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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20

When young man is prohibited
from reading an essay on prohibition
at the graduating exercises of the high
school for fear some liquor dealer may
be offended il shows that something is
wrong somewhere. IPAwTUcKET TH-
BUNE. If this should attract the notice
of Henry Faxon We are afraid that he
would feel obliged TO drop South Bos-
ton and Fall River peg or two, in
order to make place for Pawtuckot at
the head Of his list of the devils own. -
T. Fall River Globe.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
BOSTON PILOT.

The Boston Pilot of last week is well
worth reading. James jeffrey Roche
is a true disciple of John Boyle
OReilly The elegant manner IN
which he scores the A. p. A. is refresh
ing. In one article he quotes a
Canadian paper which laments the
fact that no Catholic dailies are printed
in the States But the Canadian
paper does not understand that some of
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
lail the Hiah Church

FREDERICKToN, N. b.. June 20-Rev.
Finlow Alexander. sub-dean of the Cathe-
dral here, yesterday severed his con-
nsction with the church and embraced
the Roman Catholic faith. Professor
Stockley, AN Englishman, who holds the
chair Of modern languages and literature
IN the Uni, rslty Of New Brunswick,
followed Mr.. Alexander's example,
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
BalIslOn Spa Inundated.

SARATOGA, June 2o-During q terrific
storm In this section the village OF Bali
ston Spa was inundated. The dam hold-
ing the red mill pond broke through.
The water rushed through the center OF
the village and finally spent itself In Cor
don creek aud soon subsidized. Consider
able damage was done to property.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20

Now that the Newport Herald has be-
come an Independent paper we will ex-
pect il to comment freely and fearless
ly upon the affairs of Iceland and the
Argentine Confederation.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20

The City Council has appropriated
$500 for the Fourth Just one cent for
each inhabitant. And yet some people
say this is not one-cent administra-
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Mas a Sale Majority.

WASHINGTON, June 2o-Representative
Breckinridgs will leave on Thursday for
another campaigning trip in Kentucky.
lie has received poll Of the Democratic
voters in Heury county. showing q safe
majority for him
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Mia Brother the Accussr.

CHICAGO. June 2o-Harry l. Spring.
who has gained considerable notoriety by
writing sffectionate letters to Miss Helen
Gould aud Mrs. Emmons blaine. L.
charged by his brother with threats TO
kill. Spring will be tried for insanity.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
on For ENGLAND

NEw YORK. June 20-Ths Yale ath-
letes, who have been chosen TO 20 TO
England 70 compete with the Oxford
cracks. sailed on the steamer New York xt
IL O'Clock this morning. Runner Pond
said that the boys were in the best Of con-
dition
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20

ment str king II out was agreed 70 win
out "A word 90. explanation
Paragraph 6s. salt. had been reached
when the s,n &c adjourned. Nine pages
OF the ires l.st are vet TO be d,sp led of
before the q lm nistrative features OF the
bill are reac ,.i
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Not Seriously SIek.

WASHINGTON. June @.-Spesker Crisp
will be well enough to return TO coll-
gressionsl duties TOMORROW. He Is suffer
ing from a stomach disorder of a mild,
but somewhat painful character.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
finances Blocked b, a sharlft

LONG ISLAND CITY, June so-The city
treasurer's Office IL tied up, and all bust.
ness Ia suspended for the present Deputy
Sheriff Walters has levied upon the five
safes to satisfy Judgment obtained
against the city by Michael Hand.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20

IL hereby Informed and assured tnat vaccin.
alton nett her prevents nor modhes smallpox
In any case; that the vaccinated are more
susceptible to that disease than the unvac.
cinnated; that vaccination Is blood poison
ing. conveying into the system the most fatal
and loathsome diseases, which often cause
the most terrible deaths and sufferings
through life. 1t IL an astounding medical
fallacy and crime. IL IL a terrible mistake
for parents To allow the health OF their chill.
dren to be thus ruined and nothing could be
more foolish. THERE Is NO SUCH TIL ING
As PURE VACCINE MATTER. 1t Is all pu.
trtd, morbid poison. See ,webster's defni
tion of VIRUS. The compulsory vaccination
law Is unconstitutional ana the meanest and
most absurd of all laws. DO not be 80 wicke ed.
ly imposed upon any longer. Resist II and
demand its repeaI. SEND FOR LITERA.
TURE. Al WESLEYAN AVENUE.
in 2s6t SAML. DARLING, Providence,
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Mon by Fivs lsnotha

ITHACA. ~ Y, June e0.-Ths race be-
tween the Dauntless crew OF New York
and the Cornell freshmen was won by
Cornell, who finished five lengths ahead
Of her opponent. The time wa ll.lb "a
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
la the House.

The prnc-r'iings II the house were dull
in the extreme. the entire day being
given a. long speeches on the anti-optlon
bill Long efore the hour Of djourn-
ment arrived. the dullness became too
oppressive for most Of tho mem bers, driy-
ing them away from the house and Isav-
ing row alter row Of vacant chairs The
principal speech Of the day in favor OF the
bill was made by Mr.. sibley Dem, Pa.
Speeches against the bill were made by
Mr.. Coombs Dem, N. ". Mr.. Aldrieh
(Rep., Ills and Mr.. Fletcher (Rep, Minn.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
narcourt 10 Be Pfomoted

LONDON. June 20.-Ths Standard and
the ST. James Gazette say that Sir Will
lam Hsroourt intends TO retire from the
house of commons He is to be elevated
to the house of lords
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
A Membership of t16 0Oa

AsHEvILLR, ". c., June 2O.-The ma
tionsl ,ouncii, Junior Order Of United
American Mechanics assent blsd here
yesterday. The annual report shows an
increase OF nearly roo mem bers, making
the total mem bsrship l75,0oo.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Hanging Postponed.

TRENTON, June 2o.-Governor Wertz
has reprleved until July IS Rev. j. Pierce,
colored, who was under sentence to be
hanged on j une 20 for the murder of his
wife
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
TRIBUNE

The Senators are on the silk schedule
now, and in a day or two they will be
scolding over the income tax. But
vote-votei
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Suffered Heavily From Floods

OMAHA, June 20-Bonds amounting 10
tl, 800, 900 are to be issued by the Oregon
Railway and n avigation company after
July /. TO repair food damages.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
Deputies Routed.

GREENBURG, Pa, June eo.-Deputies at
Mammoth were attacked by coke strikers
yesterday, and driven OF the premis o
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20
A CLAIM OF s4.ooo,ooo.
America Wants Spain 10 Settle For Ertortlon.
ate Duties Levied In Cuba

MADRID. June 20.-The United Ststes
government is to be requested TO appoint
representatives to mixed commission
which is to report upon the American
claim growing out OF misinterpretAtion
Of the Cuban customs duties
WASHINGTON. June 2O-The American
claim Of 81, 10000 against Spain 10 based
upon the levying OF eKtortionste duties
and fines upon American merchants sx-
porting TO Cuba The trouble arose from
an erroneous translation OF the com
mercisl treaty, but the American con-
tention Is 80 clear that even the Spanish
government has acknowledged their
error Therefore there does not seem TO
be any warrant tor the appointment OF
commission TO clear up the error. and
his proposition Is very likely to be
pmptly rejected as merely one Of the
devices to stave OFF the inevitable day Of
repayment, which is the frequent resort
OF dlDlOm atists
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-06-20

smoke the Red star, lOc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

from Switzerland inscribed, ''This
block of stone is from the original
chapel built by William Tell in 1888,
at the very spot, Lake Lucerne, where
he escaped from Gessler."
Some of the lesser tablets are very
odd. In 1856 B. Norris & Co., loco
motive builders of Philadelphia, got
out locomotive in basrelief, carved
in marble, and, with their name and
occupation on it, the stone now occu-
pies conspicuous place. New Bed
ford, Mass. sent a stone with nothing
on it but the name of the town and
representation of big harpoon,
which, of course, at the time, told its
own story. Another old stone is a
block of granite, inscribed "From D.
D. Hitner's Quarry, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania" Mr.. Hitner's
"Quary's" fame is thus perpetuated
through countless generations.
The control of the monument is
vested with the War Department, and
it is under immediate charge of Col
onel Wilson, of the public buildings
and grounds. Congress appropriates
$12, 900 annually for its maintenance.
Chicago Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24
GIRL AERONAUT KILLED.
She Falls 1900 Feet From a Balloon
at Franklinville, N. Y.

She Falls 1900 Feet From Balloon
at Franklinville, N. Y.
Beatrice von Dresden, the young lady ball
loonist, made an ascension on the Frankhn7
vile CN. ~ fair ground at o'clock p. m,
and when over 1900 feet from the earth fell
from the balloon and was instantly killed.
She had parachute attachment, and was
either trying to loosen It and lost ner oai'
ance, or became unconscious. Great lnIer-
est was taken in the event, because MISS Won
Dresden was native of the town. In re-
cent wears. however, her home has been In
Frankfort, Ky. She bad been professional
aeronaut for tiree years, and IN that Time
has made twenty ascensions. She had Juse
passed her seventeenth birthday, and was
pretty and vivacious.
When the hour for the ascension arrived
the wind was blowing rather strong, AND
abe was advised not to make the ascension.
Her father and mother, who were present,
tried 70 dissuade her, but she declared tnat
she would not disappoint her hundreds o.
old friends, and the balloon was released
from its. moorings. It went up all right,
but somewhat more rapidly than usual.
Az a height OF about 1900 feet the crowd
below saw that Miss Won Dresden was pre-
pairing to make her parachute jump. she
appeared at the side Of the basket trying to
unfas,en the parachute, which was attached
to the balloon, In some way, not clear to
those below, she lost her hold Of both the
balloon and the parachute, and her body
came whirling to the ground. The body
struck within the fair grounds and was I'M
bedded nearly foot In the ground.
The girl had worn the costume ordinarily
worn by aeronauts. so as to give freedom OF
limb, and 1t was torn open By the force OF
her fall. She was dead when the people
reached her, and all her bones were broken.
Her father and mother wero among the first
20 reach the body and their demonstrations
Of grief were terrible. The accident broke
m rha fair
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

Virginia did not content herself Mth
one tablet, but has dozen, in which
naturally references to the "Father of
His Country" and 'Virginia's Noblest
Son" predominant. The Western States
are but poorly represented. Some of
the tablets which seem now odd and
out of place are those, some of them
very handsome, donated by the old
volunteer fire departments of the vari-
GUS cities. There are others, too, by
individual fire and hook and ladder.
companies. The chief aim of the fire
laddies of the past seems to have been
to get their individual names embla-
zoned upon the tablets of fame. Thus
every memorial sent by an engine or
hook and ladder company has the
name of every member cut in the face.
New York, Philadelphis and Baltimore
seem to have got up ferrous rivalry
as to which should have the biggest
representation in the monument.
Some of the offerings are very elabor-
ate sculptures in marble, and must
have been costly. The favorite de-
signs were representations of old hand
engines, hydrants, with hose coiled
about, fremen's hats and trumpets in
vignette, and pictures of fire laddies
rescuing women and children from
burning buildings.
OF Sunday-school tablets there is
no end. It looks as if during the ten
years before the war every Sunday
school in the Eastern States had &C
compIished memorial tablet for the
Washington monument. And the samo
with the Odd Fellows and Masons,
who have, altogether, over seventy
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24
Illimitability of Space.

GA cannon ball." says Sir John
Herschell, "would require seventeen
years to reach the sun, yet light trav-
els over the same space in eight min
utes. The swiftest bird, at its utmost
speed, would require nearly three
weeks to make the tour of the earth.
Light performs the same distance in
much less time than is necessary for a
single stroke of its wing; yet its rap
idity is but commensurate with the
distance it has to travel. It is demon
strable that light cannot reach our sys-
tenn from the nearest of the fixed stars
IN less than five years, and telescopes
disclose to us objects probably many
times more remote"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

q splash. While flying it resembles
huge dragon-fy. The motion is swift;
at first it is in a straight line, but this
becomes DETECTED to curve, the pee
toral fin on the inner side of the arc
being bent downward. The fish is
able, to some extent, to turn its course
and shy off from q vessel, although
the motion of the fish seems to have
no reference to the direction of the
wind. These fish are about eighteen
inches long. Frequently they fly in
focks.
One of the amusements of the guests
at seaside hotel near San Diego is to
spear fying-ish at night. With
torch, rowboat and spear the angler
patrols the ocean not far from shore.
The fish fly at the torch, thus becom-
ing easy victims of the spear. 1t is
novel sport to. have the fish literally
flying into the boat. Ardent sports
men have tried shooting these fish on
the wing in the daytime with some
success. San Francisco Examiner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

Thus the Capitol looks good deal
smaller than the old ship house in the
Navy Yard, a mile farther of. And
the tower of the Soldiers Home, two
miles farther away, looks twice as big
as the dome of the Capitol.
An interesting study of the monu-
ment is the tablets-the memorial
stones, which for more than genera
tion patriotic people and an admir-
ing world have been sending to adorn
the interior of the structure. These
tablets date from away back in 1S49,
and some of them are immensely
funny viewed at this late day. All
sorts and kinds of human impulse
seem to have prompted these memori-
ais. National patriotism, local pride,
corporate vanity and rivalry, religious
Zeal, private greed and hope of gain,
all these conditions are visible, and
not only visible, but palpable. Some
of the tablets are very elaborate and
must have cost great deal of money.
Those, for instance, sent by the cities
of New York and Philadelphia are
splendid specimens of marble sculp-
ture.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24
California FLYING Fish,.

Eastern anglers unacquainted with
the California flying fish find novelty
in it's peculiar habits and character
istics. Fish are supposed to confine
themselves to the water, but a fish
that can fly does what man is unable
to do successfully.
The California flying fish, which in
habits the coast from San Diego to
Monterey Bay, IS, of all flying fish of
the world, the most remarkable for
superior powers of flight. 1t is no
mere skipper, like the so-called flying
fish of the Atlantic, commonly known
as the "skipjack, but is true dier,
the same as bird. The flying fish
swims rapidly, having an exception
ally powerful tail. On rising from
the water the movements of
the tail are continued some Sec
onds until the whole body
is out of the water. While the tail is
in motion the pectoral fins vibrate
rapidly and the ventral fins are fold
ed. When the action of the tail ceases
the pectoraI and ventral fins are
spread, and, 80 far as can be seen, are
held at rest. On this plane of out
stretched fins the fish seems to sail
through the air several feet above tie
water, without any perceptible move
ment of its wings. As the fish begin
to fall the tail touches the water and
the motion of the pectoral fins begins
again, enabling the fish to continue its
fight for quarter of mile or more,
and ends by fall into the water with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

Quincy Adams, widow of another ex-
President; Chief Justice Taney, Lewis
Cass, OF Michigan; e1-President Mar
tin Van Buren, and Millard Fillmore,
who had just been nominated for
Vice-President with Zachary Taylor.
Robert G. Winthrop, the Speaker of
the House, delivered the oration, and
it will be remembered that at the final
completion of the monument and its
formal dedication, February %, 1885,
the then venerable Mr.. Winthrop was
agsin present, one of the most hon
ored guests. But for many years after
1854 the project Jagged. The associa-
tion got to the end of its money lit
had raised and spent $3.50, ,0O0) and
then the thing stopped. The monu-
ment was up 165 feet, then it was
housed over and 80 remained. Nor
was it until twenty-five years later, in
1873, that Congress could be induced
to do anything. The spirit engen-
dered in the centennial year set the
machinery in motion, and the press
and people took the matter up in such
vigorous shape that Congress made an
appropriation to begin the work of
completion. The result was that in
eight years thereafter the work was
complete. On December 6, 1854, the
capstone was set and the work ended.
It is a mistake to suppose that the
great shaft is q 'smarble column" It
is not. For the first 400 feet the main
structure is of blue granite, the lower
walls being fifteen feet thick. The
thickness of the walls decreases until
about the 450 feet level, when they
cease, and the rest of the altitude is
reached by solid blocks of marble,
from two and ope-half feet thick to
eighteen inches. Inside this, how
ever, is built an interior structure and
arch, with keystone which supports
the capstone, that weighs just one and
one-half tons.
Inside this shaft rise four iron
standards, which run from top to bot
tom of the opening. These are bolted
to the inner walls and form the frame
work of the stairs and elevator shaft.
They are marvels of strength. In
fact the whole interior of the great
shaft looks and is as strong as the
steel frame of any of Chicago's sky
scrapers. If it were possible by any
natural or other force to topple over
or disturb the Washington monument
from its perpendicular, this interior
structure alone would keep it from
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

other tablets which adorn every fifty
foot level as high as 200 feet, but above
that everything is dead blank. One
sees nothing but the dim light of the
incandescent lamps rejecting on the
cold granite walls, the steel skeleton
frame of the stairway and the endless
wind and wind and wind upward.
They were dear old lot of enthu-
siasts who conceived the monument,
and right manfully did they prosecute
the work. The movement began away
back in 1929, when Gale & Seaton,
then making enormous sums Of money
on the Government printing contracts,
first mooted the project. They got
interested with them old Peter Force,
George Watterson, Librarian of Con-
gress. and William Cranch, an old
land owner, and formed society, and
they succeeded in getting Chief JUS
tice Marshall, then in his eighty-ffth
to act as President. The first idea
was to build the monument by dollar
subscriptions, but it was soon
found this would not work. It took
the society several years to raise
$50, 900. Then they raised the 'sante, I"
80 to speak. and in short while they
had about S100, 000-enough to begin
on plans at least. Every man over
forty years oldremembers IN his school
books and current Prints pictures Of
the proposed monument to George
Washington" When the committee
was raising money they sent this print
out broadcast and thousands of them
are to-day stored away in the garrets
of the country. This was the design
of Robert Mills, at that time an arch
itect of the Capitol. His design
was huge building in the form of a
circular peristyle or colonnade $50
feet in diameter and 100 in height.
At points equidistant on the roof of
this structure were to be bronze eques-
trian statues of Washington, modelled
from studies of various incidents in his
career. From the middle of this cir
cular colonnade was to rise an obelisk
500 feet high. This design was bold,
but the society abandoned it because
of the cost, and resolved upon the
plain obeliek that we have to-day-a
lucky change, many think, for most OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-24

Everything about the elevator gives
way to safety precautions. The safety
clutches are double clutches. The
frame of the elevator is light but made
of the best of steel. The elevator is
limited to thirty people, but it would
carry weight three times that number.
But it runs very slow-another meas
ure-and no amount ofpersuation will
induce the elevator man to get move
on him. After looking at the shaft
from distance one is surprised to
how much room there is in the plat
form from which q visitor looks out
over the country. On each of the
four faces of the pyramidal cap are
two lookout windows. From the ground
they do not look larger than bulls
eyes, but once up there there is room
for ten people at each window. Fifty
people can move about on the upper
landing and never once get in each
others way. The view from this land
ing is one of the grandest ever spread
before the human eye. 1t makes a
nervous person shake a little, and not
every one cares to glance downward
to the base of the shaft, for the effect
is disturbing. By the laws of per-
spective, parallel lines converge in
the distance, and the effect of this is
that the base of the monument, by
of its two visible corners,
seems smaller at the bottom than at
the top, and the sensation is that the
whole shaft is just about to topple
over. By the same laws of perspec-
tive objects not 80 far away look
smaller, even though they be larger
than those in the greater distance.