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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
REGISTRATION TAKES
BIG BOUND UPWARD
Yesterdays Record Shows That $40 Had Their Names
Registered on the Books Making the Total to Date 1855
Gain Of 3OO2 Over Last Year. While of These 39S
Were Registered Between and P. M.

from all over the city in the drizzlins
rain to perform the first duty OF citizen
ship. that OF qualifying to secure the right
to exercise the -perrogatives OF freeman,
whereas had the board gone TO any one
ward the members would have been at
but little inconvenience.
They would have been in dry quarters,
and the voters would have had to travel
In the rain but a short distance, as COM
pared with the trip TO the city hall.
The voters. however. notwithstanding
the fact that they have 10 convenience
the board rather than be eonvenienced by
IL, went TO the city hall; and n the record
made is a sign OF what Is TO happen. IL
may be believed that before the books are
closed on june 80 the nights devoted TO
registration will be full of the hardest
kind OF work for the board of canvassers
and registration.
The greatest number OF voters register
ed last evening came from the Eighth
Ninth and Tenth wards. with the Sec
ond. Third and Fifth next In order. and
a few scattering ones from the First and
fourth.
The total registration up 10 o'clock
last evening was 1856 as against 6953 last
year at the same period of time.
The office at the city hall will be open
again tonight and tomorrow night for
registration until 3 o'clock.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

that the charges have been maintained
by n fair preponderance Of testimony;
and this board by a majority OF its MEM
bers decides, as above stated.
I'VE have given much consideration
to the penalty to be imposed In this case
for the violation Of said rule. According
TO the practice OF this board in the case
Of first complaints sustained against
members Of the police force. this board
usually has not imposed extreme or Sc
we're penalties.
The previous record, work and con-
duct OF the officer has been considered;
and, IL found good. II has been frequently
taken as sufficient reason for fixing a
less drastic penalty for a first offence than
In the case Of second or subsequent Of
fences.
I'm the present case the Chief OF Po-
lice has been for twenty-five years n
member OF the police force; and during
all that time no previous complaint has
ever been made against him, although the
nature Of police work In the different
grades OF the service. In which he has
been from the lowest 70 the highest. 10
such that some complaints. just or unjust.
might naturally have been made against
Continued on page Six
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

Before a large audience, taking into
consideration the inclemency OF the
weather, the class day festivities at
Brown began In Sayles hall at 1890 this
morning. and II was rather a solemn occa-
sion for the seniors. who realized that
they were entering the chapel for the last
time as undergraduates.
or course, the hall itself did not suggest
any change, but the music by Reeves
orchestra sounded very different from the
customary strains OF the chapel organ
10 the 1906 men as their farewell appear
ance within those walls which had shell
tered them for four pleasant years.
The exercises were opened by Charles
Douglas Mercer of Providence, president
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

There was an exceptional registration
yesterday OF voters at the city hall; and
from O'Clock iff-the afternoon until
O'Clock In the evening the record exceeded
that for last year on the first night the
city hall was kept open for registration
purposes.
Had the weather been more favorable
doubtless there would have been much
larger number of voters in attendance at
the city hall.
Had the board OF canvassers and regis
tration gone to, any one ward. without
doubt a much better registration would
have been secured than was recorded last
evening.
The record OF yesterday was as fol-
lows: From 3 a. m. TO p. m. 295; from
p. m TO p. m. 395; total for the day
OF $50.
Last year or the first night of regis
tration the record was 663.
There was no long file OF voters waiting
at any time last evening TO cause any
overflow into the corridors; but there was
a steady stream of men that kept the
members OF the board fairly busy, al
though they and their assistants were not
overworked.
Because the board had refused to visit
any one ward, the voters had TO travel
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
DEM. COMMITTEE
WILL MEET To
PUSH CAMPAIGN

meeting OF the Democratic State
Central committee has been called for
2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, at
Liberty hall, Market square
II is expected at this meeting TO
receive reports regarding registration
in all parts OF the state; and IL is
intended TO formulate comprehensive
plans for the promotion. OF the work
during the few days that remain for
registration. and at the same time to
discuss plans for the general con-
Duct OF the campaign.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

It was the of class day at Brown
from Yesterday until today account of the ncemency OF the
weather would make ashamed of himself that he
would awake better judgment
However broke, showing threatening Clouds
the air cold and light dsma rain falling which placed
Rhode Island weather in the nevero be trusted list
Class day course, holds great interest to the Brown
class and the mutitudes OF friends OF the
grand old institution naturally the dreary day had ten
denv TO the spirits of those who to
take part and also the visitors but there
was hope that the clouds would break away
and that the sun peep forth and offer pleasant out
look and weather conditions for the outdoor exercises of the at
ternoon and evening.
1t was impossible postpone the exercises another day and
the class program began at and closely followed the
precedens established long the only change beng
that under ems took place o'clock instead OF at as
was the intention Monday
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
JUDGE PALMER
GETS DENNIS
JERSEY TRIP

Speaker Arthur w. Dennis. who was 10
have been one OF the gubernatorial party
making the trip TO Red Bank. n. j., VIII
not be able TO go.
The speaker has just returned from an
extended trip throughout the middle west,
and feels that he cannot sustain the fa-
tlgue OF another trip.
In view OF the fact that he will not be
one of the party. Deputy Speaker Henry
A. Palmer has been Invited and has ac-
cepted
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
REMOVAL OF TONGUE DIDN'T
STOP CANCER SPREADING

Chicago, June 19.-Frederick L. Power,
Temple theatre, whose tongue was cut
out last December In order 20 check a
cancerous growth. died yesterday at his
old home in Dowaglac. Mich, the opera
tlon having failed to check the progress
OF the disease.
Mr. Power had been In the theatrical
business for q years Hts first metropoli-
ton engagement as an actor was at
Hooley's Cnow PowersD theatre. with
John T. Raymond. In the "Gilded Age.
when he was ~ years old. lie played
in Richard Mansneld's and Walker White
sides companies as leading man.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

Because they would not take dare
Revilo e. Harrington and Elizabeth NJ
Ross of Waltham, Mas, were married
in this city by Rev. Henry Bassett' yes
terday afternoon.
Mr. Harrington is a druggist and son
of Herman Harrington Mrs. Harrington
Ia the daughter OF Alexander Ross, form
erly In the wool business In Foxporo'
Mass. but who now resides in Waltham.
The young people had been friends Tor
about three years and-had- intended 10
be married at home some time next
winter. -
Miss Ross came TO this city TO visit a
friend. and yesterday Mr. Harrington.
accompanied by Dr j. F. Light. also or
Waltham, went TO Mansfield on visit.
They came here I'm the afternoon and
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

of the senior class. who delivered an elo-
quent address OF welcome. He related
the history OF the class. speaking Of its
accomplishments and the good times the
1876 men, had enjoyed through their as
sociation with one another during the
four years OF college life at Brown.
He touched upon the athletic question
and that OF class politics. telling how the
seniors had been the originators Of re-
form OF the latter which had greatly I'M
proved the previous conditions,
Mr. Mercer also spoke OF the improve
ments which had taken place since the
freshmen year-the new buildings the
Brown union, the engineering building,
Caswell hall. the Colgate Hoyt swimming
Continued on Page Nine)
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
GRADUATION AT ABBOTT ACADEMY

Andover. Mass. June i9.--Eighteen
young women were graduated at the
77th commencement exercises at ABB
bot Academy today. After the tree
and ivy planting on the school grounds
the address 20 the graduates being de-
livered by Prof. Bliss Perry. Rev.
Daniel Merriman. ID. D., president OF
the trustees. presented the diplomas.
meeting OF the alumnae followed.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
WOODWORTH GETS
COURT MARTIAL
FROM GOVERNOR

Lieut.. Clarence +. Woodwork, who has
appealed TO the governor for a court
martial. will have the opportunity of thus
Wndicating himself.
Just what date the governor will APP
point as the time for the hearing cannot
be decided Until after his return from the
celebration at Red Bank: but Gov. Utter
today decided definitely to grant Lieut..
Woodworths appeal for a court martial.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
DARED TO MARRY,
TOOK THE CHANGE

made a call at the house where Miss Ross
was visiting.
DR.. Light for a joke dared the young
people to get married. and in an instant
they started for the city hall to get the
necessary license.
Provided with this they went to the
rectory OF the Church OF the Epiphany.
where they were married by Rev. Henry
Bassett.
DIT Light was best man, Mrs. w. III.
Lyons OF Mansfield was matron of honor
and DR. O. f. Best and Miss May Robin
son were the witnesses.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19

The police commission this afternoon gave the formal
decision of Chairman Luther and Col Gross that Chief of
Police Frank Matthews guilty of conduct unbecoming
his position and in violation of Rule of the department.
The dissenting decision of Commissioner Lewis J. Pierce
who held that the charges made by Rev A. Crsy
proven was given at the time.
The commissioners agree decision that the penalty
shall be only reprimand in view of Chief Matthews long
and the fact that charges had previously been made
against him.
The full text Of the majority decision is follows
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
PRESIDENT To
HAVE $4,000
FOR EXPENSES

Washington. June 19.-The house COM
mittee on appropriations today voted
Favorable report on the Watson bill au-
thorlzing an annual appropriation OF $Jo,-
0o0 10 pay the travelling expenses OF the
president of the United states and such
guests as he may invote.
Chairman Tawney was authorized to
cali the bill up under suspension OF the
rules and action will probably be secured
tomorrow.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
UTTER APPEALS
IN BEHALF Of
M|L|TIAMEN

Governor Utter has Issued an appeal TO
merchants and business men OF the city
and state requesting them TO aid n
making the militia encampment n sue
cess
The sense Of the appeal Is that tho
men In the employ OF the various firms
be allowed 10 leave their employment for
the encampment so that they may re-
ceive the military training to be had only
by the week In camp life.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
FRACTURED HIS ltG

Hugo Richter. employed at the Ger
man Sausage company. IL Page street.
today fell from a plank in the smoke
fracture OF the leg. He was sent
TO the hospital. Richter lives at Long
Hill, Rehoboth-
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
CONSIDERED FAIRGROUNDS

The committee in charge OF the summer
Fairgrounds. OF which Mayor Dyer Is
chairman, met this morning and consider
ed several locations for Fairgrounds Az
ter the meeting the committee visited a
number OF the schoolyards.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
FESTIVITIES Of
BROWN GLASS DAY
Today's Doings at the Col-
lege on the Hill.

Events of Interest Postponed From Yesterday Carried
Out According to Program he Class of 90
Enter Chapel AS Students for the Last Time
Able Addresses Given by the Graduates and En-
thusiasm Manifested i'm Tonights Social Events
and Exercises of the Balance of the Week.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
MINES ARE FLOODED

Mahanoy City. Pa, June 19.-Twelve
collieries IA the Mahanoy region. employ
irg about 5000 men and boys, are flooded
as a result Of the heavy rain which has
continued since Saturday last
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
SUES FOR AppONAUG FARM

Before Judge Tanner and a jury was
= tried today the case OF Clara A. Ham
against Martin 8. Randall. to recover pos
session Of farm Of 10 acres near Ap-
ponaug.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-19
He NARROWLY
ESCAPES COAT
Of WH|TEWASH.

The Majority of the Board Believes That
Nash and Meinhold Told the Truth and
Plainly Places Itself on Record as Ac-
cepting the Evidence on Which Popular
Opinion Has Confidently Believed That
Matthews Would Be Removed. Com.
Lewis j. Pierce Files Minority Decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
FOLLOWED BY A LION.
Hunters Night Adventure in an AZ
rican Jungle.

From the Youths Companion.
To stroll through an African jungle with
a gun loaded only In one barrel and with
dusk approaching seems to invite adven-
ture, and so it did in the case of William
Cotton Oswel, the friend of Livingstone.
Osweil started out from his camp one even
ing, fired his one shot at a quagga, which
he wounded, and then followed its tracks,
marked the place where 1t fell. and then
turned his steps. he thought, toward the
wagons In his biography the incident is
described in his own words:
1t was not until l had wandered carelessly
hither and thither for half an hour, feeling
sure that 1t was only the one particular
bush in front of me which hid the wagons,
that 1 very unwillingly owned to myself
that 1 drifting without bearings In this
hushy sea.
Twilight In the tropics Is very short. Just
before the sun set I followed game track
which I knew would lead to water. After
good draught / began collecting firewood,
but the night closed in 50 rapidly that a
bare hours supply was all my store
Partly to save fuel partly In the hope
that as night crept on signals would be
made from the wagons. l climbed tree,
and had not been long perched before
heard far off, the boom OF guns.
Alarmed by my absence, my companions
suspected the cause and were inviting my
return; but 1t required a very pressing In
yttattOn inGGeQ 10 lDCuce u Iudn 10 WALK
through two miles of an African wood on
a dark night
1t grew bitterly cold. 1 determined to
come down and light my fire. / had reach
ed the lowest bough of my tree and placed
my hand beside my feet before jumping of,
when from the bush Immediately under me
a deep note and the sound of heavy body
slipping through the thorny scrub told me
that lion was passing. Without the warn
ing In another half second l should have
alghted on his back. 1 very quickly put
two or three yards more between the soles
of my feet and the ground.
I could not longer endure my cramped po-
sition In the scraggy tree. and felt must
get down. Waiting until the moon was
about one tree high. came down and dfved
into the BUSH struggled on for an hour,
I should think. when four or five muskets
fired together within fifty yards told me
was home again.
1 hope I was thankful then: know I am
now Two of my Hottentot servants and q
batch of Kaffirs had come to meet me and
escorted me to the fire In triumph. As 1
held my half thawed hands over II the roar
of disappointed lion rang through the
camp.
He has missed you. Tlaga. by a little this
time" said my black friends. Let him
go back to hts game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24
THE LANGLEY AERoDRoME.

clined to question his eyesight when fol-
lowing them, and has looked in vain for
the literary knockouts." They have been
SO few and far between in reputable pub
locations that they count for naught. This
Is more than passing strange. for the rea-
son that only three or four years ago any
posed to excite the risibilities or ridicule.
Andree and the term 'fo61hardy' were
synonymous with some publications Of
note that are not always fair. The warm
Endorsement of Mr.. Wellman's plans and
the almost universal acceptance of their
possibility suggest a different public mind
which the comment of an old member of
the Cosmos Club possibly explains.
I'm Andree's time" said this gentle
man. everybody had to have something
to take hold Of. We had some wonderful
inventions like the telephone and tele-
graph. But they were communicative.
Now the average man will believe almost
anything possible If he has even seen a
successful demonstration of the wireless
telegraph. Then, again. the airship, in fair
winds, is partial success as 1t stands.
The progress in aeronautics has been slow
but sure since the primitive efforts of OAR
da1us and Icarus in prehistoric times to
soar above. the earth. Fortunes have been
spent and scores of lives lost, but the end
is not yet. and success seems almost within
the grasp of a man. as any one will testify
who witnessed the landing of the airship
In the White House grounds and then again
at the Capitol, the other day There are
would have questioned such happening, II
1t may be so termed. had they not seen ii.
AS the airship stands today it is a great
mechanical triumph for man, and its pos
sibilities beyond the dreams of the most
enthusiastic aeronaut of a decade ago. The
question of practical utility is too far off to
anticipate Chanute seems to think that
the navigable balloon or airship would some
day be valuable for carrying the mail and
in time of war and for sport. Santos Du-
mont is one of those earnest enthusiasts
who has nearly lost his life three or four
times but would still believe In the pos
sibilities of aerial navigation the child
believes In his mother. Nothing seems to
daunt this brave Brazilian and that despite
the fact that the only other of his country
men, Savero. who had gone in for airships
lost his life In the most tragic way.
Saveros balloon, THE Pax" as 1t was
called, burst while he was 1000 feet In the
air, and he and the assistant who accom-
panied him were mashed into bits. Savero's
machine was balloon rather than an air
ship, although he had a so-called steering
apparatus.
The great mass of data relating to air
ships and balloons is confusing because OF
the inaccuracy of the accounts. historic and
otherwise One has to but journey to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

at Monte Carlo, she has had repeated en-
gagements. In Russia she is all the rage.
Her own country of Italy has taken her to
its heart.
And she has bought a mansion in the
avenue de MESSING for her Paris residence!
During her present summer vacation she
will furnish It herself-a work of peaceful
satisfaction
A Quiet Street and Rich.
1t is a quiet street and rich-the Avenue
de MESSING. 1t is a short street of only
thirty-four numbers, running from the
statue of William Shakespeare in the little
square of the Boulevard Hausamann to the
delightful Pare Monceau, surrounded by
dts palaces
It is street of the newly rich, perhaps;
few great titled families live in 1t. But
those who inhabt 1t are snug and at peace
with the world. Well. among all. there will
be none more snug than a most glorious old
maid
You know who 1t Is. There can be but
one such-"the Most Beautiful Old Maid IN
the Worldp
Ada Cavalieri takes charge of Lina's
Paris mansion. That she is 30 like her SIS
ter will not strike Parisians, because they
will not see her. When she goes out she
will dress In sad. plain clothes. And where
she goes--to church for the most part
Parisians will not follow.
In her own way she is happy. Is 1t not
strange? Here is beauty gone to waste.
Some time ago the somber sister had a
skittish movement. 1t melted her to prove
her equal beauty. How she dressed in one
OF Lina's toilettes and posed to one of the
first Paris photographers as her famous
sister is a tale that has been more than
once told Suffice to say, the trick was ut
terly successful. Doubtless. also, 1t SUI
feed to crafty the cool and tranquil van
ity of Ada; never afterward did she assert
herself
For a time the counterfeit presentments
circulated In commerce, being practically
undistinguishable from photographs of
Lima CavaIieri. Nowadays they scarcely
exist. Yet there is one of them in the lot
herewith. Can you pick 1t?
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

ward sign, forsooth. Au contraire II fur
nishes an interesting topic OF animated
dialogue from the White House to the huts
In the iowly quarters of the town.
Interest in Airships.
The interest In ships OF the air today is
confined to particular country or cline,
although 1t is unquestionably deeper in
France and America because of the very
nervous energy and desire for enlighten-
ment so cordially characteristic of the peo-
pie of those two countries. The change in
the attitude of the public generally toward
the progress of aerial flights and trans
portation is significant. No longer do the
differences between the schools of aero
nauts and airship builders excite ridicule
and humor The airship has come to stay,
and that its development to greater and
more useful achievement is a mere matter
OF time is the conclusion very generally
conceded by the best minds in the realm of
the highest science. No more pertinent
illustration of this conclusion could be had
than the present attitude of the scientific
world toward the coming attempt of Wal
ter WelIman to reach the north pole The
press OF the entire world, both secular and
scientific, has accorded Mr.. Wellnan it's
good wishes and earnest hopes for success
and applauded Mr.. Frank b. Noyes and the
Chicago Record-Herald for furnishing the
enormous fund that will make the achieve
ment possibe-if possible it be-
That aerial navigation has in no small
measure been retarded by the absurd atti-
tude of some governments and many an
tiquated and antique minds cannot be
gainsaid. 1t Is not the only great cause
of science that has had to put up with an
enormous modicum of ridicule, but 1t has
certainly had more than its share When
Columbus sailed away from his native
land in an ancient and clumsy tub that
the average Washingtonian would not
have dared to cross Chesapeake bay in, for
a land of which he knew nought; of which
he had not even infinitesimaI knowledge
based upon scientific research. upon a
tempestuous ocean walled but on one side
SO far as he knew, the prayers of his
church and the hope and affection of his
countrymen, except the maicontents, fol-
lowed him. But for time immemorial-
always until within the last few years
the balloonists and the aeronaut of all
types shades and degrees have been the
butts of cheap Jibes and the subject mat
ter for cheap minds incompetent and inca
pablo of grasping any but the tangible
and finite things Of this mundane sphere
Andree was profoundly damned. Unwise
he may have been, as his preliminary
plans do not suggest the perfection Of de-
tail and deep study that Mr.. Wellman is
employing. But it was without the pale
of fair play to put upon him the universal