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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24
THE CIIY OF PROVIDENCE.
Washington Street.

The undersigned. appointed by the Honorable
the The supreme Court at lts October term. A. d.,
under AID according 20 the provisions OF act OF
the General Assembly. entitled IAN act In relation
Otherwise altering streets m the ety Of Provi ovr
dence" and the several acts In amer dmentt hereof
1IIy Council OF said city, resenting that IL is
desirable and necessary to lay out and widen
WASHINGTON street, from Eddy street 70 Walker
fee, and the north Sese riv line TO- Coincide wS
the present northwesterly line Of said Washington
street and that certain real estate Will be required
for that pu urpoSe. and requesting the al pontment
of i've commissioners OF estimate and Assessment,
Assemb y, hereby give notice 70 all persons inter:
este in their proceedings under and by virtue Of
W TuEsDA9 tSe sSth DAY Of FeSruay a. e. isss
at o'clocS r. n as the t,me ana room n. in the
to make the estimates aud asses me rs 10 be by
them made under and by virtue OF their commits
And the undersigned further give notice that
ments hereditalnents ard promises stua'ed and
lying between the following lines ana boundaries
are benefited within the intent and meaning OF
said act by such lay tand widening OF Washing
A certain area bounded by = line beginning a,
pont In the southwesterly shore or edge II the
Woonas quatucke; liver. 100 feet northwesterly
min ter street, and running thence southwesterly
IN ma me I parea WIN ana ioD iee6 aor,hwestery
continuing southwesterly In line parallel with
Cathedral square to the centre OF Franklin
street; tn nce northwesterv In the centre line OF
FRANKLIN street TO the range OF the centr OF the
portion OF Garden street lying southwesterly from
Franklin treet: thence soutnwesteriy In the centre
line OF said Garden street to the centre OF Dean
street thence northwesterly in the ntre line OF
Dear treet TO point 100 feet southeasterly from
Washington street; thence southwesterly and
westerly In line parallel with and 100 feet south
easterly and southtrly from Washington street to
the centre OF knight street. thence northwesterly
I'm the centre line OF knight street To a point 100
feet ncrtherly from the northery line Of Broadway
thence easterly in "a line parallel with and 100 feet
nortnery from broadway 20 the centre or Aborn
street; thence southeastery in the centre line
Aborn street a point 100 feet northwesterly from
the range Of the northwesterlv line OF Fountain
street, thence northeasterly In line parallel with
and 100 feet nortwesterly from Fountain street 10
the southerlv line OF Cove street thence northeast
erly In straight line to the edve or shore OF the
WOoi asquat tucket river at the southwesterly cor
ner OF the Exchange bridge. so-caled; thence
southeastery along the edge or shore Of said river
10 the point OF beginning
Plat OF the at resaid layout and extension and OF
the assessment may be at the office OF
Frank II. Hazard. one Of the Commits sioners at No.
as Westminster street room No. 2. In said PrJvi-
dence.
HENRY T. ROOT
BERNARD MCGu1NNESS,
FRANK r. HAZARD
ADDISON q. FISHER.
JOHN y. FOX.
f6-lst Commissioners.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24
Arrested for "Body snatching."

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 24.-Five men,
among whom are DIR. John overton and
DR.. John w. shaeffer, of the United States
signal service here, were arrested yester-
day for "body snatching." They were
taken In the act OF carrying corpse from
the graveyard. Police officers, at the
point OF their revolvers, made the Ave
men get into one hack, with the corpse,
and all were then taken TO headquarters.
All but two have been let out on bail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24

CoNsrArTNoPJE, Feb. N.-Five hun
dred houses In the village OF Kadikey,
across the Bosphorus from Copenhagen
were burned Wednesday night. The Sui.
tan has sent assistance 10 the suasxsTa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24

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business
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24
A HORRIBLE DEATH.

sick-Headache yields to BEEouAM's PILLS
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
a Receiver For the Reading.

An application for a receiver 70
the Reading road was made in bill
in equity filed by one of the stock
holders and the petition was granted
and a. y. Mcleod. president Of Til,
company. Z. p. Wibcr. of the Lehigl
Valley division, and Chief Justice
Payson of the state supreme court
were appointed receivers in bond OF
5000 Judge PaXson has for
Wardcd his resignation as chic,
justice TO the governor.
Tie bill in equity says the com
plainanl brings his bill in behalf OF
himself and all the holders of bond,
of like character.
The present condition of the com
pany is stated to be largely the result
Of demands Of loans, for which ample
security is pledged with the lenders,
but which the loan holders thereof
at the present time are unwilling to
renew. The complainant prays the
rights of the holders of third pre-.
ference bonds be defined, the Penn
sylvania company required to insti-
tutc proceedings, receivers appointed.
etc.
President Mcleod said he would
prepare a statement, but did not say
when. President Earl of the Finance
Company OF Pennsylvania and com
mcrcial agent of the Reading said
the Finance Company has from
SS,COo,U00 to SlO.G000 600 worth of
Reading coal on hand. upon which no
advance has been made. This
amount, he said. was enough to pay
the Reading floating debt Twice over.
The nrcsen; difficulty, he said, is due
to everybody demanding his money
at once, which was unnecessary. for
the company was able to pay it's
debts.
President Mcleod of the Reading
in an Interview said he was sorry
they were driven to the necessity for
reccivcrship, but it was the only
lhlng to do. Their credit was
attacked in a way that made ii
impossible for them to meet obi
cations and they had a rcceiyership
established before the property was
further injured. They were doing an
enormous business on small capital
and when the attack was made il
hurt their credit so they could not
borrow money.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
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Gave Ills Wife itin Heart.

Maj. Carl Brandt. editor for many
years of the Belletille Zeitllng aud
Stern, the leading German newspaper
in southern Illinois, died few days
ago, leaving remarkable will. He
bcqucathcd his heart to his wife in
Germany and directed that it be re-
moved and sent to her. The Major
was married in the fathcrland when
a young man. He became cstrangcd
from llls wife in some manner and
came TO this country. He often said
although separated from his wife lis
heart was still true to her and that
ne would return it 20 her after death.
The deceased had made deposit
with friend in Cincinnati to cover
the expense OF the operation. AS
soon as notified Of his friends death
the Cincinnatian telegraphed the in
structions and money for the remov-
al OF his deceased friends heart. The
heart is now in process OF preserya-
ton and will shortly be shipped to
the white-haired widow in the father
land<
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
Almost "A Kansas Var.

A special from Topeka, Kan, says
The real facts as to how bloodshed
was avoided in Kansas are now COM
ing to light, and it develops that it
was a much closer call than most peo-
pie are aware of. as Gov. Lewclling
rctraccd his signature to the peace
measures within twenty minutes
after he had signed them.
Upon hearing of his intentions, Mr..
Cubbison. of Wyandottc, went to him
and said: Governor. do under
stand that you wish to take your
name from this paper"
The governor answered that lie had
signed it under duress and under mis-
taken ideas. Dostcr is said to have
been with him and told him that the
populists would never forgive him
and possibly he would not escape ser
ior> trouble. so he decided to with.
draw from the agreement.
MIR. Cubbison then said to him;
NoNSi nv, ~ .Ou VIII il'lu NouI Sly
nature from the paper there viii. be
1000 men killed within twenty min
utcs. and you will be one of them.
The house is ready to fight for its
rights. 1t will tolerate imprison.
mcnt no longer. II has been hard to
hold the members back. The ser.
gcants-at-alms are ready and well
armed and the sheriff cannot control
his men outside much longer. The
fight will begin as soon as you say
SO, and it will begin in this corridor
in front Of your Office. Think what
you are doing"
Gov. Lewelling reached out his
hand and said: Give me the paper.
Let it stand
This alone avertcd war
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
Back Taxes ON Gould's Estate.

EX-CongrcSsman John Adams has
written letter to Corporation Coun-
sci Clark suggesting an attempt to
recover back taxes on Jay Gould's
personal estate. The difference be-
tween the assessed value of personal
estate and its real value has become
more apparent through the recent
statute compelling an affidavit Of the
value Of an estate to be filed with the
petition for the probate of will in
order to assess the collateral Inherit
ancc tax. Mr.. Adams letter quotes
the affidavit of Jay Gould's executors
Geo. J. Howard and Edwin Could
that Mr.. Gould left personal property
ofan estimated value of $4,000, 900.
lie goes on to say: '"Thus $4,000, 900
is the executors sworn estimate Of
the personal estate at death, which
is to be compared with 100000, the
assessed valuation for the preceding
year. The assessed valuation. it is to
DC observed. will be based upon rep
RESERVATIONS made by Mr.. Gould in
person and under oath to the COM
missioncrs. ! write you thus, be-
licving that if Mr.. Gould's sworn
representations to the tax commits
sioncrs can be shown to be materially
or substantially erroneous the
amount of the loss resulting in the
city can be recovered from the estate
for the past six years"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
ADVANCE PROGRAMME.
The i.als" Madison Ciantauu;,a
Assembly for 81; to- Lead
Al! Others.
The Attractions and Features
Already rrovi,lcd---supt.
''ager's Report.

Inc Lake Madison ChautauQua
Assembly will open This year july
ild and close July 10Th. The great
scieol' Of the assembly will be under
excellent management. DR.. II. t.
klaM Of Sioux City Will have
direction of summer Schools. DR..
l.. l.. Parks of Atlanta, Ga. will
have charse of the Eibic school ana
American Institute OF Sacred
literature, I'm omucntly qualified
ia.y will cpndu', thc W. c. T. L.
school of meihods. The C. l.. :. g.
Round Table viii have assistance
from Rev. w. III. Jennings Of Mime
sofa aud Dr W. l.. Davidson Of Gin
rjnlati, Ohio. ...
The School of Patriotism will be
one of the Chief features Of the
Assembly and the Laymcn's Congress
VIII not tail below a first Grade
attraction. New features will be
introduced, nothing preventing
prize spelling and pronunciation
MATCHES. band tournament. lawn
tennis tournament, c. l.. S. c. medal
contest and toboggan plunge.
Tile platform attractions can only
he presented in part: James Clement
Ambrose of Evanston. H.: DR.. W. l..
Davidson of Cincinnati, stereopticon
lecturer: Prof. s. r. Ford. clocution-
list and popular entertainer. New
York City: Rev. George Hindlv OF
Nebraska, popular lecturer: DR..
Frank Russell Of New York City Of
wi"m the Guantanamo Assembly
Herald says. We hear golden orin-
ions regarding his lecture from all
sorts Of people. II is counted one of
the best efforts Of the seasGn:' Dr..
VIM. Crawford of Atlanta. who has
le" EQUALS on the American platforms:
Col. George w Balm Of Kentucky:
Elizabeth L. Mates, the Francis VIII
lard of Maine: Robertson and Ran
SQLa said TO be the creates, Chautau-
N'!a combination III Amcrica: Elmer
L. Ransom, the new man WHO takes
the place Of Brooks is a conjUror
.li,noli>t aud entertainer, and his
success thus far Is almost without
parallel: Rev. W. II. Jordan o, our
own state: DE-. i. S. Henson Of Chica-
90. who needs no one to speak for
him; The English Hand Bell Ringers
oil Boston, four in number, playing
ia bells Of whom DR.. Davidson saws,
They are the rcigning novclty:"
Joseph Cook of Boston: Madam Lydia
Won Finklcstcin Mountford of .Ieru-
salem, and Frank Beard and wife.
All names appearing above are
either engaged or under contract
providing dates can he satisfactorily
arranged. The superintendent is in
correspondence with Lady Henry
somerset. DR.. r. Dewitt Talmadge.
R2sseii u. Conwcll and has in view
ona Or two Splcnditl musical attrac-
tiouS.
NEho can afford To miss the Lake
Madison assembly this year.
c. H. lIAGE;. Cllr,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
ROACH is SENATOR
A Democrat is Elected United
States Senator from North
Dakota.
Disgruntled Republicans Make
II Deal With Democrats
and POpulists.

w. n. Roach democrat, of Grand
Forks, was elected United States
senator on the 6lst Joint ballot
by the North Dakota legislature on
Monday last. On the second ballot
of the day, the democrats took up
Roach, the regular caucus nominee.
as per program. and all the democrats
and popmlists went to him. There
being three members absent. it
required but 45 votes to elect.
Wincman, Sorley, Pierce. IIaugen,
all republicans Of the Walsh follow
ing, them changed their votes to
Roach, followed by LaMourc, Coch-
ranc and Others. The Walsh
contingent offer as an excuse
for electing democrat that
the Miller following had promised
after the first ballot today, if Miller
was not elected, they would go
to Walsh. The greatest excitement
prevailed on the part of the demo-
Gratis at the course Of the Walsh
contingent and they fairly shook the
roof OF thu capitol building with
their shouts and cheers.
AT 1870, after the clerk had read
the proceedings of the Joint session,
declaring w. n. Roach elected
United States senator from North
Dakota, Roach was escorted to the
speakers desk. He said that he
occupied the unique and strange
position Of having been elected to
the United States senate as the
nominee of the minority party by the
aid of members of the majority
party. His election was something
unlocked for. He said that no
pledges had been made or asked;
that he and his friends had only
taken advantage OF the disorganized
condition Of the majority which was
fair politics. Therefore, occupying
the position which he did, he wished
to say that his friends OF the
majority would receive substantial
a!iA SiuCSlul lcCUE uIOlDLl 81 ldI DIS lay
in his power, and to the brethren OF
the democratic faith he said he
would wear their memory ever near
his heart.
w. n. Roach has been resident of
Dakota for the past dozen years, COM
ing to Grand Forks county from the
District OF Columbia. He was born
in Louden county, Va, and is now
IS years of age. He has a family of
four children and is now a widower.
He has stood for his party as its can
didate for governor on two different
occasions, being defeated the first
time by John Miller and on the sec
ond occasion by A. II. Burke. He is
a large wheat grower, and, being en-
gagged in this occupation, he was
naturally expected to draw farmers
votes from the independent ranks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
ORIGIN OF OLD SAYINGS.
George Washington Responsible for
"isrOthcr .lOnatlan."


George Washington Responsible for
"lsrOtl,cr Jonathan.
1t seems strange to speak of the
United States as "Brothrr Jonathan 50
and the wonder is how it ever began:
but on inQuiring into the matter
Harper's Young People finds that the
custom arose from an ordinary
remark made by George Washington
at the beginning of the Revolutions
airy War. On going to Massachusetts
to organize the army he found it
scant of ammunition and all means
of defense: and no one could suggest
any way out of the difficulty. Some
thing must be done at once for the
public safety. and Gen. Washington,
who had great confidence i'm the
Judgment Of Gov. Jonathan Trum.
bull of Connecticut, said in this
dilemma: "Wc must consult Brother
Jonathan OH the subject. Brother
Jonathan was cuIa! 10 the occasion
and supplied niafy Of the l. cking
necessities. and afterwards during
the war IL became ti:e custom in any
emergency 10 say: we must consult
Brother Jonalhan." In time the
name became applied to the whole
country. and it is pleasant to know
that the great Washington himself
was tile originator of it.
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" was
first used when Westminster abb,y
was called st. Peters cathedral.
Money being needed to settle the
accounts of St. Paul's cathedral. it
was taken by those in authority from
st. Peters, quite to the dissatis.
faction OF the people. who asked:
"WhN rob st. Peter to pay st. PAUL."
Over two hundred years afterwards
the saying was again used in regard
to the same churches at the death of
the earl of Chatham. the CITY of
London declaring that so great a
statesman should be buried in st.
Pail's, while parliament insisted
that one so noble in every way would
be more properly placed amid the
dust of kings in Westminster abbey.
and that not to bury him there,
would be for the second time
"robbing st. Peter to pay St. Paul"
The abbey very justly carried the
Gay.
"Thcre's many a slip t'wixt the cup
and the lip" is a very old saying and
was first uttered to the king of
Samos, an island in the Grecian
archipelago. This king, Ancaeus by
name, planted a vineyard and treated
the slaves who cultivated it so
badly that one of them told him he
would never live to taste the wine
made from it. When the wine was
ready and a cup of it poured out for
the king he sent for the slave who
had prophesied his death and asked
him what he thought of his prophecy
now. The slave replied: "There's
many slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip"-and just as he had spoken the
words Ancaeus received warning that
a wild boar had broken into his vine
yard and was running it. Putting
down the wine untastcd. he rushed
out to attack tie boar and was
killed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
MAIL THROUGH TUBES.
irs: G.iic:al Trial al the rheumatic To,
tai Tube.

n the presence Of loo DISTINGUISHED
l@HSois the first official trial Of the
tncu!natir tube for mail transit in
America WAS successfully given in the
ih!l2dc!pha rostolice. The tube
runs from the Sub-postollice. 233 Chest
mt street, to the general p',stolicc
VIII and Chestnut streets, distance
VI little over half d mile.
P~stmastcr-Gcneral Wanamaker
AFTER declaring that the system
neAnt rapid communication between
cities al over the world. at HIS o'clock
himself sent thrnugla Eiblc wrapped
in al; American lag and Il message
which he composed as tie initial
package. 1t reached the sub-statiun
III ono minute and three seconds. or
~ the rate Of !orty-iiEc feet per see
Gnd, With Il pressure .! six pounds to
til" square inrll.
Tie ncssag" read: First use Of
the first pneumatic postal tube in lh;.
United States is to send through il IA
copy Of the Holy Scriptures. the
greatest message ever given to the
world. Covering the Bible is the lag.
The c;nblcm Of freedom of $4,000. 0U,
q happy people
y package Of local newspapers was
tAan sent through. From the sub
station came pair of shoes. loaf of
b.cnd aud Il Numbered shirt AS a
concluding test. Tie first regular mai!
MAS sent from the sub-oi1ice to the
general postoliicc. AS q special test
Of The safety Of the tube, President
William W. j. Kelly. OF the Electric
Pneumatic Transit Company, sent
his gold watch in a shoe to the sub.
station and the timepicce was re.
turned in good shape. This result
particularly pleased the postmaster.
general.
III every respect the test was sue
Cess and at its conclusion Mr.. Wanna
mascr had nothing but words of
praise for the new system.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02

Numbers Of experiments lave been
made to test the speed and dcstina-
ton 0f corkcd bottles thrown into
the sea in various parts of The world.
The most remarkable example was
that in which bottle Travelled 6,O0O
miles in about two years and half,
roughly at the rate of six and onc-half
miles day. 1t Travelled from So
degrees south latitude and go degrees
west longitude to Western Australia.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02
How Iyndail Commenced.

1T was while attending school at
Marburg, where he studied under
Bnnsen, that Prof. John Tyndall be-
gan his original researches. His first
little physical investigation was the
phenomenon of water Jet. lie
noticed that whenever there is any
ripping sound the water is accom-
panied by bubbles of air: when water
speaks it is due to the breaking of
air bubbles cntanglcd in the water.
When engaged in work of original
research he found that the distribu-
tion OF his time. by which specified
hours were devoted to special objects
OF study, was impossible. You can
not" he says. call up at will the
spirit Of research. 1t is like THAT
other spirit which comcth when it
listeth and greater wisdom is shown
IN following out at the time profit
able line of thought than in adhere
ing to Il fixed lesson plan" or Bun
sen lie says: 1T was lie who gave
me the subject of my dissertation
when took my degree. One
evening. after he had given me my
subject, met him at a party and
asked him a question which | did not
dream of as touching the solution of
the problem. But he smiled and
said: 'Ycs, Herr Tyndall, but if ]
tell you that | must tell you a great
deal more | thought he meant to
lnslnuate that | wished for i!leuiti-
mate aid in the working out OF my
theme. ! shrank together and re-
solved that if l could not, without
the slightest aid, accomplish the
work from beginning to end, it should
not be accomplished at at all. Wan
dcrlng among the pine woods and
pondering the subject, 1bccalne more
and more master Of it; and when nv
dissertation was handed to the philo-
sophical faculty it did not contain. a
thought that was not my own"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02

The largest steam hammer in
France has been erected at the works
Marrel Freres. 1t is of1O0 tons, and
has fall OF 10 feet. The anvil
weighs GOO tons, the face being in
one piece of 1875 tons. The hammer
is served by a travelling crane capable
OF lifting 12O tons and two radiating
cranes, one Of which can lift as much
as $50 tons.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02

A novel utilization of aluminium is
that for the construction of aluminium
slate pencils. Major Won Sillich If
Meiningen found that aluminium
gives a stroke on plate, and u
German company has undertaken the
manufacture of pencils based on that
fact. They need no pointing and are
wcll-nigh inexhaustible and unbrcak-
able.