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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
WAR BETWlXT MAN ANO BEAST.

From India there come once more the
official figures relating TO the casual
ties" caused In the constant war which
prevails there between man and beast,
says Chambers Journal. We are happily
situated I'm this country in being able TO
look back upon such a struggle as a
thing OF the past; but I'm our Eastern de-
pendency destructive animals stu claim
their annual tribute of human blood. In
the past year more than i2S0o0 animals
were killed, and rewards claimed for their
slaughter; and during the fame period
q 1855 men. women and children met their
death through tooth. claw and the poison
OF snakes To this terrible tnle of human
suffering must be added nearly 100000 do
mcatic animals which were killed BY the
same agencies. We thus see that tho loss
OF lifc ~ about equal on both sides IL
Is interesting % zee how The deaths are
apportioned among The wild beaSia--I,lral
comes the terrible man-eatng tiger.
which f. responsible FOR 9t7 Victims: the
wolves come next. with total ~ i62
while the leopard claims asi Undcr the
heading Other Mild Beasts are com
puted liS2 human deaths The rest OF The
grand total. no fewer than n.yl0 items OF
this terrible death list. are set down %
snake bite. II is almost futile Co expect
any great reduction in the annual loss of
life from poisonous snakes. for the ma
tivos will never Kill one of these crcat-
urcs n thvy can avoid doing so.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
A new BUILDING.
Rhode Island Supply and En-
ginssrlng Company Secures
Additional Land for Purpose

According To the records at the City
Hall, the Providence Warehouse com
pany has transferred TO the Rhode ISL
and Supply and Engineering company a
tract OF land adjoining the warehouse
5sf1d fronting on W-Vst Exchange street
on its southerly side.
The Rhode Island Supply and Engi-
neering company purchased the land for
the erection OF a building 10 be used for
manufacturing purposes.
The record OF the transfer OF the
property was recorded yesterday. The
stamps on the deed amounted To $3.50,
representing "A purchase price OF HS 500.
here was also recorded at the same
time a mortgage on the same property,
given by the company TO the trustees OF
the estate Of II. II. Knight for Sii 0O0
and a second mortgage 10 the Providence
Warehouse company for $4,000. while a
mortgage held prior 20 this time, held
by the Rhode Island Hospital Trust
company, was cancelled
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
vANDAL'S
WORK AT
PLYMOUTH
Canopy Of Historical Rock Is
Clipped and Broken bya
Heavy Rammar.

Plymouth. Mass. Dec iS-The hand of
the vandal, which has been withheld
from the granite canopy over Plymouth
Rock for "a years, has fallen, and now
this nne piece Of monumental architecture
stands in a mutilated condition, while
the Pilgrim Society, through It's treasurer
has offered reward OF 800 for the detec-
ton of the guilty party who committed
a deed not short OF sacrilege.
The damage dUuc TO the canopy was
evidently the work of a hammer or pos
sibly "A heavy stone, and is mainly con
fined To- the archway fronting on Water
street. ON either side below the base OF
the reeded pillars Is square granite face.
On each side OF the entrance those
stones have been pounded on the angles
and considerable portion Of the corner
split off, leaving "A ragged edge
The stone ON the righthand rear corner,
entirely hidden by, the pillars In the fore
ground, suffered most, but the marks of
the vandals hammer are TO he seen in
many other places where the attempt to
chip of pieces OF the granite failed.
A small place Is broken from thc left
hand entrance az about the same height
az on the Water street front, and the
curved beading which caps the first
course in the base stones bears marks OF
blows all around the canopy
No clue 10 the perpetrator OF the out
rage has been found, and II Is considered
by many not to have been the work OF a
relic hunter. but just bit of pure GUS
sedness," one member OF the Pilgrim
Society put g.
The canopy was built by the Pilgrim
Society the corner stone being laid Au-
gust ?. 1859 and the work completed IN
the fall OF 1856
IL is about Is by 10 feet on the ground
and 30 feet high.
The top contains a chamber I'm which,
inclosed i'm leaden box, are the bones
OF some OF the forefathers which were
exhumed from the place where they were
laid on Coles Hill I'm the winter of l620-2i
The water of the larger Norwegian
fjorus, or rock bays, though i'm direct
communication with the sea. are so salt
3 less as TO be drinkable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

gagement. And so we did. After three
months OF very intense courtship on
Bert's part he came 20 work for my
father, and we were together every day.
That he loved me then and that he
loves me now I can swear but his par
ents have prevented his marrying me.
There are reasons why | cannot permit
his parents TO interfere.
QUESTIONS BROUGHT BUSHES
Yetitte brewers lawyers George w ar
lace, ST.. and w. W. Willis, here at
tempted 10 ask Miss Stringer questions
the purport of which was that she was
not the proper kind OF woman for their
client 20 be forced To marry.
These questions aroused the girl TO an
ger which finally melted away in sobs
as she buried her face I'm her hands. Time
after time her cheeks were suffused with
bushes.
Gradually the lawyers forced the fair
witness to tell OF her clandestine meet
ings with Brewer I'm lonely spots at Ce-
dar Crest in her fathers yard. at night
i'm New York city. and ut tho Inn al
Freeport.
But All this time" Miss stringer pro-
tested. ~ was engaged TO become his
wife and he was pledged upon the honor
OF man to be my husband"
II want to know all about this wom-
an" said Lawyer Wallace, because IL
she proves that she is all woman
should be on the eve of matrimony l
shall advise Albert Brewer To marry
her I'm the presence OF this court and
stop this hearing abruptly
Marry me he will. stormed Miss
Stringcr, 'or else go 10 prison. or--be
sued for all the money he ever hopes
TO fall heir to I'm this world!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
WARREN.

Tobin Post held very interesting meet
ing last night a clam cRowder was
served by Surgeon Andrew Wilmarth; !;
there was singing by the members of the
post OF old war songs; banjo solos by s.
NJ. James. ID. w. Seymour. and a reading
by o. NJ. Bowen. IL was one OF the best
meetings held by the post for some time.
The post voted TO hold an open meeting
at the post hall on Jan. 18th, as 10 Is the
10th anniversary.
Mr. John Waterman, who is dangerously
ill. II reported to have passed comfort
able night with no perceptible change In
his condition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
She Declares That Albert Brewer
Will Either Marry Her or
Go to Prison.

Chapter three Of pretty Annie String
er's romance had private hearing I'm
Justice Hawkins court In Lynbrook. l..
L., yesterday.
1t was the sequel OF chapter two I'm
which this girl of "a. at Freeport, L. L.,
a month ago. held up her boy lover Bert
Brewer, IS. with a double -barreled shot
gun until constable could arrest him
for chapter one, dealing with the WOO
ing and engagement, had failed to end
with the expected marriage.
Bert. j have loved you. trusted YOU"
the girl said as she stood before him
that day at Freeport; you have had
your day, now / intend to have mine. 9"
and the way she piled charges after
charges against him yesterday in court
showed how truly she meant II.
is VERY DETERMINED.
For three hours Miss stringer was kept
on the stand telling the story OF her
two years love affair, listening to ques-
tons from young Brower's counsel that
brought bushes 10 her cheeks and i'm
dsnant denials TO her lips
1T was like all love affairs. ] sup
pose" she said, Gin that a girl can never
tell where IL started or where IL will
end. Bert and / were thrown together
great deal two years ago. We both lived
in Woodmere, l.. L.. and had known each
other ever since we were tots.
He became fond of me and I of him.
and one day in June. 1899 he took me To
a picnic at Valley Stream. That day. we
made known 60 each Other, as young
folks do, our love.
I'VE knew we would end IL with an en-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
RANDOM PICklNGS.

Police Judge Neiswanger of Alment,
Kan, is woman
The Prince of Wales is said to have the
most curious paper weight i'm existence.
ii Is the mummied hand OF the daughter
OF one OF the Pharaohs and he keeps II
on his private desk in constant use.
The oldest dressmakers bill was found
in the ruins OF a temple of the city OF
Nipur and cannot be less than 800 years
old. 1t contains the names OF S2 vest
ments given to the temple by the king
OF Babylonia.
A horse fell in well at Memphis. Mo-,
the other morning. and for a time it
was feared that IL would drown. At the
suggestion of some genius the well was
filled with water. causing the horse to
float to the top and its valuable life to
be saved.
The wife OF Bishop Millspugh, says the
Kansas city Times. sent an old party
gown TO a rummage sale i'm Topeka the
other day. and while showing the dress
TO customer the clerk found I'm its
folds valuable pearl ornament lost ten
years ago.
A Washington man complained bitter
ly 10 the District Commissioners of the
pasting OF Advertising labels on loaves
OF DTeAu, anu Ndnttu tnem 10 stop the
practice. hut the Commissioners assured
him that the official chemists opinion.
was that the use Of these labels on bread
is i'm no way detrimental 20 health.
Hanging In the window OF p barber
shop are the long and flowing whiskers
worn for many years ny Dr. 4. A.
Stevens. of Independence. says the Kan
sas CITY Journal I'm life they hung
down below the doctors waist and they
were famous all over the country The
doctor bet 'em on the election OF Bry-
an"
Job Caslctt, OF Edwardsvillc. Pa. IL
a busy man. Until recently he held six
Offices IN that town. lie was Burgess.
janitor OF The town hail. Keeper Of the
lock-up. Town Clerk. driver Of the bor-
ough team and street Commissioner.
The court thought that he was entirely
too busy and removed him as Burgess.
but he stnl holds the five other positions
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
CARD.

/ wish to inform my friends and the
public in general that | have this day ac-
cepted position as salesman with Jo-
SEPH NJ. MANN. the Modern Piano
Dealer, No sl7 Westminster street. cor
ner OF Snow.
Hoping TO receive a share OF your pat
ronage, | remain, yours truly,
GEORGE A. SPHINX.
Providence, r. T., Dee 7, 1900
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

George Felix and Lydia Barry, who
have been in the west for several months,
Will be conspicuous I'm next weeks Keith
bill. presenting their sketch, 'The Vau-
deville Craze" which is a melange OF
funny dialogue. good singing and lively
acrobatic work. Miss Barry scores heavi-
ly with new song, called Take II Back,
Judge. Please Do" Her Vote Ii as sweet
and powerful as ever, and she knows how
To use IL In singing popular ballads. Fee
lix IL as timber OF yore and his noise
less acrobatic comedy business wins
many laughs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

pears 60 be in better humor and finer
fettle this year than last. and his per-
formance recalls his best days. lie in
PRODUCES himself In one OF the costumes
and songs identified with his earlier sue
cess and caps the climax Of his amusing
efforts by musical and linguistic medley
well liked by the audience.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

Week days--Leave corner of Dorrance
and Weybosset streets at 5:45 a. m. then
every 30 minutes 10 7:l5 y. m: then
hourly TO 1915 p. IN. Leave terminus at
Bristol at 5;49 a. m; then hourly TO l0:49
y. m. also 1l;49 p. m. and 12:41 a. m to
Riverside car house only.
Suudays-Leave corner OF Dorrance
and Weybosset streets at 7:i5 a. m; then
every 81 minutes 20 7l5 p. m. then
Bristol at 5l9 a. M. then every 30 min
utes 10 6:49 r. m; then hourly 20 l0:4s
Bristol at 6A9 a. m; then every 30 min
utes TO $50 p. m; then hourly TO 9:49 y.
m: also l049 and IL al y. m. to River
side car house only.
Cars leave Franklin street six min
utes after leaving terminus.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

Cushman, Holcomb and Curtis are TO be
seen next week at Keith's In an act call
ed THE New Teacher" Sadie Cushman
10 one OF the scholars. and Curtis who
used to be the big boy OF the Manhattan
Comedy Four, is the other. while Hol-
comb IL the teacher with a paint mus
tache that is simply wonderful The lines
are all very witty and possessed OF
laugh attachment. and the trio sing well.
with the result that all three fare better
than IL they had a sketch "chockful' OF
heart interest"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13
ON TO BRISTOL.
Suburban EIsCtrlCS viii Now
Run on Hourly and HALF
Hourly Time.

The extension of the Suburban trolley
line from Warren to Bristol has been
completed. and. beginning today. regu-
lar service between Providence and Bris-
tol will be according to the following
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

In the height Of his fame ne Chris the
leading character I'm the musical comedy
Chris and Lena" some years ago. Pete
Paker seldom excited more applause than
punctuates and follows his vaudeville act
this season. I'm which he will he seen next
week at Keiths. The popularity OF this
German dialect comedian increases with
his continued appearances and his sue
cess I'm vaudeville Is undisputed. lie APP
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

Papinta, the great Keith star known as
the Myriad dancer" because OF the mir
rors which she employs az a stage back
ing for her act. and which reflect the
dancer scores OF timer-a feature origi-
mated by herseif-and accompanied elab-
crate mechanical and electrical devices.
invented and patented by herself, for the
production OF her lighting and color ef-
fects. first appeared at the Chicago
worlds Fair. Six men and 5000 pounds
or mechanical equipment are required
for her act as now presented I'm addition
TO the services OF the electrician OF the
theatre I'm which she appears. The dan
Ger devotes as much time as possible To
bicycling and fencing. and to the latter
attributes the extraordinary suppleness OF
her figure. She is also the owner of the
largest horse-raising rancho I'm California
and OF many famous speedy steppers. and
at the end OF the present season contem-
plates retiring from the stage and de-
voting her sole attention TO her rancho.
which even now she manages personally
though able to pass but few weeks OF
each year there. She IL said 10 be the
most expert woman electrician I'm this
country and has made "A number OF profit
able mechanical inventions outside of
those employed I'm her own stage work
is reflected I'm her peculiar type of
beauty. and is n cousin OF the Duchesse
de la Rochefoucaud and also a niece OF
Senator Mitchell OF Oregon, her birth
place being San Francisco.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-13

The water of the larger Norwegian
fjords. or rock bays though i'm direct
communication with the sea. are so salt
less as to be drinkable
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
GEQONIMO'S FACE
On the Five Dollar Bills REESE nted
Rv Arizona peoDie.

A man who filed a deed at the coun-
ty clerks Office yesterday handed over
a SIS bill in payment therefor on which
appeared the face of old Geronimo.
the famous old Apache chief who was
hunted down by Miles and Lawton in
Arizona.
Whenever the people of CochiSe
county. Arizona. see one of those SIS
bills it makes them angry" said the
man. Geronimo butchered a great
many settlers in certain portions of
Arizona and the people who live in
those sections fail to understand why
the treasury department should i'm
mortaliZe the old butcher by giving
his picture aplace on the currency of
the United States
The money containing the picture of
the old chief a S. silver certificate
of the series of 1899.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
HERMANN THE GREAT.

Those who enjoy the correct and
skillful Offering of an entertainment
of magic, mirth and mystery. should
visit the Myar opera house Tuesday
evening November 9Th. when the great
Hermann appears at that place of
amusement. Mr.. Hermann promises
some startling illusions for the pres
ent engagement He is the most able
trickster on the stage and his enter
tainment possesses the double quality
of being at once amusing and mysti-
flying. The sale of seats for this per-
Torrance is excellent. In addition the
management has contracted with the
Western Union for direct wire into
the house to receive election returns
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
7 INK AND PIN.

the Santa Fe- shops. rode William. the
conquerer in the third X. p. degree last
night Ben is tickled this morning to
think that he is still alive and MEM
Der. as he says. of the best fraternity
yet.
The c. II. passenger train. due here
at 1880 a. m. arrived this afternoon
about 2:15. II was reported late four
hours out of San Antonio and was de-
Iayed a great deal more by hot box
on a truck of the engine. Finally the
box became so hot that the axle became
red hot and ruined a journal. The
train had to stop at F'inlay until new
journal could he put in
The Pullman car Elkhorn was at
tached to the incoming Santa Fe pas
senger this morning as special.
known as the miners excursion III
started from Denver with about thirty
people abroad most of them being
mining men and their wives. The ma
iority OF them got OFF at Rincon to 20
to Silver City. only nine people being
aboard the ear when ii arrived here
Excursion Agent r. q. Lincoln pass
ed through from Washington to- San
Francisco this afternoon. He brought
TO this place twenty-four tourists and
ten stopped here. The rest are going
to Los Angeles and San Francisco
Mr.. Lincoln says the reason that he al
ways has more passengers than the
other fellows is because his car leaves
Washington on Monday and arriving
ut San Francisco the next Sunday
morning makes il unnecessary for his
passengers to travel on Sunday. and
then people lie ktatsotr .wInthwg
then people like to start on long
Journey on Monday anyway.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
and invited trouble more than once.
Penitentiary Sentences

Penitentiary Sentences.
A number of criminal cases were al
so disposed of. Juan PedraZa and Jose
Mendez pleaded guilty to assault to
commit murder and were given two
years each in the penitentiary. Mar
celina MendeZ, accused of assisting
Beulah Matthews in burglariZing Carl
Burkholder's room back of the Palace
theater. was found guilty as charged
and awarded two years.
The case against Albino PedraZa was
dismissed for want of evidence.
Chinaman Arraigned.
Wong Lie. captured September %. is
before the United States commissioner
Howe today on the charge of being I'M
lawfully in the country.
When arraigned about a month ago
Lie asked for time to hunt up his GER
tificate. He claimed to be an old resi-
dent but to have miSlaid his certih-
cate.
AS he speaks English fiuently and
was at the time of his arrest resi-
dent of FL Paso the commissioner gave
him the benefit of the doubt and con
tinued the case.
Evidence regarding the certificate
was taken today. but no result was
reached.
Charged With burglary.
Macaria Hernandez. accused of bur
glary. was placed in the county jail
last night by Constable Farrell. He
was given a hearing today before JUS
tice Spencer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02

Doug Stewart in Shakespeare I'd
tn Date will be Il classic treat 70 b
seen in pu bic only once in life time
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
P~dc.triAni.m In Germany.

a German friend of mime Che is some
what of "a humorist) was bantering me
about the notorious aversion of Ameri
cans To walking. and lie remarked that
he had heard il said that the average
American did not walk more than a mile
"a day. OF course / resented this gross
libel. and | asserted that the average
American thought nothing of starting
out for walk of five miles. | cited
with Il good deal OF pride the habitual
practice of Julian Hawthorne of taking
a mere stroll of twenty or thirty miles
whenever he has few moments TO de-
vote to exercise. | spoke. too. of your
townsInan, Mr.. Slason Thompson, editor
of The America, who i in the habit Of
walking ten miles a day and running fif
teen or twenty more.
NV friend thrreupon became personal.
and ventured To- intimate that | could
not walk five miles. OF course | accept
ed the challenge implied. and. peacefully
dbddering imbecile that | was. l actually
walked for four consecutive hours before
/ learned upon demonstrating with my
humorous friendJ that German mile
was equal to four and half English
miles. and that in order To accomplish
the feat / hal undertaken | should have
to cover twenty-five and half miles.
Germany would be veritable para
disc, merhinks. for Julian Hawthorne
and Slason Thompson. They would he
elected 10 the reichsIag AT the first con
gressional election. - Eugene Field in
Chicago News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
PROCEEDINGS FARMERS CON
GPESS

The volume of proceedings of the
Farmers Congress held at n. & NJ. col
lege. College Station, Texas. in July
last. is now off press and ready for dis
tribution. The book was compiled by
President J. Fl. Connell and Secretary
Il. c. Pittuck of College. and was pub
lished at the Literary Bureau of the
Sunset Central Lines at Houston. 1t
contains over go pages devoted to a
complete and accurate history of the
congress with the various papers and
discussions which occupied the atten-
ton of the assembly.
The volume will prove of value to the
agriculturists generally and may be Sc
cured by enclosing ten cents in stamps
to President J. H. Cornell, College Sta
ton. Texas. or to the Literary Bureau
Sunset Central Lines. Houston. Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
Push Rushed

Frank G.. Rush. who was expected
here this week in connection with the
plans of the new street car company.
passed through the city en- route TO
San Francisco. He was on a rush bus
mess errand and did not have time to
stop over here. He stated however.
that he would return here in about
week and give out something con-
corning his plans.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
Notice.

The CANVASS for Jno. F. Worley's FL
Paso city directory Ia near com pletion.
Those who have moved or have COM e
to Ell Psso since the names were tapen
are urgently requested 70 notify the
unGer signed at the hotel Francis.
This MISTER is important to the public
and TO the publishers OF this directory
John F. Wcrl--
Publisher Ell Paso Dire to-y
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
The Hammond Typewriter

>rorrCr Call and see the advsn-
taGes this New Model
type ritter has over all Others. Three
sets OF type with each machine. iuclud
ing Spanish. Work neatly and &C
curately done in both languages
The Hammond Typewriter Agency.
Room Muudy Bldg. FL Paso
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02

Full returns of the election will be
received and displayed Tuesday night
by the Herald in Little Plaza. from the
balcony of the Sheldon hotel. There
will be bulletins every minute. and in
between the election bulletins Mr.. Bar
Der the clever cartoOnist and sketch
artist. will amuSe the crowd with ap-
propriate work in his line. Come ev-
erybody.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
CALENDARS.
Elegant New Designs for Advertising
PURPOSES

Merchants are requested to call and
see our, new designs in Adveriisine
calendars for 1901 Don't place YOUR
orders until you have seen our designs
and compared prices. We can save
you money. Notify ia by teIeph one
and our solicitor will call on yor.
HERALD JOB DEPT
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-02
Art at Home.

How ym getting on in your clay
modelling. Kitty"
oh. just lovely; I'm devoted re- it
'rhis is fine head: who il it,
.'GoodncsS-don't ask me. Isn't he
sweet: 1t Is either Martin Luther or
Benjamin Franklin"