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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
FIELD BATTERIES.
Canadian Government Will Make
Purchase Next Year.

Birmingham, Eng, Sept 24-Tho organ OF
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary Of state for
the colonies. the Birmingham Post. says that
the government of Canada. .early In 1893. will
make large purchases Of heavy field batteri,s
ana number Of defence guns, the latter
being for a new scheme for the dctfnco OF
Montresl and the river below that city.
Special instructions TO this effect, The Post
adds, were issued Immediately after the re-
turn 20 Canada Of Sir wilfred Laurier. the
pvauatar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
JERSEY LILLY WILL WED.
Her Counsel Says She VIII Become
Prince Esterhazy's Bride.

San Francisco, Sept. "a. Tho announce
ment that Mrs. Lilly Langtry will marry
Prince Esterhazv is confirmed by Attor-
ney Henry McPike of this city.
II have recently received. said Mr..
McPike, from my client, Mrs. Langtry,
notice of her intention 20 return To Cali
fornia by tre end OF November. Prince
Esterhazy will accompany her. and i'm
mediately after their arrival here they
will be married in Lake County, l pre-
sumo"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
Kep, an Unlicensed Dog.

In the Sixth District Court this morn
ing I.awrencs Connolly was found guilty
OF keeping an unlicensed dog at his home
on G street, and owing tn his financial
conCition, was not fined the usual
amount nut was let Oft by paying the
costs of the case, he was given until Oct.
. to settle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
Appointed Archbishop.

Cincinnati. o., Sept. "a lit is an.
nounced unoflicially pending tho arrival
Of the papers from Rome that Bishop
Macs, of Covingtop. has been appointed
archbishop of New Orleans. Vicar
General Besselot. OF Covlngton will sue
ceed TO Bisnop Macs position.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
SOLDIERS FRIEND"
Robinson locked Up on the Charge of
Robbiug q Veteran.

Togus. Me-. Sept, 2i.-Daniel W. Rob-
insun, once a mem ber of the National Sol
diers' Home here, and the man who crit
icised Gen. Stephenson and the manage
ment of Togus Home, in strong Language,
is locked up in kennebec Jail. lie Is
charged with robbipg an old veteran.
Robinson called himself The soldiers
friend" in his printed attacks on Gen.
Stephenson.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
Nest Attractive Display.

Most delicious Peaches. go baskets. Stew.
ens Rnreripe. Morrstown Rareripc, Morris
white Heath, Old Nixon, Late Crawfords. IS
60 90 cents per basket; { quarts for . cents.
California Tokay Grapes, IS cents per box.
California Malaga Grapes.
D1msou Plums.
Gicen Gngc Plums.
Roine Claude Plums.
All. KING & co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Has Again Broken Out i'm India and a
Wide Area Is Affected

Bombay, Sept. 24.-Ihe latest statistics
show that the bubonio plague is again
active, having creps unobserved from
hamlet TO hamlet until a wide area Is
Affected.
The newspapers assert that tho with
drawal of the medical officers for sorivcs
with the troops on the frontier will entail
consequences infinitely more disastrous
than anything happening on the from.
tiar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
Thinks LITIGATION SHOULD END

The suit brought by Annie +. Brown
against the New York. New Haven a.
hartford Railroad will be heard In tho
Common Pleas Division OF the Supreme
Court tomorrow on dsfendants.piea tTs
abatement
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
Sentenced 10 the State Farm.

Mary Freeman, who says her homo is
at AttleborO. pleaded guilty to tho charge
OF teng common drunkard, in the
sixth District Court this morning and
was sent to the State farm for six months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
MR. ERNEST FISCHER

Respectfully announces his return TO Providence
after graduating with fuli diploma at the Royal
Couseryatory of Leipzig. Germany, and Is pie
pared 90 receive students IN
VOCAL CULTURE Pal pu Of Jul. stockhau.
sea, Fran kfort. on. the MANI Songs, orstorlo
opera
THEoRY-trupn Of Gust sehreck. Leipzig
HARMONY. Counterpart, fugue.
OMPOSfTtON--tPupil % carl Reinecke Leip.
zig). ~ Conrad Building.
DAILY, Except Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Continued on Page =.
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF.

The oaso of Burrows 4 Kenyon against
Robinson Pierce was 10 have been tried
an the Common Pleas Division OF the
Supreme Court this morning. but tho
case was entered on the calendar as set
tlci without trial nv the decision Of tho
defend mt 20 submit TO judgment Tor the
pIainitiT for 9lli. 80 and costs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Bridge Washed Away and Five Cars
Went Into River.

Madras, sept "a 2l-Owing TO the floods
having washed away bri dgo on the
Bongalore My sore railroad. near Maddur,
an engine and five cars filed with pas.
sengers were precipitated into the river
causing great less Of life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
DIED..

POWRIE-Mrs. John H. Powrie, late Of Is
- Park sreet, this city, NJ her home In Dun'
dee. Scotland, ON the 10th inst
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24
FORTY KILLED.

Sulphur Mines.
London, Sept. "a. - A special dispatch
from Rome says that about forty persons
were killed and many wounded by an
earthslip at the sulphur mines near Cir
genti.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-24

The probable schedule for the games of
the season of the Brown University foot
ball team is as follows:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04
A Camel's Venpeance.


Camels have great share of intelli-
gence, and the Arabs assert that they
are so extremely sensible of Injustice
and ill-treatment that, when this is car
ried too far, the f1:cter will not find
it easy to escape their vengeance, and
that they will retain the remembran
of an injury till an opportunity offers.
for gratifying their revenge. Eager,
however, to express their resentment.
they no longer retain any rancor when
once they are satisfied; and it is even
sufficient for them to believe they have
satisfied their veneance Accordingly.
when an Arab has excited the rage of
a camel. he throws down his garments
in some place near which the amin mal
is to pass, and disposes them in such
manner: that they appear to cover a
man sleeping under them. The animar
recognizes the clothes, seizes them in
his teeth, shakes them with violence
and tramples on them in rage. When
his anger is appeased he leaves them:
and then the owner of the garments
may make his appearance, and without
any fear may load and guide him as he
pleases. :: I I IL. - <.-,.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04
THE GARROTTE.
SPANS Horrifying Method. of Executins 2
Condemned NIurderers

spa1n's Horrifying Method of Executing
Condemned Murderers.
"Ihe garrote by which the anarchist
VINO killed the Spanish premier was
executed is named after it's in
Ventor, a Spanish ironworker. who wit
messed hanging execution of a rela-
1--WE on the gallows, which was the.
netnod employed by Spain up to-
ABOUT thirty years ago for carrying out
lhe sentence of death. Garrote won-
aered that more expeditions and.
therefore, merciful, method had not
Deen discovered. He little thought
tnen that he would be the one to fur
nlsH Ills country with substitute for
tne galloWs, but the thought haunted
MIN SO long that he at length found
II assuming ordered form in his mind
ana IN time the ponderous death-deal-
Ing machine that has immortalized
MIN in his country came to be fact.
Inc TWO points of excellence claimed
1or the garrote are these: That it can
De made with reasonable care to kill
instantly and that it sheds not one
drop OF blood. Force that is measur-
eo Dy horsepower is the agency it
employs and it's aim is the breaking of
tne victims neck. The unfortunate is
hrst made to sit in a chair directly
under two heavy iron bars, one of,
which is adjusted on the back of his
neck, and the other, vulgarly known as
the corbatln, or neck tie under his.
chin. Then the executioner grasps the
handle, gives vigorous twist, and
death is instantaneous The entire
machine is made of iron and ordin-
narlly weighs several hundred pounds.
PERSONS who have witnessed all sorts
OF capital punishment are unanimous
IN the opinion that garroting is the
most revolving and appalling of all II
is not always as expeditions as it's in
ventor made it possible to be. A vic
lous executioner can prolong it prac-
tically at will, and herein is the svs-
TENS great drawback, as it is now
constituted. Cases are citable in which
the process was prolonged twenty.
thirty minutes, even three-quarters of
an hour. The executioner merely gave.
twist enough to the handle or lever.
to choke his victim. Then he turned
it back and twisted again, this time a
little more than at first, and so on until
his spite, having been satisfied, or his.
instructions, perhaps, obeyed, he gave
one hnal turn and ended the tortured
life. Such was the execution of Ma
LOLA in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1ssS!-New
York Journal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04

mo, for am a doctor, and. I have
practiced. my profession for years
among the Indians to make them my
friends. They would not harm me-"
"But, granting that you can find the
gold,' I asked, ''of what use will such
a fabulous amount be?"
Il will only take what / want" he;
replied. $3.50. .
:'And how much will that be?"
Il do not know. I have earned q
great deal in all these years of working
and waiting. I want to MAKE my old
age serene and happy" =.
Levi Bronson wanted me to join
him, but declined, and we each went
our separate way, and I did not hear.
of him again. But it is safe to say
he never reached La Madre d'Oro.
have often thought of the old man
since, and those to whom I have told
the story laughed and said: "He was
surely insane"
Perhaps he was, but is he any more
insane than the myriads who from
youth to old age give every thought
to the acquisition of wealth, and who
seek valleys Of gold as inaccessible and
fabulous as Levi Bronson's Madre
d>Oro?-New York Ledger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04
GRAND MARAIS MINNESOTA, SATURDAY DECEMBER f. 1897
I was worthy or not; then he shook
his head and said::

/ was worthy or, not; then he shook
bis head and said: .
1T is my secret, and I do not know
you well enough to confide it,
Il bowed and we rode back to where
the engineer corps had formed a camp.
j.: Levi Bronson remained with us near
ly a week, and during that time he
refused very tempting offers to act as
guide for us as far as the Colorado
River.
He proved himself to be a famous
hunter, and he ventured off alone with
perfect contempt for what would
have been positive danger~to any other
man.
He was voted "crazy"~: by all the
party, but in me the man excited the
Hveliest interest, and by many conf
dences | tried to draw from him the
story of his life, which I felt sure was
made up of incidents of no ord:na1 y
kind
The night before he left us he drew
me to one side, and, sitting down with
his back to tree and the flames Of a
nelghboring fire lightning up his pic
turesque face, he said And so you'd
like to know something about Madre
d'Oro?'
I told him that I should, if he
thought me worthy of his confldehce.
1T is secret he said, in half
whisper, "but then what does it mat
ter If the world knew, so long as only
one man can find the place?"
What placer"
The place where all the gold in
these rocks and streams comes from
La Madre d'Oro-the Mother of Gold.
An, thousands have died trying to find
the place, and it may be that now that
l know where it is I may not be per-
mltted to enter in, for you know the
Aztecs believe that the wonderful val
ley is enchanted.''
'Indeed?"
Yes, and I am inclined to that be-
lief myself, but then 1 have spent so
many long, weary years searching that
1t would not do to lose heart, now
that untold wealth is within my
reach"
l agreed with him, and by careful
questioning drew out of him his story
OF the valley of gold, which T subse-
quently found to be an established be-
lief among the miners Of the Northern
Mexican states, and to them it came,
without doubt, from the Aztecs, who
were once the masters of all this land.
Within hundred miles of the place
where We were then encamped was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04
PEATED,

the wonderful valley of gold, and Levi
Bronson was confident that he knew
the exact location.
The valley was in the heart of the
Sierra Madre Mountains, walled in by
towering rocks, and accessible only by
secret passage through which flowed
a stream that, excepting on one day
in every year, filled up the passage and
made ingress impossible.
This valley: is small in extent and
perfectly circular. Through it the
river flows cool and clear and filled
with fish whose scales are golden. The
banks are masses of variegated flow
ers, and trees ever in blossom made
delightful shades and fairy-like ar
bors. Birds of the sweetest song and
most exquisite plumage, of varieties
unknown to the outer world, make
vocal this wonderful valley and flash
through it's dark green foliage like
animated blossoms.
Running across this wonderful val
ley there is belt forty feet in width
on which no vegetation grows, for the
belt is the top of wall of gold that
flashes with indescribable brilliancy
when the sun balances in midheaven
and looks lovingly down on Madre
d'Oro.
The old Aztec priests know we'll this
valley, and as they stilr cherish the
belief that Montezuma' will again ap-
pear in the flesh, to lead them against
the Spanish conquerors whom they
have never ceased to hate, they think
the wealth necessary to regain their
liberties will come from this valley.
But one white man ever saw it. and
that was a Spaniard named. Jose AL
;varrez, who entered through the sub
terranean passage, and, being discoy-
cred by the guardian priests, was sac
rifced to the sun on the golden ledge.
"And you know where this wonder
full valley is?" I asked Levi Bronson,
when he had finished his description,
Eyes, he replied, IT am sure I, could
lead you within one mile Of the place. y
"Are you going there?" 81. 7 -
"I am .,3-,,. ..... ~, Il. s.. ILL.,.
'.And you are not afraid OF !. the
guardian priests 2"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04

uotueI 10 MIN. nave seen ner Oh
rainy days, or when the roads were
muddy, carrying him in her arms like
baby to and from the schoolhouse.
AT playtime she would always insist
that he play with her and the girls;
telling him to keep away from the big
boys, as they were likely to hurt him
IN their rough play. In those days
quite number of tae scholars were
full grown men.
"A school session lasted the three
summer months, because it was too
cold to go to school in the winter. It,
therefore, took long time to acquire
such an education as the county af-
forded
But little Abe would not consent to
be held to his sisters apron strings. He
had will of his own, and, strangely
enough, he did not seek the society of
boys of his own age OR thereab bouts, but
daily fraternized with the very biggest
boys in the school,. They thought a
great deal of him, and however rough
the play, they were careful never to
hurt little Abe
He was fond of play at playtime,
but young as he was, he was most dill
gent at his studies during school time
and he learned to read in the first ses-
sion
'The one thing 1 remember most
about him was his unfailing good hui
NOR. l never remember to have seen
him cry during the two years he at
tended that school, He never received
a Whipping, and in our time the child
was not spoiled by sparing the rod,
and to go without a whipping a whole
session was proof that he was an ex-
ira good boy.
In appearance he was small for his
age, frail looking, with straight black
hair, cut close about his neck and face
IN nome fashion, with very dark skin.
he wore home-spun clothes, as did all
the children, and went barefooted
He was very gentle in manners,
never rough at play, tender hearted,
we'll manned, and really more like
girl than boy, due doubtless to his
sisters companionship.
"Of course - laughed Mrs. Yeager, IT
did not know then that the little chap
we all loved so well would some dav he
the president, or I would have taken
notes of his sayings and doings. In
deed, it is a singular fact that I never
knew until after his death that Presi-
dent Lincoln was the same identical lit
tie Abe.
I'm those early days the Lincoln
family pronounced their name Link
horn
Zone thing remember very dis
tinctly is seeing him bending down
saplings and riding them for horses
That was his favorite amusement at
playtime.
''The family moved to. Illinois and 7
never heard any more Of them.
When, forty years later, heard Of
the election of President Lincoln, if
never occurred to me that he was nv
little schoolmate Of long ago. It was
| not until some time after the news of
his assassination reached us that 7
discovered that little Abe Linkhorn
| and President Abraham Lincoln were
Scenes; here reproduced are from pic
lures made by Photographic process
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04

calls Aunt Susie must shiver and stay
in bed to keep warm.
Their only visitors are an occasional
ed or little sewing done and the
priest who calls once year. Mrs.
Yeager is devout, Catholic like all
her neighbors and looks forward to the
yearly visit of her father confessor as
bright day in her desolate life.
Despite the hardships she has under
gone, Mrs. Yeager is wonderfully we'll
preserved woman. She is fairly brisk
in her movements, her voice is firm and
strong, having none of the quavering
of very old age,her blue eye is as bright
as a girls, and she has recently dis
carded. her 'spectacles. She has a
heavy suit of gray hair, over which
she wears an old black silk cap. She
is not much stopped, her mind is clear,
her memory wonderfully good, and she
would easily. pass for IS years. She
wears calico dresses of an ancient pat
tern and make, cloth shoes and red
wooden shawl about her shoulders. She
is feet inches in height and is Of
rather heavy build. She is a very in
telligent woman and reads every news
paper and book she can get.
Eyes, I remember Abe Lincoln we'll
as little bit of a fellow she said.
1T was what is now La Rue county,
but was then a part of Hardin, that
Abe Lincoln and 1 went to the same
school, My father, Zachariah Riney,
was the teacher.
Il can see the old schoolhouse now" :"
the old lady continued with faraway
look in her eyes. "It was built - Of
rough logs, as all schoolhouses were in
those days, and mostly all of the
dwelling houses, daubed with mud. The
logs were so arranged at the corners
!. that the ends stuck out and formed
three little recesses in which the chill
dren played at hide and seek. These
places were the favorite hiding places
for little Abe. The school house had
no windows. but one. log removed the
whole length of the building served for
light and ventilation. The floor was
a dirt one. 1eveled and beaten solid.
The benches consisted of logs split in
the middle and placed alongside the
walls.
t'There was just one bench made of a
plank supported by stumps. This was
regarded as sort of luxury and the
children used to fight daily for the
privilege of sitting upon it.
1.-The school house had one end of
it taken up by large fire place which
extended clear across the room. The
house was situated on Knob creek;
where it joins Roland Fork, and Abe
and his older sister walked distance
of several miles to attend school,"
The old lady laughed as her mem
ory carried her back eighty long years,
and evidently the scenes of her child
hood were vividly presented to her
mind -
But you; want to know about little
Abe Lincoln. He was then barely I
years old and was TO-. | ,remem ember
his big sister bringing him to
school the first. day. Oh, she
/ was, so fond Of - him. She
Ealso attended school there, and all ,day
long, whether at lessons or at play,
! her careful eye was constantly watch
ing him. She was a regular little
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04
- vEN' ~
THE. Growth of Towns.

According 70: recent statistics con-
cerning tKeipopula ations of towns from
1880 to- fSgo, it appears that during
that peried~the~ population. has: been
doubled at Amsterdam, Birmingham,
Brussels, Manchester and Rome. 1t
has Increased three-fold at, Prague,
Lyons, ST.. Petersburg, Paris and Lon
don; ave. fold at. Dresden, Cologne,
Breslau, Hamburg and Vienna; six
fold at Leeds, Liverpool and Warsaw;
seven-fold at Sheffield and Glasgow;
eight-fold at Munich; nine-fold at
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-12-04
A Good Thing to Rom ember.

. An unmarried woman, in writing to
the New York Herald in answer to
the question, why don't men marry?'s
remarks that neither sex belongs excluS
.sively to the -'"'angel nor devil family.
If married folk always bore that IN
mind perhaps wives would receive:
more reward for good deeds, and hals-
bands more mercy for bad ones, and
there would be fewer. unhappy mar
riages. . sszs.. = a.. q :. .l 9.