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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-20
IN THE WORLD
OF FINANCE.
New York Stock Market
Opened Irregular.
SIGNS OF HESITANCY.
Local Gas Stocks the Feature and
They Showed Gains.
SIGNS OF HESITANCY.
SUGAR DECIDEDLY FEvERISH.

The New York stock market opened ir-
regular, with Sugar at 1875, Tobacco
81 is. Burlington 90 5-S, Rock Island
S99I, ST. Paul rs 3-s. Northwest l22 S-S
Western Union 30 5-S Southern preferred
50 5-s, Wheeling q Lake Erie 3 Is. Man
haitian ll7I4. Missouri Pacific 30 rs and
New Jersey Central 90 3.S
The market dispiayedd some hesitancy
and prices Of most stock showed fraction
al variation either way. Manhattan was
pressed for sale and recedad IL. Mobile
g. Ohio, on the other hand, advanced to a
similar extent, consequent on the divi-
dend disbursement.
Local gas stock again forged to the
front, Consolidated Gas rising 215 ana
Brooklyn Union points. The transcon-
tinontal shares continued 10 receive
marked attention and established notable
improvements. Sugar was very fever ish,
owing to the conflicting Washington dis
patches regarding tho probable fate Of the
Hawaiian annexation. The marKet In
general tended upward on brisk trading.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-20
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Officer Lewis Arrests Former Friend.
Notes Fr, m the Villages.

A'Vt~S III
Con siderable amusement has been
caused in the valley by the arrest yester.
dav Of DIR. Brown OF NAtick by Officer
Lewis on the charge OF riding bicycle
on the sidewalk. Officer Lewis is the man
who two years ago arrested two wheel
men who were riding on the read be-
tween wescottt and Apponaug on the
same charge and VIII o was later dropped
from the Warwick police force at the re.
quest OF the L. A. w. lie was reappointed
last spring and until recently he and DIR.
brown have been friends, the latter, about
two months ago, even going so far as to
appear before the Warwick Town Coun-
oil in his professional capacity and inform
that body that Mr.. Lewis was unable to
appear and answer some charges which
he supposed had been made against him,
producing his call book TO prove TO the
council thai he was attending the officer.
although one OF the members had met
Mr. Lewis while on his way TO attend the
meeting. He made the trip from Natick
to Apponaug on the same wheel which he
is accused OF riding on the sidewalk, but
this made no difference TO Officer Lewis
who carried him to East Green wich,
where he was arraigned before Judge
Tilley and, pleading not guilty, was re-
leased on his own recognizance to appear
for trial next Tuesday.
The Valley Camera Club held very
Interesting meeting at its rooms at
Phenix last evening and the lantern
slides which were recently received from
the New Haven Camera Club, and a
number Of local views mnde by the club
were exhibited. The next meeting of the
club will be an especially interesting one.
as DIR. Gibson uf the l.. A. Anthony
Company will be present ana deliver
lecture on the coloring Of lantern slides.
The benevolent Society OF tine Phenix
Methodist Church gave a very enjoyable
supper and entertainment in the vcstry
OF the church last evening.
The funeral of Emily G. Hines was
solemnized from her late home at An
thony yesterday afternoon, Rev. Mr..
Buckley OF the Centreville Methodist
church officiating. The interment was
in the Knotty Oak cemetery.
The Coventry Moman's Club held
very enjoyable meeting at it's rooms at
Anthony Yesterday afternoon, n number
of guests being present and Miss Sarah
Doyle OF Proyidencs delivering q very in
teresting address.
John II. Campbell, Presbary Hoxie,
Albert Hill, Ray knight and Clarence
Spencer of phenix left yesterday for a
fishing trip to Yagoo pond in South
kinpstowp.
A horse attached to an express wagon
belonging TO Edward Hall slipped and
fell on the ice on Main street at River
point this morning, breaking both shafts
Of the wagon and cutting deep cash In
his knees
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-20

SPECIAL SALE or CLOCKS - Alarm
clocks warranted one year, SOC. s-day oak
or walnut clocks, strike hours and half
honrs Sl.M Az Hosmers. corner Wcstmin.
ster and Franklin streets Jazz tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-20

Drop US line: we will call for and deliver
n In perfect order cheaper and better than
any one else. HOSMER. Westminster and
Franklin stS and 81 n Main o auli-tf a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-20

ro-To-Bac for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weal
men strong. blood pure. 50c. 81. All druggists
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
GEN. LEE.
He Enters Havana Harbor on the Trans
port Panama.

Havana, Dec. a. - The United States
transport Panama, with Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and his staff on board, entered the
harbor this morning. Gen Lee was in
formed of his appointment as governor
of the province of Havana He said he
was much gratified, but had only wished
for a military command The general
added that he + strnp = in comntan0 -
his soldiers, that his duty is TO preserve
life and property, and that he proposes to
do so with equal justice to Cubans, Span
iards and persons of all other nationali-
ties.
Many prominent personal friends called
on the general when he arrived here, in
Guiding Gen. Greene and Capt. Chadwick
of the cruiser New York Later in the
morning Gen. Lee and his staff, accom-
panied by Gen. Greene, landed in the tug
Britannia and went to Vedado, where he
reported to Gen. Wade Then Gen. Lee
went on horseback to Quemado Camp,
Mariana, little way out of Havana
A battalion of the Tenth infantry was
landed from the United States transport
Saratoga at o'clock this morning, and
marched with band playing and flags fly
ing to Marianao. The soldiers were fol-
lowed by crowds of people, and at every
street corner two Spanish soldiers were
stationed. There was some enthusiasm
in the Cerro suburbs. The troops which
arrived here on the Michigan and Panama
are all well. Havana is quiet today
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
REMAINING PATIENT,
That Is the Only Safety OF the cubans In
Havana for a Few Weeks.

Havana, Dec. &c. noon, via Miami
Fla, Dec. 14-American observers of
the violent scenes enacted here on sun
day night sympathize with the Cuban
population over the killing Of three
persons and the wounding Of Is others
by the Spanish soldiers Nevertheless
the American military men are unable
to do more than they have done in Sc
curing safe transportation for prOmin-
ent Cubans to Mariana, and in pre-
venting all arrests excepting those of
three youngsters, who, however, We're
afterward released.
The shooting was necessarily all done
by Spanish officers armed with pistols
and by officers off duty. None of the
officers implicated have been brought
to account by their superiOrs. 1t is as
serted that the feeling in the Spanish
army is one Of pleasure that the Cub
ans gave the Spaniards the opportunity
to kill a few of them.
The first arrivals of American troops
and the dissolution of Spanish sover-
eighty on all sides of Havana increase
the Spanish bitterness here. The only
safety Of the Cubans is in their re-
naming patient for a week or two long
er until the 18th army corps shall have
arrived. The American officers con-
stantly urge the Cuban leaders to
counsel silence and self-suppression for
while, as fire brand Cubans cannot
be protected even by the moral indu-
ence of the American representatives.
Spanish sovereignty, it is pointed out,
is the only sovereignty here, and I'M
| less there shall be an interregnum Of
anarchy, Spanish authority must re-
main supreme until under the written
! agreements the American troops shall
] be here in force and the flag shall have
been changed.
/ Julio Sanguilly feels that Gen. Greene
saved his life by objecting to his pro-
posed arrest by the Spaniards. who
! aver that he has violated faith in COM
| ing here while Spanish rule remained.
Gen. Lacret was also supposed to be IN
the Inglatterra hotel at the time the
aides of the captain general went to
/ arrest him. The aides first called on
/ Gen. Greene, and at his request the
/ Spanish officers deferred action. Later
the arrangement as previously cabled
/ for the withdrawal of the Cuban lead
ers to MarianaO, was effected Lacret
| however, did not go to Mariana. He
disappeared and under the supposition
that he is still in the city Spanish sol
diers are searching for him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
GRANTS AN AUDIENCE.
Wives of Foreign Ambassadors and Min
isters Visit the Empress Dowager

Pekin Dec. 14.-The numerous differ
ences having been finally overcome, the
empress dowager today granted an au-
dience to the wives Of the foreign am
bassadors and ministers The ladies
assembled at the British legation and
proceeded to the palace. At the en-
trance to its precincts a group of gor-
geOusly arrayed mandarns met them
and conducted them to the Great Hall
from which several Chinese ladies con-
Quoted them to the audience chamber
The empress doWager was seated upon
dias behind a table decorated with
chrysanthemums and apples with the
emperor at her left hand. Lady Claude
Macdonald, wife of the British minis
ter, Dayenne, of diplomatic corps, read
speech in English, expressing her
pleasure and that Of the other ladies
at having an opportunity to tender
their congratulations to the empress
dowager on the anniversary of her
birthday. and also expressing the hope
that this step might be followed by
the ladies of China.
The empress doWager having re-
turned thanks, the ladies' mounted the
dias and bowed before her and the
emperor Her majesty then presented
each with a ring of pearl and gold,
which she herself placed upon the re-
cipient's finger, after which the for
eign ladies retired 10 an adjoining hall
where a sumptuous Chinese luncheon
was served, Princess Ching presiding
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15

quartermaster Carlson, seamen Webb
ana Corness, second steward Darnell
and second cook Martin were thrown
back upon the slanting deck and man
aged to hold on. Soon after this dark
ness came on, and we lost sight of the
Vedamore's lights When day broke
she was nowhere to be seen, and those
Of us on the wreck made up our minds
that nothing but a miracle could save
US. We had had but little to eat since
the accident occurred, four days be-
fore and had been drenched by the
waves and exposed to the bitter, cold
winds almost constantly.
Everything in shape of provisions
and almost all the fresh water were
in the hold under water, and we Were
unable to reach them. We therefore hao
nothing to eat save d few sea biscuits
soaked in salt water, and by the time
the Vedamore left US there was bat
little fresh water aboard. All day
Monday we looked in vain for sail
and when night came We were reason
ably certain that we wopld never see
another sunrise. The ship was slowly
but surely sinking, and we felt thai
any hour might see her take her final
plunge. Our food was almost me, and
there was not enough water in oul
SeA'AAo w 1851 No - AAB0Ao ApAtt9 80 y
had had but little sleep and hardly
dared to hope. Nothing put the des-
peration that comes 30 men IN theil
last hours, gave US courage to make
another effort and to show a light that
we scarcely expected that any one
would see. That it was seen, and that
we were taken off, gives me new faith
in the inscrutabe ways of proVi-
denCe."
Then the captain added with a sigh
Il wish now that the other poor fell
lows had stayed aboard the Londoniar
instead of trying to get away in the
lifeboat that Sunday afternoon. They
too might have been saved"
Asked why he did not make the at
tempt with them, he replied: There
was not room for Cottier and l, He
wouldn't go without me and a cap
tain can't leave his ship as long as any
one remains on board. The boat thai
was smashed when all those poor fell
lows We're drowned was the last we hat
except the little gig, and that woulc
not have lasted a minute in the seas
so there was nothing to do but stay
aboard and take our chances
The shipwrecked sailors We're cared
for by the British consul at Baltimore
and viii be shipped home whenever
they are ready to go
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
THE RATE COMES DOWN,

The New York Sun of Dec. Is says:
The trustees of the Bowery Savings
Bank formally voted yesterday to re-
duce the rate of interest on deposits
from to 81 per cent. A report that
local banks which allow per cent in
terest on the deposits of out of town
banks were going to reduce this rate to
IL per cent after Jan. ! was denied by
officers of the banks in question, who
said they knew of no general movement
of the sort,
Reductions of interest by savings
banks have already been reported from
Cleveland. Norfolk and Milwaukee,
Utica. Rochester and Syracuse. Advices
which reached the financial district
yesterday added to the list Montpelier,
VT. and Omaha, Neb. The Montpelier
Savings Bank has decided to reduce its
rate to per cent; the Brattleboro
Savings Bank is lending money locally
at per cent. The dispatch from Oma-
ha said:
Banks by common consent in Nebras-
ka have agreed to reduce interest rates
Cby) from 1 to per cent, owing to the
plethora of money for Investment"
Banks of the middle, western and
northwestern states are reported to
have recently been buyers in the New
York market of eastern commercial
paper. finding this more profitable than
to lend the money at home. A develop
ment of the situation has been a re-
newal of the movement to make the le-
gal rate of interest in this state in
stead of per cent. A bill making the
reduction will be introduced at Albany
as soon as the Legislature meets. Here
tofore the reduction has been defeated
by the general opposition of bankers
and business men, but less opposition
is expected now. Farmers and small
tradesmen UP the state are said to ia
vor the reduction, and it is the opinion
of many bankers that the natural and
general tendency is toward a lower
level in interest rates, bringing those of
the United States nearer to the ruling
rates in the money markets of the
world,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15

In discussing the validity of that stat
ute and it's effects upon other votes
and APPROPRIATIONS, apparently within
the spirit though not in the precise let
ter of that act, the supreme court, after
reviewing the eXigency which had
arisen and the unanimous public con
sent that money should be raised and
used for bounIies to soldiers, although
such raising and expenditure of money
was clearly Illegal, says: "A necessity
had arisen for the expenditure Of
moneys by towns which had not been
anticipated or provided for by previous
legislatures, and which was occasioned
by an unforeseen emergency by Whlch
duty in its nature public and patrl-
oric had been imposed on the inhabi-
Tants of towns. Sound poncy ana que
regard to the welfare ana interests OF
the people of the commonwealth re
quired that the acIlon OF cues anu
towns undertaken under such clfcuIn
stances should De sanctioned ana nlaue
valid by legislative enactnlenI. But Lur-
Their than this 1t was not wise nor eA-
pedient to go. AS the unlaWlui con con
tracts or unauthotlzed eNpGlloll " q
We're the result OF Necessity, ma Wy
necessity turnlsneo lne approp Ie1ts
limit beyond winch leslslallve dllcuLuil
TO Illegal appFopIldtlolls 45iN "s+
ments shouiu ilot pe eAlei llla u ....,,,4,,,t
6Ht ~ WIS ~. -, 81
| to the great puoic opJect WnlCu ndu
given rise TO TINS eNigeney OF m m. any
way pIoInotlve 9L 1t lli5I oo tti,e
/ gfatuitles should pc pala 70 those Wllo
i had previously ehllsleu IN llle army oL
the United states, ana were alIsauy
= engaged IN the puplc service, Suen an
eA pendlture OF money might pe gen
| elous ana even Just pul II was Hot Mt
] cessary nor required by CONSIDERATIONS
founded IN a wise ana sound pollcy
| FoWler VS.. DanNers, Sth Alien oV'
II therefore seems quite GEAR thaC
there is not no" any statutory aulhof-
| ltY Tor the ABOVE ofuer, nor Tor the ac-
tlon contemplated py the resolution IL
| is moi necessary therefore, 10 discuss
other objections Whlch might pe raised
to the validity OF either on the ground
that they are not equal IN thelr opera
! ton that they are special IN their ap-
phcation, that they do not contemplate
| Inc ENCOURAGEMENT or enllstments IN
the future, or IN any way promote the
puole welfare tLoweH vs.. OllVer Sth
Allen "a; Froeiand vs. Hastings ~
Allen, oO), and that they contemplate
rather gratuity or pension to those
WAC nave ALREADY rendered or under
taNen pubic service, and are therefore
entitled to the gratulty or the pubic
Inc expenditure or public money FOR
such purposes IS beyond the power or
| the municipality. Meade vs.. Acton, 1S9
Mass Sal
am therefore OF the opinion that the
ofuef cannot De legally accepted by the
city couhcll, ana that the resolution, II
pSsseu' Woulu De Oh no erect
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
DECLINED THE HONOR.
Gen. Green Said as War Was over He
Would Prefer to Retire to Private Life.

Gen. Green Said as War Was Over H
Would Prefer to Retire to Private Life.
Havana, Dec. 14-Gen. Greene was
informed Dec ,, by Adit Gen. Corbin,
that the president had determined to
appoint him governor Of Havana, but
he replied, declining the honor and Of
fering his rfsigratias frorl the army.
In his letter Of resignation he said that
his private business had been entirely
without his attention for eight months,
and he felt that, as hostilities were
over, he would prefer to retire to pri-
vate life. Secretary Alger cabled him
orders relieving him of duty on the ar
rival Of Gen. Ludlow, next week.
Gen. Lees presence has provoked nu-
merous demonstrations, though he has
absolutely tried to avoid them He
lunched today at the Hotel Trocha,
with Gems. Wade Greene and Clous,
and. leaving there this afternoon, he
passed, with his escort, through Cerro.
a suburb of Havana where the women
waved American flags and threw flow
ers. The crowds along his route cheered
enthusiastically. At Marianao his re-
ception was equally enthusiastic He is
lodging tonight at Buena Vista cottage.
La Lucia announces that Gen. Lee
proposes to treat Cubans, Spaniards
and all other nationalities with equal
justice. This has produced a great re-
action among Spanish residents favor
able to Gen. Lee, the hope being every
where expressed that he will act up to
La Lucha's assertion. Gen. Brooke and
Gen. Ludlow are not known here. but
the inhabitants are confident they will
treat all classes Justly.
The steamer Whitney arrived at 8
o'clock this afternoon, from Port Tam
pa. by the way of Key West, with four
companies of the Eighth regular in
fantry, under command of Maj. Stat
ford. Havana is quiet this evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
THE AsTOR BATTERY.
At a Meeting Steps Taken 10 Form the
Philippine Development Association.

Philippine Development association.
Manila, Philippines, Dec. 14.-At an
enthusiastic meeting of the Astor bat
terry at it's headquarters, today, prelim-
mary steps wer taken to establish the
Philippine Development Association of
American Volunteers, for the purpose
of promoting the development of the
islands when the volunteers are dis
charged from the service, While will
ing to bear arms AZ long as required,
many of our volunteers are DESTROYS Of
remaining here to eug5 sc in various
enterprises Some of them are deter
mined to settle down IN the Philippines,
even If they are compelled to return to
the United States in order to get their
discharges. The association proposes to
communicate with the United States
authorities in order to obtain the dis
charge of volunteers, who are DESTROYS
of settling down here, and will urge that
the men be granted a travelling allow
ance, in lieu of transportation when
their time has expired In the mean
time the association intends to procure
information regarding the resources of
the island. It's membership is confined
to enlisted men of good character. The
Astor battery has been ordered to de-
liver up it's equipment to the quarter
master preparatory to embarking on a
homeward bound transport.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
SOLDIERS IN MANILA.
A Red Cross Nurse Makes Startling
Charges About Their Treatment.

Honolulu, Dec. Z, Via San Francisco,
Dec. 14-The United States transport
Scandal has arrived here from Manila
with a number Of officers, 81 dis
charged and furloughed men and two
Red Cross nurses.
Miss Schaemer a Red Cross nurse
who went from Honolulu to Manila, ar
irving there Sept. 26, returned here. She
makes startling charges as to the way
United tSates soldiers are taken care OF
in Manila. Scores Of the soldier boys, "
she says, are dying in the hospitals
at Manila just for want Of proper nour-
shment. Men as bright, as noble as
God ever made, are given up to death,
hoping for it, seeking it, taking poison,
doing anything that will end the de-
spatr that comes upon them. seeing
nothing before them but days of pain
and nights of Wretchedness, without
proper food, alone, with no one to give
them sympathy Of cheer, to write to
friends, to soothe the aching brows or
moisten parched lips.
No wonder there are six or seven
funerals a day. And outside the hos
pitfalls and even in it such indifference.
petty consideration of rank and posi-
ton, squabbles about precedence, lack
of consideration in prescribing and pre-
pairing food, while men are dying fer
want of nourishment have gone
through the wards day after day and
men who do not wear their hearts on
their sleeve cried for the pure agony OF
their loneliness and despair.
II saw the need of care, of proper
nourishment, of the most ordinary hos
pital treatment and was utterly help
less to do anything. do not mean that
attendants of the hospital are careless
or Indifferent; many are trying to dc
their best. But there is so much mex
pel1ence, so many clogs to those who
would do much. In whole ward there
lis not more than one nurse with expert.
ence, and for helpers only one or two
awkward boys who perhaps never saw
a sick room before"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-15
SEARCHING FOR PORTLAND.
Expedition Returns to Boston Without
Learning Anything of Importance.

Provincetown, Dec. 1.-THE expedi-
ton in command of Lieut. Halpine of
the photographic office in Boston,
which for three days has been search
ing for traces of wrecks on the tip end
of Cape Cod, that of the steamer Port
land among them, has been abandoned.
and the lieutenant has returned to Bos-
ton. The tugs Gallison and Chesterton
also sailed for Boston this afternoon.
According to the best information OBJ
tainable from men with the expedition,
absolutely nothing of Importance was
obtained in the search between Race
Point and High Head. The report Of
Lieut.. Halpine will be forwarded to
WASHINGTON.