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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-02
PASSION PLAY.
Lecture by Rev. Edward C.
Moore al Y. NJ. C. A. Hall.

Rev Edward c. Moore. n p. delivered
his lecture on Che Passion PLAY OF 1900.
ms presented by the villagers OF oberam-
mereau." at " NJ G.. \. hali,last evening.
To a large audience a large number OF
stereopticon views were presented. show
ing various leading characters OF the
play, besides the more important scenes
and tahleauX
piav and the manner of its presentation
Rev pa Moore accompanied The nara
tion with numerous and yividly described
p,si.sonai Impressions concerning the Cls-
toms aud costumes ~ the inhabitants.
thcir means Of livelihood (Which Is large
W In wood carving. besides referring TO
town itself.
TIc also spoke VI the religious nature
OF th inhabitants. which he said. ~ IN
stilled iu thcm largely through this play
which they have been enacting for ccnf
furies. at Intervals ~ 10 years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-02

the saloon, where an examination showed
that while the woman was alive her case
was practically as hopeless as that OF
her companion.
DIR. Denis found, besides the empty poll
son bottle. a half-rlied beer bottle and
glass containing water.
The mouths of both man and woman
were badly burned by the acid, evidently
"A pare solution.
WILL ORDER INVESTIGATION.
A little later Medical Examiner East
man. accompanied by DR. Chagnon, ar
rived. Fhe story told 10 the doctors was
substantially as given above.
Or Eastman gave the body OF the
young man to Robert x Valliere 10 pre-
pare for burial and ordered that the
body OF the woman also be taken AS soon
IS her death. which was inevitable In 4
short time. should ensue.
Dr. Eastman was convinced that II was
a case OF suicide but said he should re-
port the case TO the coroner for invesu-
cation.
Murphy was "A young man, OF p years
apparently. and rs said 10 have come 40
the valley from FAN River ,ie is sad
90 have A brother in the valley.
The West woman was considerably
older thaD her companion, and has been
In Jericho and vicinity for several years,
having come there, IL is said, from the
northern part OF the state
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-02
QUALITY
OF MERCY
RAINED.
Il Was All Due to Judges
Tale Of Woe, Which Proved
a Fabrication.

New York Feb. 2-weeping piteously
as he moanod that he was driven to steal
a loaf OF bread by the sight of his starry
ing wife and two children rather than
by his own pangs, u prisoner I'm the
Harlem court yesterday enlisted the un-
bounded sympathy OF both magistrate
and complainant
But when the latter. mover by char
liable impulse. visited the mans home
he was surprised to learn ne had neither
wife nor children; that he had given
as his own name that of the man with
whom he lived. whose family was not
I'm want.
Henry Nicholsburg, a real estate dealer.
owns four houses in 1l2th street near
Eighth avenue, and lives on-the ground
floor OF one. No. 263. For month his
tenants have complained that their bread
and milk, placed on the dumbwaiter by
the tradesmen. have been stolen.
lie determined 20 catch the thief. and,
arising at o'clock yesterday morning,
saw young man take the bread. Mich
olsburg ran after him. caught him al
Eighth avenue and handed him over to a
policeman. In court the prisoner said
he was Frederick Wager. of No. 2o5:
Eighth avenue.
STORY OF ILL FORTUNE.
The policemen made a-ehaPee- -ef-l lar
ceny against him. and as the facts were
not explained TO Magistrate Zeller and
the man made no attempt TO tell his
story he was held in $500 bail for trial
But when he went to the clerks desk
TO answer some questions he began 10
sob and said:
II have been out of work for four
months. and my wife and children were
starving before my eyes I arose early
today hoping to borrow a shovel to clear
away snow saw the bread the
thought of my starving little ones came
10 me and | took the loaf"
After he had left the court Nicholsburg
and the magistrate heard the story. and
the real estate man said he would go
TO the prisoners home and provide for
the family.
Nicholsburg found Mrs. Wager was the
ianitress OF the house while her husband
was a pedler. The four rooms were fur
nishcd comfortably there was food on
the table. and the children looked well
fed
INVESTIGATION SHOWS FRAUD.
Mrs Wager said her husband had left
for his work at s o'clock I'm the morning.
John Judge lived with them, and she de-
scribcd the prisoner. Mrs. Wager said
he had no necessity for such conduct.
Confronted with this Information in the
afternoon, Judge admitted that he had
given wrong name. but insisted that
Yagers family was starving and that
he had taken the bread for the little
ones. Ile said he had not eaten for two
DAYS Mr.. Nicholsburg still said he was
ready 20 withdraw the charge
III a Is true you were hungry, the
magistrate said to the prisoner, you
should not steal There is not a man In
the city who would not give you half a
dozen loaves OF bread II you needed them.
Ask. and you shall receive. Let this be
a lesson TO you. You may 20.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-02
ARE AT. NEWPORT
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Van
dsThilt Have Returned.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. vandcrNl. are
back at Newport from their wedding tour
which lasted II days.
They arrived from Albany BY way OF
Boston, thus giving their friends I'm New
York who were on the lookout for them
considerable of disappointment They
Iin in a few days go 20 New York where
many entertainments arc awaiting them.
Immediately upon arriving in Newport
they were driven to 'Harbourview.
where they will bc the guests OF Mrs.
Vanderbilts mother, Mrs Francis @.
French.
Their stay az Newport Will be marked
bv nothing more exciting than automo-
billing and periodical drives into the coun-
try and to Mr. Nanderbllt's fine farm in
Portsmouth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-02
SOM FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow cough to run until u gets beyond
the reach of medicine They often say.
''Oh, N Will wear away" hut IN most
cases n viii wear them away. Could
they De induced 60 tTy tho successful
medicine called Kcmp's Balsam. which
a. sold on "a positive guarantee to cure.
they would Immediately see the excel
lent effect after taking the first dose.
Price 2sc aud 5oC. TRIAL sire free. At
all druggists
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-02
Magic Hair Stain

For brown or black; prepared BY
GEORGE ORMSBY. Wig Maker and
Hairworker. les fremont street. Boston.
n is simple safe and easily applied. con.
tsins no lead poisons. use ~ once and
{ou, VIII never use any other. hLnND.
GEO. l.. CLAFLiN. " 30. Main street
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02
MORE NEPOTISM.
Father and Daughter, Husband and
Wife, and a whole family in office.

Secretary Cages attention is direct
ed to the fact that numerous married
women are on the pay rolls of the
Treasury Department whose husbands
are fully capable Of supporting them
Not only are these wives, like Mrs. l..
r. Conwell, drawing $1,4OO per annum,
but their husbands, like Chief Of Di-
vision of the Land Office, ]. h. Con-
well, are also on the Government pay
roll at handsome annual salaries.
over in the Postoffice Department,
d. 7. Leithardt is superintendent of
the Dead Letter Office, at an annual
salary of $4,000, while his daughter
has been advanced to chief clerk Of
the Free Delivery at the annual com
pensation of $500. This is probably
lot as reprehensible as husband and
wife working the Government in
teams but certainly the Leithardts,
father and daughter, drawing between
them $4,000, ought to be able to keep
the wolf from the door.
II is small wonder that from Presi-
dent Mckinley down to the latest Con
gressman-elsct their greatest difficulty
is to find the smallest kind of an Office
for the army OF applicants who besiege
them. Some action ought to be taken
prohibiting more than one person in
the same family from feeding at the
public crib.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02

chief clerk, but the auditor held him
up and the question is not yet settled
Mr.. Sailor, chief Of the beet sugar in.
dustry, has, however, the prize Job OF
the Department. While his salary is
only $3.50 per month there is $1,000 an
nually appropriated for expenses in
the beet-sugar investigations, every
cent OF this appropriation Mr.. Sailor
takes particular care shall be expend-
ed. Mr.. Sailor was appointed special
agent April 1897, but not through the
civil-service route. BY using his pull
and working his jaws he has worked
his way up to chief and now enjoys the
salary before mentioned, together with
the $1,000 appropriation, which he has
found on several occasions to be insult
ficient and Congress has been asked to
make up the deficiency.
Mr.. James Morrison, a former part
ner of the Secretary, from Iowa, also
holds down a sinecure in the Depart
ment. He has a son as private secre-
tary at $500, who also managed to
beat the civil service game. Mr.. Nor
rison looks after the seed packing.
Colonel Bingham, Of Ohio, who is
Assistant Secretary, had his daughter
as private secretary until recently.
His son now occupies that position,
while the young lady has been trans
ferred to the Weather Bureau
Senator Billy Mason, of Illinois,
claims that Secretary Wilson has sto.
len the ideas Of his brother lately
promulgated in pretentious form CON
cerning sheep, etc. Owing to the mum
ber Of foreigners i'm the Secretary's
Department, the desecration Of the
American flag, which at one time oc.
CURED. was made possible. The Incl
dent happened this way:
The painters were at work on the
outside of the building and to catch
the dripping Of the paint from their
brushes, American flags were suspend
ed and used as paint cloths by order
Of the official in charge, who no doubt
was one Of the numerous johnny
Bulls this administration seems to be
honeycombed with. Some Grand Army
men i'm passing the building, noticing
the use to which the flag was being put,
notified his post and a committee was
appointed to wait upon the Secretary
and inquire the cause Of the desecra-
ton
After the committee had announced
its mission to the Secretary, he looked
surprised and exclaimed:
"Why, what other use could you put
them old flags to-"
"They can be utilized, Mr.. Secretary,
as winding sheets for the men who
fought and died beneath their folds
that the Government Of which you are
a Cabinet Minister, might not perish
from the earth"
The erstwhile hayseed granger who
had developed so rapidly by his con.
tact with foreigners, ambassadors, and
other high-toned people, was brought
to his senses by this retort and re-
minded of the sacTedness of the flag
he was using for paint cloth. The sub
sequent introduction i'm the House OF
Representatives of a bill by Mr.. Gil
lett TO prevent the desecration Of the
American flag had, it is alleged, this
incident for its inspiration
The Globe will attend I'm greater de
tail to this Department i'm a subse
quent issue II has for the present re
ceived all the space we can afford
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02
HIS SALARY RAISED.
How "Mike" Managed the Thing,
Preparing Dynamite
For that Polish Jew in the Supply Division.

For that Polish lew in the Supply Division.
The record of an investigation into
the supply division Of the Postofice
Department is religiously guarded
from the prying eyes of the public. 1t
has never been printed, but Mickey"
Lewis will find that several typewrit-
ten copies nevertheless are in exist
ence, and it will be our privilege and
pleasure to print from time to time,
extracts from the same.
The formation of a ring is pretty
well established by that testimony
and such articles as twine, ink, etc.,
were beautifully manipulated by the
aforesaid ring.
Chief Clerk Schofield's testimony,
that it was customary for postmasters
/ to return ink and other unusued sup
| plies as an offset to the furnace and
dump consumption, detailed in The
| Globe last week, was very weak, in
/ deed, inasmuch as it is only where
postOffices are discontinued that such
| returns are made. But, even so, did
that empower Mike to destroy the Gov.
ernment property?
Mikes engineering to have his sal
airy increased was an artistic piece of
work. Notwithstanding the present
! radical brand of his Republicanism
! Mike gave Mr.. Cans, the secretary of
a Democratic Congressman, a position
in the division, and permitted him to
draw both salaries, or at least, did not
require his resignation as secretary to
the Congressman. When Mr.. Cans
wanted to go home to do some hustline
! for his Congressman, Mike gave him
leave and posted him how a doctors
| certificate could prolOng his stay
The result was that Cans had about
third of a years leave and Mike
| got an increase of salary Other clerks
in the division were deprived Of time
| coming to them, and they were afraid
to get sick, much less ask for leave.
Those who stood in, however, could
do anything, even to getting drunk
and in many instances these pets have
been taken from their desks in the sup
ply division too intoxicated to work
and sent home to sober up, without
reprimand or dockage of the time thus
robbed from the Government.
When The Globe has the literature
Of the investigation into Mikes" di
vision we'll in hand, so that II can be
euphoneously rolled off and illustrated
handsomely, the public will be invited
to rich treat Of how a Polish Jew can
work for Uncle Sam and close both the
old gentleman's eyes up. Mr.. Perry
Heath, the chief bugleman of Marcus
A. Hanna, will find nice Sunday School
reading in The Globe when this con.
tinued story begins.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02
WORTHY OF IMITATION.
The Manly Action of Chirf Clerk
BerenS Of the Internal Revenue.

The Sunday Globe, more willing, If
anything, to recognize and commend
the meritorious than it is to censure
the inefficient and swell-head Govern.
ment chief of department or division,
takes exceeding pleasure in calling at
tentiOn to an incident or two which re.
Gently occurred in the Internal Reve-
nae Bureau
Mr., Jno. r. Bivens, recently elevated
to the chief clerkship of that Bureau,
solely on his merit as an efficient, hon
est and upright official was approached
by an acquaintance working in the
Bureau one day the past week, when
the following colloquy took place:
Mr. Bivens, want to report to you
that man ---- ---, he is entirely
inefficient. | want him reduced in
salary or discharged from the Blu
reau."
Very well" said Mr.. Bivens. You
pat your report and request in writ
ing and sign the same and then
will take action on IL, not otherwise" "
The man retired crestfallen, mutter-
ing that he could not afford to have his
victim know that he was the cause OF
his discharge or his reduction in sal
airy.
His retreating form was followed by
the words of Mr.. Bivens:
while | am chief clerk in this Blu
reau, will have no anonymous re-
ports, talepearing or backbiting."
Scarcely'had this man retired when
q lady flounced I'm and said:
"Oh, Mr. Bivens, you must positive
ly discharge Miss --, she is entire
ly unbearable and beyond instruction"
Well" replied Mr.. Bivens, in his
calm way "You make the report in
writing and I will take action"
"Oh, no, no." she retorted, 81 could
not think Of doing such a thing; she
would find it out, and | can't AFFORD
that"
Mr.. Bivens bowed and quietly said
Madam, ] can take no notice Of YER
bal reports or complaints coming from
any employee Of this Bureau about any
Of the other employees"
The lady raised her eyes in aston
ishment to see If the new chief clerk
was Joking, but finding more In his
looks than she had heard in his speech,
retired confoUnded.
A quiet investigation by The Globe
developed the fact that the man who
attempted to get his fellow emplOye
reduced or discharged, was indebted
for the position he held, as well as the
qualifications to fill 1t, to the very man
whom he was now endeavorlng to have
discharged from the public service.
The Globe congratulates Mr.. Blvens
on the manly stand he has taken, and
hopes sincerely that he will have many
imitators among the gentlemen hold.
ing similar positions In the several
Departments.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02

the chin. would you consider that you or
her or both of you were libelled2' The
laughter with which this sally was re-
ceived drowned the prosecutors reply.
Mr. Smith, resuming, said;
81 ask for the dismissal OF this case, as
the parties assailed and at whom the
charges in the article were promul gated
are not present in court as prosecutors.
This lady is not known to the editor, he
had neither malice towards nor knowl-
edge Of her person, and neither Mrs. V.
A. nor any other lady has been llbelled
in this case -
At The conclusion of Mr.. Smiths bril-
liant speech, the barest synopsis ofwhich
we have only given. Mr.. Williamson
closed the case for thedefendantby point
ing out the important distinction in the
phraseOlogy Of the sentence complained
as lbellous by Mrs Alexander, The
sentence is merely Hypothetical as II be,
gins with the conjunction when ana
is simply put in a suppositious case With
out the affirmative charge being made
that the event actually took place,
Justice Scott took the case under ad.
visement and admOnished the attor-
neys that he would notify them
when H. hal reached an opinion as to
the hbclOus character of the article, or OF
that portion Of it embraced in the var
rant, Tne Judge retained bJ.h issues OF
The Sunday Globe Tor perusal, as also
the little "dudger' issued every Sdiur'
day announcing the contents Of the fol.
lowing Sunday issue.
Mrs. Alexander appeared in court with
her brotnerin law, Mr.. Victor Becker
and chief johnson. The lady was much
enlightened as To the cats paw she was
made OF 10y her chiefs in rushing into
| print and the notoriety necessarily re.
suhant from her suit IL Is to be hoped
the lesson Of her experience will moi
be lost on other Department ladies
in similar cases where their chiefs are
assa1ed, and suartng under the truthful
| exposures Of their nepotism and avorit
| ism, coerce or induce their female clerks
to arrest theman who is deyoting his pen
| to the vindicaliOn Of the vlrtuuus unC
| merItOTious men and women IN the ser
! vice of the Government.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02
CHAIRMAN BABCOCK'S
Hired Help Provided For During His
Honeymoon Abroad.

Chairman Babcock is on his second
honeymoon tour of Europe and but for
his thoughtful provision his late me.
mails would now be thrown on the cold
charities of a heartless world to hus.
tie for their livings like other people,
The Chairman, however, has the Re.
publican Congressional machine al.
ways geared and in running order and
what he wants comes to him without
other effort than the mere expression
that it shall be so.
Dir. BabCOck, deciding that his sec.
ond honeymoon should be spent abroad
cogitated but a moment as to the dis
position of his household servants.
These useful menials must be provided
for during his absence and naturally
enough the chairman of the Repub.
lican Congressional Committee went
down in his-Uncle Sans pocket for
the funds to keep them. Here is the
way they we're disposed Of:
Ida, the cook, Is assigned to the toll.
ct room of the House Of Representa-.
tives at a salary of $50 per month.
Annie, the chamber maid, is assign
ed to the court house, at 81 per diem.
Ida's husband is janitOr at the Dis
trict Building.
The colored coachman is provided
for elsewhere.
Thus. Mr.. BabCock and Birdie were
enabled to leave Washington for gay
Pariee without any cloud of domestic
help scattered and unprovided for
darkening the sunny horizon OF their
honeymoon.
When Mr. BabCock returns the Gov
ernment service will lose a few valu-
able public servants In Ida, Annie, ct
al. but the public can depend on Mr.
Babcock's patriotism in providing
others to take their places, to the end
that the machinery Of the Government
may not be disarranged and the ad
ministration Of our great and expand
ing country go on in the usual tenor OF
its way.
The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02

The recent article in The Globe re.
garding disreputable chief OF division
in the office of the AuditOr'fOr the War
Department has caused friend IF Audi
tor Rittman to inform The Globe that
Mr.. Rttman is in no way responsible for
the appointment Of that chle' or any
other chief or employee in the oliee, that
they were all there when the present
Auditor succeeded the late frank IL.
Morris Our informant states that it is
the desire of Mr.. RIttman to bring the
office to the highest standard possible,
personally and officially 1t is probable
that this statement is true, and ii is but
Justice to Auditor Rittman to say that in
Cleveland Mr.. Rltman bore the repu-
tatiou of gentleman in private life and
man o, integrity in the business world.
However, il is feared that IefOnatory
measures will not meet the conditions
that exist in the Office over which Mr.
Rittman presdes, as the clique which is
in control is too deep rooted in is ways
Of sycophancy 10 be made manly.
IL is further stated IN behalf Of Audi
! tor Rttman that he was unfortunate in
the conditions he found prevailing in
Office on taking charge of il, An in
estigation discloses that Wallace Will
lam Brown, an ex Representative in
Congress from Pennsylvania, vas ap-
pointed Auditor by President Mckinley
some four years ago through the iniiu-
ence of the Hon. Matthew Stanlsy Quay.
Brown some years ago, after serving a
term in the House of Representatives,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-03
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AND SURE
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FOR
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-03
RidaeIy Takes the Oath.

Washington, Oct. 2.-William B.
Ridgely OF Illinois, who was recently
appointed comptroller of the currency
to succeed Charles Dawes, resigned,
took the prescribed oath during the
day and entered upon the duties of his
office. Mr.. Dawes resigned to enter
the campaign in Illinois for United
States senator.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-03
For Sale by
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-03
sampson Quits His position.

Washington, Oct z. Admiral Samp-
son has surrendered command OF the
Boston hayward. His successor, Adj
miral Mortimer l.. Johnson, who is
on his way north from Port Royal
called on Secretary Long to pay his
respects.