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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12
COAL DECLARED
CONTRABAND

New York. July ia special cable
gram to the Journal from ST. Thomas
Danish West Indies. says that Gov.
I,odermann has notified United States
Consul Van Horne that the 5000 tons
of coal belonging to the United States.
now at st. Thomas. was contraband OF
war. and its removal by the United
states would be prevented by the Dam
ish yunboat now lying i'm the harbor.
Upon Consul Van Horne saying that
the United states would remove u by
force. the governor declared that II the
attempt was made the German. frencn
and Italian warships now I'm the har-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12
PRoGR A M M E

Mile heats, best three in five, to har-
ness. National rules to govern.
RACES CALLED AT p. NJ
Admission so cents. Grand stand 70
cents. Boxes seating two to six per-
sons. 81 to SO. No charge to quarter
stretch. Carriages admitted free.
NARRacANsETT PARK ASSOCIATION.
w. w. DEXTER, Secretary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12
WAITING FOR INVASION.

New York, July l2.-The British
steamer III. NJ. Pollock, Captain New
man, arrived today from Porto Rico.
The steamer visited ports around the
island and loaded sugar and other
cargo at Arroyo. Ponce. Naguabov
Mayaguez. Arecibo and Fajaro. touch
ing i'm the order named.
The passengers say the people are
awaiting anxiously for the arrival OF
the American army or invasion and
that II will not require mucn fighting
to- occupy the island.
The Spanish forces number about
1000. the volunteers 5000 and are con-
contrated about the capitol. San Juan.
when six miles off San Juan. the Pol
lock was held up by the u. $. cruiser
+ Yosemite. e.------
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12
RECRUITS FOR
FIRST BRIGADE

Chickamauga National Park. July IL.
AT an early hour today several hum
dred recruits for the First Brigade, First
Division. First Corps. marched to Ring
gold. Ga, where they boarded train
for Charleston. These recruits were
sent ON TO ioin their command by order
of Gen. Miles. The First Ohio cavalry
will get away tomorrow.
Al the headquarters OF the First
CORPS AZ Is stated that no further orders
for the removal OF troops have been re-
ceived. but it is thought at the camp
that definite orders for the departure
of the nine thousand men VIII pe re-
ceived very soon.
letter received In camp from SEN
ator Fairbanks says the -entire second
division of the first corps VIII De or
dered To Porto Rico.
tContinued on Page TwoD
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12

Halftone, Photo, Wood Engraving.
Best work: low prices Tho Ryder Co.
a Washington corner Eddy street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12

when In Need
or A nourishinc and inviecrating drink. VIZ
old stons Mill Nervine Co1ec.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12

Dor and near by would fire upon the
Americans. The matter has been laid
before the authorities at Washington.
The sympathy Of the general popu-
lace is strongly American, particu-
larly the city OF ST. Thomas.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12

The New National Racing Rules will Govern Events.
Mr. A. H. Merrill the Celebrated and Popular Starter VIII ve
the Word.
Thrown Opsn to the Pubc for the First Time - the
RE-MODELLED VASTLY ENLARGED nphMn cTkNn
WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL UnHVU y nNo
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12
LIGHTERS WILL
Be IMPRESSED

Philadelphia. July l2.-Commandant
Casey of the League Island navy yard,
is preparing for work on the auxiliary
cruiser ST. Louis, now at Portsmouth.
n. II. which Is expected here I'm few
days. Some alterations are To be made
and a number OF guns are to be put IN
position on her decks.
The government has given notice to
Hughes Bros & Bangs. the contractors
engaged I'm building the new break
water I'm the Delaware bay. that the
navy department will impress into the
United states service for use I'm Cuba
seven lighters and three tugs which
belong TO the firm. They are all new
and Just what are needed for landing
munitions OF war and troops.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

been generally discussed the opinion
prevailed that Steenerson's apparent
lack of intelligence and seeming alb
sence of moral conception of the crime
he had committed would count to some
extent with the jury and save the
young fellow from Indictment in the
1rst degree. The fact, however, that
STEVENSON fired two shots at the
woman, the first, according to his own
admission, to brighten her and the
second with the full intent of killing
her, had much weight with the jury,
which, under the advice of the county
attorney, decided that the deed pos
sessed the element of reconciliation
necessary for the Indictment on the
charge of murder in the first degree.
STEVENSON passes most Of his time
In the county jail in silence, sitting by
himself in his cell, except when walk
ing up and down the corridor for exer-
else. He chafes under confinement.
however, and, though giving no out
ward indication, is doubtless beginning
to, in some degree, realize the serious
ness of his predicamenr. He does not
like his Jail associates. Some Of those
in the Jail are old-timers or are in for
petty offenses, and with light spirits
these prisoners have been bantering
the young murderer and worrying him
with jokes which he does not under
stand. When taken out yesterday to
sit for a picture for the rogues' gal
lery, STEVENSON, who thought he WAS
going to the central station, said he
was glad to get away from the county
jail, and that he would much rather
be confined at the station.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
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: - JOAQUIN Miller BUILDER G HIS OWN FUNERAL nf - !.
O0h0o" '"Ai' Do1Di VI INV VII" ioitA"1

eteries of the city; see men Of all types.
strangers ITO the dead, employed to
care tenderly @ for the remains Of
the dear departed.
Cremation is economical, sanitary
and sensible. 1t costs more to die than
to live, sometimes, after the under
taker is paid.
FOR QUICK AND THE DEAD.
81 bought this little pile Of rocks
for home in life as we'll as in death.
People said it was an ugly spot-God
seemed to have no use for It; 1t was
left over so to speak. 1 have tried
to make it beautiful. My will provides
that 1t shall be my last resting place,
have erected this pile of stones for
up about the premises Some day
fire will be kindled upon 1t for me.
Sentiment! When q man is dead
he is dead-that's all there is to that.
Why this costly display, this sham
sentiment which characterizes so many
funerals? There is no help for a man
after he is dead, Rest assured, If he
Is worth saving, God will save him, no
matter what becomes Of his body. A
selfish man cannot be saved. God has
no place for him; there is no way Of
saving him.
People have said 1 am eccentric,
that I am mistaken. It may be. But
I have always wanted to teach this
lesson to California: Our land is q
bounteous one, one Of beauty and we
should strive to make 1t even more
divinely beautiful. These rugged places
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
INDIAN SUPPLY DEPOT.
Advantages of ST. Paul Clearly
Enumerated by Mr.. FeIdhauser.

Advantages of ST. Paul Clearly
Enumerated by Mr.. FeIdhauser.
Edward Fe1dhauser, chairman Of the
subcommittee of the city development
committee Of the Commercial club, ap-
pointed to investigate and report in
the proposition Of st. Paul attempting
to secure the designation of a supply
depot under the federal Indian bureau,
at meeting Of the development COM
mittee yesterday presented a report.
The Indian bill of last year authoriz-
ed the establishment of branch depot
at Omaha, but did not appropriate any
money to carry out it's provisions. Not
withstanding the fact that Omaha has
offered to donate a building free of
expense to the government, the In
dian bureau has not found 1t expedi-
ent to establish branch depot in that
city, as it is not favorably situated for
supplying the greater part of the In
dian tribes Of the Northwest with goods
furnished by the government.
Mr.. Feldhauser reports: That the
transportation facilities are not such as
to warrant the location Of the depot
at Omaha-it having been shown that
in order to reach the vast reservations
In Montana and North Dakota it would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

should become gardens, and these
huge powders should be wrought into
monuments. Thus the ground will be
cleared and these wild haunts will
seem more friendly. My hills are too
steep to grow mortgages, but here I
can have the sunshine. the peoples and
the oaks and grand old rocks. Be
sides, this work gives employment to
idle men,
At the side Of the pyre are these
words. engraved upon huge bowlder
weighing many tons: ITO the I'm
known" The poet says this has been
done in memory of all men and wom-
en-, himself included, who have done
their humble best in life and failed.
In explanation he quoted these lines
from his own pen:
All honor to him who wins the prize,
The world has cried for hundred years;
But to him who tries, and fails and dies,
1 give great glory and honor and tears.
a large monument upon an adjoining
hill has been erected in honor Of the
poet Browning, while still another has
been reared to the memory Of Fremont
the pioneer, who, half a century ago,
stood in the same spot and named the
Golden Gate. This has been known
many years as Fremont Rock
Joaquin Miller's masonary Of the
most enduring sort, and will last for
ages. Nothing but the hardest flint
rock has been used in the construction
nf the work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

Why is it that nearly all
aged persons are thin?
And yet, when you think
Of it, what could you expect?
Three score years of wear
and tear are enough to make
the digestion weak. Yet the
body must be fed.
In SCOTS Emulsion, thc
work is all done; that is,
the oil in it is digested, all
ready to be taken into the
blood. The body rests,
while the oil feeds and nour-
ishes. and the hypophos-
phites makes the nerves
steady and strong.
soc. and $500, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists. New Yorh.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. Ia
blanket a few sticks of wood, and a
match-that's all it will cost me to
die"
These words were spoken the other
day by Joaquin Miller, the Bard of
the Sierras," seated in his lonely little
cabin home in the mountains back of
Oakland. Cal The poet has just fin,
ished building his funeral pyre made
from the powders into a pile of ma
sOnry, which his own hardy hands
have helped to fashion. The pile is
nine feet high, having a surface on top
of 100 square feet. Upon these stones,
picked up in his doOryard, all that is
mortal of Joaquin Miller will some day
be reduced TO dust, and his ashes will
be scattered by the winds about the
hills he row knows and loves so we'll.
Years ago Mr.. Miller bought this lit
tie patch of rocks" in the hills Of the
Coast range-100 acres in all. No SPOT
on earth is now SO dear to him as this
and thousands of dollars have been
spent to enhance its beauty. a large
force of men is kept constantly at work
piling up the stones and powders into
monuments of various kinds which are
being erected to the memory Of noted
men, writer's and pioneers of the poets
acquaintance.
The pyre is built upon a hill over
looking the sea and all the cities and
lOwlands along the San Francisco bay
Golden California peoples" grow
there in profusion, and toward the east
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

up to the bars Of the Stewart river,
and there was able to make about so
day. His food supply running out,
he started down the river to get some
at the company's stores at Forty Mile.
When he came to the Klondike he
heard about the discovery that had
just been made. He went with the
him, and succeeded in. getting one of
the best claims on Ell Dorado. He be-
gan working 1t at once, and the next
spring he went back to Seattle with
100000 in cash.
Now it seems that his family had
been little short of funds in his alb
Sence and Mrs. Stanley was obliged to
take in washing. Two or three days
after Pops arrival some of Mrs. Stan
ley's patrons went to the house to find
out what had become of their clothes
They found Pop" sitting in the
kitchen, his feet up on q chair, drink
ing champagne and smoking good CT
gars, which he deserved, as does. every
man whoever went to the Klondike.
Il don't know where your clothes are
We aren't in the washing business
now he said. There are some clothes
outside in tub where she set 'em
when l came home. Ask her about
'em."
When the patrons went into the front
room they found Mrs. Stanley sur
rounded by dressmakers and expensive
cloths. 1t was with some difficulty that
she could recall any incidents
bands arrival, but finally she
told her patrons that they could
get the clothes if they picked them up
anywhere about the house. And the
patrons had to wiring them out of the
tub themselves. AS soon as they had
their new gowns Mrs. Stanley and her
daughters rode around town in car
riages to their hearts content.
The father of the luck of all these
men was "Siawash George" Cormack,
who receives the credit of being the
dlscoVerer of gold on the Klondike, but
the discovery was really made by his
squaw's brother, Indian Charlie Cor
mack had lived so long among the In
dams that he was more of an Indian
than white man himself, and he was
the father of four or five half breed
children. In the summer he fished with
the Indians for the winters supply, in
the autumn he went hunting with
them, and in the winter his principal
occupation, like that of the Indians,
was keeping warm. While he was fish
ing in the Klondike his brother-in-law
6ad gone up Bonanza creek, which
flows into the Klondike to track a
moose. His brother-in-law didn't get
the moose, but in STOPPING to pick up
his muck-luck on the way back he saw
something glistening by the side of the
creek, which, on investigation, proved
to be gold
Peculiarly enough, on the day that I
visited Siawash Georges claim some Of
the newcomers in the country were
panning out dirt on the very spot on
which the original gold was found. The
point was really on a bench claim
which had been staked long ago. but
the newcomers did not know this, and
as they did not happen to find any
colors they went away disguised.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

the white, rugged Sierras fringe the
hOrizOn-just as they do in the Songs
of the Sierras." No heart in California
has throbbed more in unison with these
than Joaquin Miller's, and it is fitting
that his last resting place should be
thus environed. His ashes will blend
with the soil of his mountain home
In the top Of the pyre is a n-shap-
ed depression where it is intended that
the body shall be placed for incinera-
ton. A draft through the structure
will cause the ashes to be borne away
by the wind.
POET WITH OLD FRIENDS.
Mr.. Miller has just returned from the
KlOndike, after a year spent with pick
and shovel-his old companions. AL
though much interested in the con-
struction of his funeral pyre, he has
no idea of using it soon. The writer
found him near the cabin the other
day, surrounded by his frends-the old
oaks and birds and powders He
speaks their language and never tires
of them.
How do you feel Mr. Miller?" ha
was asked.
Just like lion that has dined on
fat OXr' he replied. He is the picture
of health, and has no more idea of
busy man, but never too busy to be
courteous, Mr.. Miller receives his many
callers with the hospitality of an old
mountaineer that he is.
My funeral pyre? Why not? Just
walk up the hill there and you can see
for yourself. A blanket, a few sticks OF
wood, and a match-that's all it will
cost me to die. What a Godsend If all
men and women could die at such a
trifiing expense. 1t costs money to die,
Just as it does to live.
Il have long believed that millions
Of my fellow men should be emanci-
pated from the corpOrations-the grave
diggers. In 1871 I advocated cremation
in a boOk-my life among the Modocs,
published at that tine. People scout
ed the idea then. Not far from my
house up here on the hill I have a
graveyard where poor people may
bury their dead, upon this condition:
There must be no display of any kind
no carriages, no imposing hearse. It
would be bad enough for live man
to ride in one let alone dead person.
No graves up here are to be cared for
by hired man Why, 1 would as
soon hire a man to weep over my
grave as to pay him to water flowers
planted there. Walk through the GEM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

be necessary to cover certain distances
twice In shipping from Omaha.
We find that st. Pauls claims, as be-
ing the most advantageously located
city for distributing point, have been
presented, and that considerable work
has been done in preliminary way
towards having this city designated as
the place of establishment of branch
Indian supply depot.
But 1t will require united and persist
ent effort on the part of our business
men and jObbers to show the depart
ment and to impress upon congress that
which we so we'll know ourselves, viz,
that, as O railroad center and proper
distributing point, st. Paul is the log
ical place for selection. 1t must also
be satisfactorily shown that our ia
cilities are fully equal, in many re-
spects superior, to many other cities to
furnish the kind OF goods and commod-
tiles which the government purchase
for the Indians.
A common grade Of shoes, blankets
and clothing, farm implements and sup
plies for the various Indian agencies,
we believe, can be produced here as
low as at any other point in the coun1
try.
While it is true that the furnishing
of these supplies is open to competi7
tors bids, we nevertheless feel that, to
a certain degree, the Eastern cities
have secured more than their share. We
are Of the opinion that they thus Sc
cure an advantage by acting together
and making business arrangements
whereby several firms handling differ
ent kinds of goods cooperate in max
ing figures to the Indian department.
This can be done in the West as we'll
as in the East.
On the question of location for pro-
posed warehouse, we are advised that
it Is the policy of the government not
to accept any free donations, such as
was embodied in the Omaha PROPOSE
ton, in Offering site and building free
of cost to the government. Congress
makes annual appropriations for the
maintenance and support of each de-
partment, and there Is no authority for
any official to accept any free donation
of any sort
In this instance, however, the govern
ment can locate it's branch or principal
Indian supply depot in this city In one
of its own buildings.
The present federal building at the
corner of Fifth street and Wabasha
street can be utilized for the purpose
and would be an admirable point for
the establishment of a branch ware
house, where supplies could be stored,
where samples of the various kinds Of
goods called for could be exhibited and
examined for purchase.
We therefore recommend that there
be a permanent committee from the
club appointed to work on the lines
suggested in this report and to visit
Washington, if it is considered neces-
sary to push the claims Of st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
CHURCHES AND THEIR WORK.

The Associated Charities will hold a pub
lie meeting at Peoples church Sunday even
meeting annually and on this occasion the
special subject to be impressed upon the
audience is the beauty of true charity, and
the evils of indiscriminate giving. Addresses
will be made by Rev. S. G. Smith Rev J.
F. Dolphin. pastor OF St. Patrick's Catholic
church. and Rev. L, A. Johnston, pastor of
the First Lutheran church.
A Union Gospel Temperance meeting will
be held at the Olivet NJ. E. church on Juno
street this evening. TIE congregation of the
Emanuel Baptist and Olivet NJ. E. churches
will join.
At the Plymouth Congregational church
this morning the quartette assisted by
chorus will sing Jehovah Regns" and the
duet. The Lord is My Shepherd" will be
the evening the quartette will sing "one
Sweetly Solemn Thought" by Ambrose.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
Beware Of Oiatmsnts for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex
cept on prescriptions from reputable phvsi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured bv
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting n.
rectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternaily, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. ].
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
STEVENSON is INDICTED
GRAND JURY CHARGES HIM WITH
THE MURDER OF RUTH PARISH
His Situation Even Yet, but Is
SIN StoIid as Ever.

An indictment, charging murder in
the first degree, was yesterday return
ed by the grand jury against John
STEVENSON, the young Norwegian who
shot Ruth Parish in the house at 1877
East Ninth street last Tuesday night
STEVENSON has not yet been made
aware that he will have to stand trial
for his life, but it is doubtful if even
this grave information would outward
ly affect his stolid nature
In circles where the shooting has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
District Court Notes.

The grand jury will meet at 2 O'Clock to-
morrow, and is expected to make its report
to the court and then adjourn.
Judge Brill yesterday denied the appIica-
ton of the defendant to file an amended an
swer in the case of the northumberland
can bank against the Fifth Ward Building
association.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
LATE SOCIAL. NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Lockwood will celebrate
the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage
Monday evening.
The Dayton's Bluff Mothers club will hold
q meeting at the Van Buren, school Monday
afternoon. A paper on Food, Character and
Preparation" will be read.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
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Number of state banks. 15l; national banks,
70; total, 224
The above shows an increase since
Oct. 5, 1897, in totals Of $2,415,3 $50. The
principal items of increase in resources
are in loans $5,207, 057; bonds, 1867, las.
The decrease appears largely in due
from banks $2,293,075; cash and clear
ings, 1,743,617
The changes in liabilities are an in
crease in deposits STATS 993, and a de-
crease in capital S74,4OO; surplus, etc,
$685., $50. and due to other banks, 81 $40, =
042; circulation Of national banks, in
crease so, 422. The increase on depos-
its and corresponding increase in loans
show healthy growth. The reserve Is
within a fraction of 40 per cent, as
against a required reserve of 20 per
cent, leaving for use above reserve
$12,OO0,OO0, which Is an ample margin
for any probable demand that may
arise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23
DEPOSITS ARE INCREASING.
Nearly 100000 Gained by Min
nesOta Banks in Year.

M. D. Kenyon, state superintendent
of banks, makes the following abstract
from the reports Of the banks Of Min
nesota, showing their financial condi-
ton at the close Of business Sept. 20:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

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