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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
Roosevelt and the Reporters.

lt is IN this treatment OF the press
that Gov. Roosevelt has introduced an
absolutely unique feature into official
life at Albany. and tits there that ne
has applied his principle OF frankness
IN Its perfection. He realized that dt
was through the newspapers that tho
people must receive their Impressions
OF h m and his work, and that n was
through the corps OF Albany corr
espondents that the papers must i'm
turn get their Impressions Possibly he
cause as a historian he has In him the
instincts OF the journalist. he grasped
me value of this collection OF press
representatives. ~ nerve centre. by
tOuchinS MNIl he could keep I'm con-
tact with the great mass OF the bubble
as IN no other way. BY laying bare to
the men who Wcre TO be the historians
OF his administratlO his motives. aims
and purposes, he avoided the danger OF
being misunderstood.
Gov. Roosevelt's talks with The corre-
spondents take place twice a day-at
l0.i5 a. m. FOR the afternoon press and
at f.45 y. m for The morning papers.
says Leslie's Weekly. They are i'm tn
nature of privileged communications.
ana all other visitors are barred Tsll-
ally the IL on 20 men who look after the
Legislature FOR the metropolitan and
country press gather In semlcircle
about the GOVcrnor. VINO stands In an
easy attitude with his bands I'm his
Isckets ana makes what announcement
he may have. Sometimes h. sHs jaupti-
~ ON the edge ~ a desk and swings his
legs as he talks. with the abandon Of A
echuolboy on n fence. OFTEN ne leans
agains the desk while the men gather
closer about. aud nov and then. after
y hard days work he viii stretch him
self out on this SELF same desk. resting
his head on one elbow ia as ahsOluielv
unamectcd post rs GDyernf eyer
dropped Into.
When he has giv,n uut vs. hat nnh.i ha
has 30 is she correspdiltIents ,tufn a.
IRE questions "a hiin. They may AK az
many as they lik' The Governor does
MOI always answer but D. never
evsdes lf 40 is of matter about
which h. T. not al liberty a. SPEAK he
says 80. He may answer with the pa
r'nthetical remark that this is just be-
tween ourselves AMI not for publica-
ton"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

ctch a case az that or Palmer sITus-
trates how lack ng is our system OF
dealing wien insanity As a rule our in
sane hospitals are the last recourse. In
sanity seems to be neglected in its In
cipient stages as no disease OF the body
is b civilized community The suf-
ferer from mental trouble Is not
brought 10 treatment as general thing
until the mental state Is hopeless of
curing Were patients with bodily ills
Ieft to the unattended progress of their
disease great outcry would 60 up. but
the mentally unsound are in most cases
neglected until there is no hope OF a
recovery from the condition. IL is
however. as manifcsuy absurd TO walt
until the patient from mental disease
Is In the last stages a. IL would be N
The disease were any of the great num-
Der Of physica. Affections. And especial.
ly Is this the case because the insane
person 80 often becomes dangerous 10
oshers. as well az to himself. with the
progress OF his disease. Especial pre-
cautions are taken 10 guard against
physical diseases like smallpox. diph-
liberia and other epidemics. The develop.
mcnt ~ which threatens the NE Of
oller people. but insanity Is frequentiy
allowed 20 progress 70 the stage where
ilfe other than the patients r threat
ened before steps are taken 90 connnc
and treat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
DIE D..

BARNEY-In North Swansea, June 10
Sally A.. widow of jerks Il. Barney.
in the SD year of her age.
BROWN--In North Scituate. 9th inst.
George W., son OF Stephen r.. and
Mary A. Brown. in his 64th year.
BAXTER-In this city. the l1th inst.
George NJ son OF II. w. and the late
Mary j. Baxter, in his 22d year.
CLARKE-In this city, June the 1ith.
Alice. daughter OF Prescott O. ana
Mary Chase Clarke, : months old.
DAVIS-ln this city, fith inst. jose
phine Ellen tNose). wife of William
II. Davis. in the SD year of her age.
DAVIS-In Riverside. East Providence.
the llth inst. Sophron,a r.. wife OF
Henry Davis. in the 10th year OF her
age.
HAYWARD--In this city. 1lth inst.
Lemuel. oldest son OF Lucy j. and the
late Thomas w. Hayward. aged so
years, 8 months and 26 days.
KILLEY-In Johnston. the 10th inst,
James T.. Killey. I'm his 18th year.
McGREGOR-In Nova Scotia, June
1lth. Hazel Cresse McGregor. only
daughter OF Murdoch =. and Cassie
McGregor OF this city. aged years
and months.
wEST-In this city. on the 10th inst.
Joseph West. In his S1th year
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
PROVIDENCE ruBlIc LIBRARY.


The number of volumes issued dur.
ing the week ending June .. 1899, was
lHo; daily average of 295.
Among the additions OF the past week
are; Outlines of Practical Sociology, :
by c. ID. Wright. soO.65; The Dreyfus
story" by II. w. Hale. 2O6i. 24O;
French Enterprise In Africa" by
Lieut.. Hourst, 4031.2s; and "Remini-
sciences" G. W, by Justin Mccarthy,
307l.2s9
The library has received from John
1. Blodgett. Esq, the Memorandum
OF Certain Decisions Concerning the
Appointment OF Boards of Police Com
missioners by State Authority. Ac-
companying An Act to Establish a
Board OF Police Commissioners for the
city of Providence" a pamphlet Of 22
pages, S.'0.4; and also from Francis
Colwell, Esq, city solicitor his Brief
In behalf OF the City of Providence
demonstrating Against the Passage OF
the above named act. a pamphlet of
~ pages. S110.3. other references In
the library bearing OH the principle at
issue, namely. that of the independence
of municipalities as related TO state
control, include the following: "Muni-
cipal Home Rule" 1S95), by r.. j. Good
now, SOlS.11: also his Home Rule for
cities tnearly identical with part of
the above mentioned work), Political
Science Quarterly. V. TO-, uS95), d. l.
S50.5.lO; p. 1882 of Municipal Reform
in the United States" US96). by It. &.
Dewlin. S07si14; and y. 225-26 of Profess
sor Goodnow's Municipal Problems
pSsD, s0'01.1. See also Home Rule for
American Cities by r. p. Oberholtzer
Annals OF the American Academy OF
Political and Social Science, V. 3, 1s93),
y. $50. S40.7.3: "Home Rule in cities"
by r. Il. Hale. Cosmopolitan, " 16.
,lSsD y. I35, 054.6I16; constitutional
KISS, Review of Reviews. vSHUU
Home Rule for Cities" by w. H.
v. >, dss4) p. 6s2 O54.739:
The Failure OF Local Government
by IL. ID. Pope. Open Court. v. s. uS94).
p. 4159O52, 29.S: The Relations OF the
City and the State OF New York" by A.
{. Bernheim, Political Science Qaurter-
ly. V. 2. us9D. p. 377, 7,s50.5.9: The Brook
lyn Idea in City Government" by f. NJ.
Shepard. Forum, V. l6. uS9S). y. 3s,O54.-
5S.l6: and The Decay OF Town Cow
ernment." by A. G.. Sedgwick. Nation.
V. SO. 0s97). p. $780, S50.l265. See also De
Tocqueville's Democracy in America"
S0iS.1; and the chapter on municipal
government by Seth Low I'm Bryce's
American Commonwealth |, p. 62O.-
s07s.53. q l.
The catalogue OF Spanish literature
the Rlvadeneyra collec-
ton. has been hung at the left OF the
shelves containing these volumes. IN the
open bookcase outside the counter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
Bridge Chauntries.

Away i'm the Middle Ages the work:
OF the bridge builder and the road con.
structor ranked high ameng- -tha-aets
of charity In copy OF piers Plow.
man" enumerating these. a couple,
says
"Brygges to-brik by the heye weyes
Amende in som manere WISE
The church would grant indulgences
not only to. those whose monetary Of
ferings were the means by which the
highways were maintained, but 10
those who by their bodily labours par
ticipated in the act. The piteous ap-
peal Of the wayfarer and the complaint
of the merchant, reading quantity and
prettily enough in these days. are re-
ally but sad evidence OF the condition
of the roads, and little doubt remains
that the engineer of those quiet centu-
ries was benefactor OF practical
worth.
But the day OF the bridge chapels is
over; all is hushed now, and gone for
them, and they are utterly still So
long have they fallen useless--for no
equivalent have they in our time no
aid are they in modern work--that is
Imagination alone that will awaken the
thought that once they lived. In the
poor worn places. dry now and bar
rem of the faith that raised them, no
vers yet an atmosphere memorial of
their latter hours OF grandeur; an at
mosphere pregnant with mellow
thoughts of the Middle age. suffusing
with generous colour their lambent
spaces, and deepening it's shadow on
their shadows. Again the long, thin.
wooden Christus. flecked scarlet at
the scourging, hangs on the Rood-tree.
and Prince Michael OF the gilded
greaves wars in his glstening heaven.
Mary of the moon-face is here. her
little company or angels crowding and
like apple-bloom on spans OF
silken sky. Long still and gone are all
these things. faded out from them as
the colour has faded: but the reverence
OF a reverie clings around them yet.
for they like Browning's Alpine
chapel. are aware" though sunk in
silence:
THE place is silent and aware:
II has its scenes, it's joys and crimes.
But that Is its own affair"
1t is saying that serves for all, not
less than any one OF these.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

A distinguished historian writes. while
referring To this naion's advent as a
cOlonlzing power. that we represent the
vcentury'S politicsl conscience" and
that our influence FOR good over Euro
pean spheres Will be immense This re-
sult was just a. inevitable a. l. the
cure which follows the use ~ H6stet-
der's Stomach Bitters. the greatest rem.
ely which Is found In every home and
drug store throughout the country. m
cures indigestion. constipation. over
worked kidney AMI liver. allavs nerv-
business, and tones up The whole svs-
TEN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

The Attorney General OF course can
not answer the talk OF this sort. but
must accept il as one more embarrass-
ing factor 10 what has been a most
embarrassing case. Here is the unfor-
tunate Palmer, a fellow who committed
most wicked and .cowardly crime in
most wicked and cowardly manner.
There Is never any sympathy anywhere
for man who strikes down a woman
NJ is brought into court and with hard
~ the pretense OF trial the charge
against him is dropped and he goes
free that is as free as any other man
who Is proved to be mentally unbal-
ance1. We believe that this legal
episode Is without precedent here in
Rhode Island and we have never heard
of a similar disposition of case in
any other State although very Ekely
there may have been many such. of less
prominence. There is much talk about
the saving Of money TO the state
through the surrendering of the prose.
cution in the face OF the hopeless legal
fight and the prosecution plumes itself
ON its persplcacIty accordingly. the in
ference being, we suppose. that where
the State is not cocksure OF winning
n case the case should be dropped
Were this the general practice. how
ever, many criminal lawyer and many
an attorney general hereabouts would
not be wearing the laurels or enjoyin:
the material rewards OF legal talent ana
labor that are now in evidence. And
the plain everyday -fslls-wiro get TO.
gether and chin freely are disposed TO
sn'n at the claim of particular credir
for saving the State expense and d,
not hesitate to express the opinion that
counsel for the defense gets as slzabIe
a fee for closing the case thus in the
beginning as would have accrued from
long and brilliant legal battle. In.
deed counsel for the defense is evident.
~ entitled to more.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
Questions of Census Takers.

The schedules for the census of 1906
are under five heads: The individual
corporations. agriculture. mortality and
special The questions to be put To in
dlviduals are: Your age. conjugai con-
dition, place of birth, parents birth
place. alien or naturalized, number of
years in the United States. occupation,
months employed. lteracy, school at
tendance and ownership of property.
Every person over twenty years is con-
sidered a responsible representative to
answer for each and every member oc
his family. The above questions are
the ones you will be compelled TO an
ther questions are put to you, you may
safely ignore them. If You are out,
your neighbor next door must answer
for you, as he is supposed to know al,
about you. Refusal to answer or any
falsihcation of facts Is a misdemeanor
Tor Which the guilty one will be fined
woo; an alternative punishment, how
ever. providing for the possibility of the
delinquent not happening To have the
ready money. is not mentioned
The schedule under Individuals is
rather modest, while Inquiries pertain
ing 80 manufacturing establishments
are pretentious. Here are the ques-
uons that Will make perjurers of many
an honest merchant or tradesman:
Name and character OF organization.
whether individual or cooperative or
other form, character OF business and
kind of goods manufactured. amount of
capital invested. firm members, CO.
partners or officers. amounts OF their
salaries, number OF employees amount
OF wages, quantity and cost NJ mate
lial used in manufacture, amount of
miscellaneous expenses. quantity and
value OF products character and num-
Der OF machines employed. The presi-
dent treasurer, secretary agent or any
direct officer or firm liz answerable for
all And any refusal To answer or any
false statement II an offense for which
the culprit must pay so 900 fine or go
To prison for one year or both.
The questions relating to agriculture
include: Name OF occupant of each
farm; tenure: acreage: value OF farm
and farm implements: average quanti-
~ ana value OF different products:
number and value OF live stock. Statis-
tics win also be gathered relating 10
special classes. including: The insane:
the feeble minded crime deaf. dumb
and blind .-Sauperism. Juvenile delin-
quents AID inmates of reformatories
and benevolent institutions: and. last
OF all In the cities. social statistics re.
lating to public Indebtedness. valuation
taxation and expenditure: ta religious
bodies. Co electric light and power. 10
the telephone and telegraph business
and Otransportation--in steam
boats. express facilities and street rail.
ways.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

In the Palmer case. the Witnesses for
the most part. testified that no murder
was needed 10 convince them 4ilat Pal
iner was weak minded. His state seems
10 have been matter of knowledge to
the witnesses for a number OF years.
Whether IT was suspected by the unfor-
tunate man himself is perhaps not
known. At any rate the.knowledge that
other people were so sure OF. In any
thing but mental disease, would have
resulted IN the confinement, or at least
fhe freatment. of the patient long ago.
80 that the irreparable. act Of murder
would have been impossible. II is safe
to say that Palmer would not have al
lowed himself or have been allowed by
his friends or the authorities to suffer
from any physical disease. especially
one OF danger TO others. without being
treated at the first symptoms. But his
mental disease was allowed TO progress
nntii the taking OF another's life de-
nonstrated 1t so forcibly that treat
ment was Immediately indicated and
ordered by government.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
CONVICT BUILT ORGANS.


Sing Sing. n. ", June l2.--John How
ard one of the most useful convicts
ever in S.ng Sing prison, has been re-
leased kis ten year sentence having
been oommuted by the governor to four
years, and the commuted sentence hay-
ing expired.
Howard built the two fine organs for
the new Protestant and Roman Cath
Ollie chapels. About three years ago.
while the new chapels were in course of
construction. he told Warden Sage he
could build the organs for the chapels.
The warden told him to prepare his
plans and submit them To him. lie did
$50 and the warden submitted them to
practical organ builders, who pro-
nounced them all right.
The warden then gave Howard per-
mission 20 build the organs, which he
did, and they are now i'm the chapels.
Although ne constructed them. he is
destined never TO hear them played al
a service as the chapels hive not been
opened for services. the seats not yet
bong in. and as former convicts are
debarred from ever visiting the institu-
tiOn.
BY this work Howard saved the State
at least $1,000. Since the completion OF
the organs Howard had been at work
making large plaster OF paris model
of the entire prison grounds, including
the wall around them. every building
being in its proper place. with doors
and windows i'm exact fac -simile of the
originals. This, when completed by an
other man, yet 10 be selected. Will be
sent ia tho Paris Exn.cffiop aud ha
come a feature of the American ex-
hibitg
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

longed delayed as TO develop crime,
the workings OF the legal machinery
are quite lilsly TO become confused.
There is no question. FOR Instance. that
upon the announcement shat the ex-
iperts had agreed that galmer was in
sane and that the prosecuting authori-
ties and the defense had got together 60
recommend that 20 the jury that the
prisoner was not guilty by reason of
his mental state at the time the crime
was committed. a great many plain
everyday people were incredulous of
the good nalth OF Justice. Indeed on
the streets, in the cars. in restaurants
and other places where folks get to-
gether and talk freely, L is common
enough to hear suggestions that what
saved Palmer was his money rather
more than his weak mind OF course
no persons who are free To make such
statements could possibly have any
proofs or evbl reasonable grounds for
suspicious Of a miscarriage OF justice.
but the summary closing up of the
case with everybody happy, including
the murderer. was 50 extraordinary a
proceeding as TO. naturally excite public
comment. And. proverbialIy, public
comment is more likely TO be unkini
than flattering.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

The decision reached in the case Of
Amos ID. Palmer offers another illus
tration OF the pecularity of treating
4 diseases of the brain, in that neither
the patient nor anybody associated with
him nor any state or municipal author
ity usually deems it necessary TO begin
freatment until the disease is so far
adyanceda TO be about hopeless. or the
evidence OF a dreadful and plainly in
sane act is afforded TO demonstrate the
condition of the afflicted. Quite likely.
the sufferer from mental disease is
not SO quick TO realize his condition as
The sufferer from a physical ailment.
Neither may his case be so apparent
TO his friends as It would be were there
an affliction OF the body. But this Of
fers only an explanation and not an
excuse for the common neglect of treat
ment until 1t is too late for treatment
TO accomplish more than an alleviation
and not a cure or until ahere. is an act
of insanity such as the Palmer murder.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

All this points still more conclusiyely
to the necessity of some system of get
ting at and treating the insane in the
incipient stages of the disease. The
victim of smallpox is sent down 10
Fields Point. The sufferer from vari-
Gus poisonous diseases is quarrantined.
The drunken man is shut up. Persona
in community who are dangerous TO
others for various reasons are looked
after. But the foolish person is per-
mitted to go his way until he does I'm.
jury TO himself or To others when IL is
shown that he Is not responsible and he
Is put away-but not till then. Taking
the case OF Palmer as as Illustration.
II he was of sufficiently sound mind 10
be at large and be responsible for tho
ordinary affairs of life. he was of sufn-
ciently sound mind 10 be responsible
for his act OF murder. And as the tes-
timony is all to the effect that ne was
not so responsible he evidently ought 10
have been confined and treated before
murder was done and the same author.
ity that protects the community from
the diseases OF the body ought to have
taken him in charge long ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

Thefe is another phase to such
case as that ~ Palmer which IL not
90 b. overlooked and that is from the
very fact that consideration of the
F"nte 2f The mentally unbalancea ls 80
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
Ien him IN charge long ago

The cup defender Columbia is launch.
ed at last. she Is indeed a beautiful
boat with nothing of the freaklsh i'm
her lines according TO the printed rem
resentations OF her. The ceremonies Of
her christening were attended with
enough dreadful happenings To make
the day remembered with sorrow in
stead OF JOY in Bristol and followers
OF the sea may well dread the possiblIl-
ties of a serious "hoodoo' for our boat
on this account For never was an oc.
casion designed to be glad marked with
such direful accompanimcnts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

Graceful hat by Marescot The form
OF mauve straw is ornamented with a
bow-knot of violet velvet. Garniture
of mauve ruches of mousseline de sole.
Model designed for the Countesse St.
Phalles, and worn at the Partisan horse
show ~k
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

While the population ~ France has
increased but 10 per cent Ia 10 years.
the number of paid rtice holders has
Increased i2i per cent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

Congressman Reyburn. OF Philaiel-
phin. has collection of American rags
" hich Includes over 200 specimens ~
nll types
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

Thre' hundred and s.v,Hftaen miles
n - hours over n hilly cOuntry road IA
said to be- the record 40 l7-yrar-old
London boy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

The proposed International autoino.
bile race may be Interesting to some
folks. but to a good many there appears
to be about as much sportsmanship TO
such a contest as free-f,r.sll hoop
rolling competition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

The cart-tail campaign is about the
most ludicrous manifestation that the
history of local politics affords.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12
THE NEWS
DAILY EUROPEAN HINT.

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The News by Arrangement with Felix.
Rouff, Doucet La Ter'ie7e. Paquin and
other famous rsrIsiap costume max.
ers.l
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-12

FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-08

here to teach them to govern them
selves, 1t would seem that the best
way to begin is by letting them try,
standing here ourselves simply to sup
ervisc, and, IL necessary, check when
we see af irs going wrong"
General Wood has had more and bet
ter opportunities to speak knowingly
on these points than any other Amer
lean official now in Cuba. The record
he has made is a monument to his
practical discernment and capablity.
He pays high tribute to the Cuban
people, says the prevalent theory that
they will not work is false, maintains
that they are capable of learning self
government very rapidly If taken in
hand in a kindly and manly manner,
and expresses his confidence in the
ability of a very few American soldiers
not over a regiment in each province
to do all that is necessary in the
way of ballasting things while a per-
manent Independent government is be-
ing constructed on the basis of provin-
cial autonomy with federal relations.
but lHe great neeu, ne lHSlSlS, Is 10
dispense with military red tape and
get down at once to "a policy of helping
the better Cubans to do their own gov
erning in as nearly their own way as
is compatible with the ultimate sue
cess of the experiment. Wood has
governed Santiago province in this
way and made an inspiring success of
it. He ought therefore to be qualified
to give good advice.