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The Washington times., 1902-03-12
SCHOOL FOR THE
I DISTRICT POLICE
Major Sylvester Outlined Plan
in Annual Report.
TO BE STARTED NEXT WEEK
Large Room at Tenth Precinct Station
Especially Provided for the Purpose
Superintendent to Preside at Opening
Session.

Major Sylvester announced yesterday
that at the beginning of the coming week
he will introduce in police circles a
school of instruction The plan was
outlined in the recent annual report of
the Superintendent of Police.
The 600 policemen of this city will be
properly trained as regards the manner
of making an arrest, and also how to
conduct themselves upon the streets. The
most important feature of the school is
the coaching of the members of the force
regarding the technicalities of the new
CODE. in order that they may properly
present their cases in the different courts.
The school of instruction is in vogue in a
number of the larger cities.
Important Feature of School.
Another important feature Of the school.
it is said, will be the fact that it will
give those men on the force who have had
but little experience a chance to secure
better insight into their duties and
familiarize them with the police regula-
tions.
Although the police of this city labor
under many disadvantages when compared
with those of other cities, because of the
fact that the local guardians of the law
are forced to spend nearly all of their
time in their respective stationhouses,
Major Sylvester has arranged that the
men shall not suffer by the enforcing of
the school Of instruction" act. In order
to prevent such thing it has been ar
ranged that the men shall attend the
school OF instruction when doing reserve
duty in their respective stations.
Where School Will Be Held.
The meetings of the school will be held
in a large room at the Tenth precinct
police station, especially provided for that
purpose, and the opening session of the
school viii be presided over by Major
Sylvester personally. after which the work
will be carried on by his aides, Captains
Heffner and Pierson and Lieutenant YER
non.
Il think it will be splendid thing for
the men, - said Major Sylvester yester-
day morning in conversation with Times
reporter, land / am confident that the
undertaking will be a grand success. In
my opinion it will greatly increase the
efficiency of the department and give those
young men recently appointed a more
thorough knowledge of the duties of a
policeman"
The Washington times., 1902-03-12
Rock Creek Line.

Section 10. That the authority conferred
upon the Rock Creek Railroad Company
by section / of the act of April 30, 1892,
(Stats. II. r. 23l to extend it's line on
Florida Avenue east to North Capitol
Street is hereby renewed, and the Capital
Traction Company as the successor of
said Rock Creek Railroad Company is
hereby required within one year from the
passage of this act to build and put in
operation said extension of it's lines by
underground electric system. The said
Capital Traction Company is also author
lied and required within two year from
the passage of this act, to further extend
its lines by the underground electric sys-
TEN on Florida Avenue to Twelfth Street
east, south on Twelfth Street to Lin
coin Park, thence west to Eleventh Street,
thence south to, and west on, North Car
olna Avenue to, and thence south on
Eighth Street to connect with it's line on
Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Washington times., 1902-03-12
COMMISSIONERS TO
ACT SOON ON AWARD
Considering Legal Phases of
Sixteenth Street Extension.
Situation Explained in Reply to a Letter
of Enquiry-Advice Sought of
District Committees.

Col. E. B. Townsend, president of the
Mount Pleasant Citizens Association
few days ago requested :nformation from
the District Commissioners relative to
the action of the board in the award of
the jury in the condemnation proceedings
in the extension of Sixteenth Street
Yesterday Mr.. H. B. F. Macfarland.
president OF the Board of Commissioners,
replied to Colonel Townsend as follows:
THE Commissioners have proceeded in
this matter without unnecessary delay,
and expect to reach a final decision very
soon
Hearings Delay Decision.
When they were notified on May 81,
1901, of the terms of the award they
gave immediate attention TO 1t, listening
publicly and privately, as a board and
individuals. to arguments for its ac
ceptance, and to objections made against
it. This necessarily consumed consider
able time.
I'm view of the fact that the act of
Congress authorizing the proceedings
provided that the Commissioners might
reject the award if the amount of assess
ments for benefits did not equal 80 per
cent of the amount of assessments for
damages, and of the further fact that the
Jury assessed the damages at 1929, ,952 %,
and the damages al S10S ,S34.75, the Com
missioners concluded that they should
not act upon the award without taking
the advice of the committees on the Dis
trict of Columbia in Congress.
AT the earliest possible moment they
sought the advice of those committees,
and after due consideration the Senate
Committee advised the Commissioners to
accept the award, and the House Com
mittee declined to advise the Commits
sioners. The latest of these communi-
cations-that of the House Committee
reached the Commissioners on February
!, 1902.
Considering Legal Phases.
The Commissioners at once took up
the question in the light of the action
of the two committees, and have since
been engaged, with the assistance of the
City Solicitor, in considering the legal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

Those people who hoped that the
Beers would win in the war with
Great Britain are now depreciating
the terms granted the defeated burgh-
ers by the English conquerors.
The assertion is made that England
has practically bought off the Beers
from further continuing the war.
The terms given the Beers are ex-
ceptionally liberal, it is true, but in
this liberality consists the possibility
of permanent peace and ultimate
content of the Dutch inhabitants of
the Transvaal, Orange River repub-
lie, and in fact all those living in
South Africa-the strongest of all
inducements that could be made for
these people to accept English rule
and to become loyal free citizens of
the empire that defends the rights of
its inhabitants with all its power.
The destruction of property in the
war was very great. The farms OF
the Beers were raided and their
cattle confscated and used up.
This was their main wealth. The
English government was wise in
appropriating $I5,ooo,ooo to aid the
bur ghers in restocking their farms.
1t will give the people to under
stand that the government wants
them to be prosperous and satisfied.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The settlement of the trouble in
South Africa will facilitate the work
on the Cape to Cairo" railway
which had been under construction
but on which work has been sus-
pended for two years. Nearly half
the distance of the road from the
mouth of the Nile to the Cape OF
Good Hope is completed. The road
from Cairo to the south is extended
about 200 miles and from Cape
town to the north about 1900 miles.
Thus 2,7oo miles of the whole dis
lance of the length of the continent
is spanned by railway. The en-
tire distance is about $500 miles.
There are now in Africa, either COM
pleted or nearly so, over $4,000 miles
of railway. A large proportion OF
the railways thus far constructed are
owned by the colonies in which they
are built.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

According to the Crop Reporter,
the reduction of the spring wheat
acreage is 2,5II, 900 over what was
sowed last year. There is reduc-
ton of $4,000 in Minnesota and
oo5 900 in North Dakota, due large
ly to unfavorable weather in the Red
River Valley during sowing time;
a reduction of 100000 acres in South
Dakota, resulting in the main, from
an increasing tendency toward a
greater Investigation of crops; and
reduction of $4,000 acres in Ne
braska, consequent upon that gradu-
al yielding of spring wheat to winter
wheat which is going on in almost
every section of the state. The area
in spring wheat last year was 49,
655,8I3 acres. The acreage into oats
is about the same as last year. There
is an increase in barley of about s
per cent. over that sown last year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19
The Dignity Of Labor.

Kew. u. Is. Spencer, IN his splen-
did address on Decoration Day, al
luded to result OF the civil war
that is often overlooked in the north
and is either ignored or reluctantly
acknowledged in the southland yet
it is one of the most important of the
grand achievements in the successful
issue: This is the effect the war had
upon the industrial conditions of the
south. The existence of slavery had
built up and fostered what Mr..
Spencer aptly called an ''aristocracy
of leisure" a class that considered
labor a disgrace and that looked
down upon the man who worked as
an inferior being. The destruction
of slavery knocked the underpin-
ming out from under this system of
leisure. The southern people had
to go to work. There. was no other
alternative. The proverb, "he that
will not work, shall not eat" came to
be veritable reality with the peo-
pie in the southern states. Since the
southern people began to labor the
south has advanced in wealth and
influence. Labor is the normal con-
dition of man. All advancement is
due to labor. The civilized man is
civilized as the result Of work. The
difference between the condition IN
the United States to-day, as compar-
ed with the condition of the country
when the first Europeans landed in
America, is attributable to labor. It's
titled fields, its grand cities, its 2oo,-
900 miles of railways, its canals,
public buildings, institutions oflearn-
ing and of charity, the intellectual
attainments of the people-all the
conveniences, superiority and COM
forts we now have as compared
with the situation when the Indian
was dominant in the land, is due to
the strenuous labor of man.
To most men labor is delight.
To create something; to add to the
wealth, the literature, the fund of
scientific facts, is an inherent, he
reditary impulse with most men, an
impulse that compels them to action.
To accomplish something is the
supreme satisfaction of the civilized
man. He attains to this result only
by work and so toll becomes a de-
light. That man who ignores labor,
who scorns the legitimate means OF
securing happiness, is of little conse-
quence in the world. In general
women do not find the delight in
work that men do. When they
work, the action is impelled more by
necessity and their tasks are per-
formed under protest. Certain kinds
of work may become attractive to
them; such as will give them orna-
ments, decorations, luxuries. Few
like to work for utilities. This dis
inclination to labor on the part OF
women is partly the result of habit
and education and partly the sugges-
ton of nature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19
The Terrible Volcano.

The awful eruption of the volcano,
Pelee, on the island of Martinique,
by which a great city was wiped out
of existence and in which 100000
people persisted in the twinkling of
an eye, has engaged the interests of
scientists equally with that of
philanthropists. The government
of the United States sent several
distinguished biologists to Marti-
nique to investigate the situation in
the interests of science. The gist
of their report is that there was no
eruption in the generally accepted
sense, no lava was thrown out.
The construction of Pelee is a cone
built up 10000 feet from the oceans
bottom by explosions from contact
of earth and water of the ocean with
the hot magma of the lower crust.
The broader base of the cone is
submerged beneath the ocean. From
the summit to the base a great hue
descends. In this fue or chimney
is an elastic viscous column of
molten rock, which rises and falls
like the mercury in a tube. Upon
this molten column water pOurS in
Through interstices of the surround
ing pile. The contact of water and
molten rock causes explosions with
in the crater, rumbling, cannonading
like salvos of artillery. At the meet
ing point of the water and molten
rock, the surface of the latter is
shattered into unlimited particles of
fine ashen pumice which are driven
out of the orifice, first upward, and
then falling lightly for miles around,
as showers of lapilli. Sometimes
these lapil1i or ashes mix with water
and are forced out as torrents of
mud. The ash puff shoots slowly
upward, first appearing as vast
round head, convoluted, rolling
folds of smoke. In the clouds are
gases, carbon and hydrogen which,
upon meeting with the oxygen of the
air, ignite like slow-burning powder,
constituting the lightning effects.
Sometimes the ascending column
contains more steam than ash, and
rises vertically in gigantic opalescent
clouds, reaching height of $4,000
feet. But it was not these appalling
summit phenomena that destroyed
| ST. Pierre. In the sides of Mont
Pe1ee are several orifices or subordi-
nate craters. One of these is called
| Letangsec. In reference to the des-
truction of the city, Prof. Robert T.
Hill, the geologist who was one of the
government agents of the scientific
expedition sent to Martinique, says:
ION the eventf1l morning of May 8,
| from two to three minutes after the
puff assembled from the summit
crater, Letangsec belched forth a
| cloud of hot ashes, superheated,
and deadly gas. Rolling with the
winds toward St. Pierre, the gas in
this cloud exploded with terrible
effect over the northern part of the
city. The waves of force passed
over the fated population and rever-
berated against the steep cliffs
behind the city. ALI matter nearest
the focus of greatest explosion was
annihilated. AS deadly as was the
destruction in St. Pierre, the south
ern portion of the city lay beyond
the center of disaster. The vessels
in the harbor, from which some
escaped alive, were merely. on its
outer edge"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

At the 6. A. r. encampment
held at Stevens Point last week,
Commander De Croft reported that
at the beginning Of his term Of office,
one year ago, the number of veterans
on the rolls of the posts in the state
was 95I6, and now it is 9447, show
ing loss of 90 members. The loss
by death has been large, 3o2 during
the year, but the gain by the ac-
QUESTION of new members and rein
of lapsed membership con-
a gain of 233.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The report of the Woman's Re
lief Corps as read at the encampment
at Stevens Point last week gives the
number of members Of the corps in
the state as 5,983, gain of 416 dur
ing the year. The corps has ex-
pended $7,17o in relief work the
past year and has on hand a balance
of $1o,656. Mrs. Clara Evans of
Waupaca was elected president for
the ensuing year. Mrs. Alice Weld
of this city was elected as one of the
DELEGATES.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The irrigation bill has passed both
the House and Senate and only
awaits the approval Of the President
to become a law. 1t provides for
works in the states having
"arid" regions. The receipts from
the sale of public lands in these
states and territories are to be eX-
pended in building irrigation bitches
and storage reservoirs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The Grand Lodge of the l. O. O..
F. of this state that convened at La
Crosse recently w.ts attended by
1000 delegates. There are gas Odd
Fellow lodges in the state and the
number of members is I6,2o6. The
total number of Rebekah lodges is
100. of which the membership is
9,7IS-5,434 sisters and $3.50 broth
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

There were 500 members of the
masonic orders in attendance at the
sessions of the Grand lodge at Mil
waukee last week, representing the
268 lodges of the state. The num-
Der of masons in the state at the date
of the last report was 1875.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19
paul Kruger, formerly president

Paul Kruger, formerly president
of the Transvaal Republic, who has
been an exile in Holland since the
fall of Pretoria, has been offered i'm
munity and safe conduct back to
South Africa upon condition that
upon arrival there he will retire to
his farm and remain there, but he
prefers to remain in Holland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

1t was claimed that warm weather
would destroy smallpox in the coun-
try, but it is evident by the reports
of the health boards that the disease
has by no means died out. The
last report gives about 500 new cases
in this state and $50 in Minnesota.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

"Let man follow the promptings OF
his nature; he will be more man;
and woman follow the promptings
of her nature; she will be more
woman"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The Sons of Veterans elected
Gustav Geisler Of Sheboygan as
division commander. J. w. T..
Ames of this city was elected one of
the division council. The depart
ment reported seventeen camps and
zoo members.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

There were 500 members of the
masonic orders in attendance at the
sessions of the Grand Lodge at Mil
waukee last week, representing the
268 lodges of the state. The num-
Der of masons in the state at the
date of the last report was 1895.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The bill for the admission of Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arizona
will not be acted upon at this session
of Congress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

Twenty two states have passed
laws making it misdemeanor to
print anything on the flag of the
United States.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19
Warning.

If you have kidney or bladder
trouble and do not use Foley's Kid
ney Cure, you will have only yourself
to blame for results, as it positively
cures all forms of kidney and blad-
der diseases. Sold by c. R. Tag
CART
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

The city of La Crosse owns the
water works and has 43 miles of
mains.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

General Kitchener has been given
the sum of $25o,ooo as reward for
his services in South Africa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-19

OF oil kinds executed
with neatness and dis
patch. Prices reason
able.
Williams news., 1902-03-29
ORDINANCE No. P.

An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No. 3.
 The Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Williams do or dain as follows:
 SECTION l. Ordinance No. 3 is hereby amended to read as follows: ''The compensation of the city mar shal shall be sixty ($60) dollars per month, and five (5) per cent of all licenses and taxes collected by him.
 Sec 9 No person who shall be elected or appointed as city marshal shall hold any county or territorial office while employed as city mar shal-
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and publication according to law.
 Sec A. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
 Passed by a majority of the Com mon Council and presented to the Mayor for his signature and by him signed and attested by the Town Clerk on this, the 25th day of March, AID. 1902
 HARRY PYLE, Attest: Mayor.
 WM. R. POOLE, Clerk
Williams news., 1902-03-29

from a point ten feet east of north east corner of lot number six (6) ; thence in a westerly direction and parallel to Railroad avenue sixty (60) feet, to the place of beginning.
 Sec. 2. Said street shall conform to the grade as now established by the Santa Fe Pacific railroad for its tracks, where said street crosses said company's tracks, and to run on an ascending grade of 1.36 per cent to conform to the north line of Rail- road avenue.
 Sec. 3. Said street shall be known as North Second street
 Sec. A. This ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and publication according to law.
 Sec. ,. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
 Passed by n majority of the Com mon Council and presented to the Mayor for his signature and by him signed and attested by the Town Clerk this, the 25th day of March, AID. 1902.
 HARRY PYLE, Attest: Mayor.
 WM. R. POOLE, Clerk
Williams news., 1902-03-29

Clerk, in Section l of said Ordi- nance, from $4O.OO per month to s20.00 per month.
 Sec. 2. This Ordinance will be in force and take effect from and after April 1st, AID. 1902.
 Sec. 3. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
 Passed by a majority of the Com mon Council and presented to the Mayor for his signature, and by him signed and attested by the Town Clerk on this, the 9th day of March, AID. 1902.
 HARRY PYLE, Attest: Mayor.
 WM. R. POOLE, Clerk.
Williams news., 1902-03-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of M B. Warren. deceased:
 Notice is hereby given by Sarah B. Warren, administrative of the estate of NJ. B. Warren. deceased. to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against M- B. Warren, deceased, to exhibit the same, with the necessary vouch- CTS. within four months after the first publica- ton of this notice to the said administratrix at her residence in Williams, coconino county, Arizona, the same being the place for transact ing business relating to said estate in Coconino county, Arizona. and all persons are notified that all claims not presented within four months from the date of first publication of this notice will be forever barred
 SARAH E. WARREN
 As Administratrix of the Estate of
 NJ. B. Warren, deceased Dated at Williams. Arizona. this 26th day of February, 1902
 First publication March l, 1902
Williams news., 1902-03-29
Attest:
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given, that, pur- suant to the provisions of Chapter TX, Title II, Revised Statutes of Arizona, an election will be held by the qualified electors of the Town of Williams (incorporated), on the first Monday in April, AID. 1902. Said election will be held at Town Hall, in said Town of Williams, and the polls will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening of said day. At said election the follow ing officers of said town shall be voted for, viz:
 Five (5) members of the Com mon Council
 One Town Clerk.
 One Town Marshal.
 One Supervisor of Streets.
 No person shall be eligible as a Councilman who shall not, at the time of his election, have attained the age of twenty-one years; who shall not be qualified elector; who shall not be free-holder residing within the town at the time of his election, and have resided therein for one whole year next preceding. All other officers voted for must be qualified electors of the town.
 The qualifications required by law of persons voting at such elec- ton are as follows: "No person shall be entitled to vote at any cleo tiOn in any such town, who is not en- titled to vote at elections of county officers, and who shall not also have resided for six months con- tinuously preceding such election in such town"
 By order of the Common Coun- cil, March ,, A.D- 1902.
 HARRY PYLE, Attest: Mayor.
 WM. R. POOLE, Clerk.