The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

tpe only artisan buried in Westminster
clockwork In the year 100. ''''N
It is expected that the big new shenan.
go mills OF the American Tin Plate COM
pany at Newcastle, Pa. will be In full
operation next week. + Is a thirty-mill
plant, and over $500 will be employed.
"A syndicate in Syracuse. N. z, has Of
Tered the trades unions OF that city any
amount from $1,000 to $780, for the pur.
pose OF building a home for themselves
ings. ,S Ao'o meet
The invention is announced Of a ma
Snane which will automatically fold,
r wxa1 Hnd tss sadre - was
!ound TO be phenomenal success. Two
men can operate six machines and do the
same san amount Of work az twenty-four uii.
soon be placed on the market.
Parker F. Hogue, the inventor of the
Hogue injector, used on all kinds of
steam boilers. died recently at his home
~ IN MERCER county, Pennsylvania. He was
ture OF his invention and other specialties
in Cincinnati
W. M Bassett. a member of the cigar
schems of n ad%srtI.,n union .h has novel
label OF that organization. His scheme is
70 attach two immense labels to a balloon
t ne uses Ito, to make asoensions and to dis
~N-S UAuO AoD0l AlSTaCuT6 TO the crowds
over which he passes until he makes his
parachute leap. He Is now at Toulon.
~, and will commence his novel adver,
Using on May 1.
cided against non-union building CRAFTS
LHaH VINO sued trades union for dam
ages because its members would not
w wHen with WI h.. him or upon any building
me organization had right to protect
lls members, and in doing It through this
means the union committed no unlawful
remarkable record was made last
year by the union station in Chicago.
where 100000 passengers were handled
without an accident, and $50, 900, 900 worth
also handled without the loss of a sn ME-
piece. In the latter instance 1t is further
recorded Tss e, that 1888 was the third successive
baggage OF any kind.
Steel is being introduced in Colorado to
take the place of timber in mining shafts.
company at Cripple Creek has deter
s dhinso to use steel for posts, etc. in It's
smart, which Is over 1000 feet deep The
cost Is less than for timber, the metal is
tnought to be far more durable and there
WI, VIII pc less excavating necessary in plac-
Ing the lining Of steel.
A remarkable revolution Is going on IN
american railways in the introduction of
steel cars for freight traffic During the
past week the. Lehigh Valley railway con-
and Lake Shore company for $50 and the
Lake Superior and Ishpeming railroad for
n1ty. They. are principally used for the
transportation of ores and COAL
Ritter Leopold Won Blumencron. chief
editor of the Vienna Fremden Blatt, who
has Just completed his ninety-fifth year
Is probably the oldest newspaper man in
me- oae world rio He Is found at work in his
weather. He was formerly in the d.
plomatic service. but has been actively
engaged eng on the staff Of the Fremden
Blatt for the past forty years.
A commercial travelling man has in
vented a mileage ticket which he claims
Will protect railroads against the ticket
scalper. The ticket as described is book
which does not open. There is a slit
through which the mileage strip Is drawn
out. The passenger in buying ticket
signs his name on the last ten miles, and
broken open without destroying the value
or the ticket. The coupons are not mum
bered continuously from 1 to 1000, so q
second buyer must necessarily take the
word of the seller as to its value.
The great Cramps shipbuilding yards at
Philadelphia now have a force of 5000
men at work with prospects that they
The company has now In hand the work
on two Russian war vessels, two Amer
lean war vessels and five merchant YES
sells, which are to be completed within
year.
The greatest cotton mills in the world
are to be erected at Huntsville, Ala, by
the Merrimac company, Of Lowell Mass
The buildings will consist of eight separ-
ate and distinct mills, of $4,000 spindles
each When completed the plant will
comprise 100000 spindles, or 5000 more
than the company's present works at
Lowell, Mass, heretofore the largest cot
ton mill ever operated.
The South Marble company, Marble
Hill, Ca, recently quarried for an East
ern building contracting firm one of the
largest single blocks of marble ever pro-
duced In that industry. 1t is "a feet 3
inches by feet inches by 4 feet inches
In dimensions, and weights over 100, COO
pounds.