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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
A CRANKY BARGE
The Royal Blue, Counterpart Of
the Wiley, Which Was Lost,
Now In PORT.

The scow barge Royal Blue arrived I'm
port yesterday, and, being counterpart
OF the ill-fated Gen. Wiley, IT recalled one
Of the saddest tragedies that occurred on
this coast last winter.
II win be remembered that the Wiley
went to the bottom OF Narragansett Pier,
and with her sank Captain ELI Harold and
his four children
Seafaring men declare that these barges
are unseaworthy, having no rudders or
anchors. and being nothing but rectangu-
lar boxes.
They are not nj 10 round Point judith
either I'm summer or winter. IL Is claimed,
and. In fact. IL IL n more dangerous un-
dertaking at this season than any other.
The Royal Blue brings cargo of coal
10 the Providence Coal Company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
CHAPTER II.

An Ordinance Permitting the Narragan-
sett Electric Lighting Company TO Erect
Poles and Wires In Andem Street
IApproved July 10. 1oo0l
IL Is ordained by the City Council of the
City of Providence as follows:
Section l. Permission is hereby granted
to the Narragansett Electric Lighting
Company 10 erect. maintain and use poles
and wires for transmitting currents and
electricity for light, heat and motive
power in, over and along Andem street.
from Academy avenue to Bergen street.
substantially In accordance with the ac-
companying report or tho Commissioner
of Public Works provided. all of said
oles and wires shall be erected and used
in accordance with the provisions and
conditions contained in Chapter 81 of the
Revised Ordinances entitled Wires" and
OF any ordinances In addition thereto or
I'm amendment thereof.
True copies.
witness: WILLIAM r. CLARKE.
jy27-3t City Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
Rhode isIsnd College OF A. . ~. Arts, With
Preparatory Department.

COLLEGE MAINTAINED M Z. y.
,Np STATE GOVERNMENTS. General
courses given In agriculture. chemistry,
mechanical and electrical engineering,
horticulture, biology, mathematics and
preparatory medical Special dormitories
for young men and women. Eight build
ings. Well equipped laboratories. shops
and studio. with good library. museum
and gymnasium. Military drill. Term
begins Sept. 10. 1900 Entrance examins-
,lons 10 college and preparatory depart
ment, Aug. 81 and Sept. 70. Tuition free
10 n. I. students. Expenses. $500 q year
and upward. Some opportunity for self
help.
so-psgs catalogue sent free upon sppli.
JOHN II. wAsHBuRN. PHI D..
President.
klnsston. r. L. 49,.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
ITALvs CONSULAR AGENT.

sixnor Mariana Vervena. who has just
been appointed as consular agent for the
kingdom of Italy for the state or Rhode
Island will open the consular office at
No. q Westminster street. on Thursday.
August 2.
Sgnor Vervena is a counsellor-at-law.
and has practiced successfully I'm the
courts OF italy. but will not practice law
I'm Rhode Island. or attempt TO. until he
has perfected himself in the English Lam
guage.
The consular ONCE will be open from 10
n. m. to p. m. except on Saturday.
when II will be closed At noon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
THE CRY OF PROVIDENCE.
CHAPTER 7s.

CHAPTER to
An Ordinance In Amendment of Chapter
So Of the Ordinances Entitled Police"
[Approved July 10, 1901
1t Is ordained by the City Council of the
City of Providence. as follows:
Section ]. Section 1 OF Chapter 36 OF
the Ordinances is amended so as to read
as follows:
Section !. The permanent police force
OF the City of Providence shall consist
of chief of police and not exceeding
three hundred and ten Police Constabies
who shall be city watchmen and perform
such duties by day and by night. either as
police constables or city watchmen, or
both. as they may be detailed for by the
Mayor of said city; and they shall have
all the powers and authority that police
constables and city watchmen now have
by the laws OF the state, the ordinances
of the city, and the orders, rules. and
regulations OF the Board OF Aldermen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
COM PANY.
SUNDAYS.
STEAMER QUEEN CITY

tsundays excepted) at $50 a. M, Pierce's
wharf 7:l5 a. M, Newton 1855 a. m.
Humphrey & Church wharf. Tiverton.
1850 a. m. Returning, leave Providence
2:3o p. m. Tiverton $40 p m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31
WHAT THE PLAY MEANT.

n Contented Woman" was only mod
erately successful during it's first season.
i was employed by Mr.. Hoyt az it's press
agent and business manager during the
last half OF it's second. The first time
that ] saw IL recognized that as Asmo-
deus had lifted the roofs of the houses
I'm Paris and had exhibited the goings on
in them, Charley Hoyt had removed the
front wall OF his parlor and had present.
ed his wife as he saw her I'm their daily
life.
To be perfect she did not have TO be
anybody but herself and the result was
that she played her part as nobody else
ever can play it.
! am "a great believer I'm printers Ink
when displayed I'm the columns OF "A live
newspaper. | am n newspaper man and
have been for the last thirty years and
II Is only natural should have a lik-
ine for newspapers. but apart from that
liking ! want 10 say. and my judgment
is tho result of many fcats of exnloita-
tion of different stars and different kinds
of goods. that believe thst any man
who has anything worthy ~ public at
tention cannot attract that attention oct.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-31

VlcH0l pveserves leather snd mnks< N
BROWN bko& CO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18

leather firmly, and a considerable proper
ton OF the reduction has been found in kinds
which they do not control the fact that the
cent Is only moderately encouraging. The boot
and shoe manufacture started out with slight
yielding from the prices demanded early In De-
cember but every step toward lower quotations,
according to the manufacturers has been him
dered by the stiffness OF prices for leather Thus
far the reductions made in boots and shoes Of
all classes have not gone beyond 3 per cent.
Further reductions reported last week. 1t is
hoped by some makers. may induce larger bust
ness but there are others who prefer to close
their works for time.
The movement of grain shows no important
change in foreign demand nor are there indi
Gated any serious doubts to the sufficiency
of American supply. OF this clear evidence is
seen in the comparative steadiness Of prices for
spot grain. But reports of serious injury to
growing wheat. especially in the Dakotas. have
been used TO sustain a sharp advance in
prices and it WILL of course. be impossible for
some weeks to determine how far such move
ment is justified. Cotton exports have fallen off
far to indicate a considerable shrinkage
in the foreign demand and Mr.. Ellisons state
ment of June l indicates that 99S 900 bales were
then held in mill stocks in Great Britain and on
the Continent. against $4,000 a year ago. As
the consumption according to his estimate has
been reduced to $4,000 bales weekly. there
would seem to be little further apprehension
garding the suf1ciency of supplies abroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
LITTER ON FIRE ESCAPES.

1t is reported that in their efforts to put out
the fatal fire in JacksOn-st early yesterday
morning and rescue the inmates of the burning
building the lremen were seriously embarrassed
by finding the fire escapes INSTRUCTED. If the
report is false or exaggerated the fact remains
that such difficulties are frequently encountered
in similar cases. The habit of converting to
other uses the means of security which the INV
has called into existence is not confined to the
tenement districts, though it is likely to be most
harmful there. Wherever the practice prevails
it is worthy Of official attention and if necessary
should be repressed by stern measures. Fire
escapes on or in a building add to its cost, and
are almost a matter of course detriment to
its appearance, but they are obligatory and
essential under certain conditions and 1t is the
height of folly to permit their utility to be
destroyed or in the slightest degree diminished
by reckless persons who find them convenient
for the storage of household furniture and
utensils
There are some violations of law which 1T is
hard to detect and prevent, but there would
seem to be little difficulty in compelling the
owners Of buildings having fire escapes to keep
them clear. In multitude of cases Instructions
are plainly visible from the street. and they can
always be easily discovered wherever they are.
There is ample authority to stop the abuse, and
it ought to be stopped without hesitation or
delay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18

command over American resources But IN
these days they have no such command, nor
any prospect of 1t in the years that are to come
The dignity of declarations made by the SOW
ereign rulers of the United States, when they
meet under such circumstances for the selection
of their chief magistrate this year, will not be
lessened by the idea that the people are ignorant
OF their position. This year they comprehend II
as they never have done before. The spirit
which the President and the State Department
have shown in negotiations within the last few
years will doubtless be manifested by the Re
publican National Convention, which has no
aggressive purposes, no longing to enlarge the
National responsibilities nor TO entangle the
country in troublesome relations with other
Powers. All of Europe that seeks peace can
therefore rely upon the sincere desire of the
United States TO maintain an honorable peace
with all nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
PERSONAL.

proposal to erect memorial of the military
achievements Of Lord Roberts has met with wide
spread favor in London. The plan is to place a
monument in the GulldhaII. The realization of
the idea involves departure from strict precedent
since the memorials already there are designed to
record the greatness of the honored dead. There
in the GudhaH at the present time rnonu-
ments TO Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington the
elder and the younger Pitt and Lord Mayor Beck
ford. In addition to these there a number
Of busts of famous
Professor Vambery. the celebrated authority on
Oriental subjects has received an invitation from
the Sultan TO pay visit TO Constantinople.
The centenary Of the birth of Lieutenant Wag-
horn. the pioneer of the overland route to India
Will be celebrated on June 20 by dinner in London
Frank p Beede. formerly Of Melrose. Mass, has
been elected superintendent of public schools in
New-Haven. Conn. He has been serving as prin-
Cpal of the Hillhouse High School IN that city
since leaving Massachusetts.
DR.. Martin Grove Brumbaugh, who fas teen
appointed Commissioner of Education to Porto
Rico is professor of pedagogy in the department of
philosophy Of the University of Pennsylvania
His work in pedagogy at the university has at
tracted wide interest He is Of the board OF
managers Of the graduate department for women
at Pennsylvania His duties in Porto Rico, it is
believed, will make necessary his taking a four
years leave of absence from his work at the
university.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
THE NATIONS POWER FOR PEACE.

1t is not undignifed nor childish that, just
when the people are about to meet in great
National conventions TO select their rulers for
the next four years, the deepest interest should
be shown In the record of business relations
between this and other countries. Something
more satisfying than a nice comparison by
exact percentages is desired. The country is in
the act Of taking a new census by which a new
basis Of all comparisons will be established.
1t has established new financial relations, not
merely different in degree from those Of other
years, but so fatty antagonistic to them that it
is easier to show a current indebtedness of
more than $1,000, 900 from other countries
TO this than it was at the end of the last
Administration TO establish a current indebted
ness Of q few hundred millions from this TO
other countries. 1t used 10 be the commonly
accepted fact that the advice Of Washington to
the infant Nation should still prevent entangle-
ments in foreign affairs. But Americans know
mat their position has now SO changed that it
may be easier and safer to exert a legitimate
power in foreign affairs than TO avoid it.
May has just added S420OO,OOO to the in
debtedness of other countries TO this making
$1,630.O00,000 gain in the excess of exports over
imports during the thirty-six months ending
with May. Obviously details are of small
account here. Whoever pleases may calculate
how such vast balances may be applied TO
exunguishment Of foreign ownership in Ameri-
can property, TO expenditures Of Americans
while travelling or residing abroad, to contrdbu-
tons Of immigrants for the support of friends
abroad and their ultimate transportation hither
Precisely how large may at any time be the
balance drawing interest from other countries
10 this is q matter Of concern 10 the curious
Americans about TO discharge their highest
duties OF self-government find it important to
know that they are creditors of the world, GER
tain TO become creditors more largely hereafter,
and able TO exert in the worlds financial mar
kets greater power than it has ever been SIM
posed this country could enjoy When # is
considered what may be the power of a nation
commanding III large degree the worlds SIM
plies Of breadstuffs. meats, dairy products cot
ton, OH and metals, II must also be remembered
that refusal 10 use such power for the beneA+
OF humanity would be a crime for which no
excuse could be given.
War with American" said bright clerk IN a
foreign Office al London a few years ago. .tben
where should we get our breadstuffsi" II WAC
easy TO say that India or Australia would nro-
vide indefinite quantities, and experience soon
proved that the supplies were indeed indefinite
IN these later days nations cannot afford to on
gage In war without knowing whence they are 70
OBTAIN supplies OF food metals. coal and NUM-
mons OF war The power OF the United States
on the sea and in markets for breadstuffs pro
visions. metals and coal has not as vet been
exerteo' nor could it be while great cash bal
Saees due 10 other countries gave them virtual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
COLLEGE MEN AND SOCIALISM

A correspondent whose letter we publish else
where in this mornings paper takes exception
TO paragraph in which we remarked that col
lege men, being men Of brains and education,
should of all men most surely avoid the errors
of Socialism; and he expresses a desire to know
what we have to say in reply to him.
We have to say that there seem to US to be in
his letter three errors, at least misapprehen-
sions. The first is that If college men are DOS
sessed of neither wealth nor influence they are
doomed TO drudgery and disappointment The
facts are, as statistics investigation will show
that considerable majority of college men are
in moderate financial circumstances and devoid
of any special influence calculated TO promote
their success in life. and that as a rule college
graduates-even II we cOnfine our considera ton
TO the non-rich and non-influential majority
are more prosperous than their fellows who did
not go to college In other words colleges are
not finishing schools for rich mems sons. but
are practical training schools in which Door
young men. or young men Of moderate means.
are fitted for higher achievements and greater
success than would otherwise probably be
within their reach.
The second error in our correspondents let
ter is the assumption that college men are 10
enter professions which are already over
crowded In the first place the learned Dro-
Less4oHs are not altogether oVercrOwded. Some
of them are in some places; but others are not.
On the contrary, the demand for men In them is
greater than the supply. Preachers, lawyers
and doctors are not the only professional men. &"
Chemists and engineers take rank by their side.
In this time of immeasurab BILE expansion and
development Of chemical and engineering indus
tries, does our correspondent find those profess
sions overcrowded? 1t is impossible. But in
the second place, not ali college men enter the
professions" not even these newer ones This
Is the day of the college man in business-in
rallroading, banking, insurance, drygoods. man
ufacturing. farming, everywhere Upon that
point we believe the testimony Of experience
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18

and existing conditions to be conclusive that
more and more young men are getting college
educations as preparation for such business
careers, and that in doing so they are making
their calling and election TO success more
certain.
Our correspondents third error is found in
the intimation that men of brains and educa-
tion' who work for living should ipso facto
be Socialists. We believe exactly the reverse
to be true. Brains and education are what dis
tinguish the individual and emphasize individ-
uallsm and individual distinction and individ-
ualism are precisely what Socialism is opposed
to and aims to suppress Brains and education
are what cause one man to differ from another,
and Socialism would abolish all such differen-
tiation. Brains and education are what enable
enc man to surpass others in honest and benev-
client competition. but Socialism would decree
that there should be no competition and that no
one should surpass any one else. That is why
we said the college man, the man of brains and
education. should be the last to countenance
Socialism. That is why we said Socialism is
opposed to nearly all that for which college
education stands. We find nothing in our CORE
spondent's letter to cause any modification Of
opinion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
THE PARIS EXPOSITION

France has had large experience in conduct
Ing international exhibitions during the cen
Jury now drawing to a close And she has
acheVeu notable successes in that class of en-
terprlSeS But this year she has experienced
peculiar ADVERTISEMENTS 1t was discovered
about eighteen months ago that the site selected
for the Exposition of 190O-embracing tbe
IrocaderO Palace the ground on which stood
the Palace of Industry, a broad strip of terri
tory between them along the north bank of the
Seine, the Champs de Mars on the south the
Place des Invades. and another connecting
strip on the river bank-would prove Inadequate
to the demands made for space 1t had already
been found necessary to merge into one. on the
Champs de Mars. what otherwise would have
been eight different buildings. Thus. it was
foreseen. sacrifice of architectural effects and
OF definition in the popular mind between ASSOC
ciated but unrelated exhibits WouId resuIt
And then 1t was decided to provide an annex
out In the park of Vincennes six miles or more
from the main exhibition and not readily ac-
cessible from the city.
1t Is hard TO see how the French Government
could have acted otherwise than II did undar
the circumstances. The original plan had been
carried too far toward completion to make any
radical change possible The popularity of the
hlHel Tower and Trocadero Palace strongly
recommended the retention of the sites of 1878
ana 1888 Moreover, unsatisfactory transporta-
ton facilities made the parks of Vlncennes and
boulogne even more Objectionable for the main
snow than Tor an annex. Still. the belated cry
for more space was too imperative to be
Ignored France acted wisely, therefore. in
pursuing the course which was finally adopted
When. however, Paris plans for her next in
ternational fair, decade hence she will doubt
less feel obliged to abandon the time-honored
sites within the line of Notifications. and go
beyond. The advantages of concentrating all
OF the features at n single point are too obvious
to require emphasis. IT is doubtful whether
future exhibitions of this kind will occupy much
more spnce than those Of Chicago in 1893 and
OF Paris in 1900. Sooner or later n limit must
be reached in these matters, and It is not I'm
probable that it has been nearly attained al
ready. But the international fairs of the COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18

Up to this time the freproof dwelling in New
York has been in the main one that would
burn up like any other as soon as fire touched
any of the dishonest parts of its fabric. 1t is
good news that another style is coming in
that won't burn, any more than the TTib-
Building. 1t is time that the putting
up within city limits of any other sort should
go out altogether. There are too many hand
now, and large proportion of them pretend
TO be something else, jeopardizing and fire.
quently destroying the lives of unsuspecting
people. their builders and owners deserving
legal penalties which in most cases they don't
get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18

ing century will certainly not be smaller than
those of the recent past. And ten or twelve
years hence Paris will require an area at least
as large as that which has just been utilized
BY that time, however, the French capital will
doubtless have experienced a revolution In her
local transportation systems and will be able
easily to carry TO either the Bots de Boulogne
or Vincennes many hundreds of thousands
as have hitherto been admitted to the Champs
de Mars. 1t is not likely that Paris will ever
be compelled again TO face the problems that
have beset her this year. and which she has
solved with her usual tact and skill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18
THE PASSING THRONG

Murray Hunter. Of Jacksonville. Fla. at III.
Hotel Victoria, yesterday. showing so,,s
friends and acquaintance the can
THE he carried. II bore regular in
MIAMI clined markings. and its crooked
REED head IS finished or in a point ~
what. at first glance. seemed 10 ~
ivory. but which a closer inspection showed 10 Ia
the wood itself after receiving a high polish No
one present could guess the name OF the wood Z,
made from, and so Mr.. Hunter after an
guesses were in. said that It was what Is xnov1
In Florida as the miami reed, which grows In ina
marshes the city from which III takes -
name. This reed. when first cut ike sn1r ofbs-
reed is brittle and easily broken The process ~
making II tough Is very simple. for It consists oDIv
of stripping of the outer bark and then exposin~
the reed itself for certain time 10 the action az
the suns rays.
J. G. Rogers, OF Tampa. who Is a delegate N
the Republican Convention at Philadelphia "A a
Republican from principle Mr
THE STU Rogers says that the Florida dele
ALTON IN gates are not committed IN an
LORIDA. ore for ce-Presideut and would
be satisfied with any nominee. pro-
vided he satisfactory to the President and thu
party leaders. "On the question OF expansion
said Mr. Rogers. the South is with the Presi-
dent but, situated as we are this will mean moth
ing to the ticket when 1t comes counting votes
count OF the fear Of negro domination, matter
what our leaders personal feelings and inclina-
tons may be fine silver dogma had a strong hoid
on our people, which is not yet relaxed. and the
silver question sin strongly appeals 10 a certai1
class among US The word free is what captures
them They have never been able 10 grasp is
meaning. and there a number Of them VINO
unquestiOnab bly, think that should Bryan come in
ana free silver thereby become firmly established
adherent of Mr. Bryan's silver policy would re-
celVe a dividend Of white metal