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The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Washinqton Landmarks for Sale.

Love of home in the full accept
ance of the word, is not a distinguish
ing quality of American women, if re-
cent real estate deals in Washington
and it's vicinity serve as an index. The
great-granddaughter of Francis Scott
Key has just sold the ancestral home
of her family to traction company.
that it may be pulled down for the
building of a station. Mrs. Sheridan.
widow of Little Phil" sold the house,
which was presented to the warrior
by the grateful American nation, for
the reason that the locality was get
ting Questionable and she wished to
move further west. Selling the homes
of dead statesmen is epidemic and the
houses locally famous through their
occupancy by Senator Quay, the Key
stone state boss, by Senator William
McMillen, of Michigan, and by Rob-
ert R. Hit, of Illinois, are all on the
market. The widows of these Illus
trious men all desire other domiciles.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
LIFE coUNTERFEITEp.
Wonderful Results Obtained by Means
Of Artificial Devices.

Life has been so nearly counter
feited in recent experiments that it is
almost impossible to detect any diff
ference between the forms manufac-
tured in the chemists laboratory and
the actual organisms of life, according
to DR.. Alfred Gradenwitz, whose ar
ticle in the Technical World Maya
zine, entitled Life Artificially Coun-
terfeited" presents very able re-
sumo of what biologists have recently
been able to accomplish towards pro-
ducing life by artificial means. He
describes the experiments of DR.. Sta
delmann, who, by the action of cleo
tricity on certain chemical compounds,
has produced many curious forms
which closely resemble organic struc-
lures. Photographs of these forms
are reproduced with the article. DR..
GradenwitZ not only tells of the re-
suits which DR.. Stadeimann has ac-
complished. but describes how he
came to discover the process, and tells
other interesting stories about scien-
lists in their search for the answer to
the great question which has puzzled
man from the beginning of time
can life be produced artificialy?
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
SAILORS AND THE WIRELESS"
Officials Now Keep Close Tab on Yes.
seis' Mover cnts.

All sorts of things can be turned
to all sorts of uses. and an additional
illustration in this line was given when
wireless telegraphy was used to help
out the building of the House and
Senate office building near the Capt.
tol. Mr.. Elliott Woods. the superin-
tendent of the Capitol. and who has
charge of the construction of the two
new office buildings is regarded as an
expert in wireless telegraphy. There
is one of the finest wireless plants
in the United States in the Senate
laboratory, and the relations between
this plant, which is Mr. Woods, and
the regular plants is cordial
There was much wanted cargo of
stone for the House Office building
missing. 1t was needed to get up the
street front of the building and it
was known that it had left New York
and started down the coast. There had
been bad weather and there was no
telling what had happened to the flo
tilla and no way of getting at it out
at sea- So the wireless plant was
called into requisition and with the
sanction of the Washington navy yard
station, messages were sent to all of
the naval plants along the coast where
the stone cargo was likely to be
sighted Henlopen, Cape Henry and
the other points were all notified to
keep lookout for the stone cargo and
report to Washington if it were
sighted.
Cape Henry was the first to pick it
up and reported that the boat had
been having trouble with the weather,
but was then off the capes Sure
enough, next morning the boat
| reached Washington and the build.
ing was going on merrily
Orders have been issued to the
| captains of the stone boats hereafter
| to set the international signal when
they are passing the wireless stations
on the coast and Mr.. Woods will there
! by be able to keep tab on the vessels
movements all the way from New
| York without going out of his office
on Capitol Hill. And the captain and
crew won't be able to put in at any OF
the coast ports for quiet rest and
a spree even if they want to and as
| they have been known to do in times
| past. Truly the wireless is a mighty
| source of trouble to the one-time in.
| dependent sea-faring man.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Had No Use for "WiIdcats."

I'm not train dispatcher" said
Frank Fox of the Union Pacific local
freight Office, land I'm glad of it
My brother, however, who visits me
occasionally, is dispatcher at Buffalo
for the Lackawanna. He told me
yarn the last time he was out here
that isn't so bad. It seems that ex-
ira trains upon his road were at one
time regularly and officially desig-
mated as wildcats. The only running
orders given to such trains leaving
East BSsfalc, for example, read Wild
cat to Elmita.' One day Few man
was being examined for the position
of fagman. The examiner asked
many qtestions intenked to bring our
the applicants fund of information
and his qualifications for the position
sought. Finally this question was
asked:
"'What would you do if you were
out tagging and you saw a wildcat
approaching?'
''Thoughtfully scratching his head a.
moment, the candidate for railroad
honors replied: Shoot if had a gun,
or take to the tall timber kansas
City Star.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
HER END A MYSTERY
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT BECAME
OF OLD ENGINE
Famous Locomotive "Oranee" Is Sup
posed to Have Found Its Grave
yard in the Old Scrap Heap
at Susquehanna.

If the scrap heap at Susquehanna
could speak it might possibly be able
to tell what became of the old engine
Orange. No living person seems
able to do so. Ed. II. Mott, the his
torian of the Erie, tried for years to
trace her ending after the close of
a famous career, but failed. His con-
clusion was that she ultimately
reached the scrap heap in Susquehan-
ma. But of that he was not at all
certain. 1t was the best guess he
could make.
The Orange was the fourth locomo.
tive owned by the Erie, the first three
being named Eleazer Lord, Piermont
and Rockland, respectively.
The Orange had mate in the
Ramapo, all five having been built by
William Norris of Philadelphia in
1740-4t, at an approximate cost of
$4,000 each. The Orange drew the
first train moved over the Erie from
Piedmont to Goshen, September %,
1S41, making the trip in three hours,
drawing two passenger cars (all the
Erie then owned) and two fiat cars,
Gov. Seward and the members of his
staff being passengers. Joe" Megin-
ness was the engineer.
The Orange was engaged in build
ing the road at intervals all the way
used for like work, after having been
sold by the Erie, on the Attica &
Hornellsville, and the Buffalo, Brad
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
SHOULD BE IN CAPITAL,
Most Appropriate Place for Headquar
tiers of Patriotic Orders.

"All the soldier and other patriotic
organizations in this country should
have their headquarters in Washing
ton, and eventually they will" This
statement was made by Capt. Edward
Trenchard of the Army and Navy
club and the Aztec club, before the
national encampment committee of
the United Spanish War Veterans, at
the Hotel Regent. Capt. Trenchard
was introduced to the assemblage by
Capt. Orville G. Victor as one who lis
intensely interested in soldiers and
their societies"
Continuing, Capt. Trenchard said
that even though the national COM
manders of patriotic organizations be
elected from the states, there should
be a grand central structure erected
in this city in which headquarters of
all the associations could be located.
He predicted that there would be
such a consummation, and requested
the Spanish war veterans to push the
Spain had produced great and lasting
results, and gave the American peo
Pile "an imperial republic with ter.
ritory beyond the sea.
There cannot be too many patri-
otic associations" declared Capt.
Trenchard in conclusion They are
the great leaven of true Americanism
and are destined eventually to save
this country"
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
SOME CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS.
Author Points Out Reasons for Dis
asters to Train Crews.

Most of the common accidents
caused by neglect of the train crew
are summarized by Mr.. Richardson, in
his book, Railroad Accidents; Their
Causes and Prevention" as follows:
Failure to watch for and observe
signals.
Trains following each other too
closely.
Trains following at too high rate
of speed.
Failure to protect trains stopped on
the main track.
Cars not being left into clear at
sidings.
Switches being left wrong.
Lack of caution in time of storm or
fog.
General carelessness.
Most of the injuries to employees
caused by their own carelessness are
from coupling cars, getting on and of,
or falling from trains and engines.
Mr. Richards cannot imagine why a
brakeman of common sense should
stand on a footboard and when the
couplers are almost together put his
hand in between them, nor why he
should stand in the middle of the
approach and then step on the foot
board, or brakebeam, when by STEP
ping to one side he could get on in
safety. Why do men jump on an an-
CINE pilot to ride few feet to make
a switch when the engine is going so
fast as to be dangerous?
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Expert on Army Clothing.

Prof. w. f. France, editor of the
Philadelphia Textile School, and one
of the worlds recognized experts in
wools and wooden fabrics, for year
past has been employed to pass upon
every bolt of cloth offered army Of
ficers for clothing contracts. He is
called to Washington or sent to other
centers of army supplies whenever a
new clothing contract is being filled.
With critical eye and deft touch he
passes upon the utility of the prof
fered cloth and the quartermaster
generals department accepts without
question his judgment. For time
contractors endeavored to have him
removed, but without success. The
result of DIR. Frances work is that
the army is better clothed than ever
betRre.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
S5(:ilEN!{lEE {lEE3xff1l.g!t. N ION !;
ESlsn:-sasa, Am --ss.as.,-ssixsS s.ssixsS
A RADlUM ACCUMULATION.
italian Scientist Dscoverer of an I'm
portant Process.

The presence in certain mineral
springs of radium or some other
radioactive substance was demon
strated some time ago. and an Italian
scientist now says that he can extract
this substance from water and store
it in an accumulation. The Literary
Digest relates from the Corriere della
Sera tMilan) the following descrip-
ton OF the process:
Prof. Batelli observed that the
mineral springs of San Giuluano, near
Pisa, were strongly radioactive. and
he decided to try to isolate the en-
anation; his idea was to obtain the
substance directly from the water,
and for this purpose he erected lab
oratory at the springs. In this lab
oratory we find first pump which
produces vacuum in receptacle sit
uated about 30 feet above the level
of the spring water; when the water
enters this receptacle the gas in So
luton escapes, and with it the radio
active substance. The water then
passes off by discharge tube, and
a new supply enters below. There is
thus continual current of water flow
The wageworker., 1906-11-30

ford e. Pittsburg roads. In 1859 she
rollton, N. Y. An employe who heard
she was to be seized for debt, fired
her up and ran her to Bradford, Pa,
out of the jurisdiction of New York
state officers, and left her on the
track there. The next morning she
had disappeared. Where she had gone
or who took her away was never
learned, and an old employe says;
NO trace of her has ever been found
SO far as l know, and 1 have made
all sorts of inquiries everywhere dur
ing the past 40 years. 1t is supposed
that she was run back to Susquehan-
ma in the night-which would have
been an easy task in those days.
There is theory that she was
broken up in Susquehanna, but that
was rumor that could never be ver-
flied. There was no reason why she
should have been taken to Susque-
hanna and none why she should have
been broken up, except that she was
useless-worn out by hard work.
In 1852 the Orange was taken apart
and ferried piecemeal across the Gen
esee river, put together and used to
haul iron to finish the road from
Warwick to Attica. She had previous
ly drawn the first train over the
Hornellsville & Attica railroad, Janu-
ary %, 1852, from Hornellsville to
Portage, and on August of that same
year drew the first train across the
completed Portage bridge-then one
of the engineering wonders of the
world. - Erie Railroad Employees
Magazine
The wageworker., 1906-11-30


show an increase of 546 in the total
number of employees killed and 10,098
in the number injured, while there is
decrease of 119 in the. number of
passengers killed and an increase of
1,145 in the number injured, as COM
pared with the number reported for
the year ended June 80, 1905. In
coupling accidents, which occur who'll
ly to employees, there is an increase
of 6S in the total number killed and
of 393 in the number injured, as COM
pared with those reported during the
preceding year.
Reports received up to October 28
for the year 1906, representing 213,OOO
miles of track, show an increase of
1855 in the number of trainmen en-
ployed, as compared with the total
for 1905.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Alcohol in Bread.

There has been much discussion
about the quantity of alcohol con-
tanned in ordinary bread as the result
of the Preventative process to which
it is subjected before baking. Evil
IDENTIFY the quantity is small, says the
Youths Companion, but until recently.
it would appear, chemists have not
succeeded in accurately measuring it.
Now, however, it is announced that
ID. o. Pohl, by an elaborate process
based upon the distillation of the
bread to be tested in a Papin digester,
has ascertained that ordinary bread
normally contains .0753 of gram of
alcohol for every 100 grams of bread,
or little more than seven parts in
10000. 1t is we'll to be precise even
in small things.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30

A radical change in the construction
of sleeping cars is proposed. which
will afford all the room and comfort
of a parlor car during the day with
plenty of light. and better ventilation
at night. In this car the berths are
entirely below the floor during the
day, the space being occupied by COM
Portable arm chairs which may be
moved about as desired. In making
up berth the chairs are removed
and tray doors are raised which be-
come the partitions between the sec
tions, and the porter by means of a
sprocket raises one or borth berths
into position. The berths lock secure
ly at any desired height. The COM
pany intends to make no charge for
an upper berth when it is not oc-
cupied, and in such event only one
berth is raised above the floor, leaving
a room unobstructed to the ceiling of
the car.
The occupant can have his berth
at whatever height he desires, like a
low or high bed, says Railway and
Locomotive Engineering. The new
plan enables the porter to make up or
put away the berths in less time than
by the present system in sleeping
cars. In the day, when the beds are
down out of sight below the closed
The wageworker., 1906-11-30

ing through the receptacle while the
gas passes off into a Sasometer. :
The gas is composed almost entire
ly of carbonic anhydrid and nitrogen
mixed with radium emanation, and to
isolate the latter from the anhydrid
another operation. partly physical
and partly chemical, is necessary.
The physical operation consists in
liquefying the gas by compressing it
in brass receptacle, and in then
drawing it off by stop-cock. There
remains, however. a quantity of an
hybrid in a gaseous form, and in or
der to get rid of this completely it
The wageworker., 1906-11-30

is passed through bottles containing
caustic soda in solution. The gas
is then filtered through pumice soaked
in sulphuric acid, which attracts the
water. and lastly it is injected into
a bath of liquid air. At the low tenn
perature of the liquid air the radium
emanation is liquefied and the nitro
gen passes off by tube.
The Corriere says further that the
presence of the radium is revealed
by the green fluorescence of the zinc
sulphide in the condensing tube, and
that in the dark the light from the
tube can be seen for long distance.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Stephenson's "invicta."

Stephenson's old 'Invicta. locomo-
tive, which seventy years ago used to
run between Canterbury and Whit
stable, was formally unveiled at Can
terbury recently by Sir David Salo-
mons. who presented this interesting
railway relic to the town council
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Hard and Soft Whistles.

Belgian railway engines are fitted
with two whistles, one producing a
much softer tone than the other. In
order to spare residents nerves, the
"scft'' whistle is used when the train
is passing through towns and railway
stations.
The wageworker., 1906-11-30
Names Mountain Peaks.

The Duke of AbruZZi has named the
three highest peaks of Mount Ruwen-
zori after Queen Margherita, Queen
Alexandra, and King Leopold. 49,. =.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-04-10
Conspiraci0n


Es por el estilo de las de La Gran
Duquesa la ha descubierto Ell
Herald. Empezo en- las esquinas
de Ia calle Catorce de Nueva York,
continue en- las antesalas Y los come
dorcs de los hote1es medic cspafioles
que por ALI hay y que acabara Dios
|sabe id0nde.
Su objeto seg1n ell mismo periodi-
co es Seguir la pista del million pico
de pesos que los americanos han re-
caudado en- las aduanas de Santo Do
mingo, melon maduro que Caera 8 no
10 t1ltimo probab1ementel en- manos
de la administrator dominicana que
|acierte a estar en- el poder, aunque
sea de paso, e1 dfa que ell Senado de
Washington Sc niegue redondamen-
tie ratificar ell protocolo de Mr.. Roo
|sevelt con su coletil1a del tmodus
.vivendi.
La cosa esta que arde, pero sunni
da en- el miSterio. Por ESQ sin duda,
para hacerla mas misterioSa todavfa
y que nadie sc entere, ilustra el CO.
lega Su tenebroso artfculo con cuatro
magnfflcos retratos de los generates
Caceres y Jimenez y de los senores
Morales Y iSanchez. DespueS da una
llsta completa de los que llama ate
zadOS pAtriotas que Salieron el saba
do para San Juan de Puerto Rico"
Por cierto que tambien Sc EMBARGO
para San Juan el sabado el general
Jimenez, aunque el nj eS atezado nj
cosa que 10 valga
FL million que han ''ahorrado" los
americanos esta siendo una pesadi-
LA para la tranquilidad de Santo Do
mingo. Revolution con bombardeoS
maritimos y terre stres, caida de Mo-
rales. muerte de Demetrio Rodrl-
guez, de Neney, de Manuel Torres,
conversion de San Juan de Puerto
Rico respecto de Santo Domingo en-
10 que fuG Cayo Hueso con respecto
q Cube espai1ola, Y ahora conspira-
ci6n y conciliabulos Ell las esquinas
de la calle Catorce- Y los palos V
sustos y glitos que estaran por venir
Y en- fin, Ia puesta es formidable
y d1ran algunos que bien vale la pc
ma de tomar cartas en- el juego Y ten
tar la suerte.
FL hugonote Enrique ~ de Fran
cia, dijo que Paris bien valfa una mi
sa. Fglrense ustedes el ndmero dc
novenas oratorios que
hubiera dido por million medic de
pesos el rey Enrique Y tambi6n
0trOs que hi Sc llaman Enrique nj
son hugonotcs, que sepamos.
Esta misteriosa conspiraci6n al al
re llbre tlene una nota alegre Dice
81 colega citado que el eX-ministro
tue a Washington y le pregunt6 al
Secretari0 Root 81 pensaba devolver
"aquello" 4 Santo Domingo en- case
de fallar el tratado. Y Mr.. Root le
diio que no 10 saba
Bonito es el SecretariO Root. Es
mas que bonito, es hermo&o.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-04-10

RED - LINE or STEAMSHIPS
Yapos amacHO HEYGL Porto Rco Curaus Vsnsusa
Salendo del muee num- 13 BROOKLYN juno St Perry
'apOr CARACAS 5000 Tons VapOes Z dObe h6Hce:
PHILADELPHIA, $500 vapOr MARACAIB0 1900 Tons
MERIDA, ZULIA sn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-04-10


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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-04-10

Sali6 este buque dc la Corufa Ell
20 del mes pr6ximo pasado para este
puerto.
Admiti6ndose carga Y
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
TAXPAYERS Will
SEEK COURTS AIO
State Of South Dakota to 81
Made Defendant in
Litigation.
RESENT BIG TAXATION
Lawrence County Residents Object I,
Increased Valuation Returned BY
Auditor and Propose Bringing
Suit for Reduction.

DeadwOod, S. D., Jan 24.-An inter-
esting suit will come up oon in the
circuit court of this district. Ii will
be brought by the taxpayers OF Law
renee county against The state for the
purpose of effecting a reduction OF
taxes for the year 1905. At the annual
meeting of the state board of equal
board increased the valuation as re-
turned by the county auditor on all
city and town realty in Lawrence
county 12h per cent.
This created a great stir anon the
property holders in h county. as the
value of realty had not increased dur
ing the last year, and The valuation,
was much higher than the valuation
returned by other counties. The
enjoined from accepting more than
e~igllt-ninths Of all taxes assessed
against town and city realty in Law
renee country for 1905.
The petition through which this ac-
ton was taken has been received en-
Enthusiastically by all taxpayers. The
committee appointed by the Lead Com
mercial club has requested that each
taxpayer in the county contribute at
city property to help pay the expense
of litigation.
Coe 1. Crawford Of Huron, S. C. Pol
ley Of Deadwood and G. b. Thompson
of Lead have been retained as counsel
for the plaintiffs.
, Lawrence county feels that it has
just cause for action, as records show
that It's city realty is paying on a 60
per greater valuation than Sioux
Falls realty, and on a 800 per cent
greater valuation than the Minnehaha
agricultural lands,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
BANKS ARE PROSPEROUS.
institutions in South Dakota in Excel.
lent Condition.

Watertown, s. D.. Jan. 26.-F. M.
Bralnble, bank examiner for South Da-
kota, has just issued an abstract of the
business condition OF the banking in
stitutions of the state for 1906 as COM
pared with 1904.
An abstract Of the condition of 213
state banks in South Dakota at the
CLOSE Of business November 10, 1904,
as compared with an abstract of re-
ports Of 1852 state banks at the close
OF business November 9, 1905, shows
an increase in of $4.5O1, 514.20.
During the same period the number
of private banks decreased from forty
TO thirty-six, yet the u of this
class of banks shows an increase of
$58,S31.77. The banking corporations
decreased from sixteen to twelve, while
the lay increased $685.
593.97.
A summing up of the banking insti-
tutions of the state other than ma
tional shows an increase of forty-one
sources of $4,S66. 940.94. The abstracts
show an Increase in deposits subject
to check of $l,547.9 1868 SO, and increase
in certificates OF. deposit of 50, 571, 546.14.
Examiner Bramble reports that there
has been a marked improvement in the
general condition OF the banks Of
South Dakota during the past year.,
and that practically all the institutions
of the state are in a decidedly flour
fishing condition.
The prosperous condition of South
Dakota is shown by the fact that there
has not been a failure of d banking
in South Dakota during the
past three years.