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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
WANTS $4,000.
Miss Lippsrt Says Peters Prom
ised to Make Her His wife.

New York. Dec. &C. Peters. 20 year
Charles X Cannon, I'm suit brought
old son of William Peters, wealthy
brewer OF Union Hill. n. j., surrendered
himself to Sheriff Reumpler, OF Hudson
county, Yesterday in response to capias
issued by Supreme Court Commissioners
Charles n Cannon, i'm suit brought
against Peters by Miss Freda Lippert Tor
$50 900 damages for breach OF promise,
In her complaint Miss Lippert says that
last summer, while stopping at Busche's
Hotel in Hoboken, on her way from Yer.
many TO her home in Chicago, she mot
lie f' made ardent love to her, and in a
short time she accepted his offer OF mar
rlaae. Finally in the fall she declared
that she would have To 90 on 10 SnichBo.
Peters urged her to remain IN ffopohen;
and told her that he was afraid ne woulu
lose her if she went away, lie & addsd ,a, ,hnr ina!
and he wanted her for his wife.
lie was afraid. however. 10 marry her
just then, for fear his father would dis.
Inherit him, bnt he assured her that ~
would "ultimately be all right" So she
saws she yielded 10 his entreaties and con-
sented to live win him as, as ms wheN; W. No ma
Park avenue as Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lippert and subsequently moved 10 NO
l2l6 Washington street. During that time
Miss Lippert alleges Peters introduced
her everywhere as his wife, and AL went
well until December 5" when Peters LETT
her
Miss Lippert discovered that on the
next day Peters was married to Mrs. Al
ma Deppe OF Manhattan, by Justice or
the Peace John O'keefe, OF Hoboken. On
learning this Miss Lippert began her suit
hgatnst Peters, ana tne csp1Hs wHs s-
sued.
Peters kept out OF the way until yester-
day, when ne walked into the Sheriff's Of
fee at Jersey City and surrendered him.
self His brother. who accompanied him,
became his surety in $1,000. and he was re-
leased.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
INSURANCE AGAINST STRIKES.

While French workmen and employers
have put into effect very satisfactory
and voluntary system OF arbitration for
the settlement OF all disagrcements and
Germany is seeking to solve the problem
by the might OF the law, a number of
Austrian manufacturers have recently
formed an association for insurance
against STRIKES according to report OF
W. Toosfold. consul at Trieste
IL Is tho object OF the association 10 in
domnify It's several members for all losses
sustained BY them from unjust strikes
which may break out In their respective
stublishments. whether voluntary. svm-
pathetic. or forced. Each member T. TO
pay a weekly premium equal % from 3
TO ( per cent of The amount OF his pay
roll The indemnity 60 he paid 90 him IN
each case OF a strike is 20 be. tentatively.
30 per cent 81 the wages paid 10 his 6m-
ploycs for tho week next preceding tho
suspension of work u ~ provided. how
ever. that no Indemnity shall be paid
NJ a committee Of confidential agents ap-
pointed by the association shall, after
a full Investigation OF all the circum-
stances. find the strike II iustiAabic
one.
IL appears that this movement OF In
dustrial employers n not confined 20 Aus
tria. but that a similar insurance asso-
citation. though on n smaller scale, has
been organized In Leipsic. Both the Aus
trisn and the German associst atoms. II APP
pears. recognize in principle the justsess
of safikcs. which ~. ai least in Germany.
an important concession 70 lsbor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
C0YLE
SUES TWO
DOCTORS.
Wants s5O.OO0 Damages From
the Men Who Pronounced
Him Insane.

ElmiIa, n. Y. Dec. 2s.-James Coyle.
formerly a resident of Elmira, and now
an engine driver on the elevated road in
New York city, has brought suit against
DIR. Henry Flood, former mayor. and DIR.
Edward A. Reilly, former coroner, OF this
city. to recover 10000 damages.
Coyle was formerly an engine driver
on the Delaware. Laokawanna and West
ern Railroad. Later he started a saloon
here and took a beer agency for brew
Ing company of Rochester. -. Y.
lie got into trouble with that company
and transferred his property TO his wife
They afterward puarrelled and he sued
for recovery OF his real estate.
In that legal fight the wife complained
that Coyie treated her cruelty and finally
made application TO County Judge Pratt
for a commission in lunacy on Coyle. DR.
Flood and DIR Reilly were appointed.
They examined Coyle and reported him
insane. A commitment was issued to
send Coyle TO the State Hospital at Bing-
hamton, but when the transfer officer ar
rived Coy:e was not 10 be found. He had
gone 10 New York. The commitment
could not be used within five days after
its Issuance and lapsed. Then Coyle re-
turned.
Another attempt was made TO send him
10 the insane hospital A division OF the
Iiibernian Society took up the case for
Coyic. who Is a member OF the order, and
had him examined by DR. Carlos r. Mac
donald. of New York. who pronounced
him sane Because OF the conflicting
opinions of the examiners the court gave
Coyle the benefit of the doubt and dis
charged him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
OLIVER GolDSMlTH'S GRAVE.

correspondent writes throwing doubt
on the supposed resting place OF Oliver
Goldsmith Ia the Temple. says the Lon
don Chronicle. lie says IL is probable that
the remains OF Oliver Goldsmith lie some
where near the tombstone inscribed:
Here lies oliver Goldsmith" but the
actual spot is not known for certain, for
the simple reason that at the time of the
poets burial the authorities OF the Tenn
Pile did not take the slightest care to
mark the resting place OF their illustri-
Gus dead. All that appears I'm the register
OF the Temple Is the bald statement:
Buried 9Th April, Oliver Goldsmith, NJ.
B.. late OF Brick court, Middle Temple"
Some sixty-three years after his death
it occurred TO the benchers that IL would
be we'll to communicable Goldsmith's
connection with the Temple. and hand
some slab OF marble bearing the follow
ing Inscription wa7 placed in the church:
This tablet recording that Oliver Cold
smith died IN the Tcmple on the 9Th OF
April IVA and was buried In the adjoin-
ing churchyard. was erected by the
benchcrs OF the honorable Society OF the
Inner Temple. ~ -. lS31.-Slr Frederick
Pollock. treasurer"
In Is5S John Forster in company with
Sir Frederick Pollock (afterward Chief
Baron Pollock. searched the burial
ground Of the Temple In the hope OF iden-
tifylng the authors grave. but they met
With no success. I'VE examined unavail-
ingly." said Forster, every spot beneath
which intcrment had taken place and
every stone and sculpture on the
ground nor was IL possible TO discover
any cIew in the register of burials. which
we aftcrward looked through IN company
with the master OF the Temple
rhe stone that Claims 10 be Goldsmiths
tomb was not erected until lS60. and IL
seems to have been put up In a very pri-
yate fashion
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
FEAR EPIDEMIC.
Many Cases Of Typhoid and
Pneumonia at Newport.

There appears to be an epidemic OF
pneumonia and typhoid fever at the naval
training station at Coasters Harbor ISL
and, there beiug2 20 cases of the former
and five or six OF the latter at present
In the station hospital
The officials are at a loss to account
for the prevalence OF pneumonia, as the
barracks are new. well heated and venti-
lated.
IL is thought to have been caused by the
boys crossing the asphalt on their way
from the sleeping apartments to the toilet
in their bare feet at night. thus contract
ing colds which developed into pneu-
monia.
The typhoid cases are those OF boys
who have been on short leave and not
contracted at the station AS the only wa
ter used there is from large distiiling
plant. AZ
Driven well or city water is not used
for drinking purposes at the station. IL
Is probable that a board OF inquiry will
be appointed to investigate the causes
leading TO the illness OF the apprentices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
FRUIT HILL CHAPEL.

The seating capacity OF the Fruit Hill
Chapel was severely tested Wednesday
evening, both parents and children being
anxious 10 see the Christmas Tree. which
fulhlled their expectations. being hung
full OF beautiful presents for all concern
ed
The sunday school numbers some forty
pupils and is ably superintended by Mr..
Allen Green OF Providence Rev. Mr.. Ed
wards was present. The teachers are 10
be congratulated on the success Of the
meeting.
Services will be held IN the chapel on
tfc evepipE ~ January sup. conducted by
Mr.. Edpafds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28

country, the majority of whom, upon the
expiration or their service with the gov
ernment, went 10 the mines, whore one
OF them made s2ooooo In one summer; two
others each made SOS. .0o0, four made $4,000
each, and from one to sixteen persons
made from $1,000 TO $4,000 apiece.
Some of these men have Invested their
surplus earnings I'm farms In the states
OF Washington. California and other
parts OF the United States. One is now
the principal stockholder Of the Nome
City water works.
Agents OF the interior department have
since the commencement of the reindeer
industry been examining Alaska with re-
gard TO its capab.lity OF sustaining rein
deer. and find mat upon the basis allowed
by the Norwegian government. OF 40
many deer to the square mile, Alaska has
pasturage sufficient for nine million head
OF reindeer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
GROWTH OF THUNDER

The formation OF thunderstorm is one
of the familiar things that few of us
know anything about. says the Philadei-
phia Inquirer. That sounds like a contra
diction, but It is not. for while we are
familiar enough with the impressive spec
tacle made by the clouds as they gather
and with the sometimes disastrous and
always startling effects of the storm when
IL breaks over us, how many of us can
trace II back TO its origin, step by step.
and tell how and where II got its terrible
power?
Let us try to do this. There is no doubt
that the electric charge OF cloud comes
from an initial cnarge multiplied by IN
ductioh. The initial charge may he ao-
quired by evaporation, for we know that
electricity may be generated I'm that way.
or II may be generated ~ the friction OF
vapor-laden air, which, moving as wind
comes in contact with objects on the
earths surface.
This vapor Is composed OF very minute
particles OF water. each of which becomes
electrified, tho charge accumulating on It's
surface. Now, a. these particles or drops
come together and are condensed INTO
larger drops the surface area Is reduced
in proportion 10 the volume, and an in
creased electrical accumulation is the re-
suit I'm otner words. when two drops are
condensed into one, there is the same
quantity OF water and of electricity as
when the drops were separate. and the
electric oharge is intensified TO that eX-
tent
The drops so formed attract smaller
drops by their greater power and thus
condensau uon, with continual Increase OF
mower. goes on rapidly and "a thunder
cloud begins TO form. As the cloud Is
sent forward by the wind IL Affects the
earth's surface By Induction ana INC
e.rth's surface affects a. I'm the same way.
the cloud becoming positively and the
earth negatively charged This goes on
rapidly. electric energy being continually
drawn 10 the cloud from the air. and the
same quantity being repelled from the
earth below. Thus II is that the thunder
cloud forms 80 quickly and acquires ~
great an electric power.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
her LIES SPAN.
Mrs. Allen viii Be l01 II She
Survives TIL New Years.

New York. Dec. cs-when the bells toll
the death OF the year and the century.
on midnight Of Dec, 81. Mrs Sarah Allen.
OF No. 523 Van Worst place. Union Hin.
N. j., will have reached the age OF 10l
years. and have seen n portion OF life
In three different centuries.
Mrs. Allen. who II what might be term
ed hale and hearty, was born In the
North of ireland, on Jan. /. 1900 She
came to the United States ~ years ago.
Until FIVE years ago she was very fond
OF reading. Now that the loss of her
eyesight prevents this. members Of the
family read to her. She IL particularly
fond OF having them read the newspapers
10 her.
She uses a cane. chiefly because OF her
blindness.
ITS ALL PROVIDENCE"
You ask me how I have managed to
live SO long" said Mrs Allen 10 friend.
well, it's all Providence have eaten
plain food, prepared in the simplest of
styles am net a s-EeFetaFian.= behave
I'm eating meat, good wholesome beef,
chicken, fish and all such things. eat
meat now. as old as l am, three times
a day 1 have always believed I'm three
meals day. and In late years I fire.
auently ask for slice OF bread AT bed
time.
MANY people eat too much and cut
their Hives short. Many others die early
because their food is too rich and too
fancifully prepared with spices and such
things.
II believe high living is the curse Of
the age. 1t Is an old story, but 1 know
what / am talking about when i say
that plain meat and bread and occasional
ly we'll cooked vegetables are the true
diet for mankind.
SLEEP THE GREAT DOCTOR.
How many hours do I sleep out OF
the "a. That's hard TO say. i take little
maps during the day. l go TO bed at
or 10 O'Clock I'm the evening and stay In
bed until 9 or 10 o'clock the next morn
ing. but OF course / am not sleeSing all
this time, simply resting. i am so old
that have TO spend good deal OF the
time lying down.
IAN my life have insisted on getting
eight or nine hours OF sleep out OF the
"a Sleep is the greatest doctor this side
OF heaven. IL cures all things ana Is
iife's salvation"
one OF Mrs Aliens favorite quotations
is "Sleep which sometimes shuts up sor-
rows eve steals me awhile from mine
own company" There will be celebra-
ton OF Mrs Aliens birthday at her home
She has one child living. David Allen.
who works in a gas plant In Union Hili
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
lazy LAWRENCE

ST Lawrence became the patron saint
of the lazy and indolent because when,
under the NTH persecution OF Nalerian,
says Notes and Queries. he was tortured
TO death for his unswerving adherence TO
the new religion by being broiled alive
on an enormous gridiron, he Knocked hts
tormentors by saying: 1T IN now roasted;
turn me and eat" Is. AIabros., de or
ficiis." f. Al, ii %; s. AUG, Serm l03, cited
in Robert owens "Sanctorale Cathoh-
cum" 1880. n. 2aS; see also Buffers Lives
OF the Saints'D Hence his attributed un-
Willingness to exert himself IN this re-
spect procured for him this patronal sta
tus over the lazy.
Similar proverbial sayings tend 10 chow
further that ~ was not as supposed,
mere slliteratiyeness that suggested the
phrase: ''As lazy as Joe the marine, who
laid down his musket to sneeZe; 'As
lazy az Nahon the soldier" 1. o.. an In
dian Mohammedan soldier. whose phy-
steal energy was not so great as that Of
a British soldler."As proud as Coles dog
that took the wall for dung cart. and
got crushed I'm n wheel;" and the utter
most depths of lazincss were reached by
David Lawrence's dog that leaned his
head against a wall to bark" piece OF
facetiousness only suggesting that the
real origin OF Lazy Lawrence" had al
ready been forgotten. Lawrence bids
wages" was an excuse for lazinsss. and
"St Lawrence has got hold OF you was
and perhaps T. still. q common provincial
saying OF any one neglecting work. willie
St Lawrence's day. Augrst TO- generally
not rs-fr.-wss one or wiftcif f,-rvons were
exceptionally supposed TO shirk their US
usl avocations This saint. whose mar
tyrdom shook the foundations of pagan
unbeiisf 10 stu further commenoratsd In
st. Lawrencs's tears" ss the nsiserie
or shooting stars we're called. which are
said generally 10 make q great display on
his anniversary. As regards 81 IOzs p
fssieys Dictionary, I7r, g'yes "i0zsi =
Q lals tubbef,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28
MANY new CASES
Riverside, However, Does Not
Fear Epidemic Of Diph'haria.

Seven diphtheria cards have been put
up at Riverside by Health Officer Mason
Il. Wood of East Providence. The pa
tients are all girls OF about nine years
of age. and are all pupils in the same
school the Turner avenue primary.
Health Officer Wood believes the cases
originated from some member OF the
school who was so slightly Ill as not TO
arouse suspicion OF the presence of diph-
liberia, but who wss believed by Its pa
rents TO be suffering from a common cold.
The health officer says he does not fear
any further spread OF the disease, as IL
is now well In hand and the schools are
closed for the winter vacation from the
Friday before Christmas until January T.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28

The United sttss viii fire = thou sand
pound shot twenty miles which will be a
record breaker for the distance The gun
vel Of American ingenuity and work
inAnship Another marvel OF Anerican
Ingenuity is Hostettsrs stomach Bit
medicine 10 cure constipation indiges-
fion. dVSpersia. biliouSness and by its oi-
reci nction on tbs Kidneys prevents rhca-
fnailsfn.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-22
ROSH-HOSHAMAH.
THE HEBREW NEW YEAR BEGINS
SUNDAY EVENING

THE HEBREW NEW YEAR BEGINS
SUNDAY EVENING.
With the beginning Of the setting of
the sun next Sunday evening Hebrews
throughout the entire world will COM
mence to celebrate by prayer or praise
the feast of Rosh Hoshanah. or the
new year. In the Jewish calendar the
day. which terminates Monday evening
at sunset. is the first of the seventh
month. called Tishr. During the ser
vices in temples and synagogues the
shofar. or rams horn. is blown. the
significance OF the sounding being that
each Israelite should awaken from
spiritual lethargy and address himself
to self-eXamination and reflection, and
prepare for the coming of the Day of
Atonemcnt. or Yum Hakippurium
which Is celebrated ten days after
RoSh- Hoshanah.
The customary congratulation with
which relatives and friends are greeted
on the new year means. in it's tran.-
lated form, "Mayest thou be inscribed
to n happy year" According to the
Jewish calendar the coming festival
marks the commencement of the year
1851. counting from the creation of the
world.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-22
MAKING THROUGH TRIPS.

BETTER TRAVELLING FACILITIES
FOR BRAMBLETON PEOPLE.
The electric cars on the Bank street
Queen street and Brambleton avenue
line are now running through trips
from Main street to the eastern termi-
nus of the road at Campostcla bridge.
TIE first through trip was made at
9:30 o'clock yesterday morning, the cars
using the double track from NIaltby
avenue to the corner of Queen and
Church streets. where they then take
the single track to Main street The
only stops made are at the Queen
street switch. which is necessitatcd on
account of the Lambert's Point line
having to run through Brewer street
to Charlotte and up that thoroughfare
through Butte to Botetourt street. The
Brambleton line has to use Bank street
bGth ways.
The work OF running the loop through
Maltby. Highland and Granville ave-
nues will be pushed forward as rapidly
as possible, and it is thought that the
laying of the track on these streets
will be finished in about three weeks.
BY this time the paving of York street
with asphalt completed. "a
then the residents north of Bramble-
ton avenue and those living in close
proximity to it will be given speedy
transit over this route to and from the
ward which will result in making this
line paying investment for the Nor
folk Street Railway Company.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-22
COAL EXPORTS HEAY.

SIX STEAMSHIPS, CARRYING %, 600
TONS, SAILED THIS WEEK.
Six steamships. carrying about $4,000
tons of coal. have sailed from here this
week. Some of these shipments are
significant. The Spanish steamship
Begona for instance. took a full cargo
of coal for the Island of Malta, the
great English naval stronghold. This
coal is for the British admiralty. The
Italian steamship Citta de Messinia
took n full cargo of coal for Messina.
the Italian steamship Balta took a
cargo for Naples. the British steamship
Strathord one for Nagasaki, the Brit
ish steamship King Frederick one for
Tampico, the British steamship one for
Kingston, Jamaica, and the Norwegian
steamship Fri took one out yesterday
for Halifax.
The shipments for Russian account
have not. SO far as known, been made.
but England. Japan and Italy are APP
parently storing contraband of war at
their coaling stations at n great rate.
Much OF the coal. 1t appears. is for
commercial purposes, but a great deal
of it Will be burned by warships. Coal
is coming from the Virginia fields to
Norfolk in great volume. and as there
appears to be no dissatisfaction among
the miners in the Pocahontas region,
this section, it appears, will profit by
the strike in Pennsylvania.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-22
BURIED TO DEATH.

MRS. JOSEPH SIMPSON CAUGHT
FIRE FROM A GASOLINE STOVE.
Mrs. Joseph Simpson. 50 years old.
was burned to death yesterday morn
ing at her home, 299 Charlotte street,
by the explosion of gasoline stove.
The death was horrible and the sight
OF the flesh, hanging in shreds from
the burned and blackened body, was
sickening.
Her husband. Joseph Sin%on, q
plasterer. was not at home at lne time
or the accident, and the woman was
atone. The front door of the house
was locked.
Mrs. Simpson poured gasoline into a
liSnted gasoline stove with the usual
result. The stove exploded and the
burned fluid enveloped her body.
MRS. simpson screamed and attracted
the attention of neighbors, who sent
In an alarm of fire.
John Wynn, aged IS years, of 46O
Church street. who was laying carpets
at 27S Charlotte street, heard the fire
bells and went to the Simpson house,
proke into the front room and there
found Mrs. Simpson lying on the floor
in a blaze.
She was unconscious, though not
quite dead. but before young Wynn
could extinguish the flames she breat tn
ed her last. Her clothes were burned
almost completely from the body,
which was also being consumed when
young Wynn broke into the house
The Queen street fire company was
on thu scene and extinguished the
burning carpets and curtains.
Mrs. Simpsons body. which had been
brought from the house by young
Wynn, was carried back into the
house. where 1t lay until the arrival
of Mr.. Simpson. who knew nothing of
the accident until he came from his,
work in Brambleton for dinner.
Coroner Odend'hai and jury of in
quest viewed the body and then adj
1ourned until $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing. when evidence will be heard at the
office of High Constable Pettis, Will
liams street.
Mrs. Simpson was n native OF the
Eastern Shore. but had lived in Nor
folk for several years. She is said to
have been connected In the family of
DR.. Frank Fletcher. of Accomac. prest-
dent of the State Board of Fisheries.