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Evening star., 1902-02-03
Snow on Sidewalks

The recent snowfall has again demon
strated that something is wrong with the
law which requires the owners or users of
city property to clean the sidewalks with
In certain period. Most householders
comply promptly with this requirement. the
majority not waiting until the finish of the
storm, but cleaning paths during the fall,
So that the footway is fairly clear from
the outset. Somehow however, the law
Cannot be made to reach the owners of
vacant lots. In the seInf-suburbs during
the past week scores of lots. often entire
squares, were left untouched of shoyels or
brooms. the public wading through the snow
or more often forced into the street to fol-
low the wagon trails Or, when fortune
smiled. the car tracks. The government.
too. was decidedly derelict, its squares and
triangles remaining long beyond the legal
limit without being touched. while the pub
lie suffered
The law requires that IL the sidewalks are
not cleaned within four hours of daylight
after the fall Of snow not only shall the
owners or tenants be fined for the offense,
but the Commissioners shall cause the side
walks to be cleaned and the cost assessed
against the property. In order to do this
effectively fund should be provided which
will enable the Commissioners, Immediately
upon the expiration Of the time limit, to
send forth series of gangs to attack the
vacant lots first and to clean them of the
accumulated snow. This fund could be kent
supplied from the extra assessments against
the property collectable under the law as IL
stands The employment Of the money in
this way would grant effective aid to the
unemployed at the very season when thew
most seriously need funds
II the law for the cleaning of sidewalks
Is not enforcible It should be repealed. But
there seems to be no good reason why It
cannot be given effect for the sake of pub
lie comfort
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Real or ImftatiouY

When Lewis Nixon was DESIGNATED by
Richard Croker to succeed him as chairman
OF the Tammany Hall committee on finance.
which carries with 1t the boss-ship, the dis
tinct announcement was made that Nixon
was to become Croker's successor In fact
as well as In name, and was to take over
all his powers and prestige. Nixon assumed
the reins Of control with the air OF a man
who knows Just how to handle fractiorts
bunch Of horses, who held a long whip and
was at full liberty to WELD 1t without pity
upon the backs Of all who might try to
jump the traces. As long as Croker re-
manned on this side Nfxon's position was
questioned only In whispers. or in quarters
where the Tammany affairs are legitimate
topics Of violent debate. But as soon as
Croker had sailed away. and Nixon was
LETT alone, the trouble began. Immediately
the question arose. Is he a real boss or only
q fgure-hea~. This was asked with such
persistency and by such persons that Nixon
was forced to assert himself He had to
declare that he had become sole and un-
oossed boss OF Tammany when Croker re-
signed his chairmanship. But this did not
quet the sconers. who are chiefly of the
Greater New York Democracy, the Sheehan
organization opposed to Tammany. In that
crowd are many who know the inside af
fairs OF Taanmany fairly well and their re-
peated assertions that Nixon Is a mere
stalking horse for ...e absent Richard In
being taken by the town In some degree Of
earnestness. 1t is altogether probable that
Croker would keep a string on the boss
ship. It Is quite unlikely that he would cut
loose entirely. The situation Is rather diff.
cut for Nixon. for In the degree that his In
dependence is assaiied and questioned he Is
forced to declare his sole accountability.
which will force him into Q more. and
more conspicuously responsible place be-
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Tho City Beautiful,

Washington Is to be the most beautiful
city In the world. The decree has been en-
tered IN the book of fate. The people of
the United States have wilIed it. What the
sovereign wills must be done. The Burn
ham commission has completed the plan.
The conditions are perfect; the time is ripe.
1t only remains for Congress to act.
Most national capitals grew. Washington
Is being made to order. Accident was not
Its father, nor human necessity it's mother.
Neither were the nurses left to work out
the problem Of its fate. Washington was
planned with the exactness of geometry.
Nature endowed 1t with beauty, and art be-
came Its godmother. Washington, JefYer-
son and L'Enfant were the triumvirate that
decreed its form and future. They had
prophetic vision and wrought for the ages.
Washington is not finished. 1t is barely a
century old, merely an infant as nation 8
capital. 1t has taken on much of the
beauty bespoken by it's trio Of sponsors. 1t
has already outgrown the derision once
lurking in the title Of the City Of Magnifi-
cent Distances. 1t is about to enter upon a
new stage in its development The Amer
lean people have emerged from the bread
and butter age as nation. Public seutt-
ment demands that Washington shall be
made the City Beautiful that the noble be-
ginnings shall be expanded and harmonizcd
into unrivaled glor1es
Evening star., 1902-02-03
AnxIo-saxon. ana tb. Sol,


The Rochester, N. Y, Union, In a deliver
ance favoring scuttle in the Philippines.
says:
The local British organ quotes approv-
tngiy the following remark made recently
In the House by Representative Cannon:
Right or wrong. the United States owns
the Philippine Islands. and the Anglo-S Saxon
people. abroad or here. never have parted
with an acre OF soil when thew have onca
owned 1t This certainly has fina i'm
Periaist ring. But Is the statement true7
Oid not certain Anglo-Saxon people IN
VII. VI. the people Of England, once upon a
Tine sme part Win good many acres Of soiP
situated In this part Of the worid2 The
historians OF the American war of indeuend-
ence bear testimony to that effect
The Union Is easily taken In fits own net
The fight for control Of the North Amert.
can colonies was between two wfnzs of
the Ansio-Saxon people. George the Third.
representing the English wing, took one
view Of the matter. and George Washing
ton. representing the American wing, took
the other. The Virginian had both the
right Of the controversy and the genius to
enforce 1t. and he won. But not IAN acre
Of seil' passed out of the possession Of the
Angie-Saxon people. It took those who
owned the soil seven years of hard and
bloody fighting to assert complete control
OF IL, and they would have fought seven
years longer had 1t been necessary. The
Anglo-Saxon both lost and won in that
conflict.
The situation In the Philippines is all very
different 1t Is the Angio-Saxon against
tue Asiatic there. We are on the ground
~ sysrg right that a nation need plead in
s0ss'ncaaon OF Its efforts to assert author
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Tonight's Republican Caucus.

The republican caucus tonight will con-
slider the question Of the election laws In
certain southern states and their influence
on representation in Congress. An evil Is
generally confessed. and a remedy Is
sought. There are two propositions. One
is the enactment Of a so-called force
bill. giving United States courts jurisdlc-
ton IN the premises, and the other Is the
application Of the penalty prescribed by the
Constitution for disfranchising men on ac-
count of color or previous condition OF
ssrvitude.
The first proposition should receive but
scant attention. It is unworthy of adoption.
It would but complieate an already grave
situation. For nearly thirty years the
country has heard now and then about a
"force" bill, and always with show of
irritation. Two efforts were made in Con-
gress to pass such a bill, and both pro-
voked discussion in Congress and out which
disclosed very warm disapprova1. Ten
years have elapsed since the Lodge bill
was defeated. but public sentiment on the
subject has not changed It is not so very
improbable indeed that this present propo-
sition is but a maneuver to confuse matters
in the hope OF preventing action Of any
kind at this time If force" bill Is the
only remedy 1t would be better to drop the
subject. For the remedy, upon the whole,
would prove to be worse than the disease.
The other proposition rests upon a very
clear state of case. That the Constitution
with respect to the suffrage has been vio-
lated in states that may be named admits
Of no doubt except for Quibbling purposes
The state conventions which wrought in
that way were composed of men who OPEN
ly admitted their aims and the object Of
their labors. They picked their language
with care. in an effort to provide standing
for themselves In court, where they feared
they might one day be summoned; but
otherwise they attempted no disguises. To
disfranchise as many negroes as possible
but not a single white man, was the battle
cry. The result of this Is that in those
states the negroes are counted out in the
voting at home, but counted in by their
opponents in the voting In Congress. A
population which is not permitted to ex-
press Itself as to a dog law in a state Is
used to decide tariff and finance laws In
Congress. and to decide in the electoral col
lege who shall BE- President of the United
States.
This is no sectional question, but a ma
ional question. The southern politicians
are naturally reluctant to give up their
power, even though the Constitution de-
mands 1t. But where one vote in the south
Is made thus to count in our national af-
fairs for as much as ten votes In the east
or west, or in the middle states, obviously
something in the national behalf should be
done. And the Constitution distinctly pre-
scribes what that thing should be.
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Tsf Ans Tears.

The tears shed by Tsi An Saturday, when
Mrs. Conger, wife of the American minister
at Pekin, addressed the dowager In behalf
of the foreign legation women, should not
be regarded as disclosing the complete
reformation of that formidable guardian Of
the dragon throne. Tsi an must give more
substantial signs of change of heart to-
ward foreigners than few tears, shed in a
moment of agitation upon a ceremonial oc-
casion Of unusual significance. She may
have been sincerely affected by the scene 1t
meant great cal to her, doubtless, for it
sgnified, incidentally, that the old days Of
Chinese official insolence toward the lega-
tions have gone, probably never to return.
Her emotion was probably tinged strongly
with selfish regret.
When Tsi An sheds genuine tears of sor-
row for her past misdeeds and Of promise
of future righteousness, then indeed will
new day dawn for China. Had she been
honestly friendly toward -oreigners and ap-
preciative of the beneficence of the reforms
which they represented, lie tragedies Of
1900 would not have occurred. She con-
trolled the situation then, as she presurna-
bly, controls it now, apart from the in
creased power OF the western nations.
But Saturdays event was important,
whether Tsi Ans tears were genuinely indi-
catiye Of repentance or were Of the croco-
die sort. 1t effectively supplemented the
audience of a few days previous, when the
emperor received the ministers in state,
they being for the first time in history well
coined as representatives of powers equal
in rank with China. A lew years ago the
dowager received the ladies of the lega-
ttons, after much pressure had been ap-
piled by the ministers upon the tsung II
yamen to secure for their wives an audi
ence with the empress" 1t was hoped that
thereby the emperors official wife would
be given the place of honor, and that this
would supplement the work then being
feebly attempted by the emperor to insti-
tute reforms. But the willy -. An substi-
tuted herself for the empress and received
the legation ladies with every sign of
naughty superiority, which caused them to
regret the occasion and their husbands to
realize that instead of fostering the reform
movement they had inadvertently played
into the hands of the reactionary, party.
The marked contrast between that affair
and this fastest auoience is, therefore of
significance, even though the genuineness
or the tears shed by the dowager may be
fairly questioned
Evening star., 1902-02-03
The White House.
From the Kansas City Star.

iVHi tht hHHSaS City Stnf.
AS 1t Is highly desirable that the White
House at Washington should be preserved
as the home Of the Presidents, without any
alterations which are not actually de-
manded for the comfort and convenience of
the occupants, it is proper that provision
should be made outside Of the mansion for
the transaction Of the official business.
which takes up considerable part of its
space. 1t is proposed to meet this need by
locating near the mansion building for
the Departments Of Justice and State. With
the President and his family meeting the
social demands which the people are
pleased to see them fulfill, the White House
with Its business attachment is too small.
ana public sentiment is not friendly to the
substitution Of q larger and more modern
building in its place.
Evening star., 1902-02-03
The Crank.

Here's to the crank! If it were not for him
This world would be empty and idle and
grim,
For he is the fellow who's doing his best,,
Forgetful of fame, Of reward and Of rest.
His failures have brought US a measure of
mirth
That was welcome indeed to this busy old
earth;
And when he succeeds. we awaken to find
That he is the creditor Of all mankind.
So what does it matter, If thoughtless ones
jeer
Or offer him pity that's worse than a sneer.
For reverent world oft assemblies to thank
The man who was one day dismissed as
crank
Evening star., 1902-02-03
SHOOTING STARS.
His Hesitancy.

There is another application for you to
give something to very worthy enter
prise said the congressman's wife.
well, It's hard matter to Decide" he
answered IF don't give, my constituents
will consider me ungracious. And IL / do,
they will think I am luxuriating here In
Washington, with nothing to do but waste
money"
Evening star., 1902-02-03

fore the public. II anything goes wrong.
Nixon win be blamed in the degree that he
succeeds IN persuading the people that he
alone IL chargeable for Tammany. At the
Same time nobody really believes that
Croker went to Europe leaving the affairs
Of disgruntled, defeated and partly disin-
tegrated party In the hands Of q man who,
compared with himself, is an amateur at
political maueuyeriuR
Evening star., 1902-02-03
NashviIle's Horses.
the Nashville Banner,

An aggressive and effective society for
the prevention Of cruelty to animals ia
needed in Nashville. When the ground was
covered with sleet we noticed a number Of
wagons as heavily loaded as at ordinary
times. OF course the horses could hardly
draw their loads. Aside from the crueIty
Of 1t. 1t was the poorest sort of economy to
strain the horses to the utmost and incur
the risk Of breaking their legs as thew re-
peatedly slipped and fell.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

1t Is said that Attorney General Knox
once charged $4,000. hoping that the Zee
would be refused, 50 that he could proceed
with his plans for vacation Possibly be-
fore he Is through with the expenses which
attend official life he will be glad he took
the money.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

There is still some disposition to find
fault with American millonaires who de-
vote time to such small games as ere
played at Monte Carlo.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

1t Is said that the Empress Of China shed
real tears when the deeds Of the Boxers
were recalled to her. Tsi An would rather
shed tears than taels.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

The tradition concerning the ingratitude
OF republics may be due to the fact that
as soon as a man gets to be hero he be-
comes a political suspect.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

It Is safe to predict that Mr.. Hitchcock
Of New York won't get any Jeweled cigar
ette case or diamond sleeve buttons when
Prince Henry distributes his presents.
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Building Records.
From the Syracuse Herald

Building activity In the last year in all
parts OF this country. as showa by the sta
tistics gathered, exceeded all precedent.
There was In the representative municipali-
ties In different sections an increase of from
TO to 26O per cent over the preceding wear
I'm the amount OF money invested In ali
kinds Of building
Evening star., 1902-02-03

The attention OF the audience win be di-
vided between Prince Henry and the man
who refused to give up his box. The sing
ers will not stand much chance
Evening star., 1902-02-03

District Attorney Jerome has fully demon
strated that he has the nerve needed to
carry reformer through the calcium light
and brass band period Of his career.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

Mr.. Whitney has decided to retire from
active participation in affairs But he will
be discussed as a presidential possibility
Just the same
Evening star., 1902-02-03

The Biddle boys have completely sup-
planted the James boys as heroes Of in
famnatory Juvenile literature.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

Alfred Austin has not made any protest
against the competition to government
poetry that English literature is developing
Evening star., 1902-02-03

The electrical inventor is displaying some
Of the eloquence that was once regarded as
the exclusive property Of the lightning rod
agent,
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Not Retaliation,

From the Los Angeles Herald.
Really. the Germans are not sending
Prince Henry as q retaliatory measure
Evening star., 1902-02-03

The 2lz-cent coin might give Tom l..
Johnson another idea as to the price that
ought to be demanded for street car ride.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

There Is no excuse for complaining OF
Washington weather. There is sufficient
variety to accommodate every preference
Evening star., 1902-02-03
january.
!, ch,.,rr ~,

Nfom tne Cnichg6 News,
No one but kicker will complain that
January did not give enough variety for
the money In the matter Of weather.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

Prince Henry will display his affablity by
listening patiently to an immense amount
Of boarding-school German
Evening star., 1902-02-03

Judge Arthur H Noyes of Alaska. like
Judge Humphreys OF Hawaii, seems to be
wretched misfit In judicial position.
Evening star., 1902-02-03

DIn order to avoid delays on ac-
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be Addressed
to any Individual connected with the
ONCE, but simply to THE STAR, OF to
the Editorial or business Depart
menfs, according to tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1902-02-03
Mixing Drinks.

From the Philade1phia Ledger
OF all mixed drinks this combinat,o, ~
tea and beer TO resist the war tax is about
the queerest.
Evening star., 1902-02-03
His Objection.

His Objection.
"You say you object to Herbert" said the
fair girl
II do" said the man who likes to play
draw poker.
"You stilf say you object to his calling
here?"
Il do"
- "Why?'
Because every time Herbert calls he's
got me beat"
Evening star., 1902-02-03
The Cost of Things.

Old Mother Hubbard
She went to the cupboard
To get her poor doggie a snack.
But she found not crust,
For the deeds Of a trust
Compelled them to both go way back
u don't understand why any wealthy
gentleman should object to giving up his
box at the opera for the accommodation OF
Prince Henry" said Mr. Cumrox as he
looked in the glass to see If his white neck
tie was on straight.
ut does seem a little inhospitab1e," re.
piled his wife.
mot only that. Why should he neglect
such splendid excuse for not going to
grand opera?"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-19
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR.

United States Land Office.
Carson City, Nevada. June %. 1902.
To Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the Cen
trail Pacific Railway Company has fiji.
ed in this office a list of lands situated
in the townships described below,
and has applied for a patent for said
lands: that the list is open to the pub
lie for inspection and a copy thereof
by descriptive subdivisions has been
posted in a convenient place in this
Office, for the inspection of all persons
interested and the public generally.
Within the next sixty days following
the date of :Als notice, protests OF
contests against the claim of the com
pany to any tract or subdivision with
in any section or part of section. des
cribed in the list, on the ground that
the same is more valuable for minera
than for agricultural purposes will be
received and noted for report to the
General Land Office at Washington
d. C.
Following is the list:
All Sec. 81. N " SW II and part \
II Sec. 20, part N Y Sec. 81, TIP. 16
u. r. 20 E. Mount Diablo Meridian.
o. H. GALLUP, Register
D. H. HALL. Receiver.
First publication June "a, 1902.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-19
FOR SALE

A ranch known as the Lyden ranch
near Mound House, with spring flow
ing 2 inches water into reservoir. A
good house, barn, cellar and outhOuses
Property contains so acres; 3 acres
planted to Wheat; to alfalfa and 4
acres ready to plant. Plenty Of water
for all.
Also the Ryan ranch situated about
one mile from the above property; this
contains 40 acres. House of rooms,
barn for horses, corral and outhouses
Has an everfowing spring capable OF
irrigating 2 acres
Price $500 if both properties are sold
together; if sold singly the price of the
Lyden ranch will be 5000 and the Ryar
ranch $500.
! Apply at James Virgins Empire
New.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-19
New Office Created

l he Southern Pacific Company has
taken another step toward the i'm
prOvcmcnt of its service and for the
convenience OF it's patrons by Great
.Lg the ohlce of stock agent. Charles
l. Hill has BEEN appointed to this po-
sltion. He was seen at the Palace
last night and gave the Journal the
following information regal ding the
duties OF the office:
Ine stock agent is one who is in
constant touch with the livestock ship
pers and is expected to aid and advise
them in every way possible. Mr.. Hi
says that since the LIST OF October the
Nevada live stock shipments have
amounted 20 fifteen train loads.-Jou1
.lal
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-19
Notice to C0ntraC-
tors 'and Builders

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received until anu
including Saturday, November LIST,
1902. at 1 p. M. for building an or
phans home on the State grounds at
Carson City, Nevada, in accordance
with plans and specifications on file
in the Office of the Secretary. and
copies of wnic are open 70, IL
spectiOn at the Office OF the State
Treasurer. The stone and brick for
said building will be supplied by the
State on the ground Bids Will be
opened and considered on said date
Each bid must be accompanied by
bond or certified check for two thous
and ($2,OO0) dollars, payable to the
order of Board as guarantee of good
faith on part OF bidder. Mark al
bids Proposals for building Orphans
Home" Board reserves right to re
ject any and all bids. Proposals to b.
addressed to Secretary OF Board o
Directors of State Orphans Home
ORVIS RING,
Chairman Board Of Directors Stat
= Orphans Home.
Carson City. October II. 1902.
Journal please copy
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-10-19
Bargains in
Ranch Property
For Sale

A ranch of 40 acres in Washoe Val
ley, $50 under cultivation, til. der land
1900 cords of wood includ-
ed in the tract, nearly 1000 fruit trees
most of them bearing, aai all Of the
fruit marketable. One acre Of straw
berries, currants, and other small
fruits. Good house of six TcJns, eX-
cellent barn and granary with corral.
One of the best water rights and p!cn
ty of water for all purposes.
This excellent property i, situated
ten miles from this city on 4 WEI. kept
county road, one mile from the rail
road depot. Every thing in cunnac
ton with the property is in first class
condition. The farm has always beer
paying property, while the grain
crop has always been the ned VEST il
that part of Washoe Valley. The tax
es are the lowest in the Safe. which
renders the profits heavier. This l:
an excellent bargain for any one look
ing for a farm that is ready for occu
pancy. Price is $4,000. pact cash ant
balance on easy paymea-s at low in
terest. Enquire at this office. Rea
son for selling poor health.