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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11
THE CONVICTION OF ArIES.

The conviction of Minneapolis be taken
triumph decent public sentiment miserable ring rule ana
New York, under Tanmany rule did the
grating industry attain such monstrous and shameless pro-
the Minnesota city Anes the cupr just pronounced
guilty by jury shown have levied tribute oucast women
filthy pos obtained have lived life of wanon
LUXURY Originally appears have been of good char
acter and the profits from his
practice large Nevertheless he seems to have
snguary after he entered political LIE
honesty and decency he possessed was swept
official corruption and degada
ton for which almost impossible to find parallel
He gathered about him ring that Office only as
public plumber plage its aim and to accomplish
the despicabe and degrading practices Soon
after Aes of Minneapolis krsman installed
chief alliance between the officers OF
and abreakers of Sort the most open shameless
municipal history has recorded Thieves
gamblers every description and the keepers OF places OF
permitted their noxious traffic unhndered be-
cause they profits with the in
Hgwaymen actually imported from all parts OF the country
Mecca of the lawless Gambling games
Aoushd hand and all crooked Robbery was pun
ished other than by collecting license fee from the pawn
who purchased stolen and there in existence
regular scale of for the protection OF vice and criiay IN
its various and varying degrees
But mpuden and brazen ring organized corruption
could not pepetue power though attack in
position required the highest quality of civic
courage Minneapolis without possessing this sort
bravery tardy in taking action but they
thorough their efforts for reform and regeneration once they
began bandits when the good work began believing them
successful attack laughed those who would
ultimately grand in response to an aroused public
scandals and returned indictments against the
located here in New England His
had betrayed and dsgraed fought bitterly
but finally tried The proof his wrongdong
astounding his defence amounted only the pfu
plea outrageous conduct temporary paress
Minneapolis redeemed itself in effective it is
credable municipalities suffering from similar evils will
initiate example coponss who fat from the
ceeds protection will receive their just punishment
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

and carried back; when he revived and
thinking II was his turn to speechify
ard multiply words he arose and STOOD
upon his feet with much unsteadiness'
vet bound to tslk And he opened his
mouth and began:
13 Friends and fellow men generally,
as general thing the generality oi
mankind is exceeding apt TO take the
general disadvantage OF the generality ot
mankind in general
IA. Behold. at this point the cheers
were too deafening for him TO proceed.
(To BE Continued
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11
IKE .ss theatres

The advent OF Francis Wilson and COM
many IN Nixon g Zimmermans magnih-
cent production OF The Toreador" at the
Providence Opera House next week VIII
he an event for the votaries or muslca'
comedv and the countless admirers OF the
versatile and popular comedian. me
,r,reador" which Is now In It's second year
at George Edwardes' Gaiety Iheatre'
4 London. had q sumptuocs ana cosuy pro-
duction at the liberal hands of Messrs,
Nixon & Zimmerman for hve months ~
thn Krickerbocker theatre. New YORK
with Francis Wilson as Sammy GlSgs'
universally accepted a. his best comic
creation and crowded that theatre 10 the
Soors In books lyrics and music. The
Toreador" ia considered quite the mort
original entertaining and tuneful OF the
many musical plays that nave come from
I.rcland 20 America.
~ de- ccnedv. verses ard music. is the
combined work of six noted builders of
,big poo,iar forn, OF theatrical entertain
mont ana there is therefore ample va
rletv I'm writing and composition. MI WIZ
son's role gives him the best opportunities
az hts entire stage career Tor IN" display
of that marvellous talent as laugh-mak-
or which has made him so famous. The
company numbers nearly one hunired
people.
MISS t.cnorn Ktrwin. the talented Provi-
scnce riri who - this season member
of the Aibee stock company has been out
az the east at Kelths for few weeks.
but hse now fully recovered from slight
uInsss ana will make her ic.e eppeaiT nee
80. ,vrrsr, week iu The Moth and The
j-lorre." which H. this weeks offering.
,,,,s Kirwia frequently appeared with thn
Aihee company last summer w minor
roles. and displayed 80 much ability ard
inteiilrenSe that she was engaged Tor the
keith stock cornpany at Phiiadelphia'
where her success was most pronourced
and led 30 her being engaged TOT thi'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11
DIED

eRoWN-In this city. the 9th inst. Mary
Gardner Miller wife OF John III. Brown.
i'm her Slst year.
Funeral service from her late residence.
12f Chaplin avenue. Tuesday. the 18Th
inst. at IL o'clock n. m. Relatives ana
friends ere invited 10 attend Burial at
Worcsate Mass.
Worcester papers please copy.
cAiRNs-In this city. the 10th inst, Ann
r. widow OF Alexander Cairns. aged
80 years.
Notice OF funeral later
cHAmeEHs-At Pawtuxet Neck, May
9th. william s. Chambers, in the i5th
y5ar OF his age.
Funeral services AT his late residence.
No. 80 Fort avenue. Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock Relatives and friends are
invited 10 attend. Burial private.
cHESIER--Ia- -EdGexnod.-on the Sth
inst. Lena Phillips. daughter ~ Frank
F.. and Nancy J. Chester aged is years
months II days
Funeral services AT her parents resi-
dence No. % Arnold avenue. Tuesday
afternoon. at O'Clock Relatives and
friends arc invited to attend Burial
private.
I cHuRcH-At Hope Valley. on the 9th
inst. Andrew j. Church. aged 50 years.
Funeral Tuesday. May IL. at ! p. m,
from his late residence.
DOLE RTV-In this city. on the 9th inst
Mary j. the daughter Of John ana the
late Mary A. Dohcrty. aged - years
4 s month"; u days.
r,ncfal from her parents residence.
40. a. walling street. on Tuesday. tn
18TH inst. ut $50 a. m. Relatives ana
friends are invited 10 attend. Services
At the immaculate Conception church.
nVtI .
wife Of Michael J. Dyer.
Funeral will take place from her lHte
residence. 1s7 Pay street. Tuesday. 18th
inst nj $3.50 q. ~ Seryices at 81.
M,choors church at . u. m. Relatives
and friends are respectfully invited To at
. tend.
FaoerRo--rn this CITY. on The 10th
inst JoarnA wife Of Nelson i. Fro
herr. IN her $50 year.
Funeral services from her lc'0 rcsi-
denc>. NO 35 Ruegies street. Tuosdlv
Nav H.. ~ w. m. Rrloifes ana i1end'
invited to attend.
nA\vNiNs-ht the rcsidenc' of W. G.
pprllurau,e. b Conduit street MAY p
Father W Hsvbi-s widow OF James
Y. Tiswk'ns.
rSinersI 1T the residence ~ W. g. Pur.
llnaan,e. Conduit street. Tusndny. Nj.
l.. 1908 az p. m. Burial 81 Mort
Scltuntr
JOArST oH-.Ncor Ccnt-cviiie. ". T.. Ma
.. 1909. John &. q. Johnston. Rsel u
yeats.
runsial from the swedlth Luthetar
church Spring street East Greenwich
"Wednesday. i3th Inst. at y. m. Eela
tlycs and friends are Invited 10 attend
mAsoN-In this city on the pth inst
waiter Rockwell Mason. Va his ei7
venr.
Funsfal re'N ic-s from his i0fc rest
seucn. No. 70 pcrcheeter avenue. Tues
dsv. Nav is At ". NJ Relatives al,
friends invited 10 attend
RossisS- In this city. on the ioth inst.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11
7~D Q o Q o . . . . &><1
! N)RAr OrHERsS !
+! MRE >)A Y1Nc I
S><S . SOooOoeO al

THE dynamite outrages In Macedonia
would be apt to provoke fierce retaliation
even among people more peaceaoiy IN
cifned than the Turks. and II is not at All
surprising that numerous arrests nave
been made and that Turkey IS pouring
troops into the disturbed districts. Inc
behavior of the Bulgarian government III
serving as base OF guerilla warfare
against the Turks would have provoked
ret,risals before this IL directed against
any other power than Turkey. y.'-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

DufS bdIeNtts
"If the United States is 10 dispense
with the consent OF the people and con-
gress OF Colombia. il might as we'll ignore
Dictator Marroauin also and acquire to-
tie by the more direct and honest method
OF landing troops and taking forcible pos
session OF the strip required Ihe schenie
OF encouraging the State OF Panama TO
secede and set up for itself, and as a
sovereign power bestow upon us the can
al strip. comes into conflict with tne
treaty OF ls46 by which the United states
guarantees Columba's sovereignty over
Panama senator Morgan made much
OF this treaty in his arguments against
choosing the Panama route. The Amer
lean people want an interoceanc water
way. but we hardly think they des.re
To secure Il by practical raid upon the
territory OF n neighboring republc-es-
pecIally as there is not the smailest heeu
for such raid. The Nicaragua route
IS open TO us whenever we choose 10 hc-
cent II. free from all the difficulties that
cluster about the Panama project."--New
York American.
'.The trades affected are not ignorant
OF the benefits OF arbitration. In PROB
ably every one of them both employers
and yorkingmen talk habitually In praise
~ a. The present situation shows, now
ever. that they are too little given 10
practising what they preach They are
sluggards I'm the particular form OF weli
doing which the public demands Oh thei''
Chicago Record Herald
EFF Low Is nominated again the ele-
ments behind him may be more properly
called confusion. Buffalo Courier.
,It 10 therefore probable that the Tenn
nle Of Peace will become something IKE
an international capintal-a buiidins III
which all the world will have an interest
Great questions will he debate1 WITHIN
its walls and mighty issues settled by the
Judgment OF the best statesfnanshlp oi
the time. Mr.. Carnegie then mas pes
towed wisely this gift out OF MS vast loF'
tune for II has larger opportunities foi
sroutb md usefulness than any other
institution ne has yet endowed -Sai
Francisco Call.
"r, Ia suggested that the alleged Pos
OffIce scandals may have their effect OF
the next Presidential campaign IN
! post office is n department OF the govern
/ nent that is beng politically manage
1 a good deal under this administration
and naturally, therefore. II VIII not D.
/ strange II troubles tnat occur t'ere o.
laid at the doors of the politicians wh
have IL In charge. 1t Is one that come
close to more people in Its operation ais
than do other departments OF the gov
ernment. Boston Herald.
.syvilliam X. Vanderbilt says that IN
herited wealth is death TO ambition fos
slbly-to men OF the type whose amoiuo
would in any case end with wealth. =
Milwaukee entnel.
Andrew Carnegie advocates the gov
ernment ownership OF railroads NOW
the only way I'm which J. Pierpont MOT
gan can get even with Mr., Carnegie
10 come out for tho government owner
/ chin of steel mills kansas CITY star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

When called upon explanation Russia has answered WIN
show bayonets The bear that walks like man eVoeh
intends to keep his claws firmly fixed III Manchuria
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

Col Cfe the individual who claims carry The Pennsvans
Democracy in his vest pocket likely true prophet wheu
he declares Grover Cleveland be nominated again for tho
presidency
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

II would the Democrats OF Massachusetts expect
political dividends by prodga appropriations public by the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

Vermont experiencing all the pains OF the day after as
result of her license celebration
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

Mrs. takssidc--is she fckle7
Mrs Ia Saneit seems not. she hhs
been married to the same msn ihre'
,i,,ss in succession. -Phradeiphts Lid
ge-.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

Here in Rhode least there is no lack OF reliance on the
Reliance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

legislature strong probability howevef that the a
dends they receive will be of the great expectations
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11

AT present the filled with OF Let's hope the
m remain only.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
MORE ARRESTS MADE
In Connection with the Poatoffice Scan.
daI in Washington-A Charge
Of Conspiracy.

A Washington special says: AS
result Of the sweeping investigation OF
affairs at the postofIice department,
Thomas ". McGregor, a clerk in
charge of the supplies of the rural
free delivery service, and c. Ellsworth
Upton, Of Baltimore, one OF McGreg-
or's assistants, were arrested Friday
on the charge of conspiracy, with
Charles E. Smith, of Baltimore, to de-
fraud the government in the purchase
of the leather pouches furnished the
rural carriers throughout the country
Their cases make seven arrests In all
since the investigation began. Other
arrests are expected later.
The story of the arrests is best told
in the following official statement CIV
en- out by Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Brlstow Friday evening:
Thomas W. McGregor and c. Els
worth Upton were arrested this after
noon upon warrants sworn out in Bal
tlmore by Inspectors J. D. Sullivan
and R, D. Simmons, charged with con-
spiracy, with Chas. E. Smith and 9TH
ers, to defraud the United States gov
ornment in the purchase Of pouches
from C. E. Smith, of Baltimore. The
complaint sets forth that McGregor
and Upton agreed with smith to o5'
tain for him orders for many thou
sands of leather pouches, such as are
used by rural letter carriers. The
price agreed upon was 80 cents per
pouch; the actual value was less than
so cents per pouch. It is stated at the
department that the actual number OF
pouches which were purchased ex-
ceeded 10000, for which the govern
ment paid 80 cents each, or $4,000 III
all. Smith received and retained OF
this for his own use $4,000. The re-
naming $4,000 was paid to McGregor
and Upton The government could
have bought the entire number OF
pouches from the manufacturers for
$4,000" = ~
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
RIVER ON RAMPAGE
Flood Now Sweeps Down
the Mighty Mississippi
BIG LEVEE GIVES WAY
St. Louis Battles With EncroachinJ
Waters and Thousands are Driven
from Homes-lmmerse
Area Inundated.

The terrific force and the destruc-
tive magnitude of the great food that
is sweeping down the Mississippi is
steadily increasing in volume, and now
is being felt in St. Louis and vicinity
to an alarming extent.
At 7 o'clock Friday night the stage
had rea,. ed 342 feet, rise OF L feet
since o'clock Friday morning. Gov
ernment Forecaster Bowie issued a
bulletin in predicting stage OF 80
feet by Saturday noon, &c feet by
Sunday and 81 feet on Monday. The
Mississippi north of the mouth OF the
Missouri is rising still, but the rapid
ity of the rise has been diminished be-
cause of the breaks in levees.
The great Sny levee, which extends
for miles along the Illinois shore from
Hannibal northward, broke Friday and
the waters devastated thousands OF
acres of fertile farming lands. Posi-.
bly, scme lives may be lost, but 10
deaths had been reported up to 8
o'clock Friday night.
Later in the day the flood forced a
passage through the levee at Madison,
Ills, just north Of st. Louis. This
leyee is IS miles long, and for days
men have been hard at work endeavor-
ing to strengthen it. Carloads OF
bags CT sand and all other available
material were dumped in, out the flood
washed out the filing and the break
is constantly widening.
West Granite, town Of 1000 peo'
pie. is under water. In st. Louis the
buildings along the river front have
practically been abandoned, as the
first floors are over foot under wa
ter, which stood two feet deep on the
top of the steamboat levee Friday
night
The town of Venice, Illinois, is under
water.
In South st. Louis fully 100 families
living near the mouth Of the river Des
Peres, were forced TO .eave thell
houses. Men, and in some cases even
women, worked to their waists IN tne
swirling waters, anchoring theil
homes to high ground
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
Uncle Sam to Render Aid.

Orders were received at Fort Nc
Pherson, near Atlanta, Ca, from Gen
eral Chaffee, commanding the depart
ment of the east to send an officer
from that station at once to Spartan.
burg. supplied with everything ab;o'
lutely necessary for the food suffer
ers. Rations, medicines and other es'
sentials were forwarded Immediately.
This prompt action Of the government.
taken in response to the appeal sent
out from Spartanburg, will tend to
greatly relieve the situation tempora
rily, as it has done at Gainesville,
where a similar course has been pur'
sued.
Twice within a week Secretary Root,
of the war department, has received
emergency calls of this nature from
territories situated close to each other,
and he has acted quickly in each case.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11

TTHE NEWS OF 4 WEEK !
): IN SOUTH CAROLINA J
The Flood Horror.

According to latest reports, forty
Eve lives were lost. so far as known,
iuthe rush of waters from the Pacoiet
food. The banks OF the river are
strewn for more than seven miles on
both sides with wreckage and debris,
household goods. houses, cotton bales,
pieces of machinery and the relics or
once happy and contented homes.
Twelve thousand laborers are out OF
employment and are faced by grim
Gestitution, without shelter or food, or
a change of clothing.
AS to property loss and damage
President Montgomery, of the Paco!et
mills, places their loss at S1.OO0,00O;
President A. H. Twitchell, of the Cll1-
ton Manufacturing Company mills,
places the loss at s1,sO0,000; for the
D. E. Converse Company, at Glendale,
S. c., the estimate Is $4,000; Tuca
pau's mills loss placed at $4,000;
Lockhart mills loss is $4,000; Fair
mont sustains loss OF $4,000; Whit
ney loss placed at $4,000. Total mill
loss, s3,275,000.
The loss sustained BY the railroads
will also reach an enormous figure.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS
Made for Flood Sufferers in Kansas
City--Waters Fast Receding.

clty-Waters Fast Receding.
At dark Friday night the water IN
Kansas City had receled from one
tenth of the flooded area and the un-
covered property was promptly reoc-
cupied. The territory reclaimed IN
cluded the union station and a portion
of the railroad yards. The recession
of the food has caused a lively de-
mand for unskilled latorers.
George Gould forwarded $4,000 to
the Kansas City relief corps and Presl-
dent Bart, of the Union Pacific, sent
$1,000. There were other liberal con-
tributions of money and supplies and
the total cash received in Doth cities
is about $4,000.
Not all the 10000 people driven from
their homes have received assistance
from the public, but food and shelter
and clothing were given to all WHO
needed them Nearly all the sufferers
had been Industrious and prosperous
and they will return to their employ
ment and homes as soon as the water
will permit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
Lumber Plant to be Sold.

An order was filed in the United
States circuit court at Charleston a
few days ago in ancilliary proceedings
for a decree Of the sale Of all the prop
erty of the Atlantic Coast Lumrcs
Company, now in a receivers hands
The property is valued at bet~ees
five and seven millions. The upset
price is fixed at one million. The
company is the largest lumber plant
in the country, with hundreds CT thou
sands of acres in South Carolina, e2'
tending through six counties.
The reorganization of the compan:
will be undertaken by prominent can'
talists of New York identified with tht
J.P. Morgan interests. The heaGqua;,
ters Of the company are at George
town.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
WAR SHIPS OFF CHINA.

sionificant Movements OF Uncle Sans
Vessels in the Orient
A Washington special says: Coming
close on the heels Of a long report
form Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
commander in chief Of the Aslatlc
squadron, concerning the grave inter-
nal situation In China, the assem-
blage of his squadron in Chinese
waters is regarded here as significant.
The battleships Kentucky and Ore
gon and the protected cruiser New
Orleans have arrived at Chefoo, the
monitor Monterey and the collier Pom
Dey at Shanghai.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
EX-GOVERNOR GAMBLER TALKS.
His Opinion Of the Calamity Visiting
His Home City. .-

HIS Home City.
Ex-Governor Gambler, whose home Is
in Gainesville, Ca, and who had just
returned from trip to washington,
expresses himself regarding the fright
full cyclone calamity as follows:
81 cannot blame the people who are
at a distance for not believing all the
reports which have been sent out by
the newspaper men from Gainesville.
After being in town for two whole
days, I am just beginning to realizo
the devastation that has been wrought.
Since my arrival Tuesday afternoon l
have been in a semi-dazed condition
seeing and feeling without realizing
fully just to what extent the horror
extended.
"The Gainesville cyclone, population
taken into. consideration, was worse
than the Galveston tidal wave.
"Financially considered, it was
worse than the Jacksonville IRE,
where s12,O0o,Ooo in property loss was
suffered.
81 have walked over the entire
course of the storm, from its beginning
to the Pacolet mill, where 1t appears
the storm lifted and divided.
without fear of contradiction, I am
free to say the disaster of last Monday
afternoon was the worst Of its kind
that ever visited the southland. |
know of no parallel in the country
where a village has suffered the
frightful loss of one hundred and moro
dead, three to four hundred injured
and a property loss of 100000. :
"The sufferers were the least able or
all to meet the disaster. Their loss.
represents everything in the world
they possessed. The victims are in.
that class Of citizens to whom a dol
lar is worth five times its purchasing
value 20 the successful business man.
or the rich land owner. They lost in
the twinkling of an eye what had re-
quired years to get together. TO them
1t is irreparable and means more than
to u.s." -. .......
New subscriptions reported Friday:
Lavonia, s45.OO; Moultrie, s17O.o9;
Jewell. s5O.S0; Madison, $4,000; Hart
well, 500 90; Blue Ridge, $4,000; Cal
houn, $4,000; Maysville, s14S.45; Ho'
gausville, $4,000; Waynesboro, s1OO;
Fayetteville, $4,000; Wrightsville,
$4,000; Ellijay, s55.00; Covington,
$500; Fort Valley, >l3s.O0
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
HAYWOOD OUT ON BOND.

Slayer of Ludlow Skinner Wins Out in
Habeas Corpus Hearing.
At Raleigh, N. c., Wednesday, after
a hearing in habeas corpus proceed
ing lasting nearly a week, Ernest
Haywood, the Raleigh lawyer, was re-
leased on bond of $4,000. On the
21st of February he shot and killed
Ludlow Skinner and was arrested and
indicted by the grand jury for murder.
The trial is set for the July term oi
court. The public expected sensa'
tional developments in the hearing 60
ing to show the cause of the shooting
but neither defense nor prosecutor
went behind the actual killing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
ROOSEVELT ONLY CANDIDATE.

Mark Hanna Reiterates that He Has
no Presidential Ambitions.
The Newark, N. j., News has the
following interview with Senator
Hanna:
Senator NJ. A. Hanna, iron manufac-
turer and the maker of presidents, Fri
day emphatically denied that he was
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton. He declared that Mr.. Roosevelt
would be the only candidate for the
republican nomination in 1904.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING.

Dense Smoke Hovers Over City or Bal
timcrc and Blocks Navigation.
A smoky pail so thick it obscured
the sun and rendered navigation on
the bay and river difficult, hung eyer
baltimore Friday. Forest fires In
New England and New York caused
this heavy volume of smoke. Down
the river and up the bay the conditions
were much worse, and after noon the
smoky pail became so thick as to rea-
der navigation dangerous.