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New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
The Early Metropolis

npSTI- .-.- the largest town IL the country. Yet
ID tn, --t population On a bout ten thousand
l. r. --.-e q stately mansions. queer old taV-
e-ns quaint shops. and curious hanging signs, and
maze lt narrow streets paved with cobblestones.
Nos- o- I'll. houses and shops in the center OF the
+ov-r W.. ~ brick usually three stories IN
ha;ol- and hey were seldom 50 close but that
there v- plenty u chance for the boys TO run around
= the OMEN --sces between them. Across the mar
TOW Te--s--.,-. that led 10 the mainland a barrier
had beer erected. the gate OF which was shut eaCh
-cf1 Al nine and not opened at all on the sabbath
The tow - is 1rlarketplaCe, and near the wooden
reetine house that stood the site OF the present
Old-Sou-7 ----ch were a pillory and stocks.
Ro-h -- rs aspect and its habits Boston was
sen+is1v E---ish The people, TO be sure. observed
certain 5.vs 4 fast and thanksgiving; but they
siso kert the Kings birthday and Guy Fawkes
dav. and had two great fairs every year
Less than I'VE minutes walk from fIa1!hnh ;
home was The common. OF Training Field as It was
so77e-7-- led because the militia gathered there
n -7a-a--.- l. was not the beautiful tree en-
fozve-e7 -- + Is TO-DAY but an unncloSed- StubbIE
COW -a-----a on the upper slopes OF this bleak
waste traoe5 Wild roses and IN the marshes helo"
-1g ve- there was one noble old elm under "hl'h
me Ind.s-- no doubt had formerly po"WoNed'
and iron whose branches some OF the early law
breaker had teer hanged
L 1te shadow Il this tree Franklin hhed % ll@--
md h 5--s also 10 frequent the shore OF the bay
As he g-.e s. der he became an adept II handling
boat an # he had companions with MN on ms
rovages he was usually allowed 70 govern esecla!4E
Il anv St Il difficulty. Put pe-hala nothing else
gave hin .l-e such keen delight as 81 mining u
which h .a- remarkably expert On one occasion
he ser -. his kite from the Windwa1d SIDE ol
ro7d e-s ~ : -o- him across u the other shore
Bos-o- -.s q -ourg. scra-n5;lg village II q 1le'.
oourr-v r here al material. human oT otheT"lse-
ras -o-e 4rd promptly utilized, and ne 1ill'-"-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

75e-s = ---g -helr heacs sla Ved and 1ltted win
wigs.
bars'e- and soap maker who had been twice mar
- AMI -.-erteen children had been born to him.
To- 1- -.. .tdren were sons, OF whom Franklin
- ~ .-.-.-est. Their home a twO-StoTy
n1ode-, -e with q clapboarded front, while the
s;3es an. rear were rudey shingled. On the FIRST
soor W. single apartment, twenty feet square,
which served paTlor. sitting room, and taInliy
90 S-r-- INSISTED likewise of one ROOM and above
hat W % upholstered attic where Franklin and
his broth slept. The upper portion OF the house
-,-oier-eF .-reTyh hat beyond the ground floor his
sc +-.e-l- feature OF the early colonial homes,
md MAJ persons have the impression that the
n-oiecti.- Has 10 afford convenient place Tor
ssbootjna onward to repel attacking Indians try
no = f--k through below. But such an over
ba1q Wa s--l.non England, and the people who
er7;e-s-.H here merely copied their old homes.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
By CLIFTON JOHNSON

had received a college education in England, and
were men of more than ordinary capacity and eX
perienCe. One OF the most famous OF them was
Ezekiel CheeVer. who WAS master OF the Boston
Grammar School at the time OF Franklin birth
This position he held for the last hrty-elght years
of his life, and died at his post, aged n1nety-tour
after having given seventy years OF continuous
service to the New England schools. His death
was widely mourned. and he was long held IN aztec
tionate remembrance; for he was more patient
with the slow BOYS and less severe and brutal with
ali bows than schOOlmaS of that age were wont
to be He wrote what seems to have been the only
school book of American origin prior to the Revolu-
ton. This was little Latin grammar, generally
known as "Cheever's ACCidenCe' (the word aCCI-
denCe IS an old term meaning a documentary gram
mar. The first edition appeared IN I645, and the
book was republshed as late as 1898 1t contained
only seventv-nine pages Yet II has been called the
wonder of the age For than forty years It
was practically the only beginners Latin book used
in the colonies and It continued to be immensely
popular for fully century.
After the BOYS had worked their way through
this primer they plunged into the dreary wilderness
Of Lilv's Grammar with its twenty-five kinds OF
nouns its seven genderS, and other things IN pro
portion. ali to be wearisomely committed to mem
orv The purgatory of this grammar was early
in the use of vs book will prolong the reign OF the
ferrule" Other Latin books in common use were
.Fsop Eutropus, and the Colleagues OF Corder1us:
and for the older boys Caesar, OVID Nerg1I, and
Cicero In Greek they had the grammar the
Testament and Homer Thus they fitted them
selves for the university. which made very eXactng
requirements in the dead languages, but paid little
attention to the progress prospective students
had made in science, mathematics, or anything else
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

ductive period of boyhood
was cut very short Ben 5
elder brothers early became
apprentices. learning various
trades, and he himself was
only seven years old when
his father endeaVOred TO ar
range his life s career. Frank
lin $ plan was to devote Ben.
as the 1.-THE of his sons. TO
the service of the church ;
and one of the boys unCles
graciously promised, when
his nephew should be ready
for the pulpit, to set him up
with a bundle of sermons that
he had written in shorthand
by system Of his own in
vention. To make Ben a
preacher special attention
must be paid to his eduCa-
ton. and the next year he
was placed in the Boston
Grammar School, where he
soon rose to the head Of his
class. The lad would have
gained other promotion had
not his father at the end OF
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
IN THE DAYS OF FRANKLIN

-FNIANIN FRANK
B i Il d y. zs=s \. s5ss e8s'S8 %se eoEs n
urbar IS now the busiest
nd-t;oa ' l-4 OF the CITY ne
80 iusr across Milk-st-
trom the Old south
,1|'bnrchl. : He began 70 at
end school u the age ot
s;or+ and # one could have
cen els him rs he started from
home that @-st morning,
Nth nth hi Latin GramnaTand
ne or rr. other books
&c ,,-5e- his arm. he would
nave bee- found a very
S.-turdva-- - Hvely yonngster,
hui II his --athing exactly
sssr7l11.- grown man
Anfre .- Il that period.
eaor they were old
enough Z. "eaT f5I, Z, Ja4o4l's,
-. -r--- Euee breeches,
. . long rs-- tapped coat.
- r.. hat. and often
=. r.---.--- were highly
colo-ed 1iel' green
tlae arE .a.nw- Boys no
oi5e- t-.- rankin IN well
70 do ta~1es we're oIleh
-,-a d. 81 re lht LLitl-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

C,a6e As soon as thev were taught to read English
p-ecocitv was encouraged not alone by intelligent
I.rents. but by the leading writer's and thinkers.
The schools kept long hours, and the Pu2lls "t1e
mornings. for instance in the rules Of the Hopkins
Grammar School at New Haven II was ordered.
That the Master & Scholars attend from o III Ht
-o.-ring 10 10 . Clock IN ye foTenoone. And from
! . clock in ve afternoone to Clock n summer
x IN Winter
NJ q the teachers of the early Latin schools
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

inportant, and not y any means an tSstItVL'I
Accomplishment for females il common hie 'cTGeIE
one in a dozen women could "Tite III go ana 81
H.. Tho re mentioned in the recorded de-ds of
the early part Of the eighteenth century less than
forty per cent could sign their names. he rest
made their mark. Even at the time OF the NeN@,
Au the early schools IN the smaller cornmunl,
ties were of course extremely rude, those pTeSideu
over by a master scarcely less than the dame
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
The Dame Schools

T HAVE mentioned that Franklin education prob
1 ably began at home: but most of the little folks
attended a dame school. There always some
woman in each neighborhood who, for a small sum
of money was willing take charge OF the children
and teach them the rudiments of knowledge. The
room in her house where the school gathered had
no desks maps or blackboards, and the dame often
knew little beyond the letters she was teaching. At
first these schools were private ventures but they
gradually received public recognition and town
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

without at least aCqulT-
ing some OF the rudi-
ments Of book knowl-
edge. Usually a gram
mar school IN colonial
davs was one where
Latin was the staple
English grammar, the
studvthe name most sug-
gests. was not taught at
all; but other English
studies were not entirely
neglected. and in the
Boston Grammar School
there appears to have
been an usher, as the
ma ster 5 assistant was
called. who was an IN
structor in English Boys
began 10 attend the
grammar schools when
they were seven or eight
wears old, and now and
then a youngster entered
the Boston Latin School
no older than SIX and q
half. Not Infrequently
the bows had made con
siderable progress IL
Latin. and sometimes
the merest infants were
taught by doung parents
10 read this learned Ian
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

never attained 10 much
dignity or consequence
Nevertheless, all the towns
had hem.-the Oldest
and largest places as well
as the pioneer villages
and they were everywhere
a chief dependence for
elementary instruction In
them the boys got what
little learning was re
quired for entrance to the
grammar schools, and the
girls all the education Il
was thought they needed
The early school laws
81 Massachusetts did not
recognize girls at all, eX-
presslv stating that, ! he
word children IS to be IN
tcrurctcd tn mean boys
There was r1 controversy
on the subject. 1t simply
seems 70 have been con
sIdc-cd unnecessary that
girl should he taught II
the public schools. How
ever. either at the dame
schools ur at home, thcE
nearly all learned AT least
t. read and sew. Writing
vas held to he much less
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
THE CHINESE BRIBERY CASE.

customary methods gamblers, dealing with the
police department. the public of Hawaii
IN revel to bride him.
Chinese through most of the deal with great
they did their former
to which their
Besides making bribery proposals
his wife and also Mr. Ayres clear glimpse
Finally small
had left the gamblers
having searched him before he went
his them and searched
gambler had him in
close and reputable
surveillance.
money police
will realization
proper in the negotiation between the
the last Attorney W. A
Detective Taylor
should him
of dollars permission
received 500 less than
General Andrews In the Andrews the bber
they
$500 of 800 made the
police
gambling Chinatown permitted
requirement Taylor he
should Independent
gamblers
supplied protected stipulated
of
proceedings the
of insisted would
invariably no
gamblers permission headquarters
permission be asked first of Assistant
Chinese police and absence
Willie Crawford
be
present will Chinatown nrmitng vigilance
the As
administration of Oahu lapse into the hands of
grafters
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
To WATCH THE COURSE
Of LOCAL LEGISLATION

The Chamber of Commerce intends
to watch the work of the coming legis-
lature lest legislation inimical to the
interests of the business men of the
Territory slip through unnoted To
this end the Legislative and Public
Works Committee was empowered at
the regular monthly meeting of the
trustees of the Chamber, held yester-
day afternoon, to add as they saw fit
to the number of the committee and
employ legal advice whenever necessa-
ry. 1t is not expected that any such
legislation is contemplated at the com
ing session, but it was considered wise
not to run any chances.
This was the principal business of
the meeting, the only other question
brought to the attention of the trustees,
outside of the communications already
given out to the press, being letter
from Governor Carter to Chairman Gift
fard, calling his attention to the fact
that the government had granted leave
of absence to all government employees
who are members of the National
Guard on full pay during the time
when the mIntia viii be in camp and
suggesting that similar action be taken
by the members of the Chamber of
Commerce. The trustees endorsed the
suggestion and copy of the Governor s
letter Will be sent TO each member of
the CHAMBER.
1t was suggested that the committee
on legislation consider the question of
bringing to the attention of the Legis-
lature the ACCESSIBILITY of appointing
a Board of Appraisers to value the
lands of the Territory for purposes of
assessment. F. NJ. Swanzy, who made
the suggestion, said that in his opinion
the present assessment values were I'M
equal and UNFAIR in many instances.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
MANY GAMBLERS ARRESTED.

Twenty-three more Chinese gamblers
were arrested last night, Apana head
ing raid on bunch of seven in a
house on King street, near the base
ball park, and Joe Leal being credit
ed with landing sixteen, who were WOO
ing the tickle goddess in a Hotel street
resort. In each case bail was fixed at
SO and all were released to appear this
morning for their medicine These ar
rests are coming SO fast that the
gamblln0 fines for February promise
to aggregate more than they did for
January, when nearly $4,000 was col
lected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
ESTATE Of HAWAIIAN
IN PROBATE IN UTAH

Unable to read Or write the English
waiian, the widow Of Kaile Hoopiia-
nina, fled a petition yesterday in the
Third District Court asking that Will
G. Farrell be appointed administrator
of the estate of her husband, which is
valued at $303S. The estate consists of
house and lot in Superior addition.
which is valued at $500; $50 acres of
land in Tooele, valued at 5000, and $433
of personal property. The Utah Saw
ings & Trust Company holds a mort
gage of $3.50 on the property in Superior
addition.
Hoopiianina died in Salt Lake City
on September 49, 1906. He left a wife
and six children, who are named in the
petition as heirs to the estate.-SaIt
Lake Republican.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
NOT A PERSONAL MATTER.


privilege defense
which Attorney
e o
knowledge
probably possible
the unpleasantness
the attitude the with the
feeling When
appellate
would
followed
be
o
of rifing
OF
Attorney
their disapprova
had
ne n
consideration
ment
waae n
o injunction
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14

to
California summary of
January building
buildings
Total permits buildings the fre,36
20.
January postal receipts $149,SS2 60
January customs receipts S52
January bank elearng $99372,2614
bank elearings
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14
A NATIVE KILLED.

Kapono, native, eighty-two years
old, was killed yesterday morning by
being struck by a cart dashed along
Nuuanu avenue by runaway team,
drawing Chinese cart. He was re-
tainer of Miss Lucy Peabody. in whose
employment he had been for the past
twenty-five years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14

We hardly DIR
SONS would go unehaenged long Father
good writing rather Besel
the Protestant of
adJecte Is there Protestant
eoumn If the will be
story of the Congo with which Father particularly deals of
wide controversial
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14

The that the immigration prohibit the i'm
OF japanese
mere out the Iaboers now
TINS SOIL from going to the mainland may would make our
reasonably
another class of field hands in the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-14

ranks by thI
labor achieved it viii be
the
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
THREE SMALL FIRES
KEEP ENGINES GOING
Total Loss Amounts to
Nearly S3,OO0-Fireman's
Foot Crushed.

Three early morning fires kept the
department busy after midnight, and
did nearly $1,000 damage.
Shortly before 1 O'Clock FIRE was dis
covered IN the frame house, at $40 G
street southeast, owned by F. Il. Mar
tin, OF l54O Columbia road. The house
was occupied by Timothy Murphy, who
rented part Of the first floor from VIII
liam Hiltenburger, who conducted a
small grocery in the front room.
HlltenpurgCr stock was damaged to
the extent OF $500. The loss Is covered
Dy insurance. Furniture belonging to
$50. It was fully Insured. The police
beheVe the ire started from lamp ia
the window OF the grocery.
while responding 10 the alarm. No. s
nose cart collided at North Carolina ave-
nue. and Fifth street southwest, with a
heavy delivery wagon OF the n Auth
FroVislop Company. Both the hose cart
ana the delivery wagon were damaged.
One Of the hose carriage horses was
severely injured, and William Acton.
the driver. had his right foot crushed.
Harvey Henly. driver for the Auth
Company, was not hurt
Fire about 2;30 O'Clock quilted the
frame house in Messer street, Anacos-
ia, occupied by Nathaniel James, col
Ored- The damage Is estimated at s.. 500
which is partly covered by insurance
Inc blaze was caused by an everheated
stove on the first floor.
Spontaneous combustion was respon-
sib3s Ter = snail Ere about 7 O'Clock In.
the shed IN the rear of 4e6 Florida ave-
nue. northwest The damage was nolni-
nal
About 1870 o'clock last night a irs
was discovered IN vault IN the east
end OF the Pension Office. Tho blaze
was confined TO a pile OF paper, and did
no damage.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
HARSHIP BUILDING
STILL CRITICISED
IN NAVY EDITORIAL

Serious errors in battleship construc-
ton continue to be made by the Navy
Department regardless Of the warnings
Of the Board OF Inspection and Survey,
according TO the leading editorial IN the
November issue Of the Navy.
It charges thai there are many defects
in all the new battleships, arising from
the 'helter-skelter method with which
planning and building is carried on
The placing Of electric junction boxes
In the handling rooms just outside the
doors of the magazines is cited. The
present position of these and other juno
ton boxes, and Of various switches in
the turret3 is such as to involve eoutin-
ual danger of explosion" the article de-
clares, yet this installation was made
in the Tennessee and Washington after
years of complaint against it.
1t is pointed out also that In the
Washington, Tennessee and Connect
cut, electric wires have been led through
the magazines, which Is considered
highly dangerous.
REORGANIZATION of the administration
system of the Navy Department IS
recommended as the only cure for i'm
projections which threaten to be per-
petual in future shipS The entire work
Of the department should be grouped
serted-construction and repair feet and
personnel. and financial The present
power of the separate bureaus to issue
independent orders of the same author
ity as orders directly from the Secre-
tary If the Navv Is the root Of the pres
ent evils and should be abolished, says
the article in concluding.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
SIX PERSONS DIE
IN HOTEL FIRE,
GUESTS IN PANIC

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov 12-SiZ
persons are dead as a result OF a dis
astrOus fire which swept the upper
stories OF the Hotel Garde last night.
Hundreds OF guests OF the hotel. the
biggest In the State OF Connecticut, were
thrown into panic and rushed into
the streets clad CHly in their night robes
as the flames swept through me wooden
structure.
Patrick Anter. a porter, was killed by
the swapping OF a rope with which ne
was lowering himself to the street frou1
the fourth story.
Five other employees sleeping, on the
same floor were sufrOcated by The dense
smoke.
Starting in the north wing, following
a violent explosion, the FIRE spread rap
idly and ravaged the upper stories OF
the hotel to the extent Of $4,000 before
the fremen could get Il under control
Their bodies had been clutehed by the
IRE, and so feaTfully burned that they
were unrecognlzabIe.
The Hotel Garde is a big wooden
structure, covering two acres Of ground,
located within a hundred yards Of the
railroad station, and opposite the big
general offices OF the New York, New
tains so rooms, and Is a favorite resort
OF the travelling public. owing TO It's
proximity to the railroad II has Ions
been regarded as IRE trap, having
been rebuilt to ifs present form from
the old Pavilion House, ten years ago.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
]. n. SCALES BODY
GOES TO TENNESSEE
Sudden Death of Southern
Railway Official of
Pneumonia.

Ths body OF Jesse Newton Scale.
manager OF the Northern and Eastern
districts Of the Southern railway, who
died yesterday afternoon IN George
Washington University Hospital, was
forwarded at II O'Clock this morning
10 Jackson. Tenn.
Mr. Scale became III Friday night
while en- route from Norfolk, Va, 10
Spencer. y. c. II was discovered Sat
urday morning that his entire LEFT side
was paraIyzec. and he returned to
Washington. remaining In his special
car all OF Saturday night. He was re-
moved Sunday morning 10 the George
Washington University Hospital, where
symptoms OF pneumonia were discov-
cred He died yesterday at .. N.
Mr.. Scale was forty-four years old,
and had been connected with the South
ern railroad four years. In March OF
this year he was placed in charge Of
Northern and Eastern districts. with
the title OF manager.
His Washington home was at the
Cairo.
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
Grant FapOred South,
Then Joined the North
Mrs. Villa Fyffe
Wife of Former Ohio General Tells of
RunOrs That Union Man Offered to Serve
in the Confederate Army

effect that Captain Grant. who had re-
signed from the United States Army,
WOULD so with the Confederate forces.
This made him popular among the ele-
ment OF Brown county people, who
afterWard became known as Copper
heads and 'Vallandingham men When
the hosulities finally began, and IL be-
came question OF firing upon the flag,
the Democratic sentiment which had op-
POSED the war changed and the county
nearly as a whole became intensely 10y
al 20 the Union.
Joined Illinois Forces.
1T was then reported that CAPITALS
Grant had changed his mind. as
great many Brown county people had
done. and had offered his services to
the governor OF Illinois. who had &C
eepted them. All OF this created very
little talk or discussion at the time,
because Captain Grant was not then a
man or much prominence, and other
questions OF more moment drove il out
OF the. public mind. Later in the war,
when he had become a-maJor general,
there was more talk on the subject, but
General Grant had become a popular
hero and no attention was paid to it,"
The Washington times., 1907-11-12

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Nov. a.
Concerning the alleged tender By Gen.
Z. s. Grant OF his services to the Con-
federacy, Mrs. Villa Fyfe, OF this city.
tells an interesting story. Mrs. Fyffe is
the widow OF Col James p. Pyle, OF
the Bifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
in the civil war, who lived at George
town, Brown county, Ohio, and his regl-
ment came from Brown and Clermont
counties. Mrs. F'yffe says;
General Grant lived as a boy at
Georgetown. Ohio. and went to West
Point from that place by appointment
from Congressman Thomas L. Hamer.
who afterWard became General Hamer,
OF Mexican war fame.
LAS boy, General Grant was well
known throughout the county and was
usually referred to as Lyss' Grant.
offered Services.
About the time Of Lncoln.s Inaugural
ton. when the war talk was getting
warm. and the South was preparing
for action, there came a Tur.or 70 the
The Washington times., 1907-11-12
CLEVELAND GOES HUNTING.

NEW YORK. Nov. 12-The pessimists
who have been apprehensive over the
IL health OF Grover Cleveland are mis-
taken IN their anxiety. for the former
President went on an all-day shooting
expedition yesterday. Mr.. Cleveland
left Princeton at 9 o clock In the morn
ing in company with G. r. Priest, bound
for the game preserve OF William Mac
farlane at Rocky Hin, five miles from
Princeton.
Long after sundOwn the former Pres
ident returned with a fine bag Of wood
cock. quail and rabbit