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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
EAST PROVIDENCE.

The vilest specimen of humanity ever
seen TN East provldeuce was John Bridges
tramp, who wanted 10 be sent 20 the
farm, a. he has no home or friends His
condition was so filthy that he was not
allowed IA tho court room. but was ar
raigned on the outer stone steps of the
police station. II f. believed that Brlde- =
cannot last much longer and that before
his term OF six months has expired that
he Will be lying under the sod at Grams
ton
James Monahan. whose home Is on East
street, this city, and employed on the
draw OF the railroad bridge. was struck
and quite badly injured about the head
by an electric car NJ $40 last evening.
lie WAS put on board OF cay and taken
TO the Ives street station and from there
TO the Emergency hospital
4 man named Harold was arrested on
Valley street last evening for reveling
He was arraigned I'm the Seventh district
court this morning and pleaded not guilty
and will have his trial tomorrow.
At the meeting OF Canonicus lodge OF
Workmen last evening one candidate was
initiated
IN court this morning two men we're
fined for being drunk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
STEAMERS LEAVE PROVIDENCE
For FIELDS POINT
and CRESCENT PARK

LEAVE PROVIDENCE. week DAYS. 3
.. rio. 1880. rl1 1880. rl2. 1890. ri, 80
r2 2.30. r3. $3.50. -. 4:3O, '5 $50. 6:15
GAS. s7:3O. s. $3.50. Saturdays only. l0is
D. M. making all stops.l
RETURNiNG, LEAyE CRESCENT
ia:iO. 20 s.iO. s2:Ao. $40. '3:4o. 410 $50
$40. $3.50. $50 Z 60 $3.50 $3.50. '1O:4O (Sat-
LEAVE PROVIDENCE. Sundays. $50
RIO l0:30 rl1 1850. rl2. 1880. ri, 80 re-
$3.50 rs. 2:30 RI. i;3o RS. $780, '6. 6:30.
~ g. $3.50. %.
RETURNING. LEAVE CRESCENT
PARK. Sundays. 1870 l1Io. 1910. l:1O.
2lo .e:to $40, '3lO. $40, d:5O. $40. $3.50,
e:io ESQ. 7:10 '745. 's;l5. 's;45. $3.50. 30.
FOR SILVER SPRING AND RIVER
SIDE week DAYS, . 3 loSo and hourly
sundays. hourly $50 &. m 30 $3.50 p. IN.
and 8 D. m Return. week days g. 7.lO
s. 1920 a. m. then hourly TO 5:20 and Gao
D. m. Return, sundays. 1920 a. m. then
hourly 7:2o D. m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
IS TOO MEAN
TO BUY FOOD.
New York's Prince Of Paupsrs
Is Sent TO 1.-The Island" "
He REFUSED TO PAY HIS FINE.
Had $110 10 His Pocket When Arrested
for Begging Owns Blocks Of
City Real Estit.
He REFUSED TO PAY HIS FINE.

New York. Aug. 2s.--Weak for food
which he was too mean TO buy: clothed
in the rags he preferred; filthy because he
was too lazy to wash; homeless after be-
ing turned out or Bellevue hospital for
shsmming illness to get free home dur
ing the bad" season, William Allen, the
prize professional beggar Of the Tender
loin district, went to Blackwells Island
yesterday for ten days rather than pay
d $40 fine for begging when he had si1O
IN his pocket.
Allen. who the police say owns blocks of
city real estate, was arrested by Police
man Bell, of the West Sixty-eighth street
station. while soliciting aims. He never
asks for anything but money. SO par
simonious has he become that he can
barely totter. becauseof the lack OF proper
nourishment. He was clothed in soiled
rags, and his face and hands looked as
though they had not been washed i'm
weeks. In the West Side police court he
said he was sixty years old and had no
home. was Ill and wished TO be sent TO
Bellevue.
He was just turned out of that institu-
ton" said the policeman TO Magistrate
Hogan. He was there for three months.
Then they learned that he was shamming
and chased him out. When he was
searched at the station house about $40
vast ound i'm his pocket" Magistrate
Hogan sent the prisoner 90 Blackwells =
Island for ten days. in default of $40 fine
which he refused TO pay.
He has always been a miser," said
Policeman Bell. but has become such a
terrible one recently that he IL actually
starving 10 death When IL is too cold to
sleep In the parks In winter, he goes to
some cheap lodging house. but generally
his bed is In some wagon He does his
begging i'm front OF the fashionable res
taurants. hotels and theatres late at night
No beggar is a greater artist than he. and
his returns are immense. Because of the
people from whom he solicits aims are out
OF the city during the summer Allen gen
orally takes vacation by going 10 the
island or 10 some hospital by shamming
Illness
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
$4,000 MILES.
Ml. BudIong Made Long Trips
on His Bicycle.

Mr.. Joseph r. Budlong Of Lincoln
avenue, Bowmsnville, Chicago who is
visiting Mr. and Mrs William Smith on
Lincoln avenue. Riverside, has an inter
esting reputation as a cycist During
the past seven years he has ridden 1900
miles. He makes il an aim to ride e0oc
miles year. lie generally makes loo
miles day and has ridden 10.
His seven years of riding covers the
following states: Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut New York New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Michigan, Ohio. In
diana Wisconsin. Illinois. Kentucky. Ten
nessce. Iowa and Nebraska. besides n
large portion OF Canada.
Mr.. Budlong usually rides from Chicago
20 Riverside on his trips east but this
summer hc came by train In order to
accompany his wife He will ride his
bicycle back, however
Mr. Budlong intends "a follow tho route
OF the Michigan Southern and Pittsburg
and Fort Wayne railroads lie follows
these railroad lines because he can secure
accommodations and meals along the
route
on another trip east he came by way Of
Chicago Toledo. cleveland anG Buffalo
and along tho New York Central road TO
Albany. Springfield. Worcester and Prov
idence to Riverside.
Mr. Budong made his longest bicycle
run I'm 1891 when he went from Chicago
across the suspension bridge into Cana
da TO T.ockport From Lockport Mr.
Budlong followed the New York Central
Railroad 10 Albany and thence 10 Spring
ield From tho last named city he fol-
lowed the Boston and Albany road 40
Boston and thence 20 Providence and
Riverside.
Mr. Budlong Is not member OF cycle
club ahd makes All Of his journeys alone
iio has worn out three bicycles In the
course of his journeys. curious feat
ure Is that he has worn out twice as
many cvcometers rs bicycles. TTe has
received but two serious accidents during
his whole seven wears ~ riding One
Of these was broken collar bone. caused
hv fall when his wheel got away from
him during tour Of the Tennessee noun
tainS. The other was dislocated thumb
caused by q slight fall
Mr.. Budlong is not merely man ~
sport He has 2 paying store near his
residence In Bowmanville. in the suburbs
Of Chicago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
SEPTEMBER EXCURSIONS,
Excursions From Providence and
Newport to Elock Island and
New London,

Pleasant Sail down NARRAGANSETr
BAY, passing NARRAGANSETT PIER
POINT JUDITH, into the NEW HAIR
ROR. BLOCK ISLAND. then to WATCH
HILL and through FISHERS s ISLAND
SOUND and the beautiful harbor Of NEW
LONDON on the Fast and Pdla tial
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
STEAMERS FOR
Rocky Point

LEAVE PROVIDENCE. week days. o.
RIO, ri; rl2; r, RI rs ri, .; s;l5, 80;
for Providence week days, 1910. 'li:iO.
ii:4O. DIP. d1:1o. '2lO 1910. 'l:lo. '5:iO. s,
q LEAVE FAVE PROVIDENCE Sundays. rio.
ri; rl2 * sI2c r2 rs iEiv s. r. poSxypo,Nr
for Providence, Sundays, -1i:15. .12:f5.
'li5 '2:i5. 'S:i5 '4i5. 's:15. 'si5 '7:15." s:l5.
Stop at Crescent Park and Fields
Point only.
d stop at Fields Point only.
The HOPKINS Transfer company will
call for and check baggage 20 destination
in Newport and Jamestown
All freight should he unloaded on the
wharf rs minutes before leaving time OF
steamer 10 insure shipment. No freight
transported Sunday.
Large and small steamers 20 charter
for day and evening parties during the
summer season OF 1901 on application TO
3. BUFFUM,
Supt transportation.
A. II. WATSON. President.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
NEWPORT

Week days. 9 a. m. 2 and 5 p. m. Sundays.
10 a. m, and y. m. Leave Newport for
Providence-Week Days. 7:i5. 10:30 q. m.
and s p. m. (Also Saturdays p. m.) Sun
days. and II 80 a. m, s. 3 p. m.
EXCURSION TICKETS 60 CENTS.
ss- Tuesdays only. stop at Rocky Point
a. m, from Providence and daily D. m.
from Newport
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29

Our new building is completed. and we
extend a cordial Invitation 10 our friends
and the public TO call and examine IT,
We have what Is considered by experts
the finest laundry plant I'm the country,
and from a sanitary point II perfect
with our present facilities we are pre-
In all lines and shall not be obliged 10
refuse any work.
We solicit your patronage and guar
antee ton In every respect.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
PRUDENCE AND coNANrcUr.

The first a. IN. boat from Newport 10
Providence and last y. m. boat from Prov
idence 10 Newport stop at Prudence and
Conanicut Parks daily. Sundays Included
Fridays only, stop at Prudence and Co
nanicut 9 m. from Providence and 3
y. m. from Newport and Saturdays only
D. IN from Providence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
CERTAIN RESULTS.
"nothing Can Be Surer" Us the
Testimony Of Providence
Citizens.

The stage of uncertainty Is over IN
Providence. There can now be had
plenty of positive proof in the testimony
Of citizens.
Evidence of this nature should con-
vince the most skeptical doubter in this
vicinity. Read the following:
Mrs. c. s. Northup of 10 washburn
street, says: II just as emphatically
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills today.
and IL is the month OF July. 1890. as
did in the month of January. 1896. when I
told the people OF Providence through our
newspapers that they had cured me OF
backaohe and other symptoms Of kidney
trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills acted with
me as represented and when they cured
the cure was permanent"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster-Milburn Company, Buffalo. N. Y.
sole agents for the United states.
Remember the name. DoAN's, and take
- Hfn .r~ r.f..sa
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
ExcurSionists Given Five Hours al
Block SIaDd,

Leave Providence at 8 A. NJ at wharf.
foot OF Transit street, East Side. Leave
Block Island for New London 12 NJ Re-
turning. leave New London 2:30 +. NJ.
Leave Block Island for Newport and
Providence 4:30 Il. NJ Excursion tickets
$3.50 From Newport N25. Providence
10 Block Island and return 500. Provi-
dence TO Newport and return 60c. New
port to Block Island and return I5c.
JOHN &. CHAMPLIN.
LORENZO LITTLEFIELD,
JOSHUA T. DODGE.
Commi misSioners
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-29
NEW SHCREHAM.

on and after Tuesday. September Sd
until Sunday September 18th, inclusive
Steamer New Shoreham Will leave Prost-
dence daily for Newport, Block Island
and New London
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23
A Blunt Query.

A good story Is told of one Of the dig.
n!taries of the Scottish church. Before
he became known to fame he was min
lister of remote parish In Perthshire
and was not considered a particularly
attractive preacher. At his suggestion
extensive alterations were made In the
transept of his church, and these had
the effect of sweeping away considera-
BILE seating accommodation One day
after the alterations had been effected
he visited the church to see how it
looked.
What do you think Of the improve
ments, John" he asked of the beadle.
improvements" exclaimed John in
dlsdain. They're no Improvements at
a. Whaur are We goin to- put the folk
"Oh.' said the minister, I'VE have
abundance Of room, John, considering
the size Of the congregation"
That's a very weel the moo" rctort-
ed the beadle, "but what will we do
when we get a popular meenlster"
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

AS there is more than one way OF
| cooking goose, so there Is more than
one method Of teaching dog to throw
somersaults. But the most practical
and thorough manner is to fasten a
cord around the body of the animal
close to the forclegs, and two people
should hold the ends Of the cord on
either side Of the unfortunate dog.
A third party armed with stout
rope takes a position Immediately in
front OF the canine acrobat and with a
measured and mastery stroke fiogs tho
floor ut close quarters to the dogs
nose.
At each stroke Of the rope the dog
springs backward, and that movement
is the trainers golden opportunity. AS
the dog spring backward the rope pass
ing under its body is jerked upward,
and, although the first few attempts
may prove futile, the somersault Is ac-
CURED in course Of time. An intelli-
gent dog soon sickens of this order of
things and throws somersaults with
out the assistance OF ropes
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

One of the men In large pottery
took two or three days holiday now
and again. and when he came back. on
being asked what was wrong. he said
he had been away burying his grand
mother
He did this two or three times. and
then he thought he had better change
his excuse, so. on being asked the next
time, he replied:
well, my brother, the sailor, is at
home just now, and he is so used to
the sound OF the waves that l had to
lash pailfuls of water on the window
all night before he could sleep, and
then had to sleep during the day"
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23
LEADING WINDSOR
COUNTY EVENTS.

II Smith s barber shop at Ches.
ter was broken into Monday night
and all of Mr. Smiths bench tools
were stolen. Tuesday Don Lowell was
srrested on suspicion, and later in the
day grip owned by him was found
contsinng the missing property. A
hearing was held Tuesday night be-
fore Grand Juror Joseph r Richard.
son.
Harry Gilpatrick of Springfield has
taken out letters patent for an mean
descent electric light support,
Joseph Knight, eight years old, and
Charlie Danforth, 10 years old, were
ridi1g together horseback in South
Royalton Wednesday evening, one boy
heing perched behind the unmsnage-
able and threw both OFT. The Dan
forth boy received severe injury to
one leg and the Knight boy was badly
hurt about the head. One nf his ears
was mangled and the ear-drum frac
tured. He was taken TO DIR Fisn's 10
a delirious conditioo.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23
The eEFoRMER. HRATrLEBoRo. w. FRIDAY 2s
Rnfher Venom Ous,

A tenderfoot who visited the Yosemi
to in the old days thus related his ex
perlence: The stage driver found out
that lie was seriously afraid of snakes
and Immediately proceeded to make his
hair stand on end.
"Venomous reptiles? You bet. don't
know what reptiles is, but them snakes
you can just bet your life is venomons.
Why, one day l was comm down here
drivin wagon, when catches sight Of
snake in the brush all ready for a
spring. My horses starts, an l whips
'eIn up fast to clear the snake, don't
you see, afore he could spring. He
makes one clear spring. the snake does,
an he misses the horses"
THAT was lucky. But you-you"-
Lucky? You bet your life it was
lucky. He missed the horses, the snake
did, but lie stuck his fangs clean
through the wagon"
You don't say"
81 do say, and maybe you don't be-
leve 1t, but it's fact. He stuck his
gangs clean through that wagon, an
that wagon is swelled up SO bad that
we had to leave it by the wayside and
take the horses home"
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23
The Growth OF Temperance.

M Cambon, the French ambassado
to the United States, in recen
interview at Paris, speaking of Amer
leans, said: "There may be some
hypocrites, but the vast majority
abstain from strong drink, to thu
great advantage Of the race. which,
for time, threatened to lapse into
drunkenness :" Whatever the ex
PLANTATION may be, this is undeniably
true. Like all the races of Northern
Europe from whom We are chiefly
descended, there was "A century ago
decided tendency to intemperance
among Americans Tipping was we'll
nigh universal and drunkenness not 1t
all uncommon. Every social occasion
was apt to be accompanied with hard
drinking and even the minister when
he called expected hia flip of rum.
Perhaps the infusion of the blood of
the more temperate Latin races has
had some effect in ameliorating these
conditions, bit it has been a minor
factor in a vast educational work that
has been in progress ever since the
great Washingtorian movement swept
over the country, to which the fervid
eloquence of the Coughs, Uniacs ard
Others, and perhaps even the agitation
over prohibitory legislation contrib
uted their parts. People drink les.
now than they used to because they
know better and understand that IN
the ways of sobriety are health, hap
piness and the respect of their
fellows Doubtless also improved
material conditions have been large
element in the progress; for nothing
is more certain than that intemperancs
goes with poetry and misery and will
always be the recourse of people in
sufficiently nourished ln addition to
all the rest, the introduction of beer |
and light drinks, so notable in the |
last 80 years, has been great aid to |
tie nperance. Whether NJ Cambon is
right in saying the vast majority'
of our people are total abstainers, it |
is certainly true that there are many
fold more total abstainers than there
we're even generation ago; Of those
who drink at all, large majority
contine them selves to the beers, and
of those who Use distilled liquors it
come to be true that only small
proportion use them to excess. 1t is
one of the lines upon which the
world is certainly progressing.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

Prof jerks of the Federal Indus
trial Commission, who has been over
in Europe studying the trust question
is gleefully heard by high tariff folk
when he reports his conclusion that
protective tariffs do not seem to
have been of special significance in
the formation of industrial combina-
tions in Europe ~ But this sentence
refers only to the melting cause of
the trusts and may fairly be accepted
rs correct so far as evidence is avail
able. But Prof jerks gets at the
real truth of the matter further down
in his report when he says THAT the
first motive for combination usually
assigned is ruinoUs competition but
after ruinous competition has sug-
gested combination, the combination
then proceeds to make the most of
the situation, and tariffs are espec.
tally favorable. TIE trusts take adj
vantage of the protective tariff, by
raising prices to houe consumers,
which it protects the trust in doing. ,"
This is certainly common sense.
Trusts are more general in free trade
England than in protectionist France
but they are more numerous IN protec
zionist Germany and Austria than in
free-trade England.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

Mr. and Mrs Warren Stegsr- Il
ClariaD, la, are guests Of a y Char.
dler ana family on Main street
The Chester base ball nine viii
play the Prortorsvllle team tomon5,
afternoon 80 on the North str4-,
Common.
j E Pollard and II G WILEY with
their families, are spending the v:;s
in Boston and other places
Rev Heary l. Ballou, pastor Of ..s
Congregational church, afte, a
months absence, will occupy hi.
pulpit next Sunday.
About As couples attendei Ii.
dance at Hotel Fullerton last Wedr-,
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs NJ d Fuller of Bos;9,
are at James \ Pollard's on School
street.
} A Wilson and his trick d9,
Jack are at their home here at--
season with Jack and the teanstsl:
company.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

= As result of the confession of
the epy Whitney following Lawyer
Moss neat coup the other day, wo
New York Uardmen and a police ser.
geant haze been arrested on a cbarre
of complicits ln.the police protec.
tion of gambling rens. Whitney's
confession directly implicated Deputy
Devery, the reel head of the city
police, and in several ways puints sus.
piciol higher up. "
Mr. Bryan has bought a controlling
interest in a tract of oil lands in the
Wyoaing fielj, embracing several
hundred acres, and is ICON fidert of
opening se,eral gushers soor. r an
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

Quay himself was not present, but
Quay .kers easily dominated the Penn
sylvania Republican convention
Wednesday. 1t took just an hour
and a quarter to put up ticket and
60 through the, motion the boss lad
designated. The platform after
clarifying Mckinley and prosperity,
and condemning the steel strikers
reaches its acme of impotence in
commenting the last legislature with
it's Infamous record of wholesale job
harV
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-23

SECRETARY Hay had five. hours
conference With President Mckinley
at Carton Tuesday, after which be
said that this government will not
grab or intervene in South or Central
America.
George F Becker Of the government
geological survey has just made h is
report on the geology Of the Philip.
pine islands which shows that so far
as their mineral wealth is concerned
the islands can never pay for con-
quest. He finds no true coal, the
| Ignite being abundant, but Inferior
by fourth to "A third to the teams
coal Of commerce Iron ore is found
10 very limited area ard in no con
siderable amount. Copper is found in
a limited srea and in no great guam
. tity has already been much worked
by natives. Gold is found here and
there over wide area, but the fields
are pretty we'll exhausted and the
virgin round is mediocre in quality,
offering slight promise to exploiters.
Natives, who are clever miners, have
been extracting the god for about
2000 years.
\ reminder % tho Nerley- Rathbone
arrests Just after Postmaster General
Smiths magazine article telling of
the splendid management of the
Havana office is Afforded by the dis
missBl Of f V Shepherd. chief clerk
of the Patent office before the ink
vas hardly dry on an article of his
entitled Safeguards, telling bow
absolutely impossible it was for
ideas, papers or money to be stolen
from the patent office. The charge
against him is the stealing Of some
$50 money that had been sent by PEI
pie who had neglected to keep the
Office Informed of their whereabouts. !
1t could not be returned and WIS
kept in the Office ard was CONF arative- |
ly easy to make way with.
Admiral Schley's counsel for the
coming Court of Irquiry have filed !
with the navy department series of |
questions with reference to Admiral |
Howlson, the latest sppoiutee to the
board, based interviews purporting to
have come from Admiral Houison
stating among other things that the
battle Of Santiago Was won 10y Samp-
son; that the latter's presence vas
unnecessary at that fight; that Schlev
deserved no credit for the victory and
that between the two officers Sampson
IS the better one. Admiral Howson is
to be asked whether he has expressed
such views and of course il he has
will be objected to as judge who has
already pre- Judged the case. But of
'ourse the department refuses the re-
quest.
Influential Catholics in Manila say they
lave reliable information from Rome that :
he Philippines will have nine new bishoprics.
even Of which will he presided over by ,
americans. giving the is lands an archbishop ,
nd II bishops.