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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-12
O. CRAM & co
(ap 12-3t)

THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE GUARD OF THE CON- -
WEALTH C Company ASSOCIATION
will be held at the Regimental Armor.
TUESDAY NIGHT. April 18th. az
o'clock. All members az the associatlol
and those wishing TO become members
are urgently requested TO be present.
j. V. BidgoOd, IL. J. GkAi'
ap 12-lt President. secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-12
HABANA CIGARS.

Just receiving. direct from Habana
and perhaps the last for some time
10 Gomez, a lot OF
VERY FINE HABANA CIGARS.
which We shall be pleased 70 show 70 our
friends.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-12
COIored Dress Goods.

In consideration Of our enOr-
nous Easter Dress Goods sale We
have decided on the reduction Of
some of the remaining values, as
follows:
SCOTCH EFFECTS AND CHECKS
Nice and natty designs good 'Ol5r-
ings. SO and &c inches wide, from 80
10 81 lie. per yard.
MIXED CHENIOTS. good. stylish
shadings. Il and 46 inches wide from
sI25 TO 81 per yard.
TAN ENGLISH MELTON q inches
wide. from - TO 05c. per yard.
TAN BRILLIANTINE. fine and lus-
trous. - inches wide, from - q 90.
per yard.
SILK AND WOOL PLAIDS. % inches
wide from 75c. 20 soc. per yard.
GOLF PLAIDS. bright pattern silk and
wool ~ inches wide, from 80 % 90.
per yard.
SILK STRIPED CHALLIES. light
grounds. stylish hgurings. 81 inches
wide from 80 TO soc. per yard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
ICE HARVESTING.
Cutting Will Begin Today in Some Places,
Larger d. alers Will Wait.

Ice cutting will bc commenced today in
earnest, and nearly all of the dealers
about the city Will Eegin to cut their
annual crops. The Joe on the different
ponds varies from To II inches in thick
ness ana Is of excellent quality. At some
cf the ponds men have already been put
OH to scrape OIL the snow.
The Norwood lee company has inches
of good ice Ut its pond I'm Lakewood and
will begin operations there today.
The Auburn Ice company will com,
mence cutting on It's pond near the
Cranston Print Works today and there is
q inches of pure ice az that place. The
Crystal Ice cmpany has begun cutting at
Iairkln, where the ice is nearly IL inches
thick and Will begin on their Posneeansett
Pond today where there is IL incnes of
ice
.bThe larger dealers requirs'l2 inches CT
ice at least before they can cut, for so
much is cost i'm freight transportation
that less thickness is unproEtabie. Earl
Carpenter ~ sons would have begun
work at MsshapauR II the cold
weather had lasted little longer. Ice
has already heen cut IN several towns
about the state, averaging about inches.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
BELONGED HERE.
Porter, Killed in Boston, Believed
TO B. Providence Man.
A Bar Tender Ntw Under Arrest For
Fracturing HIS Skull.

The Charles Porter who died few
days ago from injuries received in "a Bos-
tor parrooD, is thought to bo Provi-
dence man. William Porter of this city.
who is carriage builder on Summer
stree. thinks tie dead man is his son.
Patrick T. HALEY was arraiRned in the
municipal criminal court yesterday Oh n
charge CT manslaugnter. HALEY Is the
bartender i'm the saloon where Port r was
injured ana IL is alleged that he st"ucK
Porter on the head with billiard cue,
that the blow fractured the skull and
cat sed death.
HALEY Claims TINT he pushed Porter
over and that the fracture OF the skull
was caused by his head striking spit-
toon when be fell.
Charles Porter spent Thanksgiving
here with his father, but afterwards dis
appeared, and it is not known what be-
came OF him. lie has been a rover for
some years and mas led dissolute life.
following the trotting circuit as an at
tache of some stable
William Porter called on Detective Par
ker yesterday and told him that he
thought taat 10 was his son who was
killed in Boston. Detective Parker sent
complete descrutlon of William Por-
ter's son To the Boston officers and ex-
poets TO find out today whether the man
killed there is the man or not.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
A FAREWELL.
Mr. AMI Mrs. j. Harvey Randall
Will Go 10 Burma.
Meeting Ee!i In Manning Hall 10 Bid
Them Col Speed.

Last evening there was meeting OF
Cnristian Workers in Manning hall,
Brown University, to hid farewell To j.
Harvey Ran dali and AIRS. Randall who.
on Saturday next will leave for Burma.
where Mr. Randall will become a teacher
IN Rangoon College.
H. ;. McCready, the chairman Of the
meeting introduced Miss Ella McLaurin
Of the American Baptist Missionary
Union, who said among other things:
There has come halt in missionary
work during the past four years on &C.
count OF increased financial depression.
Now, however. the young people are COM
ing TO the rescue. Ton years ago our col
le9es contri butei $40. 0G0 TO missions
This past year they gave 500, 600. Besides
tine Offering of money there mas been the
offering OF prayers. There was never n
time IN the history of the young peoples
unions when there WAS as much prayer
for missions as there is today.
She also showed photographs of mis-
siunaries, whom the Baptist Missionary
Union Eas recently appointed. These
missionaries included Rev. iieorge A.
Huntley. NJ. d., who is en- route 20 Han
Yang China; Rev. A. +. Groesbeck, who
is TO 20 to Un-kung, China. Rev. Robert
Harper who is on route To shan III Mission,
Burma. and Rev. q. Il. Leods, Nj. d..
who Is to go to Ibibaw. Burma.
Mr. Randall, during the course of his
address sand: Tonight as I,stand before
you. fellow students, / have mingled feel
ingS OF pleasure ana sadness. 1t is sad
To leave those with whom ! have worked
ana prayed. IL Is "a pleasure 10 20 10 per-
form the Masters work.
we sometimes talk about power. The
great power OF the world Is prayer We
must uepend upon God, and when we 90
20 Him in prayer. believing that He Will
evanRClize tho world, H5 will eyangolizs
it, II we do our part ~
flo also stated that be bad originally
hoped 90 go TO Africa rs a missionary Cf
the Baptist Missionary Union, but that
when this bouy had 20 cut down It's
work, la was appointed % foreign service
by tEo Brown University Young Mems
Chr.sttan Association. and later 60 Ran
R0on College by The Union. In closing
Mr.. Randall stated rs the great object of
his mission, not the teaching OF the
young men of tho college. but their sal
vation. and his wish was for tho prayers
of those whom he lett behind.
DIR. W. h. Mitter of the baptist Mis-
sionary Union spoke OF the work which
wns being GOne I'm foreign missions, and
of tho work which remained To- be done.
He gave CXamp pies ~ tho good which was
being accomplished Bnd mgcd the stale
ment that those VINO were In Christian
work in America were ~ one with those
In tie work abroad. Ills closing remarks
were wishes of dudspsvd 10 Mr.. ana Mrs
Randall. rruf &. 4. Kent. oi he Brown
faculty Yves the last - leaktr aud his eN.
pressiOns were hlled with Ike wishes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

100 per cent was the highest per-
cen age attainsbIe in points on Whis-
kies exhibited at the Worlds Column
bisu Exposition.
Chester n. Graves q Sons OF Boston
indirectly exhibited Guekenheiner
Pure Rye Whiskey, distilled May, 1880.
This brand was awarded first prize
over all competitors.
few dozen bottles Of this Whiskey
are sti ov,nei by the Msssrs. Graves
Sons, and the attention OF News
readers is called TO the fact that once
sold no more can be obtained.
"The responsibility and reliability
Of the representations made by C n.
Graves g sors, whose address is Box
$3.50, Boston, is Unqucstiorcd. "
you want fine Whiskey, write them"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

RACING AT
THE PARK.
Many Flyers Speeded
Over Icy Course.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT.
Lively Brushes Between Fast Going
Local Horses.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT.
SOME HORSEMEN WHO WERE OUT

The first days racing at Lake Deming,
Roger Williams Park, was great success.
A large number OF sleighs were on the
cleared surface and although il was new
feature for the park and not very gener-
ally known "a good-sized crowd OF specta-
tors were present. The snow that fell
Tuesday during the night, came just in
time to enable the horsemen To get to the
scene OF action without the interven-
ton of carriges A spacs stretching
down the lake for some half mile ana 60
feet wide had been cleared OF the snow
and left a fino surface Tor the borses. II
was new thing for the sharpened horses
20 be stepping on the smooth ice but they
sooE became accustomed TO IL and no ac-
cidents occurred. The ice will be In bet
ter condition than ever TODAY, and large
crowd Is expected TO be on hand during
the afternoon Co see tho fun.
From 3 TIL o clock, the speedway pre-
senteu a lively scene. Tne fast ones would
start aJ the north end near the bridge
and go huuuming -over the surface tow
ard the other end of the lake. There were
some vory lively and close brushes that
every BODY enjoyed hugely. Col. Golf was
out with Valley Chier and his man drove
Gen. ijrayton.
The latter, by the way, Is one of the
handsomest horses seen out this ysar. lie
Is young and has had practically no
training, but he has repeatedly shown the
stuff that. is In him and oinbining as he
does W ith his speed a natural grace anu
style, 10 Is easy to see how he IL "a fav-
orite with the crowd. And IL streak of
white comes dying along at the head of q
bunch one may be sure that IL is Col.
GofT and his Valley Chief pulling away
from the rest, wno would like To be ahead.
GeoI ge Sabre was out with his u. L.
= and he showed up well. Goldgetter
and mate were driven by y. Young and
were "a handsoms and fast pair Henry
Fuller also had out pretty pair. Happy
Doctor showed his ability To come out
iirst more than once driven by James
Hagan.
George YouIden drove Georgie Il. and
William Wright was out with Andy AL
len.
Harry Curtis was much in the lead
with MarRie S. Myron. Fuller's New
River showed up well. Some OF the
others of note were w. +. Huxton, driv-
ing Jack; Steve Briggs. with Charlie A.;
Robert Watson, Dr. Gardiner and Lou
Crnndall
The skating was rot interfered with
and there was plenty of room for every
body There was large party of skaters
on the lake in front OF the boat house
and the skating continued till late In tho
evening, while the horsemen dispersed at
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
TALKED ON
TRAIN SHEDS.
The Special Committee
Met Yesterday.
MAYOR BAKER CHAIRMAN
Was Directed TO Send Notification
10 Consolidated.
MAYOR BAKER CHAIRMAN
ROADS CONTRACT DISCUSSED.

The now special joint committee on
train shods met at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon In the Mayors Office for con-
sideration OF the questions before 1t. All
the members were present also City
Solicitor Colwell and City Engineer
Clapp. Mayor Baker was chosen chair
man in the place of Mr.. Sturg s, who
has beon acting as temporary chairman In
the absence of Mayor McGuinness A
resolution was passed rogretting his alb
sence and stating that II would probably
te some time before he would be able 10
attend the meetings.
A resolution was also passed requesting
Mayor Baker To notify the Consolidatod
Railroad that the committee had organ
lied, and was ready TO receive any prop
ositiou the company might wish to make.
The powers of the committee have been
enlarged by the CITY Council and unless
something definite Is decided upon dur
ing the next 10 days. tho city solicitor
Will bring the matter up in the courts.
The committee Is anxious To know III
the company has violated its contract
with the city. II IL has then the commit
tee Will feel like forcing matters and VIII
do So The City Council has shown
itself TO be unanimously in favor or the
city plans over those proposed by the rails
road. The Consolidated road has taken
very little action since the issuing OF the
tenn porary restraining order Nv the
Supreme Court which forbids the road
from occupying the rev station. The
COMMITTEES now intends to stir the mattsr
up thoroughly ana have the thing settled.
If the railroad will agree to build train
shed satisfactory to the city, and Will
make this agreement in writing, the
station can he occupied at once
hnr yya Al
DAY reqGrdln the real estate transactions
between the city ana the railroad.
Some mem bers Of the committee be-
leve that the DELAY in vacating the city
land occdpied by the old road beds and
passenger station Is due 10 the non-fuliil-
ment of their contract In regard TO the
new station, and il this proves TO be the
case. that the railroad should be made to
pay for the use Of the property
No action was taken yesterday but the
matter will probably be brought up
again.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
THE CENTURY PRINTS
THE BEST WOOD-ENCRAVINCS.

TEE most exquisite wood engravings being
made are those of Timothy Cole now APP
pearing IN THE CENTURY. Having engraved
the Old Italian and the Old Dutch Masters, he
is now engraving the "Od English Masters
AmiG all the cheap and ephemeral half-tone
work Of the day Mr.. Coles work has lasting
importance, and il is doubtful whether anything
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

OF an artistic nature in the magazines has go
good a chance for survival in the years to
come. The present series includes examples of
the following English Masters Hogarth Rey-
nolds, Gainsborough, Romney, Wilson and
Others. II must be remembered that Mr..
Coles work can be fonnd only Ia TIE CEN-
TURY MAGAZINE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
Masters in ChancsrY.

The appell1te court today appointed
Nil'iam l.. hodgunu, samuel a. Doug.
las, Gr, fge Farrell ana Isaac ~. south
wicx junior standing masters in chano-
err.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

SINCE Robert Louis Stevenson's description
- of his experiences in the steerage there has
been nothing so vivid as the paper by ii. 7.
Whltmarsh in the February CENTURY. Mr..
Whtmarsh is the author of articles on Pearl
Diving, and is familiar to the readers OF this
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
CONSTANTINE POBEDONOSTZEFF
The most influential persOnage in the Russian Empire.

with the subject of his paper he tells also
of the well-known miracle-worker, Father
Ivan. Striking portraits Of these two Russians
are given.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

A n article of interest and importance by
"a Ambassador Andrew ID. White on the
great Russian Conservative statesman. Min
lister White writes from personal contact
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
Amusements This Evening.


We sing "Ny Country, tbs OF Ihee'
But oft he seems the proudest
Who has done naught 70 keep II free'
But simply sings the loudest.
Washington Star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

various types among the men and women.
The artist has written as well as pictured
his impressions OF this strange "land Of
dynamite
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

magazine by his sea stories, "What Stopped
the Ship ard "The Mutiny on the Jimmy
Aiken" His descriptions of the steerage are
done to the life, and are full of amusing anec-
dote as we'll as of serious reflections on the inn
migration problem set forth with a light touch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL L=MENERS

THEIR racial origin and characteristics will
be described in an early number by Henry
Edward Rood and the artist Jay Hambidge,
with number OF striking illustrations of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
The Entire Travelling Public

will be interested in the article on +" level
Railway Crossings" " to be discussed by Mr.. +.
b. Locke, an expert on the subject. The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

method OF carrying tracks over and under sur
fully illustrated.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
URY Is THE GREAT FAMILY MAGAZINE OF THE WORLD
The Present Volume,
THE KLONDIKE
PrOfuseIy Illustrated.

1.-THE RIVER KLONDKE."
"THE THE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN PASSES"
THE CENTURY has obtained striking
and hdsips
god-hed which will published
John Sidney Webb with both
the Yukon River and the terrible
ea and abound information relating the aog claims
methods
present the comee picture given life the Kondke
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

MRS. Cornelius Stevenson, of
lVl Philadelphia, is now giving
in THE CENTURY the only popu-
lar and authentic account yet print
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
BRET HARTE'S NEW STORIES
AND POEMS.

RRET HARTE of the greatest of the living of fiction
ID
The PASSING OF ENRlQUEZ," handsomely
Two poems by the author
PORTRAIT a PERSON"
and HER LAST LETTER. etingt the celebrated
series, Her Letter. and His Answer 20 Letter"
spNmwth by theilu 2levs
Doc Sher," will
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
Important Essays by Prominent Writ

important Essays by Prominent Writers
Among Valuable and Timely Essays appear
Equality distinguished
of The American Commonwealth being of his important deverance;
which Equality
realized politically socially and economically
FRANCIS of
ey with Henry Georges theories phanhopst
declares this be the best study the subject he has
PROF. RICHARD T. Ely "Fnenalsm
ment timely and suggestive paper.
KEENAN,. author the
original and striking The Origin Music"
PRES DANIEL GILMAN Tocquev great Dem
ocracy in America"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
"A Myth of Waterloo"

ARCHIBALD FORBES, the noted English
~ war correspondent, has written a paper
entitled "a Myth of Waterloo" for the January
CENTURY. The myth is the widely circi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06

ed in English of the reign of Max
imilian in Mexico--one of the
most remarkable episodes OF mod
ern history.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-06
ASCENT OF THE ENCHANTED MESA.

THE CENTURY has secured from the sue
L oessful explorer OF the celebrated precipit-
Gus Enchanted Mesa" in New Mexico (Mr.
l.. w. Hodges, of the Bureau OF Ethnology), a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-30
DOCTORS COULD NOT AGREE.

Mr.. Thomas f. Webb, Wolverton,
Canada says: "Mine was a case as to
the nature of which the doctors could
not agree, and it is perhaps under the
circumstances not to be wondered at
that they failed to cure me. My i'll
ness began some years ago. The first
doctor whom | consulted said my
trouble was due to catarrh. | took
his treatment. but was getting worse.
Then | went to another doctor, and
he told me that my liver was out of
order. Then | consulted another doc
tor who told me my stomach was all
wrong and that | was in bad shape
which latter already realized. | took
his treatment. but it did me no good.
and then, as if my cup of misery was
not already full, | was attacked with
acute rheumatism. How much [ suf-
fered tongue cannot tell. | consulted
still another doctor who told my
friends that 1 would not survive a
year. | then began using DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills but the doctor oppos-
ed it and l stopped. Some time after
the doctor told me he could do moth
ing for me, and then on the advice of
a friend began taking Pink Pills. At
ter few weeks I could see that they
were helping me, and continued
I r., II n
a days work, and my misery has pass
ed away. If I ever require medicine
again, it will be Dr. Williams Pink
| Pills I will resort to-
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People contain in condensed form
all the elements necessary to give new
| life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They are an
unfailing specific for such diseases as
! Nitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheu-
matism. nervous headache, palpita-
ton of the heart, and the tired feel
| ing resulting from nervous prostra-
ton: all diseases depending upon vi
| tiated humors in the blood, such as
scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. They
are also a specific for troubles pecul-
lar to females. such as suppressions,
irregularities and all forms of weak
ness. In the case of men they effect
a radical cure in all cases arising
from mental worry, over-wori or eN-
cesses of whatever nature
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-30
CORSON CLARKE RETURNS
THE COMEDIAN IS READY FOR
BATTLE.


Harry Corson Clarke slipped into the
city last evening, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle of the 10Th inst.
Il am ready for any old thing" he
said last evening, from lawsuits 10
personal settlements. Nothing has
happened to Jones, and l have set
of books. a bunch of agreements and
a host of witnesses that will make Il
brick wall for the small army of dis
gruntled.
"The fact is" said Clark, 81 was
unfortunate to surround myself with
some highbinders, and had to take
the consequences.
"As for Miss Warner, she discharg-
ed herself. She flew from Oakland in
high dudgeon because she wanted
money and would not wait until Loos
returned from a business errand down
town. He had the money. | provided
an understudy for her, because she
physically incapacitated herself, aud
| could not take the risk that | saw
imminent. So when she walked off, |
put Miss Hugg in, and certainly |
would not take her back when she tet-
egraphed to San Jose. As for Neva-
da Hefferen and her fainting spells,
they are her stock in trade. | have
since heard that the treat of a now
resuscitation by one manager cured
her forever in that company. On the
third rehearsal my stage manager dis
charged her. She didn't fit the pict-
ure, he said. Her style belonged to
another sphere. | gave her two weeks
notice. and her stock faint came when
| offered to give her the two weeks
salary and let her go Immediately.
When | was in Canada / took the
time to have a typewriter statement
of something that | will use only if
forced to make defense in court.
According to these people Belasco
when he pulled Mrs. Carter around by
the hair. was only mild zephyr com
pared with me and my cyclonic moods.
Well. if that were so, it is strange that
six of my people have signed for
next season, which will begin Septem-
Der 5th, and possibly a month earlier.
From all this atmosphere of constant
fury on my part, my wife returns
from this honeymoon trip happy AMI
rosy I am here to stay. I call San
Francisco my home, and I'll not he
hard to find so Hefferen and Warner
need not DELAY a settlement"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-30
l.. AHLO,
DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, Etc.

General Rice Agent for the follow
Ing plantations on Oahu: Waipio,
Manana, Waimalu, Kaneohe, Waialua,
Kapalama. Kaneohe Rice Mill best
rice for sale. Mark L. A.
No. 46s Nuuanu St., Cor. Chaplain st.
P. o. Box ia. Tel. 1919.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-30

"a word to the wise is sufficient
and word from the wise would be
sufficient, but you ask, who are the
wise? Those who know. The oft re-
peated experience of trustworthy
persons may be taken for knowledge.
Mr.. w. NJ. Terry says Chamberlain
Cough Remedy gives better satisfac-
ton than any other in the market. He
has been in the drug business at Elk
ton, KY, for twelve years; has sold
hundreds of bottles of this remedy,
and nearly all other cough medicines
manufactured, which shows conclu-
sively that Chamberlain's is the most
satisfactory to the people, and is the
best. For sale by Benson, Smith &
Co., wholesale agents for the Hawaii.
an Islands. All druggists and dealers