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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01

py color, ssx and general nativity. II
shows that the population ~ whole has
increased during the decade from 1850 TO
1890, II, 406, 167, or 2l.66 per cent, the so-
tai population returned in 1880 being 62,-
o22, ,22o, as against total population In
The males have increased from 5,51s, $50
in 1880 to 81, ,066 $50 In 1890; the numerical
increase being sos, ,060 or 25.66 per cent.
The whole number OF females returned In
1890 was "A 636, 1893. while in 1890 there
were 3O554,37O, The females have In
creased, therefore, 6,9i7,207 or A-02 per
cent since 1880.
as regards native and foreign born, we
find that 53,372, ,703 are native born and
0,2i9,5f7 are foreign born. In 1850 there
were AZ, ,475, $50 native born and 6,679, ,943
foreign born. The increase in native
born during the decade was 1885, 1888, or
22.76 per cent as against an increase for
the decade ending with 1850 OF 10, 4,65s,
or 81. rs per cent. The increase in foreign
born during the decade from 1880 to 1890,
was 2,56960i, or 37.47 per cent, the in
crease for the decade ending with 1880
being 1,112,714. or 1899 PR cent.
According TO the census OF 1890, there
sre in the United Stetes 1888 $50 white
persons and 7,636,360 colored persons,
incoming by colored, persons OF African
descent, Chinese, Japanese and civilized
Indians. There has been an increase in
the white from 1889 TO 1890 OF 1850, 800,
or 266S per cent, and an increase in the
colored race for the same decade Of $685.
547, or 1911 per cent. For the decade
from 1870 to 1890, the white increased
20 22 per cent, and the colored apparent
ly, $3.50 per cent. The increase from 1850
to 1888, however, was to certain extent
ficticious particularly as regards the col
ored population OF the south.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01

Of the Winchester, Mass, Unitarian soci-
ETY., has been accepted. Mr.. Mott has &C.
ccpted Z call from the Westminstsr
,huroh, Providence, r. L., and will COM
mence his duties there next September.
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic Society Of
Willimantic, Ct., Is to erect another large
convent building, the present structure
being far too inadequate for the rapidly
growing population. There are now over
800 pupils in the parochial schools.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01

u.
Sa.oo Pantaloons cut to SI.so.
sa.5o Pantaloons cut to 81 100.
$500 and $50 Pantaloons cut to
ss.5o.
$500, 500 and 900 Pantaloons cut
to $3.50.
$4,000 Mems Clay Worsted Suits cut
to $500.
$500. 1000, 77.oo and 2s.oo Suits
cut to $500.
$3.50 Mems Suits cut to $500
SIG 90 Mems Suits cut to S7.s so.
Sra.oo and 1900 Suits cut to $500.
$500 and 1890 Suits cut to 81 90.
$500 and 600 French Flannel Ten
mis- Pants cut to $3.50.
$3.50 Straw Hats cut to 7sc.
SI.oo Straw Hats cut to soc.
$3.50 Flannel Coats cut to $I.oo.
SI.oo White Vests cut TO soc.
s2.oo English Balbriggan Underwear
cut to sI.5o.
81 I-7c. Balbriggan Hose cut to a5c,
$3.50 and 800 Negligee Shirts cut to
sI.oS.
a5c. 5-ply solid Linen Collars cut to
two for a5c.
Sweaters $500, $50 and 400.
Bicycle Pants $3 90, $50 and 400.
Bicycle Coats - 90. 500, 600 and
TOO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01

The attendance OF Senators on the DEM
ocratio side, Monday, was very slim not
exoeeding dosen In number, while there
Was about twice that number on the Re-
publican side. The House amendment to
chs Senate joint resolution authorizing
the President to proclaim q general holi-
day commsmoratinR the 40Oth anniver-
oarrs1 in. Il was to substitute the 2ist
for the 18th OF October. Messages from
Che President in relation to reciprocal
trade with Canada were laid before the
Senate and referred. The Senate then
odjourned till Wednesday.
The credentials OF Mr.. Aldrich for his
new senatorial term beginning March 4,
1Do0, were presented In the Senate Thurs
day. The House bill appropriating $780,
60 for pedestal for statue OF Gen. W. 4.
oherman was reported by Mr.. Hawley
4Doxn- the ooznsnittee On military affairs
ond passed. Mr. Morgan offered resolu-
tton 70 print ZOO thousand copies OF
Che rsport Of the committee on foreign
go1oeions on the Nicaragua cananal. The
resolution was referred to the committee
on printing. As there was no quorum
present nor likely to be the Senate ad-
5ouaned until Monday.
The third party was In full force In the
House Friday and voted solidly against
melton made by Mr.. McMiliin OF Ten
nesoee. that when the House adjourn il
Be 20 meet on Monday next. When the
vote showed majority for the motion,
Mr.. Watson OF Georgia raised the point
Of no quorum. Mr.. McMillin then asked
unanimous consent that recess be taken
until o'clock i'm the evening, but Mr..
xiIgore OF Texas objecting, the House ad-
5ourned until Saturday.
The Senate committee on appropria-
tions completed the post Office appropri-
alton bill Wednesday and reported it to
the Senate The whole amount OF the
appropriations made in the bill Is sSO,-
0U, ,312, or an increase of s2.220, ,47g over
the amount As the bill came from the
House.
In the House Thursday, after the read
ing Of the Journal SIR. McMillin OF Ten
nessco moved that when the House ad-
tourDed IL be to meet on Saturday. Mr..
Watson of Georgia raised the point OF no
quorum and the House adjourned until
Friday.
Before the reading OF the journal Satur-
day, Mr.. Watson OF Georgia made the
point that there was no quorum present
and the House adjourned after the short
ct session on record. IL lasted just one
minute and half.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01
News In General.


Mrs. Nancy Welch, hale old lady of
90 years, started from Lynn, Mass,
Thursday, on trip to her daughter, Mrs.
Dorcas Hill of Lyman, Me. She will stay
all summer, and stated jokingly that she
hoped to pick enough berries to buy a
new dress. When she arrived at Bidde-
ford, carriage ride of seven miles await
her, but so strong and hearty is she in
her Tooth year, that no bad results fol-
lowed.
The Connecticut state board OF pardons
has pardoned the following prisoners
from the state prison: VIM. Rupert,
sentenced In Dan bury i'm 1853 for 1b years
for burglary; George w. Knowles, SEN
fenced in New Milford, October, 1890, for
seven years for manslaughter, and con-
ditional pardon was given to John b.
Smith, on account OF his failing health
He was sentenced to five years imprison.
ment for burglary in New Haven, July,
1852.
The Lawrence Canoe Club, which, carly
In the month, black balled Irish Ameri-
csn applicants, Monday night, 20th inst,
witt large attendance, passed resolu.
tions reciting that the black Dalling was
the work OF small minority and did not
reflect the feeling OF the whole club. Tue
hublE WIS cOnutfnutu ~ un- htntfiChu
and as sufficient ground for the expulsion
OF the 22 blackballcrs. The resolution
was unanimously pissed.
A verdict OF 1900, the full amount sued
for by the plaintiff, was found In the Su-
rcrior Court, Boston, Thursday, In tue
case OF Albert DEMO against the Boston
4 Albany railroad company, before JUS
tice Hammond. The plaintiff was a
brakeman at work in the Back Bay
freight yard OF the defendant on Gaay 6,
1890, coupling cars, when train sud-
denlv started, and his arm got crushed.
The jury In the suit OF Albert Y. Foth
against the Springfield, Mass. street ratl-
wav company. rendered n verdict OF Sil,-
800 for the plaintiff Thursday. Foth fell
while alighting from an electric car
August 1, 1891, and his left foot was
crushed so that IL had to be amputated.
Middletown, CT, is TO have a new
county, town and city building TO cost
$4,000 The plans contemplate one third
the cost To be paid by the city, one third
by the town OF mftdtetown and one third
by Middlesex county.
Mrs. Bradbury, widow OF the late John
{. Bradbury, Of Saco, Me-, has donated TO
that city n lot on Main street, and will
Immediately erect a building for the
Dyer Library. Tho lot and building will
cost $1,000.
Bucksport, Me-, celebrated the centcn-
nial Of its 'ucorporstiop Saturday with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01
Agricultural Matters.

The 10th annual report OF the New
Hampshire state board OF agriculture
made to the Governor and council, has
just been issued. The work OF the board
during the year was briefly summarized,
as follows: Institute work in the several
counties OF the state; advertising sum
mer resorts; securing the occupancy OF
abandoned farms; tho suppresriBg 81
contagious and infectious diseases
among animals; encouraging the forma-
ton of farmers organizations; inspec-
tion OF commercial fertilizers; the en-
forcement of thu olcomargarine law; and
securing Just legislation In the interest
of agriculture.
Religious Intelligence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01
Personal Mention.


Sarah Clement, aged 73 years, the old
est public school teacher in Worcester,
Mass, died Monday, June 20. She had
been teacher for So years, ever since she
was IS years old. She was probably the
oldest teacher in consecutive service in
the state. She taught since May, 1884, up
to January, 1892.
The grand jury Friday indicted the
Rev. Thomas Dixon for publishing libel
against Excise Commissioner Koch. The
reverend gentleman says the indictment
is due to the Vaccinations OF Tammany,
which he denounces In unmeasured
terms, saying it shall put no muzzie up
on his pulpit.
The betrothal of Emperor Williams
youngest sister, Princess Margarsthe, to
Prince Frederick Charles, eldest son of
the land-Rrave of Hesse, was announced
was born April %, 1872, and her fiance
was born May 1, 1852. He is lieutenant
OF the first Dragon Guards.
The marriage of Count Herbert Bis
marck and Countess Marguerite Hoyos,
daughter OF Count George Hoyos, took
place Tuesday, 21st inst, at Vienna. The,
Austrian officers were conspicuous by
their absence. Count Won Schouvaloff,
the Russian am bassador to Germany, was
the only am bassador present.
James BOSTON, a mill hand, who some
time ago arrived from Maine and secured
work In mill in Northbridge, Mass, has
fallen heir to one-fifth interest in an
estate valued at 100000 by the death of
a relative in England.
Sir Oliver Mowat, the Premier and
Attorney General OF Ontario, has dis
missed Elgin Meyers, Crown Attorney OF
Dufferin county, for persistently advocat-
States and Canada.
Gen. A. w. Greeley OF Arctic fame, and
ex-chief OF the United States Weather
Bureau arrived with his family at Ken
sington, N. H., where he will spend six
weeks ~ q guest Of his aunt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01
Notable Deaths.

Horace l.. Wright, 6s years old, track
superintendent for the Hartford q
wethersfield Horse Railroad Co., was
killed while experimenting the unload
ing of an electric motor, Monday, the
21st inst. Wright had worked for the
horse railroad nearly 30 years. He was
widower and leaves a married daughter.
Senior Don Manuel An tonia Malta died
at Valparaiso In his coach while on his
way home Thursday, OF spoplexy. The
entire press OF Santiago, Valparaiso and
Igique print eulogistic notices on Senior
creed that he shall have public funeral
with full honors. Senor Malta was the
Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time of
the attack on the sailors Of the United
States war ship Baltimore in this city,
and to the incorporate language by him
In q circular relating to the affair, ad-
dressed to the Chilian representatives
abroad, was largely due the strained rela-
tions between Chilli and tho United
States.
8. G. Putnum, general freight agent OF
the Old Colony railroad, died Monday at
Hyde Park, Mass. Mr.. Putnam was born
In Calais, VT, in 1929. He entered the
service OF the old Boston, Hartford &
Erie railroad as conductor, later becom-
INK IIeikHb dkSuts AUOut ~ vcuT9 ago
he became connected with the Old Colo
ny railroad as its general freight agent.
He was a member of the Hyde Park AS
sociates and of one of the directors OF the
Hyde Park Saving Bank.
The man who so tragicaIly committed
suicide on the steamer Continental on
Long Island Sound Thursday night,
was Henry A. Bills of Winsted, CT. Tor
merly postmaster at Winsted, under
Cleveland's administration. He was 20
years old and had once been well of.
Dnring and after the war he earned a
national reputation for bitter opposi-
tion to the war.
Lucius Lyons of New York, died at the
Narragansett Hotel, Providence, X. l.,
Tuesday, 22nd inst. Mr.. Lyons was for
merly prominently connected with the
American Screw Co. of Providence, and
later identified with the Kruse & Murphy
Manufacturing Company of New York, In
the manufacture of sewing machines. He
leaves widow.
Martin f. McCarty, OF Montague, N.
j., near his place, was struck and killed
by lightning Friday while leading a
horse to barn. The horse was also kill
ed. McCarty's brother was knocked
down but was not hurt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-01

Religious Intelligence.
The rssignstion Of Rev. Herbert Mott,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
A Colorcd Bcnefactor.

Covington, Ga, has a school for col
orcd students, which derives its entire
support from the earnings OF q palace
car conductor. Lewis Watts received II
good education from the Atlanta Uni
Ncsity, and sent his sister through that
school. When she graduated Watts
bought al old house in C%ovington and
there established Il school. Allthe none:
he CARTS soss to the support OF this
school, which now occupies three build
ings ami in which are 100 students.
Altogether 200 eolored pupils have re-
cciyed u ccmmon school education i'll
This institution.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
Variable European Time.

Europeans visiting America are wor-
ricd in crossing the continent b. having
to adjust their watches to the standard
times, hut their annoyance is as nothing
compared with what the traveller in
Eastern Europe encounters on his first
"Trip. To shy nothing about its being
one day oil the month on one side of an
imagincry frontier line and another the
other side, Il system of actual accuracy
in time makes it difficult. in tie extreme
10 keep a watch even approximately cor
rect. In most parts OF Europe what is
known as Greenwich sine is observed.
hut in Scandinavia the variations arc
ridiculous. The distance across the
peninsula is not greater than across
5 veral of our States, but as many as
twenty different time standards prevail,
inrlud ny a difference of about twenty
minutes between Norway and Sweden.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01

from the citizens of Chicago there will
be no attempt on the part of the Fair
officials to usurp the time ort prejudice
the session. They will be on hand to
explain when asked and to furnish de-
sired information, leaving the colossal
panorama at j jackson park to tell it's own
story. Congress itself will take the
lead. as is proper, and there will be no
attempt on the part of any IL to influ-
cncc its judgment as to what it shall do
in the premises. Chicago is confident
that seeing will be believing in this
case, and that when members have used
their eyes in seeing and their tongues
in asking questions they will go
back TO Washington thoroughly quail
fled to talk, act, and vote intcl!i-
gently. They Will have The OPP
has been spent. how The great UNDER
taking has grown. and how much more
will be needed To make the great Ma
tipnal Fair worthy of the States which
have contributed sD generously for tila;r
own representation. ard of the whole
country, which has made its appeal TO
the nations OF all the world, through it's
President and Secretary of State, TO
come and send their exhibits. What
ever may be the result of this visit Chi
cago will be %contentcd. Ii has no fears,
however. as 10 the future ofNcial action
OF Congress after its members nave had
the opportunity OF seeing for themselves
what has been done and what remains
TO do. One hour of personal inspection
will be more convincing than weeks OF
talk OF months of argument would be.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
ylIo md unwnrthx

OF consideration are nos.rnms of which it is
nsserted-and there are many such-that they
cure Immediately bodily ailments of long stand
ing. fhere are none such That can. Chronic
disorders cannot be instantaneously removed.
Continuity i'll the use OF u genuine medicine,
slch us Hcstctter's Stomach Bitters. will eradi-
cate chronic physical evils. Not tho least of
these last in the force of its opposition to medi-
cine is constipation, to the removal of which, ii
persisted i'll. tho Bitters is particularly adapted.
Construction of the bowels is n complaint which
should be dealt with early and systematically.
So are its usual attendants. liver complaint and
dyspepsia. For these. for malaria, rheumatism.
sidney trouble, and moro recently -ln Grippe
this highly and professionally commended med
icine is an undoubted specific. Nothing can en-
coed 1t, moreover. as a mcanH of impartlng
strength TO tho tecble una nervous.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
TO BE A THIRD TICKET.
THE PEOPLES PARTY WILL BE
I'm THE RACE.
1t Will Have a Presidential Candidate of
It's Own-P Polk, Watson, and Taulencck
Mentioned for the First place-Thc ST.
Louis Convention.
A Great Catherine.

There will be a peoples, or a third
party, or an industrial Presidential
ticket in the field in the coming cam
paiSn. This much may be set down as
q fact. The nominating convention will
be held prior to the first week in June,
when the representatives of the Repub-
lican party will assemble in national
convention in Minneapolis. The loca-
ton OF the gathering will be either st.
Louis, i~irmingfam, Ala, OF Atlanta. Ga.
II Presidential timber will be con-
fined to L. L. Polk of North Carolina,
Congressman Tom Watson of Georgia,
eX-Congressman Featherson Of Arkan-
sas, Colonel II. NJ. Humphreys of Texas.
and H.. g.. Iaubencck of Illinois. The
choice for Vice President will rest be-
tween George L. Washburne of Massa-
chusetts, Congressman John Davis of
Kansas, and Marion Cannon of Califor-
MIA. Present indications favor the
somewhat euplaonious ticket of Tommy
and George"
Politics is mighty "onsartin," but
this is the barometer of the delegates to
the c~onfcdorated Industrial conference
which assembled in formal session in
the Exposition Building, says n dispatch
from st. Louis. Fifteen hundred have
afrived-enough to crowd the Hotel
Rlchclieu and all the boarding houses
for q quarter of Il mile around-and five
times that number are expected, accord
ing to the advance credentials that have
been received.
Delegate Washburnc, of Boston, who
was Secretary of the Peoples Party
Convention held in Cincinnati last Feb
ruary, says that the assemblage is the
biggest industrial conference ever held
on earth; that the delegates represent
organizations with an actual member
ship of 10000 900, and that u majority of
thea actual voters af the South are rep
resented.
Appearances favor, the claim. Certain
IL is, moreover, that all the political isms
home of the free and the land of tho
brave will have voice and utterance.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
Hts the nail on the heo

Hts the nail on the hed1
one of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. They do the right thing in the
right way: They cleanse and regu-
late the liver, stomach and bowels
thoroughly and effectively, but
mildly and gently. They persuade,
rather than force. One tiny, sugar.
coated Pellets a gentle laxative
three to four act as a cathartic.
They're the smallest, but the best.
There's less to take, but there's
more good in it, when it's taken.
They're the original Little Liver
Pill, and they've never been equaled.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements of
the liver, stomach and bowels, are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01

Tho origin of the tug OF war il
c!oudoa in TIE mists OF the past Ma
tlianicl Lee. who lived about 1865. used
,1lic expression, .When. Greek meets
hreek, then comes the tug of war; but
there is no absolute record of a tug of
war until about fifty years later. 1t
must have originated in the navy, as tho
nat'ire of the sport would Indicate, and
w en- once established rapidly, gained
favor with colleges and universities in
Great Britain and America, and has be-
come an international snort.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
The Smallest weight.

The grain, the smallest weight in use,
was thus called from being originally tho
weightof a grain OF wheat A statute
passed in England in 1866 ordained that
32 grains of wheat, taken from the mid
die of the ear, or head, and we'll dried.
should make a heavyweight. 90 of which
should make an ounce, while 1o ounces
were to make a pound. The pound.
therefore, consisted of 1850 grains.
Some centuries later the pennyweight
was divided into 81 grains. which makes
the troy pound. as now used, $3.50
grains.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
CONGRESS i'm CHICAGO.
The National Legislators Visit tho
Worlds Fair City.

Worlds Fair City.
The Congress of the United States
arrived i'm Chicago the other day for the
first time, and, according to the way
~Chicasoans tell it, held a special session
in the future national capital. Congress
often delegates committees to visi.
other cities on the public business. This
time it has delegated itself and. the mar
bic halls of Washington were lonesome
for two or three days, while Chicago
donned her best bib and tucker and did
her best To show off, so to speak, in the
presence OF her distinguished guests.
The business which has called Con-
sress together in Chicago. says a Lead
ingspaper published in the Windy City,
will not occupy much time, but it is of
The highest Importance. First and fore
most will be the visit of inspection at
the Worlds Fair grounds. 1T goes with
out saying that as the invitation camo
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
Gold in a Chickcn,sHCrnw.

A chicken was slaughtered for the
family table recently. below Pendle-
ton. Oregon. In dressing the fowl Il
woman discovered in the craw two
small nuggrts of gold about the size
of small nail head. How thcchickcn
found the gold is now the question.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
Cynical.

A man who was well known to BIO FOND
of sounding his praises met IL friend
on the stlSet one day, and began tic
abuse Il commsan acquaintance for say
ing something in his own behalf.
Il can stand anything but a boaster, y
said he. Il hate n braggart!"
Then" said the other, you can't be
accused of egotism, eh?"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
So Delightful.

The following doubtful compliment
is Il fragment from Il love letter: "Ilow
l wish. my darling Adelaide, my en-
gagements would permit me to leave
town and come and see YOU. lit would
be like visiting some old ruin. hal
lowed by time and fraught with !
Thousand rccOllectionS."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01
An Important difference.

TO nuke it apparent To thousands. who
think themselves i'll. tl,at they are not AT
:fectcd with amy disease, but tina, the Sys-
tom simply needs cleansing. is TO brin.
comfort home 10 their hearts. as IL cosiive
condition is easily cured by using syrup of
Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig
SHrIlu Co.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01

IL 1891 $50 persons died in Russia be-
tween the ages of 100 and 1O5, 100 be-
tween lis and 100, Will three We're re-
ported to the authorities as having died
after having lived to be l5O years Or
more Of age.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-01

%EcT welding mas now become al
most universal in large establishments.
ne use OF Il iiuN Il unnecessary. Elcc-
trlcltH Is now used for making ~forsings,
;ln gers, railroad spikes, bail bearings
and many other articles hitherso maze
by hand or by expensive maclinfry.