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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28
Ohdf OMers
FIRE Saying.

AS 10 the gradual dissolution OF the
British empire. the same prophecies
have heen made for many years. but
they are no nearer the truth at this
late day than when they were first
advenced. There Is a deep and tre-
mendous spirit OF loyalty among Eng
lands colonies, which spirit has been
strengthened by "A wise and liberal ad-
ministration OF affairs. s.'--Denver Re-
publican
1T is "A bad public policy 10 hodge
about marriage with unnecessary re-
straints or TO increase unnecessarily
the difficulties OF entering into that
state. Accordingly the double formal
ity and expense imposed by Senator
Foley's bill are undesirable though
unquestionably the official civil record
OF all marriages should be made
obligatory, for the contract is OF far
reaching consequences both TO che
parties To IL and TO society. Instead,
therefore, OF mere license OF mar
riage tho city or county clerk or other
authorized officer should complete the
ceremony for strictly legal purposes
and afterward the parties, on showing
his certificate, could proceed 10 get
religious sanction for the marriage as
their consciences dictated. New
York Sun.
THE case OF that American editor
OF Manila newspaper who has been
deported from the Philippines because
he dared TO charge official corruption
In the administration Of the office of
captain OF the port of Manila, is a
beautiful application OF the principle
that the constitution does not follow
the flag. Philadelphia Times.
wireless telegraphy is expected to
render valuable assistance I'm the
search for the pole Communication
with series OF supply bases may be
kept up IN that way--a most important
consideration In all explora ton
Whether the North Pole Is worth dis
covering or not IL is going to be WIS.,
tied by white folks before this CEN
tury Is many years old. Minneapolis
Times.
''The Paris cab driver Is as cruel 10
his horse and as unslelful in his craft
ms the cabby OF London is considerate
and expert. The visitor I'm Paris en-
dures many shock before he becomes
calious TO the sufferings of the unshod
horses which fall at every turn on the
slippery asphalt boulevards and arc
lashed. necessarily by their drivers"
Chicago Record.
The situation I'm the Philippines
still requires the presence OF large
army there IL there were to be no
reorganization our force In our new
possessions would within a few months
be reduced TO less than thirty thou
sand men, with the ultimate result
that our work there would have 10 be
done over again."-Los Angeles Her
aid.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28

SO Emperor William is made a field
marshal OF England. Age tames even the
widest follies or youth. and Il has
brought ~ the emperor realization OF
the old proyerb that "a bird in the hand
Is worth two In the bush"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28

George Fred Williams is as cheerful
over the launching OF the Olney presiden-
tial boom as IL he were nursing an aoh-
Ing mOiar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28

Mrs. Nation didn't wreck any saloon
yesterday with her little haichet. The
saloon keepers took day off and she did
likewise.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28

Mr.. Herreshof seeks no Information
about tho Lawson boat He knows the
Kind OF boat he is going TO turn out him
SELF and is not dependent on the work OF
other designers or CONSTRUCTORS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28

n o'i the committees ana departments
60 "a. sl,s. so,eTnmsnl s1l4orlxss "
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-28

cumulated while he was too IN 10 dis
tribute II TO the needy
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
TRADE UNIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN
GROWTH OF 20 PER CENT IN MEMBERSHIP N
EIGHT YEARs-APPARENT PROSPERITY.

GROWTH OF 20 PER CENT IN MEMBERSHIP N
FIGHT YEARs-APPARENT PROSPERITY
Washington. Jan 2s CSpeciaD.-The British Board
OF Trade has issued a report the trade unions
Of the United Kingdom. Of which abstract
has reached the State Department. The num-
Der of unions for which comparative statistics
of membership given, for the period 1892 to
1893 is l6s5 Some of these unions were not in ex-
istence the whole Of this period. and the num-
her on the list at the end Of 1899 was 1872 COM
ared with l.2lS the end OF 1892. The membership
OF all the unions al the end OF 1893 1902 SIS as
compared with 15OS.222 at the end OF 1892, in
crease of 20 per in the eight years In the
total number of trade unions decreased from 80
to 12s2 This decline of eighteen is due amalga-
nation OF a number Of the smaller unions with
larger organizations, the number of unions (thirty)
formed in the year being the same the number
dissolved.
The total membership. however of the trade
unions rose in the year from l64928 TO 1S025lS an
increase of 1892 per cent. the greatest pro-
portionate gain In any Of the eight years covered
BY the report This increase is due to the general
rise in the membership of unions OF every trade
with the single exception of the unions in the
ciothing trades, which show small decrease The
unions which most largely increased their member
ship in the year those in the mining and
oCarrying industries which showed a gain OF 7.O6i
members or % per cent With regard TO the sex
Of members. the returns show that lSs unions in
ing I-044s, or nearly per cent 9d bne total mem
membership of the 139 unions which include women
members The bulk Of this membership is be
found in the textile trades, Wnch Include lOSO6 or
over 80 per cent of the total number Of women
trade unionists.
OF 100 only OF the principal unions. with member
shin of lll7 465 show that their funds end
OF the year amounted TO SIS S76 GO The total in
come was So O6OlSj. Compared with 1885 the figures
show an increase in the funds and total member
ship but decrease in the income and expenditure.
the loss in both cases being principally due the
comparative freedom OF the year from disputes OF
any nagnitude the decsesse IN expenoInre IN me
amounted less than S9i7ss0, the expenditures
In 1893 being s. 439. compared with S0549S9 In
ISes
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
w AGES IN SIAN.
WHAT LABORERS AND MECHANICS
EARN-COST OF FOOD AND
FURNITURE.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE ]

Washington, Jan 26-The sianese adult who
hires laborer. receives from Is to 80 cents
a day; engineers. bla ,ksmths and boiler makers
wages range from 621a to - cents gold; cabinet
makers. carpenters and bricklayers get from 30 to
40 cents; tailors make 80 cents a day. and farm
hands may be had for a for s12 or s15 These
figures taken from tables OF statistics. for
Siam collects no data labor or wages, nor are
they the statement of a single set OF men Ihey
the results of careful investigation and ques-
tioning by Hamilton King. United States Consul
General at Bangkok. who, in reporting TO the state
Department, says that not only were employees and
employers interviewed. but in all stations and
interests. These wages rates, he says. are consd-
cred high that they attracting thousands
from the fields. the forests and the smaller cities
and towns of Siam and thousands more from Hong
Kong. Swatow and Singapore every year
Further it is but just say that the figures
given are decidedly coored for the better by the
fact that the King OF Siam is just now converting
a large tract of jungle waste on the immediate
confines Of the city into royal park In this park
he is building palaces stables cottages and con-
servatories. all OF which improvements have ma
terially affected the labor market and will continue
do so for year
The following table gives some Of the prices that
obtain in Bangkok for articles of food:
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
OLEouARGARINE BILL REPORTS.
FAVORED BY MAJORITY AND OPPOSED BY
MINORITY OF THE SENATE COMMIT
TEE ON AGRICULTURE.

Washington. Jan. 2s-Mr. Proctor chairman Of
the Senate Committee Agriculture, to-day pre-
sented 70 the Senate the report OF that committee
on the Oleomargarine bill. The report is favorable
the BILL but Senator Heitfed presented a
minority report adverse TO it, The majority In
their report say:
The bill appears to be unanimously desired by
the farmers of the country who engaged in
5airying and has the earnest approval Of the Sec
retary of Agriculture. Your conmlttee mas l!St-
ened with interest to the representatives of the
live stock interests and the cOttonseed oil manu-
anything that greatly injure either The Sec
retary expressed the opinion before the committee
that the dairy cow was necessity TO the reStoTa-
ton of the exhausted cotton lands OF the South
We have heard some objection TO this measure
some laboring may prefer a matter of pride
10 consume oleomargarine that Is yellow instead
Of white vet your committee believes that while
the pride of some may suffer under this measure
which will raise the tax in the colored and reduce
being deceived through the sale of oleOmargarine
butter and at butter prices.
The minority report is signed by Senators Heit-
field and Money. and Senator Bate concurs in their
conclusions. They present a substitute bill pro-
viding stringent restrictions the retail
dealer and for proper marking OF oleomargarine
but removing the restriction to coloring The
minority take the position that oeomargarine is a
legitimate article of commerce and quote the
United States Supreme Court to substantate this
position. They find that most Of the frauds in the
oleomargarine trade committed by the retail
dealers. and say that the makers of butter cannot
rightfully claim an exclusive right 70 use color1ng
The object of the BILL" they say. lis to prevent
competition between two home industries by build
ing up the and destroying the other. Such
of the taxing power OF the Government Is an
tolerated for moment The bill is class legislation
of the most dangerous character. 1t is not de-
manded by any economic conditions in this country,
and its passage would be not only perverson OF
the taxing power Of the Government, but VIOLA
sbPit 2P q the Constitution Dol" IN It's letter and
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

II goes without saving that these articles do not
enter into the living of the laboring man or the
mechanic to any great extent, although native
pork forms a very considerable portion Of the food
Of the Chinese. who represent the majority of the
mechanics. One who has never been outside or the
United States hardly form in his imagina ton
a picture of what living means to the plain people
in this country. The price Of furniture, such as
one finds in the home of the laboring in
America runs about as follows: Chair, from 90
cents S3 bedstead 50 to SIS; mattress. 81 90 10 $s
dining table. s6 10 SO The laborer with wages
from IL to 30 cents day sits upon the floor IN
his home, sleeps upon a grass mat, cooks on box
of earth or an earthen crock for stove, and eats
his rice fish and simple vegetables out Of the same
dish with his family. without fork or knife or
spoon Eggs which are very cheap, he has at
times; chicken occasions, and beef is al
most unknown in the common laborer's meal.
His house is bamboo structure. and generally
consists Of one small room about ten feet square,
which is sometimes divided by a low partition
Within these rough walls and on a floor or roush
boards or split bamboo he and his wife and his
family eat and cook and sleep. The clothing OF
himself and family is the most meagre; cl9tn 2
around the loins-the women generally wear also
ering for the head, holiday and working day aAKe &
The fortunate on festive occasions may IN
dulge in piece OF bright coloreo COTTON cio'"
1t is rot necessary to say that in connection win
and church and comforts are out OF place, Whi,e
the samese bathe more treauen eaA are the
most ceanly OF persons. the contracted and meagre
condition of the poor mans home renders LIT u moso =;
filthy and unsanitary- Nature is most hInu ~
this tropical climate and yet with all her gentle
ess the death rate among the poor Is enormous
The mechanics differ from the la5oring class IN
that they live together. more closely packed as
tenants in large bamboo or wooden houses that
modern ideas have brought into the city. They
also have nothing in their homes that could De
called furniture but their food is more substantial
Tbe EMPLOYERS say that a mechanic could not 90
his work and subsist the diet on whlch the
iabnrers live. Yet the mechanics table cannot De
compared with that OF the humblest Iaoorer IN
America -, .-.. h.,.A
advanced in the last twenty years some 70 or -
ner cent the eight staple articles upon which tne
PPstives depend for food rice, fresh and dried FISH,
ripe and green cocoanuts. salt, bananas and dried
cfiIles have each advanced anywhere from L' 70
7i5 DER cent or an average Of 800 per cent In the
me time
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
ANOTHER IRRIGATION PROJECT.

Washington. Jan. Representative Newlands
n Nevada, to-day supplemented his bill for the
storage OF water the Humboldt River, in Ne
vsds. by introducing IN the House a general bill
covering al arid and ssmi-arid land in States and
Territories II provides that all moneys received
rom the sale and disposal of public land in those
States and Territories shall be set apart in the
the Arid Land Reclamation Fund, from which
reservoirs shall be constructed under the direction
ot the Secretary Of the Interior. Labor on these
reservoirs shall not exceed eight hours q day.
ne lands irrigated shall by the terms OF the bill
be subject homestead entry for 50 instead Of leo
@eIes, and each homestead shall include water
tlgnts. The bill aims TO avoid the objection made
20 irrigation measures that the Nation is TO be
z1eo Tor the benefit Of the arid sections, and con-
INES the expenditures to the moneys received from
he sale Of land in the arid regions.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
CONSUL NORTON AT HARPOOT.
NO ExEoUATUR YET ISSUED TO HIM BY THE
PORTE.

Washington, Jan. 26.-The State Department has
received a dispatch from Thomas H. Norton, Con-
sui of the United States at Harpoot announcing his
arrival there on December q. 1900. The Governor
General at Harpoot sent out his carriage with
cavalry escort some nine miles to meet Mr.. Norton
The American colony at Harpoot also came on
horseback TO welcome him. On December "a Mr.
Norton called on the Governor-General and the
military commander. His reception was friendly
and satisfactory.
MI Norton has been many months in Turkey,
nearly all the time in ConstaEtinope, awaiting the
issue to him by the Turkish Government of an
exequatur which would permit him to exercise his
functions a consul. The Porte was reluctant to
grant this for Harpoot is a storm centre in the
Turkish dominions, and it was felt that the pres
of foreign consuls would give strong moral
support 10 the latent rebelious tendencies of the
Armenians in that section But the British Gov
ernment having secured entry for its consul
a Harpoot the United States Government felt
that II had the right claim the same privilege
Much correspondence followed between the Gov
ernments of the United States and Turkey. and
this finally has resulted in the issue by the latter
Government, not OF an eXequatur. but of permis-
sion for Mr.. Norton to proceed TO his post in
dcation of a purpose to allow him TO exercise his
functions.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
POSTAL CODE BILL IN THE HOUSE
ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE EXISTING LAW DE-
FEATED-ECLOGIES OF SEN
ATOR GEAR.

Washington. Jan. 2e.-The House to-day made
good progress with the bill to revise and codify the
postal laws Only twenty-eight OF the 221 pages
remain 70 be disposed Of Efforts persistently
made again to-day 10 load the bill up with amend
Inents 10 effect changes in the existing postal laws
The pressure especially strong in favor Of re-
classifying certain classes of postofice employees
but M Loud Of California IN charge OF the bill
fought all Of them. explaining that such amend
We're out Of place on codihcation bill. and
would II adopted. mean its defeat in the Senate.
In this way every attempt 10 amend the bill was
successfully resisted
voted euogies Of the late Senator Gear, of Iowa
The speakers were Messrs Hedge, Lacey and Hulk,
OF Iowa: Grosvenor. of Ohio; Richardson Of Ten
nessee: Steede, Of Indiana, and Dalzell. of Penn
sylVania.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
NEW RATION FOR THE ARMY.
ADAPTED FOR SERVICE IN TROPICAL CLIMATES,

ADAPTED FOR SERVICE IN TROPICAL CLIMATES
Washington. Jan. 26-When the Army Reorgani-
cation bill goes into effect the War Department will
announce the adoption Of a new ration for the
Army. The experience of the troops In Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines has demonstrated the
cessity of changing the ration TO have 1t made
of articles of food better adapted to tropical eli
mates. Military boards appointed to investi-
gate the subject with a view TO changing the ra-
tion meet the altered conditions in the
service The results Of these inquiries have been
submitted to the War Department, and General
Weston chief of the Subsistence Department, and
his assistants have decided certain changes In
the ration.
The new ration is popularity known as the tropl-
cal ration. but the character and quantity Of its
components will not be made public until the De-
partment is prepared TO announce IL to the Army
in official orders Immediately after The new law
goes into effect.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
FOVENEYTS OF W4RSHIPS.

The LANCASTER SAILS FOR LA GUAYRA AND
THE PHILADELPHIA LEAVES PANAMA
washington, Jan. 26.-The Navy Department was
INFORMED this morning that the Lancaster sailed
yesteroay>from Santa Lucia for La Guayra. having
lieo her bunkers at the former point for her trip
70 venezuela. She should arrive La Guayra by
tomorrow and viii there await the return OF the
sunooat Scorpion, which is keeping watch over
SnaiFs In the eastern portion uf Venezuela having
ielt Curacao for Trinidad yesterday.
The cruiser Philadelphia, which has been at Pan
ANA tor several weeks pending the return OF a
more quiet aspect OF affairs among the revolution
's.s N Colombia, sailed to-day for Callao
me kearsarge, the Massachusetts and the Poto-
lsc iett Pensacola to-day for the Gulf Of Florida
ne Bancroft arrived al Colon yesterday where
ne ne VIII coal. The Uncas has arrived at San Juan
me training ship Topeka has left ST. Vincent
ape Nerd Islands, for Barbados The water shin
;aIetnusa arrived al Manila to-day The Essex has
's4t AeW-HaVen for Point-a-Pitre.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
ELLIS ISLAND BUILDINGS DELAYED.

The completion OF the buildings of the I'm
migration Bureau Ellis Island is being delayed
by the lack of funds The appropriation has been
spent, and the work is waiting for a special ap-
preparation pending before Congress. The
hospital. the covered way. the porch and other
details remain TO be completed. II expected
that the entire plant would be ready for use by
February l.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
WAR pEPARrMENT pEFERs ACTION

Washington. Jan. 26-After further consideration
Of the subject the Secretary of War has concluded
to defer action on the report Of the Brooke Court
of Inquiry in regard TO hazing at the Military
Academy until after Congress has had oppor-
tunty TO act on the report of the special commit
tee now investigating the same subject He said
this afternoon that the War Department was CO.
operating with the committee for the abolition of
hazng at the Academy, and that he saw no advan-
tage in action at present
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
BIG NAVAL CONTRACTS SIGNED.
AWARD OF TWO ARMoRED CRUISERS TO
THE NEWPORT NEWS COMPANY

Washington. Jan. 26-Contracts for naval work
aggregating than s7,50o0OO were signed at the
Navy Department to-day by President Orcutt and
Judge Payson representing the Newport News
Shipbuding and Dry Dock Company. The con-
tracts We're for one sheathed armored cruiser OF
"a TONS So sS000 and for similar cruiser
unsheathed, TO cost $3,775.000.
Captain Converse, inspector OF the Illinois and
the future commander Of the big battleship which
IS building at Newport News, reported at the Navy
Department to-day that the battleship will be
next month and will be ready to go into commits
sion in July
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
ExTRADITIoN PAPERS FOR HERTZ.

Washington Jan 26-The State Department has
delivered to Mr. Frazee designated the agent of
the State of New-York the papers to secure the
extradition of Sigmund Hertz. confidential clerk
charged with a heavy embezzlement in New-York.
Hertz is under detention by the British au-
thOritieS in London.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
TO RECLAIM FLATS IN TIE H4RBOR

Washington. Jan. 26.-Secretary Gage has sent TO
Congress a request by Supervising Architect Tay-
lor that three acres of fats in New-YorS Harbor
adjacent to Ellis Island be reclaimed at cost OF
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

100000 the material excavated from the Gus
tom House site to be utilized for the purpose. The
reclaimed land is to be used for marine hospital.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
You Can't have Everything.

The Tribunes story the Nineteenth Century
within the of all order Today IL
well printed and eDsenddl illustrated
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR 1900.
THE FIGURES ~ DETAIL GIVEN BY THE TREAS
URY BUREAU OF STATISTICS

THE FIGURES ~ DETAIL GIVEN BY THE TREAS
URT BUREAU OF STATISTICS.
washington, Jan. 2s.-The detailed tables OF the
imports and exports for the calendar year 1890
nave been completed by the Treasury Bureau Of
statistics. They show the imports and exports of
ne year by great classes compared with the pre-
Oeling year as follows:
IMPORTS
A--.,,.- 1893. 1900.
"'inssss rnass Of food and live ami -
Asileles o. food In a crude
sr,-.slon for domestic
AttIslEy StSs.Ey ae7.5s7seo $50 s5s 4O4
M mechanic arts..-..,..-. 75,ss7es7 s47s5 1876
sstci9 Manufactured ready
Arse,so Sr consumption ...... us.se4.4co 1872 44s e4s
iaSufss etc -.........s-.. io7Gso67s lI2 IOl sss
E'ai Imports ............ s79sss7.4IO ss2sOls ss7
r. DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
prSo. oi agriculture ... S7s2 l33 sO5 Ss04 65s ass
Pr-Sec-tS ~ manufacture 7S7 9s2
prss-e.. N me mines. 3327gls7 20 222 sO2
FrrS-1 N me forest. s7SS2l2l So 4Sl l4s
49, - oi the fsheTies.... 5G37O77 SOFA 6s4
''us ..----..-..--.-. 3.5s2es3 5l69o27
pores aonssie exports. s44 asa $50
sN goods re-ex2orfed.... 22535,s27 "a s3soO7
exports I27s 4s7.97I si477as9 ses
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
DISMISSED FROM pEAp LErTER oFFIcE.

Washington. Jan 26.-The Postmaster General
to-day dismissed Charles Hardin and r. C. Walton.
clerks in the Dead Letter Office. on charges of