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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
THE CONFESSION PROVED FALSE.
officers Overheard Trying to Get
Graves to Admit Guilt.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEws.l

DENVER, Col, Jan. Tt now pretty
definitely settled that no action will be
taken on DR.. Graves alleged confession.
Dist.-Atty. Stevens says he would not use
a confession made by man in such a state
of distress as the doctor was in.
John Il. Adams, vice president of the
Diamond & Adams Manufacturing Com
pany, has made startling statement.
He says he followed the doctor TO the
county Jail on Saturday night. He heard
the language attributed TO the doctor by
the deputies. He does not believe the
doctor knew what they were talking
about. They piled him with questions and
answered them themselves. The doctor
seemed TO be daZed by the shock, and paid
no attention To them. Mr.. Turner has
been told of this, and will call Mr.. Adams
If necessary.
Judge Furman has prepared his motion
for "a new trial for the doctor, and will pre-
sent it to-day DIR. Graves will be taken
To Canon City and placed in solitary con-
fnement to await the day of his doom.
Mrs. Graves is quieter aud calmer but
her vagaries have not left he., and her
strength seems TO be failing steadily. DR.
Graves mother is constantly by her side
and every effort is made To keep up her
stcength and courage, but her chancs of
recovery seem TO he very slender. Her
physician says that with quiet and rest
she might have chance of life, but in her
present frame of mind her death may
occur at almost any hour.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
The Bering Sea Controversy.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. Sir George Baden
Powell, member of the British Bering
Sea Commission. who, at Lord Salisbury's
request, will start for Washington on
Saturday next, says that Lord Salisbury
told him that he Qord Salisbury wanted
TO avoid war with the United States, but
at the same time he wanted TO be strong
and TO show that he was not going to
yield jot of the British rights.
Sir George said ne thought Lord Sails
bury had finally brought an awkward
dispute, which might have resulted in
war, to arbitration, and it was his convic-
tion that England would win in the arbi-
tration. The British commissioners, he
declared, had made important investiga-
tions, but the friendliness they had estab-
lished with the Americans and Russians
would yet bear fruit. All right-thinking
men in England and America, Sir George
added, will be delighted TO find a serious
bone of contention removed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
THEY HANGED The GIRLS.
Great Indignation in Alabama at an
Outrage by lynchers.
THE bob SIMS" GANG AGAIN.
Bob's Brother Neal. His Daughters
Laura and Beatrice and Two Tn
known Men Killed on Their Way to the
Rendezvous of the Gang.

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. Late news has
of the recent lynching of Bob Sims and
some of his gang. The report is that while
Neal Sims, Bob.s brother. and two other
men and Laura and Beatrice Sims, daugh-
ters of Bob, were on their way TO the rem
devious of the gang, they were met by a
posse searching for Neal Sims; that the
ed, hanged and shot. The rest of the party
interferred to save Neal and were all
hanged including the two girls.
Great excitement is said TO have been
caused in that locality, and the people are
indignant at the outrage, and especially
at the hanging of the women.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
The DINNER AT BOSTON.
The Washington Party Left Last
Night in a Pullman Sleeper.
LOTS OF N0TABLES ARE GOING.
Mr.. Curtis Has MIR. BlaiDe's Letter-Mr.
Crisp's Condition Quite serious-Gov.
I'm Reaches Washington and Says
There's Nothing I'm IL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE guests of the
Boston Merchants Association left the
city yesterday afternoon. The party con-
sists of Mr.. Romero. the Mexican minister;
Gen. Bolet Paraza, the Venezuelan minis
ter, and his son. Congressman and Mrs.
J. c. Burrows of Michigan, and their son.
in-law, Mr.. McNeir; William +. Curtis,
director of the bureau of American Re
publics, and Master Elroy Curtis, his son.
Mr.. Montt. the Chilean minister, was
forced at the last moment by pressure of
engagements here TO give up the trip and
Mr.. Mendonca, the Brazilian minister,
was forbidden TO go by his physician. Mr..
Curtis has Mr.. Blaine's letter
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07

az have been advised that my name may
be presented. Promptly withdraw it.
Upon this authority the chairman with :
drew Mr. Mckinley's name, but this did
not prevent Mr.. Welch from voting for his
candidate.
There was intense excitement during the
roll call, and as doubtful men recorded
themselves they were warmly applauded
by the faction with which they voted.
The result was: John Sherman, 53; j.
B. Foraker. 81; Charles Foster, /; William
Mckinley, 1; and amid tremendous APP
plause Mr.. Sherman was declared the
nominee.
Senator Sherman's nomination was
made unanimous. Later Messrs. Sher.
man and Foraker appeared before the
caucus. and were greeted with loud cheers.
Mr.. Sherman returned thanks for the
honor conferred on him. and spoke in
complimentary terms of Mr.. Foraker. The
latter made brief address full of good
feeling. The caucus then adjourned.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Four fires last night. Page s
\ bad coal gas explosion. Page 3
The grip down the Pawtuxet valley.
Page
The swimming match at the Metropole
Page
The Art club meeting. Page
Domestic.
Dave Hill has reached Washington.
Page
John Sherman senator again. Page |
A Chicago street car accident Page l
More trouble with the Bob Sims gang.
Mr. Blaine's illness is light. PagS1
Foreign.
Heavy importations of cotton at Liver
pool, Page
The cost of backing the races in France
Page l
Marie Roze i'll, Page
The Behring Sea difficulty, Page
Young Irvings attempt at suicide, Page
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. "A tornano struck
Fayetteville. town twenty-siX miles
from here, last night about O'Clock IL
killed four, viz: William Travis, j. c.
Evans, Sallie Kate Graham and an un-
known negro child.
OCALA, Fla, Jan. 1.-Oakland, n small
town on the Orange Belt railway. ten
miles west OF here, was visited by de
structive tornado to-day IL swept a
tract OF country mile long and over half
n mile wide, leveling nearly everything
standing i'm its path. One death and num-
erous minor casualties resulted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
DUBLIN AND VICTORIA.
A Protest Against the Corporations
Congratulatory Address.
ENORMOUS COTTON IMPORTS.
Things Are In a bad Way In Russia--The
Tremendous Cost of Horse Racing In
France-A Crauk's Case Adjourned
Marie Roze Ill.

DUBLIN, Jan. THE Daily Ihdepen-
dent, the new Parnellite organ, protests
against the corporation of Dublin pre-
senting the Queen an address OF congrat-
uation on the betrothal of her grandson,
the Duke Clarence and Avondale with
Victoria Mary, daughter of the Duke OF
Teck. 1t says the corporation refused to
join the demonstration of welcome when
the Prince of Wales visited Ireland In
1885. while the union remained unre-
pealed, and reasons equally good now re-
main and indeed have from peculiar cir
cumstances triple force now.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
A "GRADE CROSSING" ACCIDENT.
A Locomotive 0verturns a Chicago
Street Car.

CHICAGO, Jan. Tin a collision between
n freight train and street car in this city
last night seven passengers in the latter
were seriously injured. The street car
was filled with passengers and was struck
by the locomotive at crossing and
thrown several feet. falling on its side and
tumbling the passengers in a heap on the
floor. Many were badly cut by the broken
glass. Several ladies tainted and IL took
a long while to extricate the passengers
from the wrecked car. Fortunately no
one WAS killed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.--Speaker Crisp
has been much more seriously i'll than his
physician has hitherto admitted. His
physician still says, however that he will
be out i'm two weeks, but others near him
think il will be well into February before
he presides over the House again. Mrs.
Crisp is with her husband almost con
stantly, in spite of her feeble health. Mr.
Crisp had bad night last night. His
poyscan feared that his lungs were be-
ginning TO be seriously affected, but he
wss able To relieve them. He is, however
not out Of danger, by any means.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
An Enormous Import of Cotton

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 7.-During the past
few weeks an enormous quantity of Ameri-
can cotton has arrived here, and despite
the recent erection by the Mersey Dock
and Harbor Board of extensive ware
houses, this immense amount OF room
afforded has been taxed to its utmost
limits. At the south end docks
alone 100000 bales have been landed
within three weeks. At the north end
docks almost an equal amount has been
handled. Indeed, the sheds and ware.
houses now contain the largest amount or
cotton ever known in the commercial his
tory of Liverpool.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
UNCLE JOHN GETS n
Sherman is Again Senator From
the BuCkeye State.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. THE joint eau
Gus of the Republican members of the
Legislature convened at s y. NJ. in the
hall of the House. Speaker Laylin of the
House was elected chairman.
The nominations of Sherman and Fora
ker were seconded by several gentlemen
upon each side. and it was 10 o'clock before
a ballot was reached.
Just before the ballot telegram from
Gov. ELECT Mckinley was received saying
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
Z SPORTS FALL OUT.
McGough Has Tom 0'Rourke Ar
rested for Debt,

Thomas O'Rourke, manager of the
Dixon combination, which is playing at
the Westminster Theatre this week, was
arrested last evening at the City Hotel by
Constable Harry Cooney at the instance
Of Thomas McGeough, who claims that
O'Rourke owes him sl25, which he bor-
rowed during the trip TO England.
O'Rourke says McGeough owes him
nearly 500, which statement is corroDo-
rated by Dixon. O'Rourke secured the
necessary bail and was released early in
the evening
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
$50, 900, 900 Bet in six Months.

PARIS, Jan. 7.-Some idea may be OBJ
tanned of the enormous amount OF money
annually squandered on horse racing from
the report upon the Paris, the mutual
system Of betting sanctioned by the gov
ernment On the gross receipts OF these
the officers of the government take two
per cent. for charitable objects. Ii now
appears that from June 80 10 Dec. 81, 1881,
the percentage amounted TO S4OO,OO0 max
ing the gross receipts reach the enormous
aggregate of go, 600, 600 for six months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
Things I'm "A bad Way In Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1.-Dispatches
from Toula, Russia, state that many fam
lilies are living i'm small huts, trying in
vain to keep warm. 1t is said that three
generations sleep side by side on benches
beside stove, and barns and outhouses
have been destroyed in order To obtain
fuel Many of these unfortunates have
gono three and four days without NOR
sci of food. Ii this ate of affairs no one
but a madman would think of such
thing as war with Russia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
THE NEWS IN ADVANCE.


This Evening.
Providence Opera House, s-Rosina
Nokes.
Westminster Theatre. S-George Dixon.
Providence Museum, s." Nobody's
Claim.
Amateur Dramatic Hall, Shedding
To-Morrow.
Lothrop's Museum. p "Nobody's
Claim"
Westminster Theatre, 2:l5 - George
Dixon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
Mr.. BLAINE Is SLEEPY.
That is the Upshot Of Yesterdays
Severe Illness"

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Mr. Blaine is re
ported better this morning, but his friends
are uneasy about him. 1t is reported that
came drowsy and slept a large portion of
the afternoon. Many of his friends called
TO see him last night and to-day, but no
one was allowed to see him He is re
ported suffering from drowsiness this
morning
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
The Canal in Hard Luck.

PARIS, Jan. Z The signers of the De
Lesseps Canal petition to the government
called on the Ministry To use its influence
for the formation OF "A new company which
should continue the work begun by the
Lesseps concern. But the government de-
clined TO assume the proposed responsible
ity. Ii was the wish of the petitioners TO
see the Credit Foucier and NJ. Christophle,
the governor of that institution, takc up
the Panama scheme.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
The sbowman,s Daugbter.,

LONDON, Jan. THE Royalty Theatre
has "a new lessee in the person of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, who opened it
last night for the purpose of exploiting
new play, "The Showman's Daughter"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
Irying's Son shot.

LONDON, JBn. 7.-Henry Irving's second
son, Lawrence, who has been playing
Shakespearian characters in Benson's
company in Belfast, accidentally snot him
self in the right breast with revolver at
his lodgings to-day, the ball penetrating
the apex of the lung His doctors are
hopeful that he will recover.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
THE WEATHER TOMORROW.
The onetcr.

Weather for this evening-Clear and
cold.
For tomorrow and colder.
Temperature from y "A. NJ, Jan. @, to .
"A. NJ, Jan. Z:
Highest, 81. Lowest, -. Mean, 30.5
The Tide for To-Morrow.
High water at Providence, 2.31 \. VI.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07

LONDON, Jan. John Borlas, aged 81,
an oxford graduate, who was arrested
last week for firing "a revolver at the
House of Commons, to the common dan
yer of Oscar Wilde and number of
passers, was arraigned this morning His
case was adjourned 20 allow time for fur
ther inquiries regarding his mental condi-
tion
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
A Diphtheria Epidemic.

READING, Jan. 7.-Diphtheria has be-
come epidemic here. Fifteen children
have died within a week and large mum
ber are seriously ILL., The spread of the
disease is supposed TO be due to the fact
that the funerals in the fatal cases were
public and very largely attended.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
ATTACHED THE BODY.
A New York Undertaken stops - Funeral
FOR BILL

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Jan. 7.-Undertsker
Cook of New York yesterday attached the
body Of William Francis and stopped the
funeral Francis died in New York Sun
day and Cook had charge of the remains
lie turned them over TO August Lieberum,
an undertaken here. and afterward took
steps To recover bill of S65. The funeral
cannot take place till the attachment il
removed, and Francis relatives are poor
His mother claims he was poisoned
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
A Fighting Prisoner.


WoONsoCKET, Jan. John O'Brien, n
man employed by Cutting & Bishop, con
tractors, while under the influence of
ardent spirits, entered the store of NJ r..
LeFrancois on Main street aud helped
himself TO "a pair of shoes valued at So
The police were notified and succeeded in
arresting OBrien on Sayles street this
morning. He was inclined to resist the
police aud Officers Morey and Boston had
their hands full In escorting him TO the
station
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07

DO You want "a room or n tenement
watch the columns Of the News" or bet
ter stIu, insert q Io-csnt advertisements
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
Mario ROze Ill.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. Marie Roze, the
popular opera singer is very Ill with influ-
enZa.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07

Have you property tn sell? Investor.
read the News" A io-cent advertise
ment uaay make q sale.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
TOOLATE RCLASSIFICATION
sITUATIONS W1NTED -MiLE.

IXvANTED-WORK OF ANY KIND BY AMER
w lean man, age 3S; handy ana willing; low
wages. Address X. News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-07
The Tornado Out West.

Are you I'm want of Help? Try "A 1O-ccnt
advertisement In the News"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-01
Education in Switzerland.
From Youth's Companion.

From Youths Companion.
The system of education in practice
among the Swiss is enlightened and far
reaching. Not only are pupils under
strict and kindly discipline while at school,
but they are also made to feel that the
warning and protecting care of their tutors
is over them whenever they are outside the
fathers house. As soon as the child is in
the street he has passed from the circle of
his home, and that moment begins the
schools authority.
Regulations, printed on slips and dropped
in every house, contain, among score of
Others equally sensible, the following rule
relating to outdoor manners
Delay of any kind between the schol-
ar's home and school is not allowed No
whooping, yelling, throwing stones and
snowballs, teasing children or ridiculing age
and deformity can be endured Grown
persens shall be met with civility as they
pass. Thus shall honor be reflected on the
school,
Once in the classroom the pupil is taught
department as we'll as his three "R's."
He is told how to walk, stand and speak,
and a blot upon his book and smudge on
his face are regarded as equally bad.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-01
A Parsons Response.

A clergyman not long since observed
horse jockey trying to take in gentleman
by imposing upon him a brOkenwinded
horse for a sound one. The parson taking
the gentleman aside, told him to be cauti-
GUS of the person he was dealing with.
The gentleman declined the purchase, and
the jockey quite nettled, observed, "Parson,
| had much rather hear you preach than
to see you privately interfere in bargains
between man and man in this way"
"Well, replied the parson, ''if you had
been where you ought to have been last
Sunday you might have heard me preach
~Where was that ?" inquired the jockey.
"In the State prison" returned the
clergyman.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-01
Queer Facts About a Watch.


From the Jewellers Review.
Open your watch and look at the little
wheels, springs and screws, each an indis-
pensible part of the whole wonderful ma
chine. Notice the busy little balance wheel
as it flies to and fro increasingly, day and
night, year in and year out. This wonder
full little machine is the result of hundreds
of years of study and experiment. The
watch carried by the average man is COM
posed of SO pieces, and its manufacture
embraces more than 1000 distinct and sepa-
rate operations. Some of the smallest
screws are so minute that the unaided eyes
cannot distinguish them from steel filings
or specks of dirt.
Under powerful magnifying glass
perfect screw is revealed. The slit in the
head is 2-1000ths of an inch wide. 1t
takes 308,000 of these screws to weigh
pound, and pound is worth 1885. The
hair-spring is a strip of the finest steel
about SO inches long, 1-100th inch wide
and 27-10000ths inch thick. 1t is coiled
up in spiral form and finely tempered.
The process of tempering these springs
was long held as secret by the few for
tunate ones possessing it, and even now is
not generally known. Their manufacture
requires great skill and care. The strip is
gauged to 2O-1000ths of an inch, but no
measuring instrument has as yet been de-
vised capable of fine enough gauging to
determine beforehand by the size of the
strip what the strength of the finished
spring will be. A 2O-l0O0th part of an
inch difference In the thickness of the strip
makes difference in the running of
watch of about six minutes per hour. The
value of these springs, when finished and
placed in watches. is enormous in propor-
ton to the material from which they are
made
A comparison will give a good idea. A
ton of steel made up into hair-spring when
in watches is worth more than IL and one
half times the value of the same weight in
pure gold. Hair-spring wire weighs one
twentieth of a grain to the inch. One
mile of wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations every
second, 400 every minute, $4,000 every
hour, 432, 900 every day, and 157, ,6sO,OOO
every year. At each vibration it rotates
about one and one-fourth times, which
makes 1877, 100, 900 revolutions every year.
In order that we may better understand
the stupendous amount of labor performed
by these tiny works, let us make few
comparisons. Take, for illustration, a loco
motive with six-foot driving wheels. Let
its wheels be run until they have given
the same number of revolutions that
watch does in one year, and they will have
covered distance equal to % complete
circuits of the earth. All this watch
does without other attention than winding
once every "A hours.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-01
IOL. XXVII.-NO.- 4S.
The Gates of St. Johns.


The great bronze gates of the Baptistry
before the Church of St. John the Baptist,
in Florence, are the most wonderful metal
works of art They were suggested as
thank-offering by the city in the year 14OO,
after severe visitation of the plague had
finally passed away. When they were
proposed competition of artists was invit-
ed in order that the offering might take
form worthy of the city and of the occa-
sion. A year was allowed the competing
artists to produce suitable models, and Of
the six sets of plans which were offered,
those of Ghiberti were chosen as being
entirely worthy of the occasion. The con-
tract was given him in the year 1403, and
the gates were placed in position in 1434
The guild of merchants, to whom the
church belongs, after seeing them, decided
to have another pair made by the same
artist. They gave Ghiberti carte blanche
both as to the work and as to time He
began work on the second pair at once,
and finished them in 1852, shortly before
his death. The last pair of gates is pro-
nounced by critics to be greatly superior to
his first work The ornamentatiop of the
former is in ten large panels illustrating
scenes from the Old Testament, the sub
jects being the creation of Adam, the expul-
sion of Adam and Eve, Noah's sacrifice,
Abrahams sacrifice on Mount Moriah,
Esau's remuneration of his birthright,
Joseph and his brethren, Moses on Mount
Sinai, Joshua before Jericho, David
and Goliath, and Solomon and the Queen
of Sheba. 1t was Michael Angelo who
pronounced them worthy to be the gates
of Paradise, and from their small but per-
feet figures he borrowed many ideas for
his great cartoons in the Sistine Chapel
and other churches which he was employed
to decorate.
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Feeding Pigs,

Professor Henry, of Wisconsin, says
that in pig fed upon mixed ration the
thigh bone will stand 200 pounds greater
pressure than one fed upon corn, aud the
constitution will be affected in the same
manner. If the farmer wants more bone
feed oats If he wants muscle and good
constitution feed oats. IF your brood
sows are getting too fat and You have trou-
bic at farroSing time feed oats. If you
want your pigs to grow and develop into
nice, large, thrifty shoats let them run to
oats at pleasure.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-01
Cracks in Lips,
From the New York sun,


The winds cause assures or cracks in
the lips that are not only extremely un-
pleasant to look upon, but are exquisitely
painful, and by touching them with your
tongue you intensity the pain very much,
Go to the drug shop and get there an old
remedy, so old that it has the charm of
novelty. 1t reioices in an overpower-
ing Latin name, but when you ask the
druggist for it in English say you want
citron cream; apply this with your finger,
or soft linen cloth, and the cooling and
healing result that will follow will convince
you that even in medicine sometimes old
things are best.