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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
A BOYS CURIOSITY.
Prevents What Might Have Been An
other Disastrous Fire In Boston.

BosToN, March 14.-An attempt was
made TO destroy the 4-story brick building
40 To All Atlantic avenue owned and oc-
cupied by Peter Mcknight, dealer in cot.
ton, woolen rags and junk At o'clock
last night boy was passing along Allan
TIC avenue when he saw man rush hur-
rledly from McNaught's store and dash up
the street.
The lad was curious and walked to the
entrance of the shop and was startled to
see tiny line of flame creeping between
the bales of RACES toward the ceiling. The
lad hastened ito the house of engine 25 and
reported the case The fire had gained
such headway that Chief Abbott ordered
On alarm. The blaze was quickly extin.
guished
A tour of the lower floor showed that.
had the fire burned 10 minutes without
discovery, the firemen would have had an
all night iob against them, and another
disastrous blaze would have been the CON
sequence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

Green on the Jaw Win singing blow
but Falvey was 80 tired that he could not
follow up his advantage with knock out
blow.
At the end OF this round honors vere
so easy that the judges called for two ex.
ira rounds The thirteenth and four
teenth rounds brought out some hard
some stinging blows, but the contestants
were so evenly matched that the referee
was obliged TO declare the fight a draw
There was little or no betting on the
event.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
THE EASTERN LEAGUE.
Meeting Held at Buffalo Yesterday-P Pat
Powers Chosen President


Powers Chosen President
BUFFALO, n. Y, March 14--The East.
ern League was in session here yesterd av
the following cities being represented
Albany, Larry Il. Fassett Bingbamton
A. 5. Patton. Buffalo, James FrankIin
and John Chapman; Providence. G. w,
Burnham; Troy. James ID. Maloney
Erie, y. j. Whitehead
President White after calling the maa,
ing TO order. handed in his respnatior
which WAS accepted anu vote of thanks
was tenuered him. Il. Il. Power, was
unanimously chosen To fill the vacant
office. The number OF games to consti.
tute the s.ason was decided on as ll2. TO
begin in May and end an Septem Der. the
dates to be arranged later.
The salary limit was fixed at Sl,5OO per
month for each cluS, and the amount of
the guarantee To finish the season will
be fixed as soon AS the circuit is com
pleted.
President Powers, Mr. Patte OF B,np.
hampton aud Mr. Burnham of Provi-
dence were appointed com mttee on
circuit, aud will visit the diff Q rent cities
that wish TO enter the league an d make
their report.
The schedule will be made ont nv
President Powers and presented nt the
schedule meeting, to be held at the Mar.
ragansttt Hotel IN Providence on April
T. There IS soms talk OF putting i'm
bicycle tracks on the different grounds
aud Joining hands with the National
Cash Prize Association. The application
OF Erie was favOrably acted UPON, max
lux the sixth city Of the league. The
other two Will be selected from Utica.
Rochester, Syracuse, Wilkesbarre, Scrsn.
ton, Lowell, Worcester and Newark.
Rochester an New England city TO
par WIN Iroyldence are the ones pre-
iefred w. W. Newell Of Binghampton Was
committee OF Que to revise tl,
aud make out "a form for
c JnJ tracts
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

ratio is IN favor of the smaller towns
In the country proper, however. the
dead game sport" is rare bird. of the
100000 male adults, it is estimated
that only one out of twenty-two tries
the equine paradox" That would
make 100000 farmers" (as all people
outside of New York are facetiouslv
termed by metropolitan sportsmcnj.
who endeavor to tap the pool box. The
average investment is considerably
lighter in the interior than New York.
say IS to each Spectator. That would
make s1,Soo,0oo for each day, or about
5O9,50o,000 for the 313 working davs In
the year. A tidy sum that-half a
thousand billion-the farmers" of the
smaller towns and cities yearly spend
in futile attempt to ''beat the horses"
Where does all this money go? We
have seen that over 500, 900, 900 is year
iy spent in and about New York end
Brooklyn upon the outcome of equine
events, and over $500, 200, 900 in ali the
country outside the "Greater New
York, which is to be. Who reaps the
benefit9 Certainly not the player, for
outside of Pittsburgh Phil" George
w. Smith), LUCKY" Baldwin, Mike
Dwyer, Gull" Holland and Col. Bill
Harding You never hear Of plunger
who does not "go broke trying the
well-nigh impossible task of winning
the smiles of the equine siren. The |
marquis of Hastings, the greatest of all |
plungers, blew in one Of the finest es-
tates in England. His losses approxi- |
mated el,O0o,o00, or about $4,000. 900.
Jubilee" Judkins ESQ called because he
Inherited and wasted fortune by fast
and furious playing at the time Queen
Victoria celebrated the fiftieth year OF
her reign), spent $4,000, 900 on turf adj
ventures in a single year. Our own ia
nous plunger, Walton, won s7oo, 900 in
England, in 1891. Walton backed tho
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

t,flerre xor-
illard and ex-
Mayor and ex-
Co gres sman
Michael N. No
Ian, the Albany
Cr9sus, sold out
their stables, al
though they had
tho best horses
In the country,
b c C u sc they
could not stand
the draft upon
their purses
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

American plunQers" again visited Eng
land, and he not only lost the s70O, 600
he had won in England, but about $780,
600 more he had picked up on the Amer
lean turf the season following his Eng
lish venture. Arthur Maginis got the
lions share Of the plumber. In fact. he
was the boolUnalSer who "brolse" Wal
ton. He got back his 100000 with
tremendous interest
The various racing associations claim
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

WASHINGTON, March H.-President and
mrs Cleveland accorded special recep-
uoh 10 Princess Kiaulani yesterday after
noon. The call was entirely Of social
nature and lasted probably a quarter Of An
nour The princess said subsequently that
mrs Cleveland was the only lady that she
ever fell in love with.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
For Championship Bonor.

NEW YORK, March 14-George Dixon
and Johnny Griffin were practically
matched last night TO fight for the feather.
weight championship Of the world before
the Coney Island Athletic club. They are
to battle at l20 pounds The amount AZ
the purse is not likely to be below $500.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

veins is not, OF
course, in tlIe
interior COM
mensurate with
th at Of New
York or Brook
lyn. In cities
] ! k g Albany,
Troy, Syracuse,
Rochester, Gin
cinnati, Chica-
go, De n v er,
Leadville, Port
land and San
francisco. the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

1t is said that John Ward. who will
manage the New York Baseball Club
this season. is after Morgan Murphy of
East Providence 20 catch. Murphy has
not signed with Cincinnati and il n"t
likely to. as be does not fancy n
proposed cut in salary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
HarriS' Inst Home.

NEW YORK, March 14-Miss Annie
Waddell has made new affidavit that she
saw Helen Potts eat morphine Subse-
quently Helen confessed to her that her
mother told her she would die if she con-
tlnued eating so much of that stuff"
Carlyle w Harris relies on Miss Waddells
alhdavlt to procure him new trial.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

NEW YORK, March 14-The trial Of
Dr r. w. Buchanan, charged with poison.
ing his wife, begun today. Expert testi.
mony is feature of the ease The prose
cutlon contends that after poisoning his
wife he administered drugs TO destroy all
evidence of his crime.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

winning horse at
three big con-
tests and raised
havoc among the
English book.
makers. From
Arthur Maginis.
the greatest of
British sports
IN c n, Walton
took 100000
a ! o N c. T wo
years after the
"lyinp of tha
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
Forty Men to BE Dropped.

WALrHAM, Mass, March 1.-THE most
important change of late years in the
American Waltham Watch company was
announced in the consolidation of Foreman
Hammond's department with that of
Foreman Gill. This will cause the dropping
OF about 40 OF the most skillful workmen
In the factory.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
College baseball.

PRINCETON, N. j., March 1.-THE first
baseball game with Harvard will be PLAYED
at Princeton Saturday, May 6. The second
game will be played Memorial day at Cam.
bridge. There are no certain provisions a,
TO third game in case Of a tie.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
Portland's Political MuddIo.

PORTLAND, Me-, March IA new elec-
tion Tor mayor has been ordered to.be held
April Ia The Democratic ward officers in
ward l, who sent in designations last week,
nave Withdrawn them on the ground that
.hey believe they were fairly elected. This
Is the general belief on both sides.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
Extensive Prairie Tires.

GARDEN CITY, Kan, March 14-Wide-
spread and destructive prairie fires have
been raging in this vicinity for the past
TWO days. The farm Of Mr. Anderson was
swept by the flames and Mr.. Anderson
ana has wife were fatallv burned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
Local "sports" IN. ros.r.

FALL RIVER, Mass, March IA brutal
dog fight was pulled of yesterday after
noon just across the Rhode Island line. be.
tween Fall River and Boston dogs. The
fight lasted III. 2sm. and was won bv
Boston. Local sports lost a great deal of
money
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
Battle Must Follow.

Of PkrKRsBURG, March H-The Chi.
nese authorities in kashgar are preparing
10 seize the porpon Of the pamir region
occupied by Russia. aud " which China
lays claim.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
doing to Chicago.

NEW YORK, Marcn l4-H. s. Cornish
who has been for years athletic manager
of the Boston Athletic association. has
signed a contract to act as athletic man
ager of the Chicago Athletic association.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14

nished me by q
w o l Fix n o W n
sportsman, who
is an authority
upon the subject.
There are In the
C ties of New
York and Brook
ly n, in Guiding
S II burbs, about
z -0n0 000 nappla
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-14
FALVEY AND GREEN.

the Cribb Club, Boston.
Boston, March IA - Jack Green of Am
sterdam. n. y, aud Jack Falvey Of
Providence, lightweights, were matched
to fight twelve rounds at the Cribb
Clubs rooms last night for n purse a.
500. FOr the first eleven rounds Green
had the best of tn, fgnting, doing most
81 he leading aud being more successful
In landing his blows than Fdlvey.
La tue twelfth round Falvey caught
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-13

that the state university, agricultural
college and state normal interest funds
appropriations of $54,O35.01 "have been
made right along" Please show us the
records, Charley. The truth Of this is
THEY NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE
HISTORY OF THE STATE. Attorney Gen.
ersl Ives gave an opinion on this point
about two years ago shat these interest
funds could not be paid out by the state
treasurer except they were first appro-
priRted by the legislature" This tied
up these funds until appropriated by
act of the legislature. The sens-
tor tells you that the erroneous double
appropriation for the deaf and dumb in
stitution at Olsthe Of $83,94706 "hRs
been made right along" That 'it is,
necessary" How ridiculous! Talk about,
'romsnces and falsshoodsp Where are
the holes, Charley? 1t was not neces-
sRry to point out your thin, gsuzy as
sertions. They are more extravaganza
than the 'sxtravsgance" Of the republi-l
can party which you have been founder
ing around trying to defend. Colossal
and sudscious," you certainly mean your
own assertions" don't you? Easily
refuted and overthrown" is ltY Not byl
such stuff. Senator, I am surprised. IT.
appears to me that the people of your
county should look for better timber for
q senator, from the ignorance you have
displayed about public affairs. Now
reader 60 back and read the para
graph from his answer again and see il
you don't think the senator is in deep
water. Why does he make such wild
statements? Has he yet learned what
the word "truth" means? Should take
time to show up any more of his night
mare assertions?
So far as a comparison Of legiS-
latiUe expenses is concerned iii
be fair to sag that the present
administration is PopuIist Ichen the
PopulistS haze the governor, the ap-
pointing pos0eT, and the senate, tho
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-13
ZERCHER'S CONTINUED RESEARCH
Showing a Saving of Sl,8l0.948 80 in
Favor of the POpulistS, and There's
More to Follow Republican Campaign
Literature Paid for by the State Have
POpuliSts Kept Their Pledges9
LETTER NO. 81

1t is not surprising that the republi
cans who have held the Offices in Kansas
for thirty years should surrender then
with great reluctance. Neither ID il
surprising that they should say many
bad things OF the party in power
But in my chastisementOf my old
party associates, l have endeRv'
ored to temper my letter with
mercy, by administering to them in
homeopathic doses. l have never
thought that too strong doses are
best in cases where the patient
is so weak and sickly, and especially
where the disease has been Of so long
standing as to cover period Of years, in
fact, where the disease has become
chronic l therefore included only q
portion Of the facts and records which
might have been given in my last letter.
A prudent general usually holds a re-
serve force for unexpected attacks.
I regret very much that my former
article appeared in two papers ION the
same day. with some errors which were
made in copying the original manu-
script. | regret also to note the unfair
ness of some republican papers who,
after being furnished with q corrected
copy, and attempted to answer the artl-
Gle as tt IS, afterwards procured copy
containing the errors and made another
attempt to answer it by pointing out
those errors which / had already cor
rected, and had requested both Of said
papers to give proper notice of the cor
rections.
In my former letter, which was given
to the press fifteen days before election,
it was my purpose to give comparison
Of state expenditures which would in
clude the general facts and features Of
the subject. And while the discussion
has suggested additional ideas which
will be considered in this letter, there
has not yet come to my notice single
instance where any Of the foregoing
figures have been successfully contro-
verted. Neither would l change q line
or q syllable Of it, If had it to write
again. There has been some noise made;
there have been some laborsd articles in
various republican papers attempting to
explain it away; there have been in
genious demagoglcal attacks made upon
it; but it still stands like q strong tower
ing oak defyiDg all opposition.
All attempts to answer it have been
by gsrbling NY letter, and, in some in.
stances, shsmetully miEquoting me. For
example, Senator Parker Of johnson
county, in the OlRthe Mirror rep Of
November 2, says: "The printing with
out warrant Of law at public expense Of
e5,26L65, the Dunsmore house journal,
etc." when the following is what / said:
"The 1000 copies of the Douglass house
journal cost s526l65 or $4S9 per copy,
and $500 copies of the Dunsmore house
journal cost s2,2334S or SO cents per
CODY" The reader will notice that the
senator has milquoted me by giving the
cost Of the extravagant Douglass house
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-13

was printed by authority Of the house oi
representatives, and also on requisitior
from the state printing committee under
authority of law found in the session
laws Of 1891 on page 70 which says: "a
majority Of said persons (the printing
committed may decide as to what shall
be printed" This law Contemplstes the
printing Of such matters as is necessary
for the general information" and large
number Of people regardless Of Their
political beliefs were anxious to see, and
requested q copy Of the proceedings Of
the Dunsmore house. Such requests
were made by the hundreds to the secre-
tsry Of states office, number of whom
were republican members Of the legisla-
ture Of 1893.
Now, if Senator Parker had wished TO
be fair he would have had my letter pub
lished entire, so that his readers could
have read it connectedly. Then he is
welcome to answer it. But neither he
nor any other republican will allow it to
be- put before the rank and file Of his
party, and give me fair show, because
he is afraid Of the records. Again, the
senator says: l%Your Botkin impeach-
ment trial at an expense, as you say, Of
$4,000 ia your bill" Is that so? Oh,
no, senator, yon can't palm Botkin off on
US, as much as you would like to get
rid Of your notorious republican judge.
Nor can you hold us responsible for the
expense Of that investigation, inssmuch
as the petition asking for the impeach-
ment was signed by republicans, j. F.
Vsnvoorhis, chairman Of the republican
central committee Of Seward county,
heading the list; and the petition wss
presented by republican member Of
the house. The house simply conformed
to It's constitutional duty in making the
investigation after the charges were fled.
The senator ought to and undoubtedly
does know this fact very we'll. See
house journal of 1891, page 8O5. You
are welcome to sll the satisfaction you
can get out Of that point.
Senator Parker is also unfair, because he
does not stick to his text. We are compar-
ing the session Of 1891 with the session Of
1893, but wherever he could find some
thing favorable to the republicans dur
ing the sessions Of 1886, 1887 and 1889 he
has attempted to ring it in, leaving the
unfRvorsble things unmentioned. 1
would as soon make comparison with
either Of the years he mentioned, but
then he would want to call up something
during the session Of 1891. He is like
the IrishmRn's flea, "When you put your
finger on him, he amt there"
When Senator Parker said that l sent
out my letter at public expense,he penned
a malicious falsehood. / presume he
judged me by his own party associates,
At least / have seen here about the
state house considerable stuff that looks
like republican campaign literature
which was both printed and sent out at
public expense, in three different Ian
guages, German, Swsde and English. ]
refer to the printing by the thousands of
Governors Martin and Humphreys
messages in combined form. On page l,
of Secretary Higgins report for 1889 and
1890, We find the following:
'-nLn.- d IL D
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-13

Il AA4CsStA
suppressed Rs to their REAL NAME o.
given in the report under some othel
name.
The following is an exact copy OF 6
postal card printed by Mr.. Higgins, sev.
ersl Of which were found in his Office
after he turned it over to his successor
STATE OF KANSAS,
SECRETARY's OFFICE,
TOPEKA, April -, 1889.
DEAR SIR:-l can spare you -
copies Of the governors messages in Ger
man, and - copies in Swede.
Shall l forward them by express, al
your expense? Very truly yours,
VIM. HIGGINs,
Secretary OF Stste.
Now I wish to ask Senator Parker
who is lawyer, where his warrant ol
law" is for republicans publishing docu.
ments in the foreign languages? Or dc
republicans need any authority Of law
for what they do? And these are the
fellows who are "howling" that the for
eigner should not vote. Either one Of
these messages is good campaign docu-
ment. especially when presented in the
language Of their fstherlsnd. The
reader will observe that these Were
printed, too, before the lao of 1891 sOaS
passed authorizing the printing of any
document for generGl information. After
all their efforts to distribute them, there
were about 5000 copies undistributed at
the expiration of Mr.. Higgins term,
which indicates that in all probability
there were several thousand copies
printed OF which / have not as yet been
able to find a record. II any person de,
string them will write me personally en-
closing 8 cents in postage l will send
them.
Come again, Brother Parker, il you
wish to stir up any more skunk's nests.
The senator also claims credit for
unexpended balances from the session Of
1891. The amount Of such balances
which reverted back into the treasury
from the appropriations for 1891, is $685.
1886 AS the amount of unexpended
balances which will revert back into the
treasury from the present administra-
ton will certainly exceed this amount
and on account of which there would be
a credit due the Populists Of the excess,
it will surely be fair to republicans to
allow one to balance the other.
Senator Charley Scott, editor Of the
lola Register (rep.) made an impetuous
assault in his issue Of November 3, in
which he evidently thought he had an
initiated me. His whole hsrangue is on
par with the following which is copied
from his paper: "He (Scott) would take
the prod OF truth and punch so many
holes in 1t (my letter Of records) that
there wouldn't be enough Of it left to
bury. OF all the romsnces and false
hoods deliberately devised to dupe and
deceive the people, this financial ex-
hibit" by Mr.. Zsrcher is absolutely the
most colossal and sudscious, and at the
same time the most easily refuted and
overthrown. For instance: Mr.. Zercher
claims that the $213O22O7 spprOpri-
stions for the Worlds Fair, cholera in
vssion, state university, agricultural col
lege, state normal (interest funds) and
deaf and dumb school, double sppropri-
atom was saved by the Populists be-
The Helena independent., 1893-12-14
A Congressman and Truth.

Tho congressman was telling his expert
ence in the back county district, as he ell
ways loves to do when his arduous labors
let up on him for few brief moments.
"Once," said he, II was caught on the
road just about dark with lame horse,
and it became necessary for me to stop
over night 10 miles from the place I was
billed for. I made for the nearest house
in sight, and there was no one there except
a woman and her sick husband. The
woman responded to my hello and came
to the door.
''Can I stay all night beres' asked.
and get feed for my horse?'
"'What's yer name?' she inquired.
II told her.
"'Who air you?'
"'Im the member of congress from this
district, trying to get to the next town,
and my horse has gone lame on me-
1.-The what?' she asked, coming out to
the gate.
"'The member of congress from this
district
"'Oh, air you9' she said in doubtful
tones.
"'Certainly; you don't think I'd tel
you lie, do you:' said, little nettled
''She looked at me in q brown study foi
a minute.
"'Well, she said, 'bein a congressman
amt no sign you wouldn't, but I'm sorry
fer that hoss and l reckon you can stay.''
Detroit Free Press.