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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24
Thomas Desiauriers Crushed Under a Tree
"A Resident of Fall River.

Thomas Desiauriers Crushed Under Tree
"A Resident of Fall River.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 24.-Tbomas
Deslauriers lost his life Wednesday after
noon under most agonizing circum-
stances. With three brothers he went to
cut wood In the forest just over the
Rhode Island line. Two of his brothers
worked together, but he pushed into the
forest to find heavier trees, more suitable
for his purposes. In telling tree il came
down across his body, crushing him bad
ly. He was unable to free himself from
his position, and was a mile or more from
any person who could aid him.
The two brothers finally tracked him In
the snow, and after half an hours chop
ping succeeded in releasing him from his
terrible position. He was lifted TO a snow
bank, but died within few moments.
Before his death he told his brothers he
had been under the tree trunk from two
o'clock till $50.
Owing to the deep snow II was impos-
sible to bring the body to this city that
night, and 1t was carried to a woodchop-
per's hut, where 1t remained until yester-
day afternoon, when IL was brought to his
former home on Pleasant street.
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grew paler and paler, while the shad-
ows radiated rapidly from their eyelids.
"See my new toothl' cried one, and she
showed us a dazzling ivory, grown by
process new in dentistry. Splendid"
Lovely" YOU'D never know it," muir
INJURED erybody. "Look at my hair,
thought exclaimed another, whose
waves of spun gold banished the sus-
picion of peroxide, and were the envy
of all the women with incipient bald
ness.
II had IL done last week, and it's alb
solutely safe. Washing doesn't hurt il,
either, for the color is guaranteed"
And she disappeared under a spray.
And now the ravages Of nature wrought
disasterl A brunette" walked by into
the drying room, and as she turned we
saw that one eyebrow was no more.
Those sprays were crucibles in which
dross was washed from gold. They
were like the modern novel, they re-
duced us to colorless realism.
We heard bitter cry, and a pallid
creature stood before us holding up her
tresses.
and muddy brown, and she was yellow
with despair. "Oh, it was warranted
to wash" she moaned. "Send for my
maid, send for my maid Quick Take
me to my room! What shall do ?"
and she scurried away weeping.
This tragedy dampened our spirits
and we betook Ourselves to the large
room where we were rubbed and dried
and weighed.
Tho fat woman tipped the scales at
$50 pounds. II grow fatter and fatter
every bath take" said she. The thin
girl brought the weights 10 1O71S.
II grow thinner and thinner every
time i come" she snapped, rs she
tucked her sheet under her collar bone
and stalked away TO her room.
All the luxury of those tiny rooms
where we rest drowsily before the alco-
hol massage and lunches. But / did
not browse, for In the room next mine
were the well-groomed girls who had
not talked in public. But what they
said there in strictest confidence fore
told, oh, such an event Why, q
European parallel would change the
course OF empires II would have been
heralded, csblsd, high msssed from one
end OF the Continent to the other. But
here, though y will be national event,
1t won't alter history; that is, ID won't
unless the Grandpss Hat law of success
sion goes over 10 the Democratic party.
Girls, dear, I must tell you secret.
6ntxau mast keen Il too fnr ths CON
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WAITING roR THE ALCOHOL MASSAGE

WAITING FOR THE ALCOHOL MASSAGE
chairs and pouring ice water between
haccid lips decided me 10 omit this step.
"Yes," said my attendant, as we
trailed down stairs, "It's mostly honly
the lawful fat ones as go there. Now,
you don't need the loss Of two or three
pounds. The queer things all 'appen in
'ere," and she opened a stained glass
door. The room was skylit and colored
rays reflected upon the tank of warm
water sunk In the middle of the floor.
A circle of marble slabs surrounded
IL and three marble steps led down into
the water. On the benches-oh, heav-
ems, girls! Iwould they had been aw-
full dreams minRling with dream-clouds
instead of women stable with too, too
solid flesh anchored in clouds OF steam
But there they sat, the limped and pur-
pie fat ones who had been steaming for
fifteen minutes, the thin and bony ones
who steaming to develop and were still
agile if not flexible, the worn society
danes following doctors orders. lively
women trying to keep young, actresses,
with most of their fragile beauties in a
box upstairs, and two pretty girls close
behind me shining fresh and cool and
rosy through the clouds.
And how they talked! Girls it was
worse and more of it than 8 o'clock
tea or an unplucked hen party about
which the men gibe so numerically.
If they could have heard us then, shout
ing secrets to woman we had never
seen three minutes before; il they could
have beheld the family skeletons which
were soused as we clung together under
the sprays, they would know what talk
ing meant.
The bony woman exchanged statistics
with the fat one, the leader. whose
steps outside, in the city had faltered,
led Senator's wife sans reproche down
the steps and splashed her gaily. Two
well groomed girls who had talked so
quietly. that nobody could hear what
they said, brushed the big drops off each
others arms, and refused to be more than
warmly polite to the rest of us
And the summers who came behind
me sat near, undergoing a steam change
nto something new and strange. They
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THROWN FROM TRACK.
Spreading of Rails on the B. and NJ.
Causes a Wreck.
CARS TOSSED INTO A FIELD.
Three Persons Received Serious In
Juries--It Was q Had Wreck and 1t
Was Lucky That More Were Not
Hurt-The Wreck near Kennebunk.

DOVER, N. IT,, Feb. 2f.-Train 122 on
the Boston q Maine railroad, due In Bos-
ton at o'clock last night, left the iron
two miles east of Kennebunk at 4. 30, and
was badly wrecked,
The train was composed OF two engines
In charge Of Engineers Richard Beckman
and James Higgins, q mall car, baggage
car, smoker and three passenger cars.
When rounding the curve near Arundel,
nag station, the second engine jumped
the rails, and pulled the tender Of the for
ward engine of. The mail car went over
into the field, some two hundred feet, and
tipped over. The baggage car went nearly
ss far, and fell on It's side. The smoker,
although truckless, did not tip, but the
first passenger car went over on its side
and the last passenger car went upside
down.
AS soon as possible those who could got
the people out, when IL was discovered
that three were seriously, and other
slightly, injured. From the mail car were
taken two agents, Morris Casey of Haver-
hill, Mass, and Melvin Q. Skinner Of
Reading, Mass. DR.. E.sT. Nealley of Ban
gor, who was on the train, examined both
and found Casey with his right hip bro
ken, and Skinner with four ribs on the
left side broken, back injured and hurt
internally.
A woman In the last car named Nellie
Colbert Of st. John, had her head hurt.
Conductor John Thompson's right ankle
was injured, Baggage Master Roberts
left arm was badly bruised, and William
s. Merriman OF Haverhill had his right
arm bruised.
Engineer Beokman took the forward
part OF his engine, with Conductor
Thompson and Station Agent William
Eaton OF Wells, ran to Kennebunk, and
gave notice of the accident at Kenne-
bunkport Beach, then made two trips to
the scene OF the accident and brought ali
the passengers to Kennebunk depot, where
train was made up at 7.30 for Boston.
Mail Agent Skinner says: "We had
very heavy mall, fifty extra sacks having
been put into the express end OF the mail
car. We were hard at work when we felt the
car leave the rails and go over. We were
both thrown. Harry Grover, the parlor
car conductor, was In the car with US, but
escaped injury. We left him in charge OF
the mail cars and mails"
John Fullerton OF Somerswcrth, N. H.,
who was standing on the rear platform OF
the train, was thrown off and had his left
hand crushed by falling on it..
William Eaton, station agent at Wells,
who was on the train, said: IL never saw
anything like II. ALI the cars are off at
one side OF the track, and eight rails are
torn up"
Two wrecking trains, one from Ports
mouth and the other from Portland, went
TO the scene.
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versation heard was not intended for
my ears, you know. Nevertheless, !
sat bolt upright and listened,
Have you heard from Frances
lately?" asked one voice. ''Yes, saw
her last week at Lakewood. Poor
Frances She wishes she weyn't Mrs.
Grover now, or that he hadn't been
elected"
Good Heavens! They haven't quar-
relied"
"Of course not He's always been
devotion itself 20 her. But the national
baby, little Queen Ruth, is going to be
deposed pretty soon after papa goes TO
the White House next spring. She's
going TO have a rival in Frances love,
and she won't be the first baby in the
land any longer"
well, neverl" exclaimed the other
voice. "She ought to be thankful she
isn't royal women, though"
Frances is perfectly sweet. She
loves TO sing lullabys, but she doesn't
like TO sing them for all the world TO
hear"
That was all heard. / wonder III i
ought TO have told you.
People were awaking from their maps.
We were being massaged, drenched in
alcohol, thumped from head to foot.
The attendants scampered about with
trays carrying orders for cafe pousses,
beef tea, cocktails, curling tongs, rare
bits and gin fizzes. Every body lunched
sumptuously. Afterward we congregated
in the reception room and clothed, pow
dered, curled, ready for the gaze of
man, we smoked a parting cigarette
The only missing were the friends OF
Frances and the woman whose hair was
warranted to wash
CARRIE CARELESS.
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all distinctions Of station, Or perhaps
the differences disappear when we lay
aside our garments. Dress defines the
woman every time, doesn't IL?
But IL dress defines her artifcially
out OF doors: undress defines her for
what she truly is in a Turkish bath.
All classes Of women go to the baths
and jump into deep waters together.
They hoonob on marble slabs as nature
formed them, and they lie down side by
side to have what il left OF their tresses
dried, these leaders of the gay world"
pronounced with meaning emphasis,
and that other gay world" uttered
with solemn, envious respect.
But ANY one as is any one comes
reg'lar onct a week." said my attendant
as we walked down long, luxurious
halls, dimly lighted by stained glass
windows. Upstairs we went, past rows
OF rooms curtained with gorgeous East
ern stuffs, behind whose curtains we
saw hssps of lsea nngerie aud hriaht
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massaged from their eyes, and the
cheeks! And, of course, we must have
seen them so, for it never would have
occurred to the mind of a man and the
ardor of zealot to furnish the make up
in heaven.
And the women? Left in body for
the other place. Thus did another great
spiritual system decay and fall.
But right down here on earth, in
New York, we disillusionize each other,
don't we, girls dear? 1t doesn't count,
though, for our husbands and our
what we are au naturel.
Now, l have warned the men that
this letter is for girls only, and that
they ought to pass on to the next col
ume. Let them think of the fate of the
saint and beware!
had a horrid cold the week before
Lent, and so many engagements that /
couldn't think of coddling it with the
tenderness and herbs which you girls,
who needn't rush and scramble and
squabble for a living, can spare.
So took Turkish bath as the quick
est way out of it-not the dilettante
kind half a dozen of us used to dabble
In at our fiat, where we were rubbed
with 'little alcohol, sprayed with
dash of rose water, manicured beauti-
fully and tucked away with cigarettes
and salads by an attendant from one Of
the big downtown establishments.
No, for the first time in my life went
to the apartments in hotel where the
public is admitted for the slow sum of
ten -" for S1.50. l suppose it 10
this pitiful amount which sweeps away
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-24
A NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
Coy's Further Reprieve Causes a sensa-
tion at Pittsheld.

Coy's Further Reprieve Causes n sensa-
tion at PittsaeId.
PrrTsFIELD, Mass, Feb. 24.-News OF
Coy's further reprieve caused sensation
here last evening, as it was expected the
execution would surely take place today.
People here cannot conceive what excep-
tion counsel can raise beyond those al
ready taken.
Coy expressed desire to see the scat
fold, and was taken to the guard room,
looking the machine over carefully.
While engaged in Its inspection news
reached the jail of the reprieve. Sheriff
Crosby at once communicated the news to
Coy. The condemned man expressed
the liveliest satisfaction and was over
joyed at his new lease of life. Sheriff
Crosby, who greatly breads the execution.
was much relieved, expressing the hope
that 1t would be final
Rev. DIR. Newton administered com
munion 30 Coy yesterday afternoon, and
to him Coy made statement, telling him
that what he asserted was the true story
of the crime. The statement was written
by the minister and signed by Coy DIR.
Newton refused to give out the statement.
but 1t is understood that the story doe
not vary particularly from what he has
already said. Coy's sister visited him i'm
the afternoon to say good bye, their part
Ing being very affecting.
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THE SICILIAN BANDITS.
Notorious Despcradoes Sentenced to P~nal
Servitude for Life.

Notorious Desperadoes Sentenced to P~nal
servitude for Life.
PALERMO, Feb. 24.--The Italian govern
ment is pushing as vigorously as possible
its warfare against the Sicilian bandits.
Yesterday eleven brigands were convicted
at Caltanisetta, and all were sentenced to
penal servitude for life. All these men
were notorious desperadoes.
Last August they captured n wealthy
land owner named Billotti and demanded
10000 lire for his release. The money
was raised, but IL failed to reach the rob-
bers at the time they had set for its de-
livery to them and they therefore killed
Billotti, first burning him at the stake
until he was nearly dead and then strang-
ling him.
The government had much difficulty in
capturing the prisoners because OF the re-
lations between the brigands and the
peasantry. So fearful were the authori-
ties that an attempt Mt rescue or escape
might be made that the prisoners were
confined in a strong iron cage during all
the court proceedings and about the cage
were stationed fifty gendarmes. The
court was daily crowded with people, who
looked upon the prisoners as though the
latter were wild beasts.
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New HAVEN. Conn, Feb. 2i.-President
Clark and Vice President Tuttle, OF the
New York a New Haven road, were
asked the probable reasons for the resig-
nation OF President Parsons OF the New
England road. Both said they thought
that Mr.. Parsons had got tired OF carry
ing the burden entailed In the presidency
OF q road which had no future and that
they were surprised that he had clung to
his exacting position 80 long as he had.
Both Messrs. Tuttle and Clark declared
strenuously that no one connected with
their line had q dollars interest In the
New ENGLAND road or wap'ed enc.
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Elements Reigned supreme.

CoNTocooK, N. H., Feb. 24.-The storm
of Wednesday was accompanied by a high
wind and the elements reigned supreme /,
The roads in all directions are full OF
snow and all available help Is employed.
The railroad Is suffering great inconven-
icnce. Several trains were cancelled, and
ne scarcity OF water along the road Is
causing a.good deal OF anxiety. The main
roads will be opened during the day II
possible, while u will take several days TO
make the cross roads passable
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CITY IDVERTIsEMENTs.
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
once Of & .he LIssn;s Zee co%mlssi mis-. 9ner' ,r !,


City Hall Providence, Feb. %. 1898.
Application for transfer OF license 20 sell pure
spiriiuous, intoxicating ana malt liquors. have
been made by the following named persons:
Avon. Elijah. 1b3 south Main street. 20 Gottlieb
Ruoff same loc stion.
Eesn, James. West exchange street, 9. Dale. to
1bs Atwelps avenue,
Fleming. Michael. s26 North Main street, TO Frank
y saIesses same location.
Herernsn Thomas j.. .s Hedly street. to "a Nc
Keenan,. wilia j.. 9ez-2o, south Main street. 10
Frank {. Perry, same locat on.
Mcweeny. Thomas. l3i jackson avenue. 20 IS
Mes'ulla BERNARD 1920 smith street 10 l. n Oar.
rick, i27-iZe wickenden street and a. Beneft
Mccsrron. John. leo W. Exchange street to Jos. y.
Rsmington, J. \. a 60, ,9a5 Westminster street TO
street
Rsferty a Gsrrck. iis Douglas avenue to John
Wall same location
stearns s H.. IL Clsmence street 10 14-ie c1emsnce
Tho board Of License Commissioner WIN be IN
session ia their once City Hall. SATURDAY
March m, 1898. NJ 1870 oclock a. m. a. which time
ana placf nl' persons 30 desiring may be heard on
the niattst uI .ffnfin ing such appl cations
GEOkOE n. BURNHAM,
JOHN NJ. STJDLfY
pkNNls ,. MCCARTHY
f2S.itt License CenIntsl0ncrs.
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Eject. Of the Storm in y.rmon,.

BARRE, VT, Feb. A-owing to the
heavy snow storm no mails from any di-
rection were received in this city from
Wednesday noon until 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The Central Vermont railroad
has suffered greatly from the storm. The
afternoon mail train, due here at 43D, did
not reach Montpelier Junction until
night. IL proceeded as far as Middlesex.
where IL was stalled until nearly noon.
Three through trains froy3 Boston and
Montreal and the west were blocked be-
tween Montpelier Junction and Water
bury from early morning till noon.
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eoiored hose tossed about on the divans
and little lacquered Turkish tables.
- The halls were deserted except by an
occasional fleeing attendant, whose ar.
tistic sheet was my despair. She looked
like q Roman lady on vase, while ]
clutched my garment like Yankee in
. strange land.
We hastened to the hot room, where
one glance at purple faced women who
were melting into the moulds of steamer
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CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
PROPOSALS FOR $t,St7,OOO
LOANS.
once Of the city Treasurer.

Providence L., February -. 1898 I
Sealed proposals addressed 10 ID. L. ID Granger
City Treasurer. Providence, r. L.. each dorsea
proposals for Loans" will be received at this
ONCE until 12 O'Clock NJ. "Wednesday, March 4
500 for the whole or any part OF the following
loans 10 the CITY Of Providence
Sewer Loan Five hundr, q thousand dollars
goo oO9) on nds Of said city, dated April 1894
due April 4. 1913
2. Water Loan T. ght hundred and seventeen
thousand dollars Nsl I,OOOl on bonds OF said city.
dated April I, 1898. due April l. 1928
Each of the above OF bonds % bear IN terest
at the rate OF four 90 per centum per annum pay
able semi-annually IA April and October. Both
principal and interest on aDove loans are payable
In gold coin OF the United states. equal 10 present
vaue of finencss and weight Either coupon or
registered bonds will issued for the whole or any
portion OF said loans and coupon bonds may at any
time thereafter be converted Into registered bonds
~ the option of the holder. The principal and In
teret of coupon bonds will be payable az the Teas
ury ~ Providence on at the National City Bank OF
New Yrk. The city OF Prov dence now tram rnt-
by mail interest on al re ttered bonds, II desired.
Bonds viii be rea for delivery Apr I, 1898 but
delivery may be deferred at the option OF the pur.
chaser. until april rs. 1898 BY payment OF accrued
will be issued In sums Of 90, toOOu. O.0OO or
$4,000 each. a. desired. The right 90 eject any
and ali bios is reserved. further information can
be obtained of the undersigf ed.
f28-5t ID. l.. ID. GRANGER. city Treasurer.
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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
PUBLIC HEARING.
Office Of the Clerk OF Committees,
City Hall; Providence,

Office Of the Clerk OF Commlttees)
City Hall Providence,
Feb. ~, 1898, \
The Joint Special Committee Of the City Council
Improved Railroad Terminal Facilities. to
whom was referred the application of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
asking perm ssion 10 be all owed TO continue the
Of Its RACKS in South Water street fr ON the
Worcester division freight house and To cross the
river Crawford street bridge trestle to be
approved by the city engineer, for the purpose OF
freight yards OF the old Colony. and
Worcester divisions also that said per-
mission may be granted for rm Of three
year. and l. designed 90 be temporary only; and
also foi permission To lay rails In Eddy ana Dyer
streets from Globe street formerly Langley street
10 ID france street. there To connect with present
rails In Dyer street. for the purpose OF hauling
freight over the IIarbor Junction branch; TO
be hauled by hoise power or dummy engine or
9th T motive power satisfactory 10 the City Of
Providence. at the option Of the railroad company.
far north as Crawford Street Bridge.
Hereby give notice that they Will give n Public
Hearing upon said petition I'm Committee Room
y. CITY Hall, TUESDAY. Feb. 2s, 1888 az three
o'clock u. m, when all parties In terested
hereby notified TO appear, ifthey shall see nt aud
be heard thereon. A plan showing the location OF
said rails may be seen AZ this ONCE. BY order OF
the committee. WILLIAM II. VAUGHAN,
Chairman.
d. r. HAYDEN. Clerk Of Committees 6tf2I
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The Disease .is Cropping Out I'm Many
Places In the Dominion.

OTTAWA, Ont, FEB. 24.-The report of
the minister OF agriculture, presented to
the House yesterday, contains among
other things Hon. Anger's summary OF
the report OF DR.. Smith on the Tracadie
lazaretto, which gives the startling infor-
nation that leprosy is spreading in dis
tricts hitherto unaffected.
In his report for this year DR.. Smith
does not speak rs hopefully as he did last
year OF stamping out the disease. He
saws, while on tour OF inspection during
1892, he found leprosy cropping out i'm
unexpected places, and he fears that for
years to come new cases will be met with.
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Awful Experience OF Frost Bitten Sailors.
NEW BEDFORD, Feb. 24.-Schooner Hat
tie Craig, Capt. Holmes, arrived here yes
terday from Baltimore and reports very
rough passage. Three OF the crew were
badly FROST bitten and Captain Holmes,
the mate and cook have been obliged to
work the vessel into port, having had no
sleep since last Monday. The vessel was
badly iced up. The mate was nearly
washed overheard off the Long Island
coast. The FROST bitten crew were sent to
Boston.
Schooner Samuel Hillway arrived from
Norfolk with loss OF sails. Capt. Smith
reports that he never saw such rough
weather this side of Block Island, and of
Five Fathom bank the water was con-
tinuous foam, breaking all the time.
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One of those Oriental prophets who
promised the pleasures of the senses in
the heaven of the soul assured the
houris that they would find Turkish
baths in his paradise.
don't wonder his religion went TO
smash when the good old man offered
such rash inducements to the women,
for heaven means ignorance and .
Turkish bath means knowledge.
A bath, as we New York women
know it, wouldn't necessarily plunge a
man into Gahenna, because winding,
evil paths of beauty are permitted here.
But picture that good saints righteous
sorrow when he beheld the Blessed and
the Peris with the henna steamed off
their nails, the lampblack sprayed and