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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27
Memphis Athletes Defeated.

MEMPHIS, Dec. 27.--A most unique game
OF football was played here yesterday after.
noon between "a picked eleven of Princeton
and Yale universities and the Memphis
Athletic club. The varsity men won tho
game eaNily by a score Of 3s o. The first
half was called with The score standing
q To against the Memphis men, Ia tho
second half the mixed team had every
thing its own way
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27
Mother suspected OF Awful Deed.

CHATTANOOGA, Dec. a7-Wllliam Bar.
tow, white man, - years OF ag,, was ar.
rested yesterday for outraging Doslia
Purdy, n white girl, aged Il years. who is
now In the hospital, and who is expected
To die. The girls mother is also i'm jail,
as an accessory 10 The crime. The news
OF tie ficndish net has not yet become gen.
orally known here, hut when it docs a
lynching is not improbable
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27

Bosiuus ~yeLcrabic lecturer s.soph
Cook. has arrived ih Kobe Japan. from
Australia nokrn in health and near to
death. The rrws comes in n setter to he
Amcgican beard uf iuission- from Rsy.
jamie Barton IN Japan. ST.. Coot ha.
b,en 0oligrd % cancel all his engagements.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27

BosroS. Dec. 81 Francis l.. Higgnson
has filed in The Suffolk county superior
court libel for divorce against Julia
Borland Hlaglnson, who elopcd In Novcm-
Der last with james w Smith. Ropes.
Gray a. Loring arc counsel for Mr. Higgin.
son. and tho libel Is rcturuable tho first
Monday In February. Mr.. Higginson In
his bill states that hc was married 10 his
wife Feb l6 1870
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27

GouRocG, Scot. Dee. 2'-The Emperor
OF Germany hrs ordcrud "a iirst-clHss rae.
ing schooner VI Watson Henderson will
build her, arA have bee ready fur tho rae
lug Ot next year. sac viii carry AN i'm
mcnsc rig-Zo,OlO square feet uf canvas.
The hall dimensions are briuy Kept secret.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27

TAUNTON. Mass, Dec % Tho man.
agcrs OF Morton hospital are trying TO
raise funds enough 60 erect M addition 20
tho building for various purposes. On
Christmas day u citizen, who desires his
name should not bc used, sent the man.
ayers his check Tor 500 a. a starter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27
Three sn,l,,rn Deaths.

BosToN. Dee. 25. George r. McPhilomy
was found unconscious in doorway on
kiiby street last night, aud died soon AZ.
ter. Heart failure was the cause of death.
Mrs. susan y. Brkgs dropped dead on
Dudley street last night from apoplexy.
Andrew Cnifcy, 20 year, old, of hast Bos.
ton, while crossing the ferry last night,
was attacked with heart trouble and died
I'm few minutes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27

a great many Fourth of July orations
have hecn discharged rrcmaturely - q
consequence OF all this disturbance. CHI
cagO Tribune
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27
A short NacatioE.

After the second revenue bill has been
disposed 0f. tho house will do little busi-
ness until Jan. 8, and will practically have
its holiday recess. oi which IL has partly
been deprived. next week. Ii cannot we'll
adjourn for more than three days, under
the rules, while the senate Is in session
but 1t was decided at tho meeting Of tho
committee on rules yesterday that there
will be formal meetings every third day,
with adjourumcnts over, and that 40 inn
portant business viii be brought forward
on the loor Under these conditions thero
Is liltlc probability that there will tie u
quorum Of representatives in town nexS
week
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27

today met in caucus last night at the
Ebbitt House TO mature plans for opposi-
tion. Forty members, representing 25
states, were present While the western
aud southern states were mostly largely
IN Attendance. there were also members
from the east and north II was claimed
10y the leaders that not more than half of
the Republicans who antagonize the
bond bill attended the caucus. and That
they have enough votes to defeat$the bill
unless IL Is modified.
johnson (Cal. called the caucus to or
der. Drodcrick I<nn } was elected chair
man, aud Colson (ky.) secretary. The
caucus chose n committee Of seven. con.
sisting Of the following members, and in-
structcd them 10 confer with the speakers
Broderick (kan.), Baker IN. H., Bowers
(Cal.). Cannon (U. r), Picker @. ID,
Milne (Mlch.l, Burton (Mo). Barrett
Mass and Foote q. " were among the
eastern Republicans who spoke, but they
did not commit themselves to the plans
of the caucus.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27
II,. pI..en,sr.

Republican niembcrs ol The hoasc VII,
srs opposed t. the bond biIl to be voted o.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-27
w,-..r rn Llternry Taste

Representative Lacey of Iowa received
postal card from one of his constituents
the other day woidcd ~ follows:
please send me cupy Of agricultural
report. and also some memorial addresses.
Thcrc j. nothing ! read with so much
pleasure ~ Obituaries ~ congressman.
representative McrOr of Nebraska y in
receipt uf . lctior of similar Import
Please sund nc u ouloRy cor two, - Ills
correspondent writes. "Of course ! want
q OF some one who Is dead Washington
Post
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
HELPED THEM. TOO,

= The silver men, that is. the pro
ducers of silver ore, may learn how
dependent their product as we'll as
all other products is on general
confidence in the stability of the
currency. During the closing
months of 1894, when it looked as if
there was to be a reaction bringing
back upon US the panic of 1898, the
price of silver fell until in January
OF this year it reached 50 cents an
ounce. 1t remained about that figure
until the bond syndicate loan in
February had revived confidence and
reinvigorated industry. Stimuli
taneously with the advance in the
price Of other products of labor there
came a rise in the price of silver,
until it has reached a comparative
equilibrium at about 67 cents.
The export value of wheat for the
eight months ending with August,
1894, was so cents bushel, and for the
same eight months of 1895 it is a
trif1e above 60 cents. 1t is always
unsafe to generalize from a few facts
or a single one,. or to assume that
condolences have the relation of
cause and effect; but, considering the
depreciating effect of lack of con-
fidence in currency on prices, it is
the free silver men, that wheat
safe to assume that the increase in
the price Of both Of these commodi-
ties is in much the largest part due
to the renewal of confidence in the
stability of the currency. It should
also be borne in mind, in view of the
relation between them asserted bv
prices rose first, and silver much
later.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
THE VENEZUELA ISSUE.

Senator Davis gives to the readers
of the G o b a clear and complete
statement of the origin and mean
ing of the Monroe doctrine, and of
it proposed to apply it, AS a prac-
teal principle of action, he says that
Great Britain adopted the position
toward other powers which it indi-
Gates as freely and as positively as
the United States. 1t has remained
with us little more than an abstract
proposition, because the govern
mentS of Europe have not cared to
raise the issue with us. AS to the
dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela, the acts of the former
seem to be wholly without excuse or
eXtenuation. She has been from the
beginning the aggressor, advancing
such claims as she pleased to terri
tory that she might covet, and refus-
ing to submit them to arbitration.
What she now demands is the cession
of practically one-third of the part
of Venezuela lying east and south
of the Orinoco river, together with
a position that would give to her
military control of that great stream.
That she is prepared to insist upon
her claim is indicated by the attitude
of her government and the orders
issued to take offensive action along
the frontier. The refusal to arbi-
trate demonstrates the injustice of
her cause, as her overbearing atti-
tude toward weak and friendly ma
ton illustrates her policy in history.
1t is evident that affairs in Ven
ezuela are moving toward crisis,
and that the attitude which our gov
ernment shall assume cannot re-
main much longer a doubtful one.
The position of Senator Davis on the
senate committee on foreign relations
gives additional Importance to the
views which he so clearly and posi-
lively expresses.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
WITH INTENT TO AMUSE.

Bride (on shipboard at seal feel so
sick, my dear, and If 1 should die and
they bury me here you'll sometimes
come and plant flowers on my grave,
won't you?-Tid-Bits.
Those who feel disposed to criticise
the Spanish authorities should bear in
mind that they are hampered for room
on the island of Cuba to land their re-
iriforcements.-E
Young Wife (dreamily)-How lovely
it would be if all things in this world
worked in harmony!
:, Husband thoughtfully)-My, yes!
For instance, if coal would only go up
and down with the thermometer.-New
Budget.
town authorities fill up those horrible
marshes or else drain them?
Citizen-That's the trouble. The Re-
publicanS want them filed up and the
Democrats want them drained, and
they can't agree which to do.-New
York Weekly.
Overmuch Wheeler-Yes, it took me
about six weeks hard work to learn
to ride.
Dolittle Walker-And what have you
got for your pains?
Overmuch Wheeler - Arnica.-NeW
York Evening World.
me village PaStOr-JOhnny, you tell
me you have been to Sunday school?
Johnny-YeS, sir.
The Village Pastor-But, Johnny.
your hair is wet
Johnny-Yes, sir; it's a Baptist Sun
day school.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Foreman-It's goin' to hustle us
to get the paper out this week. Slug
Z is bilin' drunk, and he'll stay that
way for the next three or four days.
Editor of the Plunkville Bugle-Ain't
he fit to work?
"Oh. he's willing. but he can't tell
one box from another"
Turn him loose on that Scotch dia-
lect story. Nobody will know the diff
fArenees eesi-IndianapoltS Journal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
LIBERAL THEIR VIEWS.
Unitarians Will Hold National
Conference.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-The six
teenth meeting of the National confer
ence of the Unitarian and other Chris
tain churches will begin here tomorrow
and judging from the number Of dele
gates, clergymen and others who have
already arrived and those who are eX-
pectsd tomorrow, the present confer
ence promises to be the most important
one ever held by the Unitarians. The
meetings will continue until Thursday
night. Several sessions are to be held
each day at which subjects of vital i'm
portance to Unitarians will be discuss
ed. Representative men and women
from nearly every state In the Union
are among the prominent speakers.
Prominent among the speakers are DR..
John Fiske, Professor G. c. Everett,
Professor Francis G. Peabody, of Har-
ward University; Professor G. Stanley
Hall, president of Clark University, of
Worcester Mass; The Rev. Brooke
HEREFORD, of London, England; Labor
Commissioner Carroll d. Wright, of
Washington; Mrs. Emily Fifeld, of
Boston; Mrs. Ann Carlin Spencer, of
Worcester, Mass. Miss Ida c. Hultin,
of Moline, ILL.,, and many others. Sen
ator George Frisbie Hoar is president
of the conference. The opening ser
mon tomorrow evening will be preach
ed by the Rev. Minot j. Savage, of Bos-
ton, whose topic will be 'Our Gospel"
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21

the rights and interests of the public,
the question in any such case is
whether the act committed or pro-
posed is detrimental to the public
welfare, either at common law or as
defined by the Legislature.
Does the act of a corporation inure
to the welfare of the public? If so,
it is within the scope of the purposes
of its being. Will the act work in
jury to the public? Then, no mat
ter under what authority commit
ted, it is outside of and beyond the
fundamental purposes of the crea-
ton of the corporation, and is void.
No state, the servant of the citizens
of it, can exercise such power itself,
and much less can it delegate it to
its creatures. 1t is well, in these
days when trusts and combines and
corporations are insisting that their
rights and powers are Identical with
those of individuals, that what a
person can do they can, that this
fundamental difference be kept in
view.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
NOT PROFITABLE

Justin S. Morrill,, Vermohts senior
senator, is entitled to speak ex ca
thedra on all questions relating to
the tariff. Elected to the house on
the first wave of Republicanism in
1856, he served there until 1867, when
he was transferred to the senate,
where he has ever since remained
He was in the house and on it's COM
mittee on ways and means when the
war came with it's imperious de-
mand for immediate and large rev.
enue, to reverse the tendency which,
since 1916, had been steadily in the
direction of free trade. 1t was Mr..
Morrill, who framed the first and the
Immediately following tariff acts,
which, intended to raise revenue to
meet the war expenses, operated also
to give to the existing manufacturers
a shelter from the competition of for
eign goods, of which they Immediate
ly and without stint availed them
selves. Their appetites, like the love
of Hamlet's mother, grew by what
they fed on, and how voracious and
insatiate they have been, is told in
the successive tariff acts up to 1894.
Senator Morrill,, in a recent inter
view, speaking of the effect of the
protection afforded by the tariff,
with especial reference to the charge
that it was to enrich the manufact-
urers at the common cost, said that,
taken as a whole, that class had not
made any money. The senator,
speaking after the fact and in the
light of experience. merely stated
what might have been predicted at
the outset Of the policy by any one
at all familiar with the motives that
influence the action of men, 1t is
probably true that the manufacture
ers Of articles protected by the tariff
have in the long run and as a
whole made little money. If all the
failures and resulting losses, all the
cost of experimentation, of misman-
agement, ill-advised and ill-conduct-
ed investments in manufacturing,
could be accurately ascertained, the
net gain would doubtless be a very
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
RACE WITHOUT HORSES.
Trial of Motorcycles to Occur Nov.

CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-The motorcycle
or horseless carriage race from Chi
cago to Waukegan and return, a dis
tance of about 100 miles, will be
contested Saturday, Nov. 2. From
present indications there will be not
less than forty starters in the great
race. 1t is expected that several of
the motorcycles will make the dis
tance in less than six hours.
The following judges have been
selected: Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt.
commanding the department of the
Missouri; Prof. P. Barrett, city
electrician of Chicago, and formerly
chief of electricity of the worlds
fair, and Henry Timken, of st. Louis,
president of the National Carriage
Builders association. Maj. Gen. Mer-
ritt has selected Lieut.. Luddington
as his assistant. Prof. Barrett has
the Electrical Engineering, and
President Timken has named G. F.
Kimball, the Chicago carriage manu-
facturer, as his first assistant. All
contestants must pass preliminary
tests, which will be held on Oct. 30,
30 and 81, at which time all imprac-
ticable vehicles will be debarred
from the contest of Nov. 2. Several
motorcycles from France and Ger
many are entered in the race.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21

When Michael D. Harter, himself
one of the largest manufacturers of
agricultural implements in the Unit
ed States, moved his amendment to
the Wilson bill putting agricultural
implements on the free list, it was
urged in opposition to it that it
would create a dangerous competi-
ton from Canadian manufacturers
who were protected against our
goods with a tariff from 25 to 35 per
cent. The fact that our manufacture
ers for many years have been sendI
ing their implements of husbandry
abroad in increasing quantities, rem
dered it impossible, from mere
shame, to oppose Harter's move with
the arguments used against freeing
other products, that we would be
"deluged with foreign cheap imple1
ments." For year now farm imple-
ments have been on the free list. The
report of the statistician of the
treasury for August, just issued
shows that during the eight months
ending with that month, there were
imported into this country $3.925
worth of farm implements. The ar
gument of Canadian competition
had no foundation whatever.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21

slight one, If, indeed, the balance
were not on the wrong side of the
ledger. AS in mining the precious
metals, it is probably true of manu-
featuring, that there has been more
money put in than taken out. OF
course there are individual excep-
tions, where great fortunes have
been amassed by the conjunction of
skill, ability, shrewdness and the
tariff, but in the glitter of these ex-
ceptional cases, sight has been lost
of the innumerable failures and
losses that have taken place.
The immediate effect of a tariff ON
imports is to advance their cost The
rise in the price level of the foreign
commodity gives the domestic manu-
facturer of the same or similar
articles an opportunity to raise the
price of his product to the same or
nearly the same level. Human ma
ture has not yet attained that de-
gree of philanthropy which will
enable it to set aside such tempta-
tion. The result. historical as well
as conjectural, is the immediate utili-
cation of the opportunity given by
the existing manufacturers. Manu-
featuring having been thus made
abnOrmally profitable, the cupidity
of others is aroused, and they, with
or without experience, and with or
without the requisite ability, plunge
heedlessly into the favored indus
tries. The protection from outside
competition is more than compensat-
ed by the increased internal competi-
ton. What that is, any man at all
conversant with the history of manu-
featuring knows.
All over the country, during periods
of tariff increase, mania for manu-
featuring took possession of the peo-
pie. Towns, villages and cities We'd in
securing the establishment of manu-
factories within their limits. 1t was
the open sesame to untold prosperity.
The fostering policy of the govern
ment extended by contagion to To-
calitieS, and bonuses were given.
stock was subscribed and sites were
donated in order to secure the cove,t-
ed, wealth-producing institutions.
Production outran consumption.
Forced sales, ruinous sacrifices, fail
ures followed Competition compel
led reduction in cost of production.
Millions of dollars We're put into
labor saving machinery, to be dis
placed by later and more economical
machines. The study of adulterants
and substitutes for costly material
became a serious one. While the
circle of consumption widened as
that of cost narrowed, production
still exceeded it. The pressure of
stocks induced carelessness of the
solvency of purchasers, and i'm
menSe losses resulted. The law of
compensation held its own. Great
possible profits were offset by great
possible losses. When the final ball
ance sheet was struck, there remain
ed nothing more than the normal
profits obtainaIble under normal con-
ditions. Greed had over-reached it.
self
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
TRAGEDY ON A MOUNTAIy.
Ginseng Hunters Injured - Two
Killed

DAVIS, w Va, Oct. 2O.-The par
ticulars have reached here of a
shocking fatal accident on Shaffer's
mountain in Randolph county. Mar
ion H. Carr. his wife and two sons
went into the mountain in search of
gensing, building a camp at night.
which they covered with slabs. Be
tween and 3 o'clock in the morn
ing big maple tree broke and fell
on the rude cabin, killing Mrs. Carr
and her son George instantly. The
other son, Jesse, was fatally injured,
and the father badly hurt. A fire
IN the cabin ignited some brush.
and the bodies would have been
roasted but for the presence of mind
OF Marion Carr, who succeeded in
extinguishing the flames, adding
painful burns to his ether injuries.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
DESTRUCTION BY HURRICANE
IN LOWER CALIFORNIA NOT
HALF TOLD.
CULIACAN IN RUINS,
AND THIRTY OF THE CITIZENS
DROWNED IN THE RESULT
ING FLOOD.
IN THE CANYONS
Cause Awful Destruction
throughout the Country
Districts

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 20
Ihe story of the terrible storm that
recently swept the Gulf of CaIifor-
MIA has only been limited at in the
meager dispatches that have been
received from Mexico The first word
picture of the gale in it's awful en-
t1rety is drawn by Capt. Van Helms.
master of the steamship Willamette
Valley, who has just arrived from
the region devastated by the cyclone.
1t is now apparent that this Whirling
wind storm will go down in history
as one of the most fearfully de-
structive ever known. The difficulty
IN getting news from the wind-sWept
and Water-ruined country has
seemed as strange as the storm itself.
The cyclone passed over a country
from connecting lines of railroad.
and far away from reliable means
of communication. The telegraph
wires were all proStrated, and many
of them will remain down for weeks
to come. At Guaymas little or moth
ing about the storm seemed to be
known. Letters received from points
within the stricken area were in
complete, full Of doubts, uninterest-
ing and mostly written in Spanish
and poorly written at that
These reasons mentioned and 9TH
ers as potent will account for the
fact that the world will first learn
OF the partial destruction of the cap
ital Of the state of Sinaloa through
Capt. Helms nearly three weeks after
the cyclone. Other details nearly as
important as these have remained
for him to describe. The fury of the
storm was not most felt at La PaZ,
as had been supposed, but at the in
terror plateau town of Culiacan. The
storm burst in the mountains back
of this important town, and the wat
ers worked an awful wreck. Be-
tween twenty-five and thirty people
were drowned outright and many
others were injured in the raging
flood that rushed through the city
Culiacan is an historic city. In it
are the state buildings of Sinaloa.
Back of it are some of the richest
silver mines the world has known. 1t
is town of fully 11,000 people. The
Culiacan river runs through it. When
the storm struck the ridge of high
mountains back of the city there
was such a downpour of rain that in
an incredibly short time the can
yons were full of water, pent up
by the very quickness with which it
fell. After the climax and the fury
of the elements was reached, this
water descended from canyon to val
ley and valley to plateau with fierce
ness never before known in that part
of Mexico.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-21
SALE OF THE ANACONDA.
British Syndicate Had to Give n.
Good Premium

Sh SShuicate duu TO Give a
Good Premium.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-The details
OF the sale of a quarter interest in
the great Anaconda copper mine to
Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb e Co., repre-
senting a syndicate composed Of
themselves, the Rothschilds. Messrs.
Casset, Werther, Belt & Co., and
the Exploration Company of London,
have become known in Wall street.
The negotiations were begun early in
september by Messrs. Lounsbury &
Co., representing the officers of the
Anaconda mine. That firm gave the
prospective purchasers an option on
10000 shares of the stock of the An
aconda Mining company at $25 a
share for thirty days, within which
time the syndicate was to have the
mine examined by it's experts. The
time was subsequently extended to
Oct. %, but as the examination of
the property, which has been made
under the personal direction of Mr..
Hamilton Smith has proved salts
AoNIOiy, SllC COIlCluuSu
take the stock.
AS soon as the syndicate obtained
the option it placed the stock condi-
tionally in London at a price under
stood to be about $50 a share. The
par value Of the stock is $25 a share
Anaconda mine has been owned by
the estate of it's discoverer, the late
Senator Hearst, California; Messrs.
j. E. Haggin and his partner, Mr..
Tevis, and Marcus Daily, who is in
charge of the mine.
1t is understood that no option has
been given upon any part of the
other 100000 shares of the capital of
the Anaconda Mining company. 1t
is understood the purchasing syndi-
cate will be represented in the di-
rectory of the Anaconda company by
two directors