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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21

The parties who were indicted by the
last grand Jury and who have been out
on bail appeared in Judge Tillinghast's
court TO plead today.
Az usual the arraisnments took consid-
cradle time.
Those appearing pleaded to indictments
as follows, their pleas being given:
Margaret wrenn, nuisance. nolo con-
tendere. Probation.
George Munson. forgery OF order on In
dustrial Trust company, not guilty.
Frank Henson. promoting policy, not
guilty. Bail $500 furnished.
William Sullivan. assault with q dan
gerous weapon. He pleaded nolo conten-
dere. His trouble was with some Italians
and his employers. the Narragansett
Electric Lighting company after investi-
eating the matter kept him employed. He
was today placed on probation.
William Early OF Providence and James
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
WRECKED BANK.
Governor Appoints Commission.
ers for Newport Institution.

In response TO the petition OF four OF
the largest creditors OF the Merchants
National bank OF Newport Governor
Klmball today appointed two commits
sions to investigate the financial condi-
ton OF that institution.
These commissioners are Charles G..
Gray, state auditor and Insurance COM
missioner, and who IL thoroughly comps
tent TO discharge the duties with care
and ability. and G. E. Blake OF Barring
ton,
They will confer with Clark Burdick.
of }Ol Thames street, who will assist
them I'm getting at facts and figures.
Should the Institution be found To be
bankrupt, then the courts will be askd
TO appoint receiver and wind up af-
fairs In that case the depositors Will
lose, as well aa the stockholders.
The condition OF Anthony g. Sherman,
the cashier OF the bank and who attempt
ed 10 commit suicide. Is said to be the
same as last night, and he Is GRADUALLY
sinking. and no hopes are offered that
he can survivS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21

gerous weapon. Not guilty Bail of 1900
furnished.
Joseph Miazzi. similar offence. Not
guilty. Bail OF $1,000 furnished.
Georannie Parri, indicted for assault
with intent to kill. failed to appear ana
plead: He was defaulted and q capias
issued.
Richard McGrath. larceny from the
person Not guilty. Committed to jafI
for $1,000 bail.
Thomas NJ. Callahan. receiving stolen
goods. Defaulted and capias issued
William Goodson, receiving stolen goods,
nolo contendere. Probation.
William McAvenia, entering dwelling In
daytime and larceny. Defaulted and
capias issued
Gilbert Bennett, indecent exposure, moi
guilty Bail OF $500 ordered.
William IL. Mcdonald. selling liquor ouu
Sunday and selling liq.or by drug cleriY.
two cases. not guilty. Ball of $500 ou&
dered in each case.
p Emery Gervais, nuisancN. not guilty.
Bail $1,000. furnished.
Edward Ryder. nuisance. Default A
capias issued.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
ROBBED
ON THE
HIGHWAY.
Mrs. Regan's Pocketbook Taken
From Her While She Was
Walking on Brook Street.

Bridget Regan. OF Il Fremont street,
was robbed OF pocketbook, containing
$50, by a Hebrew boy. at the corner OF
Brook and Sheldon streets. at 10 o'clock.
this morning.
The boy ran up to her. thrust his hand
In her dress pocket, seized her purse and
ran away.
Three other boys who saw the theft
two OF whom were later given a part OF
the spoils arc detained as witnesses and
are assisting the police 10 find the thief.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
ROMAN TIGERS WON

The Roman Tigers defeated the Little
Tigers on the Charles street lot today by
score OF 6 to /. The features OF the
game were the pitching OF Taberisky and
the batting Of w vecker. The Roman
Tigers would like 90 challenge any team
under i2 years OF age. Send all chal-
lenges to u. Rubin, 81 IItiawca street.
The llne-up OF the Roman Tigers today
was as follows: Rubin, c., Taberisky,
%. Krentzer III. w. vecker, %. A. Bliss,
81; J. Gilman, S.; X. Rubin, H., j.
Kronson, rf., Brownstein, CT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21

The the railway trouble with few signs OF
settlement osnacy of the company refusing concede
thing the manly bearing of the strikers and their
pressed willingness the traction officials half together
with the disorders that daily growing of the
strike say nothing presence of armed and
the bad impression that getting abroad the people of Rhode
Island has reached wherein all sensible citizens demand arb
traton of the questions in dispute.
There this city, and throughout the strong sentiment
that the dispute should be placed the hands body
disinterested men for prompt and efectua settlement
The railway trouble the great city Chicago
where thousands of concerned has been settled by arbtra
and points the settlement of the this
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21

seeing how overwhelmingly in favor OF
the strikers and against the company
public sentiment was. from the highest &c
the lowest, that this method had been re-
sorted to. TO turn, IL possible. public
opinion the other way.
The Central Falls police this forenoon
voiced the sentiment that the company
was looking for trouble in that city. and
that the attempted running OF the car
last night was along this line. AT the
police station the action or the company
I'm running the car at that hour. without
notifying the police, was branded as a
piece OF foolhardiness and shor tsighted-
ness, and the action is roundly con-
demned
But for the timely arrival OF the police,
and the good fortune to be within call
the lives OF the men on the car wollC
have been In great danger they claim.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
RESPONSIBLE FOR TROUBLE.

In Pawtucket there Is very general
opinion among citizens and business men
that much of the trouble especially the
tors, is the result OF the United Traction
company's action, and the idea was ad-
vanced In several quarters that the men
who have committed these assaults were
creatures OF the railway company and In
its employ and pay.
One prominent business man said that
II was his fifm belief that the company,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
DEFENDANT WON

This morning n fury brought In a seal
cd verdict I'm the case OF George II. Span
genberg against Benjamin r. Arnold ct
al Tho jury found in favor OF the de-
PENDANTS. Mr.. Spangenberg sued to re-
cover damages resulting from slipping
on the floor In defendants store where he
was employed Dexter II. Potter was at
torney for the defendants.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
ALCOHOLISM
Caused Deaih Of Frank QuiIIion
al the County Jail.

Frank Qulllion was before Judge Sweet
land Thursday on the charge OF pur-
Joining a watch valued at ss7. the property
Of william Wall. and pleading guilty was
held for the grand jury In 500
Quillion had been drinking hard for
several days. and when committed to the
county jail was on the verge OF the tre-
mems
lie was sent TO the hospital ward and
died there early this morning from al
coholism.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-21
REoIsTE ERI

Attend mass meeting at Music Hall
next Tuesday evening and listen 10 al
dresses on the subject OF the duties OF
citiyenshlD
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
ga Mud Fall.n

Waterfalls are plentiful, but "mud
fall' is less common. In Mount Omi
and Beyond, Record of Travel on the
Thibetan Border" Mr.. Archibald Lit
tie describes such fall, upon which
he came, and under which he had to
pass in his travels.
A sort of recess in the mountainside
apparently scooped out by the river,
was filled by n huge whirlpool, into
which from above came a steady fall
of rocks. For at the back of the recess
a mud fall tumbled over the cliff, here
perhaps, thousand feet high, bringing
down with it constant stream of
rocks, which bounded over the narrow
footway and then down the lower slope
with splash into the boiling river
We sat down on the rock at the
bottom and watched the spectacle. We
had been told beforehand of all sorts
of impossible dangers, especially since
the heavy rains, but we We're not pre-
pared for running the gauntlet of such
cannonade as this. Never having
seen anything of the kind in our pre-
vious experience of mountain countries,
we should much have liked to climb
up the mountain side, had that been
possible, and investigate the source
of this extraordinary stream, which
flowed on with a steady perslstency
that fascinated our gaze. But unfor-
tunately We could not afford to loiter
by the way and miss our daily stages.
Presently some coolies came along,
and We watched with intense interest
how they would pass the fall. The
path was not foot wide and in
fact was only retained as n path at
all by the traffic over it, by which a
way was trodden in the shaly slope as
fast as it dribbled away. A big rock
lined the inside of the track on one side
of the fall. and under the lee OF this
the men crouched. They watched for
an exceptionally heavy shower and
/ when this was over made n bolt for
| it. This vancouver was repeated by
each individual, and he was greeted by
the laughter of his companions as he
successfully ran the gauntlet The
| stones were all angular, and varied in
size from that of a walnut to that of q
| pumpkin, while the great height from
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
which they fell rendered them doubly

which they fell rendered them doubly
dangerous.
We sat for nearly an hour watching
before We made up our minds to ven-
ture, and 1 should certainly not then
have had the courage to do so had we
not seen the natives pass with impun.
ity. We went on at last and stood
under the sheltering rock at the very
edge of this novel cascade. The mud.
dy, stone-laden stream made a loud
rattling, grating noise as it carried the
smaller stones along with it; the larger
fragments came bounding down in
huge heaps as they crashed by. Wait
ing for bigger mass than usual to go
by, We made the run and all got safely
over.
1t was literally rock CASCADE. for
there was very little water in the
stream, and that quite shallow
Our pony jumped across without any
difficulty, but an invaluable watchdog
got panic-stricken when he felt the
ground moving beneath his feet and
crouched down. 1 was behind, and
was able to catch him up and save him
from death.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01

Samuel Aftergut, n butcher of the
Potrero, had an experience with a
young cinnamon bear yesterday after
noon which, he says, has forever cured
him of his taste for bear meat. He
spent the most uncomfortable two
hours of his life hauling a raging, de-
mented bear around the streets in his
wagon, and begging somebody to kill
it before it killed him OF scared him
senseless.
Aftergut has, or rather had, until yes.
terday, friend named BILLY" Maui,
who conducts resort known as 1.-The
Arbor," out near the Chutes. A long
time ago hunter gave Billy a bear
cub, and for the amusement of his
patrons Billy raised the cub till it de-
veloped a good size and a bad temper.
Finding it had become a pest to him
Billy made his friend, the butcher, a
present of the troublesome animal and
Aftersut hauled him away in his
wagon with a stout rope tied around
the brute's neck.
Deprived of it's freedom and appar-
entity frightened at the jarring ride in
the wagon, poor Brun suddenly be-
came violently demented. He ragged
and tugged at the rope, screamed in
frenzy in his effort to get at his captor,
and turned the wagon bed into a pile
Of debris. The butcher soon became
heartily sick of his bargain, as crowds
Of curious people, attracted by the
howls of the bear, followed him
through the streets.
Finding at last that he could neither
cure his bear nor rid himself of his un.
welcome presence, ,Aftergut drove to the
Hall of Justice and besought Captain
Birdsall to shoot the brute and end its
misery. Bruin walled and ragged with
foaming mouth at the mob Of police
men and court officials who came to
view his dementia from a respectful
distance, till finally Sergeant Atkinson
stood close to the bear and fired n shot
into his brain.
Great was the butchers relief when
the death struggles of his pet ceased.
The carcass, which he had Intended
originally to sell to Chinese delicat.
essen store, he carried off to the bone.
yard. But he VOWS vengeance on his
erstwhile friend Billy Maul.-San fran.
cisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01

Mackeral fishing has always been n
game of chance, more SO than any other
branch Of the fisheries. Immense for
tunes have been made in good years
and large sums lost in unsuccessful
seasons, for it takes considerable
money to fit out a fleet of seiners.
Some of the high line vessels have
divided among the crews as much as
$1,000 q man for six months work.
Mackerel fishing is now done in
three ways: with big purse seine,
which is the method of the larger ves-
sells; with a drag or gill net, and in
pounds and traps which are built out
from the shore Of brush or twine.
The old way of catching mackerel
was by hook and line. Large quanti-
ties of wash bait, herring and clans
chopped fine, were used, and sometimes
as many as four or five barrels of this
bait were thrown over from a single
vessel in day. 1t was used to attract
the fish, and the old timers think if
return to the old methods were made
the mackerel would come to these
shores in as large numbers as they
did years ago.
In those days there were more ves-
sells employed than at present. At one
time, just before heavy northeaster.
600 fishermen were counted passing
in by Portland Head at the entrance
Of Portland harbor to escape the storm.
The vessels fished in fleets, and it
often happened that several hundred
sail of fishermen would be seen in a
very small area. Collisions were fire.
quent ,and whenever two vessels came
together there was sure to be fight
between the crews.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
Salisbury ns Editor.

A letter of Lord Salisbury's, written
when he was Lord Robert Cecil, to
Abraham Hayward, was sold the other
day in London. In it the future Prime
Minister wrote that "a new review has
been projected of which 1 am one of
the editors; and, knowing how valua-
BILE your cooperation has been to the
other reviews, l venture to ask you
whether you have the leisure, or, if the
leisure, the inclination occasionally to
contribute to this new one. Its main
object is to supply the liveliness which
has been 50 painfully lacking lately in
the elderly quarterlies without the
startling peculiarities on the subject OF
religion which have stood SO much in
the way of the new ones"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01

II N cOnnectl0n with the article in the
Sun relating an incident of the Bat
tie of Kennesaw Mountain, Geor-
gia, in 1864, when Colonel w. H.
Martin, of the First Arkansas Regi-
ment, gave the order to his men to stop
firing, and hoisted white handker-
chief on a stick that the Federals in
his front might remove some of their
wounded men from a burning woods,
Mrs. Susan Il. Hull, of No. 1920 Ca
thedral street, recounts an interesting
bit of history
The First Arkansas Regiment was
| composed largely of students of St
Johns College, at Little Rock. and was
officered by the professors and instuc-
tors of the college. The First Colonel
of the regiment was Mrs. Hulfs broth
er, Colonel John Baker Thompson, who
had been President of the college. and
who afterwards fell at the battle of
Shiloh. The First Arkansas was en-
camped near fredericksburg when the
first battle of Manassas, or Bull Run.
opened. The command was ordered to
the field, and it made the march in
remarkably good time, winning words
of praise from General Magruder The
men were not allowed to halt on the
march, the roads were dusty and the
weather warm, and they suffered ter
ribly from thirst. When the battle
field was reached the command was
thrown into the forefront of the fight
ing. Almost directly in front of the
regiment was a spring of cool water,
completely covered, however, by the
guns of Federal battery. This tempt
ing spring, so near and yet so far, was
exceedingly tantaliZing to the thirsty
men, and finally, when human nature
could stand it no longer, two young
boys, both under sixteen, whose names,
unfortunately, have been lost in the
flight of time, volunteered to get some
water from the spring. With a lot of
canteens strung over their shoulders
the two young heroes started on their
perilous journey. AS soon as they
came in range of the Federal battery it
opened on them, and perfect hail OF
canister and grape swept the field.
LIZ wv i"bo itlNiICu lut uiiiL-
jured, and quickly filed the canteens,
while their comrades watched with
oreathless interest, expecting every mo.
ment to see them struck down. Sud
denly, as if by magic, the fire of the
battery ceased. Then as the boys
started on their return to the regi-
ment an officer on horseback rode out
from between the guns of the battery.
and, lifting his hat, waved it to the
boys, while a hearty cheer broke from
the throats of the cannoneers. The of
licer had discerned the mission of the
lads and given orders to stop firing.
The cheer was responded to by the
thirsty Confederates, and a few min
utes later they were pouring the re-
freshing water down their dusty
throats.
Possibly at Kennesaw, when the men
and boys of the First Arkansas Regi-
ment saw the unfortunate wounded
boys in blue in danger of a horrible
death in the burning woods. they re-
membered the incident of the first
great battle of the war.-Baltimore
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
Singapore a Thriving Colony.

On the little island of Singapore.
which only eighty years ago was
jungle, England now has a colony or
100000 inhabitants. 1t has hotels ac
commodating hundreds of guests, man.
sions and millonaires by the score
yachts and fine clubhouses, and it is
one Of the most important financial
centres of the British Empire in the
East
Fifty steamship lines connect the
colony with the rest of the world. Its
postoffice handles 100000 pieces of
mail every year. 1t has miles of docks
visited by thousand vessels every
month.
There are no customs duties what
ever, yet it has a revenue of $500 900
year and credit balance at the end
of every year. And in the midst of n
population which is one OF the most
cosmopolitan in the world, a small gar
rison of little more than three battal-
ions and police force of less than
1000 men keep life and property as
secure as in the city of New York
itself.
Though there are no customs duties
in Singapore, the Government always
comes out of the year with a credit
balance. Its S2,500000 income is de-
rived from land taxes, stamps, licenses,
port and harbor dues and postage.
one-third of it goes in salaries, and
throughout the East there are no abler
nor better paid officials than the British
III the Colony of Singapore-New York
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
Marconi's Sense of Humor.

Mr.. Marconi, unlike many of his
scientific brethren, has sense of hui
NOR, says the London Express. He
said that wireless telegraphy was as
old as the world. When first an abor-
iginal Indian lit fire on an aboriginal
hill to signal to some other aboriginal
Indian some miles away, then the prin.
ciple of wireless telegrcphy was in
itiated.
In recent lecture Mr.. Marconi, re-
ferTing to the fact that he can send
messages so much more easily by night
than by day, said that he hoped that
no one but those interested in cable
companies would class his labors
among the works Of darkness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01
WHAT is A MODERN NEwsPAPER'7
Ehe Public Thinks it is the Community's
All-Round Handy Man.

A guessing contest to answer the
question, What is a modern news.
paper?" might not seem to be diff
cult one at first blush, but investigation
would change that conclusion.
The newspaper shows the effect of
expansion more than any other branch
of trade or business, and with the,
cheering feature that the public is al
ways the beneficiary.
From the Adrian (Mich.) Telegram
comes the following attempt to de-
scribe what newspaper now is:
1.-THE public is insistent in It's de-
mands. 1t expects the newspaper to
be pack horse, dray team, ditch
digger, a gas inspector, water tester,
a special policeman, detective bu-
reau, dog chaser, sidewalk fixer,
a cow finder, thief catcher, a busi-
ness maker, city pusher, a house
seller, paving inspector, a sewer direc-
tor, a pocketbook finder, a lost article
hunter, council regulator, fraud dis
coverer, panic preventer, obituary
preacher, chief taffy pourer at we'd
anu SDclul bpOTlluS
mascot, fish liar, big egg prevaricator,
snake story expander, judge on earliest
gardens, business boomer, husband
finder, sweetheart securer, school
inspector and general all-round
handy man for the community.
In fact, if there is single
thing Of Importance to human life and
human happiness that doesn't go
through the newspaper it has never yet
been discovered. 1t touches every fea-
trlre of human endeavor from the cradle
to the grave. 1t smiles with those who
smile and weeps with those who
mourn. 1t is everywhere all the time
the most busy, the most useful of all
the public agencies. 1t makes mis-
takes. All human agencies do. Some
times 1t is dishonest. But it stands
out so in the glare Of the arc light OF
publicity that it can but half succeed
If dishonest-and then only for brief
time"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-09-01

At the risk of his life, William Clynes.
of st. Louis, climbed hagpole seven.
ty-tive feet high to rescue helpless
cat. This piece of heroism, reported
among the lesser events in the daily
news column, had no motive but sym.
pathy with dumb animal in distress
Three days before, the cat had run
up the tall flagstaff in Carr Park in her
pursuit of a sparrow When she was
within three feet of him, the sparrow
flew away. Then the cat, instead Of
turning back, continued to climb until
she reached the golden ball at the
top of the pole, and this, too, she sur
mounted.
After brief rest she tried to descend
Then her feet slipped, and she made the
discovery that her claws, although ex-
cellent for climbing, head up, were
useless when she put her weight on
them head down. The rotundity of the
ball or fright at the elevation seemed
to deprive her of the power to descend
backwards; so she sat clutching the
ball at the top OF the swaying pole, and
cried piteously.
Through all of one night of misery,
through the following day, and then
through another night she clung. cold
and hungry, to her narrow perch. On
the third day park keeper and a po-
liceman tried to reach her. The police
man climbed forty feet and was then
obliged to give up. Cant some one
save the poor creature?" he asked SYM
pathetical]y, as he slid down.
Then William Clynes, timer in
stove factory, pulled off his coat and
started up the pole. Foot by foot he
went, until he reached the point, forty
feet above the ground, where the light
topmast was spliced on. Up this thin,
swaylng stem, which to the people be-
low looked like q reed, and which bent
and trembied under Clynes's weight,
he slowly worked his way
Once, when near the top, he slipped
back few feet. The crowd gathered
below shivered, and many of the spec
tators called to him to come down.
But he only Sripped the pole the harder
with. his shins and slowly worked his
way up, until he was only ten feet
from the cat, five feet, two feet. A
moment later he had gained the top,
and wrapping his legs and one hand
firmly about the slender staff, he
reached the other hand over the gilt
ball, and gently picked the cat from
her place of danger. Then he slid down
the pole to the ground, where he stood
a moment for the crowd to inspect the
cat before he took her off to get her
some milk.