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Show 1 Current Topics 2tacR.from Manila. The United States cruiser Baltimore is home again from Manila, having come under Admiral Watson, by way of the Mediterranean. Her first stop was at i Greenock, Scotland. The Baltimore Bal-timore Is the flagshln ot Rear Admiral Leader of Coal Miners' StriKe. Fred Dllcher of Nelsonvllle, 0., is a member of the executive board of the Vnited Mine Workers of America, and the organizer for his district, which Includes eastern Ohio and the anthracite anthra-cite regions of Pennsylvania, Is the directing di-recting head of the coal miners' strike. Clicker is known as "the baby" Watsors This Is the first time the cruiser has appeared appear-ed In home waters since the battle of Manila. Owing to the existence of bu-bonio bu-bonio plague at Glasgow at the time of the ves-" set's stay at Greenock, Green-ock, Health Officer uoty or new york Admlrai Watson, made a more thor- i ough investigation of the vessel than is usual. The surgeon of the Baltimore Balti-more told Dr. Doty that he would not certify that the sailors had not visited Glasgow, because they usually went everywhere when on shore letvve. Dr. Doty permitted the Baltimore to go to the naval anchorage off Thompkins-ville, Thompkins-ville, with the understanding that she was under quarantine, and that no person per-son should be allowed on board, nor any of the ship's company on shore without his permission. Friend of- the Jfetosboys. Miss Harriet Ives Gammell of Newport, New-port, R. I., Is one of the richest young women in the world, yet she Is by no means purse-proud. At her marriage, which took place last week, she had as wedding guests 200 newsboys and messenger mes-senger boys. Miss Gammell's fortune Is $20,000,000. The average earnings of each of her guests are not more than $300 a year. At that rate they would FRED DILCHER. of the mine workers. He Is six feet Bin inches tall and weighs 260 pounds. The dowager empress of Russia has always declined to accept the guard f Russian detectives during her visits frame. On her present visit, however, this custom has been altered at the command of the reigning czar and .maeh against the desire of the empress. em-press. She Is now followed by eight Russian detectives of the international service. Hour the Shah UrinKs. One of the indispensable articles which the Shah takes with him on his travels Is a silver teapot which does J I not contain tea. j Nor. on the other hand, does It contain con-tain what In this fair land Is called "Senatorial cold tea," The contents are simply the Persian soverelgn'3 favorite iced mln-1 mln-1 era! water. The f innocence of this beverage Is more than balanced by the distinctly unconventional un-conventional way in which the soft drink finds its way to the Shah's in t e r 1 o r economy. HARRIET IVES GAMMELL. earn $20,000,000 In 333 years and eight months. To help to celebrate her wedding wed-ding to that lucky Englishman, Thomas Thom-as Shaw Safe. Miss Gammell invited the 200 news and messenger boys to be her guests at an outing at Island Park. Argyte's daughter. Of all the late duke nf Anrvlo'n .After looking at this sketch, made at Ostend, one almost could believe that Victoria's good and great friend would at a pie with a knife. The artist who made the picture says he showed it to the Shah, who was greatly amused thereat Lord Rowton, who is the literary executor of the late earl of Beacons-field, Beacons-field, has been visiting the queen, and H is rumored that she has directed nim to put off the publication of Bea-, Bea-, eonsfield's memoirs till after her death. f : Idol of the Miners. ' "Mother" Mary Jones, "Queen of the Mines" and the idol of the miners, occupies oc-cupies a unique place in the wrld of daughters one only married a man of title Lady Edith, who is now duch-. ess of Northum- j berland. Four married mar-ried plain country gentlemen, one is ' the wife of the;? bishop of Peterbor-: ough and Lady Victoria is unmar- ried. Lady Edith. American Steel on the Clyde. The latest Invasion by American manufacturers to excite Great Britain is that ot the makers of steel plates for the sheathing of ships. The London Lon-don Financial Times says that Clyde shipbuilders are now making contracts with American makers at as low a price as 6 15s per ton. as against 8 2s 5d asked by the British manufacturers. manu-facturers. With such prices as these, it is said to be impossible for the British Brit-ish to compete, and the Americans are said to have taken orders for 40,000 tons. Just at this time the Clyde steel workmen have made a demand for a fifty-three hours' week, which is being resisted by their employers. Any cessation ces-sation of the supply of British steel for the shipbuilders would naturally increase in-crease the market for the American product The London Financial Times ascribes the lower American price to natural advantages, such as cheaper coal and iron. Ex-Preeldent Harrison ie a believer in the theory that the lawyer must study law his whole life long. Not a day passes but he devotes a portioa of It ta some text booh. "MOTHER" MART JONES, labor. This kind-hearted, philanthropic philanthrop-ic woman Is so loved by the rough del-rers del-rers of the coal mines in the anthracite anthra-cite regions that with them her word is tantamount to law. Mrs. Jones is 66 years old. silver-haired and beautiful. Her voice has been sweetly eloquent In behalf of the workers whose cause she has adopted, and her appeals have won unstinted sympainy for her simple, hard laboring friends. She lives at Wilkesbarre, Pa. |