The new era., 1909-09-23

Lord Tweedmouth. former lord
president Of tho Council. IL reported
to be dying at London.
Lord Kitchener. inspector general
of the Mediterranean forces. has been
made = field marshal Of the British
army.
Vesuvius 10 active again. Guides re-
port rumblings followed by slight seis-
| mic shocks. The small internal era
ters have been unusually active in the
las. few days.
The indictments. chargingF. Angus
tus Heinze. the copper financier, with
conspiracy to obstruct the admtnistra-
ton Of Justice by concealing the books
Of the United Copper Company. were
dismissed today by Judge Hough Of
the United States Circuit Court.
The temple of King Solomon may be
reconstructed by the Free Masons OF
the world. Plans for this work have
been taken up by the highest officers
Of the lodge, and 1t is estimated that
the project, II carried to completion,
will cost millions Of dollars.
The statement Of clearing house
banks in New York for last week
shows that the banks hold $6.469, ITS
more than the requirements of the
twenty-five per cent. reserve rule.
This is decrease OF 1855. IT'S in the
proportionate cash reserva az COM
pared with the previous week.
Henrietta Newman Of Washington
has filed suit for divorce from her
husband. Mayer B. Newman, alleging
that from December 23, 1907, when
they were married. until September
21, 1908. when they separated, he only
took one bath. She stated that he is
worth fully $4,000.
Enforcement of the Illinois ten-hour
law for working women. which went
into effect July 1st. was prohibited by
an injunction issued by Judge Tuthul
in the Circuit Court. The decision
was based on the theory that the law
denied women their constitutional
rights to make individual contracts
and work ~ many hours as they
please.
New York.-John W. Castles, presi-
dent Of the Union Trust Company of
this city. capitalized at 31,000.000
director in other well known corpora
tions. cut his throat at the Grand
Union hotel September 18th and was
found dead. He had been in i'll health
for some time. and his suicide IL as
cribed solely to q nervous breakdown
and not to financial troubles.
With plain cord wood aA fuel, the
wall sided, scow shaped. stovepipe fun
neled craft In which Robert Fulton
first navigated the waters of the Hud-
son river under steam propulsion 1O2
years ago. came to life again recently
when the reconstructed Clermont,
built for the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
ton, had her official speed trial from
Mariners Harbor. Staten Island. to
Robbins' reef light.
There was issued by the English
Board of Education recently q sylla-
bus respecting physical exercises in
elementary schools which il receiving
the warmest commendations from Bri-
ttsh educationalists. This syllabus 10
regarded as IN q measure constituting
the first official recognition in this
country Of the fact that 1t 's not only
the mind. but also the body. of the
child that requires development in .
system Of national education. Old
time pedagogues might hoit up their
hands in horror at the role which the
board Of education now assigns to the
schoolmaster. who is expe;.e to be-
stow as much attention on the care
of his pupils bodies ~ on the training
Of their intelligence.