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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

inch thick and the sides one-quarter
inch. They were extra strong and nigh
er at the bow and stern than the usual
make. When dry. they weighed about
40 pounds each. so that two men could
carry them without much difficulty.
They would hold two men each and
400 pounds without being at all over
loaded and then could be driven with
ease at from TO AZ miles an hour.
Ogilvie had them furnished with nova
BILE canvas decks, which could be fitted
on, thus making the canoe almost wa
ter tight.
Indians can be engaged as canoemen
at Athabasca Landing for 81 so a day
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

basca landing Is a good wagon road.
over which thousands Of tons OF freight
are hauled yearly. The rate is from IS
cents TO 81 per 100 pounds. AT the land
ing boats for the trip down the Mac
kenzie must be built The lumber may be
whipsaVed there or freighted out from
Edmonton. If merely large carrying
capacity Is required. ilatboats are built.
These generally are 45 feet long. s feet
wide at the bottom, IL at the top and
center and 3la feet in depth. Such boat
costs from $75 to 500, Will carry 10 tons
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
KING OF
BAD BOYS,

PugEy Muldoon enjoys the distinction
of being the toughest kid in ST. Louis.
That is saying a great deal for Puggy
but Puggy does not care. He is SUI
premely Indifferent to his fame. He
doesn't even know what a peculiar face
is his
"Wot do I care how many peoples
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

tended church, Sunday school and pray
er meeting regularly and finally went
TO Yale. which>he left i'm his sophomore
year because Of in health. He made
an unsuccessful business venture In the
west and also started a magazine call
ed The ST. Nicholas, for which he wrote
verse. He bought the little drug store,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
A FAMOUS
PRELATE,

one Of the most gifted and popular
English preachers. one who seems TO
have taken the place of such eminent
men as Canon Farrar and the late Dean
Stanley is now on "A visit 60 this coun-
try. lie Is the Rev. Charles a. Gore.
who has achieved an immense amount
of interest Of late years i'm the religious
world, and his coming has been the oc-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

said, in "A poker game Ordinarily Il Is
a panorama ~ expression
lie talks great deal with his hands.
the left hand advanced. palm up. half
open. and his right with the tips OF his
fingers punched together His emphasis
is an in laying his hand upon his
auditor or tapping him easily with the
hnccrs 0f his rilht hand
The thing that Abe Supsky prides
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

he
the
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and
n the northe
o of to he that there
s OF foreign
Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

closely set blue gray eye constantly on
the alert
His short stature makes IL necessary
for him to look up at most men he
talks to, so that he has acquired the
trick of turning his head sideways and
looking up through the corners of his
eyes, which adds greatly to the shrewd-
ness and cunning Of his demeanor. His
face is seldom in repose except, it is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
HERE is ABE SLUPSKY, ESQ,

A little man, wearing a soft felt hat
well down over his brows, looking keen
ly out OF half closed blue gray eyes. his
hair slightly touched with gray and ges-
iiculating with his hands almost TO the
level OF his shoulders, is Abe Slupsky of
ST. Louis, detective, politician, poker
player and broker of anything on earth
that can be bought or sold, from a pair
of old pants to a diamond ring. He is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

Like the birthplaces OF Benjamin F.
Tracy and John -. Rockefeller, the old
drug store where Thomas c. Platt, the
politician. once sold fly paper and pills
and made up prescriptions is one OF
the historical show places OF Owego ~
Y. Despite the fact that he has prac-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

commonplace in most respects. yet n IS
rsrsnaliy famous.
re is short. slight OF build. with
.ergc head thlckly covered with black
',-f, showing predlsposition 10 curl.
.i- mouth r. broad and expansive and
7ar about b. a lurking smile. half cum.
ninF and hair good nature Ills nose
u large. pear shared and decidedly Jew
ish In mold. on each side OF II Is the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

In future the French government viii
prohibit the importation Of foreign born
pigeons even when merely destined for
pie purposes. Their reason Is TO pre-
vent a system whereby foreign spies
would have the upper herd w the event
of war.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18
WHEN THOMAS G, PLATT WAS A DRUGGIST

for a Democrat just as quick as for
epublican-sometimes catches a whole
family OF voters just by getting a job
for one Democratic boy one of his
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

a year he comes here-once to register
and once to vote. Great Presbyterian
he is All the Platts are strong Presby-
terians. Boys who get through school
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-18

made mis- debut as n political glec club
singer during the Fremont campaign,
and the back room of the store soon be-
came the county headquarters of his
party. Then Mr.. Platt became "A pow
er i'm state politics. and Roscoe Conkling
and Ex-Governor Alonzo B. Cornell
were among the men who in time at
tended conferences i'm the Office.
In 1872 Mr. Platt was elected TO con-
gress and sold out his business as drug
sist. and the little back office" was
later succeeded by "49 Broadway"
where Sir. Platt at present has a great
deal to say about the nomination of
governors. state legislators, congress-
men, United states senators and even
presidents
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THE WHEAT YIELD,

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/ a Of OF alone
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17

CALCUTTA, June ls.-Further re-
ports Of the destruction caused by the
earthquake oEiast Saturday show that
great damage was done at Dacca, Je-
maltur and Murshidabad. AZ the latter
place the NeWab had a miraculous e.
cape.
Great injury has been done TO the
tea plantations Of Assam, cachar and
Duaro. A number Of factories and ma
chine houses have been wrecked at the
three places named. At KrishnAga
Mymendingh, and Siikot all the courts
and treasures have been demolished.
II Is expected that the Jubilee inumi.
nations Will be abandoned, and that
the money which II was proposed TO
expend upon them will be devoted TO
relieving the distress OF the earthquake
Terrible reports are coming in from
Assam. At Shllong, everything has
been Iaveled to the ground. An inspec-
tor OF uriSons has been killed and there
nave been many deaths IN the public
of1ces, In the military Hines and IN the
bazaar. No further details are obtain
able.
at Gaunhati. where the roads are now
crossed by wide chasms. The railroad
has vanished in that vicinity, and AZ
Goalpara, q tidal wave has Destroyed
the bazaar and all the other buildings.
and the neIghboring country is covered
with assures which are squirting nuo
and sand. There has been heavy loss
OF life at Gcalhara and Dhnbre.
Several OF the shaken districts nave
not been heard from, but isolated roads
have been broken up by hssures. oriages
have been destroyed and telegraph nneS
have been broken down almostthrousn-
out Assam.
SINLA, June 1.-THE reports that al
OF the buildings at ShillonG had peen
destroyed are confirmed. Mr. McCape'
the British resident deputy conmis-
sioner. was killed by q calling mouse
and the English ladies and children arc
suffering intensely from exposure
The towns OF Sylhet and Cherrapunt,
were IevelIed TO the ground and whole
villages subsided.
Tho losses are 20 great that i IS tear-
cd a severe scarcity Is inevitable IN
several populOUJ districts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17
TOLD IN A FEw LINES.

"A zImmerman's bicycle factory, At
Freehold. y. j.. has gone into 'he ni''N'
OF receiver. -,
The degree OF IL. D. was eonterreu
pnnn cx- President Cleveland By Prince
TON University yesterday.
Nt.ber he's decided ;ouccept sllarkey
challenge for a aEht for any amount
that may be agreed upon.
The American Bell Telephone com
n,ny has declared n dividend OF W reg
mar mar and 80 extra, payable July 10
, bomb was exploded in front OF the
e,r,sburg statue on the Place ue IA
concorde. Paris, yesterday. NO aati'"s'
was done. -,
,bc bIrycle meet at Blnghamton'
=, Fa5ie BaId won the mile open, pro-
,,sj,1al racu, Tom Cooper, his OLD fl'ai'
second. Time, 2ilV'
The polIce commissioners or ~
,,.-t, a. tbrIr meeting yesterday unAnl-
,ronsIv decided that the Ho-calied nOA'
inC ] Contests In the city nhould De STOP
T,bn w Foster. tho United states
III S,,r, missioner, started from y
pcfsraburr for London Yesterday. -,
,,,Jcrrta,d that hla mission mas ute"
successfully accomplished
ou,,, victoria lcit Balmoral yest.,,t-
49,, sor windsor Castle. THIS ls unf
grsi atom OF her maj"StyS Ions pio-
i.rannc arranged to celebrate the s'H-
,istb anniyersary Of her accession 70
the throne. -, d, -
General Rebnlot OF Parla. who y q
y..ora nf age. fought due Win sWot's ..ti.'
g,tt, Al Camille de 81 CrolX. the huthvI
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MANSFIELD. O.. June is.-At the
meeting Of the Lutheran synod to-day
a res0lutlon was adopted providing that
Ibn annual apportlonment Of the board
~ education be ten cents per member.
treasurer II. +, Saylols' report ot inc
hoard showed tba total OF receipts from
,bs dlYarcnt synods, on apportionmcnt
s"r Inc blennium were Si7,22i. disburse-
,nants ti6,55e. The total amount OF
money received into the general fund
during the bisnnium was S2o,64l, dis
burscments, slg5l5; balance, Sgl5. The
rsport was adopted.
owing TO the amount Of work before
,be aynod the afternoon session was
roilsi a half hour earlier than usual.
rbr committee 10 nominate "a board ot
i5ucotlnn reported the following. Rcva,
AZ Rhodes. 81. Louis; $. B. Barnitz Des
NnIncq: II. Q. HalthcoN. Abilene. Kan
Stg. Ii. ". Kuhnes. Omnha; a, y. Wagner,
T,neka. Messrr. II. W. Saylor 81.
louis. Amos Miller. Hillsboro. Ills; 7.
n Dewey. Abilene, Kansas w. W.
Wilmer. Des Molnes.
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mPoRrAET ARREST
ofcriminals Charged with violating the
Postal Lawn.


Postal LaWE.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. June ls,-w.
II. Gilmore, alias Thomas ". Hack
ett, alias Breckenridge and wife and
Mra. Lucinda Hackett, are in jail In
this city, where they will remain until
their trial Is called, at Erie. at the fall
term OF court, where they are wanted
to answer TO the charge OF usinG the
malls for fraudulent purposes. Ihe
trio were arrested at their rooms, no,
as Forster street, and held to await
reQuisition papers. Iney were !LlI 5uIheu
over to the Philadelphia authuCtdes
W. ], Mehary, a detective in the post
oflce inspectors office who made the
nrreyt, says It IS the most important
haul that has been made for several
wears. He states that their work mas
caused more trouble for the United
states inspectors throughout the cen-
tral and New England states that any
band OF criminals the department has
had to deal with.
AS far back as 1898, the department In
this city began to receive complaints
about a man named Breckinridge' VINO
Il was claimed, was fraudulently souc.
iflnC aims for charitable persons ana
jr,stit,It5ors throughout the state. Sew
| eral persons in this city purchased tick
sts fr1rn Breckinridge for a lecture,
which he said would be held In this city
for the purpose of getting Lucinda
Hackett in the home for old soldiers
widows. The lecture never took place
and BreclInridge mysteriously dlsap-
They next turned up in Niagara
Fails, in the latter part OF February
1884, and worked the same KIND OF q
game there. but managed TO get OUT OF
/ town before being caught
They were next heard from IN Jersey
City. where they were arrested On May
| N BY this time. they had changed
| their names to Hackett. They were
| baId IN SiOO bail each, but before their
! trlal came up, they skipped out. They
mad worked The same game IN jersey
City. :, ,bo,,,
| untiI January, 1895, when they were
| Srres,ei by Inspector Ryan. OF the New
| York postal department. They We're
/ taken 10 Utica. tried and convicted,
\ Judue Cox sentencing each 90 one year
| In jail. When their sentence expired
/ the trio went 10 Sharon, ia. From
/ there they sent letters 10 persons ~
/ NfWaukee. philadelphia and other cit
/ jss asking for money 20 come 10 the
| dlfrercpt places. claiming each us theiI
home They got considerable cash and
left the town. locating in Homewood
| Pa. and finally Harrisburg.
Their arrest was brought about py
| James II. Fahnestock, treasurer OF the
! international navigation company, Wn'
| In his endeavor to aid the destitute
family" secured passes From the
Pennsylvania railroad tor them To TINS
/ city,
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Special Dispatch to tho Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June ls.-Rep-
reseutatlye Dovener Nas recommended
the appointment OF fourth clAss post
masters as follows: Glen EastOn. o. s.
Chambers; Board Tree ]. b. Hutchln-
son; Renwood. Doddridge county, B. W.
Cowan: Cullps, BraXton county, +. H.
GOuchenhur: Kenton, Doddridge cnun-
~. a. Thratt.
Mr. Doyener has presented in the
house petition from J. W. Garland and
hfty-eight other OF Hancock county,
praying the adoption Of a moro Btrin-
gent immigration law.
Mr.. Dovencr authorizes the announce
ment that he has secured free trans
rOrtatlon 10 San Francisco and return
for the committee OF Wheeling repre-
sentatlves appointed to make the pre-
scntation OF silver service to the gum
boat City OF Wheeling In July. II is
understood the vessel Will be put in COM
mission about the 18th Of the month,
and the tender Is 10 be made as sup
plement 10 that formal ceremony. Sec
rotary Long has promised 10 advise
Captnin Dovener as long in advance as
possible OF the date OF the event IN or
der that ample time may be given In
which to make the trip The captain
promises that tho Intelligencer snail be
represented in the party.
Certificates OF pension have been is
sued "a follows: OrIGinal-Speclal,
Samuel II. Pierce Elkhorn; Increase
William H Burnett. Copenhaver;
Thomas Mossgrove. GuynndOtte; re-
issue, Kelly s. Hart, Lanes Bottom
the latter previously mentioned in the
Intelligencer, and Joshua L. Thorn
WypFna
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17

ANN ARBoR. Mich. juno le.-Dr,
Angel was seen by the Journal reporter
at noon to-day with reference to the
suItan's withdrawal Of the protest made
10 him as minister to the porte. Yes
said DR.. Angel, Il shall SO TO Turkey.
/ received n dispatch this morning rom
the state department telling me that
tbo sultan had issued an irado TO the
erect that / am persona grata 10 tho
porte as the representative OF this gov
nrnment. | cannot say when ] shall
leave for Turkey. You know l Cancelled
the passage / had engaged for June T.
and nj this time OF the year one cam
not retain apartments aboard ship ut
The last moment l can say. however,
that | shall bo here until after COM
mcncemcnt. nnd win leave some time
between the first and tenth OF July"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17
AMERICAN MECHANICS

Junior Order and UntfoFmed Rank Eieee
Omesrs-Nsxt CsnTonliOn will BE- Held
AZ observation-disclosures Parade.
PITTSBURGH. June 1.-THE nation
al council OF the Junior order Of Ameri-
canMechanlcs waslnsessiOn to-day but
two hours, from 10 to Y o'clock. but In
that tlmo the delegates elected officers
decided upon q place for the next meet
ing and approved several reports. The
election OF officers resulted as follows;
National councillor. Joseph Powell. Den
yer, Col; national vice councillor. Frank
w. Pierson. Wilmington. Del; national
secretary, Edward s. Decmer, Phlladel-
phla: national treasurer, ]. Adam sohl'
baltimore, Nd; national conductor a:
A. ESkey, SIstersYille. w. Va; national
warden. Amos L. Cray. Jouesboro, Ind;
national inside sentinel. George w.
Hobsou. Philadelphia; national outside
sentinel, A. D. Borley, San Francisco.
Three cities were candidates f0r tine
next annual meeting. They were WaSh.
ington, b. c.. Worcester, AasA, ana
Louisville. The latter won out with
plenty OF votes TO spare.
The Uniformed Rank decided TO abol-
Ish the use Of Upton and Grants mill
tary tactics and TO follow closely In the
future the tactics in use by the regu-
lar army. An important action OF the
body was In the unanimous vote to rec
ognIze tho national councillor Jr. o. U.
A, NJ. as commander-in-chieE The fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year
were elected:
w. II. Staley. Allegheny, Junior past
commander; Charles A. Creighton, Dem
yer Col. supreme commander; J. o.
Howell, Irwin, Pa, supreme vice COM
mander; A. +. Mueller, Marion, Ohio,
supreme provost; j. II. w. Anderson
Pittsburgh, supreme recorder; Charles
H. Temple. Johnstown. Pa, supreme
treasurer; C. L. Voris, San Marciel' y.
NJ, supreme protector; G. L. Brown. Al
legheny, supreme marshal; 9. w. Reed,
Dayton, Ohio. junior councillor; J. n.
Dlas. Irwin. Pa. supreme warden; DIT.
NJ. r. McGrew. Carnegie, Pa. supreme
medical examiner.
This afternoon there was monster
parade OF the order. over two hundred
councils and 5000 men were in line. The
parade was viewed by large eoneourse
oE people.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17
RECEIVED RY TAE SENATE
Probability that the Treaty viii Not b
C0unIdsrsA Until Regular SssslOn.

WASHINGTON. D. c, June ls.-The
treaty for the annexation OF the Ha-
Walian Islands reached the senate
Chamber at Z O'Clock to-day. The SEN
ate at oaee went into executive session
and as soon as the doors we're closed
The message OF President Mckinley &C
e5npanying the treaty and tae uehty
Itself were read 70 the senate lhIg
Eere atteUilvely listened 70. IN one
part 0t the chamber there was sI',Sp ~
~ s..ators who viii bitterly oppose the
,atae1ti5n OF the tnatg. Among them
psre Seratnrs Gray, Mills, Pasco' w hite'
ClNery, Pettlgrcw and McEneFy.
rbsra was como discussion as 10
v5an the treaty might be eonsidefed
ana senator White asked II II VAS ths
ip,eation 10 push Il AZ thts session ll anH
upor The reply being made that " "aS
p5sgIble the California senator sAla'
dss5rs a, announce that l am prepared
a. stay here al summer 10 preNent the
rftdcatloa or the treaty whieh 4 CNh-
g!te- a very bad proposition. -,
..Tu ioln YOU" said Senator Fe'u-
grew. OF South Dakota.
The message OF the President W. VIZ
not a very long document IL usI,t
With hlstorical facts ooncefnihs tnt -
laaA and showed that the United StItys Sy..
and Hawaii yearly gTeR more e'o2S'y ~,
bound 10 each other. Ihis N
really annexation. he SAID. pu5 = ~
tinustton OF existing relation VITA ClSS
a. hs,,,4s between people closely reih-
ga by blood and kindred ties , silg'
Is.0 sald the President, the pred2ull-
raprs of the United states had peen
krotTn. The sending of the hrst envoy
fhs-e brought the Islands ~ closer "
iaitnps With the United states aua Nv.
moe relations had grown more hrnl %
s,,rceedi5f, events. Al the time the m
,,r,I,e aErecuent was made for me
,1ys-nrnsot 81 Samoa. he said, Grea'
B-,ttln and Germany wanted TO ihcIuGs
Tyap-aU In the group over which pro-
ts-i.F.ats vas established. nut the SUE,
uestfop vas rejected by the UnitsI
stsfes because this government NV
that there already existed reAtions -
tween Hawaii and the UniieE st. Ssles
which placed the Islands undet tnu
pccial care os this country, a 90 a,y
ihls great country could n2t e,'o ~ 1si-. 81,
other country 70 interfere III '''s "''-'''
Or Hawaii ,.,, e,tf
40 prssIdent. and making them PIT
~ ne i-bited states was In accHFoAisS'
w,,b the es,abiished policy of this eonn'
The treaty proved to be a simple ooS. Is.
urnert N slr articles based N ~ 49,
,1l details upoa the trclty htsg 'l'sl, a
by Hon John IS. Foster durinE w ~,
mlnlyt-utfUu OK President haLl l's,.p hl,,
Islands are cetlcd prncucllIg W.in W''t -
conditions leaving the unl.-u 's,rs,,Ss
gusus its own course WilH
= their management.
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM

BirikuS BlStsEuViiIs and VIoinIty-DSFTiSila
struck By AEhtninE-NarToW ESoaVs %
aToIsGFaph Operator.
Special Dispatch to the fntsiiiEonesf.
sIsTERsVILLE, ". Va, June ia
terrific rain storm passed over this SO
tlon this afternoon, doing a great deal
OF damage. The rain fell In toFT0itS
for about twenty minutes, and reports
from the outlying rural districts are 70
the eject that crops had been matefis
ally damaged. The wheat, which % Just
heading, was blown down in all direcs
tions, and while II may come up again,
there win Btill be great deal OF loss.
The lightning was very vivid, ana
quite number Of derricks In this Sec
tion Of the field were struck, and in ona
or two instances the well appurtenOnce9
were burned, entailing loss Of several
hundreds OF dollars.
At New Martinsville the operator had
q very narrow escape, a. he had Just
gotten up from the telegraph instrument
when the line was struck, and the table
on which he had been working, ag Well
as the chair. were badly damaged.
All the small streams in the back part
OF the county YaresWoHenin into rivers and
still rising. and It Is feared that before
morning they win have done considera-
ble damage
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17
RAPID WORK
Msds BY the senate on the Tariff Measure
YnaiardnH.

Msds BY the senate on the TaFtR Measure
YsstsrdAy.
WASHINGTON. June 16.-The sennte
made rapid work on the tnrin bill to-
day. There were no long speeches, and
the debate was OF snnppy character.
which at times enlIvened, but did not
delay the serious work on the bill.
Thirteen pages were disposed OF of,carry-
Ing the senate through the agricultural
schedule. and up to schedule II, relating
10 spirits, wines. etc.
During the day the paragraphs OF
dairy products, farIn products. fish.
fruit and nuts. meat products and mis-
celIaneous agricultural products were
acted on. The finance committee pro-
posed many changes. IN the mpin qq-
-vanclng rates Eomewhat over those
heretofore reported. The COMMITTEES
was sustained on every vote, although
a contest was made on nearly every par
agraph.
Sir. Vests motion TO restore salt to the
free list was rejected, yeas "a, nays Al.
The important paragraph proposing a
tax on tea went over atthesuGgestoDot Dot
Mr.. Allison. who expressed the hope that
the duty on tea might be dispensed with.