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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

There Is nothing surprising In the news
that the Pennsylvania legislature has
defeated the proposed ballot reform law.
Mathew Stanley Quay controls the Iegis-
lature and as Quay Is notorlously opposed
10 honest political methods there can be
no cause for wonder In the action OF the
law-making body in refusing 20 oct on
bin intended to promote purity In
elections
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

Willie Mccormick was not Kidnapped.
That fact Is established by the finding OF
his body in creek near his homo. Ills
parents nov have the melancholy sat
isfsction of knowing that death and not
gang OF desperate criminals has
claimed their loved one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

When The Union railroads engineers
have completed their work the public viii
be able Co learn just how many detention
pens Tor those who use The street cars
the street railway corporation thinks "a
requires 20 guarantee thc honesty OF be-
employees.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11
ONE ON HIM

Resgy-"Bah Jovsi feel offended at
Miss WOse
Fredd, What now. deah boy?"
ReRgy WHY. ~ I entered thsw door
heard her saw Here n where thaw Joke
comes ia. "-Exchange.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

speed OF fraction under % knots from
land to land The Individual Teuton may
be little slow, but his marine fabrics
bear of the palm of speed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

For record breaking IN ocean travel
German steamships have gone ahead OF
tofh, American ane British. The
D,altfchland has Just made the fastest
s!ngle days run ever attained-5s7 miles
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

There are people who ought n he
confined IN houses Of detention. bat they
IT. -rt che f--- ---s-s iii.'icpendcnt 7t-.---rT-
Of Providence who use the street cars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

There may be Cncouragomcnt in the
t'ct uiat no stock exchange firm had to
~ i' the wall 'n wail street us the result
~ the furry W tho past few days. hot
those outside OF tho firms apparently so
solid VIII nnd nttei proof that II y not an
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11
CARDS ORIGINATED IN CHINA

Cards were first Invented In China i'm
the year ll20; they were made of ivory,
and thirty-two In number. Exchange.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11
80

well, - said the irrepressible gushcr
this morning, who says the United
States is not the greatest country on
earth [ replied that had not heard
anybody say SO. but why this out
burst of patriotism so early on a dis
NAL morning? why" he said why?
Because Japan is about to build a
monument i'm honor OF Commodore
Perry, who opened that country 10
intercourse with the civilized world.
Perry was not only an American, but
he was Rhode Islander. that's
why We told him 20 sit down and
cool off. uthe went out OF the Of
flee In huff. calling back that we
were a cold-blooded lot, devoid of all
patriotic feeling.
@3@
In somewhat sarcastic vein this
morning, ] remarked 10 "A friend that
il was a fine morning. Yes" he re-
piled. fine very fine, but for the
lilies And so the newest slang
phrase gathers vogue. and I'm this case
IL seemed 10 have a direct application.
Water lilies, Of course.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11
Chat 4bouf
People.


There IS Voc IN the heart Of ono
~0maii Who hStktSa the East .side.
She desired 10 purchase a hat, and for
three days she made the rounds OF all
the big stores and millinery shops. and
she finally on the fourth day selected
n head coverings magnificent affair,
but deferred purchasing until the fol-
lowing day, that the pleasure of an
ucipation might be prolonged. Then
she went 10 buy, filled with JOY, but
the hat was gone. Then she wept bit
ter tears.
do not often run across n philos-
opher, but met one last evening we
were talking about the remarkable
features OF Thursdays stock market
when he said THANK heaven, / have
no money. IL / had / should have
gambled in stocks and lost every cent!
Then where would / have been?"
90
New York has had fits long drawn
out murder trials. Boston has one at
present, but Providence. as usual IS
right in line with the best OF them,
and the harrington Italian murder case
promises TO be n cause celebre before
the end Is reached.
April certainly seems to be lingering
I'm the lap OF May.
SS3s
J am told that n divorce suit is soon
20 be brought by a woman against her
husband on the ground that her hus-
band never kissed her, and that II any
kissing was done she was the one
VINO did II. Who can blame her for
wishing something better. All the
world knows tnat "A kiss ~ nothing
until u is divided by two, and then
well, then it's everything.
@33
While there is not much bicycle rid
ing today. there will be as soon as
the sun comes out again, and there is
no time like the present 10 attend 10
the nuisance known as the ''scorcher."
TO have careless. scorchiug cyclists
brought up with round turn pleases
no other class more than IL does the
many thoughtful men and women
who enjoy riding the wheel decentIy
and I'm good order "The gang with
the gong" are enemies TO the decent
riders, and no law officer will be
asked 20 spare offenders against good
behavior and the rights OF others.
600
"Drat IT, exclaimed the Cheerful
idiot Last week ! was looking for
couple OF old fashioned bed pans and
thought that / would have To use
them on the Garden patches where /
had planted flower seed. The ground
wouldn't warm up and germinate the
seed worth cent. Now ! ann thinking
OF undermining the beds and build
ing fires to dry etft- the muck Nature
is acting too blamed contrarlly for
me-"
.:,3
Another lazy mans device Is upon
the market My friend Kelly, the
Westminster street jeweler has one OF
them. IL is "A clock and when once
wound IL ticks right along for one
year The only point Is 10 remember
on tdst what day of the year one is to
do the rewinding.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

p case % Fhcarirg the iambs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11

Another lazy mans device Is upon
the market. My friend Kelly, the
Westminster street jeweler has one OF
them. IL is "A clock and when once
wound IL ticks right along for one
year. The only point Is TO remember
on tdst what day of the year one is to
do the rewindIng.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIEs.

Port Huron, Mich Carpenters and
Joiners' union, $50 strong, struck for IS
cents an hour and a nine-hour work
day
), chicago-A few lots Of prime heavy
hogs sold at Sc 221a at the Union Stock
yards. This establishes a new record
for high prices: 49, =
Des Moines. Io.-A special from sRen-
Ger, To-, confirms the rumor that oil
has been discovered near Greenville, Clay
county. This is the first oil discovery in
Iowa.
e, Columbus. o.-The Dayton & xenia
corporated with $4,000 capital. The
company will purchase the Dayton and
Xenia interurhan line.
Fort Wayne, Ind-All painters and pa
perhengers in this city went on strike
because of the failure of the Master
Painters association to accept the new
wage scale OF 271A cents per hour ard a
n1ne-hour day.
Akron, O.-Monroe Seiberling. an Ak
ron man, has raised $70O, 900 with which
to build glass plant at Ottawa, Ill.
The money was furnished by US 4.
Oliver, OF South Bend, Ind, and o. M
Gray, of Niles, Mich
New York-Ross Raymond, alias James
b. Sandys, former newspaperman, who
pleaded guilty last week of getting $500
1raudIlently from Henry F. Clarke, pay
ing teller of the Lincoln National bank.
years III prison.
Cincinnati-Five hundred and fifty
members of the Journeymen Painters
end Decorators union struck because of
the refusal of the Master Painters and
Decorators association to sign Tie scale
recently adopted by the union The
new scale is for $3.50 for an eight-hour
day.
Norwalk, o.-sheriff Gates left Tor
Richmond, Ind, in response to a tele-
gram notifying him that a man was I'M
der arrest there, having been Identified
as Ezra Moore, who shot and killed Con-
his escape at the time and has been in
hiding ever since.
Akro,1-It is announced here that the
Great Western Cereal company, the COM
bine of Independent plants recently per-
fected by 0. c. Barber, has acquired an
other large property that has been a
great money maker in the past ten
years. It is the matted food mill at
Burlington, Vt.
Pottstown. Pa.-The puddlers in the
employ of the Glasgow Iron company
have been notified that beginning next
Saturday their rate of wages will be So %
a ton, instead of SIS, as heretofore. The
wages of other employees will also be Hi-
creased. The 112-inch plate mill CT the
company's plapt, which has long been
idle, has resumed operations.
Chicago--A threatened strige of egg
testers, which promised to seriously af-
feet the Chicago egg market has been
averted by commission merchants In
nearly every instance agreeing to the de-
mard of the egg inspectors union for q
uniform scale of Is cents per hour, a
ten-hour day and 10 cents extra for each
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
|PAVEAENT Is IN SIGHT
WEST SEVENTH STREET PROP
ERTY OWNERS. ASSOCIATION
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
HELPED BY THE IVES BILL
Senator Explains Hts Provisions to
the Meeting--Says City VIII
Have to Pay for In
terseefiOn.

The West Seventh Street PROPERTY
Owners association held a meeting last
night at 542 West Seventh street to con-
slider the question of paving the street
between Ramsey and Tuscarora streets,
which has been hanging fire for some
time The meeting was not called to or
der until the arrival of Senator j. H.
Ives, who explained to the members OF
the association just what he had accom-
plished for the benefit of the West Sew
enth street property owners. Me said
ne mad consulted the mayor, the city en-
slneer ana the comptroller for the pur-
pose or hnd1ng out just what Kind of a
Dill ne should seek to have passed with
view to getting the street paved Act
ing upon the advice given him, he had
uraWn up bill and 1t was now law.
Ihls Dill, said he, provides that in
cities OF over $1,000 Inhabitants. where
money is not available in the general
1und to pay for the paving of the inter-
sections of streets, the councils be au-
thorlzed to provide for the paving of the
intersections and to issue certificates OF
Indebtedness. / had the bill so worded
that intersections mean the crossing of
streets at angles. Of not less than sixty
degrees and not more than 12O degrees
1t thus covers Seventh street
NOW the council can see to it that the
tersect1ons, and, if there is no money
available in the general fund (Comptrol-
Ter McCardy says there is noD, certif-
lcates OF indebtedness can be issued. All
tnat remains for you to do is to decide
amongst yourselves as property owners
what KIND OF pavement you want, and
tnen 90 your best to get 1t. The cost OF
the intersections will amount to about
one-third of the cost of all the paving,
not taxing into consideration the pave
ment between the street car lines You
can see from this that you will be saved
much II the city pays its proper share
Aid Timer was then called upon to ex-
press his opinion as to what the council
would do He said that after the legsla-
ture mad gone to the extent it had he
dld not think the common council would
refuse to give the Seventh street people
what they wanted
general discussion then followed as
10 the relative merits of various pave.
ments. This resulted in the appointment
OF committee to investigate the merits
OF sandstone ande asphalt block pave
ments Another meeting will be called
next Monday, when the COMMITTEE Will
be expected to report. When the Sew
enth street people shave decided what
KIND of pavementd they want, they will
bring all the pressure possible to bear
upon the council.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
CLAUssFN RETURNS HOME.
Has Been Inspecting Streets and
Markets in Other Cities.


City Engineer Claussen returned yes
terday morning from his recent trip to
some of the large Eastern cities for the
purpose of inspecting their market sites
with view of getting some ideas that
would be of benefit to him in preparing
the final plans and specifications for the
new market site. Mr.. ClauSSen was very
much pleased with his trip, and in speak
ing of ii said:
Indianapolis, with a population of 169,-
coo, is the best paved city | have ever
seen. 1t has mostly asphalt paving. The
business streets are very wide, and there
are open squares located in the hear
OF the city. These squares are decorated
with beautiful fountains and monuments,
and the public buildings are located i'll
the close vicinity.
Cincinnati, whose population is 325, 0G0,
is similar in appearance to Cleveland,
and has open squares in the center Of
the city. The important business streets
are not as wide as those in Detroit and
Cleveland, but the streets are kept much
cleaner than those of Cleveland. The
pavement consists mainly of granite
block in the business pc ton, and some
asphalt. The latter, however, is in very
pOOc condition. The paving is paid one
half by the city and the other half by
the property owners"
cleveland, o., has a population of 1885,
OC0, and has wide business streets. The
business streets are almost exclusively
paved with Medina sandstone, Which has
good wearing quality, but is hard to
keep clean The general appearance of
the business portion is untidy and neg
lected, and there is no attempt to keep
the streets clean. The city has We, V
poor market facilities, and the public
market house is in a dilapidated condi-
ton
Detroit Mich, is a very fine city. with
population of 2S5, 600 The streets are
well paved, principally with brick and
asphalt. The important business streets
are wide and are kept exceptionally
clean There several n1Illlic
and small parks located in the business
center. These parks and squares are
adorned with artistic monuments. foun-
tains and works of art. The city has
splendid market facilities for farm pro
duce, hay and cattle, but no regular mar
ket house."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
Hold Strenuous SESSION
ASSEMBLY STREETS COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATE CHARGES AGAINST
MIESEN'S CAFE
THE HEARING IS CONTINUED
DR.. WooIway and Others Declare
the Place Is Conducted
Differently Than 1t
Should Be.

The hearing on the application Of P. ].
Miesen for a liquor license at q East
Fifth street, furnished material for a
strenuous session OF the committee on
streets of the assembly late yesterday
afternoon and last evening. Dr. Wool
way led the forces opposing the granting
Of the license and he had number of
witnesses on hand who were tenants in
the building The character of the
place was explained in detail, and much
of the testimony offered by the wit
nesses for the DIRECTORS was Of a sala-
cious nature. Attorney ]. II. Ives rep
resented Mr.. MieSen and conducted the
cross examination of the witnesses. All
the members of the committee, with the
exception Of Assemblymen Denny and
Warner. were present.
Mrs. M. Stewart, tenant of the build
ing, who owns a dressmaking establish
ment in the Germania Bank building,
was the first witness called. She told
how disorderly the place was at times
The Misses Bar1ies, who also reside in
the building, told of having frequently
heard noises in the saloon.
The testimony OF DR.. Woolway would
not look well in print. At the conclusion
of his testimony the directors rested
their case, and ME- Ives called c. B.
Brown, the agent for the building, to the
stand.
Mr. Brown said that he had not seen
anything wrong with the place. He
admitted, however, that he was seldom
around the building after business hours.
Charles E. Stubs, superintendent of
the Gas Saving company, was called, and
said he had lived in the building nearly
four years, with the exception of one
winter. He had not seen anything wrong
about the place, and thought Mr.. Miesen
was being imposed upon by the tenants
Of the building. At the conclusion Of Mr..
Stubs testimony an adjournment was
taken until evening.
The evening session, however, did not
serve to bring the investigation to a
close, as Mr.. Ives asked for further time
in which to secure additional witnesses.
After some discussion, a motion to ad-
journ the hearing until Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock and directing County
Attorney Kane and ex-Sheriff John Wag-
ener and Chief of Police O'Connor be
subpoenaed to appear and give testimony
as to the character of the place, was
carried.
The only witness examined at the even
ing session was State Oil Inspector F. C.
Schiffmann, who said that, as far as he
knew, the place was being run in as
good a manner, If not better than any
other restaurant connected with saloon
in the city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
OBITUARY.

London-Sir Johno Stainer, organist.
composer and writer on musical TOPICS
is dead. He was born in 1910.
Rockford, IH.-Jessie Elizabeth Forbes.
daughter of A. d. Horbes, a prominent
Tex, as a result of an injury received in
a fail from her horse. Miss Forbes was
a writer of notH9 some of her juvenile
stories being ESPECIALLY well known She
was twenty-eight years of age
Berlin-Dr. Schlechter, the African
traveller and geographer, is dead.
Washington-Mr. W. Harry Clarke died
here. He was manager of the Baltimore
&, Ohio Telegraph company here for
some years and later was engaged in
newspaper work. At the time of his
death he was employed in the TIRE asury
department. He enjoyed the Friendship
and esteem of many public men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
JOHN CUNNIFF DEAD.

Lived in st. Paul Many Years and
Was Well Known and Respected.
John Cunniff, an old settler In ST. Paul,
died yesterday morning at 80 Wilkn
street. Mr.. Cunniff was for several years
a staunch member Of the Father Mat
thew society, being at one time it's pres
ident. He was quite prominent in Irish
national and fraternal societies. He was
for a number of years connected with
the St. Paul police department, and his
voice later resounded in many a Demo-
where he had much influence A serious
operation he underwent about eight years
ago incaDacitated him from further ac-
tiyity, and the savings he had accumu-
lated dwindled in consequence.
He will be buried tomorrow morning
from O'Halloran & Murphy's undertake
ing rooms at $780, Service at St. Vim
vary cemetery The funeral exercises wi
be incharge of the A o. H. societies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
TO BUILD PANAMA CANAL
j. j. HILL AND j. p. MORGAN MAY
TAKE UP THE WORK

CHICAGO, April IA special to the
chronicle from Washington says: j.
P1erpont Morgan has a gigantic scheme
that the United States government shall
abandon its plan of building a canal
across the -1sthmus of Panama, and per-
NIT private capital to take up and finish
the work already accomplished on the
Panama canal. Mr.. Morgan. accompanied
by J. j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railway. and chief stakeholder
OF the Northern Pacific, arrived from,
New York on Mr.. HITS yacht this after
noon, Tonight Messrs Morgan and Hill
and SenatorHanna, who had been notified
OF the coming of the distinguished
hnanciers, have been in conference at the
senator's home. It is understood that
before. Messrs. Morgan and Hill leave
the capital, they will hold a conference
with President Mckinley and endeavor
to interest the executive in their project
1t is understood that a syndicate headed
by Mr. Morgan and Mr.. Hill has secur-
ed at low figure majority of the
stock of the Panama canal. and is now
IN absolute control not only of the affairs
Of that corporation but of it's property
and franchises as well
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
Ease Of eggs candIed after regular close

case of eggs candled after regular close
of the working day.
Chicago-Board of trade market QUO
tations, under the recent agreement be-
tween the board and telegraph compan
les, were available to the companies but
not until April Is, if then, will the old
order OF things be fully re-established
owing to the immense amount of con
strdctlon work and the necessity of an
examination of all contracts by the Board
OF trade quotations committee.
MARION, lnd.-Ye sterday closed the
t tisoal year OF the Carpenters union and
me cue contractors Of the gas belt. If a new
scale is not signed the men will strike
To-Day IN all the gas belt towns They
now demand sliding scale. each man
10 receive pay in accordance with the
tItali ana Quantity of his work, but
tney also demand that the minimum scale
shaiI De 80 cents an hour and the maxi
mum go cents.
st Joseph, Motive hundred striking
factory girls gathered at the doors of
the wood factory and prevented all the
Tory Force was used by the strikers in
several Instances. All the union painters
o. OF the city went on q strike, asking for
% cents an hour. Carpenters and timers
crease is not given.
eureka, Cal.-TWo big deals in timber
Iands nave just been consummated. in
f fer ing S 81 acres OF this large trans
Lana IL Lumber
company, of Michigan, has secured 300
acres, and Charles A. Smith. of Minnie
apons; l,S9S acres In round numbers
Lhis last acquisition will increase the
n6 NJ la of Smith and his partners to
o0,Vgo acres, making them the largest
owners of redwood timber in the world
San Francisco-Four recent 1appoin+ees
TO judicial positions in the PHILIPPINES
salled Tor Manila on the transport Blu
Iord. They are j. F. Comper, of Fort
Wcrth, Tex, and Charles A. Willard of
minneapolis, who have been appointed
justices OF the supreme court (co%t of
last RESORT, in the Philippines; Fletcher
Ladd, OF Lancaster, N. H, and W A.
hlnkald, Of, Galveston, who have been
appointed judges Of the court of first
instance, trial court with civil and
CRIMINAL jurisprudence corresponding to
the superior court in this state.
Cleveland-It now seems probable that
the threatened strike of the carpenters
IN this city will not take place. 1t is
stated that fully half of the contractors
nave agreed to pay the Increase de-
manded, and it is thought the remainder
Will do likewise shortly. The Building
LGborerS union has also demanded an
advance of % cents, or 50 per dav. TIC
employers, it is said, have generally con
ceded the increase. The union brickIay-
efs asked for an increase of 5 cents per
hoGr and an eigbt-hour day on Friday
and Saturday. The employers generally
complied. The stonemasons asked for
the same concessions as granted tho
bricklayers Their demands were granted
without delay.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-02
Denzer Jumps His Job.

CHICAGO, April despite denials to
first man to sigE with Charles Comislecy
for the coming season, has apparently
jumped his contract and gone with New
York. Denzer passed through Chicago
today on his way to New York. He
avoided Comiskey and Johnson, but the
latter discovered that he had cashed a
check sent by Andrew Freedman Tor add
vance money.
''Denzer was the first man to sign with
Coniskey for next season." said john
son, land it was only Saturday that Co.
roiskey received q letter from him telling
him that he was not in the contract
jumping business. Denzer has a two
year contract with Comiskey.''