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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

OF them, and now. at thirty-six, she Is
still heart whole and fancy free.
The chief accusation against Miss
Come i'm England is that she rallied
against their late queen when alive and
has gone over to their enemies. the
French. 1t was only two years ago. in
fact, that Dublin paper was suppress
ed because IL contained an article from
Miss Comes pen entitled THE Famine
Queen" I'm which were vividly depicted
the terrible sufferings that occurred
during Victoria's sixty years on the
throne and who yet dared to ask Ire-
land for soldiers to protect the exter-
minators OF their race"
AS is known to all her friends.
Miss Come not only abandoned the
Dublin social circle in which she moved
as queen. placing her brains. beauty
and fortune at the service of Ireland,
but she warmly espoused the cause Of
the Beers. In the South African struggle
she seems TO see an opportunity for
Ireland to redress her wrongs, and IL Is
expected that her lectures In this coun-
try will be devoted to the double pur-
pose OF aiding the Beers and avenging
the sufferings OF her countrymen.
OF late years she has intrenched her.
self in France where she has published
a paper. L1rlande Libre, and whence
she has launched such pointed shafts
at John Bull that 1t Is rumored that her
expulsion has been determined upon.
In France, however she is called THE
Irish Jeanne dare" and the French
people have gone wild over this modern
Maid of Orleans who has dared, like
her great prototype, to oppose herself
almost single handed to the combined
forces OF Great Britain. Miss Come
made a deep impression upon the
French more than ten years ago, and
that It was a lasting one is shown by
her continued popularity. Much has
been said of her beauty and eloquence.
but perhaps nothing better than the
tribute paid her by a French journal.
La Petite Gironde:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
PRIZES FOR GOOD TENANTS.

A curious and interesting plan has
been adopted in Glasgow by certain
landlords, who, having improved much
of their slum property. have been nat
urally desirous TO keep II in good con-
dition. IL consists in Offering prizes to
tenants who behave themselves well
and pay their rent promptly. All ten
ants who fulfill these conditions are al
lowed in summer to live rent free for
fortnight. so that II they take q hoi-
iday they need not pay double rent.
The plan has worked splendidly, and
over so per cent of the tenants have
claimed the prize.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

Such Is the man whom Denmark sent
over here thirty odd years ago because
she then had no Use for him; In other
words. because she could not yield him
living. He came, he saw and he con-
quered difficulties almost appalling, and
today he is honored by individuals of
every nationality. He has received rec
ognition from societies and individuals.
and the government of the country he
left in such despair of getting a living in
has bestowed upon him a decoration
that of "Dannebrog"-wh II never
gives except 10 men OF great wealth or
high achievements. Aged King Christian
who decorated his former subject, will
doubtless receive with pleasure the inti-
nation that the man he delighted to
honor has been proffered the most inn
portant position in the gift of our gov
ernment I'm connection with the Danish
West Indies.
AS governor of the Danish West In
dies Mr.. Riis would doubtless find
many opportunities for the exercise Of
his philanthropy. He may be unwilling
to give up his beloved New York slums
and the work he has carried on so sue
cessfully for so many years. but he will
~
his boundless activities. His province,
consisting of the three islands St. Thorn
as, Santa Cruz and st. John combined,
VIII not be very large one. but large
proportion of the inhabitants are
blacks. improvident and poverty strick-
en-, at times half starved despite the
tropical luxuriance OF the vegetation
and their climate OF perennial summer.
Much may be done not only to allie
viate actual physical distress. but also
TO elevate the tone of communities that
need the incentive of a high example I'm
authority and disinterested ruler.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Danish West Indies have. on the whole.
been well governed, there are many
abuses to correct. The people have
been kindly treated, but they have not
been treated with a consideration OF
their manhood and womanhood in a
governmental way. Paternalism has
been rampant. but only for the benefit
OF a privileged few. For the first time
in their history the Danish West In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

tenants are! They think they can fight
me! Such man manning onel refused
TO pay his rent; said he couldn't. /
warned him of what would happen
when / evicted him and destroyed his
cabin. Tonight as / was riding home I
passed where he and his family are
living-in a ditch. His wife Is dying,
and / don't think she will live till
morning. and all she has to shelter her
are a few branches. Serves them
right"
This was the sad incident that first
made Miss Come reflect upon her peo-
pies wrongs, and when she was yet
girl she had the Irish cause brought
home with terrible force by witnessing
funeral of an evicted tenant who had
died from exposure while living with
his family under an upturned boat aft
err his cabin had been destroyed. The
scene made her I'll for weeks, and when
she recovered she vowed that she would
devote her life and her fortune to the
cause OF downtrodden Ireland. After
coming INTO possession of her fortune
she Travelled I'm Europe, and when she
returned to her home she might have
had society at her feet, for her wit and
beauty. her perfect poise and polish, her
exquisite taste In dress. all combined
to mark her as most cultured woman.
Even her enemies. the, British she
processes to hate so heartily, cannot but
speak well OF Miss Come. THE lion
can afford to smile without showing his
teeth at one of the lovelest of his
daughters" says one of them. for he
is captivated by her charms"
Come. as all the world knows, is a
good old Irish name, and Miss Come
numbers among her forefathers many
distinguished soldiers. Perhaps 1t is
this fighting instinct in her blood that
makes her so determined ar enemy OF
the Saxon. who can only reply. Live
I'm me heart, darling, and pay no rent"
In truth. there are many Saxons who
would like to gain her consent TO live
in their hearts. but she will have none
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
ACOB A. RIS MAY BE GOVERNOR OF DANISH WEST INDIE

night soon after his arrival I'm this
country. He had been kicked out OF II,
too, and his pet dog. sole companion
OF his sorrows. set upon by a doughty
policeman and killed. Nearly twenty
five years after that event he found the
same old lodging house conducted after
the same manner as of yore. The pres
ent president of the United States and
Mr.. Riis paid II visit 1T was un-
changed he says in his book; Just as
IL was the day / slept there. Three men
lay stretched at full length upon the
dirty planks. two OF them young lads
from the country Standing there, 1
told Mr.. Roosevelt my own story. He
turned alternately red and white with
anger as he heard it,
" Did they do that to you? he asked
when had ended.
For an answer pointed TO the
young lads then asleep before him. Il
was like this one. said.
"He struck his clnched fists together.
L will smash them tomorrow"
And smash them he did-smashed
them so effectually. IL Is said, that they
never reopened. That event took place
six years ago, and great changes have
come TO the quondam police commits
sioner; but the phlanthropic newspaper
man and enterprising reporter, Jacob
Riis, still keeps on i'm the even tenor OF
his humble way.
Character counts. and IL Is character
OF the highest sort that Jacob Riis has
been upbuilding i'm his making of an
American" Would that there were
more like him and that every immigrant
coming TO these shores had the same
high conception OF his duties 10 him.
self his fellow citizens and his adopted
country!
When Riis arrived here. he invested
half his available funds i'm a revolver
and started up Broadway looking for
Indians and buffaloes. he says. but was
relieved of his firearm by a friendly po-
liceman before he had crack at Ell
ther Indian or buffalo. Then he worked
at any odd job that presented. being by
turns q laborer and a lecturer. finally
securing a position as a reporter. Lik-
ing the profession, he has stuck TO IL
ever since.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
MEASURED BY MUSIC.

A learned scientist has recently
shown how the velocity of the wind
can be reckoned by noting the musical
pitch of the sound given out when the
wind blows across stretched wire.
The principal elements on which the
calculation is based are the diameter
OF the wire and the temperature OF the
air. The length OF the wire is inmate
rial so long as it is not changed. Ev-
cry variation i'm the winds velocity Ia
faithfully represented by the rising or
falling of the pitch of the note sung by
the wire
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16


across the Atlantic in his ship of the
air instead of in prosaic steamship.
with his Santos -Dumont No. Z slowed
away I'm the hold. but he declares that
the aerial voyage is only postponed for
short time and. in fact, that this
American trip will greatly hasten It's
consummation. He comes TO attend a
conference OF notables on aerostatics
and kindred matters which will doubt
less result in the evolution not only of
new ideas, but OF new types of airships
as well.
Now that Santos has all Europe at his
feet, he sighs for n new field Of con-
quest and hopes to find IL in the United
States. He will discover. however. that
while he is In n sense pre-eminent I'm
aeronautics--in one branch OF the SCI
ence-there are others on this side the
water who. though they may be yet in
embryo, are likely TO prove formidable
competitors. He has his eye fixed on
the grand prize OF $500. 900 offered by the
executives of the worlds fair at st.
Louis for the winners I'm their grand
aerial contest next year. and he has in
mind a conference with experts that
will result in rules and regulations to
govern that contest.
Santos-Dumont II an individual who
has won famous victories I'm his strug-
giles against the battling hosts OF the
air. but he has not yet achieved the SUI
preme victory. He represents but one
phase Of aeronautlcs. for. though he has
studied the subject in all its bearings
upon the dirigible balloon problem, he
eonfessediy has not produced the aerial
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

fYZ2&115L3N FEW years after the
!; ! ! ! ! 7: !: ! !.
MHN&II United States govern
M A{E ment first entered into
kS4AAvSN negotiations with Den
@ N mark for the acquisi-
AH tlon of the Danish
HNG.1N West Indies there
CZy0YSS came to this country
young Dane who
has since attained an enviable reputa-
tion as an author and philanthropist
That young man. Jacob August Riis,
made his first voyage to America In an
emigrant ship. He landed In New York
poor and friendless, at times suffered
for the necessaries of life. yet today s
favorably mentioned In connection with
the governorship of those islands so
long pertaining To the Danish crown.
lie has recently put forth the romantic
story OF his life I'm his book THE Max
Ing OF an American" and the grand
work he has done among the poor OF a
great city is given i'm the other books he
has written, THE Children OF the
Poor" How the Other Half Lives"
"out OF Mulberry Street" and In numer-
NSF newspaper dTticitS.
all dealing With the social problems pre-
sented to a student OF the Submerged
tenth" The good he has done is ines
Unable. and IL he can be induced TO
leave the labor he has so long and so
gratuitously performed IN New York
and transfer the scene OF his activities
10 the far West Indian Islands there is
little doubt as to the results 10 be OBJ
tanned from his appointment.
Mr. Ht!is long ago won the confidence
OF President Roosevelt. who became
cognizant OF the Danish American /
earnestness and self sacrifice while he
himself was holding Office as one OF
New York city's police commissioners. |
He called him then New York's most |
useful citizen" and probably still re-
members the day when Mr.. Riis intro |
duced him 70 police lodging house
the very one. In fact. I'm which the /
young immigrant had himself slept one |
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

in former visits. She was here on lee
ture tours I'm 1897. in 1900 and in 1901
when she captivated all susceptible
hearts by her beauty and her elo-
quence.
AS the daughter OF an English army
officer who (whatever may have been
his convictions as TO the justice OF the
Irish cause) fought British battles in
foreign lands, she has a deep rooted
love for her birthplace I'm the pictur-
esque country near the gap OF Dunloe.
Her father was an Irish colonel, and
his daughter. after attending school In
England. was introduced into the select
circle at the castle" where she be-
came a recognized and reigning beauty
OF the vice regal court. Her mother
having died when she was a baby and
her father dying at about the time she
attained her majority. leaving her a
snug fortune and q fine estate, Miss
Come was always a free rover about
the lovely country adjacent 10 Come
House and became well acquainted
with the peasantry as well as with the
landed proprietors.
At school she had received little in
struction in the history OF her native
land and knew scarcely anything OF
what was going on about her until OF
one occasion when she was the guest OF
a large landowner she heard vaguely
that there had been some evictions.
though she scarcely realized what il all
meant. There was n large and bril-
liant dinner party" she says. land I sat
near my host, who suddenly raised his
voice and, addressing himself To the ia.
bic generally. said: What fools these
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

jected tournament of aerial racers. for
vast balloon barns are 10 be built. re-
torts for generating gas set up. and an
aerial race course is 10 be laid out
around the fair grounds. with captive
balloons as markers. and observation
stands.
Never before was such scheme pro-
jected. never before I'm the worlds his
tory was the time quite ripe for such
scheme. and II is no exaggeration TO
state that from 1903 will date q new
epoch I'm aerostatics.
CLAIMING h BART0W-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

dies Will be given an opportunity TO
show OF what stun their people are
made. and doubtless there Is no man
better qualified to assist the people In
this respect than the gentleman whose
name has been mentioned I'm connection
with the gubernatorial chair and who
seems TO have been born and trained
for this very emergency.
FREDERICK A. ODER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16
COLLECTS PARAsoIs.

A hobby OF the Princess OF Wales is
the collection of parasols. It is said
that she possesses at least $50. no two
OF which are alike. They are of all col
ors and shades. and the handles are
perfect works of art. A present from
the Princess Of Wales TO a bride not
takes the form of a para
sol
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

last Santos-Dumonts s
dearest hope is realiz-
ed. and he has found
time 10 make that lit
tie trip" 10 America TO
which for years he has
been looking forward.
II has been n long cher.
ished ambition of his
10 nnnLn Tho rnr.n 90
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-16

IOULD beautiful Maud
Come, THE Irish
Joan or Arc" carry
out her intention as
declared I'm a recent
utterance and come TO
this country TO reside
she will find many
friends and acquaint-
ances whom she met
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-21

Educate Your Bowels with Cascsrse5.
Candy Cathortic, euro constipation forever.
ioc. soc. II C. Q. Q. fail, druggists refund money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-21
of banquetting the directors of the
league on that occasion.

of banquetting the directors of the
league on that occasion.
Baseball Briefs.
A. q. Spalding has announced that,
pending a meeting of the Brooklyn.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Chicago
baseball clubs, to be held Saturday i'm
Pittsburg, he has rendered his resig-
nation as president of the National
league. There has been so much talk
of late that there was weakening
on the part of the four clubs loyal to
A. G. Spalding that Spalding believes
il is time for those clubs to make a
decision Indicative of their stand in
the future. With that object in view
a circular was addressed TO Messrs.
Dreyfuss, Pulliam. Rogers. Beach,
Ebberts, Abel, Won der Horst and
Hart. calling for a general meeting
of the four clubs. At this meeting
the "Spalding Four" will declare
themselves as to their future move
ments i'm the baseball fight.
Cedar Rapids letter in Sporting
Life: Manager Hill is busy signing
players for the coming season, al
though he is saying nothing. He has
Internationally released Norcom,
Hale, Fleming and Monte Mcfarland.
which means that there will be at
least four new faces on the team this
spring. Jack Ashton will also be re-
leased. snapper" Kennedy will prob
ably return to play second, and Ted
dy Price, Dahlquist, Berte. Weaver
and Gibson will wear the Cedar Rap
ids uniform again. With Dahlquist
and Gibson in the box the team will
be fixed for twirlers in the start, al
though Manager Hill will probably
have at least four and probably Ave
or six pitchers on the bench when
practice season opens. The 1902 team
will be strong in hard-hitting out
fielders, if they can be located.
o. Shannon has been. released by
Davenport. He caught and played
the outfield there last year.
Davenport fans again breathe easy
since Manager Hayes has received
the contracts of George Mill and Har-
ry King, two of the fast infielders of
last seasons team. 1t was feared
they would be captured by some 9th
err town with more gold to offer for
their services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-21
JOSLIN


Joslin, Feb. 2O.-Mr. Tobin's family
are preparing to mUve to their new
home in Coe. We are sorry to have
them move away as they were good
neighbors.
Mrs. Ed. Wainwright, who has been
visiting friends and relatives i'm the
west for the past three weeks, arriv-
ed At Joslin Saturday evening last.
+. +. David was in Port Byron last
Saturday on business.
Miss Minnie Heald returned home
Friday after spending a week with
friends in Port Byron.
w. +. Donahey, Jesse Walker
and Newt White were in Chicago last
week. and each purchased n driving
morse.
i. ii. Buckley, of Coe, was in JOS
line Saturday last.
Irene, little daughter of Frank
Crompton, was quite sick last week
with lung fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Walker. Mrs.
f. +. David and Miss Sarah Walker
spent Saturday at the home ST Mr..
r. Jennings near lie Claire, Iowa.
Miss Mabel Friestat spent Satur-
day and Sunday at her home in Rock
Island.
Miss Edna IIaire, of Port Byron,
spent Sunday ut Mr.. Walthers.
\ tramp made his way into the
Oak Tree school house Friday even
ing last. He built rousing fire in
the stove which set fire to the roof,
but with the aid of Mr.. Schuenneker
the flames were eXtinguished before
much damage was done,
Head Bros, Charles eIIaas, Mrs.
Brown. Ben Osborne and Mr.. VOL
evers have ordered telephones in
stalled.
Albert Liedtke loaded his six
horses and his household effects in "a
car Monday and shipped TO Stuff
CART. Ark. HIS family will follow
later.
Miss Blanche Simpson spent Sun
day at home.
Mrs. John Becht was quite sick
last week.
Marie LiedtlIe, of Joslin, and Fred
NonAch, of Barstow. we're married
at the home of Rev. Winters. of
Hampton. Wednesday afternoon
Feb. 70. Miss Lille Winters acted as
bridesmaid and George Liedtke as
best man. Inc BRIDE * one of our
highly respected young ladies and
will be missed by wide circle of
friends. The couple will make their
home in Arkansas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-21
LOOK TO THE PARKS
Improvement of Longview and
Reservoir Should be
Commenced.
A SUGGESTION FOR ARBoR DAY
Is About Time They Were Being
Made Beauti-
full.

In about six weeks Arbor day will
be at hand. Rock Island has two un-
! improved parks, Reservoir and Long
view. Let us look into the matter
and sec il il isn't possible to do some
thing.
Both these parks are beautifully To-
Gated and from them fine view of
the tri-citics and the Mississippi val
ley for distance of many miles can
be had. Isn't il about time they were
being made beautiful to look at as
well as to look away from? With n
little cooperation and a trifing ex-
pense there is no reason why nature
cannot be set at work i'm the right di-
rection as soon as she takes up her
regular spring duties.
Both parks are now as unsightly as
promiscuous digging of the soil and
cutting of the trees can make them.
Thistles and stumps and cowpaths
are everywhere. There is not even
"a definite plan of improvement.
About the reservoir there are a few
trees and they are mostly of one sort.
In LOngview park there are enough
trees hut they are nearly all of an
other sort, and a very poor one at
that.
The council has given the park
committee authority to post signs
conspicuously about Longview park
instructing woodcutters TO get their
fuel somewhere else. and no doubt
the committee will take advantage of
the authority invested. Then a 'new
form of Disagreement will he seen on
those suffering hills. This is all
wrong.
Trees Are Short Lived.
The vast majority of the trees in
LOngview park are of the varieties
commonly known as black and red
oak. Both are short-lived and Meth
err will attain their fullest develop
ment in the kind OF soil i'm which they
are struggling to exist. Most of
these oaks have about reached their
age limit and the result is they are
dying rapidly. Now dead tree in n
park is UNNECESSARILY worse than no
tree at all. What the council should
have done il To have authorized the
park committee To employ some re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-21

liable backwoodsman TO go in and cut
out the trees that are dead or show
signs of dying and let him have the
wood for his trouble. Probably that
is as much as could be expected from
the council for one year, unless il
should be called upon to give agencies
from another source permission to
take up the matter. And right there
is the point.
There is proverb which says in
effect that no scene is so charming
as one upon which the beholder has
willingly expended his energies. That
applies To parks. Longview park
will be beautiful TO the people of
Rock Island in proportion as popular
effort is expended upon its improve
ment.
Arbor day was meant first of all
for the school children, but how many
Rock Island children are privileged
to- share its pleasures and it's les
sons? How many of them are 50 sit
uated that they can he made from
experience to feel the Significance in
volved in the act of planting tree?
There are heads in Rock Island wise
enough to plan park and there are
hands willing tu. make AT least be
ginning in carrying out the designs.
Never will there be Il better time
to begin.