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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
EDWARD G. LEWIS ACQUITTED.

st. Louis May i4.-Under peremptory instructions
from Judge Riner OF Wyoming. the jury in the
United States District Court here to-day acquitted
Edward G. Lewis OF the charge of using the mails
to defraud In connection with the organization OF
the Peoples United States Bank The bank
closed b. postal fraud order nearly three years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
MUSIC AT WATER COLOR EXHIBITION

A popular feature OF the annual exhibition OF
the American Water CoiY Society at the galleries
Of the American Fine Arts Society NO 10 west
s7.h street is the introduction of music on Satur-
6ax afternoons The exhibition is TO continue until
Msr 2, Tne hours from TO a m 10 p. m on
~>.l dsrs and from 80 TO p N on Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
FUTILE SINGER STRIKE DECLARED OFF

The strike the Singer Building, which had
thrown six hundred and fifty in sixteen trades
out of work for a week, ended yesterday and
the men went back to work The strike
caused by a contractor using non-union wood
trim in store in the basement When the work
complained Of finished the strike was declared
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
INDIANA COAL MINERS STRIKE.

Evansville. Ind. May H-Union coal miners in
and around this city went strike this afternoon
and all coal mining In Indiana except in the block
coal district ceased The stoppage OF work affects
sixteen thousand Indiana miners The strike is I'm
obedience the action of the state convention of
miners Terre Haute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
CANDY STORE IN TERMINAL BUILDING

| A branch Of Huylers has been opened down
town for patrons In the district south of Chambers
street and west of Broadway. is in the new
Hudson Terminal Building. at Cortlandt and Church
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
Tribune Readers
Learning Topn
For the Summer

May hare The Tribune SEM
by mail to any address oy
learning an order NTH Their
local nelpSdealer or adplS-
ing the Circulation Depart
ment of The Tribune.
Addresses changed by SUB
scriber as often as desks9s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
LeHreH OFFICES CLOSED FOR FUNERAL

All the Offices of the Lehgh Valley Railroad
we're closed yesterday at p. m. out of respect
To Walter &. Berg. the CHER engineer of the road,
whose funeral took place at that hour al ST. Psuls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
RUSSIAN lEPER SAILS.

Miss Bertha Ossis. the Russian leper. who
put aboard the EelliS olav on Wednesday, after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
CoLER FAvoRs TEST, TOO.

We cannot he too careful said Borough Presi-
dent Coler, IN a matter OF much importance
naily. says that the change in plans made since
his time have been such 10 menace safety,
the obvious course to pursue. it TO is TO
have a proper test rna6e.-Too much money has
been spent the structure 10 have it collapse
before It is finished for the lack Of test, which
J DO think would be expensive. Too much
would be at stake in the way Of human life and
property after the bridge was finished 10 have
fhe slightest suspicion in the mind Of any one
that the structure not absolutely safe.
why the Bridge Department should
object 10 such test. believe that it should be
made"
Commissioner Stevenson said he had decided TO
have nothing say regarding the Black
wells Island Bridge He said Wednesday
that his department convinced Of the safety
CT the structure, and proposed 10 rest that All
employees Of the Bridge Department have been in
strUcTed talk about the subject
Some interesting deductions may be drawn from
q comparison Of the figures given in the original
strain sheets for the lower chord OF the Black
wells Island Bridge and the figures given in the
revised strain sheet for The same member The
figures for the first panel of the channel span from
lhe Manhattan pier show that Mr. Lndenthal al
lowed for dead load of l0.s40- In the revised
stran sheet this dead load increased 70 i64o,
increase OF 10 per only. while the engineers
the Bridge Department admit that the actual
dead load has been increased b. . per cent. The
assumed live load in the original strain sheet was
hss9 this down in the revised strain sheet
40s2. q decrease of 81 per cent, though proyi-
made TO increase the traffic carrying ca
pacitv Of the bridge, thus adding to The live load
estimated By Mr. Lindenthal
be inferred from these figures that Mr.
1..ndenthal made mistake OF 80 per cent in his
figures based upon The estimated carrying capacity
% bridge much than the bridge that is being
erecteG7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-15
SOME PROBLEMS TO SOLVE.

The wind that bowls up the East River is eX-
.ected TO blow lightly upon the bridge that
S. being erected by Commissioner Stevenson 5
engineers than Il was expected 10 blow upon the
bridge designed by Reconnaissance Lindent hal,
sor TIE wind estimated the original strain
heet has reduced by 1s per cent in the revised
srrain sheet in spite Of the that the area ri
material exposed to the wind has been increased.
Here again. If Mr. LlndenthaIs figures correct,
there has been culation Of Is per cent plus
whatever allowance should have been made in the
wind stress fer the increased If material used
sr she bridge as il Is being over the area
proposed TO he used in the bridge originally
planned.
Most sisnihca-t. however. are the figures given
.n the two sets Of strain for the total load
fnxs those IN fhe original strain sheet at -L5os
and those IN the revised strain sheet at p N
Still the engineers Of the Bridge Department admit
THAT the bearing area in the bridge erected has
been increased over the bearing proposed in
the bridge as originally planned by 2 per cent II
s. was found that the 9s square inches Of bearing
surface provided by Mr. Lindenthal was TOO little.
was ii thought necessary revise Mr.. Lindenthas
figures as 10 live INnd stress. in order TO
make the figures the revised strain sheet appear
more conservative or make the figures used in
the original strain sheet look ridiculous?
IL would be Interesting TO know what bridge engi-
-,Aer in The employ OF the Bridge Department,
either st present or at any since the original
mans were revised assumed the responsibility of
changing the design OF the BlackweHs Island
bridge after the work contracted for and by
shat change largely increasing the weight Of ma
serial l,se6 and altering considerably the strains
and stresses laid down necessary and safe in the
carefully prepared drawings which accompanied the
contract specifications
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18

hour in company with greater gath ering of the populace than ever as- sembled to greet prince of the royal blood Yes, Persia is awakening and one cannot observe the seething un- rest. the sign that whole nation is shaking off her slumbers and rising from her lethargy stil only half con scious of her might, without feeling something of the same sense of awe as when one views any of the titanic forces of Nature at work. All this means new life and power; 1t means real progress, if only that great pow CT can be directed alright.
 With the appearance of life, there has come also new aspiration, A half blind, a much misguided aspiration it often is: but 1t is none the less truly genuine longing for better things. chanced to be touring in one of the least progressive and most oppressed portions of this province year ago, just as the new movement began to develop. It was marvellous to see how everywhere even the most ignor- ant were discussing the situation. They expected many altogether impossible benefits, escape from all oppression freedom from taxes, land in plenty for each householder; but it was plain that new hopes and desires had been aroused that never had found expres- sion bkfore There are many others who are looking for better things than these poor peasants. They are reach ing out after purer political ideals There is dishonesty and corruption among the leaders of the new move ment: but these never aroused as much indignation and abhorrence un- der the old regime, as they do now. Anyone who would exercist real au- thority must pose as a champion of ] the people; circular printed on our press by one of the proudest members of a noble family, thanking the peo- l pie for the favor they had shown him in pledging himself heart and soul to l the cause of the poor and the op. pressed shows how far mems political l ideas have travelled in these few months. There hIs also been mar vicious increase in the desire for in- telligence. Newspapers have sprung up in almost every city; it is said that over dozen are now being published | in Tabriz alone. Better schools arc being established everywhere, not the | old schools in the mosques, where boy learned little else than to chant tn | Koran, but schools of more moderl type, where foreign languages. ant even some attempts at the sciences, ar
 taught. One such has very recent,
 teen organized for orphan boys in ou
 city, and the funds for it have bee
 subscribed by the people themselves. I
 may not live long. it probably will not
 but it is one of the most interestin
 signs of the times. But even thes
 modernized schools are not goo
 enough for many and so our better-or
 ganized and more efficient missio
 schools. both for boys and girls. hay
 had a large influx of scholars the pas
 two years.-From the Missionary Re
 view of the World
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18

humble house servant may have a deeper and more joyous sense of the presence of God than some philosoph- CTS or men of science. No doubt little learning or great deal may be dan gerous and tend to the atrophy of the spiritual powers. Yet the problem of this day cannot be solved by ignoring science and philosophy, still less by a dogmatic obscurantism. Spiritual re- ligion must prove it's power to live in the atmosphere of intense intellectual life. as well as in the cobblers shop and on the farm. If it is to come off victorious in this age, there must be men of deep spirituality who are, to say the least, not ignorant of what the men of intellectual power are think ing about and learning,
 Not by isolation either from the common life of men oA from the sci entific and philosophic thought of the age. but by giving even While one lives in the midst of the intense life of this day time. thought energy, to the spr- itual side of life, can one achieve the desired end. The deeper spiritual life cannot exist without prayer. It is of its effect in this direction what form it takes, whether 1t be petition, or adora
 tion, or affirmation. It's essential ele- ment is the realization to ones self of God as a factor, the great factor, in human life, our own and that of the race. He that comes to God must be- 1 leve that he is and that he is the re- warden of those that seek after him. Such experience is mysterious. The tests that verify it are not those of the physical laboratory. One cannot put out his hand and touch God, or open his eyes and see him. God no man | hath seen. But the mysteriousness, even the inexplicableness of the ex- perience. is no reason for re- fusing to enter into it, At the back of all the experiences of life
 IS mystery the elimination of which is not at all necessary to valuation of the experience. It is true that the mind seeks an explanation of it's experi- enees. But the tests of such an explan- ation vary with the nature of the ex- l
 perience. You cannot test a philoso- phc hypothesis with a thermometer. nor an electrical engine by It's moral effects. The effects of prayer are not limited to the inner life of the soul, or confined to him who prays. But by the very fact that communion with God elevates and energizes the moral life of men, it has the same claim to be re- garded as contact with reality that wireless telegraphy has for being be- Iiieved to have reality back of it.
 But if depth of experience is not achieved in isolation from the com mon life of one's contemporaries. still less is it promoted by ignorance of the deepest and richest spiritual, experi- ences of the past. The seeker after
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18
PERSIA CHANGING The Old Country Now Awaken i ing From the Sleep
 f of Ages. .f
FEATURES OF SITUATION
Political and Social Turmoil and Much More to
 Come.

yhere is much in the Persia of to-
 day that is startlingly new. The estab-
 lishment of national parliament and
 of local legislative committees, the agi-
 tation for a constitution, the great pol
 tical. demonstrations and mass meet
 ings with their demands for reform and
 their cries for liberty, the spri1Sing up
 of a multitude of newspapers with such suggestive titles as the Outcry.
 and of illustrated magazines cartooning
 even those who are highest in .authori- ty, the combination of the people
 against their landlords and their re- { fusal to pay taxes, the formation or i patriotic societies and the arming and drilling of militia-all this and much I more is wholly new here, so new in
 fact that had any one prophesied them { two years ago he woud have been re ]. garded the widest of visionaries. And
 yet we cannot speak of a new Persia, [ for there is still so much of the old clinging to her, even entering into the < very warp and wool of her life and
 character The fact is that the bell
 that is to ring out the old and ring in {. the new" has just begun to sound Tn this country, and so far its notes have
 been very discordant and not altogeth- CT reassuring. All that can be said is
 that Persia is beginning to awaken
 from the sleep of ages, but what she Is to become, how the new is to differ will A. oft fha
 man is wise enough to predict, indeed God only knows. It is not my purpose
 therefore. to act the prophet; only to
 record some of the features of the sit
 uation which alternately fill us with hopeful anticipation and the darkest of
 forebodings. Just now it is far easier Ao see the discouraging clements. they sforce themselves upon our attention at ,cvery turn; each day brings fresh H. Illustration of them; until one some Stimes is startled to find himself signing isfor the old regime.
 Sk Firss of all and chief of all among 4the dfe e'ouraging features is that Per 16ian character remains unchanged
 new ideas have found con- Kkenial soil in the Persian mind, the Ipersian heart is as of old; and it car xEbe said of it even more truthfully than k1uf most hearts that it Ifs deceitfu EttAbove all things and desperately wick Red" It would be hard to find any por- Slion of the world where duplicity, de- E.teit and dishonesty attain a more lux E3uriant growth than here. As conse. @nuence now, when Persia needs, as
 she ever needed before. men to guide @And control her awaking life-wise
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18

depth of life must know the noblest religious literature of the past, the books that reflect or portray for us the experiences of these men who lived in the assured consciousness of fellow ship with God, and who, so living, de- veloped depth and richness of life that other men lacked. Not every con- viction that such men held is neces- sarilN true. But the life they lived tap- ped the springs of power, and gives evidence Of having been in touch with reality. It is more reasonable 10 believe that others whose lives are shallower and less powerful are living the super ficial strata of their powers, than that these more powerful lives exceeded the limits of the real. Here is one of the greatest reasons for continuing the study of the Bible. It's books belong to the literature of spiritual power. Our great object in studying them is to re- discover and reproduce the spiritual life which is the deepest cause of their existence. It is. one of the auguries of hope for the future that the Bible is z being studied both widely and deeply
 Other ways there arc also of deep. ening spiritual life, notably the mutual fellowship of men who lv-vsnize the need of stronger, richer life and aspire to reach for themselves and fir others the sources of power For as the rich experience of the past enshrined in literature has It's peculiarly helpful in- fiuence, so on the other hand has tho Immediate. touch of present experience Tits own power to beget its like and by reciprocation to generate yet deeper experience. M ss
 In this day of intense intellectual lise and rapid movements in science and philosophy, there ought to come also, first, a fresh recognition of the possi- lbility of deeper spiritual life and corre- spending greater power, and then practical experience of these; and this not in antagonism to-. but in associa- tion with. the higher attainments in I science and philosophy. May we not nope for, as we certainly imperatively. need, men of emience in science and philosophy who also know. appreciate land take into account the deepest pos- Liabilities of the religious life and on the other hand men who, with knowl- edge and sympathetic appreciation of the intellectual life of the present age, and themselves living in the deeper. strata of spiritual life. can speak to their generation with the power that comes from such living Editorial in the Biblical World f, january.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18
SPIRITUAL POWER How to Achieve It by Breaking Through Life's
 Surface. REAL NEED OF THE HOUR Strength. Through Faith and Prayers. Science and Philoso-
 phy.
REAL NEED OF THE Hol
Prof William James has T.

Prof William James has recently called attention to the experience,
 which he says is common among men, of discovering that beneath the first stratum of energy, so to speak, and the layer of weariness which bounds it and checks exertion, there is anoth- CT stratum of power, on which, if only they will push through the layer of weariness, they may draw with the same pleasure. in exertion as at first, or ever greater. He suggests further
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18
LECTURE ON DARKEST AFRICA.

An Illustrated lecture will be deliver- ed under the auspices of the New Ha- ven Caledonian club at their rooms, 400 State street this evening. The lecture will be illustrated with views of the interior of Africa. Admission will be free and all are invited
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-18
JEWELLERS.

\ 1t is not what you PAY for a shing, but what you GET for vhat you pay, that counts. Quality and Good Value are sn every ite'n in our stock.
 Guard Chains set with fancy etones.
 Gold Beads, singlt and grad lated strands, from $10 up.
 Gold Necklaces mounted with SearIs, sapphires, topaz, etc., t16 to $38.
 Sterling Toilet Ware Bombs, Brushes, Mirrors and hanicure Sets.
 Cut Glass Vases, that every ine appreciates, and beautiful IieCes of Pouyat China.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-25

tation of using that privilege? And
that the majority of men will invest,
sight unseen, z as the boys say, in
q mine, in an oil well, Id rubber
plantation, merely upon the word Of
a machine-made prospectus.
Somehow ninety out Of hum
dred men who thus invest, as a side
issue, seem to anticipate that chance
will overlook their utter disregard Of
business principles, and will work
"a miracle in their favor. They 60
upon the theory "A fool for luck: &:
This is why speculation of this nature
is fallen into evil ways, and VIII
gold mine SO often proves q gold
brick,
The public has itself to blame.
Mines, oil wells, rubber plantations,
can be made sources Of profit, and
are made sources of profit, but THEY
should not be played with as one
plays slot-machin Edwin IT, Sa-
bin in January Lippincott's S.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-25
PICTURE SHOWS
LOSE LICENSES
New York Mayor Says Nov
ing Pictures Shown in
That City Are Immoral
and Buildings Unsafe
From Fire

Now York, N. Y, Dec. 24.-Moved
by the protests of many ministers
who complained to him that the great
majority of the $50 moving picture
show establishments of greater New
York were exhibiting pictures detri-
mental to the morals of the youth
of the city, Mayor Mcclellan, today
revoked every picture show license
issued by the bureau of licenses.
u The order intimates that this re-
vocation is only temporary, but the
conditions under which new licenses
will be issued are such that it is
doubtful if more than a third will be
reissued.
The mayor also had report from
Battalion Chief Begin of the fire
department, which stated that almost
without exception the halls where
such shows are given are only par
TALLY equipped with safeguards
against fire and fire panic.
Mayor Mcclellan declares that his
action is taken "on personal knowl-
edge of existing conditions and with
the firm conviction that I am avoid
ing a public calamity"
The order has caused consterna-
tion among the moving picture show
people and preparations are being
made by them to contest its validity
in the courts.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-25
A Good Game, Worth Playing, Be
cause it is Hard.

The socialists talk of a millennium
to come in the distant future. 1t is
coming now! 1t is coming in the
giant business organizations whose
employees are day by days becoming
owners Of a larger share of the stock
of the business for which they work.
It is growing more evident day by
day that success lies to the hand of
him who will but work for it. 1t
is workhard, persistent work! 1t
would not be worth while, if it were
not hard. It is a good game, worth
playing with all your heart and soul,
because it is hard. Yet it is within
the reach of persistence and brains
and intelligence.
Success does not come by chance.
It is an opportunity that has been
lassooed and organized. We doubt
if a man ever met with success, wor-
thy to be called success, who was
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-25
a FIDDLE CHURCH vANE.
Reminder of the Builders Early Daye
Of Poverty

Reminder of the Builders Early Days
Of Poverty.
One Of the most curious vanes to
be seen on any church In Great Brit
ain is at Great Gonerby, a parish ad-
joiiing Grantham.
It is in the form of fiddle and q
bow and is unusually large It's
history is curious. Many years ago q
peasant resided in Great Gonerby vine
eked out q modest livelihood by per-
forming on an old violin which was al
most part OF his life. At last he do
cided to emigrate, and out In the Far
West prospered and became rich
man
One day he sent to the clergyman at
Great Gonerby a sum sufficient to
build church, and attached to the
gift the curious coa Sition that q metal
replica Of his old fiddle and bow
should be ON the summit Of the edifice.
The gift was accepted and the vane
may still be seen on the church.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-25
EVERYBODY PLEASED.

With very few exceptions the local
merchants report the holiday trade
this year far ahead of last years
business, and those who have not so
reported are those whose trade is not
intimately affected by this kind OF
demand. Stocks are well depleated
and broken in gift wares and all are
pleased with the outcome The next
few weeks will be devoted to the an.
nual stock taking, and then the
spring business will open UP and an
other prosperous year will have got
well under way.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-25
The Blind Spot.

In all vision there is a blind spot;
every savant is fool upon some top
ic. This is exemplified by the readi-
ness with which the most astute
business and professional man will
dabble in speculation such as min
ing and allurements similar.
What man of ordinary common
sense would think of muying house
which he had never seen and his
agent had never seen; or a horse,
or q gun, or almost anything into
which he is putting money, without
privilege of examination and expec-