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New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
BRITISH TARIFF CH4NGES.

The somewhat startling changes in the British
revenue laws forecast 10y The London Times"
arc doubtless actually contemplated 10y the gov
ernment and will probably soon be enacted. 1t
would be premature TO hail them As marking
the abandonment of free trade They will how
ever. make a significant inrOad upon Cobdenism
pure and undefled, and may not unreasonable
be regarded an indication of a measure bic
turning away Of the practical British mind from
the sacrosanct shrine of a half eentury's idol
airy. Richard Golden with all the earnestnpss
of his perfervid soul. admonished his followers
that they might well Doubt that the sun
would rise next morning as doubt that within
thirty wears the entire civilized world would be
converted 10 and wOuld he practising free trade
AS matter of fact. not n single important
nation has ever thus been converted and on
the contrary, England herself to-day is about TO
re-establish not only tariff upon sugar. but
certain measure of those corn laws against
which Cohden's chief life campaign was waged.
Ihe amount Of the proposed sugar tax is not
olScloSec The former sugar tax. which was
abolished In 1876, produced in it's latter years
revenue OF more than s30,00o,000 a year, and it
is probable that the new one will be about the
same The tariff on wheat disguised as
registration tax" will probably he the same as
N '-fNH ~" ''AHANtont diN his tOlP9gup. MT
Lowe, abolished in 1865. That amounted 10 .
shiilng quarter on wheat and 4l5 pence. or 9
cents. hundredweight -four and meal. If
yielded 10 the eAchequer some 81 300 600 a vear
in IFS latter years, but will proba hy produce more
ROM, because Of the Increased consumprion and
decreased production Of breadstuffs i'm the
United Kingdom. II is not made known whether
the tax is TO apply 70 grain from British colonies
as well as from alien lands though il is nretty
saie TO assume that il will, as the former 70 y
olo- ms wlll OF course, be a small affair
compared with the corn laws against which
Bright, filliers and Golden conducted ,ha,r
memorable campaign. Early In the last centur,,
sliding scale of tariff duties prevailed uraor
which only shilling had to be paid when the
pilce WAS I3 shillings more the Quarter bu+
when the price fell to ca shilIings the tariff
no less than % shillings the quarter Peel i'm
lsi2 reduced this monstrous scale 10 q m,ri.
mum Of 10 shillings when the price was Lose
Than IS shillinss the quarter, and in lsi9 abol-
ished it altogether, save for the uniform ..reeis
ration duty" already mentioned which Mr..
Lowe swept away in lsGs. The relmposition Of
the latter will be therefore not so much a nro.
tective measure revenue measure Never
fheiess the idea Of any tariff on breadstuffs
must seem revolutionary, or rather reacfionarv
IN the extreme 10 the loyal disciples of Golden
and Gladstone
The word tariff is scrupulously avoided ir
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

obstinate character. 1t is well known that the
profits of the Register in that period exceeded
100000 Il year, and at times rose TO the
amazing figure of S150,O0O Small wonder, then,
that the fight TO obtain a nomination which
involved such tempting possibilities was arduous
and determined.
When the Register paid his clerks out OF his
fees and bought all supplies out of his receipts
the staff of his subordinates was kept within
reasonable limits, and little money was wasted
In any way But since the office was made 4
salaried one the number of employees has been
enlarged to an ineXcusable extent, and the
money of the taxpayers has been leaking away
through many a seam and rift. If the Register
were buying typewriting machines out of his
own pocket no more would be called for than
the Office really needed. and if he paid his own
clerks there would not be a horde of slotilful
and inefficient political fayorites on the pay
rolls. The old fee system was full of abuses,
and it right to abolish it, but it is time that
public sentiment should be brought to bear In
such a way that the interests of the taxpayers
shall be properly looked after in the Registers
office and In every other office. More work and
less waste must be insisted on.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

British fiscal statements. The fact is there
however, large. conspicuous and firmly fixed
Hitherto. despite the fiction of free trade there
have been substantial import dues on tea and
coffee, tobacco and liquors. cocoa and chicory,
and raisins. figs, prunes, currants, etc. TO this
dist not only sugar, but all breadstuffs about
to be added. That will bring free trade England
perilously near TO the condition which Demo-
cratic buncombetes used TO portray the lot of
the American. Certainly the Briton will-to
paraphrase the tale OF woe OF the buncombeite
afOresaid-have to eat taxed bread and plum
pudding made of taxed flour and taxed plums
drink taxed tea or coffee or cocoa sweetened
with taxed sugar. smoke taxed tobacco. sneeze
over taxed snuff, and seek to drown his much
taxed sorrows in taxed beer. taxed wine or
taxed spirits,
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
sPEAkERs AT uARcH CONFERENCE.

The March conference. under the auspices Of ths
Charity Organization Society, Will be held next
Tuesday at II a nl in the Assembly Hall OF the
United Charities Building. No. 105 East Twenty
second-st. Robert w. de Forest, president OF the
Charity Organization Society. will discuss the ques-
ton. Can earners OF low wages be comfortably
housed in New-York City tenement hOuses"
George T. Powell director of the School of Agr1-
culture and Practical Horticulture, Briar Cliff.
y " Will discuss the subject OF Practical in.
structiOn in farm and garden culture, as relleI
TO city poverty and Miss Mary f. Cutler. or
Winthrop Gardens. HOllistOn. Mass. will speak on
Flower Culture by Women" The public IS cordl-
ally invited to be present.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
AN APPRECIATION OF THE TRIBUNE.
From The PeekskilI Blade.

From The PeekskiN Blade
One of the most welcome exchanges to eur eclI,
tOrial desk is The New-YOrk Tribune-a Jouruat
emphatcally Republican TO the core. and yer 81
moderate in its tone and preceptS not 10 49, 49,
offence to the most radical Of its opponents az
paper is one of the best printed in New-NOrk ClJ.
and its columns TEEN with ali the latest ana hloss
reliable news of the day, not spread before YOU -
sensational headings that would have put HGraSss
Greeley the founder of The Tribune, to the oiusal
but carrying throughout its entire makeup aiIss
general contents those essential characterlstcS ~
great journalism, mOdeSty. skill and talent a.
combined. distinct like the pillows but one uHe
the sea- One department in this journal Snou.e 3..
alone be considered invaluable. and that the WSS
chester County news. covering II does, .no
transaction of all important events in the coIhsS
both political and otherwise. and given WltlOuss
prejudice or scandal In fact no paper Is receives
at office that meets with a hearty We
come than The New-York Tribune. pre-enlinentiy q
peoples paper. and educator OF the masses
one of the best in the land. The the papel
has already attained is almost phenomenal! anu
still greater successes promised in the futu,,s r.
May your watchword continue TO be "Onwaru.,
gentlemen. and may the shadow OF your Journa4
never grow less.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
Mr.. WU TO SPEAK HERE SOON.
He WILL MAKE THE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS At .
PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CALVARY
BAPTIST CHURCH

a public meeting will be held in the Calvary
Baptist Church. West Fifty-seventh-st on the
evening of March 2S. under the auspices Of the
Baron and Baroness de Hirsch Monument Asso-
ciation. 10 call attention to the movement begun
by this association for the eradication of racial
prejudice and religious intolerance.
The president of the association. Thomas L.
James, will preside Edwin Markham will read a
poem written for the occasion. Wu Ting-fang will
be the principal speaker of the evening and short
addresses will be made by the Rev. DR. r. Heber
Newton. the Rev. DR.. Joseph Silverman, the Rev
Donald Sage Mackay. the Rev. DR.. Samuel Schulz
man. the Rev DIR. Charles Fl. Eaton and the Rev
Dr. Robert Stuart Macarthur.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
FUNERAL OF DAVID j. LEES.

FOUR JUSTICES TO BE AMONG PALLBEARERs OF
JUSTICE LAwRENCEs PRIVATE SECRETARY.
The funeral of David J. Lees, private secretary
to Justice Lawrence of the Supreme Court. will
take place Monday morning in the Church Of
St. ISnatiUs Loyola. The paIlbearers will be Jus
tees Truax Scott. StOver and Lawrence eX-Justice
Cohen, Franklin BieE, Emanuel BlUmenstieI. AM
brose o. Mccall. William Fl. Ricketts, William
j. Lynch. James j. Neaiis and Peter L. Halpin.
Mr.. Lees. who had been private secretary to
Justice Lawrence for twenty-seven years. died az
Palm Beach. Fla. on Thursday after long illness.
His body was brought home yesterday
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
rHE LOros CLrB ELECTION.

The annual meeting of the Lotos Club was heid
Yesterday. Offcers were elected for the coming
wear The only changes were the retirement OF
H. H. Harrison. as treasurer, and the election ol
Charles w. Price 10 act n his place. The tleHeO
follows. President Frank r Lawrence; vice-presi-
dent William Henry White; secretary, chester :.
Lord! treasurer Charles ". Price; directors No
hold office for three years.. John ElderAill Ceois0
II DanieIs and Honrv g Wilson.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
TRANSATLANTIC TR4TELLEBS.

Among those booked to sail for Gibraltar, NapI5S ~
a,d Genoa tomorrow. on the steamer kaIserHi
Maria Theresia, are Mr.. and Mrs Walter B'ooAS'
Dr and Mrs F. Bradley. Professor and MIS-. wa
tor Plair Miss Blair. Amos c.. B2tchelder' 'i7
Misses lane NJ and Irene y. Black, Mrs r HAM
fton Bell Mr. and Mrs. Ira Davenport Nj @ an"
Mrs FrneSto C. Fabtri Alessandro Faoorl hu-
ward FL Kidder Mr.. and Mrs. \. W ki1noail VIZ
and Mrs. Z. II. Lewis. Mr.. and Mrs George '"
Wickersham Dr. Edward F. Schwedler, Mr. am ~
Mrs. William SalOmOn. Nr. ana Mrs tt''-Itll,.
Randolph. the Rev and Mrs James v: ESooerss s
R ROmayne simmons Mr.. and Mrs. j: y SlStlI-.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard H. Platt Mr ana Nlls. go:
tav Fl. Schwab.
Among those who arrived here yesterday on 'ns
steamer Barbarossa, from Bremen, were MI anu
Mrs. John NJ. Bailey. DR. T. Burkard and the he'
and Mrs. F. c. Jewett. jr.
On the steamer Cmbria which sailed tor IlVei,
pool yesterday We're Henri Pene du Bos. Alireu
Chapman. Baroness HaIkett Mr.. and Mrs Archer
Harmon, William G. Post. Miss Helen TnetgI'
Stokes ]. F. Tindall George II. Weyand w n
WOodcock and Eugene Zimmerman.
On the steamer Campania, which arrived nsIe
last evening from Liverpool, were Hiss bence' .
Berliner. COnsueIo. Duchess OF Manchester SnirIeS
NJ. Crawford. Conte AugUsto FantOni. HammerSleS
Heenan. Mr.. and Mrs. Percival S. HILL Miss Marion
Lister-Kaye. William Prime Mr. and Mrs Chartes
ID. Pulen, the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. James hooGI'Su
Colonel Skinner, Or. Stone. Miss Tcbin, H. -
Wanamaker and Frank D. Waterman
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
TO nEEr IN PILESTINE.

Mrs j. T. Newman. widow of Bishop j. = New
man. Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. sailed
Yesterday on the steamer Graf WaIdersee. OF the
Hamburg-American Line. Mrs Newman has prom
fsed Mrs Leland Stanford. widow OF Ssntitoa Ssn1i
Gland stanford that she will join her at Palestine
ON Faster Sunday morning and expects 20 Keep her
engagement These two well known women nave
planned 10 remain abroad until next IaIl
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

the discretion of the Court, OF court attorney,
with functions corresponding somewhat 10 those
of the Kings Proctor in England, an offlcer
whose services have been of inestimabie value
in the of honesty and justice. The bill
leaves much to the discretion Of the court, as Is
necessary but it seems to guard against all pos
sible abuses of such discretion, and appears TO
be well designed to check fragrant abuses and to
protect the courts, the bar and the public
against the inpostions which are now too fire.
quent. AS long step in the direction of justice
and social integrity the measure is to be CON-
mended and its enactment desired.
The calm cool and collected placeholder in
Corsicana who brought in official finding that
the best people in the United States had
burned alive negro murderer, and that this
action highly commendable. evidently be-
lieves that all courts and all laws should be abo-
ished. and that the wild justice of revenge
should always rule in the punishment of crime.
Was ever an untutored cannibal in the South
Pacific so lost to every feeling Of decency. duty
and honor as this extraordinary oficeholder in
COTsicana?
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

II is good news that Andrew II. Green, affec-
tionately and rightly spoken of as the Father
or Greater New-York, is recovering his health
The career of this venerable man, who has done
so much to make this city not only broader and
bigger, but also better. has been long and illus
trious May he round out hundred years OF
usefulness and distinction,
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

Divorce suits will always be one of the most
unpleasant parts of legal procedure. no matter
how carefully the laws relating thereto may he
drawn Nevertheless. the evils of them should
be nitisated as far as possible and that means
good deal, even in New-York where tho ,a,,
are supposed to be more strict than In some
other States. There is only too good reason
to believe that many divorces are obtained
fraudulently. through collusion a form of evil
which under existing laws the courts seen,
powerless TO prevent. For this evil a remedy is
proposed in a bill which Senator EIsberg has
introduced at Albany at the request of the
Association of the Bar of this city. 1t provides
in brief for the suspension of final Judgment In
certain divorce for not more than six
months. at the discretion of the Court after the
filing of the decision of the court or report of
the referee. and for the appointment also at
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

Draco Is in the seat of justice once again when
Devery presides over the trials of patroImen In
the Mulberry-st. headquarters Also Minos and
Rhadamanthus three arbiters of retribution
rolied into one. Devery is especially severe on
poilcefhen VINO don't pay their bills for booze ="
TO use his own refined and elegant expression
lie mas no mercy on the button wearers who
blk" the saloons to quote another OF his choice
phrases Between Devery and the keepers of the
dramshops there are ties that bind What a
formidable collector of outlawed claims for the
barrooms the ex-Chief is making of himself!
New-York tribune., 1901-03-17

Marcon and Tesla are both in town Do they
spend their time in exchanging wireless mes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24
THE TIME TO LAUGH.
sOMR GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED
Those Lucky Girls from Boseon-When
the Court Laughed-Nora's View OF
IA Question of Accent-Hs Wished
to Resign.


Archibald Belden of Boston recently
came down to New York on a visit.
There was, of course, nothing that
New York could teach him, since he
was from Boston, but he makes it a
practice of visiting the second city of
the Union once or twice a year, just to
see how far behind the times it is. On
the present occasion, the day after lbs
arrival, Mr.. Belden happened to be in
the Manhattan Hotel, when he ran
across an old friend in the lobby. They
shook hands, and the New-Yorker in
vited him to have a drink
We'll, what shall it be?-a Manhat-
tan cocktail"
Belden agreed, and they had two
cocktails, and then two more on him.
Several days later the two friends
again met in front OF a downtown
hotel.
Hello. Dick" cried the Bostonian,
come on up to the Manhattan Hotel
with me and we'll have another one of
those Manhattan cocktails
why, what's the use of that? We
can go right in here and get them just
as WE'LL
'What?" cried Belden, Gin here?
Why, I've been going all the way up
town every day to the Manhattan Ho-
tel to get one."-New York Times
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For women,s troubles Too.

New Baden, ILL.,, August 12th:-Mrs.
Anton Griesbaum, Jr., has been very i'll.
Female weakness had run her down so
low that she could not do her house
work She had tsied many things, but
got no relief.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, new remedy,
which is better known here as cure
for Bright's Disease, Diabetes. Dropsy,
and Rheumatism. worked liked charm
in Mrs. Griesbaum's case. She used
three boxes and is now a new woman,
able to do her work as well as ever she
was Her general health is much i'm
proved, and she has not a single symp-
tom of Female Trouble left.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are making
wonderful reputation for themselves in
this part of the state
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WHEN THE COURT LAUGHED.

From the London Tit-Bits: Coun-
sell insist on an answer to my
question. You have not told me all
the conversation. / want to know ev-
erything that passed between you and
Mr.. Jones on the occasion to which
you refer"
Reluctant witness-"Ive told you
everything of any consequence"
You have told me that you said to
him: Jones, this case will get into
the court some day Now, 1 want to
know what he said in reply
We'll, he said, Brown, there isn't
any thing in this business that I'm
ashamed of, and if any snoopin, little.
yee-hawin', four-by six, gimlet-eyed
lawyer, with half a pound of brains
and sixteen pounds of jaw, ever wants
to know what I've been talking to you
about. you can tell him the whole
story
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

Anything that contributes TO the
happiness of the home Is q blessing to
the human race. The thoughtful house
wife. who understands her RESPONSE
bilities in the great problem of max
ing the home all that the word implies
is ever on the look out for that which
will tighten the burdens of the house
hold without lessening the merits OF
the work done That is why nearly
every well regulated household Is us
ing Defiance starch 1t costs less and
goes farthest. Sixteen-oz package for
10c- II your grocer hasn't got 1t clip
this out and give it 20 him and ask
him to send for it. Made by Magnetic
Starch Co.. Omaha Neb.
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-No. madam" said the conductor. =

mo, madam" said the conductor. Fl
will tell you when We come to it"
Later on she repeated the question,
and the conductor answered with show
of impatience- Finally, when Hazel
street was reached, he rang, and the
car came to stop. This is Hazel
street." said the conductor.
20 I don't want to get Oh at that
street; 1 only wanted to know where
it was; 1 go to tho end of the line"
Then as the car started again, she
looked down at the pup and said, in
tones of extreme affection: There,
dearie, there's where your muddy
livesi" s
When he took his car in the conduc-
tor would have resigned If it had not
been for the entreaties of the motor
man.-Indianapolis News.
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THOSE LUCKY BOSTON GIRLS.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Miss Beenz never gets nervous about
the heat
But she's from Boston, you know"
Yes, fancied SO. She scowled hor-
ribly when 1 split an infinitive yester-
day. But why does that save her from
worrying over the heat?'
she never knows how hot it really
is
Explain"
why, when she takes the thermom-
eter from the hook her hands are so
cold that the mercury gets chill and
falls down in a comatose condition,
and by the time she can bring her
nearsighted spectacles to bear on the
tube the freezing point is in sight.
'Fifty-three,' she said yesterday as she
stared at the thermometer. Isn't it
singular how the Imagination will af-
feet the human mind? Now, I don't
call that hot And it was actually
81 in the shaded
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RATES ARE REASONABLE.

a False Inprss~aon Correeae "a - Pam
American Exposisaon RAiiroad Fares
and Hotel Rates Low - Gould -
Expected.
Buffalo, N Y, July so-A Joint
meeting OF railway passenger agents.
hotel and newspaper men was held
this afternoon with the view of adopt
ing some means for correcting SO far
as possible the impression that ap-
pears to prevail at distant points that
railway rates to the Pan-American Ex-
position are high and that hotel rates
In Buffalo are excessive. The confer
ence revealed the fact that Buffalo can
accommodate two hundred thousand
visitors in its private houses and ho-
tells at rates ranging from fifty cents
to two dollars per night, and that no
one need pay more than one dollar
for frst-class lodging in private
house 1t was also shown that the
railroad rate is lower than for any
former exposition for five, ten or
fifteen day ticket, according to dis
lance, being at the rate of one fare
plus one dollar for the round trip,
from all parts of the country. The
Niagara Falls cheap. one-day special
excursions of former years, when
trains were overcrowded and everyone
subjected to great discomfort, are re-
membered only so far as the low rate
is concerned, and this is quoted as
showing what might be done. The
passenger agents assert that the pres
ent half rates are as low as can rea-
sonably be expected. An extension of
the present limit has been looked for,
as it gives too short time for anyone
to see the big exposition, but it has
not yet been modified. Other points
which the representatives of the pub
fishers association will lay stress
upon are that the Exposition is COM
pleted in all details and that both
Buffalo and the Exposition are we'll
policed and as free from dangerous
characters as any city in the country.
A joint committee was appointed to
deal with questions affecting the Ex-
position and the proper welcome and
care of guests. The Exposition has
had in operation for some time a tree
bureau of information for the conve-
nience of intending visitors.
It's the rough edges of the world
that sharpen a mans wits
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A Kansas school board received the
following letter the other Gay from one
Of the teachers: Il would like to have
the refusal of the school as long as
you are willing to hold 1t for me,
though I can't say positively that
will not teach nor positively that
will II 1 am married, as I think
will be. OF course, I will not want the
school, But you know the old story
about many a slip, and 1 would hate
to be out of job as well as the other"
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STATE OF ONO, CRY or TOLEDO. |, $.

STATE OF I os.e' c SD1s er TOLEDO IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 4 Co,
doing business in the City of Toledo. County
and State aforesaid and that said Arm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF December, A d. 1854
A. w. GLEASON,
tSAI Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system Send for testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, TIC
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Foth Had One.

An enthusiastic Louisiana fisherman
had great luck while fishing on the
Illinois river recently. During the
day he wired his wife: I've got one.
weighs seven pounds and is a beauty"
He was considerably surprised to re-
ceive the following from his wife:
$50 have I. Weighs ten pounds He
isn't a beauty. Looks like you"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen. hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru ygists and shoe stores,
s5c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, ny.
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FORCE OF HABIT.

Mrs Fussy-Now, when 1 finish or
dering what want. please don't ask if
there's anything else. If 1 want any
thing I'll remember it without your
assistance. Do you understand?
Groceries Anything else?