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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22
NICKEL THEATRE

The program at the Nicket theatre was
one OF especial ineerest; In fact, Il was so
enjoyable that many people in the audi
ence remained to see the pictures for a
second time. The most striking was that
called, Escaped from Sing Sing" or
The Jail Breakers" a sensational story
depicted In a powerful realistic manner.
THE Christmas Goose" telling OF the adj
ventures OF man who purchases a goose
for his Christmas dinner but meets with
all kinds OF laughable mlshaps before he
can get the goose home. set everyone
screaming with fun. The Last Witch"
and THE Gayeties OF Divorce" were 9TH
er pictures that met with hearty applause.
The illustrated songs were capital and
scored their usual big hit The little thea
tre goes merrily on. each week Offering
capital programs or motion pictures and
illustrated songs and gaining in popular
ity each week
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22
CATHOLIC CHURCH CHOIR
WILL GIVE ePlNAF0RE"

The choir OF the Church of The
Immaculate Conception will prcsen,
"Pinafore" at the Providence opera
house this evening.
There will he 100 in the chorus and
the solos will be rendered by we'll
known singers. under the direction OF
Prof. Alexander McCabe. The dra-
matte part will be under tho super
vision OF Miss Isabelle Florence Ahearn.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22
UNITED STATES OFFICIAL
MURDERED IN RUSSIA

Batoum. May 22.-william H. Stuart,
the American vice consul here. was shot
and killed At his country place last night.
The assassins escaped.
Mr.. Stuart was a British subject and
one OF the largest ship brokers and ex-
porters OF Batoum. During recent revo-
lutionary troubles his life was many
times threatened by longshoremen, and al
one time a deputation visited his office
and practically compelled him 10 give
them $500.
Mr.. Stuart having dined at the house
OF friend. was returning TO his country
place at Manziadjani. Ave miles from
Batoum. when he was fired on twice from
n clump OF trees half a mile from his
home. one bullet piercing his leg and
another his breast.
Mr.. Steere the British vice consul at
Novo Rossiisk. who was a guest at Mr..
Stuart's house. hearing the shooting hur-
ried out with the servants and found Mr.,
Stuart lying on the ground bleeding. He
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22

Bellows Falls. VT May 22.-Should Mrs.
Hotty, Green some day retire from the
worry of money markets. as IL Is some
times rlsmored. IT Will probably be TO the
home OF her youth in this town.
The old house where Mrs. Green spent
her early marriesI .Ife and where her son
and daughter were born, Is at thecrest of
Westminster street, commanding a mag
nificent view OF the town and the noun
tains and river valley. IL IL a painted
brick. OF square. simple Colonial archi-
lecture The estate. which occupies an en-
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22

except that per cent was guaranteedsto
the stockholders OF the United Traction
company.
The Rhode Island Securities company.
Incorporated In New Jersey. acquired all
the stock OF the Rhode Island company,
thereby getting for itself all the earnings
OF tho properties above the per cent
guarantee
Mr. Sabre says that he understands that
the capital stock OF the Rhode Island So.
curities company Ia SO. .0O0. 600. OF which 81
0O0.0oo was paid as a bonus for the lease
OF the railroad properties. so that the
stockholders OF the United Traction COM
pany get one-tenth OF the surplus earn
ings Who gets the other nine-tenths. he
wants TO know. He contends that the
stockholders or the United Traction COM
pany should have all the surplus earn
inRs
Mr. Sabre claims that while the stock
OF the Rhode Island Securities company
was exchanged for stock OF the United
Traction company I'm the proportion Of
been In the proportion OF one to two and
one-half
His present purpose is to draw out the
truth that certain persons seem anxious
not 10 have known, 10 ascertain the
terms OF the leases OF the properties
which have never been recorded 20 learn
who the men were who made the leases.
and what authority they had 10 do so.
Before the litigation is ended, the public
also is likely TO learn a good deal more
of the methods Of "frenzied finance" in
this state than IL has ever before dream
ed OF: and II II possible that II may learn
something OF the business methods OF
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich at the same
time.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22

was still conscious but said. before he
died he would not be able TO recognize
his assassin owing TO the darkness.
Mr.. Stuart who was 40 years of age,
had spent the greater part or his life In
Russia. the last 12 years in Batoum Be
sides his official connections, he had ex-.
tensive business relations throughout the
entire Caucasus.
Vice Consul Stuarts mother and two
brothers, who live i'm England. have re-
ceived brief telegram. announcing that
Mr.. Stuart was shot and killed yesterday
evening at his country residence.
The state department at Washington
reports that at the time OF his death Mr..
Stuart was acting consul.
Ambassador Meyer having taken cogni-
zance OF the case. the state department.
officials do not believe that II requires
action at their hands at this moment.
IL Is not doubted that the Russian gov
ernment will make every effort 10 capture,
and punish the assassins.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22
MISS AHEARN'S PUPILS
GAVE PLEASING RECITAlS

The pupils OF Miss Isabelle Florence
Ahearn entertained a large audience
last evening at the Providence opera
house with program OF readings
songs. dances. club drills and interpre-
tations or dramatic scenes from we'll
known plays. Although there were
nurTbrrS II m, INC rTTne Consumed
by thom seemed 10 pass rapidly and
there were few dull turns
The recital was fully up 10 tho stand
ard OF the previous exhibitions. which
have secured for Miss Ahearn high
reputation az teacher OF elocution
The performers ranged in age from
little tots Of seven or eight yecrs ~
men and women. and all showei care
ful training.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22

tire city square. has large oaks. Gins and
pines. and a level lawn. Although the
property g. bounded by fence posts Il has
no fence, and in other ways shows evil
den-e OF rare occupancy. Except during
the summer, when Mrs Green and her
daughter spend a. few weeks there. the old
home As tightly closed. with every window
shuttered tight.
Employees are never seen on the estate,
and even when Mrs Green and her daugh-
ter make their yearly visit. they do their
own cooking and housework.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22

be $4,000. This large sum Rainey more
than won back. later. when his 3-year-old
colt Heaslip won the fifth race backed
from to down TO IL TO 8. He ia re-
ported to have won $4,000 on the latter
horses victory.
For time the result hung on a decision
OF the stewards. for foul was lodged
against Heaslip by Baird, the rider OF
Optician. The claim was not allowed
Heaslip was bid up from $500 TO $500 by
F. NJ Kelly, but was bought In by the
stable on an extra s. raise.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-22
BROWN FACES HARVARD

The second big Four" baseball game
TO be played here this season Is sched-
uled for tomorrow afternoon on An
drews Field. Harvard being the visi'-
ing attraction -Tha- Crimson team has
always been a strong drawing card in
Providence and the Brown management
is making preparation for the handling
OF big crowd.
Last Saturday Harvard lost To
Princeton by score Of s 10 g. The
Crimson hit Byram the Tiger southpaw
twirler, hard. The most notable vic
tories Harvard has won recently have
been over Pennsylvania and Lafayette.
Harvard has been beaten by Williams
and Dartmouth.
Brown will line up the same as usual
tomorrow. with Tiff In the boz nnd
Paine on the receiving end. The bat
ting order OF both colleges follows.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
AMATEUR

Do not stick pins into the envelope.
even II the balloon Is a stationary
me-.
Never leave the car while In mo-
tion-especially when at a consider
able altitude. 1t hurts.
DO not throw out empty bottles
when passing over densely populated
urban rural districts; they will only
get broken.
Should your grapplirc-iron "grap-
ple' a harmless old gentleman and
lift him off his feet, do not be too
angry with him; let him down gently.
When passing over a friends estate
try and resist the temptation of drop
ping a sand-bag through his conserva-
tory; somebody may be there, and be-
sides, your friend may be a retaliatoE
and a first-class rifle shot.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
TERRIBLE II SCALP.
Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands and
Limbs-An Old Soldier Declares:
"Cuticura Is q Blessing"

AT all times and to all people I am
willing to testify to the merits of Cuti.
.ura. II saved me from worse thar the tor.
ture of hades, about the year 1900, with
itching on my scalp and temples, and after.
wards it commenced to break out on my
hands. Then IL broke out on ms limbs.
] then went TO a Surgeon, whose treat.
ment did me no good, but ratner aggra.
waited the disease. then told him ]
would go and sec a physician in Erie.
The reply was that ] could 20 anywhere,
but Il case of eczema like mine could not
be cured; that ] was too old 1907. ! went
to an eminent doctor in the city of Erie
and treated with him for six months, with
like results. ! had read of the Cuticura
Remedies, and so ! sent for the Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, and con.
tinued taking the Resolvent until I had
taken sly bottles, stopping it to take the
Pills. was now getting better. I took
two baths a day. and at night ! let the
lather of the Soap dry on. 1 used the
Ointment with great effect after washing
in warm water, to stop the itching al
once. ! am now cured. The Cuticura
treatment is a blessing, and should he
used by every one who has itching of the
skin. | cant say any more, and thank
God that lie has given the world such a
curative. VIM. II. Gray, 1903 Mt. Vernon
ST., Philadelphia, Pa, August 2, 1906"
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
NOTES ON COTTON GROWING.

About 10000 bales of cotton Ia this
years crop of the Laguna section OF
Mexico. The Mexican mills will also
require an additional $4,000 bales
from the United States during 1906.
The British charge in Guatemala
has forwarded to London q sample of
weevil.resisting cotton grown In the
Retalhulen district OF western Guate,
mala. 1t Is called "Pachon," 10 a
short.season cotton, productive and
with a fiber of good length and tex
ture.
The Turkish minister Of agriculture
is about to buy 200 pounds of Amer
lean and Egyptian cotton seed for the
Improvement of the quality Of cotton
raised in Turkey. The seed will be
distributed in the provinces OF Adana.
Adm and Salonika, according to the
Levant Herald.
The exports OF raw cotton from
southern Nigeria in 1905 declined to
9G. 3OG pounds, having been 285.G39
pounds in 1904. This falling off Is ex.
pected to adjust itself during the pres.
ent year, when the new plantations
will to yield, states the
Government Gazette Of the Nigeria
p%rotectorate. IT has also been re-
ported that there was some cotton
to be shipped from northern Nigeria.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
Travel ana Trains.

The sensation Of the month ID the
b. Louis railway world was the cut
In time and the establishment OF the
Mobile Z Ohio Limited between st.
Louis and Mobile and New Orleans.
The south-bound train that formerly
left st. Louis at 8 Q. m. now leaves
at II a. m. and yet reaches the gulf
terminals named - formerly at 7:25
and S:45 q. m, respectively. There
were competitors who doubted the
ability Of the NJ. q o. to make and
maintain - schedule, but 1t has
completely triumphed easily. and
thereby electrified the entire line.
The limited Is composed Of the finest
vestibuled cars, with diner. electric
lighted and famed, and the service
Is acknowledged to be second to none
between the important terminals
named. The M. Z o. has remarkably
advanced in service and fame since
1900.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
THE WIFE
Agrees with Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: 'ln the prac-
tice of my profession | have found so
many points In favor of Grape-Nuts
food that | unhesitatingly recommend
1t to all my patients.
ct is delicate and pleasing to the
palate Gan essential in food for the
sick) and can be adapted to all ages.
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet | find Grape-Nuts and al.
bumen water very nourishing and re-
freshing. This recipe Is my W idea
and IL made as follows: Soak a tea
spoonful OF Grape-Nuts in a glass OF
water for an hour, strain and serv'
with the beaten white Of an egg ant
q spoonful of fruit juice or flavoring
This affords a great deal OF nourish
ment that even the weakest stomach
can assimilate without any distress.
MY husband Is a physician and h
uses Grape-Nuts himself and order
It many times for his patients.
PERSONALLY l regard u dish Q
Grape-Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit
a. Ahe ideal breakfast for anyone
we'll or sick" Name given by Postul
Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
IN any case Of stomach troubl
nervous prostration or brain flag.
10 days trial of Grape-Nuts will wor
wonders toward nourishing and n
building. and in this way ending II
trouble. There's q reason and tri'
proves.
Look in pkss. for the famous lit
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville."
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
Fireworks for the Fourth

workwomen who manufacture these
dangerous toys.
This village of shops covers Is acres
not far from Manhattan Beach, and
the working force was then composed
Of 80 persons, 80 Of them women The
4G houses, many no longer than a
woodshed, are built in three regular
rows, each 60 feet apart. Only a few
persons work in any one building. |
and all are obliged to bring their
lunches and eat where they work.
never congregatlng in groups for fear
Of fire from chemical or powder cling
ing to their clothes. If the work Is
particularly dangerous, a man or
woman labors alone in a room. In
front of each building is an emergency
barrel, while at one end Of the village
a large tank insures adequate water
supply.
An artist draws designs for all the
set pieces, the manufacture OF which
is quite complicated. For the creation
of a bomb, that triumph OF pyrotechnic
beauty, a large sphere Is made first.
It's shell Is of hard paper, sometimes
90 inches In diameter. and this is filled
with smaller shells "%cOcoanut size,"
in each of which is the material that,
when ignited. makes a certain colored
light.
A unique celebration of the Fourth
of July took place In Sitka, shortly
after Uncle Sam purchased Alaska for
n new hobby horse. In the morning
there was an exciting race in
the harbor, prizes of blankets, ETC.,
being given to the Indian victors.
! Early in the afternoon a procession
formed. marching to the mouth of the
Inuian river, where a stand for the
days orator had been erected In a
beautiful grove and a table set for a
collation.. Music and the military were
not unusual accomplishments of a
Fourth of July parade. but the weird
JOY of the procession was q Russian
maiden as Goddess Of Liberty. seated
in a bower of flowers upon a fire en-.
CINE decorated with fags. In the
evening there we're fireworks. and We
will hope that the afternoon shower
that interfered with the collation. die
not make the fire flowers droop theil
heads on SO suspicious an occasion.
We press nearer to our window, TO-
the fireworks at last have begun. Th'
= street Is flooded with red waves o
> light. Pinwheels spin golden circle
= and flower pots 81 utter red, whit,
! and blue balls alons the curb. Owe
:. the housetops rockets whizz stream
ing paths and bombs pour outburst
;. Of radiant glory. And above all. be
v yond all. In the blue OF the ageles
sky shines an evening star, serene
| eternal In the heavens.
The Fourth OF July may hav
g changed from holy day to holiday
d from solemn deed OF state to thought
t less fun and frolic: but above and be
You'd the fireworks OF our superficial
lily forever shines our patriotism.
the play-day OF peace we foolish chi
\ dren heedlessly frivOl-irrespOnsibl
i~rreverent-but let our nation !
J. threatened by war or dishOnor. and ,
v her 5ugle call OF need Fourth Of Jul
Terrymakers will answer with the
ID lives. The flowers Of patriotism bloc
d brightest at night
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29

Inc fOuTln vi July nat vuICheup
the heartbeats Of all American young
sters and the nerve quivers of all
American mothers Is once more upon
us, a fact too well realized as we
dodge an exploding coil OF firecrackers
or blink fast as we hurry by a street
urchin cooking his toy pistol.
But while the din of the Fourth, in
stead OF stirring our souls with pa
triotism. may give us a weakened
longing to follow our pet poodle's ex-
ample in crawling under the bed,
when the day is safely over and we
sit at the front window. waiting for
the evenings fireworks-Our sidewalk
already saturated by n cautious hose
and buckets of water standing on the
roof-we begin to feel reconciled to
our fOrebears' indiscretion in signing
the Declaration of Independence.
Our earliest recollections link the
Fourth of July and fireworks so indis-
solubly together that we fancy it was
the vivid conviction Of the nursery
that Washington and his associates,
after signing the illustripus document,
'"hb' - ''f''i w
with the inventors of pinwheel, bomb
and rocket. writes Mary c. Ringwali,
In the Los Angeles Times. But long
before the colonial fingers let 90 their
hold on the mother hand, long before
America claimed her own on the
worlds map, some ambitious wizard
had stolen into fairyland and secreted
himself there until he had learned the
magic art OF making fireworks. Just
when and where he gave the first dis
play on his own little planet, history
does not record. but very early the
Chinese took embroidery lessons OF
him, as It were, and none have sur
passed this child-natured race In the
ingenuity of their pyrotechnics.
Quick to seize any excuse for their
beloved pastime. which they poetical-
ly describe as letting off flowers" the
Chinese indulge In fireworks on all
occasions. The national festivities o.
the new year are. of course, illumined
by an exuberance OF rockets and fan
tastic pyrotechnic phenomena repre-
senting everything from a fish to 1
man. There are constant local, pri
. vate manifestatiOns-for births. mar
riages, funerals. meetings Of friends
theatrical spectacles, etc. One touch
I. ing use OF fireworks by the Chimes
I Is when a young woman visits a TEN
e pie dedicated to the goddess Mother.
d and praying that she may have a lit
|, tie son, has flowers OF hope an
promise set OF In the goddess honor
b In all probability fireworks were In
troduced into Europe through ltal,
the Italians employing the art as earl
as the sixteenth century. 1t is state
that fireworks were used In England
In a pageant honOring the nuptials c
II Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, Will
= one OF the earliest and most note
pyrotechnic displays In France was
F~'ontainebleau.
= One OF the leading American weel
lies, an August issue Of 1902, contain
IN u most interesting account of a FRI
= works factory on Long Island. III
~ point of view Of grandmammas, mot
u ers and pet aunties focusing anxiel
. upon the firing on Of Fourth OF Ju
IL implements OF Joy Ii here turnt
toward the daily peril OF workmen al
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
Mr.. II. ]. Henneman, Oakland. Neb.,

Mr.. II. j. Henneman, Oakland. Neb..
writes:
II waited before writing to you about
nv sickness, catarrh of the stomach,
which l had over a year ago.
There were people who told me 1t
would not stay cured, but ] am sure
that I am cured, for l do not feel any
more i'll effects, have q good appetite
and am getting fat.
$50 I am. aud will say to all, ] an
cured for good.
Ithank you for your Kindness.
"Psrana viN be our house medicine
hereafter
Catarrh Of the stomach Is also known
In common p~arlance as dyspepsia, cas-
tritis and indigestion. No medicine
will he of any permanent benefit except
il removes the catarrh.
4 Great Jonic.
Mr.. Austin NJ. Small, Astoria, Ore,
writes: During the hot weather Of
the past summer ! lost my appetite.
ricd Peruua. and found IL pleasant 70
axe. q splendid appetizer and . great
.onic."
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
TO DEATH
BY HARRY THAW
TRAGEDY AT MADISON SQUARE
ROOF GARDEN, NEW YORK.
STANFORD WHITE KILLED.
The Victim IN Eminent Architect
Fashionable Audience Listening
to MamselIe Champagne
Panic. Stricken.

New York. - Stanford White,
the eminent architect, member Of the
Arm of McKim, Mead & White, was
shot, Monday night, and almost in
stantly killed by Harry Thaw, a mem.
Der Of the prominent Pittsburg family,
during the performance of the musical
extravaganza, Mamselle Champagne,
IN the roof of the Madison Square
garden.
Mr.. White died before an ambulance
could be summoned, and Thaw was
arrested Immediately after the shoot.
ing.
Had Fashionable Audience.
The Madison Square roof garden,
which has been closed for several
years, was crowded with a fashionable
audience. While Harry Short, who flls
the principal comedy role In the piece,
was singing a comic song and the
garden was echoing with the laughter
Of shots ratified In the rear of the
auditorium, and a man in evening
dress was cen to fall across a table
at which he was sitting with a party
Of friends.
Created a Wild Panic.
Instantly the great audience was
thrown into a panic and a wild stam
pede occurred, during which chairs
the tables were overturned, and men
and m fought with desperation
to escape from the roof.
First lntimation Of Trouble.
The first intimation of trouble came
when, walking in front of his seated
victim. the man exclaimed, you've
victim Thaw exclaimed, you've
home" and drawing an automatic pis
toll, fired three shots. The first two
took effect, but as the third was dis
charged the pistol was struck up by
fireman on duty in the theater and
the bullet went skyward.
Identified az Harry Thaw.
The assailant was taken to the Yves
Thirtieth street police station. where
he described himself as John Smith
a student of No. 1870 Lafayette place
Washington, ID. c., but the police, OF
searching him, found cards and let
ters addressed to Harry Thaw, o
Pittsburg. and later his identity wa
fully established.
Cause Of the Tragedy.
Mystery surrounds the cause of tn,
tragedy, but its solution may he foun
in the words attributed to Thaw In
mediately after the shooting: Wei
he ruined my wife and l got him."
It Is known that for years bite
enmity had existed between Whit
and Thaw on account of the former
attentions to Mrs. Thaw. which ha
begun prior to her marriage.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-29
oRIsT OF oR1Ns.

Eddie-"Say, uncle, what's radium?"
UnclY-"Aw, that's the stun they make
radiators Of"
Father, what's the difference be-
tween q lunch and q luncheon? ?"
About . dollar and . quarter, my
boy"
How did you get that black eye.
Willie?" II got dat" replied Willie.
disgustedly, by waitin' to count ten
when I was angry, like you told me
TO-"
Nervous Old Lady ION seventh floor
Of hotel)-"Do you know what precau.
lions the proprietor Of the hotel has
taken against fire?" Porter-"Yes.
mum; he has the place inshoored for
twice wot it's worth"
WELL, Mr.. Lambkin, how do you
IKE being married? ?" Not in the least.
I am nc longer allowed to smoke, to
drink or to 60 out alone" Then you
must be sorry you married" Il am
not allowed to be sorry, either"
Mrs. Nibs-''Why were you SC absurd
as to tell Bibbs at the dinner table
that you can tell an old turkey from
q young one by the teeth?" Nibbs-
80 l can" Mrs. Nibbs--"Nonsense.
Turkeys have no teeth."-NibLs-
well, I have"