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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
DIED IN THE FIELDS.
Over 10000 Reported 10 Have
PeriShed in Cuba.
Famine and Disease Have Had Vast
Harvest of Victims.

Havana. via Key West, Dec. 3l.-De-
tails just received from Spanish sources
Of the conspiracy against Spanish rule
said to have been discovered in the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio, show that 1900 men.
employed In the fields of Clay. Brock q
Co., to bacco growers, and who had been
disarmed, consplred To Join the insur-
gents Their leaders have been impris-
oned in Moro Castle.
On Christmas night there were riots,
similar TO those which occurred in Ha-
vana at Matanzas and other towns. The
demonstrations were directed against
autonomy. At Matanzas crowds cheered
for the United States, President Mckinley
and annexation.
\ letter from an important insurgent
chief says that about l5J. 900 insurgents
aud reooncentrados have died In Western
Cuba. lie also expresses regret at the
suffering endured by the insurgents in
tho field.
DIR. Delfp calls attention i'm the Diaro
do In Marina To the necessity for sending
about 90 physicians into the interior of
the island. provided with medicine chests
and vaccine.
DIR. Delfin adds that over 100 COO rer-
sons have died OF famine in the fields.
lie explains they were mostly women ana
children.
1t is estimated that over 100, 600 recon
centrados are starving sick unto death
and in need os shelter. It Is reported that
nn important engagement occurred last
Monday In the Mulata Mountains. rrov-
ince Of Plnar del lilo. aud that large
numbers were killed on both sides Ons
important insureent was captured and
brought TO Havana. where no l. inspris-
Oned inoommunicado.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Suit 10 Recover Firemen's Uniforms.
Mills Shut DOwn.

The suits brought by the Riverpoint fire de-
partment against John 81. Burdick, Edward
Harris and Charles II. Potter, Jr., AL ex.
members Of the department, ITO recover uni
forms which the men had in their possession
when they resigned from the department
about two years ago, were tried before Judge
Douglas and Jury at Fast Greenwich yes
terday, and the whole history of the affair
and previous trouble in the department was
aired in court. The verdict was for the de-
PENDANTS and an appeal will be taken.
q. y. a. Il. knights mills shut down this
afternoon for the remainder Of the week.
The No Name Whist CLUB held n very en-
joyablo meeting ~ the, residence % Mr. and
Mrs. George Urquhart st Riverroint last
eyeninv
The Intcrlakcn print works shut down thi.
afternoon for week ior the purpose OF
making tho annual repairs 60 the machinery.
Tonight viii bc ladies uight NJ tae Kent
Club aud the members will watch the oid
ye9r ont and the new yesr he.
Washington Lodge. !. -. -. D.. held -
regular meeting tn old Fcllows hall at River.
point last cvcring rnd ioos the preliminary
steps toward tho erection Of n new DO ! o. its
lot on Allen street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
Have Furnished Bonds.

Exeter, y. H., Dec. 81 Bail Com
missioner G. II. knight has accepted
bonds for Benjamin Kim ball ard his
wife. each Of whom Is held under $4,000 to
appear here next Wednesday to>answer TO
n charge Of arson. Daniel = kmblll of
Manchester. Thomas II. kimball OF Law
renoe and Thomas n. 1attersall Of Exc
ter are the pondsmen.
1t is claimed that, kimb and his wife
set fire 10 the Granite House in this city
on Christmas morning. The lire was
discovered before great damage had been
done.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
BOARDER IS GONE.
SO is $275 Worth of Mrs. Massi-
cOtte'S Property.
Police OF Fourth Station Locking For
Suspected Thief.

Frank Storm, baker, is missing from
him. They are of the opinion that he Is
responsi BILE for considerable OF robbery
in house occupied by Eliza l.. Mas
sicotte, 179 Pond street. Storm came TO
Mrs. Massic otte. who is German. and
wanted to become hcr honrder, about IA
spectabie young man and he was taken in
and given q good home. This was n mis-
take for Storm has repaid all the kind
ness bestowed upon him in miserable
manner
Mrs. Massiootte lives In the upper part
OF the house at the corner Of Pond ana
Bank streets. Her son, George w. Mas
scotte lives with her. lie is hair
dresser. storm was the other occupant
of the premises Last Wednesday Mrs.
MassicJtJe missed gold ring and she he.
came satisfied that it had been stolen
She went To police headquarters In city
bali To report her loss.
she was absent from the house until
I 80 o'clock. Meanwhile her son had been
I'm the house TO get his lunch at II 80
o'clock. When Mrs Massicote returnetl
she learned tnat a gold watch valued nc
ESQ. "a diamond ring worth $ls5, "a gold
chain valued nt sia. locket worth .23,
silk umbrsl,a and s27 in money had
been stolen.
storm had been seen In the house Just
before tLe loss was discovered, and a. lie
has not Teen seen since the police are of
tsss opinion that he.kpows where the vsl-
uatles are 1he loss L. more tusn ,21J.
Yesterday the robbery was rel Ott ad Ht
the Central police station and this morn.
ing Capt. Marston and his officers of the
Fourth police district. whore the robbery
took rlaco are looking for the suspected
khisf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31

When Lockley Disappeared lie Took
All the Finds, Deeds and Papers.

New York, Dec 3l.-lhe remarkable
robbery OF the entire funds and papers of
tho Amer lean Estates association at its
office in this city, which was discovered
yesterday, has upset the police, who can
find no trace OF the robber clerk, Joseph
Lockley.
The manager Of tho association, James
A. Reilly, was at work almost all night.
trying To find out exactly how much
Lockley had made away with. The
amount stolen is put at about $1,000
aside from tho papers the clerk took.
The greater part OF this money was got
from the bank by means Of raised checks
The rest OF tho money anu the titles
deeds, books aud papers, and even private
letters which vera stolen were distracted
from the safe in the Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
Was Mistaken For Booth.

williamsport. Pa. Doc. 3l-Reuben
Stonesifer, q we'll known citizen of viii
Transport, died at his home on Park
avenue last night aged Co. MIR. Stonesifer
was employed in the government service
at Washington at the time Abraham Lin
coin was shot. Shortly after tho assassin
alton Stonesifer was arrested. being mis-.
taken for John Wilkes Booth, tn whom
he bore remarkable resemblance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
Competitor For STANDARD OF.

ondou. Dsc 3l.-Acoording to the
Star the Rot thschilds OF Paris andVicnna
In conjunction with the Russian retro
sea- are hbancing "a company which pur.
poses 10 supply Oroai Britain with high
0ash Russian oil ~ iOi degree. 90 COZ
pete against the standard on comIsDy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
THE JAPANESE PRESS FOR RE
SISTANCE.

THE JAPANESE PRESS FOR RE
SISTANCE.
Washington. Dso. 81. "A high state Of
public feeling in Japan over the COM
plications Of the far East, centering in
China, Is shown by the last press advices
received here from Japan. That the
government itself has an eye to the grav-
ity of the question Is shown 10y state
ment of the prime minister and I'm the
course of reply TO n delegation he said !:
with affairs tending To dangerous de-
velopments as IL now the case in the
East, we snail not hesitate TO ask ths
Diet for thirty millions or even forty
millions III necessary. This was only a
short time before the premier was forced
TO resign, because of the public feeling
that the cabinet was too weak To deal
with the descent Of the European powers
upon China and tie probable dislnemb ber-
inent OF the latter country.
The III III Shimpo, the most Influential
paper in japan, contains n scathinR ar
raignment of Germany's course, deolar-
ing that the occupation Of Kai Chou
shows that the laws and tenets OF inter
national morality have ceased TO he anv
thing more than spacious pretence by
European powe,s ana that the rule by
which their conduct IL really regulated Is
1.-The flesh OF the weak Is the food of the
strong"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31

A side from the excited discussion of the
problem in China, the Japanese press is
mainly concerned in the country's s extern
sive naval and military development.
The expenditures on armament expan-
sion" this year viii be 81, 645. 72l yen, and
next year 63. 250 600 ven. Brilliant field
maneuyers have been executed by the
two army CORPS OF the North and the
South In the presence of many foreign
diplomats and military experts. The
battleship Yashima has just arri Ved from
the English shipyarus. she IS the second
OF the big battleships added to Japan's
new navy, the first being the Fugi
They are sister ships of IL, 5l7 tons dis
placement each OF twenty knots speed
and In armament and general appearances
much like tine United States battleship
Indiana. Tho Yashimn is The largest
warship that ever passed the Suez Canal,
and 10 was found necessary to unship
the heavy guns ana take off some of the
outer arnor 10 get her through the canal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31

Arthur, after having taken that fortress
and that as these powers are again in
collusion, japan must diligently prepare
herself for emergencies
Chuo Shimbun declares that the time
for the partition of the Chine SO empire
has arrived and adds:
What shall Japan do? Shall she Join
in the scramble for pieces Of the doomed
state or shall she oppose its partition?
In such "a crisis-the like of which has
not occurred since the rest6ration--the
port folio of foreign affairs is in the
hands of IA man in whom the nation has
no confidence.
The Toxic Shimpo takes the radical po-
sition that it is .Iapan's duty To succor
China at this junctdre, on the ground
that the boasted Ecivilization and Chris
tianity OF the western world is slowly
trampling downright and justice in its
descent upon the Orient
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31

After declaring that Germany has
thrown Off the mask. and has taken the
lead Of Western powers in greedy strug
gle To deyonr China. the paper, adds as To
tho attitude Of Japan:
"rhe conilseratiou is on the other side
Of tho river, but the river is narrow and
the sparks may easily fly across The
lesson fJr Japan u that a country's Sc
ourity depends solely upon its strength
10 resist aggression aud that al gressiC n
has cOtDe almost 90 her own gates lt
will not suffice that She should be merely
on the defensive. 10 preserve what one
has already. 10 is sometimes necessary TO
add more. A crisis In the Orient now
confronts Japan. and her und vidcd
strength must bo devoted TO guarding
against the pcrils that menace her. "
ihe kokumin Shimbun SAYS that Ger
msuy's action IL sequel 10 the three
powers Russia, GerInany.snd France).
interference with Japan's holding Port
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
RUSSIAN CANDIES

From st. Petersburg.
Hot House Grapes from Windsor, England,
as large rs pears.
Pine Apples. Florida Grape Fruit.
Best quality MsrIsquino Cherries, IS cents.
A. III. KING G. co
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
bean Bennetl's Condition.

Boston. dec. 81. The condition OF Dean
Edmund II. Bennett Is unchanged tnis
morning. lie passed comfortable
night, but slight hopes are entertainaH
for his recovery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
Boston & Providence Clothing Co.
Corner Westminster and Orange Sts
HALL & LYON co.
APoTHECARIEs.

We are now better able than
ever before TO prepare Prescrip-
tions. We are fitted with all
the modern improvements, and
have plenty of competent en-
ployes, consequently you will
not be obliged to wait any
longer than is absolutely neces-
sary, TO do the work well.
If you have any shopping to
do, or calls TO make, you can
leave your Prescriptions, and
we will have them ready on
your return; or you can rest III
our waiting room, where you
will find all the leading Maga.
zines and Illustrated Papers.
Our usual low prices prevail
in this department as well as
all others.
HALL & LYON co.
APOTBECARIEs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
WE HAVE
M Ed!

Bag and baggage, and taken possession
of the Store previously occupied by Talbot
& Co., corner of Westminster and Orange
streets. The balance of their stock has
fallen into our basket at 35C. on a dollar.
Do you want any of it? If SO, make
your selections. Next week we will tell
you more about it and name the prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31

ThE fABl Fir-'-cls-s furnished rooms
ard iatls hosrd heat, Gas and hot ath. /.
verv low price also large room sur hgnt
hggsskseping. 5l5 Warrington street d3l 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31
MERCHANTS

Find their best patrons In the
Homes, and they reach them
through the columns OF a
Clean, Trustworthy and
. Bright Newspaper like 1hE
NEWS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-31

Patronize Home Merchants,
because they find their an
nouncements in a Home News
paper. THE NEWS Is the
Home Newspaper of Provi-
dence and Vicinity.
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Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17

a private tutor instead. of attending the public schools. He was younger son, and at the age of 20 went to South Africa, then a much more savage terri tory than 1t is now and but scantily populated by Englishmen or persons of English descent, to seek his fortune. The Kimberley diamond mines were just beginning to be productive With his few pounds of capital he began dealing in diamonds in a small way. He was clever and pushing. Everything he touched he made successful. In five years he had earned enough In the re- tail sale of diamonds to purchase shares in the mines from which his merchan- disc had come. Before another five years had elapsed his holdings at Kim berley had become very large, and when the Transvaal goldfields were discover ed he had profits to invest In them.
 In 1886 Barney Barnato was a definite power in South Africa and began to be spoken of as the rival of Cecil Rhodes. Unlike in temperament and even more unlike in personal ambition, the two men started in to be hot opponents. But in 1888 they reached the conclusion si- multaneously that their respective in- terests could be best promoted by com bining forces, and the De Beers con solidated mines were the result, one of the most valuable pieces of property of the kind in the world.
 The recent fall in Kaffir stocks had greatly depleted Barnato's fortune, though he was still a very rich man. He had recently suffered an almost complete mental and physical collapse and was undoubtedly insane when he ended his life.
Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17
FIRE ON ELLIS ISLAND.
Governments Emiarapt Receiving station Burned-Important Documents Lost.

Burned-Important Documents Lost.
 New York, June 15.-The great gov- ernment landing shed for immigrants on Ellis island caught fire this morn ing shortly after 1 o'clock and burned to the ground, like torch Of rosIn.
 The first signs of fire were noticed by pilots on the river and men along shore at l2.ab.
 There was little smoke and a strange white light. which spread and spread with a swiftness that seemed incredi- ble until the whole mass of the build ing was a gleaming sheet Of flame.
 From white 1t turned to yellow and burned away with incredible swiftness. lighting up the bay and furnishing one of the most unexampled spectacles or pyrotechnic magnihcence that New York has ever looked upon.
 The effect ofs the many streams Of salt water forced on the burning struc- ture could be seen even from New York They deadened the flames bit and deepened the coloring, but that was all. The building was too exten- sive and the area too vast for hun- dred streams to be of any avail.
 There were about 100 immigrants on the island, all of whom were safely rec moved
 The nufnhtT or Nnf DfaplA the retention pen were asleep. Great ronfusion came when they were aroused. Still greater confusion came when an effort was made to tell them that the building was afire, but that they were not to be at all excited. as there was absolutely no danger. Many of them could not understand English. All difis culty was removed. however. when one of the watchmen suggested that all should be driven out like sheep, without an attempt at explanation. This was done. IL was a success. They were then conveyed by ferryboats to the city and crowded Into the Barge office.
 Ellis island Is about 2h acres in ex- tent. It was opened for the reception or immigrants on Jan. |. 1892. On the northeast side of the Island is crih- work brealtwater. with an average width of 4o feet and s5s feet long. An immense building for the recep- ton and registration of immigrants stood n short distance back of a bank and faced the Narrows. The main build Ing was 200 feet wide by 250 feet long. and on each side and even with the front of the main building were two wings, one story high, i20 feet long and go feet wide.
 The cost Of the buildings and plant on the Island was s7so 900, and the loss will approximate that figure. In the main building were the offices of the United States Immigration bureau, cons taininE valuable records, which were l destroyed
Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17
General Markets.

NEW YORK. June l5.-FLOUR-State and western was weak and lower to sell; city mills patents, S470i49j; winter patents, S4.50a4@'; city mills clears. s4.G5aI.75; winter straights, S4.10a4.20.
 WHEAT-No. red opened about steady and sold on under good crop news. Trading was moderate; July, 75a76c.; September, 70 5-l6a 711sc.
 RYE-E Easy; No. western, 3cc. CORN-No ? was quiet an easier under fine weather and in sympathy with wheat; July 2asc; September, 31a3l l6c.
 OATS-No. 2 were dull and easy with the other markets; track, white, state, 25asS2c. {; track white, western, 25a32c
 PORK - Quiet; mess, ss5oas; family, Se.5oa I0.JO.
 LARD - Dull; prime western steam, s3yeo. nominal.
 BuTTER-Steady: state dairy, 1oal4lfcs state creamery, 1lal5c.
 CHEESE Quiet; state, large, sAc.; small, 1s4asc.
 EGGs-Steadier; state and Pennsylvania, 12 a12lsc. western, 10ISall1Sc.
 SUGAR-Raw frm fair refining, &c.,; cen- trifunal, % test, 3t6c.; refined firm; crushed, SIC; powdered, 5lsc. TuaPENTINE-steady at 271sa2se.
Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17

half an inch. charged with powder and swan shot, exploded.
 No one was injured by the explosion. A man fin the crowd suspected as the prime mover was arrested. He gave his name as Gallet and made only the briefest replies to questions put to him by the police.
 He is believed to be insane for he shouted as the carriage passed along so loudly as to attract general attention in the crowd. The police have also made another arrest. in this case a youth. but 1t Is thought probable that the actual culprit escaped in the thicket.
 The news of the attempt spread like wildfire through the city. and when M. Faure returned to the Elysee the streets along the route where 1t was known he would drive were crowded with people who cheered him vociferously.
 The bomb was a clumsily made af- fair. to which a piece of fuse was at tached. and the fuse was probably lighted by a taper fixed in the end of a stick as soon as the head of the process sion came into view. The presumption Is that the moment the fuse was light ed the culprit fled. and in any case the bomb could not have done much harm.
 Tn the thicket where the police found the remnants of the, bomb they found also a pistol upon which weSe engraved the words Mort a Felix f'aure and the names "Alsace- Lorraine" and "Co- logne" Near the pistol was. a small dagger bearing similar threatening inscription, and few feet away the po- lice found a newspaper, with cartoon grossly insulting to the president. This contained an offensive inscription hint ing at the execution of M. Faure
 The attempt on the life of M. Faure was made on the very spot where Berezowslxy tried to shoot the czar while driving to the military review al Longchamps in 1867 and where Fran cois, a lunatic, last year fired his re- volver at M. Faure, on July IA,
Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17
WILL ANNEX HAWAII.
PRESIDENT M'klNLEY APPROVES THE
 ANNEXATION TREATY.

The Cession of the Islands Was Urged on
 by the Dole -Hawaiians
 Alarmed by the Attitude of Japan.
 Spain Also Plays a Part.
 Washington, June 16.-The Hawaiian annexation treaty is now ready for the formal signatures of the negotiators, Secretary Sherman for the United States government and either Minister Hatch or MT. Lorin Thurston as spe- cial commissioner for the government of Hawaii It will probably be sent to the senate this week.
 At cabinet meeting, in the course of the discussion of the treaty, 1t was de- cided that it's pendency in the senate would not necessarily cause any con- siderable obstruction to the progress of the tariff bill, and while there is every disposition on the part of the president to avoid any interference with the rights of the senate in the matter it can be stated that the treaty will not go in with any idea that it is not the wish of
Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17
CANAAN CONN. THURSDAY, IT, 1S97
SUICIDE OF BARNATO.
THE FAMOUS DIAMOND KING ENDS
 HIS LIFE AT SEA.

He Rose From 0bscurity to Great Fame
 fnehse Fortune as Diamond Hunter
 and speculator.
 London, June 16.-A special dis patch from Funchal, island of Ma deira, off the west coast of Marocco, says that on the arrival there of the British steamship Scot, which left Ta- ble bay, Cape Town, on June 2 for Southampton, 1t was announced that Barney Barnato, the South Africa dia- mond king. who was among the pas- sengers, had committed suicide by leaping overheard. His body was re- covered.
 The late Barney Barnato was in many respects the most remarkable speculator of the century. Of all the Englishmen who have taken part in the development of South Africa two only have secured a worldwide repu- tation. These have been Cecil Rhodes and Barnett Isaacs, more often and less respectfully styled Barney. Bar nato was an assumed name. a sort of stage name, for he began his life in South Africa by exhibiting trick donkey about 25 years ago. He was then about 20 years of age.
 Barnato was an English Jew and Illustrated in an extraordinary way the financial genius of his race. Up to the point where his fortunes began to de- cline he made money by leaps and bounds, and in 1895, when his good fortune was at its zenith, it was esti- mated that he controlled interests worth in the neighborhood of f100- 900, GOO.
 Called the Richest Man In the World.
 It was the fashion to call him the richest man in the world. At that time he was virtually the king of the London money market. In the autumn of 1895, when the boom in "Kaffirs," the shares of the comparatively new gold mines Of the Transvaal, South Africa, was at its height, every man, woman and child in London with money to invest invest ed it in "Kadirs." The craze was the last of those financial levers which pe- riodically attack conservative England the South sea bubble" being the first For months it was the controlling pas sion in London, and 1t was scarcely less rampant in Paris and Berlin. The shares went to unheard of figures. and fortunes were made in a day. @
 The center of this tremendous finan- cial outburst was Barney Barnato, and he was conservatively estimated at that time as worth between 100000. 900 and sl50, 900. Among his assets was a bank originally capitalized at SIP, 800, 900. In very few months its capital stock rose in value to S45, ,000, 900.
 Barnato was born in London. But It, tie is known as to his early life, except that he received his instruction from