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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
An AilraclIy3 Booklet.

The Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Co. have issued an attractive
and timely booklet which will be of in
terest To those travelling 10 the south
and southwest. 1T is Handsomely Illus
trated and contains very bright de-
scriptions of such resorts as Old Point
Comfort. Richmond. Va, Southern
Pines, n. c., Asheville, y. G.. and other
points that can be reached by this we'll
known line of steamers
The company announces that 10 has
increased its facilities and accommo-
dations for the comfort and pleasure of
it's patrons. Twelve staunch. fast and
elegant steamers comprise the fleet Civ
ing tri-weekly service from Boston
and Providence via Norfolk and from
Baltimore via Savannah 10 the south.
j. w. McCloskey is the local agent OF
the company, and the office and wharf
is at the foot Of Benefit street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
ON TRIAL FOR WIFE MURDER.
CONTINUED from Page one)

continued from Page One)
Alter the noon recess Attorney Cen
@sIal @ lahner began his opening state
h'ei't h, Oh the case. He said the prisoner
erai times and that among these threats
WAS MAS one To Kill his wife. Julia MasseU.
ihat II would appear that the killing
Was the result OF premeditation on the
part of the prisoner.
Minnie Greenfield was the first wit
J ness called and as she could NOT sneak
English Samuel Goldsmith acted as in
] terpfeter. Mrs. Greenfield said the de-
PENDANT was married 10 her daughter
Julia. The latter had three hildren the
youngest of whom was seven weeks old
at the tlme OF the accident. Il was bv
the advice OF the police captain that .Ju-
ia Massell left her husband This ad-
vice was given because Massel. The
prisoner had threatened TO shoot and
kin her. '
Masseil came into the house tn dav
OF the murder, took off his hat and coat
ana saving How do you do MIR. Green
Held Then Massell went over 10 his
wife embraced her and at the same
time did the stabbing Just after using
the knife MusScll said: II cannot live
without you. Then Mr. Greenfield
caught hold of the prisoner and Green
Held, according to the witness. came
near getting his own throat cut
the threats 10 shoot were made three
months before the murder. About
three years before this prisoner had
threatened To shoot his wife. AT tho
time he prisoner had loaded revolt !
yer.
Massell acted a II he loved We and /
children most Of the time. was first /
statement ot the witness i'm answer to /
questions or C'l. Arms she was ask.
ed II the love continued up 90 the time
~ me murder and her reply was the
inconsistent one, He never loved
her Witness though admitted Afr
hassell provided Wcll for his family :
)ut sa.d hg used to play cards.
Col Arms askel III some OF the incl I
tents comulalned OF Were not aIyeys
~ fun. Witness replied: You see thr !
h. suits"
When Massell came to the home nf
witness the morning Of The murder ho
seemed very Friendly Witras. noticed
!. .hirE s'uliar about his con lition.
ne was n, drunk bus hc acted rather &
u court q not tinS 70 necessary ,
'ne W tnr,s to lrrUui. thf question
~ ~ Nneihef ur NOS She cave her r,r-
.o hrr aus Hie'e rarrseo.
= un'erstood that mo d.rap. win
~, I u lne priecnar vq. ~ H.. ,vf,. ~ b
nt inl corl.tiln rr.,.,n.'I,ls Co., t,.. q
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
AN AUTOMATIC FIREMAN.


Chicago, Nov. S.-An employe Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad has invented a
machine thst Will revolutionize the fir
ing Of locomotives. It's work is 10 throw
coal into the engine fire box with an
even distribution III the device is adopt
ed generally by the railway companies
IT viii allow locomotives TO be operated
by one man instead OF two. The ma
chine is arranged SO that an engineer
merely by turning little whe can
place coal on fire box at a speed OF
y cubic feet a second Engin, rs sgv
that the new mechanical shoyeller viii
never displace tiremen. no matter how
successful as two men always win he
necessary on an engine as there must
he substitute ready 20 take the en-
gineCr's place in ease anything happqns
10 the latter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
HAD A RESTFUL NIGHT.
Wcl President pOhld Ruci sd2h'er Tcdh bi
BIB Case Rsqlrlsd as Hops sss.

Paterson. Nj. Nov. S.-After rest
ful night during which he slept most Of
the time Vice President Hobart awoke
at an early hour this morning and said
that he f.lt much better. Dr. Newton
his attending physician, who sleeps at
Carroll Hall. said that he was well
pleas d with the change In his patient S
condition.
He said that no official bulletins would
be issued during the day unless an un-
expected turn for ghe worse occurred
DR.. Newton called attention 10 the fact
that Mr.. Hobart was able yesterday to
sit up and take some solid food for the
first time in a fortnight, but added that
the change did not necessarily fore
tel recovery but only a temporary re-
lief Mrs. Hobart and members of The
family are overjoyed becaus OF the
Improvement i'm Mr.. Hobarts condition.
They try 10 forget that all OF the physi-
clans called in consultation agreed that
the history Of medicine does not relate
the recovery of "a single patient suffer-
Ing from the malady that is slowly but
surely ending the life OF the second Of
icer OF the United States.
Mr. Hobart yesterday ana today dis
played considerable interest I'm tn cleo
ton but the subject is not discussed in
his presence for fear OF exciting him
presid mt ana Mrs. Mckinley sent
today their regular daily telt gram 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart The presld mt
Is each night sent a detailed report of
Mr.. Hobarts condition by DR.. NeMton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
He is PLEASED.
George Fred Williams Satisfied With
Election Results.
Seem 10 Indicate The Triumph Of Bryan 10
1900, He Declares.

Boston, Nov. S.--HOn. George Fred
Williams said today OF the results OF
yesterdays voting:
II am. more than pleased at the re-
suit OF yesterdays elections. They seem
TO Indicate the strong probability Of the
triumph OF Mr.. Bryan i'm 1900. While
the figures are not yet complete they
are sufficient indication of the great
progress OF the Democratic cause. The
contrast between Ohio and Nebraska
IS very marked. and shows a reaction
against last year which is significant
OF the sentiment OF the work.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
Chicago Markets.
Financial Notes.

New York clearing house statement:
Exchanges $2s6. 407, 799.
Balances $64i4.690
Sub-trcasury had a debit balance to-
day Cf $206, ia.
Money on call 7IedS per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 5m5k per
cent.
Sterling exchange SiS4D4T for de-
mand and S4.S2a4.S2% and s4.SS for 20
davs.
Posted rates si.S4Mi.SS
Commercial bills 81 50.
Silver certificates 5ShMj9isc
lIdr silver 4SIzc.
Mexican dollars 415kc.
Government bonds steady.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Flrsl Steps TcwMt a New Railroad From Tho
Pacific Coast 10 Join Eastern Sysem3

san Diego. Cal, Nov. S.-A railway
franchise. including a right of way
along the bay OF San Diego has been
Grant George w. Marson, George IL.
Ballou and NJ. \. Luce, four OF this
City's most influential residents
The purpose of the franchise is 90 ia
cilitate the construction Of "A railway
from the bay OF San Diego 10 the Colo
RAD river thence eastward, TO form a
new trauscontinental line. Untn jan
uary. 1904, is allowed TO carry out the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08

New York. Nov. S--The sequel to the
collapse in the pulpit on Sunday OF the
Rev Acton C.Ciyln, pastor of the Meth
oSist Episcopal Church OF Mount Kis-
GO. came yesterday when melancholia
changed 90 acute mania. Mr. Ciyill
was placed under restraint. awaiting
removal 20 an asylum.
The grCxation had assembled for
sorvice on Sunday, when Mr. CIVIL
mount ng the pulpit declared that he
would not preach or administer the sac
rament.
you ask why?" he cried. "Tll tell
you--it is because ] am unfit 10 perform
the sacred offices"
Those who know Dr. Civil best al
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
DERANGED r1INISTER
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Rev. rIr. Civil Throws Himself in
Front of Train and Desperately
Fights His ResCuers.

cree realized that his mind had broken
under the slrain Of oyerwork.
Walters Lyman, one OF the church
trustees. called yesterday at the par
sonaCe with his carriage and invited
Mr.. Clyin o. so out for a ride. They
had reached the outskirts OF the town
the railroad lines were dozen yards
away, and a train was approaching.
when Mr.. CIvlll Jumped from the car
himself across the rails.
Then followed a fierce manufactured
Mr. Civill's grip was on thc
throat of the man who was try-lng to
save him. and I'm the supreme moment
when II seemed as II both we're 40 b.
ost patrolman ron up and helped
irag the maniac from the rails.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
Sikas Reurn % Wnlk

rcn,,.h nv h9!k Nov sold hands or Tho
mon g. elmont railroad longshcrc-
,prr,. ".te 10 tho numb,.- OF i5O re-
Sas,,,., -, ,o work trdly. They accented
gar st'aV The terms Of Inc companv
.ny.r,i,,,' Z week and q, cents an huur
settio., stikC has not yct been
pauY. ''i' '''aihHhip COM
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
SPECIAL GUARDIAN.
Lawyer TsyIor vii Care icI he Interests Of Re.
p.naId G. Vanderbilt u rreSaa Prurssd NJ,

New York, Nov. S-Surrogate Ftz-
gerald today on the application VI Reg
insld G. Vanderbilt the youngest son
Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt ap-
pointed Howard = Taylor. lawyer
~ Il Broadway. as the young mans
special guardian In The proceedings
pending the probate 1f his ia hers will.
The will OF Cornelius Vanderbilt was
offered FOR probate before Probate
clerk Jacob Washburn today. All liV-
inE witnesses 20 the will and the TWO
colicils were nrnsnnI
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
Sent 10 Sac Prison.

Edward fitzgerald. against whom
there were three Indictments for steal
ing bicycles pleaded guilty to one in
dictment ana not guilty To the other
two. The prisoner said he was Il years
old. He was one " a party that took
ihree bikes and admitted ne had been.
as DETECTIVE Parker stated. previously
FOR stealing Judge Wlbur
imposcd q sentence Of one year i'm the,
states prison.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
Inquest Cossd.

Coroner Lincoln has declared the in
quest into the causes OF the death Of
Edward +. Patterson. who died as the
result " drunken row. at No. 50 Gano
street, on sunday. oct. %. closed. The
last witness was DIR. Allison. who was
called TO attend the man, and his tes-
timony was purely technical. He was
not able 10 say whether Patters1n's
death was caused by violence or by ac-
rident
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
A MODEL POST0FFICE.
u wiz pe On, Of The Interesting features oi ,hs
Ccmng Expos Ion In f1s.

NeU York. NV. S.--one OF the most
Interesting features ~ the Paris Ex-
I1osition Vii be a model American post
office which viii be- up % date in every
respect. Arrangcmen s. have been na,ie
with the French prsiai authorities bv
which mali for Americans in Paris VIII
b. sent 10 this posfohce instead OF ro-
irc ihrlH'-n the regulle channels la
Lbs way much time vii b, saved
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08

ID. .'.uil2. a.iel -. cal. Wv s--Tho striking
.,.,., w w,.snts OF thc Marc fsfaaf u1vV
N',u Yesterday lgrcl to- rtsr.na U.-,it
.'',' 1 i'' Harford. in corsilcrr
' '' 'f nif. that The black list
.,,...,, "I'f"l ,ufnei lr asHlrst ihen
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
Clss Yill 30 Sailed

The suit of Michael Judge W. New
York New Haven a Hartford Railroad
Ccmp3uy tp recover Sl0t. which was
ON tAo calendar for trial i'm the Com
mon PlCes diVis. IN Of tho supreme
Court tot7N. was announced ls i'm pro-
80 90 settlement John W. Hogan is
, unset fer The plaintiff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08

Charles T. Baker lf Central Fails has
begun suit against John Cullen of Ions
dale Q. recover 81 600 The plaintin
claims H. was riding along q highway
ln Lousdale ON his b cycle shen he was
'arclessiy run ir.o 10y a a0rse under the
management of the defendant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08

Fugg q BOSS 3t tho club are rather
b we're ~ s,ot tnn.Tb- y ssy he has uor.
money Than brains.
lias4.-l fhoaid call that q compliment
from theif POINT Df view. They could
possibly lnVt uo urp FOR a man Ufn
boz ails. Boston Transcript
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08

Freddy Gag q six) was seated in a
hlrbers chair.
Well. my little man. said .he bsrhor.
how would YOU like your hair cut?'
Like fNntr.H. With 4 round hole nc
th. top' philadelphia Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-08
New York Stocks,

Reported by Sullivan & sullivan,
Banigea building.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Of having the class raise the money either
through voluntary offerings from its mem
bers or by means of an entertainment. Chill
dren appreciate a picture which they feel
that they have had a share in purchasing,
and in one school no money is accepted save
that which the child has earned or saved
from his own allowance.
A few school boards, fearing the avarice
of designing persons, have prohibited the
raising of money in the schools for any
cause whatever. other boards have mod
flied this rule by making it allowable for
purposes approved by the superintendent. In
most of our schools, however, this is not IA
point which has to be considered and teach
ers are free to stimulate pupils to improve
their school rooms in every way.
school Art COLLECTIONS.
The full beauty of truly artistic decoration
may be seen in several of the large schools
of Omaha. Here the collecting of pictures
has been going on for many years and the
classes of today are reaping the benefits. At
first pictures of almost any quality were
used, but these have been gradually dis
placed by high-grade pictures, till few re-
main which are not worthy of admiration
an study. Even the available space in halls
and stairways is filled, until the entire build
ing is a gallery of the worlds masterpieces.
An eastern picture company is largely
responsible for the great movement toward
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

time he is transported to the land of the
artists conception, and the soft summer air,
the warm sunshine and the various sights
and sounds of country life are real things to
him..
Fnds or Practical Work.
But the question naturally arises: Are
these things to supplant the practical work
of the schOCl?" The criticism is not in
frequently made that the time of our schools
is devoted to fads. but in Nebraska it is a
noticeable fact that, with few exceptions,
those schools which find time for the newer
lines of work are the very ones that are do
ing the strongest work in the common
branches. These studies which lend culture
and refinement to the school should sup
pleHnent and strengthen rather than take the
place of the more practical lessons. But be-
cause they are supplementary they should
not be neglected. 1t should be the duty and
pleasure of the school to awaken and de-
velop all of the possibilities of the child's
better nature through the various avenues
open to him. 1t is hardly possible to esti-
mate the silent influence of pictures upon
the inner nature, and the child who is taught
to appreciate the truly beautiful, and what
naturally follows-surround himself with it
has received something which will be a
source of enjoyment to him throughout his
whole life, enabling him to beautify his sur
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

poppy "AO N"'N SNNt'S' bAS'i 'e''''o -
the schools are filling the city choirs.
Special Music Teachers.
: What Miss Arnold has done for the Omaha
schools Miss Mullen is doing for the schools
of South Omaha. In the Hawthorne school
the last twenty minutes of each Friday
afternoon are devoted to a little musicale.
The doors of the various rooms are thrown
open and as the singers stand in the central
hall the music may be heard and enjoyed by
all. Teachers have felt amply repaid for
their time and trouble by the keen enjoy
ment which the children have displayed and
the refining effects Of these little musicales
are felt throughout the whole school.
OF many branches it is true that the dis
cipline of acquiring them is more important
than the knowledge acquired, but there IS
probably not another subject taught today
that brings more genuine satisfaction and
pleasure to the one who has studied it and
those who are associated with him than the
subject of music.
Scarcely half a dozen towns in the state
have as high as fifteen teachers where a spe-
cial teacher of music is not employed, and in
several places much smaller in size the peo-
pie realize that it is too important a subject
to be left out Of their course OF study, In
deed many people express the hope that the
day Is not far oil when all Will consider a
knowledge of music as essential as the prac-
tical three Rs of former days.
The study of Pictures.
Closely akin to music in the refining intlu-
ence it imparts is the study of pictures, The
power which beautiful surroundings exert
in developing the finer sensibilities has till
recently, been ignored so far as it related to
the school and too many times
The warping floor, the battered seats,
The j~ackknife carved initial
were not entirely confined to the school
house by the country road. Bare walls
looked down upon the pupil, relieved, per-
haps, here and there by a cheap chrome
which, not being good enough for the home,
was generously donated to the school. Yet
this was the place where boys and girls
spent nearly one-half of their waking hours.
In the Nebraska schools, with the excep-
ton OF Omaha, the movement toward max
ing the school rooms the attractive places
they should be is still in its infancy. 4. few
schools have done nothing, but a large per
cent have within a year or two adopted some
plan whereby a good picture (Which usually
means a copy of a masterpiece) may be
added to a room each year. In some few
schools the teacher has purchased the pic
ture, Put the plan in most general use is that
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

the better understanding and approaching of
art which is sweeping our whole land today.
Fair copies of genuine works OF art may be
placed in the hands of the child for the in
~credibly small sum of l cent each, and, since
it is within the reach of all, a knowledge of
the worlds great artists and their produc-
tons Will soon be as essential an element OF
education as a knowledge of good literature.
1t is an unusual thing to enter a school
room and not see a group of these pictures
and several schools have given picture study
a regular place in the course. In Nebraska
City a lesson is given once in two weeks.
Each child has the privilege of ordering ii
copy of the picture studied If he so desires
land few do not) and after it is studied it
is his to take home. 1t is surprising to see
how much these little people, under guild
ance of a skillful teacher, get from one OF
these pictures and the collection OF pictures
studied is something which they highly
prize. The following is taken from a second
grade in Nebraska City, but it should be re-
membered that the examples of school work
reproduced in this and subsequent articles
are not something especially prepared as ex-
hibit work, but lessons as they come from
the hands of the children, in many cases
without even having been examined by the
teacher:
"Fee6ing Her Birds"
This is the picture of a mother feeding
her little children There are three of them
sitting on the doorstep. The house Is stone.
The grass and vines tell me it is summer.
The man working in the field tells me it is
summer, too.
1T is a sunny day, for ! see a shadow.
The chickens tell me it is daytime.
THE another is sitting on a stone in front
of the children. She is feeding the baby
with a wooden spoon. The little girl on the
left has her arm around the baby. think
she loves the baby. The girl with her doll
wants to be fed next.
They have wooden shoes like these in Mr..
Rodenbrock's store.
II think Mr.. Millet saw the mother bird
feed her little ones when he was blowing in
the field. ! think he liked little birds and
little girls, too. He thought of the mother
robin feeding her little robins, so he called
this picture Feeding Her Birds. D."
The child who knows what to see in a
picture and how to see it has a rich treasure
mine opened up to him. The casual observer
in looking at the picture just described
would see an old country woman feeding a
little child, but the child who has studied
the pictures says: The grass and vines tell
me it is summer. The man working in the
field tells me it is summer, too. 1t is a
sunny day, for | see a shadow" For the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Bunch of Short Stories

Decidedly the homeliest man in congress
is Eddy of Minnesota, according to the
Washington Post. He rather glorles in the
distinction of ugliness, especially as all his
Other characteristics are enyiable.
During his last campaign the enemies OF
Mr.. Eddy charged him with being double
feced. He met the charge in a manner that
diearmed all criticism.
Great heayen!" said Mr.. Eddy to his
audience, ''do you think that If / had two
faces | would wear the one | am showing
you now?"
Meeting John Allen of Mississippi this
morning, relates a correspondent of the
Chicago Record, / asked him how he was
coming on in the senatorial race.
I'm afraid they've got me beat" he said,
1T looks mighty like it,"
I'm sorry to hear that" | said.
Yes" he replied, 81 get a heap of sym
pathy-more sympathy than yotes-but
nevertheless / have the consciousness OF
my WI superiority and rectitude, which l.
a great consolation and support in times
of trial and adversely"
She sailed into the telegraph Office and
raped on the counter, reports Golfers
Weekly. The clerk remembered that she
had been there about ten minutes before
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

being without visible means of support.
Another quaint expression is that he was
once so poverty stricken that he sewed
buckshUt in his summer coat to make 1t
heavy enough for winter wear. He bubbles
over with original sayings and he utters
them in "A spontaneous, unconscious way
that adds to their effectiveness
Mr.. Cushman is put down in the con
gressional directory as "A congressman-at-
large, his state being without definite con
gressional districts. This reminds him of
"A story. He was once approaching a town
where he was billed to make "A speech and
stopped at a house on the outskirts of the
town to get a drink Of water. He met the
farmers wife at the well.
"What is the political sentiment around
here?'' asked Cushman.
Il Dunno" said the woman. Il don't go
to political meetings. They say there is a
congressman at large and | think the safest
thing for me to do is to stay at home!"
Howard C. Hillegus, whose recent book
on loom Paul and His People" has attracted
wide attention, has been besieged by people
desiring information on South Africa and
the Beers.
A young woman, a writer in one of the
big newspaper syndicates, called on him the
other day, relates the New York World.
She wished to get material for a Boer arti-
Gle, but had been sadly misinformed.
The little woman was somewhat timid
when she entered the room, but finally asked
coyly:
Are you the writer?'
Yes replied Mr.. Hillegus.
Taking courage, she then burst out in a
pleading, sympathetic voice:
you will not mind, will you, telling me
just a few facts about your poor, struggling
people?"
my %people!' gasped the young writer.
why, the last l heard they were prosper
Gus and living in Pennsylvania. Have they
met with misfortune?'
The timid woman seized the arm Of her
chair for support.
81 thought you were a Boer!' she eX-
claimed. Indeed l did"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Electric Cloth Gutter

Cloth can be rapidly cut by a newly pat
ented implement. which has an electric
motor suspended from the ceiling by bal
anced cords, with a gear wheel at the
lower end of the vertical shaft to connect
with "A horizontal shaft, which carries the
cutting disk in proximity to n shoe, slid
ing under the cloth as II Is cut.