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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
WORKERS
BLOWN TO ATOMS
BY DYNAMITE

Charlotte, n. c.. Dec. lo.-One white
man. five negroes and an Indian were ut
orally blown into fragments by the ex-
plosion OF dynamite In a tunnel on the
right OF way OF the New South and West
ern railroad Saturday night. The white
man had been ordered to open box OF
dynamite for blasting purposes and start
cd 10 comply.
one blow from a hammer exploded the
contents and only small fragment OF
the white man has been found. Six
other men were dismembered and seven
persons were seriously injured. A mule
and car wero blown through the portal OF
the tunnel and down the mountain side.
The car was wrecked. but the mule es-
capped unscathed and galloped off 70 the
stable.
Not a single person I'm the tunnel es-
capped injury. The construction force Is
tunnelling through a mountain In a re-
mote corner OF the state
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
LOSS 100000 AT
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

Officials of the American locomotive
works state that the damage from the
burning Of the iron foundry OF the plant
early Sunday morning will doubtless
reach 100000 The building was totally
destroyed. and there is total loss on
large portion OF the contents of the struc
ture.
Two electric cranes. each valued at SIS
0co, and motor. said to be worth $500,
were rendered useless. while many pat
terms, core boxes and other equipment
employed in molding will have 10 be re-
placed. IL will cost. II Is said, $4,000 70
construct n new building
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
VANDERBILT CHAUFFEUR
WAVES EXAMINATION.

New York, Dec. 10.-Noel Flornoy OF
2l5 West One Hundred and Forty-seventn
stree who drives an automobile for VIII
liam X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. and who was ar
rested on Saturday at Broadway and For
ty-second street, was arraigned I'm the
Jefferson Market police court yesterday
charged with violating the speed law.
The policeman who made the arrest
swore that the automobile was going AZ
the rate OF 20 miles an hour Flornov
waived examination and was held for
trial in 500 bail
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
Much Smoke, No Fire.

A needless alarm OF nre was sounded
from box 81. corner Mathewson and West
Minister. last evening by a citizen who
saw smoke Issuing from the Winthrop
building at the corner OF Snow and West
Minister streets The janitor WAS starting
a FIRE In the furnace.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
FIRE CAUSES $4,000
LOSS AT MONTREAL.

Montreal Quebec. Dec. 1o.-Fire yes
terday burned out three buildings in
the wholesale dry goods section OF the
city. while stores on either side had
their contents damaged by smoke and
water. The total loss Is placed al
100000. The loss was distributed
among nine firms, totally burned out.
and half dozen with partial losses.
The heaviest losers were:
Canadian Underwear company, SIS
900; Dreyfus Importing company. s45,-
600; Thomas May q Co. $4,000: Mat
thews, Tower & Co. SOS. .00O York
shire Importing company. $50, 900. All
the firms were well insured.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
CRUISER MILWAUKEE,
IN COMMISSION.

San Francisco. Dec io.-officials at the
Mare Island navy yard were surprised
saturday TO receive orders 10 place the
new protected cruiser Milwaukee in com.
mission at once.
Although her battery has not yet been
put aboard and almost months work
romans 10 be done on the cruiser she
will formally be played in commission to-
day
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
$500 Fire in Barroorn.

The saloon Of Giles Brothers. "a Potter
avenue wes damaged $500 by fro last
evening. The flames ate into The second
story and thence 60 the roof. but the chief
damage was I'm tho barroom. The loss Is
fully covered by insurance.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
AucttOneerS.
M0RTGAGEE'S SALE
Saturday, December 29, 1906
At twelve o'clock, noon, on the premises
4SS UNION AVENUE
ONE-FAMILY HOUSE, seven Rooms.



Lot, 40xS0 feet.
VIII be sold at public auction on the
premises hereinafter described, on the
29th day OF December. A. d. 1906. at IL
O'Clock. noon. under and by virtue OF
the power OF sale contained In a certain
mortgage deed made and executed by
Daniel T. Handy and Harriet Handy TO
David A. Waldron of harrington. dated
March 10, 1890 and recorded In the land
records OF the Town OF Johnston in the
State Of Rhode Island in Real Estate
Mortgage Book. No. AZ, at page l57 the
conditions OF said mortgage deed having
been broken:
That certain lot OF land with all i'm
provements thereon situate on the north
erly side of Union avenue In said John
ston. laid out and designated as lot num-
bered nine (0 on that plat, entitled
South Olneyville Plat OF Cottage Lots
No. q by John Howe. July 3. 1885," which
said plat is recorded in said Johnston on
plat card IS.
BY order OF the mortgage. who hereby
gives notice OF his intention TO bid upon
said property at the sale thereof or at any
adjournment or postponement of said
sale.
BY ORDER OF THE MoRTGAGEE
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
CLAIRVOYANT.

QUEEN BELLE. THE PEERLESS
Gypsy palmist, Clairvoyant, Cardreader.
reads your life by your foot. egg and tea
cup. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1923 West
minister street. near Knight street. dS-2t.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
ROOMS AND BOARD.

te. per word first Insertion; Dsc. repeat.
twk. &c. per word; 2 wks. Sc. per word:
3wks 7c. per word mo. &c. per wore.
1is sABrN ST. ROOMS ESPECIALLY
fitted for light Housekeeping. Also SIN
gle -oJnns aug7-tf
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10

Harold j. Gross and James III. Hurley,
finrnnara
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

STORE YOUR AUTOMOBILE AT 1877
Pine street. steam heat Archibald
Martin. daft
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10
FOR SALE.

&c. per word first Insertion: K,c. repeat;
IWk. sc. per word; wks. Sc. per word;
5wks. 7c. per word; mo. &c. Der word.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10

JUST ARRIVED. SIX GOOD SECOND
hand horses; Is cows and calves; spring
ers; bulls; 10 beef cows 8 pigs; 4 shoats:
carriages. pungs. sleighs. harness All
street. soes
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10

GREAT SACRIFICE. - BUILDINGS
ssosu Isl S'oOof5 acres. modern two-story
nouse' ii nigh rooms and bath: steam
iheat: me stable. open and box stalls: cell
iar: quarter from lake; water supply
wWnd VINO mill Price only $4,000. $1,000 cash
Uther NJ p.aces shown free OF expense. c.
w. POND, Wrentham
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-10

Situations Wanted-Fernale.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
Frog Invasion of Australia.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

Bairnsdale, an Australian township
about sixty miles from Melbourne, has
recently experienced a strange and b.
no means pleasant Mutation.
An army of frogs, numbering thou
sands, swarmed into the town, prob
ably from a neighboring morass. They
covered the roads in all directions and
the traffic slaughtered them wholesale.
They even got into the houses, where
the dogs and cats killed. them by the
dozens, while householders in many in
stances had to sweep them out, dead
and alive, with brooms and shovel
them into buckets.
The episode caused somewhat of a
scare in the minds Of the supersti-
tious, and some Of the old folk de-
clared the end of the world was at
hand. The invasion, however, finally
passed or to some more ~congenial
home TO sing its chorus of "Break-kek-
kek-kek-koak,' which Aristophans put
into their mouths.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
An Arabic Inscription.

Here's a cup ! got in Morocco" said
the enthusiastic tourist. you see it has
an Arabic inscription.
His friend turning the cup cur
iously around. At length he remarked,
dryly, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat:
Yes the inscription is Arabic all
right"
"Sure!" replies the returned tourist,
a little miffer at the intimation of a
possible doubt.
You a read it better if you turn
the cup upside down." suggested the
friend; and suiting the action to the
word, he showed the tourist that the
mysterious character were nothing
more than 1909 engraved in rough,
irregular figures in the metal.
"The rascal" exclaimed the outrag-
er collector; The told me that it was
an Arabic inscription when he sold it
to mel"
"He told you nothing more than the
TRUTH" was the reply. You forget
that our numerals are Arabic"
But somehow from hat moment the
collector lost in terest in the souvenir
from Morocco.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
Sure Cure for Gold Fever.

Raymond B~rumoaugh, the rich Alas
ka gold miner, said the other day in
Philadelphia, according 10 an ex-
change.
"A young clerk, living III New York,
came to me once and asked my advice
about going out to the gold fields. He
had, he said the gold fever bad.
4 saw by the cut Of his lib that the
young fellow nadGt the stuff n niIn
that makes a gGot Ii liner, and so ad-
vised him TO stick 10 his job in New
York.
But this Internal craving and han
kecing for the gold fields said he;
how shall | get rid of that? I've got
the fever sure Mr.. Brunmbaugh.
Well said I III tel ! you how to
cure yourself of that fever. Just ~ait
till next winter, till a day when the
thermometer registers about II degrees
below zero, and then get up at 4
O'Clock in the morning a pickwwawiiw
o'clock in the morning. shoulder a PICK,
go ont in the wool, AMI dig A hole
sixteen feep deep. Come back home at
nightfall, chew 4 ran strap for your
dinner, and sleep In TIE cellar on the
coal.
REPEAT this dose daily I wound
up, until cured"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
NEW CUNARD LINERS
NEARING COMPLETION
OF $4,000 Tons. and Will Each .Ac-
comodate 5000 Passengers.

The " new Cunard liners which are
being built with the $40. 600. 900 lent by
the government are fast nearing COM
pletition and one of them will soon be
ready for launching. while the other
will be launched next month. They
will be named Lusitania and Mauri-
tania and will be the largest ships the
world has ever seen.
Each vessel will have a gross tom
mage of %, 200 tons. while they are 60
feet longer than any other liner afoat.
They are IS feet in the beam and in
this respect are the first TO surpass the
Great EaS.on which was SIS feet in
breath. They will each have accomo-
dations for 5000 passengers and carry
a crew of 500. They will be propelled
by turbine engines capable OF develop
ing 0,000 horsepower, and are expect
ed to travel at a minimum speed of "a
knots an hour.
Marine engineers predict that the
w vessels will be the ~steadiest on
the ocean. They will be fitted in a
| manner equal to the most gorgeous
| modern hotels. The decorations will
consist of reproductions Of the great
est works of art, while a system Of ele-
| yarrs between the various decks will
provide for the rapid transit of the
passengers from n part of the ship to
the other.
The first-class dining saloon will be
unprecedented in marine architecture.
It will be a massive and gorgeous
apartment, 125 feet long and so feet
wide, and will comfortably accomo-
date 500 persons at n meal. 1t will be
lighted by a great dome extended up
through the two decks above. and
crowned with a roof of cathedral glass.
More than one engineering record has
been broken in the construction Of the
ships. The stern frame and brackets
are the largest ever known, the former
alone weighing At tons and requiring
no fewer than 60 tons of molten metal
in the making. The rudder weighs &c
tons. and each link in the 2,000-foot
chains IS % IA inches long and weighs
100 pounds. Each link was tested and
witstood a strain of $40 tons.-London
Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
Tender Spring Lambs Make Him
a Regular Member Of the
Organization.
HE IS GIVEN A FROLIC
It Turns Ou Just as Mrs. 3. Predicted.
How Her Better Half Was
" I,,aJ

; copyright, 1s15, by E. C. Parcells.l
Did you meet Mrs. Green at the
pate?' asked Mrs. Bowser as Mr.. Bow
ser reached home the other evening.
II have no recollection Of so doing"
be replied.
She was in here a minute ago and
wanted US to come ver to her house
this evening and play cards. L partly
promised her.
You shouldn't have done SO. I have
an engagement this evening"
Couldn't you put it off? She wants
to make up two tables"
Then she'll have to wait. I've been
elected a member Of the Z. s. L. club
and must be on hand this evening to be
initiated. l hope dinner is all ready"
What kind Of a club is itT" asked
Mrs. Bowser as she followed him down
to the dining room.
ut is composed of professors, sa-
wants and philosophers. 1t was this
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
General Niles Embaled Ecef.

The country cannnt quarrel with
General Miles for sh king hands with
himself owe the beef re-orts. He re
calls the famous episode Of the Span
ism wal with some details that are
interesting. He laments to this day
the refusal OF the authorities to 90 H.
TO that question at that time. Has lie
still his proofs Of those "embalmei'
rations? II so, why not produce them
now? They would make a thrilling
addition 70 a story already thrilling. He
says that they show that the men Who
imposed rotten stuff on the country for
the army should have been sent 70
the penitentiary. If they show what
General Miles thinks they do, they
should have sent those men 10 the gal
lows. What greater crime could b.
committed than serving foul rations to
the army m the face of the enemy?
In such an act there is both possible
death TO the soldiers and death to the
cause. II an investigation is ordered
by Congress-and n should be, the
report to be handed in al the next
session-why not call General Miles,
Washington Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
Fishing i'm Old Ore Pitt.
East Texas cor dependence Hliladel-
ph.a Record

When King Ore laid dow als gceptTe
and gave up the ghost in the great In
dustrial and financial panic which
swept over the region in the '70's, the
numerous abandoned ore pits in this
country ~graually filed up with clear,
cold spring water. In many Of these
deep and wide pits boys dumped all
manner Of small fish. caught In the
nearby rivers and creeks. They build
ed better than they knew. for many
of these old ore mines. undisthrbed Tor
years, are now teemfng with fish
These pits. with their steep and
treacherous sides. cannot be fshed ex-
ccpt win ho1k and lin: and so the
fish pirates cannot work their ruinous
occupation with nets, etc ond h pits
thus afford the finest kind Of fishing
to the comparative few people VINO
are wise az their condition.
Philip Hunkel yesterday, in one hour
caught a big string Of suntish which
averaged about half a pound in weight
each, a lot of the finest kind OF oiaek
bass and more catfish than he kne"
what 10 do with.
In another pit Aaron Peters eaughL
FIVE carps averaging over hvs po1asS'
in weight, and several enormous snap
ping turtles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15

~ ~" &C. YIN -@
- "o' 'e.'1u Aae "at a.
~ ~ .
H~u u " Vi
than u oe eieeteu ~ Consie
VIVA" "7 """' N"ne "o
49,.
never heard "fd the Ci"h'
Mrs. boWser reflected dor a
ana then SAID:
1 never heard or -such q club. 1t
uoeshit seem 10 iae INA any dlsnlned
p1oiesSoI "o'iu J'ii 5S'cH an orsahl~a-
llon' are !od Cite certain lhat IL
Isl Il iot o. leliG"S WHO WANT TO u
you
"GUy me- he hot:S exclaimed. Mrs.
RoWscr. yO-s set..i - forget who am.
DC l COX inc 4 M that anybody
W0".d dare GuE:
"b"t 70" joined the Ancient Horse
NaiiAes, ana they made you dance Ii
Sill.
lever! Never ID this world
1oH joined Tie honorable black
Oh d ch"if ana cav
Woman what are you saylnsE
ana you joined uie very very An
Gent Mossbacks, ana they made You
Drink vinegar ana 'heh roiied 20" III ii
sho"uflIl' fou toiu me all ABOUT 1t
yourseL. 1here Is 10 WHAT
nese lender spring LAMBS nave III
keIore Tor you-"
~ nave oeen eiec1eo d member oI
me L: .. L., sa1o MT boWser as lie
tuAheu oh ole 'aple WIN 'ne hanuie
'oI MS knlie anu iooheu very uetef.
niheu. L nave oeen ho'lneu 10 .
mls evening Ior mltiatlen: small re-
3oir: l sn"Ii We ihiti'.eu ..
&c! wei ,epiIeu NJ Do"Sei:
49, 800 ses
w. era
- houa - orn ~
80 So
NJ parSau,.~saa 1900 80 rod +,o+
sha lanl.aa for o S+ro,,o ~ onon,exv
800 t1Hoaooaa $500 on - hin,soIf
49, - go to,n, a. arara No+
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15

". H. Harrison of Pittsboro, Vt, had
in his employ a man who will never
be famous for his brilliancy. During
the sugaring a Mr.. Harrison
sent this man Hi" to find out how the
sap buckets had been filling. Hi" in
v~estigated and then submitted this re-
port: Some is full, some half full and
some runnin' over, but average about
ull."-Burlington News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
In EnhrNO.

The Bud-How did you get our first
start in life, senator?
The Observation-Disclosures haven't real
~ got started yet. you know. ] am
only wogth $10,OO0,0 900 as yet.-Judge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-15
The Hog Didn't Like n.

The Hog didn't Ldke II.
Benham-A hog couldn't eat this din.
ner.
Mrs. Benham - That's too bad ]
thought it would Just suit yQueOs.
troit Free Press. -
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-04-04
Baton Rouge Times.

Baton Rouge Times.
The administration will recommend
elective school boards, with ~five-year.
overlapping membership terms.
Hon. J.. B. Aswell, State superin-
tendent OF education, has completed
his biennial report, reviewing the
work of the educational department
for the past two years, and making
some important recommendations to
the general assembly.
Mr.. Aswell in his report makes the
following recommendations:
An appropriation equal to that of
1904 to continue the effective service
rendered by the summer schools and
institutes for teachers.
An appropriation for the common
schools equal to two-thirds of the
amount raised locally by the people.
Adequate facilities for training
teachers to meet increasing demand
for better teachers.
A law enabling school districts to
issue bonds, or certificates of indebt-
edness, to make Immediately available
moneys to accrue from local school
taxes
An appropriation of $4,000 for the
encouragement of approved high
schools, moi especially to prepare the
youth for the university, but for life;
to unity and strengthen the school
system, and build the high schools.
Appropriations for the State insti-
buttons adequate to meet the increas-
ing demands.
Legislation encouraging the estab-
lishment of school libraries.
The enactment of q law more ex-
plicitly defining the qualifications and
requirements of the parish superin-
tendents.
Each parish board of school direc-
tors at the close of its present term of
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-04-04

Baton Rouge Times.
In his report to the Legislature,
State Superintendent of Education AS
we'll will say:
1.-The best work in the schools can
not be reduced to statistics nor can it
be expressed in language. 1t is the
development of moral and spiritual
powers which measure the greatness
of a people. But the immediate and
tangible evidence Of a wholesome and
active educational spirit is expressed
in the amounts of money invested in
schools through private contributions,
town council and police jury appro-
p%riations, and local school taxes.
During the year 1905, the police
juries of. the State Apr Opriated for
public school purposes the sum of
1897 .29l 10: the amount raised by
local taxation was S16l. $3.50: the
town councils appropriated 500, 7S2.43:
while the sun that did not pass
through the school treasury but vas
invested directly by the people for
building and equipping school houses
vas $l64. 344.67 From these sources
the public schools IN 1905 received
81, 223, $50. 6S:while from the same
sources in 1904 the records show 1922
BOT. 30. the increase in local school
taxes alone being 81, 1888.
st would seem therefore, hat this
definite expression of public concern
i'm the education of our children re-
veals the public mind on this ques-
ton and shows clearly that it is, in
deed, reasonable for the people to ex-
pect the General Assembly to apprO-
pirate from the States treasury for
the ommOn schools two-thirds as
much money as the people have
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-04-04

raised locally for this purpose. This
sum amounts to Sl,223, 953.6 90. while
two-thirds of it will give the common
schools 1915. 900.
ITO appropriate this amount of
money for this purpose may require
retrenchment in other lines of the
States expenditures, yet such a
course would not only be practicable,
righteous and economic, but would be
approved by the people, for by this
appropriation. with the present strong
local educational sentiment, the chill
dren of the rich and the poor alike
would have a ninemOnth's school term
in every parish of the State.
''What surer means could the State
devise for encouI aging the efforts
made locally and for advancing the
school work to Obliterate our record of
~illiteracy? AS long as there is a
parish in Louisiana 81 l-2 per cent. of
whose white men r %illiterate, those
who love the State and her children
and have faith in the possible achieve
ments of her people will cot approve
a decrease of one per cent. in the
public school revenues. But on the other
hand, every principle of %justic, econmy
and intelligent progress demands an
increase of money from the State to
encourage the people locally in the
education of the country children.
"The records of the past, the facts
of the present, the hopes of the future,
the love that you bear your State, the
duty you owe your country. your
selves and your neighbOrs, demand,
that You rally, as | believe you will,
to the support of YOUR common schools
and make them adequate to their high
mission and to their s%tupendous task.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-04-04
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Will Advise Legislature to Make the Parish
School Boards Elective, With Over
tapping Memberships.

Office, to be elected from the parish at
large, same to consist of not more
than five members, one retiring and
n being elected each year.
An additional certificate, known as
a Estate Teachers Certificate" to be
good for ten years, and issued to per-
sons passing a satisfactory examina-
ton in the following subjects: All of
the subjects now required for a first
grade teachers crtiticate, chemistry,
bookkeeping, Latin, general history,
botany. history of education, psychol-
ogy, school administration, provided
that the graduates of all Louisiana
State institutions be credited with hav-
ing passed a satisfactory examination
for said certificate in such of the re-
CURED subjects as by the president of
such institution, may be certified to as
having been completed in the course
of study of the applicant, excepting
theory and art of teaching, history of
education, psychology and school ad-
ministration; this examination to be
conducted by the State Board of exam
liners, and,
That graduates of all Louisiana
State institutions of learning, apply
ing in examination for first grade
teachers certificates, be credited with
having passed a satisfactory exami-
nation for SAID first grade teachers
certificate in such of the required SUBJ
jects as, by the president of said insti-
tuition, may be certified to as having
been completed il the course of study
of the applicant, excepting theory and
art of teaching as it applies to the sub
jects required for first grade teacher
certificate, and to the general school
practice.
The enactment of laws reducing the
commissions paid for handling the
public school funds.