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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
uNExAMPLED AcTpfrY.

Energetic Measures by the Military Au-
thorities Decided on Yesterday.
Washington. March 25-The last day
before the arrival or the report Of the
Maine court of inquiry was one of un-
exampled activity in all Official quar-
ters. Advices came early that the
Spanish torpedo fiotilla had sailed from
the Canaries for Porto Rico, and from
that moment the most energetic meas
ures followed one another In constant
succession. The movement OF this fleet
had been watched with the teenest in
terest. as 1t was felt to invo.,e serious
possibilities which might compel the
United States government to protest
against the action as Of hostile char
acter.
Immediately on the receipt Of official
dispatches from one of our naval at
taches abroad. briefly announcing the
sailing of the flee', the fact was made
known to the president. and a conference
was held with Secretary Long and AS
sistant Secretary Roosevelt. The SER
iousness OF the move was fully consid-
ered and the president was advised that
naval strategists regarded II as es-
sential that this torpedo fleet should not
be allowed to reach western waters.
What conclusion was reached is not
known.
The fiotilla announcement was fol-
lowed rapidly by important news. The
first was this announcement by Secre-
tary Long, indicating the placing Of our
squadron and fleet on a war footing:
Admiral Sicard has been granted leave
very much to the regret OF the navy de-
partment and altogether on account of
his health. Captain Sampson has been
made commander OF the feet at Key
West; Captain Evans has been ordered
10 take command OF the battleship Iowa.
The orders TO the squadron in Hampton
roads have not yet been issued" AL
though the news was not promulgated,
II soon became known that Commodore
w. s. schley was slated TO command
the flying squadron" This announce
ment was recognized at once as OF un-
usual importance at this juncture. Ad-
miral Sicard has been I'm command OF
the fleet at Key West throughout the
critical period Of the Maine disaster.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
CONGRESSIONAL.

Dramatic Scene During the Delivery Of
the Speech OF Senator Thurston.
Washington, March 25.--A scene dra-
matte In the intensity OF it's interest was
presented in the senate during the de
livery by Mr.. Thurston Of Nebraska
OF a speech on the Cuban situation. Not
since the Inauguration of President Nc
Kinley have SO many persons been on
the senate side of the capitol as were
there yesterday. The galleries were
packed. Even the diplomatic gallery,
which is rarely occupied, was filled.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25

those close to the president to believe
that the Spanish government will go to
any length II dares to preserve peace.
The queen regent is especially anxious
20 prevent war. and 1t is believed the
ministry will go JUST as far as 1t can
without jeopdrdizing its own existence
and the survival of the Spanish dynasty
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25

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it's for tee public coed. IL tells Of a FIRE.
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medv for Kidsey Ills Head IL and call
at y. L. Lothrop's, s5DWestminsfsr street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-25
MAINE REPORT
HAS ARRIVED.

Received at Washington Last Evening but Not Opened
Fruess Efforts Made to Secure Information as to Its
C0ntents-The Party That Brought II Would Make
No Statement Unexampled Activity in Official
Crcles--The President is of the Opinion
That War May Still Be Averted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-27

from bob-tailed dog if they was to ride 200 miles and back.
 ..I ain't seein' any signs of sorreE and humbleness as 1 look around. l didn't expect to see any. It'll take . week of plain talk and fghtin' ole Satan in his favorite headquarters to make any impreshun, and then l don't expect to git over two out Q the hull gang. If 1 git hold of even two, how ever, and yank lem out of the quick sands of wickedness and lead lem over the trail of deeency and self-respeef' my labors will not hey bin in van. Critters galoots = sons of Behal l shall hev some red-hot remarks to denF' CT in the Big Bear saloon this eEenn' with more or less singin' between times, and I'll take it kindly if yen drap in and bring yer friends along 1t won't hurt ye to listen, and before ! git through some duffer may be la spired to wash out his mouth and gun cussin fur an hour or two"
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across the hall started a topical song and patted his leg and kept time with his heavy foot.
 By the whiskers of Cato, but they've begun again." exclaimed Mr. Bowser, as he sprang up. Do you hear that and that-and that!"
 "Yes, but it's nothing-theym soon stop," answered Mrs. Bowser, as a cold chill crept over her. You see, my dear"
 Its nothing, eh! It's nothing when 16 different families begin to whoop; and yell and thump and explode mines and shoot off fre-crackers! You bet they'll soon stop-you bet they will If they think I'll put up with any such hullabaloo over ten seconds, they don't know mel"
 "Now, then. for heavens sake, don't raise any row These people are iR their own rooms and can llo as they wish. You can sing and dance if you want to, or I'll put on my hat and we'll take a walk for an hour.
 .Ill take walk by myself" replied Mr. Bowser. in the most determined manner, as he started for the door. If this is a dime museum, circus, or a skating rink, l want to know it.
 He flung open the door and crossed the hall and knocked on his neighbor's door, who was now shouting at the top of his voice end bringing his foot down with vim enough to jar out gas-light. The song and the humping ceased, and the man opened the door and said
 s'G'wan with you I ain't got no umbrellas to mend at this time O night"
 "Sir! don't make any mstake!" said Mir. Bowser, as he drew himself up. "I have not come to mend umbrellas, but your manners. If you want to whoop like an Indian and kick like a horse. why don't you go down on the street ?"
 "0hl it's my singing you don't like ?'
 No, sir, don't. You are making nuisance of yourself and disturbing the whole house"
 And can't do as like in my own rooms. I'd like to knowi" shouted the indignant tenant. "Who are you that I've got to sit down and fold my hands and whisper my words2 Get back to your own side and mind your own busi- ness!.
 Mr. Bowser might have laid hands on the man if the door had not been shut in his face. Mrs. Bowser had over heard all, and she appealed to him to come in and sit down and calm him. self.
 ''Neyert Never on the face of this earth!" he shouted. as he started down stairs. Do you hear that row down there? I'll put stop 10 it or throw the folks out of the window!"
 The door below was opened 10 his knock. and a woman who was flush faced and breathing hard inquired what he wanted.
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all over his face as he pulls up and

all over his face as he pulls up and sez:
 I begs yer humble parding, but might this be Lampas Joe?
 She night sez l, and gaight you be ole Satan?'
 The same, sez he, and I reckon you ar on yer way to Last Chance to hev talk with some of my crowd. It's no use, however. Tom Jones and the gang belong to me, body and soul, and yell only be throwin' yer time away"
 Can't l git one of 'em,' sez I.
 Not one. Even Jack Mccoy, who hain't got brains huff in his head to De wicked, is in with me. and can't be hauled off the track. Better waste yer breath on the wolves and buzzards.'
 That's what ole Satan sez to me, my friends but 1 wasn't discouraged and didn't turn back 1 pushed right on, and yere l am. and I want to make one more effort to turn this bloomin' crowd from the evil of it's way. Whats all this bluffin' and braggfn' and blowin' ahout2 Dye think it skeers anybody? Dye think it makes men of ye? Why, l kin h'ar dozen of ye growlin' away like sore-headed bars, and three or four galoots ar handlin' thar guns as if they thought was an ele woman to be slteered off. Hev ye got an idea that I kin be bluffed of? If so jest drop it. Pm we're to talk. and to talk straight from the shoulder. and say 'bah' to all yer guns and knives.
 "And what am l goin' to say? It's that yo ar sarvin' Satan without wages, and even payin' fur the privi- lege, when the workers in the Lords vineyards ar gittin' cash in hand and earryin' about in their busums q feel in which no money kin buy. And what ar ye gittin' out O it? Jest nuthin' tall except degradashun. Ye ar goin' down and down every day of yer lives, and var more of it and no eecent vigilance committee will soil it's hands by hangin' ye. Tbar's Tom Jones. A Var ago he had the looks of man about him. Arter he'd gone down to the creek and washed his face and had his hair cut his mother would hey bin able to pick him out of gang of three. Could she do it now? Blow- in and braggin' and bluffin' and whis- ky and keepin' bad company-the com pany of Satan-has brung him down to thelevel of cross-eyed llyote. Jest look at him and say if I ain't right! satan has got mortgage on his sonl, and it would take five vars of the hardest kind e work to lift it off.
 And ye drink whisky, play lleerds, race hosses. fight dogs and bluff Chiny- men about and call yerselves men and
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If there is a circus going on in here I should like to inquire the price of ad- mission.'
 "sirI What do you mean!" she haughtily demanded.
 Just what I said, madam. From the Praneing, galloping and jumping around, accompanied by thumps and bangs on the doors and walls, 1 should judge that circus was being held. What is the price for reserved seat, please?p
 "TH soon tell you the price!" she shouted, as she hooked her fingers ready for his hair. "Who arc you, I want to know, and has it come to such a pass that I can't whip one of my children without some one coming to interfere with me! Get out of this at once!''
 ''AIr. Bowser. do for heavens sake come away!" called Mrs. Bewser over the banister.
 Just whipping one of the children, eh?' he queried of the indignant wom- an before him. Well, why don't you ttilAV tlti GtA Ol d A1oNN-DdA ttiI MIL lAllll all at once, instead of by inches? It seems to me"
 She slammed the 3oor against his toes and sent him against the railing, and then putting herself at the head of her half-dozen children she went galloping back and forth in defiance. Mrs. Bowser kept pleading with Mir. Bowser to come up, and aftera couple of minutes he ascended the stairs and said:
 You have heard all that's passed, and I want you to witness that I'm be- ing driven to desperate deeds. There's that woman above still bowling and humping, and I'll go up and strangle her!"
 "NIr. Bowser, don't you see that the tenants are all looking and listening ? I'll be so ashamed tomorrow that I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-27
Copyright. 1898.

Mir. Bowser hadn't had row with the ianitress nor threatened any of his fellow-tenants for three whole days, and as he sat down to his newspaper after dinner one evening, Mrs. Bowser began to indulge in the hope that the worst had passed.
 Well, I call this home comfort" he finally said, as he looked around. Here we are, far above the noises of the street, this big house as quiet as a church, and nothing whatever to annoy us. I can see that you are beginning to enjoy yourself"
 ''Yes," briefly replied Mrs. Bowser, as she mentally prayed that the calm might continue through the evening.
 i've read a good deal about the ter. TOTS of fiat life," he went on, "but guess that's according to how you be- gin. There are people in every grade of life who will impose on others un- less met with firm hand. The jani- tress and several of our fellow-tenants took us for hay-seeds when we first moved in, but they soon discovered their mistake. Nothing like asserting your position and maintaining it."
 There was self-complacency an inch thick on Mir. Bowser's face as he leaned back and rocked and puffed at his cigar, but it didn't last over minute. Of a sudden sort of old-fashioned Fourth of July burst upon the town. The tenant overhead began humping on piano, the one below began rush ing around and calling out, and the one
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-27

won't dare show my head. Do, for merey's sake-'
 Never! Never! I'll have peace and harmony in this flat if Pm the only one left alive in it! That woman is shriell- ing and humping just to spite me. Don't try to stop mel"
 He was on his way up the flight when the janitress came flying up the stairs below and shouted for him to stop.
 NOW, then, it's you, and you are at it again." she said, as she got her breath. 1T was thinking it was about time for you to break out and get the whole place in row. Whats the mat ter now?"
 Madam, are you addressing me ?'' demanded Mir. Bowser with awful dig nity:
 I'm not addressing anybody else, Mir. Towser, or Wowser, or Bewser, or whatever your name is, and you'd bet ter listen to what say! It'snot enough that all of us hear you upsetting the furniture, smashing the crockery, and dragging your poor wife around by the hair every evening, but you must go gunning after the rest of the tenants. It's got to stop."
 Why, woman, if you talk"
 "I say it's got to stop! You either get back into your rooms or I'll call the police, and it's me own brother who's on this beat, and he won't stand any nonsense"
 Mrs. BoMser got him by the arm and drew him through the door and closed and locked it. Then she fell into a chair and wept. At the end of an hour she looked up and MT. Bowser was glar- ing at her-a cold, cruel glare which told of murderous thoughts behind it. She crept away to bed, but his glare followed her. She awoke from q doze at midnight, and he sat in the same place, and still was glaring at her.
 Better men than Mr. Bowser have tried to reform flat-life in New York and made dismal failures. However. he isn't going to throw up the sponge until he has further excitement and adventures
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-27

think ye ar heyin a good tiu,
 only reason a cloud-burst don,t ii' down Buzzard Creek and swea. cone off is bekase clean water vo. p ye al back up hill if it met this os saiu rua the big thunderstorm last ,.'su. 0mu. h min killed three half-breeds eA a, light Chinymen over at Cow Boy ua' auu iour didn't strike within two milaa I1ni' outA town. Any thunder-bolt wonld ol this ashamed to git into such comn.n m ne' bin
 And now, what ye goin' to pIls da
 it? l mean, ar ye goin, ~ aoout right on wallerin' in wickedno. Keep bein' chuek-a-luck with the oIa e9s and who presides over the fiery fns gal00t down below, or ar ye goin, to ,ulnaces O this, wash eff the dirt, seonr glue ae out mouths and git up alongside ., ~. nS ger used to think there was notbia, e l ths sort O life, but I tell ga {. Ike in it with the one I've bin Twin, ts t, ant last var. 1 kin git up in the n,a at 'ae now and respect myself. apd,I AlVful' Y, to bed feelin' that I'm a peg or t,,ai ~il go the crawlin' things of airth. Nv gau01e t', has bin secured out till kin ton ll0ula taste of vinegar from spring wata. s,, 'ne when l meet a stranger on the +r.sa ana bows to me as man. a'i ae
 'Mebbe ye argy that it'll m,,,.
 sick fur three months to mal,o ye change? It'll knock ye over fnr a.. 'le or so, and I won't deny it. but f. Y ,"',' msek break any bones nor send ve to "Vl l : hospital. All we've got to do is to yua, uus up yer sand and giv ole Satan 2 sonsl, ~UsS fight. He's all blow and blnstar qsat ,s ye stand up to him like q man 'Isn p told that some galoot in this cron.s u sez l made the change fur the mon. 0@u in it. He's liar from Liarsriu., Thar ain't dollar in it. exeent .. t, :. pays anybody to be a decent man r1s V lookin' at twenty different critics who wouldn't git nod of the baaJ
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LAMpAS JOE.
 The ReviyaIiss Addresses Last Chance
 Sinners at Black Wolf Saloon. 
 Copyright, 1898. BY NJ QUAD.
Copyright, 1898.

i've come 40 miles to push my way into this den of wiekedness and talk plumb up-and-down to you sinful crit ters," began Lampas Joe, the revival ist. as he crowded his way into the Black Wolf saloon and squared off for a talk. If thar's galoot yefe who don't know me by sight and name, let me interduce myself as Lampas Joe' one of the meanest critters on the face of this airth year ago, but jest now able to look a decent man in the face
 1T see in the crowd before me- con- tinued Joe after look around, Tom Jones, Pete Sharky, Bill Henderson, Abe Skinner and dozen other kyotes whom I kin call by name. l used ter run with the gang. A few short months ago I was rubbin' elbows with the hull lot, and rippin' and cussin' with the best of lem. was braggin' and blowin' from Monday mornin' to Sat urday night, same as these duffers ar to-day. I carried a gun on each hip and a knife in my bootleg, and 1 stepped high and was ready fur TOW. Bah! When 1 look back and see my self as 1 was l wonder that some ole mewl didn't kick me ter death fur a buffer.
 And as I was ridin' over yere from Lost Guleh, tryin' to think out a way to save yer souls from eyerlastin' per 9ishun, l met up with ole Satan mounted on a broncho. Thar he was, horns, hoofs and all, and he had a grin
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-27
A STANCE SIGHT.
Hawk Devours a Sparrow on a ieis.
 graph Pole.

Hawk Devours "a Sparrow on ie's-
 graph Pole.
 \ sparrow hawk with an eagle eys did very neat piece of work the o'ue day right in the heart of the clV Where he came from or when ne ~ rived no one could tell. He was peIunIra calmly on the top of telegraph PO~ and had in his claws futterng Au' fish sparrow. ,,
 With the sunlight glistening on ,as n~ brown wings and hundreds oi Peusl .e trians staring at him, the daring l4o on calmly sat there and put hmseil Y- the outside of the sparrow. Nhe[s'r sa the hawk came from, he must nave oS'o hungry, for he did not leave e'tr ..t feather of the sparrow. If he did no's hs the feathers and claws of his yietln' in ~ must have had pocket to pue 'ns-n snd for not one feather fell to the glod and
 Grasping the pole with one eia" . he holding his victim with the oln'i fl made his dinner as unconeernediy a5 1s. he had been miles away ln somv r+ of serted wood instead of in the hea.s 1a,yE a big city. It may be that the g,anged was tired of country fare ana iJr S9.v for a change of diet, or that ne .lst tbs he would be safe in the city, Wlle,s a-,Ds. law forbids the discharge ot llis'n s;o0 as At any rate, he created a sensau0 Iii, he masticated. if hawks mastlcS'S ,ors. midday meal. and hundreds q prl ras he by stopped and gazed in wohasi put. the sparrow away. on the
 His meal over, the hawk sas edip pole for an hour or more ana pa9ssTe s.rssstiTe the sunlight while he let his ,a o,stgh to1gh organs get in their work on ', .pI Iropsti- morsel he had eaten. n.-AtiaI'ie "
 tuition.
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The Paragon.

He never broke rule a school
 Nor got mixed up in trouble there; He never had wild oats 10 SOW,
 Nor bowed his parents down with care; He rever made an enemy,
 And no one ever heard him swear; He never-weU to tell the truth.
 He never did much anywhere, Chicago Daily News
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Couldn't Arord U.

Physieian-You have appendicitis.
 Patient-Can't you call it something else. doctor9 Iean't afford that-Towu. Topics.
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What's in n Name 2

Customer-Why is this new shade of red called anarchist tint?"
 Because it won't wash, ma am. --Un-tp-Date
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-08
ARMISTICE CONTINUED
UNTIL To- MORROW.
Special to EVENING HERALD.

opeclai 10 EVENING HERALD.
Before Santiago, July s.-The armistice
between the American and Spanish forces
which was to have ended yesterday at noon,
has been continued until noon tomorrow
Saturday, in order to allow General Linares
to communicate with the home government
at Madrid.
Genl. Toral and Gen. Linares are aid to be
at odds over the question of continuing hos
%tilities. Gen. Toral wants to surrender, and
in this he is strongly supported by the Arch
bishops and the great majority of the soldiers.
On the other hand Gen. Linares, who is
suffering from his wound, is bitterly opposed
to acceding to the demand of Gen. Shafter
to surrender.
Gen. Linares cannot surrender without the
consent Of Madrid. Spanish officials hint
that Gen. Shafter should demand the sur
render of Santiago from Sagasta instead of
Linares.
During the armistice the Spaniards are
busily engaged in burying their dead and
conveying their wounded at Ell Caney into
Santiago.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-08
THE BOOM
MOVEMENT.
Failure Of the Business Men TO GET
Together.
OTHER AFFAIRS INTERVIEWED
Efforts to Inject Renewed vigor Into the
Project Will be Made During the
Ensuing week-A Suggestion
Made Concerning a Home
Industry.


pursuant to a resolution adopted at its last
meeting The Shenandoah Business Mem.
Association was TO have held a regular meet.
ing last night, but in deciding upon the date
the members evidently overlooked the fact
that several would have engagements else.
Were, hence there was no uuorum when
several Of the business men got together
last night in Schmidts hall. The next
session will be held on Thursday evening
next, at the same nIar, ,rd ~,
Volopments are looked for.
one OF the promoters of the Association
stated last night that it is fully realized that
shenandoah Is one Of the worst towns IN the
state IN which to launch a movement for con
terted action on the part of the business men.
Dut the hope and belief is entertained that
with patience and persistent effort the result
AIMED at will be accomplished eventually.
Mahanoy City, Ashland, Pottsville. Mt
carmel, Hazleton and other towns are or
gained for the purpose of doing what thew
can to advance the anthracite boom and
Shenandoah cannot afford to be cstracized es.
pecially when the issue is one of the most
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-08
schuylkiu Boys for Hawaii.
Special to EVENING HERALD.

Special to EVENING HERALD.
Harrisburg, July s.-A report reached
Harrisburg to-day that it is the intention Of
the Government to send Gen. Gobin's brigade
at Camp Alger, Va, consisting of the Eighth,
Twelfth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regi.
ments, to Honolulu, to guard against any
possible trouble from the japanese and other
foreign elements over the annexation of these
islands to the United States. 1t is further
reported that the brigade will break camp on
next Wednesday and leave for San Francisco
by way of Harrisburg, Pittsburg and
Chicago.
THE Schuylkill companies are included in
the Eighth regiment Of which Louis Hop
kins, William James, Stephen Lindenmuth,
William Williams, Grant T~routman, of town,
and Henry Fogle and Charles Dressler, of
VIM. Penn, are members.-ED.1