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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
PROVIDENCE
is HONORED.
Visited by Distinguished Gentle
men From Havana.
EXAMINING The TAX SYSTEM.
Wish 10 Learn Method Of Raising Revenue
and Of Keeping Accounts
A COMPLIMENT FROM WASHINGTON.
Told That Providence Has Most Perfect SJssm OF
Assessment, Collection and Bookkeeping OF
Any City Visited BY Commission.
A COMPLIMENT FROM WASHINGTON.

The city Of Providence Is honored to-
day by several distinguished gentlemen
from Havana, who are here for the
purpose OF studying into the system OF
the assessment Of taxes. their coiiec-
tion and the general method OF OBTAIN
ing revenue in vogue dn Providence. IN
order that they may report some meth
cd to be adopted in Havana.
The gentlemen who reached Provi-
dence Iuhis morning are Col. Orencae
Nodorse Bacallao, a member OF the
finance Commission and auditor OF the
city of Havana; Capt. Osgood smith
late of the 18th Regiment. New YORK
Volunteers, and Senor Bonifazio Gomez
of Havana, and they bear credentials
signed by Gen. William Lawton, gov
ernor OF Havana, requesting that an
facility be rendered them in prosecut,
ing their inquiries into the nnaiiSiai
system of American municipalities.
The visitors were cordially rec"lVeu
by Mayor Baker, who after converse p,
with them for a short time. intro 1uceu
them to Gen. L lisha III. Rhooes. chaf
man OF the board of tax i.ssesstrs. ana
he. with his Colleagues Of the boai l.
at orce proceeded TO give the Cuoi IL
investigators all the desired informa-
ton. After completing their worE in
TIE assessors office the visitors will ce
introduced to City Treasurer Granger
who will exp.ain the me hod OF colsect-
ing the taxes and pater VIII be taksu
=, CITY Auditor Chase whO Will tufnish
them with valuable information.
rart. Smith, who Is the only g. tie-
man in the ravty who - eaks T. az. sh'
said that Col Eacallao expected 70 on-
| tam Irtrs valuable Information ~
| I.royl.'once than i'm any other cav ana
he had formed this opinion because lie
n All boon in, .medi i'm Washington, IL
q. by ssr eral members OF The conS g.
sional commission that visited New
England last spring, that Provi1e
had the me ST perfect system OF TAX
assessment and general city bookkeep
ing II any city that they had visited
In fact. so much was thought or The
providence methods that they have
been largely adopted in the city OF
Washington.
The cuban visitors will probably re-
uain in Providence for TWO or three
days, and will attend strictly to bust
| ness no social functions or visits hav-
J irg been determined upon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
KRUGER AGREES TO
JOINT COr1rHSSION.
Was Urged to Do So by Afrikanders
at Cape TOWn=-=General
Joubert's Opinion.

Cape Town, Sept. 21.--At a meeting
of the Afrikander members of parlia-
ment yesterday, Mr.. Neethling presid-
ing, the following telegram was dis
patched to President Kruger:
"We Afrikander members of par
lament thoroughly sympathize with
our Afrikander relatives in their trou-
bles. While appreciating the conces-
s,pns already made in the interests or
peace. we beg to urge the expedlency
of doing the utmost. short of sacrihcing
independence. TO avert the horrors OF
war. While agreeing that the joint en-
ouiry proposed by Mr.. Chamberlain
cannot be asked as a matter OF right,
We heltsve such a commission will pro-
vide a way out OF the difficulties which
are fast approaching a crisis. with re-
sults which must prove fatal not only
IN The Transvaal and our free state
hrethren. but also 20 the Afrikander
nartv Of Cape Colony. In the presence
~ Immediate danger and the momen-
sous issues awaiting the decision or
your honor, the executive and the
VoIksraad. even the risk of being mis-
understood is of minor importance. We
hno vour honor 10 lay these words, only
dictated by keen sense Of our common
interests a.. risks. privately Delore
tbe executive and Volksraad.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
CHICAGO WANTS SLEEP.
1hs Ant-Noss Crusaders Must Have earmuifs or
Else Less Uproa.

Chicago. Sept. H.-As a step in the
onti-nolse crusade, a conference be-
tween Corporation Counsel Walker and
the citizens most earnest in the cam
,aign will probably be held tomorrow,
and arrangements made for a vigorous
attack upon the varied uproars wnicn
tbe residence districts in many portions
chief Kipley said that an ordinance
,,,eyht 10 be drafted covering the sub
a., az unnecessary noise. "All the
yhings complained Of" said the chief.
.ought 10 be listed and a proper ordi-
nance presented 60 the City Council"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
II All Grew Out Of III, Cashlng Of Pension
Check Sent His Father.
THE SON DEDUCTED FATHERS BOARD
Plaintiff Claimed He Was Authorized to Do 30,
and His Father, Who Mas Called By Defence,
ConobMalsd His Statement.

A Jury in Judge Dubois court this
morning heard testimony In the $ooou
libel suit brought by Officer George
Lewis of Arctic against the Providence
Journal company. The papers PUBLISH
ed bv the defendant corporation on
March 10 and March IL last contained
statements about plaintiff that no did
not like.
These statements were 70 the enect
thar there was a rumor that the oncen
haa been arrested for forgery and that
,,,,ue The rumor was not true the offi-
60 u,as ,n trouble concerning the de-
taintng OF his fathers pension money.
The defence was ~ substantial truth
~ every statement concerning the onh-
cor that appeared In the paper and an
absence of malice
T,ha father OF Officer Lewis Is Haz-
"a Cranston Lewis and he gets PEN
sIon Of s36 every three months j. 4.
McNellis. reporter for the DEFENDANT
papers. sold he heard the forgery ru-
NOR and went TO see the oHcer apou'
noon ON March 10. He round anNher
reporter talking TO the ollcer' VINO was
,rrch vexed. Mr.. McNellis soothed the
oficer and got a story from him. which
he published, to the effect that ne, the
officer, had taken his fathers pension
enyelope from the Office opened u ana
after cashing It detained s25 for board
that his father owed him. The offlcer
admitted his father was very angry
and had gone to live with other rela-
tives. Witness said he had a CONVEX
eatton with another reporter as 10 the
worth OF the story and he, witness,
said II did not amount TO much, as IL
was only & family row. Plaintin OF
fered witness a photograph to put In
the paper.
Hazard Cranston Lewis was called
as a witness for the defense. but he
was very deaf and said when asked
where he lived that "he believed they
called IL Jericho but did not know for
certain whether Ii was in the town ol
Coventry or the town OF Warwlck
He claimed he did not know much
about the case. but quickly asserted M
told his son four or five weeks befor'
the check arrived fro mthe pension de
partment to have the check cashed ant
take out S25 witness owed for board.
G.. ]. Arms was counsel for the pam
tiff and Rathbone Gardner and Johf
r. Canning were counsel for the ue'
fendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
BAD TOWN FOR RECRUITS.


Nyack, n. Y. Sept. 21.-A few days
ago United States recruiting station
was opened here by Capt. Lilienthal Of
the Fortieth infantry. 1t is in charge
OF Corp. w. Keefe. Posters setting
forth the alluring terms OF service in
the army were freely distributed over
the dead walls of the town. and then
Corp. keefa sat down to wait for the
rush ~ recruits.
Yesterday morning the corporal
found that during the night his posters
had been torn down. Other posters
were undisturbed. The local police are
investigating the matter.
IL is strongly suspected that the post
ers were destroyed by anti m-imperial-
lists. or whom there are not few In
town. Nyack sent fifty young men 10
the Spanish war. but 30 far Corp.
Keefe has only received applications
for enlistment from six.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21

Middletown, ~. Y, Sept. 2l-Despoho-
ent over the predictions or woman
palmist who. il is said, had told her
that she would be disappointed in love,
villa Ada Jones, 16 years old, daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Wesley Jones or East
Broadway, tried 10 kill herself today
by cutting her throat with razor.
The girl went TO one Of her father 9
fields to end her life. She struggled
to rise when help came, and pointed to
a piece of newspaper, upon the margin
OF which was written in lead pencil:
Lay this on nobody. / did IL myself.
villa"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
REGULAR H00D00 SHIP.
Cap. Posts Wife Ded sudd5nly-hIs Three
th ldrsn Were Drowned.

Catskill. n. Y, Sept. 21.-In the sum-
mer OF 1856 n little daughter OF Capt.
Edward @. Post. OF the ice barge Top
sey. was lost overheard.
In March. 1897. the captains wife
suffered n stroke OF apoplexy aboard
the barge and almost Instantly expired
on Sept. is,1S9S. Arthur. the thirteen
year-old son OF Capt. Post, fell from
the Topsey. lying at the foot Of For
ty-third street, New York. and was
drowned.
The body OF tho captains sixteen
year-old son george was buried today
I'm the family plot In the Catskill Gene
terry. The lad was drowned last Sunday
from the luckless ice barge, lying at
Brooklyn pier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
MARRIAGE LICENSE FEE $1,000.


Ardmore, 1. T.. Sept. N.-Tne Cn'ch-
asaw legislature in session at Tisno-
mingo has passed the bill raising the
fee for a marriage licence from $50 to
$1,000.
The measure is aimed at white men
who marry into the tribe TO pront by
the annuities and lease money drawh
by female Chickasaws,
IL has been decided that 10 be legally
entitled to these moneys wmte men
must have married IN accoruahce WIN
the laws Of the Chickasaws.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21

ceived the following reply from Presi-
dent Kruger:
II wish you and other sympathizers
to notice. as you have doubtless al
ready seen by the reply Of the imperial
government that we have. according to
your desire, considered the matter and
accepted the invitation 10 the joint
commission. Why the acceptance was
delayed, in shown by the dispatches
published. i wish to thank you and
other friends once more, from my
heart, for the manner in which you
have aided our efforts for a pacific and
satisfactory solution. Finally, I ex-
press the hope that your work and ours
will not be fruitless."
The meeting also adopted a resolu-
ton to the effect that 1t had heard
with satisfaction that the executive OF
the Transvaal had accepted the invi-
tation OF the joint inquiry and trusted
the acceptance would render an out
break of hostjlities practically impos-
Qihlp
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Aletter From DreIfus.

London, Sept. 21.-A dispatch from
Paris to Dalziers News Agency says
the Aurore will publish the following
"The government of the republic has
rendered me liberty. To me freedom
without honor counts for nothing.
From this day 1 shall continue tn
strive for reparation for the frightful
error of which ] am still the victim.
/ desire that the whole OF France shall
learn by a definite declaration OF JUS
tice that / am innocent. There shall
never be peace until there In not a
single Frenchman who can accuse me
of crime which another committed
ALFRED DREYFUS."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
A PAL MIST'S WORDS
MAY CAUSE DEATH.
Girl, Told That She Would Be
Crossed in Love, Cut Her
Throat With Razor.

and physicians were summoned. II was
found that the sharp blade had just
missed the tugular vein. but had sew
cred the larynx and all the vocal
chords. She was removed TO Thrall
hospital, and the physicians hope to
cave her life, but they say that should
she survive II is doubtful IL she Will
ever again be able TO speak or swallow
food the natural way.
Miss Jones visited the county fair
here last Wednesday, and had her for
tune told by palmist. The woman told
her that she would be disappointed in
love.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Sui for Slancer.

Frederick w. Entwistle of Cumber-
land has begun suit 60 recover $1,000
for slander from Charles II. Sawyer
Mr.. Entwistle claims that Sawyer
made false and malicious charges In
regard 60 Mr. Bntwistle's conduct to-
wards his employees.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Elscisd prssIdsnl Of Andovsr.

Andover. Mass. Sept. 2i.-Prof. Geo.
T. More has been elected presdert of
Andover Theological seminary 10 sue
ceed Prof. George Harris. now prer-
dent OF Amherst college iTesiofn,
Moore has been professor Of Hebrew at
Andovpr since 1888.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Joubert's Opinion.

Pretoria, Sept. 21.-Gen. Joubert, the
Boer commander-in-ch Is ouotel as
saying In an interview:
"The situation Is serious. Probably
the heaviest fighting would occur on
the Natal border"
Urgent messages are reaching thu
raad from members who are demand
ing authority for the Beers to mass AZ
strategic points.
(Continued on Page Twol
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Rhode Island Perkins Horse Shoe Company.

At meeting of the goRrd Of Directors
held this day "A quarterly dividend Of one ~
per cent. was declared on the Preferred stock
OF this company, payable on the fourteenth
dny Of October, Is1, 20 stockholders OF
record October 4. 1s.n.
CHARLES II. STARK, treasurer
Providence, r. l., September Il, lsy1
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Brokerage Firm Falls.

Chicago. Sept. 2i.-Barrett, Farnum
4 Co. the Board OF Trade brokerage
arm failed today. The house Is said
40 have been heavily short OF wheat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
ms of the GREATEST WONDERS

n, the age is the Providence News Cal
cuiating Pencil. IL must re sen 20 -
appreciated. Call now al tne Hews .,,, v
ace \ Weybosset street. and you VIII
he interested as well a. entertained
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
YOU WILL Be SURPRISED

and interested with the News caiculat-
ing pencil. one OF the wonders OF the
age. can mce seen sn9 ws1bon, 1bnsnt Only stTeet'
Call today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21

London, Sept. 21.-The Liverpool cor
respondent OF the Times says that a
quantity OF luggage addressed TO Nine.
Dreyfus and marked as for New York.
arrived at Liverpool on "Wednesday by
way OF Havre and Folkstone. Rooms
have been taken at a local hotel in
Nine. Dreyfus- name.
The incident leads TO the uL$osltion
that Dreyfus and his family are going
to the United States.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Dreytus at CarTsnlras.

Carrentras, Department of Vaucluse.
France, Sept. 21.-Former Capt Drey-
fus arrived here this morning and went
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
President Krugsr's Reply.

This message. which was signed by
eety.tbree members of parliament, re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
MEMS AND BOYS
HATS, AND GAPS
At Less Than Factory Cost!

GOO dozen Boys double Golf Caps excellent
value at 25c Fall Opening price 10o
only 'ee
Bows Fancy Scotch Plaid Golf Caps they are
35c values OUTLETS PRICE 10oI
Men and Boys Golf Caps, in latest style colorngs
and designs, satin lined and worth T5c. OUT QOo
PRICE Only........ wv
Mems black and maple 1889 fall style Fur AL
pine good values for $780, OUTLETS hQol
Mems stiff Fur Hats new 80 fall style blocksn black
seal brown maple and golden brown colorings, 7Oo
egular $l.50 hat UUTLETS PRICE only. fUU
Mems fine quality Stiff Fur Hats. with silk trim
mings exact reproductions Of Dunlap Youman, Knox
Yo,ing's Iamson e Hubbards 1899 fall and winter
hlocks i'm the latest colorngs, i'm fact nI
"cracker iack"S2.0O hat OUTLETS PRICE only I.Lf
Mems Pearl Fedoras. with black and white silk bands
1899 fall shapes and 1anges; these hats
n bargain at $500. OUTLETS PRICE no.
OUR GUARANTEED HAT" with fine silk trim
nngs In all the latest 1899 fall blocks; can't be dup
Gated at any in America under $3.50 AS
big "ad' THE OUTLETS PRICE will 40
be only .................. Ito
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
LADIES' AND CENTS
SHOES.

Mems Shoes made from split and English lup skins,
in opera London and plain toe lace every
pair warranted solid leather, Mckay sewed ana free
from nails and tacks; worth $3.50 and 81 Our 90, {
Fail Opening price,. Wv .
Mems made from smooth satin calf skins and
glove grain tops full Mckay sewed oak soles and
heels and will outwear 81 shoe sold in Am IN
Fan opening price .................. hZf (
double and single sole Satin Calf Shoes English
kip skins Mckay sewed and warranted for
heavy grain Buchers, just the thing for hard
wear; they worth $3.50. our Fall 40
Opening price Ito
Ladies' Lace and Button Shoes made from kid and :
Dongola leather in opera coin and common toes
Mckay sewed with Kid and patent from
tacks an1 nails and warranted all sohd leather no. :
worth $l50 to 81 our Fall Opening price. JoG
Ladies Vci Kid and Dongola Lace and Button Shoes
in opera and common toes; they are Goodyear
heels excellent value at $500 and
OF the best wearing shoes In America that ob
figure. Fall Opening price ................ I,L9
Ladies' Chrome Kid and Dongoa Shoes made by the
celebrated Heer Shoe Co OF Portsmouth Ohio fun Nc
Kay sewed. with Kid and patent leather tips. lace
button in all style toes Warranted all solid leather
and worth $3.50. our Fail Opening 10
price I.fo
Our Stock Of Mems Furnishings and
Ladies' Waists and Wrappers for Fall and
Winter Of l8oo-Iooo Stands Without a Peer
in America, and Our Prices are Without
Question or Doubt the Lowest on Earth
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
FALL OVERCOATS

Mems Light Weight Covert Overcoats. GOOD
VALUE ait $500 10 800; W III go on sale for 90
mere song-oniy '''''' '''''''''
Mems Medium Colored Light Weight Covert over
coats made to sell $3.50 to $3.50 will now go 2 90
sale at. ''''''''''' WV
our line OF Mems style Covert Overcoats in new
est colorings nobby herring bone stripe CheVlos
excellent values at $1,000; will now go at... 90
Mems stylish Fall Overc oats made of nobby covert
cloth black cheviot worsteds and neat oxford mix
tures good values at $500; take your pick 90
at ''''''''''' i'So
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21
Is He Coming 10 America ?

to the house of NJ. valabregau, rela.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-21

MEMS PANTS
AT HALF ACTUAL VALUE
Mems strongly Working Pants. good as you
ever bought city for $75 $500 in black che
viots and gray and brown mixtures. OUTLETS QQo
Mems celebrated Reading Cashmere Pants in neat,
har-line stripes; cloth and pants made expressly
by the manufacture direct These pants sell
a high $3.50 at other stores. O I'll ET'S 20
Mems Black Cheviot Pa nts, also those made from
good servceabe striped orseds and cassimeres, big
variety from which to make wise choice, reg 90
ular $3.50 and 81 values OUT UTLETS PRICE,. l,uO
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

Everything comes to him who waits
with the exception of wealth.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
If there were nothing in name, COM
Portable clothing could not possibly be
made to cost enough to be swell.-De-
troit Journal.
-Cleverton-"Do you think II
is possible to love two girls at the same
time?' Dashaway-"Not If they know
it."-Puck.
Never lay out all you can afford; for
he who lays out everything he can af-
ford lays out more than he can afford.
Arab Maxim.
The gas and the lamp don't stand
much show when there's couple of
spoony lovers around. They get turned
down every time.-Philadelph Rec
ord.
81 hear that you assisted at the post
mortem examination of your old en-
emy," said Gaswell to surgeon Of his
acquaintance. "Yes; cut him dead"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
"That is a capital winter effect you've
got there, Chrome. 1t really looks
cold!" ut ought to! pawned my
overcoat to buy the canyasl"-Brook-
lyn Life.
1t Was an Inherited Gift.-"Johnnie,
you talk too much" "See here, dad, am
l to blame for your marrying into
tallxative family?" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"They say Troppo, the concert pi-
anist, always practices with phono-
graph running opposition" "How
strange! What's his object?" "Why,
it makes him feel as if he were playing
before a fashionable audience. Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
"Are you brakeman on this road? ?"
asked the passenger. "No sir" replied
the person addressed, 81 am broke
man. The conductor just cleaned me
out at craps" - Philadelphia North
American.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-25

dust-dry, but showing a small amount
of moisture left-then apply the water
literally. Keep the plant out Of direct
or strong sunlight, which has tenden-
cy to make the foliage Of a light color.
The plant should not, however, be CON
signed to a dark corner, but be kept
in good light, and where there is plenty
of good fresh air and no drafts. The
leaves, especially the under surfaces,
should be sponged at least once a
week with tepid water made slightly
soapy. This will prevent the attacks
Of scale-insects so often troublesome.
If any scale-insects should appear, how
ever, they may be removed with the
point Of leadpencil. Robert r. Me-
Gregor, in Woman's Home Companion.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-25
HOW A LIE WILL LIVE.
Ex-senator Blair Says He Never
Favored n Scheme to Thaw
the North Pole.

The following communication to the
Palladium from former United States
Senator Henry w. Blair, of New Hamp-
shire, will be read with good deal Of
interest in Connecticut:
Manchester, N. H., Aug. 2s, 1S99.-
Editor Palladium, New Haven, Conn.,:
Dear Sir: Some loving friend has fur
nished me with your article of August
21 ascribing to me scheme to turn the
waters of the Mississippi into Hudson's
bay and incidentally thaw out the
north pole.
81 wish to say, with all proper solem-
nifty, through the same wide-reaching
columns, that am not the author Of
any such scheme, and that have known
that water would run downhill and
would freeze when it was cold enough
ever since can remember.
"At the request of prominent citi-
zen and business man of my state |
once introduced in the senate for refer
ence to the committee on commerce a
proposition with accompanying pa
pers) made by quite able friend of his
to turn the gulf stream, or part of it,
through the Bay of Fundy into the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, with view to
warming up things a little along the
coast of Labrador. The petitioner who
desired to be heard by the committee
had some support from scientific men.
Perhaps he included discussion of
the AIississippi-Hudson bay project also
Il don't now remember
"But for myself unless Canada and
the United States were united political
", l would never give them drop of
our warm water; not drop, whether
by way of the gulf stream or by run
ming the Mississippi uphill.
when we are one people, as we ought
to be, they may have the best we have
got and all they want of it, SO far as
am concerned.
II did this very proper and usual
thing for my constituent many years
ago, at time when hot and rather
bitter political campaign had just ter
minated in my favor, and newspaper
man who was disappointed, and who
atterward greatly regretted his act.
seized the opportunity TO charge upon
me the authorship of the scheme itself.
at has been several times contra
dicted and explained in the press by
the man who set the story afoat, by the
gentleman who requested me 10 intro
duce the proposition and bv Others.
never noticed It formally before.
This happened 20 years ago. How a
lie will liyel. This one has already sur
vived the author OF the scheme. the
author Of the lie and most of its early
promulgators, but the lie itself seems
likely to run as long az Tennyson's
brook
Il wish you would help me dam It for
little while. II will never dry up.
Truly yours, Henry W. Blair"
New Haven Palladium.