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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
SUB ROSA GUILoTINING.

This is great and glorious admins.
tration. Only month old, it has al
ready distinguished itself above its pre-
decessors by the novelty of its methods.
Its secretary of state resolves him
self into committee of one to revise
the tariff; it is announced that the
president will take certain course with
regard TO appointments aud other mat
ters, but subsequently in Difference to
politicians with a pull the announce
ment is declared TO have been unauthor-
lied. There are squabbles between
cabinet and president and so forth.
Examples might be amplified.
The most novel is the latest. The
official guilotine, 80 says the edict, is to
be so effectually creased that it shall
perform its bloody work in silence.
The "dull, sickening thud'' of the head
of the expiring postmaster must be
heard Lo longer and the hundred on two
daily decapitations superintended by
Chief Axeman Maxwell will no
longer be bruited about in the
land. So great is the desire for secrecy,
the knowledge that they are dead would
be religiously kept from the executed
stamp stickers if it were possible, but
an earnest effort will be made to re-
strict such knowledge to the immediate
mourners.
This decision Of President Cleveland
and his advisers to publish no funeral
notices hereafter will deprive the be-
reaved friends Of the "late lamented ["
Of the privilege Of providing flowers or
other customary tokens of sympathy,
but IL will serve TO keep from public
notice the fact that the administration,
whose professions have been so strong
for civil service reform, is chopping
of heads at speed that does credit TO
this era Of electric hustle. ghis shows
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

how sensitive is the administration TO
the criticism of the credulous few who
may have trusted In Democratic pre-
election promises.
To speak seriously the manifesto is
not to be commended. 1t is the right
of the people that they should know
what the officials they created are doing.
II the "to the victors belong the spoils ."
theory is to be acted upon it should be
in the broad glare of publicity.
There is little danger that this will
not be the case, for to tell the news
paper press of this country "you shall
not publish" 80 and so, is to make the
publication more certain, and the head
lines more glaring. The secrecy scheme
will be failure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
ABOUT PEOPLE OF INTEREST.

Owing to illness, DR.. Edward Everett
Hale did not start the series of lectures on
Journalism in Boston last week.
The Japanese Mikados eldest son. Yoshi
Hoti, who Is coming to the Worlds Fair,
is not quite IA years old, but as precocious
as an occidental youth Of lS
King Oscar of Sweden is a very simple.
minded man. When he went to see the
pope he kissed the holy father on both
cheeks. Such salute was quite irregular,
long usage having established the custom
of only kissing the pope's hand. The rule
was only broken once, in the case of the
late pontiff by president of the United
States. General Grant simply shook him
by the hand and said, "How do you do,
sir?"
William Waldorf Astor is said TO have
made bold stand against the practice of
Tipping" servants in private houses in
England. That is to say, he pays his ser
wants high wages on the condition that
they accept no fees from his guests. The
practice has grown to be an imposition in
England, where the hospitality of the hos t
is often more than repaid in gifts to his
servants, and where a visit to one of the
great country houses is apt TO be more ex-
pensive than a sojourn at fashionable
hotel.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The device adopted by the Demo-
cratic members of the board of alder
men to bring the new election on Satur-
day is one worthy of schoolboys wrang-
ling for marbles, or crooks.
The excuse of the alderman from
Ward Ten was extremely dis INGENIOUS
aud only tended TO exhibit to the board
the lengths he was willing to go to fur
ther the plans of the Democratic man
ayers in the discharge of his duty to the
people of the city as alderman. IL
would be exactly as logical for person
charged with theft to plead TO the court
that inasmuch AS sundry gentlemen now
sojourning at Cranston had stolen he
thought he would follow their example.
The Democrats are evidently afraid
to have the new election on the day it
would legally and naturally occur and
they have demonstrated that fact very
plainly by the extraordinary course of
the aldermen who have apparently con-
sented to be considered exceptionally
ignorant and careless for the sake of
serving their party.
Such politics, in such a connection,
ought to kill the Democratic prospects
and disgrace the.party, and would, were
it not for the fact that the Democratic
party is so covered with similar scars
that the addition of one or more does
not attract attention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
NEWS OF POLITICS,


G. W. Chancellor, nominated as consul
10 Havre, is Maryland doctor, who is
said TO be v interested In board OF
health and antine management, and
Is probably well fitted for that parti-
William II. Seaman, selected as United
States District Judge TO succeed Judge
jenkins in Eastern wisconsin, Is a close
personal friend of Senator Villas, and is
spoken of rs lawyer OF high character
and standing
Judge Lurton, whom Mr.. Cleveland has
just transferred from the Supreme court
bench Of Tennessee to the United States
Circuit court in place of Judge jackson,
was confederate soldier and was taken
prisoner once by General Grant at Fort
Donelson, and again when he joined Nor
gan's raiders and came up into Ohio.
George II. Parker, OF New York, who
gets the profitable consulship at Birming
ham, was an applicant for the place OF
private secretary given TO Mr.. Thurber
He wrote a biography of President Cleve-
land and has done other useful literary
bureau" work for the President His ap-
pointment marks another exception To the
rule on consular qualifications.
Felix A. Roeve, made Solicitor of the
Treasury, has been deputy solicitor for
number of years. He is an East Tenne-
sean who served in the Union Army.
His appointment is in the nature of well.
deserved promotion. The nomination of
Samuel L. Fisher, OF Massachusetts, as as
sistant commissioner of patents is another
case of promotion from lower grade to a
higher.
Congressman Compton of Maryland Is
quite outspoken in his criticisms of Mr..
Cleveland's administration. The selection
Of Gresham for Secretary of State he re-
CARDS as direct insult To the Democratic
party. He is also Disguised with Mr..
Cleveland for not calling an extra session
of congress this spring. IF we do not get
to work." he said recently, without any
unnecessary delay, and revise the tariff
and make good some Of our other pledges
to the people we will be turned out OF
power forthwith, and we will deserve our
tate, tool"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
MAXwELEs AXE.
John L. Heaton In New YORK Recorder.
Oh J the whacks

Oh ! the whacks
o! the axe
oh! the blood-congealing swish of its matu-
tinal attacks
How il cracks! cracks cracksi
And the vultures il attracts;
How they sniff the smoke of butche' and fly
TO 1t in packs
Whites aud blacks
Feel its whacks;
And the heads are caught by basketfuls and
carted off in stacks.
Chilly facts
Are that Max
wells a daisy and lulu and no grass grows
in his tracks.
Pow your backs
To the axe;
Grin and bear IL. oh. incumbents, though of
barbarism il smacks.
Man or woman,
'ris but human,
When the other fellow lacks
Your postofilce, you must yield IL up before
the slaughter slacks.
Ga the axe axe axe!
There is nothing that detracts
From the grace and ease and dignity of
clipper Chopper Max;
Nothing lax
In his acts
From the viewpoint of the Macs
The Bottses, Dismukes, Burpces, Lobes, ap-
plaud his smacks In claques
Letter sorters sit in tortures, like a school.
master on tacks,
And the woe Of fwaitng asplrants their manly
bosoms racks,
While the axe axe laxel
Rips the victims up their backs
And the gore IL splobs and spludges like a
thousand cataracts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
THE ELECTION.

We regret that Messrs Capron aud
Bull are drfeated, bat the result was an
iicipated by the election of the national
Democratic ticket - Pawtuxet Valley
Daily Cleaner.
The ProhibiJionIsts poll six and nine
tenths OF the entire vots OF the state this
year. No doubt about that place on he
official ballot next year.-Westerly Trib-
uue.
The ell ction only emphasizes the neces-
Aity OF amending tae election laws OF
this state as speedily as possible.
socket Call.
One of the worst atures Of the result
is the necessity for holding n large mum.
Der of bye-electious in a dozen cities and
towns To determine the political com
pleXion OF the grand committee hich
will choose the state officers entailing
useless trouble and expense that would
be avoided under the plurality system SO
generally in vogue In nearly every state
in the union, and which il is believed
will be adopted By Rhode Island when
the people are gven "A chance to decide
the issue. - WoonsocEet Reporter.
The Republican party will arouse it
self, and being wiser will be more sue
successful. l.-Pawtucke Times.
The spirit that struck down the Hill
machine in New YORK is abroad every
where. Il pervades all parties and proves
more and more contagious from year to
year.-Newport News.
The Republicans lost two congressman
from this state by not having plurality
law in force las: November. At that
slime the Republican candidates led
Pawtucket Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
THE NEW ELECTION.

The new election for members of the
general assembly from this city will
occur on Friday or Saturday.
This gives the Republicans an oppor-
tunity to do some effective work in the
way of getting their voters to the polls.
The key to the situation is the ability
of the parties to get their voters to vote.
1t ought to be easy for the Republi-
cans to secure the seats accredited to
this city, or majority of them.
1t ali depends, as we said above, upon
the voters. If they vote their votes will
count. If they don't they might as well
be in India for all the good they are to
the city and state in which they live.
Get out the voters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
CHIEF SUPERVISORS.
Why They Are Appointed and How We
Have One In hhode Island.
The News Is in receipt Of the following

The News is in receipt of the following
communication:
10 the Editor OF the Netoe
Will the News oblige n constant reader bv giving
little more Information about the supervisor OF
electionsl -
Under what circumstances was one appoin,ed
here. ana Is there one IN every I'm the
faithful tha in other states IL not why does ths
Whole United States government turn It's guns IN !
wayi x
A chief supervisor of elections may or
may not be appoint d according To he
provisions of the laws of the states. The
appointment of chief supervisor is not
obi latory upon any state Ii the citi-
Zens of any state are convinced tnat the
state board OF canvassers is una
BILE to properly discharge its du-
ties the electors may petition the
federal government for a chief SUPER
visor whose functions shall b, TO exercise
"a general supervision over all elections.
He may not appoint or discharge sub
ordinate supervisors, that duty be-
longing TO the United States Cir
cult court. The appointments of a
chief supervisor does lot necessarily
signify that the board OF canyassers is
corrupt or that the voters of the
state are op N To susDCIo 1 OF dishonesty.
Tue present supervisor o. this state was
app iGted at the request Of private Gill;
Zens, who lelieved that the WORK of elec.
ton would he facilitated by this means.
IL does not u, cessarily constitute AN In
dictment against the nUnor of the yuters
Of Rhode Island aud should not be so
construed.-IEd. News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
R/GHT TO THE PO/NT.

A biggest case OF free spree known oi
late was at the burning of Louisville
disfillery, where the crowd that surveyed
the flames became intoxicated by inhal.
ing the fumes of the burning whiskey.
! :
jay Gould's collection of railroad
passes is TO be feature at the Worlds
fair. A collection of the checks he signed
during his grasping career would be
more awe inspiring.
Rev. Louis A. Banks, n Bay State mtn-
ister, wants to go 10 congress. He has
always betrayed great interest In work
among evil doers and In the slums, and
probably thinks the congressional field
would be fruitful for him.
I I
The Kansas women vote intelligently,
we are told. They like TO vote. and did
not scruple To electioneer at the polls.
But they aid not ect the feminine Can
didates Is sex jealously to play part
In the exerc Sc of woman suffrage?
I I I
The hopes of the Mugwumps that at
tained supernal altitude upon the ap-
pointment OF Gresham have been restored
nearly to their normal condition
!
III those harrassiug reports about an
extra session of congress continue Presi-
dent Cleveland will begin - believe that
they are really true
I
Mr.. Maxwelrs finesse in the matter OF
lifting scalps causes the cart of the
aDOflUInAl I'M m al ri nal fut
with reverence aud admiration.
! I
The remove postmasters will rejoice
TO learn that Postmaster General Bis
selPs name is pronounced Bis-setl Wi b
the accent on the last syllable. 1t will
rhyme 80 nicely with tue place to whicu
they would like to send him.
~ !
The President o. this great country
seems To have been transformed by a
pack of Office seekers into species of
ANNA ed telephone into which to howl
offices, offices p
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE BARRETT
of Massachusetts will not hug himself
over the withdrawal from the field of
E. b. Hayes, the nominee of the bolting
convention. He knows only too well
that Mr.. Hayes and his friends can do
as much when apparently not in the
fight as they could if the fight were
triangular, with the advantage that
their fight against the editor -politici an
will be sub-rosa.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
Storm Serges
and
Hop Saeking!

The Incompatible Serges in navy blue
aud the Genuine Scotch and English
Hop Sacking in navy blue and black.
We may reasonably claim 20 be THE
headquarters for Storm Serge and
Hop Sacking.
We open the outing season this
week with an offer of 30 pieces of our
Sl.5O fast-blue Storm Serge, "a inches
wide, at $1.OO, the bargain to close
with the 80 pieces.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
Cooled OF.

lyon don't seem TO admire that Miss
Bowcher as much as you used TO, Jemi-
ma"
mo. I don't. thought she was a
fine girl. but she got ahead Of me on the
elevated the other day when was in
a hurry TO get down town. and l had TO
stand behind her for 10 minutes while
she was finding her pennies to pay her
fare. Bazar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
Proper Question to Ask.

Johnny to his sisters young mani
What baseball club did you play with
last season?
Sisters Young Mani never played
a game Of baseball in my life. Why do
you askY
Johnny-'Csuse / heard ma tell Sis
that you were splendid catch. h.-Boston
Globe -. - -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

If the Chicago toughs do not succeed
in getting the better OF tho three Zulus,
who are to guard the diamond exhibit
from the Kimberly mines of South
Africa, some time during the Worlds
fair, their regulations will suffer- The
mass of earth which contains the dia-
monds is valued at 100000, and the
complete operation, from the soil to the
pin or earring, will be shown.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The alleged invention of the bullet
proof cloth by German and an Aus
trian recalls Secretary Stanton's method
OF proving the worthlessness of a
troublesome inventor of bullet-proof
breastplate during the rebellion. The
inventor was invited to don the breast
plate and let the soldiers shoot at him.
He defined the experiment, with thanks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The great football player, Heffelfin-
ger, mas added to his laurels of victory
the honor of having saved a man from
being lynched. Judging from recent
exhibitions of this college sport. Mr..
Heffelfnger was trained in the best
possible school.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

Mr.. CLEVELAND has leased a new
suburban residence for his summer
home. Like the property at Oak View
the land near by is for sale. Mr.. Cleve-
land evidently carries his "Wall street.
procliyities with him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THE craziest piece of legislative folly
extant was the proposition of the Mas
sachusetts legislature to appropriate
S50,OOO'to take the whole general court,
horse, foot and Dragons, out to the
Worlds fair. IL the resolution had
passed, as at first seemed likely, cage
should have been provided for the ~ en-
bers as permanent fair attraction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THE Democratic aldermen who at.
tempt to further the schemes of their
purity managers in the discharge of their
duty in recounting the votes are pre-
pairing garlands for their brows that
certainly ought to be unfading.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The most costly banquet of its size
was eaten at Delmonico's some days
ago by Mr.. Kidd of New York and a
friend. 1t cost the famous restaurateur
$3.50 to serve that feed for two, for un-
fortunately they ate fourteen wood
cock when not in season, at $25 each,
and 800 costs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THE President has found a man he is
willing to trust in control of the pen
sion Office, and IL is said that he sleeps
easier o nights now. What the new
agent win do with the pension list will
be developed later, and then perhaps
the President may not enjoy perfect
slumber.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THE World is threatening the Cordage
Trust with an attack by the govern
ment by quoting from President Cleve-
lands inaugural. The effectiveness of
such ammunition is at least open to
doubt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

EUROPEAN correspondents have fig
ured out another demise for Emin
Pasha. The eventual return of the
German explorer to civilization will be
crushing blow to the enterprise of
European journalism.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND seems to pos
sess sufficient prophetic spirit to object
to throwing another pail of swill into
the political trough by annexing Hawaii.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The Reading railroad may be entitled
to the support Of the capitalists of Phil.
adelphia who value IL as a competitive
property, but it will be hard TO convince
the the average investor that any addi
tion TO the capital and bonded debt Of
s4oo, 900. 900 will yield return on the
investment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THE senate claims to be antagonistic
to the President, yet the minute an ap-
pointment is made it fairly tumbles
over itself in the effort to confirm it. II
is an antagonism that doesn't antag-
onize.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

In view of the election of Messrs.
Page and Lapham 1t becomes interest
ing to certain factions to know whether
Mr.. Honey can deliver the offices which
he is said to have had in his vest
nnckat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THOSE who object to annual elections
complain that politics interferes with
business. If the meagreness of the
vote is any indication of the influence
of politics, business could not have been
seriously disturbed day before yester
dav
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

unfortunates in this city who are ad-
dicted to gambling to occupy all the
tim of the 5000 Prohibitionists that
voted on Wednesday for year to come.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

JUDGING by the town elections in
Kansas the Populists will be compelled
to tune up their fish-horns if they wish
to prevent the state from becoming Re-
publican again.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
THIS EVENING

PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE. s-"The Old
Homestead"
B. +. KEITHs OPERA HOUSE. g." Natural
Gas"
LoTHRoP's MUSEUM. S-"Lost in London"
WESTMINSTER THEATRE. Stay Foster Bur-
lesque Company
YIN. G. A. HALL s-Concert
BUTLER EXCHANGE. s--R. I. Business Mems
Association.
INFANTRY HALL, s-Reception of Miss Lincoln's
Pupils.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THE new administration has proved
to be composed of Grover Cleveland
and Dan Lamont, with a powerful ac-
cent on the Dan end of the duality.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
4. W. LADD co.
Outing
Fabrics.

Our Dress Goods Department displays
absolutely complete lines in the best
fabrics for travelling - for steamboat
or rail, yachting or trans Atlantic
voyaging, mountain, seashore or coun.
try - especial attention having been
given to securing an ample stock of
those most popular of al productions,
always well fitting anN- good looking
throughout the wear and tear of the
outing season.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

IT appears that this government has
bone to pick with Peru. No Peruvian
must be allowed to shoot our consular
agents, even if only one toe is injured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

THOSE men who believe that rum is
the prolific cause Of all crime, should
turn their attention to collecting statis-
tics Of gambling. There are enough
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The largest creamery In the world is in
the little town Of North Ferrisburg, VT,
not far from Rutland. 1t is fitted up with
every modern appliance for butter-makine
and for cheese-making, and claims to make
the best butter and cheese in the world.
The milk of 1900 cows is necessary to keep
the creamery fully at work, and the price
paid for milk varies from s1.25 to 55 cents
a hundred pounds, according to the season.
The average output Of butter is 1000 pounds
day during the busy season, and about
10000 pounds during the year. But little
is done during four months There Is
cold-storage house in connection with the
establishment, which will hold 10000
pounds of butter. The pastures in the
vicinity are planted with short, whit Q
clover.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
Sheldon & Binney, 44 Westmi
CARD! f!

We would call the the public
the fact that
line OF New CLOTHING for and
which fully believe
been
N
Clothing Men, Youths
Clean Workshops
by wel-pad dhands--
Evening ID. b.
Frock and Cutaway with
Vests match morning
Dress "A var of odd
Superior Clothing for BOYS We the
Suits for Small Boys All Knee Pants make
elastic waiband, which relieves
waisband adds of the
establishment
Prices reasonable Nice Clothing
examine
MACULLAR PARKER Il COMPANY,
I66 Westminster Street,
Old Number 112, Providence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

Texas has 81 counties, each of which is
larger than the state of Rhode Island.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07
Invitation Etiquette.

To the Editor Of the Nsi0s
vii you please inform one OF your readers
through the News. Will Is the proper way in
sending an invitation 70 reception to a family
. year. OF age. Would You address II TO mir
etc, ana family" or write them separatetyt
ONE OF Your CONSTANT READERS
III two envelopes are used the prevail
ing style is to address the outside one
mir -" aud inside one "Mr. - and
family" IL all the children live at bome.
j. would be perfectly pro, er, however, TO
send in he same enclosure separate in-
vitations addIessed TO the older children.
led. News.1
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-07

The amount of tobacco chewed in the
United States last year was IS tons