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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12

with them. Not only Is this country
rich in soil, but II also possesses MINER
al wealth which for some unknown rea-
son has been left largely undeveloped.
Forests OF rich and valuable woods I'm
their virgin state cover most OF the is
lands. while beneath them and hidden
by the heavy underground are to be
found gold. silver and large deposits OF
mercury. Some of these have been
worked and paid well. yet the majority
OF them have been left undeveloped
The natives are indolent. although not
To such marked degree as those OF
Cuba and Porto Rico. They depend al
most entirely upon the foreign markets
for their needs. Large exports OF the
products OF some OF the islands are
made TO the European countries. while
very little reaches the United States I'm
the raw state.
The openings for new enterprises and
industries In this section OF the world
cannot be estimated. All classes OF
trades and professions Will have ample
opportunities, and under the liberal gov
ernment OF the United States. N we
should retain the Philippines. they cam
not we'll help fiourishing.
Farmers. mechanics and tradespeo-
pie Of all classes are waiting anxiousiy
for the word from the government 10
start for the new possessions, and there
In NO doubt that where the stars ana
stripes 60 our trade will follow. with
American energy and enterprise the new
lands Will take on different aspect and
from being an almost unknown country
to US win become known as having some
of the richest lands In the world. No
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12
Great Britain'S
Latest BattleSlliD'

The latest battleship launched IN Eng
land is the Albion. with displacement
of $4,000 tons. This Is 1900 tons larger
than the new ships designed for our
navy and already provided for. The
Albion has mean draft OF 20 feet.
whereas our vessels will draw bat -
feet OF water. which will enable them
10 enter most OF our Atlantic seaports
with safety.
The Albion is 800 feet long and has n
breadth Of beam OF "a feet This Ia
longer and broader than our ships viii
be, but the greatest difference observa-
bic between them and the Albion is In
the distribution and thickness OF tho
armor The Albion has a belt OF steel
harveyized armor only six inches thick
and covering about 200 feet OF her
length. This belt 10 IA feet wide. ex--
tending from nine feet above the water
line to five feet below.
The principal armament Is carried in
two barbettes. circular, l2 inches thick.
OF harveyized steel where they project
above the height Of the armored side.
and six inches below i'm the wake OF the
8 inch side armor. The inch guns are
In classmates OF inch steel.
The main armament OF the Aibioa
consists of four IL inch guns. These are
mounted on turntables within the bar
bettes in the usual way. They are pro-
tected by inch harveyixed steel shields.
There are, in addition to the above
pieces. twelve inch rapid fire guns IN
casemates. eight on the main deck and
four on the upper deck. and there are
also ten IL Founders and a large number
OF smaller sized secondary battery
pieces. There are four submerged torpe-
do dischargers for IS inch Whiteheads.
The main engines are OF the triple ex-
pansion type. The boilers are OF the
Belleyille type, there being 20 in all. The
indicated horsepower is estimated at
13. 900. which is calculated TO drive the
ship at 1SA knots. The coal capacity Is
1900 tons.
Though classed as a battlcship, the
Albion surely is but large armored
cruiser. She differs in some important
essentials from our latest battleship de-
signs, i'm which the original features de-
noting the battleship type. heavy gums
and thick armor. are rigidly adhered to.
Our system demands sacrifice OF
speed, so our specifications call for but
is knots, whereas the Albion and other
vessels OF her class are to so 1874 knots.
Again, on the displacement Of 1850
tons such speed as Is knots could NOT
be obtained without sacrificing either
gun power. armor protection or coal ca
pacity.
1t is generally thought that our new
designs are fully capable of standing
comparison with the English Albion
class, and In order to show this the two
are here given side by side:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12

A northern business man liv
south has found cure for inscI
answered perfectly in his case
longer needing IL as medicine
tinues IL as food. IL Is "A moe
able dish OF popcorn. The com
In the usual wire basket and
IL is put in hot bowl. 1id
IN poured over IL. and In t.,o N
Is soft and ready TO be sprinkle
sugar unless salt and pepper are
ferred. The addition of a little van q
transforms the juvenile favorite into .
delicate hasty pudding. To keep the
corn after gathering put II ton the cobb
In q cool place. II shel'cd. It loses ite
moisture sooner ana aft-t awhile wiu
not pop.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12


ITSHE opening OF new territory has
always some interesting and cx-
= citing features surrounding 1t.
When the government lands or our
own country were thrown open to set
tiers. there were thousands waiting on
the borders for the signal to start In
to select and stake out the property.
The spirited contests by the settlers to
get the best locations frequently re-
suited in bloodshed. The land was In
. virgin state. Little had been done
in the way OF cultlvating It before the
government had decided TO hand 1t over
TO the settlers. They came from all
parts Of the country to stake out claims
in the new territory. II was in prac-
tical wilderness. There were no large
tewns or cities from which to draw
supplies. Everything was In crude
state. and to the settler 1t meant uphill
work and maAy privations. After years
OF hard labor the new country was con-
verted into land OF plenty. Large and
prosperous towns now dot IL every
where, while the fields are covered with
the fruits OF the labor OF the settlers.
With the new territory recently ac-
Quired from Spain IL is different. There
is much to be gained In them without
the hard work that was necessary In
making our western country what II Is
1t present. The land is more fertile in
the new possessions, and little cultiva-
ton il needed to make 1t paying prop
e1ty. Then the farmer and the ranch
man who go into this new territory
will be surrounded by large towns from
which supplies may be drawn. But 1t Is
not only the farmer and ranchman who
are to be benefited. Every trade and
profession will be helped. Most OF the,
new possessions have been cultivated.
and the products have been sent to the
markets OF the world for years. There
are also large and thriving cities and
towns In them: but. thanks to the man
agement Of Spain and the Incidence of
the natives, most Of the places are In a
primitive state, and the great riches OF
the islands have yet to be brought to
light. With some OF the energy for
which Americans are so well known the
land will be properly and profitably cuI-
tivated, and the cities and towns will
speedily develop into business centers.
OF the more important of the new
possessions that have come under the
stars and stripes and toward which
many Of our people are looking are Cuba
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12

one trade will be benefited more than
another. The farmers opportunities
VIII be equal to the merchants. while
the skilled mechanic will have equal
chances with the professional man. The
saying. GO west, young man." does not
now allude to the western part Of the
united states. The young man can
Keep going west and across the seas
back to the home country and he Will
hnd the stars and stripes floating over
territory in all parts OF the world.
FREDERIC A. HOWARD.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12

In the matter OF building such ships
as the above Great Britain does decid-
edly better than we do. She can and
does turn out an Albion in twelvc-
month The terms Of our contracts all
low for period Of time more than dou.
BILE as great.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12

Only few years ago electric Lalbs
were made or blown offhand. Toda y
most OF them are made In paste mold :.
The student lamp chimneys. with thsir
narrow necks exposed 20 clc-c contact
with the flame. are made ii - ~
paste moids. and there are No bf e'l..
polished. better tempered or cietrrt
chimneys I'm the market than aIe aow
made by this process.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-12

Lieutenant Carranrn Ia marched ou1
r ith what ne considers the honors o(
var. lie was permitted 10 blow Die
own horn TO the last.
The herald., 1898-02-10
SIGNS MUST COME DOWN
The Chief of Police Will Enforce the
Ordinance

All signs which extend over the side
walks must come down. That edict has
been issued by Chief of Police Glass, and
within a day or two, possibly today, the
enforcement of the ordinance will begin.
In January the city council passed an or
dinance providing for the removal of all
business and other signs which hang over
the sidewalks. In the list are included all
hanging signs, signs on awnings bulletin
boards, newspaper and otherwise which
are not against building; in short. all
signs that in any way or in the most re-
mote manner obstruct the sidewalks or the
view along the sidewalks. Mayor Snyder
did not sign this ordinance. but allowed Il
| TO become law by limitation without hi.
| signature.
! The decision OF the chief of police tt
| enforce the ordinance strictly is the resul
| of orders which he has received from the
| board of police commissioners Yesterday
afternoon Sergeant Jeffries was sent tc
the city clerks office and obtained a copy
of the ordinance. This was delivered tc
the chief and will be carefully looked over
and will later be made the subject of a
general order to the police. There is nc
intention of acting with undue haste in
the matter, but a sufficient time will be
given the owners of signs to take them
down before any attempt to prosecute vio-
lators of the law is made
The herald., 1898-02-10
UNKNOWN MISCREANT
Foul Minded Wretch for Whom the
Police Are Looking

Several policemen, some of them in
citizens clothes, are searching for an
unknown man of whom they have good
description who is wanted for crime
for which he would be lynched if caught
in some parts of the country. Several
days ago a number of people residing
along the banks of the river between the
eastern shore and the hills of Boyle
Heights both north and south of First
street, reported to the police that a
tramp had been badly frightening the
women and children in that locality. The
mans actions We're the same at each
of the places visited, and he invariably
called at houses at which he knew that
the male members of the family were
not at home.
He would enter yard and go to the
rear door and knock. When the house.
wife appeared he would ask for food or
money. On being refused he became
very abusive and at several places ex-
posed his person. threatening to make
a criminal assault upon the women.
OF course they We're terrorized, and the
man would disappear before they could
call assistance.
The matter was reported to the police
and several arrests of hobos have been
quietly made. None of the prisoners
have been identified by the women as
the man who frightened them, and sew
eral of them were released without hav-
ing been booked.
The herald., 1898-02-10
THE ROLL OF HONOR
FIRE COMMISSIONERS WILL GIVE
MEDALS FOR VALoR
Chief Moore Reports on the Charges
Against Meath and Brown.
Minor Business Done

At yesterdays session of the fire COM
missioners, Mr.. Wells brought up the
matter of instituting roll of honor. In
advocacy Of the measure he remarked
that many eastern fire departments
found that the roll of honor served as
melted the firemen to deeds of valor. He
suggested, in the same connection, the
occasional bestowal of medals for acts
of noteworthy ability and bravery of
men in the department.
Mr.. Kuhrts was in accord with the
ideas of his colleague, and the matter
was referred to a committee consisting
Of the two gentlemen named above, to
report on the plans for instituting the
roll of honor in the local department.
Chief Moore reported that Truck "B"
had practice drill at $3.50 o'clock on the
9Th inst. One hour later Truck "A" had
drill. The chief also reported as fol-
lows:
Late Friday night and early Saturday
morning last, H. Meath, ex-member of
| the fire department and A. w. Brown,
|
turbance and behaved disorderly at
chemical house No. 2. Circumstantial
evidence strongly points to them as the
persons who have been turning in false
alarms of fire. 1 had the men arrested
on charges.
The report was received and filed.
The application of John c. Rolls for
appointment as callman was received
and filed.
Applications for permission to bore for
oil were received from the Combination
Oil company to bore in block 26, Angelina
Heights tract, and Nettleton & Keller
man on lot 10, block 9, Park tract. Both
were referred to the chief for investiga-
| ton.
Frank Fassbind applied for permission
to erect and operate a laundry on Pico
street near Rosedale avenue. Chief
Moore will report upon the application
next week.
The herald., 1898-02-10
FOUND HIM GUILTY
N. H. Imber Will Be Sentenced Tomor.
row for Disturbing the Peace

Naphthali Herr Imber is guilty of
disturbing the peace. So decided JUS
tice Morrison yesterday morning after
hearing the evidence in the case in
which the proprietor of the Chicago
lodging house was the complaining wit
ness. The guilt of the alleged rabbi was
not without extenuating circumstances,
and tomorrow when he comes up for
sentence it is thought that the penalty
will not be severe. and may even be
suspended, because Herr Imber is not a
fighting man except when aroused.
That he was greatly aroused on the oc-
casion which resulted in his arrest came
out in the evidence at his trial.
Imber had been rooming at the Chi
cago house, on Main strret, cosmopol-
itan lodging, at which any person
who has the price can secure room.
The other inmates OF the place were of a
class who had little regard for another s
feelings, and upon the appearance of
Imber, with his long locks and placid
smile, he was at once made target for
the coarse jests of the other boarders
which he naturally resented. 1t was
the last straw when the proprietor
! joined the forces of his enemies. Then
he became so enraged that he is said tc
have threatened to reduce the popula.
ton, and flashed knife.
The herald., 1898-02-10
JUMPED THROUGH THE WINDOW
Louis Sentous Wants to Know if the
Burglar Has the Jewelry

Louis Sentous of the firm of Vache
Bros, the liquor dealers, went to the
Orpheum on Tuesday night with his
partner. Mrs. Sentous was on visit to
her brothers ranch at Rosecranz. When
Mr.. Sentous returned home, at 1901
Girard street, after the show was over
he discovered man in the house who
was armed with a hatchet. The burglar
precipitately jumped through the WIN
dow, leaving behind him his tomahawk
which was captured by Sentous and is
now an exhibit in the hawkshaws' gal
lery at the police station.
Every receptacle in the house had
been ransacked by the thief, but the
only thing that Mr.. Sentous found miss
ing was his wife's jewelry. He is now
trying to solve in his own mind the prob
lem whether Mrs. Sentous took her Jewel
case with her when she went to the
country or whether the burglar carried
it off as the reward of his enterprise.
The herald., 1898-02-10
UNION REFORM LEAGUE
A Committee of One Hundred to Guide
Its Destinies

ltS DeSt1n1eS
The committee of one hundred, chosen
to guide the work of the Union Reform
league in this city met yesterday at the
hall of the Y. M. c. A.and organized and
laid out the plan of the work Those
who have consented to serve are:
DR.. John r Haynes chairman; Mrs. c.
M. Severance vice chairman; Mrs. A. J..
Corker. second vice chairman, DR.. Fill
more Moore. secretary; William II.
Knight, John Francis. Judge Utley, Rev.
John Gray, Rev. DR.. Trew. Mrs. S. L..
Longstreth. Mrs. Pearse Severance. Mrs.
w. c. Bowman, A. S. Longley, DR.. A. J.
Stephens, Rev. DR.. Warren Day, I. B.
Dockweiler, Mrs. L. P. Little, William q.
Gould. J. r. Paddock, Rev. Burt Estes
Howard. Rev. w. A Knighten, Rev. A.
c. Smither, Rabbi Solomon. Mrs. Kate
Tupper Galpin, Mrs. M. III. Merrill the
Misses Foster. F. ID. Jones, w. II. Stuart,
Mrs. s. M. Davis, j. T. Van Rensselaer,.
Rev. p. II Bodkin, Rev. ]. w. Ball. 4.
G.. Barnard. William Ferguson, Mrs. H.
NJ Mills, James Towel, G.. H Hewes. Mrs.
A. Vilenger, w. Randolph, Mrs. Helen
Arion Lewis, Mrs. M. V. Longley, w. C.
Pitchner, j. B. Irvine, jr.; r. ]. Boyle,
Miss Hasse. w. Ball, 7. w. Heineman,
Mr. Kramer. Ulrich Knoch, Mrs. DR..
Sherer, Mrs. WolfskilL G. 7. Hanley, Mrs.
w. Nordhoff. DR.. c. L. Guild. Ernest Brad
ley, A. w. Morgan, DR.. J. M. Pirtle, Col.
Gmith, L. ]. Cornell, A. B. Clark. G. F.
Valiant. A. e. Bourke S. Chapel ]. H.
Dempsey, Rev. C. D. Dorland, Alfred
Paft. S. e. Fulton, Mrs. Fred e. Fay,
Captain Green, Lieutenant Bonner. E.
Lux. ]. D. Steele, s. A. Waldron, Mrs j.
A. Osgood. Miss Seymour, Mrs. A. j.
Sphinx. Mrs. s. D. Willard, Miss S. T.
Wilde, Clayton Woods, Mrs. Meserve, ].
r. Townsend. Mr.. Becker, j. s. Bruner,
Blanchard. o. c. Zahn, s. B. Golden, T. M.
Stuart, Samuel Arion Lewis
The herald., 1898-02-10
The Supervisors

The application of Harry Sexton for
permission to transfer his retail liquor
license for saloon in Santa Monica
canon to Charles Holmberg was granted
by the board of supervisors yesterday.
A resolution Of thanks from the board
of trustees of San Pedro to the super
visors for having caused the San Pedro
county road to be repaired and made
convenient for traffic was ordered
spread on the minutes.
Laura avenue and MADEIRA avenue,
in the Nadeau Vinyard tract No. 2, were
vacated and ordered restored to acreage.
A petition for a voting precinct at
Vineland, near Azusa, was denied, on
motion of Supervisor Wirsching.
Angeleno avenue, in the Fawkes sub
division of Burbank, was ordered va
Gated, with the exception of that part
which crosses Lake street.
The herald., 1898-02-10
AFTER MANY DAYS
A Pasadena Musician Finds His Stolen
Watch in Pawn

Herman Pupke, leader of the orchestra
at Hotel Green, Pasadena, lost watch
about fourteen months ago, and re-
ported the theft to the police at the time,
but they were not able to find it. Yes
terday he noticed what he thought
looked like his timepiece in the show
window of Mrs. Ferner's pawn shop. He
went into the place, and was shown the
watch, and identified it. Then he
claimed the property, but of course it
was not given him. He secured a
search warrant, and Detectives Good
man and Steele returned to the place
and secured the watch. A fight for it
will now take place in the courts.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Marriage Licenses

Henry E. Putnam, 70, Vermont, and
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Edison, Ga, Kentucky.
residents of this city.
John E. Maxey, 29, Colorado, and
Louise Martell, 1S, Oregon, residents of
this city.
Louis Hoffman, 40, and Laura George,
"a, New Jersey, residents of this city.
Joseph E. Hopkins, "a, Connecticut,
and Alice ]. Tyler, "a, Connecticut, res
idents Of Prospect Park
Juan Avila, 21, and Francisco Revis,
10, natives of California and residents of
Pomona.
Luis Castanos, A. resident of Santa
Paula, and Juanita Grijalva, 29, resi-
dent of La Puente; both natives of CAL
ifornia.
Michael H. Thornton, 21, Indiana, and
Edna I. Stoner, 81, Missouri, residents
of this city.
The herald., 1898-02-10
NEIGHBoRLY AMENITIES
How Some Kearney Street People En-
joy Life on Boyle Heights

Mary Bentley had Anton Wurtz ar
rested on January 10Th for disturbing
her peace, and he was only released
after putting up hail in the sum of $25
The case was tried yesterday by Police
Judge Owens, who took it under advise
ment. The parties are residents of Kear-
ney street, Boyle Heights, but Mrs.
Mary Bentley formerly inhabited Gala
basas, where she is well known as a
litigant. Mrs. Bentley claimed that
Wurtz called her very bad names in
broken English because she had report
ed to the board of supervisors that he
owned glandered horse.
She told Mr.. Wurtz that the horse
ought to have been shot long ago, and
emphasized the remark by calling him a
crazy Frenchman, upon which Wurtz
urbanely replied that she was an Ala
media street -, and that if she did
not shut her mouth he would fill it full
of dirt Mr.. Wurtz denied the use of
bad language in French, German, Irish
or English, and Mrs. Wurtz likewise
denied that her husband had used pro-
fame and indecent words toward Mrs
Bentley.
The herald., 1898-02-10
MADE THEFT A BUSINESS
J. T. Williams Stole Many Laprobes in
Pasadena

j. T. Williams completed a sentence
of ten days in the county Jail for va
grancy yesterday, and as he left the jai
he was at once rearrested on foui
charges of petty larceny. He was sent
up from Pasadena, where he was ar
rested under the name of McMillen
Since then Detectives Steele and Good
man have traced to him the theft of q
number of fine lap robes.
For weeks it had been unsafe for the
owner of robe in Pasadena to leave
it in his buggy, so many having beer
stolen. Williams was arrested on sus.
picion of being the thief, and pleaded
guilty to charge of vagrancy. After
his arrest number of the stolen robes
were found in secondhand stores ir
this city. The owners of these stores
have since positively identified the pris-
oner as the man who sold them the
robes. He was taken to Pasadena fol
trial.