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The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08

This butchery is sickcning. There is
no hedge. nor bush, nor rock on all the
stricken field in whose slim shadow some
shuddering silverite may not bc found
hiding from the statistician's steel. They
are thickcst behind the refuge Of foreign
crop failure. a poke in these sets all
sorts and sizes to wrigglng. Grandpa
Bland and Boy Bryan, and Teller wall
ing, now that christianity and morality"
depend on more business for Nick Hills
smcltcr. And rs they wriggle they squeak:
Famine, you brutcs! You are gloating
over famine. You are eXulting in the mis-
cries of the victims of the gold standard
in India and Austria and England and
France. There is nothing in this wave
of prosperity which-ouch!-is giving us
some temporary embarrassment but for
eign shortage in wheat
Let us stir up the wrigglers a little
further. There has been no foreign short
age in cotton. If there had been, it would
not matter in the sense that n wheat
shortage matters, for we supply 40 per
cent of the worlds cotton anyway, and
never more than % per cent of its wheat.
Yet we are getting an extra 10 per cent
this ycar-say. $30000.000 on 100000,
000--for our cotton. These are the fig
urcs. just compiled by the secretary of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Mr.. Hes
for.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
wbv Do the crookers Croo,.y

Solemn silverites whose knowledge Of
affairs is wider than that of most of the
men who voted for Bryan last fall. are
not altogether sicnced by the rise in
prices under the conditions existing since
the complete triumph of sound money in
the United States. Some OF them, like the
lubugrious Ritchie, of Summit County.
essay the weary task OF pcrsuading people
who like the change in the times that il is
the result OF famine in India and ruined
harvests in Europe. These persons pm
rade before the voters of America the
dread procession OF gaunt victims of star
walton IN Hindustan, and they quote the
gloomy reports of crop failure in Ireland.
They point TO mcager grain fields in Rus
sia and 10 the shortage Of 50,000,000 bush
els in the wheat crop of France. There"
they say, sis the source of higher prices
In the United States Let famine and
ruin abroad he followed 10y normal wealth
er and harvesis. and the general level Of
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
Due to Republican policy.

Ii is only little while since the Demo-
Gratis Of the country were haunting the
Republicans with the slowness of pros.
perity in returning. Where now. they
said, are the signs of its coming? The
new tariff had hardly been signed and
Congress adjourned before the boom was
on in such force as TO be undcniablc. The
blindest pessimist in the Democratic par
ty had TO admit it. Then came the claim
that the shortage Of wheat abroad was
the cause of il all. That was the burden
of Mr.. Bryan's Iowa speech.
No doubt the shortage in the wheat and
rye crops OF the other exporting
countries has advanced the price OF wheat
In this country. lu thr great ccutral fact
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08

Labor and Free Silver.

The Illinois Federation of Labor has re-
adopted, as part of its platform, demand
for the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1. But on this. ms on previous
occasions, the advocates of the plank fail
ed to point out wherein labor would be
benefited by the granting of such de-
mand. No attempt was made to contro-
vert the specific statements as to where
free coinage would do irrcparable harm to
labor.
The workingmen Of Illinois have eighty
million dollars invested in building and
loan associations. A change to the mono
metallic silver standard Of n free coinage
81 A-grain dollar would reduce the value
Of these investments about 60 per ccnt,
and labor would lose forty.eight million
dollars on one item.
The working people ~ this State have
loaned 25lA mil'' ~ ~ ,.nd value dollars
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
IMAM ERICAN.
The Principles of Dcbsism Will Not BE
Welcomed by Patriots.

Dy IalrIOIS.
The ferocious hatred for the rich felt
by men like Mr.. Debs and his Social Dem.
ocracy is utterly un-American. 1t argues
in the men who feel and express It an
estimate Of the importance OF wealth so
inveteratc that il has destroyed their self
respect. Apparently they cannot breathe
freely--can hardly live, so miserable are
they--sO long MS they see other men far
richer than themsclvps-that is to say, DOS
sessed in far larger measure than they
of the only thing that they think Of impor-
lance. To them, the men who have wealth
belong necessarily TO different class from
the men who have not. Not brains, nor
learning, nor character, marks the differ
ence between men, they think, but wealth
only. No men have expressed more alb
ject Difference TO wealth than these So
cial Democrats. who wish to kill all who
possess more than little of it. They
cannot, apparently. conceive of n poor
man being as self-respecting, MS respected,
as happy and rs useful MS rich one.
1t is fortunate thing for the country
that the Social Democracy speaks out
its mind frankly, and government will be
very unwise il it does anything TO sup
press its spirit by putting penalties on its
excuses. a few weak-mindcd or vicious
men, it is true, may he mislcd and even
rendered dangerous to society. but the
best arguments against the semi-socialis-
tic, semi-anarchistic purposes OF the So
cial Democracy that can be addressed to
the masses of the American people are the
utterances of the Social Democrats them
selves.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
Ii Cannot BE Concealed.

Once in q while we meet man who
saws that while he sees good deal IN the
newspapers about a revival Of business he
finds no Improvement in his own condi-
ton and cannot see any in that of his
neighbors. II is true that the marked inn
provement which has been so strongly felt
in the East and in the Southwest has not
vet reached the Northwest in full volume.
simply because our harvest is later. Our
wheat crop has only just begun moving TO
market. The S100,000,00O which this
years crop will fetch into this region has
only begun TO he distributed. Neyerthe-
less. if the person who complains that
prosperity has not yet reached him viii
look around over the whole city and State
he cannot fail to perceive "A very marked
Improvement. The banks are in better
shape and are loaning money more freely.
The merchants are full of hope and conf
dence, and manufacturers are making ar
engagements for full output. Less idle
men are seen, and, in fact it is claimed
by employment agencies that no person
who is able and willing TO work need now
suffer from lack Of employment. The in
crease in the volume of business through
out the country is unmistakable. It is
revealed in the statement Of weekly bank
clearings, which show a gain Of 4j.6 per
cent, as compared with the corresponding
week of last year. Minneapolis gain is
43.2 per cent, which may he taken as an
indication that from this time on the re-
viva will he felt here in full forcc.--Min-
neapols Tribune.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
The Tariff and Farm Prices.

Our free trade friends assert that the
sole reason for the rise in the price of
wheat is the grain shortage abroad. They
are yocifcrous in declaring. in season and
ont of season. that the enactment Of Il
Republican tariff has had nothing to do
with the farmers increased prosperity.
Let us look into this claim for Il moment.
1t is not true, MS many of the anti-protec-
ton organs imply, that wheat, of which
we export vast quantities, is the only agri-
cultural staple that has risen in value.
There has been n marked increase in the
price of corn, oats, rye, pork, butter,
cheese, hops. hides and potatoes. Lambs
for Strengthening are worth $l.25 per head
more than they were one year ago. The
value of sheep kept for wool has also risen
significantly since the passage of n tariff
that protects American hocks. These as
sertions arc not made rashly. They are
based upon the official statistics of the
Department OF Agriculture. 1t will be
seen at glance that products of which
we export comparatively moderate
amounts have kept close TO wheat in its
upward movement. In our estimation the
tariff has had great deal TO do with this.
Since the Dingley bill became law huge
army of previously idle men has been set
to work throughout the United States.
Wage earners who had been employed
only part time are now working full time.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
80 Hnlting the Advance.

Dun's review, which has been jubilant
in its proclamation of business revival for
several weeks, declares that there is no
hating in the advance; that business
grows better in all ways; that there is n
steady increase in production and work
ing force, and that the power OF the peo-
pie to purchase is feature which over
shadows all others. New York reports
show that wheat is not the only commod-
ty-that is advancing in price. for over
one hundred staplcs are higher, aud there
is continued heavy dcmand for manu-
featured goods ~ .H ts
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
Importations
Postal SAYINGS Banks.

1t is announced that Postmaster Gen
eral Gary, after thoroughly studying the
subject, has concluded to favor the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks in this
country, and will make the advocacy Of
such n measure feature of his incum-
bency of the Postoflice Department. He
has not as yet formulated a plan, but
will do so in his report to be submitted
to the President on the opening Of the
next session OF Congress.
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08
Last Shot at the Farmers.

The free traders took their last shot at
the farmers in June; they hustled in ev-
erything available on which the new tariff
law increased the rates of duty. The fol-
lowing shows the value of some OF the
more important farm products in June,
1897. compared with June 1896:
The Yale expositor., 1897-10-08

In other words, We have ante-panic
values and nntc-panic prices. The crop
is worth $25,0O0,000 more than it has
York Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
CITATION NO. 442l.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROV.
IDENCE PLANTATIONS.

Providence. SC.
Office Of the Clerk Of the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court in Providence.
To the sheriffs of our several Counties, or to
their Deputies,
Greeting:
Whereas Fred A. Cory OF Burrillville, in the
county and state aforesaid, has filed petition
oaherins Magner p Of SSa said ' Burrilyls is n in
oebted to him in the sum of s92d.6O, besides
interest, according TO the account tiled with
said petition, for materials furnished and
work and labor performed under written
contract in the construction, erection and reD-
aratlon of certain buildings and other improve
ments belonging TO said Catherine Maguer,
situated in said Burrllville, upon that lot of
land owned by the said Catherine Maguer in
fee simple, bounded and described "a follows,
10 wit: "A certain tract of land situated in or
near the village of Pascoag, IN the town OF
Burrillville, and bounded and described as fol-
lows: Lots numbered II, l3,, Il, l5, ID, II and
Is, rs laid out and delneated ON Pascoag river
Plat of house lots, situated in Burrillville,
Rhode Island, belonging TO John 7 Fisk,
which said Plat Is duly. recorded in the records
of Plats in said town OF Burrillville alleging
that Albert l.. Sayles and John 4. Fisk and
Nancy II. Sheldon, administrative If the es-
tate Of William H. sheldon, all OF Burrillyille
and Thomas u. Lee of the city of Woonsocket,
and John Maguer Of Lowell, in the state of
Massachusetts, and Catherine Boycc Of the
town OF Burrillville, severally hold mortgages
Watty. Alfred G.. Cross and Berger q. A. Ros-
entwist, copartners as MacNatty ana A. q.
RlOSS toulpdDys hll bI lIONlutnCt UdNt IN
attachment ON record on said premises, claim.
ing lien for said amount with interest and
costs, and praying that said lien may be en-
forced against said land and buildings, and
against the right, title and interest that the
saidCatherneM Maguer, ,as the owner thereof, had
in and 10 the same at the time said petitioners
lien accrued thereon, and attached thereto, and
that the same may DO sold TO satisfy said
claim of the petitioner, and all other accounts
and demands for which the same is pledged
and liable 10y Chapter 205 OF the General
Laws
We command you TO cite the said Catherine
Maguer, Albert l.. sayles, John II. Fisk
Nancy f. sheldon, Thomas q. Lee John
Maguer. Catherine Boyce and Alexander
MacWatty and A. q. Gross and Berger
q. A. Rosentwist TO appear, If they shall see fit,
before the Appellate Division of our supreme
Court mt Providence, within the county of
Providence, on the 9TH DAY OF APRIL, A
ID. 1897, and show cause, if any they have,
why said lien should not be allowed and en-
forced by said court for the amount claimed.
Hereof fail not and make true return of
this writ with your doings thereon.
Witness, Hon. CHARLES MATTESON, Chief
Justice of our Supreme Court, at Providence,
this Sth day of March, A. ID. 1897.
(Signedl
BERTRAM s. BLAISDELL, Clerk
A true copy-Attest:
FRANK p. BARRoWS,
mrl0-3t Deputy Sheriff
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
Believes In Ingersoll.

Williamsburg n. Y, March IL
II will not jump overheard again." said
Henry Lind to Justice Goetting in Will
liamsburg yesterday. ''Salt water leaves
bad taste in my mouth 1 am deter
mined to die, though, am disciple of
Colonel Ingersoll, and believe i'm the
theory that suicide is justitiable under
certain circumstances.
Lind Is tailor out of work, and has
wife and children ut No. 230 Williams
street., Long Island City Twice yester-
day he jumped into Newtowns Creek
with the intention of committing suicide
He was rescued on both occasions and ar
rested
Lind told the Magistrate that he was
driven TO desperation because of his in
ability TO obtain work, and he feared that
his wife and little ones would starye.
It was about 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, while William Mclaughlin, Henry
krepf and John White, were working on
"a raft I'm the creek, near the bridge at
Manhattan avenue and Commercial
street, that they heard splash in the
water and saw Lind rise to the surface
beside the raft. He made no attempt to
save himself, and was about to go down
again when the men seized him and
pulled him out. Before he could be re-
strained Lind had again jumped into the
water. Once more his rescuers grabbed
him and pulled him upon the raft.
The tailor fought hard TO release him
self and begged his rescuers to let him
drown. f
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
TOLD OF GREAT EVENTS.
Famous Bells That Have Been Rung
for Centuries.

New York, March 11.-Spain has a bell
that is its prophet. 1t is its soothsayer,
oracle and guide. This bell, the famous
Villela, has hung for centuries In a his
toric castle, keeping watch over the
nation.
1t is the most celebrated bell in Europe.
Its fame rests not so much upon its notes,
though these are high-pitched, soft and
clear; nor upon its size for there are other
bells in Spain much larger, but upon its
individuality.
The villela has for centuries foretold
any impending trouble To the nation
When the father of little Alphonso died
the Villela began tolling in the night
and tolled until morning light. In the
ten years Cuban war the bell struck
awful tones on the nights OF defeats
And when great fires have touched the
castle and sickness or insurrection
lifted up its voice in suddenly loud
warming
Last week the Villela tolled again, it
was one short, quick stroke Only few
heard it, but they ran TO tell the tidings
Did IL mean more disaster i'm Cubai Was
the war to drain the royal vaults beyond
penury To debtg The Villela would not
tell, but it sent out its warning note
Russia has coronation bell which is
the largest in the world. Ii hangs in the
Kremlin. Ii Is the Emperor's bell, and it
rings only in honor of him. At the coro-
nation it pealed forth as the Emperor en-
tered the church; and its voice announced
the conclusion of the ceremony 10 the
whole of Russia The coronation bell is
rung by bellringer blessed by the En-
peror, the head of the church The bell
ringer does no other work, and is always
on duty to tell of important events in the
family of the Emperor
OF late he has been busy polishing up
the bell for special happenings. He rings
when His Majesty goes TO church, and in
case of the death Of n Russian monarch, the
kremlin bells toll constantly between the
death and the time of the funeral.
Since Russia IL the home of bells, it is
not wonderful that IL should held the
largest unused bell i'm the world This bell
now makes "a building in the Kremlin.
IL was cast two centuries ago, but twas
found too heavy to remove from the pit
The Russian mbnarchs, one after another
tried To have 1t lifted, and hundreds of
lives We're sacrificed in the shifting pit of
sand. Finally fate interviewed A fire
broke out and heated the bell in its pit.
A quantity of cold water flowed in around
1t, and great piece, the size Of door
was broken out.
The most famous bells i'm France are
those of Notre Dame The bells of this
cathedral are the largest bells of fine tone
in the world. One Of them weighs thirty
1--we thousand pounds. The maker who
cast IL would never disclose the secret of
its loud, sweet tone.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
Led by n Girl.

New York, March 1l.-Frcderick Schin-
die, carpenter, living at No 100 Withers
street, Williamsburg would have been a
bigamist in another month, his wife de-
clares, had she not discovered "A letter
written by the young woman whom
Schindle, she said, had promised to marry
on April l. Schindle is thirty five years
old, has been married ten years, and is the
father of three children.
week ago Mrs Schindlc found a letter
in one of the pockets of her husbands
coat. It was signed "Anna, and CON
cluded in the most endearing terms. Mrs
Schindlo said nothing To her husband, but
its about To learn who Anna was He
discovered the woman was a pretty young
woman living i'm Huron street near Man
haitian avenue. The indignant wife called
on Miss Blum. The young woman was
astonished when she learned that Schndlc
was married. She was also indignant and
offered To assist Mrs. Schindle i'm having
her husband punished. Schindle learned
OF this and left home Mrs Schindle then
obtained warrant for his arrest for
Abandonment
Miss Blum arranged with the police to
trap Schindle. She managed To mako an
appointment with him To meet her Tues
day night He was on hand, and was
promptly arrested Justice Lemon held
him IN 500 bail for hearing. He went
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
NOTICE TO
Providence Architects.
Competitive Plans Invited for a
Six-Room Primary and Kin
dergarten School
Building.
Office of the Clerk Of Committees,


The Joint Standing Committees ot the City
Council on City Prorerty and Education,
which Were directed by resolution No. g. APP
proved February 10. 1897, 10 obtain plans,
specifications and estimates of the cost Of "A
brick six-room primary and kindergarten
school building. hereby ipvite competitive
plans and specifications therefor from all
architects having AN Office or place Of business
In the City of Providence.
Plans and specifications with a suitable
Identifying mark and accompanied by "A scaled
nvelope containing the name and address OF
the author OF such plans and specifications
will be received until TWELVE (11 o'clock
noon, OF FRIDAY, April. I'd, 1871, at the
oince OF the superintendent OF fublc Build
ings, City Hall, Providence, where plat OF
the lot on v hich II is proposed 90 locate said
school building and the requirements for said
proposed school building may be- seen daily,
sundays excepted between the hours OF a. IN.
ana clock z. m, except saturday, when
the City Hall closes at o'clock y. M
For the best set of plans and specific lions
submitted the sum Of $50 will be paid:
For the second best st Of plans and specif-
cations the sum OF 10 will be pail and
For the third best set Of plans and specfca-
tions the sum Of $3.50 will be paid, IL being ex-
pressly understood and agreed that the cost
OF the accepted plans and specifications shall
be deducted from the final payment to the
successful architect. By order OF
BURMAH r.. PERKINS, Chairman.
ID. 4. HAYDEN, Clerk OF Committees.
mrl0tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
SEVEN KILLED.
rnd ermined Embankment Causes Train
Wreck In Indiana.

Cnd ermined Embankment Causes Train
Wreck In Indiana.
Cincinnati, March 1.-THE Enquirer's
special from Princeton. Ind, says:
Near Hazelton, yesterday, southbound
rain No. 81, Chicago and Nashville
limited. composed of locomotive, COM
bination baggage and mail car, smoker.
ladies' coach and a sleeper, met with an
accident by washout from backwater
from White river. Engineer John Nc
Cutcheon of Rainestille says the train
was going % miles an hour when he saw
an insignificant hole in one side of the
track. The locomotive passed over
safely, then took a plunge down the 80
foot embankment and was buried out Of
sight At the same tune the mail and
baggage car plunged into the flood.
telescoping the top of the smoker, which
followed it, The ladies' car and the
sleeper remained on the track.
The killed, as far as known. are:
George A. Sears Of Terre Haute, con-
ductor in smoker.
Joseph Bowman, fireman, Evansville,
buried under locomotive.
Herbert Allen. doorkeeper of the leg
islature Evansville.
Four unknown passengers.
The injured are:
Engineer John McCutcheon, scalded
about the legs and arms, bruised.
John b. Haueisen, brakeman, Evans
Vile. foot badly crushed.
Conductor Sears was seen in the
smoker before ii was washed away by the
dood. No one in the smoker escaped.
How many were i'm the smoker other
than those mentioned no one can tell.
Not one of the dead bodies have been
recovered. From a gripsack found IL is
believed one of the lost was travelling
man for W. Il. Phillips of Fort Wayne.
The food swept away the ladies' coach,
leaving only the sleoner ON the track
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
FISHBLATT PLEADS GUILTY.
Concluded Not to Stand Trial when He
Saw Number of witnesses.

New York, March, hDil-Samuel Fishblatt,
the decorator Of 122 East 100 street who
was arrested few weeks ago on the
year-nld- Bessie Tuttlc. pleaded guilty to
the charge today before Judge Fitzgerald
IN the court of general SESSIONS. Fish
blatt, " was said, had intended 10 stand
trial, but I'm court In charge of agent
Stocking, Of the Gerry society, were half
"A dozen little girls, ready to make COM
plaints aRainst the prisoner on charges
similar % that OF the Tuttlc girl. Judge
Fitzgernld rcinandcd the prisoner until
next Wednesday, when he will bc SEN
tcnced. The maximum penalty for this
offence is ~ years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-11
MOUNT NORRIS DAM BREAKS.
All Manufactures In Town Shut Down
In Consequence.

In Consequence.
Rochester, March 1.-THE Mount
Morris dam broke yesterday. 1t in
creases the chances OF high water in this
section, but there is no apprehension Of
any serious results I'm Rochester. The
towns north OF Mount Morris are feel
ing the force OF the water let loose.
Most OF the damage will be to low lying
farm lands. The water in this city has
risen 10 inches since Tuesday. 1t is still
nine or 10 feet below the high water
mark Of last year.
The dam at Mount Morris was built
In the year 1885 by the state. 1t cost
about $4,000. The company OF Mount
Norris took the dam off the hands Of the
state. All manufacturers who used
water power In this village have closed
down. Everything here is at a stand
still. The Western New York and
Pennsylvania bridge, which is situated
about 100 feet above the dam. is i'm great
danger. The current which is very
swift has washed a large hole below
IL. and Is gradually washing away from
near the piers. The road bridge will GER
tainly be carried away IL the high water
continues. as the center pier merely rests
on the rock. neither being sunk into Il or
fastened TO ii in any manner. The loss
is placed at 10000