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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22

President Frank Buchanan OF the Inter
national Association of Bridge and struc-
tural Iron workers visited this city this
morning arriving shortly after nine
O'Clock from the associations headonar-
ters in New York city.
Mr.. Buchanan In company with VII
liam ]. Powers president OF Local 81
made a tour OF the shops employing
structural iron workers in this city ana
found that the conditions under whcn
the outside men were working were very
unsatisfactory. especially those employed
by Norcross Brothers. This firm has
entirely ignored the union and Its de-
mands In this city. Its business is OF
immense magnitude and extends to
New York. Boston, Philadelphia and
other large cities. Because OF Its ac-
ton In this city President Buchanan sent
telegram to New York city giving or
ders to declare a strike immediateiy
against the shops OF NorcroSs Brothers
located In that city.
In an interview with the News" rep
resentative. President Buchanan stated
| that he had ordered a strike against the
Norcross Brothers In New York because
| they employed non union men here and
| that would be the best point at which
| to attack them. "If we don't lose our
| record We Will bring them TO time In
| short order" said Mr.. Buchanan THE
union demands in this city are very rea-
| sonable and considerably less than those
already secured In other cities. Union
| outside workers demands in Providence
| are 40 cents an hour, while In New York
city he gets 56 and one quarter cents and
| I'm Boston and other New England cities
he receives 45 cents an hour.
In Providence many shops are paying
| but % and 2S cents for outside work. The
| inside workers went on strike May day,
but secured settlement and will have
no trouble for year at least.
ECONOMIC LEAGUE.
The executive board of the Economic
league met in the Labor temple yester-
day afternoon at O'Clock and discussed
be submitted for consideration at the reg
ular meeting Of the Economic league 10
be held the first Sunday In July.
LABOR DAY COMMITTEE.
Because OF the very stormy weather
yesterday afternoon the meeting OF the
Labor Day committee at o'clock in the
Labor temple was not very we'll attended
and the election OF an executive board
was postponed till next Saturday evening
George Wilson of the Cigarmakers
union was elected temporary chairman
and John c. Barrett OF the Painters
union secretary Plans for the Labor
Day celebration were informally discuss
ed. and IL was agreed to devote more
space in the official program TO local la
Dor news and seven pages at least vii
be set apart for that purpose.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
LABOR DAY COMMITTEE.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY

New Bedford. Mass. June 22-Joseph
De Grasse sailor on bark Josephine.
who was arrested on his arrival in this
city last Saturday on n charge Of Rid
mapping a nine year old boy, was ar
raigned I'm the Third district court this
morning and pleaded not guilty. His
case was continued until next Saturday.
as the prosecution was not prepared 10
proceed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
MORE DESERTI0NS.

There were a couple more local men re-
ported deserted from the navy at the
mayors Office today.
One OF these was Private Edward Gil
thens. formerly OF this city. whom the
naval authorities say was reported a. n
deserter from the United States Marine
corps having left the marine barracks at
Annapolis
The other was Edward Afflick. whose
residence r. given as 4l6 Harris avenue
OF this city and who IL reported as hav-
ing deserted from the T.. s. s. Alliance
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
NOT A RELATION OF CONGRESSMAN

Rockland. Me. June 22-.The young
man reported dead at ogden. near Salt
Lake City, Utah. by alleged poisoning.
was not nephew Of Congressman Charles
f. Littleheld. but merely a namesake who
with his mother. Mrs. Charles f. Little
field, visited Congressman Littlefsld at
his Rockland home last summer.
He was not a relative. The young man
was secretary 10 Senator Rawlins Of Utah.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
6 DEATHS
MAY BE
RESULT
Gas Exp|odss in No. 4 Mine
Of the Lehigh Coal and Nav
igation Company.

Tamaqua, Pa. June 22-By an expo
sion of gas in the number mine OF the
Iehigh Coal company late last night IA
men were Sc badly burned that II Is
thought that six of them will die.
Daniel Lewis, miner. succumbed 10
his injuries today Two English speaking
miners and three foreigners are In crit
ical condition and their recovery Is doubt
full. The explosion 1t is believed was due
TO n defective safety lamp.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
RAN Wild
THROUGH
THE CITY
Coal Train Of 60 Cars Beyond
Control Of Engineer Kill
Three and Injuries Nine.

Spokane. Wash, June ga Great
Northern train OF 90 cars loaded with coal
got beyond the control OF the engineer
this morning and tore through the city
at an awful speed. finally jumping the
track at Dawson street.
Three persons were killed. nine injured
and one Is missing. Three buildings were
wrecked.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
FELL FROM CAR,

John Mooney. employed at No. freight
house fthe Consolidated railroad fell
from the top OF a car, this morning. dis
locating his shoulder and breaking his
collar bone lie was sent to st. Joseph's
hos pital
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
PLEADED GUILTY.
Randall Sentenced to SIX Months In jail
for Promoting Policy.

Richard Randall today pleaded guilty
to an Indictment charging him with pro-
noting policy.
He was sentenced by Judge Wilbur TO
six months I'm jail
Randall Is doing time also on another
indictment under which he was once
placed on probation. He kept policy
shop on Peck street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
Sll6HT FIRE.

An alarm was given from box 81 at
1926 this morning for fire In John
Greers tenement 20 Camden avenue. Mrs.
Green was using an oil stove. the fame
OF which ignited a skirt that was hanging
over the stove. The damage was $40.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
ARRIVAL OF OCEAN STEAMERS.

At New york--steamer statendam from
Rotterdam.
AZ New York--steamer Armenian from
Liverpool
At New York-Steamer Minnetonka
from London.
At Roston--Steaners Buffalo from Hull.
Bohemian from Liverpool; Chicago from
Antwerp.
AZ P1ymouth--steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
nsx Crosse from New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
DROWNED At GkRYlN'S FALLS

Concord. n. Y. June 22.--An unknown
Italian employed I'm the construction Of
n dam across the Merrimack river At
Garvin's Falls was drowned there TINS
forenoon by the upsetting OF n boat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
BREACH OF CONTRACT.

Benjamin +. Harrington has sued will
lam H. Leonard TO recover $500. Suit
is based on alleged breach of contract In
regard TO purchase of some lots on the
South Elmwood plat in Warwick.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
PASSENGERS FROM THE SOUTH.

The following passengers arrived to-
day on steamer ~ the Merchants and
Miners line.
Mr. A r McIntire. Mrs. McIntire. Miss
NJ McCabe. Miss NJ. Barron MIR u. NJ
Lewis. Mrs. Lewis. Mr.. II J clifford.
Mr. J. r. Thomas Mr. r. u. Graham.
Mr. ~ u. Clark Mr. B. y. stevens. Mr.
w. G. Freeman. Mir. W. G. Freeman Mr.
J. p Healy. Mr.. s. Cstesvias. Mr. J.
c. Hull
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.

A discharge in bankruptcy was granted
Esther Livingston In the United states
district court today as result OF re-
mort nv Chester w. Barrows, referee in
Bankruptcy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
sEx-d dividend.

FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET AND
light housekeeping rooms from N@ 10
AZ per week 1s3 Pine street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22

,IlcOnI makes belts grip the pulieys, prus
vIOUuI tects them from steam and w~-
Ter and prevents glazing. For s>ls by
BROWN BROS Co
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22
New York Stock Market.

Reported for The News by n. CURTIS
FLETCHER & CO., street moor, bahi-
uap Rnilding
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-22

MISCELLANEOUS.
NJ Freez. a. G. Stor 100 ....
p, r. r. g. ~. 8. B.. 100 ...' 49,
do. bE ..........s.ss lVp 80. -
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
is FAST BECOMING CENTRALIZED
IN THE WEST IN THE HANOSA
OF A FEW.
will Ultimately Control the Grea'
Traffic Routes From Canada to
Gulf and Lakes to Pacific.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Within the
pas? two weeks there have been TWO
significant signs of the times with re-
gard to the situation in the railroad
world west of the Mississippi. They
point Enthusiastically to the fact that all
railroad power in that territory is fast
becoming centralized in the hands OF
a very few men, who, acting in con-
cert will most certainly ultimately
control the great traffic routes from the
northern border to the Gulf of Mexico
and from the great lakes and the river
to the Pacific coast.
The two events are, first, the re-
opening OF negotiations between the
GiOulds and the Rock Island after a
short disagreement with regard to a
Joint gulf route; and, second. the Off
cial announcement i'll New York that
If f.. II. Hartman wants a right of
way for Union Pacific tracks, he has
but to ask for it and get it, without OPP
position from J. J. Hill.
These two events. either of which
would have been the sensati of the
year had it occurred between 1888
and 1898. hive passed without much
comment Yet, they eptomize the
tendency OF the day west OF the Mis-
sissippi. That tendency is toward CEN
tralization Of power. Whatever may
be the decision in the Northern Secu-
rites case, it viii not check that
tendency even for a moment. No sin
gle case. OF no dozen cases, even though
decided fatty and Unequivocally
against the principle of the merger
can stop the tendency.
Past Consultations.
For a general idea 4 glance at the
railroad map of this territory in 1883
and in 1903 is quite enough to con-
vince any one, even the most slleptical
That glance Will show that there are
but seven great systems west of the
river today. Two of them are merely
great local railroads. The rest are
consultations. They group as fol-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
SEND 5000 WORDS A MINUTE
p. H. Delaney Invents Telegraph Sys
tenn Which Is Revolutionary.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Telegrap l
messages can be sent and received a
| a rate of from 1000 to 5000 words q
minute. A reporter saw and heard
a message transmitted and delivered
at the former speed. Some idea OF
| this tremendous speed is got from the
i fact that the present rate of CONNER.
, cial communication is fourteen an6
a half words a minute. The inventor
of the new process expects to change
the whole system of business commu-
nication. Today the transmission OF
messages can, by the use of the short
est code. with the most expert opera :
tors reach only an average rate of
$500 words an hour. The record is
| $500. Here is an hours work done in
a minute.
The inventor, F. H. Delaney, who
devised the multiplex system, has been
working on his Last device for ten
years in South Orange. Stripped of
all technicality. the new automatic
telegraph system may be described as
follows:
A typewriter Keyboard. properly ma
nipulated. causes two rows of perfora-
tons to be made upon a narrow tape
of paper. which unwinds itself auto
maticaily over the type faces and re-
winds after being perforated. This
the dots being read when two holes are
OF a close angle or nearly in perpin-
dicular alignment. and the daShes
when the angle is greater. This tape,
reeled as it is finished. is put upon the
transmitter, which sends the same
dashes and dots to the receiving Of
flee.
A variation of the methods OF re-
ceiving adapts the device to several re-
Quirements. In the ordinary form the
words are reproduced in written
'Morse'", or by series of short and
long dashes upon Il paper tape chemi-
Cally treated to show discOOratiOns,
or ink marks. as traced by the record
ing needle or stylus. BY another
means the peforations are. reproduced
as originally made for the purpose of
'relaying' or fordWarding.
The actual mechanism employed in
all parts of the sending and receiving
apparatus is simple, though neCessa-
rily delicate.
The Derforator is an adjunct of the
lr.I Inv.
erful and very rapid motor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
ROMANCE OF WOMAN ur,,a-
Of Family Of Russian Scho,,,. \
Was Deceived by Swetbe.,. ~

i For six months the papers of LANAI
have been carrying stories of a nr..
rious young woman hermit who liv.,
in cavern in the chalf cliffs Of ro
wall. She was pursued for month, !,
the authorities, but eluded them o..
long time. Finally she was can,,..'
and placed in the Penzance workbo,s
She escaped twice and went baos !.
her old haunt, only to be recapturad +
a terrible state of emaciation.
Her reticence about her past life ~,
her love for solitude, combined vi,,
| the fact that her voice and MANN.
suggested that she was a woman :,
good education, aroused widespra.s
interest Her daring and resource !,
evading human sympathy and ca,.
read more like fiction than truth.
| Never by word or act did the wOma,
betray her identity, and the only cha
possessed by the authorities was
| bundle of letters and photographs th.s
| letters being written, in Yiddish and
Russian.
Shortly after her last sensationas
cape from the workhouse by .u,esssa
a rope made of sheets and blaAu
and her rcapture. in a very veal b
| dtiOn. five days later, MI. Elliss. IS.
dent OF the Hebrew congregat ton IN
Plymouth. and Mr.. BischofsWerder Of
Penzance, instituted inquiries in Russia
and Philadelphia.
Thes investiga tons have proved en-.
tirely successful in clearing up he
mystery. 1t has been established that
"Jeannie' comes of we'll known fam-
ly of Russian scholars living in Schar.
veil Grj Rolons, and that She was well
brought up and educated.
Misfortune, however, befell her fami-
ly; they became poverty stricken, and
like many OF her countrywomen, Jean
ME- migrated to the United States
settling in Philadelphia.
Here she became engaged TO a Rus
sian. but he deceived her, and JEAN
ME. a looking. intelligent girl, ap-
pears to have taken the unfortunate
love affair so much to heart that the
sight of her fellow creatures, especial
ly men. caused in her, terror and re-
pulsion.
Determined to disappear from friends
and kindred. she cam to England, ana
at once sought refuge in sequesterd
spots where no human wickedness and
guile could harm her.
"Jeannie's" father desires to cone
over and take her back with him 70
Russia, and though still reticent, she
appears to favor the suggestion.
Read the ads In tie Statesman.
Read the ads in the Statesman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30
FREIGHT TARIFFS MAY
BE ADVANCED By RAIL
ROADS.
Is of Great Importance to Merchants
and Manufacturers on the
Pacific Coast.

Merchants and manufacturers are
deeply concerned over the freight tar
if promulgated by the Transcontinent-
al Freight association, effective Jan
uary Is, by which an advance will be
rates. Many of the freight agents of
the railroads have not yet received
their revised tariff sheets and are not
informed of the details of the advance,
but it is Appropriated as an increase
Of about ten cents per hundred on
car lots and less than car lots, through
rates, says the Telegram.
This will be applied to nearly all
classes of merchandise of eastern
manufacture originating from points
at and east of Chicago and ST. Louis,
and is therefore of great Importance.
On certain classes of staples such an
increase means higher prices, always,
while on other goods it means lowering
of profits to the dealer. To the small
shipper it means a corresponding in
crease in total per hundred pounds to
the already much higher rate over the
large dealer who buys in car lots.
The new tariff is made effective to
all Pacific coast points. 1t is probably
the outcome of the Well-sustained
rates Of the past year which has been
particularly free from traffic disturb
ances and rate wars. and the power
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lows:
Ffrst-Northern Securities lines
Great Northern, Northern racine
Rurlington-each of which, IN It's turn
,,as ORIGINALLY independent lines
Second-Harriman lines-Southeri
and Union Pacific, oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad & Navigation, Kan
sas City Southern, Alton and ILLINOIS
Central. The number of small roao'
combined to make up this system Il
Eover fifty.
Third-Gould system-Missour1 Pa
1ifc. st. Louis Southwestern, Wapasn
4exas Pacific, International & Grea
3orthern. The roads consolidated tt
Hake this system originally owned SIX
IL three charters and most of then
WIRE used.
&Tourth-Rock Island-ROck Island
rdld, Frisco, ChOctaw, Burlington
CAar Rapids & Northern, and hal
a Hzen local lines all over the west
ThS total number of roads that have
loskHheir independence to this system
tweMY, and the number of charters
eatH red under one name is said to be
overN ixty.
EJM-Atchison- a consolidation
of hM roads. but comprising in its
miles se more than ten small ROADS
takelf in at different times. Gulf Col
orado & Santa Fe is probably the big
gest of these.
Sixth-Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paula powerful local system, beins
originally d consolidation of about ter
roads, and having since brought II
about ten more local lines.
Seventh - Northwestern - in the
words of the Chronicle-organiZed ir
1859, and has since absorbed many
other roads-among them the Omaha
Fremont & Elkhorn. Milwaukee, Lake
Shore & Western, etc.
Waiting to Be Swallowed.
There are no other trunk lines il
the west There are, of course, dOz
ems of local lines, and it may be broad
lN stated lndl II Is the pet dlllDItloi -
three out of every four of these loca
lines to be some day swallowed up BY
one of the seven lines enumerated
above. Such roads are the Great West
ern, Wisconsin Central, the HaWle1
lines. etc. Not month passes but one
of the big lines buys or leases an
other little railroad. even in this dark
year. when money is not easy to get
Witness the purchase of five California
lines and the Cane Belt by the Atchison
within the past month. and the guar
anteeing of the Columbia & Southern
bonds by the Union Pacific within the
past ten days.
Under the names of the seven sys-
TENS above there are grouped over
200 railroads that once operated, for
a shorter or a longer time under their
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-12-30

own charters, exercised their own
charter rights and privileges ana
fought stubbornly among themselves
for business-at any kind OF rates.
The grouping of these several warning
elements into seven great harmonious
svstems was not called community
of interests" 1t was the age OF con-
solidation, pure and simple. II IS SUN
going on. Within the past montn
there have been at least ten purchases
Of new mileage by one or other OF tnese
systems. It is known that at present
negotiations are under way for the
purchase of at least three more.
Greater Community of Interests.
The real meaning of the term com
munity of interest is the inter-rela-
tion Of these gerat systems. Several
ly they control all the avenues OF COM
MERGE west of the MISSISSIPPI Seattie'
Tacoma, Portland are in the hands Oh
Hill and Hartman. San Francisco
Los Angeles. are in the hands of Harrl-
man. and the AtchisOn, New Orleans q
Galveston are dependent upon the
Rock Island, Gould and Hartman. Inc
river valley and the west of-tne-lahes
territory are divided between Gould,
Hill. Rock Island and Atchson, with
Hartman lightly interested. If the
system were at war there would be
more than an opportunity for losing
money. There is not one Of the great
arteries of trade that is in the single
control of any one interest.
Closing Episode of Competition.
Within the past four years these
several great interests have drawn
lose together. The closing episode
IF the age of real competition was
he panic of 1901. Before that the
Trans Missouri decision, though it
seemed on it's fact to be against close
citations. had drawn the roads to-
sether There are many railroad men
hat trace the growth of this com
nunity" principle to that beginning.
Whatever the beginning. it is fact
hat the thing exists. Different people
n the railroad world express 1T differ
entity The following three definitions
explain it as representatives of three
systems see it.
e II. Harriman-Future economies
must be along the line of closer ALI
ance by combination. enabling the rail-
roads TO conduct transportation along
the cheapest lines. and unless some
such arrangement can be brought
about either the companies must re-
strict their expenditures or obtain a
higher price for transportation. But
if by combination they can direct busl-
ness along economical lines the public
.1st in the end get some of the bene-
fit.
C{1{o
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Now, however the community Of in
terest' idea seems to have forced COM
pliance with regulations, and the ad-
vance will follow.
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Statesman ads pay.
Read the ads in the Statesman.
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Read the ads In tie Statesman.
Read the ads in the Statesman.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26
ALL SORTS.

One Of the modern conveniences Is q
trunk rest on which to set your trunk
40 that you can pack it without the
fatigue of STOPPING to your task.
The bronze statue of Cecil Rhodes,
which was recently completed at Full
ham, England, for shipment to South
Africa, is one of the largest ever cast In
England. It is IA feet high and weighs
over five tons.
DR.. E. Guglia calls attention in Wen
nese journal to the fact that the city OF
Danzig, in which Schopenhauer was
born, has no monument of him, nor has
1t even named street after the great
philosopher. Vienna has a Schopen-
hauer-strasse, but it is frequently chiefly
by market women, who wondered much
what the new name meant and finally
concluded that it was some new-fangled
substitute for fleischhauer (butcher).
The ship canal from Lake Huron, IN
Georgian bay, almost due south to Lake
Ontario, near Toronto, upon which work
has been in progress for several years,
will shorten the lake route $50 miles.
The highest point is 800 feet higher than
Lake Ontario, and a drop Of 66 feet in
four miles, at Peterboro, made necessary
the building of the largest locks of the
kind in the world. They are now COM
pleted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-12-26
CLEANING METALS.

Clean zinc with kerosene oil.
To clean tinware, rub with damp
cloth or paper, and soda, polish with
dry paper.
To clean copper, scrub 1t with sal:
and vinegar, then rinse it OF with cold
water, rub again with sapolio and wipe
dry with flannel Soda is also good.
To clean siIverware. mix one pint OF
alcohol, half pint Of ammonia, half q
pint of distilled water, and four ounces
of Spanish whiting; rub on with a
sponge, and wipe we'll with cloth.
Rub furnished or rusted brass with
q cloth dipped in diluted acid, such as
suipnuric, orevenin strong vinegar, then
wash off with hot water, and polish with
dry whiting. Brass kettles may be
scoured with ashes, then with salt and
vinegar.
Bronzes may be cleaned by plunging
into boiling water until warm. then
washed with soap suds, and dried with
old linen cloths II this is Intellectual,
try beeswax and turpentine, rubbed on
and off with clean, soft cloths. Sweet
Oil is also used, polishing OF with a
ehamois. Magazine.