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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
Quaint Old English Custom.

A curious custom known as "IIandsell-
ing the Orchard" observed I'm some OF
the remote parts of Devonshire every
Christmas eve. is described thus by the
London Express The Squire. with his
family. friends and tenants proceeds 10
the orchard, one Of the party bearing a
hot cake and soine cider as an Offering
to the principal trees.
The cake r. placed In n fork of the tree
over which the cider Is poured. and dur
ing the ceremony guns and pistols are
fred by the men.
The women shout; Bear. bear apples
and pears cnow: barnfuls. bagfuls, sack.
fuls Hurrah, Hurrahl Hurrahi'
Needless 10 say the custom is not so
extensively practiced as OF yore.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
MARTIAL LAW.
SagasIa Proposes 10 Establish
Il Throughout Spain.

Madrid. Feb. 20.-PremIer Sagasta is
preparing decree establishing martial
law throughout Spain. The signature OF
the decree. II is believed will be followed
by an extreme national crisis 1t was per-
sistently said when the chamber OF depu-
ties closed this evening that the minister
of war, General Weyler, had a long con-
ference with the military authorities to-
day. Afterwards II was added arms and
ball cartridges were served out TO the
troops In Madrid who are I'm readiness TO
start at a moments notice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
BADLY HURT.
Mrs, Jennings Says She Was
Thrownby Sudden Siartlngof Gar

Helen NJ Jennings has brought suit
against the Union Railroad company to
recover $1,000 for personal injuries. She
was a passenger on a car from East
Providence and on South Water street
notified the conductor to stop the car.
The signal was given and the car
stopped. 1t started very suddenly before
she could alight, she alleges. She was
thrown 20 the ground with great violence
and had her ankles and back badly in
jured Waltsr ID. Drownell is attorney
for the plaintiff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
OFFICES VACANT
HOIdOVsrS Ouslsd by Decision
Of Missouri Supreme Court.

Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 20-Kansas City
today is without its five principal charter
officers as result OF yesterdays decision
OF the state supreme court ousting City
Comptroller Lund city Physician Coffin,
Clerk Curry. Assessor Yost and City
Counsellor Middlebrook, hold over Re
publicans.
After the decision had become thor
oughly understood and they had sought
the advice OF their attorneys. each OF the
ousted Republicans left their offices re-
fusing To assume responsibility for the
future conduct OF them, and informing
their clerks that II they remained at
their desks they must do so upon their
own responsibility. Thus practically all
the citys business came TO an abrupt
standstill.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
LOST HIS MONEY

Henry Diamond, OF ST. Johns. ~ F.,
came here on the JOY line boat wednes-
day night. Yesterday. morning he met
man he was leaving the boat who
asked him 10 breakfast
They met an Italian and on comparing
notes u WAS found that they were all go-
ing To ST Johns.
The Italian asked Diamonds friend TO
take care OF his, the Italians money, Civ
Ing him a large roll OF bills.
Diamond turned over Se9 10 be kept with
the other funds. The men separated.
Diamond was deserted and his money
was gone.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
FINANCIAL NEWS
BULLS AND BEARS.

Wall Street, Feb. 2o-The decision OF
the administration at Washington to test
the legality OF the Northern Securities
company came upon the stock market
with a shock. The weakening effect was
already manifest I'm the American depart-
ment OF the London market before the
opening here. The New York stock mar
ket opened I'm a semi-demoralized condi-
tion and very large blocks OF stocks were
unloaded In all directions al acute declines.
Naturally the stocks of the trans-Coh-
tlnental Railroads as being Immediately
interested were most affected. but large
losses were shown i'm other stocks where
speculation for the rise has been ex-
tended, the coalers, the high priced in
dustrials and the local fractions all show
Ing sharp losses. Great Northern pfd.
dropped 5i9, Tenn. Coal 4 and Union Pa
cinc, Southern Pacific, ST. Paul, Mo.
Pacific, Sugar, Met. Street Railway,
Reading and Atchison from to over 3
points. Many stocks In the miscellaneous
list including United States Steel stocks
showed losses of point or over
Large losses were made in additional
stocks, ST. Paul pfd,, Wheeling and Lake
Erie LIST pfd., Northwestern, Illinois Cen
trail Wabash pfd.. Consolidated Gas and
General Electric dropping from 10 Sls.
The leading stocks all made their low
piaSeH At iHt start ana supporting ORDERS
carried them up between l and points.
Tenn. Coal made the extreme rally of pa.
but the Pacifics Readings. Sugar and the
fractions were all prominent I'm the up
turn. st. Paul, however. only made a
small recovery and Western stocks gem
orally Jagged. Quick profits were taken
by the traders later and there was a gem
eral setback on lessened dealings
The market grew steadier when sugar
and Amalgamated were bid up the latter
selling shade over last night. United
States Rubber pfd. and Chicago and Alton
scored net gains OF and lIz respectively,
and Snuff OF 8 Amongst the leaders
the movement was somewhat htful and
not wide either way until near noon. when
there were renewed declines TO about the
lowest i'm the trans-Continentals, n. "
Central. Cleveland, G. G.. and ST. Louis
and Reading pa pfd. dropped each
There was heavy selling OF some of the
semi-speculative bonds Wabash deben-
ture Bs, Union Pacific convertibles and
Baltimore and Ohio convertibles yielding
10 points. The bond market otherwise
was not much affected
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
DEFENDANT DsFAulIED

Tho Jury trial waived case OF orvine l..
Leach against Emery Tile company was
disposed Of IN Judge Douglas court 10.
dav
1he plaintiff sued 60 recover on a prom
issory note and the defendant was de-
fauitcd. Judgment for the plaintiff was
given for $3.50 and costs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
As DtWtYs REPRESENTATIVE

Washington. Feb. e0.--Commander Ma
than Sargent. aide of Admiral Dewey Is.
az the lattcr's request going 90 New
York 10 greet Prince Henry I'm his. the
admirals name, and 60 express the ad-
mirals regret AZ being unable 10 be pres
cnt in person 90 meet him on his arrival
In America It Is stated that the only
cause Tor the admirai's absence is the Sc.
rious illness Of Mrs. Dewey.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
SCHlEY GOING TO BOSTON

Boston. Feb 20 Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley. T.. S. n. (retired) has sig
nified his intention OF coming here as the
guest OF the South Boston Citizens asso-
ciation at their annual evacuation day
banquet March IL.
The admiral will be accompanied hv
George Edward Graham. the Associated
Press war correspondent who was on the
Brooklyn with Admiral Schley during the
naval battle AZ Santiago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
W000SHs0 ON FIRE

An alarm from box c.. corner OF At
wells avenue and America street at 3
O'Clock this afternoon, called the depart
ment 10 n blaze I'm the woodshed OF Mr.
Bellini on Acorn street I'm the rear OF
Toye's undertaking establishment.
The fire was quickly cNtinguished with
but slight damage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
Deafne,s Cannot be Cured

hv local applications as they cannot
reach tho diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way 20 cure deafness
peofncgs rs caused hy I'm innamcd con-
,i,tion or the mucous lining Of the Eus-
tochian Tube. When this tube Is infamcd
k~arinu and when "a is entirely closed.
n'afnese is The result. and unless the
fnfio mmatiOn can be taken out. and this
fpbe restored TO It's normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever. nine
eases out of tcn arc caused by Catarrh.
witch A. nothing bat an innamcd Condi-
tion OF the mucous surfaces.
we will give one Hundred Dollars for
anv case OF Deafness (cpuscd by Catarrh)
that cannot be cured hv Halls Catarrh
cure send FOR circulars. free
FL. CHENEY a co. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
LEE TURNER CAPTURED

Knoxville. Tenn. Feh. 2o.--Lce Turner
proprietor Of the Quarter lssusc" saloon
near Middieboro. KY. which was burned
during the lrht between officers and
mountaincers last week IN which FIVE men
we're killed, was captured here today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20

Vienna Feb 20.-In the reichsrath today
Herr Wolf, the Pan-German leader, gave
notice of an Interpolation inviting the
Austrian govs rnment, I'm conjunction with
the government OF Hungary, TO prohibit
the export OF Austro- Hungarian horses To
South Africa. and thus maintain neu-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
VERDICT iGilNST CITY

The jury In the case Of William H.
Hanley against city OF Providence gave
the plaindff verdict for $3.50
Plaintiff WIS injured while going over
Branch avenue. John l. Devlm was at.
torney for the plaintiff
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
MAKES NO COMMENT

Baltimore. Feb. 20.--1sidor Rayner. coun-
sci for Rear Admiral w. s. Schley, left
for Washington this morning. ltc de-
clined To comment upon President Roose,
vslt's decision i'm the matter OF Admiral
Schleys' appeal from the findings OF the
court of inquiry.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20

AT druggists refund the money N n fails
60 cure. II. W. Groves signature Ia
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
SUES FoA s5nnn

Jacob Newman has brought suit against
a. ID. suganvan 20 recover s50oa damages
Tor alleged slander The defendant il a
resident Of New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
MRS SHlIH GRANTED DIVORCE

Cora h. Smith OF scituate was today
granted q divorce from Samuel H. Smith
By Judge Douglas. The divorce was
granted on the ground Of neglect TO pro-
vide
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
EARL FIJI WILLIAM DEAD

London. Feb 0-wiliam Thomas
Spencer worth-Fitzwilliam. sixth
Earl Fitzwilllaya, is dead. lie was born In
lsl5.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
STATE or RHODE ISLAND.
PUBLIC HEARING

Senate Chamber.
Providence, Feb 90 1902.
The Committee on the Judiciary OF the
Senate Will hear all persons interested I'm
Resolution 10 submit 10 the qualified
electors OF the State an amendment to
Article OF the Constitution, relating To
the Supreme Court. I'M the Committee
Room No. 2i2. or Friday. Feb q. 1902,
at 1880 o'clock y. m.
y. l.. FREEMAN, Chairman.
JOHN w. SWEENEY, Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
Nov York Stscks.

Reported by FLETCHER & TAPPAN,
street floor. Banigan Building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20
RAILROADS.
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.

sEx dividend
ssRld in for stock on which no dividend
In liquidation has been paid.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

for tidings from the far-off Emerald Isle
with an anxious mind.
When the word came that those help
less, starving poor. raised up from pallets
of starvation to weep for Joy that the ship
was In sight, know there was born In a
little child's heart a burning desire TO
rescue the oppressed and to protect the
needy that has never abated to this good
hour of my life. In season and out OF
season, my heart has been thrilled with
the hope that the poor homes Of our ma
tive lanafmight be lifted up and out OF
squallor. hunger and apathy!
An English historian says: 1.-THE United
States employed some Of their war vessels
70 send gifts OF grain and other food TO
the starving places. In one Irish seaport
the Joy bells OF the town were kept ring
ing all day in honor OF the arrival Of one
OF these grain-laden vessels-a mournfully
significant form OF rejoicing surely"
With a tax on every loaf OF bread in
England, and meat In America still climb
ing out OF reach in price. IL seems the
time has come to ask ourselves some very
serious questions on certain subjects
which press themselves on our attention.
Taxing bread to get munitions OF war TO
shoot down the Beers in South Africa
smacks OF barbarism restored. and corner
ing the meat market in America TO extort
all the wages OF the poor Of our own land
ln0lCaleS one OF the patent evils OF I'M
perialism in both America and in Eng
land.
1t all comes from greed Of conquest
The English are in this country buying up
mules, we know, and the meat packers
can doubtless a tale unfold Of the profit in
the business with 10000 American troops
in the Philippine islands. riding rough
shod over the helpless Filipinos. with the
torch and bayonet IN either hand. These
armies must be supported and the big fish
are simply eating up the little ones.
The full dinner-pail" in America seems
to be wanting in meat, while American
soldiers are burning up the subsistence Of
those freedom-loving Filipinos in wanton
vandalism.
It is painful to think about. 1t is alarm
ing to recollect that all this tyranny must
be returned to US in meal or malt" We
will reap what we SOW.
II has reached place where our people
are beginning to realize that chose who
dance must pay the piper" We feel the
tyranny of war
The administration may not be able TO
check the present mad rush toward COM
mercial imperialism.
Old England may expect bread riots and
much lawless remonstrance so long as the
loaf Is made to pay a heavy part of it's
value to keep up a war on the defenseless
women and children in South Africa
This is bringing the matter home to
every day comprehension.
May God help US to see our duty to
ourselves In this emergency!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Filpinos Are In Favor of Their independence.

Sixto Lopez. in an article in Gunton's
Magazine for June, makes answer to the
query. do the Filipinos Desire Ameri
can Ruler" He says in part:
by far the most important question is
as TO whether the F1lipinos are or are not
in favor of American rule. Therein lies
the essence of the present dispute, for If
the Filipinos, or even a substantial ma
jority of them. were favorable to Ameri-
can rule, the moral and the political side
of the question could be settled without
doing injustice to the Filipinos or injury
to those principles of democracy upon
which America justly prides herself. 1t
is, therefore, natural and significant that
strenuous efforts have been made, and
are being made, by those who have an
interest in a continuance Of the present
policy, to show that the Filipinos are in
favor of ''the blessings of American
rule
DO NOT FAVOR AMERICANS.
''Yet, Notwithstanding these efforts, the
weight of evidence tends in the opposite
direction Thus, General Macarthur, by
far the ablest of the military men who
have been in the Philippines, declares in
his last official report that, with the ex-
ceptiou of the Moros, the population of the
entire archipelago are favorable to the
views expressed by their military leaders.
General Hughes and Major General Bates
bear, direct and indirect testimony to the
same effect, the former declaring that the
800, 900 inhabitants OF the island of Panay
are a unit against u.s. One who is re-
ferred to as a distinguished officer and
whose name for obvious reasons cannot be
given. is quoted by George KEENAN, in the
Outlook as having said: The thing that
impressed itself most deeply upon me, first
and last, was the unchanging, uurelenting.
implacable hostility Of all classes of Filipi-
nos toward the Americans and that the
resistance that we are encountering on the
island Of LuZon is that OF whole people,
Many such statements as these could be
given, all of which are confirmed by the
otherwise inexplicable fact that the re-
sistance of the American forces has been
kept up for more than three years by a
practically unarmed people, the success OF
whose unique system of warfare accord
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16
Needs Of Popular Education In America.
BY VILLA DE WITT HYDE, President of sowdOn College,

everybody than literary taste and appre-
citation into a few. These temptations
beset US ALL But the state institution Is
rather more soreIy tempted to yield to
them.
A university can never. create genius
out of one into whom God has not al
ready breathed the breath Of artistic life.
But it ought to discover special talent.
and at least not stihe and repress its *
preston. The elective system, common to
all institutions, is the greatest step In
that direction.
And now we come TO this question: Is
the public school system triumph or q
failure? Like all striking Foundations Of
men and institutions, it is partly both. It
now advances and then retreats.
A system which sets children formal
task, which attempts to turn them out as
a mass which puts before them the same
task and expects it to be completed in the
same time, which makes recitation chiefly
a test of memory, and examination one OF
furry and worry, which switches the stu
dent to track for life before his peculiar
bent is discovered, which has cast-iron
course, which selects teachers wholly on
the cumulative ability, which drives the
duller boy from the secondary school to
the offices and the brightest to the law
school, is in every part a dismal failure.
and our duty is to expose IT, condemn Il,
and redeem it.
But. on the other hand, system which
gives to the child the keys to beauty and
the treasure house Of the whole world.
which opens to him the mystery Of plant
and animal, and sea and star; which
watches for the bent Of each child: which
seeks for highly trained women and men
as teachers; which goes behind the forms
of words to the meaning of the great
works of art, and grasps details IN their
larger signifcances; which seeks to in
spire love Of beauty and goodness In each
member of a class, is a magnificent i'm
provement over the old order of things
and is one of the first fruits of an educa-
tional system which even now we are en-
joying, and to which we are all called to
labor. It is the heritage which we can
hope to hand down to our children.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-06-16

ing to General Macarthur, depends upon
almost complete unity Of action OF the
entire native population And If further
confirmation be needed. ii will be found in
the significant fact that only a few
months ago 1t was necessary to enact the
so-called sedition law, under which IT is
penal for any Filipino in the entire archi-
pelago to say a word against American
sovereignty or in favor of Philippine in
dependence.
GOVERNOR TAFTs TESTIMONY.
ION the other hand, the Schurman COM
mission declares that the F'ilipinos do not,
in the opinion Of the commission, gener-
ally desire independence but that 1T
would be a Misrepresentation of the facts
not to report that ultimate independence
is the aspiration and goal Of the
intelligent Filipinos'
Governor Taft has reported nothing, as
far as l know, about this aspiration for
ultimate independence, and has, therefore.
according to the Schurman commission,
misrepresented the facts. On the con-
trary he declares without any dualiica-
ton that majority of the Filipinos are in
favor Of American sovereignty.
Now, I have no desire to impugn the
honesty or the good intentions Of Gov
ernor Taft. When he makes the above
statement have no doubt he regards IT as
true. But the explanation Of his error
will be found In the fact that no Filipino
is allowed to express opinions in favor of
Philippine independence. All such ex-
pressions, whether in the native press or
through any other channel, have all along
and by the recent sedition law been pro-
hibited as being inimical to the success Of
the so-callsd 'paciflcation of the islands
The American authorities have thus pIac-
ed a seal upon the lips Of every Filipino
who is opposed to American rule. and
those only who are favorable to American
sovereignty are allowed to express their
opinions. AS a consequence Governor
Taft is surrounded from morning till night
by off1ce-seekers and others who pour into
his ear the sought-for assurance that a
majority Of the Fflipinos are favorable to
that to which he desires they should be
favorable. He never hears an expression
of the contrary opinion, and consequently