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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-21
Brief Mention.

High water to-day, 11:23 a. m.
 Richard s. Vivian of Ansonia, fathe of Mrs. w. H. Blewett of this city, die, at his home Thursday night aged sixty five He leaves two sons and five daugh ters.
 It S understood in Waterbury on goot authority that W. A. Sawyer, manage of the Western Union office there, is t be promoted and will have charge of tn Buffalo office.
 Thaddeus H. Claypool, student il the Yale graduate school, has accepted the presidency of the New Mexico Bap tist college at Alamogardo, N. M. H. was graduated from the academic de. partment of Yale in 1898.
 Mrs. L. D. Merrill of Hartford vii leave for Nova Scotia next week accom-. panied by her mother, Mrs. Norman Hubbard, and will be absent until Oc- tober. After the Nova Scotia outing they will visit in Mane.
 MT. and Mrs. Lorenzo William Housel were in New Haven yesterday. They are on their bridal tour. Mr Housel came to New Haven to wind up some business before leaving for Iowa, where he is to permanently locate
 The Davenport church Sunday school will have picnic to-day going to Mansfield's Grove, The school will take special trolley cars at 9 o'clock at the corner of Chapel and Academy streets to embark upon their outing.
 Wiloughby Ford of West street, Southington, eighty years of age, fell from a tree Thursday, a distance of if teen feet, and was badly injured. His hip was broken. pr. Russell of New Haven was called yesterday morning.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Rexford, aged seventy eight, widow of Steuben Rexford. died yesterday at her home in Hartford. She was tbe widow of Steu- ben Rexford Yale '83. who died a few
  largely through her untiring energy and business ability that the Hartford Wo- mems Christian association was organ ized and secured for itself it's home on Church street in that city
 A brilliant home wedding was that in Kansas City, Kansas, last Tuesday, at which Miss Bessie Lee Hoag, youngest daughter of ex-Judge David D. Hoag, formerly of New Haven, and who is a. native of Sherman. Conn, was united in marriage to Vernon Rowland. The brides oldest sister, Mrs. Lulu Moore wife of George Moore of Salt Lake City, an assayer for a gold mining company, was matron of honor, and another of the brides sisters, Miss Edith, was bridesmaid. The happy pair received many elegant gifts. They will come to New York to reside, where the groom is partner in an established business. The groom was for some time after the close of our war with Spain in a government position at Havana, Cuba. Judge Hoag, the brides father, spent several weeks in this and other eastern cities recently on business matters connected with a consolidation of brick making compan- ies in the west, of which he is secretary and in which eX-Governor Waller and his partner s. Harrison Wagner of this city, are largely interested.
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NATIONAL BLUES.

NATIONAL BLUES. The National Blues will turn out in a body tomorrow and decorate the graves of their dead members.
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Fast FriPndn

Nashville, Ind. Messrs. Ely Bros.:-I have been a great sufferer from catarrh and hay fever and tried many things, but found no permanent relief until l found it in Ely's Cream Balm about eight years ago, and we have been fast friends ever since. (Rev.) R. M Bentley Prove it's value by investing 10 cents in trial size of Ely's Cream Balm. Drug gists supply it and he mail it. Full size 50 cents.
 Ely Bros. 56 Warren St., New York
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point for Panama hats is Havana, and 1t is an interesting and curious fact that most of the Panama hats sold in New York go from South America to Havana, via the United States in tram sit. This is because of the fact that the steamers do not devlate from their reg ular routes Recently, however, some shipments of hats have been landed in the United States without going to Ha- Vana and then back again.
 The Alpine shape, so popular in the
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REAL ESTATE RECORD.

Deeds Filed in the Office of the Town
 Clerk Yesterday.
 The following deeds were filed in the office of the town clerk yesterday: Quit claim deeds-New Haven Saw ings bank to Helen c. Collins, 45 feet Fairmont avenue; John Maher to Roger Maher, AS feet Nash street.
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Local Weather Report.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

L. NJ. TARR, Observer
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D, C., June 20, 1902, s D. m. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday
 For New England: Rain Saturday and probably along the east coast Sunday; fresh east to southeast winds becoming west.
 For Eastern New York: Rain and color Saturday; Sunday fair; fresh south winds becoming west.
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That's queer heading for this de- pertinent in the Sunday paper" said MT. Henpeck. "The idea of heading it Womans Talk"
 Whats so queer about that?' de- manded his wife.
 Why, there's only half a column of it."-Philadelphi Press.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

IuBt
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United States is not seen in Havana nor South American countries,--From Mems Wear.
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One of the weekly papers has just un- earthed quaint army order It deals with the machine guns provided for cer- tain volunteer corps, and advises that, where possible, mules should be en- ployed to draw them. When a mule is not available, however" it goes on, any Intelligent non- commissioned of ficer will be instead.' There are sever al ways of calling a man an ass.-Lon- don.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-10

bird devours hundreds of them as his
daily food and where there are many
sparrows the locusts are decreasing in
number Little has been said hereto
fore in favor of the sparrow. He has
been universally voted a nuisance but
he is persistent in his desire to live,
increase and multiply Possibly, if
the war on birds was not so ruthless,
insects would have less of chance to
become terror. Recurring to To-
Gusts; this is the year for them
and they will probably appear in
the western and northern states very
soon. We could we'll spare them.
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THE MISSION OF GOVERNOR
TAFT AT ROME.

| The mission of Governor Taft to the
Vatican is not generally understood,
and when the truth is known it adds
respect to the administrator that has
sent him on such a duty. 1t relates
to the Philippine islands, where the
lfriars, a religious body, had acquired
Esurrection in the islands drove out the
| friars and such is the feeling now
against them among the natives that
lit would be inev edient and even
dangerous for them to return. Yet
| their title to these lands is clear and
iunquestionaple, and the United States
recognizing this, is disposed to pur-
chase their title and the best place to
go is to Rome in order to reach an
understanding. Governor Taft will,
therefore, confer with the pope. or his
designated ministers, who will repre-
sent the friars. There can be moth
ing but good come out of such a mis-.
sion. Governor Taft is not there as
an envoy or ambassador, but rather
as an agent, negotiating for real es-
tate. This action on the part of the
United States is in strong contrast
with what has been the usual course
of European governments. They, If
placed in the same position that our
government is occupying, would, per-
haps, make short work of it. They
would confiscate the property. Mex.
| leo did this without scruple and yet
Mexico is a Catholic country. On the
other hand. the United States sets an
example of national Justice in offering
to compensate the friars for the lands
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American cities, bigger American mar
kets for our farm products, and they
in turn push up the price of good farm
land. The Spanish war seemed to
break over the old channels of trade to
some, extent and to bring the American
nation into world notice, pushing for
ward its business. Then the area of
good corn land is limited. All these
things make our friend think good
Iowa land has not yet nearly reached
the permanent figure.
Then comes another man, success
full business man who has accumulated
splendid fortune in the past thirty
five years, a man whose Judgment is
regarded as of the very best, and says
he thinks there never was SO good a
time in which to sell Iowa land as to-
day, for it was never before so high.
He thinks it will be much lower some
time within the next few years. He
says the earnest capacity of Iowa land
will not pay the interest, taxes and
keep up the repairs on farms that cost
$50 to $S5 per acre. He says hun
dreds are going in debt for SO nearly
all the purchase price of these high
priced farms that when crop failure
or two comes and when money be-
comes little scarcer, and interest
rates go up little and the loan COM
panies decline to renew some of their
loans, many of them, not being able to
meet their obligations, will have to let
their places go to satisfy the big mort
cages. This will throw so many cheap
farms on the market that the price will
be forced down. He says these good
times will not always continue. 1t
has been the history for the past fifty
years that while the general tendency
of farm prices has been up there have
been periods of great depression last
ing sometimes several years, followed
by advancing prices again and boom
of some years. Fluctuations have
come. We are in boom now. For
land to nearly double in three years is
not natural. There is likely to be a
reaction.
These are opposite opinions from
able business men. There is truth in
each position. 1t is impossible for
human wisdom to see far in the future.
1t surely is safe to say that Iowa land
is good property to hold. 1t will bring
an income about as surely as any in
vestment terrestrial. But one should
not be too heavily in debt for it when
hard times come as come they likely
will some time. Hard times are lit
tie like the thief in the night-they
come somewhat unawares. When
they come is poor time to unload.
Then the unloading has to be done at
a big sacrifice. Speculative craze
should be avoided. No more should be
paid for Iowa land than it will earn,
for whatever it is above that will be
lost when there is no boom
These may be commonplace re-
marks, but conservatism is safe and
better than recklessness.
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LESSON OF OREGON ELECTION.

The recent elections in Oregon for
congressman, resulted in increased
majorities for the republican candi-
dates, which may be taken as an
index of what will happen at the gen
eral election in the coming autumn.
The issues that were presented in
Oregon are the same as will be pre-
sented in each state of the Union, and
similar results may reasonably be ex-
pected. The public mind has not
been materially affected by anything
that has TRANSFERRED since the last con-
gressional elections in 1900, and from
the fact that the Oregon candidates
increased their majorities over those
obtained during a presidential contest,
seems to point Enthusiastically to repub-
licaE success in every congressional
district now represented by republi-
can.
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thing radically wrong with this law
and that the base use to which it Is
put was never intended by the legisla-
ture. The creatures who were able to
secure contract from the Lee county
board of supervisors to do the work
that should have been done by the
county assessor, when the people paid
for doing it, are as merciless as
hyenas, cold-blooded as catfish, exact
ing as Shylock, and are filling their
own pockets with money wrung from
defenseless public by this unAmeri-
can, unjust and infamous law. If it
was general and took in all classes of
property and all classes of men it
would have some semblance of fair
ness. But the rich merchant, real es-
tate owner, manufacturer, farmer or
stock raiser, who listed his or her
property at from 10 to 25 per cent of
it's value, is exempt. Only the man,
woman or child who has a few dol
lars loaned is made prey of this vile
and venal law. If it took all men and
classes of property, it is our opinion
that neither the supervisors nor fer
rets would have dared to enter into
such contract for fear their carcass
es would be used to decorate some
convenient telephone pole.
Neither the law nor the ferrets will
ever catch the chronic tax dodger. He
smelled the battle afar and long ago,
and had his lamp trimmed and burn
ing, but the guardian who has some
childs money deposited in savings
bank at 3 per cent interest will be
smoked out and made to turn over to
the ferrets one-half to two-thIrds of
that childs meager income The nom
residents. the great insurance compan-
les and foreign loan companies loan
their money in Iowa and in Keokuk
and do not pay the county or state one
penny of taxes. The man who wants
to borrow a few hundred dollars TO
build little home cannot go to these
institutions for his money and must
rate of interest that the big man has
to pay, because the neighbor Of whom
he borrows must settle with the fer
rets.
A few days ago an old washerwo-
man holding in her hand one of the
ferret notices, not knowing what it
was. The business man explained the
ludIlcT W uGT. SuS uuIbI lllIO LSdIS
and said that the few dollars that
mortgage represented was all she had
in the world and she had saved 1t to
insure herself a decent burial; that
she had no money to pay the five years
claim for taxes and penalties and ask.
ed what she should do. The man told
her there was no help for her under
the law. The Gate City being law
abiding, up-to-date newspaper, with
strong religious scruples, cannot con-
sistently advise the poor old woman to
get gun, go to the treasurer's office
and make good ferrets out of that
gang, after the style of making good
Indians in vogue on our western from
tier in the years gone by. But II she
should and We were called -,pon to ait
on the coroners jury, Our verdict
would be, Started on the trail that
leads to warmer climate by an act
of Providence at the hands Of an out
ragged woman"
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WHAT A BEEF TRUST COULD NOT
DO.

e. w. Ogden, in The Worlds Work.
1t is a question of the demand out
weighing the supply. A beef trust
could not limit the output of beef if fat
cattle were plentiful and cheap. If
it were possible to buy all in sight,
dress, store and keep the meat for an
indefinite period such an action might
be possible. But beef is perishable,
and no man is bound down by laws
prohibiting him killing and dressing
meat for his own use and -4s it to
his neighbors. A capital of $50 or $40
is all that is required to open butcher
shop in a village when fat cattle sell
at $3.50 to $500 hundred. 1t is a
business with SO many possibilities
that the beef trust could not block
them all. AS it is beef cattle are sell
ing from $6.75 tol$7.25 hundred. Take
from this one-third waste and the
small butcher cannot compete. He
cannot sell steak at even twenty-five
cents pound and make a profit Sc
the packing houses undersell him, not
because of the trust, but because they
make profit out of the offal which is
waste to him.
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THE TAx.FERRET OUTRAGE.
(Keokuk Gate City,

Many good citizens of Keokuk feel
that they are being annoyed and out
ragged beyond endurance by system
of espionage and overhauling of their
affairs by what is known as the ferret
plan of collecting real or imaginary
balances due the county and state.
Estates that have long been settled
are sought to be opened up, if one or
more of the beneficiaries happen to
have remained in Keokuk, either
through choice or necessity, and they
are called upon to pay for all, with
interest and penalties. This often falls
on the widow or orphan-women who
have been left little life insurance
are held up by this robber law. Chill
dren of parents who have been dead
for ten years get registered letters
through the postoffice addressed to
their parents to call and settle.
It seems to us that there is some.
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AS evidence that the national repub-

AS evidence that the national repub-
lican congressional committee is well
posted on probable election results,
that committee predicted that the re-
publican candidate for governor of
Oregon would be defeated by small
majority but that republican candi-
dates for congress and the remainder
of the state ticket would be elected,
and so it proved to be as the commit
tee had forecasted. 1t is of interest
in this connection to add that the
same committee has no doubts as to
the next congress-. The members are
unanimous in saying that the repub-
lican majority will not be decreased
but will probably be increased.
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The First Admission.

The Fort dodge Post, dem, declares
that the democratic party is not, new
err has been and never will be in favor
of the aban donment of the Philip
pines. FROM the days of Thomas
Jefferson to the present hour" the
Post continues, "the democratic party
of the United States has been in favor
of national growth. It is not now go
ing, at the behest and behoof of the
self appointed leadership that resides
in a Nebraska barn, to cast aside
those ideals that underlie all its histo-
ry, growth find brilliant record. The
Post grows weary of that sort of
thing; it is time that the press of the
party began TO set the party right on
these important questions"
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF WEEDS.

The war on weeds is strenuous now,
on the part of good farmers and
gardeners. The rains make weeds
grow as we'll as the crops, and in fact
the weeds get the greater benefits or
at least take more advantage of their
opportunities. Why is it thus? A
GROWER complains that it is not a
good Providence that makes weeds so
vigorous and persistent in trying to
choke down growing grain and vege-
tables. He says if he had his way
about it he would reverse the order.
! This leads to some observations: The
present civilization would not have
been achieved had grain and fruits
and all vegetables grown spontaneous
ly, and noXious weeds been SO tender
that they required care and cultiva-
ton. If such conditions had prevailed
there would have been no incentive to
labor; no well titled fields and no fine
farm houses, but men would pitch
their tents where these natural pro-
ducts were most abundant. Such con-
ditions prevail to some extent in
tropical countries, where the banana,
pineapple and bread fruit plants
spring UP from the soil of their own
dCCOTu anu the luudDlIdnLS i've With
out industry. There can never be
much progress under such conditions.
1t is where weeds grow spontaneously
and where edible plants flourish UNI
der the care of men that civilization
reaches it's greatest heights.
The farmer and gardener sometimes
listens to the growls of ill-tempered
philosophers who complain of natures
conditions, but the occupation of
farmer or gardener depends entirely
upon the conditions as they are. There
would be no need for farmers or gar.
deners if there were no weeds, and
grain grew without any cultivation, 1t
is wisely ordained otherwise. In
temperate. climes men are compelled
to work in order that they may eat
and the severity of the climate com
pels them to build comfortable home
for protection.
Those who declaim against Prov
dence because they are not bette
taken care of, know not what they dc
The greatest joys are vouchsafed I,
/ those who by energy and industr,
overcome natural obstacles. TIL
luxuries of life could not be enjoyed
IF they came like mama from HEAVIER
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A Sensible Suggestion.

"The time has gone past when Iowa
needs to advertise the productions of
her SOIL" s;Iys the Hampton Recorder,
speaking OF the Iowa exhibit at the
ST. Louis exposition. The Recorder
thinks Iowa should exploit its coal in
terests, witt, a view to securing more
factories, and it's excellent clay de-
posts. "A judicious exhibit of our
coal and cl;ays," it asserts, would be
of more actual benefit to the state
than a 100000 corn palace"
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THE PRESIDENTS POSITION ON
THE PHILIPPINES.

President Roosevelt has made his
views SO plain on the Philippine prob
lem, that he who runs may read
This was his declaration in his speech
on Memorial Day:
when they have thus shown their
capacity for real freedom by their
power of self-government, then, and
not until then, will it be possible to
decide whether they are to exist indie
pendently of us, or be knit to us by
ties of common friendship and inter-
est"
In these eight lines he has express
ed himself so clearly that no intelli-
gent person can mistake his policy.
1t is also to be said that these are
not only his own views, but the
views OF a great majority of republi
cans and of many democrats. What
else could be done? At present the in
habitants of the Philippines are them
selves divided If Aguinaldo were
given freedom to organize govern
ment it is very doubtful if he could
+
bring to his support one-third of the
people of the islands, This would
mean civil war The. administration
was authorized by the treaty OF Paris,
ratified by the senate, to go ahead and
bring about peace and order in the
islands. 1t has been doing nothing
more than this in all it's operations,
civil and military. At present the re-
suits show gratifying progress. There
isno organized oppositionto the author
ity of the United States. having rec
ognized leadership that is responsible
in any sense. If we were ever SO will
ling, there is no one in the islands
ITO whom this country could turn over
Authority. A withdrawal of the Unit
Ell States forces would result in an
archy. The Presidents words are
wise: when they have shown their
capacity for real freedom by their
power of self-government, then, and
not until then, will it be possible to
decide whether they are to exist in
dependently of u.s. or be knit to us by
ties of common friendship and inter
est" Could any we'll balanced man
in the presidential chair, say more or
less at the present time and in the
present condition of affairs?
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The policy of planting corn early,
as advocated by correspondents and
otherwise in the Courier, seems to be
well justified in the present condi-
ton of the crops. The rains have
splendidly rewarded the farmers
faith in Iowa soil and Iowa climate
and the crops have not look.
ed so well for many
years. The prospect is now for an
abundant yield which will add to the
prosperity of the state and give as
surance to everyone of a comfortable
living who is willing to work at re-
munerative wages.