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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14
Ex.PREsIDENT ROBINSON DEAD.

Rev. T.. G.. Robinson. ID. D., IL. D., for
merly president OF Brown University,
died at the Boston City Hospital yester-
day afternoon, having been under treat
ment for abdominal tumor.
DIR. Robinson was born ut Attleboro,
Mass, March 23, 1915, and was lineal de-
scendant of George Robinson, one of the
original purchasers Of the town OF Reho-
both.
During DIR. Robinson's boyhood he re-
ceived every educational advantage, at
tending the common school for some
time, and afterward studied at Days
Academy, Wrentham, and the Paw
tucket Academy. and was fitteN for
college at New Hampton, New Hampshire.
In 1884 he entered Brown University,
graduating with high honors in 1888, and
he immed lately entered the Newton Theo-
logical Seminary.
After his graduation in 1912 he was or
dained pastor OF the Baptist Church, Nor
folk, Va, where he remained three years
and during portion of this time be was
also chaplain of the University OF Vir-
ginia.
During the next 80 years DIR. Robinson
served as pastor OF churches in Kentucky,
Ohio and New York, teaching in var
ious seminaries and in 1872 he ac-
cepted the position OF president
of Brown University which he
held for number of years. Previous to
that time he had been editor OF the Chris
tian Review and in 1855 his translation of
"Neander's Planting and Training OF the
Christian Church" was published.
In 1914 DIR. Robinson married Harriet
Parker, and his wife and one son survive
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kins, Joseph e. Fletcher, William H.
Wing.
Finance = George l.. Shepley, John
Shepard, Jr., Walter A. Peck.
Athletics-George q. Harrington, Ed
ward II. Tingley, Howard L. Perkins,
House Committee-Walter A. Peck,
stephen Waterman, A. Tingley Wall, A.
Curtis Tingley, George L. 6hspley.
Card Games-George III. Robinson,
Walter II. Barney, George III. Newhail,
Jesse b. Sweet, James A. George.
The Club House STAFF.
Following are the heads of departments
attached to the club house stan:
6uperintendent-H. Il. Chadwick.
Steward-Walter u. Earle.
Head Bookkeeper-William Wade.
Gymnasium Directory. q. Doldt.
In Charge OF Billiard Room-George
McDermott.
Turkish Baths--Jeremiah Murphy.
Head Waiter-E. O. Thompson (former-
ly Quincy House, Boston).
The Club telephone 10 1873.
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RRovlDENCE. u. L

The series of short excursions planned for
the coming summer by Messrs Raymond a
Whitcomb is unusually complete. II includes
5s trips of to 2l days in length tn the various
resorts OF New England, Canada and tho
Middle States. Among the places to
be visited are tie White, Adirondack
and Green Mountains, Moosehead
Lake, Mt Desert and the Maritime Provinces.
the Hudson River. Lake George. Ausable
Chasm. Montreal. Quebec, and the saguenay,
Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls and the Thou
sand Islands. The program leaves nothing to
be desired in the way of comprehensiveness
or interest, and the system under which the
tours are carried out is complete in every de-
tail. A book which may be obtained without
charge Of Raymond & Whitcomb. 296 WASH
ington street. Boston, gives full infor nation.
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baths, ETC., but part OF the house holds
OF memb bers may actually become men,
bers OF the club by payment Of a small fee
and use their department. as freely as the
men themselves. From the first this idea
was incorporated into the scheme OF or
ganization OF the club--to open il as far
as possible to the families of men,
bers. Here on the third floor is
a large cafe devoted TO ladies alone
where the men may only be admitted
when accompanied by the fair sex or
by their gracious permission. There Is a
private dining room, too, writing rooms
and n morning room. The ladies' de-
partment Ii a complete club house by IT
self, a feature that has up to this time
been introduced in but very few clubs.
What a Joy it will be after the theater
OF during the shopping hours.
The ladies' reception room, as was noted
in the foregoing, IL right at the en-
trance to the club house, on
the first floor, and from this the
ladies NAV 20 by their own corridors
with perpetual right OF way to their own
bowling alleys and, ct stated hours, to the
Turkish baths and swimming pool.
Club Quarters.
The splendid general club room IL on
the second floor at the front OF the build
ing. II is q magnificent hall and on the
same floor are a library, card rooms, writ
ing room, etc. The entire back
srea of this floor In devoted
70 . billiard hall big sneush 10 contain
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tel piece. From this hall a view is had
down the long corridor, while to the
right rises stairway of noble proportions
and design. On this floor is the Cover
nor's room, barber shop, lunch room, and
cloak and coat rooms.
Two plunger elevators will give you
transportation up and down the building.
IL you should go at once to the top story
you would find your way to the Kitchen
department and this would be about AZ
interesting as anything in the
building. The kitchen Is on q grand
scale. The enormous range is capable of
beauty and bigness. Big bronze chowdsr
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THE GRAND STAIRWAY.

name to the board OF governors for
election.
There is more pleasure and profit for
the money available from membership In
the Athletic Club than Is to be obtained
by most any investment you can think OF.
Who Built 1t.
Gould, Angel & Swift OF Providence
are the architects.
b. Horton 81 Son, the Providence
contractors, built the building.
Narragansett Machine Co., Providence,
set up the gymnasium.
The Washburn shops of Worcester fur
nished the elevators.
=. a. j. Tierney of Providence did the
plumbing.
A. Il. Franklin of Boston installed the
heating and ventilating plant.
Gannett a. Co. of Providence were the
electricians.
Duparquet, Boston, set up the kitchen.
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eight tables, and where are now set up
pool tables, the production Of
the Garden City people. There Is
ample space here on raised platform
for spectators OF the interesting games.
The cues are things OF great beauty. The
arrangement OF lights Is absolutely cor
rect and finished, and the hall itself il one
of the handsomest In the building.
Underneath Everything.
What the daily life of tine club will not
disclose but which are OF immense
interest, and while 1T Is clean
and new very attractive, are the
arrangements for heating and ventilating
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the floor with the kitchen are the boxing
and fencing rooms. II You are =
interested In these branches OF NJ
athletics you will observe with
pleasure how lofty the rooms
are and how free from obstruc- W.
tions OF any sort they are. The Nh
lights and branch burners are N
out OF the way OF single stick N
and foil. The doors are de- Wi
signed to avoid breaking into MI
the rooms. All
On this floor also il the gal Mi
lery Of tho gymnasium and VII
the gallery carries the finest 1Ik
running track in the world. Yin
From the gallery you may look IAN
down on the gymnasium with i'm
its magnificent equipment of 4 llN
over 600 pieces OF apparatus 10
from the Narragansett Ma
chine Company. Such an as II
semblage OF apparatus presents
Q wonderfully fine spectacle TO
the average visitor. and to him who Is
acquainted with fine gymnasiums nothing
can be more thoroughly satisfactory than
this splendid athletic plant. New, clean
and bright, the apparatus presents fairly
glittering spectacle, and there is no line
OF work contemplated for physical devel-
opment that Will not here find its own
peculiar piece of mechanism for it.
Adjoining the gymnasium is the testing
room, and here will be found every sort OF
instrument for taking preliminary exam
nations and keeping track of physical
progress.
Professor Doldt, one OF the most ex-
perienced and capable instructors in the
country, will have charge OF the gymna-
sium.
There is spiral staircase running from
the track on the fifth floor to the baths in
the basement, giving access to the
different departments on the way down.
The Cafes.
The whole front of the fourth floor, at
the back of which is the big gym,
is the club dining room with coat room,
lavatories, etc. The dining room overlooks
Weybosset street, and the big bay window
is an attractive feature OF it..
There is also spacious private
| dining room on this floor, and the service,
room arrangements and equipments are
an important and interesting feature.
The bill OF fare is elaborate and COM
plete, and the prices are made with a view
| to making the cafe popular with all
| classes of the membership.
| Down stairs on the third floor are eight
| spacious sleeping rooms with the lockers
| and dressing rooms associated with the
| gymnasium. There are bath rooms here
| also with shower, needle baths and every
appurtenance of athletic training in this
| direction.
The Ladies' Department.
! On this floor also il an important part
| of an important feature OF the Athletic
Association, the cafe and reception rooms
| of the ladies' department.
Under the rules of the Association ladies,
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those who have followed its progress will
hardly go prepared on Saturday to see all
they will see there. The conception
and execution of the Associations plans
have in a word set up on Weybosset street
an institution, as important a building,
as noble work altogether as far advanced
and as creditable to the city as were the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14

voted to planning for the club house,
selecting and securing q site. Following
are the officers Of the club:
Officers:
President-George L. Shepley.
Vice presidents-A. Tingley Wall, A.
Curtis Tingley.
Secretary-William M. p. Bowen.
Treasurer-John Shepard, Jr.
Alonxo z. Flint, Walter A. Peck, John
Shepard, Jr,.A. Curtis Tinglsy, VIII
Charles II. Rowland, Edward Il.
Tingley, william II. Wing, Hiram
Kendall, Howard l.. Perkins, Will
liam M. p. Bowen, George G. Harrington,
George L. Shepley, A. Tingley Wall.
Baths-A. Curtis Tingley, william ~.
p. Bowen, William A. Leets.
pulArds and Bowlins-Howeea II ~.
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najah OF llnboa win Catch 1t.

The HAGUE, June i4--A telegram from
Batavia says that the governor general OF
the Netheriind Indies will send an ex-
pediton of $500 men and five warships 10
punish the R'jah OF Timbok. for mis-
government OF mis- territory and disregard
of the Dutch sovereign.
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the baths and the elaborate organization
OF the gymnasium. There is moth
ing anywhere that has not been the
subject of the utmost care and study and
the product is the result OF expert super
vision, and comparative examination, de-
partment by department. and piece by
piece, OF the leading athletic and
social club equipment In the country.
The Providence A. A. has not only
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14

excepting the handsome Y. NJ. G. A.
Buildings complete from massive foun-
dation walls to the tall mast surmounting
3ts front from which will fly the Star
epangled Banner and the club burgee.
On Saturday next 1t will be ready for in
epcction and after the opening day VIII
begin its career OF usefulness and
pleasure with ihe finest gymnasium
IN tho land, bowling alleys, billiards, cafe,
baths, and every accessory of both an ath-
1otic and social club of the first rank.
A Realizing Sense.
Today It is safe to say not hundred
persons outside the men who have
kuilt the Providence Athletic Associa-
Non clubhouse realize one half
What IL is that stands there
@ imposingly overlooking the broad high
way and indeed the whole city ITSELF IL
the Industrial Trust Building doesn't get
On the way.
On Saturday next thousands will gaze
bewildered and delighted at its immensity.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14
TAII-ENDERS.
Coming.

Coming.
Oh, there is good time coming
And IL we can only wait
We will see IL amblng swiftly
BY our own front gate,
Oh, then we can stretch our hands out
And seize IL by the hand.
And when we've got IL 90 that IL
Can't slide away or change bit,
Won't we just hallelujah shout,
The hsppiest in the land.
Not He.
stretcher Ceiling q story)-"And then
he took water"
Listener-"Whof"
"Why, Guxzlcr."
"Now look herei 1T been wondering II
that story wasn't fake and now l know
that you are contemptibie lar"
just Alike.
He thought that love was like poem.
But now on that no banks,
Because his love has been declined,
Quite recently, with thanks.
The Reason why.
Jsmes-s1 wonder why II IL that / never
have . cold nowf"
Gsorss-"PrObably because you can't
borrow one."
What They Say.
BASEBALL baseball BASEBALL
Here IL every day
Everybody's saying
Naybs 0rayb ean'tDsA
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the best but the cleverest, the very newest
and the most original--plsnned on q
mammoth scale and executed with fidelity
and expertnexs TO the smallest detail.
The Athletic Department.
OF fsll this. however, q run through the
building can give but On impression. On
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around the catacombs. The swimming
pool adjoining is splendid basin, big and
wide and deep, with mosaic bottom.
A special feature OF the bath department
is'a separate private Turkish bath system
complete for those desiring their own
attendants and lounging room.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14

this large structure. 1t is as fascinating
TO the intelligent observer as the kitchen
outfit on the top floor. The
big double boilers and the air
circulating plant, the electrical and
elevator equipments all on mammoth
scale, are well worth visit next Saturday.
They give you the same idea OF
what is required to run the institution as
it does to visit the bowels of an Atlantic
liner and watch the great engines work.
Here in the basement, too, are the stand
ard bowling alleys, three OF them, the
rifle and pistol ranges, the bicycle
- storage rooms, and the
SM magnificently arranged
TX 6SE Turkish and Russian
sslSzgss~- baths, the hot air and
fl - the steam rooms OF which
- open into a resonant ro-
tunda, two stories high and domed, ent-
rance 60 which inspires you to holler out
loud and hear your own voice echo
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14

pots glisten and in the big closets the
shining pans and pots and kettles and
crockery are delight to the eye and
treat to the reason.
A detailed description OF the various
departments of this big club house is out
of the Question. The committees
will explain them to you next
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Narragansett Hotel and the City Hall
when those splendid structures gave to
Providence new fame and name. Out
side, the great and simply adorned struc-
ture Is impressive; and within it develops
new delights and surprises, impressions
which words cannot convey.
In otkor words, when you visit the Ath-
letic Associations building on Saturday,
be prepared not only to see pretty good
thing, but to see a cluD house that In Its
proportions and all its appointments
ranks with anything OF the sort in the
United States.
A General Impression.
The boards across the grand entrance
to the building came down today and
there was disclosed charmingly
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spicuous for q big bronze
bay, through the plate
glass of which a view is
had Of the Office. On
either side is the ladies'
reception room and q Wis
itors' room. Passing in, a
wide hHff opens 70 view
a great, spacious, hand
some place with q big
- --a
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and electric fixtures are harmoniously
strong and graceful without being dainty.
The furniture Is yet to be put In but 1t
to that kind OF luxury which Is substan-
tial There In nothing wanted and at the
same time there Is nothing wasted.
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The Anthony & Cowell Company fur
nish the house.
c. II. Angel & Co., Providence, tinted
the walls.
Wood, Bicknail & Potter furnished the
table crockery and glass ware.
Silverware is from the Gorham Manu-
featuring Company.
Officers of the Club.
The Providence Athletic Association
was Incorporated Nav /, 1891, and orga-
nized May %, 1891. Two years we're de-
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Membership.

In the first place every body ought to be-
long TO the Athletic Club-just as every
body ought to qualify as q citizen and ex-
ercise the right OF suffrage.
The membership now numbers over nine
hundred. The dues are $25 year.
Any member of the club will take your
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Saturday. Everything from the
exceedingly clever appointments
and up -date cooking and serving de-
vices of the kitchen to the grand plan of
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of the Athletic pulld-
ing's interior. The walls
are finished In solid
colors, with the massive
wood work in compli-
mentary shades. These
colors are inexpressibly
handsome. While In the
ladies' department deli
cate tones prevail, the
usual effects are strong
and uncompromising.
Rich yellows, tans, reds,
blues, greens and, indeed, /,
almost universally the
bofdest kind Of colors
give to the walls Q splens
dor that is bound TO be
an enduring delight 10
the eye.
so also Is the wood
work-as, for instance the
balustrade OF the stair
way, the treatment OF
which IL remarkable for
strength and simplicity,
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and children, too, are not only eligible
to visit the clubhouse and use its convent
ences, enjoy its facilities, indulge in the
gymnasium work, have access to the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-14
Architectural and Decorative.

The architects OF the Association, Gould,
Angel and Swift, are likely to win a new
fame from this splendid work OF theirs.
So, too, are the building and house COM
mittees appointed by the Board OF Cover
nors of the club. When it is contemplated
that this splendid structure, with its
elaborate equipment and furnishings,
complete in every detail for cosmopoli-
tan club, comprising both athletic and
social features, OF SURPRISING worth In
all its features, costs matter only OF
about s125, 900, II may readily be conceded
that the work has been done as cconom-
ically as it has been done thoroughly.
The Providence Athletic Associations
Building is eminently practical institu-
tion. There is absolutely nothing want
ing in ii and on the other hand there 10
not a cents worth OF frills or ginger bread
work about it. It's beauty Is the beauty of
absolute simplicity. Stately and imposing
in its outer aspect, it Is beautiful, shape
iy, substantial and splendid within. 1t is
solid and strong, almost heroic in its
proportions, befitting gentle
mans athletic club. The harmony Of
its broad and lofty lines Is irresissibly at
tractive. Its beauty lies in this harmony,
and in its massive strength.
The treatment OF walls and ceilings,
associated with the polished floors, has
much to do with the splendid beauty
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"THE HOUSE COM

/. 'sSSSA-1 specticn of men,
= bers and guests, both ladies and gentle
men, on Saturday, June 16, from until
~ O'Clock d. m.
"Reeves' American Band Orchestra will
be In attendance from until 8 and from
q until II o'clock.
additional guest tickets may be pro-
cured from any member of the committee.
The house will be opened to members
ind the club service maintained there
after, according to house rules.
"WALTER A. PECK,
STEPHEN WATERMAN,
A. TINGLEY WALL,
A. CURTIS TNGLEY,
House Committee"
This notification opens the door of the
magnificent new building which for year
has been under process of erection at the
corner OF Weybosset and Potter streets.
The imposing club house--by all odds
the most pretentious private institution
pf whatever character in the State, not
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-08-31
LATER NEWS.

President CLEVELAND left Buzzlris Bay,
Mass, for Washington.
THOMAS HARPER returned to his homenear
Pittsburg, Penn, from ten days hunting
trip to fad his wife dead AMI her body torn
by her two starving babies.
A11x trotted at Washington Park, Chi
cago, in 2O515, beating Nancy Hanks's
record of 2.061l.
HENRY DAINGERFIELD, one OF the first
citizens of Alexlndria, Va, AMI gran lson
Of Reverdy Johnson, oonnitte suicide.
MANY errors which will have costly results
have been discovered in the new Tariff bill.
They make the bill, according to Treasury
officials, the worst drawn measure ever pre-
sented to the department. No ap-
preparation has been made for put
ting into effect the income tax provisions.
The Collectors of Internal Revenue can do
nothing, under these circ rcumstances, in the
direction of preparing to collect the tax.
WILLIAM CURNEw's house at st. Carls,
New Foundland, was destroyed by fire. ami
three children of a family named Rose, liv-
ing near Curnew, were burned to death.
THE Japanese were driven successively
from Ping-Yang and Chung Ho with heavy
loss each tine.
BY the swamping of a racirE yacht at St.
John, New Brunswick, eight ofthe crew Of
twelve were drowned.
THERE have been twenty-one cholera
deaths in the village OF Nidzwedzen, Fast
Prussia.
The abdication of King Alexander, of Ser
via, in behalf of his father, Milan, was said
to be imminent.
THE Connecticut Prohibitionists, at New
Haven, unanimously nominated De Witt G..
Pond, of Hartford, for Governor.
The Tennessee Republicans nominated ex-
CONGRESSMAN Henry Clay Evans for Gov
ernor.
JOHN T. CALLAHAN was convicted at New
Orleans of demanding and receiving bribe
Of $500 while a member of the City Council.
w. B. THOMPSON was taken from Jail at
klamath Falls, Oregon, and lynched by a
mob. Thompson was held in jail on small
charge but had a bad reputation.
THOMAS J. MAJORS was nominate / for Gov
ernor BY the Nebraska Republicans.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND passed through
Jersey City on his way home from Gray
Gables. He arrived in Washington at $50
p. N.
JAPAN announces that on June 80 the King
of Korea declared himself independent, re-
nounced Chinese treaties, and then called on
Japan for help.
PRESIDENT PE1xoTo placed Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, in the hands of troops, but his friends
say little rioting is the worst that can hap
pen.
The Prussian Government is blocking the
! Russian frontier against cholera.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-08-31
Foreign.

FIFTY THOUSAND japanese troops have
been landed in Korea, AMI reinforcements
are constantly arriving there.
CAPTAIN HAFF declared that the victory
If the Satanita IN the race for the Town cup
At Ryde was "a put-up JOB, as the Vlgilant
was almost constantly interferred with by
he Britannia.
A REPORT of the death of the King OF Siam
gas brought by the steamer Tacoma, from
China and Japan. The rumor was current
n Hong Kong when she left that port, ami
he British warship Rather had gone into
Iamese waters in anticipation OF possible
rouble.
A FIGHT occurred recently between john
Merritt. the American superintendent, MS
assistants and ABOUT fifty Mexican miners at
he Anita Mine, in the Florencla Dlstrlcf,
Texic0. Merritt and three MeXlcans We're
Iilled.
AJAPANEsE cruiser OF the tfrst-class has
,pen sunk by the Chinese warship Tst-luen
II the battle of Yashen Korean troops 1ougdt
IN the japanese side.
A FORCE sent by the Bosrs against the
narauding Kaffirs in the TranSvaai, South
Africa has Deen defeate4.
A PERSISTENT spread OF cholera in several
districts OF East Prussia was reported
Cholerine is raging in Paris.