rs' Protective Fnion at San Fran-
-ciseo , < ' : ! . , has $17,000 in its treasury.
Lal-or troubles are again to the fore in
Hlol'hi-.l. This time the trouble is at
Tilbo-irg. where 1,000 men are out.
rn. American section of the boot and
ishoworkers' intern.itional body now has
more than $100,000 in its emergency fund.
T ! i r is a movement under -.ivy to or-
.jiani'o a building trade section of the
-Ainenrau Federation of Labor in Fargo ,
2s. D.
The l,2f > 0 bridg ? and girder workers on
sstrikf : i4. Wo'verhampton. Eng. . . recently
j-OMmi'J not to return to work on the
terms .Torod.
T. International P.rotherliood o
Tain ' - , ami Tr-c.rators of America has
jiier ; ? - \ ] its membership more than 0,00 ! )
jsim.ril ; J.
J'i Francisco carpenters will exert
-g of'oris to obtain the convention of
ihe I'niU'd Brotherhood of Carpenters
.I . : n rs in 1910.
A'mling to a recent report of the As-
soci. ; < , ! Blacksmith- ' Society of Great
3ri : in. the surplus funds of the organ-
5xat > ! i atnounlod to over $120.UUU.
Brlf-'st ( Ireland ) employers have given -
en uoMtv of a reduction of 2 s'nillings a
wooL i-.i jhe wages of iron molders. It is
'd that the men will resist the re-
l"n < * f r the revised law governing the
* ? nii.5.vmpnt ' of women and children in
Hilly , night work is forbidden for p.ll fo-
maics ami lor cnalta ni Isss az.3
lull
Th'M-o is a niovpnvnr to organize ail
the unskilled woi kinsmen of Montreal ,
Canada , into a big federation along the
lines of the Knights of Labor which ex
isted in that city about twenty years ago.
The railway trackmen are planning for
the establishment of a home for their
cigod and indigent member * . It is pro
posed to acquire a tract of . " 00 acres near
Fort Scott. Kan. , a.s the location for the
institution.
Swansea carpenters and joiners have
made a demand for an advance in wages
of a penny per hour. As conciliation
boards now rule the rates of wages in the
Briiish building trades , the matter will
tlouhtioss be settled by conciliation or ar
bitration.
The officials of the International
Brass Molder.s' 1'nion. which was organ
ized in October. 190-1. report that their
membership has now reached 10.000 in
thi.s < umry. The union has established
n. sji-k benefit fund and also a death and
burial fund.
Saoj-unenlo. Cal. . wishes to , have a la
bor ; onplo. and lias sent to each union
a copy of the plan to raise funds to erect
the sini'-ture. It i proposed that each
member of a union shall buy $ ! " > worth of
stock and pay it in sixty monthly in-
fitaih'iems of 2r cents.
In Denmark several stoppages e work
have taken effect. Owing to the litho
graphic workers insisting on eight hours ,
-which the employers did not sec their way
< clear to comply with. ihoy went out , to
which the employers responded by lock
ing our the men within the printing ( ex
cept the daily pro.ss ) . and the paper in-
< histriev ; and bookbinding , the men in
their turn striking at all the daily papers
un iho country , except the socialistic.
The Frick Coke Company of PitJsburg
having decided to start up at once 7.1 per
cent of all its ovens , and requiring . .000
men for that purpose , has sent word to
the cokoworkors who relumed to Hun
gary k-.r fall lhal they ure now wanted.
The Frick people claim that their efforts
to man the ovens- with home labor ihave
proved fruitless. Nevertheless , labor
leadrix say that they will force the con
tract labor law into action to prevent the
To-eiM' . < loympnt of the men from Hungary.
Socialists and members of labor unions
Ihorought the country are taking up
the < -.iso of Jan Pouren. a Russian revo
lutionist who recently was arrested in
Ph'd.iilelphia on the demand of agents of
the czar that he might be extradited and
tried in Russia for high treason. Peti-
1ini5iJ are in circulation pointing out that
Poiiron. being a political refugee , should
not he sent back , and urging the federal
anT'ornSes to release him. Delegates
fro-1 'jrious labor bodies are to present
-the Mentions to the president.
President Lewis of Iho United Mine
" \V r' : M's signed an order calling off the
strike in the- coal district of Birmingham.
Ah ? . . Thursday , the ohiof reason given be
ing that Cov. Comer had prohibited the
UM r fents to hou o the striking miners.
This nnd other severe measures employed
l > y tii authorities had discouraced the
"Mrikors. The owners said that most of
IT.frttO men would be taken back on
MIMI shop basis. The SOO militia on
duly fi > r the Iwo months during which
ihesfike existed were sent home.
Al Dnismore. Pa. , nenr Scranton. when
i4ic winncers of the Mountain shaft of
tin * lVnsylvnnisi Coal ( 'oinjany were
taki'Jc to work . l > f > strike breakers to take
lh. jiS-K-es of men and boys \\-ho had cone
-on : as n protest against jhe discharge of a
"lirenk"1/ 1 > oy. and because of excessive
long. ] . a fight took place between the
striker- ! and the state troop * , who had
> ) c MJ filled to protect the properv of the
oiujnuy. Several volley were fired be-
f i t'ic nncry workmen would disperse ,
md .wo women , one carrying a bain.
- vvrmortally wounded.
Labor unions were almost unknown in
TS'ewfouudland up to 1X92. Then the
only nrcinixation for the protectipn of
"tilt * employed was the Typographical
ITniou. Since then , and especially of rc-
.cent j'enrs. unions and societies have
i
tsprmic up on all sides.
Owing to the faibne of the coal oper
ators iu Wyoming to reach a scale acroo-
inivir wih the United Mine Workers , all
the miners wore called out on the oOJi
to th-11 number of 7. < > 0 ! ) . The operators
linri denuindcd a reduction of ! . " > < % ent.s a
day for some classes of workmen and 10
osfits i'or
i ! Rni/R53 SI
i ilsssH ? Mj
iLftUlifisi u !
Star of Bengal Is Crokcn to Pioca
on the Shore of Coronation
island.
SAVE 27 1EOP33
Two of Crew Reach Land and Mak <
Vain Effort to Operate
Life Line.
One hundred and ten out of a'tota !
of i7 ; ; persons aboard the cannery shii
Star ol- Bengal were drowned last Sim
day afternoon when the vesse hv.-is ton
from the hold of protecting tugs anc
dashed ashore at Helm Point , off the
uMask.-m coast , at the southeast end oJ
Coronation Island.
The news was brought to Wr.-uige ;
by the tug Ilattie Gage. Captain Farrer ,
which carried the survivors , twenty-
seven in nil. The survivors before leav
ing Coronation Island , buried the
bodies of fifteen white men on the
beach.
The cable ship Burnside. which left
for the scene of the wreck at nudnighi
Monday , as soon as the news of the
wieck-was received , returned the fol-
Imving evening with the information
that the Star of Bengal was a total
loss , only the ends of the masts show
ing above water.
C : .t ANIJOIMij > Driiiti Ilain.
The ship was 'icing ' fowed to sea from
Ihe Wrangel cannery .by . the tugs Ilattie
Cage and Kayak. Captain Farrer of
the Ilattie Gage gives the following ac
count of the disaster :
"As we came within reach of the
gale we could see Ave were making lee
way and drifting toward Coronation
Inland. The Kayak was light and could
do nothing. The Flattie Cage could not
handle the ship alone. At 4 o'clock the
Star of Bengal drifted into a narrow
bight nnd we could see land on both
sides abreast. We sounded and found
eight fathoms.
"We could see the vessel dimly by
Ihe phosphorous dark rocks lhat were
all around. We cut the tow-lino and
steamed out into open water , but could
not see anything in the driving rain
except one blue light burning on the
ship. The storm increased and the
tugs steamed to Shipley Bay , twenty-
six miles away. "
Survivors Tell of S < rnprpIe. ;
Survivors Muir and Olson said the
ship sank about 9 o'clock after break
ing into three pieces. The surf was
full of salmon cases and gasoline
drums.
Muir says he and Olson got a boat
oft and went ashore through the wreck
age. They helped several ashore and
pulled Captain Wagner out of the
wreckage. He could not speak. The
breeches buoy was rigged to a free , but
the ship was swaying so that the line
was alternately loose and tight , making
its iise impossible.
The ship's books and papers were
found on the beach. One man had
matches and a fire was built with kero.
sene from the wreck. The lire snvcil
the lives of the survivors , as it kept
them from free/Jug.
TE-ADE AND INDUSTRY.
Minneapolis health officers have con
fiscated a large quantity of milk from
local dealers , claiming it was not in fil
condition for food.
La Crosse. Wis. . business men havi
subscribed $ .100 to aid the national rivers
and harbors congress in its campaign for
t'he ' improvement of inland waters.
Fargo business men are figuring on
building a trolley line from Fargo to Pill-
manth , a new suburb created by tin
Northern Pacific railroad for shops and
yards.
Montana mine operators and workers
are holding a joint coin cut ion in Helena
to adjust the wage scale for the ensuing
year. The operators desire to make a
cut in wages , but this the miners will re
sist.
The receivers of the Pillsbury-Wash-
burn company will keep the mills going.
Pillsbury * 'A" mill is running on full time
and "B" mill will sinrt in a few days.
The court has authori/.cd the payment of
employes.
A fight for better railroad rates has
been opened by North Dakota whole.salers
and jobbers , and at the request of the
commercial clubs of Fargo and elsewhere.
North Dakotans allege discrimination by
railroads in favor of Twin City jobbers
and wholesalers , and insist on being given
a square deal.
A conference dealing with mining con
ditions existing in the United States and
the great number of fatalities resulting
from mine accidents , is being held in
Pittsburg. Victor Watteyne. chief of the
Belgian department of mines , is confer
ring with Charles Palm of the 'United
States geological survey , and .1. W. Paul ,
chief of the department of mines of West
Virginia.
At Sedalia , Mo. , six hundred employes
of the Missouri Pacific r hops who have
been working on part time since the be
ginning of the financial stringency will
rcsumo on full time.
E. K. Becklcr. one of the best known
civil and construction engineers in the
United State . dropped dead at the West
Tunnel camp of the St. Paul pass , near
Taft. Mont. , aged r > 2 ye.irs. Under the
direction of Mr. Bcckler. t'he ' Pacific ex
tension of the Great Northern railroad
was constructed. He was -at one time
chief engineer for the Montana Central.
fun Lit' ! 'iioOpen. .
An improved garbage can has a I'n
which is operated by automatic mean *
In the first place , the lid is always ii
place and not cavort
ing around the yan
as a detached ! li
often is , and tlisr
atrsiin. when it is At
sired to reopen tin
can for the receptioi
of some table refuse1
\ it is not necessary ti
touch it with tin
hands , a pressure o
NEW GARIUGE CAX the toe answering al
purposes. Extensions of the handh
acting as levers engage pins in a stee
trap riveted to the top of the can. si
that by pressure of. the foot the hingoc
lid is easily lifted. A loop at the bad
of the lid serves as a stop to keep i
from swinging beyond a perpendicular
position , and when the pressure is re
.leased permits it to close by gravity.
reach Jelly.
Peel , halve and stone a dozen ripi
leaches , boil them and t'.ie bruised ker
uels for fifteen minutes in a thin syruj
nado of ten ounces of sugar nnd a hal :
pint of water. Flavor juice with grater
-ind nnd strained juice of four lemon ;
ind strain through jelly bag. Add t <
'his one ounce dissolved gelatin. Pom
his into mould and set away to cool
Molasses
Mix one cup each of molasses , sugar
water , and one teaspoonl'ul each ot
soda , ginger , salt , cloves and cinnamon.
Add sifted flour to make a dough that
is not quits stiff euouiili to roll out.
rum onto a rsrcl-flon2t ! d board and
I Kit m'th the hand until htlf nn Inch
thick. Cut in rounds nnd bake in a
inick oven.
HI eo
One egg. two nnd one-half cupfuls of
Jour , one cupful of milk , one cupful of
reeked rice , one-quarter cupful of melt-
> d butter , one-halt' level teaspoonful of
salt. Add the salt to the flour , work
.n the rice with the tips of the fiugeis ,
uld the egg. well beaten , milk and melt-
"Hl butfer ; bake in buttered gem pans
Ijefli ver Soup.
Take all kinds of scraps of vegeta
tes , as cabbage leaves , tomatoes , cel-
Ty. parsley , carrots , onions , nnd about
six large potatoes. Put on to boil with
plenty of water. Season with salt and
pepper. When tender , press through a
coarse sieve , and add , if on hand ,
gravy from any kind of roast.
Canneil Peas.
Pour pens into a colander. Rinse
I hem thoroughly nnd put in saucepan.
Add three very large cooking spoonfuls
f cold water , salt , a little sugar ,
? nough to mnke them taste like a sweet
pen , nnd a lump of buffer. Set the
> aucepnn in another of hot water , cover
ind cook for thirtv minutes.
Apple Johnny CnUe.
One pint of white meal , two tablespoonfuls -
spoonfuls of sugar , one-half tenspoon-
ful of salf , one-half tenspoonful of
-oda , one teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar. Milk enough to mix quite soft ,
; hree apples pared and sliced. Mix in
Ihe order given. Bake in a shallow
; ian thirty minutes.
Salmon Stlul.
Kemove the bones from a can of sal
mon nud set on the ice until cold. Pick
Ihe salmon into large flakes , add to it
Some minced celery and pickles nud. if
I hey are liked , thinly sliced cucumbers.
Reason with paprika nnd pour over all
i French dressing. Serve on crisp let
tuce leaves.
( rape Juiee.
Remove the stems from six quarts
) f grapes and put them over the lire
ivith a quart of water , bring slowly to
he boil and strain. Return the juice
10 the fire , boil up once more , nnd bot-
le nnd seal while scalding hot.
1C oh Ira hi.
Take ihe leaves from Ihe vegetable
ind was-h itoll. . Cut ihe vegetables
>
ute quarters nnd boil for twenty min-
ite.s in salted water. Drain , sprinkle
tvith salt and popper , nud pour melted
jutter over it.
-liay lliuls.
Allow four oirgs to each quart of milk
n making cup cti.stnrds.
One teaspoon of extract will flavor
no q.inrt of custard or pudding.
One level teaspoon < > f sah , will sea
son one quart of soup , snuco or vegoH-
> les.
One lablesponuful of extract will
laver one quart of mixture to be
roxen.
One tablespoonfnl of water or milk
> hould be allowed for each egg in an
> molet.
Allow two level teaspoons of baking
Kinder to endi cup of Hour when no
irirv ; are uvod.
Rice will absorb thtve time * itrf meas-
ire of water and a larger quamitof
uilk or Mock.
One cup ofujrar will sweeten OMO
inart of any mixture to be st > - \ . > .
hilled or I'IMZI-M.
Allow from 1-Mir t < - six ouirs r < i e.h
limrt of nilk in making a cu f.jrd to
10 turned from the mold.
One oiini-o of butter and ono-hnlf
mice of ilour are v. ctl to thicken one
up of liquid in makii ci sauce.
The ordinary French dressing ( three
nblospooiis oil. one and onehalt's.i'de -
peens vinegar , one-fourth levoi tps-
peen salt , one-tighlh level tca.vp"on
tepper ; will moisten one pint of salad
CHICAGO.
Eu < sinp : ; activity reflects further re
cove 1-3 % although the failure record is distorted
tortod by one unusually heavy default
Steadier conditions are seen in produc
lion and distribution and the outlook i :
gradually clearing , notwithstanding thai
now demands in the ending industries in
elude none of special influence.
MoJters of pig iron bought more freely
against future needs , prices being made
inviting , and there is increasing work al
foundries , forges and steel car shops.
Building operations make seasonable
progress , \\-hile the new permits indicate
that an unusual quantity of materials is
to be consumed. More hands find em
ployment in quarrying , and prices foi
fjtone. brick and cement become firmer.
Seasonable weather stimulated the con
struction and outdoor activities.
Retail trade opens up encouragingly in
the principal lines. Visiting merchants
have increased in numbers from the
XorlInvest , and there is much buying of
general merchandise throughout the
wholesale district. Staple goods are sold
to an extent comparing favorably with
this time last year , and the absorption
is yet notable in the textiles , millinery and
footwear.
The markets for grain , provisions and
live stock denote improving consumption ,
notwithstanding the average cost again
is high and wlu-at around $1 a bushel.
I : ink Hearings. $ : > : j4.40jSySf ( make the
best showing in eight weeks , and exceed
those of the corresponding week of 11)07 ) ,
which included only five business days ,
by 10 per cent.
Failures reported in flic Chicago dis
trict number : jl , against 21 last week
and 17 a year ago. Those with liabili
ties over $ . " .000 number 0 , against 0 last
week and , > in 1907. Dun's Review of
Trade.
NEW YOBK.
"Business in general has experienced &
further moderate improvement in jobbing
as well as in wholesale lines. Fall trade
has reached the maximum at some cities ,
and most out-of-town merchants have left
the large centers for home , though State
fairs and fall carnivals are attracting
visitors Nto various sections , thus enlarg
ing the volume of trade.
On the whole , purchases have been con
fined chiefly to staples , and no more than
actual needs ha\e been filled ; therefore
pales have been considerably below those
of last year at this season.
This conservatism , for which approach
ing elections and the diminished pur
chasing power of the public , outside of the
agricultural regions , are responsible , is
looked upon with some degree of satisfac
tion , it being felt that , inasmuch as re
tailers' stocks are not burdensome , a con
stantly good filling-in order trade should
be experiemed throughout the fall and
winter.
Relatively , best reports come from the
larger cities of the West and Southwest ,
but southern and Pacific northwestern
cities also contribute good returns.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Sept. 17 number 2 ( ! ( > ,
against 191 last week. 179 in the like
week of 1907. 171 in 1900 , 17i : in , 1903
and 20. } in 190 I. In Canada business
failures this week number 2o , compared
with 34 last week and 40 in the corresponding
spending week of 1907. Bradstreet's
Commercial Report.
Chicago- Cattle , common to prime ,
54.00 to $7.4. ; hogs , prime heavy. $4.00
to S7.40 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00
to .fl. _ ' . " : wheat. No. 2 , 99c to $1.00 ;
? orn. .No. 2 , 77c to 7Sc : oats , standard ,
37c 10 4-Sc. : rye. No. 'J. 7. > c to 7Gc ; hay ,
timothy. $8.00 to $ li . . " 0 : prairie. $ S.OO
to § 11.00 : butter , choice creamery. 10c
to 2. c : oggs. fresh. lOc to 22c ; potatoes ,
per bushel. C > Sc to 7. c.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , § 3.00
to S7.00 : hogs , good to choice heavy ,
: r > . . 0 to $7. . > 0 : sh.'op. common to prime.
? 2. . 0 to Snjn ; wheat , No. 2. OSc to
3Hc : corn. Xo. 2 white. 71)c ) to SOc ; oats ,
N'o. 2hite. . 47c to 4Sc.
St. Louis Cattle. § 4.oO to $7.2. , : hogs.
M.lM to S7.oO : sheep. § " . , .00 to $1.13 ;
tvhoat. No. 2. § 1.03 to $1.04 ; corn , Xo. 2 ,
rc c to 77c : oats. Xo. 2 , 4Sc to 49c ;
rye. Xo. 2 , 77c to 7Sc.
Cincinnati Cattle. § 4.00 to § r.2r :
logs. $4.00 to § 7.3r > : sheep. S3.00 to
5 .n. : wheat. Xo. 2. § 1.01 to § 1.08 : corn.
N'o. 2 mixed. S2c to . { c : onts. Xo. 2
mixed , HJc to . 2c ; rye , Xo. 2. 7Sc to 79c.
Dptroit Cattlp , § 4.00 to § 4.oO : hogs ,
54.00 to § ( ! .70 ; sheep. § 2.50 to § 3.So :
ivheat , Xo. 2. 97c to 5)Sc ) ; corn , Xo. 3
follow. S2c to S3c : oats. Xo. 3 white ,
30o to r 1c : rye , Xo. 2. 73c to 7."c.
Milwaukee Wheat. Xo. 2 northern ,
Sn.On to § 1.08 ; corn. Xo. 3 , 77c to 7Sc ;
> ats. standard. 49o to HOc : rye. Xo. 1 ,
Tfic to 7Gc ; barley. Xo. 1. lioc to GGc :
pork. mess. § 14.I > . " .
Buffalo Cattle , choicp shipping steers.
4.00 to $ r..r 0 : liog.s. fair to choicp , § 4.0 < )
: o § 7.7"t ; sheep , common to good mixed.
? 4.00 to § 4.7. ; lambs , fair to choice ,
H.l.OO to $ < > .30.
Toledo Wheat. Xo. 2 mixed. f)8e to
? 1.00 : corn. Xo. 2 mixed. 71)c to 80c :
Dats. Xo. 2 mixed. 4'.V to file : rye. Xo.
2 , 7r > c to 77c ; clover seed. October. § . > .4o.
Xew York Cattle. $1.00 to § i.2. ; :
iog , § 3..10 to § 7.30 : sheep. S3.fK ) to
? 4.00 : w-hoat. No. 2 red. § 1.07 to S1. < VS :
: -n. Xo. 2. 87c to SSc : oats. uatui-Al
vhite. . 3c to . " ) . " ; butter , creamery. 20c
; o 24c : egg > - . western. l ! > c to 23c.
SPABKS FROM THE "WIRES.
The nero population of New York
rity is estimated at SO.OOO. one-tenth of
he number being \Yost Indians.
Tfee Gorman Kmperor has sivon § 24.-
KX ) to the Iloheit Kodi foundation for
esistinc the spread of tuberculoiis-
OTIE GREAT AMERICAN CROPS.
The great American crop is coining ; in. Here's what the United State *
does :
Annually produces more corn Ih.-.n all other countries of U : world com
bined 2.1)27,000,000 out of oSSS.OOU.OOO bushels.
Annually produces more wheat than any other country in the world
S34COOOCO out of 3.10S,000OCO bushels.
Annually exports more wheat flour than : :11 : lh < other countries in the
world combined ir , COO,000 out of 2G,000,000 barrels- .
Annually exports more wheat , including wheat flour , than any other coun
try in the world 11(1,000,000 ( out of 010,000,000 bushels.
Annually produces more oats than any other country in the world 75-i-
CCO.OOO out of 3. . iS2.GOO,000 bushels.
Is the third largest producer of barley ia the world. l. 53,000,000 bushels
only 7.000.WJO bushels less than Germany , with Russia lending :
Annually produces more cotton than all the other countries of the world
13.CUO.OCO out of 20,000,000 bales.
Annually produces more tobacco than any other country in the world
G)0,0jO.,00 ! ) { out of 2.2'tl.fiOO.COO pounds.
Annually produces more fia\peed than anj * oilier country in the world
I''i.onO.CCO out of S7GOOHOO bushels.
Annually produces more hops than any otlior country in the world 57-
000UOO out of 211.000,01)0 ) pounds.
Annually exports more oilcake and oiler.ke meal than any other country
In tU world 2.0G3.000.UOO out of 4.913,000,000 pounds.
Annually exports more . -osin than all the other countries of the world
717,000,000 out of SG4.0GO.UOO pounds.
Annually exports more spirits of turpentine than 'il ! the other countries
of the world HCUO.iCO ( out of 21.000 , < iOi > Dillons.
CHOLERA GRIPS ST. PETERSBURG
Great Alarm in Russian Capital
Over Spread of the Disease.
St. Petersburg is in the grasp of llu
Asiatic cholera , which already has ex
ceeded in severity and the numbers ol
victim the visitation of 1S93. Th <
disease is increasing daily at an alarm
ins rate and unless the authorities
show in the future a much greater degree
gree of ability to cope with the situa
tion than they have in the past then
ia eiery reason to fear that it will goi
out of hand.
The situation , which always has booi
serious since the first case was report
ed , has assumed a graver aspect f'ron
the appearance of a virulent type 01
the disease , in two cases of whiel
death followed within fifteen minute :
of the first symptoms.
Germany has become alarmed ovei
the spread of the disease , and the Ger
man authorities have taken precaution
tion to prevent its crossing the f'ron
tier. Austria has done the same thing
Sweden and other near-by countries
have declared a quarantine against
Russia and France is ready to meel
any exigencies that may arise.
The civil c'mimHsion , sunum-ied ii
special session by Governor Genera
Smith in the Philippines to deal witl
the epidemic of cholera , decided to ol
der 200 members of the constabulary
into Manila to assist the health inspectors
specters in their campaign agaiiibt thi
plague.
Xoiseless Mnxim C.iin T
That the device for rendering the dis
charge of firearms practically silent , tin
invention of which by Hiram Percy Max
im was recently announced , will do wha
he claimed for it was demonstrated be
fore a committee of United States a rim
officers at Springfield. Mass- . , recently
Both in the armory and in the open tiel
the tests were satisfactory. First. OIK
of the soldiers fired a regular army rifle
and the report was heard above the dii
of the machinery in the factory. Thoi
Maxim adjusted the device to that S.UIH
gun and the firing was not audible lot
feet away , and was only like the snap
ping of the finders from points nearei
the position of the shooter. What tin
officers heard at 1.0 feet was not the ex
plosion. but the .striking of the hammer
Xeither smoke nor fire was visible at tin
muzzle of the gun as shot after shot was
fired straight at a target. From calcula
tions. it was estimated that the gun 5.-
74 per cent noiseless. Forty grains ol
smokeless powder were used in the cart
ridges a charge capable of hurling a bul
let over l. . > 00 vards with fatal results.
Social 15eroust ruction.
In the leading article for the curreni
Atlantic Monthly. John Martin reviews
the abandonment of the laissez-faire pol
icy in America in recent years and tin
new feeling of public responsibility. Tlu
idea which prevailed not long ago was
that everything American was about p r
Tcct. Xow every one is finding some fault
and the necessity for social recoiistructior
is apparent. Various associations like thf
Civic Federation , associations for health
against child labor , immigration , etc. , am
executive interference in industrial war *
are mentoned to show the trend. WhiU
not accepting any particular brand of so
ialKm. Mr. Martin think * * that the agita
tion of these stial questions is healthy
It means that order and peace must tak <
the place of ihe fierce commercial warfare
YicYi. % of Aeroplanes.
Ilenrix Farman. the French aviator
vho has ju t arrived at Xow York wit !
lis prizes inning flviug machine for th <
purpose of giving an exhibition fliirhr. ir
i published interview says tiliat it wil
.ako another decade to perfect the ilyint
naehine for practical and safe use. Hall
: he solution of the problem rested on ih'
perfection of a motor which would : riv <
greater power without increasing tin
voight. The other half lies iu developing
> machine with an automatic b.ilancin-
levice. In hi * opinion a machine of tiln
monoplane type will be the succe sfu
dyer of the future. He does not believe
; hat any flying machine will ever rivn
he railroads for commercial work. Mr.s
Farman. who is with him. expects to hi
i passeiiiiec in one of his flights- .
Living for years within a distance o
'ess than 100 miles from each other. :
father and two { laughters have just bees
reunited. The daughters supposed tin
father dead and the father know nothiiu
regarding his children's whereabouts. Th <
children are Mr < . Charles Kunow am
Miss Ruby Peterson of Marietta , Minn
The father is Ch.irles Peterson of Iv *
therville , Iowa. The latter sent his pho
tograpli to his father. The graaclfathw
at once notified his grandchildren of tiiei
fatiher's whereabouts , and the reunion o
father and children speedily followed.
Foiost HI-OS ; in not period ! ' ' visitations ,
as it has been argued by many sensibly
persons this year who ha\e brought out
statistical almanacs to prove their con
tent ifii. Forest fires are dependent irpon
two things ; one i. $ ihr. weather and tha
other is ths whits saan'a tarlessne.ss.
When the Indiniis roamed about at will
tho\ al\\a\s s.nthat every spark was
out before they moved their camps. They
guarded the woods igainst the chance
blaze as a city man now guards his in-
\esu.ients. iitu the white man , whether
in his own timber , or Jhat of the govern
ment , gives little thought to the dangers
of fire. lie does not compel railroads to
take steps to prevent sparks from locomo
tives tailing in dry gr.is * . He lets the
lo s of his camp smoulder away though
knowing that a breeze might scatter tha
embers. He strikes matches and throws
the lighted ends away without a glance
as to whore th y drop. When a long
dry sppll has taken the moisture from
leaves and bark , when the grass is shriv
eled to whisps of tinder , then the white
man'scarolossno.ss hec.omes a. Uireat to
property and life. It is a menace to every
no'ile tree which has taken a century or
two in growing , to the farmer whose fields
border the forests , to the towns built in
the woods and dependent upon them for
th.-ir living.
The fores ! fires cease when rains come.
P.ut behind them they have left monuments
ments to the criminal carelessness of men
who cannot bo tatisht anything , who will
not try to learn. The Indians hud much
the advantage of them in intelligence.
Toledo P.Iado.
Ji
In the Autriist number of the Federa-
t-onisi I'rcsi | . -nt ( iompor- . publishes an
odiioiial c.ititled "The Essence of Labor's
Coiiten'ion oa Injunctions. " which was
ajtpnned by th > executive council of the
fi-dcr.ition. ! ! < insists that the writ of"
injunction \\a > in'oudod to be exercised
for " ( lie protection of property rights
only ; " iii.it il mu.sf never be used to cur
tail personal lights : that there must be
no orher adequate remedj in law : that ic
must not he used to punish crime nor to
> ct aside i rial by jury. lie argues against
the injunction in labor disputes a.s boin {
not basi d upon law. but as being a species
of "judicial legislation and judicial usur
pation iu tiie interestof the money pow
er against \\orknien innocent of any un-
l.iuful or criminal act. "
Candidate Kern , in an article for Col-
iier'.s. r'-fers to the prevailing popular no
tion that the office of Vice President has
ceased to be one of influence or high hon
or , and saxs- that the occupant of that or
of any public office should be "direct ,
open , obvious and known to all men. " Ila
believes that the Vice President should
speak frankly upon po-iding legislation
just as any member of the cabinet may.
At the s.tnv : ii"o he holds that , as th
Vice President should be at all times tha
servant of ihe Senate , so the President
should bo merely the servant of the people
ple , and not the master of Congress , con-
finin : ins uork to the execution of th
l.ius , not to the coercing of Congress or
the criticism of the courts.
While n tlns at Hot Springs , Va. , and
work.jig 0:1 : his letter of acceptance. Can
didate T.ift was quoted on the trust plank
of the 1 Jourji-raii" platform , which pro-
\idos thai . i'v corporation doing 2. > per
cent of the btines.s in any one conunod-
it\ ; ntst be licensed by the federal gov-
erini-.ont. but that the license shall not
na.si ' the corporation from obedience to
the L.-.S ef ill"- States in which it does
hu < imss. T.i-'t pointed out the : ulvan-
ta es of tliinit'Hiud proposed by the last
Congress , imiriu' ; corporations to apply
for fei'i-ra ! lien.e in return for public
ity : m.l f " > if " .h g Immunity from prose-
ution if found not to be in restraint of
Trade. TinIVnuKrr.ttic pi he described
as uanii.tor ; > .
The | t''oiH s : - ph as n. medium for tha
- MnManiug of the gu-nol of prohibition
has been adopted * y the managers of the
prohibitio-j nnrty presidential campaign.
New York Prohibit'onists have nomi
nated a full Sr.Ho tit-Lot headed by tha
Rev. Dr. Ceogo K. Stockwell of Fort
Plain , for ( lo.-f-rnor. Resolutions endorsing
ing the pnrtj"- platform \\oro adapted.
Ppsidcnt Van Clea\e of the National
Manufacturers" Association , in American
Industries , uolil'y declares war upon the
Democratic ticket , especially on account
of the labor plank in the Denver plat *
form.