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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
AN UNEXPECTED
SUSPENSION Of
HIS SENTENCE

Paris, March 14.-Elliott Fitch Shep-
ard OF New York. William X. Wander
bits grandson. has gained new and
unexpected suspension OF his sentence
three months Imprisonment for killing a
girl with his motor car at st. ouen,
April "a, last.
Minister OF the Justice Chaumie was ex-
aminlng Lawyer Edmond Kelly's brief in
the case when the Rouvier cabinet was
forced out OF power most Unexpectedly.
Now no action will be taken toward
carrying out the sentence until Sarrien.
who is minister OF justice as well as
premier. has opportunity to examine the
papers.
Mr.. Shepard was convicted of killing
little Madeline Murchel oct. 26 last. He
promptly paid the $l20 fine and $4,000
damages imposed and offered TO pay a
much larger amount I'm lieu of going TO
prison. The offer was rejected.
The American state department then
informally asked that MIR Shepard be
spared the disgrace OF going 10 Jail. The
French authorities replied that they could
not with any sense OF sefrespect inter-
fere with the regular course of the law,
especially as the sentence imposed was
the minimum term provided and public
opinion was greatly excited.
The police OF this city informed Mr.
Shepard on March last that the time
had arrived for him to surrender him
self AS a last resort appeal was made
to NJ Chaumie. The minister OF justice
can, IL he pleases, commute the SEN
tence NJ. Chaumie promised TO review
the case carefully. but meantime re-
signed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
ROOSEVELT GUARDS
GRAVES OF SOLDIERS

New York. March A.-President Roose-
velt has interested himself I'm the graves
OF soldiers of the civil war In the old
cemetery at West Farms. Their bodies
were about<to be disturbed by laborers
opening n new street. As a result OF con-
ferences yesterday IL is expected that the
war department will take the bodies and
have them buried in a national cemetery.
Until Joseph Gallon. contractor start
ed work none of the officials OF the Bronx
paid any attention 10 this old buryins
ground north OF East One Hundred and
Eightieth street. The police, however,
told the contractor that IL he interfered
with any OF the bodies he would be ar
rested.
The North Side Board Of Trade through
a committee OF which George f. stone
bridge is chairman. is trying to have the
city appropriate money for the removal of
the bodies. The contractor has quit work
until the case is settled.
Edward Taughenbeck. superintendent of
the national cemetery. found the graves
OF II soldiers. nearly all members OF the
Sixth New York hearvy artillery. one
company OF which was recruited in West
Farms
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
CONVENTION OF
THE BAPTIST
ENOEAVOR UNION

The 18th annual convention OF the
Rhode Island Free Baptist Christian En-
dcavor union was held yesterday after
noon in the First Free Baptist church Of
Pawtucket. Miss Mary Il. Jackson pre-
sided After the devotional exercises,
which We're conducted by Rev. NJ. T. En-
cry OF the Bethel church. Mrs. Deborah
Knox Livingston, president OF the Rhode
Island Women's Temperance union, made
an address upon "The Present Need"
Mrs Livingston said the strenuous life
prominent In commerce and industry was
lacking I'm the Young Peoples so
ciety connected with an evangelical
church. She urged a revival OF patriot
Ism, saying: I'VE need a revival OF pa
triotism. III we had among the young
people OF our Christian churches a re-
vival of the religion OF patriotism, how
long would abuses last In our mdst?"
Rev. w. b. Greene of East Kllingly.
Conn, delivered an address on soul
Winning" He said there is a stopping
short OF the reaping Of the harvest OF
souls. Mr.. Greene gave three reasons for
this condition; FIRST lack OF a right sub
ject; second. a feeling that man is
not lost whose life is moral: a feeling
that young people do not care for spiritu-
al things
The devotional services Of the evening
session were conducted by Rev. John l..
Roberts OF Georgiaville. A short address
was made by Rev. George r. Kenngott
OF Lowell on Junior Endeavor."
A short business meeting was then held.
Mns. l.. w. Esten, superintendent OF the
junior work, made a report, saying that
two new societies had been formed and
that the total membership is l55 girls and
lO4 boys.
The corresponding secretary. Miss
Emma A. Potter. reported % societies
with a membership OF over 200. Rev.
York A. King made an address on 1.-The
Welsh Revival"
The election OF officers resulted as fol-
lows: President. Harry S. Williams; vice
president, Clarence Bosworth OF Georgia.
Vile; treasurer. Frank Gilbert record
ing secretary, Ansel Cheek or Pawtucket: :
corresponding secretary. Miss Jennie
Bradford Of Arlington; superintendent
JUNIOR work. Mrs. l.. w. Esten; lookout
committee, Miss Mary T. Jackson, Mrs.
Henry Eldredge OF Greenville, Miss Effe
Sunderland of Pawtucket
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
PLANS FOR OBSERVANCE
OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY

The committee who are engaged in maxi
ing arrangements for the sixth annual
banquet OF tho Friendly Sons OF St Pat
rick. which is 10 be held at the yelling
ton, Saturday evening. met in the office
OF The secretary OF tho association, G.
Woodbury. German, In the Banlgan build
Ing last evening and the report OF the
many subcommittee would Indicate that
the gathering would be by far the largest
In the history Of the organization
The toastmaster for the occasion will
be Hon. John j Fitzgerald. Joseph O'Con-
nell, ESQ., OF Boston will respond 90 the
toast "Irlshmen in the Revolutionary
War" Rev. FIR Austin Bowling OF the
Cathedral. THE church." Matthew Cum
mings. state president OF the Ancient or
der OF Hibernans Of Massachusetts TO
The Day We Celebrate and His Ex-
cellency Gov. George H. Utter Will re-
sDond for the state.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
ARRIVALS At The HOTELS

NEWMAN-A. p. Wise, New York: A.
q. Campbell, New York: G. Is. Garfield,
Boston; John Sanders, Philadelphia: Her
bert Bliss and wife, Nswport: Edwin Il.
Wolf. New York; III. J.. Fuller. Boston;
Damon Knight, Chicago: ii. r.. Ellina,
Boston; Joseph ID. Surpless. Albert New
berger. New York: William Champlin and
wife. Newport; s II. Bartlett. Boston,
A. A. Newton. r. w. Schmaetenberg, New
York: j. A. Borne. Boston: Frank Grave
ley Baltimore. T. H. Fisher. J. NJ Baird.
Boston: Drury Underwood, New York; L.
F.. Collision, w r.. Zeiler, Boston: w. Il.
Williams. Boxford. Mass: George A.
Gardner. New York James Pender, Cleve-
land Philip Fauer, Philip Manheimer.
New York; W. b. Whitney. III. N.
Vaughan Boston: G.. A. Farren, Schnec-
tady; w. III. Coggeshall. New Bedford
James j. Greene, New York; G. Il. Jones,
H. e. Mnchen. Boston; James +. Barry.
Worcester; a. c. Stollerwerck. Baltimore. I.
Fred q. Matthews. Montreal; DR. Penni-
man, Worcester; ID. Bynwell, Providence
CROWN. S. Crol. Wilkes Barre; j.
Landaner. ]. Parker Ford, Albany. n Y;
T. a. Bruekman, Paterson, n. j.: j. T..
Farrell, Jr, New York; j. w. Kelly, A.
s. Quick, Boston: Herman Meyer, Phlla. ;
Geo. A. Mosher. Boston; w. II. Good
year. Westerly, II. l.; q. c.. Sturtevant
Phila.; J. +. Hutchinson. Montclair. n. j.;
G. H. Jenkins. Hartford. Conn; j. ].
Leahy Boston: Miss T. Blanche Curtis,
Syracuse: +. A. Ward, Newport, r. H.;
DR.. and Mrs. r.. B. Smith, Fred Beucker,
Susie Ahearn. Westerly: Mr.. and Mrs G.
l.. Ketchen, T. NJ. Roberts, New York; Il.
NJ. Thaycr. VIM. II. Marsh a. L. Strauss,
VIM. stephens, w Garuer. Boston, DR..
Urich Schroeder. New York: Walter Blair,
VIM Bush. Boston; l.. r. Welch. Fitch
burg: w NJ. Rose, New York, T.. A. Ran
dali Boston VIM. c. Todd. Springfield,
Mass: H. Hyde. Boston. Geo. w Pope,
Sandwich. Mass. T. Hunt Storry. +. l..
Gedney, New York, H. g. Phair. Brook
lyn, n. Y. j. A. Latlner. New York. j.
r. Gahcy, Boston: r. Marklls. New York;
H. ~ Bhooks, Boston: Harrison Benn.
Bradford. Eng: w V. i. Bradley, Brook
lyn. N Y; =. T.. Williams. Boston; T.
Sulzberger. New York Thos III. Clagctt.
Phila. c. Royal Blackmar. Newport. r.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
TO INSTALL A
MEMORIAL IN
THE STATE HOUSE

The state house commissioners Monday
afternoon granted permission for the in
stallation OF a memorial tablet in the
state house in memory of Mai Gen. John
Sullivan The request was made by Judge
Thomas II. Lee, representing the Ameri-
can-Irlsh Historical society. lie will re-
port its granting TO meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee OF the society which
will soon be held in New York city.
The work OF preparing the tablet will
then begin. The designs will be first
passed upon by Hon. John ID. Crimmins.
chairman OF the municipal art commits
sion OF New York and one OF the execu-
tive council OF the American Irish Histor-
zeal society, after which the state house
comission OF this city will also pass upon
them.
The project originated at a meeting Of
the society held last January I'm New
York The memorial tablet will occupy n
niche In the state house near the Cont
mental battle flags at the right of the
main entrance.
Among the local members OF the COM
mittee is Michael f. Dooley, the treasurer
general OF the national organization. The
other local members are Thomas Il. Lee,
chairman: Thomas A. OGorman, Col
James Moran, William +. Dempsey.
James r. Eagan. Esq, DR.. J. +. Farrell,
William j. Feeley, Col. +. e. Hayes. John
w. Hogan. Esq. John T.. Hurley Hon. p
j. Mccarthy. Bernard ]. McCaughey,
John F. McCunliffe, John r. McAlevy,
Col John McManus, John +. O'Connell
and DR. James Il. Sullivan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
ANDREW CARNEGIE
IS PROMOTING A
SPELLING REFORM

New York, March 4.-With the promise
OF SIS 20 year from Andrew Carnegie
and more II It can be put TO good use--the
simplihed spelling board will start in
today to reform the spelling OF English
words. It's object. al least for the pres
ent. will be in the line OF dropping silent
and supernuous letters rather than in a
radical general revision OF the language.
The simplihed spelling board will have
offices in the Metropolitan Life Insurance
companys building and will be managed
by an executive committee Of which Pro-
fessor Brander Matthews OF Columbia
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
VOTE SHOWED A
BIC DIVISION
OF UN|0N|STS

London. March 14-The fiscal debate In
the house of commons ended early last
evening by the premier Sir Henry Camp
bell Bannerman, moving the closure.
The afternoons discussion was devoid
OF interest. the opposition occupying the
time with irrelevant speeches and de-
mands for divisions on many amend
ments.
Eventually the motion of Sir James Kit
son, ministerialist. declaring IL to be the
determination OF parliament TO resist any
attempt TO institute protective duies. was
carried by 474 TO IS votes.
The division displayed cleavage In the
unionist ranks on the protectionist policy.
Eight unionists. including Lord Robert
Cecil. voted with the government for Sir
James Kitsons motion and % other free
food unionists abstained from voting.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
TOLD ABOUT The CUSTOMS
OF The BED0UIN ARABS

Mrs. Cassandia A. Haynes gave on in
teresting lecture on her experiences
among the ruins Of Nippur. the celebrated
buried city OF Babylonia, yesterday after
noon before the Providence Fortnightly
club and their guests. Mrs. Haynes. with
her husband. DR.. John Henry HAYNES.
lived for several years In that country
with the Bedouin Arabs.
She told about the lives OF the Bedouln
Arabs and about their strange funeral
customs. She was in sympathy with the
desert women whom she said she had
learned TO love
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
NOW HAS DOUBTS ABOUT
HIS CLIENTS HONESTY

New York March 14.--"Gentlemen of the
jury" pleaded young attorney In gem
eral sessions yesterday, my client is an
honest man. He is not pickpocket- Give
him chance. Set him free
The jury acquitted and the lawyer part
ed with his client under the Bridge OF
Sighs
"I am glad you told the jury that I'm
honest" said the client. and then he hur-
ried away. A few moments later the
young lawyer missed his roll" contain
ing SOS.
"I wonder II he was honest, after all?"
unused the lawyer. who had received no
fee. II was an assigned case.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
HoUsEkEEPERs EXCURSIONS VIA
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

To points in Arizona. Arkansas. Colo
RADIO. Idaho. Indian Territory. Iowa, Kan
sas Mexico Missouri. Nebraska, Nevada.
New Mexico. Texas. Utah and Wyoming
az only one fare plus $500 for the round
trip. Tickets on sale the first and third
Tuesday OF each month TO April 18th
inclusive. Tickets also on sale at same
low rate 10 points In Alberta, Assinibola.
Canadian Northwest Manitoba. Mime
sofa. Montana. Ontario Saskatchewan
and Washington on FIRST and third Tues
day of March and April For further IN
formation apply TO w. A. Dolan ID. p. A..
eos Old South Bldg. Boston. Mass.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
Mr.. c. R. PARSONS
TALKS ABOUT EAST
SIDE APPROACH

The question Of an easy grade TO the
east side is getting TO be an interesting
subject for the average citizen living be-
yond College hill
The special committee Of the city coun-
ell relative to a new thoroughfare OF easy
grade TO the East Side of which Alder
man Cooke is chairman has held several
meetings and has considered several
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14

Is Catarrh Your Llfes Cloud d7-Emi-
nent nose and throat specialists In daily
practice highly recommended Dr. Agnew's 3
Catarrhal Powder. as safe. sure. perma o
nent. painless and harmless IN all cases
OF cold IN the head, tonsllitis. hoarseness
and catarrh. IL gives relief In ten min
utes. and banishes the disease like magic.
liz.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14

The United states" boasted the
American tourist stretches from the
Atlantic 20 the Pacific"
That's nothing" retOrted the man
from the Isthmus. Panama does that"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14

I'm trying TO observe Lent" said the
the doctor, "but L am busier than ever
with my practice"
so / suppose" commented the pro-
fessor. You are fasting yourself and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14
PIANOFORTE RECITAL
BY NINE. sZUM0WSKA

A pianoforte recital was given last
evening by Nine Antonette Szumowska
ut the Eoise Mime. Szumowska appeared
IN this city earlier in the season with the
Boston Symphony orchestra. but she is
heard to much better advantage In re-
cital program such as she gave last even
ing
At the end OF each piece she was greet
ed with much applause, and when she
was recalled at the end OF the program.
she played the popular minuet OF her
teacher, Paderewsld.
The program was as follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14

There's more happiness I'm the vlolets
OF the valleys than there Is I'm the thun-
der OF the hills: and the world loses sight
OF some OF us when we climb too high
Atlanta Constitution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-14

The IIon---The leopard, you know. can
not change his spots.
The Zebra-Wel I can't change my
stripes either. but no one ever thought
Il OF sufficient interest TO make a
proverb of.-Phlladelphia Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-14

BY c h a ples F. Hold e

ONCE, wishing to test the question as to i
whether certain lizard lying con-
spicuously on a stone asleep, l
struck the ground by its side smartly with
the long lash of my riding crop, when the I'm
expected happened The lizard may have
been doing, but it sprang to side quickly
that l could not follow its movement, and dashed
away leaving behind what appeared to be another
lizard grievously wounded
1t about two and a half inches in length,
coiling twisting, rolling and over flashing the
ground in convulsive struggles which lasted for
several moments Then l picked up the object,
which found to be the tail of the sleeping lizard
which, hopping about initiated its better half SO
cleverly that my attention centered the
tail while the body escaped.
There is an old story, which loses nothing in the
telling, of priest who, showing newly arrived
lrishnan over St. Patricks Cathedral finally asked
him what he thought of it. t" 1t bates the divil,"
said Pat. That's the intintion," replied the good
father. And SO | believe that it is the intention
of the lizard to toss its tail off in moments of great
danger, leaving the discarded portion to divert the
attention of the enemy while the lizard makes its
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escape The extraordinary activity of the tail, and
the fact that will grow from the stump
to replace the one lost, points to the conclusion
that it is part of the defensive armament of these
little creatures.
To test this, on the slopes of the Sierra Madre
where the Poppy-covered mesa merges into the
mountains | caught number of lzards-an easy
matter-by turning over the stones in early morn
ing when they would be found cooled in a state of
semi Information, chilled a condition from which
they released by the hot sun as came over the
mountains flooding the San Gabriel Valley with
light.
The captives placed in a small corral and
fastened. At least third were without tail;
another third had tail growing, in all stages of age
development; the others were perfect With
the last series of experiments was tried. They
were placed in the rock, then hard quick
blow struck near them. Half of the lizards
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urday afternoon, and, sure enough Monday
morning the men, having had five square meals,
slipped out of camp and departed to find easy
grub" at some other quarters.
The final incident of hunting together will
attest my Indian comrades reckless courage and
the quickness of his mind to act in an emergency.
At the close of years railroad work. with High
Wolf as my guide, | went to Rattlesnake Hills in
search of grizzlies. We took quarters for the first
week of November in an abandoned hunters shack.
Within range of twenty miles or more, in a region
where bears were known to be plentiful at least in
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tails not lacerated in the slightest when
tossed off; did they bleed, the separation being
at the vertebre which are connected SO loosely that
they fall apart at slight jerk.
The lizards with tails are easily recognized.
The stunps a lighter color than the rest of the
body, and smooth until they attain their complete
growth, which judging from specimens observed
for several months requires a year or more
One of the interesting lizards of Southern Cali
orna is the socalled horned toad spiny creature,
broad and fiat, easily domesticated and perfectly
harmless despite its array of horns and generally
ferocous appearance. The horned toad is a clever
dissembler. 1t affects arid places and open roads,
and when discovered fattens out and resembles
the faculty, common among lizards, of adapting
its color to that Of the surroundings. Thus in the
lowands where the soil is sandy or white the
lizards light gray but upon the upper mesas or
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nong the rough {" bad lands" In vain we baited
m with the of a mue-deer, trailed him
ong sandy runs, or laid in wait at the water-hole
had used for his mud baths.
fleeting glance of his thin TANKS, he fed over
distant ridge, a glimpse of his reared head and
nChed shoulders in the mouth of a coulee, and a
xatious snapshot which kicked up the dust
lere he had been--these were our rewards in ten
VS. of hunting
Then, when were not looking for him, the lean
ar came to us. Because of a lack of grass about
e shack, we took risks on wagon ponies
and left them pCketed out quarter mile from
camp. We had given up bears and were riding
out one morning to look after elk. We went
down the creek to water ponies and change
pins on wagon stock, and there we came
upon the lean one calmly devouring one of our
three picketed horses while the other two had
pulled their pins and fled. With his jaws buried
in fresh meat of his kill, wary old
monster had put his nose out of the wind and
padded the drums of his ears.
We were instantly after him, quirt and spur.
Like flash he went the creek-bank and
took to its narrow ditch-like channel, and he went
up toward us and the rougher lands instead of
running straight away-cunning old rascal!
If any reader has ever attempted shooting
from horseback at a bear running in the channel
for the number of shots missed during the
first hot minutes of the chase.
The ground was SO rough that we could barely
keep pace with bruin, and my discovery, after
twice emPtying my magazine, that l had only
two cartridges left, followed close upon seeing
High Wolf drop his useless gun and flourish his
at me as he spurred his pony to an utmost
burst of speed. | saw that he intended to head
bruin off, and saved my ammunition. 1t was
a hot and reckless chase, High Wolf going
over boulders, lodging trees and p1unging
into bitches until, at twenty rods, perhaps, in
advance of the bear, he jumped his pony into
the creek channel and brought the cayuse to a
stand.
No man could have done Drawer or more
effective thing In that narrow ditch High Wolf
and his pony blocked the grizzly's passage.
And the bear did not hesitate in that instant
to assert his right of way. He charged saw
agely, and man, horse and bear rolled together
in the ditch
Yet, swift as my progress, High Wolf had
mellow eXtrcated himself from the melee when |
me up, and while horse and bear rolled together,
e grizzly blindly fighting and growing, the 1.-THE
d Sioux drew his knife and plunged it into the
ars side. My shot followed upon the stroke, and
til bullet in his brain, old lank-sdes sank upon
e body of the pony he had killed.
This bear, had he been fat, would have been the
rgest specimen of his kind which | had ever seen.
nd | may add, incidentally, that no amount of
oney, nor any itching for fame could have induced
e to throw myself, as High Wolf had DONE I'M
med across his path