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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02
e FATAL FALLS OF SEVERAL FAMOUS BALLOONISTS

- INCE the sad accident TO Senior
Augusta Severe. the amateur
aeronaut. the gas bag OF whose
airship exploded above the city
OF Paris. people are naturally inquir-
ing as to the safety of aerial naviga-
tion. There are those who aver that
but for an accident" as they term 1t.
one may navigate the air so long as he
pleases and. provided he takes even or
dinary precautions. there Is little dan
ger OF any fatality ensuing. ON the
other hand. the majority OF earth
dwellers maintain that aerial voyaging
always has been and always will be
dangerous. The natural home of man
is on the earth. and SO long as he can
manage to make his steam and electric
cars travel at the rate OF mile min
ute he should not be overanxious TO in
wade the atmosphere. A mile a minute
Is fast enough for anybody, and we
ought TO be satisfied with that speed so
long as we inhabit this mundane
sphere.
The first professional balloonist-M.
Blanchard-made sixty-six ascents.
ana the END or his life found him IN
bed. but his wife. who had made many
an ascent In ner husbands company
and who took up his avocation after
ne died. was killed by falling from
great height when making an ascen-
sion above Paris In the year 1919. So
the first fatal accident to a profession
al aeronaut as we'll as the last one OF
which we have record occurred above
the streets and houses OF the French
capital. So far as is known, the terri
bic accident by which Senior Severe
met his death by being dashed to pieces
last month is the first fatality 10 the
navigator of veritable airship. His
machine was modelled in general way
after that of his fellow Brazilian. San
tos-Dumont. It's great gas holder
was nearly 100 feet long. with diam
eter of 40 feet and gas capacity OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

respectable a man as could be found to
fill the executive chair. j have known
him for several years. having first met
him i'm 1872. when he was minister OF
foreign affairs. He is "A black man of
great ability, was recently minister TO
Paris and speaks several languages
with fluency. He was at one time
great friend Of former President Hip
polyte, the immediate predecessor Of
General Sam. and il was thought at the
time of Hippolytes untimely death that
Firmin might be his successor. But the
opposition united on General Tiresias
Sam, who was in every sense of the
word a dark horse" and he was elect
ed by an overwhelming vote-that is,
the army and the navy were for him
and he held the Office for more than six
years out of the seven which constitute
the official term. He came nearer TO
completing his term OF office than any
ten out of a dozen Of his predecessors,
and, having been in six years. the poll
ticians were saying that In that time he
should have feathered his nest quite
sufficiently and ought to get out. So
out he got. not because he wanted TO.
but because. being over sixty years old
and desiring a little leisure I'm which TO
enjoy his accumulated wealth, he saw
no other way in which TO accomplish
his desires. 1t is a good thing 10 know
when one has had enough, but ten 90
one Simon Sam will soon tire of his
exile. and when the next presidential
revolution occurs-due within year or
two--he will be swelling the ranks OF
the "outs" who want to get back in.
have mentioned the navy as de-
cisive factor in settling the presidential
question. but it Is really second to the
army, which consists OF some 10000 sol-
diers. supposed 10 be ablebodied and
imbued with republican principles.
About 5000 OF the total are quartered
I'm and around Port au Prince and Cape
Haitien, and a goodly proportion OF the
number are stationed about the presi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02
HOW BRITAIN VIEWS HER LOSS OF THE OCEAN CARRYV

nthropist-another Andrew Carnegie,
in fact, who was going about the
world seeking for suffering communi-
ties TO enrich and poor towns in need OF
paintings and libraries. Now he is al
luded to by the press as commercial
Mr.. Hyde and a philanthropic and ar
tistic DIR. Jekyll." Ii all depends upor
the point OF view, you know Now. II q
Britisher had gone to America and
come back mere with half your COM
mercial fleet sailing captive i'm his wake
there would have been pRans OF re-
joicing and loud acclaim for the man
who had succeeded in "MorganiZing"
the American marine for the benefit OF
John Bull ESQ.
Now. just what has j. Pierpont Nor
gan done to merit all this vituperation in
the press and to create distrust and
jealousy In the British breast? Why, he
has merely organized another combine
patterned after the billion dollar steel
trust which he sprang upon an unsus-
pecting world last year. only this time
IL Is a sea combine instead OF a land
one. IL is merely the community OF
interest idea carried TO its ultimate
conclusion. Mr.. Morgan made a move
i'm this direction last year when he
a single line after ALL but by the howl
Of rage and Indignation that went up
over here at the time one would have
thought he had corralled the entire
commercial marine of Great Britain.
with its navy and other things thrown
in.
The British can't say in fact. that
they did not have sufficient warning
of the projected consolidating of their
ships under the direction of an Amer
lean company; but. you see. they trust
ed too much to Mr.. Morgan's love for
Britain and his intimate acquaintance
with the aristocracy. IL seems. after
all, as though even our aristocracy over
here-and OF course we will not admit
that there is any real article of the
kind anywhere else-thinks more of the
almighty dollar" than of patriotism,
for there are members of the aristoc-
racy engaged in the shipping business,
and If they had not been willing to sell
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02
GERMANS IN ENGLAND.

There are more than 100000 Germans
In England alone a few in Ireland and
small number I'm Scotland. London
alone has 100, 600 Germans.
But in regarding these figures you
must not forget that there are i'm Ger
many veritable hordes of English. and.
while the German I'm England is gener-
ally an employee. the Englishman In
Germany is usually an employer. with
n branch house at home. Unlike somc
British Immigrants the Germans make
very good and often extremely loyal
citizens.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

~9 dustry, Millionaire
Morgan IL is quite possible you do not
care anyway, but we cannot believe
you so hard hearted as all that, for IL
means a great deal 10 us on this side
the Atlantic. Take away our carrying
trade and our navy, and what in heav-
ems name have we left? Echo answers
and echo is generally truthful-echo
answers, "Nothing"-that is. nothing of
consequence. We don't like to admit II.
of course. but the fact is patent to ev-
erybody of sense. America feeds us,
Germany sends us sugar. knickknacks
and notions. France and Belgium
clothe us--in a way-and so there is
hardly anything left for the British to
do but carry freight across the sea.
Mr.. Morgan came over 'nosing
about" and as he is a very good type
OF our old style country gentleman and
has the reputation of holding advanced
that is, British-ideas of things in
general, our best citizens warmly well
coined him. He has a town house here,
too, and, owing 10 the duty which the
United States customs places upon
works OF art he has allowed several OF
his almost priceless paintings TO re-
main here on view. All this is very
nice of him. and If he had only been
born a Briton instead of having first
seen the light in America he might be
the recipient of an order Of knighthood
when King Edward dispenses his fa-
vors at coronation time. II is possible
that the king may even stretch point
and bestow a decoration upon him
anyway, for he dearly loves a million
aire. as the British people generally are
said to love lord.
But all this has been changed since
Mr.. Morgan showed the cloven hoof."
as they term II here. The British pub
lie took rim for an unadulterated phi
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

a parachute descent nt that place:
Lulu Randall. twenty-six years Old
was blown against the top OF large
tree and was killed near Nashville
Tenn. Other young women as well as
many men have had exceedingly "cose
calls" and the universal verdict OF
those who know is that making de-
scents with parachutes is more than
ordinarily risky and pretty sure TO ul-
innate I'm a fatality.
JAMES l.. AFFLING.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02
THE PosTMAN IN FRANCE.

The rural postman Of France is going
TO be not only a letter carrier, but a
walking postoffice. The rural popula-
tion will henceforward be able to OBJ
tain from the postmen on their rounds
postal orders, etc. and may also hand
them money for deposit in the savings
banks, thus avoiding the trouble OF
going to the nearest postoffice for these
purposes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

sort of thing, and this is about the
smallest that is classified. Call IL a
revolution, however; anyway II was Sc
rious enough to send General Tiresias
Simon Sam. but recently president Of
this Haitian republic, down and out.
At the present moment he is not In
this island, having embarked I'm
hurry I'm order to save his skin. and his
possible successor. General Firmin, has
been informally proclaimed At all
events the navy has declared" for him.
which is equivalent TO nomination and
an election. The Haitian pavy. con-
sistlng of two so called warships. the
Toussaint rOuverture and the Crete
Pierot together with a few dugouts
end a steam launch. holds the balance
of power in this island and adjacent
waters and when few days ago Ad-
miral Killick, commander OF the Hal
tian fleet, declared outright Tor General
Firmin that settled II for good and all.
And | think M. Firmin will be elect
ed" but there Is many slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip out this way, and espe-
cially Just at such critical crises In the
nations history as this, when all the
political exlles from Haiti during the
past ten years have been pardoned by
the revolutionjsts and are scurrying
home, each one with the presidential
bee buzzng loudly In his ear. Among
them are such old eampaigners as Fou-
chard and Seneqtie Pierre: but the
government" Is practically I'm the
hands OF former President Boisrond
Canal. who. so far as Is known. is in ia
vor OF Firnin. Firmin. after all, Is as
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

ural. at the best wholesale prices and
on the most favorable conditions They
use about I 900 wagon loads Cof 200 hun
dredweighO a year II Is also rumored
that they intend 10 buy all their agri-
cultural and other machines the same
way.
Tia American electrical and machin-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

cheated out Of large sums by the refill
ing OF their bottles at the rate of about
1000 900 a year.
Germany supplies Mozambique with
cutlery. The natives care less for Its
appearance than for durability, and
England Is not able TO furnish as dur
able goods at the same prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

cry plants in England are being made
models OF completeness and efficiency
In the coolest parts Of Siberia n rain
bow may sometimes be seen all day
long I'm cloudless sky. IL is supposed
to be due to fine PARTICLES OF snow in
the air.
An exposition OF British @rcducts ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

neither drink. smoke nor play cards.
l 500 strong.
Three million acres OF Montana land
are to be auctioned of az a minimum Of
$40 an acre.
Investigations recently set on foot by
mineral water mar~:ccturers In Berlin
revealed the fact that they were being
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

to be held at st. Petersburg next win
ter.
Travellers I'm eastern Siberia carry
soups I'm sacks. They are frozen solid
as stone and keep indefinitely. Milk
also Is frozen and sold by the pound.
The Gldeons Is an organization Of
commercial travellers I'm Chicago who
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

Every sacrifice offered on a Roman
altar was perfumed either with flowers
or with some odor extracted from
them.
Florids 10 having the largest tobacco
crop eve1 raised In that state-l.000
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

pounds to the acre. worth from $500 TO
$500.
The farmers of the Bavarian and
wurttemberg Allgau districts have
combined for the purpose Of buying all
their fertilizers. both chemical and nat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

afterthought suggested by the very
condition that has been brought about
by the ocean combine.
IL is not only the taking away of
their ships that the British seem to re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

10000 feet 1t mad twenty -four horse
power motor working three rear pro-
pellers and n sixteen horsepower motor
working two front propelers Besides
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

all the markets of the world. We need
carrying power. The country has not
anything like enough carrying power
for it's products. A commercial coali-
tion against the United States by Euro.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

drowned in the bay OF Monte Carlo.
and but for his extraordinary luck
would not be alive today.
In looking over the annals of aero
nautics, however. IL would seem as
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

this feeling gone that recently IL was
announced I'm the house of commons
that in the next agreement TO be made
between the British admiralty and the
White Star line was 10 be inserted the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

monD is going TO keep right on sailing
and doesn't expect TO have any acci-
dents either. AS Dumont has already
met with three accidents which might
have been serious had not aid arrived
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

as promptly at IL did. his resolution be-
tokens Courage II not discretion. lie
has been hung up I'm a tree. left hang
ing on a high rooftop and finally nearly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

cldent was a preventibic one and that
NJ. Severe. though an amiable and tall
ented man. was an amateur so far as
aeronautics go. At all events he (Du-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

out Mr.. Morgan could not have bought
their fleets. John Bull in truth, has
been sold out in his own house and by
the very people whom he had good
cause 10 look upon as his friends.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

The board OF trade of Dusseldorf.
Germany. urges the necessity OF re-
stricting the number OF fairs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

the "unification OF transatlantic traffic
in order TO bring about stable rates and
intelligent handling of passenger and
freight traffic" and hint that the ulti-
mate result, so far as passenger traffic
goes. may be a daily service between
England and the United States.
Some of the American shipbuilders
have stated that the combine will spell
ruin" for their vast industry, but the
taking over by the trust of the newly
launched Kroonland. the biggest liner
ever built in America" measuring $50
feet long and OF 10000 tons register.
does not look that way.
Liverpool also is strenuously object
ing TO the proposed transfer OF the COM
bine's shipping from that port to
Southampton in order to reduce by sew
eral hours the time from ship 10 Lon
don. A great antitrust is being formed
which. IL is predicted, will cause Mr..
Morgan's plans TO go astray. People
who know the American millionaire.
however. are shaking their heads and
muttering that the words retire" and
defeat" are not in Mr.. Morgan's vo-
cabulary.
The list appended gives the ships to
be controlled by the combine as Ii Is
understood on this side the water:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

SUPPOSE you Amer
leans may think II
rather late TO mem
ton what the people
OF Great Britain think
about the capture OF
the north Atlantic
carrying trade by
your captain of in
dustry Millionaire
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

The Following companies are not in
the combine:
Allan line, Anchor line. Beaver line,
Chesapeake line, Gle. Generale Transat-
lantique. Cunard lire (60, 900 tons), Prince
line, Puritan line.
ALFRED Q. EDwARDES.
London.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

: is not the unexpected
that has happened
this time in Haiti.
but IL is the expected
that Is, a revolu-
tion. That is what
they call 81 down
here-a revolution"
but there are vari-
Gus grades OF that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-02

The greatest distrust is felt over the
threatened transfer of register, carry
ing with il a change of flag. so that in
case of war some OF Britain's largest
steamers could be Immediately utilized
by the United States government as
transports or war vessels. So far has
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-01
TOO GREAT EXPENSE
Not the Reason.

It is not because Pyramid Pile Cure
is SO expensive that many people de-
cline to give it a trial. but because they
find it too great a tax on their credulity
to Believe that the published letters
bearing testimony to the merit of this
remedy are genuine and bona fide; es-
pecially to those who have realized the
suffering incident to piles is it in
credible that any one who has been
afflicted twenty-five and thirty years
with the worst forms of protruding
and bleeding piles should be cured by
the application of q simple remedy,
when their physician has assured them
that the only relief Is in a surgical
operation. This is rightfully viewed
with dread by all those afflicted, as it
means at the least a great shock to the
nervous system, with more than a
possibility of utter collapse and death;
in the majority Of cases, too, there is a
return of the complaint, owing to the
fact that the cause is not removed.
The proprietors of Pyramid Pile
Cure agree to forfeit one thousand dol
lars to any ore who will show a single
published testimonial to be not genuine
and unsolicited; this latter feature IS
most gratifying, inasmuch as these let
tiers are written solely out of gratitude
and with the hope that those who ara
afflicted as the writers have been may
learn that relief is at hand, at a COM
para lively trif1ing expense. Pyramid
Pile Cure is for sale by druggists at 50
cents package, or will be mailed by
the makers to any address upon receipt
of price.
Mr.. William Lichtenwalter, head Of the
largest printing house in Canton o.,
says: TT Is with the utmost pleasure
and satisfaction that I can say I be-
lfeve | am cured of protruding and
breeding piles, after suffering more
than twenty-five years, have been In
bed for two weeks at time have
not suffered in the least for over a year,
and used only three 50-cent boxes of
Pyramid Pile Cure. advise every per-
son suffering with this distressing and
painful complaint to give this remedy a
trial. have every confidence in IT,,
Write the Pyramid Drug Company, Mar
shall Mich. for their book on the causes
I and cure Of piles.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-01
Result of Analysis.

An embalming fluid has been found in
milk sold in this city. A chemical analysis
of four milk samples taken from various
sections of the city shows that In two.
formaldehyde, {: violent poison, was used
in small quantities as preseryative. rms
Test was made by DR.. j. M. Whitfield,
the well-known analytical and consulting
chemist This investigation is the direct
result Of the charges made against local
milk dealers by the State chemist DIR.
w H TAYLOR, and printed last Friday.
Formaldehyde is a gas freely soluble in
water. It is principally sold as 40 per
cent. watery solution designated by the
copyrighted name, 'formalin." 1t is very
volatile and readily escapes In treating
milk very little is required, as it is an ex-
tremely powerful drug, SO much so that
it is used largely as disinfectant and
in quantities will kill germs. DR.. Whit
field says that it may be called violent,
corrosive poison, and If used in large
quantities would burn up the stomach.
It is used frequently in milk and Of
ten may be detected by its pungent odor
and a singing in the nostrils
Formaldehyde, even in milk, changes
the casein in milk, and renders the
tactical fluid much less digesuble and
therefore less nutritious. 1t is this fluid
used also by embalmers that babies drink
in their milk
This milk used for chemical analysis,
came from prominent dealers in different
sections of the city.
Each sample was labelled and there is
complete information as to what
dairy sold this milk. At present the
names will not be divulged. The utmost
care was used to get fair samples. which
were taken Saturday morning, and turn
ed over to the chemist. DR.. Whitfield
was at work on them the same day and
yesterday at O'clock, after a careful and
tedious investigation, he gave out the
following analysis:
SAMPLES.
I. II III. ". Cows Milk.
Fats 49,. IA - "a - IS
Fats 49,. OBS 06S O6s 066 OF
The fats and ash are included in total
l. II III. ". Cows Milk.
I'll solids 6.6s 1928 1916 1920 1873
Water. 1891 s7.ao S9.40 $3.50 $50
Traces of formaldehyde were found in
II. and IN.
Number I was watered, having 6.61 per
cent more water than the average cows
milk There were other tests made to
prove it was watered.
Out Of the four samples only one was
considered good average milk
DR. WHITFIELD TALKS.
In speaking of his work, DR.. Whitfield
said that sample No. was thai kind OF
milk that was starving the children.
While being watered It also contained
only about one-hulf the amount Of fat
found in average milk. This milk was
delivered to a family in the West End OF
the city.
In sample No II. there was a small
amount OF the undertaker's fluid. formal
dehyde. The odor also was very bad,
which may be due to uncleanliness: Ihls
was delivered on the upper South Side
in good neighborhood.
Sample No 4 contained great deal
of formaldehyde. comparatively, and such
milk Is injurious Il not dangerous. This