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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
A FIRST-RATE PLANK.

The Republicans of Bell County, Ken.
tucky, are evidently loyal. patriotic, and
far-seeing Americans. Here is a plank
in their platform which we commend to
Republicans and Democrats and Ameri-
cans Of every political faith:
We favor the annexation OF Hawaii 20 the
United States and control Of the Nicaraguan
Canal by the same Government, and we op-
pose any Intervention by our country in the af-
fairs Of the nation Of other hemispheres. in ac-
cordanco with the advice OF Mr.. Washington,
and we are as bitterly opposed 10 any foreign
power securing territory in or about the
Central American country; or, in other words
we ask for the enforcement Of tho Monroe
doCtrinp
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
LOTS OF EARTHQUAKES.

The calamity that has thrown Florence
and adjacent cities in sudden gloom is
one of an unusual number of earthquakes
that have been recorded during the year.
These disturbances have Travelled al
most from pole TO pole. Spain.
Italy, and Greece, in Europe; Persia and
japan and other parts OF Asia; the Pa
cihc Islands, and little Connecticut
town have all had an earthquake expe-
riepce in recent months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
THE PARK PROPERTY.

III the city of Providence needs and
wants that additional park property, it
ought to have it and pay fair price for
it. If the city doesn't want it, its repre-
sentatives ought never to have begun
the negotiations for it. The park COM
mission is on record as declaring that
they want the property and that SAC, 900
is fair price to pay for it. Let's
hear from them again aud let
the opinion be unbiased by any howls of
interested persons and press that makes
bowling at something or other sub
stitute for printing the news. We
doubt if the Union Railroad Company
cares much about selling so long as
What Cheer Cottage and the gateway
building alone already net good per
centage on the price asked for the whole
property-a price as TO which experts"
have given the usual varigated testi-
mony.
This expert business by the way is
calculated to induce that tired feeling.
All the experts so far have been selected
by the city officials, aud they have dis
agreed-very little, to be sure, but still
disagreed. We guess that condemnation
proceedings would result in placing the
value of the land and buildings far
above the price asked-unless, indeed.
the fact that the property happened to be
owned by corporation blinded
the eyes To common business fairness
as 1t does the eyes OF so many good
persons nowadays. But the only way
to arrivea at an estimate fair to both parties
to the proposed transaction, is not by
employing bull experts or bear
experts, or corporation sympathizers, or
anti-corporation howlers. Let the city
appoint one. the Union Railroad one,
and these two a third, aud then we shall
see what we shall see, and the result
will be worth having good opinion of.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
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Don't Hit Russell Sage.
Boston Herald.

Those who recall Lawyer Choate's fierce de-
nunciaton of Uncle Russell Sage in court re-
Gently rs a mean and miserly old skinfiint
who was capable Of removing the
pennies from dead mans eyes,
can get another estimate of the
old mans character by perusing Mr..
Depew's address delivered on the occasion Of
the dedication Of Sage Hall the other day In
Troy, where Mr.. Sage has erected a beautiful
dormitory which is to be part Of a seminary
established In that city, and is intended as a
memorial to Mrs. Sage. Mr.. Depew's tribute
TO the millionaire's generosity Is some
thing very touching and shows an ap-
probation of Mr.. Sage's characteristics
that is not shared by all the people of New
York, who think they know something about
the old mans fondness for every dollar Of his
illions. However, IL might be we'll for those
who have not yet made sl25 900 donation TO a
seminary to refrain from calling Uncle Russell
Sage bad names until they have matched his
latest gift.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
Cupid In q Cigar Box.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

While on the Knights Of Pythias trip t.
Washington Encampment, last year, To
Mccullough, deputy postmaster. refused q
cigar, and, as the result, the box. which wa.
afterward emptied, was thrown over to him
and, carelessly, he began TO write on the lid
with his pencil. He wrote his name and ad
dress among other things. and at last be
thoughtlessly threw the box out of the car win.
dow. He got letter two weeks after he re-
turned home, in which a young lady, the
writer. stated that she had found the box nd
saw his name on 1t. She had thought it good
chance TO have some fun, and wrote to him.
The correspondence has been going on ever
since, and the result is that he went to Mount
Union. Pa, last night, announcing that when
he returned he would not be alone. The ro-
nance has attracted a great deal of attention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
IN A NUTSHELL.

In this hour of general rejoicing at the
ignominious collapse of one of the most
disreputable assaults on thrift and enter.
prise that the legislat ion Of any country
has ever undertaken, it is inspiring to
recall the sound words of that splendid
lawyer, Associate Justice FIELD, the
venerable dean of the Supreme Court
with the SHOWS of 20 winters in his
beard and the experience of generation
Of service on the Supreme Bench-the
following uncompromising language
delivered as a tonic to his spineless
associates who before declined to help
sweep the law out of existence:
IF the provisions of tn, constitution can be
set aside by an act OF Congress, where is the
course Of usurpation to end2 The present
assault upon capital Is but the beginning It
will be but the stepping stone to Others larger
and more sweeping, till our political contests
will become war of the poor against the
rich; war constantly growing in intensity
and bitterness.
IF the court sanctions the power OF dis
elimination in taxation, and nullifes the
uniformity mandate OF the constitution, as
said one who has made all his life n study OF
our institutions. IL will mark the hour when
the sure decadence of our present govern
ment will commence"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
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King of fPennsylyania Farmers
New York Tribune.


James Young. known as "the king of Penn
sylvania farmers" died in Middletown,
Penn. on Saturday last. rs years old. In
earlier life ho made considerable money In
business ventures which he invested In farms.
These splendid farms" says the Pbiladel-
phia Record" "are the admiration OF all
who have seen them. Fences. barns,
and residences are all nicely painted. Around
each farm is o driveway. and Mr.. Young
would get in his carriage and drive around
his farms 70 inspect them. He kept scores Of
fine horses and hundreds OF cattle. Colonel
Young managed his farm on as correct plan
as he would have conducted any other busi-
ness, His farms all adjoin. and are by far the
most valuable In the eastern part of the
United states. IL was Colonel Young's
pleasure to have friends visit him and his
hospitality was exceedingly generous.
register OF visits at home
contains the names of tho Duke of Suther-
land. Generals Grant, sherman and Sheridan,
ex-Presdents Rutherford b. Hayes. Arthur,
and Harrison. governors, United States Sem
ators, Congressman. and distinguished men in
all the walks of life. He was also interested
in industrial enterprises, being president of
the American Tube Company. director in
the Lochlel Rolling Mill, a director In the
Harrisburg. Mount Joy g. Lancaster Railroad
Company; a director in tho Farmers Bank
of Middletown; In the First National
Bank of Lebanon in the First
National Bank of Steelton, and In the
Merchants National Bank of Harrisburg.
He was also director in the Harrisburg koll-
ing Mills Company, president Of the Cameron
Furnace Company, director in the Penn
sylvania'Steel Works, n director in the Ian
caster Electric Railway. and a director In the
Harrisburg and Steelton electric railways. He
was made member of the State Board of Agri-
culture by Governor Hartranft in 1877; and
was still a member OF the board at the time
of his death. A widow and four children
survive him
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
NAT. EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

The National Educational Association,
which is TO meet in Denver in July.
is one of the largest and most importan {
educational bodies in existence It was
organized at Philadelphia in 1857; it has
held thirty three annual meetings at
various cities in the country, hav-
ing gone as far west AS San Fran
cisco, as far east as Boston, north to
Toronto, and south to Nashville. The
attendance at these meetings has varied
from few hundred, in the early history
OF the organization, to 1900 at Madi-
son, Wisconsin, in 1885, and $4,000 at
San Francisco in 1888. The association
is incorporated in the District of Colum-
bia and is managed and controlled by a
board of trustees. It's objects are To
elevate the character and advance the
interests Of the profession Of teaching
and to promote the cause of popular ed
ucation in the United States. The per-
sonnel of this great organization is
eminent in scholarship and culture.
Prominent universities and colleges of
the country like Harvard, Princeton,
Columbia, and Michigan are usually rep
resented both by the presidents and
members Of the faculties to whom are
assigned numbers on the program.
The president this year is DR.. MICH
oLAs MURRAY BUTLER of Columbia
College. so in the lower schools, both
public and private, and in interests akin
to education, the association is repre-
sented. The afternoons of three days
of the annual convention are occu-
pied by the 12 departments,
each one of which has its indie
pendent organization with presid-
Ing officers, and each one Of which has
carefully prepared program, pertain
ing TO the subject in the interests of
which the department. is organized.
These departments are: kindergarten,
elementary, secondary, higher, normal,
manual, and industrial; art, music, busi-
ness, child study, and the Herbart Club.
Evidence OF eager interest in arrange
ments coming from cities scattered from
Boston to San Francisco. and from st.
Paul to Galveston, months before the
date of the convention, show
an unprecedented turning of eyes
in anticipation toward this an
nual school event of the United States,
and bespeak for Denver the biggest
gathering in the history of the associa-
tion. Manifestations of interest in the
are being received from ali
parts Of Colorado, and assurances are
in that the school people and
their friends will unite their efforts to
make the convention, so far as Colorado
is concerned, an unqualified
success. The railroads are Offering
glittering excursion rates, there are
plenty Of good hotels in Denver,
facilities are going to be
fine, and everything is to be done to con-
tribute to the JOY and the convenience
Of the army of teachers.
Mr.. WALTER BALLoU JACOBS is the
excursion tnurager of the Rhode Island
contingent and he can tell all inqurers
III about it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
Proposals for Building School
House on Greeley Street.
ofice of the Clerk Of Committees,


SEALED PROPOSALS, addressed TO the under
signed, chairman Of the committee city prop
erty will be received at the Office OF the suEerin-
tendent Of Public buildings, City Hall. until
MONDAY, May q, 1895, at TWELN D N7) O'CLOCK
NOON, for building school house on the city lot
on Greeley street.
Plans and specihcatio may be seen at tho
ohee OF Martin q Hall. Architects, 6o2 Industrial
Trust Building Providence, RI
The bid for the mason's work including a bank
wall carpenters work, painting. plastering and
gas piping TO be In one proposal; the bid for
plumbing TO be In one proposal; and the bid for
heating ana ventilating to be In one proposal.
No bid Will be considered unless accom- panied bv
a certified cheek for a sum equal TO ten (lO) per
cent OF the amount Of the contract, as guarantees
that said contract will be signed within ten days
OF the date OF acc sptance, and IL said
contract Is not signed within ten days
from the date OF sceeptance, said sum of ten per
cent. viii be retained aud held for the sc Of the
City as liquidated damages on account of failure
TO sign said contract within ten days from the date
Of acceptance.
The committee reserves the right to reject any
or ali bids.
by order of DAVID BURTON
Chairman OF the Committee on City Property.
ID. +. HAYDEN, Clerk of Committees.
mis-I0t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
Her Idea OF Suffrage.
Philadelphia Record.

THIIadeIphIA RECORD.
The controlling spirit of the State conven-
ton of Kings Daughters. which held its
opening session ut the Chambers Presby terian
Church yesterday, is Mrs. Frank NJ. Good
child, tho energetic secretary of the organi-
cation. Mrs. Goodchild, who Is the wife
of the pastor of the Spruce Street
Baptist Church, is also bright. witty
woman, as is evidenced by the follow
ing conversational incident. which took
place at the close of yesterdays meeting:
"Now. don't you think every woman should
have a voter" earnestly queried rather severe
looking member of the order, addressing Mrs.
Goodchild. II don't know about that" quietly
responded the State Secretary. with merry
twinkle In her eye. "but do think that every
woman ought to have q voter"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
OUR MONEY.

AS preface TO an occasional observa-
tion on currency and money, let us sug-
gest that the following information is
worth learning by every young and old
American. Some of it may be useful to
settle wagers when discussion arises as
10 what is currency and what is legal
tender, and what is just something that
we hand around. Here are the precise
things which constitute the different
kinds Of currency now in circulation in
the United States, and to what extent
each is a legal tender.
The Government is responsible for the
redemption of five classes of paper cur
rency which it has issued: U Legal
tender notes issued during the war as
promssory notes; (2) Treasury notes of
1890, issued in the purchase of silver
bullion; (3) Currency certificates issued
for legal-tender notes deposited with
the Government; (D Gold certificates
issued for gold deposited; and (5) Silver
certificates issued for silver deposited.
As TO the legal-tender functions Of our
various kinds of currency. gold coin is
legal tender in all payments, without
any limit as to amount.
The silver dollar of the acts of 1892,
1887, and 1878 is full legal tender 10
any amount. (The trade dollar has no
legal-tender qualifications now)
All fractional silver coin now minted
is legal tender to the amount of ten
dollars.
Minor coin is legal tender to the
amount OF twenty-five cents.
United States notes ("greenbacks y
are legal tender in payment OF all
debts, public and private, except for
duties on imports aud interest on the
public debt.
God certificates are not a legal
tender, but may be issued in payment Of
interest on the public debt, and are re-
ceivable in payment of customs, taxes,
and all public dues.
Silver certificates are not a legal
'ehueI, UuI are reCelVaDle Tor customs,
taxes, and all public dues.
Currency certificates are not a legal
tender for any purpose, but may be
counted as part of the lawful money
reserve of banks, and may be accepted
in the settlement OF clearing house bal
ances.
United States Treasury notes of 1890
are legal tender in payment of all
debts, public and private, and are re-
ceivable for customs, taxes and all pub
lie dues. They may be counted as "a
part of the lawful reserve Of the banks,
and are redeemable, like the legal ten
ders, In gold or silver coin, in the dis
cretion of the Secretary of the Treasury
which discretion he has never exercised,
or there would have been no trouble
about maintaining the gold reserve.
National bank notes are not a legal
tender, except that they are receivable !
for all dues to the United States, except |
duties on imports, and for all debts and |
demands owing by the United States,
except interest on the public debt and |
IN redemption of the national currency.
Each national bank is required to receive
1t par, for any debt or liability to it, the
notes OF every other national bank.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
They Are Now Ready-Made

Good news to the student, as we'll as to the
man who wishes to furnish his library effec-
lively, is the report that is published in an
other column by the Paine Furniture Co. OF
Boston Ii seems that the winged tables SO
convenient In libraries, clubs, etc., are now
carried regularly in the stock OF furniture of
these warerooms. and are available at very
low cost. There Is nothing more convenient
in a library than one Of these overhanging
tables.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

am bogey man
With big "B" and small ''m."
i am likewise reformer,
With an ''R" 80 large
That IL reaches to the top
OF the Industrial Trust Building,
And straddles the town
From the Seekonk
To the confines OF the Tenth Ward.
With its best leg
Firmly planted In the Tenth Ward.
And.tbe other resting ON the sliding sands
OF the Seekonk.
II hopeothe other leg
Won't slip into the Seekonk.
For that would tip me over,
And have been tipped over SO many times
That don't relish IT,
When open my mouth.
All the world
Listens and grows tired
Because they are on to me.
And know that my mouth Is my strong point,
And that there is no limit TO 10.
And you can't stop 10 up
Any more than you could
Plug universal space.
can make more noise with IL
Than forty.fve steam calliopes
All working together,
And 10 amounts to about as much.
And when behold the Providence Journal
Taking me seriously.
feel like going off in the woods
And larfing.
Think Of The Journal and mo
No, me and The Journal
Hand in hand
Meandering the daisied fields togetheri
charming, living picture Of
Stupid and Pslicky!
! only hope I'll be able 10
Keep this thing mp all summer.
And IL my mouth holds out will.
And then. next fall
Me and Rathy and Ned Bassett--
Bless their innocent soulsl-
Will stand mp and pose for the
Three Gracesl
And the greatest Of these will be
ME-!
Yours for reform, q. J. W.
p. ST. hope the editor will not publish my
name, as I really didn't write this.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
Proposals for Building a Bank
Wall at Roger Williams Ave.
nue. School House.
once Of the Clerk OF Committees.

city Hall, May 30, 1895.
SEALED PROPOSALS, addressed 10 the under
signed, Chairman of the Comm ttee City Prop
erty, will be received the Office OF the superin-
tendent OF Public Buildings City Hall, (where the
plans and specifications may be seem for building
bank wall coping granite steps, etc, at the school
house estate on Roger Wi liams avenue. corner Of
Elmwood avenue, until MONDAY, May 9th, 1895,
at twelve (12) O'Clock. noon.
No bid will be considered unless accompanied by
a certified check for sum equal TO ten (lO) per
cent. OF the amount OF the contract as a guarantee
that said contract will be signed within days OF
the date OF acceptance, and II said contract
signed within ten days from the date of acce pit
Ance said Of ten per cent will be retained and
held for the use OF the City as iiquidated dam
ages on account OF failure to sign said contract
within ten days from the date OF acceptance.
The committee reserves the right TO reject any or
all bids
BY order Of DAVID BURTON
Chairman Of the Committee on City Property.
ID. +. HAYDEN, Clerk of Committee. m2l.5t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Omlccrs Elected by the Supreme Coun.
Gil at St Louis

Omcers Elected by the Supreme Coun-
Gil at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 22.-The greater
portion of business transacted yesterday y
by the Supreme Council of the Royal
Arcanum was purely OF a routine nature.
The annual election OF officers resulted as
follows:
Supreme regent, j. +. Pound, New
York; supreme vice regent, Edison NJ.
Chryner, Maryland; supreme orator, p.
scharlock Of New Jersey; sitting
past supreme regent, c. w. Hazard of
Pennsylvania; supreme secretary, W. o.
T. Binson of achusetts; supreme
treasurer, +. A. Skinner, New York; su-
preme auditor, A. +. Turner, Boston /;
supreme chaplain, Henry Goodwin, Bos-
ton; supreme guide, j. A. Carter, Ohio.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

THE third of the national conferences
for good municipal government, being
also the first annual conference of the
National Municipal League, will be held
in Cleveland on the Goth, 3Oth and 3lst
of the present month. The municipal
condition of number of cities will be
set forth by able speakers, and the
meeting will be interesting to watch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

OUR esteemed contemporary, the Paw
tuxet Valley Times, says that the city
idea is no good down there. The Times
is pretty good representative of public
opinion in the Valley, and we guess it
knows what it is talking about in this
matter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

The Salvation Army is going to invade
China. We should say the sacred bass
drum and the sanctified trombone of
our friends, the Salvationists, would be
mighty acceptable to the Chinese native.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

WAS it sixtailors of Tooley street who
gave to the world a famous prouuncia-
mento which began 1--WE the people"
Councilman WEST is perhaps lineal de-
scendant of one Of them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
COLD WEATHER RAvAGeS.

OMAHA. Neb., May 22.-Crop damage
In Nebraska yesterday by cold weather
was rather severe. More damage was done
than any previous time this season. In
sections listed corn will have to be
wholly replanted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

THE trouble with the City of Provi-
dence Is not that we are spending lots
of money on sewers and school houses,
but that we didn't begin to do it ten or
fifteen years ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

The best ''friend of the people" is he
who represents the thoughtful intelli-
gence and sound sense Of the people, not
the chap who tries to fly on every spurt
OF popular judgment and to take ad-
vantage OF the human tendency to get
excited and say "such things aud do
such things"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
HIGH WATER MARK
CIRCULATION, p, 200.
WEDNESDAY. MAY %. 1895.

GENERAL LEW WALLACE has de-
livered 120 lectures the past season, and
1t is to be hoped they interfered with
his writing any more books.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22

WE understand that two of our Brown
University professors have collaborated
In the writing of a book of instruction
on how to dissect cat. President
ANDREWS will have to look out for his
literary laurels.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-05-22
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
-
curbmg of Lmwood, Reynolds
and River Avenues, and For
rest Greeley and Lisbon
Streets.
In Board Of Alderman. MayIs 1895

In Board OF Alderman, May 49, 1895.
ORDERED, That The abutting proprietors be noti-
hed 10 appear before this Board on THURSDAY,
September 10, 1895, at O'Clock D. m that they may
be heard upon the question Of setting curbstones
and paving cutters on the fol lowing streets, viz:
FORREST street, from Ivy street TO + ast avenue;
GREELEY street, from Charles street to opper
street.
LISBON street. from Gladstone avenue TO
Regent avenue;
LlNwooD avenue, from Cranston street TO
Union avenues;
REYNOLDS avenue from Broad street to Taylor
street.
RIVER avenue. from Gladstone avenue to the
brook on River avenue.
witness: WILLIAM +. CLARKE,
m2O-I City Clerk.