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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
after
TWENTY
YEARS.
BENZ. ". Chadb0urne Pardon0d
After Long Term in Prison.
His Joy at Release.

Thomaston. Me. Jan. 23,--After having
spent more than twenty years OF his life
as prisoner behind the grim walls OF the
state prison here. Benjamin w. Chad
bourne today walked forth from the in
stitution a free man.
Sentenced I'm 1853 to life imprisonment
for murder. Chadbourns always has pro-
tested his innocence and never lost hope
Yesterday, after hearing an earnest plea
from tho aged attorney who defended
Chadbourne at his trial moro than score
OF years ago, and receiving a report from
the prison physician 10 the effect that
the prisoner was suffering from a fatal
Illness full pardon was granted by the
governors council
When the glad news reached the prison.
er In the hospital ward today he seemed
almost beside himself with Joy. To every
one he explained that IL was for his SON s
sake that he felt the greatest pleasure in
his release.
He was a baby when / left them to
come to this place" said Chadbourne.
"All these years he has worked constant
ly TO clear the stain from his fathers
name and from his own. IL was through
his efforts that my pardon was granted.
must now do my share to make him
happy"
Chadbourne left for his sons home In
Pittsfeld this afternoon Chadbourne
was sentenced to state prison for life In
1888 for the murder OF Alvin T. Watson at
Parkman. The prosecution named jeal-
ousy as the motive for the crime
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23

A death by gas asphyxiation was dts
covered at 1s Friendship street. this
morning.
The mousse Ia one in which lodgings are
let by Mrs. e. @. Smith.
The victim was Miss Jennie Cummings.
23 years old.
Miss Cummings was last seen alive at
1880 o'clock last night. at which time she
was in the bath room. washing a few
pieces OF clothing.
She occupied a small hall bedroom on
the second floor next 10 that rented by
Fred Rowland.
Mr.. Rowland was awakened at T:45
o'clock by very strong odor OF gas, and
making an investigation, discovered that
1t was escaping from Miss Cummings'
room.
He hastily summoned Mrs. Smith. and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
SCARLET
fever IS
INCREASING,

There has been an increase in the num-
Der OF cases OF scarlet rever reported to
the health department. during the past
week, the total being Se against rs of the
preceding week
The number of red cards up on dwell
fngs was 12o this morning. but there were
three others to be added that were re-
ported during the day. This does not
by any means Indicate the total number
OF cases, for In some OF the houses there
are two and three members OF the family
ii. and at the hospital there Is a very
considerable number.
The diphtheria record shows slight
falling off. there being 16 cases reported
this week, and there were % last week
In all.
With the fve cases reported today
there are now about b5 places where
houses are quarantined because of diph-
therin-
The chart in the Office Of the super
intendent OF health shows that the great
er part OF that number Il upon the east
side OF the river. the scarlet fever cases
In particular being confined TO the north
end portion OF the city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
SUING FOR
$4,000
DAMAGES
Frank Joseph Claims His Leg
Was Crushed by Improperly
Protected Elevator.

The Union Trust company and the Mo-
Cullar~Parker company are defendants In
a suit to recover $4,000 for personal tn
jurtes. brought by Frank Joseph. Ths
latter was on Sept Is an empioys OF the
McCullar-Parker company which leases
the building II occupies from the Union
Trust company.
There was an elevator in the building
leased. and n 10 claimed that the defend
ants were negligent In not having such
appliances on the elevator. as would pre-
vent the car being operated while the
elevator doors were open. Mr.. Joseph
declares that when the elevator car was
level with the third floor he tried to get
on IL. but II suddenly shot upward and
his left leg was caught and crushed be-
tween the car 1oor and the main floor of
the fourth story.
The flesh was torn from the ankle to
the knee. all the muscles were strained
and torn, and the plaintiff suffered a
severe shock 10 his nervous system.
John w. Hogan is attorney for the
plaintiff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23

by her direction, broke open the door.
Miss Cummings was fully undressed ana
In bed.
II needed but glance to tell that the
unfortunate girl was dead
She had been asphyxiated by gas
which had flowed from a side bracket.
the cock OF which was nearly half open.
Medical Examiner Pegram was called
and after inquiring fully into the cir
cumstances. said that death had resulted
from accident.
Miss Cummings had resided In this city
about one year.
She had worked in restaurant on
snow street, and iatterly was employed
In Toomey's near Turks Head
She told Mrs. Smith that she came here
from Boston. She has two sisters in
this city, a Mrs. LAnnon and Mrs.
Davidson, who reside in the Olneyvills
district
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
TO DANCE AT FAIR.

New Haven, Conn, Jan 23-The Yale
freshman dancing class will give an ex-
hibltion at the St Louis fair next sum
mer according TO Dr. William @. Ander-
son, director r-of-the-fafo gymnasium,
who Is the head dancing master
Last year DIR. Anderson introduced
dancing as a feature or the athletic train
ing at Yale. and the freshmen spent the
first year learning the lit. the break
down and other dances and became 90
proficient that the officers OF the fair
want the men 10 come 10 St Louis and
dance for the summer fair visitors
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
TOMORROW BRINGS
PEACE Or WAR
Crisis Near at Hand and in TWenty-Four
Hours RuSso-Japanese |mbrog|io
Will Assume Definite Proportions.

Port Arthur jan a3-Egh officials here they believe war
peace will be decided upon today or tomorrow
of the heads of all the departments OF the
Manchnan administrations orders issued that list OF every
Manchuria be
of those indispensable for the civil administration which
possible claimed that total
10000
Arthur feet stationed just outside the
mouth of the harbor.
military quantities being bought
on he condition of immediate delivery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
PITIFUL END
Father Came 10 Save Son and Both DIs
From AsphyIaton.

New Haven. Conn.,. Jan. 2-yoseph
Arthur. aged IS. came down from East
hampton. Thursday afternoon 70 look for
bis son Joseph. aged % years. a brake
man Of the New York ana New Haven
railroad. who. he heard. was going as
tray. After searching all the evening IN
the saloons OF ths town the father dis
ooverd his son and went 10 his boarding
rturn home today.
This morning the landiady. Mrs Nc
Cartin. found the two dead I'm bed and
the gas cock wide open. The theory is
that the elder man. unused % gas. blew
II out on retiring.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
PR|NCETON'S
PRESIDENT
IN ADDRESS

New York, Jan. 23.-President Woodrow
Wilson of Princeton University speaking
on "Americanisma" before the outlook
club of Montclair, N j.. discussed at
length the national character. In part he
said:
ut is hard to analyze the national
character for when we conceive OF the
American we think in terms suitable to
that part of the country In which we
ourselves live We are to be
congratulated on our national sem
timent, for we have every little
sectional miasma. In spite OF this we do
not try 10 be conventional. and that is
what makes us what we are. Nobody but
Americans can understand what Ameri-
can character is and yet can we really
understand IL ourselves?
"It took us one century 20 settle and
colonlze this country. the next century
was spent I'm getting rid OF the Dutch and
French the third I'm establishing the ma
tion and settling the difficulties between
the north and south and we now have
things on q national basis which does not
seem at present TO be threatened by any
catastrophe It is true that we have an
archy and socialism TO deal with but this
is no evil peculiar TO us for all nations
have 20 deal with them. We are still in
the flush OF manhood and we have fu-
ture ahead OF US.
eve have entered the fourth century OF
our existence with a big question mark
staring us In the face We pride ourselves
on our political liberty but II what we
call political liberty Is found In the cities
A IL a peculiar lberty We have now ar
rived at time when we must correct the
evils that have arisen i'm our governments
and there are many OF them. even N only
In our city governments. II is doubtful II
the makers OF the constitution would rec
ognize II ~ they were to see II now for IL
certainly has been stretched. We cannot
say that the stretching has been harmful
for IL is better that Il be stretched than
II should break
I'VE should keep high ideals whether
new or old. n we don't we will decline.
We ought not 20 put men AT the head OF
the nations affairs whose honor can IN
any way be questioned"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
Allegheny and Monongahe|a Out Of
Their BankS--PartS Of Cities Of Pitts
burg and Allegheny Submerged and
Much Damage Done--Rai|road Trat-
fiC Affected and Loss Of Life May
Resu|t--Coa| Barges Lost in the
Rush Of Water and Ice.

Pttsburg Pa jan s3-The of the food which sweep
down the Allegheny and Monongea rivers will be reported in
Pttsbug by today and expected the maximum of
will be 80 feet
All parts the city and side submerged
In Allegheny the entire section south of
and extending from Grant Pine
with from six feet of Exposition and the national
ball grounds nearly five of portions
fourth and eighth wards also flooded
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23

estosa Creek went out last night and car
r1ed away the new steel bridge OF the
Lancaster and York Furnace Trolley line.
The ice on the susduehanna river Is
weakening rapidly and may go at any
moment.
harrisburg, Pa, Jan, 23-The simulta-
neous breaking of two of the S0-inch mains
which feed ohe reservoir and supply water
to the network OF pipes throughout Har-
risburg has caused the worst water fam
inc ever known IN this city. This state of
xffairs is one OF the most serious known IN
years and Is made worse by the flood IN
Paxton Creek which -Eetards the work OF
repair.
Continued on page Two.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
ROOSEVELT COAGRATUlATES
Gen. HoratIo C. kIng'sFourtesnth GrandchIId
Arrives and the President ReloIces.

New York. Jan. 2s,-Not long ago Gen.
Horatio c. King OF Brooklyn called on
President Roosevelt and I'm the course OF
the conversation proudly informed the
president that he had 13 grandchildren.
on Monday the 14th grandchild arrived.
and Gen. King notified President Roose-
welt, who has just replied:
MY Dear Gen. King-Three cheers for
you and especially for the mother OF the
youngest grandchild. Sincerely yours.
(Signed)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
REPlEvIN SUIT BEGUN.

The Household Furniture company has
entered n replevin suit In the common
pleas division OF the supreme court
against the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company. Plaintiff re-
plevined a large amount OF carpets and
furniture, valued at s32S26.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
KILLED IN BATTLE.
Lieut.. Campbell Reported Killed BY MoTos.
Others Seriously Wounded.

Manila. Jan. PA report has been re-
ceived from Mindanao 10 the effect that
1t. Campbell and w. Flake had been kill
ed and that Lieut.. William r.. Roberts
and Private Ferry had been badly wound
cd when out on scouting expedition
against unfriendly Moros.
All Of the men belonged TO the 22nd in
fqntry
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
SCHOONER
FOR BOSTON
WRECKED

New York. Jan. 3.-The four-masted
schooner Augustus Hunt. Capt. Blair.
from Norfolk. Jan. IS. for Boston was
wrecked of West Hampton, L. l., today.
The Augustus Hunt was built In 1882
at Bath. Me-, her home port. She Is 100
tons gross. 2S feet long, 40.7 feet breadth
and 2O.4 deep, and carries a crew Of 10.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
BOSTON PHYSICIAN DIES.

Boston. Jan. 23.--Dr. J. Varnum Mott. a
we'll known physician OF this city. died
today at his home on Commonwealth ave
nue. from heart disease. lie was SO year.,
old and was born I'm New York city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
MET DEATH N FLOOD.

Sharon. Pa. Jan. 23.-Four men and
woman who attempted 20 ford a swollen
stream near here today were swept away,
and II Is reported all were drowned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23
KILLED BY GAS
WHILE SHE SLEPT
Jennie Cummings Found Dead in Her
Room at 156 Friendship Street -Un-
fortunate Woman's Home, Boston.

JENNIE CUMMINGS IN HER
SHE HAD BEEN AsPHYxATgo ILLUMINATING
MEDICAL EXAMINER A Ac.
HAD Emplov
IN LOCAL RESTAURANTS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-23

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
THE MASTER BUILDER

follow it. Yet this is one of the funda-
mental facts accounting for Mr.. Hills
success, and must always be reckoned
with. He has built to a plan as definite
and as carefully prepared as that of
an architect; but it was a plan invisi-
BILE and incapable of construction or Of
understanding to a mind that could not
with equal clearness foresee the move
ment of events and the course of local,
national and world development down
to it's minutest detail.
By way of example, take the next
great step, the one that placed Mr.. Hill
at once foremost among the railroad
men of his time,
the one that laid RANscoNTINENTAL
the corner stone LINE
of Northwest CONSTRUCTED
This was the construction Of his trans
continental line. At the time of it's
projection, and even down to the day
of it's completion, there were few who
did not speak of it as they have spo-
ken of many another of his enterprises
until justified by the event, as Hills
folly Success seemed impossible.
Already there was a transcontinental
line to the south, pushed through to
the coast after running the original
stockholders and receiving liberal aid
from the nations bounty. Already
there was another to the north, created
and guaranteed against miShap by the
bounty of a government. 1t was be-
lieved to be impossible to build line
to the Pacific by private means. James
j. Hill did it without the gift of dol
lar or an acre Of land. 1t was believed
that such line, if built, not only could
not pay it's way, but would carry down
IL %l,0
system by absorbing their gains to re-
coup it's losses. James ]. Hill has
made it a venture so paying that inter-
est on bonds and dividends on stock of
the Great Northern are as unfaillng as
the seasons. And he did this because
he had mastered his problem in ad-
vance,
His theory has always been that a
railroad is a business enterprise, to be
handled according to business princi-
pies. 1t is to be made to pay. And it
can pay only as it Creates fosters and
encourages the patronage by which it
lives. Therefore the keynote is the de-
velopment of traffic. Fill the country
with sturdy and intelligent people. In
duce them to settle in territory tribu-
tary to the line and make it possible
for them to live there in comfort and
prosperity. Share with them the bene-
fit of prosperity by decreasing freight
rates as rapidly as conditions will per-
nit. Thus new territories, and then
new states, have been the milestones to
mark the progress of the Great North
ern system westward. Thus the vol
ume of it's business has grown in mar
Vicious ratio, and it's own earnings have
multiplied while the cost of Transport
tation to the shipper was constantly
on the decline. Under the Management
of Mr.. Hill the business handled by his
system has grown to thirty times it's
original volume, while the average rate
charge per ton per mile has been cut
down about 70 per cent. This is the
idea, utterly revolutionary as far as
the practices of the men who were in
control of the railroad business of the
country when Mr.. Hill made his entry
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

inf1exible; his will. as must be that
of those who conquer greatly,
brooks no obstacles. But in the prac-
teal output of his genius selfishness
has little place. He is doing the
work of the world in his place and in
his way, and that is to him occupation
and delight. His beautiful home in st.
Paul is such as a man like this would
make for himself; worthy in its solidity
and it's adornmentS of his wealth and
position in the world of men, but with
out oStentation and in the truest sense
a home. He is a man of manifold ac-
quirements, possessed of one of the
finest collections of paintings in the
country, and personally and artistically
cognizant of their merits; a connoiSSeTr
in precious Stones an authority on the
values and pedigrees of blooded cattle,
satisfied with nothing less than thor.
ough excellence in anything that hand
or mind touches in swift flight. Gifted
with a memory little short of marvel
Gus, he seiZes with quickness and GER
tainty and retains with iron grasp alike
the far-reaching conceptions that mold
the industries of continents and the
smallest details of complicated affairs.
His citizenship is active and interests
itself in furthering the cause of good
government, and his unceaSing philan-
thropies, public and private, are as nu-
merouS as they are retiring and con-
cealed.
Such is St. Pauis foremost citizen,
whose life's work and history are so
great a part of her own. There is
scarcely one of the great industries
centered here that does not owe much,
in many cases it very existence, to his
active aid. The pulses of commerce
that beat in her veins were set in mo
ton by his keen genius and his restless
hand. The business that crowds her
marts drew it's motive power from
sources on the distant prairie which
his craft redeemed from the wilderness
and gave to civilization. And as she
faces the larger area and looks across
continents and seas to the commercial
future, it is his homely and prophetic
word that is flashed back from signal
stations halfway around the globe.
The conserving labor of millions, their
love of liberty, their frugality. their in
dustry have raised one upon another
the granite blocks of the Northwests
imperial structure. But upon the cor
ner stone must be inscribed, where
coming generations will read and I'M
derstand, the name of the master
builder; James J. Hill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

are concerned, that has made 1t posi-
BILE to erect a mighty railroad system
as purely commercial enterprise, and
to make it pay out on its own merits.
This is the first conception behind
the creation of Mr.. HILL and in tangible
form 1t appears as the Great North
west; a tier of states
HAlIHoAO AND stretching from the
PUBLIC Great Lakes to the
ARE PARTNERS Pacific, smiling i'll
prosperity, humming
with industry, lowered with wealth. The
second and greater conception will APP
pear later on, in dealing with the ulti-
mate purpose and scope of his trans
portatlon system as a whole. But the
immediate idea was the vital principle
energizing the vast country affected,
and the industries now so important a
portion of the national heritage. Just
as there was no mendicancy in asking
aid from the government, but a proud
reliance on individual resources as a
matter of sound business, so has there
been no pretenSe of philanthropy in
dealing with the Northwest, but a sys-
tenn of intelligent direction of effort
and the sound business system that
teaches self help. From first to last
the Great Northern, as representing the
ideas of Mr.. Hill, has stood for a part
nership with the people. His simple
proposition is that a railroad can pros
per only as the people are prosperous
who live in the country that it serves
and must contribute the business from
which its revenues are to be drawn.
Therefore the people of the Northwest
have had some experiences unique in
this or any country.
The policy of the railroad to encour-
age immigration has been consistently
and vigorously carried out. The Great
Northern was pioneer in this line of
work, and its system today furnishes
the model which enlightened manage
ments elsewhere are following. But
the settler, once obtained, must be a
producer and consumer, must contri-
butte to traffic, if he is to render to the
railroad any other return than the bare
cost of his ticket. Therefore his ma
terlal interests have been made a study
At an early day Mr.. Hill perceived the
evil of devotion to a single crop, and
the immense advantages possessed by
the Northwest for stock raising Ma
tive varieties were of low grade, and he
scattered among the counties along
his lines blooded cattle and hogs. i'm
ported by himself, in order to improve
the native strains of stock. The result
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

sumo but a single bushel of wheat per
annum it would bankrupt our supply,
and if each person contributed but $40
q year in all to the purchase of COM
modities of American origin it would
give US an export business of nearly
five billions of dollars. And these fig
ures are quite within the possibilities
of advancing civilization.
The last fight of this great interna-
tional struggle for the control of trade
is to be fought upon the sea. The issue
of it is in no wise
doubtful. 1t is deter BIG STEAMERS
mined by the same REDUCE
kind of facts "a nd OCEAN RATES
forces that would de-
clare the fortunes of two nations ar
war, one possessed of a modern navy
and the other relying upon ships IN
ferior in number and of antique pat.
tern. For this event, too, the genius OF
Mr. Hill provided long ago. AS MS
railroad line is able to meet and DIS
lance competition on land, so the SHIPS
that he is now bringing TO completion
in the great yards at New London Will
master it on sea. Upon their banners
might we'll be inscribed the same all
conquering motto to which reference
has been made so often, the low
freight rate For it is by that sign
that they will conquer, and it is to re-
duce- the cost of ocean transportation
so that the through freight rate may
absolutely command the situation that
they have been called into being.
A railroad capitalized at 100000 a
mile can earn and pay dividends while
carrying freight at rates which one
capitalized at 100000 a mile cannot
meet without bankruptcy, even sup
posing cost of operation to be equal.
A steamship that can carry six times
as much as any rival, and be operated
at only double the cost, can dominate
the BUSINESS of its route. This is the
practical embodiment of the low freight
rate, by which Mr.. Hill means to as
semble and transport a commerce
mightier than the world has yet looked
upon. He will be able, with all his in
strumentalities in working order, with
no interference with his plans, with the
expansion that the Oriental market is
capable of, to turn the trade of the
world to follow the sun, bringing with
it prosperity and power to this country
and to the Northwest.
The big steamers that are to play so
important a part in this development
are now nearing completion. The Min
nesota and the Dakota will outclass