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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03

A demand for reduction TO - per cent
has been quite frequently presented TO
congress.
THE PURE FOOD BILL
Another measure which received the
sanction of the house last session. but
which has never been pushed In the
senate. Is the statehood measure, which
provides for two states, doubling up the
territories of oklahoma and Indian Ter
rittry as one and Arizona and New Mex
leo as another.
This bill, like any other which may en-
counter opposition i'm the senate. could
be easily defeated and advocates Of a
separate statehood and all the territories
ere likely TO pursue that course.
Should the house Of representatives
decide 10 mpeach Judge Charles Swayne
Of the northern district Of Florida the
business conditions OF the senate@would
be complicated After the investigation
a mp piority OF the house committee on
judiciary I'm the last session recommended
impeachment.
Consideration Of the resolution was
postponed until Dec 13. the beginning
of the second week OF the short session.
Senator Hepburn OF Idaho has given
notice that he win call up the Pure Food
bin during the' first week OF the session.
and the friends OF the measure hope 10
have IL passed But there is strong op-
position, which will take advantage OF
the senate rules TO attempt to defeat
the measure by delay.
measure which created a great deal
N interest I'm the last session and which
no doubt will cause considerable discus
sion II II comes up again, Is a bin pro-
v1ding for several large camp sites In
different sections of the country for the
use Of the regular army and militia for
dril purposes.
The localities most likely to get the
| sites II the bill becomes a law are ener-
ge:itally pushing II TO the front. while
disappointed rivals are opposing II.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03
"PARSIFAL." I"
Interesting and Instructive Lecture on Great
WasnsrIan Opera by Mr.. Rubin Guldmark

The Providence Opera House was well
filled yesterday afternoon with persons
eager 10 hear the descriptive lecture on
"Parsifai" by Mr. Rubin Gildmark.
This monumental work Of Richard Wag-
ncr's complex genius has been broadly ex-
plotted I'm print and from the lecture
platform since It's advent In America n
year ago. II IL gratifying therefore TO
note the great interest AZ present taken
In the opera as shown In the generous at
tendance az MIR. Goldmarks talk yester-
dav afternoon.
The lecture may I've briefly summarized
as concise clear explanation or the
story and logical presentation OF the
musical motives. the ptanoforte being
I'm an illustrative capacity with agreeable
effect
A. gcneral preparation for hearing
the great work Mr.. Goldmarks talk was
admirable IL will he repeated next
Tuesday afternoon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03
UNIVERSITY HALL,
NEWSLETS

She came TO me In a business whirl-
] thought was lucky TO get her;
| hired her-my beautiful typewriter girl.
She obeyed me-to the letter.
Shy and demure and without flaw,
No matter how early or hate 10 her
spoke IL was fnal-ny word was law.
l hired her. foorsoth, 20 dictate 10 her'
Alas, but married that maiden, and
when
I made her a partner and mate 10 me
She lifted her eyes from the keys and the
pen
And started right in 10 dictate TO me!
--Hppincotts Magazine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03
new STEAMBOAT LINE.
New York 10 Fall River Central Vermont
R. R. Co. Interested In n.

A new steamship line Is to do business
between New York and Fall River.
In the latter named city the Cook Bor-
den land. near the Bowenville Coal com
purposes.
r. +. iiaffenriffer. Jr.. who two years
ago purchased the Cook Borden property
for syndicate, says that the new line
will surely be installed and that IL will be
operated I'm connection with the Central
Vermont Railroad company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03
THE SHORT SESSION
Of 18TH CONGRESS.


Washington Monday the second session or
the Fifty President pro tenn Frye
the by house When the saes OF
presiding the senator's and representatives TO duty near
routine business will be trans
called the regular reso-
the president will
b. appointed and adjournment for the deceased
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03

Joseph Calattl was placed on probs-
tion until June 27th by Judge Sweetiand
today for being an idle person.
Luigi Petrone was fined 81 and juven-
lie costs by Judge Sweetland today for
the theft OF 90 cents from Mary Parenti.-
Louis Silverman's store window at 455
Eddy street was broken last night and
a pair OF shoes valued at $3.50 was taken.
william Wallace. 30 years old, who has
no home was found III on Clemence
street at $50 o'clock last night. He was
sent to the Charity building.
Mary coutanche OF 3S5 williams street
reports stolen from her house recently
gold neck chair, valued at $40. and plated
knives and spoons valued at s6.
Charlie. Darby accused in the Sixth
district court today OF being common
drunkard. pleaded not guilty and was
held in 5000 for trial next Tuesday.
William Bowen and Edward Sowdenji.
each II years old. were fined SO and costs
In the police court today for throwing
stones in Roger Williams park yester-
day.
Dr. A. n. Eccleston's automobile broke
down when at the corner Of Potter's
avenue and Hamilton street at $3.50
o'clock last night. The rear axle was
broken.
A small purse containing sum of
money was picked up near the News Of
flee this morning The owner can have
the same by proving property. at Room .,
News building.
James Sweeney fell from one OF Thomas
McManus' coal wagons on Summer. near
Westminster street, at b:1o p. m, yester-
day, sustaining a scalp wound. He was
removed TO the Rhode Island hospital.
| One Of the Consolidated railroad com
| pany's electric cars collided with low
| gear on India street. near Ives, at
clock last evening, throwing the driver
| George Butler 10 the ground He wa:
sent to the Rhode Island hospital.
Mrs. Margaret Power of 90 Berkele,
| street East Providence. was knocked
down by one of the Earle & Prev ex
press wagons when at the corner Of Ma
thewson and Westminster streets at 40
p. m. yesterday. She sustained sligh
bruises and cuts.
The alarm from box 249 at 10:t0 oclocI
last night was for rubbish fire I'm L. j
Roy q Co.'S jewelry shop on the fourt
floor OF the Fitzgerald building, 90 elf
ford street. From some unknown caus
pile OF rubbish was set on fire, tn
heat generated opened the sprinkler sys
tenn and considerable damage was don
To the shops on the lower floors.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03
What Shall We Have for Cesser1

THIS IL an important daily question. let
us answer IL today. Try Jeil-o Americas
most popular dessert. Received Highest
Award, Gold Medal. Worlds Fair ST.
Louis. 1904 Everything In the package.
add boiling water and set 20 cool Flavors
Lemon. Orange. Raspberry. stra wberry.
chocolate and Cherry. Order a package
81 each flavor from your grocer today.
1Cc-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-03

what is your idea Of quiet lifeg'
"A deaf.and dumb couple marrying and
going 20 Philadelphia to live. Town
Topics.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
1hEr .NANPEyEts.

the movement of the various couples to
fiud places in the quadrille. yet every
sidelong glance IN the room still rested
upon him, and he knew it. He re-
NAMED in the hall, alone, through that
dance, and at its conclusion. walked.
slowly through the rooms, speaking to
people, here and there. as though
nothing had happened. but when the
music sounded again, he went to the
dressing room, found his hat and
cloak, and left the house. For while
he stood on the opposite side OF the
street, watching the lighted windows,
and twice he caught sight of the lilac
and white brocade, the dark hair, and
the wreath of marguerites. Then, with
a hot pain in his breast, and the step of
a grenadier, he marched down the
street
In the carriage Mrs Tanberry took
Betty's hand in hers 'I'll do as you
wish, child" she said. and never
speak to you Of him again as long as
live, except this once. I think it was
best for his own sake as we'll as yours,
but"
He needed a lesson" INTERRUPTED
Miss Betty, wearily. She had danced
long and hard, and she was very tired.
Mrs. Tanberry's staccato laugh came
out irrepressibly. All the vagabonds
do, Princessi" she cried. And think
they are getting it,
mo, no, l don't mean"
We've turned their heads, my dear.
between US, you and ]; and We'll have
to turn 'em again, or they'll break their
necks looking over their shoulders at
US, the. owls" She pressed the girls
hand affectionately. But you'll let me
say something just once, and forgive
me because we're the same foolish age,
you know. It's only this: The next
young man you suppress take him off
in a corner! Lead him away from the
crowd where he won't have to stand
and LET them look at him afterward.
That's. all, my dear, and you mustn't
mind"
Pm not sorry!" said Miss Betty.
hotly. I'm not sorryl"
NO. no." said Mrs. Tanberry, sooth-
ingly. 1T was better this time to do
just what you did. I'd have done it
myself, to make quite sure he would
keep away-because like him"
I'm net sorry!' said Miss Betty
again.
I'm not sorry!" she repeated and re-
iterated to herself after Mrs. Tanberry
had gone to bed. She had sunk into
chair in the library with book, and
I'm not sorry," she whispered as tbs
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

TRY ii on your instrument" he said
Its a simple verse about nothing but
stars, and you can work 1t out in twen-
ty minutes with the guitar"
1T is broken" said Tom, not looking
UP from his work.
Broken! When?"
Last night
who broke it?''
1T fell from the table in my room"
How? Easily mended, isn't it?"
Il think / shall not play It soon
again"
Crailey swung his long legs off the
sofa and abruptly sat upright. What's
this?" he asked, gravely
Tom pushed his papers away from
him, rose and went to the dusty win
dow that looked to the west, where, at
the end of the long street. the sun was
setting behind the ruin of charred tim
bers on the bank of the shining river.
1t seems that l played once too Of
ten" he said.
Crailey was thoroughly astonished
He took a long, affectionate pull at the
flask and offered 1t to his partner.
NO" said Tom. turning to him with
a troubled face. "and If / were you, I
wouldn't either. These fishing trips OF
yours"
''Fishing!" Crailry laughed. Trips
OF poetaster. It's then I write best
and write I will! There's a poem, and
a damned good one, toe, old preacher,
In every gill Of whisky, and I'm the
lad that can extract it! Lordi what's
better than to be out In the open, all by
yourself In the woods, or on the river?
Think OF the long nights alone with the
glcry of heaven and a good demijohn.
Why. a mans thoughts are like actors
performing In the air. and all the
crowding stars for audiencei You know
In your soul you'd rather have me out
there. going 1t all by myself. than
raising thunder over town. And you
know, toe. it doesn't tell on me; 1t
doesn't show, You couldn't guess, to
save your life, how much I've had to-
day, now, could your
Yes returned the other, 'I could"
We'll. WELL" said Crailey, good-na-
turedly, we weren't talking OF me-"
He set down the flask. went to his
friend and dropped a hand lightly on
his shoulder. What made you break
the guitar? Tell me-
What makes you think broke 1t ?"
asked his partner sharply.
Tell me why you did It," said
Crailey.
And Tom, pacing the room, told him.
while Crailey stood In silence, looking
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

coma back. and Tom knew that his
lirht-hearted friend would not return
for many hours: and so. having no
mind to read, and no belief that ne
could If he tried. he went out to walk
the streets. He went down to the
river first, and stood for a little while
gazing at the ruins Of the two ware
houses. and that was like man with
headache beating his skull against
wall. AS he stood on the blackened
wharf he saw how the charred beams
rose above him against the sky like a
eaIIows. and it seemed to him that
nothing could have been better sym
bol. for there he had hanged his self
respect. aReproach hert He, VINO
had so displayed his imbecility before
her! Had he been her fathers pest
friend. he should have had too great
sensa Of shame to dare to speak to her
after that night when her quiet inteill-
gence had exhibited him to himself.
and to all the world, as norght else
than a fool-and a noisy one at thai!
Suddenly a shudder convulsed nim'
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

as a daughter She was right, 1 say.
And she did the only thing she could
do; rebuked me before them all. No
one ever merited what he got more
roundly than 1 deserved that Who
was ], in her eyes. that 1 should be-
siege her with my opportunities, who
but her fathers worst enemy
Deep anxiety knitted Crailey's brow.
IL understood she knew Of the quar-
REL" he said. thoughtfully. Il saw that,
the other evening when 1 helped her
out OF the crowd. She spoke Of 1T on
the way home, remember; but how
did she know that you were Vanrevel?
No one in town would be apt TO men
tie-1 YOU to her."
mo, but she did know, you see."
Yes" returned Mr. Gray slowly.
so it seemsl Probably her father told
her to avoid you, and described you so
that she recognized you as the man
who caught the kitten"
He paused, picked up the flask, and
again applied himself to it's contents,
his eyes peering over the uptillted
vessel at Tom, who continued to pace
up and down the length OF the Office.
After q time, Crailey. fumbling in his
coat, found long cheroot, and, as he
lit it, inquired casually:
DO you remember if she addressed
you by name?'
81 think not" Tom answered, halting.
What does 1t natter"
Craiiey drew deep breath.
cit doesn't" he returned
s'She knew me we'll enough" said
Tom, sadly as he resumed his sentry
go.
Yes" repeated CraiIey, deliberately.
$50 II seems: so it seems," He blew a
long stream of smoke out into the air
before him, and softly murmured
again: $50 1t seems. so it seems"
Silence fell, broken only by the sound
of TENS footsteps. until. presently,
some one informally shouted his name
from the street below. II was only Will
Cummings, passing the time of day, but
when Tom turned from the window af-
ter answering him. Crailey. his poem,
and his flask were gone.
That evening vanrevel sat in the
dusty office, driving himself to his
work with sharp goad. for there was
a face that came between him and all
else in the world and a voice that
sounded always in his ears. But the
work was done before he rose from his
chair, though he showed haggard Wis
age as he bent above his candles to
blow them out
1t was eleven o'clock; Crailey had not
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

him eagerly In the eye whenever Tom
turned his way. The listener inter-
rupted seldom; once 1t was to exciaim:
but you haven't said why you broke
the guitar?"
If thine eye offend thee. pluck II
out.' ought to have cut OF the hands
that played to her"
And cut your throat for singing to
her?''
''She was right" the other answered,
striding up and down the room
"Right-a thousand tirnes!-in every
thing she did. That I should even ap-
,proaeh her, was an unspeakabie inso-
ience. Il had forgotten, and so, possi-
bly,, had she, but had not even been
properly introduced to her."
mo, you hadn't, that's true" OBJ
served Crailey, reflectively. You
DON'T seem to have much to reproach
her with, Tom"
'1Reproaoh her!" cried the other.
THAT I should dream she would speak
to me or have anything to do with me
was to cast doubt upon her loyalty
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

open unread page blurred before her,
I'm not sorry" He had needed his
lesson but she had to bear the recol-
lection of how white his face went when
he received 1t. Her affront had put
about him a strange loneliness; the one
figure with the stilled crowd staring:
it had made a picture from which her
minds eye had been unable to escape,
danced she never so hard and late. I'm
consciously, Robert Carewe's daughter
had avenged the other figure which had
stood in lonely humiliation before the
staring eyes.
I'm not sorryi" All. did they think
it was in her to hurt any living thing
in the world? The book dropped from
her lap, and she bowed her head upon
her hands. I'm not sorry!"--ard tears
upon the small lace gauntlets
She saw them, with an incoherent ex-
ciamation. half seIf-pitying, half i'm
patient. ran out to the stars above her
garden.
She was there for perhaps half an
hour, and just before sh- returned to
the house she did singular thing.
Standing where all was clear to the
sky, where she had stood after her tall.
with the Incroyable, when he had bid
her look to the stars, she raised her
arms to them again, her face. pale with
a great tenderness, uplifted.
You. you, you!" she whispered. II
love you!"
And yet it was to nothing definite, to
no man, nor outline of man, to no
phantom nor dream lover, that she
spoke; neither to him she had af-
fronted, nor to him who had hidden her
look to the stars. Nor was it to the
stars themselves.
She returned slowly and thoughtfully
TO the house, wondering what she had
meant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

A VOICE IN A GARDEN.
Crailey came home the next day with
new poem, but no fish. He lounged
up the stairs, late in the afternoon,
humming cheerfully to himself, and
dropping his rod in corner of Toms $
office, laid the poem on the desk before
his partner, produced large, newly
replenished flask, opened 1t, stretched
himself comfortably upon capacious
horse-hair sofa, drank deep draught,
chuckled softly, and requested Mr..
Vanrevel to set the rhymes to music
Immediately.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

This is the Third In
stallment of the 1.-TWO
Vanrevels," which in view
of the dearth ofreally good
new books during the past
season has suddenly at
tanned new vogue, for
which reason too it is now
being published in The
Sunday Call. 1t will be
completed next Sunday.
You can't get this book
elsewhere in any form for
five times what it costs in
The Sunday Call.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

he struck his open palm across his fore
head and spoke aloud, while. from
horizon to horizon. the night air grew
thick with the whispered laughter Of
observing hobgoblins:
And even If there had been no stair
way. we could have slid down the hose
line,"
He retraced his steps. a tall Srav
figure moving slowly through the blue
darkness, and his lips formed the heart
sick shadow Of smile when he found
that he had unconsciously turned into
Carewe street Presently he came to a
gap in hedge, through which he had
sometimes stolen to hear the sound OF
a harp and girls voice singing; but
he did not enter there tonight, though
he paused moment, his head bowed on
his breast.
There came a sound OF voices: they
seemed to be moving toward the hedge.
toward the gap where he stood; one a
mans eager, quick, but very musical;
the other, girls. rich and clear con-
tralto that passed into Toms soul Ike
psalm of rejoicing and like a scirnitar
OF flame. He shivered. and moved
away quickly, but not before the mans
voice, somewhat louder for the moment
came distinctly from the other side OF
the hedge:
After ALL" said the voice. with a
ripple of laughter, after an. weren't
you a little hard on that poor Mr.
Gray
Tom did not understand, but he knew
the voice 1t was that Of Crailey GRAY:
He heard the same voice again that
night, and again stood unseen. Long
after midnight he was still trampIng
the streets on his lonely rounds, when
he chanced to pass the Rouen House
which hostelry bore, to the uninitiated
eye. the appearance OF having closed its
doors upon all hospftaiities for the
night. in strict compliance with the law
of the city fathers, yet a slender wand
OF bright light might be discovered un-
derneath the street door Of the bar
room
From within the merry retreat issued
an uproar of shouting, raucous laughter
and the pounding Of glasses on tables.
heralding all too plainly the hypocrisy
of the landlord. and possibly that Of tne
city fathers also. Tom know what com
pany was gathered there: gamblers.
truckmen, drunken farmers. men from
the river steamers making riot while
their boats lay at the wharf, with a mot
ley gathering Of good-for-nothings OF
the back alleys. and tipping clerks from
the Main street stores. There came
loud cries for song. and, in answer.
the voice Of Crailey rose over the gen.
eral din, somewhat hoarse. and never
so musical when he sang as when he
spoke. yet so touching in its dramatic
tenderness that soon the noise fell
away. and the roisterers sat quietly to
listen 1t was not the first time Ben
Jonson's song had stilled a disrepu-
table company.
/ sent thee late a ROSY wreath
Not 50 much honoriuE thee,
As giving 1t the hone that there
1t might not withered be-
Perhaps. just then. vanreveI would
have wished to hear him sing anything
in the world rather than that, for on
Crailey's lips it carried too much mean
ing tonight, after the voice in the gar
den- And Tom fingered no more near
the betraying silver Of light beneath
the door than he had by the gap In the
hedge, but went steadily on his way.
Not far from the hotel he passed a
small building brightly lighted and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-21
Which is of the Picturesque Features in the ST.
Louis Fair Grounds

One Of the most inviting spots on
the main grounds of the worlds fair,
and one that instantly impresses the
tired and thirsty tourist of its Bohe-
milan possibilities as a place of rest
and refreshment. is that unique struc-
ture over which waves the flags and
streamers of the Blatz pavilion. On
neck of ground just north of the base
of agricultural hill, on the summit of
which stands the palace of agricul-
ture, and south of the forestry, fish
and game building. rests this rendez-
vous for the tired tourist. The Blatz
pavilion is $50 feet in length, with
west frontage of over 80 feet. In ar
chitecture the classic style prevails,
and the wide porches give the place an
imposing outline The place is a most
inviting haven of rest for the visitor.
1t is centrally situated in the west
end of the main grounds, and affords
a most opportune retreat for the
tired sightSeer who has traversed the
fair grounds from the east end on the
first tour of inspection to the main
exhibit buildings Within n stones
throw of the Blatz pavilion, on the
south. is the landscape, or floral
clock. which is the greatest time
piece in the world and one of the most
novel features of the fair. \ short
distance to the southwest is the Phil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-21
EDITORIAL FILINGS.

Admiral Togo acts as if he thought
Port Arthur might get away some
dark night.-Philadelph Inquirer.
Herr COnried says the proposed pro-
duction of 'Parsifal'' in English would
be "desecration." For heavens sake
let it go at that,-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The renewed announcement that the
BalfOur ministry is upon its last legs"
suggests that it must be a very cent?
ped among ministries. - Philadelphia
North American.
The Standard Oil company paid only
$44 in dividends on a 500 share last
year, and it starts off with March
dividend of $40 n share, where last
years was $50. This must make the
stockholders feel poor. = New York
World.
Radium not only cures fits. blind
ness, badness, cancer, rheumatism,
toothache and locomotor ataXia, but 1t
is claimed to be Il remedy for wife
beating. 1t is safe to call it a remedy
for anything so long as it costs $780,
600 an ounce and you can't find the
ounce.--Brooklyn Eagle.