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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
Protest Against Tobacco Tax.

Cincinnati. o.. May 1.-THE tobacco
manufacturers of the first Ohio and the
sixth Kentucky districts met and passed
resolutions protesting against the pro-
posed Increased rate ~ tax on manufac-
tured tobacco from six cents TO eight
cents PER pound. \ committee of three
has been appointed to present protest to
the United states senate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
The Manliness of Christianity.

Excellent singing by the chorus choir
and quartet and an impressive sermon on
"The Manliness of Christianity" by the
Rev. Edward Il. Atkinson of the Church
of the Ascension of Boston made the SER
vices of the tenth anniversary sof the or
gnnizatiun Of men and boys of ST. Johns
parish in ST. Johns Episcopal church last
evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
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A FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL.
The News Sef-Educator Feature Covers
Practical Business College Course.
PRACTICAL LESSONS ON PRACTICAL SUBJECTS
Conscientious Study Of These Lessons Will Fit Any Person
Of Ordinary Intelligence for Good Business Position.



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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
Transferred to the Ferris Library.

ICincinnati, O., May 1.-THE Peabody
Museum Of Harvard University has trans
ferred the custodianship of the great SER
pent mound i'm Adams county, Ohio, to
the Ferris Memorial Library of Madison
willie, OHIO The transfer has boen for
mhlly made The Ferris Library. estab-
ilshed by n boqucst by Mrs. Ferris has the
care of the prehistoric works in Ohio
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
rHE wEATHER roRECAsT.

Forecast for Maine. New Hampshire
and Vermont Fair. except showers
near the coast: easterly winds.
For Massachusetts. Rhode Island and
Connecticut; Fair. except occasional
showers near the coast warmer north
ssstgTty wtuds, teeomipg variabis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

Providence, May IL, 1897.
The undersigned, executor Of the last will
and testament Of Lucy NJ. GOdn. late Of the
city OF Providence, deceased, which will has
been admitted 20 probate by the Municipal
Court OF thn city OF Providence, hereby gives
notlcc that he has accepted said trust
All porHons having Claims against said e..
tate are hereby notified TO present them 10
the undersigned OF file the same IN the Office
~ The clerk of said court within six months
from the date of tho first advertisement /
hereof.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17

John J. Nolan, who lives as 50 Pond street
Vas somewhat injured while attempting 10
hoard moving car on Broad street near
Gala street, yesterday afternoon. He wss
taken TO his home in a carriage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17

NEWS
sionday
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-17

The recent dedication of tho Grant tomb
has revived interest in tho burial places
OF all our former presidents These bur
ial places are widely scattered. Washing
ton was buried at Mount Vernon, his
family estate In Virginia; Adams beneath
the portico of the Stone Temple, Unitar-
ian church. at Quincy Mass , .Ieffcrson's s
grave is Ia a thick growth Of wood near
the road leading from Charlottesville, Va,
up to Montite 10; Madison was buried on
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
For Number of Accidents, En-.
.trants and for Time a Re-
markable Meeting.
E. A. B0ZIO SECURED, FIRST
PLACE.
A Large Attendance EDj Us the Ev.nt.
No Serious Casualties
Reported.

The fifth annual twenty-five mile handi-
cap road race of the California Associated
Cycling Clubs was run yesterday morning
over what is known as the San Leandro
triangle and, in points of entrants, acci-
dents and time made. was the most re-
markable event OF its kind ever held by
the association.
There were originally 103 entrants, OF
which number eighty-three actually
started and forty of them met with mis-
haps which threw them out of the race,
leaving but forty-three to finish, yet
seventeen ef these came In under the best
previous record for the course, made by
Charles s. Wells last year, L 10 80 2-5.
The best time OF yesterdays race was
made by popular Tony Delmas OF San Jose,
who covered the distance in 1:09:34 1-5.
The winner turned up in E. A. Bozio OF
the Imperial Cycling Club of this City,
who had q time handicap of five minutes,
and whose net time was 1:10:27.
The California Associated Cycling Clubs
is an organization which has been in ex-
istence about five years in this State, and
is made up of twenty of the most prom
inent cycling clubs hereabouts, including
nearly all the San Francisco clubs and
those OF Oakland, Alameda. Santa Rosa,
Sacramento, San Jose and elsewhere. On
! Aaehingsen,s hisTkGs-- OF easiI year SINGS
1a93 the various clubs belonging to the as
socia;ion have run joint road race over
the San Ledndro course, and yesterdays
event was the one for 1897, postponed
from last Monday owing to the poor con-
dieion of the roads at that time. Besides
this annual race the association conducts
100 mile relay race in April, twenty
mile team race in July and a ten-miIe
handicap in October every year, and valu-
able prizes are always hung up for the
winners.
The course over which the men rode
yesterday was not in as good condition
this year as formerly, on account of the
recent heavy rains. TIE riders also he'd
strong wind to contend with on one side
of the triangle, though it helped them a
little on another side. For twenty-ti five
mile road race the San Leandro triangle
presents many advantages and is an ideal
one for the purpose. The start is made
on the Haywards road about quarter of
q mile to the northeast of San Leandro.
The riders here have the base of the tri-
angle, which they follow toward Hay
| wards. turning 10 the right before reach
ing that. town, which gives the perpendic-
| ular and takes them past San Lorenzo,
when they turn west on to the county
| road from San Jose, giving the hypothe-
muse, which brings them back to the place
of starting. The total distance thus made
is eight and one-third miles, and by max
! ing the circuit three times the required
| twenty-five miles are comp eted, and the
| SPECTATORS have seen the start of the race,
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
"EXAMINER MUD ALL IN VAIN.
In Calling Hearst's Fal<ng Journal to Account
for Its Falsehoods Legislators Will "
Show That the New Law VIII
Benefit All Litigants.

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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01

have fair and impartial trial of said
action, said presiding Judge shall forth
with procure the services OF some other
Judge OF / same or another district to
preside at the trial OF said action, and
endar until some other Judge can be Sc
cured 10 preside at said trial."
Revised statutes of Wyoming. 1887. Sec
ton 34o0, provide: whenever either
party 10 civil action in any District
Court Of the territory shall file an affidavit
in tho case, stating one or more of the
following causes: Thrd-That
the person making the affidavit believes
that on account of the bias or prejudice
or interest OF the presiding Judge he can
not obtain fair trial the Court
Judge shall change the venue in such
action, ETC."
Hills "Annotated Laws of Oregon,
1892" volume 1. page 167, section As, pro-
vide: 1.-THE court or Judge thereof may
change the place Of trial on motion of
either party to the action when it appears
from the affidavit of such party
that the Judge or the inhabitants of the
county are so prejudiced against the party
making the affidavit that he cannot OK
pect an impartial trial before said Judge
or in said county, as the case may be-"
Statutes of Nevada. 1895, page 81, pro-
vide: '* When from any cause the
Judge IS disqualified from acting in the
action, except in any case when il shall
appear by the affidavit OF either party to
the action that the said party cannot, by
reason of the interest bias or prejudice OF
the Judge, have fair and impartial trial,
in which case the Judge so designated in
such affidavit shall not further preside in
the case, but instead of ordering change
of the place of trial to another county may
invite another Judge to preside in, hear
and decide such case"
The foregoing quotations from tho laws
of other States, to which many of a SINH
lar import might be added, conclusively
esta plish the fact that the Assembly bill
now assailed is strictly in line both in
form and substance with the provisions of
these statutes, and seem to have been
taken almost bodily from the statutes OF
Minnesota.
And what substantial objection can be
reasonably urged against this law? It
simply provides that suitor in our courts
shall not be compelled to have man sit
in judgment upon HIM when he makes
oath that on account of the bias or preju-
dice of such Judge he cannot receive q
fair and impartial trial.
But it is said that the law might effect
the Hale & Norcross litigation and that
in the event that the case is again sent
back from the Supreme Court for a new
trial 1t might be removed from Judge
Hebbard's court. Even il this were true,
that is no reason why all the litigants in
the State should be denied the benefits of
q substantial right because in remote
contingency, in . given case, it might op-
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01

crate as a hardship, and we are by no
means convinced that the reasoning is
logical in the given case.
1t is certainly not to be believed that
Judge Hebbard in the Hale & Norcross, or
any other suit, would desire to preside at
the trial if either party to it would make
oath that by reason CT his prejudice they
did not believe they could receive justice
at his hands. Indeed no self.respecting
Judge would go on with trial, realizing
that he was under suspicion of partiality
in favor of one of the contending parties.
The decisions of other States having
this statute show also that there has been
no abuse % the privilege thus afforded,
and it is therefore made apparent that the
Legislature by Its enactment through the
House by unanimous vote, and the Sen.
ate by a fair majority. were actuated
wholly and simply by the same motives
that controlled its enactment in other
States, namely" to promote the ends OF
justice.
Read what section S33 OF the Code of
Civil Procedure says:
The court may, at any time before the trial.
on motion change the place of trial in the fol-
lowing cases:
/. When 1t appears to the satisfaction of the
Justice before whom the action is pending, by
affidavit OF either party, that such Justice is
material witness for either party.
2. When either party makes and files an aft.
davit that he believes that he cannot have
fair and impartial trial before such Jus stice
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01

$3.50 was paid for each vote and in the
Senate from $3.50 to $500. The charge is
emphatic. Thousands of dollars, it says
have been corruptly paid-not may have
been paid or supposed to have been paid.
Consequently this Legislature cannot
stand by and be thus cuargsd with felony,
for that Is what the crime would be. And
they further state .Some esod geutfemnn
has been toiling diligently at the capitol
as distributor of bribes.' Then it says
Without a shadow of doubt mem bers Of
the bly, and mem bers Of the Senate
were bribed to support the bill and also
Several thousand dollars changed hands.
at will thus be seen that the charge
made Is positive and certain, and no hon.
est man in either branch of the Legisla.
ture can afford to permit so serious
matter to pass unheeded. If it be true
that any member of the Senate or any
member of the Assembly has taken bribe
for the passage of this measure then the
Legislature owes it to the people OF the
State that such member be exposed and
prosecuted and convicted OF his crime,
whoever he may be-
ION the other hand, should it be untrue
it is equally the duty of the Legislature
to probe the matter to the bottom so that
it may be shown to the world that news
papers have no right to traduce reputable
men by undertaking to break down their
standing and character in the community,
and for that reason l intend to introduce
resolution in the S.nate tomorrow
morning calling for an investigation com.
mittee with full power to act, such COM
20 for v,,;t
nesses and examine and cross-examine
them to learn the truth concerning this
matter, and to punish witnesses for con-
tempt for not giving testimony concern
ing the matter.
81 believe that the mem bers OF the Sem
ate are honest, and l do not believe that
any of them have taken bribe, or have
been approached in criminal way upon
this matter, or any other during this ses-
sion of the Legislature, and I therefore
believe that the other members of the
Senate all feel that they owe it to them.
selves-and l believe we all owe it to the
State-to concIusively establish the fact
that we are honest men and have been
discha arging public duty honestly and
faithfully.
"If the Examiner is right then it ought
to have the credit of exposing bribery and
corruption, and if it is wrong then it
ought to be, for its course and policy in
this matter, condemned. l shall move
and hope that the chair appoint on the
committee mem bers who voted in the neg
alive on this bill"
1t Is understood that Morehouse will
have the support of the whole Senate on
his resolution asking for an investigation,
for should any Senator refuse to cooper
ate ID the matter such action might place
him under the ban OF suspicion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01

der 1t proper that this Senate should
institute an inquiry respecting the said
charges, and the evidence, if any, upon which
they are based, and the person or persons who
circulated, gave or reported the statements, If
any, upon which the article was based and the
author, editor, printer, writer or person who
wrote or caused to be written or published or
caused to be published the said charges and
all the facts connected Herewith or relating
thereto, TO the end that the guilt may be ex-
posed and punished, whether 1t be found to be
on the quality of legis lative bribery and cor
ruption or willful and malicious public SLAM
der. Be ii, therefore,
ResotUed. Th at committee of three be forth
with appointed and tn 1T said committee be-
and II Is hereby authorized and empowered to
do any and all things necessary to make q
full and complete investigation of the matters
contained herein above enumerated and to
that end to employ all necessary clerical as
sistance, and that said committee be, an It
hereoy is, authorized and empowered to send
for persons and papers. and to take all neces.
sary means to procure the attendance of wit
nesses and testimony; and the members of
SAID comm ttee are and each of them Is, here
by authorized to administer oaths; and that
all the provisions OF article 8, chapter 2, title
/, part 3, OF the Political Code of this State
relative 10 the attendance and examirattou of
witnesses before the Legis ature and commit
tees thereof shall apply 10 the committee o.
pointed under this resolution; and that the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is hereby auth-
orized and directed to serve any and all sub
penas and orders or other process that NAV be
issued by the chairman of said committee.
when directed TO do so by the said chairman.
This resolution will give the committee
appointed all the powers of court, even
that of inflicting penalties and Furnishing
contempt of court. An important prece-
dent to the present situation is furnished
in the case of d. o. McCarty, printed in
the Twenty-ninth California Report.
He had charged the Legislature with
bribery in connection with the election of
a United States Senator. He was called
before a committee to testify as to who
had paid money or received money in
connection with that matter. He refused
to answer and was sentenced to i'm prison
ment and lodged in jail. He had writ of
habeas corpus sworn out in his behalf
but the Supreme Court held be could not
be released, as the Legislature is the
actual Supreme Court or the State and
higher in authority than the regularly
constituted supreme tribunal of the State.
After calling attention to this case,
Senator More ouse, in an interview refer
ring to the Examiners article, said !:
..Here is a charge that mem bers OF. the
Legislature had been bribed to vote for
this measure and that in the Assembly
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
NO BRIBERY NEEDED.
Laws Governing Minor LitIgants
Should Be Extended to the
Snnari0r CovIrfe

superior courts.
What is the matter with Assembly Bill
No. 273, now in tie hands OF the Cover
nor, about which such a storm is attempt.
ed to be raised by the Examiner
Is it possible that Legislature could be
assembled in California who would have
to be bribed to support a measure SO en-
inently just as this? From the statement
in the paper referred to, it would seem
that this was q piece OF unprecedented
legislat ton in the interest of some partic-
ular case, and this intimation has sug-
gested to THE CALL the prdpriety of ex-
amining the statutes OF other States in
order TO determine whether the proposed
bill was in the line of existing laws in the
older States or new departure psculiareto
California.
Without having time to pursue the in
quiry through all the States, we find the
act amply supported by the statutes OF
many States, some of which are to be
found below.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Caminetti
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
FAKERS MUST ANSWER.
Legislators VIII Appoint a Commits
sion and Compel Hearst's Mud
ThroWerS to Talk.


ThrowerS to Talk.
SACRAMENTO, CAL. Feb. 2S.-Before
many days Long Green Lawrence. man.
aging faker of the monarch of the takers,
will have to divulge the author of the
fake which attem pied to cast cloud on
the regulations of members of the Legis-
Iature, or he will have to communicate
with his friends through the bars OF a
prison cell.
Despite its cowardly attempt to avoid
the responsibility of having aspersed the
characters of irreproachable legislators,
tile mem bers feel 1t a duty TO take such
eaction as will compel the Examiner to
Nsubstantiate its charges of bribery or take
the consequences. and the consequences
will neither be- light nor uncertain.
Senator Morehouse, who was the only
mem ber Of the Senate on Saturday who
apparently had the quick perception to
comprehend in their full enornity the
serious charges made by the new jour
nal' faker and the courage to hurl back
the falsehoods contained therein in the
teeth of the traducer, feels that the honor
not only of each mem Der sought to be
smircbed but OF the whole Senate as
BODY is involved, and tomorrow will in
troduce the following significant resolu-
ton:
WHEREAS, An article appeared in the San
Francisco Daily Examiner, newspaper pub
hshed in the City and County of San Fran
cisco, State of California, and circulated over
the State of California and over various States
OF The United States and elsewhere. which
said article so printed and published and cir
cuated is in the words and figures following
here follows the article, head and all as
printed in the Examiner; and, whereas the
above cited words IN said article SO printed,
published and circulated directly charge cor
fuption OF the gravest character for the pur-
pose OF influencing the action OF this Senate;
ana whereas, it Is specifically charged that
IHtge SUNG Of money have been received by the
members OF this body and which said men,
toers are not specifically named, but leaving
kne Impression and intending 10 leave the i'm
eSslon and charging and intending to
large that each, every and all the members
nus senate who voted for Assembly bill No.
D. amending Section 40 of the Code Of Civil
uu1e oil this S:ate, had been paid and
80 "na nn received money amounting in sums
on 4ooo 10 $500 each for voting for said AS
ol! oil1 No. 273; and, whereas, the said
see nre very grave and of a serious char
nv ana rejecting upon the entire Senate
~ were made and published as aforesaid,
"te VI such character rs to rem
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
NEW TO-DAY.


dyspepsia for there is certainly no other
trouble on earth that keeps you so ever
lastingly struggling against being crushed
into utter despair. Anything that cures
dyspepsia lifts about half the weight of
misery that crushes mankind, land wo-
mankind.
The trouble with most of the so called
dyspepsia cures, is that they don't cure.
They give only temporary relief. Indiges-
ION usually extends all through the dlges-
tive tract, from the stomach clear down to
the large intestine the liver too is frequent
ly involved in the trouble being torpid and
inactive. For a thorough, radical, per-
nanent cure you must have the whole di-
gestive organism set right.-Not violently
stirred up, but regulated. Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets will do it. They stimu-
late the digestive juices of the stomach
inviporate the liver and help it to actively
secrete the bile and act gently on the
bowels to promote regular healthy move
ment This means complete and last
ing cure of digestive troubles.
The s'Pellets" are not severe cathartic.
they act on the bowels naturally and COM
fortably though surely. The dose can be
regulated to your needs, and when the
"Pellets - have done their work they can
be discontinued. You don't become a
slave to their use as with other pills. If
the druggist suggest some gripping pill that
gives him more profit think WAst UsU
tyQft yoH ss0sh
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01

Continued ON Second Pogo
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28
Best solution OF Cuban Question.

New York. May PA copyrighted dis
patch from Havana to The Journal says:
La Union Constitutional Conservative
prints extracts from an article in FL
Diario of Barcelona, which maintains
that the best solution OF the Cuban
problem Is for Spain TO sell the island OF
Cuba TO the United States, and avert
further sacrifice Of men ana money.
Ia Union subjects the writer TO sharp
editorial criticism. and declares that.
but for the sudden accession of the
liberal party 10 power In Spain I'm 1920.
Epain would have been able TO crush the
leparatist movements under way In all
other South American provinces. Mar
auis De Rabell chairman of the Re-
formist party and managing director
NJ El Dine De la Marina, went TO the
United States Wednesday. La Lucha
commenting on his unexpected depar-
ture. re-echoes the rumor that he was
called to Washington by President Nc
| kinley for consultation.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28
MA AVEMEYER'S 0OODLUcK.

Mr.. Henry o. Havemeyer gets of worry
easy. His counsel asked for his dismissal
for several reasons, notably, that he did
not know that refusal to answer the ques-
tions put to him by the Senate Investigat-
ing Committee was contempt OF court.
the absurdity OF such defence will strike
most people, although 1t did not seem to
impress the judge, as illogical.
Ignorance OF the law, we are told, excuses
no man. Mr.. Havemeyer may have been
unaware that he was showing contempt Of
Senate In his refusal to speak, bot we don't
think he was. He had plenty OF time to
prepare for ihs investigation and he un-
doubtedIy knew Just wha. his privileges
and obligations were. He merely trusted
to luck 70 save him in case In, matter was