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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23

reported by Rev. George Mcclellan Fiske.
ne work carried on by laymen at the
state institutions. the state almshouse
aho house of correction was also reported
The religious services conducted at
Dexter asylum, the Rhode Island hospital
and Home for Aged Men was reported by
Rev. Samuel II Webb. whose henefcent
work at Observation-Disclosures Is wei k./iS'n M
Rev Henry Bassett urged the appoint
ment Of a resident clergyman az the Epis-
copal mission az Mauton and this matter
was left 10 the executive board.
Rev Mr.. Fiske also called attention
To The need Of mission work among The
Jews OF this city and Rev. Frederick Bas-
sett urged the need Of work among the
colored people
In this connection Dr. Fiske told of the
preliminary work which had boon oc
complishcd among tho colored peoplc
under the auspices of St Stephon's
church \ discussion upon both these
questions next cnsued but no denptte
action was taken lengthy discussion
next took place concerning the reopening
Hm
Concerning this matter Dr. Flske intro
duced the following resolution 10 be pre-
wsnted by the secretary to Bishop Nc
Nickar.
Resolved. That the convocatlon hopes
mat services may be speedily resumed at
st. Paurs."
The resolution was passed.
Other Interesting reports were pre-
sented during the business session by
Rev Levi y. Edwards. the diocesan mis-
sionary, giving n clear idea Of the mis-
sionary work carried on al saunderstown.
Mashanticut Park. Fruit Hil, Phnnps-
dale and the forts az Newport
The report ~ the executive committee
was also presented by Rev. r. J. Bassett.
resolution was also introduced by
Rev. DR. Fiske 90 the effect that the svrn-
pathy and prays of the convention be
eNterdci 20 Rev Arthur ~ Aiicock I'm
his present illness. This resolution was
passed
A vote ~ thanks was also extended To
the entertaining church and The congratu-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
CONVOCATION OF PROVIDENCE.

Inc quarterly convocation and annual
reeting of the Episcopal churches OF
providence and vicinity was held today
at 81. Andrews church. Mount Pleas
ant. with sessions at 1880 and l1o5 a. m.
The service at 1880 was that OF Holy
Communion. conducted by Rev. Samuel
II. Webb OF Christ church. South Provi-
dence. and Rev. Joseph Hobbs. rector OF
st. Andrews
fonowinK the communion service tho
convocatio resolved itself into a husipeas
session and An the absence of RI Ro,
bishop McNickar and owing tn the fact
ihst no dean has been yet elected Rev.
samuel -. webb was elected as the pre-
siding officer
The first business which came before
fhc convocation was the calling of the
roll by the secretary, Mr.. T.. l. Nickcr-
son
The roll call showed large number ~
the clergy present from Providence and
ITS environs. together with many dele
tates from the churches represented in
the convocation.
Following the roll call the record of the
lasf meeting OF the convocation was read
by the secretary
a letter from Bishop McVickar was
read at this point expressing regret AZ
his inability 90 be present.
The treasurer's report was also pre
rented by Mr.. George Humphrey and
me same showed "A balance OF ssli.35 In
the treasury.
Reports from the churches were the,
made as follows. St Barnabux Appon-
aug, by the fector. Rev. r. T. Woifenden:
ascension, Auburn, by Delegate MIR
t}oodrich: 81 Bartholomew Cranston
ny Rev. +. y. Edwards. Diocesan mis-.
slonary; 81. Mary's, East Providence bv
the rector, Rev. Herbert G. Dana. 81 Pc
fers. Manfon. bX Rev. Joseph AZ Uobbe.
Et. Andrews. Pfi<nlx. hy The rector Rev
Mr. Meader. Sk<fndrews. =. Mount Pleas
ant. BY the rector. Rev Joseph M Hobbs.
80 Ansgarius Providence bv the tor
Rev. q. J. Juuareni 81 Thomas provi-
drDce, Dy Rev. Frederick r. Fieweiliug
80 Marks. Riverside. by the rector Rev
~. J. R<mick; Holy Nativity, Thornton,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23
Gen. Chaffee Receives Instruction
Not to Proceed on Chase for
American MurdererS fOrPreSent

Washington, April 23.--The war depart
ment has instructed General Chaffee to
delay the departure of the proposed ex-
pedition into Mindanao until after the
receipt OF further directions from Wash
ington.
The president desires 10 exhaust all
other means of effecting the capture of
the Moros who murdered American sol
diers before dispatching an armed expe-
dithon for that purpose. Meanwhile, how
ever. that portion of General Davis
command which was selected for the Jour
ney will still be held i'm readiness. and all
preparations up 10 the point of actual de-
parture will be made.
TWO ENGAGEMENTS.
Manila, April 2s.-Two engagements
have been fought between the American
troops and the Moros OF tee island OF
Mindanao during the last "A hours.
Moore OF the Twenty-seventh Infantry,
while out with a small party hunting for
water was fred upon al long range Lieu
tenant Colonel Frank ID. Baldwin, with a
battalion of troops and mountain gun,
went 70 the assistance OF Moore's party
and 1rove off the Moros, who lost seven
The Moros villagers were flying red
flags, meaning that they intended to
fight 10 the uttermost
Lntea Sultan Pualo and force OF ma
tives attempted To reoccupy the ground
gained by the Americans, bat the Moros
were forcibly dispersed
GENERAL CHAFFEE'S REPORT.
Washington. April 2S--Adjutant General
corbin yesterday afternon made public
the following telegram received late in
the day from General Chaffee. The small
words left out by General Chaffee are
supplied:
Manila, April 22-To Adjutant General,
Washington. With reference 10 my tele-
gram, 18th. and yours. 2Ist:
When st Malabang ! authorized Bald
win 10 continue clearing trail toward the
lake if not opposed. but he was not 10
move in force until the expedition was
fully prepared which / expected To ac-
complsh by the 25th.
'On the 18th he pushed his advance from
his camp eight miles out with orders ia
clear the blockaded trail and halt when
" reached sufficient water which was NOT
tound until the second crossing OF the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23
WlNDSrORM GOES DAMAGE

Omaha,Apr PA windstorm last night
did "a great amont OF damage Plat glass
windows were broken. trees blown down
aud side walks torn from tho streets.
in Council BUNS a large three story build
ing was unroofed and other damage done.
The loss to tho telegraph and telephone
companies was heavy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23
House Directory and Blue Book.

II having been reported that we have
discontinued the Providence House Di-
rectory. we wish TO state that such is not
the fact and we shall soon begin work on
a new edition. introducing many improve
ments. making it more valuable than
ever.
DO not be misled into giving orders for
any cheap substitute. that will only lead
TO disappointment
SAMPSON, MURDOCH & Co.
Directory Publishers
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23
THE WEATHER

Boston. April 2S.-For New England:
Fair tonight and Thursday: fresh to brisk
south TO southwest winds; warmer to-
night.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-23

II causes me grievous distress
TO have To stand up and confess
That golf. as she's played,
have never essayed,
Though I've heard II discussed more or
less.
never developed much zeal
For steer an automobile:
80 ! don't think it's fun
To get smashed in a run,
And then stay in bed till heal.
At ping pong mover have played.
Nor thought OF bridge whist as trade
In fact when / see
What this earth holds for me,
/ wonder just why ] was made.
Washington Star.
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The Aldermen and Franchises.

To THE EpI1on OF IHE srH Sir: 4
radical but Internationally progressive step
in the citys Charter would he the entire
adjustment OF the Board OF Aldermen, body
which considered a. a whole, easily outrank a
any other legislative institution for dcL'e
ignorance, bare-faced corruption, fagrant
disre gard OF the oity's beSts interest, and
general ass'ninty The unfortunate actions
OF this curious emblaco would Ill volume
bigger than the biggest encyclopedia. Eiec-
ton to the board j. generally considered a
graft. big pay, little time occupied. and hand
some perauisites from every important
corporate Improvement, or else the improve
ment doesn't 90!
just recently these choice spirits have re-
fused to sanction the purchase Of a few old
buildings for public square at Eighth street
and Fourth avenue. although the city will
have to pay an almost similar sum Tor the
privilege OF tunnellnR the Rapid Transit rail-
way under these buildings Of all the city'S
danger spots this corner and the adjacent
crossings ar" one OF the most ConVested and
In need of more space for pedestrians. With
the completion Of the Eighth street trolley
work, five separate lines OF cars will converge
upon the network of tracks at this point
with cars moving IN ten different direct 'on-
NEW lurk. oct I. GRoorF>S,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-19
Government Ownership OF Mines.

To THE EDITOR or The Sun So Sr; Is
this Government % wuership- Of the mines
scheme that We are asked 10 wait six years to
derive the benefits OF by Mr.. Hill going to
receive an intelligent voters support
There is estimated 70 be coal enough in
the United States to last Va hundred. OF years
Are We asked TO lay In coal enough to warm
the coming generations so many winters?
And run the risk OF having the mines on our
hands. unvorked. for having raised 4 lad In
the next century. or before. who invents a
means by which electricity or some other
material can DO used for heating purposes
at 8 cost far below the necessary cost Of coal.
and be cleaner and more convenients
DO | hear We are TO pay for the mines on
the installment plan and at the price OF coal
at the time Of payment
VIII the present owners stand for that?
Make them? All right, hut how shall we
know the amount OF coal lying hundreds Of
feet below the turf? sail We wait until IL
has all been brought out tsome ten hundred
years. more or less and then ray for IL: To
whom, pray!
Would the people OF New York city sub
ark may be built, to be completed a thousand
years hence, large enough to old III the peo-
nle in case tho city sinks below the sca from
the heft Of the skyscrspers that will be built
By that time, rs some wise men have said
No. not a dollar! At least. by an intel gent
voter, ! say voter. for votes are reckoned
By dollsis AID cents by some VITO know not
Therefore. will an Intelligent voter go 10 the
trouble OF registering and voting for thing
so distant and uncrrtainy PLrER ). WARD.
POCOPkEFpslF, oct IL
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To NE EDITOR OF The - N-SU: You sa y
that the timbers OF the Jersey should be- re-
moved to a place 90 safety, where. like the
Martyrs Monume n Trinity churchyard
and the tablets in fort Greene. they will
serve to keep alive the memory Of tho-c who
died in making this country the American
Republic"
Let me cay that the Trinity monument
aud the tablets" are in no sense Il proper
and patriotic tribute to the martyrs Of the
prison ships The first j. an in-jen iicant
affair over few bones of pri-oner> of the
old Sugar House In Liberty street. and was
really built by Trinity Corporation a a hrewd
move 10 prevent the proposed extension OF
Pine street through the churchyard
The martyrs OF the prison ships we're buried
In trenches on the shore Of Walllbout Bay,
and twenty hogsheads OF them we're eN-
humed at the time OF the building OF the navy
yard in 1903 Later they were retuoVed 10
Washington PARK, formerly Fort Greene, and
placed In a vault butt in on. of the terraces.
On this is Il tablet but II IL without names
or inscription Of any kind. The spot l. NJ =
known to- most of tho~e who visit the park
Efforts OF nearly q century have Jailed to
obtain sufficient money TO build a monument
over these precious remains Of patriots Who
died for all that We possess and enjoy
The recovery OF the tmbers OF tho old
jersey the place OF their mgTtvrdou, a "a n
call, attention TO our shameful neglect IN
this matter but II cannot BE- claimed that III"
monument in Trinity churchyard or an UNI
inscribed tablet can keep alive anything
more than our own humiliation.
J ALEXANDER PATILN.
npS
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The Old ClO' CITY,

Visitors to Philadelphia who stay
there long enough to soak in the local
atmosphere are sure to come home
chastened. subdued and with a certain
uneasy consciousness of having been q
little loud and garish in their pre-Phila-
delphian days We have known New
York Aldermen to shed their sparklers ="
and tear down their Haunting cravats
after a day in Atlantic City, when the
board walk was especially full of Phla-
delphians. Yet Atlantic City is rather
frolicsome nymph of the waters and by
no means the good dame Responsibility,
in ruff and farthingale and stomaoher,
Even the confidence men in Philadel-
phia are toned down and are too often
an easy prey to their brethren at the
New York ferries.
Such fine old hats. such trousers and
coats not too new as prevail among the
brethren of the PENN! We are not Of
yesterday they seem TO say; we are
an d-eetablished outfit. We are prop
critics in keeping with this quiet Colo.
NAL drama. Let the new rich have
their slick young pomp. We belong to
the old stock. We harmonic with our
surroundings. New things for new
people,
As the Grand Duke ALIENS said Of
Philadelphia in 1871, All the people
belong to old families; at least they wear
old clothes. Statistics ver.N in part
the observation Of this shrewd traveller.
There are more than I. 900 old clothes
shops in Philadelphia. The Public Ledger
may be pardoned for Boosting that
more business is done in css,-ofr and
secondhand clothing in Philadelphia
than in any other city II is clear that
the Philadelphians know what they
want and wear IT,
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Trust and Tips.

An effort Is being made ia Chicago to
form restaurant trust. The promoters
are trying to induce seven of the chief
restaurants of the town to combine. The
programme looks tempting, and the
savings that would result seem large.
The trust would have its own immense
grocery house, its meat market. bak
cries. storehouses and so on: and each
restaurant would get all is supplies
IT wholesale rates. The seven res
taurants spend some ST. 200 900 annually
for supplies 1t is estimated that as
much as 100000 a year can he saved
on these ana that a great deal of waste
can be avoided. The projectors fore
tee more money in the till and cheaper
prices on the bill of fare.
II the proposed restaurant trust ever
comes 10 be u fact it. directors will have
an opportunity to serve the public which
we tear they will neglect. At present,
customers have TO pay the waters in
the fashionable restaurants and in too
many other eating places that are merely
initiating bad habit of their more pre-
icntioG, brethren. Now why should a
man have to tip q waiter for bringing
him food and drink? Why shouldn t
every establishment pay the wages OF its
employees? Nine times out Of ten the
feed water has done nothing To earn his
fee. II he is not feed al all, he l. likely
10 do less than his duty; IN which case
he should be discharged
Tipping Is foreign institution and
has no proper place in the United States.
TO the feer it i, q nuisance and an impo-
stion. To the feed. 1t is, properly con-
sidered, either bit of blaCkmail ex-
torted or degrading charity Tipping
is growing every dev. alien a. the custom
Is 10 democratic equality, Any trust or
tru,t-buster that can do ANYTHING to
check it will do a considerable public
Hervirs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-19
4 Colored Party.

The colored convention in North Caro-
lima. called to meet at Raleigh on Oct
&c to make separate nominations, is not
the first separate negro movement in
politics, though it may he the fore
runner OF similar conventions in other
Southern States which have adopted
DISTINGUISHING election laws.
There are 10000 colored voters in
North Carolina, in total of $50, 900
voters. and the full Republican vote
is in national elections 10000. Under
the DISTINGUISHING law adopted in 1900.
these 10000 colored voters have nearly
all been deprived Of suffrage; but the
real object of the Raleigh convention is
TO serve as a protest against the exclu.
sion OF colored men from the recent
Republican State Convention at Greens.
boro. That convention was direct ed and
controlled by the lily white element
White delegates only were admitted
and colored contestants for their seats
were excluded.
Several years ago, in Ohio, which has a
much smaller colored voting population
than North Carolina 10000 n a total
vote OF more than million, somewhat
similar question arose, and a number
of negro Republicans of the State COM
bined in the organization of the Negro
Protective party, which ran full
ticket in 1897. The vote polled was
small, but large enough to secure to
the colored Republicans of Ohio later
more favorable consideration in the
southern counties Of the State, where
they are most numerous.
In one of the districts of Maryland. a
State with q colored voting population
of more than 10000. a separate colored
Republican candidate is running for Con-
gress. and a similar movement is under
way in some of the districts of Alabama,
which has 10000 colored citizens of
voting age.
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To HE EpIToH or TIVE SUS--Sir. /
report OF the Committee OF tho Bar Assucia-
ton on Judicial Nominations containing q
blanket recommendation OF all the candidates
for the post on OF Justice OF the Supreme
Court OF this 'partment must not be accepted
by the public AZ an expression of the -enti-
mAnts Of the large majority Of the members
OF the Bar Association. II was not expected
or announced that this committee would
report at this meeting, 1t having. formerly
been the custom to call a special meeting
for the purpose Of taking action or Judicial
nominations A. a result there were not
more than about one hundred members
present ont Of member ship OF loo. II
may therefore b. trut fully said that about
1907 members Of the Bar association had 70
opportunity 20 express their views on a mat
ter which so vitality concerns -, md q T..
public do not think II j. IN ornion, Of
the large ma 'ority OF the memb' {, oil ~ e b
Of this city that all the candidate are of
the highest rank IN respect to character
ability and experience
II is due to the public that ~ - ould he in
formed oil the circumstances attending I g
adoptior 81 IRE rerort Of the committee on
judicial nominations BY the small fraction
Of the M mbers OF - Bar AsSo ciation present
at It's meeting on Tues17F evening.
4 NFMBER ol TIE BAE ASSOCIATIONS.
NEp NtlEK. Oct Id
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tional Educational Association. II 10
impossible to eeparate the Bible from

tional Educational Association. II 10
impossible to separate the Bible from
religion, for upon it alone as the Word OF
GOD the whole Protestant world bases
its religious faith. 1t is impossible 10
separate ii from Christianity, Of which
the New Testament Is tbs supernatural
law and foundation. Except as a book
of Divine authority, the Bible his and
can have no standing with the people.
and ONLY for that reason is it read by
them. Simply rs a masterpiece of
English literature the Bible as il il
known ia English speaking people would
never have been preserved IN their use
II would have become an obsolete book
long ago If its vitality had not been siis-
talnei by religious faith in its Divine
authorship and authority; nobody ex-
cept students of history. of philology
and Of archH ,logy would have read it
instead of being, as il is now, the most
widely circulated book in the world it
would be only on the dusty shelves of
libraries consulted 10y the learned and
the scholarly. Undoubtedly it has had,
IN the King James version, a profound
influence on English literature, but why?
Because it was regarded As the Book
OF books, the one and only revelation
from Cop.
The decision of the Nebraska Supreme
Court, therefore. Is irresistible. The
reading of tho Bible in public schools
Is d.stinctively a religious exercise and
can be made nothing else. unless by
common consent the Bible shall be rele-
gated TO the place Of human and secular
literature merely, without supernatural
and religious authority.
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do not doubt that fair-minded people
in Great Britain will eventually con-
denim 1t.
To decline even to listen to reason
able request put forward by the Irish
Nationalist party was not only an ex-
hibition Of blindness to the constitu.
tional rights Of Irelands representatives
at Westminster, but b!under, even
from the lower viewpoint Of party ex-
pediency. To pass the Education bill
in a form acceptable TO the Government
will tax Mr.. BALroUR's resources to the
utmost, and il would have been, SEEM
irgly, the part Of wisdom 10 conciliate,
rather than exasperate, the Irish Catholic
MEMBER upon whose votes hitherto he
has usually been able 10 count. Now,
As we have said il IL possible, ii not
probable, that sense of political out
rage will outweigh the desire to further
religious interests. and that the whole
Irish Nationalist vote. which will count
US about 100, if transferred from one side
10 tho other. will be cast against the
measure to the passage Of which Mr..
BALrorR Is committed