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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
THE new YEAR,
Scanas and incidents on the
First Day.

| Just one week ago, with clear skies and
| balmy atmosphere. was ushered In the
| glad Christmas morning. when the
| wearfed merchants and overworked sales
peoDle OF the great stores paused. not only
to enjoy the delights OF the Christmastide
but TO fnd relaxation and rest
With clustering gales and a freezing at
mosphere appeared this morning the
dawn OF New Year. fraught with count
less hopes and expectations, not TO say
good resolutions ad finitum.
Just one week ago: but what a change,
not only In the material world but I'm
the outward aspect OF all things. In the
place OF the familiar Merry Christmas"
on the streets this morning are heard on
all sides, uttered through chattering
teeth however. the salutstion. "a Happy
New Year"
To the busy bank clerks, state officials
and officers and clerks at the city hall the
! advent of the New Year was most hear
tily welcome, stint ~ brought TO all these
days respite from the daily round OF
duty. To. society folk the dawn OF the
day bespoke thoughts OF gladness and
gayety because OF numerous New Year
receptions, teas and the like. which had
been planned To hundreds OF the poor
and unfortunate In our midst the day
brought naught OF gladness Or of hope.
for the freezing atmosphere, but empha-
sized their wretchedness and misery
Along the thoroughfares and in the big
department stores the change from
Christmas 10 New Years was most COM
ptetes ana, Nv COMPARISON, might nave al
most suggested Goldsmith's Deserted
Village"
In place of hurrying throngs along the
streets the travellers were few and far
between In the early hours OF the morn
ing, and the stores wore indeed a de-
serted air. The conspicuous thing about
the shop windows were the Annual Mark
Down Sales" and these attracted a small
army OF bargain hunters. without which
business would have been at a standstill.
Ii seemed indeed like the calm after the
storm. and was n most welcome change
TO the men and women behind the coun-
ters who have scarcely yet recovered
from the strenuous life OF the Christmas
~ ason.
Altogether the day dawned and waned,
in the business circles of the town like
any other dull day In the year. and was
chiefly remembered by the oft-repeated
words-"A Happy New Year"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Mrs. Jane Kennedy better known as
Mrs McGinty, was fined SO and costs In
court this morning for making an assault
upon her next door neighbor, Kate Cor
man.
A pail of beer, a mop and a piece Of
board were I'm the mix-up and II is possi-
bic that more arrests will follow.
These two families reside on Second
street and are both we'll known TO the po-
lice.
Last evening Mrs. Kennedy and
friend were drinking from a pail OF beer
and she and her friend claim that Mrs
German was watching them through q
window and few moments later. Mrs
Kennedy went out of the house and as
she did according TO her story Mrs Cor
man damned" her with mop. Mrs.
Kennedy then picked up a piece Of board
and when she got through with Mrs. Cor
man the latter was about ready for the
hospital.
The story goes that Mrs. German then
returned 20 her home went to bed with
her face and head covered with blood and
was a sight this morning. Mrs. Kennedy
had not. up 20 noon, been able to get any
one to pay her out
A black horse attached 10 an express
wagon was stolen from in front OF Fred
erck Whites house at Seekonk, yester-
day.
Mr.. White is one OF the operators at the
telephone office and drives 10 and from
the office and yesterday morning when he
reached his home he left his team stand
ing i'm front OF his house. hitched and
few moments later it was gone.
The police of Seekonk. East Providence
and Providence are looking for the team.
Reliance Lodge OF Odd Fellows watch
ed the old year out and the new one in
last night and 10 make the watch" still
more agreeable hot turkey supper was
served
The Massasoit club, the leading organ
ization OF its Kind In town had an at
tendance Of over 70 az It's meeting last
evening. and addresses were made by the
Hons Mesgrs. Sponer Rich and Anthony.
A turkey supper was served
The town council will meet this evening
when Mcssrs. Bennett and Murphy will
makcx~s 'hird applications for Iiauor IL
ccnses. Bets arc about even as to the out
come.
The residents from Pottcr's IN T,uther's
corners are in hiEh glec for they have cv-
cry renTnr t0 believe that tho uctitiou
that u fo De presented 90 The council this
evening hy John Davis FOR "a water main
VIII receive favorable consideration and
this viii include watering trough at
the last named corner
II they get this thev will then ask FOR
electric lights and eflfes-s-if- --al4i
James Oill ig IN town arain and mas
told some OF his friends that hc hfs go
ing 20 sue the town for sending him 10
Cfanston az q common drunkard
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
Baseball War COntinues--T al
Century Clubs Next moksr--Lajois
Declared a Wonder.

President Johnson OF the American
league and James A. Hart Of the Chicago
Ball club have started a mild feud anew
The peace pact between Johnson and
spalding does not seem TO include Hart
The latest charges OF Johnson against
Hart are that the latter is encouraging
players TO jump contracts, and IL this
Is proved lively times are predicted. 1t
Is expected that the raid which has been
mostly on the American league side will
be carried 20 extremes never dreamed OF
before and that the national league viii
try TO do a little rustling on its own
account
IL is for this reason that the pre-
liminary peace conference between john
son and Spalding may come TO an abrupt
END at any moment.
The report today that Hart has been
tampering with Jones. who was signed
by Milwaukee from the Rockford club,
and with Bradley and Mccarthy OF the
Cleveland club aroused JOhnson's ire.
IL is said that the American league has
contracts with Jones and also Elliott.
another Milwaukee player. Both OF these
men received advance money from Mil
waukce Bradley mas a two years con-
tract with Cleveland, while Mccarthy has
an understanding with the Cleveland
management
Bradley was offered about 5000 by Presi-
dent Hart last year. after he had signed
with Cleveland. and Hart has frequently
said that ne would yet land the third
baseman for Chicago Should he try TO
do so retaliation will follow. and all
peace pacts will be cast 20 the wind.
President Johnson asserted today that
The American league under no circum-
stances would tamper with a man that
had signed a contract but he intmsted
that there were other ways I'm which HIS
league might get even. He said that his
League had signed the National league
players open and above board by Offering
them more money while they were IN the
market
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
ON LOCAL ALLEYS.

Soucier's team won two OF the contests
from Browns team in the Music Hall Sc
ries last evening Comparative wide mar
gins separated the teams in the several
contests, the second event being the most
closely contested. y. Grove was the high
roller, obtaining a total OF 295, which In
cluded singles OF l02 and i01 The sum
mary: Soucier's, 1900; Browns, 1247
Vickers' team won two contests from
Swift's-+eam In the New Century series
last evening. All the games were closely
contested. which increased the interest I'm
tho several results Vickers made the big
gest total. obtaining 293. i'm which singles
of 101 and 100 were included. Shultz also
rolled az strong pace, obtaining "a total
OF 2S2. The summary: Vicker's, 1854:
SwiftS' 30
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
MARCONpS PLAN.
viii Establish Wireless TeIsg-
raphy on a Commercial Basis.

New York. Jan. l.-Cuthbert Hall. man.
ager OF Marconis company. asserts that
the inventor OF wireless teegraShy will
be back In England IN two or three
weeks, says a dispatch 10 the Tribune
from London.
lie will then start in in earnest on the
work OF putting England and America
In wireless communication on a practi.
cal commercial basis The American
station will be at Cape Cod and the Eng
lish station will be IN Cornwall. as al
present. and Mr.. Hall is optimistic enough
to believe that within six months wire
less service between England and Ameri-
ca will be I'm operation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01

construction OF which are TO be briefly.
about as follows: Length over all. sS feet
s inches; length on water line. q feet;
beam, seven feet six inches; draught. five
feet six inches. The committee has ac-
cepted the estimate OF East Boothbay
(Me) builders, of $1,000. Already five
members have agreed 10 take ono each OF
the H-foot class boats. Messrs.T. L.Park.
Oliver Hartman. Jr.. Howard Willets,
Stuyvesant Wainwright and William II.
Browning.
The second design calls for boat. OF
which the dimensions and specifications
are approximately: Length over all, 25
feet: length OF water line, is feet; draught.
three feet three inches: beam. seven feet
six inches: sail area, 40 square feet. The
builders agree 10 deliver this boat by May
Is for $3.50.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01

Charles II. Kuhns, formerly with Wor-
ceSter.
Secretary Karp has issued the official
call for the next annual meeting OF the
American bowling congress, which viii be
held I'm Buffalo Jan. y. The call says the
time Of the congress is necessarily limited
and urges delegates TO be on hand
promptly I'm order to give proper consid-
GRAFTON to the important business TO be
disposed OF.
Bids for the McGovern- Sullivan contest.
20 be decided the second week In Feb
ruary, were opened I'm New York today.
After some spirited bidding the offer of
the Yosemite Athletic club OF San Fran
cisco-55 per cent. OF the gross receipts;
with no training eXpenses-was accepted
by the managers Of the principals
can Just remember Roger Connor
when he played with the Holyoke baseball
team years and years ago. Many's the
time / carried the bats in those days
for the sake Of seeing game. And what
great old games they were, too! why,
II was worth the price of admission. 20
see Rogers line 'em out for Holyoke and
Pike send 'em down to the half-mile track
for Springfield. The diamond in those
days was just the other way from what
n IS today; the catcher used 10 face
toward the north and the grandstand was
up against the lower turn Of the mile
track Springfield. Mass. Union. Pike
PLAYED centre field for the Providence
team quarter OF a century ago
The big six-dav go-as-you-please relay
foot race 10 be held at Madison Square
garden In February will have as entries
all the noted "peds" and several long-dis-
tanco runners OF national fame. Among
the latter are Caffrey. twice winner OF the
n. A. A. Marathon race; the Pierce broth
ers; William Davis and James n Bar;
nard. both Indian teams, and Ernie
Hjertberg. the old cross-eountry crack.
Sam Harris Terry McGovern's man
ager, SAYS that Terry Is satisfied to night
at Frisco. as he Is used TO the climate,
and has many friends out there. Sulp-
van has been anxious 20 visit the Pacinc
coast. The posting OF the. money and
other details will be settled some time
this week Harry Corbett viii act as ref
cree IA place OF Bob Fitzsimmons, who
was TO act only in case the mill took place
in the East
The polo games last evening resulted as
follows: At Clinton-Clinton 4, Plymouth
2 At Lowell-Lowell II. Portland 3. AZ
7 Standardization Z. Lawrence /. At
Salem-Salem s. Worcester !.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01

will also detail two men from the Signal
Corps 10 report To the adjutant general
In fatigue uniform with signal fags on
the same day at 1885 a m.
4. Major Maynard will detail from his
battalion one non-commissioned officer
as flag and one private as orderly to re-
port To the adJutant general at the Mar
ragansett hotel on the same day at 945
a m.
BY order of
CHARLES DEAN KIMBALL.
Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor
and Commander-in-Chief.
FREDERIC M. SACKETT.
Adjutant General.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
YACHTS IN 1902

The coming seasons racing by the
American Yacht club will be I'm all proba.
bility more interesting than has been the
case for years. The regatta committee
has decided to add two new classes to the
clubs list.
Plans and specifications have been OBJ
tanned from B. r. Crowinshield for
2i-foot race boat the dimensions and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
MICHIAISTS' STRIKE ENDED

Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE strike of the ma
chnists Of the shops OF the Allis-Chal-
mers company. begun last May. is report
ed 10 have been settled at a meeting last
night between the representatives of the
union and the company.
Both sides were reticent in reference
TO the results of the conference and IL is
not known on what terms the settlement
was reached.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
THREE BURNED.
Were Occupants Of House on
Second Avenue, Now York.

New York. Jan 1.--Three persons we're
severely burned in a fire which started
In the cellar of a fve-story tenement in
Second avenue early this morning They
are Thomas Cummins, Mary Nolan.
Nellie Higgins.
cummins was probably fatally hurt.
The financial loss was small
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01

out The pistol saved Carhi and Muller
from being Tapped again. The score ar
the end OF the 10Th hour follows:
Butler and Mclean. Mcfarland and
Maya. King and samuelson. Gougoltz and
Simar. Munroe and Freeman, Leander
and Rutz. .404 miles FIVE laps; FISCHER and
Chevalier. 40i miles three laps; Krebs and
Keegan. A.. miles one lap; Jaak and Mul
Ter. i03 miles nine laps: Mcconnell and
Carni, 403 miles three laps.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
SERIOUS FIRE.
Many Cows and a Horse Burned
at WllOn.

winton, n. H.. Jan. l.-Thirty-two COWS
and horse were burned 20 death and
50 tons OF hay a number OF farm wag-
ons and a quantity Of farming imple-
ments were consumed in fire which de-
stroyed the barn OF W. ". Woodward
here last night. Mr.. Woodward and his
wife were away from home az the time.
the house being left to the care OF their
two sons, 10 and u years OF age.
The flames were seen by neighbOr who
rushed to the house and aroused the two
boys. who were found fast asleep. The
cause OF the fire is unknown.
The loss will reach $4,000. partially in
sured. The fire department was called
upon but could give no assistance, owing
20 the great distance OF the buildings
from water supply.
Burdock Blood bltters gives a man :.
clear head. an active brain. a stron-
vigorous body-makes him Mt for the hat.
tie OF life.
Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas,
Eclectric oil. Perfectly safe. Never SaI.
At any drug store.
Every family should have its housebold
medicine chest and the first bottle in n
should be --r. Woods Norway Pine sv
rup. Natures remedy for coughs and
colds.
Itching piles? Never mind II physicians
failed TO cure you. Try Doan's Ointment.
No failure there. 80 cents at any drug
store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01
GENERAL GOSSIP.

Watkins has signed for Indianapolis
Charles B Kuhns, formerly with Wor-
cester.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01

Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas,
Electric OIL Perfectly safe. Never fan,
At any drug store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-01

Burdock Blood bitters gives n rsn
| clear head. an active brain. a stropr
| vigorous body-makes him Mt for the bat.
| tie OF life
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
Reasons For Pride.

There was present at a certain big
dinner in England an American wom-
an Of prominence who was somewhat
annoyed by tactless English woman
who undertook to banter her and who
said:
III take it for granted that you have
no coats of arms in your new coun-
try"
"Of course no American family could
have one unless ii was borrowed from
English ancestry" replied the former
American.
For instance, has your family any
especial cause for pride over your
grandfather" persisted this particu-
larly tactless female cad
Then the American woman opened
up and replied as calmly as possible I'M
der the circumstances, Not much per-
haps. only that my grandfather on my
mothers side received Burgoyne's
sword when he surrendered at Sarato-
"a and my grandfather on my fathers
side received the sword of CORVALLIS
at Yorktown"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15

Despite the noble work done by men
~ various us Ruskin and Stevenson.
Pater and Newman, one feels that the
rull glory OF prose, as a medium for
beauty, was not realized by them-is
not yet realized save by few. Prose
Is not yet written as frankly for its
own sake as poetry. Ii ought TO be.
or course | do not mean that 1t ought
not TO be continued as vehicle for
every kind OF dldactic purpose. But II
ought also TO be used by those who
could well use IL so for the expression
OF merely lyrical feeling.
In modern English prose there are, IL
is true, many lyrical passages, but they
are always sandwiched apologetically
In the midst of expository writing. The
only separate prose lyrics that | can re-
call written in English are TRANSACTIONS
from another language, such as Mr.. An
drew Lang's translation from Theocri-
sus. recommend that dear little book
rs an incentive TO young writers OF
prose. Ii will embolden them 10 be
merely lyrical. thus Fastening the day
when writer's OF prose shall be as spe-
cific and distinct class as poets are
now.-London Academy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
BODIES Turned to stone.

Human bodies buried in limestone
countries are often turned 10 solid stone
by the limewater which penetrates the
graves. In other soils there are Gle
ments which sometimes so embalm the
buried dead as to preserve form and
features unchanged. Many such cases
are on record. Robert Burns body was
diSinterred in 1915 to be removed to II
new tomb TO the surprise OF all his
friends the features were found To he
as perfect as M burial. When The body
of John llampden. lhP famous English
patr.oi and leader was disinterred by
Lord Nugeul 20u years after burial. the
form and features were as unchanged
as II the corpse had been recently laid
in the grave.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
Mummies In America.

Comparatively few Americans real
lie that right here in their new old
land are TO be found counterparts of
Egypt's great wonder-veritable cata-
combs OF mummies as genuine as any
that exist in the land Of the Nile.
1t is now generally received fact
that the so called cliff dwellers7 are
not an unknown race at all. but our
own peace loving Pueblo Indians. who
in the old days built their great stone
houses much as we now build our
forts-for purposes Of defense.
These wonderful stone houses, far
up the steep cliffs of Arizona and New
Mexico, abound in relics Of prehistoric
days, not least among them being the
munimied bodies of their former occu
pants.
In Peru also, at the time of its dis
covery by the Spaniards, the natives
were very skillful in the art of mum
my making.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
water Clocks In China.

In the history of the Tang dynasty
II is stated that In Persia at the same
period there was clepsydra on a ter
race near the palace formed of bal
ance containing twelve metal balls.
one of which fell every hour on bell
and thus struck the hours correctly. 1t
+ deemed not unlikely that this lnstru-
ment was identical with the celebrated
one which the king of Persia sent in
the year S07 to Charlemagne
In S9S the astronomer Tsiang pro-
duced an Improvement on all former
instruments-a machine arranged on a
sort of miniature terrace ten feet high
and divided into three stories. the
works being in the middle. Twelve i'm
ages OF men, one for every hour. APP
peared in turn before an opening i'm
the terrace. Another set of automata
struck the hours and eighths of hours.
These figures occupied the lowest sto-
ry.
The upper story was devoted to as
tronomy. containing an orrery In mo-
ton. Very complex machinery must
have been required AS TO the nature
OF the mechanism nothing is known x-
cept that ii was kept going by falling
water.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
Twinkle. twinkle. little star,
How 1 wonder what Won are.
Wisdom In city Directories.

The New York city directory for the
early years Of the nineteenth century
contained an almanac and other fea
lures now considered to be extraneous
10 directories. The compilation was
largely done by Abraham Shoemaker.
Mr. Shoemaker had a habit Of orna-
menting the margins OF the pages with
quaint old saws Of this character:
A traveller should have hogs nose.
a deer's legs and an ass back.
\ little house we'll filled, little field
well titled and little wife well drilled
are great riches.
A poor man must walk to get meat
for his stomach. the rich man to get a
stomach for his meat
Tell miser he's rich and woman
she's old. YOU II get no money Of the one
nor kindness from t'other.
Love. cough and smoke can't well be
hid.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
A Small Legal Fee.

The smallest fee ever taken by an
English counsel was sixpence. that fee
having on one occasion been taken by
the late Sir John Holker. Barristers
fees were in olden times much less
than those now paid. An entry occurs
in the churchwardens' accounts OF St
Margarets, Westminster, for 1416,
showing that fee of IS. Sd. with
fourpence for his dinner, was paid to
Robert Flypott counsel, learned in the
law, for his advice.
In Mares GLOSSARY" a barrister's
fee was stated to be an angel, or 10
shillings. These are somewhat different
figures from the 600 guineas paid to
Sir Charles Russell number of years
ago ut the Leeds asszes for less than
three hours work, or at the rate of
over guineas a minute.-London Tit
Bits
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15

EVERYBODY ho visits Rome must ex-
pect tolbe sudled and disappointed.
There are ms Illusions, and you will
be greatly dippointed when you ap-
proach hem a they fade away. You
VIII be swindl by shopkeepers. hack
men, peddlcrtlld everybody that you
have anything DO with. and the beg
gars will anneyou with their persist
ence like theAkirs and flower girls
that follow yciIpon the street. but all
this Is a partf the experience OF ev-
erybody who nnes here. only such an
noyances are sater I'm Rome than In
most other plas.
Begging is profession. as in every
other italian ~. and the profits are
much larger. ecause there are more
strangers 10 peal to- None but mex
Iperienced hears ever approach a ma
tive Roman. eause they know 1t Is
useless, but ty save all their encrg!
and pathos ( strangers. particularly
Americans m English. whom they
follow with e greatest persistence.
Chicago Heril.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
Not ouie strong Enough.

While Mr. Ehwtrey and his company
were playing The Gray Mare TO
crowded houes in Edinburgh some
years ago tie care of the thunder
storm. the oise of the rain being
made by the igorous rafting of few
peas in tin box. was intrusted to an
old Scotsmanknown as Mac. who had
been emplCMd about the Theater
Royal for many years and was no
longer as energetic as he used to be.
On the first night the peas were not
ratified with sufficient energy to please
Mr.. Hawtrey, who. rushing over TO the
astonished Mac. ratified him, box and
peas together. exclaiming:
Louder, man. louder! It's a storm
we want, not Scotch MIST!