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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

"How much did you offer?"
Nothing" and Mr.. Shayne almost
made the roof shake with his denial
while the bailiffs worked vigorously
ejecting people from the courtroom.
No explanation was given as 20 Mr.
Shayne's wrath over the subject Of the
cakeWaIk, ana M. SCaniOH went On.
Mr.. Scanlon ICED any questions
concerning the return from Hot Springs
and events Immediately following. and
Mr.. Shayne said he had kissed both
Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Mckay. her
sister, at the depot Later Mr.. Shayne
was asked IL, while on a midnight car
riage ride With Mrs. Hammond and a
Miss Dewey. he had not Caressed Mrs.
Hammond and Said 'I love you; set
rid OF Harry Hammond and I'll marry
you next day and take you 10 Europe" "
NO. sir" declared Mr. Shayne.
Nothing loving at all?'
We'll. jollied the ladies along a lit
tie and
Mr.. shayne .---lted amid general
laughter.
:, What do you mean by jollying. Mr.
Shayne?"
We'll. you ought 10 know"
The case will go to the jury this week
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07
MASKED ROBBERS.
Five Of Them Bound and Gagged
Wilson and His Sisters.
Secured $1700 In Gold and Bills Which
Wilson Had SecHted.

Apollo. Pa,NNov. Five masked men
forced their way into the home Of Dam
iel Wilson, an aged farmer Of Rural
village. last night and after' binding
and gagging Wilson and his four sisters
rook $500 in gold and bills which VIII
son had concealed. The robbers then
departed, leaving their victims still
bound and It was several hours before
they were able TO give the alarm. In
the meanwhile the robbers had made
good their escape.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

associates on the city committee. to-
gether with a staff of clerks. are doing
heap OF good work. Returns OF the
number OF votes cast are being received
by telephone and messengers from the
several voting districts. and messages
are being sent every few minutes not
only to property voters. but to those
on the registry lists who have not yet
voted. Con. Olney said that the outlook
was very favorable indeed. but, OF
course, vt would be impossible to give
any idea OF the Republican vote until
the wardens' counts were made.
The Republican vote in the several
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

MISS Chadwell fingered for five days
ana then died. never having spoken a
WORD during her illness.
iiehfy and Debarge were soon arrest
ca and lodged I'm Jail; Henry being
ShaI ged with the poisoning and De
narbe as accessory. this being The hnu-
lnk or the coroner's jury Henry $
lather refused 10 Interfere in any way
win the course OF the law.
~ was sworn 20 at thn inquest that
Debarge had remarked that 'the act
Wouid create fuss for "a few days. bur
that everything would be AN right in
a very short time"
HOW the poison was Obtained has not
becn learned as yet. Young Henry s
we.I known I'm New Orleans. and h's
OF Tho stato
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07
SCHOONER STRANDED.


Salem. Mass. Nov. THE British
schooner Maggie Miller Of ST. John, N.
b.. went ashore on the Whaleback and
House islands. in Salem harbor, early
this morning. The vessel, which has a
cargo of laths, hes in dangerous posi-
tion. but as the sea is calm and the
weather clear it is thought she can be
foated at high tide.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07
War Office Authorities Believed to Have
B|undered Seriously in Estimating
Strength Of the Burgh0rS.

London. Nov. Tt is announced In
IA special dispatch from Cape Town,
dated Sunday. November 5, morning
that the British have been victorious in
an engagement at Ladysmith, and that
the Boer loss was very heavy, includ-
ing 20OO prisoners.
CHASTENED BY DEFEAT.
Such scanty intelligence as is filter
ing from the front is generally accept
el here as reassuring. although the lat
er reports agree that the fighting out
side of Ladysmiuh on Thursday and
Friday was much more severe than in
dicaJed by the official accounts There
IS no longer such a disposition 10
jump at the conclusion that "a crush
ing blow has been inflicted upon the
Beers as was shown before. British
contempt for the burghers has been
chastened by defeat. The best inform
ed are inclined to discount the stories
OF the cutting up Of the Beers until
further confirmation is received. But
the mere fact that Gen. White was en-
abled TO undertake a series of success
full reconnoissances is taken as an indi-
cation that the grip OF the Boer invest
ment has been relaxed by the with
drawal of ~naytions of Gen. Jouberts
force SouthWard.
BADLY BLUNDERING.
While however the anxiety in regard
10 the immediate stress at Ladysmith
SIS alleviated there is a widespread fear
that the authorities are badly blunder-
ing and may find too late that the
main expedition will prove tOo weak 70
complete it's task with safety and dis
patch as the Natal force has already
failed to perform what was expected
of II. The confession yesterday even
ing of Gen. Lord Wolseley, the COM
-in-chief, that the Beers were
more powerful and more numerous
than had been anticipated. sufficiently
explains the present happenings and
the war Office will hereafter have
awkward questions to answer in regard
to it's apparent colossal ignorance or
the Boer strength. which both in num-
bers of men and excellence OF artillery
is apparently a complete surprise to the
British military authorities.
THE BOER STRENGTH.
1t is cleaned that fair estimate
Of the Boer forces is as follows: Around
Iadysmith 20 900; traversing Zululand
1000 advancing on Burghersdorp 5000;
Colesburg 5000; Kimberley 1000; Mafe-
king $500 and on the northern Transvaal
border 2000. Exact information about
the Boer artillery Is lacking. but II is
known that General Joubert's detach-
ment before II was re-enforced consist
ei Of sixteen Krupp field pieces of the
latest pattern and two heavy CreuZot
siege guns which but for the opportune
arrival Of the British naval brigade
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Wounded boy Pes'lno EfslL

Boston. Nov. 7-Frank Middleton,
the l7-year-old youth who was shot
bv an unknown man at McHugh's
Crossing. Stoughton Junction last
night. and who was brought 90 the
Massachusetts, General hospital passed
a tairly comfortable nlgh. and Us rest-
ing easy this morning
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

places there IS an air of activity which
denotes that only those votes who are
confined TO their homes by sickness or
who are unavoidably absent from the
city Will fail to cast their ballots. The
lists are being very. crosely scrutinized
and those who have neglected to vote
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

Halifax. -. s.. Nov. THE steamer
British King, from Antwerp. October
p bound 40 New York put In here
TODAY short ~ coal and with one blade
lost from her propeller
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07
Ynman EInrnl.s, Nlfd-
COMPANY

New York Nov. THE woman bi-
cvclist who was killed last night by
striking n heavy truck on Fifth ave-
nue. was identified today as Clara Per-
son. a domestic. % years old.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07
Steamship Lire 10 Cspe Nome

Portland. ore. Nov. Arrange
merits have been completed FOR q line
of steamers between Portland and Cane
Nome Alaska. 10 be operated by tho
California AMI oregon Coast steamsh.p u
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

early in the day are being notified that
IL is their duty TO vote before o'clock
this evening. The fact that the weather
rs clear will have "a tendency TO Increase
the Republican vote all over the city.
AZ the Democratic city headquarters
there did not seem 20 the any excite
ment. ana few. If any. returns were be-
ing received UP 20 I o'clock this after
noon. The Democratic workers and
many Of the members Of the Democratic
city committee are not az all pleased
at the fact that the management OF
William g. Bakers campaign has been
taken practically out Of the hands or
chairman NIcNarnee and has been
placed I'M the hands Of Mr. Richard y.
Comstock. and there Is little hesitation
on their part IN expressing dissatisfac-
tion az this state of things.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

would have rendered Ladysmith unten-
able
In connection with the naval guns a
most interesting and important eXper-
iment has been successfully carried out
at Cape Town with 4.S7 gun serviceable
at Ladysmith. One of the British cruis-
er Terrible's guns mounted on Scott
travelling carriage was fired in the same
way as "A field gun, with entire success
The Terrible with number OF guns
thus mounted Is on her way TO Durham
and though the guns cannot now reach
Ladysmith they may be Of the great
est value in the defenses or Pieter-
maritzburg, which, IL seems Will proba-
bly, have TO stand siege. The arrival
OF the Terrible with the relief crews and
other available men must have placed
in the neighborhood OF 2000 more men
at the service of the military authorl-
ties.
UNUSUAL PRECAUTIONS.
Interesting news comes from the
Channel SQUADRON at Gibraltar, show
ing precautions almost unknown In
European waters in peace time. ON
the way to Gibraltar the fleet spread
out four miles apart and sharp out
look was kept for suspicious craft. At
Gibraltar extra sentries are posted al
night at different parts of the ships
with ten rounds of ball cartridges each
The small guns on the upper deck and
in the t~-hting tops are kept ready FOR
immediate use the ammunition being
on deck: a few men sleep at the guns
the searchlights are kept working, and
all boats are hailed and not allowed 70
approach without the permission of the
officer OF the watch.
CHARGED THE BURGHERs.
Cape Town. Nov. .-(Afternoon)-A
IN
Thursday afternoon the British cavalry
charged the Beers while the latter were
maneuverlng south Of the town and
cut their way through them.
A long Tom posted on Bulwin hill
shelled the town but little damage was
done. The naval gunners put the big
gun situated on HepwoTth's hill out OF
action.
The enemy at Grober's Drift engag-
ed a troop of the Royal Irish Fusiliers
and brisk firing occurred on both sides
An armored train with sixty infantry
men on board drew the enemys fire,
enabling the volunteers to make head
quarters safely. The military are eu-
logized for their timely help TO the vol
unteers.
SITUATION AT KIMBERLEY.
Hopetown. Cape Colony, Nov. "A
dispatch which has been received here
from hlmDefley udteu November ],
says: Apparently the Boer reinforce
ments from Mafeking have arrived as
the burghers are more numerous and
closer all around Kimberley About 1900
of them made a demonstration three
miles eastward at Premier Mine today
and opened fire on the DeBeers carts
but no damage was done. The explosion
Of the dynamite magazine caused by
the Beers firing the plain was terrible.
All the wounded are progressing sat
isfactoriy.
committee 10 regulate the supply
and prices Of food is being formed.
Mr.. Rhodes lis making an avenue a
mile long at Kenelworth TO be called
Seige avenue. A double ow Of orange
trees and vines will be planted on eith-
or side with pepper trees forming the
back ground.
(Continued on page tWo)
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RTPtfBLTCANs BUSY

At the Republican city headquarters
on wevbosset street. everybody is busy.
and Chairman Olney and many Of his
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-07

the Poor.
that he hoped to do the same thins next
year.
The contest for the city council tick
cts are OF course. attracting great
deal of attention notably the nre In The
Continued on Page Three.)
The evening times., 1899-12-14
THURSDAY. DECEMBER Il, 1899.
The Collapse in Luzon.

The news that General Young has been
able 10 release two thousand Spanish pris-
oners in northern LuZon will be hailed
with delight in this country. and with Joy
and thankfulness in Spain. 1t is probable
that by this time there are few, if any,
Spaniards left in the hands Of the Tagel
mutineers. Three hundred were gathered in
ten days or so ago at Dagupan, some more
at Vigan; others were found in the noun
tains, and, altogether, the three thousand
Spanish prisoners held by the rebels since
the outbreak Of hostilities must be pretty
well accounted for. This is a matter for
congratulation. The fact that these unfor-
tunates were in bondage within our sover-
eighty and We could do nothing for their
succor, has been an uncomfortable refiec-
tion ever since the fall Of Manila.
The capture of Aguinaldo's hacker and
man of brains Mabini is another bit of
good fortune. This man has been the f.
nancier and the head of the insurrection.
The peace of the island would never be
assured while he was at large. Along with
our other colonial lessons, we should not
ignore one that Great Britain has learned,
in regard TO the treatment of defeated
rebel leaders. Under the British Empire,
they are always deported TO some pleas
ant but remote island. whence they can
not get home any more to breed trouble.
Mr. Mckinley might remember this, and
arrange To send any of the Tagals who do
not have to be hanged. for one reason or
another. TO perpetual exile in one of our
many imperial islands. Guam might be
too near the Orient; but then there are our
Samoan islets. Hawaii and Porto Rico. to
choose among. Probably some scheme of
this kind will have to be considered, after
the arrest of Asuinaldo if that ever should
oecur
The evening times., 1899-12-14
Suicidal CareIessness.

An exceptionally intelligent cat is owned
by family in Hazleton. Pa. A few nights
ago, after the family had retired. some
Goals fell out Of the kitchen stove upon the
floor, and the cat, becoming frightened
made such a noise that the family was
aroused and the fire extinguished 1t is
also stated that several sticks of dynamite
were stored in the pantry. and that had il
not been for the cats remonstrances the
entire household would have been blown
into the next world before they knew what
had happened to them.
People of average intelligence will be in
clined to ask what sticks OF dynamite were
doing in the pantry of house where hu-
man beings were asleep; and they will
come to the general conclusion that the
cat had at least as much common sense
as any other member of the family, since
il knew when it was in danger and did all
that it could to secure safety. The people
OF the house, on the contrary, seem to have
been possessed with the fatal American de-
sire to run risks and take chances 1t is
this same trait which causes criminal in
difference to the sources of our food SUD-
ply; which makes people keep loaded guns
around where ten-year- Fold boys can point
them at other members of the family. in a
spirit Of foolish bravado. and which allows
the construction Of buildings by rascally
contractors. on plans which show radical
disregard Of the value of human life. There
are not many people quite SO deliberately
careless as this PENNSYLVANIA family how
svsr. Dynamite is thing Of which those
The evening times., 1899-12-14
The Story of n Strike.

An incident which occurred in Chicago
a few days ago is almost unique in the
history OF strikes. Eighty men in the
dollar and seventy-fve cents a day. went
out on strike. In the same factory hun
dred and twenty girls were employed. main-
ly at piece work, and earning nearly or
quite as much as the men. They also went
out The men cOntended for ten per
cent advance in wages: the girls strike was
purely sympathetic. Ten of the girls who
were working by the day demanded an ad-
vance of twenty-five cents day; the others
had nothing to gain. They were offered
ten per cent advance when the men were
granted theirs but refused it.
This little story is rather significant from
one point of view. There has been a con-
tention, not altogether unjust, that the
entrance of women into the labor market
worked an injustice TO men with FAM
lilies. since girls could be secured at
lower wages than men, to do work
which the men had spent years of
their lives in learning to do. That
also alleged that women had not the loyalty
10 each others interests that men have.
and would not organize and become a force
TO be reckoned with and counted on, as
with men: that, in short, the woman worker
was an uncertain factor, not to be secured
as an ally or fought in the open, and, there
fore, an undesirable element In the labor
problem. There was some reason for all
this. Women in the labor field have hither-
TO belonged to two classes. those who were
obliged TO work for their bread and butter
and usually that of some one else-who
could not afford &c lose their work for the
sake of principle-and girls without any
fixed programme working to earn their
pin money But this incident proves not
only that women can combine and act to-
gether loyalty and steadfastly, but that
when convinced of the justice of claim,
they will risk something for the sake of
a principle.
The evening times., 1899-12-14
Cheap CayaIry Mount,.

(From the Seattle Post IntelIigencer.)
The Government camp in North Seattle is
again the scene Of activity. One hundred horses
destined for United States cavalry service in
the Philippines have arrived there from Walla
Walls. Another hundred from San Francisco
and a hundred from Vancouver. wash., are ex.
pected before the end of the week Those new
cavalry horses have been recruited from the stock
about fourteen hands high, and are considerably
smaller and inferior in breed to the horses
usually purchased for United States cavalry
service. though they are the best range horses
obtainane. Il mas been found that this kind
Of horse will stand service in the tropics better
than the higher bred animals Of the regular
cavalry standard. which explains why large
numbers Of them will be shipped to the islands
The cost Of TIE average regular cavalry horse
is about $l25. 1hese horses cost between $40
and so each.
The evening times., 1899-12-14

If the Democrats in Nebraska are dis
posed to feel sore because Governor Poyn-
ter and Mr.. W. ]. Bryan decided that the
appointment to the United States Senate
ought to go to a Populist, they should re-
member that the State election in Novem-
Der resulted in a Populist rather than q
Democratic victory. and that, therefore,
former Senator Allen is logically the man
for the place.
The evening times., 1899-12-14

European dispatches assert that Germany
is not bidder for the Danish West India
Islands, and that Denmark has not offered
them to the United States, but would be
glad to open negotiations for their trans-
fer There will never come better time
than the present to take this strategical
group out of the danger of future inter
national complications. Ultimately we shall
have to control all the Antilles Let us
have the Danish islands now.
The evening times., 1899-12-14
- WALT1AM WATCHES.
tfo~ WALTHAM WATCH set Englands time.
American Waltham Watch Co.,
Waltham, Mass, U. S. A.

GENTLEMEN: About three years since,
acting on the advice of friend who had
had one of your watches for about eigh-
teen years, purchased a Lever Waltham
Watch. am happy to say it has turned
out a marvel of accuracy, and under the
circumstances feel am only doing my
duty in bringing this fact to your notice
;. But perhaps its most unique per-
formance, and the one of which l am
especially proud, is the fact that by its
aid l was able to detect an eryoy tn the
fall of the tine-6aH at the Royal Odserva-
tory, G,eensOfeA, which gives the standard
time to the civilized world 1t happened
as follows: make practice of watching
the fall of the time ball each day at one
o'clock p. m, whenever the air is clear
enough. and one day, to my surprise, l
found the ball had dropped some few
seconds before l had expected it to. I
had such e0n,fdenee in my soateA that I
did not 6eiieUv it z0as at fault, and felt
SIRE that some mistake had been made
The evening times., 1899-12-14

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN OF THE IN
tention Of the undersigned to apply to
the Commissioners OF the District of CO.
lumbia. on the 18th day Of December. A. D.
1899. for charter of Incorporation under
the provisions Of an act OF Congress enti-
tied IAN act to provide Tor the incorpora-
ton Of trust. loan. mortgage. and certain
other corporations within the District Of
Columbia" approved October 1. 1890.
The name OF the proposed company shall
be the Union Trust and Storage Company
Of the District OF Columbia
The company is to be organized for the
purpose OF doing a general trust, loan.
mortgage. storage. warehouse. and eieva-
tor business in the District Of Columbia.
and such other business as may be author
lied by said act of Congress.
The names of the proposed corporators
are: Arthur D. Addison, Daniel B. Clark.
Joseph II. Crawford. Michael J. Colbert.
George W. Cissel J. Maury Dove, Robert
B Donaldson. Lynn o. DeLashmutt. Thorn
as N. Gale. Bernard R. Green. George Glib
son. George E. Hamilton, Walter S. Har-
ban. Rudolph Kaufman, James B. Lam
bic. Frederick B. MCGUIRE, Theodore J.
Mayer. J. Nota McGill, William H. Nc
Knew. James G. Payne. Francis A. Rich
ardson, Edward J. Stellwagen. John H.
Small jr.: B. Francis Saul. Charles @.
Thorn. and Joseph E. Willard.
uolSto delS. .ipce exS
The evening times., 1899-12-14
An Order Of wa.her,,om~n.
ffrom The London Chronicle.)

To the institution Of orders, medals and di-
plomas in France there is no limit. The latest
Is diplomas for washerwomen. The wasberwoni-
en-. TO be sure, occupy a conspicuous position on
tine Seine, and have played important part
in the life Of Paris, especially in revolutionary
periods. They nearly formidable as the
marketwomen. Either in recognition of their
ability or in Difference to their influence the
government has established this order and
awarded twelve medals. The important duty of
distributing the diplomas to the prize washer
women is discharged by the ministry of com.
The evening times., 1899-12-14

not familiar with 1t are wholesomely
afraid. and It is not likely that many
households would have been able to sleep.
knowing that in the pantry. within easy
reach Of any nre which might happen to
break out. or any shock which might dis
turb the equilibrium Of the dangerous sub
stance. was an explosive powerful enough
to blow up the whole house. 1t would be
too much like being anchored over tor
nedo
The evening times., 1899-12-14
Divided Loyalty.

FrOm the Charleston News and Courier.)
Senator Harrfs,'' it is reported, ''has intro
duced a bill granting pensions to persons who
served in the Confederate service and afterward
in the Army and Navy of the United States" II
the measure Is intended for the benefit of ex-
Confederates who served in the war in Cuba
there is no objection to il, Of course. II it is
intended, however, for the benefit Of Confeder.
ates who deserted and enlisted in the United
States Army in the war Of l661lS65, 1t should not
pass. Men who fight on both sides in a war do
not deserve much consideration from either side
They are amply rewarded for their lack Of prin-
pie by being excused from hanging
The evening times., 1899-12-14
Education for J.p.ne.e Girls.

Japan mail advices say that the yearly con-
ference Of the commercial school directors is
now being held in Toxic under the auspices
OF the Mobusho. In the course of discussion
il was proposed 10 give commercial education
TO girls, in view of the growing demand for fe-
male clerks, the first example OF which is fur
nished by the Nippon Railway Company. The
idea originated with the educational depart
ment and the directors are required to delib-
crate upon the scheme and to submit suit
able plan.
The evening times., 1899-12-14
Protected Hydrants in Dawson.
(From the Morning Oregonian.)

novelty has Just been introduced by tn,
water works company In Dawson probably MOI
duplicated in any other city on the continent
1t consists Of a wooden house, 6x6x6 feet, which
is placed over each hydrant in the city. Each
of these houses contains small stove, in
which fire is kept day and night. BY the pay.
ment OF 81 week patrons can secure water
at any time.