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The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The Pennsylvania law imposing tax
of cents a day upon all alien labor
ers In the State has stirred up the Chi
nese, who cannot evade it by becoming
citizens, and money is being raised to
test the law in the courts. 1t is believ-
In the meantime it has led to the nat
uralization of many foreigners who are
no credit to the citizenship of Pennsyl-
yania, because they became citizens
only to avoid the tax, and not because
they are loyal to the Government.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

st. Paul Pioneer Press: Our whole
system of taxation is a muddle Of alb
surdities and contradictions. 1t will
probably be a half century or more be-
fore our American Legislatures will be-
gin to put taxation on basis of com
mon sense and equity. Until then we
must get along the best we can with
the imperfect agencies provided for the
administration of imperfect laws.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The United States Agricultural De-
partment gives out the encouraging re-
port that the price of wheat will be
maintained next year. This reckoning
Is based on what European wheat coun-
tries are doing and what they can do
In the next twelvemonth. The crop of
Europe has been lessening six years,
and the stock in granaries Is so reduced
that it will be next to impossible to
catch up to the demand. Hence the
wheat fields of America will be drawn
upon In 1898 as literally as they will
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
Mutually Interested.

$50 that young man wants to marry
youT said MabePs father.
''Yes," was the reply.
"Do you know how much his salary
isT'
mo. But it's an awfully strange co.
incidence"
what do you meanT
Herbert asked me the very same
question about you"
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Reform is needed in baseball, says
the Washington Post. AS a matter of
fast, the atmosphere Of the game is
becoming offensive to decent and self
respecting folks. The hoodlum is toe
much in evidence, too obviously the
crony and familiar of the official, toe
patiently the patron of the game. II
the managers of the league are satisfied
with this arrangement, well and good
That is their affair. But if they want
to keep the respectable clients they still
have and to win back those they have
already estranged, the sooner they in
stitute reforms in the direction here in
dicated the better for all concerned.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The fact that up to date no babies
have been named "Klondlke" is due to
the further fact that mamma at home
will not know until next summer
whether papa is a millionaire or is en-
deavoring to pull through on a diet of
snoWballS
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Il q recent realistic novel the author
says "the rarchioness became as white
as a shirt" Now, If some Of this class
Of authors will make their novels as
clean as shirt the march toward the
millennium will be greatly improved
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

While this country has been engaged
in the development Of the electric rail-
way the countries of Europe, especially
France and England, have been giving
attention to vehicles propelled by othe1
than horse power. One reason for this
divergence is the excellence of the
streets and roads in Europe and the
conservative policy there in regard to
allowing railway tracks on the avenues.
The result of the different lines of ex-
pertinent has been the advancement OF
the electric railway in the United States
beyond all comparison, while in Eu-
rope the motor carriages, or automo-
biles, as they are called in France, have
no rivals elsewhere. Our Jealous devo-
ton to the electric railway places us so
far ahead in it's practical application
that large electric equipments for Lon
don and Dublin have been ordered in
this country. Though Europe leads at
present in motor carriages, the varieties
are so many that their most desirable
form is still an open question. But
enough is known to assure the complete
practical success of the horseless car
riage, both for public and private uses.
1t is no longer in doubt In either the
mechanical or the economic sense. In
Paris, at least 1000 automobiles are in
public use, and they are becoming COM
mon in other large French cities. The
French prefer carriages driven by
naphtha or petroleum engines for the
lighter traffic, and those driven by
steam for heavier service. The London
electric cabs, which are multiplying in
the streets and are run at the regular
cab fare, are propelled by storage bat
teries. A score Of electric cabs, with
storage batteries, are running in the
streets of New York. They seat two
passengers and are popular at the legal
rate of so cents an hour. Some heavier
vehicles to seat three or four persons
have been ordered at a cost Of $4,000
each, the storage batteries Of which are
charged from a regular commercial
light current.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

1t is suggested to Mr.. Jones of Mani
tou, who challenged the Attorney Gen
eral of Colorado, that he and his oppo-
nent each take a pickax and a spade
and begin on bad section of a public
road, the man who works the greater
portion in thirty days to be declared
victor Any bicycle club will willingly
act as referee
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
RiRcuifa.

''You should have heard Smith crack
ing up his wifes biscuits this morn
ing"
81 believe l did hear him. thought
at the time he was chopping wood
Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Queen Victoria, 1t is said, is getting
interested in the great northern gold
fields. 1t is to be hoped the queen will
be able to get along on her present
modest salary, as at her age a trip to
the Klondike ought not to be under
taken except in case of dire necessity.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

A st. Louis citizen who walked into a
hospital the other night carrying his
nose In his hand explained that it had
been bitten off in the course of per
fectly friendly fight" If possible, we
advise him to avoid an unfriendly set-to
with that fellow.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
Poor Snort.

81 understand you have just been on
a little cruise with Hershof on MS new
yacht. How is he; much of sailor?"
sailor? Why, that man doesn't I'M
derstand the first principles Of yacht
ing. He hadn't a thing on board, cx-
cept water, to drink" Lead
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Women, apparently, are taking no
part in an active discussion now going
on as to whether or not they are nerv-
Gus decadents. They are too busy catch
ing burglars and performing similar
athletic feats to give their views at
length on the subject.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The Ottawa Herald says that "John
Thatcher was arrested for carrying a
144-caliber revolver" That sounds as
If it were written by somebody who had
suddenly looked into that revolver.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Two canaigre root companies have
been Incorporated in Arizona, one with
capital of $1,5O0,O00 the other with a
capital of $1O,00O,0OO. That must be
the root Of all evil''
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Los Angeles has policeman who
grows his own coffee, but the world
will never have one who grows his
own apples, or bananas, or peanuts, or
anything that is found on a corner
stand
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The invasion of England by Ameri-
can playwrights and players is in the
nature of poetical retribution. We have
something like 10000 ready for export.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The English papers are unwilling to
believe that Americans feel friendly to-
ward England. They feel just as
friendly as the English papers will let
them
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
ueadad Her Off.

She-I see that a young lady down
East somewhere was cured OF nlc-
coughing by eating ice cream.
He with great presence or mlna'-
Yes, but you know the old saying
what is one mans cure may be an
other mans poison. Lead
or
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
Sweet Girl.

I kissed her lightly on the cheek,
Her face blazed up, as could see;
I thought in scathing terms she'd speak,
She turned the other cheek to me!
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

A great-grandnephew of Washington
lives at Wilmette, ILL.,, but Washing
toms great Body Servant lives all over
the United States, and long may he
waVot
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
Making the Best of II

Aid charging furiously up)-General,
the enemy has captured our left wing.
What shall we do?
The commander-Fly with the other
philadelphia Inquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
The Car Calls Himself a Farmer.
Inst Think!

'He has broken my hearth walled
the beautiful girl
.VTbere don't take on So" said her
friend, in tones Of pity; 1T might have
been your bicycle. Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Georgia does not want Chattanooga.
The part of Tennessee that it bankers
for is Lincoln County. That is where
they brew liquor that makes a poor
house inmate five time millionaire.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Of course, the Philadelphia Ledger is
correct when it says: Everything fash
ionable this winter will be la Russe."
Even the "growler" will be rushin' in
Philadelphia.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

In marrying when more than so years
old General Longstreet has shown that
age has not dimmed the splendor of his
courage.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The Rochester On. " man who tried
to hang himself because his wife in
sisted on wearing bloomers had a pecu-
liar taste in neckties himself.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

In an Alabama game Of baseball be-
tween two colored clubs, two players
were killed and all the rest wounded.
Nobody got home safe"
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

A citizen of New Brunswick, n. j.,
has suggested the establishment of a
penal colony In Alaska-a sort of Amer
lean Siberia, founded, however, on hu-
manitarian principles. He would send
all Federal prisoners to the mining re-
gions there to dig for gold, the Govern
ment operating the mines systematical-
ly by prison labor. His plan contem-
plates that the miners should receive
regular mining wages, the proceeds to
be used, first, in payment of the cost of
transportation and their support; sec
ond. in paying for the support of their
families-the remainder to constitute
q fund by which, on the expiration of
their terms of Imprisonment, they
might be placed in possession of means
% begin life anew, with a prospect of
becoming self-supporting and respected
citizens. While it might be gratifying
to the people of the States to be re-
lieved of the presence of so many of the
criminal classes, there are several facts
which would initiate against the prac.
-tical success of the scheme. One OF
these is the cost of guarding a large
body Of prisoners so far from the base
OF supplies in order to prevent their es
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
Near 1t.

Dinky-He was an all-round athlete
at college, was he not?
Hinky-Yes; an all-round athlete
never in it.-Up-to-Date.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Millionaire Bradbury of San Fran
cisco has been arrested for kicking a
music teacher down stairs. Music tetch-
ers can make note of this.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The higher the class of citizens Sc
lected for the grand jury, the more
effective will be the work of the judi
ciary.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The Salvation Army has at present
five principal stations in Germany-in
Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Essen and
Konigsberg.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Isn't there some way by which the
Langtry family can be induced to go
away to some quiet place and get it's
divorcing done in private?
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTING ITEMS.

Comments and Criticisms Based Unon
the Happenings of the Day-His-
torica1 and News Notes,
Whoever named the Skaguay pass
knew what he was about.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

A collection and relief expedition
for the starving millionaires in Alaska
will now be in order.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Ireland has potato famine, and In
dia is suffering from a general famine.
Two bad black rs for Great Britain.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The net result of Lily Langtry's re-
cent divorce and still more recent mar
riage is a coronet.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

From late accounts Chilkoot pass is
even worse than that other terror, the
tie pass.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

According to Father Lambert, even
Pagan Bob Ingersoll will have a
harp. Ingersoll should assure himself
that there is no string to this.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Somehow, when an old maid finally
succeeds In getting married, her baby
never looks Just right.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

If the climate of Alaska Is half as
bad as it has been painted, miners
should have 10 trouble in picking up
cool million, especially if they can find
million of any kind.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Another man has died from the ef-
fects of n Jersey mosquitoes bite. Why
not muzzle them?
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

Your hand is never the worse for do
Ing your own work.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

After q girl is % years old, sns
doesn't believe In long engagements
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
obso,ete Laws OF Virginia.

In the statute books of Virginia a
century ago many laws may be found
designed to silence idle tongues. One
reads: 'Whereas, oftentimes many
babbling women SANDER and scandal
ize their neighbors, for which their
moor husbands are often brought into
chargabIe and vexatious suits and cast
in great damages, therefore, be 1t en-
acted that all women found guilty be
sentenced to ducking."
The Gar Calls Himself Farmer.
The Gar recently filed up the regu-
lar census paper in his own handwrit-
ing. giving his Christian names, "Nich-
oIas" etc; surname, "Romanov;;" so
cial status, "Czar Of all the Russias;;'
profession. master of all the land OF
the Russian empire" accessory occu-
nation. LANDED proprietor and agri-
culturist.''
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25
LOOM PAUL" COACH.

South African President Putting on
Frills in His Old Age.
loom Paul" has at last set up state
coach, to the surprise and delight of
his subjects. The faithful Beers have
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-25

The assassination of a ruler In a civ
ilized nation is always an act Of lunacy.
1t cannot advance the cause which the
assassin seeks to promote. On the con-
trary, it strengthens, by the help which
human sympathy brings, the cause rep
resented by the victim of the crime.
This fact makes such murder as that
of CanOvas an act of lunacy. 1t shows
the loss of reason-of the faculty that
applies means to an end, that adapts
a cause to the effect that Is to be pro-
duced. But 1t is not irresponsible lun-
acy in the eye of the criminal law nor
In the eye of justice. The assassins
who have ended the lives of rulers In
other countries were not different In
their mental temperature from Wilkes
Booth or Guiteau, the two historical
American assassins. All were alike
crazy. like Otner men with a homicidal
mania, who destroy life and whose
cases occupy large part of the atten-
tion of the criminal courts. The case of
Prendergast, who assassinated Mayor
Harrison of Chicago, is one of the same
class. A man who has sense enough to
procure a weapon for the purpose of
using 1t to destroy life-who has the
forethought and deliberation to ascer-
tain the habits of a man whom he is
following with homicidal intent, whose
cunning inspires him with knowledge
as to how and where he can best carry
into effect his murderous purpose-is
sane for all the ends required in the ad-
minIstration of criminal justice. The
plea of insanity In capital trials Is In
most cases false plea. Strong as may
be our sympathy with the struggling
patriots of Cuba, we can have no sym
pathy for the crime of skullking as
sassin who commits murder in the
name and under the plea of patriotism.
1t is to be feared that this awful crime
has set back the cause Of Cuban eman-
cipation decade, IL not generation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01
PettigreW,s Amendment.

Washington, March 31.-In the SEN
ate today Mr.. Pettigrew gave notice
of an amendment to the tariff bill
which will remove from the dutiable
and place on the free list all articles
of like character of domestic produc-
ton or manufacture that are made or
controlled by a trust or combination
for the purpose of preventing competi-
ton. Every contract combination in
the form of a trust, or to restrict the
quantity of production or affect the
price of any article, or conspiracy in
restraint of trade, is deemed a trust
within the provisions of the act. Ac-
ton to determine upon the existence of
such trust may be begun by any citi-
zen, and upon the decision of the fed
eral court that such a trust exists, the
court is directed to issue an order di
recting the customs officers to there
after admit such article free from duty.
The United States circuit court is made
the court of last resort, from which
no appeal can be taken.
Where a duty is levied upon raw
material or any article that is i'm
proved by any process after being i'm
ported, the duty on the raw material
or unrefned or unimproved article
shall be collected as provided by this
act, but the differential or additional
duty shall not be collected if the i'm
proved or refined article is found to be
the subject of a trust
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01
FitZSimInOnS Met at the Depot
BY a Band.
IS GIVEN A ROYAL WELCOME
TALKS FREELY OF HIS PLANS
FOR THE FUTURE.
Has Retired From the Ring and Will
Pay No Further Attention. to Cor
bett or Any Other Pugilist-
Greeted By Packed House at the
Grand-Gave a Fine Exhibition
With Roeber and Hickey.

The entry of the Fitzsimmons party
into the city was, to draw it ever so
mildly, a spectacular affair. Probably
400 persons were on hand at the Rio
Grande Western to welcome Fitz.
When he stepped from the train
lusty cheer went up. at which he re-
moved a glossy silk hat from his head.
Seldom does it fall to the lot of =
prize fighter to be drawn through the
main streets in an open barouche. be-
hind noisy band and pressed closely
by crowd of frenzied idolators. This
was the way Fitzsimmons was given
the only genuine send-off since he left
Carson.
The line of march was from the Rio
Grande Western depot where the party
arrived at 7:40 p. m. up Second South
to Main, to First South, past the Salt
Lake theatre, where the Corbett CO.
hosts were assembling, and thence by
State to the Grand, where the cham
pion remained during the whole even
ing. In the first carriage were Julian
and FitZsimmons, Mrs. FitZsimmons, a
maid and a F'itz junior. Bob wore a
new silk sky scraper, which he lifted
from time TO time to the plaudits of
those along the sidewalks. 1t was not
dignified removal of headgear, re-
sorted to by a successful presidential
candidate, but a rapid flourish, that
told of high spirits. Mrs. Fitzsimmons'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01

requires that in the event of an award
being made by an equally divided
court there shall be no recourse to hos
tile measures of any description until
the mediation of one or more friendly
powers has been invited by one or both
parties.
Mr. Mills of Texas moved to strike
out this provision, but this motion was
also laid upon the table by a yea and
nay vote. Several other amendments
of a minor character were offered, but
shared the same fate.
Mr.. Davis pressed for an agreement
for an hour to take the vote either
Friday or the following Monday, but
Mr. Stewart objected. Mr. Stewart
contended that there had been no ar
rangements with respect to the pairs.
This could be done, he said. on the
basis of two votes for the 1eaty as
against one on the other side of the
question inasmuch as the subject had
to be determined by a two-thirds vote.
No conclusion was reached on the
subject and Mr.. Stewart, refusing to
withdraw his objection, no arrange
ment for the vote was had.
While the adoption of the Hoar
amendment has weakened the OPPOSE
ton to the treaty. it is not altogether
certain that it will have two-thirds of
the senate when the final vote is
taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01
Fighting in Izzedin.

London, March 31.-The Canea cor
respondent of the Standard describes
the fighting around the fort at Izzedin-
The garrison consisted of 300 Turks,
who had II Krupp guns and two Nor
denfeldt guns. The guns, however, were
trained seward, and were useless to
repel an attack from the land side of
the fort The block house above the
fort contained 900 more troops with two
Krupp guns and two Nordenfeldt guns.
Beyond this position there was strong
stone wall where the insurgents were
massed under the Greek side. 1t is
impossible to say which side began the
fighting, but the engagement was in
full swing at O'Clock in the morning.
The Turkish soldiers in the block house
took but a small part in the fighting,
but a Turkish frigate shelled freely
though with small success. An hour
later the foreign warships were ordered
to fire. The Russian warship Gros-
iastchy opened. She was followed by
the British warshiD Ardent. and the
Austrian warship Tiger. Each fired in
turn, aiming carefully at the Greek vii
lage. The fire from the Russian war
ship finally demolished the whole wall,
every shot from her taking effect. In
spite of a heavy cannonading, the in
surgents held their ground. throwing
out their slxirmishers and driving back
the Turkish outposts, although they
were compelled to abandon their own
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01
Can't Use the Cable

Athens, March 31.-It being impossi-
BILE for Colonel Vassos, the commander
of the Greek troops in Crete, to use
the cable for the transmission of dis
patches, the admirals having prohib-
tied its use, communication was es-
tablished with him a day or so ago by
means of flash signals. Today Colonel
Vassos sent to King George the fol-
lowing message by Telegraph:
'Alikiana, March 31-Sir-Contrary
to promises the admirals allowed the
Mussulmans at Kindamos TO start
with their arms, their aim being pillage
and incendiariSm. On the other hand
every act of the Christians in self
defense provokes bombardments
Mixed attachments yesterday occu-
pied the revictualled Anernballi. The
Turks have blockaded Fort Kissamet
Kastelli.
1.-THE dispatches sent by the admir-
ais TO their governments accusing me
of cruelty, declaring that l massacred
prisoners at Malaxa and stating that
1 intended to attack Canea despite my
solemn declarations, are false.
Shall address an energetic protest
to the admirals"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-01
They Listen; That Was All.

Athens, March 31.-A dispatch from
Retimo, Crete, states that the Russian
consul at that place today visited the
town of Atsipopulo for the purpose of
communicating to the insurgents the
proclamation recently issued by the
foreign admirals announcing the in
tention of the six great powers to es-
tablish an autonomous form of gov
eminent, and to invite the insurgents
to lay down their arms. His attempt
was as unsuccessful as those made in
the same direction by the admirals and
their representatives.
The insurgents listened patiently to
the consuls explanation of the benefits
that would accrue to them under the
form of government proposed by the
powers, and then declined to make any
concessions whatever. Their leaders
declared that they did not desire au-
tonomy, feeling that it would prove as
farcical as the previous attempts to
establish self-government in the is
land. They had taken up their arms
to drive the Turks from the island and
to bring about annexation with Greece.
They desired to be placed under the
government of King George, and they
firmly declared that annexation was
the only thing that they would ac-
cent