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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
REACHES
AGE OF
TIA YEARS.

Geneva, N. Y, Feb. S.-Amanda Luella
Smith on Thursday reached the age OF
ia years.
Mrs. Smith is the widow of one of the
soldiers Of the war of 1872 She has seen
Ave generations and her chances for hv-
ing to see another are excellent Mrs.
Smith not only has keen memory for
events In her early life. but her memory
seems unimpaired on all points of history
from the time she was a wee child UP
10 the present
When called upon a correspondent Mrs.
Smith sat In an old rocker. She wore
no glasses and was anything but poor
tury OF time.
A correspondent asked her the causes
that had brought her such longevity cou-
pied with health and happiness.
"well young man." she replied, Il have
observed the rules OF nature. that's All. 4
eat only two meals daily. take cold
bath eery morning. and never let my
self worry over trifies These little wor-
ries kill one, while the big ones seldom
do harm. 1 believe In God and try TO
follow His teachings Aside from these
my pipe OF smoking tobacco has been and
In always a big factor To me. l smoke
almost all the time. 1 get strength. con-
ton and comfort from the pipe and
know Il has prolonged my life.
Lastly, I care little for material things
What we have now may vanish any mo-
ment. BY living on a high spiritual plane
| have gained long life and happiness.
Mrs. Smiths face II not covered with
| the customary wrinkles OF old age ano
/ her countenance does one good TO looh
upon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
ROYAL BLUE LINE

washington trips are scheduled TO leave
Rostou Feb. 12th-26th, March 1lth'2oth.
April sth-22d. May 9th; s2e'Oo covers AZ.
Inansss for seven days trip except
sumner on Fail River Line; nve days In
Washington at frst-class hotels, visit AT
phIledeiph,a, longer stop over at wash
ington. Philadelphia and New York II de-
sired. -x .saso
F,orida--Feb. sth. March 7th; $500
includes stop In Washington and all trsv-
cling expenses IN both directions
o'r,s 11>,, = nos,sl for Illustrated booklet
49,, suide 20 washington 10 Jos. II. Tag
cart. n. II. p. A.. $50 Washington st.
Boston. Mass.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
RESCUED
FROM ice
ISLAND.

Muskegon. Mich, Feb. s.--Nearly dead
from exposure, A. T.. Allen. OF this city.
was rescued yesterday afternoon from an
ice island Is miles out on Lake Michigan.
on which he had been drifting many
hours. The rescue was effected by the
crew OF an ice breaking tug In search OF
him.
Allen had read that the big lake was
frozen over, and he offered TO cross on
the ice to Milwaukee IL bonus was Of
fered. Some one "chpped in" and raised
the amount he demanded. and he set out
on his perilous trip. The ice inshore was
solid. and he made 16 miles before dark
ness set IN.
Then he sought a large iceberg on
which 10 pass the night The tempera-
! ture was near zero and he had 10 remain
| awake during the long hours to keep from
| freezing.
/ About 2 d. m a warm offshore breeze
, set in and when day broke Allen found
] TO his terror that he was on ansice Island.
| His situation hourly became more dan.
gerous, warm rain causing the berg ne
/ was on to cruuble of the sides In large
| blocks. AS night approached he gave ur
] hopes and calmly awaited the end.
The rain still continued, and he was
soaked through: BY morning his con, I
worn him out, and he began to lose con
| sciousness.
The last he remembered was at i
o'clock in the forenoon, and IL was 81,
hours later when the rescuers reaches
| him. His clothing was frozen solid, snt
his entire body was numbed with cold
| BY the aid of stimulants he was revived
but was powerless TO speak. When tn
tug reached shore Allen was conscious
but irrational
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

the flames II was not until the roaring
furnace started by the burning OF the
wooden house OF James A Carr and Son
had swept up Water street. carrying be-
fore II banks, wholesale houses and
stores. that the building caught. IL
soon was one mass of flames.
UNION TRUST BUILDING A AoRCH
Across Charles street. the flames swept
to the towering Union Trust building and
this building was converted into n huge
torch, and now only the walls are left
standing
no the south side OF Fayette street
dynamite was used but the flames soon
consumed the debris and destroyed all OF
the buildings down 10 the corner OF ST.
Paul and Fayette streets. The Daily
Herald building was the next TO catch
and from that the flames licked into the
windows OF the Calvert building. This
was soon In flames from garret 10 cellar
and the Equitable, TO which IT was an
nexed by bridge, was speedily afire and
blazing fiercely.
The nine tsory Central building Of tne
! Baltimore a. Ohio Railroad Co, Calvert
and Baltimore streets. caught about the
same time as the Equitable building. from
which It was separated by Bank lane.
q 15-foot alley. The flames made short
work of the enormous structure and all
that remains OF 1t are sections of the
towering brick walls.
FIRE CROSSED JONES FALLS.
Shortly before l o'clock the fire crossed
Jones Falls, though at this time the de-
parement seems to be fighting the flames
with success.
Tho Baltimore Chrome works on Blacl
street are now ablaze.
BUSINESS is PARALYZED.
The awful blow to the business inter
ests has fairly paralyzed the city, anC
scores Of citizens spent the bulk OF tn
day outside OF the FIRE military cordoI
drawn around the fire area The fall o
tottering and dynamited walls. the shril
calls OF engines for coal the changing o
the gongs OF fire and ambulance officials
the hiss OF escaping steam and the dul
! red glow that hovers over the old par
OF the city. marks the scene OF the heigh
OF the flames, added TO the awe-inspir
ing situation.
s25ooo.ooo FOR RELIEF.
Already the authorities are taking step
10 meet the emergency and specia
meeting OF the Maryland legislature ha
. been called for O'clock tonight, whe
relief legislation will he enacted. TIL
measure IS not yet drafted. burt 1t Is ur
derstood that the legislature will apprc
pirate s25,Oo0,0o0 for relief.
rs FURY SPENT.
In the business district the fire ha
we'll nigh spent itself. The residenc
section OF the city has not been affecte
l and the ire lighters are hopeful that IN
q flames will not shift In that direction.
{ Buildings without number. some Q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
WAR NEAR IN FAR Est.
Continued from page Ten)
VICERoY ALEXIEFF WARNED


st. Petersburg. Feb. Sat an import
ant council held at the palace late today
under the presidency Of the car II was de-
cided to telegraph Viceroy Alexieff to
scrupulously avoid any step which might
provoke hostilities.
RUSSIA PREPARING STATEMENT.
The Russian foreign office is preparing
a statement of the negotiations between
Russia and Japan, which probably will
be given out during the next "A hours.
II may be I'm the form OF n circular note
TO the Russian representatives abroad.
but Il is more likely to be published In
the Official Messenger as an official COM
munication.
JAPAN EMBARKs MANY TROOPS.
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from
Vienna says that Admiral Baron Won
shaun. commander-in-c OF the Aus
TRAN navy, has received a dispatch from
the commander of the Austrian Legation
guard at Pekin, saying that Japan mas
embarked her regiments OF guards and
two army divisions on forty steamers. The
dispatch added that n Russian cruiser
division had sailed from Port Arthur and
that hghting was expected hourly.
REPORTS THAT CABLES ARE CUT
Paris, Feb. S.-Ine fTencn ioieiBh "
| nce was advised this afternoon that the
Japanese have cut tho cable connecting
Japan with Corea-
The object OF this action Is believed
to be 10 prevent news OF the operationi
OF tho Japanese reaching the Russians
which was possible no matter how close
ly censored the dispatches sent might be
Following the breaking Off OF relation
between Russia and japan the cutting o
the cable is regarded here as significan
of the purposes OF the japanese to begii
hostilities.
II is learned that among the troop
sent by Russia TO the vicinity OF Yal
! river are $1,000 Cossacks whose provinc
n is 10 destroy the communications @
any Japanese army landing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
Most Sensational Changes of the
Season Took Place Today Far
East News the Cause OF the
Fall in Prices.

NEW swNLE SERIOUS NEWS FROM THe fAH HAs.
INFLUENCE THE RELATIVE
OPENING IN The COT
mARkE1 TO-DAY POINTS HIGHER ON
:. 49,,
AFuaTHEH ADVANCE cAR3YNa mAr
tpTo OF @GF POINTS eo'
INV HOUR THERE WAS 'Ne-
Enpous MARKET IN LESS
NEARLY FULL CENT FROM 'He
nEs MORNING.
Aeotnp , O'CLOCK CHANGES OF THIS
SOLD DOWN TO 1850 JUMPED
TO 10 30 JULY, WHICH HAD Been Dc
BROKE TO 1912 AL IN
sipE TWENTY MINUTES
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
REMOVAL ASKED FOR.


petition was filed in the appellate
division OF the supreme court today ask
ing that Henry J. Denham be removed
as co-trustee with George w. Payton OF
the estate OF Sarah &. Williams. Owing
40 the fact that there had been no per-
sonal service on Mrs. Denham, the matter
was continued n week.
m Is asserted I'm the petition that Mr.
penham is insolvent. that he by the use
% fdrugs and liquors became Incorporate
and has refused 60 sign checks or 10
otherwise perform the duties required OF
him I'm unison with his co-trustee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

This afternoon the committee on East
side thoroughfare met IN the office Of
the clerk OF committees at o'clock.
The committee on city property Will
meet tomorrow afternoon I'm the public
buildings department. and the same af-
ternoon tho committee on lights will meet
IN the office OF the clerk OF committees
at 2;9o.
Thursday the committee on ordinances
will meet in the office OF the clerk
at y. m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
ACCIDENT
THROWS 200
OUT OF WORK

Through the breaking OF the main SHAFT
of one OF the two engines operating the
mill of tho National India Rubber COM
pany at Brist2i about 200 hands were
thrown out OF work this morning. No
one was injured.
The other half OF the factory. operated
by a second engine. Is running as usual.
II Is thought that the necessary re-
pairs to the first engine will be made by
Wednesday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
fcnntinuen from page TenO

Surrounded by fires on all sides. the
Merchants National bank on South
street was the last building In it's neigh
borhood to succumb to the flames. Long
after the Rialto building had fallen IN
and long after the walls OF the Ffremen
Insurance Company building had tot
tered. and even after the unfinished
United State scustom house had purs,
into flames. the tall Merchants National
Bank building still stood untouched
Immense tongues OF fame swept IL On
all sides the heavy plate glass cracked
and splintered and continued 10 resis'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

Around midday tho market rallied
March had declined to 1921. May to 1902
and July TO 1893. this being net loss
from the best prices oft he morning or
from 1ls TO 133 points. At this level there
was considerable covering and by ~
O'Clock the market had recovered TO about
last saturdays closing prices.
n WAS reported that the advance had
been partially due to anxiety to make the
/ O'clock or margin prices as favorable as
possible.
THE LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool. Feb s-The cotton market
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

after opening weak and Irregular oe-
clined about 80 points. IL tnen ralhea
and during the morning May and June
gained 30 from the lowest and July and
August q points. nthe afternoon a.ied
by New York cables, prices advanced
rapidly with May and June touching 7.N,
being 65 UP from the lowest prices OF the
morning
A large business was done amid con-
siderable excitement In the late session.
bad slump set In the late session on
depressing New York advices, May and
June touching $50. and the market clos
ing "a 20 80 points under Saturdays hna'
quotations.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
BALTIMORE
IS BURNING.

them tall and stately. and erected AZ I'M
mense cost. are left but smouldering de-
bris. and block after block In the heart
OF the down town section for vast AREA
Is now a mass OF brick and stone pies
with an occasional standing wall
These crumbled ruins OF conunercial
prestige include the Law and Equitaple
buildings, the Continental Trust com
pany the Baltimore Ohio Central pu1la-
change and scores OF institutions num-
bered among the greatest enterprises or
the stricken city
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
FOR SICK BENEFITS.
Joshua A. Nlckerscn Suing the Providence
Police Association.

The case OF Joshua A. Nickerson Vs'
Providence Police association. to the
appellate court on an agreed statement
n, facts. Mr. Nickerson sues to recover
tor sick benefits alleged TO be que nm
after he was placed on the retired hst oy
the police commissioners
The question raised Is whether the
nlstnt,ff IS to be considered an active
member OF the police forco and receive
sick benefits. he being on the pension
Qt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY.

George T. McCurdy has brought ssit
against John II. Hanley TO recover 5000
for alleged assault and battery. MIR. Nc
curdv claims he was elected from Han
ley's saloon by q bartender
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

CURES GRIP IN GREAT BRITAIN
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININB removes
the cause. Call for the fun name. 20 cents
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
TO CURE A COLD m ONE DAY

rake Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II II falls
to cure E w. Groves signature IL on
each boz 26c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
Distress
filter Eating

Nausea between meals, belching, vom-
iting, flatulence, fits Of nervous bead
ache, pain in the stomach, arc all
symptoms of dyspepsia, and the longer
II is neglected the harder Il Is to cure Il.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

WANTED - NURSERY 6ALEsMANi
unoccupIed territory; commission paid
s.,..liv. write for liberal terms and free
ou,t,t. western New York Nursery CO..
Dept. n. Rochester. n Y. n-et.
WANTED WINDERS AND
doublers; also girls TO learn; good wages
Apply. The Ramsay n Gore Mfg Co., A-
lendale SILK mills. Centredale. II. 1. fs-St
wANTED-sITUATTo AS A MANA
ger on poultry farm; ~ years experience.
John Evans, Kniehtsyills. r. L fS-st
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

and Pills

Radically and permanently cure It
strengthen and tone the stomach and
other digestive organs for the natural
performance Of their functions.
Accept no substitute for Hoods.
"I had dyspepsia twenty-five years and
took different medicines but got no help
until I began taking Hoods sarsaparills-
Have taken four bottles Of this medicine
and can now eat almost anything. sleep
well. have no cramps in my stomach. no
burning and no distress" Mas. wrLLiAs
a. BARNETT. 10 olney ST., Providence. r.. I.
Moods sarsaparilia promises 60
cure and Keeps tho promise.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
The Cotton Market.

Reported for The News by DAVIS
DAVIS, Banigan Building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08

tsNe'o'c " v y" ' " y i.
. GREAT FIRES IN AMERICAN (:
I. CITIES.
4. Chicago H., Oct. 8, 1sn-one-
Z. fourth OF the city area. including
Z. the entire business portion. Twelve {
o thousand buildings burned. Five s
. hundred persons killed. Loss sles,-
Q 100000
o Boston, Nov. .. lS72-sixty-five {
Z. acres, including the most substan-
9 tial business portion of the city.
. destroyed. Loss s6O,OcOCOO
3 Quebec, Que. June 8. issi-one-
8 fifth OF the city wiped out with
(. loss OF s2.ocO,ON.
!. St. Johns. N. r.. July Q, 1ss2-six
Z. hundred buildings destroyed. Fiji
% teen thousand persons rendered
8, homeless. Loss s200oo,o0o.
Z. Paterson, ~. j.. Feb ., 1902
% Twenty-six blocks burned in the
3, heart OF the city, with a loss OF
{, s1o.Ooo.ooo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-08
rs FURY SPENT

| In the business district the nre mas
we'll nigh spent itself The residence
section OF the city has not been affected
and the fire lighters are hopeful that the
flames will not shift In that direction
| Buildings without number, some or
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
1t Seems to Follow.

Adverting to the language of the
anti-jug law that the place Of delivery
of intoxicating liquors shall be con-
strued and held to be the place Of sale"
and to the decision of the supreme
oourt-a perfectly prope decision, it
seems to us-that this act applies not
only to the four counties named in it.
but to the entire state, The Whining
ton Messenger says:
Now, the question is, will not a liter
al construction Of this language make
a distiller indictable for shipping wills
key anywhere in the state, whether the
place of shipment is prohibited terri
tory or not. without first taking out
license at every point to which he ships
his goods? In other worlds. whiskey
cannot legally be sold without license
anywhere in the state and IL the place
of delivery is. in every instance. the
place of sale, it would seem to be a rea-
sonable conclusion that it will be nee
essary in the future for distillers and
wholesalers to secure license at every
point to which a shipment OF whiskey
is made" Gin North Carolina).
The Statesville Landmark has had
this very thing in mind" and for its
life can see how, under the courts
decision, the matter can be otherwise
Nor can we escape the same conclusion.
If a dealer must have license to sell
liquor at a place, and if where he de-
livers it is where he sells it. it follows
that If he ships it to a place where he
has not taken out license, he violates
the law and subjects himself to its
penalties. and we believe the supreme
court would SO decide If a case involv-
ing this point were carried up to it
Charlotte observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

The laugh is certainly on Senator
Stewart, Of Nevada. He was greatly
aroused over Senator Bacon's speech
attacking Frederick the Great and Cp-
posing the acceptance Of his st,tute.
Senator Stewart. as soon as he could
get the floor. proceeded to vindicate
the character of the great soldier. Ac-
cording to a Washington report in The
New York Sun. he told OF personally
visiting the places in Holland where
Frederick had labored as a shipwright
lifting himself to command by learn
ing to obey. His panegyric of Fred
erick was so eloquent as to hold the
senate spen-bound, and when he had
concluded there was not a shred left OF
Mr.. Bacon's argument Just before
adjournment, however. MI. Stewart
rushed wildly to the reporters rooms
and directed that his remarks BE-
stricken from the records. He had
discovered that he had been maxim
a speech about Peter h Great instead
OF Frederick the Great--Charlottf
Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
READ 1T
Twsuld Spoil This Story to Tell 1t I'm
the Headlines.

TIE use an 18th century phrase.
his ia an "o'er true tale" Having
happened in a small Virginia town in
the winter of 1902, it is a story very
much Of the present. Up to a short
time ago Mrs. John E. Harmon. of
Aelfa Station, Va, had no personal
knowledge Of the rare curative prop
critics of Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy. Last January" h says, my
baby took a dreadful cold and at one
time I feared h would ave pneu-
msnia, but one Of my neighbors told
me how his remedy had cured her
little boy and 1 began giving it to
my baby At once and 1t soon cured
her. / heartily thank the manufac-
turers Of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy for placing so great = cure within
my reach. I cannot recommend 1t
tso highly Dr. say too much in it's ia
vor. I hope all h read this will
try 1t and be convinced as I was"
For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

The Washington correspondent Of
The Atlanta Journal quotes in that
paper Representative Prince. a repub-
lican OF Illinois, upon the Bristow re-
port as follows: THE BristoW report
would cause the defeat OF so many
republicans in the nex election that
the democrats would capture the
house. He said the report would be
used to throw the balance against the
republicans in the close districts and
that nearly every one OF the hundred
or more republicans caught in the re-
port live in close districts and have to
fight for their lives ever under ordi-
nary circumstances. The effect OF the
record on the republicans can be seen
already in the news from Nebraska
A republican convention in that state
yesterday denounced Representative
Burkett, whose name was in the report
and although Burkett had a good
chance to come to the senate he Is
now down and out completely, his
friends say. Other districts are being
heard from and the alarming news
from them is what keeps the member
OF the house at white heat today
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Mooresville Enterprise: Mr.. Watt w.
Melchor has ,fifty-three hens that are
equal in value to a small bank-that is
the revenues are abuot as certain.
several weeks g when he gathered in
IL dozen and fou eggs, he thought the
limit was about reached, but las week
ne sold from his hen product the total
amount of 22S eggs-or 10 dozen. He
carries five shares in the Building and
Loan that are entirely kept up by the
sale of eggs, besides he has a consid-
cradle surplus each week with which to
buy his sugar and coffee. His chickens
are OF the barred Plymouth Rock va
riety.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Raleigh, y. g, March 14.-V. z.
AcBee. recently appointed receiver Of
the Atlantic and North Carolina 7
road was arrested n New Bern today
on a bench wacclnt issued by Chief
Justice Clark and brought here to-
night The warrant sworn out by
Attorney General Ci1mer in behalf OF
the people of the State. charges Mr..
hcBee with ~conso.ring with K. s.
Finch. on whose complaint he was
appointed receiver. to ,r.iure he said
road. A warrant al>o was issued for
Finch, but he Is out OF the State, and
Governor Aycock will probably issue
a requisition for him. The case will
be heard in the morning by Judge
Clark.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18

Postmaster Hudson, OF Apex, Swore
that the man whom he believed was
Jones was at the postoce the morning
OF tina day and got change for a so
bill. A negro blacksmith swore a man
wonderfully like Jones was In his shop
that day. This blacksmith shop was
broken open that night and tools taken
ltherefrom were used n opening the
lpostofice safe. Postmaster Hudson
said Il was his custom to tear of all
margins IN stamp sheets and Il Was
testified that the stamps sold by Jones
in large quantities, from $c0 to SITS
at a time. had margins torn on. Jones
introduced no evidence. He was re-
CURED to give $1,000 bail for his appear
ance and did his Immediately.
His counsel declared h government
had made no a against him. Dis
'trfct ATTORNEY Skinner a Il had made
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-18
An Affidavit Charging MCBee and Finch With
Conspiracy to Injure the Road. Bench War
rants are Issued for their Arrest.
JUDGE CLARK WILL HEAR CASE

of n People OF The State by At
tOrney General siiImcr Before Chief
Justice Clark-M". MvBee Was Ar
rested i'm New Be=n and Taken to
Raleigh Last Night--Mr. Finch Is
Out of the Stare and Governor Ay-
cock Will Probably Issue a Requi-
sitiOn o Hfm-Ihe Case Will Re
Heard Today anal IA Hard Legal Bat
tie is Expected to EDsue.