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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
A Cnntoument.

The cantonment at an Indian town
means the place where the English live.
The native town is usually inclosed by
high walls and accessible only by few
gates. II is brimful Of people, who crowd
its bazaars or shop streets. Quite out
side the town and mile or two away Is
the cantonment, an unwalled district,
where each house stands I'm It's own in-
closure, or compound, and where the reg
iments, British or native, arc quartcred
in Zines or rows Of huts.
The cantonment usually has wide, well
kept roads, with a grassy margin and NV
enues OF fine trees, giving 10 the appear
ance OF a great park The English visit
Or, II he stays with friends, might he n
week without seeing the native town at
all, unless his curiosity prompted On ex-
cursion In search of it. There is always
In the cantonment club, with a ladies'
winR-unless the ladies have a gymklana
or club ~ their own--and besides the va.
rious parade grounds, n polo ground or
tennis court, so that visitor bent only
on amusement has plenty VI rcsources.--
Nineteenth Century.
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siUnDEnED sUUk.
Farmer Foster Thsn Puts . Bullet
Through His Own Head.

Farmer Foster Then Puts . Bullet
Through His Own Head.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Nov e7.-John Foster,
a well-to-do but erratic farmer Of Union
town. in at Of temporary insanity. killed
his wife and their three children with .
revolver, and then blew out his own
brains Foster has always been regarded
by his fellow villagers little weak minded
and queer. He has frequently had trouble
with his wife, and several years age they
separated. Rscsntly . reconciliation was
effected. and Foster returned TO his fam
lily.
The wife vas shot through the back of
the head. The children were found dead
in the next room, and had evidently been
aroused from peaceful slumbsr By the
shot that robbed them Of their mother.
The oldest child, . boy, was found with
hands elasped a. II IN the attitude OF
prayer for his life and the lives Of his lit
tie brother and sister. He wss shot
through the heart, ~ were the other
children. The father, after taking the
lives Of the little ones, returned to the
dead body OF his wife, and, placing the
pistol to his forehead, completed his
fiendish work. The foor Of the house
was one pool Of blood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
sEpENrso IN TIME.


GrssnvilIs Lawyer Brsshs Engagement
because Did Net Lave the Girl.
NEWARK, N. j.. Nov. "a. 7.--Grssnville. N.
J., people are much exercised over the sn-
nouncemsnt that the Agagsment of linn
Bruce, rising young lawyer Of the town,
to Miss Aggie Scott. has been broken on.
Mr.. Bruce was soon to lead Mas Scott to
the altar, and this suden change In the pro-
gram has cast . deep gloom over the COM
munity
It is stated on good authority that tho
release was given at the request OF the
prospective bridegroom. His reason was
that he had discovered that he was not
capable Of loving the young lady as much
a. she deserved, and that he was not
worthy OF her.
Miss Scott and her friends were shocked
and indignant &C this disclosure. but she
concluded TO cancel the engagements. and
has been suffering from nervous prostra-
tion ever since Lawyer Bruoe's conduct
Is regarded as cruel and heartless, and
even his own family condemn him.
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Annual Report Of the State Treasurer
On eeuth Csrsiins's Experiment.
COLUMBUS. 8. c., Eov. r.--Ths experi-
ment Of state control OF the LIQUOR trafiio
has been In opsrtion IN South Carolina
for four months. and the first authentic
Information ID received an 10 tho financial
results a. found In the annual report Of
the state treasurer. which has Just been
completed.
An analysis Of the report shows that the
state dispensary has cost s134, ,493 and that
II has paid back 500, 5oo, leaving deficit
Of e34, ,1oi. II is also shown that the
county dispensers owe the state treasury
tS5,0y0, which includes all the stock on
hand in county dispenssries.
No statement is given of how much the
state owes for liquor, but after all due al
lowances, the state appears to be $4,000
ahead on the four months operations,
which means . profit Of sleo, 900 year.
But this profit on the books IL . very
different thing from clear net profit, and
the indications are that the returns from
the dispensary NJ the end Of the year will
never b felt by the people In lessening the
tax.
The report says, az 60 the moral effect OF
the law, that the liquor business Is being
everywhere transferred from the cities to
the country. The state is becoming one
huge barroom. Communities which have
been rigidly dry for years have become
soaking wet. The constable are laughing
stock. Everybody plays pranks on them.
aud In town and country alike the boys
and young men amuse themselves by lur-
ing these officers on fools, errands, and
handling liquor behind their backs and
under their noses.
The dispsusary figures indicate that the
local dispensariss have sold 30 1000 or 10000
gallons Of whisky. and certainly twice rs
much has been sold outside Of the dispen-
saries. This Illicit traffic Is increasing
steadily. The constabulary force has Sc
cured but one conviction In 30 prosecu-
tions, and has not prosecuted one In thou
sand of the violators of the law.
II will require something like a stand
Ing army Of spies 10 maintain the states
liquor monopoly, and these men at t2 q
day and expenses eat up profits very
rapidly.
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A MURDER FIEND.

Fears In Police Circles OF New York
That One IL Operating in that City.
NKw York, Nov 27-Hss New York a
murder nenA Of the Jack the Ripper kindf
This In Q question that Is agitsting police
circles Just now, and q number Of the
brightest men In the detective force are
quietly engaged in investigating the mat
ter IL ell comes from the strange finds
latest facts are these.
The East Rivss has given up another
body, this time the nutilated remains OF a
man. As in nearly every instance Of the
kind, there ere ne clues 30 the mans iden-
tity, but the torn trunk poiats to but one
ecnsluson-thst . shocking crime has
been committed.
The hee3isss. arnless body Of the man
n new lying a. the morgue. The right leg
II also Rissing. The only article Of raj.
Bsnt found was . gsiter upon the left
foot The hssty examination made did
net discIess sny mark that might possibly
lead to Identification.
One week ago Friday morning, just at
the same hour, the body Of woman.
whose bead and face were slsshed so as to
make recognition almost an impossioility,
was taken cut Of the river At pier 40. IL
was . murder. All tie cuts pointed to
that theory. and the autopsy afterwards
made proved its truth. The male victim
found this morning was only a few blocks
away at pier -.
Already the police are figuring that the
two crimes were committed by the sams
hand; that the butcher responsible for the
woman's death killed the man. The
woman's body gave every evidences that
IL had deem in Che water four or fvc days
The man had been killed some days longer.
All kinds Of reasoning Of the widest
kind is being indulged in. Not the least
accepted story Ia that both crimes were
committed by q woman who is bent on re-
vengiug some real or fancied injury done
her by man or woman kind.
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Discussed ~ pishsp Kssns OF the
VI ~ Catholic UnivsSsity.

Discussed ~ pishep Ksans OF the
u Catholic University.
Bosror. Nov. ST.-Rt Rev. John ].
Ksans, rector Of the Catholic University
of America st Washington, lecturcd to
crowded house at Boston theater last
night The subject Of his discourse was
"Ths Religion Of the Future" He said
in part:
"RsIigion II one Of the three great con-
stituents Of human nature Religion is
the basis Of civilization, and As civilization
develops mans action Of religion becomes
more clear. Education and scientific re-
search take away from religion all that 10
mythical, unnatural and superstilious, and
leaves only the good. the true and the
beautiful.
''Notwithstand~g the sneers OF the
sconers, man recognizes that there must
have been beginning. and in that bcsin-
Ming he recognizes the omnipotent power
Of God. Scientific research forces men TO
philosophy. and there can b no philosophy
without God. Thinking people who fol-
low to the depths OF realism and individual
ism are nos satisfied. They want some
thing batter. and are constantly craving
for something that IL divine In religion.
"Ths future religion leads more to In.
dependence aud sslf-govsrnmsnt, It 10 the
coming u an era Of universal democracy.
wherein the church will deal directly with
the people. The srstocrscy Of the future
will be intellectual superiority and moral
worth, sad in the Advancement OF educa-
tion the church will take . prominent
part. 1t will found universities, colleges
and schools and Ill them with the double
light of learning and religion. Woe,
say, to world u learning without God.
THE Immortal Wsshiagtou, In his fare
well address. declares that the foundation
Of all government 10 in religion and moral
ity. aud those who seek 10 strike blow At
religion under the cloak Of patriotism and
their love for America and its institutions.
are but the enemies Of the country who
know not it's history. The religion Of the
future will show MS humanity united with
divinity, and the land Of the future re-
Iigion will b the land Of humanity and
divinity
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TONE OF THE PRESS.


Petition Signed sy rhsssasds OF Women
Praying Fer It's Reform.
SAN FRArcIsco New. 27-A petition
signed by N, 80 wensn has been presented
at the vsrisus nswspaPsr cfYices Of this
sity, plssding for reform In the tene OF the
press Of the country. The text Of this ex-
trasrdinary petition is a. fellows:
We approve sf our papers in their en-
erKy asd enterprise, but We believe the
time has come for them to take higher
stand on the question of public morals.
We dsplsrs Ia them 'sensationalisn," not
the sxDcssS sf orine. We depiore "per-
ssnalities," not the public announcement
Of personal acts
We Relieve that IL IL a minority OF your
readers who demand sensational, personal
or mineral details rather than the clean
statement Of fsets, and there 10 too often =
minutsness ef details In the reports given
OF crime. wicksdnsss and ssnsuslity, which
can crafty only puhsnt and vulgar curl
ssity or awaken such curiosity In Innocent
and inexperienced minds.
We feel that spreading broadcast vicious
and dsbasing news In our homes and
among cur children. aud the consequent
knowledge ana easy familiarity with
crime In all its forms, has q tendency to
lower the tone Of thought among the beat
Of our people, and to strengthen the werst
instincts among the morally lower classes.
We, therefore, most earnestly and re-
spsctfully petition the press at this time
to make q concerted effort to elevate the
moral tone of their columns, and 90 give
M newspapers free from the evil We de-
plore, feeling confident that the majority
Of the public will encourage such an effort
aud promising yen our heartfelt co-opera-
ton and support.
The movement includes the best element
of California.
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HAPPY FOREIGNERS.
They DID Big Business at the Great
Colombian Exposition.


Colombian Exposition.
CHICAGO, Nov. e7.--The profits of ex-
hibitors at the Worlds fair have exceeded
all previous international expositions. The
final counting has been made by conces.
sionaires with the department Of collec-
tions this week. Over $40, oO0, 900 worth Of
goods has been sold by exhibitors of the
eight nations best represented at the fair.
Italy leads the van of the prosperous.
During the SIX months Of tho exposition
the concessionairss In the Italian section
of the various departments took in q, ,b0o-
900 for carvings, porcelsins, marbles and
bronEes. Germany is second In the amount
OF her sales. which ia placed at t1, SOC, 900.
France, England, Austria and Japan
are rated alike In the aggregate Of their
sales At q, ooo, 900 each, but the French and
English sales are likely to exceed this
amount considerably.
The Russian and Spanish exhibits were
not in 70 great . measure commercial as
those Of Italy. France, England and Japan,
but nevertheless their sales reached large
and unexpected figures.
Both Russia and Spain are set down ~
having transacted n business that reached
the amount OF i150. 600
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
A BOWERY INCIDENT.
The Unhappy Outcome OF . Gothamits's
Peculiar Ideas OF Humor.

Peculiar Ideas OF Humor.
II happened on the Bowery, because thai
Is the place where all the strange things
happen. There was q crowd around the
window Of furnishing store, the enter.
prising proprietor of which had placed .
couple of automatic prizeHghters on view.
In the crowd were two young men, evil
IDENTIFY friends, because they had come mp
the street together and they spoke several
times TO each other as they stood In front
of the window. One of the young men
stood behind the other, while directly on
bis left stood n mild looking man, evil
IDENTIFY very much interested in the auto
matte figures in the window.
That one of the young men was hu-
morist was shown when he quietly moved
his hand In the direction Of his friends
watch chain, and when IL got close enough
tried to extract the watch from his pocket.
He was succeeding admirably when his
friend made grab for his pocket. The
other quickly drew his hand away. The
first young man turned around and let his
fist catch the mild looking man under the
chin.
"Try to steal my watch, will your"
yelled he, and he banged the man again.
81 didn't touch'- began the man when
third blow, this time in the eye, stopped
him. The crowd got excited, and several
men evinced desire TO help the young
man do up the alleged pickpocket.
"Punch him again." said one man.
'Give It to himl That's the way to
treat them pickpockets, " said another, and
he jumped in and gave the man n clip on
the ear. Then all hands jumped on the
man, and he, finding IL too hot, ran for
all he was worth up the Bowery. Tie
crowd followed, shouting, "Stop, thiefp'
Several blocks away policeman caught
the fugitive and held him. Both OF his
eyes were swollen, and there were Jumps
and bruises all over his face.
she tried to steal my watch" ;" eaid the
young man who had started the assault.
"It's n lie," said the man. "Ineyer even
noticed him"
"That's what they all say" exclaimed
en- old man who had come up.
Hes n tough looking customer" said
the policeman. "Come along" and he
yanked the mans collar.
Meantime the young man who made
the charge had been In conversation with
his friend. As the policeman started away
he walked up and said in n sheepish tone:
"Say, officer, there's some mistake here.
You see, my friend here just tells me that it
was he who grabbed my watch chain. He
was trying TO play a joke on me-"
The accused man looked weary.
"What do / get for this licking'" he
said "You can let me go, but that don't
do me no good for these two eyes and this
cut up face. You've got TO do something,
or I'll have you arrested for assault"
The policeman decided that he had moth
ing more 20 do with the matter and went
away, while tho joker, his friend and the
man who had been whipped argued end
threatened for timc and finally retired
10 saloon to fix the matter up.-New
York Sun.
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HAT FACTORIES CLOSED.
Efforts to Effect Com promise Fall and
the Battle IL ON.

Efforts to Effect Com promise Fall and
the Battle IL ON.
DAsBURY. Conn.,. Nov. N.-Ths efforts
which the Hatters' unions have made to
Effect compromise with the man ufaetur-
vrs have been without avail, and the sItu-
alton IL without change, except that both
sides appear to be determined 10 make .
fight. Every factory included In the Manu-
facturers' association discharged its en-
ployes Saturday night. and 400 hattsrs be-
side several hundred hat box makers. ma
chipists and others. are thrown out Of en-
ployment.
There 10 no other industry in the city.
Nearly 1000 women, members Of ths trim
mers' union, which 10 one Of the strongest
of the various hattsrs' organisations, met
on Thursday night and discussed the sit
ustion. They decided that they would
not yield to the demands OF the manu-
facturers They have . large sum Of
money In their treasury, and can stand .
short idleness without outside help.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
WHOLESALE ROBBERY.
Gang of PennsyIvania Railroad Thieves
Found Ont and Arrested.

Gang OF PennsyIvania Railroad Thieves
Found Ont and Arrested.
READvILLE. Pa, Nov. 27.--A New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad detective
has brought 10 light q case Of Wholesale
ear robbery In the city which bids fair TO
rank with the famous Erie robberies of a
few months ago. AZ the elimination OF
several weeks work, the detective ar
rested w. w. Mcfarland, a brakeman,
who souealed on his sccompliees, impli-
:atfnE @. A. Albrough, r. p. Mckee,
Frederick X. Kel.e, Conrad weitz, G. @.
Custard, j. A. Buchanan, Jesse Green, j.
f. Parker and j. II. Bentley.
There are probably others In the gang,
but only Mcfarland, Weitz and Custard
have been Jailed at present. Mcfarland
set fre TO his cell in the city Jail last night,
and IL was found necessary 20 remove
them all TO the county jail for safe keep
ing A vast qusntity Of goods has been
discovered At two boarding houses, Mrs.
Blacks and Mrs. Alexander's
The former Ia suspected ot knowing
something about the operations Of the
gang. They have been operating for
months, and their stealings will reach into
ths Thousands. The detective described
he methods of the gang, who Ind dfscov.
ored an ingenious way Of opening car doors
without disturbing the seals Another
scheme was to hang rope ladder over the
SIDE Of the car and unseal the door whilo
NE train was IN motion.
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ARDLAMoNT MYSTERY.
Case 81 Great Interest In Great Britain
II Eov su Trial.

Case Of Great Interest In Great Britain
10 Eov On Trial.
EpNBuRoH, Nev r.-Alfred j. Mon
son. who 10 Indicted for the murder OF
Lieutenant Hambrough, was arrsiGned
before the high oourt OF Judiciary Satur-
day TO answer the charge against him.
He pleaded not guilty, and his trial was
nxsd for Dec. IL
The ease, popularity known ~ the Ardla-
mont mystery, has created great interest
evsrywhsrs In Great Bitsin. Mr.. Non
son vss the purchaser OF the Ardlsmont
estate, and had engaged 1t for the shooting
season ~ q temporary arrangement. He
was Joined st the Ardlamont house by his
friend, Lieutenant Hsmbrough.
On Aug. 10 last the lieut.nants dead
body was found on the grounds, and IL
was a. once surmised that he had tripped,
his gun had exploded and the shot en-
tered his head, causing death. Mr.. Mon
son hsd been with him and IN attendant,
Edward Scott, In the employ OF Mr. Ham
brough, just before the supposed sccident.
But the ssot had entered the back OF the
head, and 10 was konson's gun that bad
been used. Mr.. honson subsequently, er-
plainsd that he had exchanged guns with
bis friend. Scott disappeared imm sdistsly
after the affair and has not since been
heard from.
The body was buried at ventnor, In the
Isle OF Wight, where the Hambrough fam
ily reside. Subsequently, however, foul
play was suspected, and the body was ex-
humed. The arrest Of Manson followed.
aud he will have to defend himself against
the charge Of murder.
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Numbers.

There are comparatively few names rpr
other aggregations OF abstract numbers
beside the dozen and the score. Two
things make brace, a couple, a duo or
duet; three things make trio, n trinity;
tight, according to St Paul, are n few;
l3 make bakers dozen But, taking con-
crete numbers, we find plenty OF such
names. Fourteen pounds make n stone,
2s pounds n quarter: n Glove Of wool is
pounds; tod is 2s pounds; wey is 6T
tods; sack Is weys and n lest is 0 sacks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
Father O'BrIen Dead.

LOWELL. Mass. Nov. 77.-Rev. William
O'Briep, pastor OF the Catholic church Of
Winchester, Mass, died last night At the
home of his relative, Rev. Father O'Brisn
of this city. Father O'Brien has been sick
bat . few days and came to Lowell In the
hope Of obtaining little rest and recuper-
alton He was one Of the most popular
priests In the archdiocese.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
Mello uu.sIIpe Tor supplIes.

NEW YORK, Esv. N-Csptsin Barclay
OF the British steamer Indian Prince states
that he sailed from Rie Janeirs IN ballast
TO load at Pernanbuco. Nello's vessels
endeavored to intercept the Indian Prince,
but failed. The Sardinian Prince was
stopped and boarded by Nello. His OIL
GERS seized 70 head of cattle. One Of the
crew Of the Sandman Prince was
uoundsd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27
Forgot rIIs Homer.

Mun1mu rscvereiy 20 s-year-old)-Irow
Sid Il happen that you were late for school
this morringf
Eight Year Old--Well, had 20 come
back after got stsrt,d, cause forgot my
Homer.
General Cboru.-Yoer Hsnsr'
Msmms-Child, what 90 you mean By
yorr Homeri
Eight Year Old C1nconccrnedlyl-whs,
the lessons 20 at home call "homon" sl
course. buffalo Courier.
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nat Hastsriss Closed.

DASBURY, Conn, Nov. 27.-rhs hat
manufacturers Of Dsnbury discharged all
their help and closed their factories Satur-
day afternoon, and they will net open
them until they are opened ~ Independent
shops. This action is the result of the
employees, all sf whsm sre members of
trades unions, refusing to modify certain
agreements that were entered into by the
manufacturers and unions In 1885, and
have stood uhaltered since then. About
1000 operatives are affected.
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NEW HAVEN, Nov. 27.-Dr. Henry Bron-
son died yesterday afternoon after long
sickness. Tho doctor had been an invalid
tor % years. DR.. Bron.on was born Ia
Waterbury In January, 1904 The doctor
wrote history Of Waterbury and num-
ber Of pamphlets on political economy. IL
IN believed that he leaves a fortuss Of
about tl. .oo0, 900. Several years ago he
gave ga, 900 TO Yale, and has made many
other generous gifts.
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Conares.man Thirty Years

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21-Cougressman
Charles O'Neill, the father II the house OF
representatives. he having been n member
Of the lower house ~ congress from the
Second district OF philadelphia since 1862,
with the exception Of the Forty second ses-
sion, died at his home Ia this cit-
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a.,ss to work ON weduesdsv.

PROVIDENCE, Nov. T.-Ths great strike
at Olneyville terminates at sundown to-
morrow, and on the following morning the
mill gates will 10 opened, and the o0OO
operatives who hsvs been idle for two
months will 60 ~ work. A compromiss
has been effected which 10 satisfactory TO
both sides The strike hss Melted the oper-
atives loss OF more than tooo. coo In waxss
and loss 10 local trsdssmsn which will
never be regained.
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Three Burglars Caught.

MAIDEN, Mass, Nov. Y-Three bur-
glars were captured at the Edgeworth sta
tion of the Boston and Maine railroad.
They are all residents Of this city and have
been before the courts number OF times.
Their names are Florence Hawkes., John
Kelley and Patrick Ksefe. Nothing was
taken from the station.
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ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF.

Twelve Thousand Persons Said to Have
Psrishsd In Persia.
LONDON, Nov. aT-A dispatch to The
Times from Teheran says that 1900 per-
sons have psrished in an earthquake at
Kuchan. Ten thousand bodies have al-
ready been recovered. Two thousand are
still In tho ruins. Fifty thousand cattle
have been destroyed 80 far. The shocks
etill ron tinua