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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17
VETERAN MILL MAN DEAD.
Asa CrcwsII's End Was Unexpected Though 10
Mad MOI Enloysd Good Health.

Asa Crowell died at his home. 465 Hope
street. yesterday morning. the result OF
an illness that has been progressing for
several months, but which had con-
fined him to his bed for but three days.
Death came Unexpectedly. however He
was for many years well known as
mill man in the Blackstone Valley. He
was born at Yarmouth. Mass. in 1926.
and was one of the twelve children OF
Nathan and Anna (Matthews) Crowell.
The elder Crowell was a ship oarpen-
ter, and when Asa was year and
half old he moved to Central Falls,
where the son resided nearly all OF his
life. He was descended from John
Rowland and James Tilley, who came
to America i'm the Mayflower. While
a boy he worked in cotton mills In Cen
tral Falls and in this manner got an ex-
cellent understanding OF cotton manu-
featuring. He studied in the public
schools OF the village and later on was
apprenticed 10 Bailey & Franklin, house
painters OF Pawtucket.
When his apprenticeship had ended
he began business at North Attleboro,
but as the business did not agree with
him he gave it up about eight years
later and with his brother Nathan,
under the name of ~. & A. Crowell A
year later he retired from the firm and
went TO Cumberland where he superin-
tended the removal OF the ruins of the
Cumberland Mill Company's mills, that
had been burned. He had charge of the
construction of the new mills of the
company.
The mills were completed in 1866 and
he was made superintendent, which po-
stion he held for more than 30 years.
during which time he was obliged TO re-
tire temporarily because Of III health.
He was active energetic and success
full. and was just and popular with the
help. He was during part Of the time
he was connected with the company a
director. He retired in 1897 and removed
to this city.
In December. 1Si/ he was married to
Elizabeth A. Huntress, daughter OF An
drew and Elizabeth Dickinson Hun
tress of Pawtuckst. His widow and one
son, Asa Clinton Crowell, professor OF
Germanic languages at Brown Univer-
sity, survive him. OF his sisters and
brothers. Augustus w. Crowell and
Mrs. Mercy Horton. both OF Central
Falls, are now living. Mr.. Crowell was
Tor many years senior deacon of the
Church Of Our Father OF Pawtucket,
of which church society he was a char
ter member He was not believer in
secret societies and he held no public
offices during his life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

visions of restoring French influence
ana authority somewhere along the
shores Of the gulf. and the outbreak Of
the Southern rebellion gave him just
the opportunity that he desired"
The paper tells the interesting story
OF Maximllian's short and tragic career
and notes In closing that the French
empire never recovered the shock Of
this Mexican failure and only outlived
the Mexican empire by three years and
a few weeks"
In the fifth and concluding paper OF
the afternoon Miss Sprague gave a
brief account OF the African explora-
TONS by Henry Nj. Stanley, together
with description of his search expe-
dition for DIR. Livingstone, whom he
found on the 10th OF November, 1871,
at Lake Tanganejika. where he had
just arrived from the southwest. The
description OF Stanley's discoveries,
concerning Lake Victoria Mama. were
especially interesting, attention being
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Held BY Rhode Island Lodge, K ofP.. In Honor
OF Deceased Memhafs.

The tenth anniversary OF the insti-
tuition of Rhode Island lodge, No. %,
knights Of Pythias, was held yesterday
ster street, and it took the form of
memorial service in honor OF the MEM
bers who have died I'm the ten years
since the lodge was organized. The
exercises. which We're conducted in ac-
cordance with the established ritual,
were very impressive, and the attend
ance was very large. there being rep
resentatives from almost every by
THAN lodge in the state.
Chancellor Commander II. j. Morton,
assisted by Vice Chancellor Noah ID.
Paine and other officers opened the
lodge in special convention, and the
services were begun with the singing
of Abide With Me-" by quartet, the
members of which were j. Irving Da-
Wis. G. E. Wright, Mrs. A. s. Powe and
Mrs. s. L. Spinning. J. Irving Davis
then read the names of the dead, in
memory OF whom the services were
held, giving with each name brief
history of his connection with the
lodge. The list contained the following
ten names: c. +. Smith j. w. Padel-
ford, A. r. Barrows, G.. II. Wilbur, T.
NJ. Howard, j. A.. Charnley and j. S.
G.. Cobb. Prayer was then offered by
Prelate G. X. Wakefield, and after the
reading OF extracts from the Knights
Of Pythias book OF law" the principal
address was delivered by Frederick f.
Phillips. u. @. c. The address was an
eulogy of James A. Charnley. grand
prelate OF the grand lodge at the time
OF his death, January 8, 1898.
At the close ofethe address. Some
thing Sweet TO Think or was sung by
j. Irving Davis, and then followed the
beautiful ceremony of placing the en-
bematic myrtle upon the altar. Each
member OF the lodge in hts turn, the
officers first. stepped to the altar, and
with as much reverence as though he
had been placing it upon the grave of
one OF the members who had died, plac-
ed there a small sprlg OF myrtle. The
prelate offered a closing prayer, the
quartet sang Good Night" and the
meeting was formally dismissed by the
chancellor commander.
The members OF the committee of ar
rangements in charge OF the services
were J. G.. McQuillen, T.. c.; II. j.
Morton. G. c.: ". d. Paine, V. c.: G..
r. Wakefield, p, and Warren $. Bal
lou, y. G.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

From what source does the Council
customarily get it's strength 10 act as
well as it's wisdom i'm matters Of thi
nature fr not from the JournaIg HIS
not the Council before now demon
started its opinion that it was elected
not To serve the people of Providence,
but the Journal OK Providence? And
In this matter OF the passage OF the
Exchange Street layout which, it is
now represented. Is not the layout that
the Council wanted 10 layout or. rather
and thought it had laid -eutiH thee ease
OF the plan proposed by Mr.. Brown.
humble member OF the body who seems
not yet 10 have learned that he is there
to obey the orders of the Journal and
not to bother his head with any littl.
purposes which may gush from his
own spirit off in a corner simmerirg
by itself--we demand to know IL, upon
the occasion of the adoption OF the "uu-
WHITING plan there was not "a repre-
sentative of the Journal present to
guide and direct, TO caution and TO pro-
tcct the Council and save it from do
ing uhwitting things?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

down through the ducks egg plan 10
the unwilling plan Of immediate CON .
sidcration Everything depended upon
The guidance OF the Journal Now ac-
cording 10 the Journal the Council has
adopted plan which only a few min
utes before IL rejected unanimously, all
because of a few red lines that con =
fused the eyesight and confounded the
understanding. But such explanation
fails totally TO explain. Far more sim
pie is the real explanation which the
Journal tries TO AVOID. The Journal
representative present failed in his
duty. Some one may have doped him.
At all events in the few minutes that
II was left TO itself the Council dis this
unw.tting piece of business. But who
viii be harsh to the child that gets into
the jam and besmears It's little chin,
the while the parents are neglectful In
their oversight? Shame on the Journal!
Meantime the members OF the Board
OF Aldermen are at liberty to regard
with great respect the length Of their
heads.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

We have 1t on credible authority that
the Journal was so represented upon
this unwilling occasion. We cannot
learn whether at the precise moment
when the mental vision of the Council
was confused by those fatal red lines
which shot athwart the Exchange
Place chart and the vote was taken. the
representative Of the Journal was act.
ually in the Council chamber or Maa
cut in the lobby smoking cigarette,
But that he was somewhere there or
abouts where he could easily have dis
covered the error into which ,he Ccun-
Gil was plunging and hauled II back be-
fore Ii was TOO late. we have the testl-
mony of eye witnesses which cannot bo
impeached. Being there, there Is evil
IDENTIFY no reason why he should have
let the Council go wrong in this inn
portant matter. He should have been
superior TO the fatal fascination which
the red lines seem TO have had FOR ev-
erybody present on this distressing oc-
casion. That he was not seems 10 show
that even the Journal, In its parts and
PARTICLES. is not infalible and no truly
good citizen cares TO admit that for a
moment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

Nothing could be more ungracious
than the attempt OF the Journal TO cast
upon the Common Council any blame in
connection with passing the Exchange
Place layout which II is now said the
Council very much regrets having done.
Whether the Council really Is sorry or
not OF course remains to be seen, but as
suming that IL really is, because the
journal says it is. the blame should
certainly not he upon the Council, as
any fair minded citizen will readily un-
derstand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

The Council then being left unpro.
tected and unguarded from the wiloa
Of the red lines. the sentry asleep at his
post, adopted the Exchange Place lay
out that shall now 20 down to history
as the "unwitting" plan The respon-
sibllity is plainly not with the Council,
bu. with the Journal. whose rcprcsgn-
tative permitted the Council TO do the
unwitting thing. The attempt ef tho
Journal TO cast he blame on the Coun-
Gil is too mean for anything. 80 truly
good citizen contemplates Il without a
feeling that the Journal ought to De
ashamed Of itself 40 one has ever
thought for a moment that the Coun-
eli ras in serious danger OF finding out
what II was about at the successive
stages OF the progress of The matter
from the original artistic syls Xii plaa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

But while the speakers at the dinner
of the Ten Dollar Democrats and the
speakers at the spread of the one Dol
lar Democrats thundered against the
trusts 1t appears that the trusts them
selves are having trouble of their own.
A good many OF the rosy millions which
the public was expected TO subscribe
60 float some Of them seem not TO come
TO time in every case The other day,
we mentioned the balloon like charac-
ter of the jewelry trust which, TO gath
err from some of our contemporaries.
was already underway and doing such
a smashing business as TO bring IL un-
der the ban OF orators at Democratic
feasts. And now Il is reported that the
Rhode Island locomotive works are not
even yet Incorporated into a trust and
So on every hand there are many indi-
cations to warn such OF us as want to
fight the trusts that we must be very
careful in our selection or we shall find
ourselves Asielantly- engaged In batting
with windmills just like another Don
Quixote.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

4 great deal of public concern Is like
ly TO bc aroused over the report that
the church vita which Uncle Russell
Sage IS identified Is in debt 20 the
amount OF as much as $1,000. IL Is said
that Uncle Russell Will sit by and let
the church slide 20 bankruptcy unless
the pastor resigns, but there are others
i'm the society who prefer the pastor
and the debt 20 being rid OF both.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow cough TO run until II gets bey ond the
reach OF medicine. They often say, "oh, IL
will wear away" but IA most cases n wears
them awav. CoSld they be induced Ia try
the successful medicine called kemr's Bal
sam, which II sold on n positive guarantee
10 cure, they would immediately see The rN.
ccllent effect aliertaking the irst dose. Price
25c. and soc. TRIAL SIZE FREE. Atail druggists
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

To most persons who have given the
subject an unprcjndlced examination il
viii appear that the plan for the Ex-
change Place layout which II Is said
the council passed without meaning 10.
is by au odds the most reasonable plan
OF any that has been 20 rar proposed.
Perhaps after they have GOT through
talking 80 loud about the mistake. #
viii strike some lone councilman that
the wisest thing 10 have done would
have been TO keep quiet and claim all
the glory which goes with making "a
very good decision, though by accident.
Ia is an old saw that even the fool
may be accounted wise II he keeps has
mouth shut.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

Gold Democrats and Silver Demo-
Gratis are united i'm laundering against
the trusts But 1t is yet to be demon-
strated that anybody but the sangulne
folks who invest their money in trust
stocks are going 10 be damaged and
the precise harm that is TO ensue from
the trust epidemic Is indeed a matter
OF theory only. Just now the trust is
a good deal of a bogey man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

The amount OF complaint about the
police department is very surprising,
especially as it seems 10 come from the
same quarters that only a few years
ago demanded the retirement OF Chief
of Police Child and secured the election
OF a police captain who had at the time
notoriously the worst disciplined dis
trlct In the city. Since this we have on
the testimony OF successive mayor $.
messages that never in this history Of
the police department has the discip-
line esprit de corps and efficiency OF the
force been so high as since the fortu-
nate day that Chief OF Police Baker
took hold. Now we hear all sorts of
complained and slngularly enough they
come from the very persons whose
promise on behalf OF his election were
so fulsome. And by the way the chief
came up for reelection only three
months ago and there was no hint at
this time that the condition of the po-
lice department was not all it should
be. The sudden demand for reform is
therefore very surprising and calculat-
ed to destroy faith in the sincerity or
intelligence OF some very good people
who are at present trying TO run the
nniitics of this town
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

One Of the most original and delight
full club meetings that the club editor
has ever been privileged TO record is
that of the Read. Mark and Learn
Club. held at the residence OF Mrs.
Fanny Ashley McAuslan, 223 Lexington
avenue. on the afternoon of Monday
April 10. A study of Germany has oc-
cupied the attention of the club during
the winter months, which. under the
direction of the clubs able president
Mrs. Rich, has been presented in such
a way as to bring out all that was
brightest and best in the study COM
blning the whole with a delightful in
terminglng Of the music. poetry and
song for which the fatherland is ia
nous. The program of the last meet
ing was perhaps the most brilliant OF
the series and was as follows:
Fifteen-minute discussion, subject
Are Trading Stamps a Hinderance to
Legitimate Business?"
Paper: Life and Works OF Richard
Wagner" by Mrs. Rich, illustrated by
the following Wagner musical pro-
gram;
Piano. pilgrims Chorus" from
Tannhauser. Mrs. Rich; song, 20 thou
sublime. Sweet Evening star Tam
hauser. Miss A. O.. Cummings: march
from Tannhauser. four hands. Mrs.
Rich. Mrs. Jenckes; Walther's prize
song from Der Meistersinger." Mrs.
Rich; bridal march, from Lohengrin,
Mrs. Rich.
The club assembled in an upper room
for business. discussion of current
events. etc, then descended to a recep-
tion room. which had been converted
for the occasion into a characteristic
German scene, decorated with growing
plants. flags OF the United States and
Germany and various pictures of the
great COMPOSER. Upon small tables
were served refreshments. all imported
from Germany. and including Ziver-
bach. sweet biscuits. stuffed prunes and
phosa I'm lieu of the national beverage.
As the company fingered at the tables.
partakng of the dainties, "anon
through every pulse the music stole. and
held sublime communion with the
soul" Thus the outside world was al
lowed 10 slip away almost unaware and
the surroundings. the accessories. and
the character of the music transformed
the scene into n typical German beer
garden. Tho busy hum of voices ceased.
however and the company were recalled
from an imaginative sojourn I'm Ger
many az Mrs. Rich presented her paper
upon the great German composer. Wag-
ner. born i'm Ieipsic. May -. 1913 \
short sketch OF his life was presented.
when the paper passes at once 20
consideration of his works. OF these.
as whole. the paper comments:
Wagner was not "a composer in the
usual limited sense Of the word. but
poet. a poet who made use of the lam
guare ~ music TO express what words
cannot say. His works reveal the In
ncr man. they resemble n magic glass.
nntarnishcd By tho dust NJ this world.
blind 90 all that g. futile or transitory.
rejecting nothing but the transccndent
soul of the poet
"Thc works of Richard Wagner can
hardly be said to have a. history. He
could never compose unless driven to
dO 30 by poeticnl idea, demanding the
language Of music FOR its foil and ade.
ouate expression. and once ths idea
was firmly engrafted In his mind. IL In
cluded the music which cauc Of itself
wNen1,tr the writer could fnd time For
continued OF Page Seyen)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

The citizens OF Aiva. I'm Oklahoma,
have petitioned the town council &C.
change the name % the place TO Ca
prom, IN honor Of Captain CaprOn. or
the Rough Riders, who was killed at
Santiago. The petition was granted bv
a unanimous vote.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

called TO the fact that it is the largest
body of fresh water in the world. hav-
ing an area of 10000 square miles.
Stanleys books, How | Found Liv-
ingstone" Through the Dark Contin-
ent" and THE Congo and the Found
ing OF the Free States" were mention
ed as being Of special interest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

We note that the Hon. Edward G.
Pierce stlll persists In his intention to
give up the Philippines.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

The season for active work among
n majority Of our Rhode Island CLUBS
-ts drawing towards its close. Annual
meetings multiply ande many weeks,
club Iabors and duties shall have been
laid aside until the coming or the
"sere and yellow leaf" We shall eaten
occasional glimpses. however of here
and there n club whose work has proved
SO sustaining an element in the intel
lectual life Of it's members that Pc
riod of rest seems the last thing TO be
desired.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

Perhaps the secret OF the phenomenal
success of the far-famed Sorosls Cluo
OF New York. which has been the in
spiration of hundreds OF clubs; ana tho
morning star of them all, may be read
i'm the above brief pledge, which the
members all take upon admission. IN
union there is strength. What source
OF strength then may be found I'm q clup
whose members adhere TO such prin-
ciples as are embodied I'm the pledge oI
SorOsis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-17

The third pa per- by Mrs. Tourtellott,
gesa, a brief account OF the Alabama
arbitration. which resulted In treaty
providing FOR the settlement OF claims
by tribunal having i've arbitrators
appointed one 10y the Queen. one by the
president OF the Inited states and the
Others by the king or Itaiy the presi.
dent uf the Swiss Confederation aud
the emperor Of Brazil The arbitra.ors
met in Geneva and were unanimOus I'm
nudng England responsible FOR the
acts OF tha Alabama. They awarded a
sum OF about three millions aud a
quarter sterling as compensation FOR
AN losses aud a final settlement of all
claims including interest
The fourth paper. By Mrs Dow. de-
scribel the futile attempt of the French
emperor. Louis Napoleon. 60 found a
French empire In Mexico, under Max
milan.
"Ife had long and various schemes
and ambitions floating In his mind c0h-
cerning those parts OF America on the
shores of the Gulf Of Mexico. which
were one tho possessions ~ France.
In bis dreamy fantastic way he had
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-12
THE CHURCH WON.

The Congress street Methodist church
hos won in the contest over the $3.50 lega.
cy of Mrs. Mary J. Henderson, the Begress,
who recently died at the Greeley hos
pftRl, leaving her hard-earnsd savings to
that church. She left no relativess but
technical slip came very near losing the
legacy for the church. The will was
drawn UP without the assistance of an
attorney, while the testatrix was on her
deathbed, and after 1t had hsen read to
her and received her signature, the per.
son who was experimenting the matter
made the error of inviting the witnesses
into another room TO sign the document. I
That invalidated the instrument, hui
the church's attorney raised the point
that. as Its contents were In accord with
the testatrix wish made in the presence.o i
witnesses, 1t could stand as nuncupa
tive will.
bAttorney John B.Kehoe, public admin.
istrator Tor Cumberland county, objecteC
to that course, and set up the claim thai
as the will was prepared in writing an(
received the testator's signature, it ooulC
not be considered nunoupative will, 5ui
should stand or fall ON the question O.
Its legality as a regularly made will.
Judge Peabody rendered a decision, sus-
tanning the instrument as a nuncupativs
will. Mr.. kehoe had threatened to ap
peal, but as the church needs the money
more than the state, he has decided moi
to further press the matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-12
YARMOUTH ROAD BUSY.

The Portland and Yarmouth electric
road had about all II could do Sunday to
provide for the traffic over the road.
The cars were well fllled during the day
and evening. There was some delay In
moving the cars owing to the fact that
"a piece of the shafting on the largest en-
CINE became cracked Saturday night SO
that the engine could not be worked to
its full capacity As a result of the
affair the cars were nearly all fifteen
minutes late through the day until the
repairs were completed in the evening
About seven O'Clock an open car and one
OF the closed cars on this road had a
slight collision near the turnout on the
Princes Point road. The car out of
Portland was quite late, but the one lea7-
ing Yarmouth was nearly ON time. The
car from Yarmouth waited a few mo-
ments on the turn out and as the other
car was not in sight started ahead. AT
the curve ia the corner near by the be-
lated car appeared. The cars were not 90.
ing very rapid pace, but the motormen
were unable TO shut the power OFF in time
to avert collision. No serious dam age
resulted except to the tenders of the two
cars The passengers were somewhat
shaken up but no one was injured. A
pane OF glass in ons of the cars was
broken as result of o ne Of the standing
passengers falling back and striking the
glass with his elbow.