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New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
BRAZIL'S NEW BATTLESHIPS.

At least five naval powers arc now fully coni-
rnitted to the policy represented by tho Dread
nought- England. Japan. Germany, the United
States and Brazil have IN commission or are
building battleships Of which the main batteries
consist of guns Of single calibra Tho pur-
poses Of Italy. Austria ana Russia have not been
clearly defined. but in the latest edition OF
"Brassey's Naval Annual the belief is ex-
pressed that they will follow suit. In France
the type Of ship Is not yet regarded with
hearty approval. That country Is now building
six vessels, each OF which will be equipped WITH
four 12-inch breech-loaders and twelve "a inch
rifles. In six others which may be authorized
next year q slight concession Is likely to be
made. influential naval officers favor giving
them six twelves and only eight OF the smaller
caiibre. AS yet France seems to be faithful to
the policy OF mixed batteries.
Concerning the three battleships Of Brazil
under construction in private yards In
England much curiosity has been manifested.
From particulars supplied by a recent issue OF
Engineering and by Mr.. Brassey 1t appears
that Brazil Is animated by an earnest spirit OF
progress. Two OF the vessels to be pro-
PEELED by reciprocating engines. and In the third
turbines may be employed but they are ex-
pected to develop a speed of twenty y-one knots.
In this respect they will equal the Dreadnought
and the American battleships Delaware and
North Dakota They will. however. mount
twelve guns each. or two more than the nela-
ware will carry and four more than the Mich
igan. Just lattsry OF that degree of
strength IL favored by several foreign powsrs-
England. Japan and Germany among them
The system Of distribution. too makes every
sun elective for broadAaAs nsa Nlilo slght Aan
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
CoBDENTSM AND BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

Mr.. John Holt Schooling, to whom the COM
pilation Of comparative statistics In tabular
form is the very breath Of lfe contributes
TO THE Windsor Magazine an instructive ex-
position of the effects of free trade upon the
chief British industries. or. at least, Of the
course end conditions of those industries since
the adoption of Cobdens hobby His figures
apply 10 England and Wales. and deal first with
agriculture which has, of course always been
the principal occupation Of the people. He
shows that in 1851 there were 600 persons
actually working in agriculture, and that since
then there has been a steady decline In num-
bers, until In 1901 there were only 9SS,OOO,
loss Of nearly so per cent At the same time
the population of the kingdom has increased
nearly 100 per cent, that the proportonate
number engaged in agriculture has decreased to
a still greater degree. In 1851 there were 1O6
In the 600 engaged in agriculture, and In 1901
only 30 In the 1000.
While agriculture is still at the head of all
industries in the number OF persons employed,
its present lead is a small one In 1851 It
ployed nearly 80 per cent of all in the largest
ten occupations and In 1901 less than 2S per
cent. But IL expected and probably In
tended that agriculture should decline under
free trade. What. then, has been the record Of
those industries which it was especially ex-
pected and intended that free trade should pro-
mote? The cotton trade beloved OF the Man.
chester School, ranked second Of all Industries
in 1851, but 1t has fallen 10 fourth place,
with a positive increase but, relatively to the
population, a large decrease In the number Of
persons employed The woolen and worsted
trade stood fourth in 1851. and now it has
fallen TO seventh place. with a positive as well
as q relative decline IN numbers The boot and
shoe business has fallen from the ffth to the
sixth place, while the silk and lace industries,
which In 1851 were respectively eighth and
tenth have disappeared from the list OF the
foremost 1eD
Equally suggestive are the facts concerning
the industries that have risen in rank and dis
placed those which Cobdenism was designed to
favor They are those which, despite free trade.
enjoy protection by virtue OF natural conditions.
Thus the building trades have risen from q
very remote third place in 1851 TO very close
second in 1901. and bid fair soon 10 surpass az
ricsLtura itse.8 apd take drSt place. Goal tuinr
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
% trained directly forward and eight directly

aft
Ono characteristic Of the guns to be instalied
on tho Minas Geraes and her sister ships, yet to
he mentioned furnishes additional evidence that
Brazfrs advisers are thoroughly up to date. The
range OF . cannon depends somewhat on It's
length. A few years ago the leading navies OF
the world used guns the length Of which
was forty times the interior diameter An ad-
vance to forty-fve caf1bres was made 30 re-
Gently by England and the United States that
guns OF that length have been adopted only on
the newest ships of those countries At least
two English manufacturers one great firm in
France and the Krupps now place on the mar
ket 12-inch breech-loaders fifty calbres long.
That il the style Of gun Brazil has ordered for
her battleships France. too. Is to use them.
though she will not put so many on q single YES
sci as some other countries do. Germany Is ex-
pected to do the same with the battleships the
building Of which she begins next year Eng
land. II is hardly necessary to say. has found
satisfactory ffty-caibre design for her own SER
vice but so far we are aware the United
States has not yet done 80.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31

inx similarly has risen from sixth place to third.
and tailoring from seventh place to ftfth. Inc
industries which flourish under free trade.
therefore. are those which enjoy through situa-
tion a degree Of protection which free trade can
not destroy. while those which free trade was
designed specifically to promote show steady
decline. Cobdenjem has thus sacrificed that
which was England's greatest industry for the
sake OF other industries which not even that
sacrifice can cause to Increase.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
SOCIETY At BAR HARDoR.
ny reaear,nh 20 4he Tf4suna1

10y 1oaoU1aDh to 1h0 1f16unA1
Bar Haxeor. Me-. Aug. SA-1hs annual sunorrfp-
ton concert was gwen at the Ma1vsEn tonight By
the Boston eympAouy playsr4 Gustav etrubA con-
ducter. asaistsd b Nlss Halsn yisks WsskSatA
sopsano- AZ the LouaS6urg The weekly conoGFt
wns given BY the orchestra under ths direction Of
Kari Barth. asssted By MrA Margaret McKlnlsy
Schmidt oeafralto n 0saco Church.
The scam yacht Nay. with p. A. b. W1dmer.
the owusr On board, sailed on Saturday ~ PAna-
delphia. On Friday Nh W1danae gave . hSys re-
ospk3on "a board he yanh4
Wsitss euydsm. Of New Tsrk. has 5sfnsd his
family at XsAo oo<1AgA
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
IN THE sgRxsniRss.
fBy Ts,agr.ea D. ~ H0unAl J

IBy xeSaorao6 % 1nD 1SmunAJ
Leno1. Ans. M-0lr. and Ma Richard c. Dsxey
entertAlned ae luncheon st Tans1sveed 3or their
house guest. ArA Waltar Dorsham. Of ENGLAND
THE aftornoon.
Mss Sophia Turnise has MrA Julian Jamas Of
Washington. and Ma y. H Won Henag<, of paSfn
her guests at E6gooomh
Nra Robart woodwesth. who bad beaa Ct Har
Harbor. has returned q Laaez. ana II . Russe OF
Nrs Tha4chss ~ AdamA
MrA Henry Dtbbase daOastsd today b. motor for
q tour Of the White Montana
Mrs. Richard Watson ondsr and tA> lgfupa an.
der hGvo returned to -Four Brook Farm frum
0hayeo, Conn.
Mr.. and Ma J. Woodward Havsn as~ eaoainr H.
Stokes villa this weak. an1 WM b Suas&D oR NM
Hsury Cram ak HlShWooA tor the an unn1Aa
NSA HmYy Aunroo ana family. e Tu.eae p,-a
are gussts o3 lC1ao Adels KnealaAd at ynaY -
MrA Francis r. Appleton enA - 1aanpo Aaoa,
ton havs returned 70 1pswtah, GAan, ef,op = Seu1a
NlA QAoae AA1lQ - AnAnnnA
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31

THIS newspaper is orned and p"oasnea w
I'll. Tribune Association q Nc1o York corpora
49, oace and principal place Of business,
gvibune Building, No. l54 Adssd" street, He'0
York. ogden Mals, president; Nafhdnse' ia'''e'
.ecre,oru and treasurer. The address OF the
officers is the Office OF This nclcspaper.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
Amsscusessse.

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New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
the present position Of the .rmor belt as too

II the Japanese universal exposition IL not
held until 1917 1t will mark the semi-centenary
Of the new era in that empire. and the beginning
Of one of the most remarkable national develop
naents in the history Of mankind
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31


For a man who claims to have only the In
tereet Of organized labor at heart. Mr.. Gompers
seems to be exceedingly circumscribed in his po-
1itical sympathiee. He will have hard work 70
convince his followers that the Independence
and Republican parties are both anathen1a. and
that the only hope Of the labcring man s to Tia
to q leader like Mr. Bryan. who is constant to
no cause ana whose political ideas have nnct-
uated according to the exigencies of each of
his Presidential canvasses.
II Thaw can dispute enough bills against him
there appears TO be reason why he should not
spend most Of his time, not in Jail or In an asy-
lum, but in an automobile.
"The Charleston News and Courier gives Mr.
Bryan credit for one great accomplishment 1t
said the other day:
Last Sunday William Jennings Bryan attended
divine services at the Fourth Presbyterian church
in Chicago. in which his old friend; the Rey- Dr.
Kittredge formerly of Chicago. but now OF New
York, preached Mr.. Bryan was accompanied 20
FAMILY: JosephHs Daniels and several members Of
the national committee. This was preciseiy & as ~
ought to have been Mr.. Bryan himself Is resu- gu
proving the conduct of all the members OF lii LII
Democratic National Committee In this way ne VIII
accomplish almost as muGh OF smostan'lai so'" "
Every little helps. THE News ant Courier
will presently be able to view without repug-
nance Mr. Bryan's advocacy Of the popular eiec-
tion of United States Senators and his insistence
(on tho Northern stump) on government BY ma
foritfeA.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31

The movement In the navy Tor Q desper armor
belt shows how little Importance was attanhed
New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
Tnder to Advertisements.
Nkp71nrk Daily Grtbmre

MONDAY, AUGUST 81, lSos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MARCH 22. 1908

all the grief there is in the world Maybe next
time it II stick
NO. says he There's no use trying any
more Probably it is bad play. have been hop
through
Hiram's hope tank had run dry. He was all in.
And say, there's peasanter sights than man
when he's got to that stage, no matter what fool
way he takes to get there. l couldn't think of a
word that would help him out; so l leaves him and
goes into the gym, where Swiftly Joe is pickin'
things up for the day.
THAT play writin' guy looks like he'd been fed
knockout drops says Swiftly.
Diagnosis correct says l. Don't bother him
as you go through and close the door gentle"
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and about the third week the house detective gave
you the run.
1t was at the end of the second week., says
Budd He was real rough about it too
They're apt to be-" says l. And them"
Well, he got the play back after awhile. 1t came
by express, collect, from somewhere up in New
Hampshire lookin' as though it had been left out
in the rain and then used for chair cushion The
succeedin' details was sad Oh, the worst way!
He tells how he's been luggin that play around the
white light district for moren year, and the
est he ever gets to a manager is short interviews
with fresh office boys who tell him to dump his
bundle on the table and take his feet with him
when he goes out
Mostly he puts in the time watin', two three
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was still lookin' him over, wonderin' if l ought
to tell him how many kinds OF a jay he was, or IT
Central and put him on the cars when the phone
rings and hears Sadie on the wire:
AS usual, she's rung up to revise the program for
the evenn She's bought up theater box for
taking dinner with them and I'm to meet the bunch
at the front entrance
IF it's another of them divorce court drammers,
YOU can count me out. says l.
''Oh, but this is All for the Sake of Maggie,
and everyone says it's just too funny for anything
says she If you run Pinckney anywhere,
you can bring him along too. There'n be lots OF
room.
I'll think it over" says l.
A ND the minute gets my eyes on doleful Hiram
"A in the corner sees how here's chance to do
the Good Samaritan act at cut rates. Budd, says
l. whats your opinion of these Broadway pro-
auctions that gets the S. R. O. sign hung out on
'em reg lar"
He owns up that he hasn't had the price to take
in anything better than a continuous show this
season.
Then you're let in for box party tonight +"
says at show where they We had the spectators
out front for five months runnin'. Are you game? '"
Why" says he, I'D love to go; but-but
What's the odds: says I'm W goin, to IS shy
the back Come It'll do you good. Let's go
out and destroy food first, though.
And honest, he grateful for that little feed
and the chance to talk to across table
more, that he wept into his napkin tellin me
about it.
by George, McCabe!" says he "but this is
mighty good of YOU picking me up this way and"
"Ah, ring the bell on that!' says l.. I'm just
gettin solid, when you get to runnin Gus Thomas
of the business can touch you for passes. See!
Hiram only smiles kind of sad and shakes his
head Seems like all that bonfire of ambition that
had lit up the praires when he started from Iurnp
City had died down and fickered out. What was
left of him wa mt much more n a human ash can.
Course, Sadie is some surprised when l shows up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22

months on stretch. and runnin' down four flights
of stairs every time he hears the postmans whistle
Meantime he's quit the boardn' house. moved
cot bed into his top floor pigeonhoe, and is dom
his own caterin gasje
But I'll get there yeti says Hiram.
"You II get somewhere, sure" says l.
A FTER that Hiram drops in here at odd times, to
I give me bulletins of where the play was, and
what the office bow said to him the last time he
called. At first he used to have days when he
real clipper; but them spells didn't last long
come often He got bluer and bluer and seedier and
seedier But he never grouchy and he never
gave in that "Susies Stepuncle' wa mt the funni-
est piece turned out.
Just to make him feel better, I'd let him spiel
off an act now and then, when l feelin strong.
He wa mt much of elocutoner, Mr.. Budd want.
He had way of singsongin' through his that
reminded you of the sidewalk takers with their
But even at that, l couldn't help snickerin at
some of the lines, especially the part where Susie
blows in on the stepunce at his coy little
bach quarters in town and gives out that she's
come to stay Course. | knew it must be
pretty punk article; but l tried to hide it from
Hiram
and lot more; for this Twin on diet of Swiss
cheese, stale bread cigarettes. and bein keyed up
all the time watchn the mail box. was wearin
him down fast. His cheekbones begun to stand
out, and his shoulders sumped in, and them lines
in his face got deeper and deeper. tried to tell
him he ought to quit the game and hike for Turnip
City; but he wouldn't.
WELL, things went along that way until here the
W other afternoon Hiram drags himself in, wakin
as though he had lead in his shoes. He slumps
down in chair and begins rollin cigarette
lively as if he in dream. l don't say anything
until he heaves up sigh that sounds like discon-
nectin' an air brake
(Which that the Stepuncle' has been
fired back once more, eh - SAYS l.
He only mods and sits there, his chin his breast
bone, starin at the cracks in the floor
"Oh, we' says l. you amt got corner on
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Budd singsonged 1T through his nose! well, when
l saw it acted out did more. just let loose the
yawhaws. So did the house 1t had us all goin
We couldn't help it.
And then 1 gets glimpse of Hiram. The life
and sparkle has come back into them deep set eyes
of his and his salow face has took flush equal
to fever patients. He's settn up straight grip
pin his chair seat with both hands, and his chest
heavin' like Tetrazzinis when she lets out high
E. Blamed if he didn't look as happy if he
sailin' on pink cloud straight through the gates
of everlastin bliss. And it was his stuff they was
usn' maybe not word for word; but almost
When the act gets to that whirwind finish where
every line only piles up the mirth the handclappin
breaks loose like hail storm tin roof ,-women
spttin their gloves in the orchestra circle and the
bows in the gallery comm in with the catcas. 1t
want any callous palmwork by the ushers. 1t
was all hand from all parts of the house
one of the kind you can't call out unless you deliver
the goods
curtain calls. They'd done it so often they has it
down fine who should show up first, and how the
grand hands all around picture should be pulled
off. They was all bowin and snilln and the folks
in the two-dollar seats comm back at EN- with
another volley. when l hears from Hiram He's
standn up now. shoulders back chin out, and the
brine runnin down either side OF his nose from his
MY play!" says he, like he was talkin' to him
self Its my play!
Before can block him. he's pushed to the front
of the box and is bown the rail. one hand
his heart and his long hair foppin over his
Course, everyone in the house is onto him in
minute They stop apPlaudin the actors and turn
shoutn Author! Author! and Hiram bows
lower than At that they start givin' him
the hand, and the more he bows the louder they
do it, while the actors and actorines stand there
lookin foolish and disguised.
TWAS Just reachin' for his coat tails when l hears
the stage door slam and some one stamps into the
back of the box. And who do you guess shows up!
Foxy Folkes, his face all purple and his throat
Continued or page IS
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with the mouthful of hot muSh is
handin' over in the shape of dialogue
After two or three more that could talk
palmer got in the game we begun to get
glimmers of what it was all about. and
now and then laugh was sprung. so we
knew it was meant for comedy
'Gee!" says to Sadie And Broad
fifty nights of this! Some folks laugh
easy don't they?"
Its the second act that carries it,
I've heard" says she. Don't squirm
around so much"
But | was kind of keepin' an eye on
Hiram, to see if he was enjoyin' him
self From the looks of him l should
have guessed he'd just been havin' a
tooth excavated and hadn't got over the
effects of the gas. He appears kind of
dazed and puzzled, and when he wa mt
starin' at the stage he was turnln' the
program over, as if he was huntin' for
some information he couldn't find.
The next act hadn't more'n opened
up, though, before l was as bad l
knew l hadn't ever seen this "All for
the Sake of Maggie" before; but some
how the scene they was putin on was
kind of familiar. l pricks up my ears
and begins to listen with my mouth open.
A ND all of a sudden | strikes the
"A clue Why, allowin' for the names
bein' diff rent, hanged if this want
dead ringer for that stepuncle business
that Budd had been readin' to me- And
this Maggie girl was twin sister to the
one he called Susie. A minute more and
the bunch was right in the middle of
that mix-up where the young lady from
the convent blows in on the poker game
and calls for her uncle.
Didn't / say I'd snickered some when
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with wreck like that in tow; but manages to
whisper her hint that this is a of first aid to
a lemon picker, and she treats him nice she
knows how AS for the Purdy-Pells, they're always
willin to take long hair and black bow tie as the
true earmarks of genius, without askin' any ques-
tons.
How delightfully."- eccentric! says Mrs, Purdy-
Pell behind her hand, her eyes travelin' from
Hirams shiny trouser knees up to the deckle edged
collar that had been too many times the laundry
1T amt put on either" says I. What's he do
Plays. Sure thing! He's the best that ever came
out of Turnip City"
Mrs. Purdy-Pell rolls her eyes at that, and hur-
ries to pass the information to hubby. Then
the drop curtain slides up, and we all gets busy
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-20

Games Today.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Ney York.
st. Louis at Boston.
n q = 4 4 = -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-20
.F||:I|E||::N'|)|SH
Woman Murderer Of Neigh.
Dor Must Go to Elec.
trio Chair

Watertown, N. Y, June 49, Guilty
OF murder in the first degree, was
the verdict of the jury today in the
case Of Mrs. Mary Farmer, charged
with the killing of Mrs. Sarah Bren-
nan, and Justice Roger sentenced
Mrs. Farmer to be elactrocuted in
Auburn prison during the week be
ginning August 2.
The crime for which Mrs. Farmer,
who was 20 years old, was convicted,
was most fiendish. Her victim, Mrs.
Brennan, who was IS years old, was
her neighbor and intimate friend, and
the motive was to gain possession OF
the Brennan home. deeds ass which
Mrs. Farmer had forged in October.
The crime was committed April %.
Mrs. Brennan was hacked to pieces
with a Ratchet and her body stuffed
into g. trunk If
Mrs. Farmers husband is under
indictment on a charge of murder in
the first degree as accessory to the
crime.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-20
REDUCED
Interstate Commerce Com.
mission Reduces Lumber
Rates From PdC. Coast

Washington, D. G., June 19.Ths
sweeping reductions in lumber rates
west of the Missouri river in the cas-.
as well as other changes, in the '.er-
aiff, are ordered under decisions an
nounced by the Interstate Commerce
Commission today. The ruling are
made in a group of important cases
involving rates on lumber, shingles,
and other forest products FROM
points in the Willamette Valley to
San Francisco and from Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to
eastern and southern markets.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-20
Secret Of the Business.

At a dinner in Washington DR.. Har-
vey w. Wiley, the governments food
expert s7id, S coffee was served:
What del ious filtered coffee. This
4 is not like some coffee / have seen.
And NV am re minded of an Incl
dent tn 7 happsned in my, native
Kent A Kent boy, A. grocer's son,
war ergo'ng an oral examination.
Tel me, leare,' said the examiner.
VIE 3 { flee comes from?' The boy
III saed nd hung his head. I amt
al or ed to tell that, SIR he faltered.
st s 4 secret of the business"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-20
DEMOCRATS
Get Shaken Ike Up by Bomb
Which Is Exploded on
Club Steps

New York, June ia bomb, said
by the police to have contained nitro,
glycerine, was thrown at the front OF
the house occupied by the Kanawha
club, a Tammany organization Of the
Thirtieth assembly district Of East
l2Sth street tonight, resulting in an
explosion that frightened the club
members, damaged the steps and
smashed most of the windows.
At the time OF the explosion Daniel
Coleman, secretary of the club, was
collecting dues and had y.,yvo in front
of him on table. III
No arrests were made.