Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 48, Hammond, Lake County, 13 August 1908 — Page 4
THE TIMES.
Thursday, August 13. 1903.
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THE CITY BOY. Go over the list of men in the city who have done things. Nine-tenths of them were reared in the country. Why is this so? Because a boy needs wide spaces in which to grow. He needs elbow room. The boyish swath is a wide one. He must be noisy. He must bubble over, just as a teakettle must. In the city he is cribbed, cabined, confined. Poor city boy! For him there are no wide echoing fields or shady woods where wander-
UP AND DOWH IM INDIANA
CUP OFFERED AS PRIZES. Charles Downing:, secretary of the state board of agriculture, has received two silver cups, one costing $100 and the other $50, to be offered as special prizes in the live stock shows at the state fair Sept. 7 to 11. OPPOSE DEAN SCHEDULE. Fire insurance men of South Bend are objecting to the Dean schedule, contending that It is causing a boost of the rates. On the part of the agents
it is stated that the feeling Is generally to the effect that the schedule
is so technical that few can under
stand it.
FORCED INTO RECEIVERSHIP. The Haberkorn Engine company of
Fort Wayne was forced into receivership today by the Cltliens' Trust com
pany as trustee for the bondholders
to the amount of $25,000. The bonds
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lust may lead him. For him no vent
of blood that runs riot in his veins, are secured by mortgages on the plant
For him no company and touch of la-iioiu law applies
srmDathetlc nature. That the "sixteen hour law" passed
Foor City boy! by the last legislature applies to inter
Thov Knv h is awkward, rude, de- urban lines as well as steam railroads
ntmoiiw. What wonder? The wonder within this state was the construction
1, iht ha rt, not Pxnlode. He is all Placed on tne mw in an upiniuu ...
bov; that's why he is worth "raising.
He spells Force! And he Is scolded
and blamed for being what he Is.
Mothers fear he will spoil the furni
ture if he stays in the house. Give the lad some money and let him go out on
to the streets streets that oftentimes
are the very gates of hell.
Au unspoiled boy in city or in coun-
out yesterday by the Indiana railroad
commission in response 10 uu nuunuai
Inquiry made of the commission August 6. The information was sought by traction employes.
FREIGHT MEN OPTIMISTIC. J. B. Sucese, superintendent of the
Monon line, and A. F. Kent, enter en
gineer, were in Indianapolis yester
day. Mr. Sucese speaks oi Dusiness a--
POLITICAL CLUBS ADD TO THE EXCITEMENT.
ONE BY ONE LAKE COUNTY cities are falling into line now and
nreanlzine clubs for the campaign in which the voters are soon to be plunged
Hammond. Gary and Crown Point with Lowell in the south part of the
county, have organized formidable republican and democratic clubs. Indiana Harbor has a republican club of encouraging dimensions as also has Hobart
The democratic club started at Crown Point on Tuesday night was the biggest PVpr known there and the prospects most encouraging to democracy. Such
stalwarts as Hon. Johannes Kopelke and H- S. Barr have again taken the saddle and there were more old-time democrats present at the meeting there than have cared to show themselves in many years. There is no question but what the voters of Lake county are going to take a lively Interest in politics this fall. Every sign of the times point that way. There seems to be more of the old-time alignment present than there has been for the past three presidential elections. The chances are alluring for the starting of political clubs in every city, town and hamlet in Lake county. There is a renewed zest in politics and activity in getting together that is a harbinger
of plenty of excitement when the work on the firing line begins In September, i It Is extremely improbable' that the battle will begin before that time. Unexpected skirmishes will no doubt occur at any time now out there is a disposition on the part of both political party leaders to rest on their oars until the time comes for party lines to be sharply drawn.. OUR SHIPS IN AUSTRALASIA. THE RECEPTION WHICH NEW ZEALAND is giving the American battleships will doubtless be duplicated by Australia and the local result will be such an Impetus to Anglo-American entity in the Pacific if not indeed to a treaty as to become one of the most ponderous facts in the international situation there. Indeed it is doubtful whether any other issue of the expedition will be comparable with thi3. The reception at Auckland has been extremely gratifying. The reference to the identity of American and British interests has been much more pointed than might have been expected. New Zealand newspapers suggest that upon the expiration of the Anglo-Japanese treaty an Anglo-American treaty be substituted. The Star of Auckland declares that "New Zealand's greeting to
the fleet is such as we reserve for brothers in blood and arms," and the
enthusiastic demonstration seems general-
New Zealand's feeling of hospitality and interest in a good show may call
for some discounting of these sentiments. But British Australasia of recent
years has given such frequent indications of a desire to make up to us that the discounting need not be carried very far. And would Great Britain in an emergency fail to back thid sentiment up? Those who have observed her
undertone of hostility to the impairment of English racial integrity or power
In the Pacific, or anywhere else, will not be much disturbed by such a thought.
trv ia about the finest thine on two i Since the first Of the
less. I month more coal and stone and grain
The normal boy under his vest is has been moved, and he thinks the affectionate. His heart-If you know rough places have been passed by the
how to find It Is larger than his head. Monon
TT is naturally honest. He 13 also TWO BICYCLES 10 CHICKENS
frank. And. abovo all else, the real An exchange of two bicycles for ten
chickens was made by
and always, for fair play. He believes sained entrance to the 'owlhouw , o J. . .. ' . .. ir- fnnnnllv. 3925 East Washington street
m tne square uea,. u m - - The blcyclea are now held
sioned, he may quit wearing his heart on his sleeve. But as a boy he is sim
ply admirable! Give the city boy his chance.
Send him to the country as often as
possible. There is where he naturally
at police headquarters and 'the police will hold them until called for. The thieves have the chickens. Cl'PID RAIDS POSTOFFICE. The startling frequency with which Cupid is aiming his shafts at employes of the South Bend postofflce has made it necessary for Postmaster Cadmus Crabill to issue an order prohibiting more than three marriages a week
among members of the department. LICENSE ROOSTS MILK COST. The introduction of an ordinance requiring alt persons selling' dairy products In Anderson to obtain a license has caused an advance in teh price of
milk in this city, which took effect this morning, when dairymen placed
the price at 6 cents per quart Instead of 5 cents. CALL MANY WITNESSES. Prosecutor Hack and his deputy, Will Newbold, are conducting a court of inquiry at Arlington, near the scene of the whitecapping of John Trlbbey. Since the investigation was started yesterday morning almost forty witnesses have been examined at Rushville. VOTE AGAINST BONUS. In the special election held today by the city of Frankfort and Center township on the question of a subsidy of $50,000 for the Frankfort and Delphi traction line the majority against the proposition was 700. Every precinct In the township voted against the sub
sidy. NEEDS CONTAGIOUS WARD, . The unfortunate predicament in which Indianapolis has long been en
tangled in that It has no institution
where patients suffering from conta gious diseases may be cared for, be
came serious yesterday, when the man
agement of the Indianapolis Orphans' asylum appealed to Mayor oBokwalter for help in the effort to stamp scarlet fever out of the institution.
Prospects For Business
JAMES VAN CLEAVE, PRESIDENT OI? MAIVUFACTUERS ASSOCIATION, SPEAKS VERY ENCOURAGINGLY.
The business ulluxllnii at the yrrnrat time I much more favorable than that In the aoinrnliKt Hluillar year ISiMJ. Crop, money and poll He are today three utronit favorable factors, fropa promise to be greater thun ever before, money la plentiful and the political outlook la Iraa threatening; to prosperity than twelve yearn nao. Every sign points to a full and speedy revival of Industry after November.
with 1907, are also, advancing once more. This is a detail of large significance. The fact that we are again beginning to buy in Europe in great quantities is one of the signs that nor-
4!mal conditions In business are close at
IN POLITICS
The Souvenir admits that It uses
belongs. Let him build his shop In the m,cal late matter, sent out by the back yard or in the basement Give ,, ,nmmitt But ... v, republican state central committee. ui
mm, II possiDie, a. iuolu vl ua uvu.
Of course his room
topsv turvy. Let it. He is not a young and can use
gentleman. He is Boy, And God bless not a mugwump. Lowell bouvemr,
him! Let him bring his chums home No the genial editor of the Souven'r
can never be called a mugwump. That's
as true as four and four are eight.
republican
I . , -iH l.i -! ra ner
will often be then tne souvenir is a iciui
it conscientiously. Its
Other states that have never been rep
resented in the cabinet are Ohio, Mon
tana, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah, "Washington, Nevada, Wyoming
and Oklahoma. New York has furnished the largest number of cabinet
fficers, with Pennsylvania second.
with him. Let them romp and "raise
Cain." Give him vent.
Give the city boy a chance, you pub
H vPRMola fii him nln vcrnnnrls find
room for his calliope voice. Multiply Shelbyvllle-The republican county the parks. .Ventilate his schoolroom, convention will be held here on SaturAnfl when he coes wronff Drovide K dav morning. Sept. 12. The democrats
juvenile court and proper guardians.
The country reared bov has beatea !
the city reared boy because the former
has had the better chance.
will hold a primary on August 25.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY. Augruat 13. 1794 Battle of Bellegarde, between the French and Spanish. 1S06 Miranda abandoned his conquests on the Spanish main and sailed to Aruba. 1812 U. S. frigate Essex captured the Alert, the first vessel taken from the Eritlsh in the war of 1812. 1822 An earthquake devastated a large part of Syria. 1S6S Body of Thaddeus Stevens lay in state in the capitol at Washington. 1870 Marshal Bazaine appointed commander-in-chief of the French army in the war with Prussia. 1894 Congress passed the Erice-Gor-man tariff bill.
1898 Spanish surrendered Manila the Americans.
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THIS IS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY. Duke of Tcck.
The duke of Teck, whose name in full Is Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louts Ladlslans, wa sborn In Kensington palace, August 13, 18G8, the grandson of the late duke of Cambridge, who was first cousin to the late Queen Victoria. The duke of Teck is still more closely related to the royal family through the marriage of his sister to the prince of Wales. The duke was educated at Wellington and at the royal military school at Sandhurst. He became an an officer of the 17th Lancvers and distinguished himself In the South African war In 1899-1900. In the latter year he succeeded his father to the title. In 1894 he was married to Lady Margaret Grosvenor, daughter of the immensely wealthy duke of Westminister.
RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS
Vewport ladies wear Turkish double
vei. and then blame the men for not
recognizing them. Just like a woman
AFTER ALL, WE ARE NEVER SO
HAPPY OR SO UNHAPPY AS WE
IMAGINE THAT WE ARE.
Miss Elsie Janis, we are informed by the dispatches, la going to make the
Salome dance look like 30 cents by her
"Dause d'Apaches." Bring it along, El sie.
man with the combination who doea t he bualnesa.
Our attitude is: "May the best man
win." And that is enougn to suince ror
either Mr. Taft or Mr. Bryan.
Nashville George W. Long, chair
man of the democratic central commit
tee and candidate for senator for the
counties of Brown, Jackson and Wash
ington, has been In every precinct in
Rmu-n countv during the last two
weeks organizing Bryan clubs.
Few of us believe in luck If we happen to be unlucky.
Swimmer with a new leg movement,
a novel kick that helps those who use
it to beat records. Man with a kick often induces an old leg movement in
others.
Evansvllle A. C. Sallee of this city
left last night for Chicago, where he
will be stationed at democratic head
quarters during the campaign, acting
p.s the assistant of Urey Woodson of Owensboro, Ky., who is the secretary
r.f the national democratic committee.
Thla Is the season of the year when
the city boarder rocs to the country with the Idea that he is going to get gold-bricked good and proper.
Breathless we waited to see, but
breathless we need no further be Mr.
Bryan has accepted.
Morocco William Darroch of Kent
land, democratic candidate for con
gross from the tenth district, is i
farmer as well as a lawyer. He owns
a fine farm near this city and he fre
quently somes here in the gaib of i
farmer and assists his tent with the
"rush work."
The New York World Is proceeding
on the theory that every little bit
helps.
The trouble is that lots of us don't cast onr bread upon the waters until it Is too late to do anything else with it.
Portland The Civic league, follow
In the plan adopted for the republican county convention on June 20, when it moiled letters to each of the known
candidates for nominations, asking
them to define their position on th' liquor question, has sent a letter t. rach of the known democratic candi
dates before the convention, which will
be held In this city next Saturday.
The "aviator" is the latest drink. It comes from New York, and is said to take you up in the air and leave you there.
When yon advertise, yon most reaetnher that you have to reach a class that has the baying proer.ity. That's the class THE TIMES reaches. 7Tneres ansae class ts that class.
It takes two to start a quarrel, but one peacemaker can butt in and start a riot.
A Little Portland for Friendship. On Thursday morning of last week Mrs. Robert Henderson had a great surprise. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson live on a beautiful farm on the outskirts of town. Early Thursday morning Mr. Henderson started for a load of cemen When he returned he had a load of ladies. Mrs. Henderson soon become reconciled, invited them in, and with the help of some of the ladies soon had a table spread with the most delicious viands. An enjoyable time was had. Oxford Correspondence Warren (N. J.) Tidings.
GOLD WIN SMITH 85 YEARS OLD. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 13. Professor Goldwin Smith, one of the adopted sons of whom Canada is most proud, celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday today. From England and from many parts of Canada and the United States messages of congratulation poured In at "The Grange," where the genial publicist and historian has made his home
; for more than thirty-five years. j Born in Reading, England, August
13, is-' J, air. Mnitli early reached the
high position of regius professor of
modern , history at Oxford, which he
held from 1S5S to 1866. In 1868 he went to the United States and for three years filled the chair of lecturer at Cornell university on English and constitutional history. In that year he
removed to Toronto, but until a few years ago he still retained a nominal
connection with Cornell, ills life in Toronto has been devoted to literature,
journalism, philanthropy and all the
higher duties of citizenship.
"The Grange" was built in 1817 and was then on the outskirts of the little
town of York. It still has the atmos
phere of an English country home, though the roar of traffic of a large
city is about it. There, In its spacious rooms Professor Goldwin Smith spends
his days in pleasant labor.
It doesn't make any difference whose name is on the safe; it's the
THE TIMES' GREAT ARMY OF READ-
CBS.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. Yielding to
the importunities of the Iroquois club
the San Francisco democratic organ iza
tlon, Judge Alton B. Parker, forme
presidential candidate for the party
will speak on political Issues of the
present campaign at a meeting plan
ned for Saturday, August 15, in this
citv. Delancy Nicoll. who is accom
nanvine the New Yorker, will als
address the gathering.
John Temple Graves, the Independ
ence party candidate for vice president, is a native of South Carolina, in which state he was born Nov. 9, 1856. After graduating from the University of Georgia he adopted journalism as a
profession and has been employed as editor on leading newepapers in Jack
sonville, Atlanta and other cities of
the South. In addition to his work as
writer, Mr. Graves is famous as a
platform and after-dinner speaker.
THE CREAM OF THE Morning News
St. Paul. Minn.. Aur. 12. At a seer?
conference of Minnesota democrat
leaders, held in this city. It is said that Congressman W. S. Hammond of St. James, was selected as the most likely nominee to head the state democratic ticket for governor. The situation was thoroughly canvassed and it is asserte-! that Mr. Hammond was decided on an the party standard-bearer.
Thomas L, Hisgen. the candidate for president on the Independence party ticket, is a native of Indiana, but has resided for many years in Springfield, Mass., where he has grown wealthy in the oil business In competition with the Standard Oil Sompany. Last year Mr. Hisgen polled over 75,000 votes as Independence League candidate for governor of aMssachusetts.
William J. Bryan, In accepting the
democratic nomination for president, declares that the main issue before the
country is "Shall the People Rule?'
Fred W. Upham is the probable
choice for vice chairman of the repub
lican national committee.
Law and Order League in Chicago be
gins sending notices of warning to
owners of property alleged to be rent
ed for vice.
Hassan, "the Turk," held to the
grand jury on the charge of murdering
Tuffo Shlshein, Syrian bootblack.
Enrollment of more than 100 girls from the south at the Art institute
shows Chicago's supremacy as art cen
ter. Rev. Mr. Sinniger of Dallas City, 111., attacks critics of Professor Willett in miracle issue as showing unethical spleen and praises Christlike silence of university man "under strain of slander." Rehabilitation of City Railway company's lines has progressed far in advance of legal requirements. General Daniel H. Rucker, U. S. A., retired, of Washington, passes the age of 96, and is shocked when told by a life insurance company of official death. Socialism is denounced at the closing session of the American Federation of Catholic societies in Boston. Harry K. Thaw is formally adjudged a bankrupt in Pittsburg and a move
is suspected to have the Pennsylvania
courts pass on his sanity. Attorney General Sims' petition for a rehearing in the $29,000,000 Standard Oil case is now being examined by Attorney General Bonaparte in Washington. A. R. Spofford, for thirty-five years chief librarian of congress, dies. Better understanding between Britain, Germany and Austria is looked for as the result of the visit of King
Edward to the kaiser and Francis Joseph. Prices on the New York stock exchange make good advances and the volume of business shows a small decrease. Heavy' sales of wheat weaken the price; corn, oats and provisions, cattle and hogs lower with sheep higher. Hebner and Jacobs, Chicago athletes, in Olympic games, arrive in city. Sam Berger has now come out with an offer for McFarland-Welsh bout In Frisco. Chicago motoring enthusiasts to leave city in body today for hill climb at Algonquin.
Texas and Rhode Island, the largest and smallest states in the union, have
never given the nation a cabinet officer, row.
NAT0NAL FRATERNAL LEAGUE. Ashland, Wis., Aug. 13. The biennial meeting of the National Fraternal League is in session here with a large attendance of delegates. The proceedings, devoted wholly to the business of the league, will continue over tomor-
'Is the country to have a trade ex
pansion immediately after the election
of 1908 like that which it saw just after the election of 1896?" This ques
tion was asked me the other day by a member of the association. I have no
doubt that this question suggests itself
to many persons at this time. In some respects the situation in the midsummer of 1908 is similar to that of 1896. Then, as now, trade was stagnant. But the cause of the stagnation are much less serious now than they were then. At that time the country
hat not recovered from the effects of
the panic of 1893, and the convulsion was far more widespread and disas
trous than was the setback of 1907. In 1896, as In 1908, politics was a dis
turbing element in the situation. As all of us remember, the disturbance
came from the candidate who causes It this year. The candidate, however, was far more formidable then he seems to
be today. The cause for the alarm at that time was real, and imminent, and the business toroor registered the
alarm.
As I view the situation there are
three favorable factors at present
crops, money and politics. The general aggregate of the. crops promises
to be greater than ever before. Money is plentiful and low. The result of the elections of 1896 and 1900 stands an
excellent chance to be repeated in 1908
In using these words, though, I want it
to be understood that there is no partisanship in anything that I will say
here.
While the country's population has
Increased twenty-four per cent since
1896, the corn yield this year prom
ises to be twenty-five per cent greater
than it was then, the wheat crop Is
forty per cent larger than It was in
that year, and the cotton output is eighty per cent greater than it was then while the aggregate value of all
the farm products in 1908, according to
the forcast made by the secretary of
agriculture, will be $8,000,000,000, which
is 100 yer cent more than that of 1896.
In the same twelve years in which
the country's Inhabitants increased twenty-four per cent Its circulation
has grown 100 per cent. The banks of New York, Chicago, St. Louis and the
rest of the money centers seldom held more cash than they do now. Every member of the association who has had
occasion to borrow money in his business operations in the past few weeks will be ready to say that he has never
seen the rates for it much lower than they are at present. All of us have read that much gold has gone out of the country in the past two months. But neither the stock nor the money market has shown the slightest uneasiness on that account. As Europe has a much smaller supply of cash than we have, and, as for the moment, we can spare a good deal of it, we are lending it to Europe, knowing that we can get it back whenever we need it.
and whatever amounts we need.
We know this because we obtained
more gold from Europe during the acute stage of the money scare a few months ago than we ever received from abroad before in anything like that length of time, and far more than any
other country ever gained in twice or thrice that period. Our foreign trade meanwhile furnished a striking illus
tration of the country's immense re
cuperative powers. When the scare hit
us our imports immediately shrunk and our exports expanded. Thus we established an amount of new credits which enabled us to draw heavily on the rest of the world for gold. We imported $108,000,000 of gold In November and December, although the big banks of all the great European nations advanced their discount rates with the hope of holding the gold, which they also needed. Having the articles, however the products of the farm, the mine and the
forest which Europe was compelled to buy from us. we were masters of
the situation. We got all the gold which we needed, and just as fast as
we needed It. In the fiscal year which
ended with June 30, 1908, our sales of merchandise to the outside world exceeded our purchases to the extent of $666,000,000. It is a fact of profound significance, too, that much of this increase In exports was in manufactured
articles. This great trade balance, the
largest which has ever been accum
ulated in our favor In a single year, has equipped us with a fund in Europe's financial centers which we can draw on
at any moment when we need the money. For the time being, though, we have more cash than we can put to profitable use. and are lending it to anv country which pays the price. This
Is the explanation of some of the re cent gold outgo.
I would advise every member of the association and every business man in
the country to take a glance at the ex
ports and imports of merchandise and
gold by months for the fiscal year 1908
which appears in a circular Just issued
bv the Bureau or statistics at Washington. There he will see one of the reasons why the country rallied so quickly from the effects of the scare. He will then realize that a nation so well endowed as the United States is with things which the world will have to buy from us cannot be held down long by any sort of adversity. Our exports fell off somewhat in recent months, but they are some more on the grade. The imports, in which there was a decrease of $240,000,000 In the fiscal year 1908, as compared
hand. On all sides we see evidences that the tide has turned. A steady improvement from this time onward may be looked for with confidence. In New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Boston and other industrial centers mills are reopening their doors. The
stocks of goods in the hands of man-
facturers and wholesalers have been
reduced to low figures, and the resump
tion of purchases, which is under way In all the great lines of trade, is beginning to send in orders to the factories with a little of their old-time
volume.
Within the past three weeks the out
put of the mills of the United States Steel corporation has been Increased
ten per cent over the average of re
cent months. The promise is that bv
the beginning of November that largest of the world's steel concerns will be running its work to nearly their full capacity. The independent steel mills, which furnish almost half of the coun
try's product, are also responding to the upward turn in trade.
This improvement is registering It
self in the reduction of the number of idle locomotives and cars. When the number was at its highest, In the closing days of April, 413,000 cars were
sidetracked throughout the United States for lack of work. In the closing days of July the number had drop
ped below the 300,000 line. The heavy crops, which in a few weeks will begin to move to the markets, are Iikelv to
sent the number of idle cars down to
very small figures before November.
If the election turns out to be what a
large majority of the business men of the country want It to be, and what they expect it to be, every locomotive and car in the United States will probably be active'y at work by January
first.
As we all know, railroad earnings.
like bank clearings, are below the
high-water mark of a year ago. The
gap Is steadily narrowing, however.
and the favorable crops which are assured, and the favorable political situation, if should be favorable, will furnish an excellent chance to wipe out the gap before many more months pass. The increased freight and passer ger movement, as compared with a ftw months ago, is encouraging the railroads to resume their purchase of supplies. This means a further In
crease in orders to the mills and additional work to do.
It will be remembered that until last
October the cars were not sufficient to
handle the traffic. From present Indi
cations that condition will soon be
reached again. The railroad chiefs
grumbled then because they could not borrow enou'gh money at reasonably
low rates to' allow them to keep up with the demand for new trackage and rolling stock. That complaint is no longer available. For all business purposes money is now abundant and cheap. As a stimulus to the revival in business confidence this is a fact of
large consequence.
As the country had a right to ex
pect, the reversal by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of the decision of the district court against the Standard Oil company which involved
the $29,000,000 fine has had bracing effect on general trade. The case goes back to the lower court for a new trial.
in which hysteria will probably have a smaller part than it had in the suit which has just been set aside. The country wants to see the laws en
forced against all sorts of offenders.
high and low, but we mij?t protect the
courts from any appearance of a surrender to : damage clamor. We must prevent prosecution from degenerating
into anything which may look like
persecution.
LABOR NEWS
Boston Hebrew painters and paper-
hangers are again organizing a union.
The Waterville (Me.) textile workers
have applied for a charter from the
United Textile Workers.
On August 10, at Detroit, Mich., the
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen opened their annual convention.
New York Typographical union ("Big
Six") has transferred $5,000 to a spe
cial fund to be paid out to its out of work members. A wage agreement for the ensuing year was adopted recently at a conference between representative of the steel interests and of the Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, held at Pittsburg, Pa. Average hourly wages In the United States in 1907 were higher than In any other year of the period. 1890 to 1907, and more than 20 per cent higher than the avtrage in any year from 1890 to 1900. The French laundries at San Francisco, Cal., have reported that the Japanese laundries are seriously affecting their business and have promised to support the anti-Japanese league morally and financially. The conciliation board of the Northumberland (England) miners, at a meeting held recently, agreed upon a 2 per cent reduction, making a total reduction this year of 3 3-4 per cent, after a long period of continuous advances in wages.
VIRGINIA MAYORS IN SESSION. Norfok. Va, Aug. 13. Mayors and other officials of the leading cities of the Old Dominion were on hand today at the opening of the annual convention of the Virginia League of Municipalities. The mayors will spend several days in discussing live topics relating to the welfare and government of municipalities and will also visit the navy yard and other places of interest In Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News.