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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Blr Race Begun.

PARIS. Oct. 2s.-The l2hour race be-
tween Colonel Cody ("Buffalo Bil'D on
horseback and the bicyclist Meyer began
yesterday at the Levallois Trotting club.
The men are TO race four hours daily for
three days. At the end OF the first days
race Cody had covered i24 kilometres and
Meyer liz kilometres
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
DC. & H. S. FINK

in 1854. For eight years he
was professor In Amherst college,
and preached one year in Dorchester.
Mass. He is corporate member of the
American board, member of the Massa-
chusetts Cincinnati society, and trustee
Of q seminary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28

ST. LOUIS, Oct. os -Ex-Priest Slattery
was billed to deliver a lecture here last
night The crowd in the hall at Seven
teenth and Olive streets tried to mob him.
They made violent demonstrations and
BEGAN to yell Lynch him" A score OF
police finally succeeded in getting Slattery
AMI his wife to their hotel Many missiles
were thrown, but no serious harm was
done
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Three Mills Resume.

FRANKLIN, Mass, Oct 2S.-The Single
ton worsted factory of Franklin has started
part Of its machinery. The cotton mill
at Unionville has started with a reduction
of wages. The Careyville mills are pre-
pairing to start, and viii run about fifty
looms, leaving thirty idle
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Benedcent Congregational Church 10
Celebrate Its Anniversary.
SKETCH OF A FAMOUS SOCIETY.
The First Congregational Body Organ
ized on the West side-of Its Five Ex-
Pastors Only One survives-Exercises
to Be Held Tomorrow and Monday.

In 1743 the first Congregational society
on the west side of the river IN Provi-
dence was formed. under the leadership
OF Rev. Joseph Snow That was the
Benedcent Congress ational society. and
tomorrow and Monday it will celebrate
its l5Jth al niversary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
American Fishermen.

OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 28.- Reports from
fishing stations on the Atlantic coast indi-
Gates that quite q number of American
seiners are still operating of the Canadian
shores. The fishery protection cruisers
will remain out until the last American
vessel has left for home.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Killed by burglars.

READING, Pa, Oct. 2S.-A special
despatch from New Holland says: Somers
Schaeifer, aged 90, residing with his son.
in-law, Samuel Hoffard, near Croffsdale,
10 miles west of Reading. was shot and
fatally wounded by burglars last night.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Junior Partner Comm i,,ed Suicide.

BERLIN. Oct. 2s.--The bankers at Cassel
who failed were Pfffer 81 Hartdegen.
Fnffer, the senior partner, as already an
noanced, abscondell before the cash came.
Hartd,gen killed himself yesterday by
taking poison. The deficit Is reported to
be millions Of dellsEs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
To The Worlds Fair Via Washington and
Niagara Falls.

Persons intending to visit the Worlds fair at Chit
ergo should send to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road company ell Washington street, Boston. for
acopy OF the circular aud Worlds fair book issuei
by that company.
The circular contains description OF variety OF
attractive routes to Chicago and return via WASH
ington Niagara Falls at very reasonable rates
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28

ALMANAC ron SATrRDAy. Ocr. ~
euv RrsEs. s........ 8 10 Moos RrsEs.. 0e p
sSs sgse4H srTs'i. ., i;:v.:is = 3 FcA SEA esr, a.
wAsHrNoroS, Oct. 2s-Forecast r.,
New England: Rain; cooler; fresh and
brisk southeast winds, shifting to south
west winds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
e,e North Main street.

Our special effort for the season Is to increGe
the purchasing power OF your dollar with the
greatest values ever offered for your money In
footwear. CHARLES G. MCLAUGHLIN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
A Utopian View.

George 4. Weston. principal of the
Vineyard street grammar school. said he
sas Interested in The Utopian view pre-
ted by Gen. Morgan. Tie views OF
he fair were so many that IL was diff
eult 10 speak Of any one The fair,
however, has not been msgnihed beyond
What IL is worth. Those who stayed
home may receive le,s)n.
The grandest object lesson the world
.ver saw was tie men, unhouaded ia
falent, who sacrin ed thems I've Ia order
Lat the result might be a unit. The Chi
ago, position gave his lesson very power
n. TIE result is hs finest collec ion OF
luildng in the world. The lesson OF
harmony was derived from the whoe and
his is particularly applicable Co the
school system. A teacher cannot be too
mbitious that her work be rs Important
IA forming the whole as the work OF tue
.rchitects and artists IA Chicago in
reaching their result. There was, how
yer. a waste OF material and energy.
which kept the exposition from reaching
The perfection that it otherwise would
have.
A short business meeting then took
place sad the Teachers institute then
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28

II you want value for your money come and see
US. CHARLES G. MCLAUGHLIN,
272 North Main street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28

ceeded by Rev DR.. J. T.. Cleveland.
who served seven years. Then came
Rev. DIR. A. ". Clap, who was pastor for
ten years. DIR. Clapp l. the only living
ex-pastor OF the church The present
pastor, Rev. DR. James q. VCse, became
pastor In January, 1866 Under DIR. Vose
the church has had great prosperity. Is
present member hip Is about 200. while
the Sunday school has AS members.
The Present Pastor.
Rev DR.. James ). vose graduated
from Yale college in 1851, a"d from
the Bsnsor Theological Seminary
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
THE WEATHER.

For tonig ht
Clearing.
For tomorrow
Fair aud cooler.
Temperature from
o A. M. Oct. %, to y
a. m. Oct. 2s: High
est. Gi 3; lowest. SO,
mean. 5s.a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Now For Tarin Reform.

The further details in the closing up of
the silver controversy in the senate, so far
rs now indicated by the general tone of
the conversations of the senator's mostly
TO be feared for obstructive tactics, being
sisply n matter Of parliamentary routine,
ths next question Of Importance 10 be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
TIE RENT NWIlIMERs.
That Distinction Belongs to Athletes From
the Interior states.

while at the seaside last summer"
said Henry L. Farnham, of Springfield,
Mass. who has been stopping AT the Lin
dell, II noticed one thing that surprised
me very much. That was that the best
swimmers were not 10 BE- found among
those who were brought up near salt
.waters, but among those whose early
lives had been spent In the interior Of
the country. / also noticed that nearly
all the young men from the southern
and Southwestern States could swim,
while not half Of the New Englanders
were masters Of this art. The eXplaua-
ton l discovered to be as follows:
"A man who has been training TO swim
IN fresh water when once he gets In the
ocean feels as If motion I'm the water
presented no difficulties al all. The sea
water Is so much derser than the fresh
that efforts that would send man along
but slowly in the latter give him racing
speed in the former. The tresh-W2ter
swimmers always beat those trained by
the ocean. The reason that there were
more of them was climatic. The cold eur
rents from the north render swimming
on our New England coast very uncOm-
Portable except during three or four
months. In the South and Southwest
however bathing can be INDUCED IN much
longer. and as a result nearly every boy,
especially those bred outside Of a city,
can swim. II was rather hard for us to
be beaten by fresn-water swimmers, but
we had to take it."-St. Louis POst-Dis
patch
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
IiOKEt

Mr.. Hoke Smith awoke one morning,
like Byron. and found himself famous
But although Mr.. Smith had done much
TO deserve the distinction he had gained,
the attention and interest OF the public
has been much withdrawn from his emf
nence as a lawyer and his force as q
political leader to be centred upon what
our vivacious contemporary, the New
York Sun, considers his peculiar Chris
tian name, Hoke.
on this honorable and 10 US South
erners well known and distinguished
patronymic all sorts of changes have
been rung. Our future Secretary OF the
Interior has been called Hoax, Hokus,
Hokey- Pokey, &c, &c. All this may be very
amusing to our Northern friends. but
It is absurd to those who knew the Hoke
family, and especially in person or by
reputation, General Robert r. HoiSe, Of
North Carolina, where Hoke Smith was
born. Hokes brigade Of North Caro-
mans and Hoke himself were not subjects
Of amusement in the early sixties, and
it is very indicative OF the whirligig
movement of time that any Northerner
should find it in his heart to poke fun
at the name Of Hoke.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
The Uealth Report.

The report from the Health Depart
ment for the week ending Saturday last
shows:
Whole number OF deaths a. % white
and n cOiored.
SIM born. white and 3 colored.
Annual rate of mortality per 1000, white
9j4j. colored. 2373; total, 1892.
Locality Marshall ward, white and
2 c0lored: Madison ward. 4 white; Clay
ward. white and 3 colored: almshousc.
/ white and c)iOred, Jefferson ward, 8
white and 4 cOlQred; Monroe ward, /
white and 1 colored; Jackson ward, 4
white and Q colored.
Cause Of Death-Abscess of liver, l
white: aroplexy, 1 white bronchitis. l
white and I colored; catarrh-intesunai,
1 colOred. childbirth, l white, congestion
OF stomach, 1 white congestion OF lungs,
! cOlorcd: consumption, white and ,
colored: commissions, 1 white; cystius-
chronic, l cOlored; debility, l cOlored;
diarrhoea-chrOnic. white; dropsy, /
colored; epilepsy / colorcd; feveI-bilious.
| cOored; feyer-typhoid. white; fever
malarial. l colored gangreae, / white;
heart disease, l white and 3 colored;
hamilton. . white and colored; maras-
mus 1 white and colOred; old age, >
white; paralysis. l white and l colored;
pneumonia, white and 1 colored; pneu-
monia-typhoid, l white and / colored;
septicaemia, l white.
Comparative Weekly Mortality-For
week ending February IS, 1893 p white
and q colored for week ending February
q. 1872. II white and = colored.
Rainfall-For week ending February IS,
1893 28 inches; for week ending Feb
ruary -, 1892, 0.lJ inches.
Temperature-For week ending Febru-
airy 49, 1893. 47.43 degrees; for week end
ing February -, 1892, 1856 degrees.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
PASS THE ACT FOK SELLING GOLD
BONDS,

From one point OF view the passage OF
en- act authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to sell bonds to preserve The re-
serve OF gold is very absurd. IL, as Is the
case. we have so impaired American credit
BY the threat TO pay every dollar We owe
with sixty-five cents. that the rest or the
world is selling investments here and car
rying away our gold. 1t would seem pre-
posterous 10 attempt stemming the tide OF
disaster by a makeshift of this sort. While
the sellers will continue 10 draw gold from
the Treasury as fast as we put II there
through sales Of bonds. In this view Of
the case passing such an act would be no
more than vain thing.
But there is another view OF 1t which
satisfies US that the act should be passed.
1t would be a substantial announcement
to the world that whatever threats to
American credit the short-sighted sixty
five-cent-dollar men may make, the
American people have too much
sagacity and sound common sense
to allow the national credit
10 be impaired In point of fact; and that
the country can be relied on to keep every
one Of the national dollars as valuable as
the best one, although 1t Is unable to
keep its public men always perpendicu-
larly erect upon a straight track.
In this point Of view 1t becomes all-im-
portant. in present circumstances. that
the bill should be passed and become a
law. 1t would be public proclamation TO
all the world that we are not going, in
fact, 10 take to a dishonest course, what
ever threats visionary people may make.
1t would be public proclamation that If
we do embark upon the foolish attempt
to make sixty-five cents a dollar. we will
back our folly and pay the difference
when it is ascertained by experiment that
the thing is an impossiblity. This is an
announcement that It is all important to
this country we should now make not by
words only, but by actions that involve
our pocket.
The Times believes that the passage Of
this act will do more TO quiet existing
alarm than any other possible thing ex-
cept the passage of an act absolutely stop
ping the purchase and coinage of silver.
which is, of course, the only thing that
can put an end TO 1t entirely.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21

per cent. more than the silver pound?
Because OF partial legal tender and OF
enormous demand for British goods,
whereby Englands silver coins can al
ways be redeemed In merchandise at the
gold par.
The application OF these facts Is this:
The world buys OF us annually $1,000, 100000
merchandise. besides millions OF securi-
ties. SO long as II does this. the silver
dollar will pass at par abroad, because
II can be exchanged at par for things
the world must have. and therefore its
parity will be maintained whether it's
bullion value be sixty-five cents or very
much less. The exehangeabe and not
the bullion value Is what concerns the
world, and until our silver dollars be-
como redundant cor until the world
ceases TO require our products, we need
not trouble ourselves much about our
silver dollars. An annual purchase Of
54.0OO,OOO silver ounces, though bad in
principle, Is not likely. therefore, for some
time seriously to embarrass a foreign
commerce OF 5000. 900. OO0 and domestic
commerce many fold larger. Though the
sherman law be not repealed. there is
little occasion at present to be panic
stricken, or indeed. specially anxious
about commercial or financial affairs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 81, 1898.
EIGHT PAGES.
PROVIDE FOR WATER METERS
GRADE THE ANNEXED DISTRICT.


The Council Committees are now max
ing up their budget for the ensuing year.
In doing this there are two subjects that
# is an-mportant they should not over
look. These are the supply Of water
and the improvement of the newly added
territory.
The Council must make up its mind
10 face one OF two alternatives in the
matter Of water. 1t must provide for
system Of water meters, so that the pres
ent supply of water may be economical
20 a point that will make it answer the
demands of the city. or it must brace up
and appropriate 100000 to increase the
capacity of the water works sufficiently
10 make them yield the water that the
city needs.
Between these two there can be no
question as TO what should be its decision.
1t should Of course provide for meters.
1t is now a demonstrated fact that meters
will cause the cost Of water to the con-
suIners to be less than the present sys-
ten makes it, and the saving of water
VIII make our water works supply enough
water for "a city twice as large as Rich
mond.
The Council can no longer shut its eyes
to the plain facts Of the case and continue
its great Ostrich act. II the Council pro-
poses to allow the people Of this city
60 Save their water cocks open and
waste as much water as they please, then
they must provide additional machinery
and storage room to keep up this stand
prd OK waste. If the city cannot afford
this luxury Of waste-why, the remedy
Is plain--adopt meters!
We shall have more TO say about this.
IN respect to the new West End terri
tory the Council should promptly appro-
pirate the money necessary TO grade the
streets there. No man will build there
until the grade is permanently fixed, be
cause he would be liable to have his
house above or below grade when it is
established But many persons wish to
build there at once If only the grade were
established 1t is safe 70 say that the
buildings which would go up in the an
neXed territory within five years would
Quadruple the taxable value Of property
in that district. The grading can be done
for about $4,000. and the district is now
paying 10 the city $4,000 a year in taxes.
and the property there has added $4,000
TO the bonds that the city may issue. If
the taxes that the new district pays
were spent on grading the streets there
for two years, the whole thing would
be done, and the taxable resources Of the
city would be immensely increased. We
do not see how the Council can hesitate
about the matter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
SHALL WE BE DEPRIVED OF RAIL
ROADS?

Your RAILROAD is not an auxiliary to
your growth-it is a drain upon your re-
Sources. r. Hopper.
We find the above at the head OF tho
editorial column of the Claremcnt Wa.)
Herald, from which we assume that it
receives the Endorsement Of that journal.
We are not surprised that this should
be so, because we are satisfied that It
Is the opinion Of very large body OF
persons who think little upon the subject.
But. is 1t possible to believe that a SEN
sible man would deliberately commit
hiaoelf TO this opinion If he took time
to reflect a little before doing so? The
proposition may be differently stated
thus.
II every railroad in the State were torn
up and every engine and car burnt, tn,
people Of Virginia would be much better
OF than they now are. Mr.. Hopper
would have us TO return TO the days of
stage coaches and mud roads. Nay more
logically. we suppose, he would overthrow
and destroy all that civilization has done
for man and he would turn us out In the
fields to live with the beasts We have
heard intelligent men rail at railroads
because they charged as much TO haul
grain from Cincinnati TO Newport News
as they charge to haul the same grain
from staunton to Newport News. But
DO these men really suppose the railroads
charge no more for the Cincinnati grain
as means OF punishment to the Staun-
ton people? Do they not know that COM
petition compels them to reduce the
charge on the Cincinnati grain to the
point fixed, and that they would get no
Cincinnati grain II they charged more on
Il;
The principle at the bottom Of all trans.
rortations as at the bottom Of ell sales,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21
SILVER DOLLARS WILL BE GOOD
As Long as Trade Is in our Favor and That
VIII Continue Indefinitely.

Editor Times:
Although public anxiety respecting the
cons equences Of the Sherman law is much
allayed, in order further to allay anxiety
attention is now called TO two factors
which will probably postpone for some
years. il not indefinitely, the al effects
naturally to be expected from measure
50 contrary TO sound principle. These FAC
tors are the legal tender quality OF the
silver dollar and the great need the world
has for our property. The importance OF
the last factor has never been properly
considered. Neither legal tender alone,
nor great Iced for our merchandise alone,
could long aintaln parity under the
Sherman law, but combined there is no
reason why panty cannot be maintained
long enough 70 render the question OF
parity OF little anxiety to US.
Thus, so long as silver dollars are legal
tender, and so long as the world must
buy enormously OF US, a silver dollar will
possess as much purchasing power as 4
gold dollar, and gold dollars, being no
more valuable than silver dollars, parity
will of course continue. The Sherman
law viii become a burning question"
only when the world becomes practically
Independent OF the United States but this
generation Is not likely TO see that. Those
WIN d. carry Jay serious eUlOdT-
rassment from our silver legislation do
not realize ;he enormous wealth and
strength of the United States and their
ability TO violate sound principle with
practical impunity.
But leaving speculation let us come to
facts. The five-franc piece the silver
pound and the Mexican trade dollar are
simply bullion here. because not legal
tender. and consequently their market
and bullion value should correspond.
The market value OF the trade dollar,
containing about per cent. more pure
silver than the five-franc piece, should Of
course be higher than the French coin
What however. are the facts? The fol-
lowing are the New York gold quotations
for
Fine silver bars. So 1-2 and 81 cents.
Five franc-pieces 30 and 50 cents.
Silver pound. $3.50 and $3.50.
Mexican dollars. 60 and &C cents.
Trade dollars, 65 cents.
So then the fact is that while the trade
dollars are intrinsically worth more than
FIVE franc pieces, they are really worth
30 per cent. less. Now why is this? Sim
ply because trade dollars are legal tender
nowhere. and five franc pieces are like
our dollars not only legal tender but legal
tender in country from which we buy
enormously.
why then is market value Of Mexican
dollars, legal tender In Mexico, no greater
than OF trade dollars? Simply because
Mexico does not offer like France and
the United States the double advantage
OF legal tender and great demand for her
products. Why also is market value of
silver and gold pound the same. while
htrinsicaiiy the gold il worth about 80
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21

Is that as much must be charged as the
article will bear. The merchant who
sells shoddy clothes bases his price for
them on this principle. and the railroad
that sells transportation bases Its price
for that transportation upon the same
principle. II is the law Of supply and
demand which is the only law that can
govern railroad transportation. as 1t Is
the only law that can govern tho sale
OF shoddy clothes. The counteracting
principle is that the road VIII charge
the smallest rate consistent with a rea-
sonable profit to itself. because the less
It charges. the more business 1t will get.
and 1t makes more money by hauling
large quantities at low rates than by
hauling small quantities at high rates.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-21

It was known to passengers on the
eastbound Southwestern Limited that
Governor Flower was a passenger Two
American express officials were III the
smoking car when George +. Hanford
travelling passenger agent Of the Central
Hudson. entered. There comes the
Governor" said one Of the gentlemen.
mo. it isn't" replied the other. a wager
OF 81 was made. While the money was be-
Ing fshcd out Of pockets IN walked Cover
nor Flower and took his seat opposite
Mr.. Hanford. This IS not the first time
that Mr. Hanford has been mistaken for
Mr.. Flower-Albany Evening Journal.