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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
100000 MORE RATfoNs.
Secretary of War Orders More Rations
to Be Sent.

Washington, April I9.--The secretary
of war has ordered 100000 more rations
TO he sent TO San Francisco from Denver
and other western cities. This make
100000 rations ordered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
DELIBERATE MURDER
ON STATION PLATFORM
After Killing colored Man and Woman,
the Murderer Ran Dowa the
Stairs and Then
Disappeared.

New. York April 1g.--A negro delhi,
erateiy murdered another negro and
negress on the Elevated railroad plat
form at 10th street and Eighth avenue
this morning. The murderer ran down
the stairs and then disappeared. The
identity OF the dead is not known.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
SYMPATHY FROM GERMANY.
Kaiser Cables Coincidence to President
Roosevelt.

Berlin, April ie.-- Emperor William
today sent cablegram to President
Roosevelt, expressing the sympathy OF
Germany to the Americans over the
terrible catastrophe which occurred in
San Francisco yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
DOCTORS AND NURSES.
Special Train Started from Los Angeles
For San Francisco.

Los Angeles, Cal, April ia spec
ial train Of four coaches with about
seventy-fye doctors and nurses on board
left Los Angeles for San Francisco over
the Southern Pacific railroad last even
ing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
CAN'T MEET CONTRACTS.
Hainss & Co., Of Philadelphia, Made AM
nouneement Today,

Philadelphia, April lo.- Iiaines & Co.,
bankers and brokers, have announced
inability to meet their contracts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
s5oo,ooo FOR SUFFERERS.
Senate Passed Resolution Today Grant
ing Aid.

Washington, April 1e.--'rhe Senate
has passed resolution appropriating
100000 to the sufferers in San Fran.
cisco.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
Dropped Dead Of Heart Failure.

I New Haven, Conn, April io.--For.
mer Lieutenant Governor James d. Dew
ell dropped dead this morning of heart
trouble.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
UNITED STATES MINT
STANDS THE TEST
But Every Building About 1t Was
Burned to the Ground, Says
Despatch from
Washington.

Washington, April Director Rob
erts Of the United States mint received
despatch this morning saying that
the mint at San Ifrancisco was saved.
Every building around the mint was
burned to the ground
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19

Mrs John Dewey and children ,of
Washington left ilis afternoon for
Davidson, Canadian Northwest Terri.
tory, TO Join her husband who has gone
there to locate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
CONTRIBUTE 10000.
M. Guggenheiin's Sons Send Aid to San
Francisco.

New York April 1o..4-M Guggenbeim's
Sons have contributed s5o,0OO " the
San Francisco sufferers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
LEvELEp ro SEA COAST.
Great Pleasure House Of San Francisco
Gone.

san Francisco, April i0.~-From the
Cliff house comes werd that the great
pleasure resort and show place OF the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
THOUSANDS OF TENTS.
Also Rations Wanted, and Funston Says
1000 People Are Dead.

Washington, April l9.--The first mes
sage received from Gen. Funston arrived
here at 1i.40 o'clock last night. 1t was
addressed to Secretary Taft. The mes
sage follows:
Secretary Of War, Washington: "We
need thousands of tents and all the ra
tions that can be sent. The business
portion of the city destroyed and about
100000 people homeless. Fire still rag
ing. Troops all on duty assisting the
police Loss of life probably 1000. Best
part Of residence district not yet burn
"a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
4FUNsTON.s

Orders will 20 forward from the war
department to the adjacent posts TO
carry out General Funston's recommen-
datioHs.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
Personal NOTES.

Lese majestic also has its weak-or hui
morous-side. They have found in Berlin
man who supports himself by speaking
insultingly of the emperor.
Colonel John Holbrook Estill of Savannah
Ca, editor of the Savannah News, has
announced his candidacy for governor of
Georgia. This makes five entries.
A nobleman at Berlin has been sent to
Jail for three months for cheating at cards
In this country that could not have hap
pened. But he might have gone to the
hospital.
Cortlandt Parker of Newark, n. j., who
graduated seventy years ago at Yale, will
be the guest of honor at the June COM
mencement of Rutgers college, New Bruins
wick, N. j.
Thomas Dolan, the Philadelphia million
aire. explains his fortune was based on
$3.50 and a reputation for making good"
Yet lots of people with quite as much
foundation fail to build the fortune.
Sir George stegmann GLIB, who succeeds
the late Charles Yerkes in control OF the
London railways, is 56 years old and first
, entered the service of the Northeastern
Railway company in 1877. His appointment
is very popular.
Chua Of Uganda, Africa, protectorate of
England. He is now about years OF age
and holds court seated on a scarlet throne
with a leopard skin under his feet and
bearing In his hand a toy gun.
General John c. Bates. who will be head
of the general STAFF for one brief month,
is the first bachelor I'm the history of the
American army to attain this eminence.
His regime will be only for February, the
shortest month in the year, when he makes
room for General Corbin.
Alfred Sutro an Englishman who ten
years ago retired from business to write
plays, and who the last few months has
leaped to the fore OF English dramatists,
has arrived in New York. He says the
chief object of his visit is to make John
d. Rockefeller the central figure of a pow
erful American play
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
You ANIMATED appetite!
MANDY's MANDOLIN.

Joe Cone in New York Sdn.
My gals jest back from boardn' schooI
An what do yew suppose
She's fetched TO while away the time,
Besides her style an clothes? q
1t looks bout like a crookneck quaA,
Except the handles straight
An it's got strings, an all them thing.
An Mandy thinks it's great
guess she named It for herself.
She calls II ''mandylin";
It's something like fiddle. tho
IL amt so wide and thin.
She don't saw crost IL with no bow
But picks and picks away
An keeps a-pickin', seems TO me,
But don't git down to play.
Now, like music, but want
Some noise; a hull brass band
Amt none too much fer me, but this
Thing i can't understand.
It's "tinkle, tinkle, tweede-dee,"
or ''pinky panky, ping
With Mandy's fingers slidin' UP
An down each tiny string.
An Manday she says paw and "amw,~
An picks her mandylin,
An gifts her skinny dresses on
An asts the neighbors in.
Then all that we can hear except
When someone's asst to sing
Is "tnkle, tnkle. tweedle-dee,"
or ''pinky panky, ping.
Maybe 4, is all right. hope it is.
Ef they had any sech affairs
Way back in our day.
No. sir, an III be called a chump.
or somethin' wuss ag'in
Ef I'd a-married ma eff she
He'd picked mandylin.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
CONFESSIONS OF A PROMOTER.
How He worked a Small Community
with a "HOt ARR Project.

IuDllC OplnlOn
Recognizing my inability to cope with the
sharps who dominate the financial districts
of London, / returned to the "Stales,"
where for three years 1 have pursued
precarious career. Discouraged by the dull
times in New York / made my way into
New England with view to interesting
the populace in some "hot-air'' Projects
which ! had in mind. 1t was during this
trip that / did the meanest thing that /
was ever guilty Of However, my ignorance
of the laws OF the state was partially to
blame, the statutes providing that each and
every shareholder of a company shall be
responsible for the debts of the same. We
were engaged in pseudo-manufacturing
project, and for the sake OF appearance
had rented a disused plant In a small town.
Our plan was TO sell stock in the vicinity,
urging that the company was more or less
cooperative and that the buyers of shares
would be given preference over all Others
in the matter of employment and advance
ment We planted quite a number OF
shares, all among the working people Of
the town.
In the course of time we succeeded In
obtaining from various towns goods on
| credit, ostensibly to be used In manufactur-
ing These were surreptiously shipped
/ away ana SOl0 lot what tney "oulu
! pocketng the proceeds. Finding tina: we
were in need of truck with when to
transport our goods to the railway station,
I went to a wagon-builder of the town and
made arrangements with him to build one
| for us on credit. He was a good-h1tured
| old gentleman who had accumulated
| competency in his business and looked for
ward to retirement in the near future. As
! the date at which | was TO pay hun for
! the truck approached ! found that ] vas
short of cash, and going to him / cheIed
a generous amount Of our stock In settle
| ment OF his bill. lie demurred at frs. but
/ finally consented. Within ten days our
business collapsed and we were compelled
( 10 fee the state. When the news Of the
| failure got abroad our creditors pounced
upon us from all quarters. Finding nothing
with which TO satisfy their demands, trey
turned TO the stockholders for satisfaction.
| These they found to be poor and unavail-
able for their purpose, all but one-the car
rage builder. They began proceedings
against him and cleaned him out OF
! everything he had. Within year he died
of a broken heart. l assure you this In
cident has caused me more remorse than
all the others OF my misdirected career.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
HEROES IN CIVIL LIFE.
Bouquet of Praise Passed Up to the
Doctors.

Cleveland Leader.
When firemen, Drawing flames and smoke.
save human lives the applause rings out.
So also when policemen put their lives in
pawn to bring malefactors to justice. Men
take their hats off and cheer when life
savers battle with death for drowning
sailors. Heroes all and the need of APP
probation is but too small.
There is a class of men, more numerous
than any of these, with whom herosm is
a habit. At any moment they are likely
to be called upon to face dangers from
which the life saver. the fireman and the
policeman would be excused for quailing
They go about it quietly and in a matter
of fact way. Their services are so familiar
that few stop to consider the heroism they
entail. Only occasionally, when some un-
usual demonstration of their courage takes
place, does the public display admiration
These men are the doctors.
Where is the physician who shrinks for
an instant from smallpox or yellow fever?
Where is one that hesitates to use his
surgical skill in cases where the smallest
puncture of his own skin means terrible
sickness and possible death? Was ever an
army surgeon heard OF who was not ready
to pass through storms OF bullets to aid
the wounded? Many a physician has gone
calmly to certain death because 1t was his
duty. Laid low by an epidemic Of con-
tagious disease more than one has greeted
the coming. reaper with a smile and tele-
graphed for a substitute.
The physician usually does not look
upon his work as heroic. Even IL he did
| the ethics OF his profession forbid his call
ing attention to what he has done. When
courage and the man whose callings de-
mand It are up for consideration, do not
| forget the doctor.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
TRYING TO SHIFT RESPONSIBILITY.

TRYING TO SHIFT RESPONS IBILlTY
The attempt to shift the responsibility
for the jail feeding graft from the Board
of County Commissioners to the judges
of the district court under the pretext
that the Judges under the statutes are
empowered to make regulations for the
government of the county Jail is puerile
and utterly indefensible.
Douglas county is to all intents and
purposes a corporation in which the tax
payers are stockholders and the county
commissioners constitute the board of
directors. In every other corporation
the board of directors is held responsible
not only for the efficient management
Of the affairs of the corporation, but for
the honest expenditure of its moneys
and the proper care of all its property.
The county Jail is one Of the institutions
Under the direct management OF the
Board of Commissioners and they are
justly responsible for every dollar paid
out for the care and keeping of prisoners
III the county JAN.
The regulations contemplated by law
relate to the manner in which the Jail
is to be kept-its sanitation and general
cleanliness and the treatment which
prisoners are to receive while in custody
of the sheriff. These regulations are
properly left to the court. subject perl
odically to revision on recommendation
of grand juries. Each grand jury Is
charged by the judge of the criminal
division to inspect the Jail and report
upon it's condition and treatment Of
prisoners, and make such recommenda-
| tons as 1t may deem essential for the
proper government Of the prison, but
these regulations have nothing whatever
to do with the price the county is to pay
for feeding the prisoners
1t is an admitted fact that while the
law contemplates that the county shall
provide all bed frames and mattresses
for the Jail the sheriff shall provide all
bedding, clothing, medicines and every
thing necessary for the care and well
being OF the prisoners. As matter of
fact, it has been the custom Of the
county board to buy the clothing, bed
ding, soap and ice, and on top of this 20
pay As cents per day for two meals fur
nished to each prisoner, while the city
is paying only II cents. and much better
meals are furnished by the Associated
Charities for 10 cents each than the
county gets for 221a cents each.
With all due Difference to the mem
bers of the county board and without
impugning their motives, The Bee ven-
lures to serve notice on them that the
people of Douglas county are beginning
to suspect that there is big darkey
concealed in that jail-feeding meal tub.
The shilly-shallying and dilly-dallying
exhibited by members Of the board, and
especially the member who has been
loudest in his professions of reform, af.
fords too much ground for the suspicion
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
Evils of Senatorial methods.
Chicago News.

SnlCdbO INt"S-
The people are coming to a point where
they will refuse to tolerate in high office
men of low ideals and questionable prin-
ciples. Senator Brackets allegation that
Depew owes his election to his business
connection and his ability to control cam
paign funds is a powerful argument for
taking the prerogative of electing federal
senators away from state legislatures and
vesting 1t in the people. AS a typical prod
uct of the present system Depew stands as
a reminder that the campaign in favor OF
popular elections must be waged without
intermisison.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
THE BRITISH LABOR PARTY.

A noteworthy fact in the British
elections is the showing made by the
labor party, which thus far has elected
thirty-three of its candidates to Parlia-
ment, which foreshadows the presence
in the next House Of Commons of
united labor body of greater strength
than has ever before been in Parlla-
ment 1t is said that the labor party
may be depended upon to take an en-
tirely Independent course and that all
the older factions will have to reckon
with the laborites hereafter
II appears that in the cause Of free
trade, which Is the paramount ques-
ton, there has been established prac-
teal working alliance between the lib
eral and labor parties in England. This
was pretty clearly shown when Mr..
John Burns was given a place in the
new ministry. The labor party is stated
to have an aggregate membership of
100000, comprising numerous organiza.
tons, and II maintains a parliamentary
fund by levy upon it's members. It
will thus be seen that 1t is able to exert
very potent political influence, when
united, as 1t evidently is in the present
election. Obviously the labor interests
in the United Kingdom will soon be In
a position to demand important con-
cessions and they are likely to secure
them from the new ministry
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
LAY OF THE CONSUMER.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

St. Louis Globe Democrat.
He's a chicken hearted critter
An he hasn't got no rights
Which capital or labor must respect
He's most always a kickin.
But you'll note he never fights,
So the worst of it's the best he can expect.
o, the fellers in the coal mines
Has struck for higher pay,
They SEE, SEE they, Nay, nay"
An then there's nothin' doin'.
But the price OF coal has RIG,
An now, by Heck! Its in the neck
Consumers gettin' his.
Consumer consumer
You're a cheap skate an "bloomer."
You haven't got no spirit an you haven't
got no sense.
You haven't got no union,
You haven't got no trust.
An all on earth you're fifteen fer Is meetin'
the expense.
You anymated appetite!
You stummick on two legs
You never think o nothin but what you
eat and wear:
You keep consumin' everything,
From elephants to eggs
An then you come a klckin' when ysssve
ct an wore your share.
Consumer, consumer!
You're always in bad humor.
Because you have TO foot the bills CHATS
where you cut some ice)
We other fellers has the fun.
An you pay the freight,
The only thing that puzzles us, is where
you get the price?
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
opposlntnN TO The PRESIDENT.


1t is we'll understood that there is a
good deal OF opposition among repub-
licans in congress to President ROose-
Welt. The friends or retainers Of the
corporations are arrayed against him,
and to these are added the politicians
who have been disappointed In the mat
ter Of patronage. The presidents un-
compromising position in regard to fed
eral regulation of corporations has
naturally caused all those who would
give a free hand to the railroads and
other corporations in interstate business
to combine in an effort to defeat the
policy for which Mr.. Roosevelt, recog-
nizing righteous popular demand,
stands. The indications are that this
opposition intends to do all that is pos
sible to obstruct, and if possible defeat.
the principles and policies advocated by
the president, particularly In regard to
railway rate regulation.
That 1t can do great deal in the way
of obstruction is not to be doubted. The
privilege of introducing bills is unlim-
tied, and so also is the right of debate,
so far as the senate is concerned. A
number Of measures relating to the reg
ulation Of railway rates have already
been introduced, the latest being that
OF Chairman Elkins of the senate COM
mittee on interstate commerce. These
various bills will be considered by that
committee at its leisure and IL any one
OF them is ever reported to the senate
and comes up for discussion the debate
may be prolonged until the end of the
session. Should the house pass a rate
regulation bill. which it is very likely
to do, 1t is by no means certain that it
would ever reach consideration in the
senate. There seems to be a determined
purpose in that body. so far as the lead
ers are concerned. to turn down the
president. especially in regard to the
most important question OF railway rate
regulation.
The administration won very dis
tinct success in the passage by the
house of representatives Of the Philip
pine tariff bill. II remains to be seen
whether it will be successful as to that
measure In the senate. The next mat.
ter of interest is In regard to the joint
statehood bill. The administration
! favors the admission OF the four terri
tories as two states. There is strong
opposition to this and it remains to he
seen whether this Is sufficient to defeat
the proposition. But after all the great
and paramount question, the one upon
which the influence of the administra
ton will experience the severest test, is
that OF railway rate regulation. AS al
ready observed. every effort is to be
made by the opponents Of this policy OF
the administration to prevent action al
this session Of congress, and ii Is quite
likely that they will succeed. They
have almost endless resources at theil
command and it is needless to say thai
they will not hesitate to use them. Op
position to the president in congress Il
strong and apparently very determined
but he has behind him the support OF
the people, which assures the eventua
success of the principles and policies h,
advocates.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

Nebraska's State Board OF Agriculture
last year spent $4,000, of which less
than $4,000 was distributed as premium
awards at the state fair. The complaint
is also entered that large part OF the
award money went to professional exhib-
itors from other states. 1t would be
interesting to know approximately how
much of the $4,000 came back to Ne
braska farmers.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

Chicago Rec0rd-HeraIu.
The president is reported to be looking
forward eagerly to the end of his present
term of Office. He intends as soon as the
reins of government are transferred TO
other hands to go to Africa for the pur-
pose of hunting lions and elephants. II is
unfortunate that the mastodon and the
dinosaur no longer exist. After our presi-
dent gets through with the lions and the
elephants there will be nothing for him to
look forward to with glorious thrills.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19
DUAL TARIFF PROPOSITION.

According to reports from Washing
ton there is an increasing probability
that the agitation for a dual tariff sys-
TEN will soon assume the proportions
of a definite movement. A dispatch
from the national capital to the New
York Sun says that the State depart
ment has virtually decided that there is
no way, under present conditions, by
which Germany can be induced to adj
NIT American products on the basis
of her conventional tariff rates. 1T is
unfair" II is declared, ito charge Ger
many with malice toward the United
States in her present course. She has
adopted a new tariff system and the
concession OF conventional rates to the
United States without a convention ac-
cording a reasonable equivalent would
fiagrantly violate the fundamental prin-
ciple OF that system. She can make
no exceptions"
II Is said that any kind OF trade war
with Germany is to he avoided IL posi-
BILE, though IT is believed TO be improb-
able that such conflict would be more
than slightly injurious to our CONNER
cial and Industrial interests, but the
international friction and strained rela-
tons which would be its inevitable at
tendants are most undesirable. The sun
report says that the results OF the move
ment for dual tariff are at present
beyond safe prediction, as it will doubt
less encounter opposition in both house
and senate. However, the indications
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

There is no good reason why II should
cost the county three times as much to
feed county jail prisoners az IT costs the
city to feed city Jail prisoners. On the
principle that business can be conducted
more cheaply ON a large scale than on
small scale a contract for feeding
county prisoners could doubtless he let
at a lower figure than the 16-cent con
tract for feeding city prisoners.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

1t now seems that President Castro
believed that he was fighting not only
the Asphalt trust, but several other
powers, when he suppressed the Matos
rebellion. In the light OF this 1t is easy
TO see why he thought Venezuela able
10 whip the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

The progress to be made toward that
Greater Omaha which all OF US picture
for the near future depends upon the
domination of broad-gauged policies and
liberal minded views in the direction OF
the city's destinies. No great city was
ever built upon blgotry and narrowness.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

The report of the Department of Com
merce and Labor on the railways OF the
world shows that the United States has
greater mileage than any other nation.
A report OF the income derived by the
governments as taxes or profits from the
railroads would be a fitting complement
to the report.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

are that the movement will assume a
considerable activity in the immediate
future. AS the new German tariff goes
into effect less than six weeks hence,
IL anything is to be done of retaliatory
nature there must be early action by
congress
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

An old Indian fighter watching events
in Russia would say that trouble may
be- expected when the grass comes
Turning from the war path to the reser-
walton in cold weather seems to be COM
mon TO two continents.