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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
KNOCKED out.
Fitzsimmons Killed Con
RiOrdan Accidentally.
The Blow Struck During a Vaudeville
Performance at Syracuse.
BY The Associated Press.

SYRACUSE, NOV. I7-Robert Fitzsim-
mons knocked out Con Riordan, his spar
ring partner, last night in the first round
in the set-so which closes the performance
of his vaudeville show The blow was a
right-handsr and caught Riordan square
on tho chin. The accident occurred at
1880 o'clock, and two physicians worked
over him with applications Of electricity.
At 1880 o clock ne was finally brought 90.
1t was stated that Riordan was not sober
when he came on the stage for the set-to.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
SAD SUICIDE WITH SCISSORS.

Miss Annie MUNICH died at the Rhode
Island Hospital az 12:i5 last night from
the effects OF a self inflicted wound in the
throat with pair of shears at the resi-
dence OF Peter Nelson, 1S Grant street,
Wednesday morning. The police OF the
Fourth Station notified her sister, who
lives at AZ Federal street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
LOST IN PROVIDENCE.

Ten turbsned Turks passed through the
streets this morning on their way from the
Union Railroad Station to the Bristol
depot. They had come in from Whitman
tic and were going to. Fall River
to take part in Washburn's Lost in
Egypt" performance. They lost them
selves here at the corner OF Dyer and
Crawford street and Patrolman Willard
offic.ated as Moses.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
EIGHT CLUBS THUS FAR.
III The Associa,ei Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE circuit com
mittee OF the new American Baseball asso-
citation met here yesterday. The associa-
tion will consist of eight clubs, Of which
seven have been placed. They are: Chi
cago, Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn,
Milwaukee, Washington and Pittsburg.
Applications for the vacant franchise have
been received from st. Louis, Detroit, Bos.
ton and Buffalo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
SUICIDE AT NORTH END.

Andrew T.. Whitford, aged "a, commit
ted suicide az 1909 Gladstone avenue at s
o'clock this morning by inhaling iilumi-
mating gas.
When one of the inmates Of the house
won't TO his room she found him in an un-
conscious condition, Drs. Freimsin and
Donnelly were summoned, but could not
save his life. Medical Examiner Palmer
viewed the remains and decided that
death was caused by inhaling gas with
suicidal intent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17

D-TvEr. Nov. 1.-THE ROCKY Mountain
News SAYS q evusisrt3 is sclcmiug 20 OBJ.
tain con tfcl oi Oh. silver market and die
tate the price OF thc metal 10 all silver.
using countries. A conference was held
in this cisy shis week. M which plsas we've
laia sxs fer tsssnH szxaAisstsA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
HAD HIS LEG BROKEN.

Patrick Carroll, who lives at 1854 Pavilion
avenue, was driving along Eddy street,
last evening, when his horse was
frightened and ran away. Carroll was
thrown out and his left leg was broken
below the knee. lie was carried to the
st. Joseph Hospital.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
Riord Is Dead.

Riordan died at the Capdee House at
$3.50 this morning. At about 3 o'clock he
was in the same state OF Inconsistencies
which he had been in all tho evening
when the lsborious breathing aud ner-
vous twitcbing of the muscles OF his face
and body warned the physicians of his
approaching death. At 3:15 O'Clock his
breathing had almost entirely stopped
him lifeless. At his bedside at the time
of his death were three physicians and
about twenty members OF the
local sporting fraternity. Fitzsimmons
when Informed OF his death was much
affected and burst into sobs, The coroner
was notified of his death at 3;45. Fitz-
simmons hns been locked up awaiting the
action OF the coroner.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
Westminster Unitarian church.

Mrs. Hascall OF Boston, who sang so ac-
ceptably at the Oratorio Of the Messiah given
by the Arion Club in Infantry Hall. last
winter. will sing tomorrow. She viii sing
"Hear Ye Israel" by Mendelssohn.a at morning
service. and "Be Thou With Me-" by Hitler, at
evening service.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
LAST EDITION
CAPTAIN is DEAD.
The City Paymaster Receives a Fatal
Stroke OF Apoplexy.

Captain Augustus J.. winship OF the
Proyidenee police department, and pay
master of the city, died at the Rhode
Island Hospital at 2:15 this afternoon.
He was stricken with apoplexy Thurs
day afternoon while driving. and was
found in his buggy in an unconscious
condition by Walter Sherburne OF Hook
and Ladder 8. At the advice
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
SOME ONE STOLE TEETH.

Some one smashed IN the smutt showcase
OF DIR. Fechny that is suspended from the
side of his Office door on Westminster
street, and stole the contents, consisting
of valuable display set of gold-filled
false teeth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17

WAsnNGToN, Nov. "a. sa m.-Forecast for New
England for 81 hours; Rain OF SNOW today and on
tho coast tonight. Fair suad ly and much cooler
northwest winds
.oa- b. weather is ciou1y and threatcning in
th'middlc and north Ailantic coast sections. con-
unued fair and mostly clear elsewhcrc co der east
Of ne Mississippi River; rising temperature in the
northwest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
The Baby Lions

Do not wear shoes. but the boys and girls do
who 90 TO see them. and we have just the ones
for them TO wear All styles and the best
wearers to be had at the very lowest price.
{. g. MCLAUGHLIN.
272 North Main Street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
&1.OO and SLID

For Misses Springfield Button Shoes that were
SlX5 and $3.50. All sizes and widths. Come
early and get your size.
c. c. MCLAUGHLIN,
212 North Main Street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
Republicans

are sweeping everything before them; and In
order TO make IL perfect success they should
have pair of our shoss which will stand the q.
racket. G. @. MCLAUGHLIN.
2.2 North Main Street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
PROHIBITION is IMPORTANT.

Hon. Edwin &. Pesrce aud Francis CAL
lag her addressed large audiences ct the
Bell Street chapel last evening, on the im-
portance of prohibition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17

Commencing Sunday next, tho Shore Line
Express will run every day in the week, leav-
ing Providence for New York ut iN3 p. m. and
for Boston at 500 y. m, due in either city at
$50 70, IN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
For Lunch Saturday Evening

or any other time. Gem Lunch Room, sl7 In
dustrial Trust Bldg. and 10 cent rates. All
flrst-class. lake elevator.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
SEVEN CALLS TWENTY.

Joseph Greene stole ~ worth of elec-
trio bells from Charles n. George & Co.,
yesterday, and today was fined $50 and
costs in the Sixth District Court.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17

synopsls-Thc conditions are very unsettled this
morning in the middle states and the northeast.
while in upper Michigan an energetic snowstorm
Is IN progress. Fair weather Is general through
out the Inferior OF the country and in the and
northwest The temperHtuT ms 1uiien deeise.a.y-
In the lake region. the OhiD aud Mississippi val
ieys, aud In the southwest and T. il expected that
much co der weather viii be Cxpericnced in the
east tomorrow end Monday There has been rise
in the extreme northwest although freezing
weather sull occupies tie greater part Of that re-
zion. In New England The range is from SO at
Northheld, VI, to % a. Nantucket and Block ISL
and. This ditrict is covered by clouds aud rain
is falling in northern Vermont Fresh southwest
winds the coast
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
A Few Seconds

Difference from the correct time is unneces-
sary If your watch Is repaired by Chas. A..
Towne. at Putncy's. IS Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
A Fine Entertainment.

An excellent entertainment was given
in Columbia Hall, last evening by Charity
Lodge, Daughters of Rebcksh. There was
a good attendance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-17
PROGRESSIVE WHIST CARDS! !

Since the announcement was made THE News hsn
disposed of upward of 5000 OF these cads supplying
several whist clubs. ~ -
AS was anticipated folks very glad 10 got hs cards
because they are SO niceathough they of
cheaply.
The morning call., 1894-12-08
COMMERCIAL RETALIATION.

When two men sat out to injure each
other all they can one may be hurt more
than the other. but both are hurt. So
with TWO nations. The policy of retslia-
ton is only justifable as a means of pro-
lection. The time has not yet arrived
when one nation can let another have the
sole say in regulating affairs. The United
States and Germany are now on the verge
of policy of retaliation without appar-
emily any strong provocatiOn. While the
United States admitted German beet
sugar free Germany admitted American
meats on the same terms as meats from
other countries. The last session of Con-
gress put tax on German sugar in COM
mon with tax on all other sugars, except
that from the Hawaiian Islands, and in
retaliation Germany refuses to admit
American meats within its borders. The
act is purely retaliation. It was taken
without consideration of the fact that
duties on other German products have
been materially reduced. The German
meat-producer may say that he is not di-
rectly benefited by the reduction of the
duties on Germany hosiery and TOYS but
he certainly is indirectly. The more of
their manufactured goods the German
people can export the larger the market
for farmers products. The United States
might retsliste by putting especial duties
on German manufactured products. But
there ought to he a better way to settle
their misunderstanding than by retalia-
tion.
The morning call., 1894-12-08
A POPULAR LOAN.

Since succession OF loans now seems
the policy of the administration it is a
matter for regret that the Treasury De-
partment did not borrow money from the
people. The treasury has placed a loan
with less trouble and expense Khan would
attend popular loan. but il has PLAYED
into the hands of a syndicate that is now
selling the bonds to the portion of the pub
lie that can buy q thousand-dollar bond.
But these purchasers have to give pre-
MUM of $50 for bond to that amount A
3 per cent bond in denomination of $40
and upward would without doubt have
been taken and held as an investment.
Under the plan adopted the loan is a SUBJ
lect of speculation and is liable to be con-
verified into currency and in that form
esented at the treasury. The New York
Herald. which has steadily advocated a.
popular loan. says of the new loan:
At the advance in the price they have fixed
the syndicate's profit on this transaction Will
be nearly 100000, which investors will have
10 pay for The privilege of being permitted to
lend money TO their Government.
The morning call., 1894-12-08
WHAT BOSTON BANKERS WANT

THE CALL has received a circular letter
from one G. c. Jackson of Boston in which
The CALL is urged to favor legislation for
two objects:
First, for the slow and gradual cancel
lation of greenbacks and treasury notes
and to oblige the treasury to give any,
body who asks for it gold dollars in ex-
change for silver dollars; second, for the
issue of bank currency under new laws
which shall establish proper and sufficient
restrictions for safety, but which will not
require the deposit on the bonds of the
Government of SO much capital as basis
of currency as tEe present national bank
ing laws do.
Undoubtedly thoroughly honorable bank
ers can give good reasons for these pro-
posed changes. There are bankers who
would not abuse the power they ask tho
Government to confide in them. Such
bankers would at all times see that their
paid-up capital was not impaired and that
their notes in circulation never exceed ed
an amount they could redeem within
reasonable time. But unfortunately bank-
Ing laws cannot be considered solelv with
regard to what honorable bankers will do
under them. Such laws must be consid-
cred rather with regard to what dishonora-
Die bankers may do under them. The
system of permitting banks to issue cnr-
rency on their capital has been tried and
IL did not work well. Great difficulty was
The morning call., 1894-12-08

Tue east Ms must be for the beneht OF poets
and hoVellsts, who are apt TO picture the new
moon as climbing gradually into the view on
the wrong side Of the sky.-Phladelphia Even
ing Item.
oome congressman who do NOT expect TO at
teho the snort session are said TO be writing TO
tho oergeant-at-ArmS Of the House TO seno
'heiu their mileage. Perhaps these worthy
statesmen would like TO have Congress brought
W thelr homes for their convenience.
Bee
Inc patriots who have "come TO the assist
ahce OF The Government" by buying the late
issue OF bonds Will now put the same away
thefeoy escaping the payment OF the income
TAX, winch would otherwise have had TO be paid
on thelr gold in signt.-St. Louis Star-Sayings.
HOW the policemen will eXecrate the smart
lawyer VINO succeeded in obtaining judicial
accession 10 the effect that members OF the ponce
Iolee are public officers. There is sueh thlng
as Delhg TOO smart.-New York Tribune.
Inns IS the hunting season. when men handle
their guns with the muzZles pointing toward
themselves, and the accident columns 10 the
newspapers are long and Observation-Disclosures
Express.
The great question. II q man die by electricity
snail he 1--we again? can be properly answered
ny saying: Yes, If he was not 100 much
shocked by the rreuce."-New York he
corder
1t Is said that Dave Hill has plan for re-
organizing the Democracy of New York. Better
not adopt 1t. The Democracy might get
death sentence next time. - Memphis Ava
lanche.
HAS the President abandoned the Demo
cratic party?" inquiries sorely grieved con-
temporary. Let us hope not. He may simply
Dc unable TO locate it.-kansas City journal.
The appeal for relief funds follows so closely
after the atrocities In Armenia that II may not
De We'll to convict the Basni Bazouk without a
hearing.-St. Louis Republic.
The man who makes VOW not to cut his hair
until David B. Hill is nominated for the Presi-
dency will look like one of the Sutherland sis
ters.-New York Press.
Private Secretary Thurber is a. botch at
making excuses for the absence OF his chief.
Dan Lamont ought to be on guard.-Syracuse
Standard.
Governor Waite says he has no intention OF
removing 10 Illinois. This is one OF those bless
ings that brighten as they don't come.-Chicago
Tribune.
a young man can't be such a clever amateur
love TO some other girl on the stage. -AtchisOn
Globe.
Tammany seems to have carried Its notion of
economy 10 the extent OF dyeing the judicial
ermine.-Detroit Tribune.
The morning call., 1894-12-08

found In keeping a certain class of ven
turesome banks down to a safe limit.
Such thing has been known as booming
securities. Paid-up and unimpaIred CAPT
tai is something that cannot be exactly
known. Even bankers who mean to be
honest have been known to play fast and
loose with securities when the emergency
was great.
Among the blessings of government the
people have right to demand and receive
is that of safe circulating medium,
There is no more sacred trust than that of
supplying the people with money. To
make the people safe there should not be
dollar in circulation that the Govern
ment is not responsible for. and to make
the Government safe it should demand the
highest grade of securities as a safety
fund.
The Boston bankers propose to retire
greenoacks. which for sixteen years have
been convertible at pleasure into coin. and
10 substitute in their place notes issued by
banks on no other security than their cap-
ltal. In sixteen years no holder of
greenback has suffered one cents loss by
depreclatlon or bank failures. How would
IL be If banks sprung up here and there
authorized TO issue circulating notes on
capital under their own control? AS the
Boston bankers say, the present condi-
ton OF business is unsatisfactory. Gold
manifests an alarming tendency to get out
OF the country. Such operators as Sir
Charles Rivers Wilson. representative of
the English investors in Central Pacific
stock, are here to see what has caused
lack of confidence in American securities.
But this is the inevitable penalty of ras-
cality. Such operations injure the inno-
cent as well as the guilty. Because the
Central Pacific stockholders lost their
money through excess of confidence in
eminent names other foreign investors
will sell out OF coed and profitable enter
prises. Gold will go to Europe in pay
ment of such properties. But the situa-
ton will not be improved by adding to
other causes OF disquietude the greater one
of unsecured currency
The morning call., 1894-12-08

pretended to favor it. into a form that
would not meet popular approval. It is
clear that the do-nothing position of the
United States cannot be long maintained.
If we do not commence the work some
other nation will, at the risk of provoking
an attempt to enforce the Monroe doctrine
While in the future the United States eX-
poets to make a stand upon that doctrine
the Government should take care that we
do not stumble upon false ground. An
enterprise in which the world is as deeply
interested as it is in the connecting of the
waters of the Atlantic and Pacific cannot
long be held in check on the ground that
the United States is the nation most vitality
interested. The general opinion of the
world would be that the United States
either act or let other nations act.
The morning call., 1894-12-08
sATURDAY............... DECEMBER s. 1894
MORE ABOUT THE FUNDING BILL.
DRCEMBER, lSS

The statement that the Southern Pacific
was willing to allow the Reilly funding bill
to go over was not received on this coast
with implicit confidence in its truth
There is too much at stake. If the Gov
eminent forecloses on its mortgage the
control of the road will pass from the
hands of the Southern Pacific to the Gov
eminent. There will then be a national
railway across the continent over which
trains may pass on such conditions as the
Government may see fit to impose. On
the other hand, If the funding bill becomes
a law the Central Pacific stockh olders
will control the road. The road will be
under an obligation to pay money on ac-
count of the sinking fund, interest on the
bonded debt, dividends on the stock and
operating expenses. The two first items
will depend to an extent upon the length
OF time the bonding bill gives the COM
pany to pay their debt in and the rate of
interest it is made to bear. The third will
depend upon the discretion of the stock
holders. If a dividend of per cent on
sos, 600 600 of stock should be declared it is
not clear how the road would be able to
escape paying it. If it should appear
after three or four years of trial that the
road could not earn enough to pay all its
burdens application might be made to
Congress for relief. 1t is not to be sup
posed that the Central Pacific will will
ingly forego all its chances of collecting
the amount of its debt from its patrons
and only handing sucn part of it over to
the Government as it may find it impossi-
bic to eyade payment of. On the contrary,
it is presumabe that the Central Pacific
will strain every nerve 10 push some kind
of a funding bill through Congress. The
English investors will probably cut a
figure in the case. Congress will be asked
to give these dupes of the Central Pacific a
chance to recover the money they care
Iessly threw into the Central Pacific hop
per. There is prospect. therefore, OF a
lively fight over the Reilly funding bill.
The morning call., 1894-12-08
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

1t is unfortunate that Gertrude Atherton was
able to see SO little beauty in the New York
women at the horse show. 1t proves either
that the lady has sadly defective eyes or that
she had no opportunity OF going around among
the dazzling throng.
II was the boast OF the late Sir Alfred Ste
phen, the veteran Chief Justice OF New South
Wales, that he had never In his very long life
used cold water. There are many less famous
men who never use it If they can get anything
else.
Professor ID. G.. Elliott who has been APP
pointed curator Of zoology In the Field Colum-
bian Museum OF Chicago, is one of the most
famous biologists living, his special depart
ments being ornithology and mammalogy
The late Car OF Russia was chief of twenty i.
nine Russian regiments and independent bat
talions, chief of two German and TWO Austrian
regiments, ana an officer la suite OF the Ger
man navy.
Judge Holcomb, the [FusionisD Governor
elect of Nebraska, stands feet inches In
height, weighs $50 pounds. and has "a face
which Is an affidavit" Of earnesIness and hon
esty.
Verdi is said TO have declared that he has
composed his last work and has finally laid
down his pen. On the 9th day OF last month
the veteran completed his eightieth year.
Edouard and Jean de Reszke, the singers
have brought their bicycles with them from
France and they are using them on the boule-
wards of upper New York.
Mrs. Bradley Martin has bought the diamond
crown of Marie Antolnette.
The morning call., 1894-12-08
THE ELECTION OF SENATORS.

A few years ago demand arose for q
revision of the constitution so as to confer
upon the people directly the choice OF
United States Senators. This agitation
was voiced in the Senate chamber yester-
day By Turpie Of Indiana. Recently a new
procedure has been adopted in some States
by which State or even county conyen-
tons have assumed to nominate Senators.
But this novelty does not seem to be max
ing much Roadway. Senators continue 10
be chosen by Legislatures, and mem bers of
the caucus generally feel at liberty to dis
regard instructions passed by district con-
ventions.
Probably as things are pointing there
will In time be developed general public
demand which will compel one of the two
parties to make change in the manner of
Senatorial elections reform plank In its
platforms. There are indications that this
contamination may not be as distant as
many imagine New Senators are soon to
be chosen in all the new States and yacan-
Giles are to be filed in some OF the older
States in which seats in the Senate have
In many cases been secured by corruption.
California is one of the States in the cate
CORY, and it is instructive to observe here
that the popular discussion on the subject
of the new Senator turns less on the merits
of the proposed candidates than on the
length of their respective purses and on
their supposed affiliations with what MI
Sutro calls ''the octopus" Which Senator
would be most useful or creditable to the
State is question less strongly put.
Independent of the local Generalization
oh sln cfo I'M Of hA h \
implies, the suspicion that senators hips
are for sale is Injurious to the character OF
the Senate and to that OF its members.
No stream can rise above its source. A
man who owes his seat in the Senate not
to his merits. but to his coin, cannot be
expected to be free from mercenary mo-
tives. and body composed of such men
can neither command public respect nor
legiSlate for the country in an honest
spirit.
To urge upon State Senators and mem
bers of Assembly the shame of selling
their votes for Senator is beating twice.
thrashed straw. Perhaps the prospect of
such an inquiry as Judge Wallace is now
conducting into the dirty work of our last
city election might brighten a few timid
members of the Legislatures; but many
such investigations would be an herculean
task without any absolute certainty of
reaching the desired results. Yet the
longer we go on sending Senators to Wash
ington by virtue Of the amount of money
they are willing to pay for election the
greater the probability of a general upris-
ing against system which poisons politics
and educates youth in the practice of dis
honesty.