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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02
| NEW CITY COUNCIL
BEGINS IT'S WORK

The city for inaugated today with the
honored ceremonial city hail. and the council chan
ber in addition being frightened by the wealth of floral tributes
piled up desks of the crowded fullest
capacity with invited whom there large
portion of members of the fair
hundred invitations had been the
Office and usual the seating capacity of the large chamber
accommodate those with invitations and the corridors
interested thong Of people glimpse of
the impressive ceremonies
AS usual the ceremonies opened with which the
chief of police cloth of the clergyman acting
chaplain mingled with the glad rnnt of the city councinen
followed His Honor the Mayor Augustus Miller who
his third and the other city officers through the
bue-coated police guardians into the
with the rail.
The mayors city clerks oaths of office having been
business the councilen took but short
message of Mayor Miller to the city council
later the appointment of the committees
long awaited with interest, announced.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02
IN JOINT CONVENTION.

The city council-elect. IN obedience to
the summons OF the mayor assembled in
the reception room of the city hall at II As
o'clock a. m. today. being the fourth of
said month and the day fixed by law for
the annual organization OF the city gov
ernment Of the city OF Providence. and
procession was formed by the acting city
sergeant in the following order, which
proceeded TO the chamber OF the common
council where the inaugural ceremonies
were held at noon
CITY sergeant, I. Frederick Chase; chief
Of police Frank A. Matthews; his honor
the mayor. Augustus s. Miller: Judge Of
the municipal court, Joseph r. Sphinx;
city clerk, william II. Clarke: chaplain
Rev. r s. Rousmaniere; the aldermen
elect I'm the order OF wards; the common
cotincime men-elect in the order OF wards
The convention was then called TO order
by Mayor Miller. and the certificate OF the
election OF Augustus s. Miller, mayor OF
the city OF Providence. for the year end
ing on the first Monday IN January. A. ID.
1905 was read by the city clerk. and the
oath Of office administered by Judge
Sphinx OF the municipal court.
ALDERMEN SWORN IN.
The roll OF aldermen-elcct was then
called and the members responded 10
their names and presented their GER
tihcates Of election 70 the committee on
credentials.
The oath OF office was administered to
the aldermen-ele by Mayor Augustus 8.
Miller. they being: stephen A. Cooke.
First ward: Charles sisson. Second ward
John G. Dunn. Third ward: John c. Bud
long, Fourth ward: William X. Reynolds.
Fifth ward: George III. Grant, sixth ward:
Walter A. Presbrey. Seventh ward; Gil
bert r. Parker. Eighth ward; Burmah r..
Perkins. Ninth ward: William II Covell.
Tenth ward.
All the aldermen took the oath except
Alderman sisson who affirmed" accord
ing 20 his belief.
The roll " the common councilmen-elect
was called and an the members responded
to their names and presented their Ger
tihcates OF election 10 the council COM
mittee on credentials appointed Tor the
occasion.
COINCTLAfEN TOOK OATH.
The common councilmcn-elect then
stood az their names were called and took
the oath of Office administered by the
mayor;
First ward-Joseph Baich. George W.
Parks. O. Richmond Pareons clifford s.
Tower.
second ward--C Edward Barney.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02

Charles r. Makepeace. Everett I. Rogerss
John Kelso.
Third Ward-Thomas ]. Flynn, Josephi
p. Doyle, Joseph II. Gamer, Michael A.
Rattigan.
Fourth Ward--Adolphas j. Evans, Alien
~ Presbrey, Henry q. III. Rawson.
Fifth Ward-Henry A Carpenter. Fred
erick S. Waite, j. William Moore. Roswell
c. Smith.
Sixth ward-Frank b. Reynolds. John
II. Higgins, jeremiah w. Miller. William
F. Sears.
Seventh ward--E. Merle Bixby, Henry,
Fletcher, Christopher NJ. Lee. Jas A Pot
ter. Jr
Eighth ward-John o. Darling, Harry
Daw, Frederick Lttleheld. Emery j. San
Souci
Ninth wardr-Howard b. Gorham.
Henry A. Grimwood, John K. Kendrick
Harry Taylor.
Tenth ward-Timothy e. Kelly. Daniel
r. Grady, jeremiah II Hall. owen Me-
Mann.
DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES.
Col William e. Clarke was unanimously,
elected city clerk and the oath OF Office
was administered TO him by the mayor.
Prayer was offered then by Rev. Ed-
ward e. Rousmaniere, rector OF Grace
church. using the form in the Episcopal
ritual
Mayor Augustus 8. Miller read his an
nual message which will be found on
pages and T.
Continued on paee Two
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YOUNG WOMAN ESCAPED
BUT WAS BROUGHT BACK

Logsnsport. Ind. Jan. 2-After the
shooting ARRAY yesterday in a roadhouse
during dance. Miss Mitchell locked her
self in a room which was later entered by
the police. but she had escaped by maxi
Ing rope Of the bedclothing and lowering
herself 70 the ground.
She then walked to the little town OK
Trimmer. where she boarded a train for
Chicago The conductor became suspi-
cious and notified detectives who located
the young woman and returned her to
Logansport last night. She Is now In the
Logansport Jail charged with murder.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02

The Russians desperately sought TO re-
take that cminence and sent infantry and
marines against It I'm a series Of counter
attacks fruitlesslv. losing thousands OF
men Following that the extension Of
the Japanese right compelled the Rus
made concentration difficult.
Despite the lack OF knowledge OF tho
contents OF Gen Stoessel's letter. II Is
confidently believed that there will be no
hitch and that there will be prompt
capitulsfion ending one OF the most re-
markable sieges in history.
80 a. m.-Tokio is wildly Joyous over
Gen. Nogt's telegram announcing that
Gen. stoeesel has sent letter relltlns
TO the surrender OF Port Arthur.
NEwSBOYs WITH EXTRAS
Newsboys crying extras were mes
srngers who carried the news 20 the holi-
day crowds I'm the streets. The people
grabbed the papers and repeated the ories.
Thus WAS the news carried throughout
the city. and within q few minutes tire
lriu.s- f-aeriaI- -hnilha-and- daylight
rockets began in various parts OF the city
Bands appeared and a score OF small pro-
90 ssions formed and surged through uIe
principal streets. japan has suid "a heavy
price for the Russian fortress The pros
pcct OF ~ early possession cheerei the
people az no 9th sr event Of the war has
done, The emreror's New Year re-
ccptton and audience 20 the arfiy and
navy officers and civil Officials continue
tbs morning
TIE . ews from Pert Arthur gave addi
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02
TWO CHILDREN PERISHED
IN BURNING DWELLING

Diamondville. wyo.. Jan. 1.-TWO chill
dren Of John McPhee. one Ave years old
and the other a babe. have been burned
to death in a Are that destroyed the Nc
Phec home.
The parents we're absent At the time
and did not learn of their icss until they
returned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02

There were separate sessions of the
board Of aldermen and common council
for. organization and the transaction of
routine business following the Joint con-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02

Money lost, nothing lost;
friends lost, much lost;
courage to advertise lost,
all lost.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02

The it. but probable that the back of the
Russian defense when 2o3 Metre hill captured
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-02
PORT ARTHUR
SURE NDERS! /!

| tiorsl cheer to the general ex hango Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

portion of the great central plain is
the vast expanse of virgin prairie soil
which is situated in western Canada
north and west of the forest belt. This
region is roughly triangular in outline.
1t lies along the American boundary
for a thousand miles from the eastern
limit of the Red river valley of the
Rocky mountains; and it extends north
westward along the Rockies from Mon
tana to the prairies of the Peace river,
some seven hundred miles distant.
The third side Of the triangle runs from
this northern limit to the eastern limit
line which "bulges'' northward here
and there.
The Newest West and the Last West.
This immense expanse of territory is
the New West and the Last West of
North America. 1t is a rich and fer
tile land, Astounding not only in agri-
cultural resources, but in coal and other
minerals. In the Canadian prairie
and in the north interior of British
Columbia may, now be seen the same
wonderful spectacle recently witnessed
in the western states of the Union.
1t is striking drama that is presented
in the rapid settlement, and develop
ment Of wide area. 49,
Perhaps nthe Canadian west today
the scene changes over more rapidly
than during the corresponding drama in
the western states from five to twenty.
five years ago, for the machinery of
development brought to bear today
is more advanced, there are more mil
lions of people on this continent look
ing for new homes, more millions of
money looking for investment, more
experience and skill in opening up a
new country have been accumulated
Railway construction and commercial.
organization have been perfected
Never before, perhaps, were so many
opportunities presented in so many
different kinds of business activity as
in western Canada today. AS the
progress is more rapid, so it is likely
to be more brief. Ten years hence
great deal of water will have gone by
the mill. Today, for a thousand mile:
| from east to west and for three hun
dred miles from north to south, ther,
| is the flowing stir and pulsating vigo:
of new life, of expansion, opportunity
and ever-increasing prosperity. Tel
| or fifteen years hence the pioneer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25

MINNESOTA I
HISTORloEl
SOCIETY. |

tains,'' and the open prairie, between
them is often much more than i've
miles across.
The general effect, however, is that
OF vast park.
The Rivers and Lakes.
Almost the whole Canadian prairie
slopes from the Rocky mountains east
ward and downward to the mouth Of
Lake Winnipeg. The Rockies here are
well ,watered and are the source OF
unite to form the main watercourses
of the country. The Mississippi of
the Canadian prairie is the North Sas-
katchewan, noble and picturesque
river, which rises 300 miles north Of
the American boundary line, flows
eastward for 1000 miles, and, uniting
empties through the Nelson river into
Hudson bay, another 400 miles to the
northeast It is navigable almost up
to the foot Of the Rockies.
The Missouri Of the Canadian west is
the South Saskatchewan, and the Ar
katchewan is formed by the junction
Of two streams which rise in the Rock
les to the southwest. It flows in
northeasterly direction and unites with
the North Saskatchewan near the town
of Prince Albert. The Red river rises
III Ml1ueSOId anu uOWS uOrUn 1uCO LAKE
Winnipeg. The Souris, the GU 'Appelle,
and the Assiniboine rise in the middle
prairie and flow eastward into the Red.
Along the northern and eastern bound
aries Of the prairie is network Of
lakes of all sizes; the largest, Lake
Winnipeg, is about equal in area to
Lake Ontario.
All of these lakes abound in white
fish and other fnny denizens. In the
streams which rise in the Rockies trout
are extremely plentiful for about 100
miles from their source. After that
these waters gradually lose their crys-
tai clearness and take on the color Of
their prairie tributaries.
This whole splendid region is adapt
ed to agriculture in varying forms. To
say nothing Of Athabasca, the total
area of the now accessible part Of west
ern Canada is 23O,0OO,OO0 acres. Of
this vast area some l90,000,00O acres
are still in public ownership, and at the
most conservative calculation 100000
acres Of that amount is adapted to
agriculture. No wonder Sir Wilfrid
Laurier declared that the twentieth
century will be the century of Canada.
Theodore M. Knappen.
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"But you won It need any at all, after
this moTning-,II, don't really believe
you re ill nOW!'
She nodded to Royce, and moved
away without waiting for my answer,
which somehow halted on my lips; and
so / was left to the rosiest, the most i'm
probable of day dreams.
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday passed,
with only such Incidents to enliven
But 1 saw, that quiet and sea air were
doing their work well with my COM
panion, and that he was steadily re-
gaining his normal health. So I felt
more and more at liberty to devote my
self to Miss Kemball-in such moments
as she would permit me-and I found
her fascination increasing in a ratio
quite ge92metrical. Martjigny was still
was improving very. slowly.
1t was Tuesday evening that Mrs.
Kemball and her daughter joined us on
the promenade, and weary, at last, of
Strauss waltzes and Sousa marches, we
sauntered away toward the bow Of the
boat, where the noise from the Or
chestra could reach us only in far-away
snatches. We found a seat in the
a long time talking Of many things,
watching the moonlight across the
water. At last we arose to return, and
Royse and Mrs. Kendall started on
ahead, after a habit they had fallen
into, which, now. I think Of it, I am
sure was our junior s doing.
''Two more days, and we'll be at
Havre,' I said. EI'll be very sorry,
Miss Kemball.''
"SorryF I'd never have suspected
you of such fondness for the ocean!'
"Oh, it's not the ocean!' I pro
tested, and-what with the moonlight
and the soft night and the oppor
tunity-'sthe time and the place ano
the loved one, all together ''-woul6
have uttered I know not what folly
had she. not sprung suddenly forward
with a sharp cry of alarm.
"Mr. Royce!O she cried. "Mother!'
They stopped and turned toward her
just as a heavy spar crashed to the
deck before them.
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compared with that of the middle west
ern states. Owing to the dryness of the
air and the infrequency of high winds,
this cold can be kept out by the use of
suitable clothing, so that it is almost
always extremely pleasant to be out
of-doors. Suitable buildings are also
necessary.
And, as in every country, there are
times now and then when it is not
agreeable to be out-of-doors, no mat
ter how one is clothed. In the south
western portion Of the Canadian west
the winters, tho even more dry and
sunny, are marked more often by
weather above freezing point than by
very low temperature. Chinook winds
interrupt the winter season, with fire.
quent weeks Of dry spring weather.
The Physical Features.
Not only the climate, but the sur
face Of the prairie and the appearance
Of the landscape vary widely. From
the foothills Of the Rockies, for 200 or
800 miles eastward, the prairie recalls
Bryant 8 descriptions sea Of heaving
undulations, a sea after a storm has sub
sided, with it's long, swelling, rounded
pillows "fxed and motionless for
ever.' hzs. ..- =.
tIAAO OAO 1UOO1AOo3 VhAo uPioAN r.
follows northwesterly direction. It
is underlaid almost everywhere by beds
Of hard and soft coal. East Of this
again and at lower altitude is the
more familiar prairie, with a surface
SO gradually undulating that it looks
almost fiat. .....- . -
Even in the flat prairies there are
found at long intervals isolated low
mountains, whose edges are cut by
deep coulees.
Treeless Prairie and Park Lands.
The prairies Of the south center and
southwest are almost treeless, except
along the rivers and in the ravines. The
remaining twothirds or more Of the
prairie is dotted at intervals with
groves, as lake might be with islands.
These "blufs' as they are called,
are usually from an acre to ten acres
in area, and occur at intervals Of from
half mile to five miles apart. Be-
tween these groves the prairie is per-
fectly open.
The trees grow in "bluffs'' or not at
all. Of course, these woods are some
times Of much greater area, especially
along streams and on the low "moun
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CHAPTER XIV
Two Heads Are Better Than One.

I understood in a fash what had hap
pened, and sprang up the stair to the
upper deck, determined to have it out
with our enemy, once for all. [ searched
it over thoroly, looking in and under
the boats and behind tunnels and
veentilators, but could discover no sign
promenade, a little crowd had gathered,
attracted by the noise of the falling
spar, which a dozen members of the
crew were busy hosting back into
place.
II do not see how those lashings
could have worked LOOSE said the Off
spar there Just before we sailed, and i 1
know it was we'll fastened.'
| took look at the lashings. They
had not been cut, as I expected to find
them, but had been united Martigny
had doubtless worked at them while we
[sat. there talking--he was too clever an
artist in crime to do anything so clumsy
"Well, luckily, there's no damage
qone,", observed Mr.. Royce, with af-
fected lightness, 'tthough it was a close
shave. If Miss Kemball hadn It called
to US, the spar would have struck us
Mrs. Kendall closed her eyes with a
giddy little, gesture, at the vision the
WoluS cdIeu uR, anu Cne OIuCer IfOWned
in chagrin and perplexity. Just then
the captain. came up, and the two step
ped. aside for a consultation in voices
SO low that only an excited work Of
French was now and then audible. I
turned to Miss Kemball, who was lean
ing against the rail with white face
and eyes large with terror. -...
But it was not an accident, Mr..
Lester!' she whispered. "I saw a man
leaning over the spar-a mere shadowy
fgure--but I know I could not be mis-
taken.'' -. 60.
I nodded. IT don It doubt it in the
least. But don't. tell your mother: It
will only alarm her .needlessly. We III
talk it over in the morning.
She said goodnight, and led her
mother away toward their stateroom. /
went at once in search of the ship s
doctor, and met him at the foot of the
saloon staircase.
How is Martigny, doctorg" I asked.
"Worse, / fear, he answered hur.
riedly. ssHe has just sent for me.''
(Which room has he
He IS in 375; an outside room on the
upper deck, and he ran on up stair
| I went forward to the smoking room
and looked over the colored plan of the
ship posted there. A moment IS inspec.
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Medicine Hat, N. w. T., March 21.-
Cut off the lower portion of the letter
v and the two lines remaining. will
strongly represent the position Of the
eastern and western ridges Of Of North nth
gheny mountains. Between them lies
the great central plain of the CONT
nent Diversified in it's landscape, this
central plain contains fiat and rolling
prairies, forests, great lakes, even low
mountains; but nowhere is it's surface
broken by any Of the elementary ridges
of the earth,s surface: So far south
Tennessee it is thousand miles
across.
Going northward it continually
widens, the Rockies and the Alleghenies
receding on either hand, until in the
latitude of st. Paul and Minneapolis it
extends from the pointed cliffs of the
Yellowstone to the birch woods of the
Adirondacks-a distance of more than
two thousand miles.
AS we go yet farther north this vast
eXpanse Of plain extends still farther
eastward and westward. In the lati-
tude of Dunvegan in Athabasca, its
western limit is farther west than Los
Angeles, while it's eastern limit is
hundreds of miles east of the city of
New York.
The Most Northern Prairie.
At Dunvegan, 700 miles north Of the
Canadian boundary, we are in the most
northern prairie, and are approaching
the limits of the vast primeval unbrok
en- forest which crosses the plain from
northwest to southeast, connecting the
forests Of the north Pacific slope with
those of the north Atlantic. Landing
at the mouth of the Nasse river on the
Pacific, a man might travel eastward
for more than three thousand miles tt
the mouth of the Hamilton river on the
Atlantic without once emerging from
the forest, or once coming within one
hundred miles of any open ground
This forest region is well watered with
flowing streams and innumerable scat
tered lakes. 1t is the greatest fresh
water fishing ground in the world ant
the greatest pulpwood reserve. Next
to northern Asia it is the greatest flu
country, and next to central Africa OF
Central South America, the greatest
game country.
The Canadian Prairie.
But by far the richest undevelope6
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CHAPTER XIV.-Continued.

you se eo Mr. h2s f he df fS aand
'|Only a fnger,'' 1 said. "But fin
ger is enough. Won t you take pity on
poor Ian sman and talk to him8'
But that s reversing our posi-
tions,'' she protested, sitting down,
n4eTyertheless, to my great satisf ia
tertainer. Is our Mephisto abroad
yet7' She asked, in lower tone. 81
too, am feeling his fascination long
for another glimpse of him. -
"Mephisto is still wrestling with
his heart, which, it seems, is scarcely
able to furnish the blood necessary to
KEEP him g G%dTgb The sn dSGtf 6e tes
$50 there III be nothing for us to do,
after all. Do you know, Mr.. Lester, l
was longing to become female LIE
coq;n +;u ho Tho
very much whether Mephisto will con-
sent to remain inactive. He doesn It look
to be that sort.
She clapped her hands, and nodded a
laughing recognition to one OF the pass
ing promenaders.
,, "31u re g ing to Pa. Paris, aren't you'
L
be, since you re going to Franco
''We 60 first to Etretat,'' I said,
and stopped, as she leaned, laughing,
back in her chair. 'Why, what s
wrong with that7'' I demanded, in
some establishment.
"Wrong? Oh, nothing, Etretat'ss q
most delightful. place-only it recalled
mother was one day scandalized there
by some actresses who were bathing
It's the prettiest little fishing village
with the finest cliffs I ever saw. But it s
hardly the season for Etretat-the
&C $ ss., haye not yet arrived. You'll
eve will not stay there long,
said. "But tell me about it. I should
NEtretat,' said my companion. 81:
rather a bohemian resort. Alphonse
Karr discovered it somewhere back il
the dark ages, and advertised it-the
EtretatianS were immensely mems y 4 grateful 4a
after him-and since then a lot Q:
artists and theatrical people have bull
villas there 1t has a little beach O.
gravel where people battle all day long
When ones tired of bathing, there ar
the cliffs and, the downs, and in tn
evening there's the, casino. You know
French, Mr.. Lesterq''
"Why,' I explained, 81 was sup
posed to study it at college: I still re
member my al, tn a, il a. -
"You II remember more when 70!
get to Etretat," she laughed. "You u
have to, or starve.'
"Oh, I also know the phrase mad
immortal by Mark Twain"
tx Avez-vous du vin9-yes.'
"And I think I also have a haz,,
recollection of the French equivalent
for bread and butter and cheese an
meat. We shan't starve-besides,
think Mr.. Royce can help. He's bee!
to France
"Of course-and here he comes t.
claim his CHAIR
'ET won't permit him to claim it i
you II use it little longer I pre-
tested.
ooh, but I must be going and sh
arose, laughing. "Have I been salts
factory entertainer?
"More than satisfactory; I'll accep
no other.'
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whether farmer or investor, will no
longer find the "new country' he finds
today. "The Last West'' of North
America will then have been peopled.
What is the ideal climate-an endless
spring, or something with a little more
variety? If ",the joy, the thrill Of
life is enhanced by physical health
raised to the most exhilarating degree,
then neither Naples nor Honolulu can
offer enjoyment so keen as that af-
forded by the brilliant, electric, vivi-
flying ether of a frosty sunlit morning.
What eternal summer can so send the
blood coursing thru the veins like an
elixir Of life? A climate suited for
lying in hammock from year end to
year end may have its advantages, but
so, too, has a climate where the at
Effectiveness of the weather is enhanced
by its Variety, where health is braced
and physique invigorated: Those who
declare for climate with season of
clear, bright, dry cold, with a blue sky
overhead, crisp snow underfoot, and