The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-07-07

bookmakerS from pursuing their h,lsi-
ness at race courses in Fr<p"c This
has led to such an enormous increase
OF the receipts of the Paris mutuals,
which may be described rs thc State
betting institution. that the govern
mcnt has now resolved to Danish book
makers permanently from all French
races,
Harvard University is to pension pro-
f"SSorS and assistant professors who
have served for twenty years or more.
plan of retiring allowances having
been established by the president and
fellows of the university. The plan
was first suggested in Harvard in 1850,
since which time the necessary fund
has grown to Si40O0O. Harvard is the
first American university to establish q
general system of retiring allowances.
Havana is rapidly becoming .Nmer-
caniZed. Instead Of bull fight on a
recent Sunday there was n base ball
game, and interest in the match WaXed
so warm that close decision by the
umpire i'll the eighth inning almost pre-
cipitated a riot. The police took a hand
i'll the affair, revolvers We're drawn and
murder would have been done had not
detachment of the Seventh cavalry
appeared on the scene With loaed Guns
to Quell the disturbance
There is a popular notion atloat that
most of the wine drunk in this country
is imported. But this is wide of the
truth. The fact is that Americans
drink very small quantity of import
eel as compared with domestic wines.
The following figures are based on the
official records of the United States in
ternal revenue department, which
show the quantities of wine used in
this country, as follows: Imported
wines, 3,113,G33 gallons, and domestic
wines, 17,453,S64 gallons.
The decision of the Supreme Court
of New York in the case of Gerald Bar
~, an artist, who sued William j. Raj
ney of Ohio for pay for portrait
painted to order, is regarded as a pre-
ccdent. The portrait was refused be-
cause Mr.. Rainey found that both eyes
did not look in quite the same direc-
ton. Mr. Barry alleged in bringing
suit that he had closely followed ma
tu1e i'll this respect and in Il lower
| court Won his case, but the Supreme
Court reversed the finding on the
ground that any purchaser has a right
to have his art work the way he orders
it.
\ suit for damages has been nsti-
tuted by one Washington dry goods
firm against another, the complaint be-
ing that the defendant firm 'malicious-
,1p full
to persuade one of plaintiffs employees
to leave his employ and enter that Of
the defendant, by reason of which the
plaintiff was compelled to increase the
clerks salary in order to retain his Scr
vices. The purpose of the suit is to de-
| termine whether an employer has the
legal right to induce employees of other
| concerns to leave the service of the lat
ter by offers Of increased salaries.
The postoftice department at Wash
! ington has authorized the employment
| of girls in the department Of commune
cation in Cuba. This is quite an inno-
walton for the island, as women are
rarely employed there in stores, offices
or in any other capacity outside their
own homes, except as cigarmakers or
as menials. Benevolent Cuban women
have often attributed the miserable
condition Of many of the girls and
women of Cuban cities to the fact that
they were unable to find employment.
The decision of the United States GOV
ernment to employ women in govern
| ment departments there will cause a
really wonderful modification of the
| unwritten laws of Cuban society.
Extensive freight yards are being es-
tablished near London, England, by
the Southeastern Railway in order to
remove all through traffic from the
city lines and thus allow of some greht-
er facilities in the suburban traffic. At
these yards all through cars for for
eign lines or interchange cars will be
cut out and made up into trains which
will be hauled to the yards of the other
companies. This will greatly relieve
the congestion of traffic at the London
freight terminals. A new terminal
station is also being established in the
city for the exclusive use of the fast
| freight traffic in milk, poultry, fruit,
vegetables, flowers and other perish
| able articles.
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