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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21

NO anniversary Of the birth of General
r. %. Lee should ever pass without some
speclal comment in any country peopled
by the Anglo-Saxon race, because he re-
presented the highest type of the Anglo
Saxon family. !. He exceeded even
caesar IN n1agnanin,ty; he was the equal
OF Hannibal in resource and strategy; he
was the superior Of Napoleon in calm
cool. and comprehensive judgment.
1T IS all my fault" said he to Pickett,s
shattered and bleeding columns at -ettys-
burg. you have done nobly; you must
blame ne: my brave fellows
Yet history proves it was not his fault,
Had his orders been executed within any
reasonable time he would, indeed. have
won great victory. even without Jack
son.-Louisville Courier-Jo Journal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21

a wireless press will como next, we
suppose Wireless chess is already an
nounced.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
Married in the Cab Of q Locom ot,xe

canneltca. w Va, January 18th.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch: S.
To-day al this place Mr.. Luther Reed
and Miss RoxeY lHa1sey were made man
and wife In the cab of Engine No. 8, BY
the Rev. Mr.. CareboIt. Engine No.
runs on the Gannelton Company rail-
road. and belongs to Mr.. Tatnel Lea.
about $50 persons witnessed the mar
rags. SIS -
This IS the first time I eyer heard at
any one being married -on an engine. & e
tnn zee proper TO put this in your sran1r
you ars at 1iberty to do. SO. an sii,
t Ilas an Engine No Sc Il
atvisien the Broth hood sof Ieceno.G
TIVE EngtneeFs-44oss -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21

= BEST APPLE STATE.
While Virginia now ranks eighth In the
number of apple trees growing. accord
ing to the commissioner Of agriculture.
she is the best apple State in the Union.
The crop figures for 1859 show that she
produced 100000 bushels of apples and
100000 bushels of peaches.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21

The name OF Robert E. Lee Will stand
side by side with that OF George Wash
ington as long as the history, of the Anne
rlcan republic is. read. They were men
Of the same heroic mold, and though one
was the leader In successful war against
the injustice OF king and the cher
the unsuccessful ornmander-in- chief Of
war wased to preserve the liberties
won by Washington, they stand forth in
history among all men as representa- tives
Of The highest and best type OF Ameri-
cans.-Savannah News.
The cold weather and the complaining
people placed anthracite on the free list.
Some Of the Congressman, devoted to the
protective tariff, consoled themselves
with the reflection that the bill will
amount to nothing since this country has
about all the anthracite coal They will
awake to the fact that If 1t does not give
relief the same people may place all kinds
Of coal on the free list.-Dallas News.
! AS another. significant phase OF the
great coal instruction, we note that
grave and reverend New England Jour-
nails suggest community cooperation In,
the. purchase Of coal, the intention being
to do away with the middle man and his
extortionate 9conbina lions, purchasing .di-s
: = jill 4t1lueo dilu au1StI1Dut1nS 10
purchasers at actual cost. This thing,
once started there is no telling where it
will end.-Atlanta Constitution.
In other words. even If We disregard
purely moral consideration. there is
economy and benefit to the State in the
protection OF the children. Let them,
by all means, be protected! Mobile Regis
ter.
Why will men persist IN raising oranges
N the extreme upper end OF Florida,
when there " practically no frost danger
In the south Just as good land and just
as ood-hayored fruit !? Why are Amert-
cans always doing the most daring aud
unne eessary things merely in order to-
Attain q pnssibla betterments OF slight de-
sree?--Ia cksonvillAs Time Ion.
1t sttikss 10 & II p not at N an Iikely
German Enpef his s1npassy
NJ sRsaahingfo s. ana his epr ssp3t
llseWhAre.s are sehenin ana hnptug tai
thass :elrn s. Annericas
kpss a9lSsa 19y1
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
Another noodler sentences.

ST. LOUIS. MO-, January ao.-tshariea
f. Kelly. member and former Speaker
OF tha House OF Delegates. was to-day
convicted OF perjury IN eonnecraon w..a
the Suburban street railway franchise
DEAL and given two years ID the psni.
tentfAry He still has to stand trial on
two charges OF bribery In cppnacfscu
with the saus deal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
SOUTHERN, SENTIMENT.

Comment of the Papers on ya-ioux
Subjects,
No one avowing Elder Shoots belief
should make laws for this nation.-Wheel.
ing Register.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21


Illinois has taken q practical step IN
the matter OF bringing about the. reform
OF electing United States senator's BY the
people Its House OF Representatives
has passed a. resolution by vote of IS
to % to exact from Congressman Hop
kins. the choice for senator, a, pledge
that he viii support in the United States
Senate any constitutional amendment
providing for the direct vote Of sena-
tors.
S Certain prominent men In Washington
have entered into a crusade against the
81 hree- hour dinner 2 Feeding for three
hours on a stretch may be an evil. but
we agree with the Providence Journal
that it is possibly not so great an evil
as the ten-minute breakfast or the hye-
minute lunch
John Redmond, the Irish leader. re-
spending to a nationalist address pre-
ssnted to him at Edinburgh. Saturday
evening, said he believed that the friends
of Ireland would soon see measure be-
:. come law which would heal the wounds
Of centuries and give the Irish people a
chance of living in peace and prosperity
on their own soil
That would be not only q great thing
FOR Ireland, but for the British Empire.
In advocating the Rice bill for the
creation OF a State highway commission
the Newport News Press says: There
is no State in the Union, with possibly
one exception, In which the public high
ways receive so little attention as II
Virginia.
Unfortunately, 1t appears, the Press
does not ezaggerate the situation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
mrY s1fRscKIpTIoNS.

TIE DAILY DISPATCH delivered to
subscribers IN Richmond and Manchester
so cent? per month. payable to the car.
weekly or monthly: the SUNDAY
PATCH, s1.5o per annuu; Is cents for
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21

Those wishing the pa2rr cab order 1t OF
telephone or postal card. Complaints u
Aolivcry may be made tho Same way.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
women also wanted s cn.nc. to tax On.
Current Comment.

the subject, . .;.s=
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21

Unfortunately. It appears, the Press
does not ezaggerate the situation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-21
rAu suHscR1pr1oEg.


Payable In Advance Invariably.
Daily, ono year w w
Dkiiy, Elk months. I o.
SUNDAY, only, one yeAa. ou
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
Nearing the End.

The spirit. Of the dying pontiff has seem
ingly been poised for flight from the at
tenuated body during the past week. His
keen and active. Within the spectral body
the f1ame5o Of life sends forth it's radiations,
while disease does not. seem to have any
more fibre to fasten upon. The spirit is
supreme over the flesh and the watchers
await the dissolution Of a life so noble,
over which he presides, and for which he
has given the best of his talents, with
deep emotion.
The preparations for the conclave pro-
coed and the, air is full9of conjectures as
to the personality of Leo's successor. It
been made as to the action Of a conclave.
More important that the mere personality
of the successor of Leo XIII is the ques-
ton Of the policy to which that successor
will adhere. Leo, entering upon his pom
ticate at period Of peculiar difficulty, and
the absorption by the Kingdom OF Italy
of the papal territory. and with relations
with the Quirinal seriously disturbed, has
dealt with the great questions OF the day
which agitate the souls Of people of all
classes in a way which has shown his real
sympathy with humanity, struggling with
the storm and stress Of new conditions,
social, industrial. political. In his ency-
Iclicals he has shown himself q. strong
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
IOWA, BEAUTIFUL LAND
Iowa State Register.

From the Minneapolis Journal it is
learned that a bold, bad North Dakota
man is here in Iowa trying to inveigle our
good Iowa farmers into DESERVING this
chosen land and emigrating to the be-
nighted region Of North Dakota.
This bold, bad man is an editor, it is
sad to relate, for his facility with the
pen is likely to prove a dangerous tempter
to innocent and unsuspecting Iowans. He
is editor of the Litchville, N. D., Bulletin,
and the ''literature" he is distributing
broadcast turnout our state would do
credit to the railroad circulars which lur-
ingly set. forth the delights of travel.
North Dakota and the country especially
Immediately surrounding Litchville, this
editor would have Iowa farmers believe,
is the only real Garden Of Eden between
Passport, Me-, and Puget Sound. The
Canadian northwest, about which so
much has recently been written, he says
only thaws out between Aug. 10 to Is
inclusively. South Dakota, he says, is a
sand heap, while Iowa-well, Iowa is all
right, but "the renters do not like the
idea of paying $3.50 an acre annually
And So this Litchville editor concludes, it
is tonly a question Of perseverance and
sweet oil until we shall have a good Iowa
farmer on every piece Of prairie land be-
tween Plano and Fort Ransom.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
An Indefansible Mononoly.

There is strong sentiment among the
druggists of the United States that no
patents should be granted on articles used
for food or medicine. We are so accus-
toned to patent rights in this country that
it will take a long time to educate the pub
lie up to this position, but there is a mid
die ground on which druggists and all
who have occasion to use drugs should
unite and urge congress to act. This mid.
die ground is that patents should not be
issued In this country on articles which
are not subject to patent in the country
Of their origin. Under our present law
1t is possible for drug that cannot be
patented in the country of the inventor to
receive a patent in this country, thus
creating a monopoly without in any way
realizing the purpose Of our patent legis-
htion.
Take phenacetin, a very common drug,
for example. II was first made in Ger
many. There the original inventor was
permitted to get a patent on the process
of manufacture, but not on the article,
Anybody else could make phenacetin, IL
he could find IAN original way to do it.
But under our laws the article as well as
the process Of making it can be patented
The result is that the enterprising indi-
vidual who took out an Americans patent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18

The LIE Sueur News wishes some one
to explain how the Minnesota farmer Is to
be benefited by reciprocity with Canada
when placed at the mercy Of the Ca
madam and American 'lumberman. This,
inquiry Is just a trifle obscure. It is hard
to see how free trade in lumber, for in
stance, would place the American farmer
at the mercy of the Canadian and
American lumber baron,'' unless COM
petition Of sellers is a means of placing
the buyer at their mercy. Just now the
farmer is surely at the mercy of the
American lumbernan. Free Canadian
lumber might not help him much, but it
would certainly do him no harm. At the
present rate Of consumption of the
American white pine forests, it will be
only a few years until all the white pine
lumber used In the United States will
have to be imported from Canada Does
the LIE sueur News oppose reciprocity
with Canada because it would mean free
Canadian lumber? If it does that fact
will be an interesting piece Of news for
its farmer readers? .s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18

A perusal OF the table classifying the
pupils Of the Minneapolis high schools
according to the occupations of parents
sufficiently explains the attachment of
the citizens of Minneapolis to the high
schools, and the failure Of the bitter at
tack on them to- make the slightest inn
preston on the public. Of, the parents
of children in the high schools AS are
laborers, Bel are statesmen and agents,
466 merchants and storekeepers, 2b9
clerks, 22s railway and street railway
employees and 2s5 professional men, these
being the most numerous classes. The
figures are really surprising. Nobody
would have thought that so large num-
Der of the high school pupils are the
ehildren of laborers. The high schools
are very representative in their COM
position! All classes of people make use
Of them, from the children Of the day
laborer to those of the millionaire. OF
course It costs much more to give high
school than grade school education, but
on the average the high school graduate
will prove of more value to The com
munity in proportion to its investment in
him than the grade school graduate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
THE ARTISTIC DOUBT SOLVED
New York Sun.

Mrs. Humphrey Ward was the chief
guest at a dinner given the other day at
the New Vagabonds club. Speaking of the
writer's who do not at once find an audi
ence, she said: IT was talking once to
M. Halevy, the delightful author of
'Criquette' and 'Frou-Frou,' and he point
ed out to me that twas really something
physical-it amounts to a change in physi-
cal capacity. Take the work. he said,. of
Degas'-the great impressionist artist.
Degas, in my youth, gave me one of his
famous sketches of a dancer. I brought
it home to my wife and we quarreled for
days as to. which was the head and which
were the feet. Each friend that came in
took sides and blew UP the strife. We
hung it. up differently three times a week.
At Observation-Disclosures saw. We rushed to
it. ITEMS, mon ami-there is the head
there are the arms-the toes So the
husband and wife kissed again with tears
Then the friends began to see. And now
it has become the Jewel and glory of the
house; the instructed and the uninstructed
alike know the correct thing to say about
it; and nobody, of course, will lever believe
that h. saw anything wrong with it from
the beginning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
Playing With a Serpent.

That is ritiful spectacle in Chicago, Of
by inch with a mob in escorting the vans
of the Kellogg Switchboard company to
and from the stations. How long can the
city afford to give that sort of inefficient
protection to q legitimate business house
attacked in an illegal and disorderly
manner?
Suppose a few other business houses
have strikes on their hands and have to
appeal to the police for an escort for every
van of goods they send out. Can Chi
deavoring in a half hearted way to give
business houses that free use Of the streets
that the mere existence of government
ought to guarantee?
1t is shocking to think Of the great city
Of Chicago allowing itself, as represented
by its police, to be daily insulted and
stoned by a miserable mob.
Mayor Harrison yesterday issued a riot
order, warning the people not to collect
on the streets, under penalty Of arrest
| if the police had been ordered to abandon
their gentleness and deal with the moi
as they would with rattleshake There
has been far too much gentleness insdeaI.
| ing with mobs everywhere in this country
The time has come for making short worl
alike OF the rioting mob and the lynchins
mob. 4
| s =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
THE MAGAZINES

The American Review Of Reviews (New
York: s13 Astor Place., contains some nota-
BILE papers, besides an unusually interest
ing review of the worlds doings, notice
ably the defeat Of the. Chamberlain pref
erentlal tariff scheme in parliament; the
Servian massacre and the postoffice de-
partment Investigations Mr. Stead's
Illustrated paper on the Congo Free State
and the fragrant abuses existing under
Leopold, King of the Belgians, will awak-
en- indignation, for 1t is a gross betrayal
of trust and q, sham philanthropy. Mr..
Rogers account Of the triumph Of
American mechanical skill in the con-
struction of twenty-seven bridges on the:
Uganda railway in East Africa, is deeply
interesting, showing that our bridge build
ers can put up metal bridges anywhere in
the world quicker and more cheaply. than
the English and Of first-class quality.
Mr.. Moffett contributes a, valuable paper
on the unsurpassed immigration from
Europe this year, with details of regula-
lions. Italians are still numerically
ahead; Poles next; Jews next; while Ger
man and Scandinavian immigration is in
creasing. The article is profusely illus
trated Mr.. Wflner's paper on Erie canal
Improvement from 12-foot channel
standpoint Is a noticeable discussion Of the
subject. Mr.. Wilmer thinks greater
depth of water would not pay and the
1,000-ton barge canal represents the
greatest economy in transportation com
mended by the best engineers. Professor
Commons paper on Welfare Work in a
Great Industrial Plant is timely and in
teresting. He cites the experiment in
McCormick's great factory, Chicago,
which is pledged to industrial betterment
the shorter work day and arbitration with
it's organized employees.
The Keramic Studio contains much
matter interesting to the potter and deco
5rator. It insists upon the necessity for
the truss worker to collect designs from
nature for the ornamentation Of pottery,
flowers especially, such as sweet peas,
of which a full page photo cluster is Civ
en-. There Is also a full -page bunch Of
primroses in color for ornamental pur-
poses, and numerous hints for vase deco
ration and firing properly. Syracuse N.
Y: Keramic. Studio Publishing Com
pany.ls -.-..---.--
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
Discussing Reciprocity With Canada

The Minnesota country press is devOtlng
deal of space these days to the con-
sideration Of reciprocity with Canada.
More Of the papers favor than oppose it,
but some are still influenced by the not
unnatural but erroneous assumption that
the 25-cent tariff on a bushel Of wheat is
genuine protection to- the farmer. The
most extreme faith in this tariff, however,
was expressed some time ago by North
Dakota writer, who made bold to declare
that since the America Z. tariff on wheat
was s25 cents a bushel, the Canadian
farmer must receive % cents a :bushel less.
than. the. American farmer who 1T inside
that tariff wall. s.
If the tariff were any protection-t6 the
American farmer Manitoba wheat ought
to sell for less than American wheat, since
it is manifest that. a trade wall can t
afford protection against an article Sof
equal or higher price outside Except at
periods of the year: when the imperfect
grain handling and transportation I facill--
ties of western Canada put the farmer,
more or less at the mercy of the wheat
buyer wheat prices run about the same in
Minneapolis as in Winnipeg, allowing for
difference of location. 1t is only a matter
Of time until the Canadian west will be
on a par with the American in these
facilities. If the tariff wall were taken
down now and Canadian wheat were free
to avail itself of American transportation
routes, elevators, ETC., the Canadian
farmer would get more for his wheat than
oT1 Ir,I,o H.
rushes it to market, but the American
farmer would not get less for since both
the American and Canadian surplus wheat
is sold In the same market abroad,
cheaper Canadian wheat tends to make
cheaper American wheat, and the injury
of the Canadian farmer is also the injury
of the American farmer. 1t is thus seen
| that while the imperfect transportation
development; Of western Canada is 'hurtful
| to the American farmer, free Canadian
wheat would be beneficial.
1t is hard to infer from comparative
Canadian and American wheat prices at
| the present time that there is much
danger to the American farmer from free
ECanadian wheat. On July IA, for example,
cash wheat was selling In Fort William
at S3A cents and at Duluth for S51s. The
same day September delivery wheat was
bringing TN cents in Duluth and n
cents at. Fort William On July Is cash
wheat brought s3A cents in Winnipeg
and sc in Minneapolis, nearly 500 miles
away. It is true that the Canadian prices
were on No. / hard and the American
1 on No. northern but the difference in
4 the prices for the different grades would
not offset the freight rates between the
i two points; In the fall the prices would
tell a different story, but the fact remains
4 that the American farmer would be get
ting more for his: wheat even then, If his
l Canadian brother were not getting sc
u much less Canadian wheat completes
with American wheat now regardless OF
the tariff. The removal Of the tariff by its
effect in overcoming some of the condi-
lions that force the Canadian to sell al
a sacrifice would benefit the American.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18

The death of P. NJ. Arthur, grand chief
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers, removes one of the most conser-
vative and successful labor leaders the
United States has ever had. Mr.. Arthur's,
career is full Of matter for reflection by
other labor leaders. Always opposed to
strikes and abominating sympathetic
strikes, he was vet able to accomplish
more than the most radical and violent
leaders. Mr.. Arthur was the conference
type of leader. He could accomplish more
by a ffteen-rninute talk with a railway
manager than another sort of leader could
accomplish in ten years. The great ma
jority Of men in responsible positions like
to be considered fair-minded, liberal men.
Sometimes they are not such, but a diplo-
matte appeal to the quality of fairness and
love of justice will go a long way with
even the most selfish and grasping.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-18
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

for this German drug is levying q most
unjust tax on all the drug users OF the
country. In Germany phenacetin sells at
a25 cents san ounce, here at 81 an ounce.
Phenacetin can be made by our chen-
lists but they cannot use the name phe-,
nacetin, consequently there is no market
for their product, and the people have to
go on paying the holderfof a patent tax
of rs cents an ounce. Antipyrin was once
subject to such patent. 1t then cost
$40 an ounce; now, the patent having
expired, it brings only $3.50 a pound. Sui
fonal costs a dollar: an ounce trional
$3.50: salphen Isl; salypirin, 81; somatose.
Il cents; kryophine, ST.. All Of these drugs
are of German origin. They have no mon
opoly in Germany, but here except for e
little dangerous smuggling from Canada
they have an absolute monopoly. Gould
there be a worse instance Of inexcnsable
special privileges?