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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20
Report of Investigation of
OverSeer of the Poor.
Unable to Say as to Right to
Live at City'S Expense.
Endorse Mr.. Cummings as Jealous,
Useful and Efficient Official.

Following is the full report of the COM
mittee of the Board OF Aldermen appoint
ed TO examine into the conduct OF the
poor department:
To the Honorable the Board OF Alder
men OF the City Of Providence.
The special committee appointed by
resolution of the Board of Aldermen
passed December 5, 1895, and who were.
by said resolution, "suthorized and di-
rected to investigate all charges against
the overseer of the poor and his depart
ment, and to report thereon as early MS
practicable, " respectfully beg leave to re-
port:
That Immediately after organizing your
committee found upon an examination of
the resolution creating the committee,
that. strictly speaking, the only investi-
CATION that could properly be made was
with reference TO "chsrges" against the
overseer of the poor, and the management
of the poor department. Accordingly,
your committee held a meeti ng, but no
"charges" were presented at the meet
ing, or to the committee. Acting upon
the advice of the city solicitor and be-
lieving that IL was the intention of the
Board OF Aldermen TO make an inquiry
into the conduct and management of the
office of the overseer OF the poor, espec-
tally with respect to his living at the
poor department, and providing for him
self at the expense OF the city, your
comm ittee tnereupon proceeded to make
an examination OF the methods that have
governedthose officers who were charged
with the supervision and control of this
department, viz: The overseer or The
poor, Matthew J. Cummings, and the
mem bers of the committee on poor de-
partment of the Board of Aldermen dur
ing 1891, and since that time. In addi-
tion TO the testimony of Mr.. Cummings
there was also presented to your COM
mittee the evidence OF ex-Alderman II.
III. Deming, chairman of the poor COM
mittee in 1891; His Honor, Mayor Olney,
chairman in 1892; and Aldermen Lansing,
Reynolds ana Mccarthy of the present
committee of the Board; DIR. William III.
Palmer, police surgeon, and Walter II.
Wightman, agent OF the Board of State
Charities.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

In 80 far as these bills for groceries,
meats and supplies have been for his own
support they have not been separated
from the regular purchases for the support
OF the poor, and Mr. Cummings claims
that being required by the order OF Feb.
Is, 1891, 10 remsin permanently in the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

Ethel believe firmly ID having cut
ones beauty sleep"
Mabel--Poor girl. how yol must suffer
from insomnial--Chlcago Record
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

The committee find, upon examination
OF these bills, that If the vote or order
passed by the committee on February Is,
1891, was legal and proper vote or order,
Mr.. Cummings has not exceeded the
authority given by that vote, or order, in
the matter OF purchasing supplies for his
own table. IL Mr.. Cummings was legally
authorized to live at the charity building
there is nothing reprehensible in his pur'
chasing eggs, or celery, II he saw fit to
do so. II he was required to stay there
and look after the business OF the poor
department he ought to be provided with
food, and in view OF this vote, or order,
OF a committee by which the overseer
was given what he considers to he ample
authority TO live in the building, he
must be exonerated from wrongful,
fraudulent, or improper conduct.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

II has been generally conceded, how
ever, and appeurei IN evidence before
your committee that Mr.. Cummings has
been very jealous, useful and efficient
public officer and in this view OF his ad-
ministration your committee concur.
Having discharged the duty assigned
them, your committee submit this report
OF the fact TO the Board of Aldermen, to-
gether with the accompanying statement
showing the monthly and annual expenses
of the charity building, as well as the
average cost per meal, from 1890 to 1895,
inclusive, that the Board may take such
action thereon as may be deemed to be
for the best interests of this city.
GEORGE l.. PIERCE,
ROBERT b. LITTLE,
EDWARD III. DARCY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

Expense OF charity building for six
years, commencing January, 1890, and
ending November, 1895:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

charity building IT has been his interpre-
tation OF that order that he was to live
and abide there at the city's expense.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20
A Christmas Gift
by Mail

Why don't you send to your
friend at a distance one of our
Christmas Boxes put up in inn
proved mailing packages from our
choicest stock of Chocolates or
Bon Bons- 10. We DO the mail
ing for you. Save you all
trouble-pay the postage. This
applies also, to out of-town GUS
toners. We shall take especial
care in selecting Christmas can
dies on mail orders. Trust us to
give you absolute satisfaction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

holding one to five pounds--oJ
choice Chocolates and Bon
Bons-20c. TO 60c. a lb. You
would pay from soc. to sl.0o for
candy no better.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

We have all grades OF Candy, up
10 so cts. a pound. At that price
we give you the best Candy we
know how to make--and we make
as good candy as you can buy
anyw here on earth, each grade
better for the monev than you
can get elsewhere. We have only
one grade of PURITY, though
Our 12c. Candy Is just as pure
and whole some as our soc. Candy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20
For the Children

Can you think of snything nicer
for a Christmas gift for children
than Candy-Roberts' Candy, put
up in pretty souvenir box? You
know the children like nothing
better. You can buy II cheaper
and better of Roberts than any
where else-and nowhere can you
find so big a variety TO select
from.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20
II Cents a Pound

Roberts speciality is Candy at 12c.
pound. There Is no purer
Candy made at any price and you
have 10 varieties 10 choose from.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-20

Whatever other gifts they may get
a box Of Candy is always accept
able. Let us put you up one OF
our beautiful boxes or baskets
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
HOLLAND MAD.
The Enterprlsing and Honest Dutch Have
Captured Gotham.

The Enterprising and Honest Dutch Have
Captured Gotham.
The town has suddenly gone Holland
mad, not as that thrifty little kingdom
did when it lost its heart over tulips
and threatened to bring the finances of
the country to ruin, but wisely, dis
creetly mad, as New Workers become.
The china shops are filled with Delft,
the silversmith's cases with Dutch sill.
yer and the very milliners display lit
tie Dutch bonnets, fashioned like the
quaint peaked caps worn by tho good
danes Of old Amsterdam. Even Dutch
furniture has become craze, and fash
ionable shoppers are passing by tho gor-
geous empire styles, decorated with tho.
laurel leaf to buy the Dutch sofas and.
cabinets, curiously inlaid with rare
woods and wrought with picturesque
carving.
In far better taste is this Dutch fur
niture, fashioned, as it is, by hand to
meet the domestic needs Of a sincere,
honest folk, than the empire furniture,
with its bizarre ornamentations of gild-
ed metal and its mock classic patterns,
designed to suit newly created aris-
tocracy. If we could but bring back tho
simple domestic spirit of the Dutch with
our Dutch fashions, it would settle many
a social problem, but Dutch fashions as
they now appear are as costly as tho
gilded fashions of Louis XIV or the en-
pire. 1t has long been an established
fact that one must pay most extrava.
gantly for refined simplicity, so that
Delft is often almost as costly as Dres-
den. There are pretty fruit baskets in
Delft, "drug vases" low bedtime can
dlesticks, shoes and the most altogether
delightful tiles imaginable, duplicating
in pattern old tiles, some Of which still
exist in manor houses in old New York
and neaS Albany 1t is now possible to
get almost all the new shapes in this
modern Delft, as it is wise European
custom to save all designs used in the
china factory. New York Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
OLD CLOTHES IN DEMAND.
Secondhand Dealers Find 1t Difficult 70
Stock Up This Year.

The demand for old clothes appears
to be looking up so far as New York is
concerned. l do not know whether it is
because Of the recent elect and the
consequence of betting on the wrong
ticket or the melancholy sequel Of the
last years hard times, by reason of
which men feel the necessity of wear
ing out their clothing instead of turning
tT over TO the secondhand dealer.
If you should be accosted on Broad
way couple of times a trip by agents
of the secondhand dealers with the ques-
tion whether you have any old clothes
to sell, it may not be taken as an indi-
cation that your attire is out of date
and coveted by the trade, but that the
trade is running short of stock and is
pushing out for fresh supply. 1t is
better to consider the attention n subtle
f1attery, that you have the appearance
of an individual who doesn't care for
dress and are likely to have score of
better trousers banging mn in closets for
tne nluIus 70 iced upon.
Twice on single afternoon last week,
while oonversing with q friend OH
Broadway, l was accosted by sharp
looking young men in the interests of
the secondhand trade. My friend was
inclined to resent the intrusion. He
said it was getting too hot for him when
he was beset by old clothes men every
time he stopped on Broadway.
"Is there anything out of the way
about me?" he inquired, looking him
self over critically. "That is the second
time you've asked me that question to-
day."
II beg your pardon, sir, " said the So
licitor for the secondhand clothing
house. "We didn't want the suit you
have on. "
We walked fully block before my
friend realized what I was laughing at,
hut when the humor of it finally per-
meated his intellectual system he took
me in for glass of vichy and milk
New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
MILTON AND GLADSTONE.
The British Statesman Challenges the Poet
as Translator of Horace.

The British statesman ChaiIenges the Poet
as a Translator of Horace.
This is Milton's rendering of Horace,
book /, ode 8 (Quis gractlus Puer):
What slender youth, bedewed with liquid odors,
Courts thee on roses in some pleasant cave,
PyrrhaP For whom bind'st thou
In wreaths thy golden hair,
Plain in thy neatnessp Oh, how oft shall he
On faith and changed gods complain, and seas
Rough with black winds and storms
Unwonted shall admired
Who now enjoys thee credulous, all gold,
Who always vacant, always amiable
Hopes thee, Of fattering gales
Unmindful. Hapless they
To whom thou untried seem'st fairl Me in my
vow'd
Picture the sacred wall declares to have hung
My dank and dropping weeds
To the stern god Of sea.
Mr.. Gladstone, at the age Of 85, thus
renders these beautiful lines:
What scented stripping, Pyrrha, woes thee now
In pleasant grotto, all with roses fairH
For whom those auburn tresses bindest thou
With simple carer
Full oft shall he thine altered faith bewail,
His altered gods, and his unwonted gaze
rhnl, y'"tch ~" watcra darkcn'rg TO the galc
Who now believing gloats on golden charms,
Who hopes thee ever void, and ever kind.
Nor knows thy changeful heart nor the alarms
OF changeful wind
For me let Neptunes temple wall declare
How safe escaped In votive Offering,
Ny dripping garments own, suspended thore,
Him ocean king.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
Mrs. vanderbilts PartrIdges.

By the authentic and authoritative
way of an English print the word comes
that when Mrs. Vanderbilt wants to
eat the wing Of partridge she has ten
birds cooked and served from which to
choose. There are several Mrs. Wander.
bilts in this country who might easily
afford this method Of selection, but tho
London newspaper does not venture
further than this wholesale statement
And why only ten birds? 1t doesn't
take millions to buy ten partridges A
really good story would be that q par
fridge with ten wings was offered.
New York Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10

Jim Root, the locomotive engineer
whose heroism at Hinckley caused him
to fall into the hands Of theatrical
manager in New York city, has retired
from the stage and is home again after
playing a brief engagement at salary
Of $500 per week.
~ don't like this acting business, I"
he said. 1T may be all right for young
fellows, but I'm getting too old to start
in acting. 1t Keeps man up too late
nights, and | never did like night
run. The only thing that caught me
was the salary, and I couldn't refuse
that.p
It is understood that Mr.. Root will
return to his vocation ON the st. Paul
and Duluth line. st. Paul Globe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
BURGLARY INSURANCE
The Latest Thing In the Way of GuaInn-
teeing Indemnity For Losses,


Burglaries have become go frequent
In Chicago that several capitalists have
now under consideration the formation
ofa burglary indemnity company. Hard
ly a day passes in which some residence
or mercantile building is not entered
by thieves and valuable property dam
aged or taken away. In large percent
age of the burglaries the property is
never recovered Even when it is found
the article is generally in q damaged
condition and of little value.
When the company commences bust.
ness, its policy holders can go away
from home for few days or abroad for
vacation and not be. in q perpetual
state of worry about the safety Of their
household effects. This would be be.
cause the company believes prevention
Of housebreaking is even better than
the conviction of the burglar. An eff.
cient force Of watchmen would patrol
the district in which the insured lived.
When . burglary was committed, tho
policy holder would have to report at
once to the offices of the company. Its
agents would go to the building just as
the adjusters of fire company would
in case of loss. All the property dam
aged would be taken possession of as if
it were salvage, and trained detectives
would endeavor to run down the crimi-
nails.
A charter has already been issued to
the company in Iowa, where a capital
Of $50, 900 was subscribed Application
was then made to the insurance com.
missioner of Illinois to do business in
this state. He looked up the law, and
though it does not expressly include
burglary indemnity companies in itS
provisions he decided that the company
could legally do business if 500, 600
subscription was raised i'll the state.
This will now be done, and the head
quarters for the United States will 10
established in Chicago. From here
branches will likely be established in
all the large cities of the country. In
Great Britain and Canada similar COM
panies have successfully transacted bust
ness for several years. Chicago Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
coLoRED WEATHER LORE.
Thick Feathers on Ducks and Other Signs
of u Hard Winter.

Thick Feathers on Ducks and Other Signs
of Hard Winter.
A party of the wags who are always
hanging around the National hotel he'll
up old Carter Bowie, tho colorod mGn
who has sold raw oysters from the can
for seasons innumerable on Sixth street,
yesterday, and after chatting him for
awhile on various questions touched
him i'll tender spot by asking him
what kind of weather Washington was
going to have this winter.
''Tell yer, honey, yer bottah sit yer
coal i'll putty soon, kaso days mitoly
squally times ahead" said Carter. "Do
ducks ain nebber had ez much down
onter day Dresses ez day is dis fall since
| kin member Hits dat thick dat yer
cyahnt see de meat ther hit nohow,
Dat S er sho' sign dat de wedder gwin.
ter be turr'ble cole. Den dc bressbono
oh goose whut l seen wuz dcsa spotted
up like er pinter dogs back, en- dat's
ernudder sign whut don't falo, neb-
Der. En- dar's ernudder thing Ebbor
sence / fust got big nuT ter tote listers
dun see dat when we hab de small
pox in do fall time do winter whut
come erlong after hit is dess do dobbil
foh cole. Hit wuz dGtter way las time,
back yander in ateo-atcy, Yer member
dat, don't yer? We had do smallpox in
dc fall, an de wedder was doss laik hit
is now, sof' an sunny, an hit KEEP dat.
ter way twell clean up ten Krismus,
Den, gennermen, she commence fur to
git cole, an lay dat ole Cyarter putty
nigh froze an starve ter deaf, kase dc
ribber got froze ober clean ter dc mouf,
an dey martn't no iseter boat come up
toe do W arf foh bout Tx weeks. Yaars,
indeedy, fellers, hits gwinter be Golfer
dan de debbil soon ez de holerdays
comes, an if emmy oh youso is got yo'
obercotes in dc intrus shop lay yer
better git 'em out quick ez yer kin,
kase yer'll need 'em, honey, yer'll need
em wussen de Ticker an dc seegyars yer
THROWN yer mummy erway on. But dis
amt sellin listers. gotten git sum
mummy time de ribber froze up ergin
an keep dem lister boats down on do
beds. " Washington Star.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
Miscellaneous.

Owing to the mild climate and absence of
frost fruit OF all kinds that can be raised In Ore.
gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchards
OF prunes, apples and pears are being set out
and so far have proved to be perfectly free from
all fruit pests, common in the Willamette Val
ley and California. Lincoln County will be the
banner fruit County in Oregon.
The Oregon Pacific Railroad which has its ter
minus at Yaquina City, has reached the Cas-
cade mountains and is operating one hundred
and forty miles OF road. And rs soon as this
road makes connection with an eastern road
and becomes a trans.cOntinental line opening
up the great wool and wheat belts, of eastern
oregon, Yaquina Bay viii then become for
midable rival OF other ports on the Pacific coast
Of known fame.
Lincoln County offers better inducements
than any other county in oregon for capital.
Iin"o'N Count cf,-s 0ocd in7uccreGts for
| .iOAesesAo.s.
Lincoln County has many undeveloped re-
sources only sleeping for the want Of capital.
Lincoln County wants business men, working
men, farmers and capitalists. 1t takes all kinds
OF people TO make and develop country. Take
Horace Greely's advise and come west, where
/ DllIIdIAH uuu NgtlOltr hIt Nutlc
every mans latch string hangs on the outside
where the warm breath OF the grand old Pacific
/ paints brilliant colors on mid-winter flowers
where AyersAgue cure is ofno more value than
a bushel OF sand; where fever and malaria are
strangers and outcasts where an honest, in
dustrlous man can make him home and be NJ
/ free and independent rs Governor Pennoyer.
II you are an old man come and view sunset
down by the sea- rest your mind and be care free
for while. you are yonng man come ant
grow up with the country. II you are a mon
eyed man come and double your capital. II yor
are a single man come and see our girls. II yOI
are a sictly man come and get your health. +
you are tourist come and see our evergreen
hills, our Newport. our. Seal Rocks. come anC
stand on old Cage FOulgeather the farthes
! point west, and east your eye out on the foam
| Ing, rolling, restless. dashlng. breaking, roar
ing, angry ocean waves, and &c in them a like
ness OF the human family, always moving
always restless, always striving TO reach th
Iaquina Bay and Lincoln County.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
Granted His Request.

On payment Of $500 young man is
excused from military service in Spain.
The other day man wrote TO the queen
that he had already paid $3. 900 for 10
of his sons and begging her to excuse
tho other IL, as he had no more money.
The queen granted the request Mad
id Letter.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
Towns and Villages.


YAQUINA CITY is theterminus the Oregon
Pacific railroad. It has two hotels, three stores,
a church and u school house. An academy has
recently been instituted there, and promises to
be a successful institution of learning. \ con
siderable volume of business is transacted at
Yaquina City. At this place are the wharyes
and warehouses which are used by the ocean
steamers two Of which ply regularly between
that port and san Francisco. The town.site is
owned by the railroad company aud has never
been placed on the market
WEST YAYUINA is acrcss the Bay from Va
quina city and Is well located ON deep water.
1t will make good town as It Will enjoy part
of the trade from the south end OF the county
in the near future.
NEWPORT, Down by the Sea, sthe largest
town On the Bay. II has population Of 800
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-10
Timber. Coal and Granite.

Commencing three miles north OF Toledo and
extending on through Lincoln county is tie fa-
nous green belt OF fir spruce, hemlock, larch
and cedar timber, only awaiting capital and
enterprise to manufacture it into lumber and
place it on the markets OF the world.
Two and one.hGlf miles from Toledo, on the
headwaters of Depot Slough are the richest un-
developed coal mine in the state Of Oregon. A
sea, cJ.I;-.:y La" :hrrou s,l- H-psTn"."' =
coal belt, and numerous assays have been made,
the last by California experts, who pronounced
it as being the only coal on the coast suitable
for steel works.
North and east OF Toledo are located granite
mines in unlimited quantities equal in quality
to the Maine and Vermont granite, with water
power on the premises sufficient TO run all
machinery nece sary to !urni,h reck for build
ina liil E.yuuments
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-11-15
Dgn2 Ldggjjca.


d 'blendo prooedrrss i 10 distrl-
bucion de las 595 semlllss de coco,
. dos y cuarto lit os de Ia de "Aba.
ca" importadas de las Islss FIlipi-
mas J donsdas generosamente poI
el limo. Senor Ooispo de esta DID,
cesis a Ia Exms DIputacl6n pro-
vlnciG', Sc hace p6blico por ell pre-
sente para que todos. los propletarios
que deseen ohtener dichss semillas
Sc sirvao pedirlas en- la 6eeretaria
de esta Exma. Diputaci6n, dentro
del plaro de ounce dias, a contar
desds Ia fecha de 10 publication
del prestsnte anunclo er el perlodico
o6cia'.
Puerto Rico,12 de Septiembre de
1895.
III Vice PresidAnte de Ia 0omi.
zion provincial: Manuel EgOS0ue.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-11-15
DEDlCAToRlA.
LA RAZoN DEE TITULO,


6UMARIo.-Luchemoa.-El deber
SumpIido.-La generation que su-
be.-La justicia humana.-Pretex-
tOs cFiminales. - La formula del
progreso.--El progreso y sus ma
nifestaeiones. es.-La opinion p6blica.
Ell periodizmo.-Lo que debe ser
81 periodismo.-Lo que ex hoy 10
prensa.-La prensa y las leyeA-
"a politiCa.--L0 que debe ser Ia
p0lltica.-C6mo se hacen los poll
ticos.-C6mo nacen los partidos.-
Los programs politicos.- --Artifi-
clos politiCos.-M carDaval politi-
so.-MiseTlas politicas. - Hinceri-
dad politicA-Fanatiamo politlcC
La demOc1acia.-Principio de-
moCr&ticos. democrAti
oos.-DeliriOs democrAticos. - Ii
libertad dc Il OAtedra.-xioertaC
contra derecho.-La igualdad 20
cial.-1a igualdad en- Ia historiA.-
La igualdsl ante Ia Eax6n.--La 90
berania.-La demagogia.-Los hun
nos modernos.--La revoluci6n, -
Las huelgas.-Oonfusion y caos.-
III nihiliamo.-Propagandas demo
ledoras Cancer aocial.--Antino-
mias J ancmAlia&-El mayor d.
los erT0res.-Alla va 10 nave.--Epi
logo y C0nalnsi6l.
De veDtA.-En ia Imprenta de-
BOLKrIK MKROAETIL.
PreCi0.-Un peso ciEuuentA cen
tavOs eiemplRX.