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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
ON TWO CHARGES
John Reed, the Alleged Bunco Man,
Arraigned In Court.

Clinton, Mass, Nov l0-.John Reed,
the man who is suspected OF being a
notorious hunno man, WAS -arraisHed In
the District Court this morning on two
charges, one of illegal gaming and the
other an assault on an officer 10 the
first he ple%ded guilty and paid fine of
So. On the charge of assaulting an officer.
however. he pleaded not guilty and was
held for the Superior Court
Th,re was AN immense crowd present i'm
the court room as considerable excite
ment has been caused throughout this
sention by tho workings of gang of
swindlers of which Reed Is supposed to be
memb ber. Many persons who have been
victims OF this company Of bunco'' men,
wero present but few would say they
could identify Aif4,--Fhe eettrt- -prucrgrf-
ings lasted only 30 minutes. Reed was
represented by counsel and will be
taken 20 Fitcsbur for commitment "a
he could not obtain bail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
A Present TO the Government

San Francisco Nov. 10 "A carrier
pigeon fancier OF this city has given the
United States government eight pairs Of
his very best birds 20 form the nucleus
OF carrier pigeon service between the
more remote portions of Alaska They
will be taken north on the Bear and sent
to various points, such as ST Miohaels.
Point Barrow and lIerschel Island.
where they will be taken care of until
they become thoroughly accimated. The
offspring Of these birds will be the means
Of future communication between isola-
tod miners and whalers of the outside
world
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
BAD FIRE in BERLIN
Grist Mill and Wood Working Plant
Destroyed.

Berlin. n. h., Nov. 1s.-A grist mill
and grain storehouse owned and operated
by John.Goebei a. Co.. together with the
sash and blind factory Of w. l.. McGiv-
ney & Co., were destroyed by fine this
morning. The loss will be si2, COZ. The
building OF Goebel a. Co, contained
00OO bushels OF corn, 300 barrels Of -four
ene great quantity OF feed All were con-
eumed.
The IRE started at o'clock .and as the
buildings We're OF wood, IL was imposs, ble
To save any OF them with the local fire
apparatus. Other property was i'm great
danger for a time, but the fire was
eventually subdued
large stock OF lumber and finished
stock was also burned. Goebols a 90. =
loss is 1900 on which there is an insur.
ence OF 1900. Mr. McGivney's loss Il about
5000. The cause Of the fire IL unknown.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
CRITICALLY ILL.
Hon. Arthur :. Blood OF Manc hester I'm
Precarious Condition.

Manchester, N. H.. Nov. l9.--Hon. Arthur
$. Blood, agent OF tho Winchester locomotive
works, and one OF the richest men in this
state, is critically i'll. He is widely interest.
ed in manufacturing concerns being prosiuont
and probably the largest New hampshire
stocKh elder of the Manchester mills. presi-
dent and large owner of the Columbia cot
ton mills and president Of the Ames Manu-.
featuring Company of Chicopee, Mass, presi.
dent of tn, Amosleag Payer Company. presi.
don't and treasurer of the Naslua'Iron a. steel
Company, Nashua treasurer Of the Globe
Nail Company, Boston; vice. president aud
director Of the Burgess Sulphi;e Fibre Com.
pany, Roston the largest in the country. and
practically owner Of the Manchester Hard-
ware Company, the Manchester Sash n Blind
Company and the B. II. Piper Company. He
has been director OF tho Boston s. Maine
Railroad for several years, and has hcen presi-
dent OF the Second National Bank since IL
started seventeen years ago. Tie il 81 years
old.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
ABANDONED AT SEA.
Schooner VasSar Picked Up OF
Long Branch.
Had Big Hole In Bow and Was Evil
dently In Collision.

New York, Nov. la-Ths schooner
Matthew Nassar, ::Jr., of Portland, Me,
was found wrecked and abandoned off
Long Branch, n. J.,yesterday by the tow
boat Robert Haddon, which brought the
derelict 10 this port. A large hole had
been torn in the Vassar's bow. prob
ably in collision with some larger vessel,
To which IL Is supposed her captain and
crew of SIX men escaped, rs no trace OF
them was found by the Haddon.
The Matthew Vassar Jr., was built In
1855 and registered ls2 tons. she was
owned by her commander, Capt. Bowes.
New York.
The Haddon will receive about $1,000
salvage for bringing the wreck to port
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
AN ENGLISH VIEW.
Impossible TO Compete If British
Engineers Work short Hours.

London, Nov. 10. Commenting on the
letter from A.. j.. Barrow of the famous
English shipbuiluing firm, who is now
on visit to the Unit'd States, dated
Philadelphia, Nov. o. showing that the
Americans in the engineering yards work
10 hours day. the Globe roints out that
this fact emphasizes tho impos slhillty OF
the demands OF the striking engineers of
England who are a.king for an eight
hour day OF work, adding;
Tho United States is already our
rrcAtost competitor ia tho oug,nserirc .
trade ana ID will 10 impossible To cnmpp q
with them II British engin ers wCrN 4.
day and half less weekly than their
American rivals.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
Fire Uncnnuue-si-

Aspen. Col, Nov 20 o--The fire in the
smuggler mine remains uuconquered and
IL ls now admitted that IL will REQUIRE
weeks and possibly months before IL can
be subdued. A new method of attack has
been decided upon. Port holes will bs cut
through the wall on the sevcnttonth
level and steam and wator played "a the
fire. which Is supposed "a 10 about 80 feet
below this level. This work will occupy a
week on ten days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
TIE W. c. I. U.
Annual NJ citing of the First Division
Held To-Day.

The annual meeting of the First Di-
vision of the X. i. W. c. 4. W., was held
this forenoon and afternoon at the Elisha
Dyer Ninton Home on Sabip street. The
morning session was devoted to business
and the election Of officers. Mrs jackson
OF Providence was elected president and
Mrs. Gardner of Pawtucket, vice presi-
dent These We're the only offices in
which there was vacancy.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Mary a.
Babcock OF this city, gave description
OF the last worlds convention held at
Toronto, which was very fine and listened
to with much attention.
Mrs ;. y. spencer of Johnston gave
description OF the national convention
recently held at Buffalo, that was also
very interesting.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
ENFORCING LIQUOR LAW.

Chester. VT. Nov. 49, State Attorney Har.
vey Of Windsor county is making strong
effort to enforce the prohibitory liquor law.
He has decided TO make an effort 10 have all
con nvictsd liquor sellers imprisoned. Last night
raids were made in Proctorsyllle and Ludlow
and "A large amount Of spirits seized During
y raid at Ludlow n landlord OF n hotel there
escaped ana today Is missing from town.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
Competitor Prisoners Sail.

Havana, Nov. i1.-The Ward line steamer
Saratoga, having on board the released
CROW OF the American schooner Competitor,
the United states vice-consul Mr. Joseph
A.Springer. and Ssnor Julio Arteaga, who
was sentenced To death. hut who has recently
been pardonod. sailed tor New York today.
She should reach her destination ON Tuesday
vpxf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
May Have Gone Down.

Nantucket. Mass. Nov. 1t has been
learned that the schooner julia :. Bailey,
which is overdue at saco. Mo.. her destination.
passed through the sound just before the r..
cent gale, and was probably struck by th,
storm last Tuesday. u j. feared by seamen
ere that she has gone down.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19

ROAD back in straight line 700 rect
and this piece of land had been used un-
interruptcdlv FOR over 90 years. The rep
resentatives of the town OF Coventry who
are the chief respondents say their only
desire is to obtain road as straight as
possible.
In March, 1890, plat of the section
ot road IN dispute known as Hazard s
Corner was adopted by the town council.
Dexter H. Potter was counsel for the
coniplainants and Oscar Lapham and T..
n. Parker. counsel for tho respondents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
SNOW STORM AT NEWPORT

Newport had today the first snow OF the
prcsent season. beginning before 3 o'clock and
continuing rather briskly throughout the
morniug with no prospect at noon of ahatiug
The ground H. still so warm that thc accunu.
Intion iS but slight, and the principal result
of the storm Is 90 make things generally dis.
agreeable outdoors
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
Germ ms Have Left Crete.

Canea, Island OF Crete Nov. !9.-Ger.
many's contingent OF the International
army of occupation, consisting OF an Off
Ger and twelve marines, embarked on the
Kaisern Augusta this morning The
German laa had previously been handed
dawn from the international redoubt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
Caught in Shafting

New Bedford. Mass, Nov. 49, Mat
thew Creagan. a third hand in the mule
room of tho Rotch mill, No. l.was caught
in the shaftlng, while fastening a belt
on pulley this morning, and was in
stantly killed. His body was whirled
around several times and was literally
mashed before it could be removed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
AGHEAT SURPRISE IS IN STORE

for those who will 20 today and get pack
age Of GkkIN-O. It takes the place Of coffee
n, about the cost. u u food drink
full of health aud can be given to the cnild.
ren a we'll as the adul, with great benefit. II
IL made of pure grains aud looks and tastes
like the finest grades II Mocha or Java coffe,,
II satisfies every A Gun Of Grain-D fa
hettcr for the system than n tonic because So
benefit IL permanent What coffee breaks
down. Grain-O builds up. Ak your grocer
Cor Ciraiu.O i5c. ard s5G
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
Fire on Borden Street

The alarm from box IL, situated st the
corner OF Plain and Locwkood streets. at
so'ciock this afternoon, was for FIRE in
an old house. corner Borden and Eddy
streets occupied by family named
kiiey. The loss 20 the property and
furniture will b. coveres.py 500.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
Prof. Ulrich Dead.

Bethlehem, Pa, Nov. lgProfossor William
Ulrich, PHI D., the founder and principal Of
the preparatory school for Lohigh University
died last night of Briehts disease. Professor
Ulrich was 80 years of age Tie WIS "a native
OF Germany and graduated from the Univcr-
sity Of Berlin in ISL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
MADE pERMANENr RECEIVERS.

Boston, Nov. 10 Judge A lien, in the
supreme Court today made permanent
the appointment OF Henry :. Hyde and
Henry G.. Bliss. temporary receivers OF
the Bay state Beneficiary Assoc alton
and uerpetuallv enjoined the company
and its agents not to do further business
The assets are about SlJO, 600, OF which
600 600 u In the state treasury. The liza.
bilities are about ss00, 40.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
CUTTER BEAR RETURNS

Seattle. Wash, Nov. lo.-The revenue cut
ter Bear has returned from Port Orchard.
where she has been ON the government dry
dock. No important repairs we're found
necessary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19

The American Electrical Works has
placed an attachment on the property Of
the Kent q stanley company. limited, for
$50.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
IS DOING A
GOOD WORK.
Annual Meeting of ST.
Elizabeth'S Home.
OFFICERS MAKE REPORTS
Addresses Made by Rev. Mr.. Ap-
pleton and Rev. Mr.. Bassett.
BOARD OF OFFICERS CHOSEN.
OFFICERS MAKE REPORTS
BOARD OF OFFICERS CHOSEN,

The 10th annual meeting OF ths corpor-
alton of II. Elizabcth's Home was hold this
morning at the Home. corner Of Atlantic
and Merose streets.
The repor, cf the secretary showed %
patients in the home, 10 boarders received
during the ysar and medical attendance
furnished several others
A number OF entertainments have been
given at the home during the year.
During the year "a parishes have contri-
butcd funds Tor the maintenance of the
home, gain OF one over last year. A
gift OF 800 has been received from a
friend of one of the patients.
The report suggested tho possibility of
giving medical training TO the nurses at
the home Thanks were extended TO the
medical corps for attendance and to other 8
for services rendered.
The treasurer report gave as the total
receipts s62O6. "a, with the Total expendi-
lures OF S592T.O6 leaving a balance of
S297. 0S on hand at the present time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19


the following list of officers for the en-
suing year and they were unanimously
elected President, Rt. Rev. Thomas
March Clark; acting vice presidents, Rev.
Floyd w. Tomkius, Jr.. Rev Henry
Bassett, Mrs. John p. Campbell: Treas
urer, Miss n. a. Greene; secretary, Mrs.
James II. Coggcshall; managers, Mrs q.
". b. Bourne Mrs. f. q. Mowry, Mrs.
q. Bridge, Mrs. L. +. Salisbury, Mrs.
c. B. f. Banker, Mrs. A l.. Ches-
borough, Mrs. William Ames Mrs. f. III.
jerks, Mrs. j. ii. Tower, Miss A. >.
Knight associate managers, Mrs. w. Max
well Greene, Mrs. George Congdon, Mrs.
George A. Buffum, Mrs. Il. A. DuVil.
lard, Mrs. co. Read, Mrs. S. A. Smith.
Miss II. Pierce, Miss Il. Foster, Mrs. q.
d. Arnold, Mrs. Joseph Dews, Mrs. NJ.
Il. Corliss, Mrs. H. Chaffee.
dard; Mr.. William Ames, Mr.. William
Gammell, Mr.. John y. Campbell, Miss
\. A. Greene; auditing committee. Mr..
Il. W. Lipptt, Mr.. +. ID. Bassett; super
intendent and home mother. Miss Emma
| G. Fales: housekeeper, Mrs. Ida j.
! Rider; visiting physicians, DIR. II. Terry,
| DIR. +. b. Knight, DIR. ID. G.. Hersey. DIR.
j.! X. Morgan, DIR. B. Whitford. DR. Il. w.
Dyke; admitting physicians. DR. T.
physicians, DIR. G. 4. Gardner, DR.. II. q.
Miller, DR.. j. w. Mitchell, Dr. G. w.
| Carr. DR.. c. l.. Green, DR. A. w. Hunt,
| DIR. Il. w. Porter, DIR. j. III. Davenport
committee on applications, Mrs. j. y.
| Campbell, 96 Waterman street; Miss A. :.
knight, 366 Broadway; Miss NJ. l.. Cor
| liss, ~ Prospect street; chaplain, Rev. L.
q. Stevens; house orderly, Frederick
| Machon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19
ESTIMATED CAR lots.


Heavy shipping hogs. 8 20 "a } %
Nav xuhaaf ptts pDtL-i< cnlla
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-19

The following were elected rs mem bers
Of the corporation: Rev. Frank Appleton,
Rev. Marion Law, Rev. Alfred il. Brown,
Rev. Charles \. Meacer Rev Walter
q. Webster Rev. Reginald Pearce, Rev
Herbert &. Dana, Rev. Henry Is. WASH
burn Rev. Frederick H. Cole, Rev. Joseph
M. Hobbs.
At the close Of the business meeting
Rev. Frank Appleton OF Pawtucket made
"A short address in which he spoke of his
very pleasant recollections OF his connec-
tion with the home in past years and
especially emphasized the fact that il was
in all its essential features home. with
all the comforts and cenvenences of
home as well as having all the ch erishcd
home associations. Hs said that one
pro,ninen fact in connection with the
patients here was that many of them i'm
former years had been people OF onsider-
able money and were accustomed to oil
the rednenents and luxuries of the best
homes.
Rev. Henry Bassett emphasized all that
Rev. Mr.. Appleton bad said, and added
that no was not only glad that it was n
Home but also that it was Church
Home, with no differences i'm belief but
one harmonious feeling. He said that
this sort Of WORE was the true work of
the church, and the one that Christ, IL
lie were here in person, would first of all
encourage
At the close OF the meeting n lunch was
served in the dining room to the mem bers
present.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09
A MethuseIah Among Terrapins.

Some of the antiquities of this
country which find their way into
museums are rivalled in age by a liv-
ing creature Of the Zoo. It is an ALI
gator terrapin, o Mississippi snapper,
whose $50 pounds Of substance have
been accumulated in a lifetime of i've
centuries or more. At least, that is
what the scientists calculate, and they
saw that there is no reason to doubt
that it was padding around as a little
turtle in the Mississippi when De Soto
first gazed upon that river. The giant
terrapin measures about five feet from
snout to tip of tail, and during it's resi-
dence OF seven or eight years at the
Zoo it has grown not a particle. It is
too lazy to move about much, and so
nature has endowed it with special
facilities for catching food. When
hungry il lies in the water with its
mouth wide open, and thebright little
red tongue looks SO much like o worm
that it serves as q bait to attract fish, or
which the terrapin feeds -lPhila'
delphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09
What a Horse Can Draw.

On an ordinary dirt road, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Record, ia
horse can draw three times as much
weight as he can carry on. his back.
On q good macalamized road the ami
nal can pull three times as much as
on q dirt road, while on an asphalt
pavement the power of the horse is
multiplied to such q degree that he
can draw eleven times as much as on a
dirt road, or thirty-three times as
much us he can carry on his back.
What the road traffic of cities owes to
the street railway is illustrated by the
computation that on metal rails a
horse can draw one and two-thirds as
much as on the best asphalt pave
ment, four times rs much rs on Bel
gian blocks, nine times as much rs on
cobblestones, twenty times as much
as on an earth road, and forty times
as much as Oh sand"
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09
A Letter Written Amid Flying Shells.

In the Century is an article on
"Nelson in the Battle of Copenha-
gen." by Captain Alfred I. Mahan,
who has just resigned from the United
States Navy in order to devote him
self to literary pursuits. Captain Ma
han relates the following anecdote
concerning Lord Nelson's letter pro-
posing q truce to the Grown Prince of
Denmark, dispatched in tho midst of
hostilities: The decks being cleared
of all partitions fore and aft, and all
ordinary convenieEces removed, Nelson
wrote in full view of all on the deck
where lie was, at the casing of the rud-
der-head, standing and as he wrote an
officer standing by took a copy. The
original, in his own hand, was put
into an envelope, and sealed, with his
arms. The officer was about to use a
wafer, but Nelson, said, "No; send
for sealing.wax and candle" Some
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09
Bedouin and Egyptians.

II. Talbot Nelly, the EnSllsn aTtlsl,
writes o paper for the Century enti-
tied "In the Desert With the
Bedouin," for which he furnishes
many striking illustrations. Concern
ing Arabs, Mr.. Kelly says: Lacking
education themselves, their respect for
superior knowledge is great, and they
eagerly listen to and absorb such ill.,
formation as may be CLEANED in their
casual intercourse with the people met
during their ~wanderings. However,
great MS is their respect for knowl"
edge, they hold horsemanship
in still greater esteem, and
attribute much OF my success
in dealing with the Arabs to the fact
that I could ride the half-wild desert
stations, in which my previous ex-
perience of rough riding in Morocco
stood me in good stead. Indeed, their
contempt for their neighbors the
Egyptians is completely expressed in
their common reference to them az
"those dirty Egyptians who cannot
ride q horse" l may here remark
that in their habits and persons the
Bedouin are q very clean peoples
claim the most ardent admirer Of the
Egyptians can hardly maintain IL
their case and l have known Arabs.
who, obliged to cross the delta, have
carried out with them sufficient desert
sand with which to cover the
ground before they would deigu to
pitch their tents or sit upon the
''dirty soil of Masr." Differing from
the Egyptians in many essential points
their love for dumb animals is IN
marked contrast to the cruelty prac
tised upon them by nearly all classe'
in Egypt; but perhaps in no way il
the contrast more clearly shown thar
by the respect in which the Bedouil
hold their womankind. Moslems OF
the strictest type, they seem to practise
all that is good in Mohammedanism,
and avail themselves but little of it
1~icanse.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09
VitaLitU of Seeds.

"M. G. de Candolle," says Cosmos,
"in presenting some considerations to
the British Association, relating to his
experiments on the vitality of seeds,
cited several curious facts that it may
be interesting to mention. Thus he
related the fact observed in Greece,
where, after. removing the refuse of a
silver mine that had been long I'M
worked, the workmen saw a whole
fora appear, evidently from seeds that
had been buried under the debris and
that must have been 80 buried not less
than 1900 years. One of NJ.
de Candolle's hearers, an Irish
farmer. then mentioned an analogous
fact; he had noticed that certain
fields that had been uncultivated from
time immemorial became covered as
soon as they were titled with the wild
poppy. 1t would be interesting to
know whether the poppy had not been
growing near by; the fact would not
be comparable with that related by
| NJ. dc Candolle unless no peoples
were to be found in the vicinity. An.
other author, MI. Seward, a dissin-
guished paleobotanist, remarked that
facts of the same kind may have taken
place long ago .he thought, in fact,
that seeds covered by the glaciers of
the Ice Age, may have preserved their
vitality, and may have terminated
centuries later, after the retreat of the
| gIaeiars."
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09
Mrs. Cleveland and the Wheelman.

It was Christmas week and a young
man on a bike was confidently riding
up T street. A heavy carriage drawn
by two prancing bays came spinning
up the street at the same time. The
young man was fairly run into the
gutter, by the turnout andto save him
self from being crushed, he jumped off
his wheel. The bays were drawn up
to the curb in great style, and the lady
occupant Of the carriage stepped out
to go into q store. She instantly took
in the catastrophe. The wheel was
almost q wreck, and the rider was
looking around for his hat. She
stepped right up to him and inquired
if he was hurt. Being assured that
he was not, she took out.a card and
wrote a few lines on it and gave it to
him, saying:
'Have your wheel repaired and
send the bill to MI. Thurber with
this card. lam very glad you were
not hurt"
The signature on the card was
"Frances Folsom Cleveland. Wash
ington Capital.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-10-09

delay followed, owing to the man sent
having had his head taken off by a
ball. "Send another messenger for
the wax" said the admiral, when in
formed of this; and when the waters
were again suggested he simply reit-
Grated the order. A large amount
of wax was nsed, and extreme
care taken that the impression of
the seal should be perfect. Colonel
Stewart asked, "Why under SO
hot a fire and after SO lament
able an accident, have YOU at
tached SO much Importance to q Cir
cumstance apparently triflng?' chad
[ made use OF a wafer,' replied Mel
son, '..the wafer would have been still
wet when the letter was presented to
the crown prince; he would have in
ferrel that the letter was sent off in a
hurry, and that we had some very
pressing reasons for being in a hurry.
The wax told no tales" It was the
same sagacious6~ga.d p effect which
possibly djnsated the byplay of rcfus-
ing to &, SParker's signal ST recall.