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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

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For the first time since Providence be-
came a city. abuse and mendaclty have
aided in the election OF mayor. Though
the candidate who proilted may not be
responsible he will have 20 bear the bur
den Of such desplcsble trickery later on.
There is always a hereafter.
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We presume that the gamblers who.
according TO the Journal arc operating
IN this city, are satisfied With tho result
OF yesterdays election. They know now
mat The threat or general closing nm
order will not be put into execution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

The fading popularity OF Daniel Larned
Davis Granger Is signally indicated by
the fact that year ago he had n plu-
rality OF el57 for city treasurer. while
yesterday he was given just l7n plurality
after campaign OF unprecedented abuse
and Misrepresentation IN his behalf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

II he reads the returns Alright Mayor.
elect Granger viii see that though tenn
porarlly successful his career as a pub.
Tic officer is limited to tho nrst Monday
IN January 1909
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

Having dug such a large hole for him
ssIf Ex-candidate Bryan should be equal
60 the task OF pulling Il IN after him.
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Take Laxative Rromo Quirine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if IL fails
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

somewhat ragged on the edge. but Il an
pears to have been sufficiently keen to
Top of Councilman sheahans political
head.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

Col Goff did not win yesterday, but he
made record that marks him as a win
ner in the next municipal campaign.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

Mr. Granger o. now assured of a salary
- 80" for The coming ycar ilc is also
assured having an opportunity Of hunting
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

for a job when his mayoralty term ex-
plres. "a
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HOUSEHOLD SEWING MACHINES

You will be surprised when you get our
prices, either cash or instalments. All
kinds repaired and supplies kept in stock
EDWARD PARKINSON, 60 Sprague
street. Telephone 2650.
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Alderman siccar,hy's suieE'r.ne. Il
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FUNERAL SUPPLIES.

Full line at reduced prices. can
furnish q nice -easkat for so and
upwards: nrst-class carriages with
careful ana experienced drivers at
the lowest prices.
TIIos. McMuRRoUGH.
II Fennor St. Opposite the Cathe-
dral
Telephone Ne. ia
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BUSINESS cFF1cE. weybosset ST. Telephone is77-2
EDITORIAL ROOMS G. So. Water 81. Telephone 1878
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-07

The First ward did splendid work
for Col. Goff yesterday, and the Re-
publicans of the ward have good rea-
son 10 be proud of what they did for
all the Republican nominees.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27

ater or music hall? My cab is wait
ing"
"Oh!" A gasp of delight followed by
the inevitable But would it not be
wrong?" and II can't so dressed like
this"
Manlike, Brunton rode rough shod
over both scruples.
"Oh, nobody will know. Wait here
moment while 1 run to the house
and forage for wraps"
Leaving Sylvia in the safe seclusion
of the arbor he vanished, returning
speedily clad in light top coat and
crushed hat and bearing a heavy cloak
of velvet and furs.
That" breathed Sylvia in a horri-
fed whisper, when he showed his spoil.
"Why you've brought grandmamma' s
sable MANTLE"
"Oh, that's all right, so long as it's
big enough" replied her fellow sinner,
with a mans easy indifference to
aught but utility.
And as to the encompassing capac'
ity of the matter there could be nc
doubt Swallowed up therein all thai
was visible of Sylvia was a pair OF
wondering blue eyes and a fluff OF
golden hair at one end and two tiny
white satin slippers at the other.
TO Sylvia the hanson was a chariot
sent direct from fairyland for he
| conveyance to some enchanted world
The gayety and glitter of the Londor
night delighted and amazed her. A
Picadilly circus Sylvia was entranced
| in Leicester square she was in csc
, tastes and when, having reached tn,
snug seclusion of a curtained box, sh,
could gaze across valley of dim
smoke-wreathed figures, which tn
moving marvel of form and color de
fined as ballet, she acted and moved
as though in a dream world.
What they witnessed need not be de
tailed. Is it not written in the dali!
papers? Suffice II to tell that Sylvii
remained oblivious to all Brunton'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27
MADE WELL AND HAPPY,

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on her neck, below her left ear. 1t was growing
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it did not seem necessary to have it taken
out told her to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and thought that would take it away.
When she had taken two bottles of the medicine
the tumor was all gone. We could not see where
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27

to resign his throne, owing to chronic
illness. II was then arranged that the
empress should refuse to permit him 70
resign and ask him to reconsider for
the good OF the nation. He was then
to reiterate his request, and after
three times, the empress was to ac-
cept, with a great show of reluctance.
After the empress again regained
full control of affairs, she found that
there existed throughout China a
strong sentiment in favor of reform.
In fact the party had grown so rapid
ly and to such an extent that she
recognized the necessity for a double
political somersault. Having dethroned
Kwang-Su, she plunged into paper re-
forms that startled the Conservative
party, but lest they become alarmed,
she privately adjured her court re-
tainers rot to take the matter too
seriously, but in the lull to prepare for
war. The empress, for the first time
in Chaina's history. gave audiences to
! the wives of foreign diplomats and
consuls. The people were astonished
! and subsequently charmed at the willy
empress graciousness.
| She was merely paving the way to
replenish the royal exchequer She
| did 1t.
UP TO DATE.
Out of all the mesh and tangle of
| Chinese affairs there has grown two
| decidedly antagonistic military and ra-
| cial factions. Jung Lu, the empress
right-hand man, who assisted her in
the coup d'etat of August 81, 1898, Is
practically at the head Of the Chinese
army, force numbering 100000 armed
and equipped men. On the other hand,
| Prince Ching represents the Manchus,
commanding the Pekin field force and
| Banner corps, estimated at 10000 men,
! The empress has had the extremely diff
ficult task of holding these two chained
bulldogs from fighting. In order to do
this and retain her prestige over both
sections, she has leaned toward Rus
sa, and Systematically allied her in
! terests with the Great Bear. She is
as cunning an old lady as she was a
cunning slave girl who captured the
old Emperor Hienfung. With rare tact
and diplomacy she has shuflled her
| viceroys from province to province
and kept them where they could secure
the greatest possible munitions of wal
to do the least possible harm to each
other herself. She put Ii Hung Chang
out of Chihli, the powerful regal prov.
ince lest he might become ambitious ir
his old age and seek to grasp the gov.
ernment. During the past few months
her emisaries have toured the prov,
inces and raised vast sums of money
Large purchases of arms and ammuni,
tion have been made, and there is nj
doubt that the shrewd old empress an
ticipated, If she did not encourage, the
present uprising.
Old China hands assert that the
present Boxer movement will end in {
grand flash, a grand clash, and ther
old China WILL by virtue of the VERY
cumbersome nature of her people, ploC
along again in the same old way.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27

revealed, huddled up close to the back
of the arbor, a shrinking girlish form.
For one startled moment his keen
gray eyes looked amazement into
frightened blue one.
"Why, by Jove! Oh! / say" he
calculated inconsequently.
The girlish face, set in an aureole
of golden hair, raised appeal to his,
"Oh, please, please don't tell any
body. / only came out here to get
away from the people"
did you? Well, l say, that should
be bond of union between us, for
so did l."
The dying flicker of the wax match
saw an expression of relief across the
girls face. "And you won't tell any
body about my coming out here? 1t
would seem so rude to Mrs. Derrick,
you know"
''Not a soul, honor bright But sure
ly you didn't leave the house to crouch
up here in the dark "
"Oh, no! 1t was lovely among the
stars and flowers and things; then I
heard some one coming, and ran in
here till he should go past, and so you
caught me-"
He could tell that she was smiling u
little now, though there was still a
little hesitating catch in her voice.
Wont you come out and walk
again?" He was longing TO see her
The darkness of the summer house was
tantalizing, and chivalry rebelled at
the rudeness of striking another light
"And you will smoker" she asked
rising, in reply to his query, and walk
ing to the door.
"No, thanks, l don't care to now
Suppose we stroll around?"
The starlight that revealed to Sylvia
a soldiery form with short cropped
dark hair and a quite perceptibly
moustache, showed Brunton a petite
figure, whose robe of shimmering white
satin draped loosely from the old lac,
that outlined its square cut bodice, 8
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27
HER MAJESTY, THE
DOWAGER EMPRESS
WOMAN AT BOTTOM OF CHINESE
TROUBLE.
Absolute Potentate of Four Hundred
Million People--For Forty Years
She Has Dealt in Poison and Death.
Her Amazing Cunning.

Condensed from an article in the New York
Journal, by Edwin wildman, ex-vice Consul
OF the United States at lIong-Kong.
All the world is watching the Dow
ager Empress Isl An Of China, the
patroness of the Boxers. She is the
most wonderful woman in the world
today. She stands high up among
the most wonderful women who have
ever lived. Born a slave, she now has
10000 sNves at her command. Born
and bred in ignorance, she now sets
the great powers of the world by the
ears. She rules over 400,0Q0000 people,
one-t third the globes population Forty
years ago she was scrub-girl in an
obscure viceroy's household. Now she
owns SIS, 1000, 900 of diamonds and pearls,
rubies and sapphires and literally
countless other treasures. No one, not
even her physician, is privileged to look
at her. Ii Hung Chang was once
disgraced and banished for walking in
a garden made sacred to her majesty s
feet.
All the emperors and members of
the imperial family yho have stood in
her way have died or disappeared. In
her rescripts she speaks of them very
gracefully as having returned to
heaven" After her master, the EN-
peror Hien Fung, died, her son Tung-
che reigned for a short time. AS soon
as he began to show signs of inde-
pendence, he died. Then the old Tsi An
had TO mourn the untimely death of
young All Lu Ia, Tungche's wife. The
Dowager Empress, Tso Shi. widow of
the Emperor Helm Fung next followed
the same mysterious path,
sador to England, and of the most en-
The Marquis Tseng, former embassa-
dor to England, and one of the most en-
lghtened Cinnamon of this generation
became obnoxious to Tsi An and per-
ished. His friend. Prince Chung, fol-
lowed him. Tsi An made kwang Su
sickly child. emperor in succession tC
Tungche. He began to show independ-
ence and ,'stened to the reformers. AL
the supposed autocratic power OF
Chinas emperor could not protect him
against Tsi An. Tae San of Heaven
became very i'll, and the dowager en-
press kept him shut up in the palace
of supreme peace. Having no desire
for a premature return to heaven
he pettioned the empress three times
to assume the reins of power. She ap.
pointed last year another child puppet
in his place.
She appropriated 100000, 900 to built
"a great Chinese navy" and spent il
on a garden for herself at Pekin. Tt
this she added O,OOO, 900 army appro,
priation. One of the empress cares ha!
been to select wives for the emperor
All the pretty girls of the empire, mum
bering thousands, are brought together
and sorted. and the best of them are
sent to Pekin. No girl is taken under
twelve or over eighteen. The choice
lots are brought before the empress a
Fekin. She examines them in batche!
of FIVE, and selects fifteen of them
These are put into training, and the
the best three are selected. Th,
first becomes an empress, and the 9th
ers secondary wives. This process
is repeated every three years.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27

and both her cloak and her grand
mother were to seek!
Athwart the little green door the
moonlight glinted softly, and Brunton,
standing in the near shadow of an
lick, would willingly have dropped the
coming hour out Of his life
Since his return to England few
days before the memory of this APP
preaching meeting had persistently re-
Cured to him. AS a man of honor he
knew he dare not shirk 1t. And yet
how painful to be forced to see Sylvia,
to look into those innocent, truthful
eyes--for of her constancy he had no
doubt-and confess how he had chang
ed and to tell her boldly that their
meeting had proved but an incident
OF no moment in the ordering of his
life.
He must undeceive her as tenderly
as possible, speak of Eleanor regret
fully, at least not let Sylvia guess
how entirely happy their union was
or that she. Sylvia, had long ago
ceased to be aught but pretty, senti-
mental remembrance to him.
Even as he schooled himself a dis
tant clock struck the hour, and visa
the first faint chime came the stealthy
sound of an opening lock. She was
there!
Gently turning the handle he passed
| through the green door and entered
Lady Martingale's garden. Beside the
/ great stone basin Of The old fountain
| stock Sylvia, the moonlight sparkling
on her hair and adding an ethereal
| glamour to the sheen of her robe.
About her the tall Madonna lilies lent
lent their fragrance to the night.
A swift pang smote him as he saw
that, as when they first met, she wore
white, forgetting that he, too had
sought to ycapture his former aspect
| for her view.
Her eyes met his in questioning APP
peal, and for a moment a mad rush of
! pity, romance, affection. call it what
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hints as to the lapse of time until he
murmured that the hour neared IL.
Safely in the hanson speeding home
ward, Sylvia retained to earth again
and sighed at that she felt like Gin
derella in having to leave the ball at
it's height. And Brutnon tentatively
suggested that there had been no
prince at her ball; whereupOn Sylvia
avowed hastily that of course he was
the prince-then faltered and blushed.
After that it must be confessed that
the trees fringing Regents park wit
messed some callow lovemaking.
Yes, Sylvia was sorry, very, very
sorry he was going, and perhaps when
he returned in three years he would
have forgotten her? And Brunton was
equally convinced of. his own faithful
ness, but feared the strain of absence
on her.
Brunton thought he would like their
next meeting to take place, as this
one had, in a garden; and Sylvia re-
membered that a certain green sloor
in the high wall encircling her grand
mothers grounds opened on quiel
side road. 1t was quite near; they
could drive round that way and she
would point 1t out.
Thereafter the stars witnessed a sol
emn compact that, that day three
years, at the same hour. Sylvia would
unlock the green door to give Brun-
ton entrance.
They were very much in earnest
Two real tears glistened in Sylvia's
eyes as she spoke of the years that the
green door must remain closed. And
Brunton's voice got husky and he had
difficulty in rendering his farewolls as
many as he would have wished. So
| as became young lovers, were this
twain delightfully."- disconsolate.
Re-entering Mrs. Derrick's gardar
cautiously, the culprits had scarcely
| gained the safe vantage of the shrub
berry before encouutering an emissarS
in search of Sylvia. Lady MartingalC
was going, had been gone ten minutes
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27
GAINED So POUNDS.

vI was sick for about three months, had chills,
fever, and coughed great DEAL" writes Mr.. w. L.
Brown, of McDearman, Jackson County Tennes-
see. "Most of my neighbors and friends thought
I had consumption. 1 was reduced in flesh, and
was very weak-only weighed no pounds my
physician thought there was little hope for my
recovery.
"My wife went to the store to get some antife-
brin quinine, ETC., for me, and friend of mine
(Mr. w. w. McDearman), who had been TAX
ing Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, recon-
mended this medicine for me. Finally decided to
use it, after my physician told me that it would be
good for me. sent and got one bottle and before
all was taken I weighed 149 pounds-a gain of 80
pounds. 1 am still taking the Golden Medical
Discovery-have taken nearly two bottles-and now
weighed. 1 am still gaining strength and taking
the Discovery. I wish to say that this is recent
recovery, that only two months ago only weighed
no pounds"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-27
WRECKED ON ALASKAN COAST.
Schooner Alaskan Beached in Gale at
Cape Nome.

Seattle, Wash, June 26.-The steam
ship Cleveland arrived from Cape
Nome today with fifteen passengers
and a nominal amount of gold. She
reports a severe storm at Nome on
June 5, in which the steamer Alaskan,
from San Francisco, was beached, to-
tai loss. Her passengers were saved
by the revenue cutter Bear. She also
has news of the wreck of the small
sloop Gypsy, in the same storm, and
two of her crew We're drowned. One
OF the men lost was Scott Stewart.
The Cleveland arrived at Nome on
June 3, sailing nine days later. She
was compelled, with all the other
steamships, to stand out to sea till the
gale moderated. She reports seeing
safe at Nome the Corwen and her tow,
the Catherine SuddE, Robert Dollar,
Alcha, San Bias, Dora Albion, Thrash
er and Mary d. Hume; at Dutch Har-
Dor the c. d. Lane, Charles Nelson,
schooner Hera, transport Lawton, Nc
Culloch gunboat Wheeling. dispatch
boat Perry, Homer, Edith, Sunol Rube
Cousins and Martha Turf.
The other vessels not reported are
supposed to be beating their way
through the ice to Nome. The Senator
had a flue plate dented by the ice and
had to return to Dutch Harbor for re-
pairs. The Robert Dollar arrived at
Dutch Harbor just as the Cleveland
was leaving for Seattle. The Gather
inc Sudden, which was in tow of the
Corwen, was dismanted and crushed
slightly by the ice.
Conditions at Nome are unchanged.
The old timers and new arrivals are
stampeding to Topukuk where rich
discoveries are being made. Others are
going to Port Clarence in large num-
hers
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Il Il TWO NIGHTS IN JJJNF1>s Il II II Il
FROM BLACK AND WHITE.

you will, overcame him, and, springing
forward, he caught her hands.
"Sylvial"
Eyes"
"You had not forgotten?"
mo. And you?"
81 am here"
After the greeting there fell a sense
of constraint, which Brunton realized
was not all of his making. She was
lovely, even more lovely than of yore-
taller, too, with the lapse of years, and
with an added something in her express
sion that was new to him. -
Behind them the fountain splash -
and murmured. Then Sylvia broke theI
silence, speaking as IL in answer to his
thoughts.
"You-you have changed-are not the
same. OF course you look older and
bronzed. / don't mean that. But there
is something else-you're manner"
Brunton felt there was no escape for
him. He must tell her and at once.
Sylvia" he began, breathlessly,
three years is a long time ,..,-
"Oh, yes, is it not?" she interposed.
eagerly. r.. ."..
"And you know ones circumstances
alter-new people intervene. - .-
| Yes, yes; so they do"
Her unexpected acquiescence was
disappearing, but he eagerly, stumbled
| on, e. e., u4
"And Sylvia, 1 wish to tell you'll
know 1t seems cruel-but last year 1
met Eleanor, and" -.
| "Hush!" interrupted Sylvia, suddenly
raising her hand and turning in an at
ttude of listening expectancy toward
the lighted window of the house visible
across the eNpanse of lawn. ...r
| As they paused, mute, from an open
easement came a feeble cry--vague.
plaintive, sending its message into the
| night.
| Sylvias eyes sought Brunton's-his
wondering, hers lambent with matters
nal ecstacy.
! my baby" she said.
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string of pearls around the slender
neck the only ornament.
For a moment convention triumphed
and they We're bashful together. There
after the influence of the June night
prevailed and they inclined to conf
dence. Before they had completely en-
circled the lawn Sylvia knew that
Brunton was a soldier, that the NOR
row he would sail for India to join his
regiment. "P. and c. China, awfully
jolly deck cabin to myself" And ere
they emerged from the long archway
Of roses Brunton knew that this was
Sylvia's first party, that she was an
orphan and lived with her grand
mamma: that at that moment her
grandmamma was playing whist in
Mrs. Derrick's ante-drawing room; that
Sylvia herself passed endless evenings
playing whist with grandmamma, Mrs
Dawson (the companion) and a dunn
my. Also that look in grand
| mammals eye, which seemed to Sylvia
to hold a suggestion that in the event
Of no better partner being forthcom'
| ing Sylvia might be called upon tC
make up set, had led to Sylvia's talk
ing refuge in the garden, thus show
lHS lHdl out Oh ntF narrower IRE lne
woman had the more to tell
And you have never been any
fSwhere?" This plying, from the heigh
of his experiences which were yet tC
| come.
| mo, never, We always go to Tor
quay in winter but that's nearly jus
the same as being at home. Do yol
know, I've never, never once been ou
of doors at night before!"
| mot even to a theater?"
| mo"
Poor little girl! say!"-struck b!
a sudden idea-"your guardian will b,
some time over whist, won't she?"
why, yes. The game has just be
gun, and they won't finish under
rubber"
well, suppose | take you some
where for half an hour or soto a the