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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
CONVlCTS ARE INSANE.
Their Enforced Idleness Said to BE Re.
spOnsible.

Their Enforced Idleness Said to BE Re-
Dr. w. H. Bates and DR.. j. j. O'Con-
nor, who were appointed by Judge
Aspinall of the county court in Brook
lyn to inquire into the mental condition
of convicts in the Kings County peniten-
tiary, have pronounced seven insane.
Enforced idleness is given as the cause
Of the condition of the lunatics, who,
as soon as arrangements can be made,
will be transferred to the Matteawan
asy lum. 1t is believed that two other
convicts will be adjudged insane with
in a few days.
OF 700 prisoners in the penitentiary
only 300 have regular employment,
though all have daily exercise. The
theory has been advanced that if the
city departments should make requisi-
tion for goods made by the convicts
there would then be more work and
consequently less idleness, but the ques-
ton Of the application of the state con-
vict labor law to the case has arisen,
and Corporation Counsel Burr contends
that it is not obligatory on the part of
the city works commissioner to pur-
chase prison made goods. Mr.. Burr,
however, is further examining the law.
New York Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
Russia's Great Ship Canal.

Russia proposes to connect by canal
the Black and Baltic seas, the big
ditch, which is to carry the largest
battleships, being 1000 miles long, 213
feet wide at the surface and 10 at the
base and % feet deep and connecting
Riga Oh the Baltic with Cherson OH the
Dneiper, near the Black sea. The canal
will run from Riga into the river
Dwina, which will be used to Dwina-
burg, whence the canal will be cut to
Sepel, and the Beresina and Dneiper
rivers utilized from thence to Cherson,
and it is proposed also to cover all the
river regions with such network of
canals as will aid greatly in developing
the surrounding country. The steam
ship voyage between the two seas will
be reduced from l2 to 8 days, as travel
will go on night and day at a permitted
speed of seven miles an hour. The es-
timated cost is sos, 600, 600, which will
fall far short of the actuality, and Ger
many sees in the work not only cheaper
food. but a new demand for her iron
and steel products. ts.-Exchange.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
TAKEN IN TIME.
impossible

Within few days the Board of Alder
men will be called upon to decide the
question of widening Main street. AS the
necessity for such action is generally re-
cognized, the sooner the land is taken the
botter it will be. Experience teaches that
when public improvement is demanded,
delay is costly. The following values Of
property in another city will be found in
teresting:
In 1862 a detailed estimate of the value OF
the real estate ow ned by the city of New
York was made. 1t then appeared that
the value of real estate owned by the city
for school and fire department purposes
was $3.50, 900, for police uses s251 900, in
docks, wharves, slips and bulkheads $3,-
257,0O0, and in parks 1871 900. Toward
the total, in the case Of the parks, SILL
600 was contributed by Central Park, S.
100000 by the City Hall Park, which then
included the land since conveyed to the
United States Government for the use of
Ahe main Past Office, and s3,Ooo, 900 by the
Battery.
This was thirty-fve years ago, and a
very fair idea of the growth In value Of all
real estate in New York Is to be had by
comparing the estimated values then with
those recently fixed by the Commissioner
of Taxes and Assessments for the year
1897. The Bowling Green, then valued a,
sls5,ooo, is now estimated at saoo, coo; tn,
Battery, then estimated at $4,000, 900, is nov
estimated at 100000; Washington
Square, then estimated at si16,ooo, is nov
valued at el,75o0o); the City Hall Park
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
PRESIDENT ANDREWS.

In requesting "not renunciation OF
views honestly entertained by him, but
a forbearance out of regard for the inter-
ests of the university to promulgate
them," it will be claimed that the cor
poration of Brown University asked for
no more than its president could have
granted. A knowledge of the man is
necessary to correct understanding Of
the case.
Says the Providence News: "He was
known as hearty, vigorous, masterful
fellow. He was remarkably ripe scholar
for man SO young. Best of all, he was
wide open with youthful enthusiasm to
anything that seemed good. He came,
and the college responded with a jump.
Enthusiasm filled the ranks of the student
body. The power and influence of the
president reached from the senior class
rooms to the athletic field. Nothing that
was of the smallest importance to the de-
velopment of the university seems to have
been overlooked or to have been lightly
regarded by its president. College Hill
doomed as never before"
To such a man half way measures are
impossihIe
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

He 10 lol Years Old and Has Not Gone
"a He'd In Twenty Years.

He 10 lol Years Old and Has Not Gone
"a He'd IN Twenty Years.
/ John Dooler Of Waterville, Me-, ID
l0l years Of age. He 10 the fortunate
possessor Of nearly all of his faculties.
Mr.. Pooler was born In st. Francis,
Canada, being one of nve children. four
Of whom are living now and In fairly
good health. These are Ephraim, aged
l02; Frank. 90; George, 76, and John,
l04, making an aggregate Of S81 years,
with an average Of 90 years to man.
The father Of these children, John
Pooler, was soldier In the late rebel
lion and also served In the war Of 1919,
but has long since passed to the other
world. He was a we'll to do farmer. and
as such brought up three Of bis sons
His namesake, however, would have
no farming In his, and after serving an
apprenticeship Of SO years he married
Sophia Lacome and moved to Water
Vile. This was at time when that
place was known as Winslow, and
when, as John says, tkEe were but
three houses in the haml6S.
Mrs. Pooler is 18 years younger than
her husband and looks only 30. She is
rather robust and seems young beside
her husband, whom she deems a very
old man, as she is but SO. and of this
she reminds him frequently.
Mr.. Pooler says he has not been to
bed for 20 years, which is accounted for
by his inability to breathe when lying
down. But, as he says. after one gets
used to sitting up it is more convenient,
as one does not have to take of his
clothes and can go out for walk at any
time, day or night. When asked how
old any of his relatives had lived to be,
he remarked that he did not recall
whether it was his grandfather or his
great-grandfather who did not die until
he was 1S6. For his part, he sees no
special reason why he might not live
to be as old.-Boston Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

then estimated at 100000. IL now esti-
mated at ss1, ,0Oo.0 900; Abingdon Square,
then estimated at $4,000, IL now estimated
ct $4,000; Tompl<ins Square, then esti-
mated at eSs7,00o, 10 now estimated at
q, 100000; Jackson Square, then estimated
ct $1,000, is now estimated at e46,ooo;
Reservoir Square, now Bryant Park, then
estimated at $4,000, 10 now appraised at
N,6OO, 600; Madison Square, then estimated
at $3.50, ,OO0-is extended ut that time to
Fourth avenue-is now valued at n, ,b00,- :
600; Union Square, then valued at e614,-
600, Is now valued at e2,SoO, 900; Mount
Morris Park-perhaps the greatest gain of
all-then valued at $4,000, 10 now valued
at S1,75O,0OO, and Stuyvesant Square, then
valued at s196,00O, Is now valued at e625,
600.
The present value OF Central Park,
which thirty-five years ago was little in
excess of s5, ,1OO,O 900, is now 900, ,OOO, 900, and
there has been corresponding gain to
property In the neighborhood of the Park,
real estate experts say. There has been,
of course, a very large addition to the Park
area of the city since the estimates taken
were made thirty five years ago; but, limit
ing the comparison only to the parks of
that period, and including some of the
minor city parks which have disappeared
undsr their former names, it is found that
from s15,O0O,0OO or less, the value thirty
five years ago, the value has risen to $780,
900, 900, or 1000 per cent.
Pawtucket property will never be
cheaper than 1t is now.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
MAD RUSH FOR GOLD.
CALIFORNIA EXCITEMENT OF is49
ONLY A SIDE SHOW TO kLoNp;kE.

Captain Tuttls Writes Of the Fortunes
Made In . Short Time at the Gold
Aa.es--A Dsskhsnd who Secured olSo,.
600 In seven Months.
One OF tho most significant utterauoes
In oorroboration Of the stories Of I'm
mense gold finds in the Northwest Ter
ritory IL found In q letter received Ia
New York city the other day from Oap-
tain Francis Tuttle, commander Of the
resenue cutter Bear, who was at the
time Of writing at st. Michael's ON the
Yukon river. Captain Tuttle cannot,
by those who know him. be accused Of
being a dreamer. It is the first cUn-
munication sent down from the far
north by United States officer relative
To the gold excitement. The letter was
mailed July and is graphic in its de-
scription.
Captain Tuttle says: "The days of
1849 in California are mere side show
compared with the excitement in the
Yukon country. Imagine my astonish-
ment on reaching here recently to run
across man who, last September,
was discharged as 4 deckhand from a
steamer on Puget sound. The fellow
made his way into Alaska, worked seven
months ON the Klondike and has now
reached st. Michael's with $3.50, 900 in
gold. I could hardly believe my senses,
but there was his gold, sure enough.
''As write st. Michael's is full of
miners awaiting an opportunity to get
down to Puget sound and to California.
Nearly every other man of them has
$50, 900 worth Of dust, and there is not
a man here with less than $15, 900. The
latter are referred to as poor fellows
who have been hard hit with bad luck,
and it seems to be real sympathy that
the more fortunate ones show for these
$4,000 fellows.
"The deckhand. with his $50, 900,
had the largest amount Of gold of any
one in the crowd. The whole business
is almost incredible, yet one must be
lieve what he sees.
1T is enough to turn the mind of
any person, and particularly when one
learns with what comparative ease this
gold is mined"
Captain Tuttle adds that he cannot
afford to lay long in st. Michael's or
his whole crew will become daft, and
be continues:
II almost feel as If would like to
90. up the river myself, and ! certainly
would do SO were I 30 years younger.
The thermometer at st. Michael's
registered 81 degrees at the time Cap
tain Tuttle penned his letter.
At st. Michael's Captain Tuttle re-
ceived instructions from the govern
ment to assist in the transportation Of
reindeer from Siberia into the Yukon
coun try.-New York Journal.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

Rev. Hugh Lamont, uncle of Blanche
Lamont, for whose brutal murder at
San Francisco Theodore Durrant has
been sentenced to death, visited Dur.
rant recently at San Quentin prison.
Speaking Of his visit, Rev. Mr.. Lamont
said:
Judging from the evidence, be-
lieve Durrant guilty, but his demeanor
is that Of an innocent man. ! had no
intention Of making public what oc-
CURED between us, but in justice to
that unhappy boy have changed my
mind. visited Durrant at San Quentin
and conversed with him in Captain
Edgar's Office. Durrant held out his
hand to me, saying:
"'I suppose this is Mr.. Lamont. You
are attending, presume, the Christian
Endeavor. l greatly regret my inability
to avail myself OF the same privilege. T"
During the conversation Rev. Mr..
Lamont said. II believe in your guilt,
but IL You are an innocent man the evi-
dence will be soon forthcoming.
Durant replied that he was an limo.
cent man and hoped his innocence
would be proved before his death, but
at any rate after the execution. Durrant
refused to discuss the question as to the
probable murderer. r.-Chicago Evening
Post.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

A Ayoung daughter of James Thomp-
son, who lives in the southern part of
Lancaster county, Pa, was bitten by q
copperhead snake on a recent afternoon.
She had gone to her room to sleep after
dinner, and some time later her mother
who was in the yard, heard piercing
screams from the room occupied by the
girl.
In one corner of the room ON the floor
was copperhead snake over two feet
long. The other members Of the family
were called and the snake was killed.
The girl said that the reptile was crawl
ing over her body when she awakened,
and when she struggled to get out Of bed
IL sank its fangs into her body. BY the
time physician arrived the girls body
was badly swollen and her condition
was precarious.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
Jingle In Black.

Fo'th or July como en- gone,
Glory hallclui
Scc me walk wild de beaver onf
Glory hallelui
Bee me down ter de railroad shed
A-walkin inter de melons rcd,
Lemonade On swecten bread,
Glory hallelui
y,
1 rhank dc Lawd dis country frea,
Glory hsllelui
< Melons 'nough fer You an me,
Glory hsllclui
Z Brass ban mp On down de hill
Gals all dress mp At ter kill,
- Beaver hat en- dollar bill,
0lory hallsluj
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
Beneath Summer Skies.

lay in idle thought beneath the skies
And watched the soft white clouds, swift
melting, pass.
The sunlight. leaf stained, Altered in such wise
As arabcsqued with golden green the grass,
high,
Through m ,eolian harp OF deftcst make.
The lightest. airiest breeze swept lingering by
To skim with twinkling touch the wrinklcd
lake.
The dream begetting hum OF insect life
Pulsed family through the fragrant summer
air.
The earth with myriad silent sounds was rife,
And I'm n fsthomless content, No deep, 40 deep,
On noiseless, viewlcss, thistle wings came
sieep.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

The New Bedford Sta ndard calls atten-
to the surely disappearing color line by
. showing that the latest victim of Georgia
ynching was a white man.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

''The profession" has the opportunity Of
its life. The Yukon district yearns for
music and the drama. The Klondike
price for young men who play the fiddle
is $35 per night, and lady orchestras can
have all kinds Of money. Soubrettes, who
remember the triumphant days of 40,
will ask but the railroad price to make
the journey.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24

AAC VOC hOW Ou Vho AOASO1 OuV AO vac
jealous, and startling scream from across
the way awakened every oath that he had
taken to perform his duty manfully. He
sprang up the front steps and the front
door yielded to his broad shoulders.
"What is it?" he inquired of the fright
ened owner of the scream. "a man has
hung himself" was the answer, and the
guardian Of the peace saw gruesome mass
of humanity suspended from hook few
feet from him. With lightning speed tie
officer few to the corner box and tee
phoned the police station of a suicide on
Fountain street. Shave yon cut him
DOWN." asked the sergeant. "No, he's not
dead yet" was the startling information
that was waited over the wire, and the
new officer wondered for fseveral days
afterward why the conversation with his
superior officer was so abruptly broken of.
II any one incoming on Block Island
rocks finds a stray and jaunty sailor hat, it
should be returned to Miss Annabell
Hello, Central Telephone Office, Paw
tucket. The fair owner went to Newport
hatless, but the wind played softly with
her tresses, and she was prettier than be-
fore.
The numerous bays, inlets and harbors
of the wave beaten and incompara bly,
grand New England coast that gave shelter
to the original colonists and which now
yield the pleasure that modern men and
new women compel from sea and shore,
will present an added charm in the per-
sons of Mr.. William A. Winston of the
Pawtucket Times and Joseph j. Manning
of the TRIBUNE, who are visiting them in
pursuit Of the knowledge ever to be found
by intercourse with other loyal and human
natures.
Each with two bathing suits, one fin
de-siecle lavende-.and pink creation neces-
sary to Newport, the other cut shorter and
with crimson hue appropriate to Nara
gansett Pier, and with compilations Of
editorial advice from the Westerly Trib-
une, they went foot loose and needed moth
ing more. That happiness may meet them
every minute is the prayer of those left
behind but not forgotten.
Business men employing a number Of
typewriters should take tip from Chi
cago schemer who keeps in his Office a
young man 30 good looking that none Of
the girls will take vacation and leave the
field to the others.
THE TOURIST.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-24
Wn,tta. ocn Eet, e5tc.

LADY with good reference to work at
home in spare time can make % to s12 a
week. No books or canvassing, work light.
and respectable; permanent position to
right party; we furnish work and teach
you free. Send 10c for sample and instruc-
tions. THE CARTER CHEMICAL CO..
120 So. Second St., Phila.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24
EDUCATIONAL.
BY SUPERINTENDENT MORTON.
geo Aa~e~oHe HeN~H&HU~>%~n3@s&

Prof L.ange, deputy State Super
intendant and Prof. Dempster, man
ager of the teachers Reading Circle
were visitors at our Institute on Fri
day in the morning They seemed
well pleased with what they observed.
The "Model School Plan" is consid-
cred an Improvement on the lecture
Plan" which was once in vogue
throughout our state and is vet used
to n considerable extent in some
counties.
In addition to the regular school
work, the talks of Professors Davis
and Snoddy and Mrs. Penwel! are
greatly appreciated.
Prof. Larkin has a set o. Musical
charts that assist greatly in the
teaching OF vocal music. \ large
number of new songs have been
learned and the "Three Blind Mice
can he given the round with great
precision.
Prof. Smith while awaiting the ar
rival OF "Evangeline' is disposing
"Marmion' to his reading class.
Prof, Shuster is teaching his pupils
TO unlock the "0rthoapie Ma!ange"
without the use OF the ''key" which
is task not easily accomplished.
The above brief mentions are made
TO give a faint idea OF the character
of che work which is being done. To
realize the completeness of the doing
one should visit the various depart
ments and sec for himself. Again we
say "come and visit us"
The following are the additional
enrollments to date (Tuesday):
B. A. Nabor, Lillian Kane. Flora Van
Brunt, Verona Bucher, Wilbur Burk,
Martha Marston. Felix Lauzon, Roland
Davis, Anelbert Kenyon, Luella Biddle.
Waiter Hague, James Clifford. Mrs. Edith
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

/ like Japan and her people. They
are such an Industrious and content
ed race, and they are getting right
to the front in every way. They are
dropping their old ways and
taking up with lmodern ideas and
customs. They are building iacto-
ries. and in few years will be selling
goods to other countries.
Some tell me that will ship oyel
when my time is up, but think not
| take the Omaha Bee, and see by il
that all rivers in the west are over
flowing, and that you have plenty OF
moisture. ! trust you will have good
crops for years to come. Send me q
couple copies of the PRESS.
Yours Respectfully,
II. NJ. BREINER.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24
Senator Pettigrew controls

Senator Pettigrew controls the
Sioux Falls Press. His private Sec
retary controls the Yankton Press.
The first named paper is for Bryan
in 1900; the last is for Teller. This is
an amendment to the darkey's coon
trap which caught 'em comm or
'gwine." If both failed the two pa
pers could compromise on some one
nearer home-but hist! Franks bee
is buzzing very low yet!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

What q cruel and unkind thing
Fate is? Those people who have ad-
mired Bryan for his sincerity and
honesty, his desire to reform etc,
will now find him to he just common
clav. He has made "a deal with Tam
MANY, New York's great democratic
organization, the most corrupt po-
litical gang on earth-at least New
York papers are full OF such a areport,
and, as Mr.. Bryan was there, it is
generally believed to be true
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24
Doubts II.

Sioux Falls Argus Leader:-The
Miller Press thinks that no money
can be paid to Judge Palmer as
snecial attorney for the railroad
commission, because the position
was created and the money to pay
for his services was appropriated by
the legislature CT which h. was n
member. The Press thinks that Sec
tion , of article 3 of the constitu-
t;on prohibiting a member OF the
legislature from appointment or elec-
ZION 70 "civil office" which shall
have been created or theemoluments
+o which shall have been increased
dprinc his term applies to Judge
po,mers case. We doubt it. The
.nosition of special counsel is not a
civil office. Had Robert Emmett
Dowell succeeded however in break
;no into the legislature, he could not
have been appointed oil inspector SO
that he may congratulate him
sa,f that he was unable to have his
own way.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

The wheat crop of 1897 is said to
be not very promising the country
over. Winter wheat states report
the crop largely winter killed, and in
northern Minnesota and North Da-
kota foods shortened the acreage of
spring wheat. The available supply
of old wheat in this country on June
1st was thirty four million bushels
less than last year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

Commercial agencies still report
increased business and less failures.
OF course everybody is not making
money, and there are still some fail
ures-much to the satisfaction OF the
fellow who always thinks the grass
isn't as green as it ought to be.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

The Letcher Blade saye Attorney
General Grigsby has made the dis
covery that women can hold any
state Office under our constitution
except governor, lieut. gov. and leg
islatOrs.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

President Mckinley again shows
his craftsmanship by wishing to re-
wye the arbitration treaty with
Great Britain. 1t is to be feryerently
hoped this grand principle ofenlight-
enment will be kept alive.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

Queen Victoria s sixty years upon
the British throne is fittingly OBJ
served by a grand jubilee in Lon
don, at which all nations are repre-
sented. 1t will be one of the civilized
world s greatest events.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24

Hon. Chas. III. Burke, of Pierre, is
announced as a republican candidate
for Congress. The contest in this
district will probably be between
him and Major Picker.