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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
Will the LordIy Roosevelt Overcome
The HoodOOs?

While taking notice of many UNI
toward signs that are now creeping
into his presidential horoscope, pres
i,lent Roosevelt ought not to lose
sight Of three special hoodOos that
are likely to give him trouble in nego-
tiating his nomination and election
next year.
In the first place, says the Atlanta
Constitution. the republican national
convention of next year will be the
18th i'm the history of the republican
party. The party has played in good
luck generally during its 30 years ca
reer. but it remains to be seen wheth-
er it can meet and defy the hoodoo
that is usually thought to Turk in the
uncanny -
Again, there j. the fact often noted
these days in the press that the only
time the republican party ever nomi-
mated an eastern man for president
Mr.. Blaine. in 1SS4-the party got its
first downfall after its initial defeat
with Fremont in 1886. This is another
handicap for Mr.. Roosevelt that even
many republicans are beginning To re-
gard seriously.
Yet again is the other oft-repeated
fact that up 10 date no vice president
succeeding TO the presidency by death
of his chief has ever got Il nomination
or election To the presidency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

The Milwaukee News i Il bit pesSi-
mistic. for it says: president Roose-
welt i DESTROYS that Perry Heath shall
be removed from the secretaryship of
the republican national committee
fearful that should he be retained il
will handicap the republican pre>iden-
tial nomination. Mr.. Hanna insists
that Heath shall remain. making light
of the presidents fears. Mark is i'm a
better condition to Judge than the
president He has just carried Ohio
by $4,000 votes and he knows what
he has done and he knows that the
tuters know it, 1t really doesn't seem
to make any difference
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
Strenuous Women in the Masculine
Field.

That the women of the metropolis
are invading the lower fields of mascu-
line activity i shown by a casual
glance at the christmas news in
the columns of the New York World.
Fer instances. he who runs may
read how Miss Simmona is said to
have operated Il pool room for ladies'
only" how Mrs. Gray BACKED the eye
of her GreSsmaker. Nine. Caron-Trea-
box: how Mrs. Dorothy Lewis as
saulted James l.. Gibson and was rap
idly earning the decision when other
ladic> intcrposed. saving Mr.. Gibson
from "a Knockout: how Mrs. Fysh. ac-
cortling to her husband. contracted
whisky bills for close on $4,000 and
deliriun tremens: how Mrsg y. Stew
ems has forwarded $1,000 to- aid in a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

y dispatch from Topeka. KanS.
says that Italians connected with Il
circus wintering there have been cap
turing yagrant street dogs and feed
ing them To the lions and that the hui
name society i about to Interfere
The humane society should go about
its business looking after underfed
horses. If every town had a few hun
CRY lions to stimulate vagrant dog
catchers il would he an improvement
ranking along with the garbage Gre
matOry and other devices for miti-
eating Uuisances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

y Cleveland justice of the peace has
prepared form of marriage contract
whereby the principals to any mar
riage performed by him must sign an
agreement never TO seek divorce. So
far he has not only failed to secure a
single ~ignat ure. but he has actually
not had an application for marriage
knot since he put the new scheme in
vogue. This would seem to Indicate
that the ma iority of them are anxious
to try On the shoe to see if il will fit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
HEALTHY PLANTS
E.Guirc the Most Careful Attention aS
Well as Good Soil.

Did you ever see a rosebush which
despite the most beneficent environment
OF soil-of sunshine-and of atmosphere,
seemed never to achieve 4 healthy
growth.
A ton of manure will not help n plant
that has a canker eating out its heart
You must destroy the cause before you
can remove the effect.
You cannot cure Dandruff and Bald
ness by rubbing on hair lotions, and
rubbing in vaseline. etc.
You must look to the cause of the
trouble-it's a germ at the roots OF
your hair which causes it to fall out
Newhro's Herpicide destroys the germ,
and healthy hair is the sure result.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.
Detroit. Mich.
For sale by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

national crusade against the wicked
Mormons.
1t is significant that these ''stren-
u0us" women in their invasion seem
TO avoid the higher fields of masculine
activity and to have experimental
along the most easy and congenial
lines. But possibly they may be using
gambling. pugilism and -bibbling
merely as stepping stones to states
manship. Jurisprudence and high
finance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

The women in the congregation of
the Methodist church of Oregon. H..
have agreed to remove their hats and
bonnet> during services in order that
the worshiper> may get an unoh-
structed view of the pulpit. 1t is
claimed that the custom has come to
stay. and that no matter what the
cost of any piece of heaGgear has
been. it will not be worn during the
regular church services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
rODAY'S MARKETS

chicago: Dec 2s Following are the oper
ug. highest. IOWesI and closing quotation S
today's markets.
wheat
Dec, s1A s1% sII4 s1S
Nav a. s4I 49,; S44-
July, Ish; 7e1s TS4. 'oas
Uoru
Dec..4I5s ~. Az 4l4
Nav. 445s; ass; 4 %; Asia
July 44is; 4i% 4i1b '47s
OSLA
Pee Pee a. 81: So $536 81
July. S41s; 1855 3ih; 3iS
Pork
Jan, 10 %. ~ % 1920; 1920
May. IL 50, ~ 80; I2;0; ~ So
LARD
Jan 615, Gil: go SO.
May, $685. 200; 81 6.92.
ttI"a
Jan, 6 30: e.S5 GO 6 80
May, 60 % 6.57 81.
Rye, Dec. F2ls: May Sc: FAX, N W 40.
s. w. 931S; Dec. 931z May 9s5<; bar.ev 3jGt5S
R+ceIpLs TODAY: WneaI g. corn so U..s
464; hogs % 600: cattle 1900, Sheer 20 mn
Llgnt, e. 25a4 20: m1Aed ano Ou.,n
srs. "a 5r94 s5: good heavy, 81 5O04 s5 rough
heavy 81 5gQSi6i
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened steady
Union stock yards $40 a. N
Hog market strong, l0C higher.
Iight. a 2J94 20; mixed ana butchers, 4.50
9l ~, good heavy, o.sO0S4 So; rough heavy.
1905 65
Cattle market steady.
Reeves e3 2505 80. cows and heifers 25d
4.50; -exas steers ~ 90G3 So stockers AND
feeders 81 S013 10
sheep market steady.
hog ma. ket closed steady at early advance
Ltent, "a S5lt4 IS; mixed and butchers a so
"a 80 good heavy, q 5094 90: rough heavy,
u 5UG14 65
Cattle market closed slow to 1GC lower,
sheep market closed weak.
Estimated receipts Tuesday: Wheat -,
corn 20. oats l55. hogs 3l,000.
New Work St0cka.
New YORK Dec. 2S The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
eXchaT Re:
Sugar I27S, Gas S92s, C. r. l. & P. 24l4, South
ern Pacific 1875, b. n o. 1875, AtChison com
mon 6s5s, Atchtson pfd. 922l C. NJ & st. p.
1905, Manhattan IA copper 49.I, w. U.
Tel Co. s54, L & n 10 G s. A. 955s. Rdg.
common 46h. Can. Pacific 100, Leather com
mon b. r: 4 l53s, Pacihc Mail Z.
IS. Steel ptd. 57az, L. =. Steel common li58
Perna. 1898. MO. Pacific y. Union PaCIhI
1888; coal and iron s7sl. Erie common 2szs
Wabash pfd 3si4. Car foundry 2Ol6, c. & G.
w. 10, Rep. Steel pfd. A114, Rep Sts ei COW
mon 6h. New York Central l2l, II inois
Central 1919
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

Senator Hoar has demanded all of
the facts leading up to the recognition
of Panama as an "independent GOV
eminent" and before long one can eN-
pect to see i'm the administration or
guns articles deplorin@ the senator
''childi>hneSS and Senility." That's
about the way they aIlude To the ven
rable statesman whenever he refuses
10 swallow administration pills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's OuOtatIOns on Provisions. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel.
ROCK Island, Dec. 2s.-Fonowing are the
quotations on the local market:
Provisions
Butter-Creamery 22s 02Sc, dairyI9c
FPgs-rresh CSC
Live poultry-Spring chickens SC per
pound mems &C per pound.
VeGeta bles Potatoes SIS to SIC.
Live Stock.
Cattie-Steers 1850 to - p cows and
heiters So to e4.O0. calves 800 to $500
HogS-MiXed and butchers s3 80 10 e4.2N
Sheep-Ycarlings or over, per cwt. yS 0)t
o. % Lam ms per head 50 10 to s. %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

The city which nj the end of
another year does not possess the
advantages of interurban electric
roads may we'll he regarded as eN-
ceedingly behind the times. VIII Rock
Island he in this category?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week Weekly,
81 per year In advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must have
real name attached tor publication. No
such articles will be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
ship in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

keeping close To the people. His APP
pointment of Hanecy as judge is
scarcely in line with his professions
Springfield News (repD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
Monday, December %. 1908.

The democratic party will nominate
Il democrat for president:
You ask what place he halls from:
Our sole reply shall be:
He stands for honest government
And staunch democracy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
THE ARGUS.

P1Olisned Daily and Weekly at 1914 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at
the postondce as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

Complete production carried. Miss
Thurstcn's support includes BirnsIey
Shaw. James r. McCann. Frederic
Kirby. Franklin Jones. Willis Baker.
Charles Horn. James NJ. Watson. Liz
zie Kendall. Pearl Hammond and Hell
en- TraVers.
PRICES - Matinee: p. 50 and ~
cents. Night: 25, SO and Is cents and
81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28
Il! ll / . lsIs.SIil5
0IREcTION CHAFTRERLIN. KINDT a COr1PANV.
New Years, Jan. /.
Matinee and Night.

The dainty Coincidence. Miss Adelaid,
ThurstOn. and the magnificent
company i'm Paul Wiistach's
comedy of old George
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-28

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
GREAT NORTHERN AND NORTH
ERN PACIFIC STOCK TO BE
RETURNED TO OWNERS.
STATEMENT CURRENT IN new YORK
OFFICIALS OF SECURITIES COM.
PANY REFUSE TO CONFIRM
OR DENY THE RUMoR.

New York. June 15.--It is stated by
the New York American that the
Northern Securities company will be
voluntarily dissolved aud that the
stocks of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railroad companies
will be distributed among the share
holders. In this manner the prop
critics mentioned will be returned to
their former owners.
That preparations are being made
for the dissolution of the Securities
company is declared by the American
to have been learned on the highest
authority, but officials of the company
refuse either to confirm or deny the
statement. It is said, however, that
the appeal now pending in the United
States supreme court will be carried
to its conclusion SO as to establish
the legal status of such companies b.
the court of last resort.
1t is further stated that part of t, :,
booty sought by the Rockefellers n
their terrific bear campaign, just Co.
ed, was stock in the Northern Secu- i
ties company. This stock was wanted
because of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern stock to be secured for
it in exchange when the reconstruc-
ton takes place.
The Northern Securities company
was incorporated in 1901, with a cap
ital of $400.000.900. Its formation
was the outcome of a struggle for con-
troll of the Northern Pacific, which
precipitated the stock market panic
of May 8, 1901.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
r.ttenins o.ttle For Market.

Fattening Cattle For Market.
The Iowa station has recently re.
ported experiments made in co-opera-
ton with a large cattle feeder on large
lots eleven lots Of twenty animals
each) of fair quality three-year-ol6
western cattle. in which 90 cents per
bushel was realized for, the corn con-
sumed in case of the lot with which
this was the sole food used, and "all
the lots paid much higher prices for
corn than could have been received for
the same at any Of the markets dur
Ing the feeding period" The expert
Tnents as a whole show very striking
~ the high value Of corn and it's by
products, gluten meal and feed, for
ifattening cattle Tor the market The
average net profit per steer from nine
ty-four dayS feeding was On corn alone
e14.l0; corn and grass, $1497; corn
ana dried blood, $3.50: corn and glu-
ten feed, $17.60, and corn and gluten
meal, $17.99. 1t would appear that
with corn at from 30 to 90 cents per
bushel and fat steers bringing from
81 to $7.65 per hundredweight there
Is no more profitable use to be made
Of corn than to convert it into beef.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Order for Hearing.
STATE OF MINNESOTa,
County of Stearns,

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Stearns, 80
In Probate Court, Special Tt rm, June 14th
1908.
In the matter of the estate Of S. II. Palmer,
deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Pc
der AmundsO of the county of Pope in said
state. representing. among other things that
8. H. Palmer. late OF Stearns. county in the
state of Minnesota, in the month of Deem
ner: A. D. 1855. at the county of Stearns-
died intestate, and being an inhabitant of
this county Al the time of his death. leaving
goods. chattles and estate within this county
and that the said petitioner is person inter
ested In the estate OF said deceased, and
praying that administration OF said estate he.
to Guy s. ThOrsOn granted;
1t is ordered that said petition be heard
before said court, on Friday. the 10th day of
July. A. u. 1908. at o'clock a. m. at the
Probate Office in the court house, in the city
OF st. Cloud, In said county.
Ordered further that notice thereof be Civ
en- 10 the heirs OF said deceased and to
all persons interested, by publishing
this order once in each week for three
successive weel s prior to said day of hear :
ing tn the sAnK CENTRE Herald. a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Sank
Centre In said county.
Dated at St. Cloud. Mimi. this 4th day
June A. ID. 1903.
BY the,Court. = iassi'i
tsEA IL DAVID 7. CALHOUN.
!-T-~ - r--S a. 4
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
PITTssURo BANKS COMBINE.
Merger Of Nine Big Financial Institu.
tions Proposed.


tions Proposed.
Pittsburg, June 15.-Plans have
been perfected for the formation in
Pittsburg of one of the greatest com
binations of banking interests ever
undertaken In the country. BY the
deal the Farmers Deposit National
bank. Colonial Trust company, Colo
NAL National bank. American Trust
company, Pennsylvania Trust COM
pany, Columbia National bank, Trades
mems National bank. .Germania Saw
ings bank and Freehold bank will be
merged, making the largest and most
powerful institution between Philadel-
phia and Chicago The capital Of the
new iconcerus which viii probably ba
known as the Colonial Trust company
will be $1,000. 900. with SIC, 000, goo sur
plus and undivided profits and about
$55, 000, 900 deposits. making total re-
sources of $78,000,000 T. Hart Given.
the president of the Farmers Deposit
National bank, will be the head Of the
new concern. 1t will take some days
to work out the details of the merger
so far as the other officers and direc-
tors are concerned, but the new insti-
tuition will be backed by one Of the
most active and aggressive Of the
strong financial groups Of capitalists
west of New YorR.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
TWO HUNDRED BODIES RECOv.
Erred AND AS MANY MORE
UNAccOuNTED FOR.
LITTLE TOWN PARTIALLY WIPED OUT
EASTERN AND NORTHERN ENDS
OF THE ILL FATED PLACE
REPORTED DESTROYED.

Spokane, Wash, June 17.-Direct
ner- Ore, state that thus far the bodies
Of 200 victims of Sunday nights disas-
ter have been found. Two hundred
lore are supposed to be hidden in the
ruins or to have been swept down the
valley by the torrent. The latest esti-
mate places the total number of dead
at 400. Nearly all of these were in
Heppner, it being thought few per-
ished in the valley below the town.
Reports indicate that the number Of
injured is comparatively small.
More provisions are needed" is
the latest reports from Heppner. Other
help seems fairly well supplied. Men
have been coming in to assist in clear
ing away the wreckage and to search
for bodies.
Nearly all the eastern and northern
parts of town are reported destroyed.
The bodies are being buried in the
cemetery rapidly, the summer weather
making this course advisable. Rail-
way communication can hardly be ex-
pected before Friday and the county
roads are reported almost impossible.
All crops are reported to be destroyed.
Between lone and Heppner there
are great piles of debris, but the. food
passed so quickly that the roads have
not been seriously damaged. The rail-
road track, however from Lexington
on Is badly torn up.
in Heppner itself the food swept a
clean path nile long and two blocks
wide through the town, following gen
orally. the course Of Willow creek. i
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
JEWS MAINLY RESPONSIBLE.
Father John Of kronstadt and the
kishineff Massacre.


st. Petersburg, June 17.-Father
John of Kronstadt. whose fiery con-
domination of the Kishineff massacre
was published in the ST. Petersburg
Liberal newspapers. has published
the following in the anti-Semitic Qua
mia. the new organ in st. Petersburg:
ITO My Beloved Christian Brethren
in Christ of Kishineff: From the news
paper accounts succeeding the first
published reports concerning the
Kishineff catastrophe have concluded
that the Jews themselves were the
cause of the recent disorders; that 1T
is the Christians who suffered in the
end, and that the: Jews have been
doubly repaid for their losses and in
juries by their own brethren and 9th
ers. - know this from private letters
which have. received from, people
who lived a, long time In Kishineff.
whoaare all acquainted with affairs
there and who are. most trustworthy.
Thereforey III saNfos the Kishineif Chris
tfana i'm foRgiYe1s the reprOech on az,
count of,the horrors that were com.
mitted. which cast upon you alone.
From the letters of eye-witnesses
am convinced. now that one cannot lay
all the blame; upon the Christians.
who were provoked to the disorders
by the Jews. and that the Jews were
mainly responsible for the catas-
trOphe."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18

of James Jones .nd Henry Blair. The
barn of DR.. Swinneburn and the big
livery stable of Whites & Meadows
were entirely destroyed. E ]. Farms
worth and Philip Cohn were also
drowned.
"The entire residence portion of
Heppner was destroyed, but the bust
ness houses. being on higher ground
and being generally built of brick and
stone. were not so badly damaged. The
schOolhouse and courthouse, which
stand On hill, were saved, but two
churches, the Methodist and Presby-
terrain, were completely wrecked.
around the depot the rising water
left great heaps of driftwood piled
higher than the roof of the station
and the rescuing parties were forced
to demolish these pyramids of timber
in order to extricate the corpses
which were tangled in the brush. I'm
Coubtedly many Of the drowned bodies
were carried by the rushing waters
down the valley.
mo systematic effort has as yet
been made to find the dead, who are
undc"'edly strewn along the canyon.
abs. 100, persons have been buried
in Hti.pner graveyard. Owing to the
entire absence of proper facilities for
caring for the dead the victims Of the
food were, for the most part, inferred
in common crates"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
WEAK IN THE ALPHABET.
kome Letters That Men Can Never
Learn To Make.

kome Letters That Men Can Never
Learn TO Make.
why IS it that with some men soms
letters CT the alphabet are harder u
make than others and, in fact, that
there are some letters that some men
never learned how to maker asked
young man who takes considerable In
terest in the matter of handwriting In
the New Orleans Times Democrat. ut
b a rather singular fact that nearly
every man outside Of the experts is
weak on one or more Of the letters in
the English alphabet. Sometimes the
letter involved is capital letter; some
times e is of the smaller kind; some
times 1t is one letter and sometimes
another. In any event. you will find
few men who are exempt from the fail
ing referred to.
81 know Of one man who in spite of
the fact that he does great deal Of
writing has never learned how to make
a capital P. He simply makes stag
ger at it, and. as rule. the result Of
his efforts will look more like small
p than like the capital P. I know an
other man who can't make small t
to save his life. He can never get the
lower part of the letter below the line
He makes it look like clubfooted b
instead Of an f. There are others who.
when they try to make the small b.
give 1t the long shank, and it looks
more like the letter f. 1t is rather sin
gular that these traits should hang On
to mans writing for lifetime but
they do it just the same. and ii you
make few inquiries among your
friends and acQuaintances you will find
that but few of them are exempt from
this fault.
ut is very much like the habit Of
spelling certain words incorrectly.
Many men who are rated as first class
spoilers pass through life without ever
N a single instance spelling certain
words correctly. 1t is due to habit
largely. If you should ask them how
to spell tho :yord. they would tell you.
but. when they go to write it. that is
quite different, and they will get 1t
wrong every time. So they know. too,
how certain letters should be made. but
they simply can't put them down on
paper. 1t Is curious but common
fault"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Farm For sale.

offer for sale my 800 acre farm
six miles south of Sank Centre and a
quarter of mile fro good sch OIL.
1t is one of the best farms ir the
county all under cultivation, and with
good buildings mostly new. A solid
brick house with cellar the whole Of
it underneath; frame barn 56x8O feet,
ard all other buildings necessary on
a farm. For further particulars call
on or address the owner,
JACOB BOTz,
Sank Centre. MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
Lost, Found, For Sale, Etc.
House For Sale.

A leasAnt residence for sale
grounds $50 feet square. The house
contains ten good sized rooms and
two attic rooms. Hardwood floors,
and In good repair throughout. A
never failing we'll and good cistern
in kitchen. Screens for every door
and window, outside windows also.
Two screened porches and a summer
kitchen. A barn with buggy shed
accommodations for three horses AT
several COWS. Property will be soId
at a bargain. Address X-Gity
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-06-18
MUST HASTEN WORK.
Rapid Transit Subway May Not 81
Completed This Year.

Rapid Transit Subway May Not Be
Completed This Year.
New York. June 15.-According to
William Barclay Parsons, chief engi-
neer to the rapid transit commission,
the time margin under which it is
possible to complete the rapid transit
subway for the operation of trains by
Jan. 1, 1904. has elapsed and in order
to open the subway for traffic on the
date announced by John b. Mcdonald,
the contractor, it will be necessary to
carry on the work from now on with.
out any interruption whatever.
This is the first acknowledgment by
persons in charge Of the construction
work that the subway may not be
completed this year.
Parsons hopes, however. that some
Of the time which has been lost on &C
count of the strike during the last
two months may be made up.