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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
SIX MILLIONS.
Amount Said to Be IgloIved In
the Failure Of william [.
Strong & Co,

Philadelphia. Nov. A-wm. l.. Strong
& Co. wholesale dry goods merchants,
whose assignment was announced in New
York yesterday. have branch house I'm
this city, at which a large business Is
transacted. Attorneys have secured for
eign attachments against the firm in the
common pleas court here for the follow
ing creditors:
Jane Il. Griswold with bail fixed at s92, :
900; Frank T. Griswold. $1,000 bail, and
Elizabeth It. Griswold. with $162. .IyV bail,
and summoning Hood. Foulkrod q Co,
Geo +. Fort & Co. Srawbridge q Clo-
ther. John Wanamaker. Folwell Bros. &
Co, Miller Balm. Boyer e. Co, the Girls
void Worsted company, and John G. Vog-
Ter as garnishees.
The summonng of the firms named Is
Intended by the attorneys for the plain
tiffs To secure possession of any goods or
moneys belonging To Wm. L. Strong AZ
Co.. that may have been in their keeping
at the time OF the failure.
One OF the attorneys for the Griswolds
said ''It is one of the largest failures
that has occurred I'm the last few years,
and the liabilities will easily amount to
Sc 900 900"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
ASSAULT CASES.
jefrias Was Defendant on
Three actions Tried In the
Common Pleas Court.

A jury In Judge wilbur's court heard
varied stories I'm three assault cases tried
today I'm which Peter l.. Vananda was
complainant, and the state the nominal
prosecutor. The defendant was James
Jefferies.
The assaults for which Jefreries was
tried are alleged 10 have been committed
on Samuel Halstead, his wife and daugh-
ter
MIR. Halstead claimed one Samuel Hew-
lit left his house on the 30th Of last May
and returned very suddenly. Hewitt was
closely pursued by Jeffries and on Hal
stead's remarking no one would be beaten
in his house Jeffrios struck Halstead,
kicked his wife and pushed or struck his
daughter.
MIR. Jeffries denied every statement
made by Halstead. His story was that he
was In his own yard with his supper nall
I'm hts hand about TO go TO the place
where he worked as night watchman
when Hewitt began calling names When
he demonstrated Hewitt started a dog I,
him whereupon the remonstrator kicked
the dog. The kicking angered Hewitt who
picked up = stone and Jeffries saws he
followed Hewitt to prevent his throwing
tho stone until Hewitt sought sanctuary
In the Halstead homestead Jeffries with
GUGcons9siadersbleS ETAOI SHRDI.E II
considerable feeling denied striking ths
members Of the Haistesd household.
Hugh j. Carroll was attorney for Van
anda and James T.. Banigan counsel for
the defendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14

constitution between God. man and the
world. These three ultimate realities
therefore. God, man and Nature, are the
three primary conceptions with which re-
ligion has To do.
Further the object OF religion In regard
to these three concepts is fundamentally
synthetic and not analytic.
These three fundamental existences
are therefore for the purposes of religion,
presented To US as they stand In their ul-
timate synthetic relations
while the ultimate facts of Christiani-
~ are pre-eminently absolute and syn
thesicai they are still given 10 us under
different aspects or moments to which we
can and often must separately direct our
gaze.
Thus, as Bishop wescott so we'll says,
when faith has done her work the work
OF reason begins
I'VE are hidden to behold the glory of
God under different attributes.
I'VE separate In our expression OF the
faith the several parts OF our Lords re-
demptive work.
I'VE strive to embody the absolute syn
theses OF faith and love. each according
10 the differentia of our several vocations
In the multiform detail Of Christian char
acter and service.
THAT we should do all this ls an inevi-
laws OF our being.
whilst our deepest knowledge. whether
OF God or OF each other. rests back on
the absolute syntheses OF faith. sympathy
and love, these same relations become the
subject of intellectual cognitlon only
when this deepest synthetic knowledge Is
brought into vital relation with that de-
rived through the contemplation of their
detailed aspects.
"Of course. our danger here which we
only escape by being forearmed against
it. is TO resolve the distinctions which are
the necessary accommodation TO our finite
being into absolute differences thus fur
nishing US with a standing point from
which completely TO invert the Offices of
faith and reason-above noted"
From this point the speaker passed to
consider the "stiii more serious danger
OF actually substituting for the absolute
syntheses which are the objects OF faith
or those limited counterparts OF them.
which. for any cause, appeal most TO our
selves or our own predictions"
REV. DIR. PARKS REMARKS.
The third address was by Rev. ]. Lewis
Parks. ID. D., of New York, and was
mainly a sort of criticism and recon-
struction OF tho general theme.
The fourth address was by Rev. Edgar
c.. Murphy of Montgomery. Alabama.
The above addresses were supplemented
by brief remarks upon the general theme.
by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet and Rev. DIR.
David g. Greer, both OF New York city.
Tho morning session adjourned at ]
o'clock with the benediction.
This evenings session win open at 3
o'clock.
Topic for discussion. Material Pros
perity In Relation TO Morality"
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
NOTES ABOUT TOWN

Through the efforts of Town Treasurer
John ogden North Providence has
succeeded i'm getting free postal delivery
,n the Geneva district, or at least Con-
sressman Capron has promised this.
jeremiah Crowley's dog killed 80 worth
Of hens belonging to Michael Sullivan
ON BROOK street last night.
A horse and buggy belonging TO Fred
erick w. Arnold OF North Providence,
was stolen from In front Of No. 30l Foun-
tain street last night. Later Patrolman
]. y. Kelley found the property in the
nfth precinct. A blanket and a hitch
rome were missing.
IN. the Juvenile court today. Howard IL
Goodwin. Leo Crowley and Michael
burns were placed on probation until
June 4. 1901. James Fitzger aid. Robert
Uanaway, carl Green, Frank Duffy,
Abraham Kroll, Aerie Hanna and David
levi were Neach held for trial ON Nov
nth and were placed In the custody Of
Mr.. Wallace. All these boys we're up for
Florence Bodge, who was enticed from
Somerville. Mass. by Leon e Merrill a
few days ago, was arraigned In the juve-
nile court today. on the charge OF being
an idle person. and. pleading guilty. was
placed IA the custody Of Miss Denehv
until March 1th. This was the only way
the ii-vcar-old girl could be detained as
y witness against Merrill who Yesterday
pleaded guilty to the accusation Of carnal
knowledge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
MYSTERY SOLVED
Barge Office Officials Explain
How Immigrant Disappeared
From Their Custody.

New York. Nov. fi.--In connection with
the report from Washington about mys-
terry at the barge office in this city. in
which the murder of an immigrant Is
hinted at the immigration officials here
today gave out the following informa-
ton, which they say is the only mystery
of which they have any knowledge:
Some time last May Isadora Termini.
an Italian immigrant. % years OF age,
came in on the steamer California. The
medical stan reported that he was senile,
and said he should be examined. He was
en- route 10 his son. Galegro. In Buffalo.
Pending his examination ne was ordered
10 a detention boat which lay at Ellis
island In the crowding and excitement
OF transferring immigrants TO the boats.
the old man Termtni was lost.
The board telegraphed his son asking
IL the father reached Buffalo. That was
the first knowledge the son had of his
fathers landing and loss Inquiry was
made OF Commissioner Fitchis urging
that the matter be taken up at once
Commissioner Fitchie said that the
theory of the immigrant having been muir
dered was very unlikely. The commiss-
ioner said all inquiries sent tn Washing
ton about the case were promptly an
swered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
0LNEYvlLiE.

The move made by DIR. John T. Far
rell in relation TO the election of H. Franz
Hopkins for the position OF school COM
mittee man has occasioned considerable
nustling. No stone Will be lett uw
turned TO get at the bottom OF the mat
ter, hut for the present outlook the
chances are that the doctor will be count
ed In by the board of canvassers as one
of the school committee.
A lad named Lancaster, who is mem
Der of a gang OF young hoodlums, was
caught by the janitor of the Library
building last evening and the result was
that he went to the Chaffee street po-
lice station. lie Is one Of the gang who
fiHds much fun in ringing door bells and
putting out lights I'm the Railways Of
public buildings, and this Is what he was
caught doing last evening.
At the station he was as meek as "a
lamb. and was allowed TO go home later
in the evening.
Yesterday John Cummings was fined s.
and costs In the police court az Thorn
ton for being drunk Cummings
was in the employ of the Hovey
Lumber company and was sent 10 Man
ton yesterday with a load of lumber and
while there got drunk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
He WILL
WE'D FOR
LOVE.
Factory Girls Beauty and
AmiablIlty Won for Her
a Rich Husband.

Bridgeport. Conn, Nov H.-The en-
gagement of Miss Mary Catherine Don
nelly 10 marry Joseph Canheld was an
nounced Monday.
The playwright, or the novelist. In
search OF a good, healthful plot can find
one i'm the romantic circumstances that
led up TO this happy announcement.
Miss Donnelly. who is extremely pretty
and scarcely twenty years old. came here
from New Hampshire a few years aao.
Her parents are poor She Is self-re-
liant girl. with the very best ideas that
characterize the women OF New England
She went 10 work as An operative In the
Burns Silver Novelty Works and her
cheerfuiness and amiability soon won her
the affection of her shopmates--and won
her more.
Near the Burns works is III. A. .Canfield's
rubber factory, OF which his son, Joseph
Is superintendent. The Can1elds are rich
and the family moves I'm the best society
Miss Donnelly's way to her daily work
Joseph Canfields path to his fathers fac
tory. lay together. The modest girl the
admiring young man met. Their friends
do not deny II was love at first sight be-
tween the two.
Mr.. Canfield's parents at first vigorous
ly objected TO their sons attentions to a
factory girl
She Is not Of our social position; she
Is not fit match for you," they told
him.
She is more than my equal In every
way, and besides, love her." ne answer
ed.
Regarding his happiness. recognizing
his sweetheart's worth and beauty they
yielded, and a few months ago Miss Dom
nelly left the shop and took ND her resi-
dence with them.
Now comes the formal announcement Of
their engagement, although the wedding
day has not been fixed.
And many fashionable mother, who
regarded young Garfield as a fine catch
for any of her iageable daughters. Is
figuratively In mourning
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
HE SERVED
PAPER ON
HIS Wife.
Mrs. Msrsersau Thought Thai
Her Husband Wanted to
Kldnap Her Children.

New York, Nov 4-To prevent the in
trusion into her home OF her former hus-
band, who desired 10 serve legal paper
on her. Mrs. Clara Mersereau, the daugh-
ter OF wealthy New York publisher,
called the police OF New Rochelle for pro-
lection.
Mrs Mersereau most OF all feared that
her husband intended 10 try to kidnap
her children.
Mersereau went 10 New Rochelle. PIE
drove up TO Mrs. Mersereau's door and
rang the bell A maid who answered the
call slammed the door in his face. lie
then went 70 the rear yard. where he met
the c0achman and demanded 10 see Mrs
Mersereau.
The coachman replied that she was not
at home.
IL know better" said Mr. Mersereau.
She's here I'm the house. | have a legal
paper 10 serve on her, and Ii she don't
let me in I'll call on the police and have
her arrested.
Mrs. Mersereau heard the conversation
from an upstairs window. She ran TO the
telephone and called up police headquar-
ters and demanded that they protect her
In rev minutes tnfee pohCeneH came
running into the park. They were quick
ly followed ny the servants, running
bre0thlesslv home with the children Mrs.
Mersereau hurried down to the front door
10 talk To the policemen. As she opened
IA her former husband confronted her.
Here is "A paper for you.' he said. 1T
was prepared by my lawyer ] Will give
you "a copy and keep duplicate for my
self"
Then he hurried away. The paper was
an order signed by Justice Andrews. COM
pehins her TO appear in a special term of
the supreme court. Part L.. tomorrow
morning TO show cause why the divorce
decree granted To her In October, 1899.
should not be modified so as To allow him
TO see his children once a week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION.

Waltham. Mass, Nov. ft--It wa. an
nounced today that Mayor Mayberry
and a special aldermsnic committee, re-
Gently appointed TO investigate the fire
az the south side ire station. will hold q
session this evening IN the council cham
ber
IL Is understood that there will be an
Investigation into the methods OF the de-
partments. Archibald Emery. fireman.
was recently held for the grand jury on
charges OF setting fires 20 the building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
WAS IT SUICIDE ?
Sergeant Major Edwards Found
Dead on the Day He Was
TO Havs Been Married.

Halifax, N. s., Nov. H-Sergeant Major
Edwards of the Royal Artillery, was
found dead at the door of his quarters In
the citadel when n carriage called this
morning to convey him to Trinity church,
where he was TO be married, and while
tho bride and friends were waiting at the
church for the sergeant major. his re-
mains. with a bullet through the head.
we're being removed to the military hos
pital.
when the news of the shooting reached
the church, the bride. Miss Allen. was
very much affected and became hysteri-
cal. Shs was removed TO her home and
rafused 10 see press representatives.
Near Edwards body a carbine was found,
and the indications point to suicide or ac-
cidentaI discharge of the carbine while
In the hands OF the deceased He was ~
wears of age, and had seen ls years SER
xsfNQ-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
WITH INTENT TO DEFRAuo

Boston. Nov. 14--In the United States
Circuit court today the jury in the bank
ruptcy proceedings against Alderman
Edward w. Dixon found that he was not
insolvent on July q last, hut that he did
transfer his interests in his liquor bust
ness with intent to hinder. delay or de-
fraud creditors.
The involuntary petition was brought
by creditors holding promissory notes
made by Dixon ana indorsed by J. n.
Souther e. Sons. The Mechanics National
bank holds a note for s2aS2. the Somerville
National bank holds one for $2764 and tho
Beacon Trust Company holds another for
si29.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

nv local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There Is only one way 10 cure deafness.
and that In BY constitutional remedies.
Deofness Is caused by an inhamed con-
dit,on OF the mucous lining Of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in.
eamed YOU have a rumbling sound or i'm.
nerrect hearing. and when II is entirely
closed deafness Is the result. and unless
tbs Inflammation can be taken out and
,h,s tube restored 10 Its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh
which Is nothing but an fnnamed condi-
zion OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give one Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness tcaused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by halls Catarrh
Cure send for circulars. free.
f. ]. CHENEY = Co. Toledo, O.
Sold bv Druggists. 75c.
Hairs Family pills are the best.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
Another Interesting Session
Of Academy Of Sciences.
Nominations for Membership Made 10
Be Voled for at Meeting 10 Be Held
at Washington.

The Seeond days session of the Ma
floral Acutemy of Sciences opened this
r1ornlrg with a council meeting In VIII
son hall. Brown university. Much OF the
general business OF the academy was
discussed. and Acting President Asaph
Han was authorized to include I'm the an
n,mI report to Congress All account OF the
meeting In Providence.
Nomins tions of candidates for member
ship in the academy were made, 10 be vot-
cd on ~ the next meeting in April, which
VIII be held at Washington ID. c.
The death OF Prof. FairInan Rogers OF
philadelphia, who died last summer In
Vienna, was announced
Prof. Rogers was one of the original
members OF the academy when IL was or
s-anized in 1863 by the government.
Prof. Keeler. whose death was also
announced was one of the youngest
members Of the academy. having been
elected last April lie was awarded the
Henry Draper medal by the academy Tor
his remarkable work In astro-physics,
bat he did not live to receive H.
PAPERS READ.
The routine business completed, the
academy adjourned TO the lecture room
where Prof. Nicholson of the Chicago
University read a paper on the spectrum
10 I,odium in a Magnetic Field.
The professors paper was very interest
ing and he was given the utmost atten-
tion by his hearers. the test OF his paper
being on the complexity OF lives when
sodium is placed In a magnetic field, the
various charges being very clearly ex-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14

Henry Bassett OF the Church Of the
Epiphany, received 1Gk new coupons
bringing his total figures 10 date up to
esOt. keeping him I'm first place on the list.
Rev. FIR. NJ. Fitzgerald of the Immacu-
late Conception church Is still second,
with $685. his INCREASE yesterday having
been ~.
big jump was made by Rev. Nathan
iel B. Cook OF Warren. who received 30
additional coupons to his credit. bringing
his total up 10 40s4, and retaining him in
third place while Rev. Ernest @. Wesley
Of Park street church remains fourth,
with 1851.
An Increase of 1i3 votes gives Rev. Ar
thur NJ. Aucock of All Saints Memorial
3s35, while Rev. Err. Dennis M. Lowney of
the Cathedral received $40 new coupons.
and now has total of 1oi2.
Other increases were made and the in
terest in the contest seems to he gaining
greater proportions from day to day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14

planned He remarked that nearly always
the change IN the lives comes from dem
sity the temperature having very little
effect
Al the conclusion OF his remarks Prof.
C. Barus OF Brown University made a
Demonstration of the Projection of One
Grating by Another" With the aid OF
a darkened room and rejecting lens hfs
subject was thoroughly explained.
Al the conclusion OF his remarks the
Academy adjourned for lunch.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On the resumption of the session this
afternoon DIR. Crofts. ex-president OF the
massachusetts, Institute OF Technology.
read paper on THE Value OF Inter
national Scientific Meetings" The other
subjects that will be treated are: In
vestigaticns of Light and Electricity with
the Aid Of a Battery of 10000 Cells" by
Prof. J. Trowbridge; Progressive Evolu-
ton OF Characters In the Young Stages
OF Cepha.alopods by Prof. Alpheus Hy-
att.
"Stereographic Projection and Some Of
it's Possibilities from the Graphical
Standpoint" by Prof. S. l.. Penfield;
Recent Observations on Planet Eros.
by DIR. f. c. Pickering
"Zeeman Effect" by Prof. Nicholson,
OF Chicago University.
Among the new arrivals were: DR. Prit-
chett. DIR. Bowdltch OF Harvard, DIR. Bill
ings. librarian. New York city. and Dr.
GIL OF Smithonian Institute, Washington.
ID. c. There has been great interest taken
in the sessions by the students at Brown
who attend the meeting by scores, and
who note down valuable data. There Ia
also much interest shown on the part of
scientific students, of this city, the au-
dience being composed mainly of these
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
BURIED ALIVE.
kephstsrs Has Little Chance
Of Escaping From the Well
In Which He IS Imprisoned

Chicago. Nov. IA special from Sulli-
van. Ind, says that under a thin plat
form of boards, piled high with tons of
sand. at the bottom of thirty foot well
on a farm near here, Thomas McPheters
is lying awaiting a rescue which now
seems impossible.
To see the light OF day again the man
must sustain life until another well can
be dug some distance from the one In
which he Is imprisoned and a tunnel cut
to connect the two shafts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
A FATAL FALL.
RlVsTpoint SchooIboy Oiss From
a Fractured Skull After Mis-
hap at SchoQlhouse.~.

James McCavitt. a school boy, aged II
years. died at his home at Riverpoint last
night OF fractured skull sustained by
falling backward over a railing at the
school house.
He was sent home apparently not seri-
ously hurt. At noon he carried dinners 10
the mill and during the afternoon ap-
pared as we'll as usual, excepting q
headache.
In the evening a doctor was called In
but found nothing serious In the boys
condition. The lad died at 1918 O'clock
and Then an examination showed that the
fall had broken his skull.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
FROST GETS VERDICT OF $4,000.

New York. Nov. 1.-THE jury In the
case Of Joseph w. Frost. against Robert
A. Pinkerton and the Brooklyn Jockey
club. for damages for false arrest and
imprisonment, returned a verdict today
before Justice Trusx In the supreme court
for 5000 damages.
Frost sued for s5o~cS. IL was alleged
by the defence that Frost and his com
panions were furnishing information from
the Gravesend race track to the pool
rooms.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14

And still the coupons In the minister's
foreign trip contest continue to pour In,
and yesterday many heavy increases were
made by the leading contestants. The end
OF the contest II near. there being less
than two weeks left. as the contest will
close af midnight. Tuesday. Novsn-
Der q.
Now IL the time TO send In your cou-
pons. ss there will be less asngsr Of rush
and Inconvenience, while during the
last day or two some % the friends OF
the contestants may not be able TO secure
all the coupons they want Get them now
and be on the safe sids.
Yesterday was another gcod day. Rev
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14

MRS. wINsLow-s SOOTHING sYRup
has been used for over nifty years by
fsfiiiefss Of mothers for their children
while feethinr. with perfect success n
sootbes the child. softens the gums. al
lays all pain. cure. wind collie. and IN the
test remedy for Dfarrhoea. n win re-
licve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Sold BY druggists IN every port OF the
world Twenty-Five cents r bottle. Bs
sure and ask fQr Mrs. Winsiow's Sooth-
Ing syrup" and take ne other kind.
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NOT KNOWN HERE

Two young women, giving their names
as Pearl Douglass of Providence, and
Annie Thompson of New York. were ar
rested at New Haven yesterday. on the
with valuable silk skirts and waists. and
lot of other stun were seized. The
Providence police do not know anything
about the Douglass woman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
MklNlEYs PLURALITY IN DELAWARE

official vote OF Delaware for president is:
Mckinley. 22.4sI: Bryan, is,sS McKin-
ley's plurality. 1901. Four years ago the
plurality for Mckinley was y7i6
The Prohibition ticket received 81 votes
and the Social Democratic ticket 81. To-
tai vote. Al. .g01.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
FELL OVER eMBAaKMsNT.

Boston, Nov. h-Phiiip McCanrey. IS
year DID, nm employe on the new section
Of the subway, corner OF fremont street
and Shawmut avenue, fell down an en-
bankment today and was probably fatal
~ injured. Hts head was badly cut and
he WAS injured internally.