Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-09

Central Railroad company in the
amended bill for an accounting pre-
pared by tho attorney generals de-
partment In the suit instituted
against the company by 0ovcrnor
Deneen. The sum not accounted for
is fixed In the bill at $4,000. 900. All
sorts OF manipusations are charged
against tho railroad company.
Two hundred women employees ef
the C. q X. hatshop at South Nor
walk. Conn. went on strike Saturday
because their employers wanted to
know their ages. The trouble arose
over the promotion of three young op-
orators TO be inspectors. The en-
pioyes voted 100 to 76 not to work
under tho three girls named. Their
committee waited on tho firm and
| presented an ultimntum. The en-
ployers considered their protest and
told the committee to have tho en-
ployes submit their ages and they
would pick out the three Oldest for
inspectors. The committee reported,
but one-half OF the women positively
refused to give their ages and strike
followed.
The jamestown Exposition is $780,
900 short Of returning the money bor-
rowcd from the government.
The Mormon church has enlisted in
campaign for ultimate prohibition.
according to the announcement OF its
leaders in Salt Lake.
The New York Methodist Episcopal
conference refused to hear charges or
defamation of the character of Pres
ldent Roosevelt, preferred against
Chancellor James X. Day of Syracuse
University
Sumner says bill will be framed
In congress- to prevent interstate orig
inal-package shipments OF liquor from
nulifying local prohibition laws.
More pay for Emperor William ia
planned in Prussia because. 1t is said.
on account of the increased cost of
living. s3.930.O0O yearly is not suffic-
lent to meet expenses.
Grand opera In English will be the
novelty introduced by the Metropoli-
tan company next season, according to
a decision Of the directors in New
York.
The Wheatland rolling mills OF the
Shenango Steel and Iron company at
Sharon, Pa. started operations Mon
day after an idleness Of several weeks
and 500 men returned to work.
The Cripple Creek postmastership
is still hanging fire. owing to the III
ness OF Postmaster General Meyer.
who has made an engagement with
Congressman Haggott to take up the
matter.
Walter Wellman. writing from Kali
ispell. Mont. says the business men
of the west believe the country Will
not knowingly elect man to the pres
idency who will not carry ON Roose-
velt's policies.
Notices have been posted In sew
ernl OF the cotton mills at Utica, N.
Y. to the effect that wages will be
reduced 10 per cont, commencing
April 13. The reduction will affect
5000 employees.
The Lackawanna Steel company at
Buffalo put 1000 men to work yes
terday. Half Of them are skilled steel
makers and the remainder laborers.
The company now has total OF
$500 men at work.
Secretary Straus. speaking Mt Sa-
vannah. Ga. says tho only ism" for
which the United States has room is
Americanism. based on the Ten Com
mandments. the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence, and the Constitution.
BY a sharp reduction In storage
rates from New York to italian and
Mediterranean ports, announced to-
day by the North German Lloyd line.
II is expected that another rate war
between the transatlantic lines will
be precipitated. 1t IL expected also
that the new rates. which are tho
lowest In many years, win result In
large outward movement Of the for
eign labor element. The new tariffs
are effective Immediately.
Plans Tor another skyscraping
budding to be erected on the lower
end OF Manhattan Island. facing ON
West ind Washington streets. have
been announced. The new structure
Is to be 36 stories and 447 feet in
height and will consist OF central
tower 90 feet square. fianked to part
OF that height by windows on each
side OF the tower. 1t will be equipped
with thirty elevators. will be erected
by the Century Investment company.
and IL to cost $4.600.000.
Separated from her son, William q.
Cooper. by nearly 100 miles, Mrs. Ella
Cooper Of Philadelphia dreamed she
saw him killed by q train. SO vivid
was the dream that she hurried to
New York. BY = remarkable coinci-
dence she reached Seventh avenue .
few seconds after her son had been
seriously injured by an eastbound
trolley car. From the window Of the
car In which she Wns seated she saw