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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
WORLDS CHIEF sPANkER.

| Professor Lille Chastised FOrty-nine
Pupils In Thirty-seven Minutes.
| Professor b. A. Lille now holds the
spanking championship of the world
by chastising forty-nine of his pupils in
thirty-seVen minutes
Manchester, near Waterbury, Conn.
was the scene of this record breaking
achievement, and there are precious
few children there now who are not
convinced that minding ones books is.
as good in practice as in theory, says
the New York World. It came about
through a minstrel parade striking
town. It was recess. In a body ALL
hands voted to quit and follow theI
burnt cork artists. When the bell rang
for school, only a struggling few Werek
in evidence
Principal Lille waited patiently tiIYl
the last scholar, a girl, returned. Then
there was an interesting executive ses-
sion in the cellar, in which supple1
length of garden hose and forty-nine
children played the leading parts. Them
the sobbing forty mine, just thirty-sey
en- minutes later, were marched back
to their books. The parents of the
spanked pupils are up in arms, and the
school board has been appealed to-
Lille awaits their coming with CALM
ness.
Professor Lille is elderly and impos
ing in appearance. He likes to keep In +
touch with the market. sings impress
slVeiy IN the choir Of the Congregation
az church and is a great .'rooter'' for
the Hartford Baseball club. There ale
eight schools in the Manchester dis.
trict and Professor Lille is prineipaId
of them all. In the other seven schoolsf
now not even the passing Of Barnum
circus would cause an eye TO lift itseIfa
from book.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
NEW SET OF STAMPS.
Series Will Be Attractive and
Distinctive In Design.
GENERAL HARRISON HoNoRED,

Late Presidents Face to Appear
ON a Thirteen Cent stamp-Present
Series Has Been In Use Twelve
overwhelmingly Portrait ON POST
al Card.
The bureau Of engraving and print
ing has received instructions from the
postofice department to prepare de-
signs for an entire new series Of post
age stamps, says the Washington Star.
The question Of a new series of
stamps was discussed in the fall fol-
lowing the death of President McKin-
ley, and at that time the impression
prevailed that when the new set was
ordered the portrait Of President Nc
Kinley would surely adorn one Of the
denominations. Undoubtedly that was
the plan at that time, but the depart
ment conclrded to place the portrait Of
1.-THE late president upon a new postal
card Of unique design, and this remov-
ed him in sense from the list of eligi-
bles. r."
However, a new face will appear up
tDn one Of the stamps, that Of the late
President Harrison. In order that there
might be place for his portrait, at the
same time giving the public the best
service, a new denomination was Gre
ated, thirteen cent stamp. There will
le practically no demand for stamp
of this value for domestic use. but for
foreign use there is place for this de
nomination. Thirteen cents represents
the cost Of sending a registered letter
weighing not more than one-half ounce
to any country within the postal union
Heretofore it has been necessary to use
u five and an eight cent stamp. Mrs
Benjamin Harrison has furnished the
department a photograph of General
Harrison which meets her approval for
the purpose proposed.
Aside from the introduction of Gen
eral Harrison's face into the postal gal,
lery Of notables only one other change
will be made in the personnel of the
series. Commodore Perry, whose face
has adorned the ninety cent value from
1870 down to 1894 and the dollar from
1894 to the present date, will be super
seeded upon the dollar denomination by
smother famous sea fighter, Admiral
Farragut. Commodore Perry disap
pears permanently.
As at present constituted the full set
do as follows: One cent, green, face OF
Franklin; two cent, carmine, face of
Washington; three cent, purple, face of
jackson; four cent. dark brown, face
of Lincoln; i've cent, chocolate, face OF
Grant; six cent, red brown, face OF
Garfield; eight cent, mauve, face of
Sherman; ten cent face of Webster.
hfteen cent, dark blue, face of Clay
fifty cent, orange, face Of Jefferson; one
dollar, black, face of Perry; two dollar,
sapphire, face of Madison; five dollar,
dark green, face Of Marshall.
The present series Of postage stamps
has been in continuous use for just
twelve years, which is much longer than
the life of the ordinary series. There
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
NOTED WIZARD INSURED
Large Policies Taken Out on
Marconi's Life.
SCHEME OF INVENTORS PARTNERS

Risks Aggregating S75O,oOo written
In England-Basis of the Insurable
Interest-No American Companies
Interested-Some Curious Forms of
Insurance.
Information has reached New York
that policies aggregating $750,O00 have
by the Wireless Telegraph company of
Great Britain. This is one of the most
interesting cases ever reported where
persons not directly related to the in
sured have sought protection against
loss through the death Of a great in
ventor, says the New York Post. The
risk has been reinsured among a half
dozen English companies, although a
single policy was written covering the
entire amount The benefciaries ap-
piled for insurance on the ground that
the death Of Marconi would jeopardize
their interests and interfere seriously
with the carrying out of their project.
While no American life company
was concerned in the venture, there
can be little doubt that such insurance
would have been issued in New York
city had the risks been applied for
there. Although American companies
avoid such risks as a rule, adhering
strictly to the contract which affords
protection to the relatives of the in.
sured person, yet in eases where the
insurable interests are in peril and
properly provided for policies are is
sued without question. The insurance
taken out on the life Of Marconi is
similar to the policies now outstanding
at Lloyds, London, against the death
of ]. Pierpont Morgan of New York.
In the case Of Mr.. Morgan insurance
was asked for by persons who had
never seen him and were not in any
way related to him, but the protection
was granted on the ground that a
proper insurable interest existed in the
applicants connection with great en-
terprises with whose management Mr..
Morgan was identified. So far as is |
known Mr.. Morgan is the only Ameri |
can whose life has been thus insured
at Lloyds.
Hundreds of policies have been
taken out on the life of King Edward
by persons whose business would be
ruined in case Of his death. Many
such risks have been written for the
coronation year, the total amount now
In force aggregating several million
pounds sterling. These risks, how
ever, are far removed from the old
fashioned life contract, and many pol
icies written at Lloyds have little if
any regard for insurable interest, be
ing based on gambling propositions
alone. At Lloyds, London, every con
ceivable form of insurance is written.
covering risks varying from protection
against increases in the rate OF income
taxation to smallpox indemnity and
what is known as freak" insurance.
Scarcely any risk, however hazardous,
IS refused Il tempting premium is
offered
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
Illuminated Club.

Very different from the ordinary In.
dian club is one which has just been
invented, says the New York Herald
Its body is hollow and perforated, and
its handle is detachable and has one
end threaded so that it can be firmly
fastened to the body. Furthermore,
attached to the threaded end of the
handle is an electric lamp, and from it
wires run up into the handle. Appar-
emily all the wires enter at one. open
ing, and the handle is hollow as the
body The motions OF the exercise are
made quite spectacular by this device.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
what England Has to Pay.

Even if the Boer war were to end to-
day, before the affair could be cleared
up and matters placed in order the cost
to England would be over $1,O00,00O,'
900, and yet, says the Pittsburg Times,
the Beers have stood up against all OF
this expenditure with practically no re
sources.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
viii &c Easy on Evans.

washington, March IA. General
Torrance of Minnesota, chairman of
the pension committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic, who spent sew
eral days in Washington recently, is
expected to send report to the presi-
dent within the next fortnight regard
ing the management of the pension bur
reau There is reason to believe that
1t will reduce the ill-feeling against
Commissioner Evans.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
A NavaItr In Lights.

"Bouillottes," or card table lights. are
new, artistic and useful, although rath-
ler expensive. They are low, three
lights in each and so arranged by hay-
ing metallic shades over each light as
to throw all the light upon the table.
These lights are easily moved about
and can be used with electricity or
candles.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
cloth woven For Edward,s Robe.

The cloth Of gold of which King Ed
wards coronation robe is to be made
and which is now being woven will be
embroidered at the Royal School of
Art NeedleWork, in which the Princess
Christian Of Sleswick- Holstein has al
ways taken deep interest, says the
New York Tribune. The material is
naturally Of the finest make and will
be of a texture that will not only lend
itself to graceful folds, but will bear
the weight of the ornamentation to be
worked upon It.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
Device For Travelling underground

A revolving platform such as that
used at the Worlds fair in Chicago, but
having four instead of two speeds the
fastest being thirteen miles an hour.
is proposed as an underground method
Of conveyance in Paris.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS.
Senior saeasta Declines to Form New
Ministry.

OSnoL Sd9dSId DSSllHSS ~ FoIHl q NEW
Ministry.
Madrid, March 1.-THE premier,
Senior Sagasta, notified the queen re-
gent that the cabinet had resigned
when informed that the resignation of
the finance minister, Senior Urzaiz,
was irrevocable Her majesty asked
Senior Sagasta to form a new cabinet
to include all sections of the Liberal
party, but he declined to do so. --, ..
The queen regent will now consult
with the presidents of the chamber in
the hope Of finding a method to secure
a representative Liberal ministry.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
PERIODS

There are periods in life of every community when
Farm Lands reach price which they advantag-
eously be disposed OF, thefarmer do well to
move to cheaper Ph1s the condition in Southern
Minnesota Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and the other older
states years ago section Of Minnesota
Stevens County especially, presented opportunities for
purchase good land, cheap AS regards Stevens
county this longer be regarded cheap land
country and many farmers year for
-cS5cceccSS22~S
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
Il Il 4 X Il Il i X Il X i
!? CUES TONS

question mark sign Of progress When you beginto
questions you begin acquire knowledge and when
you know your bettered, # you
to know where you acquire good land cheap
the Minnesota and Dakota 90, Of Morris They
give you reliable information concerning the cheap
lands Northern Minnesota North and South Dakota
portions Of Minnesota and Dakota where they
those portions where the land
The soil climatic conditions are good. X II
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-15
SLAVE TRADERS DEFEATED.
Portuguese Troops Victorious After
~ Desperate Fiqhtinq

Lisbon, March 14.-Portuguese gov
eminent troops recently attacked y
strongholds of the slave traders, near
Pemba bay, Portuguese East Africa,
and after a prolonged and desperate
Fight, drove out the traders and liber-
ated 700 slaves
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18

Secretary Root Shows There L. No At
tempt to Have Only Protestant Teach
ers In the Philippine Schools.

Washington, July 12.- Secretary
Root has addressed an initial letter
to persons complaining that teachers
in the Philippines have been proselyt-
ing and attempting to convert Cath
olics to the Protestant faith. A dis
patch received from Gov. Wright at
Manila says that the charges made
by the Catholic Times are unbound
ed in every essential particular and
that it is untrue that nearly all the
American teachers are Protestant
preachers and proselyters. Secretary
Root says: 1T is the purpose of the
Philippine government to maintain
in the archipelago the same kind Of
free non-sectarian instruction which
exists in the United States and which
has proved to be for the interest of
religion and all religions. The gov
eminent means, so far as it possibly
can, to give education to the people
of the island and it will do this with
out any discrimination for or against
any church or Sect
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18

ed, too! Oh, yes! Duties have been
levied upon cattle, wheat, corn, oats
and other products which are export
ed from the United States in large
quantities and never imported. If the
farmers could form a huge trust and
limit production they could force up
the prices of agricultural products and
get wealthy at the expense of all other
classes. The tariff would then be
protection from outside interference
and would make it easier to control
the market, just as the tariff on meat
and animals helped the meat trust to
hold up the consumers of meat. The
farmers have never been able to form
a successful trust, so the tariff as yet
has not helped them any in forcing
up the prices of food products.
There is another result of the tariff
however that affects the farmer di-
rectly, as well as the laborers. The
protection granted to manufacturers
enables them to charge from 25 to
100 per cent. more at home than abroad
for the same commodities. When the
American farmer goes to market he
is treated like a prince. He is privl-
legged to pay the United States steel
trust $2.25 (wholesale) key for wire
nails, which are knocked down to the
despised and impoverished foreigner
for $1.3O. In the same way he pays
1878 (retaiD for coil of barbed wire
which the foreigner buys for about
$2.2O. He pays twice the foreign price
for axle grease, twice as much for
dashboard, 80 per cent. more for
shovel, rs per cent. more for sugar
and 60 per cent. more for glass fruit
jars. When he buys sewing ma
chine for his wife he pays $50 for the
same kind of machine that is sold the
foreign purchaser for SIT.
Who will dare assert that the Amer
lean farmer is not benefited by protec-
ton? He is allowed to pay a great
deal more than English, German and
Russian farmers for exactly the same
goods. This raises him far above the
ignorant European peasants. If there
were no protective tariff, it would cost
the American farmer about one-half
as much to live as it now does. This
would be a great calamity, for, as
Barnum expressed it, nothing delights
the true American so much as to be
humbugged.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18
A FORTUNATE POSTMASTER.

Kirk, Ark, 14th.-Mr. William S.
brennan, Postmaster at this Office,
counts himself a very fortunate man.
Mr.. brennan in addition to being
postmaster is Justice of the Peace,
q member of the Christian Church and
highly respected and useful citizen.
He has suffered for some time with
what some people would call "ticketts"
or "rigors" of the kidneys-kidney
disease in very painful form. He
could not sleep, he had dull pain over
his left kidney, was continually rest
less, could not lie still, and had to get
up through the night several times
and was also troubled in this way dur
ing the day.
He used few boxes of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, remedy recently intro
luced in this state and advertised as a
cure for Kidney Disease, rheumatism,
Malaria, etc., and in a short time was
completely restored to vigorous, good
health. He is very grateful to Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18
OF FOREIGN INTEREST.

About 100000 is Briton's daily adj
vertising bill.
England has 1882 chimney sweeps
and SCOT merchants.
There are now 1900 British owned
vessels manned by Chinese crews.
The average number of persons
employed in a British coal mine is
200.
Denmark has 100000 hives of bees
and exports 100000 pounds of
honey.
Mount Ruwenzorie, in equatorial
Africa, has 20 square miles of
glaciers.
Four hundred and fifty stenog-
raphers are employed on London
newspapers.
While the average birth rate for all
Europe is 80 per 1000, that of Aus
tria is now AZ per 1000.
Only half of the 100000 men over
FL years old who live in London are
on the register of voters.
There is a New York in Scotland.
It is situated on the west shore of
Loeb Awe, and is therefore not far
from Glasgow.
Quinine Is sold In every rural post
Office in India at the rate of 20
grains fo1 a penny. In Bengal last
year 1 100000 ive-grain packets were
thus sold.
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MAN AND WIFE CONVICTED.
The Former Sentenced to Hang and the
Latter Gets q Life Sentence for MUIR
dering Woman's First Husband.

Henderson, Mimi, July 12.-Death
by hanging for one and life imprison-
ment for the other is the punish
ment to which Frank Tanke and his
wife, respectively, were sentenced
yesterday afternoon, for the murder
OF John Wellner, Mrs. Tanke's first
husband, who was shot and killed on
his farm near Fort Peter in Deem
Der, 1898. Almost two years later
Frank Tanke, who had been the hired
man of the Wellners, and Wellner's
wife; who had become Mrs. Tanke,
were arrested for the crime. Tanl1e
was convicted of murder in the first
degree. The woman pleaded guilty
and sought to free her husband by
claiming that she alone was response
BILE for the Staying of Wellner.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18
CAN THIS BE SO7
A New Yorker just Back from Europe
Says Ireland Is Prosperous and There
Is Little Hostility to England.

New York, July 12.-John D. Grim
minis, the well-known capitalist of
this city, who has just returned from
Europe, says he was surprised to see
Ireland in such a prosperous condi-
ton. people here" he said, shave
a wrong idea of the conditions there.
Everything is booming. The peasants
have farms which are prettier and
present a better kept appearance
than have yet seen. There is really
very little hostile feeling against En-
gland and King Edward. When the
kings illness was announced in Ire
land there was the greatest SYM
pathY. EXPRESSED"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18

President Alderman, of Tulane university,
was one Of the speakers of the occasion
when Nicholas Murray Butler, who has just
received the degree Of doctor of laws from
he University of Pennsylvania, was in
tailed as president of Columbia university.
Mr.. Alderman incorporated several jokes
and anecdotes into his address, among
which was one of Louisiana negro which
deserves rank among the more amusing Of
Irish bulls" The negro was asked by an
acquaintance:
Where are you going, SAM"
"Ain't gwine nowhair," was the reply.
Use done bin whar' Pse gwine. Chicago
Chronicle.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18
YOUNG GIRL SCALPED.
Miss Edna Cummings, Employed In q St
Joseph Manufacturing Plant, Met with
Unusual Accident

St. Joseph, Mo-, July 12.-Miss
Edna Cummings, an employee of the
Buell. Manufacturing company, was
scalped while at work in the factory
yesterday afternoon. The accident
occurred in the finishing room.
While engaged about her usual work
Miss Cummings hair became entan-
gled. In her efforts to loosen it it
caught in the shaft which supplies
the power for sewing machines and
was rapidly wound about the shaft.
The power was shut off, but before
this could be done Miss Cummings
scalp was literally torn from the
skull, leaving the latter bare.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-07-18

Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcclure, of
Fredericktown, o., have the remark
able record of having reared % home
less children, most of whom had been
left orphans, and all of them taken
when were infants in arms. Many
were started in business and all grew
to be useful men and women. Of the
number. John w. Leedy, ex-governor
OF Kansas, rose to distinction, and
auring the silver campaign was a
man of national prominence. OF the
%, IA We're boys and were girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclure have been mar
ried for As years.
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fiasco in that it fails to provide the
development of the resources and the
highest economic prosperity of the is
lands.
AS now constitute ed the Taft commits
sion is pretty sound on the money
question, and it may take upon itself
a great deal of power under the grant
of authority to emit Subsidiary"
coin. In fact, that is all that silver
coin in the archipelago ought to be
and all that the commissioners wish
it to be.
er pretty freely under the bill, as they
have done in the absence of any bill,
and they may exercise it benefcially
in this matter, however they may eX-
ercise it in other respects.
AS to the native legislative cham
Der, the conference bill grants it only
if the islands remain peaceful for two
years after census has been taken.
This is equivalent to indefinite post
ponement, because the time when the
census shall be taken and the question
whether the islands are peaceful are
left entirely with the administration.
1t follows, therefore, that the an
tocratic military regime is perpetuateG
indefinitely by deliberate act of con-
gress.
All the fine things that we have heard
about the rights of the natives, etc.,
are mere chaff. The bald fact underly-
ing the whole matter is autocratic
presidential rule, practically irrespon-
sible, with the commission as his NOM
inally civil hand of velvet and the
army as his one effective hand of iron,
with the people of the islands as SUBJ
jects, having no rights which the auto
crat is bound to respect.
This bill is an interesting common
tary upon the spectacular performance
promised for the Fourth of July in the
islands, when officials of the war de-
partment say military control of the
Philippines will cease absolutely" and
Gen. Chaffee will surrender his func-
tions" with great pomp and circum.
stance.
There are some Filipinos and a,good
many Americans who will not be great
ly deceived by this stage play.
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LEGISLATIVE PATCHWORK.
The Philippine Bill Il Nothing Moi
Nor Less Than q Wretched
Fiasco.

The Philippine civil government"
bill as it emerged from the confer
ence committee and became law in
piece of legislative patchwork far
from creditable to the American con-
gress, says the Chicago Chronicle.
The two most important features are
those which deal with the money Of
the islands and with the legislative
body representing the people.
AS to the first, the senate provision
for the silver standard and the house
provision for the gold standard are
replaced by paragraph which will en-
able the commission to issue a subsi-
diary silver coinage, leaving the Next
can silver dollar to take its chances
as a standard as it has done for years.
1t is plain that this paragraph is a
miserable makeshift. 1t was necessary
not only to the credit of the insular
government, but also of individuals
and corporations that a standard
should be established and that it
should be the gold standard.
The great boast of our republican
statesmen has been that in the legis-
lation which they would perfect they
would do by the people of the archi-
pelago immense good in a material
way, and would shower upon them
such blessings of prosperity that they
never more would think of independ-
ence, but would cleave to us as the
benefactors so firmly that no force
could ever wrench them away.
Yet the vely first serious attempt
to Iegislate for them is a wretched