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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
KIT JONES RELEASED.
No Evid nee t. Connect Him Wi h the
G. orgiayille Fire.

"kis" Jones, the Georgiavillc hostlcr,
who was arrested on suspicion of having
knowledge of tho origin of the fire that
destroyed Patrick Burkc's barn ana con
tents. was released from the village lock
up yesterday. There was not sufficient
evidence against him To Justify the issu-
ing of n warrant
.Iones maintained his innocence all
along and claimed he knew nothing of
tho fte until he was awakened by tho
party searching for him.
10 IL now Gouhiful II he mystery Of tho
origin of the lire will over b. solved.
lhc bosilers who sleep In he harm ~
tirsd al 10 0tO - clock, aud AT that time
every ming was apparently all riVbt
Ahont two hours lairr the barn was in
ruins aud the meu had barely escaped
with their lives.
That the silair is shrouded in mystery
ri the present time is very evident. and
the authorities are at loss To know
where to look next fos the author of the
dastardly deed
Irr investigation will be ,-antinusd.
however. and ~ is possible that now de.
yelopipents may snsuO within few days
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
HENRY GEORGE, JR.

New York, already overwrought I'm this
unparalleled campaign, with a shock, ana
10 created profound sensation. The
canvas was at standstill for several
hours while new lines were formed.
But not even such "A political tragedy
as the death OF n brave and popular can
didate such as Mr.. George. brought on
by his tremendous exertions against poll
tical machines, could long halt this great
est civic battle OF the century, in which
the great issue is the people or the bosses
thus IL was that last night the hight was
i'm full swing again. The issue was the
people or the bosses. Henry George. .Ir.,
was running for Mayor IA his fathers
successor and uolitical observers were
getting back TO their mornings again.
and beginning TO take calm survey of
the situation.
The movement against Tammany. start
ed by Mr. Georges nomination and re-
inforced by Mr. DaytoD's, Dad been the
hope of the citizens who wanted 10 sec the
bosses rebuked. But for the remarkable
campaign of Mr.. George, which lad
stirred the soul of the great masses against
prevailing political methods, the election
of Judge Van Wyck, with the assistance
OF the Republican machine, would never
have been doubtful for a day. But here
George was dead Did it mean that the
cause which be had upheld was To die
was 10 win, and win easilyY Men gasped
or went about dazcd. There was thick
fog everywhere.
Well. the fog cleared later. While mes
sages OF condolences frtm the leaders of
the Citizens Union. Seth Low and Judge
Van Wyck rained in OH the nereaved fam
ily, while Richard Croker put Mr. Low To
shame by expressing sorrow without
seeming TO bid for the George votes,
while Senator platt was "too busy to
talk but wrote statement attacking Mr.
Georges best friend, II. l.. Johnson, as a
''hoodoo' willie these expressions were
coming out Mr.. Dayton's strong hand
took the helm, and young Henry George
was named Us his fathers successor on
the ticket.
Ihis was only second in dramatic in
terest To the death of the elder Mr.. Gcorgs
The son, n young man OF 34 years, hi'
fathers constant companion I'm his life
WORK and in his death work, was chosen
as the only man at hand 10 keep from
tagging the enthusiasm aroused by Mr..
Georges fight for the peopls against the
bosses.
Mr. George accepted and is n candidate
for Mayor under the most remarkable
conditions ever known i'm American poll
tics. AS Mr Dayton srtiv said, The
leader H. dead, but the cause lives And
il lives for "A fact, Every Henry George
meeting scheduled for last night to0S
place, and all were attended by larger
crowds than ever before. wers marked
with more feeling against tho bosses than
ever.
Lnder the election law, pastors bearing
young Mr.. Georges name will have 60 b,
| printed, and these will have % be pas tee
over ths name of the dead candidats hy
the ballot clerks OF tie polls.
One Of the results OF Mr.. Georges deatl
was that oil the bets that mad been mad,
on the issue were declared off, and al,
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars that has
been wagercd on the election. will be re
| turned to their owners
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

TO churches. 81 referred to dispensary
physicians. 81 given temporary employ
ment, 80 given park work. log referred To
other societies and l2i Gidei by advice.
The district conferences anu conference
classes were referred To, so weie also the
cases which had come to the attention Of
the society. The park work ana the potato
patch scheme were mentioned as having
brsp of great help 10 tho sccietv. The
loaning of pictures for tho beautify inR
of rooms was one OF tho features THAT t1e
society adopted with gratifying results
during the year. Ihe concerts at Roger
Williams Park were commended, and one
concert week TO be held in the smaller
parks recommended
The report ur. ed the providing of suit
able acco odatiuns for tramps. stating
that the present system of quartcring the
tramps in cheap lodging houses should he
abolished at the earliest possible moment.
Prof. II. B. Gardiner Of Brown Uni-
yersity, president OF the society,
and the Rev. Floyd W. Iomkins, .Ir. made
remarks relative to the report presented.
Prof. McCook referred To his experience
with knight OF the road and ho said
there were more tramps In the country
than the population warrants, and gave
the following statistics:
There are now i'm this country, as
nearly as can be estimated. about 90 0G
of these wanderers. In 1870 II was esti-
mated that there were li,UOU; In 1851.
I6 600; in 1880, a., 600; and in 1897, II. i75.
The question naturally .arises Why
should the tramp be increased by depres-
sion i'm businessg' They are not generally
very intimately associated with it, The
tramp hasa double chance to lose a. posi-
tion he may have obtained, beause he
generally drinks and is almost always un-
married.
i'When times are dull the merchant dis
charges first the drinking man, then the
30 the tramp help, who generally drink,
90 first
But why does not the number decrease
as business improves? 1 suppose ~ Tay
be- accounted for by tho fact that they
generally grow to like tramping.
"1hese Il, 0U0 men are costing Us
Sic. coo, 600 year besides causing disease
and crime. That is an enormous expense
and from these figures we can see how
valuable these men are from standpoint
of dollars and cents. Much failure, but
still much general success has followed
our efforts in Behalf of tho tramp. In
many cases thev have retained positions
they have secured. in Others they have
proven unsatisfactory. That is the re
suit in ell classes of labor.
1--WE can never bring religion To bear
upon ttcss people until We have gos rid
oi our religious fights. This association
and union of all charities is step toward
that end.
Continuing. Mr.. McCook gave an inter
| csting account Of tho schemes of tramps
| and their met hods of communication, ant
reviewed n correspondence he had carried
| on for several years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
A TALK ON THE
TRAMP PROBLEM.
Interesting Address by professor
McCoOk al Sayles Hall.
Much Ia lure ami Som Success In d al
ing Wi Prob m.

An adjourned meeting from the fan
session Of the Prov ideuce Society for
Organized Charity was held IN Sayle'
Memorial nall last evening, and Prof j.
j. McCook of Hartford, Conn, made
an interesting address on The Tramp.
Previous 60 the addrcs, the report ot
the general manager of the society, Miss
A lice :. Taylor was presented. lt showed
that the socisty had received 5O3 cases at
the office ~ compared with 3l3 the year
before OF these there hGd been 400 now
cases and i3 recurrent. The lO3 eases in
cludsd ~ reported by charities OF otber r
cities. rs repyted by churches and pas
tors. l03 by cooperative societies, la by
individuals and 1873 cases of porsooal
application.
OF the 459 new cas1s, 30 were not four d
at the address giyon. Eight had bsen
placsd in inftitutIons, 10 given uermanent {
work, j. REFER a 20 fcreigh {. o.
-, IL aide1 by relatives 20 re'orrcd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
SALARY OF
MR. SHERMAN.
Bone OF Contention in
School Committee.
A LIVELY DISCUSSION.
President Barney Ably DslendS
Action of the BOsrl.
SHERMAN'S SIDE PRESENTED.

There was hot time at the school COM
mittee meeting last night To be sure IL
was cool enough To begin With, but IL
soon began 10 grow warm and ended IN
the temperature as Of a summer day. lhe
ordinary routine business was carried
through in an ordinary monotonous way
and the members showed anything but
the interest and enthusiasm which sprang
into existence SO quickly whom the vital
question was introduced.
Ttcre was a sudden shifting Of scenery.
n clearing away Of all that had to do with
the first act. Tbs point at issue was "A
vital one. Vital IL the relation OF the
school committee to the public. and in tn,
attitude of the committee toward the
high school teachers
sidney A. sherman has for more than
six years successfully taught in the high
school. lie has at times published articles
bearing on the public questions aud poll
tical policies.
Previous 10 the TeOrgaDl ration In the
high school at the time OF the opening
Of the nsw classical high school. Mr..
sherman was one of the TWO trst-assist-
ants According 10 the plan OF reorgaui-
zation there was 10 bc but one first rs
sistant. ard 10 this position the school
committee deemed 1t wiso TO elect
former prlucipal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
FOR S9c-,

comm nj Of a company. until II was mustered
o II in 1855. Two years were then spent IN
a 9 study Of medicine, followed in 1868 by n
trip TO Europe, where no resided until ISL
Returning he settled Mt 81. Paul, Mimi,
W here he studied law and after admission to
tle bar practiced for nearly twenty years. He
was admitted to the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
Later he gave up practice and removed TO
Boston, where no remained one year. sin'e
iat time his homo has been at Buffalo, N.
A., where he has lived retired life, devot-
ing his time 90 literary pursuits and genoa
logical studies. He has written much for the
magazines throughout the country.
Mr.. Granger married February q. 1873. Sars,
daughter ~ the Rev. WOrthingtOn Smith, J..
~. of 81. Alhans, VT, who survives him. His
brother. ID l.. -. Granger aud one sister
reside i'm this city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
NEW YORK & NEW ENGLAND.
Condition of the Roai fmproysi B:yo,d
Expectations.

At tie annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the New England Railroad,
held ON Thursday. President CLARK
mads brief statement rrgarding tho
present buslness of tbs road. lle showed
gain of $3.50, 900 during the past quarter
over the same qunrter last year and
stated that the condition of AFFAIRS al the
present time was even more encouraging
than had bs u anticipated Indeed. the
present condition ~ the road H. far better
than heretofore.
Following tse stockholders meeting
the directors met ana reelected the
officers ~ follows: President. Charles u.
Clark Of New Haven; VIC" president,
Edward ~. Robbins of II afford. treas
urcr. beorge Is phiprer OF Boston !;
secretary. James ". Perkins ~ Boston
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
MR.. GRANGER'S DEATH.
Former Res dent of This Ciy Passes
Away at BrOnXville, N. Y.

Following a brief Illness, j imes n. Granger,
formerly cf this city, died at Vernon house.
the residence of his brother, DR.. William d.
Granger, Bronxville, N. Y, on Wednesday,
October q.
Mr.. Granger was the oldest son of Rev.
James N. Granger, ID. d.. for many years
pastor Of the FIRST Baptist church in this city7
He was horn in Providence, July 8, lsl5, and
prepared for college at the University Gram
mar School and the Highland Military Acad.
emy of Worcester. In 1864 while student Mt
Brown University, he accepted commissi, n
the army and served with his regiment, i'm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

their old salary. When the position he
held was abolished from the school system
he should have considered himself Ioi-
tunote 10 secure his present one. he nau
annie time to sever his connection ana
obtain situation elsewhere hau ne
not desired the position ontreu niin.
II, understood fully tic conditions am
salary of the new POSITION, nd III ne u
not like them. why did tt si II the con
tract for the place! Doubtless he thought
disregarding any reasonabieness IN
matter. that personal influence w ould g,o
him bacg the $500. The question seems
clear and simple and is difficult TO under
stand how MIR. Sherman or his frient ttn
expect that he will be paid for work he a o
longer performs, in position he. no
longer holds, or that he rs second assist
ant should receive any more salary than
any Of the other second assistants. what
is the position of the committees Simply
this. They ere morally bound, as ousto-
dians of the school funds. not to pay 10 "A
man out of these funds S4O0 more than his
contract calls fer. suppose his friends do
want him TO get IL, and suppose be has
formerly held position where he earned
il. That makes no difference. There is a
principle involved. Personally, without
any doubt every mem Der of the commit
t,e would be glad TO SEQ hin get the
amount of bis former salary, and much
more But il is not their money ths y
spend. and they have duty TO the Iubl c
as we'll a. TO every other teacher holding a
position as second assistant.
And how about the people, or that part
of them who sefm IN To think the freedom
of speech is being rampered with, that
personal liberty il endangered, ana that
the inalensble rights Of man are being
assailed and diminished. They are poor
deluded mortals who have been trickec
into believing that which is utterly falls,
ana without foundation. That is all
I, The school committee is above reproact
| in this
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
THE WEATHER.

Fair Tonight; showers Tomorrow ana
slightly Warmer.
Washington. Oct. 80 New Engianu-
Fair tonight sunday generally iair' ou'
pcssihly local showers in eAtreme northern
norton; slightly warmer tonight nortn'
or.y winds becoming variable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
EMPEROR FRANCIS IOSEPH OF AUSTRIA.

lead ssouH
Joseph
o "a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
Distinguished Arrivals.

New York. OFT 80 Among the pas
-enger- who rived this morning on the
stg amer -S4--fsurtfs from -ssuuthamutrrr
were Hon. 1hsmas T.. Bayard: sir
John de Montague: John l.. Logan. J..
lsorillard, icv. Joseph q. Sommes Kt.
Rev. George +. Seymour. ID. d.. bishop
of Sptingiield senator George j, abody
Mrtmorr and tho r. Hon. sir Julian
paunceiute, -. &. ~ g.. 4. VI g.,
Brush Ambassador 10 the Untd St1ies,
aud Lady Psuuceiote.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

II am the sweetest instrument
That ever there can he.
The yiol shifted with great disdain:
You are lyre," said he.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
SON TAKES
UP THE FIGHT.
Young Henry George Sue
CeedS His Father.
IS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
Th. Battle Against Boss'sm Will Be
Waged 10 The End.
IS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
PASTERS WILL HAVE TO BE USED

New York, Oct. So Henry George died
suddenly vest erday, stricken with arop-
lexy. IL came 10 the citizens Of Greater
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

Mr.. sherman was appointed one OF tho
second assistants Inc commi ittee fixed
the salary of the second assistant at 800
less than that of the first or course Mr..
Sherman was DESTROYS TO keep his former
salary IL was alleged by his friends that
bis salary had teen reduced on account
Of his uttsranccs on public questions.
An effort was made through friends TO
induce tho committee To pay Mr.. Sher-
man the "A ditioDal four hundred dollars
Notwithstanding the feet that he is now
a second assistant. This question wss
referred To ,tc subcommittee on high
S II ,ols, and e " el Caairman .,osiin
of this committee asked Tor more time III
order To see if this could be legally done,
tnat the storm broke forth
j. w. Gilrain presented resolution TO
discharge the committee on high sc onls
from further considering the matter. ID.
Il. Mccarthy thought the matter should
b. taken out of the oommittee's : hands
since they had failed to report on ii.
stepren o. Edwards then attempted to
show that the committee was under sus-
picion by the public OF trying To suppress
The ire elom of speech in public servants !;
shat people felG tnDt rho committee mad
put Mr. sherman in his present position
b,cause it dis ountcDancel his speaking on
public questions
He said the committee must right itself
with the people and that no such sus-
picinn should he for au instant allowed To
mover over the school committee. Many
mem bers had never heard of any such
imputations, and there was no fouDda-
tion for them.
MIR. Edwards was in favor OF taking
this matter out of the hands OF the high
school committee and settling IL then
and there. in order to Justify the com
mittse before the public.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

At this juncture President ] Barney
stepped down from the chair to the floor
TO speak He went to the bottom OF the
thing at once, and showed the only con
sistent way to act. The high school com
mittee was finally granted extended time
TO investigate and report.
The committee has in everv particular
treated Mr.. Sherman perfectly fair and
the fact Of his having written certain
papers has never in any way entered into
it's deliberations, and it seems perfectly
clear that this cry about suppression of
free speech is only an effort on the part
of MIR. Sherman = friendsato enable him
10 retain his present position at his
former salary. Why should the city paw
him S400 because, as Presideut Barney
said. the committee is sorry that he ,s
not needed i'm his former position! In the
reorganization and ut other times
tencners have been changed from higher
to lower grades, ard Ii is not learned that
i'm any case did those SO changed expect
TO carry with them so their new position
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30
Amusements This Evening.

eRoylpENcE OPERA HOUSE -Donneiiy
and Oirard in The Geezer.
EIra's OPERA HoUsE-"courted Unto
tourt.'
oI.MyPIc ,rHEATRE-Weber's Olympia Oo'n'
paay in Vaudeville
WESTMINSTER THEATRE-IeClaire ana
Leslie IN Miss New York, .r
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-24
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.


There are over 10000 Europeans and
Americans resident in China. says the
New York Herald. The English head
the li5t with 1000; the Americans num-
her 1925: Germans, $50; Norwegians,
S75: Russians, 116: Italians. los, etc.
There arc 669 Japanese. twenty-five
ports are open to foreign residents
that is to say. Europeans are allowed
10 acquire conditional title to certain
lands, on which they live, govern
thmselves and have special privileges
In Judicial matters. These ports are
Mengtz, Lung Chow, Pakhoi, King
CHOW, Lappa, Canton, KowlOn, Swa-
tow. Annoy. Fuchau. Winshow, Ming
Pc, Shanghai, Chinkiag, Wuhu, Kiu-
kiank, Hankow, Ichang, Chunging.
C1eefoo, Tientsin and Niouchwang. 1t
is TO be noted that Pekin does not APP
pear on this list, although the en-
bassies and legations are established
there. The Chinese who find them
selves under foreign jurisdiction APP
pear more than contented with the sit
uation. because, although taxes are
high, they are fixed Two hundred
thousand natives live in the European
settlements of Shanghai. Besides the
foreign residents of China, a large
number live in ports that have been
ceded to other nations. For instance.
Hongkong comprises In its civil pop
ulation 4,195 Europeans and Ameri-
cans. With the troops and sailors.
this number Is raised to S.5i5 Hong
kong is the actual capital of foreign
Industry in the Ear east More than
5000 vessels. with a tonnage of nearly
1000, 900, touch there annually. The
same spirit which caused the develop
ment Of Singapore, Colombo and
Hongkong is to be found in the for
eign settlements Of the open ports of
China.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-24
AN AFFRONT RESENTED.
The Belle of the Rival Town Got

The Belle of the Rival Town Got
There was the most intense rivalry
between two towns in Colorado and
was resident of one of them" said
the retired business man TO the De-
troft Free Press reporter cit was not
altogether a generous rivalry, and
within certain classes disputed supe-
r1Ority generally led to muscular dis
cussion. Business men Wed for trade
in debatable territory the doctors. the
lawyers. even the ministers. said harsh
things against the other town. but il
was In social circles that the beIliger-
ency was apparent at its height. People
who could not afford it would go in
Tor display, and when the two places
had function in common the toilets
were chosen with special reference to
showing that they were very expen-
sive or to casting reflection upon the
rival city. AT a mask ball held in the
other place l had the hardihood and
inpudence to perpetrate what
thought a telling joke. [ was dressed
in a costume of newspapers and ap-
peared in the literary character of
The Quick and the Dead Gradually
it dawned upon the residents that the
papers of my own town represented the
quick while the papers of their town
represented the dead 1t was an un-
pardonable insult. Indignation ran so
high that 1 began to wish l had not
been SO brilliant. The sensational
denOuement came when a belle of the
rival city took little promenade with
me and quietly touched lighted
match to my costume In an instant I
was all quick and no dead. / rolled
IN the grass, and in due time the con-
flagration was extinguished, but you
can see the marks yet.
Then the papers of the other town
made dead set at me, raked I'D nv
record even more thoroughly than il
l had been running for office and made
some remote locality look SO inviting
that / left"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-24
FREAK OF NATURE IN FLORIDA
stretch OF Land. 10000 Acres ia Extent,
Covered with Sink Holes.

stretch OF Land. 10000 Acres in Extent,
Covered with Sink Holes.
Payne's prairie, three miles south of
Gainesville, Fla, covers an area of 90.
900 acres. A large proportion of the
prairie is now covered with water. but
there are thousands Of acres around the
borders of the lake which has been
formed on which horses and other cat
tie Craze. There is no way Of estimat-
Ing the number of cattle, but there are
many thousands, and they are in fine
condition. The prairie. or savanna,
which it really is. occasionally gees
dry, the water passing out through a
snbterranean passage called the sink.
Where the water goes has never been
determined. When the sink is open
the lake goes dry, and when the outlet
becomes gorged or choked lake from
five to seven miles wide and about
eighteen miles long is formed. When
the waters Of the lake suddenly leave
1t thousands OF alligators. snakes fish
and turtles are left with nothing hut
mud for their places of abode. The fish
and turtles perish, but the saurians
and reptiles seek and ind other quar-
ters. For miles along the northern
border of the lake there is a success
sion of sinks, averaging in depth all
the way from twenty-five to 100 feet.
Subterranean passages run in every d.
rection. leaving the ground in the
shape of a honeycomb The ground is
liable to give way at any time, Great
ing new sink. Scenery around the
lake. especially on the north side, is
unique and grand. and Is an attractive
eature to strangers who visit Gaines
vile. The sink has long been popular
as a resort for citizens of Gainesville.
who go there to fish, boat ride and
in other ways enjoy themselves. 1t is
said that this vast area of land could
be drained at trifing expense. AID
were 1t drained it woulc be the largest
as well as the richest tract of produce
tive land In Florida. 1t is for the most
part bed Of muck. The land is owned
by various individuals.