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New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
THE COLUMBIA EXPECTED TO-DAY.
CRUISER COMES TO TAKE THE PLACE OF
THE VERMONT TEMPORARILY

The cruiser Columbia. which IS 20 take the place
Of the old receiving ship Vermont AT the Brooklyn
Navy Yard IS expected 10 arrive to-day. She Is
her way from Philadelphia in tow Of three tugs.
The Columbia IS 81 the show ships OF the
navy. and there many who regret her assign
ment such a berth the for which she IS
slated. Her lines beautiful and indicative 3f
her great speed and the mechanism used In her
construction Is Of the best
As a cruiser. however. In times or peace she Is
considered impracticabe by naval experts. She has
gained the reputation OF being "coal eater" one
Of the officers who knows her said yesterday: She
is this kind Of ship: You coal her for a seven
days and find her bunkers empty IN two days"
The Columbia has been lying in the League Island
Navy Yard. Philadelphia for long time. out Of
commission. Her complement OF officers and crew
IS set at an 1t is thought that with her guns dis
mounted and her decks cleared she will be able 10
accommodate about eight hundred men. This by
the way. is several hundred less than the old Yer
mont care for. Besides the quarters Of men
and officers will be more crowded and less com
Portable.
1t is promised that the appointment Of the Co
lumbia 10 be receiving ship is only temporary, as
the proposition TO construct permanent receiving
quarters the Cob Docl; is now being considered
and may be carried into effect, doing away
with any receiving SHY.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
REASONS FOR THE REMOVAL.
DISEASE GERMS SAID TO BE IN THE YER
MONT-OPPOSITION TO THE CO.
LUMBIA AS RECEIVING SHIP.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BuxE,I

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Washington. Aug. 5.-Enorts that may be
made TO secure the retention of the old Vermont
as the receiving ship of the New-YOrk Navy
Yard likely to prove futile. and there is ap-
Iarently disposition the part of naval
officials to maintain the ship there longer, on
account of her unsanitary condition after years
Of service. 1t is alleged that there are no
sentimental reasons in addition for while many
Of the ships of her period and class were notable
products Of the Civil War period this cannot be
said of the Vermont. which has most mediocre
career and never was regarded a typical
vessel Of her date She has proved a decided
menace 10 the health of seamen and APP
prentices at the yard for the last two years
and her removal is said 10 be demanded by
medical men stationed there Disease germs
are understood 10 be in her timbers and the
longer she is kept at the yard the greater the
danger of those on board.
Acting Secretary Hackett stated this evening
that II was unlikely the orders for the Columbia
to replace her as a receiving ship would be
counterman nded as the Vermont was too far gone
to warrant her being maintained in the naval
service
Admiral Melville resents the employment Of
this fine vessel for the purpose ordered and
says she is less adapted for receiving vessel
than almost any ship Of her size In the navy.
While long and lean. she has little berthing
space, nearly all the interior being taken up
fittings necessary for vessel OF her great speed
and steaming radius Of action The contention
is made by the Admiral that better could
be found for the Columbia than the UndlEni6ed
service as a receiving ship. q duty that has been
performed all navy yards since the Civfi
War by ohAolete ships OF that period.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
TRANSPORTS SOLD CHEAP.
THE MPHERsoN GOES FOR Es7oo AND THE
TERRY FOR 1880


TERRY FOR slssm
AT the Morse Iron Works, Fifty-sixth-st,
Brooklyn the United States Government yester-
cay sold at auction the transports Mcpherson
ana Terry 70 the highest bidders. The Nc
Fherson was sold for SlS,7OO 10 r. II. Parsons
o. Baltimore, who is said to represent the Penn,
ssNania Railroad. Miles +. Barry, general
manager Of the Chicago and Muskegon Trans
portation Company, bought the Terry for Sl9,-
y" She viii be placed in service on Lake
Michigan.
"otn boats went at absurdly low figure
specially the Mcpherson, which is said to have
oSt The government 100000 at the outbreak Of
"s spanish war. She was formerly the trans
sUahue liner Obdam, is 40 feet over all, and
vas ouilt In Belfast, Ireland in 1880. During
~ uhes OF the transport service between New
-0h ana Porto Rico and Cuba the Mcpherson
as considered one Of the best boats on the run
e mas only recently been brought North after
s7ls on the rocks off Cuba for several months
Is believed that the government has lost
IOAey In removing the Mcpherson from the reef
SiS SSIs bringing her North TO be sold for only
o- 1s Terry was formerly the Hartford and ran
So long Island Sound. She is a twin screw
j. - steamer, DDS feet in length and was built
&nliaoelphia in 1892.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
SIX BURGLARS CLUB A WOMAN.
SHE IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS BY
HER NEIGHBORS.

Plainield. n. J.. Aug. (SpecaD.-six men
entered the home of Mrs. Stephen Demko. in
Dunellen-ave.. this afternoon, and threw her
out of the house She returned for her children,
and the burglars knocked her down with club
and then bound her to the bedpost with ropes
and tied a pillow over her head nearly
suffocating her. They then ransacked the house
taking S24S i'm cash. which was the property OF
four boarders
The woman was found by some of her neigh
bors after she had become unconscious She is
in a precarious condition. Chief Kelley
informed and sent out the police reserves
bicycles in search of the men. IL is believed
that the men were foreigners who had known
Demko and his wife when they lived in Rartan
pOIaNDt pOTANDt POLAND! POr.ANDi
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06

or wet rot or any other kind of rot. They are OF
gccd solid oak, and for your sticking your
hnger in them I will defy any man to drive a
WIRE nail In them without bending it,.
Rear- r-Admiral Barker says that he has no
ldea what the Navy Department will do with
the vermont, but he is sure that she will not be
burned. To burn the old craft would he TO de-
stroy what many sailors love more dearly than
their early homes. If the Vermont sold she
would prove rich prize. In all the decks there
are COPPER bolts. placed few inches apart, and
the sale of this metal alone would net many
thousands of dollars
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
rrMBERs SOUND AS EVER.

Officers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard do not
entirely approve the abandonment of the historic
old Vermont as a receiving ship. Many of them
Contend that her timbers sound as ever,
and that what little disease there has been
aboard her has been caused by refuse the
Cob Dock. 1T is untrue" said one Of the off,
GERS yesterday. that the timbers have dry rot
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
MIGHT BE USED AS A MUSEUM.

Retired naval officers living in New-York and
those who have left the service TO go into other
professions have been doing considerable think
ing since the announcement was made that the
old Vermont TO be broken up and sold for
junk. Many Of them would like to see her pre-
served In some way or other even though her
days Of practical usefulness are past
William II. Stayton, OF No. 30 Broad-st who
resigned his captaincy in the United States Ma
rne Corps to resume the practice Of law, is op-
posed 10 the destruction of the Vermont He
said:
The old Vermont has been the home of more
landsmen than any other vessel In the navy to-day.
in the navy, can remember spending their first
aays & IN the service on the Vermont Her retention
than anything else the Navy Department could
MI Stayton believes that the Vermont could
he preserved for years at very little expense
TO the government by following the example of
the English government in the preservation of
Admiral Nelson's flagship and two other his
toric vessels He says:
They should do with the Vermont as the British
dld win the victory, which bore Admiral Nelson's
flag so braYely, and with several other vessels.
Ihey moved them into shallow water. where they
were protected from the wind Then they filled the
nuns Win cement, which preserved the rotting
timpers and made firm foundation for the upper
The Vermont could be moved inside the Whitney
basin at the navy yard. II is to be dredged in
order 10 afford more dock room If the old re-
ceiving ship gives up her present berth for in
side the basin the yard will not need the small
space which she would occupy. She could easily be
turned into museum after her timbers had been
fumigated and the disease germs driven out. That
there is need OF a museum or trophy room of some
/ kind the navy yard doubts who has
visited the yard. Some Of the most valuable war
relics lie in the open yard, absolutely unprotected
from the weather Many Of them have already
been injured by rust The others in a room
above the commandants office. where there Is not
sufcient space show them OF to the greatest ad-
vantage The used a museum is
needed for Offices The ship could be preserved by
the cement process for indefinite time. II costs
only S3 or 81 cubic yard for cement. and the lines
of the historic old vessel would be better preserved
than by the use of wood or brick.
II there is room at the navy yard for a relic
ship LET her be removed 10 some other place where
here Is still water. An anchorage could probably
be found AT Quarantine, in the Lower Bay. Sandy
HOOK would be another good place for permanent
! berth Philadelphia abounds in sites that could
/ well be used for the purpose and think the
,Ouskers would be mighty glad 10 add the Vermont
10 their collection of relics. II will be shame il
tbe government let's her go to the junk men. and
I an glad that The Tribune is sounding public
sentiment on the proposition
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
PARIS BRUSSELS FAST LINE.

PLANS TO RUN TRAINS FROM CAPITAL To CAPT
TAI IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
Washington Aug. 5.-Consul- General Hughes
at Coburg Germany, reports To the State De-
partment that a French Belgian syndicate is
reported TO be planning. under the patronage
of the King of the Belgians. to build an electric
express line for passengers and light freight be-
tween Paris and Brussels, and from the latter
place to Antwerp. The trip from Paris TO Brus-
sells is expected to be made in one and a half
hours, and from Brussels TO Antwerp in ten
minutes.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06

ALL MEALS IN DINING CARS
on the Overland Limited" the luxurious train Chi
cago TO San Francisco, via Chicago and North
Western. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Rys
Particulars at Northwestern Line ONCE 40l b way
-Advf
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06

Tbs sAGE SPACE IN ADVANCE
runnirsss Shore Limited OF the New York Central
" adianos l' u r. necessary 90 engage space days
..peland ~ order 10 get just what you want.
~~-Advyt 'hieagO and ST Louis passengers. please
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06
JUDGE INDICTED FOR FRAUD.

-'sOsE OF GOVERNMENT MONEY AT TELLER
CITY ALLEGED.
J,s e' wash, Aug. B-'"The Teller News Of
Jus,' received to-day, says that r. G. Rognon.
a. =, the United States Commissioners Court
gram City, has been indicted by the Federal
goye.N .Ny and arrested for alleged misuse OF
used sh money. u IS charged that the Judge
plies 'sihinent money for the purchase OF sup
governs building which he alleged was for
sangensr..l use. He says that he had made ar
protectso whereby the government is amply
have hse- Hofn loss. and that the matter should
suit, ha6 snc would have been settled by civil
=" mol been for the activity Of his enemies.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-06

POLANDl POLAND! POLAND! POLAND!
Purest natural spring water In the world.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13

sumulants in moments Of depression, or how
long continued disappointment worked on him.
and killed his early courage. Besides he had
always been able to give up drink Again and
again, whenever it had seemed to him that the
habit had gained strength, he had reduced his
alcohol TO a minimum, and been none the less
comfortable
his reflections went further. After all, the
best work he had done of late had been pro-
duced during these intervals of abstinence. Per
haps it was mistake TO go in for stimulants
at all. Experience seemed to say SO, and he
had special reasons now for giving himself a
chance. The book would be a thing worth doing
for its sake. and there would also be the
pleasure Of proving to his so-called friends that
they had played the fool in sighting him He
would start afresh tomorrow, and prove his
strength.
After ali. he was a just man. and. now that
he had faced the matter boldly. he could not but
admit that they had had their excuses. They had
certainly underestimate his strength, but they
had known that he had let himself go far
He had been on the brink: had even been lucky
in escaping.
1t was not of possible danger 10 himself he
thought. But he had kept his mother from
knowing how he played with the thing of which
she had SO great a fear. Whenever he went down
to the little village where she still ruled the farm
We'll. he had managed to deceive her utterly
She had perhaps wondered why he was so irri-
table at times; he had been horribly cross with
her on occasions. But she had never known
if she had once guessed.
He Iurched from the pavement to cross the
street There shout, and Old Bale awoke
to present facts; he was an old man; his mother
had died after that appearance of his before a
magistrate ever so many years ago. Something
struck him brutalIy he strove to step into
safety. Darkness came on him. and he knew
nothing Of the trampling hoofs.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
NTYED. But IN EARNEST.

From The Louisville COurierJournal-
A negro recruit and the officer Of the day fig
ura in the following little story from the Phlllp-
pines written home by Kentucky volunteer
A negro recruit outpost duty, who had
been filed with stories of the Filipinos torture
OF captured American soldiers. had let his mind
run on them until his terror caused him to get
his orders for the day into pretty bad mess
At midnight the officer of the day went the
rounds When he struck this rocky he was
challenged by a scared negro.
" Halt dah: Who's dat?"
The answer was: Officer of the day.
Again the sentry sung out: Halt, dah:
who's dat?
The officer then asked him. What in Sand
Hill was the matter? Why didn't he know his
orders? The negro said: L does know nah
orders
We'll, what are they asked the officer. and
10 his surprise the answer came back:
a. De sargint done tole to halt you three
times and den shoot YOU And with that he
cooked his rifle.
You should have that officer sprint for
q tree From there he used the only argument
of any avail with coon. He cuSSed him SO
hard that the negro forgot all about shooting
him. Half an hour later the officer was able to
out from his hiding place and give his
proper orders"
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
MAINE DEEDS.
QUEER COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM
CLAUSES FOR THE REVERSION
OF PROPERTY GIVEN FOR
PUBLIC Uses
PUBLIC USES.

Auburn, Me-, Oct. 9.-It seemed all right when
they did it, but they hadn't reckoned clearly on
the future. Years ago in Maine it a
mon custom for patriotic and public spirited citi-
zens to give away land to towns societies
which wanted to erect public buildings. Almost
invariably the prOvisO was made that if the
OF the said buildings for public purposes should
be abandoned the land should revert to the
original proprietor his heirs. Time has
brought some unlocked for changes and there
fore Maine has been viewing some queer com
plicatiOns.
For instance, the county of Oxford has seen fit
to change the site of its shire. Before the days
of the railroad the. county buildings
Paris Hill. and in the old courtroom Hannibal
Hamlin. John D. Long. Sidney Perham and
other famous made their first essays before
the bar. When the suggestion was made that
these historic buildings be abandoned Oxford
County was rent by dissension, but finally utili-
tarianism prevailed over sentiment, and
county buildings were erected in the village of
South Paris, the railroad.
Then it was that family discovered that by
the terms of an ancient deed those buildings on
Paris Hill reverted into its possession. Some
ancestor had presented the land to the county
more than one hundred years before. His deed
contained a reversion clause. Therefore his
heirs now found themselves the proprietOrs of
of the oldest and most historic courthOuSeS
in Maine. a stone JAIL a jaers residence and
the county offices
The family at the time found itself in a
quandary. The oxford Bears" the folks of
the county call themselves, greeted the sugges
tion that the buildings be torn down with
storm OF protest. OF course, they had no legal
control of the affair, but the new prOpretors did
not have the hardihoOd to defy popular indgna-
ton. The ancient buildings had been the nub Of
so much oxford County history that il did seem
sacriege molest them on the other and
the county had been set behind much by the
cost Of the new county buildings that the voters
didn't feel like buying the old property from the
heirs. And then of course the feeling prevailed
that these heirs, who suddenly found themselves
invested with all the public buildings OF shriev-
atty, were getting something for nothing in 4
most unwarrantable manner.
The deadlock was broken when DR.. Hamln, OF
Bangor, offered 10 build over the old county jail
into a library II certain conditions were full
filled by the people. In this way a compromise
Wa effected with the heirs.
That took OF Oxfords snarI, but Harps-
we'll down on the Maine coast was left founder
ing in a legal maze. Israel Leavitt. farmer had
taken his family and had gone to live in the
SC chOolhouse Farmer I.eayitt didn't go there to
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
NO USE FOR THE GLORIOUS STUDY.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle
Literary workers have usually great strug-
gle to force themselves to work, for few
realize their best, like Mr.. Barry Pain. in rail-
way carriage. very we'll known novelist has
just come upon the penalty of success. He has
built himself a beautiful house on the kentish
coast. with a study fitted with every con-
venence and an outlook on the Channel. 1t is
so beautiful a study that when he is in il he
cannot think of anything else. So, in despair, he
has rented room in inland farmhouse,
which has comforts and commands a view
of a pigSty. Thither he retires when serious
work is in question. The and glorious
study. however will please the Illustrating in
terViewef.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13


domicile He considered it the most drafted
inconvenient place to live that he ever had
tackled" but he was there because his lawyer
told him to go there.
1t seems that the town fathers of HarpsweII
had placed their new schoolhouse on Leavitts
land, just where he didn't want it. 1t was too
near his best orchard for one thing But the
town fathers claimed the right of eminent do
main. and they were provoked by Farmer
'LeaVltts stubbornness that they were about
ready to build the schoolhouse in his dooryard
As soon the last nail was driven in the
schoolhOuse and school had opened Farmer
Leavitts lawyer advised him to go and live in
the schoolhOuse. He said that the town had
built it on his land without permission, and
therefore it was his property. Furthermore the
state law provided that schoOlhOuse must be
situated at a. certain distance from a dwelling
house By converting the schoolhouse into
dwelling, Farmer Leavitt could oblge the select
men to choose another site for the building
So Farmer Leavitt moved over. The school
ma'am was spinster with temper and opin-
ions OF her own, and the tits in the forenoon
when the goods being moved in were as
spicy box of cayenne pepper. The aston
ished pupils listened to joint debate instead OF
studying. But though some men might lave
been driven to retreat Farmer Leavitt was grim
and determined He established his household
gods in the temple of Minerva He didn't dis
turb the school benches. He didn't desire to de-
stroy property. His wife made up her beds on
the benches. and cookstove was moved into
the place of the barrel heater. When Mrs
Leavitt began to get dinner the first day. and
fried cod and pork scraps right under the teach
er's nose the spinster decided to vacate So she
packed up her books and left with her brood
behind her That noon the Leavitt family used
he phar' tab 10
past 1t was pretty cheerless home and
seemed especially so when bedtime came
But Mrs Leavitt discovered that the place had
one recommendation. When she was busy with
the housework the children were able to amuse
themselves with the backwards and the teach
er's bell Farmer Leavitt lived there till the
court decided the case. One night some of the
neighbors assembled to boost him out by force
but he held the fort The judge rendered a de-
csion TO the effect that Farmer Leavitt couldn't
remain in the sChoolhouse any longer and keee
Minerva out But the court also decided th;e
the seectmen must move the building to another
site.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
GRAY PASTURES.
BY FIONA MACLEOD.

flies, W "--4'e HUH
Nhen /; quiet dust, on the forgetfuI wind.
ShaA be untroubled by any breath of signs
81 IL may be shall fall like dew upon
4 ne sun breath OF gray pastures such as these
ei- wander nc" 'twixt dusk and dawn.
gee IN THIS phantom bloom I leave a kiss.
~ vas given me IN fire. now it is gray dust.
Mayhap may thrill again at the touch of
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13

The town of Sidney. in Kennebec County. wen,
through a still livelier affair. all on account of
a church Years ago ancestor of one Jared
Sparks Grant gave TO church society land
enough for church site. But he provided that
the building should revert TO his heirs when it
ceased to be used a public place Of worship
After the society was dismenber and was
unable to support pastor. the pewhoiders got
together and voted to sell to the local grange.
The grange proposed to remodel the church into
hall But here Jared Sparks Grant arose with
deed in hand and declared that by the terms of
the writing the bullying was forfeited to him.
The grange and the church society resisted his
ancient claim. But when the Patrons of Hus-
bandry proposed TO put carpenters into the build
ing Jared Sparks Grant piled the auditorium full
OF hay. He jammed it right in upon the pews
and the pulpit. locked the door. and then dared
any TO modest his property. The
dragged along for two years in court. and Grant
won While the still hanging. the
grangers made bee and stole the bell in the
night. No one ever knew outside of the grange
where that bell went.
In Old Town in Penobscot County the Epis-
copaI parish discontinued services in the church
on account of a temporary depression in interest
Thereupon a widow and her daughter. heirs Of
an old estate and in INDECENT circumstances. de-
clared that the building had reverted to them
another case of clause in a deed. Now, these
women asserted that they were not attempting
to lower the dignity Of High Church edifice.
yet they moved in and set up housekeeping The
mother said that she poor and could not
afford to pay rent in the tenement house where
she had been staying. Now that they had dis
covered they had property. they proposed TO live
there. And live there they did, though all the
Church dignitaries in Maine appealed to to
oust them. Their cook stove set up in the
side aisle and funnel was pOked out over one
Of the stained glass windows a place for their
bedroom was curtained off in the nave. 1t was
a cheeress place of abode, but it better
than paying rent. After two years the parish
made a compromise, and the women went back
to housekeeping under less solemn auspices.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13

That took OF OxfOrd's snarl. but Harps-
we'll down on the Maine coast. was left founder
ing in a legal maze. Israel Leavitt. farmer, had
taken his family and had gone to live in the
schoolhouse. Farmer Leavitt didn't go there to