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18 c= — ' . — BOOKS Of THE HOUR ; «J. S. OK DALE" PUBLISHES A PO WEKFI'L STORY OF COLO NIAL LIFE. *A KNIGHT OF THE NETS." ' HF.HT Wl t_'S DISCISSION OF THE UIOLOUICAL PROBLEM OF TODAY. •the BBC-imrare of the end." Nurn Perry's "Three Little I...ligh ters of tlte Revolution" — Literary .Votes — Hew Books. If the revival of the literature of gore is to bring in its train many more volumes of the conservative and dignified excellence of "King Noanett" by Mr. F. J. Stimson, we can perhaps endure with more patience the host of cheap and flimsy stories of blood and battle which are poured out upon us. The early history of our own coun try furnishes as rich a field for the historical romancer as he needs, and it is a period almost wholly unexploited ln fiction. With the exception of Mrs. Maud Wilder Goodwin's charming tales I wish that my Room had a Floor ! I don't so much care for a Door, • - - ' 7 :.. aPt. -:. . '.A Az- But this crawling around Without touching the Ground Is getting to be quite a Bore ! of colonial Virginia, contemporary novelists have done nothing worthy of consideration in this field. Mr. Stim- Bon's novel deals with the early colo nial period, both in Virginia and around Massachusetts bay, and it is a story of absorbing interest, of dignity, sweet ness and charm. The presence of these latter qualities in a book dealing pri marily—to put it crudely— with Indians and guns is as unexpected as it is grateful. The kernel of the whole book is one of the most exquisite love stories of the year, and the best thing about it Is its possibility of truth. Con stancy is a virtue which thrives best perhaps in the heart of a human be ing who is much more civilized than his environment. The hard and pri mitive life Bamfylde Carew was forced to lead, tended to conserve his ideal of the lady of his love and make the recollection of her the one beautiful thing In the strenuous existence of a pioneer. Latter-day lovers are not particularly likely to emulate his de votion, which is, however, none the less an inspiring spectacle. The care fully elaborated character of Miles C. urtenay presents one of the most delightful idealizations of the Celtic type possible. As for the spirit and style in which the book is written the following quotation gives a glimpse of " 'The Lord has made an earth of many pleasant places,' answered Miles. 'Beauty is in this world as well as truth; the Puritans forget half God's message and dispute about the tother. But you Saxons were alwayj a pragmatical, square-headed race — 'tis we Irish are the beauty-makers. lTye know, we are the only people whose kings were poets— who crowned oui poets kings!' " 'You have not done much by your kings after you made them,' then said * 'Ah. man, but we have dreamed: The word Is greater than the deed. I'd have ye know. A stupid Saxon may do the deed it takes an Irish harper to think of! But in truth, 'tis a man's duty to be happy on earth— if only by way of preparing for heaven. Beauty is given man, the good kind of beauty to enjoy, the bad kind to tempt him and teach him strength. In this way even pleasure hath its place— and a Puritan is but a suicide that thrusts him, like a blubbering child, away from the fires that are to try him! Let monks renounce— a man is here to live and touch and try the lives of others to feel his life and use it to the full' and then to give it away— to the first cause maybe!' " (King Noanett," by F. J. Stimson. Bos lon. Lainson. Wolffe & Co. $1.50. For sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery com pany.) Mrs. Amelia E. Barr is a writer of such uneven excellence thai one is never certain just what will be the fiuality of any given work from her pin. It Is pleasure to be able to say that 'A Knight of the Nets" is one of the best things she has done for years, b+i.ig fit to stand beside "Jan Vedder's Wife" and "The Bow of Orange Rib bon" for Interest and a certain vivid reality. She returns in this story to the Scotch flsher-folk and the life be- Kide the sea which she depicts co well. Janet Binnie, the mother of the "Knight of the Nets," and of Christina .he second heroine of the tale, is a irtiong character, strongly presented. She is :i woman of stern integrity and many hard excellences of character, but her chronicler does not blink the ftct that she loves ». dish of gossip and has on occasion the tongue of a virago. The combination of qualities Is attractive — on paper — and convinc ing. ("A Knighh of the Nets," by Amelia B. Barr. New ¥ork. Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.25. For sale by the E. W. Porter company.) "The Beginning of the End" ls a leisurely little book containing the record of the life of a New England maid. The book is not ln this gener ation nor of It. It ls published anony mously, and its author may be either a person who is entirely untouched by the ideals of the current schools of fiction and unconscious of them, or else some one who is weary to death of them all and desirous of writing a book in a more restful and philosophic manner. According to our own belief, the method is all wrong. Where story and philosophy are combined in one book, it behooves the story to be most prominent, for only so is the philosophy to be inculcated thoroughly. The chronicler of Amoret Wenton's simple life .has purposely made the story of secondary importance. This is only to be done successfully when the author has something vital to say which is burning to be said, but, though the writer of "The Beginning of the End" has many ideas and ex presses them pleasingly enough, none of them are indispensable. We suspect the book was largely the outcome- of a desire to enshrine in a book certain re flections of Amoret's grandfather, old Mr. Welby. Like Master Byles Grid ley, he cherishes a manuscript book in which he has chronicled his Ideas of many things. Mr. Welby's "Philosophy of Life" is far from being as brilliant as Master Gridley's "Thoughts on the Universe," but it is not without savor, as a few extracts will show. "Youth is always detached; it stands out alone; lt has no background, no history, no intermingling of fibers with other lives; and to It experience stretches out both hands ln vain." "Are you doubtful? Walt. Are you sure? Then you can afford to wait." "There is no sin to hearts that love, says the poet. There is no love to hearts that sin." "Life is complex from the new-born babe's first glance. What will you take— the moon, or the rattle, or mother's eyes?" "To have hated him was a religious education." ("The Beginning of the End." Boston. Little, Brown & Co. $1.25.) A debate, animated and sometimes acrimonious, is now going on in the scientific world, which reminds one strangely of the "iota" and "fllioque" discussionsof ancient theological polem ics. It is a biological battle of theories to explain facts, some of which are only apparent to the mind of the contes tants, not having yet been yielded by observation. But the trouble has a universal value because of' Its curious relation to the question of heredity, which has so much human and social interest. It will be worth while to give a brief ac count of the matter: » Weissmian is the name that repre sents the new doctrine. According to him the protoplasm which used to be quite sufficient to explain the develop ment of all forms of life is really of only secondary Importance. To take its place he assumes a substance which he terms germplasm. This ls found In the nuclear material within living cells. This germplasm has most minute com plications. Among other things it has a veritable architecture derived from a long history of life that imposes a specific form on each individual. But the most important part of the hypoth esis lies in the statement that in the egg from which all life in every rank of being may be said to spring, the cell division occurs in such a manner that the organs of reproduction have exactly the same character that the structure itself receives. This occurs through a doubling division of the germ cells. As this separation of function takes place in the very initial movement of life, it follows that the history of each indi vidual Is of no importance to its im mediate descendant. Acquired quali ties of the individual oannot be trans mitted, precisely because the reproduc tive apparatus is definitely fixed with all its determinants prior to the life history of the body built out of the other part of the cell. By repeated divisions of the germplasm. generation follows generation in a strict physical immortality. It would not follow that the weakness of an organization might not affect the proper development of the offspring, but it would follow that the offspring, for example in the human species, would inherit neither the virtues nor the vices of its immediate ancestors. Oscar Hertwig Is the most prominent biologist to attack the Weissman the ory. According to him there is a body of facts which this theory of the germ plasm does not explain, and by which It is amply refuted. He adduces such low organisms as the slime fungi. In which every cerl in tbe entire body has the power of reproducing another body like itself. This diffusion would show that the theory of cells for the body as distinct from cells for reproduction has no foundation in fact. Then there is the familiar phenomenon of the grow ing of the willow from the slips of branches, so that all the characters of the entire tree must have been disposed in various parts of the structure never intended by" nature for reproduction. A hydras, a nais or a snail may have THE SAINT PAUI, GI/)BB: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1806. some of Its organs cut off, and will grow out a head or an ey« ln a short time, and this regeneration could not occur If nature had only provided once for the structure. Besides In many animals organs are produced abnormal ly under the pressure of a peculiar en vironment for which no provision ls made ln the natural order. In his positive line of argument Hert wlg follows ©pencer and Emery ln sup posing that difference In environment of the egg, and food for the possible organism, are the main Influences to specialize the Individual. The controversy is, of course, one to appeal to students rather than to the general public, but at the same time, lt is one that cannot be ignored by that growing class of the reading public who are curious as to the latest phases of scientific Investigation. Hertwig has certainly found a good supply of difficulties, but the theory of Weissman is so Ingenious, and would be so useful if true, that one cannot fall to wish him well ln the answer which he ls sure to make to his critics. In so far as hu manity is concerned, one could certain ly wish that the vices of this genera tion might not be too Influential upon the next. But can the world afford to limit the usefulness of Its growing stock of virtue? ("The Biological Problem of Today," by Dr. Oscar Hertwig. $1.25. Macmillan com pany. New York. For gale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery company.) Under the title of "Three Little Daughters of the Revolution" are pub lished a set of patriotic stories for girls by the late Nora Perry. "Dorothy" and "Patty" are tales of colonial girls, while "Betty Boston's Fourth of July" deals with some of the experiences of a little American girl In England. They are pleasant and wholesome read ing for little girls. ("Three Little Daughters of the Revolu tion," by Nora Perry. Boston. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 75 cents. For sal . by the St. Paul Book and Stationery company.) Notes. No. 18 of the ..ark Is a refreshingty viva cious number of that lively periodical. There is a very lovely "Earth Song." and a bit of verse about the sea that is good, but not as good as the bit about the earth. There is also a page of "Inexpensive Cynicisms," from which we quote a few specimens: "One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World. Blue_i." "The Milk of Human Kindness Never Did Run Smooth." "Of Two Devils Choose the Prettier." " "Tls a Mean Door That Hatlh No Key Hole." Our illustration this week ls from No. 17 ot the Lark. Mr. Burgess leaves the philo sophic signlflcaUon of his drawings to the reader's cleverness, and occasionally trusts that quality in vain, for it is not always pos sible for the most well meaning to discover the inner intention of the sublimated non sense-rhymes. It seems to be quits plain, however, that the. present specimen depicts the discomforts of an idealist who is trying to make himself at home in the universe. The following books will be published by Harper & Brothers on the 23d inst. : "Impressions and Experiences, " by W. D. Howells; "Limitations," a novel by E. F. Benson; "A Rebellious Heroine," a story by John Kendrick Bangs; "Green Fire," a ro- UN LABOR'S REALM, j A__.S___M.l_.l_Y HALL'S BULLETIN. Meeting's to Be Held by Organized Labor This Week. Bindery girls (6 :15) Monday Barbers Monday Boilermakers Monday Plumbers Tuesday Retail clerks ...^..j.., Wednesday The present political situation Is a most forcible argument in favor of the purely economic .M-ade organization. In the presence of sta, issue of such promi nence — whether ___erited or not Is not material — as that around which the present campaign is being wagSd, when, in order to accomplish the ideal of the "new trades unionism" theory, the widely varying opinions of the thousands of workingmen must of ne cessity be harmonized before the time arrives for registering a decision, Is it reasonable for any one having a knowl edge of the extent to which education In matters of a political nature has ad vanced among workingmen to expect other than the most disastrous results from an attempt to Install such a radi cal theory In as equally a radical man ner, Inasmuch as the working classes FIRST WORKIJTGMEX'S CLUB IK AMERICA AT VO\KF_RS, Tf. V, ■ - The city of Yonkers, N. V., ls th© fortunate possessor of the first workingmen's club in America. The substantial, rich character of this club may be gathered from the illustra tion, which is reproduced from Leslie's Week ly. This Institution Is not a benevolent scheme. Neither is it a religious mission, a school, or a device to rescue inebriates. It is a men's club pure and simple in the same sense that the Union League, the Marquette, the athletic association, or the Chicago is a club. The only difference is in the amount of tbe initiation fee- and the dues. Three years ago a chapter of the St. Andrew Brotherhood formed a modest club for some of the work ingmen living in the New York suburb. At first the men regarded it with suspicion, but finding it just what it purported to be they readily gave it their support. During one are yet far from being, If they ever will be, prepared for such a condition. Discussing this subject, the Bight Hour Herald says: At times like tbe present the temptation ia always too strong to use the labor society on partisan lines, but a minority of one ln a trade union has as much right to resent in terference with his political convictions by a majority of 999. as be would if ttie interfer ence came from a political majority aa te mance by Fiona Maclead; and "Under the Greenwood Tree" (new edition), by Thomas Hardy. Madame Calve and Madame Melba will both appear in the next issue of the Ladles' Home Journal with articles on the voice. Madame Melba has written before and is, in tact, no novice with- the pen, but this te Madame Cairo's first, attempt at authorship. She wrote the article in French, and after an English translation had been made of it she had the original manuscript bound be tween morocco cevers as a souvenir of her debut aa a writer. An Important feature of Harper's Magazine for several month* to; _ome will be Poultney Bigelow's eerie* »f papers on the "White Man's Africa," treating ln a thoroughly pop ular-way the new continent recently opened up to European eipteUatlon. The flret paper, in the November number, will be merely In troductory, but it' will Kive a novel view of Jameson's raid ftpm material placed in the author's hand by an English physician and a Boer official— thus presenting both sides of this remarkable episode. The series ls a re sult of a Journey te South Africa under taken by Mr. Bigelow for Harper's Magazine and ls illustrated =from photographs specially made for the purpose. All readers of "Sentimental Tommy" will be curious to know Just bow far Mr. Barrie takes that entertaining young man on life's Journey, and the conclusion of the story in the November Scribner's will excite unusual interest. Tommy is one of Mr. Barries great est creations. The November Ist issue of the Chap-Book will contain an interview with George Bern ard Shaw, author of "Arms and the Man," and the writer of the Saturday Review's dra matic criticism over the initials G. B. S. There will also be a caricature of Mr. Shaw by Max Beerbohm. So great has been the demand for Vil lari's Life of Savonarola, that a new and pop ular edition has been prepared by Charles Scribner's Sons. This is to be in one vol ume, printed on thin paper, and will be at a popular price, so that this Important bi ography will be for the first Ume within every one's reach. ' Oik Our TJook Table. BOOKS. From the St Paul Book and Stationery company: Harper & Bros. "Amyas Egerton, Cava lier," by Maurice Hervey. $1.25. "Iras, a Mystery," by Theo Douglas. $1.25. "Aspects of Fiction and Other Ventures in CriUcism," by Brander Matthews. "A Primer of College Football," by W. H. Lewis. D. Appleton & Co. "Genius and Degenera tion," by Dr. William Hersch. $3. "The In trigues," by John D. Barry. 50 cents. The Macmlllan company. "European Archi tecture," by Russell Sturges. $4. "Selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," edited by Hiram Carson. 90 cents. "Gaston De La tour," by Walter Pates.. $1,50. J. B. Llppincott .JompaUy. "Tho Murder of Delecia," by Marie $1.26. "The Mis tress of Brae Farm;' 1 by Rosa N. Carey. $1? "Bird Land Echoes,.'- by 'Dr. C. C. Abbott. $2. "For Freedom's Sake," by Arthur Paterson. $1.25. R. F. Fenno &** Co". "The Mist on the Moor," by Joseph $isyne. 75 cents. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. "The Story of Aaron," by Joel Chaftdler Harris. $2. The Frederick A. Stokes company. "A Full Confession." 75 cents. '.'-'The Quilting Bee," by John Langdon Heaton. $1. F. Tennyson NefAy. "?'A Garrison Tangle," by Capt Charles F.Jng. ' $1. From the publishers r Laird & Lee. Chicago. "My Young Mas ter," by Opie Read. $1. his trade union conduct. It can not te too often nor too stropgly repeated that this does not mean that the citizen-trade-unionist shall not take an active part in political affairs. If his trade-union education has amounted to anything it will strongly influence his course as a voter. It does mean, however, that partisan political work, of whatever nature should be done outside of this trade union and thus leave the economic society with full scope to embrace and use men of all political faiths. It would appear 'that the common sense of the proposition was plain enough to make it apparent toV&ll, but there are lots of "new" trades -un ion ists—n aw in more senses than one— who fail to grasp this truth and who would make their minority views even the standard by which the political acts of their fellow trade-unionists are to be judged. It ls a good thing, however, that the stability of the trade union depends on the success of no political party, and that the policy of non-partisanship is so generally accepted by experienced trade-unionists. M. J. Geiger and M. J. Elliot, of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor assem bly, of Butte, Mont., were in the city Friday. Mr. Geiger delivered an inter esting address before the meeting of the trades assembly in the evening. J. E. Hadley, J. E. E. Johnson. M. E. Neary and W. B. Hammond will be the Minneapolis speakers ,at the banquet year 66.000 worktngmen vlsitel lt. Seeing how the Idea took, William F. Cochran, .one of the largest employers of labor in Yonkers, agreed to build a fine clttb house if the mem bers would undertake to maintain it To this the workingmen agreed; and the bouse was put up. In a short titpe the club will be self-supporting. The revenues are largely ob tained from tbe receipts of the restaurant, the pool tables and the fees at the entertain ments. The departments are a library, read ing room, gymnasium, baths, theater, boys' and men's billiard and pool rooms, and a res taurant The government of the club is vest ed in a committee consisting of workingmen and department beads in several of the lar ger mills, but the absolute control of the club ls in the hands of the general member ship. next Tuesday evening. The programme will be completed at a meeting of the committee on arrangements this after- I noon. The sixth constitutional amendment proposition was pretty thoroughly dis sected by the trades assembly Friday evening. It was shown that the effect a^ggi SCHLIEK S V |UPI RELIABLE M? REDUCTION SALE OIN HIGJI-GRfIDE FOOTWEAR! This week we are offering the Greatest Reductions ever made in St. Paul on High YOU WANT AND THE shna^VS •?'«_ Wh f ben , efltis » t0 y° u if WE °R ANY ONE ELSE advertise an $8.00 Shoe for $1.98 if they haven't your size? Look over our list below. 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Re-^^.OU Sold by others at $4.50.- duction Sale Price *-* 'imiiiit Fii__wi___i_niini_M______i,iiiß ■■ ■iiiMnmiiiii i_ of the proposition would be the very reverse of the object aimed at — popular home rule for cities — and it was decided to give the findings all possible pub licity. A thousand specious arguments, de signed to prove trades unions Illusory and of no practical benefit, are demol ished by the simple fact that trades unions are no untried theory, but sub sisting and unquestionable facts. To be sure, they are as likely as any other combinations for special purposes to be at times selfish, wrong-headed and working injustice. Strikes no doubt are ofte?"mistaken and fail to realize the desired effects. But we must not forget the laboring class, so-called, must, like any other, stand up for its own rights or be consent to see them trampled under foot, and that the strength given to it by organization is its only effectual defense. We hold, therefore, that trades unions and sim ilar compacts, though often abused, have, on the whole, effected signal good; through their instrumentality la bor is better paid and its rights better served than otherwise would or could be. Such being the case, the right of co-operation should be upheld, not only tn theory but in practice. Its surren der would remove the most powerful instrument in the hands of labor to withstand the exactions of capital. It should be cherished as a natural and legal right, as the sheet anchor of pros perity. — P. M. Arthur. A capacity for abuse coupled with a flow or language is sometimes mis taken for ability, and the mistake usually proves a costly one. Frank Hoffman, delegate from the local cigarmakers' union to the Inter national convention at Detroit, has re turned. He reports that most of the convention's time was consumed in the consideration of proposed amendments to the constitution, although the socia list element, which was aggresive, but in a hopeless minority, promised to de lay the transaction of other business in their efforts to have the convention in dorse their views. They were defeated on every proposition, each time by a very decisive vote. The advocates of the co-Qperative shops, to be conducted under the direction of the international union, also endeavored to secure the in dorsement of the convention, but were likewise unsuccessful. The dues were increased from 25 to 30 cents per week and the benefit laws amended so as to require a membership of two years before being entitled to benefits instead of one year as at present. Conventions will hereafter be held every five years, unless called sooner by popular vote. The next session will be held at Baltimore, Md. Pursuant to a request from a large New York factory that a conference committee be appointed to meet with them for the purpose of devising means looking to the adjustment of the differences exist ing between the latter and the inter national union, a committee was ap pointed and steps have already been Initiated to bring about an understand ing. Indications point to a substantial victory for the union. H. P. Miller, president of the Journ eymen Barbers' International union, who has made this city his home for the past ten months, left Friday for Tope__a, Kan., where he will ln the future reside. Mr. Miller had just re cently returned from EvansviHe, Ind., where he was in attendance at the con vention of the organization of which he Is the head, and at which he was re-elected to that position. He said that the convention, which was the first biennial session, was a very successful one and that the order indicated an en couraging growth in nearly every sco- tion of the country, the exception be ing the South, and it is with the object of organizing that section that the headquarters of the organization have been removed there. The agitation for liscensing barbers ls being conducted in ten states and efforts will be made ln several of them— of which Minnesota is one — this winter to secure the pas- H. P. MILLER, President of the Barbers' Union. sage of a law embodying the desired reform. The offlce of general organizer was created at this session and W. O. Pinard, of Memphis, Term., was elected to the position. An interesting incident of the convention was a presentation by the delegates to President Miller of a handsome ivory gavel, bearing a silver name-plate suitably inscribed. The con vention declared Itself in favor of government ownership of the tele graph. The next session will be held at Memphis, Term., in 1898. A temporary organization of the Union La bel league was effected Monday evening by the election of John O'Toole, of the iron to ol tiers' union, as president, and Frank Pampusch, of the pressfeedera' and Job pressmans' union, as secretary. Addresses were made explaining the method which it Is expected the league will adopt in the proaecuUon of its work. A committee con sisting of P. J. Maloney, Ed Christopheixon and Frank Pampusch was appointed to draft a code of rules for the government of the new organization. Henry Feyder, George N. Gies, Frank Hoffman, Harry Franklin and W. J. Birmingham were constituted a committee to formulate a plan ot action best suited to bring about the objects aimed at by the league. The next meeting will oc cur on Tuesday. Nov. 10. when a formal organizaUon will be effected. The Letter Carriers' Mutual Benefit as sociation elected the following officers at it 3 last meeting: William P. Waller, pres ident; James P. Malley, vice president; J. Hogan, recording secretary; M. Murnaghan. financial secretary; A. W. Lilly, treasurer; J. P. Anderson, A. J. McCarthy, finance committee; J .P. Malloy, J. E. Lackey, Ja.. Forest, J. J. Luby, T. J. Doyle. John Ding nam and John P. Brannan, board of di rectors. The associaUon has sfxty^six mem bers, and is in an excellent condition finan cially, paying $10 per week as sick benefit. The current issue of the Typographical Journal contains an excellent likeness in half-tone and abrief biographical sketch of Harry Franklin, organizer of the Tenth dis trict. Mr. Franklin was re-elected without op position to the position of organizer by the International convention which was in ses sion last week at Colorado Springs. The dancing party to be given by the bindery girls' union will occur next Fri day evening at Assembly hall. The young ladies have worked hard to make the event a success, and they will not be disappointed. The best string music obtainable has been engaed, and a splendid supper will be pro vided. The publishers* association and the typo graphical unions of the Twin Cities have agreed upon nine particular points, which arose during their recent controversy, upon which they have submitted the Blatter to the state board of arbitration for ad Jus t- Workers' union on their product. In?S,H2S* wttS^aSr ncr8 It a [ 8 e 15 "; course of the other papers of that cUv in <s»ss£ is'-SmT? st^^sr. with Ou rm P IH ,t " CaCh - The d'fflX * rman Bros - was considered at both meetings and at the last a committee of fn a n Wa VT? lnted t0 confer w,th ™at «™ dispute! BeCUre aD ad J UBtment of th« t/!\? a n}l°7 lT>g „ htlve been Reeled delegates pJu™« ,nc,n , nat ' convention of the American Federation of Labor which meets Dec. 8 by w£jE te o n^ i , onal Tv P°«raphical union: Ed. vi- v B , alUm^ re W. Md " ; Dantel J - Sullivan, New York, and Frank Morrison, Chicago. Julia Fitaglbbon, Anna Nachtshelm and Maggie McClure have been appointed dele gates to the label league from the bindery girls' union, * The allied printing trades council held a special meeting Wednesday evening to hear the report of a special investigating commit tee relative to a misunderstanding which arose over the construction of a contract en tered into between the several unions and one of the local printing establishments. Nic W lwershied, Charles Schott and John Gon dek were appointed a committee to wait upon the union making the protest and endeavor to secure a withdrawal of the objections, which, although apparently well founded, are con sidered by the council as not very material. The grand ball given by the Iron moulder*' union Wednesday evening was an enjoyable event. There was an excellent attendance and the net results are very satisfactory. The arrangements committee comprised the fol lowing: John O'Toole. Charles Reiffenach. William Lewis, Oscar Dressier and Michael Burnß. The harness makers' union has delegater George N. Gies, T. A. Harvey and Michael Ruhlman to represent it in the union label league. A nine-hour law was adopted by the Inter national Typographical union at the recent session at Colorado Springs. The measure must now go to a popular vote for approval. The next convention will be held at Syra cuse, N. V.„ ln October, 1888. The bakers' bill for the inspection of bake shops in New York has been signed by Governor Morton. The bill was introduced at the instance of the Bakers' and Confec tioners' International union. It was opposed by the boss bakers, wholesale butchers and the Brooklyn health department. The shoe workers' union will be represented In the label league by Frank Wlosky, George Bosquet and T. Dickens. This union will give a dance on Nov. 7. The journeymen bakers' international union is making a strong effort to organize the cracker bakers throughout the country, and it expects its new blue union label to be quite a factor in accomplishing the desired result. FELL UNDER AN ENGINE. th- * J ' C ' * chor r, Wjio Attempt. H /^JsT Fron ' Moving: Train. tm^tf^Sf^R theUn. c^/l , \o - d at to his >^IV/ at HA* from kf 4* .j tnd' '* if A with He fe' C. ///. c w QIP" . '«• left f „ltf lOBt » TPtth*' the rem?. <U/\ vh e leg VM* the ante « 9 left h*. ' aIBO a! . most severeu from the arm, his skull was fractured on the right side, of thai head, *" *