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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
Dr.. Andrews Claims ii is
(. Sinking Here.
Delivered Before, the New England
Southern Conference.
SCHOOL LUNCHES ADVOCATED.

At the afternoon session of the New
England Soothern Methodist Conference
at Attleboro, yesterday afternoon, Rev.
r. Benjamin Andrews, ID, d., president
Of Brown University, spoke upon ''The
Public School System as nm Instrumen-
tsiity Of Social Advance. DIR. Andrew g
spoke to very large congregation, MANY
of the public school teachers being in at
tendance and he took rs his text that
part OF the Lords prayer which says
"Thy Kingdom come ON earth" Dr. An
drews commenced by stating that the
poverty of the world was tereible, and no
sai id that he agreed with the tenor Of the
utterances of Henry George aud John
Stuart Mill.
1T is not intended" he said, THAT
each individual poor mon who wishes to
rise shall do so, though this Is nsArer
truo than many suppose. Why do not
laborers hand toQether and demand better
payf 1t Is tecause of that large class called
by some 'scabs, who seem to be willing
to work for any wage they can get. Far
down as the level OF living Of the work.
Ing class OF our country is. IL Is not so
far down as that of the Mongolians, but
there is evidence that 1t is sinking"
DIR. Andrews claimed that II these
higher ideals could not be launched So
c;ety must remain where 1t Is now. Only
two plans had been advanced 80 Far to
tap and drain civilization. those of Plato
and OF John Stuart Mill. Plato's cannot
be realized, but Mill's scheme of educs-
tion seems practicable. One thing that
must bo insisted on In the new system is
compulsory education, not only the law
which we now have In the many states.
but the enforcement Of It, Another thing
is the kinder garten. Tho moral effects Of
the kindergarten are no less marked than
the mental.
DIR. Andrews emphstically stated that
politics must be abolished In school
must prevail. Because the schools cannot
teach religion II by no means follows that
they cannot inculcate morality We
should not only insist on morality In the
teachers but special moral beauty should
reside In them. Every school should bs
made the most perfect pieoe OF moral
engineering possible. Ethical instruction
Is mona the less important.
DIR. Andrews then spoke OF the hysical
features OF tina school rooms and advo.
Gated that lunch. simple, hyRi ,nic and
elegant, be furnished The pupils at public
xpense, and hs closed by saying: "The
removal of degrading. demoralizinR pow
srty Is surely possible. Wealth would not
suffer by such systeIn. IL would be i'm
lneasurably increased The million now
spent for charity would be saved. This
sum Is alone sufficient to pay all the cost
of the experiments And what hinderss
More than anything else, the apathy OF
the people. The establishments Of such
system would at first encounter tho OPP
position of Catholicism. But when more
fully understood hope that not only the
lsity of the Catholic Church. whom am
sure would approve, but the hierarchy as
we'll would see its advantage"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL.
McAloon Sentenced For Assaultiug
Mary Smith.
Other Criminal Cases Before the Sixth
District Court Today.

James McAloon was tried in the Sixth
Distrist Court this morning for commit
ting an assault on Mary Smith in house
% Dodge street, near Cranston street. last
Friday. 1t was . family row. Mary
Smith, Bernard Sullivan, Ellen Sulli.
van, Catherine johnson, James johnson,
Thomas McAloon and others, testified as
to the details of tho row. McAioon said
he had been in the house, and there was
some talk about who should pour out the
beer. He said the Smith woman called
him vile names and struck him over the
head with q washboard. she had chain
In her hand after that, and No pulled the
cnain out Of her hands. The chain might
have struck Miss Smith In the eye. About
this time two policemen came to the
house. Alcohol aud water was Miss
Smiths beverage previous to the row,
and beer appeared to be the favorite with
tho others Miss Smith, however, denied
drinking alcohol. Judge Sweetland found
MoAloon guilty and sentenced him 70 30
days In the county Jail
James Collins was held In the sum of
$1,000 to appear before the grand jury for
maintaining liquor nuisance, ano was
lined % and costs and sentenced to 10
days in iail on three cases OF illegal sell.
ing and keeping for aale liquor, contrary
TO law. he furnished bail
The case against Charles j. McGuire,
who was charged with making an assault
upon Ada Slocum, was discontinued at
the request of the party agRrieved, aud
the payment of costs.
Patrick Mckenna was adjudged to be q
sturdy bsggar, and sentenced to six
months at the state workhouss. He sp-
pealed and Senator Beane of Johnston be.
came his bondsman.
John Kelley was tried as a sturdy beg
gar and was sentenced tn the state work.
house for six months He appealed.
John Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to
making an assault upon Hackman Joseph
Bullock, and he was fined $50 and costs.
Workmen In the New England freight
yard have complained recently OF finding
their dinner pals empty &C the dinner
hour. Charles McClue was caught in the
act OF stealing Edward HammilI's dinner
yesterday, and this morning in the sixth
District Court he was cent to the county
Jail for 30 0aya McCiue's record was
against him. The police said he was q
ooD mon thief and his reputation was the
cause of the severe sentence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
TwENTY-FlRST ANNIVERSARY.
Enjoyab'y Observed by Weyboss:t Lodge
at Tillinghasvs Parlors.

weybosset Lodge, No. 1884. G. u. o. Of
o. f., celebrated its 2ist anniversary at
Tillinshast's phrlors last night. At o
o'clock the exercises began with an
overture by Browns orchestra, followed
by n tenor solo by Professor Marx
Norris X. w. Blount OF the reception
committee then welcomed ali those pres
ent and iutrcduced r. w. johnston. dis
trict grand master for Rhode Island, as
the sneaker Of the evening. At the close
OF his remarks the program was con-
tinued as followss Reading, Miss Eta
Moses; soprano solo. Miss Emma Tuck
erson; selection by the orchestrn; solo.
Miss Mamie Williams; duet, Miss Black
and Mr.. Morris: sslecticn, orchestra.
At the close OF this program turkey
dinner was served, which was followed
bv dancing. The reception committee
consisted of X M>sBlount chairman; II.
W. Johnston. secretary; l.. A. Elms
treasurer; y. 8. sawyer, q. III. Prout,
j. X. Crumweli ana Charles Williams.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
A BRIGHT BLAZE.
II IIlumined the Sky and Caused,
Excitement.
Big Barn on the xIer Estate In East
Providence Destroyed.

Between 1880 and 8 o'clock last evening
the sky for miles about this oity Was
lighted up with a blaming red, volumes
Of dense smoke rolling up into the air,
In turn becoming illumined and adding
to the general effect OF fierce confisgra-
tion. They seemed. to come from that
part of East Providence north OF He'd
bridge. and were seen not only in differ
ent psrts of this city, but In Pawtucket,
A7burn and Pawtuxet az we'll ibis
peculiar appearance In the sky and the
general impression that there was Dig
ira In that direction started hundreds OF
wheelmen from all directions, and In q
few minutes there. was . steady line OF
wheels fairly flying down the slope OF
that far outnumberod anything ever be-
fore seen on thnt usually quiet street.
The scene on Angel street Was practi-
caliy the same, and In fact all tne
avenu ues leading In that direction were
throDgsd. Those that did not have
wheels took the electrlcs and the Union
railroad Company aid big business for
stood ont on the sidewalks and watched
the unusual sight The boys at Brown
were quick to notice 1t, and they poured
out by the hundreds pell-mell for the
fre, running, rushing. wheeling. rlding.
any old way to get there. 1t was great
fun for them.
Ihs cause Of it all proved to be tho big
red barn on the Dexter estate at the
corner Of Massasoit avenue and North
broadway. Ii was a large wooden build
ing about 75 by 80 feet, and burned Ike
tinder. 1t was quickly destroyed. AZ
soon ns discovered an alarm was sounded
ana the kumford and Watchsmoket com.
papies responded. Ths hose was laid and
every effort was made to save the neigh
boring buildings threatened by the sparks
borne on a strong breeze. The nremen
worked valiantly and deserve great credit
for saving every other building from the
flames. The barn was owned BY Miss
Abby Dexter, and the loss will amount to
nearly $4,000. 1t is supposed that the nre
was of inosndiary origin. s-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
DIR. TOLMAN'S LECTURE
Improved Housing, Public Baths,
Vacation Schools, ETC., Discussed.
Many Excellent Stereopticon Views
Shown to Illustrate the Discourse.

There was a much smaller audience
than there should have been present In
Manning hall, Brown University, last
night to listen to DIR. w. II. Tolman 8
lecture on Improved Housing. Public
Baths Vacation Schools. Summer Play
grounds and Vacant Lot Farms" The
lecture was finely illustrated and applied,
for the most part to conditions Of living
a. they are found In New York oity.
Tbs speaker presented numerous views
Of tho tsnem ent districts and interiors
OF some of tho tsnemeuts, and told how
the bad conditions had been, In mems.
ure, corrected. Views of the interiors OF
ths different GLASSES of lodging houses
we're also shown that told, better than
words could. Of their horrid state. The
sweat shop was also illustrated.
In the light Of these circumstances, he
said. tt was no wonder that the saloon
was sttra ,tive. Until the home could
be made cecsnt and attractive, light and
we'll ventilated, men would naturally go
to saloons, where they could be sociabie
and comfortable. Under existing CON-
ditions the saloons was not an evil.
Dwellings In the suburbs were also
treated OF. Public baths occupied
sharu of the speakers attention, rs welt
as the more recent pu blic Laundry, where
y
for i've IN an hour. at the COST OF four
centA There are very many one-room
tenements. and in this room oil the
functions of the family are performed
and the clothes arc washed and dried
In Il.
The great benefit that the vacant lot
farms had been to the poor was illus
tratsd. This idea, started by Governor
pinslee In Detroit In 1894. had spread
widely. IL Is OF espccial economic value
for old men, whose only crime Is their
eray hair. Bot this 10 enough TO pre-
vent them In many oases from getting
employment. The little ratoh OF ground
mAses them almost self-supportina.
vhe descriptions and illustrations OF
the summer vacation schools we're In
teuseiy intcrestinR. 1t has boon impos-
sibIe TO accommodate . large per cent OF
the children who want to come, so eaees
are they for 10. It takes them In their
idlensss from bad surroundings on the
streets, and almoss unconsciously and
with no books they learn much. OF value.
The summer playground 10 also very
attrsctivo % the children, and IL serves
to bring them where better infiuences
csn work on them, 90 that they are bens-
flied much more than merely physioally.
Dr. Holman will lecture again tonight
on street clssninG. dooks, health, eto.s
and the public is invited TO b present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
More Earthquake Shocks.

Sen Francisco, April 1.-Two slight
shocks OF earthquake we're felt bcrs last
night, the first at io;4s o'clock ana the
second at II; ;o7. The visbtions here were
not serious enough to cause damage, and
none has been 80 far reported. The shock
vas felt In = number of small towns of
the state and ere ssid to have been most
severe at Porte Costa.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
Her Welding Engagement Broken.

New York. April i5.--Miss Jose phine
Buell., . s,stsr OF Florence Buell., the
young woman who committed suicide
last nieht In the Young women's chris.
tinn Association building In Harlem.
came here from Clinton. Conn. today TO
care for the body. Miss Buell. said that
her sister had been dsspondent for :
year psst on account OF the breaking Of
q marriage engagement
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
Killed BY 4 Falling Tree.

81. Louis Mo-. April is.-Henry W.
Hickman. sx-stats railroad commissioner
ana Z prominent Democrat was killed
yesterday near Puxico, stoddsrd county,
while Driving, by tres falling upon
lin. Auothsr man In the buggy with
Mr.. Hickman received injuries from the
s0ects or vbich ne died.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
NO NoNsEMsE!

No prize, coupons, goods given away, no
slaughter sales; just plain and simple common
everyday business. And>who will say that our
method is not approved by the public? Does any
body maintain it would be for the interest of
thousands OF patrons to charge extra cent per
pound for Butter or Roast Beef, extra cent
two per dozen for Eggs and Oranges, etc., in
order to give one or two bicycles to as many pa
irons each week! We don't think so. When we
have any special bargains to offer like to place
them before patrons in plain business way.
We have 800 dozen Chester Cream Peas to offer
at 81. per dozen or I3 cts. They the
finest Peas packed, regular price IS cts. but we
have more than we can sell at that price, hence
cut them to reduce the stock. Also, the following
small lines which wish to close out entirely
and have made the price about half what they
would cost you elsewhere, and from 20 to 40 per
cent. less than our regular price.
doz MI Rose Pinesprles IS cts, former price 2sc.
a dox. NJ Rose Wax Beaos regular s3e. goods.
3 doz ssrtIett pesrs, very fancy asc but
recently zoc.
dos. NJ Hamilton Ese pIums. ,se., marked from se.
dox. San Jose caforna Pums 7c., marked from 7se.
SO dox Champion California Peaches I3e., WORTH 10
s8c. elsewhere.
These exceptional values Take advantage while
lasts Providence Public Market Co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
A.NARROw ESCAPE.
Mr.. Waterhouss Thrown From a Carriage
That Went Over Embankment.


That Went Over Embankment.
Howard A. Waterhouse had q narrow
escape from serious and perhaps fatal,
injury last evening. on tho Scituute road.
Mr.. Waterhouse and some friends went
out to try their luck fishing, and when
going up steep hill the horse, attached
to double seated carriage, stopped and
commenced to back. Mr.. Waterhouse
was OH the rear seat and his friends, when
they saw that the carriage was going
toward steep embankinent beside the
road, jumped out and grabbed the HORSE .
head. but he continued TO back, and over
went the carriage. and tie horses hind
feet. the carriage being stepped by some
trees. Mr.. Wnterhouse was hurled over
and over as the seat broke and his head
struck q small rock, but fortunately be
was not badly hurt. As the lanterns were
smashed TO pieces there was no flsbinR
last night
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
MUNICIPAL COURT.
In ventories on Several Estates Filed-Ex-
ecutor Appointed.

In the Municipal Court this morning
the guardian Of John q. Connolly settled
his account.
George l.. and Harold j. Gross were ap.
pointed executors of the will Of Elizabsth
III. Gross. which was probateti.
AThe following inventories were 90.
certed:
j. J. Harvey, si47.s3; Caroline A.
Robbins, t706s. 41; 1. G. Stesrns t9s4o. 81 |;
Elisha A. Rockwell, el53s. 70; Catherine
Stanton. eS2.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
GARMENTS, &c.

We are selling . beautiful cape, made
uf ladies' cloth. plated back and
Handsomely trimmed with braid, 7
for Os
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
], =. JONES q co
-24-26 ARCADE.

at the lowest possible prices The secret Of low prices
is buying direct from the manufacturers for spot cash. and
very small running expenses. Had we the large ex-
pense Of other stores, prices naturally would CORE
spond to theirs instead Of being they much lower
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15
NEWSLETS.

A barking dog, the ssges say.
Is never known 10 bite:
Likewise the talking pugilist
Will very seldom fight.
Washington Star
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-15

Amussmsnts Tonight
pRox .DENoE OPERA ROUSE : Frank
Dnniels in "The Idols Eye"
EE1rh's oPFRA HoUsE-Flo Irwin In
The Widow Jones"
OLYMPIC THEATRE : Ishsm's octoroons
Company.
WESTMINSTER THEATRE Robes Bohe-
sninn Burlesquers-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

That a man of ordinary intelligence, and
having the experience of a city official,
should take the ground that city franchises
are given to corporations as favors, for
which no adequate return is expected, is
remarkable. A city disposes of a street.
railway franchise because its people desire
certain and rapid transportation. If the
franchise is sold by a. City Council having
intelligence and acting for the public good,
the people will receive greater benefits
therefrom than any corporation, for the
outnumber those who can be benefited by
a franchise. If city governments have not
sufficient judgment TO dispose of a fran
chise upon terms favorable to the city,
what could be expected of them in the way
of incapacity if they should undertake to
construct and operate street-railways? AS
city governments are at present constituted,
the operation of a system of street rail-
ways could not be made to pay its eX-
pense while the service would, in all prob
ability, be infinitely inferior to any yet
known. Three men would be employed to
do the work of one. and fitness would not
be the basis of appointment. Ineficiency
and wastefulness would permeate the en-
tire operation of the street-raiIway service.
Where a few score Of men now implore
employment Of city officials, there would
be hundreds, for the reason that there
would be no test of efficiency and expert
ence imposed. Those who do not foresee
such conditions If street railways were
operated by city governments have not
watched the general management of city
affairs.
1t was logical consequence of the oppo-
sition to the leasing or sale Of franchises.
on the ground that they are conferred to
benefit the few, that the same speaker sub
sequently advocated the socialistic dogma
that it is the duty of the city to furnish
employment for those who have 1t not.
Speaking of the men who throng the city
offices in quest Of employment. the mayor
Of Toledo declared that the municipal prob
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

poet Of Russia. and his grandfather was q
negro. Like almost all the Russian al-
thors,. he had tragic life: and was slain
in duel at the age of thirty-eight. when
he had been famous for almost twenty
years.
Mrs. r. L. Stevenson is in London, and
viii spend the winter in labors connected
with Stevenson's writings-making a book
of selections for reading, preparing an al
bum of illustrations of the romances and
helping Mr. Colvin IN his biography. She
is going to give to the Boston Public Lii
brary the blocks of wood that Stevenson
cut with his own hands and used in print
ing little amateur pamphlets.
Here is note that will carry comfort to
the distressed author who is wrestling with
the problem of the returned manuscript. A
book called stephen Remar," which is de-
scribed as a religious tract in the form of
a novel. has reached its twenty-fourth
thousand in England, although it came back
times before he could find a publisher. II
was finally accepted by Edwin Arnold, and
now the author, in view of its success, is
engaged upon another work of similar ns-
ture entitled Paul Mercer"
A new weekly paper with the odd title of
The Verdict, is soon to be started in New
York by Mr.. Oliver II. Z. Belmont, who is
to take an active interest in its manage
ment. The editor will be Mr. Alfred Henry
Lewis. the wel-known newspaper writer,
and Mr.. Edward Flynn, for several years
connected with the editorial staff of the
Commercial Advertiser, will be the manag-
ing editor. The paper will be devoted
largely to both local and national politics,
as well as to general matters OF popular
interest
When Lord Beaconsfeld died it was
found that he had bequeathed to Lord Row
ton-who, as Montagu Cory had been his
private secretary since 1S66-the whole of
his letters, papers, documents and manu-
scripts, leaving it to use his discretion to
destroy, preserve or publish any of them.
The world inferred from this that Lord
Rowton would be the biogapher, but in
this the world has been disappointed. Last
summer the announcement was made for
the first time that Lord Rowton would not
prepare the biography, but that the Bea-
consfeld papers had been turned over TO
Mrs. Sarah Grand and the biography con-
.fided to her A more inapt assignment was
never made to any writer. Undoubtedly
Lord Beaconsf1eld's career was romance,
but that is no reason why romantic writer
should be chosen to describe it. The au-
thor of 1.-The Heavenly Twins writing the
history Of Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Bea-
consfeld, will certainly be a spectacle for
gods and men, thinks the literary critic OF
the Chicago Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

In the Atlantic Monthly Prof. Shaler has
an article on 'FThe Landscape as a Means
of Culture" in which he undertakes to show
how an appreciation of landscape may be
acquired by the person DESTROYS of culture
and willing to exert himself to attain it.
He also points out the aesthetic value of
this power of appreciation when once it is
gained. The professors instructions to the
student are given in considerable detail, and
need not be repeated here. 1t is enough to
say that his system is elaborate and not to
be mastered in a day. The novice, he ex-
plains, will acquire but slowly the knowl-
edge which enters into the imaginative i'm
preston the scene is to yield him, and this
gradual approach to a full comprehension
of natures beauty is true whether the par
ticular scene studied has a human or his
interest may add a charm and increase the
intensity of aesthetic impressions. making
a scene like the valley of the Arno, or the
plain of Marathon, more attractive than one
in the unhistoric wilderness, with far small
er share of natural beauty, but this admis-
sion seems to imply that beauty of landscape
may be entirely a thing of association-a
view which those who have learned to love
the panorama of sky and land by unscientihc
methods will not readily accept. BY his
system he is ready to furnish aesthetic APP
probation to any one who comes, his prefer
ence being for pupils of some advancement
in intellectual requirements. That he can
do this a good many will doubt. That the
eye may be cultivated is true enough; one
may learn just how TO select the point of
vantage in viewing a landscape as in view
ing painting; there may be sense of pro-
color without the smallest degree of that
delight in the scene felt by one who. with
out having analysed either the landscape or
his emotions concerning it, knows that the
world is beautiful and is glad to live in it
because it is so. One may learn by study
and practice how to dissect picture and
point out its good or bad points, or how to
criticise a musical performance, but the
ability to anaIyze and criticise does not
necessarily involve sympathetic enjoyment
of what is good in the painting or the song,
or the possession of artistic tastes. The
aesthetic nature. like the poetic. must be a
birthright. It may be made finer or it
may be crushed out by adverse conditions,
but 1t must be there as a foundation on
which to work. Without 1t not all the train
ing In the world can create enjoyment;
with 1t pleasure may be intensified to An