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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-28

| der favoring auspices this company
has gone on from year To year gaining
! strength and popularity as a conserva-
| tor of correct business principles, and
! with a widespread reputation for pro-
| ducing the best clothing at fair prices
| In February. 1898. the corporation
| sold out To Mr.. Charles T.. Longey, who
! had been identified with the clothing
| business in Providence i'm a prominent
| way for several years. having first be-
| come known as the proprietor of the
! Boston q Providence Clothing Com
pany, which did an enormous business
under his management. Through his
sagacity and thorough business meth
ods, coupled with a genial personality.
the business OF the Barnaby Company
has steadily improved until to-day il
stands as the leading clothing house
i'm New England. Mr. Longley is pres
ident Of the company. and w. a. Scott,
vice president. The directors OF the
corporation are G.. A. Longley. w A.
Scott. l.. +. Goodspeed. b. w. Currier
and George A. Macomber.
BROWNING. KING & COMPANY.
A great factory in New York,
wholesale house in Chicago. and 10
retail stores i'm as many prosperous
cities i'm the country, including Provi-
dcnce. surely stands for something i'm
the way of business enterprise. Such
concern was not built i'm "A day, but IL
is a testimonial TO the uprightness of
the business methods Of Browning,
King d Co. which has a branch of
their vast enterprise at the corner of
Westminster and Eddy streets. The
house OF Brown. King q Co. was real
Is started i'm 1870. In the city Of San
Francisco. Cal. The present house was
founded by Mr.. Browning i'm 1868, he
associating himself with Edward w.
Dewey OF New York. and Henry w.
King of Chicago. The house manu-
features clothing OF the best quality.
II is enabled TO do so because large
quantities OF material are bought so
that really well fitting and well ap-
pcaring clothing might be made at
cost that would serve 90 introduce its
use more widely. The business pros |
pcred from the start. and much was |
accomplished toward overcoming a
popular prejudice against ready made |
clothing. At the present time four men |
in five who are met on the street are |
wearing clothing for which they were |
not measured and for which they paid /
hardly more than half what a custom i
tailor would have TO charge for the /
same garments. "
The first store was opened In Chicago /
in 1876 and others followed I'm Milwau- |
kee Cincinnati. Philadelphia, Kansas |
city. st. Paul. Minneapolis. Omaha. |
Harlem. Brooklyn. Boston and prOvi- |
dence. The store here Is one OF the /
finest I'm the city and since it's estab-
lishment IN has met with large meas /
IRE of success among that large class |
of citizens who appreciate square deal /
ing and r>od garments al = reasonable |
price.
About 900 statesmen and clerks are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-28

! much as the building Of bridges did.
| Three or four have been built on Wash
| ington Row and vicinity during the
| past two years and when the present
work on Market square is completed
Washington Row will probably be as
good street for the clothing business
as IL was years ago.
Speaking about the river odor Mr.
Kimball thought IL had been much i'm
proved by the digging out Of the mud
FOR the foundations of the new bridge
Anyway Ii did not smell as strong as il
used to. He thinks the river is healthy,
however, as one of his clerks, John
Woodard, has been in the store for 36
years. Several other clerks have been
with Mr.. kimball for the past 20 years.
BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE STORE.
The Boston and Providence Clothing
Store in the Lauderdale building was
established in Providence Sept. 10. 1876
IL was under the management OF C.. T..
Longley and shortly after IL became
one OF the leading clothing emporiums
in the town Ii enjoyed a great meas
ure of prosperity for many years. 1t
was first sterted In a small store 10S
Westminster street, next to the corner
of Orange street. With the improve
ment i'm trade the store on the corner
was leased then the second floor was
''NhpitNf anu iIdliN lDt MnOle nu1lu-
ing was used. The building was old and
it was condemned last September. The
Boston and Providence Clothing Store
had To move out and last January it
took up its present quarters. fireman L.
Cobb is the manager He was admitted
TO partnership TO take general charge
OF the business when Mr. Longley left
the company TO assume control of the
]. B. Barnaby Company There is a
branch store I'm paWtucket
MACULLAR, PARKER COMPANY.
The Macullar. Parker Company was
established in Boston in ls49. and the
branch store was started in this city
in 1876. IL began business at the COR
ner OF Westminster and Exchange
streets. In 1879 the company moved into
the present quarters, lGG Westminster
street. The whole building is occupied
by this favorite clothing house which
makes speciality OF fine clothing OF
all descriptions. IL has long enjoyed
the reputation OF having i'm stock all
sorts OF garments fully up TO the stand
ard OF custom made goods. Indeed. this
reputation is widespread. Edward l..
Root has been In the employ OF the
company for the past 20 years. nine OF
which he has been the manager. Other
clerks and employees have been with
the company for the past 20 years.
They are n. n. West w. c. Highland,
w. A. Macleod, l.. Healey and NJ. A.
Fallon.
BLAKE e. MERCHANT.
The firm Of Blake a Merchant at q
Westminster street was started about
10 years ago Mr.. s. T.. Merchant the
resident manager was formerly i'm the
employ of the Kimballs with whom ne
remained for is years. w. c. Blake is
at MiddIeboro, Mass, where he has a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-28
BLAKE & MERCHANT.

The firm Of Blake q Merchant at %
Westminster street was started about
10 years ago Mr. :. +. Merchant the
resident manager was formerly i'm the
employ of the Kimballs with whom he
remained for is years. w. G. Blake is
at Middleboro, Mass, where he has a
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
HE HAD DONE HIS SHARE.
Spare Momen.s.


In the last Egyptian campaign the Royal
Irish Regiment was stationed about three
miles from Lord Wolseleys headquarters, SO
he sent to the officers saying he would like 10
dine with them and see the regiment paradec.
After dinner the men were called together
and Lord Wolseley addressed them in this
style:
'Men of the Roya! Irish Regiment you are
on the eve of what l believe to be one OF the
greatest battles of modern warfare. You will
meet men worthy of your steel and far above
your number; but still do not doubt you. l
feel sure you will do your duty. Goodnight,
men, and remem ber there are lei OF the enemy
to every one of you.'
Next night found the regiment creeping
slowly on the sands toward the Egyptian
earthWorks.
Not word was spoken as they crept nearer
and nearer, ill at last with one wild Irish
shout they sprang up and charged the works.
They fought on for some time till one OF the
men came on gun manned with ten gunners,
and after severe struggle managed TO XIII
the ten.
After that he took the rope from the gun.
tied the ten bodies together, sat upon them
and calmly began TO smoke.
He had not been there many moments be-
fore an officer came up and sternly ordered
him to the front.
'Sorra peg will STIR surel I've killed me
tin min, an ii livery body in the regiment had
done the same sorra a one would there be lett
to till the tale"
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
PERSONAL.

T. Hirose OF Los Angeles is at the Cosmopol-
itan Hotel.
DR.. W D. Rodgers of watsonville is at the
Occ dental.
]. D. Culp, the to tobacco-grower of San Felipe,
is q the Lick.
H. Levitt. Grass Valley merchant, is stay
ing at the Lick.
Sheriff Milton Besse of Santa Cruz County
is at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wolfskln of Los Angeles
are at the Grand.
H Sheridan of Elko, New, is staying at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
NJ. P. Stein, a Stockton merchant, is at the
Baldwin wiz Mrs. Stein.
Walter Mills, a mine-owner from Grub
Gulch, is registered a. the Lick.
B. 1. Johnson. horsemau from Chicago, is
a recent arrival e the Baldwin.
A Mcmillan merchant of Knoxville, is at
the Lick with his wife and child.
N W. Moodey, Tax Collector of Fresno
County, is registered al the Lick.
C. H. Sinclair of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey is at the Occidental.
District Attorney Carl E. Lindsay of Santa
Cruz is a recen arrival al the Grand.
Professor George Kriehn, OF the department
of history in Stanford, is at the Palace.
Governor Budd came down yesterday from
Stockton and is making a short stay in the
city.
Samuel McMurtrie, the railroad contractor
OF San Luis Obispo, is a late arrival at the
Palace.
Daniel R. Murphy, ex-United States District
Attorney from Oregon, is ct the Palace for q
few days.
Marion Biggs, Jr., who owns orange groves
and other real property near Oroville, is stay
ing at the Grand.
William H. Cornwall of Honolulu arrived at
the Palace last night en- route from New York
to his island home.
II. W. Leonard and C. NJ. Manly of Boston,
Mass, are among the recent arrivals at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel.
G. S. Bloss, real estate agent OF Atwater,
who has charge of the Mitchell estate prop
ery sales, is a the Lick.
John V. Clarke. presid ent Of the Hibernia
Bank of Chicago, is a recent arrival at the
Palace Miss Clarke is with him.
j. baines, q capitalist OF Ottawa, ntario,
Canada, accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter, is regist stored at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Charles A. Piercv of Chicago, auditor of the
National Linseed Oil Company and of that
comDany's railway car line, is at the Palace.
DR.. A. E. Osborne of the Home for Feeble
Minded Children located at Eldridge, is at the
Grand, accompanied by Mrs. Osborne and by
DR., Al bert L. Osborne of TbermalitO
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
A TROPICAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

meeting RedIands Horticultural Club
II attention directed proposal the part OF the
Government to establish tropical experiment station In
Florida appointed by the club
consider for bringing about tie establish
of similar station in Southern California.
Riverside Press in commenting the action OF the
says The worthy OF cordial support
Southern California and the horticultural
Boards Trade in various fruitgrowing towns
should the and with the Rdands
committee favorable action the
propostion.'
The statement of the Pes should be amended to the
calling upon all California the southern section
only cooperate Redands in working for the proposed
object Anything that tends increase diversity the fruit
industry OF the State that all portions OF
it. and the and people of section should unite
promoting any weldirected designed to bring
about such results.
tits known that Secretary Agriculture warmly in
erested projects promoting planting of all kinds
whether of forests orchards time made
OF plan devised By him accmae to the arid
regions OF the Union therefore, he will be favor
able to such stations tropical portions of the country
and there better for such station than Southern
California In fact he find southern counties favor
able places for experimenting with suitable for semiard
districts as well as for tropical regions.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29

Decoy, collided at Devonport Harbor Noveni-
Der 8. The engineer on the Ferret mis- took
the signal "full speed asteIn" for ''full speed
ahead" with the result that the Ferret
crashed into The Decoy, lying astern. Both
boats were seriously damaged AS the Lynx
and Thrash her are still laid up four OF the six
destroyers OF the DeYonport fotilla are now
disabled.
Every southern harbor of any consequence
in the south of England is now provided
against torpedo attacks. Elch narrow en-
trance has its boom, and each of these booms
has associated with 1t a boOm-defense vessel,
generally an old gunboat. In time OF peace
these vessels are In charge of naval pensioners
This scheme OF torpedo defense was devised
and begun two years ago.
Combined army and navy maneuvers are
about 10 be undertaken in Italy. The efecttve
strength OF the navy which is now $4,000
men, is 10 be Increased 10 81, 900 by calling in
the reserves The maneuvers Will extend over
one month and sxty-two vessels of various
classes besides sixty-fve torpedo-boats, will
participate in the affair, which will include
an attem pied landing upon the Tuscan coast
The Russian battle-ship Gaugoot, which
sank in the Gulf of Finland during firing
practice about three months ago, is to be
the contrac. for 950, 900 roubles, about $40
900 and as the ship lies in seventeen fathoms
of water the task OF raising her Will be dill
( cult undertaking The sinking OF the Gaugoot
was due TO bad workmanship on the hull, ana
=. waier-tight bulkheads were an Illusion
\N.Sequence of this accident the admiralty
,mined TO thoroughly test all bulk
.w ships before fitting for service
~ completed compartments with
{ the bulkheads 1t IS stated
augoot was aloat her steam
\stantly going whether the
on cruise.
imates for the navy for
)leted and will shortly be
amber. They provide for
of S53 056 900, an in
over the present year.
ships is 500, 400 900
,airs. Sixty-four vessels
Ter construction, and
IL be completed, accord
thin six years, embrac-
ypes Eight battle-ships,
i, four flrst-class cruisers,
and three thIrd-class cruis-
Is aviso, ten torpedo-boat
,eagoing torpedo-boats, and
ass torpedo-boats. While
cent is visible under the new
Zgement OF the navy, the cost of
ps is still greater than in England,
.attle-ships Charles Martel, Charlie
End Gaulois are admitted to cost from
,<z3 per cent more than similar vessels in
ne British navy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
A WELL-WON VICTORY.

THE between the California Jockey Club
the California Owners and Breeders Protective Associa
ton has settled terms that constitute a vic
tory for Charles Boots who made the fight
tion who for deprived of his badge
from the tracks Of the club.
victory complete in all essential particulars The
Protective its existence Mr. Boots
president of it, and his badge
admitted to the tracks of both the
the Fac fc Coast jockey clubs
The settlement of the controversy such
respect As THE CALL has pointed
conending
racing and horse breeding State
amicable had not been reached might
results similar those
disastrous in the East.
the danger to have passed peace is re-
fair all parties it is worth fighting
again All is we'll that ends well the ending
certainly promises we'll for all The victory
will beneficial to the entire horse industry the
particularly to the patrons
of what called the sport kings We
graulate Mr. Boots his successful fight of
breeders jockey upon
which their who
by all true horsemen in Calfornis
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
THE LATE JAMES w. GETcHELL.

To the Editor Of the San Francisco CalI-sIR:
The life of the tie James M. Getchell was so
replete with interes ting incidents, and his
devotion to the principles in which he believed
so conspicuous, that his death should not be
unobserved. He came from highly respect
able family, which migrated TO America with
William Penn. He studied law under Thomas
Corwin of Ohio and S. ?. Chase, afterward
Secretary OF the Treasury. and Chief Justice.
For somo time he was the political manager
for Mr.. Chase whose intimate and beloved
friend he remained uutil his death. In 1871
he engineered and bore very conspicuous
part in the effort to nominate that distin-
guished patriot for the Presidency.
In his early manhood. when it required
courage aud ability to take that stand Mr.
Getehell became an active Abolitionist, and
he was among the very foremost OF those who
undertook the defense of the fugitive slaves
Among other cete brated causes. he managed
the defense of n black woman named Margare
Garner. who, to preserve them from slavery,
killed her mulatto children. He WAS a mem
Der of the first Republican convention ever
held n the United States. He was long and
intimately associated with Rutherford B.
Hayes and with General w. T. Sherman one
of whose brothers married his only SISTER,
In 1860 he came TO California, and was a
special agent OF the United States Treasury.
Twice. as am crediDiy informed he was Of
tered Federal judgeshlp on this coast bu I
in each instance declined on the ground tha +
he intended 10 return % the Eastern States
In 1872 he was appointed a Registrar OF
Bankruptcy by the late Judge OGDEN Hoff.
man, and during his incumbency OF that no
sition, as he was then again fntendin q n
leave California, refused all appoin tment as
Collector OF Internal Revenue in Sen Eran
cisco rendered to hi m by President Hayes. He
was also offered ma declined to accept the
consulship al the Hawaiian Islands
oucn IS rough ana meager outline of the
career of man remarkable for his intaiIi
gence, his attainments. mis- unobtrusive ways
ana his ster ing character His body was in.
,erred on THURSDAY last, but his memory and
Wi
treasured by his relatives, by his fi,nds anC
by the public puRfIrora "'
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.
The Arena.

We do not want sensational journalism; we
are only made to think that we do. There is
no real demand for putridfty in the form OF
printed sheets of large circulation. The her
cuIean efforts made to keep up these large cir
cuIations are evidence of their instability,
and the vast sums of money spent by the
great dailies i'll advertising themselves show
journals, IN their vaulting ambition for great
ness, have o'erlea pit themselves and fallen into
the ditch
There is a time in the future when the ex-
penditure oil money and the utterance ofdogma
viii fail to keep up the calculations which con-
stitute he sole value of these 'greal" dailtes
will the public get what it really wants, and i t
will not secure such prize until it begins to
think that there is o real demand for seusa-
tional journals.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
SURPLUS CASH IN KANSAS.

PLEASING and somewhat surprising indication of pros
II perity disclosed by the
the bankers of upon TO advise
farmers what with their surplus cash.
short time since calamity howlers assuring the peo
pie of Kansas would have money enough
pay his debts bankers ShyIocks seeking
reduce debtors to penury that story more
money thar he with going to ask
advice as from sounds like fairy tale and
minds the has wrought financial revolution
conditions of the country.
The Farm Nes Springfield, Ohio in publishing a sum-
mary of the given farmerfl
through medium the Kansas newspapers says mnc
Ity them advise first the payment OF farm debts,
INTEREST," and second, The avoidance of wheat-raisng
exclusion of other farm industries. Another point
bankers insist upon is the value of improved homes
urge upon the farmers make surrounding.
com fora BILE beautiful, ground that be-
better living for the farmer and his family will
the long just surely Improvement in the ho
ing and feeding OF live stock.
The point which attentio
the warning against planting wheat As ont
puts it farmers 'hould let dollar
tempt ultimate destruction. The
to 'slck the there profit
selling the form of beef than in selling them
material opinion OF Ncaes that
equally applicable nearly all the farmers
country certain that the high prices
year Obtained in 1885, Notwithstanding winter
way give raging hopes
for of the coming
Whether or no the given by the
made of surplus cash i'll the hands
question that decide for himself
The that of interest the country
large Kansas passed the calamity
bowling about hard times and demanding hat money and
talking business with bankers about the investment Of
surplus funds every dollar of which is good gold
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
MACHINES FOR CANAL WORK.

SERIES of papers giving account of inventions
and devices for canal work constitute the
Rerie Of current month and to
people of California they will be found particularly
estng machines great aid in
portion of the dredging river and ha
work shall be called 10 in the future.
The principal article OF the which narrates
accomplished devices on the great
Chicago drainage canal This paper results
pecuatons what achieved by inven-
ons Ii confines itself to statements of work being
and shows what the machines do in operation. is
therefore best kind of promise future since its
promise under the of deeds performed
necessary go the variety of the re-
cent devices in operation the Chicago
the advantage they confer work To those
who know has been the experience United
with public how seldom any sort of
construction finished cost exceeding original
estimates value of the machines brought into use in
the Chicago enterprise will be amply by the fact
these machines possible to complete the
millions was computed bv the
Government engineers.
The conspicuous of appliances are the huge
machines removing earth from dumping it
on the banks These of such that they
appear distance brd ges spanning the
channel rather than shoVe for handling EARTH Some
long capable of SUSTAINING
Of fifteen and carrying hundreds of feet
away rate OF 500 cubic yards hours
ossa cantevers poised pivot gng freev and
under such control they be With no
muscular labor than is required the wrist
The contrast between thtO machine way of dig.
gng canals by shoves in the hands of abores OF the
advance made in canal along the line 1t is
calculated that improvements explosives for blasting
nave alone saved IN the work OF the upwards
md there mary other noted hardly less mnor
in their buttons to economy
California has much machines She needs
them IN the work of deepening rivers in draining the
marshes around her bays and work Her
in them just now however is due to the
they give that the construction Nicaragua Canal is an
enterprise economically feasible The Chicago drainage canal
has fact been an making the history of such
enterprises and IN the future canal construction
taken scale that few ago have been
as an impossibility.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
NEW TO-DAY.

SCOTS Emulsion is not a
"baby food" but is a most
excellent food for babies
who are not we'll nourished.
A part of a teaspoonful
mixed in milk and given
every three or four hours,
will give the most happy
results.
The cod-liver oil with the
hypophosphites added, as in
this palatable emulsion, not
only to feeds the child, but
also regulates its digestive
functions.
Ask your doctor about this.
sos and si.oo; all druggists.
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists, New York
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29

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The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES.

Isaac H. Clothier of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently purchased in Europe the beautiful
painting, "A Quaker Wedding" has placed it
on exhibition at Swarthmore College, and it
has been hung in the col lege parlor.
The centenary OF the birth of Thomas Hayes
Bayley was celebrated recently at his birth
place, Bath, England. This song writer is still
remembered b. few popular ballads like
''rd Be Butterfly" "Gayly the Troubadour"
and "The Soldiers Tear"
Mile Mark Twain is what the Paris Figaro
calls the daughter OF Samuel L. Clemens, who
is studying music in Paris. 1t says: THE
very beautiful voice of this young woman of
Ii will some day make her as fascinating on
the stage as her father is in letters"
Mr.. Gladstone expects 10 spend part of the
coming winter in Cannes, where he will be
the guest of Lord Rendel at Chateau Thoren.
1t is noted OF the aged statesman that when
ever he is likely to be absent from home for
any time he likes to to take his own books
and writing materials with him. He has a
considerable collection OF paper knives, INK
stands, ETC., gifts from admirers. The knives
are nearly all very large. Several have
ivory blades and are mounted in massive
silver.
The Earl OF Harrington is TO be counted
in the list of British peers who are not above
deriving an income from trade. He is the
owner of n frui shop at the Trafalgar Square
end of Whitehall, which he has dubbed
Elvaston, after his castle in Derbyshire. Its
windows are plncarded with the frank
announcement that the fruit is from our own
| gardens" Wnen the shop was first opened the
| costers tried to break up his business They
used to gather arc md it with their barrows.
! creating so much disturbance that the police
had to interfere. The result was splendid
advertisement for the Elvaston shop, and its
profits at once increased $50 per cent.