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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
LAKEWOOD.

quiet home wedding occurred az the
residence of Henry w. Taylor at 2S
jefferson street, Saturday night, when
LoCis Ninton Taylor his son. was united
I'm marriage 20 Miss Esther Arlington.
daughter Of Mrs. John Arlington Of
Providence. Rev Charles A. Denfeld.
rector OF the Episcopal churches al Edge
wood and PawtuXet. performed the cerc-
mony the double ring service being used
The parlor was prettily decorated FOR
the oees sion. afiA-tife ceremony -t4i4isi
witnessed ~ tho relatives and few in
innate friends OF the contracting parties
The bride. who was prettily gowned in
pink lawn and carried a shower bouquet
OF pink roses, was accompanied by Miss
Florence l.. Scott OF Providence. and
William T. Fallon Jr., of Providence. was
best man. The young couple will reside
at tho Taylor home on jefferson street
When~.' became known that a wedding
had taken place. tho young people re-
ceived a visit from number OF young
people, in addition 10 number Of pretty
and useful gifts from those who were bid
den TO the ceremony.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
ROCKY NOOK IS SAVED
FROM DESTRUCTION BY FIRE FFtSt

Plymouth, Mass, May S-The little set
tlement OF Rockynook I'm the town OF
Kingston which was threatened with de-
struction last night by the great forest
fire which has been raging since SATURDAY
in Plymouth. Kingston and Plympton.
was saved BY hard work and early today
the flames had swept past that point The
fire continues 10 burn fcrcey however.
and cottages at Seaside. between Plym-
outh and Kingston we're believed 10 be in
some danger
The wind was light from the west carry.
ing the flames in the direction of Plym-
outh. Hundreds OF men and boys worked
during the night all along the limo OF the
FIRE and continued their efforts today. II
T. impossible as yet 10 estimate tho loss
caused by the destruction Of valuable
standing timber which covered the hun
dreds OF acres already burned over but IL
Will reach many thousands of dollars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
BESSIE BOUTOHtS BODY
Complete Identification Of Nude Body
Found on Cutler Mountain.

Colorado Springs. Col May s.-Mrs. Me-
dia kemplcr wife Of Richard kempler oi
Syracuse y. Y, has Identified the body
OF the woman found on cutler Mountain
as that OF her daughter, Bessie Bouton
and has started with the body for New
York
The Identification was made complete
by the dental work on the teeth and by a
scar on the right side of tho left foretn-
ger as we'll as by the hair.
The mother charged that Milton Frank
lin Andrews attempted 90 xiii the girl
with poison while on the Pacific coast
The body Of BESSIE Bouton was found
on cutler Mountain south OF Colorado
Springs. ON Dec. n. 1904
The woman had boon shot iu the head
and every article OF her clothing removed.
Tho body had been placel face downward
and gasoline had been poured over the
corpse and fred. destroying the face cx-
cept tho dental work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08

was broken out into handsome Ameri-
can flag IL was greeted with salute OF
II guns and the plaudits OF the assembled
members and their lady friends Then a
club pennant OF blue with white lilies was
raised with due ceremony just beneath H.,
President Mccormack. in neatly worded
speech congratulated the members on the
results Of their husting. saying that seven
weeks ago they decided TO have n house
OF their own Six weeks the plans were
ready, five weeks the contractor was re-
served and four weeks the first spadefu
OF earth was turned with due ceremony
There were a number OF ladies who as
sembled In the ladies' room which Is
nearly finished, and enjoyed the cool
breeze and the pretty view from the win
doWs, well As went for "A paddle The
racing men OF the club were also out for
a spin just 20 keep I'm practice. Now that
the lockers are beins put in and the
members taking possession OF them and
canoe racks there Is "A great deal OF set
ulng up going on. There were but four
vacancies among the active members and
four honorary members, the president
said yesterday.
The members OF the Swastila Canoe
club were also out I'm good numbers yes
terday and the club float presented an
animated spectacle during the afternoon.
II was good day for the livery canoes
and row boats at Rhodes on the Paw
tuNet. as the boatmen AZ the big boat
house found.
The PawtuXet- Crescent Park ferry ser
vice began yesterday and the big launch
lola. in charge of Capt. Frank Read
and Engineer Goff carried many loads Of
pleasure seekers in both directions.
Fishermen were out I'm good numbers
and the first considerable catches OF tau
tog were brought In during the day
Robert Thornton. G.. II Johnson and
others who went down Saturday night
getting six good ones near Conimicut
light.
There were a number " picnicers down
near the Brown shore during the after
noon and a number ~ wooden buildings
erected there indicates that the camps
viii have permanency IN the future
IL Is perhaps the forerunner OF a build
ing boom In this section.
The Fire King band accompanied hy
ladies Went on trolley ride 10 Manton
Saturday night 10 attend the fair OF the
Fife and Drum band. which visited their
fair during the winter.
Tonight the ladies' auxiliary OF the
Volunteer Fire company. No. !, meets
In the engine house.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
CENTRAL FALLS.

Mrs, Alice, wife Of Albert 7. Mathew
son. died al her home. 81 AYR street.
yesterday afternoon. Deceased was the
daughter Of the late Abel Newton and
was well-known and highly respected
resident Of the West Side For a long
period she had been an invalid. In ad-
dition 10 her husband. two children sur
vive her. The funeral will take place
on Wednesday afternoon
The monthly meeting of the Naturalist
society was held yesterday morning. and
In the absence OF President Devhurst.
Samuel Roylance presided. II was de-
cided TO hold the annual flower show on
the last Saturday In August. and the
following committee was appointed 10
make arrangements for the affair: Rob.
ert Galloway. John Taylor. Samuel Roy
lance. John Lewis. Daniel Pearson.
Enoch Berry and George Worthington.
Cd
The nomination OF officers for tho en-
suing term was then made and the cleo
tion will take place AZ the first meeting
in June A committee was appointed 10
confer with the school committee and
other city officials relative TO having
waste land hesutifed by the children OF
the public schools with the planting of
flowers and shrubs
committee was also appointed TO ar
range for the decoration Of members
graves Sf Memorial day. Last evening
the members were addressed bv John
Lewis and David Peterson. The society
garden Is an object OF considerable at
traction a present on account of tho tu-
lips. which are IN fun bloom and the
members arc pleased 10 sec an residents
OF tho city visit and inspect the spot
Tonight 'he building committee will
meet and on Thursday evening will be
held meeting ~ the board of man
ayers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
CAPE COD
AFIRE FOR
90 MILES

Plymouth. Mass May s.--The forest IRE
which started on Friday near Darby sta
tion on the Mddleboro and Plymouth
branch OF the New York, New Haven ana
Hartford railroad. and which has twice
been believed Go be under control burs'
out afresh yesterday. and, propelled by
a strong southwest wind, swept onward
toward the little settlement OF Rocky
nook. i'm tho town OF Kingston.
The settlement was saved from deStruc-
ton last night by "A sudden SHIFT oi the
wind from the southwest TO the northeast,
Should the wind again shift southwest II
Is believed that Rockynook Will be wiped
out.
The breast of the fire is 10 miles in ex-
tent and probably 81 square miles were
burned over last night. Practically all the
residents OF Kingston and Plymouth have
turned out 20 fight the flames and large
force has been brought To the scene by
the New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company.
Immense tracts OF white pine and birch
have been destroyed and the loss will be
many thousand dollars
The fire IS said to be the worst that Pas
ever scourgcd this section Of MassachG-
setts Dense pals OF smoke have covered
all the towns I'm the vicinity and at times
the odor from tho burning forest is so
strong as 10 he almost choking.
NO WATER SUPPLY.
Those who were dghting the flames
worked at a great disadvantage. They had
no water supply 10 fall back upon. IL was
not considered prudent 10 use back fires
to any extent and the burned area was
characterized by soil so rocky as 20 make
IL almost impossible to fight the flames
with sand When the blaze was Temporal
rilv checked last night II had reached a
sandy country and tho FIRE fighters be-
licved that they would be able to control
40 Yesterday
The freshenIng southwest wind. how
ever. famed tho smouldering stumps into
flames yesterday forenoon. and as the
wind increased I'm force the tongues of
flames leaped from branch 10 branch OF
the tinder-dry trees and IN n short time
the forest became n roaring sea OF fire
Fire apparatus from this town and
Kingston was sent 90 the fire line yester-
day.
Just before the wind shifted the fau1es
were bearing down upon the tack factory
Of Cobb & Drew I'm Rockynook The fac
tory did not catch FIRE. however
During tho day cottage near Smclt
Pond. owned by Isaac Henry. was burned.
and 81 was reported here last night that
n large ice house. fun ~ ice belonging 10
Isaac Hedge of North Plymouth. had been
destroyed number OF shooting boxes
along the edge OF the pond were also
burned
Tho woodland burned over Yesterday
WAS owned principally by Barnabas
Hedge or this town Fred Bracket ~
Plympion and Joshua Dclano OF Rocky
nook
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
LONG AUTO BOAT RACE.

Agicrs May S-soven auto boats start
Cd yesterday I'm The long distance race
from this port 10 Toulou. The boats left
the harbor ut O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing. Lowis NiNon's Gregory. which wts
10 have represented Tho United states On
the contest. was not present
The sea was somewhat choppv which
interfercd With the progress Of tho boats.
mail steamer which arrived here yes-
terday afternoon reports passing the
boats, two % which we're being towad
today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
MRS. SloCUMB WILL RECOVER

NeWT0n, M17T-- NTV y-TTT7- WITHIN
" Slocumb ~ Jamaica Plain. who was
severely injured when the horses attached
20 the carriage On which she was riding
with her husband ran away in Newton
Upper Falls yesterday was resting COM
forl&blv az tho Newton hospital today
and tho physicians stated that she would
undoubtedly recover
When she was taken 10 the hospital hor
Injuries were believed 20 he dangerous.
but further examination showed them %
he less serious
Mr.. slccumb was not badly hurt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
AUTO BEAT EXPRESS

Meriden, Conn. May s-Thomas L.
Shevlin. captain of the Yale football team.
who Is said 20 have raced the Boston Ex-
press from New Haven Go Meridon last
Thursday and beat the train 10 this city.
surrendered 10 the police yesterday for
violating tho automobile speed law and
paid $40 10 settle the charge
Tho police 90 this city and New Rrlt-
ain made ~ arrests Yesterday ~ allsrei
violations ~ tho speed law. an ~ whom,
gave bond Of i25 for their appearance in
court.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
GALE AT SAN FRANCISCO DRIVES
WARSHIPS INTO COLLISION

San Francisco, Calif. May s-A stifr
gallo from tho southeast has damaged sew
eral vessels I'm the upper bay The tor
ppdo boat destroyer Paul jones dragged
us anchors and coliidod with the cruiser
Narblchoad statiug in plato OF the
Paul Jones and running one ~ ifs boats
Several merchant vessels were damaged
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
GERMANY'S MISSION TO
MOROCCO HAS IMPOSING ESCORT

Tangier. Morocco. May S-Tho GER
mar mission headed by Count Won Tat
teubash-Ashold. has arrived al Alcazar-
Cebcr. 80 miles northwest OF Fez. whore
81 WAS met by an imposing detachment
of cavalry which Will escort the mis-.
sion 90 Fcz
\ number OF troops have arrived here
TO escort the British minister. Gerald 4.
Lowther. 90 Fcz.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
DIES TN CANAL ZONE OF YELLOW JACK

Washington. May S-Word has been re-
cci,cd hero OF the death yesterday at
Panama OF Robert r. West of this city.
who was sent 10 the canal zone as a
deputy auditor Tor Tho isthmlan canal
zone I'm February of this wear
Death resulted from an attack 90 yellow
fever Prior Co. his departure for the
isthmus. Mr. west had held an important
position - the treasury department He
vas % years OF ase and a native % ken
tucky.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08

az the Narragansett Engine company VIII
be held tonight at their hearquarters al
Riverside
At Crescent Park Yesterday the regu-
lar shore dinner was served by Caterer
J II. Lewis, and about 1900 people took
advantage - the opportunity 10 obtain
an early feast. The numerous attraction
were all o~, including tho toboggan.
the rivers Of Venice and the auto slide
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08
pAWTUXET.

When at o'clock yesterday afternoon
= tiny white bundle AZ the top Of tho
flag staff of the Pawtuxet Canoe club
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-08

RIVERSIDE,

Items Of news can be left al Goff's res
taurant on Bullocks Point avenue and
they will receive prompt attention and
publication.
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Pianos from the Jos. M. Mann Plano =,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Hyattsville and Vicinity.


HYATTSVILLE, March 80, 1905.
What is believed to be the first case tried
under the act of the last session of the
Maryland legislature requiring rowing bands
of gypsies to take out a license emitting
them to pitch their tents came on for a
hearing before Justice Arthur Carr last
evening. when Constables Charles w. Barr
and Wallace A. Raybold arrested four men,
who, together with four women and a
young girl, had been camping in the Spa
woods near Bladensburg for the past week
or two. The leader of the band was named
Scott. and he told Magistrate Carr that his
party was simply camping in the Spa woods
until the roads became sufficiently dry to
allow the team to proceed to Virginia, where
the members of the party resided. They
had engaged In no business transactions, he
said. The magistrate dismissed the men
from custody, after warning them to get
out of the county before Sunday morning
next.
The Bar Association of Prince George
county met in the library in the court house
at Upper Marlboro Tuesday. Judge George
c. Merrick presiding, and Mr.. Alan Bowie
serving as secretary. Other members pres
ent were: T. Van Clagett. treasurer; VIM.
A. Meloy, Clarence NJ. Roberts, Fillmore
Beall, ]. X. Roberts, c. c. Magruder c. A.
M. Wells. M. H. Magruder and George b.
Merrick. The purchase of a full set of the
Illinois State Reports and several standard
text books was approved. Mr.. Clarence NJ.
Roberts was elected member of the asso-
citation.
Consideration of motion made by Mr.. w.
A. Meloy that the association petition the
county commissioners to appropriate money
with which to assert and properly arrange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Anacostia and Vicinity.

The ransacking of the money drawer in
the Office OF the business premises of Sam
uel M. Frazier, at No. 2 Monroe street, Ana
costa, and the theft of over S21 in change
therefrom was yesterday evening reported
to the police authorities. Investigation
showed that the robbery had been COM
mitted while the clerks were at lunch The
key to the till had been obtained through
the thieves forcing the lock Of another
drawer in which 1t was kept. The police
locked up five colored men employed at the
establishment. but all denied having any
thing to do with the robbery. The investi-
CATION is being continued.
The funeral of Richard T. Dougherty.
whose death occurred Sunday at his resi-
dence, No. 10 Nicholson street, Twining
City. aged thirty-one years, was held yes
terday afternoon from his late home. Rev.
DIR. T. Boyd Gay, the pastor OF the Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Minnesota
avenue officiated, and the remains were in
TERED in Congressional cemetery. Mr..
Dougherty had long been telegraph oper-
ator in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. His wife and four chill
dren survive him.
The death of Mrs Mary ]. Whitmore,
wife of James H. Whitmore, residing at
1876 Morris road, Anacostia, took place Tues
day morning. Mrs. Whitmore, who had
by her husband and six children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30

all the raw cotton used in the world. We
supply the factories of almost every nation;
there is scarcely a civilized country to which
our cotton does not go. and the price of cot
ton in the four corners of the earth is de-
pendent upon the volume produced in this
country. Therefore all this commission
could do would be to induce capitalists of
foreign countries to puiid more mills while
everybody must conceded that it would be
wiser for us to build them here at home.
You cannot sell cotton where there are no
mills.
Throughout the southern states there is
an abundance of unemployed labor, which
might be utilized In factories. They have
the cheapest fuel,ip the world, and enough
water power running to waste to move all
the wheels of all the pills that would be
needed to work up, all the crop of cotton
The demand for the finished product is large
and increasing. The mild climate permits
the people to wear cotton garments more
generally than inftbe. north, and the tastes
grades of cloth which. could be manufac-
tured by the UNFRAMED labor in this section
Therefore every ihducement seems to favor
the construction of factories rather than
the payment of bounties to bankers and
brokers. n eco
Less Cotton and More Corn.
Another point which, seems to have been
overlooked by the agents of the association
and other agitators is the folly of the cot
ton planters putting al VI tHeir eggs IN one
basket. This is not a new subject II. has
been discussed for half a century, and
James Wilson, our practical Secretary of
Agriculture who is an apostle of diversified
farming for eight years has been pleading
in his most earnest way with the planters
to raise less cotton and more corn; to sup
ply themselves with the food they and their
hands require, and thus avoid the enormous
expenditures made annually for corn meal
bacon, hay, potatoes and other agricultural
products which might be raised on all the
plantations of the south without interfering
with the cotton crop.
I am told that the conditions in this re-
spect are improving some; that since the
panic of 1893. when thousands of planters
Were unable to meet their obligations and
saw their plantations sold out from under
them for song, new and more business
like methods have been gradually intro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
Cotton Mills the Remedy.

This plan has not been criticised publicly
down here, but it seems to be inexcusable
folly. If the same amount of money were
invested in cotton mills here in the south,
to work up the raw material into the fin
ished product, it would be a permanent rem
edy for the situation complained of, instead
of offering only temporary relief at an enor-
nous sacrifice to the profit of the banks
and brokers. If each planter in the south
were to subscribe $25 a bale it would mean
a fund of So, 900, which would build a
good-sized mill in each of half the counties
of the cotton states. Such mills would con-
sumo Is or 20 per cent of the product and
supply the local markets with all the cotton
fabrics that are needed, instead Of paying
freight and profits to railroads and north
ern manufacturers
l noticed in one of the newspapers of
Birmingham the other day calculation
which may not be strictly exact, but is
nevertheless approximately accurate, and
is very significant.
1t says that 1.-The acreage planted in cot
ton in Alabama is about 100000 acres;
the cotton crop, 100000 bales. The value
at 10 cents a pound, which is about the
average price, $550O0,000. Cotton is grown
over the entire state, with the exception of
very few small districts along the coast.
Alabama has fifty-six cotton mills, twen-
ty-five of which make cloth of some char
acter; the rest make entirely yarns. The
value of the cotton mills is about So, 800, COO
The number of employees is approximately
5000. their daily wage being about $1,000,
or the yearly wage Oaking 800 working
days., 81, 100000.
Alabama spins about 100000 bales of cot
ton, of which about 100000 are converted
into cloth. The value of the yarns from
the 100000 bales Is about $1S,000,000 and the
cloth from the 100000 bales about 10000
600, so that the manufactured cotton prod
ucts bring in about s2S,000OO0 per year.
Note that the value of the manufactured
products of the 100000 bales spun and
an I'm thn or 70 lie ica1 frnv fInx
alton of $15,00000O for the raw material
to $2S0000O0. or s43 per bale. IT, there
fore, the total crop of 100000 bales In the
state was converted within the borders of
the state into cloth and yarns 1t would
Increase the total value of the cotton crop
In the state from $55, 100000 in its raw con-
dition, to over 500, 100000 thus distribute
Ing In the state in wages, interest dividends
and profits more than $40, 600, 600 each year,
In addition to that which now comes into
the state from the sale of its cotton"
The Way to Increase Consumption.
Ex-senator McLaurin of South Carolina,
who was chairman of the convention at
New Orleans. laid before President Roose-
Welt the other day a very able and eloquent
argument In favor of expanding the export
trade in cotton and asking for the appoint
ment of a commission to canvass the other
parts of the earth for that purpose But
the argument was weak in that II failed to
consider that 1t is impossible for foreign
countries to consume more raw cotton
without building more mills. The United
States now supplies nearly 20 per cent Of