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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
IN ONE posToFfIcE slxTYYEARs.

1t is rare that one who performs long
and faithful service under the govern
ment in the civil department receives
the recognition that is due. A notable
instance of such service came TO an end
recently in Boston i'm the death of Mr..
Charles Brigham In his eighty-sixth
year. He was the oldest clerk In point
OF service in the post office department,
and the manner In which his appoint
ment TO Office came about is interesting
when contrasted with the means used
I'm these days to secure office and the
necessary requirements as test OF
fitness.
The year 1887 found Mr.. Brigham in
Boston, young man. 23 years OF age,
having left his country home in Ner-
mont TO seek his fortune IN the city.
as many young men did in those days
and do today. says the Washington
Post. The Boston post office at that
time employed IL men TO do it's work.
and one OF the clerks. desiring TO OBJ
tain leave of absence for Is days. was
casting about for some one 90 take his
place--act as his substitute during the
time as was required by the Office. Mr..
Brigham's name being suggested. his
services weresought and secured. The
man never came back from his leave or
absence. and Mr.. Brigham remained in
office until his death, i'm January last.
covering a period OF nearly 63 years.
He served under IL postmasters. and
outlived almost all of them.
Mr. Brigham entered the service dur
ing the administration OF President
Martin Van Buren, and, although in
politics a Whig. and later on Repub-
iican. serving through all succeeding
administrations down to the present
one. no attempt was ever made TO Sc
cure his removal from office for politi-
cal reasons; his services were of too
much value He was painstaking and
conscientious in the performance OF his
duties. a great reader, quiet i'm manner,
never obtruding his opinions on others.
a true and steadfast friend.
His photograph as one of the oldest
clerks i'm the postal service was exhibit
ed at the Worlds fair at Chicago. and
is now in the post office department In
Washin gton city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
CUT OREGON IN TWO.

I'm few years. very few years,
Oregon Will no longer be the large state
H. now is. but will be divided, as was
Dakota" said man from eastern Ore
gon, to q Portland Telegram reporter.
1T is not because the present territory
is too large for single state govern
ment. but for entirely various other
reasons.
Two distinct classes or people COM
pose Oregon's population, and their
ideas and environments are entirely
dissimilar. Ii is this diversity of in
terests and opinions that will result In
new state being carved out of his
toric Oregon.
when the state is cut up the divid-
ing line will run along the mountains.
The eastern Oregon people will demand
a separate state. and Will receive IL.
The coast and Willamette Valley will
comprise the other.
Even now there Is a strong feeting
i'm eastern Oregon in favor of a sepa-
rate statehood. AT the last session of
the Legislature Representative Fred
Stanley, OF La Grande. made the pro-
position, but II was regarded more in
the light OF a joke than otherwise. Ere
long people will discover that there is
no joke about it. and / am Informed
that at the next session of the legisla-
ture a bill will be introduced as sort
OF feeler.
I'm eastern Oregon the people are
more of a hustling kind than in the
Willamette Valley.They are hard work
ers, and have reclaimed large sections
OF the sagebrush-c lands and
made II blossom like the traditional
rose. They are an enterprising lot. and
are proud Of their neck Of the woods
In the Willamette Valley the soil Is
more productive. or rather it yields
large crops with comparatively no la
Dor. An easy going. unenergetic get OF
farmers. whose crops almost raise
themselves, do not have to get out and
hustle. So you see there are two wide
ly different classes of people in Oregon
Politicians. particularly in eastern
Oregon. are said 10 favor the separate
state idea, as II would give twice as
many Offices TO hand around as there
is at present. About the only objection
10 the scheme that i know OF Is that
there may not be enough people in
eastern Oregon to be recognized as q
separate state"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

"The dangerous criminal OF today"
sdfd an ex-warden of the Ohio state
penitentiary, "is gentleman by edu-
cation and instinct; inventive, shrewd
generous. strong mentally, with cour-
age TO carry out the most daring
deals. These are the men who roll
through the world half or the time in
want, sometimes with wealth. Abso-
s~itely without conscience, yet sensitive
20 "a fault, these are the men who 1t
Will be well to guard against.
There Is one instance i have IN
mind which has never. 10 my knowi.
edge. been duplicated in this country,
he continued, ''in which the ingenuity
OF one of this class was severely taxed
in what turned out 10 be successfu'
attempt to obtain release from a
long term of Imprisonment in the Ohio
state pen.
Some years ago william Allen was
cashier, of the old Union National
bank in New Orleans. one OF the
strongest financial institutions In the
city. He had been connected with
the bank for twenty-five years and
was familiar with every crook and
turn of its affairs. He was implicitly
trusted by both depos.tors and direc-
tors.
"One Saturday evening n covered ex-
press wagon drove up Canal street,
and turning into the alley at the rear
of the bank, was backed up and inside
OF half an hour was loaded UP with
over $4,000 of the banks currency.
Allen had hypothecated all the secur-
tiles he could lay his hands on and
had. unknown TO the president or di-
rectors. several days before. ordered
large shipments OF cash from the
banks correspondents in other cities.
THE loss was not discovered until
Tuesday morning, when Allen was
missed from his place in the bank.
Monday chanced to be "a legal holiday,
so there was plenty of time I'm which
TO plant the proceeds OF the robbery.
To this day the hiding place OK the
banks coin has not been traced.
circumstances all pointed 10 Allen
and warrant was issued for his ar
rest. A marshal went up TO Carroll
ton to serve II and Allen was soon In
custody. He refused 10 make any ex-
planation. He was placed on trial and
sentenced 10 ten years at hard labor AT
Columbus.
"One morning the mail brought a
letter from Mrs. Allen. then in Wash
ington. directed to her husband. an
nouncing she would be in Columbus
the next week, and that sne nau
strong belief "A. pardon woiad be grant
ed In few days. She came accord
ing to appointment. Three days after
her arrival an official-looking docu-
ment was among the mail OF the
warden. 1t came from the Department
OF State. Washington. ID. c., and con-
tanned the information that pardon
had been granted TO Allen. The next
mail brought the pardon itself. signed
by President Grant. Allen was re-
leased. and. with his wife, left Ohio.
1t was nearly a week before It was dis
covered that the letter and pardon
were clever forgeries. Allen was never
discovered again--at least in this coun-
try. He Is today at the head OF the
leading bank In the capital OF Hondu
ras. He also owns the only line OF
railway there. He is counted multi
millionaire. The only untrue thing
about this story Is Aliens name
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
10 AND HIS "tUfFAlo" HORNS.

The Montana Indian is something of
a schemer himself. says the Anaconda
Standard. He comes to town and
sometimes walks over the place with
out saying word to anyone. Some
times he brings in a few sets of polish
ed mounted cows horns. which he sells
for dollar or two set. He never fire.
quents saloons. He looks into clothing
store windows. but never bucks the slot
machines I'm cigar stores. He frowns
as he passes a restaurant, but smiles
while walking through the sweet-scent-
cd alleys back of cheap boarding
houses.
In horse trade he takes the prize,
IL there's one to be taken; for he was
never known to get the worst OF such
q bargain. The reason of this. how
ever, may lie in the fact that he be-
gins the negotiations with nothing to
lose and everything to win. However
ne has the reputation of schcmer.
Where his schemes shine brightest
is in the sale OF polished buffalo"
horns. He lives out near one of the
slaughter houses on the south side. and
there he secures uis buffalo horns. all
sizes. curves and consistencies. He
picks out "a set of OK horns OF symme-
trical proportions, scrapes the scales
off and boils the horns in "A solution of
glycerine. wood ashes and water. This
trcatmenl SDlttUN Allt DpfHS. 80 tndA a
caseknife will easily remove all the ex-
terror accumulation Then fine sandpa-
per is used to give the first polish. fol-
lowed by thorough rubbing with a
flannel cloth slightly saturated with
oil. A varnish or shellac liz then applied
and the horns are I'm a condition for
mounting. Then the work IL turned
over to the souaw, who does the real
Iy artistic work. Red flannel and braid.
beads sometimes. and a strip here and
there OF buckskin. a few brass headed
tacks and the mounted buffalo" horns
are ready for the market.
Mr.. Buck comes to town and the ten
derfoot asks him where he "ketchem
buffalo horns
I'm Yellowstone park" grunts the
big buck.
How much2" asks the intending
purchaser.
Two dolls
Two muohee.'
mo. no.. cheap: two dolls. ugh"
The tenderfoot inspects the work and
satlenes himself that they are really
the horns of an almost extinct species
,f the majestic western animal and he
hands over the coin and walks away
pro,idiv with the prize.
The Indian moves or down the street
turns the first corner and disappears
UP an alley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
BOTH WERE SURPRISED.

Little Johnny iaeiff." the American
midget jockey who won so many races
on the English turf last season. was
the hero of a ludicrous and hitherto
unrecorded incident that happened at
Kempton Park toward the finish OF the
fiat racing sequence. 1t Is necessary.
i'm order to appreciate the joke. TO
emphasize the smallness Of the Juvenile
Reiff. who is very minute indeed. and
looks. as sporting men say. like pim-
pie on a horses back! says Mainly
About People.
IL fell out that Herbert Woodlands
the English steeplechase jockey. had
run down TO Kempton with his friend
Arthur Nightingale. for 'busmans
holiday. They were chatting in the
Jockeys room. when the bell rang Ia
summon Nightingale 10 take the sad
die for his last mount OF the day."Wait
here for me-" he said to Woodlands.
sit down; ] shan't be long" Think
ing himself quite alone I'm the room.
where they had been chatting. Wood
lands. after his friends departure. light
ed n cigarette and prepared TO take a
comfortable seat on a pile OF rugs ana
clothes heaped up In corner. He sat
down. for n mere moment. A piercing
shrek rang out from under him. Help!
Help" The steeplechase rider had sat
down upon little Johnny Reiff'
The cries brought a big American 10
the rescue Inv q moment. but matters
were OF course. explained to every
body's satisfaction. The midget. curl
ed up I'm his rugs. and taking forty
wlnks" before his next race. was quite
unnoticed In his corner, but Woodlands
was exceedingly upset at having mad
vestentiy discommoded the mite. That
no great harm was done MAJ be gath
cred from the fart that Rein made
ready for his next race and Won II
easily from a big field
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

contest before Surrogate Fitzgerald
was short yesterday. Robert Edwin
Bonner. son of the testator. was exam
ined in behalf OF the two contesting
children OF Mrs. Jeanette #. Bonner,
daughter -in-law OF the testator, re-
garding the agreement for the sale to
witness and his brother Frederick OF
the interest of her deceased husband,
Andrew Allen Bonner, in the Ledger
Monthly. sir f,. ..sA
MIR. Bonner testified that his father
told him he had some government
bonds In a bookcase in the library hid
den between the leaves OF magazine.
and ne gave the witness key OF the
bookcase. After the death OF his father
he found seven government bonds for
$40, 900 each between the leaves OF the
magazines. He deposited them with
other parts OF the estate in the Colonial
Trust company"
We used 10 read OF such things In the
old story books, but we never believed
them. nor supposed they existed. but
now comes a genuine case, which we
must believe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
THE DOOR REMAINED 0leN.

An old story Is told OF Joseph Robi-
doux. the founder OF ST.. Joseph. thar
had its origin in Holt County In the
early settlement OF that section. The
trader who started the city was re-
turning to St. Joseph with a number
of red men. and they stopped with an
acquaintance of Robidoux's close 10
where the town of Craig now stands,
says me Kansas city Journal. The In
dams camped close to the house, afNl
Robidoux went in TO remain over night
as the guest OF his friend The settler
closea the front door after they had
retired. and Rob doux. who was used
To sleeping in the open air. went softly
10 AZ and opened it. The owner of the
house waited until Robldoux was in
bed again, and the settler closed Il,
That was repeated iozen times. The
next time that door Is closed there will
be trouble" said the man who had
founded st. Joseph. He resumed his
couch with that. The owner of the
house closed the door and Robidoux
met him as he was returning 20 his bed.
They clinched and fought by the light
OF tho moon that came In through the
window. Ii was hard fight and tasted
"A long time. but at last Robidoux had
the settler on his back and sat astride
of him. He tangled his hands in his
hair and bumped his head against the
puncheon floor. open or shut?' ne
asked. The settler struggled. but did
not say word. His head was bumped
peated. finally the settler was exhaus-
ted. His head was bumped again. and
Robidoux asked open or shut
open" answered the settler. and they
went to bed with the door standing
vide open admitting the fresh air.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
CITY TAX ASSESSORS NOTICE.

Whereas. The City Council OF the city
OF Providence, ty an ordinance approVcu
on the 18th day Of May, 1900. has ordered
"a tax on the inhabitants and ratabie prop
crty in said city, of one dollar and sixty
cents on each one hundred dollars Oh the
value thereof, to be assessed and appor-
toned on the second day OF July, A. ID.
1900
Now, therefore. notice ~ hereby given
that in accordance with said ordinance
and in conformity with the law In rela-
zion TO the assessment OF taxes every per-
son and body corporate, liable to taxa
tion Is required to bring I'm TO the Asses
sors "a Il ne and exact account OF sh his
ratable estate. describing and specifying
the value of every parcel of his rear and
For the purpose Of receiving such &C.
counts the Board OF Assessors will b
session IN their office In the CITY Hall, In
said city daily from ,ne i's 10 ,ne d
cepted. from Q o'clock, a. M, until
o'clock r. NJ. except Saturdays. when
they will be in session from O'Clock A.
General I'aM.s OF Rhode Island. Chapter
as Section 4:
EVERY person bringing in any such sc-
count shall make oath before some one
exhibited contains. 10 the best OF. his
knowledge and belief, a true and full ac-
count and valuation OF all his ratsble es-
tate: and whoever ncglects or refuses 70
bring IN such account, " ?vertaxed shaii
The hoard OF Assessors win meet for
the purpose of assessing said tax. on
MONDAY. July. ID. 1900. at ; o'clock Y.
NJ. aud all real estate Will be :. taxed uS,c 70
name Il stands by record at that time.
ELISHA n. RHODES.
NnTHYR NMxrTER II. " htRIsMGM' ARMIsHaGTM1N'
provid,nce. MAY a. 1900
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

or late years the general view has been
that the interior OF the globe. though
partly LIQUID. " for the most part solid
Some have considered that section
through the earth would show the fol-
lowing: dD An outer solid envelope: C)
n semi-huid envelope. ca a luid envelope.
90 a semi-fuid envelope. tbl solid nu-
cleus says Pearson's Weekly. No. I re-
suits from n reduced temperature only:
No. from q pressure and temperature
not quite sufficient for liduidation: No. z
from temperature suiiciently high TO
produce complete liquidation; No 4
from pressure 50 great as TO prevent
even the terrific heat which most certain
Ia exists deep down In the earth from
completely liqucfying the material ON
which Il works. No, > from a pressure
which overcomes completely the liquefy-
ing power even Of the ma sximum heat of
the Interior. This pressure " estimated
10 be ct the centre ~ the earth 1.lSD.-
bs2 100 pounds Ca the square foot. a pres
sure so enormous that no known sub
stance could fuse beneath H. Even hy.
drogen al the highest possible tempera-
ture world. under such conditions. be-
come A. haisl ~ ~ diamond. Hence IL
Sccus probable that. far from there be-
ing vacuum ut ne centre of ine earth.
there Il basis of intensely solid matter
there.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

The New York Times is in favor of
all trusts. save only labor trusts: II
thus describes the purpose OF the law
now before Congress-:
The avowed purpose of the bill is
to give the Federal courts jurisdiction
TO try and punish the violation OF the
common law principle as to restraint OF
trade. when the offense concerns trade
between the states. The scope OF the
bill is very sweeping and the penal
ties II fixes are severe. 1t Is intended
IL there is any intention to pass 1t a,
all. OF which there is no sign-as a
penal statute OF the most drastic ma
ture. and fine and Imprisonment are
dealt out by II I'm lavish measure"
That Is right, finish all labor trusts
but let the Standard Oil go right on
and rob every poor user of oil in the
land. Long life to justice!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

A Washington dispatch announces a
new industry. 10 wit. "evaporated ba-
nanas.' The idea. or perhaps the In
vention. was the work OF a person 1T
Baltimore, "he having learned that ba-
nanas had been evaporated ITO some ex-
tent Nicaragua" SO too il appears
that 1.-The evaporated fruit tfrom MIC
aragua) has been tried in Europe" BY
evaporation. six pounds Of fresh fruit
can be reduced TO one pound. This will
be a great gain for Europe. II being i'm
possible TO send the fruit in it's natural
state 10 countries so distant II is also
claimed that evaporatcd fruit will be a
great gain to the United States as well,
in that IL will bring to us fruits which
cannot now reach us in the fresh con-
dition.
Another singular industry comes TO
us. 1t Is the breeding OF queen bees for
market use In every hive is developed
every summer from twelve to twenty
queen cells.
'Inasmuch as there can be but one
queen i'm hive. after the old queen
mother has gone away for good with a
swarm. those Of the workers left behind
guard the sealed cells of the young
queens that are about to emerge only
permitting one to get out at time. IL
two escape at once. as sometimes hap
pen; they will kill each other. The
workers allow the next queen who
comes out 10 stab all the others TO death
in their cells. even helping them to per-
form this cruel but necessary opera
tion. Thus II happens that but few
queens are permitted 10 live. The bee
keeper. however, saves their lives by
cutting of the superfluous queen cells
from the comb, selling the queens pro-
duced from them for from s. to s25
each"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05
MAP MADE or PRECIOUS STONES.

M. Loubet looked as he felt. pleased,
but hardly proud. He had before him
the prospect OF receiving next day at
the kremlin Palace. at the exhibition.
the costliest toy ever given TO the head
of one state to another-l mean the
Russian map Of France in rare Siper-
ian stones. 1t was ordered by the
Gear three years ago for Faure, says
the Paris correspondent of the London
Truth. Loubet reaps here again. put ne
only accepts the gift for the state. Tnis
Russian map ought to be hung, not
at the Louvre but in the New Jeru-
salem. as described in the Apocalypse.
The list Of gems marking the second
and third rate towns seems borrowed
from that of the foundation stones
given by the Seer OF Patmos. There
was no diamond I'm the New Jerusa-
lem: there Is a very iarge one-iarser
tnan a Mazarin diamond--in the map.
1t represents Paris. Was not this a
sweet compliment to the brilliant capi-
tal-laVille Lum!ere?
Each department is figured by jas
per OF peculiar hue and the department.
of the Seine by pinkish one that can
no longer be found in the market. The
big diamond is not anything like so
precious as the pink jasper surround
ing Il. Rich and rare tems stand for
all the towns OF importance. and are
set in gold. The v~.ole thing. yard
square-has a curious cloissone appear
ance. I hear that the Grand Duchess
Helena. sister-in-law OF Nicholas L..
gave a similar map to the Czarowitz
Nicholas, uncle of, the present car.
But II was OF Finland only. Sapphires
represented the lakes.
However. 1t was not 10 be compared
i'm workmanship and size TO the one
presented TO NJ. Loubet, and contained
only twenty varieties of stones. The
map of France. between departments
and towns. contains nearly 200 varie-
ties. ALI found in Siberta.The exactness
OF the map exceeds. perhaps. any or
the German war Office. The names are
inlaid gold and the rivers In platinum.
Every stone is firmly secured by its
gold setting. This singular toy for
Marianne is to hang in the Sale des
Etats at the Louvre.
The agate representing Alssce takes
a greenish tinge. Green Is the color.
you know. of hope. All the outlying
frontier states and the seas that wash
the coast of France are in agates Of
different shades.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

The following paragraph Is an edi-
torial from the Providence Journal OF
June 4th.
1T Is quite possible that President
Mckinley depended too much upon
the advice of Messrs. Platt and Depew
and that he did not know about John
II. Hazel when he nominated him as
a justice all that he knows now. But
with the Bar Association and the Re-
publican press working against
Hazers appointment. there Is only one
honorable course open to the President
Plat has never done anything to ele-
svate the bench in the minds OF the
people; Depew has in this instance
Inundated most of his friends. and 1t
remains for Mr.. Mckinley to recog-
nize that Judge without the respect
OF the bar or the press or the public
would be a permanent disgrace to the
ofiicial by whom he was appointed"
Did the Journal talk that way con-
cerning the late election Of Mr.. John
DtOukttt W the Hhpititt OthNn III
fact, has Our illustrious" ever done
anything Ito elevate the bench?" What
worth is a man on the bench, in whom
men have no confidence? The Journal
in discussing Hazel says. IA Judge
without the respect OF rhe bar, or the
press. or the public. would be perma-
nent disgrace" The New York Tribune
describes candidate OF Platts ns
machine worker with more experience
at the bar than Hazel. but the same
type OF a politician, whose deserts were
entirely those OF political service"
Then. continues the Tribune, "a judge
should be above suspicion" Was Mr..
Blodgeft q machine politician? After
the city OF Providence refused TO In
crease his salary did he get the GEN.
eral Assembly to override the city gov
ernment1 Why was he ''legislated" out
Of the ONCE OF Y. 3. Commissioner and
his re-appointment refused by the U.
8. district Judge here In Providence?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-05

With the revelations concerning Dis
trict Attorney Gardiner, the forgeries
of law by persons in the employment
of the legislature. the action of Mayer
Van wyck In leasing to himself docks,
I'm order to enrich the ice trust, In
which he was large stockholder, and
the implication of ten judges of the
highest courts in this stupendous
fraud. things are becoming interesting
in New York city. 1t begins to look as
II here in Providence we were quite
virtuous i'm comparison. Are we living
under a Republican form OF govern
ment, or what Is IL?