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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
BOUGHT POISON
Mrs. Manson Held in COnnec-
ton With Mrs. Wilson's Death

Wilimantic. Conn. Dec. is.-coroner A.
c. Blll Of Danielson came TO this city to-
day for the purpose OF investiga ting
stories bearing on the action Of Mrs. Leila
Manson. who s now held in Brooklyn jail
because of suspicious circumstances in
connection with the death OF Mrs. Julia
A. Wilson Of Ashford last Saturday.
Untlcertsin supposed clues which de-
veloped from the statements OF Witnesses
have been followed up, the coroner said.
the inquest which was begun IN Ashford
yesterday will not be resumed. II In un-
derstood that one of the point which he
will investigate concerns the alleged pur-
chase Of poison by Mrs. Manson In this
citl last July. The report Of the Hartford
physician to whom portions Of the stom-
ach and intestinee OF the dead woman
were submitted for examination. has not
been received yet, but IL expected within
day or two.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19

ploys q claim agent by the name OF Elisha
r.. Potter.
He has been in the employ of the COM
pany for many years and has done a good
deal OF detective work in handling claims
presented against the corporation.
Miller testified that Potter offered him
$50 to keep away from the trial.
The next day Potter appeared In court
and repudiated Miller and all that he had
said. He. Potter, had never seen nor
conversed with Miller upon any feature
of the case.
Benson. who had been severely injured
by stepping of the end OF the roof or q
box car, which roof had been cut away in
part, was awarded verdict for S1s.500.
Subsequently Mr.. Buckland the resident
attorney for the Consolidated road con-
ferred with Mr.. David s. Baker. who
conducted the trial In behalf Of the rail-
road company.
They decided that a complaint for per-
jury should be preferred against Miller.
The later was arrested by Detective
Ahern, last night upon warrant, the
body OF which read as follows:
That Joseph Miller having been duly
sworn to testify to the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth In tho
common pleas division OF the supreme
court for Providence county In the state
OF Rhode Island on the 11th day OF Mo-
vember, 1902, in the case of James II.
Benson. plaintiff against the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad COM
pany a corporation. defendant. did then
and there commit perjury in the testi-
mony he the said Joseph Miller gave In
said case"
Miller was arragned in the 9Th district
court this morning.
He was without counsel and pleaded
without being cautioned as to the import
ance OF what he might say as bearing
upon his future liberty.
He pleaded guilty after the warrant
had been read 10 him and was held for
the grand Jury in $1,000
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
INDICTMENT
FOR HIGH
TREASON
Grand Jury Returns True Bill
Against COL Arthur Lynch,
Who Fought for the Beers

London. Dec. 1o.-The grand Jury
summoned TO consider the Indictment OF
Col. Arthur Lynch. member of parlia-
ment for Galway who was arrested June
II on landing In England from the conti-
nent on the charge OF high treason in
connection with the part he took In the
South African war, where he Is alleged
to have commanded the Irish brigade. re-
turned true bill today against the de-
fendant.
The Lord Chief Justice. Baron Alver-
stone, In charging the jury remarked that
II was G. years since grand Jury had
10 deal with such a charge. which was
the highest crime known IN law
Col. Lynch's trial at the bar Is expected
10 begin January -.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
MILLER HELD IN
PERJURY CHARGE,
Accused of False Swearing in Case
Against Consolidated Road He
Pleads Guilty--BOund Over to
the Grand Jury.
There possibility
a
.
1t anec that tvera
which by 70 the plaintiff
testified
offer him the
ommi ed peruy n he o
n
had no couns


The dependability of witness is ever
cause OF anxiety to an attorney He may
be perfectly square in what he tells and
what he gives as evidence may be found
ed upon the bed rock of stable truth. He
may be mistaken, and honestly SO. In
what he thinks ne saw and what was said
and done In his presence. He may be
swearing to a deliberate lie. and yet do so
with so calm an exterior and so firm
voice as to deceive even the most care
full seeker after the truth.
1t has probably been the III fortune or
counsel for both plaintiff and defendant
in case OF considerable note and i'm
portsnce to run up against a man who
has worked injury to each.
A verdict OF Sl6,5o0 damages hangs In
the scales.
II counsel for the plaintiff can satisfy
the court that certain evidence given In
the trial Of the case had no material ef-
feet upon the jury and in influencing them
to find for the plaintiff, then a new trial
may not be granted.
II. on the other hand, the defendants
counsel can convince the court that what
the witness said did have direct and ma
terial influence with the jury then new
trial may be had.
III the verdlct stands-all otner points
raised having been tested and swept aside
the company Is out In the sum OF sl6.500.
III the verdict is set aside both parties
to the suit must go TO the considerable ex-
pense of a new trial
The case In point is that which was
brought by James II. Benson against
the New York. New Haven Hartford
Railroad company.
The trial was on for a number of days
and during It's progress Joseph Miller.
who was formerly a we'll known baseball
player, testified.
The Consolidated Railroad company en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
BY DEMOCRATS
John J. 0'Rei||y Elected Assist.
ant Superintendent Of JanItors.

Yesterday afternoon the committee on
school houses Of the school committee
met and elected an assistant superintend-
ent Of janitors a uosition formerly held
nv Thomas Brown. a colored Republican.
In selecting a man for the place tho
committee made most excellent choice.
appointing Mr. John J. O'Reilly. n ster-
ling Democrat and man fitted I'm every
way to perform the duties for which he
will he called upon TO MI. Mr.. oReilly
r. a resident Of the Fifth ward
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
DECISION RESERVED.

London. Dec. BIN the action Of the
Tsffvale Railroad company against The
Amalgamated Society OF Railroad Ser
wants. growing out OF the strike which
occurred In August. 1900 the Judge today
reserved his decision on the question Of
damages until the next sittings OF the
court
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
WINS SUIT
AGAINST
HUSBAND

rhs fury in the case OF Elizabeth II.
Allen against Charles l.. Allen found for
the plaintiff and awarded her $4,000. Mrs
Allen claimed she advanced money 20 her
husband that came 10 her from her faith
er.
The plaintiff and defendant are living
apart and she claims he did not make a
eod husband.
Mr.. Allen said his wife married him
knowing he was poor man and was will
ting 10 take the chance Of losing her
money when she gave Il TO him 10 ad-
vance his business interests.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19

Edwin Daniels house at 20 Hope street
vas broken into yesterday The theft pick
ing the back door lock. From attic rooms
was stolen a clock. worth 81. pair OF
gloves. sS0 gloves g. pocket book 25s..
SOC. pieos and the key TO the servants
trunk
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19
IN THE CANDY LINE.

No assortment 81 holiday gifts as large
ss ours. From 10c. to 5000.
The MILE. (Opposite Boston stors)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19

A dozen pairs OF gloves. valued AZ ~
was stolen from IN front OF Morris Ber-
gers store. 70 Charles street. by soma
boys. last evening. Berger chased the
thieves as far az the Union station.
when he lost sight OF them
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-19

Berlin. Dec. is.--Ambasssdor Tower pre-
sented his credentials to Emperor william
at the palace today. All tho members OF
the stan OF the embassy were present.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
Realities Of Life in
Southern Cotton Mills

There Is, In q corner of far south.
ern state. little factory town, built
IN the heart of radiant nature, where
blue skies, shining water and wood
crowned hills form q brilliant back
ground. against which the colorless
life of cotton-mill people stands in
startling contrast.
Hurrying to and from the mills at
early morning, noon, or evening, you
can see here throng of weary women,
boys and girls, young in years, and
Old IN faces-One and all stamped
with the mechanism of work which
has crowded out of their lives beauty,
sweetness, ambition and aspiration.
They live in dreary little houses.
cramped in space, without books, or
pictures, or music, or social enjoy
ment. They have no recreations, no
comforts, and their ignorance of all
domestic science is truly deplorable
Their homes are seldom we'll kept
Night workers from the mill sleep al
most all day in many of the houses
and Saturday afternoon, the half.holi-
day at the mill, is the only available
time for some of the women to attend
to domestic duties. They are always
poorly clad. The flimsy cottons and
cheap worsteds for which they spend
their hard-earned pittance are usually
saudy deceptions, which never wear,
and lose all semblance of color in the
first washing.
Wash-day, by the way, is movable
feast in this district for the woman
are bound by no fossilized traditions
concerning Monday
The most pitiable deficiency, how
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GODS CARE SUFFICIENT

If We We're responsible for results
we might we'll grow anxious and some
times discouraged, but we are not, and
we should leave them where they be-
long. 1t is true that we are not al
ways sure that we have acted wisely
or for the best in all things We may
to some extent even prevent Gods
plans for our best good from unfolding
perfectly, but God will honor the weak
est, most mistaken effort if it be sin
cerely made. We may not leave the
harvest field laden with the richest
sheaves, but there will be enough for
every cleaner when the infinite Father
is the husbandman. We want the
grain ripened before Gods time; the
fruit, while yet the tree blossoms; and
in cur impatience we cry out that
there never Will be a harvest. All!
blind reapers, not to see that the
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
Buried Pine Forest
a Profitable Find

The collecting of what is called rain
bow wood is mparatively new in
dustry in Maine.
Though the dwellers along the sea
board have known for years that drift
wood picked up from salt water gave
out iridescent tints when burned in
open CRATES, they attached no value
to the coloring of the flames until the
rich summer visitors came down East
and changed the picking of driftwood
from an occupation akin into idleness
into a profitable calling.
For five years the whole coast line
of Penobscot bay has been secured in
quest OF wood, and when the supply
grew scarce and the price advanced
from $40 to S25 cord, a Boston chem
ist grew rich from inventing q powder
which wnen burned with dry wood
yielded colors nearly as bright as the
genuine wood from the sea.
This fall Emery Bowden, farmer,
who sold considerable driftwood in
former years. went to the salt mead
ows at the foot of his field and began
to dig his years supply of muck, which
was used as bedding for his stock and
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
Preacher Tells Good Story.

DR. William McElveen. the popular
clergyman Of the Shawmut Congrega-
tional church, appeared In new role
the other evening when he took the
stump at a Foss rally in the South
End. DR.. McElveen, while preserving
all the dignity of minister, was ex.
ceedingly funny. He kept the audi.
ence laughing all the time he was on
the platform. and when he concluded
and sat down they insisted that he
continue.
He then told story about a negro
who called his sixteenth child Judas
1scariot because, like Judas of old, sit
would have been better for him If he
had never been born" The story
brought down the house. There are
few men who can speak from the pull.
pit and from the stump with equal
success.-Boston Journal.
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ever, in the housekeeping of these
poor women. who have had SO little
time or opportunity to learn, is their
inability to cook. They cannot prop.
erly prepare the simplest food. and
when you see their unattractive, inli-
gestible meals Of heavy biscuit, i'll
done meats, and indescribable slices
OF potato. you can no longer wonder
at the pallid faces, poor constitutions
and early aging of this people.
There is not man, woman or child,
though, in the whole community. who
would not share the last crust of ill
baked bread with you. for generosity
is their characteristic virtue.
They are singularly without imagi-
nation. "It wasn't drawed out of them
when they were children" and no sub
tile touch of fancy ever gilds the CON-
monplace for them. The mill is real;
work is real; they must have real
money to buy real food, and anything
that does not bear the hallmark of ma
terialistic reality is, to say the least,
suspicious. The very children turn q
deaf ear to the most alluring fairy
tale Fairies are foreign to the envir.
onment.
Funerals, marriages. and quarrels
are the diversions of the neighbor-
hood.
Funerals are of paramount interest,
being, as it were, outside mill limits.
and appealing to the sensational side
of their nature.-New York Evening
Post.
Beware of the man who owns
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ESCAPE FROM SERVICE

Freedom is never deliyerance from
service; it is the passage from low
er to higher service. Sinai, with it's
commandments of duty. rises over
every deliverance from Egyptian bond
age. Il am the Lord thy God, which
brought thee out of the house of bond
age" And then follow the Ten Com
mandments. A man escapes from the
bondage Of ignorance or poverty; lit
is only that he may take up the duty
and service which wisdom and wealth
demand. Over every successful busi-
mass transaction, over every good in
vestment, over every fruitful days la
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
How Advertisinu Grows.

N. W. Aver & Son. the Keeping
Everlastinsly at 1t" advertising
agents of Philadelphia, have found it
necessary to move into new and
larger quarters at 30O-3OS Chestnut
Street in that city.
This announcement will interest
many publishers because Aver & Son
are SO widely known as promoters OF
newspaper publicity. They began
business thirty-three years ago, with
two people and an annual busines. of
$4,000. They now have one hundred
and ninety employees, and have for
years done the largest advertising
business in the world. The difference
between then and now is, they say,
Simply the result of making news
paper and magazine advertising pay
their customers.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20

gates have never closed upon weary
cleaner empty handed if he but wait
patiently till the close Of the day for
his reward. Leave it with God. The
birds do and they are fed. The lille,
grow and God clothes them. Are we
not much better?" Can it be that He
who feeds the birds and paints the
flowers will forget to give bread to,
His children--will fail to bring to pass
their desires when they have reached
the boundary between human strength
and infinite deliverance? 1t cannot be.
Yea. leave it with him.
'Tis more dear to his heart
You viii know.
Than the lilies that bloom
Or the flowers that start
Meath the snow.
What you need. all you need,
If you ask II in prayer
You can leave it with Him,
For you are His care.
You, you know.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
A PROMINENT DIVINE

Rev. c. Ernest Smith. D. D., Ill. d.,
of Baltimore, has been called to the
rectorship of st. Thomas p. e. church.
Washington, D. C. This is the leading
Episcopal church in the capital It
has always been the church home OF
many army and navy officers and their
families, and that element has always
had a good representation in the yes
try.
DR.. Smith is 46 years old. Of most
attractive personality. writer Of
prominence, great organizer and
worker, especially among the younger
element, and a strong preacher. He.
received his B. A. degree at Unfvers-
ity college, Durham, Eng; his D. D..
degree at st. Johns college and Uni
versity of the South, and his ID. G. l..
degree at University Of Bishops col
lege, Canada.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
RiSTMA9. 1902.

Rates to the old states are lower
service more perfect than ever before
Dec. 13, II, 81, %. 23 and 26 the
Southern Pacitic-Sunset Route will sell
round trip tickets to points in the
North. East and Southeast at rate Of
one fare plus $500, VIII limit for re-
s,rn thirty days from date of sale.
Double daily service, Pullman buffet
and excursion sleeping cars free
chair cars and day coaches. Direct
connection at New Orleans both east
and west bound. Write and let us
know your objective point. We will
be glad to quote rate, furnish schedule
and any additional Information you
may desire. M. l.. ROBBINS,
G.. P. A., Houston, Texas.
7. J. ANDERSON.
A G. p. A, Houston, Texas.
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A., EUROPEAN PRACTICAL JOKE.
All Right in Theory, but. Somewhat
Dangerous in Practice.

All Right in Theory, but. Somewhat
Dangerous in Practice.
Here is a practical joke which is
now causing much amusement in
Europe. AS you walk along street
with some friend say to him: You
see that man in front Of us? Well
I'll bet you $o that I'll knock his hat
over his ears
Your friend will naturally accept
your wager, and all you have to do is
TO step up behind the nnsuspecting
man and hit his hat such q blow with
your fist that it will come down over
his eyes. Ten to one he will begin
to fume and swear like a trooper, and
while he is struggling to get his hat
back into it's former position, you
must pull your Swn hat down over
your eyes, just as though someone
had subjected you to similar treat
ment.
AS a result, when he turns around
to attack you. he will conclude that
you, too, have been insulted by some
one, and the next minute both of you
Will be looking in every direction for
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engage the minister in conversat ton
regarding religion and there were no
more arguments until the church de-
cided to build new place of worship
There We're no funds with which to
buy the land, and then the chemist
came forward with his startling prupo-
sition.
He proposed to pay the minister for
listening to him discuss religious be-
liefs as he held them. The minister
laid the proposal before his congrega-
tion, and after due debate it was de-
cided to accept this sacrifice on the
part of the clergyman, who was will
ing to make martyr of himself for
the good Of his congregation.
The arrangements have been made
and the chemist will soon begin his
conversations. The Rev. Mr.. Ray
mond has stipulated that he shall not
have to undergo all the discussion at
one time. He will take an hour one
week and another the next Thus he
will distribute the ordeal over several
months.
The condition is that he shall not
dispute or argue. He must sit at re-
spectful attention and hear the doc
trines he holds most highly subjected
to the most caustic criticism the chem.
list is capable Of delivering. He and
his congregation are positive that
nothing but good will come of this
strange way Of raising money for
church
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20

Every day a little knowledge-one
fact in day How small is one fact!
Only one. Ten years pass by. Three
thousand six hundred and fifty facts
are not small tning. Every day a
little self-denial. The thing that is
difficult to DO to-day will be an easy
thing to do three hundred and sixty
days hence, if each day it shall have
been repeated. What power Of self
mastery shall he enjoy who, looking to
God for grace, seeks every day to prac.
tice the grace he prays for! Every
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
Clergyman to Listen
Silently to HereSV

When the Methodist Episcopal
church at Stratford, Conn. is built it
will stand upon land secured in a
stranger fashion than congregations
usually adopt to establish their places
of worship.
1t will be paid for by man who be.
lieves Methodist doctrines almost
blighted his life and who devotes him
self to arguing against them. In rec
Ompense he demands that the minis
ter, the Rev. Royal w. Raymond, lis
ten to him expound his doctrines for
eleven hours, during which time he is
to endeavor to convert the clergyman
to his own theories.
For eleven hours Mr.. Raymond will
listen to heresy, and he will be paid
at the rate Of $40 an hour.
Thaddeus e. Peck is the theist who
is willing to pay this price for the un-
divided attention of clergyman while
he eXpounds his theories Of religious
belief and endeavors to prove that
Methodism is built upon fallacy. He
is chemist. For long time he and
IAAS "iiioLCi, belAS uSloIDOtS, udu
been accustomed to undertaking long
arguments on religious subjects until
the clergyman. seeing that he was
wasting his force on an obstacle which
had no intentions Of being converted,
quit the pastime-as it was to the
chemist-and refused to be drawn into
discussion.
The chemist found that he could not
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
TWO CITIES.

Over the river on the hill
Lieth city, white and still.
All around 1t the forest trees
Shtver and whisper in the breeze:
Over 1t sailing shadows go
OF soaring hawk and screaming crow,
And mountain grasses, low and sweet,
Grow In the middle of every street.
Over the river under the hill
Another city lieth still.
There I see in the cloudy night
Twinkiing stars and household light:
Fires that CLEAN from the opened door.
Mists that curl on the river shore:
And in the streets no grasses grow
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
In the city on the hill
Never is sound Of labor or mill:
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

oy locs applications, us they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by cOnsti-
inflaned condition of the mucus lining Of the
Eustachian Tube, When this tube is inhamed
Eou have rumbtftS sound Or imperfect hear
the result. and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucuS surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness Caused by catarrh} that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY g. CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family pills are the BEST
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20

Dor, there arises Sinai of God. and
from it the divine law is spoken.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self" A man who gets the freedom
of these things, but hears not the COM
mandment, escapes, perhaps, the bond
age of poverty, but he misses the
promised land, and, it may be, wan
ders forty years in the deserts of self
ishness. The only escape from serv-
ice is into higher service. His sery-
ice is perfect freedom"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20
ERjGHT's DISEASE.

BFlghts Disease Is no respector OF
persons; it attacks men and women.
the strong and robust, the rich and
poor, the active body and brain work
ers, the fathers of families, the bread
winners in every sphere of life, seem.
ing to choose for it's victims those only
who can least be spared. Smiths Sure
Kidney Cure is the only guaranteed
remedy for Bright's Disease.
Your money back if it fails to cure.
Price SO cents. For sale by all drug.
gists.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-20

The houses are matched with gras1 \
flowers: n s,agfs
Never a clock to toll the hours;
The marble doors are always shut.
You can not enter in hall or hut; j z
All the citizens lie asleep.
Never again to SOW or reap,
Never in dreams to moan or sigh:
Silent, and idle, and low they lie.
In that city under the hill
When the night is starry and still.
Many a weary soul in prayer
Looks to the other city there.
And weeping and signing, longs 70 go
Up to that home from this below:
Longs to sleep In the forest wild,
Whittier have vanished mother and child.
And heareth, praying. his answer fan:
Patience; that city shall hold We all!'
Rose Terry Cooke.