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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-29
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-29

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06

power. though this effort may In It's own
proper time and place be proper.
Meanwhile our own people should re
member that there Is need for the high
est standard Of conduct among the Amer
leans sent to the Philippine Islands, not
only among the public servants but
among the private individuals who go to
that In the administration OF these ISL
ands i have positively refused to permit
any discrimination Whatsoever for poll
choosing the public servants consdera-
ton should be paid solely to the worth
of the men chosen and to the needs of
the islands There is no higher body OF
in the Philippine islands under Cover
nor Wright and his associates. SO far an
possible these men should be given a
receive the hearty backing both OF the
executive and OF the congress.
There Is need OF q vigflant and dis
interested support Of our public servants
in the Philippines by good citisens here
in the United States. Unfortuna tely
hitherto those Of our people here at home
who have specially claimed to he the
champions OF the Filipinos have In real
ity been their worst enemies. This will
continue TO be the case as long as they
strive TO make the Fflipinos independ-
ent. and stop all Industrial development
OF the islands by crying out against the
laws which would bring II on the ground
that capitalists must not exploit" tho
islands. Such proceedings are not only
unwise. but are most harmful to the
Filipinos. who do not need independence
at all. but who do need good laws. good
public servants and the Industrial devel-
opment that can only come II the in
vestment Of American and foreign cap
ital In the islands 10 favored In al le-
climate ways.
Every measure taken concerning the
islands should be taken primarily with
a view to their advantage. We should
certainly give them lower tariff rates on
their exports TO the United States; n
this is mot done II will be a wrong To
extend our shipping laws TO them.
earnestly hope for the immediate enact
ment into law OF the legislation now
pending to encourage American capital
to seek Investment In the islands In rail
roads. In factories. in plantations. and
In numbering and mining.
THEODORE RoosEvELT.
The white House. December 8. 1904.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
$4,000
BOND WAS
GIVEN

A $4,000 mortgage on the plant of the
American Ship windlass company on
Waterman, East River and Midway
streets, granted by that firm to the Rhode
Island Hospital Trust company yesterday
forenoon, was recorded at the office OF the
recorder of deeds in City Hall yesterday.
President Frank s. Manton says. rela-
tive to the mortgage, that 1t is given for
the purpose OF securing a temporary loan,
some or the working capital OF the Ameri-
can Ship Windlass company being tied up
for the time being on several long govern
ment contracts, In part for windlasses 10
be placed In new battleships which arc
now I'm process Of construction.
The mortgage covers the entire manu-
featuring plant located as described I'm the
papers. together with the machinery.
tools and apparatus. patterns, drawings
and shop and office furniture now on
hand or hereafter TO be acquired"
Concerning the transaction Mr. Manton
says:
I'VE were In need OF some working can.
ital until certain long government con-
tracts could be completed and delivered.
extending over a period OF four or five
months to corpe. and 20 we negotiated a
loan from the bank. The American ship
Windlass company owes very little mon
ey We had Just completed q 10000 foun-
dry. when the big fire OF April 22 occurred
and tied US up for months
We collected $4,000 OF our insurance
claim OF $4,000. The company has spent
100000 or more I'm the building of its
foundry and a new barn and I'm rebuilding
the shope after the FIRE We are In much
better shape for turning out work than
before the fire. being equipped with a
SHOP that is far better lighted and ar
ranged than the old one"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
A SLIGHT SNOW FALL.
The lsag lssksd-for Storm Matsr|aIIlsd
Last evenllg-Wis Good for 4 Inches 0nIy

Yesterday afternoon as the darkness set
In over the city the snow began TO fall.
II had been looked for many days and
created little stir when II came.
II fell I'm the business like fashion.
speedily whitening the streets, sidewalks,
lawns and housetops Being sticky IL
olung to the trees Transforming the bare,
black branches into things OF dazzling
beauty.
The 8 o'clock crowd found an inch or
-twe-efth -daiHty ty- -ypiaiteHees-awalting
them In the streets and there was every.
where the spirit OF winter. The flakes
clung closely to coats and capes and fall
ing rapidly sportively struck the way
farers softly on faces aud hands.
Well into the evening the snow contln
ued 10 fall and when finally the air clear.
ed and the clouds divided TO reveal the
stars some three or four inches OF glis-
tening vhiteness covered the city. II was
a dainty storm; little wind. little cold
and not too much snow. Today's weather
speaks for itself.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
FOR FREE DELIVERY.


The residents Of the wayiand Park dis
trict In the town of Cranston will be in
terested In the report that comes from
Washington TO the effect that steps are
being taken by Congressman Capron to
have the free delivery OF mails established
among them.
The petition of "a residents of wsyiand
Park. asking for an extension OF the free
delivery service from the Providence Of
Ace to include their locality has been filed
with the postmaster general with a re-
quest that the inspector looking up the
situation az Manton be commissioned 20
investigate the wsyiand Park matter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
A RINGING MESSAGE TO
THE 58TH CONGRESS.


Continued from page Seven
Of which the Armenians have been the
victims, end which have won for them
the indignant pity Of the civilized world.
RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS
ABROAD.
Even where IL Is not possible 20 eecure
in other nations the observance or the
principles which we accept as automatic.
A. Is necessary for us firmly TO insist
upon the rights OF our own citizens with
out regard To their creed or race: without
regard to whether they were born here
or born abroad. IL has proved very diff
cult tn secure from Russia the right for
our Jewish fellow citizens TO receive pass
ports and travel through Russian terri
tory. Such conduct is not only unjust and
Irritating toward us. but IL is difficult TO
see its wisdom from Russia's standpoint.
No conceivable good is accomplished by
IT. II an American Jew or an American
Christian misbehaves himself I'm Russia he
can at once be driven out: but the ordi-
nary American Jew like the
ordinary American Christian. would
behave just about as he be-
haves here. that is behave as any
good citizen ought to behave: and where
that Is the case II wrong against which
VT arc t0Gtltu lu DTpAfHN NO Itlurt MN
his passport without regard TO his conduct
end character, merely on racial and relig-
fous grounds In Turkey our difficulties
arise less from the way I'm which our
citizens are sometimes treated than from
fhe indigna ton inevitbly excited in see
ing such fearful misrule as has been wit
messed both in Armenia and Macedonia.
rHE NAVY.
The strong arm of he government IN
enforcing respect for its Just rights I'm in
ternatonal matter Is the navy of the
United States. I most earnestly recon-
mend that there he % halt in the work
~ upbuilding the American navy There
Is no more patriotic duty before us as
people than TO keep the navy ADEQUATE
20 the needs Of this country's position.
We have undertaken 10 build tho 18th
mian canal
VIC have undertaken 20 secure for our
selves or just share in the trade % the
Orient. We have undertaken 70 protect
cur citizens from improper treatment i'm
foreign lanos. We continue steadily "a
insist on the application OF the Monroe
Doctrine to the western hemisphere. Tn
less our attitude IN this and all other
matters II 10 be mere boastfui sham
We can not afford 10 abandon our naval
programme. Our voice Il now potent Tor
peace. and r. 80 potent because We are
not afraid Of war Bus our protestations
upon behalf of peace would neither re.
ceiyc nor deserve the slightest atten.
tion II we were bmpotent 20 make then
good
The war which nov unfortunately rage,
IN The fer east has emphasized In strik
snz fashion me new possibilities Of nava
warfare. The lessons taught are boSf
eratsgtc and tactical. and We are 20.
titical ~ well ne military. The expert.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
will ba carried out.

will be carried out.
The North Atlantic squadron will as
semble at Hampton Roads on Dec % for
inspection by Secretary of the Navy Mcr-
ton and Admiral Dewey on Jan. s. The
European and South Atlantic fleets will
arrive in the Caribbean within two weeks
The European squadron will station
somewhere in Windward Islands and the
South Atlantic squadron at Trinidad.
About Jan. II the two squadrons will ar
rive in Culebra and will be met by the
North Atlantic squadron.
The training squadron will Join the 9TH
ers about Feb. .. The search problem
and other msnoeuvres will begin two days
later. to end on Feb. 10. On that date the
fleet will sail for Guantanamo and will
remain there until March q. Thence the
entire feet sails northward, arriving on
the Florida coast on March % for target
6.
ORGANIZATION OF FLEET.
The proposed organization OF the feet
is as follows
Rear Admiral A. 8. Barker. commander
in-chief; Rear Admiral Sands. command
ing coast squadron: Rear Admiral G. ID.
Sigsbee. commanding Caribbean squad
ron; Rear Admiral G.. III. Davis. COM
manding second division battleship squad
ron: Rear Admiral r. n. Bradford. COM
manding training squadron; Captain A.
Dunlap. commanding naval station at San
Juan: Lieutenant Commander Il. r. WALL
ing, commanding naval base. Culebra: (:
Commander G. C. Rodgers, commanding
naval station Guantanamo.
The first division OF the hattleship
squadron will consist OF the Kearsarge
Kentucky. Maine and Missouri The sec
ond disvisIon. the Ala bama, Illinois, Iowa
and Massachusetts. The second destroyer
notilla, q part of the hattIeship squadron,
will comprise these destroyers; Truxton.
Whipple. Worden, Stewart. Hopkins.
Lawrence. Hull and MacDouough, with
the collier Scorpion as squadron tender.
Tho Caribbean suua iron will comprise
IN Its FIRST division the cruisers Newark.
Brooklyn. Denver and Tacoma: second
division, Olympia. Cleveland, Des Moines
and Detroit, with Newport, Castine and
Chattanooga ss supernumeraries.
The training squadron will comprise the
Minneapolis, Columbia Prairie Cater TO
be replaced by the Dixieo. Yankee. Topeka
and Hartford, which viii be fitted with
wireless.
The coast squadron will ooneist Of the
Texas. Nevada, Florida and Arkansas
In addition, there will be nine auxil-
isries. including the supply ship Culgoa,
the water ship Arethuss and seven COL
liers.
Ten ships In addition viii act as tenders
and dispatch vessels.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
CARIBBEAN
SEA naval
PRACTICE

Washington, Dec s-The program for
the manoeuvres In the Caribbean Sea and
on the Florida coast. beginning in Janu-
ary and ending the latter part of May.
has been issued by Rear Admiral Con-
verse, chief OF the bureau of navigation.
Admiral Dewey and the general board
have been working on the itineraries Of
the various fleets for many weeks and
have outlined much hard work. n ls not
probable that the whole program can be
completed ins the allotted time That
which can be don. with thorcughne..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06

, ences OF the war have shown I'm conclu-
sive fashion that while sea going and sea .
keeping torpedo destroyers are lndis-
pensable. and fast lightly armed and ar
mored cruisers very useful, yet that the
main reliance. the main standby. i'm any
navy worthy the name must he the great
battleships. heavily armored and heavily
gunned Not a Russian or Japanese bat
tleship has been sunk by a torpedo boat.
or by gunfre, while among the less pro-
tected ships, cruiser after cruiser has
been destroyed whenever the hostile
squadrons have gotten within range OF
one anothers weapons.
There will always be large field OF
usefulness for cruisers. especially ~ the
more formidable type We need to In
crease the number OF torpedo boat de-
stroyers. paying less heed to their hav-
ing knot or two extra speed than TO
their capacity TO keep the seas for
weeks. and. II necessary, for months at
time. IL Is wise TO build submarine
torpedo boats as under certain circum-
stances they might be very useful. But
most OF all we need 10 continue building
our feet OF battleships, or ships so pow
erfuly armed that they can infict the
maximum of damage upon our oppo-
nents and so well protected that they can
suffer a severe hammerlng In return
ihlhl impairment oI NitH dblllAN
TO fight and Vancouver. OF course ample
means must be provided ror enabling the
personnel OF the navy To be brought to-
the highest point OF efficiency. our great
nghting ships and torpedo boats must he
ceaselessly trained and manouevered In
suuadrons.
The officers and men can only learn
their trade thoroughly BY sceaseless prac-
tice on tho high seas In the event Of
war 70 would be far better TO have no
ships ~ all than 20 have ships of poor
and Ineffective type. or ships which how
ever good. were yet manned by unframed
and unskiliful crews The best officers
ani men IN poor ship could do nothing
agniust fairly good opponents; and on
the other hand modern warship is use
less unless the officers and men aboard
her have become adopts In their duties.
The craftsmanship IN our navy has i'm
proved in an extraordinary degree during
the last three years and on the whole
the types ~ cur -battleships are improv-
ing; but much remains 20 be done. Soon
or or later we shall have 20 provide for
some method by which there will be
promotions for merit as well as for se-
niority or else retirement Of ali those
who after n certain age have not ad-
vanoed beyond "a certain grade; while no
enort must be spared TO make the SER
vice attractive TO the enlisted men I'm
order that they may be kept as long as
possible In a. Reservation public schools
should be provided wherever there are
navy yards.
rHE ARMY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-06
The ARMY

Within tho last three years the United
states has set an example IN disarma-
ment where disarmament was proper.
BY law our army IL nxed at a maximuu,
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-07
Girl StrangIed to Death an.
Thrown Into River.

st. Paul, June 30.-With q silk til
knotted tightly about the neck, til,
body Of q stylishly dressed woman
who had been strangled to death wa,
found floating in the Mississippi
River at the st. Paul boom. Th,
appearance Of the body and the man
ner in which the cloth was wound
about the throat Indicate that thu
woman was murdered and thrown
into the river.
The body was identified as that oil
Miss Ruth Teachout, Of Minneapolis.
Miss Tsachout left home Saturday
to attend school and had not since
been seen. Her parasol, purse and
hat were found on the river bank
near the Tenth avenue bridge. The
police are convinced that she was the
victim Of foul play.
The girl sometime ago was said to
be involved In o domestic tragedy
which eliminated in o suicide, but
whether that circumstance had any.
thing to do with the present case the
police have not yet determined.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-07
SiameSe Twins Not In n.

The famous Siamese twins have
long been noted and by many ne
garded as one OF the worlds wonders,
As an instance OF breakdown in the
superlative they have for a long time
held absolute sway, but it remained
for an old mare owned by a Vernon
county man to make the distinction
so long accorded this leading side
show attraction like the legendary
80 cents.
To made the story short, Harley
D. Shute, the Hsrwood rural route
mail carrier, is the owner Of . mare
that sometime ago gave birth to
twin colts. Nothing strange about
that, bus the strange part il appa:.
ent when 1t is told that one was q
horse colt and the other q mule.
Such things may have occurred be.
fore, but II 80 we have never heard Of
1t. 1t seems to be one OF the uniath-
omable mysteries Of nature why such
a thing should occur, but the truth
OF it is vouched for by men whose We
racity Is above question, and wscan,
therefore, state it as an absolute
fact.
We are told the horse colt is still
living, but the little mule appears
not to have liked the society OF his
brother Tor would you call it thate)
for when ten day old he gave up life
as bad job and quietly passed In
his eck.-Nevada Herald.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-07
Expect KuropatkIn to Make Sue.
CessfuI Retreat.

st. Petersburg, June 30.-Kuropat.
kin's evacuation Of his positions In
the mountains is taken in military
quarters as the prelude OF success
full retreat. The japanese grand
army is considered entirely too pow
erful to be resisted by the Russian
troops now In the field. Should
kuropatkin, ignoring recent lessons,
elect to concentrate at Hal Cheng or
Liso Yang to receive the Japanese
onset, only victory, which is DEEM
ed impossible OF achievement, would
save him from fierce denunciation in
court and military circles here.
Already the question oicorrespond.
ents, Will Kuropatkin retreat?' is
met by certain members OF the gen.
erals staff by the counter question,
'Is Kuropatkin mad2" The best
military minds argue that Kuropat-
kin has shown himself incapable Of
resisting the extended line Of the
Japanese, and there is no reason to
believe he can do any better when
that line Is vastly contracted, not
outstanding the Russians advan.
tagein having the more compact and
inner army.