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Newport daily independent., 1904-01-06
PROJECTED CONNECTION.

A rumor of an extension which would change the Arkansas rail- road map is that the Arkansas Central will be extended from Paris to Bald Knob, adistance of 133 miles. Such an extension would run almost due east and would give Dardanelle a railroad. The proposed road would cross the river at Dardanelle and run from Russellville on the Fort Smith road east to Heber, thence to Bald Knob. It would give the Goulds a new line from east to west. The road could not be built by the Goulds in the name of any of their recognized roads, as the Arkansas Central is a parallel line to the Fort Smith road. Little Rock Gazette.
Newport daily independent., 1904-01-06

For the news read the Daily Independent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
The APRIL FOOL JOKE.

Among the good old customs which
are gradually falling into disuse without
occasioning any very poignant regrets
is that which gave license to a certain
class of enthusiastic idiots to indulge
in brutal practical jokes on the first
Of April. Compared with ten or TWEEN
ty years ago, All Fools day is not
now honored by devotees who were
wont to strain their intellects in de-
vising plots calculated to please the
deity worshiped by fools.
And the decadence Of the custom is
not to be taken as indicating any fall
ing off in the tendency of the people
to amuse themselves. 1t does not ar
que that we are taking life too serious
ly. We are really more frivolous than
we were. We spend more money on
our amusements than our fathers did
and we insist on having plenty of fun.
But there must be some seeming of
intelligent direction to the amusement
that is furnished us. 1t is still unhap-
PLY true that the sight of a decent
citizen going about the streets on April
l bearing on his back the legend ''Kick
Me- is sure to evoke much merriment
in the street crowd, but it is also true
that nobody thinks of taking advantage
Of the invitation. There may be some
thing in the way of a scheme behind
the invitatiOn-the decent citizen may
be looking for a chance to sue some
cheerful idiot for assault. We have be-
come suspicious by reason Of the prev
alence of the gold brick merchant, and
are apt to ask the price before we in
dulge in practical joke.
That commercialism which is referred
to by those who would lead US as the
governing spirit of the age has I'M
doubtedly had much to do with the
decadence of All Fools day. There
fore hail the commercial spirit!
There are a few other institutions
left us as traditions by our more literal
and perhaps more bPutal-forefathe
which might as well be lost sight of.
It is no longer necessary to get drunk
on New Years day in order to pay
proper honor to the holiday, nor is it
imperative that one gorge oneself on
Thanksgiving day by way Of demon
strating a sense of appreciation of the
blessings enjoyed Presently we will
frown upon the custom of blowing up
small boys in honor of the recurrence
of the national birthday. All the signs
point to a coming disregard for tradi-
tons that might better be honored in
the breach than in the observance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
NEW PRIZE is OFFERED
YOUNG ARCHITECTS
Travelling Scholarship Is Announced by
the Society of Beaux Arts.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The estab-
fishing of a new travelling scholarship
was announced today by Lloyd War
rem, chairman of the committee on
education of the Society of Beaux Arts.
A fund Of $4,000 has been provided 10
defray the expenses of this prize,
which will be awarded next July, and
the recipient will spend two years in
travel and study abroad. The award
will be based on the result of three
competitive trials, to which all Amer
lean draughtsmen under twenty eight
years of age are eligible.
The first two competitions will be
held on April Is and April % in New
York, Philadelphia, Washington, st.
Louis, Providence, Chicago, Syracuse
and Ithaca, n. Y, and the third, to
which only the winners of the previous
competitions will be eligible, will be
held in New York. The four draughts-
men holding the best averages next to
the final winner of the scholarship will
be awarded S1e0 each. The BeaUx
Arts scholarship, as the prize is to be
known, will become a part of a system
of free architectural training, which
the society has maintained for some
time in New York and its branches in
other cities.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02

our tongues when we give utterance to
them. Indeed, this matter of the pro-
nunciation of the Russian patronymic
has always stood In the way of the
Westerner when he has felt disposed to
learn more about his Russian brother
with view to a fuller appreciation Of
his good qualities. 1t was difficult TO
get very far beyond the name when
that name represented a combination
of the letters Of the alphabet that de-
fed every photographed convention.
But with the name simpHfied. the Rus
sian will cease to represent an un-
known quantity and we may hope for
a closer acquaintance with him.
Somebody has truthfully remarked
that imitation is the sincerest flattery.
If this is true then the Mikado and the
Bear are both flirting for our favor,
for both have selected us as their pat
tern. 1t is new kind Of diplomacy
that both are practicing, but 1t bids
fair to be more popular than the va
riety that is practiced in the capitals of
nations. All Count Cassini's protesta-
lions of undying friendship would
never mean so much to Uncle Sam as
the announcement that the Russian
has decided to fashion his name after
ours, and all the Japanese minister's
pleasing civilities will never go so far
toward promoting the entente cordiale
between this country and Japan as the
slanted eye in favor of the horizontal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
THE FILIPINO PROBLEM.

The press agent of the St. Louis
ipinos in charge of and incident to
the Philippines exhibit have been rec
onciled to their lot as exhibits, and
cured Of pneumonia, by being sup
piled with dog meat. The airy fancy Of
the press agent may have stretched
the facts bit, but there is reason to
believe that there may be foundation
for it. In which event the American
public is entitled to feel some re-
lief
Since Jones undertook to cut the hair
of the Indian and take his blanket from
him, there has been a disposition on
the part of the red man to forego his
natural taste for dog. In the good
old days before Poor Lo became the
object of solicitude on the part Of
Tams Bixby and other humane finan-
ciers, Towser stood high in the regard
of the aboriginal as an article Of diet.
A0A11NC q polASIIldt government Taught
the red man how to pillow, and furnished
him with steers for the blowing. the
Indian palate has been educated to
the point where it is no longer tickled
by the baked remains Of his four
footed canine friend. AS the Indian
has progressed toward that goal which
has long been pointed out to him by
the Indian Rights association the
vagrant dog population of the country
has increased. Laws have been leveled
at him; dog-catchers have invented
new traps to lure him to his doom,
but he goes on multiplying and re-
plenishing the earth with his kind.
Scientists have studied for the purpose
of evolving painless methods for his
taking off, but, Indifferent to these at
tentions, he roams at large, happy and
hungry and numerous. He is a menace
to the citizen who goes abroad I'M
thinking and finds never a welcome
except from the small boy whose va
grant soul sympathizes with him.
But the discovery that the Igorrotes
just dote on dog meat changes the as
pect Of things. A method has been
laid bare whereby we can put the Fill
ipinos to good use in reducing the dog
population and at the same time make
hin-the Filipino-like his subject
condition.
The attention of paternal and i'm
perialistic government is invited to the
affair at st. Louis. It is our plain
duty to promote the happiness Of the
subjects we paid two dollars apiece for.
And we have more dogs than we can
feed. Why not wean the Filipino from
warfare, appeal to him through his
stomach and feed him the surplus dogs
Of the country?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02

would be reason for their suppression;
but no such allegation can be brought
against them. 1t is really their sup
preston that is harmful This week
the newspapers published the story of
a military funeral which the Japanese
had given the bodies of two Russian
sailors. The reading public of fifty
years ago might have been affected by
the tale, but the public of today smiles
cynically and says: Its pretty, but is
it true?" 1t knows that in a foOtnote
of the Japanese history book of the
future the statement is sure to be made
that the story is absolutely without
foundation. The pitiless Investigator
has robbed the public. It is sure of
nothing, and it is beginning to doubt
everything.
If the investigator could be persuad-
ed to employ his talent for other pur-
poses, much good might be accom-
plished. He belongs in the class Of the
PerniciousIy Active. Thanks to his ma
lictous efforts, we are no longer able to
associate great men with historic ut
terances. Alexander never sighed for
more worlds to conquer, Caesar did not
exclaim, 1.-THE die is cast" Napoleon
never said, There are no Alps" Wash
ington never acknowledged his inability
to tell lie. There is no tale of splen-
did heroism of which we can feel sure;
there is no picturesque incident on
which we can rely. 1t is the mission
Of the pitiless investigator to under
mine our faith in them all.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
THE PITILEss INVESTIGATOR

There should be a society formed for
the encouragement of a more general
belief in the historical anecdote. The
relentless searchlight of modern inves-
tigation threatens to leave the world
stranded on shoal of cold, hard facts.
The Liberty Bell )anecdote is the latest
to be attacked. Somebody has been
investigating and has discovered that
it never heralded the birth Of a ma
ton; but that, on the contrary, it's voice
was dumb in that hour when the Unit
ed States Of America first saw the
light. This same somebody defies any
body to disprove his statement. But it
is not probable that anybody will do
so. There is something in the very at
titude of the pitiless investigator that
robs the public of all it's courage. With
his incessant cry of proofs, proofs,
proofs" he has terrified it so that 1t
has no courage left with which to de-
fend its cherished historical anecdotes.
IL it could be found that the human
interest" stories of history ever did
anybody or any nation any harm, there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
BIDS FOR OUR FAVOR.

The news comes from the Orient that
the Japanese maiden has determined to
frown on the fashion which prevails
there Of wearing the eyes sIanting
1t has been discovered that by a little
cultivation almOnd-shaped eyes may be
made to resemble the horizontal orbs
Of the Westerner, and Miss Chrysan-
themum. Miss Appleblossom, Miss Lo-
tus and the others will modestly strive
to bring about the adoption Of the new
style. But even more encouraging
news comes from New York. A Rus
sian there petitiened the court to allow
him to drop some of the superfuous
letters of his patronymic, and the court
graciOusly consented. The mans name
was ''Wlodarczyk." He explained to
the court that he could get along with
out the C. 2. y and k, and henceforth
he will be known as Mr.. WIodar.
which, though spelled with a w, is pro-
nounced with V.
Both these incidents may be regard
ed as encouraging signs of the times.
The yellow peril will surely seem less
OF peril when the yellow can no
longer be distinguished from the white.
and Russian sayagery will seem no
worse than our own when Russian
names no longer compel US to twist
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
What the Editors Say

Your query is a trifle out of our line
OF business. However, we will try to
elucldate the problem that has sent
more good men ito the dogs" than
whisky and cigarettes ever dreamed Of
To begin with, always wait until you
have the best hand before you call,
and by all means shy away from full
mouse. Three aces make good hand
to call with, but four are a great deal
better. Aces and Fights, we are told,
is a dead mans hand. and if you en-
JOY life give them wide berth. When
your opponent offers to divide you can
make up your mind that he is -four
flushing and that's the time to play
the cheque racket at him. We hope
you will win $4,000 by following this
advice and then come in and pay your
subscription.-4Thtef River Falls Press.
"It was brave and courageous game
warden that picked up Oscar Spatz
this week for catching a few pike and
pickerel at this end of the lake. He
is now locked up in the county Jail,
and his wife and e, ;ldren are living in
a tent out on the shore of that wind
swept lake, with barely sufficient food
to keep them. aliYe"--Starbuck Times.
And it is a brave and courageous"
people who win allow a woman and
shore Of a wind-swept lake. If Christ
came to Starbuck he wouldn't do a
thing to its prosperous and penuriOuS
citizens.-Martin County Sentinel.
The contest for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor is becoming fierce.
Judge Collins supporters claim that
his band wagon is the most reliable,
has the softest cushions and will reach
the spot first. The Dunn fellows claim
they have a cinch, and Frank Eddy
was last heard Of up on the reservation
with his collar in his coat pocket and
one shoe unlaced, inviting Chief Bug
e-neh- -shig to call him down at the
capitol-Red River Review.
Down in Wadena county, where poll
tics fairly choke the life out of other
weeds, the Pioneer journal. brings out
Judge Asher hurry for the legislature
to succeed DR.. Babcoclx, and the Trib-
une to head him off talks the Judge up
for congress. Editor Hitchcock, of the
Bemidji Pioneer, who makes this state
ment, thinks that a man that's good
enough to go to congress ought to make
a pretty fair member of the state
egislature.-Crookston Times.
In these days when you get a
pamphlet informing you what a Won
derful man a candidate is, and what
wonders he has accomplished, and how
he will cure every legislative and politi-
cal evil if elected, just put it in the
same place you do the patent medicine
circular that informs you that a cure
has been discovered for every ill that
flesh is heir to.-Sauk Center Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
The Penalty of Ace.

Bishop Morrill, is afraid that the
young men in the Philadelphia Methe-
dist Episcopal conference will crowd
some of the veterans out of some Of
the more desirable assignments, and
they probably WILL The world was a
very comfortable one for the old men
three or four thousand years ago-say.
about the period of Job-and still Is I'm
China. But in the progressive part Of
the world length of days is not strong
claim upon consideration, or for pre-
ferment, and the churches cannot af-
ford to be too kind and generous They
nave their work to do, and they must
get the best men to do it, even though
a senior is occasionally displaced by
junior.-Philadelphia Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
PERSONAL MENTION

Windsor-A. c. Chatter and wife. Del
ano; Raymond Crawford. Adrian; NJ. J.
Mcmahon and wife. Oshkosh; o. Hunt,
Milwaukee; Verne Belden and wife, De-
troit; Edward Tanning, SteWartville; Ju-
Illus Dreyfuss, Chicago.
Merchants. w Sawyer, st. James:
John Paxton, Winnipeg; Andrew French,
Plainview; K. E. Bulls. West Concord;
August Nyland, New York Mills; e. d.
Osborne, Sparta, Wis. M. E. Hayes,
Souris; w s. Knott, Deer River; W. E.
Seelye, Brainerd; J. M. Savage. Winni-
peg; William J. Hartman, Charles City.
Ryan-George HI Compton and wife.
Fargo; T. F. Banneau. Helena, Mont; E.
J. Brown and wife Duluth; N. o. Olson
and wife, Mankato; James Wanlass and
wife. Duluth; ]. r. Caldwell and wife,
Hastings; Charles' A. Bullock Trenton,
N j.; A. G Archibald Winnipeg; Will
liam Pigott, Seattle; George H. Barnes,
Detroit; w. K. { Stebbins, Worcester,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
General Pensions.

The pension ruling that gives all old
soldiers pensions may cost the gov
eminent some more money, and prob
ably will; but there will be recon-
pense. The howl about republics be-
Ing ungrateful will be no more heard
in the land, and pension agents will
have to hunt other but not such good
jobs. And the pension examiners will
not be required to do any more exam
ming, because when an old soldier is
slxty-two his pension will be so much:
and when he is older than that it will
be so much more; and pension exam
liners will not be needed to determine
how old the soldiers are. They can
tell that Observation-Disclosures Free
Press
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
TODAY'S WEATHER

Enthusiastically Saturday warmer in
west portion; brisk northwest winds. Sun
day fair.
Upper Michigan-Fair in south; rain or
snow in north portion Saturday; brisk
west winds; Sunday fair.
Iowa-Fair Saturday; Sunday fair,
warmer.
Wisconsin-Fair Saturday; brisk north
west winds. Sunday fair; warmer in
west portion.
North Dakota-Fair; warmer Saturday;
Sunday fair.
South Dakota-Fair Saturday and Sun
day.
Internationally fair Saturday and
Sunday
St Paul - Yesterdays observations
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
peratnre and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture 40; lowest temperature. 35; average
temperature 38; daily range, 5; barom-
eter, 20 SO; humidity, .7S; precipitation,
trace; p: m. temperature, 35; p. m.
wind, northwest; wea ther. cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
The Philippine Trade.

Exclusion of foreign vessels from the
trade with the Philippines would not
prevent the native merchants from
purchasing in other countries. If Amer
lean ship owners think they will be
able to raise or maintain rates they
are greatly mistaken. The traffic with
the United States will quietly and
gradually disappear. Already the ten
dency is toward Increase of the island
trade with Asiatic countries and de-
crease of trade with the United States.
What the Filipinos need is freer &C
cess to American markets, and when
we give them that we furnish an in
centive for using American bottoms
Chicago Evening Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02

Secretary Moody has decided that
THE Star-Spangled Banner" is the
national air, and presently the horrid
truth will have to be told to those I'M
tutored saVages who share the pro-
lection of the starry banner on sum-
mer isles, but who have nceived the
idea that 'There1I Be a Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight" is the national
anthem.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02

Queer New York Politics.

1t is a queer feature of New York
politics now that the very element in
New York city, outside Of the straight
Republican forces, that were generally
strong against Tammany. are now like
ly TO be on Tammany's side. The
clergymen, the temperance element, the
people who voted against Tammany be-
cause they believed it desperately wick
ed are now threatening to vote with
Tammany at the fall elections as a re-
buke to the wicked Republicans on the
latter's position on the excise question.
This is one of the many good reasons
why Mayor Mcclellan and his police
commissioner. McAdoo. are so serious
In keeping the lid on" in New York
and Brooklyn this year.-Boston Tran
script
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
Now a Strike, Perhaps.

PANAMA, April 1.-The railroad la
borers threaten to strike tomorrow I'M
less the company grants them an in
crease of wages from 1920 to SO per
day. The company's officials say it will
be unable to accede to the demand
until the canal commission arrives here
Tuesday next. President Amador has
returned to Panama from his country
residence to make a settlement Of the
dispute. The government has taken
the precautionary measures to prevent
disorder and protect the company's
property.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
H'ray for Daniel.

Why should Northern Democrats re-
fuse to support a man like John w.
Daniel? He has been in public life
for many years, but he is today a poor
man, which is in itself a sufficient trib-
ute to his honesty. He is known to be
a man of the strictest integrity; he is
known to be honest, courageous and
patriotic. He would be an honor to any
position to which he might be chosen
by his countrymen, and men Of all Sec
tons of the country might we'll be
proud to aid in making him president
of the United States.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1904.
STRATEGY OR TREAcHERY?

1t was a British poet who asked,
What do they know of England who
only England know?" The answer is
easy. of course. They who know only
England, know nothing of England.
They must know Egypt and they must
know India, and they must follow to-
day the course of Col. Younghusband
in Tibet. Especially should they pc
ruse the account of the latest exploit
of the English colonel in the country
of the Dalai Lama, for volume could
not explain more clearly the British
policy in dealing with the guileless ma
tive of the country it would control. A
general from Lhasa with a retinue came
to interview the colonel in order to learn
why it was he insisted on pushing into
Tibet when Tibet had never done any
thing to him or to the British. The
colonel received the general cordially
and engaged him in polite conversation
while his men surrounded the unsus-
pecting Tibetans. When everything
was ready a quarrel was picked. The
loss to the Tibetans was four hundred
men, to the British, a dozen.
1t is little incidents of this character
that teach the world a knowledge of
England, and her history is so filled
with them that he who races can read
a few and thus gain tolerabIe idea Of
the real character of the British Lion
which roars piously Lest we forget"
at home, and who, by hook or crook,
him to remember, abroad. When he
meets a fOeman worthy of his steel, the
English soldier is punctiliousness it
self. But his meeting with a foeman
who is not up to snuff, up to English
snuff, reminds US of Mr.. Gou1d's lines:
Miss Clara BaIfour, Of Niger,
Smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With Clara inside,
And the smile on the face Of the tiger"
Substitute lion for tiger and a ma
tive for the unfortunate Miss Clara
Balfour and the application becomes
British.
OF course, Col Younghusband's
treachery will not be called treachery
in England. except, perhaps, by a few
of the little Englanders who are quer-
ulously inquiring what the deuce Col
Younghusband is doing In Tibet, any
way. The colonel will kRve a very ex-
cellent excuse, if one be needed, for his
strategy. The Russian imperial stamp
and Russian ammunition were found on
the wounded Tibetan officers The
Lion will be kept so busy shedding
crocodile tears over this evidence of
duplicity on the part of the Tibetans
that it will have no time to inquire Sc
riOusly into the ethics of Col. Young
husbands conduct, even were it dis
posed to do so. 1t will point to the
stamp and the ammunition as a good
reason why the march toward Lhasa
should be continued, and it will groan
over the white mans burden and ex-
plain to the world how necessary it is
that England should come to the res
cue Of the poor benighted Tibetans
menaced by the Russian Bear.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-02
The Late Mr.. Grace.

Boston may very properly extend her
sympathy to New York because of the
great loss the latter has sustained in
the death of ExMayor William r.
Grace. He was a conspicuous, a steady
and benefcent force in public affairs.
He belonged in that class of citizens
of which Abram S. Hewitt and Andrew
Green were distinguished members, and
now since within about a year these
three have gone to their rewards, the
metropolis has been thrice bereaved.-
Boston Transcript.