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The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
f. M. RICE , - - - - Publisher.
TEMPLE TO GET BUSY
IOWA RAILROADS NEGLECT
SAFETY APPLIANCE LAW.
.Federal Attorney Temple Receives In
structions from Washington to Get
After th'e 'Delinquent Roads and
Enrich Uncle Sam's Treasury ,
Col. M. L. Temple , Unite * States
district attorney for the southern dis
trict of Iowa , has been notified that
he must begin immediate action to
collect penalties from every railroad in
his district which has not installed
proper safety appliances in freight
I and passenger service The orders
eame direct from Attorney General
( Bonaparte and were received at the
federal building in Des Moines Friday.
Last year Lewis Miles brought such
suits against the Milwaukee in the
Davenport division. Information upon
which the suits must be based comes
originally from the safety appliance
Inspectors , who were sent out and vis
ited Iowa , They reported their find
ings back to the Interstate commerce
commission. These gentlemen trans
ferred the reports to the department
of justice , and now it is up to Col.
Temple to get after violating Iowa
railroads with a sharp stick. Actions
will be commenced in the various
Jowa divisions at the next term of
court.
BANKERS MAKE AX ATTACK.
Complaint Against Express Companies
Filed with Commission.
One of the most Important cases yet
flled with the interstate commerce
commission under the new railroad
, law was presented to the commission
by the American Bankers' association.
In brief , the complainant alleges the
'express companies of the United States
through their power and facilities as
common carriers are usurping the pre
rogatives of the banking associations
and at the same time employing the
capital of the banks of the country in
the conduct of their business.
It is alleged that the operations of
the express companies in the conduct
'of their exchange business is seriously
detrimental to thfe interests of banks
and that the use 6f interstate facilities
which the express companies have
with the railroads enables the compa
nies to seriously discriminate against
the regular commercial operations of
banking institutions.
SUIT INVOLVES MILLIONS.
Girl Begins Action for Possession of
Valuable Oil Lands.
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Property valued at $40,000,000
throughout the oil district of the In
dian Territory is Involved in a suit of
ilae Evelyn Hall , by her father , J.
Eugene Hall , against the Cherokee
nation , the Dawes commission , the
secretary of the interior , and Ida
Swannock , which was filed in the dis
trict court at Bartlesville , I. T. , Fri
day to recover forty acres of land in
the heart of the oil district
The suit is based on the Cherokee
allotment act of 1902 , and a decision
favorable to the plaintiff will reopen
all contests heard by the Dawes com
mission and nullify much of its work.
In a contest between Miss Hall and
Miss Swannock the commission
.awarded the forty acres of land to
Miss Swannock.-
WAS POISON IN THE FLASK.
Passenger on Train Accepts Drink and
Dies.
Peter and David Morad , of Phila
delphia , traveling to Geneva , N. Y. ,
accepted a drink of whisky from Leo
L. King , who boarded the train at
Wilkesbarre. The three men finished
the bottle and King produced a second
end one. Peter Morad took the first
drink out of it , when King discovered
that he had given Morad a bottle con
taining syanide of potassium. Morad
immediately collapsed , and when the
train reached Geneva he was hurried
.to a. hospital , where he died in a few
hours. King was arrested. He said
he secured the poison for himself , in
tending to end his life on account of
family troubles. He gave his age as
29 years and said his mother was liv
ing in Rockford , 111. i
Wife Murderer Electrocuted.
James Coruelius , the Canton wife
murderer who was reprieved three
times by Gov. Harris , was electrocuted
In the annex at the penitentiary at
Columbus , Of , at 12:10 o'clock Friday
morning.
Sioux City Live Stonk Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
'City live stock market follow : Butch
er steers , $5.60@6.00Top hogs , $5.80.
| ia Ice Drivers on Strike.
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Fifteen hundred to 2,000 drivers of
fI f delivery wagons of the American Ice
I of New York went *
company , , on a
1 .strike Friday to enforce a demand for
extra pay for extra work.
Insurance Company Fails.
A receiver has * been appointed for
the Marquette Mutual Life Insurance
company , of Chicago. The company
'has outstanding insurance amounting
jto more than $1,000.000.
BOOST FREIGHT COST.
Western Rates to Be 5 Per Cent
N Higher.
Freight rates in the territory be
tween the Mississippi river and the
Rocky mountains will be advanced 5
per cent by the action of the western
railroads in raising the minimum on
carload shipments and other changes
In classification. It has not yet been
determined to cancel many of the car
load commodity tariffs , though a few
of these whose usefulness has passed
will be cancelled and the commodity
rated according to classification. It
is the Intention to cancel all less than
carload commodity rates , but as they
were made to meet special conditions
the shippers generally have not made
any specific complaint * The call for
the meeting of the western classifica
tion at Charlevoix , Mich. , July 16 , was
sent out Thursday.
The docket contains 425 subject ,
many of which wei'e rulings Issued by
B. O. Brecker , chairman of the com
mittee since January 15 , 1907 , and
will be revised by the committee. The
most Important of the subjects is "to
revise the minimum -weights , " on
which special committees have been at
work. There will be some changes
In the furniture minimums , and rule
A will be generally applied throughout
the new classification. The most dras
tic advance will be in liquid carbonic
acid , which will be increased from
24,000 to 40,000 pounds. Binding
twine will be Increased 10,000 and
pianos 2,000 pounds in carloads. The
minimum on farm wagons will be re
duced to 40,000 pounds.
THREE HANGED IN MISSOURI.
Execution Occurs in Jail at Jefferson
City.
Hkrry Va'aghan , Ed\vard Raymond
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and George Ryan , convicts In the Mis
souri penitentiary , were hanged in the
county jail at Jefferson City Thursday
morning for killing a prison guard ,
John Clay , during a concerted attempt
to escape from the penitentiary.
Vaughan , Raymond , Ryan anr Hi
ram Blake iri-Jd ; to escape from the
Missouri penitentiary on the afternoon
of Nov. 24 , 1905 , and in the outbreak.
Blake and John Clay and E. Allison ;
prison officials , were killed. Vaughan ,
Raymond and Ryan succeeded in get
ting outside the prison walls but wire
recaptured , Vaughan and Raymond
being wounded.
Ryan was sent to the penitentiary
foi eight years from Kansas City. He
was one of the three highwaymen who
"held up" several saloons in Kansas
City and St. Joseph in the winter of
1903-4 , the bartender in each instance
being locked in the ice bo : : . Raymond
had the same sentence for the same
offense committed in St. Louis , and
Vaughan was serving thirty-five years
fr m St. Louis on a charge of assault
with Intent to kiJl.
CHILD ENTICED AND SLAIN.
Mutilated Body of 8-Year-Old Girl
Found in Basement.
Eight-year-old Viola Boylan , of
New York , who had been missing
from her home in Second avenue since
last Monday , was the victim of a most
atrocious assault. Her body , horribly
mutilated , was found In a coal bin in
the-cellar of her home Thursday. She
had been dead for many hours. No
arrests have yet been made , but the
police are searching for two young
Italians , who they have been informed
were seen trying to entice the child
to enter a cellar with them several
days ago.
POINT FOR JUDGE LOVING.
Evidence to Disprove Daughter's Story
is Barred.
In the Loving murder trial at
Houston , Va , , Judge Barksdale ren
dered an opinion as to the admissibility -
ity of evidence by the prospcution
tending to disprove the story told by
Elizabeth Loving to her father of her
ruin at the hands of Theodore Estes.
The judge ruled the character of the
girl or the man who was killed were
not the issue and the truth or falsity
of her story had no bearing on the
case. The evidence will not ije sub
mitted.
Butte Mail Men on Strike.
All the mail carriers of Butte ,
Mont. , went out on a strike Wednes
day night , the men declaring they
could not live in Butte on the present
scale of wages paid by the govern
ment.
Body of Leo XHI. Not Removed.
Recent Rumors in Rome that the
body 6f the late Pope Leo XIII. had
been removed secretly from its tempo
rary tomb at St. Peter's to the Basilica
of St. John , Lateran are unfounded.
Weavers Strike in Rhode Island.
A strike of 500 weavers at the Coronet
net Woolen Mills in Mapleville , R. I. ,
began Thursday , when orders were
given for the1 weavers to operate two
looms on fancy work.
Heavy Fire Loss In Birmingham.
Fire Friday morning destroyed the
Chalifoux building at First avenue
and Nineteenth street in Birmingham.
Ala. The loss was $300,000.
Britt-Nelson Fight.
The Britt-Nelson fight , scheduled
for July 3 has been postponed until
July 31 , because of the inability of
Nelson to continue training owing to
an abscess in his ear. /
Schmitz Sentence Postponed.
Passing of sentence upon Eugene
E. Schmitz , of San Francisco , convict
ed of extortion in the French restaur
ant cases , was Thursday postponed
until July 6.
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OIL FIELD WRECKED.
Indian Territory Well Rigs Leveled by
Storm.
A terrific storm in the nature of a
cyclone followed by a cloudburst
swept the oil fields of northern Indian
Territory between 8 and 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Three persons
are reported killed at ( Sapulpa. the
heart of the great Glenn oil pool ,
whei4 the storm was fiercest. Frank
Roper -is known to be dead and two'
others are said to have been found
whose names are not known.
Water rushed down the streets of
Sapulpa over a foot in depth. Plate'
glass was broken throughout the town
and the roof torn from the hotel.
Over 150 derricks are reported down
in the Glenn pool and it is said all the
oil derricks in the Osage nation have
been swept away. Fifty derricks are
reported down at Turley , I. T. At
Majze , I. T. , houses were overturned
arid brick buildings demolished. Muskogee -
kogee suffered no serious loss.
The general loss throughout the oil
fields will be enormous , but at present
cannot be estimated. Many wells are
running wild , the oil flooding the land.
A conservative estimate places the
number of rigs blown down in the
Glenn pool at one-third the total. The
combination oil and gas well at Sa
pulpa was struck by lightning and the
fire cannot be brought under control.
One building of the Creek orphans'
home was struck and destroyed. The
total loss by the storm is estimated at
$500,000.
NEW TRL1L IS REFUSED.
Federal Judge Rules Against the
Standard Oil Company.
Federal Judge Landis , of Chicago ,
refused a new trial to the Standard
Oil company , recently convicted of
making shipments at illegal rates be
tween Whiting , Ind. , and East St.
Louis. After a denial of several mo
tions on the part of the defense the
court announced he was desirous of
obtaining information regarding the
financial resources of th'e Standard ,
and ordered J. H. Howard , former
auditor of the Alton , to take the wit
ness stand.
After questioning Howard and sev
eral other witnesses without obtaining
much Information , Judge Landis or
dered the issuance of subpoenas , re
turnable July 6 , for the officers and
directors of the Standard Oil com
pany and the Union Tank line. Un
der the order the district attorney may
summon John D. Rockefeller , H. H. '
Rogers or any other man connected
with the Standard that he may desire
to question.
BOMB THROWN INTO THRONG.
Horrible Outrage Committed in Rus
sian City.
A bomb was thrown Wednesday in
to Erivan square , in the center of Ti-
flis , Russia , which was thronged with
people. The missile exploded with ter
rific force. Many persons wei e killed
or injured , and windows and lioors
shattered over a large , area. The po
lice are preventing all approach to the
scene of the outrage , ,
It later appeared that the outrage
was connected with an attack on the
treasury. A treasury wagon contain
ing § 125,000 , escorted by Cossacks ,
had reached Erivan square when the
bomb was thrown and the explosion
followed. The bags containing the
money disappeared.
Boy Held for Capital Crime.
Clyde Glidden , aged 7 years , is in
jail at Parkersburg , W. Va. , on a
charge of incendiarism , it being al
leged that he burned two houses a
week ago. The houses were occupied
and the families barely escaped with
their lives. The penalty for the crime
of which the boy is charged in that
state is death unless the jury recom
mends mercy , and then it is life im
prisonment.
1 New Cruiser Launched.
The scout cruiser Chester , one of
the latest types of fast warships for
the United Spates navy , was successful
ly launched Wednesday afternoon
from the yard of the Bath Iron corpo
ration , of Bath , Me.
Harvard Closes 271st Year.
America' oldest educational institu
tion , Harvard university , Wednesday
closed its 271st year , graduating a
class of 550.
Portugal's Cabinet to Stay.
It is officially announced that King
Charles and Premier Franco are in
accord and that there is no prospect of
a ministerial crisis.
18 Months More of Cuban School.
The announcement of Secretary Taft
that American intervention in Cuba
will continue eighteen months was re
ceived at Havana with slight interest.
WESTERN , LEAGUE BASEBALL.
Schedule of Game ? to Be Played at
Sioux City la.
Following Is a schedule of the West
ern League games to be played at
Sioux City in the immediate future :
Omaha July 6 , 7 , 8
Denver July 9 , 10 , 11
Pueblo July 12 , 1314
Des Moines July 15 , 16 , 17
Lincoln July 23 , 24 , 25 '
Fear Outbreak in Russia.
Disquieting reports are coming from
Krassnoye-Selo , Russia , where a dozen
regiments are camping. The temper
of the troops is bad , and every day
there are misunderstandings.
Carrie Nation Arrested.
For entering a saloon and raising a
disturbance in Washington , D. C. , Car
rie Nationa was arrested on the charge
of disorderly conduct and placed in
the house of deten ' n.
MOTHER SLAIN BY SON.
Boy Murders Her Because She Had
Punished Him.
The supposed * accidental shooting
of Mrs. Thomas McCoy , in , the north
west part of Rock county , by her 10-
ye.ar-old son , proved to have tfeen a
case of deliberate murder , the boy
having confessed to County Attorney
Douglas and later to several other
persons that he shot his mother be
cause she had punished him severely.
The shooting occurred Friday. Sat
urday the officers went.out to hold the
Inquest , at which it was developed that
the shooting was intentional and the
coroner's jury returned a verdict ac
cordingly.
The boy had claimed that h ; hot
his mother accidentally while shooting
at a , meadow lark , but he confessed to
the county attorney , and later to sev
eral persons , that he shot her inten
tionally , and gave as a reason the fact
that she had been in the habit of pun
ishing him severely. In his confession
he stated that he got the gun in the
house while his mother's back was
turned , placed loaded shells in .three
empty chambers , put the weapon in
his pocket , followed close behind her
to the field where she was going to
plant some beans , and while she was
getting the seed ready for planting he ,
at the distance of about ten feet , drew
the gun , and , deliberately aiming it
at the back of her head , fired'and '
killed her instantly. After she fell
he shot her again in the side and then
dropped the gun and ran to where a
couple of his brothers were working
In the same field.
The weapon used was a five-shot
double action 38-caliber revolver.
Mrs. McCoy was a widow and was
living on a Kinkaid homestead. She
leaves five young children. The boy
Is under arrest.
BIG BLAST AT STONE QUARRY.
Powder Used to Clear Mass of Dirt
from Face of Rock.
The biggest blast ever put in at
Vancourt's stone quarry at Nehawka
was fired recently. It consisted of 153
kegs of blasting potwder and was
made for the purpose of stripping the
in the nature of an experiment
to see whether it was cheaper to use
to see whether it was chaper to use
powder or teams for its removal.
Holes were drilled through the dirt
twenty feet to the rock and fifteen feet
back from the face of the ledge , and
enlarged at the bottom by the firing
of dynamite. Twenty-five kegs of pow
der were then put in each hole and
the charges were fired by electricity.
A muffled roar was heard and an im
mense volume of dirt and smoke shot
300 feet into the air and a mass of
dirt 300 feet long , 20 feet thick and
15 feet deep was Itfted bodily and
thrown a distance of twenty rods each
way from the blast. Mr. Lundberg ,
the foreman , says that the experiment
was a success , as he has moved 60,000
cubic yards of dirt and uncovered 750
cars of rock with six days' actual work
and a total cost of $250.
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS.
Rainfall Continues to Be Below the
Normal in Great Portion of State.
Section Director Loveland has is
sued the following crop report , sum
marizing the conditions for the last
week.
The week was mostly warm and
clear , with light southerly wind.
The daily mean temperature aver
aged about the normal. The weekly
average was 72 degrees in the eastern
counties , and 67 degrees in the west
ern. The daily maximum tempera
tures were for the most part between
80 degrees and 85 degrees.
Showers occurred quite generally
Monday afternoon or night and Friday
or Saturday. The total weekly rain
fall was from one to two inches and
exceeded the normal in a number of
southeastern counties , but in a greater
part of the state the showers were
light and the rainfall was decidedly
below normal. It Avas less than half
an inch in most of the western In f
of the state. The total rainfall '
April 1st to date averages about three-
fourths of the normal.
Generally Monday , Tuesday and
Friday were partly cloudy and the rest
of the week was clear.
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Selling School Lands.
Deputy Land Commissioner Shjvely
Is out this week auctioning off school
lands , and his sales are not unlike the
annual mill end sales of dress goods ,
for he Is selling the odds and ends of
real estate not heretofore secured by
lucky Nebraskans. The price paid is
very satisfactory to the board of edu
cational lands and funds.
Barrel of Whisky Explodes.
William Szewczyk , 2502 South
Twenty-fifth street , Omaha , was in
jured at the saloon of John Flfla ,
Twenty-seventh and J streets by the
explosion of a barrel partially filled
with whisky , Monday evening. He was
striking a match over the open bung
of the barrel when an explosion fol
lowed.
Rock Island to Federal Court.
The Rock Island has filed its cross-
petition and application for removal
from the state to the federal court of
the suit brought by the attorney gen
eral for an injunction to prevent the
railroads from interfering with the en
forcement of the legislation enacted
'by the recent legislature.
Baby Left in Outhouse.
When the little son of John Muhl.
residing in the eastern part of Grand
Island was about to go into an out
house he discovered there a little in
fant. He ran into the house and told
about the discovery. The baby was
alive and well , and pulling away lusti-
at a nipple adjusted to a bottle. 9.
Looking Up Gibson Bill.-
A Lincoln lawyer was at the state
house recently looking up the bill to
prevent brewers from operating or
RAILROAD VALUES WANTED.
Commission Needs to Know In Order
to Decide on Rates.
While It is not overlooking anything
near at hand the state railroad com
mission has already cast its eyes at
the next legislature , and in all proba
bility it will recommend that an ap
propriation be made to Investigate and
find out the real value of railroad
property in Nebraska. Unleps the na
tional commission does this within the
next year , it is likely the Nebraska
legislature will be asked for the money
and the work will either be done by
the commission or by a committee *
appointed for that purpose.
Member Clarke believes it is essen
tial that the true value of railroad
property in Nebraska be discovered
so that the commission may proceed
intelligently to make freight rate *
without fear of having them set aside.
While nothing was said about the
value of railroad property as found
and fixed by the state board of assess
ment , it is supposed the commission
Is willing to take the word of Mr.
Eustis , of the Burlington , that all rail
roads have a taxing value and a com
mercial value which are different. Mr.
Eustis made this statement before a
legislative committee last winter.
AXSLEY MAN IS IN TROUBLE.
Same Bunch of Cattle is Assessed In
Logan and Glister Counties.
B. J. Tierney , of Ansley , Custer
county , has appealed to the state
board of assessment to cancel the as
sessment of a bunch of cattle either
In Custer or Logan counties , in both
of which they were assessed , and his
appeal has raised a nice point for the
board to pass upon. Tierney owns a
ranch in Logan county and on this
ranch the cattle were kept until just
before last April , when he moved them
to Custer county , intending after feed
ing them a short time there to ship
them on to South Omaha. While be
ing fed in Custer county the assessor
placed them on the Custer assessment
roll and the Logan county assessor did
the same thing. He appealed to the
Custer county board of equalization
to have the item stricken from the as
sessment rolls , but was turned down ,
consequently the 440 head of cattle
were assessed in two counties. Tier
ney claims the cattle were In transit
while in Custer county and should not
have been assessed there , though he
does not care which county releases
him. He notified the board he would
appear in Lincoln when convenient to
the board. *
YOUNG RANCHMAN IS DROWNED.
Becomes Entangled in Reeds in Lake
and Sinks.
Nile Latta , son of Milton Latta , the
Well known rancher and inventor , was
drowned in Long lake , about thirty-
five miles south of Valentine. He was j
driving some cattle into the lake , ani ,
his horse following , got into deep water - {
ter , and , becoming frightened , refused !
to return to shore. Latta then left
his horse and endeavored to return to
the bank , but in some manner he be
came entangled in some reeds and , ,
after violent struggles , sank. He is a
young man , well known , and leaves a
wife to whom he was married just a
week ago. His body has not been recovered -
covered and may never be found , as
the reeds and rushes make it very diffi
cult to drag the lake.
FIRE IN OMAHA FLAT.
Dwellers Have Narrow Escape in Ear
ly Morning Blaze.
At an early hour Friday morning
fire broke out in the Martin flats , an
old four-story apartment house locat
ed at Seventeenth and Webster streets
in Omaha , and occupied by a large
number of families. The building is
of wood and offered little resistance
to the flames. One man is reported to
have jumped from the third floor and
was badly injured. The building will
be a total loss and in a monetary way |
will not amount to more than $10,000.
The name of the man who jumped
from the third story cannot be learn
ed. It is learned on further invest-
gation that all the occupants of the
building were rescued.
York Eptvoith League.
The York district Epworth league
convention closed Monday night at
Aurora. About fifty delegates were in
attendance. The principal speaker
was R. N. McKaig , D.D. The officers
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elected for the ensuing year are :
President , H. C. Seidel ; secretary , A. I *
J. Armstrong ; treasurer , Charles S.
Brown.
Woman Accidentally Shot.
Mrs. Arthur Babcock , wife of a
prominent stockman west of Lyons ,
was accidentally shot through both
limbs. Mrs. Babcock is an expert
rnarkswoman , and had been out ex
terminating a litter of young skunks ,
and had handed the rifle to the hired
hand , who in some manner accidentally - c
ally discharged it.
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Degree of Honor Convention.
The annual convention of the De
gree of Honor of District No. 2 , com
prising the counties of Gage , Richard
son , Pawnee , Johnson and , Saline , con
vened at Beatrice with about 100 del
egates present. Mrs. S. E. Gould , su
perintendent , called the convention to
order , after which Mayor Reed deliv
ered the address of welcome.
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Five Hundred Per Month. rj
Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt , who
recently returned from Boston to *
Omaha to prosecute her divorce -ase J
against Col. James H. Pratt , has lied
an affidavit in the district court de
claring it will take $500 a month to
support her in the manner In which
she has been accustomed to live. S
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Arapahoe Wants' Stock Yards.
Arapahoe wants the Burlington to &
build large stock yards at that place P
and to hurry un matters has appealed
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AN UNDERGROUND GARDEN.
Indiana Man Propose. , < o Mukc Coa *
Vegetable * .
Mine Produce
Col. Frank B. Poser , who during last
winter experimented with an underground
winter's winds blow he - - .
den producing radishes , onions , tulips
babiscus and numerous other vegetables
and flowers. ,
He declares that he has already demonstrated
underground garden Is
onstrated that his
a success and not merely a dream. lhis
developing his plan orv
fall he will begin
a large scale and proposes to have garden
' " his Cable and the-
den /'truck" for own
and friends , allL
tables of bis neighbors
to be taken from the mine garden.
The plan of this garden presented it
self to Col. Posey two years ago when *
he , together with Attorney W. Z. Ben
nett of Boonville , bought up several hun
dred acres of hilly and broken land neair
the little town of Yankeetown. It is on *
this land that the mine is located. He-s
believed that plant life would thrjve un
der artificial light , and 'said ' so. Them
he proceeded to prove his theory and did ?
it by producing tulips and carnations ,
which flourished and bloomed in the gacr-
den he laid out in the old mine.
In one of the old rooms of this abnn-
doned mine Col. Posey arranged a bedK
for the plants. The plants needed light , . ,
so he arranged a small acetylene gas lamp *
so its rays would fall evenly over the-
bed. Within a short time flowers were *
growing rapidly , and in less than halfi ?
the time usually required for such vegeta
tion to bloom , Col. Posey's "dream" wasr
realized , and he was giving away flowers ,
to his friends in midwinter.
An aetyene gas plant large enought
to supply light for an ordinary dwelling ;
, will be installed in the mine and tfie-
lights so arranged that they will distrib
ute their rays equally over the ground in *
which the plants are growing. Mr. Posey *
eays that he will raise radishes , onions , . ,
lettuce and other vegetables and various * ,
kinds of flowers during the next winte ? ; ,
LONGEST STEEL BRIDGE ! .
Ke\v Hell Gate Strnctnre to Bo *
TUree Miles Long- .
Another ttep in the progress of tile *
Pennsylvania railroad's New York tunn P
extension was taken recently when planso
for the East river bndge of the New-
York connecting railroad were submitted *
to the municipal art commission for itsi
approval. This bridge will form part of
& steel viaduct more than three miles *
long , connecting the New York , New Ha
ven and Hartford railroad system in the-
Broni with the Long Island and the-
Pennsylvania. It will be the longest and *
heaviest steel bridge in the world. Eighty-
thousand tons of steel will be used , ins
its construction. It will carry four rail
road tracks imbedded in stone ballast so *
as to render the structure noiseless.
Plans for the bridge over the waters o5
the Hell gate show a steel arch span of"
1,000 feet between abutments. These-
abutments are stone towers dividing the--
arch bridge proper from the steel viaducts *
that form approaches to it. The towers *
will rise to a height of 200 feet and wilK
contain Brooms needed for railroad opera
tion. The tracks themselves will be 14O
feet above the water. .
A New Sheet Metal Workers' Union or
ganized recently in Red Wing , Minn.
San Francisco retail grocery clerks
met recently and formed a union.
The Kansas City ( Mo. ) Labor Tem
ple Association has decided to commenos-
work on its building.
The total membership of the Women's
Trade Union League in Great Britain is *
in excess of 135,000. .
The Brooklyn silver workers' strike for-
the nine-hour day resulted in a complete *
victory for the men.
In the Gloucester ( England ) district
the foundrymen's wages have been ad1-
vanced one shilling a week , with one-
hour's reduction in time.
One of the pioneer labor unions of this *
country is the Journeymen Stone Cut
ters J of Newark , N. J. , organized May lOi.
1834. /
The headquarters of the International *
Union of Carriage and Wagon Workers *
of America -will shortly be established ii >
Washington , D. C.
The Horseshoers' Union of Boston has *
won its increased scale for the current :
year and all the men have returned t <
work.
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An immigration bill now pending in the-
British Columbia Legislature
imposes
ac * .
educational qualification , which it is be
lieved will result in barring Chinese
, Japs--
and Hindoos.
In Boston many of the labor unions ,
make their meetings interesting and in
structive by having men well versed on * ,
trades and mechanics deliver short ad
dresses or lectures
bearing
on the prac
tical in the particular trade of the union * ,
addressed.
More than 90 per cent of the stereo-
typers and electrotypers of the United *
States and Canada are within the ranks-
of the union , while in
many of the larger-
cities it is not an uncommon thing to ffn&
every workman at the business
a member-
of the union.
An important step toward conciliation
*
has been taken on the northeast coast oF
England by the decision
recently to es
tablish a conciliation board for
the re-u-
°
latum of wages and the settlement or
trade disputes , and with arbitration ,
should the parties fail to agree.
Wages of the coal miners of England'
and \\ales are to be increased 5
per cent-
This applies to all -
underground labor and !
the > WafS and o surface Iab ° r engaged on ,
screens in
manipulatin-
the coal. ° /
A strong branch of the American Fed
eration of Labor has been established ins
Mexico , me
organization
takes in alfc
? ° rS \ ° far the membership
confined to
Americans who work m ?
' sanization has
new ma-.ubers in the southern
re
public and the jsomiw is held forth tha *
he membership will soou be doubled.
