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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
1T TAKES THIRD PLACE.
The Rhode Island Bethany Home
Moves Up the List.
COMPETITORS CLOSE TOGETHER
Lots OF Coupons aud Letters Were Re-
ceived To-day An Admirer OF the
Naval Reserve Tries Ills Hand at
Ioetry-send In the Tundles.

Coupons came Ia this morning for Elm
wood Council, the Rhode Island Bethany
Home, the Rhode Island Nursery, the
Providence Salesmens' Association and
the Bristol Naval Reserve.
The Bethany Home takes third place.
1t is not far ahead of the Salesmens As
ISOLATION or Hopeton Bicycle Club and Is
not far behind the Navai Reserve.
The competitors are just far enough
apart to make the contest interesting.
These are the contesting societies,
named In the order In which they stand {:
Elmwood Council. No. IL, D. u. A. NJ.
Bristol n IVA Reserve.
X. l. Bethany Home.
Provid. nee Sales ne rs Association.
Hope'on Bicycle Club.
Mt. Vernon Lod &c, No. 30. L. ~. u. +.
The Rhode Island Nursery.
Kings Daughters Circle. Auburn.
LOYAL Providence Lodge. l. 90 +. NJ. [.
Loyal Women OF American Liberty,
st. Joseph's Hospital.
Enterprise l. Jdge, No. % n OF L.
Ana y Tribe, Society OF indians.
What Cheer Lodge, Is. OF l..
Elmwood CLUB.
Ruth Lodge, No s. ID. Of X.
Canonicus Lodge. NJ. o, |. o.. o. II
Richard Tobin Post, Warren.
Wayland Lodge. No. %, n. Il. O.. T..
The Unluc y 10 Social Club, Riverside.
kickemult Grange. No. "a. Il. OF H..
j. C.. Nichols Post. q. a. r.
Crescent Lodge, q Id Fellows.
st. Mary's Orphtuage. East Providence.
Slocum Post, q. A. X.
Chepachet Lodge. No. IL. A. o. u. w.
Providence Police Association.
Providence Y. NJ. Q. a.
Lincoln Council, No. IL, O. u. A. M.
The Senate Club. Providence.
McGregor Post, q. A. r.
These are the letters:
To the Editors Of the Nepr
Enclosed please find twenty-five coupons
for the Providence Salesmen's Association. |
wiIl send more In "A week. hope they Will
win II. WALTER MILLER
To the Editors OF The NeioG
Please credit these thirty-fve coupons TO
the ElInwood Council, No. IL, o.. u. A. NJ.
Hoping they will get the 500 prize, l remain,
yours respectfully, l.. Is. X.
1othe Editors ~ the Nelcs'
Enclosed find forty-seven coupons for
Bethany Home. l.. Is. w.
10 the Editors ~ The Ne,o,
The Naval Reserve.
Whom God preserve"
a wish that certainly follows,
These coupons are sent,
And by that Il meant
The capture OF i've hundred dollars.
Search not the state
For men first rate
In the use of the sword, gun or pistol.
Bot credit these coupons
Right away without fail
To the Naval Reserves OF Old Bristol.
i. III. TENNYsoS.
Tots Editors Of the NetCs
l enclose sixteen coupons for Kings Daugh-
tiers. Auburn. | wish the friends OF this soci-
ETY. would exert themselves n little and put
the society nearer the top of the list. b. NJ.
ii. Is doubtful IL they can get above No. y. =
10 the Editors Of the Netcs
Please credit the Il. I. Bethany Home with
the enclosed thirty-two votes. A. VI. Il.
10 the Editors Of the Nous
Come on all you boys from Narragansett,
Garfield and other councils Come on and
put Elmwood Council ahead II your motto
Is America for Americans put your man
ahead. I'll put in 100 for Elmwood Council
10 help you. ENTHUSIASTIC Boy
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
Yale nay Consent 10 Row.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 30.-The an
nouncement that the Yale crew will not
row at the Worlds Fair is somewhat pre-
mature. The invitation declined by
President Rogers, of the Yale crew, last
week, was not from the exposition
officials, but from the Chicago navy,
which was trying to get up a regatta and
had resolved to invite all the big college
Fights to compete. There is still a chance
that Yale may row (if ssked) al Chicago,
though no communication has been
opened with the exposition directors.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
stirred the Druggists Up.

BRocKToN, Mass, Jan. 3O.-There Is a
'uggists' association in this city which
- for several years adopted a uniform
ale OF prices for patent medicines, and
Saturday n large dry goods house made
Q announcement OF n wholesale cut i'm
kinds OF proprietary preparations. a
,eting OF the druggists association IL
lied for today, when steps will be
ken to meet the reduction. A lively
me cutting prices ia anticipated, for the
ruggists are determined to make a bold
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

sizes and character surrounding the city
like a ring, connected by broad tree
planted avenues, taking advantage of
hills and valleys as the land lies for pic
turesque effects"
"The Frankfort-on-th the Main or Cob
LEM 'anlage' would nearly fit the descrip-
tion9"
Eyes, except that they are everywhere
narrow, placed where old fertilization
lines had become too cramped, like the
boulevards of Paris
''What are the chief difficulties which
confront park Makers What should
growing cities avoidy'
'The difficulty is that we do not see
the needs until they have some, and then
the cost of accomplishing anything is
enormous. Park making, or, at least,
the purchase of the land, should always
be somewhat in advance OF the needs of a
city, both because the land can be bought
cheaper before it is built upon, and be-
cause better plans can be laid upon
virgin soil. So a capital obstacle is
found by legislatures and boards of esti-
mate, which are always trying to econo-
mize at the expense of an educative and
recreative need.
another difficulty is the equitable
distribution of the cost Of park work. To
assess the cost of a boulevard entirely
upon abutting property would be ruinous.
Yet abutting property is undoubtedly
helped by our work. On the whole, it
seems equitable to assess the cost OF such
driveways half upon the abutting prop
erty, and half upon the city which uses 1t"
you have spoken of your floral stairs.
Is there anything new i'm boulevard plant
ing which you seem to think 80 import
antgn
Eyes, and yet not quite new. Do you
remember the beautiful effect produced
in the parkway-Het Bosch, they call it
which runs from the Hague, in Holland,
three miles TO Scheveningeni That is
practically a wide boulevard, yet the
road winds hither and thither through
thick woods, and rises and falls among
the sand dunes, so that it is like going by
wood paths all the way. At one point
they have an open space where babies go
with shovels and pals to dig. in the sand.
It's the most beautiful three miles in
Europe. We're going TO initiate the eff
feet in a small way by the trees we have
planted, hit or miss, in our great tree
less 'concourse' overlooking the lake and
the mall. Here, when these are slightly
grown, drivers can sit at ease under the
shade and look off over the lake, across
which come strains OF distant music,
while the nearer view il like a forest
glade. This plan Of planting il admira
BILE for boulevard use also, II the strip Of
land is wide enough to admit Of the slight
curves in the roadway necessary.
"A slight reform which we are intro
ducing is the substitution Of inclined
planes for steps wherever possible. Steps
look well, but people with baby wagons
will pull them up the turf on either side
and ruin the grass. The great charm OF
n park is to have 1t disable in every part,
and the comfort of the baby wagon pro-
peller certainly has to be considered
"How about buildings in parks''
"Only AZ many as are necessary. We
shall have in Prospect Park, or rather on
what are known as the East Side Lands,
sdjeipiDg il. the new building Ok tbs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

round, at either side, so that, with every
step upward one takes, ncv ranks upon
ranks Of nodding bloom show themselves.
"The floral stair will use mp thousands
Of plants. IL will lead the visitor from
the mall, with Tom Moore's monument
and the restaurant, up TO the tiptop OF
Breeze Hill. There, on the crest, we are
TO have an enormous umbrella OF thateh,
like the thatch facing the long meadow,
and where people can sit and hear the
band play on the meadow beyond.
more than any single detail, however,
we are engaged upon q park system AZ q
whole, so connecting distant points by
tr0sd k~svlsYsEdA than W Z SaI St con
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
A VALUABLE PATENT.
o. =. Kellev's Patent Bought by the &c.
eral Electric Co, New York.

o. =. Keilev's Patent Bought by the &c.
eral Electric Co.. New York.
SPRINGFIELD, o., Jan. 30.-It is report
ed that o. s. Kelley, OF this city, has sol
his patent on the overhead electric trolle
system to the General Electric Compan
of New York city. A friend OF Mr.. Kel-
ley states that Mr.. Kelley has received 4
sum running up into the hundreds OF
thousands for his patent.
A man named Green is the inventor OF
the patent held by Mr.. Kelley. Green was
poor and Mr.. Kelley furnished him funds
for twenty years to prosecute his claims
in the patent office at Washington.
Two years ago the Supreme Court OF the
District of Columbia handed down a de-
cision sustaining the validity OF Green's
invention and Mr.. Kelley bought him
out. The patent covers all systems using
the overhead trolley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
World's Fair Roof Fall.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-Great banks OF sno
that rested on the roof ofthe Manufacture
building at the Worlds Fair caved hol
about 16 by 600 feet in the east annex o
nave Saturday and caused s1OO,0O0 dam
age. The weight Of the snow before the
rain OF Friday night was about all the
Dof could bear, and when IL was soaked
ond became still heavier the crash wa
Bound 10 come. II was only the glas
cork I'm the roof and the light iron work
Ahat gave way. The great trusses that
those that support the naves are still in
tact. Machinery Hall also suffered greatly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
To N Editors of az Nelra
MR.. CLEVELAND VERY BUSY.
He Wishes TO he Undisturbed, That He
May Attend to His Duties.

He Wishes to lie tndtsturbed, That He
May Attend to His Duties.
LAKEWOOD, Jan. 30.-In an interview
yesterday with a representative OF the
United Press Mr.. Cleveland said: 1.-THE
date is now at hand when / must have
more time to myself than / have had since
the election. Thus far, the most of my
time has been devoted to interviews which
have been by no means unpleasant nor
Improbable, but other things are now
pressing upon me which require my unin-
terrupted consideration.
81 wish, therefore, you would say for me
through the press, hat ! shall be at my
Office in New York every day with per-
haps one exception, during the week COM
mencing with January 30, and that after
February 4 / shall remain at Lakewood,
where ] hope TO be undisturbed in the
work which will imperatively demand
my attention. l also especially desire it
TO be understood that from now until the
fourth Of March letters should be ad-
dressed to me at the Mills building, New
York;
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
MAKING A CITY'S PARKS.
A Municipal Problem Discussed By
an Expert.
Commissioner Brewer, of Brooklyn, De-
scribes His New "florai Stairs" and
Discusses Park Finance. Tree
Planting and B~ouievsrds-

Copyright, 1893, by Bachelor & JohnsonJ
Hugh Mclaughlin, the uncrowned king
of Brooklyn, once fell into an amicable
dispute with a courtier upon the question
whether a certain slope in Prospect Park
was or was not shaded by forest chest
nuts.
''There are plenty OF big trees there,
but not a chestnut among them" said
the honorable Hugh.
'Tn bet you a dinner" said the cour-
tier.
Out they went, with no more delay, TO
settle the question on the spot. Sure
enough, there were chestnuts in many
places, but none in the spot referred to.
81 played as a boy in these fields and
woods where the park 10Y Is" said Mr..
Mclaughlin. '1've watched 1t grow,
and / know it,"
He might nave added that he loved it;
Tor it is said that he once remarked to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

IuDsus driving one could not exhaust
all shslr beauties. The most familiar OF
these driv es is that leading to Coney
Island and ending there in tha C~oncourse
on the beach. A shore boulevard is pro-
posed, following along the edge Of the
bay to Fort Hamilton and Bath, exactly
reversing the march of the British wing
before the battle Of Long .sland. The
Kings County Park will be located some
wher, down that way and connected with
the boulevard systems. II is not sven To-
Gated zee, but there will be one. That is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

system, which has replaced the old bear
garden plural commissions, is a genius in
his way. He is lean as a greyhound and
keen as a hawk. He is q lawyer and a
good one, but the Park is his hobby. He
lives in a big house near the Eastern
Parkway, where, by the way, he has or
had a lot of the finest Johannisberger
ever brought to this country. Morning,
night and Sundays he is to be seen driv-
ing in the parks, talking to workmen,
explaining to reporters, planning wis
tas," floral effects, strawberries.
He drove me everywhere, showed me
everything, talking as we went.
"The principal novelty in park garden
ing which we are introducing, and one
which is, l think, worth imitation, is a
floral stair, leading from the great flower
garden and mall up to the summit of the
hill here at our right. Each tread Of the
stair will be broad and deep, with ample
space in the middle for pedestrians, and
masses of old-fashioned flowers, needing
little care and blooming all the year
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
TAPPED THE WIRES.
A Pool Room I'm New York Loses Several
Thousand Dollars.

New YORK, Jan. 30.-Jacob Mcclure,
Thomas Russell, John Ward, Charles
Martin and Richard Smyth were ar
raigned IN the police court here yesterday
charged with tapping Western Union
telegraph wires.
Ward on Thursday last hired a room on
the top floor OF Springler's hotel. Smyth
on the same day called at the hotel, and
representing that he was a lineman, got
permission to go upon the roof TO fix the
wires. He tapped the wire which con-
nected with Peter Downey's pool room
and ran the contraband wires into Wards
room. Ward, with the assistance OF the
other prisoners, did q rushing business
until they were ell arrested Saturday
night. Downey's pool room Is said TO
have lost several thousand dollars.
Ward, Martin and Smyth, 1t IL said,
have been wanted before on a similar
charge. Wards trunk contained a com
plete battery and telegraph outfit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
Car Works seized by a sheriff.

ERIE, Pa, Jan. 30.-The Erie Car Works
(Limited) representing a $4,000 invest
ment, were seized by the sheriff Saturday
upon executions amounting to $4,000 in
favor OF Erie banks. The plant covers ten
acres, and comprises car works and car
wheel works, also a large Mantel furnace
at Point Saint Ignace, Michigan. The
latter enterprise is alleged TO nave been
the cause OF the failure. The works had a
large contract for cars for the Pennsylya-
MIA under construction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
Killed n Moonshfner.

PIKEsvILLE, Jan. 30. - Friday night
Isaac Moore, a wealthy lumber merchant,
shot and killed William Kelly, a notori-
Gus moonshiner, and then sent a ball
through the body of his (Moore's) wife.
Ioore, on coming home had found his
lie with Kelly. The latter ran Moore
NJ OF the house and Mrs. Moore attacked
n husband with a butcher knife. Moore
now in iail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
pcarn OF Ex.po.tma.ter-Genern Campbell

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. -- Postmaster
General Wanamaker has issued an order
announcing the death at Philadelphia OF
ex-Postmsster-Genera Jam es Campbell.
The department IL ordered TO be closed
today, the day OF the funeral, and the
buildings draped i'm mourning for
thirty days. Mr.. Wanamaker in his
order says that Mr.. Campbell, who
was postmaster-general under President
Pierce, inauguratee the registry system.
His term was also ~signalized by n reduc-
ton in the rates OF postage and by i'm
provements In the Interchange OF mails
with foreign countries
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
street Cars Collide.

ATTLEBoRo, Mass, Jan. 3l-Two cars
on the street railway going in opposite
directions, crashed into each other near
the fair grounds yesterday, seriously in
juring the motorman OF the south bound
car and bruising a dozen or more psssen-
gers. Both cars were badly damaged.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 30.-The house and
store OF Matthew Farrell, who held the
only liquor license in the town OF Dracut,
was destroyed bv fire yesterday morniny
A barrel of whiskey in the store explode
and In a moment the whole house was
flames, the family in the upper tenemen
barely escaping with their lives. Tn
loss is estimated at from 5000 TO 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
Painted His Clothing.

BUFFALO, Jan. 3O.-Albert Campbell the
amp arrested here Thursday clad in a
nvict's suit, and who said he had es-
ped from a Montreal penitentiary, turns
ut to be a refugee from the Onondaga
n. He found q blouse and n painters
ron, which he put on. A few inches of
: striped trousers showed. This he rem
led by painting the exposed portions
ith black paint. He treated his hat to
le same paint and walked put OF the Jail
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

George q. Glover, British royal COM
missioner 10 the Worlds Columbian ex-
position, was found dead i'm his room at
the Virginia Hotel, Chicago. Heart dis
ease Is supposed TO be the cause.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

mflrs outside Of Brooklyn now, but IL
viii all be Brooklyn some day. We must
loci ahead.
AAll that is TO the south aud the sea.
To the east from Prospect Park, the East
err Parkway formerly made a magnificent
beginning and stopped against a sand
hill. We shall continue it with a curve
10 the new Highland PARK, of 115 acres,
NJ we hope to see il, perched upon the
crest of the hill overlooking the Atlantic.
From there the shortest way to New
York is down Bushwick avenue and over
the ferries OF the new bridges, or back to
the starting point by Bedford avenue
Thus the skeleton of the whole plan is a
gigantic triangular drive within the city
connected at it's apex and principal point
of interest, Prospect Park, with a CORE
lative triangle reaching out into the coun-
try"
'Do you regard this as the best system
possible''
'For Brooklyn, as it is, this is the best
we can do. Our parkway lines must be
geometrical within the city. New boule-
Yards on virgin soil should introduce
more variety by well-designed curves.
Brooklyn is a semi-circular city like Chi
cago. In the Worlds Fair city they have
tackled the problem again in the light of
existing conditions and have given the
people a system of parks connected by
broad boulevards."
PLEASE define the ideal park system
for a symmetrical or nearly circular city
like Paris"
"A series of parks of widely varying
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
STEADILY

Adhered to the principles that lie at the bottom of all
business success, honesty, industry, enterprise, frank
ness, generosity, truthfulness and regard for the public
good.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
THE NEWS

Has steadily grown since it was established because it
has become the best newspaper in the city in all the
particulars that go to assure success. 1t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30
HAS GROWN

Very steadily and with as great rapidty as could be de-
sired for permanently. 1t has adopted none of the
Fictitious devices of sensation. but has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-30

Of a paper depends upon many things but fundament-
ally upon the quality of a newspaper, as a newspaper,
and as a power for good i. the community.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22

Doctors very strongly recommend
foot baths for those whose feet trouble
them. Walking heats the feet. stand
ing causes them to swell, and both are
tiresome and exhaustive when pro-
longed. There are various kinds of
foot baths and authorities differ as to
their value. Hot water enlarges the
feet by drawing the blood to them;
when used they should be rubbed or
exercised before attempting to put on
tight boot Mustard and hot water
in foot bath will side track a fever if
taken in time, cure a nervous head
ache and induce sleep. Bunions, corns
and callousness are natures protection
againsU bad shoe leather Two hot
foot baths week, and little pedi-
curing viii remove the cause of much
discomfort
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
A Fore Handed Father.

A young man whose offer of mar
riage was rejected by a young lady
residing in Lynn county, Oregon,
burned down the barn of her father,
whom he thought responsible for the
daughters refusal. subsequently his
conscience smote the youth, and he
went to the father, confessed his
crime, and paid him for the barn. The
stern father, having securely deposited
the money, realized that he, too, had
a conscience, combined with a stern
sense of duty, and he went to tn =
police authorities, complained of
the young man, and saw to it that he
was arrested, tried and sent to the
penitentiarv. Now he has a nice lit
tie sum in the bank as a dowry for his
daughter when the right sutton comes
along
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
MURDER WILL OUT,
stephen Zakany's Assassin Ares ted Five
Years After the Murder.

Stephen Zakany's Assassin Ares ted Five
Years After the Murder.
ABOUT fifteen years ago Stephen
Zakany, Polish merchant, arrived in
Mexico and purchased one of the larg-
est and most beautiful hacicndas in
the state of Sinaloa. He settled down
on his new property and became
known all along the Pacific coast of
Mexico on account of his wealth and
enterprise. He was assassinated in
cowardly fashion at his home five
years ago. The murder caused a great
sensation throughout Mexico and in
the nobleman's own country. No
clew could be obtained to the perpe-
traitors of the deed, and the affair
almost passed out of memory.
Governor Canedo, of Sinaloa, who
has been all these years acquiring
data respecting the suspected causes
Tor the murder, recently appointed
Judge of the first instance for the
Fuerte district, and had all the evil
dence in the case laid before him.
Judge Murda Martinez and Jefe Polit-
leo of the district, with an escort of
twenty-five men, set out for the ranch
of one Cumiches, thirty leagues from
Fuerte. After a journey of two days
they arrived at their destination and
arrested one Santiago Miranda, who
was strongly suspected of the crime.
Miranda at first denied vehemently
the charge, but being sllillfully led by
the judge from one contradictory
story to another, he finally broke
down and confessed that he was the
assassin. He said that he had b7en
hired by three on four men to commit
the atrocious deed, and those whose
names he disclosed were arrested
Several days having interviewed be-
tween the arrest of Miranda and his
confession, his partners in the crime
had organized a band to overpower
the guards and secure his release, but
the judge was warned of the at yempt
and had his man spirited off to
Fuerte, where he was kept under
strong guard in the city Jail, and the
attempt to release him was abandoned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
A New Relation.

Not very long ago, troubles in a
well known Washington family were
the cause of divorce proceedings. The
wife got judgment, though the hus-
band had filed a strong cross bill In
few months the ex-wife was again
married, this time also to Washing
ton man. One evening recently, at a
large reception, the two met unex-
pectedly, and an acquaintance, not
well up in the family history, was pro-
ceeding to introduce them. ''Oh,
we've met before" said the last hus-
band; we're Observation-Disclosures"