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The herald., 1898-07-24
The Great Strength Of Bears

Yes, the strength Of grizzly bears is al
most beyond belief. 1 have read about the
powerful muscles in the arms of African
gorillas, but none compare with those in
the arms and shoulders of big grizzly BEARS
have seen grizzly bear with one forepaw
shot into uselessness pull its own HOO
pounds of meat and bone up precipices and
perform feats of muscle that trained ath-
lstNs could not do. have seen grizzly
The herald., 1898-07-24

say nothng yet ter actIons grooming
make their representative push to the front, and by
dash slide under the wire neck at least ahead of
his competitors Brown is long way in the rear, but far
from being dsanced After getting into the race, he got
tangled up in matrimonial harness. which caused him the loss
Of good deal Of space yet his friends feel confident that he
will sustain his weknown ability in getting to the front in
the race he has always done in the estimation of those who
know him.
In producing the pictures Of the high in this issue,
the absence of Mr. Browns picture is due the fact that
photograph of the gentleman was available.
The vote of yesterday reached 1899, Robbins getting
the major portion Of them. The this issue will be the
record of the contestants until the final count is made on
July goth.
The herald., 1898-07-24
Taking Official Possession of the Ballot Box

AT o'clock last evening committee Of conductors and
The Herald Office when the keys Of the box were
turned to them by The Herald Publishing Company The
committee, after locking and sealing the ballot box, appointed
keyhoder to retain the keys for them until Saturday
evening" when the committee will open the box and make
canvass Of the therein.
The herald., 1898-07-24
Votes Received up to 5 D. m. July q
Notice to Coupon Voters

Hereafter votes done packages Of hundred and securely tied
have the the candidate the This done
Geve the contestants of the necessity Of writing the each ballot
The herald., 1898-07-24
EASTERN CUBA, NOW UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG

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The herald., 1898-07-24

If 1t wasn't for the sun the rain woulA
never be mist
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
THE TILDEN-THURBER co.

The Tilden-Thurber company has q
larger variety than ever OF very de-
sirable jewelry, silverware, china and
leather for the holiday trade. Hand
some lamps and vases, silver table,
ware and toilet pieces. clocks and cut
glass are always I'm very great demand
at the Christmas season, and the as
sortment OF such shown i'm the Tilden-
Thurber comDanys model stone ap-
peals at once TO the perplexed buyer.
Then there are the jewelry cases with
their beautiful contents. which contain
"A hundred timely suggestions. and the
leather pieces. in fact everything. both
FOR practical Use or adorniuent that is
so much sought at this holiday period.
Bronzes. figures and busts, chatting
dishes and all the dainty appurte-
nance thereto. umbrellas and walking
sticks, are shown i'm elegant array.
There, too, there Is the art gallery with
its superb collection Of imported passe-
partouts, framed porcelaines. reproduce
tions from old masters. Gibson pick
lings, Caproni casts. water cOlors both
with and without frames. Carbon pho
tos-old masters-Fra Angelica angels,
Japanese books, platinotypes. and SO on
TO great extent. Smoking utensils are
also to be seen in a variety that Will
please the cmoker immensely. Pipes,
cigar and cigaret cases. tobacco recep-
tacles, In short. an endless supply OF
all the pretty articles that help to make
Christmas the gladstone season that II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
P0lICEMANS SUDDEN DEATH.


officer William n. Sherman, a day
patrolman. attached to the Central pa
lice station. and who travelled the low
er part OF Washington street beat, died
suddenly at his home, 272 Knight street,
about IL o'clock last night. Mr. Sher-
man had travelled his beat during the
day. as usual. and when he retired to
rest last night was apparently i'm the
best of health.
A short time after he had retired his
wife heard him breathing i'm n labori-
Gus manner and she at once FASTENED to
his bedside. She at once called the peo-
pie who live in the same house, and
DIR. Sanger was called in. The physi-
clan lost but little time In answering
the summons. but by the time he arriv-
ed officer Sherman was dead. Death
was due TO heart failure. News of his
death was received with genuine sur
prise I'm police circles. and many an
officer had tear i'm his eye wher the
news was spread. for Mr.. sherman was
general favorite with his colleagues
He was among the oldest members OF
the force. having been a patrolman for
more than 25 years during which time
he had gained the respect and esteem
OF all who had learned TO know him.
Mr.. Sherman was SO years Old.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
FRUIT RAISING.
Interesting Remarks Before Hoticu|-
turaI Society.
Mr. Williams Talk on Apples COMMITTEE
on Nominations Appointed.

A regular monthly meeting of the
Rhode Island Horticultural society was
held in Tillingbasts cafe last evening,
and there was added interest In the
meeting, due to the fact that the speak
ers Mcre furnished by the state board
of agriculture. and 1t was something
I'm the nature of an institute OF the
latter named body.
The meeting was called TO order by
President Levi w. Russell. and after
the usual routine business the matter
on appointing a delegate or delegates
To the convention of the Pathological
Society OF the United States at Phila-
delphia was referred to a committee To
be appointed by the chair.
President Russell then appointed n
nominating committee to prepare list
OF candidates to be elected at the an
nual meeting on Wednesday, January
Is. Messrs. Slas III. Manchester ii. II.
Teel and Thomas Hope.
President Russell said that the So
ciety had hoped TO hear from Mr..
Hutchins of Massach husetts, but at the
last moment news had been received
that he was too sick To come. and he
therefore called upon Mr.. W\llam w.
Williams of Bristol, a member of the
state board Of agriculture. who spoke
upon fruits. Mr.. Williams said that
fruits could be divided into two classes,
tropical fruits and fruits OF the tenn
perate zone, and the most general fruit
of the temperate zone is the apple.
Each kind of apple has it's pecuiarities.
a great deal depending not only upon
soil and cultivation, but also upon To-
cality. There has been so little effort
made to combat the enemies OF the ap-
pie that in New England at least the
apple is rapidly deteriorating.
Mr.. Williams said that as far as Bris-
tol county was concerned he believed
that the best apples for cultivation
were the June, Astrachan. Porter.
Baldwin and Rhode Island Greening.
In cultivation, however. as quality is
improved quantity is reduced and this
is a logical conclusion. The speaker said
that If he was raising apples for sale
he should raise three kinds, the Ben
Davis. the Black Ben Davis and the
old fashioned Roxbury Russet Mr..
Williams then spoke of cherries, plums,
blackberries and blueberries, and his
experience in raising them.
President Russell then spoke on the
fruit raising problem. giving some very
interesting information. and he was
followed by Hon. George n. Bliss of
East Providence, who referred to the
fact that today many persons raised
fruit fer the market that they would
not eat themselves. He incidentally re-
marked that If there was prblic mar
ket in Providence gardening and hor-
ticulture generally, in his opinion,
would be encouraged.
Refreshments were then served, and
after a pleasant half hour had been
passed the meeting was adjourned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
ELECTED LIEUTENANTS.
Ensigns Talbot and Bliss of Naval
Reserves Promoted.


Ensigns Laurie III. Talbot and Will
liam c. Bliss. respectively, Of the Third
and Fourth division, Rhode Island Ma
val Reserve Battalion. who are at pres
ent serving on the United States ship
Peoria in West Indian waters, were
promoted by election in their respec-
tive divisions last evening. 10 the rank
OF lieutenant, junior grade. Lieut.. r..
Lincoln Lippitt presided at the election
in Providence, and Lieut.. Charles T..
Lawton presided In East Providence.
The elections In the Providence divi-
sion resulted I'm Ensign Talbot being
unanimously elected lieutenant junior
grade, and Seaman Charles n. Lawton
was elected ensign. For ensign, Seaman
Robert w. Higgins and acting Ensign
T.. Merle Bixby, who has been in charge
of the division during the summer by
detail were nominated. The election re-
suited II TO 20 i'm favor OF Ensign Bixby,
who feeling that any result of such an
election would be unsatisfactory, de-
clined the election. Seaman Higgins did
the same and a nominating committee
consisting OF Ensign Lawton. Quarter
master Sykes and +. T.. Horton. was
appointed. The committee reported the
names OF Ensign BiXby, Seaman Hig-
gins, Quartermaster Jesse B. Sweet, Jr..
and Master-at-Arms Joseph w. Davis.
Davis declined and Sweet was unani-
mously elected, he previous candidates
having again refused.
In the East Providence division the
result was the election of $. Willard
Bridgham, acting lieutenant, junior
grade. as lieutenant; acting ensign Will
liam g. Bliss as lieutenant Junior grade.
and acting Ensign Richard lie Baron
Bowen as ensign.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
THE NEW ENGLAND GROCERY.

The four words which constitute the
heading of this article have probably
been heard more often and continuous
ly in greater number OF homes during
the past tWenty-one years than the
name Of any other establishment OF it's
kind in the city. Notwithstanding the
fact that from time to time quite a
number of employees have been sent out
To manage or assist In the management
OF branches in other cities. there has
always been a large force of what
might justly be termed regulars to
greet the trade. In the large force OF
so to 60 men now employed. there are
six OF the original number who were
on duty the first day the store was
opened by Arnold & Maine, viz, the
two members of the firm, j. RI. Jewett,
Geo. +. Kenyon, Il. w. Benson and
Peter Beirne
There are hundreds of families that
have been continuous patrons during
all these years. and IT is not at all un-
usual TO see three generations i'm their
salesrooms at once, all buying family
supplies. All have found IL a pleasant
ana satisfactory place To do business.
The quality OF goods has always been
kept at "A high standard. Prices have
been reasonable and service always the
these holidays To see such a display OF
tempting edibles as are spread out
through the salesrooms. 93 to 10l Wey-
bosset street. 1t Is interesting to see
every day the multitudes who visit the
place, representing as they do every
kind of business, and nearly every
street and lane i'm the city. outlying
districts. too, for miles around are well
represented.
The opening of the mail several times
n day is a feature of interest almost
unknown TO stores of earlier times.
Hundreds of orders about the city are
received upon the free order postals the
house furnishes to all who will use
them. and many come in sealed letters
from all parts of the country. The
telephone department is a very busy
place. Hundreds of orders are received
best. 1t is specially interesting during
each day over two wires. 1904 and 1913.
The Christmas supply of green fruit in
all varieties was perhaps never better.
Candy and all other Christmas dainties
are plentiful, and the 6rm reports that
trade is brisk. The store Will be opened
for this week Thursday evening till s
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
BUGBEE, THOMPSON & co.

ment at a Westminster street presents
a very attractive holiday appearance
indeed. The line OF handsome leather
goods including pocketbooks. phsto
cases, cigar and cigarette cases and
desk fittings is particularly varied and
what with the handsome china and
bronzes. brass and cut glass. knick-
nacks, both useful and. ornamental il
is not hard to find just what one de-
sires. Besides these there Is "a large Sc
lection of pearl and silver penholders
and the leading makes of fountain
pens, together with an especially COM
plete line of Christmas and New Year
calendars. both large and small. plain
and fanciful but all neat and tasty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
TIRED OF LIVING.
Arnold, Arrested For Theft, Tried 10 Hang Himself
in Cell In Police Sta,ol.

Herbert Arnold, about 80 years Of
age. attempted TO commit suicide i'm
cell in the Pawtucket police station
yesterday afternoon, by hanging him
self with his suspenders, but his at
tempt was frustrated by Janitor Ben
iamin Il. Sweet Arnold visited the
paint store Of Fred II. White earlier i'm
the day. and it is said that he was
seen To put three small cans OF varnish
In his pocket.
officer Hill was sent for and as the
varnish was found i'm his possession ne
was taken to the station. lie had been
i'm the cell but a snort time when the
ianitor heard "A gurgling sound. lie
looked into Arnold's cell and saw the
man. partially disrobed with a portion
Of his suspenders fastened around his
neck and another portion ON the floor
OF the cell The supposition Is that he
attempted to hang from the top Of the
door bat the suspeudrrs broke. On
being asked what he WAS trying Co de-.
he said he was tired of living
Everything was then removed from
the cell and measures were taken 90
prevent the man making any further
attempts upon his life Arnold has no
family.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
PA AND FREDDIE ABROAD.

AS a passenger train on the Hannibal
was pulling out yesterday afternoon
a tall countryma incumbered with
four bundles, scythe snath, an axe
handle, a bag of bananas and "a small
boy, came out of the depot and began
20 take his bearings. Up and down the
tracks his gaze wandered, up and down
the long lines of coaches drawn up un-
der the sheds. and at last, as the rear
coach was passing him, he caught
sight of the moving train.
Come on, Freddie; thar she goes"
he yelled, and began to transfer some
of his belongings from his right hand
to his left as he ran. Freddie made an
amazing record for one whose legs
were so short, and they were soon be-
side the steps on the rear end OF the
last coach. There was a man standing
on the platform.
Hay, stop 'er. stop er." cried Fred
dies pa; put Oh that ar wind brake.
mister: pull that ar rope up over your
head and make 'er stop!"
But the man only reached down and
caught Freddie, who was leaping and
swinging and dragging by turns In
his vain efforts TO make his short legs
stretch far enough TO get his feet on
the lower step. Pa held on TO him with
one hand and the man on the platform
finally succeeded I'm drawing him up.
Pa slung the banana bag after him; il
slid on across the platform and went
overheard on the other side. Pa made
a leap for the steps dropped a bundle
and stop,ad To pick il up. The reoov
cry of the bundle took but a second,
but the train was getting well under
way and was a rails length ahead when
ne began the chase again. one wild
squirt, with his coattails standing out
behind him. a reckless leap, and pa,
too was aboard, but a bundle contain
ing an undershirt had been lost in the
tussle.
An employe of the depot picked the
bundle up and a section man who hap
pened by appropriated the bananas
to his own refreshment. The crowd
that had breathlessly awaited the re-
suit of the race melted away and the
depot attendants who had been pre-
pairing TO pick pa up the shovels, went
about their duties.
Half an hour later a very angry man
came prancing down the depot plat
form. He was holding a small boy by
one hand and the ends Of an axe han
die and scythe snath protruded from
under his arm.
IL was pa. He approached depot
official and said:
why didn't you tell me that wasn't
the Wabash? I wanted the Wabash;
that's what / wanted"
The official tenderly handed pa his
new undershirt and replied in the soft
tones that soothe the ruflied soul
Il believe you forgot to ask me-"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
n. GREGORY,

IL. Gregory, at 1l6 Union street, is one
Of the booksellers, whose stock is con-
fined exclusively to books, fancy goods
ana knicknacks are not TO be found in
the store. Mr.. Gregory makes a spec
iality of fine art and the best books
from English and American houses
standard sets in the better editions etc.
as well as the medium priced sets. Mr..
Gregory also makes practice OF buy
ing private Libraries and his stock will
appeal to the book collector. Prominent
in his stock are an elegant set of the
rare Beaumont and Fletchers works
and an early copy of Blacks edition of
Waverly novels with the extra steel
plates, now very valuable. These and
the beautiful MoXon edition of
Charles Lamb, the favorite edition of
book collectors. help TO make up "A very
desirable stock from which to select.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
THE WARWICK SAFE.
Definite Information Recshsd Concerning The
Schooner No News Of The Yanscom.

a great deal of anxiety has finally
been relieved by the receipt of definite
news concerning the Providence
schooner Warwick, and letter was re-
ceived yesterday at the office OF Fred
j.. Perkins. which contained the inform
alton that the schooner had arrived in
New York on the 10th inst. and sailed
on the 18th for Wilmington, Del on
November 80 the Warwick sailed from
Perkins wharf, loaded with scrap iron,
for Wilmington.
No tidlngs have yet been received of
the three -masted Ho2ard ii. Hanscom.
and she has been given up for lost. and
IL is greatly feared that Capt. Mark
Holmes and his crew have perished.
There were eight men on board the ILL
fated craft. which was caught i'm the
deadly November blizzard, between
Fire Island and Shinnecock, while on
her way from Philadelphia to New
London. II is thought she was driven
before the gale until she foundered.
The home of Capt. Holmes was i'm New
Haven, Conn, where n wife and child
are still hoping to hear from him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
+. {. BALlDU.

Shell pink, rule green and white blend
richly with the dull olive OF evergreen
and holly and give "A charming effect
to the Christmas decoration Of the
store windows. SO with the boot and
shoe establishment of +. T.. Ballou at
1873 and 154 Weybosset street and ll4
Eddy street Mr.. Ballou has made am
pie preparations for an active holiday
trade. He has laid in a goodly supply
of just such styles and makes OF fine
slippers for gentlemen, ladies or chill
dren as shall attract the eye OF the
Christmas shopper.
One of the sDecialties is the Juliet
slipper for the ladies i'm kid or satin.
and also the same slippers warmly
lined and trimmed with various furs for
the carriage There is a great variety
Of boots and shoes for the gentlemen as
well as the ladies In Wei kid. calf.
patent or enamel and box calf in any
style or shape desired. and all OF a very
high class OF make. Caters and Leg
gins are shown in large assortment. II
is truly as fine a selection OF stock as
one could wish and shoppers will ex-
perience no difficulty in finding just
what they want at #. II. Ballou's.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22

THE SESSION
WAS STORMY.
Lively Time at Meeting Of the
PawtuCket Aldermen.
MAYOR AND BOARD AT ODDS.
Executive Insisted That He Had the Right
10 Veto a Resolution.
SOLICITOR RULED AGAINST HIM.
Mayor Held 10 His Position and as a Result Of The
Clash No Business Was Done Another
Meeting To-day.

There was very stormy same at
the meeting of the Pawtucket board OF
aldermen yesterday. After two hours
of wrangling the meeting was adjourn
ed without the transaction OF a single
item of business, and the members will
further argue again at a session this
afternoon.
The trouble started over resolution
of the board which Mayor Adams
claimed lay within his province TO ap-
prove or veto. This resolution calls for
the appointment of three commission
ers TO lay out a street to be known as
Henry street, and ii appears that reso-
lutions of this sort have never before
been presented to the mayor. Mayor
Adams held that they should, and this
particular resolution he vetoed, and
there was the rub. The city solicitor
said that he had no right to veto or
approve the resolution, but the mayor
consulted other legal authority, and on
the strength of that authority he acted
Three Of the aldermen favored the ex-
tension of thu street, and two were op-
posed. The chief claim of those who
favored the Improvement was that the
new street would accommodate the
many people who had occasion TO visit
st. Francis cemetery.
After telling Mayor Adams that his
veto was out Of order and of no avail
in the matter Alderman O'Brien pre-
sented an order TO Instruct the city
clerk to go ahead and issue the certifi-
tn ott,fo oin ht,t na
mayor ruled the same out of order. The
alderman appealed from the ruling,
whereupon the mayor declined TO put
the appeal and then came a scene at
tended by sharp remarks.
A section Of the statutes was read,
which stated that any presiding officer
who refuses TO put an appeal before "A
legislative body shall be liable to fine
of not less than 5000 nor more than
$1,000 but this did not bulge the mayor
in the slightest, and he claimed that
the action was force measure To over
ride his veto, and that nothing would
be done regarding it at the present
meeting.
Alderman O'Brien, as a result. OBJ
jected to any further business going on
until what he claimed To be pending
business was disposed Of and the
stormy proceedings came TO a close by
a motion to adjourn until this after
neon.
There is some talk of enforcing the
law against the mayor for his refusal
TO put the appeal, but ii is not believed
that this will be done. The mayor
states that he is confident that he is
right, and tha he will not recede from
the position he has taken. He bases his
rights in the matter on the clause in
the city charter which requires that
any matter involving an expenditure of
money shall be presented to the mayor
for his approval or veto.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-22
.less heIIeaas .gtlss o lba patellasea

at the bixby Silver company ~ .estab-
lishmsIitfat 157 Marhe~son street are,
some very dainty toilet sets I'm sterling
SILVER. These sets are OF the bead pat
tern, so popular at present, and other
taVorite designs, and are attracting
much attention. In jewelry the COM
pany Is showing a particularly COM
plete line or fine goods, such as
watches, chains, pins. rings, plain or
set with gems. and nothing but the
most reliable articles are 10 be found
at this store. Some very pretty gilt
photo-frames. n domestic product. are
making highly favorable impression
upon the buyers. The Bixby company
also makes speciality OF engraving.
and all work OF that character Is done
in the most artistic manner possible.
Cut glass ware is in abundant assort-
ment and supply and fine stationery,
wedding and reception cards and the
like is made prominently leading fea-
ture at this well known house.