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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
CERTAIN TEST OF DEATH.

DR.. Chalmers Prentice, who has been
as an oculist, asserts that he can i'm
fallibly tell whether death is present or
not by simply noting the appearance
OF the veins and arteries Of the eye. His
experiments in this line began many
years ago, and he has never known his
simple test to fail. In cases Of sus-
pended animation where others have
pronounced death his test has proved
that life still existed.
DIR. Prentice has observed that dur
ing life, when the back portion of the
eye Is being looked at with an ophthal-
moscope. the veins can be clearly dis
tingushed from the arteries The for
mer. containing venous blood, richly
charged with carbonc acid gas, ap-
pear OF a dark. brackish color, while
the arteries, containing blood fresh
from the heart appear bright GRIM
son. The difference between the two
shades of color is SO clearly marked
that mistake is impossible, and the ret
ina appears as IL made up of two sepa-
rate colors.
The arteries and veins. however. are
not situated i'm the retina. but directly
behind It, in that coat Of the eyeball
known as the choroid. Even in the case
of the blind this color distinction is
present unless a cataract exists, when
the use OF an ophthalmoscope would
be impossible.
DR. Prentice has found that in death
the shade distinction entirely disap-
pears and the blood In both arteries
and veins is transformed into pinkist
| color of uniform shade.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

The fate that has thus overtaken the
beautiful Goo- Goo plan Of building the
streets of the municipality without
drawing on the municipal treasury is
impressive. We have forgotten who
originated the idea, but It has had the
sufficient authority Of some very able,
not to say expert, professors Of the art
OF how to run city without spending
n cent. It was a beautiful invention.
this plan TO build new streets with
money secured by assessments on the
abutting owners. Everybody rejoiced,
especially the great majority of us who
had shared and shared alike in devel-
oping our beautiful city, and were not
asking for any more just at present.
We were bound TO economlze in mu-
nicipal expenditures, even II the unfor-
tunate minority who still dwelt hard
by bitches and sand banks had TO pay
our bills for us. IT was no trouble 10
secure executive opinion I'm behalf OF
the plan, and City Councils, wrought
up to a state of frenzy by the COM
plications OF the problem OF meeting
bills without raising money, rejoiced
to resolve that in future the folks who
owned property on yet undeveloped
streets should pay the cost OF develop
ment. Everything favored the new idea
In municipal management, locally
speaking. and IL fastened on its cheer
full way to the General Assembly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
S1O0 Reward. 500.

The readers Of his paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is az leSst
one dreaded disease that science has
bpen able 10 cure i'm all its stages. and
that is Catnrrh. Hairs Catarrh cure is
the only positive cure known TO the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires con-
gtitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
cure as taken Internally. acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
, oil the System. thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up ths
constitution and assisting nature I'm 10
ing ite work. The propriet0rs have 80
much faith in ia curative powers. that
they offer one Hundred Dollars FOR any
case that " fails In cure. Send for list
Address Z. J CHENEY SEQ. Tole.
do -
Sold by Druggists. 7sc.
Hairs Family Pills are the best
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
CLEAN PAPER MONEY.

In view OF the large quantity OF gold
coin piled mp. arguments are frequent-
ly heard in favor of a larger use of me-
tallic money. The smallest note Issued
i'm England is $25, in Germany $2i and
in France $40. The population of these
countries. exceeding l25OOO,OOo, 10 say
nothing OF colonies. transact their az
fairs without paper money Of small de-
nominations. The English would not
change TO small notes IL they could.
Perhaps Americans will be unwilling
10 part with 81. 81 and s. bills. Yet SCI
ence some day may force upon their
attention the fact that paper money IN
dirty pockets and contaminated fingers
is not by any means conserVator ol
health The scrupulous and successful
cleanliness Of modern surgery is based
on universal law.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

BY this conclusion OF the fanciful,
freaky and fraudulent plan to relieve
the city treasury by saving IL the
charges of a most important depart
ment of public enterprise, the City
Council OF 1899 will be compelled to
face the revenue problem fairly and
devise means for it's solution that will
be constitutional, legal and straight
forward from business point of view.
However industriously the question
may be begged, however zealously the
reformers may rack their brains to
conjure up queer schemes calculated to
juggle the figures, the fact will re-
main, hard and fast, that the question
is not one of reducing expenditures. but
of increasing revenue. 1t is problem
in revenue that confronts the city gov
ernment, and not OF expenses. Con-
trary to all the talk, our city has never
been run extravagantly. There has
been no waste as there has been no
stealings. There may be trimming
and cheese paving of departments here
and there. but they will not better the
problem. will only arouse protest and
result in embarTassments likely to
prove costly. This has been the ex-
perience since reform first began TO re-
form. Year after year for FIVE years
now the city government has marched
boldly up to the assessment and tax
rate-and then gone about face,
sneaked back. and cut an appropriation
or two as a feeble apology to the citi-
zenship and a temporary makeshift to
cover up its lack OF nerve and capacity
| for dealing I'm a broad way with a COM
manding problem.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

York city as illustrative and perhaps
significant OF a process which may de-
yelop I'm other communities. The New
York assessors, with a long history at
hand OF squabbling and costly embar-
rassment over personal property as
sessments. laid the greater part of the
increase i'm taxes demanded for the
coming year upon real estate. Their
plan was by no means in accord with
the single tax theory, since they as
sessed big improvements on high priced
real estate rather than the land itself.
But indirectly the result seems 20 be
much the same. They acted on the
practical principle that real estate and
the improvements thereon had a GER
tain marked value that could not be
sworn of, and that the owners could
not take it away. They figured that
the way TO raise revenue was 20 raise
revenue instead Of indulging i'm fruit
less chase for only barely possible
sources thereof.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

seriously. the proposition TO lay all
the burden Of our future highway con-
struction on the shoulders OF property
o,vners along such highways was about
the meanest scheme eyer trumped up
THAT II ever had the support OF the
great majority Of the citizenship OF
Providence. is TO be doubted If one has
foith that the majority of us are fair
minded and liberal in spirit. In the
development OF our city there are miles
of streets vet TO be laid out, and that
we should deliberately declare that only
the dwellers thereon, or owners, should
be assessed for the work SO necessary
to the whole community was prepos-
ferrous and too small 90 be considered
for a moment except by a city govern
mcnt unequal 10 the task of raising
sufficient revenue for conducting the
city's business ard tempted to adopt
any measure, however picayune and
unfair. that would offer temporary re-
lief from the strain OF tackling Il job
too big for its capacity. It is TO such
ends as this that a good deal OF the
high-soundng stuff that has beer
preached the past few years seems
most easily TO reach. Just as the re-
form OF the liquor department of the
city government wound up with the
| licensing OF liquor saloon next dool
TO a school house, so the chop talk al
| to ways and means OF reducing mu
| nioipal expenditures makes OF III
most glorious achievement petit!
| scheme which is illegal according q
the construction Of the fundamenta
law OF the land. 1t is rare, indeed, tina
so little thing as a local ordinanc
runs against the biggest law that W
have. and IL should be a matter for re
jalcing by the fair-minded citizenship
that It remained for a mean little thin
like this highway scheme to suffer s
impressive a rebulSe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

The members OF the General Assem-
bly, must feel glad that they have es-
capped the confusion that would have
followed the making OF law carrying
out the bright idea OF tho City Council
in the highway matter while IL must
be inexpresslbly saddening to the mem
bers OF the latter body TO realize that
they are capable Of making a city ordi-
nance that Is in conflict with the Con-
rtitutIon Of the United states OF Amer
ica. They wouldn't Although Il. Nat
ursily there is CONSERVATION in the
bosom OF the Mayor and Councilmen.
The decision which has overturned this
exquisite imposition is made by the
Supreme Court Of the United states,
tho casc coming from Tho village u
Norwood. Ohio. where. We may guess.
there has also been an epidemic ~ Goo
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
DIED..

DROoKS-In this city. the 18th init,
Hannah. widow Of Henry Brooks,
aged IS years
BlsHoP-In Auburn. X. l., 18th inst,
Abby Bishop, widow OF william
Bishop. aged - years.
Dt'CCAN-In this city. 18th inst. Mary
Duggan. formerly OF Piedmont
street.
pIJ ON-Tn Manton. Colorado. 18th
inst. Michael Dillon. formeSy OF
providence. aged a. years.
rARI,Y-In this city. 18th inst. lsa
bella. wife OF Patrick Early. aged
36 years.
FIFF-In this city 18Th inst. Mar
garet. wife ~ John Fife. aged @
years.
STrT'T. E-in this city. 20th inst. Ed
ward NJ. steele, formerly of Min
neapolis. In the SD year OF his age.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
IT'D BITS.

Phoenixville, Pa. will have a silk
mill.
sunnower seed are imported from
Russia.
silk is nearly always dyed before 1t
is woven.
Japan has seventy-five cotton-spin-
ming mills.
There are eight women colonels in
the German army.
Humptulips is the name OF a settle
ment i'm the state of Washington.
Queensland exports dried bananas.
They are taking the place of raisins In
this country.
Nearly 10000 olive and fig plants have
been planted In various parts of the
United States.
The iron manufacturing outlook is
better now than it has been at any
time since 1878.
The present year has been the most
successful in the history OF the Iron
Moulders' Union.
1t is estimated that there are 20,000.-
600 cattle and $4,000, 900 sheep in the Ar
gentine Republic.
Great Britain expends $90,0O0,000 q
year on the support OF the poor, and
Germany about $25,000000.
OF the $4,000 passengers entering
Mexico in a year. $4,000 came by rail
roads and II 900 by boats.
More steel is used in the manufac-
ture of pens than I'm all the sword and
gun factories I'm the world.
The London Times aptly character
ICES the Chinese government as mere
ly a machine TO register outside pres
sure"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

In this connection II may be observed
that nearly all schemes FOR seeking out
personal property. more than Is ordi-
narily available for taxation. have
proved fruitless however pretty they
may have looked In theory. Strong
boxees and old stockings are hard
things 10 get a peep into, and the
average citizen may be said TO b.
antagonistic 90 having his cash on hand
or his paper collateral touched by the
assessors. To this extent We should
say most Of ua are unconscious advo-
Gates Of the much-abused single tax
theory which the late Henry George
developed so profoundly. W. took 90
casiou the other day to quote the rec
cent action Of the tax board of New
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

Coffee at night. IL spoils their seep. lou
can drink Grain O when you please ana sieep
like "A top. For Grain.o docs not stilhulale'
IL tnourishos, cheers and leeds. let IL looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons. young people and children 'raino
is the perfect drink. Made frompure grains.
Get package from your grocer to-day lry
II In place OF coffee. 15e. and 25c
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

The department OF taxes has done its
level best. evidently enough. TO per-
sons familiar with the work of the as
SCISSORS what they accomplish year
after year is little short of the mar
velous. General Rhodes, chairman Of
the board of assessors, told one of the
young men of The News recently that
the property valuation OF the city had
been increased on the records OF his
office more than s5IOOOOOO during his
service, which now amounts to twelve
years. Such an increase in taxable
value does not pretend to approximate
actual value. but also because for every
dollar added to the former two or three
dollars arc lost. Sworn on"' or other
wise vanlshes, despite the most earnest
efforts to hang on to them FOR the
benefit Of tho city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

II seems a particularly grievous mat
ter when one of the more choice con-
ceptions of municipal reform, as rs.
runs up against the Constitution of the
great United States of America So
long as our Goo-Goo friends have only
to wrastle with State Constitution,
Bro. Henry w. Hayes revised statutes.
city charter, partizanship. and few
things of that sort, their ideas stand n
happy chance OF ventilation without
any back draft. But the United States
Constitution is a bumper of convincing
via inertia. and any motive, however
dsinterested or on-partizan that runs
against II is 10 be pitied.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
Nobody dreamed Of the United States

NOBODY dreamed OF tne Cnlteu states
Constitution. To quote the remark OF
a famous statesman:-"What the deuce
is the Constitution between frIends?"
We have been lately discussing the ap-
piication of that great instrument TO
the Philippine question; II was invoked
in opposition TO the notorious income
tax, and. while we are frequently re-
minded OF its existence, II is safe TO
say that the most dubious doubter of
the fairness or honesty OF the new
highway plan had no more idea that
the Constitution OF the United States
would be disturbed by the proposition
than he had that IL would conflict with
the fundamental OF Goo-Gooism the
making Of municipal politics without
rartisanshlp.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

But the point for the city government
of Providence TO recognize is that the
revenue problem is not to be solved by
paltry schemes and timorous ventures
into the maze, but must be grappled
vigorously with the idea ever before II
that money must be raised in an
amount proportionate TO the wealth OF
the community, and a recognition OF
the manifest fact that that wealth is
amply sufficient for the progressive de-
mands OF our splendid municipality.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

Gooism with resultant freaks OF fancy
I'm municipal government 10 tempt the
unwary and make things pleasant Tor
the majority at the expense of the
minority.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

Such a plan as that adopted by the
New York assessors is eminently un-
fair IL we are TO assume that all forms
OF property ought to pay their due
share toward the community revenue.
Generally speaking, there is probably
as much wealth in the form of stocks
and bonds as there is in real estate, and
It is plainly unfair that the owners Of
the latter should bear all the burden
of taxation. But the New York asses
soIfs decided that II was a condition and
not theory that confronted them, and
that if citizens would not acknowledge
TO the value OF certain Of their hold
ings as declared by the assessors, the
latter would lay hands on such hold
ings as required no acknowledgment to
demonstrate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

II have a pressing engagement. love"
lie said, "and we must part
And then, as IL To prove II.
He pressed her TO his heart
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Blynkins-Heard anything from our
friend Twiggleigh lately? Poor fellow;
the doctors gave him mp, I'm told.
Wynk,ns--Yes, but he retaliated by
giving up the doctors. and now he's re-
covering Baltimore Life.
Hlcks-That fellow. AguDaldo. Is go
ing to be a troublesome character. The
government should do something 10 get
him where he would never DE heard OF
again.
Wicks-Ycs; the government should
fix II some way so that We could elect
him vice president Ina 190O.--Puck.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20

lie was prohibitionist,
And SO with humor grim
His enemies collected funds,
And made bust Of him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
THE NEWS
DAILY EUROPEAN HINT.

(Secured for exclusive publication In
The News by arrangement with Felix,
Rouff, Doucet. La Ferriere. Paauin and
other famous Partisan costume max
ers.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-20
SMILES.

Tupman-I hear you are building a
new house?
Snodgrass-Yes; / couldn't very well
Traveller.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-22
THE ROBERTS DEFENSE.

The defense that Mormon Roberts
puts up is technical, yet it has some ele-
ments of sense in it. He claims that
no matter if he were living in polyga-
nous relations in Utah the house of
representatives had no authority or ju-
risdiction over him till the fourth of
March, 1899, when his term as repre-
sentative began. In other words, he
claims that since that time he has not
been a polygamist, whatever he may
have been before. His contention is
that if he had stolen a horse or COM
mitted a felony of any other sort prior
to March 4th, he could not have been
tried by congress, but would have been
tried in the civil courts. He claims, in
that the house has no more
right to try him for polygamy practiced
before his term commenced than it has
to try him for horse stealing. This de-
fense is certainly worth considering, as
matter of law, but it is not a plea of
not guilty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-22
Probate Court.

Final account has been filed in the
estate Of John Slagle, Sr, Paris town
ship.
In the estate of Catherine Frank,
Nimishillen township, inventory and
appraisement filed.
First account filed in the estate of
John Kahler, Sandy township.
VIII of John Gurski, of jackson town
ship probated and widow cited to elect.
Estate of Elenore Shidler, Alliance,
inventory and appraisement filed.
Fifth account filed in the guardian
ship of Elizabeth Rastetter, Alliance.
In the guardianship of Edward o.
Brien, Paris township. inventory filed.
Final account filed in the estate of
Samuel Miller. Perry township.
Fifth account filed in the estate of
William Rubright, Lake township.
Final account filed in the estate of
Newton Climes, Jackson township.
Final account has been filed in the
estate of George Reese, Sugar Creek
township.
First account of trustee filed in
estate of Flora Altekruse, Massillon.
Simeon Card appointed guardian OF
Jennie A. Caller. Alliance.
Motion to set aside sale Of personal
property In the assignment OF the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-22
ADA F. CLARK
MADE A WILL.
1t Is Filed In Probate Court
and Bequeaths Property.
WHAT THE HEIRS WILL GET.
Will Was Made In October and Sets Forth
the Manner In Which She
Wanted the Property
Divided.

The will of Mrs. Ada + Clark has
been filed with Judge Wise for probate.
The document was written October 29,
1892 She left to her husband, ]. ],
Clark, in lieu of his dover and statu-
tory rights, the privilege of occupying
room in her residence at 221 High street
as long as he lives. He is also to be
furnished with heat and light and to
have the freedom Of the library and
bath room.
To her servant. Kate Chopard, she
leaves SIS.
Able c. Rutledge, her daughter, gets
the home where she now lives at PA
High street. She is also to get S1O0 a
year until her share is equal to that
Of the other two children, Counting
her home at what it is reasonably
worth.
The balance of the estate is to be
equally divided between her other two
children, Helen c. Clark and Gorge
Clark.
On November 23 she added a codicil
to the will disposing of some of her
personal property. To her grand
children, Frances and Alice Rutledge,
she wills 5000 each, Geo. Clark to hold
the money as trustee till the children
become of age.
A diamond brooch goes to her daugh-
ter Helen. Able is to receive a seal
skin saque. George gets Relief Corps
badge, her cut glass and mahogany
couch. The balance of everything is
to be divided by the children to suit
themselves.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-22

Senator Teller says that he is glad
that the Republican party has at last
appeared in it's true character as op-
posed to silver money. 1T has been
masquerading during the last ten years
and pretending to favor bimettalism
which have felt all the time was sim
ply pretext to secure the votes of the
people who favor q double standard.
Now the mask has been thrown off,
the Republican party has confessed it's
duplicity and the people know what it
stands for"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-22
COL. GYGER
MADE ADJUTANT
Alliance Man Draws a Position
to Which Honor Attaches.
NASH DID NOT KNOW HIM
But He Went to Washing ton and Hanna
Did the Rest--OId Commander of the
Eighth Ohio and Veteran of
the civil War.

Th old colonel of the Eighth Ohio has
been appointed adjutant general of the
o. N. G., by Governor-elect Nash. A
special from Columbus says:
Col George Gyger, of Alliance, for
merly commander of Col. Dicks old
regiment, and a close friend of both
Dick and Senator Hanna, has been ap.
pointed adjutant general of Ohio oy
Governor-elect Nash. The new adju-
tant general has never figured much in
politics, but he was with Senator
Hanna in Chicago headquarters in the
fight of SO, and has always been count
ed as a faithful party worker.
He is veteran of two wars. He en-
listed as boy Of nineteen in the One
Hundredth and Seventy Ninth o. V. l.,
in the civil war, and served as a second
lieutenant, and in the late war he was
captain of the Ohio signal corps. In
1874 Gen. Gyger became a member and
captain Of the Homework Rifles, which
later became Company G of the Eighth
o. N. G. He became colonel of the
Eighth in 1888, and served until the
summer of 1897, when he was succeeded
by Col Hard
Judge Nash was probably as much
surprised over the appointment as any
one, for he did not even know Colonel
Gyger week ago, and his appointment
is supposed to have been one of the re
suits of Judge Nashs Washington trip
and his conference/ with Hanna and
Dick.
The assistant adjutant general will
not be named until after the governor
elect has had a conference with the
new adJutant general, though Colonel
Paul Milliken, Of Cincinnati. who was
with the First Ohio in the Spanish
American war. is tipped for the place.