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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-01
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rMslrg Li!0os. l.nrnel.

CoNTIcooS, Que. Bsb L-Twenty busi
ness blocks were burned here. Loss, ;75,
coo. No fatalities
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-01

Ash your grocer for Elastic starch. Large
1at iron on each package.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-01

Leonard to be appointed constables, were
referred to the committee on police.
Communications from the city auditor
asking for an estimate OF expenses In the
bridge department Tor 1885, was
referred to tho commissioner OF pub
lie works; for an estimate
OF expenses in the health department TO
the Mayor and Board OF Aldermen; for
an estimate OF expenses in the poor de-
partment TO the committee on poor de-
partmeht; for the estima ated expense OF
asylum walls and buildings TO the Mayor.
An order to curb Spring street was re-
ferred TO the committee on streets.
Petition OF Ellen A. Murphy to define a
grade for Rosedale street was referred to
the committee on highways.
Petition of John Z. Waich to lay out
Knowles street was referred to the COM
mittee on mig hways. I
The committee on street signs and num-
bers, TO whom had been referred resolu-
tion directing George III. Pettis and
Benoni Lewis to seize oil baskets used
for measuring coal cnd charcoal that are
not of the right size. recommended the
indefinite postponement OF the resolution
and offered a substitute, which is the
same as the original, except that no pro-
vision is made tor charcoal. The substi-
tute resolution was passed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-01
nccocnized by Allison.

One dny / was standing In this marble
room when Senator Allison carlo out &C
look at the weather map. Near by were
two young mon who looked to me like
commercial travellers. One OF thom whisN
percd to no and asked mo who tho fine
looking senator WAS. 4 told him, and then
tho young man rushed up 20 Senator Ali
son and held ont his hand, cxclaiming:
"Why, Senator Allison, low arc youi L,
IS long tiino since To met cut in Iowa,
hut of course .pou remember mcr Re
member YOU? 1 should say 1 did," re-
spondcd the scaatcr, giving his acluafas.
ancc warm shalc. 81 am very glad &C.
sec you. seems 10 me you are looking =
little fattcr than when l saw you last.
Tho world evidently agrees with you, oil
How long arc y,u TO bo in town. Why
my dear fellow, would have known you
had mo. YOU In tho dark. Hope you
folks arc wcil. Con 70 and SEQ mo when yoa
can" Then the ienatOr, after taking q
glance nt tho weather map, went back ints
tho chamber. II didn't know you wCTo
acquainted with Nilsson" remarked tho
companion OF the y,unR man, "or thas
won wcrp from Iowa. THAT IL tho hes
of IT," explained tho other. with proud
smile on his face, 'aovcr saw Allison DO.
fore I'm my life nor hc me, nor was eve
in tho state of Iowa But know how e.
work these politicians, especially those
slick ones liko Allison. Did you ever sec
anything nicer than tho way he treated
mci" kDDEEr GRAVES.
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The Imperial Nations.

II think Mr.. Foster Is quite right,
said NJ. de Routkowsky. The United
States and Russia will be the greatest ma
tional powers OF the future becauss they
have the territorial resources which sup
port great populations and make great ma
tions. Take any map of the world nnc
compare the United States and Russis
with all other countries. No other comes
anywhere near equaling either OF these
Countries In magnitude of territory. The
United States, all things considered, has
perhaps the finest scat of a great natior
that the world possesscs--extent, climate
soil, mines, forests, navigable waters
everything. My country is second. Rus
sia, you knew, Is moro than one-half OF
all Europe in area, aud the greater par
6f our soil Is good. In addition to Russi,
In Europe we havo All enormous area IL
Asia, and while the northern half of 1t IL
frozen and unproductiye the southern hall
is remarkably fertile It produces great
variety of crops and reaches from the trop
ics to the arctics. These two nations
Russia and tho United Statcs--will con
tinue to increase in population, wealth
and power.
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A weather world Beater.

Evidence of tho great extent of tho ter
ritory of tho United States and the extraor'
dnary range Of climatical conditions tc
bo found within our borders may be notic'
cd almost any day In the marble room ol
tho senate chamber. That beautiful hall,
perhaps the most palatinl apartment In
this country, is used as place of display
for the big weather maps which the
weather bureau prepares for the informa-
ton of senators. The map is prepared
every morning and shows the temperature
and other meteorological conditions o'
that morning in all parts of the United
Statesf When senators arrive Gt tho capi''
tol, many of them run into tho marble
room to see what tie weather IL in their
home states. One day this week tho big
map showed a temperature of 10 degrees
In Corpus Christi, Tex, and of 30 degrees
below zero at Fort Vincent, Minn. lt ia
great country that can show range OF
temperature of more than 100 dcgr,es =.
mt the Same moniont ard at points very
nearly in tho sGmc longitude.
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CAPITAL CHAT.
United States and Russia the
Imperial Nations.

A Diplomat on the Future Of England
Keyed to the Highest Limit-Our Ex
tent OF Territory and Ciimate-senstos
Allison Knew Him.
WAsHINGros, Feb. I. - Special. IA
few days before leaving this city for japan
Hon. John ". Foster, ex x-secrctary OF state
and now assistant to the Chinese peact
commission, made tho Somewhat aston
ishlng declaration that 100 years hence
there would be just two great natioh@
powers on the face Of our globe, and that
the United States would be one OF thes'
and Russia the other Mr.. Foster Seollnee
to give moro than cursory reasons for this
belief, but In conversation with an In
telligent Russian gentleman, M. de Rout.
kowsky, agent Of the imperial minister ol
finance, Learned the grounds upon which
many prominent meh agree with Mr. fos
ter In this rather startling Statements
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An Estimats Of England.

I asked NJ de Routkowsky what bis
views werc as to the future of England az
a great power. 1T is the opinion Of al
the students of nations with whom hav'
conyersed," said he, "and / have talked
with many Of them during my travels
about the world al q special agent or my
government, that the power OF Great
Britain In the affairs Of nations Is now ai
its zenith That nation has no homo
resources save those of capital and manu-
featuring. She Is great now because O.
her colonial possessions md the market,
which these afford for her products. Eng
land Ia keyed to the highest limit. Shs
has acquired territory In every part OF thu
world. Soon in the natural process OF civ
ilization one or moro Of her great colonic'
will leave her, or she will become involved
in war and suffer defeat upon the sea-
When either of these things happens. from
that day tho prestige Of England will dc
cline. AS she goes down the United States
and Russia will forge TO tho front.
''England least of all the great power
in tho world can at this moment afford Il
go to wal, continued NJ de Routkowsky
"She cannot afford to take the risks of
reverse Once let 1t be demonstrated that
the naval power Of Britain Is vulnerable,
that she Is at least matched in that partic
ular by somo othor nation, and her pres
tige is at an end. Besides a successful
naval war against England would sooL
place that country I'm pitiablo condition.
England docs not raise enough food fol
the needs Of her population. If her ports
woro blookaded and her trade stopped, sht
would be starved in two ways-1rst, by
keeping out the food which must DO i'm
ported II her People aro TO eat; second, by
stopping tho marketing Of her manufac.
turcd products to tho world, which would
soon drive her into bankruptcy. If were
an American, rs am Russian, should
advocate for your country the rapid up
building Of great and powerful navy,
and this should be accompanied by efforts
to gain q larger share of the trade OF the
world. In this way will your country the
moro quickly bo ablo to assume It's place
as the great power Of tho western world
while Russia Il becoming the great power
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-01

Nood's pills cure CONSTIPATION by restor'
ing tlss pcristaltic action OF the asmentary canal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
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NOTED PINE LAND GASES.

Those Against McCord, Heydlauf, Brod.
er,ck and Others ut Madison.
MADISON, Wis, Nov. l6.-One of tho
first cases to come before the United
States court when it meets next Tuesday
will be that Of the United States versus
Arthur R. Osborn, Robert G. Heydlauf,
receiver Of the Ashland land office under
President Harrison, Warren E. McCord,
brother Of the ex-congressman, Henry
J. Box, Richard Broderick and about 80
others, alleged to be their agents, in de.
frauding the government Of valuable
pine lands near Ashland. All these
parties were indicted about q year ago.
= To Be Tried ON It's Merits.
The demurrer to the complaint was
overruled by Judge Bum at the spring
term Of court, and the case now comes
up for trial on its merits. The charge
is conspiracy to defraud the government,
it being alleged that the parties named
secured the other defendants to file on
lands supposedly for their own benefit,
but in reality 20 enable the principal
defendants to secure the timber grow
ing on the lands. There win be hot
legal fight over. the case
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
Ar.,pss the Gould E.tat. Z,

NEW York, Nov. let has been
decided by the supreme court that the
heirs Of Jay Gould must pay taxes on
80. 900, 900 Of personal property, the
valuation on which the tax commits
sioners based their assessment.
Z It appears that number Of meat
packers and dealers are protesting
against the regulation that requires
dressed beef. pork and mutton to be in
spected before it is shipped either out of
the country or from one state to anoth-
er. It is evident that these gentlemen
are cutting of their own noses. It is the
system Of rigid inspection and nothing
else that has given both live animals
and dressed meat products Of the United
States so great boom in Europe in the
past few years. Until that rigid system
Of inspection was inaugurated France
and Germany would not admit our
meat under any conditions. With the
inspection our dressed meat exports to
France and Germany alone have more
than doubled in the past two years. L.
not that good enough for anybody
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
THE CLEVELAND HORROR.
Not = passenger ON the Fatod Electric
st7 Car Escaped Death. N

Not = Passenger ON the Fated Eleetris
Car Escaped Death.
CLEVELAND, Nov. IS The people of
this city are appalled, by the horror Of
I the terrible accident which occurred
Saturday evening on the big Central
viaduct. Il was the worst accident that
had ever happened in this city and the
story Of how the motor car loaded with
men, women and children had plunged
through On open draw straight down 100
feet into the river, was told over and over
again. The first reports Of the disaster
have been verified in every particular,
with the possible exception OF the mum.
Der Of victims, which is trifle .sE,,.ller
than was at first supposed. The work
Of rescning the bodies Of the vict: ms has
gone on steadily and 80 far Is have
been found, with four persons still re.
ported missing. The identified dead
are: James Mclaughlin baseball
player; Henry w. Mecklenbury, 1ner-
chant tailor: Edward Hoffman, conduc-
tor; Mrs. John A.. Sauerhei,ner, Miss
Bessie Davis, school teacher; Harry W..
Foster, Mrs. Minnie G: Brown, Curt
Lepehne, Harvey Hoffman, Mrs Mar
tina Palmer, Marie Mitchen, Augusta
Sarinski, Gertie Hoffman, Louis T..
Huletz. ,&sG = ~. ~ %.3s-. e -. =.
Tho Conductor to blame. - s
First reports from the scene Of the
disaster seemed to place the blame on
the conductor. They were that the ILL.,
fated motor car, containing between &c
and 80 people, approached the draw just
as vessel was nearing it, aud 1.-THE
bridge attendants had closed the big
iron gates and were preparing to swing
the draw. As is the rule, the car
stopped and the conductor went for.
ward to release the switch in case the
way was clear. He must have been
blinded by the electric lights, for an eye
witness declares that although the gates
were closed and the draw was already
in motion, the conductor raised the
switch handle. The motorman applied
the current and the car shot forward
end struck the gates with crash.
There was only moments pause aud
then the heavy car ground its way
the wreckage and
Plunged Over the Brink
into the back abyss, amid the screams
and frantic struggles of the passengers,
who at the first intiuation. of danger
rushed to the rear door. The car struck
the water with great splash and then
there was silence. Soon men began to
rush shouting about, and police patrol
wagons and ambulances were soon fly
ing to the spot in response to telephone
calls. In an incredibly short space Of
time the work Of rescue had begun. AS
the car went over the brink Of the abyss
the motorman jumped from the vesti-
buled front. All the other occupants of
the car. with the exception Of the few
who had managed to jump as it toppled
over, went down to certain death. The
car disappeared from sight as soon as it I
struck the water and all on board were
drowned. VIII 4 FL
August Rogers, the motorman, VIII
has been held as witness, has been
charged with manslaughter. This &C.
lion was taken by Chief of Police
Hoehn after he had Investigated the
,oo;co,,<
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
THE SMALL BOAT FOUNDERED

Twenty Italian EmiErants Fo- South
America Drowned.
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 18.-Over 20 pas
sengers from the Italian steamship Sol
ferino were drowned by the swa1nping
Of one of the small boats. Twelve hun
dred emigrants from Genoa, Italy,
bonnd for South America, were on
board the steamship at the time. AL
were landed safely save the score or
more in the single small boat. The Sol
ferino went ashore near Ceuta. She was
commanded by Captain Caffiro.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
The Principal Topic Of Cleve-
lands Next Message Will
Z IS Be Money. .#...>.
Wants Greenbccks Retired Be-
cause Of Their Menace to :
III the Reserve.
Secretary Morton's Annual Re-
port Devoted to the Inspec- !
ton of Cattle. ~

a& WASHINGTON, Nov. 49, President
Cleveland, in his annual message TO
congress, it is stated, will recommend
the retirement Of greenbacks. This rec.
4 ommendation will be the chief feature
of the message, so far as domestic af-
fairs are concerned. -. ',..,~.. =.
q The president has, had number Of
conferences with Secretary Carlisle at
Woodley concerning this part of the
message. It is learned from excellent
4 sources that the financial part Of tho
i message has been mapped r. out and
agreed upon. The president will re-
turn to the attack upon congress for q
1 reform Of our currency methods, which
: proved unavailing last winter.
B: Has Done. All He Could.
\ He will say that the executive has
, done all within his constitutional power
/ to protect the national credit under the
clumsy system now vogue, and will
point out what the dangers Of this sys-
tenn are. He will take the ground that
the difficulty is not in any sense one of
revenue, but Of the attempt to maintain
sgold reserve and hundreds Of millions
: of notes redeemable in gold. upon de-
mand at the same time.
The form Of remedy agreed upon be-
tween the president and Secretary Car
isle, and to Ike set forth in the message,
consists of a recommendation that the
statute Of 1878, requiring the secretary
Of the treasury to reissue United States
notes as soon as they are paid into the
treasury, be repealed, and that he BIO
Given Authority to Retire Them
from circulation Also that the secre-
tary be authorized to exchange for the
greenbacks at any time new issue of
government bonds of long term to run
and at low rate of interest. 1t is the
belief Of the president and the secretary
that the entire outstanding issue Of
greenbacks would be quickly presented
at the treasury counters by the banks
Of the country in exchange for these
bonds, and that the bonds would soon
be deposited as basis Of an increased
circulation of national bank notes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
MR.. MORT0N's ANNUAL REPORT
1t Il Mostly Devoted. to the INFECT Of
: Cattle inspection.

It I. Mostly Devoted to the INFECT .
Cattle inspections.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l8.-The repor
Of the secretary of agriculture begin
with review of the work Of the bureau
of animal industry. The total number
Of animals inspected at the slaughter
houses was considerably ever IS, 00O, 900
an increase of more than $500, 900 ove1
the previous year. During the yea1
antemortem inspection was also made
Of s, 900, 900 animals. The cost of i'll
spection was reduced to IL cents pc,
animal. In 1898 inspection cost AZ
cents per animal and in 1894 it cost IL
cents :,
sheep were inspected for foreign markets,
Of which 675, 900 were shipped abroad.
Over Is, 000, 900 pounds Of pork were in
spected microscopically and exported, as
against sc, 600, 900 in 1894 and %, 900, O0O
pounds in 1893.
Markets for American Meat.
Much space is devoted to discussing
the opportunities for American meat
products in foreign markets. Of 341, 900
tons of meat received at the London
Central market in 1894, 1900 tons
were American, while nearly $4,000
tons came from Australia. The Amer
lean proportion has not been maintained
during 1895. IT,. = -1s,> -
In the imports of live cattle to Grea;
Britain, the United States and CanaGa
had practical monopoly until the Las:
two years. Since 1898 Argentina's
shipments have increased. During the
first eight months Of the year, ship
ments amounted to over $4,000 head.
Although the meat of the South Amer
lean cattle is not as salable as the
American, the business is profitable an.
likely to increase American cattle
sell, though slaughtered soon after
landing, at prices equal to the average
paid for British carcasses. r.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY
Report to Secretary Herbert ON Our
Naval Militia. g. sse

Report to Secretary Herbert ON Our
Naval D1ilitia. %-es
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.-Assistan:
Secretary McAdoo has transmitted to
Secretary Herbert the report of Lieu
tenant Niblack upon the operations Of
the naval militia during the past year.
In indorsing the report Mr.. McAdoo
says that the organizations are growing
rapidly in favor and the interest Of the
public in them is steadily increasing.
This organization, founded on patriotic
zeal, is entitled to every encouragement
at the hands Of the government. Speak
ing of the results Of his own inspection
Of the various battalons last summer,
he says that above all things they need
national encouragement and sufficient
boats to perfect themselves in drill.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
Stock Interest. in Good Condition.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Nov. IL. IT. N.
Dryden and Stephen S. Jones of Ute,
Manona county, Ia, after visit to the
ceded Sioux lands west Of this city, have
decided to locate large stock ranch ut
some point on the White river in Lyman
or Presho counties. AS starter 4uG
head of young cattle will be placed on
the ranch. The recent rains and SHOWS
have benefited stockmen to q wonder.
full degree, and stock interests are in
the best Of condition. n
Abendblatt., 1895-03-04
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Animal Notnmnn+ of the ORIEN INSURANCE
hnuu0l pCdVUnl0nt COMPANY of Hartford in the
cember, 1898: made to the Insurance Superin.
tendent of the State of Illinois, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
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