Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-02-11

The Forest city Press
Z ?. ThoRNe, PuBDehsr.
poRssr oiTv. SOUTH DAKOTA
In the photographic museum Of Rot
terdem may now be seen a beautiful
carpet which the shah of Persia recent.
" presented to Queen Wilhelmina as q
souvenir OF his visit to Holland some
ttmo ago. Woven into the carpet is the
following inscription In Persian: Pre-
eented by His Majesty Hozzaffer ed
Din. Shah. Emperor Of Persia. to Her
19a9esty Wilhelmtna, Queen of HoL
land. In the year Of the Hedjira 132O.'
The carpet measures thirty-six SQUARE
yards and In each u a yard there
are $4,000 stitches.
Expert estimates Of the probable
manufacture Of automobiles in several
states Of the union In 1904 give the
principal place to Michigan, with Ohio
second. Even Massachusetts, and Wis
conoin eurpass New York in the list,
while Illinois makes an extremely poor
showing. Detroit and Cleveland are
the Two cities which surpass all Others
u ibis republic as centers of the pro-
auction Of the self-mOtors. 1t seems
odd that New York and Chicago should
lag Behind them 20 far.
The English tailors have the credit
tor being the first to offer organized
resistance to Industrial oppression. and
henc0 were the pioneers OF modern
trade unionfsm. AZ early as 1921, in
the days Of the h~andicrafts, there was
2 union OF tailors In London numbering
$4,000. and they went on strike for bet.
ter conditions Of employment, notwith-
standing the acts Of Parliament that
eutlawed such combinations, made
strikes a criminal act and limited
wages by law.
The value of the merchandise
brought into the country during the
year from islands which have recently
Porto Rico. $l1.051.19 Philippines,
tl1.371.s14: Hawaii. S26,242. 869--a total
q ~e4S.eee.64S. against $20,252,683 in
1897. The shipments of merchandise
70 those islands during the year were:
Philippines. $l.0Ss. 800, Hawaii. $780,
e4o.l72; Porto Rico. $l2, 246. 225-a total
Of S27.125.606. against $6.773.560 in
For years visitors to the old Victory
Tying in Portsmouth harbor have been
shown the cockpit In which Admiral
Lord Nelson died at Trafalgar. Since
the Victory has been overhauled. owing
to the damages she sustained in the re-
cent collision. 1t has been discovered
that the place where Nelson died was
quite . distance farther forward. The
spot will be rallied on and lighted by
electricity. % that everybody that cares
% - & may be able to do 80.
The hrst monument to trades union
Ism was erected recently In Melbourne.
Australia. It Is called the Eight hour
Monument" az 1t Is in comemmoration
% q eight-hour system. which was
begun In Australia forty-eight years
ago. The monument 10 a tall marble
pillar. surmounted by an oblong block
holding . globe and torch. The word
Prosperity" IL written on the globe
and three large figure eights are en-.
graved on the block.
The Prussian government has decided
70 found an agricultural school at Del
!tssch. II the province Of saxony. e q
3 exon frontier. Delitxsch has q
popu1atlpn a. 1850. It q on the line
g fes Esa@Fesa sstsea'nE ssc@ 1eap:'3
Ftutstan government, In the heart Of q
most prosperous section OF the country.
wnese Agriculture Il the chief occupa-
It = tie hops of Portsmouth to open
= Dickens museum this month. The
eortssn6uth corporation recently be-