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Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
Queer Speculation,

The sermon of a British vicar charging great immortality in the pottery towns in Staffordshire has caused discussion of life in the potteries. A curious feature is speculation on the lives of others. The business of the insurance com panies there is largely directed to persuading people to insure the lives of others as a speculation. Wives are urged to insure their husbands, and sons and daughters to take out a policy on their parents lives. For a penny a week a girl insures her father for f5. No medical examination is re. quired, and it is simply a gamble on death. This was amusingly shown by recent case. A doctor in one of the pottery towns was reported to be dying of cancer. The rumor was false, and the doc. tor, completely recovered of his illness, was surprised to learn that his charwomAn had staked twopence a week on hIs death.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
HE GETS A MONEY ORDER.
With tho Money He Doesn't Want to Spend When Out with
 the Boys. ,

"One of the queerest things l ever heard of," said . young man,
 who sometimes keeps late hours, relates the Providence Journal. sfs the action of a friend of mine,
 who has a knack of saving, despite the feet that sometimes when he meets a friend he celebrates too much. He always. after he has had a few drinks and realizes that he will take more before the end of the evening, takes an account ol stock, as you may say. He finds . corner somewhere and thers figures up the amount of cash on hand. Then he starts for the post office.
 "When he gets there he buys . money order, payable to himself, for an amount equal to the great. CT part of the sum he has on hand. This done, he mails the order to himself, and then, certain of sav- Ing that much of his money, at least, through the evening, bs starts out to resume the joyous oc- supation of enjoying himself. It h great scheme, and one I never heard of anyone else using. It works very we'll, indeed, with him. Il have seen men give a part of their money to bartender to take care of for them, but this scheme of buying a money order for your self beats that. And you can get ,a money order at the Providence post office any hour of the night, now.S
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
,ONE-WAY RATES.

Every day from Sept. 15 to Oct 15, 1904, the Union Pacific will sell one-way colonists tickets at the following rates, from Mis- souri river terminals, Council Bluffs to Kansas City:
 $20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
 $2O.OO to Butte, Anaconda and Helena.
 $22.5O to Spokane and Wenat- chee, Wash.
 $25.OO to Everett, Fairhaven, Whatcom, Vancouver, and Vic toria, via Huntington and Spo- kane.
 $25. % to Portland and Astoria; or to Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington and Portland or via Huntington and Spokane.
 $25.OO to Ashland, .:Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem via Portland.
 $25.O0 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diegos and many other California points.
 From Chicago and St. Louis proportionately w11rates are in effect by lines connecting with the Union Pacific to all above points.
 For full information.call on or address J. H. LOTHRoP,
 9O3 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. s 18tOct10
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
NEW USE OF MONOGRAPH.
British Cabinet Minister Dictates to the Machine and the Records"
 Are Sent to His Clerks.

Since his accession to cab.
 inet rank MT. Graham Murray has
 made a still greater use of the photograph for the conduct of his correspondence as secretary of state for Scotland than he did during the period when he acted as lord advocate in the same de- partment, says the London Graphic. Some five or six dozen records" are now constantly in use, and to these the minister die. tates the replies to his numerous letters, together with a mass of other detail work connected with the office over which he presides. These are then forwarded to Lon. don, if he happens to be in Scot. land, and the contents are taken down by his secretaries in White. hall. This done, the records" are scraped off and the cylinders are once more ready for use. By keep ing a photograph both in London and Scotland the secretary of state, alone among his colleagues in MT. Balfour's reconstructed cabinet, is able to give viva-voce instructions to his department at a distance of some hundreds of miles.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
COACH EXCURSIONS TO ST. LOUIS, MO-, VIA THE IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.

Coach Excursion tickets will be on sale daily-September 14th to September 30th inclusive. Rate $5.60 round trip; childen under 12 and over 5 years of age $4.00, return limit on these tickets seven days from date of sale.
 THos. H. REAMEY, Agent.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
DINING ROOM SUITES.

We have nice line of Dining Chairs, Sideboards, China Closets, Dining Tables-in fact, anything in the Furni- ture line. Come and see us. We are are ready to show you what we have.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
One Difference,

Do you know," he went on. glibly after the parlor clock had struck II; do you know that man Is like a watch because he is known by his works7"
 'T know he is not like watch," she ;emarked with yawn. flor when he is wound up he doesn't seem to go"-Yon- esgs Statesman.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
Before en.a After.

During courtship a girl thinks marriage is a haven of rest in which she will Aa free from all worry and care After marriage she has another think coming.- Chicago Daily News-
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
A Health Indicator.

Mrs. Nexdoor-How is old MT. Money baggs this morning?
 Mrs. Sharpeye-I haven't heard; but I noticed that pr. Bigfee looked very gloomy when he left the Moneybaggs residence little while ago.
 "Ah, then the dear old gentleman is getting ll."-N. Y. Weekly.
Newport daily independent., 1904-09-23
il,.,..rt Thrir raoI..

N-Al- .ee4i1ing a temple, the Chi s,uee cover up tA2 eyes of the idols. | e.ler ;&a; .he dei'ies may rot bo s .t &e s ht af the disordas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
4 SPLENDID BUILDING.
National Park Bank to Use Part OF
Ne,r Counting Room To-day.

-rha National Park Bank. at No ia Broao"as'
81, b.rtn using the completed part or It's ne"
..rnillion dollar counting room this morning. "
many months customers OF the bank have mao he =
sl,nnses Of the splendors which are 10 Dc In run
,s.-r today in the now complete wing In me rear Vi
che former counting room. The business or the odA
g. q time ,s 70 be conducted entirely In the ne"
wing while the front part OF the bank buliuihs
being reconstructed. The entrance Is from pi
vav through a tunnel above the Level OF tie 80.
walk and around and above this tunnel the WIN
q, building a modern hreproof structure seven
.,ors.s above the sidewalk and three stores De-o"
IL. will ,.,,,rb
Work on the new wing. which extenos III"
the block from Ann-st. to Fulton-st. began IN
Anril 1901 The wing is to be part OF I-sLspeu
building devoted exclusively to the bank y 4.
and the bank is be the only one OF u. 1870 ~
which the entire banking business Is 10
ere Ground floor. Under the main moor a. -
bantss safe deposit vaults In the a.
buildine are to the rooms for directors.
Lischens The entire building Is TO be nrePiOoi'
ike the wing now in use sxr.,,-aigb,
A large dome the counting ROOM slA Z -
e., above the floor and the large windows ~ -
- Fulton SITS give abundant light 20 the ~ ~
Counting room in the daytime IL is sara 70 srs1
cotSeSf counting room in the world. and the mrs.
O. this country TO have structural iron NoIA 49,
fo- purposes Of ornamentation. i ne noh -
a. 30 f7fed a sea green. while there - InHch JILL.
n.,fsfton IN gold and bronze The counter $3.50.
IN IRE counting room is composed OF 70 az
,,asnsd marble from a quarry in Campan. SI;S'
snrrnounted by a heavy bronze ana gas
All the desks behind the screen have met ~ 60,
md tops OF waInu. which Is nreprooI AH0 -oSN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
No PAYMENT TO COLOMBIA
IN DO So Would Com promise the
United States.
rrnoN rHE rRIRuNE RuNrAu. ]

,,.sb,ngton. Feb. 7.-"whereas The United
,.,,s. took no part in bringing about the rev.
s,,on IN Panama, and is in no wise responsible
- .be same: therefore. be IL
-pssolyed. That the United States submit the
.-.,,op Of damages sustained by Colombia TO
-. Court Of Arbitration at the Hague in order
= aa,e-7nine what sum OF money the United
e,s,es should pay TO Colombia"
mis- ironical resolution. penned by Senator
r-.oner and contained in these dispatches Of
1srusrv 80. may be accepted as expressing be-
- peradventure the sentiment Of the admin
...-,.ioa and the better thought Of the Senate as
:. .hs nonsense OF proposing TO pay 20 Colombia
- sum OF money 20 insure peace or TO secure
,.coerttion by Colombia Of the Republic Of PAN
N other words, the Republican leaders.
trcu1ng that this country was IN no way re-
--s,bl. for the Panama revolution or for the
course OF events on the isthmus. should under
- circumstances compromise its position by an
oeer or aer~ement TO pay TO Colombia any sum
whatever.
r,,s q fact however, that certain reports crop
=. sl-,ost daily to the effect that negotiations
~. -sns,ne almost completed. etc, for the pay
-, q, a sum. variously stated up TO $4,000
400 o. colombia and & appears that even some
$40. ~ the Senate have been misled into
-, o-edence TO these reports. When traced
80 their source. however. the reports are all
,ouns 20 eranate from a single source. nys-
,.-,o,s collection Of financial interests" In
,S.w-york which are extensively. IL not ably
,,nrssepted in the national capital by men po-
,,s,v referred 10 as promoters" who talk
yseuely Of the great hnanciers back Of them
md who appear to have conceived the impress
s,on that FOR the sake Of peace this country win
.,.,. 20 extortion BIZ Colombia.
Numerous Senators hsVe been interviewed by
-. -o,rss.nta.,yes Of the alleged financial In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08

terests." ana some have been n1isled by the
epecious arguments advanced. The most fire.
ouent argument offered by these promoters is
munication with the outer world 1t is proposed.
therefore to construct a railroad from Bogota
70 Colon or Panama, which will furnish access
20 the proposed canal The United States is
politely invited TO finance this railroad to the
extent OF $4,000 600. with the assurance that
the New-Yorx interests" viii further invest
considerable amount IT is argued that such an
enterprise would be in the interests OF civiliza-
tion. would contribute materially 20 the traffic
OF the canal. and would be along the line OF the
proposed intercontinental railroad. in which this
country has already taken some interest.
Those who are in a position TO speak with
authority assert that the United States VIII not
pay 10 Colombia a single penny, that nothing IN
the way OF facilitating the assumption OF Its
share Of the Colombian debt by Panama viii be
even considered until the Panama treaty is
ratified and that even then the United States
VIII not guarantee anything 70 Colombia In
this connection. IL is added. however. that Min
lister Narilla has announced that Panama will be
willing TO assume its share OF the Colombian
debt, approximately S2oeo.OeO. and. II Panama
lection TO Panama assigning 2 portion of the
cash payment for the canal zone. OF the sub
eequent annuity, 20 Colombia. That, however. is
the fun extent TO which the United States would
be willing to commit Itself
Moreover all reports OF probable payments by
the United States 10 Colombia may be put down
as emanating from the financial interests
above referred 10. and these interests are be-
Heved TO have been instrumental in prolonging
the stay % General Reyes in this country. and
envoy regarding the actual position Of this gov
eminent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
Parker BOOM WE4KENS.
Loses Strength in the Cold Graz
Da7cn of the Morning after.

The boom OF Chief Judge Alton b Parker for
the Democratic nomination for President 10 which
was given impetus at the Manhattan Club din
ner last Saturday night. seemed 10 have slowed up
considerably yesterday. Senator Depew once said
feelingy. IF ell thu nomins tons and enthusasms
have seen engendered at dinners I have attended
had only carried over TO the next morning I am
oiraid every Office would have many claimants
as there are oflceholders now
The cold. stern fact stood out prominently yes
terday that no word Of cheer came from the lips
Of Charles F. Murphy. leader Of Tammany Hall.
and, further. II noted that wild. pusating
demand for Parkers nomination came from the
West and the Bryan forces. In fact when the
cold gray dawn OF the morning after arrived the
Parker boom had dwindled 10 a marked extent
II was the intention OF william r. Sheehan TO
entertain Judge Parker luncheon yesterday. but
Albany at ! O'Clock he would not say word
bout the demonstration IN his favor HIS fIianos
were inclined be equally non-comm unica.ve
one OF them however. outlined TO certain extent
s.rusSe Parker is a candidate for the nonina-
ton :" sasS fhis friend "buf he regards IL as un-
dgniied and uuseemly TO make a cainpasI 9r rs,.
nov. he wants the country 70 unoerstahpi5 is 70
use a timeworn expression. In the hanos .. a i
friends He wants IL understood that ne ms a.
ALWAYS voted the ticket and been regular We oe.
iieve that best let things CRIT az Stes ,
reception rendered Judge Parker was most graft
flying. and. I think helped his chances ,..,,,-
IN charge OF the Parker boOm was al DeLmonlco ;
last night but he had little 70 say maven I
no immediate fdes 4 seeing him. am sure that
reception accorded him VII nave sfta. Ns.s !,
Over sne county hesx az tbsi his nomination viii
be found desirable when the time comes y, a.
Charles ~ Murphy nae no so ~. parker boom
with disapproval
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
NEW FLYING SCHEME.
An InUentor Says He Can Succeed
by LeUitatiOn.
rYRoa THE TRIBUNE sUREAu.l

Washington Feb. Professor Langley. Of
The Smithsonian Institution. has rival for
aerial honors in the person OF Professor E. L.
Scharf lecturer modern languages at the
Catholic University. Professor Scharf says he
has shown his ideas and models to a number Of
New-York capitalists and that he has assur-
ances from them that they will back him to an
unlimited extent just as soon as ne Is ready
to make the conquest OF the air.
After making a careful study Of all that has
been done in the efforts to fly" said Professor
scharf to-day, II came to the conclusion that
all the experimenters have thus far started at
the wrong end of the problem
Instead OF working In the afr, the man who
flies will finally accomplish the result by start
ing in the earth itself. We call the force or
attraction that chains us to the ground gravfta-
ton for lack of better name. Now. came
to the conclusion that this force is only another
form of that mysterious huid-eleotricity. With
this theory to start with. and applying such
principles as We know to hold good. such as the
opposition Of the positive and negative poles of
the battery I accomplished results that posi-
lively frightened me.
II do not care TO explain just yet by what
precise method did IL, but I assuredly did
tighten my body by the use Of the force OBJ
tanned. I at first carefully weighed myself upon
a standard scale. standing on a sheet Of glass.
That done without the application Of the
current. understand. I tipped the beam a. 1872
pounds. Then turned the force upon myself.
mounted the scale. and found that had lost
between seven and eight pounds
in addition to a feeling OF Ightness in the
head I also felt the loss Of weight all through
my body But at the same time I was so ter
rfblv exhausted that I could scarcely walk. I
feel certain that IL I pursued the experiments
at any length with the unprotected apparatus at
my command / would kill myself before ac-
complished the ultimate reSult-that Is. OF d.
yestfng my body of all weight So In the future
/ intend TO experiment on animals
when I had arrived at the stage where I
had something TO demonstrate took trip TO
New-York and laid the proposition before a
number Of capitalists Of my acquaintance They
agreed to back for any amount whenever I
decided to go into the thing with a resolution to
gee il through. I cannot say that my theories
have been received by the professors to whom
I have submitted them with quite the enthusi-
asm T had hoped. The professors of physics
in the colleges have been trained in rut. have
been studying and teaching long in certain
lines that they never ready TO take I'D new
ideas. So IL has been with all great inventions.
The inventors have been SCORED at ard derided
until their inventions have been taken up and
have made fortunes; then the scientists. the
experts and the professors Of physics have
agreed that there was something in the ideas
after all"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08

ruary s. and the With Georgia at Atlanta Feb
ruary IL. other district conventions set for this
month those Of the With Ohio. at Defiance. on
February 19; the With Virginia, at Luray. on
February %; the WITH Kansas, at Concordia. on
February pa the With Virginia, at Alex
andria, February %; the With Kansas, at
Beloit, on February g. the IXth Indiana, at
Frankfort February &C. and the LIST Douisi-
ana. at New-Orleans. on February 20. Louisi-
sna's State convention will be held at New
Orleans on February IL, and South Cardinals at
Columbia February "a. Other State and Ter
ritorial conventions already called those OF
Virginia, Norfolk for March 3; Kansas. at
Wichita, March 9; Indian Territory, at Clare
more. March Ii; Missouri, at Kansas City,
March p; Mississippi. at Jackson, March %;
Pennsylvania. at Harrisburg. April @: Ten
nessee, at Nashville April Z: West Virginia. at
Charleston, April Il: Nebraska. at Lincoln, May
s: Alabama. at Birmingham. May 10: Idaho at
Pocatello May 10: Illinois, at Springfield May
l.; North Carolina, at Greensboro May IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08

had Jus. been holding a brief conferences with Hen-
were Being called up from the general calendar.
mo. no" responded Senator Clay. who had the
oh" said AIr; CullOm. Il thought it was pri-
vate pension BILL
pense OF the Illinoisan, and the bill was allowed TO
pass without further objection
been resurrected from some out-of-the-wsy place
in the Capitol an excellent portrait OF President
Lincoln which for fifteen years had lain hidden
away from the public gaze and probably from gen.
eral knowledge IL IS full length, life size paint
ing and has a somewhat remarkable history. 1t
was painted by one w F. Travis. an Englishman.
who as the story goes. camo 10 this country dur
ing the war with the hope OF Joining the Union
forces. He was however. somewhat crippled ana
was refused admission to the army because OF ms
physical disability. He then turned his attention
TO painting and sought a sitting from President
rancoln but could not obtain an audience Finally
he was fortunate enough to meet the President IN
the street. and begged a sitting Inc lIe siI
said he had no time to grant sttihsS, ~, nm
consented to one OF fifteen minutes durauoh- lIuI
ing that time Travis interested the PRESIDENT
peted a portrait which senator Iiotr hiIu - Dads
pronounce the finest likeness OF Lincoln ever 3,
back TO England where IT was afterward bought
by a man named Webster. who was at the the, , I'M
Webster brought the portrait 10 the Centenn1laI
Exposition. and it is related that When MIS- So LID so
coin came upon it suddenly the hkcress was 80
striking that she tainted The picture was Pur-
chased from We6ster r helS FEATURE Of the portrait
aside from the great likeness. Is the lhhhlrs
neSS ThiG as Is Perfectly worked out is
shown standing by chair on wnITh 49, Glove Nv, the
n So having dropped the floor. In the Presi-
dents hand which rests on small nfss II Amend
ment Abolishing Slavery Throughout me Na.Io os
Above the desk is picture en- The OF tor Of the desk Is
small bust OF Washington
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
T5oenty-eight Chosen-Tzoenty-sir
Instructed for Roosevelt.

Eight more delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention were elected last week These
four Congress districts held conventions: The
LIST Kansas. list Missouri. With Georgia and
XIIth Illinois. There split in the LIST Kan
sss convention. held at Hoton on February ,.
One body of delegates nominated Charles Curtis
for Congress and selected as delegates to Chi
cago w T F. Donald. Of Atchison. and ]. W.
Fleming of jackson. The other body nominated
ID. r.. Anthony jr.. for Congress. and chose as
delegates A ]. White. Of Atchison. and S >
Reed, of Jackson. Both sets OF delegates were
instructed TO support Theodore Roosevelt for the
Presidential nomination The Ist Missouri con-
vention. held at Macon on February 2. selected
as delegates Lee T. Robson. of Putnam County.
and E. S Brown. of Edna. They were in
structed to support Theodore Roosevelt for the
Presidential and Cyrus p. walbridge. of St
Louis for the Vice-Presidential nomination.
The XIIth Illinois convention met at Ottawa on
February 4. and chose as delegates ex-Repre-
sentative Walter Reeves. of La Sale County,
and Isaac L. Elwood. OF De Kalb County. They
were instructed for Roosevelt. The With Gecr-
gia convention. held at Athens on February i,
selected as delegates Postmaster Poche. Of
Washington; and Pink Morton, of Athens. Res
olutions indorsing President Roosevelt's admin
tstration were passed but no instructions to the
delegates were issued.
Up to date twenty-eight delegates have been
elected and twenty-six have been instructed for
Roosevelt The list is as follows:
INSTRUCTED FOR ROOSEVELT
Alaska ..--....-...-- Kansas ------------------
fiino1. -...:. 3 Pennsyivsnia
Total ---' ~
UNRESTRICTED.
Georgia
This week district conventions will be held in
the XXIXth Illinois. at Carmi. on February 3;
the xIIth PENNSYLVANIA. at Carbondale. Feb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
TWO KILLED BY EX-CoNvICT.
Policeman Shot in Theatre-Panic Narrowly
Averted

Eiddlesboro. Ky. Feb. I'm the gallery OF the
Princess Theatre at Middlesboro last night while
Vests Minstrels were giving performance John
White. negro ex-convict. shot and instantly killed
Policeman John Burns. and accidentally killed John
Sharp. a sWftchman for the Louisville and Nash
Vile The killing was the result OF threat by
Burns I'm the day that he would arrest White FOR
vaerancy.
White escaped. knocking down with the butt Of
MS pistol a negro who attempted 10 stop him on
NE stairway, and also running over the sheriff OF
Bel County
A posse Is In pursuit. White Is hotel waiter
hno served a pententiarN sentence for cutting a
Monan's throat. trreat excitement was caused IN
We tneatre by the shooting, and a stampede was
enH sNer1ec by cool headed persons in The large
assgence and by the Ministries. who went along
VIII me show though nothing had happened
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08

Dom Barber the architect OF the building, said
Yesterday that the estimated cost OF the new build
Ing was s. 10000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08

case. the bill would certainly authorize a COM
binatiOn of an size orally to threaten injury
to intimidate and cOerce by oral threats-acts
which | assume no one would desire 10 have
permitted much less authorized. by the pro-
vision Of any public statute"
Further hearings will be held on this bill BY
the Judiciary Committee on February "A. 70
and rs. 1t Is understood that ID. NJ Parry, or
Indiana, president OF the National Association
of Manufacturers, will make the principal argu-
ment in opposition to the measure. Other LABOR
leaders will supplement- the arguments or Pres
ident Gompers IN favor Of its passage.