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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
Dom Paul's Diamond.

When Mr.. Kruger left South Africa he
took with him a large diamond with a
curious history. 1t is said that he has
now disposed OF the stone i'm Europe.
The diamond originally belonged to
Meshhesh, Basuto chief, from whom
il was eXtorted by TChaka, the Zulu
king T'Chakas brother killed him and
stole the stone. The brother came to
grief and the gem passed into the pos
session OF a Zulu chief, who soon after
ward was assassinated. The natives say
that no less than 16 of the successive
possessors OF the diamond either were
killed or driven out Of the country for
the sake OF the gem.
The diamond then was seen by white
men, who set out To possess IL. A party
OF whites attacked the natives who had
the stone in their possession, and a
fierce fight ensued I'm which 300 lives,
mostly native, were lost. Memela, a ma
tive chief. took the gem and concealed IL
i'm n wound which he had received i'm the
battle. Afterward Nemela was caught
by the Beers and set to work as n slave.
Kruger, hearing his story. released him,
and In gratitude Memela gave the stone
TO his liberator.
Some years passed, and then Kruger
shared the fate which had overtaken all
the former possessors OF the diamond
who had not been killed--he was driven
from power and forced TO leave his ma
tive country. Where the fatal diamond
is now is not certain. though II is GER
tain that the eX-president OF the Trans
vaal has parted with 1t. Some say that
IL is 1 nthe Golfers OF tho Vatican, and
some that it was sold to the Emperor of
Austria and is now among the crown
Jewels OF Vienna.
The stone is said TO be 200 carats I'm
weight. but is not perfect. Its history is
one which would not recommend IL as n
talisman 20 any one of a superstitious
turn OF mind, no matter II II was the
largest and finest diamond i'm the world
IL is almost as gruesome a possession as
that hideous little Indian idol which
Mime. Carnot directed in her will should
be destroyed This idol was given to
President Carnot by friend. who
laughingy told him that legend attached
to IL, which was 10 the effect that its
possessor should attain supreme power
and then die by the knife. The idol had
belonged 10 the Rajahs OF Khadjurao, OF
whom nve certainly--perhaps more-died
by the knIfc or an assassin. Carnot
laughed when his friend told him OF the
legend attaching TO the idol but after
IL came into his possession CarnOt be-
came president of France and died by an
assassius dagger. No wonder Nine.
Carnot directed that the terrible idol
should be destroyed.-New York Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
Almost Too Good to Be True.

During the blizzard Of 1899 | started
one day from the central office OF the
bureau Of charities TO distribute money
10 some cases reported for instant re-
lief" In an attic found a poor widow,
a seamstress. with one child. boy Of
6. The room was cold and bare; there
was no fire. the windows were loose and
snow lay upon the floor. The boy had
been kept I'm bed for two days TO keep
warm. l asked the usual questions and
gave the woman two dollars. All this
before I discovered the boy. Suddenly
his head bobbed from beneath the bed
clothes. and at sight OF the two bills his
eyes became moons. "Gee-e-e, Misterl
All that for us? Then we can give some
TO Ted Burns mother downstairs 60 buy
coal. Can't we Mom?"-The Rev. David
NJ Steele. in The Ladies' Home Jour
nal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
THEIR MONEY.
San Domingo Officials Were
Frightened When They
Turned II Over.

New York, May 2.--Captain Innes ot
the brig Alice, who has just reached port,
and in whose charge the authorities Of
San Domingo placed their funds, amount
ing to s2500o0. when the revolution re-
Gently overwhelmed them. says:
"They were so scared they did not even
ask me for a receipt. i did not know
there was fighting going on when ar
rived at San Domingo. March 20
"Our vessel was moored about 100 yards
off shore with ropes running 10 the
trees. Suddenly the firing began and II
sounded as though two great armies were
fighting. j afterward discovered that the
rebels had succeeded in gaining an en-
trance TO San Domingo.
''The governor. in order TO save the
contents of the treasury gathered all the
money and hurriedly sent IL TO my ship.
They came and demanded an accounting
before / sailed away. however"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
ON LOCAL ALLEYS

Lees rollers obtained all the games
irom Wallace's team In the Music Hall
series last evening The margin I'm the
opening event was very large but I'm the
remaining games grew smaller. Jones
made very fine total securing 3l3
winch included two singles OF ll0. Nichols
secured total OF 275. The summary:
Lees team, 1896; Wallaces, 1928.
Lees team won two more games from
Wallace's rollers after the conclusion OF
the first three contests in the Music Hall
series last evening Ordinary margins
prevailed In the first two events. but in
the last string the plurality was greater
Lee made total OF 29l, i'm which a sim
gle OF 1l3 was included. The summary:
Lees, 1926; Walace's 1855.
The No. team obtained two OF the
events from No. | team I'm the duck pin
series at the Elmwood club last eve
hlns. Z. r.. Smith made a total OF 2g6
which included singles of l07 and lOe This
performance breaks two records OF the
present series. The summary No. 4
team, l2J6; No. l team, 1l9l.
Inc latest contest on Thornton's alleys
between team playing the Opera House.
Riverpoint, summer tourney was won by
Barrie's bowlers, who made Il three
straight from Reads. o. Thornton. with
~. was high roller. and Williams had
In the Riverside club tourney at Phe-
NIX Monday evening the Hope and Fair
view avenue teams played of a tie and
the Hope team won all three games
RMS still leaves the question of the
league championship undecided. and the
Hope and Riverpoint teams now have 10
settle II by contest to be decided ON
later. Fields was high roller with 2s2
ana Allan Campbell next with 272.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
AMONG THE AMATl URS

The La Sale Juniors took trip TO
Zones lot, Capitol hill, yesterday. ana
defeated the crack Candace Street Gram
mar school team. This Is the tenth con-
secutive victory for the La Sale Juniors.
Both pitchers played fine ball The hit
ting of Cuddy for the La Sale team and
Of Crowell for the Candace was feature.
La Sale Juniors have open dates for any
grammar school team In the state. The
score was 10 in favor of the La SALES.
The Brook Street Stars have organi-
feed for the season. They would like 10
hear from any strong amateur team In
the state for a purse from sZ5 TO sloo'
the Park Social club preferred. Follow
ing is the lineup: J. Hardiman, c.: j.
Donahue, r.; II. Rafferty,, 1b.; "A. Sui
uvan, 2b NJ. Dowling, 3D.; M. Sousa. 5.
o.: ]. Doyle, |. f.; T. Duny, r. T.; j. Pol
hard, c. {. Address J. Pollard. manager Sc
Brook street. Providence. r. i.
The students OF Friends school In
lulged I'm a little recreation yesterday
Afternoon and one OF the entertainments
vas n baseball game between the Lyceum
Phoenix and the boys OF the school room.
Both teams had regular first team players
and although the school room boys had
the most the Phoenix defeated them
easily, 20 TO 4.
In a one-sided game OF ball, where all
the honors go to the winning team, East
Providence "waloped' English High at
Centredale yesterday afternoon by a score
OF "a Co THE game did not begin until
Z o'clock as there was great deal OF
kicking before II commenced. The visit
Ing team claimed the field. as they had
given English this choice when they visit
ed Rumford. but English was stubborn
and refused To give I'm. This act caused
. number Of the rooters to side with East
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
SIZES IN STOCK Sin. to 42ln. DIANE TER,
2In. to l6in. FACE.

Arctic regions this year. and consequent
ly an enormous number of icebergs has
been set free and driven to the middle
OF the Atlantic. The reports OF various
transatlantic steamer captains state that
their vessels have met with dozens or
icebergs, some over 100 feet high.
When Franklin was about to establish
the Pennsylvania Gazette. in 172S, his
friends warned him that there were al
ready three newspapers in the country.
and that he would overdo the business.
THE more papers he replied, will make
the more readers" Today there are 21bS
dailies and 20,s79 publications OF all sorts
in the United States.
Milwaukee" says The Sentinel, OF that
city, has a liceised woman embalmer IN
the person OF Miss Antoinette La Grand.
Miss La Grand is the first Milwaukee
woman TO pass the examination pre-
scribed by the last session OF the Wiscou-
sin legislature. The law compelling those
who wish TO prepare bodies for shipment
TO obtain certificates from the state was
passed last winter. as a result OF the re-
fusal OF the various transportation COM
panies to permit shipment I'm public con-
veyances OF the remains OF persons who
had died OF contagious diseases"
The United States cruiser Cincinnati q
the only all-steel vessel I'm the United
States navy with an ornate life-sizo fig-
ure-head at her bow. figure Of Liberty.
I'm steel and wood stands out from her
graceful stem. A simple shield represen-
tation OF the coat-of-arms of the United
States Is the only ornamentation OF the
prows of ether United states warships.
Out IN Macon. Mo-. the city marshal ap-
plies what he believes 10 be an infallibie
test 10 all alleged drunkards brought be-
fore him. on the floor OF the station
house Is drawn a chalk line sixty feet In
length, and the prisoner Is directed 10
walk that line from end 10 end In the
presence OF committee OF citizens. IL
he can walk a without wabbling he Is dis-
charged; but II he wabbles ever so little
he Ia held for trial
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
Queer WAY to Pay Rent.

"The year that I lived In Chicago L
noticed one night In passing through the
Polish Jew quarter something / have
since seen elsewhere" writes the Rev.
David NJ. Steele, in the Ladies' Home
Journal for December "1t was the can =
die on the plate. A man dies, and for
want OF means TO pay the rent his fami-
Iy is TO be turned out on the street.
The widow sets plate on the pavement
before the door and puts lighted can
die on II. For the length OF time that
Il will burn IL Is a summons To the
neighbors passing by to put In nickels,
dimes and pennles-which invariably
they do--until fund Is raised sufficient
TO save the family from eviction. Would
the same thing happen on the Stock Ex-
change II a bank failed?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
BASEBALL BRIEFS

The delegates from the various clubs in
the Parish League held a meeting at the
rooms Of st. Georges club, Central Falls
last evening. Several matters incident 20
the league were disposed Of The game
which was scheduled to be played May
81, between the Trinity and st. Georges
teams, on the grounds of the former. has
been postponed till the close Of lie series.
The games for next Saturday are Trinity
and Red Cross. on the grounds OF the lat
ter. and st. George VS.. Good Shepherd
on the grounds OF the former Adjourn
ment was taken till the call OF The clair
The st. Georges ball team is anxious TO
arrange a game for Saturday May 81
with some strong amateur organic ton,
and any communications addressed 10
the manager, Richard Almond. % Hawes
street, Pawtucket. will receive prompt at.
tention.
The Y. NJ. c. A. ball team is in train
ing for the opening game in the Catholic
Parish league series on Saturday. Nhen
the G. /. A. team of Valley Falls will he
their opponents, on the grounds Of the
latter. The local players profess TO have
no fear as TO the result and are out not
only for this game, but for the cham
pionship.
Olneyville baseball team will open the
season Saturday with the I. c. l., who
will strengthen up for the game. The as
sociation expect Manager Fleming TO
send the names OF his players I'm a few
days. Work on the grounds and grand
stands is nearly finished and everything
will be in shape for the opening game
Battery for l. c. l., Callahan & Burns.
Christy Mathewson, the Brow Cniver-
sity man. has not been pitching Up 10 his
last years form and may adorn the
bench. Manager Fogel said yesterday
"Mstty has not pitched up 20 his last
years form, and II Is true that am not
altogether satisfied with mis- work 10
date I believe he wants to win every
game he pitches IL simply amounts &c
this: We have FIVE pitchers and will use
four regularly. keeping one for bench
duty. and the one doing the poorest work
will be assigned 10 that benchlng and OF
the other four do better pitching than
Matty he will go to the bench, regard.
less OF his reputation made last year"
Mathewson and Manager Fogel had a
rather heated argument over the latters
poor pitching. Fogel reiterated hlr threat
60 bench Matty unless he shows improv.
ed form In his pitching.
That's all WRONG. and don't want to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
POLICE
WAITED
IN Vain
Had Been Told Of Plan to Rob
Safe Of a JeweIy Manu-
featuring Company.

Leuts. ONeil and Gilmartin, during the
dark. dark hours preceding the dawn.
boosted upon boxes in an Eddy street
area, realized fully the deep pathos. the
utter sorrow. the feeling of solitude which
filled the soul of the poet. when he wrote.
And L My Lonely Vigil Keep"
They are in doubt today whether they
ran up against regular buncomb game,
were made the victims OF one who was
posing as a real bad man turned good.
or whether they frustrated a deep laid
scheme 10 blow a safe.
The story reached the police yesterday
that job had been put up by three
crooks. one from Now York. one from
Boston. who are living here, 10 blow open
ID. G. Baxter & Co.'S safe at 235 Eddy
street.
Baxter & Co. are manufacturing Jew
elers' and, so the story went, were late
yesterday afternoon 10 be in receipt OF a
large sum OF money, which. for the rea-
son that the banks were closed. would
remain all night In the office safe.
lne real boring and blowing was to be
done by the visiting crooks. The Provi-
dence man was TO be the outside sentinel
Fearing that he would be detected and
made to undergo punishment the Proyi-
dence man tipped of the job to the police
The bold bad blowers were TO begin
operations on the safe soon after o'clock
anu 10 ala the ponce IN capturing the
other two men the stool pigeon agreed 10
keep his tryst.
This was why. at 1:20 this morning
the two lieutenants sneaked to the rear
OF the tewelry shop and laid I'm wait for
the cracksmen.
The Providence man showed up accord
ing 10 agreement and the watch was
maintained until daybreak, when the
trick was called of, for the reason that
the other crooks did not put in an APP
pearance.
Was II jolly? Or will II be necessary
TO notify the New York Brotherhood or
Burglars that the Providence man has
violated a cardinal rule of the organiza-
ton, and that he must be boycotted even
to the extent that no safes can be crack
ed in any building where he may be en-
ployed?
ID. c. Baxter & Co. knew nothing of the
intended laid upon their safe lntii this
morning, when they were told how mar
row had been their escape from losing a
lot OF money.
1t wa real kind OF the repentant Proyi-
dence crook. Only there was no such col
lection made yesterday. there was no
large sum of money in the safe and none
Is ever -kept-tht re-
Even IL the attack upon the safe hao
been real. instead Of an imaginary one,
the loot would have consisted OF but a
few hundred dollars worth of completed
stock and plated Eietal. prepared for the
manufacture of brooches and hat pins.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
GOOD SPEED
Shown by Torpedo Boat De-
stroyer PrebI0.

San Francisco. May 21.-The torpedo
boat destroyer Preble launched at the
Union Iron works on March 2. 1901. and
found lacking in speed has been taken on
a preliminary spin around the bay. alter
atoms in her model having been made.
Forced draught was not used but
speed OF % knots was maintained over
the measured mile, which was covered II
times. and "a knots an hour was recorded
on the return trip. With forced draught
IL is claimed that there will be no trouble
in making 30 knots an hour, the contract
sDeed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
GENERAL GOSSIP.

Bobby Walthour OF Atlanta defeated
Nat Butler OF .Ioston the best two In
three motor-paced bicycle races on the
eight-lap colossuem track at Savannah.
Ga, last night. Butler wan the three
mile race and incidentally lowered the
record for one and five-eights miles TO
2:2s. The time Of the race was 4:3s. The
second race, seven miles, was won by
Walthour In II ;52h. Walthour won the
ten-mile heat I'm 1888 is. In this race
Butler lost his pace three times, each
time sacrificing more than a lap. w. C..
Burroughs OF Boston. Buffers pacemaker,
went a mile on his motor in the record
time OF l:2l 1-5.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
HERE AND THERE.

The leading antiquity dealers OF Rome
have organized a trust, and will proceed
Immediately to raise the price Of their
wares.
Secretary Root has presented to Mamil-
ton college, Clinton, n. Y, brass can
non. Weighing 300 pounds. that was cap
tured in the Philippines.
'Norway's population is the smallest In
Europe compared with her area. Each
of her inhabitants could have 40 acres of
land, while the Briton would have TO be
content with less than an acre.
Ireland Is astonishing criminologists by
theremarkable decrease In the number or
it's criminals. The statistics for 1sOO just
published. show a decrease OF 1912 per
cent as compared with the figures OF 1899.
Mayor Morris. Of Ottawa, Ontario. pro-
poses to establish a municipal coal yard
In order TO checkmate a combination or
local dealers. which was organized TO i'm
crease the price of fuel to a figure never
before reached in the city.
The treasury department at Washing
ton is frequently called upon TO redeem
Confederate notes. Nearly all Of the notes
forwarded for redemption come from
England. and many OF the senders be-
come very indignant when Informed that
Uncle Sam will not meet the obligations
OF the Confederacy.
Mr.. Theodore Schroeder. of Madison,
has loaned TO the Wisconsin State His
torical society a collection OF 5000 books.
pamphlets and newspapers relating 90
Mormonism which he gathered while
resident OF Salt Lake City. Utah. A
separate room has been set aside for the
collection.
Unusual warmth has prevailed In the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
Tesla's Patents.

Some seven or eight patents have been
granted TO Mr. Tesla during the past two
months, covering his Improvement I'm
wireless telegraphy. An important efe-
ment in the system appears to be con-
denser. by means of which he expects to
produce much more powerful signals than
has heretofore been possible. The pat
ents also cover apparatus for intensifying
the effects OF wave energy and of special
receiving devices.-Exchapge
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
DEPRESSED.
Present Condition Of EngIand's
Spinning Industry.

New York, May 2l.-Depression is still
affecting Englands cotton spinning in
dustry, cables the London correspondent
OF the Tribune. For two months, 5000,
900 spindles in Lancashire, employing
$4,000 people, have been running only
four days a week, and it is now pro-
posed by the masters association that
four more Saturdays shall be closed days.
The cause is the overproduction of yarn
and the accumulation of stocks in first
hands,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
: HOMELESS Case.

"And this one?' we said, indicating a
patient at the insane asylum.
Hopeless case" was the reply.
Thinks ne has discovered perpetual mo-
ton"
and tho next one7'
"stnl more hopeless. Claims 10 have
solved the servant girl question. "-IIar-
per's Bazaar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
Some War Statistics.

stuce- -tt7r- Anglo Boer war began. two
wears ago. about 64O0 British officers and
mon have been killed in action and not
quite 1000 wounded. In the two days
fghting at Gettysburg In July. 1858.
nearly as many men (5662) were killed
and nearly as many (27203) wounded
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21

be charged with Indifference" said Matty
II would sooner be benched. I'll tell you
what you do"
"What?" asked Fogel.
give me my release"
Fogel would not listen TO any such
proposition. but said that he wanted net
ter work from the New York premier
pitcher.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
CHlCAG0'S POPULATION

Chicago. May 21.-Chicagos population
this year, by the - directory census,
will approximate s,l49,000. In 1901 the
city directory estimate OF population was
20s0,000 gain of about 10000 over the
previous year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
Grays Easily Beaten by the Montrea|s.
Bowling Scores Around The Ring.
General Gossip.

providence, and when the crowd shouted
play ball, the visiting team allowed
their opponents the field.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
PROVIDENCE.

Runs-StafYord 2. Kelly 8, Quinlan. Dig
gins, Lees: s. Sullivan. Friend, @. sui
ivan--3 Two-base hits-Wagner, Lee
stolen base-Stafford Sacrifice hit-Dig-
gins. Double plays-Quinlan to Dooley;
Quinlan to Johnson TO Dooley. First base
on balls-Of G.. Sullivan 2; OFF Lee i. Hit
by pitched ball-By Lee ?. Struck out
BY G. Sullivan 1. Time-lh. 45m Umpire
Egan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21

Runs-Miller. White 2. Massey, Downey
Cars; Frisbee. Crisham, Wrigley--3
Three-base hits-Frisbee, Crisham, Carr.
Home run-Massey. Sacrifice hits-Ban-
non, Rickert. Madison. Double plays
Merritt TO Madison to Clancy; Miller 10
bowney TO Clancy; Miller (unassisted.l
First base on balls-of Merritt 4; OF
Briggs 2 Struck out-By Merritt s: BY
Briggs 5. Passed ball-Toft Wild pitch
Briggs Umpire-Kelly. Time-2h. 5m
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AT Decentralization 2, Philadelphia I.
Az Washington-Baltimore 4. Washing
on 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
A. Chicago-Chicago 3. Boston I.
At Pittsburg-Pfttsburg 6, Philadel-
Mia 5.
OTHER GAMES.
At Fall River-Nashua 4. Fall River 3.
At averhill-Manchester g. Haverhill 8.
At Dover-Dover 7. Lowell 1.
At awrence-Concord IL, Lawrence :.
At New London-Springfield g. New
london 8.
Al Norwich-Norwich IL. Hartford 3.
AT waterbury--Waterb 5, Meriden o..
AT New Haven-New Haven II. Yale 3.
At Cambridge-Harvard 26. Lehigh l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-21
TORONTO 6, WORCESTER 3.

worcester's new pitcher. Merritt, re-
Gently purchased from Pittsburg, pitched
q great game until the llth inning, a.
Worcester yesterday afternoon, when h'
weakened and allowed Toronto to win
Briggs pitched steadily throughout. At
tendance, 1000. Score:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-10
Government Bonds.
Cotton.

Reported over the private wire of / l.. Mo. Lean X Co.,. 25 Broad street, New York; New Haven office $40 Chapel street, Hu- binger Building. Norman A. Tanner, manager.