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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

The alarm was given and then the baz-
ardous task OF rouslng tho sleepers began.
William. .Spraaue, night watchman at the
Moultun street stable. ran 10 the corner
OF Msthewson and Meatminster streets
and pulled box "a. When tue iiremen ar
rived at 20 snow .trect the boarding
house seemed To be swarming with per-
sons lighting for their lives
Ladders were put I'D In front ~ tho
house on tte side nearest the Public Lii
brary building. ana the firomen made
their way TO tne spot wnere the fire start
ed OIL the second floor IL was IN a
stoie room on the south side, and 10 Ia
believed 20 be tho work Of rats with
matches, Bs Albert Miller a locomotive
engineer living ON Valley street. has fire.
quently missed candy ami other things
from the table In the room when he
awoks In the morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

the morning after he had taken Mrs. Rey
nolds' body To the undertaken. There
was hut little light Ia the girls room
when he went into II. This light came
from the fire ir the barn, and one could
SEQ light object about eight feet away.
He felt kerosene on the floor during tho
course Of tho examination OF the room,
ana urged Mr.. Sweet TO get out OF the
room quick. hs witness was afraid they
might not he able 10 get OUT at all.
In redirect the witness told the attorney
general that the dog when witness saw IL
at O'Clock. seemed TO be LOCKING for
something in the direction of Harrisville-
Was not able TO make n complete search
Of the girls room.
Aimee Bourbon was the second wit
ness lie went TO the house and put n
ladder up against It. which broke some
windows lie went TO Mowry's room and
saw fire On two beds The burning stun,
he thought, was old woolen rags. He did
not go upstairs, but saw Mrs. Reynolds
body and while there was deep cut In
her forehead, there was hut little blood
around her. The fire on the he'd showed
the top of the stuff set on fire was cnarred,
and he thought the smell indicated the
stuff as olotn. The last answer was in
reply to question by Mir. stone, who also
asked the witness az TO how much blood
there was on the chair found IN Savilln's
room. and then the witness pointed 10 n
small place OF the chair. Witness aid not
think the chair looked now like IL did on
the morning OF the fire.
Mr. Bourbon was asked In redirect as
TO the meaning Of the statement that the
chair did not look the same as on the
morning of the fire and hs replied thers
were n number OF large blood stains on
the chair that he did not see there now.
Mr.. Stpne had showed the chair to the
jury during MI Bourdon's testimony
and the only blood mark on it was "A
small one.
Irving III. Sweet, testified he was the
nephew OF Thomas Sweet and that he
lived at the foot OF the hill and was
familiar with the Elisha Mathswson
house, and had prepared a plan of the
same. This plan had been used since the
opening of the trial and Nr. Sweet ex-
planned its details To the jury. tie saw
Martin Mowry few days tefore the
murder and talked about key. A.alt.n
came 10 the place where he worked, and
said he had lost his kay ald was using
the Reynolds key and wanted witness to
fix kew for him. This talk al out the
key might have taken place week before
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14
TWENTY-FIVE lives
were ENDANGERED.
Early Morning Fire in a Boarding
House on Snow Street.
WILD RUSH OF INMATES in STlFLlNG SMOKE.

Two Men Jumped From Fourth Wn1UwS Short
Woman Walked Along the Eaves and Finally Reached the Fire
Escape-AnOthey BOarder Fell Down One Flight of Stairs
Jumped AnoherEscape From Buidn Practically
On-Ch Says Fire Had Occurred Few Hours Earlier
Many of the Inmates Would Have Persh.d.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

Mr.. Stevens behaved herolcally ana
stuck 10 his fearful task until be was
satisfied all had escaped. His hands were
burned. but not seriously. Joseph d.
White, manufacturing Jcweler on Csl-
third floor In lighting his way our he
strained from jumping from the top OK
the fire escape. Ills hands were burned
slightly AMI bis head was cut with fall-
ing glass as he jumped to the street.
II. A. Grady OF the Bay Stnte PUBLISH
ing Company was probably the last per-
sou out Of the bouse. lie had front
room on the fourth floor. Ito was sroused
by Mr. Stevens. On opening his door no
said he saw a fearful sight. The nafnes
were licking the sides OF the corridors
and there seemed to be steady stream
O, fire going up tho stairs lie put an
oyercoat over his head and rushed along
the corridor The coat was burning ana
mis- ears were scorched as he kicked In n
door ana found way TO the rear nre es-
cape
Joseph Bacon. barber In the Banigan
building mai rear room on the third
floor The smoke was so thick that ne fell
iown the second iiignt and jumped down
the first flight lie was not injured.
". Is. towell and j. ID. lapRworthv
had a room OF rf5 rf7fTu floor troffts
When they apnsaro1 at the windows
ffltpts iu the crowd advised them To
take their time ana when the nrsmen
rot TIE ladders up On the front they made
a sensational eait Iney Jumped on ~
the ladders
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

Special sale n fancy Elgin creamery butter
~ "a cents per pound un Friday and saturday
only Not more than pounds sold ~ a ris
toner. The Great Atlantic a Pacific Tea Co. .
81 Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

The house, which is owned by DR..
Charles II. Peckham, was damaged 10
the extent of about $1,000 and house and
contents are fully covered by Insurance
The iiremen went TO the room directly
over the place where tie fire started, and
by inserting tho nipes into the partition
had the blaze under control before it
could mount to the roof. Ine tlaze was
terri ple speed. 1t leaped along the doubls
corridors and cut off all access to the fire
escapes The frantic men ana women
had enough presence OF mind to kick in
the doors OF the rooms To the right and
left OF the corridors, and by going
through the rooms they reached tho fire
escape, which covered nearly the whois
east side the house.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

Men and women ran through the kill
ing smoke without being able TO tell
wnere they were going. One man fell
down the third flight Of stairs and
Jumped the other stairs to the street. Ho
does not know how it was done and can
not tell how he eluded the fire, which
seemed to pursue him along the way.
There were u numb OF remarkable es-
capes and only one person was Injured
to any extent. He Is now at the hhods
Island Hospital in "a comfortable con-
d.tiop, everything considered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

Chief Of the fire department George ii.
Steore remarked that II. the fire had hap
pened few nours tefoIe IL did the IN
mates, or large part OF them, would
have been taken from the house smoth-
cred and burned TO dcatb. Uayilght was
lust breaking when Frank Shove, one of
the inmates OF the house, discovered the
fire.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

John W. Barker. whose cross-examina.
tion was in progress when the court adj
iourDed "Wednesday evening. was recalled
to the stand the first thing this morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

I. Miller occupied this gstoreroom which
mad n folding bcd. Certain nights I'm the
week he arrived in this city and rs be
hsd TO leave early iu the morning tht
accom- ~ odation ~ the place was all ht
desired. la the stOrerOOin was lot N
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

valuable furniture belonging To j. c.
Stevenson, who was tfo lessee OF tho
house. 1t was destroyed. entailing loss
of about Slb0L which, tURatrer with tas
other furniture ruined, makes the ifs
about $500. ,us....
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

Furnishes Talent for Church, Lodge, Social,
Literary and Musical Societies at short notice.
NJ. NELLIE BROWN. Manager.
Lederer Building, 139 Mathewson st.
Rooms 6O5, COG. jal3-tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

little interest was started this morn
ipg by the arrival Of delegate of the
Socialist Labor party, who had coma TO
organizy a committee 10 take action re-
garding bill that the party is trying TO
put through Congress. He secured rs
large an audience as he could bring TO-
gether, ana began TO explain that the
welfare OF the working people depended
on the passage or this eight-hour day
labor law, which would exactly define
the industrial policy of the nation and
protect the working man. lie wished the
appointment of IA large executive com
mittee to take hold OF the question at
Wanskuck. While he did not define the
provisions OF the bill to any extent he
said il was n good one. and the men
seemed to agree with him. But when be
went on to denouncing the public school
system Of the nation he met with scant
approval.
The delegate. who presented most re-
mar kable appearance and was n fluent
talker, finally returned TO the city, not
having accomplished his purpose.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

The men, while interested In any
labor law. are more, interested in the
double-loom system at present than they
are in anything else. This is u frequent
topic of conversation with the men.
They. assert that no other mill in the
country is running double looms on this
class of heavy goods, while the manufacs
turers assert that this is done In many
mills throughout the country.
Ii 10 can be shown that in any other in
stances men are running two looms on
these heavy goods it will be an important
disclosure.
The wesvers also claim that men max
ing heavy goods In other mills are getting
and s cents yard, while they get but
T. 3 cents III it can be shown tnst the
goods for which and cents n yard are
paid for weaving, contain no more valu-
aple material than the heavy goods st
Wauskuck. and that they are being sold
in the market for as low n price as the
heavy Wanskuok goods IL Will establish
the fact that the Wanskuck Company can
afford to pay these prices to It's weavers.
III it cannot be So estahlished.. the
weavers have failed To prove their claim,
for tho price that the manufacturer Is
able TO get for his goods is large factor
i'm his ability To pay wsgss. II the Wan
skuck Company can show their position
to be right the weavers o~s anxious to
have them do so.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

All the Home News
You VIII Find in the Columns
of THE NEWS. Brightly
Written and, above al c'ean
and Trustworthy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-14

sg- 10 Defray the tspens's merely ot
this Idursttontl Int iainn.ni sn Al
mission of TBS Cents will be charged.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30
nereIy Tit for Tat.

Our consular agent at Gera, in Ger
many, reports that German officials
and papers are waging relentless war
on imports of our pork meats. AL
though every piece exported is micro
scopically examined and certified to be
free from trichina, and Is again in
spected in Germany, magistrates there
Issue warnings to the people against
eating it, and local regulations require
butchers to keep the sign American
ische Fleischwaaren" displayed in their
shops so that the poor, innocent, unsus-
pecting burgers may not eat our meats
unawares Inspection fees have been
doubled, amounting to from 1888 to
$3.50 on fierce, and in face of the
fact that no inspection there has ever
developed diseased meat. ''The rea-
sons" the agent proceeds to state, "for
this agitation against our meats are
entirely selfish. Our meats are much
cheaper than those of Germany. and
form an Indispensable article of food
for the poorer classes, thus arousing
the opposition Of the German hog rails
ers and wholesale butchers
Agent Neuer is evidently a recent
appointee and belongs to that party In
this country that Is surprised when
other peoples insist that the sauce that
Is good for the goose Is also good far
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30

statesnanlike brow of Congressman
Fred Stevens Wednesday night will dis
appear for few weeks some time to-
day. Nothing stands between Mr.
Stevens and the goal Of his ambition
the nomination for congress from this
district. At least there is nothing tan
gible. There is the shadow of that aw-
full scare that they gave him Wednes-
day night, but there is no chance for
the shadow to resolve itself into any
thing having a body. 1t may be taken
for granted that the nomination will
come off on schedule.
The St. Paul delegation will leave for
Rush City at 8 O'Clock this morning,
and the convention will be called at ~
o'clock. The delegates are to have
their own way about the officers of the
convention There has been no slate
prepared, so that the Craftsmanship
will no doubt go to a delegate from
the country F.. G.. Rogers will prob
ably make the nominating speech for
Stevens, and the crowd will be home
about Tbs. It looks very much as
though it would be a routine affair.
There has been nothing heard to indi-
cate that the country members had
anything in the way of surprise to
spring. If they did have, Ramsey
county could outvote them, so the
nomination may be regarded as being
already concealed about the person of
Mr.. Stevens.
Chairman Rosing, of the Democratic
committee, went home last night, but
will return to St Paul about the mid
die of next week and Will then name
the executive committee. The first
meeting of the committee will prob
ably be called for about the middle Of
August.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30
Gage Keeps a Sober Face.

The absurd popular bond issue is
rapidly getting into the stage of the
ridiculous. impelled by the necessity Of
ed with carrying out its details. It was
extremely difficult for them to keep
Straight faces as the subscriptions came
in and revealed the fact that there were
but about 100000 persons in this coun-
try who had subscribed for bonds in
denominations below $500, and of these
subscriptions a large number, it was
said, were Cancelled because the Off
Gals discovered that they were not
bona fide, but had been procured by in
vestors who feared that their larger
subscriptions would not be honored.
The latest circular Of the secretary not
only discounts the accuracy of that
statement, but adds to the hilarity
caused by this admirable congressional
farce.
He now advises subscribers that the
treasury will recognize the transit RS of
allotments" is the assignments
of notices sent out that their suhscrip-
tions had been accepted-''in order to
save Vexatious embarrassments," both
to the subscribers and the treasury.
but especially in order to enable the
former to 'be in position to realize
on them (the allotments) in case of
necessity, substantially as readily as if
they were already in possession Of the
bonds allotted to Them The secretary
clearly possesses that valuable trait Of
the diplomat who uses language to con-
ceal thought. Put into plain English,
this simply means that everybody who
has procured others to subscribe for
bonds can take an assignment Of the
notice of acceptance and get the bonds.
and that every other body who has sub
scribed, and wants to realize the pres
ent premium of AS per cent on them,
can assign his notice, which will
operate as an assignment of the bonds
To cover this purpose up with the pre-
text that these subscribers might be
so necessitous as to oblige them to sell
their bonds before delivery is rather
adroit, but beyond enabling the secre-
tary to keep a becoming gravity Of
courtenance it only adds to the enjoy
ment of the audience
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30
Spain Can Help Them Out.

A plain intimation comes from Wash
ington, following the visit of Ambas-
sador Canlibon to the president with
Sagasta'S white dove, that the presi-
dent would like to have an expression
of opinion from the country on the
terms he should impose upon Spain as
peace conditions. The response is COM
ing in a deluge. and the substance of
it is that we shall keep all we have
won, with an occasional suggestion
that we ask Spain to pay us for our
trouble in getting it. AS Spain is prac-
tically bankrupt this suggestion seems
to be offered for use as a club to COM
pei reader acceptance of surrender of
the other property. The disposition of
Cuba evidently bothers the president
and his unofficial counselors. That
fourth resolution of the declaration of
war is a stumbling block in the way
of palpable intentions and present ne
cessity. A frequent suggestion to get
around it is a protectorate of indeter-
inmate duration while the Cubans are
being educated into capacity for that
condition of freedom and independence
which the first of the resolutions de-
clared was their Inherent and inalien-
able right.
Spain is in position to help our Re-
publican managers out of the dilemma
into which their sentimentalism has
put them. Spain can insist that, if
she is to surrender her dominion, the
United States annex Cuba directly and
permanently and assume at once the
Of re
tiators can put forward some very
cogent arguments. They can say that
the United States have been deceived
as to the extent of the disaffection:
the Cuban army has dwindled from the
thousands to mere squads who have
only gained the contempt of the Amer
lean soldiers wherever they have come
in contact They can point to the pa
cificos, Cubans who would not revolt,
evidently forming the majority of the
natives. They can point to the evident
fact that there is very large number
of Cubans who remained loyal to
Spain, who are mainly holders of prop
erty in the island, and who prefer, if
Spain must cease control, that the
United States, instead of the Cuban
junta, should succeed.
AS there has been always a covert
disposition on the part of a large and
influential number of those who urged
on the war to annex; as even the SEN
timentalists, who endowed Cubans with
governing qualities they do not pos
sess, are now becoming disillusioned
and realize that we will but invite
repetition in Cuba of the broils that
have passed for government in the
other Spanish republics if we permit
the erection of a Cuban republic; as
this would continue that injury to our
commerce with the island which was
one of the Qualifications for interfer-
ing, it is probable that Spain would
find the United States willing to &C
cept the direct and immediate annexa-
ton of Cuba as one Of the conditions
asked by Spain. We offer this as our
contribution to the responses to the
presidential request.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30

the gander. Possibly the agent is I'M
aware that there is such a thing as
commercial warfare in which the tao
ties used are precisely those being used
in the war waging between this ma
ton and Germany. One Of the rules of
that warfare is borrowed from the
rules of military war, hit your enc
my in any vulnerable spot. Germany's
weak point is beet sugar, and we hit
that hard in the Dingley act, with It's
discriminating tax on sugar exported
from countries paying a bounty. Our
weak point, accessible to them, is our
meats, and Germany hits us there with
the only missile she can use. Our rea-
son for laying the sugar tax is also en-
tirely selfish, to benefit our sugar rails
ers, just as German inspection laws are
in the selfish interests of her hog rails
ers. Agent Neuer's Indignation is who'll
ly wasted. The Germans are simply
giving us tit for tat. 1t is tough on
meat raisers. and tougher on German
meat eaters, but war is war, and some
one always gets hurt in 1t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30
TO GUST THE HUCKSTERs.
Lower Floor of Market to Be Given
to Manufacturers

TO Manufacturers.
A meeting of the joint council committee
on public buildings will be held Monday. at
which action will be taken to remove the
score OF hucksters who have stalls on the
lower floor of the market house
For some months the Manufacturers union
have been endeavoring to arrange for the
leasing OF the entire lower floor of the mar
ket house in order to enlarge the permanent
exhibition which now occupies a portion of
the building
The committee on public buildings have ar
rived at the conclusion that the small amount
OF rent received from the occupants OF stalls
is not sufficient to prevent the Manufacturers
union from making a display, and conse-
quently will order the hucksters out The
city clerk was directed yesterday to notify
the occupants OF stalls that their leases would
terminate Sept. 1, and the notices will be
served today.
One of the councilmen in speaking of the
matter last evening said: There are only
about fifteen persons doing business in the
market house, and none of them are strictly
speaking either market gardeners or market
farmers. The amount of rent received from
the stalls is small, and the persons selling
cheese, ham. butter and other grocery SUD
plies could do as well in stores as in the
market.
''The Manufacturers union want the soace
for permanent exhibit and 1t is of more
Importance to the city that it be given the
space than to have few grocery and dairy
firms have good stands for business at small
rents. II farmers occupied the lower floor
OF the market house it would be different
At the meeting Monday arrangements will
be made for renovating the hall en- the second
floor and putting it in condition for the fair
which will be held by the ladies auxiliary
of the Manufacturers union in October.
In case the present occupants of the stalls
make a fight to the terminating of their
leases the committee will raise the rent to
such figure that they will be forced to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-30
FIVE MEN AFTER THE JOB
FIRST WARDS CANDIDATES FOR
COUNTY TREASURERsHIP
"A Little Meeting In Ed Rogers
ONCE Which Didn't Accomplish
the Desired Resu1t-Fred ste-
vens Expected to Get Over the
Effects of Wednesday Nights
Shock Today.

Frteen of the leading Scandinavian
politicians from the First ward held a
meeting in the office Of the clerk Of
the district court last evening.
IL was given out that the session was
called to settle the question of which
or the five candidates for county treas
urer from the ward should be given
the nomination. From the considera
tlon OF this question, however, the dis
cusslon dr1fted to the apportionment
or the several offices on the county
ticket 1t was argued that there was
Sufncient number Of Scandinavian
ana German voters in the city to CON-
trol the election, and that it would be
good policy for the two nationalities to
get their share.
Inc success Of the movement in this
direction made last spring by the Ger
man voters was pointed to as showing
that the scheme was possible and could
pe made to win. Final action on this
proposition, however, was postponed
until future meeting. at which a larg-
er attendance could be secured.
Inc hve candidates for county treas
urer from the First ward are County
treasurer Edmund, o. H. Arosin. A.
Lindahl, Charles " Moberg and A. q
Johnson. Each of the gentlemen men
toned was present or represented at
the meeting, and after three hours
session 1t was agreed to have a mass
meeting at an early date in the ward
at which the question of who would re-
ce1ve the nomination would be set
tied.
The cold sweat that settled on the