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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

considered as remarkably promising for
exploitation. with Indications Of vast
agricultural and mineral wealth and in
habited chiefly by aboriginal people. II
may not be a fine field for individual
ENTERPRISE. owing TO the natural obsta-
cles in the way, but IL will probably be
opened up and worked by great com
panier, somewhat after the manner
pursued by Rhodes i'm his territorial
corquests.
Thsse companies will probably be op-
Grated by the man who was once
Rhodes partner. the original protector
or manS Of his great enterprises who
still survives and Is "A factor of impor-
| tance i'm the development OF South Af-
rica. This man. Of course. Is Alfred
\ Felt. the worlds great and only bill.
! lionaire. lie is quiet unassuming
man OF German extraction and Is now
| Just under ffty. having come TO Africa
when only twenty-five or thercabout.
His success in consolidating the Kim
bcrley mines so that nc and Cecil
Rhodes and a few others controlled
their OUTPUT and had a grip on more
than 90 per cent of tho worlds diamond
! products is "A tale Oft told and well
known lie Is now back in South AZ
! rica. with the old schemes sizzling IN
/ his brain and fully resolved 60 carry "a
( their conclusion the plans he and
/ Rhodes formulated many years ago
! He is behind nearly all the great enter
prises. such as the Beira. Rhodesia and
Rechuanaland railways. the Rand
mines. the Consolidated Diamond. etc
l Probably no one mnn except Lord MIL
ner. the high commissioner and gov
ernor In chief OF the colonies, viii have
80 much 90 do with South Africa's Inn
mediate future as Belt. Among the
projected schemes Is that vast and
much vauntcd Cape to Cairo railroad.
More than one-half it's 5000 miles arc
already coveted. and one may now ride
I'm palace cars from the Cape TO Bulu-
wayu. a distance of 100 miles.
The actual ruler OF South Africa.
Lord MilneI. has been connected with
the country in a diplomatic capacity for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

that he was brakeman. baggageman,
fireman, conductor, division superin-
tendent and in 1886 became a general
superintendent. Thirteen years later
he was vice president and general man
ager of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. having attained to this position in
1899. In 1901 he was chosen by the men
then engaged in forming new railway
combinations as president of the Erie.
Mr.. Underwood is one of the most pop
ular OF railroad men. always affable to
his business associates. enterprising
and OF commanding presence.
President Alfred Walter of the Le-
high Valley railroad. like his confrere,
Underwood OF the Erie. became a rail-
road man early in life. When just out
of his teens, he was "A rodman in the
engineer corps. becoming an assistant
engineer In 1874 and passing through
all the grades, I'm 1882 being appointed
superintendent OF a division OF the
I, Pennsylvania system. In 1889 he was
made general superintendent Of the
! Baltimore and Ohio lines east of the
Ohio river and In 1892 general manager
/ Of the New York. Lake Eric and West
ern railway. resigning In order 10 TAX,
| control of a vast coal property. HI
was so successful in this work that III
attracted the attention of the Lehigl
management and was offered the pres
idency of the system, which he &C
cepted. Mr.. Walter is native o
Brooklyn. n. ". where he was bori
oct. 2, 1851.
w. II. Truesdale. president OF tn
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
railroad. like young Lochinvar. cam
out OF the west where he began hi
career i'm the auditors office OF an oh
scure railroad. That was more thar
thirty years ago since which he ha
mastered all the various points of finan
cial railroading and at last landed ol
top" His knowledge OF railroad
finance is said to be unsurpassed, an,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

the past five years. The estimation in
which he is held at home is shown by
his being created a viscount this year
and given n free hand to do as he
pleases. Lay broad and deep the foun
dations Of a united South Africa. as
free. as prosperous and loyal as the
sister federations of Canada and Aus
tralia," was the sole injunction giver
him by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
Tho Boers claim that IT was n mis-.
taken policy on the part OF Great Brit.
ain to deprive them of their firearms
and allow tho kaflirs To retain the guns
that one side or the other had given
them during the war. Now the Knfilrs
many of them. have ned to the noun.
tains and isolated hills and are likely
to descend at any time upon the farms
and mines. Tho policy Of the Beers
was TO keep the Kafiirs under firm con.
troll and make them toe the mark"
but the British have been more lenient
Having had taste OF freedom. the
blacks are loath to return TO service
but prefer to roam over the country
and hunt. and especially scein inclined
to hunt their former taskmasters, the
Beers.
More than IS per cent OF South Afrl.
| cas- population is composed OF Kafir
natives. mainly black and barbarous
and NJ they rise against the whites there
will ensue war OF races that may
devastate South Africa anew and ham
per development. The Kaffirs are
greatly needed as laborers on the farms
and in the mines.
EARL j. GRELLERT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

cost. either to the boys their parents OF
guardians.
II would seem that the United states
had already about as many schools as
IL could well fill at the present time but
this school is To be unique in many re-
spects and run on original lines The
old conditions are passing away. says
Mr.. Gates, and new ones are TO take
their place. The time for theorizing Is
past. What interests humanity now Is
How shall / get n living? What Is my
particular bent and he~- shall develop
IL? In short, the practical is OF more
consequence to the majority or people
than the theoretical. The hard. cold
facts of existence press constantly upon
the average boy. and he must be edu-
Gated in such manner as TO be apie 10
meet and overcome them. 1t Is Mr
Gates plan TO n Il find out what is IN
a boy. then do everything possible TO
bring out his latent abilities in the dl-
rection of his bent To this end taciii-
ties will be afforded for a classical, a
technical and a commercial education.
After a general ground plan has been
laid out and cultivated, as IL were, the
boy will be induced TO name his pref
erepce for a life work or study and VIII
thenceforth be educated by specialists,
who will do all in their power TO make
him the most finished product OF the
century Every facility will he afforded
for training i'm the various trades, from
working In "A blacksmith's shop to clerk
/ ing in "A bank There will be banking
institution run by boys, In which hnan-
ciers will be trained, and, presumably
a brokers office. with its tape and
| ticker. There will be real railroad
on the grounds. with all the fittings OF q
' first class line.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

public, founded by Mr.. William Reuben
George i'm 1894. though for different
class of boys from that Mr.. Gates pur-
poses to educate. The Junior Republic
idea was a phlanthropic one for the
benefit of the outcast or very poor In
crowded cities. 1t went further than
the Gates idea-in fact, IL inculcated
spirit of thrift and independence by an
effort to make the school community
self supporting. Boys taken from the
tenements. and girls, too. were instruct
ed how to manage dairies, carry on
farms, banks, courts-in fact, were TAX
en- right TO the heart of things and
taught TO be self reiant-to think and
act for themselves. These boys and
girls. of course, were not OF the grade
from which the best and finest OF the
worlds workers are drawn and would
naturally be classed as below the av-
erage from which the Gates institution
would obtain its students But the OBJ
ject is the same in both institutions.
the Gates and the Junior Republic-to
lay the foundation for character, TO
bring out the latent possibilities IN
youth and to help the world along ty
bettering the rising generation.
The Junior Republic community has
been alluded to as one OF the most re-
markable I'm the world. II is located al
Freeville. n. Y, Mr.. Georges home
town. and has been visited by educa-
tionists from every part of the globe
While il has many features in common
with the Gates scheme. it Is diametric-
ally opposed to ii in one particular-ths
boys and girls are under strict restraint
and are punished for infractions OF the
rules. 1t might be taken by Mr.. Gates
in fact, TO represent good deal OF what
bn docs not intend in his institution. be.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

as hard headed man OF business he IL
regarded by his fellow presidential as
sociates as pillar OF strength.
Thomas Powell Fowler. a fine ap-
pearing man OF about fifty, the presi-
dent of the New York. Ontario and
Western railroad. Is the typical rail-
road president in bearing. but a lawyer
by profession, having graduated from
: the Columbia Law school In 1874. En-
tering at once upon the study OF rail-
way law, Mr. Fowler quickly gained
reputation as a specialist and has ig-
ured prominently as the receiver OF
wrecked railroads. setting several on
the way TO financial prosperity.
| Alexander Johnston Cassatt, presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania railroad sys-
tenn since June, 1899, is now nearly six
/ ty-three years old. He received a tech
nical education abroad and In this
country and. entering the service of the
Pennsylvania railroad as q civil engi-
neer, rose to be general manager and
finally president OF its vast system.
That he is a force to be reckoned with
in all operations concerning the devel-
opment of railway lines and natural re
sources in this country, particularly in
the east. he has shown on many occg.
sions.
Some of the coal carrying roads are
more or less directly engaged in the
mining of coal, The Reading. Lehist
Valley and Delaware. Lackawanra and
Western operate mines. But II is not as
mine operators that these roads prac.
tically control the output of anthracite
They monopolize the trackage tapping
the anthracite region, and by fixing the
prices for carrying coal, as we'll as reg
ulating the tonnage to be hauled 20
market. they are the masters OF the
situation. JAMES l.. ALDERTS.
\ Chinese official In Shanghai recently
entertained n number OF foreign off,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

any one had prophe-
]. !. J. !: ! J. !: : !: :. ! :. :. !
Ia sled year ago that the
IN III present hopeful condi-
~ W. ton OF affairs would
" e.. prevail even several
WXN years hence I'm South
@~ Africa. he would have
" been derided as an en-
thusiast But the prospects there are
brighter than any Boer or British op-
timist had ventured TO predict The
Beers have accepted what the arbitra-
ment Of war has brought them. They
are now ready to set their hands to the
great work of reconstruction and push
along the wheels of progress To the ex-
tent of their ability. They obtained
good terms when they treated for peace.
and the old tiistrust that once existed
between Roer and Briton has passed
away. giving place to sentiment OF
mutual respect.
Since peace was proclaimed and the
country thrown open 10 immigration IL
has become evident that there viii he A
freedom Of movement and development
I'm South Africa that never existed be-
fore. 'vhe old Boer view was insular
and restricted. The new British view
has a worldwide horizon. There viii be
no ultlanders in the South Africa OF the
future. Such restrictions as will be
placed upon trade and agriculture viii
be shared by all alike without regard
10 nationality. Lord Miners tax OF 10
Der cent on the gold miners profits and
the concessions made 90 the Beers, such
as allowing them TO use Dutch In their
schools. giving them sl5,OO0.0O0 with
which 10 rebuild their burned farm
houses and replenish their devastated
estates, all indicate the trend OF things
An era OF good Will as well as peace
has been inaugurated.
british South Africa as now being re-
constructed, after expansion by terri
tory gained from the Beers. viii be
about a million square miles In area.
fhree-fourths Of which r. already pro-
vfdcd with civilized institutions. The
rcmsinins quarter million square miles
hing mainly north Of the zambezi. 10
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08
- sTIMATING the total railway

- sTIMATINC the total railway
mileage i'm America at 100000
miles. about one-twelfth OF
@ that total is included IN the
eastern anthracite coal car
r,,,e, roads. But the ''coalers," as they
are popuarly termed incluae al 'eas,
eight systems. more or less great anu
extremely important to the sec'iono
they supply with coal These are tne
PENNSYLVANIA, the Erie the heau'ns'
the Delaware. Lackawanna anu Nes'
ern. the Lehigh Valley. the Jersey
trail. the Delaware and hudson anu ~, .ne
New York, Ontario and western. ~ nc
PENNSYLVANIA has a mileage "i ''''V
miles. Next 10 the pennsylvania ~
mileage ranks the Erie system WIZ
controls a total of :,li0 miles OIL hhes'
reaching from the seaooard 10 .ho
lakes. The Philadelphia ana heaolne
system. with 1.455 miles, Is mort eN
tensively "coaler'' than the Erie anu
its president-B -Baer-has taken tue mus
prominent parf in the recent coniv'
ences and discussions respecting the
great strike. Like the Central OF New
Jersey. the Lehigh and the Erie the
Reading is controlled by }. flerPoh'
Morran. who has the situation In MS
grasp. dominating as he does more
than 5000 miles of coal carrying hnes
and four out of the eight systems rec
ognixed as "coalers." All these have
their termini on the Jersey shore, oppo-
site New York city. as also has the
Delaware. I.ackawanna and Western
another road known as essentially a
coal carrier, and nearly 1000 miles In
length.
There arc yet two comparatively
short lines. but having an important
hearing on the situation. one OF these
is the Delaware and Hudson. 660 miles
in length including all branches. OF
which r. NJ. Olyphant is president, sup
plying the Albany and Champlain re-
rion as well as northern New England
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

~ DlfCATION is almost as old as
humanity. The desire for II
- was implanted in the mind OF
man at an early period OF his
L. existence. and IL has expand
ed with his growth. Although
the original meaning of the LATIN
word educare--to rear. TO nourish-nas
been lost sight of occasionally. the
world is now coming around to the
primitive rendering and the latest edu-
cational schemes are being developed
along the lines suggested by the mean
ing of the word itself. one of the latest
M such schemes, II indeed not the very
latest is that OF the millionaire steel ana
vire man. John w. Gates. AT least ne
has fathered the idea. whoever may be
really responsible for it's paternity. In
that breezy manner peculiar to the
great and successful multimillionaire
Mr. Gates recently promulgated this
new and original" idea for the educa-
tiou OF boys After preamble deciar-
ing his firm belief In boys anyway that
they, were to become the men OF the tu-
ture and that said future was gong 10
he proud of them-Mr. Gates casually
MADE reference to the educational
scheme that had been absorbing his at
tention In the intervals of business
Having purchased tract OF more thah
n Thousand acres in Illinois lying IN a
fertile valley about thirty-nVe miles
west of Chicago. he and a few triends
are going to establish there an institn-
ton for the education of boys which Is
ne says To be the largest OF its kind IN
the world. This educational INSTITUTION
is 10 be called the St Charles Honle
and school For Boys, Is to be free TO al
lads of good character, and all It's al
van,ages arc 70 he enjoyed WITHOUT
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

ty OF interest" system. Baer Is
slightly built man, but full OF energy
and devoted TO hard work.
President Frederick ID. Underwood OF
the Erie system is fifty-three years ola
and has been in the railroad business
since ne was eighteen. when he entered
the service of the Chicago Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway as a clerk After
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

always TO the point. Baer is veteran
OF the civil war is about sixty years
old and since 1870 has been counsel OF
the line of which he was chosen presi-
dent last year, He has done more than
any other man perhaps to bring the
great coal carrying companies into har-
monious relations with one another and
to establish the all powerful commune
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

George F. Baer, president OF the Phil
adelpbia and Reading and the central
OF New Jersey. is sharp, shrewd law
yer. keen i'm debate and forceful In ar
gument. He does not always say what
he thinks. but he does so when he feels
like It. He is known i'm his home coun-
ty-Somerset, Pa.-as the silent law
yer" for he speaks but rarely, though
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

The other s the shortest or the elght
lines. the New York, Ontario and West
arn. which extends from Cornwall-on-
the Hudson To Oswego, n. T., with
trnckage rights over the West Shore
from Cornwall To Weehawken, y. j.
Its total mileage is~5os. Small as II is
the q. and w. has commanding IN
fiuence I'm coal affairs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

cause. not to mention any other item.
IL is school with fence around IL.
II is intended to make the farm con-
tribute materially TO the support OF the
Gates st. Charles school in Illinois. A
packing plant will also be established.
EDWARD NJ. ANSTATT
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08
LATE HOURS THE RULE

I'm st. Petersburg late hours arc IN,
rule. The principal streets are general.
~ crowded at ! o'clock IN the morning
Many of the theaters do not open be.
fore midnight
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08
AN ANCIENT PEA.

Ata show organized in London oy tho
sweet Pee society = plant wa, In hioorn
which had been raised from pea found
in the hand Of an Egyptian mummy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08
NOVEL RACING RECORD.

Richard Pilley. who recently died at
Doncaster. England. held a unique rec
ord. lie had witnessed every st. Leger
race run since 1926. Mr.. Pilley was Ave
years old when he attended his first
race.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

kind around the place in order TO pre-
vent the boys from running away IL
they want TO. If there should be boy
there with a desire TO run away from
place where everything is being done
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

for his welfare, Mr.. Gates shrewdly
says. the institution is much better on
without him.
Along similar lines as Mr.. Gates
scheme is the well known Junior Re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

The most interesting thing about this
M 10 date school will be its absolute
freedom from restraint There Will be
no compusion as 10 work or study. and,
moreover. there will be no fence of any
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

4 Chinese official In Shanghai recently
entertained number OF foreign Off.
cials a "A dinner Of 126 courses.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

+ any one had prophe-
sled a year ago that the
present hopeful condi-
r ton OF affairs would
prevail even several
years hence I'm South
Africa. he would have
been derided as an en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-08

81 IA ~ AhN N''"' - /
mileage in America at 100000
miles. about one-twelfth or
that total is included IN the
eastern anthracite coal car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-17
Women Workers in the Fields.
From the New York Times.

About the time that Kansas farmers were
calling for eastern college students to help
harvest their wheat, agents for fruit grow
ers on the Pacific coast were In New York
city and in various parts of the state trying
to find eastern women and girls to go west
and work in their overburdened vineyards
In this city they called on men, mostly
Italians. who contract every year to supply
the eastern fruit growers with berry pick
ers. 1t was represented that in California
women In the fields can make from 81 so to
81 day. and that IL they grow skilIful
enough to work In the packing houses when
the rush is over they can earn as high as
$3.50 day. The agents were told that ex-
perienced pickers in the eastern berry fields
often made good wages as that, and
they were kept busy from the appearance
of the first Strawberries in June until Sep
TENDER, when the cranberries are gathered
for the Thanksgiving market Furthermore.
the agents found that girls and women who
work In the berry fields know that the Pa
cifc coast Is long way from the Bowery
They did not want to go so far from home,
even with the most favorable Inducements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-17
Excessive Advertising.
From the New York Times.

FROM the new York Times.
Yes" said the rural mail carrier. II be-
lieve that advertising pays, and all that:
but some people overindulge in it. Now,
there is Mr.. Whooper. the rich city man.
who owns the new house-calls 1t his coun-
try residence-down the Brownsville road
It's on my route. you know. Mr.. Whooper
made his money selling corn salve he in
vented: and he's got a nice place out there.
I'll say that-certainly. but it's spoiled for
me-"
What's the matter with it?" asked the
postmaster.
We'll you know I had mail to deliver
there this morning, the first mail since the
Whoopers arrived yesterday. And what do
you think? On a big rug at the front door
there was the word 'salve' in letters foot
long. Advertising corn cure. and on a foot
wiper in front Of his own door, too! I'm
disgusted.''
ooh, you pronounce the word wrong.
said the postmaster. 1T has two sylla-
bIes, and is Latin, and sounds something
like 'sal-ve.' At a portal 1t means well
come"
81 don't care. It's too suggestive, that's
what it is" asserted the carrier, as he
turned to the ice water tank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-17

and touch him with the ball. Any one
having 1t could throw 1t at him. and IL it
hit him he was ''dead'-almost literally
sometimes. If he lodged the ball he kept
ON running until the den was reached
Some of the players became proficient in
"ducking. lodging and side-stepping. and
others learned to throw the ball with the
accuracy of a rifle bullet. No matter how
many players were on a side. each and
every one had to put out. And II the
last one made three successive home runs
he brought in the side," and the outfield-
ers. pitchers and catcher had to do all their
work over again The boy who could
bring in his side'' was a hero. No victo-
rious general was ever prouder or more
lauded. Horatius at the bridge was small
potatoes in comparison. He was the I'M
crowned king. There were no foul hits.
If a ball touched the paddle ever so lightly
1t was a tick and three ticks made COM
pulsory run. The score was kept by some
one cutting notches in stick and the runs
during an afternoon ran into the hundreds
If the ball was lost in the grass or rolled
under a Scotch thistle. the cry 'Iost BALI
was raised and the game stopped until 1t
was found.