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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

There is "A sure enough cowboy study
ing art at the school of the Museum of
Fine Arts And ne will be a genuine
artist, too, for he has all the instincts
of one, from his thick black canopy OF
hair, six feet above the ground, TO his
finger tips. And his name is Erwin Il.
Smith.
Mr.. Smith comes from Texas. He is
only u years OF age, but he knows the
life OF the plains and the cattle coun-
try from A to Il. He has been a
liue-rder. He can "Cut out" cattle
with the best of them; and he has
chased and shot outlaws the wild
cattle OF the cedar brakes which have
never been branded.
1t is because he knows the life SO
thoroughly; il is because he has
caught and felt the nameless, inde-
Unable spirit of the vast cattle country
that he feels that it and the men and
things which go TO make 1t up should
be pictured accurately and should be
made known to the world in a lasting
way. For the old order Changeth, Civ
ing place TO new; ana the cowboys and
hcIding are slowly, but surely disap-
pearing from the Southwest OF the
United States.
Mr. Smith will study three years in
Boston. Then he will endeavor to put
ON canvas and do into sculpture what
he has seen and felt in the exciting,
picturesque life of the cattle herder in
the Panhandle of Texas. Already he
has photographed this life, and every
photograph is "A work of art.
lie has made study of compost
ton" and the artist shows in every
one OF the scores of photographs maN.
ing up his collection.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

Now that the holidays are past the
dramatic season will continue 10 wane
until Lent gives il a harder blow. And
how the actors are going 10 live is a
very serious question in Jels Y street,
which is so full of theatrical b arding
houses. The stars, too, often have a
hard time and even MIS-. Leslie Car
ter has been forced into bankruptcy.
The unbounded popularity she had so
long enjoyed with a sala'y OF $1,000 a
week led the public to consider her
rich and now to see her schedule of
nearly a hundred and fifty thousand
dollars Of debts above all assets, Yes
il is very strange She owes her dem
tist $l64 and her dressmaker s6S9l
while S30Sl is due to the jeweler and
the doctors bill is $500 Carriage
hire is $4297 and decorating the inter
ior of her house is $707l. John Wan
amaker has bill for furniture
amounting to S35OO and with such big
figures Il is easy enough TO reach the
above mentioned aggregate Mrs. Car
ter, however. is like most OF her p O.
fession. When they make money. it
soon goes and then their expensive
habits lead TO running in debt wher-
ever they can get credit.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

The Man of the Hour by George
Broadhurst, the most widely discussed
play OF modern times is the attraction
at the fremont Theatre. IL has been
witnessed by nearly a million people
during It's phenomenal run of almost
two years in New York. Brady and
Grismer bring the New York cast and
the fremont engagement will be the
only one i'm New England. The Man
of the Hour" deals with the theme of
political graft. Viewed from any an
gle. The Man of the Hour is big
yirile and fascinating. Its theme is
one that concerns the civic and social
safety Of the nation. IL is n mans
play, a woman's play AMI an educa-
tional factor for the young
One of the best all-around bills OF
the season will be given at Keith's next
week. with william Courtleigh and
company. laddie Gin. Marzella's
trained birds, Fagsn and Byron, Spis-
sell Brothers and Mack. Charles Leon
ard Fletcher. the Basque Quartet and
the Goltz Trio among the leading
features. Peaches" is the sketch to
be played by william Courtleigh and
bis company, which includes that cley-
or character comedian, Richard
Crolfue
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

An unusual quantity Of real estate is
now in the market, this being chiefly
due 10 the embarrassment Of build
crs, who are now unable to borrow
the amount required, as it generally
exceeds value. In these days Of con-
stant transition, it is interesting to
notice one down town properly. which
has had but four owners since the city
was first settedf period Of 300 yea s
This is the Mutual Life building in
Nassau street The first recorded con-
ycyancc is dated July IA, 1926, when
David jameson granted the land TO
the Reformed Dutch church for 575
pounds. equal to $2S15 Of our money.
The church erected a spacious house
Of worship, for which purpose it was
used until 1880, when the government
bought il for a postoffi,e, paying $3.50,
600 After the erection OF the present
postofIice. the Mutual Life bought il,
paying SGGo 600, which was very low
a. the land is now valued at mil
lion and a half.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24
Making u Easy.

France has seventy.nine divorce
courts, Germany twenty-eight, Eng.
land one and the United States 2s2i.-
Lexington Gazette.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24
BOSTON WHOLESALE Markets.

To make the appended quotations Of value
alike 10 buyer and seller. the resume OF IRE
market, prefacing the quotations. should be
carefully read. In market Of this cbsrac-
ter IL N impossible 10 give prices for every
day Of the week. Noting. however. .he
general tendency OF trade. sufficiently ac-
curate quotations will Ds given on which
0ealers can safely base their transactions
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

Heuceforth it is TO be the Gibson
type" of police officer. who will dom
mate the force i'm this city.
Commissioner Bngham's idea Of a
model patroman is the good looking,
the we'll groomed, whi,e-gloyed. smart
ly capped guardian of the pea q. He
must be tall slender. always sh1ven,
and mostly clean shaven. without the
vestige of a mustaChe.
Soon the old style policeman will be
gone. No fat men need apply. The
pompous individual who once DOM
mated the block" is doomed.
In his place has come the young,
manly. straightforward patrolman
who can fight. if necessary, but who
tries to settle things with word. not
with broken bones and sore heads as
of yore.
The change has come gradually. The
disappearance of the old-style. fat,
red-faced policeman has taken place 50
slowly that few have noticed il. But
the metropolis is now waking up TO
the fact that the average policeman
isn't the same as he used To be.
Slowly the requirements for admls-
sion TO the force have been raised.
Men who got their jobs 20 years. even
10 years ago. couldn't get them now.
The new policeman must be taller
stronger. more alert than his 2 ede-
cessor. He must likewise be FAR SUI
perior mentally. He must have a
good education IL he wants TO pass the
examination. and he must study for ~.
Today IL is the young man Of brains
who is wanted on the force. That Is
because the criminals with whom he
must cope are more ,skilful. more sell
entitic in their methods than they once
were. lie must match his wits and
his skill and his bravery agains'
theirs. N he is natty and smart and
clever. as all Gibson men are. he
will find the coveted lieutenancy or
capitanCy Just SO much the nearer.
There is no express ruling about get
ting Gibson officers" but COmmis-
sioner Bingham knows what he wants
and he is getting II.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

The proposition of the Animal Res
cue aague of this city TO establish a
model boarding stable, where horses
shall be properly fed and cared for at
the same price now paid by working
men OF small means. deserves the con-
sideration of humane people. The idea
is thoroughly practical. and will at
once appeal to all who care for the
welfare OF dumb animals. As Mrs.
Huntington Smith says, it is not al
ways the fault of the owners Of thin
and lame horses seen about the streets
that they are not properly fed and
cared for. Very gladly would poor men
stable their horses differently were
they instructed and helped in their
maintenance. The hay and oats used
in too many stables are of The poorest
quality ana contain bat little nourish-
ment. The horses suffer for want of
water and frequently their stalls are
too narrow for them TO lie down in.
The grooming of these poor drudges
amounts 10 very little, and they Of
ten stand and travel for weeks with
gravel. bits OF glass and nails pressing
into the foot until SO lame their own
ers are forced TO examine them III
the stabling Of these working horses
can be improved their value and use
TO their owners will increase and ii
will be seen that badly conducted
stables do not pay. The league desires
10 lease a stable for a year and put it
into condition for work
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24
him free. after earning a dollar, "a
turn TO his beloved books.

him free. after earning a dollar. u
turn to his beloved books.
He had collected a notable library
| often going without dinner or havinf
a cup OF tea and a crust OF bread fol
supper that he might win a few cents
! toward the purchase OF some coveted
volume, and was satisfied only with
the most exact authorities.
During the last two years he studied
Arabic and modern Greek, and, real
iZing that his education was some
what one-sided, read science with avid.
ity and took up shorthand.
After having been twice saved from
destruction by large Newfoundland
dog Snug" on her voyage here from
BuenOs Ayres. the Norwegian bark
Queen sailed into Boston harbor the
other day, following a tempestuous and
nerve-racking passage
Snug is hailed as hero by the
crew OF the ship, who, by his sagdcity,
twice came TO their rescue, once when
The vessel was threatened by a hurri-
cane off Iatteras, and again when she
nearly went ashore on The Cape Cod
sands
Captain Taraldsen and his vessel
hail from Grimstad Norway, and car
ries a crew Of II men together with
Snug"
Snug" is a veritable product of the
sea; lived aboard a derelict when il
had been abandoned by the ships crew
and in a hurricane four years ago
swan from the wave washed decks OF
the sinking ship aboard the Queen.
The latest stunts OF the dog are be-
ing told and retold by the grateful
crew.
A hurrican Of unusual severity
sprnng up and at times the vessel was
threatened with destruction. Her skip
per feared that she would turn turtle,
so LoisterOus was the weather.
Throughout the gale Snug" had kept
close TO the shippers heels and when
the waves began 10 wash over the
deck snug was lashed TO a thwart.
When a big wave caught the skipper
and made him lose his grip on the
wheel, he had been almost washed
overheard when Snug grabbed his
clothes i'm his teeth and keep him
from going over thc side
The Queen came around Cape Cod
during violent southeasDcrly gale. |
During The gale Captain Taraldsen |
believed that his vessel was doomed /
Snug followed at his heels and /.
whiucd and yclped. In last effort to |
rim the sails and wear the vessel +.
around the crew was sent 10 haul on /
hc halyards They bent their backs to .
he strain but without gaining an inch. |
Then Snug seized The rope be-
wccn his teeth and lent his weight 10 |
hat Of the crew. Ills strength was .
quail to that OF = man. 1t was just |
'nough. The crew got the halyard |
started and hauled the sail so that the |
nip gradually wore around and, with
n sotnd of the boom Of the breakers
,n the shore, stood off to sea
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24
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Especial COrrespondence.)

In order 10 perpetuate the memory
OF her husband, Gen. Custer, who wa,
massacred by Indians at Little Fork,
In 1876. Mrs. Elizabeth Custer ha:
bought several lots in Bronxyile. West.
chester county, on which she will build
large memorial home, which she
plans 70 make a permanent home for
aged literary women.
The site for the building is near the
Harlem river railroad station and not
far from Lawrence park, where many
artists and literary people are now liy-
,ug.
Mrs. Custer has written several
books and takes a great interest in lit.
erary women.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

In connection with an investigation,
IN regard to fire in a large building
here recently, a suggestion has been
made that would help remedy the pres
ent archaic system Of leaving fircmen
10 hunt around bindly for the exact
location of the blaze, knowing only
the number Of The box itself.
Telephones should be installed in
each fire alarm box, over which the
person giving the alarm could notify
the department as TO the exact street,
number and floor where fire had been
discovered.
Such telephones are part OF the po-
lice signal apparatus and have worked
well for years. Their installation in
the fire alarm system would be long
step in advance of the Old-tashioned
way Cstill existing in many parts OF
Massachusetts, where house may
burn down while the owner is trying TO
wake up somebody with a key TO the
nearest box.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24
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Especial Correspondence)

The recent bank day in Boston, the
date OF the annual meeting of the
twenty-five local institutions develop
ed but few changes in management.
In the last year the number OF ma
tional banks in the city has been re-
duced by one, the Freeman's consolidat-
ing with the National Bank Of the
Republic Seven years ago the nation
al banks numbered thirty-eighl while
ten years ago there were ffty-seyen na-
tiOnal banks I'm Boston
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

Al a lecture recently Or. Edwin A..
Locke gave these statistics on tubercu-
losis in this city: Boston" declared
the expert, has organized more ef-
fectiye campaign against the disease
than any other city In The world In
spite of nat 1900 persons died Of tu-
berculosis i'm Boston last year, and ! am
confident that we have 10000 cases OF
tuberculosis here at present. The dis
ease is essentially disease OF the
poor, and | think that 30 percent OF our
poor are contaminated with il. In
Ward II, wealthy ward in the Back
Bay, the death rate per 10000 was u,
while in Ward 7, where many poor peo-
pie live, the death rate last year was
80 in 10000, over three times as great
as in Ward H."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

Paul Mandel. umbrella-mender and
savant died at the Massachusetts Gen
eral hospital the other day. He was the
foremost scholar of Somersworth. n.
H.. and vicinity. and a man whose life
story presents the strangest contrasts.
He was born in the province OF Kow-
no. Russia, 81 years ago. OF German
Jewish parents, who, though poor.
managed to give him a high school
education at Riga. His mother tongues
were German, Yiddish and Hebrew;
he learned Russian at o. got some ac-
quain tance with Polish, and while sill
in school had acquired a knowledge
OF Latin, Greek, French and English.
At the age Of 20 he came to America.
first settling i'm New Haven. CT. and
found employment in teaching Hebrew
10 the Jewish children OF the city. and
was allowed access 10 the library OF
Yale University, adding Italian and
Spanish TO his languages
He went to Somersworth, " H., a
few years,ago. and took up the occu-
patton Of umbrella mehding. which left
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

Strangers who come 20 New York
10 live and complain Of feeling lonely
should move out TO The Bronx" said
a domestic looking man The other day.
A truly rural atmosphere peryades
everything. Everybody knows you and
all about your affairs. | have been
living out there about two weeks. and
in that time ! twice have been 10 the
little branch postOfiice, which is three
blocks from where / live. Yesterday
morning / made my third call there,
and the postmaster said TO me: Good
morning, Mr. Blank. Did you have a
good time over Sunday? | hear you
were out OF town
People who feel lonesome for that
sort Of thing can find plenty OF IL
i'm The Bronx"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-24

The second Harvard scholarship man
from the NewsbOys' Union, S. A. Le-
vine OF the South end, is well into his
freshman year at the Cambridge col
lege, and is planning to merit his A..
B degree in three years.
Levine, "A bright-faced, dark-eyed
young fellow. still clings TO his old
calling and sells the Boston papers on
Sunday mornings The other morning
he was out in the rain with textbook
under one arm and a bundle Of pa
perB beneath the other.
"Treatment?' ne repeated, when
asked bow his classmates used him at
Harvard They treat me well.
don't know many OF them, of course.
because | have not been i'm college very
long yet Some of the fellows who
were in my class AT English High are
IN Harvard now though, and ] have
good friends i'm them. I find the men
at Harvard a fine crowd of fellows,
and the instructors | come i'm contact
with are particularly kind ana gener-
GUS. like 10 immensely
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
STORM SWEEPS UP COAST

Wind blowing Forty Miles Mt Hat
tcras, and Schooner Reported Ashore.
NORFOLK, VA, July 30.-,The vir-
ginia coast Is tonight In the grasp OF
a tropical storm. sweeping up the
coast. At 10 P. NJ. the velocity OF the
wind at Cape Henry was forty miles
an hour, steadily increasing. and a
high sea running. An unknown three
masted schooner Is reported ashore at
New Inlet thirty miles down the coast
Although not on duty. the life-savers
are standing by. The vessel was an
chored In the inlet, and the dragging
OF her anchor caused her to go ashore
Cottagers Mt the various resorts have
been wearing wraps the last two nights.
while surf bathing has beer reduced to
a minimum, owing to the extreme dam
ger. The flying sand last night and
this morning at the Capes and vir-
ginla Beach were severe, forcing the
stimid to remain indoors. Abnormally
high tides have been experienced dur
ing the past twenty-four hours. Low
wharyes were inundated In several In
stances, but little damage has been
reported. a drizzling rain has pre-
vailed throughout the past two days,
with only short intervals Of sunshine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Republican Candidate Some.
what " Worn III by Rapid Revo.
lutions Of Past Week.
SPEAKS NEXT WEEK
TO BAR ASSOCIATION.
Only Political Address Of Month
4 Will Be at Rally Now Being
Arranged-Wants to At
tend Horse Show at
White Sulphur
Springs.
!. Ell

- roT SPRINGS. VA. July 3o.-
Candidate w. II. Taft ad-
mitted this afternoon that he
i u felt somewhat the rapid revo-
lutions he has been through
during the past eight days. He
reached the Homestead Hotel shortly
before II o'clock to-day from Cincin-
natl. accompanied by Mrs. Taft and
General and Mrs. Corbin.
After passing on an accumulation OF
correspondence, he went over to the
four-mile golf course with Senator
Bourne, OF Oregon, as an opponent.
Taft casually. remarked that he be-
lieved the change from. the heat OF
Cincinnati to the comparative cool OF
the mountains produced a feeling OF
tiredness
Engage n,ents In August.
At Covington. Va, where Che car the
candidates party occupied was
switched to the branch line, Judge Taft
was greeted by quite crowd. and
shook hands and chatted for some
minutes through the car window.
The engagements during August are
to be very limited. II the wishes Of the
candidate can be realized. For next
"Wednesday he has accepted an invita-
ton to address the annual meeting OF
the Virginia Bar Association. to be
held here. His speech will be nom
political A horse show to be held at
White Sulphur Springs on Friday and
Saturday of next week, to which Rep
resentatiye Gaines. of West Virginia,
has extended an urgent invitation to
the Taft party, is admittedly somewhat
tempting to Judge Taft. He says he
~ 10 liz to fr n
would be made over mountain roads
in coach. The proposed rally OF Vir-
ginia Republicans. which is being ar
ranged to take place here at a date
In August yet to be fixed, will afford
opportunity for what Judge Taft ex-
poets to be his only political speech
that month.
Frank H. Hitchcock. chairman of
the Republican National Committee. is
expected to have a conference here
with Judge Taft probably shortly after
the New York headquarters have been
opened on August 1st, and Arthur I.
Vorys. chief OF staff Of the candidate,
will be a frequent visitor here during
August.
Story Ia. Denied.
Aside from somewhat extended
talk with United States Senator Scott,
OF west virginia, on the train THIS
morning. Judge Taft has been free
from political confabs to-day. F. w.
private secretary to Judge
Taft. issued the following statement:
Friends OF Mr.. Taft. on returning
here from Cincinnati. found story
that Mr.. Taft had. in some
speech or at some time. declared that
81 day or $1.25 day was enough
for any workingman. The story is
utterly false. Mr.. Taft never made
such statement or anything like It.
This Is made upon the authority of Mr..
Taft himself"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
FOR MALTREATlNG A GIRL
Zachary Jones, Former Police Omcer
Charged With Serious Onense.

Zachary Jones, Former Police Omcer,
Charged With Serious Onense.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.j
NEWPORT NEWS. July 3o.-Zachary
Taylor Jones, former police officer,
Is in jail charged with maltreating
Esther. the fourteen-year-old daughter
OF G. w. Blick. an evangelist Of the
Christian Church. He was arrested to-
day. and no attempt to secure bail for
him has been made. as 1t is believed
that his life would be In danger IL he
were permitted to go upon the streets.
The people OF East End. the section
/. OF the, city In which both Jones and
Blick live. are very much wrought
up over the affair, and threats OF
violence have been made.
The prisoner is said to have adj
mitted part Of the charge against
him, although he declares that he mad
no criminal intent The alleged Of
fense occurred at Jones's. the girl hav-
ing gone there to see Jones's wife,
who is an invalid. The child is a
understood little thing with a paralyzed
shoulder. Jones iabout fifty years
OF age. and since leaving the police
force has worked as carpenter. He
was sergeant in one OF the COM
.panies OF the Fourth Immunes during
the Spanish-A1nerican War.