The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-22
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Every detail In the conspiracy tode-
prive Colombia OF her independence
seems 20 be working out according 10
expectation. The Ecuadorians have
now crossed over the Colombian line.
and the Colombian army Is al present
engaged at three widely separated
points ON the national frontier. How
the plot will work out must still be "A
matter of conjecture but our earlier
suppositions as TO the scope and
magnitude OF the revolution are being
verified rapidly y"-Philadelphia Times.
THE peacefulness of the strike so
far has been a very great credit to Mr..
Shaffer. but when he says that he win
not be responsible In case OF any
attempt 10 start trust mills with nom
union labor, he Is pretty near the
dangerous point OF issuing a permit
Of unlawful acts. Syracuse Post
Standard.
''If the British Admiralty carries out
Its plan to install a wireless telegraph
system on Cape Race, In order that
the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York may approach that fog
bound coast with n minimum OF
danger, the royal visit will be of signal
advantage, not only TO the Dominion.
but to all vessels having occasion 10
pass that dangerous cape. IL makes
the judicious grieve, however, TO see
such a reason assigned for such a
work. ."-Phlladelphia Ledger.
'Tn the despatch of two or three war
vessels To the vicinity of the isthmus
the Berlin Vossische Veitung finds
ground for raising the question
whether the United States does not
have interior designs on South Ameri-
can territory, and more than intimates
that IL is trying to fan the flames
The order for the North Atlantic
squadron to leave New England waters
this week and assemble at Hampton
Roads, a day and a half nearer the
centre OF expected trouble. will prob
ably convince our German contem-
porary that something is up."-New
York Mail and Express.
1.-THE experiments conducted in Ha-
vana to test whether mosquitoes can
carry yellow fever have come to a
sudden and satisfactory conclusion,
in so far as science Is concerned: but
as the man died who was inoculated,
he Is probably not entirely satisfied
over the situation" n."--Philadelphia In
quirer.
while Ecuadorian troops are report
cd 10 he about 10 invade Colombia
II is significant that the Colombian
minister I'm Washington expresses the
opinion that the new enemies OF his
country are merely revolutionists and
that the movement has not been or
ganized by the government of Ecua-
dor. Much of the news which comes
from the scene OF the disturbances is
conflicting. baltimore Sun.
Fortune telling and astronomy and
like quackery still exist, IL Is true, but
they are getting TO be more and more
OF back alley science, and their final
disappearance is, perhaps. not so far
off, even IL Newport is moved by the
one TO guard its pet place of resort.
and any foreign wonder monger can
get his prophecy cabled across the
Atlantic. philadelphia Press.
Richard Croker is the boss OF the
executive committee The leaders in
the assembly districts are the bosses
I'm their respective spheres and the
precinct captains are the little bosses
at the bottom Of the ladder. The whole
system works as smoothly as the gear
ing of the locomotive ON the Harlem
railway that Dick Croker used 10
run. Los Angeles Herald.