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Show Sweden, so that the actnal membership member-ship iu this country does not a pear from tho figures above. Sad and im-I im-I pressive evidence of the dangerous nature nat-ure of the trainmen's occupation is given in tho statement that during the year 27.") disability ami death claims to the amount of nearly .i?o, 000 had been paid, and that of the total number of claims over 200 resulted from railway accidents, and of these l!5t) deaths were caused in coupling cars. I It is distressing to think of tljo suffer-' suffer-' lug and death daily occurring us the re- tult largely of tho great variety of coup-; coup-; hugs in use, and it must be udmitted , that there is a crying ueed of a rapid improvement im-provement in this matter by tho adoption adop-tion of some uniform style of coupling which will be both efficient in service and safe in handling. Kansas City Sun, !A Kiinjrernu? iilnnj. The public has but an inadequate ide pf the dunger to which the ordinary trainmen are exposed Accidents- to them are occurring every day in thn year, and it is only when the r suits uro made known that the real condition of 1 things is seen. I The Brotherhood of Railway Train men, according to statrmena made at the recent convention in Los Angeles now numbers M.O.'i; members, an in-is in-is . jrease of flbO during thi past year It1 I n-as stated, however, that the orgauiza- i lion has branches not only 01 the L'.iited f BUtes but also iu Canada. Ireland and , |