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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-26
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-26
TOOK HIS LAST CENT FOR A DRIhK.

Tho old soak, In his tattered. patched
coat. shuffled up to the bar, whore he
had drained of SO many drinks. and look
ed wistfully at the bottles OF red lHIuor
i'm a row about two arms length away,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
"Say Jim. old boy" he said 20 the bar
tender I'm the most winning tones he
could muster. you wouldn't take a mans
last cent for a drink. would ye?'
''You bet your life ! would" snapped
jim with the viclousncss Of a steel trap.
Jim suspected an effort 20 set a drink on
tick and proposed % forestall H.
"Wen ! spose got To have her, so
set her out" and the soak heaved up a
great sigh that shook his frame with
emotion.
Jim heaved much lighter weight sigh
on discovering that the drink was TO be
paid for lie SET out tha bottle OF the
toughest goods he had in the house. The
unwelcome customer poured ont four iin-
gers and drnuk 10 down with evident rel-
ish. Wiping bis mouth on his coat sleeve.
he reached into his pocket and, pulling
out ono old tarnishcd cent thst he had
found on the sidewalk. he slapped IL on
the counter.
There YOU are Jim" he gurgled
What's this2' yelled Jim In loud, stri-
dent tones.
you said you'd take me last cent for n
drink. aud there II is.
Jim reached under the bar for base-
ball bat which he always had on tap. but
before he could get IL out the artful soak
had disappeared through the front door.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-26
BADLY INJURED.
Charles McManus Gut by
window Glass as the Re-
suit Of Mischief.

A man giving his name as Charles Nc
Manus OF Barstow street, broke two
panes OF glass in a Chinaman's window
on Burrill street, at $500 yesterday morn
ing, cutting his right wrist so badly that
the Central station police were obliged 10
seTAi him TO the Rhode island hospital.
Off1cers Dunn and Irish arrested him
and they were covered with blood from
his arm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-26

Did you reprlmand the typewriter glri
for her pert remarks 10 the boOkkceper,
Yes: I gave her 20 understand that
she couldn't be impudent 90 anybody In
this Office except the proprietor. "-chica-
90 Record
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

simplest without elaboration Of background
or costume. If Mr.. Shannon works for hours,
or even days in painting a hand or an elhow,
Mr.. Sargent makes a stroke or two and presto!
il is done with certainty and vivid effect Other
artists to work with their fingers, but he
paints with outstretched arm pulsatng with
power; and with every bold sashing stroke
there is touch of life.
Mr.. David BelascO's version of "Zaza" has
cited controversy here and agitation in the Lord
Chamberlein's office, and this will probably be
helpful the box office. The stad critic of
The Athenaum' remarks that license upon
stage spreads, and the time seems not too
distant when maids and matrons Will find it
convenient in the days of Wycherley and
Dryden. wear mask when they visit
theatre" Only journal has described the
play as dull, and that would be the most effec
tive method of emptying the Garrick Theatre.
One critic went so far as to refer 10 Mrs Car
ter's acting tour de force that would draw
the town. and the power Of her performance is
generally admitted. She had a great personal
success the opening night. when she carried
the house with her by the sheer strength of her
acting and il now seems probable that the piece
unless ordered off by the censor of plays and
the Lord Chamberlain will have a prosperous
The English critics lay stress upon the
fact that she is not Rejane but this is g
convincing argument against the vigor and in
teligence of the impersOnaton. One Of the ac-
cepted maxims Of London theatrical manage
ment is that charm is important than
power in actresses equipment. Mrs Carter
refutes this stock saying. She has power with
out charm and holds her London audiences
throughout the play by virtue OF this old
fashioned endowment
Mr.. Wyndham's Cyrano is praised in a per-
functory way by the critics, but it does not bear
comparison with Coquelin's superb performance
at the Lyceum Theatre year ago. The famous
play of NJ. R0stand cannot be adequately trans
lated into English prose, and the adapters have
sacrificed 1t ny cutting out passages which illu-
inmate the part The performance of the French
company at the Lyceum Theatre was SO spirited
and sympathetic that the English version at
Wyndhams Theatre hardly seems to preserve
the essential motives OF the original drama and
certainly mpairs the force of the scheme of self
sacrifice which imparts dignity and nobility to
II. Rostand's work Neither Mr. Wyndham nor
his company is in good form in this play, which
seems unsuited TO their talents Inf.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
PARK & TILFORD SUE THE RIKERS.

Park & Tiford have begun a suit in the Su-
preme Court against William B. Riker and his
son William H Riker TO impress a trust upon
property at No. $50 Sixth-ave belonging 10 Niham
B. Riker with the amount OF a Judgment obtained
in the City Court against William H. Hiker Tor
% tio on which execution returned unsatisied.
The defendants prior 10 February II, lSs- were
in the drug business at Nos. $3 and 800 SiXth-aVe
under the title OF W. r Rker & Son William H.
Riker II is alleged sold the business for NM 10
Joseph H Marshall Daniel Runyon. William g
Bolton and Edward ID. Cahoon. who subsequently
carried IL on under the firm name OF the William
r. Riker & Son Company. and when ne received
the money transferred IL 20 his father
The plaintiffs allege that William B. Riker knew
at the time that his was insolvent, and that
he entered into a conspiracy with him to defraud
his creditors and that the money was transferred
"a him in pursuance OF this scheme
William II Rfker Is. IL Is alleged, the owner or
the nroperty al No S5 Sixth-ave., which was sub
iect TO a mortgage os $500 When he got the w
$50 from his son he paid on SIS go OF the t5ovo due
on the mortgage. and Park & TItord want tnls
properry impressed with trust for ther Juls-
ment on the ground that the NSe9 paid hy the
elder Riker on the mortgage should nave oeeh ue-
voted TO satisfying the claims or his creditors
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

One Of the most interesting features OF the
work Is the employment of pneumatic rivete-s.
These were unknown when the Brooklyn Bridge
built Now they being used on both
towers and the spectacle of brawny mechanics
hammering down the ends of the red hot bolts
is a less familiar sight than formerly
The pneumatic riveter is a simple looking CON
trivance and lessons the work of making heads
o the numbarless rvets which fasten the angles
and plates and gir1erS by about 20 per cent
as compared with the labor of the hand gangs.
The pneumatic riveter resembles a Fire Depart
ment hose and nozzle more nearly than anything
else. Down under the bridge in the engine room
is engine apart especially for com 1ressin z
air and sending it up TO the pneumatic riveters
through TWO inch rubber nose The rlveter is
facilitate the use of the contTivance, which
weighs about twenty pounds. There is a steel
cylinder about fifteen inches long, having a
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

'ei III esseo ladies' is outmatched in interest and
-"soihation by the child whom Mr.. Sargent has
fi'eu III MS boldest yet simplest and most
direct manner
This is the Hon Victoria Stanley. in a white
frock. scarlet hat and sack and dull red stock
hgs. The child has come out Of the back
ground and her movement has been suddenly ar
rested. She holds cane in her chubby hands
ana stands demurely gazing with her big soft
eyes with the bloom of health and exercise on
her pretty face. The figure is posed with child
ism grace and naturaluess, and 1t has the vitality
ana spontaneity Of Mr. Sargent's surest and
most rapid brushwork. This child picture IS as
good as any work done by either Mlas
or Watts and they excelled in this branch of
portraiture. The effects produced in the
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

diameter of one inch. Inside this cylinder is the
hammer Of the riveter, piece of cylindrical
steel which exactly fits the cylinder The cyl
inder is constructed much like a steam
sine cylinder. with an aperture at each end
for the admission of the air the pressure Of
which is kept uniformly at 100 pounds. The
operator depresses a spring with his thumb. al
lowing the air alternately into each end of the
cylinder. In this way the hammer" is thrown
backward and forward with great rapidity and
force. The backward blow is received on a
cushion but the forward blow strikes a steel
snap the forward part of the riveter, the
end of which is held against the end Of the red
hot bolt. shaping the end of the rivet. In opera
tion the riveter in the rapidty of its stroke. is
like the red headed wOOdpeCker on hollow
tree the difference being that the blow must be
at least thousand times harder. Holding the
riveter against the bolt for about one minute
finishes the work and leaves the head of the
bolt nicely rounded.
THE DIAMOND DRILL
The diamond drill is also used on this work.
II has long been familiar in mining. number
of small diamonds fastened to the bottom OF
it In circular form. These cut down around
core, which is left intact ard afterward
edge is obtained of the character Of the rock.
An ordinary drill breaks the rock into such
small bits that little can be Judged from them.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
MARYLAND REPUBLICAy SITUArroy.
SENATOR WCoMAs To MANAGE THE CAMPAIGN IN
PERSON.

Baltimore May (SpeciaD.-Uuited States Sens
tor McComas. at the request OF President Mckinley
and Senator Hanna. will manage the Republican
campaign In Maryland this year lie may also be
elected the Maryland member OF the National Com
mittee 10 succeed Senator Wellington and will BE-
the chairman OF the delegation to the National
Convention Mr McComas may not take the chair
manship of the State Committee for the reason
that he is 20 assist IN the National campaign
Chairman Shryock. who has announced that he
will resign. may be prevailed to continue.
Phillips Lee Goidsborough viii be chosen chair
man. but McCOmas himself will direct the manage
ment He has promised the President 20 keep
Maryland in line for him.
Senator McComas Is the choice Of a large num-
Der OF the leading Republicans. who do believe
that George Gather. Congressman Mued.
former Mayor Malster Congressman Peares
others who have been mentioned will ms ke such n
good Executive. Then. too there Is the dlsacction
among the Westera Maryland Republicans that
has be bridged oEer. and IL Is said that the
selection OF any other than a man from thai part
of the State will not have a sGlutary effect tho
LOwndes-W ellington factions contest. While Wei
NngtOn's friends thought not 20 be IN great
force. they strong enough TO cause annoy snce.
now holds Senator WellingtOn'S proxy member
OF the National Committee. His friends want him
succeed Wellington IN that position should
the State organization insist McComas for Ma
tional Commit eeman. there Will be "A renewal Of
the fight between the city and State organizations
a united front the State convention next Wednes-
day
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

the same dispatch that marks the growth Of
the modern skyscraper after the foundations
are once FeadSs-e7-------.--s'
The Terry & Tench Construction Company. of
No. II Broadway, is the sub-contractor for the
New-York tower. while the general contractor,
the Trenton Iron Company. of which ex-Nayor
Abram S. Hewitt is president. is building the
tower the Brooklyn side, The latter is
little more advanced of the two.
John Stottler, the engineer in charge Of the
work on the New-Yort tower. showed a Tribune
reporter over the work one day last week The
massiveness Of the main towers hardly he
appreciated AZ a distance Close hand the
novice is led to wonder a ne great size and
apparent strength Of what Is alleged by the
builders to be the largest suspension bridge
in the world.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
DESTRUCTIVE EARLY MORNING FIRE.
MANY PATTERNS AND MODELS OF j. L. MOTT
IRON WORKS BURNED.

MANY PATTERNS AND MODELS OF J. L. MOTT
IRON WORKS BURNED.
The five story building Nos 81. 63 and S. Clif-st
threatened with destruction by fire early yes
terday. The building is directly In the rear OF the
J. L.. Mott Iron Works. at Beekman and Cliff sts-
The three upper floors of the building and the
second floor of Nos. 81 and 6S Were occupied by
Mott packing house. They were filled with
straw. excelsior. packing boxes and other highly
infammabe material which burned hercely
The fire was discovered at $50 a. m. by Police
man Walsh. When Battalion Chief Kruger ar
rived he in third alarm Deputy CHER
Ahearn in the absence of Chief Croker. took COM
mand.
When several fremen were at work on fourth
fire escape In the overlooking an alley.
flames shot from the third floor window below
them cutting off their retreat. They croucheCi
against the wall of the building. while some or
their comrades in the alley drove the flames bae K
and enabled the imperied fremen to get TO a safer
place William Conkln and his wife, janitorS, uVed
on floor of No. o. Cliff-st- Mrs. Conhnn
did not leave her rooms during the fire
The top floor of the building was burned OUT ana
the third and fourth floors were badly damaged.
Many patterns and models belonging 10 j. l. Mott
were DESTROYED. The total loss building anu
contents is estimated at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
AT B4Lr1uoRE HARBoR
INSPECTION OF WATERWAYS OF MARYLAND

Baltimore. May 5.-Fifteen members of the Com
mittee Rivers and Harbors OF the House of
Representatives came to Baltimore to-day and
spent the afternoon the ice boat F. c. Latrobe,
inspecting the Patapsco River and the Baltimore
Harbor.
Secretary Forrest, of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, and Congressman Denny
and Wachter accompanied the delegation from
Washington. which its arrival met by dele
cations of the business organizations of the city
and driven to the wharf Those in the party were
congressman Burton, of Ohio; Reeves. of Illinois,
Dovener OF West Virginia; Bishop, of Michigan;
Atcheson, of Pennsylvania; Alexander, of New
York; Tongue. of Oregon; Lawrence, of Massachu-
setts Davidson. of Wisconsin. Lester, of Georgia;
Bankhead. of Alabama; Mccullough, of Arkansas:
Berry, of Kentucky; Sparkman. of Florida, and
Ball of Texas, and the clerk to the committee
The objects of the trip to demonstrate the
necessity for wide and deep channels for Baltimore
commerce, show the congested condition of the
upper harbor and illustrate the availability of
Spring Gardens, a portion OF the Eastern Branch
of the Patapsco, for harbOr facilities # Congress
appropriates a sufficient amount of money to
dredse q ship channel The party also stopped at
Sparrow's Point and inspected the works of the
Maryland Steel Company there The party re-
turned TO Washington over the Baltimore and Ohio
late this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
DE HIRSCH MEMORIAL MOVEMENT.
PROMOTERS PERFECT PLANS AND MEET WITH
ENCOURAGEMENT

The promoters of the movement TO erect a mon
un1ent 10 the late Baron and Baroness de Hlrsch
have perfected their organization and are meeting
With encouragemen in their scheme
This movement said one of the directors OF
the association lis unique in many respects and
almost foreshadows the spirit and achievements or
the coming century The points which distinguish
The wcsk was begun and has been largely carried
on up to this time by men OF a different faith
from that of the late Baron and Baroness; CD
the, +.nument will be the first public memorial
ever erected 70 Jews in this country, If not In
the world: CD the inspiration and the incentive
of those who are working to make this movement
a success has been not only the desire TO com
uemorate in enduring form the noble philanthropy
and far-reaching charity of the Baron and baroness
de Hrsch but the feeling that in honoring them
the barriers Of racial prejudice are being broken
down and an era OF goodwill promoted In otner
words the idea Is that the CHRISTIAN men anu
women who have undertaken to erect this nonu-
ment recognize in the work done Dy tht bdIUrl an
baroness de Hirsch the principle or uniNersai
brot herh hood and universal tolerance ,,,,-.
The officers of the association are: PresIdehI
Thomas l.. James: ce-presidentS, Grover SleVe-
Macarthur John c. Carlisle. the Rev DIT GustaX
Gottheil Seth Low, James Tacott. Aofam .
Hewitt and Isaac y. Seligman: secretary James II
Eofman. treasurer August Belmont. The Board
of Directors includes Bishop Henry = Potter I%3v- %
amor Roosevelt John Hay. Myer : lsaacs John
D. C,rimmns j. Edward Simmons. Frederic n
Coudert Carl SchurZ Oscar Straus. WilIiam Dean
HoweIls Abram s. Hewitt, Chauncey NJ. Depe%
Professor Cyrus Adler. Isaac l. Rice, Da,liei i
Lamont, Charles c. Beaman and Dr. Charles w.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
"BTG STI'S" EXPOSITION.

MANY VISITORS FROM WASHINGTON AND NEW
ARK SWELL THE ATTENDANCE
Last nights attendance at the typographical Ex-
position the Grand Central Palace was the great
est of the week An excursion party Of one thou
sand visitors from Washington came TO swell the
throng which further augmented by big
delegation of union printers and their friends from
Newark.
The exhibitors at the printers show pleased
with the attention paid their displays by pros
pecve purchasers in the various lines of the trade
The latest machinery in every branch Of the pub
fishing business is to be found in operation and
displayed the best advantage. Kai kee. the
Chinese printer. has displayed in his booth litho-
graph OF COnfucius taken from stone engraving
1900 years old
The farmer in charge of the agricultural exhibit
from Big Skis farm, at Bound Brook \. j., has
booked orders for about all the potatoes that the
amateur husbandmer at that retreat can produce
this
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
~APPLE NARY OUT OF BUSINESS.
SHE WILL BE SENT TO DOMINICAN SISTERS
SUPPOSED TO HAVE SMALL FORTUNE

SHE WILL BE SENT TO DOMINICAN SISTERS
SUPPOSED TO HAVE SMALL FORTUNE
Superintendent Blair of the Outdoor Poor De-
partment has decided to send Mary Ward. better
known as Apple Mary the Dominican Sis
She VIII be compelled to ley for her sup
port. as the authorities convinced that she has
ample means. For over twenty years the woman
kept a fruit stand Wall and Nassau SITS. and
she is supposed to have accumulated a small
fortune during those years OF trading in the tnan
cial district. II is known that at one time she
speculated the stock market. and that she
proited by occasional tips" given to her by hnan
ciers and brokers who patrOnizcd her stand
On Friday she vas arrested for begging In Han
over Square. and was taken the MunicipsI Lodg
ing House. While her clothes being taken
from her 10 be fumigated a bag of pennies and
small silver coins found tied to her waist The
bag weighed twenty-three pounds and the value
of the coins il contained, together with some bills
which had been sewn into the lining Of her under
clothes amounted 20 more than 500 The bag
handed back her yesterday morning. The old
woman caressed 1t If IL lost child She
retired corner. softly chuckling herself and
every little while she would take out handful OF
the coin and slip IL from hand to hand as II 70
see that she had been robbed. Her clothes
were given TO her after the fum!gation COM
pleted and when she put them again all
rumpIed and creased by the gentle
handling of the employees of the lodging house. she
presented a grotesque appearance.
Later in the day Apple Mary taken TO the
Outdoor Poor Department. where she asked
where she had deposited her savings. She men
toned the Bowery Savings Bank but when Mr.
Blair repeated the question she named another
bank and third time yet anofhsf ns Srpsrn % p.
had made an investigation how mseh money the
woman possessed As Il was snpa1ent, 1n,, 'na' sss
decided send her TO the Dominican Sisters
Home where She will probably pass the rest OF her
life.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
OFF FOR THE PoPULIsT CONVENTION.

SENATOR BUTLER CONFIDENT THAT BRYAN
WILL. BE NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATTON.
Washington May 5.-SenatOr Butler. or North
Carolina: Senator Pettigrew. OF South Dakota: III.
c. Gavock OF Virginia; y w Fitzgerald % West
Virginia. and George r. Shibley, OF New-York.
headed "A party of Eastern POpulists that started
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to-day for
Sioux Falls. :. n, attend the Populist National
Convention T. be held there next week Senator
Butler Is chairman and Gavock and Fitzgerald are
members OF the National Committee. Just before
starting Senator Butler expressed the decided opn
ion that Bryan would be nominated by the conven-
tiOn for President by aCClana tiOn. senator Allen.
of Nebraska who is to place Bryan In nomination.
accompanied by Representative sutherland. also of
Nebraska. left Washington yesterday FOR their
homes. whence they will go 10 Sioux Falls
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
FUNDS FOR SUFFERERS IN UTAH.
NUMBER OF VICTIMS NOW KNOWN TO BE TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

NUMBER OF VICTIMS NOW KNOWN TO BE TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Salt Lake Utah, May 5.-In response many
inquiries from citizens of the United States and
from numerous firms and corpora tions outside of
Utah addressed the Governor and other citizens
OF Utah. making generous proffers of financial as
sistance the stricken families OF the victims of
the Scofeld district Governor Wells will issue an
address stating in view of the appalling magni-
tude OF the fatality and the large number OF de-
pendent women and children requiring and
sustenance that contributions VIII gratefully
be received from kindly disposed people everywhere
and that all subscriptions should be sent to James
r Hammond Secretary Of State. and chairman of
the Central Relief Fund who is authorized 10 at
tend 20 the equitable distribution OF the funds
the sufferers The Governor will designate Spencer
Trask & Co. Of New-York city. Eastern
collection agency In addition the gifts to the
fund for the relief OF the Scoheld sufferers, the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company has subscribed
s5c01 and the Rio Grande Western Railway Com
many $50 COO These two subscriptions come from
Nceu-york 10 the superin tendent OF the Pleasant
Valley Coal Company,
scoaeld Utah, May 5.-Five additional bodies
,yere brought In to-day out of No mine the
., the recent explosions. The bodies horribly,
,nuttJsted and Burned. This brings the total up
20 No others are known to be missing.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
TOWERS NEARLY FINISHED
STRINGING OF CABLES ON EAST RIVER
BRIDGE TO BEGIN AUGUST l.

So rapidly is the work the new East River
Bridge advancing that the chief engineer,
Lefferts Buck is confident that the stringing of
the cables will begin by August l next. This
means that the great towers both sides of
the East River, well the intermediate
towers which support the land spans, will have
been completed by that time.
The main towers now about one hundred
and fifty feet above high water and the builders
are setting up the great beams and girders with
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
LECTURE At TEMPLE Emanuel.

The Rev DR. Leon Harrison, Of St Louis oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Temple Emanu-f-L Firth
ave and Forty -third-st.. yesterday morning. ana
gave an historical review OF religion Or. Harrison
v,tu deliver another lecture this morning at the
Temple. The congregation is looking for sue
cessor 10 Rabbi Gotthe!l. DR. Leon Levy. OF fhiia-
delphia and DIT Cries.. Of Cleveland. nave lect-
Tred before the congregat ation. ana othcts have
been invited. Moses III. Moses, vice-pfesiueht OK