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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
DEADLY POISON.
Found In tho Stomach Of Ed
ward P. HerTICk, Who Died
Suddenly Last Week.

Chicago. Aug. H.-Poison In deadly
quantities has been found In the stomach
of Edward p. Herrick. the aged commits
sion merchant. whose sudden death last
week served to recall several mysterious
deaths in his household. among the vic
Tins being his first wife.
In January last Herrick married Mrs.
Lymburner, formerly a domestic en-
ployed in the family.
Mrs. Lymburners first husband also
died suddenly. 1t is said. The result Of
the chemical anaylsis of the contents of
the stomach will be produced before the
coroner's jury. Mrs. Herrick, the widow
will be called as n witness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17

district, adjoining the frontier. are
alarmed at the landing Of 1000 Russians
In that neighborhood.
CREDITED AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. i7.--Out OF the gloom
OF the recent acute crisis came the cheer
ing information from many sources to-
day. unofficial but so circumstantial and
positive as 10 be generally credited In Of
ficiai quarters. the the allied armies had
reached Pekin and that the legationers
had been relieved.
The Information came from press dis
patches from London. Shanghai, and Ber-
lin. and were eagerly scanned by the Of
ficials in Washington. They we're unable.
however. 10 furnish the slightest con-
firmation. neither the state, war nor navy
departments nor the Chinese mlsister
having any advices that this happy con-
Summation had been reached.
CONSUL FowLER's DISPATCH.
At the state department a cipher dis
Continued on page Two.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17


The collapse OF Chinese resistance Is
explained In dispatches from Shanghai as
being due to the failure of the Chinese
10 flood the country below Tung CHOW.
The earthworks connected with the dam
at the Pei Ho were unfinished. ana the
canal at Tung Chow was full of water.
SIGNALS EXCHANGED.
Signals between the allies and the lega-
TONERS holding a part Of the wall at Pc
kin, were exchanged during the morning
OF August 10 wednesday,. Troops are
still arriving at Taku. The German
transports wittekind and Frankfort are
due there today.
RUSSIAN SHIP GROUNDS.
The Russian transport Nijni-Novgorod
ran on n reef. August H.
The Japanese cruiser Takasago, which
went ashore recently. has ben towed on,
and Is now at Port Arthur.
a dispatch from Yokohama, urder to-
days date. announces that an official
telegram from Seoul. the capital Of Corea,
says the inhabitants Of the Pyong-Yon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
INCENDIARIES ATTEMPT TO
DESTROY AND LOOT VILLAGE.

Smithheld, ILL.,, Aug. ia deliberate
attempt was made. at midnight. to burn
and pillage this village. Only the COM
bined efforts of the 1900 inhabitants saved
the place from destruction.
The fire was discovered In the Robert
SON grocery. 1t spread rapidly. There is
no fire department here. ana before the
bucket brigades formed could check the
flames. thirteen business houses in the
center of the town had been destroyed,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17

together with their contents. AS they
were all frame buildings, the losses will
not exceed $4,000. Fully insured.
In several houses near the scenes OF
the fire, the incendiaries were discovered
trying to gather up valuables left by the
citizens In the excitement attending the
fire.
They were driven out OF half dozen
houses. and finally escaped from town In
carriage, before the inhabitants real
lied that an attempt at wholesale looting
had been made. .t.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
YACHT CAPSlzsD.

Qubec. Quebec. Aug. 1.-THE yacht st.
Francois while on n pleasure trip from
Tadousac to River Du Loup yesterday.
was caught In a squall and was capsized
Off White IslaWi.
Captain Foster. Couzine NORM, and p.
NORM are missing and were probably
drowned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17


dandt foreigne r
'front.'
the Berlin foreign of m
CHINESE. REITERATED FROM PEKIN.
'The allies entered
officials
n fol
Ii GETS THE NEWS.
p a
posio
The
Use
z-Th
patch from
provision amplefo for
~ {. e1E.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
KNOCKOUT BLOW.
Kelly Received One From
Myers and Is Dying at The
Seney Hospital

New York. Aug. 17.-George Kelly is dy-
ing in seney Hospital. Brooklyn. from
the result OF a knockout blow delivered
the Greenwood Athletic Club last night.
The boys were bad friends on account
OF young girl and sought the aiu OF the
club so that the grudge could be settled
regularly and they could escape the police
interruption which was feared.
Kelly has not yet regained conscious
ness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
a SINK OFvCE.

point near the junction OF Pine and Pot
ter streets.
This Is very rough description. Scores
of streets included within those limits
are wholly free from disreputable resorts
and II is also true that there are dives
and dive neighborhoods In some other
parts OF the city.
But when young man starts out 70
have a gay evenfn~ he makes for the re-
gion under the caves OF the Central Po-
lice station and never gets more than q
half mile away from that building.
When Washington street was torn ep
and rebuilt few years ago hundreds OF
houses were emptied into the streets near
by, and II is the general locations tax
en- by the trafnckers In vice at that time
that now make the tenderloin map.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
The WEATHER.

washington. Aug. 17.--For Maine. Mass
achusetts. Rhode Island and Connecticut.
partly cloudy and cooler tonight Satur-
day partly cloudy: light 20 fresh north
west winds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17
Ii GETS THE NEWS.
COLLAPSE OF CHINESE RESIS


fromB Berlin -
h foreign hers
by the Berlin foreign m today
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17

nj Oakland Beach. The trolley ride will
from g to o'clock. One dollar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-17

or small your orders are In Designing.
Engraving. ElectrotypinB or Printing. .
saving Is made and best work. securcd
with The ]. ]. Ryder Co. q Wash.sxtons
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23
DOFFING THE HAT.
American Men Do Not Salute Each
other as Do Foreigners.

Walking up Fifteenth street recent
~" said Washingtonian who has tray
eled extensively, Il observed an official
remove his hat TO two gentlemen, who re-
turned the salutation in the same man
ner They were members of the diplo-
matte corps.
"As we all know, the American style
of sautation when two or more gentle
men meet is an inclination of the head or
a wave of the hand. The hat is DOTTED
to the gentler sex only. On the CONT
nent it would be an insult for gentle
man to pass an acquaintance without re-
moving the hat If they are friends the
salutation is even more formal and in
cudcs shake of the hand and the ex
change of few complimentary remarks.
"The French are accounted the most
punctilious and eeremonious of people. |
think the Belgians are even more so.
Their customs are French. however.
They have a language of their own, but
the names of the streets in Brussels are
in both French aud Beige on the same
signboard.
Il spent week in the Belgium capital,
where member of the American Legal
ton piloted me about. | made the ac-
quaintance of many Belgian gentlemen,
and the salutation between my diplomat
ic friend and those he met was something
like this:
"'Ah. count, am delighted to greet
YOU
"a cordial smile, ceremonious lifting
of the hat a hearty shake of the hand
and au inclination of the body in polite
bow.
MY dear Colonel -, the pleasure is
wholly mine. l am rejoiced to see you.
l trust you are very WE'LL Same for
mula.
MY friend, Mr.. - of Washing
ton. Same formula on my part and that
OF the count.
"After an interchange of mutually
complimentary remarks the ceremonies
attending the introduction were repeated
as we respectively said 'au revoir' and re-
placed our silk hats for the last time
upon our heads 1t was a novelty at first,
but when | repeated it IS times an hour
! experienced crick in the small of my
back.
My friend explained to me that con-
tinental gentlemen OF high social posi-
ton were not pressed by political and
financial affairs as are Americans in SIM
liar walks of life, and the hurry and
haste we display are unknown to them"
Washington Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23
WANTED A BROKEN NOSE.
An Odd Incident In zee Practice of
"a Surgeon.

What was the strangest case / ever
had?" said the surgeon. well, let me
see. | believe the oldest incident of my
career occurred in But hold, on second
thought | don't care to give any names
or dates. The facts, if you like, were
these: / was called by messenger to a
cheap boarding house one evening TO at.
tend q man who was said TO have been
hurt in a fight. | found young fellow
of % or thereabout half dazed, with
bloody confusion on one of his cheeks
and a badly broken nose. The bridge
was smashed almost fiat with the face
and | saw at once that the case would
need very careful handling to prevent
great Disagreement. Not 10 bother VOC
with technical details, / confined myself
that night to a superficial dressing and
deferred further proceedings until next
day.
when I called the following morning,
the young man had quite recovered his
senses, and, although his clothes were
shabby and all his surroundings pool
and mean, it was evident from his hands,
talk and bearing that he had never done
any hard work and was n person of edu-
cation and refinement. | took him fol
the black sheep of some good family, but
made no comments and explained briefly
that | would try to restore his nose as
far as possible by performing slight op
Grafton and inserting an artificial sup
port.
sTo my astonishment he objected fat
ly and insisted on letting it heal exactly
as it was. But you will be frightfully
disfgared,' / protested i doubt il your
best friends would recognize you Strange
to say, that assurance seemed to render
him only the firmer, and | was compelled
to let him have his way. 1t was nearly
three weeks before he was WELL and, as
/ anticipated, he looked exactly like some
battered bruiser of the prize ring.
81 never saw the man again, but six
months later | was shown the photo
graph of a handsome young chap who
was badly wanted for n big embezzle-
ment. put my finger over the nose and
recognized my late patient. He had
walked aboard ship right under the eyes
of detectives and sailed for the Argentine
Republic. They had his photograph, but
| never dreamed of connecting it with the
| eaved in countenance of that particular
passenger"
Did he get somebody to break his
nose on purposeYi asked the reporter.
II never ascertancd,' said the sur
geon.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23
A Work of supererogation.

Two passages from recent examina-
ton paper placed before the pupils at a
London school of cookery are amusing.
One question was, Describe Their
mometer and its notation"
1t brought forth this answer: "a Their
mometer has two good points-the boil
ing point asd the freezing point. The
former is useful for potatoes and the lat
ter for ice cream"
turer 10 giving practical lesson on fish
cookery. who said:
First, you take the fish and wash 1t
well, and then
Adult Pupil Gnterrupting)-How abb
surd! Just fancy having to wash fish
and after it has spent all its life in wa
ter tooi-London Answers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23

But the old gray millionaire In the
problem story is by no means without
recourse.
why do you murder me?" he ex-
claims. ut is not for you to commit
this mysterious crime, For you are
by no means the last person in the
book who would be suspected of such
a thing
The other is at once struck by the
force of this argument. and sinks
away. first letting fall the glittering
dagger from his nerveless fingers
while the millionaire felicitates him
self upon the accurate understanding
of the literary proprieties.-Detroit
Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23

1900, Jan. /, State School Tax,
Geo. b. Swain, State Treasurer. $40. 302 30
30 per cent. State school tax paid
town .htn anIIactars.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23
Merry.

Quinn-He has more nerve than any
man l ever met.
De Fonte-In what way?
Qainn - Why. he went over to his
neighbours to borrow; said he wanted to
shoot a cat.
De Fonte-Where does any nerve come
in?
Quinn-It was his neighbor's cat he
wanted to shoot.-Exchange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23

81 wish now" shrieked the angry
young wife-"l wish now you had mar
ried Edith Macmahon instead OF me!
That's what wishr'
Il would have married her, only she
wouldn't have me. and you would"-
Stray Stories.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23
Nightmare In the Jungle.

Gracious. how you roared in your
sleep last night" said Mrs. eion.
HAL n bad night" replied the king OF
beasts. IL dreamed l was on the road
again with circus growing to ORDER
Philadelphia North American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23

Travellers In the east have never failed
to comment on the great amount of eye
disease which is prevalent in Egypt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23
INTEREST on COUNTY DEBT
$3.50 70

SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Edw. Humphrey, county collector, in account
with Hunterdon county.
1Sgg mp
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-05-23

One hundred thousand tons OF apples
are raised on British soil yearly.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25

The highest obligation of this nation
IL to be true to Itself. No obligation TO
z any particular nations. or to all the
s nations combined, can require the
J abandonment OF our theory of govsrn-
( ment and the substitution Of doctrines
} against which our whole national life
has beon = protest. w. j. BRYAN.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25

and Intelligence, confidently be-
licUc." - President mckinley at
Minneapolis, oct. ~, 1899.
Read what Abraham Lincoln
said with regard to these promises
or benevolent assimilation" offer
ed to people for surrender OF
their liberties.
Mr.. Lincoln, in speech at Chi
cago, H.. July 10. 1858, spoke as
follows:
"Thoso arguments that are made
that The inferior race are 10 be
treated Wih as much dliomdncc as
ucB arc cdpdbio Of cnJouifiJ; that
az much iS 10 be dome for them ds
their condition WW diiOiD: What
arc these drgtmontsT They are
the arguments Hldt kings hare
made for cnsidping The pcopie IN
all ages 0f Uic inorid. You Wiu
note mat al ne arguments Of king
crdJt Wcro dicdDs of his class.
They dilrdDs bcstrOdc hc HccLs Of
The people, not mat HcU pdutcd 10
do u, bm because uic pcopto Were
better ~ far being rid'ion.
Turn II cUcrU mdp upu wtt, Dhcui-
or u comes from ne mouth Of
king as an crcWc for CnsidDinD
the people ~ his country. or from
the mouth Of one race as Il reason
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
SLAVERY RECOGNIZED
Amendment to the Constitution for
Which a Million Lives We're
Sacrificed Set at Naught
by Mckinley.
THE INFAMOUS sULU TREATY.

The constitution of the United
States says:
ARTICLE XIII.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist with
in the United States, or any place sub
ject to their jurisdiction.
M'KINLEY'S INFAMOUS TREATY
WITH THE SULTAN OF SULU.
Article l. The sovereignty of the
United States over the whole archi-
pelago Of Sulu and its dependencies
is declared and acknowledged.
Article II. The United States nag
will be used in the archipelago of Sulu
and its dependencies on land and sea.
Article III. The rights and dignities
OF his highness the sultan and his da-
tos shall be fully respected, and Moros
shall not be interfered with on account
OF their religion. All their religious
customs shall be respected and no one
shall be prosecuted on account Of his
Article x. Any slave in the Archi-
pelago Of sulu shall have tho right to
purchase freedom by paying tho master
the usual market value.
Article XIV. The United States gov
ernment will pay the following month
ly salaries: To the sultan. $3.50; to
Dato Rajah NADIA, $75; to Dato Attik
$50; to Dato Cable, $75; to Dato Joak-
anian, $75; to Dato Puvo, $50; to Dato
Amir Haissin, $50; to Hadji Butter
$50; to Habib Mura, $40; to Serlf Sa-
guin, SIS.
Signed in triplicate, in English and
Sulu, at Jolo, this twentieth day Of
August, A. D., 1899, Q3th Arakuil
Akil, 1890.
The Sultan Sulu,
Dato Rajah Muda,
Signed ]. c. Oates, Brigadier-G General
U. S. v.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
BRYAN ON ARBITRATION
(From Letter of Acceptance }

ptanccJ
tho
Inn table dispute.
q iockou
nj
oanln the army to osetic . troubl
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
COST OF MILITARISM.
Two Hundred Millions for the Army;
Seventy-Five Millions for the
EGHy Is What McKin-
ley Wants.
DEMANDS ARMY OF 100000 MEN.

We are at last to know what we are
to pay for our experiment in imperial
ism.
The Washington government has
made Its demand. 1t demands an army
Of 100000 men and 1t wants 5000, ,000,-
600 for the next year to support its
pretensions.
The navy department wants STE, ,000,-
900. The end is far away. This is
only the beginning OF what American
taxpayers may expect.
To support the army and navy until
the end Of the fiscal year. June 80,
1902. congress will be asked to appro-
pirate more than s2oO,0OO,oO0. The
war department is estimating on the
basis of 100000 men.
Under the present law all volun-
teers and regulars in excess OF about
10000 men must be discharged before
July l. 1901, and Quartermaster-Gen-
eral Ludington is making arrange
ments for the transportation home Of
the volunteers, beginning next month.
1t will be necessary to recruit regi-
ments TO take the place OF the volun-
teers in case more troops are author
lied, and when they are ready for ac-
tive service they must be transported
to Manila.
The pay Of the army will be what
was estimated for the current year
SAT 100000. There will be heavy bill
for clothing, n,dical and hospital
stores. ordnance. ordnance stores and
supplies and regular supplies for the
quartermaster department. The es-
innate made by Commissary-Gener
Weston for subsistence stores for the
current fiscal year was $11 ,112,242, and
this will be exceeded.
Secretary Roots estimate for the
military establishment for the current
year aggregated $12s, ITO, ,5S3, and It
will undoubtedly be larger for the next
fiscal year.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
KING GEORGE AND KING WILLIAM.

When the American colonies
were in revolt against Great Brit
ain, George ILL.,, then king, issued
Q proclamation as follows:
II am destroLs of restoring to
them (the American colOntcs), tho
blessings OF lao, 1Chtch they haue
fatally and desperately exchanged
for the cdldmtties Of tDdr, and the
arbitrary tyranny of their chiefs"
-GeOrqe III. of England, In f776.
So too while the forces Of the
United States were chasing the
patriotic Filipinos from their
burning homes, President McKin-
ley assured them of his kind pur-
poses as follows:
THAT Congress 1oill proutde for
them (the FilipinOs), a government
Uhich lUilL bring them blessings,
Whtch aoi,l promote their material
Interests, as 1Uell as ddudnce their
people In the paths of ctutttzdtton
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
for enstdU 'ng the men IF another
race, 1t is all the same old serpent"
-LincOtn's Complete Works, Vol.
L., page 259.


-LincOln's Complete Works, Vol
l., page 259.
LET it be remembered" said the
continental congress in addressing the
states at the end of the Revolution,
that it has ever been the pride and
boast OF America that the rights for
which she contended were the rights
of human nature"
True statesmen as they WERE" saio
Lincoln, they knew the tendency of
prosperity to breed tyrants, so they
established these self-evident truths,
that when, in the distant future, some
men, some faction some interest
should set up the doctrine that none
but rich men or none but white men,
or none but Anglo-Saxon white men,
were entitled to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, their posterity
might look up again to the declaration
OF independence and take courage to
renew the battle which their fathers
began; so that truth, justice and
mercy and all the humane and Chris
tian virtues might not be extinguished
from the land; so tnat no man would
hereafter dare to limit and circum-
scribe the great principles on which
the temple of liberty was being built"
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
No Room for Subjects
Under the Free FLAG
The Supreme Purpose People Should
oppose attempts o Grasp
REPUBLIC FACES n PRoFol

RpbH perpeti OF
10 y
For the first Time Ii COUNT tor h d to bugat foreign
psop m t rule lei
1
acred honor
Of
f o Aerca oconst
hta1es
Is he he % $
Inper aIsm.
Is
que ti N mc
rsgard to Its limits uns
We OF shan
Empe
America
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
ALL FORMS OF TOLL
MENACED BY TRUSTS
The Farmer, the LabOrer and the Business Man
Alike Threatened with SerfdOm
DEMOCRACY THEIR SOLE DEFENDER
THE KANSAS CITY PLATFORM SAYS:


ihe and inolerab
price of u an of the finish
btrary
will
10 warfare In
utlaw. No odefense Of
In = Tor th tho
sucha
h bu erandn sseI
is
of stock
his
vres the immedat
ectof ceupon
O after
pe party o warfare Eainstpr private
nato andc
and to the promise
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
"Ham,ito,, Ohio"

Tho writer of the above letter is the
secretary OF the Republican national
committee and the chief of its literary
bureau.
The object of his enthusiastic eulogy
Is now in jail at New York, charged
with participation in Cuban postal
frauds. in which he is said to have
been a prime mover. He is fighting
extradition to avoid n trial In tho
country where the colossal frauds
were committed.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
fAV0RS LIBERAL PENSIONS.

We ARE proud of tho courage and
fidelity of the American soldiers and
sailors In sli our wars; we favor liberal
pensions to them and their dependents;
and we reiterate the position taken in
the Chicago platform In 1896. that the
fact of enlistment and service shall be
deemed conclusive evidence against
disease and disability before enlistment.
kansas City Platform.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25

Whenever things get so far wrong
MS to attract their notice. the people.
II well informed may be relied upon
to set them to rights.-Thomas Jeffer-
son.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
HEATH ENDORSES NELLY
Postofice Department..
Ftrst Asst Postmast-r General.


my Dear NJ. jor-I Intended to say to
you when y"u were here that there IL one
man, Mr.. Charles r. W. Nicely, OF Muncie,
Ind, who wants to go into the Cuban
mall service, In whom ! am more iuter-
csted than any other man among thou
sands of applicants for positions of that
character. He is n newspaper writer and
publisher. and about forty-two years OF
aye, spl-ndidiy educat-d, hustler. "A man
with the very best habit. and as loyal ak
loyalty itself He would make n GRAND
COSFIDESTIAL MAN FOR YOU. viii
write and ask him to go and see you
This is N man YOU will warm up to, and
would like to have As A COMPANION as
well AS an executive officer
yours faithfully,
PERRY $. HEATH,
"Fir-t Asst Postmaster General
TO Maj. E. ,. Rathbon-,
'Hamiitor, Ohio"
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
JEFFERSON AND LIBERTY.

think all tho world would gain by
Z setting commerce ut perfect liberty.
The only orthodox object of tho In
! stitution of Government IL to secure
( the greatest degree of happiness posi-
bio to tn, general mass of those Asso-
( oiAted under II.
Tho whole art of government con-
sists In the art of being honest.
Governments derive their just powers
from tho consent of the governed.
The liberty of speaking and writing
guards our other liberties.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
WHERE TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
STANDS ON LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Qrrom Kansas City Piatform.)


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