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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-01
60 State Street,
Boston, Room 2t2,
TUESDAY, July 25fh, '99, at 10 A. M.

The mine is located on Rock Hill.
California District, one mile from
Leadville, Colorado. Co. owns and con-
trols about 140 acres. Veins are traced
through the property that have paid
millions in dividends to Co.'S operating
directly adjoining claims. The Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad runs within
one-half mile Of property.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
The First News Sheet.

The first news sheets at all an,
swering to our modern newspa-
per were issued by order of the
Venetian government, about
1866. At first they were simply
written out, and exhibited to
public inspection on payment of
a small coin called a "gazetta,"
whence the modern term "Ga-
gete." Afterward the demand
made it necessary to print them.
The first English newspaper of
which we have positive knowl-
edge was the Weekly News, pub
lished by Nathaniel Butler, in
1922. The English Mercurie of
1888 is a forgery. 1t was really
printed about the middle of the
eighteenth century.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
His Piteons Lament.

Leslie Keith the Scotch litter
ateur, who was visiting ireland
in the tifties, saw the most squal
id-looking beggar he had ever en-
countered sitting with his back
to the wall. Unlike his compatri-
OTIS, this man was strangely silent
so Keith asked if he were beg
ging. "Of course it's begging [
am" the man replied. "But you
do not open your MOUTH said
Keith. "Arrah, is it jokin' yer
honor is wild me?" said the beg
gar. Look here and he held up
the tattered remnant of what had
once been a coat; don't yez see
how the skin is spakin' through
the holes in me clothes, and the
bones cryin' out through me
skin? Look at me sunken cheeks
and the famine that's starin' in
me eyes. Man alive isn't it beg
gin l am with a hundred
tnnpues
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
The Last Chance.

Shop assistant after reaching
down fifteen rolls of cloth Mad
anne, l have shown you all the
stuff we have of that kind except
the one roll you see on the top
shelf there. Are you sure none Of
these will do?
Lady-Well, the fact is, l only
came in the shop to look for a
lady friend.
Shop assistant-Ohli is that all?
Well, if you think she is in the
remaining roll | don't mind
reaching it down for you.-Spare
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

P. L. Soper, United States dis
trict attorney, in letter address
ed to ]. S. Holden, of the Fort
Gibson Post, says: 'No more
comprehensive statute to put down
the liquor traffic in the Indian
Territory has ever been enacted.
BY recent decision of the United
States court of appeals in the
Indian Territory it covers all malt
liquors used as beverage,
whether Intoxicating or not.' Now
liquor in the form of mist is being
sold at Tulsa and elsewhere in the
territory. Let this law be enforced.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
The Sadness Of War.

There is a little girl who sits
and plays with her dolls and toys
under the trees on Governors Is
land, innocent of the blight that
has come into her young life. She
has saved the fireworks that were
given her for the fourth and says:
81 will not fire them off until pa
pa comes home" Her father was
Captain James Torrance, of COM
pany K, Thirteenth infantry, who
was killed in the taking of the for
tiff cations of San Juan at Santiago
last July. The little girls mother
died a few years ago, and after
that Captain Torrance has never
been the same man. The little
girl is six years old and was pas
sionately devoted to her father.
She is looking forward to his COM
ing home and no one has courage
enough to tell her that she is an
orphan.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
Time to Rest.

AT the recent annual dinner OF
the Hartford (Conn.) Yale Alum
nj association President Dwight
gave, this explanation why he re.
signed: l lay down my Office not
becanse I am old--70 is not old
but it Is the end of the summer
term and vacation time has come.
NY theory of life has been this,
in just this regard: I believe life
was made inst as much for one
period III another childhood,
prime and Ilter life and every
man should prepare hinself for
the late afternoon hoar, 80 life
may grow happier till The Golden
time. LATE in the afterh0ofE 1
look forward to coming years Of
greater happiness than ! have
aver Enawt.r
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

Austria shares the doubtful
homer with Turkey OF having a
government tax on each newspa-
per printed in or,introduced into
the country and the privilege
with Russia of prohibiting the
sale of journals in the streets.
The removal of this unpopular
tax on knowledge has been amat-
ter of considerable agitation and
promises of speedy reform have
been made by the present govern
ment The obstruclionist policy
Of the opposition in Parliament,
however, has rendered the pros
pect of legislation on this point
hopeless, at least within any
measurable space Of time. The
Social Democratic party has, ney-
ertheless, taken a very pronounc-
ed position in the matter, and is
agitating for an. abolition of the
obnoxious laws. At the head of
the present movement are many
compositors who fear that the
number of the employed will be
considerably reduced by the
pending introduction of compos-
ing machines unless in the mean
time the existing tax is removed.
Post.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

Whenever the Empress Eu-
genie of France has occasion to
write anything about her lament
ed husband she always uses the
diamond pen which signed the
treaty of Paris. All those who
participated in this historical oc-
casion wanted the pen as a me
mento. But so keen was the en-
press on possessing it that she
begged that only one pen should
be used, which she thought she
had right to retain as a souv-
enir. This was agreed to. The
pen takes the form of a quill
plucked from a golden eagles
wing and richl v mounted with
diamonds and gold.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
A Country Ruled by Women.

The feminine element in pro
testing America that longs for
equal suffrage might gain theiI
desires by emigrating across the
seas to the little country hemmed
in by the Alps.
A whole town in the Swiss
mountains has suddenly come
under petticoat government. This
is in the canton Ticino, where
stern necessity required that the
women should be allowed to vote.
SO many of the men had emf
grated to seek for work that the
municipality was without voters
and could not make laws and
elect officers.
The commune of Melano hav-
ing especially suffered from the
dearth of men, and all parish bus
mess having come to standstill,
the parish council has decreed
that during the months of spring
and summer the emancipation of
the women has become a neces-
sity for the discharge of public
business; that, therefore, in de-
fault of deputies of the male sex,
each member of the parish coun.
ell may be represented by a wo-
man member of his own horse-
hold, the women having the same !
right to vote az belonged to the
duly elected but mainly absentee
,onneil of males.
In consequence Of this measure
he commune of Melano is at
present administered by coun-
ii of wives and mothers, assisted
y few aged men and invalids,
Fho are stated to form the op-
position. Thd liberal press Of II
ino approves this new form Of
'overnment, while the Catholic
rgans are strongly opposed to il.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

Wagoner's thirst must be terri.
bic these days.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

The enterprise displayed by
The Daily Chieftain in presenting
a column of base ball news from
Tulsa yesterday was the subject
of favorable comment. The office
appreciated the fact that informa-
tion would be wanted and it took
steps to get it-that was all. 1t
was simply an incident in the
every day affairs of conducting a
newspaper. Whenever there is
an indication that the associate
press dispatches would be appre-
ciated The Daily Chieftain has
arranged for presententing them.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
Frances 8 Lament,

The English lash always at us,
Russit abandons us, Germany
scorns us, Italy hates us, and the
pig-dog of siamese, to whom we
scarcely gave dogs food at the
Elysee, barks at our heels. IL a
little time, thanks to the reupbIic,
one will blush to be a French
tnan. Paris IAutorite.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14
why Weed Crack

Wood crackles when II il igni.
ted because the air expanded BY
heat forces its way through the
pores Of the wood Wit3,Aa esack-
ing noise. Greer wood fne ~ ess
swapping than dry beca1ss lse
pores contain less air, bein ll,i
with sap and moistpre, Nllizl ~,
tinguishes the flaaae, Khere HIM
pores of dry wood afe filled "a,
air, which suppcfls combus
Borrowed trouh|e IL be7ei
satisfactory as u f1l thine
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

The postoffice at Sloan Springs
was -burglarized Tuesday night
and the safe blown open and cash
to the amount of 5000 taken. Five
hundred of the money was funds
deposited there for the purpose of
payias the railway postal clerks
Who have headquarters there.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

Mrs. Anderson: There's one
thing / want to say to you. John
Anderson.
Mr.. Anderson: Only one. I'm
An luck tonight. Generally you
have a dozen. Louisville Jour.
nal.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

Winita does not need saloons
TO bring trade to her-she gets it
anyhow, and the money the
joint keepers would get goes to
pay honest debts to our merchants
and business men.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-14

If Tndian Territory newspapers
are violating Tho Law when they
carry liquor advertisements in
their columns, how is it with the
public official who carries the real
article under his belt?
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19
The International Trust.

Without the interpositiOn Of pro-
tectiye laws, there would be such a
struggle for mastery that international
combinations would inevitably. result
That there would be no special diff
Guilty in the way of owners of large
masses of capital living in different
countries and carrying on an industri-
al rivalry reaching an agreement has
already been de nonstrated. The sue
cess of the Standard Oil company
abroad is notorious. The facility with
which it induced the English house OF
commons to refuse the necessary leg
islatiOn has been the burden Of recent
review articles, and all the Orient
knows of the perfect understanding
that exists between the Russian oil
producers and those who control the
American trade. 1t has been possible
in England for the steel rail manufac-
turers to agree on a price; does any
one fancy for a moment that if they
were approached by an American COM
bine with a proposition to divide and
respect territory they would not eager
" accept it?-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19

The country is experiencing even
greater prosperity than it did the first
years of the Mckinley tariff. and it is
evident that the Democracy will make
a poorer showing in next years cam
paign than it did in 1896. There will
be absolutely nothing for it to stand
upon in its appeals to workingmen.
Laboring men of all kinds are in de-
mand and wages are high and ad-
vancing. The country is being secured
for skilled help. and common every
day laborers are sought for without
the demand being supplied. The coke
regions want $1,000 men; every ship
yard is straining its resources to keep
up with contracts: cars sufficient to
carry coal from the bituminous regions
cannot be obtained; the iron compa-
MES are rushed beyond all reason. and
shops of all kinds and railroads are
crowded with business. Workingmen
were fooled in 1892 by clamor for a
change, but they win not be in 1900
Ottawa Ml.) Republican Times.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19
LOYAL Black Men.

The sentiments entertained TOWARD
the administration of President Nc
Kinley by the co!ored people OF the
United States are indicated by the res
olutions adopted by the Iowa Confer
ence of the African Methodist church,
in session at Chicago, September II.
With much enthusiasm the conference
placed on record its Endorsement OF
the governments policy regarding the
Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico. On
the subject of economic policy the
resolutions declare:
We would congratulate the country
upon the fact that the present wise and
economical administration of national
affairs has brought return Of pros
perity.
Millions of wheels of industry,
which two years ago were idle and
still, are now rapidly revolving, the
stream of commerce is once more flow
ing throughout the land, and future
prospects are bright for increased pros
perity in all lines of industry.
Free traders. mugwumps and cop
perheads are scarce articles among
the colored men Of this country.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19
Self.Dependent.

American agricultural implements
occupy the whole field in the Austria
liam trade. II any one had predicted
this a century ago. when this country
was struggling to make its independ-
ence of Great Britain industrial as well
as political, or even fifty years ago,
when the free trade Walker tariff had
the country in its Gripping grasp. the
prophet would have found no be-
levers.
A century ago the supporters of the
policy of free trade, the very few per-
sons who then believed in that fallacy,
were content to have the United States
continue indefinitely to be an agricul-
tural nation. Fifty years ago the sup
porters of the Walker tariff were con-
tent to have the United States stand
still so far as manufacturing was con-
cerned, and to remain practically
accommodating nation. They were
beginning to argue along the line so
much in evidence during recent years
Viz, that of buying where you can
buy the cheapest" Had their policy
triumphed, we would still be indus
trially dependent on England. II is to
the policy of a protective tariff that
we owe it that other nations are de-
pendent on us industrially, and that
we are dependent on no one but our
selves.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19
INSTRUCTIVE COMPARISON.

what the Fear Of . Democratic Ad-
min,stration and . Cheap Dollar VIII 10.
A comparison Of the present prosper
Gus times with 1896 will show what the
fear of q Democratic administration
and a cheap dollar will do for pros
porous country. Then everything was
in doubt; business was at standstill;
no one engaged in q new enterprise
(unless 1t was some charitable asso-
citation in some Of the large cities
started a new soup house to feed the
starving); capital sought places Of
safety and was afraid Of investment;
labor was thrown out Of employment,
and the industries Of the country were
idle or running on half time. Why al
this stagnation in business? What
made these hard times IN 1886? There
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19

was a possibility of electing Bryan and
changing the monetary system from
the gold to the silver standard. Not q
bank would loan a dollar on ninety
days time one or two months before
the election, it made no difference
what the security was. Why? Be
cause every bank knew that II the
change came 1t meant a panic and
runs" would be made on all banks
and that the worst panic that ever
swept over this country would follow
quickly the news Of Bryan's election.
and bankruptcy would be general.
Having passed through these distress
ing times and having seen the sudden
change for the better on the announce
ment Of McKinley's election; having
seen these banks open their doors
within a week after the election and
make extensive loans that they had
but recently refused; having seen the
times grow gradually better until to-
day the whole country is happy, pros
porous and contented: isn't it strange
to see a party clamoring for the same
man and the same policy that pro-
duced so much alarm. distress and hard
times in 1896? OF course there Is
no one alarmed now, because it would
be hard to find a well-posted person
that believes that Bryan has a ghost
cf a chance to be elected to the presi-
dency in 1900; but we want to remark
right here that if from any reason 1t
should appear in the fall Of 1900 that
Democracy and free silver had a chance
of success you would see the same
close times you saw in the fall OF 1896.
Benton (Ill.) Republican.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19

Scarcity of workmen and high prices
for common labor now characterize
the industrial situation throughout the
Northwest. Such conditions are not
conducive to the agitation of calamity
theories. Prosperity is silencing many
political demagogues. = Minneapolis
fNinn.3 Progress.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19

Reports of the German chambers OF
commerce disclose a condition Of gen.
eral anxiety regarding the successful
competition of the United States in
the worlds markets.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19
GERMANY Is ANXIOUS
WORRIED BECAUSE OF AMERl-
CAN TRADE RIVALRY.

Gradual Loss Of the Big Unltod States
Market and Our Suecessfal Competi-
ton In the Markets OF the World Be-
gin to Attract Attention.
The Globe-republican., 1899-10-19

A be4uest OF 81 .000 was received froyz
Philemon and Mary Jones of McLouth,
Kansas. for an endowment fund for
the Friends university. in addition k
the same amount given last year.
Upon disembarking at San Francisco
Lieut.. Col. Ed. Little picked horse to
ride to the Preside. 1t had been re-
served for Governor Stanley. He pick,
ed another. 1t had been reserved for
Adjutant General Fox. General SHAFT
ter sent him another horse but Little
walked. distance of five miles.
There is reunion this week Of the
students of Garfield university. now the
Friends university. in Wichita. The
Garfield students are now scattered al.
over the country and their reunions are
always interesting.
Veteran and honorable veteran lew.
els will hereafter be furnished to those
entitled to them by the Grand Lodge
of 1. o. of O. F. at cost Heretofore
they have been free.
The Leavenworth. Topeka & South
western railroad, which runs from
Leavenworth to Meriden Junction.
distance of about forty miles, has been
sold at public auction by Special Mas
ter Dillon for 100000 to Edward
Wilder, treasurer of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe system, the only bid
der.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
RAILROAD PASSES.
Practice OF Accepting Railroad
PASSES should Pc Abolished.

our state enjoys the peculiar distinction
OF being the only one whose laws expressly
authorize the Issuance of railroad passes.
Under is sanction the practice of issuing to
puhEc officfais and at the request of those
proh-nent IN public life has become 50 COM
tHoh ara apparently so cherished bv the
DtheHclar'es that the repeated recommends
t4ohs OF my predecessors for its abolishment
nave Tot ecen teed-d. l repeat the recon-
men lon that the practice be abolished REQ,
ana ofanch in the hope that the legislature
VIII not hesitate to give expression to tae
pronounced public opinion oil the snbtec+ 'As
AKIN TO this subject is the evil of the
iocby, which, with the development of great
special interests. has become 81 much Of =
Iactor IN legislative bodies that the peonle
MHelAer Justly or unjustly, are very sus-
piclous or the motives that guide ann in
fuence legislation AZ
The existence Of such a sentiment is IN
-tSelr an evil. 1t behnoves US to aaioDt eyerv
precautlcn for its removal as well as to
aleiu every influence that gives reason for
IT'S existence. The dista-;:e between +6a
po.er and the final act of legislation Is
dll eady so great u at there is no room for
d thiTd mousse Salutary regulations have
Deen ADOPTED on this subject in the s;ate of
;NitssachuSet.S, under which each housa
Keeps Z legislative docket for DubIfc inenan-
ten upon which must be entered the namA
OF every person appearing before anv com
mittee or members in advocacy for oT ao,s?ns+
Ieglsistlon' with statement in whose 6a1aIT
ne appears, the terms OF his ernn ovrnen+
ana compensation, with adequate nenaItias
Tor tae vocation of the act Surh leersSia.io1
o" eiactIneIts tending 10 the same enS sbould
De enacted in this state. '- s-io"iu
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
A HoMEsIcN SYRIAN.
Sent to Rochester Hecause He Want
ed to Return to His Family.

Longing to see his wife and children
in far-on Syria caused the appearance
of David Bousleman in the probate
court yesterday, charged with insan-
ity. The examining physicians called
it nostalgia, but it was simply a case
of oId-fashioned homesickness with
exceptionally pathetic features.
Bousleman is a peddler, who came to
this country from Syria seven years
ago, and from his headquarters at ia
Eaton street has been endeavoring to
make enough money by peddling Gu
rious rugs and other Eastern wares to
enable him to rejoin the wife and chill
dren that were left at home. But
business has not been good for some
time, and David has been in nl-health,
and the letters from the wife were
very infrequent because the people of
Syria are not much in the way Of let
ter writing. Consequently all these
things have gradually caused the lit
tie Syrian to lose heart, and lately he
has developed q melancholia that led
to his being taken to ST JOseph's hos
pital four days ago and to his ult4-
mate appearance before Probate Judge
BaZille
The symptoms of this case of home
sickness are melancholia, inattentiOn
to the surroundings and a desire TO
converse constantly Of his children, of
whom there are two.
The members of the Syrian colony
We're with BOusleman in court yester-
day and one of them acted as inter
prefer for the unfortunate man in tell
ing his story to the judge. He was
ordered committed to Rochester.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-05
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
Certain Matters Should BE submit
ted to Popular Vo1a

OAuef tae new economic conditions which
nave OBTAINED and which have made csnj+aI
'hIouSh organization, such potent factor in
society and in legislation it has becom. me-
essary that the Individual citizen should he
given more efficient means for his nrotec4io
ne exclusively represen tative nethcd ie NO
IoHeer safeguard has been so nrnn,i
neHLy demonstrated in the recent Franchise
scahoa!s III one of our sister states Tnstancss
VI Si'liar character, though net SO hagrant
are not wanting in our history The onIv rom
Guy, ~ seems 10 me, against such abuses is
70 anord the people a constitutional rnethod
Dy which they can initiate needed reforns
ny ulrect action, on the one hand and eyer
clse lne veto power questionable or Gov
rupt legislation ON the other This involves
!he introduction OF no new principIes in our
form OF government. There are no stron oar
reasons for trusting the people to pass upon
men tha9 upon measures We do not think SO
III regard 10 constitutional enactments which
IS Legislation in its highest and most i'm
portant form. The people now have the power
u initiate reforms and legislation in the mat
Ter OF locating county seats and in some
municipal undertakings. This power witb
proper restrictions as to the time and fire.
quency OF It's exercise should be extended to
Cther important questions. By the provisions
OF our constitution the people now have tho
veto power at the polls on anv Legislation nv
winch 1t is proposed to change our present
laws governing railroad taxation We arc
therefore, already committed to the princiDIe
involved in the second branch of the question
Inc constitution could, and in nv Judgment
should, be so amended as TO enable mi
ACTON; to refer enactments, at least such as
extend corporate privileges or authorize the
granting OF franchises to a vote of the peonIa
before becoming operative.