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croRM TOSSED LINERS CREEP IN.
Eonretania anchors at the Hook Because
of Heavy Fog Over Bay.

Tho Farnburg-Au1erican liner Pretoria, which le1t
r5b,-z thirteen days ago, arrived yesterday
- -. mary and storn-tossed passengers, many
e hon had spent all OF Wednesday night In
- When the steamer docked yesterday. the
40 Storm she had passed through was the
- .onic Of conversation among passengers and
crew.
yesterday the Pretoria had been warned by wire
le. tta. \ hurricane was due and Captain Schrot-
,er WAS urepared fer il For several hours the
,sls hley seveuty-eight miles an hour and the
engines were slowed down TO mere steerageway for
eight hours
When the vibration of the screws ceased the
-.ssepyers became alarmed, and many who were
n he'd dressed and remained in the saloon through
mi The storm The Pretoria drifted ont Of her
eo5-s but when the storm passed Captain Schrot-
90 brought his steamer 20 Sandy Hook at full
sped
The White Star liner Celtic also came up through
the fog and landed her passengers, as did the
Panama liner AIrsuca- and the steamer Orlnoco Of
the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line. but the big
Cuna-der Mauretana, with a large passenger COM
element chose TO remain anchored at the Hook.
Charles W. Gates, who went down the bay to
uset his father, who is a passenger en- the Maure-
TINA received a wireless message from him an
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rHREE DEAD ON COLON.
rue1 bar Gases an HoId-Steamer
RadIy Battered.

-. 1s-The steamship Colon, half-rnast-
ceoas .sOrsnr other signs Of distress. came limp
q ~. 81 mort early this morning. She had been
hs ~ wv the hurricane encountered on Sunday.
he'Ae4 e-,ters Of her crew lost their lives while
1hee IN repairing water tank in the hold
eae@s' r,,on left New York on September 10 and
aHe here Yesterday. She encountered the hur-
VS. q mint forty miles north Of Waiting Isl
1oSAr -rt. wind blew hundred miles an hour, and
sn1 sous seas were soon sweeping the vessel
''ee -, to stern The stateroorns and the dining
nol -ene aooded. One Of her snokestacks was
ssoon $50, three boats were washed overheard
carr wireless telegraph apparatus was disTnan-
sne [ss-s were given that passengers be al
neS aeeIz and the travellers had to spend Sun
FL sunday night in the dining saloon The
OK - IN the mail bags. and the registered and
vale nail was badly damaged Sunday night
o''D , vifh the ship labOri1g through the storm
-. MESSENGERS huddled below in state Of
panic - zro,a.,v ,,o--,;,s, that col,
IS making its way into the forward fresh
We .,,k The second assistant engineer, Will
We Tnrv. and the ships carpenter. ]. Olsen. were
-. down into the hoIa on murray eA'ei1lOoh "
go tie tank connsctaons-
CO - man rernained below for an hour Anx-
-. .besr safety Il BSrthi,' n water tender. and
BE- z a iuuior engineer. then volunteered TO SO
a -,s learn what had happened
e =, 1-as the first 10 enter the hold, with Sands
= sect behind hin Barthl had walked only
80. when he dropped Sands staggered and
an bit managed 70 make ms way pace 70 the
IN go, and was assisted TO tie deck by the
bsi go He was almost unconscious The
ca1 = sTled with deadly gases, and all hope for
= go men hEd 10 be given u.
y -. ne storm abated efforts were made to
&C. the missing uen- The patches were removed
- "a. foul air WIS pumped our OF tne h0la ana
-. h,sies were recovered 1ns ca'iSS "a eie oeaA1S
- has not been explained
ga Olsen and Barthl VIII be buried in Colon
- oolon brought in 1Ss saloon and 20 deck pas
A1S - Ger officers say that the hurricane of
90 was The worst storm they ever experienced
-,.- Colon Captain Clarke, is in the reg
LIZ = - ere Panama Railroad between Colon
e. - YORK she was formerly the Mexico. of
=. ~ 1ST YORK and Cuba Steamship COMPANY She
lne ~, vi, IN philadelphia in 1852 She is 800 feet
N1S = saat beam % feet deep and of 4lsa net tons
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PUBLIC NOTICES.

295, the following courses, distances ana
curves. south Sc So 30~ East f0690o feet,
South IL or 30" East %. 46 feet, south
10 AZ West 433.7 feet. on curve q
600. feet radius to the left, 1Zs-3 teee.
South o. IS West 254-s feet. On curve
south 19S OO' s01 west 212- feet. on a
curve Of 100. feet radius 70 the LEFT. 81
feet and South g 80 West 1928 feet to
the southeast corner OF said parcel NO
29s. In the center OF before mentioned Mol-
fatt Road; thence along the center line OF
said road and partly along the so sou z.@..
line OF said parcel. South So 30 SVV ives.
21s.4 feet. thence continuing along ssid
southerly parcel line, South 20 AZ Yves.
I3 feet 70 a point in the souIneriy line OF
said road: thence along said road line. ana
continuing along said soutnerly parcel bns.
South So 36 BOZ West 6S.1 feer 70 tne
point or place Of beginning.
The fee Is TO be acquired by The City OF
New York In all the real estate parceiS
Nos 267 TO 31s, both Inclusive, contained
in the above descriptions. excepting parcel
No. 800. In which a perpetual easement -
to be acquired.
Executing thereout and therefron lands
owned by the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad Company designated as
parcels 312, 313. 314 and 3i5. Also parcel
Nos. 816-3f7, claimed by the State OF New
York
II any real estate hereinoefore described
IS devoted 10 highway or other pubic Pur-
poses. such use shall continue until Inc
City OF New York shall have the right TO
change the same
Dated August l, 1908.
FRANCIS KEY PENDLETON,
Corporation Counsel
once and Post Office Address. Hall Of Rec
ords, Corner OF Chambers and Centre
Streets. Borough of Manhattan. New
York City.
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RAILROADS.
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL

TWo-HoUE TRAN 70 P 5l45. IJ6ItP
$50. $50. $50. $50. $50 1880 1,3 20
1l.s0 a. m. 1850. 10. 1:5Q, 80, $50, 40.
$50. $50, $50. $50. $50. 11.oo p. m
1880, I.5o $50, $50. 40. $50. $50. $50.
Lv. LIBERTY sT.:-i.so. $50. 100. 500.
s sa8a G io 1882 isS ado 500 g 4oo s. 80 5o
600, 700, 500, 800 2. m, IL. Is midnight
Sundays. $50. 500. 800. 1000, HOO a, N.
700. 500. 900. 1890 p. m. 12.15 midnight
FOR BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
Lv. W. 23d ST. :-7.5O. $50. 11.50 a. M.
l5o; $50. $50. $50 p. m. daily. Lv. LIB 5o
noon. 200 400. 500. zoo pr p m. daily all;
FOR LAKEWOOD AND LAKEHURST.
Lv. W. 23d ST. :-a.50 a. m. Q2.5o sats.
only. 40. 8 20. $50 p. m. Sundays. $50.
400. 1000 a. m 400 Sats. only, 100,
3.40. 500 p. m. Sundays, 100. 1000 a. m.
2.30 p. m
FOR ATLANTIC CITY. Lv. W. asa
m sSnd a ESQ S a sa 20 q on w. Lv
LIBERTY ST. 1000 a. m. 600 Sats.
only. $40 p. m. Sundays. 1000 a. H.,
2.3O p. m.
VIA ALL RAIL--Long Branch, Asbury
Park. Ocean Grove &c. Lv: W. 25d ST.
$50. 1120 a M. d2.2o. loo sats. only),
10. $40. 40 sos. except Sats), go
go, LOO p m. sundays 300 a. m, 5oO
$50 p m. Lv. LIBERTY ST. 100. $50.
II 80 a. m. Q2.40 30 Sats. only, 1. 3d.
$50. AS OBS except Satso, $50, $50
p m, II OF midnight Sundays. $50. obs
a m, 400. $50 ..
SANDY HOOK RoUTE.-For Atlantic
Highlands. Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach.
&c. Lv. Pier 81. ". r.. Foot w. AID ST.
1000 a. m. $780, $40. 415, 7.45 p. m.
Sundays, a.30 a m. LOO. 7.45 p. m. Leave
Pier 10 N. r, Foot Cedar st. 1920 a: m
]. 90. 8 As. AS. $40 p. IN. Sundays. 1000
a. m, 40. $40 D. m.
Time tables may be obtained at follow
ing Offices: Liberty ST, W 23d ST. CTel.
Chelsea s14g. Piers 10 and 81, N. R. Q
Aston House. 245, ABA. 1900, 1854 Broadway.
1872. 225, PSI Fifth Az. 27es Third Av., III
West 125th St. PAS Columbus Av., New
Nostrand Az. Brooklyn; ago Broadway.
Williamsburg. New York Transfer Co calls
for and chscSs baggage TO deEtination-
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THE CARACAS SAFE IN PORT.
Steamer Only Slightly Damaged-Passengers
Thank Captain and Crew.

San Juan, p. R. Sept. 1S-The Red d Limo
steamer Caracas. Captain Furst, from New York
September Il for San Juan. arrived here to-day.
she reports that on September IA she encountered
the southern edge OF the hurricane in latitude 80.
The wind blew at the rate of 100 miles an bour
for period of twenty-four hours. The passengers
on board the Caracas kept below decks. No
one was hurt The vessel was slightly damaged.
Inc passengers, when the storm over passed
resolution OF thanks to the captain and the crew.
and subscribed sum of money as a token OF ar-
probation of the mastery in which Captain
Furst and his men handled the ship.
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HEAVY RAINFALL IN GALVESTON.

Galveston. Sept 1S-Owing to sensational reports
sent out from a neighboring city concerning the
rainstorm Of Thursday, Galveston citizens were
hooded to-day with inquiries. Six and one-half
inches OF rain fell in sixteen hours. The wind
reached a velocity Of seventy miles hour for
two minutes, and for twenty minutes it blew at
the rate Of sixty-two miles an hour. The business
streets had from twelve to thirty inches Of water
In them, but it was rain water. The tide four
feet while the normal is eighteen inches No
damage was done to private property.
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RECEIVED $500 VOLTS AND LIVES.
Case of Girl in Chicago Who Took Heavier
Charge than Is Given in Electric Chair

Chicago. Sept 1S-Mollie Frank. twelve years
old, of No. 2623 Emerald avenue, is alive andswel
after receiving into her body 900 volts of cleo
tricty 500 volts than is applied to condemned
prisoners in penal Institutions in New York and
Ohio. Several companions last evening dared her
to climb an electric light pole and touch wire
She made the ascent, touched the live wire and
fell unconscious to the ground The girl was later
revived, and she will recover, doctors say. A
physician who attended the child said that the
recovery Of the girl added another argument to be
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ssAwEED MAY SOLVE FOOD PROBLEM

Waukesha, Wis, Sept. 1S-That the process of
dehydration may solve the food problem of the
world, when the population shall have exceeded the
food productivity Of the earth by turning the
weed Of the -reat Sargasso Sea into valuable food
product. the theory advanced by Judge NJ. S.
Griswold at a "Dehydro'' banquet given yesterday.
The banquet, which the first of the kind
served in the world, was prepared by Miss c. A
Lyford, domestic science expert OF the State Nor
mai University at Bloomington Ill Addresses
were made by Louis Muench A. ]. Frame. presi-
dent OF the Waukesha National Bank; Dr.. Hugh
Phillir Professor E. B. Hutchins of Carroll Col
lege, and others
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BALTIMORE & OHIO r. r
ROYAL BLUE LINE TRAINS.

ROYAL BLUE LINE TRAINS.
Every other hour on the even hour"
TO BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON
Direct Connections in New Union Station.
Washington. with all Lines South.
Leave New York Daily. 23d st. LIb'y ST.
WASHINGTON. Sl'pers. I1.5o pm 1.2o an
WASHINGTON. Diner, $50 am 500 am
WASHINGTON. Diner. $50 am 10: 90 am
tParlor car N 7. to Richmond, Va.e
WASHINGTON, Diner. i1.50 ain 12.00 IN
WASHINGTON, Buffet, 1.be pm zoo pm
ROYAL LTD" Dine-, ADO pm 400 pm
WASHINGTON, Buffet, $50 pm 700 pm
Through Daily Trains 10 the West
CHICAGO, PITTSBURG, 7.50 am SOC an
CHICAGO, COLUMBUS. 11.50 am II 90 n
PITTSBURG. CJEVEL'D, $50 pm 400 pm
"'PITTSBURG LIMITED, 20 pm ZOO pm
GIN. ST LOUIS. LOUSY. II: DO pm 80 am
GIN. ST. LOUIS, LOUSY, $50 am 10 % am
GIN. ST. LOUIS, LOUSY. 800 pm 500 pm
onices; PAS. 4s4. 1900 Broadway As tor
House, los Greenwich St, 223 9th Av:. 5sl
Grand St, N. z: a4S Fulton St.. Brooklyn;
West 23d St and Liberty ST.
After D. m. Sleeping Car Reservations
and fun information regarding trains, etc
can be obtained at Bureau OF Information.
3. & o. R. r.. 23d St Terminal Phone
Number, Chelsea-3144
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nouncing that the vessel was fog-bound The off,
Gals of the Cunard Line unable to get into
wireless communication with Captain Pritchard
but it was said that the Mauretania would probably
come up TO her dock to-day. Among the marooned
passengers is Mrs. Alfred G.. Vanderbilt
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used by the medical men who charge that persons
who suffer the death penalty by means of cleo
tricity are not killed by the electric shock but by
the knife of the surgeon who performs the official
autopsy by dissolution IN the grave.
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DR0UTH CAUSES DIPETHERIA.
Unable to Flush Sewers of Greensburg, Penn.
Water Famine in Other Places.

Greensburg. Penn, Sept 18.-That the drouth i:
stage here is the belief of Board of Health mem.
bers. portion Of the 7th Ward public school
building closed yesterday, nine cases of the
disease having been reported among the pupils
The patients members Of four families and
Wednesday little girl from one Of the families
escaped from home and went to school Pupils in
that school were dismissed at once and in others
later.
The drouth has made the flushing Of sewers i'm
possible IN the ward, and President Clements OF
the Health Board states the diphtheria cases are
directly due to this The children had been playing
over stagnant sewer, it is said.
Alliance, Ohio, Sept. 1S-This city is suffering
greatly from water famine caused by the drouth
About one hundred engaged in deepening
the river bed and the leading to the intake
pipes This will bring only temporary relief the
Mahoning River is about exhausted The water is
thick with pollution and the city Board of Health
has ordered every one to boil the water.
The Pennsylvania Railroad and other industries
here have been cut off from the water supply, and
a water train has been installed the Lake Erie,
Alliance & Wheeling Railroad for their relief.
the American Sheet Tin Plate Company here were
shut down to-day because the boilers of the mills
had been rendered useless by the acid that has
cumulated in the kiskininetas River IN the low
stage of water, due to the drouth-
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DIED ID" LINE.

DIED ID LINE
For Porto Rico Curacao and Venezuet&
pier n rear Wall 81. Ferry, Brookyn-
For san Juan. Porto Rico.
So Philadelphia. Saturday, sept - noon
s.. Caracas Saturday. Oct Gs noon
Tor IA Guayra, Pto. Cabello. Curacao and
Maracafbo.
81 z,,lia Saturday. sept. 10. noon
sSs Aurora Monday sept ~ o p IA
sFreight only
These steamers havs superior accona1a0~
datfors for passengers.
BOULTON. BLISS & pALLEII.
General Managers. 81 Nal D.
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HmlsAN RIVER DAY Lime

PALACE IRON DAY LINE STEAMERS
Lv. B'klyn, Fulton ST. Cby Annex. 500 AN
West 42d St.-..--..-.e eco An
90 West 129th St.-......--..... 5-p An
Landing at Yonkers. West Point SeW-
kill Hudson. and Albany Daily except
Sunday Thru Tickets and baggage checked
at office OF n. Y. Transfer Co. Easy con
nectiOns North, East. and West All thru
rail tickets between n. !. and Albany &C
copied Most delightful one-day outings 70
West Point Newburgh. or Poushkeepsie.
returning on down boat. On saturdays. az
West Point, Full Dress Inspection, with tne
Sand. at I:25 P n Meals served at all
hours Music
STEAMER MARY POWELL
Leaving Desbrosses ST. at las P y +;
West 42d St. p. NJ; West 18th St.
2:2o P. NJ, daily, except Sunday, for High
land Falls, West Point returning by boat
or raid. Cornwall. Newburgh- New Ham
burgh. Milton. Poughkeepsie. Rondout, and
Kingston. Orchestra.
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MCRIR GEsAA2 LLOYD.

Fast Express Service
PLYMOUTH-CHERBOJ q. N go
Kaiser q or Sent AZ Krorpri1z Wm-Oct-
Ceeilie ---- sept. 20 Kaiser WILL. 80 -
Twin-Screxv Passenger Servlcs
PLYMOUTH-CHERBOC RG-B K Ed ~ zss-
sSueioVv oct. III +Barbarossa- Oct u
sonits Plymouth FONTS Plymouth Chsr-
bourg.
Mediterranean Service
GfB'LTAR-NAPLE5S --GENOA. at II AL
X Luise Sept 2e p. irene 1899 Oct -
X Albert Oct 10t x. Luise- - oss
From Bremen Piers on Sd ana 4tH sS-s
n. q. LLOYD rESvEII ERs' CHECEs
OELRICHS e co. No. 5 Broadway. p. -
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STEAMBOATS,
AND POINTS IN
DUO u WlNI NEW ENGLAND
LONG ISLAND SOUND ROUTES.

AUVN ASAsz1VU SOOANO A~SO 4<~
FALL RIVER LINE Via Newport and
Fall River. Lv. Pier %, N r, # warren
ST. Daily. $50 P. NJ Strs- PRISCILLA
and COMMONWEALTH. Orchestra on eacn-
LINE Via Pro- Lv- Pier
10, n. r. # Murray St. week days, go
p NJ Strs. PROVIDENCE and eb1H-
oUTH. Orchestras-
NORWICH LINE Via New London and
East Lv Pier 40. y. r, fl Garrison St.
week DAYS, 500 P. NJ. Pier 90, = H. u.
z. POD St, $50 P. N. Strs- CITY O5
LOWELL and CHESTER W. CHAPLIN
NEW BEDFORD LINE For New Bed.
ford Martha's Vineyard. Nantuckes atso
Cape Cod points Ly. Pier 40. N H. u
CIarksou ST. week days. 500 Z. NJ SuS-
MAINE and NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW HAVEN LINE For New Haven.
Hartford. Springfield. and North, wsss
DAYS only Lv. Pier %, E. r. 20 Z NJ
Pier 20. E r, IT. z. 22d St. 300 p n
str. RICHARD PECK
BRIDGEPORT LINE Week days only.
Lv Pier %. E. r.. near Cathar1ne 81, 81
i1.o0 A NJ str. 5H1DGE
PORT, 800 P. NJ. Lv- Pier 20. z n, IL ~,
East 22d St, $50 P. n. Telephone oAoV
Cortlandt. or write for information. Y.
COLEY. A. G. P. A.. n. z. n Gu Rler
10. N. R.. New York
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TYPEWRITERs.

VICTOR VISIBLE. 70 Nassau ST.: cata-
.Ogue free: all makes taken part pay
ment bargains IN Underwoods. Rening-
tons. divers. Smiths.
ADVERTISEMENT ard subscriptions for
The Tribune received at their Uptown
Ohcs No 1864 Broadway. between Seth
vertisements received at the following
branch Offices at regular Office rates Until 3
O'Clock p. n. VIZ: 264 Sth ave, s. E.
cor. sd st. 153 9Th ave. cor. 18th ST.; l0A
East 14th st: 25T West 42d ST.
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DREssMAKINe AND MILLINERY.

o. NJ. pURRAND. back rom Paris with
latest novelties. takes orders FOR after
noon. ball. bridesmaids. street dresses.
silk lined. from $50 upward. 625 Lexing-
ton ave. near t4th st.
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Autumn Tours

at reduced rates 20 1000 Islands. Adiron-
dack. Green and Whits Mountain resorts
All expenses included Send for details
Marsters Tours. 81 West s0th 81. New YORK.
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FIRST PART.

Beginning at the northwest corner of
Parcel NO. 267. in the line between the
counties Of Ulster and Orange. said point
being about 12U. feet easterly from the
point of intersection of said county lipe
with the easterly line Of Plains Road dead
ing from New Paltz to st. Andrew. and
running thence along said county line and
the northerly line of said parcels, South
corner of SAID parcel thence along the
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SODA DISPENSER. store: good city
reference required $50 Broadway
EASTED-A good. bright young boy.
z5o-t IS years Of age OF good family
y large drvgOe5s commission house Ap-
~. with references. 10 II E Danners -
Leaaerd 81. New York City.
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EemaIA

czAEBERMA1D. waitress. wanted for two
months. 20 60 to Ponfret, Conn. good
TSses gwen; good reference required. Ap-
- . 13S Eas- sc ST. before 10 and e1IeE
o'clock
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HELP WANTED.
Male

ADVERTISING sOLCTTOR--wanted. one
m a coed address. as advertising SO
Aslnr on standard Yearly publication IN
sEsepuonsbie opportunity Cals year OF DO
ilg great business. Address 7. B.. Box
q Tribune Office
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Fun Information concerning these rooms
may be had free OF charge az the uptosn
once OF The New-York Tribune. lSos
Broadway. between 35th and 9th SIS
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s-ANAS, French. Swedish nursery gov
e'nesses. 20 nurses 20 cooks, 20 lam
ersSsss. Winchrcp Bureau. G5 West 3Sth St
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RED BANK Ii.

Leaves Franklin St. Pier "a, n. r. daily s25 A NJ,
o.3O P NJ. (Sun, 915 A. Ny: 2:55 p NJ. (Sun. 1855.
9:35 A NJ, for Highlands, Red Bank. etc. Exc. SOC
Trolley 10 Long Branch. ETC.
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DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.

COOK or CARETAKER-Bachel apart
rnent; can give good reference; city or
country. Cooper. d West both st. care Of
Chippy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-10

cations Nebraska held the place of
honor directly in front of the speak
ers' stand.
On its left was Alabama and on
its right Indiana. Immediately be-
hind Nebraska was New York.
Minnesota was less advantageously
placed than Nebraska, the Johnson
boomers. being located far In the rear
Of the left centre Of the group of
States.
The Gray men from Delaware were
on the left of New York, with their
friends from New Jersey, who an
nounced their intentions to fight for
Gray when the practical struggle is
on, close by them.
Far in the rear of all the States,
with its little blue standard nailed
on the outside of the railing dividing
the seats of the delegates from those
Of the alternates, was the delegation
from the Philippines, who have no
part in the proceedings.
A feature of the seating arrange
ments new in political conventions
was the labelling of all seats. Every
chair carried on it's back a small card
bearing the name of the State in
large capitals with the word Dele
gate" beneath 1t. This obviated con-
fusion, as 1t showed where the terri
tory of every State ended and where
that of its neighbor began.
This plan of designating seats was
ampliied on the speakers platform,
where chairs for the members of the
national committee were placed,
every n being plainly marked with
the State and the name of the NAL
for whom 1t had been set apart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
who came to Denver in the private
car of Mrs. Medill Mccormick, en-
tered the Auditorium without being
noticed.
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Among the

Newsboys of Kansas City, Mo-, have
organized q union.
Coal miners in Belgium have suf-
fered a reduction in wages.
The Alberta (Canada) Legislature
passed a workmen's compensation
act.
The farmers unions are becoming
more closely allied to the organized
workers.
Paving cutters contemplate the es-
t~ablishment of the eight-hour day
throughout the craft.
Approximately $4,000 unskilled
laborers are affiliated with the Gen.
eral Federation of Trade Unions in
Germany.
The Central Federated Union has
passed resolutions demanding Fed
eral inquiry into the raising of prices
by the Beef Trust.
On April 80, 1908, the unemployed
union labor In England was rs per
cent, as against 3.3 pei. cent. on the
same date in 1907, an increase of Az
per cent.
The city of Vancouver, British Col
umbia, now uses the union label on
its printing. The fair wage clause
Is inserted In the provincial governs
ment contracts.