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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

current comment that the sanitation Is
had. that many ordinary convenio nces
TO be found in modern dwellings, are
conspicuous by their absence and that
the present accommodations are so in
adequate that instead of there being q
sleeping room and a study for each pair
OF students as I'm the average college.
one small room has to answer every
purpose for two during the four long
years of attendance.
But all this is soon TO be changed, II
the intentions OF congress are to he
taken as a criterion. The poor cadet
who hitherto has had 20 submit TO the
boast Of the West Pointer that he was
Tapped IN luxury by comparison. may
now cherish the hope that nowhere else
in the world will be found such accom-
modations for the student OF naval af-
fairs as at Notwithstanding that
his Uncle samuel who is supposed TO
take care OF good boys and punish the
bad ones. will do as he has promised
and cause congress TO eventually APP
propriate the full SsO00.0O0 which the
plans call for. That is what the total
will be. Il is said. by The time all the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

tinguished by a rush OF cold air. One
side or the building had fallen out, ex-
posing the rooms on the side toward
the water and leaving the young men
sitting on a sort OF shelf In the open
air. staring into space and wondering
how In the world they should ever get
down. The floor beams held. however,
else there might have been great loss OF
life.
At another time. and more recently.
one of the buildings in this same row
split In two from top TO bottom and
seemed TO be held together only by the
weight Of the roof. 1t required the rig
cling OF ropes and spars before IL could
with safety be taken down.
Such incidents az these furnish some
OF the spice of the cadets shore exist
ence without which the eternal grind
might become monotonous. II is not
known that they have formally COM
planned. for one OF the first lessons they
learn at Annapolis Is discipline and
strict obedience; but IL is a matter OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11
MAGNIFICENT QUARTERS FOR OUR NAVAL CADETS

the general plans. the key of the scheme
will be the magnificent memorial chap
ell, with it's foundations 160 feet square.
and a dome rising TO the height OF $50
feet The disposition OF the various
buildings will be such as not only TO
bring every structure into the place
most convenient for IL. but also to
group them where they will produce a
fine artistic effect and not interfere
With the natural beauties OF the place.
The area OF the grounds. says the con-
sulting architect, Mr.. Ernest Flagg OF
New York. who furnished the plans.
was thought to be too restricted. To
overcome this and at the same time 10
deepen the water. along the sea walls
IL is proposed TO reclaim fats which lie
under water on two sides and 10 obtain
the necessary filling by dredging out n
part OF the area tor basin. In placing
the buildings IL was thought that as
the institution was chiefly for the BEN
eft OF the cadets. their quarters ought
to occupy the best and most command
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11
Il is standing reproach to the Anne

II is a standing reproach TO the Amer
lean conception of progress
= Without denying that Annapolis. ad
5acent TO which the Naval academy Is
situated. is spot TO be cherished, with
its traditions of Washington and Cap
tain John Smith and its colonial and
Revolutionary associations. IL must be
admitted that IL looks backward rather
than forward and hardly keeps step
with the spirit of the times. a gilt
tering halo OF antiquity is a good thing
TO have in it's place. and the chief crit
icism OF European writer's has been
that the United states lacks that air OF
mellowness and maturity that goes
with the possession Of ruins and an
tiquity But II the teachings OF history
mean anything they show that matur-
ity, ruins and the halo usually indicate
and Immediately precede an undesirable
condition of decay.
1t is now 90 years since the Hon.
George Bancroft. the eminent historian.
then secretary OF the navy. waved his
wand Of authority and brought into be-
ing the United States Naval academy.
The very best place at that time avail
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11
BALLS ON THE WHITE
HOUSE.

"Those three gilded balls make me
think of pawnshop every time ! see
them" was the facetious remark OK
man passing the White House the qtnei
day. He referred to the three ghoeo
balls at the top of the iron ornaments
between the large northern posts OF the
White House portico. Many questions
have been asked about these balls WIN
the object OF ascertaining why tnes
were placed i'm that position.
There was no particular reason
said an official of the executive man
sion ..They were put there after tne
war and have no meaning In the wor,u.
They are simply cannon balls brougn'
over from the war department and giio-
ed TO make them look pretty. witnoue
them the little iron fencing would IooS
bare" IL is said to be the intention OF
colonel Bingham, superintendent VI
public buildings and grounds. to replace
those balls with pretty, varicoloreu
electric lights which will look weii IN
the daytime and attract much attenuot
at night.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

able was old Fort Severn. an army post
comprising. besides the fort about nine
acres OF grounds. officers quarters, bar
racks for troops and a windmill. Here
the naval school was formally opened
on Oct. 10. 1si5. and here all the naval
officers who lord Il over American
''Jackies' have or should have received
their education and training.
Additions have been made from time
to time TO the grounds about the fort
until at present Uncle Sam owns sew
erai hundred acres. and is contemplate
ing an Increase OF his holdings by
dredging out the flats of the river and
bay.
Beautifully situated as are the
grounds. with the Chesapeake north
and east and one side bounded by the
Severn river, the buildings TO be seen
there--about so in number-look as if
they might have been shaken out OF
some giants pepper box and dumped
here and there as chance decreed all
over the lot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

ing location on the grounds-that is to
say the site Of the present superin-
tendent's residence.
BY filling in the lower levels ter
raced plateau Is obtained for the larger
buildings. such as the officers and ca
dets' quarters, the academic building.
the lyceum. physics and chemistry
building. boathouse and armory.
The fine old trees which now adorn
the campus are To be- preserved. while
the lawns will be- extended toward the
river aud the broad parade ground
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

doctor pronounced him dead. Uncle
Toby had all his life been noted for his
chilly temperament. He could never
get warm enough. Well. he was stretch
ed on a table in the little room he lived
in with his wife and seven children.
and they, with all the neighbors and
friends. gathered to give way to heart
rending shrieks of agony. The UNDER
taker came and made his melancholy
preparations and went away and the
tumult of anguish was at Its height
when there was quivering Of the sheet
over Uncle Toby, and suddenly ne
Strengthened up.
Fer de laws sake. Maria ne saio'
git me some more kivvers. Ize cold.
"He recovered"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

carrying ont OF the death penalty. Ex-
ecutions will be no longer public. and
criminals will no longer be exposed to
public view in the prison chapel for "A
hours before being put TO death. as In
the past. The object Of this custom
was to enable the criminal 10 prepare
for death and 60 allow the public TO
join In praying for his soul
Among the beggars and vagabonds Of
Breslau Germany, 20 per cent OF the
men have been found unnt for military
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

and awaiting trial in Servia no fewer
than 1900 political prisoners.
Iona island. In the Hudson river. has
become the property OF the government
and will be used as naval magazine
In Lodz. Russian Poland. the police
recently discovered n retreat I'm which
the socialist journal Rabatnik was pub
lished. Six people working in the place
were arrested; yet the paper came out
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

YT WAS In accordance with the en-
lightened sentiment OF the age that
- congress two years ago made a pre-
liminary appropriation OF 81 100000 look
ing toward the complete renovation of
the United States Naval academy at
Annapolis and the ultimate possi-
bic expenditure OF ss.00O,000. Aside
from the objection that a contem-
plation of sums well up In the
millions IN likely to beget spirit Of
waste and extravaganza. II is universal
ly acknowledged that there IL true
economy In laying the foundations OF
public institutions broad and deep and
erecting buildings that shall defy the
corroding tooth OF time and express
architecturally the status of national
advancement.
While the general situation OF the
Naval academy. Is considered as an
ideal one. viewing its natural features
and immediate environment, yet so far
20 most OF its structures are concerned
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

another. and the ciliary muscles are
nnder constant strain. Moreover. the
light falls unequally upon both sides ~
the page. further interfering with n
continued clear field OF vision.
Four miners were entopbed for II
days in the Matsuyasu colliery In ia
pan lately. They did without food all
the time and for most Of the time with
out light. and were none the worse
when dug out
spain has introduced a reform In the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

subsequently, despite the conhscation
OF the press. la this next issue was
given the name of the person who in
formed the police OF the whereabouts
OF the press. The body OF this person
was afterward found pierced with "a
digger
The national airs OF great countries
are short while those Of little coun-
tries arc long. God SAVE tho Queen
Is II bars. the Russian hymn is rs bars
and Hall, Columbia" has 2s bars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11
INTERESTING TO EVERYBODY

A dock capable OF accommodating
steamers 80 per cent longer and broader
than the Oceanic is TO be built at Liver
pool II win cost nearly $1,000. 00o.
Medical men In Italy derive so much
OF their income from foreigners that
most Of the students now learn TO speak
English and German.
\ dispatch from Belgrade. Servia. de-
tlares that there are now under arrest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

There lives at Pontypridd. pretty
little village of Wales not far iron 'S.e.., ~
diff. In the center OF the most oesu"I..
orchard country OF England. an s nones'
peasant OF the name OK Jonn Mu'cn'
who at this moment possesses IN
traordinary celebrity. John hu,en ~
the living double of President nrus.I.
He has had himself photograpneo n
classic poses and with ciothes s''n',a'
to those Of Uncle Paul. ana these pic
lures enjoy In the country MOST
.traordinaTy vogue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

Slams national hymn has &c bars. and
TINT of Uruguay 20. Chile iG. and so on.
San Marino has the longest national
hymn except China, which is 50 long
that people take half a day OF To listen
90 Il.
a writer I'm the New York Medical
Journal says that the curved pages OF
the ordinary book are injurious TO the
eye OF the reader. The curvature neces-
states constant change Of the focus
OF the eye as IL reads from one side 10
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

the training OF naval men, but a real
university with everything that the
term implies.
The pictures presented on this page
will convey "a more correct conception
than mere words OF the character and
magnitude OF the vast undertaking.
Starting out with most favorable topo-
graphical conditions. which lend them
selves TO beautiful landscape and
architectural effects. the results will he
as great from the artistic as from the
economic point of view According to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

service. while the figurf for the pops
latlon In general does not rxceeds ger
cent. ~ e4~ t. L1i
There are, 20 British cities which o~n
and operate street railway systems. nno
OF the whole tramway mileage In Great
Britain one-third r. owned by the pub
lie.
No ablebodied man need to be idle "
New Zealand The government eives
every applicant work and pays Aim 81
the rate Of shillinss day;
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the porter startled to hear
loud conversation I'm the next room 10
mine. and. listening. soon discovered
that one voice was that OF my friend
the president. Apparently the porter
had invaded his privacy.
What are you going TO do, porter?
asked the president
I'm going TO throw you out. an
swered the porter.
How dare you. sir, Leave the
room,
81 Will but you'll go wild met.
''And with that the porter leaped
upon the astcnished guest.
Help! Fire. Murder' yelled the
president.
shut yer mouth said the porter.
and he began TO drag my friend out
and down the stairs.
"Out they went the president yelling
for help like a Comanche. When the
door was reached, the porter threw him
out and returned to the Office, where he
was accosted by the astonished proprie-
tor.
what did you throw that man out
foro' he demanded.
'Becuz l was told to- said the por.
ter.
!" "who told you tor queried the pro
prietor.
This here woman replied the por-
ter. indicating the housekeeper. whit
happened to be standing near by.
why. sir, did nothing OF the kind.
said the indignant woman
{" Yes. she did. sir said the porter,
and here's her orders. pulling out
small scrap of paper
Taking the paper the proprietor
read the following words:
Fire. No. 40. l0:So.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

A nervous per-
son could hard
ly remain i'm the
same Iblock IN
$ o m e citi e $
where the color
ed folk gather
20 mourn over
a deceased rel
ative. Not long
ago a much re-
SD g c I e q o ] d
uncle name d
Toby i'm Atlanta
became sudden
ly i'll, and a
physician w a 3
allie d. T w o
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

on the shapely pier jutting into the
Severn river and adorned with its fam
ing beacons 75 feet high. stands the
power house. which will not only supply
power throughout the grounds, but will
serve. with it's engines, machinery and
boilers, as an object lesson in engineer
ing for the students.
TRUMAN L. ELTON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

Harvey Johnson. brother Of Tom
Johnson the street railway magnate,
who was United states consul to Ant
werp under the Cleveland administra-
ton. is a very clever raconteur. Re-
Gently while with a party OF friends. he
told the following yarn:
. ITO Some negroes" he said, "a death n
a family offers an outlet for display.
sometimes ludicrous. OF grief and finery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

A merino lamb OF Vermont lineage
sold at the last cattle fair at Monte
video for $3.50.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-11

ktutftfndu from
Chicago who. L
learned, was the
president of y
bank. He talked
to me for quite
a time ana In
formed me that
he was very
particular about
his room and
the service when
he stopped at .
hotel. and that
he made II a
point TO exact
the utmost re-
spect from all
n e employees
fro1 the clerk
down.
"A b o u I IL
o'clock the same
night i was
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28
United States and Turkey.

Unless the sultan of Turkey acts
very promptly Ali Ferrough Bey, the
Turkish minister, will be given his pass
ports and diplomatic relations between the
United States and Turkey will be sus-
pended until the sultan pays 100000 due
citizens of the United States.
1t is understood that an ultimatum stat
ing that diplomatic relations will be sew
cred unless the claims are paid is ready
for presentation to the Turkish govern
ment 1t is known at the department that
the Turkish minister advised his govern
ment yesterday relative to the situation
and time will be given for the sultan to
act before the ultimatum will be issued.
There has been some discussion of the
plan, in the event that the sultan still
continues obstinate, to seize a port OF
Turkey and collect customs to an amount
equal to the claim. 1t is believed that
international complications could be avert
ed by notifying the continental powers
that it was the intention of the United
States to remain in possession of the port
only long enough to collect the money.
The administration is adverse, however,
to going beyond severance OF diplomatic
relations. No serious thought has been
given to a military or naval demonstra-
ton, as the administration has all
the war ON hand it cares to deal
with for the present. Should Ali Fer
rough Bey be given his passports 1t would
amount to saying that Turkey is a dis
honest government. The state department
officials believe that the sultan will not
be willing to have his country thus ad-
vertised to the world.
Inquiries made by the Associated Press
regarding the attitude of Great Britain
and other powers towards the American
Turkish difficulties reveal the fact that
no one has any intention of interfering
in any way. The British government Of
ficials do not disguise their delight at the
stand taken by Washington.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28

will take a wide scope and make Boze-
man an ideal place for excursionists to
spend vacations and Sunday outings.
Edward McNally, whose home is in
Rochester, N. Y, while on his way east
last week on the Great Northern, when
at Essex, several miles east of Kalis-
pell, stepped to the platform and looked
out. His head struck the coal chute
and he was knocked off the train and
badly mangled. One leg and one arm
were severed from his body and he was
injured internally. He died.
Citizens of Butte are becoming ter
rorized owing to the utter inability of
physicians to cope with the disease
which, for lack of better name, has
been called pneumonia. The death rate
is alarming and is constantly increas-
ing. One doctor when told that it was
not pneumonia, asked: well, what is
it, then? Heart failure after the dis
aese has reached the climax" The i'll
ness is always of short duration, from
one to two days. Richard Trembath
telegraph editor of the InterMountain
was taken i'll on Saturday night and
died Monday morning.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28
WASHINGTON.

The retail grocers of Tacoma have
organized.
A petition is soon TO be presented
for the incorporation of the town of
Reardan.
The state will enlarge the asylum at
Medical Lake.
There is considerable building activ-
ity at Walla Walla.
Registration in Spokane is going to
be heavy this year.
There are rumors of an electric road
from Marcus to Republic.
A big lien has been filed on the Geo.
,Spalding Company at Spokane.
The western Washington hardware
dealers have formed retail combine.
The steamer Selkirk struck hidden
rock and went down in Okanogan river.
The state pharmaceutical association
will hold its annual meeting in Spo-
kane during the fair next fall.
c. d. Barlow, express agent of Fair
haven, is missing and there are fears
that he may have been murdered.
October 10 is the earliest date on
which settlers can locate lands N the
north half of the Colville reservation.
A new grocery house, to engage in
the wholesale trade, and with a paid
up cash capital of s125,000, has been
organized in Spokane.
The attempted consolidation of the
fish Gamers of the northwest that has
been reported for the last several
months, is said to have finally fallen
through.
There is a movement on foot to hold
q state militia encampment at Tacoma
in July. Governor Rogers favors the
project and the Spokane companies
are enthusiastic over the outlook.
The Paul F. Mohr portage railroad
in which Spokane capital is heavily
interested, is apparently making prog
ress, and before many months will have
a portion of its transportation line in
operation.
The State Grand Lodge of the A. o
u. w. concluded three days session
at Seattle and adjourned to meet a
Spokane on the second Wednesday IL
April, 1900.
Georgia McCubbins. formerly of Spo
kane. was employed as a domestic IN
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28
MONTANA.

The Anaconda public schools closed
for the term last Friday.
The court at Kalispell has refused to
set a definite date for the trial of the
Whiteside case.
Superintendent B. G. White of the
state reform school has rendered his
resignation, to take effect May 1. 1t
is understood that Mr.. White will en-
gage in business in the Judith basin.
Peter Dempsey, a miner, shot and
killed his wife in their rooms on Main
street, Butte. They had been married
only a short time and quarreled con-
tinuously.
Edward Marshall, who was arrested
at Salt Lake, has been identified as Ed
ward Allison, the slayer of Mrs. Fay
Creech, who was murdered in Butte
Is days ago. AS soon as the Salt Lake
authorities get through with him he
will be brought to Butte.
There is but little doubt but the com
ing summer will see sort of civil rev
olution in the city of Bozeman. A
movement, emanating from the Gala
tin Valley Club, is now on foot for the
agitation Of public improvements that
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28

the Seattle home of Charles H. Green,
and was found dead in bed. Escaping
gas was the cause.
p. ID. Norton, assistant treasurer of
the st. Paul & Tacoma Mill Company,
president of the Tacoma city council
and a member of the Tacoma Land Co.,
directory, is dead.
A. G. Nelson of Rossland was found
dead on the railroad track near North
port. He had committed suicide by
placing a revolver in his mouth and
pulling the trigger.
w. P. Trimble and Fred e. Sander of
Seattle announce that they have secur-
ed full rights of way from double
track standard gauge electric railway
connecting Seattle and Tacoma, and
will commence construction as soon as
the surveys now under way are COM
pleted. They claim to have secured
$500, 900 to pay for the line.
Since the prospects of creamery be-
ing established in Tekoa have been
ers are directing their attention to the
pasturage and feeding of cows. Frank
English has been experimenting on
various kinds of grasses, and he states
that the white bronze grass has given
the best results on high, dry land.
Two thousand Japanese laborers, who
have arrived in Seattle from the Orient
since February have been shipped tc
various points in the northwest fol
work on railroad construction. The
wages paid these men are said to bt
the same as paid to white workmen
and the railroads have standing orders
with employment agencies to send al
the Japanese they can get.
William Hoare has just completed
sowing 1000 acres of wheat on the res
ervation near Tekoa and expects to seet
1000 acres more in the same vicinity
He lets the work by contract. Mr.
Hoare will receive two-thirds of tn
crop and the Indians from whom h
rents will get the balance. The acre
age of grain on the reservation thi
year will be unusually large.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-04-28
Floods Are Increasing.

Chicago, April PA special from New
Orleans says:
Traffic in Louisiana and Mississippi is
paralyzed by the flood, which took on a
fresh impetus last night, 4.6 inches of rain
falling in the New Orleans district. In
some parts of the state the total was
even greater. All eastern traffic is being
transferred by boat and brought into this
city from "a to SO hours late. The Texas
& Pacific railroad from Baton Rouge
junction to this city, over 100 miles, is
practically under water. Mississippis
crop and property damage will amount
into the many millions, some having
placed it at $3OOOOOO. In Louisiana the
cotton and corn crops are ruined and the
loss will be quite equal to the Mississippi
figures.