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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-21
END.
Birthday to Be Observed-Slavin's Ath-
letic Performance.

The 6sth birthday of Rev l. s Fsnner, assist
ant superintendent OF the Randall Square
Mission, 81 Gladstone avenue, will be OBJ
served at tho mission at 2 80 and z 20 o'clock
tomorrow evening. At the afternoon service
Mr. Croker of the Helping Hand Rescue OF
Olneyville and others will sneak. and after
the other exercises refreshments will be
served. There will DO good singing Mt the
evening service, and the speakers will include
Rev z q Wesley, pastor of the Park Street
Free Baptist church, and Rev Mr. Chace of
tho Mount Pleasant Baptist church. A COR
dial invitation is extended the public to at
tend both services.
William slavin was the only occupant Of n
cell at tho Second police station last night.
william was no simple drunk, for he had
previous to his arrest given an exhibition Of
his prowess as an athlete ut the head OF Ran
dali street that, had IL been given q few
weeks earlier, might have got William a posi-
ton with Ringing Bros circus. 80 clever
was williams work that, whom he lay down
under . swill cart to rest, every one thought
he had closed his record Of hand-springs etc,
by an effort to raise one Of the wheels under
the wagon. Some kindly disposed person
went down to tho square and told an officer,
aud still another to the police station. The
patrol wagon soon arrived and William had
to devote his energies to ths ceiling Of his
cell.
Lille Leipsitz Of 20 Ashburton street was
bitten this morning by . dog ow ned by .
man named McKenna. who lives on the snme
street. The dogs teeth severely lacerated the
flesh on the little ones left thigh.
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BRISTOL.

Manager Donahue Of the Mount Hope Park
Company has completed arrangement for .
steamboat to ply daily between Providence.
Bristol and the park.
Captain William Howe Church, y retired
ship master. will observe the s8th s~nniver-
nnry OF his birth next Thursday at his resi-
dencs on Hope street.
4 new steamboat line has been established
bstwesn Bristol. East Greenwich and Rocky
Point. and daily trips are to DO made by the
uteamsr We've.
A . special meeting yesterday Of the
Town Council the report Of Captain Morris
~, who was in charge at Mount Hope Park
on Sunday. was Of = commendable character.
Tho steam yacht Calumet. which lies NJ the
Naval Reserve pier, and which was attached
BY Christian Christopher for wages due him,
win 10 sold At auction by United States
Marshal James 8 McCabe Tuesday, June "a.
Lewis B waldron OF the nrm Of waldron,
Brownsll = Co. had his face badly burned
yesterday BY an expulsion Of gas from q gas
stove.
The now building to b erected ~ the
State Soldiers Home Is to b used a. . rosi-
dance BY the surgeon.
Grand Patriarch William Fred Fish Of the
Rhode Island Encampmsnt made an oficisl
visit 10 the Palestine Enoampment Of woon-
rocket last evening.
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BOTTLES and / felt that I " you q debt
of gratitude for the anne. / recommend
the compound to my friends far and
near.
Yours gratefully.
MRS. T.. B BOLSER.
After two years Mrs. Bolssr still praises
Paine's celsry compound.
st. Elmo, Tenn, June %, 1896.
Dear Sirs-I still continue q friend and
well wisher Of Pains's celery compound.
and have received replies from my friends
Of Its good results on my recommenda
ton. / wish you continued success.
Yours truly, MRS. q. Il. BOLeER.
One of the largest retail druggists In
the city, whose business enab les him to
feel the public pulse In the matter OF
sick ness and its cure. says, "Womeu are
peculiarly in need Of q pleasant tonic.
they suffer from, exhaustion, n In
palne's celery compound they 6nd In
slant relief. Many families now use Ii,
and man wives give it to their hus-
bands, when they return home at night
worn out from business cares. It never
fails to invigorate both the mind and the
tody. and is q preparation trait meets a
common want for q safe ard beneficial
tonic"
Paiue's celery compound is just the
remedy that suits the condition oil
WI men run down in health. with I'M.
strung nerves. wasted bodies, and thin.
vitiateu blood.
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The NEWS
80. Frsm 5.
NEAR BY TOWNS.
PAWTUxET VALLEY.

The newly elected Coventry Town Council
held it's first regular meeting at Washington
yesterday afternoon. and there was IA large
number OF the taxpayers present, who were
waiting to see what the Council would do In
regard to the liquor licenses. Contrary TO
all expectations there was no attempt to
Dust Horatio N Colvin who. the Democrats
and Independent Republicans claimed. was
illegally elected. and 10 did not take the
Council long to undo the work OF their pre-
decessors and reduce the license fee from $500
TO 500. The saloon keepers, who have been
selling without n license for the past month,
were informed that they must comply with
the law within ten days, and as they were
resdy, licenses were granted 10 Paul Ash,
william II Dyer. Alfred II Williams. Robert
jackson, Henry Smith, Patrick Moorehead,
Thomas NJ Inman, A s Mcmillan, o W Ben
nett, George B Parent. Joseph Fecteau and
Frank whitford. The Council also appointed
q number OF town officers.
The funeral of John Mcshane was solem-
nized from IT James church this morning,
Rev Father Flynn officiating. The inter
ment was in st Marys cemetery ut Crompton.
Arthur Utley and David Pike became in
voled In q quarrel at Arctic Centre last even
ing, and as the result Utley was carried into
DR. Chagnon's office with . broken collar
bone.
fernando Rounds of Hope has been ap-
pointed q deputy sheriff Of Providence
county.
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WARREN.

4 dsclamstory contest was held At the
town building Saturday afternoon. which
was participated in by Misses Elizabeth Cole.
Marion v Bowen, Bertha Bennett, Naomi
Carpenter. Hannah Walsh, Rachel o'Brien
and Marion Mcdonald, pupils Of tho gram
mar oohool. The contest was for . prize con-
trthuted by the contestants Rev II Brown,
IInD Josephine Carr and DR. q l. Church
we're the Judges. They awarded the prize
- Hannah. Walsh. A good sized audience
no funeral ct Daniel Hanley,a young son Of
Michael Hanloy, whose death occurred from
"a accident, was held from st Marys church
81 3 80 o'clock Sunday afternoon In the pres
nee Of . large number OF relatives and
friends OF the deceased. Father O'Keefs
~Colobgnted mass. The remains were In
forred IN the vern on street cemetery, Robert
Xylio, james GARLAND, James Lonergnn
md Joseph O'Brien acctins ~ bearers
xiokouuit Grange will hold It's annual
etrnWbery .sfestival Wednesday evening ~
~ iuDsrsl Of Richard snope was held
Monday Afternoon from his late residence on
Water street, Rev 4 u Carpenter ON ciating.
Mis- IDA DAZZLING died Monday morning NJ
fhe residence of her brother-in in law, Godfred
Gqllsns. ON Baker street. aged g years, after
b lingering fllnesA
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HUNDREDS OF THEM.


uut zhsrs's 10 Material Difference when
The Proof Comss frsn Providencs.
Ehsrs srs . great many Of them.
uesry Paper has its share.
Easements hard to believe. harder 20
orovs.
Whs> people ssy in Maine.
Public expression from CALIFORNIA;
O1t1m6s good endorsement thcre.
hat q little service hore at home.
Providence people want local proof.
ne ssyings Of Psishbors. friends ana
Hons endorsement counts.
- disArns the skeptic. IL beyond dispute.
Ibis 10 the backing that stands behind
ovssy box Of
Doan's Kidney Pills. Here IL case Of 10:
16r. ". Arnold Of 10 Gallup street says:
81 bed my urine examined. and on the indi.
ontions Of kidney disorder which u showed
voo rejected from IN insurance order which
heA promised joining. I was not altogether
SURPRISED. for I had surpised for . long time
49, sonsthins was wrong. Pain IN ny
1nok. . dull aching pain was continually
Dreosnt. When I lay down 70 rest I could
hardly ees M. when I stopped could
AnedIy straiphten myself. II I caught the
o1Iehtssi cold I became worse. and scsidins
<vhen urinating slso bothered me. In Dscsm-
~. 1905. went 20 y. L. Lothrop's drug
uloro and got . box Of Deans Kidney Pills.
had read shout Gases similar IN mine
hing cured. and ! thought I would tSy
I>om. They fully sustained their renuts-
1ioo. ~ kidneys soon feis I'll right. The In
1ommation vas removed. Az an illustration
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printed at all. That the offer was made
in good faith there is no reason to doubt,
in spite of the fact that The Little Min
ister'' Is not by an American author and
does not have to do with Americans at all.
1t was a success from the first perform
ance and there seems little reason to be-
lieve it could not have been continued to
the one thousandth performance as easily
as 1t was to the three hundredth wero 1t
not for the warm weather that always in
terrupts theatrical enterprises at this time
of the year In this part of the world.
DEXTER MARSHALL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-21

The graduating exercises in the st Mary
parochisl school on Broadway tonight will be
presided over by M Rev Mathew Harkins.
bishop Of the diocese OF Providence. An
rlaborate program has been prepared and
plans have been made TO entertain the large
number Of people who will, IL 10 expected, at
tend the affair.
Cours General Sheridan, No ~. II of A,
met last night In the hall in the Stokes build
ing. Several candidates were initiated and
officers were elected for the ensuing term ~
follows: John + Harlow, chief ranger; Pat
rick Lannon, sub-chief ranger; John Mo-
Govern, treasurer; Thomas Murphy, financial
secretary; recording secretary, Joseph
studley; senior woodward, James Mo-
Andrews; junior woodward, John st Peter;
insies beadls, Anthony C~urrane; outside
boadle. Charles verian. Refreshments were
served after the meeting.
There were no arrests In the Sixth police
district last night.
Il u amusing, Is well as discouraging In
some respects. 20 see the number OF team
STEERS from scituAse. Foster and other back
eounsry places, who stop their horses at the
town pump to set . drink and so awsy un-
oatished.
The Garfield Mutual Improvement Society
has adjourned for the summer.
The election In the Young Mems Literary
and Social Club which win occur Sunday will
b = holly contested one. There are two
candidates for nearly svery once. Popular
interest centres in the election OF president.
vios-presidsnt and recording secretary I:
james Hanley and Martin Crcwell are run
ming for the first, while John Brannigan
seems to be the fAvorite for vioe-president.
Oscar Holland and Brancis Green will contest
Cor recording secretary. o
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WHAT ONE SHELL DID.
Course Taken by the Ono Which Struck
the Baltimore ut Manila.

the Baltimore Mt Manila.
The most curious incident which &C.
Cured during the battle of Manila, ac-
cording to the reports, was the course
taken by tho she'll which struck the
Baltimore, and which zigzagged in all
directions, finally dismounting q 8 inch
gun. Captain N. M Dyer, in his off,
cial report, thus describes the incident:
1.-THE Baltimore was struck five times
with small projectiles, all of which,
with one exception, exploded or broke
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-24
BISHOP DECKER VERY SICK.
serious MaIariaI Trouble Causes
Continued Nausea

Atlanta, Dec. 2S-(SpeclaD.-Bish
Becker of Savannah is quite seriously Ill
at the parsonage of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception in this city Ma
larial poisoning is stated by the physi-
clans in attendance to be the ailment
with which Bishop Becker is suffering.
His physicians are DR.. ]. c. Olmstead and
DR.. Van Goidtsnoven both prominent
practitioners.
This serious malarial trouble has caused
great nervousness and nausea, which
makes his condition serious in the minds
of his physicians.
1t is needless to say that the fact of
Bishop Beeker's illness will be received
throughout the state with feelings of pro-
found concern. He is one of the foremost
and most beloved leaders of the Catholic
Church in the South, and to his church.
especially, will the news of his sickness
be sad.
Bishop Becker came to Atlanta last week
and on Sunday oficiated at high mass at
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. Shortly afterward he was seized with
a severe attack of nausea, and was COM
PEELED to go to bed, where he remained
until Wednesday last, when he got up and
was going to start back to Savannah, but
was Obliged to go to bed again on account
of a repeated attack of the nausea, which
characterized his sickness.
This evening the physicians in attend
ance gave out statement showing that
the bishop is very sick man. They say
the next twenty-four hours will produce
the crisis He retains little or nothing on
his stomach. If this nausea can be over
come the doctors think the distinguished
patient will rally rapidly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-24
MUST HAVE AUTHORITY.
Order Issued AS to Quasi Public
Works in spain's Old Colonies.

Order Issued As to Quasi Public
Works i'm spnin's Old Colonies.
Washington, Dec. 2S-The war depart
ment to-day authorized the following:
The following order has been sent by the
Secretary of War to the commanding Off
GERS in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines:
Until otherwise ordered no grant or
concession of public or corporate rights of
franchises for the construction of public
or quasi public works, such as railroads,
tramways, telegraph and telephone lines,
water works, gas works, light lines, etc,
shall be made by any municipal or other
~ocal governmental authority or body in
Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines, ex-
cept upon the approval of the major gen.
eral commanding the military forces Of
the United States in Cuba, Porto Rico or
the Philippines, who shall. before approv-
ing any such grant or concession, be so
specially authorized by the Secretary of
War"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-24
TO TAKE ANOTHER ISLAND.
Wake Island WIN he Used as Pa
cific Cable Station.

Washington, Dec 2S.-The government
has determined to hoist the nag over an
other island far out in the Pacific ocean,
and orders were sent out late this after
noon to the commander of the Benning
ton, Capt. Taussig. to proceed at once to
take possession in the name of the United
States government of Wake island, lying
in latitude 10 north, longitude l66 east.
This island is distant about 1000 miles
from Nihau. the westernmost of the Ha-
waiian Islands, and / 800 miles east from
Guam. 1t is almost in a direct line be-
tween these possessions of the United
States. and is admirably adapted for use
as a station for a Pacific cable to connect
The Philippines with Hawaii and the
United States. 1t Is about three miles in
length and encloses a lagoon of salt wa
ter.
The average hight of the island is eight.
feet above high tide. II is scarcely capa-
bic in itself of sustaining life, but 1t is
expected that a cable station can be main
tanned without difficulty by the erection
of a condenser to supply fresh water.
Some station in this locality is deemed
to be absolutely necessary TO the mainte-
nance of a cable, and for that reason the
American peace commissioners at Paris
endeavored to secure one of the Caroline
Islands, but without success.
Wake Island is said to be by right already
American territory, for in 1851 Admiral
Wilkes surveyed the place and asserted
title. 1t is not inhabited so far as known
at the present time, though in the past
some guano gatherers have temporarily
lived on the island.
The Bennington is now at Honolulu and
the orders to her so out by steamer. After
hoisting the flag. on Wake Island she Will
proceed to Guam and make a survey Of
the island, which was ordered some time
ago.
She has already completed the survey of
Pearl harbor, seven miles from Honolulu,
which will form the foundation of the
government plans for the enlargement of
the harbor there and the Strengthening of
the channel connecting the inner harbor
with the ocean
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DAILY, SD A YEAR
CENrg "A CORY. ~
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK n A YEAA
CUBANS WANT ANNEXATION.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON SPEAKS OF THE
WEALTHY CLASS.

Many Cubnns. However, Who Think
They Are Able TO Govern Them-
seIves-Came Home 10 Attend His
Daughters Wedding-says the
United States Government WIN Co
On as Long az Nee sssary.
New York. Dec. 23-The cruiser New
York, having on board Admiral and Mrs.
Sampson, arrived to-day.
To some newspaper men who boarded
the New York at quarantine, Admiral
Sampson said he had come home 70 attend
his daughters wedding on Jan. 4. at Glen-
ridge. N. j.
Admiral Sampson was not Inclined to
discuss the Cuban situation or his con.
nection with the Cuban evacuation COM
mission, explaining that what he would
have to say on such matters he would re-
port ofIicialy.
The admiral and his family were taken
from the New York on a government tug.
lie win spend Christmas at home with
his family at Glenridge.
Admiral Sampson said that the perfect-
ing of the custom house service and the
biliNioi bohNN III tAt iSlduus were tIe TWO
most important features in connection
with Cuba. When Gen. Greene and Chief
Mccullach had established their police
force, he thought there would be little
disorder, In answer TO the question. 'do
you think the people Of the island will
prove amenabe to the American govern
ment?" Admiral Sampson said:
1T does not make any difference whether
they are or not. We are down there, and
our government will go on as long as II 10
necessary"
The admiral said that DeCastro, the
civil governor of Havana, was doing as
well as could be expected, and by the 1st
OF January all OF Cuba would be officially
evacuated, except Matanzas and one or
two other points
Reverting to the question of the future
of Cuba, Admiral Sampson said:
'"rhe wealthiest and most influential peo-
pie in Cuba want the island annexed to
the United States whether as state or
as a territory they do not much care. But
there are many Cubans who think they
are able to govern themselves. Cuba at
present certainly IL in no condition to
govern itself. The question of what shalt
become Of Cuba will not be settled for
year at least, and possibly not for two or
three years. In the meanwhile, the MILF
tary government by the United States viii
90 on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-24
POPE SPEAKS OF OUTnAGEs.
European Governments Should
Unite, He Said, to End Them.

European Governments Should
Unite, He Said, to End Them.
Rome, Dec. 23-The Pope to-day, at the
reception of Christmas greetings of the
cardinals and other prelates, appeared to
be in excellent health.
Replying to their congratulations he re-
ferred to the Sinister events of 1885," and
said 1t was high time the governments of
Europe united to stop unheard of out
RACES and savage determinations.
But" the pontiff added, "this could not
be stopped until the fear of God, the basis
of all morality, is revived in the conscience
of the people and becomes the guiding
principle of the organization of states.
In regard to the present position of the
church in Italy, the Pope pointed out that
the symptoms were not reassuring for the
new year. He added that the conditions
imposed upon the head of the church in
violation of his dignity and, rights, were
not enough, for now it is sought to cast
odium upon the press which openly es-
posed the defense of his interests and the
interests of religion and morality"
Continuing, the pontiff remarked: Fur
ther rigors threaten the clergy, although
they are the class furthest removed from
seditious designs. The obedience of the
clergy 20 the apostolic see, whose rights
they defended and whose intentions they
seconded, is now being construed as a po-
litical offense. Nevertheless, imbued with
the sense of their high mission and duty,
the clergy will not yield. either to batteries
or menaces. and their firmness is finding
response in numerous laymen deeply inn
bued with love for the papacy. 1t is thus,
by the cooperation Of the clergy and
laiety, that the salvation of coming gener-
ations is assured"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-24
MRS. BOTKIN's MANY DENIALs.
Says She Tried TO Persuade Dunnfng
TO Return to His wife.

Says She Tried to Persuade DunnfnE
TO Return to His Wife.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.-The trial OF Mrs
Cordelia Botkin is nearing its end. The
defense concluded its case to-day with the
testimony of the accused woman.
Mrs. Bolkiu made specific denials Of all
most all the charges brought against her
She contradcted the testimony OF almost
every witness that has appeared for the
prosecution, and her denials generally
were on the most important points in the
case.
She swore that she did not buy the
candy sent Mrs. Dunning, or the handker-
chief which was enclosed for Mrs. Dun
ning's little girl. She admitted intimacy
with John Z. Dunning, and stated to the
jury that she had tried 20 prevail upon
him many times to return 10 his family
Cross-examination brought out at least
one very important fact against the ac-
cused. She admitted being az the ferry
depot on the day that the poisoned candy
was mailed at the ferry postofiice.
Three unimportant witnesses were intro
duced by the defense. The court then ad-
journed untl Tuesday, when the prosecu-
ton win present testimony In rebuttal
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TREATY MAY BE MODIFIED.
To Arrange for American Control
of Nicaragua Canal.

To Arrange for American OOntrOl
of Nicaragua Canal.
Washington, Dec. 2s.-It is accepted as
little short of certain in the best informed
official and diplomatic circles that nego-
tiations will be opened at an early day
toward so modifying the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty as to meet the conditions of the
present day concerning American con-
struction and control Of the Nicaraguan
canal
But while recent events on both sides
of the water have made this move obvious,
the British ambassador, Sir Julian
Pauncefote has not, up TO the present
time, received any Instructions to open ne
gotiations on this subject. nor is there any
intimation that instructions are about to
be received. For this reason some surprise
is expressed In high diplomatic quarters
at seeming authoritative announcements
that Sir Julian has such instructions in
hand, or Is about to receive them and will
execute them during the holiday week by
opening conferences with the state depart
ment.
In the absence of all instructions on the
matter, the ambassador could not have
made an authoritative statement, and had
such instructions been received he is not
in the habit of giving authoritative dis
closures of his purposes. At the same
time, it is thought to be quite likely that
the near future win bring forth negotia-
tons of this character.