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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

III is peculiarly fitting that the ma
tional memorial TO the late Presi-
dent Mckinley should stand in or
near the cemetery at Canton, o.,
which, in accordance with his eN-
pressed wish, has been chosen as
his last resting place His remains
were placed Professionally in the recelV-
ing vault OF Westlawn cemetery near
Canton where at present they Ne
guarded by a picked detail of regular
,roops. 1t was in Canton that Mr.. Nc
kinloy gained his FIRST professional lau-
rels. There also he wooed and married
the faithful wife who now survives
him. and there his highest honors
sought him out.
Ii was in January, 1871, that William
Mckinley married Miss Ida SaXton, the
belle of Canton. Her grandparents
century ago were among the founders
OF the town. and there the young couple
led life that all who observed IL said
was both charming and ideal In It's
beauty and tenderness. Here their only
children were born-Katie. whose birth
occurred on Christmas day, 1871, and
IDA, born i'm 1873 Both daughters died
in early childhood, and the terrible
shock of these two deaths in quick
succession was blow that pros
trated Mrs. Mckinley so completely
that she has never really rallied
and ever since has been an invalid.
Thus a mournful interest attaches to
the cemetery containing those two lit
tie mounds beneath which are buried
the babies whose loss left a lifelong
sorrow to William Mckinley and his
wife.
Mr.. McKinleys father and mother are
also buried I'm the same lot their
graves being marked by simple head
stones rising above and just behind the
children's mounds. William Mckinney
Sr., whose strong and sturdy nature ms
son inherited, died ia 1892, and Moth
er" Mckinley. born Allison, who was
the object of her famous sons solici-
tude to the very last, passed away at
Canton in 1897.
westlawn cemetery, which contains
the buried hopes of that sorrowing
wife and mother now the object of our
nations tenderest regard. is of itself
an attractive spot, seemingly created
by nature TO excite Che noblest senti-
ments and worthy TO be the last resting
place OF one whose death called forth
universal regret. 70 Is not OF great ex-
tent. containing within the limits ot
the cemetery proper not more than sew
enty acres but its surface is unduat-
ing and diversified with magnificent
oak trees Of the Kind so characteristic
of that portion OF Ohio. The natural
landscape features have been iudi-
ciously ENLARGED by careful attention
10 their environment. and the result Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
PROOF POSITIVE.

A certain Irish doctor was sued for
damages for the death OF a valuable
horse which he had treated. IL was
shown that he had administered twelve
grains OF some powerful drug and the
plaintiff insisted that the dose had
caused death. The doctor maintained
that he had often given man eight
grains of the drug and that four grains
more were not too much for a horse
Wouldn't twelve grains kill the devil
himself If ne swallowed them?r asked
the Judge.
II don't know. my lord replied the
doctor. II never had him for my pa
tient"
That's evidently true. doctor" re-
piled the judge, for the ould boy IL
alive still!"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

architectural scheme be preserved. II
is in line with his work and his sugges-
tions that the memorial bridge has
been pushed of late, and he is enthusi-
astic, as indeed is every one who has
the Improvement of tho capital at
heart. for its adoption and completion.
The plan Of the capital architects and
landscape gardeners contemplates a
magnificent avenue running through
the Mall from the capitol TO the Poto'
mac. forming an uninterrupted line OF
communication for the whole distance
between the east end of Washington
and the national cemetery at Airing
ton. This boulevard would thus con-
meet two complete yet dissimilar archi-
tectural centers-after the bridge is
completed-and round out the plans so
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

mandant that he was a Mason. From
that day until the prisoners arrived
near the Natal border every possible
Kindness was shown him. on arriving
near a British camp the commandant
came TO him one evening and offered
him his freedom. also a horse and Cape
cart, with a guide. II he wished TO es-
cape under cover of the darkness. This.
however. the officer refused. saying that
he would not use his Masonry Cor sucn
purpose and preferred rather TO stay
with his men.
Almost all'the old Tfansvsal govern
ment officials are Masons. and even
away i'm the widest parts of the veldt
each little village has its Masonic
lodge"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
ELBERr o. wooDsoN.


capital and che one TO erect a monu-
ment TO his memory over or near his
grave at Canton. o.. Since then the
plans for both schemes have been more
nearly perfected, and for the present
the greater is TO be held I'm abeyance
plished.
While IL is possible and even probable
that some action may be taken toward
erecting a memorial bridge, to be
adorned with colossal statues OF Lin
coin, Grant, Lee, Garfield and perhaps
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
SNOW AS A DEF ENsE.

snow is a substance which offers a
mos, surprising resistance 10 penetra-
,ion by rife bullet, far more.
indeed than wood Experiments made
ia Norway have shown that fnow
wall four feet thick Is absolutely
proof against the Norwegian army tiic.
which. by the way. is OF quite eNctp-
tional piercing power, and that at OF
ranges from fifty yards up to half a
mile. This suggests new means OF de-
fense In winter campaigning. and snow
is far more easily and quickly handed
than earth or sandbags.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
THE LAVE PRE- SIDENT'S TWO
CHILDREN VINO DIE o NJ INFANCY
ARE BURIED HERE.

other heroes OF our history. the Canton
memorial really has q better prospect
OF completion in the near future. as one
appealing more directly TO the sympa-
thies Of the people and not dependent
upon a congressional appropriation.
JAMES l.. SHANSEY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
FREEMASoNRY IN The
SOUTH AFRICAN WtH.

Among the Beers there nre hundreds
OF Freemasons. and not a few OF thsn
belong TO English lodges.
1t Is a well known fact out here,
writes a British trooper from Middel-
burg that IL soldier who is Mason
happens to be made prisoner by tho
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL
TO PRESIDENT MKINLEY,

500 900, or possibly 100000. making a
total OF $3.500,0 600
1t has been known for several years
that there was a project for national
memorial bridge across the Potomac at
Washington. and in connection with
This scheme IL was proposed 10 link the
completed-and round out the plans so
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

u o CTS he rs
treated much
better than his
n o n NJ q sonic
confreres.
One psrticu-
lar case." he
says. ~ was of
an officer OF the
yeo-
nsnry who was
captured in the
Ut "a III = Z i,lNcf
Colony. Hc had
been trekking as
q prisoner with
his men for
m n n y d a Us.
when in some
mysterious way
he intimated to
A.. d. AAs.4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

LONG c0nilmpIa,'l ~ lHe l"autIfyins
OF the city.
A. a mass meeting held FOR that pur-
ahead of those made IN Germany that
home manufacturers are being crowd
81 out of thc market.
Electric cncrgY from wind has been
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

Mckinley arch by locating II some
where Oh the great plaza that was TO
form one OF IT'S approaches on the cap
ital side OF the river. This bridge was
designed as a monument 10 American
patriotism. ana not only that, but as
an establishment OF the national cap
iial. ~ originally projected and ac-
cepted hy the war department. IL was
fathcrcd by Senator Mcmillan OF Mich
igan. vino IS chairman OF the senate
committee Of tho District Of Columbia.
and approved by Colonel Bingham. the
superintendent of parks and grounds.
Colonel bingham. n VIII be remembci
cd. has announced some extensive addi-
tions Co. the White House by witch
more room may De obtained in that his
toriC mansion. The general effect be
enhanced ir POSSIBLE and The original
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

windmill with a regulator which
would keep its speed constant. no mat
ter what the speed OF the wind was.
and succeeded SO well that there is q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

successfully obtained In both England
and Germany but u is in the latter
country that Il has been actually put
into use. NJ. %. Ccuz OF Hamburg used
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

pose last October Commissioner Mac.
Farland. president of the Mckinley
Arch association. declared that there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

ty-cizht of the population of Britain
were born at sea.
German newspapers are admitting
that American machine tools are 80 Tar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

could d.. uo cengivt between the prUp0-
sition to erect national arch in honor
OF President Mckinley in the national
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

strong possibility that ~ rill be used
IN small villages In Germany and sup
ply electric light and power ~ low
cost
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09
CURRENT CONVERSATIONS.

The demand for electrical vcniilators
In India h ahead of IN, supply.
1t Is estimated that about $40, 100000
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-09

worth of Germg1 toys aro annually
sold in this country.
-Four thousand nine hundred and six
The evening world., 1902-06-30
JUNE'S GOOD-BY
ON RAREST OF DAYS
Month, Of Roses This Year
One of the Coolest of Which
the Weather Bureau Has a
Record.

Bracing ana cool as a day in early
spring In the last day OF the month OF
roses, which this year will be known
as one of the coolest Junes in the hts
tory OF the Weather Bureau.
On year ago to-day the thermometer
registered 100. Twelve persons died Of
the heal and fully a hundred were pros
trated and carried TO the hospitals.
Really warm days have been rare his
June. The heat was only once as high
as 50. The usual June scorcher failed
to put In en- appearance and the changes
OF temperature were equable. The nor
NAL temperature of the month for
twenty-five years past has been 60 de-
grees. but this year the average will
be fully M degree below that. Over
coats have been seasonable throughout
the month and last night they were a
necessity. The glory of the straw hat
man and the shirt waist girl has been
persistently frostbitten.
A more glorious day than this could
hardly be imagined. but the apology
was necessary after yesterday, when a
two inch rainfall was registered, the
dowapour being continuous from 8
o'clock until twilight. The rainfall for
the month reached the enormous record
OF six ~iDches-almost 100 per cent. above
the normal.
Rain and cold weather have been gen.
eral throughout the country for several
endangered by the continued rains.
Several lives were lost by cyclones in
Indiana and Tennessee.
The evening world., 1902-06-30
BEAUTY HAS some
STRANGE NOTIONS.
Russian Girl Believes Herself
a Noted Singer and Fairer
Than venus-Held In Belle
vue Pavilion.

A beautiful young Aussian girl vas
to-day taken from the Baron do Hirseh
Home for Girls on East ~slxty-third
street to the insane pavilion at Bellevue
Hospital for examination as to her sani-
~. The girl declares herself more beau
tlful than Venus and believes she is Il
distinguished opera singer.
She gave her name as Fanny schurman
and her age twenty-five years. She Is
believed to have a brother In this city.
| Who liv,s. or did live, on Madison ave-
nue..
Miss schurman came from Russia a
year ago.
While waiting ian the r~eceptlon-room
at the hos2'tal she talked freely, In
broken English. She said that she had
sung before royaity I'M could not un-
derstand why the American people
! should be so unappreciative.
Listen. and I'll sing for YOU. she
said, and then sang several. airs In a
sweet soprano voice. which showed evil
deace OF cultivation.
The evening world., 1902-06-30

Charles f. Murphy. the Benedict
Triumvir of Tammany, back from
his wedding honeymoon at Atlantic
City, was only less honored than his
charming bride as a guest at the an
nual excursion Of the Anawanda
Club, of which he is the patron saint,
to-day.
Mr.. Murphy. having got all the fun
he wished out Of the mystery of who
the lady was he had honored with his
name. brought her back TO town to
be Immediately recognized by a hos;
OF friends as Mrs. Margaret Graham,
They were sw%eethearts as children,
more years ago than any one would
give the boyish-faced chairman OF
the Tammany Triumvirate credit for,
The evening world., 1902-06-30
LITTLE BOY KILLED
IN BIRTHDAY RIDE.
George Rupert's Three-Year-
Old Son Was Pitched Into
the Street and the Wheels
Crushed His Head.

It being the third birthday of George
RlpIlsrt his fond father took him out
for a ride this afternoon. In a few mo-
ments the wagon came back to the
RUPERT home at No. 1913 Humboldt
street, Brooklyn. The fahtre was driv-
ing with the mangled body of the little
boy lying across his lap.
ituppeIt, when he started out. placed
the little fellow on the seat beside
him. About a block from the house
a rough place in the street was en-
couutered, the wagon lurched and the
boy was pitched TO the street. Before
the horse could be stopped the wheels
had passed over the head Of the child,
killing hi minstantly.
The evening world., 1902-06-30

when he was an east side boy and
she a ro~sy-cheeked schoolgirl. Her
family moved away.
She became Mrs. Scully. Later she
took Mr.. Graham for a second hus-
band, and now, as charming as in the
days when she first met Charlie"
Murphy, she has become Mrs. Charles
+. Murphy, whose husband has carved
out a fortune as well as risen TO the
practical leadership of Tammany
Hall.
The Anawandas, OF the Eighteenth
Assembly District, went to Laurel
ton-on-the-Sound for the day. where
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy were honored.
The couple will live at No. 800 Eas,
Seventeenth street.
The evening world., 1902-06-30

NO SLUMPS. BUT DAILY, REGu.
LARRY. month in and month out, in
New York City circulation The
World maintains n lead OF Tens OF
Thousands over any other paper.
The evening world., 1902-06-30

found to-day opposite Rlker's Island. in
the East River. Jones. while at work
on the dock Of the island on June "a. fell
overheard,
The evening world., 1902-06-30

Body of william Jones Recovered.
The body of William Jones. of No. 0
Duane street, who was a prisoner in the
worKhouse on Blackwelfs' Island, was
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the portraits Of the red men who live
in his pages. Such wild surroundings
could not but stimulate naturally
active imagination and the influence of
the wilderness, augmented afterwards
by the somewhat similar influence of
the sea, pervaded his entire life.
From private tutor he received his
earliest education and at the age of l3
entered the freshman class of Yale Col
lege. According to his own account.
he learned but little at college. His
love Of out-of-doors freedom led him m
neglect his books and he roamed about
and explored the rugged hills north
ward OF New Haven and the equally
picturesque shores Of Long Island
Sound. Gradually he became wilder
and more persistent in his defiance of
academic restraints and was finally OK.
PEELED.
Upon leaving his studies the love of
activity and adventure laid hold on the
youth and he decided to take up the
life of a seaman. In 1906 he made his
first voyage as sailor before the mast
on the ship Sterling. sailing from New
York with a cargo of -four for foreign
markets. After this he served for a
time as midshipman on the Vesuvius
and was later ordered to Oswego. n.
T., with a construction party to build
brig for service on Lake Ontar rio
Then he was given charge of the gun
boat hotilla ON Lake ChampIain and
was subsequently ordered to the Wasp
In 1911 be married daughter of John
Peter Delaney. of Westchester Conn.
ty. N. Y, and resigned his nosit,on ~
the navy to settle into quiet domes.
tie life. In Difference TO his wifo,s
wishes he built his home in Westcbes.
ter County on what was known as tho
Angevine farm in the town of scars.
dale. In which locality many stirring
events of the Revolution had taken
place. The Impressions gained from
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JAMES +. COOPER. liancy WltnlH. IL 10
of small importance that his early life,
spent in aimless pursuits, was Whoily
without promise of future achieve
ments. and soon but a regrettable mem
ory will also be the fact that during
the last few years Of his life through
Misunderstanding and misrepresenta-
tions his breast was filed with feel
ings Of deep rancor toward men who
should have been his friends and VINO
In turn denounced both him and the
products of his pen. These circum-
stances. the inevitable contradictory
accomplishments Of recognized ability,
have waned indistnctly into a hazy
background. against which stands bold
ly the undisputed truth that the author
Of 1.-The Spy and The Pilot" Is justly
worthy Of all praise that has been or
may be accorded him.
The life of this varying popular and
unpopular author had its beginning
September Is. 1889, at Burlington, n.
]. His parents were both of Quaker
the Revolutionary war the Cooper fam
lily established household within the
borders Of New York State near the
headwaters Of the Susquehanna River.
They encouraged the pOpulating of this
vicinity and subsequently laid out the
site Of CoOperstown. The Cooper fam
lily decided to make their permanent
home in the town founded by them
and in 1899 completed the erection Of
spacious manor house, known as OF
sego Hall, which was for many years
the most commOdious and stately pri-
vate residence in central New York.
To every reader that has been charm
ed with the spell of Cooper's Indian ro-
mances, the surroundings of his boy
hood days are significant During those
years the foremost pioneers of emigra.
ton had barely begun to push their
way westward through the Mohawk
Valley. the first available highway to
the west Out of the forest that Dor
dered OtsegO Lake Indians came for
barter. or possibly with hostile intent,
and from these no doubt Cooper drew
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respects a sample Of the authors tai
ent. 1t dealt with high life in En-
gland, a subject with which the writer
was personally unfamiliar. save
through the pages of fiction. and while
the venture can hardly be said to have
enabled him to taste of the sweets OF
authorship it had the effect Of stimu-
lating the desire to write. Its modest
success caused his friends to urge him
upon some more familiar theme and
remembering an interesting tale Of
spy that he had heard some years be-
fore from the lips Of John Jay, he set
about putting it into story. 1.-THE
Spy" was the result and during the
winter of 1922 the American public
awoke to the fact that it possessed a
novelist of it's own, and the immediate
success of the book, which was I'M
precedented at the time In the annals
of American literature, determined
Cooper's future career.
The next five years witnessed the
publication of some Of his best works,
among them being THE Pioneers"
'The Pilot" and 'Lionel Lincoln" In
1926 his popularity had attained its
zenith with the publication Of "The
Last of the Mohicans." But with fame
came envy and Observation-Disclosures from
his contemporaries at home and
abroad. English reviewers claimed him
as native. fixing his birthplace in the
Isle of Man apd donOuucad him 40 a
renegade. Naturally Of head-strong
and combative disposition, he resented
the accusations and insinuations thrust
upon him and In so doing could not
help but give offense to a large class.
His self-assertive manner made him
enemies among men who could not un-
derstand his nature. He made fire.
quent visits to England, during which
his company was sought by the most
distinguished men of the time, and
during one Of these visits he was I'M
willingly brought into a controversy
over the economy and efficiency of the
United States government. His utter
ances on this subject were miscon-
strued and his published letters
brought forth what now seems an al
together unexplainable bitterness
against their author.
AS one Of the most successful Of au-
thors. Cooper's fame is assured. His
libel suits and controversies are for
gotten, his offensive criticisms are sell
dom read, and he is remembered only
as the most brilliant and successful or
American nOvelists.
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the historic associations surrouna,.-
him here were of inestimable yalua =
him in the descriptive coloring of .srhs
Spy" There still remains stand,ns
near Scarsdale the ruins of a chin
ney once within the Disbrow Houso
wherein the original OF Cooper's Ha.
vey Birch is said to have successfnl,r
hid from his pursuers
At 30 years Of age James Fennimora
Cooper was following quiet, common.
place existence, and no thought OF
literary life had as yet entered his
mind. One day while reading an I'm.
glish novel to his wife he half jestinplv
remarked: II believe l could write .
better story myself" His wife was
sure that he could and so encouraged
the idea that he made the attempt. His
initial work was "Precaution," novel
in two volumes. published anonymous.
ly in an inferior manner during the
year 1920. This first novel was in no
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Cleans shin ar Sea.

For cleaning ships an Ingenious ana
simple device was recently invented.
Its object being to clean quickly ana
thoroughly the bottom or sides OF
vessel.
1t consists of two separated brushes
which are supported by arms, and OF
hollow body portion. which is connect
ed with the arms. 1t has hose coup
ling and jet nozzle. which is so fxed
that 1t is opposite to the front or clean
ing face Of the brushes. 1t Is this noz-
zle which spurs the brushes on to WORK
and enables them to move rapidly over
the bottom. and. IL desired. the sides
OF ship.
This device can be operated by any
one. and those who have seen 1t testeu
say that it does its work remarkably
we'll
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unique ana uistihe
tive. 1t matters
but little now that
lis literary genius
should have re-
manned d or IN a MT
for so long a time
as a diamond in
the rough before
lccident Clipped off
the crude exterior,
disclosing the bril-
=. .XI..,. IL is
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Ito be conrinued.)
II Depends.

"What is captain of industry?"
asked the boy. who is going to be very
wise some day.
SIT is term that is applied to the
head of great monopoly when he is a.
q banquet"
And what is robber baron?"
cts the same man when he is in
politics. '-washington Star.
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An unmarried mans opinion OF pretty
clothes for women is better than mar
ried mans. because he is not biased ps
bills.
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ONE GREAT NOVELIST.
VARYING CAREER OF JAMES FEM
NIMORE COOPER.
Unprom Youth of This Recos niAeu
Genius-His Long Dormant Powers
Change from Popularity to Unpop"'
Eoremost American Novelist.

James Fennimore Cooper, the dean
of American novelists, holds posi-
rion in our native literature at once
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When woman with proper pride
takes In roomers, she says it isn't fof
the money. but for the company