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The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26
Cnal on the Free Lit.

When President Roosevelt was on his
stumping tour. he declared, in his
speech at Cincinnati. that anthracite
coal was on the free list All of the
republican spell binders echoed the
same declaration. The democrats
showed that anthracite and bitumi
nous coal were both subject 10 duty
under the Dingley tariff law; they were
denounced as prevaricators. Election
is now over and President Roosevelt
acknowledges that he was mistaken
and recommends in his message that
the duty be removed from anthracite
coal. 1t is now up to a republican con-
gress TO pass such bill; but so far no
steps have been taken to that end 1t
is well to inquire why bituminous coal
should not also be placed upon the free
list. especially as the coal barons are
making preparations to export coal to
Mediterranean ports to compete with
foreign coal in those markets.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

The oil introduced by Sena.1l G -
ION To amend the antitrust Law pro-
hibits interstate commerce in articles
made by trusts. the penalty for viola
tion being a fine of from $500 TO 1000.
The meat in the bill is in the proposed
appointment of so special agents 10
act as spies TO report any infringement
of the law. What a snap these APP
pointments would be for the henchmen
of republican congressman of the Bath-
bone and Nicely stripe. But the boys"
viii have to wait some time before the
trusts will be called upon to put up
the stuff" to avoid prosecution. SEN
ator Cullom and the republican ma ior-
itY have no intention of really reform
ing the trusts or the tariff and the flood
of bills that have already been intro
duced are only intended to please their
constituents. Since President Roose-
velt's conservative" message has been
made public a good many antitrust
bills have been held M for revision on
more conservative lines and more will
follow the presidential tip, that there
is to be nothing doing" at this ses-
sion, and will go into the waste basket.
The voters who expected republican
action against the trusts or the protec.
tive tariff will again be disappointed.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26
THE PRESIDENT EVADES.
Roo.eyeIt Cringes Before the Frovn
of the Managers of Prot ected
Industries.

1t Is well established that Col. Roose-
welt led the charge up San Juan hill
with splendid courage. President
Roosevelt attacking the evils OF the
high tariff carries sword of lath and
keeps timorous eye TO the rear. He
SAYS in his annual message:
II the tariff avs az whole work vel
ane i business has prospereE under them
and : ptr.ns. L : better u endure foI
d tine slight Inconvenience and inequal-
tiles in some schedules than % upset bas.-
ness b. too quick and to r2E.ca. changes"
Here the old evasion Is put forward
once more. says the Chicago Daily
News (ind.). The policy of the repab
lican party has been in recent years te
permit the manufacturers practically
TO write the tariff schedules TO sui
themselves. The inconvenience has all
been on the side of the consumer NheD
the question of revising these precious.
schedules comes up in any politica.
campaign the shout is raised: Let tn.
tariff be revised by its friends" After
the election the party settles back ano
signs: I'VE dare not touch it," 1t is
better, the leaders say. with oily salts
faction, to endure for a time anything
that you may happen to find unjust in
the tariff than TO upset business. En-.
dure how long? While the protected
manufacturers have breath left in their
bodies will they not continue to cry
You are upsetting us" if any one
proposes TO take away by tariff re.
vision the smallest fraction Of their
chance to make large profits?
Everybody knows that the present
profits in protected industries are
enormous. Every body knows that the
prices Of commodities. with remark
ably few exceptions. are now extraor-
dinarily high. Yet the president OF
the United States lends himself TO the
purposes Of the greedy pets of tie
Dingley tariff and says with SNUG com.
placency: Keep on enduring it. To
give you relief would upset the fellows
who are gouging YOU" lie fears thu
effects Of too quick" or too radical
changes. In the name of al that is
wonderful. does he fear that repub-
lican congress would eviscerate any
protected industry? Have we not
heard throughout the recent campaign
that the republicans, being the friends
of the tariff, could be trusted to revise
il properly? Now the president tells
them 10 let il alone for fear they might
upset somebody.
The president is a man of courage.
WHY should he cringe before the frown
Of the protected industries? If he must
do so at least let him cease 10 blow
hot and cold on this subject Let him
take the manly course and be high.
tariff advocate to the limit of that
peculiar type Of frenzy or else let him
set about demanding proper and wise
reforms of the tariff such as President
Mckinley in his great speech at Buffalo
declared to be necessary. If the friends
of the high tariff do not reform il the
enemies of that sacred law viii do the
reforming a little later
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Two violent shocks of earthquake
were experienced at San Jose, Porto
Rico, on the 18th. There were sew
eral later shocks, but of less severity
Thomas Meredith, wealthy philan-
thropist. died at his home near Lewis,
Ia, on the 18th.
c. p. Bowdish, of Elburn, H., shot
and killed himself in hotel at Marco
line, Mo, on the 18th, the result OF
excessive drinking.
Charles =. Griffin, former speaker
Of the Ohio legislature, dropped dead
of heart disease in his Office at Toledo,
/ o., on the 18th.
Hosea NJ knowlton, former attor-
ney general of Massachusetts, died at
his home at Marion, Mass, on the
| 18th.
John Powers, superintendent of
mine in the Greenhorn district, Ore
gon, was frozen 10 death, on the 18th
Gen. Wager Swayne died at his
home, in New York, on the 18th, of
| complication Of diseases.
Richard T. Crane. founder and pres
ident of the Crane Mfg Co., of Chica-
go. has announced that the 1000 en-
ployes Of the concern will receive
cash Christmas gifts representing five
per cent. OF each mans annual wages
1t viii take Sl35, 900 to 90 round.
Great Britain is ready to arbitrate,
provided satisfactory guarantee is
made that the Venezuelan govern
ment will fulfill its obligations if the
decision is against the latter govern
ment On this point arbitration ne
gotiations have hitched.
The Venezuelan government, on the
18th, delivered TO Mr. Bowen, the
American minister, full authority to
I do all that he can TO secure arbitra-
I ton. and appointing him as the rep
resentative Of Venezuela on any board
OF arbitration that may be- selected
Germany insists on some form Of
apology from Venezuela, in addition
+ to monetary settlement. for the dip
F lomaiic insults which the foreign Of
i fee insists are more serious and more
gross than those OF which Great Brit
ain complains.
/ While on his way TO the White
House. on the 18th. 10 see the presi-
dent. Postmaster General PAYNE suf-
fered an acute attack of Indigestion.
/ He was driven To his hotel and two
/ physicians were summonded who re-
lieyed his suffering.
According to the approved plans,
| proposed by Admiral Dewey, the prin-
3 a
will rendezvous at the Island of Trim
dad, right off the coast of Venezuela,
and at st. Thomas, near Porto Rico.
Raising men from the dead is the
goal toward which Chicago physi-
sian is striving. He has already prac-
tically terminated a maltese eat.
What the next step may be he himself
hesitates 10 predict.
material increase in the cases OF
pneumonia and sever colds among the
people of Washington, ID. c., is at
tributed to the coal famine. accord.
ing to number of physicians inter
viewed. They say that in most of the
houses they visited only few of the
rooms are heated.
A disease which is killing off cattle
in the eastern part of Johnson coun-
", Mo, is puzzling the farmers and
the veterinary surgeons, who are un-
able TO diagnose it. Unlike blackleg
ii attacks old cattle, which sicken and
die in an hours time.
The British parliament was pro.
rogued, on the 18th. until February
Z. the kings speech being an extern,
siye review of the events of the year
including the Venezuelan contro
yersy.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26
The solicitude of the subsidy beg.

The solicitude of the subsidy beg
CARS lest tariff revision might be en-
tered on to the detriment of business
and checking the current of prosperity
is touching, very. These patriots, who
have grown rich on the swag they were
enabled to pocket by the outrageous
duties paid on imports, have suddenly
become the anxious friends and guard
ians of the dear people.-Cha ttanoga
Times.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Fearing he had failed to pass his
examination at the Iowa Wesleyan
university, at Ottumwa. Ia, Everett
Hartman, Of Malcolm, Ia, committed
suicide. on the 10Th. by cutting his
throat With razor.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Miss Elizabeth 3. Foulks was
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed a hotel at Gazelle, Sishyou
county. Cal, on the 18th.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

A canal is being dug in Indiana to
drain the Kankakee marshes and re-
claim hundreds of thousands of acres
of land now regarded as worthless.
The cost will be about million dol
lars.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Fred F.. Kelley, of Buffalo. y. Y,
was found dead in his room in q hotel
at Detroit. Mich, on the nth. with
bullet wound in the head and a re
volver grasped in his right hand.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Miss Elizabeth Parkinson. Of Kan
sas City, Mo. made her debut in
opera in Paris, France. on the 18th,
before large and fashionable audi
ence, and was much applauded.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Matthias Utzler pleaded guilty to the
murder, on the 18th, of Mrs. Garrison,
at Johnstown, Mich, ana on the 18th
was sentenced TO hard labor for life
aud taken to the penitentiary the
same day.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Col r. z. Bobo, of Bobo. Miss, died
of blood poisoning at a Chicago hos
pital on the 18th.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

John Knapp. business man OF
Bruce, H., committed suicide. on the
18th, by cutting his throat.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Russell Sage, the New York fnan-
cier. was in his Office, on the 18th, for
the first time since he was taken i'll,
two months ago.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Nels c. Matson. postmaster at Mid
dletown, la. was arrested at Pekin,
Ill, on the 18th, on charge of EN-
bezzling government funds He ac-
knowledged his guilt. and in default
of $4,000 bond he was remanded 20
the county Jail.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Three men made an attempt to rob
a bank at Alvord, Tex. on the 18th
but the officers had been warned and
were prepared. The attempt resulted
in the death Of one of the would-be
robbers, the desperate wounding of
another and the capture Of the third.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

The opera house at Huron, s. d.,
valued at $4,000, was destroyed by
FIRE on the nth
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Charles J. Denny, John A. Sheri-
dan. T. Ed Albright. Edmund Bersch
and Charles A. Gutke, tried jointly in
st. Louis on charges of bribery in the
Suburban railway deal, were found
guilty. on the 10Th. and sentenced 10
five years each in the penitentiary.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Four hundred thousand people are
reported to be destitute and starving.
In Finland, as result Of the crop
failure
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

President Harper of the University
OF Chicago. on the 10th. announced
the gift by John ID. Rockefeller of an
other million dollars for that institu-
ton.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

An the result of a quarrel over
load of wood at Decatur, Ala, on the
18th, Casey Holland, young farmer,
struck Rev. S. \. Archer. a Baptist
preacher, over the head with stick,
causing death in a few hours.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Gen. Francisco Sanchez Hochavar-
ria, the provincial governor, died At
Santiago, Cuba, On the 18th.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

The steamer ST. Paul, which sailed
from New York on the 18th, carried
s460,6l5 in money orders, payable in
Is countries of Europe, as Christmas
presents.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

The japanese midget known as
"Gen. Peanuts" who travelled with
circuses for number of years. died
In New York on the 18th. lie was IS
years old, and two feet one inch in
height.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Eighteen gypsies were frozen TO
death in their camp at Biaseney, Hun
gary. during the present intensely
cold weather prevailing IN that coun-
try. Many deaths from the same
cause have occurred in other sections
of the country.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

In answer TO letter from Daisy
Lawrence, ten years old. of Norfolk,
Neb, Gov. Savage of that state gave
her, as Christmas present. pardon
for her father, who was serving a
three years sentence in the peniten-
tiary for embezzlement.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Three sufferers from bubonic
plague arrived in New York on a
steamer from Durham, South Africa,
on the 18th, and were placed under
treatment in quarantine.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

Miss Birdie Woodard an employe of
basket factory at Metropolis, H..
was made seriously i'll. ON the 18th.
by putting tacks in her mouth, for
use in her work, taken from a dish
in which some unknown person had
placed strXchnine.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

In his testimony before the strike
commission, on the 10th, Samuel
Gompers accused the coal operators
of importing illiterate foreigners to
work in the mines.
The Forrest City times., 1902-12-26

r. c. Whayne, a business man of
Louisville. KY, who was found dead
near park in that city. on the night
of the nth, with a gunshot wound in
his breast, carried insurance on his
life for $4,000. The manner of his
death is unknown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

There is no purchase which will appeal to the con-
servatye specuator having greater prooaoi'ies Oh
profit and chance Of loss than the shares OF '
Southern Pacific Company. To set forth the true Vaue
of Southern would require book but the nereS
outline OF facts appeals 10 the thoughtful person Win
an eloquence that is convincing This ROAD heeuS O
mystery no hint advantageous combinations 10
make Its shares attractive to the investor The gross
earnings Of Southern Pacific last year were ninety
million dollars fifty four millions for A'chis0h
forty six millions for Union Pacific, and hr'y'hree
millions for Pacific In the past few years the
Southern Pacific Company has expended Ffty NiiohS
ont Of earnings for betterments other words. put
tina, amount in the Savings Bank. Some roads whose
STOCKS are selling very high the money, and
,ss,e bonds with which to make improvements This
road has earned the Moreover Southern racine
has cash surplus of $4,000 carefully covered up
and hidden away by adroit bookkeeping 1t can spare
forty millions this year improvements and still have
fifteen millions applicable to dividends
The simple facts given speak more eloquentiy
than the tongues OF OF angels 1t may De Cd
jected that Southern Pacific no dividend 10 inc
thoughtful man It is not OF dividends that
makes property valuable the earning of them In
some ways the that pays dividend is OF less
value than an exactly similar road that pays none
inst az the man spends his income as iaSt as ne
r.cei,es Il has less credit bank than one who
saves his income and lives cheaply. LOOK pack anu
recall the old days when Baltimore ana ohio
,tcbison and Missouri Pacific were paying from 3 to
10 per cent dividends: due course the DIVIDENDS
ceased and those stocks dropped over 100 points eac
OF course circumstances are different but the i'm
ortant fac, &c that Southern Pacific dividend
and will pay dividend when the stock sells in the
ne,sbborbo1 Of 15 Southern Pacific never sold lower
than Missouri Pacific, and will yet sell higher
than Missouri Pacific Southern Pacific sold
at 80 when Atchison selling below 20, and VIII
cross Atchiso1 when both stocks sell well above par
Atchison preferred was selling around 3d. ana
the company extending all earnings improving
the property the net hardly showed enough TO pay fixed
charges: when these improvements were finished. the
ratio of operating expenses Atchison preferred went
to par and Atchison 10 30 What Atchtson did
then Southern Pacific doing called the pub
lies specialy to this stock some weeks ago
when selling So and stated then that in my
Judgment Southern Pacific would before
touching doubtful now II Southern Pacific
ever sells points than its price at the present
writing perhaps half point lower For either
the Spectator investor unhestatingy advise
it's purchase and predict par within ninety days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
OBITUARY.
COLONEL THOMAS A. kERRlGAN.

Colonel Thomas \. Kerrigan. the well known
politician and proprietor of the auction fooinS HI
Nilloughby-st., Brooklyn. which for many Yeas
nave been the headquarters of Hugh Mtl@d"s iii'i'
the veteran leader of the Kings County DehoCIdcS'
died yesterday at his country home. IN bay We"
Colonel Kerrigan held the place OF SheriH auc-
uoneer under different administrations, but "heh
MI Guden became Sheriff the place OF puoic duC
toneer was transferred William P. Rae. On ere
succession of Colonel Dixie Mr.. Rae was cohnfnleo
in mis- place
Colonel Eerrigan active in the formation VI
the Andrew Jackson democratic Cluo "l 'iV
seventh Ward He left the ward several years ago
and bought house No. $50 Prospect Pace
Brooklyn. and since then had been little heard OF
IN politics He had been accustomed to speho MS
summer vacations In NJTth3ort, Long lslahd Al"
MS winters in Florida. He was a memper VI lii7
Volunteer Firemens Association. the constitution
Club, the Morning Star Council, the Royal Arcahuh'
the Sacred Heart Council No. :; the Cathoic
Benevolent Legion and uf St Augustine 5 ChurcH
The news of Colonel kerrisans death oeepiy
affected Hugh Mclaughlin. who. in paying u'pute
I" his old friend. declared he was one or the nlost
The body brought his home in bfoohlS Il
yesterday afternoon. The funeral Will take PlaCe
III 81 Augustine's Church tomorrow or luesuaE
morning, as may be decided to-day Inc pufial
VIII be in the family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery
in Flathush
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
HAVOC WROUGHT IN SICILY.
FIVE HUNDRED BODIES RECOVERED
SEA GIVES Up THE DEAD.

Rome. Sept. 27-Advices received this evening
from Sicily show that the tempest that worked
such damage in that island is stil raging. De
tails of the storm multiply the number or
deaths. On the east coast $40 bodies have been
recovered. and the sea continues to give up
corpses which We're swept down by the torrents
from the interior. II is estimated that five hum
bred bodies have already been recovered
Three hundred lives were lost at Modica. The
churches there are filed with dead. and the
cemeteries are wastes of mud. rendering the in
torment of the bodies of the victims impossible.
Salvage operations continue troops and peas
ants working without intermission.
AT Sortino sixteen miles from Syracuse, the
cyclone continued for fifteen hours. The rains
which have followed the cyclone have aggra-
waited the disaster in the country. sweeping
down bridges and interrupting railway traffic.
Catania Sicily, Sept. 21.-The whole country
about Mount Etna has suffered greatly. Mount
Etna is sending up thick column of steam
from the vicinity of the scene of the eruption of
1892.
Two fresh craters have opened on Stromboli
since September II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
RIDGELYS
FINANCIAL FORECASTS

The present situation be summed up in the fol-
lowing extract from Daily Letter of last WEDNESDAY
night; The market has its worst stocks bought
as advised on the usual per cent. margins viii De
safe Small traders wiped and securities have
gone into strong hands You will with patience secure
very handsome profits your holdings II already
long. buy any the standard shares recessions
Thursday morning The market been in so
healthy condition while. The situation is
NOT the same during tight money Of three
years ago. At England corrallns all the
gold she could present foreign financial
centres willing plenty Of gold when
ever our bankers ARE READY to for it Three
years ago. Messrs. Rockefeller Keene SHORT
Of stocks; they LONG. Basic conditions
sound Railway earnings this year will eclipse all
previous records II only brief period before
bank in shape finance bull
paisn It will we'll repay who contemplates
being interested in the Daily Letter
regularly CManed about o m. IS per Month";
Opportunities in secure some
bargains and 1 endeavor to point out TO
Subscribers which promise the greatest
probabilities profit the risk.
None Of us supposed the recent break would extend
50 far 1t was fair assumption that Secretary Shaw
he was talking when he assured the
public stringent Fort
unatelv my advice buy only ten 10 fifteen
points margin be prepared for contingencies My
individual Judgment was
that a rallies; but that it might
be better follow the big interests who still es-
pousng the bull side. Ny Subscribers had unprec-
edentedy successful early in June until early
September, nd then that they must be
careful get caught with the goods on when
the break possible speculate success
fully twelve months of the year There Is
class persons who skeptica, for ex-
ample Southern 10. but who hustle to
buy rapid twelve point advance. above So on
a point margin Of that class will always
lose. either without advice. don't claim
to have advised selling the top" am not
omnipoteut. of fact everybody on the
ago predicting extravaeant advances
no matter what they may now claim to the contrary
YOU MAY PUT Me ON RECORD AS STATING
THAT THE BREAK Is OVER. AND THAT sToChS
FROM THIS TINE ON WILL BE A PURCHASE ON
EVERY LITTLE RECESSION. The low prices OF last
week will again this barring calamity.
The outlook traders market. with gradual up
ward trend. pc a rampant bull campaign
The continued strength exchange has been
very discouragins through the week Unless
some influence Is at work twenty
millions gold should be here within fifteen
davs European banks can easily it. A heavy
decrease IL orr trade and the probability
that our bankers buying exchange TO remit in
settlement Of huge abroad. the apparent ex-
nIanations o. the continued strength Of sterling But
when our crops begin to outward. sharp de-
clno IN sterling and heavy gold will surely De
gin bl, I. the real and permanent relief which Wall
c,-se. reouir,.