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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
FINANCIAL NEWS
MARKET LETTER.
IndustrIals the Centre Of interest During
the Past Week,

Fletcher & Tappan's market letter is-
sued today says that during the past
week interest I'm the market centred more
In the industrials. although IL would seem
as IL the movement In many Of them
was engineered by pool manipulation.
rather than a genuine demand by the
public caused by any favorable develop
AS matter of fact. the so-caiied public
has. with the exception I'm the case or
Amalgamated. taken but very little In
terest In the market; the bulk OF the
among the professional operators. Stocks
are concentrated into few hands. but
most everyone will admit that these are
very strong interests who can. and un-
/doubtedly. will. carry them until much
higher prices are brought about.
Under these circumstances. Is II not
vidusi to be In, For % WHY should % ID these
manipulators OF the market at the pres
ent time start any great. decline. when
detriment to themselves than to anyone
else?
Ono of tho very noticeable features at
sues OF both stock and bonds which many
or the railroads are about to place on
the market. For this reason We think
that these securities may find a more
ready market.
Although extremely cold weather has
the winter wheat district, the country
was fortunately covered with a heavy fall
OF snow, and the best crop advices OBJ
tainable state that present conditions
promise n bumper wheat crop.
The dividend OF $40 per share on the
stock of the Standard OIL company was
an encouraging feature OF the market.
and the prospect OF the Aldrich banking
bill passing congress-, although possibly
not IN It's present form. will mean much
for higher prices all through the list.
In short the following factors Of enor-
nous railroad earnings. consumption
greater than production. low rates for
money and good crop prospects are all
features favorable TO higher prices, and
which at no distant date are likely TO
make their influence felt.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
Special Message From Governor
Garyin Read in the Senate and
HOuSe--Bank Examiner Recon-
mended Another Assault on an
Inactive Committee.

rrH PRINCIPAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY TODAY
ATTENTION
oEPosIToRs
soeoIS'-
SPECIAL LEGISLATION
PosTPoNEmENT BILL
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Or
sPooNER AND IN CON-
RESOLUTION OFFERED BY MR. sPooE
REPORT, WAS WITHDRAWN
A
Aa TO TAKE
WERE PRESENTED BY MR.
SPECIAL
LAToN RESOLUTION PROPOSING
coNFERRiNo
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED 1T WAS
TO THE HOUSE AND
CONCURRENCE
BILL TOWNS
CLERKS FOR TERMS OF THREE
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SPICY TESTIMONY.
Continued from page One.


She was asked II she did not own sa-
loon In Chicago.
Not only did she not own one there. but
she owned one no where. That was hc-
ton, one OF many Mr.. Tougus could tell
IL one would but sit down and listen to
him.
THAT BANK ACCOUNT
The much talked of bank account was
one for $50, In both their names. 1t was
in local bank, was drawn out three
years ago and each had an equal share
OF the money.
Every dollar he gave her she made an
accounting OF to him. Much or the money
went TO local doctors for treatment OF
Tougus for reasons that made IL impossi-
BILE for her to live with him.
Tougus then had another Inning.
He corroborated what his wife had said
about the party at his mother-in-law's
house.
He had given her his money and she
had spent II for the house or In any old
way.
He felt alright toward her until the
Hartford affair when she got into bad
company, was made drunk and lost her
jewelry for a while.
CoNDONED THE FAULT.
Judge sweetland said thar by living
with his wife again and OF his own voli-
ton, Tougus had condoned any fault she
might have had.
He preferred not TO sentence Tougus
TO Jail. trusting that with an income of
SIS per week Tougus could and would
make reasonable allowance for =his=wifes q
support.
General Brennan scored the police Tor
interfering as they had done. This was
not a matter which should been made
the subject OF criminal procedure. The
wife redress was in the divorce court
where she must appear with clean hands
with all due respect TO the court. his
! counsel would decline to give his wife
| one cent.
sentence OF six months was there
upon imposed.
| From this an appeal was taken and
Toug,s furnished surety to prosecute The
/ Same.
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CREMATEO.
Continued from page Ono.
DEATH ROLL NUMBERS TEN.

m
Later reports place the loss of life at
ten. The fre started at 2:3O o'clock,
and at 10 o'clock the debris was so not
that search for bodies was impossible.
The list of dead may prove larger than
the number given out.
Two persons were fatally injured ana a
score or more were injured more or less
severely. mostly by jumping from win
doms. The work OF learning the names
OF the dead is rendered difficult by the
loss OF the hotel register. which was
burned
A vERITABLE FIRE TRAP.
The hotel, a three-story brick veneer
structure, Is said TO have been verftable
nf fe rubbish aFaRI IN ne the fmss bassmeat se'ea
The night clerk was on the third moor
when the cry OF fire raised by a bell boy
startled him. He took up the cry and In
an instant the Railways were choked with
frightened guests.
A rush was made for the stairways but
the fire had made such headway on the
lower floor. as completely cut or escape.
There followed q stampede for the win
dows. the only means OF exit left. Tho
victims were literally driven by the
flames to jump. Nearly every one fingered
to the last moment, urged by the people
below to wait as long as possible. In the
hope OF assistance.
FILLED WITH THE INJURED.
In a short space OF time the street was
filled with men and women injured and
half crazed All were I'm their night gar
ments. In n nhour st. Luke's hospital
contained Is injured, while many more.
with comparatively slight hurts. were
being cared for In buildings near the
scene of the tragedy.
Some who jumped owe their lives 70
telegraph wires. which broke their fali. a
number OF guests following their escape
trate bodies as they rushed TO the WIN
THE PRoPRIEToR's ESTIMATE.
The proprietor of the hotel placed ms
estimate of the number or people In the
building when the alarm was raised at
between 20 and 80 Many OF them were
delegates to the state convention or the
Y. Nj. c. A, which began here yesterday.
FATALLY INJURED.
The fatally injured are:
VIVA BURNS, head waitress, Jumped
from third story.
l.. c. BURNETT, Nebraska City, Neb.
The seriously injured number 81. those
most hurt being:
.. II. STRICKLAND, conductor chI-
caao and Northwestern railroad, Clinton,
Ia.
o. r. TAYLOR, Davenport, la.
DR.. w. A. GROVE, dentist, Cedar
Rapids.
A. M. LARSEN. colvseIn, Ia.
MAY BELL, waitress.
o. I. BENEDick.
sINpA WILLIAMS, waitress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
TRIAL BY
A COURT
MARTIAL
Lieut.. Wells Who Commanded
Tug Lsyden When She Was
Wrecked Must Go Before Board

Secretary Root today appointed a gem
eral court martial to meet at Coasters
Hsrbor Island, Newport on the 26th inst.
for the trial of Lieut.. Chester Wells, u.
s. N, on charges Of neglect of duty rel
ative TO the loss OF the naval tug Leyden
on the rocks off Blick Island Jan. q, last
The detail for the court Is as follows:
Commander Z. X. Moore. commander
Frank w. Bartlett lieut.. commander
w. Y. Chambers. II. s. Knapp and York
Noel, and Lieuts Roger Welies, Jr. and
John s. Doddridge, with Captain Rufus
H. Lane, OF the marine corps as judge
advocate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ROU6HTON.

Houghton, Mich, Feb 9.--Fire that
started at 2:30 this morning In the base
ment OF l.. Miller's department store,
three-story frame buildingg and which
threatened 10 destroy the business por-
ton of the town was still burning at
O'Clock Miller's dry goods store, o'Con-
nell's saloon, Siller's grocery and the
Murphy block. and Dee, Redick Co.'S
cigar store have been destroyed.
Tho Harrington block. Miller block.
Foley residence and the Pfeiffer house are
burning The loss so far Is $4,000. Tho
Miller stock was valued at $4,000.
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to not more than si.00o. 900. The rtcom-
mtndation of the committee on corpora
tions was that the bill be passed and the
recommendation was adopted.
A resolution makingg appropriation or
500 for the care OF the Gettysburg Gun.
presented by Mr.. Mccarthy, was. on rec
ommendation OF the committee on n
nance, indefinitely postponed, the state
ment OF the committee being that there
was a committee with ample authority to
give the gun the desired care without
further legislative action.
ON JOINT COMMITTEES.
From the senate came the announce
ment OF the appointment or the senate
members OF the joint standing commit
tees OF the general assembly.
Also bill TO approve and publish and
submit TO the electors proposition or
amendment to the constitution OF this
state, this proposition relating TO the
powers OF the supreme court. The bill
originally presented had been postponed
indefinitely by the senate and substitute
"a" had been passed by that body. bring
ing substitute "A before the house for
concurrent action. Judge Palmer asked
for the immediate consideration OF the
bill. and by a unanimous vote the house
concurred In the passage OF the bill.
which was referred to the committee on
engrossed acts.
The message from Governor Garvin
was read. ordered printed and referred
to the committee on executive communi-
cations.
Judge Harris presented, by request.
bin giving towns and cities the. right TO
elect town and city clerks for periods OF
three years. after the act had been ac-
cepted by the town and city councils
Committee on the judiciary.
On motion OF Mr.. Wilbour the house
then adjourned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
How's This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case CASE, OF c.,arrn ,,,,ra ~
r. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known +. j.
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transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their Arm:
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MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists. To-
ledo .
sctine directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Tesu-
moniais sent free. Price 7ec. per bottle
Hans Family pills are the best
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20

st. Louis. Mo-. Feb. 2o.-A new wage
schedule has been issued by the wabash
granting an advance In wages TO the
trainmen and conductors on the lines
west OF the Mississippi equal to the In
crease allowed by the st. Louis lines re-
Gently as we'll as concessions 10 the en-
ployes on other divisions.
President Ramsey announces that
wages will not he advanced on Wabash
lines east OF the Mississippi until other
roads raise the pay Of their employees. lie
was confident there would he no strike.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
ASSAULTED BY A CAR MAN.
Ennis Brings Suit Against the Rhode Island
COMPANY for $1,000 Damages.

The Rhode Island company'is defendant
in a suit for 5000 damages brought by
Frank Ennis. He asserts that while
riding on a car of the defendant company
was assaulted violently by servent OF
the defendants who addressed abusive
and disrespectful language to him and
threw him of the car on Prairie avenue.
near Lockwood street. lie Is represented
by j p. Beagan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
AD MINISTRATION NOTICE

The undersigned hereby gives notice
hate Court of the Town OF Cranston Ad-
ministrator of the estate of Frances ~
Moody, late OF said Cranston, deceased
and has given bond according TO law.
All nersons having claims against SAID
estate are hereby notified to present
them to the undersigned or nle the same
within six months from the date of the
first advertisement hereof: ,.ooov
WILLIAM y. MOODY.
Cranston, Feb. IL, 1903.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
House OF Representatives.,
Providence, Feb. ~. 1893.
PUBLIC HEARING

The Committee on the Judiciary OF the
House of Representatives will hear all
persons interested in the bill vesting IN
the mayor Of the city OF Providence the
power to appoint police commissioner 5
In said city, in Committee Room 2S. state
House Providence, on "wednesday, Fep.
Is, 1893, upon the rising Of the House.
CLARKE IL. JOHNSON, Chairman.
ARTHUR A. RHODES, Clerk.
SO Weybosset street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo- -Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t falls
to cure. E. w. Groves signature u on
each box. CSC
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-20
New York Stock Market.

Reported for The News by FLETCHER
& TAPPAN. street floor. Banigan Build
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NJ. Freez. q c. stor 100 -.
p. r. r. a ~. s. u. 100 -.
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ton 10 report 20 the house a bill present.
ed by Mr. Spooner providing for the call
ing of a constitutional convention was
because OF the bill having reported by
the committee, withdrawn.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
Uribe-uribe Took Hi. Life.

KINGSTON. Jamaica, Feb 9.-The British steamer Para, which has just arrived here from Colon, brings the news of the suicide on Jan. 30 of the former Colombian revolutionary gen eral Uribe- Uribe. General Uribe- Uribe published letter Dec. F advising Co., lombia to. await the falling in of the Panama canal concession in 1904, which would leave the Colombian gov ernment free hand in the matter of the canal. The reports brought by the Para indicate the possibility of anoth- CT revolution in opposition to the Pana- ma canal treaty.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
ELKINs REBATE BILL.
President Anxious That It Should Be-
 come a Law

Ffesldent Anxious That It Should Be-
 come Law.
 Washington, Feb 1O-In order that the administrations antitrust plan of legislation may be rendered entirely symmetrical, it is known that Presi dent Roosevelt desires that what is called the Elkins, rebate bill shall ba enacted into law. That measure wa : passed by the senate last week ana is pending now before the interstate and foreign commerce committee of tha house, 0f which Representative Han- purn IS chairman During sevaral days the president has been confer ring, as opportunity offered. with prominent members of the house about the rebate bill and the subject wa s considered last night at a conference at the white house between the presi- dent and several of the leaders of the house. The president has also had 2 conference with Speaker Henderson concerning the bill It is understood that, While the speaker is not wholly Ill sympathy with the measure, he will not stand in the way of it's considera- ton by the house. Indeed, it can be stated upon excellent authority, that the speaker and the coxznittee of rules, of which he is the ex-officio head, will authorize, if necessary. a special rule providing for the consid- eration of the bill after it has been re- ported by MT Hepburn's committee. Such action, it is asserted, would prac- tically mean the passage of the meas ure by the house and it's enactment into law.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
CITY NEWS.

The boys are having a snap in Q. s. & Co.'S opening sale. School caps, silk lined. mostly 45 cent kinds for 19c each
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight; probably continued fair Wednesday,; brisk west to southwest winds
 Dr Ballard was called yesterday to attend the 14 years old daughter of MT and Mrs George Brown of East Dover street, who slipped on the ice near her home. infiicting an ugly cut on one of her limbs.
 Benjamin Fairbrother, the manager of the High school debating club has issued q challenge to the St Mary's Alumni club to debate some question to be selected later The debate to be held in the Mulcahy Memorial hall.
 The Washington Hill Athletic club will give it's third sociable Thursday evening at the clubs hall on Washing ton street A new two-step will be il- troduced at this sociable which will be feature of the evenings enter tainment.
 The trolley hearing, which was an nounced to be held this evening in the City hall annex, has been postponed until February IT, on account of sick ness in the family of City Engineer Cairns. who buried a 5-years-old boy yesterday and has another child ill with scarlet fever.
 The board of relief closed it's labors last night after acting upon S11 appli- cations. A few changes were made, including the listing of the trolley com pany at $251, ,000, an increase of S7 400 over last year. The total deductions made amounted to about sS5,350 Tn addition to the raising of the value of the trolley com pany's property other additions were made which will increase the grand list by $15O, ,Oe0 over and above the figures of the assessors. The board worked hard and transacted vast amount of business, considering the limited time at their disposal.
 The superior court, criminal side, opens here next Tuesday. Following are the cases for disposal: Patrick Dwyer, indecent assault; Joseph Do- Ian. theft; Daniel O'Connor, rape; Jo- seph Petkus, adultery; Michael Breen, breach of the peace; William Seery, displacing wire connected with cleo tric railway; Joseph Cavanaugh, theft from person; Lucy .Kamatus, adultery; Vincent Sivo, attempt at bribery; George Wildman, breach of the peace; Richard Moeschke, breach of the peace; Philibert Fontaine. breach of the peace; Dennis Sweeney, breach of the peace; Michael Fisher, breach of the peace; Joseph yanasse, breach of the peace: Peter Bergin, theft from per son; James Shearon, seduction.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
WITH THE LEGISLATORS.
House Decided to Honor Lincoln Day
 By Adjournment.

By Adjournment.
 Hartford, Feb 1O.-Over an hour waA spent in the house immediately after converting with the reading by the clerk the titles of the business transacted last Friday. The only important change of the committee was the concurrent action with the senate in sending the senate bill 137. providing for a repeal of the general railroad laws to the ju- dietary committee.
 Favorable report of the committee on exposition on the Connecticut Share in the exposition was accepted and re committed to tthe appropriation com mittee. On motion of Mir Banks Of Fairfield the house accepted the jn- dietary committees report repeaIing the 200-foot liquor license law.
 At 1:30 the house engaged in an arS gcment as to the advisability of ad. journing over Lincoln's birthday on Thursday. It was finally voted to ail. journ on Wednesday noon until next. Tuesday.
 There was no new business taken up in the senate. The clerk read the house bills and then the members de- bated at some length on adjourninv over Lincoln's birthday. but finally went into executive session.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
I. A. SPENCER RETIREs.

Member of Firm of Spencer x Pierpont
 for Thirty Years.
 After being in the grocery and meat business for 37 years Imri A. Spencer has retired from the firm of the Spen- cer & Pierpont Go, dealers in groceries, meats. feed, etc, and will hereafter de- vote all his attention to the feed busi- ness. l. A. Spencer was president and treasurer of the Spencer & Pier pont Go, while E. D. Pierpont was secretary. It is understood that the persons to whom MT Spencer disposed of his stock are MT Pierpont, the sec retary of the company, .Alzamora E. Strong of 75 Cherry street, and Will liam J. ScanIon of 39 Walnut street, who have been employees of the com pany for number of years. The grocery and meat stores are at 352 and 356 East Main street, while the flour and feed store. which will be continued solely by MT Spencer in the future, is at 392 and 394 East Main street.
 Thirty-seven years ago l. A. Spencer started in the grocery business on a small scale at II Cherry street in the building where W. c. Halls grocery store is now located A hard worker, a. sharp, progressive business man, his trade was rapidly increased under his management so that in the course of two years the store on Cherry street had become too small for the busi- ness. So new two-story building was erected at 392-394 East Mair street. where the business was carried on for 21 years This building is now used for the four and feed store. Al the end of nearly quarter of a cen tury this store also became too smal and a four-story brick building was erected at the corner of East Main and Cherry streets. The first floor was arranged for two stores, while there were six tenements on the other thret floors. One store was used for tht grocery business and the other for tn. meat business. For the past 14 year: the company has occupied these store, and each year has seen big iQcreast in their trade so that now it may bs safely said it has the largest trade o1 it's nature in the city.
 Since the present trolley strike com menced the firm has lost a number o1 it's customers, owing to the fact tha
 someone connected with the store, st it is.said, has been riding on the trol ley cars. Many of the company's customers are strong union men whil. many of the others are sympathizers with the strikers, and they have fel
 aggrieved. As a result they stopped trading with the tirm This may have been one of the reasons for NJ
 Spencer's withdrawal from the firm but it is said on the other hand tha he has been contemplating such l 1 course for some time.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
OFFICERS k|DNAP THEIR MAN
They Were Unable to Get Ex-
 tradition Papers.

The Man Is Wanted on a Charge of
 Embedding $S,000-And In Order
 to Save Tedious Delay the Officers
 Resolved to the Plan of Running
 Away With the Prisoner.
 Victoria, B. O., Feb 1O.-Unable to extradite Alex w. Waters, alias w.. A Wilson, who is wanted at Manila on a charge of embedding $8,000 and who was arrested at Montreal some days ago, United States Special Agents D. Drien and c. N. Heron kid mapped him on board the Oriental lin CT Athenian which sailed from here this morning. Waters, it is alleged, decamped with $S,OOO and went to Hong Kong and later came to Victoria on the Athenian. The detectives missed him here, but traced him to Montreal, where he was arrested. The United States and Canada have no ex- tradition treaty with the Philippines and in order to avoid legal proceed ings Waters was quietly taken to Washington and thence via Chicago and St Paul to Seattle, where he was placed in jail for the night and brought to Victoria yesterday. He was told that he would be able to catch the San Francisco bound steam CT Senator here and go to San Fran cisco. Instead of the Senator he found the steamer on which he arrived here from the Orient at the dock ready to sail.
 The prevailing gales caused a post ponement of the steamers sailing. Wa ters was kept in close confinement and | put aboard early this morning.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-10
DEAD DOG IN CATCH BASIN.
What Sewer Employes Encounter Ev- cry Little While.

What Sewer Employes Encounter Ev-
 cry Little While.
 The employees of the sewer depart ment have a grievance which they think the city fathers ought to look into. People make a practice of throwing cats and dogs into the catch basins and when a man gets down in one of these holes and finds the decay ing carcass of an animal it is worse than his days work on him to fish it out. The biggest catch made this winter by the sewer brigade was a Newfoundland dog that weighed about 15O pounds and almost filled the basin. 1t was covered with several feet of sand and when the workman discov- cred it he thought it was the body of human being and it took him some time before he plucked up sufficient courage to investigate. There is a law against this business and if it is kept up somebody will be caught at 1t and punished severely.