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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22
WOMEN JUMPED TO
SAVE THEIR LIVES.
Were Hemmed in by Fire i'm an
Omaha BlOck---TwO Sue
Cumbed to Injuries.

omaha. March 22-Comparatively In.
significant in material destruction, but
appalling in It's harvest Of death and
suffering, was a fire that partially de-
stroyed the Patterson block yesterday
afternoon. Two OF its victims are dead.
one more is not expected to live. and
about 25 others are suffering from broken
limbs and burned flesh. All but three
OF the victims are women.
The blaze started shortly after 3
o'clock. A group OF women. busy with
the affairs OF the secret orders with
which they were affiliated, were i'm a
moment brought face to face with death.
Sixty seconds later seven OF them lay
burned and bleeding on the pavement,
To which they had dropped, 40 feet be-
low, and the others were rescued after
they hat been more OF less severely in
1ured In their desperate dash down the
single flight Of stairs that led to safety.
The fire originated from a gasoline
stove explosion in a room In the rear of
the third floor OF the building. and next
TO the elevator shaft. IL was not dis
covered until IL had spread TO the ad
Joining apartments, and the entire floor
was filled with smoke and flames.
About 20 members OF the Womens
Lodge of MeCcabecs were attending a
room on the same floor. They were
unconscious OF danger until jantor
threw open the door and told them TO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

Burdock BLOOD Bitterg gives man
u clear head. an active brain. a strong
vigorous hUdy--makcs him ht for tha
battle OF life.
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AN IMPORTANT DECISION.


san Francisco. March 22.-The SUI
preme Court has rendered an import
ant decision in an insurance case. Mrs
Alice n. Knarston. "a widow. brought
an action against the Manhattan Life
Insurance company of New York to
recover upon a policy of life insurance
taken out by her husband. The de-
fence was that the policy had become
forfeited prior to the death of the in
sured because OF the n-payment of
the fourth semi-annual payment.
In the lower court the insurance COM
pany was successful The Supreme
Court took a different view OF the mat
ter, reversed the judgment OF the lower
court and ordered n new trial.
The widow contended that the com
pany waived the payment of the pre-
MUM at the time IL became due by it's
agent agreeing to an extension of time
and hence there was no forfeiture OF
policy. The Supreme Court sustained
this contention.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22
WAR AND LOVE ROMANCE.

Worcester. Mass. March 22.--Mrs.
Charles Carter, widow of Charles Car
ter. who was killed at Honolulu, at the
time OF the uprising. several years ago,
when an attempt was made TO over
throw the republic, is to be married
April to Major c. e. Davis of Albany.
Major Davis' New York regiment was
stationed at Honolulu last fall and for
a time he was III in the hospital. There
he met Mrs. Carter. who was acting as
a Red Cross nurse, in common with
other patriotic American women OF Hon
olulu.. Mrs. Carter nursed Major Davis
back to health. and the major lost his
heart to his fair countrywoman. She
is NOW visiting friends ANest Brook
reld Mass
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22
COMMON SENSE SPELLING.

The American Pathological Associa-
tion Is endeavoring to institute whole
sale reforms In spelling. 1t has exhaus-
ted nearly every means Il has at its
command to attain the end. but hith-
Crto always unsuccessfully. The Asso-
citation Is now enleavoiing TO play the
trump card 81 holds to win the game
according 10 the Philadelphia Times.
and it was soon determined whether It
will be successful or will have to walt
another decade for necessary ana un-
avoidable reforms 20 be established
It's last move has been an application
To- the United states Congress. The
Association - trying to get a bill
through Congrt SO which shall corr-'t
what it describes ~ an evil. The state
ment s made that the Irregular spell
ing OF the English language causcs a
lOsa OF two years of the school time of
each child. and is mainly the cause OF
The alarming illiteracy OF our people;
that II Involves an expense of hun lre3s
" millions Of dollars annually FOR
teachers and FOR writing and printing
superfuOus letters. ana that 81 is an
obstacle in many WAYS 10 the progress
nf the educafi ion OF those speaking fhc
English language and TO he spre ad OF
the language among oiper nations.
Francis ". March. IL. H.. l.. ~. D..
professor Of The English language and
comparative philologv ~ Lafayette
college. of Easton. Pa, is az the head
Of the movement. and with him have
been actively associated Minton War
ron. ~ Johns Hopkins: Clement T..
Smith. OF Harvard: Abby Leach OF
Nassar. Herbert Weir Smyth of Bryn
Mawr: Prof. Planter. ~ Adelhcrt: Prof.
West. of Princeton, aud prof. Wright.
OF Harvard
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A | u iDRE D REAs 0yS.

Can be given why Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are the best ana most effectual
cure for every form of indigestion.
They are in the tablet form which
retains their good qualities indefinitely,
while liquid preparations become stale
and useless with age.
They are convenient. cam be carried
i'm the pocket and taken when needed.
They are pleasant to take.
After each meal dissolve one or two
cf them I'm the mouth and, minGliug
with the food, they constitute q perfect
digestive, absolutely safe for the most
sensitive stomach.
They digest the food before Il has
time TO fcrmcnt. thus preventing the
formation Of gas and Keeping the blood
pure and free from the poisonous pro-
ducts OF fermented, half digested food.
Stuart'e Dyspepsia Tablets is the only
remedy designed especially for the care
Of stomach troubles and nothing else.
one disease. one remedy the-success-
ful physician of today Is the specialist.
the successful medicine is the medicine
prepared especially for one disease
Stusrt's Dyspepsia Tablets make the
complexion clear by keeping the blood
pure.
They Increase llesh by digesting flesh
forming foods
\ whole package taken 80 one time
would not hurt one. bat would rimply
be waste OF good material.
over six Thousand men ana women Iva
the state ~ Michigan alone. have been
cured II indigestion and dyspepsia by
the use ~ Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
Sold by All druggists at 80 cents per
package.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22
get out before the flames cut them on.

get out pefOre the flames cut tncm on
The warning came too late. The fire
swept through the door and down the
single stairway. Those nearest the door
fed through the binding smoke and
reached the street with hands and faces
burned and biistered. The rest faced
q solid wall OF fame. There was "A
fire escape at the south front OF the
building. but none of them thought OF
1t. They rushed panic-stricken 10 the
windows. through which the smoke was
already pouring. The fire, scarcely a
foot behind them. caught their clothing
and scorchcd their faces.
In another instant the spectators, at
tracted by the clouds OF smoke. were
horrified TO see one after another spring
from the open windows and fall heavily
10 the pavement. Not one arose They
were quickly carried into the office OF
a physician across the street. Most Of
them were bleeding from severe cuts
and bruises. and all were burned until
their skin hung in shredg.
AS fast as dressing could be applied.
the victims were taken 10 the Clarkson
hospital. Mrs Taylor and Mrs.
Schamel died without recovering con-
seriousness.
The property loss win not exceed $50,-
900, half of which was on the building.
The losses are, ft6ly covered by ,insur-
ance. Various secret societies which
occupied halls on the second and third
floors lost tHoir regslia and papers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

Half ~ Secretary Longs huge mail
is now daily devoted 10 letters from all
for the three battleships and L. cruis-
ers provided for by the present Naval
hill
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

Dr. Woods Norway Pine syrup seems
especially adapted 90 the needs Of the
children. Pleasant to take; soothing in
its influence. IL II the remedy OF rll
remedies FOR every form or threat an J
hung disease.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

The theory thar ruid ruiguvts have
been deposited from "a solution around
"a nucleus has been n subject of i'm
vestiRation by Prof. \. I.iveYsridge. the
Australian mineTalogist. He hnds that
etched sections OF nuggets SHOW more
or less capitalization. often large ana
well-defned crystals, sometimes with
inciusiOns - quartz end other lmpuri-
lies. but never cencentric layers. cold
that had h~cn fused had a similar crys-
tslline structure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

Group Instantly relieved. Dr. Thomas
EcleCtric OH Perfectly safe. Never
fails At any drug store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

\ hcn OF now form has been invited
in Germany by Herr Apunn. Th"
shape IS hcmisphcricai. and the metal
Is of uniform thickness except FOR some
distance from the edge. where IL sud
denly and greatly thlckens. The bell
is said 30 have "a very deep tone and To-
be as powerful as considerably larger
bells OF the form 90 long used.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22

Ten thousand demons gnavlng awev
90 ones vitals couldn't b. much worse
than The foftufes OF itching piles. Yet
there's cute. DOan'a Ointment mover
fails.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22


fomty with Chapter 9 Section the General Laws of Rhode island
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-22
-----"@-
TROUBLES OF THE RICH.
Extremes 10 Which he SwaIIs Ere 0riyaL For
koyelT

The power to possess that which any
one else has or may have is not salts
flying even 10 the millionaire who
has but To sign his name TO a check
and call the treasures of the world at
his command After the first eXpe-
rience of newly acquired wealth there
comes safety that foe which attacks
with subtle undermining force the cas-
tie OF contentment and makes novelty
appear a more desirable prize than the
accumulated indications OF moneys
power. as exemplfied i'm his art treas
ures, his gorgeous raiment and his rare
entertainments.
Others are able To secure by gold just
as much as he possesses. for what
money has bought money may buy, but
the vein of originality, the peculiar
out-of- the Ordinary quality Is what IL
cannot achieve without the aid of men
tai force directed I'm new lines of
thought, according TO the Philadelphia
Times Thus the millionaire. having
run the gamut Of gorgeousness and eX-
clusiveness. sighs for something alb
solutely novel, and in his desire for
such goes TO extremes that make tha
hoi polloi gasp and the average mortal
have doubts of his sanity.
The latest ebullition prompted by
this craving is the society cakewalk.
sical gyrations and uhe conscious smirk
were never seen beyond the environ
ment OF the plantation. Dusky bellies
and their partners walked for the cake
IN the truest spirit OF competition and
little dreamt that later on the stage
would give their pet diversion IT'S feC-
oguition which today society encores
and in which IL participates.
The fair-skinned damsels of the four
hundred have brought their superior
Intelligence To bear upon this form o.
entertainment and the steps taken i'm
"A Louis Quatorze ballroom are much
more intricate and graceful than those
that were wont 20 win applause in los
cabin in the quarters The vaude-
vile show brought nto the. homes OF
the wealthy is also an indication OF IN i
Zbst FOR the unusual, while 10 eat beef
steak I'm ones fingers in a grimy dun
paou pleasCs socletys pets for the mo-
mcnt far more than 20 sit down 90 tho
most daiutily appointed table. NOV
city. novelty. give us novelty" ~ the
cry. and wEsther IN securing 10 the
votarles OF excitement are called upon
10 invade the aiums' or wrest the honors
from the cheapest song and dance art o.
lists matters not so long as the new
note Is struck without which the har-
monies of.a nliil'0naire's lif" are to him
dull ana tuuehss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03

held 1t In the smoke, turning It rapidly, and
in about minute the rubber had hard
ened upon it. then thrust 1t into the
bowl again for fresh coat Of milk. hard
ened this in the smoke in the same way
and thus went on until had built up layer
after layer of sap on my paddle.
The smoke came into my eyes I wept
almost as many tears as there were drops
of rubber sap in the bowl, and finally. hav-
ing made a very small quantity, handed
the job over to the professionals.
They continued at the smoking for hours,
and in the end had one of the rubber hams
of commerce about the paddle This was
now cut open with a knife and the paddle
taken out. From the cut part / could
easily see the layers made by the smoking.
1t was cut rubber ham, looking much
like cheese. In the smoking the rubber
loses it's beautiful white. 1t turns yellow
and brown. 1t looks greasy.
Rubber Thieves.
Rubber is, you know, salable anywhere.
1t is better than the wheat, and the rubber
planters and shippers have to watch care
fully to prevent it's being stolen. The rub
Der at Para is watched by both the custom
house officers and the shippers. 1t is care
fully weighed. being put up in pine boxes,
each of which contains somewhere between
800 and 400 pounds.
The boxes are watched as they go to the
ship. They must be carefully handled, for
if one is broken pieces are liable to be
stolen and the steamship company is re-
sponsible for the loss. There is a great
deal of rubber stealing at the ports to
which the rubber is taken Bits are often
carried away by the sailors and traded for
give rubber worth ten times the price of
glass of whisky for a schooner of beer.
One of the great troubles in the rubber
districts is labor. 1t is hard to get men to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03
OWE FOR THEIR DINNERS YET.
Suit Likely to Grow Out of the Bryan
81 Banquet.

The New York Herald OF today SAYS:
Trouble is brewing over the silver dollar
dinner given by the Chicago platform
democrats in the Grand Central Palace on
April 10. Some of 1t will come to the sur
face on Monday, when a member of the
committee of one hundred of the name of
Grogerat will appear in court and claim
400 from John Stimmel, the caterer for
the dinner, as commission, which he says
Mr.. Stimmel agreed to pay him for getting
him the contract to feed the hungry BRYAN
men.
Another branch of the difficulty NAV be
taken to court later unless those OF the
DINERS who forgot to pay their dollars set
tie with the finance committee and enable
it to liquidate its debt to Mr. StmmeI.
There is a difference of opinion between
the finance committee and Mr.. Stimmel as
to how much is due him. The finance COM
mittee says he has beef paid all of the
5000 which he charged for the dinner
with the exception of $40. Mr.. Stimmel
believes the debt is more than that, but
he does not know exactly how much more.
There is also disagreement as to the
number of guests that partook of the din
ner. Mr.. Stmmel thinks there were more
than three thousand, while the manag gers
think there were three or four hundred
less.
Though the main object of the feast was
to demonstrate the need for new financial
- SltiH luS iltldDCbS OF lne ulrTer seem to
have fallen into sad confusion. Eugene V
Brewster, the chief promoter of the affair
received all the money except what was
paid in at the Grand Central Palace on the
day of the dinner. He had all of the re-
ceipts except $500 800 and he paid all
OF the preliminary expenses, such as the
rent of the hall and the cost of the band.
When all of the funds were brought to-
gether, however, 1t was found mat there
was not enough left to pay Mr. Stimmel
BY scanning the list of ticket holders 10
hnance committee discovered several hun
bred who had not paid for their dinner
Notices were sent to them and other means
taken to induce them to pay Some of them
did pay, while others have so far defied all
efforts to collect from them.
Mr.. Bryan insisted upon paying his own
hotel expenses. though the committee was
anxious to assume them.
Il have written the delinouents some
pretty sharp letters" said Mr. Stimmel
yesterday, and / hope they will pay me-
III they do not l shall have to go to court
AS for Grogerat, 1 shall not pay him a
cent. He did not get me the contract for
the dinner, and / could not afford to pay
any commission on it. He wanted me to
buy fish at one cent pound and I almost
threw him out of the office. Everything
that served was the best to be had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03

Don has 10000 acres on a tributary Of the
Amazon. more than 800 miles above Para
il has capital of 1900 600 and runs
steam tug between its estate and the CITY
Of ManaOs which Is l, 900 miles up the river
There Is another English rubber company
which has been recently formed, with a
capital OF 81 $50. 600, which owns about 300
90 rubber trees, scattered over 1S2, 900
acres. This company has produced as much
as 800 tons of rubber a year. and il will il
claims, soon produce 800 tons annually
Nearly every business man of promins nee
in Para owns more or less rubber land
Many or the big business houses have liens
on the owners Of rubber camps from the
goods they supply to them, and II NAV he
said that the rubber lands of the Amazon
are practically mortgaged to Para. and its
connections.
This Is especially so of the rubber country
south OF the Rio Negro. On that river not
far from its mouth, is the town of Manaos.
which has 10000 people. This is also a rub
ber city, snd its people are largely inter-
ested in the rubber forests further up. In
addition 10 the great companies, there are
many small rubber buyers and rubber hunt
ers. Some livs in the wilds and work with
others work on system much like slavery,
enforcing their commands with revolvers
and rifles.
Rubber at 81 800 a Pound.
Some Of the best rubber Is made not far
rom Para 1t grows on the islands in the
delta OF the Amazon. I have visited some
Of these islands and have experimental in
making rubbsr. j can't say that the ex-
pertinent was a financial success. I have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03

that if it were all loaded on wagons it
would take 5000 horses to haul 1t over
macadamized roads. From every part OF
this great Amazon valley. from the foot
hills of the Andes, from the wilds of Bo-
Iivia, from the savage regions of Ecuador,
from the banks of the Orinoco, the Madeira,
the Zingu and the thousand minor streams
loads of rubber are fioated down the Anna
zOn to the city at its mouth.
This is the India Rubber Age, and Para
Is its handspring From here goes out the
elastic material which moves the world.
Every man, woman and child who will read
this letter is using Para rubber in one form
or another.
II Is rubber that has built up the city OF
Para, and it is rubber which supports it
today. For every pound which is sent away
the exporter has to pay % cents to the
state government and the result is that l l.
IA is i rich state and its officials wax fat
The city of Para has about 100000 people
1t is alive and enterprising. 1t has i'm
mense stores filled with all kinds Of goods
for the rubber camps. 1t has great ware
houses where the rubber Is packed up Tor
shipment abroad. and through its streets
you see carts filled with crude rubber going
to and from the stores and the ware
houses Much OF the rubber Is taken IN
trade for goods \ great deal is brought
al sorts Of shapes.
The Tubber-cXpOTting parts of the city
smell like a smoke house. The rubber is
brought in Jumps which look for all the
world like four-pUund hams. They smell
Ike smoked hams and you would not know
the difference unless you saw them fall
on the street. At such times they bounce
UP and down and roll about like things
alive, as pork hams could not possibly do
The Rubber Territory of the Amazon.
7Tbera q 70 MANY LARGO rubber fOrests near
Para l shall describe my visit to one of
them further on in this letter. But first let
me tell you something about the rubber
territory of this great valley. The Amazon
valley is, you know. of vast extent. 1t is
TOO miles wide and more than 1900 miles
long, and a vast part of it contains rubber
trees.
The trees grow over a territory One-third
as large Us the whole United States. They
thrive best on ground that is flooded a part
of the year. a great part of the valley is
OF this nature The waters cover the tops
Of the trees. 1t remains about them for
months and then subsidies until the floods
come again
The valley is cut up by rivers and
streams. IL is almost altogether covered
with woods. and the only way of reaching
different parts of il is by the streams AL
most all the land along the streams is
owned by some one or other If 1t is not
owned il is claimed, and this is especially
60 of those parts of the valley which pro-
duCe good rubber.
Some of il is owned by large companies.
The rubber trust controls much of ii. The
Amazonas Rubber Estate Company of Lon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03

William Wheeler colored, was before
Judge Kimball today, charged with being
drunk and disorderly.
''I'll admit l was drunk" answered the
prisoner. but, deed. L didn't cuss and
swear"
court inquired.
Yesterday | got overheated," he answer
ed, and l took some spirits for the cramps
When man gets cramps from the heat it s
awful"
What time did the cramps attack you ~
about o'clock In the afternoon"
Even if he had been sick at o'clock,
Judge kimball could not excuse him for
being drunk and disorderly about midnight
A penalty of So or fifteen days was inn
posed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-03
SCARED BY WARSHIPS.
Old Fisherman's Theory About the
Disappearance of MackereI.

olu fISneFman'S IheOry About the
Disappearance of MackereI.
From the Bangor Commercial.
OF late years mackerel have not been
seen off the eastern coast of Maine One
explanation was given Monday by a promi-
nent fisherman of Southwest Harbor, who
was in Bangor on that day, who said:
I'VE used to catch mackerel by the thou
sands down our way years ago, but the
warships scared them away. You know
they run in schools, and once they get
scared from certain locality they never
again run that way. That's the only rea-
son I can find as to why they don't come
our way nowadays
Less is known about mackerel than of
any other Of our common food fish. 1t is
known that the fish migrate northward in
the spring and southwark in the autumn,
and that they come from some unknown
place, that is secret to all of our experts.
In May an enormous school strikes the
coast of Yarmouth, N. S. This school evil
IDENTIFY is separate from the southern army
and advances from the southern coast.
From the size and general character of the
mackerel off the Yarmouth coast it is be-
lieved that. as they have no connection
whatever with the great schools from the
south, they must come from out of the
deep sea to the east. When the southern
schools have advanced as far as Nantucket
they suddenly disappear, leaving no trace
behind them. Then the veteran mackerel
fishermen pick up their traps and repair to
the bays indenting the Massachusetts coast,
for it is there that the mackerel will next
appear, where they stay in more or less
numbers until we'll into August.
The rowing habit of the mackerel is thus
shown. Besides these general movements
they have certain erratic habits that con-
found the fishermen and experts. They dis
appear from one place and reappear in the
strangest manner There is no accounting
for these movements any more than there
Is in explaining there migrations Old fish
ermen who have grown gray in the work
say that the mackerel are the most mysti-
flying of all our salt water fish. They have
learned to read the signs of their coming
and going, but they cannot explain them,
neither can they account for their habits
They pursue them with a sort of intuition.
One may be good fisherman of other dem
liens of the deep in a short time, but to
capture mackerel large experience is re-
quired.