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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
An Encouraging Sign.

1t is an encouraging sign that so
many of our western Massachusetts
cities and towns are this year showing
more than the usual interest in civic
Improvement, says the Springfield Re
publican, not alone in the matter Of
identifying the open spaces and the
removal Of unslghtly objects, but in
arousing public sentiment for the car
rying out Of public improvements that
will make tho communities better ones
in which to live. PittsAeld has made
an earnest move for better things by
the organization Of an improvement as
ISOLATION, behind which are many Of
the foremost citizens, and it can be
depended on to the exert u strong in
fluence for anything that will improve
that already fine city. 1t is the avowed
purpose Of the association, however, to
begin upon the smaller things and work
up to greater, and already the %associa-
ton is beginning to make its presence
In the community felt. Easthampton
has this year taken a stride forward in
the matter of beautifying It's open
spaces, and through the cooperation of
the town, the trustees Of Williston
seminary and the citizens much is be-
ing accomplished. These are two ex
amples, but there are others where
work is being done this year IN u small
way for Civic betterment.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

Preference For Narrow Streets.
The Importance Of having the streets
Of q town Of the right width is thus
treated In the Municipal Journal and
Engineer:
City Engineer j. D. Sherwood of
Spokane, Wash, prefers narrower resi-
Dental streets. In plotting out two
sections Of the city for acceptance by
the council he has reduced the width
from sixty to fifty feet. Mr.. sher.
wood said: Experience has shown
that a driveway or thirty feet is the
best except ON business streets bear
ing q heavy traffic. Wide streets make
much more dust than narrow ones and
cause each residence to become a veri-
table dust shop, which requires extra
labor and care for busy housewives.
The wide streets are not all used for
driveways. Only u narrow portion in
the center is used and the rest Is a
dust or mud producer. If the drive
way is narrow, every portion is util-
lied and it Is more easily cleaned and
sprinkled." lie also advocates q high
way constructed on u perfect arc and
with parking Oh each side.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
Value of Natural beauty.

A town without trees and grass may
be a town of industry and activity, but
with its barren streets and cheerless
yards, hot and dusty in summer and
cold and forbidding in winter, 1t is not
a town of attractive homes or inviting
appearance, pleasing and restful to the
eye and inspiring content and cheerful
ness, says the Nashville American.
Where the beauties of nature are alto.
gether eliminated an unsatisfying con-
dition Is created. The love Of the beau
tiful Is often unconscious and should
be developed and encouraged. because
1t has a practical as well as aesthetic
value. Even q barn or a warehouse
should be built with a due regard for
harmony, proportion and restful lines.
Cleanliness and beauty are necessary
to the best thought and action. Trees,
parks, grass. fountains. statues, flow
crs. attractive lawns, yards and gar
dens, clean streets-these are surround
ings that lead to q higher appreciation
Of beauty in It's multitudinous forms
apEd contentment Of individuals and
communities,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
CONTROL OF WATERWoRKs.
How q New jersey Town Prohted BY
Municipal ~Owncrship.

How . New jersey Town PrOfited BY
Municipal ~Owncrship.
The report of Charles w. Powers, su-
perintendent Of the water department.
Of Bloomfield, n, J., shows that munlo-
ipal ownership OF waterworks is prof
liable. says tho Municipal Journal and
Engineer. Since January the depart
ment made Afty.one house connections
at an expense Of $1,123.O2 and received
for the work $2,O53.85, giving a profit
of $93O.63. For the six months pre-
vious the water rents were $20,5OO,
which rose to $4,000 for n correspond
ing period after the installation Of wa
ter meters.
The first three months Of the year
the town consumed 61,500,00O gallons
Of water, which was lower than the
amount consumed for the correspond
Ing period in several years. The sec
ond three months Of the year showed a
consumption Of only 6S,000,000 gallons.
lower than the amount Of water the
town would nave had to pay for under
contract with the loca! company, as
the minimum amount that could be
purchased was 75,000,0O0 gallons each
quarter, This saving represents the
price Of 100000 gallons Of water for
three months Of tho year,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
NEGROES OTHEFORE
TOWN IMPROVEMENT WORK AMONG
SOUTHERN coLoRED FOLK.

Plans OF q Virginia Organization to
Make Huntersville and Bnrbours-
willie More Desirable Towns to Live
Into Wipe Out Mosquito Haunts.
To those familiar with the generally
very insanitary and ugly nature of tina
negro quarters in the average southern
town it will appeal as not the least
wonderful of the achievements Of the
American Civic association that the
colored people are being organized into
local improvement societies.
From Norfolk county, Va, is report
ed the Huntersville and Barboursville
Civic and Improvement league, from
the constitution Of which these extracts
are made:
Article g. Since men and wom-
en-, and more especially children,
are greatly influenced by their sur
%roundings and since a love of order and
neatness, the essential elements Of
thrift, is most readily acquired by ha.
bitual order and neatness III the home,
we hereby form the Huntersville and
Barboursville Civic and improvement
league, whose main object shall be to
make Huntersville and Barboursville
more desirable places in which to live.
ITO that end We shall try to induce
all persons owning or renting in our
midst to do their utmost to see that all
trash, such as waste paper, sticks,
ctornc tjN pooc or1 CO fortb 10 ~ntl,.
cred up on their premises; that vines
and flowers, as far as possible, shall be
planted to hide unsightly sheds and
fences; that flowers shall be planted in
front yards and flowers and vegetables
in back yards; that all children shall be
encouraged to engage in such planting
and raising of flowers and vegetables,
as by SO doing they are taught at once
to appreciate the beauty of nature and
Of utility, acquire habits Of thrift and
are kept off the streets and out Of mis-
chief.
"We further propose, in the interest
Of public health, to assist the authori-
ties to keep clean and neat the streets
and alleys and to break up the breed
ing places OF mosquitoes and flies,
which have been shown to be such ac-
tive agents in the spread Of disease;
also to place receptacles for waste pa
per at the street corners and to en-
courage the general habit of picking
up such trash and placing 1t therein
and in general to do all In our power
to make Huntersvllle and Rarbours-
| vile more attractive and ready to take
their place as a part Of the city of Nor
folk"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
Plan to Beauty Homes.

The ladies' Of Wenatchee. WASH,
have formed a local floral association
and introduced the Joys Of plant and
flower culture into many homes. Their
success has been SO great that a mid
winter fair is planned to properly ex-
hibit the numerous clusters Of natural
beauty. To stimulate the exhibitors
and make the meeting 20 interesting
special prizes are offered for the finest
displays. The object Is to interest the
children in the cultivation and care of
flowers and in that mi make the
homes more beautiful.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-01

Having increased stock double carried be-
feel contains selections in all lines which fail please
prices everything have been greatly reduced which they
cheap Agent for
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-01
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH

lie that We have a most complete
stock OF staple and fancy groceries,
selected with especial care, and com
plete in every detail. We have paid
careful attention 20 buying for the
holiday trade aud have everything
for fruit cakes aud holiday cooking.
The goods are strictly first-class and
the prices moderate. Give us your
orders for December. We guaranteed.
TO please You. Phones III and 1891
Il. j. Fountain & Co. [
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
PERSISTENT ELEANOR.
Couldn't Leave COney, and Things Hap.
pened to Her In Rapid Succession.

Eleanor Bonde, Norwegian girl who
says she is a graduate of the New Haven
training school for nurses, appeared at
Coney Island eight days ago. She is young
good looking and refined in dress. Magis-
trate VOORHEES, was little surprised last
Sunday week to see her lined up in court
charged with intoxication. He inquired
into the case, and decided to let her go
on her promise that she would leave Coney
Island. She promised
On Tuesday night she was arrested in
Coney Island charged with robbing man.
whose name the police refuse to divulge, Of
S25. She was arraigned on charge Of
grand larceny. Her lawyer got her off on
the technical plea that the theft had to lie
more than $25 to constitute grand larceny.
They told her to wait while they drew
up complaint of petty larceny When
this complaint was ready to serve, they
looked for her. but ehe had gone.
She might have made a clean escape Of it,
if she hadn't stopped on the way to the
elevated for a drink The police caught
her She was arraigned and hailed. Her
hearing was set for July S.
But she couldn't keep away from the
island. Last night she appeared on Surf
avenue, giving three cheers for Norway
and its new found liberty. They took
her to the old familiar Coney Island lookup
where she sat up most of the night singing
ycs we love This al uufS'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
LETTER TO LENA on HIS BODY
Drowned Man Brought In by BedloW'
Island FerT.bOat-

The ferryboat Falcon was making her
Z o'clock run from the Battery to Bee lows
Island last night when passengers raised
the cry Man overboard!" The crew looked
out and saw body bobbing on the waves.
They had lowered a lifeboat when the
tug Perth Amboy of the Pennsylvania
line came along. Her crew fshed the
body out with a boathcok and trans
ferred it to the Falcon An army surgeon
on board tried first aid, but it was no use
The BODY was taken to Pier A,
The man was about IS years old. He
had gray hair and close cropped beard,
"a, wr~c = '"rk hlro s'it. In his rocket
was the following letter:
DEAUL IT ! don't come home to supper
Tonight, please excuse my absence. j have
the most grave duty against you to pay.
shall go on a boat ! must try my best Ia
escape safe. | fear SO dreadfully the ap-
pearance of insanity. IT wont make no
difference, for | now f1nd a way out OF my
trouble. Give Henry Maigne nay regards. l
can't stand it.
Capt. George Denning of the Falcon does
not believe that the man jumped from his
craft. He says that launch passed just
before the passengers noticed the man
in the water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
THE PAUL JONES CEREMONY.
LOOinis Reaches Paris and Plans for Trans
ferrlnE the Body Arc Made.
Special Gable Despatch to THE ST

Special Gable Despatch to THE sun.
PARIS, Julu 2.-Assistant Secretary OF
State LOOMS. special American envoy
to attend the transfer Of the body Of Paul
Jones' arrived here this afternoon. He
is stopping at the Brighton Hotel with Rear
Admiral Sigsbee.
Tomorrow MIR, Loomis and Admiral
Sgsbee, with the latter's staff. will visit
Prime Minister Rouvier and NJ. Thomson,
Minister of Marine. In the afternoon
Commander Smith will give an informal
receI.tion On Tuesday President Loubet
will receive Mr.. LOOMS Admiral Sigsbee
and his staff. The Americans will attend
dinner given by the Chamber of Com
rnerce in the evening. On Wednesday NJ.
Rouvier will give lunch in honor OF Mr..
LOOMS and Admiral Sigsbee, and in the
evening NJ. Thomson will give dinner.
The escort for the body will leave Cher
bourg at $3.50 A. NJ. on July 8, reach
ing Paris at ll:iO A. NJ The transfer
ceremony will take place at 80 O'Clock
in the afternoon. In the evening dinner
will he given by Ambassador Mccormick.
The escort. with the body, is expected to
leave Paris ut 10 O'Clock Thursday night.
and is due to arrive at Cherbourg on Friday
morning. 1t is possible. however, that the
escort will stay here Thursday night and
start for therbourg on Friday morning
The procession will move by way OF the
Avenue d'Alma, Champs Elysees and Alex
ander Bridge to the Hotel des Invalides
where the body will be placed on the funeral
car The coffin will be left at the railway
station, guarded by a platoon Of Americans
and platoon of French until it starts
for Cherbourg. At high tide on Saturday
the body will be taken to the flagship Brook
lyn under the escort of French torpedo
boats All flags will be displayed at half
mast
The Mayor Of Cherbourg will entertain
the enlisted men Of the American squadron
on Tuesday.
The American representatives are as yet
undecided whether to have the transfer of
the body to Admiral Sigsbee's care take
place in Paris or at Cherbourg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
DIED.

BATES,-on Saturday, July !. 1905, at Rod'of''
y. v, Catherine Mcdonald Bates, daughter
OF the late James NJ. Bates.
Funeral services at st, Matthew Church, h'l
ford. on Wednesday. July 5. at ocl"rE T. ~
Carriages will be In waiting at Bedford >ial'n
on the arrival OF the NJ \. NJ. RdI!"'h ''"n
from Grand Central Station.
BuGDEE. Felt asleep at her home, Breton Ha'.
s5,h st. and Broadway. on July :? 1905, e'sh
Squire FugUec. wife OF franh lictc' hica",
and daughter Of the late Sc'a T. squire ava
Nancy Squire.
Funeral servc, AT Breton Hall, At ? p Won
day. Intern mt al Sleepy Hollow. TAR! !'N'
GOULD Died July L. 1905, Amra NJ Gould. aE'
Il year..
Funeral services II \, NJ, Monhay, july 80 80
81. MARKS av.. Brooklyn.
LAtER.-M Dohbi Ferry, on Sunday mot..''
July ?, Mamie. wife OF the lat Emanuel '.i.'.'
Il the cd year OF her age.
lntcrmeni private Tuesday, July 4. al 20. i
Fields Cemetery.
MlLLER.-M Tarrytown, July >. 100. v.
Rumsey Miner, son OF the ln'" Rev. !. M''.''
Miller. u, D.. and Lydia RrmscI,
Funeral aud lntrrmcnt private.
STILES,-At Mamaroncck, y Y, on
July =. 1905. Sarah Joscphirc. dSnCE''F Of 10
late John and Hannah stiles.
Funeral services al the residence OF h't i'.' :
Mr. Henry p. Stokes, MamaromccN, y
on Wednesday, July s, zoos, al hall 1'
Carriages will meet the train lCaNlIs Of. !
Central Station al 2i5 p. Nj lh''a"'H ,
papers please copy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
LIST OF 400 STRAW BALLS
FURNISHED TO EVERY MAGIS-
TRATE BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
II One OF Them Oners Himself Now His
Name Is to he Looked Up on the
List. and II the Magistrate Then Ac-
cepts Him the Responsibility Is Placed.


list containing the names and addresses
Of 45O straw hondsmen was sent from the
District Attorneys Office yesterday to all
of the police courts The length OF the list
was a matter Of surprise to the court clerks.
and indicated great competition among
professional bondsmen. Not all profes
sional bondsmen. however, are of the stray
kind. Some really own property and can be
made to pay when they fail to produce q
prisoner when wanted
The straw bondsmen are usually we'll
known in the courts. Sometimes the bonds
man produces an alleged deed to property
when going security for prisoner. The
Magistrate gances at the deed and accepts
the man as bondsman, although he has
heard i'll reports OF the man.
1t is one of the tricks of the trade for the
bonclsrnan to show the deed Of piece OF
property that has long since passed from
his possession. Fictitious deeds. 1t IL re-
ported in the courts, have been produced in
court for the Magistrates inspection.
Accompanying the list of $50 names sent
out yesterday was a letter from President
Wahle to the court clerks. They are in
structed to look over the list every time
a bondsman offers himself in court and see
if his name is on the list. If the name is
there, the clerk is ordered to point out that
fact to the Magistrate. In this way the
responsibility is put up to the Magistrate.
If the clerk fails to draw the MAJ is-
trate's attention to the name on the list
then charges of neglect of duty will be made
against the clerk. stenographer or inter-
prefer who draws up the hail bond
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
OBITI' ARR.

pr Charles f.. Francis, who was New
Yorn dentist until his retirement tour years
ago died al his home in Stamford. Conn,
yesterday from heart prostration and ura"mic
poisoning. He was IS years old and Is SIR
vivrd by wife and three children. DR..
Francis was n native of Hartford and was
educated in the public schools there lie
went 10 New York in 1915 and studied dentistry
IN thr offices OF the late Or Barlow, lie es-
,ahlished Offices AT 80 West Forty-seventh
street and lived thsrr IntlI ten years ears ago;
leading practitioner and for many years
was president of the Dental Society OF New
York llr was the founder OF the New YORK
dental college and was responsible Tor the
system of education for young men who
study dentistry in professional schools. a
Of Harvard dental school, but declin ed be-
cause OF his advanced age DR.. Francis WAS
,hr Chu ms of Of the Messiah, New York
Sicmund Wise died Saturday night al his
home. II West l2oth street. after short
illness from rompH"t!o 9a OF diseases ne he
country at the age OF -, settling in Milwaukee
he was engaged in the wholesale grocery
pnrimc the war he was associated with Gen;
sherman in semi military. capacity and
Win hin at Aan,a AZ ind ih sn wsr ne
sided A, the time of the Tweed exposures
he was retained by tn" citra an expert to
tain he standing of the city and the amounts
dne from corporations He was appointed
head of the permit bureau by Mayor Have
meyer He afterward served as collector
OF city revenue under Comptrollers Green,
Kelly and Campbell He is survived by one
son, Benedict ;. Mise.a lawyer. of 2oe Broad-
way
I.ddon Flick died at his home in Wilkes
barre Yesterday of cerebral heInorrha ges.
aged q He was graduate, of Priceton
mittrd to The New YORK bar in 1854 and the
pennSylynnia bar n lsS'. He was presldent
Company the Wyandotte Gas Company of
bethlehem, Pa and the Peoples Light Com
! dent of the WilEesbarre Times. vice president
| Of the Wyoming Valley Trust Company and
| n director in a number of other light, power,
| traction, manufacturing and railroad COM
! rnn He married Miss Henrietta Ridgely
| Two years ago. \ daughter was born o them
| SIX weeks ago
Mrs Mary c. Davis. wife Of Robert Davis.
! the Democratic leader OF Hudson county,
! \ J died yesterday at her home in Jersey
! city. She gave birth to her first child. boy.
at 40 A, NJ. Mrs, Davis was daughter
| of the late County Collector Hugh Dngan
| city High School and for several years was
| a teacher in Public School is. She married
| Mr.. Davis, then "A widower, in November
! 1908 two days before the death of his mother
Davis was sister OF Edward Dugan, All en-
| member of the JERSEY City Street and Water
| Board.
| Theodore Madison Condit died on Satur-
| day in the Orange Memorial Hospital Just
I as he was about TO undergo an operation for
on one Of the Erie Railroads Chicago trains
and served on the Essex county Board of Free
| holders for several terms. His wife and two
| children survive him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-03
Russia APPRECIATED HAY.
Knew Him Well for His Polio, OF Preser,In
ChinR's Integrity.

.Speeta, Cable Despatch TO THE sun
ST.. PETERSBURG, July 2.-The announce
ment Of the death of Secretary Of State
Hay came as surprise to the political
world OF Russia, where his position as the
originator of the internationally adopted
policy Of the maintenance of the integrity
of China made him more widely known in
Asian affairs than any other foreign states
man.
The absence Of biograph estimates to-
day in the leading st. Petersburg papers
can be ascribed largely TO the difficulty
OF Immediately narrating Mr.. Hays record
in foreign policy without trespassing upon
the delicate situation surrounding the
peace negotiations. 1t is now clear that
the policy which Mr.. Hay unswervingly
maintained il in principle that which Japan
is about to ask Russia to accept.
The personality of the American Secretary
of State was, however. held in the greatest
regard In political circles here. Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff who yesterday tele-
praphed to Ambas sador Cassni to convey
his deep condolences to President Roosevelt,
repeated his expressions of sympathy to-
day to Mr.. Meyer, the American Ambassa-
dor, during visit of the latter to the Min
istry OF Foreign Affairs in connection with
the preliminaries of the Washington con-
ference.
To another visitor Count Lamsdorf oh
served that Mr.. Hay was man of great
eminence, who at all times upheld the in
terests of his country. He was a states
man of sagacity and sa' OR faire Without
expressing an opinion on the policies of
the two countries in Asia or asking whether
the standpoint Of the American Depart
ment Of State was different from Russia 6,
the latter had always recognized that Mr..
Hay devoted himself wholly and with high
distinction to the interests of his country.
His policy was not Russa's but his own
national policy.
At tho American Embassy, where the
American flag was tied with Grape bow
Mr.. Meyer said it came as shock to him
to learn OF Mr.. Hays death 1t was great
personal loss TO President Roose> cit and
the country. From the important part Mr.,
Hay had taken in great affairs his death
would not only cause grief to the United
States but was an international loss.