Smyrna times., 1902-08-20

desk.
The acting Secretary of War has ap-
pointed board to meet IN Washing
ton soon to examine civilians for COM
missions in the army as second heute-
nants.
The Chicago packers, who were en-
Joined from conspiring to fix the price
of meat arbitrarily, have filed answer
claiming the right to adjust the price
to suit themselves.
Peter L. Kimberly and F. II. Buhl,
of Sharon, Pa, have agreed to pay
SO. .225, 900 for the iron deposits on Iron
Mountain, Iron Co., Utah. This is
the largest and richest deposit OF iron
in the world.
The Government is constructing
eleven balloons for the Signal Service
| Corps of the army at Frankfort N. T.,
on the farm of Carl Meyers, and under
the supervision of Major Reber, and a
detachment of the Signal Corps.
An unusual number of monitors and
torpedo boats are in the vicinity of
Washington just now. Two are under
going tests for oil as fuel and one,
the Arkansas, will make trial of speed
early in the week in the Chesapeake.
= A statement just issued by the
Treasury Department shows that dur
D ing the month of July, the total coin
age at the different mints was 16, $50, ,OOC
t pieces, valued at S4, 800, an in
crease of 6, ABS, 900 pieces over July o
t last year, but a decrease in value o
= 81, ,045, 070.
o Electric cars are to be put in opera
. ton within week between Chicago am
e suburban towns, and are guaranteed
70 to make a speed of 1873 miles an hour
,, compared with which the ''fast mail
d will move like an OK wagon. The car
e will be operated on the third rail sy'
IS tenn.
L l.. NJ. Davis, candidate for clerk {
% the court of Wayne County, Virgins
se has a half-page advertisement in IL
8 papers of the county offering to d
er nate S14OO in case he is elected, as TO
10 lows: 5000 to the churches; 5000 to Il
O. people. $500 to taxpayers, the womt
T. of the county to receive a portion
"a the reward.
on McKeesport, Pa, is to celebra
DE Labor Day, Sept. l, by the bigge
demonstration ever given in Weste
lat Pennsylvania. The reason for th'
ID rejoicing is the intended location of
ny $40. 900, 900 steel plant of the ..
'ra Steel corporation. President Roo
II velt has been invited to attend.
ks
Evidence has developed the fact Il
:. a struggle of the most severe kind is
49, between the big packing houses of
80 West and the trunk lines of railv
- for the control of rates and the POI
to make rates. Traffic managers
-: alarmed and have called meeting
devise means of protection against
~ meat monopoly.
ome
= a A Mrs. Elizabeth H. Rice "
ince 81 .OOO. 900 from the Government as
the tial payment on account of device
and furling the "shelter tent" or, as
I on soldiers of the Civil War used to t
more it. the "dog tent, which she cla
her husband patented. Her clair
that the Government have used upv
of 1000, 900 of them, and that
ought to be given a royalty of 25 c
aims each.
iy. -
mont The Governor General of Aust
N has resigned becuse his salary of
ears 900 year is inadequate for the
K of charge of the social functions Of
'ibed Office. Coupled with this fact
was was another of surprise to econ
4 be- students. IL Is thaS AuS'ralla' WI
turn her wealth of natural resource
criti, deeply in debt, Notwithstanding
Sai;o Sai prosperous condition of her agi
nd as tural ana manulacturlns inuuSh'
most
Tithin mn, o.ot.u os vvor tbrouob
bet Inc 'oeoie'"' y - 49,
upon Squires, the American NainiS'e
* was Cuba, has requested OF the
ton q Government that the papers and
ials proofs in the Rathbone-Pos