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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

Sam Pemberton, who had been In his
younger days captain Of a whaling vessel,
was invited with his wife To take tea at q
neighbor's, and during the meal some one
passed the captain plate Of cheese, where
upon his wife became much agitatcd and
exclaimed: "Sam Pemberton, you be very
careful how you eat cheese. You know
how have to suffer whenever you do"
All who were seated about the table were
curious to know how It was that Mrs.
Pemberton should suffer when Mr.. Penn
berton ate cheese, and so the captain ex-
planned after this manner:
IN tell ye what Marian means. Ye
see, about week after I'd left tn ship we
were visitin our daughter Jane down in
tn city, an one night we he'd for supper
some cheese er good deal like this, an rs
I like cheese eat quite er lot on 1t. Waal,
after I'd gone ter bed he'd tn greatest
dream ye ever heerd tell Of. / dreamed
thet was aboard me ole ship, an there
cum up such er storm as 70 never see /
SEQ there wasn't but one thing ter do, SO
yelled ter tn furst mate, Heavo over tn
bow anchor Waal, he tried, but somehow
he couldn't do IL, whereupon I sprung up
an yelled, Stand aside, ye landlubber,
On sec me hcave it, An after tugging q
good deal over IL went. But would ye
believe me thet ole bow anchor begun ter
holler; Sam Pembertonl Sam Pember-
ton, what are ye er doin Off
Tibet walked me up, an what dew ye
s'pose I'd didY
"Instid cf throwing over the bow anchor
I'd pitchoA Mariar out of bedP'--Voice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
WILL THEY SUCCEED.

No city in the world suffers more from
narrow, crooked streets and congested
street car traffic than the city of Boston.
Centuries of time in the aggregate are
lost weekly by people who are unable to
get to and from their homes on schedule
time. A company that would
solve the question stands ready
backed by men of unlimited capital
and willing to deposit nearly half a
million dollars in cash with the State
Treasurer as an earnest of their inten-
tion to live up to the requirements
of the charter they seek. and
yet with two exceptions the
press of Boston jump on the proposition
with the bitterness that either indicates
that their fingers are not inside the
sugar bowl or that personal spite is now
being satisfied. In the meantime it
looks as though the Legislature would
grant the desire Of the people regardless
Of the protests of the newspapers and
give the city suitable method of rapid
transit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

A New York Cleveland organ. which has
been tireless and Inscriptions in its efforts
to bring about the degradation of American
labor through the enactment Of the Bourbon
bill. now urges that each State
ought 20 havea standing army, to be known
as the state police. "for the preserva-
ten OF order and the protection of prop
erty." Certainly. IL the toilers Of the United
States. who. before the blight Of Cleveland
Bourbon Sugar Trust legislation had come
upon the land. were In a condition of COM
psrative comfort and contentment, are TO be
reduced TO the European level Of poverty and
misery. standing armies, as proposed by the
Mugwumps. will be a necessity. Republican
protection. by promoting the general welfare
and enabling all who were not Intentionally
idle 10 procure well paid employment, made
such proposition unnecessary. but European
wages may be we'll followed by standing
aruiss sf csnststulary ersauissd after the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

Assistant Secretary Hamlin has started
on an inspection tour" with private
secretary to visit Alaska " to count
SEALS" This is rather menial job for
a $5c00-a-year secretary, but then Mr..
Hamlin may need vacation and as
Mr.. Cleveland has set the example why
should not his underlings improve
upon 1t? OF course the government
has corps of men appointed for this
purpose, it has big fleet there at big
expense, and there is no business or
other reason why Mr.. Hamlin should
make any inspection tour" but the
present time is a very delightful season of
the year to visit that section of the world,
so this extraordinary official junket
was planned. The average American
citizen has to take advantage Of some of
the numerous excursions planned by the
famous excursion projectors and pay
his own bills. Secretary Hamlin has
Uncle Sam to draw upon. Yet it is only
a few months ago that this same Mr..
Hamlin posed as the boss reformer
among reformers and urged economy in
the administration Of government. That
was before taking Office; his Alaskan
trip is after taking.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
The Sugar Trust is the Government.

New York Journal OF Commerce.
The important work OF the investigating
committee Is to clear the innocent, not to in
form the public. The public will get all the
information 1t needs when the roll is called on
this schedule and it is noted who dares to vote
for 1t.
The appalling act already disclosed Is that
for some months past the Sugar Trust has
been the Government OF the United States.
The people of the United States had voted for
reform Of the tariff; they had elected what
they supposed was their Government for the
purpose of accomplishing this end. And now
they md out that whether they have
tariff reform or not depends upon the
consent of the Sugar Trust The
tariff law must give the Sugar Trust
wealth beyond the dreams of avarice or 1t
shall not pass, says the Trust: and up to date
1t looks as II it owned the Senate, which
formerly belonged TO the United States, and
could execute its threat. The question of the
day has passed that of rates OF duty; IL is
whether the Government of the United States
shall be carried on for the benefit of the peo-
pie of the United States or for the enrich
ment of the Sugar Trust.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

CHAPTER Sos.

CHAPTER Sos.
An Ordinance Permitting the Providence Telephone
Company TO Erect and Maintain Poles and
Wires In Certai Streets.
(Approved June sth, 1s94.)
IL Is ordained by the City Council Of the City OF
Providence as follows;
SECTION 4. Permission 10 hereby granted 20 the
Providence Telephone Company to erect, maintain
and use poles and wires for telephone purposes In,
over and along the following streets, viz:
America street from Asia street 10 broadway;
Marshall street from Westminster street to Bread
way; Almy street from Westminster street 10
Grove street; Pallas t.eet from Carpenter street
10 Kenyon streets Kenyon street from Pallas stress
10 America street; Aborn street from Washington
street TO Westminster street; Jackson street from
Fountain street 10 Westminster street, Franklin
street from Fountain street TO Westminster street;
Stevens streetfrom Hawes street TO Randall square.
And also, one pole at the southwest corner OF
Washington street and Mathewson street, at the
northwest corner Of Bourn street and broadway;
at the northeast corner OF knight street and Broad
way; at the northwest corner OF Sabn street and
Broadwayi nj the northeast corner Of Snow street
nd Weybosset street; and one pole on Pine street
between Orange street and Peck street, In acco d.
ance with the accompanying report OF the Com
missioner Of Public Works.
sEc. q The permission herein granted IL sub
jec 20 the provisions and conditions Of chapter s0i
OF the City Ordinance, entitled "An Ordinance for
the Regulation OF Electric wires."
A true copy.
witness: WILLIAM r.. CLARKE.
tunei2-3t City clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
Don't Shut Up Our Shipyards.

The Fithian Free Ship bill is merely another
expression of the fool-born idea that the way
for this country to regain its former COM
manding position on the seas Is 10 shut up
every American shipyard.
An industry important in time of peace. in
dispensabie In case OF war, glorious in its
traditions both of war and peace, is to be
stifled out of existence in order that the
United States flag may decorate the construc-
tions of Greenock and Sunderland and Belfast
Lough and Stcttin and st. Nazalre.
A proud day, indeed, when having destroyed
the noolest of this nations industries we
should go forth to reconquer the worlds COM
merce with fleet of foreign-built tramps,
Hessans OF the oceani
Then our principal rival in the old contest
for maritime supremacy viii have gained the
last advantage that was in sight when she let
the Alabama loose upon American commerce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
IGNORES MONROE DOCTRINE.

The pusillanimous foreign policy tof
the present administration is bearing its
legitimate fruit and England has notified
Nicaragua that the English protectorate
over the Mosquito Territory will be
maintained in spite of Nicaragua's pro-
test, and further informs the latter
government that Nicaragua's interfer-
ence would not be permitted, THUS set
ting at defiayce the Monroe doctrine.
The administration has brought this
upon itself and now the query arises
will Cleveland meekly yield and aban-
don all that this government has main
tanned during the years since the Monroe
doctrine was first maintained or will he
order the English to respect the Monroe
doctrine and leave Nicaragua alone.
1t will be remembered that in February
Of last year, President Harrison's admin
istration notified Great Britain that for
the settlement OF international questions
affecting the port OF Nicaragua (refer-
ring to Bluefelds) the government OF the
United States must look to Nicaragua
alone. In his dispatch to Minister Lin
coin on the subject Secretary
Foster very positively asserted the
full sovereignty of Nicaragua, claiming
that the rights accorded the Mosquito
Indians by the arbitral award of the
Austrian Emperor related simply to
tribal customs and not TO the alien
settlement at Bluefields, which was
self-administered, internationally ire
sponsible, withdrawn from the tribal
regimen Of the Indians, opposed to
Nicaraguan control, and prone to invoke
British intervention, which would not
be permitted.
We had Government then, and men
who understood that English encroach-
ments, either on our home markets or
on American soil must be resisted.
Today. we are trying to abandon
our markets to them and inviting
England to come in and take possession
of our neighbor's territory which has
hitherto been respected inviolate be-
cause of the knowledge that Uncle Sam
would protect it.
England estimates the Cleveland ad-
ministration Alright when it decides that
no matter how grossly the United States
rs insufted, it is safe to Insult her whife
Clevelandism is rampant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
TELEGRAPHrC BREvITIEs.

The loss of life In Oregon by river doods
will be comparatively small.
Sir Matthews Baillie Degbie. chief JUS
tice of British Columb bia, Is dead.
Canadian colonies claim that the Eng
lish estate duties will hurt them.
A German wsrship and cruiser have
been ordered Immediately to Algiers.
Italian laborers were attacked by
sympathizers Of strikers at Armot. Pa.
Ex-Premier Stsmbouloff of Bulgaria
paid q farewell visit to Prince Ferdinand.
Washington residents complain because
they have had no eastern mails for two
weeks.
The Italian deputy, de Felice. sentenced
to IS years imprisonment for conspiracy,
will appeal.
The plague visitation In China has
caused deaths by the thousands and ;s
raging still.
President Cleveland being slightly In
disposed will refrain from hard work for
. few daya
George Pinkert will attempt to cross
the English channel, June 81, on his
water-cycle.
Miss johnson won the honor of senior
wrangler at Cambridge. Eng. defeating
ell competitors.
Great Britain insists on interfering ut
Blusnelds, showing that she does not con-
sent TO the Monroe doctrine.
Governor Prt.ison has warned Pcnnsyl-
vania miners that he will resort to mill
harry force unlses riotins cesses
A mysterious black schooner with q
Spanish captain and uniformed crew
aGitates Psepls at South Amboy. N. J.
Fourteen striker are charged with i'm
plicstion in the killing Of Engineer Bar
vt Brazil. Ind, will be tried for murder
Representative DE Forest OF Connecti-
cut thinks tue Democrats will retain con-
eroi Of ceagrsss if the tari9 bill becomes
sAW
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

The tendency is unmistakably to In
their weight. This, without apprcciably
O broadside, while also greatly improving
the facilities for handling tno guns De
signers of modern ordnance now seek. TO
make tho guns as independent as possible
of ofmechanical assistance in handling which
makes them less liable to become disabled
In action. There Is also very pronounced
drift I'm the direction Of extending the rap
I'd fire system to the heavier ordnance.---
New Orleans Picayuna
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
The Democratic Program.
D-~t.. Vx,-ual

First free trade, then an income tax. then
the minting of the seigniorage. then wildcat
banking, now fres ships. Thus runs the
natural sequence OF the Democratic program.
The Fithian free ship bill. as IL is
known a worthy suSc sssor of the Bland bill to
coin vacuum, and the Cox scheme for red
dog currency, provides for the adj
mission, free of duty. to Ameri
can registry of oil classes of foreign
built vessels. schooners. ships. passenger
liners. cargo tramps, without discrimination,
for the purpose of engaging in the foreign
trade. or course this is only feint. What
is really desired is to open way for foreign
tonnage TO enter our immense coastwse CON-
merce which is three times as large as the
domestic traffic of any other n ,ton in the
world.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
A HEROIC LITTLE MAID.
General Forrest Protected From Fedexnl
Bullets by Grave Guide.


BY way Of preface to the recitation Of
his poem, Tho Veterans of the South, :"
at tho birmingham Confederate reunion,
Henry Clay Fai-man, editor OF The Sunny
South, related the following thrilling
story, given in the Birmingham Age Her
aid, rs having been vouchcd for by General
N. B. Forrest himself
MY authority, said the speaker, ''iS
Colonel John Gaade Of Virginia, who ro-
lated 1t TO me and two others at Richmond
last May, with the remark that nobody
ever heard the general repeat the incident
without heart thrills and watery eyes"
Forrest, as tho story goes, was glowing
under the conception of one of those bold
pnd unexpected enterprises which have i'm
nortalized him as knight Of the saddle
and cavalry captain of the first class
Night was upon him, and river was be
fore him.
The blow must be struck at once, or the
opportunity Of surprising the enemy would
be lost.
At the head of his eager and devoted
columns he stopped at the door OF q log
cabin, and to the poor woman who appeared
In answer to his call he said:
MY good woman, want to ford tho
river right away.
You can't do it," she answered "It's
up"
A slender young girl came TO the doos
and said:
II know where you can cross"
The mother frowned and interrupted:
mo, he can't, childl The rivers up, >
tell you, and it's dangerous, dangerous"
Forrest laughed at the strange word,
and the faces of his followers reelected his
invincible resolve.
The girl looked bravely at tho general
and replied firmly:
Mother of course It's dangerousi But
know where he can get over"
Madam" said the commander, II am
General Forrest. Let your daughter 60
with me. I'll send her back safe and
sound"
The child rushed forward impetuously,
and tho anxious - cthcr yicldeS
General, III 10 behind ~,u." cried
the girl, and strong arms lifted ner 10 her
place, and the column pressed forward
through the dark swamp under the guid-
anoe Of the wcmsnlike little maid.
BY paths she led them mile or two
down the river, and at length pointed out
tho place where tho pcrilous attempt must
be made, n made at all. Ordering his men
20 halt, Forrest rode in to test the ford.
The stream was rocky, roaring and tur-
bplent end when The borsemen - pear
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

CAPTAIN MAHAN, u. S. NJ, to whom
all the powers OF Europe desire to dc
honor on account of the great naval his
tory of which he is the author, is not at
all disturbed by the presence of few
foreigners in our navy. He suggests
that nation that trusts thousands OF
aliens every year with the franchise,
ought not to be disgusted if few hun
dred foreigners have fighting room on
board the cruisers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

AIoUNG woman has won the honor of
senior wrangler at Cambridge, Eng.
d'stancing all her male competitors.
Wrangler is the title given to some
thirty Of the most successful competi-
tors in the highest mathematical exam
ination at Cambridge answering to the
first class in the final mathematical
schools at Oxford. Another good argu
ment for opening university and college
courses TO women.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

Boston people are tired of their triple
headed fire commission and want one
man to boss the job. Superintendent
Sam Abbott, Jr., of the Protective De-
partment, is just the right sized man for
the place. He's been SO long at the head
OF the Protective Department that he
would instinctiyely try to have as little
loss as possible fall on the companies,
and then there isn't better fire fighter
in al Boston than this same Abbott.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

ALL the Maine Congressman have
been re-nominated save Tom Reed, and
he isn't worrying any over his chances.
A Republican paper in Portland
suggests to the Democrats that it
would be proper caper for
them not to make any nominations
against him this year in order that he
may appear III the role of the favorite
son. The Democrats can pay this COM
pliment and yet not abandon their NOM
inaticn by putting up any one of his
recent opponents. Neither Tom Reed
nor the public will ever know that he
hac rival this year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
GHINA,S GREAT PLAGUE.

A disaster, a tragedy, plague, or
other horror shocks us in proportion to
it's proximity or remoteness. A railroad
collision in front of our homes sends a
more tremendous thrill of horror
through us than if it took place in
Mexico. We realize in the first in
stance the full horror Of the event,
in the latter we read, unmoved,
of the destruction OF life and the maim-
iEg of limbs. A personal interest is
what is needed to bring out the full sig
nifcance OF any event which is only
another way of saying that one half the
world, having no connection with the
other half, does not know how the other
half lives.
For example today plague is sweep
ing over China that has attracted little
or no attention elsewhere from the fact
Of its remoteness and the lack of
personal or business interests in the
welfare OF that crowded nation. Yet
that part of the world, according to
the latest cable reports, has been
thrown into state of terror and panic
almost without parallel. In Canton and
Pakhoi the disease has been prevalent
for some weeks, and now having reached
Hong Kong the whole world is notified.
In the first two named places
tens of thousands of victims
have been carried off. The plague as it is
described by medical men is almost ex-
actly similar in appearance and symp-
toms to the "great plague of London"
which devastated that city in 1865,
was noted first in Canton about the end
of April, prior to which there had been
period Of prolonged drought. The
disease is of a bubonic charac-
ter, with purplish or black swell
ings in the glandular regions,
in the groin, armpit, nnder the knees
and in the neck, accompanied by terrific
fever, the temperature going at bound
mp TO 1O5 deg. and over 100 deg. 1t is
frightfully rapid in its course, death
ensuing and the body turning black,
putrid and swollen to thrice it's size in
the course of 12 to "a hours. Very
strong men have resisted the attack for
two days and then succumbed, but as
many as 50 per cent. Of those attacked
in Canton died in one day. Those who
held out for three or four days generally
recovered, but they were very few.
Six thousand fatal cases are known to
have occurred in one district in Canton
in the old Mohammedan quarter OF the
city-within week. A foreign mis-
sionary resident in Canton made syste-
matte inquiries which he AYERS show
that mp to the 9th inst. at least go. 900
persons have been carried of. All the
immense business of the city was at q
standstill, and the inhabitants who
could do so were fleeing into the country.
No other country on the face Of the
globe could be suffering from such an
awful disease and so little be known
about it.
Think Of what tho figures mean and
You will have some idea of the horror of
the situation. Add to the fatal char
acter OF the disease, the ignorance, the
superstition, the habits and the poverty
Of the people attacked and you have all
the elements that blended together
make the visitation one Of the awfullsst
iuhictions that ever was visited upon q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

people. None but the Chinese have
been attacked and medical experts at
tribute the cause 10 the aDominable
habits, the filth and the poverty OF the
people.
The danger Of the disease spreading
to other countries is not considered
very serious at present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

Sne middle he was fred upon by Federal
pickots from, tho opposite banks and be-
fore the general could realize her purpose
the girl had risen to her feet on tho horse
and sprang in front of him.
General" she cried, clinging to his
neck, "let me stay in front! II one Of ls
must die, let me diel The south cannIt
spare you!''
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

TIE hgerians will see more men OF
war on their little strip Of African coast
within the next month than they have
ever seen. England, France, Spain and
Germany have already despatched war
ships and other countries are yet 10 be
heard from.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

THE promptness with which France
sent her warships to parade in the waters
off Algiers indicates that Spanish rights
In Morocco, in case Of civil war and
European Intervention, will hardly be
tolerated by her nearest neighbor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

GEORGE GOULD will unquestionably
bring back souvenirs of many yachting
victories, but they will be made possible
only by the skill and genius of Rhode
Island yacht builder, not by the untold
wealth Of the present owner of the
ViRilsut.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13
bet your last dollar she will wed an
American.

BACTERIA have been discovered in a
telephone transmitter, but they were 80
small that they had TO be magnified 1900
times before they became visible. Prob
ably Central had just inquired, well,
what do You wanty can hear you il
you don't phil the bell off, and they had
shriyelled up to got as far out of the way
as possible.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

The London cabmen are dissatisfied
with Home Secretary Asquiths ruling
as arbitrator of their difficulties. Here
IL chance for well-known Providence
politician to offer his services to the
cabbies
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is only slightly
indisposed, but the rest of the country is
sick we'll nigh unto death, The peme-
cratic dose Of nisrule has given it that
tired feeling.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

SILVER bobbed up again in the House
yesterday for breath of fresh air, but
will duck again before being perma-
nently disfgured by hostile legislation.
The time isn't ripe for silver, just yet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

NELLIE GRAsT-sAnroRls says she isn't
engaged TO be married. She ought 70
know. "Nellie Grant" deserves good
husband. and should she venture sec
end time into matrimoDy, it is safe to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-13

CONGRESSMAN DE FOREST of Connec-
0Cut thinks the Democrats win retain
Congress If the tariff bill becomes
Law. His thinking box must be out of
order.