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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
Elder Mrs. Meyers Saved From Burning
House by Man Employed as Clerk.
WAS POUNDED INTO INSENSIBlLITY
Robbers Believed 10 Have Secured About $4,000.
Scores Of Men Are Now Searching For the
MIscreants Who Committed the Crime.

Birmingham. Ala, Dec. 19.-Telegra-
a horrible crime at the MERGERS plan
tation near Josie post office eight miles
from Banks.
Mrs, Ida Meyers, a wealthy widow,
and her daugher-in-law,M Mrs. +. Mey-
ers, also a widow. conducted store
and It was known that they kept a
large amount of money in the dwelling
across the road from the store. "A
young man named Cook was employed
to superintend the farm and he occu-
pied a room in the house. Some time
between midnight and day, Cook was
aroused by a noise i'm the room of the
elder Mrs. Meyers. He sprang out of
bed and ran to the room and saw Mrs.
Meyers struggling with two strange
men. He rushed TO her assistance and
was knocked senseless with a club.
When he regained consciousness he
found the house on fire and the elder
Mrs. Meyers apparently dead on the
floor. Dragging her from the fire he
went I'm search OF the younger Mrs
Meyers. and found her dead in her
room, her brains having been beaten
out. He rescued her body just in time
from the flames.
He then rang the farm bell and
aroused the neighbors who came In
great numbers but were too late TO save
house or any Of its contents.
1t is believd that the robbers obtained
about 1000 in cash and evidently they
thought they had killed all three par
ties and fired the house to cover VI
their crime. The neighborhood is great
ly excited and scores of men are
searching for the miscreants, who, J.
caught. will doubtless be lynched. A
. last accounts no clew had been dis
covered. The condition OF the elde
Mrs. Meyers is critical.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
In Diamonds

We have a surprise party in the
shape OF Diamond Ring at
$3.50. Small price; not so with
the Rings. Here's the history.
During the duh summer months
our diamond settlers made up a
hundred Ring Settings. Some
are plain: some are chased.
They are all pretty. In these
mountings we have set genuine
full cut Diamonds; not chips or
flakes. The diamonds were taken
from cluster Diamond Rings
and Pins that came to us in a
way we have OF getting goods
cheap.
If we had one thousand instead OF
one hundred of these Rings they
would be sold at once. First
customers will have the best
choice Of settings. our stock of
diamonds is the largest in the
state. Everything known i'm
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Pendants, Ear Screws, Lockets,
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$1,000; a range Of prices TO suit
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
At SOC.

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-ou will see many of these goods on
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
A SENSIBLE MAN

Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs. tits curing more cases OF Coughs
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized
any druggist To give you Sample Bottle
FREE to convince you of the merit OF this
great remedy. Price 25c. and soc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
"GaIssl Manhattan. '

For the Christmas attraction Mana
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Roster & Bials "Gayest Manhattan"
This attraction will be produced the
same as has been produced at Roster X
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cluding the sunbeam of soubrettes Ger
tie Reynolds. The company comprises
sixty people and the costumes and
scenery are identically the same az the
New York successful production. Not
withstanding this enormous attraction
the pricc<~sat the Olympic viii remain
always the same. Orders received by
telephone for seats during any engage
ment will be promptly filled and no ex-
ira charge for the same.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19

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etching hemorrhoids were the pla-
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19

Brooches, Link Buttons. Scarf
Pins. in solid gold; Ear Studs,
Shirt Studs. Sleeve Buttons,
large Vases, Statuary, Bisque
Figurers and in silver plated
ware many large pieces can be
had at Dollar. A Dollar with
us has the purchasing power Of
from $3.50 To $500 elsewhere.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-19
The Habit of
Buying at Fosters.

1t is a good habit--H is rapidly growing habit
with the whole State of Rhode Island Ii is
a habit BY which thousands save in their
daily and monthly expenditures. It's a habit
that becomes more fixed the ohener people
buy here. People are satisfied with Fosters
merchandise. People are satisfied with Pos
ter's prices. Let us tell you of a few of the
many good things to be found at Fosters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
TARGET PRACTICE ON BADGER.
Boatswain's Mate John Bennett
Carries OF the Honors in Gunnery.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News
ON BOARD u. S. S. BADGER, BAR
HARBOR. Me-, June q, 1S9S.-The Badger,
with the Jersey Naval Reserves on board,
continues to patrol the coast night and
day, only coming into port two hours a
day for mail or orders. There is now not
so much complaint about the food, as the
ships mess cooks went ashore on Friday
and procured fresh vegetables for the
men.
The three-pound battery of the ship was
used for the first time on Friday after
noon while the Badger was at sea. The
range was 1.4co yards. Each gunner had
three Shots Every one of them would
have hit a small boat if 1t had been the
target. An oil barrel surmounted with
red flag was used as the target, 1t is
very small mark at a mile range. The
marines also had rifle practice at floating
targets, but they did not do as well as the
seamen Some of the finest shooting of
tho day was done by Boatswain's Mate
John Bennett He fired three three-pound
shots at the target at one mile and hit
within~a yard of the mark at every shot.
The Badger. every time she enters port,
speaks the United States Signal Station
No. 13. coast of Maine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
WAR REVENUE PROBLEMS.
Rush of Applications for Bonds
Stamps Not Ready for
July. l.

WASHINGTON, June q, 1SaS-The
amount Of subscriptions received today
for the new bonds exceeded that of any
other day since the law authorizing their
issue went into effect. Among the number
were several one million dollar subscrip-
tions.
The Secretary of the Treasury today
sent to Congress a recommendation that
the time fixed when the sections of the
new war revenue act relating to adhesive
stamps shall go into effect be extended
from July to July 49, and also that the
rate of discount on purchases of $lOo
worth or more be increased from one to
three per cent.
Although the force of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing is rushing the work
of getting out the stamps with all possible
speed, it is found that it will be utterly
impossible to have them ready and dis
tributed generally throughout the country
within the next ten days allowed by Con-
gress. To attempt to cover the entire
country in proper way by the first of
the coming month, it is said, must re-
suit in disaster and an almost endless
amount of business complications.
1t is also stated that the one per cent.
commission allowed TO persons LOT SeHlHS
these stamps is altogether inadequate to
induce merchants and others to purchase
stamps in the quantities required for re-
sale. The result, it is said, would be that
no general distribution would be possible
and almost universal confusion would fol
low.
During the last war the discount allowed
dealers was five per cent, and the ex-
perience of the Internal Revenue Bureau
was that the. stamps were disposed of in
great quantities with no difficulty and
almost every bank, store and shop in the
country kept them on sale, and as they
were paid for in advance losses to the
Treasury were impossible. The Secretary
however, believes that the same results
can now be obtained at three per cent
discount and SO recommends to Congress
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
VOLUNTEER TROOPS.
Governor Voorhees, Goes to
Washington to Consult as to
Foundation of Regiment.
Especial to 'aThe Jersey city News."1

SEA GIRT. June 21, 1S98-Governor
Voorhees, and his aide de camp, Colonel
Oliphant left for Washington yesterday
to consult with the authorities of the War
Department concerning the details of the
formation of the regiment to be furnished
by New Jersey under the second call for
troops.
Forty-six recruits for the First Regi-
ment arrived at Camp Voorhees, yesterday
morning in charge of First Lieutenant
L. Van Deman of Company I. They will
be examined by the surgeons this after
noon.
Three hundred and sixty recruits for the
Second Regiment now at Camp Cuba
Libre, Jacksonville, Fla. arrived yester-
day afternoon in charge of Captain Ter
renee E. Murphy of Company I, and Cap
tain Frank L. Deronde of Company r..
The recruits were secured in the Oranges,
Montclair, Passaic Paterson, Hacken-
sack, Dover and other north Jersey towns.
They were heartily cheered as they
marched into camp.
The entire quota for the three regiments
will be in camp by Wednesday night
expects to have the volunteers fully
GIulpp6Q Dy lHuTSudy, anu tLSy Will DC
sent to their regiments on Friday or
Saturday.
Sixty-five recruits were examined by
Surgeons Schlichter and Keefe Saturday.
OF this number thirty-one were rejected.
Thus far eighty-two recruits have been
mustered for the First Regiment and sew
nety for the Third.
Private Fitzgerald of Company F, Firss
Regiment, one of the detail in charse Of
the detchment of recruits for the First
Regiment. was overcome by the heat this
morning while en- route from Newark.
and upon his arrival in camp was placed
in the hospital.
General Stryker, the post commandment.
denies the rumor to the effect that Dr..
Sehlichter is to be relieved. He says DR.
Schlicter is doing his duty. and that there
is no reason why he should be called
SaWay
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21

ter went forward on the Seguranca 10
confer with the Admiral
The transports lay to on the smooth sea
while the plans were discussed by the
leaders on board the flagship. Not the
faintest intimation of their intentions re-
garding the landing has been allowed 70
escape Undoubtedly, however some OF
the troops will be landed at Guantanamo
Bay in order to relieve the Marines there
But it generally believed the main body
of the troops will be landed much nearer
to Santiago de Cuba.
The long and trying journey from Tam
pa has left the men in much better
condition than anticipated. There are
fourteen mild cases of typhoid on the
hospital ship, among them being Major
Horton of the Twenty-ffth Infantry. and
several cases of measles; but there are
no serious cases of sickness.
Owing to The smoothqess of the pas
sage the soldiers were not generally af-
fected by seasickness and they are all
wildly anxious to get ashore and begin
fighting.
The despatch boat of The Associated
Press, as she steamed among the trans
ports, was eagerly besieged on all sides
for news of Admiral SIMPSONS opera
tions, officers and men clamoring for
word from the blockaders. Much salts
faction was expressed among the troops
when 1t became known that the actual
capture of Santiago de Cuba is to be
left to the army.
The horses and mules on board the
transports have suffered severely, many
of them dying.
The American fleet off Santiago de
Cuba has been materially strengthened
by the addition of the warships which es-
corted the transports here. consisting of
the Indiana, Detroit, Montgomery, Ban
croft. Helena, Erics.. and Foote,
Helena, Ericsson, Foote, Hornet, An
napolis, Castine and Eagle, wherever the
landing may take place, the operations
and the information of the last ten days
show conclusively that some bitter work
is ahead for General Skaters men be-
fore the Spanish flag comes down from
Morro'S walls. The Spanish infantry,
cavalry and guerrilla forces, estimated by
Admiral Sampson today to number from
$4,000 to 1900 men, are stretched from
Guantanamo to Cubanas, distance OF
fifty miles. ready TO concentrate at the
point of attack. But starving and har-
rassed from the inland by the insurgents,
ate and naval officers familiar with the
situation fully expect terrific lighting
about Santiago.
Interviews with army officers of the
transports show there is some anxiety as
to how the men will stand the strain, if
the lighting begins Immediately after the
long inactivity at Tampa and the wear
ing voyage. There is no fear, however,
for the final result as the guns of the
plendid fleet will be of immense assist
ance to the American troops.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
DEATH LAUNCH.
British War Ship Albion
browns Twenty-seven As
It Goes Into the Water.
rBy cable to The Assoclssed Press. !


LONDON, June 81 1S9S-During ths
launching of the new British first class
battieship Albion, of 1880 tons, at
York, a ceremony at which the United
States Ambassador, Colonel John Hay,
and Mrs. Hay. and Lieutenant Colwell.
the United States Naval Attache, assisted
the displacement of water caused an inn
mense mass of water to rise on all sides.
completely submerging one of the lower
stages of the yard and immersingn hum
dreds of people. Ten bodies have thus
far been recovered, and it is estimated
that fifty persons were drowned.
The Duchess of oYrk and Colonel ana
Mrs. Hay and the remainder of the dis
tinguished< guests were unable to see the
accident which occurred at the moment
when three cheers were called for the Sue
cessful launch, and the cries and screams
of the victims were drowned by the OUT
burst of hurrahs and the steamers
whistles.
AS this despatch is sent. the bodies of
twenty-seven men. women and children
have been recovered from the scene OF the
Blackwall disaster.
Another, diScredited, report says the
The Albion is a first class steel battle
ship of 2,950 tons, $50 feet long, "A feet
broad and drawing 25 feet 5 inches of
water She is to have 1850 Indicated
horsepower, has two propellers and cost
about S4000.000 The new battleship has
eight inches of Harveyized steel on her
sides, six inches on her bulkheads and
from twelve to five inches on her gun
positions.
Her arrnQred deck is from two to three
inches in thickness her stiTnated speed
is nearly nineteen knots. she is to carry
/, $50 tons of coaf her crew is to number
700 men, and her armament is to consist
of four Pinch guns. twelve finch quick
firing guns and eighteen smaller quick
firing guns, with five torpedo tubes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
ACTIVITY AT CHICKAMAUGA.
Recruits Pouring Into the Camp
Cause Some Changes.

CHICKANdAUGA : CHATTANOOGA
NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. Tenn.
June 21, 1s9S-Today is another day of ac-
tivity at Chicamauga, officers and mers
being hard at work. The equipping work
is progressing rapidly, and if the present
rate keeps up the whole army will be
armed and equipped in short time
Recruits continue to come in by the hun-
dred. 1t is stated on good authority that
General Brooke, General Wade and others
at Chickamauga Park have recommended
to the War Department that no troops
be removed from Chickamauga until the
date of the departure of an invading ex-
petition is fixed Transports, they think,
can be loaded with supplies and ammuni-
tion in advance. Then with just time
enough to make the journey. the troops
can be moved directly from the camp to
the ports and marched at once fully
equipped on shipboard. The generals sug
gest that this is a better way than 10
move the troops to the Gulf, camp them
again and hold them until the expedition
is ready to start. They believe a higher
degree of efficiency can be maintained by
their plan and that much of the confu-
sion and delay encountered in the depar-
ture from Tampa can be avoided
The Department, it is stated is serious
ly considering the plan and it is probable
it will be accepted. The New York pay
masters were again at work early this
morning. Two more regiments will like
ly be finished today, and the one remain
ing will be paid tomorrow.
Major R. w. McClaughrey. Frederick
Howard Wines, Secretary of the State
Board of Charities of Illinois, and Cap
tain Hartwell Osborne, of Chicago, a COM
mittee appointed by the Illinois Army
ard Navy League to Investigate the con-
dition of the Illinois regiments on the
field, have returned home.
These gentlemen have been all over the
battlefield, and were pleased with the
camp. and will make q favorable report
It is understood that this League will al
low each regiment on the field from $500
10 $1,000 q month. to be used in the pur-
chase OF ice and hospital supplies The
league will also furnish the boys under
clothing and other garments that may he
needed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
JOSEPH W. PLUME.
Sketch of New jerseys New
Brigadier General of
Volunteers.


Joseph w. Plume, who was yesterday
appointed a Brigadier General in the
Volunteer Army by President Mckinley
was born in Troy, N. Y. on the 23d OF
August. 1899. His grandfather was Will
liam Turk, M. D.. of the United States
Navy, a descendant of Antonio Jansen
Salers, wealthy Hollander, who settled
in Gravesend now part of Brooklyn,
L. ~, in 1881.
On his fathers side, General Plume is
Hneal descendant Of Samuel Plum, one
OF the colony from Bradford. Conn.,
which settled Newark in 1865.
General Plume has been q resident of
Newark since 1913. In early life he en-
tered the banking business. which calling
he followed during the greater part of his
career. He is now the cashier of the
Manufacturers National Bank of New
ark, having held the office since the estab-
lishment of the institution, in 1871. His
military life was begun in 1857. when he
entered the ranks of Company C of the
CITY Battalion" of Newark. He served
nearly all through the late war and while
connected with the Army of the Potomac,
he participated in the battles of First
Bull Rum Yorktown Fair Oaks, Seven
Pines. Gaines Mills, Peach Orchards
Savage Station, White Oaks Bridge, NAL
vern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam and
Fredericksburg.
On the 4th of November 1868, he was APP
pointed Major and Brigade Inspector Of
the National Guard of the State of New
Jersey. On. the 9Th of July, 1865, he was
commissioned Colonel of the Second Regi-
ment, New Jersey Rifle Corps. and on
April 26, 1869, he was elected Colonel of
the Second Regiment, N. G. N. ]. On the
9Th of May, 1869, he was commissioned
Brigadier-General of the First Brigade,
N. G. N. j., and on the tenth anniversary
of the date of his commission he was also
commissioned Brevet Major-General by
General (then Governor) George B. Nc
Clellan. On the 4th of April, 1885, he was
commissioned Major-General of the Ma
tional Guard of the State of New Jersey,
to succeed the late General Gershom Mott
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-21
GREAT is BLANC0.
Havana Hears Lots Of News
Of Glorious Spanish Vic
tories Colonial Cortes.
[By Cable to The Associated Press

TBy Cable to The Associated Press.
HAVANA, June 81 1S9S.-Senor Galvez
President of the Colonial Cabinet, has
closed the debates in the Chamber with
a message to the Deputies, in which lie
repeated that he did not wish to see au-
tonomy established for Cubans or for
Spaniards, but for all the inhabitants Of
the island Of Cuba.
Continuing, the President paid tribute
to the efforts of Captain-General Blanco
under the existing circumstances and
pointed out that the public offices had
been divided between the Cubans and
Spaniards. He concluded by saying
Let the sky fall fiat and sink us in an
abyss before the daring foreign invader $
foot tramples on Spanish soil.'
The remarks of Senor Galvez Were
warmly applauded by the Deputies and
others assembled in the hail.
The Cuban Congress then approved the
address In reply to the Presidents mes
sage and to the message Of the Captain
General which was delivered to the latter
by the president and three Deputies.
on Friday morning last the United
states battleship Texas, It is announced,
endeavored 10 cover the landing Of al
American force at Punta Cabrera, Prov
ince Of Santiago De- Cuba, but. the official
report adds. TIE Americans were repulsed
III the Spanish troops under Colonel Al-
dos, Nth re loss of several meu The