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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

The Referendum Projsct--The Old Colon,
Ferry-Tax on Legaciea

The Referendum Projrct-Thc Old Colouy
Ferry-Tsx on Legacies
BOSTON, May 12.-In the senate the bill
to prevent the mutilation of horses by
docking their tails was ordered to third
reading.
The bill relating to the use of the Nc.
Iammany automatic ballot machines al
elections of town officers was amended so
that the selectmen of town may, upon
the petition of a majority of the voters OF
the town, use the machines, and was
passed to be engrossed.
Discussion WAS continued on the re-
solve providing for an amend u ent to the
constitution relating to the right of quali-
he'd voters to approve or reject laws. Mr..
Durant moved to amend SO that the re-
ferendum shall be limited to matters re-
lating to the registration and qualifica-
ton OF voters, and the amendment was
adopted by yea and nay vote of Is to 13
The resolve rs amended was ordered to
third reading by q vote Of IA to 1a
Mr.. Buckley gave notice Of q substitute
for the house bill so that liquor licensing
commissions shall be elected BY the peo-
pie instead Of being appointed BY the
mayors.
Inc mouse substituted for an adverse
report bill in the interest of railroad
employees injured while on duty.
The legacy tax bill was passed to be en-
crossed, and the bill to require the Old
Colony railroad to maintain ferry or the
Acushnet river at New Bedford was ad-
vanced one stage.
Mr.. Mellen moved that the Darling bill
TO provide for distribution OF the corpor-
alton tax be taken from the calendar.
The house, "a to Co. refused to suspend
the rule.
The order authorizing the committee
on prisons to visit the Eastern penitenti.
airy at Philadelphia was rejected.
The bill to permit the people of Worces-
ter to vote again on the question of mi
nority representation in the board of
aldermen was taken from the calendar
and passed to be engrossed, after being 30
that the question submitted
shall be Shall the act repsaling minority
representation in the board Of aldermen
be acceptedtv
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
THE GOLD RESERVE.

The foreign steamers leaving New
York today take more millions in gold
from the United States Treasury. and
while the official figures yesterday
showed that the gold reserve was down
to se2 ,sOl.675, there was engaged for
1xport today from the sub-treasury
s2,sOO,OOO which had not been de-
Quoted, and it is probable that nj
least another million will be with
drawn this morning. Thus the week
ends with less than $50, 0o0, 900 in gold
IN The reserve fund. During this gold
drain Uncle Sans strong box is the one
that naturally suffers. There is more
gold in New York among the national
banks than is at Uncle Sans disposal
even II the entire reserve fund is reck-
oned as available, which, of course. IL Is
not.
The bankers realize that the gold
drain is likely to continue under the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

wall" that has been given on,
by MIR. Cleve a "a says that
the President informs Congress
that there are few thousand royalists
In Hawaii who are loyal 10 the de :
posed Queen and will not have any
thing to do with the coming republic. I"
The Recorder asks: "What Of it?
some years ago, in this town, when the
British flag was hauled down at the
Battery, there were several thousand
royalists who, rather than accept the
Republic, went North to the British
possessions. II the royalist Hawaiians
do not like the Republic they can find
room somewhere else'
Times have changed since then, Mr..
Recorder, and Cleveland sits in the
chair once honored by Washington.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
TWO SURPRISING yERDrCTs.

There were two verdicts brought in
by two different juries one day this
week in the Providence courts that
illustrate some of the curiosities of the
jury system. A little French bow had
fallen into a pot Of molten mental and
received injuries from which he viii
never recover. He sued the parties
alleged to be responsible for his injuries
for $4,000, and the jury found them
guilty and awarded him 800, a sum so
pitifully small that it will barely
suffice to pay his legal expenses.
The second jury had libel case under
consideration. The two plaintiffs. hus-
band and wife, sued the alleged libeller
for $4,000 and $4,000 respectively. The
charge was that he had written a letter
to uutual friend in which he
reflected upon their characters. Not
more than four people had seen
the uncomplimentary letter until
the matter was brought into court where
he plaintiffs,in in endeavoring TO show how
much they had been injured. of course
made the missive public property.
They received $500 and $3.50 each.
Vuery Is II cheaper 20 MAIN people
than to write abusive letters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
Half a Century of Telegraphy.

H
| The facts brought out on the 10th anniver
sary OF telegraphy, which was recently cele-
brated In New York. are very interesting 10
the student of material and social progress.
1t was on the day of the great Whig conyen-
ton at Baltimore that the first message was
transmitted in this country that was to dem
onstrate the utility of telesraphy and relieve
Professor Morse of the stigma of being
crazy" His wire between Baltimore aud
Washington announced the nomin alton of
Clay and Frelinghuysen an hour before the
train reached the Capital
Since then the figures of telegraphy have
grown amazingly, and never so rapidly as at
present. As late as 1850 one operator sent all
the newspaper dispatches from Chicago an
nouncing the nomination of Lincoln. IL
took lso operators 10 furnish the telexraphic
news OF Cleveland's nomination at Chicago.
Even down to 1880 only 10 newspapers re-
ceived special teegrams. Now there are 600
that have special service. A single establish
ment in this country has s0O,Oo0 miles of wire
In operation. aud $1,000 offices, and last year
sent 70O)0.0 600 mes ages.
There are now In the world about 100000
miles or telegraph wire in operation, and in
addition to the telegraph lines there are near
ly ioo.On miles OF nautical cables over which
the Morse system is used. The newspaper
and press associations, which In 1880 received
but 2s,uOU0O words, now consume nearly
i'solo0,uOo words in supplying the public with
news and reading matter.
What all this signifies in behalf of public en-
lightenment and commerce almost surpasses
comprehension. 1t enables one to enjoy two
lives In one. IL has added tenfold value {,
the art, of printing, and has increased the
national wealth enormously.
Yet orthodox science aud the business world
were so sure that Professor Morse was crazy"
tha he was ashamed TO conduct the first pub
lie experiments in person, lest he should be
hooted out of confidence. What lesson on
charity aud the folly OF snap judgments!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

present administration for no change il
financial policy is announced and til,
treasury seems to be barren of expe
dents to keep its gold at home, and the,
propose to protect themselves. The ne
loss OF gold in the Treasury since Apri
30 is about 5000, 900 and the exporta-
tion of gold from New York has beer
$1,000 900, showing that from private
sources very little gold is being shipped
abroad.
AT the present rate of decrease, a
new five per cent. gold bond issue
-imilar to the last one, will be required
before the middle of June. Even if the
new tariff bill as it stands today should
De passed the immediate receipts would
not be sufficient, granting that the ex-
pectations of the Democrats were fully
met, to raise revenue to meet the
current expenses. 1t will take year
and half to get the result of the in
come tax. The sugar clause does not
lake effect until Jan. 1885, thus con-
tinuing the bounty, and preventing the
derivation of revenue from imported
sugar until next year. The refiners are
given an opportunity to stock up on this
years sugar free and hold it until the
rise comes and they would naturally avail
themselves of the opportunity to fill
their warehouses, consequently their
iinportations next year would not be up
to the normal limit. Thus help from
the tariff, allowing not only the possi-
bility of its passage, but also that its
action will be as favorable as its trainers
claim in producing revenue, cannot aid
the treasury in time to prevent a bond
issue.
Yet the Democrats in Congress, al
though they see the Administration forced
to resort to an old law to issue bonds
at high rate of interest and then use the
illegally, fail to come to the as.
sistance of the Treasury. This may be
due to the opposition that is manifested |
by the Western and Southern members to |
further bond issue, or it may be due to
he fact that Secretary Carlisle instead
'f pursuing wise, sensible course in
insisting upon sound measures of finance |
md demanding, when bond issue be-
zones imperative. that Congress
uthorize low rate issue, has been
Wiling to jump at vacuum coming
chemes and other heresies.
The situation is growing critical and
he Treasury will soon have TO borrow
nore money to pay running expenses.
In the meantime the tariff tinkering
Which has brought this deficit about is
lowly progressing with no sign of
ettlement in view.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

W. n. wilder. mayor OF Albany. ga.. saws n. ha.
suffered with rheumatism for fifteen years. and An
That time he tried all the so-calied specifics but "a
no purpose. His grandson. who was on the n a
w. railroad, finally got him a bottle Of p PIP
me hrst ootile OF u. j. .P. showed its remarkable
effects and after using short time rbe rh,nma,Isn,
dlsappeared, and he writes he feels like new man
snd lakes pleasure in recommending Il to rheuna-
tisr. srrers
BOZ sale BY all 4 Lyon, 2J7 Westminster sfree,
y. y. aenpsr o., ~ wcstminstes s,.t.. 49, -
smith. Olneyyillc Scusrs ~''s- -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
An! Going to Buy a Copy?
RoSton Herald
Boston Herald

IL seems to be quite generally allowed that
Anthony Comstock is overdoing his specialt y
IN his announced purpose TO suppress the salt
OF Tom Jones'" The suppression of vice is "a /
right, but Mr.. Comstock goes too far when he
lays hands on a look which Gibbon said
would outlive the palace of the Escurial,
which Thackeray pronounced exquisite,
which Edwin p. whipple said was uncqualled
10y any novel in the English language. and
upon whose author James Russell Lowell de-
hvered eulogy in Westminster Abbey which
was heard with satisfaction By an assemblage
OF the most distinguished and cultivated
Englishmen
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

The country will lose in the retire
ment OF Major John w. Powell of ILL
nois, director of the United State,
Geological Society, one of the most
valuable scientists in any branch OF
service. His retirement is all the
more regretted from the fact that
it is made by the sufferings caused
by his old army wounds. especially in
mis- left arm. which is amputated
above the elbow. He will 90 10
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
whsre it Is believed re-amputation
VIII Be necessary. Major Powell stands
pre-eminsnt among the scientific men of
the world, having been honored with
membership in all the prominent scien-
tifc societies here and abroad and his
sontnbutions TO the Geological Survey
turihg bis sixteen ysars services are
snvaluable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

The new organization of Providence
street car conductors and motormen
VIII command that respect from the
community which the character of the
men composing it eminently warrants.
AS self-respecting labor organization
they may occupy the position in their
i1eld which has always been maintained
by that model union, the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. That means
that they must steer clear of the cranks
and agitators who make use of the good
name OF labor to exploit their personal
ends and purposes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

ST. PAUL May IL In the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive EngineerS convention,
Grand Chief Arthur's formal annual ad-
dress was delivered in executive session.
The fight over the rules resulted In some
changes. but none of great importar ce
The regular convention sessions are held
behind closed doors. news coming through
q reticent press com mittee
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

jon HOWARD is responsible for the
statement that it costs SEQ, 1000, 900 to
to govern London with a population of
1900, 900, and s3s. 600, 900 to govern New
York with population of only 1 800, 900.
London has no Crokers or Tammany
Hall
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
AS a Matter
of Fact---The
Majority Of
Folks
Only read ONE new,

Only read ONE news
paper. If The News ZONE
Cent? has a circulation of 100 copies
every evening You may depend upon it
that at least 60 of those copies are read by
persons who read no other evening news
paper. As a. matter of fact. THE News
actually prints nearly one hundred hundred
copies every evening and no newspaper ad-
vertising can he said to cover the field here
shouts that does not include The News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

The new rules devised for college
football seem to be based on the oft
asserted principle that heretofore the
game was not dangerous except for
those who played it.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

Mr. JOHN SLATER owns, in the
Eleanor, the finest yacht afloat and un-
like Astor, Vanderbilt or Goelct he
didn't feel it necessary to have her built
in . foreign shipyard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12
LOTS OF MONEY.
Spectators, However, Show a
Decided Wantof Confidence.


New YORK. May la.-R q. Dun q Co. =
Weekly Review of Trade says: The
strikes begin to have . serious. though,
II Is assumed, only a temporary, effect.
The number Of works depending upon
supplies Of bituminous coal or coke for
fuel Is large. and quite q considsrab BILE
proportion OF them have already been COM
PEELED to stop operations Some railroads
~ the west are embarrassed, and textile
works OF some Importance must close
soon unless the strike ceases.
The movement OF so-called armies Of un-
employed on Washington is less impor.
tant or significant than the outward
movement Of specie. which shows shrink
Ing foreign demand for products and
further withdrawal of foreign capital.
But neither strikes nor foreign distrust
long retard the progress OF the country.
In minor metals no industrial change of
Importance appears
The shipments from Boston OF boots
and shoes, according to The Shoe and
Leather Reporter are but per cent less
than year ago. but the decided increase
noticed in orders is not evenly distributed,
and manufacturers who shade prices
seem to get the lions share of work.
textile Industries.
The textile manufacturers are not inn
proving In position or prospects, for
while orders do not increase uncertain
ties in regard to labor grow more serious.
The working force shows much unwilling
ness to accept for another season the
wages which were temporarily adopted in
order to have works reopened after last
sum mer's suspension.
The apathy OF buyers in cottons is re-
fected in further decline of print cloths,
although some qualities of goods have
advanced slightly. Sales of wool again
drop considerably below those of the
same week last year. Though orders for
woolens are far below the probable re-
quirements for the next season, few man.
utacturers are bold enough to make up
goods In advance of the demand. while
ciothiers are extremely cautious. The
dressing department has much the best
of the business, although its production
Is considerably smaller than usual.
Grain Away Down.
The speculation in grain has again
broken records with the lowest prices
ever made for wheat. although western
receipts are little smaller than q year
ago, while exports are also smaller by
more than quarter. The prevailing be-
lief Is that the yield will, as in other re-
cent years far exceed government predic-
lions, which are again pointing to small
crop. Corn has changed in price but
little. and pork products have been fairly
steady. with oil and coffee unchanged.
but cotton is weaker in tone, although re-
'eipts from plantations are a little
smaller than year ago.
1t is a striking evidence of the general
want OF confidence that there is so little
'peculation, while money is abundant al
most beyond precedent.
For the past week the failures have
been 2o6 in the United States, against 257
ast year, and ~ in Canada, against %
ast year, with none of especial impor-
ance. although four bank failure are in
ludsd.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

Ayers Pills are recommended NV ,..a,.
physicians and druggists. as the most prom n,
and efficient remedy for blliousness. na,,.,'.,
costiveness. indigestion. slugcishness of ,he
liver. jaundice and sick headache; also ,o re-.
lsye colds. fsysrs. neuralgia and rbeumstlsm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

Boss McKANE seems already to be
securing the same kind of praise that
came posthumously to Boss Shepard of
Washington, d. c., and the French
baron who beautified Paris. Mayor
Schieren Of Brooklyn gives McKane
credit for making beautiful spot of
GraYesend, DOW q suhnrb= of Bfeeklyn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

CARL BROWNE, the Sancho Panza of
the Coxey parasites, is moved to remark
that the name of Liberty is Dennis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

CLEVELAND. May 12.-Judge Draper
superintendent of the public schools of
this city. has resigned, and will accept q
call to the regency Of the University OF
Illinois
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

IT is reported that the English fail 10
comprehend the Wilson bill in its pre-
sent shape. Who does?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

After nine hours OF suffering New
forks big elephant, Tip, expired in a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

1T seems to be question whether Boss
Croker resigned or abdicated.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

They call it the German tariff bill in
the Senate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

IHE New York Recorder in speaking
ef the latest information from Ha-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-12

- Patrons will confer favor by re-
porting TO this ONCE any irreguIarity in
the delivery of THE NEWS, or inability of
newsdeaiers TO supply all demands.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-16

side aud outside Of public buildings,
In court houses, town halls aud school
houses there is scope for all the bud
ding artistic instinct in the American
soul. Public buildings may be i'm
proved by archile turai additions, and
beautified by paint and repairs hy
decorating the walls aud ceiling
aud by the addition Of pictures and
sculpture. The farmer will have his
share Of the work chiefly in improving
the public roads and beaufifyiug the
landscape, He will first remove f.om
the public view all uDsightly Obj cts
and structures on his ground. The ex-
pense of the public decorative league
can always be met if people are public
spirited.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-16
nMNNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
sOHUYLKILL DYIsIOE

Trains will leave Shenandoah after the sbov,
date for Wiggan's Gilberton, Frackville, New
Castle, st, Clair, Pottsvillel Hamburg, Residing
PottstOwn. PhoeniIville, Norristown and Phil,
adelphis (B Dad street station) at $500 and ll45
=. m. ana 4:l5 p. NJ. on week days For Potts
vile aud intermediate stations s'lOa m'
For Wiggan's, Gnberton Frackvtlle, New
Castle, ST. Clair, Pottsville at 800 q:40 q m
and S:i0p. NJ. For Hamburg, Reading, Potts
town, PhoeniIvine, Norristown, Philadelphis
81 500, 9:40 a. m, 3:l0 p. m.
Trains leave Fraokville for Shenandoah 3
1910 a. m. and 1874, 5.0a, 7l2 aud 1927 D. 70
Sundays, II 10 q. N. ana 3 40 ., m.
Leave Pottsville for Shenandoah at 1915
1l:48 a. m, and 4:40, 7:l5 and l0d0 p. n Sunday
al l0:40 a, m and 5;l5 ., m,
Leave Phlladelphla l3roao street station) tot
Pottsville and Shenandoah at ~ and s 50 n
Z 10 aud II m week days. On Sundays leave
at 8 50 a m. For Pottsville, % m.
at 2G, 05 4 so, Is, 50, 28, 90 9 so, II 90
II IA m l2 90 noon, IL "A ?, m, QLlmited Ez.
press 05 and 50 M. dining carsl I 40
10 90 N, 12 OF night, Sundays 8 90 4O5, 4 So
Is 8 12 Q so IL 03 II 35 m, l2 "A, 40, S0 0(
Qimited 4 bO) 20, 20, 50. 2 25 and l2 IN Ant
FOR Sea Girt. Long Branch ana intermediate
stations, 80, II Il m, ana 90. n
weekdays
10, 10 20, II Is IN, 12 10, u2 30 limited dininl
car,) 30, 3 49, 4 Al, (5 l6 Congressional LIMITED
Pullman Parior Cars and Dining Carr, u
I days, 50, 20. 9iO, Ii IS q M. z 10, 14l, 65G
II II and 40 p m.
/ For Richmond 90 3 N, l2 10 and II 80 p N
/ daily, and 30 p, n. week days.
Trains will leave Harrisburg for Pittsburs
/ ana the West every day 81 20, 10 a m, Is 2
p N limited, so, 30, II 55 p M every cay
| Way for AltoOnA a. 10 m sno 20 ? N ever
day. For Pittsburg ana Altoona ut II " a Q
| every day.
Trains win leave Sunbury for Willi9mspori
I Elmira, OanaudaiRuG, Rochester, Buffalo an
Niagara Falls at 85. 5 i8 IN, and IS p N wee
days. For Hlmira at A m week days 70
| Erie and intermediate points atb l8 IN daily
For Lock Haven At 10 and 8 50 q ~ dHily, q
| and Al 10 week days For Remove 81 : l5
| m, IS aud a 10 week days, and iBa 10 q
Sundays only For Kane 30 70 M, DAILY
I rs o n week days
3. NJ PROVOST, J. r. WouD
Gan'l MhuaZsr Gani Fass'F's Az
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MIR. sheehan Not Gunty.

ALBANY, Feb. 1.-THE senate committee
appointed at the request Of Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan TO investigate the
charges of corruption in connection with
the Buffalo bills before that body, found
that the newspapers were all right. As
semblymen acknowledged that attempts
had been made to obtain their votes for
certain amendments to the bills Report
ers testified that $4,000 was the price
named in connection with the attempted
bribery, but the name of the lieutenant
governor was not coupled with the affair,
50 far as they knew.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-16
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Reports from New England tell of Sc
we're storms all along the coast yesterday.
jacques Leonard Maillet, the well known
French sculptor, died at Chassey, France,
aged g.
ZoraldalSamuels mother of Jesse and
Frank James, is reported dying at her
farm, two miles from Keany, Mo.
May Brooklyn, who played the part Of
Mistress Page in "Alabama," committed
suicide in San Francisco last night by poi
son.
A track sweeping machine in New York
last night carried "A woman two blocks.
She was unconscious when picked up, and
terribly bruised.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-02-16
Carbsrrr SIN Hlconurhlnr.

NEWARK, Nj, Feb. 16--John Carberry
the Newark man who has become famous
through his seven weeks suffering from
hiccoughs, is not ont Of the woods yet. On
wednesday Curberry underwent an opera
uon, which 1t was believed would cure
him. II consisted of seyering and remov-
ing section of the inferior dental branch
of the inferior maNillary nerve, which is
located in the under part of the jaw. Dur
ing the night Carberry had bad attack of
hiccougMng, and yesterday he had an
other attack DR. Towle says there is no
immediate danger, and he feels confident
that Carbery will recover.