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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03
HE SUMMER NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MANSION SYCAMORE HILL N

quisitive general visitors and office
seekers.
The executive appanage will be domi-
ciled in the village at the oyster Bay
bank, where the rooms that Mr.. Roose-
welt occupied as headquarters in his
gubernatorial campaign several years
ago will be utilized. Secretary Cortel-
you, who accompanies the president
wherever he goes. will be the medium
OF communication between the Saga
more hill domicile and the executive
quarters. which are located in the Sec
ond story OF the bank the first floor
being devoted 10 monetary transac-
tions. The rooms are large and well
lighted, with pleasant views over the
trees and the roof tops Of adjoining
buildings. IL Is rumored that there is
a billiard room in the cellar Of the bank
for the use Of the employees who might
otherwise perish of ennui.
\ Sycamore hill. which is about three
miles from the railroad station and the
village OF Oyster Bay. Is reached by a
beautiful drive over fine macadam-
ized roadway winding along the south.
ern stretch OF the bay through woods
and fields. In the interest of the public
business, diplomatic and executive.
President Roosevelt has consented to
have his privacy invaded and the beau.
ty OF his lawns marred by telephone
poles. which up TO this season had been
debarred.
Oyster Bay proper, a village of some
1000 inhabitants. is very appreciative
OF the honor bestowed upon il by the
president and purposes doing it's level
best TO keep up its prestige as one OF
tho finest and most conservative OF
summer resorts. The guidebooks state
that IL is about an hour from Manhat-
tan, but that depends upon how ono
travels IL is reached by very devious
railway route from New York city. and
the average time consumed, according
TO the time table, is from an hour and
forty minutes 10 two hours. though the
distance is given as 80. SO miles. The
route by boat offers a charming com
bination OF sound aud shore views, but
that is more uncertain still.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

cylinder revolved by clockwork. and
when any terrestrial disturbance occurs
II is recorded exactly and automatical.
ly. This apparatus differs somewhat
from the seismograph which has been
for several years i'm position at the
weather bureau In Washington. but the
principle of operation is the same.
When Professor Milne was In this
country on his way home from Japan.
he labored hard TO get our government
to establish a line a earthquake sta
tions across the continent. mentioning
as good points for the purpose the cities
Of San Francisco. 81. Louis New Or
leans, Galveston. Washington. New
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

and Labrador was once geologist OF
an expedition into northwestern Ara
bia and has travelled all over the globe.
During his twenty years in Japan no
established nearly a thousand earth
quake observation stations and is now
devoting his time TO perfecting a seis-
mic survey Of the world. He is author
OF several books on mining. seismology
and crystallography and is a member
of many scientific societies.
WALTER WHEREBY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

approximate cost OF s. 600. II Is not
the apparatus that costs. but the train
cd men with sufficient intelligence for
the observation stations. When all ar
rangements are perfected and the seis-
mometers with their self recording APP
paratus placed I'm position at deter
mined points all around the globe.
there VIII be less haphazard guessing
and more definite knowledge OF earth
quakes.
OF the several instruments used by
Professor Milne and other seismologists
In their observations three or four are
automatic In their action. the most
valuable. without doubt. being the seis-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03
A MELONS, STRENGTH.

A we'll known student of nature once
tried the growing force of a melon.
When ii was eighteen days old and
measured twenty-seven inches in cir
cumference he fixed a sort of harness
around it, with a long lever attached.
The power Of the melon was measured
by the weight IL lifted, the weight being
fixed 20 the lever. When IL was twenty
days old. two days after the harness
was fixed on IT. IL lifted sixty pounds.
On the nineteenth day IL lifted 5000
pounds. The seed OF the globe turnip
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

~ &bUHEhE are many places,
! !. ! / ! ! ! ! ! !
NJ many cities even. SUI
perior to our national
IL ~ capital as a place OF
hS SS residence for the sum-
IS0 NJ mer, and II is quite
NoX /I natural that President
NN04H Roosevelt, possessing
V/N<O as he does a fine coun-
try home OF his own,
should make arrangements for leaving
Washington as soon as congress is ad-
1ourned. BY forsaking the White House
for cooler and more congenial retreat
he is only following long established
precedent for severy president before
him has done the same when he could
get away.
From the first OF our presidents TO
the last the custom has been to trans
Ter the executive personality, IL not the
entire executive business, TO the coun-
try, the mountains or the seashore as
soon as possible after congress is out of
the capitol.
Washington was wont to HE himself
20 the rural seclusion OF Mount Vernon,
where he secured a change OF environ
ment merely, the heat and humidity OF
his farm being about the same as, In
the capital city. Jefferson sought with
relief his beautiful residence at Month
cello, John Adams went back home TO
Quincy. Mass, though the journey by
coach was long and extremely uncom-
Portable; Jackson found no spot that
could vie with his beloved Hermitage:
most OF Lincoln's time i'm summer as
well as in winter was passed I'm Wash
ington perforce; Grant was n great
lover OF the mountains and the sea-
shore: Mckinley went to Canton be-
cause his home'was there. and for the
same reason Roosevelt goes 10 that
small and but little known town on
Long Island-Oyster Bay, near which
stands his attractive house on Saga
more hill.
Few executives have been better favor
ed by fortune than our present presi-
dent and, though Sycamore hill Will not
compare in pretentiousness with either
Monticello or Mount Vernon, IL is per-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

is about the twentieth part OF an fhch
i'm diameter. and yet i'm the course OF
few months this seed will enlarge into
% 900 000 times It's original bulk. and
this in addition to the bunch Of leaves.
Ii has been found by experiment that a
turnip seed will under favorable con-
ditions increase its own weight fifteen
times in a minute. Turnips growing in
peat ground have been found TO in
Cren$se more than $1,000 times the
weight OF their seeds I'm q day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03
THE STUDY OF ER SNA PHENOMENA AND THE GREATEST SESN00GS

caught a fine profile OF a Caribbean
Central American quake, but of the
last Cataclysm in the West Indies his
apparatus gave no warning. 1t is ac-
knowledged that the results obtained
by Milne have exceeded expectations.
and there is good reason TO believe that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

mograph. which not only records tho
shocks OF "quakes." but their direction.
succession. amplitude and period of
successive oscillations. Professor Milne
has arrived at that stage of the science
where he can almost TO a certainty de-
tect the "earmarks" of the quake pc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

York and Portland, Or. Objection was
raised on account OF the expense that
1t was assumed would be necessary.
Milne assured our scientists that he
had already pledged himself TO outfit
twenty earthquake stations with the
latest apparatus I'm seismography at an
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

with reference to the latest discovery
of ,gold in the Thunder mountain dis
trict of Idaho.
Although Idaho has been known as a
gold producing state ever since it's first
settlement. say fifty years ago. and
valuable minerals are abundant, min
ing having been carried op TO great
extent for the past forty years, IL was
only within a few months that the
greatest gold bearing district of the
state was made known. There has been
an assay office at Boise City for a long
time. the rich placer and quartz mines
within fifty miles or so of that city
giving IL ample employment. but just
now there is a prospect that it's skilled
experts will be called upon to do double
duty, for miners and prospectors are
nocking into Idaho's capital with mug
gets, dust and quartz at a rate unprec-
edented.
The Thunder mountain region is prac-
tically wilderness in a part of the
state little known and almost unex-
piored. II lies westward from the Salm-
on river range. which has SUBMITS
rising TO a height of from 5000 TO 10000
feet. rugged and snow capped, but
Thunder mountain surpasses them all
in grandeur and splendid isolation.
II is a strange fact that probably the
richest deposits OF this century should
be found in the most mountainous sec
tion of Idaho. a state the Indian name
of which is Gem OF the Mountain"
Yet. IL the signs do not fall and If all
those signs are correctly reported.
Thunder mountain promises TO surpass
the klondike, Cape Nome, Australia
and New Zealand in its immediate
prospective output OF course some
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

lies within the headwaters OF the south
and middle forks OF the Salmon river
and is mostly above the clouds. What
is known as its mineralized area is
estimated at about fifty square miles.
rich in copper, gold and iron. Capital
lists who are interested speak of the
"porphyry dixie two and n half miles
wide and ten miles long that is one
solid mass of gold ore" Prospectors
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

find color" or TRACES OF gold every
where in the gulchss, nuggets glitter
ing in the cliffs and sands sparkling in
the streams. particularly near the
headwaters.
The most conspicuous instance OF
good luck is that of three brothers
named Caswell. cattle men from Texas.
who went TO Idaho in search OF fertile
range for cattle raising and farming.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

ing down to bedrock and with a sort
of boom rod" attached to 1T by a
swivel swinging freely and very sensi-
tive 10 the slightest motion. The boom
rod is tipped with "A silver pen or point
er. so arranged as to make an impres-
sion on a smoked paper passed over a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

case with the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia. in Australia, in South Africa. in
the klondike, at Cape Nome and at
Cripple Creek. The worlds aggregate
of gold has been incredibly increased
within the past fifty years. and as fast
as an old district gives out or is meas
urably developed new one is discov-
cred and yields up it's treasures The
region dominated by Thunder mountain
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

the executive himself will securet that
recreation, If not absolute retirement,
which is necessary for the continuance
Of his duties on his return to Washing
ton He will not, however. discontinue his
duties, but may at times intermit them
I'm the interest of his health. His sum-
mer workroom will be the library.
which adjoins the drawing room on the
first floor. There visitors will be re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

ceived, This room looks out upon the
west veranda. Here tho president VIII
do his literary work. here he will re-
ceive his most intimate friends and dip
lomats who have the right OF approach
by courtesy, but all the really executive
business will be transacted down at
the town. and secret service men will
be stationed about the grounds 10 pre-
vent the unwarranted intrusion of i'm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

when the process OF co-ordinating all
the observations shall have been per-
fected earthquakes and volcanic erup-
tions may with some decree of certain.
ly be predicted
Professor Milne began his career as
a mining engineer in Newfoundland
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

haps better adapted than either. espe-
cially the latter. as a summer retreat.
The White House" OF Oyster Bay
(Which is painted red. by the way) is
large, roomy, brick as TO its lower half
and wood as to its upper OF COM
posite architecture. with big. brick
chimney. gable peaks galore and wide
verandas. 1t sits in the midst Of n
lawn containing several acres, and the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

views outspread from windows and
verandas are bounded by the woods
and fields. with a sweep of beautiful
bay 1t is the abode. as it's every detail
conveys. OF respectability and wealth
not too respectable and wealthy to in
dulge in solid comfort.
Here the juvenile members of the
Roosevelt family may disport them
selves to their hearts content. and here
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

leading up to prolonged and systematic
investigation by competent scientists.
1t was developed In the late debates In
congress upon the interoceanic canal
that earthquakes are more frequent
than is generally supposed. especially
I'm the region through which the At
lanto-Paciflc waterway VIII be con-
structed An eminent authority has
estimated that there are on the average
at least 90 900 "auakes" every year.
This estimate. however includes not
only serious seismic disturbances. but
tremors caused by fracturing due TO the
excessive bending OF the earth's crust.
which latter. fortunately. are more fire.
quent than the former.
Even the scientists admit that the
phenomena of earthquakes and vol
canic disturbances are not so well un-
derstood as might be wished. The
learned men can tell us that certain
forces produce certain results. but IL Is
doubtful IL they can inform us why
they produce those results For this
reason. the obscurity that attends the
known knowledge of the subject. every
item of accurate information Is made
welcome, and men of science have risk
ed their lives to gain that Information.
In their endeavor 10 ferret out what Is
hidden within natures arcana there
are men who are ready TO devote their
whole lives to the solution of the prob
lem, believing that any addition to our
knowledge OF the subject. no matter
how small, Is OF inestimable value. AL
though there are In this country and in
Europe learned seismologists who have
attained great distinction. the greatest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

culiar TO any particular country from
the outline left by the pencil OF the seis-
mograph on the blackened paper. which
In It's general features resembles the
profile OF a mountain range. lie has
preserved many seismograms taken at
different times and two years ago
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

len nature produced
the precious metals in
her crucibles. she did
so withoul reference.
of course, to the ex-
istence OF man. who
generally finds IL
stored In almost inac-
cessible places. This
is Deciiliarly the case
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-03

IE widespread discus
sion OF terrestrial phe-
nomena. especially vol
canic eruptions and
earthquakes. which the
recent eataclysm in the
West Indies has pro-
voked may. indirectly
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-06-06
GETS SEVEN YEARS.
Smith Pays Dearly for Stealing $50
Worth of Oleo.

Robert Smith, who was found gull
ty in the district court of burglary
in the first degree, was sentenced to
seven years in the state penitentiary
by Judge Smith Wednesday morning.
The prisoner took his medicine
very cody and did not evince much
emotion. When speaking in his own
behalf he attempted to say that he
was not the only one guilty, but the
court told him that if there were any
others implicated the law would look
after them.
There were two indictments
against Smith. On his conviction of
the charge of stealing oleomargerine
the second indictment was dismissed,
as was the case against Mrs. Smith.
The prisoner was taken to Deer
Lodge Wednesday night by Deputy
Sheriff O'Neill.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-06-06
BY Western Federation of Miners
and Labor Unions.
WIDER FIELD FOR FEDERATION
Which Urges the Importance of In,
dependent Political Action and
Recommends the Adoption of the
Socialist Party Platform by the Lo-
cal Unions of the Federation.

Denver, June 4.-The convention
of the Western Federation of Miners
at late hour indorsed socialism by
a vote of 23O to 73 by the adoption
of the following:
Resolved, That we recommend the
adoption of the principles of the So
cialist party platform as outlined in
the presidents report; and be il
further
Resolved, That the tenth annual
convention of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners does urge the import
ance of Independent political action
and does advise and recommend the
adoption of the platform of the so
cialist party of America by the loca
unions of the federation in conjunc
ton with a vigorous policy of edu
cation along the lines of politica
economy"
The convention is expected to fin
ish it's labors by tomorrow noon. Lit
tie remains to be done except to elect
officers.
Denver, June 4-The Western La
Dor Union convention today adopted
the name of the American Labor
'nion for the organization, so thai
it's field can be extended Throughout
the country. The convention alst
decided to send organizers through
the east for the purpose of building
up the union and proselyting among
the people there in the cause of SO
cialism. 1t is hoped that they will
be able to enroll on it's membership
/ list those members of the American
| Federation of Labor who have SO
cialistic tendencies.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-06-06

present time the water is 1925 feet
deep or extends from the bottom of
the we'll to the top where it flows
out. Several Attempts have been
made to case out the water but with
only temporary success. In several
instances the water has been kept
out for over a hundred feet but an
other flow of water would be struck
and the bore would imm mediately fill
up again necessitating the drawing
up of the casing and the trimming
of the hole.
When work is again resumed an
other effort will be made to case
out the water. The presence of the
water in the we'll proves a serious
check to rapid work and greatly re.
tards the progress of the drill The
average depth drilled per day for the
past two or three weeks has not ex.
ceeded six or seven feet, while from
rs to 35 feet is the average when the
water is shut off. The formation OF
the rock through which the drill is
working also has much to do with
the rapidity of the operations. Al
times an extremely hard quality Of
limestone is struck and progress is
necessarily slow, but when IN softer
rock of course it is much more rapid
Mr.. Taylor stated that the first 81
feet of the we'll was through a shift
ing bed of limestone. In spite OF
many accidents and delays the worl
mas progressed IN satisfactory man
ner, and the indications of oil have
daily grown stronger and have serv
ed to greatly encourage the men il
charge of the work
Mr.. Taylor visited the site of thu
proposed we'll of the Kintla Lake Oh
company last Sunday and found tn,
work there progressing in a salts
factory manner. The derrick is com
pleted and drilling will commenc
the latter part of this week or tn
first of next
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-06-06
M. T. Collins Will Have to Answer
to a Serious Charge.
KILLED A JENNINGS BARTENDER
After Being Shot Through the Right
Leg, Fred 3. Fought Lingers for
of a Saloon Row-TriaI Will Be
Held at June Term.

Another murder case will be tried
at the next term of the district court,
when M. T. Collins will have to ans
wer to the charge of causing the
were residents of Jennings on the
night of May 16, when the fatal shot
was fired
On that night Collins, who had
been drinking, became engaged in
an alteration with Fought, who was
that place, and as the result of the
latter attempting to eject him from
the place, Collins became enraged
and pulling a heavy 45 Colts revol-
yer fired several shots at Fought,
only one of which took effect.
This bullet passed completely
through the bone of the right leg,
below the knee, infiicting a serious
wound. The injured man was taken
to the Libby hospital, where he lin
gered until May 81, when he died.
After the shooting Collins escaped
in the darkness and succeeded in
eluding the officers for several days,
but was captured by the Spokane po-
lice and held until an officer from
this county went after him. He
claimed the shooting was done in
self defense, and made no trouble in
returning to Montana, making requi
sition papers unnecessary. He was
brought to Kalispell and lodged in
Jail, where he has since remained.
Several bystanders who were pres
ent at the time of the shooting hau
narrow escapes from the flying bull
lets, one Of which lodged in the sin
of bed room window in an adjoin-
ing house.
Collins had been working in and
around Jennings for several months
before the shooting. 1t is not known
whether there was any bad blood
between Collins and Fought, but it
is thought that the shot was fired in
a moment of anger, resulting from
saloon row.
Collins was arraigned before Judge
Smith Thursday, and was given until
July l to plead. Having no attorney
nor means to secure one, the court
appointed F. H. Greenman to defend
him.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-06-06
TO WIDEN SIDEWALKS.
Ten Foot Walks to Be Constructed
on Second Street.

A petition is being circulated to
be presented to the city council at
the next meeting for the widening of
the sidewalks on both sides of Sec
ond street, from First avenue east to
First avenue west. At present, the
walks are eight feet in width, and
it is proposed to extend them to 10
feet.
The sidewalks are old and rotten
and would have to be replaced in a
short time anyway, and it is thought
that a 10-foot walk would more fully
meet the demands OF the rapiuly in
creasing population of the city.
If the width of the walks are in
creased as proposed, it would be nee
essary to move several telegraph and
electric light poles, as well as to
construct new cutters and curbs.
One objection that has been made
to the proposed change is that it will
narrow Second street between the
two avenues at least four feet, max
ing it only 46 feet wide. This, it is
claimed, will make the thoroughfare
too narrow for the accommodation OF
traffic.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-06-06
Damsel in Mary MacLane's own
Has Become Bad.
And Her Mother Says Was Good
Now She Stays Out Nights and
Away From Home-Tripp Is
Charged With Seduction and the
Girl With IncorrieibiIity.

Butte, June 5.-Hiram Trip, a
young man living in East Park street
in Butte, has been charged with Sc
duction, the charge was made by
Mrs. Duncan McCrimmon, who went
to the county attorneys Office yester-
day and said rnat he was guilty of
improper conduct with her daughter
Verna Weeks. She also asked that
a complaint charging her daughter
with incorrigibility and vagrancy be
drawn up, whicn was done. The girl,
sne said, runs away from home fire.
quently and stays away, and then
she has no control over her. Previ-
GUS to meeting Trip, the mother
says Verna was a good girl and of
moral and chaste character.