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THE HERALD
1s the Popular Family Newspaper among
the Forty Manufacturing Villages in
Southern Rbode Island, because it gives
the greatest amount of news In the most
convenient form.
VOL. XXIII. NO. 13.
S. 6. JAMESON & (0.,
NARRAGANSETT PIER STORE
Thursday, April 9th,
BOUTY, SHOES il SLIPPERS
We shall carry a complete line of STAPLE SHOES, light and heavy
Low priced and medium priced Shoes.
goods.
W. O Jameson, who has been there for past two years will be in charge.
We sell Good Shoes at same Low Prices
we charge in the city.
HAZARD BLOCK.
WEYLER MUST FIGHT
Havana Province Hemmed in by
The Insurgents.
Captain.Gencral Takes The Field
With Object of Meeting Maceo.
HAVANA, Cuba, May 24—General Weyler
has at last taken the field. He left his safe
position behind the guns of Havana, and
went in a eruiser to Bahia Honda, on the
northern coast of Pinar del Rio. Weyler
was aceompanied by generals Ahumado and
Ochando, and the officers of their stafl’s,
The official announcement of the captain
general’s departure said that he was going
*to inspect the Spanish army and the west
ern trocha.” There is no doubt that the
greatest battle of the war will be fought i
Cuba within afew days. The Spanish #re
desperate and in a bad position. Their sup
posed object is to suppress the rebellion.
Instead of attacking the Cubans they are
constantly forced to act on the defensive.
Of course no headway is being made in the
&uttiug down of the rebellion. In the prov
¢e of Pinar del Rio is the Cuban general
Maceo, with about 15,000 men. He threatens
Weyler's trocha. The insurgents have de
groyml all the railroads about this trocha.
eyler can neither reinforce it nortake men
from it.
Yellow fever and a form of malarial fever
caused by digzing up the earth have greatly
weakened the line. It is believed here in
Havana that Weyler has gone to Bahia
Honda to order an attack on Maeceo in order
t(i)b?erive him as far from the trocha as pos
gible.
After this is attempted Weyler will have
to face his pow«-rluf foe, general Gomez.
There is no doubt that Calixto Gareia has
Joined Gomez, and the great Cuban leader
now has 40 000 men under him. His inten
tion is to invade Havana province. This
wiil foree Wevler into a battle.
If the captain-gencral fails to hold Maceo.
Havana province will be invaded by two
Cul'in armies. Should Gomez defeat Wey
ler, in the coming battle, the end of the war
will be in sight.
NOT A WAR MEASURE.
Export of Tobacco Was Tabcoed to
Insure Wark For the Cubans.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24—The edict
of the Spanish government against the ex
portation of leaf tobaeco will not apply to
any tobacco owned by citizens of the United
States, The state department has assuranees
from Madrid that existing contracts between
Americans and tobacco growers in
Cuba will be respected and that
the necossary instructions to this effect
have gone to the Spanish authorities in
Cuba. All that will be necessary will be
for the American merchants to demon
strate ownership by exhiliting copies of
contracts, or such other evidence as may be
necessary in accordanee with the laws and
regulations in foree on the island.
The state department has thus gained the
only point which it made against Spain in
the tobaceo maiter, and it is not probable
that any further protest can or will be raised
against the embargo on the exportation of
leaf tobacco. The department has never
questioned the right of the Spaunish govern
ment to issue such an edict. It raised the
quesgion of propriety of taking such action
at this time on the ground that it might tend
to raise some excitement among those in
this country likely to be thrown out of em
ploviment as a result of the embargo, and
when it was represented to the department
by tobac o dealers in Florida and New York
that they had existing contracts with Cuban
tobaceo growers nfgrmnting about £700,000,
the department addressed a polite but firm
note to the Mairid anthorities insisting that
these contracts should be respected.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
Ticket Nominated By the Vermont
Democrats,
MONTPELIER, Vi, May 27 —With the ex
ception of the elosing hour, when a free-sil
ver resolution was sprung upon the demo
eratic state convention, the proceedings to
day were perfectly harmonious, and were in
strange contrast to the stormy anti-Atkins
fight of four years ago, the last time the con
vention was held here.
There were 600 delegate in attendance,
and great enthusiasm rrevailed. The ticket
nominated was as follows: For governor,
Dr. J. Henry Jackson of Barre: lieutenant
governor, Dr. Ralph Sherwood of St. Al
bans ; treasurer, James H. Williams of B:l
-lows Falls: secretary of state, William W,
Ryder, of Bristol ; auditor, E. T. Seaver, of
North Trov.
The presidential eleetors chosen were :
Dexter Fulton of Newbury and Hon. Seneca
Haselton of Burlington. rfihe delegates and
alternates to the national convention chosen
were - delegates, Thomas W, Brown of Rut
land, Wells Valentine of Bennington, S. (.
Shurtieff of Montpelier, and P. J. Farrell
g New ;;l»rtl: ‘}l‘ti‘;;n‘t”' C. L. McMahon of
owe, H. P, er of Vergemnes, C. D.
Robinson of Waterbury and Daniel Rolland
of East Corinth.
The platform adopted commended Cleve
land’s mlnfxix:listntion and é‘arlisle’s ma:-
agement of the treasury, extdnded sympathy
to the Cubans, demanded the maintenance
of the gold standard and tariff for revenue
only, and denounced the republican party
for misrule, partisan plunder&g and foster
ing of the A. P, A,
At the Ist district convention Michael
M of St. Albans and John W. MeGeary
o(%n were chosen national dele
at the 2nd distriet convention
G.nu H. Creamer of Bethel and W. H.
Minor of Attleboro were chosen.
Hope For Firm.
NEW YORK, May 25—The failure of Ab
bey, Schoeflel & Grau occasioned the great
est surprise in this ecity. The firm will not
be destroyed entirely. It will continue, in
case arrangements with the ereditors will
permit. A quarter of a million dollars will
eover, conservative persons declare, the en
tire indebtedness of the firm. Others fix it
at £400,000. To offset this there are assets
which amount to 125,000 to $175,000.
At Edgeworth Again.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25—Mrs. Kate
Chase (Sprague) is once more at her old
home, Bdgooctn. onthe boviersof ash
the ¢optributiong of m his
OPEN THEIR
WITH A BIG STOCK OF
. C.E. ENDEAVORERS.
| Program For The Convention In
| Washington Being Arranged.
| WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26—With un
| abated zeal and enthusiasm and with more
!definiteness of form and purpose the ar
' rangements for entertaining the tens of
| thousands of Christian Endeavorers who
| will come to Washington in July are being
- pushed to completion. And while every
- possible effort is being put forth to make
| the stay of the delegates in Washington
| pleasant, the program ecommittee of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor is la
- boring carnestly to present a most helpful
- and pra“tical program. The speakers are
| being selected with a great deal of care, and
it is confldently expected that the program
' of the convention will be in every respect
| the **best vet.”
Talked of as a Republican Nominee
New York. May 26 —General Horace Por
ter, of New York, is talked of as the Repub
lican nominee fo: vice president. He has
never held office ind has hitherto deeclined
to become a candidate, but will not refuse
the second pla*e on the ticket with Me-
Kinley, General Porter, son of David
Rittenhouse Porter was born in Hunt
ington, Pa., in 1837. He was educated
Fraveagansell FHevall
Every delegate should plan to arrive in
time to attend the opening meetings which
will bo held in twenty-three churches Wed
neslay evening, July 8. In most cases the
pastors of the various churehes will preside,
and aftertwo addressesof thirty minutes each
the service will conclude with what will be
called a “*Quiet Hour.” The topie for all of
these meetings will be “Deepening the Spir
itual Life.”” There will also be given on
Wednesday evening three lectures illustrated
by stereopticons. Rev., George E. Lovejoy
has been secured to give an illustrated lec
ture on “Armenia.”” Rev. Frank S. Dobbins
of Philadelphia, will give another iilustrated
leeture on “The Celestial Empire and Land
of the Rising Sun.” The third will be given
by Rev. F. J. Staniey of Newburgh, N. Y.
The offieial opening of ~the convention
comes Thursday morning in the great tents
on the White lot, and the presiding officers
will be Rev. F. E. Clark, D. D., Rev. Tuenis
S. Hamlin, D. D., of this city, one of the
trustees of the United Society of Christian
Endeavor, and another trustee, the Rev. H.
B. Grose of Boston, Mass. The chairman of
the committee of '96, Mc. W. H. H. Smith,
will make one of the addresses of welcome,
Dr. 8. H. Greene will speak for the pastors
and commiszioner Ross will speak for the
distriet of Columbia
sThe responses will be by Mr. Giles Kel
logz of San Diego, Cal., president of the
California union ; Bishop Alexapder Walters,
D. D., Jersey City, N. ?., and Rev. Canon
J. B. Richardson, London, Ontario. Secre
tary Baer’s annual report and president
Clark’s annual address will be given at each
of these tents that morning. Thursday af
ternoon will be devoted to denominational
rallies, the tents being used by the Presby
terians, Congregationalists and Baptists, re
spectively. The other meetings will be held
in the churchesj to the number of twenty
five or more.
The transportation leaders of all the New
England states have adopted the Royal Blue
Line as the official route between New York
and Washington, and in recognition of this
the New England representative of the line
has issued a handsomely illustrated ‘“‘sou
venirecontaining a map and guide to Wash
ington, the program of the convention, par
ticulars regarding side trips, and other mat
ters of interest to delegates. A copy of this
pamphlet may be secured without expense
by addressing A. J. Simmons, New Eng
land agent, 211 Washington street, Boston.
Special train arrangements have been made
for the transportation of delegates from
each state and circulars showing rates and
time tables may be had by addressing the
transportation leaders, wh) are, for Maine,
I. W. Case, Lubee; for New Hampshire,
Frank W. Lund, Nashua; for Vermont, E. E.
Towner, Montpelier; for Massachusetts, Wm,
Shaw, 646 Washington street, Boston: for
Rhode Island, Frank O. Bishop, city hall,
Providence, and for Connecticut, Jas. F.
Williams, Bristol.
GEN. HORACE PORTER.
For Vice President.
GEN, HORACE PORTER.
Talked of as a republican candidate for vice
president.
in his native state, afterward entered
the Lawrence Scientific school of Hm&&
and while there was appointed to the Uni
States Military academy, graduating in 1860,
He served with distinetion in the late
war, resigned from the army in 1873, and
has since been interested in raiiroad affairs,
acting as manager of the Pullman fl:‘lm
ear company and as president and
of several corporations.
To Divide Luther Bryant's Estate.
ALFRED, Me., May 25—Commissioners
for the division of the zuther Bryant estate
were appointed today by judge Emery of
the supreme court, on request ofthe heirs.
A petition desecribing the property and cov
ering many sheets of typewritten manuseript
wes submitted to the court, and the com
missioners are chosen in response to that.
N. B. Walker, Levi Stone and James A.
Strout are the commissioners appointed
The real estate thothvo to divide is valued
:tl $400,000, and it is to be apportioned intc
An Enormous Kite.
PORTLAND, Me., May 25—C. ‘thM- n,
wel Enown ofographer o
NS bnfltktnigepgrll)l:om kite, 80 by 24 fest,
which he preposes to use as a g,i
Wachine. e Nota T=W
MANY LIVES LOST.
Tornado and Flood Work De
struction in the West.
Wires Down and Meagre Reportu
Obtainable.
DETROIT, Mich., May 25—Meagre report:
received here tell of a terrible tormadc
which passed through the counties of Oak
iand, Lapeer and Macomb this evening. The
telephone lines are all down, and little car
be learned of the extent of the damage a!
present.
It is reported that more than 100 persons
have been killed, and that the damage is
widespread and beyond computation. A
Mt. Clemens about 50 houses were wrecked
and six or eight persons were killed anc
several injured.
The latest dispatch from Ortonville says
A tornado swept the northern }l'»’ortion o
Oakland county this afternoon. The storn
passed about half a mile from this village.
It came from the west and went on a due
east line. The path of the tornado was hali
a mile wide. Every farmhouse fn its path
for a distance of 15 miles was destroyed and
between 20 and 25 persons killed and nearly
3‘% wounded, some so badly that they will
e,
The names of some of the killed follows:
Daniel Thompson and son, Mr. and Mrs.
William Mitchell and two children, Abram
Quick and three children, Mrs. Henry Quick,
John Porritt, Mrs. Jos. Porritt, Mrs. T. J.
Heaton, two children of Mr. Howe.
CYCLONE WRECKS TOWNS.
Storm Started in Two Directions,
Divisions Meeting Later.
DES MOINES, la., May 25—A terrific ey
clone crossed Polk county, and the easterr
end of Jasper county between 10.30 and 11
o'clock p. m., Sunday. There are about ¥
persons now known to be dead, and at least
as many more seriously injured, a number
of whom will die.
The storm appears to have started in two
sections. One came from the north and was
a tremendous wind. It moved about east.
The other branch of the storm contributed
the rain. It started nine miles north of the
first and moved from northwest to south
east. The two divisions met two miles east
of Ankeny, and here they developed the cy
clone form with funnel and tremendous
force and roaring and eleetrieal disturb
ances. From this point west for nearly 20
miles the path of the storm was one of de.
struction.
At Valeria, a place of 600 people, it wipe(
out almost half the town. A typical bit ol
destruction was at the Bailey home, near
Rondurant. There were in the house nine
people. Four cf them were killed and the
rest fatally injured. The house was on a
high hill. Houses, outbuildings and grove
were destroyed. The bodies of the vietims
were found in the tield, where were also dis
tributed the bodies of horses, cattle and
hogs.
Balls of Electric Fire.
ROCKFORD, 111., May 25—Several people
were killed and many thousaand dollars’
worth of property was destroyed by a storm
of wind, hail and rain which swept upor
this region last night. In this city the
storm raged for more th:an an hour, filling
the air with balls of electric fire, while
flashes of lightning followed each other
with frightful rapidity. The city, however,
escaped the destructive force of the storm
the chief damage being houses struck by
lightning, first floors and basements flooded
and telephone wires wrecked.
Great Chimney Felled. #
ELGIN, 111., May 25—This city was vis
ited by a tornado early this morning. The
great brick chimney, 125 feet high, at the
insane asylum,was wrecked,and Jack Kehoe
was killed and buried beneath the debris.
The asyium buildings were seriously dau
aged. The roof of the Elgin Lisvele ane
sewing machine works was torn off and the
building practically ruined. At Clinton
ville, 111., the storm wreclzed a flour mill.
SWEPT BY DEATH.
Hundreds Killed in St. Louis, Mo.,
by a Cyclone.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 27—This eity was
rent and torn and shaken to its very founda
tion at 20 minutes past five this afternoon,by
a (gclone of appalling fury.
reat buildings were scattered in splin
ters and powder, bridges were wrenched
from their fastenings railway trains toppled
over and steamboats freighted with pas
sengers sent to the bottom of the boiling
Mississippi.
East St. Louis is in flames and the streets
are so blocked with wreckage from demol
ished buildings and prostrate shade trees
that it is almost impossible for the firemen
to do anything.
At 11 o'clock the police thought that at
least 1,500 persons had been killed in and
around the ¢ity. There were really two ey
clones as represented by the clouds in the
northwest and the east. Theyv came to
gether on the lllinois shore of the Mississ
ippi and joined in a doomful maelstrom of
death and destruction. Its work was like the
lightning’s flash.
Everybody was struck dumb with terror.
There were reports like the simultaneous
discharge of ahundred great guns, followed
so closely that they combined in one pro
digious roar.
Immediately the air all over the main part
of the city was black with flying timbers,
and when the destruction was at its hight
sheets of rain like a waterfall flooded the
streets inches deep in five minutes,
It is estimated that the wind's velocity
was over 100 miles an hour. The scream of
the wind through the network of wires was
terrifying. Thunder added to the din, and
sundered electrie light wires flashed back
the lightrings of the clouds. It is thought
that a great many people were killed by sev
ered high-powered wires.
The Mississippi was whipped into white,
fury. Near the great bridges it took on con
tortions likethe whirlpoolrapids of Niagara.
It roared like a cataract, and the great St.
Louis bridge, fully 70 feet above the flood,
one of the wonders of engineerinz, was torn
like a cobweb. Strands of steei, great gird
ers and ribhons dangled from the wreeck.
The electrie railway is paralvzed, and so
is the eleectrie light plant. Within an hour
fourteen fire alarms were sounded, three of
them coming from the poorhouse, which
contains 1,200 unfortunates. The roof of the
poorhouse was rolied up like a sheet of
foolscap paper and carrie«f away.
It is said that a great many of the inmates
were killed. The roof of the merchant’s ex
change was rolled up like that of the poor
house and carried away. There was racing
at the fair grounds when the storm ap
proached, and a great many of the speecta
tors rushed from the grand stand to the
open. Four men were killed in one of the
sheds that was erushed, and a great many
in the erowd huddled in the field were in
jured.
AGED VICTIM OF THE RAILS.
Nathan Wight, 70, of Westbrook,
Killed at Old Orchard.
OLD ORCHARD, Me., Mw 25—Nathan
Wight, 70, a stone mason of Westbrook, was
struck by a work train on the western divis
ion of the Boston & Maine road at Cameg
Ground station this forenoon, and receiv
in;nries from which he died in 15 minutes.
The train was coming up from Old Or
chard and Mr. Wight heard the whistle, but
apparently he did not think the train was
on the track beside which he was walk
tng. When the engineer saw that the man
did not spring out of harm’s way it was too
late to stop.
Mr. Wight was struck on the back of the
head by the extension of the pilot and his
skull crushed. He was thrown away from
the track, so that none of the wheels ran
over him. The train was brought to a stand
still and the body picked up and put in a
car. He was unconscious and died before
medical aid could reach him. He leavesa
wife,son and daughter.
One Idle Factory in Woonsocket.
WOONSOCKET, May 25—The works of the
Marvel rubber company, closed for six
months, started to-day, and will soon em
ploy 125 hands. Ev:;ly factory in the city,
except the Harris woolen mill is now run
hing. The woolen mill burned receatly at
Nasonville will be rebuilt soon.
NARRAGANSETT PIER. R. 1., SATURDAY. MAY 30. 1896.
DAWSON & COMPANY.
500 BICYCLES!
158 and 160 Broad Street, Pawlucket.
STORES: 14 and 16 Railroad Avenue, Pawtucket.
22 North Main Sireet, Providence.
GROVER IMPEACHED
Not in Fact, but in a Bill the
House Rejected.
Prompt Repudiation of the Senti
ments of Populist Howard.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24—The fol
lowing is the bill of impeachment of presi
dent Cleveland proposed in the House by
representative Howard, the Alabama popu
list leader, which the House almost unani
mously refused to consider:
~ Ido impeach Grover Cleveland, president
of the United States, of high erimes and
misdemeanors on the following grounds:
1. That he has sold or directed the sale
of bonds without authority of law.
2. That he sold or aided ip the sale of
bonds at less than their market value.
3. That he directed the misappropriation
of the Iproceeds of =aid bond sales.
4. That he directed the secretary of the
treasury to disregard the law which makes
the United States notes and treasury notes
redeemable in coin.
5. That he has ignored and refused to
have enforced the “*anti-trust” law.
6. That he has sent United States troops
into the state of Illinois without authority
of law and in violation of the constitution.
7. That he has corrupted polities through
the interference of federal office-holders.
8. That he has used the appointing powor
to influence legislation detrimental to the
welfare of the people.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, by the House of Representatives
that the committee on the judiciarysbe di
rected to ascertain whether these charges
are true, and if so to report to the House
such action, by impeachment or otherwise
as shall be proper in the premises. And said
committee ghall have authority to send fos
persons and papers.
ITS WORK NEARLY DONE.
Believed That Congress Will bhe
Ready to Adjourn on June 8.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24—The sen
ate committee on appropriations is sur
prised at the headway it has been able to
make in the matter of pushing its bills
through the Senate,
Six of the great appropriation bills are
now laws—one the agricultural (without the
president’s approval}. The In dian bill has
been agreed to with the exception of four
items, the most important of which is that
relating to appropriatio&s for sectarian
schools. The naval bill has been agreed to
with the exception of the Senate reduction
in the number of battleships, the pro
visions as to the price paid for
armor plate and the prohibition of the
employment by government contractors of
naval officers on leave. It is thought that
the agreement will finally result in three
battleships asa compromise between the
four authorized by the House and the two
authorized by the Senate,
The river and harbor L.l aavaits the presi
dent’s approval or Jveto or non-action. The
leaders of the House exvest thut Congress
will reach a final adjc «rument for the ses
cion June 8.
WASHINGTON, D, (~ May 24—Rev, Mr.
Knapp, the Americab missionary arrested
at Bitlis on a eharge of being concerned in
Armenian revolutionary plots and subse
quently taken to Consiantinople to allow
the diplomatie authorities of the United
States there to investigate the matter, is ap
parently to go untried.
Correspondence With Spain.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24—The presi
dent sent a message to the Senate in rela
tion to the Spanish protocols and the Com
petitor affair. It contains nothing but the
text of the treaties and protocols, in the
origina! Spanish and in English. The presi
dent declines, on publ ¢ grounds to trans
it to the Senate any of the correspondence
between this government and Spain growing
cut of the Competitor affair.
iiliz Death a Loss to Dartmouth.
HANOVER, N. H., May 25—Dartmouth
college received its second sad blow duriag
the academie year by the death of Dr. .Carl
ton Pennington Frost, LL. D., dean of Dart
mouth medical college. Dr. Frost was born
in Sullivan in 1830. He fitted for college at
Thetford academy and graduated from Dart
mouth in 1852 with the degrees of A. B. and
A. M. in 1855. He graduated from Dart
mouth mediecal ecollege and New York medi
cal college in 1857 with the degree of M. D.
The degree of LL, D., was granted him by
Dartmouth in 1892,
Another Edict From Weyler,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May, 27—The state
department is confronted with a question
gowing out of another of captain general
eyler's edicts, which promises to be more
troublesome than the measure recently pro
mulgated by that officer with regard to the
exportation of tobacco from Cuba. The
odfc(; which is now causing concern is one
just Promulgated by the captain general, an
official copy of which has reached Washing
ton. Under it all civil processes against
property are suspended for one year.
Caucus of Rockland Democrats.
ROCKLAND, Me., May 25—The democrats
held their caucus with Charlie C. Lovejoy
chairman and Oliver Otis secretary. Dele
iates were chosen as follows: State, M. A,
ice, L. F. Starrett, W. P. Hurley, T. J. Me-
Namara, Oliver Otis, J. E. Sherman, Parker
ey fimrymt,er’ mgun. nécg"v?hfi H 1:;’ L. M.
ue ver . P. Hur .
Robbins, John H. McGrath, P. J. Burns,
Parker ¥, Fuller and W. J. Thurston.
Tried to Hang Himself in a Cell.
PORTLAND, Me., May 25—A man who
gave his name as Hodges and his residence
as Bath, tttem&tzd suicide in a cell at the
police station evenln%by tying himself
up with his mfi.:ders. e was discovered
in time to save life. He had been drink
ing, and he fought the officers desperately.
To select from. All prices from 85
to 8125. If you are thinking of
riding it will pay you to call and
see our line of Bicycles before
you buy.
Likely to Go Untried.
MONEY THEIRS.
U. S. Supreme Court Passes Ques
tion of Sugar Planters Bounties.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26—The deci:
sion of the supreme court of the Unit
States was favorable to the payment (:;]
sugar bounty. The decision was very brie
The court simply held that it was an equi
table consideration for which Congress ha¢
authority to provide,
This reverses the ruling of the controller
of the treasury,and requires the payment o!
the bounty provided for by the last Con
gress. The amount of bounty payments ii
volved in this decision is something like
£5,000,000, due principally to the suga
planters of Louisiana, g
The bounties were discontinued at the
time the present Wilson tariif act was passed
1804, and the section governing it read as
follows : “That so much of the act entitled
‘An act to reduce the revenue, equalize
duties, and for other purposes,’ approved
Oect. 1, 1890, as provides for and authorizes
the issues of licenses to produce sugar, and
for the payment of a bounty to the pro
ducers of sugar from beets, sorghum or
sugar cane, grown in the United States, or
from maple sap, produced within the United
States, be, and the same i 3 hereby repealed,
and hereafter it shall be unlawful to issue
any license to produce sugar or to pay any
bounty for the production of sugar of any
kind under the said act. This act was con
tested by the sugar planters, on constitu
tional grounds, and th 2 outcome of the fight
is the decision given by the supreme court.
FLEMING DU BIGNON.
Georgia's Strong Gold Candidate
For United States Senator.
ATLANTA, Ga,. May 26 Fleming Du
Rignon, Georgia's strong gold candidate
for United States senator, has been a power
in the politiecs of his state for fifteen years,
He is at the head of one of the largest law
firms in the state. The only office he has
ever held was that of president of the
senate, which is the equivalent of lieu-
FLEMING DU BIGNON,
Georgia’s strong gold candidate for U. S.
Senator.
tenant goternor. -Many times, however,
he has declined to become a candidate for
governor. It is said that'fil Bignon, who is
yet @ young man, has helped more men into
office in Georgia than any other politician
in the state, and he has many warm friends.
However it will be a hard fight for both the
sound money man and the silverite have
many adherents.
COUNTED ANOTHER HOLMES
Salt Lake Parson Believed a Multi
-3 Murderer.
SALT LAKE, Utah, May 25—From all in
dications it appears that Rev. Francis Her
mans, pastor of the Swedish Methodist
chareh of this eity, is a greater criminal
than either Durrant or Holmes. Both these
characters had motives for committing mur
der,whiile this person seems to have indulged
in erime for the pastime it afforded him. Up
to date there have been but two crimes
traced to him, but if the reporters here keep
up their work there is no telling where the
limit will be found. *
The e¢rime of making away with Miss
Clawson, &t one time a member of his con
gregation, and who was in his employ as a
domestie, and the eremation of her body has
been known to the police for scme time.
From the best informaticn which can be
obtained it appears tfiat Miss Clawson djs
appeared on the last dax of September, 1893,
That Hermans killed her and afterward cre
mated the remains is beyond question. How
the poor girl met her death will never be
known, but it is presumed she was poisoned,
as a search of his personal effects at the par
sonage, has brought to light several bottles
&"l lyarious drugs whi:h are competent to
ill. = - :
There were found in the furnace two
razors and a carving knife with which Her
mans had Fresumably cut up the body be
fore depositing it into the furnace ugder the
church, the furnace being one which would
necessitate dissection ere the remains could
be placed therein. The furnace is a small
one, the church edifice being a small house,
not requiring any very extensive heating ap
paratus.
Burglars Crack a Safe in Bangor.
BANGOR, Me,, May 24—During the early
hours the wholesale hardware house of Rice
& Miller, in the principal square of the city,
within 150 feet and full view of a point
where one policeman is constantly stationed,
was entered by burglars, one large safe
blown open, a cash register foreed, and the
stock overhauled. Only #340 was taken.
Many checks and upwardsof €3 000 worth
of notes, some of them negotiable, which
were in the safe, were left behind.
Siruck His Hearrt.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., May 26—Hon.
Jethro C. Brock, one of the most prominent
Prohibitionists of Massachusetts, died this
morning at his home on Allen street_after a
very brief illness. He had taken a segre
eollz, and with it came severe rheumatic
pains, which suddenly left his limbs early
this morning, and, str{kmg his heart, caused
sudden death. Mr. Brock was born i Nan
tucket in 1834 .- e R
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS.
[To make the following quotations of value
to buyer and seller alike, it will necessary
to carefully note the prefatory remarks
which precede all articles ?umul. In a mar
ket of this character it is impossitle to give
prices for every day of the week, but noting
the generai tend.ncy of trade, those given
wiil be found sufliciently close to enable
dealers to base their transactions thereon.]
The butter market is higher for best grades
of fresh ereamery and new milk dairies a lit
tle better. Low grades continue dull and easy.
Cheese continues quiet with values quoted
steady. Eggs are low, and the supply plen
tiful. Flour is dull, with prices yet
quoted about the same. The market for
salt pork is quiet with larl lower,
and hams still unchang=d. Fresh ribs are
e lower. The market for apples con
tinues high«r, with good stock firm. Straw
erbries are plenty and low. Oranges hold
firm. Sugar has advanced a little.
EGGS—The market continues quiet with
prices about steady.
Hennery, choice, per doz, 10@13¢ : Eastern
choice, per doz, 10@11e ;: Michigan, Indiana,
ete., 10c; other western per doz, 10@
Ile.
BEANS—The marjet continues quiet with
prices steady.
Pea, NY and Vt, per bush, £lls@l 40.
Medium NY and Vt, per bush, £1 10@1 20.
Yellow eyes per bush, 1 20@1 35. Red Kid
ney, per bush, £1 10@1 20. California, per
bush, £1 43@1 60. Foreign pea and med,
$1 10@1 20.
BUTTER—The marke{ shows a quiet
tone with choice grades cf fresh ereamery
and new milk dairies selling best. Low
grades continue dull and casy.
Creamery, choice, per Ib, 15@16¢ ; cream
ery, fair to good, 13@51e : creamery, June,
choice, 14¢; dairy, North choice,
14@15¢ ; imitation ecreamery, per ib, l1@l12¢;
ladle packed, per lb, 10@11ec.
CHEESE—Trade continues quiet, with
values quoted steady.
Northern, choice, per Ib, 9!{@lo¢c ; North
ern, sage, ll@l2¢ ; Western, choice, per lb,
814@9'4c; jobs, }{@le higher.
PROVISIONS The market for salt
pork eontinues quiet with lard and hams
steady. Fresh ribs, steady.
Pork,long and sh eut,per bbl,£ll 75. Pork,
lgt and hvy backs, £lO 75@11 75. Pork, lean
ends, per bbl,#ll 75. Tongues, beef, per bbl, §22
Tongues, pork, per bbl, £l5 50. Beef, corned
per bbl, #3 50@11 50. Shoulders, corned and
fresh, ]E:r Ib, 7e. Shoulders, smoked, per
Ib, Bc. Hams, per Ib, 9'{@lo%{¢c. Bacon, per
b, 9¢. Pork, salt, per Ib,6'¢e. Briskets, salt,
per lb, 6} ¢e. Ribs, fresh, per Ib, Bc. Sau
sages, mr Ib, Tge. Sausages, meat, per Ib,
Tige. rd, in tes, per Ib, 6!¢e. Lard, in
Fails, per lb, 63{@6'ge. Lard, in pails, pure
eaf, per Ib, B}{@B%{.
POULTRY —Turkeys continue steady, with
chickens and fowls in fair demand. Frozeén
stock moves quietly.
Turkeys, West, iced, 12@114c; turkeys,
frozen, choice, 14@15¢; chickens, North, ir
killed, 18@20¢ ; chickens, West, iced, 10@
12¢ ; chickens, frozen, choice, 11@12 ; fowls,
Northern, 13@15¢ ; fowls, Western, iced, 9@
10¢ ; fowls, West, frozen, 9@ 10c.
FLOUR—Wheat is steady, but trade in
flour continues dull, although prices are
quoted steady.
Spring patents, 24@4 15; Spring, clear
and straight,s3 20@3 80; Winter, clear and
straight, =3 80@400; Winter patents, s4@
4 30. Jobbing prices, 25¢ higher.
CORN—Decmand continues moderate with
prices quoted steady.
Steamer yellow, sgot, 40¢; No. 3 and
steamer, spot, 33¢;Chicago, No. 3 yellow
g%%wp’ 394 e; country yellow, to ship,
e.
OATMEAL—Quiet at 2 75@3 20 per bbl
for ground and rolled, and €3 15@3 60 for
cut. Y
OATS—The market continues quiet, with
prices quoted unchanged.
Clipped white, spot, 27@23¢; No.
2white,” spot, 263{c; No. 3 white, spot,
26@26ic ; clipped, to ship, 26@27c;
No. 2 white, to ship, 27){e; No 3 white
263;@27¢ ; Xo. 2 mixed, to ship, 263{c.
*RYE—The market continues quiet, with
prices quoted at 50@52c. Rye Flour—Trade
continues quiet at $2 60@3 25per bbl.
MILLFEED—Trade continues quiet, with
prices stefd'y.
Middlings, sacked to ship, #l2 25@15 75;
bran, sacked, spring, to ship,#l2 25@12 50;
bran, sacked. winter, to sm?,ela Ts@l4 00
ground wheat, to ship, €l4 "5@15; red dos
our, to ship, #l5 50@15 75; cotton
meal, to ship, 21 75@22 75.
FRESH MEATS—Beef continues quiet,
and unchanged, with lambs and muttons
moving fairly. Veal is steady.
Beef, steers, per llb, 6@7'{c; beef, hind
quarter’s per ib, T}{@9%4c: beef,foreq
rlb, 4@3ec; lambs, spring, each s3@6;
Embe. good to choige,s@7¢;mutton, ,fl' '
se@c; yearlings, E"’f 6@6:c; vahl, pe
Ib,s@9¢: hogs, city .per Ib, s)ge; b
country dressed, per 1b.430%. -
FRUIT—The ‘ for apples holds
firm with good Mme gmwberrlel
are less plenty. Orangés are firm.
Apples, choice eating, per bbl., 3 50@
4 50; ue;ies, Baldwins, &3 50@4; apples,
GreenE:gs, 2 75@3; oranges, Val., r
case $4 50@7; oranges,Cal.,per box., $2 7%
3 75;0ranges, Pal. and Mes., per box,s3@3 50;
oranges, Ja.. repacked, per box, s4@4 50;
oranges, Pal Land Mes., per hf box, s2@3;
The
“DAYTON.”
N. B.—-The “Dayton”’ is the thing. There is no
doubt about it. This wheel is making a great hit in Rhode
Island, as everywhere else. Itis accepted at once for its
style, finish and advanced points of construction.
The “Ames” wheels are high in quality, and low in
price. $59.50 net.
We cffer a very good wheel for $50.00. Also juvenile
wheels.
REPAIRS AT SHORT NOTICE.
THE GONGDON & GARPENTER GO,
BICYOLE DEPARTMENT.
Exchange Place and Exchange Street, . Providence, R. L
lemons, Med., per box, £2@3: grapes, Mal-
Jer., per box, $2 25; peanuts, Virginian, per
Ib, 43{@5e; hickory ; strawberries, FL., gd
to ch 25¢@35¢, strawberries, Fla., fair,ls¢
@2oc.
MAPLE SUGAR—Trade in sugar yet rules
guiet, with a moderate demand for syrup.
ugar, small cakes, perlb., S@9c; sugar,
large cakes, per lb., 7@Se¢ ; sugar, tubs and
pails, 7@B¢ ; sugar, new, per gal., 50@60c¢.
SUGAR—Refined remains firm with prices
at the advance.
Cut loaf and crushed, 6.18¢; Pulverized,
per Ib 5.81¢; powdered, per b 5.69¢; cube,per |
Ib 5.81¢; granulated, perib s.44@iisc: granus |
lated, fine, per b 51¢@5.56¢; granulated, ay |
retail, per Ib 6¢;soft white, perth 5. }3o@s 44c
yvellow confectioners’ per Ib 4.56@bc; bag |
vellow, per Ib 4@47¢e. i
MOLASSES—Trade continues steady with |
the markes firm. The following are whole- i
sale lots: <
N O fanecy, open kettle, 33@402: N O good |
to ch, per gal, 33@35¢; New Orleaus, ventrif, |
fancy, 18@23: New Orleans, centrif, good to |
ch, 15@17¢; Ponce, c¢ch to fancy, per gal, |
27@30¢; Barbadoes, per gal, 24@2b¢; Maya- ,
guez, per gal, 256 28¢.
SEED—Trade rules moderate, with prices
nnchan%ed.
Timothy, per bu, £1 75@1 80; clover, per
Ib, B@9c; red top, West, per 50-Ib sack,
$3 50 ; red top, Jersey, per 50-1 b sack, §3B 50)
red top, recleaned, per Ib, 16 17,
POTATOES—The market cuntinues quiet
with values easy. Sweets are quiet.
Choice Hebrons, per bu, 25@27¢. Green
Mountain, per bu,22@23c. White Ssar, per
bu, 20@22¢. New s4@7.
TRUCK—The market holds about steady
with a fair trade.
Lettuce, per doz 50c: beets, per bu.
40c; turnips, St And, per bbl, 1 25; turnips,
wh, flat, per bu, 40; onions, native, per bl;Jl,
#1 25; squash, per ton, £35; cabbage,
native, per bbl, €1 50; carrots, per bu, 40¢
apinuch. Nor, per bbl, &150 ; dande
ons, per bu, £1; hothouse cukes,
per 100, #9; radish, per doz, 40 @
60c; cress, per doz, Tsec; Joarsley, per
€2 25; mint.{)er doz, £1; Bermuda onions, pér
box, £1 25; Florida tomatoes, per et, £1 50@
2 00; Florida string beans,per ewt, 2 50@3 0
Bermuda pctatoes, per bbl, £6; beet greens.
per bu, £1 50; le ks, per doz, 402; Rhubarb,
native 9¢ ib: strawherries, 10@152; cab
bages, new, §3.
SHE SLEPT FOR 34 HOURS.
Young Woman Sought Relief From
Headache, Death Followed.
NEW HAVEN, Ct.,May 24—Miss Sarah O.
Bishop, 22, died after an unbroken sleep of
34 hours, and her death is attributed to the
use of a new drug without proper medical
advice. The young woman had been em
ployed by Dr. Clarence Skinner of this city
as an assistant in eclerical work, and
about noon, complained of feeling il
She laid on a couch, and in a short time
the doector noticed that Miss Bishop was
breathing unnaturally. He endeavored to
awaken her, but in vain. .
Four physicians were summoned, and all
five doctors used a'l methods known to
medical science to restore her to consecious
ness, but without result. Miss Bishop slept
on until death came "eust before mifnlght.
Medical examiner hite performed an
autopsy and found that the lungs, liver and
kidneys were much congested. The latter
organ will be submitted to microscopical
examination.
Coroner Mix said that the girl probably
died of excessive use ¥f a new drug amma
nol,which she had taken to relieve headache.
This drug, the coroner says, is not thor
oughly understood. It is said to be a coal
ta¥ produect.
HAD A LOVER’S QUARREL.
Louise Smith Took Peoison to End
Her Life, an Autopsy Shows.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25—This al
ternoon Dr. Towle and Dr. Cheever per
formed an autopsy on Miss Louise Smith,
the G)nng woman who committed suicide at
the West End hotel Sunday afternoon. It
showed that the case was one of deliberate
suicide. The stomach was found to contain
poison enough to kill several persons.
The only cause that can be ascribed of the
girl’s rash act is the fact that she quarreled
with her lover, Ed Shufelt, a brakeman on
the Concord & Portsmouth division, last
Wednesday evening.
That she contemplated suicide is shown
by the following note which she wrote on
the front page of her memorandum book
and left on top of her clothes in her trunk:
“Take gootg care of my dear, precious
baby, Gilman. Goodby.
“Louise Smith, Deerfleld, N. H.” *?
The note was not addressed.
Clarence Murphy on Trial.
SALEM, Mass., May 25—The trial of Clar
ence Murphy, un ler indictment on a charge
of embezzling 47,615 from the Salem sav
ings bank, began tod;y Justice Sherman
opened the court and Murphy apgetred with
his counsel,Messrs. Northend an lbvrt.
No objection was made to any of the jurors,
and at 11.54 the clerk began the reading of
the 129 indictments.
He Steps Aside.
NASHUA, N. H., May 25—Dr.J. Alonzo
Greene, who has been chief rival of Hon.
George A. Ramsdell of this city for the re
publican gubernatoris nomination, has
withdrawn from the canvass.
The Summer Residents
At Newport, Narragansett Pler, Watch
Hill and Block Island, have the Hzzrarp
regularly, because it is concise, spicy
and reliable.
Five Cents a Copy $2.50 a Year.
THE LABOR WORLD.
The Chicago Labor Congress indorsad
Eugene V. Debs for President.
Cutlers in Germany receiye £3.9 per
week; in Eagland, €7; and in Italy, $3.80.
The Federation, K. of L., and the %rintors
demand Government ownership of the tele
graph, 5
The strike of the Chicago clothing eutters
has been ended by the return of the employes
to work.
The ecarpenters of Detroit, Mich., who
struck for $2.25 a day, have accepted a com=-
promise of $2.
The union ;l):\lnters at work on the United
States battieship Oregon, ate San Francisco,
have struck for shorter hours. .
Grocers and butchers' clerks in Brooklyn,
N. Y., started a movement for the all gay
Sunday closing of shops in these branches of
business.
Six thousand doeck iaborers went on striks
in Rotterlam, Holland; the National Guard
and gunboats were held in readiness to sup
press disorder,
The Waterbury (Cuun.) Wateh Company
recently reduced its force of employes from
500 to 290, and will hereafter make 1000
watches per day instead of 1700 as hereto
for.,
Three hundred riveten,, calkers and fittors
of tho American Steelbhar;;e Comgu:y. a
West Superior, Wis., struck and obtained
econcescions amounting to an increase of
twoenty-five per cent. in their pay.
A new National league of musicians was
formed. Its title is the Americau Federation
of Musicians of the United States, and itz obe
ject is to bring abgut aMliation with the
American Federation of Labor.
The ten-hour day prevails all over France,
Carpenters are paid from €1.25 to 21.40 a
day; stone masons, #1.20; machinists, £1,25;
iron-molders, #1 to £1.25; locomotive engi
neers, 340 to $6O a month; conductors, $4O;
switchmen, §l5 to #3O.
John Barns, the English labor agitator,
demands that Parliagnent shall enact a law
making it compulsory for employers to give
domestic servants *‘a character’” on dis
miszal. Laws to that effect have long been
in force 1n France and Germany.
In Milwaukee, while the street car em
ployes were out on a strike, the wife of a
striker threw her two-year-old child in front
of a moving car in order to bloek its progress,
and the little one was nearly run over before
the green motorman could stop his car.
GOLD IS ON TOP.
Bitter Contest Between Prohibition
Forces in Pittshur:.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 27 —There is cvery
indication that free silver will get a very se
vere jolt in the prohibition convention. DBy
a count of “broad gauge” noses this after
noon it was found that their estimate of 600
votes will fall about 100 short. This is ouly
a littlz more than one-third of the conven
tion.
The “narrow gaugers,” or gold men, are
highly encouraged over the weak showing
of the opposition, and reiterate their inten
tion of carrying everything. Whethor the
party will split remains to be seen.
There was enough excitement over thae
opening of the convention to suit the* most
enthusiastic Tammanyite. Tae marrows won
the first victory by securing the temporary
chairman. They succeeded in putting A. A,
Stevens of Tyrone, Pa., in the chair, vt
they did not win without a big fight an ! » -
sorting to what their broad gauge adver i- -
ment bitterly charged was a contempti @
trick.
They foreed him on the eonvention anl
then refused delegates any voice in sayvanyg
who should be temporary chairman.
Tramp Shoots a Woman.
MIDDLETOWN, Ct., May 25—Mrs. F. T.
Burgess of Turbridge avenue was shot by a
tramp. The tramp called early for food.
Later Mrs. Burgess went out in the yard to
feed chickens. On opening a door she dis
covered the tramp ransacking the bureau.
He found a 3S-caliber revolver, one chamber
loaded, belonging to Mr. Burgess. He
grabbed Mrs. Burgess, pinned her agaiust
the wall, and fired a shot, grazing her left
wrist. He then escaped. She ran out,
screaming, “I'm shot,” and fainted.
nescued on Kartes,
MT. CARROLL, 111., May 25 The severes
storm ever experienced in this section Froke
at 11.30 last night and lasted untili 3 this
morning. Carroll creek rese 20 feet in hal
gx hour, passing the high water mark by
ve feet. Plum river is six feot higher than
ever before known, and iron briiges and
fences all went down in the fHood., The
damage in Carroll county is estimated a
§lOO,OOO.
Towns Nearly Wiped Out.
PONTIAC, Mich., May 25—Reports fronm
Ortonville, Oakwood, Oxford and Thomas
which are located in Oakland county, 15 %«
20 miles north of here, say that a cyclom
swept these sections this afterpoon. Orton
ville and Thomas were nearly wired out o
existence. It is expected that fully a dozes
wple lost their lives at Ortonville, while &
omas four were killed.
Four Killed at Mingo.
CELWEIN, la, May 25—A cyclone hall
mile in wilth, passed through hlingo, Ia
about 12.30 this morning, killing Mrs. Marths
Dickey, Mrs. L. Whitney, Mrs. Schell and &
young child of D. Aikewu. .