Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-17
TELEeRApHic sRevlrlEs.

| Walter Weilman says by his show
OF firmness In recent conferences with
leaders OF congress Mr.. Taft has laid
the foundation of success of his ad.
| ministration
That John ID. Rockefeller will de.
vote s50,O00.000 to the cause of orr
entail education is the statement made
by member of the University of Chi
cago faculty.
Speaking before a gathering of alum.
nj of Dickinson college Leslie M. Shaw
former secretary of the treasury, ap-
pealed to college men to save the
country from socialism.
According to figures compiled by the
New York Times. the vote for Taft in
the recent election was 7.659.6SS, as
compared with 7.623,486 for Roosevelt
in 1904. The Democratic vote is Civ.
en- as 6.450,69O. as against 5,O77,97l
four years ago According to the table
the Socialist vote was less this year
than in 1904, the respective figures
being 4Ol.506 and 402,2SS. Fewer
votes were cast for the prohibition
candidates, the count standing 228,O14
last fall as compared with 258,536 in
the last presidential year.
News that President Roosevelt's le-
gal advisers had failed to find United
States statute under which defamers
of the Panama canal purchase could
be reached in the United States courts,
shifted the question of punishment to
the states of New York and Ohio. Fol-
lowing this came the intelligence that
the president has forwarded to Dis
trict Attorney Jerome of New York
instructions which could not be mis-
understood. directing the laying of
the facts before the grand jury. Pres
ure upon Mr.. Jerome is being directed
through United States District Attor.
ney Stimson OF New York city.
More manufactures were exported
from the United States In the fiscal
year 1908 than In any preceding year
aggregating in value three-quarters OF
billion dollars, according to the an
nual report of the chief of the bureau
OF statistics of the department of com
merce and labor. His report shows
that the value of exports to Europe
is increasing yearly. being 1868 8.000, 900
in 1908, as against 1856, 100000 In
1907. s31S.O00.000 in 1906 and $685.
100000 In 1905. In 1908 49 per cent
of our manufactured exports went to
Europe. Copper led in value of ex-
ports to Europe. of this material $97.-
100000 being sent
According TO the Engineering and
Mining Journal there has been dis
bursed $1,s21, ,505.0OO as dividends to
the stockholders Of 2l1 leading metal.
lurgical and allied companies of the
United States, Canada, Central and
South America and Mexico since the
organization OF these various corpora
tioDs. There are 162 mining compa
nies. with an authorized capital issue
of 81 l,07S, ,4G8,170. which have paid $697..
403. .551, an amount equal to about SO
per cent on the Investment. The fig.
ures are not available showing the
entire amount of money put into min.
Ing ventures. which would materially
reduce this percentage. The stee, and
iron companies, with an authorized
capital Of $1.l04.281 900, havedeclared
s345, 5,422.930 In dividends. or 81 per
cent approximately. while the oil and
gas companies, with only S145.000, 900
authorized capital. have paid 1856. 1884,.
g05. or 453 per cent In dividends.
How much, then. is q man better
than a sheep?" the rebuke of Christ
to the Pharisees. is cited In q rebuke
to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company in decision by Justice Stat
ford OF the district supreme court sus
tanning a demurrer by +. e. Golden
stein. injured In the service OF the
company. TO the company's plea tina
he had bartered away his right u
damages by accepting relief benefit
The court rules that the railroad can
not avoid Its liability to an employ
under the employers liability act b.
pleading that the employe contracte'
before entering employment that b
was TO receive only certain damage
! IN event Of injury. Contracts ol y