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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
EUROPE
HAS FIERCE
STORM
Telegraph and Telephone Com.
munIcatlon Interrupted and a
Score Of Lives Lost.

London. Nov. 3o.-The incessant rains
have been succeeded by snow storms
which today are general throughout Great
Britain and many parts OF the continent.
The fall I'm London was very slight, but
in some of the country district outdoor
work is suspended and traffic II carried
on with difficulty.
Sixteen degrees OF frost were recorded
In the south OF Scotland last night
Vessels are seeking refuge in the har-
bors along the British coast The snow
storms are so severe in Belgium that
telegraphic and telephone communica-
tion with Germany is interrupted.
A score Of lives have been lost among
the crews Of the vessels composing the
French fishing fleet during the storms Of
the past few days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30

home. Hoffman, who was in the lam
guage OF witnesses. not too drunk to walk.
but was feeling good. came in and drank
part of glass of beer and becoming noisy
and queer, Mr.. Molter was sent for by a
man named Horsch.
Mr.. Molter came and as he was leading
Hoffman away, Steinbach came out Of the
room he worked I'm and met Horsch. Hoff-
man was about is feet away with Molter
Steinbach pushed Horsch aside and said
TO Hoffman: Hold on there / want ia
speak to you. Mr.. Molter cautioned Stein
bach 10 keep quiet, as he. Molter, had
Hoffman. all right.
Hoffman got away from Molter and
pulling a revolver fired two shots. One
went wild and the other struck Stein
bach in the side of his nose, the ball
plowing through the head and brain and
coming out OF the side OF the right ear.
and injuries were caused from which
Steinbach died the same night
Attorney General Stearns said there
had been some feeling between the men
and that Hoffman claimed Steinbach al
ways wanted TO fight. Hoffman claimed
he could not fight, according to witnesses
TO be produced, because he had a broken
finger. The police OF Cranston were
notified, but before Hoffman was ar
rested he fire dtwo shots more, one of
which Just grazed the face OF Officer
Trainor. When Hoffman was locked UP.
according to the attorney general he
said: "No more beer"
Gen. Brennan took some exceptions TO
the statements or the law I'm regard to
drunkenness made by Mr.. Stearns in it's
relation to the case.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
THREE-|NCH
RAP|D-F|RE
GUNS
Board Of Ordnance and FOrtifl-
cation Say They Arc tho Most
Effective Weapons In World

Washington, Nov. 3o-The board OF
ordnance and fortifcation, I'm it's annual
report, says that the results of the tests
made with the three-inch rapid fire gun
recommended by the board for adoption
for the army, "show that when equipped
with these guns and carriages. the field
artillery Of our army will have a weapon
equal II not superior to that of any ma
ton"
Relative to the test conducted In Pen
sacola harbor the report says that they
have resulted In adoption of system
of fire control and direction for coast ar
tfllery which, when installed with such
notifications as experience may suggest.
as part of the coast defence, will render
IL more than ever effective.
The sum of 100000 is estimated as the
amount needed to carry on the work or
the board during the next fiscal year. The
board renews former recommendations
that appropria tons by congress should be
sufficient to provide a reserve supply of
ammunition OF at least 100 rounds for each
large calibre gun and mortar and at
least ESQ rounds for each rapid fire gun as
soon as mounted, saying, las without an
adequate supply OF ammunition. 1t Is need,
less TO say that the armament OF tho
coast defence is useless"
An ample allowance OF ammunition for
annual target practice and the continu-
ance of the present allowance for sub
calibre and machine gun practice. Is rec
commended. Further ii Is recommended
that all target practice. except subcalibre
should be full service charges or smoke
less powder, IL being stated that the pres
ent allowance OF ammunition has not
been sufficient to test the guns thorough
ly after their installation.
The board renews its recommendation
that provision be made for carrying eut
each year a system of practical drill ana
target practice with heavy guns under
conditions approximating those OF actual
service. The report says three ranges
should be provided one for the North
Atlantic. one for the South Atlantic ana
Gulf and one for the Pacific coast.
Finally the board says not less than
s., ,OOO. 900 should be appropriated annually
for the next several years for the install
iation of proper fire control system at
each coast artillery fort, the board stat
ing that 1t is not aware OF any object
for which such sum can be expended
more effectively, or from Which greater
benefit will be derived.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
WILL LOAN THE COUNTESS MONEY.

Berlin, Nov. So-Financiers have now
agreed to advance to the Countess Isa-
bella Worsierska Kwilecki, who was ac-
quilted OF the charge OF having present
ed a false heir TO an estate at Wroblewo.
a substantial sum on a mortage on the
Wroblewo estate
Count Hector Kwileck. who contested,
as next OF kim the legitimacy OF the
countess son. personally guaranteed the
loan, in reparatiop for his share OF the
prosecution OF the countess. loan be-
came possible upon the birth OF an heir
but Il was blocked for nearly seven
years by the members Of the Prussian
House OF Lords.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
WOUNDS ON BODY
Were Not discovered Until Body Of italian
Was Being Prepared for Burial.

New York, Nov. D.-While preparing
for burial of the body of Luigi Rus
somanno. a Newark undertaken has dis
covered that the Italians death was due
70 bullet wounds In the chest.
1t had been supposed the mans death
was from natural causes eli had gone
home and complained 10 his wife of III
ness. Thlrty-six hours later he died
without mentioning his wounds. Ths
undertaken notified the police and sew
eral habitues OF an Italian saloon have
been arrested. Russomanno's fortitude
IL declared 10 have been remarkable 40
either OF his wounds was severe enough
TO have caused his death.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
19 LIVES
LOST ON
GR|D|RON
But Those Who Were Killed
Were Unframed P|aysrs..Ns
Ex)srIsncsd Contestants
Seriously Hurt.

Chicago. Nov 30.-The Tribune today's
says: Nineteen lives were lost on the
football field during the season OF 1903
One boy was injured, some OF them being
disabled for life. The number OF minor
but painful accidents goes into the hun
dreds and the list OF the severely injured
necessarily also is incomplete.
The feature OF this tabulation Is that
which shows the casualties were confined
to unframed players. No number OF any
OF the first class elevens was killed or
permanently disabled.
In consequence OF the injuries sustained
by their players several OF the minor
schools have forbidden the game OF foot
ball Two towns-Columbus Junction. Pa.
and Greenfield. O.,-have stopped the
sports as the result OF petitions circula-
ted by parents
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
WILL ORGANIZE.
Importers Desire Fair, Prompt and Impair
tIal Administration Of Customs Laws.

New York, Nov 3O.-An effort is being
made 10 organize the importers of the
United States on large scale with the
object of obtaining fair, prompt and i'm
partial administration of the customs
laws
A law department and a bureau OF
analysis will be established and a large
force of clerks and experts employed. Of
fees will he opened where importers can
receive information regarding market
values and proper rates of duty on i'm
ported merchandise.
Nearly 200 large firms already have
agreed TO Join the association.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
rarbagc, Overcome by Fumes When
HydrOcyanic and Nitric Acid
Were Mixed, Expires in a Short
Time -McAleer, His Fellow Work.
man, Removed to Hospital but
Will Probably Recover = Both
Employees of Bennett JeWclry
Manufacturing Company.

The pels of handling hydrocyanc acid demonstrated in
ewey shop in the Manufacturers building
s3o o'clock this morning.
Savo Tarag Italian as years Joseph McAee
preparing solution of hydrocyanic and nitric acid
quantity poured into pitcher well filled
acid This generated hydrocyanic deadly
poison which inhaled
Tarbage minutes. McAeer removed from
the colorine room in time although he almost
for
He was sent to the Rhode hospital and will probably
recover.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
METHODIST MINISTERS MEET.

The usual weekly meeting OF the Metho-
dist ministers of Providence and vicinity
was addressed this morning by the Rev.
r. w. Coleman, who subject was Re
lgious I.ife In Great city"
A rather small number was present this
morning and for that reason the meeting
was Of a more Informal nature and at
the close OF Rev. Mr.. Coleman's address
a general discussion Of the speaker s
theme was entered into.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
MILL OPERATIVES
ON SMALLER: WAGES
Lower Scale Goes Into Effect in
Cotton Factories in Rhode Island
and Other Places in New England

Boston, Nov 3-The wages of about additional
textile operatives reduced today bringing
New England who have had their down this fall
The in New Bedford Monday will swell the
$4,000 and complete and general reduction in southern New
England mills The down in the majority of factories
averages although Blackstone Valley
stated ranges from s according the of
the work. So
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
FIRE DELAYS WORK.

Sydney, c. B.. Nov. 0.-Ths work OK
erecting a blast furnace on the Nova sco-
tia steel company's property at Sydney
mines will be delayed on account OF .
fire which destroyed the Office and work.
sbops Of the Pairis Engineering company
The PaIris company is United States
concerna and the direct lose is heavy,
7, viii require a month or more. II -
tbousht. to install q new plant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30

to cut wages. which has not heretofore
announced their Intention to do 30.
QUIET IN PAwTUxET VALLEY.
Quiet prevailed among the operatives
when they went to work In the cotton
mills In the Pawtiixet Valley this morn
ing under the ne wwage scale. which pro-
OF 10 Jer cent. and no trouble is expected
in this section.
NO COMPLAINT MADE.
Augusta, Me-. Nov S0.-The 1900 en-
ployes OF the Edwards Manufacturing
COMPANY accep.eu me wage reauctlon
complaint. realizing its necessity.
They will receive the same wages paid
previous to April IA, 1902, khen an in
them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
He Is the Man Who Shot Oscar
Stcinbach to Death at What
Cheer Brewcry--Insanity Will
Probably Be the Defence.

of Frederick Hoffman for the murder of Oscar Stein
bach Cheer brewery begun in Judge Wburs court
today Hoffman about o'clock in the after
noon of 26th of last March
excused from service the jury before was
completed and there challenges
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
SUCCESS

money you must do q large business
For explanation. call at the
MERCHANTS LOAN q TRUST CO.
tss Msthewson St.. Room <oA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
Regular Army and Navy Veterans

Comrades. please attend a meeting OF
Veterans Tuesday. Dec. let. at =. NJ,
az Armory OF Battery a. on Benefit
street. Fraternally,
OI~ro n. CROSSE.
Assistant Inspector General OF n. A. and
~. L..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
mrs. FLORENCE KELLEY

SECRETARY OF THE
NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE
WILL DELIVER AN ADDRESS ON
CHILD LABOR
IN MANNING HALL. BROWN UNI
VERS1TY
Monday Evening. Nov. 3oth, at o'clock
under the Joint auspices OF the Con-
sumers' League of Rhode Island and the
Local Council OF Women.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
DENTAL Announcement

DIR. ID. 8. ROGERS. formerly with DR..
Earl Hawes. Weybosset street, wishes to
announse that he is now associated with
DIR. j. w. BOND, No 256 Westminster
street, corner OF Union. opposite Shep-
ards.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-24
Told in a Few Lines,

Owing to pressing demands at home
Lord Roberts, commander in chief of the
British army, has cancelled his proposed
visit to this country.
s. F. Davis, president of the First Ma
tional Bank at Park Rapids, Mimi, was
drowned in Fish Hook lake while sailing
with a party of friends.
Two hundred and sixty of the 1000
employees of the American Smelling and
Refining Company ut Durango. Coo.
struck for an eight-hour day.
At meeting of the executive commit
tee of the board of trustees of the Unit
ed Society of Christian Endeavor. held
in Boston, 1t was voted to hold the next
International convention in Baltimore.
July 5, 1905.
The building strike .in Minneapolis
Minn., came to an end, work being re
sumcd on all the large buildings. The
difference between the building laborer.
and the contractors are to he arbitrated
Col. d. r. Anthony of Leavenworth
wants the Saate of Kansas to bay TIE
reunion grounds at Baxter Springs and
maintain them as a pubic park and n
place where the old soldiers can hold a
reunion every year.
Edward NJ. Collins, general superinten-
dent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
Railroad, is dead at his home in Ct.
Louis as the result OF running nail
into his foot several weeks ago when
descending from a car.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-24

the commission on observatories, states
that Carnegie observatory will be built
on the top of Mount Whitney, the high
est point in tile United States. The
building will be 103 by 80 feet, of granite
and wood.
Harry Kirby, one of the most notorious
forsers in the country, was arrested in
La Crosse, Wis, by Detective William
Lyman. Kirby is wanted in Duluth,
Chicago, Oshkosh and many other cities
of the Northwest for forgeries. When he
was searched a forged check was found
in his pocket.
Grieving over the death of his wife at
Chicago from consumption, Robert Stock
well Hatcher, aged 40 years, of Lafay-
cite, Ind. shot and killed himself in a
room at the Planters Hotel, st. Louis
Mrs. Hatcher was corresponding secre
tary general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The heaviest rain of recent years fell
throughout the Northwest the other
night. Thousands of acres of crops were
ruined and serious damage was done to
railroads in many places. Reports from
other points show that the storm was
general all over Minnesota. extended as
far as Elrpy. Wis, and, to the south, to
Sioux City, Iowa. In North Dakota and
Montana there was a heavy fall of snow.
Valley Springs, thirteen miles east of
Sioux Fails, s. d., was the scene of
regular Jesse James raid between 9 and
3 o'clock Saturday morning. Residents
of the town were aroused by series of
nine explosions. When they appeared on
the street to ascertain the cause they dis
covered that the place was picketed by
seven or eight armed men who drove
them from the streets on pain of instant
death if they attempted to interfere with
the robbers. The Minnehaha County
Bank was the object of attack by the
desperadoes. who blew open the safe
which stood outside the vault and Sc
cured between $1,000 and 100000 in
cash. The vault was not molested. Dur
ing the raid one of the pickets fired at a
citizen, but owing to a shortage of fire.
arms the residents were compelled to
keep in the background until the rob-
hers had completed their work AID left
town.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-24
IN GENERAL.

President Roosevelt has abandoned the
plan 10 summon Congress in extraordi
nary session in October, and the present
plan fixes Nov. as the date.
4 movement for reduction in wages
of 10 per cent has been started by the
National Metal Trades Association. but
union labor leaders hope by negotiation
to avert the demand. About 100000 ma
chinists are affected by the move.
William Marconi stands ready to equip
Robert Z. Peary's next polar expedition
with wireless telegraphy. He is confident
of overcoming all physical obstacles that
might be thought to interfere with the
use in the arctic regions of this latest
factor in world communication.
A telegram from Dawson says that ex-
citement prevails there over the circula-
tion of the report that pay dirt running
to Is cents to the pan had been struck
at the head of Albert street, in the heart
of the city. The discovery was made by
men hauling gravel from an old pit.
The Navy Department has issued ar
order declaring The Star-Spangled Ban
ner" to be the national anthem and di
recting whenever that composition is
played that all officers and men shall
stand at attention unless they are en-
gagged in duty that will not permit them
to do so.
The Canadian patrol Petrol lifted and
confiscated number of fish nets belong
ing TO American fishermen in Lake Erie.
1t is supposed the officers of the Petrol
decided that the nets We're set on the Ca
madam side of the line. This. however,
is denied by the fishermen. The nets
were valued at $1,000.
Secretary Hitchcock announced the re-
moval of John A. Sterrett of Ohio as
town site commissioner for the Cherokee
Indian nation in Indian Territory and the
appointment of Dwight Tuttle of Con-
necticut as his successor. The removal
is the result of chas.es against Ster-
rett's administration of his Office
Equipped with horseshoers. saddlers.
carpenters and blacksmiths' outfits com
plete for use in the army, motor car
will leave New York for the War De-
partment in Washington in few days
After inspection by the department off,
cials it will be sent to Fort Leavenworth
Kan, for test in actual service. By use
of the car repairs to the equipment or
arms of the artillery, cavalry or infan-
try branches Of the service can be made
on the spot, or even while the forces are
on the march.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-24
FOREIGN.

As the result of fire in some business
premises on Kongens Gade, Christiania.
Norway, eleven persons were burned to
| death and great damage was done.
A demonstration in connection with the
municipal elections in Athens was fol-
lowed by hand to hand street fights.
Fourteen persons were either killed or
wounded.
Fierce fights between Jews and Chris
tians, in which four Christians and two
Jews We're killed and many persons seri-
ously injured, are reported from Gomela,
in the government of Moghiteff, Russia.
Bulgaria has appealed to the powers
to prevent the devastation of the country
By Turkey, plainly stating that unless
the atrocities are stopped. the nation will
be forced to adopt stern defensive meas
| ures.
a dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt
from COnstantinople reports that the
Russian monastery at Jerusalem has
been sacked by a Mohammedan mob and
that all of the monks there were mur-
dered.
A special dispatch from the Bulgarian
frontier reports that another Servian
military plot has been discovered at
kraguyevats, fifty-nine miles from Bel
grade. Several officers have been ar
rested
The schooner Fielding rescued seven
an overturned ship near Port au Prince.
after they had clung to the slippery bot
tom for four days. Nine of their COM
panions were drowned.
Reports from Sofa say the Turks
have destroyed the town of kastoria,
near Monastir. and massacred the entire
population of 10000. Bulgaria is warn
ed by the powers that no help will be
given her in case she decides upon war.
The Colombian Senate has approved
the bill authorizing the government to
negotiate new Panama canal treaty
with the United States on its first read
ing. Senator Perez Soto announces
that he will oppose it in the subsequent
debates.
One hundred cases of bubonic plague
are reported in Toledo. the most northern
and pOphlous suburban district Of Ma
Mia. Of these eighty have had a fatal
termination. Twelve cases. with nine
deaths. are also reported from Cebu, in
the province of Visayas.
Secretary Moody's attention has been
called to the fact that no monument
marks the grave of John Paul Jones in
Paris. In the event that the remains of
the distinguished naval hero can be
found. Secretary Moody will order a war
ship to France to bring them home.
Private dispatches from Morocco say
that Ben Jussi. commanding a detach-
ment of the imperial troops. and six hum
dred of his men were killed recently in an
engagement with the insurgents. The
Sultan is reported to have narrowly es-
capped falling into the hands of the ell
envy.
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secre-
tary; e. I. Richie. chancellor of the ex-
chequef, and Lord George Hamilton. sec
retary for India, have resigned from the
British cabinet, and their designations
have been accepted. Mr.. Chamberlain
expresses the belief that the country is
not ready for a tax on foodstuffs, and
that he can better aid the, cause of impe-
rial unity when in private life.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-24

until the official announcement was issued
late Mt night.
According to correspondent, the re-
tirement from the British cabinet of Mr..
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, along with Mr.. Ritchie, chan
cellor of the exchequer, is indeed para
doxical. as Mr.. Balfour pronounces il
in his letter accepting Mr.. Ghamberlain's
resignation. Mr.. Ritchie is an unswerv-
ing free trader. So is Lord George Ham
iltOn. who has just resigned his post, of
secretary of state for India. Mr.. Cham
berlain insists that preferential duties
permitting free entry alone to the pro-
duets of the British colonies and to raw
materials needed b. British manufac-
turers should be established in Great
Britain AZ speedily as possible. Mr..
Balfour submits that the British public
is not prepared as yet to accept any
thing more radical in the way of customs
duties than such rs may be placed on
foreign products in retaliation against
hostile tariffs erected against British pro-
ducts. He and Mr.. Chamberlain agree
that while the ministry adopts this mid
die course it is best for Mr.. Chamberlain
10 retire and lead the forces of the im-
perialists who wish to make the empire
strong and indivisible By establishing ar
all-British zollverein.
Mr.. Balfour discloses in his letter
what was not apparent from his publish
ed plan of retaliation-that he is in hear
ty accord with Mr.. Chamberlain at all
points. "If there has ever been any diff
ference between us in connection with
this matter" he tells Mr.. Chamberlain,
sit has only been with regard to the
practicability of the proposal" Public
opinion is not ripe, he insists, for q tax
on foodstuffs. Mr. Chamberlain agrees
with this. He admits in his letter Of
resignation that for the present a tax
unacceptable to the majority of the con-
stituencies." Still, he is convinced that
the good of the empire demands the
adoption of his policy, so he will get out
side of the cabinet and work for it with
might and main.
Here is an extraordinary situation in
deed. 1t is scarcely conceivable that the
cabinet can stand under such conditions.
Mr.. Balfour has not yet succeeded in
shedding Lord I.ansdowne, British for
eign minister, for whose removal the pub
lie is clamoring because of the bitter
incompetence which he showed during
the South African campaign, when he
was secretary-of state for war. Fur
thermore, the educational laws have set
England by the ears and filed its nom
conformist communities with passive re-
sisters" If there were any Conference
and cohesivencss in the ranks of the lib
ertls one might say with absolute conf
dnce that the Balfour ministry must
speedily fall. As matters stand there
does not seem to be much doubt about it.