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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

tsa residences. spacious and attractive
suburbs, shady streets and breezy mus.
It's Revolutionary memories haunt tne
dnttqttdru the absolutely uneQudtteo
Nawagonset Hay at fts feet charms ths
artist and the sportsman, and ffs shores
provide recreation ground and summer
homes for thousdnds OF the citizens OF
New England
10. Providence has the most c'il-
tfred and Intelligent people Of any cttv
tn the country; IL a prominent hterd1y,
artistic aud musical centre. It's mdnu-
featuring establishments demand the
highest skilled labor, consequently It's
working classes are exceptionally tnteltt-
gent.
20. Providence has rs public schools,
Wtth IeI Instructors.
~. Providence expcnds annually
$s7J, ,902 0s for teachers sdldr es
2s. Providence Is the seat Of Broacn
Untrersttu ~
20. Providence has III churches.
30. Providence has Iss miles Of
streets; fs are pared, Is0 Mdcdddmtzed
finest and ctednest In the country.
81. Providence has mortality
rate of 1913, a marriage rate OF 2s.0h a
birth rate of a9s7.
80. Providence has staunch Re
publican paper tchose groioh has no
parallel In the history of journalism;
aUhose progress has been the journalistic
sensation OF NeU England; Uhtch Is dc-
knouledged eperytchere as the home paper
THE PROVIDENCE NEWS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
CHRONICLES Lls92.
BY JULIAN WE'RE.
Chdptcr XXVI.-Bcn, Clcuc and Our
Financial Salvation.

Chapter XXVI.-Ben, Clcuc and Our
Financial Salvation.
/. And it came to pass that Benjamin,
who is called Harrison, tarried mt Loon
Lake many days. And when much peo-
ple were gathered together he talked to
them In the Kings English; moreover, all
who heard his plain speeches said one to
another:
2. BENJAMIN hath an exceeding level
head, and all the questions upon which
he speaketh he Straightforward out speed
ily, even as straight as looms leg, and
those who tarry around Loon Lake will
get much clear, plain common sense IL
they but listen.
8. But certain folk cast their garments
about them and -journeyed to the Bay,
which is called Buzzard's. where Cleve
buzzeth; but when they saw the legend
printed upon board, mo Trespassing
upon these grounds" there was silence
for full three shakes OF lambs tail,
when they said:
4. He favoreth protection for himself,
but none for the wage-earner. He catcheth
blue fish until everything looketn blue as
his prospects OF election, and as fishv as
his speeches, to which IL man listen he
becometh founder in the turbid waters
OF free trade.
5. Moreover, an Israelitc In whom
there is DO free trade guile. answered and
said:
g. Where were our money 20 transact
business were free trade In full blast
Know ye not that yearly 800, 10000 are
expended by our tourists In foreign
landse Are not SIC, 100000 sent home by
the heathen Chimes And had we free
trade we should import at least 100000,
600 more than we export. Yea, with free
trade we should, by these three phases
alone, send to other lands 100000 of
money, and that mostly In gold.
z. Can ye not see with half an optic
that but for the fact that by our Pro
tective Tariff (by which we export $780,
OO0, 900 more than we impcrt) crash
would have come month sgof
8. Are yc among those free traders
who having moles' eyes see not the things
which concern our financial saliva tiont
o. Against stupidity the gods them
selves are powerless," saith the old
Roman maxim. Are ye so blind as not
to perceive the utter stupidity OF the free
trade 81. Johnite and the fres silver Pop
ulist'
10 Open the eyes Of your good CON-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
THE POT OF GOLD.

The old fairy tale located a pot of
rainbow gold at the point where the
rainbow's prismatic arch rested on
mother earth. Modern rainbow chasers
provide themselves with the pot of gold
before they go chasing rainbows. But
the quest always ends in failure, either
way.
The New York Worlds appeal for a
corruption fund for use in the West is
a confession of defeat in New York. II
is an appeal for a rainbow chase OF the
most fantastic kink. IL will do the
World and the Cleveland cause more
harm than good.
From Chicago we learn that the DEM
ocratic heelers are waiting for money.
They will not work for Democratic sue
cess unless that corruption fund is big
enough to go around. If no such fund
had ever been proposed, they would
have worked, as in the past they have
done, for the hope or expectation of
local Office. The money won't induce
them to work particle harder than
they did before, even IL they get 1t. IL
they don't get it, or don't get enough of
tiff the disbursers fool away any por-
tion of IL in /" Literature" and the like
they will sulk, and the effect will he dis
astrous.
So much for the professionals. Most
Of the Western people are not of that
Kind. Most of them will resent the i'm.
plication of corruption inseparable from
the bare existence of the fund as an in
suit to their section. They will rebuke
the insult as RHODE ISLAND rebuked Il
when the World reeled off it's shocking
lies about the purchasable vote here last
spring.
The public seem TO have judged the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
THE BORDEN CASE.

The prosecution in the preliminary
hearing against Lizzie Borden has
rested, and the mystery of the awful
murders remains unsolved.
While there is undoubtedly enough
collateral evidence to enable Judge
Blaisdell to commit Miss Borden, no
one who has carefully followed the case
can fail to see that one by one the al
legged claims Of the government have
been shown to be groundless. Its theory
of a motive, the supposed blood upon
the hatchet, and Miss Lizzie's clothes
have been proven entirely without foun-
dation.
According to reports the government
was reduced yesterday to the alternative
of having no case against Miss Borden
or of compelling her to become wit
ness against herself, thereby divulging
the full strength of its evidence should
she ever be brought to trial. The pros
ecution chose the latter method, and in
so doing confessed that it had no
grounds for its assumed confidence in
Miss Borden's guilt. Her own testi-
mony leaves her guilt still open to
question because the circumstances
were such that straightforward evidence
could scarcely have been expected.
AT that point the case stands. 1t is
much weaker than the public had sup
posed. 1t does not stand the strain of
sharp criticism and save in few par
ticulars it fails to point even indirectly
at Miss Borden. The public must still
be lenient toward Miss Borden, for the
legal lights of District Attorney,
backed by the Attorney General, a
whole police force and corps of private
detectives have failed to show good and
sufficient reason for believing in the
probable guilt of Miss Borden.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

mons sense, and behold how they are each
q house divided against itself For pro-
Tossing to long for more money where
with we may transact business and pay
good wages, their whole policy Is but q
method whereby all our gold shall be
banished from the nation and with mere
paper aud cumbersome silver their value
is'far less and grows still less until the
wage-earners. pay Is scarcely worth %
cents on the dollar.
IL. Moreover, can ye not see that even
by free coinage and free trade we should
send $40 ,000, 900 OF gold out OF the nation
while we are coming 500. 600. 900 Of silver.
L. More money by free coinage and
free trade i tell ye nay; for except we
have Protection for Home Industry 70
shall all likewise perish In one common
financial wreck, crash and slaughter.
unless wages are cut nearly one-half
under free trade and free coinage. And
then, judge ye, should we not live at q
poor dying rate And when the speaker
ceased. they all girded up their lions and
sung:
Come sound your joyous, happy note:
Hurrah! hurrah hurrah
Our Ben's the boy, for him Well vote:
Hurrah hurrah hurrah!
ITo BE Continued
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
A Simple Calculation.

Free traders profess TO see contra
diction in the statement that the aver
ago cost Of the necessaries of life has
decreased while the price of farm prod
ucts has advanced. The cost Of neces-
saries has decreased 80 much that after
deducting the percentage % advance in
the price Of farm produce there still
remains decrease in the average. Only
the half witted can find any trouble in
such simple calculation. - Albany
Evening journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
increasing seriousness, by the country's
general prosperity.


~
The first of American essayists. u man
OF unblemished rectitude and high
sense OF honor, and an earnest, il some
times mistaken, patriot-such was
George William Curtis, whose death the
News with sincere sorrow announces.
Mr.. Curtis in early life suffered from
misfortune somewhat similar to Walter
Scotts great financial catastrophe,
though not due, as was Scott's, to his
own carelessness and extravaganza. AS
nobly as did Scott, he devoted the best
years of his life to paying his debt, and
to that end buried his gifts in
a publishing house and devoted
anxious toll to editorial duties.
1t is to this that we must look
for an explanation of the fact that the
promise OF the "Potiphar Papers," and
the Nilotic adventures of the lotus-eat-
ing Howadji were not quite carried out
at the time. In later years, when he
had fairly earned promotion from the
drudgery of periodical work, the splendid
talent which was in the man blossomed
in the essays of the " Easy Chair" and
in public addresses as finished, cultured
and eloquent as 1T was ever the fortune
of an American audience to hear.
And in his published work, small
though it be compared with what it
might have been, how many subjects
has Mr.. Curtis illumined? He has ex-
celled as an antiquarian, critic Of
music, an incubator of gentle manners,
a social philosopher. Easy Chair T"
essays look as easy as their name, but
one has only to look over the similar
editorial departments in other publica-
tions like that ON which Mr.. Curtis earned
his most lasting fame, and observe the
inferiority of men eminent in their pro-
fession, to recognize how much the mas
ter of his art Mr.. Curtis was for quar-
ter of a century. His place will not be
filed.
In politics Mr.. Curtis was somewhat
unfortunate, but always, we believe,
honest. The history of the man COM
pels this belief. He favored the election
of Cleveland in 1884, partly because he
was a revenue reformer," and partly
because as civil service reformer he
hoped for great things from the man
whose private secretary said "public
Office is q public trust" In both par
ticulars Mr.. Curtis was bitterly disap-
pointed. He found in Cleveland a
spokesman of the spoilsmen. He found
the path of the free trader hard one to
follow. He did great damage to the
Republican party, but in remembering
this we should not forget his services to
the country before 1884, and his eff
cient advocacy of civil service reform
then and since. 1t was work that was
needed and it told.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
Il. ". LADD CO.
Early Fall
Openings! F!

We shall shortly be in the
midst of them. and already
preliminary displays in one
department and another fill
the room vacated by the last
OF the summer bargains.
These early exhibits of
novelties are seasonable, and
they are interesting, for they
suggest the wealth of good
things to come.
This week it is Jackets
the very first of the fall
models. Our advance line
comprises an especially at
tractive lot of Clay diagonals,
80 and "a inches length, me-
dium weight.
By the way, fur capes are
desirable these cool autumn
evenings. We have opened
a fine line Of Monkeys.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
- ....rnali,e.

Protection Is doomedr' is the excla
nation of those who are trying to make
party capital out of recent strikes and
riots. Very well, then; let us have
Grover Cleveland and free trade. And
after we get Grover Cleveland and free
trade, after profession shall be no more,
we shall then see whether everybody
will have plenty and content, and be
happy therein; whether there never will
be any further trouble about wages;
whether strikes and riots will be no
more; whether there will be no further
accumulation Of wealth ON the one hand
or examples Of poverty ON the other
Portland Oregonian.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

undertaking properly. They are not
subscribing heavily. Three-fourths of
the fund thus far Is made up of the sub
scriptions of Pulitzer, Taylor, Singerly,
Whitney and few politicians. 1t is a
popular failure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
MISS BoRDEN's CONTRADICTIONS.


If, as stated, Lizzie Borden was held
for examination chiefly on her own con-
Trajectory testimony at the inquest, the
prosecution showed very little knowl-
edge of human nature. From any ra-
tional view point uncertain statements
on minor points of time and place be-
fore the murder should incline the hearer
rather to the presumption of innocence
than of guilt. An intelligent criminal
would hardly overlook so vital neces.
sity as the arrangement of a plausible
story. An innocent person, engaged
about her daily tasks at the time of the
butchery's commission and looking
for no evil, could not be ex-
pected to have any clear and
connected recollection afterward Of
runnings upstairs and downstairs and
from kitchen to dining room which at
the time were of no especial significance
to her and were not impressed upon the
mind. Memory of every detail would
be almost inevitable with the murderer,
quite unlikely with the innocent.
Let any man or woman rack his or
her memory for detailed story of every
moment of the day before yesterday,
from morning until noon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
The News" Appreciated.

The following communication explains
itself:
am requested by the delegates OF the Grand
Lodge order Daughters of -. George, AT their
closing session, to extend 10 the providence
press, and especially the PROVIDENCE NEWS
n unanimous vote of thanks for the many
acts OF courtesy extended 90 them; also 20 the
City Hall officials who 80 kindly showed them
through the City Hall.
IL you could find space for this you will con-
fer favor.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. =. CLARKE, l.. w, G.P,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

The Boston Herald says: "That tricky
report of the New York labor commits
sioner will make Peck Of trouble for
Senator HILL" What and if it should
Peck that tempting morsel, New York
State, from under the very nose of the
hungry Democratic mule?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

The cholera scare moves the daily
press to print pictures of Herr @. Bacil-
lus taken in groups his mighty little
ness cannot be said to be awe-inspiring.
A crowd of him looks like string of
beads.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
WORKING INTERESTS.
THE FALSE ASSUMPTION OF cLEvE-
LAND AND HIS PARTY.


C..,,- -.
'"'s ~ An'' o'""''s ."~" ""s""'''
Eiss-The Democratic Remedy"
Mr.. Cleveland and his party choose to
assume that protection has not increased
the earnings Of working people nor
belped them In anv wav. Nothing
yonld he further from the truth. Wages
,re higher here than In anv other conn.
trv. and employment is constant and
under the easiest conditions. There ia
no other land where working people live
as comfortably, dress as well, have as
much money in savings banks and get
ON more rapidlv than thew do in Amer
lea. The protective system ia largely
resnonsible for these results since n has
multinlied industries. maintained n HIGH
level Of wages in the face ~ comnet;t;on
from cbean labor countries and em.
ploved the toilinp masses here instead Of
favorino tbe undernaid industrial nonu-
lation Of Eurone The assumntion that
the tariff has not benefited working neo-
nle is AN English theory and ia not
grounded mon American stat;stics or
practical experience. But LET that yo.
We want IN take Mr. Cleveland and his
marty ON their own ground They saw
that protection has increased the bur.
dens Of the work;npman until no can
hardly nav his weekly expenses with his
earnings. What remedy have ts,av 70
nronose for what thew consider intoiera-
Ia evilsp How do thew intend to aid
,e working masses?
Their remedy is a tariff for revenue
onlv--one that will not protect even In.
cidentallv tbe labor emn,oved in homo
industries. Tbev nronose to helm the
working masses bv nlacino them ON a
level with Euronean labor Industries
which ara now nrotected from foreign
comnetition are IN be left to sbift for
themselves and to take their chances.
That means that MANY factories In every
manufacturing center will be closed and
men and women emnloved in them
thrown ont of work and also that in all
hat are Kent in operation wages will he
heavily reduced That's the Democrat;c
nlan FOR relieving the ..m;servn ~ tbe
hest Maid working nonulation on tho
faca of the earth They will ,.aye loss
work and will earn smaller WAGES
Those are the henef;ts 10 he corferrod
mon the working nonn,at;or NV tbe
adontion of an Engl;sh tariff IN Auer;co
"Yes but that is not all - will ha Tho
Democratic renIv .Tbe cost 10 Ev;ro
will ha rednced ,nder a tor;ff for rav'
enron How can that no, All tha rna;r
food srrnl;os oro either nrodroad =, th;s
country or arc already ;,pnorted u;tho,t
navment ~ dutv Ne;tbor brood nor
meat neither sugar coffee nor tao will
be cheaper in conseouence of a revenue
tariff Na;tber mrn;c;nol to,os nor
bonsa rents vii, ha rednced undor frea
trade Food and shelter will cost as
mnch as now and these are the main
exnenses % the work;ngman Az FOR
cIoth;ng II was never 90 chean in Amer.
;ca as II ;s today "yes brealrs In the
enthusiastic tariff reformer. ..bnt n can
and will be cheaner under free trade.
when foreign cottons and woolens are
,,nnorted without restr;ction.p We are
not nrenared IN admit that. Nothing
sss,s zsaa - a. .nae,on. .na na..a.. 70 nnaau u
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

No quarter is to be given; but all our
vast enterprises must surrender, with
out terms, TO the demands Of tariff re-
form. The Democrats denounce Repub-
lican protection as fraud and robbery,
and declare that congress has no consti-
tutional power to enforce and collect
tariff duties protective in their nature.
Governor McKinley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

The "duel" between Hill and Cleye-
land is an entertaining spectacle for Re-
publicans who can applaud with impair
tiality and cry "Go it, bear |" "Go it,
man y like the witness Of that other
famous encounter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

If the NEWS is any Judge of human
nature Gov. Mckinley must have en-
joyed himself at Burlington, VT, yes
terday, quoting Democratic Commits
sioner Peck's figures on the rise of
wages to vindicate the Republican
tariff position.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

The declination of Isaac N. Maynard
to run for Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals is probably due to a sincere
doubt whether he could possibly be
elected.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

CLEVELAND Democrats say it was "a
mighty mean trick" for Commissioner
Peck to send out his labor report just
now when it could just as we'll have
been given to the public few months
later. Do these enthusiasts want to
win by false pretenses?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

The State of Alabama is to have a
real Spanish bull fight, with matadors,
toreadors, banderilleros and all the
fixin's. 1t won't be circumstance to
the Kolb campaign for fun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

So long as the Democratic party of
New York continues to profit by the
rascality of Isaac H. Maynard, he is its
logical candidate for Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

THE evidence of Prof. Wood is very
strongly in favor of the defense. 1t
looks as if the authorities were all ut
sea and as far as ever from solution of
the mystery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31
No: no; no free trade.
STA TEsMEN WHO WOULD BE RE-
PUBLICANs IF ALIVE.

FILLMORE; ~ am free to
admit that / am not one of those who
either feel, or profess to feel, indifferent
country TO all others; II by legislation or
negotiation an advantage is 10 be given TO
one over the other, prefer my own country
TO all the world besdes.n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

A NEW YORK MAN writes to the Adper-
tiser Of that city that he sent a contri-
button to the New York Worlds Sick
Babies fund, and that the paper credited
it to the Western corruption fund, at
which he was very angry. Isn't this
sort of thing dishonest2
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

SoMERBy Of the Iron Hall ought to
make success as an emotional actor,
If he cares for suggestion as to his
future career.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

MAYNARD thought the grapes sour be-
cause he couldn't reach them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-31

WILL free trade or protection be the
best for PROVIDENCE; for RHODE
ISLAND? for the country? Choose!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-19
JoBBERs PUTTING UP PRICES
The Demand for Window Glass Is Create
at Present Than the Supply.

The Demand for Window Glass Is Greater
at Present Than the Supply.
H. A. Newkirk, the Chicago agent,of tn e
Chambers Window Glass Company, was at
the Duquesne yesterday. Speaking Of the
trade outlook he said:
'The window glass market is in-excelient
condition. The demand is greater than the
supply. The jobbers in all the principal
cities are anxious to advance prices to con-
form with the manufacturer present rates,
and are waiting for Chicago jobbers to make
a move in the right direction. At the re-
quest of a few of the Chicago jobbers and in
the interest of the manufacturers of window
glass, circulated a petition which was
signed by all the Chicago iobbers excepting
one company, the excuse being that their
competitors would not sustain any price
named. The general willingness and dispo-
sition of the signers tor a meeting speaks
more than words in their favor and tn cir
actions are cemmendable."
The circular stated that the jobbers de-
sired to manifest their appreciation Of the
action taken BY the manufacturers at their
last meeting in advancing prices. They
promise to cooperate as far as possible
The circular is signed by Sprague, Smith
& Co, A. NJ. Hooker Company, B. NJ
Eisendrath s. Co., Tyler & Hippach, George
F. Kimball, L. F. Brown & Co. and F.. D
Ford & Co