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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
INSTANTLY KILLED.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE FULLER
IRON FOUNDRY TO-DAY.
Frank Consolve Made . Misstep and
Plunged Hssdlong DownIto,His Death
which Was instantaneous.

Frank Consolve. a workman employed
by Cutting a. Bishop, contractors. while
at work In the new building 10 course of
erection at the Fuller Iron foundry on
Sou h Main street at s:35 o'clock this
morning fell from an iron girder and
WAS almost instantly killed. The victim
of the sad accident was working on u
staging about twenty feet above
the ground, laying the flooring.
For some reason he stepped out onto AN
iron girder supporting the floor, and in
so doing his foot slipped aud ne plugged
head foremost to the ground. The man
struck on a plank head frat and dropp, d
heavily onto his side.
Fellow workncn seeing his fall has en-
10 his assistance. They fould Cousol-
va unconscious with blood streaming
from q errible CIT in his sc,lp. The
ambulance was at once summoned. but
by tae time IL arrived tie man was dead.
The hospital surgeon found that the
skull Was badly fractured, the head be-
ing literally split open.
Med'cil Examiner Palmer viewed the
bnds and Iave permission to remove IL.
Conserve WAS about thirty years of age
aud lived on W,ckenden street. He has
a wife and family.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
RUM CRAZED SEAMAN
Chased tho Mate Of u baltimore Liner All
Over the Deck OF the Steamer.

Chased tho Mate of baltimore Liner All
Over the Deck OF the steamer.
A frantic seaman braudi-ting an ugly
looking knife oil stupendous proportions,
dashing hither and thither on the dec k
of one of the Baltimore line steamers late
Yesterday afternoon, attacted universal
attention from the people in the vicinity
of the dock.
The man was drunk and was engaged
in the, to him, pleasureable amuse sent
of chasing the mate of he steamer about
the deck. intent on infiicting s,me bod
lily injury on that official, judging from
his actions.
As the pursuit waved furious, the man
with the knife raised his voice at in
tervals in howls and shrieks of de-
rsion, and at such manifestations
The mates hair could almost
be seen TO stand erect as he redoubleI
is eff Iris, making leaps across the deck
that would do credit TO kangaroo.
All at once the pursued saw a chan ce
for escape and with n cat like spring he
plunged in the ctbinway pulling the
door shut as he pa sed through AMI
hurriedly boiling 1t on the inside.
He was not a momtnt too soon, as he
had barely pulled the door 90 when the
nan VITA tle knife and Jag" landed
against il.
An officer was informed OF the affair
aud hurried to the scene. He
placed the man who was sitting outside
the cabin door. waiting patiently
for the mates reaprearancs undr arrest
AM took him tQ Station 3, where he was
locked up.
4 was ,ound that the seaman's name
was Charles Nord aud that be bad be N
a seaman on the vessel. On the arrival
in this port Saturday Nor 1
vas discharge ald he imme
diately proceeded to fill himself uo
with bad rum, aud then went on the war
path for the mate. lie was arraigped
In the sixth district court this morning
charged with carrying concealed weapon
and was bound over In 500 surety for
trial at the September term Of che court
OF the common pleas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
INCENDIARIES AT WORK.
Fire Department Kept Busy Saturday
Night Putting out Fires.

Fire Department Kept Busy Saturday
Night Putting out Fires.
Again last Saturday night several at
tempts were made to burn buildings in
the business part Of the city. Early in
the evening q conductor discovered fire
in what was formerly known as Railroad
hall in the Urion Passenger station. The
hall is used only for storage purposes and
the fire was In an old ticket rack. The
conductor put the fire out, but 1t was set
a9ain and Elmer Hamblin sent out an
alarm from box 142
An immense crowd gatheref In front
of the station and the police had hard
work to keep it out OF the way OF the
firemeu. While the department was at
work in the passenger station some ono
set fire under n pile of barrels in the
rear of Chambers a. Calders, wholesale
drug warehouse OIL the other side Of
Exchange place and against the east wall
OF the new indus trial building. Hose 4
extinguished the blaze.
At l2-45 o'clock Sunday morning fire
was set to n mattress IN the rear of George
M. Potter's drug store on North Main
street, and the department was again
called out. A rubbish fire in lot on
Valley ret caused an alarm to be sent
from uox 76
Susan Markey owns a barn on Home
stead avenue, and Saturday night, while
some one was taking hay from IL, lamp
WAS tipped tver and set fire TO the hay.
This resulted In an alarm being sent out
from box 63, aud was the only fire not
purposeiy set during the night.
DON'T forget the excursion to Watch Hill to-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
ANTE-NUPTIAL TROUBLES
u. n. FITZPATRTCK CLAIMS THAT
1NDKEW CORCORAN HIT HIM
in Order To Prevent Ills Coming Mar
riage-Two Foul Blows Ailegcd-A
Sow Case"

A sensational assault case was tried be-
fore Justice Dou glas this morning
The victim ~ the alleged assault is
james +. Fitzpatrick of this city.
The damages inflicted as &c allied by
the plaintiff were not serious from
physical point of view. Fitzpatrick's
ac,ount of the ira edy is this:
January I, 1892, he was returning fro n
early 5 o'clock mass IA he reached the
corner OF Julian and kossuth streets he
ran, who then an there conmittsd d a
violent assault upon him 18th his fists.
one blow Landed squaTely upon his
mouth and another uisloged his hat.
Fitzpatrick attempted no defence, bnt
essayed to put as much ground between
Corcoran, unable to get another blow at
bis antagonist, CO united brutal as
sault upon the latter's hat.
Corcoran alleges that Fitzpatrick be-
gan the fi.,ht and thai his own
conduct was entirely banieess.
Is..,sd ne sdmitted thaI s. on previous
Fitzpalr rick's life, but claims that the
threat was insp red by acouple Of obscene
ie,ters written 20 his wife by the plain
iiff.
The tronble occurred ten days before
fitzpa'rick WAS to be married and the
plaintiff can alle8e no other cause than u
desire on the part OF Corcoran 20 post
pone or entirely prevent tue btnns.
The jnrv brought in rIict for the
plaintiff for S.. The amount was 1915
short of what Mr. Fitzpatrick asked
Wanted Pay for His Cows.
AID action 10 recover a promissory note
Tor $75. was begun b:fore Judge Wilbur.
The note was given July 10. 1892, by
w, f. Boswortn to JAMES Kilton.
The note represents the amount due upon
two cows purchased by the defendant
from the plaintiff in the summer OF 1892.
He refused TO pay the note when it ma
lured, alleging that the lacteal quail les
of the two CONS were not as repre-
sented. The joint pred ction OF tie two
COWS per day was less than sixteen
quarts.
Arraigned for Highway Robbery.
Joseph Powers OF Pawtucket was ar
raigned before Justice Wilbur on
charge of highway robbery. He pleaded
not guilty and was ordered to give bail
In the sum of $4,C0U. es
Our store VIII BE Closed
All day Tuesday, july 4. 1898.
OWEN Il. LEAvENs e. Co,
SO Westminster sti eet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

The Charming lola Pomeroy. sounrot star.
turns 10 Lothrop's Provide &C Museum. ON Mon ay
and Tuesday for a farewell engagement tho nae
closing for the season on Tuesday night. 1fIss
Pomeroy has become great fsvorte wlfn IN.
Museum patrons the past and her ret IN viii
be haiiedwith delight. BY special request she VIII
pressnt her own drama Little Hurricane" a play
of the Iotta oruer. In which ell OF ths members OF
her strong supporting company have an opportun-
ity OF making their work felt On Tuesday an ex-
ira performance will be given 81 N O'Clock IN ad
dit ON 10 the regular ones ~ 2s3S aud sa6 Doot
fail ., attend these performances
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

The Fourth Of July Is not 10 pass n a.
commemorated in Olneyvile IL we must
Judge by the windows aud stores of those
who are licensed to sell fireworks here.
for all OF them have got ia a very largo
cracker even Co the more expensive kind
of fireworks. Several minor accidents are
reported already through the careless
use of them
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
4. ". LADD co.
Midsummer
Sale I!
OF
Muslin Underwear!

Comprising an entire line
of Manufacturers Samples,
offered at prices far below
prevailing figures An i'm
mense variety, from the most
inexpensive to the richest pro-
ductions--but only a limited
number of each
Gowns, Muslin, Cam
brio and Nainsook-5oc., 75c.,
oSc., $I.oo, $I.25, $I.37, ETC.,
to $3.50.
Skirts, a beautiful line
with Embroidery and Lace
trimming-5oc., 75c., S2c..
o8c., $I.25, ETC., to 5000.
Drawers, Muslin and
Lawns, with Hamburg and
Lace Trimming-3oc., SOC.
75c., S7c., oSc., $I.25, etc. to
p3.25.
Corset COverS-35c..
5oc., 75c., &c., $I.oo, $I.25.
Dressing SaQQues,
Lawns, Cambrics and Main
socks, a beautiful line at as
tonishingly low prices. From
sc. to $4.S7.
An early call will alone ensure
selection ut any Of these prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
FELL FORTY FEET

ut the Frenchman Escapes with Frac-
ture of his Left Arm
Francois Dousereau Frenchman em-
,loyed at the Sayles bleachery at Paw
tucke,. fell from the sof OF the build
ing yesterday afternoon. distance
Of 40 feet to the ground. He
sustained fracture of the left arm and
his head was al-o badly cut. seven
stitches being necessary to close the
wound Dr. Sweet was summoned and
the man wa taken TO his home at III
Ra ndall street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

The Southern Rhode Island Press club
will be the guest OF Nicholas
Ball, at Block Islapd next week.
during their four days outing
Addresses during the four dnvs will be
delivered by ex-Gov. Ladd, Kate Field.
Hon. b. b. Herbert and other people OF
note.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
ze5 Westminster Street.
Sons OF st. George.

The Sons Of ST. George and Uniform
rank Of that order have been Invited TO
join with their brothers in Samuel Slater
lodge room. Pawtucket. at p. m. on
Tuesdoy. July 4. the occasion BENZ thr
opening OF Jencks park. central Falls.
Members will leave OinesviIle abous le
a. m. Members OF the Uniform rank
are requested to appear In full uniform.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

OsKALoosKA, Ia, July 5-After great
elaboration and preparation Alexander
Cary White. coal miner, killed his wife
and then himself Yesterday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

ALMANAC fvh siosDAy. JuLY3
Sun RIsEs........ Y Moon RIsgs. 10 25 Pm
Lev LENGTH Snfsi; os DAY IL z = Full rs ss
WASHINGTON, July 3--Forecast for New
England: Generally fair: southwest
! winds; wasmcr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
GO TO watch nin on steamer Frances tomorrow.


weybosset street at the corner Of Dor
rance. will he closed To he public Wed
nescsy morning by the sewer con rae
tor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
THE WEATHER

Weather for this
eve nj ng- Cloudy
and rainy. For to-
morrow-Rainy fol-
by clesring and
warmer. Tempera
ature from Q n. M,
July 2: TO o a. m.
July 8. highest s6.5
~ est Ga; mean 1913
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

In stock or made to order Mt the very lowest
prices; best OF material used. Call aud see our
sp.ing beds. WILLIAM SWEENEY 81 Co..
122 North Main street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

DON'T forget the excursion 20 Watch Hin to
,orrow on steamer Frances. See advc tsement.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03
The Glorious Fourth.

DON'T forget the excursion TO Watch Hill to-
morrow steamer Frances. See advertisement.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-03

Our store VIII BE Closed
All day Tuesday, july 4. 1898.
OWEN II. LEAvENs e. Co,
SO Westminster street.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06

Philately is a study, II is a pyarsuiR
that adds more to the life Of the young
collector than any other Of his pleas
ures. Fhilately in the present genera.
ton is assuming vast proportions as an
instructive science and Is even now
formidable rival of numismaties. No
longer is il called a mania OF craze,
but science teaching the geography,
history, language and the morals of a
country. Our philatelists are not meye
schoolboys and girls, although they coll
lect stamps, but men Of mature minds;
men we'll established in business aud
professions, men Of sound Judgment,
intellectual and thoughtful men, Aud
it is this fact that gives the young coli
leGtor encouragement, the knowledge
that such men do exist in the ranks Of
philateiiats. Ohio State journal.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06
Wnan Jay aouil ~. ) noE.

"At one time said Mr.. Woolhiser,
who ia a boy worked IN the same store
with Jay Gould, while Gould was In
the employ Of Burnhan he fell sick.
My father, who was general nnrse and
something Of d doctor, attended him
and brought him around all right.
Not long after he recovered he met my
father and said, 'You saved my life, and
If az any tine you are IN need and I ySan
help you / shall do SO with pleasulte.'
Fortune has not smiled on my poor old
father of late, and being IN absolute
need he wrote to Mr., Gould, telliTAg him
Of his condition and asking forS help.
No reply was ever received ! think
that our letters never reached Mr., ceould,
or he would surely have helped Sus. I
wrote to him only few days before his
death for the fourth or fifth Time. Gould
was always a good boy, and for awhile
we slept together in the sailne bed in tine
old store in Roxbury. Jay never missed
saying his nightly prayers tpefore retirt
ing, New York World
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06
NO AS.



1t ii perfectly possible, hy means &c
the instruments 81 Che Nineteenth CEN
tury, to exactly learn the optical oondi-
ton Of an eye, to decide just what
glasses, II any, are needed for its perfect
working. and ID is also possible 70 look
ia upon il, and by The appearance q its
tissues and its blood vessels to decide as
to the existence of serious disease when
there are few other symptoms that point
to it, when there may be none besides TO
be found in the body that positively
prove it,
may meution two classes Of disease,
one constitutional and the other local
which illustrate this statement, The
eye mirror opthalmoscope is the instru-
ment by which such things are settled
Bright's disease, name carrying dread
to many household, ID the constitu-
tional disease to which | refer In not
few cases the diagnosis Of il is made
by the examination Of tho retina with
the eve mirror
The expert will make no mistake #
the eye gives evidence Of Ii, for its signs
are positivein minute bleeding from the
blood vessels and peculiar fawn colored
spots on the Fetina. Thsaurgeon breads
TO find them. becauae they are evidence
Of an advanced stage Of the malady
which prefnaturely destroys SO many
lives. Bright's disease Is in fact de-
generation Of many Of the tissues Of tho
body, the wallis of the arteries being
among them. IN no part Of tina body
can this degeneration be So readily des
tected as in the retina of tho eye, Co.'S
mopOlitan.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06

Wit in the New York young fellow"
if sometimes brutal, Is usually ready
and often imaginative, An unmistak-
able oriental, in turban, haggy trousers,
gay stockings and tinseled coat, sat on
d bench in Madison square the other
day, an object of interest to all the boys,
and apparently not displeased at the
attention ha attracted, There came
along presently, however, two rough
looking young men, and one of them,
pausing in front of the stranger, looked
at him in undisguised astonishInent,
His irst surprise over, he called back
his fellow, who had passed on, and said,
pointing TO the oriental, Jimmy, git on
to this The eastern strangers splendor
seemed to call up some strange picture
in the rearward Of Jimmy's imagination,
for his instant answer was, "Oh, Gin
derella; pull his fringes. New York
Sun.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06
MoMgN N gNaLlaa RAogs.
They Are Nearly Always Wealthy an
90 rr........... nl.a.... u ~. $780,

They Are Nearly Always Wealthy and
Attend Because They Love Sport.
The women one sees at the races hero
are the women of the fashionable world,
beautifully attired, escorted by gallants.
They move about on the lawn, or pre-
side at their luncheon tables under the
trees on over their hampers In their car
riages; they chat and promenade. take
light interest in the races, walk about
the paddock and look at the horses, do
the honors lii q boz or rest in their seats
at the grand stand; but one doesn't see
them hauling out money to put on q
horse or chasing around to find out
whats good In this race One doesn't
see them consulting the tips in the morn
ing papers, or Jacks tips, or anybody's
tips, on III Gny way showing that they
are afflicted with a severe attack OF
gambling fever.
The English women are the most
charming feature Of the English races
They, with their lovely toilets and holi-
day airs, give it the garden party favor
that helps to keep 1t sport instead Of 9
business
But It's not ia nature for them to al
ways look on and never participate,
English women have a finger in the
racing pie also, You'd hardly suspectit
to watch them at the races, but they do.
They are usually women who go racing
for the love 81 the sport and who know
more or less about the horses, When
they want to bet they ask a eommis-
Bioner, some gentleman who il betting
for himself, or else some one they can
tip for the trouble, to put certain
amount on a horse for them. No money
passes on the course, The settling ia
| all done away from there, and usually by
letter and checks
Women who bet heavily and contin-
| ually--aud there are esuch7-transact their
business directly with a hookmaker,
| just like a man. But this again isn't
| evident on the course, When saeh o
woman faneies a horse she sends q tel
! egram from her home the morning Of
the day he runs, making her bet, or sha
| wires her bet--or 'order"--from the
| course before the race Usually, too,
she's the sort of awoman who can retail
the latest fashionable gossip in piquant
| EbylsI Wh4le AtI Glulnp hdl4uJ ~ Hltu-
ing to or subtraoting from her bank ac-
| count.
| There are q great many English wom-
en- who bet in this way, and who now
and then stand to win tidy sums in the
early books on big races, Then there's
lot of playful impTomptu betting at
places like EPSON aud Ascot, I've seen
ladies lean over the frontof the boxes at
EPSON and hand the shouting bookies
who stand in line in front Of them SOW
ereigns and half sovereigns and name
their horses, To give the day zest or
shave it to say" that they were on 4
Derby on Oaks favorite,
And I've seen ladies going to and from
the paddock at Ascot stop to have look
at the shouting ring, and SO up to some
bookie and make bet just to have the
experience and the bookie would be
"as polite as a basket Of chips and the
t'experience" would he filed away with
those other wonderful ones Of hedged in
lives, like ride on Jumbo or dash
into the slums. London Cor Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06
Purs Narcotic Death,

Under chloroform, as under all anaes-
thetic gases ana vapors, there ID q mode
Of death which may be called the final
OF natural. II need never be produced,
and never could be except under the
most unskillful management, and it Is
long time in its progress, When death
does occur in this manner II - BY the
slow extinction Of the natural animal
zymosis, and is Illustrated, as to method,
perfectly by the simple experiment Of
gradually extinguishing q candle ia &
confined space by introducing yapor of
chloroform into the air that fills the
space,
ii can be illustrated also BY the ex
pertinent of stepping ordinary fermenta.
tion by tho presence Of ohloroforln, and
sven by the aimpler process of using
chloFoforin vapor as d preseryatiye of
animal tissues from decomposition. All
anmsthetics are open to kill in this man.
uer, but that Is the safest anesthetid
which puts 81 \ in no other manner,
which does ut At is to say cause
either Of the re spasmodio char
acter during adm. alton. Asclepiad,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06
naialng Canary nlrds.

Ia Germany the poorer classes ars
nearly all engaged in raising canaries,
Several hundred Thousand are shipped
every year to all parts Of the world.
There is no industry like it in existence.
The birds are strong and hardy and re'
quire very little attention. consequently
among the peasantry every family has
il aYiary, which is constant source "a
income, independent Of the proceeds "
their daily toll. The buyers for the
New York houses make periodical trips
throughtha hacountry the birds are bought
and are soon on their way to America,
where they quickly become accustomed
10 their gilaea cages. Pittshllrg Record.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06

Fogg staid up very late yesterday
morning, or very early, # you like that
expression better at any rate it was
nearly o'clock before ha had roughly
footed up the amount he would have to
pay in hats and cigars and wine and
oyster suppers and climbed into bed,
He was 20 arise in good season, and set
the alarm clock to ring .'for all it was
WORTH at Z O'Clock. It rang with a
vengeance, and fearful that il would
awaken the whole household he reached
up, 5mothered the bell with his hand
and took the clock down into the bed to
hold IL until II would stop ringing.
When 10 awoke again the bell had
stopped ringing and hewas still hugging
the clock, which truthfally asserted that
IL was after 8. Hartford Post
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-01-06

Two Of the Virginians who have come
TO tile Pasteur institute to he vaeeinated
against hydrophohia were in grave con-
sultation. Il am sorry you told the dod
tor that 10 must not hurt you said the
elder, aged twelve. II am sura you
would rather suffer chan die.n
would rather die ana ha born again and
not be bitten BY dog
Sayants have tortured their brains for
centuries and not found truer philoso-
phy, and the innocent say things THAT
make the experienced tnrn pale New
York Times