AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 177, 29 July 1907, Page 7

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

PERSONAL AND SENSATIONAL

The Detroit correspondent^ of . the New York World states that the Duke Sfnchester intends ahortly totter Vtt a niTim,m for the «d«--Frick. _ . - wlro was one of Mr 2^yygU ard in the Civil. y^^ uld po i n t out the spot James^WwEere he threw the from the Northerners. _ •■. The Canadian Government has renewed the Canadian and Cape-mad contract for five years at £20,UUU a

Mr Henry Phipps, the steel manufacturer of Philadelphia has given £200 000 to build a hospital for persons <i?&?s££Sr^ Coland to be managed by priests . At Lawrence. Kansas, on outlay, Mr Julius rerklns, a lawyer, wasfailed !„ fl f a ii from the roof ot his nouse. &Ua policy recent taken «t he W^SrttXfn g MP ofPhi S^»; went to the cemetery on Thin sday to SHRFiKSfi* thTh Pe eNew UlYork Tribune devotes an " article to the increasing of Atlantic liners, pointing out that the development of New. York's harbour facilities is not keeping Pacf ™ fl ™e requirements of the new leviathans. " New York," proceeds the article, # is facing a big loss, for even now ships are sailing without full cargoes, because of the shallow and narrow entrance, which prevents the biggest draught vessels trom leaving. A photograph of President Roose--velt, which is being exhibted at Lansing, Michigan, is claimed to be the largest in the world.. It is an enlargement on bromide paper, and measures 17ft by 12ft. The picture cost £40. Mr James Morris, of N^York has bequeathed the income of £3600 to be spent in giving rides in Central Park to the invalid children of New York. He also left £5000 to provide music for the children in JNew York hosPlMr Roosevelt is undecided as to what he will do after he retires from the Presidency, except that he has promised his wife that he would go to Europe for a long rest. He is also contemplating later an extended hunting tour in South Africa. It is, however, positively stated that Mr Roosevelt has no .idea even of becoming president of _ Harvard University, tut it is believed that he would not be averse to representing New York in the United States Senate.

JAPANESE MAY NOT BE v ■-■: CITIZENS. .-,.,...., ' ■. The Department of Commerce and Labour at Washington, in giving a decision on what is regarded as a test case, has ruled that Japanese come under the designation of "Asiatics ' -and that consequently they are not eligible for "naturalisation as American citiK6nS\ SALE OF ZION CITY.

The late Dr. Dowie's Zion City bids fair to have a fate.far different from that which its founder intended. A syndicate is arranging to purchase it as headquarters for a great circus, and also for a playing card: trust. A court order requires the sale of the city tor the benefit of the creditors. THE THAW TRIAL. Mr O'Mara, the detective who has had charge of the extensive investigations undertaken in the interest of Harry Thaw, sailed for Europe yesterday on board the White Star liner Cedric It is supposes that he is in search of fresh evidence. The expenses of the defence in the Thaw trial, which amount to £50,000, have ■ now been paid. Mr Delmas has received £10 r 000, Avhile another of the defending counsel, whose name is not disclosed, has received £20,000. It is reported that he asked for £20,000 more. AN EMPLOYERS' FUND. One of the most important developments In the industrial situation has been the decision of the National Association of Manufacturers, composed of more than 3000 firms and corporations, to raise a £300,000 fund during the next three years (£IOO,OOO annually) to wage a campagin for the " open shop " principle. The manufacturers decline to tell exactly in what way this fund will be used, though they intimate that much will be spent in literature. It is their plain to federate all the employers of the country. £7,000,000 IN FINES. „, The Waters Pierce Oil Company, a constituent of the Standard Oil Com- i pany, has been fined £324,000 for j offences against the Trust Law, and has been refused permission to do further business in Texas. The company will appeal against the decision. The Standard Oil Company had already been fined £7,000,000 in Ohio and the Chicago courts alone for similar offences. THE ..iTUATION AT SAN . FRANCISCO. A New York correspondent says that the situation at San Francisco can only be described as desperate. In all some 40,000 persons are out of work; capital for continuing the work of reconstruction is no longer forthcoming; and the Japanese difficulty is presenting a very serious aspect. ~ Dynamite was exploded under r tramway full of passengers at Sar Francisco on Tuesday. The car wsraised from the track and the nasse?' gers were badly frightened, but noboci was seriously injured. It is eviderthat the strikers are desperate. Near] all the tramway lines are now in operr tion, and the president of tlia Unite ■ Railrods, Mr Patrick Calhoun, hr absolutely refused to negotiate wit' the strikers' union. THE PRESIDENT'S ADVICE TO FARMERS. President Roosevelt attended the celebrations in -onour of the semi-cen-tennial of Michigan Agricultural Col lege, the oldest institution of its kinr in the United States. In the course o' an address, the President said that th<farmers must pombine among them selves, as the most efficient means of protecting -aeir industry from the Kghly-organised interests now surf ounding them on every side, A vast

field was open for the work of co-opera-tive associations dealing with the relations of the farm to the transportation and to the distr-^ution and manufacture of raw materials. The President instanced the farmers' combination in Denmark as an example ..of; the. good that might be accomplished by such m^ PROPOSED HEBREW UNIVERSITY.

The establishment of a great Hebrew University is proposed, which shall include all the leading institutions throughout the country, with the Jewish Theological Seminary of N^w York at their head. A preliminary endowment fund of £2,000,000 is suggested, and it is proposed to adopt the German j system of instruction." 'me projectors! declare that sUch a university is neces- { sary to teach joung Jews their re-; ligion, while it would at the same time greatly develop Jewish scholarship. ■ As New York City contains nearly a million Jews, the scheme has locally aroused great interest. The Evening Post frankly laments the suggestion, believing that it would emphasise racial differences, and be a serious blow to liberalising tendencies in the universities, which have many Hebrew professors. The Post adds that a Hebrew University seems unnecessary. t MR BRYCE U- WOMAN'S SPHERE. Mr Bryce, the British Ambassador, was the orator at graduating exercises at the Bryan Mawr Woman's College, Philadelphia, the subject of his address being: "Has the education of women distinctive aims?" Mr Bryce considered the faculties of men and women about equal, and that the intellectual training that was suit- J able to tne one was suitable to the other. He judged that the majority of American women in the* Eastern and Middle States did not desire to enter politics, but he did not wish to express a definite opinion upon such a controversial subject. Regarding the entire country, Mr Bryce suggested two distinctive fields of work for women; first, the cultivation of a thorough knowledge of and a fine taste in literature: second, the study of the best method of mitigating the acuteness of the contracts between wealth and poverty.