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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-06
ODD Fellows DAY.
Fifty-first Session of the
Grand Lodge.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Reports of the Grand Master, Grand
Secretary, Grand Representatives
and Business Transacted - Other
Proceedings.

The 51st annual session OF the Grand
Lodge OF Odd Fellows OF this State was
held in Odd Fellows Hall, Weybosset
street, today. About 300 representatives
from the 90 lodges wege present when
Grand Master j. Milton Payne called to
order at 10 O'Clock. All the Grand Off
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THE WEATHER.

BosroN, Feb. 6.-s
a. m. Local forecast
for New England
Til Wednesday
night; fair, becom-
ing Sc tile q ,
warmer southerly
winds.
$ ynops is-T h G
weather OF the coun-
try continues fair,
except on the North :
ern Pacific coast,
where rain is falling.
The conditions,
hOxNpvqr ara beeopn
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cers"were present and after the regular
formality of opening more than
40 newly made Past Grands
were initiated in the Grand
Lodge degree and made members. The
grand master then presented his annual
report, which was in substance as follows:
The Grand Masters Report.
The Order is in a prosperous condition,
although the net gain in membership is
small. Salts isfactory evidences of the
growth and prosperity in other directions,
however, are not lacking. During the
past IL months four Lodges have COM
pleted the erection OF new lodge halls,
thus demonstrating the permanency and
stability of our institution, and the fact
that its material interests are carefully
nourished.
The action OF several OF the lodges, in
wisely regulating the payment OF bene-
fits, manifests q sound business policy
The acquisition OF a suitable and easily
accessible office for the grand secretary,
adapted to the use OF that efficient officer,
and in keeping with the dignity and ad-
vanced position of our institution Is in
deed a mark of progress, and one which
must be pleasing to our whole membership.
The Degree of Rebekah continues to
flourish. The large attendance
of the members at lodge meetings
and their enthusiasm and activity in the
cause of Odd Fellowship offers an example
from which the subordinate lodges may
profit. i believe IL Is destined to become
a most important factor in the advance
ment of our institution.
/ have made official visitations to the
following subordinate lodges:
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Comes when the Old troubi, some teeth are removed
and new take their places The change %
teeth need not be dreaded. The skill % the opera
tor and the anesthctic lead 20 the desired result
quickly and without pain. Dr. simmons, s33
Westminster street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-06

printed. The document is the conception
of mighty intellect and clever plagiar :,
and is calculated to emphasize Honey's
qualifications to a seat in the National
Senate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-06
NO TARIFF HEARINGS.
The Senate Finance Committee Have
Decided ON This.

WASHINGTON, Feb. g. The Democratic
members OF the Senate Committee on
Finance haxe- decided ia grant no hearings
on the tariff bin
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peckham s,ilI Hanging in Mid Air.

Bv The dss0cidicd Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The Peckham
nomination goes over until Monday next.
The herald., 1894-03-22
THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.
Is Single Tax the Remedy for
the Present Evils?
"Baok to the Land" tho Cry, and Will
That Effect Cure? Striking An
omsly ofOur Existing Indus
trial Condition.

Grave questions are now af1icting the coun-
try, aud along with them arises the problem OF
what is best be done to alleviate the condi-
tions which have forced tn m selves upon us.
These hungry millions of unemployed are dis
tributed all over the nation, and, while they
are now orderly and patient, 1t cannot be Z
pected that they will continue meekly to stRrve
and remain idle. These mobs Of miserable be-
inss have appeared in all nations that have de-
cayed, and their appearance has always been
a sure symptom of impending dissolution.
With the presence of the tramp there has also
come amongst us the multi mil .ionatre. Do
the same causes produce both? Some main
tain they do. There are other things to look
at With millions of idle men, the prod uot1 of
whose labor millions need, there are billions OF
acres of idle land upon which, they might ex.
ert their force, and billions of idle money
awaiting investment at 2 per cent, which
would put them to work. Yet all these three
thinss, the bssisof all production, are lying
idle Funny, isn't It? With millions N eeding
clothing, the cloth mill shuts down because OF
an over prod ucion of cloth upon the market;
with full granaries men starve. Why is this?
The singl takers say they can rem edy the
evil by levying a tax on land values which
would restrict land holding to the users, and
squeeze out the speculator. Will that create
cure?
Meanwhile, don'tlet US forget that auction
of NJ. Germans tonight at No. 320 South
Spring street. All that jewelry and precious
stones must be sold. There is 500, 600 worth,
and an auctioneer is doing the business.
These are hard times and hard d-times pr ces CO.
Sale begins at 2 p. m. and 1880 p. m. No. 800
South Spring street.
The herald., 1894-03-22
IN A NUTSHELL.

When Mr.. Cleveland left office in the
spring OF 1889 there were exactly $194,-
100000 in gold coin in the treasury oi
the United States. Mr.. Harrison's ad-
ministrstion dissipated this surplus, and
now the organs of the ''grand old party"
are engaged in representing the Demo-
cratic party for the inevitable effect Of
the Republican policy. Mr.. Tom Fitch,
the ''silver tongued," delivered an ora
tion at Hazards pavilion during the
campaign OF 1892. "What shall we do
with the surplus" ?" said this energetic
and eloquent gentleman. "Why l will
tell you what to do with the surplus
blow it in" And blown in it was, and
with a vengeance. In addition to hsv-
ing carried out this pledge of Tom
Fitch, the Republican party passed
the Mckinley bill, which was designed to
build q Chinese wall of exclusion
around the United States. 1t was an
edict OF non-intsrcourse with the outside
world, and its Immediate effects, from
which we are now suffering, have been
three-fold. First, it oegot a spirit of
revenge on the part OF European peoples,
and resulted in sending our securities
held abroad home by the hundreds Of
millions, with the consequent drain of
gold. In the second place it created q
determined disposition in European
countries to buy as little of any staple
that hailed from the United States as
possible, thus allowing our wheat, and
corn, and pretty much everything else
to largely remain on our own hands.
The third and most disastrous legacy
under which we sre now suffering is
that the happy manufacturers, sure of
the absolute possession OF the home
market, and convinced that protection
run mad would govern the country for
ever, began to food as with foreign
labor in a measure larger than hereto
fore, with the result that the stock of
manufactured goods became monstrous-
ly redundant and labor became drug.
1t is from the effects of this Machiavel-
ian policy and partizan excesses that
we have been suffering during the past
year, The Harrison administration set
the pace, and the Democratic party have
not yet been able to get the country out
of the ruts. 1t takes a great deal of time
to undo wrongs and evils of the magni-
tude of those at which we have taken
hurried glance. Extravaganza and Nc.
KinIeyism are two running sores which
do not heal quickly. The Democratic
party is applying itself to the work of
rehabilitation with the loyal purpose of
redeeming the country and placing it
once again on the pleasant uplands of
prosperity. Consecrated to the public
veal, it can we'll afford to look with
serene contempt on the pGrtizan malice
which seeks to make it responsible for
evils " hich it steadily deprecated.
The herald., 1894-03-22
CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

In view of the fact that q mass meet
ing will be held next Saturday evening,
under the auspices of the Citizens
league, at which the great coet OF our
city and county governments will re.
ceive some attention from the speakers
it may perhaps be in line to take note
of the great array OF officials and en-.
ploYees who are supported by these two
governments a. ne present time.
In the county government there is a
list of 1l5 elective officers, who received
in salaries, fees, commission and mile.
age in 1898, more than $780, while
the appointed officers and regular depu-
ties number more than 130 and their
pay was upwards of 500, 900 in the
ssme wear. In addition to these, more
than $50 special deputies were employed
temporarily at different times last year
and received more than $4,000. Tax.
ing all officers and employees of the
county together, both elective and ap.
pointive, their number is noarly 800
and their combined pay in 1898 was
more than $275,000
In the city the elective Offices number
twenty and their salaries amount to
mors than $40, 900 per Annum. The ap-
pointed officers, regular deputies and
employees of the police, fire and library
departments number about 230 and
their salsries amount to more than
$l66,000 per annum. These, TAX
en- with the elective officers, make
250 employed by the city, and their COM
bined salaries amount to more than
5000 900 per snnum. This does not in
clude day laborers of any kind, special
deputies nor school teachers.
Taking the city and county together,
and excluding all the city's day la
borers, school teachers and special dep
uties, nearly $50 people are employed in
all positions, elective and appointive,
permanent and temporary, and their
combined pay aggregates nearly half q
million dollars per annum.
The herald., 1894-03-22
GHN. WALKER ON BIMKrALLIsM.

Gen. Francis A. Walker, president of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy, aud one OF the first political econo.
mists OF the country, delivered an
address in New Haven on the 9Th of this
month, by invitation of President
Dwight and large number Of professors
OF Yale university, to an audience OF
about 5000 people, in which he gave
utterancs to some very plain truths
truths which it behooves eastern
audiences to take seriously to heart.
Amongst other things, he said: "The
repeal of the purchase clause of the
Sherman act settled nothing. 1t only
opened the way for proper solution of
the monetary problem. The attempt
to hush up this discussion was futile.
1t came from those who, more than all
others, were responsible for the unfortu-
nate situation existing, namely, the
gold monometsllists. who, after forcing
on the demonstration of silver. had not
ceased to deride, insult and misrepre-
sent those who stood by the traditional
American policy, which had come down
from Washington and Hamilton, OF bas-
ing the circulation upon both the pre-
cious metals"
As to the prscticsbility Of bimessllism,
General Walker dwelt at length on the
experience of France, and showed that
that country single.hsnded maintained
substantial parity between gold and
silver at ratio Of to 15Ia, from 1903
to 1873, and that Notwithstanding the
tremendous fluctuations in production
and use of the two metals, the bimetal-
lie system, supported by one country
only during most of that period, pre-
vented any extensive change of values,
the total prodigious discoveries of Cal
ifornia and Australia simultaneously
being to alter the gold price of silver
considerably less than per cent
Whereas, within the last twenty years,
bimetallism by Europe and the United
States, the gold price of silver has huc
tuated between $1.33 and 80 cents, or
less, per fine ounce; or, the silver price
OF pennyweight OF gold has varied in
the worlds market from less than 81
to 1920 In view of the fact that
the wealth and the labor of mankind
are gauged or measured by these two
great money metsls-each of which ia a
standard for vast groups of the human
rsce-such fluctuations in their relative
values is simply appalling, not to say
evolutionary. For certainly a fall in
the price Of staple commodities OF one
hslf inside OF twenty years is revolution
ary in every sense of the word.
The herald., 1894-03-22
SMALL LAND HOLDINGS.

1t was the Uniform policy of this gov
ernment during the first seventy five
years OF its existence to disapprove of
large landed estates and to encourage
the making Of as many freeholders as
possible. After the revolution. when
land was literally as cheap as dirt, por-
tions of it, belonging to the public, were
donated to the old soldiers in limited
quantities. These donations were usu-
ally of the extent of mile square, or
64U acres. In some instances these lands,
though far off in the wilderness, were
settled upon by the donees, but more
frequently they were traded off for some
trfling consideration, being considered
of little value because of their remote
ness from the centers OF civilization. At
that time the wilderness portion of the
country wac quite generally infested with
hostile Indians, and outside lands were
less sought after on that account.
The rule in regard to limiting estates
was nevertheless scrupulously observed,
and whom congress- came to the making
of laws upon the subject of homestesds
and pre- emptions great care was taken to
restrict the quantity that each person
might hold Land having now become
more sought after and valuable, 100
lcres, or half a mile square, was deemed
enough for one person, or the head of
family, to hold, and the privilege OF
taking up public land was confined to a
single entry. Later on, in making
grants to railroad companies, the policy
OF the government was, in a measure,
departed from but these grants to rail
roads, though large in the aggregate,
were in such form and on SUCH terms as, it
was thought, would result in their speedy
distribution among the people in small
parcels. The grants were OF alternate
sections only and never in large con.
tinuous bodies. The lands of the rail.
roads might be likened to the
black squares on a checker board,
the white squares remaining the
property OF the government, subject to
occupation by any pre- e-emption or home.
oNCnN oOOpiOis AhO RIhubh WeIo Iuhu6 Ill
this form to the railroads with the idea
that. being interpersed with settlers, q
strong inducement would be presented
to them to sell their lands for settle
ment also. The railroad laws further
provide that all lands OF a company not
sold or disposed of within three years
after the completion OF it's road, shall
be open to homestead and pre- empton
settlement the same as other public
lands OF the United States. This latter
provision ID eVaded by mortgaging or
otherwise disposing of their lands, 30
that, contrary to the intention of con-
gress, the railroad companies hold on to
their land grants indefinitely.
The policy of dividing lands up into
small holdings has been adopted in
France, since her revolution, with won.
deriul success. The descent OF estates
there is understood to be in equal por
tlone to heirs OF equal degree. Her land
policy has resulted in the unexaEpled
SFospeticg Of thst OSussry. fhs rseNS-
The herald., 1894-03-22
PERSONAL.


NJ. A. Gall, Chicago hotel broker, ia
at the Nadeau.
Capt. A. A. Polhamus, from Corona ado,
is q euest at the United States hotel.
L. Porter, president Of the Haverhill
Paper company of Massachusetts,, is in
the city.
Colonel Paris, the well-known attor-
ney OF San Bernardino, was in town
yesterday.
l. 8. Clark Of the Cottages, Oiai. &C.
companied by A. Vanaisen. are sojourn-
ing at the United States hotel.
Walter and A. ]. Frame of Waukesha,
Wis, are in the city. They are inter
ested in the Waukesha springs.
Joseph Conrod, the we'll known min
ing man and banker of Montana, is at
the Hollenbeck. His family is with
him.
Jacob S. Smith, connected with the
Murray Hill hotel OF New York city, is
taking short vacation in Southern CAL
ifornia.
Mr.. Arthur M. Barnhart and Mr.. W.
Barnhart OF Barnhart Bros. & Spindler,
the large type foundry firm of Chicago,
are in the city.
1t wac stated at Pasadena yesterday
that Mayor Gilroy of New York, and
Richard Croker, TammaDy sachem, had
left for the east.
Frank X. Hogan, assistant cashier Of
the Carbonate National bank of Lead
Vile, Colo, is spending short time in
Southern California.
Mr.. W. T. Edwards, of the firm of
BoSen, Edwards & Vsuca, leaves this
morning on two montha' visit to his
old home at Dresden, Tenn.
Samuel Thall, advance agent OF the
Grlsiner-Davies company, which appears
at the Los Angeles theater shortly, is
registered at the Hollenbeck.
Geo. L. Veatch of Chicago is at the
Hollenbeck. He represents Marshall
Field q Co., 90 does VIM. NJ. Ketchum,
who is also registered at this hotel.
l. B. Osborae, the we'll known mining
expert, is enjoying the hospitality of the
United States hotel. Mr. Osborne is an
old timer in California snd owns ex-
tensive properties in different localities.
Mr. Sam Woil. the large importer of
the American Import Co.. has opened
various other European novelties ever
cOCA AZ Jul Cibys Lho 10
stopping at the United States hotel.
John R. Berry, the San Diego news
paper man, has come up to the city to
get rid Of the bay n CLINE and ia at the
Nadeeu, Mr.. Berry is said to have
abandoned his idea of publishing n new
morning paper here, though the matter
lie still the subject of moro or less rumor.
Mr.. Mofitt, of the firm of Blake,
Mottitt q Co. of San Francisco, psper
manufacturers and dealers, left last
evening for home after spending several
days here. MIR. Mofitt first visited this
city in l849, when he was on his way to
San Francisco. He has built up a fine
business and with most enviabe
standing.
Byron s. Rosenblatt Of the Rosen.
blatt company, San Francisco, has been
spending short time in this city and
vicinity aud leaves for the north today.
Mr.. Rosenblatt states that he has no.
ticed a marked increaee in business
throughout Southern California as COM
pared with that i'll the northern por-
tions of the state.
The herald., 1894-03-22

THERE is occasionally disadvan tage
in section being known az a land flow
ing with milk and honey. The reputa-
ton of Los Angeles as n region OF
abundance has spread everywhere and,
as result, the tide of both tramp and
industrial travel is ebbing and flowing.
What we threaten to lose by the move
ment OF General Fry's troops towards
the national capital we seem likely to
regain by the CHEEKY visits of cohorts
from San Antonio. Texas. and other
places in the south and southwest, and
in the country generally. Which is
only another verifcation of the aphor-
lam of Christ, THE poor ye have always
with you"
The herald., 1894-03-22

The constitution OF the United States
gives to the people the right of aesem
bling, Of petition and Of openly bearing
arms. But the constitution is nothing
as against the pulssant chief of police OF
Los Angeles. Yesterday that high and
mighty official undertook to arrest Mr..
Vinette, the commander of the Second
regiment of the Industrial army, for
making gentle ruction on the Fret
street cut. under the charge of melting q
riot. After the chief had got hold OF
Vinette, and had him securely landed
In the jug. the question then arose,
What Will He DO With Him?" a
tFifing variation of the title OF one OF
balGes'S aOvsls. TIE chi9t evidently
The herald., 1894-03-22
Petty LARCENY Charges.

John E. Scott was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Officer Steele on a charge
of stealing pair OF blankets from a
person who had left them in saloon on
East Fret street. Scott is a morphine
hend, and formerly resided at Phoenix.
Ariz.
Loui Renaert, who conducts the Cali
fornia Novelty works at 527 S9uth
Spring street. was arrested last evening
on a charge of stealing two emery
wheels from man conducting similar
buainess.
The herald., 1894-03-22

didn't know what to do with him. He
therefore sent for District Attorney Dill
Ion, and that conservative official de-
clined to advise the Incarceration Of the
orator of labor and prospective leader of
marching legions, aud he was dis
chsrged-a thing that ought to have
been done. to employ an Irish bull, be-
fore ne was arrested.
The herald., 1894-03-22
NEIdhBoRINd PLACES.

SANTA ANA-The bicyclists' op cortunities.
Neal Dow's birthday celebrated.
SAN BERNARDINo-The Burt will case Cold
weather
SANTA MoEIcA-A notable wedding. Local
politics.
PoNoNA-Big protest against paving Second
street.
CoRoNADo-A number of notables at the big
hotel.
OAHUKNGA-Railroad gossip The rainfall
AZUsA-A kick about water rates.
PAsADRNA-A big excursion.
The herald., 1894-03-22
i. OSBORNE announces

i. OSBORNE announces
ne is not candidate for
ie prefers to devote himself
.ent newspaper, which would
yif 1T were to lose his guiding
in the providence of God this
strict were ever again to have Repub-
1iean congressman our contr6fe would be
Ebout as good one as his party could
furnish. He has a good deal of soroir
Jatre joined to energy and ability,
The herald., 1894-03-22

FROM all appearances general business
10 increasing very satisfactorily in the
east, and in all the principal cities OF
the country. This is notably the case
in Chicago. The adjustment of the
tariff on equitable lines will doubtless
extend this activity to manufactures.
The herald., 1894-03-22
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The papers OF all delinquent mail subscribers
70 the Daily Herald viii be promptly discon-
tinued hereafter. No papers will be seutto
subscribers by mail unless the same have been
paid for In advance
L. P. Fisher. newspaper advertising agent,
81 Merchants Exchange, San Franc SEQ, is au
authorized agent. This paper is kept on file in
bis ONCE.
Sole Eastern Advertising agent, s. P. PALMER,
Rhinelander Building, New York
The Herald is sold at the Occidental Hotel
Hews stand, San Fran cisco, for &C. copy.
No contributions returned
The herald., 1894-03-22

The rate war has proved to be very
short-lived. This was to have been ex-
pected. This is scarcely time to ex-
pect corporations to fight each other.
They are too busy just now keeping the
wolf from the door.
The herald., 1894-03-22
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. -Th

LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS The
marriage at Pomona of Miss Belle Terry and
Mr.. Oscar Craig The financial failure OF
Rev. Nesbit at Pomona. =. The fire commits
sioners' meeting The weather bureaus
crop report . The courts and new suits.
The Hirschfeid insolvency case. Those
shoddy National guard uniforms. Grace
Carlyle and Dick de Luna in a muss....
Loves young dream, and its effect on
the Skinner family Police court cases.
Chamber of commerce directors meeting.
School children organizing for the Fiesta.
Capt d. 2. Osborne declines to be a candi-
date for the Republican congressional nom
ination.,..J. T. CherpillOd of Provo, Utah,
arrested on q charge OF incest F ederal
coHrt notes.. .Grismer the actor has an ex-
citing experience with a centipede at San
Bernardino "A kid glove battery organized
as part Of the Seventh regiment. More
about Fernald and the diamond robbery
Billy McGreal and Frank Blair fight Is
rounds for love of a girl. The Whittier
burglar still at Iarge....A supposed clue to
Roscoe train robbers,
The herald., 1894-03-22

The second stage of che Pollard Breck
inridge trial now begins, the fair plaintiff
having finished her testimony, and her
attorneys resting the case. But the
agony is not to end with the trial, Miss
Pollard having announced her intention
OF writing book.
The herald., 1894-03-22

milton in this country OF large Spanish
and Mexican grants is . wide departure
from the original policy Of this govern
ment, and its result has been highly
detrimental to our prosperity.
The herald., 1894-03-22
A Tv.ntv-DoIIar G,ft.

Read the great coupon offer in the
HERALD today. The views in "Glimpses
of America" are we'll worth 500. Be
sure and save your eOHPsAs. They are
aa good ae gold cola.
The herald., 1894-03-22

Best remedy for sprsins and pains. Mr.. J. NJ.
Spring, Benniags, D. c., writes: al have been
using salvation OIL and have obtained great
relief. Among so many remedies tried Saliva
ton OIL is the best for sprains and pains in the
back" X kills all pain.