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New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

II they were found at a faraway post. There
is not sink a closet in the barracks, and
the cadet who came TO the institution a year
ago found the same conditions that confronted
the cadet who belonged to West Points first
class, nearly hundred years ago. II is not
the plan of the officers of the academy to sur
round the cadets with luxurious apartments
but to maintain the severe simplicity which has
always characterized the place. But 1t is their
desire that the cadets should be comforta bly,
and decently housed. The officers quarters are
also inadequate. Ten bachelor officers are COM
PEELED to occupy quarters in the Memorial Hall
which resemble cells more than rooms; two Off
GERS live with their families in houses built for
enlisted men, and several houses which have
accommodations for one family are occupied by
TWO. The houses are old and uncomforta a bic,
some Of them having been built in 1916 and
1924
All these evils will be wiped out and all cause
for complaints such We're made by the last
board of visitors will be removed if the pIans
which have been prepared by Colonel Iarned
under the direction OF Colonel Mills the su-
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

enough for the present demands Of the academy,
and additional barracks building equipped
and furnished in modern style. The present rid
ing hall is so small that not more than thirty
two cadets can ride there at time, and the
instruction in that branch of the service Is con-
sequently hampered. 1t is about two hundred
and seventy feet long The proposed riding
hall will be of the features Of the academy.
1t will be 800 feet long and 125 feet wide.
French-Gothic in style of architecture. and will
harmonic with the academic building. the tower
of which will rise above it, and both will be
seen from the river. The scheme includes also
a corps of cadets headquarters building and
assembly hail. which will be 120 feet long and
so feet wide, and an addition TO the gym
nasium which will provide again as much floor
space as there is and suitable accommoda-
tions for indoor sports.
The provisions for the enlisted men at the
post are of the lowest kind, and Colonel Larned's
plans include soldiers assembly hall 100 feet
long and so feet wide. and barracks and stables
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
THE "CIRCLE PROBLEM"
PLANS TO MAKE THAT PART OF TOWN
MORE BEAUTIFUL AND LESS
DANGEROUS.

The question what to do with the public space
at the southwest corner of Central Park, of
which the Columbus Monument is the centre.
seems to be nearing a satisfactory settlement.
That part OF the city has been torn up for
months because of the work on the underground
railway. but 1t is now being restored TO it's nor
NAL condition. and people have restored the
consideration of the problem TO its ultimate
form and ways and means for making 1t not
only beautiful, but a less dangerous point for
drivers and pedestrians
The Municipal Art Society, of which John De
Witt Warner is president, appointed a special
committee parks and public places, with w.
L. Harris chairman. to consider the Circle
question" Charles r. Lamb was asked to as
sist the committee because of his interest in the
solution OF civic problems. and the plans evolved
have been approved by the Municipal Art So
ciety.
These plans call for a complete rearrangement
OF the Circle and placing the railroad tracks in
double circle with transfer stations between the
tracks on isles OF safety. To accomplish this
the car track which now ~uns diagonally across
the circle must be turned from Fifty eighth st.
TO the Eighth-ave. line and thence through
Sixty-first-st. This change" said Mr.. Harris,
"is very simple one. and requires no special
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

structural conditions of the academy, and has
done much toward showing the needs of the
institutions so that adequate appropriations
might be secured from Congress. BY direction
CT Colonel Mills. Colonel Larned made the nIans
Which VIII be submitted to the authorities at
washington. Colonel Larned says of his work.
~ is made with the purpose of securing as
PeIieGt an equipment as experience demands
anu the site PERMITS also with a view of meet
ing, without further removal of existing strlIct
y. es, any future increase of cadets that NAV be
ndoe' Nothing less is economical or iudicious
rom rom any point of view. and nothing less seems
worthy OF our great and powerful nation
IEe existing plant is series of addi+iors
progressively bettering older conditions bmt
each. when made inadequate for more than i'm
Hedlate wants. AS consequence MANY of
the pubic buildings are now not only entireI,,
iinaoequate but in some cases incongruous anS
t toOiivenent In addition. having been erected
uCLi iaeeI -, the requirements of corps of cadets
"hlcn mas grown very slowly, the sites occnnis5
are closely adjacent. rendering any sudden exI
pahslon impossible without the removal of a no.
tion OF the buildings. In anv such sys,erP PoI
temporary expediency there must come . t,noa oa
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

hut at the present time the living apart
ments Of the cadets the places where thew
seep ana stuoy, are spoken of only little
better equipped than the barracks at the
average county poorhouse. When the cadet
quarters were built the maximum number O,
cadets at the academy was three hundred bu,
tne NUMBER in attendance usually fell below
TWO hundred and seventy-hve. The corps now
has oil members when complete. Their. .rs
ieo rooms In the barracks. These can accom-.
modate $40 men IL each room has two oc.
cupants But as there are 452 cadets at the
Aceoeniy tnere are not enough rooms ito go
around and sleeping apartments which were
originally calculated to accommodate two ner-
sons are occupied By three and four. There are
ls2 cadets who live three in a room and twe,,,,-
Tour VINO huddle in six rooms. The uniform d.
menslons OF these rooms are 22xl4 feet ana IN
feet high. The quarters are unsanitarv go
the students are deprived of absolute necass,-
ties ana are compelled TO endure discom,orts
at which they would be justified in comn,a,r,n.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

to accommodate one hundred and fifty cavalry
men and fully equipped battery Of light artil-
lery.
The present cadet barracks and library" said
Colonel Larned, form the keynote to the build
ing sentiment at West Point. They are In the
Tudor style. and the headquarters admin
istration building will harmonize with these"
A new chapel is also included in the building
scheme. The present structure Will accommo-
date only about five hundred persons and IS
inadequate. as there about 900 people at
the post. One of the notable points of the re-
port of the board of visitors was the one de-
voted to the question OF a new chapel. In
dealing with this subject the report reads:
The building OF a new chapel would necessarily
carry with it the introduction into the reserva-
ton OF a new pipe organ. innovation that
would doubtless cause the mountains that rise
IN subllmity and beauty back of the post 10
break forth into singing and the trees Of the
fields to clap their hands"
The board attended divine service while ar tho
post and endured the untold agony and "ex-
qulslte torture visited the congregation
every Sabbath while this alleged musical nstru-
ment is being prepared to perform its mart
There is not fifth class variety theatre in anv
nation on the globe that would tolerate such a
musical instrument for twenty four hours
To initiate it and set 1t going is in itself n
PROCLAMATION Of the Sabbath
al, 1t is disgrace to the nation. and has haunted
the last decade iis
The building scheme if carried out will cost
about S4OOO0O0, but the friends of the insti
tuition think the amount small in comparison
with the expenditure for the rebuilding OF the
Naval Academy at Annapolis
Ihe material for the exterior walls OF the ne1y
buildings would be stone quarried on the rasor-
walton, except for the chapel and the acadar,i,
buildings, in which Connecticut granite will ha
used similar to that of the present accidents
oulIdlng. which was erected after plans bv
Richard NJ. Hunt. -
colonel A L. Mills has made study Of The
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

when the various additions become so complex
to demand a general reorganization and so
expensive to keep in repair to make such
reorganization economical in the long run The
Military Academy has reached this stage.
Broadly speaking the main public buildings are
satisfactory so far as they go, and can be left
standing with some modification. By some re-
movals and notifications new and harmonious
buildings be so added and grouped with
them as to make an entirely effective and salts
factory whole
1t is believed by those people who have been
permitted TO see Professor Larned's preliminary
study that he has borne in mind the controlling
fact that the existing public buildings constitute
in style, in tradition and in sentiment an archi-
type which should be the controlling element in
the new development. That it is not question
OF architectural thesis but Of perpetuating
the sentiment and traditions Of a century of
honor and Of developing germ already planted.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

senger descends and waits at of the sta
tions for the car he is to take going in any OF
the four directions.
These transfer stations have been so located
that they do not interfere in any way with the
streets for driving, either for pleasure carriages
or business. while the removal of the diagonal
car line to enter Eighth-ave. at Fifty
elghth-st. and leave at SiXty-hrst-st removes
one of the difficulties in regard to the under
ground entrance at the northwestern corner of
the Circle. which, under the present condition
would be reached by crossing the trolley track
By raising the Columbus Monument o
two-storied colonnade IL would become more
imposing central figure. and the city would
secure public shelter and a place for public
speaking and public music recitals. thus pre-
pairing centre for the inevitable change which
is coming for that part of the city. The plan has
been accepted by the Park Board in
genious solution of very difficult problem.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

Perin'endent Of the institution, are adopted 1t
Is not proposed to tear down all the buildings
anu replace them with other larger and more
eianorate structures and build an entirely new,
academy. thus following the example set at
Annapolis but to retain what is good, 10 pre-
serve the original tone and so to enlarge and
improve the place that its old characteristics
hanced Deaals eH-
Inc barracks built in 1851. where the men
whose names have become familiar to every
american lived while they were receiving their
ihihtary education. Will remain standing. So
"ii the library built in 1S41 the mess hall
"hich was built in 1852, the hospital. the gym
Hasium ana the academic building. But a new
academic building architecturaIly in ,seAning
win the present structure. and connected with
py memorial viaduct. is TO be built and an
aodiuon is to be made to the hosnita, v,bora
patents having contagious diseases NAV ha
sa.eo' Inc scheme also provides for new
administration building, which will he ,arrs
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

legislation. and would remove one OF the great
objections, as it now passes the spot where the
underground station will be. If IL remained in
its present form 30 per cent Of the people using
the station would be compelled to cross the
tracks to reach the staircase which will be In
the middle of Broadway The arrangement Will
enable sixteen cars to transfer passengers at the
same time. and passengers are protected from
all danger of being down.
Mr.. Lamb. in speaking of the plan. said:
A number of different solutions were worked
over: among others, that of single circle 20
carry all cars, either going east, west. north or
south This was abandoned for the double
track because II was thought impossible TO take
the service of the rush" hours on a single
track A double track will more than accommo-
date any number of needed. while the
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
TOWN WIPED OFF THE MAP.
END OF KAsKASKIA. ONCE CAPITAL
OF ILLINOIS.
Tsr TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUSE.l ]

ST Louis Dec 2s.-with stroke or MS pen
the Postmaster General has completed the oeV-
astatIon wrought by the Mississippi River IN lo4a
and with the new year Kaskaskis. the hrst capitai
Of the State Of Illinois, Will disappear from lne
map Rural free delivery will take the place OF
2 noston7oe and the five families residents OF
this once populous town will be served from fort
Gage
Originally the town Of Kaskaskia was situated on
the okaw River. and in early days 1t was a thriving
trading post. Here when St. Louis was practicaAiy
unknown trappers and hunters outfitted for the
winters work in the wilderness further west-herc
they returned with their peltry and held high car
nival forced by their necessities TO take the
trail for the hunting grounds 10 face savage beasts
and savage men. At this time II was the COM
rnercial centre Of a vast traders from OHIO
stopping there. too. with supplies and sending out
from this point agents 10 buy furs from the
Indians. The town located at point where
the well worn trails from the South North and
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
ORIGIN OF WORD GRTNGo.

The word "grngo." which Mexicans apply 10
Americans when speaking of them with con-
tempt. is said TO have had its origin thus:
During the Mexican-American war. our soldiers
got into the habit of calling the simple Mexi-
can soldiers whom they took prisoners green
ies.'' TO signify their ignorance of things in
general. and Of military tactics especially The
Mexicans retaliated by calling the Americans
"greenos." and this word finally degenerated
into "gringos."
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
WEST POINT NEEDS.
PLANS fFoR SECURING THE EQUIPMENT
EXPERIENCE DEMANDS.


EXPERIENCE DEMANDS.
IN the last report of the board of visitors
10 the United States Military Academy much
space Is devoted to describing the needs of the
institution in regard TO buildings and while
the document indorses the recommendations of
former boards urging appropriations for the
purpose of erecting buildings II points
also to the existing defects in forceful and un-
reserved terms
In the one hundred years of its existence
nearly all the improvements at the academy
have been made on the patchwork plan, and ac-
cording TO the report, in which the officers Of
the academy concur, there is only one building
on the grounds that is in harmony with this
DAY and generation. The friends of the acad
'emy think that its situation. on one of the most
beautiful spots on the Hudson, the Importance
or the academy as national institution its
place In the hearts OF the people because of its
history and associations. entitle ii to the best
in architecture and equipment that the land
can provide, and that 1t should be a model
perfect to the minutest detail, possessing every
advantage and Improvement which the new
century affords, and in harmony with the
grandeur and dignity of the mission which our
army is 10 fulfil"
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29

There is a chemist in the neighborhood of Pcca-
dily who does not believe in the decline OF British
trade. All he has TO complain Of he says, is the
falling off in the demand for liver pills. And IL
you want to know the reason, sir. he added. Just
YOU take bus from the corner of Bond-st. to the
Circus. and what that'n do for torpid liver,
It's that bit road sir that's ruined my liver pill
connection. ii london Globe.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
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subscriptions tor The Tribune.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-06
BRYAN APPLAUDs SCHLEY.
Real Hero OF Santiago" and "Patient
Victim OF Attacks.

w J Bryan declares himself a pro-
nouncei partisan Of Rear Admira
Schley. 10 his Commoner nf last week
Mr. Bryan makes the coming inquiry
tie subject of his leading editorial
and charges the administration with
beiug partisan of sampson. He says
Admiral SIMPSONS friends should
be satisfied with the fact that their
favorte obtsined the prize money
wor in battle in which Re did not
participate and that his face is to
grace medal that is 10 commemorate
a fight in which he did not take part
1T should be sufficient for them
that Admiral Schley has never made
any claim as to his part in the great
battle in Sautiago Bay; that be has
been content for the Newspaper cores
pondents and their witnesses to give
the facts to the American people.
''Ths difficulty is that these state
nents have convinced the American
people that Schley was the real hero
of the day and eutitled to all the hon
ors at the hands of a grateful people,
even though ne is denied the emolu-
ments in the way of prize moLey and
medals
Mr. Bryan is severe in his structures
Of Edgar Stanton Maclsy.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-06
CONDITIONS IN CAPE COLONY
Much Like Ours In PhiIippinss-Re-
b.Iiion Persistent and Can't he Hunted
Down-No News Permitted TO Reach the
People There,

England has occasion to be much
| worried over the persistence OF Boel
raids in Cape Colony. There appears
| to be gronrg doubt of the loyalt,
of the Dutch 10 toe colony, Of which
in tne early stages of the consent
| there vas more confidence. although
a large proportion of both British
and colonial soldiers has feen kept on
guard there. While the fighting was
in Natal ard aloug the Orange river
there were few signs OF an uprising
q ther south; but many of the dis.
coutented there joined the enemy in
the field Nov, however, since the
war has assumed so much of guer.
lila character, good pbrt of all the
lighting Is 10 the Cape Colony,
through which the commands march
almost in security, GLIDING their
pufsuers.
The condition of distrust of the
Cape Colony is illustrated by the fact
that no information of the war is al.
lowed to be published there
The Cape Town correspondent of
the London Daily Mail say 8 all their
war news is obtained from London
newspapers three weeks old. The
ing their utmost to prevent any news
OF the happenings ia the field from
getting into South African news
pspefs. Since the news Of the Botba
pence ove,tures leaked out, scarcely
anything is allowed to be published
except lists of casualti,s in the col
ony's contingent in the field. No
mention Is made of any casualties
happening to British soldiers. Such
reticence is not reassuripg. and it is
thought it would not be insisted on if
all wss going we'll there.
According to one report, the Dutch
residents in Cape Colony are o0rerat
lng upon the same policy which has
given so much trouble in the Philip
pines. An officer who has been in |
charge OF patrol reports that he has
been over region. examining it care |
tUlly for sigus of the enemy, and
convince himself that 10 Beers were |
there. Then, 10 a day or two. there
has been "a rear'table Incident
somewhere on that same ground. |
Such happenings are accouL tsn for on |
the theory that the Dutch farmers. |
who ara professeolv loyal, are the
people who deal blows. They assemble
iSlftly, strike somebody that is in
fancled security, and, when their
ork is done, they as swiftly return
to their farms, hiding their arms.
md are as faithful loyalists SIS before
This Is analogous to the experieuce
,ur army iu toe PHILIPPINES han with
ne amigos whom they found every.
where.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-06
TAKEN FROM COURT
BY MOB AND HANGED.
Assailrnt of n Cir Lynched In Tonnes.
sse-Esther OF His Victim Badly Hurt
Trying to Protect nim-Dash FOR Win
dow Futile.

Charles Davis, young man of rep
utable white Family was taken by a
mob at 10 Il m Friday from the court
rom at Smithville. Tenn, where he
was beirg tried for an assault upon
Is yeasr-oli Katie Hues, white girl,
and hanged.
The moo was opposed by Milton
Hues, father of the girl, who is q
prominent merchant of Smithville, as
well as by the officers OF the law, but
was maze up largely Of relatives OF
the Hues family The girls father
had couuselled the friends of the fam
lily rot to commit any act of violence
unless the accused tried to protect
himself by OBTAINING the reputation
of his victim.
Davis took the stand in his OWE
defense Because of the state nents be
made the crowd became wild with an.
ger and rush was made for the pris.
oner. Several revolvers were fired as
Davis ran to the second story ard was
about to jump to the ground He was
captured before be could make his
exit.
After he anger of the mob had
cooled it was found that Milton Hues,
Sheriff Odum, a deputy. and Consta.
hle Nancy had been badly hurt while
striving to protect Davis from harm.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-06

THREE LYNCHISGS.
Man and Two Women Put TO Death by
Mississippi Mob-Arrested for Murder.

TIE murder of Mr. and Mrs Taliforrc
| eliminated THURSDAY night in the
lynchiug of Betscy McCray, her son,
Belfpld McCray, ard daughter. Ida
McCray, sll colorad, at Carollton,
Miss.
The mob was composed of about 800
white citizens Of Carroilton, who
marched TO the Jail in order. demand
ed the keys from Jeiler Duck, pro-
coedcd to the cells of the unfortu-
nate negroes, bound them by this
necks and hands aud carried them to
the corporate limits of toe town where
they hurg them to tree by the pub
lie roadside and riddled their bodies
with bullets.
The mob resisted the earnest appeal
of Judge Stevens and Hon W : Till
who stood on the steps of the jail and
appealed to them iu the name of law
and order. They even follosed the
mob to the cell doors With their arms
a,ourd the nerks of the leaders,
pie idine to let the law take its course,
hut with no effect.
Ida McCray confessed to the kuowl-
edge Of the murder and stated That
her mother, Betsey, and brother, Bel
field, helped commit the murder. She
further implicated others who will
probably met like fate.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-06
Killed BY Trolley.

DR. Frank = Bingham, 500 of Charlie:
W Bingham ard nephew of Judge
NJ a Bingham of Burlington, was
struck by trolley car in Buffalo, N
\, Friday and killed. He was a
graduate of the University Of Yer.
mont in the clsss of 1896 and had
Just begun practice. When in college
he vas. one of the most popular men.
Admiral and Mrs George Dewey will
be very near the admirsl's native state
during Old Home week They en-
gagged apartments at Portsmouth,, N
II, hotel, for seseral weeks from Aug
Is.
The August number of TIE Black
Cat contains strikingly original
story written by Harle Oren Cummins
of Montpelier, entitled The Wine of
Pantinilla. "
Tudor jerks, the we'll known maya.
zine writer, regrets that be cannot
visit Vermont during Old Home
Week. He is native of Townsbend.
We learn from the LaCross. Wis, Press
that y w Pettibone of that city ana a
native of Manchester, the son of the late
Judge James S Pettibone, has made a
magnificent gift to the city. He has pur-
chased land for fine park and is already
AT work Identifying it. The total outlay
Will amount to 100000 and will be a free
gift to the city. 1t will be under toe
control of park commission of which
Mr. Pettibone is mem Der. and also Geo
W burton. native of Manchester.