The Press., 1891-05-14

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 Thursday, May IA, 1891.
 JAMES MCLAUGHLIN SON, PUBLISHERS.
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 THE ChiHan insurgent transport, Itata, while under arrest at San Diego, Gal. having taken on board arms and supplies, sailed away, carrying the deputy U. s. marshal The U. s. steamer Charleston has gone in pursuit, hoping to overtake the Itata or to prevent the transfer of her cargo to the Chilian cruiser Esmeralda, which is waiting for the Itata of Cape San Lucas. In the event of overtaking fight is likely to take place. g--. :, '.
 THE notorious James McGuane and Wm. Dwyer escaped from Holland jail last week. The two were permitted to carry out ashes from the jail in hods, and went out just as the iailor was called away. He was gone about five minutes, and upon his return found the two men missing. The prisoners had apparently just got up and wore only shirt and trous- CTS, and consequently were not watched closely. They were, however, prepared for escape. having their coats in the coal hods and their hats under their shirts. An alarm was given at once and the en- tire force at the jail started in pursuit, but all efforts have so far been fruitless. McGuane's sentence did not expire until September, and Dwyer was in for num- Der of months. S
 THE committee of Rockville citizens appointed to look into. the prospects of the U. s. Central Railroad have satisfied themselves that there is nothing in it'' to speak of. The reputed backing of cap italists isn't there. There are many towns in Massachusetts that want the road and are willing to put money in it, but not enough of them to build it. If built it must be part of a trunk line, and have the backing pertaining thereto. Stafford has never counted very confidently on the building of this road. But as the. years go by it becomes more evident that if Holland county gets more railroads it must wake up and help induce their .mak- ing. Branches connecting with some of the neighboring roads will answer all the purposes of furnishing competing freight lines-our great need.
 MRS. JOSEPHINE A. BARNABY recently died in Denver, Colorado, from drinking poisoned whiskey, and from the first her business manager, Dr. Graves, of Trovi- dence, has been suspected of having pre- pared and sent to her the fatal drink. The bottle was mailed to her bearing the inscription: "From friends in the woods" <" the evident purpose being to throw suspi- cion upon people with whom Mrs. Barna- by spent the last summer. Mrs. Barnaby drank and died. Through adroit detective work on the part of Pinkerton's detective agency the necessary evidence to insure an indictment has been secured, and Dr. Graves is now bound west, not for the purpose of giving testimony before the grand jury, but to be within the jurisdic- tion of Colorado, where he will undoubt- edly be formally indicted, if the evidence obtained and now in the possession of States Attorney Stevens of Denver is to be believed. Dr. Graves has confessed sending the mysterious bottle to Denver. He has confessed writing the inscription upon it. He asserts that the bottle con- tained pure whiskey when it was mailed in Boston, and that any poison therein contained must have been added after the package left his possession. Owing to the makeup of Mrs. Barnabys will Dr. Graves had 8 motive for interest in her early death.
 The Conn. Weekly Press Association will next Monday at it's regular, meeting in Hartford discuss English as it is print ed in weekly newspapers, and criticise the errors of expression found in them. The discussion will be very interesting if each; will dilate on the errors found in his own paper, just after the issue has gone thro' the press. Some thrilling experience will come to light uo doubt. Every editor has experienced the crawling" sensation resulting from one of these too late dis coveries. The weekly newspaper is not made up with the 'deliberation and in the leisurely manner commonly supposed. Much of it's matter is rushed in at the last moment by contributors and correspond ents, who think that any time before the hour of going to press will do for the ad- vertisement or communication which per- haps might as well have been forwarded days before. As the hour for going to press draws nearer the problem becomes, not with what to fill up, but what of the matter sent in must be left out be- cause of press of time and lack of room. In most country offices the editorial force consists of one person, who, besides writ ing copy, revises all contributed matter before 1t goes to the compositor, then reads proofs, hurriedly done in the case of last prepared matter, makes up the. forms in bare time to hit the usual mails of publication day, and most likely is pressman or head mailing clerk later. Sometimes copy is prepared with con- positor at one side waiting for the copy, while the ear of the opposite side is in receptive condition, and being pre-empted by some one for some purpose. The con- positor, who deliberately puts the matter in type letter by letter, often deems it be- meath him to note an obvious error, and it also escapes notice in the hurriedly read proofs, and later rises up to the editorial eye looking bigger than an elephant. The patron, whose contribution or copy for ad- vertisements needs closest scrutiny to