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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24
THE FOOTPAD GAILY LEAVES US.
Before Going He ApOstrOphizes the
breezy Lakeside CITY.

Breezy Lakeside City.
The footpad's athletic figure was bundled
in huge ulster He carried a grip and an
umbrella, and his general appearance was
that of man on travel bent.
Yes" he said, as he blew the smoke
from his cigar in the face of the swell bar
keep. I'm off. To give you the confidential
tip, Washington is poor place for gentle
men of my profession. 1 haven't done as
we'll here as my talents deserve. I'm dead
stuck on the town place of residence
however and when 1 retire to an honorable
quiet and peaceable life on the fruits of
my nightly labors, 1 am going to buy
house on Mt Pleasant-unless 1 am
brought to an untimely end by dum-dum
. w NAT tnat! Afraid of whom?' And
the hfghwayman drew himself to his. full
height, and expanded his broad chest.
The what? The police? Are they on to
me? Scared me awaye Bless your inno-
cence. The detecs never bother me- I'm
an expert at my business. and like shrink
ing pansy (say. I'm a sweet little old pansy
preciated by the police. Perhaps 1 might
call myself a night blooming cereus, Ell?
But I'm off to Chicago, I am
List. as / apostrophize thee, o Chicago.
Chicago. the queen city of the mighty
west Where the English tourist thinks the
prairie wolf howls his midnight howl the
horned owl boots his haunting hoot the
ratuesnake rattles his raatIes and the
woolly buffalo wa1lows in his muddy wallov
w mere the wind shaves men better than a
barber, and the city aldermen extend the
limits regularly every Monday morning af-
ter the roll call. Where the citizen on
rising, draws on tap his bathing water
from the middle of Lake Superior and his
arnher-colored drinking fluid from Milwau-
kee in pipes Where the housemaids dump
the dish water by the drainage canal into
the back yards of the sad residents of
Song Louie.
Chicago, the Mecca of the footna5 ard
the burglar; where the high-toned robber
gailantly lifts his prey into a cab and
searches him at his arstocratic leisure
The city at once the pride and the delight
OF the wild west and the despair of ST
Louis The abode of the I WILL maiden of
mature years. masculine face and washer
Womans attitude. Where society gentle
men don dress suits at noon. and the fair
dlEorCee umidly tells her bienniaIIy told
tale. Where millionaires work like clerks
ana clerks live like millionaires. The city
which viii soon appear in the postal guide
as Illinois, Cook county. Chicago
The foOtpad returned to PENNSYLVANIA
avenue from his apostrophizing aerial
flight, and telling the barkeep to- hang it up
Tor the drinks and cigars, made a Decline
for the B. and P depot.
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whom have gone to their reward since. The
upshot of the matter was that Barnum
agreed to contribute his bears, handled by
Grizzly Adams the father of Grimaldi
Adams, famous since a clown, Fore
paugh, Cooper and OBrien to furnish their
circus and Sim to furnish the lot pay for
advertising, bill posting and the city IL
cense- The proceeds were to be divided
up, Barnum to get one-third, the circus
one-third and Sim the remainder Col.
Sim got permission of B. b. French then
commissioner of public buildings and
grounds, to establish the circus on Louisi-
ana avenue between 9th and 10th streets.
As Barnum was favorably known as a
museum owner the establishment was
styled: p. T. Barnum's Circus, Museum
and Wild Animal Exhibition" The mu-
scum part consisted of lot of stuff which
had been saved from the fire when Bar
NUNS museum in New York was burned.
The bears were rather old and out of
form. but they went just the same Bar
mum $ principal contribution was his name.
but the concern paid Handsomely. Two
performances were given most every day.
and the audiences were made up almost
wholly of soldiers and others brought here
by the war. 1 was a. leading attraction,
riding a bareback horse, which was then
played there for the fall and part of the
winter. Barnum was pleased very much
with the amount OF money that was week
ly sent as his share of the receipts. The
new business caught his fancy, and two
years afterward he started out in the cir
Gus business on his own account The
museum business in New York had been
about played out. and the tent show Of
Tered more certain proceeds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24
A Long Time Out.

THE revenue cutters of the United States.
as you may KNOW" said an officer of one
of them. who likes his little joke, ..confine
their services, which are really invaluable
to the government. 20 the coast, and 1t is a
rare thing indeed for any one of them, ex-
cept these of the Boring sea patrol, to ven
ture any distance out to sea. Nor is this
rule an unsatisfactory one, for, say what
you please about it, sea service Is not as
pleasant as the novelists and other roman
GERS would have you believe. Indeed, the
sailor who prefers the bounding pillows, a
wet sheet and flowing sea and all the rest
OF II to a calm and peaceful shore snap is
the exception But l am getting off of my
story which applies to the cutter Grant,
when she was doing duty in New York bay
and vicinity. Something had happened to
call her out down the shore somewhere
and she left the bay one afternoon. and
early the next morning, while she was
bowling along at about seven knots an
hour, she hailed a big four-master.
:" What ship is that? came the cry from
the Grant.
The Royal Bengal Tiger, two hundred
and forty-three days out from Calculus"
came the reply. What ship is that?'
Revenue cutter Grant was the plain
tive answer. and we've been out all
night"
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The Value of Names.

From the Boston Transcript.
Hicks-"wonder how Mortar is getting on
nowadays?'
wicks-"Getting along finely. 1t was only
two years ago he started out an apothe-
cary He is already a druggist, and IL his
luck holds out he will be pharmacist be-
fore the end of another twelvemonth-"
> Hicks-"But what difference will that
maker"
Wicks-'A big difference. An apothecary
oftentimes has to sell things at only 50
cents above cost, and druggist never
takes less than 100 per cent. but TO n phar-
-macist there is no limit"
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Yes. said the milliner. the suicide of
Mrs. Drestokil is a terrible affair Why.
she did 1t the very day / sent my bill In
and people will think the bill has something
TO do with it, and it will ruin me"-Tit-
Bits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24

Bass says that marriage is good deal
like fishing. fisherman doesn't coax the
f1sh with any titbits after he has landed it.
Boston Transcript.
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From Puck.

PROFESSIONALISM is the principal occupa-
ton of the Beers during times of peace?'
Student-"Preparing for war"
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Kruger is seventy-eight,'' remarked
Cumso.
But he fights like sixty" remarked
Cawker.-Life.
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Moreover. the coasting small boy of to-
lodging accidents; and as boys do the bulk
of the guiding when their friends are coast
ing along with them, a good deal of the
danger is really eliminated from the sport
The growing boy appears to have a great
knack of Instantly making a selection be-
tween two evils. On Saturday afternoon
last a little shaver of boy, not much
above ten years old, took the front of
long sled at the top of the 18th street hill
and deposited two little girls behind him
The sled started down the steep hill at ice
yacht speed. The boy kept the sled to the
middle of the track with the dexterity- of
stern-wheeler pilot. looking straight ahead
for trouble. The trouble appeared in the
shape of a huge four-horse wagon load of
bar iron, that began to cross the street on
Florida avenue when the sled was only
about half way down the incline The wa
gon was going at slow pace and the
boy saw that his sled was due to hit it
about amidships. He didn't lose his head
the two little girls behind him on the sled
and he said to them:
I'm afraid 1 got to dump yout"
Whereupon he promptly yanked the sled
around to the right. so that the runners
were broadside onto the track, the little
girls described neat arcs and went over
his head. landing with their nicely-cush-
ioned little bodies on soft piles Of snow
at the side of the track. and for about half
a second the three children were piled in
heap. They disentangled themselves laugh
ing, with nary a scrape, scratch or bruise
on them. and began to ascend the hill for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-24

another try. II that ten-year-old boy
haunt been a quick thinker and taken lust
eNactly the proper way out of the scrape
there would have been a tragedy.
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Another use to which the sledless boy
may put his piece of rope is to throw It
across the track in front of an advancing
sled. In doing this it is always better TO
wait for a sled of the long, low, rak sh
sort, upon which five or six little children
are riding. The greater the number the
better the tableau, as a matter of course.
When the sled strikes the piece of rope il
will either go right up in the air or il will
whirl around like a catamaran a Chi
nese junk in typhoon, and in either case
the occupants of the sled will stand an ex-
ceilent chance of getting nicely scraped and
bruised, and if any big boy comes up and
inquiries about Il it can easily be said that
the piece of rope only accidentally hap
pened to be stretched across the coast.ng
track. There are several other ingenious
methods. including the one, in which a to-
mato can full of ashes figures, whereby the
small boy without sled of his own may
keep himself from getting bored on coast
ing track, but the methods with the bit of
rope are particularly recommended, on ae-
count of their simplicity and the large
amount of quick action that can be got
therefrom-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
Beers Expected toRetire Without
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Fight on Yaal Looked For.

London, May 12.-Lord Roberts Is
now face to face with the Boer posi-
tion at Kroonstad, and despite reports
of IS strength. the result of the meet
ing OF the opposing forces is expected
to be very similar to the outcome fol-
lowing the British advance on Brand
fort and the Zand river. Lord Roberts
is apparently keeping the federais NOV
ing~far too quickly TO give them time
for effective occupation OF any posi-
ton so near him, and though numer.
Gus kopjes in the neighborhood OF
Kroonstad afford strong position from
which delaying action may be fought.
IL is fully anticipated by the best ex-
perts here that the Beers will now
hurry on to the Vaal, where they will
once more attempt to stem the passage
of the invaoing army. while the bulk
of federals prepare for what will per-
haps be decisive battle on the ridge
running east and west. southwest of
Johannesburg. where open ground To
the southwark offers the defenders
splendid advantages over any attack
ing forces
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12

Treasury Department,
Superintendent's Office.
Form No. 2i.-Ed. l 10 1900 500.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS.
Office of Custodian,
l.. s. Custom House and Post Office
Building.
Providence. r. L., May 2, 1900
Sealed proposals will be received at this
building until o'clock p. IN. WEDNES-
DAY. May %. 1900. for furnishing fuel
lights, water, ice, miscellaneous supplies,
washing towels. hauling ashes, and
ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901
or such portion of the year as may be
deemed advisable. The right to reject
any and all bids is reserved by the
Treasury Department.
f. III. WILSON. Custodian.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
MANY ATTENDED.
Funeral Services Of James ".
McCIoskey Held In the
Holy Name Church.

The funeral services OF the late
James w. ,McCloskey. Providence agent
of the Merchants and Miners Trans
portatiop company, were held at the
Church OF tae Holy Name at 10 o'clock
this morning. "A solemn high mass of
requiem was celebrated by Rev. James
C., Walsh. pastor of the church. after
which the remains were conveyed to
st. Benedict's Catholic cemetery in
Boston, on a special car, leaving Prov
idence at 1902 O'Clock. The services
were very largely, attended, and many
OF the deceased's friends from the Mer-
chants and Miners line, both from
Providence and Boston, were in at
tendance.
The floral tributes were numerous
anu extremely beautiful. Prominent
among these offerings were a large
floral steamboat from the Merchants
and Miners line IN Boston. a smaller
design from the. Providence office a
broken colunn. from the men directly
under his supervision, "A handsome re-
clining cross from lodge 2s. u. M. of
Boston. an ivy wreath and an elegant
boquet of lilies from President Whit
ney, besides wealth of otner small
pieces which completely filled a special
carriage and several hacks. A large
delegation OF intimate friends and rela-
tiyes accompanied the body TO Boston,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
QUICK TRIAL
Asked for in the Watson Case
So That Morrow Estate
May Be Settled.

The case OF Thomas III. Watson VS..
Robert Morrow was today set down for
hearing on June 18th in the jury trial
waived division OF the supreme court
by Judge Tillinghast on motion of Au-
gustus 5. Miller. counsel for defend
ants administrator. Mr.. Miller told
the court the action was begun i'm 1895
by the late George j. West and as the
administrators wished TO settle up Mr..
Morrow's estate he, Miller. had called
on Mr.. Watson twice and asked him to
set the case down for tral.
Franklin p. Owen, said that some
time last week Mr. Watson came TO him
and asked him to defend the case which
was one brought TO recover a balance
due on book account in connection with
the business of broker carried on by
Mr.. Morrow.
Mr. Miller sal. that Mr.. Morrow was
the local firm OF Baldwin & Company
OF Boston, and that g. couple of suits
sirmilarto the one now under considera-
tion had not resulted satisfactory TO the
plaintiffs. Mr.rOwen said he would
agree TO a speedy trial. Mr.. Miller
wished "a bill of particulars, and Mr.
owen agreed to give one by June LIST.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
Trains Collide in a
Tunnel and Seven Lives
Were Sacrificed.

said. fallen asleep. The second Sec
tion approached the tunnel at rapid
rate OF speed and crashed with tull
force into the first section. engineer
Loeb and Fireman Hinchman OF the
second section were crushed TO death.
the cars piled In an indescriminate
heap beginning TO burn. Four oil cars
exploded. adding , the- horror OF the
situation and feeding the flames. No
attempt has yet been made TO recover
the bodies OF the dead. N>
The four firemen most seriously in
jured are: John Jordan, inhaling gas.
may die; John Ackerman, badly burned
about the hands and face. and internal
injuries: Joseph Davis, seriously burned
by blazing oil; Charles Rau, badly
burned about the face and body.
Twenty additional firemen have been
treated for minor injuries.
Each OF the oil cars contained about
1000 gallons of the fiuit. and the burn
ing oil spread with great rapidity to the
oil cars. yl.f. Ff
The point where the collision occurred
is about midway inthetnnnel Thelat--
ter is about 2s00 feet long. and extends
along Twenty-fifth street to the edge or
Fairmount Park close TO the Washing
ton Monument, at the Green street en-
trance to the park. Dense volumes of
smoke pour from both ends of the tun-
mel and from holes which had been cut
from the street through the roof. and
the firemen can penetrate but q short
distance before they are forced to re-
turn. -&
Several attempts have been made to
reach the spot wnere the bodies are be-
lieved to be located. BUT without sue
cess.
Day watchman George j. Robertson
is authority for the statement that OPP
orator Lantell was asleep at his post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
at Verona on the Ladybrand road.
White FIag Violated.

Geneva Siding. Friday, May H.
Morning: The British forces have ar
rived here marching splendidly, Gem
eral French in the advance. Firing
was heard yesterday in the direction
of his force. Some of the Ipniskillings
had approached a kraal, where a force
of Beers were concealed. A white flag
was flying from the kraal. While the
troopers were unsaddling their horses
deadly fire was poured in upon them
from the windows of the farm house,
killing several of the 1nniskillings. A
score of them were also captured,
most of whom had been wounded.
Itais expected that the railroad TO
the Zand river will be completed to-
night. The line was almost entirely
destroyed north OF the river but be-
yond. where the British are, the Beers
retreated from their positions too hasti-
ly TO do much damage. The Beers are
reported to be entrenching themselves
around Kroonstad, twenty miles off.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
THE SUFFOLK GRAND JURY
MAKES REPORT OF FINDINGS.

Boston, May 1.-THE grand jury for
Suffolk county made its report for May
today In the Superior court here.
Herbert Il. .Milligan was indicted on a
charge of larceny. lie was employed by
the Union Trust company and IL is al
legged he stole $4,000
Thomas Jackson and Thomas Wilson
were indicted for breaking and entering
a business house i'm Chauncey street
Jackson was also indicted as an habitual
criminal. the penalty for which is % years
Imprisonment. In 1861 Jackson was sen
fenced to seven years in states prison.
In 1915 he was given 10 years in the same
institutian and In 1896 he got three years
I'm the house of correction.
Nicholas Garfield. accused of setting
fire to the hay sheds OF the Boston and
Main railroad I'm Charlestown recently.
was discharged, the grand jury having re-
turned no bill against him.
IL was said the youth had made a
confession to- the authorities at the state
house. but he denied II afterwards
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
TO SET ASIDE.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Does Not Want to Pay
"a SAT Verdict.

The defendants petitiom for a new
trial in the case of Francis Donahue
VS.. Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany. has been submitted to the ap-
pellate court on briefs. Plaintiff got a
verdict for $47 for the insurance on his
wife Ellen. in October. 1881
The company claims Mrs Donahue
made incorrect answers to certain
material questions. The doctor did not
remember much about her examina-
tion when the policy was taken. and
while an application was produced at
the trial headed Ellen Donahue, 1t was
signed with the mark of Ellen Hud-
son Mrs Donahue's name never was
Hudson.
Page q Cushing are counsel for
plaintiff and A. j. Gushing counsel for
defendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12

Philadelphia, May 12.-Frank Lam
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, sta
toned at the entrance OF the tunnel
under Twenty-fifth street. just OUT
side of Fairmont Park. slept at his
post. AS a result, a disastrous rear
end freight train collision occurred
early this morning in the tunnel. caus-
ing the death of Engineer George Loeb
and Fireman George Hinchman, and
IL is believed. five tramps who were
stealing ride. Fire took possession of
the wreck and dozen or more fire.
men were injured while fighting the
flames. and are now in the hospital.
All OF the dead are still buried in the
wreck and the fire department has been
unable thus far to ex,inguish the
flames. Operator I1antell has disap-
peared and the police are looking Tor
him.
TUNNEL FILLED WITH FLAME.
The accident occurred shortly after
midnight. The vicinity of the tunnel
early today was the scene of much ex-
citement. No one could approach near
er than within 200 feet of either OPEN
ing owing to the volume of flames and
smoke which issued therefrom. The
fast New York .ound express freight
train OF 3S cars reached the tunnel on
time and slowed down so that some
of the cars could be shifted. The Sec
ond section of the same train. com
posed OF SO cars. arrived about ten
minutes later. IL was ..owermsn Lam
tells duty to signal the second section
that the first had stopped in the tun-
mel.
TOWERMAN FELL. ASLEEP.
This Lantell did not do. having. 1t Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
MOTION TO DISCONTINUE SUIT
r GRANTED BY JUDGE TILLINGHAST.

Judge Tillinghast in the appellate court
today granted the plaintiffs motion to
discontinue the suit of Francis G. Nc
Kenna VS.. Samuel p Cook, city treas
urer OF Woonsocket City Solicitor +. j.
France of Woonsocket said the case
was one in which the Northern Metropo-
lis was only primarily liable as the acci-
dent on account OF which suit was
brought was due to the bad condition OF
the street car rails. that the railway
company were bound to keep I'm repair
and that the railway company was i'm
suredi against accidents Mr.. France said
the suit was TO be discontinued owing TO
failure to claim jury trial and the only
AFFECTION TO discontinuance was that the
city's rights over against the street rail-
way and insurance companies might be
affected.
Judge Tillinehast did not think the dis
continuance would affect any rights the
city had. but at any rate the plaintiff
had a right under the statute 10 discon-
tinte. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
Mrs. 0dell Was LifeleSs, but
Her Employer, Whittum,
Did Not Know 1t.

A neighbor had occasion ID go to the
house of William H.. Whittum at 265
Swan street shortly after o'clock this
morning The door 20 his apartments
was unlocked. and on entering, the Wis.,
itor found Whittum and mis- house
keeper Jane Odell, on their beds fully
dressed. The housekeeper appeared to
be dead and the visitor called another
neig.oor and together they made an
investigation that convinced them that
the Odell woman's life had gone out.
Then the police were notified and Capt.
Costine went 10 the Whittum house.
he found the woman dead and Whit
aum in a torpor from drink. With diff
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
KANSAS CITY STREET CAR
LINES MAY BE TIED UP.

disturbance during the morning. Po-
licemen were stationed at the power
houses and a strenuous effort will be
made to check any tendency towards
violence. 'tAtt
The Vine street and Prospect avenue
trolley lines short system in the south
eastern part of the city that transfer
with the main down town lines were
the first TO be affected. AT 10 O'Clock
was without service. On the main down
town lines. the westporf, the Fiji
teenth, Twelfth Tenth and Northeast
in Kansas City, Mo-. and the Firth
Street Trolley ana the Il roads run
ming from Kansas City, Kas., though
considerable difficulty was encounter
cd in starting cars.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12
THE HOLY NAME FAIR.

The fair now being held by the
Church of the Holy Name continues To
be success IN each and every detail
Large crowds are In attendance each
evening and the different candidate
In the voting contests are employing
all the powers that be In endeavoring
to secure the lead in the contest over
one another.
The principal rivalry now lies be-
tween Major John T. Flynn Of tho
Hibernian Rifles and Richard Brett.
grand knight OF La Sale branch, X of
G. This contest Is for an elegant gold
watch. presented by friend 10 the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-12

Kansas city, Mo-, May ia strike
was ordered early today on all the
street car lines of the Metropolitan
Railway Company. About 500 of 1900
conductors, motormen, ana gripmen
of this city and Kansas City, Kas.. re-
sponded. Not enough men struck on
any one line to make any appreciable
effect on the running of cars on the
main lines. Many OF the men not
members of the union are, however.
Joining the order since the strike lead
ers have taken a stand and II appears
possible that general tie up VIII re-
suit.
Bey~nd abusing the men who took
out cars the strikers did not cause any