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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
FINANCIAL NEWS
BULLS AND BEARS.
Bond Market Was Quiet and Price
Changes Were varlah!a
Market Became Duh ind Sluggish aad
Only SpeclaltIss Were Good.

Wall Street. April 1s.-Prices Of Amer.
leans showed some recoveries in Lon
don this morning, and the railroad
stocks advanced here at the opening in
sympathy. Inc Southwesterns We're
conspicuous under she leadership of
Missouri Pacific, which rose IA. Bal
timore and Ohio and st, Paul were also
strong. The steel stocks were fever
ish and fell away.
The bears resumed their attacks on
the specialties. in which they were
most successful Yesterday, and put
down Sugar. Tobacco and Peoples Gas
] and 1la. Prominent railroad stocks
weakened and the gains made at the
opening were wiped out. Some or the
metal stocks displayed resistance. but
Tennessee Coal and Steel and Wire fell
off 2l5 from the best. support appear
ing in some OF the southern and south
western issues the general decline was
checked and the high priced indus
trials and metal group recovered
sharply. Weakness deyGoped in tho
New York city stocks
Metropolitan Street Railway lost 4,
and Brooklyn Transit. laird Avenue
and Manhattan over n point Liquid
alton ~ leather preferred depressed IL
pa and induced selling of other indus
trials. Trading became ver/ quiet and
toward midday centered largely in the
specialties, which rallied with heavy
fakings OF sugar. This bond market
was quiet and price changes variable.
The market became dull and sluggish
and the only dealings OF Importance
were in the specialties. Sugar touchet
107 and then reacted. The underone
of the market was firm.
Some OF the specialtles were ad.
vanced aggressively. eneral Electrics
rising 3ia. and the active metal stock
about a point. Recoveries were gen.
eral in the railroad list. and. Baltimore
and Ohio issues and Pennsylvania were
marked rapidly upward. Realizing in
Sugar and Steel stocks took the edge
off the rise and speculation became dull
and yielding.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
DEFENDANTS DEMuRRERs
WERE 0vERRULED BY COURT.

The defendants demurrers to the
plaintiffs declaration in the case of
Chin How VS.. Hunter G.. White and
Deputy Sheriff Hartman were overruled
by the appellate court today, after ar
guments by counsel.
The plaintiff contends that as mort
gagee of the personal property of Ii
Look, defendant in suit OF Quong Tuck
Lung company he was entitled TO no.
tice OF application 10 the court for leave
10 sell the mortgaged property which
had been attached In said suit. The
plaintiff contended also that the deputy
sheriff had no right 70 sell the property
at a less sum than the mortgage. 1t
was sold for $50 and the counsel for de-
fendant today contended s,the deputy
sheriff's act was proper.
Charles nj. Salisbury was counsel for
PLAINTIFF,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
CiSSIE loFTuS WAS TAKEN
SUDDENLY I'LL IN BOSTON

Miss Cissie LOTUS, the artistic who was
TO have headed the Keith entertainment
I'm this city next week, was taken sud-
denly III In Boston yesterday, and by
the advice Of her physician, which took
practically the form OF command she
left for Old Point Comfort. Va, where
She. will remain until fully restored to
health This. at course. has necessitated
the cancellation of all her engagements
for the present. and her engagement i'm
this city. for which there had already
sarily postponed
In place OF Miss LOTUS an equally
strong attartcion viii be secured. 80 that
next weeks program, which includes
some OF the greatest stars I'm vaudeville,
will not suffer In strength by reason Of
he change.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
tlffsoAr tRgws STRIKE.

The relations Of the National Iifeboat
Institution and the crews of the life
boats between Brosdstairs and Kings
down are not OF the most cordial nature
just at present.
The trouble arises from certain new
rules adopted by the institution in Sep
tember last. They apply to the North
Deal, the walmer. the Kingsdown and
the Broadstairs boats, and they specify
which of the four boats Is TO go out In
any particular case when distress signals
are made from the Goodwin Sands.
There are hve lifeboats on the Good
North Deal, Walmer, Kingsdewn. Broad
stairs and Ramsgete. They used TO turn
out indiscriminately. all or any OF them,
sands. says the London Mail. The new
rules have limited their freedom OF ac-
tion. 8A
10th the Malner and the Kingsdown
boats broke the rules by turning out
when they ought not 10 have done so.
In each case the men received only half
ray aud the coxswain nothing, After
that the kingsdown men refused TO go
out on exercise one day, and the upshot
of Il was the closing OF the station.
"if we can't go out when. there's a
chance of making q bit of salvage say
the men, I'VE won't 60 out when there 3
n chance of nothing but losing our lives. !"
The matter of salvage has an import
are maintained for the saving OF lives
and cannot i.e launched for any other
purpose except with the direct sanction
of the local secretary But n there Is
"A chance OF saving the ship the crew are
allowed to try IL. and II they succeed they
recover their salvage from the ships
owners. ef
Hut" say the officers of the National
I.ifcboat institution. this anxiety was
sometimes carried too far. -Four or FIVE
boats would turn ont I'm hne weather.
when one was amply sufficient. Apart
from the needless cxpense-which all
comes out Of the pockets OF the charita-
hlo--thc thing was becoming farce
Therefore Z the new rules were adopted at
the suggestion OF the local committee
and the approval Of the board OF trade +"
George. "murmured the young wife. "am
! as dear to YOU now as was before we
married7" y ttt th
II can't exactly tell" replied the hus-
band, absent t-mindedly:'I didn't keep any
account Of my expenses then"-Tit Bits
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
JArIES BROWN POTTER
SAID TO ASK DIVORCE.
Report That the Application Has
Already Been Filed in
Rhode Island.

James Brown Potter. II is reported on
good authority, has applied for a di-
vorce and citations. it Is said, are now
on their way 10 Mrs. James Brown Pot
ter In London.
Great secrecy has been observed in
filing the application. as il is hinted
that Mrs. Potter would contest such a
suit and publicity would cause the
fact of the application to be cabled TO
LONDON. Hence she would have time
TO answer in person If she felt so in
clined. Desertion is said TO be the
ground named in the apr rtcation for di-
vorce. W
According to- the report the petition
was filed on Friday last and citations
were issued at once and mailed In this
city. departing on Saturdays steamship
for England! Mr.. Potter Is now In New
York .l..
Mr.. James Brown Potter is a coffee
broker. His Office address is No 80
Wall street NeM York. He is the son
of Howard Potter. brother OF Bishop
Potter. His flasher died in 1897 Mrs.
Cora Urquhart Potter is the daughter
of Col. David Urquhart. who before the
war. was a wealthy southern planter.
She was married to James Brown Pot
: ter In 1877 and had one child, Fyfi, who
Is about q years old
For several years before going on the
stage Mrs. Potter was known as an elo-
cutionist OF ability, and she became
prominent In amateur theatricals. About
twelve years ago she and her husband
separated. but UP TO this time neither
has applied for a divorce.
Mrs. Potter created sensation in
washington when she rected "Ostler
Joe" at one of Secretary Whitney's re-
ceptions during the first Cleveland ad-
ministration. She went on the stage
soon afterward, and has always had
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

Kyrle Bellew as her leading man. To-
gether they have gone around the
world.
In the will of her father-in-law
Howard Potter. the actress is cut of
from participation In the property as
well as any children which may have
been born after Jan. l. 1850.
In London, where she is at present,
Mrs. Potter has made a social and pro-
fessional success. At the request of the
Prince OF Wales she was the principal
woman guest at luncheon party ia
vored by his presence Lady Randolph
Churchill was there. The Countess OF
Essex is close friend of Mrs. Potter.
Mrs. Potter in November last prepar-
ed an entertainment in aid of the Am
ercan hospital-ship fund. Ii was a
great success. smiled upon by the Prince
OF Wales and Londons best society. The
fund raised for the Maine was very
large in consequence. The latest play
in which she appeared was 1.-The
Ghetto" 1t was not a success.
f'Fih,' the daughter. has remained
with her father and they are great
companions. They. have been promi-
nent in Tuxedo circles. The Potters
have been identified with Tuxedo park
ever since ii was founded. Until Miss
Fiji" Potter became a young lady OF
society. she and her father lived there
all the year round. Mr.. Potter is per-
fectly devoted to his daughter.
On April Q. Mr.. Potter became a citi-
zen of Newport. His counsel proved
for him that he had moved his family
and all his personal effects to Newport
in December, 1898 where he has since
resided. The petition for citizenship
was granted by the Supreme court.
Two reasons were given for Mr.. Pot
ter's change of residence. One was
that he was dissatisfied with New York
taxation. the other was that he would
profit by the laws of Rhode Island TO
file a suit for divorce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
OFFICERS CHOSEN
Business Meeting Of the
Cruelty 10 Animals Society
Was Held Yesterday.

The executive committee of the Rhode
Island society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty 10 Animals held a business
meeting yesterday afternoon. at the Of
flee OF the society. James n. Smith was
elected general agent and chief prose-
cutting agent, and Lycurgus Sayles,
Esq, was elected counsellor for the So
ciety for the ensuing year.
The commission of Henry G. Bud
long. "A local agent at Norwood, War
wick, was revoked.
Hon. j. c. X. Woods, who has been
president of the society since June 18th,
1883, and reelected at the annual meet
ing held April 10th. rendered his resg-
nation. Owing TO his many business en-
gagements he felv he could not give the
time and attention the office required.
The vacancy will be filled by the exec
utive committee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

London, April 1S--The cabled an
nouncement In the marriage columns
OF the Times this morning, OF the we'd
ding OF Earl Russell 10 Mollie Cooke
at Reno. Nevada, April 10, has created
a sensation here as IT appears that Earl
Russell. according TO the English law
is sill legally married TO the first
Countess Russell who is now perform
ing at TivoH Music hall.
The star thinks the announcement.
which also appeared in this mornings s
Standard may be a hoax. for il says
that, marrying another woman. the
head of the noble house would render
himself, liable to imprisonment for biga-
my on his return to England.
Earl Russell may have secretly Sc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
SCHOONER RUNS ASHORE
BUT Is NOT IN ANY DANGER.

Nantucket, Mass. April 1s.--Tke three
masted schooner Middleton, OF and from
Philadelphia for Gardiner. Maine. with
coal, went ashore on the Southwest
Knuckle of Great Point at o o'clock this
morning. The wind blew briskly from
the south at the time and the weather
was thick Captain Higsbee was takt.l
OF by the crew OF the life saving sta
tion. but as there was no immediate dam
ger the vessels crew remained on board
The Middleton lies about IS yards off
shore and remains tight. The captain has
wired Tor tug, and it Is believed the
difficulty. -. ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
WAS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK
AND WILL GO TO BR0CKT0N

Boston, April .1s.-Edwerd l.. Doty,
formerly Of Brockton. was brought to
this city today by an officer OF New
York detective agency and turned over
10 the local police. Doty is wanted in
Brockton for the alleged larceny OF
81 .sss from the National Biscuit COM
pany where he was employed az clerk
Dofy has been missing since last Nov
eInber. lie ~ i3 years old and has "a
wife living In Cambridge. Inspector
Ira Kineman uf Brockton Will take
poty 90 that city today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
LONDON EXCITED OVER
RUSSELL-COOKE STORY.
Claim Made That in Case of TIarriage
the Peer Would Be Liable
for Bigamy.

pointed out that this would not save
him from the penalties of the English
courts.
When Countess Russell was inter-
viewed this afternoon she was almost
prostrated and was arranging TO post
pone her appearance on the boards this
evening. All the countess knew OF the
affair was the announcement in the
papers. She said:
when / saw the news the shock was
terrible. IL seems such a disgraceful
addition 20 all my troubles.It is terri
BILE If IL is true that man can go to
another country and get married after
the courts of this country have decided
against him. 1t is quite untrue to say
Earl Russell obtained a judicial separ-
alton. When the House OF Lords heard
the case It was decided against him."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
WILL RETURN TO KENTUCKY
To REFUTE UNJUST CHARGES

indianapolis. April lS.--Charles Fin
ley, ex-secretary Of the state Of KEN
lucky, who has been i'm this city for
several weeks. and who was recently
indicted in Kentucky for alleged COM
plicsS In the Goebel shooting. said to-
day:
II intend TO return TO Kentucky and
face the indictment against me. I am
not willing 10 40 back now and bs
thrown into jail. but when the time Tor
the trial comes 1 shall 20 back and de-
fend myself against the unjust charges
they have brought against me-"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
NONSUIT GRANTED.

Judge Dubois granted a non suit in
the case of Joseph III. Beerman VS.. Un-
ion Railroad company this afternoon.
There was a building and fence as OBJ
structions to a view OF the track and
they were only "A feet from the track.
The plaintiff looked to the right but
failed 10 look 10 the left. in the direc-
tion the car came from. II was decided
he did not show the exercise of due
care.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
VERDICT FOR TIE DEFENDANT.

The jury in the case OF Minnie Mas
tcrson vs.. Tobias Burke this afternoon.
brought in a verdict in favor OF the de-
fendane. Miss Masterson sued to recov-
er damages 10. Injuries 10 her horse al
legged To be due To the carelessness of
Mr. Burke. John w. Hogan was coun-
sci for Burke.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
SUIT TO RECOVER INSURANCE.

Jean Il. Richard of Burrilville has
begun suit against the Palantine In
surance company Of Manchester. Eng
land. TO recover $1,000. Richard in
sured the jewelry In his shop with tho
company named and the contents OF
the shop were destroyed by fire June T..
1899 The company has not paid the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

MRS. wINSLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over nifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething. with perfect success NJ
soothes the child. softens the gums. al
LAYS all pain. cures wind collie and IL the
best remedy for Diarrhoea. u will Pc
licye the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by Druggists Ia every part OF the
world Twenty-Five cents n bottle Be
sure and ask for Mrs. winSIow's soofh-
ing SYRUP" and take no other Kind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
WHY NINE. MELBA WILL NOT
MARRY HADDoN CHAMBERS

London, April is.-Considerable amuse-
ment was caused IN London last evening
by the publication of a dispatch from
New York saying that Nine Melba was
about tV marry Mr.. iladdon Chambers.
the dramatist.
As = matter of fact. Mr. Chambers Is
already happily married.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
HElp UP BY HlGHWkYHEN.

Brockton, April ls.-Frank Perry. a
poultry dealer OF South bingham. wa,
relieved OF $500 by two highwaymen in
an isolated part of the town Monday
night. lie was driving from quincy to
his home when the hold-up took place
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
London was firm for Americans.


In the iron and steel trade the asser-
ton of the Steel and Wire magnates that
the business is going To the dogs be-
cause OF slight falling off in the price
OF the finished products. IL either ~
idea OF an imaginative brain or designed
only to affect Wall Street securities.
Only those steel Interests whose shares
arc heavily dealt I'm In the Street have
made any hollcr.
Gates of tho Wire trust asserts that
the demand in his business 'is only abot
- per cent. Of the volume it should he -
OTHER steel mon declare that Gates ha =
held his product at such high prices thet
nobody would pay them so long AZ the
goods were 10 be had from other man,-
facturers and that the Wire warehouses
are all loaded M accordingly. Gates re-
torts that he thinks he knows as much
about tho steel business as ANYBODY an.l
insists that IL is suffering from overpro-
duction.
New York Clearines.
Exchanges. S230. fHSsS.
balances. Si5.1iSf9S
Sub-trcasury debit balance. si,i22.sst
BOSTON Clcarings.
Exchanges. 33tl ~.
isalanccs Ssne3.21t t..
Money. I per cent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
DIVORCE PETITION GRANTED.

Judge Rogers today heard and
granted the petition ofDavid A. Bigney
Tor divorce from Annie NJ Bigney on
the ground Of desertion. The hearing
was on deporitions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

IL IS now recognized I'm the street tha
In John w. Gates there Is another OF
the kind of Havemeyer of Sugar Trust
who manipuates his own stock Steel
and Wire, to the decentralization OF the
lamb and the grief of the judicious Ii
Is added that there is precious little
difference between the two operators ex-
cept that one of them sometimes tells
the truth. Which one, nobody underta kes
To say.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
Financial Notes.

After the two days of slaughter the
market settled itself TO be real good and
there was a general steadying all around
led by Sugar which strengthened nota-
bly, The steel stocks were sitter and
the selling fury seemed to be temporarily
suspended fssf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

Though there We're frequent unsettled
spells the market as whole gained for
the day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
New York Stocks.

Reported by Sullivan 4 Sullivan.
Banigan building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

George. "murmured the young wife. 'am
married." r. ttt -tth r
~ can't exactly tell" replied the hus-
band, absent t-mindedly:"I didn't keep any
account Of my expenses then."-Tit Bits.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-12

Magoon, clerk, who tried to overrule
the great lawyer Mt the head of the
war department.
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-12
Republicans
Against 1t.
Vote
Eleven Members Declined to Vote
Debate.

Washington, April 1A-(Spl)-The
long and bitter struggle over the Porto
Ricau tariff hill ended Wednesday
when the House by vote of 161 to 153
concurred in all the Senate amend
ments.
The bill now requires only the sigma
lures of the speaker and president of
the Senate before going to the Presi-
dent for his approval. The signatures
will be attached today and before
nightfall the bill will be law.
AS the bill passed it was a simple
one imposing 10 per cent. of the Ding
ley rates on goods going into Porto
Rico from the United States and com
ing from Porto Rico into the United
States. AS amended by the Senate and
today agreed to by the House, all re-
strictions on all goods coming into the
United States from Porto Rico, are
eliminated and certain foodstuffs and
other articles which heretofore have
gone into Porto Rico free by executive
order, are excluded from the operation
of the 10 per cent. duty imposed ON
goods entering the islands from the
United States. 4 complete scheme OF
civil government for the island is also
cttaclled to the measure,
On the final vote nine Republicans
voted against the bill Two Democrats
Mcssrs, Davey and Meyer, of Louisiana,
We're paired with Democrats in favor
Of the bill, and one Democrat, Mr.. S;b.
ley, of Pennsylvania, voted for II out,
right. Mr., DeVries, the other Demo
crat who voted for the original bill, to-
day voted against concurrence. Mr..
Stallings Dem., Ala.) was the only
member on either side absent and uu-
paired.
The vote came at 8 o'clock after a
very interesting, and at times, exciting
debate of FIVE hours, which covered not
only the bill, but the special order un-
der which tho House acted. One OF
the most dramatic features of the day
was the reading by Mr.. Richardson, the
minority leader, OF the original opinion
OF Charles Il. Magoon, the legal advisor
of the war department, in favor OF the
view that the Constitution extended
over Porto Rico OK proprie vigore. Mr,
Dolliver of Iowa, in reply. called Mr.