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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
THE STATE FAIR.


Manager Ware Of the State Fair
Horse show said this morning that the
number Of entries already received for
the exhibition next week is gratifying
~ large and their character uniformly
high
Some of the exhibitors are T.. T. Jor-
dan OF Boston. Robert Goelet of New
port ard New York. r.. l.. Gerry of
Newport. stanton Elliot. II. l.. Car
man. Strauss * Hexter John STRATEGY
OF New York. and John Shepard. Jr.,
Or TITS CIV. Mrs. !. ttF Forrest f9r1r-
ielson Of Newport has entered several
fine saddle and combination horses.
\ special effort is being made to
show the leading draft horses in this
section of New England Many manu-
facturers and mercantile concerns take
pride in the breed of their teaming
animals and are always pleased 10
enter them in horse show competitions.
Among the entries i'm this department
50 far received are an elght-horSe team
from the Providence Coal company and
a slx-hOrse outfit from a. II. Barney.
Arrangements for the presentation oi
the show are now complete. \ large
show ring 22O feet long and l20 feet
I wide-being much larger than the one
i'm Madison Square garden--has been
constructed in front Of the grani
| sIand on the outside of the ring are
! 80 parking spaces. each 10 feet i'm width.
-r,l4-- -4tllGes--will be Prescott Law
renee director of the Newport horse
! show. H. Is. Boodgood OF 4>eW Mari
/ h0ro Mass: e. Il. Williams Of Stoning-
/ ton. ana W. :. Presgrave OF Philadel-
phla. These gentlemen have been and
are Judges at al 1.-The more prominent
horse shows throughout the country.
suCh as Madison Square garden. New
York: Boston. Newport. Philadelphia.
LenoX Bryn Mawr. Pa; Long Branch.
Brooklyn Riding and Driving club
horse show. and others.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

ting has ever been given Stage story
in this city. Nor was it TO the eye alone
that appeal was made and saJis.act.cn
given. On the contrary, though COM
pOunled Of materials we'll worn and ia
mihar and with plot that, with Varia-
tons more or less markec has been
unfolded before generations ,f theatre
gO5rs. the piece has a value OF its own
and the power To arouse interest dHd
TO hold 1t. The main story into which
other lesser import are woven, deals
with the attempts Of an adventures
and her husband to accomplish
the ruin of the Earl of Wood
stock, who had already brought
himself TO the verge of fnan-
cial disaster by his fondness for the
turf and indulgence In other costly di-
vertisements. OF course Woodstock is
in love with a young woman, below
him i'm social station but model Of
purity and loyalty. OF course also
Woodstock though surely pressed final
ly triumphs over his en- ames and their
Vaccinations with the aid Of a money
lender. who If not true To the tradi-
tions of his kind Is certainly nOt the
least interesting figure of the many
which the authors OF Sporting Life
have dawn, SO absorbing Is the inter
est I'm the development OF the stok
that one is not disposed TO look for
flaws andsthe result is that at the end
OF each Of the many effective scenes ap-
plause comes spontaneously To the
scenic Vestitature. as already intimated,
TOO much praise cannot be given. IL is
marVelously realistic and effective and
deserved the lavish praise that was be-
slowed upon it last night Engaged in
the presentation of Sporting Life" is
a company Of conspicuous ability. 1t
Is well balanced throughout and no
character receives anything but an ad-
equate portrayal Mr. Kilgour's Wood
stock is a manly and virlle impersona-
tion, not too much accentuated as is
often the case I'm the presentation OF
characters IN mslodrama. As the money
lender. who betrays an unexpected
sympathy and helpfulness for the dis
tresed Mr. Burbeck was admirable i'm
every way and equal praise can be
given Mr.. WheelOck for his careful por-
traiture of the trainer Cavanagh. Miss
Otis as the unprincipled adventures
could hardly be improved upon eth r
i'm the rendering OF the role or I'm the
coetuming Of o. for her gowns are sim
niy dazzling Sporting Life" will be
presented during the remaindcr of the
week and unless all signs fail Manager
Wendelsrhaefer viii see hts house
crowded al every performance as IT de-
serves to be.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

is not soft and delicate humor, but
roaring laughter that At is always their
intention 10 excite.
The Rays appear with company
that is good during the present engage-
ment in what is termed their musical
comedy, a Hot Old Time As George
NJ. Cohan announces il as the third cdi-
tion IL is undoubtedly well known to
these who 60 To the theatre to have an
evenings FUN 1t is good clean fun. too,
though IL il noisy.
The merry makers are very generous,
and there are two hours and half of
constant merr ment. John Ray is
of almost every onethosesoo sesintimd
inimitable. His sayings and his make
up thoroughly satisfy the funny bump
Of almost every one. Last night his
work was applauded from beginning
TO end, when patrons OF the theatre
could stop Laughing long enough TO ap-
plaud. There are some new songs that
at last nights performance took well.
The women are pretty, and they are
good dancers. Emma Ray furn shed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

fully as effectively as ever. and ls one
OF the shining spots I'm pro-
gram that vs. bright from be-
ginning 10 end John lie Clair
proves himself one OF the most dexter
ous. original and finished jugglers.
whose N''rk is almost exclusively on
novel lines and wholly unlike that OF
others. and therefore particularly inter
esting and enjoyable. The Crane
brothers. as the Midtown IRubps."
contribute much 10 the general
hilarity with their quaint make
ups. their excellent dancing, bag
punching and horseplay. How
lev and Leslie renew the favorable inn
preston made by their dane ng last
winter Miss Leslie doing a clever bit
of character work also: and OstadO's
conprehenEive exhib iicn OF muscular
strength, hand balancing. traDeZe
work and fcats OF contOrtiOn arOuses
r,uch enthusiasm.
The Couture Brothers give an effec-
tive and interesting exhibition OF aero
batic agility and skill. many 0f their
feafs being nsW ami most remarkable.
The graph pictures are unusually
pleasine and full of Interest especially
tba excellent one OF Admiral ID wey on
the olympia that Of the two lwue ba-
bies in "A quarrel. that OF Jacobs Lad
DER on the Mt. Washington railway
and that Of the smallest railroad train
on earth. and a. those "a whom an un-
usual number OF unusually attractive
women appeals this weeks entertain-
ment will prove particularly pleasing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
Srccsssiul Entsrtainmsn'.

The Circolo Filodramitico. an Italian
amateur dramatic club. gave an enter
talnment last evening i'm Talma the
atre, with a verv good attendance. The
drama presented was I'm three acts and
was entitled La Sorella del Cieco.
C'The Blind Mans Sister"). and IL was
given i'm a very creditable manner by
ahe following cast: Leonardo, Signor
Luigi Pensa: Garbriella Signora Maria
piscu: GiorgiO, Signor II. De SAINTS
Carolina. Siknorina Maria Giudici Ed
1ardo. Signor Francesca Miele: Arnoldo
-,st--rrrrr-sA dame -paHIele, Signor
X. De Gasparre; Pietro. Signor G. III
NuCCi
The entertainment closed with mer-
~ dialect farce entitled 'Pasca Si Pu-
orco. which was given by the follow
ing: PaSquale Signor II. DE Gasparre;
F5rndo. Slgnor EugcniO Cilento: Gee
ga. Siguor Achille Marscglia: Angelica
: gnora Maria Gludici: Rosina, sig
norma Maria Pisco. Pulcinella, SignOr
Luigi Pcnsa.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

her full share OF the merry making. and
as boss OF her home was very effective
There Is variety in the scenes and the
piece Is put Oh with much attention to
costuming. The plot OF the piece turns
on a laughable blunder, by which an
expresman is mistaken for an Irish
member Of Parliament
There are a number OF good special
ties. Miss Quinta Vincent besides be-
ing merry maker. in The main per-
fOrmance, sings some coon songs -
AMI does some clever dancing. There ia
a good cake walk 90 close one 0f the
uniuue things in the high kicking act
Mr.. I.olos. as the double Of Mr. Raw
adds mlIth to the zest OF the production.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
Eslth'S New Theatre.

Few equally entertaining varied ana
well balanced programs have been Of.
fersd at Kelth's new theatre than thar
~ me present week. few In which a
larger number of distinct nts were
made and few better Illustrating the
ENJOYABLE qualities aud comprehensive
scope OF high class vaudeville.
"A stolen kiss" the dramatic com
edy sketch presented by Wright Hunt
ington. assisted nv Miss Adele Franc q
and George Farren. .s quite out ~ ne
ordinary lines with ON tho finish and
artistic effect and aN thr brghinefs
and Wit in its lines th1t ono is acrus-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
New empire Theatre.

The Rays. Johnny and Emma. are az
the Empire Theatre the present week.
and that fact drew the largest Monday
evening audience to the attractive play
house since the opening night II was
a laughing audience, and the Rays can
furnish lots OF provocatiOn for laughter
There Is a so about this performance
always that makes every one merry. 1t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
Exhausted Vitality.
Nervous and Physical CehiIity,

Premature Decline. fmpotcncy. Atrophy. (vast-
ingl Varicoccle. strcturc the Errors OF Youth tho
LNcesses of Mature Years. and all DISEASE and
WEAkNEssEso OF MEN. from Whatever Cause
Arising. scientifically treated, quickly aud radl
eelly cured at the old reliable
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

The celebrated soprano was IN the
middle of her solo when little Johnny
said 70 hts mother referring 10 the
conductor of the orchestra:
Why does that man hit at the No-
man with his stick ?"
He is not hitting at her replied
his mother: keep quiet"
Well. then. what is she holern' so
forY'-AnsMers
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

No BuInnch ST., Opposite Revere Houssl Boston.
Mass Established In 1860. This renowned Institu-
ton publishes the staunch and far famed, popular
and uncqyalod Medical Treatise entitled
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

His Wife's Mother Gin n terrible
nutter)-Oh. dear. on. my! That
heavy Louis XIV. clock upstairs has
fallen of the wall with a terrible
crash on the very spot ! stood on but "a
momtt before.
Her Daughters Husband Oabst1t-
minded)-l always said that clock was
sI1W.--Exchange.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
RUSH FOR PENCILS UNABATED.

The rush for the News Calculating
Penclls was unabated yesterday. EY-
crybody wants one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03
John, Earl OF Woodstock.

That there are many lovers of old
fashioned melodrama in these planta-
tions was signally shown by the large
cred lin the Providence Opera House
last evening to witness the first prcsen-
tation in this city of Sporting Life" IL
was a notable production from a scenic
point OF view for no more realistic set
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-03

A. n. STFBHINS. Asst Trf1c Nanirs-.
" y. TUliNER, Gen. Passenger Agent
J. G. WHITNEY. frnfc Manage
Baltimore. Md
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
Gomez Likes Ii.
IDAHO.

Fifty-six buildings are in course OF con
struction in Lewiston at this time. Tins
figure represents business buildings, dwell
ing houses, barns and store rooms.
Public accommodations are inadequate
to meet the demands OF transient visl-
tors to this city at present. 1t Is often
impossible to find lodgings at the hotels.
The signal service records ut Murray
show that up to date there has fallen an
sven IA feet of snow.
Andy Devlin has taken up water right
on the South Fork, commencing 600 feet
below the Bunker Hill concentration.
which he expects to use sometime in con
nection with his Grouse gulch mining
properties.
Within the next ninety days the Snake
river will have been spanned at Lewiston
by fine iron bridge. BY this Lewiston
and Vineland, two of the richest and most
promising points in Idaho and Washing
ton, are put upon a basis that viii prove
of mutual advantage,
Messrs. Nash & Drumheller were IN
Muny from Spokane last week locating
some water rights and it is reported that
the Spokane Hydraulic Company will re.
sumo operations here. a new tlume will
be built and the pipe line rclaid for the
purpose of working some ground on
Dream Gulch
In Post Falls, Idaho last Sunday even
ing, the homes of Robert Morrison and
William Stevenson were totally destroy,
ed by fire. The two houses were only a
few feet apart, and the fire is supposed
to have originated from defective nue
in the home OF Mr., Stevenson Neither
house was incurred.
Captain l.. d, Shattner, of Company b.
First Idaho Volunteers, arrived from Ma
Mia last week. He LETT before the bat
tie, on sick leave. He was popular Of
ticer, and woulo have been promoted it
his health had permitted him to remain
IA active service. He was met at the
train by a large gathering of friends
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
Text Hook nh Vetoed.

Olympia, March lG.-Governor Rogers
has vetoed House bul 1913, entitled an act
to provide for the adoption and use OF
school text books in all school districts
including or included within cities and
towns maintaining high schools. The gov
ernor claims this bill should have been en-
titled an act increasing the number var
iety and cost of school text books TO be
used in the state
House Bill 439, the revenue and taxation
bill was approved with the exception OF
Section |, which eXempts steamboat com
panies from taxation.
House Bill Ar, the school code, is APP
proved with the exception OF Section Is
which provides a general and uniform sys-
TEN OF text books Tor use in the high
schools
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18

A new coal mine has been discovered
in Whatcom county, the product of which
shows anthracite coal OF the first quail
ity."
a. NJ. Hitchcock, OF Alameda, and 9th.
er California capitalists, have bonded II
claims in the Glacier district, east of
Buckley, for $250,O00.
The Inter State NJ. NJ. & ID. Company
OF Columbus, Ohio, have just ordered a
ten ton concentrating mill for the mine
on Colville reservation.
Sheridan camp, on the reservation
north OF Republic, promises to be one OF
the richest camps ON the reservation.
The new county OF Ferry, taken from
Stevens, is said to have the richest gold
and the richest silver mine in the state
OF Washington, the Republic in Eureka
district, and the Gala NJ in Sheridan
camp,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18

Garnishment of insurance money due
from q foreign corporation to non-resi-
dent OF the state, for a loss occurring in
another state, is held, in Swedish Ameri-
can National Bank vs. Blocker MINI f.,
~, L. r. a. 2S3, to be invalid for lack OF
jurisdictions a. the debt has no situs in
the state.
Bicycles are easily cleaned by new de-
vice, consisting of glove to be placed on
the hand, with one finger extending be-
yond the rest and ending in flexible tip
which is guided into places difficult to
reach with loose cloth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
Sleep Walking.

y device to prevent sleep walking is
to lay upon the floor, by the side OF the
somnambulists bed, a sheet iron zine
or other metal, wide enough to insure
that he will step upon it. When the
sleep-walking fit comes upon him his foot
touches the cold surface of the metal and
he instinctiyely draws that leg into bed
again. After two or three attempts the
somnambulist gives it up and settles
down in bed
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
Tornado Wrecked Three Churches.

birmingham, Ala, March IA tor
nado near Birmingham yesterday caused
much damage to property. Telegraph and
telephone wires are in bad shape as result
OF tne storm havoc and details are diff
cult to obtain. The tornado wrecked Il
dozen or more dwellings and three chur h
es and unroofed several factories at Avon
dale and Woodlawn, suburbs OF Birming-
ham
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18

San Francisco, March lG.--The drouth
which was threatening the loss of millions
OF dollars TO the state has been broken by
= rain storm which promises to continue
for several days Nearly an inch has al
ready been distributed over the Sacra-
mento valley. Reports show that both
grain and fruit crops are in excellent con
dition throughout the big valley
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
LABOR NOTES.

DTUOklXn
are trying to amalgamate.
Bakers and walters meet in national
convention in Chicago next week.
The Grand Tunk railway has adopted
plan by which whitewashing is done by
steam.
A machine is being placed IN large
laundries with which 10000 collars a day
may be ironed.
The New York printers claim that their
farm is a success, and that they will con.
time operating the same.
Cigarmakers of New York won a fight
in the courts to restrain scab firm from
using a counterfeited.
The miners of Arkansas and Oklahoma
are on strike, and in Ohio and Illinois
they threaten to go out for higher wages.
OF all the combinations announced as
forming recently only the proposed cereal
trust and the Hooking Valley coal pool
were abandoned.
The Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna says
there are !, l0l millionsires in Austria,
and that concentration of wealth is going
forward in that country as in all others.
A New York dispatch says that John
d. Rockefeller cleared thirty million dol.
lars in two weeks rise in oil. Now look
out for a donation of million or so to
some church or college.
The Marlboro shoeworkcrs strike is
still on. Many of the foremen have quit
work, but on the other hand storekeep-
ers have refused to extend further credit
to the strikers, and the latter are in des-
perate straits and need aid. Help the
Marlboro strikers. Send funds to John
j. Dalton, Marlboro, Mass.
f. Anderson, president of the Trades
Assembly of Cripple Creek, Col, has
been arrested for boycotting and fine
and imprisonment stares him in the face.
Anderson is barber and his national
union is taking up a collection to defend
him. Boycotting, when INDUCED in by
workingmen, Is contrary TO law in Rus
STA as well as the United States, but in
the former country labor has no vote.
4 bill was introduced in the New York
Legislature to provide more work for
locomotive engineers by compelling rail
road companies to employ two of the
foregoing licensed craftsmen to take
'harge OF each train. Thereupon com
nittee OF railway engineers waited upon
the author OF the measure and urged
him not to push the bill as it would
cause the companies to reduce wages.
The engineers could have adopted no bet
ter plan to display their helpessness.
The New York People prints lengthy
description OF new mechanical process
Tor feeding and threading the shuttle of
"A cotton loom, which was invented by
moor laboror in Atlanta, Ga, and which
- being put in large mill in that city.
The new shuttle obviates all stoppage
Tor threading purposes and saves enough
Lsane TO produce an additional length of
cloth per week. But aside from increas.
ing the output, the most important
change effected by the simple device is
the displacement of operators. TO every
one hundred looms in the larger factories
of the country twenty men are required
to feed and thread the shuttles and at
tend to other parts of the loom. With
the necessity for threading the shuttles
gone, five men can attend one hundred
looms, or one-fourth the amount of la
Dor required at present. The new in.
vention is on exhibition in the Exposit-
ion Cotton Mills, in Atlanta
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
spanish Prisoner. In For II.

Madrid, March l3.-lt is reported here
that Aguinaldo has redoubled his opposi-
ton to the release of the Spanish prison.
ers now in the hands OF the insurgents,
because General Polavieio, now minister
of war, caused DIR. Rial, who drew up
the statutes of the Philippine League and
was therefore practically the instigator of
the revolt in the islands, to be shot in
December, 1896.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
To he Mustered Out.

Washington, March l6.-Orders We're
issued today for the muster out of the
First Texas at Galveston and the Second
Louisiana at Savannah. Both regiments
are now at Havana. The Sixth company
OF the volunteer signal corps at Augusta,
Ga, was also mustered out.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18

Dover, Del, March l3-At p. m. the
legislature adjourned without electing A
senator. Unless a special session is called
the election goes over until 1901. On the
last ballot Addicks led with q votes.
lacking but five of election. In all, lOs
ballots were taken in the effort to elect
GraY's successor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18
Admiral Howison to south Atlantic.

Washington, March 1.-THE Chicago
has been detached from the squadron of
Rear Admiral Sampson and has sailed
from Havana to Hampton Roads The
Chicago is to become the flagship OF Rear
Admiral Henry L. Howison, who has been
assigned to the command of the South
Atlantic squadron in South America
Rear Admiral Henry +. Picking has
been ordered TO relieve HOwison as com
mandant Of the navy yard at Boston
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18

A Canadian has designed folding
wash tub formed of two stiffening rings
surrounding the upper and lower end
OF the tub to support the water proof
fabric which forms the sides and bottom
the rings being held open by vertical
braces-Chcago News.
Everything is sweetened by risk.-AleI
Smith.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-03-18

New York, March ia dispatch from
Washington says;
The navy department has abandoned all
hope of recovery of the armored cruiser
Cristobal Colon, sunk in the battle Of
July 3. Engineers representing the Swed,
ish Wrecking company, who inspected
the wreck, have left for Stockholm with
out making any proposition to the de-
partment.