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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
SUING FOR $25,000 DAMAGES.

Before q Jury I'm Judge Blodgetts court
was tried today the suit OF Ernest r..
Angel against the Gorham Manufacture
ing company. Mr.. Angel seeks 10 re-
cover S2s.OO0 for personal injuries.
He claims that on the 9th OF February
last ms he was fixing the lever on a ma
chine the floor was In such bad condition
that a plank tilted and his arm and hand
were drawn into machine and badly In
iured. The defendant denies that the
floor was I'm bad condition.
u l.. Dennis Is counsel for the plaintiff
and Vincent a. Rice counsel for the de-
fendant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
B0ERS N
SECURE
THE GUN.
-Four British Prisoners Around
:. 1.-THE Reverse al
HeIV9tia.

London, Dec. Sl.-Gen. Kitchener, teie-
graphing from Pretoria yesterday says;
''rhe post at Helvetla was surprised at
2;30 a. m. the enemy first urshing a AZ
gun. Al down the officer commanding the
post at swartz kopjes sent out aFpatrol
and shelled the enemy out OF Ifelvetia,
making them abandon the gun tempo
rarily.
"The Beers however, formed orr pris-
onersp around the gun ana got II away
eventually. No ammunition belonging to
the gun was captured. The casualties
were four officers wounded, II killed and
- wuonded. A column was sent out
from Machadodorp, hut owing to bad
roads II failed TO arrive I'm time
GEN. coLvILE AT LONDON.
Since his arrival in London. Major Gen
Sir Henry Colvile has received informa-
tion tending 10 show, that Lieut.. col.
Sprasge actually received a forged teie-
gram. purporting To be signed by Gen
Colvile, dated Lindley, May 90 saying; II
am badly in want OF mounted >sroops.
Come here at once" %
The above telegram was sent off three
days before Gen. Colvile reached Llndley
and was the cause OF Lieut.. Col. ,Spragge
Fastening there. One OF the principal
charges against Gen. Colvile is that. after
appealing 20 the Yeomanry for help, he
abandoned them to their fate.
II never heard OF this telegram" says
Gen. Colvile. until now, but IL explains
the mystery OF my alleged message TO
Col. Spragge. IL was known at the time
that some one was tampering with the
wires near Lindley in the interests OF the
Beers"
Gen. Colvile reported himself at the war
office today. Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood. the
adiutant general, merely sent a subor-
dinatc 10 meet the general
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
GOV. POWERS DELAYED.

Augusta, Me. Dec si-Thc decision IN
the pardon case OF stain and Cromwell.
which r. 10 be announced az today's SEES
sion OF the governors council VIII not be
made public until late this afternoon
The meeting was scheduled 90 begin az
10 O'Clock this forenoon. out Gov. Powers
teiegrapbed from Boston that he woula
be unable 10 reach this city until iatl this
afternoon.
The session probably will open about 3
O'Clock. Charles s. Cock ~ Portland n
member " the council. will not BE- Irf b.
ent az this last me- ting owing to iiiucss.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
WONDERFUL TENaClTY OF LIFE.

The tenacity OF germ life In surviving
exposure TO great extremes of tempcra-
ture Is often quoted as a remarkable ex-
ample of the ttnacity OF lfe. Something
eaualing, II not rivallng. this phenome-
non, is credited TO the albatross. Accord
ing to Nature, an altS~ross captured on
steamer was apparently strangled by
tying a cord tightly around its neck and
allowing Il 90 remain there, closing the
beak. apd fastening the legs across behind
the tail. The bird was then wrapped in
cloth and put IN a refrigerator. whore
ID was subjected 20 a temperature vary
ing from to Il degrees Fahrenheit. for
ten days. When the supposedly dead bird
was taken out OF the ice chest. although
tne lower part OF It's body was frozen Il
was sun able to emit feeble sounds. TO
open and close It's eyes. and remained
alive for several hours.
Another bird was hung up by It's beak.
after apparently being stranglcd 20 death.
In n rtrTIgef1rOr whore The temperatIre
was not over degrees. and kept there
still alive. Mother Mature certainly has
given remarkable powers Of endurance 20
some OF her feathered progeny In her ef-
Srts TO enable them 10 accommodate them.
selves 90 the extreme OF the elements.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
CARRIED OFF IITTLs BOY.

Marquette, Mich. Dec. J.-Wm. Sui
nvan, tramp, picked up the five-year-old
son OF Raymond Thiery OF Dollar Bay.
Saturday. and led him 10 Point Mills.
some miles or
sheriff Lean apprehended the man -
miles south Of Houghton last night There
was considerable excitement over the a.
fair. but "a is not believed that Sullivan
harbored any sinister intentions Hc IS
believed to be mentally deranged.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31

New York. Dec. 3i.-The close OF the
century will be commemorated i'm London
tonight by special services at St Paul's
Cathedral Westminster Abbey and near
ly all the churches OF the metropolis, says
the Tribune's correspondent
There will he twentieth century services
tomorrow at Canterbury and 81. Pauls
with Archbishop Temple, Bishop Carpen-
ter, Dean Farrar and Dean Eliot as
preachers, and the Messiah Will be
sung at Albert Hall. The old century
will be danced out and the new danced
I'm at Covent Garden IN fancy dress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31

MRS. wrNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over nifty years by
millions OF mothers for their children
whilo tcething. with perfect success. 10
soothes the child. softens the gums. al
lays all pain. cures wind collie. and II the
best remedy for Diarrhoea. IL will rs-
Hevo the poor littio sufferer Immediately.
Sold By druggists IN every part OF the
world. Twenty-Five cents q bottle. Be
sure and ask for Mrs. winsiow's Sc 9TH
ting syrup" and take no other kind
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
. Rsv. OR. RsIaSfCRD III.

New York, Dee. 81 --Rcv. Dr. VIM. 8.
RainsforG. nastorsu 81 Georges Eplsco-
pal church was reported last night TO be
very seriously ul
At the rvctory and M the parish house
much rcilcence was. observed although it
was admired that the clergy man was se-
riously ~. ~. DeorEsz church has the
largest congregation ot any Episcopal
church ln the country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
ENGINE DISABLED
Return to Steam Power ON Bris-
tol Road Made Necessary.

The Consolidated railroad has been
compelled to return to steam power on
its Bristol and Fall River branch.
At 12:SO o'clock today the engine which
furnished the electric power at the sta
ton In Warren became disabled and the
cars along the track were stalled
Locomotives were at once put in.c SER
vice and will be continued until INpairs
are made. During this period trains will
run on an hourly schedule from the sta
tiOn on India street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
0v :RpuE WHALeR ARRIVES.

San Francisco, Dec. a.-The steam
whaler Fearless, long overdue from the
Arctic. has reached this port, having
been delayed by severe storms She re-
ports the catch OF four whales and 10000
pounds OF bone. Harry Spencer a
young seaman. died on the voyage and
WAS buried at Cape Bathurst
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
DIED TOGETHER.
An Unknown Man and Woman
XIII Themselves With Gas.

New York, Dec 81 "A man and woman.
who went 90 Courtncys hotel In Brooklyn
saturday night were found dead In bed
today. Both had been dead for at least
slN hours, and there was every evidence
that the pair bad committed suicide by
inhaling gas
on flu re 80. go, nv, Neat .a,,.,l ,urheu G
tho couples idCrtitv except a letter
which a. ir no uusseaElup OF the coroner
and which has not vet been made public.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
HEAVY BY FIRE.

Chlcago. Dec. si.-Fire earlv to-day de-
siroycd theni1nt of the Bcllaire stamp
inE c.. si Harvey lll.. manufacturing
suburb 4i uiis r.iy. The loss Is estimated
az fiaHp. Insurance about Sg1t.ug.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
HEAVY sNowSroRM IN WYOMING.

Cheyenne. Wyo.g Dec 3l.-A general
snow storm has prevailed over the east
crn and central sections, of Wyoming
during the past two days
Jon Powder river and salt Creek the
snow Il very deep. Much Difficulty I'm
feeding stock II experienced. although no
serious damage Is reported as yet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
DUKES CONDITION SERIOUS.

weimar. Dec. n The condition OF Che
1rsnd Duke 81 Saxe- Weimar who
= sunerinE from Influenza. complicated
Nith Inflammation of the lungs is very
serious The action Of hts heart y
gradual We kensng Hta iiinesa A.
i'ainIess, but the worst q earcd.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
LOST ON THE DESERT.

Phoenix. Ariz.. Dec. sly. J., Hopkins.
one OF the oldest residents OF Yuma. is
lost on the desert near Mesquite. There
ls no hone OF finding him alive.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
The Cotton Market.
reported by Davis & Dexter, Isanigan
THE OLD AND THE NEW CENTURY.

New York spot cotton 2 7-16 lower; mid
ding nplands lOc. gulf l0A: sales 2l,225.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31
Tasteful s.,I vrsxrs ms, ss dse.,

Tickets and general printing for sociall
etc. j, j. RYDER CO. ~ washington
cor Eddy
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-31

to reliable retail merchants or salarief
people holding permanent positions, such
as bank clerks. superintendents. foremen.
salesmen. cashiers, bookkeepers, school
teachers clerks, etc; ali business treat
cd strictly confidential and in a reliable
manner; easy terms; conveyancing and
notary public. Write fun particulars or
call; hours TO s.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
Last Weeks Cotton Movement.

The mills need cotton, particularly the mills across the sea. The foreign mills did not buy early in the cotton year because Henry M. Neill told them that twelve million bale crop was altogether possible, even probable, and now they are seeking cotton at holders figures. And production in response to demand has been. and is. and promises to be, so heavy that even the home mills--even those amid the cotton fields-win need more cotton. It folio ws, therefore, that s-cent cotton Is not high. It is really low-priced cotton, and no one is prepared to say what the limit of the market will be.
 There is one good thing about the situa- tion-prices are made from day to day by supply and demand, by actual ascertained facts, instead of manipulation and Neill- like wisdom. If cotton is cornered. 1t is cornered by the concurrence of a small crop and a big trade in cotton goods. Such 9 concurrence ought to be sufficient to
The age-herald., 1900-03-06

corner any staple, and but for tie Neills of the land this concurrence would have been as visible to the naked eye last October as 1t is now Better late, however. than nev- CT
 Actual spot cotton is the thing. and be- lated spinners are grabbing 1t as a hungry dog grabs a bone. The Manchester spin ners are the hmgriest in the market. The Liverpool statement for last week shows that the stock in that port includes 5O7,617 bales of American cotton, as against 1,7S5,- 900 bales at the corresponding time of last year. 1t is believed that one-third of the Liverpool supply has been sold, leaving the part that spinners can secure unprecedent- edly small. The total foreign exports this year have been ssSS,2S5 bales, against 5,S61,- 039 bales last year.
 This great deficiency cannot be made up, for stocks in the interior towns show 4S1,- 313 bales only, against 4594n bales last year. The total crop in sight now stands at 7.747,62O bales, and it Is still an open question whether or no it will reach the nine-million mark. Ut will not go one hun dred thousand bales wide of that sum.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
AKAFFIR ..sMOKER"

From the London Daily Mail.
 In South Africa the native women smoke
 necessarily. Your native servant smokes
 as she cooks and as she washes The to-
 bacco she likes is rank The dainty cigar
 cite an English or Russian lady of fashion
 enjoys smoked through a quill, so that no
 nicotine can stain either teeth of fingers,
 would be sneered at by Kaffir. "Give me
 @ pipe and something in it I can taste" is in effect what she says.
 The men Kaffirs are beyond tobacco. They smoke something so vehement that it makes them cough and splutter, lose their breath, choke and sneeze to an alarming degree. They like snuff. too. and are fond of offer ing and taking plnches of 1t ('schniff" they call iD when they meet and visit one an- other
 Regarding tobacco as too mild for their taste, the Kaffrs take another weed, and
 smoke that. They proceed Ito arrange a smoking party, by squatting on the ground and getting ready their pipe" COW horn with a thin tube in 1t inserted halfway down at right angles to the horn. The end of the tube is in basin, and it is from it that the smoker sucks the strong stuff that makes him incapable of anything but a series of coughs and chokes for some time after he has had his turn at the pipe, which is passed round from man to man, until a perfect chorus of coughs rends the air. The tobacco the Boers smoke looks like poor tea, and is peculiar in flavor, yet Eng lishmen who have become used to it &C., quire such taste for it that they never ask for any other kind.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
SECRETS OF LONGEVITY
. New York World.

From the New York World.
 "The Causes of Natural Death and How to Attain an Active and Useful Old Age" was the subject of a lecture by Dr. Cyrus Edson before the Hundred Year club at 226 West Fifty-eighth street last night.
 Farmers are of long lives" said Dr. Ed son, .'but men in the city who observe the rules of health live longer than the far mer. The reason is that the city man ex- ercises his mental powers more than the farmer, and the secret of longevity Is in mentality.
 ''rhe rules for a long life are: Plain food; plenty of good air; not more than eight hours sleep; periods of exercise. part of which should be of such nature as to produce deep respiration and perspi- ration; don't worry or go to extremes or excesses."
 Dr. Edson said the average life of a orain worker was 67 years.
 ''The cause of death," said he, lis fail- ure of assimilation, the giving out of one organ and failure of the nervous system" |"
 Dr. Edson told of Thomas Parr, an Eng hshman, who lived to be 152 years old and outlived nine princes. Parr was supposed to have died because of change of food and air. moving from the fresh country to London. He worked In field until he was 13 years old, and married widow at 120.
 A discussion of longevity was held.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
Scarcity of Wood Pulp.

The current stories relative to the scarci- ty of wood for pulp-making purposes should be received with many grains of allowance Western men say there is enough spruce and poplar in Michigan and Wisconsin to furnish pulp fora generation to come. The tale of famine is made, so they say, to serve a purpose in advancing the price of paper
 But it Is scarcely conceived that spruce and poplar are the only woods that acids and bleaching powders and machinery can transform into paper. It is believed that every wood that Is found in our forests can be turned into pulp that has fibre enough for manufacturing purposes. If yellow pine is too resinous then there are the red and white gums, of which this section of the country has an inexhaustible quantity. It is nexhaustible because a new supply can be grown in ten years. so rapidly does this beautiful shade tree grow in southern soil under a southern sun.
 If state legislature would make an ap- propriation sufficient to test under favor ing circumstances the gum and the cotton wood for paper-making purposes, 1t would render this section great service, even if the experiments were adverse. It is now known that pine can be turned into excel feet pulp if the gums in it can be extracted. There are no gums in the wood of the gum and cottonwood, and no reason has yet been presented to convince any one that they are not available. They are not avail able in northern paper mills. but there is no law that prevents the establishment of paper mills on some of the mountain streams in this section of the country. This district of Alabama has a thousand streams that are well adapted to paper mill purposes, and if it becomes known that the gum and cottonwood can be transformed into paper stock, a great industry will be established under the gum trees shade.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
Would Enjoy the Opportunity

Private" John Allen. of Mississippi. has deservedly acquired and brilliantly sus- tained the reputation of being the wit of the house. says the St. Louis Republic While on especially good terms with him. self some nights ago he told this little tale in very sad tone of voice:
 When you speak about your dead mem bers," he said, "it reminds me of a speech l made once against the extravaganza of congressional funerals. That speech went down to Mississippi, and when I got back there an old friend of mine came up to me and said: John, old fellow, we read what you had to say about them congressional funerals. and your constituents endorse every word of 1t. By gad, you just tell them up there in Washington that if you die you don't ask them to bury you; you 've got lots of friends down here who'll take pleasure in doing it. ;"
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
HOW SENATOR'S EAT AND DRINK
The French Lawmakers Prone to Tippling
 Rather Than Eating

From the New York Sun.
 Senators of the United States have a spe-
 cial restaurant at S2se capitol that surpasses
 in completeness these attached to the legis-
 lative halls of other nations. with the ex-
 ceptfon of that of the house of commons in
 England. The senators eat and drink as much as they desire. each paying for what
 he consumes The man who conducts the
 restaurant and bar does so for his personal
 profit. The government exercises no con-
 trol over or supervision of his charges. The
 French have a system which is a wide de-
 parture from American or-English methods.
 French senators, who meet in session at Paris, have no restaurant; only bar, or
 what they call buvette. To sustain it each senator has deducted monthly from
 his pay the sum of francs, or about s1. For this amount each has the privilege of consuming as much coffee, tea, chocolate, milk, syrups, beer, bouillon and Mquors as he desires.
 Under ordinary conditions at the close of
 the year there remains a substantial sur plus over expenditures to distribute In char
 ity. Last year. however, while the senate
 was sitting as high court of justice, there
 were frequent temporary suspensions of the
 sessions and the intervals were employed
 by the senators in raiding the bar to such
 an extent that a large deficit confronts the
 government, which it has to make good.
 The bar is open at S:3O a. m. and closed
 promptly at 6:30 p. m. In the morning the
 senators drink chiefly coffee and chocolate;
 in the afternoon tea, bouillon and beer.
 Absinthe is strickly forbidden. The
 French senators consume an immense
 quantity of syrup of gum arabic. Two great jugs of this drink are every day
 placed in the gallery of the newspaper re- porters exclusively for Their use. In addi- ton. every time a senator mounts the tri- bune to address the senate a glass of this beverage is placed within his reach unless he expresses preference for something else. There appears to be diversity of taste in the way of material to oil the hinges of oratory. Some senators take mixture of coffee and lemonade. or tea, beer or milk, or cold coffee. while others appear to be able to work themselves into pitch of in- sane fury on nothing at all. The French senate consists of about 300 members. Three hundred dollars a month would appear small sum to keep them in drink but there is no other such temperate body of states men. They are generally men of advanced years. who drink wine only at their meals, and then in moderation.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
E OILY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Government by Injunction.

The new form of government devised by lawyers, spurred on by capitalistic in- fiuences, has received backset in Wiscon- sin. The case arose in Milwaukee. A franchise proposition was pending in the city council, and writ of injunction was procured by the disgruntled side in the case, quite as matter of course in these days, and 1t was duly served. The com- plainant court forbade the members of the council to pass the franchise proposition, and it also forbade the mayor to sign it if the council should pass it. The modern in- junction is nothing if not comprehensive. The corporation lawyers are paid to make them comprehensive. The court in Mil- waukee was fully up-to-date, for it pro- posed to take entire charge of the municipal legislature.
 The municipal legislature had, however, the courage of its convictions, and it pro- ceeded to turn the franchise proposition in- to franchise ordinance, and the mayor signed it. He too, did not propose to ab- dicate in favor of the judge in the case. He, too, did not remember that the people had authorized that judge to conduct the legislative business of the city of Milwau kee. The injunction case was carried to the supreme court of the state. and that court has decided that the mayor and council were acting within undoubted rights The Wisconsin supreme court held that a court has no authority to restrain legislative body in the exercise of it's legislative pow CTS. It may review its action from a con- stitutional standpoint, but an effort to pre- vent legislation is usurping, as any man can see with one eye shut.
 This decision is as good in one state as in another. It is a legal principal that is applicable in all. It does not shut off the misehievous and typrannical and intolera- ble use of injunction when disputes arise between capital and labor which are never exercised except at the demand of high priced lawyers in the employ of the former but 1t at least shows some tendency some where to limit judicial usurpation, and per haps in the long run some way will be found to destroy the entire scheme of government by injunction.
The age-herald., 1900-03-06
COTTON FARMERS HEARD FEoM

From the Savannah News.
 The farmers do not want any advice about the cotton acreage. Each one of them, however, is anxious that his neigh bor shall be advised against planting for a larger crop of cotton than he did last year.
 MT Stevens the commissioner of agri- culture, who has just returned from trip of inspection, says the indications are that more cotton will be grown in this state this year than in any year for long time, and no doubt similar indications are ob- servable in the other cotton states. He reports that the farmers are even planting their gardens in cotton. The high price of the staple is making them forget the les sons of the past. The prospect is that they will neglect other crops and devote their whole time to cotton In the early part of January, and even as late as the first of February, the indications were that the sales of fertilizers in this state would not exceed those of last year. The situation has suddenly changed. There is a pros pect of cotton going to ten cents. and the farmers think they will do little specu- lating. They will take the risk of buying
 
 making a big crop of cotton and getting a high price for 1t. They may be success full, but it is by no means certain they will.
 A big crop will send down the price, It will be known pretty early in the season whether the crop is big one or not.yf II would be so much better for the farmers to stick to the plan that Is gradually mak- ing them prosperous-the plan of diversity ing their crops. A ten-million bale crol means good prices throughout the season A Il 50O,OO0 or even a. 100000 bale crop means ', and probably 6-cent cotton. II is not improbable that 12,000, ,0O0-haie cror would knock the price down to cents At that price there is very little money in cotton, even to farmers who are able to make cotton at the very lowest cost
 There is no use to advise the farmers however, not to increase their cotton acre. age. They intend to plant as large isan acreage as they can.