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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
nraooed Is beath BY Auto

Racine, Wis. July 25.-The man
sIed body OF a laborer, name unknown.
aged IS, was found in the middle of
4 highway Ave miles from here Tues
day. Appearances indicated death
from an automobile. as the body had
heen dragged about rs feet.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Car Strike at New Bedford

New Bedford, Mass. July 25.-More
than 600 motormen and conductors,
some Of whom are not members of
the Street Railway union, struck Tues
day. The service is crippled. The
point at issue 10 recognition Of the
nn!Sas III. d. y i. I. y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Five Die bv prownIno.

Chicago, July 25.-Five lives were
lost by drowning Monday in and
around Chicago. One man fell from
bridge into the Calumet river, and
one boy dropped into the Chicago
river while attempting to catch q
baseball. The others were drowned
while swimming or rowing. Charles
Lindstrom died In a hospital 90 re-
suit Of injuries received while diving
last Sunday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Austrian Lawmaker Dead,

Vienna, July 25-Ferdinand Won
saar, the author and members of the
upper house of the Austrian reich
rath. who shot himself Monday, died
Tuesday. He had been suffering from
nervous prostratica.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Bowel Complalnt In children.

During the summer months chill.
dren are subject to disorders Of the
bowels which should receive careful
attention as soon as the first unnat-
lnral looseness OF the bowels appears.
The best medicine in use for bowel
complaint is Chamberlain Collie,
cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy as Ii
promptly controls any unna ural loose
ness OF the bowels. For sale by j. III.
LuerS Drug Co, n.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Davis Corners.

/ Albert Henke is remodeling his
barn; Malek Bros, are doing the work.
w. Keune and wife, asa Matte,
Clara, and Otto Halweg from Albion,
were guests at the Geo. Dell home,
Sunday.
q. A. Stern and family spent Sum
day at Saratoga.
Mrs. o. Borseth left Wednesday
morning on the excursion to spend
the day with relatives.
Bessie Aberg was the guest of MRS.
W. Viebrock, Saturday evening.
NJ. Yagts and wife, and Emma and
Theodore, Sundayed at the q. w.
Mast home 10 Albion
Hugo nanck was an Elma visitor,
Sunday.
A number # our farmers delivered
sheep to Crrsco ruarketl.st week.
Carl and Gus Mohs dove through
our burg Tuesday evening enroute
for Howard Center.
Bertha Halweg entertaintd seven
of her little girl fri, nds III honor Cf
Der ninth birthdsy, Wednesday,
Emma Vagt and Louisa Halws g
visited at the E. Heide home Thurs
day,
Hans Thompson Lou Henning and
Clarence Rice, assisted the Cresco
boys at playing ball at Elma lasat
Sunday. Score to in favor Of Ell
ma.
Albert Hecht made business trip
to Chester Tuesday morning.
MT. and MIS- Stringland and their
sons from New York City arrived here
last week to visit with Mrs. s., uncle
MT. and Mrs. Chas Mast and family.
Protiyin.
II. 81. Albertson, Ridgeway's iswelcr
was in our burg last Sunday.
Frank Syestka and John Privoznik,
OF Jackson Junction were seen on our
streets one day last week.
DR.. j. M. Smittle Of Waucoma was
professional business visitor here
Sunday.
Miss Josie Klimesh of Spillville was
visiting at the home OF her brother,
Robt. Klimesh, few days last week.
A couple Of young ladies from Chica.
90 are visiting at the home. Of Jos.
Haskovetz
John f, Chyle returned home from
Mandan, n. D., last week. He has
been out there for about three months
working on his farm which he pur-
chased there about year ago
James Swehla of Spillville was q
caller here one day last week.
Died-Miss Anna Bouska died at
the home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Bouska, Monday, July 80 The
funeral was held Wednesday, July 25,
from the Holy Trinity Catholic
church.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Prominent Lawver ME.

Hot Springs, Ark, July 23.-Hon
Reid Can't, well-known lawyer, was
found dead in bed. Heart failure
Is supposed to have caused his death.
He was the author of the present
state Jim Crow law"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
N|oticel

I am prepared to do cement work Of
all kinds; sidewalk, curbing and
cistern work a specially. Prices
reasonable. Residence third house
north Of congregational church,
9resco, Ia. r. A. Register
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27

The beef trust and the railroads are
pointing with pride to the record ct
congress and the President agrees
with them, SO everybody should be
satisfied.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27

$4,000 at Mystic Workers Meeting.
Madison, Wis, July 25.-The annual
national picnic Of the Mystic Workers
81 the world was held here Tuesday.
Thsre wsrs more than $4,000 visitors.
4 speech Tns made BY Gov. Davidson
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
I GIGANTIC COLLECTION

- Remote babac and u1peoped lands the fg the
% P erags and The broad plains
that has before been dege
payn dovnpou1 the Birds
Animals famed for their beauty the finest speeE
phan ons tigers from Ind Beaut
all forest
Strange forms life lands bright brilliant page oIa
the Islands Of the South and thousands Of other
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Travels 81 4 Trunk.

Travels Of q Trunk.
II Mrs. James Of Cleveland, o., could
have followed her trunk when she
checked 1t out Of the union station
at Des Moines five months ago she
would have had an interesting jour
ney. BY some error the trunk was
mischecked. It went to Chicago, then
to New York and then across the
ocean to Poland. In the meantime
she needed the contents and the ram
road supplied her with articles which
duplicated those In the trunk. Now
the trunk has come back to Des
Moines safe and sound. 1t has been
forwarded to Chicago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Husse VIII Hang December "a.
n1lis Bnsaa has secured annth,


Louis Busse has secured another
lease on life, amounting to four
months. Governor Cummins has fixed
on Dec. "A for his execution. He was
to have been hanged on Aug 10, but
he has pending In the supreme court
an appeal which has not yet been ad.
Indicated, and the governor did not
wish to compel execution Of the death
judgment while appeal actually was
pending in the courts.
The appeal which now is pending
and which compels the postponement
OF the execution which had been fixed
for Aug. 10, Ia on writ Of habeas cor.
pus, application for which was made
before Judge Thompson at Cedar
Rapids. Gov. Cumnins fixed Aug
10 with the understanding that Busse's
attorneys would present the appeal
and submit the case to the court
This they did not do.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
AntI-corporatlon Party Launched.
Customs Receipts Grow.

Customs Receipts Grow.
While not all Of the imported goods
brought into Des Moines are cleared
through the Des Moines port Of entry,
the records Of Col. Geo. L. Godfrey,
United States surveyor Of customs,
show that every month from $4,000
to $4,000 and $4,000 worth Of goods
are entered and passed through the
Des Moines Office. During the pre-
sent year the month of January
showed the largest receipts, when
$12 1915 worth OF goods were entered,
on which $6,269.14 duty was paid. Re-
ceiDts are constantly on the increase.
Judge Carr Offers Rig Slit,
Judge E. M. Carr of Manchester has
offered to give the state forty acres
Of land, known as the Debil's back.
bone, if the board of control will
locate the state hospital for consump.
tives thereon.
The proposition - the best one
which the board Of control has re-
ceived. Additional land contiguous
to the land offered may be secured at
a reasonable price. The location Is
perfectly ideal, the best by far that
the board has inspected. The only
dragbaoA 10 the LACK Of railroad con-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27

somsthing More Than Face Value.
A Queen Anne farthing bearing the
date 171s was sold for 5000 in London
recently.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-27
Leadon,s Immense rrafae

Lendoa uses about 100000 horses
an6 $4,000 nnblc vehicles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-05-01
LAS DOS PRADERAS


Eranse dos comarcas, dos
mensas praderas, separadas POI
I'm claro rio
En- cierto lugar ambas ribe-
las sc aTqueaban Suavemente
para fOrmar un remanso pocC
profundo, semejante a un pc
queflo lago de aguas tranquilas
y trasparenteS.
Del lecho aureo del rio, que
sc rehejaba a traves de las
aguas ceruleas, surgian la
superficie largos tallos de lotos,
cuyas flores rosas Y blancas,
ADRIAN sobre el espejo tranquil
10; hbelulas y mariposas irisa-
das vaGaban por Gina de las
corolas, mientras las aves poSa-
das en- las palmeras de la ori-
LA. 8 cerniendose en- una at.
mosfera radiante, desgranaban
las notas de sus canciones co.
mo tintineos de campanillas de
plata.
Tai era ell ,remanso interpues-
to entire ambas regiones. La
primera sc llamaba Pradera de
la Vida, y la segunda, Pradera
de la Muerte.
Una Y otra eran obra del SUI
premo y TOdOpod cr0so Brahma,
quien habia conhado al buen
Visn1 la region de la Vida; Y
>sabio silva la region de la
Muerte.
Y luego les habia dicho:
-Gobernad, esas tierras a
vueStro arbitrio.
Entonces la Vida empezo a
toullir en- el pals que dependia
de Visnu. FL sol nacia Y Sc
ocultaba, produeiendo ell dia y
Ia noChe; la inmensidad de los
mares Sc agigantaba 9 Sc ALA
naba; Ell CielO sc cubria de nu-
bes cargadas de lluVia, la terra
sc vestfa de flores. -, convir-
ti0se en- una colmena desbor-
dante de hombres y animales, Y
para que todas las criaturas pu-
diesen multiplicarse, ,el buen
Dios cre6 el Amor, a quiep or
demo que fuera tambien la fell
Cidad.
Y entonces Brahma llam6 a
Visn1 y lie dijo:
Como va no podrias 1eali-
zar NADIA mas perfecto sobre la
TERRA, y el cielo esta va creado.
Teposa; y que los seres a quie-
mes til llamas "hombres' CONT
n1en tejiendo el hilo de Su vida
sin nuestra intercesion.
Visnu Obedeci6 al mandate
de Brahma, y los hombres vie
ronse obligados a obrar Y a
pensar por ST mismos. Sus bue-
mas ideas Sc resoIvfan en- rego-
clio; y en- tristeza las malas.
,EntonCes advirtieron con estu,
pefaCCion que la vida no era TN
goce interrumpldo, sino que su
hilo era tejido por dos tejedo-
ras, una de las cuales lleva la
sonrisa en- los labios; Y otra los
ejos anegados de lagrimas.
Los hOmbres acudleron a Yes.
MI y sc lamentaron.
-Senor, es duro soportar la
vida en- la triSteza.
Visnu Tespondio:
-iQue el Amor os fortalezca
Los hombres Sc retiraron er
calma. FL Amor disipaba las
penas, que parecian insignifi-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-05-01
PARA CIGARRILLOS

En- e1 BoLETIN MERcANT1L hay cons.
tante existencia de papel para ciga-
rrillos, marca "La Cubanita' esme-
Iradamente cortado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-05-01

cantes comparadas con la dichs
lpToporcionada por aquel.
sPero Ell Amor es ademas e
Igran creador de la Vida Y pol
Ivasta que fuese la region er
Ique reinaba Visn1, muy prontt
mi los arboles nj las abejas SUI
ministraron suficientes frutos
ly mieles para alimentar las
laglOmeraCioneS humans.
| Entonces los mas inteligen-
ties resolvieron desmontar los
bosques, cultivar los campos
sembrar trigo y recoger las Co
lsechas..
Asi nacio ell trabajo, que lue-
go no solo fue una condicion de
La existencia sino la existencia
miSma.
Ell trabajo engendro la Pena,
" esta la Fatiga.
Y de nuevo la multitud ase-
d10 Ell trono de Visnu.
-iSeTor !-exclamaban todoS.
tendiendo los brazos suplican-
tes-las penas debilitan nues
tros ouerpos; la fatiga martiri-
"a nuestros miembros, y desea-
riamos reposar; pero la existen.
c1a nos tuerza d TN trabajo sin
fin.
Visnu respondi0:
Ell gran Brahma no ha per-
mitldo desenvolver mas la vida;
pero creare algo que suspenda
ell trabajo y produzca el re
pOso.
Y Creo el suefl0.
Los humanos recibieron con
algeria aquel nuevo presente.
Durante el sueflo SC apacigua-
ban los cuidados y las decepcio-
mes; Y las fuerzaS desfallecien-
tes sc reanimaban. Ell suefo,
como una buena madre, secaba
las lagrimas del pesar y banaba
las Sienes de los durmientes
con una silenciosa niebla de oil
vido.
Los humanos alababan el
sueflO, diciendo:
Ell Senor te bendiga, por
que eres mejor que la vida du-
rante la vigilia.
Solo un defecto encontraban
en- Ell sueno: :el despertar. que
los obligaba de nuevo al traba-
10 y acarreaba nuevos cuidados
y fatigas.
Henrique Sienkiewicz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27
new CLASSES
ARE ORGANIZED
Miss Martha de Vacourt Piatt in
Charge of Department of EIocu-
ton at Villa de Chantal.

Glasses in elocution, physical train
ing, and artistic and society dancing,
have been organized at Villa de Chan
tai. The work this year will be under
the direction of Miss Martha de Val
court Piatt. graduate of the Hayward
School of Elocution, Dramatic Art and
Music. For several years follow
ing her graduation, Miss Piatt was a
member of the staff at the Hayward
school and since then she has done
studio work in San Antonio, Tex, and
taught physical training in the Pea
cock Military school of that city
Miss Piatt comes of a cultured liter
airy family, being closely related to the
American poet, John James Piatt, and
grand niece of Dom Piatt. we'll known
in journalistic and political circles.
Nature and art have combined to
make Miss Piatt charming success
in her adopted profession.
Miss Piatt has won much favorable
comment from the press, and the fol-
lowing from the Franklin News indi-
Gates the manner in which she was
received in that city:
Miss Martha de Valcourt Piatt, an
elocutionist of rare ability, was reward
ed by a we'll earned encore for her
reading of a humorous character
sketch. = x Her delineation of char
acter might be envied by professional
readers of long experience; she pos
sesses an originality which is at once
pleasing and refreshing"
Persons DESTROYS of joining the class
es may meet Miss Piatt any day at
Villa de Chantal She will also organ
ize a class outside the school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27
TELLS STUDENTS
ABOUT TUSKEGEE
Frank p. Chisholm, Representative of
Booker T. Washington, Talks On
Education of Negro.

Frank P Chisholm, a graduate of the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insti-
tute and personal representative of
Booker T. Washington, addressed the
high school students at general assem-
bly, yesterday afternoon, dwelling at
length on the purpose of the institute
for the education of the negro and the
work accomplished. He spoke of it's
growth from shanty in church yard
with one teacher, Booker T. Washing
ton, to an immense institution owning
2,400 acres of land and occupying So
buildings with a valuation of 100000.
Mr.. Chisholm spoke of his educational
development as result of the compile
ton of his course in 1902 and of the
great help that it had been to him in
the pursuit of his life work ut is ac-
complishing wonders among the ig-
norant negroes of the SOUTH" he said.
Mr.. Chisholm also made short adj
dresses at the Central Presbyterian
church and the Broadway Presbyterian
church last evening. He took for his
theme What the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute is doing for the col
orded race" He used his own expert
ence as a student for five years in this
school and his life since his graduation
as an example, and spoke of the work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27
Personal POINTS.

F. G. Young has returned after trip
east.
Mrs. F. E Lamphere has returned
from Colorado, where she spent six
weeks.
Mrs. Alfred Stocker left last night
for Kingston, Ont, called there by the
serious illness of her father, Rev. F.
B. StrattOn.
Phil Mitchell returned from Spring
field last night where he has been at
tending the convention of the Illinois
State Bankers association.
Monroe Roberts, rural mail carrier
at Edgington, has returned from a two
weeks visit with his sister, Mrs. Hes
ter A. Ross of Grinnell, Iowa.
Miss Emma Darling of Manchester,
n. H., who has been visiting with rel
atives in this city for the past several
weeks, has departed for Onward, CAL,
to spend the winter
Miss May O'Connor left last evening
to resume her studies at Wellesley
college, this being her fourth and last
year. Miss O'Connor, who was the
vaIedictorian in her class in graduation
from the Rock Island high school, has
also proven one of the brightest in her
class at Wellesley.
G. J. D'Amour of Cincinnati, COM
mercial agent of the Southern railway
n. r. Williams of Springfield, travel
ing passenger agent of the c., z. d st.
L.; Z. B. Leppert of Peoria, district
naSSenper agent of the Lake Erie e
Western, and ]. A. Russell of Chicago,
travelling passenger agent of the Pere
Marquette, were in Rock Island yes
terday calling on the local railway
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27

XX /HEN you buy Furniture buy it good-
" but don't pay too much for it! See
us about that and you'll save money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27

the material evidence, and that he in
tended to keep it until the affair was
settled. He took the money and gave
the men receipts for the amount.
Finally All Plead Guilty.
Finally all of the bonds had been
signed by the defendants and Justice
Johnson. but no other signer could be
reached. Justice Johnson went in
search of someone else to sign the pa
pers. and while he was gone Justice
McFarlane made out mittimi COM
hitting the men to Jail until the hear
ing Saturday, in default of the bonds
Then Butcher and Linzey decided to
plead guilty, and pay the fine, and
when they had done SO, Mr.. Cation,
too, changed his plea to one of guilty
Counting Out the Captured Lucre.
Sheriff Heider returned the money
and took back the receipts, and the
work of counting out the 300 silver dol
lars placed in one sack commenced
In another sack was $215, also in sill
yer. and when the counting of the first
sack was finished, the second had mys-
teriously disappeared, as had a spec
tator who came in during the proceed
ing.
Two men were sent after the miss
ing sack, it being assumed that the
man and sack had left together, and
after a few minutes wait, the entire
affair ended by the signing of a check
for the costs by Johnny Jones. The
outfit will be destroyed by
the sheriff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27
SAYS HUSBAND WAS CRUEL
Mrs, Hattie Robson Files Bill for Sep
arate Maintenance.

Charging that her husband was cruel
to her and threatened to take her life
and that of their child, Mrs. Hattie
Robson of Wrayville, has filed a suit
for separate maintenance and injunc-
ton in the circuit court, against her
husband, A ]. Robson. The couple
were married at Muscatine Oct. l.,
1892. Searle G. Marshall represent the.
complainant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27

for which it had fitted him. Mr.. CHS
holm will speak in the Moline churches
and the schools and then make tour
through Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27

You little knew when first we met
That some day you would be
The lucky fellow I'd choose to let
Pay for my Rocky Mountain Tea.
7. II. Thomas pharmacy.
The Glenwood post., 1906-12-08

and therefore such Careless use Of the
inJunctivs process tends to threaten its
very existence, for II the American peo-
pie ever become convinced that this
process is habitually abused. whether in
matters affecting labor or in matters af-
fecting corporations. 1t will be well-nigh
impossible to prevent Its abolition"
The Glenwood post., 1906-12-08

Of labor, with As y goal the general In
PRODUCTION of an eight-hour day. but in
aists that on the Isthmus of Panama the
conditions are so different from what
they are here that the Introduction of an
eight-hour day on the canal would be
absurd. and continues, Just about as alb
surd II Is, SO far as the isthmus Is
concerned. where white labor cannot be
employed, to bother to whether the
work Is done by alien black men or alien
yellow men,"
The Glenwood post., 1906-12-08

tho direction of granting . largs nsaa
ure of self-government."
American citixenship should b 80
The harbor Of San Juan in Porto ~
should be dredged and improved. T1(
expenses of the federal court Of Pore
Rico should be met from the fedsraI
treasury. The administration of the Al
fairs of Porto Rico. together with tho0g
Of the Philippines. Hawaii and our otha1
insular possessions. should all be dirsets
ed under one executive department: b
preference the department of state OF tn
department OF war.
The Glenwood post., 1906-12-08
Combinations Are Necessary.


1.-THE actual working of our laws has
shown that the effort to prohibit all COM
bnation, good or bad, Is noxious where
1t is not ineffective. Combination of
capital like combination of labor is
necessary element of our present indus
trial system 1t is not possible completely
to prevent It: and II 1t were possible.
such complete prevention would do dam
age to the body polite. What we need
Is not vainly to prevent all combination,
but to secure such rigorous and adequate
control and supervi On OF the combina-
tions as to prevenl their injuring the
public, or existing in such form .nev-
itably to threaten inJury-for the mere
fact that combination has secured
practically complete control of a neces-
sary of life would under any circum-
stances show that such combination was
to be presumed to be adverse to the pub
lie interest. 1t is unfortunate that our
present laws should forbid all combina-
tons. instead of sharply discriminating
between those combinations which do
evil. Rebates. for instance. are as often
due to the pressure Of big shippers tss
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Insist Upon Moustaches.

ROME, Sept 14.-This city is to
have the distinction Of being the start
ing place for a unique movement di-
rected against the tyranny of profess
sional etiquette. For some time the
Wallets and buffers employed by the
wealthy families in this city have re-
belled against the unwritten law which
DEGREES that Wallets de chambrO must
not wear a mOustache or beard, but
must keep their faces shaved clean.
The agitation spread among the thou
sands of Wallets in the city and finally
a mass meeting was called which was
attended by nearly three thousand men.
The matter was formally brought be-
fore the meeting and after a long dis
cussion it was resolved by vote of
more than two thousand Wallets not to
submit any longer to the tyranny of
their employers, but to wear moustach-
es, if they wished to do so. 1t is fear
ed that a general strike of Wallets will
be the result, should the employees re-
fuse to accept the decision of the meet
ing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Million Dollar Bids for Guns.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. IA
One of the largest contracts for naval
ordnance will be let in a few days,
when the bureau of ordinance will re-
ceive bids for fOrgings and for COM
pleted guns amounting to more rnan
$1,OOO,O00. 1t is unusual for the navy
department to invite bids for the fin
ished cannon, but it is now desired to
ascertain what prices it would be OBJ
liged to pay for naval guns of the
various calibres from the 7-inch up to
the 12-inch. 1t is possible the navy
Department will contract for the COM
pleted guns, instead of for the forg-
ings of nickel steel. There has been
more or less talk concerning the great
cost of finishing guns at the naval
gun factory at Washington, and per-
haps the bids received will throw some
light on the matter.