Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-24
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Emma Goldman was recently put In
jail at Seattle for attempting to lee.
ture on how to remedy things by
force.
Candidates galore are seeking to
succeed Knox as senator from Penn
| sylvania. One of the candidates Is
credited with sixty million to the good.
international Harvester company
/ representative tells the house ways
and means committee that his corpora.
tion needs no protection and is In
different TO removal of all tariff.
Practically a complete cabinet has
been made up by President elect Taft
and the names of the men chosen ten
tatively are announced Philander C.
Knox will head the list as secretary of
state. Myron T. Herrick will be secre-
tary of the treasury. Charles e. Ma
goon, secretary of war; Frank II.
Hitchcock. postmaster general; VIII
liam II. Loeb, either secretary of the
navy or of commerce and labor, and
James II. Garfield may retain the port
folio OF secretary Of the interior. Jas.
Wilson will remain head Of the de-
partment of agriculture.
Close TO s525,000,000 In cash and Sc.
curities were dragged across Wall
street In sheet steel boxes Saturday
afternoon from the old National City
bank at No. 52 to the new banking
quarters in the remodeled old custom
house. The transfer was effected un-
der a strong guard of policemen and
PtDkerton detectives without q mlshap
of any consequence. 1t was probably
the largest actual transfer Of wealth
that ever happened here. In actual
cash-gold and gold certificates-there
900, which included the reserve Of
$99.90l 900, and the cash on hand TAX
en- in Saturdays business. which closed
at noon.
Morris G. Co., Chicago packers. will
put into effect after Jan. 1, an EN-.
ployers' pension and cooperative sys-
ten, the details of which have been
worked out by Edward Morris, presi-
dent Of the company. 1t probably will
be shared by 10000 employees at the
various plants, and 100000 will be
distributed yearly. 1t Is provided the
pension fund shall be raised by an
nual contribution by the company oil
$4,000 until the fund reaches $500.000
and by per cent OF the salaries oi
such employees as care to take advan
tage OF the offer. A pension is to &c
to an employe when he shall have com
pleted twenty years Of continuous serv
ice, and when he il years old. Aftel
80 years OF service, II his salary bt
$40 weekly, he Will receive go per cen
OF this. or 1924 a year. II he should
retire after 20 years on salary O
$35 weekly, his yearly income will b.
1928. The maximum pension is 5000
The assembling OF the Turkish par
lament has caused the eyes OF th'
civilized world to converge on Con
stantinople. the capital OF the Otto
man empire and the chief center O
commerce In the Levant. The TURK
ish name for the city is Stamboul o
Istambul. 1t was known as ByzaI
tium prior to 800 A. D.. but In tina
year Constantine the Great made
the metropolis of the Roman empire
and since that time It has been calle
J Constantinople. There are In a
eighteen suburbs, Galata being tn
center Of trade. while Pera is tn
residence of the Europeans and {
the foreign ambassadors. The city
; built on series Of gentle hills. an
with It's mosques and minarets pr
: sents an imposing appearance. b.
= the interior is mass OF narrow, crool
ed. filthy streets. swarming with hui
cry. masterless dogs, which are to
great extent the scayengers Of u
: town. There are in all $50 mosque
among the most Interesting being tn