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CAN'T SPEND FRANKLIN's FUND.
Court Swats Boston Aldermanic Hopes
for the Handling OF Half a Million.


BosToN, Mass, Nov. 2s.-When Benjamin
Franklin willed E5,O0O to the town Of Boston
for public works. more than a century
ago, it is doubtful il he had any idea that
some day the place of his birth would be
ruled by a Democratic body so eager to
spend the money as was the Board of Alder
men Of 1902. Anyway, the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts has decided that the
Board of Aldermen is not the proper body to
manage and dispose of the fund, which,
with accumulation, now amounts approxi-
mately to $54O,OO
The decision was announced on Wednes-
day in the case Of the city Of Boston VS..
j. II. Doyle and others, the defendants COM
prising the chairman and some of the men,
bers Of the board last year. The suit was
friendly one in which the court was asked
to construe Franklin's will and determine
who the managers are. The outcome was
a disappointment in some quarters, for by
the decision the proposed purchase of
-Kelley's Ledge at the corner of Washing
ton and Townsend streets, containing 90, 600
feet, for $4,000 as site for trade school
under vote of the so-Called board of man.
ayers is held null and void because the
Aldermen participated in the vote and had
no power to vote a disposition of the fund.
The court restraints the proposed purchase
of the land
The Aldermen for long time have as
sumed to act with three clergymen, repre-
senting the churches named by Franklin
in his will. as trustees of the Franklin Fund.
The Aldermen contended they were the
ex-officio SUCCESSORS of the nine selectmen
designated by the will. The court holds
that since the Office of selectman was abol-
ished no one had been legally authorized
to act as a lay member of the board of
managers. as Franklin contemplated that
such boa rd should act in a fiduciary capacity
and have charge of the fund, laying it out
in public works, and that the salectmen
were appointed, not as public officers, but
as appointees under the will
The will being silent as to the appoint
ment of successors to the seectmen, the
court says that it will exercise its equitable
function and fill the vacancies. The case
is to come before a single Justice for the
appointment of eight lay members to the
board in addition to the Mayor, who, the
court deems, shoGld ex- officio be one. The
number Of lay members is fixed at nine. as
that was the number of selectmen of Bos-
ton; and they, with the three clerical MEN,
bers, are to constitute the board of mana
gers.
The decision has put an end for all time
to the schemes for land selling in connec-
ton with the fund which have prevented
the use of the money for ten years and which
have led to famous junkes to other cities
in order to make inquiries concerning trade
schools and other institutions. The de-
Cision was unex xpected, and there is much
sorrow among the Aldermen.
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Aldcbaran. the Gyrsy Star.

From ne 81, JGnicS's Gazette.
Like a Are In the hcld of night
| saw the Red Star shine,
The Red star. the gypsy star,
And claimed Its light for mine
The watcher hy the flame,
The guide q 'er moor and fen.
That beckonlng waves his rosy torch
For Wild and wandering men.
Like a disk OF the ruddy gold
saw the Red Star CLEAN.
The Red star thr gypsy star.
That rOves In the roads OF dream
Across the empty years
He flung his spcndthrft store.
As Romany plays with handfulS bright.
In the shade OF the low tent door.
Like n horseshoe on the forge
| saw the Red star glow.
The Rcd star the gypsy star,
Whose trail the vagabonds know:
Beating the bounds OF earth.
Rcneath the allen skies,
They wcnd with JOY In their homeless hearts
Who have seen the Red Star rise.
The sun., 1903-11-29
The Girl Across the Way.

Close to my window my station d keep,
Watch and dcNotcdly pray
Fate might reward me al last with peep
AZ the girl across the way.
Frccklcd and brown, with dlmpllng smile
Sewing saw her one day
Faith where's the harm " hrtcd awhile
With the girl across the way'
Faith twas no harm. twas blessing for life.
since, In the following May.
Fortunate fellow. found me wife
In the girl across the way
StIll to my habit furtlvely keep
Tell me the hurt. sir. pray:
Sure. It's but gratitude prompts me 10 peep
.,t the girl across the way.
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In Macedonia.

from me LOHuOR .SDeCtdIOr'
The babe to It's dead mother pressed,
still tugging at her empty breast
For ere that futtcring heart grew cold
She wrapped II In the mantle's fold.
Lo. by the goodman S side they lie.
With blank looks staring at the sky.
That through the broken raftcrs sees
Such sights. all plying Christ. rs thesei
Ry the swift death OF steel they blcd,
And are most happy being dead
For some the gluatlng murdercrs spare
4 darker. viler doom to bear:
The youth reserved for cord and lame,
And deeds that mercy dare not name:
The maid whom british lands disgrace
Before her helpless fathers face.
Meanwhile. within our careless land
We feast the ever winding band,
Tho scattered remnant, bent and gray,
OF Balaciava S glurir us day.
q ye. who once for Fnglnnd's sake
Did RusSia's myriad army break.
Did she your fearless forchcadS kiss
And cast you on their guns. for this,
EDWARD SYDNEY TYLRE.
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Sonnet on the Irish Setter.
Ero,u the YssfupfD Sfst Psrfer.

Scout of the moors and fields, Of Irish fame
ReSplcndent In his brC Cht red uniform,
With nOstrlll slightly raised winding his game,
As some proud stallion snurS the gathering storm
OF distant battle; DER The hill he came
Al a slow gallop. mid the turnipS dense.
Scented his foes and. every muscle tense
stood a carved statue In all else but name.
Furrcd fug ltlveS may start beneath his feet
And tempt him plunge into tho fevcrcd bliss
OF mad pursuit, the clustering pheasaniS rise
Beneath his nose: he moves not but To greet
The well aimed shot With yelled Joy the miss
He ccnsuros Unly With reproachful eyes.
ALAN II. HAIo BROWN.
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A Contrast Of Destiny.


Was a fcllei. name o. sam,
Honest sort o. duhcr:
Toughest luck YOU ever SEQ
Couldn't be no tougher.
Loved girl In ArkanSAw.
Wcddn' set for Monday:
Lost her cause he thought II wrong
To spoon her on Sunday.
Met q widder-leven kids,
Mother energetic:
Corralcd. cause In pity he
Did the sympathetic.
Got to sowing lofty thoughts;
World was kind o. stony:
Lost his Job then--non support.
Divorce and almOny.
Couldn't pay. was sent to tug;
Furnished gossip ample;
Died In jail a.praying hard
Horrible example,"
That was Sam.
Mother fcller, name O. Bill,
Lucky sort O. sinner:
Any kind o hand he drew
Sure to be a winner.
Lots O. cheek and nary cent:
stole his boss's daughter
Spent her coin floating schemes NJ
Mostly made O. water.
Made tortin'. built a church,
Owned a yacht and hosses,
Wrote book on Cares o. Wealth.
And "Ensoulln' LOSSES"
Interviewed on Where We Arc"
Marriage" and "To -morrer."
Died one day a swearing hard
Universal sorrcr.
Notices a column long
Printed In the papers:
Useful citizen" and sich,
Pattern for his nclghbors,"
That was Bill.
Amt a-klckinp-I don't care
But kind O. seems 1t weren't square.
EooMEr.
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SCHOOL, FOR CARD PLAYERS.

Casino T. H asks: How sweeps kept track
OF. and do they cancel one another
1t Is usual to turn up of the cards taken In to
mark the sweep. Some players turn down this
marker II the adversary makes sweep. but II Is
not right to do So.
The sun., 1903-11-29

Cribbage. T. W. II. wants to know how to count
four skies and a trey turned up.
Lay the skies In square, each side OF which
and the two dagonus will make a pair worth
twelve holes. As each OF these pairs can be com
blned with the trey to make n hftcen there are
twelve more holes TO be counted for nflccns.
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b. S. says: There was a on the table when
A tralled a 4. intending to make next time with
two Is and an ace in his hand. bets that ne must
take In the 4 with the 1 or build two As
B Is wrong.
The sun., 1903-11-29

As delegate to a Republican county, convention
have / tho right In open convention. 10 MAKE a
protest when Democrat is nominated TO the county
once OF Sheriff being In the minority IN we oppo
GEORGE j. T.. Staten Island.
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j. F. A. says he undertook TO count up the fun
pack OF nifty two cards cribbagc hand; pairs.
f,eens and runs. and would like to have 1t vcrihed
This is a chance for Sun readers that like prob
lens
The sun., 1903-11-29

Given clock with second hand plvotcd o
main shaft at what time or times II any, WI, VI
dial be divided into three equal parts BY the lhrc
handS, j. H. NETTLEToS
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You have the right to make a protest provided
that you do so mmo diatey upon the candidate S
being proposed and seconded and before the vote
is taken In the convention.
The sun., 1903-11-29

A. says there is no law In the United states com
pclilng an immigrant to have certain atnouns ~ :
of money In his possession when admitted 10 TINS
country. Il SAYS there IS a law to that tnccl.
RICHMoND COMFY COUNTRY CLUB
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The above problem, which the sender peheV'S
never to have been published before Is suoih'''eu
to Sun readers.
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/. Thirty nine. .. Yes.

How many electoral votes In New York state
. IL Congress passes law, and the President Signs
It, can the United States supreme court uccIair II
unConSlltutlunal' A. r. NJ
The sun., 1903-11-29

4 is right An Immigrant must satisfy the Com
missioner OF Immigration, through his inspectors
tha, he or she is not pauper and does not belong
to any Of the other prohibited classes.
The sun., 1903-11-29

am Interested In the story of Commodore Bar.
rctt. L. 3 N. OF whom there was mention In "Ques-
tonS and Answers" OF last Sundays Sun.
/. When did he dle7 =. From what church
he burlcd' Who performed the funeral ser
vice? j. B. s.
!. On Wednesday. March 81 1880. 2 From st.
JoSephs Roman Catholic Church, Sixth avenue
and Washngton place. s. a solemn requiem mass
was celebrated at the funeral service. We do not
know who onlrIated
The sun., 1903-11-29

Win you kindly give the number OF bushels OF
wheat raised In France and Russia respectively In
the year 1882 HENRY SEYMOUR.
France 1853, ,l52, OSO bushels. Russia In Europe.
1903, ,s?30o0 bushels. Russia In Asia 03.4ll 900
bushels.
The sun., 1903-11-29

l. Are Egypt and the Sudan In the British Empire
2 winch country has the most nilvnalres, me
United States or the United Kingdom Also now
many In each country JAMES ii STACkHorsE
/. 40. The Egyptian Sudan is governed by Great
Britain and Egypt Jointly. 2. The United States.
The assessments for income tax In Great Britain
for 1900 1901 show thu, 200 persons paid on Incomes
exceeding $4,000. There are no figures ava liable
for the United States, but the number oil incomes
In excess OF that amount is probably much greater
The sun., 1903-11-29

VIII you Kindly decide whether Capt. Sigsbee
was really aboard the Maine when II blew up In
Havana harbor7 a READER OF THE sun.
He was.
The sun., 1903-11-29

l. What form of Government cxl stcd In Texas
from 1885 to lSl5' II Republic. who was pres
dent . What was the cost Of the admission or
Texas to the Union in men and money 5. what
portion OF It's territory did Texas sell to the Gen
cra Governments l. why T.. For what amount
In money g. hth'
l. She was an independent Republic, and Gen
Houston was elected President In September 1899
9 1t is impossible to estimate exactly the cost
in money, Ten million dollars were appropriated
by Congress for the Mexican war another $40 900
in bonds were pald to Texas Tor her claim 10 all
territory beyond her present limits: and there
were other large incidental payments, our loss
In men In the Mexican War alone was 2.7ha In
cludng 3S3 olNccrs. g. Ablu; 10l. 500 square miles.
being all territory claimed by Texas beyond her
present limits and extending far as the Rio Grande
and line running north from the source OF that
stream to the A2d parallel 1. TO pay the State
debt. s. Sl0OJ0O0O in bonds.
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INSTRUCTION.

schools Of EIocution and Dramatic Art.
The sun., 1903-11-29

WI. D. says: Two handed the cards fall: 4, B. 2. g.
The made by \ Is pcggel. bets his las.
card Is also run.
Is is wrong. The duplicate 3, coming before the
1. stops II.
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QUESTIONS AND .4NSW ERS.

What IS tho annual production OF gold OF Alaska
tin and coal! Also the salmon product and the
Is the number OF reindeer, According to the
London decision. the territory of Alaska Is now
how much In square miles, OTTO MEYER.
The latest authentic figures with regard TO pro-
duction &C. are those OF the census OF 1900. Gold.
1881 ,O0O Copper and tin have been found, but
the deposits arc not as yet commercially valuable.
Costly experiments have been made In mining and
using coal on the south coast and deposits have
been found In many places. but the coal is every
where OF poor quality, good enough for domestic
use. but OF little value for steam making. The
annual output Of salmon in 1893 reached almost
100000 cases The southern coast the Kcnai
Peninsula and the Aleutlan Islands possess pos
The census OF 1900 returns only $50 acres OF farm
land. About $500 reindeer In use. The total
area was about $4,000 square miles. This Is now
reduced by strip which ls roughly speaking.
about 800 miles long and 20 miles broad.
says there Is no definition of the word Cock
ncy. and that cockncy claims no country. NJ
and that he does claim country. Which Is right,
and what Is cockney and where does the name
come from: II. OR NJ.
NJ is right. cockncy In modem acccptlon Is a
londoncr. There are various suggested derlva
tions OF the word. Camden says the Thames was
once called the Cockncy. Others trace the word
to n French EN- OF the thirteenth century, called
"The Land OF Cockalgnc." Wedgcwood suggests
cocker ITO fondlc, |. g.. a cockerny or cockney is
one pampercd by city life. Thus Nash n502l speaks
OF "a young heir or cockneb, his mothers darling. "
But to day the word is used spcc ideally OF a Lon
doncr.
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Mr.. VIM. GARRoTT BROWNS
The Foe Of Compromise
AND OTHER ESSAYS

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I, l. :, true that AT the IsthmuS OF Panama the
ocean level is higher on the Pacific than on the
Atlantic side II 50. how much higher Is II. and
what is the cause OF the difference 2 From what
does ShalcSp,ar Twelfth Might" take It's name,
and what Is Its significance SELMA.
/. Yes. al high tide. The rush OF tho Incoming
tide from thr Pacific rises TO such height that In
some places the fresh water rivers driven back
ward on their course for miles On the Atlantic
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To the Editor: 1t is reported in the
Richmond papers that a bill has been
introduced into the General Assembly Of
North Carolina creating a historical COM
mission, the object of which is the col
lection and preservation of historical
data in our State. Few more significant
moves have been made in North Carolina
than this and North Carolina has made
many during the last five or six years.
All lovers of North Cardinals past as
well as all students of American history
can not but earnestly hope for the pas
sage of this bill. The proposed measure
is still another proof of the valuable
service Of the State Literary and His
torical Association for if the plan did
not originate in that body it must have
come of the spirit which it has aroused
in our State and which is now manifest
in so many of the forward movements in
the study of North Carolina history.
During the last three or four years Il
has been the good fortune of the writer
to spend some time in most of the
northeastern counties of the State AMI
if there was any one thing which forced
itself on his mind more than any other
it was the need of just such a commits
sion as is now proposed All over the
old southside of Roanoke, i. e., the
fine country lying between Roanoke and
Ncuse Rivers, and the old Chowan DIS
trict, there arc hundreds, even thousands.
of the data of history that ought to &c
preserved. In Warren, Franklin, Nasn,
Halifax, Wilson and Edgecombe counties
there is especial need for some work of
this kind. At one of these historic coun-
ty seats I found five or six large boxes
of records stored away in the attic of
the court house. No none knew any
thing of their contents; no one was
charged with their preservation. l pried
into one of the boxes and found an Gle
marriage bond dating back to 1886! Just
what kind of papers might have been
found there and whence they originally
came may only be guessed. 1t occurs
to me that they were boxed up during
some panic of the Civil War and hidden
away and never have been opened since.
Near the county seat Of Halifax stands
the ruins of the home of Willie Jones'
one of the most remarkable men known
to our history and one of the ablest.
Ought not this old place to be preserved?
Again in many old homes Of this sec
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the trusts are serene in their conscious
ness of perfect safety
Mr.. Thayer. VIII the gentleman allow
me a question?
The Chairman. Does the gentleman
from North Carolina yield to the gen.
tleman from Massachusetts?
Mr.. Pou. I do
Mr. Thayer. You claim, as l under
stand, that the trusts will not be affected
by this legislation if it becomes a law.
IL That be true, tell me why it is that
the great defender and apologizer for
trusts and combines at the other end
OF the Capitol has served notice on the
country that this bill, impotent as it is,
snail never be passed.
Mr. Pou. To whom does the gentle
man refer?
Mr.. Thayer. To the only one that
know who stands out as the great de-
fender of these trusts and combines
Mark Hanna, of Ohio.
Mr.. Pou Well, Mr.. Chairman, it can
be easily understood how that gentle
man would object to any legislation
which might affect the trusts. because.
as [ understand it, he has solved the
whole problem by saying that there arc
no trusts. Therefore, from his stand
point, you can not pass any legislation
which will affect the trusts when there
are no trusts to affect. Evidently. that
gentleman thinks that we are engaged
in a vain business when we are Iegis-
lating against something which does not
exist.
We then come to the sixth section of
this bill. What does that section pro-
vide? The pith of that section consists
in this: You say that none of the cor
porations subject to the provisions of
this act shall be permitted to sell to
one of their customers cheaper than
they do another. if the purpose of such
discrimination is to destroy competi
ton. Two things must therefore be es-
tablished: First, a discrimination in
price; second, that such discrimination
is for the purpose of destroying compeu-
ticn. Probably it would not be very
difficult to establish the first of these
propositions, but every lawyer knows
how exertmely difficult it would be to
establish the second.
How are you going to prove the pur-
pose of the corporation? / do not under
stand our Republican friends to contend
that they have the power to say to these
corporations You shall sell as cheaply
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MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.

On Saturday, February 18th, 1903, at
the court house door, in Raleigh, N. c.,
l will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder a certain piece or tract of
land, lying and being in Wake county,
State of North Carolina, in st. Matthews
township and described and defined as
follows, to-wit: Beginning at a white
oak, near branch, VIM. Il. Pools cor
ner; thence running down said branch
108 poles to NeuSe River; thence down
Neuse River 80 poles to stake; thence
south 88lA degrees east Ais poles to Hin
tons creek; thence UP said creek to
corner, parcel No. 2, in the portion of
M. c. Hodges land; thence north 88h
degrees, west 252 poles to a stake; thence
north IL degrees, east 81 poles to
stake; thence north 8Si5 degrees, west 81
poles to a stake; thence north IL de-
grees, east poles to the beginning, con-
tanning 192 acres, and being lot No. in
the division of M. G. Hodges land, which
said land was willed to M. G. Hodge by
his father, William T. Hodge Said sale
is mace by the undersigned, as executor
of William M.Boylan, by virtue of powers
conferred upon said William NJ Boylan
by the terms of certain mortgage from
]. Rowan Rogers and his wife, Annie
S. Rogers. registered in Book No. 10i.
at page 70, of the Register of Deeds
office OF Wake county.
Terms of sale, cash. Hour Of sale.
II m.
WILLIAM BOTLAT.
Executor of William M Boylan,
DIT d. 8.
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cheapIy to the American as to the for
eigner? What has the American done
SHAT he must thus be punished? What
has the foreigner done that he shall be
permitted to enjoy this discrimination in
his favor? Are not Americans as good as
foreigners? Now, Mr.. Chairman, if the
Republican party found it's only remedy
In the extreme situation which surround
ed us in the coal strike by suspending
the duty upon anthracite coal, why will
not similar relief be afforded in case the
duty is removed or reduced upon other
trust articles?
1 have a letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury in which he informs me
that cotton mill and spinning machinery
is dutiable at 45 per cent ad valorem. L
also have a letter from one of the lead
ing cotton mill men of the country under
date of September -, 1908, from which
will quote the following:
"A carding machine can be bought in
England from 1915 to $500 The same
machine costs in the United States from
$500 to $3.50. Mule spindles cost in Eng
land from 81 to slips per spindle. They
cost in this country from SIZE to 1925
per spindle. Fly frames are in the same
ratio Ring spindles cost about 81 in
England and about SO in this country.
/ merely mention this as one instance
of discrimination.
My State, Mr.. Chairman, is entering
upon great era of manufacturing The
day is not far distant when we will man
ufacture as much cotton as our State
produces. Why permit this discrimina-
tion against us? Why allow an injustice
to be done us? Why not allow our cot
ton mill men to buy their machinery as
cheaply as Englishmen? What necessity
is there for continuing this As per cent.
tariff which the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry says exists? If you pass an antitrust
bill which is worth anything nobody
knows what the Supreme Court will do
with it. That court may discover grave
constitutional objections. But in the
midst of all this dilemma we know that
some relief can be given the consumer by
reducing the duty upon Unsupported
articles. Let us try this remedy. Re
publican State conventions have declared
for it; common sense teaches it. You
admitted it yourselves when you came in
here and, in your desperation to do some
thing, suspended the duty on anthracite
coal.
The people are waiting, Mr.. Chairman.
The great rank and file are not blind
partisans. They do not worship forever
at the shrine of any political party. They
love the flag; they love the country more
than they do any political party on earth.
(Applause.)
And, after all, political parties are but
agencies They are not masters, but ser
wants. They have no right TO dominate
the conscience of any man. In perfect
sincerity of purpose let us. the servants
of the people, in dealing with this great
question, attempt to do something prac-
teal for our country and for humanity.
Cloud applause on the Democratic side)