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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-13
ARE DYING BY MILLIONS
THE FAMINE SUFFERERS IN INDIA
PERLSffiNG BY THE WA YSiDE.
Subscription Papers Started In London For
the Relief Of the Sufferers.

London Jan. 13.-Lord George Hamil-
ton. secretary OF state for the Indian de-
partment, has sent TO the lord mayor the
statement upon which the appeal for
subscriptions for the relief Of the famine
sufferers In India was based.
He says that districts with a popula-
ton Of 37.C0O.000 will be sufferers from
famine until the end Of March. and that
IL may continue In some parts until the
end OF June. In other districts. having a
population OF A. .000. 600. distress may deep
en- with famine for a shorter or longer
period, while 6.O0O. 900 In the native state
may lie victims of famine. The density
OF the famished population varies from
9o2 per square mile In Mozafferpore and
Bengal to l22 per square mile In Bhala-
gat and the central provinces.
There were .200. 900 people on the relief
work at the beginning of January, and
this number Will reach 1000. 000 and may
exceed 100000.
IL Is estimated that the famine will
cost the Indian treasury at least "a, 4,OOO,-
600 to $4,000, 900.
Cablegrams from Calcutta state that
the distress is rapidly deepening, espe-
cially in the Bundelpund districts,
where half the population needs relief.
The Mansion house relief fund amount
ed to nearly 100000 last night. including
n donation of G250 by the Prince OF
Wales and the donation by the queen of
$500, which has already been chronicled.
The Daily Mails correspondent re-
ports that In all quarters the famine Is
daily becoming more severe and wide
spread. Heartrending scenes are re-
ported from the interior. At Jubbulpore
men and women reduced to living skel-
etons are lying at the roadsides. 1t Is
believed that relief will cost the govern
ment G5.000,000. There are terrible
scenes at the burial grounds Of the Mo-
hammedans, which are much ove"-
crowded. and where the bodies Of plague
stricken victims recently inferred are
dug up to make room for fresh arrivals.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-13

Advantageous wants. In the TRIBUNE.
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rangements have secured some OF the best
talent available. One of the principle
events of the evening will be mock trial,
and this feature promises to be very in
teresting.
Board Of Public Works.
II there Is any truth in rumors the COM
ing fight for city officers will be hot one.
1t has been learned that ex-Alderman
Jollie of the Fifth Ward will make bid
for the Board of Public Works, and will
have the backing of the present Alderman
from that ward, Alderman Barber. The
City Council could do worse than elect
Mr.. Jollie; aside from the fact that he
Is a prominent Republican, yet, except on
very rare occasions, he has been con-
sidered fair minded city official. The
Fifth Ward people will be in this fight for
they are determined to be recognized.
Notes About the City.
Louis Poirier has been on the sick list
for some time.
A rehearsal of the Dawson minstrel
troupe will be held this evening.
The Dawson cycle team played the Brown
& Sharpe team at Providence last evening.
Deputy Sheriff Johnson of Providence
was in the city today and served number
of capiases.
Three ordinary drunks were fined q and
costs i'm the police court this morning for
drunkenness.
The Joint standing committee on finance
of the City Council will meet Thursday
night for organization.
Rev, Fr. vellandre Of woonsocket viii
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-04
personal.

-Ex-Empress Frederick Of Germany. the
mother of Emperor william, viii attempt
to bring about a reconciliation between her
children, the Emperor and the Crown
Princess of Greece. al the family reunion
at Wilhelmshohe. The emperor has never
forgiven his sister for changing her Pro
testant faith upon her marriage to the son
OF King George.
The demand for the services of Mr..
Eckels in the banking world recalls the
circumstances of his appointment as con-
troller OF the currency, says the New York
tribune. He was not an applicant for
Jhat Office, but was q young lawyer seeking
appointment to one of the district attor-
neyships in Illinois His support was
strong, and he mad the good fortune TO
impress Mr.. Cleveland most favorably.
When his appointment as controller of
the currency was bulletined he was as
much surprised as he ever was in his
NE, and for the moment was inclined to
oeheVe that the announcement was a
clerical error. Being assured that it was
not, ne then debated with himself about
accepting the office. He doubted his abil-
lty 10 I'LL 1t satisfactorily. He had had
no experience whatever IN the line COW
cred by the office. Moreover, it would
take him away from his profession, to
winch he was much attached. But he
overcame his modesty and all of the OBJ
Jections, and took up the work. He soon
mad his hands fun. The disasters attend
ing the return of the democracy to pow
er set in, and numbers of national banks
found themselves in difficulties Mr.. Eek
els rose to the occas sion. His industry was
unfagging and his judgment proved to
be good His handling of matters at
tracted attention in the banking world.
and presently he had a reputation of
which he had reason to be proud. He has
continued to grow in the Office, and when
he leaves it will, it is understood, become
the president of a large banking institu-
ton. His career as a lawyer, therefore,
is past. He is only about 40 years old
and, while delicate in appearance. is of
wiry build and capable of close applica-
ton and much hard work.
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BRIGHT BITS.

An Everlasting Faction Barry
why did the Lord command us to love
our neighbors?" Perdita-"Recause we
can get along with most everybody else
Truth.
-He-'I dislike to see a woman stand
ing up in street car" Shelves; I've
noticed you manage to get a newspaper
in front of you at such times. "-Yonllers
Statesman.
An old librarian, unable to find his
umbrella one evening when it was time to
close returned and looked anxiously for
it in the card catalogue, under the letter
U.-Household Words.
Mrs. Justwed: How do you like the
cakes I made for your breakfast this
morning?
Mr.. Justwed with a groan): Well, I
used to think a person couldn't eat his
cake and have it, too.-Judge
"A Stoic-Sambo-"Ji he am Ell bohn
gambler. Yo' nebbah kin tell from de way
he looks whedder he am winnin' or losin.
Jim-"Dat am so. [ seed him de day af-
tab he done lost dat lebben do'lahs on de
races, an yo'd tink he owned Sixt Av-
moo. Puck.
-Host-"Why did you give that man the
most expensive rooms in the house? Do
you know if be has the means to pay?
Porter-"Of course; | do. Would that pref
ty young woman have married such an
ugly old fellow if he wasn't rich as Croe-
susg'-Fliegende Batter.
-'fHow delightful 20 think of so many
people enjoying vacation trips paid for
with money earned by hard work last
winter"
Yes but the people I know who are
taking vacation trips expect to pay for
them with money 20 be earned next win
ter."-Chicaso Record.
She: l think MIR. Stone just too mean
and stingy for anything! He won't buy
his wife Wheel
He: You misjudge him. my love. He'd
be perfectly willing to buy it, only he's
too fat to teachrher to ride and too jealous
to want anyone else to act as her in
structor.-B1oolSlyn Life.
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In Need of Help.

1t was a sultry night in July, says the
Cincinnati Commercial-Tr Tribune He had
been sitting up with a sick friend, and
with his coat on his arm and misery in his
mead, now followed his instinct to his sub
urban home on Walnut Hills The distant
whirr of the night-owls motor and the
pat-pat of his unsteady footsteps were the
only sounds that struck his ear Sudden
ly he stopped and listened. Wasn't that
a sob or moan, as if Il human being in
distress? Everything was silent for few
seconds, then the mysterious sound was
repeated The hair of the lonesome pc
destrian evinced a peculiar desire to stand
on end and his limbs became still shaker
than they had been. He looked around
and just when the grewsome moaning
once more broke the stiffness of the night
he spied a female figure, all clad in white,
on the moonlit front steps of the residence
in front of which he had stopped.
''Will you please help me?"the woman
spoke in a sad and pleading voice that at
once awakened all the accumulated gal
lantry in our hero. AS rapidly as his
slightly paralyzed eXtremeties permitted
fair supplicant: What can I do for you,
madam"
81 have been locked out since 10 o'clock,
and have been waiting here ever since.
Would you please go into the house and
open the front door, which a sudden
draught must have shut?"
But how can I get into the house?"
ooh, please do not ask. Can't you
guess?"
He guessed when he reached that front
door from the inside and found about one
third of the girls garments in the hall,
separated from the rest by the tight-1t-
ting door
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whats the matter, Tim?' You look
worried about something" said one of the
clerks in a wholesale establishment, as he
was about to pass the porter in the ware
house a few evenings ago, according to
the Cleveland Leader
''Oi am worried" replied Mr.. McFadden.
col have chated mesilf."
"Hows that?'
do yez see that clock there?"
yes"
"WeI, it says tin minutes to foive, don't
it?"
Mine minutes to five, Tim
"Weu thin; nine minutes, is it roight?"
mo; it's $50 now. That clock stopped
thirty-nine minutes ago.
"Och, how can liver git aven wild me-
silf? You say, Mr.. Burlington, me quttin
tonne is foive And here Oh have been
wurrkin and wurrkin' and livery little
whole Oh would look at the clock, and be
golly, seq OF, won't it niver come tonne 10
quit? SO seq OIL here's wan more box OF
tumble into the back room, and then, SEE
OF, it'll be tonne to shtop. But phin Oh
come out agin, be golly, here it was nome
minutes to foive, so, seq OF, wan more
box, and thin it'll be tonne to quit and
all to wanst it shtruck me, Mr.. Binning-
ton, that the clock had shtopped."
well that was unlucky. So you work
cd about half an hour overtime, didn't
your"
Half an hour, is it?" exclaimed Mr.. NC
Fadden, while the cold sweat appeared
upon his brow. "Begorra, it'll be more
than an hour before Oh git all thin boxes
what OF oughtn't to have tumbled back
rolled out here agin, so Ofll be aven wild
the furrem in the mornin'."
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PROPOSALS WANTED.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~-~
OCEAN MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Postof11ce Department, Washington,
d. c., July !, 1S97.-In accordance
with the provisions of an act Of
congress, approved March 8, 1891 entitled
AN act to provide for ocean mail service
between the United States sand foreign
ports and to promote commerce" propos-
ais will be received at the Postoffice De-
partment, in the city of Washington, un-
til o'clock p. M, on Tuesday, the 9Th
day of October, 1887, for conveying the
mails of the United States by means of
Steamship described in said act, between
the several ports of the United States and
the several ports in foreign countries
which are specifically named in the sched-
ules of routes published herewith
Proposals are invited for service on said
routes, under contracts for five years
each, and also for ten years each which
shall commence on the LIST of November
1897.
Under the law the right is reserved to the
postmaster general to reject all bids not,
in his opinion, reasonable for the attain
ment of the purposes contemplated by the
act
SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED ROUTES.
No. 60. M s." From New York to
TuXpam, calling at Havana. Progreso,
Tampico, and returning calling at Vera
Cruz, Frontero, Progreso. and Havana,
once a week. fifty-two trips per year, in
vessels of the third class Time of voyage
three and three-fourths days TO and from
Havana. Bond required with bid $1,000.
Contract for five years, or for ten years.
No. TO. NJ s." From New York 10
Havana, once each week, fifty-two trips
per year, in vessels of the third class.
Time of voyage averaging not more than
three and three-fourths days each way
Bond required with bid $4,000. Contrast
for five years, or for ten years.
anVafT anti ON, laifl afr- Of fLeeT
will be permitted 10 substitute, at any
time during the contract term, one or
more vessels of the second class for YES
sells of the third class without additional
compensation therefor.
Note.-On return voyages vessels may
touch at any ports not named in the sched-
ule if by doing so the outward voyages are
not delayed.
Circulars containing a copy of the above
cited act, list of the routes instructions
to bidders, and blank forms of proposals
with accompanying bonds, can be Obtain
ed of the superintendent of foreign mals 3
postoffice department, on and after july
49, 1897. JAS. A. GARY,
Postmaster General
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Good Times In Georgia.

Il Is gratifying TO be able to state at this
time. when the commercial year just end
ed is under review and the probabilities
for the current twelve months are being
canvassed. that the outlook in the state
at large is particularly gratifying. We
think it is perfectly safe to say that the
farmers of Georgia will find themselves,
at the end of the harvest. now going on,
in better circumstances than they have
known for thirty years and more. They
will be less incumbered with debt, will
have more provisions in their barns and
smokehOuses, and a greater amount of
money in pocket or In bank. Beyond
doubt, this will be a great fall and win
ter for the paying off of mortgages and
notes. The farmers of this state, it should
be borne in mind, are not head over
ears" in debt nor have they been so for
a long time. They owe some debts, but
the majority Of them are probably open
accounts, which will be closed and bal
anced before Christmas.
The hard times which began four or
five years ago taught the farmers of the
south a salutary lesson which they are
now profting by. Formerly they believed
that il was a matter of impossibility to
raise cotton for less than 71s to cents
pound, and that there was no profit in the
crop unless it brought 10 cents a pound.
They have learned that they can, by
strict economy, produce the staple TO be
sold at cents or fraction over; and
they are now producing crops upon that
ceived above that price into their pockets
as profit. In short, the farmers are
bringing farming down to a strictly bust
ness basis, and are caring for their acres
as a merchant cares for his stock in trade.
There is more of farming for profit in
Georgia at present than there has ever
been before, and the number of profit
farmers will steadily increase.
Crops in all sections of the state are
bountiful The yield in corn, rice, peas,
potatoes and other stapls. as well as in
cotton, will be abundant and when "hog-
killing time" comes. there will be more
meat hung in Georgia smokehouses than
has been known since the south began
to depend upon the west for pork and
bacon. These assertions are not without
foundation; they are based upon advices
from our own correspondents throughout
the state, and corroborated by a recent
exhaustive inquiry made into conditions
in the state at large by the Atlanta Jour
nal. With barns and smokehouses full of
homemade provisions, with debts cleared
away and cotton sold at a fair margin of
profit, the farmers of the state will be in
a position to spend money for investments
and for the luxuries of life, and the whole
state will share in the prosperity which
will ensue
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Demonstrated Their AbiIitx.

Ex-Gov. Thatcher of Colorado tells this.
says the Washington Star. II had been
in charge of my office but a few days,
when l received one day a large bear that
had been recently killed accompanied by
a note telling me that it was mighty fine
bar meat This note did not give me
the name of the giver. a few days later
a dozen wild turkeys arrived at the ex-
ecutive mansion. The next gift was a
large box of fine mountain trout, along
with some fresh berries. BY this time L
was a little curious, but had no way of
learning whom they came from. One day
/ received an extra large box. There was
a large cake, some pies bread. jams and
jelly with small pieces of different meats,
finely cooked. This time the note in
formed me the unknown would cell on
me in a few days. l was anxious to see
the person and when one Saturday "a
long-haired man from the mountains
came in l was somewhat surprised
"Well, governor, what do you think Of
my ability as a hunter and of my wife
as a cook?" asked the stranger.
Without any more talk he said he
wanted the job of furnishing my house
hold with fresh meats and his wife want
ed the place of cook. As they had shown
their abilities, l gave them good places
at once. He never failed to keep a good
supply of meats on hand. and his wife
furnished good home cooking. If all the
office seekers were like that man a govern
ment officials life would be happy one"
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Narrow Escape.

1t was probably the first time he had
ever been inside of a saloon, and from the
reception he received it is more than prob
able it was also the last time. says the
Chicago Tribune. 1t never would have
happened, but for an evil-dispOsed straw
hat that took advantage of a chance gust
Of wind to roam into a State street sa-
loon and hide behind the bar.
The young man VINO owned the hat was
ambling quietly past the saloon, accom-
panied by young woman. They appear
ed 70 be strangers in the city, as they
spent much of their time gazing at the
buildings. More than this, there was an
air about the young man that plainly told
he had never Dartaken of anything more
eXhiarating than cherry phosphate, while
the young woman looked as if il distressed
her even to wax in the same street where
there were people who retailed gin Just
as the two passed In front of the willow
screen doors of the saloon a gust of wind
grabbed the young mans straw hat and
whisked it over the doors and out of
sight into the saloon. The young man
gasped, the young woman turned pale.
i don't see how L can get it unless
said the young man.
But l am sure it is a place where they
sell intoxicating liquors. said the young
woman.
1T cost seventy-fve cents, and it's new"
said the young man.
What shall it profit man if he gain
the whole world and lose his own souI?' "
softly quoted the young woman.
Finally the young man timidly opened
the willow screens and looked in. The
bartender had picked up the hat and
seemed to think it was a gift from Prov
idence. for he had put it on his cropped
head and was admiring himself in the
glass.
That's my hat you know" said the
young man, who had edged up to the bar
while the young woman peeped thror gh
the swinging screens. The bartender
looked around. 81 think nit" he said.
But it is, and l want it, said the
young man. The bartender looked sad.
All, yer a-stringin' me-
He deiiberated a moment, then said:
Put der dicer ON yer nut, an if it fits
den I'll tink it's yourse all right"
The young man put on his hat and
started swiftly out.
Here" yelled the barkeeper "Aain't
yer forgot something's
why, no. said the young man. Real
ly, believe not"
Yes, yer have" said the Darkeeper;
come back here and buy"
The young woman at the door scream
ed, the young man grabbed his hat and
rushed from the saloon, and as he and
the young woman walked hurriedly away,
she said:
Think of it, George. You almost
bought alcohol in a saloon.''
And George was observed to hold his
hat with both hands every time after that
when passing swinging yellow screens.
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BunntIons snnin.
rom the Boston Post DENY.

The Spanish consul at Chicago it seems,
has taken 1t upon himself to notify the
railroads that they must not carry mate
rial contraband of war which is intended
for use by the Cuban insurgents. This is
nothing less than impudent interference,
and If it was inspired by or has the counte-
nance of the Spanish minister, it should
be promptly rebulSed by the administra-
ton at Washington. Here is a case in
which Secretary Sherman might properly
use, in addressing Senior de LONE. the
same pen with which he wrote The Shirt
sleeves letter TO Lord Salisbury.
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Immigrntion to the sonth.

A week or two ago We commented on a
letter written by Mr.. N. F. Thompson of
Johnstown, Pa, to the Philadelphia Times,
with regard to the emigration of the sur
plus labor of the north to the south. In
our comments we took the position that
there was neither room nor opportunity
for ordinary white labor from the north
in the south, for the reason that the negro
covers the whole field of common labor in
this section, and that the white man,
having more responsibilities and expenses
than the black, cannot compete with him
in ordinary labor.
We learn from a private letter from Mr..
Thompson, and from a second letter In
the Times, that it is his purpose to induce
the emigration to the south of persons
with money enough to form colonies and
work out better future for themselves
than is possible in the vest and of others
with some means who desire to go into
some business for which there is no open
ing here, Gin Pennsylvania but for which
an opening may be found in the south"
We have no hesitation in saying that such
newcomers as are here suggested would
find a hearty welcome and abundant OPP
portunities in the south.
The field of common labor, as we said
before is fully supplied indeed, it is over
crowded. but the opportunities which are
offered to intelligent and energetic white
immigrants who do not have to enter into
competition with the common labor of the
section are almost without limit. Idle
lands are abundant, at low cost per acre.
In South Georgia the lands are as fruit
full as any upon the face of the earth,
producing in abundance almost any fruit,
grain or vegetable native to the temper
ate zone. The climate is mild, equable and
healthful. Out-of-door work may be pros
ecuted during the whole of the year. The
section is never visited by devastating hot
winds or killing billiards., and the people
are open-hearted, generous and chivalrous,
despite the coclS-and-bull stories which
some sensa tional and irresponsible news
papers delight to print
We would be pleased to see an organized
colonization movement started in Penn
sylvania, with the faces of the colonists
turned towards Georgia. 1t does not take
a great deal of money TO start life in the
south. A little will do and do well; but
il is necessary TO have some i'm the south,
just as elsewhere, or the work of pro-
gression will prove slow, and often disap-
pointing. There is no royal road to ease.
even in the south, but the south offers
better facilities for achieving ease, COM
fort and even opulence, than any other
section of the country.