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THE MORNING OREGOXpj, MONDAY, JULY 31r 1905. 9 IS Rev. H. S. WaHace Explains Co-Operative Federation Methods. TALKS AT CENTRAL BAPTIST Goes Into Detail Concerning the Pro posed Flfty-Mllllon-Dollar Bond Issue and the Establish ment of Industries. "Progressive Christianity" -was the sub ject of the sermon of Rev. H. S. "Wallace, president of the Co-Operative Christian Federation, recently organized, delivered last evening at the Central Baptist Church. Mr. Wallace endeavored to show the brotherhood of mankind and the fa therhood of God, with quotations from the Scripture, pellmlnary to an account given at the close of his address of the purposes of the Co-Opcrative Federation In some printed matter, which was dis tributed to the congregation. Mr. Wal lace is very enthusiastic for this great enterprise, which has been capitalized for 550.000,000, and which Is now being placed on a substantial basis. Purpose of Organization. "It Is for the purpose of purchasing large and mainly undeveloped properties," he said, "on which enterprises of various kinds can be established: to pay for such properties by the proceeds of a bond Issue of a' new kind, embracing certain safe guards which will protect the bo'ndholder absolutely from loss of principal, secure him the interest for the first flvo years and leave him no risk of loss of future Interest, considering that the revenues and earnings of all properties are pledged to pay it, with the increased values of five years' development to secure it. To man age all properties bought for or by the Federation by trained, competent, well known men, associated In a trust for that purpose; to vest all the properties of that trust in such a way that no interference with their management by any or all the members of the Federation could be prac ticable; to supply the necessary' labor for nil such enterprises, ,so far as possible, from the active members of the Federa tion, resident in the model towns and set tlements established. What Bondholder Gets. "The bondholder gets 5 per cent interest on his bonds fixed, but another 5 per cent conungeni on pronis. workers get wages at current rates. A member gets the so cial advantages of a house in the Federa tlon town at a stated price paid for on " the installment plan. There will be free schools, classes, medical attendance, pro visions for widows and orphans, well trained and managed towns. Shares also in the net profits from the whole enter prise, which will represent about 75 per cent of such profits. "The principle of the Federation is fra ternal, not paternal. It Is no church, but Is based on the ethics laid down In the teachings of Jesus Christ. If quarrels and differences arise they are to be settled by arbitration, for which full arrangements are made Jn tho constitution. If a mem ber breaks the moral law, or becomes unfit for membership in the Federation, he can be expelled, but he shall receive back whatever he has paid on his house. Any interference with any special religious tenets or affiliation of any members is expressly forbidden." Rev. H. S. Wallace, the originator of the Federation, is an Oregon man, and has brought the plan to its present stand ing. After full consideration with Eastern upholders and friends of the enterprise. It was decided to issue $50,000,000 In bonds, the bonds to carry 5 per cent interest fixed and another 5 per cent conditional Interest. How Issue "Will Bo Made. This issue will be made by tho Title Guaranty & Trust Company of New Tork, as soon as the necessary papers prepared by the Oregon counsel of the Federation have been passed on by the New Tork counsel. The funds retained from the sub scription for the guarantee of repayment of the principal of the bonds at maturity will be held and invested for that purpose by the Trust Company of America. The fund securing the payment of 5 per cent on the bonds for tho first five years will be managed and invested by local institu tions, in co-operation with the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey. A strong New York syndicate has undertaken all the expenses of the issue, and a far-reaching work will be undertaken at once In advertising the advantages and resources of Oregon, which wi" be of great import ance to tho state. Large areas of land in Eastern Oregon arc to be acquired and developed by irrigation, cultivated and settled. Such settlements are to be brought into close communication with Portland. In Western Oregon, suitable lands will be acquired that can be selected as the center of the Federation work. There the chief Federation city will be established. Manufactures of divers kinds will be set on foot there, which will give employment to the active members of the Federation. There will be creameries, cheese factories, woolen mills, flax factory, clothing fac tory and kindred industries. These are the objects aimed at by Mr. Wallace, as set forth In the explanations given last evening, and which are now assuming form and substance. As soon as the $50, 000,000 bonds are disposed of In the East, then trained agents will purchase the tracts of lands needed for the settlements, and the working out of the plans of the Christian Co-Operative Federation. 1000 MILES FROM NOWHERE Midway Island, Our Smallest Terri torial Possession. New Tork Mail. The greatest attraction of Midway Island is its windmills, whose enormous height make the mile-length coral island look from shipboard smaller than it really Is. Although Midway Island belongs to the United States, and la a cable station, there are about a dozen Americans only on It. Several of these inhabitants have become, through isolation, more afraid of strangers than the millions of tame gulls that make the Island their home. The history of almost every white man on Midway Island may be written in the one unkempt sentence: "I ran away from a whaler." Midway Is an island that was born upon the bosom of an Immense wave that followed an earthquake shock. Just bow old it Is no living man in the Pacific seems to know. There Is no vege tation on the island because there is no soil. Midway Is a hunk of coral reef, around which & ring of ocean breakers continually lash themselves Into a mist of creamy foa.ro. Midway Is an equal distance from Bono lulu and Guam about 2600 miles. It is In the regular sailing route between Hon IN olulu and Yokohama, and Is rarely visited by mariners, except for water. While small In extent, and In population sparse. Midway has the distinction of being un equaled for the beauty of its coral shelv ing. Nobody has to pay taxes there, there are no laws, and therefore no crimes. Civilization is not forgotten by its na tives, because when any of their number dies the living dig a grave and inter the remains, placing ever the mound a rude cross to show that the Christian hand Is still alive there. The Island approaches swarm with sharks, real man-eaters, too. The new arrival never falls to notice that the clouds above the island seem black and threatening. These are bird clouds, and not storm warnings. There are birds of all descriptions on the island, but the gull is the most prolific, and is so tame as to enter houses and hop on the tables for its food. Among the other birds are ca naries of giant size, with feathers more wealthy looking even than those to be found on the smaller species here. The great sport at Midway is capturing sharks. The fins and tails of the man-eaters are chopped off; and the lion of the sea is then thrown overboard again to fight it out as best ho can. Some sharks cap tured off Midway hae meaurcd 15 feet Tho average length Is about seven feet. Anybody who wants a quiet time, where the tick of the stock quotation Instrument cannot get to him. is recommended to try the rest cure at Midway. HOLD SESSIONS THIS WEEK THREE CONVENTIONS MEET AT JENNINGS' LODGE. Evangelical Churches of Oregon Send Delegates to Annual Gath erings This Week. The new campground, purchased by the Evangelical Association of Oregon, at Jen nings' Lodge, on the Oregon City electric railway, will this week be consecrated by the conventions of the Sunday schools. Young People's Alliance and the Ministe rial Conference. Churches of the Oregon conference will send delegates to all these gatherings, which will open tomorrow evening In the large pavilion tent erected temporarily on the campground. Toung People's Alliance Convention opens Tuesday night with tho following programme: Song service: half-hour with the Word; "Our Purpose." remarks by A. Wclnert, CJyde A. Craig, Bertha Gunther, Morris Heverllng. Wednesday Consecration. Mrs. T. N. Hagenburger; drill in Sunday school his tory, E. Maurer; "The Ideal Sunday School Superintendent." Meda Slewcrt; "Missions and the Sunday School." Mrs. E. G. Eaton: "The Children's Revival," G. M. Stroupe; "Of What Should the Sunday School Teacher's Preparation Consists?" G. W. Plumcr; "The Possibilities of the Cradle Call," Mrs. R. F. Jameson; "Our Work; Encouragement to Be Given and Results Aimed At." Mrs. H. O. Hender son: "Trashy Literature." R. D. Streyfel ler. Afternoon: Sunday school business meeting: song service; sermon, Theodore Schauer. Thursday "Our Desire." Mrs. F. M. Fisher: "Our Attitudes Toward the Sab bath." Mrs. S. C. Bradford: "Need of Be ing Definite," Helen Keller; normal grad uation, N. Shuppe; president's address: presentation of banners; appointment of committees. Afternoon: "First Things." Esther Fankhauser; "Echoes from East ern Oregon," Lucy C Guyer; "Successful Toung People's Meeting," J. A. Good; "Christian Stewardship," Mrs. A. E. Myers and F. W. Launer; "Correct Re ports." Minnie Fcrrier; "Our Failures," minute talks; reports of Y. P, A. officers. Evening: Song service, R. F. Jameson: "What for the Coming Year?" & A. Sel wert; convention sermon, W. H. Wctt laufer. Friday Ministerial Convention and Campmeetlng-9 A. M.. "Bible Meaning of the Baptism and tho Infilling of the Holy Spirit." Morris Heverllng; "Exposition of St. John, xi:7." Theodore Schauer. Sat urday "Essentials to 2JInisterial Suc cess," R. F. Jameson; "Passion for Souls," S. A. Slewert. Tuesday "Kow Can Quar terly Meetings Be Made More Effective?" W. H. Wettlaufcr; paper. F. Bcnz. Wednesday "Exposition of Romans xx:l-S," J. J. Hoffman; "The Labor and Laborers in the Lord's Vineyard," R. D. Streyfeller. Open parliament. In charge of N. Shupp. Meetings will be held each afternoon and evening in connection with the convention. There will be three meetings each day. Dally young people's meetings will be In charge of the Y. P. A. president. Mrs. R. F. Jameson and Mrs. S. A. Slewert will be in charge of the children's meet ings. PERS0NALMENTI0N. Mrs. Leon Baries, of San Francisco, Is visiting at IBS Seventeenth street and will be at home Wednesday. Francis S. Brady, of Oswego, Kan., a leading Democratic politician of the state of sunflowers, is at the Portland. Among the Fair visitors registered at the Portland are Mrs. H. Stlx, Miss Win ifred Stir. Mrs. Stix and maid, of St. Louis: Miss L. Scllgman, of New York, and Miss H. Well, of Chicago, all mem bers of a Western sightseeing party. H. W. Cannon, of New York, president of the Chase National Bank, of that city, and the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany, accompanied by his son. H. W. Cannon, Jr., and L L. Rodgers, also of New York, registered at the Portland yesterday. CHICAGO. July 20. (S peclaL Ore go n -lans today registered as follows: From Portland E. Conway, at the Palmer House: A. R. Specht, at the Great Northern; R. H. Thompson, at the Wind sor Clifton; IL D. Gaines, at the Auditor ium; S. M. Colin, at the Sherman House; D. L. Decker, Mrs. R. Headle, at the Grace. From Salem F. K. Rogers, at the Brlggs. From Oregon E. T. Ward, at the Great Northern; D. J. Whlttemore, at the Audi torium. NEW YORK, July 30. (SpedaU-Ore-gonlans registered today as follows: From Portland R. L Roe, at the Ra leigh; J. A. Dougherty and O. H. Feteean. at the Holland. From Seattle EL B. Sagcr. F. E. Holt, at the Manhattan: H. S. Dir. E. E. Web ster, at the Hotel Astor; F. W. Hurlbut, at the Herald Square; G. W. Aiken, at the Navarre. From Spokane W. Shewton, E. A. Shodlc. at the Earllngton; J. Hendry, at the Hoffman: P. C. Hansen, at the Astor. From Tacoroa H. A. Rhodes and Mrs. C C. Mackintosh, at the York. From Sumpter E. P. Bergman and wife, at the Imperial. AT THETAVERN. The joy of living Is greatly enhanced by patronizing the Tavern. Those who have not become regular adherents of Port land's great grill and cafe are missing something out of life, and should at once awaken to their neg'.ected opportunities. Grand concert every evening. Opposite O Vgonlan building. Ladies' annex at 309 Alder. The popular resort for fashionable ladles and gentlemen. Charged "VVlth Larceny. . Jessie Earl was arrested at Third and Pine streets last night for the larceny of IZlo from the person of G. W. Courson. She was keld at the police station with out ba.lL BOATS COIN MONEY Excursionists Crowd Steamers to Full Capacity. TELEGRAPH IS DUE SOON Fleet on Columbia River Runs Have All the Business They Want, and Many Sightseers Can't Go When They Desire. The upper Columbia excursion business Is now at Its height, and a genuine re vival of steam boating on the Willamette and Columbia Is in progress. Never since the old days when the town turned out to see two rivals race up the harbor Is as much Interest taken in the boats running up and down the Columbia, and the steamboat men are coining money by ear ning capacity loads every trip. Before the end of the present week the Telegraph should be In Portland. It is reported that Captain Scott rented the Callender dock at Astoria as a bluff, and that Instead of running down the river he will join the fleet running to the Cascades and beyond. It was reported she bad left Puget Sound yscterdayf Tomorrow the Undine will make her first trip to Cascade Locks. This will re lieve the congestion on the Bailey Gatzert, which has turned people away frequently. Yesterday several score were disappointed. The latest report concerning the now spick-and-span Telephone Is that she has been paid a subsidy to keep off the river. Nevertheless, men are constantly at work on her, and she now presents a fine ap pearance. Yesterday was a big day for the river boats. The travel to the beaches Is heavy and the steamers are getting their share. A fine study in steamboat whistles may be obtained on the Steel bridge late Sun day afternoon, when the excursion boats come home. Yesterday the Kellogg, from Multnomah Falls, led the fleet. Then came the Spencer, from the Cascades, whistling every few yards. The Gatzert and the Dalles City, which had come down from The Dalles, were next, running side by side up the harbor and whistling to keep things moving. The Bumside-street bridge refused to open, and the rear boats as well as the Spencer-were delayed there several minutes. The steel material felt the heat and expanded. The Steel brldgo was opened with some difficulty. Dakota "Will Fill the Drydock. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 30.-SpeciaL) The steamship Dakota will completely fill the big drydock at the Puget Sound navy yard when she is raised from the water to permit an examination of her damaged port tail shaft. The Dakota is to go to Bremerton Wednesday, and will be In the dock until repairs are made. The Dakota is 630 feet over all. and has a 73-foot beam. The drydock Is 650 feet In length at the top and 607 on the bottom. The dock- Is 67 feet wide at the bottom and 113 at the top. In order that the Dakota may be docked, her bow will have to stick out over the caisson or water gate several feet, and the bridge deck of the vessel will rise 45 feet above the top of the drydock. To get the Dakota Into the dock will require the closest kind of figuring. She will present tho most unusual sight the dock has af forded visitors. Wrecked Webfoot in Port. Portland's harbor has a wreck as an at traction. Yaetcrday the dismasted schoon er Webfoot was towed to the Southern Pacific dock from Astoria, where she has lain since disabled last Winter. Loaded with lumber, the old Webfoot camo near going on the beach outside the heads In a gale. Her three masts went by the board, and most of the cargo was lost. Last week she was sold to the Oregon Round Lumber Company by A. M. Simpson, and will be used as a rock barge. Her deck Is covered with wreckage, and the splin tered stump of her mlzzcnmast rises lone somely. She was built on Coos Bay In IS, and Is 116 feet long, with a tonnago of 313 net. Schooners Stick Close Together. A remarkable passage was made by the schooners David Evans and Bo real Is from Portland to San Pedro. They started from the same mill July 2, went 'down the river In tow of the same steamer, sailed on the same tide and arrived together at noon yesterday at San Pedro. Eight days Is good time for lumber-laden sehnnnm The Bo real Is consumed 33 days on the northward passage. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Or.. Jnlr 39. Condition of the bar at S P. M.. mt!h; nrlad, vcti; vexlbtr, doucy. Arrived down at 4:20 A. il. asd sailed at noon Steamer RoanoVe. for Port Lot Asrelet ana way ports. Arrived down t5A.lL sad sailed at 10:30 A. IL Steamer Aorella, for San Frasdaco. Saa Francisco. July 20. Sailed at -soon Schooner Vlrrlala. for Portland. Sailed at 11:30 3 art nlffht Steamer Redcado. for Port land. Sailed Schooner Either Burnt, for Cooi Bay; schooner Charles R. Wilson, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Xebraslcaa. for Honolulu, via Seattle: steamer Htleor. for Seattle. Ar rived last nlxht Stearser SI rest, from As toria. Arrived Steamer CoqulUe. from TSIla mooV; steamer Queen, from Victoria. San Pedro. July SO. Arrived at noon Schooners David Evans and Borealls, from Portland. COLLEGE FINANCE. Tassar Graduates Who Were Lasn dresses for "Fan." Public Opinion. A member of Vassar's graduation class, the daughter of a Chicago capi talist, is noted for her generosity and prodigal liberality. A short time ago her father, who Is self-made, began to fear that his daughter did not appre ciate the value of money. She prompt ly wrote demanding that her allowance be stopped and set to work more as a Joke than for any other reason to see just how much she could do for her self. She had spent several years In Europe when a child, and spoke French and German with such ease that she always elected a course in one or the other that might prove a rebate on study expended In other directions. Consequently she secured several pa trons in the city whom she visited weekly to converse amiably and In structively with their children in whichever language they chose. At home she had an excellent French maid, whose operations she had often watched with Interest. She put up a sign announcing. "Shampoo at 25 cents. manicuring at 15 cents: latest and most approved methods. Buy a book of tickets and save money. She opened a Doot-oiacKing stand and impressed her lazy roommate Into service. They who had formerly slept until getting any breakfast was a gamble, now rose at dawn ana disposed of Ions rows et boots. The girl's fatber, among other tfeiags. was an officer of aa exaraM cmsmit. Weekly ker laundry was franked bom that her dainty garments might not be ruined In the college laundry. This suggested yet another Industry. She became a laundress of turnovers and fine handkerchiefs. The 10-cent store furnished the outfit at a price that would have delighted the Salvation Army, and she made enough out of It to pay her bill at the 'grocery store representing many a college spread. It happened to be near a basket-ball game. She rented a sewing machine and went into the flag business, mak ing SO per cent on each pennant. At the end of the month sho sent her father an account of her career, which so pleased that gentleman he had Just won a victory over his board of direc torsthat he came on and took her and her friends to New York, where the tlmo of their lives was theirs for the asking. His alarms were so successfully quieted that he begged her to give up business for the present and let him support her until she finished college. (5000 KISSES IN TWO MONTHS KISSES by the dozen, the score, the hundred and the thousand nave been exchanged on the AInsworth dock In the last few months. Careful observation at the arrival and departure of the San Francisco steamers has led the company officials to give 6000 as a conservative number for the two months of June and July, when the travel has been heavier than for many years. While tho Exposition rush has been on it Is a safe bet that .more than one kiss has been given for each passenger on an outgoing steamer. True, there are dozens of passengers, male and female, who don't get a single one, but then, there are the more numerous dozens who get kisses in wholesale lots f. o. b. It's a shame that the osculations are so unevenly distributed. If a party con taining a few popular girls la going south on the steamer, there are sure to be a throng of girl friends down to see them off. There's a general kissing bee all around before any of the aweet things board the vessel. Then most of the friends follow the travelers on board, and there are more smacking goodbys. For three girls leaving on the steamer the number of kisses exchanged will cer tainly be over 20. Kisses seem to be floating around loose and to be had for the asking, but take tho sad case of the unattended young man who jcomes alone to the steamer. Not a single Was comes his way. though they may be popping on all sides. And there are always pretty girls down there, too. Last Tuesday night, when the Colum bia and the Valencia left within a short tlmo of one another, the number was considerably Increased. Many of the pas sengers are outsiders who have visited friends here during the Fair. It Is seldom that any one appears to be all alone at tne dock. .Last night when the St. Paul started down the river, on time for a wonder. It was the same old story of kisses, goodbye and handkerchiefs. She had .well over 00 passengers on board. Allowing 300 kisses, certainly a minimum estimate, for each departing steamer, tho total would be 1S00 for departures alone. Half that number may safely be allowed for arrivals, for often more people are awaiting the steamer than are on board. This would be 2700 for one month. Six thousand kisses, the estimate of the com pany's men who watch the steamers. Is a nearer figure for the last two months, however. For other years It will be best to cut the number of klssc? down to 1C0 a steamer, or 600 a month. Araln .ilIn-aMn- half as many for arrivals, the total for one year would be 10.500. The AInsworth dock has been In business for 20 years and more. During that time It has cer tainly seen and heard kisses to the num ber of 10,800 multiplied by 20. or 216,000- FISHERS THAT ARE RACERS The Mackerel With a Speed of Sixty Miles an Hour. Saturday Evening Post. Study of the soeed of flVi . .nv rasacd by unavoidable difficulties. It Is not possiDie, as witn birds, to set up tall poles at intervals or a quarter of a mile, and, with the heln of tDD.va(iM . as they go by. Nevertheless, recent inves- ugauon oi tne susject goes to show that the mackerel. If not the champion racer of the briny deep, comes pretty near to carrying off the honors. Unquestionably it travels sometimes aa fast as an express train at high speed say, at the rate of 60, or possibly 7fc miles an hour. Other things being equal, tha larger the Ash. the faster it swims Utxt n -th ).. steamship is able to travel at a speed iauc.1 greater tnan tne little harbor tug. Undoubtedly the energy employed by a fish of great size, such as a 30-foot shark, when traveling at its best gait. Is some thing tremendous. An ordinary tug, which represents a maximum energy In a min imum bulk,, utilizes about 200 horse-power. Of course, it Is only a guess, but It would not seem to be over the mark to suppose that a 70-foot whale makes use of BOO horsepower when It propels Its huge bulk through tho water at a rate of 80 miles an hour. A whale which Is a mammal, and not a fish might be compared to a freight train if the shark is a cannonball express, but It can beat the fastest "ocean greyhound" in a speed contest. If there Is a fish that can travel faster than a shark, it must be the tarpon, which can probably "hit her up" to the tune of 0 miles an hour, if pressed for time. Generally speaking, it may be said that finny creatures which live near tho sur face of the sea are swift swimmers, as compared with those that dwell In the depths. Thus the cod. which Is a deep water species, js sluggish, and would stand no sbo'w at all In a race with the mackerel or herring. These latter, which are distinctively pelagic, depend for their living upon their activity in pursuing agile prey, and they must bo quick In their movements in order to escape their own enemies. If the mackerel were as big as a good sized shark. It would probably bo the speed champion of the ocean. Ko fish Is better shaped for rapid going. Some years ago a yacht builder In New York con structed a sloop with a hull patterned exactly after the under-body of a Span ish mrV-1 Sh nt m1TA f Vj. TTnln and. if tradition does not He. she. never was oeaten. iine ice nsn axier wnicn she was modeled, she bad her greatest breadth of beam forward of amidships a decldely novel Idea. In boat building. One may say. Indeed, that an modem water craft are more or less fish-like In their makeup: yet. on the whole. It Is surprising that marine architects have not striven' more earnestly than they have done to obtain hints from Nature's own Illustrations of aquatic speed-making prin ciples. Law Enforcement and Beforra. PORTLAND. July IS. (To the Editor.) Uke nearly every other dtUen. I am In favor of doing away with the closed box. I do not believe that its absence will make people any better, but It will at least make the way of the tranrrerjcr mora expensive. The qceiUon that I want to ask, how ever. Is why Dr. Lane and Thomas Word, and all the other rentleraen who are saving the country and talktsx so loudly a beat ea forct&r the laws. ly pick ost those laws which are alssed at the snfortaaate saloon saa. Whea Dr. Laae aad the MBSldpal Aaso datlea aaaosaced every an orals r to the pa vers that they proposed to enforce the laws. It ay pear i that they only meant the lissor laws. The Orece-ataa pabusaed this asoralag a leag list et rwteaaees which are see. ea foreed aad which aettker Dr. Laae nor the Maatelpal Ascatto are parlsg say at test tee te. 1TM H set vtH la devote a Mm lees eaergy ta ftadtar omt whether GRAY'S 269-271 MORRISON STREET Great Sale of Men's Fine Apparel now in progress; a great op portunity for the buying public to secure the finest Clothing and Furnishings produced in this country at a very small cost. Our purpose is to entirely close out, if possible, all the Spring and Summer stock, so as not to carry over anything to next season. Following great reductions prevail on fancy suits and blue serges: Chesterfield Suits All $15.00 Values Sale Price .. $11.50 All $20.00 Values Sale Price , $15.00 All $25.00 Values gale Price $19-00 All $30.00 Values Sale Price $23.50 All $35.00 Values Sale Price $26.50 All $40.00 Values Sale Price $30.00 R. M. GRAY some saloon-keeper sells a J1941" IS minutes after 1 o'clock, and to devote a little more .enerxr to enforclnr the ordi nances to -which the Oresonlaa calls atten tion. appointed reformers pay too much attention to superficial vices, ana ior;ei mj V'J .tt.ni.n m r.iiY serious violations of law by great corporations and wealthy men. The Municipal Association is iouo ia denunciation of the unfortunate liquor man. but these noisy patriots have not as yet raised their voice or hand to Insist that the his estates ot this city and the down-town j business propertj pay their fair share of t.T.. ROBERT E. LEWIS. EDISON'S NEW BATTERY Inventor Says It Will Be Cheaper and Itightcr Than Present. NEW TORK, July 29. (Special.) Thomas A. Edison has made tho dec laration that he has solved the prob lem of providing cheap and service able electric traction for vehicles. "By October my light battery -will be ready for the market, and we -will be ready to equip automobiles of all de scriptions," he said. "To reach the goal for -which I aimed and keep down the cost to a trifling portion of what pres ent batteries cost to keep alive. I de termined upon a simple combination of iron rust, potash and nickel rust. For a tlmo It failed me, but now I have accomplished the result with these in gredients, and a new light battery Is an accepted fact. It will weigh one half of the present batteries In general use. and will be about the same size, although it stands somewhat higher in Its proportion than the other. As to its power, there can be no quetio.n. A new factory where the cell batteries are to be manufactured is being erect ed In Orange, and automobiles will be built and equipped there." How iluch She aliased Him. Boston Herald. The late Mary A. livermore liked to tell a story of a young friend of hers in Melrose, for she believed that in this story lay a lesson for husbands. Mrs. Iivermore'a friend was passing a month alone, her fate bavlnr been sum moned to Europe on a business matter. "And yon are very lonely without your husband now?" the elder said to the younger woman one morning. "A little lonely," was the qualified an swer. "But surely." said Mrs. Livermore, "you ralfs your husband very much, now he is away." The" othed laughed rather bitterly. "Oh, no," she said. "At breakfast I Just stand his newspaper up in front of his plate, and half the time I forget he Isn't there." AT THE HOTELS. Th rertUad Mrs. Gulnelaager. I. J. Mc Klascn. Warren; J. A. Sehott. &aa Francisco; J. LelsT&sky. New Tork; F. Howard. Kanjxa City; r. BaSy. Oswesp: sf. V. Nicol eon asd wife. Texas; E. a. Basilar. Balti more; SC Rohrheisur asd wife. M. P. For. New Tork: E. M. O'Brien. Chleasp: H. L. Day. wile, child and maid. Barke; M. Hersoar. Saa Francisco: O. L Corsln. C H. Baldwin. New Britain: JC Carl toe. New Tork: J. G. Edwards. Hay CreeJc: D. T. Oilman, wife and maid. Iowa; it. K. Kelly aad wife. Ja luth: W. P. Bartlett and wife. F. P. Brt lett and wire. Eao Claire: I S. Kvaas; Seattle: L C Bsalth. R. J. Hft. New TorSc: JX Ohlraraelll and wlie. A. W. McKay and wife. Ml A. Manserlsr. W. L. Deeker. Saa Fraacteco: X. 8. Waddles. St. Jew; F. C SCcIa&ls. Vallejo: E. AUea. Mrs. A. H. Kjaa. Saa J"rncico; H. Haas. Mis H. Haas. L. Haas. Welser: J. J. StisKelL MlsaeapeBs; H. W. Cameron. J. L. Roc en, II. "W. Cameras. T. X- Caaercn. Jr New Tark: T. X. Lewis. Wheellni: W. H. O. Bear aad wife. Lo A rles: C. H. Xellr. Miss 3. A- Halter. Dvlath: D. V. Gelder. Mrs. a L- Drett. Mrs. A. Waldenberr. S& Fraacisea: C K. ghfnhsnet aad wife. C F. Shreaha, Haever: Mrs. F. L. PrtacM. Mtaer A. B. Ym 14m. Xsw Tork: I Tseni. Saata Bartara; C. W. Xoch. Cfcieas: F. Ctofcfwi. IwieWumealii: H. C. Tsner ami wife. MeMta; M. 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