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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08
STEAMER PRISCILLA.
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aroused. Immediately the water tight
compartments forward and amidships were
closed and all the officers took up posi-
tions just as IL the steamer had struck
on a dangerous shore.
At daylight when the passengers awoke
many of them supposed that they were
at the dock in Fall River The James
town steamer came along and offered as
sistance. most OF those on board being
transferred 20 the dock
At S a. m. the freight steamer Fall
River was passing through on her way
from New York 20 the former port and
when she was sighted by Captain DAVIS
ne blew his whistle four times summon
ing assistance. The Fall River responded
and with the tugs Solicitor Waterman
and the wrecker J. X. Sullivan. lay by
the Priscilla.
STEAMER NOT DAMAGED
An examination showed that the
steamer had not been damaged as she
rested on a mud bottom and went OH
when the water was smooth. There Is
some floating fee in the harbor. but not
enough to cause the officers any appre-
hension. IL was arranged that the
freighter and the tugs would pull on the
Priscilla at ! o'clock. the hour OF food
tide
The Priscilla had 300 passengers, con-
ssting OF soldiers and sailors bound for
Newport and quite number OF persons
on their way 60 Boston. Among the num-
ber were II children. All the passengers
spoke I'm terms OF praise for he splendid
discipline on board and highly COM
mended Captain Davis and his officers.
WAS FLoATED.
As the tide came I'm during the fore
noon it was decided To make an attempt
10 fioat the Priscilla before hlgh water
At go the tugs pulled on the steamer and
with the aid Of her own steam she was
fosted and proceeded 10 her dock un-
injured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08

academy.
Fred Farnell OF Barrows street. Is
studying law I'm the office Of his father
George Farnell
The Cranston High school alumni will
hold their regular annual reunion and
ball Thursday evening
A man named Kelly is about 10 open
first class restaurant al No. 3 Mention
avenue
Miss Kathryn Levele has returned
from vacation spent at Shomokin. Pa.
JOHN o'CoNNELL,
Hats. Caps. Furnishings. Trunk Store arc
Laundry IN 1ust above tho posto6nca
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08
ROOM FOR ONE MORE.

There was probably room for one more.
or dozen, for that matter on an East
Providence car which came over from
the city about o'clock last night. but
only a greedy corporation IN search OF
nickels could discover whore II was. A
reported counted SO people upon the car
and al one time n was crowded so that
there were not straps enough 60 go
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08
IN 0LNEYv|LLE.
Pickpocklts About--Offlcsrs
Were Installed.
West Side Trolley Club Ball.
Boy Hurt Sliding.

Olneyville Branch OF the Providence
News Is at Heffernan's News Store ID
Hartford avenue Telephone 40-West-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08

East Providence branch OF The News rs
at Taunton avenue. Telephone us-@'
East Providence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08
CARD REMOVED.

This morning the last diphtheria card
In the town was removed The entire town
is now free from this diseaSA Four cases
OF scarlet fever, the carIs for which will
be removed soon are all the contagious
diseases there are in town at the present
time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08

Ar the weekly whist meet OF the Massa-
soft club last night the first prize. fish
Ing rod and reel was won by George r.
Hull. His score was ST. william c. Bliss
captured the second prize. a set of nut
picks by a score OF a..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-08
IMPERIAL Glue WHIST.

"A pile driver owned by the McKlnnon
CONSTRUCTION company got hung up on a
pile al the end OF the company's dock
yesterday. and has not vet come on
One end OF the scow ls elevated upon
the pile while The other floats upon the
surface OF tho Seekonk
The Washington times., 1904-10-23

other cartoonists against the Eenal
Tweed ring OF New YORK city vas as
efficient toward its final overthrow as
was any other agency a solitary carl
caturist may be inspired 10 make a reve-
lation that VIII precipitate a revolution
At the time OF the foundation OF the
great American republic the political
CartoOnist's pencil was a powerful pro-
paganda for the cause or freedom A
master caricaturist- once told the com
plete story OF the reign OF Louis XIV in
three small sketches. The first was
picture Of the French monarch arrayed
In ali the trappings OF royalty. this was
entitled Louis Rex" The second sketch
was an exact representation Of the re-
splendent costume without a wearer,
that was marked Rex" The last was
the emaciated figure OF an old. decrepit
roue. almost naked; that was labeled
Louis"
Today nearly every newspaper OF im-
pOrtaucs publishes cartoons, mostly po-
HticaI and usually good uatured. A
national election IS The harvest time
for the Iampoonist. and 1t is generally
conceded that many thousands Of votes
are influenced by his pencil
CaTicdtu IS probable az old as man g
ability 10 express himself bY the graphic
art ID IS common on the papFrl ana
sculptured Assyrian and Greek remains.
Although the Greeks were expected 20
entertain a certain reverence for their
gods. that fact did not restrain them
from caricaturing them. The moukish
iiiuEainat0rs OF the early ages could not
resist the teulpLa ton 10 evolve an lncl-
dental pencil joke. The first great Eng
Iish caricsLurist was Hogartn. who
made himself famous by satlElZlng So
cfal vice Political cariCaLure Ia Eng
land began In the time OF Sir Horace
Walpoie- In 1871 Punch was founded.
At present there Is almost no spot on
the habitated globe where caricature in
some form is not used. A modern jour
nal which concluded TO get along with
Gus II would soou discover Its mistake.
The Washington times., 1904-10-23

tne various candidates who come before
the people asking their votes. The char
actertstics Of the respective leaders of
the two great parties, as wei as of
their associates In the race that is now
approaching its finish have furnished
abundant opportunity Tor the irrevereut
chaps with pencil and pasteboard weap-
ons TO make hits that are palpable but
which contain few venomous things.
Never has less viciousness been dis
played ia the picture arguments that
are sent broadcast through the columns
Of the daily press than during this cam
paign, but the cartoons of today do not
lack force even If they forego 6erocity.
There is q similarity but not a same
ness in most Of the cartoon figures
familiar 70 newspaper readers, and the
particular foibIe used by the cartoonist
10 identify his victim becomes almost
an inevitable feature of cartoon repre-
sentatiOn OF that man. Thus Bush's
Rough Rider investiture OF Mr. Roose-
welt would be recognized as a Presiden-
ual adjunct FAR and wide. even if no
sembiance OF human c0untenance ac-
companied it, This is the favorite car
toon 7dornmenr OF the President, al
though many caucaturists have clothed
the stalWart form Of the Chief 8Iagis-
trate in other hsbiIiments with telling
success Each distinguished man has
his trademark more or less deserved
and the cartoorist IS sure not 10 over
look these when opportunity presents
itself
Tho cartoonists may not always see
the candidates in the right light. but
thew are sure 10 enable others to see
them more clearly than they would
The Washington times., 1904-10-23
Ben Thorn, Long Sheriff of CaLaVeras County,
And His Surprising Record Against Bad Men

Ben Thorn. of Calaveras. for nearly
forty years sheriff Of that mountain
county made famous by Mark Twain s.
story Of the jumping frog, Is a man OF
abnormal bravery. whom the most des-
perate criminals feared. The inhabitants
OF the county acquired the habit OF vot-
ing for Thorn iu early days. and 81 be-
came chronic with them after "a few
years. The Republicans used TO go
through the form OF nominating q cam
didats for sherin, but tley gave that
up twenty years ago. Gave the Demo
cratic politicians left Thorn of their
ticket, bat ne nominated himself and
beat both party candidates By a clear
majority.
A Daring Arrest.
Ben Thorn hrst served as a DEPUTY
sheriff at San Antonio in 1870. when the
mining camps OF Calaveras were infest-
ed by the widest crowd OF bad men
that ever came over the pike sam
Brown was one Of the most notorious
killers in the lot. a cold. dangerous des-
perado, and it became necessary TO ar
rest him and another bravo named Bunty
Owens for some deviltFy beyond toll
Grafton. The warrant was given 10
Thorn, and alone he went 10 Bunty's
cabin on O'Neiu Creek. the resort Of the
gang.
AS Thorn stepped from the brush into
the clearing ia which the cabin stood
he saw the barrel of "a rifle poled be-
tween the logs and pointing straight at
him. and he knew sam Brown was be-
hind the gun. Without giving any sign
that he saw the rifle. Thorn walked
unhesitatingly straight to the cabin
door smoking clgar. and making no
move 20 draw his pistol His manner
was mat oI man on a matter-Of-tacL
erfand. and expecting no sort OF trou-
ole. He raped on the door. and fu
response 10 Hunty Owens demand con-
corning the natuT. of his business he
told OF the warrants in his pocket. His
calm assumption that the despeTadOes
would respect the authority of the law
dominated their laWless minds and it
is q fact that he took them both as
prisoners 10 san Antonio although
Brown fully intended TO shoot him when
he first appeared in the clearing. Brown
told Thorn that III he had hesitated or
even looked up as he approached the
cabin the bullet would have sped; and
Thorn calmly informed Brown that he
had known that perfectly Wei at the
time.
Made Prison Of a Saloon.
There was no Jail at San Antonio. or il
there was some sort Of lookup. q was
q himsy affair and so Thorn took his
prisoners TO Spencer's sawmill on the
creek. and made the saloon a place OF
temporary detention. Although Brown
and Owens accepted the situation. and
had no thought of escape, a crowd OF
Browns friends gathered In the saloon.
and became Ugly as they drank Thorn
wrote a list OF the names OF dH the men
In the saloon and put it iu his pocket.
and then stopped the sale OF liquor FOR
tHe night Some of the crowd found &c
Cuil and went out, but a rough gang re-
manned, and Thorn sat up AN night on
box IN tho corner with his siX-sh0oter
Do his hand, and produced his prisoners
IN court I'm the morning.
The Washington times., 1904-10-23
Minneapolis
DfsnaFCh

To be typical and artistic a carics-
ture must eXaggerate real traits so
plainly that they cannot fail TO be rec
ognized. il must also be conceived in a
spirit OF unmistakabie good nature. III
a cartoonist permits his own personal
opinions and prejudices TO occupy too
much 81 the foreground his effort IS
likely 70 be a failure I'm an artistic sense.
Most Of all, a csricature must be free
from any suspicion Of malice on the part
Of the artist. For a cartoonist 20 endoW
his subject with some mental or moral
euormity which he does not possess
would be as untrue 20 art as 10 would
be- to ridicule a physical deformity
It Is true enough that the average
The Washington times., 1904-10-23
FOibleS Furnish Great
Opportunities For
LampOOnS.
Picture Arguments Now
Less Vicious Than
Formerly.
CarlcatureS Now Used in
All Portions of the
Globe.

n o journalistic pen is SO dreaded
M as that OF the caricaturist His
forte is exaggeration. and by
this means he turns 20 ridicule
the Efforts Of the reformer. and holds
up 90 public scoTu the crimes OF the
h5pocrite and gTafter. In America he
has reached the pinnacle Of power The
ireeGon ~ the press has opened a field
% thc artist which he has not been
slow - enter. Nothing s. sacred to the
cartooalst SO Far has this license been
carried THAI many conservative persons
have openly condemned the practice
and advised that @ censor be appointed
10 control the capricious pen OF the carl
caturist il spite OF this comment the
artists ~ the faclle pen continue 10 deal
their blows right and left without re-
straiur. Probably no other class OF men
On the country has such power to shape
the opinion Of the masses
During the course OF the present Pres
identlal campaign the cartoonists have.
perhaps. ezcened an their previous ef-
forts in makiug hits at the expense Of
The Washington times., 1904-10-23

0f executive civil servi-- such as It did
quarter Of century ac0. There IS
mucn more stability and -ernanence of
position, ana as long as the cmDloye
proves himself or herself capable Of do
lng the work assigned, he or she viii
remain in Office. As q result Of the new
rules governing The civil service. there
has been developed "a class Of young
1en and women who are trained to the
work required by the Government. The
character OF the appointments in the
District while varied. show that the
great majority Of the EMPLOYEES come
under tho so-called classified service and
are subject to the rules laid down bv
she civil Service Commission. There are
nine kinds OF appointments. Presiden-
iiaL excepted, by examination, by classi-
ncatlon oT extension. preference. tenn
Tordry, uuclassinec. classification peud-
ms ana uon-competILiv In evcrt- de-
p4riment Ey Ear The largest proportion
OF the employee are CLASSIFIED. The
Smithsonian and the Department of
Commerce anG Labor were the only two
institutions which showed large NUM-
Der Of the uucIassihed employee. These
Included special agents ana scientific
men.
Majority In Classified Service.
or the employees in the District. 9. 26l re-
ceiFed their appointments after passing
examinations. They are an under the
eIasslned service There is an even
greater rumbe under the classified serv-
ice today whs never took an examina-
i-on. by classification and extension no
Tess than E.3si employees have come un-
der the classified service and now hold
their positions on the same basis. as the
more recent apDointees who came in
through examination. They have been
protected Dy the laws enacted since their
first appointment 90 govern the civil
service.
The length Of service of the employees
In the classified service IS longer than
that or the uuclassided and the term
OF once Of the government employees in
Washington averages much longer than
IL does elsewhere. bfore than fifteen
thousand have been in office for more
than five years, Z.7ss have held once
for over twenty years, ,262 for more
than thirty years; and l53 Of the faith
ful have served for more than forty
years. The report submitted By the Cen
sus Bureau is especially interesting as
bearing GA the advisability OF enacting
experimentation law. IT may be advis-
able 70 uE a 1lm-t Woich shall govern
the retirement Of the Government clerks
REQUIRED OF them as well as they have
gone ~ iH years gone by. There have at
lues been suggestions made that retire
menl with suitable pension may De
the most desirable scheme under the
circumstance
Uncle sam pays his employees in the
District annual salaries averaging 81. 812
THESE salaries range from less than SGD
% 81 800. Iu good routd numbers the
Government annually eXpends upward
OF So 800 600 in salaries for the depart
ment workers here. The qnDiO5es OF the
The Washington times., 1904-10-23

man may be made sufficiently ridiculous
by the employment OF perfectly lesiti-
mate methods. A slight ezaggeration Of
ones virtues Is often quite enough TO
create an absurdity. This species Of
caricature was employed by the ecclesi-
astical lamp0onists Of the middle ages.
There is no question as 90 the power
that has been exerted BY skillfulIy
drawn caTicature. Political corruption
has been made Odious. and the plague
spots Of Official depravity have been
laid bare A caricatuTlst single happy
stroke often points a moral which all
the elOquenCe of a BOssuet might rail
TO make clear. 1T IS "a matter OF general
Credence that the constant ana piIiless
warfare waged by Thomas Mast and
The Washington times., 1904-10-23

Browns friends gathered in force at
the hearing. ready TO override the court
held Brown without bail Tor murder.
Lafayette Cholsser attempted 10 hand a
pistol 10 the desperate Thorn prompt
~ knocked ChOisseT down and secured
the pistol, and his quiet determine ton
overaWed the rough crowd
Fight with a Chileno.
Among the desperadoes OF the mining
camps was a ChilenO named Santiago
Moline. who came 20 FL Dorado in 1919
with nifty poems TO work the placers.
Moline was a homicidaI fend. but 50
long as he murdered only his own poems
the Americans made no strenuous ef-
forts 10 abolish him His weapon was
the knife and ne induced Anderson. tie
blacksmith at Greenwood, TO make for
him a plUrderOus blade Weighing eight
pounds. which he carried habitually-
one night Anderson and Chlleno got
into ngnt IN a saloon ana LcH stfu5-
Cling 70 the floor, the blacksmith on top,
Santiago MOlino was one OF the on
lockers. and when he saw the Ameri-
can getting the better of the Chileno' he
sprang upon him with his huge knife
and drove ii nerceiy between his should
ers. So feTocious was the blow that the
heavy blade passed through the Ameri-
can body and into the breast OF the
ChilenO. killing both men.
Had Murdered Six Men.
The Infatuated American miners. who
detested the .'Greasers" generally.
burned the Chleno quarter Of the camp
ana drove all the occupants out cot the
diggings, but failed 10 capture Moline
MOlino was known TO have murdered six
men, and a reward Of a thousand dol
lars was offered for him. dead or alive
He fed into the mountains. and the off,
GERS Of ali the mountain counties began
a hunt for him. Thorn got track of him
I'm Mariposa county and finally located
him at a small camp called "CoIor0W. q"
properly Colorado"
II was a dark night when Thorn en-
tered MOlino's cabin 20 arrest him. The
outlaw jumped Tor his gun, but Thorn
grappled with him and prevented him
from securilss, the weapon. After a brief
struggle Molino broke away and ran
out Of the cabin. clad only I'm a pair OF
cotton drawers. Thorn pursued him
through the brush. and catching
glimpse Of the white drawers in the
dark. he fred at them FOR general re-
suits. The bullet struck Moline ia the
spine and killed him. somewhat 10 the
chagrin OF the sheriff, who intended
only 10 hit a leg
noted horse thief OF those days was
a gigantic Mexican answering 10 The
Eame of jesus BieloVo. The culmiua-
ton of his criminal career was the muir
der or Judge Roberts ia a dance house
az Jenny Lind In ISIS. After the muF-
der he lied 10 an island IN the Calaveras
River and held the pursuing crowd az
miners or until lc was wounded sew
eral times lie was taken and SEN
fenced 20 he hanged at MOkelumme
Eill. Three daEs before The date fixed
tQr execution Thorn took Bielovo out
ot jail 20 have his picture made by q
The Washington times., 1904-10-23

daguerreotyper in the town Thorn was
accompanied by Tom Paul, son Or the
sheriff, ana old not take the precau-
ton Of Handwriting the prisoner. On
the street Biel0VO suddenly turned upon
Thorn and seized his pistol and his
knife.
Thorn grabbed the wrist OF the hand
that held the knife and twisted IL 80
that Believes hold was broken, but tie
Mexican secured the pistol and pressed
the muzzle against morn s BODY lnQia
reached for BieIOVo's face, forced a
finger saVagely up 8 nostrtl and inlet
ed such a sudden and eZcruclaunE pain
that the giant dropped the pistol ana
howied Ior mercy. tne DIG Lel9@s
thoroughly coWed, was returned % JAIL
Lively Fight With Horse Thieves.
one OF the IveIiest fights Thorn ever
had occurred at Columbia In 1851. the
year of his first election as sheriff. He
had been only a deputy IN TO that time,
He was after three Mexican horse
thieves 1IaIdonado. Rodriguez. and Ga
lind0-and with Deputy Tom Evans he
Jrailed them to Columbia, In Tuolumme
county. The AIeXiCans learned that the
officers were close upon them, and they
saddled their horses IN Lee Matthew'S
stable at night, mounted and made
ready 20 dash out and away. Matthews
detecTee their prepare IONS suspeeLlns
their identity, and hastened to inform
the sheriu. and suggest schemes 10 CIR
cumVeHL their plan.
norm Instantly k-E-1-@A OH a EL4LALe-A
attack. and with his deputy and the
stable keeper went straight 20 the barn
door behind which fh6 mounted des-
peradoes were waiting. Eiinglng the
door open, Thorn leaped at Maldonado
and dragged him from the saddle. Wrest-
ing q revolver from his hand at the
same time. GalindO fired three shots az
the snerim as socn as tne door was
opened. but injured only his coat Mat
theWs shot Rodriguez ln the side. and
that worthy tumDleu OUT OF the SADDLE
behind a chest. Evans blazed away 40
Galindo, who struck spurs 20 his horse
dashed out of the barn. and gallonet
away into the nlghL Handing Nal
ran into the harness room, seized Rod
rigUeZ by the hair tu the darkness.
pounded him into d0cility with Mai
dOnadO's pistol, and dragged him forth
q captive
Never hit by Bullet.
Tt seems almost miraculous that the
sherin OF CaIaveras never was hit by
any OF tie many bullets hred az him.
but no doubt the uuh5sitating directness
Of his attacks upon armed desperadoes
ratified them and spoiled their aim.
Something. however, must be credited to
good luck, FOR bad marksman often hin
az close quarters The sheriff IS not a
COMMUNICATING man. lie IS of me-
dunn height and spare, wiTy build, and
his ordinary dcmeano= is quiet ana
courteous
The sheriff OF Calaveras always car
ried the old-style loose-ammuniii0u Colt
revolver that n1l been MS constant come
Taniou since the sixties ana che barrel
had rubbed against the saddle $50 long
that it was worn down fo lrFel un one
side at tue nozzle &othug could in-
duce him 90 exchange that ancient weep
ou for "a modern arm. He knew the
ola gun as he knew his own hand, au d
he could shoot with IL, and no mistake.
The Washington times., 1904-10-23
QUEST

What WAYS through the wide world.
east or west
Shall 4 follow, dear, TO find you2
Perhaps by some road I know the best
should fare aud-not FAR behind YOU
PERHAPS hy the changing tracks that
cross
Where The suns and the storms are
beating
Mid the lonely reaches where swift
waves tcs-
might seek for the place of meetIngl
An. whatever the road, OF south or
north.
Through chilli OF snow. or the glowing
o. passion-rozes. 4 journey forth
Far, far as Che winds are blowing.
On, heart OF my heart. when / reach
you, when
The arms Of my longing bind you.
IT may Dee that then. and only then,
J shall know I can never find you.
Madeline Briggs, in The Smart Set