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The bill Introduced by Senator Kellogg appro-
PIRATES for continuation OF thu work On the
Potomac flats the sum estimated to be necessary
Tor the coming fiscal yPar-sSOO 600 This estimate
was submitted in separate aud special report
from the secretary o! War, sent to the Senate in
response to resolution calling upon the Secre-
tary for an offi;iil statement as to the sum that
would BE- needed The bill goes to the Senate
committee on commerce. where. IL Is to be hoped,
IT will receive the prompt consideration II merits
Five OF the members OF the select committee on
improvement OF the river front at Washington,
VIZ. MessrS Ransom, Vest, Jones of Nevada,
heHogg and Conger. are also members OF the
commerce committee. These Senators are
specsa ly interested In the prosecution OF this
lmprovem mt, as 1t was largely through their
enorts that the initial appropriation was pro-
cured They compose a majority OF the COM
merce committee, AMI therefore have 1t In their
power to hasten favorable action In the debate
upon the passage OF the appropriation at the last
session not wor1 was said against the improve
ment Itself; the only ground OF objection was
tnat the appropriation did not prop arly belong
on river and harbOr bill. The sentiment was,
apparently, unanimously in ravor OF the improve
ment. and now that 1t is under way, there are
additional obligations upon Congress to provide
for Its steady prosecution.
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

SENATOR INGALLS, seems to be measuring
iauces with Hon. John A. Logan in regard
to pensions. Mr.. ingalls, has the honor Of
introducing the first bill in the Forty
eighth congress, a bill to remove certain
limitations of the Arrears of Pension act.
In the last congress Mr. ingalls, cham
pioned this loan and coarsely abused all
who opposed it, aefying them to attempt
to repeal or oursml it. Now it seems the
gentleman is net satisfied with the large
lioerse the law affords to plungs deeply
into the treasury, and he wishes to open
the gates still wider. A Republican
patriot is best known by his prodigality
with other peoples meney.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

ants counsel was Charles A. Tabor, assisted by
Mr.. Boardman, of the Barnstabe bar. Prayer
was offered by the Rev. Philo Hawks, of the
Methodist church. The court room was crowded
with spectators, not few of whom were Ad-
ventists who were invited to the prayer meeting
which followed the horrible sacrifice, and who
thanked tie Lord that o5e had been fouud of
sufficient faith to obey the voice of God, even to
the staying of his first born.
In the lmpanelling of the jury the PR oner
challenged six, the commonwealth TO- IT. and
eight were excused because of opinio MS nrevi-
ously formed. District Attorney Knowlton
opened the case, and. after narra ny the circurr,
stances OF the orne, said that fnere was to be no
question as to the commissic>n of the act. as that
was an acknowledged fact. He claimed that all
killing was not murder. The hum unity of the
law calls upon us to prove and inquire whether
II was the directed impulse of Freeman that
caused the deed. If it was, it was then murder
most foul. IL not, then it was the deed of an
insane man. The prisoner had been released
from an insane asylum on the opinion of the
pest authority II the land that his reason had
been restored. The question for the jury was
whether he was sane at the time of committing
the CRIME. Ii go, he must he adjudged guilty of
murder IN the first degree. If not, the verdict
must be found Not guilty by reason of In
sanity" and then the court must sentence him
10 De connned In an insane asylum during the
u LID Aalufal life.
witness testified to the facts above r..
cited in ret"ard to the religious fanaticism
of the man. Dr.. Charles F. Folsom, of
Boston, DR.. Brown, superintendent of the
insane asylum at Tasnton, DR.. Denny, of
Boston, and DR.. Pinneo, of Hyannie, in
sanity experts, testified that the man was
undoubtedly insane at the time of the
tragedy. In charging the jury Chief JUS
tlce Morton recommended a verdict of
mot guilty by reason of insanity" After
a consultation of ten minutes the jury re.
turned that verdict, and the court ordered
the prisoner to be sent to the DauYers lu-
natlc asylum, there to be confined for the
remainder of his natural life. Freeman
received the result with expressions of
great satisfaction, walked in the Jail yard
under guard of an officer, smoking q CIGAR
and cheerfuIly speaking witt mis- friends.
circumstance whictt. renders the termina.
non Of the legal examination tantalizing
in the extreme.
This attrocieus tragedy ought to have
the wholesome effect Of arousing those
who allow their feelings to be played
upon by periods of unnatural religious sx-
cltement to take warning. The Lord does
not approach and deal with men by such
methods. Whatever the religious frenzy of
the monster Freeman, it may be doubted
if he can be acquitted of moral RESPONSE
bility for his great crime. The agencies
which, by means Of speculation and vehem-
ence unssttlo men, are the agencies of the
Devil and should be e1ecrated by mankind
as too monstrous foi human federation or
divine appreciation.
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

more than .doo,ooo,ooo of unnecessary
. .''Aes 'iuo {. tariff raised more than thir-
y Pei " ct. 10 meet the cost of war. The
80 n of the people for
from the now uu-
Ii -cessary burden is not new matter. 1t
was presented to a Republican congress
who net it with reduction OF about 2 per
cent and the imposition of
inequalities and Determinations that much
more than neUtralized that grudgiDg COZ
cession.
The Republicans who are baying upon
the path Of Mr.. Carlisle had better occupy
their time in explaining their own financial
Inconsistencies, the unweiIdy surplus that
Mr.. Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Blaine and some other political ninco1z-
poops are devising ways and means to get
rid Of; in explaining the process by which
our ship builders and merchants, under
Republican policy, have been made the
victims Of lost commerce; in explaining
the nefarious business of selling Supreme
Court Justiceships ard pur-
chasing Presidencies. If any
regart exists in the Republican
ranks for good Sc ~se and fairness it should
be applied to the consiu. ration of short
comings such as these, and this tn people
will cause to be done, and Thoroughly
done, before they can be driven into a
scare or panic" BY the representa-
tions OF the misleading partisans whose
burdensome role has proven 50 oppressive
and costly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10
TEE poCAssET Tragedy.

On Wednesday last, in the supreme
court at Barnstable, Mass, was concluded
the second trial of Charles f. Freeman, of
Pocassett, for the murder of his young
daughter Edith.
freeman was born at Highgate, VT, in
1916, the next year, however, his father
removed to Natick, Mass. In 1868 he en-
listed as drummer in the 29th Massaohu-
setts regiment and served in that capacity
until tho regiment came home.
For time he lived at Lynn, where be
married his wife, and removed from the e
to Pocasset and engaged in farming. He
was ore of the number of his neichbor-
hood who were absorbed by a season of
local religious excitement in 1878, and he
united with the Methodist church on nro.
baton. He soon dropped that association
and with some others joined the Second
Adventists and grew furiously in earnest
in that belief, to that extent
that he professed to think that the
Lord demanded of him the sacrifice of his
young child. He neglected his business.
ceased to provide for his family-.saw
supernatural sights which he understood
betokened the end of the world. On the
evening of May 1, 1879, after talking with
his wife, he deliberately entered the room
where little Edith lay, drew down the
clothes and drove sharp knife, six inches
into her left breast, puncturing the heart
and killing her instantly. Mrs. Freeman.
the mother of the child narrated the SCENE
on the witness stand:
On the night of the death of Edith he did NOT
sleep, and, for several days he had not eaten
anything: lie spoke of great burden he felt.
such as Moses must have felt when he an+a-e5 |
the temple. On that night was awakened hv |
my husband, who said that God had called unon
MN 10 MAKE great sacrifice. l saw him leave
the room, and when he came back he had +be |
child III his arms Il was dead. He walked tbo |
room with IL and prayed and wept. He took |
1t TO BED with HIM, and kept it with him all |
night. The whole scene is like terrible drasn,
which one remembers but cannot distinctly CON
meet, s3d which, when l try to think of. il |
seems hkZe an awful recollection.
Mn. freeman further stated that az ia
AHS she was in sympathy with the belief "a
her husband as to eternal things, but not
to the extent of contemplating the murder
o. her child, and she does not admit tha.
she thought her husband would harm, -
She says, 81 agreed with him, because
thought God called him. Such THINGS
prevented her from distinguishing the
natural from the unnatural.
Freeman was taken for murder. tried.
adj 1dged insane and placed IN the Dan
vers asylum. After being in the asylum
short time he was, by competent authority. |
pronounced sane, and was taken thence
and confined n jail to await another trial
This hearing began and ended on Wednes |
day last, before Chief Justice Morton with
Associate Justics Field on the bench.
The com nonw ealth was represented bv A.
torney Gen eral Sherman and District Attorn,v
hnowlten, OF Barnstable county. The defend
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

Mr.. EsMEB, Of New York, knows thing
or two, even if he is the second assistant
postmaster general, and stalwart to
boot. He proposes an improvement on
MIR. Biaine's plan of dividing the whisky
tax among the states. Mr.. Elmer's proFo-
sition is to divide the whisky among all
the people. OF the two propositions Mr..
Elmer,s is the more rational.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10
REFORMATION.
WdRD IN THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.

An Eloquent Sermon by Bishop Ireland
Christs Mission as a Keformer-The vari-
Gus Purposes of the Church-Its Teach
ings Always Pure-The Evils OF the Early
Ages Grossly Exaggerated-Luther and
Melancthon.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

HARPER's Weekly offers the observation
that the present "will be president max
ing congress" We beg to remark ".Let
the distinguished Weekly is in erre,r in its
horoscope. The people at lar will trans
oct that item of business, and 'sno con-
gress need apply"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

CHICAGO has lunatic who reioices in the
name of Smith. but imagines himself to be Oscar
Wilde. He was formerly stable keeper but
now seyotes his whole time to being an accurate
hfe-like being of the great astLetic. Smith is
not dangerous, only beautiful. Has Chicago 8
monop 'iy Of this sort OF lu.aties?
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

The weather bureau of the New York Herald
is conducted by an expert employed BY that
journal and wholly independent of the govern
ment signal service. and its predictions for sew
sral years past have been pretty well verified.
After q careful examination of the weather
record the Herald asserts that the in icatious
are favorable for very mild winter in the At
lAntic states but the data are insufficient fo,
making close calculations respecting the aortI-
west.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

ST needs force scanned, and ruroid and
strong, to call forth the boisterousness Of an
probation,' says the New York Sun, and CON
TIMES, Abraham Lincoln had such face and
SO has William s. Holman The Sun viii
hardly write DIR. Holman into the presidency on
that line. John Shermau's steamed farce did
not stand by him victoriously when the hand
some and rotund Garfield walked away, amid
the boisterousuess of appreciation, with the prize
his cadaverous colleague had stri7en for,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-23
PERSONAL.

Rhode Islands fund for a statue Of General Burn
side now amounts TO more than $4,000.
Miss Mary Dickens eldest grandchild of Charles
Dickens, age nineteen, is about to become an &C
tress.
Mr.. Hubert Herkomer will lecture in Boston on
Thursday evening in response to an invitation ex-
tended To him by number of well-kn0wn art
patrons OF that cay.
In their accounts Of Gambettas funeral several
Paris papers stated that the Hon. L. p Morton,
the American Minister merely witnessed the pro-
cession from q window Of the Continental Hotel.
This says GdUgndRi. isan error. Mr.. Morton Joined
the funeral cOrlege az the Palais Bourbon and ac-
companIcd II on foot through all the long march to
Pere Lachaise Mrs. Morton. surrounded by her
family occupied n window of the Hotel Brighton.
and sent elaborate floral offerings To be placed upon
the dead stateSDiauS Dlcr
group of Piussian officers in Berlin were one
evening discussing and ridlculing Gambetta and
his armies when the veteran feld-marshal Count
Won Motke. WHO was among them, quietly re-
marked: Yes, gentlemen, that is all very we'll /;
but remember that af, cr Metz and Sedan. when we
thought the war over. those improvised armies held
their own against us for five months II took us
month 10 beat the great disciplined armies but five
months to beat GamOetas raw recruits. Els lcute
en- muSSe 80 aStOnlShcd rs SOlulfro-wh atcYCr You
scollrrs and carpet.knghs may think--that we
shall have To study THIS question during many long
years of peace"
In his lecture in Cleveland. Thursday evening on
lessons from the Life of Garfield" Superintendent
Iinsdale, of the Cleveland public schools, read -
letter written by General Garfield in February,
1879, in reply to a letter connecting his name with
the Presidency. portion of the letter. which, says
The Cicreidd HGGh, has never before been pub
lished is rs follows am certainly not indifferent
10 the good opinion of my fellow-citzens. Ii is
gratifying to know that thoughtful men in any
part of tn country look upon me as worthy 10 o.
cupy the position of Chief Magistrate. Especially
to know that such thoughts are entertained by
men not Immediately concerned in the management
Of party machinery. 1t would be doomed afeeta-
ticu to pretend indifference to such considerations
bat have seen 40 many illustrations of the ,mLap-
pEess and the destruction OF usefulness which have
followed tho Presidential fever that am deter
mined it shall not attack me as to disturb my
peace, and destroy what beneficial service may be
ablo to render Not more than five mon now living
can held the Presidency before shall he too old
lOi the place. To assume that ont OF the SIX mill
IONS OF American voters ehall be one Of these Eve,
and lay any plans or make any efforts based upon
such an assumption, seems 10 me too remote and too
visionary % be worth incdrTiug the danger which
seems 20 attend all who indulge IN that dream. !
tiinlI IT wiser 90 do Whatever duty comes to my
hand holding nay soul free To utter itsel Ia accord
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-23
THE QUESTION or RESPONSIBILITY


The fuller details of the sinking Of the Cm-
bria show the tragedy in blacker light than
was at first supposed. Over 100 lives destroyed
almost n an instant, and the inexplicable con-
duct of q captain who steamed away from the
struggling victims of a disaster which his own
recklessness had caused-these are the two
features which stand out most fOrcibly. In all
the history of ocean steamship travel there have
been only three disasters-the wrecks of the City
of Glasgow, Hamburg and AtlaDtic-whch re-
suited in greater loss of life. No one can think
without shudder Of the fate which met those
poor immigrants before they even reached the
deck of the sinking steamship. But lamentation
for the dead is useless there should be an Outcry
raised that will result in the protection of the
living against repetition of such a crime.
For the running down of one steamship by
another is little else. Article 10 of the Inter
national Rules says: every ship shall, in
a fog, mist, or falling snow, go at
moderate speed" Yet the captain of the Sui
tan was apparently steaming ahead without
thought of the rules of the ocean highway or
care for any craft in his path, There is little
definite information 10 signals, save that
the whistle of the Sultan was not heard until
Just before her red light became visible only
$50 feet away. Is it not improbable,
at least, that the collision would have
occurred had the Sultan been continually
sounding her whistle and proceeding at slow
rate of specd2 But she ran ahead, aimed di-
rcctly for the i'll -fated Cimbria, and struck her
bow on. There is q dismal sarcasm in the
thought that if the Cimbria had been going
ahead at full speed she would undoubtedly
have been saved, and the Sultan sunk. But
the Cimbria's captail remained faithful to
the rules Laid down for his guidance, and
suffered for anOther's dsobcdiencc. There
is another weighty accusation TO which the
captain of the Sultan must answer He APP
pears to have deliberately turned away from
the ag0nized wretches whose hopeless peril
he had caused, and left them to die.
Was this through apprehension "a to the
condition Of his own vessel The Sultan
was seaworthy enough to make her
way to the El5e. Her only damage
was hole in the bow seven feet
above the water-line. Why then did he
rot promptly devote himself and the services
of his crew to the work of saving life, and
remain on the spot until the last hope was
gone Here is one case where the question of
responsibility appears to have gone home.
- But there was different responsibility on the
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