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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
MRS. PARAN 'SIhVENS.
Some Quaint Stories Concerning the Late
Famous Society Leader.

Some Quaint Stories Concerning the Late
Famous Society Leader.
The sudden death of Mrs. Paran Ste
veSs the brilliant New York society wom-
an, has let loose flood of stories con-
corning her.
Mrs. Stevens many lawsuits have beon
written of in all veins, from humor to
grave earnest. Her chef has sued her; her
grocer at Newport sued her; she was sued
and declared by the court as not n faithful
executrix Of her husbands estate; while
she was at her mothers funeral in Lowell
in October of 1892 her horses at Newport
were seized by a tradesman.
She sued Miss Anna Leary after the
death of Arthur Leary for an accounting
of her estate, that hAd become sadly mixed
up with the personal estate of the dead so
ciety man. Congressman John Il. Ad
ans sued her for $13, 900 as counsel fees in
a S1,000,00O suit that he won for her,
which fees she had refused to pay on the
ground that they were exorbitant.
She had her butler arraigned for stealing
some old brandy from her cellar, she de-
rlaring 1t worth its weight in gold, and
she unsuccessfully attempted to have her
brother-in-law, Charles G. Stevens, and
her son-in-law, John l.. Melchcr removed
as coexecutors of her husbands estate,
claiming that Melcher was an inveteratc
gambler.
One of her old time famous quarrels was
with Ward McAllister on account Of di-
vergent sentiments on the subject of kiss
ing, Mrs. Stevens even going so far as to
admit that even for herself the subject was
not wholly obnoxious.
1t was in or about 1854 that she went
abroad for the first time. Ex-President
Millard Fillmore was also on his travels
and was naturally the recipient of dis
tinguished attentions
He was in Rome when Mrs. Stevens was
there and had arranged to go by vetturo,
the custom in those primative days, to Ma
Piles. A lady asked permission to take half
the vehicle for the journey. 1t was Mrs.
Stevens. During the remainder of Fill
more's stay in Europe invitations extend
ed to him included others to her, the sup
position being that she was a relative.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
EASTER.

The season of the death and burial OF
our Blessed Lord is again upon us. and
all over the world where the gospel is
preached preparations for the fitting
celebration of Easter are being made.
The bright flowers, the glad and joyful
music with its triumphant sounds, the
churches crowded with their multitudes
of worshipers, and throngs unable even
to get within their portals, testify to
universally with which the day is kept
in remembrance of His resurrection.
The days of Lent-days that have been
passed in penance for past sins-days in
which the mind has been turned from
mundane things toward that other
life that every human being has
to live-are gone-and Easter,
that great festival of the church
that teaches the doctrine of the resur-
rection and the Immortality Of the soul
is here. Every Christian, if he be such,
has meditated again this past week on
the passion of onr Lord. The story so
wildly told in the four gospels has been
heard again, that it may be known
what He died and rose again for. The
night of Passion in the garden and the
Crucifxtion have passed, and again the
world is, as it were, uncertain what the
morning may bring forth. But how
beautiful the commemoration OF this
holy feast! And how little understood
it is, how little appreciated! 1t does
not take education to comprehend
the mystery of the resurrection!
Profound learning can teach MS
nothing. To the faithful, trust
ing heart it means everything.
Faith and trust are the teachers that
point out the way. These are the
pilots, these stand ready to help the
weary voyager on every Easter day if
wewill only confide in them. Thou
sand and tens of thousands have done
it ere now, and why should not oil of
us do the same? In this way our
Easter day can be made bright re-
atty, because if we have faith in the
resurrection of our blessed Lord, that
mystery of mysteries, all our other
doubts must flee away and melt like
snow before the warm rays OF the
morning sun.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
"CHAUNCEY, THATHEADSAPEACH'
Mr.. Depew Tells How the Famous Ex-
preston Found Birth on the Bowery.

Mr.. Depew Tells How the Famous Ex-
preston Found Birth on the Bowery.
"After had determined on speaking
there was advised that my life would be
In danger. The politicians were determin-
ed to stop me too. After had rented the
first hall and paid $500 down the proprie-
tor was warned by the excise commission
ers to cancel the contract or they would
revoke his license. You understand it was
a sort of beer and concert hall. Well, got
another place and went And 1 went in
patent leather shoes and carriage too. l
determined to treat them as would any
other audience and not condescend in tho
way of dress. was led to the platform by
policeman, and the first remark heard
was, He thinks he's in Carnegie hall. ;
Well, began with story and was getting
along nicely when some one yelled, 'Whero
do you think you areY' / replied that l
was where they do such things and they
say such things at which there was yell
of applause. AS 1 was going on one of the
Tammany officeholders stood up in the
gallery.
What are you doing here?' he said
What are you, a millionaire, a representa-
tive Of the Vanderbilts, doing among peo-
pie like uss'
eyes, said L am all that, and when
began / was where you are now. was
where you are, and I have raised myself
where you will never be. When l began I
had nothing but these legs, these two
hands and this head And then came
that famous remark from a rough looking
character down in front, 'Chauncey, that
heads a peach. ''-Chicago News.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
ONE LUNG.

There are many persons
alive and we'll to-day with
only one useful lung.
The consumptivc should
not despair. SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphites of
Lime and Soda strength
ems the vital organs and
supplies healthy tissue to
take the place of tissue
that is diseased.
Give the consumptive
good care and SCOTS
Emulsion. You will be
surprised to find how
quickly this treatment
brings relief.
Scott & Bovine, NY. All Druggists. SOC. and 81.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The proposed amendment to the New
York State constitution giving women
the right to vote received some hard
knocks when the committee Of New
York women who do not want the fran
chise appeared before the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee. In the first place,
the speakers represented the best intel
igence of that portion of the sex OPP
posed to suffrage, and their arguments
must commend themselves to all women
who place themselves on that side.
Mrs. Francis M. Scott made one OF the
most telling arguments against suffrage
for her sex when she said: Think for
a moment of giving the voting power to
a majority Eve women are in the ma
jorlty, you know unable to coerce a
troublesome minority by physical
power. A government unable to CON-
pei is no government at ala mere
travesty, farce. We cannot be blind
to the fact that civilization, in the ma
ture OF things, progresses by the force
of the law, not by its moral suasion." ("
This style Of logic may be termed
brutal by the friends of woman suffrage,
but fundamentally it is sound. Her ap-
peal, too, for the preservation of the
barriers around the family and the
home circle ought to convince any
woman suffragist that she is imperilling
her dearest interests, unless she has a
positive fever for Office or a morbid and
mistaken notion that man is q selfish
oppressor. Both in Maine and Mas
sachusetts woman suffrage has received
a serious check from the State Legis-
lsturcs this year, and the tide in the
East is setting 80 steadily against the
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
Just as Easily Stolen.

There has been placed upon the market
lately "self closing umbrella which
promises to effect quite revolution in this
useful appliance. The umbrella that has
SO long been in use has always required
the use Of two hands to open 1t. Hence
forth the umbrella is to be opened with
one hand only. Press spring close to the
handle, and the umbrella opens itself A
spring has been released which quickly
and firmly opens it and keeps 1t open, at
the same time adding to its strength. The
addition Is eminently simple, and the ex-
ira cost over that Sf the ordinary umbrella
Is only trifling ng-Philadelphia Record.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
slandered Her In q PRAYER.

Vast possibilities open before him who
ponders upon the suit brought at Los An
geles by Miss Tesca l.. Kelso against the
Rev. j. @. Campbell, claiming damages
because he had slandered her while max
ing prayer In his own church before his
own congregation and while engaged In
the performance Of his regular clerical du-
ties. Whether the clergyman had simply
referred to miserable sinners in general or
to Miss Kelso in particular is not stated
New York Times.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

We have called attention heretofore
to the lack of police protection in South
Woodlawn, but as yet no remedy has
been applied. There are large estab-
lishments in that vicinity and the Sec
ton is being built up rapidly. Never
theless, the officer who is supposed to
cover the beat is Withdrawn on the
slightest provocation. This territory
has been unprotected for weeks at a
time.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

Michael Davitt the other day described
penal seryitude in an English prison as
"the most rigorous, most heartless and
most scientifically refined system OF punish
ment that the wit Of man could devise"
Mr.. Davitt speaks from painful experience,
having undergone four different terms Of
imprisonment.-New Orleans Times Dem
Ocrat
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
Woman Divided Against HerselE.

There are lively times ahead for woman
suffragists In Chicago. An antisuffragc
society has been formed there by prominent
women, and the initial feature Of their
programme Is debate between their prcsi.
dent, Mrs. Alice Houghton, and Susan ID.
Anthony.-Ncw York Sun.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

Kimball's school flag bill "got it in
the neck" yesterday. TWAS indefinite
ly postponed, and there were no funeral
ceremonies over it, either.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

VIII be sold at public auction. on the
premises, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF
Saturday, the 10th day OF April. A. ID. 1896, the
following parcel OF real estate:
Being the John Haskell farm. so called,
situated IN the town OF Cumberland, county
OF Providence ind State OF Rhode Island, on
the "Franklin Road" with the dwelling,
barns and uuthouses thereon. Douuded wes st.
eriy by road or passsgeway. easterly by
laud now or formerly Of sumner Brown,
southerly bv land formerly OF Leonard
Brown, snd northeriy Dv land now or for
merly Of Alvin Il. A. Fisk, being the real es
tate conveyed to Edward w. Bodgett, AS.
signee. by Arlon NJ. whipple, aud Is :he same
farm upon whicE said Arlon VI. whipple
now r. sides.
Also st same time and place will be sold AZ
public auction one COW and one horse one
express wagon, one carryail. one tip cart
and all articles belonging formerly TO said
Arlon NJ Whipple OF personal property, not
exempt by law from attachment.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Auctioneer.
By order Of E. w. BLODGETr, Assignee.
Pawtncket, April II, 1895. all -
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
Assignee's Notice.

Notice Is herebv given that Arthur Nor.
mandin Of the city of Pawtucket. county Of
Providence and State OF Rhode Island, has
this 10th day OF April. A. ID. 1895, made an as
signment to the undersigned Of all his prop
eTtv for the equal benefit OF his creditors.
All persons indebted to him are required to
make payment to me, land all persons having
claims against him are iequested TO present
the same tn me.
THOMAS w. ROBINSON, Assignee.
Pawtucket. April ii, 1885. all st
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

movement that the New York Legis-
nature is not likely to give 1t much en-
couragement. Certainly IL has yet
made no progress.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
NOTICE 2

NoTI01
The world stu moves. We are In the pro.
cession, right behind The band. No honest
man can sell horses cheaper than we do and
stny NJ S6. lBs and l40 DOrrance street. Our
HORSES are a ARGUMENTS; our PRICES are
ELOQUENCE itself. Our tim IL 10 make
both horses and prices satisfactory every
tine. IL yon have tried elsewhere and failed,
ceed where others have failed. Come and
see the difference between dealing with dead
hand from 10 to 100 horses To select
from including Gentlemes's Drivers,
Matched pairs In all colors, suitable for ali
branches or business, from n high bred Trot.
ter To Team Horse. Any one wishing To buy
horse don't fail 10 give us q call. THEY
MUST BE SOLD.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

Y IBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS -Chautau
IL qua Nursery Co. offer liberal commits.
sions or salary and expenses. High grade
stock at low prices. New specialties. Men
wanted In every town. Steady work. Pay
weekly. Address ii. Il. WILLIAMS, sec'y,
Portland, N, III. a94w
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
Enr Ynls.
H O R SES /!

Don't be a bat, don't be blind. there's corn
IN Egypt yet. We iead-iet those follow who
can.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13

SALEsMEN WANTED to sell Seed Pota
toes, Farm Seeds and Nursery Stock. Fine
chance to increase your income. Liberal
terms. Outfits free. Apply at once. A. ID.
Pratt, NuIseryman and Scotsman, r. chester,
N, Y. a94w
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-13
400 uttta, DO IRt. Wtr.

80 -
AHEN TO take orders In every town and
IXl city; no delivering; good wages; paw
weekly; no capital; steady work. GLEN
BROS, Rochester N. Y. ag4w
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
The Casually Record.

Lightning instantly killed Ernest
owen and his horse II Austinburg.
lOhio.
Fire. which started in the p~ostoffice.
destroyed the business portion of
Pferceton, Ind.
Paul Palmer. a lad. wa crushed to
death by a bale of tow in his fathers
warehouse at Adrian, Mich.
Mel Ferguson died under an anes-
thetic while awaiting a surgical opera
ton at Freeport, III.
Mrs. James Capper of Iowa Falls.
Iowa. ate matches and died. She had
been recently discharged from the in
sane asylum as cured.
Fire in the San Jose Lumber com
pany's yard at San Jose, Cal, de-
stroyed property TO a very large
amount
A bull created a panic by dashing
through the streets of Brooklyn. He
gored two horses before he was
caught.
The big steamer Fay, of the Minch
Transit company, has run hard
aground off Star Island Reef, in the
South Passage "a Toledo.
Michael S~chaninger. bis wife and
Mrs. Mary Weber were seriously in
Ijured in a runaway accident at Mas
coutah, Ill. All three OF the iniuitd
people are over seventy years of age.
! AT Rochester, y. ", first started IN
de- the Central avenue bridge and
communicated 70 the three-story build
ings owned by the Rochester Gas and
/ Electric and the IN
Power company. Loss, $4,000.
James Cottrells of Elwood, Ind,
three years old. found a f~our-ounce
vial OF carbolic acid and camphor hni-
ment and drank a lot of it. The child
was thrown into paroxyisms and may
not 90
John Slosser. fireman. and James
Hendricks. trainman, were killed, and
Engineer Roberts was injured. per
haps fatally. in a head end collision
Ion the Cincinnati Southern railroad
near B~lanchet, Ky.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19

While temporarily insane, Mrs.
Laura Oryis OF Shell Rock, Iowa, COM
mitted suicide by cutting her throat
from ear to ear with a razor.
Eighteen Chicago young men, who
were landed in the Michigan peach
district by an excursion steamer We're
arrested for robbing an orchard.
One Gable, a desperate moonshiner.
got cut OF a legal box by having him
self expressed in a packing box from
North Carolina TO Kentucky.
Lafe Holland, paper hanger was
fatally stabbed and beaten by a rufiian
at 81. Joseph, No. Fred Noss and
Buci Hentgese have been arrested.
Farmers around Frankfort, Ind, are
out in a posse with bloodhounds chas-
ing a band of robbers that has been
footing the country side for days past.
At Moline, Ill, Joe Harper, who was
fined for Illegally killing prairie chick
ems. assaulted the prosecuting witness
and was sent TO jail for six months.
John Dram an ex-freman. and said
10 be one OF the survivors OF the fatal
cold storage fire at the worlds fair.
shot and killed Joseph Conlon in front
of the ist;er's home In Chicago.
Hag Lucky has been sentenced at
Fort Smith, Ark, TO hany for the mnr-
der of Deptny Marsfai Lorce in Greek
Nation. Lucky was the 151st person
sentenced to death by Judge Parker.
At Phoenix, Ariz., Jay H. Miller. the
commercial freight agent of the Mari
copa & Phoenix railroad, was shot
dead near his office by unknown per-
sons.
r. C. Meade, the Atchison insurance
agent who absconded a few years ago
with about $4,000 which had been en-
trusted to him by widows and others,
has been located In New York.
Nearly 1000 forgotten indictments
for every crime on the calendar. from
petty larceny to homicide, have been
discovered by accident In an old box
in a loft In the New York district at
~torney's office.
Miss Haswell. the city missionary
at Poughkeepsie, N. ". charged with
assisting train robber Oliver Perry TO
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Washington.

Senator Henderson will attack Comp
troller Bowler's jurisdiction in the SUI
gar bounty cases.
Cotton conditions are reported by the
agricultural bureau as follows: Aver
= los: decline OF Z. l points.
The civil service commission has fixed
September 80 as the date of the next
examination of applicants in Washing
ton fer the trades in the government
printing office.
At the sale of Pupallup Indian reser-
walton lands in Washington $3.50
worth of property vas disposed of at
from $50 TO $50 per acre. The Indians
are getting more anxious to sell aud
are reducing prices.
The president and his family are ex-
pected TO return 10 Washington I'm a
few weeks. and they will probably
take mp their residence at once i'm the
white house without going to Wood
ley. During the family's absence the
executive mansion has been painted
thoroughly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
That Rosebud Uprising.

Capt. Gragie, U. s. A., has arrived
at Valentine from Rosebud agency.
He says Hollow-Horn-B Bear is incit.
ing the Indians. The hostiles will per.
nit no freight to be hauled until the
old rate Is restored. He looks for
trouble soon. The fact has develop.
ed that the troubles at Rosebud
agency has been brewing July B.
Officials refuse to discuss the situa.
ton. The 5000 have Indians left but
have not disbanded. EVERYTHING will
probably be quiet until the expira-
ton of twenty one days in which
the officials were warned to leave.
Old frontiersmen anticipate trouble
then. Settlers are excited.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Otherwise.

Orders have been received at Fort
Russell. Wyo.. for the removal of the
Seventeenth infantry TO Columbus bar
racks, Ohio.
Ii has been decided to call the carni-
val TO be held in Denver, Oct II, is.
and 10. The Festival of Mountain and
Plain"
The steamship Tacoma arrived at
San Francisco from the Orient. bring
ing 5000 tons of tea and 1000 bales Of
silk.
United States Circuit Judge Gilbert
at Portland. Or. decided the Overlap"
ease against the Oregon & California
railroad company.
Arthur NJ. Wilson Of Newcastle, Del,
has sued the city to recover $4,000
damages for injuries received by his
young o during a pyrothechnic dis
play last July.
Judge j. u. McKissick. special coun-
sci for the United States In its S15.O0a
600 suit against Mrs. Jane L. Stanford.
has finished his written brief and ar
gument in the case.
Steps are being taken by the grand
lodge, \. @. ". u. of Missouri To ex-
pei every saloonkaeper and bartender
who have become members of the
order since 1880
A party of Cinnamon have arrived
at Mzatian. Mex, ostensibly for work
on farms but a. IS believed they will
as usual be Struggled across the Ameri
can border.
September 81 has been fixed as
! ..Rlue and Gray day at the Atlanta
Exposition, and Gen. MaFdsn, com
handing the confederate veterans. has
| invited all the ex-confederates to be
present.
Thc Michigan crop report says that
threshers' reports received show That
962.S52 bushels of wheat have been
threshed this year from 10000 acres
OF land. indicating a yield of 126t
bushels per acre.
In an editorial the Alaska News says
that the continued state OF lawlessness
i'm the neighborhood of the Chilkat and
Chilkoot should receive attention from
the federal authorities. Scarcely n
canoe lands at Chikat but has whisky
aboard
Dunn and McPike. the San Francisco
attorneys OF Mrs. Langtry, place little
cre1ence in the statement from New
York to the effect that the actress has
begun suit for divorce. Mr.. Dunn
says that divorce proceedings. IL insti-
tuted by Mrs. Langtry, would be en-
tered here and not in New York, as
Mrs. I.angtry had established a resi-
deuce In Lake county.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
POWERS AFTER BAKERIES.
VIII Test the Law Passed Last Win

st. Paul, Sept. 17.-Within a few
days Labor Commissioner Powers will
swear warrants for the arrest of
the proprietors of a half-doZen bakery
establishments. Two of the shops are
situated in st. Paul, the balance in
Minneapolis. The bakery shop wner
will be accused of violating the law
regulating bakeries hat was passed
last winter by the legislature. The
complaints will be based on the re-
ports of Inspectors Mayo Of Minneapo-
lis and Casserly of st. Paul. made to
Labor Commissioner Powers after
their second tour of inspection of the
bakeries of the two cities. The spe-
cific charge made will be that the pro-
prietors Of the bakeries I'm question
have not kept their shops clean. On
this n point, If on no other, labor
Commissioner Powers Is determined
that the law shall be enforced.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
From Foreign shores.

A severe Thunderstorm swept Lon
don. Many Of the tramways were sub
merged.
The pope has approved the nomina-
ton of Rev. Dr. Kennedy TO be rector
of the American college at Rome.
The Rt. Hon. Cecil Rhodes. the
premier of Cape Colony. although suf-
fering with influenza is able to attend
to his official duties.
Emperor William and Emperor Fran
els Joseph OF Austria and other royal
guests attended the army raneuyerS
al Stettin.
"Aiataswintha," a new opera by the
Polish pianist. Scharwerka. is soon TO
he brought out at the Weimar Grand
Ducal theater.
Divorce business is increasing so
Much in the English courts that a
third judge must be added 10 the pro-
bate and divorce division.
The Toronto Dominion Millers' ASSOC
citation condemns the Dominion gov
eminent for permitting mixing infer
Tor grades with No. l hard wheat.
The steamer Leon Trece has arrived
at Havana with battalions of the As
turtles and Canarias regiments to the
number of y officers and 1000 men.
Justin Mccarthy. the Irish leader.
will issue a manifesto TO the Irish peo-
pie denouncing the leadership Of
Healy and calling upon them to re-
pudiate him.
An agreement has been entered into
between German and British steam
ship companies under which there will
be a considerable advance in freight
and passenger rates TO America. The
agreement will go into effect October
1.
The Spanish steamer Manila, bound
for China. and the Norwegian steam
er ania. bound for Antwerp. collided
near Borsselin, Holland. to-day. The
Xania sank soon afterward and six of
those on board were drowned, in.
Guiding the captain.