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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
HOT after
THE GAS
COMPANIES.

Boston, Jan. 2s.-The gas commis-
sioners of Massachusetts, have referred
to Attorney General Parker the names
Of IL gas light companies in the state
which the commissioners alleged have
violated chapter 46 iof the revised laws
which provides as to the quality Of gas
which must be distributed to consumers
The statute declares that IL the gas
OF any company is found. upon three con-
secutive examinations or upon three In
spections made within a period OF %
days to give less than 16 standard Eng
dish candles, or to contain more than -
grains of sulphur or 10 grains OF am
monia per hundred cubic feet OF gas or
any sulphretted hydrogen a fine OF 500
shall be paid by such company to each
city or town which It supplies with gas.
The Pittsfield Coal Gas company is re-
ported as having violated the law with
respect to the candle power. sulphur and
hydrogen and the Peopels Gas company
OF Stonehan. with respect to the sulphur
and hydrogen.
The other companies complained OF are
those In Arlington, Attleboro, Brockton.
Marlboro, Chelsea, North Attlsboro,
Maiden. Melrose. Athol and Cambridge.
Attorney General Parker has notified
the solicitors OF the municipalities and
towns I'm which the companies are located
to collect the fines which the law Inn
poses.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
TAXATION
OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY.

Mr. Fitzgerald OF Pawtucket, intro
duced bill for an act In the house OF
representatives, this morning, that re-
lates TO the registry OF personal property
voters subject of much importance in
Providence, as well as In his own city.
1t provides that If a person swears that
he has the requested amount of personal
property before notary, and the
affidavit is duly presented to the as
SCISSORS he may have his name placed
upon the personal property list. In case
the assessors should not decide to accept
tho affidavit the measure provides that
notice be given the person desiring TO be
rated as taxpayer before the lists are
closed, allowing sufficient time 10 apply
60 the courts for redress.
The measure Is the same as presented
last year and was held up I'm the senate,
after passing the house.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
j.P. MORGAN, JR., HOME.
Arrives Today on the Steamer Majestic
With Other kotahIeS.

New York. Jan. &.-Among the pas
sensers who arrived today on the steamer
Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown
were j. Pierpont Morgan. Jr.. and family.
Captain w. A Adams OF the Fifth Lam
GERS, British Army, on his way to Japan;
A. r. Parker, secretary TO the admiral
of the China station. British navy; Leu
tenant II. r. Rathbone OF tho Royal En-
gineers: Miss Mabel Choate, daughter
OF Ambassador Choate; Captain A. Il.
Graves, Henry ]. Thaddeau, a painter,
who brings his picture Of the Pope. and
Humphrey Berkeley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
FAMOUS LIBRARY DESTROYED
University Library at Turin, Italy, Burned
"a Hours and Famous Volumes Lost.

Rome, Jan. &-It Is impossible to as
certain the number OF volumes destroyed
during the FIRE which occurred at the
University library at Turin. the most
famous In Italy. Jan. 28.
Some OF the papers say 10000 volumes
were burned and other assert that only
1000 were consumed. The fire lasted
practically "a hours and II seems certain
that $1,000 volumes OF Greek. Latin anu
other codicies have been lost IA well as
the precious Venetian collection OF books
from the library OF Cardinal Della Revere.
The codicdes from the Bobio Abbey ap.
pear TO have been saved as was the In
cuna Bula collection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
PLEASANT SURPRISE.
Schooner Bohemia, Thought to Be Frozen In
or Newfoundland, Arrives.

Gloucester. Mass. Jan. ga pleasant
surprise TO shipping interests hero was
tho arrival today OF the schooner Bo-
hemia, Capt. seeley. which was supposed
to be frozen in somewhere of the coast
OF Newfoundland. The vessel brought 900
barrels of frozen herring.
Capt seeley reports he left Bay OF
Islands, N. F.. on Jan. 10. with three
other sohooners, the Parthia, Fernwood,
and A NJ. Nicholson. OF Cape st.
George, the great fee field surrounded
the little feet and only the Bohemia sue
ceeded In cutting her way out Capt.
Seeley knows nothing OF the present con-
dition or whereabouts OF the others.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
ALIBI IS OFFERED.
Man Held for Murder Of Indiana School
teacher Presents Several AftldaNts.

Memphis. Tenn. Jan. 2s-Harry Behr's
mother last night presented to the police
an affidavit from Louis Vacaro. saloon
keeper In which oath is made that Behr.
who is under arrest In connection with the
Bedford. Ind, murder mystery. was In
vacaros sal9on during the early evening
OF Jen. 21
This was the night that Miss Schafer
was killed. A Chinaman also has been
found who states that Behr was at his
place on Main street, Tuesday night, Jan.
10.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
COTTON
MARKET
STRONG.

New York. Jan. 8.--July cotton sold at
10 cents a pound on the New York ex-
change today. A few years ago the price
ranged between six and eight cents-
The market opened strong at an advance
Of 7Gi2 points on heavy buying of a more
or less general character. that was in
duced by the sensational advances in the
Liverpool market.
As the market worked upward liQuida-
ton became increasingly heav but with
New Orleans buying here. room shorts
covering. and outsiders buying the ad-
vance was not checked until March had
reached lb.e4. May 1880 and July 16 cents.
an advance OF 25&28 points. Following
this the market eased off few points rul-
ing very nervous.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
MURDERED FOR WEALTH.

Chicago. Jan. s.-with bills OF large
denominations. amounting TO more than
$500. sewed IN his clothing, August ort-
man has been found dead I'm the saualid
little rear room OF his home.
The man had been shot dead. Ortnan
was thought TO have largo amount of
money concealed In the place. For this
reason the police believe that he may
have been murdered. the thieves over
looking the amount concealed In his
clothing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
KILLED ABROAD.
Mrs. ]. H. Rathhons, Wealthy Widow Of
Baltimore, Met Dst Death In Auto Accident

New York. Jan. 2s.-The identity OF the
American woman killed last night in an
automobile accident near Lanapouie.
France. has been learned.
She was Mrs. j. II Rathbone, q
wealthy widow Of Baltimore Nd, and a
sister OF the wife Of Prof. Otto q. Ram
sey Of Yale Medical school She was
10 years old. Mrs Rathbone had been
staying at Cannes for three months. hav-
ing been abroad since the death OF her
husband a year ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28

The first Of the funerals OF the victims
Will be held today.
All night long the work OF cleaning the
mine itself was continued. The left
heading OF the south main level has been
broadly inspected The bodies there have
been all recovered. and the work In the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
EVERY MAN IN THE
MINE LOST H|SL|FE
Ninety-TWo Bodies Taken From Harwick
Co||i0ry Up to Noon Today--Twenty-
Six Others at Foot Of the Shaft.

Pfburg Pa IAN asAt today bodies had been taken
from the Harwick shaft
be brought Between 60 and bodies still the mine The
identified number One of the officials the mine
The explosion undoubtedly the accumulation
fire damp This Is fact and a theory
Inspector W. Cunningham who in charge of the mine
Every in the killed by explosion of fire
damp. They died much If shot through the heart"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
WILL ANSWER CHARGES.

Kansas City, Mo-. Jan. S-Chrls Copp,
the former councilcan. who was indicted
by the Kansas City. Kan. special grand
jury on the charge OF bribery and whose
whereabouts have been unknown for six
weeks past has arrived at his homo IN
Kansas City. Kan. He said he had been
In Jeffersonville. ILL.,, at the bedside OF
his mother who Is seriously ill, and that
he came TO Kansas City as soon as he
heard OF his indictment
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28

right head is now being pushed forward
rapidly.
A squad of men were put 70 work to-
day digging graves for the victims in the
plot OF ground adjoining the Lutheran
cemetery, half way between here and
6pringdale. II IL In this plot that those
miners who have no friends able to bear
the expense OF burial will be inferred.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.
Three Little Ones Met Death In Tenement
Flre-No Others Hurt.

New York, Jan. B-Three children.
Sarah Cohen. 9 years OF age; Louis Cohen,
years old. and Meyer Cohen, years
old. were suffocated here today in fro
In n six-story tenement on Madison street.
Louis Cohen, the Janitor and father OF
the children started 10 thaw out some
pipes and a small fire resulted. There was
considerable exo1tement among the "a
families Occupying the building but no
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
MRS. ROOSEVELT INVITED.
National Womsn's Relief Corps Extend In
dtatcn 10 Attend Encampmsnt.

Boston. Jan. 2S-lThe executive commits
tee OF the National Women's Relief Corps
has invited Mrs. Roosevelt. wife OF the
president, to be their guest az the national
encampment OF the corps which VIII be
held here In connection with the 1ationd
encampment Of the @. A. r. next summer.
The q. A. r. committee already has
invited the president to be guest at that
time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID.

Columbus. Ohio. Jan. 2s.-since Jan. 1,
$50 cases OF typhoid fever have been re-
ported IN Columbus. and there have been
90 deaths. The largest number reported
for q single day was IS today. The health
authorities claim the prevalence OF the
disease is due to contamination OF the
watex.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28
OLDEST VETERAN DEAD.

Mlllersburg. Ohio. Jan. &-cAfsb
Thorpe. believed 20 have been the Oldest
soldier IN the civil war II dead at the
age of iOs. He was past 90 when he en-
listed. HIS widow n 1m years "a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28

Paris Jan aSUnted States Ambassador Porter had
extended talk with Foreign Minister Decasse today going
latest phases of the Russoapan situation Neidof
sian ambassador and Prince Van Radio
called at about the time.
The former firmly believes to
pacific adjustment but other officials of the embassy
ambassadors views and inclined believe
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28

shares the view OF the United tsates, Brit
ish and other governments that no Join,
mediation " desirable as 1t would prob
ably irritste the situation but that each
power should use its influence through It's
own diplomatic channels towards the
maintenance of peace.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-28

Government opinion here remains un-
changed, the officials holding that the
situation Is more wariiko but that 1t has
not passed beyond the chance OF diplo-
matte adjustment
NO JOINT MEDIATION.
1t can be asserted positively that France
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
God Only In Parferf.

Perfection, in every absolute sense, can
not be found among men-it abides only
with God. Man. at his best, is not free:
An heir of immortality, he is imprisoned
into time. Candidate for sainthood, he
has a heritage of sin and corruption from
the generations of the past. Called to do
all things through God strengthening him,
he finds that the spirit is willing but the
flesh is weak. Countless perils menace the
voyage of the perfectonist. Presumptuous
sins often have dominion over him, when
he thinks it is not robbery to be equal
with God and share with the absolute the
attributes of divinity. Spiritual pride
leads him to moral ruin when he Is per-
suaded to forget the hour of prayer be.
cause of his conceit that with hir, every
breath is a prayer. The Man OF Nazareth
was so far from this vanity that He spent
whole nights il communion with God on
the mountains and in solitary places apart
from His companions. The perfeetionist.
again, is deceived when he materializes the
things of God, by asserting for the saints
below an earthly empire over disease and
death and by claiming part in the poilti'
cal rrle of the Gnick-coming Christ IN .
millenial reign at Jerusalem.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
Increasing Gods Opportunities.

Some one mas said that "each human life
is another opportunity for God to display
His grace and power" So it is, aid the
thought will grow upon you as you medi-
tate upon it. Just think, ~ am Gods op.
portunity" Isn't 1T wonderful? Isn't 1t
glorious? When We look at Others whom
God has richly ble--ed and honored il SER
vice we can see how it is. but do We ever
think of ourselves as Gods opportunity?
Every one that responds to Gods cal,
"Come!" gives God larger place in the
world.
Every one who obeys Gods command,
"Gow assists God in gaining larger place
in the hearts of men. Every regenerated
heart and life is o new garden in which
God plants Els seeds of love and grace, a
fountain out of which 1ow constant
streams CT healing power.
Take it home, dear young friend, and
say to yourself, Il an Gods opportunity"
Re that and your life vii become unutter-
ably grand and your experience unspeak'
ably sweet.-A. w. Spooner, d. D.
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WORDS OF WISDOM:

The way to be nothing is to do moth
ing.-Howe.
Much bending breaks the bow; much
unbending the mind.-Bacon.
It is always the biggest craven who
gives the dead dog the heartiest kick.
When man gives to be seen of men
he generally has a good deal to hide
from the Lord.
= For people who five happily together
the real secret is that. they shall not
live too much together.-English Pro-
verb.
The darkest hour in the history or
any young man is when he sits down
to study how to get money without
honestly earning it.-Horace Greeley.
Never compare thy condition with
those above thee; but to secure thy
content, look upon those thousands
with whom thou wouldst not, Tor any
interest, change thy fortune and con-
dition.-Jeremy Taylor.
Let us rightly search our lives that.
II there be any evil in the day gone
before the angel closes his book we
may repent. and the fair white page
of holy deeds and genuine repentances
be our only record.-John E. w. ware.
Life our battle-ground, death our re-
lease; cares and SORROWS upon earth,
repose in heaven-of these We al! nave
heard. But do we really grasp the
thought that in our death and judg-
ment we are confronted with new OPP
portunity Isaac Ogden Rankin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
si,.r. a. i. Companion Food.

One Of the best ways to feed alfalfa
hay is with silage, unless in region
where alfalfa is very cheap, con-
tingency that is not likely, to arise in
the Southeastern States. because the
crop will hardly grow with the luxuri-
ance characteristic of it in the West.
Alfalfa hay in the Southeastern
States, by reason of its higher price, is
a foodstuff that must be utilized more
carefully than in the West, where 1t
can be fed in the most wasteful fash
ion and still give profitable returns. 1t
is a great advantage to feed alfalfa or
any other Of the leguminous crops that
NAV be substituted for a portion OF
the concentrates in a ration OF the
dairy COW with some such succulent
and palatable food as silage. BY
chopping the alfalfa up, as prac-
ticed in our experiments, and sprlnk-
ling it over the silage with the meal
fed, the whole ration was readily
consumed. If the alfalfa hay was fed
by itself, even in larger quantity, 1t
would not be so completely consumed
and the waste would be much greater
and its effectiveness in the ration re-
duced to that extent. In our judg'
ment the gratifying results following
the substitution of alfalfa and coWpea
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Awed by Sight of:Wselth.

A Southern planter employed man
to work some Of his land during the
past year on shares. On account OF
the high price of cotton the employes s
half of the proceeds amounted to $16oo.
The planter knew that it would rum
any such man to get such sum OF
money, and decided that half or II
would be enough. Upon further Tefec'
ton the conviction grew upon him
that $500 would ruin any such man
in the world, SO he cut the sum IN
half again, and, piling up 400 shining
silver dollars on his desk, sent for the
negro and brother, and said that ne
was ready to settle. The man came IN
and fairly gasped at the amount OF
wealth in sight.
Land, boss" be said, "is that money
all ours"
"Yes."
"Well, then, divide 1t in two piles
and you take your half and I'll take
mine."-Minneapolis Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
one Thin. We Can Do.

Each one in any given place has a re-
sponsible share IN every others good work
in that place. In some things we 60 our
part with our hands: in other matters we
do our part with our hearts. What the
Apostle John said about evil deeds. is as
true of good deeds: He that giveth him
greeting partaketh in his . works" )"
By our we'll wishing we become partakers
in what others do. John said the same
thing in the next Epistle: eve go ought
to welcome such, that we may be fellow,
workers" What we speed on its way, and
what we welcome in our hearts when We
hear of it-in al this we have share.
How wide reaching, then, are theiopportu-
mites of even the most secluded! How
great is the work in which even the least
can be engaged! As we hail any good IN
coming, or speed any good outgoing. We
enter into the prophets work, and shall
receive a prophets reward. Let us take
heart and do our share.
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SANDSTONE A MYTH.
supposed Medicinal Value n Poison
Antidote IL False.

supposed Medicinal Value n PoisoR
Antidote is False.
South Africans, as rule, trouble
themselves but little about snakes, al
thought it is we'll known that few va
rieties are particularly deadly. Among
the natives the properties OF tine
"snakestone" have for many genera
tions formed a centre Of half super
stitious credulity, and, even by people
who might be expected to know better,
have been supposed to effect the most
surprising cures of snake bite. An
investigation Of its properties by The
government psychologists OF Natal,
who submitted an Indian snakestone
to the test Of applying it to animals
infected with snake venom, has shown
conclusively that its properties are
quite mythical and that it does nothing
that is claimed for it. According to
tradition the snakestone, which has
absorbent qualities, and which there
is some reason to believe is frequently
arti6cially prepared, Is placed on the
wound inflicted by snake bite. There
It is believed to suck out the poison,
and It has been said that il afterward
placed in a bowl of milk the venom
will exude and the milk turn blue.
In certain experiments narrated in the
British Medical Journal all these d.
rections were followed. To the two
rabbits injected respectively with the
venom Of a black mamba. very dead
" South African colubrine, and with
puff adder venom, the snakestone was
at once applied. The stone, by virtue
Of its absorbent nature, adhered to the
wound, but here its adherence to ira
dition ended. Both rabbits died, and
what was more disappointing, two
other rabbits. used as control ex-
pertinent" which were injected with
the same amount Of venom, recovered.
Nor when the stone was placed in milk
did the milk change color, though
small quantity Of it was absorbed.
The amount Of absorption that the
stone could possibly effect would be no
more in hours than ordinary suction by
the lips could achieve in few min
utes; and it's only possible usefulness
might be that of improving the phys
ical condition of the patient by i'm
pressing him with the belief that
valuable remedy was being applied
South Africa.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
Seeding sorxhum-snd Covpeas.

E. A.. Hume. Va, writesS' Please
let me know what kind and how much
sorghum to SOW with cowpeas, and how
many cowpeas to the acre, and the
best time to sow?
We believe the Red Head sorghum
to be one of the best varieties to SOW
for silage purposes. 1t is best sown In
drills. about three feet apart, using
about eight to ten pounds OF SEED per
acre. You may sow about a half
bushel of peas with the sorghum. Inc
most satisfactory way to- do this Is to
use n two horse corn planter, blling
one hopper with peas and one WIN
sorghum. The plates for the respec-
tive hoppers should be adjusted so as
to nut the sorghum down ev ry four
or five inches and the peas ABOUT
eight to ten inches apart in the drill
row. By reversing on the rows the
corn and peas are planted together.
Tho meas should be planted the same
as the sorghum and not later, as the
sorghum grows IupioAJ ohA >'- =
shadow the cowpeas and pre7ent thelr
making a very satisfactory growth. we
have never been able to get large
per cent. of peas in either Que corn OF
sorghum for silage purposes: Fnteen
per cent. is the largest amount ever
obtained and the average has been be-
tween five and six. If you SOW the
corn and sorghum thinner and in Wild
er drill rows, you will get lager per
cent of peas, but this will so reduce
the Weld Of the silage crop as t3 make
the small amount Of peas obtained un-
profitable. 1t is better, in our judg.
ment, to sow the cowpeas and soy
beans by themselves and mako into
hay to be fed along with the silage or
mixed with the crops as they are run
into the silo. The Whippoorwill is un-
doubtedly one of the best varieties OF
peas to SOW with SORGHUM for sllags
purposes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
Our Willow Ware.

In ten years Maryland has jumped
from fifth to third place in the willow
ware industry in the United States,
now ranking next to New York and
Pennsylvania. Baltimore is one of the
three willow-ware centres which only
have shown any actual growth in the
business. In Maryland the centre OF
the willow district lies in Howard
County. In the neighbo: hood Of Elk
ridge alone the output Of willow e1-
ceeds $4,000 per annum, while Anne
Arundel County contributes $2oOO.
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The News of the Day.

Thirty-four years ago France was
ruled by the government of the nation
al defence, which consisted Of twelve OF
the best known members Of the Opposi-
ton under the Empire. Among them
were such famous names as Leon Gam
BETA Jules Simon, Jules Favre and Gen.
Trochu. Eleven OF the twelve are dead
now and most of them are forgotten.
The last survivor Is Henri Rochefort,
who in his time has been journalist,
convict, member Of the Government and
Boulangist, .z:,. ,Nk.tt y = = IS. a.
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Sdds and Enda.

The present Secretary of War. whose
dignity equals that OF any Judge on the
Supreme Bench, is known as "BilF
Taft to all his intimates. In his case
the nickname would seem to be token
of general good will and friendly feel.
ing. ~-1sS
John Welsh, the man who fred the
first shot under Dewey in the battle Of
Manila, is at present in Milwaukee, ON
recruiting service He was with Gridley
in japan when he died and took his last
message to bis wife IN Erie, Pa
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-27
Ian Advertising.

The Japanese advance IN advertising
as in all else. Here is an illustration:
"Our wrapping paper is as strong as
the hide of an elephant. Goods for
warded with the speed Of a cannon
ball. Our silks anC satins are as soft
as the cheeks Of n pretty woman, as
beautiful as the rainbow. Our parcels
are packed with as much care as a
young married woman takes Of her
husband"