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Show TIIE MORNING EXAMINER, LIBOR NOTES will Th Atlanta Federation of Labor tha for fcgialanire candidate a out ght against child continue tha 5 ' labor. life-save- rs The settlement of the strike of the for itu reased k Louie drivers provides um nd abort er hours, dating from I'tlsL - Cisarmakera International Union of America has 43,000 members, each of fsom contribute 3 initiation fcee and . treasury. It 30 cents a week to the "v, i strike either the unkm or employers to asU THE FAIREST FLAG THAT FLIES. for a ehange has passed. (For the Daughters of. the Amerii-aA bill has been introduced in the Revolution. If there are any in Ogsenate by Senator Frye, of Maine, and den, tbis is very appropriate to In congress by Representative Wo. them.) C. lAivering, of Massachusetts, providing for the payment of 75 per rent of When I behold that starry flag it seema their service salary to unto my eyes who A chart of light by angel hands flung are retired in the prescribed way. out from sunny skies. By n referendum vote the Bricklay- To fly o'er freedom's battlements; an ers and Machinists' International unensign for the state. ion has decided in favor of the death Where man la law, aud law is king, benefit feature obtaining in many trade and God alone la great; unions. The new benefit will be 10u for members who have been six months From where it springs to greet tbe in good standing, and 1200 for those of dawn, its joyous course to run. five yeara' membership. Until it dips a bust good-nigunto the setting sun. Almost 160,000 children under 14 There's not a heart In nil the land but hails It. aa a sign years of age are employed in the textile Industry la Ucrmany. That heaven which smiled upon its j , birth has made its folds divine! Tha State Federation of Labor of New Jersey is making a determined So strong of hand and true of heart, effort to have the state board of arbiwe slip it to the breeze; tration wiped out and the annual ap- We'll hold it stainleea on tbe land, we'll guard it on tbe sens; propriation for its support transferred to the department of factorleA How, like a bird, let loose it springs, unto its natal skies; Miners In South Wales have decid- Oh! blessings on that starry e ed to establish a relief fund for memfairest flag that flies. bers out of employment and bnve levied an assessment of tid. per member The faith of old must have inflamed to meet the. cases of distress in South onr fathers when thy rose Wales coal districts. Tho Davids of the newer law against their vaunting foes Russian teachers are paid about the Yea, broke their boasted pride and same meagre wages as the unskilled power and, by inspired command. Proclaimed tbe gospel of tbe creed ot day laborer. love throughout the land; Representatives .of Brushmakers locals met at Chicago recently and or- Then springing, from their grateful hearts a aoul-ebodied prayer ganized an interfintfimnl union with n charter from the American Federation That flag appeared and threw Its light across the worlds despair; of labor. By godly hands 'twaa first unfurled In dark hut godly daya. The International Brotherhood of Composition Roofers Mud Waterproof And godly hands must bear it on in Freedom's godly ways! Workers la a new union formed at St. Louis, Mu., and Chartered by tho National Buiidlnr Trades CoundL Its So atrong of band and true of heart we fling It to the breeze headquarters are in Chicago. To amybol freedom on the land nnd flash it cm tha aeaa; The first annual convention of the! Independent, Labor League, .which lq 'Twill never wave o'er subject man nor opposed to the principles of trade un- Oh! float on feudal aigha; blessings on that starry flag the ionism, will be held in Elmira, N. Y., airiest flag that flies. - ' la March. benefit of 5 a week, a benefit of $50: a wife and widowed mother benefit of 40, and a graduated death benefit running from. $300 Eieral to I2W. The Retail Clerks1 Protective Aseo-riatl- on charges for men 91 to Join, 60 cents per week dues and it gives 3 per week sick benefits, and 9100 for Mural expenses in case of death, lfi the face 600 clerks of of these advantages only 1.600 in Detroit (and nearly 0.000 of that number are women) are members of fiie association. The 1900 census gives the number of as wage workers in the United States follows: 12X6,023, divided as trade and trans-rortaiio- a. 1.164,717; 4.771. Z 33; domestic and personal service. ',691,746; manufacturing aud mechanical pursuits 7.112,987; agricultural pursuits, 10,438,919. Most of lbs loading unions in England have levied an assessment on their members to raise the Mnds for a campaign and to pay their members serfUOO a year during their term of vice in parliament. g settlement of the Albany, N. Y., drivers trouble has not yet been necked. The men era as determined thels as ever not to go back unless agreement la signed. Their committee states that firms employing union help are doing 90 per cent of tho work in hack this city. Sheet metal workers of Wllkesbarre, ht flag-r-th- m Fa., have decided to nek for an increase in wages, to go into effect April 1. The revised schedule of wages calls for an for a advance in wages of 23 cents Banta Rosa Cal., tanners, after be- Oh, flag of light! Oh, flag of hope! Heaven guide our hearts that we ing on strike for over n year, have won their demands for recognition of tha May guard the sacred heritage bequeath'd to us in thee, work-day- .' The members of union and the label. Not for the land we love so well, nor the union now receive 82 a day. for ourselves alone Window glaaa workers at Anderson,-Ind.- , Thy spirit thrills the throbbing earth are still on 'strike. Workers la the various departments . unto the furthest sone; of Zion City have suffered a reduction Structural iron workers In Louiswork A in of scarcity given ville are la wages. For they who watched the promised striking. as the cause, the officials desiring to dawn when thou ahouidst be unkeep ss many persons am. possible emfurled. Associa-- . The Cincinnati Employers ployed rather than reduce the payroll tion has adopted atrong resolutions Beheld thy splendor from alAr and by wholesale dischargee. roused the slumbering world. the and eight-hou- r Ohio and east of the Mississippi that opposing bills now under consideration by And, lo! the nations pressing on tn r grand and stern array. Maine Is tho only state north of the congreaA March by the light from slavery's las no local Of the American rede raThe striking book and Job printers might to freedom's perfect day! tios of Musicians. of Boston have been enjoined tempofrom inciting the pressmen and So, atrong of band and truq of heart, Jadge Brentano, of Chicago, 111., has rarily are fling thee to the breeze, feeders to leave their1 present employ aa Me Allan Lana receiver appointed gf and from The chart of freedom's broad domain, further strike benefits paying Franklin Union No. 4 of Press Feeders, the glory of the sens; to those who have already left their because of Its failure to justify a JudgWhat heart but beats a prouder key to ment for 11.000 due the state aa a fine work out of sympathy for tha strikers see thee kiss the skies? rather than because of any individual which Judge Holdom entered againat The Oh! blessings on that starry flag the the organization after finding It guilty grieyaqoe against their employers. fairiest flag that flies. of contempt of court- aa a corporations order stopping lib 'distribution . 6f SCANLAN. trike benefits la said to be without V 24. Ogden, atr February state. least in that precedent, It is reported that more than 2,009 By angel hands to valor given." men will be given steady employment A jury In New Haven, Conn., recent- Drake's American Flag. at the Cramp shipyards, at Philadelly found nine union teamsters guilty phia, Pa, for the next three yearn. of conspiracy In trying to injure the THE CAPABLE WHARFINGER. He had' Just received an appointment A movement to organize women business of certain trucking (Irma durwzlten in the restaurant! of New York ing the teamsters' strike here last ns state wharfinger. He looked almost and other cities has been started. spring. A sentence of three months nautical In the blue and gold of a new In jail for each defendant was impos- uniform, but tbe tan which darkened Unless the operators and miners of ed. A stay of execution for one week face and neck had been acquired In an the states of Ullnoia, Indiana, Ohio wan granted to permit counsel to file Inland valley and owed none of Its rich tad Pennsylvania agree at the forthc- exceptions. depth of lone to the salt laden ocean breezes which give the Colorado oming wage scale conference 190,600 miners in those states will strike. The Master Paintpra and Decorators' tinge to the sailnrxnan's hide. It Association of the United States and was his first day on the water front A committee appointed by the minora Canada hare adjourned after n meet- Salt water he was acquainted with in uid operators to collect Mnda for the ing In Toronto, Canada, to meet in Milthe form of brine. Ships he had never seen. A friend of the friend of a harrelief of the families of miners killed waukee, next year, John Dewar, Pittsin the Warwick mine explosion, at burg, was elected president; O.B. Ross, bor commissioner was a friend ofhlsand E. a manipulation of this chain of friendChadwick, Ja., reported that fa, 736 had Chicago, vice president, and W. been subscribed. .V and chief ore ship had landed tha Job and placed this y Wall, secretary-treasure- r ganizer. An executive committee was expert plow pilot' In charge of one of The 1.600 boa --union cOal miners era also chosen. San Francisco's busiest wharves, and ployed at' the four mince of the Ella-vnrresponsible fere the safe berthing of a coat company At Ellsworth. Pa., Five thousand laborers and coni min- never endingsuccession of valuable floatwho were notified on Monday of a cut collier lay er have gone on a strike in Valparai- ing properties. A steam in wages, have refused to work, and alongside the wharf. A Jacob's ladder so, ChilL ill are now out. A branch of tha hung Invitingly over the rail. 1 coma up on the roof," the United Mine Workers of America was of way employes newMay maintenance The formed recently, and the officials of wharfinger asked of a deck hand. Coast Line Atlantic entire sysof the the organization claim a Aa he cllmbef he commented on the majority of tem,' which Includes all persona enthe men have Joined. precarious stairway" and arrived on track work, gaged In deck to buret Into admiring criticism went water and supply departments, Both aides claim victory In the rubof the huge stove pipe" which was on strike recently on account of the reber workers' strike In Trenton, N. J. fusal to grant their demands for short- vomiting clouds of black coal smoke. The manufacturers state that He walked to an open hatch and, they con mor pay. Five thousand Uder the affair ended and the men er hours aud into tha depths, remarked with gating affected. men are claim that the boeaes are tired of the the air of a Columbus: Wall, I swan, traggle and were it not for .two or San thing's hollow. tla difto alt An future settle agreement three of the owners Francisco Call. would grant they was arbitration reached ferences by the 10 per cent increase and have last week at a Joint conference of A RAILWAY ON ICE. Nave. committees of master brewers and the In laying an emergency railway over of Brewery the ice of Lake Baikal, tbe Russians Chicago unioni are said to have over National Association three million dollarn deposited In the Workers. are undertaking a very remarkable hznlu and are feat of engineering. The lake, which, of the question agitating Guilds have been formed for many next to the Caspian nnd Aral seas, is rrtlng a bank of tfcelr own.' of the most important industries in tha largest inland water In Asia, offers There are in Austria 2,267,383 Indus- Japan, their object being to regulate a serious obstacle to the continuity of trial and 608,572 commercial - wags the quality of goods put on the market the Siberian railway. Mr. Walter Klre for ex- ton, who has gone out to the Far and secure the workers. Only about 200,000 are The largest, percentage of tension of trade. They are probably East aa one of the special representaule unionists is concentrated in Vithe outgrowth of tbe peculiar condi- tive of the Daily Graphic, described, enna and the which exist there.- where there in tbe letter' published Monday, the tions AusLower of provinces are few or no large manufactories, but mode In which truffle waa conducted tria. Bohemia and Moravia. small when he crossed. He told how a lane a great many of ludepeadent of water was maintained through the The Iron Moulders' Union of North concerns. . ; ice by the passage four times daily uf America has begun proceeding! to put the great a stop to a Baikal. which Times The corresponLondon, extortion Eng., of system which, In claimed, la practiced by foremen dent at Brussels, Belgium, says that a carried e on each trip a railway train of vehicles. That waa four foundries in several sections of tha party of twenty-fou- r Chinese will ar- twenty-ninweeks and this time, probably, ago, by noon of course a 'enntry, for of making men pay for their rive in that city too rapidly. for the Portions. Instruction In liberal arts and to study the water freezes through eWa once certain trades and handicrafts little in twenty-fo- to get hours. Tbe alternative The American Federation of Labor 1! land. la their practiced i is to unload each train on the Irkutsk promised funds to aid the shingle aide of the lake, to transport tbe conVfr of the State of Washington In The Pennsylvania State Labor Fed- tents by aledge across forty-liv- e miles r present light against a reduction eration has issued a call for the an- of Ice, and to load them Into another wages. nual convention, to be held In Erie, train on the other aide. It fa obviousMarch 8th. ly impossible to transport in this fashflje headquarters. of the Intarnation- ion supplies, ammunition and reinBrotherhood of Blacksmiths and forcements for a large figbtlng army, u J7? have been removed from and it la on tbis account, no doubt, that BUST MACE fOi SHELTER 111., to Chicago. the Russian military authorities have determined to run n railway across the Girls to the number of 2,006 ice. It seems a desperate expedient, of petticoats, la F. G. Lamoraaux Haa Mads Invaatlga-tion- a for tba frozen surface of Lake Baikal I ntha East ork City, have formed a union la often badly fissured, and is liable demand a general 'lncrsaae la P. G. Lamoraaux writs from Minne- at any time to considerable disturbapolis that he and his wife, who have ance by earthquake. Judging, howevbeen visiting there, will leave for their er, from recent accounts of tha SiberG.1,m Blower' Union has adopt-th- e Ogden home on March L ian railway, it Is doubtful whether Income tax for anew and each - He states that be spent several days Ee Ice line will be very much more !? U Pr cent of his earn-wnthan tbe land Una as at presat Lake Superior, examining the worktn a defense fund of 1200.000 la ings of the Ashland blast furnace of ent laid. Daily Graphic. n eMtoraraiMMMhdM pig Iron capacity per 'day. He Chicago, Feb. 25. The grand Jury expects alio to atop over at Pueblo, fcIbeTM Tenns there ie said Colo., and take In- tbe situation there. has returned three indictments against eery strong demand for union His Investigations are of great Impor- six strikers at tbe works of the Eisen-(ftatHior. IndictGlove company. Tbe tance to Ogden, aa he 16 interested In the new smelter fut Ogden and ond of ments charge a conspiracy to injure no fchnSe I" the wages the blast fnraarer One employe, couspiring to assault anf ritsunkera this year. The date tor may be ordered for that enterprise. j other, and riot alne-bo- . . OGDTX, ITAII, FRIDAY MORNING, ffl POSTAL mo CLOSING Attorney Conrad Occupies the Day in Summing Up H.s bide of Evidence. Mr. Conrad, Washington, li. special counsel (or in- - government in trial. the postal in argument for the proMi n'iuu He dwelt at length u;nn m iju?Mlnn of what constitutes h I'.iixmitble doulit. .. vt tine a and instanred single misjuror had hung a ii.ry iimtngii conception of the i:;rdiung of a reasonax Interrupted able doubt, when lu by Mr. Kumler, wiiu i barged dial tbe statements wore an iiuimiaiton on the Jury in thin rose. A haip rolloquy between Mr. Conrad tirni Mr. Kumler folK-- lowed. Resuming bis ri iiunU. Mr Conrad for tbe contended tbst tbe omi-r- -i defense bad sdmi!i" all the allegations of tbe inciiitiii. This brought Charles A. Doug'ic- - to bis feet, who denied that ibis wt- - mi After some wrangling Justice ii it, tiai told the t how the Jury tbat they matter was aud dm itti Mr. Conrad to . 1 uin!-'iu.i- . proceed. Conrad made on atiacbrd tbetami the siatcnients tij Mr. ijiwrem-- re- garding hla first i rumination of the Uroff fastener in l,'i. and said that they are not borne out by the circumstances surrounding it. Wben Mr. Conrad concluded this afternoon Justice Pritchard announced that be would deliver his charge to the Jury tomorrow morning. HINTS FOR BRIDEGROOMS. Plenty of Advice for Brides, but Not a Word for the Poor Men. A thoughtful young man of Washington waa heard to decry the other day the fact that while there is a deluge of dont!" and "dus for the bride to follow, the bridegroom must shift fire himself. 'There le absolutely noihing to guide a man but his uwu awkward self. It isn't fair," he said. From the time a girl la old enough' to detect sound she understand the importance of having things done proiierly at a wedding, while the prospective groom le only something necessary to complete the picture? Noihing short of Inspiration can get a man through a marriage ceremony gracefully. In onler to Impress the bride and parts tors that he is enthusiastic about it, he appear with a sort ot frozen grin on hla fare tbat you expect to melt at any moment and run down hie collar. If he is too frightened to rebiond in a loud voice some of (be bride'e girl friends will whisper that It was plainly evident he was unwilling from tbe start.' Again, if be replies in a loud, stern rolce, another hunch in another direction of tbe church will huddle together end express bow glad they are that they are not marrying blm, while the attitude of many le tha they are signing away tbelr life and all worth lirlng for. So I, for one. think it high time that somebody wrote a tew lints on how to hehavc. tbat we men may appear enlhuviixtlr about being married without bring ridiculous and proving a target for tbe world In general to knock. at," - ma-du- ro th . bridge-buildin- g gol-darn- ed ur -- employ-nnufactu- re til GRAFT FOR A LODGING. new gran has been discovered in Fedalia. says one of the pajiers of that place. Every night for some time at tbe past the men's waiting-rooMissouri Pacific, station lias been crowded with men sleeping in the Heats. When asked their business there by the station attendants, they invato some riably resurrected tickets nearby town and said they were waiting for trains. A few dsya ago about fifty of these regular boarders applied at tbe ticket office to huve the ticxcis redeemed. Tbe ngrnt then gut next tu the fact (bat (hr tickets were purchaser, fur tha sole purpose of bunking in a warm room. A m DO THE A good deal bag been heard about the latest form of 'radiant energy, the so relied because they were discovered at tbe University of Nancy and in some resiiects they are the most wonderful yet. known. But there le a grav doubt p to their real exj istence. Mr. As A. Campbell Swinlon. a well; known electrhal engineer in London, was the first mahyin lhis country to produce Roentgen-ra- y photographs, so tbst it is natural that he should be one of the first to repeat the experiments which, for Professor Blond lot, determined the existence pf the What has given the' chief prominence no doubt. Is the fai l to the that they have lately been asserted to be given off by human nerve or muscle in a state of activity, which might throw mneb light on the real nature of vital energy. One of our most emihis nent electricians has expressed are a subjectopinion that tbe ive phenomenon, originating, that is, not In external nature, but in the temperament of the observer; which is a polite, scientific- way of saying tbat they have no existence in facL Mr. Swinton and his assistants bavs carefully repeated Professor Blondlot'i chief experiments, without obtaining ary of his results, similar testimony ie borne by Dr. H. Zahn In one of the leading scientific journals of Germany. are supposed to be given The sources by tbe off among other mantle of a Welsbarh incandescent gas filament of a flame or the theorla Nero st electric lamp. The test by which they are knoffn is their faculty cf Intensifying s faint illumination on whirh they themselves Invisible are allowed to fall. One of Professor Blondiot's typical experiments Ie so simple tbat any one ran make it for himself. He asserts are given off by aim net thai tbe any substance in a state of strain e. g. by a stick wbf' h is bent near to the breaking point, or by a piece of temIs in a permanent pered steel whi-condition of molecular strain, lie tells us that if the abutters of a room are almost closed so tbat a very faint Illumination falls upon the white dial of a clock, and if the experimenter tben bends e stick or brings a piece of tempered steel near to the clock face, it at once become perceptibly brighter. Mr. Swinton has triad this experiment under various conditions.- and can act y. - ys ys no difference-Londo- 120-to- h EXIST? n 2111. li'l TORPEDO FLOTILLA AT SAID. United Said. Feb. 25. The States torpedo boat destroyer flotilla, escorted by the auxiliary rroiee Buffalo. has arrived here on its way id Jort the. Philippine. rough trip, but Thf- - veseltt hail 4 no damage. ' FEBRUARY wm 10 (Mi Cfi, iftflf. TIRE AT COLORADO SPRINGS IRON TRADE PROSPEROUS. ! Review of Reports from the Isthmus Are to the Two Lives Are Known to Have Been Effect That They Are Only AwaitLost in a Burning Lodging House. ing News of Treaty Ratification. Colorado Springs, Feb. 25. Two a third were lost in Now York, Feb. 25. Ratification of lives and the Panama canal treaty resulted in a fire that broke out at 1 o'clock ibis ih immediate recall of the U. 8. war- morning and threatened the entire f of tbe marines busfnesa section of the city. ships and about The dead are Lela Smith, a l.Vyear-ol- d from (ho iKtbmusAaya a Herald disremains girl, and a mau. whose patch from Panama. Tbe Marblehead. Petrel. Wyoming and two torpedo were beyond recognition. Tite girt perished in her room at the boats will remain on the Pacific side. The New York, Boston and Benning- bulging house that stood on the southwest t urner uf Cascade avenue and ton wilt proceed tu Callao. O11 the Atlamic side all tbe warships Huerfano street and fiom which her except two will proceed north fur the mot Iter. Mr. Mary Smith, escaped by maucuvres. Pour hundred and fifty Jumping. The remains of the man inartnes, under Major t'ote. will leave were found 111 the drtiris lodged beThursday fur Guantanamo. The belief tween the ti miters of two building Is that they will proved later to San- that hnd burned. He bad evidently to Domingo. Ikispite Colombia's inter- - liven killed by g blow from a falling tiai disturbances, leitera just received timber before tbe fire had completely from there declare that the Colombians lone its work. The loss in property is urc ready to flglu as soon as news ar- - j not heavy, the three buildings destroyrives iliHt the treaty has been rati- ed being of ordinary size and cheap fied. One genera! is quoted as saying couslriictioa. Ten thousand dollars that, if tho government docs not de- will probably cover the lore. Three clare war tbe troops on tho border Lorses burned in their stalls and three will invade Panama anyhow. ethers had to be shot. The fire is snppoasd ta have been The last informatiuu from the roast Ik that another regiment of soldiers started by tramps striking matches in has been sent from Cartagena tu the the livery stable adjoining the rooming bouse on tbe corner, and which was frontier. Half of the 4.M0 soldiers originally tbe first building burned. The wind sent to Tituuiatl have been moved 25 funned the flames to the other buildmiles further up the Darien roast to- ings and tbe eutire lire department was called out. Pur a lime It appeared ward Panama. It is known that at Inaniaqna, tha that a large section uf the business San Bios chief, has visited Titumatl district would tie swept away by tbe three or four times. Aineriran off- flames, so fiercely did the wind fan icers have given him notice that the, titem into lite, but they ware finally big canoes he has collected near the brought under control and at 3 o'clock frontier, if used to transiMirt Colom- the firemen were enabled to search the bian troops, will lie sunk. lie promised ruins for bodies. to remain ueuiral and said be wished has been Tbe man who perished identified as Mlchuel klcGnire, a laborpeace. On acrount of tbe feeling of the In- er employed by 81. John and Barnee, dians the Panama government has dis- plumbers. placed Inanlquaina as the principal port and has named Henry Clay, whose SHERIFF'S POSSE GIVES UP. headquarters are the mouth of the Rio with Diablo, to he governor general Montana Officars Could Net Catch tha a command in the army. Jones Gang. AmSan Bias is very friendly to the Feb. 21 Deputy Mont., Helena, ericans and flics the Panama flag. Sheriff John Moran and a posse of If the Colombians carry out the seven Indian scouts have returned to threat to attack they cannot reach the chase Mont, from aa eight-da- y Poplar, be sent ran vessels as as fast railroad now Jonas outlaw of Frank tha gang, newa of from the United 8tatee after under the leadership of Dutch" Henthe advance arrives. ry, who has been their chief sines tha killing of Jones, They believe tbat ELECTION. PRESIDENTIAL the outlaws have changed their rento wooded mountains, across New York, Feb. 28. The presiden- dezvous Canadian lino, and tho mounted tial election in Colombia la still un- the police have been notified and are now decided, according to a Herald dis- after the gang. Members of tba gang patch from Rogota. General Reyes raided the home of J. P. Williams north still haa a small majority and it Is of the Port Peck reservation, last Satgenerally believed the electoral col- urday, while Williams and hla family lege will declare him president on July were away. Tbe visitors completely 5th with General Gonzales Valencia demolished tbe house and everything vice president. of value about the place, entailing a loss of several thousand dollars. KAISER AMONG THE TAILORS. Williams Is one of tha ranchmen who. last fall, swot out a warrant The German Emperor takes great In- against the gang for stealing bla terest In everything relating to the at- horses and runulng them into Canada. tire of Ms subjects, says the Tailor and Cutter." OPPOSES GROSVENOR BILL. When he witnesses a new play it Is ustislly his practice to invite the Representative of Trades' Aaaoeiatiana manager Into his box and discuss with Makes Argument Against It. hltn thn detail of historical costume, t, which out Washington, Feb. 28. Daniel any inaccuracies pointing of Bridgeport, nn, reprehis eye. The dress of his subject attending senting ns an attorney, the American association, tbe Chicago the play is also raid to be a matter of thep concern to him, but, adds our Trade Council nnd tbe National Build? excontemiiorary, we are afraid his in- lug Trades association, mnda aneom. tended argument before tbe house fluent has not been very great." mltlee on Judiciary today against the Untevenor bill to limit the meaning of THE SPARROW ON COLD WEATHthe word conspiracy" nnd use of reER. straining orders and injunctions. waa asan Mr. Davenport statedM.tbat howho preT bear people tats," chirped Beck, sociated with James New ork in Him, the English sparrow sented an argument to the committee about how hard a winter this has been yesterday along I be same line. Davenof winter a sort fur the poor, but wbal port will bo followed by representaus do you suppose it has been for tives of labor. birds? "This is the first day that I've set INVESTIGATE DEPARTMENT. ground in two my foot on actual and snow for mins weeks. It's been all that time, and I wilh no shoes on. Committee ie Appointed for This Pur Chilblains? Why, tlunisands of us pass by Mayor of Chicago, have been frozen to death this cold Chicago, Feb. 25. The city council spell Just IhnuMndM. True, we don't passed a resolution authorizing the sleep on the ground; we roost in trees mayor to appoint a cum mi (tee of three anu creep into nouke and torn era and aldermen to investigate the present revive around buildings and manage workings of the building department. o keep off the ground somehow at The action is admittedly the result of right but it is pretty cold out of door the report of the Jury of the IroQuols anywhere this month. theatre fire case. And we have had a pretty hard Tbe council haa reconsidered its retime of it for food. With the etraeta cent order allowing the Cleveland covered with snow and ice and all the theatre to open In violation of the new with bat.k yard ditto, everything theatre ordinance. frozen, we have a hard time, t can tell poet-ild- une-bal- . Pav-cnor- Anti-Boyco- tt h-- the Iron Market by 1 Trade Journal. Cleveland, O., Feb. 2V In its review of the iron market this week the Iroii Trade Review saye; The large strel companies have made some good addition to their books in the past week, and in some cases new business haa exceeded mill shipments. Railroad buying undoubtedly is better. The purchases of rails announced two weeks ago were followed by contracts f'ur track material and there haa been e tuir run of orders for new can. This w.ek there are Inquiries from two line for 136,000 tons of rails and ronirncie are expected to e made at an early liay. Definite developments In atw-- 1 oral lines are still lacking, though Chicago reports projects practically assured that will require 26.000 tons of vhsites and at New York tha Initial steps lisve been taken in construction that will call for a similar amount. One railroad Inquiry for bridge work the past week represents 6.006 totn. The bar trade has been one of tha most satisfactory features of ths situation. For the most part bar Iron la old at 1 to 3 below the price ot steel. The steel sheet trade has been marked by Irregularity, and 2.20 cents Pittsburg for No. 3 Is not maintained. The record of ths pig Iron market is still one of low prices and limited tonnage. The besaemer pig iron association held a meeting in Cleveland in the past week sad canvassed the situation which has little of immediate promt. ' Central western turusces here mads sales ranging from $13 to 812.25 at furnaces, for Na 2 and 812 has been shaded in the sharp scramble for the more desirable bust-ne- e. The Lake Superior ora situation prevents no new developments. Another meeting of producers and selling Arms will be held in Cleveland on Feb, 29, but there is only remote possibility of an agreement for 1904. CORNERING BALFOUR MAKES DENIAL. I,ondnn, Feb. 25. Premier Balfour, wlio. on bis first appearance today in the house of common aim his illness, waa greeted with warm cheer, replying to a question, confirmed the statement made in these dispatches Feb. 20, that there was no truth in the reports that Great Britain intended to seize certain points on the Spanish roast in the even of a continental war. London, Feb. 25. Asked in tbe house ot commons today by what authority it was proposed to detain at Ceylon the 335 Russian sailors rescued after the fight off Chemulpo. Premier Balfour said the sailors had sought refuge on a British warship. Under the circum- stances and until other arrangements had been agreed upon, the government thought It would beet be fulfilling the obligations of neutrality by holding tl.c men in British territory until the close of the war. Tbe Japanese government, however, bad no Intimation tbat it waa willing that the tailors should return to Russia on giving their during the j role not to partiriDRte rest of the war. The British govern- Japanese Government Settles a Big Claim to tha United States. Tokio, Feb. 26. 'Ae Japanese government today passed the fkmuua white whisky claim by handing to United Btatee Minister Griacom the draft for 9115,000 In favor of the American Trading company. The daina arose from a customs decision render ed in 1900, holding an importation of 8,000 barrels of whlaky to be alcohol and increasing the duty from forty, to 260 per cent Japan nt first rejected the claim for repayment of thn amount alleged to have been overcharged by the customs department, but Mr. Grlaeom on arriving at Tokla renewed It and pressed the case with firmness. success in securing His payment In very gratifying to American commercial men and a settlement of the matter la regarded as qnother mark of the friendliness of Japan for America. INCREASE PRICE OF BREAD. New Y'ork, Feb. 26. Master Baker of the weet aide have decided to advance the price at rolls from 10 to 13 cents a dozen owing to the high prices prevailing for wheat and flour. Many bakers have reduced the size of their loaves, but no action haa been taken, toward raising tha price of bread. ' 1 ment was now in corrtiondcnve with with lire view of sailing (he question on this basis. Rue-l- a SHIRT WAISTS Besides the neat reductions in many other departments, we have alaree ADVANCE SHIPMENT of thelatest style SHIRT WAISTS. The newest and prettiest materials and patterns which we are AT COST. We urge early choosing, KID GLOVES ALICE w Gloves all sizes and colors. Regular $1.25 quality SALE PRICE the Two-Clas- p VOC .SILKS 103 Pieces in worth $1.25 to SALE PRICE S. J. various and attractive color $20 yard ' I 4 , i ; t ; A- - F" . t 4 , A i 9 . - FAMOUS WHITE WHISKY.CLAIM Is the Popular Buying Event of the Week. line of . often imperfect. SALE A handsome i aionn. Tbe plant dioon la described as an exceedingly rare genua of cycada. Tha cycads look Ilka great fern plants, but differ from tha ferns in that they bear seeds. The plant dioon iaa heretofore been found only lu isolated specimens, OURCLEARING-U- P selling: re University of Chicago Wanta All thS Available Supply of Dioon, Chicago, Feb. 25. The University of Chicago la trying to secure a corner on tha world'e supply of dioon, which in appearance, and is a pleat, fern-Ilk- a grown In only ona place in tha world, near Jala pa, Mexlca The botany department of the university heard of Its existence there through a German scientist who discovered it and Prof, Charles J. Cham-Lerla- in haa bean dispatched to Mexico to dig up and ship to Chicago all the available supply. Prof. Chamberlain will make all possible speed, for It la understood at ths university (hat au Austrian scientific society is sending an eapeditlon to the same patch of crumb. Great finds, these thrown out cruets, and greater still those banquets of broken bread spread in the yards by tbe kindly cooks But such helps ere only a drop in the bucket, and it has been the hardest kind of a hard winter ror us. all the same, and thousand of us have been lost. It has been, I dare say. a hard winter for the poor, but it haa been harder yet for the poor sparrows But 1 rupiMM there are people who would be glad to see us all go. i . NEW PLANT. you. Sparrows have fought for serai they came upon in the rtieets. end you ran imagine what became of the weaker. Some children have thrown out crusts for ns, and I know some cooks who have come out Into their back yards every day through this cold siell with slices of bread which they have broken up and scattered around for the sparrows and then kept the dogs In till we had gathered up the 1 O JOC Burt & Bros. J, i |