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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-22
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
TO CONTRACTORS AND EUlLDERS.

Office OF the
Superintendent Of Public Buildings,
City Hall, Providence, H. I, October % 1894
The joint standing committee on city property
invite proposals for alterations at Tire Station
No 9, on Benevolent street Plans and spcciGca-
tons may be seen at the office OF the superintend-
ent OF public bu dnRs.
Bids will be sealed and addressed 20 the under
signed at the Office of supcrintend dent OF public
buildings until MONDAY, October 29th, 1894. ut
4pm
The right to reject any all bids is reserved
DAVID BURTON.
Chairman Committee on City Property.
ALBERT 4 MANSFIELD,
Superintendent Of Public Buildings oct20-st
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-22

< EWING MACHINES REPAIRED NEW AND
- second hand machines. attachnssts. needles
oil bslts, etc. Chss. A, sswsn. as3 Ws1.instss
sAssk ever khsdss aAliasfy stsss
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indeed, when he threw back his head, opened
his mouth until the corners ran up to the
cheek-bones, and shot out flash Of light
from under his half-shut lids, there was some
thing quite ophIbian in his appearance.
That young Mr.. Leonard in his little sur
reptitious ranble through Chinatown was at
first attracted by the gestures and Boanergian
voice Of the Chinaman there is no doubt, but
after few moments had passed his attention
was drawn to another of the group OF which
the orator was the center. There were six
OF them in this group, sprawled about the
little gloomy store, in which nothing particu-
larly seemed to be sold. Five of them were
men and the sixth was a woman, or girl or
child, young Mr.. Leonard could not exactly
say which. Anyway, whatever her age may
have been she was as pretty as peach-or
rather as nectarine, for, like that fruit, she
was small and round and plump and juicy;
like it, her skin was smooth and vellowish-
brown, with red splashes here and there; and
she-still like the fruit-no doubt looked to be
q good deal better than she really was.
Her hair was starched out on each side OF
her head like black butterfy's wings, and
was twisted into bar behind that looked like
the handle of black teapot. This general
gloominess of headgear was, however. relieved
by sundry little paper chrysanthemums stuck
here and there, while in the thickness of the
teapot handle there were two gold skewers,
set up like St Andrew cross. Her hair was
drawn back in front from low but intelli-
gent forehead, underneath which glittered a
pair of mischievous eyes. The nose was a
snub, the mouth was quite pretty and provok-
ing and chin and cheeks and neck were
smooth and round. Down below her trousers
dark purple, like her blouse-showed two
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mission, and. the encircling arm Of the maiden
being released. he tottered out and did not
stop tottering until he had reached the hotel.
There he half frightened mamma to death by
his ghastliness, but he attributed it to ''climb-
ing so many beastly hills and after lying
down for an hour or two with bottle of
smelling salts to his nose, he was again able
to stand on his feet and face the wicked world
The next day was Sunday. and young Mr..
Leonard and his mamma went to the First
Bapterian church, that being the sect of
which the Leonards had always been strong
supporters. Mrs. Leonard's devotIons were
considerably interfered with by the haunting
suspicion that she knew the bonnet in front
OF her. and sure enough, when its wearer
happened to turn round to see the singers,
who should it be but Mrs. Todhunter, also Of
Boston.
Mrs. Todhunter, during one OF the hymns;
''we're going to have treat-converted Chi
nese."
All the missionary zeal of the New Eng
lander was stirred at this hint, and they
stayed.
The first part In the appendix OF the service
was n Chinese Sunday school, and young Mr.
Leonard did not seem to be talf as charmed
by the services as his mother had expected
him to be; indeed, it was all he could d6 to
keep from sneaking out OF the pew or lying
down iu it under plea of being poorly.
He heard the devout heather singing some
horrible travesty of dear old ''Rosseau's
Dream" with all the vigor and tunefulness Of
Il blacksmith's bellows and then be heard a
resonant, crackly voice, at sound Of which his
heart melted like wax within MIN. He
glanced fearfully up. There was no mistak-
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE AK.
Workmen Are Fearful That a Big Dis.
charge Is Impending.

workmen Are Fearful That n Big Dis.
charge Is Impending.
There is an air of uneasiness manifested st
the navy yard, owing to rumors that have be-
come current relative to a biz cut down in ex-
penses and incidental discharge of men. SO far
these rumors have failed 10 materialiZe, but 1t
is simply only question Of time until they do.
of the men when they went up 10 draw their
pay expected to receive the yellow envelope"
but their fears proved 10 be ungrounded. De-
spite the apparent proof that the runners were
untrue, tine men are not at all easy, and expect
their release almost at any time Commandant
Howell, OF the navy yard, was seen yesterday
and asked about the proposed reductions at the
yard. He said:
~ don't know any more about them than my
one else and SO cannot speak. OF course have
heard those rumors and can readily see how
they originated but as for the truth OF the re-
ports am no more able to vouch than any out
slider. can say, however, that there has been
no sweeping reduction in the force to-day This
is the regular somi-monthly pay daysat the yard
The salaried men receive their money on the
first and fifteenth of each month and that makes
to-day a pay day. The men received their
money, but as TO any order for discharge know
nothing of it Anyhow il is too late in the day
for any order to come in, ana do not feel coz
fident enough about the status of affairs to say
that it will not come in before next pay day, IL
at all. am simply in the dark and can say
nothing"
Commandant Howell admitted that the work
in the shops was almost completed and unless
some new work was ordered that he did not see
how the present force could be retained. lie
was furthermore ignorant of any more work to
be ordered, and SO naturally expected at some
time in the near future cut of formida bic di-
mems
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plump ankles covered with fine white socks;
and beneath these were two tiny feet-natu-
rally tipy-incased in shoes of light apple-
green, with high. white soles running down
to point from toe and heel like the lines
of a sampan.
The trick Of finding out that young man
Is looking at her is not confined to the Cau-
casian girl, and two minutes had not passed
before QuaDg Loo began to preen and perk.
She accepted the conical cigarette which
one of the Cinnamon offered her, throwing
out a deprecatory glance at young Mr. Leon
ard as she did so, as though to ask excuse for
the mannish custom, and pulled back her
loose sieeves-there seemed TO be five or six
of them-showing dimpled arm that was al
together feminine There followed coy looks
in the shelter of big. red silk handkerchief;
roguish smiles half hidden by a veil OF very
queer-slpelling tobacco smoke, until, almost
before he knew it, young Mr.. Leonard was
deep in the midst of a flrst-class Irritation
with q third-class heather.
Tho experience was one that made young
Mr. Leonard tingle clear down to the tips of
his brilliant yellow gloves, and that made him
flush so that his spectacles actually got dewy.
It was the first time he had ever done such a
thing, and he trembled with a delicious fever
of joyful fright to think of what he would do
ii ever his mamma should find out what he
was about.
He and his mamma were Boston people,
quite rich and undoubtedly superior She
was widow and this was her only son. her
mothers boy" He had been brought up
like q pet lamb, and, like that festive young
cresture, was very innocent and very weak
and he looked 1t. Though now nearly 20, his
mamma still called him baby. nnd SO did
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nearly everybody else for the matter of that
She would have kept him In knickerbockers
il she could possibly have done so, but even
young Mr. Leonard's mild spirit rebelled at
this. and he insisted on clothing his faccid
little self in the rig OF the a-Angomaniacs.
On those rare occasions when mamma al
lowed him 10 stray from under her maternal
eye her parting injunction invariably was,
"Now, Baby. be sure YOU don't get into
mischief" and here he was getting into the
very worst description OF that article.
He had passed the handkerchief phase. and
had arrived at that desperate state where he
was feeling shyly in his pocket for visiting
card when, in one OF the gestureful Chinaman's
comprehensive sweeps Of arms and vision,
the Celestial saw what WAS going on. For q
moment his hands hung suspended, then they
dropped with a thwack on two bony knees,
while he shot out few gutterals to his COM
panions. These looked quickly and sharply
out OF the little store window and up and
down the street, and then. at some more gut
swiftly around tho startled youth.
Before he knew what had happened young
Mr.. Leonard found himself inside the store,
sitting down beside the little Chinese girl
much closer than he had ever dared to
imagine, and tie six Cinnamon so thickly
grouped about him that he was hidden behind
them as by wail-a little wall of China, in
fact. With chld-like confidence and affec-
ton the maiden put her right arm around his
waist, aud kept It there with vigor that was
quite surprising, while she brought her left
hand, holding the big red silk handkerchief,
SO closely up to young Mr. Leonard's mouth
that he could only talk In sort Of mufied
undertone. immediately in front OF him
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lowered the tail Chipaman. and in the China

lowered the tail Chipaman, and in the China
mans hand wns a huge revolver.
"You wan buy that ill gel?" inquired this
monster. working the revolver around until
its muzzle looked like a revolving disc in an
experiment of bypnotism.
''Good gwaeious nor young Mr.. Leonard
was understood TO stammer.
"Wha' for. then, you tly mashee. heh?"
"Good gwaciousl stammered the youth
again. and there stuck, feeling very much as
If he would like to cry.
''Lookee heah. you dam fellah," said the
Chinaman, throwing open his mouth as
though he was going to swallow his victim;
"me Quong Ah Wok, baddest highbindeh San
Flancisco. Sixteen man-boy like you"-tick-
ing them of on his fingers with the pistol bar
rel-"I kill already this week. Now kill you
too. less you buy this ILL gel or give hund' ed
dollar"
Il haven't got so much money with ne"
moaned young Mr.. Leonard.
How much you got?' persisted All Wok.
"Only about S53 and some odd cents. don't
cher-know." chattersd the victim behind the
red silk handkerchief.
"Lemme have all you got, damn quick"
said the terrible Ah Wok. playfully poking
the revolver in his victims vest pocket.
Young Mr.. Leonard lest no time in handing
over his coin and bills. though the operation
left his purse as limp as his legs.
Nov, tben," said All Wok. with COM
bined movement Of the head, body, and arms
that made him look like gigantic crane
about TO take flight, now, them young fellah,
you skippee heap f-fi: and, lookee heah, you
NO say no word any one. or come-we all
coms-kill you in your ill bed"
Young Mr.. Leonard wanted no further per-
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IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY
Private Architects to Compete in the Con
struction Of Public Buildings.
Conditions of the Bill

The House Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds gave hearing yesterday to delega-
tion representing the American architects, who
advocated the passage of the amended bill pro-
viding for competition by private architects in
the construction of public buildings
The bill proposes that where a building is to
cost more than $4,000 commission, to be ap-
pointed by the President, shall select by ballot
five architects to prepare designs for competi-
tion, but when the limit of cost in less than $780,,
900 the com mission may select al architect with
out competition.
IL is understood that the main features of the
bill will have the Endorsement and earnest sup
port of the Treasury officials Assistant secre-
tary Curtis, in speaking of the matter, expressed
himself as much pleased with the general plan
of the bill There has long been great need Of
improvements in the system of erecting public
buildings. Hitherto it had seemed to lie the
consuming desire Of the officials charged with
their erection to spend every dollar appropr-
ated, regardless of everything IL was noto-
rious fact, he said, that government buildings
cost much more than the same buildings would
cost if erected by private parties. All this was
radically wrong. There was also an urgent
need of improvement in the agricultural lea
lures of public buildings. Competition, in his
opinion, would demonstrate that puolic build
ings could be erected at a much less cost and Of
far greater artistic excellence.
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ing that ophidian head and those free ges-
tures-it was Quong All Wok, the prince Of
highbinders.
He was telling the story Of his conversion,
Of his being brought out OF the darkness and
confusion of ancient Confucianism into the
perfect cearness of Baptericnism, and telling
1t with a redundancy OF picturesque action
which young Mr.. Leonard knew only too well.
"And now me el-leani' cried the convert,
with fountain-like movement of the hands
from the ch sst upward and outward, ''all
same cl-lean like snow, while you. pool sim
nels black like Mclean mans shoes. Come
be clean, come be white. then all 20 heaven,
sing, sing, sing foievah-;.men."
To say that young Mr.. Leonard was amazed
is but family to express his conaition. He
was simply stupeicd, and it was in this
stupor that he somehow knew his mamma
was taking him by the arm and leading him
up to the pulpit platform TO shake hands yith
the converted All Wok.
$50 charmed,' = he heard his mamma say,
and then he felt his hand seized in a bony
paw. a few quick low gutterals were spoken,
and then there was a thin giGSlc.
He looked up pnrlorcc. aid there. sittingin
sweet occurrences, was the little Chinesa
maiden.
''This my niece. also one Clistian gel, said
All Wok, with T. fearful worsIng OF hs mobile
jaws and lowering Of is Ills. you please
shake hands wifi Ill! Clist!nn gel
Young Mr.. Leonard vG our moist quiv-
ering hand. and felt Il g'a,ly ii-~ le;i in tho
palm. He veLtured ,inid .;itnr ron. the
corner oi his eyes aud met ou- Is .u.l OF
mischief as q mcnseys. He thought OF
Celestial vile ard OF lis |. IS aud So, ho,i.
And the maiden smiled
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CONTUMACIOUS WITNESSES.
Shriver. Edwards. and Chapman WIN Prob
ably Be Indicted To-day and Then
nloced VTuder Arrocf

Shriver. Edwards, and Chapman VIII Prob
ably Be Indicted To-day and Then
Placed Under Arrest.
A brief part of the session of the grand Jury Of
the District yesterday was devoted 20 the con-
sidera.ion of the -ses Of the contumacious wit
nesY. before the Senate sugar trust investigst-
ing committee.
The cases Of Correspondents Edwards and
shriyer were discussed among the 1urymen, and
ths certificate of Vice President Stevenson citing
the refusal of Broker Chapman, Of New York, to
tnswer senatorial questions concerning sugar
speculatons was also presented District At
torney Birney poi inted ont the law bearing on
the case, as he did recently in the two other
charges
The only witness appearing before the Jury
was John i. Searles, secretary and treasurer OF
the American Sugar Renning Company. on
whom a summons to appear was served by
representative of the district attorneys ONCE
Thursday. His examination consumed very Few
minutes, and the consideration OF other District
cases was then taken up.
District Attorney Birney said yesterday that
he was confident the witnesses would be indicted
within a very short time. 1t Is understood that
before the adjournment the grand jury author
lied the indictment OF Chapman 1t was e1
pec:ed that either Senator Gray, chairman OF
:he investigating committee, or Senator Allen
would appear as representatives Of the commit
tee to testify TO the refusal in the Chapman
case, but instead the former forwarded by
special messenger parts OF the stenographlc re-
ports OF the testimony given by Mr.. Chapman
and embodying his refusals The indictments
against the trio of witnesses probably Will pe re-
turned to-day, Immediately following which the
district attorney will cause warrants to be
and Chapman, who, it Is expected, Will sur
render and give bail, probably In u 900 each.
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'7h0 Maid6n Smiled.
tBY 7. J. vIvIAN.1

Tho most remarkable gestures he certainly
usei, and used them with afreedom that very
much surprised young Mr.. Leonard. until
that youth happened to haltingiy think that a
Chinamaa was an oriental and that the
or!eatais are born gesture-makers.
lie WIS unusually tall for Chinaman, and
unusually gaunt. too and as he threw up his
ionE arms 10 emphasize some particular state
men! 1hc heavy jade bangles slipped down
Owe his elbows. while, when he lowered his
arms again, he had to spread out his fingers
to keep the stone bracelets from falling to the
fooF. Now he would poise his left hand,
palm up in the air, and would dart his right
band IN and out of this, the fingers all
buncaed 10 point, as though it were some
birG ol prey swooping down on its quarry
A. another time he would drop both nervous
ban':s TO the .arthest limit OF arms reach
scoop NJ invisible something, and then.
E!tug this head high, would scatter it to the
fcRr winds. with n tornado motion of BODY
arl ;n!.s that was very effective.
ihr pay OF his features was quite as re-
oaEna,ie. Like so many OF his countrymen.
be was deeply pitted with smallpox, but, un-
Elc mos: OF his countrymen, his eyes were
lara-". though obliquely Set and full Of fire.
his neck was long and plant as a snake, and
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MARKET VERY SLUGGISH.
Only Light Business Done, with More Thar
Ore.half in Sugar.

One-half in Sugar.
NEW YORK, June 15.-More than one-hah OF
TO days transactions on the stock exchange
were in Sugar, and In only three other stocks did
the sales exceed 5000 shares, namely, Chicago
Gas, ST. Paul, and Union Pacific. There was
some buying of Sugar at the opening to cover
short contracts, which caused III advance of l1s
per cent, but the upward movement was quickly
checked Dy bear raid uIon the stock, under tho
influence of which II decline OF lts was made
The street wns barren OF news affecting the
shares neither the local rumor mongefs nor
their Washington allies being at work, and the
movement in the stock was purely manipulated
The reaction brought in some buyers, whose pur-
chases caused a rally OF =, but the higher range
of values induced a fresh attack by the shorts,
and reaction OF per cent ensued, which was
followed by a recovery OF rs. and later by de-
cline OF Ia, bringing the price down to $685. the
low point OF the morning. In the final dealings
n rally of III took place, of which u had been
lost at the close, the final sale to-day being at
the same figures rs on yesterday.
After early reaction Of q Chicago Gas took
upward turn under Purchases for the account
of n prominent bull in the stock, and rose per
cent before noon. After midday there were
realizing sales, which caused slight depression
in the stock which gave y. per cent, railying y,
recedinS ~ per cent, closing ct an advance OF ~
en- the day.
OF the Grangers group 81, Paul was the only
one whicn showed any special activity, and even
in This stock tine sales were smaller than usual
The fluctuations, too, were limited to a range
of Is, the Lass being the lowest price of the day
and ~ below yesterdays final sale Burlington
lost ana Rock Island gained II, respectively,
while Northeastern stands even on the day.
Some long l Mon Pacific stock was brought out
by reports thst big assessment would be levied
on the stock under The reorganization plan. A
decline OF =, resulted, of which u was recovered
on the better report OF ArIil earnings than had
been anticipated. III vi ~ OF the low estimates
PIT out hv the Orals during the past few davs
The genera! HaiEet moved sluggishly on
very light volume o! husnesa London was IN
the market to only "a limited extent merely as
small seller uf -. Paul and one or two others OF
the intern 2 mai stocks The trading was irreg-
ular and unsettled, and was weakest In the late
dealings, the market closing generally heavy
compared With yesterday. The closing prices
are pretty evenly divided between gains and
losses United States Cordage shows an advance
OF IA: Lac.-de Gns preferred. 21@; Alton and
TerTe Haute, 3, AMI National Cordage, per
cent, while declines were recorded OF IA in
Cotton OIL and in Minneapolis and 81. Louis
preferred. The uther caangcs are fractional
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DIED.

| BROwN-Departed this life On June 1S, 1894, at
o'clock a. m. Mrs GEoRGIASA BROWN, daugh-
ter of Mary batson. aged 3i years
Funeral will take place At Zion Union Mission,
2605 street northwest, Sunday, June II, at
O'Clock p. m.
DALIAs-On June "A, 1894, at $50 o'clock p m =,
OTIS CoLLERD, infant son of C. =. and +. NJ.
Dallas, aged months AMI IA days.
Funeral from his grandparents residence, 4I9
Ninth street southwest, to-day al II O'Clock a.
m. Friends invited
DANIEL-On June II, 1891. WILLIAM HENRY, son
of W. Il. and Rebecca Daniel. aged months
Funeral Will take place Today at3 O'Clock p
m., 1908 Third street southeast. Friends invited
to attend.
EsLiN-On June IL 1891, at 10 p. m, MABEL.
AGNES, infant daughter OF DR.. B. j. and Julia
Eslin.
Funeral private.
EvANs-on June IL 1884, at II 30 a. m, WILLIAM
N EVANS, aged 20 years
1nterrnent in Wicomico county, Nd.
LAWRENCE-Cn Wednesday, June 10, 1894, after
short Illness, ISABEL LAWRENCE, aged Is
years, beloved sister of sofronia Lawrence
Funeral will take place I-day 1T o'clock at
st. Luke's Baptist church, Brightwood, ID. c.
MAXWELL-On Friday morning, June l5 1894
at Is O'Clock. EDWIN EARL, only child Of Rae
and Annie Maxwell
Funeral will take place from the residence of
his grandparert, Joseph Wesbury, No. 764 Sixth
street southeast, this evening, June IL, at 30
o'clock.
REAGAN-On Friday, June Is, 1894, at 9 a. m,
EDWARD F., the infant son Of James c. and
Margaret j. Reagan, aged / month and 20
days
Interment private.
THONPSON-In Washington. D. c., June Is, 1894,
Mrs RosASSa THOMPSON, aged SO years
Services this afternoon at l. 20 o'clock at 1921
Sixteenth street iFhiladelphia, Louisville, and
san Francisco papers please cOpy.l
yIGEvENA-MARIE yIGEyExA, aged "a years, a
native OF England.
Burial service at the Lenthal Home, Nine
teenth and q streets northwest, ut $50 O'Clock
to-day. lnterInent NJ Rock Greek.
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DR.. PARKER. III4 G Street N. w.
MARRIED.

CLEMENTS-RITTER-On Tuesday, June 12,
1894, at 80 p. m, at the parsonage Of DIR. Pit
zer, r. CLEMENTS TO Miss BERTHA RITTER,
both Of this city No cards.
EMERSON-PAULDING- June ID, 1891, by
the Rev. DR.. Aspnwall, at st. Thomas chapel,
Washington, DR. j. B. EMERSON, of New York
city, and Miss KATE PRIEsrLY PAUIDING,
youngest daughter of the late Commander
Leonard Pauldng, Z. S. n. No cards
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INFORMER SILL'S STORY.
He Points Out How Superintendent Cline
Changed the REPORTS

thHHBtu tHe NePUrtS
Informer Sill continued his story Of ar NOR
plate frauds before the congressional investi-
eating committee yesterday. 1t was mainly a
detailed and technical elaboration OF the frauds
which he had explained in a general way on
Thursday
He took sheet by sheet of the "fake reports"
made to the government officers and pointed
out how Superintendent Cline had changed the
figures to make them meet government
requirements. Sills detailed explanation of his
examination then went over to Monday at II
q m
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In the Field of Politics.

The Illinois supreme court yesterday handed
down an opinion in the cases brought by the Re-
publcaus at DanvilIe and the Populists at
Springfield 20 set aside the legislative apportion-
nent made 10y the Democratic legislature last
year. holding that IL has no Jurisdiction.