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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

and the Philippines may be covered.
provided the long spaces OF 1000 miles
or so can be overcome, and communica-
tion established around the globe by
means Of the land stations in Asia, Az
rica and Europe.
Signor Marconi claims to have re-
ceived transoceanic signals from point
1900 miles distant, which slightly ex-
ceeds the distance between San Fran
cisco and Hawaii and may certainly be
taken as the present extreme limit
However. it is announced that Hawaii
and the United States will have cable
connections by the end OF this year, and
the wireless" may serve a temporary
use. II nothing more. while maintaining
communication between points at lesser
distances apart.
At all events there is a future for the
system. though it may be many years
before IL supersedes the cables, even IL
IL should ever become their formidable
rival. II is yet I'm it's infancy, so to
speak, as only six years have passed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

tory to all except the people OF other ma
tionalities. comprising perhaps O,0OO,-
600 out Of the total of about 900, ,0OO 900
inhabiting this mundane sphere.
This the latest output of Mr.. Stead =
fertile brain may be taken as the index
OF his characteristic pose. lie has cho-
sen to glorify America and Americans
because. in the first place, he took n
notion to and. in the second. could
thereby glorify John Bull. In this pose
he has always been consistent, as may
be proved by n study of his career dur
ing the past thirty years.
Born in 1Sl9. the son OF a noncon.
formist minister i'm the north country"
OF England. with strong religious tend
encies at the outset and a leaning to-
ward journalism from the very first. he
became editor OF a small newspaper at
the age of twenty-five and at thirty y-one
was one OF John Morleys staff on The
Pail Mall Gazette. lie succeeded the
eloquent Morley three years later and
then seemed to make IL his business TO
seek out and publish sensation after
sensation until he had fairly earned
the title generally bestowed upon him
OF the apostle OF sensationalism." one
Of his sensations landed him i'm jail, in
fact and that was his exposure Of the
monstrous crimes perpetrated in Lon
don which he published under The
Maiden Tribute OF Modern Babylon"
For this he suffered-and gloried in
three months imprisonment, but his
revelations shook London 60 its center
and resulted i'm the enactment OF COR
rective legislation in 1885 by criminal
law that had never before been thought
possible. Although Mr. Stead had con-
fessed TO the commission of crime I'm
form I'm order to sect evidence. he was
given a light sentence. and on his re-
lease was treated to an ovation at Ex-
eter hall. London by his coreligionists.
In 1890 Mr.. Stead founded the London
Review OF Reviews I'm 1891 the Ameri-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

nent, either northward to Spain. the
Mediterranean coast and the Red sea
TO the Indian ocean and places beyond.
or southwark TO Cape Town and up the
eastern coast of Africa. BY either
route India and China could be reached.
and eventually our oriental possessions
in the Philippines.
Reaching westward from the coast Of
California. a distance of 2.l00 miles
must be covered before first land is
reached In our colonial possession of
Hawaii, or the Sandwich Island group.
beyond which. all Of 1000 miles farther.
lies Wake Island, a minute speck on the
Pacific ocean hardly more than suffic-
ing for the erection of a telegraph sta
ton. From Wake il is 1900 miles more
to Guam. and 1870 from Guam TO the
island of Luzon in the Philippines. A
short distance separates the east coast
Of LuZon and Manila, whence commu-
nication may be established with Hong
kong. In China, $50 miles away. In this
manner the distance between California
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

timorous ones do in century. Like fa-
nous Cotton Mather who flourished in
New England two centuries ago, Stead
doubtless prefers intellectual pleasure
to sensual ones" and, like that great di-
vine. he has taken a deep interest in
spiritual matters. even going the length
of asserting that he can communicate
has communicated-with the spiritual
world. Like Mather again. when he ex-
perienced a change of heart or convic-
tions, he was prone 20 shift the re-
sponsibility upon the powers of dark
ness, as his seventeenth century proto-
type did after he had recovered from his
witchcraft delusion, when he acknowl-
edged that there had been a going too
far in that affair and cast all the
blame upon the devil. A further paral-
lei in these two lives is suggested by the
titles of two of their books, two centu-
ries apart-Mather's Wonders Of the
Invisible World" 1892, and Steads "Sa-
tans Invisible World" 1897.
Both were sons of ministers. both
moved profoundly the world they lived
i'm, both were born with a mission to
perform and did their best TO perform
il. Stead has gained such sobriquets
as "the Stormy Petrol OF Journalism"
"the Pilgrim of Peace" "the Modern
Peter the Hermit. "the Notoriety Seek
err" "the Fin de Steele Messiah and
"the Apostle OF Sensationalism;" but,
Notwithstanding his methods are now
and then Objectionable. he has accom-
plished more than the average man in
the way OF moral and intellectual activ-
ity. in the stirring of the cesspools of
depravity and shaking up the dry bones
Of reform.
WILLIAM n. ARTHURS.
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can magazine OF the same name and in
1894 the Australasian. all of which have
been pronounced literary and financial
successes. 1t seemed at one period that
Mr. Stead was always about projecting a
newspaper or n magazine but this only
illustrates a single phase of his abound
ing activities. 1t also appeared at an
other time as If he were always cham
pioning the under dog" in every fight
but IL later developed that IL was not
always TO the interest of said dog for
him TO do so. as an unfavorable reac-
tion was almost inevitable. Rushing i'm
where others feared TO tread Mr.. Stead
planned and carried out his great
scheme of interviewing the czar of Rus
sia, championlng him and his pseudo
pacification of the world with his GUS
tomary enthusiasm, but not TO the last
ing benefit OF the cause. lie also inter-
viewed the Holy Father at Rome, put
ting forth The result i'm THE Pope and
the New Fra" In 1889. Flying OFF at tan
gent, he came TO America and I'm 1898
brought out his sensational book, IF
Christ Came TO Chicago" three years
later paying his respects TO New York
In his "Satan's Invisible World. a
Study OF Despairing Democracy" in
which the internal phantasmagoria
and abysmal abominations" OF Gotham
were set forth with startling distinct
ness. In his triad OF books on London.
New York and Chicago Mr.. Stead de-
picted what seemed TO him as their
most vitiating conditions and thrust i'm
the probe with perfect fearlessness and
disregard OF consequences.
Personally upright. Mr.. Stead plunges
into the most compromising subject
without fear OF reproach. Apparently
Indifferent to the worlds praise or
blame, yet he seems possessed of a Bit
ing itch for notoriety. His friends ex-
plain IL by saying that he Is a born re-
former who by sensational methods ao-
complishes more i'm week than the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

the islands wealth and IL per cent OF its
population. but we are rapidly recuper-
ating and not long hence we will have
regained all that we lost and much
more.
There is a population OF less than nifty
TO the square mile, and. owing TO the
Spanish custom OF laying the taxes on
industry and commerce rather than
upon real estate, there are vast estates
composed practically OF wild or pasture
Lands which only need 10 he inclosed to
make the finest ranches In the world
Grass is luxuriant I'm the winter months
as well as in the summer and one great
advantage we have over cattle raisers
I'm the north consists I'm the fact that
cattle can remain out on the ranges the
whole year through. no housing being
necessary
These plains OF Puerto Principe and
Santa Clara are covered with rich para
nn and Guinea grass, abundant and
succulent. and near the cities OF Santa
Clara and Matanzas there are already
large inclosed pastures which show
what can be done with the native mate
rial in a country with an eauable cli-
mate. abundant rainfall and agricul-
turally one OF the richest regions in the
world.
Land may be had at prices varying
with the location and the demand. IL is
usually sold by the "saballeria" OF thir-
ty-three acres. and when one buys he
would better be on the watch for flaws
i'm the title, as the Cubans have been
very lax in the past not only in their
manner OF recording titles, but OF OBJ
tanning them. Prices have gone up OF
late since the great central railway
was begun. This will run through the
center of the island from Havana TO
Santiago province and open up vast
territory hitherto unknown and unde-
veloped. The railroad company has
purchased vast tracts of land i'm the
central and eastern provinces not only
for its franchise, but for speculative
purposes; but there is yet much to be
had In hundred and thousand acre lots
which can be brought into communica-
tion with the coast as well as with the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24
EDISON'S DEAFNESS.

Thomas Alva Edison is quite deaf
The sad affair that caused this painful
condition is simply told by an eyewit-
ness, who discovered the eager boy
climbing to a signal box and watching
the operator instead of attending to his
duties. A big. burly railway Official
came along and lifted the boy from hi,
position by his ears. and thus his hear.
ing was impaired.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

Moors In Spain a thousand years ago.
BY means of windmills and the improv-
ed processes for driving artesian wells
all the arid pastures may be abundantly
watered and adapted for the support of
thousands of cattle
There is no doubt OF the feasibility
OF vast Cuban cattle scheme, the only
requisites being capital, brains and pa
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author, w Il. Stead. "as
the triumphant advance OF the Amerl-
cans to the first place among the lead
ing nations of the world. The nine
teenth century was the century OF the
British empire: the twentieth century Is
the century OF the American republic.
The headship of the English speaking
world has passed with the century from
the older TO the younger branch.
Mr.. Stead admits, even proclaims
with gusto, the superiority Of Amer
ican inventions as well as the super
abundance of American beef, pork and
breadstuffs I'm the land of his nativity
and adds. what the world we'll knows.
that without the latter his snug little
island would soon be brought TO the
verge of starvation. This admission
from n Briton born and bred would
seem astonishing and perhaps uncalled
for but for the very evident motive be-
hind it. for he goes on to say:
THE Americanization of the world
Is phrase which excites quite need
lessly some resentment I'm Great Brit
ain. 80. To all such irate champions OF
England and the English IL is sufficient
to reply that as the creation OF the
Americans is the greatest achievement
OF our race there is no reason to resent
the part the Americans are playing I'm
fashioning the world in their image,
which, after ALL is substantially the i'm
age OF ourselves. The Americanization
OF the world is but the anglicizing OF
the world at one removel"
There In a nutshell is the explanation
Of the movement and also the explana-
tion of the explanation. The Americans
are forging ahead because. in sooth.
they are substantially Britons. all Of
them. and really can't help advancing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

square feet in main exhibit building
space.
More than 10000 men are engaged in
anthracite coal mining.
George Ehret. brewer OF New York.
worth s55 600, OO0 owns no less than 500
saloons In that city.
shoes arc being made with higher
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

heels unfortunately but the smartest
street boots that are turned out have
still the sensible low heels and broad
soles. and only the slippers and house
shoes have the high heels.
The province OF Quebec. Canada. has
a population Of ii.6i5.5s2. OF whom i,3o5.-
$50 are French.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

neighborhood. one was picked up the
other day on the principal street and
ate candy from the hand OF a friendly
citizen.
A defender OF the mosquito says the
great majority OF mosquitoes never
taste either human blood or that OF any
animal. not having the opportunity.
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A SMALL CATTLE RANCH IN CUBA.

only the central region mainly. Care
should be observed in the selection OF
lands. as not all are well watered
though abundantly supplied with nat
ural grasses. In some OF the arid belts
have been sunk wells or "pozos' more
than 900 feet deep, from which water
is drawn up by means of the primitive
"norias" invented and used by the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

buildings alone. while another large
building. 1000 by 225 feet-the largest of
them all--is projected for agriculture.
This represents fully as much space as
was In similar buildings at the Chicago
Worlds fair i'm 1899 None OF the other
expositions in this country. however.
since. Chicago has exceeded 500. 900
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24
ODD PICKUPS.

way. though sometimes when troubles
have occurred they have been attacked
by ignorant ruffians who mistook them
for Armenians.
The people OF Fall River. Mass. have
protected the wild gray squirrels i'm the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

They live upon vegetable juices and de-
composing animal and vegetable mat
ter found I'm the localities where they
are most numerous and thus perform
valuable service as natures scaven-
gers.
At the St Louis exposition there will
be over 1000. 900 square feet in the main
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

proved practicable over comparatively
short distances, and the formation in
this country of a company for its ex-
ploitation, as recently announced, is by
no means a chimerical scheme. The
system has proved its original claim TO
be exceedingly useful over short dis
tances and especially as a means of
interinsular communication. between
ships at sea and between vessels and
the shore, so the proclaimed purpose OF
this company TO at first turn Its atten-
ton TO the transmitting of messages
between the United States and the is-
land possessions of this country is not
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

Burma has already more than repaid
ell OF Englands outlay upon IL during
and since the third Burmese war.
Protestants are generally well re-
spected In Turkey and are allowed to
preach. teach and worship in their own
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

ed the same conception OF Cuba prob
ably that most Americans seem to hold
namely that The island is devoted to
and good for little else in the way OF
agriculture. But 1 have had occasion
10 revise my opinions OF the agricultur-
al possibilities OF Cuba since / became
acquainted with its varied surface and
range OF climate.
To begin with, Cuba probably has
the most fertile soil. and more OF 1t rel
atively to tho rest OF the land, than any
country OF It's size i'm the western hem
isphere. The mistake made in Cuba has
been I'm assuming that only tropical
products like sugar. cacao, coffee and
tobacco can be raised here. While IL is
the home of all tropical fruits and veg
etabies. nearly everything else i'm the
range OF agriculture and horticulture
may be produced i'm one part or another
OF the island.
Now. as to stock raising there are no
two opinions held by those who know
the island as / do. have examined II
from one end TO the other from the
eastern to the western province, and
have finally come 20 the conclusion that
the golden mean can be found about
midway between the two extremes. or.
in other words. In the central provinces
OF Puerto Principe and Santa Clara.
From what we casually learn here there
is now and then dearth OF cattle in the
United States or a rise in prices OF
meats owing to the controlling OF the
supply by trusts. and II has fired us
with the ambition TO become the pur-
veyors for the United States--or at least
a portion Of it-of cattle on the hoof.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

railways There is scarcely a point on
the island where grazing can be car
ried on that is more than twenty miles
from port, and. once on the coast. a
comparatively short ocean voyage viii
take the cattle TO a dozen ports ON the
Atlantic coast OF the United States. II
is not claimed that every portion OF
Cuba is adapted to stock raising, but
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tence. Tho promoters would not have
long 20 await rich returns, ln my opin-
ION, for we have here ali the other cs.
sentials I'm ooundless pasturagc, perfect
climate and cont'guity 10 marlSct--thc
United States.
GEOTFREY w. GOoDEI..
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WILLIAM N. ARTHuRs.

France has a soldier TO every 50 in
habitants. Germany one 20 every So
Italy one TO every 126. Russia one TO
every i34 and Great Britain one TO every
100
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

THOUGH the worlds
most recent great in
vention, wireless teleg-
raphy, Is still working
within avowed limita-
tions and has not yet
accomplished the feat
OF sending ineligible
messages quite across
the Atlantic. Il has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24

Y q movement now visibly In
/ progress among us is SO.
| significant. none Is fraught
V with such momentous is
\ sues" says that eminent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-24
BA DESTINED TO BE A GREAT CATTLE RAISING COUNTRY

casting about for
some Cuban industry
that might be made to
yield large returns on
a modicum OF capital
] have had my atten-
tIon attracted TO cat
tie raising. Before l
came here / entertain
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-01
GOT INTO TROUBLE.

A number of boys got into trouble
last night and several of them spent
several hours in Jail. Several stories
are told regarding the affair and both
sides seem to think they are in the
right. Perhaps the officers We're over
Jealous upon the night when consider
able latitude is generally allowed the
American boy. In some port ions of
the city considerabl damage was done
in the way of torn up sidewalks and
detached gates, which does not reflect
credit upon the perpetrators. Some
men and a good many boys seem unable
to discriminate between fun and devil
try On the other hand there are some
officers who cannot discriminate be-
tween being efficient and being brut-
al. No one will condone the destruct
ion of property and those who do so
must pay the penalty in some man
ner or another. Oftentimes boys
who have not participated in the act
ual acts which might be placed in the
category of vandalism, suffer penalty
pany of those who do.
1t is to be deplored that anyone
should have gotten into trouble upon
a night when the American boy
should be permitted considerable in
nocent pleasure, but which he very
many times mistakes for bad conduct.
Who were to blame in the matter it
is hard to find out. yet the parents of
those boys who have been punished
by the laws officers think that their
boys have been too harshly dealt
with. The officers are not infallable
and should know when to imprison a
boy and when not. They forget fire.
quently that they We're boys them
selves.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-01
equality Tells, Price Sells" Lyons

equality Tells, Price Sells.' Lyons
& Son
Mrs. Frank 1. Lee and daughter left
this morning for Delta on a visit.
Misses Laura Borschell and Miss
Mae Patterson entertained party of
friends last night at a Hallowe en-
party.
Rev Robert NJ Hall of Plymouth,
Illinois. an uncle of Miss May Nc
Pheeters, was an arrival in the city
yesterday.
Frank I. Lee leaves this morning
for DeBeque, where he will join w.
G.. Scheu and go for hunting trip
for few days.
Hon. John c. Bell was an arrival
at very enthusiastic meeting in De-
beque last night
Mr.. d. d. Quinn and Mrs. Clara
Hudnall are entertaining their sister,
Mrs. Beatrice Wilkerson. and little
son Rex. enroute to their home in
Salt Lake City, after two months
stay in the east.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist church will have charge of
the Anderson Bargain House Friday
and Saturday, November 18th and Sth,
receiving 10 per cent of all sales
made. The ladies solicit your pat
ronage.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-01
THE WILSON MEETING.

After unremittingly drumming up
by all known means to secure an at
tendance for political meeting, the
Park opera house was crowded this at :
ternoon with the members of the
party and the curious to hear J. Stitt
Wilson, preach the utopian doctrine
of reform. The audience was only
moderately enthusiastic and lie
preached the same old doctrine of gem
realities upon the subject, holding
out as bait to the unlearned upon
the subject the impossible and i'm
probable.
The daily sentinel., 1902-11-01
WANTS FOR RENT-FOR SALE.

Satisfaction Always" Lyons &
Son.
For Sale-Sweet eating apples.
Phone S32 black. w. A. Kennedy.
Wanted Sewing children's cloth
ing specially. Enquire 541 Main
street.
Wanted Sewing. children's cloth
ing specially. Enquire 541 Main
street.
Misunderstanding, children's cloth
ing speciality. Enquire 541 Main
street.
I or Rent-Well lighted room. steam
heat, janitor service. Grand Valley
National bank building.
Wanted-Woman to come to the
house to do washing each week.
Small family. Apply at this office.
Wanted-Manager for new branch
of our business here in Grand juno
ton. Address at once. with refer
ences. Alfred Morris, Wholesaler. Gin
cinnati. Ohio.
House Work-All its branches neat
ly and quickly done. Wall paper clean
ing specially. Address, city P. O.
Box 214 Phone 5s2 black. Victor
Tharp, formerly Avenger ThArp,