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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

garment and conceals II under her long
cape.
The proposing appearance OF these wo-
men is usually such as TO disarm sus-
picion and hence their success. which
sometimes continues years ere discovery
follows.
IL is no uncommon thing for Captain
Parker to find rooms filled with valuable
booty, sufficient TO stock good-sized
store, after he has succeeded In cap-
turing one of these professional female
thieves.
Still another class OF professionals go
around by twos and watch for the we'll
filled pocketbook OF some holiday shop
per.
One siezes the opportunity TO attract the
attention OF some victim while the other
grasps the pocketbook and disappears
In the crowd.
But the strangest class of all women
shoplfters. says Captain Parker. are
those 'well-to-do women" of whom their
are scores in every city. who seem 10
steal for the sake OF stealing
'I arrested one such woman" said the
captain. "and found an attic room full OF
the things she had stolen. for which she
seemed to have no use.
often these women are caught by an
accident and not by an officer.
For instance, they are frequently dis
covered by clerk or by a disinterested
person.
''They will always protest their inno-
cence or give wrong names and address,
es."
Capt. Parker is not believer In klep-
tomania under any circumstances.
On the contrary he is of the opinion
that II all depends upon the financial
standing OF the offender
'Tf woman steals and Is poor" said
he. "she is a thief
IF she is rich she is at once declared a
kleptomaniac.
That's all there is 10 it," laconically
declared the detective.
Clever as is this business OF shoplifting
Captain Parker and his assistants are
more clever still and sooner or-iater these
cases of offenders fall into the snare
which proves to them that The Way OF
the Transgressor is Hard
The characteristics. unique signals and
methods pursued by the professional shop
Iifters are so we'll understood by Detective
Parker that I'm most instances he is able
to detect even the most experienced In
the line of business and herein lies the
secret OF his great success In the pro-
fession 10 which he lis an honor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
Nothing Goes TO Waste,

No waste Is the watchword at all big
establishments and thereby hangs the
profit. Every big factory now has its
chemist. whose business is to find out
what can be done with tho refuse In the
packing house every article Of grease is
extracted from - and sent to the soap
factory The residue Is converted into q
fertilizer and sold TO the farmer Buttons
and knife handles are made from the
horns and bones, and the scraps are
ground into honemeal for feeding poultry.
Glue and gclatine come from the hoofs.
and the bristles and the hair are used in
making brushes and for putting into NOR
tar. The hide OF course. 10 tanned and
made into leather. says the Philadelphia
Record
In making coal gas ammonia carbouic
acid, aceuc acid, coal tar aud various
nitrogen compounds are also produced
From crude petroleum are made kerosene
From crude petroleum are made kcro-
sCue, gasoline. naphtha. parafin and
vaseliuc sun heavier oil. left as "a
residue, Is used Tor axle grease, and the
carbon is turned into sticks for electric
lights. The sulphuric acid used for puri-
Tying the products OF petroleum Is re-
covered and turned into fertilizer for
farm whore there is TOO much phosphate
rock. which is thus dissolved
Cream OF tartar is made from the resi-
due of wine factories Cotton seeds are
stripped Of lint for making paper They
are then crushed FOR the oil. and The
meal is pressed into cakes for feeding
stock or burned as fuel II the cakes are
burned the ashes are so rich IN potash
that they are used for ferti1zlng tobac-
co plants From the oft comes good
quantity OF salad OIL Combined with beef
| suet. IL makes cottelcne which Is used as
substitute for lard. The crudest part OF
| tile oil goes 20 the soap factory, and tho
various washings and renniugs makes Il
| WELD glycerine ThlF. In turn, besides be-
ing used incidentally. helps 10 make nitro
| glycerine. the explosive.
These are only a few Illustrations OF
| how the chemists makes profitable use
of refuse, a branch of the various indus
! tries that people I'm general know very
| little about
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
Alfred the Great.

Careful study must lead us all 10 con-
clude that Alfred Is by no means the
hazy NEUROLOGICAL parsonage which un-
critical enthusiasm once threatened 10
make OF him. SAYS Louis Dyer, in the At
lantic lie has escaped the fate Of his de-
scendant ST. Edward the Confessor. and
we can form "A clearly defined outline. II
not complete picture. OF his life and
character. Superstltious he had with
which we cannot sympathizc. such as the
notion, that the fires Of Etna wero infer
nal and had therefore been perccptibly
less fierce since the birth OF Christ. But
are we not learning I'm America almost
with a sense OF rclicf--that the moral per
fections OF George Washington were not
Incompatible with his well Authenticated
employment upon occasion. OF exceeding
~ strong language lf this he our case
with Washington. shall we not put up
with dash OF superstition I'm one who
has achieved the dangerous pre-cminenco
OF being cafled "the most perfect char
acter I'm history" and of being not In
frequently coupled with Washington?
IL will indeed be n healthy result OF
this years celebration Of the one thou
sandth anniversary OF Alfred's death, fN-
ed TO take place at Winchester I'm July,
II we learn TO prize with discrimination
the lessons conveyed by the life OF Alfred
who was father and founder OF y great
race. Indeed. he was himself the first ex-
enplnr Of the virtues held I'm highest
esteem by that race the world over. but
nowhere more highly than in England
and America, whose institutions still en-
body so much OF Alfred's spirit.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
A BOLD HOLDUP.
Men In the Carriage Were Po-
Iicsmen, So HIghxaymsn Fled.

The residents on Atwcll's avenue and
steuben street were aroused yesterday
morning about . o'clock by volley OF
pistol shots The occasion for the firing
was hold UP. The four marauders
however. were much surprised when one
of their number. who undertook Ito go
through the find gave the warning that
the men they had held up in the carriage
were cops"
This incident OF yesterday morning had
it's origin when John II. O'Connor, a
hackman employed by Billings Bros,
was driving along Atwelrs avenue with
a passenger He was saluted by one Of a
group OF men who asked him for a
match. Upon his replying that ne had
none the men threw volley Of stones
at the carriage and called FOR him 10
stop. This he did not do. but whipped up
his horses and quickly left the group Of
men.
After delivering his passenger ne was
returning to the city by another route
when he met Policemen Irwin and Nc
Cram. aud whom hc told OF his cxpc-
riences. The officers Immediately Jumped
into the hack and the driver drove back
Co the plac where nc had been accosted.
Again the men appeared. But this time
they did not ask for a match Instead.
they went boldly into the road and stop
ped the equipagc three OF them holding
the horses while the fourth was TO
search the parties inside the hack.
But this they did not do. Fer no sooner
had the man opened the Goor 20 the ve-
hicle than he caught a glimpse OF che
blue coated-passengers lie quickly gave
the alarm OF cops" whcreupon all He'd.
The policemen soon jumped out OF the
carriage and fired shots at the inarauders
calling upon them to stop. This they did
not do but effected their escape. IL is
thought they were members OF the
Junction Gang" which has caused SO
much trouble of late.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
HOW WOMEN SHOP-LIFTERS
WORK In THIS CITY

II seems indeed a msnomer of the most
exaggerated type TO dignity the business
of shop lifting as profession" yet the
professional shop litter walks abroad In
the land today and pursues very much
the same methods as did the willy Fagin
and his followers, so vividly described by
Dickens in oliver Twist"
Indeed, according 10 the theory of Cap
tain Parker, the business of training
children to become professional thieves
is carried on quite extensively in all large
cities, Providence being no exception to
these conditions.
Naturally the holiday season Is the
harvest time for this class of profess
sionals and the big department stores
are veritable Utopias for the purpose.
Female shoplifters are more successful
than the men says Captain Parker.
One method by which they pursue their
calling Is to arm themselves with large
satchel and station themselves outside
a store while the children do the stealing
inside This. however, is not a strictly
professional method for detection often
follows the children being watched and
followed back TO their mothers or guard
ans when arrest takes place.
IL Is very difficult. however, TO convict
the Cnildren, lot seluOfn Will thelI NictifnS
appear against them, believing. as they
usually do. that II Is the first offence of
the youthful thief
According to Captain Parker, however.
II is but q maudlin sentimentality that
people exercise in refusing to prosecute
Juvenile thieves for. though they may
affect a penitence and innocence which
presupposes first offence. yet they are
usually old offenders.
THE parents, however. declared the
detective, "are entirely TO blame"
A particularly successful class of women
shop lifters. who follow their profession
as a means OF livelihood and accumulate
a small fortune thereby. Is described by
Captain Parker.
This particular class OF women shop
lifters are always well dressed and re-
fined in appearance and travel usually
I'm pairs.
They always wear long dolmans or
capes and their method Is TO enter
dry goods store in the early morning
when the clerks are busy busting and
preparing for the days business. Then,
while one Is affecting TO try on garment
or perhaps to examine piece OF silk, the
other abstracts roll of silk or perhaps
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
S. OF v.
Arrangements for National En-
campment Nearly Completed.

ARRANGEMENTS for the National En-
campment of the Sons OF Veterans, U. S.
A., to be held here In September, are
rapidly nearing completion. The general
committee meets weekly and at each
meeting satisfactory reports OF progress
are received from the various sub-com-
mittees
The opening day, Tuesday September
nth. promises with the parade In the
morning Field Day down the river and
the grand camp fire in Infantry Hall In
the evening, TO be very interesting and
lively
Among the prominent members Of the
order who have signihed their intention
OF being here. are Past Commanders-in-
Chief William l.. Bundy OF CincinnauA
United States Attorney for the southern
district of Ohio, Charles X Darling, OF
Boston. United States Marshall. Asa w
Jones OF Youngstown, EN-Lieutensnt
Governor OF Ohio and Frank l.. Shepard
OF Chicago. ILL., Hon. John NJ Ihurston
OF Omaha, Neb., who is constitutional
life member OF the Commandery, Is also
expected TO he present
Past Commander-in-Chicf Jones I'm a
letter 90 the committee says:
Il expect TO be there and TO go early
and spend some time looking for the foot
prints OF my ancestors. who landed on
Plymouth Rock I'm 1879, and TO follow
them to Cape Ann now Gloucester,
Mass and from there To Connecticut.
| am quite anxious TO look them up be-
cause they were somewhat like Roger
Williams. not puritanic enough 90 live at
Plymouth. and hence were driven away.
and | find that their ideas have descended
to me. so that like them, I am not good
enough for a Puritan but too good for
a Cavalier. and therefore have no historic
place 90 call my own.
Il am anticipating much pleasure In my
trip through New England. and especially
so I'm visiting i'm the good old historic
town. or rather city, created by the Provi-
dencc of God"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
THE STEEL STRIKE.

thinking citizens will agree that the failure
by United Company
Amalgamated Association most unfortunate because
struggle that likely be long bitter and costly both sides
Already employers workmen
will be Insignificant compared with that which
calling of the in all the steel producing establishments
Serious will be the money loss involved there danger
gaver because hardly probable that President
be able control the hoheaded element in his army
workers Thus far he has been able do least the have
displayed com=endabe disposition employment
peaceful securing the concessions for which they
tending Nevertheless those who have followed history
strikes this country during past two outlook
Ind threatening.
Large bodies of when unemployed by feel
ing that they have unusty treated likely to become
unuy Especially this the when they their places taken
by Others while they have promise of their
ons Then they resort to force and eudeavO drive
new eomers then is that violence takes the place peaceful
methods and boodshed and death the amentabe
when resort had force the strikers just
divorce public sympathy strike ever has
will be
Mr. shafe the head of the Amalgamaed Association has
shown himself be ability does seem that for
the sake of the hundreds affected he should
seek other means to accomplish his end than ordering
workmen all the mills of the Steel Company seeks
hear as can be gathered from the organize
men in the shops that Judging
accomplished already he could 10y ordinary
ofdeang with the workmn individually bringing about
an open disastrous warfare.
The fact that his call enough left the so-caed
non-unon mills compel them shut proves would
not be difficult make all by means than the
ordering OF general strike.
is certainly hoped acting as leaders in the
present struggle will be guided prudence passion
Neither Morgan Mr. Shafer themselves
the loss and the suffering that poacted srug
gle between the Steel Company employees Mutual con.
cesons will be OF greater angry conflict,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
1t is Catching.

a morbir- state OF mind. II long con-
tinued, produces like condition of body.
One should shun morbid state of mind
as much as one does smallpox or any
other contagious disease. The People =
Health Journal says.
"Fisurstively speaking morbidity is a
highly contagious disease. and whole
household may become infected by one
morbid minded individual. Such condi-
tions ~ mind. which arc often cultivated,
do far more harm than cpdcmics OF
smallpox or yellow fever While these
diseases destroy ihe lives and homes
of many people. the other, destroying
mind and heart affects tho multitude
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
DIED.

ARNoLD--In Arlington ith inst, Hsr-
rlct Eudora Pritchard. wife Of Ernest
w. Arnold, aged 81 years.
BIGNEY-Gn this city I'd inst, stephen
t. Bigney Jr., son Of stephen II. and
Lille c. Blsney, aged II years and three
months.
CAI.ANAN--fn this city. tth inst. Cathc-
rine f.. daughter of Margaret and the
late Christopher Kovanaugh, and wife
OF John H. Callahan, aged % years.
CARR--In this city. on the 2d inst, Jo-
seph r.. Carr.
1vERs-In this city, 4th inst, John Iyers.
aged 81 years.
MAHONEY--ln this city, Sd inst. Pat
rick Mahoney, aged 81 years.
ROBINSON-In East Greenwich. 9Th
inst. Clementiuc Robinson. az the resi-
dence Of her daughter. Mrs Myron ID,
Fuller. aged So years.
YOUNG-In Drownville. 4th inst. WI.
liam T. Young aged 5S years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
England's One Potwalloper.

The parliamentary register for 1896
showed that then there was only one pot
walloper In all England. One seeing the
term for the first time might easily mag
ine that a potwaloper was species OF
ichthyosaurius or some other reptile OF
past age. ~ will he discovered upon In
loper" IL literally one who boiis a pot.
and was applied 10 voters I'm certain bor-
oughs OF England. where before the pas
sage OF the reform bill OF 1872 the dualifi-
cation for suffrage was TO have boiled
twallopedD his own pot In the parish for
six months.-Boston Transcript.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
Devotion.

A look OF exultant devotion glorined
the countenance OF the fated missionary.
III | am killed" he cried as one com
muning with himself. p" the indemnity for
my life Will enable the society which sent
me here TO pay of the mortgage on Its
thirty -five-story building In New York
And the heathcn. understanding not his
speech. marveled greatly at his fortitude
as they dragged him to the stake.-Detroit
Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
THE DEMANDS OF THE
PEOPLE THROUGH THE NEWS.

Free transfers by ticket the street railway
within the city limits
No central Sub stations detention houses for
passengers and obstacles regular and Legitimate traffic in
the public thorou ghfares.
No gift OF land Belonging tn: city which the Union
company may central transfer and by occupy
ing for offices and by the sale of privileges make
large profits at the expense of the taxpayers.
The selection of candidates for the city government
November who from down will pledge themselves
elected refuse all further privileges the Union company
until that corporation to grant reasonable system
ticket transfers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
Heroic Virtue,

All the boats Of the Southern Pacific
Company plying between San Francisco
and nearby ports are hereafter. 10 be
without bars. As the bar privilege on
some of them has been worth $50 a dav
this shows heroic virtue. but Sunday
picnic crowds and Saturday night excur-
sions have become 30 noisy and lawiess
that some such action was necessary
Exchange.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

Six million and a quarter 81 dollars Is
the price ~ Is costing England weekly to
carry on the war In South Africa. which
over a year ago was announced 10 be
practically over Perhaps The Britons viii
stand this expense another year. but the
chances are that thcy viii make things
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
HE NFwS PROVIDENCE, r. T. MONDAY. AUGUST s 1901

New York and some other system devils
ed? The men who manage the street rail-
ways in the largest city in the land are
certainly as keen as those who perform
similar functions In Providence. II there
was anything wrong about the ticket
transfer system IT would not be in use to-
day. hut II is and there are no complaints
concerning IT,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

Boston IS kicking against the side door
In the elevated cars because they arc un-
American. In regard TO things practical
Boston seems 70 be intensely American.
bu. when il comes to couture" she is apt
10 be intensely English. French or any
thing foreign according TO the prevailing
rad.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
go rxst kIt,x var.

MRS. wINsLows SOOTHING SYRUP
aas been used for over fifty years by
millions OF mothers for their children
while teething. with perfect success. IL
soothcs tho child. softens the gums al
laws ell pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for Diarrohea. IL will re-
Lev the Eor n. a. 'rsser eSery 'meose nar, as Ky
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing syrup" and take no other kind
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

n ticket transfers are reimbursement TO
dishonesty and fraud as the Union Rail-
road company claimed. would not that
fact have heen discovered years ago In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

warm for those high in office before
they settle the bills
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05
Whaf Others
fire Saying.

"AmbassadO Cambon has French
mans knack of saying graceful things,
and his tribute 10 President Mckinley
and the American people In general
Is not only gratifying 10 our national
pride. but calculated 10 promote good
feeling between his country and ours.
lt Is in courteous unofficial speeches
like this that the art OF the true
diplomat is displayed. -Philadelphia
Ledger.
Uncle Sam may still be rich enough
60 give MS all home, as the old cam
paign song had IL, but he sets a bad
example when he goes into the lottery
business. ."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Jerry Simpson. formerly said 10 be
sockless. has moved 10 Kansas City
with his family and 100000. There
are now only "A few of them left. =
Syracuse Post Standard.
There will he high jinks in the
German capital when Won Waldersee
shall return. on August next. The
War Lord has never had a real war on
his hands, but he has his ideals of
what hero should look like, and
what a triumphal pagenut should be.
and the Berlin population will no
doubt witness their realization on this
occasion. n."-Philadelphia Record.
"rhe conviction of Bissert is general
ly considered OF great political import
ance. and indeed IL may be. That
depends on the intelligence and the
conscience OF the people of New York.
They have before them once more a
definite, positive, proved case of police
partnership I'm immortality and crime.
The general assertion that the Tam
many administration was guilty of the
same denominations which aroused the
voters to revolt in 1894 Is specifically
and legally established. IL was NOR
ally established long ago. Nobody
doubted the fact who did not want TO
doubt IL, either because he sympa-
thlzed with Tammany or was indiffer-
ent and wished plausible excuse for
Indifference VIII the legal proof OF
when II comes to differences OF
opinion the tuberculosis experts are
about as far apart as the specialists
on heresy. Philadelphia Times.
Inc magnitude OF the FeNOit dsdlflst
President Castro of Venezuela may be
exaggerated I'm the first reports, but
the news Is entirely plausible. For
nearly year IL has seemed inevitable
that hostile opposition should be de-
veloped TO the arbitrary dictatorship
OF this self-imposed ruler, himself
an insurgent leader, who made his
forces strong enough to drive Presi-
dent Andrade from the country
Kansas City Star.
General Tribe, who Is reported to
be at the head OF the present insur-
rectionary movement in Colombia, was
recently I'm New York. which seems to
have become headquarters for South
American agitators in quest Of funds
with which TO keep the succession of
revolutionary events in motion. Buff
falo Courier.
'It is only the unthinking who will
be surprised at the announcement that
the Cubans prefer European cotton
goods to those manufactured I'm the
United States. Although nominally
under the protection OF this country
the Cubans must as yet be classed as
a foreign people. The hopes, customs
and traditions Of any nation are not
lightly changed. Philadelphia In
quirer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

Jerry Simpson. formerly said 10 be
sockless. has moved TO Kansas City
with his family and 100000. There
are now only few Of them left. -
Syracuse Post Standard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

General Tribe, who Is reported to
be at the head of the present insur-
rectionary movement In Colombia, was
recently I'm New York. which seems to
have become a headquarters for South
American agitators in quest Of funds
with which TO keep the succession of
revolutionary events in motion. Buff
falo Courier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

Uncle Sam may still be rich enough
60 give MS all a home, as the old cam
paign song had IL, but he sets a bad
example when he goes into the lottery
business "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

Public sentiment Is changing, and
as | have before asserted, It's no use
attempting to revive dead music.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-05

when II comes to differences OF
opinion the tuberculosis experts are
about as far apart as the specialists
on heresy. Philadelphia Times.