LABORS (fill HUH HOLIDAY.
PROSPERITY HAS INCREASED.
President Roosevelt Talks on Good
Citizenship and Relations Be
tween Capital and Labor.
The annuil celebration of Labor
was generally observed throughout the
country September Tth. The features
of the day were monster parades and
addressee by orators of note. The
most noteworthy afrnir of the day per
haps from a national standpoint, was
at Hyranise, N. Y.. where President
Roosevelt wns the principal speaker.
It Is estimated that In the principal
cities the total of the men In line In
the various parades was 287.413. as
follows: Chicago, 100,000; st. Louis,
9,000; New Orleans, 25,000; Snn
Francisco, 23,388; Cleveland, 22,000;
Baltimore. 1 8.000 ; Boston, 15.733; East
St. Louis, 15,000; Louisville, 15,000;
Philadelphia, 14.500; Pittsburg, 12.800;
New York, 12.500; Bridgeport, 12.000;
Milwaukee, 10,000; Cincinnati, 10,0110;
Karsas City, 7,(592; St. Paul, 7,500;
Lincoln, 7.000 ; Columbus, 7.000; De
troit, 6.500; Worrester, 6.000; Spring
field. 5.000; Ottumwa, 5.000; STreator.
6.000; Des Moines, 4,100; Denver,
3.500; Memphis, 3.000; Lacrosse, 2.5"0;
Lowell, 2.500; Salt Lake City, 2.000;
Lynn, 1.500; Sioux City, 1,200; Osh
kosh, 1.000; Fall River, 500. At Syr
acuse. New York, President Roosevelt
was accorded a magnificent reception,
fully 100.000 persons from all sections
of the State were present. The theme
of his address was, "The Enemy of the
Wage-worker Is Violence." Mr. Roose
velt In his speech said In part: "In
speaking on tabor day It Is natural to
keep especially In mind the two bodies
who compose the majority of our peo
ple, and upon whose welfare depends
the welfare of the entire State. If
circumstances are such that thrift,
energy. Industry, and forethought en
able the farmer, the tiller of the soil
on one hand, to keep themselves, their
wives, and their children In reasona
ble comfort, then the State is well off,
and we can be assured that the other,
classes In the community will like
wise prosper. On the other hand, if
there is In the long run a lack of
prosperity among the two classes
named, then all other prosperity Is
tiure to be more seeming than real.
It Is all-essential to the continuance of
our healthy National life that we
should recognlzo this community of In
terest among our people. Tho welfare
of each of us 1b dependent fundament
ally upon the welfare of all of us,
and therefore In public life that man is
the best representative of each of us
who seeks to do good to each by doing
good to all. In other words, whoso en
deavor It 19. not to represent any
speelnl class and promote merely that
class's selfish Interests, but to repre
sent all true and honest men of all sec
tions and all classes and to work for
their Interests by working for our com
mon country. We can keep our gov
ernment on a sane and healthy basis,
we can make and keep our social sys
tem what It should be, only on condi
tion of Judging each man, not as a
member of a class, but on his worth
as a man. Men sincerely interested
In the due protection of property, and
men sincerely interested in seeing that
the Just rights of labor are guaranteed,
should alike remember not only that
in the long run neither the capitalist
nor the wage-worker can be helped In
healthy fashion save by helping the
other; but also that to require either
side to obey the law and do its full
duty toward the community is em
phatically to that side's real interest."
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Secretary -Hay has left Washington
for Sunapee Lake, N. H. Assistant
Secretary Adee will be acting Secre
tary of State.
Arrangements are being made by the
local committee of the Army of the
Potomac for tire annual meeting, Oc
tober 15 and 16, when tho Sherman
statue Is to be dedicated.
State department received Septem
ber 9 two cablegrams from Minister
Lelshman at Constantinople, They
were sent tn the course of consultation
with the department, and for that rea
son were not made public.
The government refused entry on a
shipment of white wine from Bor
deaux, because it was found to con
tain salicyly acid. This is the first
time entry of adulterated wines has
been refused under the pure food act.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
appointed Robert Fullorton, of Des
Moines, la., disbursing officer to dis
burse the $5,000,000 appropriated by
Congress in aid of the St. Louis Ex
position. Francis W. Benque, who sent a
threatening letter to Secretary of State
Hay and who for years has given trou
ble to officials at Washington with let
ters, was declared Insane by Dr. Greg
ory, at New York.
There Is a renewal of the declara
tion that Secretary Moody 'will tender
his resignation at an early date and
resume the practice of law. The in
tention comes from high authority.
President Roosevelt has been making
efforts to retain his cabinet minis
ters until after the next national, elec
tion. Following the resignation of Wil
liam M. Byrne, United States district
attorney of Delaware, the president re
quested the postmaster general to sub
mit to him a report on the recent re
tirement of Miss Hulday B, Todd, post
mistress of Greenwood, Del,
It is understood lu official circles
that the senate sub-committee on ter
ritories, which has returned from a
tiip to Alaska, favors the Idea of giv
ing Alaska a delegate to congress,
but la opposed to granting a territo
rial form of govern:'jent.
been approved by the Comptroller of
the Currency as reserve agents: Farm
ers' Deposit of Pittsburg, for First
of Conneaut, Pa.; First of McKeesport,
First of Northoaot, Exchange of Wes
ton, W. Va and Precott of Preacott,
Ariz.
PAID IN PENSIONS
Five of 996,549 Pensioners on the Rolls
Belong to the Revolu
tionary War.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Pensions Ware ;lnres Ihe total num
ber of pensloneis now on the rolls nt
Pi),5ir. of which 729.350 are soldiers,
and 207,189 are widows and depen
dents. Mr. Waif announces that it
Is not probable that the pension roll
will again cro?s the million line, the
highest mark having be?n reached a
year asJ. Five of the pensioners are
on the roll 011 account of the war of
the revolution; 1,116 on account of the
war of 1812; 4.734 on account of the
Indian wars and 13.874 on account of
the Mexican war. The great bulk of
the roll Is as follows: Civil war
Invalids, 703.436; widows, 148.390.
Spanish war Invalids, J.2M; widows,
3,H2. Regul.tr army Invalids, 9,170;
widows, 2.938. Tha roll shows a net
loss of 2.091 pensioners during the
year. Out of a total of 304.809 applica
tions on hand during the year. 130,loy
were admitted, and 113,749 rejected.
The average annunl volue of each pen
sion Is now $133. The annual value of
the Spanish war pension roll has
reached $1,765,310. Commissioner
Ware makes the following recommen
dations: "Laws forfeiting the pension
or night to penskm any man convicted
of an Infamous crime; prohibiting the
giving of pensions to the women who
marry soldiers alter the soldiers be
come pensioners; a different method of
examining applicants for pension,
stamping the present system as un
certain, expensive, unsatisfactory and
generative cf an enormous amount of
political friction." An Interesting his
toric analysis of pension figures shows
that the actual total of disbursements
in pensions on account of the revolu
tionary war, war of 1812, Indian wars,
Mexican war, civil war and the war
with Spain, was $3,038.(123,590. It is
estimated that $lti.000,"n3 was paid
in pensions for disabilities and deaths
due to military and naval service in
the wars of 1812 and with Mexico and
during the time of peace prior to the
war of the rebellion, making the pay
ments of pensions to soldiers and
sailors of the war of the rebellion and
of the regular military and naval es
tablishments since the close of said
war of the rebellion and their widows,
children and dependent relatives
amount to $2,862,240,400. The cost of
the pension system per capita of pop
ulation for 1903 Is given as $1.75. The
system according to Commissioner
Ware, was the greatest burden to the
people of the United States In 1903,
since which time It has shrunk from
$2.24 to $1.32 per $1,000 of taxable
wealth, and In 10 years, he siys, tho
burden will tease ta be noticed. Mr.
Ware estimates thnt the unpens.loned
survivors of the civil war, exclusive
of deserters. Is In round numbers 200,.
000, and says that this unknown army
Is meeting with disease and misfor
tune to such an extent that It Is ap
plying for penp.ioU3 nt the rate of over
41,000 per annum. In 10 years, Mr.
Ware predicts the unknown army will
have ceased to be a factor.
PEARY WILL TRY.
Secures Three Years Leave from Navy
for Polar Expedition.
Commander Robert E. Penry, U. S.
N.. the well-known Arctic explorer,
will make another dash for the North
pole. Leave of alienee for three
years has been granted him. The act
ing secretary of the navy says In his
letter to Commander Peary that he
thinks he Is better equipped than any
other person In the country to under
take this work. Ho pays a high com
pliment to Mr. Peary's courage and
ability. Me concludes his letter with
this admonition: "The attainment of
the pole should be your main object.
Nothing short will suffice. The dis
covery of the pole Is all that remains
to complete the map of the world.
That map should be completed In our
generation and by our countrymen.
Our national pride is involved In tho
undertaking, and this department ex
pects that you will accomplish your
purpose and bring further distinction
to a service of illustrious traditions.
In conclusion I am pleased to Inform
you that the President of the. United
States sympathizes with your cause
and approves the enterprise."
MEXICAN TOWN DESTROYED.
Hurricane Sweeps San Miguel Not a
Building Left Standing.
A special from New Orleans soys:
Steamship advices of the destruction
by a hurricane of Snn Miguel, a town
on the east coast of Yucatan, has been
received. Not a building was left
standing. The steamer Breakwater,
which passed San Miguel on her way
from New Orleans to Belise found the
place In ruins, not a living creature
being in sight. San Miguel was tho
oldest town In Mexico. It was tho
place where Cortez landed when lie
discovered Mexico and there he es
tablished his headquarters. Tho hur
ricane caused immense damage along
tho Mexican coast and many lives
are reported lost.
Unveiling of McKinley 8tatue.
The date of the unveiling of the Mc
Kinley Memorial statue at Adams,
Mass., has been fixed for Saturday,
October 3. The principal speakers will
be ex-Secretary of the Navy John D.
Long; Gov. John L. Bates, and Lieut.
Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr. The statue Is
one of the first to be erected to the
memory of President McKinley in this
country, and is the result of public
subscriptions. ,
Lake Steamer Missing.
, The steamer LouUe, with 125 per
, sons aboard, left Sandusky at 6 o'clock
tho morning of September 7, for Learn
. Ington, Canada, a distance of about 60
miles. Since that time she has not
been seen nor heard of and with what
' mariners says is the worst sea that has
. ever been seen on Lake Erie, her own
; ers and friends of those aboard are al
, most ready to concede that the little
. steamer has gone to the bottom. If
, she did, there la not the slightest
chance of anyone aboard being saved.
Mil HOW DlfflRCt ill 11 WILL
PROPER NOTICE REQUIRED.
Umpire Carroll Wright Files Hit De
cision In Disputes Between
Operators and Miners.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, the umpire
to whom was referred the five disputes
between the operators' and miners'
representatives In the board of con
ciliation, appointed under the provis
ions of the anthracite mine strike
commission, died Ms findings at
Scranton, Pa., with T. D. Nichols, the
secretary of the board. In deaflng with
the question of the employers' right
to discharge men for any cause other
than connection with a labor union
Umpire Wright agrees wholly with
the contentions of the operators' rep
resentatives and declares that the
rights of an employer to discharge
without giving the cause of the dis
charge Is sustained by the award of
the commission. As to the rockmen'a
dispute the umpire says they do not
come under the award. He says that
the companies should take back old
men Jnstead of putting on new men
In all cases where old men are com
petent and have not been convicted of
not awaiting trial for crime commit
ted during the strike. The umpire's
findings cover 25 pages of typewriting,
tn the case of Harry Broslus, who
claimed discrimination on the part of
Coxe Ilrothers & Company, the umpire
gave as his opinion that all the men
employed by Coxe Drothers & Com
pany, Incorporated, at the time of the
strike In 1902, except those who have
been convicted for crime committed
during the strike, or who are still un
der arrest, or to whom employment
cannot be given on account of new
machinery, or who are Incompetent,
ought to 'be preferred to new men In
giving out work when thy apply
therefor. This umpire decides that it
lias not been shown that the men
were discriminated against by the
Lehigh Coal ft Navigation Company
on account of membership in the
union, but is of the opinion that dis
crimination existed against a small
number of men. 11b goes on to say:
Taking the rulings of the court, the
assertion of the anthracite coal strike
commission, the clauses In the agree
ment made by and with the United
Mine Workers of America, and the
admission of the different members of
the Board of Conciliation, whether
on the one side or the other, there
can be no doubt that a man has a
right to quit the service of his em
ployer whenever he sees fit, with or
without giving a causo. provided he
gives proper notice and that the em
ployer has a perfect right to employ
and discharge men in accordance with
the conditions of Ills Industry; but
that he should, as In the reverse
case, give proper notice. This right
to discharge must, therefor, be sus
tained. Any other view in the case
would result In compelling men to
work for an employer when they did
not wIbIi to, and thus enslave them,
while on the other hands It would
compel employers to employ men
whether they had worked for them or
not and whether the men were incom
petent or not, and would thus stag
nate business and work to the Injury
of all other employes. The board has
now disposed of about thirty disputes.
Two more questions on which It is
deadlocked will be submitted to Um
pire Wright. They deal with the nine
hour Saturday on the Heading Com
pany's mines and the proper basis
on which to compute the increase in
wages awarded by the commission.
PAY FOR GUARDSMEN.
Entitled to It While in United 8tates
Camps,
The war department has announced
a decision of tire controller of the
treasury In which he holds that any
portion of the organized militia that
shall engage in the actual field or
camp service for Instruction, and the
organized militia of any Btate or ter
ritory that shall participate in any en
campment, maneuvers and field In
struction of any part of the regular
army, at or near any post or camp on
lake or sea coaBt defenses of tho
United States, are entitled to pay, sub
sistence and transportation allowances
for the entire period from the time
when such militia shall start from
their home rendexvous to the time of
their return to their home rendezvous,
OIL 8TEAMER BURNS.
Was Property of Standard and Valued
at $250,009.
The oil steamer City of Everett, the
property of the Standard Oil Company,
took Are at Port Arthur and was re
duced to ashos. Surrounding property
also caught Are, the whole loss aggre
gating $285,000. Wharves belonging
to the Texas Oil Company and adjoin
ing tanks were destroyed. The Ever
ett was built by the Standard in 1894
and cost $250,000.
Holdup Prevented.
A bold attempt to hold up the Bitter
Root express, Just east of Stevensvllle,
Mont., was frustrated by the vigtlance
of the crew. A pile of tlca had been
placed on the track. The engineer
slowed up and backed away as soon as
he could. Three men concealed in
the bushes Jumped out and ran after
the train, but soon fell .behind. The
crow secured arms and returned and
threw the ties to one side, after which
the express went through unmolested.
Red Men Elect Officers.
The National convention of the
United Order of Red Men, In session
In Brooklyn, elected thase grand of
ficers: Grand Supreme Chief, Albert
D. Schaaff, Bridgeport, Conn.; Under
Chief, Henry Bruhn, Jersey City; Ble
Chief, George Mehlburgcr, Trenton, N.
J.; Grand Secretary, George Banger,
New York City; Grand Treasurer, John
Roegen, Brooklyn, and Grand Priest,
Charles Kwald, Philadelphia. It was
decided to hold the next National as
sembly in Philadelphia in September,
1905. l
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
In a freight wreck near Joplln, Mo.,
12 persona were injured, two fatally.
There was a general reduction of
Iron prices at New York to meet tire
reduction In Southern pig prices.
In Hamburg, Germany, and vicinity,
200 persons are suffering with trich
inosis. Snow fell heavily af Butte, Mont.,
and the thermometer has dropped 60
degrees.
As a result of a mine explosion at
Hartford, Ark., many men were Injur
ed and several reported killed.
Mrs. Ellen Wick, widow of Jacob
Wick, at Vonngstown, O., was struck
and Instantly killed by lightning.
Extraordinary precautions were
taken to protect President Roosevelt
over his Labor day trip to Syracuse.
The steamer Deutschland broke her
previous record by 29 minutes In her
voyage from Cherbourg to New York.
The demands of the Illinois Central
Railway telegraphers have been grant
ed with some slight modifications.
Patrick F. Conklln was put to
death In the electric chair at Sing
Sing, N. Y., for the murder of his
wife.
Bronze memorial was unveiled at
Lake George, N. Y., which commem
orates the French and Indian strug
gle in colonial days.
King Edward has appointed the
King of Portugal an admiral In the
British navy as a token of the friend
ship between the two countries.
Charles Jones, colored, confessed to
the Baltimore police that he murder
ed Caroline Link in that city by strik
ing her over the head with a club.
A fund for the yellow fevor sufferers
of Linares, where the disease is epi
demic, has been started by leading
citizens of Monterey, Mexico.
Henry Snnford, vice president of the
Adams Express Company, died at his
resident at Bridgeport, Conn., as a
result of a stroke of apoplexy.
A special grand Jury at Denver In
dicted Thomas J. Maloney and other
city officials for bribery In connection
with the giving out of contracts.
An Injunction to prevent strikes and
boycotts by labor unions and industrial
people Is sought In a bill at Chicago
through the American Anti-Boycott As
sociation. The National Directory of the
en I ted Irish League adopted a resolu
tion declaring the Irish Iand Bill the
most substantial victory gained by tho
Irish people for centuries.
Nearly a score of persons were In
jured in a collision between two trol
ley cars at the crossing of Adams
street and Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Governor Peabody, of Colorado, was
threatened through an anonymous let
ter with death If he persists In call
ing ov.t troops In the Cripple Creek
district.
An Important find of Iron ore has
been made on the Messnlia range east
of Blwablk, Minn., on lands owned
by the Longyear Mcsaba Land Com
pany. Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle,
bishop of Missouri, has become senior
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church by the death of BUhop Clark,
of Ilhodo Island.
Gov. Nash, of Ohio, was overcome
by hent while attending the fall festi
val at Cincinnati. Ho recovered suf
' flclcntly to attend the night perform
ance at tho festival grounds.
Governing committee of the Now
York stock exchange recommended the
listing of additional securities of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac
turing Company.
Prof. Charles Hubbard, Judd, of
Yale, probably will bo the next presi
dent of the Cincinnati university. It
Is Btated on good authority that he
will Buccced Dr. Howard Ayers.
The German government will Intro
duce a bill In the next Reichstag de
signed to promote temperance by re
quiring saloonkeepers to sell non In
toxicants, such as lemonade and milk.
The Colonial Trust Company, of
Cleveland, was appointed receiver of
the Mexican Clay Manufacturing Com
pany, a New Jersey corporation, hav
ing a total Indebtedness of $1,000,000.
The Rev: J. D. L. Hlllyer, In a ser
mon at Macon, Ga., In discussing lynch
law from a biblical standpoint, at
tempted to show that there was scrip
tural authority for Judge Lynch,
John Derkhelinor Sniderton, Pa.;
Ivan Hunslcker, Philadelphia, and
Mrs Harry Hunter, Ambler, Pa., were
probably fatally Injured in a head-on
trolley collision at Fort Washington.
The building strllo at Minneapolis,
Minn., came to an end, work being
resumed on all the large buildings.
The differences between the building
laborers and the contractors are to
be arbitrated.
Co-operation backed by $100,000,000
capital, Is the plan proposed by a joint
meeting at Chicago of farmers and
their representatives by which the
producers of the country are to pro
tect their Interests,
The executive council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor will meot in
Washington, September 21. The coun
cil will consider all unsettled contests,
and will formulate Its report to the
next convention of the Federation, to
be held in Boston in November,
The advisory board of the Master
Builders' exchange at Philadelphia
has fixed January 1, 1904, as the date
on which systematic warfare by
means of lockouts against sympathetic
strikes will begin.
Miss Helen Gould gave her annual
party to 350 young girls who belong
to her Lyndhurst sewing class at her
country seat.
At Cynthlana, Ky., the grand Jury
returned an Indictment against Juror
J. A. P. King for alleged false swear
ing in connection with the Jett-Whlte
case.
The convention of the National
Wholesale Druggists' Association was
opened in Boston, Mass., and for the
first time in almost a decade the an
nual meeting of the Proprietary As
sociation was opened simultaneously.
Conors mm on ihe mini.
GUARD AT LEGATION.
American Admiral Prepares to Land
Men In Case the Necessity
Should Arise.
Vice Counsel Magetssen, when he
was fired at recently at Beirut, Syria,
was near a police booth. His assail
ant Is not yet known. The authori
ties are Indifferent and thus far have
given no satiBfnctlon. The Moslem
section of the city from Friday up to
September 7th was In a state of an
archy and 30 persona were killed,
among whom, however, were no for
eigners. The shops were closed, the
streets deserted, and the government
Is seemingly unable or unwilling to as
sure the safety of the residents. The
arrival of the American cruisers
Brooklyn and San Francisco was most
opportune. Admiral Cotton Is on the
alert and signal men and a guard sleep
at the United States consulate. The
men on board the warships are under
arms ready to disembark on a signal
from the consulate. The boats of the
Brooklyn and San Francisco recon
noltered the coast below the property
of the American mission in order to
select landing places In case of need.
The American mission authorities
have demanded guards from the gov
ernor for the protection of the mission
printing office and the mission prop
erty. An attempt to enter an Amer
ican residence on Saturday was frus
trated. The Americans at Beirut
think the United States government
should Insist on the dismissal of the
vail of Beirut, a notorious 'bribe taker,
and to whom all the disorders are at
tributed. The opinion is that the
powers should take action with a view
to bringing Beirut under the Jurisdic
tion of an autonomous Christian gov
ernment for the Lebanon district. At
Paris, France, the following telegram
was received from Cairo, Egypt: "Dis
quieting rumors are current In regard
to the situation In Syria. Bedouins ar
riving at Cairo from the Arlsh desert
say the Druses are In arms and fears
are entertained of a massacre In Leb
anon." Official reports from Beirut
show the growing gravity of the sit
uation there. Another Christian was
killed. The Turkish soldiers are mak
ing common cause with the Mussul
mans during the attack on Christians,
a number of houses have been pillag
ed, one French shop was completely
destroyed, and tb French residents
becoming terrified at these depreda
tions, have abandoned their homes
and Bought refuge at the French col
lege, where between 400 and 600 refu
gees are now gathered. The Amer
ican naval commander. It is asserted
In the dispatches received, propose to
land marine at Beirut, but the foreign
consuls, believed the step Inadvisable
at this time as it might lead to an In
crease of the excitement prevailing
and precipitate a crisis.
Drainage Canal Opened.
The great drainage tunnel, which
has been in process of construction at
Cripple Creek, Col., since last Janu
ary, has been completed and put In
operntlon. When the valves In the
bulkheads were opened a stream of
water two feet In depth, poured
through the tunnel Into Cripple Creek.
It Is estimated that the flow will reach
4,000 gallons a minute. The tunnel Is
for the purpose of carrying off the
water from the mines in the territory.
The cost wns $80,000.
Big Lockout Terminated.
The lockout In the tlnplate Indus
try In South WalcB, due to a long
standing wage dispute, which began
August 29, terminated as the result of
a decision reached at a Joint meeting
of the masters and men to refer all the
questions In dispute to arbitration.
Forty-one works which were affected
by the lockout will reojien. From
20,000 to 30,000 men were Involved.
Will Harness the Huron River.
Capitalists at Wyandotte, a suburb
of Detroit, Mich., are about to develop
tho water power on the Huron river.
A company with a capital of $300,000
Is being formed for the purpose of
erecting a hugh electrical plant to be
operated by the power procured. A
contract has been made to furnish
electric power to operate the new De
troit and Toledo shore line railway.
Captain Becomes American.
Capt. Robert Wrlnge, who sailed
Shamrock III. In her races against the
Reliance for the America's cup, an
nounced that. he had decided to make
this country his home In the future,
and to become a citizen as soon as the
law allows.
More Than a Score Hurt.
A grandstand erected on a knoll on
the Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) reserva
tion gave way during a sham battle
by regular troops. Injuring 24 persons,
some fatally. Many of those Injured
received broken legs. Fully 15,000 peo
ple were crowded upon the stand
when It collapsed.
Miller Arraigned.
John Miller, arrested at Syracuse,
N. Y., on affidavits charging him with
threats upon the life of President
Roosevelt, was arraigned In police
court, on a charge of disorderly con
duct in falling to support bis wife.
He was held while the case la further
investigated.
BALTIMORE GET8 ENDEAVOR ERS.
Next International Convention to Be
Held There In 1905.
At a meeting at Boston, Mass., of
the executive committee of the board
of trustees of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor, it was voted to
hold the twenty-second international
Christian Endeavor convention in Bal
timore July 5 to 10, 1906. The meet
ings will be hold In the new State
armory.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Past Week Shows Improvement In
Many Directions.
R. O. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Despite the Interrup
tion of a holiday the week has brought
Increased activity In many branches of
business. An encouraging symptom Is
the decreased complaint regarding col
lections, accompanied by more dls
countlngs of bills. Weather conditions
have been favorable for retail trade,
distribution of merchandise, expanding
while there are frequent reports of
larger Jobbing fall business than lout
year. Some caution In selecting goods
owing to high prices is reported at
tho West, but this is chiefly confined to
textiles. Labor disputes decrease, all
but one of the unions having signed
the agreement In the local building
trades and several other settlements
by both sides. Railway earnings In
August were 9.1 per cent larger than
last year and 15.4 per cent greater
than In 1901. Owing to the lateness of
the crops there is little complaint of
traffic congestion. On September 1,
for the first, time this year, furnace
stocks of pig Iron exceeded a week's
capacity of the furnaces In blast. This
Is statistical evidence of the quiet
conditions now prevailing in the Iron
and steel Industry, although the exact
situation cannot be determined without
a knowledge of the supplies at other
points. Furnace stocks have doubled
since June 1, yet the weekly output Is
now about 30,000 tons less than at
that date. These figures explain the
reduction In prices. Prices of South
ern foundry Iron have again declined,
weakening the tone and delaying the
placing of contracts eleswhere. Agri
cultural Implement makers have again
purchased freely of material, sjome
plow steel contracts covering deliv
eries for five years. Failures this week
were 172 In the United States, against
205 last year, and 19 In Canada, com
pared with 22 a year ago.
Bradstreets says: Wheat, Including
flour, exports for the week ending
September 10, aggregate 3.045,040
bushels, against 3,131.839 last week,
6,444.146 this week last year, 6,648,609
in 1901 and 4,665.982 In 1900. For 10
weeks of the cereal year they aggre
gate 31,255.168 bushels, against 48,
49R..744 in 1902, 65,816.179 in 1901 and
81,965.001 In 1900. Corn exports for
the week aggregate 844,818 bushels,
against 8K8.741 last week, 91,052 a year
ago, 777.831 In 1901. and 2,02,786 In
1900. For 10 weeks of the present
cereal year they aggregate lft.038,854
bushels, against 867.367 in 1902. 10,
027,728 in 1901 and 34.042,742 in 1900.
May Defy Commission,
A report from Houston, Tex., says
that a movement had been started for
all the trunk line companies of Texas
to unite In a legal challenge of the
authority of the State railroad com
mission over traffic agreements such
as that between the Rock Island and
the Southern Pacific, which the com
mission vetoed. Tho Rock Island Is
being urged to defy the commission
and bring on a crisis. If the roads
conclude to lock hotns with the com
mission It Is said the attnek will come
through the Federal courts within the
next 30 days.
CABLE FLASHES.
The village of La Rise, near Cham
berry, France, wns destroyed by fire.
Three women were severely burned.
Another member of the Prussian
cabinet, Chief Councillor of State
Mueller, has suddenly handed In his
resignation, which was Immediately
accepted.
The local gendarmerie of the little
district of Altenberg, neutral, appear
to be unwilling to forcibly close the
gambling casino, as Jointly ordered by
Prussia and Belgium. It Is said troops
from both states will occupy the neu
tral territory.
Russian correspondents say that
large quantities of Inflammatory proc
lamations have recently been dis
tributed among the workmen in the
factories and harbor of Odessa.
Pope PIub X.. it Is reported, does
not intend to remain prisoner in the
Vatican at Rome, and that he has in
formed a friend that he hopes to spend
the torrid season in the cathedral pal
ace at Laterne,
A Constantinople dispatch reports
that Turkish troops Save been ordered
to croBs the Bulgarian frontier of
Eastern Roumanla on the coming full
moon nights In order to surround all
tho bands In the vilayet of Adrlanople,
A Peking telegram, which Is semi
officially confirmed at Toklo, says the
Russian Minister has proposed the
postponement of the evacuation of the
Kirln and Amur districts of Manchu
ria set for October 8.
According to reliable reports from
Varna, Bulgaria, at the recent council
of ministers presided over by Prince
I'erdlnand at the palace of Euxlno
grad It was resolved that Bulgaria
should continue to maintain an atti
tude of the strictest neutrality in the
Macedonian question,
Senor Candamo, at Lima, Peru, was
Installed as president of the republic.
The house of congress In which the
function took place and alBo the ad
jacent streets were thronged with peo
ple who raised enthusiastic "vivas"
for the new president.
King Peter and his family have re
turned to Belgrade, Servia, after an
absence of 12 days at Nlsh. The pa
pers report that a reconciliation be
tween the opposing army factions is
probable through the friendly influ
ence of Prince Arsene Karageovge
vitch, King Peter's brother.
Sultan of Turkey accoded to demand
of United States Minister Lelshman
and dismissed Reshid Pasha, vail ot
Beirut, Syria, and appointed Nezim
Pasha to the post.
Ihe Servian army officers recently
arrested succeeded in publishing a
new proclamation, calling on all the
officers to stand together in demand
ing the most severe punishments, for
the murderers of King Alexander and
Queen Draga. The officers declare that
either they or the murderers must
leave the service.
MIND-REAOINO DOC DEAD.
Boost H. Had Been to the White Hoaee
' to Entertain the President ,
Bozzle II., the "mlnd-readlng" colli
thnt barked President Roosevelt's age,
Is dead. She passed away at the home
of ber owner, George B. Clnson, 150
Bryant avenue. A son of Bozzle II. if
owned by Kermtt Roosevelt.
Bozzle II. hng been voted the most
versatile dog In the world. Scientist!
who have mndc her a special study,
stntesmcn and diplomats before whom
she has performed, united In singing
her praises, though the scientists were
forced to admit thnt they could not
mnka her acute faculties conform to
any of their theories regarding the
mental acumen of nnlmnls. A pro
fessor of Columbia University spent
whole week with Bozzle II. about a
year ago, and was forced to admit that
she had reasoning fncultles and deduct
lve power, and her apparent proclivi
ties for mlnd-readlng be was complete
ly nt a loss to explain.
Bnzzte's most baffling performance
from the point of view of the scientist
was thnt of telling the ages of visitors
to her mnster's home. The visitor
would be told to think of his age and
directly Bozzle would begin to bark,
making a sound for each year the man
bad lived. She was never known to be
at fault Besides this, she apparently
possessed a mathematical faculty of
being able to do difficult sums In addl
tlon, subtraction nnd even division
without making a mistake. If told
to cross the street and pick out the
fifth tree from the end of the block
she would count the trees as she
walked along, stopping and putting her
pawa against the right tree.
Bozzle II. was probably the only trick
dog that was ever entertained In the
White House, certainly the only canine
that ever was allowed to "guess," If
guessing it may be called, the Presi
dent's age. Mr. and Mrs. Clnson went
to visit the President last year, taking
the wonderful collie with them, and
Bozzle on her first presentation to the1
Chief Executive told htm his age to his
face and then told Mrs. Roosevelt how
old she was. The President and his
family were delighted, and diplomats
were invited to meet Bozzle.
When the Clasons returned home Mr.
Clnson received aletter from President
Roosevelt thanking him for the treat
of seeing Bozzle perform, saying that
the collie was the "most wonderful and
noteworthy dog lie had ever seen."
Mrs. Roosevelt sent Bozzle a collar on
which was engraved: "Bozzle II., from
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt" Chicago
Dally News.
Bales For Vacation Sailors.
Any one with two feet to brace
against something, two arms to pull
with and two hands to grasp the oars
can propel a rowboat after a fashion.
Anybody capable of holding the end
of a rope can get a sailboat out Into
the wind and sail in some direction or
other until something happens. These
nre not a sufficient equipment for those
who propose to go out upon the water
In the summer. They must also know
a number of other things how to stay
ashore when the wind is too high, how
to sit still In a boat, bow to abstain
from tylug the sheet, how to avoid
being' bit by the boom when the boat
changes her course, how to retain one's
presence of mind. Even without know
ing how to swim, a person who has
acquired the foregoing branches of
nnutlcal lore will be pretty safe any
where. Neglect of the most simple
and obvious of these precautions Is
whnt causes the summer denth-llst at
seaside and lake resorts. The most
Important necessity of all Is that which
Is commonly known as keeping your
head. A person who can drop a hat
or a handkerchief in the water from
an Adirondack guide-boat, for Instance,
and not lean' over to pick it up as
though he or she wfre sitting In a
dining-room chair at home, who will
ball a boat when It leaks rather than
attempt to get out and go ashore, who
will not move, scream or get up when
a trifling accident happens, is the kind
of person, and the only kind of person,
to be trusted In a small boat on the
water. Syracuse Post-Standard.
- Tho Shepherd's Pane,
A valuable little plant that goes to
waste by roadsides and vacant lots Is
the shepherd's purse, whose tiny seed
pods are known by everybody at sight,
though not by name. The green seeds
stripped from the stems and strewn
over lettuce or endive are a piquant
addition to salads of which no epicure
will need to taste twice to be assured.
The fresh, peppery taste suggested in
one of its names, "wayside cress," is
yet finer than common cress. Bat Its
curative qualities need dwelling upon,
for It is said to be one of the surest
remedies for a disordered digestion.
The seed is eaten green. When the
lower pods are set and tho top still la
flower Is the best time, but It can be
used any time. The pleasant, warm
ing, clearing, purifying effect Is felt
at once, and the only directions are to
eat the seeds often and as much as is
agreeable. For croupy children It may
be boljed In milk, but for elderly per
sons this Is unnecessary. New York
Tribune.
The Sting- Bay.
Of the many dangers which beset
navigators of the tropical rivers of
South America, perhaps the natives
fear the sting ray most It Is poison
ous and is to be found in very large
numbers when the river is low. That
Is the time when boatmen have to get
in the water to push their canoes over
the shallows. They are often stung
by the tall of the ray, and usually die
unless medical assistance Is promptly
given. The ray cannot be seen, as it
Is of the same color as the sand on
which It coils itself. The stab of lu
sharp, knife like tail Is the unwary
navigator's first Intimation its, pre,
sac. .