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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
A MEMORIAL TABLET.
To Be Placed on University Hall by
sons of the Revolution.

Mr.. Olney Arnold of the subcommittee
of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons
of Ame ica Revolution has issued blue
print fac similes of the tanlet to he placed
by the society on University hall.
The tablet viii be OF bronze and the
size Is 25x2U inches. The inscription
which was published in foil in The
NEWS several weeks ago, commentaries
the occupstion OF University hall during
the Revolutionary War by the patriot
forces and their French allies.
Ihe tablet is to be placed in it's position
with appropriate exercises on Wednes-
day, Jan.2c, at o'clock In yibe afternoon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
No Dividend Yet

New YoRK, Jan. l2-Thc directors Of the
Lon, Islasd halfway met today, but TO )lS no
acton on the dividend question. President
Baldwin, after the adjournment % the direc.
tors, stated that aciion upon the dividend
would be deferred until the new directors
had qualifcdand ha familiarized themselves
with the property.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12

LAWRENCE, Mass, Jan. 12.-lIorsce l..
Peter, a we'll known business man died
suddenly at his home here this morning.
lie was treasurer Of the Treat Hardware
Co., trustee OF Broadway Savings Bank,
and director OF the Lawrence National
Bank. besides being prominently con-
nected with many -aoeial- aud secret or
ganizaiions. lie was 81 years old and
leaves a wife and dsuq bter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12

Losr-A dear little child who made home
happy by It's smiles And 20 think, IL might
have been saved had the parents only kept
i'm the nouse Ono Minute Cough Cure, The
infalliie remedy Tor Group.
Joseph =. Johnston's Pharmacy, SB West
Minister street: Metzger's Pharmacy, z0
North Main street: Alfrcd's Pharmacy. n
Eddy street Joseph Driver, Riverside phar.
pacY. 81 NsntVn avenue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
THERMOMETER THIEF.
Residents of Ninth Ward Annoyed by
Marauders.

People living in tire vicinity of AM
erica and Kenyon streets In the Ninth
ward are annoyed by the persistence Of
thief who goes about mig hts and pliers
thermometers. Among those whose tenn
peraturo gaugcr, have been taken are
Mrs. Fred B. Horton, Mrs. Nathan Is.
Horton and Mrs. John Stott.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
Fire in M0nsol, Ne.

Mo.sGN. Me-, Jan. r. - Fire started in
the lew Office OF j. +. Spraguo and spread
quicSly to neighbo,ing bulldogs today. A
fou story building composed OF Offices was
II civ cvrsumei. The loss IL estimated AT
800. fully insured.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
Permission to oExhume Body Refused

ANesBuRy. Mass. Jan. i2-Mciical Exam.
liner Hurd was today refused psrfnission ga
exhume the body Of Peer Schambcr's child.
who. 10 Is alleged, died after having partaken
of a patent nursery food, by the town author
titles. An appeal will he made to the district
attorney tomorrow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12

The local branch OF the National Asso-
cistion CT Post Once Clerks slscted tbs
following officers at tre annual meeting
held last evening President, George A.
Divine; vice president, John J. Cannon
secretary. walter A. Little; treasurer,
Peter X. Carroll.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
Attorney General Harmon Retlcent.

wAsHSGToS. Jan. i2.-Attorney General
Harmon was seen Mt his Office to'ay and
question d ss TO the probable course tho gov
e-rment would pursue with respect 20 tho
Pacific railways now that the funding hill had
failed. Beyond the statement nj some re-
tion woul probably be taken within the next
30 days he declined 20 discuss the matter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
Bill In Equity.

A bill in equity was nlod in cour; this
afternoon Edward Keno sgsinst J. B.
Patton snd Peter Doyle seeking to set
aside conveyance made by boy to
Patton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
OFFERED BY
Providence Banking Company,
4S WEYBOSSET STREET.

5.0n0 Providence, Fall River and Newport
Steamboat Co. lst Mtge. per cent. Gold
-H,rrti-.
5000 United Traction & Electric Co. lst Mtg
) per cent. gold bonds. due 1888.
10 shares Providence Gas Co.
" shares Prov. Washington lns. Co.
lUC shArcs National Bank OF North America
80 share. Atlantic National Bank
~ shares Commercial National Bank.
rs shares IL ode island National Bank.
100 SHARES Ela rksto @ Canal National Bank
2H shares NATL Hone Bank Warren
100 shares Globe National tank.
shares First Matt Bank of warren, II. L.
Is shares American Screw Co
30 share. Providence Telephone Co
1n shares United Traction and Electric Go.
10 shares American Wringcr Go. Common
aD sbnrcs II. !. Perkins ". =. Go. Preferred
10 shares Il. l. Perkins If. :. Go. Common.
80 shares Roger Williams Natl Bank
25-l2n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
NOTICE.

7 have sold 90 Mr. David +. Sherwood doing
business ns the Crystal les Company, the
teams, tools and appliances used in Provi-
dsnce and vicinity by the late Thomas Spen-
Ger in carrying On the business OF the Nor
wool Ice Company, including fhe exclusive
privilege of continuing the Use of that namo a-
"A designation of the business.
/ cordially recommend him To the former
patrons uf Norwood Ice Company as the sue
cessor of Thomas spencer.
LOUIS l.. ANGEL.
AdJninjstrator Of Estate VI thomas Srencer.
iss ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12

-MA-fffseFes,- -Jsn. i2.-Rhode Island
Fair tonight and WEDNESDAYS; decidedly
colder; hort westerly winds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-12
COTTON MARKET.
Prominent Lawrence Man Dead.

Tolal sales, i29. 40. Market closed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
SECRETARY WILSON'S POLICY.

Asked as to his policy, Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson said: Il think that
our meat inspection service should be
extended and perfected until we are
absolutely certain that we are eating
and exporting wholesome meats. 1 do
not think we want to export our corn.
Foreigners would use it to make meat
and dairy products to compete with
ours, so why should we furnish them
with the raw material? Our prepared
products, such as meats, butter, cheese,
oil-meal and all glutincus food
products should be our exports. AS to
the disputed question of seeds, I think
the department could be of great use
to the American farmer in performing
this service
So far as exports are concerned, the
meats sent abroad from this country
are thoroughly inspected, and it is es-
sential for our foreign trade that they
be. If there is anything lacking in the
inspection now to make it thorough it
should be supplied; but how it can be
extended by the federal government it
is difficult to see.
If the surplus corn of the country
could be exported it would be a splen-
did thing, while to hope that it can all
be fed to cattle and hogs and then be
put into meats and dairy products and
exported is almost utopian. Up to
date the foreigners have shown small
inclination to take our corn and make
it into meat. If all the raw material
of all kinds produced in this country
could be manufactured and the manu-
featured articles exported, no doubt
that would be very good thing, but
it is impossible. Those who trade with
us want some raw materials.
The secretary says he thinks the de-
partment could be of great use to the
American farmer in the free distribu-
ton of seeds. 1t certainly could if it
would furnish him all his seeds free.
1t might otherwise, but just how the
secretary does not explain.
The department of agriculture has al
ways seemed to be more or less of an
there doesn't appear to be |
any real necessity for it in the scheme |
Of government. 1t is to be hoped that !
Wilson will be able to make
out of it. Neither Uncle Sam, |
Jerry Rusk nor Secretary Morton did;
in fact it may be doubted whether /
much can be made of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
THE PIONEER JUBILEE.

While we have urged upon the legis-
lature the necessity of economy in all
things. yet there is one matter where
we would urge the legislature to be
liberal and generous, where the appro-
priation should be made as large as
consistent with the revenues of the
state and not as small as possible. This
appropriation is the one in aid of the
Pioneer Jubilee. 1t is a matter in
which every man. woman and child in
the state is deeply interested. Its pur-
pose is to commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of the arrival of the pio-
neers in Utah. a brave and noble band
whom all now delight to honor Utah
has had a unique history, and her
semi-centennial celebration should be
worthy of her history. her people and
her future. Not only are the people of
the state interested in it, but the peo-
pie of the whole nation are. 1t cannot
fail 10 attract many to our state to
see it. but if it is not what it should
be, not what it can easily be made,
the result will be that Utah will lose
prestige rather than add to that which
she already has. This would be lam
entable in the extreme It is much
better that there should be no celebra-
ton whatever than that there should
be a mediocre or inferior one. That
the celebration may be what it ought
to be the legislature should be as liberal
and generous in its appropriation as
possible. The people of the state will
not only sanction this. but they expect
It. Not to make an appropriation such
IS the occasion demands would be to be
penny wise and pound foolish" There
S no likelihood the Legislature will
make any such mistake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
"Away With Melancholy.

And bid dull care avaunt,'' sounds
very we'll in verse, but if you have a
case of the blues" caused by indi-
gestion, with biliousness added on as
an extra horror, you cannot say heyl
prestoi and thus insure the departure
Of those abominable twins. The prop
er caper" when thus troubled is to seek
the aid of Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers. Thereafter you will speedily
digest with ease and eat with appe-
tite, and your liver will reassert its
right to regularity. Not only this,
you can retire without a horrible dread
that the Washington monument will
in dreams-impose itself upon the pit
of your stomach. If you feel premon-
itory symptoms of chills and fever,
kidney trouble, or rheumatism, sum-
mon the BitterS to the rescue without
delay, Test a worse thing befall you
A feeble condition of the system is
more speedily changed to a vigorous
one by this fine tonic than by any
other medicinal agent in existence. A
wine glassful three times a day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

of criminology. We presume that exc
cutions in Missouri are not public. this
presumption is based on the fact that
such is the rule in the majority of the
states. 1t is a fact that q public ex-
ecution has a less deterrent effect upon
the criminally inclined than the pri-
vate execution has. The reason for
abolishing public executions both in
England and in this country was that
they excited the imaginations of the
morbidly inclined and their tendency
was to encourage rather than to dis
courage crime. Now, if executions in
Missouri are private their example as
a deterrent is lost, so far as the public
witnessing them is concerned, upon
the community where the trial was
had. and it might just as we'll be at
the state penitentiary as anywhere else
In truth. it is not at all certain when
a murderer is taken from the scene of
his crime and executed the deterrent
effect of his execution is not far
greater than when he is executed near
the scene of it. Then, today, far less
reliance is put in the deterrent effect
of an execution than formerly was.
Governor Turner's conscience may
have justified his action in vetoing the
hanging bill,'' but his reason certainly
did not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
REED AND THE TARIFF.

The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks that
Speaker Reed may play the amiable
and join in the general Republican pro-
eession, but he will probably not COM
nit himself to the Mckinley tariff
scheme so conspicuously that he will
have to share the responsibility for
failure if it doesn't accomplish what
is promised.
No one has ever been able to ascer-
tain definitely what the czar-like
speaker thinks of the way he was
treated at st. Louis. The surrender of
ManIey before the troops had even ar
rived upon the ground must have en-
FILTERED Reed very much, and some
of his bitterness could hardly fail to
extend itself to the man who not only
captured the nomination but achieved
the presidency. This being so, he can
hardly give his open and hearty en-
dorsement to the tariff policy of the
new administration. Nor can he, as a
shrewd and farseeing politician, fail TO
have very grave doubts as to the wis
dom of a return TO McKinleyism when
he remembers what were the great is
sues before the people in 1890 and 1892.
Even the most ardent advocates of
protection feel a great deal of dubiety
when they contemplate a full return
10 McKinleyism. They cannot forget
or ignore the fact that it was the rock
upon which their party had foundered
in the near past.
There is another view to take of
Speaker Reeds attitude towards the
administration. If it shall develop that
he is not in full harmony with its
policy or the tariff and he shows any
signs of becoming an obstructionist, it
is not at all improbable that he will
not be chosen speaker. As speaker
his domination of the house has been
so complete that his party may nave
become more FESTIVE under it than is
generally thought If such is the case,
it viii be a very easy matter for the
house. which is overwhelmingly Re
publican, to turn him down and elect
a new man as speaker. Stranger things
have happened.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
MR.. ANGELES VERSION.
That Assault Made Upon Him By
Archie Clayton.

Nothing has yet been done in the
matter of Archie w. Clayton, who re-
Gently struck Edgar Angel over the
head with an AK handle at Dry can
yon. Mr. Angel is around with a
bandaged head. and ridicules the state
ment of Mr. Clayton to the effect that
the latter was constantly bulldozed and
imposed upon. He says that there
were a number of men working all the
time within hailing distance of their
own cabin, and if such a condition of
affairs as Clayton describes existed, he
could have secured all the protection
he needed in a moment Further, he
states that these men working near by
were at the cabin every night. and
Clayton never made the least conn
plant. He characterizes Clayton's en-
tire statement as a tissue of false
hoods, and says that there were no
quarrels or harsh language between
them. On the night of the assault,
Clayton, he states, was in an ugly
humor, and said he was going to quit
and demanded his time to which An
CELL offered no objection. The attack
with the ak was wholly unexpected,
and Angel says that he had his back
to Clayton when the latter used an
oath, and he turned around just as the
weapon descended. He threw him
self forward, thus getting the handle
instead of the blade. but was knocked
down and rendered partially uncon-
scious. 1t was while he was lying on
the ground, he says, that the other two
blows were received.
The case will be prosecuted in Too
ele county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12

exclusive; that he wanted to play the
part of king for at least one day, and
similar silly assertions. There was a
good deal of reason in the rule. The
president of the United States has more
TO do than any other man in the
United States and less time in which
to do it. He is compelled to be acces-
sible, not only to the heads of the de-
partments and the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of foreign governments. but
practically to every American citizen
who may choose to call. When Mr..
Cleveland made the rule that no callers
should be received on Mondays, he
merely desired one day in the week
that it might be devoted to business
and nothing else. President Mckinley
has seen fit not to adopt such a rule;
that is his right. as it was Mr.. Cleve-
lands to adopt it.
There is really too much carping at
what the presidents do in certain mat
tiers. When General Harrison was
president he used, during the sum-
mer, to run down the Potomac for
rest on Sundays. For this he was very
severely criticised, while strict Sabba-
tarians held up their hands in holy
horror at such a dissertation of the
Lords day. He did the proper thing,
the sensible thing. He needed rest from
the great cares of his office and he took
it in that form which gave it to him
in the greatest abundance. Mr.. Cleve-
land did much the same thing, and he
was carped at. If President Mckinley
does it he will be carped at. But if a
Sunday out down the Potomac or any
where else will recuperate him more
than anything else, he should take it,
and the good sense of the great major
ity of the American people will APP
prove of what he does.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
EFFECT OF EXECUTIONS.

A bill was recently passed by the
| Missouri legislature providing that all
! executions in the state should take
! place in the state penitentiary at JEFF
ferson City. 1t was sent to Governor
Turner for his signature, but he re-
turned it to the legislature without his
! approval Some of the reasons for his
disapproval are rather curious. For
instance, this one:
Il think the enactment of this bill
into law would increase alarmingly
the number of executions annually in
Missouri. Many jurors would vote to
infiict the death penalty if the execu-
ton is to be in the state prison, while
they would vote against irfiicting it
if the execution was to be in their own
county,"
Governor Turner speaks as though
judicial executions were almost crimes.
He says if the bill were to become law
it would increase alarmingly the num-
Der of executions annually. 1t would
not do this unless there was an alarm
ing increase in the number of murders
annually, or unless there is an alarm
ing number of murderers in Missouri
now who go unwhipped of justice.
The explanation of this view of the
effect of the hanging bill'' is found in
what he says further on. He says:
The right to punish individuals for
the commission of crime rests upon the
broad foundation of public necessity.
The true object of the infiiction of legal
punishment is to prevent crime. The
object of the law in punishment is the
reformation and publication of society.
The terror of the example of the Of
fender remains as a warning to other
citizens. If the principle of punish
ment as an example TO deter others
from the commission of like offenses
is sound why remove the end, the aim,
the warning of the execution, with its
terrible lesson, from the presence of
those among whom the crime was COM
mitted?
1t seems to me the removal of the ex-
ecution from the scene of the crime
would be removing the main purpose
of punishment, to-wit: The example
from the persons to whom the law in
tends the punishment as a warming If
the penalty is not inflicted as an eX-
ample and a warning, it cannot GER
tainly be justified upon the ground of
vengeance.
If the theory of local self-govern-
ment should be applied in the trial of
an offender, compelling the case to be
heard and the punishment assessed in |
the community where the crime is /
committed, l think equally strong rea-
sons exist for the final act the end of |
the law, the execution taking place in |
the same vicinage. The same authori- |
ties. and powers should execute the law !
who decree the infiiction of the punish |
ment. This has ever been the theory |
Of the common law and the law of this !
state with regard to the infliction OF |
capital punishment.
The governors reasoning is not good; |
t shows that he has not been student
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
TO END THE CUBAN WAR.

The Havana correspondent of a Chi
cago paper declares that General Wey-
Ter has received positive orders from
Madrid to end the Cuban war at once,
even going to the extent of selling the
island to the insurgents, if need be;
that Weyler has set out for Villa
Clara to find General Gomez and I'M
dertake negotiations, and that WeyIer
himself said the war will end within
three weeks. It is said the fear of
President McKinley's position is given
as the leading cause for the Spanish
change of policy.
That may all be so, as nothing is
impossible, but it has the very front
and presence of a fake. Doubtless
Spain would be very glad to end the
war at once if she could, but she will
never consent to end it by selling the
island to the insurgents. 1t may be
that she will eventually be compelled
TO surrender it to the Cubans, but in
no other way will she consent to their
possession of it.
1t is said that the fear of President
McKinley's position is given as the
main cause for the change in Spanish
policy President Mckinley hasn't
taken any position that need cause
Spain to change her policy; he did not
even mention Cuba in his inaugural adj
dress. That he will very materially
depart from the policy pursued by Pres
ident Cleveland, so far as Cuba is con-
cerned, is hardly probable. Nor will he
pursue a policy to be dictated by lingo
newspapers nor will he take his facts
as to the real situation in Cuba from
them. He certainly will protect Amer
lean citizens, as all American presi-
dents have done. 1t is not likely that
he will plunge the nation into a war
whenever some American citizen tres
passes against the law of the country
where he may be travelling, even
though that law be harsh and in con-
fict with our American ideas on the
subject.
This story that Spain is so anxious
to get rid of Cuba at any price is one
of the rankest fakes that has been sent
out during this troublous time of fakes
about Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-12
Nothing Talks

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We have them at all prices up to
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