The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-28


 LTcal Notices, 15 cents per line.
 hearly advertisers are limited to theii uuoDlectlonable). and their contracts do noi 'nciude Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
 The discussion of the naming of the horseless carriage continues. The Terre Haute Gazette contributes the charac- teristically American suggestion that if "cab" is good enough for cabriolet "aut" ought to answer for an automo- bile.
 It appears that when there was talk of the bombardment of the Massachu- setts coast by that Spanish fleet a year ago last spring, the commonwealth in- vested, with the indorsement of Gov ernor Wolcott, in twelve light one pounders, one heavy one-pounder, one six-pounder and one -pounder. The revelation of this effort to save the Massachusetts coast is just now caus- ing good deal of laughter in the Bay State.
 The letters addressed to the president average 1900 a day. Eighty per cent. of them never reach the eye of either the chief executive or his private secre- tary. They are sorted by the clerks under the direction of the private secre- tary and sent to the proper departments for attention. The largest proportion of the letters ask for financial assistance. The next largest number pray for the presidents assistance in purely personal matters.
 The Pttsburg Dispatch believes that to authorize the holding of a free eec- tion-to be participated in by residents in Cuba who take the oath of allegiance 10 the new government-of constitu tional assembly to frame constitution and appoint a provisional government will show the Cubans that the United States is carrying out it's promise in good faith, and that it will prove to be the shortest way to securing the annexation of Cuba in the only way any annexation to the United States is desirable, by the consent and good will of it's people.
 The new street cars to be used on the interurban line between St. Paul and Saltwater will be unique in their equip nent. They will have compressed air for brakes and whistles, to be supplied by small motor operating an air pump. The air whistle will be used in the country, where the cars will be run al high rate of speed Each car also will be equipped with telephone, with fifty feet of wire and a switch plug At intervals of a quarter of a mile there will be places where the conductor can cut i'll on the telephone wire between St. Paul and Saltwater and communi- cate with the power house or car barn. The British parliamentary select com- mttee on old age pensions arrived re- gently at the determination to recom- mend q pension of five shillings weekly ! to all attaining the age of sixty-five | years who have never received poor re- | lief. The proposal will naturally in- | volve a heavy expense, generally esti- | mated at 91O, 900 ($5O, 900, ,00O) yearly, | which, it is proposed, will be divided between the imperial exchequer and To- cal resources. This is in accord with the scheme resulting from Charles Booths conference with representatives of organized labor, held at many indus trial centers last winter and spring.
 The New England pension agent in his annual report shows that the amount of money paid to veterans in this part of the country is decreasing. There were twelve new names added in New England to the pension rolls last year. but the annual disbursements were almost $30O00O less than in 1S9S This is explained by the fact that every invalid pensoner who drops from the rolls with a pension of from $S to $72 a month may be succeeded by a widow whose pension cannot exceed the for mer figure. There are now 55,667 names on the rolls, against 55,6 655 last year. The disbursements this year amounted to s7.21O57S3S, and last year $7,50z, 746.16. Of this years amount, disbursed through the New England agency, $4 eS6. .231. .sS went to residents of Massa- chusetts, $1,245,64227 to Connecticut, s465. .960 50 to Rhode Island and the rest was distributed to claimants through the other States, not only of New Eng land, but of the Union.
 This is the summer season and some interesting things are being discovered For instance, the Philadelphia Record has dicovered that Eddie Warp Nor ristown lad who carries bobbins in one of the mills there, has a set of musical ISJ,3ia is vary thin and his rhS |