Show the head of philadelphian Phila delphias bureau of weights and measures has announced that very every loaf of bread sold in the city must have its weight plainly stamped on en it the bakers will be required to stamp the bread before it is sold to the reta retailers ilera I 1 athas it has been announced by the banking syndicate that undertook to finance new york york cites debts in europe by the flotation of a six per cent note issue that subscriptions in excess to the required amount have been received the labors of new yorks entire municipal force of 65 painters are to be concentrated on the task of repainting the brooklyn bridge according to a late announcement of the city bridge commissioner it is estimated that this force will be able to finish the task within about eight months R W sears founder of the chicago mail order firm of sears roebuck and co died recently at waukesha wis aged 51 years the value of his estate is estimated at it is said that he originated the mail order enterprise ter prise starting with the purchase of a dozen watchers while working as a railroad telegraph operator the widow of joaquin miller the poet announced some time ago that she has hai held communications comm with her husband since his death and her statements were corroborated by her daughter juanita juaaita they declared that they have heard the poets voice and that he has given them assurance that all is well with him t four boys of a group sa of S seven who w escaped fro from tle the reform school 01 at booneville bonneville Boo neville mo recently took possession of a powerful locomotive at sedalia mo and though closely pursued by detectives on another engine ran the huge machine a distance of 35 miles to pilot grove where they abandoned it and made good their escape A rather curious combination of v P names appeared opp eared in a case that came before the recorders court in a california 1 I fornia town recently the papers in the case bore the following heading 64 george washington versus christopher columbus landlords action to recover rent it appears that washington is the owner of a business property erty occupied by columbus and that he is suing the latter for rent according to dispatches from valdez alaska the reputation of miss dora keen of philadelphia iao as an explorer and mountain climber has been augmented recently by her successful exploration of the glaciers of the harriman hamman and college fiords fiorda prince william sound alaska and the mountains in the vicinity the region visited by miss keens party had never before been visited by members of the white race and she secured photographs and made observations that will be valuable in mapping that cou country S C glickman of chicago spent considerable time loitering about the windows of receiving tellers in banks of that city where he learned the names ol of depositors later he would call for the he canceled checks of certain depositors and so obtain the signatures next he would deposit forged checks in h a passbook bearing the forged name of al a depositor and a short time later would present checks drawn aga against st these fake deposits the scheme worked well until le he attempted to write checks in which the word hundred appeared he invariably misspelled this word and this weakness in h his orthography soon led to his hii west arrest |