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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE

Last evening in the opera house. before
q small sized audience. an "all star" cast
ESQ the advertisement satd). reeled off
''The Two orphaS/ that antiquated and
weepy or played righD. play in three
acts. that at one time stirred the emo
tions OF our fathers and forefathers, not
forgetting the mothers.
No, II wasn't exactly burlesque OF the
play that was given, I'm the exact sense
OF the word, burt II came nightly near
Il. and the audience appeared To get all
mixed up. 80 far as the proper time TO
laugh and cry was concerned. BY special
arrangement with Kate Claxton" Is the
excuse given for presenting this bearded
chestnut and to live up TO the 81 per seat
proposition the company alters, II
appeared to work hard to give as good a
performance as possible. In fact, some
OF the cast appeared to over-work. labor
ing under the idea that loudness of voice
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
WESTMINSTER THEATRE.

A very pleasing bill was given by the
High Flyers Burlesque" company at the
Westminster Theatre yesterday, I'm fact,
one OF the best OF the season. The bill
opens and closes with snappy skits. In
which Richly w Craig furnished the
greater part OF the comedy element while
Miss Hattie Mills heads corps OF pret-
~ girls who sing and dance nicely.
Miss Mills opens the olio with a num-
ber of vocal selections and tells a good
story or two. Arthur Yule in vocal im.-
tations makes a decided hit Lawrence
Crane I'm sleight OF hand and illusions
added To his popularity. Harry La Mari,
the well-known female impersonator,
made one OF the biggest hits of the
season yesterday afternoon and last
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
Died at Worcester

Mrs Mary J. Dolam Jones. wife OF
Daniel +. Jones, died I'm Worcester,
Mass. Monday after short illness. Mrs.
Jones was life long resident OF Wor-
cester and an esteemed parlshloner OF the
Immaculate Conception church. Mrs.
Jones is survived by husband, two
daughters, Mary H. and Margaret OF that
city; also by two sons, Daniel +. md DIR.
Frank j. Jones of this city. The funeral
will be held I'm Worcester, Thursday
morning with a solemn requiem high
mass at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception at o o'clock.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
PROVIDENCE BOYS
CLUB HAS SUPPER

The members OF the Providence Boys
club enjoyed a supper at the Eddy street
rooms last evening. consisting Of clam
chowder. baked beans, sandwiches, cake,
coffee and bananas. Miss Rice's banjo
playing and Mai. Kelley's singing We're
applauded. The donations were from J..
KlleN and Incoh Brand.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21

cellent impression made by her rich con-
tralto voice fortnight ago.
The new moving pictures are notable
for variety and interesting character; and
winter Sports" "rhe Little Bread
Garner" "Frolicsome Kids" and "The
Western chase" were all especially en-
loved
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21

evening in the olio impersonating a
maiden lady OF uncertain years. Every
theatregoer Will remember Mr., La
Marr as Queen Isabella, Aunt Abbey
and Madame Du Barry. Mr. Craig in
a comedy musical act, and Jose Grove,
i'm illustrated songs. make up the bill.
The season OF 1907 closes with the per-
formance Saturday evening.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21

ence. Willard Dyer also has light part
In the play but sings illustrated songs
between the acts. Moving pictures are
also shown between the acts.
The attraction at the Empire next week
will be "For Fair Virginia." a military
romance.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
Little Girl Bitten by Dog

Mary Conca, aged 3, while at play In
the yard OF her home. at AZ Vinton street,
yesterday, was bitten over the right eye
by a dog said TO be owned by Frank
Flynn of ~ Tell street.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
Guests at Banquet

Irving Wilcox. Webster knight. IL.
b. Webber and George G. Arnold will at
tend the banquet at Young's hotel, Bos-
ton. given by the American Philatelic
association this evening.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21
COucFUgD i2 YRAas.

when ! vss Ave years Oh
I had Whooping Ccughs
Scarlet Fever and ptphtke-
ria, all IA vtolsnt fcT.
From that time for i2years,
I bad dAiiY coughing epelle
OF tas most tsarfag, strsng.
ling kiad. Ny throes end
iuses were raw. Ny parents
epont knndreds OF dollars On
&ootors and "curos'' 10 10
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-21

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New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
MADE OVER" BUTTER.
How the Renovated Kind Is Made-A
Simple Test for It's Detection.

Renovated or process butter has become the more
less successful rival OF oleomarsar'ne iho
methods of making ii may vary somewhat out Id
general they agree with the one described by the
government chemists says 'Ihe washington
Post
Process sterilzed butter. as 1t is called In some
places comes different grades, good bad ana IN
different The better grades from mlscel-
Lannon's assortments of country butter. made by
farmers living at distance from creafiieIie @ ies,
These rolls sold exchanged al the country J
stores, where they gathered up py the agent
Of the renovator.
Poorer grades are made from inferior raw mate
riaI butter which poor 70 start with and that
which has become rancid otherwise tainted
Even the renovatins process. whleh IS sometimes
ingenuously referred to as producing sterihNsu
butter cannot restore rancid butter 10 us prlstne
freshness.
When the renovator has assembled his stock he
first melts the butter and settles the curd ana
brine, skimmng off the froth and SCUM Iheh nc
draws off and discards the curd ana the prime anu
follows this with most ingenious nielhou VI fe-
moving bad odors.
He blows air through the molten fat Having
thoroughly aired it, he mikes milk with lhe ia'
melted and rapidly cools aHu q a.
draincd and ripened for several hours. salted and
worked TO remove any superhuouS hiiiA' anu '
Il is admitted that when this of treatment
IS appied ed to- TO- eysdedy improved But
when the renovated article IS sod as tie gen gen S
at all the same in their composition. Inc rats are
much the same, but the heterogeneous elements afo
not.
There is simple test by which any housekeeperr
can be reasonably certain whether she mas redi
butter the renovated article, or oleomarsarine
Put sample of the doubtful but.ei about the
size of q small chestnut into ordinary table
spoon. Hold this over fame-gas, kerosene or
alcohol-strring the butter with splinter OF WOOD
match ii melts
Bring TO as brisk a boil as possible and after
this has begun stir thoroughly two or three times
at intervals, especially just before the boiling
ceases. Oleomargarne and renovated butter Doll
noisily with a good deal of spluttering They pro-
duce foam, very little.
Genuine butter usually boilS with less noise and
produces abundance of foam. II is the differ
ence in regard to the foam when Is most ma hu G
working together and washing at the same time
different lots of so-caled country butter The re-
suit Is colored to a uniform shade and the best
grade is sometimes sold for table butter.
The lower grades go for cooking. But process
butter has largely replaced this ladled variety
Laded butter produces rather scanty foam when
tested by boiling
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
THE DOCTORS MISTAKE.

doctor who thinks that all the Ills OF the nu-
man race can be traced to the drinking OF conee
and tea entered restaurant recently and seateo
himself opposite an Irishman who was ousy'ns
hi,nse,f irving to dispose of q steaming cup Of
coffee. .,, ,,..,.s .ba
doctor. .,rn
II drink 1t morning. noon and night. sir
Don't you experience slight dizziness or the
brain on retiring at nght?' . .
Indeed do sir very frequently.
..You have a sharp pain through the temples aho
l., and around the eyes?"
" Flight YOU are" replied the irishman-
..YoT are possessed with q drowsiness wnen you
awake in the morning, and your head often acnes
and feels very heavy" , ., H.
fright again. answered the Irisniiaii' SUI o'P
ping his coffee. $50. s;t.,,x .rac+
We'll then. exclaimed the Doctor sdtng bt erece h
in his chair aren't you now convinced that the
coffee Is the cause?" .,.
Faith [ always thought it was the wh1skey.-
Tit Bits.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

prices would be normal and dangerous situa-
ton would be ended"
BUT the old monopoIists might together
again. reinforced by number of new ones?"
And they could be attacked and defeated
again 1 think one experience would be
enough
"You evidently believe that monopoly can be
prevented?"
L have no doubt of it. The receivership sug
gestlon has been risrepresented and called rev.
olutlonary, but it is sound and feasible when
confined to monopolies alone"
Notwithstanding his disclaimer Mr. Purdy
has originated more trouble for railways and
trusts than has any man in Washington. except
the President He sits in his Office. smoking
like an April brush heap and thinking with
cool energy and deadliness. And he looks like
a lawyer-a lawyer of the old school dressed in
modern clothing, expert in modern methods.
and profoundly concerned in modern conditions.
HIS EARLY TRAINING.
You muscled,'' / said like a football
player Where were you trained?"
'In my fathers pot shop. He had a pottery
at Mogadore, in Ohio. and one at Whitehall, in
Illinois,
And you learned the potter's trader
"Yes. We moved to Akron, not far from
Mogadore. where my father started a match
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
MOST wRETCHED YEAR OF HIS LIFE

"Where did you teach?"
"In the country for $50 month. Then got
the principalship OF the Whitehall grammar
schools I purposed to make teaching my per-
rnanent occupation, but suddenly. although I
was twenty-one years old, again decided TO obey
my mother and go to college. With about $1,000,
house / went to Minneapolis and entered the
University Of Minnesota. / suffered every year
with hay fever and my mother thought the
climate Of the Northwest would benefit me.
Minneapolis, thus accidentally chosen. might
say has been my home ever since"
.-I'eii me about your first year at the bar.
Il became acquainted with Judge Robert d.
RusseIl brother of Sol Smith Russell, the actor,
and worked i'm his Office. The family lived with
went away for the winter and left me In charge
of an empty house. My wages were ga a
month NY board cost 50 a week L walked
morning and evening because had no money
for carfarc. / had been engaged 10 De married
for five years and prospect of ever being
able to support a wife. and couldn't Tor these
and various other reasons understand what pos
sibIe right / had to live. 1t was the most
wretched year of my life. ! don't want 10 say
anything more about IT. ~r,. .
"Then you were appointed Assistant lily A1-
torney of Minneapolis?
Eyes: at a salary of $25 week. and was mar
ried as soon as had earned enough 10 pay IoI
nv wedding clothes ma
:syv,v did YOU come to Washington"
"T had been United States District Attorney
,or Minnesota and had met Attorney General
Pbilander c. Knox in the course of business
Io,,r wears ago he telegraphed for me- was
,hen in priyate practice. When reached Wash-
tnoTon he asked me to he Of his assistants
Congress. by special act. created the place
ho" i' fSoDxrieht 1907 by b. Morrow
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
REVIVED SHERMAN ANTITRUST LAW

Neither have you put your last statement in
just the right way The Attorney General, in
contemplation of law, is responsible for all that
oncurs in this department We do not try cases;
but policies are discussed and decided here and
word is sent 70 the United States district at
togneys throughout the country TO proceed along
certain lines. We get information, for instance,
iron the Interstate Commerce Commission that
Some law is being violated. Our attorney in
that particular region is asked to make an in
Festigation and undertake such action as may
De Necessary. Now, what may be done by us in
any matter. large or small, is not the wisdom Of
one man. but of the department. Answering
Your question inpersonally. do not hesitate 10
fsy that the Sherman law can be successfully
Employed against the trusts"
II Was your suggestion that receivers be ap-
pointed for lawbreaking corporations. What
would result from such proceeding?"
am coming to that; the suggestion, how
ever. was hardly mine, but rather the outcome
q discussion 1 had with another law officer
" The government. We were talking about eco
aealc conditions in the United States, and il
vas said that single individual or company
!" immensely wealthy men might eventually get
t'hirol Of nearly every sort Of business unless
'Fsts were taken TO check and regulate the
.-onopollstic tendency Of the time What could
ne Done, We asked, If it were shown in court
'-al Z certain corporation, by its ownership of
materials. machinery, etc, absolutely gov
Vnen Domestic markets In the way Of prices
e-o The supply Of its particular product? Its
Sslanons would be in restraint of trade and
u'istakabiy Illegal What action, then, should
A's Court take? Would il do to shut all the
.AAis Or factories Of the monopoly? Perhaps
court would have the power to do SO, monopoly
ohg, but if the offending corporation owned
King houses the people would suffer for want
'aeal If it owned mills and elevators the
p'e would be deprived of -four In either
7iu The monopoly would be punished by being
sloiipilec from doing business, but the public
1io De greatly Inconvenience and distressed
-ao general business xn.,ct. distnrt.od
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

factory. He sold il, believe, to o. c. Barber,
now president of the match trust. and then
went TO Illinois. and there 1 employed on
Saturdays and during vacations as a ball maker.
In those days each potter had a boy to weigh
his clay and to work out the air bubbles by cut
ting it. to pieces with a wire and then knead-
ing il into a compact mass. I picked up the
trade in that fashion, and my father gave me a
wheel and a journeyman's wages If l had
jugs crooks I would make about 81 day.
On Saturday I earned 50 with tops for snuff
jars. That was so exceptional, however, that I
have never forgotten it"
You went To school?"
Surely, but study distasteful to me. and
/ always at the foot of the class. When I
grew up I tried 20 lessen the regret of memory
and soften neighborhoc1 tradition by attribut-
ing my Incidence and backwa rdness to poor
vision. / did have bad eyes and didn't begin
to wear spectacles until seventeen years
old. but the plain truth IS I was not studious.
and school was hateful place to Indeed.
/ decided to go into the pottery for good. Ny
father gave his consent because he thought I
should never succeed at anything else. But my
mother-She was q wise and determined woman
and the real head of Our famly-said: You
shall go through the high school. no mat
ter what happens how long IT takes l was
Well, that was the first turn in my life. But
for my mother 1 should be potter this very
minute.
81 continued at school under her orders and
loafed as usual. One day we had a lesson in
physical geography tides. I took up my
book, a matter of routine and compuIsion,
and for some reason became interested At the
recitation girl and myself were the only pupils
who understood the subject. We were praised
by name and permitted to go home. All of the
others in the class We're kept after hours. Now,
this little incident Is worth mentioning only be-
cause Of its possible bearing the lives of
those boys who seemingly hopeless as /
was. For the first time 1 had received honor
able mention from teacher. And for once, at
least, I had thoroughly known my lesson I
could know Il again.
GAS I walked along felt new impulses spring.
ing up in my mind. The day, I recollect was
dreary and the sky overcast, but was the hap
piest youth in town. From that time on |
fairly ate up everything that came before in
the way Of lessons. The next year I gradu-
ated with honors. When / taught school myself
l would relate my own experience and describe
my awakening to perplexed and discour-
aged parents and to unambitious and Idle pu-
pills.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
GATHERING KNOWLEDGE.

III, seems TO me-" said Mrs. Wakeman' pausins
or ,he sidewalk to let the grade pupils. Just re.
leased from bondage rush by THAT school & mus. aus.
he more Interesting than IL was In my time lae
cbsiaren acquire SO much general knowledge no"4-
days-so much that Is ussfui sfI Northron promptly
..,au here comes little Johnny Gresnfeld-Wss We !,
ask what he learned. Here. Johnny! ieii US VIVA
se. bout octagons," replied blushng Jonnny;; ar
s ..And what" pursued Mrs. Hahe'aan' " -
LIS many sided animal" piped the lad ,,1i. nhSs
grabs you when you go III s"sua'ain.
Companion.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
SAYS MONOPOLY
CAN BE PREVENTED
.cSIST4NT TO ATTORNEY
cENER4L TELLS HOW.
rorEu Career of Milton Delight
Purdy, W'ho is Noso Fighting
Trusts for the Government.
By James Il. Morrow.

ShouIa lawyers be punished for helping tricky
"a avaricious business men to extort unrea-
.Arable prices from the public?
xynuld it be practicable to penaiize them for
.sa important part they take in the organization
"a trusts and uonopolles!
1s the person who tells another. either for a
90 in hand or a percentage Of the enterprise.
go n get at a certain safe and apply the ex-
,,osire guilty Of burglary?
The rurpose was TO lay all three questions
,aso-e Milton Dwight Purdy. assistant to the
,+.ornev General of the United States, who has
fornd an actual way to terrify arrogant breakers
>, tbe law; but Mr.. Purdy is himself a lawyer,
,5 entangled. no doubt, in the ethics which
e.en restrain the ready voice Of his profession.
rbsrefore asked only the second question.
Nanifestly the inquiry was unexpected. We
.,sre alone in his Office and Mr. Purdy had been
ervously ano vigorously smoking a pipe. Pc
roIze the lawyers. Who are they? Not shys-
,s-s surely Nor even middling men. Punish
,bern-the very fruit, root and branches among
t,s brethren? Mt Purdy spilled the ashes from
tis pipe, doing it methodically, and then looked
solernnly at me-
~The law" and he was very earnest as he
said it. recognizes certain confidential relations,
such as attorney and client, physician and pa
tent. and so on. What passes between them is
nrivate and for ages has received the protection
of the law against public inquisition. 1t would
be difficult therefore. to obtain sufficient facts
on which to base prosecution. Persons having
knowledge, you know, would be silenced."
But the names Of lawyers are attached to
the papers which go on record. and working
monopoly can't be formed without papers"
Under the laws we already have all persons.
attorneys included having knowledge of acts
snd doings in furtherance Of any combination or
conspiracy in restraint of trade are guilty of
participation therein and may be prosecuted"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
REFUSES FULL CREDIT.


-You touched into life the dormant Elkins
law" / said. leaving speculation and taking a
sure footing on fact. and 100000 in honest
ines was assessed against railways. their Of
acers and customers. Why wasn't that bludgeon
tf usefulness employed earlier2"
AT the start, let me say, 90 not claim the
credit you give me. The effectiveness of the
Elkins law came during the gradual develop
ment Of the business in the office of the Attorney
General AT first the government was busy with
against the trusts Again, there was delay
because we lacked proof Railway said
they abominated the custom of giving rebates
and would be glad TO quit il, but they would
help US TO no information. Nor would any
shipper admit that he had demanded and
tsireo rebates. Consequently, we had tedious
and protracted task 20 build up our cases When
We finally got at the truth, however, suits were
begun all over the country
What has been done recently"
"We have begun over forty prosecutions in
the last eighteen months in the State of New
York alone. Fourteen of those cases have al
ready been won by the government, and fines
aggregating 1851 600 have been enforced by the
courts"
Can rebating be stopped"
'Tt has been stopped as practice. There are,
suppose and no doubt there will be. occa-
sonal infractions OF the law hut the danger of
being caught has become great that rebates
no longer part of the everyday business OF
railway officials. If the government is vigilant,
energy is manifested, the smaller shipper will
get his products to market as cheaply as the
big shipper"
1t is likewise known that you discovered new
Prosecuting possibilities in the ancient and
much ridicuied Sherman antitrust law2''
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
MONOPOLY CAN BE PREVENTED.

o'stously, some other course would be bet
why not, we argued. appoint a receiver?
is Then need be closed The monopoly
a We operated as usual. but under the tenn
g.. direction OF officer of the United
n court until the business could be adjusted
asr-sohy with law The people would not be
s.. seo OF meat -four and confusion would
sut TO other kinds OF business. In the
n, asne monopoly a whole could be broken
IT, Aouaiiy. The mills in New England, in
Aaa uul afd on the Pacific Coast could be
IN -. iarate Independent companies. Those
insh Aentfal West could be finally handed
co... - she beaten monopoIists along with the
srt.ts. 0Se'sed from the sale ef the constituent
insnts ctmnetjtion would be restored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

pair OF sky blue silk socks about as fine as the
belle of the ball wore. And them socks caused
the duel.
I'VE didn't have any more trouble gettin'
dressed, and then l had fine meal, all the
time wonderin' where the rest of the PLAYERS
were, and afraid that this Senior Manuel wanted
to cook up scheme for me to throw some
games. had feelin' was in wrong somehow
Soon there was a great rumpus and with
a lot of bowling and scraping dark complex
Toned gent in white linen suit came prancin'
in He had naughty smile didn't like; and
two minutes later | was sure l didn't like him,
for he shrugged up his shoulders, raised his
eyebrows till they vanished under his hat band,
and said This is not Senior SAWYER
g amt no sefior,' said l, lookin' him right
in the eye, but | am Sawyer-Strike Out Saw
yer, champeen pitcher of the Big Stick League
Take him away! he said to the servants