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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
BRISTOL.
Naval Reserves Adopt Rules for
Rifle Practice.
Registration for the Year Is 770-Will
Visit Relatives In England.

Captain George Tubbs left here yesterday
for Biloxi, Miss, where he will engage in the
oyster business.
Burnside Lodge, Knights of Py,hias, VIII
hold social this evening in their hall.
At meeting held last evening by the Ma
val Reserves set Of rules for rifle practice
was adopted. Today the Reserves will shoot
for trophies at their rifle range on Papoose'
squaw.
At the closing OF the town clerks Office last
evening no citizens had registered
Several large coal laden schooncrs are at
anchor below waiting for tugs To take them
UP the bay.
Shooting mas been quite good for several
days past rabbits having been plentiful. Mr..
Charles W. Bowler brought to town yesterday
a brace of partrdges and four rabbits, shot
on the banks of the Kickamut.
Mr.. Nicholas Lawlor of Providen ce who has
contracted to put the roofing ON the Has
brouck block, was formerly n resident of tho
town and employed at the rubber works.
He has large gang of men and Is pushing
the Job rapily.
btrs. James Shawcross and daughter left
here last evening for New York. They vii
sail for England on Saturday to visit rela
tiyes and will be absent several months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
JEwELRY FIRM FAILS.
Barrett q sherwood Of San Francisco
Go To the Wall.

SAN FRAycIsco. jan. l.--Barrett q
Sherwood, the Oldest and at one time,
the largest retail jswelry firm in Caiitor-
nis, has failed. The firm was started
over 40 years ago. by Robert Sherwood
and ). :. Barrett. Both men became
millionaires. Barrett diet 30 years ago
and Sherwood retired to devote his time
to Other large interests. Ills nephew w.
J. Sherwood sueceedei bin and has since
conducted the business. A long period OF
poor business Is the cause OF the failure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
Excitement Dying Ont.

Boston. Jan. 1.-The -eitizeHs-eom-
mittee appointed last Monday at the
mass meeting In Faneuil hall in behalf
Of the discharged men who took part in
the West End street railway strike did
not meet the directors OF the road yes
terday. as was expected. The West
End directors met in the afternoon. but
the result OF the meeting was not made
public only n few men were hired by
the company yesterday. half OF them
being old employees OF the road.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
"Excuse me-"

"Excuse me-" observed the man in
pec,acles, shut 4 am surgeon. aud that
IL not wh6re the liver is ''Never you
mind where bis liver, is,n retoFied the
nihcr. s'lf II was In his biz toe or his
left ear. Nitpr Little EiTlg Kisofs would
reach II and shake u for him. On that
you can oct your gig lamps"
Joseph 4. JunnstoD'a Pharmacy, S'3
Westni ,ster street. MstzzeS's Pharmacy,
81 North Main street. A'fred's Pharm-
scy, S1l Lady street, Joscpn Driver, Riy-
srsida Pharmscy, IS Msnton ave.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
Lord Reresford's Condition.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The condition OF
Lord Beresford, who was Injured by lis
horse rolling on him while hunting with
stag hounds on Wednesday 10 Surrey, con-
iinuei TO cause anxiety. lie pasScd n
restless night and T~ysieisn was esllsd
In who remained with him all nigh long.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01

Jraverhill. Macs. Jnn. IA movement
has been IN progress for Some time 10 in
duce the state board Of arbitration to In
,estivate.the recent extensive reductions
m wages In the shoe factories OF Lynn.
and it In now announced that the board
has decided 10 80 ~ Lynn la Few days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
u,,cv. Plan tor Collecting.

Hartford. Jan. John II. Miller OF
Newark, N. j., is In this city arranging.
as ne says. 20 collect what he character
fees as bad bills" Miller has hired a
frontage on the Metropolitan hotel prop
erty. and announces that at p. m. to-
morrow he viii auct on OFF to the highest
bidders these accounts. The police an
nounce that Miller win be arrested IL he
attempts TO carry out his scheme.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
NartluelIi denies II.

Lawrence. Mass. Jan. mgr. Mar
tnelli. when shown a dispatch from
London TO the effect that he had in
toIred the statement that the European
powers had protested against the later
vcntlon of the United States In the
Cuban war. denied any knowledge OF
the matter. and said he preferred not to
aIscuss the Cuban situation at present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
MARGARET DELAND,

author of "John Ward. Preacher" Sidney" and other
novels which have gained universal and discussion
The story which shall print is based the wisdom or
unwsdom of confessing fault which has long since been
atoned for which demand such
confession 1t is keen study Of character by one who
gained preemnence in the portrayal OF the workings OF
the human SOUL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
matchmaker. indicted.

New York. Jan 1.-The grand jury.
which has been investigating charges
OF blackmall levied on disorderly house
keepers. returned indictments yesterday
-Hr4.rst- f--rftfer Assistant District Attor-
uey Pu.dy. Official Messenger O'Connor
and another person. name unknown.
ybey are accused of taking 100 from Liz
ue WHITAKER for protection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
CRANSTON.

Mrs. Eugenie wife Of Henry Knight, OF
Scituste avenue, knightsville, diod yes
terday. Mrs. Knight had been an acute
sufferer for many years. Deceased leaves
three children, aged respectively three,
nine and sixteen years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
has JoIned ASSOCIATED Press.

CHICAGO. Jan. i.-rhe Colorado SPRINGS
Colorado Grz,tIe has sbsndoned the
United Pres and will hereafter take the
leased wiro report of the Associated Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01

A Phiiauthropic Gentleman om Paris
vii, send (gratisl prescription. @h en- can
lie filed by any chemist, FOR the Cnfe -
catarrh. Lung Trouble Coughs and Bronch.
lis. Address Morrhuol Crco-ote, - North
william street, New York city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01

DENT has drawn of his characteristic pictures OF the
life of the period among the poor whites of the far South
THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE THE
KING by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
Joseph A. AItsheler
AND
Will N. Harden

will follow. Mr.. Altsheler in
"AT THE CANNON'S
MOUTH" has portrayed a
touching occurrence in one OF
the battles of the Peninsular
campaigns. Mr.. Harden in
"A WAR TIME INCL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
WALCOTT LeCLEAR BEARD,

author of Specs The Maryrdom OF John the bapusr
Bsnaas Madeleine and other remarkable snort s'or'e'
which have recently appeared in the leading magazines
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01
Old and New Romance.
The first story list from the pen of the brilliant
author Of "The Impregnable City"
MAX Penn MERTON.

in old Paris, IN the time OF
Louis XIV. known as Google
Roi,' and the assistance rem
dered him by court beauty,
Corinne de Montesson. in his
escapades.
1t will be succeeded by a
powerful study of one of the
questions Of the day, entitled
WHERE IGNORANCE
is Bliss" by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01

.rhe si~ycles arc the ceiebr,'et Pierre <perirl,
l-ql P.ttera u'fd ~ Geo. lierco a 20; ~ Bei.
f,lo. Iss,.for ard Nrw Ys-k. Fttet with Hartford
Tirrs iirft Class Nick q lsmp. New Dfrtituro
Boil, STANDARD CyclOnseteI. aud Hunt Lace Saddle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-01

Two stories of the war by
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
HoosIER wARsHIP NOT INJURED.
Damage in Dry Dock at Halifax was
Nominal.

WASHINGTON Sept. 19-Acting
Secretary Roosevelt, as an answer to
the recently published reports that the
battleship Indiana was injured while
in the Halifax dry dock, has made
public the following report received
from Capt Henry Taylor, commanding
the vessel. made shortly after the dock
ing:
81 respectfully report that the In
diana got under way yesterday morn
ing at els and proceeded up the har-
Dor to the Halifax craving dock and
entered the slip at 7. At noon the dock
being half pumped out, 1 ordered an
inspection of the double bottom in or
der to detect strain as the blocks took
the weight. The dock was dry at
O'Clock and no evidence of strain was
discovered. At $50 it was observed
that some buckling had occurred in the
double bottoms under the forward 49,
inch turret and adjacent thereto. The
additional snoring, which was being
placed in position, was placed forward
and the double bottoms watched close
ly to discover if this buckling increas-
ed. Careful measurement was made
for this purpose under the direction eff
Naval Constructor Bcwles and con-
tinued during the night No increase
being discovered, l decided after con-
sultation with Mr.. Bowles that it was
not necessary to let water in to float
the ship.
'The principal reason assigned for
the strain is the fact that some of the
keel blocks are upon rock foundation
and others are not, thus causing a
slight inequality of support Mr. Bow
les informed me that he does not an
ticipate any present repairs being
necessary on account of the buckling.
The buckling is confined to the floor
space adjacent to the vertical keel. The
maximum of one and half inches oc-
ours at frame twenty-nine, decreasing
forward to frame twenty-five, where
it ceases, and aft to frame thirty-tWo,
where it ceases again-three frames
abaft from thirtytwo showing very
Slight DETECTION
In connection with the report, Mr..
Roosevelt states that the slight buck
ling of the Indiana's bottom was of
no consequence as was indicated by
the fact that the shin took her place
in the squadron mmedia ely after Ieav-
ing the dock and n9aneuver6d IS Gatis-
factorily as could be desired. MIR.
Roosevelt has just received this letter
from one of the captains of the squad
ron:
"I have just been on board the In
diana and asked about the reports that
the Columbia was docked at SOuthamp-
ton and the same hue and cry was
raised, British naval officers not only
laughed at it, but thought her captain
hardly treated because of the inquiry
made, and called what happened to the
Columbia common occurrence with
them. They said to me. When you
have had experience of docking more
modern vessels you will find the same
Of ffo;,- 20, ~
DIANA no strain of any kind is observ-
ed, and neither the speed nor efficiency
of the ship has been affected in the
slightest degree. In the same way
about the great gun. I find that what
has happened is merely what the bu-
reau of ordnance has been anticipating,
a slight pitting due to the character and
quantity of explosive used, and the gun
has not been injured in the slightest
decree"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
that delecta!ble paper got dose OF
solid truth in an editorial.
ANoTHER TRIAL IN STORE.


We had hoped that the efforts of the
administration to strike out new lines
for itself would not take the old and fa-
miliar form of the evil-disposed person
who sought to get possession of Alad-
din's lamp, by offering us new postage
stamps for old 1t is announced in
ter General Gary proposes to restore
the sickly green two-cent stamp OF
unlamented memory We are heartily
sorry that this gentleman should feel
it incumbent upon him to signalize
his term of office by this measure.
The return of the government to the
use of the terra Gotta stamp, pleasing
to the eye and of excellent design, was
welcomed by everybody. During the
period when our postage stamps were
changed every four years, the letter
mail of the people of this country was
made to carry some of the most un-
artistic incongruities in outline, and
some of the direst denominations Iii
color that a crude sense of art could
devise. We had hoped that those
horrors had passed away forever. The
present issue of postage stamps is not
an artistic paragon, but it is neat,
pleasing and satisfactory. Why on
earth should it be changed? The
chances are that the substitution will
be for the worse instead of for the
better. 1t requires an artist of no
real merit for postage stamps. The
surface available is so small that the
work has to be of peculiar excellence.
The straining after novelty is almost
sure to have first place. Then comes
the question of coloring, which is
scarcely second in Importance. We are
told that a green stamp costs less
than a terra Gotta one So does any
other cheap and vulgar horror, as a
rule, cost less than something really
artistic.
While we are squandering not less
than $100,000,000 annually on extrava.
CANT and corrupt appropriations, it
does not seem to be necessary to save
few thousand dollars by tinting cur
postage stamps with the arsenic hue
/ of the unripe melon, instead of the
beautiful coloring that is now il
vogue If anybody has influence
enough with the administration to pre-
vent it from giving us another carni-
val of cheap and nasty experiments
with our postage stamps, we hope
that it will be exerted freely
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
MIR. HANNA REAssUREs US,

Mr.. Hanna, of Ohio, must be in poll
tics for his health. In opening h!S SEN
atorial campaign in the Buckeye state
the other day, the Honorable Mark, in
his first stump speech, admitted as
much. No one ever lies on the stump,
so the statement bears the mark OF
truth. So does a gold brick, for that
matter, but that is another sorry Mr..
Hanna" so runs the dispatch describe
ing the first appearance of the Ohio
Warwick on the hustings, Opened by
saying that no selfish motives had in
duced him to leave his large business
interests for the field Of politics"
There you are. Could English be plain
er? If Mr.. Hanna is not selfish if he
is mot on the make" to borrow
graphic phrase from practical politics,
he must be busy in an effort to cure a
cold or ward off a threatened attack
of bronchitis. Or, possibly, it is ap-
pendicitis. All doctors recommend
campaign for the United States SEN
ate as sure and easy cure for that
trying malady.
For the relief afforded by his assur-
ance the public is much indebted to
the Ohio senator. Mr.. Hanna, in all
of his business ventures, has been very
successful AS a broker in presidents
he has set a, pace that has given Quay
and Platt and other old established
dealers in the same line cold shivers
all up and down their spines. shad-
owy suspicion had begun to take form
that Mr. Hanna was in politics for
"keeps." Thoughts of the various eX-
ecutive departments pooled in trust,
with watered stock and debenture
bonds galore, were beginning to have
a place in visions of the future. Ma
tional Cabinets and Presidentials pre-
ferred seemed near possibilities Of the
stock market. along with Sugar, Starch
and Spirits. Congress turned into a
directorate, with Mr.. Reed the chair
man of the board, was easily pictured,
| and back of it all fancy painted Mr..
S~ANN,
Rockefeller rolled into one, Of the gov
| ern1nent Industrial.
Mr.. Hanna's words bring peace and
gentle calm. He does not aim TO be
senator from selfish motives, nor does
glory tempt him. 1t must be health;
there is nothing else, and the ward pol
| itician who would have been crowded
/ out of business by factors agree
ment can smile again his happy, sui
ny smile Only for health, and Mr..
| Hanna's ailment cannot be anything
very serious at that OF a simple Sen
atorship would not he the remedy. 1t
is an occasion for great rejoicing that
| Mr.. Hanna is not subject to phthIsls
or leconlotor ataXia, for he would be
heading a ticket as candidate for the
general managership Of the nation CT
| stunping the rural dist"ict pleading
| for votes to make him czar Of all the
Americas.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20

Why should not the beet sugar industry
be more generally sfostered and cultivated in
this country ?gWin9na Herald
No Industry has been more assiduously
"fostered'' and Cultivated than this. Does
not Minnesota offer bounty of a cent a
pound for theproduction of beet sugar? Did
not its legislature buy 5000 pounds Of seed
to start the industry? Did not that rose
bud statesman, whom Stearns county con-
templates with such reverent awe, get a
freight zone bill through to help it along?
Did he not organize some capitalists into a
company will. a million or two of stock to
build plant that is still seeking a loca-
ton? Has not the state 1900 pounds of that
beet seed left to give the industry fresh
start another year? Did not Bill King lend
helping hand in buying the seed? Is not
to enlarge the field-Hawaiian annexation
opposed by California because it will COM
pete with their beet-sugar infant? Did not
congress put a tax of 1.95 cents on imports
in its behalf, and tack on something extra
in the discriminating tax? Did it not exempt
from impost all machinery imported for use
in sugar refineries? Where have you been
at for the past year or two, anyway?
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
SMALLEST IMMIGRANT.
Eight-Year-OId Girl Comes From
Ireland Alone.

4FS1stnu Alone.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The smallest
youngest and brightest independent
passenger who ever landed in this
country came through the barge office
today. She was Mary Hasty, eight
years old, from Irishtown, County Ma
yo Ireland. She had a yalise as big
as she was and shoes eleven inches
long, and came as an independent pas
senger in the steerage of the White
Star liner Britannia
Little Mary came to this country to
meet her aunt, Mrs Kanut, of Sheeps-
head Bay
When the long line of immigrants
formed Mary took her place to await
her turn at the rail when Agent Me
Cool stopped them to ask the orthodox
questions. Mary tramped along with
the rest. Presently McCool looked
down and beheld the quaint little
figure. She was clad in good, rough
clothing, protected by a red bib, and
crested with a gray Tam O'Shanter
and BIRDS wing.
McCool coughed with discreet sur
PRISE, The face upturned to his was SO
SOBER 1t rebuked anything approaching
levity
asked
Mary Hasty, sir" with lust the
falntest semblance of a courtesy. The
clear quickness of the reply nonplussed
him.
Your age, Miss Mary?"
Plight, sir"
Where do you come from, ard where
are you going?"
Without taking breath she said she
was from Irishtown and was waiting
for Auntie"
What is your occupation?"
rms was the next question in the
list and McCoOl had to ask it. He
would have slurred over it had not
Miss Hasty piped out: I'm not doing
anything much now, sir. I've gone to
school most of my life. sir in con-
vent, in County Mayo"
Down went the answer and McCOOl
ceughed again to refrain from smiiiGg
How much money have you?"
In true woman fashion little Miss
Mary began fumbling under her bib
She looked as busy ard Important is
possible, and after some difficulty ex-
tracted shiny little purse from some
where under the bib
In moment she had opened ii ard
held it UP for McCool to see the cor
tents I've got 10 cents left, sir 10
cents and some Irish moss"
What are you going to do in this
country, Mary?"
''The very best 1 can, sir"
This was Marys climax of informa-
ton, and she said it as if it should
be the most complete and comprehen-
sive answer in the world
Then Mary Hasty, carpet bag, purse
and eleven-inch shoes, passed on.
She sat down in the inclosure and
watched her Oil-cloth valise, now and
then craning her neck to peer over it
at the immigrants.
Mrs Kanut was notified Of the little
ones arrival, and Mary sat there just
as contented as a mouse. She was
rosy-cheelled creature, all health and
animation, and twinkling with joyous
excitement at her Importance in that
throng of women. Many of them sat
beside her from time to time and chat
ted with her. She told them she had
five brothers and sisters and a mother
and father in Irishtown. She was the
pioneer of the family, she explained.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20

Grover Cleveland knows more in a minute
than the whole push of pin-headed pencil shoy-
ers that are endeavering to slur him by
referring to an unknown ambition for an
other presidential nomination would be able
to comprehend in several life times. Cleveland
possessed an ability such as but few presf-
dents ever gave evidence Of He filled the
presidential chair with credit to himself and
honor to his country. He is now living in re-
tirement at his home at Princeton, N. j.,
where he has the undivided admiration and
good will of the people. His name will go
down to pesterity as che of the most able
of the presidents of the Union. and well it
may 1t is the small brain and inactive one
that will not grant a warrior peace after his
retirement from the field.-Hinckley Courier
1t is very safe prediction to make now
that, before four years roll around, there will
be Republicans in plenty who will be re-
gretting that Cleveland is not in the Great
Apostles place. and a still safer one that the
whole lot of these Democratic whppersnap-
pers, who have exercised what they are
pleased to consider their brains in denouncing
him, will be of the opinion the Courier is TO-
day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-20
YIELDED TO TEMPTATION.
With a Soul Above Selling Lace He
Thought Of Something Else.

He was a clerk in a dry goods store, and
her beauty and grace simply turned his head.
1t was in Chicago dry goods store, which
is in its way unique, and the Chicago dry
goods clerk is a creation indigenous to the
plant he serves. The "booful' lady was young,
albeit she is matron. and as she stood ell
tranced before remnants of lace and tried their
different effects by spreading the mesh over
her liIy-whfte hand he, poor fellow, was
tranced tao.
asticaIIy. as she laid another specimen over
the back Of her small, plump fist.
Exquisite, Divine!'' calculated the be-
wildered clerk. with energy that ought
to have sold all the lace in the establish
ment but which was lost on the object of it.
'Is it pure white or cream?' she further
demanded.
Pure white, with dimples" responded the
lost knight of the yardstick.
There was one more question for the shop
per to- ask. and she asked it.
''Is it hand-made?"
mo-" answered the poor fellow, rushing
on to his doom, ''it is heaven-made' -,
1t took the manager of the department some
little time to square the matter up and sell
the lace, and now the too susceptible clerk is
transferred to department where he will be
out Of the way of temptation