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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
MASSACHUSETTS, LEGISLATURE.
Worlds Fair Re~solutIons-The Chinese
Act-Other Important Matters.

worlds Fair Resolutions-The Chinese
Act-Other Important Matters.
!, BosToN, May 23.-Senators Lawrence,
Leary, Sawyer. II. l.. Baker, Howard and
Read opposed admitting the house resolu-
ions relative to the Sunday opening of the
Worlds Columbian exposition, and Sena-
tors Brown and Nichols favored them. The
vote was decided against s~uspending the
rules TO admit the resolutions.
Mr. Rivers introduced the following res
olutions In the house:
Whereas, the act Of congress known as the
"Geary law" "an act TO prohibit the coming
Of Chinese persons into the United Statss," APP
proved May 8, 1892, has been declared consti-
~tutional by a majority Of the supreme court
Of the United States; and
Whereas, said act is, in its spirit, contrary
10 the established policy OF the United States
relative to immigration, Is inconsistent with the
fundamental principles of international pro-
cedure, and is. I'm its terms, marked by a de-
gree OF severity Jun orthy of this enlightened
nation; and
Whereas, the said act is an arbitrary abroga-
ton Of rights established by treaty between
the United States and the Chinese Empire,
Resolved, That the president Of the United
States is hereby requested to recommend to
congress at its next session the repeal Of this
unjust, unwise and un-American piece of legis-
lation.
Resolved, That q copy Of these resolutions,
properly attested. he transmitted by the secre-
tary of the commonwealth to the president of
the United States.
The senate bill relating to fraternal BEN
eficiary corporations was rejected. This is
practically the same bill that the house re
jected before. II authorizes assessment
companies to pay death benefits in the
form of pensions at regular intervals after
deceasc instead Of paying the whole at
death.
The house substituted the Harris bill for
the committees bill to regulate the price
charged for gas and to regulate the candle
power of the same.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
MONEY LEFT TO M

Requests by Eccentric Persons for the
Care OF Four-Footed Favorttes.
There recently died in Paris a lady
who had a beautiful cat, TO which she
was devotedly attached. When she
died she made a provision in her will
for the payment Of rent for a suite Of
rooms for the use of the cat and left a
sum of money to pay for the personal
attendance of q man and m
Another woman left q the town in
which she died n sum of money on two
conditions. One was hat her tomb
should be kept in good condition and
the other hat the town should pay the
sum Of forty dollars per year for the
lated that he should be fed In the
morning with a quarter of a pint Of
milk served in a Sevres saucer; at mid
day with a piece of liver or fish from
which the bones had been carefully re-
moved, the same TO be repeated at
night; his bed TO be a basket warmly
lined with flannel; and on each Sunday
the cat was to have a bath and have
tied on his neck a bow Of blue ribbon.
A writer in the Christian Union dis
tinctly remembers, when she was a lit
tie girl, an old sorrel horse that used to
stand usually under the one tree that
grew in a certain field, rarely moving
beyond the shade of the tree. The
horse had crooked legs, a rough coat, a
name and tail that might be called mo-
lasses color, and yet he always was an
especial object of interest, because he
was the heir of three hundred dollars a
year. That is, the owner of hat field
was paid three hundred dollars q year
TO take care of this horse, which under
no condition was to be put in harness.
The woman who left the horse this
money had driven him for twenty
years. and she said that in that time he
had shown more intelligence in doing
his work than she had in doing hers,
and was entitled TO this sum of money
for the care and wisdom he had shown
while pulling her wagon. II was a
source of sorrow to the man who was
paid the three hundred dollars a year
when the horse died, for the money
went to n foreign country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
THEY Talk ON FARMING.
Discussion at the Meeting Of the Press
Congress at Chicago.
TIE IMMENSE STRIDE MADE
Agriculturists Now Realize the Need OF
support-some OF the Diniculties the
Agricultural Press Constantly Labors
Under In It's Progress.

CHICAGO, May 23.-The fourth week Of
the exposition opened auspiciously in point
of weather and attendance. The whole
White City was aglow with warm sunlight,
giving q more dazzling whiteness to the
~storehouse of the industries aud arts of the
nations.
The national commission received the
reports of the Judiciary committee on the
Sunday opening question. The majority
of the committee reported adversely the
directory resolution to revoke the rule
closing the gates on Sundays. The minor
ity favored Sunday opening. The matter
will come up as a special order in the com
mission today.
The Press Congress
opened with a public reception in tho large
hall of the art palace. President Bonney
and officers of the auxiliary, the president
Of the women's branch and the committee
on arrangements acting as the hosts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
AFRICAN JUSTICE.
There Trial by Ordeal Il the Prevailing
Method.

Vner0 IrLAi W Ofoesi - tn0 AEov8
Method.
OF all Central African customs trial
sy ordeal, which is universal. is that
which is most revolving TO q European
brought for the first time into contact
with savage life. When, according TO
Popular Science Monthly, a man is ac-
.used Of any crime, as theft, arson, mur-
ier, witchcraft, or the like, evidence Is
brought against him in the way com
mon throughout the whole continentr
This, however, is neve final. The ac-
:user's witnesses swear TO anything re-
auired of them without the slightest
conjunction Of conscience, n as h
prosecutor must produce his evidence
first, the defendants witnesses are
ready to swear, and do swear, the OPP
posite of all that has been said. Trial
is invariably in open court, and moth
ing said by the witnesses for the prose-
cution can be concealed from those that
are TO follow. There are no afiidavits,
thus making contradiction at once
simple and safe. If rebutting evidence
would be interminable. For a witness
( o be called a liar is, in such a case, a
compliment. 1t proves that his evil
dence told, and that he, by inference,
is a very clever fellow. II the same
man were accused Of bewitching he
would regard il as a foul libel and de-
mand the poison bowl without an hours
delay.
To remedy the defects of trial IN
court, that by ordeal Is adopted in all
kinds of causes, both civil and criminal.
AS the case proceeds before the council
the accused at intervals demands the
mwai, and this demand his friends, IL
they believe him innocent, persistently
press. The accuser resists the demand
as unnecessary, knowing that should
the culprit, wen II caught red-handed,
recover, he will be placed in a difficult
position. He will in that case nave no
claim to compe nsation for an injury,
and may In turn be successfully sued
for willfully seeking to destroy another
mans reputation. The belief in the
absolute certainty of trial by mwai is
universal, and the beginning and end of
reasoning is thus: IF he is guilty he
dies; il he does not die, should the
stolen property be found on his person,
he is not guilty; another put it there,
or he was bewitched."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
C%LEVELAND'S POLICY.
He Wants support For tho Plan to Re-
peal the sherman silver Law.

peal the Sherman silver Law.
WASHINGTON. May 23.-There Is the best
of reason for saying that President Cleve-
land has announced to no one his inten-
ton to recommend an income tax to the
coming congress. 1t Is well known, how
ever, that one OF his most prominent cabi-
net officers believes he will do so. The idea
underlying this belief is the need Of win
ming support to the plan for repeating the
Sherman silver law, unconditional repeal
being contemplated.
II carefully guarded resuscitation Of
the state bank note system could DO sub
stituted for the free silver program of the
southerners it Is thought that they would
accept the change. At THIS time, however,
they are demanding that whatever is done
with the tax problem shall be done so as
not to saddle the people with a permanent
call for revenue TO meet the temporary re-
quireinents Of the pension outflow.
Whether the president will conclude to
adopt this combination as his own seems
to be still an unsettled question, but there
is no denying that il will be strongly
urged upon him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
We Have

A larger stock than we like to pack away.
There is almost everything in it that is de-
sirable in the line of Clothing for men. ladies,
boys and girls. The sizes are complete, and
the goods are all new. We marked them
too low when we opened them to allow of
cutting the prices much, even to clear them
off. We have had a fairly good Spring
trade, comparatively speaking. and do not
feel like abusing the weather too much,
though it has been disagreeable enough to
merit abuse.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Itaiy's King on Good Term. with German,

BERLIN, May 23.-King Humbert Of
Italy evidently assiduously cultivates the
friendship of the imperial house of Ger
many. At the recent birth of the son Of
Prince Leopold he was sponsor and pre-
sented his Godchild with a very costly
gift. Besides he sent as a token Of his
special regard to the empress, who is soon
to present the emperor with another baby,
200 quails caught in Italy, with an
accompanying letter that she may enjoy
the repast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

lw YonK, May 23.-George J. Gould
I'd ex-Judgs Dillon, his counsel, called at
the tar department yesterday and filed a
statement Of the value Of the personal
estate a the late Jay Gould. The tax
commissioners would give no information
about the statement. The commissioners
said that tho matter was new closed.
George Gould and the other heirs ask a
reduction OF the assessment Of $4,000 900
for personal taxes. Jay Gould paid per
sonal tayes on an assessment Of $4,000
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
GAINING GROUND.
The Revolutionists Turn the Tide OF Bat
tie In Their Favor.

tie In Their Favor.
GRANADA, Nicaragua, via Galveston,
Tex, May 2S.-The revolutionary soldiers
stood bravely against the attack of Sa-
caza's soldiers Sunday and won the battle,
which is admitted to be the turning point
of the revolution. AS the government
army advanced toward Masaya the artil-
lery Of the insurgents opened fire.
The advance was temporarily checked,
but the columns were reformed and the
assault was renewed with vigor and de-
termination. Their charge was ineffec-
tive. The insurgent troops pushed bravely
into the struggle, and after a hot fight
forced the government soldiers to retire.
The revolutionists are rejoicing over
their victory, and predict an early over
throw of Sacara.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

Carlyle Havris Took Poison the Day
Before Mis deterioration.

A~o8 Hossou tne LAY
Before His deterioration.
Sine SING, May AT has Just been
admitted, according 20 reliable authority.
that Carlyle w. HaiSis nearly succeeded
In escaping iqnominons death as an exc
cuted murderer on the last Sunday he
spent on earth. According to the inform
ant. Harris SUCCEEDED in getting a
poisonous dose of morphine inst before the
day set for his q execution, and IL required
the most heroic Treatment TO keep him
alive through the day before his legal kill
ing.
The story has been told how Harris
stuffed the koyhsle of his cell door full of
paper. and 1t hs been said without con-
tradiction thst ~ doomed wife-poisoner
had tried TO k@ himself by chewing poi
soned paper and swallowing the saliva
Persons who erqdn q position to know saw
that Harris swallowed a dose Of some mar.
cotic, presumably morphine. early on that
Sunday moyaing. and that he nearly died
from the efracs Of the drug
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Sewing Machine Company Attached.

New YORK, May 2S.-Two attachments,
aggregating over s21, 900. have been served
on the Domestic Sewing Machine COM
pany, which occupies and Is supposed to
" the large building at the corner Of
broadway and Fourteenth street. Both
the attachments are in favor Of the Astor
place bank, which discounted the COM
nanvfs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Severe storms I'm germany.

BERLIN, May 2.-Whitsuntide was in
augurated In many parts Of Germany with
heavy thunderstorm. A heavy storm
burst over Gleiwitz and its neigaborhood.
The lightning struck one Of the barracks,
and eight soldiers were stunned. The
river Klodnitz overiowed it's banks. and
the inhabitants were compelled to flee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Arranging For Eulalie's Entertainment

NEW YORK, May 23.-The special COM
mittee of 23 Of the mayors committee Of
100 met in tho governors room yesterday
to report on the program for the enter
tainment of the Infanta Eulalie, which
was submitted by Mayor Gilroy last
Friday. No material changes were made
In the original program except that the
committee accepted the suggestion OF Gen.
eral and Mrs +. Burd Grubb to entertain
the Infanta with a picnic at Tuxedo on
Monday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

NEW YORK, May 3.-District Attorney
Ridgway said yesterday that he would nj
once ask the grand jury to investigate the
death OF Mrs. Margaret Adair, who died
as a result Of alleged injuries received In
the insane ward of the Kings county
hospital
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

Common table salt is not a salt, and has
long since been excluded from the class Of
bodies denominated salts"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

May be sought now, with the assurance that
they will surely be found. The purchase of
new clothing has been delayed, in conse-
quence of the extremely backward Spring,
and the clothing merchants find themselves
with too much Spring stock to carry over.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Tapestry Brussels

In this carpet but q single thread ID
nsed, instead of as many as there are
colors. This thread II printed ut such
intervals that in che process Of weaving
the several shades come to the surface
just where required to form tho designs.
They meet the demand for . moderate.
priced carpet, to contrast with the in
grains used In other rooms 0f the housa
Prices
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

The oldest statue in the world is of the
shiek Of an Egyptian village. IL is be-
lieved TO be not less than 5000 years old.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
ALL Wool /nqrams,
Prices 65c. to $50.
Art Squares.

The domestic art squares, whose popu-
larity is now so marked. are pattern
rugs, with woven borders and middle all
In one piece. They are made OF the same
materials and by the samc process A. the
best Ingrains. and cost about As mucn
per square yard. The standard sizes
range from 2X by 8 yards to 4 b. 5 yards
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Value Goods

And fair and square dealing will build up a
reputation that even the worst Spring that
ever was imagined cannot break in upon Sc
riously. We are ready to meet any of our
friends who have not already provided them
selves with Spring or Summer clothing in a
spirit of liberality that will operate to their
decided advantage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
ANYTHING AND EVERY THING.

Pompey's pillar at Alexandria was
neither erected by Pompey nor to his
memory.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

Rice paper Is not made from either rice
paper or rice straw, but from a pithy plant
called tung tsua, found in China, Corea
and japan,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

Galvanized iron is not galvanized at all,
but is coated witt zinc by being plunged
q bath of that metal and muriatio
all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

The c~ostliest fur known il that of the
black fox Of Kamschatka. A single skin
OF one of these rare animals is sometimes
valued at $1,000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

London contains one-ei9hth Of Great
Britain's population. has a larger daily
delivery of letters than all Scotland, q
birth every four minutes and a death every
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

whose ioveth . good business ioveth
advertising. but he that despiseth fspsis
an sss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

Hafa was
neither erected by Pompey nor to his
memory.
Common table salt is not a salt, and has
long since been excluded from the class Of
bodies denominated salts"
The oldest statue in the world is of the
shiek Of nm Egyptian village. II is be-
lieved TO be not less than 5000 years old.
Galvanized iron is not galvanized at all,
but is coated WITH zinc by being plunged
into q bath of that metal and muriatio
acid.
Rice paper Is not made from either rice
paper or rice straw, but from a pithy plant
called tung tsua, found in China, Corea
and japan.
The costliest fur known il that of the
black fox of Kamschatka. A single skin
OF one Of these rare animals is sometimes
valued at $1,000.
London contains one-eighth Of Great
Britain's population, has a larger daily
delivery of letters than all Scotland, a
birth every four minutes and a death every
six.
In Lcmars, Ia, n person arrested the
second time for drunkenness is compelled
TO choose between 10 days hard labor on
the streets, with ball and chain attach
ment, and a course Of gold cure treat
ment.
The latest Of John Ruskin's poems was
written in 1857. The following Is a sample
of IL:
Fishes in the sea-
Apples on the tree,
What r. IL TO me,
Baby, whose they bcf
whcso ioveth q good business ioveth
Advertising. but hs that despiseth fSpei IL
IN sss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

The latest Of John Ruskin's poems was
written in 1857. The following Is a sample
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23

The fact that we opened our new Piano and Or
Hoyle Building a few weeks since with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-23
Three Large Stores,

On the ground floor, our steadily increasing business has reac
proportions that the quarters thus taken were found to be {
adequate to meet the demands of our trade, and we have
takap
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-06-16
SENDING IN A GARD.

Say what ye will O. city ways, they amt the
kind for me:
I found that out the time went a-visitin' tex
My son. who's dom bizness in block about
O. the Allegheny mountains can't believe
my eyes
I thought wouldn't write him was comm,
but I'd make
The trip all unbeknownst ter him. an walk
right In an take
Him unawares, because knowed surprise d
make the JOY
Lots greater to him when 1 stood right there
before the boy.
An when stepped inside the door, expectin'
there to see
My own dear son, little ONCE kid stepped up
ter me
An when said Ia see Steve Jones he said ter
me: 'Old pard.
You can't see Mr.. Jones until you've sent him
. in your card
Jehosophatl but was mad, an said ter him:
my chill,
I'd like to take We cross my knee an tan We fer
awhile.
II Stephen Jones is in this place you trot him
out" said L;
This thing O. scndin' in yer card don't ft yer
Uncle Cy."
At that some other fellers all commenced a
actin queer,
An one laid down his pen an said: My lords,
what have We hcref'.
In just erbou, a minnit I'd a-thrashed the saucy
pup
Had not my son come in just then an cleared
the matter up
Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-06-16
BATTLE WITH CONviCTS.

An Outbreak in Egypt, Followed by the
Loss of Many Lives.
CAIRO, June 12.-Fifty convicts while
returning from the quarries in Tourah
prison near this city yesterday over
powered the mounted guards and tried
to escape. They constituted the last
squad of a gang of 600. The guards
ahead did not know of the mutiny un-
til they had captured the rifles of the
rear guards.
AS the fifty convicts fled, eleven of
the advance guards started in pursuit.
The twenty-five guards left with the
other $50 convicts kept them quiet by
firing repeatedly over their heads.
Half mile from the spot where the
mutiny broke out, the eleven guards
overlook the fugitives and ordered them
to surrender. The convicts, who had
arms, answered with volley. which
wounded two men and killed three
horses.
The return volleys from the guards
killed thirty-nine convicts. The other
eleven convicts escaped.
The convicts are believed to have
been encouraged to revolt by the re-
cent action of the native courts in pun
ishing guards who shot at runaway
prisoners who had been committed to
their charge.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-06-16
CHAPTER w.

When Ida Fairbanks sent that white
iaponica fluttering through the air and
waited kiss and smile to the pretty
child in John Lorimer's village cart, she
was acting part with consummate
skill and effect.
When she turned her back on the
White Cliffs people, and, picking up the
heavy basket of flowers, walked off
with it, with fine assumption of alb
sorption in her responsibilities as a
flower merchant, she was consciously
posing for effect.
When she had found a stump COM
pletely hidden from the grass-grown
road, whose almost effaced wheel marks
might have forewarned trespassers, she
planted her fragrant burden upon it
and seated herself on a nei1hboring
stump, facing in the direction from
which old Cato, her carrier, must pres
emily come shambling. Ostentatiously
opening her book, she spread it upon
her lap and fastened her eyes upon its
printed characters. They might have
been Greek or Hebrew characters for
all the meaning they conveyed. She was
still acting part. Her smooth fore
head was rumpled by frown.
The dog was sound asleep beneath
her feet, and to all appearances she was
reading absorbedly, when the lazy
shutting of Cato's mule along the road
way made her look up.
''This way, Cato" she called, in her
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-06-16
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble? g
Avoid all baking powders sold with gift
or prize, or at lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui.
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal which is absolutely pure.