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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-30

we will not agitate that point further at
present"
Thank you, sir" said Tom gratefully.
He Was only TO glad not TO put himself
In fencing posture at once.
His guardian resumed blandly, II have
devoted every moment Of my rare leis-
ure hours. Thomas, TO mapping out q
plan OF travel for you. In point OF TACT.
Il is a resurrected map, one that your
deap- father and | drew together. You
Will recognize his marginal notes. We
had@planned 20 go over the very ground !
want You 10 take, and after year of
travel Go locate in some quiet German
town for another year OF supplemental
study and reading I was looking NJ
the old map only last week. am sure
IL would please my dear friend Rufus To
have his son carry out our itinerary"
why did he not go-you, ] mean2
said Tom. politely including the lawyer
IN his eager desire 10 at last hear some
thing OF his fathers boyish DAYS.
women got I'm the way. We both fell
In love. ] with your dear Aunt Lucetta.
your father with your mother. So you
see my boy" with a benignant smile.
how necessary IL is for me TO guard
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-30
roR OVER SIXTY YEARS

MRS. wISsIOw's SOOTHING SYRUP
has boon used for ove- sixty years by
millions OF mothers for their children
sootses the shia softsrs tie gums a..
lays all pain. cures wind collie. and IL the
best remedy for Disrrohea n will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately. sod
Twenty -fivc cents q bottle. De sure and
ask for Mrs. win.iow's Soothing Syrup"
and take no other Kind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-30

Rurdock Blood Bittsrs gfves . man =
clear head. an active brain, q strong.
vigorous body--makes him nt for the bat
tie OF life.
Group instantly relieved. Dr.. Thomas
At any drug store.
Every family ,~ouid have lts house hold
medicine chest and the first bottle In u
should be Dr. wodd's Norway Pine By
rup, Natures remedy for toughs ana
colds.
Itching pilesr Never mind " physicians
failed 10 cure you. Try DoaD's Ointment
No failure there 30 senu At any drus
store.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Busy season for Uncle samuel.
st. Louis Post-pispatch.

@NAa3 49, -
Uncle Sam is a great business man and a
great boss. He is like the millionaire head
OF a big concern who signs a SIC, 1000 check
in one breath and with the next observes
that Willie Pay, the entry clerk, smokes
cigarettes.
Nothing is too big or too little to escape
his e-y, eye. At times his glance is cy-
clopic; again It is microscopic, but hardly
ever myopic.
Today Uncle Sam settles a quarrel be-
tween two nations; tomorrow he appoints
a fourth class postmaster. Today he Issues
500, 900, 900 worth Of bonds; tomorrow he
pinches a moonshiner. Today he dehes all
Europe, and tomorrow he sends some poor
devil to Jail for four years for stealing 80
cents worth Of postage stamps.
So It is today. After balancing his books
for the year and finding himself 'steen
umpty billions to the good, he turns round
with a great show Of severity and COM
mands his army officers to wear only a
certain color and make OF shoes, because
one of them-one out Of all his Thousands
was discovered wearing tan shoes with a
dress suit.
Which shows that, besides being a great
manager and organizer, Uncle Sam is an old
gentleman Of exquisite taste.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
TAFT TILL REMAIN.

1t has been reported for some time that
Governor Taft would return from the
Philippines and be appointed a justice of
the supreme court Of the United States,
to succeed Justice Shiras. 1t is now an
nounced, evidently upon good authority,
that Judge Taft will remain in the Phil
ippines, the desire Of the people there
that he shall do so having been ex-
pressed in communications to the presi-
dent and by public demonstrations. Gov
ernor Taft's course in the Philippines
has given him a very strong hold upon
the confidence and esteem OF the people
and there is no doubt that his with
drawal from the islands at present
would be detrimental to the carrying
out of conditions which he has inaugu-
rated. Very likely Judge Taft would
prefer q place on the federal supreme
bench. He is a jurist Of distinguished
ability, fully equipped for our highest
judicial tribunal, but he is strongly de-
voted to his present duties and takes a
patriotic interest In them.
Governor Taft remains in the Philip
pines, therefore, wholly for the reason
that he feels he can be of greater SER
vice to the government there than else
where. When he returned to the islands
a few months 6 he expressed an
earnest desire TO do all he could to i'm,
prove the conditions there and benefit
- - MI = = "
keeps him in the islands and it should
be appreciated by his countrymen as II
is by the Filipinos.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Personal NOTES.

The people Of South Bend. Ind, are burn
ing beans for fuel. They canno get even
pea coal.
lions in Venezuela. No wonder he is get
ting round shouldered.
One of the steamship companies will print
a daily newspaper on board its vessels ply
ing between Liverpool and New York. The
new publication will probably be called the
S~heet-anchor.
-"Etherogram" is said to be Mr.. Marconi's
preference for a name of dispatches sent by
his wireless method. He disapproves Of
"Marconigrams" because, he says, It savors
too much Of self-advertisement.
President Castro has borrowed all of the
available money in Venezuela, his soldiers
refuse to fight and he is altogether without
resources. Under the circumstances his
only recourse is to call in an auctioneer.
A criticism often made OF America is
that we do not regard highly enough the
higher education and its votaries. What
else is to be expected IL I'll price of oil
Jumps whenever a college receives a gift?
Concerning the late ex-Speaker Reeds
personal feeling toward his political oppo-
nents, a writer in the Independent says:
1AS III SohSPAS0Ous PlSluIc II III sea-
side cottage was a large photogravure OF
William e. Russell, the only democratic
governor whom Massachusetts has had for
many a year, and whose friendship Mr..
Reed heartily priced"
In an impassioned burst OF oratory last
week a congressman said on the floor of the
house: Congress is the warehouse OF
TRUTH" and his colleagues spplauded feel
ingly. When the noise subsidized, the orator
meanwhile slipping a glass of water, q
cynic in the gallery growled: "Yes, but
you never carry any STOCK" which, some.
how, also was applauded.
R. Masujima. a distinguished Japanese at.
torney Of Toxic, will attend the annual
meeting OF the New York State Bar 1850
citation at Albany on January 2s. Masujims
is one OF the most prominent and highly
educated Of the modern men of AFFAIRS in
Japan. Owing to his reputation as q
Japanese jurist he was invited to attend
the bar association meeting at Albany and
by request will deliver an address on "Th,
Present Position of Japanese Law and Juris.
prudence"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

BOARD OF REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS.
The recommendations made by the
Board of Review in its report to the
mayor md council deserve serious CON
sideration by the city authorities and
also by the lawmakers who undertake
to revise our revenue laws.
With reference to the assessment of
property exempt from taxation now ex-
cluded from the assessment roll, 1t is
purely a local matter which can be rem
edied by the council if it will provide
for the work necessary to list exempt
property. A rough estimate places the
value Of this property at close to $10,-
100000, which IL added to the present
valuation of the city S135, 100000 instead
Of $125, 100000. The omission of this
property also leaves us in the dark as
to the amount and character of the tax
exemptions. 1t is quite probable some
property is now exempt under pretext
Of statutory grounds which should be
listed for taxation. but this will not be
disclosed until the owners are compelled
to make n showing to entitle them to ex
emption.
AS concerns the duplication Of assess
ment machinery, The Bee has spoken in
the past, showing the unnecessary X
pense incurred because Of independent
assessments for county and city pur-
poses. There is nothing to stand in
the way of a law permitting the county
to accept the assessment made by the
city Inc reduce 1t to the ratio prevailing
outside Of the city limits, or vice versa,
thus abolishing the outlay of labor and
money for two assessments each year
where one is amply sufficient.
The recommendation that the valua.
ton of real estate.be regarded more as q
permanent assessment subject to revi
sion from year to year, but renewed
completely only at periods of three tc
five years, is also in the line of economy
In the early days, when real estate val
ues were constantly changing, annua,
assessment was absolutely necessary
but with real estate values fairly wei
settled complete new assessments eacl
year, the same as for personal property
are hardly required.
These may be minor points in the pro
gram of tax reform, but they are i'm
portant and should not be neglected.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
THE BALD SPOT OF ADrsTADT.

The "shyster' sued the widow Short
And brought the case to Altstadt's court,
And by some subtle turn of law
He caught the widow on a flaw.
She-ere aware that she'd been tricked-
Gave evidence that must convict,
But realizing when too late
She begged the Judge to scale It's weight.
dots not the law of Altstadtl
Und shustice make dot bald spot"
The 'tshyster'' rubbed his hands in CLEO
And thanked the Judge most heartily,
But rising to his fullest height
Thus spoke the doughty little wight,
His mapping eyes Just on a line
With where the ''shyster" tanked his wine
Come If my court, / gif you lawi
Come in der hall 1 break your Jaw!
"Yaw, dot vos me-Schudge Altstadti
Und shustice MAKE dot bald spot"
Then. reaching for his pipe and hat,
He turned TO where the widow sat:
"Und you Yos poor, my woman-not?"
Your verdict reaches all I've got!'
"Doan told nobody, Mrs. Short;
Der case vos seddled out der court"
And, tossing her the cost, and more,
He said. while passing through the door:
II am the law-Schudge Altstadt-
Und shustice make dot bald spot"
Leavitt, Neb. ISAAC A. KILGORE.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
EDUCATION AND CRIME.
Expert Testimony PrOvOkes n Mild
Sensation.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
DR.. Arthur MacDonald's report to con-
gress is a very sensational document He
has been investigating crime, suicide, In
sanity and all other forms Of degeneracy,
and in connection with the result of the
investigation he furnishes certain statistics
Of illiteracg, ETC., which throw a very inn
portant, not to say startling, light upon
the subject.
OF course, we do not take It for granted
that Dr.. MacDonald's figures constitute an
unassailable hypothesis, neither does he
himself claim or even suggest as much,
The doctor is an official OF the Bureau OF
Education and enjoys a very high reputation
for professional efficiency. We do not
understand, however, that he essays TO
settle a question so vast and complicated.
and are quite sure that It was no part OF
his original purpose to produce a theatrical
effect.
Facts are facts, however. DR.. MacDon-
aid finds that in New England, where the
average term OF schooling is six years and
the average OF illiteracy s per cent, the
ratio Of crime, insanity, nervous disorders,
etc, is far higher than in the South At
lantic states. where the term Of schooling
is less than three years and the average
illiteracy nearly three times greater than
in New England. Most significant Of all.
though, as it is most discouraging, is
the proof that the proportion Of juvenile
criminals in New England is 425 to 1000.
900, while in the South Atlantic states II
Is only 126. Moreover, this contrast be-
comes all the more significant when we
consider that the temptations OF poverty
are far greater in the south than in the
north.
These figures should set our authorities
to thinking. We spend hundreds OF mil,
lions every year in the EFFORT TO punish
and suppress crime. The question Il
whether our scheme is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
there may not be a better way. Surely, II
crime and degeneraey keep pace with FREE
school education, and virtue and whole.
someness prevail in inverse ratio, the fac
is worth considering even though the super.
heisl conclusions be fallaetous.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
TWAS NOT EVER THUS.
Difference shown the United States by
European Powers.
Kansas Cftv ctor |

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Kansas City Star.
Perhaps the most striking phase of the
Venezuelan situation is the consideration
which the powers Of Europe are showing
for the United States. They are continually
consulting this government to know
whether they may do this or that. They
are giving repeated assurances that they
have no Interior aims in South America
and that the Monroe doctrine is their
guiding star.
A few years ago the pc wers were not 80
careful Of American feelings. At the close
of the civil war France withdrew from
Mexico because General Sheridan's presence
on the Texas frontier gave significance to
Secretary Stewards protest. But after the
decay Of the powerful navy of the sixties
Europe did not display the same solicitude.
The massacre of the crew Of Virginius was
carried out with impunity. In the dispute
over the Venezuelan boundary England paid
little attention to the representations Of
the United States. The lynching Of the
Italians in New Orleans was followed by
an offensive note from Rome and the with
drawal Of the Italian minister. Protests
from the United States to the Turkish gov
eminent on various subjects could not have
been treated with more Indifference had
they emanated from the sultan of Sulu.
When the Spanish war broke out the feel
ing in the important European capitals was
c~onteuptuously hostile to the United States.
The transformation in the attitude of the
powers is due TO several obvious reasons.
The new navy is probably the foremost OF
these. But 1t was the Spanish war which
called attention to the strength and ef-
cheney Of the United States fleets. Events
from the LIST Of May to the 4th OF July, 1898,
revolutionized foreign sentiment. The Wig
orous course of President Cleveland and
Secretary olney in 1896 on the Venezuelan
boundary question is another factor in the
existing situation. The recognition of the
Monroe doctrine. which was then secured
from Great Britain, has given a good prece-
dent to back Secretary Hay In his present
policy. And Of course behind all Of these
causes is the primary one of the tremendous
power and vast resources OF a vigorous ma
tion Of nearly $4,000, 900 people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
OvERrA1rNe PUBLIC PATIENCE.
greedy Combinations FOrginE the
Chains 60 shackIe Themselves.


Chicago News.
n for no other reason the present crisis
would be noteworthy as Illustrating in
a striking way how utterly dependent civil
lied man is upon coal. II Is not only n
necessity Of life, according TO the usual
classification. but It is the indispensable
element In securing all the other "neces-
stiles" Man can dispense with beef and
subsist on grains. or he can dispense with
woolens and clothe himself in other mate
rails. For coal there is as yet no practic-
able substitute and It Is the one commodity
upon which modern society depends for all
the others.
Considering the paramount Importance OF
coal as a necessity Of life, II Is not surpris-
ing that the menace of a continued shcrt
age should have stirred public opinio& =.
deeply throughout the country. There is
no mistaking the signs OF the apprehension
which underlies the present movements In
every important center in the country. The
congressional investigation at Washington,
Mayor Lows call for a conference in New
York, the appeal issued by Mayor Maybury
Of Detroit for joint action on the part OF
governors and mayors and the prosecution
begun in Chicago before a grand jury are
indications of a serious and widespread agi-
tation. There is evidently a general agree
ment with the sentiment expressed by Judge
McEwen in his charge to the special grand
Jury that such an interference with the coal
supply as Is now charged is "a crime and
an infamy." Nor can It be denied that the
evidence thus far brought before the jury
does not weaken the force Of the charges.
What do the coal operators think is
going to be the effect Of all this? That
there have been extortionate practices in
the coal business and that some OF the
eastern operators, In particular. have de-
liberately undertaken to withhold a neces,
sity of life for the purpose OF proft-makins
is hardly TO be doubted. The operators
have opposed the enforcement of laws
which would interfere with their misuse
OF their extraordinary powers over both
mines and railroads. They will not brook
the suggestion that they be placed under
further restraint, no matter how reason
able. How long can they expect this state
of things to continue7 'If in another win
ter" said Judge Grosscup in his address,
"a situation such as exists now with regard
to coal should prevail nothing could prevent
an irresistible sentiment spreading over
this state for the public ownership Of the
bituminous coal fields" Who will have
been responsible for this revolutionary
c~hange-who but the men who created the
conditions that forced the people to de-
mand 1t, as a measure Of self-protection7
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
sTeiFINe TIE con COMBINE.

The determination that Is being shown
in congress to find an effective way of
dealing with the combination or con-
spiracy that is deprivlng the country OF
an adequate supply Of coal, and exacting
extortionate prices from the public for
that fuel, can hardly fail to have good
results. There has rarely been q time
In our history when the representatives
Of the people in the national Legislature
were so stirred by a great public ext
gency, or were more susceptible to the
popular demand, than they are at this
time.
In the house Of representatives yester-
day there was introduced a resolution
by the chairman of the judiciary com
mittee directing that committee to in
vestigate and report to the house, with
all convenient speed, as to the power of
congress to declare that a necessity ex-
lists for the government to take posses
sion of coal mines and lines of trans
portation, and IL in the opinion Of the
committee such power exists to report n
bill declaring the necessity and providing
every means for meeting 1t within the
authority of congress-. At any other
time in our history it would not have
peer possible to get the slightest atten-
ton for n resolution Of this nature. No
one would have ventured to introduce
in congress a proposition of this charac-
ter. The fact that 1t is now made by
the chairman of the house judiciary
committee strikingly illustrates how
conditions have changed and some Of
the ablest men have come to realize the
necessity of a departure from old meth
DDS and policies.
1t is safe to assume that Representa-
tive Jenkins of Wisconsin, who intro
duced this resolution, did so after con-
sultation with members of the judiciary
committee and perhaps also with others
in congress. There is no information as
to what his W views are, but it is not
improbable that he believes the national
government has the right, in the public
interest, to take possession of the coal
mines of the country and the common
carriers necessary for the transportation
of coal. At all events, his resolution
contemplates an investigation Of that
question which is most timely and de,
sirable and the result Of which will be
in the highest degree important. There
can be no doubt that public opinion will
very generally approve the resolution.
This and other evidences Of the pur
pose of congress to find a remedy fol
such a condition as now prevails re
specting one Of the greatest public neces
stiles are most r%eassuring. The house
has passed, nearly unanimously, the
bill providing for a rebate on imported
coal equal to the duty and there is rea
son to expect that the senate will pass
the measure without delay. A search
ing investigation of the course and pol
icy Of the coal operators is being made
the results Of which thus far show
conspiracy of the most fragrant charac
ter. The coal barons are learning some
thing of the power of public sentimen
which ought to have an improving eff
feet upon them.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Heaving commercial bricks.
ST. Paul Dispatch

The supreme court Of the United States
sustains the decision made by Secretary
Gage that the sugar bounty system of
Russia amounts TO a bounty on exports and
brings imports of Russian sugar within the
provisions OF the Dingley act, which lays
an additional duty on bovuty-aided sugar
equal TO the bounty. The immediate effect
OF the secretary's decision was a doubling
by Russia OF her duties on our exports,
much to the dismay and grief OF sundrs
folk who thing Il unfair for others TO heave
bricks at our glass houses, but perfectly
fair for US to throw rocks into theirs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

Sixteen indictments have been re-
turned by the federal grand jury against
b~oOtleggers who are charged with dis
pensing firewater in and around the Ne
braska Indian reservations. Inasmuch
as it takes an average of twenty Indians
to prove that n white man has sold a
bottle of whisky to an Indian, it will
take 800 Indians to convict the latest
batch of offenders against the federal
no-treat, neutrality-suspicious. law.
The prospective harvest Of fees for
United States deputy marshals is better
than for the next fall wheat crop.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

The fine Italian hand of Police Com
missioner Spratlen was visible in the
latest performance of the p~ompadour
councilman from the First ward, who
adjourned the city council for lack of
the necessary number to carry through
the plot directing the city attorney to
withdraw from the suit now pending be-
fore the supreme court. in which the
validity Of the Savage
commission is being tested.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
SToCKMEN OPPOSE BEEF TRUST.


There is one feature of the address of
the president of the National Live Stock
association. in session at Kansas City,
in which the general public is particu-
larly interested. This is the declara-
ton Of hostility on the part of the stock
men to the proposed merger of the pack
ing interests. President Springer was
very direct and decided in his reference
to this, as to which 1t Is to be presumed
he is well informed. He characterized
the proposed merger as the most unholy
combination ever attempted and de-
clared that II contaminated the stock
men will refuse to sell to any packing
house combine.
II this reflects the sentiment OF the
members generally of the National Live
| Stock association and they are firmly
determined to adhere to 1t, there is no
doubt that they can work very ehec-
| lively against a combine OF packers. Ac,
cOrding to the president of the associa.
ton they are able to command sufficient
capital TO establish n formidable compe
tition to the packers. IF forced to dc
So" he said. you can build packing
plants Of your own kill your own stock
market the product and underseIl any
packing house trust" Possibly the
warning implied in this may have {
good effect and certainly the consumer
OF meat would welcome a movement OF
the part Of the stockmen which woul'
! result in reducing prices. But there ar
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

Governor Bailey of Kansas in his in
augurai message declares that the rail
roads pay too small a proportion Of the
taxes in the Suniower state. In Kansas
the railroads were assessed $5S.0O0.OOO
last year, while in Nebraska they were
assessed ~$20.5O0.OOO on a mileage OF
about one-third less than that of Kansas
What is the matter with Kansasl
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

omaha's perpetual claimant, Judge
Gordon, is once more trying to invoke
the power of the supreme court to as
sist him in collecting a claim for a frac-
ton over $500 for going through the
motions of calling the police court to
order at the back door of the police sta
ton while Judge Berka occupied the
bench.