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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-03

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Satolli. papal delegate. has been
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
LOCAL LIN ES.

Business men are having awnings put
up.
The Young Irelanders will meet Sun.
day at O'Clock,
The Sarsfield Association will meet to.
morrow afternoon.
Screen doors are being resurrected from
the rubbish In garrets and cellars.
1t is understood that several changes are
soon to be made In the beats OF the police
The millinery parlors of Miss Nellie
Cheetham in the new Opera House Block
are very pretty.
Col. Richardson was I'm town today and
the deeds of the skating rink were passed
over to Frank E. Tlngley.
The Ladies Aid Society OF the Sacred
Heart Church is hard at work raising
funds for the new convent and are meet
ing with generous response from the
people.
A meeting of the Democratic City Com.
mittee was held last evening and It was
voted to notify the new city committee to
meet and organize Tuesday evening at
O'Clock at the Pawtucket Hotel.
For good meal you should visit the
restaurant OF 8. b. Havens q Co. They
have q way of serving a dinner that Is
thoroughly appreciated. Everything will
be found on their table In It's season and
their prices are moderate.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
ORUMMERS AND CONDvCTor.
Had Little Combination by Which They De.
trauded Railroad Companies.

NEW YORK. March 2.-Some time since
The officials of the New York Central rail-
road suspected that there was fraud along
the line, and detectives were put to work
on the case with the result that six con-
ductors of the New York Central railroad,
five of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens-
burg, and two of the West Shore road
have been discharged.
The detectives disguised themselves as
6rummers, travelled over the roads mem
toned, mingled with drummers and even
took orders for the sale of goods In this
way they became intimate with the regular
travellers over these roads and discovered
a gigantic conspiracy. they found out
that there were thousands who travelled
over the roads for half fare or even less.
Each person concerned In the fraud was
supplied with a card, which, when shown
to the conductor, secured ride at very re-
duced rates, and in some cases free ride.
The detectives testified how they had trav-
eled, sometimes paying a very small per-
centage Of the regular fare, which the con-
ductors kept, and sometimes not paying
anything.
The officers of the road say that they
have the names of the drummers and
business men who were concealing the
frauds, and very startling developments
are expected at any moment.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
EPIPE BURST.
Quite Lively Time on H gh Street Last
Night.

Quite Lively Time on H gh Street Last
Night.
Last evening shortly after II o'clock
water was heard rushing through the cell
lar OF the old laundry building on High
street which is being raised by L. b. Full
Ter. The rush of water came from
broken pipe which had burst from frost,
and was discovered by officer Sweet, who
notified the police.
The sergeant and some officers hurried
to the scene but the shut Of In the side
walk could not be found.
The Water and Highway Departments
should coo perate In this regard and leave
tho shut of in such place that 1t can be
readily found. Officer McGlone was dis
patched with the "hurry- wagon for
Mr.. Fuller and he also secured Michael
Finn who Is employed by the Water
Works Department. After he arrived he
secured pick and shovel and after some
hard digging the shutoff was found and
the water was stopped, but not before a
large portion Of the north wall had been
undermined and fell.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
AN EVENT OF THE SEASON.
Three Governors Attend the Banquet Of Com.
mercial Travellers al Boston.

BosToN, March 25.-The governor Of
Vermont and the governor of New Hamp-
shire sat at the same table at the Quincy
House last night with the governor Of
Massachusetts between them. They were
encompassed about by several other dis
tinguished officials from the several New
England states and by nearly 800 other
jolly good fellows comprising the mem
bership Of the White Mountain Travellers
association. an organization of New Eng
land drummers united by the strong
bonds of fraternity and general fellowshipS
The dinner, which was one of the great
events of the year I'm this locality, took
place in sumptuously decorated dining
hall, glittering with light and redolent
with the perfume of ilowe rs and cigars, as
well as the sweet strains of music and OF
patriotic and sentimental songs.
The scene was one of extraordinary ami
nation and inspiration from the moment
when the long line of sleek, prosperous
looking commercial travellers began to file
through the reception room, where each
received hearty handshake from the gov
ernors, until the hour when, the corporal
and intellectual appetites satisfied, the
lights were turned out and the guests de-
parted long after midnight
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
eUssEY's DISCOVERY.
Thousands Of Dollars wrcngiulIy Paid Out In
the Pension Department

WASHINGTON, March ga Assistant Sec.
retary Bussey Of the interior department
has just announced decision which estab.
fishes a new and important rule as 20 re-
endorsement of expenses for last sick
ness and burials. Ii is said that over
500, 900 has been paid out of the treasury
lips In 1879, which ruling, Mr.. Bussey's
opinion holds, was wrong Interpretation
OF the law. In the nature of things this
amount would increase rapidly with time
Under the Phillips opinion IL was held
that the words ANY pensioner" or "any
person entitled To a pension" as used in
the act providing for the use Of accrued
pensions In payment of burial expenses Of
indigents, applied not only TO soldiers who
died, but to the cases of deceased widows,
minor children or dependent parents Of
pensioners.
Assistant Secretary Bussey holds that
these opinion under which the pension Of
flee has acted since 1870 was wrong; that
the act referred only TO soldiers; that the
accrued pensions of none but soldiers
can be applied to funeral expenses, and
that In the case of death Of soldiers widows
and dependents, the accrued pension
lapses to the government.
Mr.. Bussey further holds that in no cas- Q
can accrued on any other pensions be paid
to the grandchildren of soldier pensioned
or entitled to pension and that where the
soldier and his widow and children are
dead the accrued pension reyerts To the
government. Ii IL rega rded that the de-
cision will occasion much comment.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
WERE KIND TO HIM.
Stephen Whitaker'S New
Found Friends
GAVE HIM SOME MEDICINE.
When He Awoke His Watch, Dia.
monds and Cash Were Gone.

Stephen Whitaker Of this city was be-
fore the Jefferson Market Police Court in
New York yesterday morning on the
charge OF intoxicaIion. Mr.. Whitaker
had been found lying on the porch of a
house on Barrick street and when aroused
by a policeman was completely bewil-
dered.
He vas clear headed yesterday, however,
and his recital of his experiences con-
WINGED all who heard It of its truth. Dur
ing the past Winter he had suffered mucn
from dyspepsia and last week he deter
mined to go to Bermuda for his health
Tuesday he took passage for New York on
stonington steamboat. The pitching OF
the vessel brought on another attack OF
Mr.. Whitaker's malady.
Among the passengers were two sympa-
thetic men, who assisted him to his state
room. After making him comfortable one
OF them said he had some medicine In his
valise, which would relieve indigestion in
short order. He brought 1t and the patient
drank q wine-glas full. Mr.. Whitaker's
pain went as quickly as predicted and his
consciousness also took vacation. Not
the faintest glimmer of what happened In
the next 80 hours until his arrest rem aims
In the tourists memory. When
searched at the Charles Street
Station Thursday the only prop
erty found on the prisoner was his ticket
to Bermuda, although he had s4OO In cash
a number Of valuable papers, a big gold
wath and two diamond studs on This per-
son when he started on the journey
Whitaker did not know yesterday morn
ing whether the trunks which had beer
checked at Stonington had been stolen oil
not. Justice Voorhis advised Whitaker
before discharging him to give full de.
scription of the man who drugged him to
6upt. Byrnes.
Mr.. Whitaker's son in law In this city
says that his father. in law left Pawtucket
Wednesday morning for New York, in
tending to sail Thursday afternoon fol
Bermuda. He has been suffering fol
some time with sciatic rheumatism.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
TWO CHILDREN MISSING.
Stolen From Their Father BY the Woman
Who Deserted him.

BENNINGTON, VT, March PA case of
abduction occurred In Montpelier which is
creating much excitement. Three years
ago the wife Of William Blanchard sud-
denly left his bed and board and later was
discovered i'm Massachusetts. Most of the
time since his wife's desertion Blanchard
has cared for his two little children, now
aged and 10 years respectively, and re-
sides on Court street.
When he went home for dinner Thurs
day he missed his children. 1t was dis
covered that Mrs. Blanchard, who had
been in this section for some two weeks
past, secretly watched as Blanchard went
to his shop in the morning, entered the
house and took the children away. A
letter In the postoffice said she had taken
them to Waterbury, but would return soon.
Latest developments show that she
boarded the s:15 a. m. train Thursday,
asked the conductor for ticket to Bos-
ton, obtained one to Wells River, and that
she is now without doubt in Boston with
the children
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
THAT POLO GAME.
The Benefit for John q. Dyer Big Sue
cess.

The Benefit for John q. Dyer a Big suo.
The much talked OF polo game between
the reporters of Providence and the local
scribes for the benefit of John G. Dyer
took place in the skating rink last night
before about !, 200 enthusiasts.
After the timekeeper had got tired look
Ing at the mass of slugging humanity, the
mixture OF arms, legs, shin pads and
sticks, he said the playing time had ex-
pired and the scorer announced that Paw
tucket had won, to 4.
This MOI ming personal interview was
had with each of the players and the
members of both team without exception
we're loud In theii denuniciation of the
game.
The cheers were deafening as the teams
glided (r) upon the surface. Some looked
AS though they were about to enter the
surf while others were fitted out as though
about to go with Lieut.. Peary to the Arc
tic regions.
Hayden was the appolo of the Provi-
dence contingent. He insisted on wear
ing an Oscar Wilde hat and big bouquet.
He also wore one glove, skates and stick.
Slocum had fished an outing shirt out
OF the garret and Perrin wore a longshore-
mans rig. The rest had white sweaters.
Three OF the local team had Kangaroo
uniforms. Murray was said to resemble
Menard until he arose from his seat on
the floor and tried to reach the cage. After
tacking and filing he succeeded.
Lee also had yellow jersey and was
the recipient OF many endearing remarks
from the ladies. Rex was the other man
in yellow, while Tobie and Roberts looked
like Mephistopheles, arrayed in black
sweaters and trunks.
After the game supper was served at
Havens's where the game was replayed
verbally.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
MAY COST HIM AN OFFICE.
A virgInlan's Insult to Harrison viii Be Re-
scented by Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, March 25.--State Senator
c. c. Watts was United States district
attorney of West Virginia under Mr..
Cleveland's former administration. His
resignation was asked for by President
Harrison, but he refused to enter It.
Thereupon the president summarily dis
missed him, as he had right to do
Watts never got over his humiliation,
and the day after the election last fall,
when 1t was known certainly that Mr..
Harrison was defeated, he sent from his
home in Charleston a telegram to the pres
ident, sarcastically rendering him the
sympathies of the first man he had re-
moved from Office "for prosecuting illegal
voters" and closing with the words, Time
makes at last all things even"
Watts gave the telegram to the press.
Thoughtful Democrats thought It was dis
courteous to the president and severely
criticized Watts Notwithstanding this, he
was slated for his old position, and today
he Is an active candidate. But q little OBJ
struction has arisen In shape of an OBJ
lection from ex-President Harrison, who
has, through Stephen B. Elkins, requested
President Cleveland not to appoint Watts.
on account of his insolence to him 1t ID
said that President Cleveland, who Il
known to be stickler for courtesy, de-
nounced Watts telegram IA the act Of q
man devoid of the sense of propriety, and
IL Is therefore believed will turn the West
VirQinian down
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
A SHOCK TO SOCIETY
0ccasioned by the Disgrace Brought Upon
One OF the British Mobility.

LONDON, March 25-One of the most
prominent members of the Prince of Wales
set was arraigned In court yesterday upon
disgraceful charge The central figure Of
the scandal is George Manners Ashley, who
has seat In the house of lords as Baron
Hastings and Is a captain Of the Second
brigade Of the eastern division Of the royal
artillery and a justice of the peace for the
county of Norfolk.
This representative of British nobility
was arraigned before the Marylebone
police court for indecent conduct toward a
girl in Regent Park. His lordship was
the picture of modification and chagrin,
when he was called to the bar The evi-
dence against him was so conclusive that
the court found him guilty and sentenced
him to pay fine Of $50 or he imprisoned
for three months.
An idea of his social prom inence can be
gained from the fact that the Princess of
Wales stood sponsor for his daughter,
Alexandra Rhoda The baron, who Is
about 35 years of age, married the daugh-
ter of the fifth Lord Sufneld and has five
children
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
SCHOOL CENSUS.
what the Report of the Truant omcor
shows.

what the Report Of the Truant Onicer
shows.
The Truant Officer has compiled the CEN
sus Of school children taken by the enum-
orators, January, 1898, as follows: Mum
ber of children attending public schools
1894; Roman Catholic, 1888; select, 81; not
attending any school, 1888; total, 60l7;
number of children under not attending
school, 614; and under is, 264; 10, 1856;
under attending less than ~ weeks, 27;
Z to 15 attending less than IL weeks, %.
From the above II will be observed that
there are 6,017 children of school age with
In the limits of the city. They are pretty
evenly divided between the sexes as there
are $3.50 and 1887 girls. OF this number
there appear by the returns to be 1893
who do not attend school. This at
first sight looks appalling, but upon a
closer examination of the figures 1t does
not appear quite as bad as 1t looks.
OF this ,O33 who do not attend school,
there are 272 boys and 322 girls who are
under years of age, and who are not
amenable to the truant law.
In making up the census of children of
school age, children from five to sixteen
years OF age are enumerated but unless
they have completed their seventh year
they are not smenable to the operation
OF the truant law; neither is 1t operative
after the child has passed It's fifteenth
year.
Those who are under seven yeas of age
not attending school as above stated num-
Der 614, and Of those who have completed
their fifteenth year there are 70 boys and
70 girls making 1855 more. This reduces
the number of those who are subject to
the operation of the truant law to 264, of
whom 127 are boys and 1877 girls. No doubt
many of those are excusable by either in
trinity or other ailment.
But taking II as II stands, II compares
favorably with the other cities and towns
of the State. The per centage OF alb
senteeism Is .04221, or trifie over AZ In a
1000. OF the 8,oi7 children enumerated
above 1884 attend school. or those 1894
attend the public schools; 1858 pupils at
tend the Catholic paroohial schools and 52
attend select school.
The education Of the 8 1894 pupils In the
public schools costs the city goo, 900 be-
sides about 5000 additional contributed
by the State. This makes In round num-
bers 100000 or about s31 per pupil per
year for tuition, etc. The parochial schools
educate ,5Ss pupils which II figured at the
same rate, 81 ow that the Catholics OF this
city In addition to paying their proper
tion of the tax which goes to the support
OF the public schools also relieve, by their
generosity in maintaining separate
schools, the city I, ON an annual expense
OF f4s 900, exclusive of the cost of extra
buildings in which to house the chill
dren. and the interest on the cost of those
buildings. And notwit hstanding the
facts, there are those who object to the
Legislature exempting those schools from
taxation, which would probably make a
difference of Less than 81 500 to the
city treasury II such slight act Of justice
WAS accorded TO them
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
Little Rhody Gets $li,925.

A Washington dispatch says that First
Comptroller Matthews has decided that
certain sums OF money held by the Treas
ury Department from the direct tax re-
funded by Congress to the States, on sc-
count Of the States having received an
excess Of arms and equipment from the
militia fund, was done without warrant
OF law. Accordingly, on this decision
the Treasury Department is now paying
to the States the amounts withheld. In
cluded are Massachusetts, t4,7s6; New
Hampshire, s3,754, and Rhode Island,
Eli 925.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
The Father Of Many Ills.

ConstipPti ion leads To multitude OF ply.
steal troubles. IL II generally the result of
cartlessness or Indifference To the simp est
rule Of health. Eugene Mckay OF Btantford.
Ont, writes:
from constipa lon, hsd taken a great many
different remedies, some wbich did me X lod
for a time, then my trouble came back
them. To- two each night for a week, then
Sne every night for about six weeks. Since
regularly every day. i believe firmly that
for sluvgishness Of the bowels and bilious
ness Brandi eth's Pills are far superior TO
any other"
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Strikers Suspected Of
WreCkIng a Train.I
MANAGERS LIFE SOUGHT.
Latest DEVELOPMENTS on Both Sides Of
the Ann Arbor Strike.

TOLEDO, March 25-The strikers on the
Toledo and Ann Arbor road have notified
the commissioner of the roads Of Michigan
that the Ann Arbor is daily breaking the
law which compels all trains to come to a
dead stop before crossing at functions
They say the scab engineers know nothing
OF the rules or the law
The south bound midnight train on the
Ann Arbor was derailed yesterday. TWAS
coming very slowly, when suddenly the
engine ploughed into the gravel on one
side of the track. The baggage and smok-
ing cars followed.
Had the train been going at its usual
speed 1t must have gone into q stream, and
great loss of life would have resulted. An
exam ination showed that the switch had
been broken and turned and the colored
lamp carried away. The strikers here In.
sist that the affair was not participated in
by any of them, but. probably by some Of
their hot-headed sympathizers.
IL Is supposed, however, that the attempt
to wre,k the train was an attempt to mur
der General Manager Harry Ashley. He
had been up the road and was Oh his way
home on this train. Only by
The Merest Good Fortune
did he escape. He Is greatly wrought up
and will leave no stone unturied to catch
the perpetrators of the job, ard the Ann
Arbor officials have offered 1900 reward
for their capture.
The report that President Gompers OF
the American Federation of Labor would
come to Toledo soon hfs greatly en-
couraged the men, There has been talk
Of the Ann Arbor freight handlers even
down to the Polish coal shovellers going
out so as to assist the engineers The
strikers think that Mr.. Gompers will have
something to do with starting such
movement
Chief Arthur has sent word that he will
be here Sunday afternoon. There is pos
sibility of still more trouble with the men.
A conductor has been discharged. He
says he was let go because he sympathized
too earnestly with the engineers to suit the
company.
In answer to the statement made by
Chief Arthur, General Manager Ashley has
made statement, in which he says: This
company pays all of its freight engineers
$500 per 100 miles, and overtime after IA
hours at 30 cents per hour. The men are
not classified.
This Ii q Higher Rate
than is paid by any road in Michigan, ex-
cept the Michigan Central. Ninety per
cent Of the engineers run freights. There
are only seven men engaged in the passen-
ger service. OF these, two remained with
the company and are still at work. They
express themselves as satisfied.
1.-The men on these runs earn from 5000
to tl4OO per year for service OF eight hours
per day or less on trains of two and three
cars scheduled at "a miles per hour. The
freight engineers all earn between 500 and
$50 a month. This what Arthur calls the
grinding process. We have between 1000
and 1900 applicants for the privilege of be-
ing ground at these prices"
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-25
FREE LECTURES.
On the Science Of Magnetic Healing.

Together with public demonstration In
healing the sick by "Laying on OF hands"
by Frank S.Temple, M. d., and associates,
beginning Monday afternoon, March 9th,
ana continuing every afternoon until
luther notice at assembly rooms, Music
Hall Building. Doors open at q; lecture
free IN full view OF the audience. The
lame walk the blind see, and the deaf
made To hear. ParaliZed limbs take upon
themselves new life. The sick are cured
and the skeptec left to wonder. Every
body IL cordially invited to attend and
witness for themselves these marvellous
cures. Take no mans word, but go your
self-seeiDg IL believing. Go early so as to
avoid the rush. Admission to hall is free,
Seats free. 80 no one has q possible ex /.
cuse for not attending.