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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31

greatly on the exact position Of Gener-
al Lyttleton's brigade. Beyond the un-
derstanding that it is on the north side
of the Tugela river everything is a mat
ter OF supposition.- 1t will easily be seen
that III General Lyttleton still holds the
drifts on the north side General Butler
retains the openings and might attempt
another advance by way OF Potgieters
or some neighborlng drift But the va
gueness regarding the position OF Gen.
eral Lyttleton resolves this into purest
surmise.
From the other columns there is not
much news OF any kind, and IL would
require something Of overwhelming inn
portance TO distract from the absorb
ing interest i'm LadySmith's dilemma.
Presumably. there will come during the
day some stereotyped message from
Lord Roberts saying there is no cnange
In situation. However, there are inter-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31
FRANKFORT is
AN ARMED CAMP
Soldiers With Calling Guns
Stationed at Capitol.
MORE TROOPS ARE ON THE WAY
One Of GoehsIs Physicians Says There Is
Slight Chance Of RsCOUT.
THE COURT OF APPEALS ADJ0UUNS.
Refuses 10 Sli While Militia Is in The Clb Rspot
That Two OF The Judges Had Been karisd
for Assassination.
One Of GoshsIs Physicians Says There Is
Slight Chance Of Recovery.
THE COURT OF APPEALS ADJOUUNS.

Frankfort, Jan. ALTO all appear-
ances as much is known of the would
be assassin today as ever Will be
known. The police have practically
abandoned the search and there is mo-
body but the police to take IL up. The
force of mountaineers are still in the
building from which the shp.s were
fired, and nobody has been allowed to
enter 1t. Access is made still more diff
ficult by the presence of soldiers who
are stationed at every gate. Nobody is
admitted to the capitol grounds without
a pass and passes are not issue0 in pro-
fusion. All night soldiers poured into
Frankfort and at o'clock mis- morn
ing fully one thousand men with two
Gatling guns We're stationed in the cap
itol building. 800 more are expected 10
arrive during the day.
Large crowds are expected in Frank
fort this afternoon and the prediction
is made that by nightfall fully 1000
strangers will have arrived. The cisy
at present is very quiet ard there is no
surface indication OF trouble from any
source.
MORE TROUBLE AVOIDED.
IL Is largely due TO the conservative
attitude assumed by the leading poll
ticians of both parties ths. there has
not been fighting i'm the streets Of
Frankfort kilograms We're poured in
to the city last night from every direc-
tion announcing that bards of armej
men were more than real TO come
down and create all sor.s of trouble.
To each and all of these messages
were sent telling them there is no place
like home and urging them 10 remain
there
crowd came in from Lexington
yesterday and behind them walked
boy carrying valise which contained
is revolvers belonging 20 the party.
REMAINED IN STATE HOUSE.
1t is certain now that the legisla-
ture Will seat Goebel at the first ses-
sion which IL holds If he Is seated
the Republicans will refuse to surren-
Continued on page Two.)
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Mr.. PERKINS DIES
OF HEART DISEASE.

morning and died almost instantly
Mr. Perkins home was at BurrillNllle'
where ne leaves a widow ana one som
Mr.. Perkins formerly operated the Ma
sonVille mill and later a mill at Maple
VILE. This was burned down, ana t'r
two years Mr. Perkins remained out OF
actiVe business life only to resume II
again iu connection with the Thorn
ton company. OF which he was di-
rector at the time of his sudden death.
lie had been "a leading citizen i'm Bur
rinviIe and had represented the town
i'm the state senate. He was also .
prominent member Of The Masonic ar
der and a member OF the Pomham club.
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A dispatch from Rockville, Conn,
to the News announces the death at
that place today of MIR. Joshua Per
kins. one of Rhode Islands best known
manufacturers Mr.. Perkins was di-
rector in the Samuel Fitch a sons
company Of Thornton, manufacturers
of eiderdown. pushes and satnets, and
Mr.. Perkins went 10 Rockville last
week to attend a meeting of stock
holders. After the meeting Mr. Per-
klns decided 90 remain FOR short Tina
with friends and II was az the home OF
one of these. Mr. Alfred Harvey, that
he was stricken with heart disease this
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31
MARTIN JULIAN DECLARES That
FiTzSlMMONS WAS NOT DRUGGED.

Chicago. Jan. Si.-Martin Julian. who
was Bob Fizsimmons' hacker and
manager when that pugillst went down
to defeat before Jim Jeffries. positive-
~ denies that Fitz was drugged In that
battle. Julian takes Fitzslmmolls'
statement as a personal reflection upon
himself. He says Fltzsimm0ns Is nar
when he gives out interviews like the
one printed He knows that he was
not drugged and also knows that he
did not say one word to him during
the course Of the contest about not
knowing whom he was fighting or
where he was
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granted and the case remltted 90 the
common pleas division with direction
to Quash.
The court does not find it necessary
TO pass upon an important point
raised By Mr. Germain which was
whether when a violation OF the liquor
law takes place, such as the sale OF
liquor after hours i'm a licensed saloon.
AN the liquors ia the licensed premises
are forfeited or~huly the liquors In the
vessels from which it Ia being ille-
gnlly sold.
Germans liquors that were seized
were worth something over $1,000. and
were stored I'm the police station I'm
Central Falls The seizure was the
cause Of Mr. Gcrmalu having 90 give
up a big and hourishing business.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31
FOUR VESSELS OVERDUE.

San Francisco. Jan. 31.-Four vessels
have been posted at the Merchants
Exchange as being overdue. They are
the May s'lint, from Hong Kong to
Tacoma, now out rs days the Engel-
horn. 81 days from Yokohoma for Taco
ma: Champion, Isl days from San
Francisco for Antwerp. and the Silo,
which Is out 81 days from Hong Kong
for Vancouver Eight per cent. REIN
surance has been offered on all the ves-
sells.
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INQUIRED ABOUT Mr. pHtlp?.

London. Jan. si.-The Queen today
sent 60 the American embassy To i'm
uuire as to the condition of former
United states Minister Phelps. A cable
message from Mrs. Phelps was conn
municated 10 osborne House this ar
ternoon Informing Her Majesty that
Mr. Phelps was recovering slowly but
ia still very weak
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London, Jan. sl.-When the nation
had almost resigned itself TO the fan
of Ladysmith there comes from, all
quarters today an indication that Gen
eral Bullet~'wIll make another attempt
to relieve the besieged place. II the
Daily Mails report OF General Buffers
statement that he hoped to be I'm Lady.
smith within a week could be implicitly
relied on news Of further serious fight
ing would be expected shortly. But
the papers are loath TO believe what
the ST. James Gazette characterizes as
"unwarrantable boasting,' II true.
Moreover. the war office throws cold
water on the dispatch this afternoon
by issuing a statement that II has nd
news connrmatory OF such a move as
General Buffers reported speech indi-
Gates
SOmsihlng More Than RumoT.
Today's dispatches from Ladysmith
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FAD IA IEMrEsIUruS PASSAGE.

New York. Jan 3i.--Thc belated Al
len lire steamer state 0f Nebraska,
Captain Perry. arrived this morning
from Glasgow. after "A most tempestu-
Gus passage. lastiug for over ~ days.
The ship was unable to make much
headway. owing 90 the rough wea ther.
but succeeded n reaching port without
the slightest damage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31

The indications are that the strike Of
Lonsdale weavers will soon colldpTe.
This morning nine additional weavetS
began work making .otai OF 81 ,wcay-
ets al work on Draper looms. OF these
"a are southerners and ths others were
strikers.
OF the s13 Draper looms in the mill.
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LONSDALE STRIKERS
RETURNING TO WORK.

COS. exactly two-thirds. were in opera
tion this morning. a total ~ SIS lOons
running ont of 1860 if iht entire mill.
4 general meetirle tn atrikcrs ana
Blackstone Valley Wesvcrs Association
wsm be held tonight at Lpnsd1lr at
which time another ic will be taken
ou tbe question Of continuing the
strike.
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Retreat NacsSSary.

The British artillery was unable to
cope with the superior long range
Boer guns and during the afternoon II
became evident the infantry could not
endure another day 1t was impossi-
BILE TO drag guns 20 the summit of Spl-
on Kop without elaborate preparations
or 10 fortify the Hill strongly enough
TO protect the defenders from unas-
sailed artillery. Therefore Thorney-
crofts decision 10 abandon IL was both
wise and necessary.
CONTINUED on page Two)
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War Office Has No News Of Such Movement Winston Churchill Tells Of the
Retreat From Spon Kop and Says It Was Not Disaster

The re-inforccments were sent,
strengthening the defence. Thorney-
croft was appointed brigadier, COM
manding the whole force on top OF the
hill a bitter and bloody struggle fol-'
lowed throughout the day the Beers
concentrating every man and gun on
the summit of the hill and attacking
with the greatasta Spirit.
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Holds The Drifts

cape Town. Jan. go Tuesday Gem
eral Fuller sull holds the Tugela drifis
and will possibly renew his htt'mp tN
force Through thc liuri defense n-tnit
hong Iu any case i.ndysnith s cupg-
bic OF holding out ior considerable
time
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31

Take Laxative iiromo Qunine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II u
falls 20 cure. J. w Groves Signature
IS on each box. Csc.
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FOR Cuts, tieetrotyrcs a"d Pri-'lrC
ANY Kind. see The = . Ntdet 60. ti W.
ng on, Nsrnol Lddy. Beet v Oh, lov pgse>s
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31

and Cape Town. however, give a strong
impression that there is something
more than rumOr in all these reports.
So, while all definite opinion must
await further news. il does not seem
at all unlikely that another desperate
effort win be made to succor General
While.
The latest advices from Ladysmith,
showing the existence Of better condi-
tions there than generally believed tn
be the case have been received with IN
tense satisfaction, though there is no
unreasondng over confidence as may be
judged from the Pail Mali GaZettes
remark.
Let us, while preparing for the
worst, hope for the best"
... All Pure SuTmse.
The possibility OF General Butler max
ing another dash appears 90 depend
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Mil Remnants
and
.)econdSo

The Spring sale OF our mill remnants
hnd seconds is NOW on.
There are over 500 different patterns
of many fabrics. There are Cotton
Goods. seconds pf Shrungs. Lawns,
Gnghams. SILK stripe Ginghams plain
and embroidered Tsatlee Silks. Cham
brays and Fancy Swiss Lawns
There is the above line Of goods in
remnants as well togeti er with
complete asortment Of heavy. medium
and light lannels.
All OF the goods are remnants
and seconds OF fabrics OF goods
we manufacture.
They are sold direct TO you at
manufacturers prices.
Trains leave Providence for Lorraine.
connecting az WOodlawn at $40, S:45.
1925. 1925 a. M, 1926. l:2b. 1926. 3:25.
b:l0 y. m.
Trains returning leave Lorraine at
S.3S 1923. % a. m. 1928. I23, 2.23.
3.23 4:25. 4:5S. 6.0S y. m.
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Fierce AMI Furious.

esting cable dispatches telling the story
OF Spion kop.
Fierce AMI Furious.
New York, Jan 3l.--The Evening
World prints the following copyright
cablegram from Winston Churchill:
Spearman's Camp, Jan. p. 6 y. M
The action on the summit of Spion Kop
was one of the most fierce and furious
conflicts In British military history.
Guided by ThOrneycrofts force the
troops surprised the Beers there and
carried the trenches with the fbayOnet
at o'clock in the morning. There was
little loss. At once the troops en-
trenched hastily. but the ground was
broken by large rocks and unsuited for
entrenchments. At dawn heavy Boer
shelling began. General Woodgate was
seriously wounded at the beginning
Urgent demands for re-inforcements
were sent by the commander, who sue
cecded WoOdgate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31

esting cable dispatches telling the story
OF Spion l<op.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-31
All Pure SuTmlse.

The possibility OF General Butler maxi
ing another dash appears 20 depend
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TO BE CONTINUED.
Savings Banks of Roman Children.

The children OF the Romans used to
put their pennies into savings banks
Just as the children of the Yankees do
to-day. In 1856, when Professor
Thomas Wilson, of the Smithsonian
Institution, was wandering about Os-
tia, the seaport Of ancient Rome, he
found group of peasants excavating.
They had dug out of the sand num-
Der of pots and jars that had been
buried for ages, and one Of them had
found child's saving bank which
contained It's silver ccins issued by
the emperors of Rome between the
years 200 and 10 B. G. AS none of
the later date were found, it is to be
assumed that some child lost this
bank shortly before our era, and it
was covered for nineteen centuries by
the encroaching sand.
The little savings bank was almost
perfect when it was uncovered, but the
peasant who found it broke it open to
get the coins within. Professor Will
son found most of the pieces, how
ever, and has been able to put it to-
gether. It consists of single piece
of pottery about three inches wide,
with slit in the top through which
the money was dropped.-Chicage
Record. ..
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CHAPTER XVI.
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEny-AL~rs

A MYSTERIOUS TRAeEDT-AIs>sT.
When Stanley returned to his self
appointed quarters at the wretched
ho3 3ne of Van Tassel, he confidently
expected notwithstanding the sud
den and inexplicable appearance of
Dolores in the late scene of the drama
THAT had been taking place-that the
professor would presently come back.
Hnt as hour after hour passed, and
Wan Tassel did not return, he flung
himself down on the lounge, dressed
hs he was; and, Notwithstanding the
(noises of the street and the unsavory
$surroundings generally, he was soon
( in profouEd slumber, and when he
aHYoke it was late in the morning. A
glance showed him that he was still
uhdisputed possessor of the professor 8
apartment. ~.
{"Where has the old boy fed top
He thought. "As we say in England,
Ne hns Tunked it, must remember
flo be very English now! But that
{pretty little fend, Olive Gaye, will
fhelp me ont with that sort of thing
! Jove What a girl! And by thun-
der! I have forgotten that she ex-
pected me back again last evening to
diunrr--confound it! But it was i'm
possible any way. I will get some
breakfast and call on her at once. I
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The Growth OF Our Cities.

Americas growth, proportionate
and absolute, in banpopulation, has
been one of the marvels of the CEN
tury.
OF the 1000. 900 population of the
United States in round figures in 1870
only 1870 resided in the cities of
5000 Inhabitants or over. In 1890 of
the SO, 100000 inhabitants Of the coun-
try as a whole $4,000, 900 lived in cit
les of 5000 or more inhabitants. The
city population of the United States,
which was in the tneighborhood of
.3.35 per cent. of the aggregate inhab-
itsnts Of the country in 17SO, was 29. 20
per cent. in 1890.
As the growth of,urban population,
proportionate as we'll as absolute, has
been continuous for the past hundred
years, and has shown "a tendency to
Increase In the past three or four de-
cades, the chances are that the returns
Of 1900 will show that more than thir-
ty-three per cent. of the aggregate
population ,ofr the contiguous portion
Of the United States reside in cities. =
! AS the general tendency in nearly
all growing co1nE tries Is for the cities
to increases faster than the rural dis.
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will aid our troops in locating nd
whipping the guerilla bands, although
it is certain that they are always aware
of the plans and prospective move
ments of these bands.
Even to-day there is not native in
Manila, friendly though he may pro-
fess himself to be, who will breathe a
word as to Aguinaldo's whereabouts,
yet there are doubtless thousands who
know exactly where he is, and many
who doubtless are in constant COM
munication with him.
The list of our losses by bolo men
and ambushes in the occupied dis
tricts since January is rather start
ling.
A list which I have selected from
the files of daily paper, and doubt
less far from complete, shows that
about forty men have been captured
by the insurgents in the last forty
days, as many more have been killed
and wounded, almost a hundred rifles
and o great deal OF ammunition has
been lost and big quantity OF rat'ons
has fallen into the enemy's hands.
Most of these depredations have oc-
Cured in the territory which we now
are supposed to hold, and all the en-
gagements would come under the head
of ambushes and assassinations.
There is certainly new condition
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halter, saddle, saddlebags, blanket
roll, poncho, carbine, carbise boot,
lariat, picket pin, nosebag, curry comb
and brush, saber, two horseshoes (it-
ted to his horse), some horseshoe
nails, 140 rounds Of carbine ammuni-
tion, Colt revolver and twenty-five
rounds Of pistol ammunition and a
canteen. In addition to these things
he has his saddlebas more or less
filed with rations. When a cavalry
man is mounted, with iingling spurs
and blue flannel shirt, thrown open at
the neck, with his felt campaign hat
tipped rakishly over one eye, girt up
with all his paraphernalia for the fray,
he makes very interesting total and
is likely to inspire respect in those who
see him. Several hundred of him,
mounted on big hand American
horses, distinctively multiply the i'm
pressiveness Of the picture.
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Stone Tells Ancient Stories.

The wonder of ages has been set.
tied by fragment of bas-relief dis
covered in Egypt which shows how
the obelisks and other large mono
liths were transported from the quarry
to their site. The stone is depicted
upright on a great galley, or vessel,
which is being towed by a number of
email boats alongside.
The method of detaching a mono
lith from the mother rock is also ex-
planned by seui-uetached block in
ore Of the quarries at Syene. After
having been hewn clear on three
sides, deep grove was cut into the
side still attached to the rock, and
holes were pierced, into which dry
wooden pegs we're driven. The pegs
were then wetted, and the wood in
swelling broke of the monolith from
the quarry.-Philadelphia Record.
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pines: The organized insurrection is
practically at an end, and, therefore,
the troops have to 2eal only with
guerilla bands and outlaws. Yet in
the last forty days the American
forces here have lost more men, more
arms and more supplies in the 80
called pacified districts than during
any previous period Of like length
since the insurrection began. sGH
If this is what guerilla warfare
means, then we will need more troops
some day, for the new method OF
fighting is proving more effective than
any style that the insurgents have en-
ployed previously. "..
Almost every day brings report of
some fresh ambuscade wherein small
forces OF our troops are attacked by o
hundred or more Filipinos. Usually
one or more OF our men are killed,
and the rest are driven away by sheer
force OF overwhelming numbers. Then
follows a punitive expedition, but
these sorties seldom find a trace OF the
enemy.s
Invariably the insurgents know the
exact strength of the force they are
ambushing, for they usually lie in
wait for small groups of ten or fifteen
men, which they permit to approach
80 close that their first volley kills or
wounds most of them, and leaves the
rest utterly de,noralized.
Insurgents who live within our
lines, who are amigos in the daytime
an nemies at night, have been par
ii. .rly pernicious. 1t is now Tn
safe, more than ever before, to move
in small numbers, even in the dis.
tricts which are presumably pacifed,
by the presence of strong ganrisons.
The rank and file of the people. in
the towns are in full sympathy vita
these marauding raids. for they never
render help by word or deed which
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homes and of hospitals for members
of her own sex, and slowly but surely
the Empress's influence is making for
good in the higher and more frivo-
lous stratum of Russian society.
The Czarina holds her own among
the splendidly dressed women OF
Europe. She has exquisite taste, and:
never looks to greater advantage thar
when in full dress. On the other
hand. the imperial nurseries are sim Inn
pie and unostentatious in all then. ap-:
pointments, and, greatly TO- the sor-
row OF their Russian attendants, the
three little grand dnchesses are not
allowed to " ear any jewelry, though
every pin used in the imperial nurs-
cry is of pure gold, and, were it 'lot
that the Empress will not allow it,
everything else would be arrsaged for
on the same scale of luxury. y.
The great Russian world is curious
" constituted. In Russia extremes
meet, and boundless luxury is to be
seen almost side by side with depth
of poverty which is not common in
amy other civilized country in the
world.
8 When a great Russian nobleman en-
ftertains his Emperor or Empress to
quite an informal function, he thinks
nothing Of sending to the Rivera for
several thousand dollars worth Of
fresh flowers with which to decorate
the apartments through which the
sovereigns must pass; and before the
splendors OF Russian court ball every
zreat function held in other capitals
3ales into insignifcance.
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Weighing Wagon.

? A new idea in wagon construction,
applicable to those used for deliver
ing articles sold by weight, as, for in
stance, coal, ice, sand, ETC., is to pro-
vide scales on the wagon, 30 that it's
contents can be weighed and shown
20 the purchaser before unloading
IL carrying out this scheme every ef-
'ort has been made to induce to q
minimum errors in indications, the
contact surfaces being soas not to be-
come easiIydisturbed or misplaced by
the shaking Or iarring of the wagon
in use. The balancing levers are
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him we'll to meet the new conditions,
will undoubtedly adjust his tactics to
meet those of the insurgents.
Down in Negros General Smith has
for some months been engaged in the
guerilla kind of fighting, and he has
been able to crush it out. When a
depreciation was committed near or
in a town on the island he promptly
imposed heavy fine on the place.
After doing this several times the cit
izens resolved themselves into sort
of vigilance committee as matter OF
financial preservation, and the depre-
dations ceased with startling sudden
ness. ~ ~.
The Tagalos, however, are more
tenacious and vindictive in their
fighting than the Visayans Of Negros,