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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
SMOKING CONCERTS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
USUAL PRICES: 15-20.30.50c
Next Week-'The Lid Lifters."
sPECIAI-Ladies Are Invited TO ATTEND
Both Matinees and Evenings.

eridge. wealthy young man. A dispute
arises between Mark and Tom and they
quarrel, and Tom gets the best OF the ar
gument i'm front OF a large number OF
town people. This angers Mark and, in
seeking revenge he secures the assistance
OF a half-witted boy whom he poisons
against Tom, and together they lay a
trap wherein Tom Is made to appear A
thief Of a large sum OF money from
Ruth's father. on this account Tom fees
to a nearby town where the latter meets
Ruth and Mark and the adventures. Tel
egraph messages are received from Mar
low saying the town is threatened by n
forest fire and request aid. The only train
available is Marks private train and as
he is able TO run the engine he is asked
to go TO the aid OF the people In NARROW.
The trip includes a ten-mile journey
through the forest fire, and Mark refuses
10 take the risk. Tom is also able TO run
an engine and he goes TO the rescue OF
the Marrow people. Finally the innocence
OF Tom Is proven and he gives UP drink
ing and becomes the husband OF Ruth.
The role OF Ruth Blake is a very diff
ficult one and II is assumed by Miss
Whipple in a very creditable manner. Her
Interpretation of the part is almost excel
lent and her emotional work shows re-
markable ability. Mr.. James also has a
difficult part In the role OF Tom Single
ton and his work is very good. j. Il.
Lockney appears as Mark Beveridge and
Miss Fletcher as the adventures and both
deserve much credit. All the other char
acters are seen TO good advantage.
The attraction next week at this the
atre will be the sensational melodrama,
THE Gambler OF the West"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE

"The Little Stranger" an English
farce in three acts, by Michael Morton,
and presented under the management
OF James X. Hackett and Frank Cur
zon, opened three-nights' and a Wed
nesday matinee engagement at the opera
house last evening.
The piece. or rather the farce, had
q most successful run of six months OF
the Criterion theatre in London ard
made its bow TO the American public
at Hackett's theatre, New York, somo
three weeks ago.
There Is no doubt as to the classification
of The Little Stranger"--it is a farce
pure and simple and nsight be said TO
be made up OF the possible and the
impossible, which is to convey that
the theme-the story OF a woman who
becomes inoculated with occultism and
enters the ranks OF the soul hunters, Z"
demonstrates the foolish ideas that
often creep into the makeup OF some
women, and men. too. for that matter,
IS very possible. However, some of the
situations used TO work out the tale
are quite impossible, but IL must not
be forgotten that IL is "A farce and
consequently many seeming impossi-
bilities are quite allowable.
To say II is funny would be putting
It mildly--it is decidedly more than
that, and by the applause and the
laughter that greeted IL last night
demonstrated that IL pleased all in the
large audience. There was something
doing" about every minute. and prob
ably never in history or imagination
did ony one baby ever cause so much
trouble and general entanglement OF a
heretofore happy home.
The story tells OF young mother,
Mrs Allenby, who has come under the
spell OF. a fakir, one Paul Vronsky, and
eventually Joins society called the
"Soul Hunters" and becomes COM
pletely wrapped up i'm its mystery, neg
lecting her one-year-old baby home,
friends-in fact, everything She turns
over her house for meeting OF the
society. which event falls upon the
first birthday OF her child Relatives
and friends gather TO wish JOY TO the
youngster and parents. when the fact
becomes known that the meeting OF the
"Soul Hunters" Is soon 90 occur. much TO
the disgust of the husband. Nronsky en-
ters in a dramatic manner and Dick AL
lenby wants to kick him down the stairs.
but Is restrained by his friend Alex How
ard who being an amateur delusionist.
gets up n plan 10 cure Ailenby's wife OF
her insane hobby and TO show up the
character OF Nronsky. During the
seance Howard leaves hurriedly and
returns with a midget who is sub
stituted for the baby. Dick Allenby is
supposed, I'm NJ OF anger TO have
committed suicide, and subsequent
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
THE FlELDEN.cHAcE SCHOOL

MISS ABBIE e. SOUTHWICK.
Principal.
Thirty-siNth year begins Sept 10.
Primary, Academic. College Prepara-
tory Departments Circulars. Calls re-
ceived on Sept II, Is from 10 to IL
o'clock 10 GREENE STREET.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
IMPERIAL THEATRE

THE Star Show Girls" mostly the
girls, entertained large and dlscrim-
mating audience at the Imperial last
evening in what is termed "A Three
Round Mixup."
A comedy must have a name. and
"Dopey Dan" serves as we'll as any; and
the audience was not bored with trying To
locate the plot and consequently could
use all its energy enjoying the many
good things offered, which IL did and re-
peatedly called for more. Especially was
this true of It's Great at a Base Ball
Game" in which the chorus appeared TO
fine advantage. Pert Mackey with "In
the Shadow OF the Pyramid" and Charles
Nichols with whats the use OF Dream
ing" earned the enthusiastic applause so
generously given.
The Red, White and Blue Girls. n re-
markably we'll drilled company, in an
army camp scene without doubt made
the biggest hit OF the evening: and their
silent manual OF arms" brought forth a
storm OF applause. showing that this
form OF entertainment is enjoyed by the
excellent class OF people who are patrons
at this house
"A Bit OF Travesty" in which Jim and
Pert Mackey burlesqued a scene in one
of the mestEHeeessf'ii dramas western
life served TO arouse considerable enthu-
siasm: and the remarkably clever spe-
cialty OF the La Sella trio proved one Of
the best acrobatic acts seen in this city.
In When a Lady Leads the Band and
the finale. The chorus again won enthu-
siastic applause. The costumes and stage
settings are without exception the finest
that have been sen at this house this
year. and that Is saying a good deal: and
this weeks entertainment as a whole is
not only OF the highest excellence, but
one OF the best OF its kind TO which
Providence audiences have been treated
and far superior TO what is ordinarily
termed buresque, clean and artistic in
every detail
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
GYMNASIUM CLASSES

To be opened second week in October In
the new building Y. w. G. A, CORNER
WASHINGTON AND JACKSON SITS.
Special rates in evening class work for
business women. Day classes for women
and Saturday children's classes. Ap.
ply 73 Mathewson st.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
WESTMINSTER THEATRE.

The Greater New York Stars were well
received at the Westminster theatre yes
terday. Thee horus includes good singers
and dancers. handsomely costumed
Turn Him Out" and "The Swell Set In
Paris" musical skits are given for the
opening aud closing numbers. In the olo
are Williams and Dawson. pandy singers.
the Sdonas. In a comedy sketch, the Pan
American quartet. the musical Maryland.
Tyson and Lottie Hoover, in songs and
dances, the Buch brothers. comedy aero
bats and the Busch-Devere trio, in illus
trated songs
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
KEITH'S THEATRE.

Another big week is assured a; Keiths.
for a more enjoyable program has not
been offered there this season. European
acts and American headliners are blend
ed. with the comedy elements predomi-
nant and the result is an act that keeps
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
THE COMMON EVENING SCHOOLS.

Giving Elementary
he mig o chol
s Il the rreg
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WALTER
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-18
$500 HUDSON RIVER EXCURSION VIA
BOSTON & ALBANY, WEDNESDAY,
OCT. 10th.

OCT. 1oth.
Through the Berkshire hills 20 AL
bany, down the Hudson river TO New
York, thence via Fall River line for S. 90.
This year the excursion starts from Prov
ideSce. Wednesday. oct 10. Send for
descriptive leafet. A. s. Hanson, Gen.
Pass. Agt, Boston
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-12
RHEUMATISM CURED
The Disease Yielded Readily to Dr..
Williams Pink Pills After Other
Treatment Failed,

DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure rheuma.
tiSn because they supply the necessary
elements TO the Initiated blood and en-
able nature to cast out the impurities
and effect Il cure. Mrs. \. Baker, of No.
10 Fitch street, Syracuse, n. Y, will
furnish living evidence Of the truth IF
this statement. There has been rheu-
matiSm III my family ever since | can re-
member she says. My grandmother
was u great sufferer from muscular
rheumatism and my mother also had the
disease i'll q mild form. About Il year
ago had n hard cold and rheumatism
caught me III my left knee. There were
sharp pains, confined To the ncighbor-
hood of the knee and they seemed 10 20
right into the bone. The pain / suffered
was Intense and | also had dizzy spells.
Inc doctors called my troull.
nrlatlc and sciatiC rheumatism. When
j dldnt get better under their treat
mcnt my hrOthcr-in.law suggested thar {
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three boxes, and, by the time | Ind
taken them, the pain and dizziness had
entirely LETT me. ] wanted To make
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boxes hnt didn 7 tax" quite all of them
n ! found that ! WAS entirely cured.
' before took the pills the pain was
So severe that | had e cry at times and
when ! was cured | was So thankful and
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Dr Williams Pink Pills have cured
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vi druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-12
Galveston as a Gateway.

For The fiscal year 1905. which ended
ou June %oth last. the ports Of III"
United States stood in this order in
Nalu" of exports: New York, New On.
leans, Galveston. Baltimore, Boston,
Philadelphia. Savannah, San Francisco
ana Puget sound Seattle and TIA.
Omaj Galveston was in the third
place. l}u, for the calendar year 1908.
which ended on December 3lst, Gal.
weston vent to the second place. pass
Ing New Orleans, says Leslie's Weekly.
For The calendar ypar 1905 New York'S
exports were SOB. Goa. 900. GalvCStOn'S
$l5U,uu0. OUo. and New Orleans $l44..
U"",0oU. For three years the race had
been clos" between New Orleans ami
Galveston. but now The Texas port has
gone TO the front and is likely to stay
there. I'm exports Of cotton. cotton.
seed products. and wheat. Galveston
leads New York. New Orleans. and eli
other ports OF the world. AS an en-
porting point for corn, live stock. lum.
Der. iron ore and other products. it is
making great strides forward. AS tn"
lransmiSsiSSippi region produces sixty
per cent. Of the products We export.
and as Galveston is the only port "
any consequence between the big river
and the Rocky mountains, her future
rs Il great gateway to the rest Of the
world iC uCSnrnl
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-12

| lost flesh. my eyes failed me, |
bloated at times, my back hurt and
suffered a living death. There seemed
no hope until began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. Then | began 20 I'M.
prove. The pain left gradually, the
swcIIings subsidized, | gained appetite
and weight, and to make a long story
short, | got well!"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-12

Kidney pills saved
my life My doctor.
from a careful an.
alysis OF the urine
and a diagnosis OF
my case. had told
me ! could not live
six weeks. was
struck down in the
street with kidney
trouble. and for a
whole year could
not leave the house
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-12
A LIVING DEATH.
Wildly Described BY a Citizen OF
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Andrew Johnson, all West Twelfth
st. Sioux Falls. :. D., says: "Doan =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Bigger than State Rights.

{.
Senator Beveridge puts question diff
icult to answer to the advocates Of
state rights who oppose a national child
labor law when he wants to know twhy
if we can agree on national quaran-
tine law to keep out yellow fever, which
does not kill twenty people in twenty
years, we cannot agree on national
child labor law to stop practices that
actually kill thousands Of children every
year and irreclaimably ruins tens of
thousands more. -
The senator has a bill by which he
wants to prevent industries employing
child labor from selling their products
outside Of the state in which they are
made. This is a remedy by national
legislation for the evil Of child labor.
The actual regulation or prevention Of
the labor Of children under IA years Of
age belongs to the state, but unfortu-
nately there are states where there are
great and growing industries which.
have been built up upon and thrive upon
the labor of children Of very tender
age. Perhaps the worst offenders
against humanity in this regard are
the cotton factories Of the south and
the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Both.
Of them turn out products which must
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Distributing Rates Equal.

The gentlemen who are guiding the
destinies of the shippers in efforts to
get concessions from railroads in Min
nesota need to post up on few points.
They got the shippers yesterday to pass
resolutions demanding the same distrib-
.uting rates from small jobbing centers
as are given out Of Minneapolis and st.
Paul. The fact is they are enjoying
the same rates now. The reason small
towns are at disadvantage in the job
bling business is that the twin cities
get better rate from Chicago and
eastern points. That is an interstate
proposition. AS far as rates within the
state are concerned, all distributing
points are on the same basis. Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Duluth have rates
to the small towns of the state that
will not average any lower, according
to distance, than the distributing rates
in force from st. Cloud, Fergus Falls,
Crookston, Thief River Falls, .Moorhead,
Brainerd, Faribault, Albert Lea, Man
kato and Winona.
There. are plenty Of genuine griev-
ances that the shippers want corrected,
without wasting any time on a false
scent. 49, 'St -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29

be sold outside Of the states in which
they are manufactured. Such a law
as Senator Beveridge proposes would
efectually correct what the state laws
Of those states have failed to prevent.
When the cotton manufacturers of the
south and the mine-owners of Pennsyl-
vania cannot sell their products be-
cause they employ child labor, they
will be obliged to abandon child labor
and to some extent at least the evil
will be remedied. There will remain,
OF course, the supplementary legisla-
ton which should follow establishing
the schools and compelling attendance,
which must be enacted by the states
and enforced by them.
The value of Senator Beyeridge g ad-
dress in Nebraska yesterday is the sug-
gestive and forcible parallel which he
draws between the exercise of federal
authority against a menace of the pub.
lie health and the exercise of federal
authority against menace of the cit
izenship of the republic. If one is con
coded as necessary exercise of fed.
eral authority, the, other must be, fo1
the latter more clearly and certainly
than the former involves the very life
Of the republic. g.. :. -.s 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Commission Not a Court.

The railroad commission has at last
asserted its right to debar an individ-
ual who makes himself nuisance from
appearing before it. The commission
should have taken leaf out of the
interstate commerce commission g book
some time ago. The interstate COM
missioners never allow witnesses or at
torneys to waste time or transgress pro-
prlety. The commissioners, in taking
up "a complaint, want certain informa-
ton Ito use in deciding it, They 90:
after those facts, and conduct the hear
ing themselves, allowing attorneys for
the railroads or the conlplainants to
examine witnesses just as long as they
work on material facts. When they be.
gin to wander and waste time, they are
soon silenced, and the commissioners
20 to the heart of the matter with
few questions, ending the hearing. The
devious methods of a courtroom CROSS
examination will not do for q business
body like the interstate and state COM
missions. go u .
Some people forget that railroad
commission is not. court, but an ad-
ministrative body. It is empowered to
investigate and to decide The commits.
sion is in permanent possession of
many facts, and when it begins an in
vestigation it does not need to- begin
and get information from the ground
up. The commission must, therefore, be
the judge of what further facts are
needed to make up it's decision. lit
cannot be, compelled to sit: and listen
to "weary lawyers with endless
tongues" .rehashing evidence already
familiar TO the commission. W.
When the commissioners have start
ed a complaint themselves, with the
intention of reducing rates, it must be
exasperating to listen to an endless re-
cital of immaterial facts on the same
side of the case, with accusations Of
dishonesty and subservience thrown in.
The results Of recent hearings have
been bearing down on the railroads,
but the railroad attorneys have been
very decent about it. The misconduct
has come from so-called representatives
of the people, who were being helped
by the commission IS action. 49,. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
CHILD SLAVERY IS
THEME OF BEYERIDGE

Lincoln, Neb,, Dec. Ex-senator AL
bert J. Beveridge addressed the closing
meeting of the Nebraska State Teach
ers' association here last night, speak
ing on "fThe Schools and the Nation. -
Senator Rexeridge was introduced by
William J. Bryan. -,
.. : " Nothing,'' he said, 'shows how
greed forgets humanity as much as the
child slavery in certain sections of this
country. There is something wrong
with a prosperity which is so immense
that it finally comes to feed on the
lives of little children.
"'Men who make money by working
infants are making too much money.
There are, at low estimate, half a
million children under Ia years. of age
at work in cotton mills, glass factories,
sweat shops, mines and other like in:
dustries. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Raise the Teachers Salary.

The state teachers association, now
in session here, took up today the ques-
ton of how to secure higher level of
salaries for these underpaid and highly
valuable servants of the state. The
question is one Of the greatest import
ance, since our free institutions rest
primarily on our educational system.
A fortnight ago The Journal pub
lished a synopsis of the forthcoming
report Of the association IS committee,
showing that teachers in Minnesota on
the average receive $411 year, which
Is less than an industrious section hand
pm the railroad will make with pick
and bar. There are nearly $4,000
women teachers in Minnesota who re-
ceive only 1896 year, which is con.
siderably less than a good domestic
servant receives, the board and lodging
furnished free to the latter being taken
into account.
The appeal Of the teachers for a
higher. wage, wage more nearly COM
Mensurate with the service they should
render to the community, is not neces-
sarily selfish one. It is rather due to
a desire to raise the standards of
teaching in this state and to attract
into this vital vocation men and women
who are worth more and can earn more
than $411 year. The salaries Of
teachers in cities are low enough, when
one considers the cost of living and the
narrow margin between actual neces-
sary expenses and the amount received.
But the teachers wage in the rural
districts even taking the difference in
cost Of living into consideration, is
Z far lower. The inevitable result is
that the quality Of the. service in the
country is inferior. The rate of taxa.
tion for school purposes is VIGOROUSLY
low in the country and the salaries of
teachers are correspondingly low.
The principal remedy proposed for
this state Of affairs is a minimum
teachers salary law, and a comprehen-
sive measure Of that kind will no doubt
be presented before the legislature with
the approval of the state association.
The exact form this bill is to take is
not entirely settled, but there can be
no doubt of the powers Of the state in
that direction. We have in Minnesota
q high degree of local school govern
ment, but the state has q supervisory
and directory power over all the
schools. They are partially supported
by q state fund and a state tax, they
are taught by teachers who must have
state certificates and attendance is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
.LETHBRIDGE RICH
In COAL DEPOSITS
Development Of These Resources
~. Is Building Up a Cana
dian City. ,s:igi
~ BY Herbert Vanderhoof.
Correspondence Of The Journal.

correspondence OF The journal.
Lethbridge, Alberta, Can, Dec. GA
Nature has been prodigal to this city,
ana man has done his part. For in
stance, nature gave Lethbridge beds
of accessible coal; man has applied ir-
rlgatlon TO naturally rich soil and made
fertile areas blossom as the rose. The
Alberta Railway & Irrigation company
has played prime part in the devel-
ocpment of this town, the three fields of
It's activity being coalmining, railroad
building and irrigation. This develop
ment company in the beginning built a
road on the main line Of the Canadian
Pacific from Lethbridge to Medicine
Hat, with spur southwark to the
states, with a terminal at Grand Forks.
The Canadian Pacific railway bought
out the first of these lines and made it
an integral part Of the Crows Nest
Pass division.
The beds of hard Ignite coal are the
great potential asset of Lethbridge:
Coal means factories wherever the sun
shines, and the attitude of the city is
strongly in favor Of fostering infant
industries. Perhaps the most promis-
be found in the establishment of pack
tanneries and shoe factories. The raw
material is at hand, the coal means
cheap and accessible power, and joined
to this is the assurance, of the Board
of Trade that the actual investor and
manufacturer may hope. for tangible
municipal help in the matter of sites,
taxes, light and water. Is.
It would seem that in the production
of furniture and the building of porta-
BILE houses the enterprising manufac-
turer cannot but make good in Leth-
bridge.
Railroad rates discriminate sharply
against the finished product in favor
Of the raw material. Thus, the great
forests of the British Columbia coast
may be made to play an important part
in the future Of Lethbridge, Thru
Vancouver, too, can be imported those
incompatible silky oaks and hardwoods
furnished by Australian forests, with
mahogany and rosewood in the. rough
from the orient. A factory turning out
the highest grades Of office furniture in
Lethbridge would be- able successfully
to cope with competition from east or
west.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-29
Saturday Evening,

made compulsory by state laws. If the
state elects to establish a minimum
wage, based on the assessed valuation
of the district, the number Of children
Of school age and other data, it may
easily enforce it's will on the district
authorities, Withdrawal Of state aid
might be one method Giving the
teacher legal right to sue for the whole
amount of the minimum salary guaran-
teed would be another.
But, as a matter of practice, it is
probable that the local school authori-
ties would need no other incentive to
bring salaries up to the minimum level
than the passage of state law. The
remedy, therefore, lies easily within the
grasp of the legislature.