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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
The PALMETTO LyNCHING.
Series Of Meetings 10 Protest tgaInsi Them 10 Be
Red al Chicago.

Chicago, April 26.-On behalf Of the
10000 colored residents of Chicago the
local auxiliary of the National Afro
American association Is arranging for
a series of meetings to be held in the
churches next Sunday night to protest
against the lynching OF the Rev. Lige
Strickland at Palmetto, Ga, by mob
of white men.
President l.. +. Barnett of the local
organization and his wife. Ida Wells
Barnett, secretary of the national coun-
Gil have the arrangement in charge. In
the five African churches sermons will
be preacneu with special reference to
the lynching and addresses by other
speakers will follow. Resolutions ap-
propriate to the occasion will be pre-
sented at all of these meetings for
adoption.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
A BICYCLE COMBINE.


Cleveland. o., April 26-There is a
strong probability that within a few
days nearly one hundred of the largest
bicycle manufacturing plants i'm the
United States will be under the control
of a gigantic company capitalized at
$50, 900, OOO The capitalists behind the
scheme have exact data upon the situ-
alton and this week will see the footing
up of the various phases of the propo-
sition and definite action will come at
a meeting of the manufacturers early
next week. A. G.. Spalding OF Chicago
is the chief figure in the enterprise.
The trust will build three different
grades of wheels, high priced wheel,
a medium and cheap grade. There
is little probability of the big deal fall
ing through.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
WERE MADE IN PRISON.


Canon city, Col. April 26.-The dis
covery has been made that some very
skllful coiners have been operating In
side the state penitentiary. The coun-
terfeits are silver dollars and IL Is be-
lieved they are OF a combination. prin-
cipally OF babbit metal which was used
in setting gratings during the construc-
tion of the prison. 1t Is supposed the
coins were made in plaster OF paris
molds. The coins were first detected
by merchants who sold delicacies TO the
prisoners. This led 10 an investigation
and 2S OF the bogus dollars were found
i'm the possession OF the prisoners.
though no clcw was obtained as To the
identity of the coiners. The coins are
so we'll executed as to deceive almost
anyone.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
KILLED IN A QUARRY.
Three Men Crushed 10 Death Under
Falling Slate and Dirt.
BODY Of One Victim Cut In Two-Bodles
Cannot Be Reached For Two Days.

Easton. Pa, April 26.-Three men
were killed today by fall OF slate in
the Penargyle Valley quarry at Penar-
gyle. 20 miles from this city. Two hum
dred tons Of slate and dirt fell into the
hole and Edward Harding and Joseph
ID. German are buried under 1t with no
hope Of recovering their bodies for at
least two days. A third man, an Ital-
ian. was cut in two. Harding was so
years old. He leaves a family of IL
children. German was As years old.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Robert Eden Instantly Killed While
at Work al AttIeboro.
Struck BY so Foot Street Car Rail That Was
Being UnIoaded In Street.

Robert Eden, Is years old. son OF
Contractor John Eden. was instantly
killed on North Main street. Attleboro.
this morning, street car rail. 60 feet
long. falling on and crushing his head.
New rails for the Interstate Consoli-
dated Electric system were being dis
tributed. Eden, who had been at work
on the job but half an hour, ATTEMPTED
to dodge under rail as 1t was being
unloaded
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
CARVED OUT OF COAL
Representation Of a Human Leg That Cost The
Prince of Wales So 500 900.

The strangest exhibit in the British
Museum is the likeness of human leg
carved out of camel gal. 1t came
from America and represents the folly
OF the Prince of Wales.
The English people don't know this,
how&er. That is why the stolid direc-
tors of the museum accepted as geo.
logical specimen what is really huge
American joke on his royal highness.
This is the truth about 1t: Out iis
Southwestern Kentucky, in Brecken-
ridge county, there is geological
freak. 1t is a hill 100 feet high that
was formerly scanned with big veins or
camel coal. oddly enough the coal
veins did not extend downward into the
surrounding ground. There is not an"
other coal vein within 500 miles OF IL.
Pennsylvania coal miners would MOI
touch it, They said il wouldn't pay td
put up the machinery To mine so small
quality of coal and haul IL TO mar
ket. But in 1884 a clever Cincinnau
man, ID. ii. Yeomans. saw an oppor-
tunity to profit by this bit of natures
fraud.
He photographed the bill of coal and
took specimens from it, He got sworn
statement from the recorder OF Breck-
enfldSe county StatlnS tne sptCiHlcHS
were from this hill and giving the area
covered by the coal outcroppings.
Mr.. Yeomans went TO London TO or
ganZe coal syndicate. He cut wid0
swath. He was called the Coal King OF
America He hobnobbed with the Prince
of Wales.
In six months Mr.. Yeomans had sold
to the Prince of Wales 81. 100000 worth
of stock in his coal mining company.
which he called the Breckenridge Com
pany, Limited.
An English manager was appointed
and came over to America with Mr.
Yeomans to manage the mine. Mr.. Yeo.
mans discreetly let him manage II in
his own English way. Ii cost him W
ton to mine coal that he got 81 for.
The enthusiastic Britisher didn't care
fol that He wrote home TO his Engliss
employers that IL was the finest cannei
coal on earth and there was no end TO
il.
He had a female figure carved out OF
II and sent il to London as n souvenir.
The thing got broken up in the unload.
ing. 1t all crumbled TO pieces except
one leg. That is what the British Mu'
scum got.
Last January the Prince of Waleo
and his fellow investors woke up TO the
fact that their coal mine was worked
out and they had sl50,000 worth Of law
suits on their hands for miners and
managers wages. Then the freak
mine" was abandoned.
But the leg still remains In the Brit.
ish Museum.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
Barn Struck By lightning.

Danvers, Mass. April Pa barn be-
longing to Henry wardwell, at Danvers
Centre. was struck by lightning last
night and Edward Well and Charles
Cross. who were in the building, were
considerably injured. Two cows were
killed. but fire did not follow the bolt.
The Injured men will recover.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Town Clerk Peck Is having his Office
overhauled and cleaned. There was a
tine when anyone could ~alk behind
the gate and seat himself In the most
comfortable chair. but things have
changed now. You simply call at the
"captains' office. make known your
wants and you are attended TO I'm a
polite and business-like manner. The
telephone booth has been shifted from
the fer corner OF the office 10 a more
convenient place. where IL can be used
without going through the office.
The fuLera. OF G. A. Cobb. who died
at Riverside at the age OF S3. was held
morning.
Sc Mary's guild connected with 81
Mery's Episcopal church. held It's an.
nual meeting today and then adjourned
until fall.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

A gift of e25.ooO. just made by, Mr..
I,ongstaff 10 the Royal Biographical
society. makes n British expedition to
the Antartic probable. The society has
now collected el0.000. or 100000, for
that purpose. and when II has 10000
more will again ask the government to
undertake the work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

Hungry Higgins-Got letter from
Idle Ike las week. an he gifts right
funny.
Weary watkins-How?
IVY. he II out I'm Frisco. an he says
ne Is still my friend. though SO far
away he roams. an then calls atten-
ton 20 the fact that there Is many a tie
between us."--Indianapolis Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
Joy Steamship Co.

Beginning Wednesday. March 2atn.
and leaving New York city Tuesday.
March 2Sth. the steamer "Rosalie" OF
the Joy Steamship Company will sail
semi-weekly between the ports of
Providence and New York city. Sail
ing days from Providence-Wednes-
days and Saturdays at s p. m: from
New York city-ruesdays and Fridays
at p. m.
c. l.. DIMON. JR., Gen. Manager.
Pier No. l. North River. New York.
Z. M. GETZLER, Gen. Freight Agent,
Point st. Bridge. Providence.
Telephone 297.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

Rodin. the sculptor. whose statue of
Balzac was rejected by the Societie des
Gems de Lettres last year, has applied
to the 1900 exhibition authorities fol
space for a seperate display OF his
works. He Is now at work on bust
OF Falguiere. whose Balzac stetue was
accepted instead OF his,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

Tickets include meals and stateroom sccommo-
dations. send for descriptive folder, etc.
for freight or passage, apply to
j. w. McCLOSKEY, Agent.
onc. and Wharf foot OF Benefit street
A. d. sTEBBINs, As.t. Trafhc Manager
W =. TURNER, Gen. Passenger Agent
J. e. WHITNEY, Trahic Manages.
Baltimore. Md.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

plan for rowling business in the
Palais Royal a. under consi 'eration I'm
Paris. that will destroy the uulet of the
garden In the center Of the building
and turn IL 3nto n thoroughfare be-
tween the great brulevards md the
Louvre ouarter. The pronosal is TO
extend, che Rue Vivienne through an
Intervening block and the north side
of the Palals itself 20 the garden. with
outlets AT the other end to the Rue de
RicheDsu 81 one side and the Rue de
valols on the other.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
SHIPPING AND STEAMBOATS,.
Merchants and Miners Trans
EonatIon Company.

First-cIass Passenger Ser
vice from Providence every
Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at E p. m. Through Tick
cts sold to all points South
and Southwest. Baggage
checked to destination.
LOCAL RATES.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

Psssersby--Have those laborers weak
backs;
Eoss--Nof at all. sor.
"Then Why do they move so slowly
and cautiously when they stoop over
They're afraid their stilettos will
stick 'em."-New York Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
EARL CARPENTER & SONS,

No. 2 Westminster ST., cor. Dyer
This old established house wholesale ant
retail ICE OF fair prices. and by prompt ~
tcntion To business and the employment y:
good men IN their several departments
merit n continuance ". lAs ps.rvnslss "a
long enjoyed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26
MEDICAL.

LADIES "A NEVER FAILING.
hamless, monthly regulator free. MRS.
B. ROWAN. Milwaukee. Wis.
(mch2S-1y)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04
DEW Ely AND GERMANY.

Discretion has been so marked trait of
Admiral Dewey that it is difficult to ere
dit the reflections upon Germany attribut-
ed to him in an interview at Trieste The
prevailing opinion among those who be-
lieve they know him best is that he did
not express the ideas credited to him. His
alleged prediction that our next war will
be with Germany was probably suggested
by some of the irritating little incidents
that occurred IN Manila bay. The Admi-
raj is too much of a diplomat to have
seriously predicted anything of the sort
even if he thought it, and his sense of
propriety, as being an officer of the United
States, would have restrained him. Apart
from the question of proprety, knowledge
of the actual relations of Germany with
the United States would have prevented
the Admiral from predicting rupture.
There is absolutely no visible cause of
difference, present or remote, and both
nations have every reason for wishing to
continue good friends. If our next war
is to be with Germany, we may congratu-
late ourselves on the prospect of peace
for century or more. 1t is to be hoped
that rs our people come to understand
better our relations with foreign countries
there will be less of tlippant talk about
war with any power. 1t is mark of
youth, immaturity and barbarity to assume
that every international question must be
solved by force. Sensible nations, like
sensible individuals, will wish to negotiate
first and fight only in the last resort and
then only about important things.-Balti
more SIM.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04

Cowards,' and other uncomplimentary re-
marks.
The scare has PLAYED ducks and brakes
with a proposed entertainment in honor
of the grand officers of the Elks. 1t is re
ported that these gentlemen are ON u pilot
boat off Old Point. They LEFT last i.ht
for Norfolk, but the authorities there
would not permit them to land.
Four hundred guests from the hotels at
Old Point passed through on Il special
train before dayhrrak this morning. Those
who did not GO through ut that time will
lie forced to remain until the quarantine
has been lifted. y Gordon of armed spe-
,.ialS guards all points of ingrcSs and
cgrt s. L. the city.
The disease is said to have originated
in this way: One of the veterans secured
an extended fur, IL h. and during the time
he was away he visited Cuba and brought
back the germs OF the disease in his
clothes The health officer has sent out
kilograms to various health officers cX-
planning the situation and requesting that
no quarantine be made against Newport
News. The Soldiers Home is eight miles
away and PhGbus nine. Phmbus has a
population of nearly 1000 and is immedi,
ately between the home and Old Point
The City Council tonight appropriated
$4,000 for immediate use in maintaining
the quarantine The Soldiers Home is
surrounded by Gordon of armed guards,
making escape impossible.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04
MARYLAND'S CLAIM CUT
DOWN.

The news that that Treasury Depart
ment at Washington had decided not to
allow the full amount of the States claim
for $4,000, which was expended by the
cent war, was received apparently without
great surprise in military quarters in Bal
timore.
Inspector General Thomas S. MumforG,
land National Guard, said "The action
taken by the Treasury Department in ref
erence to the payment of the States claim
for money expended in fitting and equip
ping the Maryland National Guard for the
late war and the Treasury Departments
action in declining to honor the claim in
full is not surprising to me. OF the
amount involved the Treasury Depart
ment has sent a draft to the Governor for
$4,000. While l have received no Off
cial information upon the matter | am
am not surprised that part of the claim
has been suspended for the reason that
tue AuulIOT OIL the treasury some tlmc
ago decided that there was no appropria-
ton available for the payment of the
claims incurred in preparing the naval
militia for service in the war with Spain,
and that hence these claims could only be
paid by special act Of the coming Con-
gress.
In equipping the Maryland State Naval
Militia the State expended about $1,000
for clothing and $4,000 for pay Then
again the State expended about s. 900 for
transportation of men to Pimlico and the
expenses, incidental examination and
muster into the United States service
Many of these man were rejected by the
surgeons. In addition to these amounts
there are undoubtedly, in my opinion,
claims for other amounts held up by the
Auditor on account of my inability to pro-
cure vouchers in such form as required
by the department from officers accounta-
BILE for the property. think, however,
that eventually the full amount of our
claim will be allowed by the accounting
officers of the Treasury"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04
THE YELLOW FEVER.

y special dispatch to the Baltimore SIM
from Newport News, Va, under date of
July 3lst, says: The city is in Il fever of
excitement over the serious condition of
affairs at the Soldiers Home, Hampton,
where yellow fever was discovered yeSter-
day.
The Board of Health of this city took
prompt action in the matter, and. in ac-
cordance with Il resolution adopted ut an
informal meeting last night, the cars run
ming from Hampton and Old Point were
notified to cease running at midngh
This morning Il train on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway was made up in Phnbus
and went through to Richmond, taking on
number of passengers. This was the
last train to come from the infected sec
ton. THIS city to day declared rigid quar-
antinc against all that section east of the
city to the Chesapeake bay. All the Ches-
apeakc and Ohio trains are now made up
in this city, and this will he The terminal
point of the road until the disease is
stamped out.
Seven additional cases are reported and
three deaths, making the total number of
cases 81 and the deaths known to have
been from the dread disease seven There
were seven deaths in the home Saturday
and eight on Friday, but it is not known
that they were directly attributable to the
fever. The large percentage of deaths in
comparison to the number of eases is cas-
lily accounted for. Notably, all of the vet
cran occupants of the home are old and
feeble and have not the vitality to success
fully resist the rayagcs of the Scourge.
\ proposition to transfer the patients IL
the Josiah Simpson Hospital does not meet
with favor here. The hospital is some
miles from the home and the patients
would not be as well located for etfectual
isolation as they are at present.
When the afternoon train pulled out
from Newport News to-day a crowd of
sew raj Thousand persons had gathered
around the depot, many desiring to leave
the city in anticipation Of an infection
here, but a large ma jority Of them drawn
thither by curiosity. The stay at homes
did not take kindly to the spectacle of
grown men running away from the posi-
bility of an epidemic, and those aboard
trains were greeted with cries of Babies!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04

NO new cases of yellow fever and
no deaths" was the official report of
Gov. Woodfn, of the Soldiers Home.
at Hampton, Wednesday, The au-
thorites in charge of the epidemic con
slider the situation very encouraging,
and now believe there will he no diff
Guilty in combining the disease at least
to Phpbus.
The precautions against the intro
duction of the disease here has been
redoubled. On account of a charge
against DIR. J. r. Bagby, health officer,
tue Council suspended him and APP
pointed Quarantine Officer S. W. Hob
son to fill the office temporarily, and
placed Attorney r. c. Bickford in
charge of the quarantine line. Four
hundred volunteer guards were called
for and a Gordon of armed men sur
rounded the city on all sides, and tugs
parolled the water front, and it would
be almost impossible for any person to
pass through unobserved.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04
No. Is Equity.

TNIIE OBJECT of this suit is to procure
i decree for the sale of the real estate
in said county of which Elizabeth II. Lowe.
deceased, died, seized and possessed for
the payment of the claim of the plaintiff
and of any other creditors who will come
in and contribute to the expenses of this
suit.
The Amended Bill in substance states.
that the said Elizabeth II. Lowe was in
her lifetime indebted unto the plaintiff in
the sum of $ll2, and unto persons in vari-
Gus sums, and died in March, 1896, leaving
Il last will, etc, duly probated in said Or
phans' Court. She devised to John II.
Lowe, for life, her property, real and per-
sonal, and after his death she devised the
same to the children and heirs-at-la law of
her sisters. Marian Alvey, Catherine Clark,
Anna Baldwin, and of her brothers Will
liam, James w. and Daniel c. Lowe. and
appointed John II. Lowe sole executor of
her VIII.
That she left little or no personal estate
not enough to pay her debts, but she died
seized and possessed of about and $40
acres of land near Forestville in said cOun-
ty and that the insuficiency of the personal
estate should be supplied 10y a sale of her
real estate.
That by virtue of the provisions of her
will said real estate of the testat0r, was
by her devised, after death of John H.
Lowe, to the parties named in the Amend
ed Bill, as devisees, among whom, are
Corrine Lowe, Annie ODonnell, James
w. Lowe, Catherine f. Alvey, Gabriel
Baldwin, Jr., Tyler Baldwin, Lille Wa
tiers and Joseph Waters, ,ir,, Rosie Bald
win; Elizabeth A Sipe. Joseph Sipe, vir,
John W. Clarke James o. Clarke, Ella E.
Cross whose husband is unknown to the
plaintiff Albert l.. Clarke, Flora Clarke,
Thomas w., Wesley and Marian Lowe,
and Thomas Lowe. Carrie Lowe, Annie
Lowe, Sarah, Florence and Mary Lowe;
all of these are non-residents of Maryland
The amended Bill prays for a decree
for the sale of said real estate or as much
as necessary to pay her debts, and for gen
eral relief.
1t is thereupon this 18th day of July, Or
dered by the Orphans Court of said coun-
ty, in Equity. that the plaintiff by causing
a copy of this order together with the
substance of the Bill, to be inserted in
some newspaper published in Prince
Georges county, in each of four success
sive weeks, before the 10Th day of August
next, give notice to said absent defen-
dants, of the object and substance of the
Bill warning them to be in this Court on
or before the 18th day of September in
person or by solicitor, to answer the
premises and abide by snch decree as may
be passed herein.
JOHN L. WARING, C. ].
l.. l.. ORME. A. j.,
GEO. 7. DUVALL, \. J.
True copy-test:
r. N. RYoN, Register of Wills.
July 81, 1S99-5w.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-04

; Bands in Attendance. PavilionS for
dancing. ADMISSION FREE.
Chief MarslalS: \. b. Suit, Il. NJ.
I.nd,rwo",d Herald: George W.
Ferguson. Aides: Andy Boyer,
Harry Crozicr Judges: Horace
Cruzlcr. Henry Bi.gS, X. W. Swami
John IL. BuShrr. j. ii. CURLY,
Orator OF the Day JOSEPH :. WILL
son. Orator of tie Evenin" ::
JAMES Il. TIGlIE
Muse and Dancing all Day and Eve
mig. Full Course Dinner soc.
Best Tournament Track in Maryland.
The entrance money accrning from
fees of Knights with Tw n,y-iivc go
Dollars added thereto will he divided
pro rata among the four leading
KNIGHTS. Entrance fee Tor Knights
$500. Seats at Tournament provided
Tor Ladies'. Dressing rooms provided
for Ladies and Gentlemen. \ cordial
invitation is extended to the Knights
and citizens of Washington and the
District ri Columbia. Prince Georges.
Charles Mont gomery and Saint Mary's
Counties OF Mary land, and Alexandria.
Fairfax and adjacent Counties of Nir-
ginia fitting commences promptly
ut | Z. NJ. Distribution of prizes and
browning of Queen at 8 u. NJ
Plenty of room for horses, carriages
and bicycles. Good roads for driving
and cycling.
Do not forget the annual Champion
ship Tournament to toe held Sel fem
Der Goth, 1899. Open to Knights who
have crowned one or more Queens du-
ring the season of 1899.
July %. 1S99-2t