The Somerset reporter., 1898-09-01
ALL AROUND The WORLD.
THURSDAY, AUG. %.

At a Joint meeting of all the German
societies in convention in Milwaukee
resolutions were adopted protesting
| against restriction of immigration, scor-
| ing sensational journalism and en-
| dorsing parochial schools Catholic So
cieties and Catholic press as necessary
| for the retention and spread of Catholic
| belief.
| The school census of Chicago shows
| that the citys population Is very un-
| evenly distributed. One city block has
| a population of 1927, of which 1912 are
Poles, while another block has but one
| house. the home of millionaire and
| contains a population of but nine The
most cosmopolitan block in the city has
representatives. of over 20 nationalities.
FRIDAY, AUG. Is.
| An excellent test of business Is found
| In the RELOCATION of third-class offices
| to the fourth class. The number for
| 1894 was 40. This exceeded that of any
| other year, the next highest being AZ in
| 1897. delegations for 1898 are only Il,
less than half that for any previous year.
| The advances of the year are not con-
fined to any one section of the country,
but are general. being divided among SO
| states ana territories.
| The queen regent sent a message to
the returned troops on board the Ali
cante. congratulating them upon their
conduct In the field and saying that she
| proposed to be the first to welcome them
home. There was no yellow fever on
| board though go died Of other diseases
during the voyage.
| Among the vice presidents elected at
| the meeting of bankers in Denver were:
| Connecticut. G. A. Lewis; Maine, A. G.
Rogers; Massachusetts,, Alfred l.. Rip
| lev; New Hampshire, w F. Thayer:
Rhode Island, H. ]. Wells; Vermont,
| w. Bailey.
Commodore G.. C. Remey has been de-
| tached from command of the naval base
| at Key West and ordered to duty as COM
| mandant of the navy yard in Ports
| mouth, where he will relieve Admiral G.
| C. Carpenter, retired, who Is authorized
to return to his home.
| SATURDAY, AUG. q.
One of the first permanent memorials
| of the Spanish American war to be
erected in this country will be placed
in the chapel of the naval academy in
Annapolis in memory of Lieutenant
| William Jenkins. who persisted in the
explosion of the battleship Maine. The
memorial. which takes the form of IL
mural tablet. was subscribed for by the
| classmates of the officer.
| After a discussion lasting q week, the
board of censors of the Topeka Fedora
| ton of Womens clubs has excluded the
womans bible from its library on the
ground that it lis written in fiippant,
coarse and inelegant style"
Dr. w. d. Carmichael, at present in
| charge of the Cleveland marine hospital,
has been appointed superintendent of
the marine hospital service of the Ha-
waiian islands. He will be stationed at
| Honolulu and from that point will direct
| the work. There is one island of the
| group on which a large number Of the
| leprosy cases are confined. and of these
DR.. Carmichael will make a study.
| SUNDAY. AUG. rs.
The strike statistics of Germany for
| 1897 show that SO, 119 work. agmen were
involved in SIS strikes
The total number of deaths in New
| York city during the month of July was
6s5S, of which number 1900 occurred in
Manhattan borough, 1872 in Bronx, 244l
in Brooklyn, 31S in Queens and 1855 in
| Richmond The greatest mortality for
the month was in darrhoeal diseases,
resulting in 1914 deaths, and other dis
| eases of the digestive system, resulting
in 912 deaths.
| MONDAY, AUG. 20.
The California Raisin Growers asso-
| citation has organized for the purpose
of establishing a high standard of quail
| ity and to put stop to the shipment of
inferior raisins The association has
under its control over 80 percent of the
crop of the state.
The success of the trans Mississippi
exposition is meeting the highest expec-
tations of he stockholders and man
ayers. The total attendance last week
was 115.S40 over u 900 increase over the
week previous. The managers have re-
duced the price of admission to 25 cents
for Sundays. and also for Monday and
TUESDAY, AUG. 80.
1t is stated on reliable authority that
| n western syndicate. to be composed
| principally Of Chicago capitalists, will
control the fresh fish business of the New
| England coast. The new organiza ton
| will begin operations early in the spr,nP.
| 1t VIII be capitalized al $500, 600
Gold seekers from Boston going around
| Cape Horn on the way to Alaska have
| made a discovery that will thrill the
| world more than the finding of n new
XII mike. They have found that the
island Of Juan Fernandez, Robinson
Crusoe's isle, in the South Pacific, re-
| ported by mariners to have been swal-
lowed up by a volcano nearly two years
ago. still exists.
| Dick Cocker, linotype operator on a
Pttsburg paper, is credited with set
ting S1,450 ems of solid agate in eight
hours, the other night He took the run
of the hook, walked from his machine TO
the copycutter's desk to get 1t, and cor
rected all his mistakes
W. A. Brady, who has championed
| Major Taylor the entire season, has is
sued a challenge to race Taylor against
| Michael for $4,000 or $4,000 a side at any
distance up to 100 miles.
Cleveland physicians begged permits
sion to take dying men off New York
hospital train, but Captain Lindhein re-
fused.
| WEDNESDAY. AUG. 81.
There is a probability OF a lack OF cur
rency as the work Of moving the inn
mense crops proceeds. Already the
banks Of New York are experiencing a
shortage in small currency, and have
not only applied to the treasury depart
ment al Washington for aid, but have
sent requests to Chicago banks to send
| oil tho currency they can get offering Ia