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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
PRESIDENT MKINLEYIS
VERY STRONGLY ENDORSED.

Burlington. VT. April 1S-The Repub-
icans OF Vermont held a state conven-
tion In this city today. TO select dele
gates to the national convention. Before
the delegates met this forenoon the
different county delegations held eau
cuses. There were also meetings of the
state committee and committee on reso-
lutions.
the members OF the convention and favor
ably passed upon. They strongly en-
dorsed the administration of President
Mckinley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
CAPTURED BY FILIPINOS
AND BURNED AT STAKE.

Filipino padre, 1t is said. swarmed
about them. jabbing them with knives
and cutting strips OF flesh from their
quiverg bodies. Then red-hot irons
were applied, cruelty soaring them.
Then the victims were released from
the stakes and dragged through the
streets by the frenzied mob. Finally
one of theirtormentors was ordered to
slay them, which he did with his "bo-
To-" M
Some time afterward Lieut.. Col.
Dickman of the Twenty-sIxth, with q
small force accommodating that district,
discovered their graves. The padre and
those responsible for the outrage had
fed on the approach OF the Americans.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
A YOUNG MAN IS MISSING
FROM HOME IN AVON, MASS.

Avon. Mass. April iS-search Is being
made for Fred Dunbar. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dexter Dunbar. who has been MISS
Ing from his home here since Monday
afternoon. Dunbar IL IL years OF age.
His failure to return home Monday even
ing aroused tho anxiety OF his parents so
much 20 that telephone inquiry was
mauc of all the surrounding towns, but
without success
Recently he has had severe illness,
and II is feared that as a result OF this
he may have become demented.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

San Francisco. April 1s.-Further par
ticulars concerning the burning at the
stake of the three American prisoners
in the hands of the insurgents at Panay
Island. are mt hand. Privates Dugan,
Tracey and Hayes Of Company F. 26th
Regiment. fell out Of the ranks and fell
into the hands of the Filipinos..
Taken TO the town of Calinag, they
were Imprisoned until the occasion of
big fiesta" when they were led out
to the public square and tied to stakes.
Slow fires were lighted at their feet
and they were roasted while the ma
tives, under the direction OF the local
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

tacking in half-hearted fashion. Brit
ish forces are now moving TO the relief
of the town. Gen. Bundle from The
west through Reddersbnrg and Gen.
Brabaut from the south via Rouxville,
with Gen. Hart's brieade OF Irisn
troops from Natal supporting him, This
Is the first specific mention OF the ar
rival of any part of the Natal field force
in the Free State.
A report comes that firing has been
heard from Basutolan6, in the direction
Of Thaba Nchu. This could only pro-
ceed from an eastward movement OF
part of Lord Roberts force, with the
object of, cutting off the~etreat of the
Boer commanders in the south of the
Free State. Compulsory silence has
again fallen on Natal which is taken to
indicate that Gen. Butler is about to
move, possibly today or tomorrow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
WIRE MILL SUSPENSION
WAS OF BRIEF DURATION.

Pittsburg, April ls.-suspension OF the
wire mills of the Steel and Wire com
pany mills in this district. over which
there was much anxiety has been brief.
The wire departments OF the works are
in operation again. but the nail mills
will probably be idle for some time.
Orders have been issued for the re-
sumption of the Ninth street wire plant.
All the wire drawing and rod depart
ments are to begin at once. IL is re-
ported at Braddock that the other mills
will resume I'm n short time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
THE SENATE.

The Senate met at IL o'clock, Gov
ernor Dyer presiding. and a quorum
present.
Senator Freeman. from the judiciary
committee, reported back an act au-
thorizing the town OF Warren to elect
certain officers under the secret ballot
law and fixing a time for holding the
annual town meeting; read and passed.
Also an act providing for the elec-i
zion of assessors OF taxes In the dis
Hrict OF Narragansett; ordered en-
CROSSED.
Senator Anthony of East Providence
CONTINUED on page Three.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
Some ScaihIng Comments.

The st. James Gazette is particularly
scattering. Referring TO General Bull
lers report IL says: Never in the his
tory of armies did II happen that gen
erals scribbled their confessions of
failure and defeat of useless deaths of
men and of discredit to the flag in a
manner which suggests a careful Sc
lection from the forced jocular of the
funny man, the slangy cater of the
horsey woman and the gable of the
smoking room late in the evening"
The Globe declares that more pitt
liable record of indecision in plan and
confusion in execution we have seldom
read" and. adds that what little repu-
tation General Butler had left has been
scattered to the winds.
Practically no developments have
been reported so far in todays South
African cables. A dispatch from War
renton. dated Tuesday April IL. says:
Finding the Beers busy making new
trenches we exploded few lyddite
shells, following these up with the
Maxims. The enemy's ambulance was
afterwards observed on the spot"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
NOTES FROM THE HARBOR.

Harbormaster Bucklin has had n new
Lame Duck. She now presents very
fine appearance.
The three master Nettie shipman has
arrived In the harbor with cargo OF
The large barge Hatteras left this fore
noon for Newport where she will remain
for a few days. and then proceed TO New
York. .
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

Providence, April Is. 1900.
The COMMITTEES on, the Judiciary OF the
Senate will hear all persons interested
In An Act IN amendment of Section 13
of Chapter S OF the General Laws, enti-
tied OF the Powers and Duties of Towns
and OF the Town TREASURER and Town
Clerk relative TO, Public Schools, in
the Senate Chamber on FRIDAY. April
20, 1900 at 10 o'clock a. m.
E. L.. FREEMAN, Chairman.
JOHN w. SWEENEY, Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
- STATE 0FRHODE ISLAND.
x HouJ ok.Representatives.
Fs rovidence, April Is. 1900.
PUBNC HEARING

The ommittse "a. the judiciary of the
House of REPRESENTATIVES will hear all
persons interestedt In the bill entitled
'An, Act in aIiFndment Of Chapter ie5
practice. .sof nnedicine,'" in House Cham
Der, STATE House, Providence, on FRI
DAY, April 20, 100, upon the rising of the
N' w. w. BLoDGETT. Chairman.
ARTHUR A. RHODES, Clerk.
Sc Weybosset Street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

London, April 1S.--l:55 D.. m.-Lord
Roberts ccriticisms of General Buller.
general Warren and Col Thorneycroft
continue to be topics of acute interest.
All the afternoon newspapers comment
at length on the, structures Of the Bri-
tish commander-in-chief in South Afri-
ca, taking the same lines as the morn
ing papers praising Lord Roberts for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
Butler and Warren Severely Criticised by the English Papers,
Some Claim designations Must FoloWCaedon River Rising.

Col. Dalget.y's casualties since ne mas
bean besieged at Wepener have been
twenty killed and one hundred wound
ed The. iSoer losses are reported to have
been considerable heavier. After the
nighr attack on April 2, the dead were
left on the field where they stiii lie
unburied. There is conflict or opin-
ion among the leaders. Some want 70
attack again. while others refuse to do
so. Desultory cannon firing and snip
ing continue. Five Boer guns are be-
beved to be disabled.
The Caledon is rising, which alarms
the Beers. who are now on both sldes
of the river and might be cut on IL
the stream was to become flooded.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
Storms DELAY Marches.

The following dispatch from Lord
Roberts has been posted at the war Of
fee: "Op the reoccupation of Rouxville,
April Is, the few Beers there retired
and Gen. Brabant made some important
arrests. Violent storms of rain. have
somewhat interfered with the march of
these columns: but IL is hoped they Will
soon be able to make their presence
more decidedly felt.
"Gen. Settle reports from Kenhardt.
April IA. that 200 Transvaalers made a
determined attack the previous day on
Dopasport, held by a party OF orpen' s
Horse. Our losses were two killed and
one wounded. The enemys losses must
have been heavy, as they applied TO us
for doctors and an ambulance"
River CaIedun Is Rising;
A dispatch from Maseru says that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

Elevators are run In the Banigan Build.
ing. 10 weybosset street. next to Post
Office, where very desirable Office can
be hired for s17 per month, including heat
and Janitor service. VIM. III. HERRIcK,
Agent.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
COURT RULES A STAMP
WAS NOT NECESSARY.

There was no error in the admission Of
the assignment as evidence. and the
exception is overruled.
'The case is RENTED to the district
court of the Fourth judicial district"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
Roberts Coniraclcts Reports.

Lord Roberts sends word to the Brit
ish war Office contradicting the optimis-
tic reports of correspondents. who sais
the Beers besieging Wepener had taken
flight. He states that Wepener is still
surrounded. but that the Beers were at
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
WORK DONE BY
LEGISLATURE.
In Both Branches Was Largely
Of a Routine Nature.
THE, CALENDAR IS CLEARED UP.
Appropriation for a New Cottage al State
Home Passed.
AN ACT IN BEHALFoF BISHOP HARKINs
Inland FIshshss Commission Has More monsy for
Iis Wst Several Acts Are Referred 10 Com q
mlisss for Further Aoien
Appropriation for a New Cottage at State
Home Passed
AN ACT IN BEnALFOF BISHOP HARKlNs

There was very little outside OF rout-
tne business at the state house, al
though there was quite a number Of acts
both in the Senate and House. In the
lower branch the accumulation OF the
calendar. which covered two days. was
cleared off. the several acts being
disposed of according to recommends
tion of committees in most cases. Res
olutions for appropriations for new
college at the State home and school
for inland fisheries were passed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
Ordered 10 Return Home.

1t - persistently stated In military
circles that Lieut. zen. Sir Charles
Warren, the commander OF the Fifth
division of the South Africa field force
has been ordered to return home. IT Is
sad chat a peremptory order for Gen.
Warren's return was cabled to South
Africa g morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

70 CURE COLO IN ONE pAv
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All, druggists refund the money n IL falls
10 cure r.. W. Groves signature.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

his frankness and speculating upon
what the publication of the dispatches
at the present moment portends. Some
OF them maintain that there is moth
ing left for General Butler but to re-
Cd d
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

For Hsiftone, Photo Wood Enersv'ne.
Printing; best work; low prices: see The
]. ]. Ryder Co., a. Washington, cor. Eddy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

Senate Chamber.
Providence, April Is, 1900.
The Committee on the judiciary of the
Senate will hear all persons interested
I'm AN Act Relative TO Equitable Process
after Judgment In certain cases, In the
Senate Chamber, on FRIDAY, April 20
1900, upon the rising Of the senate.
II. l.. FREEMAN, Chairman.
JOHN w. SWEENEY, Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-18

A dispatch from Maseru says that
North Park union., 1900-12-07

Denver. Colo, Nov. 27.-Dlstrict
Judge Palmer gave his opinion in the
Tramway tax case yesterday and, as
result of his decision Arapahoe coun-
ty Will be $4,000 richer.
Suit brought by the I>ramway COM
pany was to prevent the county as
SCISSOR from fixing the assessment of
the Tramway company The counsel
for the T'rnmway cOntende1 that the
company was n railroad company and
therefore subject to assessment only
by the state board OF equalization.
Counsel did not contend that the com.
pany's franchise was not assessnble.
The assessment of both the state and
county boards of equalization was
based on the same amount Of property
including the franchise. Until the year
1856 the Trnmwny company had paid
Its taxes on the county boards assess
ment. In 1896 the Tramwny took the
ground that the company was rail-
road and not n railway company. In
accordance with this view 1t returned
n schedule of valuation to the state
board of equalization and the board
has ever since made an assessment on
Its schedule. The county board has
also made m assessment on the prop
erty and when the Tramway company
refused to pay the county assessment
In 1897 n suit was begun to prevent the
North Park union., 1900-12-07
FROM STRATTON'S
INDEPENDENCE

London. Nov. 2T-CHerald- Republi-
can Special.-Mr. Hammond says in
his report that on account of the rob-
bling of the ore bodies the great STRAIT
toms Independence mine has been left
in condition which makes close es-
timatlon of the ore reserve difficult. as
the available ore, MS far as the present
development extends, will not exceed
10000 tons of n gross value Of $780,
600, which will give net yield Of ST.
100000 for dividends.
In common with the other ore depos-
Its, poor horizons occur in the Cripple
Creek district, and to what depths 1t
will be necessary to sink before other
zones of payable naturalization are
found cannot be determined ut present
without systematic development.
This problem is especially difficult of
determination In the case of Stratton's
Independence, as there are other deep
er Developments In this part of the dis
trict
Two courses are open to the COM
pany, says Mr.. Hammond.
| The first Is to devote the net earn
ings solely for dividend purposes.
The second alternative Is to appro-
pirate S4SS,OOO Of the net earnings to
payment of a dividend leaving the bal
ance for the most complete system of
exploration of this horizon. and partic-
ularly of that section below the old
workings.
This policy contemplates the pay
ment of dividends derived from the
present ore reserves to the extent of
$4SS,OO for one year, inclusive of the
current quarter.
The expenditure of the balance is
outlined for the plan of development.
While Mr.. Hammond estimates the
ore reserves at $2,30O,0OO, II. A. Rick
ard, nearly two wears ago, made an es-
innate of S6.T12,OOO.
The English shareholders trust that
Mr.. Hammond will get all there is In
the mine.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
Death of Lieutenant Kennedy.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 27.-Lieutenant
John Kennedy of the United States
signal corps has been accidentally
killed in the Philippines. Word To thi,
effect was received at army headouar.
ters yesterday from General A. w
Greeley. chief of signal department.
Lieutenant kennedy's home is 122s
Evans street, where he leaves widow
and one child. boy two years old.
Ihere We're no details given in the
telegram announcing the death of
Lieutenant Kennedy. The dispatch was
signed by General Greeley and was
sent TO Lieutenant Saltzman, aide on
the stan OF General Merriam. General
Greeley's telegram follows:
Flease inform Mrs. John Kennedy
that her husband, Lieutenant John
hennedy, was accidentally killed on
saturday. November 9th. Convey to
ier my own sympathy and the sympa-
tny OF the officers of the signal corns
VINO have known Kennedy's faithful
and ethcient services In connectinn
with the corps"
Lieutenant Kennedy was well known
in the signal corps by reason of hIs ey-
perlments with war balloons. ue yos
at one time located at Fort Lor,n
where he was interested with CAPTAIN
Glassford in balloon experiments. At
,he breaking out of the Spanish
.can war he went with the signal corps
20 onpa and with Captain Joseph %.
SII., ..aneiu sent up the balloon before
Sah'iaso to reconnoiter. The balloon
s was at once detected by the Spaniards
anu was the center of a terrific fire.
LIVE !. WIS niied with holes and was COM
peI'ea TO descend without accomplish.
ihs tne purpose for which 1t went up.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
CHICKAMAGUA
NATIONAL PARK

Washington, Nov. 27.-The annual re-
port Of General ii. v. Boynton, chair
man of the Chickamauga and Chat
tanooga National Military Park Com
mission, to the secretary Of war, says:
"There are now erected on the Chick
amauga field 1O7 field guns. mounted
on iron carriages to initiate the pattern
in use during the Civil War, marking
forty-three Union battery positions, and
ninety-four field guns, similarly mount
ed, marking thirty-nine Confederate
battery positions. On the Chattanooga
field forty-iive guns, mounted as above,
mark ten Union and ten Confederate
battery positions there.
Historical tablets erected during the
year, 169; foundations for state monu-
ments constructed. excavated one,
guns mounted twelve"
In view of the sensational reports
current during the occupation of the
Park by the troops during the Span
ish-Amcrican war that the park was
an unhealthy region, the commission
calls special attention to the report of
the engineers. showing in connection
with the last annual report that the en-
tire absence of fever or any general
sickness in the park force has contin-
ued from the time it began to clear up
the park after the troops left to the
present time.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
DENVER TRAMWAY IS TAXED
AS A STREET CAR LINE

county from trying to collect the tax
based on that assessment.
The suit has been In the courts for
three years and while 1t was pending
the Tramway company has paid Its
taxes on the state boards valuation.
This was done under m agreement
made between the district court, the
county attorney and counsel for the
plaintiff company.
The total amount due the county in
unpaid taxes and interest in the four
years amounts to SS4,029. The Tram
way company paid It's taxes for 1889 on
the state boards valuation few days
ago. Besides the difference between
the two boards assessments for 1899
there is due the county interest on half
OF the tax from March 1st and interest
on the whole amount from August 1st.
The decision of Judge Palmer Is to
the effect that the Denver Tramway
Company Is n street car and not n
railroad or railway company. In sup
port Of this position many, authorities
are cited.
BY this decision 1t becomes the prov
ince of the county assessor to assess
the company's property instead of its
being done by the state hoard Of equal
iZation.
The case will doubtless be appealed
to the Supreme court of the state.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
swIFrEsr SHIPS AFLoAT.
Some Vessels That Hold tho Record 70,
Fast Timo At Sea.


Fast Timo at Sea.
The fastest short-distnnce steamer
service in the world is that maintained
between Kingston and Holyhead by
the City of Dublin Steam Packet Com
pany. There are four vessels, the III
ster, Munster, Lcinster and Connaught,
that maintain an average of twenty
four knots md have attained twenty
five knots per hour between these ports,
the distance being sixty miles They
are twin-screw steamers Of 5000 tons
and S.000-horse power and make four
trips day.
The fastest torpedo boat In the world
is the Hal Lung, built by Schichau for
the Chinese government, which in open
sea, with fresh wind. ran over course
OF nineteen knots several times at the
rate OF 352 knots.
The Turbinn, built on the turbine
system of steam propulsion, made be-
tween thirty-four and thirty-tive knots
per hour.
The fastest bont of any Kind afioat is
the little steam yacht Eide. which COW
cred measured mile In one minute and
thirty-fveseconds. nm equivalent speed,
if maintained. OF forty miles per hour.
She IL so feet long. 8 feet 4 inches deep
and her mean draught is 3 feet @
inches.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
Death of senator Davis.

st. Paul. AIinn.. Nov. Ex-senator
Cushman Kellogg Davis. chairman Of
the committee on foreign relations of
the Senate. died at his home last night
at $40 o'clock.
He had suffered greatly during two
months of sickness, and gradually sank
away, being unconscious for several
hours before death. and. go far rs could
he known suffered no pain.
Governor Lind, who is Democrat,
will have the naming OF senator to
fill the vacancy caused by Senator Da-
Wis death In the interval between now
nnd the time that the Legislature elects.
II IL understood the governor will not
name a senator OF his own political
faith. The time Of his service would
be so short that II Is believed there
would be nothing practically gained by
the move. 1t is stated that Governor
lind Will name former Senator w. d.
Washburn to flll the vacancy.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
Not rb.nk.r,vln. turkey.

Constantinople. Nov. 2T.-The rela-
tions between the United States gov
crnment and the Porte are becoming
acute. Mr.. Griscom, the American
charge d'affaires, went to the YIldez
palace Sunday and had an Interview
with Tewrk Pasha, minister OF foreign
Affairs. and Tahain Boy. first secretary
of the palace. The interview, how
ever. WIS barren OF result.
While the Porte outwarily persists
in the attitude 1t has assumed regard
Ing the question of granting an exc
Quntor to the United States consul at
HarpOot, there Is reason to believe the
dispatch of the bnttleship Kentucky to
Smyrna has made u marked impression
Il official circles.
North Park union., 1900-12-07
Denver Mint at a s..nd.tlll.

Washington, Nov. 27.-The annual re-
port of the supervising architect men,
tons the Denver mint only further
than to say that the progress made by
the contractor has been nose unsatis-
factory. To date S25O,7S7 has been ex-
pended on this building. while S11O,213
is covered by contract liabilities, leav-
ing S13S.9SS for interior finish. 1t is
thought this amount will cover the en-
tire cost of interior finish. plans hav-
Ing been prepared for finish simple,
but effective, which is not extravagant.
Plans and specifications for the interior
finish have now been completed, but no
advertisement for bids will be issued
until the department has some assur-
ince TINT the cornlce vii be complet-
ed and the roof finished. Although
anxious to let the new contract. the su-
pervislng architect says he has ex-
hausted means at his hands for having
the superstructure completed aud is
COW at the mercy of Contractor McIn-
yre.