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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26

was to get under the window and listen
TO the young women playing the piano.
No one paid much attention 10 nam IN
those days and II was his custom TO lie
on the ground for hours listening to the
music which foated out through the
windows OF the Bethune mansion.
PLAYED THE PIANO BY STEALTH.
One day. when he knew the occupants
were all upstairs. Tom crept INTO the
house. and groping TO the plano chinDed
the keys cautiously with his papy mn
gers Becoming bolder, because no one
came 10 take him away. he began 10 pay
the selection ne had last heard.
The members OF the family on the sec
ond floor heard some one at the piano
and supposed IL was one of the neish-
St S1' lenTtb Tom. tie little blind negro.
was discovered, and his remarkable mu-
sical talent was Immediately recognized.
,aToilis@ airs he had been accustomed
10 hear around the house. Inc astonisn- aston,
ment OF those present was great when
ne reproduced them note for note anu
showed hts ability TO play the most com,
plicated selections once he had heard
Thus was his musical genius made
known. and while still child he was
introduced TO the musical world. AZ was
aid of him in those days that mature
had music for him. and that even the pat
ter OF the rAndrops on tns aovI nernaS A.
music. - ,.-...... y.
question in psychology. and has been th'
subject OF comment In the lectures ol
some OF the most eminent men OF science
an the country Just before his birtf
there were several young women at ih'
home OF his mothers owner. AL mus
clans
Thev played on tho piano IN the even
ings. and frequently had Toms mothe
10 dance for them. a duty winch iel
lightly on the shoulders of the negress
who violently loved not only the dancin'
but the music She took advantage o
every opportunity 90 hear the piano, an'
seemed enchanted with Its melodies.
she had a good memory. and Learned
many OF the selections. though not anil
10 play herself This Is believed by mani
scientific men 70 account. largely, II no
wholly for the wonderful talent OF ne
son
STORIES ny HIS MOTHER.
In her declining years the old woman
delighted 20 tell stories Illustrating IN
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26
DONATION DAY
FittingIy Observed at Institution
for Aged COIOred Women.
70 AsoRN STREET.

Donation Day was observed at ths
Home FOR Aged Colored Women at 45
East Transit street yesterday.
The gifts OF the friends OF that institu-
tion were plentiful and Thanksgiving
Day will be one IN fact as well as nare.
The West Elmwood Club OF Colored
Women sent I'm los Jars OF preserves and
pickles. The West Elmwood Improve
ment club. consisting OF young girls. sent
aprons. towels. etc.
The home now has II inmates and Ia
quite prosperous. IL Is one OF the fortu-
nate institutions that Is entirely at ease
in the matter OF its fuel supply for the
winter. the Glover Leaf Sewing society
having as usual purchased the winter =
supply 20 the extent OF $50 last : usy be-
fore prices had become cxorbitant The
home also benefited 20 the extent of klxy
by the readings recently given by Paul
Lawrence Dunbar In Infantry hall and
the money was used TO pay for painting
the building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26
|WID0W HEIR
TO BIG ESTATE
Mrs. Oscar Hyatt Lays Claim
to Property Worth S4,OOO,OOO
LEFT BY MANUFACTURER
| Earlier In LIE She Was an Actress, leIt
Por- When Hushani, Who Was Circus
Proprietor, Oiled.
LEFT BY MANUFACTURER

Stamford. Conn. Nov. @.-ln niue
tun,ble.down hovel on the heights OF
springdale. a few miles from this city
there lives alone and in poverty a widow
who saws that she and her children have
fallen heirs to an estate Of over AOOo.Op.
The woman is Mrs. oscar Hyatt and the
estate she claims is that % Joseph Hyatt.
n New York farmer. who died about %
v.ars a9o. leaving a large estate 20 sew
.rsl children. ALI OF whom. it Is said. have
.,rc. ,..sea away. one Of these children
was the widows husband
Mrs Hyatt says she was an actress IN
her youth. and played with Maggie NIT
cher. Edwin Booth and hls brother J.
Wilkes Booth among others. and that
she met oscar Hyatt who. she says was
q colonel in tho Union army during the
Civil war, and was married TO him In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26

Hyatt will not tell. but from her re-
marks IL appears that her claim on the
estate Is TO be contested by Mrs. Robin
sons relatives The widow has retained
a New York lawyer to look after her in
terests.
She says that Joseph Hyatt's estate was
never properly settled and distributed
and declares that she expects 10 obtain
one-tfnrd OF the estate "a the widow OF
Oscar Hyatt. and adds that her children
will como In for their share too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26

Our great men arc improving. George
Washington could only throw dollar
throwing his money ali over Europe
Chicago Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26
the August follow,ng LIncoln,s assassina.

the August following Lincoln's assassina-
ton
1t appears that her husband ran away
to go into the circus business when he
was a small boy. After the war he was
proprietor OF a race track in Memphis
and later went In the circus business
again At the time OF his death, lS years
ago, he was conducting a stock farm
for Pierre Lorillard.
SON IN NEW YORK.
Mrs. Hyatt says that Ogden Mills. Of
New York, and her husband were close
friends and schoolmates in their youth.
One OF her sons was named Ogden Mills
Hyatt because OF this friendship. This
young man Is now IN New York. Another
son, Delos Wilson Hyatt, is a blacksmith
at Rye, n v Their only daughter.
Minerva Hyatt wits, lives in Port
Chester. where her husband Is a laborer.
Mrs Hyatt has had a hard time sinct
her husbands death. She was unable 20
make a living on the stage and had 20
resort 60 housewcrk. sweeping and wash
ing She is G years old she says, though
she looks younger.
Now In the sunset Of her life comes the
news that she and her children have
fallen heirs to the Hyatt millions Ac-
cording to Mrs. Hyatt the estate or Jo-
seph Hyatt fell under the administration
OF George Hyatt. son. who engaged
extensively I'm the carpet manufacturing
business I'm New York and Yonkers.
Under his administration the estate grew
I'm value until at the time OF his death
several years ago II wns worth about
N000.0O0 IN realty. bonds. mortgages. etc.
George Hyatt was survived by widow
and three children. The widow died IN an
asylum Mrs Hyatt saws. and tho son
died soon after. A daughter. Miss Annie
| Hyatt is now INV an asylum. She is
worth $4,000 according 20 Mrs Hyatt.
| Three months ago Mrs Agnes Robinson.
| the other daughter. died. She was sur
| vived by a husband and one son.
HEIRS TO 100000
Mrs Hyatt says that In her will the
! husband wac ignored and direction was
| given that her half ~ George Hyatts
| ts.OOOOO0 revert 10 the Hyatts upon the
| death OF her son few weeks ago Mrs
| Hyatt and her children were notified to
| appear ~ the surrogate's court IN New
| York.
| what transpred at the hearing Mrs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26
NOT FOUND
Bodies Of MoswanisCut Lake
Tragedy Have Not FIOat8d.

The bodies of the vioims of the Mos
wansicut lake drowning accident were
not recovered yesterday.
Dynamite cartridges were repeatedly
exploded and graphing irons were used
The search was resumed today.
Mrs Yearsly-Mrs venbrlde thought
she was going 20 save herself lots or
trouble
Mrs Mustno-What aid she do2
Mrs Yearsly.-Bought turkey tNo
weeks before Thanksgiving and fed 10
with parsley and breadcrunbs udge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-26
ny HIS MOTHER

In her declining years the old woman
delighted TO tell stories Illustrating the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
MORGAN DIMES WITH
BRITISH STATESMEN
Pronounced Most Remarkable Gath
ering-American Subjects
Discussed.

LONDON, July 24.-J. Pierpont Nor
gan was tonight the guest Of honor at
a remarkable dinner given in the house
of commons by Archibald White Ma
conochie, member for the East division
of AberdeenShire. On one side of the
host sat Mr.. Morgan, and on the other
Premier Balfour. The other guests in
cluded United States Ambassador Jo-
seph Choate, William st. John Broder-
lex, secretary of state for war; r. w.
Hanbury, president of the board of ag-
riculture; Sir E. H. Carson, solicitor
general; George Wyndham, chief Sec
retary for Ireland; Arnold Foster,
financial secretary to the admiralty,
and Gilbert Parker, member of parlia-
ment for Gravesend.
One of those present said to press
representative:
1T was one of the most remarkable
gatherings in which 1 ever took part.
Practically a quorum Of the cabinet
talked over, in the simplest, most open
way, the leading American subjects
which now vitality concern both coun-
tries. To see Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Bal
four together, one could scarcely imag-
inc that the former had ever been re-
garded as a bogey who threatened
England's commercial existence. If
some things which passed around that
table could be repeated it would be an
eye-opener to those who are fomenting
commercial rivalries between England
and America"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
CAPT. STRONG TURNS
UP IN LONDON
Denies That He Robbed Miss Yohe and
Says He Will Try to Redeem His
Good Name.

LONDON, July 24.-Putnam Bradlee
Strong arrived; at southampton today
on the ST. Paul, sailing under an as
sumed name. In an interview he ac-
knowledged his identity and denied
positively that he had pawned May
Yohe's jewels May Yohe, who was
formerly the wife Of Lord Francis
Hope, sailed att New York today for
Europe.
Capt. Strong said he pawned about
$8,40O worth of May Yohe's jewelry at
her request and for her benefit after
they returned from Japan, and that she
had received the entire proceeds from
him at the time the jewels were pawn
ed.
"I have never had one dollar Of May
Yohe's money. and no person knows it
better than she," he continued. 1.-THE
money on which I am now travelling
was received from the sale of a library,
and of this fact May Yohe is also
aware. I have done many foolish and
most unwise things but they have not
been criminal. / purpose living quietly
and endeavoring to redeem my good
name.
CAS- to the story that I rifled her
safety deposit box, that is absurd on
it's face. May Yohe never had any
safety deposit box that know of, and
If she had one any banker could tell
you that without her authority could
never have had access to it. I had one
in my own name at the Knickerbocker
Trust company which Il suppose my
family has opened, as / gave them full
authority to do So"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
AIMED AT SOCIALISM
AMONG THE RUSSIANS
Secret Rescrpt From the St. Peters,
burg Ministry Falls into Hos
tile Hands.

BERLIN, July PA secret rescript
of the Russian ministry of the interior
dated June II and addressed to the
heads Of the provincial police of the
government of Saratov, has come into
the hands of socialists here. The re-
script calls attention to the present
risings and directs the police to sup
press any disturbances among the
peasants unsparingly 1t then enters
into an analysis of how what are call
ed undesirable phenomena" among
the peasants, areSincited saving:
"Evil-minded men are trying to or
ganize propaganda committees among
the country population. For this pur-
pose the brightest and most energetic
peasants are selected and taught a
smat- ering Of history and sociology Of
the labor movement. all tending chiefly
to agitation purposes by means of in
struction by forbidden books. Not only
are the people harmed by the circula-
ton OF Illegal writings, but even
through the circulationgof legally per-
missible books. Unreliable men come
In contact with the country population
and systematically seek out the most
excellent peasants tef educate as lead
ers of the movement.
ALSO much popular literature is in
circulation, painting the darker sides
of peasant life and the misery and
poverty of the people, thus strengthen
ing the elements Of discomfort among
the peasants. Moreover, it is observed
that politically, untrustworthy men put
themselves into relations with the
country districts through students of
clerical works and teachers in semi
naries and in surveyors. and garden
ers schools.
Furthermore, the agitators having
selected a village where they intend
sowing anti governmental ideas send
thlther peasants as servants, book
agents and peddlers. In making known
the above I regard fl as necessary to
add that In all cases where disturb
ances occur the local officials are re-
sponsible for preventing the same and
Will be held to the fstrictest accounta-
bilitV"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
SIX PERSONS
BURNED TO DEATH
Dreadful Results Of an Accident on the
Pan Handle Road in
Ohio.

DAYTON, Ohio, July 24.-Engineer
Clark, of Xenia, under his engine,
burned to crisp; his fireman, of Gin
cinnati, name unknown, head crushed,
right arm broken and both legs cut
off; three passengers, two women and
a man, burned to death in a Pullman
sleeper, ard a number of other pas.
sengers injured, how many cannot at
this hour be learned, is the awful story
of the wrecked Pan Handle Limited,
from st. Louis east-bound to New
York, tonight at Trehin's Station,
way stop a short distance from Xenia.
A wrecking train was hurried out
from Xenia and another from this city
with all the doctors that could be Sc
cured.
Train No. 2 was flying eastward at
limited speed when the engine struck
a loaded coal car which in the darkness
had escaped from the siding in Xenia
and had run down grade to the danger
point.
The engine struck it at full speed
and was turned over with Engineer
Clarke underneath. The postal car,
combination car and day coach, i'm
PEELED by the heavy sleepers behind,
piled over the engine. Two Pullmans
followed and were laid across the track
at right angles.
A gas tank under one of the cars
exploded, setting fire to the wreck, and
the postal car, the coaches and two
sleepers were entirely destroyed. Cries
for help could be heard coming from
one of the Pullmans and the helpless
onlookers were compelled to see two
women and one man burned to death
before their eyes, unable to lend any
aid on account of the fierceness Of the
flames. At that point the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton and the Pan
Handle parallel and both tracks were
torn UP for distance of fifty yards,
blocking traffic.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
TRACK JUMPED BY
THE REAR COACH
Two Persons Killed and Several Fatally
Injured in Railway Ae-
cident in Ohio,

M'CONNELLSVILLE Ohio, July "a.
The worst railroad wreck in the his
tory Of this valley occurred today at
Douda, two miles below here on the
Ohio & Little Kanawha. The rear
coach jumped the track on a trestle
and fell forty feet turning completely
over. The train was going thirty
miles an hour and was completely
wrecked. Out Of about thirty pas
sengers, Miss Gertrude Sherwood Of
RoXbury, and A. j. Rathbun, are dead,
and County Commissioner w. E. Light
hiser is dying. Six or more others are
probably fatally hurt.
Following is a complete list of the
dead and seriously injured:
The dead:
MISS GERTRUDE SHERWOOD,
Patterns Mills, Ohio.
A. J. RATHBUN, Columbus, Ohio.
The injured:
Edward Smith, Malta, Ohio, danger
ouSly injured Internally
County Commissioner w. F. Light
hiser, of Morgan county, and Robert
James, Pennsylvania stock dealer,
are reported unable to survive the
night.
Among the others who are tonight
pronounced to be in a dangerous con-
dition are Charles Bailey, CONNER
cial traveller, of Marietta, and Mrs. H.
H. Portal, of Columbus.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
CHICAGO-DENVER
FLYER IS WRECKED
Fireman Killed and Others Severely
Injured on Rock Island, Near
South Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., July 24-Passenger
Train No. 5, west-bound, on the Chica-
go, Rock Island & Pacific road, was
wrecked three miles west of South
Omaha at o'clock this afternoon. The
fireman was killed, the engineer is per-
hapS fatally hurt, and the two express
messengers badly bruised.
The dead:
VICTOR HICKsoN, fireman, Fair
bury, Neb., crushed to death between
the engine.
Injured:
Charles Porter, engineer, Fairbury,
Neb, legs crushed and body bruised;
probably recover.
Henry Fisher and Charles Caldwell,
express messengers, both badly bruis-
ed.
The train was known as the Chica-
go-Denver flyer and carried beside
baggage and express cars, two coaches,
four sleepers and a diner Shortly
after the train came to a stop the pas
sengers rushed out of the cars, just in
time to avoid an explosion of the gas
tanks None of the passengers was
injured beyond a severe shaking up.
The fire which resulted from the ex-
plOsiOn was put out by the train crew
before 1t did any great damage. The
engine and three cars are a complete
wreck. The train was running thirty
miles and hour at the time Of the ac-
cident, which is believed to have been
caused by spreading rails. A wreck
ing train from this city cleared the
tracks, and the passengers were trans
ferred to train following.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
CASTRO TAKES A
RHETORICAL FLIGHT
"I Shall Chain Events and HARNESS
Them to the Car of Victory,v
Says the Venezuelan, .. -

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 24.-The
text of a ringing proclamation, issued
July B, the independence day of Vene-
zuela, by President Castro has lust
been received in Washington The
proclamation was published on the eve
or the presidents departure from the
yellow house" at Caracas to lead his
army in the field ana 1t is stirring
appeal to his countrymen to support
him in his purpose to crush the anti
Castro force, which has grown so
formidable recently. Some portions of
the document are worthy Of note, par
ticularly those in which the Vene-
zuelan executive describes in the
foWery metaphor peculiar to the Latin
races, his own personality and inten-
tions. He says:
Anarchy has struck deep its claw
into the bowels of our country, but
will strangle that anarchy~in the coils
of my energy"
lie declares his purpose to revolu-
tionize the methods of government in
Venezuela in these words:
From this moment 1 Eonsecreate to
the realization of that design all the
energies of my soul, the resources Of
the government. the humble prestige
of my word, my unconquerable faith
in the success of well doing and this
life which has been spared by tor
rent Of bullets in a hundred duels with
death.
Il find in myself the condition to full
fill the mission with which I have
been vested by Providence and it is my
desire to render myself worthy of that
mission. Bracing myself with the con-
iicts of peace and raising my stature
if need be beyond the limitation of ma
ture, I shall chain events and harness
them to the car of victory in the very
camp of the rebellion. l declare my
self in campaign. I am going to trans
fer into the operations Of the war the
enthusiasm of my faith my nervous
activity and the efficacy of my per-
SOnal direction"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
MAYOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE. OF
MINNEAPOLIS MEET IN
CHICAGO
POLICE CAPTAIN COFFIN
ALSO ON HAND
Travelling Functionaries Learn What
Is Going on at Home and Compare
Notes.-The Doctor Returns to West
Baden, While Fred Departs for Some
Place Unknown.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Mayor Albert
A. Ames and his fugitive brother, Chief
of Police Fred Ames, the two leading
figures In a police scandal that has
stirred the city Of Minneapolis, met
clandestinely in Chicago today They
were joined by a captain of police,
presumably Coffin, who is supposed to
have brought from Minneapolis the
latest information concerning the situ<
alton.
The trio held conference late in the
afternoon at the Palmer house con-
corning the precarious predicament of
the mayor and his brother in the eyes
of the law. The principals in this
grave counsel departed unnoticed from
the city early tonight, Fred Ames, the
much wanted police executive, going to
parts unknown, while the genial Dr.
Ames, who is travelling incog, returned
to West Baden. After registering at
the Palmer house as A. A. Ames, of
West Baden, he told the clerk that he
was house surgeon for one of the ho-
tells in that town. The mayor, of Min
neapolis, was accompanied by Mrs
AmeS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
YOUNG BRITISH
ARMY OFFICER HAZED
Brutal Treatment That the King Will
Probably Order lnvesti-
gated.

LONDON, July 24.-Details Of the
remarkable case of persecution by
brother officers of a young lieutenant
of the Second Lie Guards, at Windsor,
a regiment of which King Edward is
colonel-in-c chief, show that in this
crack cavalry organization, like many
others, the officers are intolerant of the
presence of anyone who takes his pro-
fession seriously.
Second Lieutenant G. D. Gregson,
who secured a commission Feb. Is,
1902, was known to be q hard worker,
efficient and popular with his men.
Monday night number Of officers Of
the regiment chased Lieut.. Gregson out
Of his quarters, hunted him through
the barracks with whips. at the same
time using foul languages; ducked him
in horse trough until he was half
dead, and subsequently wrecked his
quarters and destroyed his entire kit.
The victim was forced to spend the re-
mainder of the night on the bare floor
of his room, wrapped in an overcoat.
The only explanation for this treat
ment is that Lieut.. Gregson was So
cially undesirable. There is no ques-
ton, in view of the lieutenant's record
and the kings connection with the
regiment, that his majesty will order a
strict investigation into the occurrence
tomorrow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
RISE OF ROCK
ISLAND EXPLAINED
Management Preparing to Retire Stock
With 4 Per Cent Bonds, Pro-
portion of Two for One.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK. July 24.-The further
sensational rise of Rock Island today to
the extreme high price of 200, which,
counting the rights" would be equiv
alent to about 213, was explained by
the report that the management Is
preparing to retire Rock Island stock
with 4 per cent bonds in the proportion
Of two for one, l. e., giving 5000 in
bonds for 500 par value of stock, and
then to form a holding company
through which the interests now DOM
inant in the property may retain con-
troll in a more convenient and inexpen-
sive manner than is now possible.
An exchange of stock, such as that
indicated, would mean the equivalent
Of per cent on Rock Island stock, and
therefore could be made to justify 5000
for the stock
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
Double Lynchinu.

PHILIPPI, w. Va, July 24.-Two ne
groes, whose names were unknown, were
lynched at Womelsdorf, near here, last
night by an angry mob numbering sew
eral hundred The first black man was
shot and killed in the station house. the
second was taken to the park, where he
was hanged, then riddled with bullets
groes are enraged and in arms. More
trouble is hourly expected. The trouble
grows out of the murder of Chief Bud
Wilmoth on July 49,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-25
CHOOSING SUCCESSOR
TO ARCHBISHOP FEEHAN
Secret Conference, Whose Choice Is
Sent to Rome

CHICAGO, July 24.-In secret con-
ference here today the irremovable
rectors and diocesan consultors and
the Suffragan bishops of the archdio-
cese of Chicago of the Roman Cath
olic church expressed their choice for
candidates to succeed to the position
of the late Archbishop p. A. Feehan.
The choice, in order of precedence,
was as follows: Bishop John Lancas-
ter Spalding, of Peoria, ILL.,; Bishop p.
]. Muldoon, of Chicago; Bishop James
e. Quigley, of Buffalo. The choice Of
the suffragan bishops includes Bish-
ops Spalding and Muldoon, but the
third name was not learned.
Advices of the choice was sent to
Rome today. The archbishops of
America will soon send recommended
tions to the holy see, as will Cardinal
Gibbons, and from the suggestions the
appointment will be decided upon.