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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
TORTURED
TWO HOURS.
Man Cruelty Treated by
Masked Burglars.
MOOSE PUT AROUND NECK
When He Would Not Give Up Money
H. Was ChOked TO Oath.
MOOSE PUT AROUND NECK
DOUBLE MURDER IN NEW JERSEY

indianapolis, oct. ia special to The
News from Kendallville. Ind, says;
Near Brimfield, a small town near this
city, Adam Huffman. one Of the largest
land owners in northern Indiana, was
murdered and hired man may not re-
cover. Yesterday morning two masked
men entered Huffman's house, ostensibly
10 rob him. The hired man was first
gagged. The robbers then went to
Iuffmans room, covered him with four
gums and ordered him 10 give them his
money. When Huffman refused the
men placed one end of a rope around his
neck and the other end was made fast TO
the bed. Then began a terrible two
hours torture by pulling him until he
would strangle. This continued until
the robbers saw that Huffman would
not give in, and they then choked him
to death and escaped.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
AT NORTH END.
Trolley Cars in COllIsiOn-Social Of the
franklin Club.

tiAts
There was considerable excitement on
North Main street this morning near the
foot of! Bacon street caused by bcad-on
collision between Pawtucket line olec-
trio car and Branch avenue electric.
Passengers in the car were badly shaken
up but no one was hurt. The dashcrs OF
both cars were bent little but the dam
age will not cost much TO repair Both
motormen tried their best 60 stop their
cars but the tracks were slippery and all
that could be done was 10 make the
humping together as easy as possible.
The work on the Randall street sewer has
greatly interfered with car traffic, though
those in charge of the cars going north
and coming from the north have done
everything possible TO lose az little time
as possible and TO prevent accidents. The
wo slightly damaged cars were replaced
~ perfect ones as soon as possible.
IT'S FIRST WAS A SUCCESS.
The Franklin Club gave the first social
in its history last evening and the affair
proved n most merry one for the many
friends of the club who gathered in What
Cheer HALL There was excellent music
for dancing furnished by the Vendome
Lady orchestra, n. +. Cain, proinpter.
Every mem Der of the floor committee and
in fact OF every other committee perform
ed their duties in a way that would Inn
prove the reputation of an older social
club and there is no question that future
entertainments given by the organic
ation will receive generous patronage
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
BRISTOL.
Will Not Accept tn: Proposit. .0n-JOhn
wing Munro Dead.

The water committee for this town met
in the Council room last evening to dis
cuss proposition recently sent to the
committee by the wausr company. The
committee voted net to accept the pro
position as it contained nothing that the
water company ought not to do in any
event aud is practically no concession TO
the town.
Mr. John Wing Munro. highly es-
teemed and respected business man, died
at his residence on Hope street. last even
ing after brief illness.
Capt. Charles ii. Norris who has been
visiting his brother. Col. Samuel Norris
for several weeks past. returned home TO
Fresno, Cal, yesterday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
BOY ARRESTED FOR MURDER.

Guthrie. Ok. oct. 16.-Thirteen-year-
old Johnnie Mathews was arrested
yesterday charged with numbering the
5-year-old son of Captain Bridges. The
boys quarrelled. Bridges was found ly-
ing dead In front OF his fathers house
with a bullet wound in his head. The
bullet came from across the street. ap-
parently from the Mathews house,
where a recently fired rifle was found.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
WANSkUCk.

Alfred Smith Of Branch avenue, in com
menting upon the weather, says that 26 years
ago yesterday 1t was just rs warm, but Is
years ago on the 18th of October there were 81
inches of snow on the ground, and year ago
the lith snow tell for half an hour
A new athletic club has been formed in
Tooleville, composed mostly Of boys Is years
old They have taken the name OF the Boys
Athletic Club and intend TO give number of
exhibitions during the winter months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
WHAT Is YOUR TRADE?
Each Trade or Occupation Has It's Special
Disease.

Dlsease.
II Ia we'll known among medical men
that certain diseases are more readily
developed in certain occupations than in
others. That each occupation has its at
tendant physical weakness. Eng gineers,
railroad men and similar occupations sut-
fer mostly from kidney troubles and men
who are often exposed TO the weatb her
suffer from rheumatism, while clerks and
professional men, In fact the army of
people whose business keeps them in
doors, are oftentimes great sufferers from
piles and constipation. In this connec-
tiop the following letter is OF interest TO
people whose occupation Will not allow
sufficient outdoor exercise.
Mr.. A. I. Calhoun, notary public and
jeweler and matchmaker OF Circleville,
w. Va. writes as follows;
had been a severe sufferer from piles
for years and had tried many remed les
with but little benefit, when about three
years ago / saw the Pyramid Pile Cure
advertised and sent for II.
l was badly afflicted when i got 10, but
after only two applications the piles dis
appeared and from that day to this have
never felt u symptom OF the disease.
feel that i cannot recommend them
too highly to sufferers from piles.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is tree from CO.
caine, opium or any mineral poison, alb
solutely safe, pleasant and painless; sold
by druggists at 90 cents per package. II
there is any constipation the Pyramid
Pills should be used with the pilo cure.
The pills are 25 cents per package.
Any druggist will tell you that the
Pyramid Is the best known and most sue
cessiul and popular pile cure ever placed
on the market and its reput utation as a safe
and radical cure has only resulted from
the personal recommendation OF people
who have been cured OF this distressing
iilment.
Tor valuable little book on cause aud cure
Of piles
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16

252 Hudson ave., Albany, N. Y,
April 3, 1896.
Messrs. Kutnow Bros,
Gentlemen: think that your I'm
proved Effervescent Powder would
be beneficial In cases OF the passing
OF gall-stones. The case / had
wherein tried it, the woman said
1t helped her. Yours truly,
o. c. ALEXANDER, NJ. d.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
GROCERIES GRAIN, ETC.

An. UHTT4 n ER. Choice Fami,yGrocerle,
Pure Teas. Cofees. Flour. Grain. Hay aud
Straw. loB Westminster st. Telephone.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
Jamaica, L. l., N. Y, June 7, 1894.
Messrs. Kutnow Bros.

Dear Slrs: You haze my ssarty in
dorsemont for the benefits derived
from the use of your Improved Pow
cases Of i've patients now under
treatment. Yours in haste,
Y. L. HARDENBROOK, NJ. d.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16

To cure toastiratlon Forever.
Take Gas 'grots Candy Cathartic lOc or CSC
II {. Z. &. fail TO cure. drugs ists refund nlOney
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16

Eduratc Your Bowels with Csscaret-
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
Dc. g5c IL c. Z G. iail, druggists refund money
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18

ceremony? That papers warrant for
my arrest. You want just enough legal
fcrmality about the thing to keep 1t
from being cold blooded lynching.'
The spokesman looked hurt.
NO, sir" he answered, this aint
no warrant. We assembled Immediate
after the shootin an agreed tibet no.
body could of wiped out Piute Pee ex-
cept a tenderfoot weth nerve. Nobody
else could ketch him off pis guard.
This paper contains resolutions OF re-
speck, signed by the leadin citizens.
Moreover, these gentlemen an myself
is committee ter tender We the Keys
OF the city an extend We every hospit-
atty thet Crimson Gulch kin afford
includin' anything ye like ter drink an
a stack of blue chips at the faro bank.
Washington Star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
ENLARGES TAX POWER.
States Can Assess on Telegraph and
Express Franchises.

The supreme court of the United
States has just rendered decision
that is considered by constitutional
lawyers as of the very highest i'm
portance. in that il materially enlarges
the power OF states to tax the prop
erty OF corporations that have hereto
fore avoided taxation by claiming
avoidance rights under the interstate
commerce laws. The case decided, OF
rather the group of cases, came up
from the courts of Indiana and Ohio,
and involved the validity of what is
known in the latter state as the Nichols
law. In brief, it authorizes and en-
powers the tax commissioners to as
aess and collect taxes on the fran
chises and a proportionate share of the
capital stock OF telegraph and express
companies doing business in the state
The importance of this law in a ma
terial way TO express companies may
be understood when it is stated that
the tax commissioners of Ohio raised
the assessment on express company
property from $3.50 900 to Sl,249 900. A
similar advance in the assessment was
made in Indiana and Kentucky, where
the same law was put on the statute
books The cases were bitterly fought
and finally after three years of litiga-
ton reached the supreme court. The
decision Of the court today sustains
the state laws and establishes a new
i,~la inh no
seized upon by legislatures Of many
states which are in need of more funds
and which have found no way to get
at the real value of property of cor
porations within their limits.
very vigorous dissenting opinion
was given by Justices Field, Brown,
Strong and Harlan, who hold that the
decision of the court materially sub
tracts from the power of congress in
a field which has heretofore been con-
sidered within the undivided jurisdic-
ton Of congress, viz, the regulation OF
interstate commerce matters.
The Nichols bill is understood to
have been introduced in the Ohio legis-
lature for the purpose of frightening
certain corporations and lobbyists. The
interests aimed at had no thought that
the bill would pass the legislature and
paid no attention to it, or perhaps they
did not understand its Importance or
bearing Bills identical in wording
were introduced in the legislatures of
Kentucky and Indiana Then and not
until then the express and telegraph
companies woke up; and it is well they
did, for they discovered that similar
bills were pending in the legislatures
Of several other states. The prompt
introduction of obstruction tactics pre-
vented the enactment of further laws,
and then ensued the fight to nullify
the harm that had been done, from the
corporation standpoint.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
FACTS ABOUT CHAMPAGNE.

The first authoritative record of
fury.
In France champagne is only served
at the dessert, and it must be neither
too sweet nor too dry.
There is no stimulant known to med
icine as efficacious in bringing about
cheerfulness of mind as champagne.
Since the eighteenth century the
bottling of champagne and the her
metical corking of the came became
general
The best manufacturers use no labels
in France proper, the brand Of the
corks being sufficient to protect their
product.
Champagne is noxious in some cases
of sickness, which cannot stand de-
velopment of carbonic acid gas, like
heart disease.
All champagne is dosed; liquor being
addde to the wine makes it stronger
or lighter, dryer or sweeter, according
to the brand. 1t is applied with a
machine, which apportions the exact
quantity to each bottle without error
or waste.
The grapevines mostly grown for
producing champagne are called plan
te doree' Cthe same as the black Bur-
gundy wine), the "meunler" (miller
vine) and the "gros blanc" and petit
blanc" Qarge and small white cham
payne vines)
The first champagne corks consisted
OF shoppers made of oiled hemp, cork
not being known at the time. Cork
for shoppers was first used in the alb
hey of Haut-Villers, the father butler,
Don Perignon, having introduced the
innovation about 100.
During the hot season the dangers
of champagne production begin, viz:
the bursting of the bottles. If the loss
does not exceed s per cent all is well.
If it rises to 10 per cent the place
must be made cooler, and if it should
reach 20 per cent. nothing remains but
10 open all the bottles.
The cost of champagne bottles is
very high, as they must be flaWless TO
stand the enormous pressure of the
liquor Tine testing of these bottles
is attended to by an expert who, strlk-
ing two bottles lightly together with
the sides. recognizes by the sound
whether they are perfect or not.
The district for the production OF
champagne is large, covering about
$4,000 acres. A good location in the
champagne district is very valuable.
but most of the vineyards are small
and there are larger number OF land
ed proprietors owning vineyards of not
more than one-half or three-quarters
of an acre
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
CINDERELLA REINCARNATED.
Revelation Disclosed to the Dscon
tented Girl.

Mrs. Bingley, the occult leader Of the
Band of Hope Circle and the Society
of Purple Pence Theosophy. stamped
her feet and frowned darkly at the
ragged child who had come into the
paror with a pail of surf sand and
scrubbing brush.
"Flossie,' said the imperious woman,
"go back to your work instantly"
Il want to be reincarnated, mamma, p"
pouted the child, as great salt tears
welled up from her ultramarine optics
and dredged channels for themselves
down her begrimed cheeks.
Poor, ignorant, unreasoning Great
ure," said Mrs. Bingley, as a look of
ireffable sorrow almost dislocated her
new Blavatsky face. Don't you know
that you are Cinderella come back to
us from the bygone ages? 1t is meet
that you should scrub Some day the
prince will come and give you glass
slipper. Now, be good. and by and by.
when you know your theosophy primer
by heart, I'll take you to an insane
asylum New York Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
PREMIUM ON MARRIAGE.

Baroness Burdett-CouJts seems to
be exhaustless in her wealth, and also
in her plans of social amelioration.
She is said to be great admirer of
the pluck Of Cecil Rhodes in his efforts
to develop Rhodesia. For every
selected young man who promises to
settle in that possession, and who
chooses a wife from among the young
women in her charitable institutions,
she will present them with ones hun
dred pounds sterling Mr. Rhodes viii
undertake to find employment for the
husband The Baroness is the young
est looking of all the aged ladies who
still appear in general London society
She is as straight as a rush, and re-
calls the grace and charms of the most
elegant ladies 70 be met with in any
country. OF her three private secre-
t&ries two are ladies. Proverbially
kind-hearted as is the Baroness, she
has not taste for pets Perhaps
they would take up too much of her
time, what she has least to spare.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
WAVE POWER UTILIZED.
Engineer Invents Motor That Prom.
Uses to Accomplish Great Things

San Francisco has brought out new
wave motor which seems to promise
better and more practical results than
previous devices for utilizing the enor-
nous lost power OF the ever shifting
sea. AS described by the Call, it ap-
pears simple in conception, yet uner-
ring in execution, anG its advantage
over other motors, as claimed by the
inventor, is that the whole machinery
is on the solid land and not out on the
surface of the water, at the mercy OF
wind and tide, breaker and calm.
A float or large buoy is securely an
chored in the water and on it is strap
ped strong pole or mast long enough
that its top will describe considerable
of an arc as the structure pitches on
the inrolling waves. OF course, the
float will move forward and backward
to it's anchor, but this motion is an
assistant.
From the Top of the mast wire rope
goes over cogged drum, drawn
around an ordinary l.ulley stationed
below, and up over aiiother drum down
to heavy weight Within these
drums are pawl and ra1het wheels so
arranged in relation to each other that
their revolutions in opposite directions
roll the fywncel COL stlntly in one di-
rection
The pull of the float not only sets the
fiywheel in motion but raises the
weight, and the Stacking of the wire
rope permits it to sink again without
checking the overturning fywheel.
The recurring tug on the wire rope
caused by the pitching float imme-
diately begins to lift the weight, and
this is the philosophy of the wave gen.
dered power.
At the place where j. NJ Dwyer, the
inventor has tried his motor, there are
hardly any waves, and even under
those conditions he found that the
machine worked successfully. He in
tends to move out to Bakers Beach,
where the breakers are heavier and
more regular. Mr.. Dwyer is a mining
engineer from Ell Dorado, and has
spent considerable time in the study of
a new practical plar for utilizing the
power of the sea His invention is pat
ented, and a company of mining men
are interested liz the new motor.-New
York Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
a LIFE LESSON.

There, little girl, lon't cry.
They've broken yo, doll, | know,
And your tea set b.<e
And your toy hovs1, too,
Are things of the long ago.
But childish troubles will soon pass by:
There, little girl, don't cry.
There, little girl, don't cry.
They've broken your slate, know.
And the glad wild ways
OF your school girl days,
Are things of the long ago;
But life and love will soon come by;
There, little girl, don't cry.
There, little girl, don't cry.
They've broken your heart, | know,
And the rainbow CLEANS
And your youthful dreams
Are things of the long ago:
But Heaven holds all for which you
sigh
There little girl, don't cry.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
WAS NOT A WARRANT.
Natural Mistake of a Tenderfoot and
His Hasty Departure

There is nothing on the map to show
where Crimson Gulch is. If there were
perhaps the young man from the east,
would have kept out OF the place, for
he know it by reputation. An emo
tional disposition is a dangerous guam
tity in that community, and the com
mercial man who has strayed into the
place with no other object in view than
the introduction of new brand of soap
felt that he had made mistake in not
being npt'"nt under the persiflage
showereu IN as a tenderfoot.
He had been run, ior eighteen hours
en- a horse he had hastily purchased
for the occasion. His haste was due
to the fact that a Derringer in his
hands had responded too faithfully 10
his aim He knew that a number of
citizens from the Gulch were in pur-
suit of him, for every now and then
he caught sight of a party riding on
his trail and whenever this occurred a
salute of firearms took place. Utterly
exhausted, he resolved to meet his fate
like man. He thought with unselfish
soap business appeared about to sus-
tain. and he resolved to leave nothing
undone which eloquence might accomp-
fish. When the leader of his pursuers
arrived at the spot where he had taken
his stand he threw up both hands.
Stranger" said a man with a paper
in his hand we've made us a heap of
trouble"
I'm sorry for that" was the answer.
I'VE don't begrudge It, however, now
that we've caught yer. But | must say
ez how yer modesty hez tired out more
( good bosses than roundup of steers,
4 We're afraid We got a ruther unfavor-
/ able impression of the Inequalities of
! Crimson Gulch."
We'll, it wasn't any chrysanthemum
tea
/ I'VE amt hankerin' fur strangers.
We've got a small population, but it's
/ lively an we don't wanter tire out the
census taker. We know one another
an we're acquainted with one another's
/ weak points an we amt likely ter
+ have no special trouble until some
q
| same ez you did
The commercial man looked around
4 the landscape. dotted only with sage
! brush, and wondered what they ex-
pected TO tie the rope to.
The Teller ez you punctured was
Piute Tete He was the only man tibet
couldn't accommodate hisself ter our
ideas of municipal government, es-
pecially the rules an regulations OF a
poker game. He was the quickest hand
with gun In the county, an TUX ad-
vantage of the fact on several occa-
sions ter make a four-card flush beat
two jacks or better A number OF our
laadin citizens hev tried to persuade
him ter reform. but Piute Pete allus got
the drop on en- Now. sir, this here
paper"
What's the use of dragging out the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18

Until the board Of visitors to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis made their latest report, It
probably has not been known to the
general public that it was against the
rules of the service for a cadet TO lift
his cap to lady In their annual re-
port to the secretary of the navy the
board Of visitors say that a military
salute-the mere touching OF the cap
is entirely inappropriate when render
ed to a lady who cannot hold military
rank nor return the salute In the same
manner, and 1t Is officially recommend
ed that it be permitted to the cadets
to recognize ladies in the manner usual
among gentlemen. We rather fancy
that the American people will gladly
second the motion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
A 'AUGHTY BRITON.

Rud Hplin's left our bloomin' land;
z up and went and shook it.
r thought us Yankees 'orrid and
f thought ed ave to 'ook It.
We 'oped ed write book or two
While e was ere, to please us;
In our own dialect all through;
But Rud e likes to tease us.
Our 'opes and prayers 'ad no effect;
On purpose for TO slam us.
Instead of in our dialect
Els writin in pajamas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
HOW DID SHE KNOW?

How did she know his heart was hers?
He spoke no word
Of love to her; how did she know
That when she passed, or touched him
His pulse was stirred?
How did she read his secret thoughts
And never err?
How did she know her glances thrilled
His soul? That all his heart was filed
With love for her
How did she know that life would be
One grand, sweet song?
To tell the truth, she didn't know
These things. She thought that they
were So
But she was wrong.
-Somerville Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
\ MAN OF RESOURCES.

First Thespiau We were
playing Uncle Toms Cabin to good
houses when the treasurer skipped oui
and left us stranded with the blood
hounds.
Second Thespian-Why didn't you
put the bloodhounds on the trail of the
treasurer
First Thespian--We did. But when
they caught him he took them and
started another showl--Tit-Bits.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18

Childerns nails seldom have the nee
essary care bestowed upon them. Both
toe and finger nails ought to be regu-
larly and carefully attended to, and
pains taken TO cut them round, so as
TO avoid on the foot the danger Of in
growing nails and to insure their
proper use-a protection for the side
as well as the ends of both toes and
fingers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18
CHAPTER XXII
81 HATE A SPARE ROOM

After that revelation which ShoIto
had uuintenuonauy made Of his seuti-
meots about Capt. Kelly and Parice S
indignant Revision OF feeling In con-
sequence of them, there had been a
GOODNESS between The lovers for time
He was not half as much hurt at her
having ,ola him she should hate him
it ne ever again proposed that her step
father should rs relaE8ted to 4 chart
table institution as she was that he
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18

Princess Beatrice is a thoroughly
practical woman. and from her chill
dreus earliest years she has taught
them to use their fingers and 20 oc-
cupy their minds in a happy, simple
but practical way.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-18

1t is openly stated that the new
English bishop of Peterborough was
not appointed for his past services to
the church, his learning on his piety
but because "he had money enough in
his pocket to repair the west front OF
the cathedral"