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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
At THE CITY HALL.
About $1,000 Water Bills to Be
Paid During Next Eight Days.
Health Of the City Is Reported as Normally
Superintendent Chaplin.

The only evidences Of real activity at
city hall today are to be found in the
city treasurer's Office, where there Is
a long line of water taxpayers, there
evidently being desire TO comply with
the law before The closing of the ofhce
on Thursday January II, after which
date the water supply OF those who nave
failed to pay their bills Is liable to be
cut off. The amount received by city
Treasurer Granger. yesterday. was $2l,-
1880, which was from 1893 bills. This
brings the total number Of bills paid up
TO last evening TO 4O39, representing
$50. .O37. 20. There remains still about
Is. 600 bills to be paid within the next
eight days.
This paving Of water bills entails
great deal OF work on the department.
OF public works. for IN all cases III
which there is dispute concerning lhe
amount due, the employees OF the treas
urer's office send the taxpayer TO the
public works Office. There the COM
plant is listened TO. and H. almost CIV :
ery case is looked into at once. In facl
there have been so many persons VINO
considered that they had been over
charged for water that all four OF tne
water meter inspectors nave peth hsP'
on duty in the Office by Commissioners
Smith. ready to respond TO complaints
as soon as they are made.
superintendent OF Health Chapin re-
norris the health of the city as FAR as
contagious diseases are concerned, 10
he normal at the present time. Thero
are today only four cases OF diphtherll
i'm the city, two on the east side ana
two on the west side. At the beginning
| cf the year there We're 10 cases OF scar
| let fever hut these have heen reduced
Nayor Baker is still confined 10 ms
| home. but was reported this morning t'
! be comfortable and viii probably De al
! his oinca again on Nlnday next
| Deputy City Clerk Cheevers IS gradu
| ally improving but is not expected t'
! be out for several days.
| All OF the commissions Tor th'
newly elected city officers have beer
| issued by the city clerk the last batcf
] having been sent out this morning. ~
| spite OF the crippled condition OF TN
| department, owing to sickness, All TN
work entailed by the organization o
the new city government has been com
pleted, and everything is now up u
| date.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
A New SpanIsh Cabinet.

Madrid. Jan. 5.--Cen. Poiavieja, the
former governor general of cuba ana
of the Philippines. and senor silvela,
the Conservative leader. have agreed
upon the formation of new cabinet
and have been summoned hy the queen
regent. The early advent ot the Con-
servatives 10 power Is regarded as GER
tain.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
Reducing lhe Working FOrce.

Vallejo. Cal. Jan. 5.--Ninety men
have been discharged from the steam
engineering department az Mare ISL
and. Reductions In the force employed
I'm other departments viii be made dur
ing the week IL ls stated that about 4Vu
hands will be discharged aithrough.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
BATTLE ON THE BLUE NILE.
Five Hundred Denishss Killed and Man Made
Prisoners By Col Lewis Force.

London. Jan. 5.--Particulars regard
ing the recent battle on the Blue Nile
have been received In a dispatch from
cairo to the Exchange Telegraph com
many. col. Lewis. u appears. when ne
routed the Emir Fedit the last remain
ing formidable Dervish chief. killed 800
of his followers and made many prison
ers. The emir, however, succeeded in
escaping.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
Yis onsrs Counislmandad.

rfacon. Ga. Jar. Ger. Jau9es II.
Wilson. who has been commanding the
first corps and who was ordered TO de-
part Yesterday FOR cuba, is still mere
having received an order cOurtCrinaLd-
inc his previous Instructions. No or
ders have come i'm regard &C. the moving
of the troops and the men are begin
ming TO think they viii remain here all
t,.s
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
Was interested in KeeIy MOTOR.

London. Jan. 5.--Mrs. Bloomfield
Moore OF Philadelphia who was largely
interested In the ISeely motor company
died at her house on Great Stanhope
street. here. early this morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
lsyver HalIen Sentenced.

New York. Jan. 5.--James ID. Hallen,
the lawyer. convicted a few days ago
OF forgery. was today sentenced to
eight years and four months In Sing
Sing prison.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05

cincinnati. O.. Jan. 5.--A special from
sydney. o.. says that the nne residence
of w. n. c. Goodc at. that place was
Greatly damaged by fire. " cost Sl5o-
ooo. The loss on building and fufniiurs
was 5000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine 'pablets.
AL druggists refund the money TX IL
fails To cure. 25c. the genuine has L.
Z. q. on each tablet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-05
wedi,us Invitations,

Reception or visiting Cards " engraved
or printed bv The >. !. Ryder Co. a. Wh-hing.
Tom street corner Eddy viii be correct IN
form and finish best work low prices.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
KILLARNEY AT AUCTION.
The Famous Irish Estate to Be Sold
on November Fl.

The Famous Irish Estate to BE Sold
November Fl.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-According to an
advertisement the estate of Herbert OF
Muckross, comprising the greater portion or
the mountains, glens and forests surround
ing the Lakes of Killarney, will be sold in
Dublin on Tuesday, November 21, at auc-
tion.
Although it his frequently been reported
that we'll known Irish Americans had COM
bined to purchase the place and establish
it as a national park, and it was also un-
derstood that Sir Thomas Lipton would buy
ii privately, il now appears that all offers
were inadequate. So ..Beauty's Home" viii
be brought under the hammer.
Muckross House, or, as 1t is sometimes
called, Muckross Abbey, is built on the
shore of Muckross Lake. The demesne
gates are close TO the village of Muckross.
The mountains, glens, and forest surround
ing the demesne of Muckross Abbey are
celebrated for their red deer, and the hail
of the mansion is decorated with gigantic
antlers taken from stays shot in the vicini-
ty. 1t was reported in 1897 that Queen Vic
toria purposed TO purchase the mansion and
estates and establish a permanent royal
residence.
When it was announced last June that
the beautiful lakes of Killarney were for
sale Irish-American citizens in Greater
New York grew enthusiastic over plan
TO purchase the property by popular sub
scription and maintain it as national
park. Many persons expressed themselves
strongly in favor of the movement, among
them Richard Croker, James T. Coogan,
John ID. Crimmins, John F. Carroll. and
Maurice F. Holahan.
Tammany Hall then assumed charge OF
the undertaking to bring about the estab-
lishment of Killarney Park. Twelve thou
sand dollars was subscribed, and nearly
every district leader of Tammany Hall
bound himself to collect $4,000 in his dis
trict for the purchase of the lakes. 1t was
| said later that Howard Gould considered
! purchasing the property. Then it was an
! nounced that the Duke of Westminster and
others of the National Trust Society would
! save the lakes.
! The directors of the Standard Insurance
J Company, in London England, received. in
/ September, an offer from Sir Thomas Lip
I ton for the Lakes of Killarney. A meeting
} was called to consider the matter, and the
/ officials said Sir Thomas Upton was the
/ only person who ever seriously negotiated
/ for the purchase of the lakes.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

woman the law has made his wife. Has
your social code no justification for the
mockery in the eyes of God and the
angels?"
Your story is a sad one," replied the
young girl. But l see no way to mend
matters. Certainly there is nothing in the
condition to justify divorce"
And what do you say?" rising suddenly
and turning almost fercely to the woman.
jamie is right as she always is she
answered quietly
The man struck a match as if to light a
cigarette. but instead he held the fame
close to the woman's face.
"And you see no justification for a di-
vorce?"
Her face was deathly pale even in the
flaming light of the burning match, and
her lips trembled, but the voice was calm
and steady as she answered: None"
The man tossed his unlighted cigarette
far into the moonlight. and just then from
the magnolia came wild burst OF joyous
music, as If the bird were mocking all the
SORROWS and heartaches of the mooniit
world.
We'll, good night and good-by. My train
leaves in the morning, you know"
Yes. l know said the woman softly,
giving him her hand listlessly without ris-
ing. If the man held it just a moment
longer than was necessary the young girl
made no note of the fact; but she did note
that he strobe off the gallery and down the
driveway, lying broad and white in the
moonlight, without even the most conven-
tional word of farewell to herself.
Your friend is eccentric" she said to
her hostess.
"Yes. he has lived so long in the Far
West he has become somewhat unconven-
tional in manner as well as in thought %
The mocking-bird in the magnolias whis-
tied madly.
do you remember that story of Grad
docks called Above the Clouds?' asked
the woman. "And how that poor girl never
heard the mocking birds song but she
thought Of her lover. I think 1 shall never
again hear a mocking- bird singing in the
moonlight, but that 1 shall remember this
night. Ah''-with a slight shiver-"how
chilly it has grown. Come, let's go up
stairs" Half way up the broad stairway
was a landing, and here, under the full
blaze of the great hall lamp the young
girl paused. laying both hands upon the
shoulders of the woman and looking stead
lily into the depths of the sad brown eyes.
Tell me- she said, which would you
rather be--that mans wife, or the other
wonan?"
Il don't know" replied her hostess.
wearily. ASK me some easier question.
Ask me about the lady and the tiger
NJ. T. H in the Times-Democrat.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
DOCTRINES OF BAPTIST FAITH.
Change in the Constitution of n
County Association.


ROCHESTER, n. Y. Oct THE Mon
roe County Baptist Association. at a recent
meeting adopted resolution TO change an
article in the constitution of the associa-
ton. The new doctrines as presented in
the report are as follows: The being, unity.
and personality OF God; the eternal and CO.
equal existence of father, son, and holy
spirit in the godhead; the divine inspira-
tion OF the Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments as the complete and infallible
rule of faith and practice; the Universally
of human sin. through the fall of our first
parents, and Gods just condemnation OF
this sin; eternal and personal election to
salvation consistent with the freedom of the
human will and the responsibility of every
man to God; deity of our Lord Jesus Christ
as well as his true humanity; the holiness
of God his love for all men, and his de-
sire for their salvation; the all sufficiency
of the atonement; regeneration through the
holy spirit; justification of the believer by
grace; perseverance of the saints; loss OF
the soul only through the rejection of light,
belief in baptism by immersion only; the
Lords Supper church ordinance for bap-
tiZed believers; the resurrection of the body
and the final judgment Of all men; the hap
piness of the righteous and the sufferings
of the wicked alike eternal; the obligation
of every intelligent creature TO love Goo
supremely, TO believe what God says and
10 practice what God commands, and the
religious observance of the first day of the
week.
These are regarded as more radical than
the rules formerly in force. The report
recommends that only churches that en-
brace in substance the doctrines contained
in that creed shall be eligible 10 member
ship in the association. The convention
also adopted resolutions against prize fight
ing poligamy, Sunday baseball and Sun
day newspapers.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Permitted to Preach Faith Cure.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. THE Rev.
c. A. Johnson may preach faith cure from
the pulpit of the Blantsville Baptist
Church. Yesterday the fifteen deacons of
the church refused to accept his resigna-
tion, written because there had been pro-
test against his preaching the faith cure.
Seventeen ballots were taken. Sixteen
were tie Deacon Blackburn arrived just
before the seventeenth and dissolved the
tie, voting in favor of Mr. johnson. A vote
was to have been taken on the formal
question OF re-engaging Mr.. johnson for
another year, but Deacon Baldwin, who
has been firm supporter of Mr. johnson.
said that the minister would decline to re-
main because he felt that the minority
would harass him.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Differences of Opinion over n New
York Discovery.

Differences of Opinion Over "A New
York Discovery.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Workmen un-
earthed what seemed to be baby's bones
yesterday while excavating at No 13 East
Seventeenth Street for new building
James Henshaw has the contract for the
work. His men have been at work for
some days. and yesterday at p m. they
had reached point about four feet below
the surface. One of them unearthed an
oak box, perhaps two feet square. An
other blow of the pick and the cover was
forced off.
Inside was a little heap of bones and a
tiny SKULL Policeman Toye was summon
ed, and he said the bones were those of a
child Others were just as positive that
they were the bones of a dog, buried long
ago by some sympathetic master. The box
was fifty years old-perhaps older. 1t was
taken to the morgue.
The experts there differed, too, though
what was left of the time-worn fragments
looked strangely like the bones of little
child. The skull particularly looked like
an infants. But they were SO far gone
that no one could tell positively last night
To-Day the coroner and naturalist will
examine the find. If they prove to be the
bones of child they will be buried in
potter's field; if they are dogs they will
land in garbage cart. Who lived at IS
East Seventeenth Street fifty years ago is
now a mystery.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

Rear Admiral John G. Walker and Prof.
johnson, chairman and member of the
Isthmian Commission, are in the city.
Col. Peter c. sHains, United States Engi
neer: Prof. William H. Burr and Alfrei
Noble accompanied Rear Admiral Wa ker
as subcommittee to Europe last August
to make investigations into the feas bi.ity
of route for canal across the Isthmus
of Panama. During the summer also sew
eral parties of surveyors were sent TO
Greytown and worked through Nicaragua
while the subcommittee pros ccutod its in
yestigatons in Paris and other Europeaa
cities.
The work mapped out by Congress to
1 be done by the Commission is now nearing
completion. and report will be prepared
this winter and submitted 10 Congress.
The commissioners, however, will have to
make a tour of the Isthmus, and gen.
eral personal inspection, including the
lines of the new surveys. This wo.k COM
pleted, they will return 10 this city. COM
pare Typographical knowledge With thz in
formation gained in Paris, and Bag their
final report
Rear Admiral Walker. the chairman of
porter, said it would not be proper to an
dcipate the specifications of the manner
in which the canal should be built, as there
were many details which must yet be look-
ed into by the commission
But" said he, Il am quite certain from
the information We have already gathered
that the project is entirely feasibie-for
the undertaking by the United States at an
early day-and / believe We will build the
canal"
The rear admiral positively refused to
discuss reported designs of European capi-
talists and statesmen in connection with
the canal project. or what information was
gained in Paris regarding French plans.
The subcommission, with Lieut.. Oswald
A Ernst, spent month in Paris inyesti-
eating the records relating TO the Panama
| Canal. The result of this investigation
was very satisfactory. The kiel Canal and
! the North Sea Canal were then visited,
| and crossing the Channel the subcommis-
| sion examined the great Manchester Ship
| Canal including all the locks and other
! appliances.
The Commission has seen electricity
applied 10 new and unique uses in connec-
! tion with the operation and management
! OF the locks said Rear. Admiral Walker,
land this information will prove very val
liable on this side of the water as we'll as
| to the Commission
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Filling a HororrHpbtc VIII

HELENA, Oct. Ida May Shadwell has
filed for probate at Great. Falls, Mont,
an alleged Photographic will of Edwin ].
Barker. the well-known Montana mining
man who was recently killed in a railroad
wreck near Waterloo. Iowa. At the time
of his death Miss Shadwell was awaiting
Barker in Minneapolis where, she says.
they were to be married. Barker, it is
said, had a wife living in Illinois. His es-
tate is valued at $50,000 while the alleged
holograph bequeaths $4,000 to Miss Shad-
well. Its filing created sensation as it
was supposed that Barker. died intestate
and that his Illinois widow and postum
nous son would inherit the estate
The evening times., 1899-10-07
PIucky woman,. Capture.

CUMBERLAND, Nd. Oct Mrs. Mar
tha Barkey, who resides alone near Hor-
ton, w. Va, along the Dry Fork Rail-
home upon her return from neighbor's s.
The fellow rushed out Of the door, but the
woman halted him with shot gun, and
he turned over razor,a revolver and tIir-
teen gun cartridges which he had stolen.
She then marched him to neighbor's at
the muzzle of her gun, and he was turned
over to the authorities. The fellow gives
the name of Orfn Rigby, and Youngs-
town, Ohio, as his home
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A BURGLAR BROWNS A DOG.
The Alleged Thief Traced by
Lucky Silver Coin.

The Alleged Ih1ef Traced by n
Lucky silver Coin.
NEW YORK, Oct. Accused of drown
ing a watch dog and of robbing the saloon
of James McCue No. 103 First Street, Jer-
sey City, Joseph Cummings was arraigned
in the Gregory Street court yesterday and
held by Magistrate Potts,
When McCue opened his saloon yester-
day morning he found his dog dead in the
water tank under the bar. He had ap
parently been drowned by having his head
held under the water, as there were marks
on the throat. McCue also found that sew
eral dollars had been taken from the
money till, and that about $25 worth of
liquors had also been taken.
Cummings was arrested by Policeman
Lee. He was a frequenter of McCue's sa-
loon. and it was said was seen lettering in
the vicinity after the saloon closed. A
silver coin found upon Cummings was
identified by McCue as a lucky coin that
had been in his cash drawer when he
closed the place Thursday night
The evening times., 1899-10-07

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The evening times., 1899-10-07
strike Trouble. settled.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Oct THE
trouble between the striking colored long
shoremen of this city and the white mel
employed to fill their places has been ami
cabiy adjusted by the negroes who belong
TO the National Longshoremen's League
agreeing to permit the white men to Sc
cure a charter from the same organization
for local league here among the white
freight handlers. The charter st'pu ates
however, that the white union shall not ex-
ceed fifty members.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Furnace Property Purchased.

FREDERICK, Md, Oct. Ernest Sharp
and William Sharp, OF Baltimore, who pur-
chased the Catoctin furnace property, sit
uated near Thurmont, Frederick county,
several months ago from the trustees for
$50, ,000, have filed deed in the clerks Of
fee here, transferring the property to the
Blue Mountain Iron and Steel Company,
Of Baltimore city, for s5s0,000. The deed
contains 1850 words, and has $3.50 worth
or internal revenue stamps attached to it.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Frightened by an Apparition.

NANTICOKE, Nd, Oct. 7-As Sydney
Street was walking with members of his
family a night or two ago through bit
of woods near the edge of town. some fool
ish person parading as ghost badly
frightened Mrs. Street and her two young
children. The "spook" appeared in a white
sheet, tapped one of the party on the back
and then silently glided into the thicket.
They all saw the ghost, Mrs. Street and
the children ran to the house of Mr.. John
Parker half mile distant. When they
got there they were all prostrated
The evening times., 1899-10-07
STARTED BY A BURGLAR.
Fire Results From Struggle at Bur
lingtOn, n. j.


BURLINGTON, N J., Oct. IA build
ing used as a store and dwelling by Henry
Stone was gutted by fire yesterday. Five
children had a narrow escape from death
in the flames. They were rescued by John
Patterson, Harry Shelly, and Wilbur
Clore.
The fire was started during an exciting
encounter between Mrs. Stone and a bur-
glar. The woman was on her way down
cellar with a lighted lamp when a strange
man rushed at her, knocked the lamp from
her hand, kicked her in the side and fed.
The lamp was broken and the blazing oil
set fire to the building.
Mrs. Stones screams brought in the
neighbors, who saved the children. Her
husband, who is a wholesale fish merchant
in Philadelphia, was not at home.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A VICTIM OF cANNIBALs.
Savnges Torture. Kill. and Eat "a Ha
waifan ORDERLY


VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. THE
French steamer Jeanette, which arrived
at Sydney, Australia, few days ago from
the Solomon group and the New Hebri-
des. brought terrible story of cannibal-
ism. The victim was a Hawaiian, who
acted as orderly to the immigration de-
partment at Soumea and embarked on the
outward trip Of the Jeanette, which was
engaged in the labor trade
About six months previously he mar
ried a native woman of Aoba In the New
Hebrides, and on passing that island he
conceived the idea of visiting his wife's
tribe. He embarked among the wrong
people, however. and was promptly over
powered. The savages put him to ex-
treme torture, his legs being burned al
most to a cinder before he was killed.
Then he was torn to pieces. roasted, and
eaten. His wife was given husband from
the strange tribe.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Fer the Ladies Of Fashion.

The feminine folk of this city will be in
;,,cstcti 10 learn that VIM Schwartz, formerly
of Baltimore, has opened at 1120 Connecticut
Avenue. and offers for the early season to make
TaiIor-made Suits of the newest imported fabrics
for s35 Those who are acquainted with Mr.
schwartzs fashion productions viii readily appre-
ciate this offer The most stylish and perfect
attiuu garments, made by the best taiioFs, lately
OF New York. se2l-1mo