movement on foot to estab lish a weekly labor paper in Oakland , Cal. The Central Labor Council o Alameda - meda county is behind the project. A special committee from the Minne apolis Team Owners' Union is investi gating the feasibility of the Union goinj into the feed business on the co-operative plan. Louisville ( Ky. ) union paperhangers who voted to strike gained the advance in wages asked from the wall paper deal ers , and returned to work under a year's agreement. More attention is to be given to South ern states by the American Federatioa of Labor , which is planning to build up a stronger labor movement in that section of the country. Stogiemakers intend to apply for s charter from the American Federation of Labor. Their application hitherto has been contested by the International Ci- gannakers' Union. A compromise proposition to end the strike of the lithographers for the eight- hour workday , and which has been oa since Aug. 4 last , has been sent to refer- endtnn lor action. _ Patternmakers' League of North Amer ica snen JO.SOO in organization work in tEe" lEastern "Coast States last year , and since that time njjwjnembers of the union hove received $555,000 in wages as a di rect result of that work. t Electrical workers , machinists and blacksmiths of Great Falls , Mont. , who recently went on strike , have signed a contract for five years. All the smelter employes are now back to work and all are bound by five-year Contracts. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has given his official sanction to a merger of the San Fran cisco Water Works' Union with the gas workers. The organization will be known as the Gas and Water Workers' Union. Metal Workers' Union , at Minneapolis , is making preparations to institute a new union composed of factory and as sortment workers and can workers. The workmen of these crafts are tinners , and there are a large number employed in the various local factories. A movement is on foot by the Amalga mated Engineers of England for a fur ther advance in wages , notices for which have been given to the officials of the Employers' Federation. The matter will come before the joint committee at an early date in London. Washington ( D. C. ) Central Labor Union recently passed a resolution to the effect that the various trades con nected with the body , and not belonging to the building trades' , be induced a ain to take up the question of an allied coun cil of miscellaneous trades and form an organization to be known as the Allied Label League of the Central Labor Union. | If present plans are carrier ! out. Chicago cage will have a union hotel , buik by union men exclusively , all its furnishings and appointments to be union made , and ] every person employed , from bell boys to I manager , shall be members of labor or-1 ganizations. It is believeu that the labor ! unionists of Chicago , regular residents ! and transients , who live in hotels are ! sufficiently numerous 'to make a very ] large hotel a success. San Francisco Plumbers' Union is one ! of the most progressive trades organiza-J tions in the city. Recently it took anj option on a lot valued at $20,000. If the ! title is found perfect the union will pur-j chase the lot and erect a suitable home ! for its growing membership. At the interstate conference o tradel union representatives , held at SydneyJ New South Wales , during the eight-hour celebration , it was unanimously resolve to recommend a uniform trade nnioi label , to be placed on all articles prc duced under union conditions of laboi in the commonwealth.