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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01

March l. 1901. aud IL evidently meiSis
big registration by June next.
OF the 22.000 polls assessed there nad
been paid up TO the closing hour or the
city treasurer's office today 1887: This
is 1896 more than paid last year Tor lyV.
certainly gratifying showing,,
The collectors. nearly 30 In all. are IN
structed to make final report on or before
March Is. and il now looks that nearly
sl5,ooc Will De, voluntary ana sr ,nv9,un 5rnno
that source and go to the school fund.
POLICE BOARD HEARING.
Yesterday afternoons meeting OF the
police commission resulted In the In
Fiction of a penalty on Officer John III.
Smith. against whom charges were re-
J Gently brought, and a reprimand to Of
ficer Fred ri. Blackman.
The meeting was held at the home of
Commissioner Deming. on his request his
recent illness making 1t inadyisable for
him TO venture out yesterday. Ofncer
Smiths case was first considered. He Is
connected with the Seventh station, his
beat recently having been along Broad
street Baker street, Thurber's ana Prairie
avenues 1t was charged against him
that he had entered a building In VIOLA
ton of rule AZ of the police code.
The testimony sustained the charge In
the minds of the commissioners and the
officer was reduced one grade In pay,
from SO to S2.75 day. and put on pro-
baton Tor SIX mOnlns-
officer Blackman was charged by James
F. Mulholand and others with conduct
| Third station. 1t appeared that he be-
| came involved I'm an alteration with some
| boys who he thought were acting In Q.
| disorderiy manner and used language
| which led them to ask the commission for
| vindication IL was decided that the OF
| ficer should be reprimanded for his con-
/ duct.
| The police board simply gave their att
| tention TO routine matters today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
DECEIT CHARGED.
Case Of WoTkingman's Loan
Association Against Farr.

Before jury in Judge Dubois court
was tried today the suit OF the WORKING
mans Loan association against Richard
w. Farr. This Is an action of deceit and
was appealed by Mr.. Farr from the dis
trict court The amount sued for was sloo
The plaintiff claimed that on June 10
1901. Mr.. Farr sent Mrs. Goodwin 10
borrow money on her furniture and that
sss25 was the amount OF the loan made
Also that the money was really for Farr
who used II for his own purposes.
Mr. Farr denied he was party To any
deceit. and Mrs. Goodwin supported him
I'm his claim that no deceit was practiced
She averred that she borrowed money or
her furniture from both Farr and a mar
named Draper Her husband. she said
knew nothing OF these loans.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
FOURTEEN MEN KILLED BY
SNOWSLIDE in COLORADO.

slides In one Gus Won Fintel. John r.:
Powell and Paul Dalphrese were killed
and I'm the other George Rowher and w.
s. Gregory lost their lives. None or these
bodies had been recovered at last ac-
counts.
a large number OF men are missing and
IL is thought probable that the death nst
will be swelled 10 20 and possibly 20 when
the bodies will be taken from the snow
mass.
Among those killed Raymond Bishop,
Wade Grove and Harry A. Chase were
last years graduates from the state
school OF Mines at Golden. Cal. Iney
had taken positions with the Liberty Bell
TO acauaint themselves with practicaI
mining They belong to good families In
Denver and Pueblo -,
vicinity one at the camp Bird mine,
I'm the Sneffels district. resulted in the
death OF one man and the probable Ia
taI injury Of three others. From the
condition of the snow more slides arc ex-
pected.
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FOR $4,000.
Moran Sues Nicholson File Co.
for Damages.

Frank II. Moran. by his next friend,
John T. Moran. has brought suit against
the Nicholson File company 20 recover
$1,000 Frank Is boy and had been
engaged 10 work in the DEFENDANTS
shops About five weeks ago he was
caught In the machinery and whirled
around shaft.
lie was. IL IL alleged. thrown 10 the Moor
OF the shop and sustained fractured
skull. besides other serious and permanent
injuries Joseph L. Cunningham is Mo-
rams attorney.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01

Philadelphia. Pa March John w.
Bailey. president of the Record Publish
ing company. died at S:3n o'clock this
morning Mr. Bailey had boon asso-
ciatcd with the late William NJ Sinscrly
since the establishment Of tn" Record.
first as foreman OF the composing room
and later as managing editor OF the pa-
per Since Mr.. Singerly.s death Mr..
Rnllcy acted as presidont of tho COMPANY
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
CREW RESCUED.
Stelmar WlIster Stranded on
Ledge OF Cape Ann.

Rockport. Mass. March 1.-The tramp
steamer wilster, Captain @. o. Foulkes.
bound from Fiume for Boston with a
cargo of sugar. struck on ledge on Cape
Ann during "A thick fog last night and
was hard and fast this forenoon. II is
feared she cannot be released.
with their apparatus the Rockport life
saving crew rescued the % men on board
the steamer and they are being cared for
at the station.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
SEEKS $4,000 DAMAGES

Violet Wood of Pawtucket has brought
suit against the Hone Webbing cornra'iy
brings her suit bv her next friend
She says I'm her declaration that she ~
hut is years OF age. aud Of Immature m
teligencc. and that on Nov. ~ thr ~
"A lathe No suitable instruction Was CIV
en- her SO she claims the company " r.
spondble for the very serious INJURIES snr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
SEEKS $4,000,
ConTOy Claims He Was Injured
on Union Railroad Gar.

The Union Railroad company is defend
ant I'm q suit TO recover sS0o brought by
Patrick Conroy. On last Christmas day
Mr.. Couroy signalled car on East ave-
rue Intending tp take passaEc on ~.
The car came to a. full stop but be-
fore hc could get OF the car platform
IL suddenly started and he was thrown
violently against the body Of the car.
lie was badly bruised and his left hip
spralned John w Hogan is his attorney.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
OlED OF HIS INJURIES

New York. March IL. $. IIaiz OF At
lanta. Ga. vino was burned in the Park
avenue hotel fire last Saturday, died
today IN tho Bellevue hospital lic WAS
% years old Ills death made the total
number of lives lost by the fire 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
SERIOUS FLOOD FEARED

Rochester. ~. Y. March 1.-fTeavy
rains with a rapid rise In temperature
through the Gcncscc valley. has loosencd
the snow and ice on the hills. swelling the
strcarps tributary 60 tho river TO an
nlarmlng extent and causing the gravest
apprc hension OF "A serious Hood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01

constantinoplc. March t.--Miss Ellen VI
stone. the American missionary. until
recently held captive by brigands. arrived
here today. from Sslonica. and proceeded
To the United States legation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
LOST AT SEA.
News Of Tho foundsrIng Of
Schooner Prescott Rscsivad.

Vineyard Haven, Mass, March L.
News was received here today that the
large nve-masted schooner John II. Pres
colt of Fall River. bound from Newport
News for Boston. foundered at sea on
Feb q. Captain Harding and crew of
II men were saved.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
BODY FOUND.
Gsffitt's Remains Recovered
al Block Island.

The body of George Gaffitt, who was
drowned yesterday, was found today at
Block Island.
Gafftt and Thomas Smith were in a
dory from the schooner Matte and Lena
and were lost about ten miles south Of
Block Island. The dory was found cap
sized yesterday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01

il remained until hauled out today.
The Pawtucket line was tied up at 10
o'clock and was not I'm fair shape again
until o'clock this morning.
on the Taunton line a change of cars
was necessitated NJ Rehoboth by reason
OF a bad washout.
The Gladstone avenue and Centredale
cars, scheduled 10 run up Francis street,
used the old Orms, Charles and North
Main street route until o'clock when
the highway department having dug down
10 the level of Francis street and found
the car tracks the shorter route was again
used
A washout at Pomham made necessary
a change OF cars on the Warren and Bris-
tol line.
In the centre of the city many cellars
were Hooded. The sewer openings could
not begin TO carry away the surface wa
ter and basement windows and doorways
being awash. flooding was inevitable
IN THE PAwTUXET VALLEY.
The rainfall i'm the PawtuXet Valley
was unusually heavy and considerable
damage was done There were big wash
outs of Allen street. Cough avenue and
Main street, and Paradise alley al
Arctic Centre, was completely submerged
Two cottages were flooded and from one
! of these. Mrs Baker, Mrs. Hill and an
other woman were rescutu On All inhlho'
vised raft by Felix Daffett
From the other cottage, Joseph Lt
! Claire waded through the waters to q
| point OF safety.
Early this morning the railroad en-
| bankment was washed away for several
hundred feet. leaving the rails high and
| dry I'm the air \ force OF men was M
| work today. filling i'm and otherwise re
| pairing the damage done.
| The Consolidated trains were somewha
! delayed by the storm, the 12:l5 Pawtucke
! train reaching here at | a. m.
The storm caused a complete suspension
| of travel on the Interstate CONSOLIDATED
| electric railway system. Three cars be
| tween Attleboro and North Atleboro wer
| derailed, and between there and Paw
, tucket all trains on the main line OF tn
| New York. New Haven g. Hartford roa'
! were delayed by washouts at Woodlawn
| Ten Mile river overhowed its banks, dam
| aging much property.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
APPOINTED COMMISSIONER

Walter s. Reynold was today appointsd
c,v,nnissioncr 10 take testimony IN tne
e1lfifV cause Of f.candsr y. Garoiner w.
Edwin A s. Mhitford. et al
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
GIFT FROM mR. MORGAN

Chicago, March 1.-The Chronicle's
Nashville. Tenn. special states that ).
Picrpont Morgan has given R.gppW 10
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Will Be Considered for North
End and Annexed District.
Registration is Proceeding Favorab|y
and Poll Taxes Are Being Met Quite
Promptly Police Board Hearing.


Monday and must one OF
mostn gatherings in that body
be reelected member Of the
board of
dwardan another a hill be adopted
evidenceaims finance
miscellaneous
busine 'front.'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
DAM GAVE WAY.

The dam OF the Crystal Ice companys
pond near Woonsocket gave way at J
o. clock this morning after the pond had
been filed To overlooking. and in the
rush of the waters 10 the Blackstone river
"a gulley was washed In the Cumberland
roadway 100 feet long and 30 feet deep.
The damage will amount to about 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
Many Thoroughfares Washed
Out by Heavy Downpour.
0|neyviIe Mills Compelled to Suspend
Operations --Pawtuxet Valley People
Flee From Their Homes.


Everywhere high
dollars damage
being washed
|. out to a depth o from eight feet
Francis street near
!. and became desert
olneyn the
floors.
I'm the pawtux.t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
TRACKs TNDERMINED.

The first train over the Narragansett
pier railroad TO Kingston this morning
met with an unusual mishap near Sher-
mans Crossing ana as result ine ine entire en- ire
side in a foot OF mud. All traffic ovt'
the road was stalled for the daN, but
the wreckers hope to have the washouts
filled and the engine on the rails Tor the
The heavy rain which fell I'm torrents
daring the night. washed out stretch OF
the rCadbed under the track near Sher-
mans in such "A manner that the damage
was not apparent TO the engineer as ms
train whirled towards Kingston.
Suddenly the engine saRged, and when
the train was brought To a stop it was
seen that fully foot Of mud covered
passcugers were transferred I'm ear
riaEcs 10 their destinations, anu tho mail
WAS sent 20 Wakefield and other stations
along the line IN convey ancfs "p'hih'"
Tbe streets here were flooded this moru
ing. and the roads ~ and hD3ut 60, ~ SIvH,% Sn,vHur
serious damage has been reported.
IN THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY.
The most severe losses occasioncd by
| the heavy rains In Pawtucket and vicin-
| itv fall on the mill properties. the high
wavs which are badly washed in all SUR
| rounding towns. and the bridges. many OF
! which have been seriously Weakened.
! Tho Hlackstpne. Ten-Milc aud Abbott
| Run rivers during the morning hours np'
/ pronchcd flood height. tlic blackstone
| having six feet OF water on It's dam a'
/ the falls here.
Two of the supports OF the bridge nj
! Lebanon were washed out last night and
/ there n fear lest the entire structure
| should he carried away.
| 4 severe washout on the Consolidated
road occurred necr Woodlawn. and trains
! have been delayed today as result.
The SamOset mills ~ Valley Falls clos
| ed for the day because of high water. In
/ East I.onsdale the lowlands have been
converted into a huge pond. The large
weave room I'm the extension Of the Ann
q Hone mills was flooded and much dam
! CONTINUED ou page TwoJ
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-01
REGIsrRAr1oN ANp ronLs.

There IL considerable activity being
shown In the matter OF registration ana
the week-nearly MO0 had affixed their
signatures 20 the large record books IN
the Office Of the board ~ cfmvassers ana
rceistratiOu
This b nearly zoo more than year aso
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-02-15

inform on them, and thus bring them
to an untimely end. The white dove of
peace cooes gently in nearly every part
Of Luzon, save in some Of the wilder
mountainous parts, wnere there are
tribes that live continuously in state
Of warfare; their fighting directed
against anybody, natives or Americans
alike; the first they strike when they
start on a manhunt is their meat,
though they have generally found our
soldiers so tough that trying for bites
from us its losing its interest, even with
them.
Mr.. Jakubowski and Mr.. Adams en-
listed in the 3rd at st. Louis in Janu-
ary, 1899, and after a few weeks spent
at Fort Smelling, sailed for Manila
from New York. For exactly two
years and five months they were actu-
ally in the field against the Filipinos,
in 20 different battles,
and were also in the campaign in which
General Lawton lost his life. They ar
rived in st. Louis via San Francisco
just few days ago, having been CIV
en- an opportunity to visit China and
Japan, and thus had a trip around the
globe at Uncle Sans expense.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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ODDS ABOUT "a TO 1.-The number Of
British soldiers in South Africa has
been increased since the scare recently
caused by dispatches to the London
papers representing that Lord Kitche-
ner had not enough men and by the bril-
liant successes of DeWet and other
Boer leaders in December. It Is a
greater number than has been main
tanned there on an averge since short
time after the fall of Pretoria.
British official figures on the size Of
the Boer army in the field have not
varied for over a year much above or
below 10000 men. 1t was stated in par
lament by the war secretary about
year ago that 5000 was about the fig
ure. According to compilations from
Lord Kitchener's official reports 49,
320 Beers have been killed, wounded,
captured or surrendered since that
time. The size Of the army was thus
reduced about twice it's whole strength
unless somebody's figures were wrong
or unless the Beers got an extraordi-
nary proportion of recruits. Estimat-
ing the Boer force now in the field at
10000. men, the odds against the little
army are about "A to l.
1t is declared by friends Of the Beers
tnat Lord Kitchener includes women
and children in his captures.-Balti-
more Sun.
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"You ,otll s,redr to 1t, | supposef'
you ever did in your life. Do you
know II that scoundrel Escudera had
got here first with his yarn 1t would
have bothered me. and shouldn't wo:
der If | had issued q warrant for yoi
As 1t was. his story corroborated every
thing you had said. only 1t turned the
tables on himself It's great piece of
work for the district attorneys office to
accomplish. eh? think 1t deserves a
small bottle. Let's go and have one."
That evening. at the Savoy, Craig re-
lated to Carmen every event Of the
day, and they were exceedingly happy.
knowing that justice had placed Its
iron hands upon the murderers Of Burr
Pendleton.
A week later Carmen received tele-
gram from Mexico informing her that
Ignacio Romero was dead, and subse-
quently a letter came explaining that
he had committed suicide. He had
made some trivial excuse to borrow
penknife from one Of the nurses and
with 1t had taken his own worthless
life. Under his pillow was found
letter from New York, which told of
the arrest and undoubted conviction of
his friends. Doubtless that was his
reason for the act.
A month later than that, while Craig
and Carmen were sitting at the same
table where they had their first lunch
con together, he said to her:
"Carmelita, you know l told you once
that I was a sudden fellow, but do
not think | have been very sudden IN
this affair Of ours. One week from to-
morrow 1 must sail for Europe on I'M
portant business which cannot be post
poned. Will you marry me one week
from tomorrow and 60 with me?
Her answer was "Yes."
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sender, and which by chance has beel

sender, and which by chance has been
preserved, wound up as follows:
Are your guests such greedy swine
That you don't dare to give them
wine?
I wouldn't ask such folks to dine.
Your much disgusted
Valentine"
This brings one naturally to consid-
Grafton Of presidential valentines Of a
certain class-necessarily the most in
teresting one-which owe their author
ship to those who send them. During
Benjamin Harrison's administration
was received a mild one Of this kind,
which read:
Little Benny,
Have you any
Office you can send me?
If not, sonny,
Ready money
You may kindly lend me,
P. S.-Do 1t quickly Baby Mine,
And will be your Valentine"
Many Of Mr.. Harrison's valentines
had reference to the grandfather's hat
in one way or another. 1t is always
some personal attribute or characteris-
tic that conveys inspiration in such
matters. While Mr.. Cleveland was in
the White House practically all Of the
valentines represented enormously fat
men. That was too obviously a physi-
cal trait to escape attention. One Of
them bore the following inscription,
and on account of the originality Of
the verses has been preserved:
Il pray you tell me, gentle Grover,
Why are you always sbubbling over
With vanity and self-conceit?
I think you get too much to eat,
If you would only try starvation,
It might be better for the nation"
This was only small part Of the
poem" There were a dozen other
stanZas.
Plenty Of such shafts Of wit, with ac-
companying cartoons in bright colors.
will be mailed this week, at cost Of
a penny apiece, to Mr.. Roosevelt. In
most of them, presumably, he will fig
ure as a comic soldier. But he Is gift
ed by nature with keen sense Of hu-
NOR and he would not mind such play
full assaults a particle If they were
brought to his notice.
Other officials Of high rank in WASH
ington are usually recipients Of more
or less attention in the way of valen-
tines every year. Thomas B. Reed,
when he was speaker Of the house,
used to get a good many penny pic
lures Of fat men, with appropriate
verses. Members Of the cabinet are
pretty sure to receive a few when the
anniversary comes round. 1t is one of
the privileges Of their position.
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CHAPTER XII.
RoDRIGUEZ'S CONFESSION.

RODRIGUEZ'S CONFESSION.
- OR a moment the three MeXi'
cans were too greatly astound'
e. to move or to speak, and
that moment was sufficient to
give the officers chance to seize them
Escudera wheeled like lightning. but,
observing Instantly that there was no
chance to escape and doubtless realiz-
Ing the futility of such thing even II
he could effect 1t, remained motionless
where he stood while the officer nearest
him snapped a pair Of handouts on
his wrist
Rodriguez made one heroic dash to-
ward the door, but ran straight into
the embrace Of the officer nearest him
and was also handcuffed.
Bustamente acted as his half devel-
oped nature had taught him to act In
emergencies. He whipped out knife
and struck with all his strength
straight for the heart Of the man who
charged upon him. The weapon would
have taken effect and there would
have been q second murder chargeable
against the trio but for the presence
of Craig Wyndham.
he appeared from behind the screen
where he had been concealed just IN
time to see the weapon raised. and lie
sprang toward the maddened man and
seized his wrist. He was only partly
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mune. In that case, venture to say,
none, or very few, Of my able lieuten-
ants would consent to remain. The
works would therefore fall into incom-
petent hands.
But suppose they didn't That
wouldn't forestall their ruin, for my
chief customers-foreign countries-put
their trust in me, in my methods, in
my honesty. What has a parcel Of
unknowns to offer in place Of such in
dividual qualities?
"Krupp's Works, administered ac-
cording to Socialistic theories, would
die Of distrust, incompetence and lack
Of experience on the part Of the admin
correspondent Of
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Htisfellaneuus &eadius.
A POWERFUL APPEAL.
The Drink Habit II Running the
British Nation.

British Nation.
No man in England has a stronger
hold upon the regard and confidence OF
the working men than John Burns. He
has devoted his life to efforts for the
betterment Of their condition. The in
fluence he has acquired in parliament
has enabled him to promote the sue
cess Of many movements in behalf of
the working classes and to secure leg
islation favorable to their rights and
interests.
The counsel of John Burns Is always
seriously considered by English work.
ingmen. In all his public addresses al
ways relate to practical and timely Is
sues.
In a recent speech in London he dealt
very impressively with the evils Of the
drink habit.
To this he attributed largely the over
crowding Of tenements in London, the
amount Of pauperism, the prevalence
of crime, the increase Of betting and
the growing isolation Of the poor from
the rich. He said:
II deem 1t my duty to say that but
for drink and its concomitant evils our
problems would be smaller and our
remedies more effective"
Think more and drink less" Is the
motto which workingmen should adopt
and act up to.
John Burns believes that any real
temperance reform must depend more
upon the individuals own morality
and thoughtfulness than upon legisla-
ton, but he considers it the solemn
duty of the government to reduce the
number of drinking places. The Brit
ish drinking bill Of $4,000 1000 or $40 a
head, every year Is, John Burns says,
a stigma upon the nation and ruinous
waste Of its substance. Liverpool,
since 1889, has reduced its police drunk
enness cases from 5000 to 4,1sO, it's
crime from 926 to 552 per 100000, its
policemen by 100, at a saving of $40,-
900 to the rates, by the simple remedy
Of having got rid Of 345 licensed prem
ises in II years.
The adoption Of similar policy In
London would be of immense moral
and material benefit to the city.
The increase Of drunkenness among
British artisans Is accountable to a
great extent for the loss Of British
trade and is bringing other calamities
and burdens upon the English people.
John Burns could not be engaged in
more patriotic work than his heroic
efforts to stem this tide Of dissipation.
Atlanta Journal.