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Fatal Michiuan Fire.

Bessemer, Mich, Mar. 3.-Fire at
Wakefield Monday destroyed two
boarding houses, three saloons, fur
niture store and a barber shop The
loss is 100000. Herman Hunshow, a
fireman, fell from a ladder and broke
his back, dying while being taken
to the hospital.
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Italian Laborers Burned.

Port Washington, L. l., Mar. g.
Three men were burned to death and
Is others seriously injured by jumping
from windows in fire which destroyed
three workmen's shacks on the north
side of Manhasset Bay Sunday. All
the men were Italian laborers en-
ployed on a sand bank.
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ST.. Louis Cash Grain.

ST. Louis. Mar. Close. Wheat
Lower. Track No red. cash. $1.O59
1.o51hc; No. hard. s1.Oais 61.05c; May.
99ksc; July. 9o4c Corn-Quiet Track
No cash, $50 SEC: No. 2 white. soc;
May. 5SMc; July. 5SB G5SAc. Oats
Steady. Track no. cash, 501kc; No.
white 52Nc; Mey, 5Oisc.
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CHICAGO Cash Grain.

Chicago, Mar. CLOSE. Wheat-May.
s7T 097%c; July, 932s @931Rc; Sept, 9O1s
69O5sc. Corn-May. 61i4c; July. 592zc;
Sept, 59sc Oats-Nay. old. 5234c: May,
51isc; July. o!d. 442:c; Sept. 373s G3715c.
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One OF the spring models which will be worn as much the
panel at the front and back The developed in green and
aover lace lining of silk The yoke gumpe is silk
waist desired the be all of material with the
particularly
the figured uads cha striped plain mohas rajah silks and
gnghams
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-03-28

newspaper in operation at the seat Of
learning, with star Of trained editors.
This he believed would produce better
results than the school OF Office ex-
perlence advocated by Greeley and
Dana. Colonel Harvey suggested Edi-
tor Osborne Of the New Haven Journal
and Courier as the head of the pro-
posed paper.
Courses In Dress and Shopping.
The Northwestern university has es-
tablished a chair In the Cultivation Of
taste" in dress, and Miss Skinner, the
occupant, advocates the utmost sim
plicity as the keynote At the same
time the university has employed Mrs.
Alice Norton to conduct course in
shopping for the benefit Of the girl
students, covering the cost and selec-
ton of materials.
Andever Moves to Cambridge.
In the current Harvard Gazette 1t Is
announced that the Andover Theolog-
1cal seminary will be moved from
Andover to Cambridge, where new
buildings will be erected near the Har-
yard divinity school. The seminary
and the divinity school are to remain
separate as to faculties, courses, etc..
but in many ways they will affiliate.
tuition, standards and charges being
about parallel. ...
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COMMERCIAL
For Boston and Maine Merger.

For Boston and Maine Merger.
The special commission ON commerce
and industry has reported to the Mas
sachusetts legislature its approval of
the proposed merging Of the two prin-
ctpal railroad systems of New Eng
land-namely, the New York. New
Haven and Hartford and the Boston
and Maine. The plan is for the former
company to hold the SO per cent of
the latter's stock which 1t already
swns, but that the New Haven shall
be required to exchange it's stock for
that Of the Boston and Maine as far
as offered to July 1, 1909, and that
both roads shall remain subject to the
laws of Massachusetts,. It is also pro-
posed to forbid the increase Of rates or
the transfer of control without the per-
mission of the commission.
Rush Fer Baltimore Bonds.
When bids for the 100000 securi-
ties to be issued by the city Of Balti-
more were opened it was found that
the issue had been nine times oversub
SCI4UCu. 1AC OAuS dCCCpLCU W GIG IL
101 to 105.
Rubber Trust Cuts Salaries.
The United States Rubber company,
known as the rubber trust, has sent
out orders to the hundred or more Of
the wholesale and retail concerns
which 1t controls to cut down expenses
on account Of the falling off in the rub
Der trade. Inasmuch as contracts with
the labor unions would prevent
change at once In the pay Of the man.
ual workers, it was decided to reduce
the salaries of all the high priced man
ayers and statesmen on April l from 10
to 25 per cent.
Railroad Labor Got More.
The balancing of the books of the
Pennsylvania railroad for 1907 shows
that, while the system earned 100000
600 more than In 1906. it paid $40, 800
600 more for labor. or IS per cent Of
the increased earnings,
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Presidents Legislative Programme.

Presidents Legislative Programmes.
After conference at the White
House between the president, Secre-
tary Garfield, Commissioner of Corpo-
rations Smith and Commissioner Of
Labor Neill it was decided that three
bills should be prepared and submitted
to congress to amend the Sherman anti
trust and the liability laws. One will
make it possible for industrial corpora
tons to unite under federal supervi-
sion and for railroads to pool under the
approval OF the interstate commerce
commission. Another will so amend
the Sherman law as to exempt labor
unions from the clause prohibiting
combinations in restraint of trade.
The third would amend the employers
liability law to meet the objections of
the supreme court. -....
Not to Press Labor Suits.
Attorney General Bonaparte has in
structed the United States attorney at
New Orleans to suspend actions begun
there against a number of l0ngshore-
men for illegal boycotting since the
supreme court decision in the Danbury
hatters' case and in the Bucks stove
and range case. The department of JUS
tice wanted all federal attorneys to ad-
wise with the experts at Washington
before acting, but Mr.. Bonaparte de-
torneys had been ordered to bring no
actions against labor unions. He held
that as the hatters' case had been de-
cided on a demurrer and the matter
rema nded to the circuit court for re-
hearing nothing should be done in SINH
be rendered.
Longer Voyage For Fleet.
Plans for a worlds cruise by the
American battleship fleet now at Mag
dalena bay. Mexico, have beeh an
nounced by the president to his cabi
net The feet is engaged in two weeks
target practice there, after which it
will proceed to San Francisco, reaching
that city May 5, to be feted and feast
ed for nine days, The fleet on July
is to leave for our possessions in the
Pacific" stopping at Hawaii and Sa-
moa and then going by way of Aus
tralia to the Philippines and returning
through the Suez canal In Australia
the deet will stop at Melbourne and
Sydney to accept the invitation OF Sir
Alfred Deakin. 1t is expected that
Admiral Evans will retire from the
command on account Of illness after
reaching San Francisco. He will be
by Admiral Sperry.
The feet Is also to visit Japan, an
invitation from the mikado having been
given to the president by Ambassador
Takahira and promptly accepted
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ILLEGAL CRIMINAL
Ruef indictments Dismissed.

| Ruef indictments Dismissed.
Following the decision of the Cali
fornia supreme court which set free
former Mayor Schmitz, Judge Dunno
was obliged to dismiss four extortion
indictments against Schmitz's political
pal, Ruef, but in doing SO the Judge
scored the supreme and appellate
courts and all who were instrumental
In getting immunity for Ruef, whom
he said he regarded as sthe greatest
criminal that ever appeared before
that court"
The Anti-rebate Law Upheld.
The validity of the Elkins anti-rebate
law again was affirmed by the United
States supreme court in the decision
sustaining the conviction of the Ar.
mour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy pack
ing houses for accepting rebates and Of
the Burlington railroad for granting
them, each Of the defendants having
been fined $4,000. The decision was
rendered by vote of five to three, JUS
tice Moody not voting
Actor Hitchcock Gets Of.
By direction of the Judge in the New
York city supreme court the case
against Raymond Hitchcock, the come
dian, accused Of misusing several girls,
was taken from the jury and acquittal
ordered, as one of the alleged victims
had confessed on the stand that she
had sworn falsely as to her relations
with the accused.
Death Sentence For Orehara.
Judge Fremont Wood at Caldwell,
Ida, has sentenced Harry Orchard to
death, with accommodation to the
pardon board for Communication to i'm
prisonment on the ground that Orchard
had told the truth in the Haywood
trial. Orchard confessed to the murder
Of Ex-Governor Steunenberg and of
eighteen other men.
President Wants Jail Sentence.
United States Attorney Baker of the
District Of Columbia was requested by
President Roosevelt to press for jail
sentence in the case Of Robert N. Har-
per, a wealthy citizen recently con-
victed of having violated the food and
drug law in the sale of headache pow
ders by drug store which he owns.
Harper is the president of the local
chamber of commerce and of the
American National bank.
U. p. Minority After Hartman.
Several stockholders of the Union
Pacific railroad have notified the COM
pany of their intention to sue the
Harriman-Rogers management to re-
cover the profits from the sale of rail-
road stocks to the company by Harri-
man, Rogers and Stillman, estimated
to be S26,OOO,OOO
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Whaley. sitting BY me softly singing
the song of motherhood to our child at
her breast. The girl insists, too, that
she is perfectly happy.
/ A School For Tried Actors.
BY an arrangement with Charles
Frohman, the theatrical manager, Otis
Skinner, the actor, expects to conduct
a novel school for the trained actor be-
ginning next season at New York. 1t
will be comparable to the postgraduate
courses of the universities. Mr.. Skin
ner himself will play the whole season
at New York in several plays at the
head Of company over which he will
have entire charge. The new princi-
pie to be used is the interchange Of
actors, SO that In the course Of the
season all the stock actors and ac-
tresses in the various Frohman COM
panies will be called upon to play some
other parts than the ones for which
they are originally cast. The object is
to give all chance to diversity their
talents and widen their experience.
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For Fewer Universities.

For Fewer Universities.
At the recent meeting of the college
presidents of the state of Wisconsin
formal announcement was made of the
plans formulated by the general edu-
cation board, with the approval of both
Rockefeller and Carnegie, to SO ar
range and consolidate the smaller col
leges as to have in operation only one
within radius of 100 miles. All other
institutions will have to restrict their
work to that covered by the freshman
and sophomore years in the college on
penalty of receiving no aid from the
board. By this arrangement the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, Beloit college
and Lawrence university will survive
in Wisconsin.
A City Daily For Yale.
Editor George Harvey Of Harper's
Weekly. In delivering the Bromley lee
ture at Yale March Is, said in order to
teach the profession Of journalism the
university must have real daily
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provision had become so intense, espe-
cially Ia the west. that its retention
would have compelled a score or more
Of Republican senators to vote against
the entire measure At the same time
few other changes were made in the
bill. One amendment limits the circu-
lation proposed to the par value Of the
security deposited. and another limits
to 100000 the amount Of circulation
that may be retired by the banks in
any month. Aldrich explained that as
issues had been raised in regard to rail-
road bonds, such as the relation of the
railroads to the people. the committee
had thought best to strike the matter
out
Trust Conference Denounced.
The conference recently held by
President Roosevelt and several mem
bers Of his cabinet with Samuel Com
pers and Maxwell Evarts, representing
E. H. Hartman, was made the sub
ject Of some rather caustic criticism in
the senate by Senator'S Bacon and Till
man The latter asked If it did not
look as if the president, after out
Heroding Herod In prosecuting trusts,
crusading against predatory wealth
and stirring up the unthinking, was
now trying to make his peace with the
great corporations so that their support
would be given to his favorite lieu
tenant, whom he had selected as his
successor. Mr.. Bacon replied that he
did not know about that, but he did
know that it had become customary to
consult the president before taking any
business action in order that 1t might
be ascertained whether he would ap-
prove or oppose the step. He told
how representatives of the United
States Steel corporation came to see
the president and inquired IL he would
prosecute them if they bought the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron company, absorb
ing it with their interests.
Submarine Lobby Denied.
The house committee which is in
vestigating the Electric Boat company
has failed to bring out any evidence to
estab lish the charge that the company
maintained a lobby in the interests of
legislation. Several attor
neys now or formerly employed by the
boat company denied positively that
they knew Of anything of the kind.
Secretary Metcalf appeared before the
committee and explained the attitude
Of the navy department toward the
but nothing Of interest was
elected further than the activity Of
several congressman 10 the matter
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Iowa Endorses Taft.

Iowa Endorses Taft.
The Iowa Republican convention at
Des Moines chose delegates at large
for Taft and Endorsed Allison for the
senate again.
Bryan Called Them Gamblers.
} In speech on the floor Of the Chica
60 board of trade William J. Bryan
denounced gambling in stocks and urg
ed that members doing legitimate
business drive out the gamblers from
the pit.
New York Democrats Unpledged.
With only one voice heard for Bryan,
the New York state Democratic com
mittee voted on March 10 in favor of
leaving the delegates to the national
convention uninstructed as to candi
dates
Referendum Plan For Ohio.
A resolution providing for a popular
vote on the question Of establishing the
initiative and referendum in Ohio by
constitutional amendment has now
passed both houses OF the legislature
and is expected to receive the gov
errors approval. 1t does not, however,
contain the full programme Of the ad
vocates of initiative and referendum,
for 1t merely submits to the people
laws repealed or enacted by the legis.
lature or vetoed by the governor. For
q vote on a new law 5 per cent Of the
voters must petition, and for repealed
law 10 per cent must sign petition
In both cases the petition must be
signed in a majority of the congress
districts.
Tainted AIdrich Bill News.
Golfers Weekly publishes the text
Of letters being sent out to newspaper
men Offering $40 for each interview
with prominent men in Civ zen local
ity favorable to the Aldrich currency
bill now before congress.
Alienist AssaiIs the. President.
One of the most startling attacks yet
made upon President Roosevelt which
hitherto was merely rumor and talk to
the effect that Dr. Allan McLane Ham
the mind Of the president was failing
as result of his activities, has now
been given color by DR.. Hamilton's ar
ticle in the North American Review ON
"Psychopathic Rulers" While he does
not mention the president by name. all
the well known characteristics of him
are gathered together as the signs of
incipfent paranoia. Friends of the
president say that the doctor has
grievance in the refusal of the presi-
dent to pardon Hamiltons son, who
was court martialed in the Philippines
Grover cisseland's Remedy.
Former President Cleveland has just
passed his seventy-first birthday and
given to the papers an interview in
which he says that return to the old
Democratic creed is what the people
need to give them rest and peace after
a period Of terrific hysteria." He pities
tie poor and wants a great clearing
house Of charity to be esta blished.
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colloids-clay-and electrolytes to the
mass OF concrete, which give the uni
form flow desired and prevent segrega.
ton of the gravel. Mr.. Larned is skep-
teal about the effectiveness of these
methods after the cement comes to a
standstill. Edison's mixture. Is one
part cement to three of sand and five
Of stone or gravel through half inch
sieve. The steel re-enforcements will
be put in place when the molds are set
UP. Larned admits that the forms are
entirely feasible. their total weight be-
ing 100000 pounds, and their estimated
cost Is $4,000. Edison says these can
be erected in two days. Both the in
vestigators doubt that the proposed
houses can be built in the time stated
by Mr. Edison Mr.. Wilson finds that
Edison has not yet proved that the
added clay will not delay the harden
ing of the mass and cannot be certain
that the stone will flow uniformly.
Production of Cement.
The United States geological survey
has reports indicating that in 1907
there were 100000 barrels of cement
manufactured in this country.
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SOCIOLOGICAL
Chicago to Censor Jokes.

Chicago to Censor Jokes.
The ,anti-anarchy campaign in Chi
cago has taken novel turn in the ac'
ton of Mayor Busse, whose corpora
ton counsel has called upon all the
vaudeville theater managers to stop
the gags and skits which make fun of
the rich. One Of the current plays has
for its butts John D. Rockefeller and
Senator Depew.
clipping Rector Asks "Why?"
The unfrocked rector Of st. Georges
Episcopal church at Hampstead, N, Y,
who ran away with seventeen-year-old
Floretta Whaley and who is living in
San Francisco with the girl and her
baby while working at the trade of
painting under an assumed name, has
given to the press remarkable confes-
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which it declares must be trodden, and
those who step from it as openly and
as fagrantly as have done can never
hope to regain the place in the line
The question, however, is whether hap
piness lies in the beaten trai! which
the millions follow or in the forbidden
land on either side Each must an
swer the. question for himself. have
answered mine by my act On my
deathbed l shall discover who Is right
and who is wrong-the millions or my.
self. There is no question In my mind
as write now and glance at Floretta
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Socialist Convention May 10.

Socialist Convention May 10.
The national secretary Of the Social
list party has announced the apportion-
ment of delegates to the national con-
vention called to meet at Chicago on
May 10. each state being entitled to one
delegate and one additional for every
200 members Of the party. The total
thus allotted Is 218 delegates. An as
sessment of 35 cents per capita has
been levied to pay the railway fares
OF the delegates. The executive COM
mittee has voted down the proposition
Of the Socialist-Labor party for reunion
with the main party. but the matter
may be brought up at the convention
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UST RIAL
National Labor Leaders Meet.

| National Labor Leaders Meet.
About 200 men, representing 1T ma
! tional and international trades unions,
assembled at the Washington head
quarters of the American Federation
Of Labor, having been called to an lex
traordinary session for the purpose Of
| considering the recent decisions Of the
courts against the very existence OF la
Dor organizations as now conducted"
During the first days proceedings it
was decided to formulate bill of la
boris grievances similar to the one pre-
scented to the president and leaders in
congress in 1906. In his address Presi-
dent Gompers said the time had come
for labor to do something more mill
tant in its defense and that it was par
ticularly essential to the life of the
movement for them to get the Sherman
law amended SO as to exempt unions
from its provisions.
The prospect of help from the 250,-
600 farmers connected with the Ameri-
can Society of Equity was advanced
by C. Bennett of Kentucky, who repre-
sented that organization. He said the
farmers had come to the conclusion
that the time had arrived for them to
cooperate with organized labor.
New Works Newest Bridge.
The new $20,OO0,OOO steel cantaleve1
bridge across the East river and rest
ing on Blackwelrs island, the opposite
arms of which have been in process of
construction from either end for many
months, was formally connected March
II in the presence Of the acting mayor
and other officials at a height of 1876
feet above the water. 1t was duly
christened at the Blackwell's Island
bridge, champagne bottle being
smashed on the rail by Acting Mayor
Sullivan. The bridge, which is 1921
feet long. will be open to the public in
October.
Edison Cement House Report.
An authoritative investigation Of the
much discussed poor mans mansion,
as the poured cement house to be com
pleted in a day at small cost has been
described, has now been made by two
experts, whose reports appear in the
March number Of the Cement Age
The inventor of this magic house plan,
Thomas A. Edison, was put through
rigid examination by the experts, E. s.
Larned, chairman of the tests commit.
tee Of the National Association Of Ce-
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a FoIIette's Naming Of an All
Powerful 0Iigarchy Of a Hun
dred Men startIes the Senate.
Railroad Bonds Out of Aldrich
Bill Labor Leaders Again
Present Grievances - Social
ism's Strength In British Com
mons-Russian Generals Pub
|i~~.,y Fight a Duel - Peace In
::ient-Refugees May Leave
Haiti.
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70 R IGN.
Socialism Divides England.

SVcTa1IsfH OIVIueS England.
The tremendous growth of socialism
in England is now matter of record
since the vote in the house Of com
mons on the proposed law for the I'M
employed. This law would require the
state to supply work at standard union
wages to all workmen who should reg
lister themselves as not employed or in
heu Of work to maintain the applicants
and those dependent upon them. That
law SO radical as this should have re-
ceived 10 votes was indeed sfgnifi-
cant, but this did not measure the full
strength of the movement, as many
members were known to have absented
themselves from the session so as to
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ment Users, and
Percy FL. Wilson.
secretary Of the As
ISOLATION Of Port.
land Cement Manu-
facturers, both civil
engineers of high
standing. Ediso r
explained to them
his method Of over.
coming the settling
of the poured &C.
ment in his com,
plete house molds.
which is by addine
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avoid going on rec
ord against the bill
owing to the num-
Der of their constit-
,uents who were for
the law. Most of
the Irish members
also were absent.
Chancellor of the
Exchequer AsQuith.
who ON this occa-
sion for the first
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sion. He at
tempts no JUST
flea ton of his
course in the
e y e S of t b {
world. sayin g
that he walked
to his own dam
nation with his
eyes open, but
adds: When !
stopped to the
mire Of the pit
! rose to the
r nrv n& tho
heights. = :"
The world has
4 x Ll
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MISCELLANEOUS
Death of Senator Whyte.

Death of Senator Whyte.
United States Senator William PINK
ney Whyte of Maryland died at his
home IN Baltimore March II after a
brief illness diagnosed as erysipeias
He was eighty-six years old. but still
in robust health and was known as
Maryland's Grand Old Man He bad
served IN the senate many years age
and had heen elected governor Of ais
state a-,-' 's.t.-,... - Pa,-i.nara
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