Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1907 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. . QEO. B. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA.

STOLEN BOY RETURNS

HAS BEEN HELD AMONG GYP. SIES FOUR YEARS. Walter Cutler,.AO Years Old, Kin da Hi* lirandraodirr In S#n(h f hl,eaßro— Trump Evil la Cosily I>u%lfor Kaitroada. With the exclamation. “llon't yon know me, grandma ?” Walter Cutler, 10 years old. missing for four years, appeared the othfTNlfly at the home of his grandmother. MrsOßetdier, in South CWjyago. T#e boy arrived in a dirty, ragged condition, and told a story of being kidnaped by gypsies from his home in South Bond, Ind., four years ago. Since that time he has been traveling with the gypsies from one place to another. Last Monday the gypsies camped at Koby, Ind., and the lad. remembering that lie had a grandanother at South t'hicago, made his escape. Since Monday he roamed around jBanUL-Cbieago until he located herl She did .not recognize him until she had washed him up. The boy's father, who still resides in South Bend, has been notified. The gypsy cauip left Roby. the same day.

- . BASH BALL STANDINGS. Gann Won and Lost by Clubs la Principal l.ensnra. NATIONAL LEAGUE. A ■' W. ... L. W. L. Chicago ~..52 31 Brooklyn” .. .54 GO Pittsburg . .65 45 Cincinnati ..48° GO New York..G4 40 Boston .....41 GO Philadelphia 60 49 St. Louis.... 35 S 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE. . W. L. W. ICbieago ....70,47 New York.. .51 59 Phil'delphia 07 45 Boston .-. .49 G 4 Detroit ....65 44 St. L0ui5....47 65 Cleveland ..00 48 Washington. ?12 75 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Toledo 77 50 Indianapolis 61 08 Columbus ..73 52 Kansas City;Go 07 Minneapolis 07 01 Milwaukee ..57 07 Louisville ..06 63 St. Taul... .49 81 WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Omaha ....72 48 Denver 53 57 Des Moines. 03 49 Pueblo ..... 47 01 Lincoln ....60 55 Sioux City..4o 05

TRAMP EVIL. COSTLY TO ROADS. Ho boa Coat Railways of Country g-CV,000,000 a Year. The Pennsylvania railroad, from its Pittsburg office, has sent out an official communication calling on county justices of the peace, borough Burgesses, and all other officers- of the law to assist in putting down the tramp evil by punishing those caught stealing rides on trains. Some startling figures are shown, among them that vagrancy is costing the railroads of the country not less than $23,000,000 yearly. „ $1,000,000 Fire In Cincinnati. Fire which threatened the block bounded by Hunt, Broadway and East Court •treets in Cincinnati caused damage estimated at $1,000,000. The fire started at the plant of the Eagle White Lead Company at 1030 Broadway street, . and ■pread rapidly to adjoining buildings. Among the buildings destroyed were the B. H. Krenger grocery warehouse, Edna Smelting Company, Morrison & Snodgrass Planing Company, and E. Roberts Lumber Company. Furnace Explode*) Two Killed. As the result of an explosion* in open hearth mill No. 3 of the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead. Pa., John lvramski and John Poslow, laborers, are dead and Michael Salenkie and John Gross are so seriously injured that their recovery is -doubtful Doctor Calls Mrs. Eddy Sane. Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, noted alienist of New York, has asserted the firm belief in the sanity and mental vigor of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy as fesult of examination. Brasil Dislikes American Plan. The anger of Brazil has been aroused by the American plan for a permanent court of arbitration at The Hague, in which Brazil is rated as a third-class power.

Boiler Eiplwloa Fatal to SeTrn. A boiler on the coal barge Patterson, which plies between New York and Bos ton, exploded at Lang's docks in Hoboken, killing M. Hopkins of Boston, the engineer, and six other men. SOldler Shot Wife and Self. N. Bernard Delaney, first sergeant of Company H, Sixty-ninth regiment, shot his wife in their apartment in New York and then killed himself. She will recover. Drink caused the tragedy. Secretary- Takes Treat meat. Secretary of State Root is taking a course of exercise under William Muldoon to restore his health, which was much broken down from overwork. B. and O. War* on Drinkers. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has issued orders that all employes who drink liquor while on duty will be discharged. Broker and Ckasfeir Killed. A Boston stock broker and a chauffeur were killed and four other persons were injured near Narragansett Pier, R. 1., the automobile in which they were riding overturning and striking a stone wall. Ranawnr Car Kills Fonr Men. A runaway box car caused the death of four men and serious injury of another ■nan near Bt. Louis. The car collided with throe loaded cars on a spur tnu± of the Missouri Pacific railway. The loaded «d cars then ran into a hand car on which the fire men were riding.

Everybody works these days, even poor old father. Mother has quit taking in washing, and so has sister Ann, and no more la the pljUe of clay doing ‘ overtime'’ between the teeth of the old man. Press wires are carrying the news all over the United States that labor never was so scarce in the country districts. North, East, South and West, the cry is going up that there are not enough farm hands to gather craps. Wheat, cotton, oats, hay, everything is suffering for want of harvesters or caretakers.. Women are obliged to get into

MANY MOORS SLAIN.

Snltun's Troops Defeat Large Force of Moroccan Rebel*. The Sultan's troops are reported to have defeated again a large force of the Knass tribesmen, in whose territory Oaid •Sir Harry Mac Lean has been held captive. Six hundred Moors were killed and several of their villages were burned. In Paris the Moroccan situation is regarded as having assumed a distinctly more serious aspect. The ferment in the interior of Morocco, the proclamation of Mulai Hafiz, the Sultan’s brother, as sultan by a section of the rebels, and the appearance of a new Moorish army before Casablanca have created fear that the whole country soon will be ablaze with fanaticism. More than 1,000 colonial infantry, cavalry and troops of other arms have been mobilized at Oran and are ready to embark on board transports, and other transports and warships are in readiness at Mediterranean ports to sail for Morocco. Public sentiment is becoming stronger against the halfway measures, which, it ia feared, will lead to disaster. The Paris papers assert that the world must support France if it is decided to send a military expedition to Fez, as in no other way, the newspapers say, can the state of anarchy in Morocco be ended. The government, however, is resisting this pressure, desiring to keep within the bounds of the Algeciras convention, and reports that negotiations are under way for an enlargement of the mandate of the powers are emphatically denied. Nevertheless it is admitted, even in official circles, that something might happen which would place an entirely new complexion on the situation' and compel France, in the name of the powers, to chastise Morocco. -

EDDY CASE IS DROPPED.

Those Who Brgas Case Decide to Dismiss It. The famous suit in equity brought March 1 by George W. Glover, son of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, and others as “next friends” against Calvin S. Frye and others for accounting of the property of the aged head of the Christian Science church, came to an abrupt end Wednesday. Immediately after the opening of court in the continued hearing regarding Mrs. Eddy’s competency before Judge Edgar Aldrich and his comasters at Concord, N. n.," William E. Chandler, senior counsel for the “next friends,” announced that he had filed with the clerk of the court a motion for the dismissal of the suit. Mr. Chandler said that there were many reasons for this action, but that the principal one was “the unprofitableness of any immediate result of a decision in our favor upon the exact issue as now framed, compared with the burdens and disadvantages to be endured by us, both before and after such a decision."

UNCLE SAM GETTING RICH.

Internal Revenae Receipts Show a Great increase. Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, show a large increase over the figures of the previous year, according to a report just issued by the internal revenue bureau. Following are the figures of the receipts and increases from the various sources of internal revenue: Products. Increase. Spirits *156.336,901 *12.942.840 Tobacco 61,811.069 3,388.072 Fermented liquors. 59,567,818 3,925,959 Oleomargarine ... 887,641 317,603 Adulterated butter. 12,743 3,485 Process or renovated butter.... 161,794 23,717 The revenue from minor miscellaneous products was $889,952, a decrease of $40,400 from the previous year. The aggregate receipts from all sources for the fiscal year of 1907 were $209,004,022, an increase of $20,5614184 over tbe receipts of 1900.

American Rash Canada.

Prof. Jeremiah W. Ji nks as Cornell, a member of the United States Immigration Commission, is on a tour of the Canadian Northwest, investigating the matter of American immigration into Canada. He is also looking info the increment of Asiatics to British Columbia. It is said to be bis purpose to devise some scheme to turn the American current back to tbe States. lie ia expected to make a confidential report to the President on tbe results of his trip. ,

HOME FOR VACATION.

FACTS ABOUT : : : : : : THE CENSUS.

Uncle Sam is a successful publisher, lie issues annually the • “horse book,” which has an enormous circulation. Over a million copies of the hook have been printed, and still the public demand for it is not satisfied.- Another edition of 230,000 copies of this famous volume, the full title of which is “Special Diseases of the Horse,” has just been ordered. This makes over a million copies ordered, but before the demand is supplied these will he exhausted and Congressmen will find it necessary to go down in their pockets to have copies of the book printed for constituents after using their congressional quota. An idea of the magnitude of the work may be formed from the statement that the first edition of 301,000 copies if laid end to end would cover a space fifty miles long, and if piled tip flatwise would make 10S piles as high as the Washington monument.

In 1904 the census bureau started out to ascertain whether the country is getting better and it now announces that, better or worse, the ratio of persons fn_ prisons to the entire population has decreased since 1890. Out of every million Americans there now are 1,000 in prison, not including trust magnates, while irf* IS9O there were 1,067. The census experts point out that this decrease may mean only an extension of the probation and parole system. In 18S0 8 per cent of the prisoners were women; in 1890 7 per cent, and in 1904 5 per cent. Colored persons were more common among the prisoners in 1904 than they were in 1890.

FIRES DESTROY FORESTS.

About 7,500 Acres of Timber Destroyed In New England. Unusually dry conditions in the forests throughout Massachusetts, caused by the absence of rain during the last month, have been responsible to a large extent for the great damage by forest fires, which have swept through southeastern Worcester county, across the Cape Cod district and over Bristol and Plymouth counties. About 7,500 acres have been destroyed, and in several cases the flames have not been checked. despite the fact that 2,000 men are engaged in fighting them. The extensive fires which have devastated the Cape Coo forests had their origin in small blazes caused by sparks from locomotives, while various causes have been responsible for the others. Blackened trunks and smoldering embers are all that remain in many places where formerly were forests of marketable timber and heavy underbrush. The most extensive fire is that raging in the Douglas woods, one of the richest areas of timberland in the State. The flames there have devastated 5,000 acres in Massachusetts and have spread into Connecticut, where the damage is believed to be about one-fifth as great. Beginning in Douglas, the fire has eaten its way through the forest land in the towns of Sutton, East Douglas, Webster, Millbury, Oxford and Bridge, and is still spreading.

Odds and Ends.

Danish engineer discovers a process by which beer is made from tablets. Last year 31 large steel vessels were built for service on the great lakes. Sweden is tbe most progressive country in Europe in use of the telephone. Only 35 per cent of Spain’s 20,000,000 population are able to read and write. German steamer lines threaten to stop mail service on Atlantic unless paid more. Elks parade in Philadelphia in hottest day of year; 4,430 persons were sunstruck. 1 ii William Abrams Martin, the solitary survivor of the twejve men who convicted John Brown, is still living in Virginia. He has celebrated his seventy-fifth, anniversary. Tbe value of the India rubber imported into the United States daring the last year in the crude form aggregated $50,‘OOO,OOO. Braxil ia the chief source of supply. A Chinese merchant of Pekin who was convicted of murder was sentenced to death by being deprived of sleep. Four warders kept watch over him to keep him awaka and oa tba tenth day be died.

the fields, and farmers' wives and daughters are working side by side with the men of the families. Percy 11 oppergHTSS; son of the wealthy farmer, has had to lay aside his tennis racket., golf sticks, fishing tackle and cigarettes to get busy tying' wheat, hauling hay and all such menial tasks. He has to work every bit as hard as his mother or sister, i ight out In the hot sun, too, side by side with them. This shows to what straits farmers are" be!ng put.—f ’hicinnati Post. ---

SEA COAST DEFENSES.

Atlantic Seaboard Can Look After Itself Without Battleships. The determination to send the battleships of the North Atlantic fleet to the Pacific coast, whence, even in the gravest emergency, they could not return in less than two months, has letT to some anxious inquiry regarding. the security of the great cities along the Atlantic in the possible event of attack from an enemy’s fleet. The grave anxiety which-attended—the departure of the Atlantic fleet for the Caribbean,' in the Spanish war. when it was feared that a port of the Spanish navy was on the high seas bound for the North Atlantic, has not been forgotten, and there is some disposition to question the wisdom of a move which might leave Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Charleston and other great centers "without protection,”

The conditions are, however, radically different, from those which obtained in 1898, atid, according to the military experts, the cities and harbors of the At-, lantic 'coast would be amply protected from capture or bombardment by the coast defenses, which have been so extensively improved in the last ten years. Of course, the presence of a fleet along the Atlantic coast in time of war would be essential to prevent the landing of an invading army at points not covered by the coast defenses, but the harbors and great cities would be entirely safe. ,Only one weak spot remains, and plans Tor its protection have been perfected, although the money necessary has not been appropriated. The weak spot is the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, which is out of range of the great disappearing guns of Fortress Monroe. In the opinion of the National Coast Defense Board, “with the entrance as it now is, unfortified, & hostile fleet, should it gain control of the sea, can establish, without coming under the fire of a single gun, a base on its shores, pass in and out at pleasure, have access to large stores of valuable supplies of all kinds, and paralyze the great trunk lines of railways crossing the head of the bay.”

The entrance to Chesapeake Bay is 12 miles from Fortress Monroe, while the effective range of the big guns there installed is only 12,000 yards. To remedy this defect, it is proposed to construct an artificial island, practically midway between Capes Charles and 'Henry, and to erect thpreon a modern battery of disappearing guns of the most effective character. But in all the harbors of the Atlantic, on which have been built large cities, giant strides been made in establishing effective coast defenses. A year ago $72,750,000 had been expended on the coast defenses of the country, most of this sum being used along the Atfltntic coast. Something over $50,000,000 remains to be spent to complete the defense* in accordance with the present plans. This year Congress has appropriated sl,624,000 for the continuance of the work. Of this sum, $150,000 has been set aside for the construction of a 14-inch gun for the artificial island above referred to, $475,000 is being expended for submarine mines, $125,000 for searchlights and $700,000 for the establishment of fire control stations. Under the present system every foot of navigable water in the harbors Is covered by the powerful guns which have been installed in the coast defenses. Every channel is susceptible of being mined according to plans already worked out, the preliminary work, including the assembling of paraphernalia, having been so carefully done that every harbor on the Atlantic could be effectively mined on 48 hours’ notice.

Cinematographs and Vision.

The police of Berlin, Germany, are making vtar on the numerous moving picture shows in that city because the doctors say they are injurious to the eyes, especially to those of the young.

Government Best Ship Builder.

Tbe battleship Connecticut, the first of its class to be bnilt by tbe government instead of by private contract, in a series of runs over a measured course off the Maine coast has proved herself better than her sister ship, the Louisiana, built by the Newport News Company. The Connecticut made an average speed of 18.73 knota for her five best runs, and ber fastest mile was 19.01, not allowing for tidal corrections. The best average of tba Louisiana was 18.59 for fire runs.

TALK BY TAFT.

Would Itfrlir Tariff and Pot Bis t Violator! of Law ,ia Prison. .William Howard Taft, Secretary of JYaT, apd the administration's’candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at Columbns detailed his views on pressing public questions before the Buckeye Republican Club. Secretary Taft was received with enthusiasm, every person present rising and cheering him vigorously. The Secretary’s address was the first and most important of a scries to be made at various points in the West prior to his sailing for the Philippines and Japan efr the 10th of September. Fjoan a political standpoint it was noted that Secretary Taft laid down his opinions in such a way that there was no mistaking his candidacy and hardly any doubt, also, that be expects to have as his chief opponent on the Democratic ticket ’William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Taft singled Mr. Bryan out repeatedly in discussing public questions and the views of other indi-' viduals. The salient features of the Secretary's address were : He favors additional railroad rate legislation, notably an increase of power to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He favors changes in the anti-trust law which will more clearly define it. He believes there can be such a thing as a lawful trnst bnt emphasizes the danger of unlawful monopolies. He does not agree with Mr. Bryan as to the trust license plan and as to “what should be done with the trusts.” He is in favor of remedying the “swollen fortune” evil and suggests State legislation. He believes that the graduated inheritance and income tax might be properly resorted to by the government in case of financial emergency. He denies that Roosevelt’s policies are socialistic and that the President was responsible for State legislation reducing railroad passenger rates or for Wall street flurries. He designated Mr. Bryan’s scheme of government as “nerveless” and denies the practicability of a national referendum. He comes out squarely against government ownership of railroads. He announces that he is against free trade, but favors tariff revision and believes there should be no tariff tinkering until after the next presidential election.

WORLD TO WAR ON BAD FOOD.

Uncle Sam’i Crnsade Becoming *of Interest to AU Nations. The present visit to Europe of Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture will probably result in the calling of an

DR. WILEY.

terest of the public health, but differences have arisen at each stage of the attempt to frame regulations for the government of the expert trade in such commodities owing to honest difference of opinion as to the proper definition of adulteration. Although taking an advanced position in this matter as revealed in the stringent legislation contained in the pure food law, the government of the United States has been obliged at times to take sharp issue with some of the European government officials as to the harmful ness of certain ingredients of our food exported. Against purely technical objections the Agricultural Department has been contending with difficulty for a long time. But with the passage of the pure food act, with the authority contained therein to apply its provisions to imported food and drugs and wines, the department finds its hand nfhch strengthened in dealing with European governments, which are now beginning to show a very practical interest in the inquiry which Dr. Wiley is making into the nature of the ingredients of the great quantities of foreign delicatessen and liquors that are flowing into the United States.

The Comic Side of The News

The government has succeeded in putting an mid to almost all the lotteries except marriage. That Wisconsin husband who waited 56 years to sue for divorce took a long time to think it over. Ia spite of the steady work of the bomb-throwers, there are still a few unkilled Russian generals dodging around. When a New York butler can retire with SIOO,OOO it indicates that prosperity has trickled right down through the population. A pretty Nebraska woman who won her lawsuit promptly kissed the judge. You see, it’a worth while being a judge in Nebraska. , A California professor says 10 cents’ worth of peanuts is more nourishing than a porterhouse steak. Walk up to the peanut Stand and get a dinnertor a dime! That Ohio boy who ia to get $250,000 if he ia a patriotic American will probably put up a Fourth of July celebration that will make the country scream for help. A lunqtic who escaped from the Middletown (N. Y.j insane asylum has been mailing back souvenir poet cards from every station. No doubt now about his being crasy. That Washington girl who sat on a wrecked boat and ate chocolates while tbs waited for the resellers ought to be given a heroine medal by the “Don’t .Worry” Club.

international congress to secure uniformity of practice in the treatment of food adulterations. It appears that there is little difference of opinion among the health authorities of the various nations as to the propriety of establishing rules for the manufacture of food and drug products in the in-

CHICAGO. Another notable increase in the volume of payments through the .hanks testifies to sustained activity in commerce, and the defaults reported are remarkably low. There is, however, evidence of heavy speculative operations in securities and grain, and this interferes with more general confidence in the trade outlook. Otjrer adverse developments of recent origin impress more conservatism in large enterprises, and the no encouragement. Notwithstanding the drawbacks, demands are found equaling expectations in the leading industries, and there is no perceptible recession in production and distribution. _ -Shipments nf currency to move crops draw sharply upon deposits, and the discount rate is firm at the highest quotation this year, but reserves are well maintained and most mercantile interests Kre provided with requirements at this time. Country banks have absorbed considerable commercial paper, and the indications are good that western resources will be found ample to satisfy legitimate financial needs during the next few months of pressure. Crdp reports reflect seasonable headway in harvesting, and the condition of corn in Illinois and lowa steadily improves. Visiting buyers from the West and South arrive in the greatest numbers this season and are active in selecting fall and winter requirements. Demands compare favorably with this time last year in sales of dry goods, millinery, clothing, footwear and food products. Bank clearings, $221,12:1,G00, exceed those of corresponding week in 1900 by 13. G per cent. Failures reported in the Chicago district numbered 14, against 22 last week and 19 a year ago.—Dun’s Review. NEW YORK. Buyers’ excursions have been a feature of the week, and the leading primary markets of the country have been filled with country merchants. As a result house trade has been stimulated and orders for dry goods, clothing and shoes show considerable improvement. Fall business, except at a few centers, is said to equal i year ago at this date, the volume being made up of numerous orders rather than by any new interest or of heavy business. In fact, many merchants display a disposition to go slow, fearing that orders may fair off, not because of a decline in consumption, but more particularly of tightness of money. Business failures for the week ending Aug. 22 number 153, against 13G last week, 155 in the like week of 1900, 176 in 1905, 185 in 1904 and 142 in 1903. Canadian failures for the week number 19, as against 30 last; week and 10 in this week a year ago.—Bradstreet’s Kepoit.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, £4.00 to $7.40; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $6.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to "$5.73; wheat, No. 2,87 cto 89c; torn, No. 2, 5Gc to 58c; oats, standard, 48c to 49c; rye, No. 2,77 cto 79c; Uay, timothy, $14.00 to $21.50; prairie, SC‘.OO to $12.00; butter, choice creamery,. 21c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 1 18c; potatoes,’ per bushel, 68c to 75c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.15; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to £6.20; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to £4.75; wheat, No. 2,82 cto 83c; corn. No. 2 white, 55c to 56c; oats, No. 2 white, 44c to 43c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $7.10; hogs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 88 cto 90c; corn, No. 2, 56 cto 57c; oats, No. 2, 46 cto 47c; rye, No. 2. 76c to 78c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $4.00 to $5.85; hogs, $4.00 to $6.35; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, B,’lc ta _&tc-4—corn, No. 2 mixed, 60c to 61c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 47c to 48c; rye, No. 2,79 cto 81c. Detroit—Cattle, $4.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $6.25; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,82 cto S3c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 59c to 60c; oats, No. 3 white, 52c to 54c; rye, No. 2,75 cto 76c. ' Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 98c to $1.01; corn, No. 3,57 cto 58c; oats, standard, 55c to 50c; rye, No. 1, 75c to 77c; barley, standard, 73c to 74c; pork, mess, $16.45r *“ Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, S4jOO to $6.75; hogs, frflr to choice, $4.00 to $6.70; sheep, common to good mix’d, $4.00 to $5.50; lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $7.75. New York —Cattle, $4.00 to $0.25; hogs, $4.00 to $7.00; 'sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 95c to 96c; corn, No. 2,64 cto 65c; oats, natural white, G7c to 88c; butter, creamery, 22e to 26c; eggs, western, 17c to 20c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 83c to 84c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 56c to 58r; oats, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; rye, No. 2,74 cto 75c; clover seed, prime, SIO.OO.

Brief News Items.

Party of Russian Jews on way to America waylaid and twenty-five were slain. Theodore JRooseveK is no l the first to give Oyster Bay presidential distinction. George Washington once spent two days there.' —— —~~~~7" ■“—* Prof. E. Clayton Wylatul of the school for the deaf in Frederick, Md., himself a mute, is the-first person so afifiuted to be admitted to membership into the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of Lodge 29, sad it was necessary for the initiating committee to learn the sign language. If the rate of consumption in 1905 we«*o maintained indefinitely without change, our coal would last approximately 4,0J0 years, but if the constantly increasing rate which' has marked the consumption during the last ninety years be maintained. our coal supply will practically be exhausted within HX) years.