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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

the mark. Fort GENERALc C. r. WOODS
SuN ter's guns did not answer the Nor
ris island battery, and Fort Moultrie
remained silent. Meanwhile several
small vessels and armed schooners bore
down OIL the Star Of the West, with
the apparent purpose of cutting her of,
and the commander Of the expedition,
Lieutenant Charles r. Woods. U. $. A.
(afterward distinguished genoraD. de-
cided to put about md abandon the prof.
ect. Tho battery kept mp brisk fire IN
I'll the vessel had passed ont Of range.
GEORGE l.. KuMER
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

all athletic recreation. Dealers in pools,
struggle for universal entrance; so far as
baseball foot ball and bicycle races remain
free, it is because they resist pressure
constantly, valiantly and successfully.
When the racing men are forbidden to
sell pools they seek to make common
cause with athletic associations. When
Connecticut was proposing to exercise
the pool seller from her race tracks, the
racing men prevailed upon 5000 bicyclers
to petition the Legislature that pools
might be allowed. We can easily guess
that they argued that the racing
associations could not, without pools,
maintain the tracks which they rented
to the bicyle clubs, and that If the
clubs wanted the grounds they must
support the pools which supported the
grounds. Happily. this petition failed
with the Legislature, and it is quoted
simply to show the tendency OF the
gambling interest, If tolerated any
where, to insert itself everywhere.
Rhode Island has had "A taste--sust
taste. But it was enough. We learned
our lesson quickly and If we were drawn
into the snare we are now well out of 1T.
We hope our Massachusetts friends will
be equally successful in enforcing and
strengthening their laws.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

1T Is easy enough TO criticise a ships
company, like that Of the Elbe, for lack
Of discipline, but the evidence does rot
bear out the criticism. Twenty flying
minutes were all that were vouchsafed
to act in the awful emergency and it is
recalled that the battleship Victoria, in
calm sea on a sunny day
with every person on board a
trained sailor, with plenty of boats
rigged for quick launching. and with the
discipline and organization OF man-o'- >
war, carried down her ships company
almost as hopelessly and help.essly as
did the Elbe. Human action Ia trag-
edy like this Is not to be measured by n
thumb rule.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
AN AWFUL SUSPICION.

For some time past our bosom has
been stirred by the concentrations OF
weighty and pathetic secret.
Now we are going to unload.
Our readers may recall the various at
tempts that have been made by the
Rhode Island State Central Committee
to displace Postmaster GEORGE.
To this end no stone known to the
small politician was left unturned.
Every scheme from "party reasons y
to the attempt to dishonor the name of
an old and valued assistant was resorted
to--unsuccessfully of course.
We heard big stories about twists to
the President and encouragement dealt
out to the Democratic politicians in big
ladlefuls.
Nevertheless, as history has long since
recorded, it never happened-the bounc-
ing of our genial friend Postmaster
GEORGE who would undoubtedly have
been resigned, what ever might have hap
pened, but who declined to resign
under such pressure as was brought to
bear.
And now, recently, we have learned
with pain that the Democratic State
Central Committee was largely engaged
in making bluff.
We are informed, for instance, that
on that much talked about trip, made
by Chairman OWEN and Secretary
CoNLEy, on to Washington "to see
the President" and have it out with
him for his dilatory action in the matter
of the Providence postoffice, that they
didn't see the President ut all.
Because the President wouldn't see
them. He had no use for them.
THE NEWS intimated something to
that effect at the time, based on the
opinion that we couldn't conceive of
even President CLEVELAND having any
use for the small fry Democracy of
Rhode Island with a man like Postmas-
ter GEORGE in the balance.
So, it appears, that that trip to Wash
ington instead Of being "full of en-
couragement for the small fry Democ-
racy, and instead of evoking promises of
+" something to be done next
week resulted in simply the
squelching OF the esteemed Messrs'
OWEN and CoYLEY-not by the Presi-
dent, for the President wouldn't take the
trouble to bother with them even tor
the purpose of squelching their ardor.
We are informed that the esteemed
Rhode Islanders didn't get past the first
sentry box on the White House picket
line.
They saw Postmaster-Gene Bis
SELL, however. The Postmaster is a
heavy weight, too, almost as big man
as the President. He attended TO the
squelching of the Rhode Island pilgrims,
and we are informed that he did it well.
When they got through with interview
ing the Postmaster General they
were too limp to see the Presi-
dent, even if the President
would have seen them. We are not in
formed as to whether the Postmaster
General used an old slipper or the fiat of
mis- hand. But the spanking is said TO
have been thoroughly, if judiciously, ad-
ministered.
Which explains, perhaps, why so
many OF the things promised by the
small fry Democracy in the posioflice
matter never came true.
e-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

The Brooklyn strike was knights OF
Labor effort, pure and simple. Aud yet
Grand Master Workman SOVEREIGN
kept out of town, refraining from taking
o hand in the fight. Maybe his discom-
forting pursuit of notoriety during the
DEBs riots when Secretary HAYES wired
him, "For Gods sake, get arrested"
discouraged him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
VARIOUS FASHION NOTES.
Hints For the Tea Table - New Shoes.
Bodices and Collars.

Although many women spend great
deal of time ombroidering teacloths, there
Silk embroidery, besides being clumsy,
never retains its decorative appearance
after the first washing while linen dam
ask enjoys perpetual youth and freshness.
II woman has timo to devote TO orna-
mental work, she would better spend 1t on
her china than on her linen. A set Of toa-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

THE next Democratic platform may
reasonably be expected to point with
pride to the accomplishment of the first
deficit since war times, and declare for
unlimited bond issues as a measureof
revenue reform.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

THE nation can stand running into
debt even farther than it is. better than
it can afford TO turn the currency and
barking system topsy-turvy in an at
tempt to make mp for topsy-turvy
tariff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

The Congressional Record win con-
tain no report OF yesterdays discussion
between Breckenridge of Kentucky and
Heard of Missouri, in which fists and
such urgent language as ''liar' and
''scoundrel" figured in the debate. The
Record is bound to be dry and color
less contemporary, despite its frequent
good opportunities to give us something
readable. n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

WHAT process of reasoning is 1t that
would argue that the man who strikes is
a laborer, while the man who is willing
to take the strikers job is some sort Of
malefactor fit only to be clubbed9
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

SOMETHING must be done with the
Union Pacific Railroad, and it is getting
to be more matter of doing something
than it is Of what shall be done. The
present situation ought not be allowed
to exist another day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

near tho Morris
island shore in
order to keep ont
of range of tho
Confederate guns
In Fort Moultrie,
and { b erefore
sailed some dis
tance under fire.
Most of the balls
passed over, sew
eral, however,
barely missing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

India rubber is recovered from shoes
by treating with diluted sulphuric acid
and afterward stcaming tho finely
ground prcduct under pressure Of six
atmospheres. The steaming process
seems to effect q devulcanization ny oxi.
latiop
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

own indiNluut.i ....cy, would give more
unique charm 10 her o'clock tea table
than cloth covered with embroidery from
edge TO edge.
Queen Victoria, when IL is possible
brcws her own tea. She uses orange pekoe
at shiffings pound. fheE Duchess of
Edinburgh takes her tea In Russian fash
ion. 1t is made in a samovar and drunk
with lemon juice insteao OF sugar and
cream.
Among tho newest styles OF footwear
have appeared shoes with perfectly square
toes of medium width, just like those
worn 35 years ago. Whether they will
meet with general approval or not remains
to be seen. They are decided contrast to
the extreme point now prevailing and are
possibly too extreme a change to DO readily
accepted.
Ostrich tips arc fashionably employed to
trim draped collars and evening gowns.
For the bodiccs OF tho latter number are
frequently used, being set about the do
colletagc and fastened I'm clusters at the
shoulders ant upon the lower part Of the
short sleeves
Elaborate silk or gnuzc bcdices, with
plain skirts, arc tho fashionable attire for
the theator. II the sleeves are of half
length, long gloves are worn. There is
usually high draped collar to the bodice,
but occasionally, on the latest models, a
slight, round decolletagc appears.
A sketch is given of a theater bag Of
brocnde lined with miroir volvetHnd edged
with a gold cord. The drawingstrinas are
OF double faced satin ribbon, and bow of
ribbon IL placed at each side.
JUDIC CHcLLEr.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

A RHODE. ISLAND legislator has pre-
sented bill providing for special day to
be set apart for all the school children in
Rhode Island to especially indulge in
patriotism. What's the matter with the
Fourth of July?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
Full Associated Press Dispatches
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1895.

WILL Mr.. j. EDWARD ADDIcKs of
Boston, Providence, ct al, kindly per-
NIT the State of Delaware to elect an
United States Senator!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

WHILE, TO be sure, ID of the 81 per-
sons rescued from the North German
liner were members Of the ships per-
sonnel. it is to be remembered that the
captain, officers and the majority of the
Elbe's crew went down with the great
ship like gallant and self sacrificing sail
ors.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

DANTE's Inferno pictures no scene so
horrible as that of the hundreds of i'm
prisoned bodies in the Elbe's shattered
hulk at the bottom of the North Sea.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

WE don't presume to forecast the re-
suit of the KEEGAN trial, but the At
torney General is surely conducting his
case in masterful fashion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

To again apply the witticism of dis
tinguished Rhode Islander on a similar
occasion, so long as Democratic Congress
men are fighting they are doing no harm
to the country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

SAVE your copies of The News for
the next few weeks. You may want to
use the ballot on this page to express
yourself in the matter of the Barnaby
piano contest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
STEPHEN

is hard working man, who COM
menced to buy at the Providence
Public Market about year ago.
He was little startled at first
by the Strictly Cash." but is now
satisfied that he can save SO much
by buying there. that he sends all
his friends who like fair treatment
and low prices, there.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

WILLIE BREoKINRIDGE again COM
mands public attention TO witness his
capacity for the indecent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
STORIES OF HEROISM.

NO. %.
Esrs.f Sshnfc IIe srars anu
stripes were first as
at the sailed by the Con-
Old Flag. ieaara'es ,se, som Oh Jan; n,+e, :,
dawn of that day the United States
steamer Star Of the West, carrying 200
armed soldiers of the Ninth infantry.
intended to re-enforce the garrison of
Fort Sumter, crossed the bar Of Charles
ton harbor and steamed up the channel.
When within little less than two miles
of the fort, masked battery ON Morris
island, half mile distant from the
vessel, opened fire. The steamer carried
the usual American ensign on her staff,
and at the first shot ran up full sized
garrison flag at her fore. but that was
no more respected than the other.
The captain of the Ste Of the West
had Intentionally selected his course
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

You can't make silk purses from sows'
ears nor fill theln with presidential mes
sages and Democratic currency bills
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

George Eames Barstow of Providence
was born in this city November 10, 1S49,
and was educated in the public schools
and at Mowry a Goff's School, Providence.
Was member of the Common Council Of
Providence four years and member of the
school committee IA years. Occupation,
manufacturer. Politics, Repub blican.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

He is "KEEGAN with counsel for
the prosecution, and Mr.. KEEGAN
with counsel for the defense.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

AFTER the President fires message
at Congress he has 10 duck to dodge the
recoil
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

Cape Fear river is n corruption
The name was originally Cape Fair
river.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

Pliny mentions spelt rs being uset
by the Romans for 800 years before
they made bread out of wheat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02

We print with considerable pleasure
and not little pride tae following COM
munication:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-02
uEIP UANTEB--M.fLE.

yxyANTED-- --rRUsTwoRTH PERSON TO
w travel. Salary SEQ and expenses. Refer
ence. Enclose self addressed en-, ,slope, General
Manager box p, Chicago. ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
RECEIVER M'NULTA's BOND.
1t Bears the Signature of Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson-The General Talks.

CHICAGO, April General McNulty's
bond as receiver of the WHISKY Trust ar
rived from Bloomington to-day and was
filed in the United States Court. Very much
to the surprise of General McNulta, it bore
the signature of Vice President of the
United States Stevenson. Mr.. Stevenson
had not been asked to sign the bond. He
was in Bloomington the other day, and
happened to be in the bank when General
McNulta's friends were executing the bond.
One of the men who had signed it before
was out of the CITY,, and Vice President
Stevenson volunteered to take his place.
The first General McNulta knew of it was
when the papers came to him in Chicago.
IT am a stalwart Republican, and every
body knows what kind of Democrat Mr..
Stevenson isl said General McNulta, but
we have always been the best of friends.
In 1874 Mr.. Stevenson defeated me for Con-
gress, but 1T did not disturb our friendly
relations in the least When he reached
Washington and took my seat in Congress
one of his first acts was to appoint my son
a cadet at Annapolis. Then when he was
nominated for Vice President and came
back to Bloomington i delivered an ad-
dress of welcome and told HIM how proud
all his fellow-citiZens :, We're that he had
been put on the national ticket. But 1
never dreamed of his volunteering to sign
my bond" General McNulta added.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
AMERICAN DIALECT STUDIES.
A Systematic Attempt to Fix the Lin
It's of PrOvincialfsms.

It's of Provincialfsms.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The American Dialect Society; or whicn
York city, is secretary, Is endeavoring 10
p pub by the society. contains a cir
cular of leading questions designed to brins
out local usa tsss IN pr9nunciaon Hefe
At what time do you begin to say good
evening""
Would you say Il want up meanins
II want to get up?'
Would you say 1.-The butter is all, mean
ing that there it no more?
Would you say II wonder if shall get
to 60" meaning l wonder If | shall be
The circular contains seventy such ques,
tions and by the responses to them y
of particular verbal phrase usages and
RECOMMENDATIONS. Just what can be accom-
pished in this direction is snown Sy ane
made by b. f. Lee, of Trenton, with the
assistance of Judge Garrison, Dr. j. ;.
town: Mary l.. Townsend. Of Trenton. ana
other persons. The gathering of provincial
may may have a public Value the papers pub
lished in Dialect Notes fully shows: heau-
ers of Fenimore Coopers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 MN
'.Ananr' so frequently used by Natty
Bumpo. 1t appears that the worn IS IN
novelist learned it at his boyhood's home,
in Burlington county.
At the outstart we are informed that the
natives gay Jersey" not New Jersey.
Among the many verbal variations from
the literary standard in common use we
have only room for a few These are
..afeared' for afraid. lager for ague,
apple palsy for drunkenness. aside in
Are YOU aside2' me aiming are the house
hold goods in order after moving be for
am and are and .'beant" for am not and
for boy: Held" an overgrown farm;
..flineh" meaning abundant; goly keeser,,.
an oath; "gosterer, one who brags; jag,
a small load Of hay; lug" as in the
dogs lug at the wagon, that IS, bark;
thought for might: "sistern," plural Of
sisters: "tacker,' small child; "tittavat-
ing" putting 10 rights
In south Jersey Is often pronounced
II the Elder Weller pronounced IL. like W.
In Gloucester county people say "Weai and
vinegar are good whites TO take aboard a
vessel and in the Canadian train shed one
WILLIE woodbury., Wenonah. Wineiand, Mill
willie, etc. reminding the traveller with
what tenaeity a London cockneyism has
survived in an American commonwealth
What one learns by a study of these local
usages is that they are not provincalisms.
but suryivals. Many of the New Jersey ex-
pressions have. come to Jersey by way Of
means sshaw'' both in New Jeraey and
Maine Jersey use OF the verb handle -
as in that's the way he was handled .
does not appear in this collection. In con-
necfion with the inability to pronounce the
owe the word west to the fact that the
old clothes dealers Of London could not
say "waistcoat. which became ''vaistc6at'
and then west.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
DEATH ENDS A ROMANCE.
Suicide of Carlo Retn and His Bride u
Few Hours After Marriage.

SAN FRANCISCO. April Slate yester-
day afternoon the bodies of Carlo Enrico
Reta and his wife of but few hours were
found dead in bed in room of the Palace
Hotel, of which they were guests. A pistol
of small calfbre was found, and bullet
hole over the heart of each told how they
went out of the world together clasped in
each others arms. Carlo Enrico Reta,
Lieutenant of the Seventeenth Casart
Cavalry" arrived in this city nine months
ago. He had no means OF. earning liveli-
hood, except by giving instructions in the
Italian language. This is how he became
acquainted with Adele Wolf, the girl who
was found dead at his side. His love was
reciprocated by his pupil, but her mother
refused to entertain any idea of the mar
riage. Reta was musician, a gentleman
by birth and breeding. and very popular in
the Italian colony. He gave up mis- COM
mission in the Italian army when he came
to this country, but his card still bore his
title. Retas familyein Italy is a wealthy
one. but the young man himself had little
money. Joseph Wolf, the father of the
dead girl, IS now in Carlsbad, GERMANY.
being separated from fhis family. The dead
girl had been to Europe with her mother.
and was we'll educated, especially in music.
and her voice far above the average
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07

son said was the removal Of a party from
& place where he may be found for trial
before a court in another than that OF
ground for the rendition OF his client to
the District Court at Wasnin ,;, + us Is
New Work sun containing the articles said
to be nbeIous, were circulated in the Dis
trict of Columbia. but it does not appear
whether Mr.. Moves lived in the District.
There is no act OF Congress" continued
Mr.. Wilson, defining libel as an oIense
against the United States ana there ~ no
pretense that there is any law Dy when
action for libel can be sustained
Tt was 4:30 when Mr.. Wilson finished his
arr,,rnsrst Then Mr. MacFarlaDe asked that
he be permitted to defer his reply untfi
Monday, pleading fatigue and the pressure
s,.clorlr Monday afternoon for the conclu-
sion of the arguments and adjourned the
hearing for the day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
MINISTER RANSOM ILL.
The Late I. p. Gray's Successor AZ
ficted with Carbuncles.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, April 6-United
States Minister Ransom was resting easier
at last accounts, but aalarge gcarbuncle has
developed on his neck and similar one
is in evidence on his right elbow These
with extreme hoarseness, which troubles
him, will probably prevent him taking ac-
tive part in the duties of his new office for
week or SO. Until the minister RECEIVERS
from his indispositon the Legation remains
in charge of Edward C. Butler, secretary.
Mr.. Butler will officially inform the Mexican
government Of the arrival of the new rep
resentatfve and within few days ask his
official reception and recognition by the
President and his Cabinet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
Charged with killing Two Boys.

ASHEv1I.LE, N. c., April Ga sensation
occurred here this morning when news that
Jesse H. Summer. a well-known citizen
charged with shooting some time last night
from ambush a COUSIN, Ernest Sumner and
Charlie West, two boys. aged eighteen.
Both boys were riding the same horse about
seventy-five yards from Jesse Summers
house when the shooting occurred. Summer
while West is fatally wounded. Summer
was arrested and brought here early this
morning. An old feud had existed: for some
time between the families, but Sumner
declares his innocence and says he will
have no trouble establishing that fact.
shotgun was the weapon used.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
,Iob OF Lynchcr. organining.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. April GA re-
port from Reedyvlle, KY, the home OF Ma
Tor Hamilton, who was aSSaSSinated,
reached here to-day that mob was being
organized to lynch his alleged murderers,
who are in Jail at Morgantown. The men
are heavily guarded and will be moved to
this place for safety. The grand jury re-
turned an Indictment for murder against
they win be held without bail. The friends
of Major Hamilton claim that he was
robbed of S75, but this has not yet been
bstantiated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-07
Ruling in Regard to Basins Rates.
Rate for the It. p. A.

CHICAGO, April 6.-The Atchison and
Rock Island roads to-day gave joint notice
of their intention to make a rate of one
fare for the round trip from Chicago and
other points on the railroad lines for the
annual meeting of the Travellers Protec-
tive Association, to be held at San Antonio,
Tex, June g. The action was taken to
meet the competition of the Cotton Belt
and the Missouri. Kansas & Texas roads,
which have made the same rate from st.
Louis
Commencing tomorrow the Rock Island
road will put an additional train on the
Chicago and Omaha service. 1t will leave
Chicago at 6 D. m. daily, arrive at Council
Bluffs at $40 a. m. and Omaha twenty-five
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