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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-08
JUST IN TIME.
By ANNA SHIELDS.

We had been telling stories as We sat in
Me moonlight on the porch OF the old
homestead. 1t was but a summer resort
then. left to the care of servants In tho
winter: but we'll filled with our friends
in the hot. dry months. Stories OF a iyen.
ture. of personal disasters, Of lind, cf 500
had filled the evening; but it was still
too early to retire, when Elsie putting
her pretty golden head down on NY
sbuulder said:
Tell the story. father. Of the day you
were Just In thine.
The only romance of n v hum cram life
| was willing enough ard this IL tDe
story: Ten years before whic was
still in business as u carriage huiaer in
the small town of Bolton ] hal In NV
employ young man named HARTLEY. " hn
was more to Inc having no son If my
own, than merely one of the "hsnCs" 4"
He was the son OF .Iohn Hartley vho
was ons of the meanest. close. listed men
In the world, and thoroughly dislikcd "
'he entire population CT Bolton. "A
dealer in reGl estate. he was known i.s
one who insisted upon the payment Of his
rents even if 1t took the food from tho
mouths of his tenants, or the beds from
under the sick, TO pay him.
When young George hartley first came
to mo to seek omUloymont he was n hand
some lad OF l6 with q bright frsnk face.
shadowed at that time by the recent death
Of his mother. IL was understood that
che wages, George being n minor. were 10
bs pnid To John Hartley, and he was
punctunlly at the desk on pay day.
Knowing that the lad had been n good
scholsr. his mothers influeuce having
kept him at the Bolton school during
her life. / lent him books and invited
him often to my house where Elsie would
play and sing for him, or read with him.
He studied i'm every leisure moment, but
was a good workman, never shirking tie
manual labor that was really too much
drudgery for n boy of his ability. With
my knowledge he went through n course
OF bookkeeping under my own head clerk,
and here begins my story.
had had In INV employ Young man
as assistant bookkeeper who had left mo
for what he thought better uosition,
and / entered into an engagement with
George Hartley, who was TO do his work.
after hours. receiving from me five dol
lars n week In addition to mis- regular
wages. which sum | paid 20 him. ur-
known to his father. III it was defraud-
Ing that worthy man Of his right to his
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Where Many Go in Few
Will Come Back.
Hundreds May Perish on the
Road to Dawson.
Suf ering AM Actual Starvation in
the Gold Fields.

washin gton, ID. c.. Sept. S-The treas-
ury department yesterday made public
this letter. dated Aug -, from govern
ment official now in Alaska, on the way to
tho gold fields, stating at the samo time
that the writer. whose name Is withheld.
had been IL years in the service. and was
thoroughly reliable:
u THE TRAIL CROWDED.
81 deem it my duty to write you on
subject that does not come strictly within
my line Of duty, as 10 trenches somewhat
upon the functions Of the treasury do
partment have had n long talk with
Mr.. liver. collector of customs ior Alaska
who Is at present at Skaguay, three miios
below tere. The Skaguay trail is the
most largely used overland route, though
by no means the best to tho klondtkd.
Mr.. lver informs me that there are now
between tide water ana the lake some
thing like 1000 people and about 2O00
horses The comm ander OF one OF the
vessels now at Skaguay states that 20
vessels are chartered to lani oarg0es at
that place between now and the 10Th OF
September, and that the number of pas
senRers will average 200 to each, aking
300 more people who will attempt TO 40
in this fall.
HUNDREDS WILL PERISH.
hhVo talRcu WITH some OF JDe mosb
experienced traders and miners in this
vicinity and they are unanimous in the
prediction that not more than 20 per cent
OF these vast numbers will get through
to Dawson before winter sets In. The
other eighty per cent will be caught on
tho trail, and those who survive and
ret back to tide water will have 20 winter
ut Skaguay or return south. IL the rush
continues two weeks longer, hundreds
sill perish on the trail. which is ex-
'remely dangerous after the lst of
october.
"The postmaster and Indian trader at
.his place, Mr.. Heron, states that more
>han 1000 men have gone up the Chilkoot
pass during the last 80 days. and that 200
OF them are still this side Of the lake, "A
miles from here.
STARVATION SURE.
"It Is difficult to suggest a way to stop
his thrush OF people but Mr.. Iver init.
mates that IL the inspection rules of the
treasury department. were properly Ell.
foroed it would materially decrease tho
number of passengers on tie incoming
vessels. Nearly every vessel that arrives
here brings twice rs many passengers as
the law allows it TO carry, and many Of
them are condemned crafts which nave
bon fitted up for this trade,
The situation is appalling, and ii is
impossible for me adeq quately TO describe
the mad rush for the gold fields. i had
no conception OF its immensity till j saw
". / lave talked with several men who
nave recently arrived here from the
klondike, TWO Of whom left there less
han 80 days ago. they unanimously
gree that while there is rich gold field
ihere, III, facts don't Justify the present
stampede, and they say there is bound to
be- much suffering and actual starvation.
Provisions are already scarce, and the
prices Of many articles absolutely pro-
oibitory in the case of man Of ordinary
means"
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SONS OF VETERANS.
Coming From All Points 10 Attend
the National Council.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept. s.-The young men
who sit in the councils of The Sons OF Vet
Grams OF the United States are registering at
the hotels The headquarters train that
brings Commander in Chief halle of Pennsyl.
vsnia will come by way of Cincinnati, and
will arrive here this afternoon.
The western men, under the command of
Rudolph Loepenstein of Chicago, the quar-
termaster general and the bearer of official
documents, will reach here this afternoon.
Many Of the Grand Army posts Of this state
have accepted invitations to participate in
the parade, and ii Is estimated that at least
400 veterans and sons of veterans will march.
Cincinnati is working for the next encamp-
ment.
The contest for commander-in chief prom
ises to be spirited. Commander Rake is ask
ing for reelection. The other can n1idates so
far announced are John Nicely of Washington,
ID. c., l.. r. Dilly of Iowa, L. j. Macy of New
York, p. G. Stilson of Michigan and Charles
Darling of Massachusetts.
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and he had gone to tho bank and drawn
out the entire sum, just as the bank was
closing, and too late to pass ii in 10 his
own account
He was going with his wife to "a church
meeting, being aD active church member,
and TREY were discussing The best place to
put the morey during their absence
After some biCkering on tie subject they
decided to roll tho notes In n DieCe Of
newspaper ana thrust them behind the
frame of "a mirror over the mantol piece
No one would look there, or If anyone
did there was only piece OF newspaper
20 he seen. AS an additional precaution
John Hartley took the numbers of the
Notes.
Keeping down his inclination TO dash
into the room ana claim his own, George
waited as patiently as he could until the
coupe had left tho house, whom he went
To the room, to find the door locked and
bolted. He was reckless by that time ard
went TO the porch. cim bed to the roof
under his fathers window and smashed
the blinds outside unbUlted them, raiseu
the window and sprang into the room.
The money was secured, the newspaper
replaced and he left the room again by
tho way hc had entered it, Packing a
sat3hel. no left the house and came to me.
Il Will never return, no said To me,
land II 10 is theft 10 take what | have
honestly oernod. am a thief, for have
IT,"
II have wondered you staid so long"
said.
II promised my mother I would never
leave INV father alone" 10 answered. II
have kept my word. lie is not alone; no
has his wife. Two years ago, IL you RS.
mem or. you offered me n letter 30 your
brother in New York who, you said,
would give me position in his counting
house.
q" | rememh hur -
"Will you give re that letter now, sirf
i can leave here on the 10 o'clock train
and te In New York tomorrow. Even If
your brother has no place for mo 1 can
live on what money ] have for time
and your letter will help ne TO some
work. Ia a year I shall TO fTeel -
Was | wrong 20 uphold himy I did 40
with my whole heart. l wrote TO my
brother. gave George the letter. and then,
fastening up the house. we started to-
gethor tn walk TO tho rBilway station. We
were half way thore when wo met John
Hartley and his wife returning from
church. Surprising that George was NO
ing to see me of, they stouDcd for n few
minutes. spoke q few words Of farewell,
hoped ! would come back In better health
and won't their way. Fivo minutes later
George and i were In our scots Ia the car.
The schooner IN which ! was going 20
sail was a coaster. Roi.g TO The guif OF
Mexico. and was 20 sail at O'Clock In
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stand. The prisoner was looking down as
| bent over and Whispered To his lawyer
but uIdenly looking up he saw me. one
great shout broke from his Tale llIs'
"Htavsn has Cnt you! am saved ana
fell sonseless on the floor. al he studied
the effect fo- months no could not nave
made it more convincing. Not man IN
that crowded room doubted his innocence
then.
NV evidence was taken and being man
well known in Bolton, 10 was sulhclent 10
prove George Hartley Ruiltless As /
told the story Of the money, coula see
that the sympathy of all was with the
prisoner All Bolton knew how hard "A
parent his father hGu been.
The iary were out but n few moments
TO return with the verdict; Not guilty.
aud GeurRe and loft the court room, arm
ia arm followed by tho cheering ot the
crowd. We found Elsie white and trem-
bling in the Inrlor waiting Tor US
"You ore not angry because L came
hank 20 she pleaded, cinging 60 re. 80
heard the nows In Boston, and auntie
came home with me. ! know George was
innocent. even before | saw hiln, ana lt
oominrteG him To- see me, she sald, turn
ing TO her lOvor.
did not doubt that as / saw them
clingiDg together, their faces sun pale
with recent sorrow, put glad nght
shining in their Cyes.
has never been solved His son thinks
he was not murdercd but fell and struck
his head His stepmother's hatred Of
him nud the fact ttat his death would
mako her the Eeiress Cf her husbands
wealth were sufficient motives Tor her ac-
cusation
By his fnthors will George Hartley
inherited his entire estate, with "a LIE in
come TO Mrs John Hartley that IS
uunctually paid lie was a far wealthler
man shan WAS supposed and George
Hartley is today one ~ the richest mon
I'm Bolton ana the haUnicst Of husbands
and fathers. Eh. ElsieY
"Ho II here tn answer for himsolf y she
answered. and wa sew n tall figure come
up tho garden path. the figure of the man
whose innocence | had proved just in
stime ten years before. ". y. Ledger
The Protty Girl-Miss smuthcr was named
after her uncle George, wasn't she'
The Brigh. One-l don't know. She looks
a. " She was named before him. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Court t--Gentlemsn of the jury, have
ou agreed upon n verdict
Foreman lin the far Westl-The gents has.
| bat that stubborn cuss In No seat won '
| agres with US Philadelphia North American
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-08
CIGARETTE CRAZY.
Confession of Murder Found to b, an
Entire Fabrication.

Bancroft, Mich, Sept, S.--The confession Of
n murder in Rochester. n. Y, By Harry +.
Leaaley, the bicyclist who died here yes er.
day, has been shown TO be pnre fabrication.
Lea ley was n cigarette fiend aud his stTanve
s'atcments before his death were doubtless
IN rawlings of mind diseased from that
habit. The body of the young man viii be
buried here
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Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
Gerful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing TO the taste, net gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and bilousness. Please buy and try n box
of G.. g. G. to-day; 10, -, 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
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The Pretty Girl-Miss smuthcr was named
aftor her uncle George, wasn't she'
The Brigh. One-l don't know. She looks
a. " She was named before him. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-08
THB new ENGLAND R. R co
Passenger Train Service, Week Days.
Corrected to June 30, 1897.

Corrected to June 20, 1897.
Trains leave PROVIDENCE as follows;
For BOSTON-6:25, IL 80 a. M; RETURNs
l297 p, m, 6:2I p m.
FRANKLIN--6 :25, IL :55 a. M; ;: :25 p. m.
MI FORD--6:25. IL 55 a. m. 5;25 p. m.
Arr tNGTON- Fl2Hh. Fh@N 800 N
WEST ARLINGToN3Fl2 6S, rs a. Fs:oop: =.
MEsHANTcUT-i20s 5l5, $50. .'iils
MAJOR, RIVER POINT, oENTERyILLJEs,
rp sS5 SaTGS S;;9 7lSall,;IWS SEI ,WPs1io ?. m; om
PoNTIAC-F6;40 a. m; Fl2:o5. 5:sS. ga
F:l5, ''Fll 10
ARCTIC ANp p, 9UIDEIGlKE.s.,i;to, 9I n q 81; o,o NJ
ANTHoNY-e;lO. 900 a. IN. IL :O5, t:2o. S:sas
go, II :l5. 'tll 10 p. m.
661EkNTRy 61ERNG0aI RRESs PS N oNte sS 'lS mJgosnp e
PLAINFIELD-6:4O. 900 a; M, a:20. 7:ls
?; m; The rs p; m: train connects ~
JEWETT CITY, CANTERBRY,. SCOTLAND,
VERSAILLES, BALTIC, SOUTH WINDHAM
vuIIMaSTGc-S GtI SiIT 81 ga 20 ,aS a. p nm m 40 ys
HAkTFoRD-e:lo, Q 90 a. m. a:2o, T:lS .. y.
FlsHKlLL - NEwBURG-o:oOa a. m,
NORWlCH-6; ;iO 900 n. m. 4:20, Z: :l5 p. n.
WATERBURY,, DANBURY-e00 a. m.
CHICAGO AND THE WEST VIA NEWBURo
AND ERIE R'Y-g:0O n m.
PASCOAG AND INTERMEDIATE STA.
TIONs EXCEPT FIELDS STATlON-6:45.
e:so a. NV 4:lO. @ ~ and all rs p. IN,
Fields Station-F6:l5. F9:l0 a. IN. Fsi0
F6 80 p. IN.
Leave Pascoag at 5:25. 7;2s .. m: PA
k25 and '.s 05 p. IN.
n a.. t,.,va 90 90 afnve Boston, ola Colony
Stauol. flymovth Div, y. y, y. III. a IL.
r. r., kneciun street
*iS iturdays only. D. Stors ON notice:
W. X. BABCOCk, q. II. a.
I v KING Suut
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PENSION CHANGE.

Washington, sept. s.-rhe following pension
change, resulting from the issue of Angus
"a, is announced:
Rhode Island-Restoration Samuel Bliven,
Mantle
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-08

The Court--Gentlsmsn of the jury. have
on agreed upon n verdict
Foreman in the far West)-The gents has,
bat that stubborn cuss In No. seat won't
agres with Us. Philadelphia North American
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-08
RIMRoADS
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.

Time tables giving full informatl,,
rs to local and through train scrric,
may be obtained at Proyidencs hiA.
tiOn and stations below
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
He VIII Go to New York Monday to the
Grant Ceremonies


WASHINGTON, April 81. - The ar
rangements for the presidents trip to
New York to attend the dedication of
the Grant monument April 20 have
been perfected. President Mckinley
with his family, the members of the
the cabinet and their wives, the am
bassadors and ministers of foreign
countries and a few specially invited
guests will leave here on special train
over the Pennsylvania railroad at 10 80
Monday morning, arriving in New
York at 4 80.
General Miles. commander of the
army, and Admiral Brown, the rank
ing admiral of the navy. will accom-
pany the president as special escort.
The president and his immediate party
will go to the Windsor hotel The
members of the cabinet and members
of the diplomatic corps VIII be quart
cred at the Fifth Avenue hutel. After
the exercises and review at Riverside
park on Tuesday the president will
board the government dispatch boat
Dolphin in the east river and review
the naval parade. In the evening Mr..
Mckinley will be the guest of honor at
the Union League club. No time mas
been set for the return of the party on
Wednesday
Vice President Hobart and the mem
bers of the senate and house will leave
here on a special train over the Balti-
more and Ohio on Tuesday.
The precaution of having the presi-
dent and vice president travel separ-
ately on such occasions is taken because
while no danger is anticipated, it is
regarded as wise to guard against the
remOtest possibility of embarrassing
the administration of the government
in case of the disability of the presi-
daOt
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
RUSHING THROUGH The LEvEss
The Flood Spreading Out. Thus Lower
ing the Main River.


MEMPHIS, April 21.-The river at
Vicksburg, Helena. Natchez and all
along rom st. Joseph, La, to Bayou
Sawa. La, is reported either stationary
or falling. This condition is the re-
suit of the vast amount of water pass
ing through the crevasses at Biggs and
Reeds levees, above Natchez and at
Hancocks. below.
The levee in the immediate vicinity
of Natchez continues to hold under the
great strain, but their holding is
now of little interest to the planters in
Concordia, Tensas and Madison par
ishes, as the water backed up from the
breaks above and below will soon food
the rich lands of these parishes, and tho
result will be almost as disastrous as If
other breaks should occur
The Red and Texas rivers are now
swelling and almost running over their
banks and soon will begin spreading
over a section of 30 miles to the interior
Work continues on the levees, how
ever, without abatement and every
thing possible is being done to hold the
remainder of the levee system intact
Refugees continue to flock into the
principal towns of the Mississippi and
st. Francis deltas, and the relief COM
mittees are taxed to their utmost to
provide for the wants of the multitud de-
At Memphis the river continues to fall.
Reports from Greenville, Rosedale and
Cairo state that an encouraging decline
Is noted
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
oUTRAGEs IN CUBA.

Senator Morgan Tells of shocking Hap
Rio-Time For This Country to Put a
Stop to the Butchery.
WASHINGTON. April 21. = Senator
Morgan's resolution declaring that a
state of war exists. in Cuba was ds-
cussed briefly in the senate and then
went over for a week. owing to the alb
sence of Senator Hale, who has been
active in opposition. Mr.. Morgan
again urged the need of speedy action
by this country TO stay the devastation
going on in Cuba.
He had Just listened, he said, to the
testimony of a witness before the COM
mittee on foreign relations, which pre-
sented a shocking condition of affairs
in Pinar del Rio. 1t was morally i'm
possible that the people of the United
States should close their eyes to these
horrors much longer We are, he said,
aroused over Greece and Crete and
Armenia, but the very stencil of these
horrors is under our nose. He wanted
Americans protected and scenes worse
than those in the bloody days of the
Netherlands brought to an end. If the
senate passed this resolution, as he be-
heved it would, human lives would be
saved.
MIR. White stated that he had heard
it intimated that the president was
about to send a commissioner to Cuba.
Would ii not be desirable TO await the
report from this commissioner before
taking action:
There was no need of awaiting fur
ther reports, answered Mr.. Morgan.
The country had been deluged with re-
ports and unlmpeachable evidence for
the last two years
Mr.. Morgan went on to say that he
expected when this commissioner came
back from Cuba another one would go.
In the meantime devastation, ruin,
cruelty and determination were going
on in Cuba.
Mr.. Mason (Rep.. Ills-) offered reso-
luton directing the committee on rules
to report a rule providing for hmita
tion of debate and for ordering the pre-
vious question. The resolution went
over
The agricultural appropriation bill
was then taken up and passed without
amendment.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-A sub-com-
mittee of the senate committee on for
eign relations has examined Mr.. Earl,
a correspondent of several American
newspapers in regard to the condition
of affairs in Cuba. Mr.. Earl recently
returned from the island, where he
spent all his time with the Spanish
forces in Havana and Pinar del Rio.
He represented the condition of affairs
to be intolerably bad.
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THE PARNeLLlTe CONVENTION.
Redmond Irishmen Meet and Formulate
Policies In Dublin.

Redmond Irishmen Meet and Formulate
Policies In Dublin.
DUBLIN, April 21.-There were 16O
prominent Parnellites present at the
convention summoned to meet in this
CITY by John 4. Redmond. The meet
ing was private. A resolution was
adopted p ovidiug for the formation of
an independent Irish league in which
agarian interests are not to be doml-
nant and which will be founded upon
1.-The broader and sounder basis of lnde-
pendent political action for the benefit
of the whole Irish nation
The object of the league will be
"civll ana religious liberty and no fur
ther interference of priests in politics !;
absolute independence of alliances with
any English party and reverting TO the
old demand for coordinate parlia-
ments the principle of federalism in
Mr. Gladstone's home rule proposals
and manhood suffrage which will give
the Parnellites political majority in
Ireland
The league will also urge the imme-
diate redress of Ireland's financial
grievances, amnesty for all political
prisoners, land law reform and the de-
veloDment and encouragement of labor
and the industrial resources of the
country. etc.
\ temporary executive committee was
elected to draft the plan of organiZa-
tion and to hold office until the Parnell-
ite convention meets again in October.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
CORsETT CHALLENGES FITZ.
He Puts Up $1,000 For Another Cham
pionship Bout.

He Puts Up $1,000 For Another Cham
pionship Bout
NEW YORK, April 21.-James J. Cor
bett has formally challenged Robert
Fitzsimmons to meet him again in the
prizering and deposited $1,000 as for
felt. The challenge is as follows:
To Robert Fitzsimmons, champion of the
world:
II hereby challenge you to box me
any number of rounds for the cham
pionship of the world, under the pro-
visions of the law, before the club
Offering the best inducements.
LAS it would be violation of the
law to propose a side stake that is de-
tail that may be settled at your pleas
ure.
''As an evidence of my sincerity,
however, L have today deposited the
sum OF $4,000, which l invite you to
cover, and name time and place to
meet me and arrange the final details
JAMES j. CoRBETr'
PHILADELPHIA. April 21.-FitZsim-
mons declares that he means to pay no
attention to the challenges from Cor
bett or anybody else for time, as he
had earned a rest and meant to have it.
He adds, however, that he proposed to
follow Corbett's example as dictator of
the prizering and his reply was that
the latter should earn a reputation as a
fighter, instead of a boxer, before he
presumed to challenge him.