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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
sfrTLE PROFIT IN RETAIL TRADE

William o. Blanding Of the firm of
Blanding a. Blanding said that there was
but little profit In the drug trade and
those engaged in the retail trade had to
make money some way. lie said that no
had no doubt but what there were many
in the trade Mt the present time who
used tho trade TO sell liquor instead OF
drugs, and medicines and said that per-
haps some OF them had been refused n
liquor license, so took the drug trade as
tho next best thing. lie said that the
wholesale dealers had made an effort TO
have moro stringent laws nassed TO regu-
late the trade, hut were defeated but they
were going TO keep up the Eight. lie said
that mnn that was In the drug trade
should continc himself 90 that trade md
let the rum trade alone lie aid not know
how 20 prevent retail druggists from SELL
Ing liquor unless IL was by the police.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
FIELD FOR OUTSIDERS.

"We are selling less and less liquor
every year to the retail druggists. They
are puying it from the wholesale liquor
dealers direct. and IL is being sold here
by outside parties, who realize the extent
TO which this Illegal selling is being car
ried on and find it profitable TO send their
agents after the trade.
Relative to remedy for the evil, Mr..
Clailin said that the laws should be
changed and made much more effective.
The authority of the state board of Phar-
macy should be Increased and it ought
TO be possible to take away the license OF
any druggist who sells liquor in any i'm.
prODer way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
Swept Through the Streets in
Outskirts of the City.
There Was Some Sharp Fighting
With Spanish Troops.
The Cubans Said TO Have Used Rapid Fire
Guns as Well as Dynamite.

Havana, Cuba, via Key West Fla.
July 80. The New York Herald CORES
pondent telegrsphs: Havana's outposts
have been attacked by large body of
rebels, who before the Spanish troops
could be gathered TO resist had swept
through the suburbs. carrying all before
them. They used 1t Is believed, rapid
fire guns and large quantity of dyna-
mite
The attack was made late last night.
Today there is an inclination among the
Spanish officials in Havana TO deny the
fact that rebels had evaded the forts and
swept into Havana limits. The facts,
however. remain, and the path left by
the rebels through the suburbs southeast
Of the city may be plainly traced.
at the first sounds of firing last night
the Spanish soldiers in the city and
suburbs sprang TO arms They proceeded
hurriedly to the southeastern part of the
city, from where the rattle Of musketry,
followed by the boom of heavy guns or
dynamite, could be heard plainly all over
Havana. Then the sound of firing in
creased and finally, after few hours,
died away, showing that the rebels had
retired.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
A. w. CLAFLlN INTERVIEWED.

MIR. Arthur w. Clallin of the firm of
George l.. Claflin a. Co., wholesale and
retail druggists on South Main street,
says:
1.-The drug business Is an honorable
calling and there are many good and
straightforward men engaged in it. L
sincerely wish that IL could be freed from
this taint of the back room business of
selling liquor by the glass i cannot
name any specific cases, but have no
doubt that there is lots Of IL done in this
city. 1t is on the increase and the repu-
tation of all the druggists must suffer
more or less whether they are innocent or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
DAM GAVE WAY
Huge Stones Sent Through
Wall of a Factory.
Place Flooded and M0rkmen
Fled For Their Lives.
Tremendous Volume of Water and
Much damage at Middletown.

Middietown. Conn, July 30 AT
o'clock this morning dam 40 feet wide.
cenAning water from which three fac
tories get power. burst and was carried
away, letting down tremendous vol
ume Of water.
The huge stone with which the dam
was built crashed into the factory of the
William Wilcox lock shop. and the lower
floors of the factory were flooded.
Forty men were compelled to fly for
their lives. Much damage has been done
and the water Is still rushing down.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
Was Making Descent During
Darkness of Night.
Warned FrieniS to Pe Careful Then
Fell TO His Death.
No Life Line Was Us d-The Psrty LIST
Trail tn tie Muir Glacier.

Tacoma, Wash. July 30.-Professor
Edgar Mcclure. of the Oregon State
University. fell over three hundred foot
precipice while descending Mount Tacoma
In the dark ness Tuesday night.
His body was found Wednesday and was
placed In "A snow bank awaiting the ar
rival of AN undertaken.
DIR. Davitt Connell, of Portland, Ore.
NcClure's travelling companion. says
very bone In the professors body was
Jroken by the fall. His face was
lacerated end his skull fractured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
THAT WOLF AGAIN.
Old Time Resident Says it IS Only a
Stray Jersey Calf.

Tho ferocious animal, whose brilliant
career In Central Rhode Island has been
recently sketchcd by the Providence
Journal has again put in an appearance,
this time In West Greenwich.
Whether the animal is genuine wolf
or not, or whether it is a stray calf or
large sized dog is a debatable question,
but there Is no denying the fact that a
great majority OF tho country people in
the central part Of the state firmly believe
In his existence rs n ferocious beast; and
thoy have all seen him; even the child
rem.
A party of huckleberry pickers while
mt work not far from the district known
as Rocky Hill. about three miles north of
East Greenwich met the terrible visitant
yesterday afternoon. According to their
story the animal came In their direction
and they Immediately took 90 their heels.
If any one Is anxious for half bushel
of ready picked berries they are still lying
where the fugtives dropped them, and
they will continue to be there, as far as
their owners arc concerned.
Reports of the animal arc varied and
amusing and the singular feature is that
no two stories agree, except In the
statement that Z - beast was as big as
calf, and be was bad one To handle.
by what Information can be Cleaned the
beast is black and always hungry. judg-
ing from the chickens which regularly
disappear.
An old time resident Of the district de-
claros that he has mot the creature and 10
Is only a back Jersey calf which has
straycd away from some neighboring
farm. This Is however. TN unpopular
view, aud IN any stranger doubts the
reality Of tho awful creature he IL In
stautly surrounded by "a cloud OF wit
nessos. oil Of whom con testify 20 the
reality and ferocity OF the unknown
animal
Huckleberries will ba scaree-iH- the
vicinity II tho animal continues to
appear.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
WARNED HIS FRIENDS.

In the darkness the party lost the trial
IN tho Muir Glacior. Mcclure warned his
companions To be careful and stnrtod 10
reach what locked like pile of rocks "a
few feet away. Ihe rocks were a hundred
tert below.
Webster Pierce of Pendelton. white look
trg over one IF the precipices became
partly deranged- and could not ascend the
mountain.
No barometer has been safely brought
down from Mount Tacoma and Mr.. Nc.
ClUrc on starting to descend promised TO
preserve his at all hazards
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
MACHINERY UNDER WATER.

A great portion of the machinery Is
under water ON the lower floors there
was some stock which will be seriously
damaged IL not rendered worthless.
Three small, separate buildings, used as
storerooms, were lifted from their founda-
tions ana carried away with whatever
happened to be i'm them. An accurate
estimate of the damage cannot be made
at this time. without taking into
account the injury to machinery and
possibly ruined stock. figures are placed
M S2h 600
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
ORIGIN OF THE EVIL.

81 think that the evil may he traced to
the general cutting of prices on patent
medicines. Profits from sales steadily de-
creased and it was necessary TO make up
the deficiency. The weak ones yielded
tc the temptation offered by the pig
profits of illegal liquor selling. One re-
tail druggist, he is dead now, confessed
to mo that he had taken up that sort of
trade and had been obliged 60.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30

e. Goldman, 40 Kilby street. last Saturday
when Miss Alice NJ. Barrett was found
dead.
simultaneously with the fire the build
ing was struck oy lightning. The police
say that Miss Barrett committed suicide
and her employer, William O. Goldman,
SAYS she was murdered
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
FAD NO LIFE LINE.

Professor Mcclure was married and
about thirty years of age He had charge
of the governments scientific department
of the mountain climbing expedition of
the MGzamas the Coast Alpine Society.
He and his friends d!i not go with the
regular party which nun bered 80 which
made the ascent and descended in safety,
using a lite line.
The Mcclure party had NJ life line
and that recklessDess while travelling
Wy night accounts for the accident.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
A DULL BOOM.

The dam, which Is known MS WILCOX s
Dam" was located almost ad accent TO the
lock shop of William Wilcox. The reser-
voir is "A brook body. about 400 feet
long and 30 feet wide.
From this reservoir the lock shop, the
fertilizer manufacturing concern of
Rogers and Hubbard, and Wilcox. Critten-
den a. CO., ship chambers, obtained their
power. The cOntining dam was nearly
fifty feet wide ana was huilt but few
years ago at q cost of about 500 030
Suddenly this morning there was dull
boom and in another instant one after an
other OF the huge stones of which the
dam was built gave way before the water
and Xere oarried down with the flood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30

II the reputation that p. ]. Collins
earned in Olneyville counts for anything
the testimony he gave before Fire Marshal
Whitcomb at the hearing in Boston yes
terday is of little value. it was the CON
tinuation of the investigation into the
cause of the fire in the office of Goldman
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30

ulations In sugar and that there was q
shortage In the accounts of Goldman &
Goldman. The members of the firm,
however, deny there is any truth in the
statement.
met by counter testimony on the part Of
the relatives of the dead girl. Her
mother stated, under oath, that her
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
FLED FOR THEIR LIVES.

These boulders crashed against the side
OF the lock shop and the accompanying
water rushed into the factory with great
speed. Forty workmen, employed on the
lower floor. had heard tho rushing of the
waters and fled for their lives. They
escaped safely, and within five minutes
there was water on the floors 30 inches in
depth and 1t was rushing through the
shops at q great rate, and out into che
swollen pameacha brook.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
BRIDGE CARRIED OFF.

Within ID minutes the entire dam had
disappeared and the water continued to
rush down. A bridge on the Durham
road short distance below the shops was
lifted up bodily and carried off. The flood
then followed the course of the brook ana
went on its way to the Connecticut river
into which the stream empties. The
wheels of the lock shop were closed and
IL -,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
CASE IN A NUTSHELL.

President Norman y. Mason of the
State Board of Pharmacy puts the whole
thing in nutshell. lie said today
that II men who pay five dollars year
license can do an Illicit business seven
days q week while others are compelled
to pay 500 a year for doing Legitimate
business six days week, the wrong set
of men arc in Office
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
POSTSCRIPT!
COLLINS AND HIS STORY.
What He Told in Relation to Death
of Miss Alice M. Barrett.

The Man Was Formerly Druggist This Gyn Oneyv Wher:
He Formerly Resided His Caused
The People Who Knew Him There Do Not Give Him Very Good
His Dongs That Caused Neghbors
Asknce Hm-Faied in All His Undertakings Hereabou
Finally Left These Plantations
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
EARNED A BAD REPUTATION.

Collins is well known In this ,city and
Olneyville. In the latter place he earned
bad reputation and one old resident
said he was rs near nothing as man
could possibly be-
Collins testified that ne was tho pro-
prietor Of the London shrub" with an
Office on Water street, Boston. lie was
with Miss Barrett on parts of Thursday
and Friday nights preceding the Satur-
day on which she was found dead.
That he took her TO several hotels for
suppers and that at one place they h al
champHRne. Miss Barrett Thursday night
asked him To lend her $1,000 to meet a
pressing need. He could not furnish that
amount, but he lent her $40. Ho would
not tell the places that he visited with
the girl He testified that Miss Barrett
was very despondent
A SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS.
After the hearing. Collins said that
Miss Rarrett had uado unforfuuata spao.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
aa SEE THE
SATURDAY NEWS
FOR The latest News
AND THE
BRIGHTEST FEATURES.
Among Which Will Be :

An article dealing with Financial Energy
Rhode Island with illustrations.
Money Lending Extortoners Excessive Interest Paid
Poor Borrowers for Small Loans
3. Christian Denomination That n
Following in Providence.
Kitchen Barrooms. Illegal
Liquor is Carried
ALette from Circle City the Kondke Gold
Bull Run Field.
trations.
Society News. Gossip
Castle Hail.
Column Of Chess Giving
Captivating Game.
Sketches from Summer Places Along
the Rhode Island shore.
10 Parlor Amusements. How Entertain i'm
Novel and Pleasing Way.
H. Religious Intelligence
Sporting News Gossip Track nd
Field.
13 A Whole Page For Women Describing Latest
- Fashions.
IA. a Page of Humor, Columns o Laughter
Provoking Sayings and Sketches.
Ern's Centennial Reunion i'm
Historic Town Of Wexford.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30

At tho session Of the Sixth District
Court this morning Nicholas Jonas was
adjuligcd probably guilty OF making n
violent assault upon Lambros Lickus and
was held for the action OF the grand Jury
In the sum OF 600.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
Everett Mills Will Shut
Down for That Time.
Atlantic Mills of Lawrence to
Close For a month.
Mill Agents Say There Must BE Cur
tailment OF Production.

Lawrence, Mass. July So.-The Everett
mills will shut down tonight for period
OF five woeks.
Operations also will be suspended at
the Atlantic mills for one month after
tomorrow.
The agents of the mills claim that
they are Obliged to curtail the production
of cotton goods and believe that the
month of August affords the best oppor-
tunity to do so, considering the interests
Of all concerned. About 2500 operatives
will M affected
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
A NEW BEDFORD MILL ALSO.

New Bedford. Mass. July 30 Ono OF
the mills of the Hathaway Manufactur-
ing Company will shut down tonight fUr
an Indefinite period, one object being
To make repairs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30

daughter was at home on both nights re-
ferred to by Collins, and she never asked
for the loan OF $1,000
Collins also declared that he and Miss
Barrett were very good friends and that
her losses by speculation amounted to
about 5000. He had frequently borrowed
money from Miss Barrett and she had
borrowed money from him.
COLLINS SAYS SUICIDE.
He believes that she committed suicide.
Collins said that Miss Barrett lent the
$500 spoken of SO frequently In the case.
To Mr.. Foss. She was engaged 60 be mar
ried to that gentleman, but tho engage
ment was broken about three weeks ago.
Foss swore that the $500 mentioned In
the will of the dead girl was not paid to
him.
Mr. Goldman swore that tho firms
money was all right and that the state
ment that Miss Barrett had lost heavily
In sugar speculation was false state
ment emanating from q wholly ire
sponsible person.
He declares the girl was murdered and
challenges the police on their verdict OF
suicide.
WHERE COLLINS LIVED.
A man in OlneyvilIe who knew Collins
we'll, a. he had lived In the place for many
years, said that IL Miss Barrett had any
Continued On Pags 2.)
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Continued on Page 2.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
l6 PAGES AGAIN

| omorrow. l he tre-
mendous sale Of the Sat
urday News of last
week will be surpassed
Tomorrow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-30
A SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS.

After the hearing. Collins said that
Miss Barrett had made unfortunate spec.
The evening times., 1897-05-05
CCBANS CHANGE PLANS.
No More Filibustering Expeditions
From PhiIndelphia

Philadelphia, May g. There is talk OF a
big change in the manner of sending eXpe
ditions to Cuba so far as this city is con
cerned. 1t is stated that the Junta, with
main quarters at New York has determined
TO abandon Philadelphia altogether, and
that it viii not either permit of any such
party going out from New York The
new rendezvous is said to be on the
New England coast, coupled with some
of the Suut hern ports, and that all ship
nents either of men or arms, viii he care
fully guarded.
The statement was made yesterday
that a big expedition had been arranged
for to leave here on next Sunday, but
that orders came from the Junta to
stop all such arrangements. Such orders,
1t is said, do not mean any interference
with the patriotic movements of CubaDs
or their sympa, hizers here, hut are act
uated altogether by advices received from
De Quesada at Washington, that there
must be no more convictions in the United
states courts on charges of violating the
neutrality laws
In connection with these stories it is
reported that a conference OF all the Cuban
leaders, including Gen. Palma, will be
hello in Philadelphia before this week is out
The evening times., 1897-05-05
Miss Sproesser's May Ball.

The second annual May ball of Miss
Augusta Sproesser was given at Odd Eel
lows Uall last evening. Like all OF neT
previous entertainments it was a great
success. All the little ones danced like
artists. Miss May Ward was the May
Queen, and Emestine Giacchetti and Vir-
yinia Rephiinger walked wonderful cake
walk The following pupils were presented
with gold medals: Misses Jessie Cramer,
Mamie Conner, Susie Humrhries, Ernestine
Giacchetti, and Masters Chissie, sproesser,
and Joseph dement,. Miss Blanche Riley
was presented with two medals, one from
the Pansy Pleasure Club and the other from
her many friends.
Little Virginia Reiplinger, the talented
little daughter of Mr.. John Reiplinger,
of the luna ne Society, was one ofthe main
features Of TIE May ball This golden
haired Child delivered recitation besides
giving several graceful dances, including
ra-boom-de-ay, and participating
in the infantile cake walk with little En-
nestina Giacchetti. Miss Virginia also re-
ceived a handsome gold medal.
The evening times., 1897-05-05
DAMAGED BY HIGH WATER.
The Canal and Railroad a Williams
port, Md, Suffer.

port, MO., Sul1tT.
WilIiausport, Md, May 0.-Further re-
ports from Dam No are TO the effect
that the damage done to the structure by
the high water on Monday is very great
The water is gradually receding, and in a
short time the real extent OF the damage
Will he known. Men placed on duty at the
Gam, in anticipation of a rise in the river,
saw four OF the large cribs go out, and the
break was Immediately reported.
Tie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
sent a force of men there to protect, If
possible, tie Tuadbeds and tracks 1t is
estimated that the railroad Is already dam
aged to theeXte lt of So 900, and unless the
course OF the water is diverted from the
dangerous channel il has made through the
nvcr hank along the railroad, much greater
damage may he done. Railroad men say
tneTeis extreme danger of the tracks being
undermined, thereby causing "A slide in the
banks II is now proposed TO blow out
portion OF the center of the dam with dyna-
mite, in OTder To change the course Of the
81 Jream, 80 that the breach can he repaired.
Canal men say that the damage done TO
the dam Will not interfere with navigation,
unless the water in the river reaches A low
stage, thereby cutting off the supply for
the levels X is thought that the feeder at
Cumberland viii Toe sufficient to supply the
canal with water until the dam is repaired
The evening times., 1897-05-05
coM,f1ss1oNrRs, NorIcF.


OFFICE OF the Commissioners OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia, Washington, April II,
1897. ordered: Tnat paragraph is of sec
ton 4 of the Building Regulations or the
District OF Columbia as amended July y,
1894, a1d Apfii =. SS7, is hereby 1GTther
amended by adding 70 the end Of said para
graph tine folio wing words. The height Un
corner lots in all cases To be regulated by
the limitations governing on Tue broader
street" JOHN w. ROSS, GEORGE TRUES-
DELL, WILLIAM NJ. BLA Ck, COmmlssiOn-
ers, ID. C. Item
OFFIek OF the Commissioners or the DIS
trict OF Columbia, Washington, ApuI :,
1897 o rdTred: That paragraph Is ~
section 4 or the Building Regulations 0r
the District or Columbia, as amended July
II, 1884, is hereby further amended by
adding Ia the second clause afJer the word
height the words except on avenues
100 feet wide, height not exceeding
l3O feet may be allowed where the lot ls
or sufficient frontage ana depth, III the
judgment Of the COmmissi Jners tO msffry
the same" JOHN w. ROSS, GEORGE
TRUES DELL, VILLA 81 NJ. BLACK Com
HisSiOners, ID. T.. Item
The evening times., 1897-05-05
HISTORY OF The WIRES.
Annual Meeting of tne Telegraphic
Historical Society.

The regular annual meeting of the Tel
egraphic Historical Society OF North Amer
lea was opened this morning at 10 0 clock
with business session in the rooms of the
Washington Board of Trade. During the
early part of the day officers were elected
for the ensuing year, and later on in the
afternoon the following papers Will be
read and discussed: Early Days OF
Telegraphy in Cincinnati and Vicinity -
by /. n. Miller, superintendent Of the
Western Union Telegraph, Cincinnati;
Early Telegra phic History in Pennsyl
vania,' William b. Wilson, Of Philadel-
phia; The Commencement of Submarine
Gable Laying Henry A. Reel, New York
city; The Experience of a TeleSra ph Pio-
neer in Siberia George Kennan, and
The History of he Morse Telegraph 10y
Thomas u. lockwood, of Boston
The present officers Of the society are:
President, s II Kaufman, Washington,
ID. c.; first vice president, William b
Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa. second vice
president, Thomas ID. Lockwood, Bo ston,
Mass; third vice president, Robert Pitcairn,
Pittsburg, Pa, secretary and treasurer,
George c. Maynard, Washington, d. c.;
members Of the executive council, W. H.
Young Washington Charles Selden, Balti-
more; NJ Il. Leonard, Richmond, and
George NJ Dugan, Chicago.
The evening times., 1897-05-05
Golden Cross Notes.

Mount Vernon Commandery has elected
George W. Davis, noble commander, and
II. ID. Knapp, prelate, vice Fiegenbaum,
whoresigned, because of his elevation
to the position of grand commander Both
gentlemen We're installed by the grand Of
ficeTs Immediately afterward
MT K. s. Murchison presented Grand
Commander Fiegenbaum with a handsome
bouquet on behalf Of the commandery
Under good of the order a program was
given as follows; Recitation, s. NJ. Pear
son; graphuphone solos, Mr.. w. Z. Bradley;
speeches, Grand Herald Haggins, Vice
Grand Commander Mrs. Sullivan, Past
Grand Commander Mrs. johnson, ast(irand
CommsnderP. 81. Yates, g. w. o. e., w. E..
Allen; p. N. c., r. d. Allen, of Standard.
Refreshments wereservedat the close of the
meeting.