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Otherwise. Decided progress has been made by passenger officials of transcontinental lines in settling their differences. To meet the competition of lake lines an Eastern road is figuring on the use of grain cars holding 100,000 pounds. Receiver Walker, of the Santa Fe, says it is not the intention to cease operating the Atlantic & Pacific. Washington is likely to be selected as the headquarters of the Federation of Labor by the Denver convention. Furniture and manufacturers in Michigan will organize anl fight against prison labor competition. The Knights of Labor at Scranton, Pa., Powderly's old home, will withhold their support from Master Workman Sovereign. A. Murphy temperance movement has been inaugurated in Salem, Ohio, and over 1,000 people have already signed the pledge. Brook Mitchell, a farmer near Champaign, Ill., was found dead in his door yard, and the cause of his death was not known. Alabama editors are being asked to sign a compact that they will not again print the name of Reuben F. Kolb or any of his political associates. The Franklin and company, headed by B. F. and Otis Parsons of Richplant at Frankfort that will employ nearly 300 men. The Ute Indians who invaded Utah have consented to return to their reservation as soon as they round up their cattle. A strange disease resembling cholera in its symptoms has broken out among horses in the vicinity of Chester and Galesburg, III. The Federal bank at 504 Third avenue, New York, has decided to retire from business and go into voluntary liquidation. The Duluth, Missabe & Northern is planning for an extension into Great Northern and Canadian Pacific territory. Gen. William Booth, the head of the Salvation Army, has concluded his campaign in San Francisco, and left for Los Angeles this morning. State Insurance Commissioner Hahn to-day swore out warrants for agents here of insurance companies not licensed to do business in Ohio. The United States coast survey steamers Gedney and McArthur will make a new survey of the entrance to San Francisco harbor. Golden Gate has not been surveyed for twenty-two years.