The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1906-08-30
News of
A Week
Paragsaphic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings

The greatest financial war, accord
ing to Wall street, that ever has been
waged there is now raging. The inn
mediate object is the possession of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail
road with its $25,000000 of extra cash
to be added to its treasury from the
proceeds Of It's new stock The real
stake, which is of far greater impor-
lance. however, is the Pacific coast
trade. The opposing forces consist Of
j. Pierpont Morgan, James ]. Hill and
their friends. the foreign capitalists, Oh
the one side and E. r. Hartman, prac-
teal owner of the Union Southern Pa.
cific goads with Sir William Van
Horne, Sir Thomas Shaughnessey, as
the comptroller of the vast Canadian
Pacific system, with their friends, on
the other.
The United States census bureau re-
ports that the manufacturing Industries
of Pennsylvania III thtSEast five years
increased from 23.462 to 23,495 with an
aggregate capitalization of $1995. $780,
9SS. an increase of 3T.7 per cent. The
number of salaried officials and clerks
employed by these establishments is
given as 66,0s1 and the number Of
wage earners at 1853 S2. the former re-
ceiving $73.269,007 and the latter $367,-
960, $50 in wages The total product of
the industries for 1905 was 81 1916 SOL
332, an increase over 1900 OF 1S.5 per
cent.
I0.o..;da,+ pooca,-aIf hoe indorSnd .+hn
Carnegie spelling reform moyement
He has issued orders to Public Printer
Stilings that hereafter all messages
from the president and all other docu
ments emanating from the White
House shall be printed III accordance
with the recommendation of the spell
ing reform committee headed by Bran
der Matthews, professor of English in
Columbia university.
The Chicago federal grand jury re-
turned ten indictments against the
Standard Oil company before Judge
Bethea in the United States circuit
court. The indictments, which contain
6,420 counts, are all in connection with
the granting of rebates. Under the
law fines aggregating S131. 0S0000 may
be imposed if conviction follows indict-
ment No railroad was mentioned in
the indictments
Another. recruit has Joined the ranks
of the soas of wealthy men who have
put on overalls to work as laborers OIL
apprentices in the trades. His name is
b l.. Winchell. Jr., and he is the son
of the president of the Rock Island and
Frisco railroad systems and a graduate
of Yale University The young collegi.
an viii become an apprentice in the
Baldwin Locomotive works, Philadel.
phia.
Thomas j. Richards, member of the
executive committee of the United
Mine Workers of America in the Ninth
district brought joy to his family and
friends. who feared he had been MUIR
del'aA when he returned to his home
at Minersville. Pa When he disap
peared early in June. he said he went
to the Pacific coast and after a short
stay went to Wales on visit
"We are leading an awfully fast life
in this country said John D. Rookie
Teller in an interview in Cleveland
1T is simply rush, rush along. Tie
newspapers. for the most part, keel
apace of the times. They show the life
of their readers People live too fast
Their life is accelerated by the head
lines, the concentrated excitement al
bound up in few words. y
I'VE will install additional presses il
the bureau of printing and engraving
in October and will increase the ca
pacity of the plant for printing paper
money 40 per cent We hope in this
way somewhat to relieve the famine il
paper currency in small denominations
which now exists This statement
was made by Charles H. Treat, United
States treasurer.
The cause of an epidemic of typhoi6
fever in Three Oaks. Mich, was dis
covered when a member of the boaro
of health climbed to the top of the
waterworks standpipe and found the
dead bodies of several thousand young
sparrows covering the surface of the
water.
Mill owners and farmers generally
throughout New England are anxious
ly looking for abundant rain to I'll
their depleted springs and waterways
particularly in the interior portions
Crops have been suffering for the pas
four or five weeks for lack of showers
The meat packers are said to b,
worried because of the quiet way il
which Secretary Wilson is visiting the
packing establishments. Under the
law which goes into effect Oct. 1 he
has power TO force any improvement:
he may deem wise
BY the will of Daniel B. Wesson. the
revolver maker, $650000 is given TO thu
Wesson Memorial and Maternity hos
pitfalls of Springfield, Mass. and the
remainder Of his fortune Of S15,000,o0t
or more is divided among forty rela
tives.
Representative postoftice clerks from
six western cities met IN Chicago anl
formed a national union under the aus
pices Of the American Federation .