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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
Proposals for the Construc.
tios Of the County Jail at
Howard, Rhode Island.

flttlF tlI
Prostdencc. r. l.. Decembsr "a. l6oo
SEALED PROPOSALS are hereby invited
by tho Board Of. State Charities and Correor
sions for the construction OF buildings TO be
erected on the State Farm at Howard. II, l..
fos 2 County ayif for the State Of Rhode
Plans and specifications may be seen at this
offoe OF Martin q Hall. architects. 502 Indus
trial Trust Company building. Providence.
1895.
Bonds with satisfactory surety will be re-
quired OF the successful bidder in smount
equal to Twenty tive (2b) per centum OF the
face OF accepted proposal. and a certified
check for Five Hundred (5OO) Dollars, pay
able to the General Treasurer OF the State of
Rbooe Island. must each and all
bids as a guarantee that contract will be
thereof. III such contract Is not sigued within
ten days. then said sum OF Five Hundred (o00)
Dollars viii be retained and held for the use
OF the State as liquidatsd damages ON accouns
Of failure TO sign.
Checks accompanying rejected bids viii bs
etur ned TO the bidders.
Sealed bids, with certified checks enclosed.
addressed 20 Charles II. Peckham. Secretary
of the Board OF State Charities and Correc-
tions. care Martin d. Hall. al chitects. SOP In.
dustrial Trust Company huilding. Will be
received until ~ m. or MONDAY. the 3D. day
The rights reserved by the Board to reject
any or all bids. or to award the contract TO
any responsible bidder. as they deem FOR the
best interest OF the state.
BY order OF the Building COMMITTEES.
CHARLES II. PECkHAM. Secretary.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24
PART III.

There Is an unexpected peril threat
ening u.s." he said, when we were alone
in the library. Zone of our friends is
preparing TO abscond."
zone of the members?" i asked.
Yes. he is hundreds OF thousands
short and Is infatuated with on actress.
lie wants 10 take 100000 and ay."
"But Toes he fear detection Il he re-
mains?"
mo, but his wife has learned of tho
nctrcss and proposes 90 make trouble.
Exposure Of his mason would result IA
his removal. Don't you see2"
This Wa indeed serious.
"What u a. ne done" I ssk~A
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24
She had Quick Consumption.

For a long time / was afflicted with lung
and throat trouble. / had the best physi-
clans, care and medicine, bu; nothing was Of
lasting benefit TO me until | tried
Anglers Petroleum Emulsion.
Other medicines would relieve me for a
few days, when l would be worse off than
ever. / could not read, sing, eat, sleep or
rest. | had given up all hope, and thought
/ mast soon die of quick consumption.
Finally, when the path was very dark, l
saw your advertisement, and was led TO try
your medicine. / am today a well woman,
and have more engagements than l can fill.
N. GERTRUDE STONE, Dramatic Reader.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24

n defaulter. My shortage is about,
three times the amount of your sum-,
The first feeling that followed my as,
constituent ut this disclosure was one
of dread that a trap was being laid for
me. The mans statement, in view or
his high standing in the financial
world, seemed simply impossible.
He read me like q book.
81 am speaking the TRUTH" he said.
II have the strongest motive for doing
so--that of self-interest. We can be
mutually useful to each other" ,
"How?" / inquired.
Patience. In a comparatively short
time discovery must ruin you, as IL
must me. But there is a hope. We
can combine with others In n similar
position. We can form a league of de-
faulters for mutual protection"
He looked Mt me with the triumph,
of n man who feels convinced that he
is putting a grand idea into words. l
looked at him in silence.
"Here," said he, sis a list Of ten men
holding Mt this moment responsible po-
titions in financial Institutions. Every
pne of them is a defaulter TO n large
amount and each conceals his villainy
with the greatest skill. The shortage
foots up $4,000, 900 all told"
Again he looked at me, and saw that
failure to respond would injure me.
After all, / was in the mans power. 1t
behooved me to clutch even at IA straw.
Besides a glimmering of his scheme be-
gan to dawn upon me and i felt a GER
tain interest.
Your plan, I see, is to get all these
men TO unite in some method of mutual
protection against discovery" j said.
But how can you put such a plan into
operation?"
II have thought IL all out" he said,
with the cheerfulness of a man who sees
n ray of hope grow brighter in the
gloom of adversely. ITO begin with we
shall form n trust. The members of
the trust shall have a monopoly of de-
falcation. They will crush our compe-
titton by ruthlessly exposing all small
fry d~efaulters. But that is a mere side
issue. The main purpose of the trust,
as i said, will be mutual protection.
Suppose you, for instance, are suspect
ed. You will need 100000 to make
your books seem all right. Very good.
Your fellow members of the trust will
let you have the money. OF course,
when the examination OF your accounts
is over, you will Immediately restore
the funds. In the same way you are to
come 10 the aid of a fellow defaulter by
letting him have $4,000 10 100000 for a
week or So"
Once more he looked at me In tri.
umph. must say l caught his enthus.
iasm. My practical knowledge of the
work.n gs OF financial institutions sug-
gested details In connection with the
carrying out of such n scheme. mem
toned them and my interlocutor was
enthusiastic.
"Gloriousl" he exclaimed. 81 sec my
Judgment was correct. You are just
the nNn / have been looking for. Ia
another week your midwinter vacation
begins. An examination of your ac-
counts then commences. l will see
that you are provided with funds to-
carry you safely through the ordeal.
Meantime you must make a tour
through the principal cities and force
various defaulters into the trust or into
prison"
When ne had left me. | yielded I'm.
stantly 20 'he happy relief of this pro,i-
deptJaJ sscane S-rst irto tAs-s and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24

/ am still in the asylum to which l
was sent. The league must be flourish
ing still. / never said aHythiRg to ina.
plicate others than n:ysei2. As fo-
Margaret and all the persons oi my old
life. | dare not think of them. For the
thought of Margaret maduens me, and
then / am putin irons.
THE END. $50
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
Notice Of Assignment.

Henry Fry OF Providence, in the State OF
Rhode Island, doing business nv Fry Brothers,
and the Providence Furniture Company, has
this day made tn assignment TO Inc. for the
tenefit OF his creditors. All persons having
present tho same 20 me within six month.
from this date.
All persons indebted 10 said Henry Fry are
requested TO make payment 10 me at once.
H. q. CURTIS,
Industrial Trust Co.'S building,
20 Westminster street.
January 20. 1890. jan22-5t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06

the thieves, he made known to them by
shouts that he wouldn't stand their
work, and they raced up the street.
possibly three in the gang, as he heard
them when they ran from the scene.
Wednesday night the gang seeming
ly not at all daunted by the fear of ar
rest, again visited the same locality.
The hardware store Of Hertz Bros, at
521 University avenue, was picked out
as the good thing" and armed with a
large auger, the thieves commenced
operations on rear door to the store.
A couple of holes were started near
the lock of the door, but the burglars
wasted their time as the inside of the
door was lined with steel and they were
unable to gain entrance. One of the
firm seen last evening, said the parties
must have kept a close tab on the store,
as on Wednesday over $3.50 was collect
ed and placed in the safe. His idea was
that the thieves had an inkling of this
and intended to break into the store and
make an effort to secure the cash.
One of the large show windows in the
shoe store kept by H. Gerker, at $50
University avenue, was smashed during
Wednesday night and half a dozen
pairs of gloves and mittens and other
goods, which were in the window, alb
stracted. Mr. Gerker thinks the thieves
also secured a couple of pairs of shoes,
but is not certain as to this. The win
dow was found broken by a neighbor,
who passed the store at o'clock yester-
day morning. The pedestrian notified
the owner and also the police.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
NEW BOSS EVERY DAY.
Only Some Days There Is an Acct
dental Omission.

Anthony Yoerg and Lou Wilkes met
down the street yesterday morning.
Hello, Anthony" said Mr.. Wilkes, who
always calls Mr.. Yoerg Anthony in
honor of the patron saint Of Mime
apolis.
Good morning, Lou" said Mr.. Yoerg,
who does not care much for telephones
and has not acquired their vernacular.
by the way, Anthony, whose day is
this at the SCHOOL,"
81 don't know, Lou. I was up there
Monday, and Tuesday McNair took a
wnirl at it. Yesterday we were all there,
and I don't know who is next in line.
Suppose you co.
'Well, I'll tell you, Anthony, I've
: been SO busy counting election returns
for a day or two I have hardly had
time to go home and rake the leaves off
the lawn. Seems to me some of the
other fellows ought to cut in. Now
McNamee, Of course, he wants to sleep
a bit, but he might come down some
afternoon. Doc has his calls to attend
to, and I suppose he can't very well
spend a whole day there, although he
cuts in once in while to see the things
running right. Mays pretty busy fur
nishing flowers for Bryan's grave, but
either he or Scholle ought to take a
watch. 1t seems to me Scholle ought
to stand two periods there. You know
they used to say that if Gilbert ever
left Gus was likely to"
Just then Mr.. Yoerg hailed news
boy with bundle Of G / b s and the
upshot Of it was that the pair at once
became SO absorbed in the returns from
Indiana that neither of them went or
sent any one to the school office and
the city schools went without superin-
tendent for a day.
Some of the people who have business
to transact with the schools are having
lot Of trouble. It is this way. Some
one sends letter to the superintendent
of schools. There being no superin-
tendent, the superintendent clerk, who
fills in the interregnum, replies appro-
priately, and waits for some member
of the school board to happen in and
sign the reply. If the first correspon-
dence is not sufficient, the foreign cor
respondent is entirely at sea for the
odds are exactly six to one that the
next letter he or she gets will not be
signed by the same member of the
board at all.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
FOR THE Loss OF A HAND.
William Filings Action Against the
Transfer Railway.

William Filing, former employee of
the Minnesota Transfer Railway com
pany, has filed suit against the COM
pany by which he seeks to recover
900 personal damages by reason Of
the loss Of his left hand. The con-
plant sets forth that the plaintiff, as
servant Of the defendant, was endeav-
oring to make a coupling between two
strings Of cars on June 20, 1894, when
the negligence Of the engineer caused
his hand to be SO crushed between the
bumpers Of the cars that amputation
was necessary. 1t Is claimed that
when Filing was ordered to make the
coupling the two trains were about
forty-five feet apart, and that when
the engineer backed UP to the dead
string he came SO fast that collision
was only averted by Filing signaling q
stop. The train came to a standstill
scarcely a foot from the dead string
CT cars and Filing stepped between the
trains to fix the coupling pin. While
thus engaged it is claimed that the
engineer, without waiting for a signal,
backed his train into the other one,
crushing plaintiffs hand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
HASN'T PANIED OUT.
Placer Mining Machine Not Produce
ing ANY Profits

Suit was began in the district court
yesterday by e. Schrader, Herman.
Erpel and George Gemeinhart against
James Nichols and DR.. Nicholas Leh :
nen to recover 81 400 alleged to have
been advanced on an invention to IA
cilitate placer mining, which it is
claimed has turned out to be failure.
The allegations Of the plaintiffs are to
the effect that Nichols received 1,400
from them to complete his invention
and gave as security ninety-nine shares
Of stock in the Minneapolis Powder
company. The stock certificates were
placed in the hands of DR.. Lehnep
under the agreement that should tho
invention prove unsuccessful the stock
was to be sold to reimburse the plain
Iiffs for the money advanced by them
DR.. Lehnen was also to be the judge
of the success or failure of the ma
chine, and after trial operations, pro
nounced it failure. He has, how
ever. refused to effect a sale Of the
stock security in his possession, and
the object of the suit is to compel him
to dispose of the stock and return the
money advanced to Nichols by the
plaintiffs,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
MIR. ELLER's FUNERAL.
Many Friends Pay Their Respects
to the Deceased.

to the Deceased.
Funeral services for the late Homer
C. Eller were held from the family
residence, SIS Holly avenue, yesterday
afternoon. In attendance were many
citizens, friends of the deceased and
family, and members of the Ramsey
county bar There were also in at
tendance members of Acker Post. G.
A. r., in which organization Mr.. Eller
was a comrade.
The service began at 2:30 O'Clock, at
which hour the house was filled with
sympathizing friends. The casket in
the front parlor was covered with
floral offerings, the offerings of friends,
the bar association and of Acker post.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Charles E. Haupt, rector of the
Church of the Messiah After a hymn
sung by the quartette choir Of ST
Johns church, the Episcopal service
for the dead was read by the clergy
man. There was no other service. The
dead man needed no eulogy. Already
enthroned in the hearts Of his friends
the service was simple and brief,
symboliZing his modest and unoStenta-
tious life. Cardinal Newman's peren-
NAL hymn, Lead Kindly Light" was
then sung by the choir, after which
those who desired gazed for the last
time on the face of their friend who
had passed to the calm of death. The
pallbearerS then pressed forward and
bore the casket to the hearse, and the
cortege vented it's way to Oakland
cemetery, where the rites Of interment
were performed after the reading Of
the burial service by the clergyman.
The pallbearers were Judge Brill and
Judge Otis, from the district bench;
Charles N. Bell, John D. O'Brien,> Otto
Kueffner and J. T. Fitzpatrick.
Among those In attendance were
Messrs John p. St. John, Otto Schra-
der, D. w. Bazille, r. B. Galusha, E.
stone, Judge Sanborn, H. B. Farwell,
p. ]. Mclaughlin, Judge Otis. Walter
Chaplin, o. B. Lewis, S. P. Crosby,
Samuel Morrison, w. p. Westfall. E.
r. Tiffany, Charles Lawrence, T. D.
O'Brien, E, s. Day, J. F. George.
Charles E. Flandrau, G. T. Rice, Oscar
Hallam, John L. Macdonald. Otto
Cyrus Thompson, F. w. NJ. Cutcheon.
Judge Willrich, E. Whaley, A. G.
Briggs, E. H. Morphy, E. S. Durment.
Fred Ingersoll, w. D. Cornish, George
Markham, H. p. Hall, r. L. German,
E. H. Ozmun, Thomas Cochran. Dr.
c.. G. Higbee, John B. West. w. E.
Bramhall W. G. Foulke, o. H. Conn
fort Pierce Butler. Richards Gordon,
Gotfried Siegenthaler and j. J. Lom-
men.
The courts were closed yesterday
in honor of the dead attorney. Judge
Brill has appointed the following
members of the Ramsey County Bar
association to draw up suitable resolu-
tons to be presented to the meeting
of the association which will be held
on Saturday: E. II. Ozmun, president
of the association; Hitler HI. Horton,
Greenleaf Clark, John D. O'Brien and
Henry ]. Horn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
DELAYS THE GAME.
southern Pacific Blocking tn
New Freight Association.

New Freight Association.
President Washburn, Of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Texas road is block
aiding the progress of the new Western
freight association, and If it were not
Tor him, the association would launch
us administrative board into life this
week. But President Washburn holds
the balance of power and he does not
propose to yield it until he wins his
case. he wants the privilege of NAM
Ing one Of the two men to fill the va
cancies. All the other members Of
the executive board have agreed upon
. W.. L. Shute, of the Great Northern,
ana William Duncan another railroad
man, While Mr.. Washburn wants COM
missioner Vallandingham, of the Kan
saS City Merchants Freight bureau.
PRESIDENT Washburn has nothing
against MeSsrs. Shute or Duncan The
only reason he wants Vallandingham is
because he can better watch out for
Kansas City and its territory. But the
WaShburn candidate is not satisfactory
TO the managers. WaShburn originally
nominated General Freight Agent
Fletcher, of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
q Gulf, and the latter refused There
IS latent suspicion in the minds of
the managers that it was all a put up
job so that Washburn could finally
nominate Vallandingham
On "CCouHt oI InlS disagreement the
meeting which was to have been held
yesterday In Chicago was POSTPONED
until Nov. 10, at which time it will con-
vene in st. Louis. The board has now
out three members and no business. of
course can be transacted until the
others are accepted by the managers
Chairman Midgley, and Messrs. Parker
ana Wellington, form the trio. Yelling
ton was formerly general traffic man
agerfuof) the Wisconsin Central and
Parker held the same position with the
Missouri Pacific 9E
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
CARRYING ON EXTENSIVE OPERA
TIONs OUT ON UNIVERSITY
AVENUE NOW.
SEVERAL PLACES ENTERED.
CLOTHING AND $3.50 IN
CASH.
THEY CALLED AT C. TOO
Keep Up the Night Work as IL There
Was Not 81 Policeman in ST.
Paul.

The storekeepers and residents on
University avenue, between Western
avenue and Dale street, are much
alarmed over the numerous burglaries
and attempted burglaries which have
occurred recently in the neighborhood.
Between the hours of midnight, Mon
day night, and o'clock, Tuesday morn
ing, the residence Of J. Berberich, pro-
prietor of a meat market at the same
number, was entered by burglars, and
about $3.50 in cash secured. The bur-
glars also carried away the pants and
vest of Mr.. Berberich, but the loss Of
the clothing is as nothing compared to
the loss of the cash. The thieves were
quite persevering in their work, for
they first pried up front window, and
attempted to enter the room Of Mr.. Ber-
berich from the front way. The door
to his apartment was locked, and the
thieves were obliged to go to a rear
window of the kitchen. That window
happened to be unfastened, and all
that was necessary was to shove it up
Mr.. Berberich sleeps alone on the first
floor Of the house, and always leaves
a lamp burning during the night. So
quiet were the ''prowlers" that neither
the occupant Of the room nor any Of
the members Of the household were
disturbed. Mr.. Berberich awoke at 4
o'clock Tuesday morning, and was sur
prised to find his lamp eXtinguished.
He arose, lighted the lamp, and then
looked around for his trousers. These
and his vest were nowhere to be found,
and it then dawned on the gentleman
that his room had been visited by bur-
glars. His watch, which was in his
vest pocket when he retired, was found
on the floor, where it had slipped from
the pocket when the garment was car
ried off by the burglar. The money
which was from collections received on
Monday, and as near as Mr.. Berberich
could figure, amounted to $3.50, was
gone The keys to the store We're found
in an alley in the rear of the place,
and the police also claim to have dis
covered tracks of a mans footsteps in
the same alley.
The Rondo street officers, who are
working on the case, claim that the
burglars wore felt shoes, or at least
one of them did Mr.. Berberich is
of the opinion that one of them is now
wearing his clothes, but he fails to see
how the theories either of the police or
himself will bring back his money.
After leaving the Berberich residence
the burglars went to the house of c.
Schmitt, at 500 University avenue Mr..
Schmitt is one Of the proprietors of a
grocery and meat market at the same
number, and he also had considerable
money in the house. Mr. Schmitt
sleeps on the first floor of the building
and was aroused shortly after 3 o'clock
by a noise as if some one was prying
open the shutter at a rear window. He
listened to make sure and heard the
burglars whispering to each other.
Rather than have any encounter with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
WANT A CURFEW.
Central w. G. II. U. Interesting
Themselves in the Matter.

Central w. G. Il. U. Interesting
Themselves In the Matter.
The women of Central w. c. T. U.
devoted the most of their time at the
meeting in the ST. Paul Commons yes
terday to discussions on the schemes
for operating an Intelligence bureau for
the benefit Of girls coming to the city
who are without work or any means
OF getting it, and the proposed curfeW
law which they are DESTROYS of having
passed by the council The bureau in
question will be considered at the
next meeting of the union when
the report of the committee on
investigation of expense Of running
such an institution will be heard. This
Wright and Mrs. w. D. Stevens The
curfew law, the women propose eS-
tablishing, was discussed pro and con,
and blanks were distributed to the men,
bers for the purpose Of getting sigma
lures of prominent men and women,
and presenting a petition to the city
council. These read as follows:
To the Common Council Of the City of st.
Paul, Gentlemen The undersigned your pc
titioners, respectfully state that they are citt-
zens and residents Of the city of St. Paul.
Mimi, and that they believe that it is de-
sirable that some ordinance should be passed
providing for the keeping Of children Of tender
years off the streets during the hours of the
night, and they therefore petition your hon
orable body to adopt a curfew ordinance for
that purpose, and in duty bound your petit
TONERS will ever pray. Respectfully signed,
These will be handed to the president
at the next meeting. Letters were
read by the president, Mrs. Leonard,
from Mrs. Morrison, of Wayne, Mich,
in regard to the work done by the w.
G. T. u, Of that state, in the alms-
houses and like institutions, and it
was decided to take up this line of work
and to hold service of an attractive
nature at the poor farm twice each
month A committee to confer with the
authorities at that place was appoint
ed Of Mrs. 1. P. Wright and Miss Wal
ker. They will report at the next meet
ing. Mrs. Stormes the literary secre-
tary, reported 1S5 papers received and
distributed at the Bethel and hospital
The president reported $1,000 in the
| library treasury. Mrs. D. N. Stevens
was appointed corresponding secretary
and press CORES pendent The next
meeting will be held at the home Of
Mrs. Nicholas, 268 Kent street, and after
that at the Commons if satisfactory
arrangements can be made.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-06
CREASE ON FOP OF MKINLEY's
EAECTION.
HAS PICKED UP 100 PER CENT.
OUTGOING TRAINS LOADED WITH
TRAVELLING statesmen TO POINTS
In THE 9NORTHWEST.
THE NEW FREIGHT ASSOCIATION.
1t Is Being Delayed in Starting
work by the Action of President
Washburn-LOcaI News.

General passenger officials report that
the business Of all roads has increased
wonderfully since Tuesday. The G 0 b e
asked a number of city passenger
agents what the effect of the election
had been upon the sale of tickets and
the replies were that business had pick
ed up 100 per cent, one official saying
that the sale of mileage books to COM
merclal travellers had increased $50 per
cent over last month and $50 per cent
over the previous two or three months.
The union depot sales have been
equally large. Outgoing trains are
loaded with travelling statesmen bound
TO all portions of the Northwest Freight
officials expect a great impetus in bust
ness for the reason that small dealers
and jobbers who have been holding off
the purchase of winter stocks are now
ready to buy.