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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
Kp,pp Is All Right.

Constantinople. April 27.--Rev. Georss
p. Knapp. the American missionary who
was recently expelled from B.tlis by the
Turkish authorities. has been handed
over. I'm good health. 20 the United states
consul at Alexandretta.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
Nervous PrOstratiOn
Cured by DIR. Miles Nervine.

Prolonged arrangement OF the nervous
system not only Affects the brain and mem
tai powers. but develops disease in some OF
the vital organs. The most dangerous OF
these indirect results Is when the heart is
affected. This was the case of the Rev. N.
#. Surface. Fawn River. Mich. who writes
under date OF Feb. IL, 1895:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
A Big Consolidation.

GLASGOW. April 27.-It is reported at Pals
ley that the Coates and Clarke thread manu-.
featuring business win be amalgamated. and
that a central agency will be established in
the United States.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
Dutch Fefees Bembard Lampisang

Batavis. Java. says that the Dutch forces are
now shelling Lam pisang, the chief village Of
Toekoemar, the leader of the Achinese. who
rejected the ultimatum OF Holland.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
$50 O'CLOCK
FOR THE NEW NAVY.
Appropriation Bill Under C0nsidera-
tiOn in Senate.
The House Adopts Rule 10 Limit the De-
bate on the Pension Bill.

WAsHINaToN, April 27.--The absence
OF a quorum at the opening of the Senate
today occasioned some delay while Sena-
tors were being summoned.
Mr.. Chandler (Rep., N. h. presented
a supplementary report concerning alleg-
cd election frauds in Alabama
The naval appropriation bill was then
taken up. The main features OF the bill
are tht items Tor four seagoing coast line
battIeships desin ged to carry the heaviest
armor and most powerful ordinance to
cost 50, 20, 600 each three torpedo boats
having a speed OF 30 knots to cost $780,
600, and ten torpedo boats to cost IS, 500,-
000. These PROVISIONS are the same as the
House provided except that the number
OF first-class torpedo boats as the bill
came from the House Is reduced from five
to three and the speed increased from 26
10 80.
In The House.
The debate ON the adoption OF a rule
brought in by the rules committee m the
House today for vote on the Prickler
general pension bill was rather sensa-
tional. Mr.. Crisp charged that the
"leader" OF the majority bad thrown over
the committee on pensions and framed
this bill and now proposed to pass this
bill or none without amendment.
MIR. Henderson taunted Mr.. Crisp Gas
the head of the star chamber rules COM
imttee OF the past" with being disingen-
uous. He frankly acknowledged that the
purpose OF the rule was TO bring the bill
TO a cote.
Mr.. Hepburn, (Rep. Ia.,) protested
vigorously against the interference of
the committee on rules, declaring that
II there was any question in which Re-
publican House could be trusted 10 was
that of tensions. The rule was adopted
on rising vote, 20 to 66.
Mr.. Crisp demanded the ayes and noes
and the roll was called. The rule limiting
debate on the pension bill WAS adopted
1l9 to IS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
Saturdays Baseball Games.

At New York--Boston, Z. New York, 4.
At Philadelphia-Philade 8; Brook
lyn. 3.
At MISUNDERSTANDING 6; Pittsburg.
3.
at Cincinnati = Chicago, 5; Cincinnati,
8.
At Baltimore-Baltimore, 10; Washing-
ton, 2. =
AT st. Louis-St. Louis, s; Louisville. q
Joe Preston, The third baseman OF the
Indianapolis baseball team, who has been
in Providence during the past week at
tending his fathers funeral leaves for In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27

Fourteen years ago had slight stroke Of
paralysis. overwork brought on nervous
prostration. was exceedingly nervous and
the exertion or public speaking caused
heart palpitation that threatened my life.
/ used two bottles OF DIR. Miles New Heart
Cure for my heart trouble. and two of DIR.
Miles Restorative Nervine for my nervous
ness and feel better than ever expected to
feel again. can speak for hours without
tiring or having my neart iutter as it for
merly did, and have you to thank that
am alive today"
On sale by all druggists. DIR. Miles Book
on Heart and Nervous Disorders FREE by
mail. DIR. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart Ind.
DR.. Mixes Remedies Restore Health.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27

Open house was the order of tho day at
the Nerragansett Boat Club yesterday,
and the oarsmen who have been hibern-
ating during the winter months were out
in full force as happy and risky az so
many school boys. A goodly number OF
them gathered In the living room Of the
club and while basking In the genial
warmth Of the sun told Of deeds OF oar
ing ana prowess Of the days Of AuId Lang
syno. Verify II was reunion OF Jolly,
jovial good fellows who loaned to the
affsie an air OF comradie which made IL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

secreted himself in closet in the back
office-returning after a pretense of
leaving the factory as usual. When the
boy had brought in the coffee, and had
gone. Stetson had crept out of the
closet, and had poured his poison into
the pail. Then he had returned to his
concealment.
"A few minutes later 1 had come in.
humble instrument in the hands of
Providence-and had removed the pail
which contained the fatal dose. substi-
tuting that which had mildly drugged.
Often have l reflected, since that. how
wonderfully was guided on that night,
and how mercifully my life was spared.
For / had come as near as possible to
drinking the coffee which / had taken
from that room! / thought it would
brace my nerves, and only the sicken-
ing thought of the drug that / had used
prevented me from taking the fatal
dose. AS it CHANGED, 1 poured it out
upon the ground.
Returning now to Stetson, you will
readily perceive how he came to take
the course he did. Being discovered by
me beside the body of his victim-as he
supposed-there was no recourse for
him but confession. Yet he begged that
1 would have mercy and shield him.
"Well. now. do you know. Mr.. Wood
bury. couldn't do it. OF course, ii
wasn't business. I might have been
blackmailing him yet. But the fact is
that, coming face to face so suddenly
with a rascal worse than myself made
me an honest man by sheer force Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
CTo be continued)
THE CHEATING OF WIDOWS.
ON the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
There are. according to the latest avail
able reports. no less than ninety-one fra
ternal orders doing u mutual insurance
business. They have total membership
of 2,OlI,3I. And the total amount of IN
surance in force Is sS,576,7?0,Is9. That
makes nearly 81 800 insurance for each
member. Most, perhaps all, of these So
cieties are strong and trustworthy be-
yond question. They are paying out mil
lions of dollars every year for the bene-
fit of their members, or of their late men,
berS' families. The good they are thus
doing Is incalculable, the more SO be-
cause, on the whole, the bulk of their
membership Is in ihe less wealthy part
of the population. Wage earners. far
mers, small shopkeeperS are saving each
q few dollars a year from their incomes
TO secure provision for old age and sick
ness or for their widows and orphans, and
the 81, $40 insurance when ii comes, Is more
to its recipients than vastly larger sums
to those who have never known the need
of saving.
And now these 3Ol7.734 men are asked
to renounce, relinquish, abandon nearly
one-half of that 10 which they are en-
titled. They have been paying in their as
sessments in dollars worth 100 cents each,
and they are asked to accept their insur-
ance in dollars worth only SO cents each.
That is what the Chicago convention de-
manded of them. That Is what the Chi
cago platform calls for. That is what the
Chicago candidates would bring to pass
if they Were elected and invested with
authority. Every member of q fraternal
order who votes for Bryan and Sewall
will vote to have his insurance-the in
surance for his wife and children-reduced
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
---<oe--
WOMEN VOTERS IN COLORADO.
Published at the Request of the Amer

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

"I'm sorry for you. Mr.. Stetson,' said
I. but 1 can't shield a murderer. /
must do my duty
with that 1 threw open the window
and called for help. 1t happened that
there was policeman on the corner.
He came in response to my call and
arrested Stetson, who was in a pitiable
state of collapse. Then 1 got a doctor.
who worked over Grayling until he
brought him to his senses; but he said
that a half more hour would have put
the man beyond the reach of help.
don't believe it. In ny opinion Gray
ling would have walked up all right;
but naturally the doctor wanted as
much credit as possible.
when the circumstances We're ex-
planned to Grayling he was overcome
with gratitude towards me for saving
his life. Well. had saved it, though he
didn't know just how it had been done.
He shook me warmly by the hand, and
then, tottering over to the safe, he
opened drawer and gave me the roll
of bills that had planned to take. The
bills were all ones-sixty-seven dollars
in all. Suppose that I had killed him
for so little! 1t wasn't as much as he
owed me, according to my calculation.
Rut l never tried to get even. / was
afraid of a man with such luck as his.
StetsOn got ten years"
THE worst luck in the world" re-
Joined Gleason. Nothing more dis
astrous can happen to a man than that
he should escape the just punishment
IJnI I
tunate enough to be caught, 1t might
have accomplished my reform, but such
an escape as that which l have de-
scribed led me to think myself the es-
pecial favorite of Satan. AS usual the
tempter deceived and deserted me-"
He pronounced these last words with
good elocutionary effect, but they failed
to impress Newcomb, who had too clear
up in mind the character which Gleason
had given himself in his introductory
remarks. The crimnologist made no
verbal comment, however, but content
ed himself with mentally adding gross
and palpable hypocrisy to the list Of
Gleason's crimes.
1T is your turn now. Mr.. Harris" he
ssid. what story will you give u.s."
THE story of what we call In my pro-
fession An Inside job" replied Har-
ris.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

To the imputation upon his veracity.
Frank Gleason retorted that the story
which he was about to tell was strictly
true He added that a man who had
led such a life as his did not need to in
vent stories of q marvellous adventure.
This proposition he proceeded to prove
by sketching a strangely varied career
with great clearness and exemplary
brevity.
1t appeared that he had worked at al
most every trade by which men live.
lie spoke OF each with q technical fa-
miliarity that compelled belief and.
probably without meaning to do so, he
proved that his nature had been always
superior to occupation or environment.
for he had made every path lead to
crime. As q soldier, in petty South
American war, he had fought for booty;
and as a diver, even at the bottom of
the sea with the world so far away and
Gods hand so near he had had the
hardlhood to wrest jewels from the fin
gers of the dead.
"As to the little affair I'm going to
tell you about" he said at last" it was
not much to boast of. and the only rea-
son why like to tell the story is be-
cause 1t marks the cross roads of life
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
Spring House
HEART Lake, SUSQ'A co.
U.E. CR0F UT, PROPRIETOR.

THIS HOUSE is strictly temperance, Is
new and we'll furnished and OPENED TO
THE PUBLIC THE YEAR ROUND, il
located midway between Binghamton ami
Scranton. on the Montrose and Lacka.
wanna Railroad, six miles from D., l.. G.
W. r. R. at Afford Station. and flye miles
from Montrose: capacity eighty-fve.
three minutes walk from railroad station
House situated 100 feet from the. lake.
wide veranda extends the entire length
of the house. which IL 100 feet.
Row Boats, Fishing Tackle, Etc.
Free to Quests.
Altitude about 1000 feet. equalling in this
respect the Adirondack and Catskill
Mountains.
Fine groves. plenty Of shade and beauti-
full scenery, making Summer Resort un.
excelled in beauty and cheapness.
Dancing pavilion. swings. croQuet
grounds. etc. COLD SPRING WATER
AND PLENTY OF MILK.
Rates 81 to sio Per Week. sI.so Per Day.
Excursion tickets sold at all stations on
D., L. Z w. lines.
Porter meets all trains.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

For Cleaning and Polishing
Gold. Silver. Silver.Plated Ware,
Brass. Nickel. etc., has no equal.
No Dirt, No Dust, Contains No
Acid. Bicycle and Harness Mounts
inss 1t will also clean and polish
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

itation Bishop wrote the word Town
send,' but he wrote 1t reversed, as It
would appear In a mirror were the pa
per on which the word was written re-
fiected there.
spectators deciphered the name and
burst into applause he stiffened out
and sank back unconscious.
Several physicians present quieted
the fears of the club men by telling
them that Bishop was subject to cata-
leptic fits, and that there was probably
no danger He was revived, and when
he was able to sit, he asked that the
physicians should explain that the pc
culiar backward fashion in which the
name had been written might be ac-
counted for by the fact that the ORR
ginal reection Of everything seen by tine
eye is inverted, as in a mirror and is
reversed by the optic lens on the way to
the brain. Bishop alleged that what
he had written was the exact copy of
what appeared in his eye, and was writ
ten by him without any conscious in
tervention. He was in a highly excited
state, and we took him to a private
room upstairs. He seemed greatly elat-
ed over the success of his feat. and in
sisted on repeating 1t. although DR.. Ir-
win forbade him doing so. Opposition
seemed only to excite him. and in the
hope of quieting him he was permitted
to repeat the feat. This time he had
great difficulty in accomplishing it. and
when 1t was over he was completely
fa1
and at o'clock he went into a coma,
which lasted until his death, which Oc-
Cured about noon.
NOT MUSCLE READING.
"There was a good deal printed about
Bishops death, and many different sto-
ries We're told about his feats here just
before 1t. My statement Of them is cor
rect. Bishops feat of writing out the
name Townsend that had been selected
was not muscle reading evidently.
Some of the so-called mind readers VINO
have followed him can find a certain
word on q printed page by muscle read
ing, and then they write 1t out by going
through the letters Of the alphabet and
putting them down one by one as the
muscles Of the guide are bound to in
dicate. There was no one touching
Bishop. l have seen too many evidence
es Of telepathy to doubt it. but except
in this one instance l have never known
a person to feel another's thoughts so
clearly that they could write them
down. Bishop was a mystery to me,
and he always will be unless a man ap-
pears who can duplicate the feat that
resulted in his death. and Is able to en-
plain how he does 1t. l am inclined to
believe that Bishop was perfectly sim
cere in his belief that he accomplished
his feats by hypnotic influence, but
am not ready to admit that that was
the explanation Of them"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
LILIES OF THE VALLEY.

Lilies of the valley
Were all about the room,
I.ove-Bells Ginning itf,'
A passionate perfume. '',
1.ove-bells tolling Z
My dainty, dainty doom.
.~r.yr-,.-r-.
ssEt'st,fi.
Lightly Clara gave me ~
A spray, and lightly said ~
"Wait, I'll get another, j,
For this one l have had y
Twirling In my fingers = 90.
Until 1t must be dead" -"
-.r,-~
That was the one I wanted.
She could not fancy why,
When l could take fresh one
For one about to die;
But kept her faint-flush'd profile
Averted from my eye.
j. Russell Taylor, in Truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. J. Woodbury. Newcomb, an elderly
student Of criminology. returning to New
York from a visit to Sing Sing. meets on
the train Frank Gleason. Bill Harris and
Jack Pinney, convicts, who have just
completed their terms OF imprisonment,
and who mistake Newcomb for fellow
convict. To draw them out. he assumes
the character, and proceeds to tell them
the story of his first crime.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
An Investigation Needed.

Snodgrass-"In me. sir. there is man
of genius, unrecognized. perhaps, but still
q man of undoubted genius"
Skidmore-"Then hold still while turn
u cathode ray on you and see whom you
have swallowed."-I.ife.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
ABOUT THE FARM
OBJECTS TO wHITEWAsH.

The Northwestern Agriculturist is
not at all satisfied with the action of
the committee Of the state fair associa-
ton appointed to investigate the charge
that Dairy Commissioner Graham was
grating" 1t calls the report a mess
of whitewash and sums up thus:
The whole question comes down to
this: Shall the state fair, of which we
are all so proud, become a private snap
for little ring of log-rollers, or shall it
be conducted upon a broad policy of
Justice to all, - policy which alone will
gain it the confidence and support of
all?
If superintendent of departments are
to abuse the principle of favor to none
and justice to all' and are to be white
washed, If embarrassing committees
themselves are to repeat the same Of
Tense which they were appointed to
punish then with what grace can fu-
ture managers of the fair ask the coop
GRAFTON Of the general public and the
encouragement of the state agricultural
press which they seek to injure?
Graham admitted that his advertising
scheme was mistake" This would
indicate that he is unfit for his place as
it shows that he either has not sufficient
good sense for it, or is of too thrifty a
disposition.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
GIVE THEM A FAIR FIELD.

The Northwestern Agriculturist has
this sensible advice:
Farming will never be at it's best in
America until land is rightly valued,
and farms handed down from genera
ton to generation in the family The
American farmers boy has been edu-
Gated into all sorts of useless and
worse than useless ideas at school and
college, but seldom has been taught
to love the farm and life on it as the
most independent, the most whole
some and on the whole the best that
the world has to offer. A farm ought
to be carried on as if it was to con-
tinue in the family for generation after
generation, and it ought to be held
disgrace for any man to leave his in
heritance worse than he found it, This
feeling has had a remarkable growth
in the Northwest during recent years.
due to the wholesome teachings of the
Minnesota School of Agriculture and
other schools of its type.
When our UncleA Sam stops taxing
every one, and our farmers most of all.
to make manufacturing in shops alb
normally profitable, farming will be
normally profitable and, consequently,
attractive, and the boys will stay on
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
SALTWATER NEWS.
Scores in the Two Weeks, Billiard
Tourney.

Scores In the Two Weeks, Billiard
Tourney.
The second week of the Saltwater
billiard tournament witnessed num-
Der Of excellent games, and a careful
observer can notice that the various
players are improving greatly. The fol-
lowing is the standing of each: p. M.
Anderson, won 2, lost 2; G. w. Hitch
Geek, won, &c lost 4; w. G. Bronson Jr.,
won 3, lost 2; c. H. Dawson, won 4, lost
2; l.. E. Kinney won 8, lost q; G. c.
Strickland, won 5, lost /; George w.
Patchin, lost 1; Albert Lehmicke, lost 1;
Henry Heisel, lost /; c. H. Browne, won
4, lost 1; DR.. c. W. Merry, lost 6; E. M.
Conrad, lost 2; C. E. Mosier, won 6, lost
4; j. D. Bronson, lost 5; John McKusick,
won 2, lost 2;gAI-.7 Booren, won 1, lost
2; S. F. Staples, Ton s, lost Z; Is. j.
Mosier, lost 2; n. A. Nelson, won 8,
lost 6; Louis Hospes, won 8, lost 8; W.
z. Easton, won f.. lost 2; H. T. King,
won 6, lost 1; Laurence Hewitt, lost g;
w. E. Cowles, won 4, lost g; A. B. Sar-
gent, won 5, lost g; H. c. Fogle, lost A.;
Frank Sargent, lost 4; L. B. Castle,
lost l.
The funeral of Rev. Joel L. Hoff will
be held from the Swedish Lutheran
church this afternoon, and large num-
Der of clergymen of that denomination
will be present from all parts of the
state. The remains will be taken to
Rockford. ILL.,, for burial
Judge Williston will hold special
term of the district court in this city
tomorrow.
The funeral of H. L. Foster was
held here yesterday.
The reports received from the log
ging districts the past week were of
an encouraging nature, and indicate
that good work is being done in all the
camps. Roads are hard and slippery,
making it possible to haul large loads.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-10
A NURSERY SONG.

Oh, Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout,
Are two little COLLINS black!
Full oft from my house I've driven them out,
But somehow they still come back.
They Chamber up to the babys mouth,
And pull the corners down;
They perch aloft on the baby's brow,
And twist 1t into a frown,
And one says "Shall!' and t'other says
"Shantr
And one says "Must!' and t'other says
Can't"
oh, Peterkin Pout and Gregory Grout,
pray you now, from my house keep out!
But Samuel Smile and Lemuel Laugh
Are two little fairies light
They're always ready for fun and chaff
And sunshine is their delight.
And when they creep into baby's eyes,
Why, there the sunbeams are
And when they peep through her rosy lips,
Her laughter rings near and far.
And one says 'Please!' and t'other says dot"
And both together say Il love you.'
So, Lemuel Laugh and Samuel Smile,
Come in, my dears, and tarry awhile,
st. Nicholas.