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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-18
FIGHT WITH TRAIN.

A Boer account OF the skirmish with
the British armored train South OF
Kimberly saws:
"The train came up on the burghers
while they were destroying the railway.
The burghers fired upon the train with
Mausers and subsequently with artiL
lery. The third shot hit a truck and
the train then steamed off: after VIII"
the burghers continued the work of de-
stroying the line
Another dispatch from Pretoria says
that the burghers have occupied
Taungs, south OF Mafeking. and Lobari
GobatsiO to the northward without
opposition.
BRIDGES DESTROYED.
With regard to Norval's Point II ap-
pears that the Cape Railway officials
destroyety the bridge on their line in hth the
doned the station. The Orange Free
state troops have destroyed the Mod
der River bridge without opposition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-18

" Needing prin,ins or Engraving,
IN q on, cor. Eddy. Best work, low prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-18
ManyBurghers Reported Killed
and Wounded in Fight.
British Loss is UnknoWn--bo Beers Have
Cut Off Mafeking's Water Supply.
Wells Will Furnish Water.

London, Oct. 1s-Up to noon, today,
no confirmation had been received of
the report OF serious Boer losses at
Mafeking; but stories arrived from va
rious points so persistently and circum-
stantially that IL appears probable the
burghers met with some measure of
reverse. Accounts of the action at
Mafeking are now beginning to arrive
from Pretoria. Therefore, IL the Beers
had any success, It was bound soon to
be known. AS foreshadowed. yesterday,
they have succeeded in cutting off the
water supply at Mafeking; but II is
said that there are sufficient wells in
the town to supply the inhabitants.
A new and serious element in the
military situation is rising of the war
like tribe OF Basutos. under Chief Mo-
heka, against the Orange Free State.
TRIBESMEN RESTLESS.
The British must keep the Basutos
quiet and the paramount chief, Lero-
thodi. has thus far behaved well. Re-
ports are current. however. that tha
other chiefs NAV follow the example o2
Moheko. Moreover. the unrest among
| the tribesmen is spreading into Zulu
\ land.
Advices from Pretoria. summarizing
! the reports TO the Transvaal govern
ment from Gen. Cronie. in command at
| the chief laager on the west side, an
nounce that the Marico and Rusten-
! burg commandos. with field telegraph.
| occupied Burmanns 8 drift near the out
| skirts Of Mafehing on Monday and tools
| possession of fountain in the neigh
borhood. thus cutting off the water
supply of the town. The Boer artillery
| then began shelling. but the British
| did NOT renly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-18
He TALK OF THE TOWN.

EVERYBODY IS TALKING or
TIE MEMS CALCULATING LEAD
ItntlL. IT is so SIMPLE AND
USEFUL, so QUICK AND SO AC-
cURATE. FAVE YOU SEEN 0Ntp
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
LOSS TO ART.


italian art has recently suffered a
great loss through the death of F7ilfppO
Palizzi, the painter of animals, several
pictures from whose brush are in
France and England. where he lived for
some time. Sig. BOSelH, minister Of
public instruction once offered Sig.
PaIizzi the largest prize that the gov
ernment is able to give for a picture
by him, but PalizZi refused. and a few
days after sent 320 of his pictures TO the
government as a present This gift
now forms a special section at the
Modern Gallery Of Fine Arts Palizzi's
artistic industry was SO great that it is
impossible TO establish how many pic
lures he painted. He was 50 years OLD
The Dutch painter. David Bles. who
has just died at the age Of IS, the
dOyen Of his profession in Holland, had
HVed TO become link with the past
He saw the new school Of art rise, and
during the later years Of his life, he
remained almost the last representative
of the old Dutch art in the first years
OF this century was living on the repu-
tation Of its earlier schools. The spirit
had fed from it. and the great ambt-
t1on of its painters was to reproduce
or rival the finish. or microscopic min
uteness, of Netscher and followers. .Dav-
id Bles rescued IL from this hopeless
state Of decline. He made Teniers his
model; he took q little inspiration from
Wi1xie; he revived genre, and favored
it, as the old Dutch masters so well
knew how to do, with humor.
The new school, the school Of Bfaris
and Adauve and aIesdag and De Haas,
was just coming on. Bles had great
vogue and knew how to keep it The
Italian government selected him as the
artist whose portrait should represent
modern Dutch art in the cosmopolitan
collection Of painters portraits at the
Ufzzi, and paid similar hOnOrs 10
Leighton NilIais and Watts. When the
young queen of Holland was crowned II
was BIes who was commissioned to
paint her portrait, and this was the last
important work Of the veteran artist.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
lFrom the Chicago News.1
WOMAN.

She said, 'I may not love thee, nay:
Thou dost not Ger my heart mold sway;
And yet, and yet, all things above,
I'm fain to hear thee tell thy love-"
along without ability.
Man imposes on woman, but she al
ways thinks he doesn't mean it.
The man who never tracks mud into
the house is usually meddIesome in the
kitchen.
The devil doesn't have to wait for his
cup of coffee before he gets to work in
the morning.
The man who can make other people
put up with his eccentricities is called
a philosopher.
A wise rule in conversation is never
to say anything that you know some
body else wants to say
man has to earn his dollars by
himself. but anybody he knows Will
help him spend them
The woman who worries generally
has a husband and a lot of daughters
who won't worry at all.
Happiness lies in our wish to make
others happy; but we want them to
feel the same way about US.
A woman with a heartache can show
a naughty demeanor, but she has to
limp when her shoes hurt.
Friendship is that feeling which
keeps women from telling one another
when their shirtWaists don't tit in the
back.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
ALL MIXED UP.
Naval officers Can No Longer Tell
Where They Stand.

New York, Oct. "a special to the
Herald from Washington says: Consid-
officers in the arrangements of nonina-
tiOns Of officers for advancement for ex-
spain, which the president proposes to
transmit to the senate when congress IS
in session. In order to prevent the step
ping over Of Rear Admirals MeNair and
Howell the nominations Of Rear AInlraIs
Sampson and Schley viii have to be re-
duced two numbers each. Rear Admiral
Philip, now in command OF the New YORK
neuE by five numb beFS. so as TO take rank
next after Rear Admiral Watson would
now in case of the confirmation of the
Evans and Captain Taylor VIII doubtless
be advanced the same as their nomina-
tions last year call for. but the passage
of the naval personnel law and the ANAL
Will greatly affect the promotion Of other
Officers who viii be nominated for ad-
Thus Captain Cook. who commanded
the armored cruiser Brooklyn in the bat
tie of Santiago. would have taken rank
next after Captain Sterling had his nom
1nat1on been eonnrmed- instead II nom
mated again for advancement BY I'VE
Captain Coghlan, or Two numbers DeIoW
the number he would have held The
change Is due 70 the IacL trsat "a 2Islllss Us
Allen and Melville, former engineer OF
feers, have beer, given gwen PLUMBERS llnsI la,5
of Captain Sigsbee been confirmed he
would have been placed next after Cap
nominate him for advancemenI Dy three
mum bers and the nomination be confirmed
he will be placed next after Captain
Chester
Captain Chadwick, commanding New
York, viii also lose three numbers, and
Captain Clark. who commanded the bat
tleship Oregon on her famous run around
the Horn and in the battle with Ger
vera's fleet, will have been driven down
two pegs so that his real advancement
in case of denomination for advancement
by six numbers Will be only four num-
bers.
Rear Admiral O'NeiI has published an
interesting table showing what may be
expected Of the latest types of naval guns
when attacking both Harveyized and
Krupp armor. Incidentally it furnishes
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
THE MILLS DRY GOODS co.
AT THE THEATERS.

The most able display of amateur
acting seen in Topeka in some time was
the performance of Dear Hearts of
Ireland by Myles Mccarthy and his
company at the Grand Opera house
Saturday night. The piece was admir-
ably suited to the capabilities of the
performers, and an explanation of this
Mccarthy is its author The ambition
shown by Mccarthy and his company in
touring the country as professionals is
amazing and demands admiration, even
though it amounts 10 a matter of OBJ
tanning money under false pretense.
The piece is styled an Irish Comedy
Drama" and while this name has COW
cred a. multitude OF sins in the past
its shadOWing power was undoubtedly
trated Dear Hearts of Ireland The
actors and actresses" including the
author, forget their accent half the
time, and this In no wise amounts TO an
injury to the performance. It is an
Irish drama minus the Irish There is
one young lady who politely kicks the
male members Of the company every
time they come within reach, and an
other young lady who is seen in a
satin slippers. The villain is by far the
most abused man in the company. and
II ne survives the season il will be re-
ularka BILE In the third act he is thrown
over the herO'S shoulder. and after
ward jumped on by Mccarthy. This is
a sample Of the acting in the piece
and is by far the most realistic. Mr.
Mccarthy advertises himself as a
sweet singer but he has only a verv
ordinary voice, which does bur Iif+Ie
IN the way Of atoning for his other
work.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23

remain over for the grand opera on
Monday evening
Charles Blood Smith and daughter
Louise are returning from Europe on
the Kaiser Wilhelm die Crosse which
is due IN New York on the 2sth- They
viii arrive in Topeka the first week in
November.
Mrs. Frank Holiday will go to Kan
sas City the last of the week for a
weeks visit.
Mrs. P. n. Sheafor and daughter Lu-
cile, who have been spending the past
five weeks in Colorado, returned Sat
urday, accompanied by Mrs. Floyd
Baker and little son Nestor, who is
quite ill Mr. Sheafor and family are
living at 1854 Van Buren street
Miss Maud Taggart has returned
from few days visit in Lawrence
Miss Lucille Mulvane spent Saturday
and Sunday in Lawrence
Mrs Charles Shuster and Miss Mary
Baker who are the guests of Mrs. J. c.
Holland, Will leave Tuesday for their
home in Ada, Ohio.
Mrs. George Kurtz of Pratt is visit
ing friends in the city.
The Nautilus club will meet Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock with Mrs. L.
D. WhittemOre, at 1915 College avenue
Mrs Ellsworth Weaver, Mr. Tom
Frost and Mr.. John Nicholson attended
the ball game in Lawrence Saturday
and spent Sunday there.
Mrs. H NJ Ramp, wife Of Senator
Ramp of Springfield, Mo, is visiting
lis Kansas avenue.
Among the Topeka people who spent
Sunday at the COultis farm were: Mr.
and Mrs C J. Smith, Miss Ida Ber-
gen, Miss Ollie O'Brien, Miss Kate
Gunther. Miss Ida Dennis, Miss Mabel
Hills, Miss Octavia- Greenwood, Miss
Kirkpatrick, Miss Nellie Kirk, Mr.
Charles Elliott, Mr.. Howard Huey, Mr..
Fletcher Dennis, Mr.. Edward Dennis,
Mr. VIII Macferran, Mr.. Horace Mac
ferran, Mr.. VIII Whitton, DR.. John
Work, Mr.. Frank Dudley, Mr.. Frank
Hungate-
Mrs. Crowder and little daughter
Eleanor, and father, Mr.. Cline of Wich-
ita. are spending a few days in Topeka
with Mr.. and Mrs E w Cline
Dr. Menninger's nephew, Mr.. VIII
Kercher, is seriously i'll with typhoid
fever at his home, 1881 Topeka avenue.
w w Carr attended the football
game in Lawrence Saturday afternoon
Palm and fern sale at Mrs. Hague's
Monday and Tuesday
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
FIGHT BICYCLE TRUST.
Cycle Trades Protective Association
Is Formed at Milwaukee


Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 23=Bicyc1e
manufacturers and manufa cturerS of
bicycle parts outside of the bicycle
trust have organized for mutual pro-
lection and are prepared to fight any
movement in the part of the trust that
is apt to initiate against them. Some
of the best known bicycle rnanufac-
tuFers in the country are represented
in the rganization, including the julius
Andrae & Sons company of this city.
The antitrust organization Will be
known as the Cycle Trades Protective
association. It VIII be a national or
ganization and the 500, 900 stock has all
been subscribed. This organization be-
comes necessary because the trust is
endeavoring to enforce its claims by
litigation over patents The most i'm
pOrtant fight is likely to be over the
right to use the crank axle bracket
Litigation is pending over this most i'm
portant part of every bicycle, but Col
Pope. who is fighting the suit, is now
in the trust. Without the use of the
bracket some new method of hanging
the crank would have to be devised,
but the inventors are unable to produce
one and experts say the bicycle can not
be constructed without it
The final hearing upon this suit is
soon to be had and it is feared that Col
Pope will default if the trust can get
hold of the patent. The new assoeia-
ton viii secure the best patent attor-
neys in the country to look after its
interests.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
THE MILLS DRY GOODS co.
TUESDAY, October z4th.
About our
New Infants
Outfits Department
Second Floor.


ONE of our windows dis
W plays today a few sam
pies of the many choice nov
elites In Caps and Coats for
small children which have
just been opened in our In
fants' Outfits Department:
The stock is daintier and
more attractive than ever
before.
A Choice Assortment of Caps.
Plain china silk, with cape,
trimmed with lace and rib
bon. Poke Bonnets of dark
corded silk, the front faced
back with some delicate
color, trimmed with silk
bows and strings-there' 5
no end to the variety.
Much skill and taste has
been exercised by the max
ers of children's garments
this season, and the result
is that the materials are
prettier and richer, the
trimmings daintier, and the
styles more artistic than
ever before.
Plain broadcloth Coats,
in all the desired shades,
some braided with narrow
braids, others trimmed with
ribbon and fur.
White Coats in all sorts
of material, fancifully trim
med with braids, lace, rib
bons and fur.
ChiIdren's Dresses.
To dress the little ones pretti1Y
and Yet inexpensively, Is a problem
sometimes hard to solves It not ?
Then why not let Us help Yoo? ?
We have dainty little garments
that viii make the "wee ones jest
as charming as though You had
spent time and eyesight lavishly IN
their making. Prices E? Why, so
moderate that you will wonder
why You ever thought It necessary
to do so much sewing for the chill
dren. We would Be glad to have
You visit this department while It
at its best.
uVrEEy Wr"C nnu Ooone, cO
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23

valuable lesson as to the relative merits
of the two face hardening processes The
new 3, 4 and 6-inch guns viii each be
fifty ealibreS in length, the S-inch forty
five caIibres and the 10 and 12-inch forty
calibres.
Orders have been given to Civil Engf-
neer h R. Stanford to proceed to Manila
and prepare plans for the establishment
OF a cOalfng station on the site of the old
station occupied by the Spaniards Just
inside of Sangioy Point on Manila bay.
Beyond the establishment of a coaling
station no other naval depot will be To-
Gated in the Philippines until the insur-
rection is at an end
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23

treasurer and later clerk of the court
of common pleas. After his retirement
from Office the papers of both parties
praised him for his honesty and integ-
rity- Judge Guy moved to Topeka and
was justice of the peace for many
years and at the time OF his death was
police judge. He made an excellent
record in Topeka as a public official.
He was a member of Lincoln post and
of Valiant lodge Of the Knights Of
Pythias.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
Typhoid at Cape Nome.

Seattle, Wash. Oct. 23-Adviees from
cape Nome, Alaska brought by the
steamer Lakme which left there o.
tober s. are that typhoid fever has
broken out in the camp in severe form.
me hospital is crowded. there now he
ing 20 PATIENTS in IL There have been
nVe deaths and others are exnected
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
Insurrection In Panama.

Washington, Oct pa cabIegram
has been received at the state depart
ment from T. S. Consul Gudger at
Panama stating that an insurrection
has broken out there and that martial
law has been declared
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23

The funeral Of Judge John L. Guy
was held this afternoon from the First
Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock
Judge Guy was born in GaIIia county,
Ohio. in 1916, and enlisted IN the Eigh-
teenth Ohio infantry in 1861 He serx-
ed as a private and was first wounded
at Stone River He lost his arm in De-
cenber, 1862 and returned to his old
home in Ohio.
After the war he was made county
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
BRYAN SEES ALTGELD.
Ex-Governor Is Ready to Help In
Nebraska

Chicago, Oct. 23.-Wnliam Jennings
Bryan stopped off in Chicago yesterday
long enough to meet John P. Altgeld,
who called on him soon after he arrived.
The former governor assured the Ne
braskan that he was ready to go into his
friends home state and make ten speech
es when the campaign committee was
ready to bid him do
Governor Roosevelt of New York and
Assistant Secretary of War MeiklejOh
will visit Nebraska in the interest of the
Republican ticket.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
Ladies' of Lincoln Circle No /

Are requested to meet at the old court
house on Tuesday at a. m. to assist in
working on decorations for the Twen-
tieth Kansas.
CLARA CHAMBERLAIN, Tres.
ANNA BRUSA1AN, Sec.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
Father of the House TIL

Philadelphia. Oct 23.-Congressman
Alfred C. Harmer, who has represented
the Fifth congressional district for
many years with the interim of one
term, is critically i'll at his home at
Germantown, a suburb of this city Mr..
Harmer is popularity known as the
father of the house, He was stricken
Friday evening with an acute attack
of Bright's disease after several months
of i'll health
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
Bound For San Antonio Convent.

New York, Oct. 2S-Thfrty portulants.
under the care of Sister Benedict of
the convent Of the Divine Providence.
San Antonio. Texas, were passengers
on the Cuuard line steamship E.truria.
which arrived today from Liverpool.
They viii go at once to San Antonio As
shown by the Etruria's manifests all
Of the thirty pOStulants are of Irish
nativity and come from different par
ishes. These are eight. eleven and
twelve wears old. rasnactiveIx
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
KANSAS CITY AND RETURN
~. 81 Via the Santa Fe.

on sale from October p to October 2s
returning good until October 80. Six
trains a day in each direction.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
KANSAS CITY AND RETURN
S2-67 Via the Santa Fe.

on sale from October % to October 2s
returning good until October 90 Sly
trains a day in each direction.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
RECENT INVENTIONS.

An improved card file for libraries,
ETC. has the rod on which the cards are
strung fitted with crankS at either end
with a knob on the end of the crank, at
the front of the box, which is turned
to lift the cards into a raised poslClon
for examination
Photographs can be safely sent
through the mails by the use Of a new
protector, which is made of two double
sheets of pasteboard, with corrugated
ribs between them to form cushion,
the sheets being folded on either side
Of the picture and inclosed in an enyel-
ope-
A PennsyIyanian has designed an ad-
Unstable street car strap which can be
altered to suit tall or short persons, the
central portion of the strap being form
ed Of two separable straps one of which
has series of shoulders to be engaged
by hooks on the other.
A Frenchman has patented an "au-
toTnotOr horse" which has the fuel res
ervoir and motor placed inside the
horse which runs on wheels propelled
by the motor and can be ridden or at
taef1ed to a carriage for driving, the
refns being used for controlling the mo-
tor and steering.
Drivers Of dump-carts will appreciate
a newly patented spring seat designed
for attachment to the cart, spring
board being placed across the front end
of the box, with a bolt connecting the
board to the floor of the cart outside to
counteract the drivers weight on the
long end.
By the use of a Colorado mans inven-
ton an ironing board can be used in
connection with an ordinary table, a
pair Of swinging brackets being pivot
ed on the table legs, with means for
securing them in an extended position
when the board is to be used.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-23
TOPEKA SOCIETY.
Many Social Events Promised
For This Week.
Mrs. Charles StraWbridge Guest
Honor at EWart Reception.
BELOIT ROUND ROBIN.
Mitchell County Ladies Persist
ent Club Workers.
News Personal and Otherwise
About Society People.

SOCIAL cALENDARFoRTHEw WEEK
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-05
THE POINTS OF A CAT.

\ good cat-the kind you want to
have i'm the house, IL any-will have a
round. stubby, pug nose, fun. fat checks
and upper lip; "a we'll developed bump
on top of the head between the ears
botokening good nature. a sleepy cat
that purs "a good deal IL apt to be play
ful and good natured.
By all means TO be avoided is a cat
with thin. sharp nose and twitchng
ears. IL must be remembered also that
a good mouser is,not necessarily u gem
tie or desirable pet. Although any good
cat viii catch mice II she Is not over
fed quick. fun, expressive eyes gener-
ally betoken a mouslsg cat.
The greatest mistake-and probably
the most common one-ln the care of
domestic cats Is overlooking, particu-
larly too much meat. In the wild life =
cat has exercise which enables her To
digest food. I'm the lazy house life the
same full feeding leads TO stomach
troubles and 90 "fits. '-Woman's Life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-05
TEACH THE CHILDREN TO PLAY.

"If mothers would take the time they
spend in telling their children - run
away or not do that, or to leave that
alone in showing their children how TO
play and what TO play with, they would
find the results not only astounding but
gratifying, writes Edith Webster in the
April Ladies' Home Journal. Ten
minutes instruction in a new play or
occupation would mean hours Of quiet
and happy pleasure for the children
and rest and freedom for the mother.
Play is the childs work, and he should
early be shown the way TO make the
best use OF Il, More grows out of play
than we are apt Co realize, II the nurs-
cry is untldy the future mothers house
or fathers office will be the same. IL
the play is destructive, and results IN
the mutilation Of many toys, the little
men and women will be careless of
beautiful books, pictures and bric-a-
brac I'm later years. Teach them how to
play properly and they will soon learn
how TO work properly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-05
for granted that hats VIII be worn on
the head as usual or thereabouts.

Up to date II ls figured that tho capl-
talizatlon of the trusts. combinations
und consultations OF year and half
FOOT up more than four billions Of dol
lars. It is said that this monstrous
exhibit is causing a feeling of alarm
in financial circles and the Democratic
party leaders are thinking seriously Of
making anti-trusJ plank a conspicuous
feature Of their next national platform.
IL Will probably be pretty hard 10 cs-
innate I'm advance what influence, evil
or otherwise. the trust epidemic will
have on the country. bat SO far as the
great run Of people are concerned they
know by experience that contrary TO
the theorists, trusts have tended TO re-
duce the prices of the products they
manufacture and If the stockholders
can stand, it the consumers. the great
mass OF people, that IS, ought to be
able 20.