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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
CHANGE IN SYSTEM
City Registrar VIII Use Modern Method
Of Recording Marriage Licenses.

The ponderous volume at the office OF
the city registrar, i'm which so many
couples about to embark upon the sea OF
matrimony have filed their intentions Is
10 be relegated 10 obscurity commencing
the first OF the year and I'm its place n
modern book typewriter and a loose leaf
fle will be used.
Though perhaps not so romantic as a
pen the typewriter will record the mar
riage intentions and write the marriage
license at the same time IN a legible man
ner and will be a great time and labor
saver for Or. Chapins assistants.
The blanks are the same as the pages of
the big record book and one OF these will
be shipped under the roller and by means
OF a manifolding process. two copies
made. one OF which will go TO the waiting
bride and groom 10 be, and the other pre-
served I'm q temporary binder till six
months have eloapsed and then they will
be bound permanently
1t Is possible that the businesslike click
ing of the writing machine as the clerk
writes down the answers TO the prescribed
questions will give a sense OF the serious
ness OF the step that the couples are
about TO take that may prove beneficial
To- them.
The new apparatus has already arrived
at the office and Mrs. Jalbert has begun
TO familiarize herself with its workings.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
JUMPED FROM RALCoNIEs.

When the panic began Dexter and
Houseman each made for and manned a
door. Leading into the alley on the north
eide Of the theatre. The people I'm the
balconies had already commenced 10
jump to the ground floor. when House
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
JAPAN IS
READY FOR
CONFLICT
All Necessary Preparations CON-
pIete-Russia Must Now
Yield or Flight.

Toxic. Dec. 31.-The completion OF all
the necessary preparations for eventual
tiles has been followed by a temporary
lull, pending the receipt OF Russias re-
rly.
1t is reported at Seoul that the Russian
| minister is trying by every means to
induce the Corean court to grant Russia
lease OF Masampho as a naval station.
The unrest in Southern Corea con-
tinues.
Pekin. Dec. 31.-The announcebent OF
the prommgation OF an ordinance by the
mikado OF Japan authorizing the use OF
the educational and emergency reserve
funds OF 5000 yen for railway con-
struction In Corea is interpreted here as
preliminary to the conclusion OF the ne
gotiattons with which Japan and Russia
have amused each other and which the
japanese legation here regards as now
practically defunct.
The moderation and control OF temper
shown by japan in the negotiations until
there is a better state OF Western opinion
are admired.
The freezing OF Lake Baikal. over which
few troops and no large stores can he
transported by Russia, and the action OF
Japan I'm delaying operations until Vladi-
vostok is closed are loked upon as favor
able points for the Far Eastern country.
as they will stop any appreciable aug.
mentation OF the Russian army.
Russia has reached point where ad-
dltions 10 her feet will not strengthen It,
Travellers arriving here report the prev
alence OF unusual disorders in Manchuria
Berlin. Dec 3.-The Lokal Anzeiger
says that Japan has notified the foreign
representatives. at Toxic that the present
situation 10 into,erable and that Japan
will be compelled 10 fight unless Russia
immedia teIy assents to the japanese de-
msnds. Japan cannot AFFORD 10 wait any
longer for Russia's decision.
Libau, Russia, Dec. A.--rhe Russian
second-class cruiser Almaz has sailed for
the Far East.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
KEPT IN IGNORANCE.

one Of the largest audiences ever seen
in the Garrlck theatre. which is on the
same street a. the froauois lees man ono
block distant, sat In complete ignorance
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
ONLY ONE WITNESS
Or. Logan 10 Give Testimony al The Me.
0smutt Inquest This Afternoon.

The hearing I'm the inquest on the death
% Annie McDermott which was held this
afternoon will probably conclude the in
vestisation.
There was but one witness summoned.
Coroner Lincoln stated, who was Dr. Il.
j. Logan OF sH Westminster street. the
physician who was summoned 20 attend
the woman on the day Of the cutting af-
fray, at Il Hannah street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31

entire isthmus. and II that agreement
were I'm force there would be no dues-
tion as to the legal power OF the presi-
dent 60 send troops to every part OF the
Panama republic and keep out a CO.
lombian army.
MOUNTAIN BATTERIES.
Washington. Dec. 3l-Two mountain
batteries. one at Fort Leaven worth and
the other at Fort Riley, have been di-
rected TO be I'm readiness for active SER
vice at Panama The battery at Leaven-
worth IL comL.dnded by Capt. William
s. McNair and recently returned from
the Philippines. where IL saw arduous
service I'm the Pershing campaign.
Both are equipped with field guns so
contrived as 10 be detached from their
mounts and packed upon muleback In
wild and trackless country, such as Is
found i'm the Moro country and such as
exists i'm the interior Of Panama. the
mountain batteries are of inestlmable
service.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31

IS STILL
DOWN WARD
Heavy Liquidation Continues to
Cause a Drop in the Price
Of Cotton.

New York, Dec 3i.-The recent heavy
liquidation was continued in the cotton
market today. with trading very active.
First prices here were al a loss OF l5d32
points, with August showing the greatest
decline while the active months were Is
20 rs points lower. March sold at 1901
and May and July at 1895.
The market rallied slightly after the
opening but continued very irregular,
with prices showing little actual tend
ency.
THE LIVERPOOL MARKET,
Liverpool. Dec. 3l.--Cotton opened cas-
er today and about 10 to Is points lower.
II subsequently rallied but was irregular
and during the morning had an easy
tendency. There was some excitement
In the market during the afternoon. ac-
companed by nervousness.
Prices easied January and February.
touching 6.76. They rallied afterwards
ana advanced, January and February GO
ing to G.SS 4 firm feeling then prevailed
but ct the close prices were from to 10
points down.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
SPECIAL HoMEssEkERs sxcus.

Via the Nickel Plate Road. Extremely
low rates 10 all points In the west and
southwest First and third Tuesday OF
each. month. 20 April. 1904 Good return
limit Full particulars Of local agents,
fslo, ~ Y.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31
$500 More Than Half Fare From Chicago
Via chIeano Great Western Railway.

To points IN Colorado. Kansas. Mis-
souri, New Mexico. Oklahoma and Texas.
Tickets on sale Dec. 1st and 18th. 1903:
and January 9th and 18th. 1904. For fur
ther particulars apply to j. p Elmer. c..
+. A.. Chicago. III.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-31

McClelan, Joseph.
Mcclelland, James
Merriel. Mrs.
Msrrfcn, Mildred.
Moses. Espie.
Muir. +. a.
Morehouse. II. r.
Moore, ~. r..
Morton. Edmund. W.. 81. Louis
Mckenna, Bernard.
Mcciurg, -, boy. Austin. Ill.
Mcmillan, Mabel.
Maloney. Alice. ottawa, Ill.
Merriam. Mrs. II. p.
Murray. Charles.
Muir. Mamie. Peoria I'll.
Middleton. Catherine.
Norton. Edith, Evanston, III
Norton. Edward w. ST. Louis.
Muir. -. member Travelling Pas
senger Agents association. check 1923
o'Donnell. Mrs. Patrick y.
Olinger. Mrs. Bessie.
Olsen. Mrs. Oscar.
Oxman. Florence.
Owen. william Murray.
Peterson. Fornetta-
Foults, r. III.
Phacker, Walter.
Philipson, Adele.
Pottiitzer, Jack, Lafayette, Ind.
Page, Charles I.
Patton. Lillian.
Page. Harold.
Reidy Miss Nellie.
Rattey william.
Rattey, j.
Reiter. Mrs. c.
Resensburg. Hazel
Regensburg. Adele.
Regensburg. b.
Reed, VIM.
Richardson. Rev HI
Rogers, Rosk
Remington. Thomas
Robertson. Minnie
Sedill. Warner Kankakee. III.
Smithbarry. Wilma
Sheppard, Loala-
Scott Burr
shaboard. Myrtle.
Shabbard. Lulu.
Sherr,
Sprang. w NJ
Steen. Mrs.
Sutton, Harry p
Wunderiich, Helen.
Waldman, &.
Woltmann, Otto.
Williams. ii.
Winslow c. A., Three River Falls
MINI.
Wells. Donald
Windes, Paul
Wolff Harriet
wachs. Mrs Ella
Weiskopf, Emma
Zeisler, Walter b.
Boyce. Mrs. w. r.
Chaplin. Agnes. :
Cooper, w. ".
Crocker, Mrs. Miltie J.
Delee. Viola
Engcl, Maurice.
Folke Ada.
Holland. lillian. Des Moines. Ia.
Leavenworth, Mrs. Frank. Bloomington,
III.
Mead. Ductlio
Stork. Mrs. J. NJ. Des Moines, Ia
Trask. Mrs r. n. Ottawa, Ill.
Tease Mira Grace Elizabeth
The card OF Ed I,oettker was found in
the pocket OF an unidentified dead woman.
Continued on Page Two.)
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-25
WANTED FOR SALE, ETC.

Baled hay for sale. 3w LIS. CHASE.
For SALE:-Lath and brick.
E. n. RISING.
For sALE:-SIaughter house N
+. y. JERD.
wANTED;-A girl to do general house
work. j. b. WELLS.
WANTED:-Fowls and chickens, aliv,
and dressed. +. n. JERD.
VIII pay highest market prices for hides,
skins and pelts. If +. N. JERD.
e. l.. Bass has hay to sell, also a farm
wagon for $40 that cost s100.
For SALE:-Twenty-four breeding
ewes with lambs at their side.
WE. CHANIBERLIN on BE. Thresher place.
Miss Annie l.. Messer mas a line Of hand
painted china for sale at A. +. Bass.
Thirteen acres OF hay standing for sale.
Inquire of c. l.. Hodges, Randolph Ctr. q
For SALE:-Four horses, three top
buggies, four open buggies; ten harnesses.
r. V. STEELE.
On and after July LIST, all goods Will be
sold strictly for casino cash, no goods.
A. l.. ADAMS.
Go to c. c. Crane and George Perham
for scalding tubs. All goods delivered
free.
hO 70 - W. ibptAs OhAlNs pAs- VI NoA
riage and sleigh repairing, saw filing, etc.
ALI work guaranteed. II
For SALE:-Rambler tandem bicycle,
lady's and gents, in good condition, at a
low figure. F. B. THOMAS.
Your carpets we'll cleaned and steamed
at Randolph Steam Laundry. Carpets
taken and delivered on notice by postal.
H. A. Perkins & Co., White River juno
ton, are to buy wool at Randolph, South
Royalton and Bethel, June "a, p and 29.
For prices, etc, see adv. elsewhere.
''Strength and vigor come Of good food,
duly digested. Force a r~eady-to-serve
wheat and barley food, adds M burden,
but sustains, nourishes, inyigorates."
Mr.. Frank Tileston Smith, music
teacher, will resume his summer teaching
in Vermont July LIST. His permanent
address is "The nkley," Boston, Mass.
after July list, Bethel, Vt.
Fox SALE:-A two-seated surrey; Hart
ford rubber tire; self-oiling aXles; first
class; has been used but very little one
summer; will be sold for cost; reason for
is too heavy for one horse. At W..
Beams repository. q WIN. b. WALL.
The free samples Of Patoka Liver Pills
distributed by the Geo. Holbrook Co. of
Woodstock, Vt, merit a fair trial. They
used in many Of the large hospitals
and are recommended by the leading
physicians. They are sold by druggists,
Having leased the barber shop and bust
ness Of Q. w. Hayward, / shall welcome all
his customers and others and will try TO
do their work as it should be. i also deal
IN railroad mileage and handle goods for
Randolph Steam Laundry.
CHARLES STEELE.
Mrs. j. NJ. Trask's young stallion,
Baby Stampede, will make the season
IF 1903 at the farm of j. b. Wells in
Randolph. All lovers of horses, do not
to see this stallion for yourselves.
complied with the stallion law
IF Vermont, ! shall claim its privileges.
JOHN r. WELLS, Manager.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-25
Change Of Name.


OF VERMONT. In Probate Court
DISTRICT or kANnoLrH,ss, held az Randolph IN
and for said district on the eth dav 81 June. A. D..
1902. The following instrument d. hled In the
Office ~ said Probate Court.
STATE OF VERMONT Probate Court.
RANDOLPH DISTRICT.
BE BE- remembered that Al Randolph this 6th day
~ June, A. d., 1903, Charles Wilson RYDER o. RAN
holnh. In the county Of Orange and state Of Yer
mont, a minor. IA hereby adopted and made heir
at-law u Carl Heindl and Helen Heindl, husband
and wife. Of Randolph. iu the county ~ Orange
and state 81 Vermont, and said adopted person
shah hereafter bear the name Of Carl Wilson
Heindl. Carl HEINDL-
L fRNDER5 HEINDL.
STATE OF VERMONT. Probate Court.
RANDOLPH DISTRICT.
Al Randolph this 6th day 81 June, A. r., 1908.
personally appeared Carl Heindl ard Helen
4RyderlHeindl, husband and wife, and mother Of
Charles Wilson Ryder. and acknowledged the
fareEuiuE instrument hy them sealed aad sub
scribcd G. BE- their free act and deed.
Before me.
WILLIAM NICHOLS, Judge Of the Randolph
Probate District.
Whercupon % - ordered that said instrument
be published three weeks successfully in the
Herald and News. a newspaper published IN Ran
dulph, in the county 81 Orange, agreeahly % the
statute in such case made aud provided.
BY the court. Attest;
WILLIAM H NICHOLS. Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-25
Church Notes.

Rev. George +. Ladd will preach sunday
morning at the Congl church upon .sThe
Unruly Member
First Baptist church, Rev. Brown f.
Smith, pastor. Subject OF Sunday morn
ing Sermon Jordan and the Three PSI
The subject Of Rev. F. G. Rainev's SER
mon the coming Sunday at the NJ. +.
church viii be 'Life's Greatest Contest. /"
Subject Of the weeks lesson AT the
Christian church will be aThe Servian
Slaughter" sermon, .Seeing and Hear
ing
The ladies Of the VI. f. church will hold
a baked bean social Friday afternoon and
evening at the Misses Matthew'S. An are
cordially invited.
The union service viii be held in the
Congl church next Sunday evening al
$50. Rev. Brown E. Smith VIII preach !
farewell sermon and all are Urged to be
present.
The standing committee Of the Cong1
church will meet at the vestry SUNDAY
morning before service 10 confer with am
who wish to unite with the church ~
confession July 5.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

the right troop I will give this
trinket to the captain, and he will
show it to you" When she arrived
home she found the house in great
excitement over her disappearance,
but refusing to give any explanation
of her conduct she was sent to bed
with an added two hours of spinnet
practice for the next week. While
the family were at dinner next day
a troop of red coats rode up to the
door. When Pauline ran out the cap
tain showed her the trinket, and
while she was gone to show the sol.
diers where he was, the captain told
her father the whole story. The
squire was white with rage and
vowed vengeance on them. A few
weeks after this Lieut.. Sperry rode ur
to the Hendricks mansion and asked
for Mistress Pauline. and presented
her with the trinket from Washing.
ton, in memory of her good service
to the country.-Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
IDENTIFIED BY HIS DOG.
MOney-Order Clerk in Post Once
Pays on Seeing Owners Name
on Dogs Collar.

Bank clerks naturally and neces
sarily require satisfactory identified.
ton of persons who ask to have
checks cashed. The same rule is fol
lowed in the post Office by clerks
who cash money orders; but what
the nature of the Identification shall
be, and by whom, is a matter which
rests to some extent in the discrc.
ton of the clerk. The Boston Her.
aid tells a story in which a dog bore
witness to his masters identity.
A Boston business man called al
the postal order department the 9th
er day to get an order cashed, but
the clerk in attendance had only re-
Gently been appointed. He said the
caller would have to be identified be.
fore payment could be made.
"Why, / have had hundreds of or
ders cashed here" he replied, with a
show of impatience. Isn't there
some one here who knows me?"
I'm the only one on duty just now
The others are out to luncheon" said
the clerk.
"Will you take the inscription on
my dogs collar as sufficient identif.
cation?" was asked.
"Yes, that will be acceptable"
The man whistled for his terrier
and, taking him in his arms, .'boost.
ed" him up to the window. The
clerk read the MANS and address on
the collar and paid the order.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
A Story Without
a Climax ~ ~
BY BETTE L. REYNOLDS.


I was me of those rainy days in
i autumn, with all the suggestion
of winter in it, except that feeling of
snugness that makes it such a pleas
ure to curl up before a wood fire and
bury yourself and your troubles in a
book, but this element being missing,
Beatrice Russell found it impossible
to settle down to a book. There are
moments when the most inveterate
book-worm finds it hard to compose
his thoughts into an appreciative au-
dlence for any one, moments when
they go roaming instead into the flu
ture, or back into the past, where the
ghost of ones dead self keeps ever
at ones side, and leads one on from
tomb to tomb in that burial lane of
dead hopes and broken dreams. In
to some such valley of shadows the
tiny ghost had led Beatrice while in
reality she had been roaming from
point to point of the room, now paus-
ing to take up half a dozen books
with a half page read and take up
her wandering which brought her to
anchor at last near the hearth where
glowed a bed of Goals. Leaning her
head against the mantel she stood
staring down at them gloomily.
What she saw there was the story
of two lives as closely interviewer as
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
A TALKATIVE CROW.
Jim, Although Quite a Young Bird,
Command a Vocabulary That
Is AstOnishing.

Samuel Seager, of Bolivar. N. j.,
has a tame crow named Jim, that
can talk as plainly as some parrots.
Jim is only 16 months old, but few
children of that age can excel him in
making remarks. Jim was caught in
a hollow tree on top of a hill near
Bolivar.
With him was his sister, and both
of them were sold into bondage, Mr..
Seager buying Jim. Now he is SO
tame that he sits OF the piano and
criticises when Mr.. Seager's daugh-
ter plays coon songs. Every one who
knows him wishes he could meet
Ernest Thompson Seton.
The crow first began to talk last
winter. He started in by calling
dad" and "boo-booh." Later
"papa" and mamma" were distinct
ly made out. Now he has advanced
SO far that when Mr.. Seager asks
him if he wants his breakfast, Jim
replies: swell, 1 should smile"
He will fly straight to a person
who asks him if he wants his head
scratched, if the person has been
formally introduced to him. Other
wise Jim will cut him dead.
He is an im~personator, and can
make any schoolboy answer his
whistle.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

IAN A WARM afternoon in August,
~ in the year 1776, d young girl
stood watching a company of raw
militia drilling. She vas the daugh-
ter of Paul Hendricks, one of the
most prominent tories on the Island
of Manhattan, but although the girl
knew little of the affairs of her
country, her sympathies were with
the colonial cause.
Quite unmindful of the heat, she
stayed on until the sun had sunk and
1t was fast growing dark. When
Pauline reached home she was greet
ed by the sound of angry voices, and
on coming neare she saw her father
shaking his fist in the face of a
young colonial officer, and heard him
cry:
mo! No! 1 tell you, MOI"
At this the young officer bowed,
and said: 81 thank you, sir, for the
courtesy with which you have re-
ceived me, and will lose no time in
conveying your answer to Gen. Wash
ington."
KS tIS IAAS LII hC ddSll
sight of the girl, and, removing his
hat, he bowed slightly.
For the next few weeks Pauline
had scarece a moment to herself.
One hot afternoon soon after the de-
feat of Washington's troops on Long
island, she took her hat and stole out
for a walk. She had not walked far
when she heard a strange sound, and,
pulling aside some bushes, she gave
a gasp of surprise, for there, with
his head pillowed on a coat, lay the
officer she had seen talking with her
father some weeks before.
She quickly knelt beside him, and
when he spoke it vas to say: 81
know that l "a trust you" The girl
nodded, and he went on: Il am
Lieut.. John Sperry, of the Fifth New
Jersey, and am carrying very i'm
portant dispatches to his excellency,
Gen. Washington, and in climbing
yonder fence fell and broke my leg,
L fear me, and now what's to be
done?" The girl thought a moment,
and then replied: "To-night L will
ride with them to Washington's
camp" why, it's eight miles from
here, and it will not be safe" "All
the same l am going" replied the
dauntless girl. And then telling the
officer she would be back soon, she
ran to the house, and calling her
faithful colored servant 10, told him
the particulars and asked his advice.
at sartanly is a hard case, missy,
but l thinks we can manage some
how. Your pa out and the sarvents
is all busy, and so if you can keep
your ma out of sight of the back
way, I will carry him up to the gar
ret right now"
This Pauline succeeded in doing
without arousing her mothers sus-
picions, and then after going to the
garnet to see if the officer was COM
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
THOUSANDS OF WILD GEESE.
Great Flight of Big Birds Witnessed
by IL Hunter on the Coast
of Texas.

A citizen of ST. Joe, Mich, lately
returned from a shooting trip to the
southwestern coast of Texas with an
idea that the wild goose is not so
smart a bird as it has been written.
His party had little trouble in killing
all of the geese they wanted-many
more than they could eat-and they
killed them sometimes under circum-
stances which indicated that the birds
had been feeding upon loco weed,
reports a st. Joe paper.
The hunter says that a man on
a horse carrying a shotgun across
his saddle could nearly always ride
within gunshot of them when grazing
upon the prairie and knock down two
or as they rose heavily and
so thickly that missing them was
impossible. He tells of one instance
in particular which shows either
that the Canada goose sometimes
does not know much, or else does not
are for anything when it is in n
hurry to get home.
He found himself one afternoon,
when the sun was not more than half
an hour high, on the edge of a long
arm that ran up from the sea and on
this sea arm the geese were in the
habit of roosting. He had a dog with
him and had been walking along the
swampy edge of the salt water kick
ing up an occasional snipe.
Hearing honking. lie looked ont
over the prairie and saw the first
flock of the geese coming in to roost.
There was no shelter anywhere near
so he lay down fiat on his back. The
dun grass matched fairly well with
his clothing and the dog, which was
~liver-colored, lay at his feet.
The first flight of geese passed too
high for shooting, but he could hear
others coming and in a little while
all the air was vocal with the cries.
Fifteen minutes after the passage OF
the first flock the geese were going
over in a steady stream and the rush
ing of their wings was continuous.
Some of them were high and some
lower, but as the sur sank they came
nearer to the ground and his shooting
began.
He had no means of seeing them
until they were directly over him, but
he waited until they had passed and
took them going from him. Lying On
his back, with his shoulders on the
ground, the shooting was difficult,
but he managed to do fairly well.
When his gun was discharged all
the geese ear him would veer to
the right or to the left, but the
noise and, when it got darker, the
fireflashes had no effect on those
further to the rear. These came on
as if no gun had been fired.
There were SO many of them that
all could not escape. Those which
went by him unhurt pitched upon
the salt water half a mile out, and
there rested.