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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
BUllFlGHT SEASON.

~ Paso Tex. Dec 2-The bull frht
seaso opened at JuareZ. across the bor-
der. in Mexico. yesterday, with very
tame exhibition
Three thousand Americans from this
side of the Rio Graude attended and saw
one bull gore three blindfoldcd horses 10
deaIh Two hllls were alAIm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
HAS C0UNTERMaNOED ORDER.

New York. Dec. e.-According 10 the
London correspondent OF The Journal and
Advertiser. the order for the corouet for
Mrs. Bradley Martin. which she intended
Go wear at the coronation OF King Ed
ward has been countermanded
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

The members OF the police commission
met at Q o'clock today, and with Chair
man olney presiding. held three-hours'
session. Secretary Gee was directed to
issue notifications, and he did so prompt
ly TO the 40 applicants for frst-class
Observation-Disclosures and brewers-to the
effect that their applications had been
granted. none being held up or refused.
This means that they are expected to
turn In at $500 the sum of $4,000 To the
city Golfers before Treasurer Clarke
closes his doors tomorrow afternoon at
8 o,eleek.
From present indications few of the ap-
plications for second-class or retail IL
censes will be refused, but the dealers
OF the past will receive equal considera-
ton i'm the future Once granted, how
ever, they must realize they are on their
good behavior and "A first violation means
forfeiture of htheir coveted privileges
without delay.
The notification OF the more than 400
retailers will commence tomorrow and
will be given IS hours in which TO settle
and pay 20 the city treasurer total OF
over sie0. .O0O-that Is. $500 each.
The druggists Will he third and last
class To receive attention by the middle
of the week.
NO VIOLATIONS REPORTED.
Chief of Police Baker had not up TO
noon today received through his captains
any formal complaints of the alleged vio-
lation of the liquor law and there was
practically no variation from the routine
reports OF the same officers a week ago
When il was suggested that IL must
have been terribly dry Sunday the
chief very naivey remarked You saw
what the Journal said. Well learned of
not hing out OF the ordinary as compared
with other sundays"
The chief admitted that officers of the
Central station had given the Gladstone
on Canal street call. but made neither
arrest nor seizure.
"Of course. Il Is a chartered club, but
&c IL proves to he a nuisance we will
soon suppress IT. he added.
The commissioners spent the greater
part Of yesterday driving about the city
and made cursory observations for them
selves.
GAVE PUBLIC HEARING.
The board gave a public hearing at 1880
O'clock this forenoon on the application
OF Nathaniel s church g. Co. for a sec
ond class liquor license at 103 and lOo Cod
ding street.
A petition was presented by resi-
dents in the vicinity protesting against
renewal OF the said license. The
question. however. was as 10 whether the
petitioners constituted "A majority OF real
estate owners within the stimulated 2m
feet rudfus and as twas undecided beth
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
CALLED FOR CHEERS FOR BUlLER.

HalifaN y. s. Dec. 2-Threc hundred
Royal Engineers and Royal Artilleymcu
left here this morning for Bermuda. At
the wharf whore We're many officers Of
the garrison. one Of the departing soldiers
called for three cheers for Mr.. Butler"
and tho result was awaited with some
anxiety hut tho response was weak aud
there was no demonstration.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
FATALLY HURT TN PRIZE FIGHT.

chicago Dec 2-"Duch" Reiniger q
local middle eisht boxer 10 dying st 81
t.lizabeths hospital from injuries re
ceiVed iu a prize nghf Friday ulght with
Jim" priscoll Chicago ml1dlcweifht.
Drisc0ll has been arrested.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
WILL ATTEND THE THEATRE.

This evening the Pawtuxot Valley
agents OF the John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance company will attend the per
formancc at the irovideuce opera Honse
as The guests OF the Providence agents of
thc sanlo company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
GOLD SHIPMENT.

New York Dec. 2--Baring MaGoun q
Co. have ordered S500o0O gold at the as
say office for account OF Nidder. Peabody
e. Co. OF Boston, for shipment 10 Europe
tomorrow
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
SUIT BASED ON BOOK ACCOUNT.

The Cranston Print works has brought
suit through Attorney Herhrrt AlmN
against Todd. Murphy & Company % rc-
cover 5000.
Suit IS based on balance alleged % be
due ou book account.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
Fortunate Retailers Will Commence
to Receive Their Notifications To-
MOrrOw--PubliC Hearing by
COmmiSSiOnerS--POlicc Drill.

3@3e49@3
> and dsetIe With Treasure Clarke.
andth
8
public hearing on coddng application given this fore
meeting
!. and benefits OF weekly for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
Brilliant Gathering in the
Capitol at Washington.
Henderson Reelected Speaker Of the
HouSG--He Received 100 Votes
to l49 for Richardson.


Washington cThe th congress
at of
the rsassembng Of the na
. wv max
not to begin un,n -
o'clock the historic to end until n
shone with marble long before that
I.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
Dne Case Of Murder Will Be
inquired Into During Session.
is That Of Mrs. Nag|e Of East Prov.
idence, Accused Of Shooting Her
Husband --Other Charges.


COURT cas-
81 arya and
and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
IN THE SENATE.

profusion OF floral offerings. quite
unusual in quantity. in variety and in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
A BOOK BIZ a NEGRO ON NEGROES

A book has been lately published en-
titled The American Negro, What He
Was. What He Is. What He May Be-"
We have not seen it. but 1t is referred
to in many leading in the
north. l. a hardly fail to attract as
it is strong, on plain lines and with a
plenty Of plain talk. The Boston Even
ing Transcript has a high opinion Of it
n says:
Mr.. Thomas style is compact, sim
gularly clear and forcible. He certain
ly is a deeper thinker than Mr.. Wash
ington, n h ideas he presents are
more orderly han those contained in
Mr.. Washington's recent volume. The
author apparently writes from per-
may do good by helping to clear away
whatever hopeful delusions remain
concerning the character and prospects
OF the colored race in America"
Such papers a the New York Mail
and Express, Evening Telegram, Even
ing Post, which says no one can af-
ford TO neglect it." and the Chicago
Tribune all refer to it with emphasis
of opinion. Here is what the foremost
republican n~ewspaper in the south, the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, says of it
in part:
"A notable book is Mr. Thomas crit
ical n practical discussion of the
American negro Without doubt it
will cause a sensation and call down
pom him the denunciation of many Of
his race. But it is also a fact that no
such complete and detailed information
concerning the American negro exists
| elsewhere than in his book"
Macmillan. New York. is the publish
er, price 81. No doubt that this book
will be widely read IN the two great
sections. If by it the north a learn
something valuable concerning the ne
groes it will not have been written in
vain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The Grout bill in the senate will not
he supported by the democrats. 1t is
an attempt TO sti1e a legitimate me
very popular manufactured article-to
stop oleomargarine from being manu-
featured at all. The substitute bill
known as the Wadsworth substitute
aims to prevent it's sal as butter"
1t requires to be stamped in bold let
ters what 1t is. In Chicago alone there
are 1000 ealer who handle oleomar-
garine. 1t is reported that Secretary
Gage says. it would be impossible to
spy upon them all successfully both on
account of their large number and be-
cause the average inspector cannot de-
tect ol~eomargarine. The Wadsworth
substitute clearly exposes ~oleomarga-
rine so that there is no chance for de-
ception. The senate, however, may pass
instead the Grout bill. The Chicago
Chronicle says that the bill amounts
to a deliberate declaration by all the re-
pubiicans Of that committee hat is the
right of congress to decide that an in
dustry in itself innocent shall be de-
stroyed outright in order that some
other industry may be favored. oueven
for no reason at all.
1T is such a declaration. because the
Grout bill admittedly is a measure in
tended to destroy entirely the business
of supplying a substitute for butter
which is entirely wholesome, as the
committee members know from con-
elusive evidence"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
TO FIGHT FOR HIS SEAT.

1t is not surprising to learn from
Washington that there is a good pros
pect hat Senator F. NJ. Simmons will
have to fight for his seat. With Butler
and Pritchard there to engineer oppo-
sition, and with a body composed Of
some bad, corrupt republicans, it is
not a surprise to learn that Senator
McComas will help the aforesaid SEN
ators in their wal against the people
of North Carolina. If there was ever
a senator elected from the state it is
probably Mr.. Simmons. Referring
Senator Simmons's credentials to a
committee is unusual. Senator Hoar,
of Massachusetts,, as already reported,
made emphatic objection to the motion
Of Senator McComas to refer, making
the point that as Mr.. Simmons term
did not begin until the 4th of March
it was not competent for the present
senate TO take any action upon the
place them ON file. Mr.. Hoar also as
serted that the people had the right
to change the political complexion of
the senate every two a and that
there should be no interruption in the
reception of credentials except under
most urgent conditions and after full
pLa nations.
Mr.. Chandler agreed with Mr.. Hoar,
but added that no rights would be
waived by the reading of the creden-
tials. Mr.. McComaS then explained
that he had suggested their reference
to the committee at the request of the
senators from North Carolina"
Butler will die very hard, but after
4th March he will be as dead political
ly in North Carolina as a picked
maccarel of last years catch. The
people of North Carolina have all
knowledge of Butler and his ways and
his depraved history. He has been
sized and weighed i'm the balances"
of public retribution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

We have not seen a copy of Mr..
Bryan's first issue Of the weekly paper
he has begun to edit. and which he
calls 1.-The Commoner''-a representa-
tive of the great mass OF American
people plain OF described as common
people. They constitute about nine
'tenths Of the Americans. We have seen
reprinted some Of the editorials Of the
"Commoner." and from one. on the
name he has selected as the title of his
candidate for popular approval. The
following is from it and shows how
well he understands this country:
The term. the common people. is
properly used to describe h large ma
jority of the people-those who carr
their living and give 10 society a fair
return for the benefits bestowed by So
ciety-those who in their daily lives
recognize the ties which bind together
the mass Of the people who have a
common lot and a common hope. Some
times they are called the middle classes
because paupers and criminals are ex-
Guided on the one hand, while in the
other hand some exclude themselves
because of wealth or position, Or pride
of birth. The common people form the
Industrious, intelligent and patriotic
element of our population: they pro-
duce the nations wealth in time OF
peace and fight the nations battles in
time of war. They are self-reliant and
independent, they ask OF government
nothing but justice and will not be sat
isfied with less. They are not seeking
to get their hands into other peoples
pockets. but are content IL they car
keep other peoples hands out OF theif
pockets"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
A CAPITAL FAREWELL ADDRESS.

Senator Towne. of Minnesota. will
soon retire. He is without doubt one
of the most eloquent and impressive
i'm the senate On Monday
he spoke for three hours making a most
tforcefu and even eloquent appeal for
Filipino independence. The largest
audience of the session greeted him,
and he was listened TO with eagerness
and great interest. The key note was
a plea for liberty in the island and for
a cessation Of the cruel. vengeful war
every way unjust and un-American
The Washington Post says of the
speech:
saThe sofas and chairs were thronged
with representatives, many of whom
stood along the walls. In the gallery
Hobbies were crowds who vafnly sought
admission. Mr.. Towne spoke with
much and oratory. and held the
close attention of his audience during
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
American Interests I'm VenexueJa

WiHemstad, Island of Curacao, jan
in the eastern district of Venezuela.
The government victory near Carupano
seems to have been decisive and the
fighting was heavy. The papers also
report that 250 government troops and
a large number of insurgents were kill
ed in the battle near las Cuevas, and
it is rumored that the government
troops committed great atrocities.
A Philadelphia firm has negotiated
for the purchase of Palom, the largest
coffee estate in Venezuela, for s400, 900.
The belief that the United States gov
eminent has resolved to protect Ameri-
can citizens from unjust official extor
ton is largely responsible for this
transaction, as well as for other recen;
important investments in Venezuela.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
THE NATIONS AS DRINKERS.

Alcoholic drinking is a prevailing
habit in all countries. 1t is believed
by travellers that drinking in Great
Britain is heavier than in this Land.
The statistics gathered and published
reveal conditions for consideration of
the people generally. According to the
| reports Great Britain consumes 144
gallons of beer 2 gallons of wine and
Az gallons of whiskey; Germany, 12S
gallons of beer. 3.5 gallons Of wine and
S.4 gallons of whiskey; France, 4 gall
Ions of beer, liz gallons of wine n
"a gallons Of whiskey; the United
United States, SO gallons of beer 1
gallon of wine and AZ gallons of
whiskey. Study the figures and you
will be surprised. The Baltimore Sun
says of them that these figures show
some CONSUME nearly twice as
much whiskey as Engaishmen, n
Frenchmen over twice as much They
make almost the incredible statement
that the British consumes more beer
than the German and more whiskey
and wine than the American. Belgium,
however. is made to take the cake. in
beer drinking. being credited with a per
capita consumption of BOT gallons OF
beer and 81 of whiskey. The largest
consumers of whiskey are the Danes,
who average Is gallons apiece yearly,
besides 94.5 gallons of beer Germany,
France, Holland. Sweden, Denmark
and Belgium all average over eight
| gallons of whiskey apiece yearly.
Compared with these countries, the
United States. England and Russia
may be called TEMPERATE" So it looks
as if England vas really comparative
ly temperate when compared with most
of the European peoples. And yet a
month or two age We read as coming
from an American clergyman who was
spending months in England, that the
danger TO England was not conquest
by European nations, but conquest by
drunkenness. We recall hat about the
year 1873, we asked of a young Eng
.<aman who had spent some three
months at Raleigh what impressed
him most by his visit ITO North Carroll
AA1- - 1Io III 0AISNVl bA@t NAi~ al1os
was the "sobriety of the e He
said: AT my boarding house I found
eleven men, the oldest about forty-five
1 find that Of the eleven but two take
a drink. and but one of these viii eve
take more han one drink. You can
not find the like of that in any board
ing house in all England. I never saw
eleven men together but two of whom
would drink at ALL" He said thai
nearly all the men OF all callings, the
preachers included, would drink some
thing-wine, beer, or stronger liquors
The United States are some what ad-
dicted ito bibusous habits, but they
can assume much in the way OF sobri-
ETY. when they look E~uropewards. The
celebrated Lord Give when charged In
England with taking for his W uss
a few hundred thousand pounds of the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

the entire delivery OF his speech, re-
heivfng much applause and numerous
congratulations at its conclusion His
text was the resolution introduced by
him a few days ago. declaring that
| national justice and honor demanded
the cessation OF the war upon the FL
ippinos.
In opening his address, Mr.. Towne
| referred to the petition presented to
| the senate a few days ago by zoos Fill
fipinos for a cessation % hostilSies
and for the granting Of independence
to the people Of the Philippines. He
| maintained hat it would prove "a
quickenine appeal to the ancient spirit
of the republic or its rejection mus,
dedicate the twentieth century TO a rc-
action prejudicial, ff not fatal to free
institutions"
Referring to McKfnley's course-to
his oily CANNON 50 e~xhaustively used.
the gifted senator from Minnesota said
that among the roses of its soft rhe-
toric OF love, its fair speech about our
coming not as invaders or conquerors,
but as friends OF the mild sway of
justice and Of benevolent assimila-
tion,' the already Justly awakened dis
trust of the Filipinos clearly beheld
the u~nsheathed and glittering steel Of
despotism-"
IF we are bent on slaughter" said
he "let it be in open guise. If we lust
for the peoples land, let US not gloZe
our enterprise with false and sinister
p~retense. Rather let us boldly raise
the somber flag Of international piracy,
whistle scruple down the wind, and
then close in upon u feeble victim
to the cry Of loot and glory"
The entire speech is fine. is impress
sive and flashes with thought and is
adorned with charming language. His
conclusion was elegant and rhetorical.
and Ut was classical as well as fervid
in the oratory. We would be glad to
copy the whole peroration if we had the
space at our command. There has
been nothing heard lately in h senate
tina was better said or in a purer
strain. Let us take a few Iacunae
from III:
There is a law among nations, as
annie says there is among men, by
which a bad appetite grows by what it
feeds on. No nation in history has re-
sisted it, and to every nation that had
yielded to it it had brought disaster.
Athens succumbed to it and persisted
Rome INDUCED the mad ambition and
followed it to her doom. 1t was the
ruin of Venice. 1t will work the de-
struction OF England. 1 do not
wish to convey the impression that
in my opinion the present policy
will at One fell swoop convert
this republic into an empire in
fact. But 1 do say that the seeds
of empire turk in this policy. and that
time and favoring environments will
and must bring them to the flower and
fruit unless we make a sensible proven
ton. 3 1 shall not willingly cease
to dream of a twentieth century de-
voted to the demonstration. the first
| and only one in history. that a govern
ment of the people. for the people and
by the people need not perish from
the earth. There is an inspiration in
the thought hat to our beloved coun-
try may be reserved the eliminating
glory of the ages in crowning with
success the long experiment of right
eous self-government."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

wealth OF India, replied that when he
recalled the countless millions that lay
around him as SPOTS OF conquest, that
he was amazed at his own moderation
when he remembered what a small
SUM he Ia appropriated for his own
benefit So Uncle Sam may think when
he sees the moderation" OF the Amer
leans in the drink-habit as compared
with the peoples beyond seas that he
Is amazed at the moderation when he
knows how abounding Is riches and
what fullness there Is the drinking
supplies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

Many North Carolinians will regret
to ear OF the death of the aged wild
ow Of the late Rev. DR.. Charles T.
Deems, the eminent divine and orator
Mrs. Deems died on last Sunday aged
eighty-four. She was a sweet, cheer
full, noble Christian woman and was of
northern birth. We can recall how she
looked fifty odd years ago when she
and her husband walked arm-in-arm
as they wendell their way to the chapel
service at the university of North Car
olina. DIR. Deems passed away in
1893, we think it was, in his seventy
third year. The serious injury that
befeu their son., DR.. F. NJ. Deems is
much to be regretted. What a barba-
rian that druggist was. His name
should be published. Such inhumanity
as he exhibited must be very rare
among the druggists. He is a disgrace
to his profession.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

As previously mentioned the Ashley
Seth Mills at Fayetteville. IS a success,
and only negro labor is employed. 1t
is so successful hat the Paterson (New
Jersey silk mills can not conpete with
it. Recently a cotton mill in Char
lesion with negro labor exclusively
had to close up business because Of the
fneficiency. utter unreliableness of
negro labor. This too. after trying it
for two years. The Fayetteville mill
is supervised by a negro who uses the
lash freely. The Charleston mill was
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The state auditor reports a considera-
BILE falling off in taxes derived from
privilege taxes. A loss of some $z5, 900
occurred. We learn from the Raleigh
says that this decrease was caused in
two ways:
Il. The abolition of the merchants
purchase tax and the levy of a tax on
the capital employed instead. By this
change a great o s in revenue has
been sustained. A Raleigh merchant,
for instance. who paid s2O4 tax on his
purchase now pays $50 on the capital
employed in his business.
z. The failure Of sheriffS and tax
collectors to push the collection of the
tax"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The report of State Auditor Dixon
shows hat there is an ~ncreas OF
s349, s60, 941 in valuations of property
under the tax commission. He gives
it as follows:
Assessed valuation Of real estate
1899, 1926, S5S, I'll; 1900, s., COG, 453 ,013; in
crease, $3.50, 594, 302.
Assessed valuation Of personal 1899,
$142, $50, 376; 1900, 1910, 49,, 015; increase,
s16S, S66. 639.
Total assessed valuation 1899, S96S.
1S9, 0s7; 1900, 1917, 45O, OPS; increase
s349, 26O, GAL"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The st. Louis Druggist a monthly
has a picture and sketch OF Francis
B. Hays, a native OF oxford. y. c. He
is praised and il Of the editorial stafI
Of THE Druggists Circular" Aside
to have a very fine sense of humor and
and a practical knowledge of parlia.
mentry proceedings as well as pharnra-
ceutical affairs. 1t is to the loss of the
pharmaceutical association that he does
not take an active part in the transac-
tons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

A cigarette bill will probably pass.
Its stringency and effectiveness will be
seen hereafter. The News and Obser-
e says the plan seems to be tI
change the bill so as to prohibit the
sale of cigarettes and cigarette paper
to minors. Pass the best bill possible
one hat will reach the giant octopus
of evil and force it to draw in it's man
ifnld claws.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The Messenger feels sincere sympa-
thy for Hon William H. Kitchin in
his extreme ihnesss. 1t must hope for
his and that h efficient,
able Captain Buck will be long spared
to his country and state.