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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-11

NEWs-DEMOCRAI, PROVIDENCE. IL. l.. pa
who the leaders of the factions Hill replied President Roose-
welt is the leader Of one and Governor Hughes OF the other
believed by swedisr-Amecan Society Stockholm
that the and freight traffic justify the society its efforts
to establish direct line OF steamships between Swedish and Ame-
ports Some 1912 went home on visits last
Sweden properly advertised the number OF tourists would be
largely increased
The straight Republican newspapers in Pennsylvania declare
there absolutely nothing the movement against Senator Pen
the antiEenrose
movement by the independent journals and former State Senator
Finn who directing the opposition has the brains and
strategy.
According TO the Municipal Voters League Of Chicago there is
to the council in April This league for few
aged improve the of the city council but last year there
decidedly rerogade movement on the part OF the voters
Europe much troubled reports in which Japan
and this country figure England seems to be about warm on
this subject as we are She wants China to build certain railroad
and Japan orbd the banns Someone has to back down pretty
Sir Charles Dixie the outlook for the great
Of the world during 1908 excellent Until @ he contra
considered an authority on world politics
Those assembly rules also are bone Of contention when the
Democrats have sufficient members in the house fight for the
peoples rights The rules though better than they were
few years ago
The Grand railway recently placed
for locomotives that will S2oooooo Our locomotive
manufacturers will get one-hfth of this order
Former President Cleveland square that
honest equality before the law and under
stitutiona guaranty" This is neatly put
1t is proposed electricity operating power the
suburban Rio de S5oooooo will probably
be necessary TO equip the trains
Some prohibition the will
long, while others there will be backward movement
towards liquor.
No should forget that week from Tuesday will show how
the anti Wetmore Republicans enjoy a diet OF crow.
Bones amounting $4oo75 will be allowed by the French
cove his to OF
The New York World Senator Aldcls bill
would be of great benefit to Wall Street
The output last month less last month
than in October.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-11
COoKSON-In Attleboro. Mass

9th inst, Jane Eliza Cookson, aged
52 years and months
Funeral Sunday. Jan. IL, at .. m.
from her late residence, 80 James
street Attleboro. Mass. Relatives
and friends are invited to attend.
New Bedford and Bristol papers
nleasp cODy
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-11

CHARNLEN-In this city. on the 9th
inst. Mrs. Sarah A, Charnley. widow
OF James A. Charnley.
Funeral services Sunday, the 12th
inst, AT 1 o'clock. at her late resi-
dence, No. 224 Gano street. Rela-
ttves and friends are invited TO at
tend.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-11

DUGGAN-Suddenly. I'm this city, on the
9th inst. Annie NJ, wife of the late
John Duggan.
Funeral from the residence of her
sister, Mrs. Catherine McAdams, 1858
Gladstone avenue, Sunday. the 18TH
inst. at y. m.4 Services at Church OF
the Blessed Sacrament at 2:30 u. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend. Please omit flowers
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

out we trooped and took another train This
station is Eydkuhnen.
Going into Berlin there are loads of stations
before you get into the right one just like
said about going into Chicago, You are
in New York when you reach the first depot but
you never do get to Chicago It's that way in
Berlin. You pass the first station half an hour
before you get off, and I watching the diff
ferent sights along the and before L really
knew it the party had got off the train and
left in the car. ! didn't know it for a min
ute, and neither did they until the train had
pulled for the next stop. They say papa
after the train through the yards calling for
me to get off. but If he did I didn't know ii. and
| just sat there until the next station, and as l
about to get off came in and found
and put in a carriage and sent to
Ambassador Towers
It too bad couldn't stay in Berlin
longer than three hours for we were on the jump
then, and after dinner that night with the
Towers left for Hamburg the midnight
train and the next morning took the
steamer President Grant for home The ship
had splendid things to eat and | certainly did
enjoy my trip home.
After fourteen day voyage | reached New
York. and here l in Washington after a
wonderful trip around the world with father and
mother
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
RESCUED BY FATHER.

When came out of the station there We're
lines of police 10 keep back the crowd. and a
We walked along through / ran ahead 10 speak
TO my mother and then dropped back Well al
l dropped back a big Russian officer saw me-
and not having seen before thought | had
broken in the lines, and he collared me lust az
a New York policeman would do and proceeded
put outside the lines. Father happened
to see ii, and came after me. and II was funny
to that officer. / guess he is wondering yet
why father wanted TO pick d small boy out Of
the crowd and take him along with him; he
never knew, probably that l was one of the
party
Papa was received at Tsarskoe- Selo one OF The
many palaces Of the Car by the Car himself
and had fine long chat with him. Mother
didn't see the czarina because she had the grip
and didn't see any of them We were at the
hotel and | noticed secret service guard at the
door all the time We we're there. The first day
remained in the hotel and had d good dinner
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
QUESTION OF VICE-PRESIDENT.
Who is talked of for Vice-President -

w no Is talked or Tor Nlce-EreSldentL
"As Governor Guild remarked after a recent
visit to the White House, is a candidate
for Vice President the choice is contingent
the selection of the head of the ticket and
must be of some who will give 1t strength
and balance. The advocates of the nomination
of Secretary Taft for President realize that a
man from the Atlantic slope states must be
put the ticket with him. The ideal selection
Roosevelt was named with President Mckinley
in 1900. But the present Governor of the Empire
State had been positive in his declarations
that he will take the second place as Gov
ernor Roosevelt was in 1900. until the action
of the convention at Philadelphia Overruled his
objections and he gave reluctant acquiescence
The of Secretaries Cortelyor and Root
have received consideration those of New
Workers eligible 10 the position \ precedent
for taking New Jersey man Is found in the
action at st. Louis in 1896 when Garret A Ho-
bart was made Mr.. MctnIay's running mate
The name OF Governor Fort is understood TO
have already received favorable consideration
With the aim of strengthening the Taft ticket
in New England the names of Governor Guild
and Senator Crane. of the Bay State have been
put forward In case one of them is chosen IL
would not he unlikely that Ex-Governor Doug
las of shoe fame. would he put on the BRYAN
ticket. Ii the head of the ticket named at Chi
cagO should come from New York a Western
man would be put with him. but names have
yet been put forward especially calculated
to strengthen Hughes ticket In the improb-
able event OF President Roosevelt being named
for a second elective term. as its promoters
call il, man from the Middle West would be
named for Vice-President and 1t would not be
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
ESCAPED LONG SCHOOL DAY.

One evening we had crowd in and were play
ing a great game where all sit in chairs placed
in a circle except the one who is it, and ne
stands in the centre blindfolded. Each person
has a number. and the trick is that two num-
bers are called and the having those num-
bers must rush across the circle and change
chairs with the other person before the one in
the centre can rush into the vacant chair Cen
eral Edwards was ''it," and in trying to get
the right chair he bumped into one Of the men,
glanced off on a chair and sat down on the hoor
hard When father was it, and blindfolded he
used to grab hold of the first one he could. and
then holding the person with one hand, grope
around with the other until he found the vacant
chair and then sat in 1t. 1t made lots of fun
T rode on horseback q lot and kept my eyes
omen for stamps, 1 collect them. Mother
wanted me TO go to school in Manila, but L
didn't not because 1 didn't want to keep up my
studies but because there one has to get up at
6 o'clock in the morning. have breakfast at
and then go to school at o'clock-and that
makes long day And so she consented.
When we started the ship Rainbow for
Vladivostok passed one part OF the Islands
about forty miles away from land, and clearly
saw mountain peak that was twenty miles in
land Just think of that, I didn't know one
could see so far from the low deck of a ship.
Nothing happened the trip. except that we
had a bad storm and our stateroorn was right
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

the propeller. I slept in a hammock that
the regular hospital kind with the ends
and sides turned up and a board inside. over
which a mattress is placed, and it is awfully
comfortable
There a minstrel show board, got up
by the sailors for the officers. and there were
some good jokes. On the boat was man called,
by way of nickname. DIR. Medico." and he
had very crisp and curly hair-and it was very
short, too. A lot OF the performers were dressed
up in spangled suits and one in the centre Sas
called the ''interlocutor' and they all asked him
questions One of them was. Say Mr.. Inter
locutor you any good at picking locks?"
Not very good, but why do you ask:' Be
cause. I'll bet you couldn't pick a lock of his
hair" pointing TO where -'Medico" sat and they
all yelled, and l didn't know who he meant, for
just in front Of the doctor sat man perfectly
bald. 1t was one Of the two, anyhow.
Each day when the marines drilled. l took
gun and drilled too, because II is good exercise
and wanted to learn the exercises in the bayo-
net drill and the manual of When
reached Vladivostok il was much colder. and my
hands were half frozen in my mittens but later
all got fur caps and fur lined gloves. We did
nothing much here except TO get the caps, and
on November 10 started on the long trip
over the Transsi5erian Railroad.
AT first the country cultivated but
gradually drew away from the coast it became
less and less so. The towns were not near the
railroad because l guess the government eX-
pected the people to come and follow the
railroad and just emigrate there and build up
the town, but they didn't. Now. there many
towns that you cannot from the railway
and you stop al a station and because the town
is far away you don't it. Well after
eleven days reached Moscow and started for
the hotel.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
Constant Reader Tells What TIC
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.

"I suppose the political pot Keeps oo'e
said the Busy Man. he entered the sa'i''
of his adviser on the news features oi ''''
the Constant Reader.
"I have noticed no diminution In us ac'Ni'''
no. m. renix "AT the present and the pro-
spective candidates continue along courses car
fully calculated to keep them in the puohc eye
Secretary Taft has visited the Ne" f'he
states being everywhere received with the u'
most enthusiasm and statement mas peeh "iU
10 heraIded that the great financial interests VI
the country are heartily supporting MN anu d
satisfied that he will be the next PRESIDENT Inc
Inference from the frequent absences OF 'he
Secretary from his department that government
interests are suffering thereby Is declared uii-
founded. and it is asserted that secretary dr.
lseens in close touch with affairs Wherever ho
is and works late at night to see 'ha' ees
thing fs attended to. He purposes to deVo'e 'no
,,,-a coming week TO his official duties, now
ever Frank H. Hitchcock, who Is recoshi|eA
as a political manager Of much ability mas re-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
Ch&pAeJoN
No. 1908 X street, Washington
FLORIDA DIVERSIONS.
Not0r Boating Among the Most
Popular 4musements.

st Augustine, Fla. Feb 22--The rush of
travel to this state is now fully on Every train
brings every passenger it can carry, and al
though no resort is crowded or is entertaining
as mary guests as II can with comfort. all
doing well. Motor boating is for the moment
the most popular amusement here and owners
Of launches entertain parties daily-indeed
hourly. The Motor Boat Club, recently organ
lied, has purchased the bathhouse beyond the
seawa and will convert it into recreation
pier and boathouse
Mrs. Franklin Langstan, of Philadelphia and
Mrs Charles Henry Page. of New York City.
held reception in the Langstan villa on Mon
day.
Mrs Alfred Jerome Weston gave a reception
on Tuesday for Mr.. and Mrs. Lero,-. Curtis. of
New York City, who were guests of the Ponce
de Leon for a week while making a tour of the
East Coast The Friday night before Mrs
Weston gave g dinner Of fourteen covers for Mr.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
BICYCLES IN GERMANY.

Consul e Theophilus Iiefeld of Freiburg fur
nishes copy of the regulations concerning the use
of bicycles on public roads and In public places in
the Grandy Duchy of Baden. which went into effect
January l, 1908. \ brief summary follows:
Every bicycle be provided with a good
working brake: clear ringing bel mus used as
rs warning signal, and aRbright burning lantern
win coloreSs ms, which must be used when il is
DARK or during heavy fog. The Cyclist must
nave on his person a card Of identity. showing
thar he has a right to ride wheel which he must
cXlhbn upon request to the proper authorities
The card Of identity costs =5S cents. Foreigners
al" also oDH9ed lu carry cI1ds of identHcltluu
which are good all over Germany.
The speed of riding is to be controlled 50 that
ttlere VIII De no danger of accidents and
When riding on roads which obSt ructed from
sight or in dense fogs. turning from one street
mo lnotheF, passing over narrow bridges. as well
as riding down hill etc. the Cyc!ist mast ride
cautiously and slowly. In all these cases II, is not
permitted TO ride without holding The handle bars
TO be rung at all places obstructed from the sight
- cIma'i, fnc passing around OF vehicles
Is forbidden il il dsturbs traffic in anv way or is
lia6le to frghten animals.
The riding of bicycles, except upon special paths
for Whee linen, Is permitted only upon roads as
used for general traffic The Wh"elman must
not ride ON embankmenGs or sidewalks intended
iur l@ptStfians it Sti,h ara at higher level than
the roadway. SpeCal pains for u-hcelmen can be
closed at any time by police ordinance Racing
Is not permitted public na j.
lowed only upon special permission Of authori-
tiAAA
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

and the next day / went out with man who
came to take me to see the palaces where some of
the Cars are buried, and he took me to the nome
of Peter the Great. and saw the boat he built
1t wasn't very large and was just like dory
That evening he took to real circus. ana
1t was good fun There was thing had never
seen done before. and that was man up III 'hq
air about eighty feet, hanging by his legs so
that he could let go easily. and then ne nuns
there head down. until a signal and dropped
Jimmy! how he did sail through the ar
straight down toward the net Until he was only
a few feet away and then he just gracefully
turned and came down fat his back of
course you know If he had landed on his head
even in a net 1t would have killed him. IL was
a great stunt And they had something like
our Buffalo Bill" show only il was an attack
on the French forces by the Moors. The amphi-
theatre was darkened and lot of firecrackers
were set off and guns fired and it was all over
L don't know who won.
The following morning a lady friend Of
mamma took me out, and her went along,
too. We saw museums and tried to get into the
Winter Palace, but it takes lots of red tape to
get a permit and we didn't have time, we
went to lunch with friend of this lady and we
had some real good mince pie with the true
American favorng. Good? My gracious.
Pretty soon visit In St. Petersburg came to
an end and left early in the afternoon for
Berlin. We arrived at the border at O'Clock
in the morning, and that is as far as the train
goes Just to the edge of the Russo German line.
and you have got to change there, no mat
ter whether you special thing not. So
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

tired from the post of First Assistant Postmas-
ter General to take charge of Mr.. Tafts cam
paign interests, and will probably continue in
that capacity If his chief is nominated, becom-
ing head of the Republican National Commit
tee as Secretary Cortelyou did four years ago.
Governor Hughes has been setting forth his
views on public questions in Chicago, showing
that he is apt pupil in the school of Roose-
Welt policies. While he is devoting himself to
the discharge Of his public duties and disclain-
ing any purpose of doing anything to advance
his political fortunes steps are being taken by
his friends to organize the sentiment in his
favor so that it may be effective before and in
the nominating convention June 16. The
state convention to select the four New York
delegates at large has been fixed for April IA.
Four years ago the delegates were Senators
Depew and Platt and ex-Governors OdeIl and
Black 1t is not regarded as probable that any
one of them will be sent this time. 1t would be
turning the tables If Ex-Governor Black. who
nominated President Roosevelt at Chicago in
1904. should go there to perform the same
,-Ca Fov yJ,1CI
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
HOCKEY AT BROWNS MILLS.

Browns MIls-in-the-P Pines. Feb. "a stoutly con
tested game of ice hockey played Tuesday be-
tween teams composed of guests Of The Inn and
their opponents from Browns camp. The game
resulted in draw at the time limit, and after
ira play of five minutes The Inn team was victo-
rious by a score of 8 3
Among the guests The this week have
been Elbert Hubbard, East Aurora; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas j. Phillips, Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. f. S.
Benedict, Mr. AMI Mrs. John NJ Peet and Mrs
George +. DominiCz and Miss Dominick New York
Mr. and Mrs. j. ParsoI Smith, John ;. Boverin, w
Frazin Harrison. Miss Alice Gowen Joseph A Apple.
NJ. H Wright Mrs. Frank WetherilI. Mrs. William
and Master Francis d. Lukens. Mrs. IL. de {. Ham
ilton and Thomas Martin. of Philadelphia, and Mrs
William Brewster Taber and George Il. Packard
and family, of .Haverford. Penn.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
UNEASY CROWNED HEADS.

.sNore crowned heads have been reported
suffering the fate of the unfortunate King OF
Portugal, but fortunately none os the reports
has proved true. They have been made public
about the Shah of Persia. the King OF Spain
and the Gar of Russia, and doubtless there
have been plots and cOunterplots against them.
the success OF which has been prevented King
Peter of servia is reported TO have secured life
Insurance of 100000 in this city. Just the
late King Carlos had 100000. but the lives OF
sovereigns must be regarded as extra hazardous
risks at present at least. The prospects OF q
war between Russia and Turkey over tEs
Asiatic possessions of the latter not impro;I>
able, with the Russian hope that even II she
cannot get the entrance to the Black Sea under
her own control she may get one side OF II. and
in the distant future secure the Bosporus-
Baron Takaf1ira has brought message CT
peace from the japanese government. which he
is to represent at Washington. The American
feet has arrived at CaIIao. Peru its Pacific
trip being now nearer the equator than when
It made the stop the eastern side OF South
America. After ten days entertainment of the
officers and men at the hands of the Peruvians
the battIeships will weigh anchor for the trip
to the Lower California part of Mexico. where
target practice is 20 be taken up The questions
raised as to the efficiency of our navy are TO
be probed by Congress and the answers Of Rear
Admiral Converse and Chief Constructor Capps
to the critics be fully investigated The cost
of our navy, largely acquired in the last
ten years since the Maine sunk at Ha-
vana is placed at 81. .2OO.OOO.O00, and i the re-
suits are all that to be desired the CoUn-
try should know IT. Russia is preparing 20
spend over a billion dollars TO ehabilitate her
navy, which the war with Japan practically
wiped out, and Great Britain purposes TO add
materially TO her sea defences-
The conviction and sentencing 10 death Of
General StOessel for his failure To defend Port
Arthur TO the bitter end regarded as the
inevitable result of the evidence produced at
the inquiry. but it has changed the worlds view
of the defence of that famous fOrtifcation. II is
deemed unlikely. however, that the sentence will
be executed. and its communication 10 ten years
Imprisonment is expected \ ten years SEN
tence from which relief is sought is that Of
Captain Van SchaiCk. who commanded the un-
fortunate steamboat General Slocum when she
took fire near He'll Gate and a thousand lives
were lost. He is A man OF seventy and il 10
thought from the condition of his health that
he could not live out his term while IL is main
tained in his behalf that he did the best he could
in the emergency and with the facilities afford
ed him.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23
A SPEEDY GAS METER.

AN exceedingly rapid gas meter has been
found. but not in the home OF August Belmont
as first stated. II registers 155 per cent instead
of 100 per cent and the company explains that
the man repairing it put a ten-Ight dial in
stead of three-Iight one. the house required
The weather of the week has shown more OF the
fifty seven varieties which winter affords. with
occasional glimpses of spring but it is not to be
expected that any real vernaI conditions Will
prevail for a month more, q least until after
the date of the great bIizzard-March l.. The
defeat of owen Wister, the novelist, for eec-
ton in Philadelphia is another failure on the
part of a literary md sphere in poll
ties and he doubtless receives the sympathy OF
Winston Churchill and Booth Harrington. \
prince from India made a hurried passage
through this city after fastening across the con-
tinent the way to consult specialists in Eng
land in regard in his health The Black Hand
outrages. which have been growing more fire.
quent of late. have eliminated in murder ot
the true Sicilian type in Brooklyn
You know the way the news was summarized
by a veteran Joker 20 be-that the Brooklyn
Bridge is suspended. the subway is in a hole and
the Singer Building is going up Now the same
person. or of his iIk. says that with Ice
melting away in New York. Snow gone in
Brooklyn and Thaw up the HUDSON there are
sure signs OF early spring The highest fire
ever known in this ciry took place the other day.
the fortieth floor of the Singer tower. Not TO
be outdone the Eiffel Tower. in Paris. which
rises three hundred feet higher in the air had
fire the next day in the wireless signalling appa-
ratus with which it is equipped
The death list OF the week bears the names ot
Crosby s. Noyes. the veteran Washington
editor; Miss Harriet Hosmer. the nlost famous
woman sculptor: Senator A q Latinsr. Cf
South Carolina General F 5 Dodge. we'll
known Indian fighter. and John F. Randolph.
secretary 10 Tlt'mas a Edison. who committed
suicide