| Show BUSY first load of granite has reached federal building the arst load of granite to be used in the construction of the new federal building has arrived on tho ground and a force of stone cutters were at once pul to work ch essing tho stone and preparing it for setting the work on the brick foundation has progressed rapidly during the past week and is now flush with the ground the next step will be the placing of the floor beams for the first floor on these carpenters are already at work and by saturday many of the larger trusses will be placed and the laying of the rough flooring begun soon the walls will begin to be laid and from then on the work will be pushed with the utmost rapidity there seems to have been no provision made as yet tor the laying of tho corner stone of the building but doubtless some provision tor that event will be made in the near future TEAMSTERS STRIKE affiliated are not subscribing much money chicago july 5 lively debate on question of contributions to the teamsters strike fund Is looked for at tho meeting of the teamsters joint council tonight when the proposition is presented it will bring to the tore question of ending the strike there are a number of delegates in the council who have spoken in favor of submitting the question of calling off the struggle to a referendum vote union officials admit that the prospects are not bright tor an increase in the strike funds many drivers not involved in the strike have discontinued contributing a part of their weekly wages contributions from unions affiliated with the chicago federation of labor have decreased from 12 a week at the beginning of the strike to about 1000 a week lore applications for work by department part ment store drivers who hava strike were looked tor today been on more than havo sought re employ comparatively few have ment but been policemen who have been guarding were assigned to their posts wagons crossings and on their beata at street today HISTORIC HOUSE DESTROYED dana and others had where emersons Emer soni a dream boston july 5 mischievous boys have destroyed anro crackers the farooqa old broor farm house the ancient dwelling in west roxbury where sixty years ago ralph waldo emerson george william curels fuller frank B danbom margaret tana and the elder charles dozen more kindred spirits set up a bhart lived idealistic social democracy it was there that hawthorne wrote at the beginning of his literary career the old house bad been vacant for a long time st petersburg july 4 there is no i truth in the report published by the petit journal of paria of ahe of i battleships at reval two russian constantinople july 4 to the death of secretary hay the usual fourth 0 july celebration was not eld at the american embassy |
