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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
THE BILLINGS REUNION.
A WelI-known New England Family
Gathered Here.

The BilIings's o. the United States
gathered to-day In the parlors of L. A.
Tillinghast 81 Co. for their annual re-
union.
These reunions were inaugurated eight
year ago.
The former reunions have been held In
various parts Of New England.
At III O'Clock tire President opened the
meeting with an address of welcome.
The secretary rendered his report, and
the address bv the orator OF the day was
delivered by S. L. Scott of Boston, IN the
absence through sickness OF judge Il. @.
Billings, the previously appointed
speaker.
AT p. NJ. dinner was served and at its
conclusion Sanford Waters Billings as
toastmaster called the assembly TO order.
Numerous sentiments were given.
There were present: Sanford Waters
Billings, Sharon, Mass; Charles Billings,
lB'illingsoridge, Canada; DR.. 5, +. Bill
Chicopse. Mass; Susie M. Billings,
Mrs: Daniel Billings aud Ethel
Billings, Statewide. r. L; Gail
ford White, Eastondale. Mass; stel-
Alma b. Billings, East Biackstone, Mass.
Osmond J: Billings, Sharon. Mass; Will
liam X. Billings. Taunton, Mass; George
S. Billings, sharon, Mass; George S. Bill
lings. Brooklyn, n. "; Elizabeth NJ. Bill
lings, sharon, Mass; Frank n. Scott,
Dorchester, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Billings
Hewett Miss Jennie A. Hewitt, Mr..
and Mrs. A. X. Billings, Of Cam
ton, Mass; +. NJ. Billings, Newton Upper
Falls, Mass; j. A. Billings. West New
ton; j. w. Billings, West Newton; L. NJ.
Bancroft, Newton Upper Falls, Mass;
Mrs. G. w. Hohonnol, Newton Upper
Falls; Mrs. Beriah Billings, Mrs. Martha
Wheaton,. PROVIDENCE; Catherine K.
Mitchell, Westborough, Mass; Mrs. Lucy
II. Eddy, Mrs. Robert q. Fuller, Sharon,
Mass: Mrs. Eliza Billings Walker. vii
liam X. Walker. Margaret Hall OF Paw
tucket; Mrs. Mary n. Hubbard, Cam
bridge, N. Y; Selma Billings Watkins,
East Salem, N. Y; Mary II. Sherman.
Taxboro, Mass; Amos r. Billings. PRovI
DENCE; Harriet c. Billings, Phebe A
Perry, Mary 9. Stone OF Sharon, Mass.
Mary K. Daniels, Franklin, Mass, and
Ella X. Daniels, Jennie ii. Boulton,
Malpole, and Fred Boulton, Susan K.
Wilbour. Hopedale. Mass; Albert +. Bill
lings and Emma NJ. Billings of Newton
VILE. Mass; Mr. and Mrs S. NJ. Pierce,
Blackstone. Mass; Mrs. NJ. j. Lewis,
PRovIDENcE; IL: NJ. Billings, PRovI-
DENcE; Anna Yates Billings. .pRovI-
DENCE. thirty-four years of age,
Alfred q. Fairbanks, Manchester n. Da-
ma, n. &. Fairbanks, Phebe Billings,
Lewis Hunt, Bertha Lewis Flske, Emily
5. Billings, PROVIDENCE, Erness b. Mar
BILE, Springfield and John N. Marble.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
DUE TO sUFFOCATION.
Fred Crowthers Found Dead this Morn
ing I'm Johnston.

Fred Crowthers Found Dead this Morn
ing I'm Johnston.
This morning, about IL o'clock, Fred
Crowthers, 20 years old, was found dead
by George Dalton in house in the Lazy
Hollow district of Johnston, whore he
lived alone.
Crowthers was stone mason In the
employ Of Mr.. T.. Waterman and had
been seen intoxicated last evening. A
pistol was lying near his body on the
floor and the theory OF suicide was ad-
vanced or a possible murder, but these
soon gave way to the more probable one
that IL was the result of suffocation.
A volume Of smoke issued from the
building and large hole was burnt In
the floor. 1t is supposed that Crowthers
in his stupor had laid his head on the
table with a lighted lamp on it, and
tipped 1t over. setting fire to the building.
In his dazed condition he apparently
tried to reach the door where he was
found dead. Medical Examiner O'Keefe
pronounced the man dead some hours.
His IA her lives ut Chestnut Hill, Conn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
WARREN.

Harry Child attended a wedding In
PROVIDENCE Tuesday.
Sullivan's picture in McDonough's
hair cutting room is turned toward the
wall since his defeat at New Orleans.
Miss Eva Bennett one OF the four grad
yates of the High school last term has en-
tered the State Normal Scnool.
Louis Levesque has recovered ana about
his business again.
Mrs. Spaulding who has been stopping
at Coles Hotel for the summer leaves
next week TO join her daughter.
Rev. DIR. X. X. Chandler has returned
from jamestown, where he read paper
on missions before meeting of the
Narragansett Baptist Home Missionary
Society.
Prof. Frank Freeborn has returned to
his duties In Boston.
Mrs. Dawson and daughter. who have
been the guest of Mason Tyler and wife,
have returned to PROVIDENCE.
Rev. James Mulchahey aud daughter,
Mrs. Walter Luther. who have been
sojourning here, leave next week for New
York, where Rev. Mr.. Mulchahey ofiiciates
AT St. Paul's church.
Miss Mary Bullock has returned from
Worcester where she has been the guest
OF her aunt.
Miss Sadie Jones Is teaching school at
North Swansea.
The Misses Pick and McMillen OF
Mount Pleasant are the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Dolbey, Baker street.
Mrs Caroline Lincoln OF PRovIDEECE
Is visi ing her sister, Mrs. Frank
Wheaton, Broad and Lynden streets.
Miss Mary Beavens OF Fall River Is
visiting her friend, Mrs. Foreman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
Thirsty Voters In Washington Time,
r. T. Rarton Of Winchester Va re-


r. T. Barton, OF Winchester, Va, re-
Gently read a paper before the Virginia
Historical society, entitled "The First
Election OF Washington to the Virginia
House OF Burgesses. From this 1t ap-
pears that political methods then did not
greatly differ from those Of the present
day, and the rum power, then as now,
was an active factor. In 1857 Washing
ton was one OF the three candidates to
represent Frederick county, Virginia, In
the house OF burgesscs. Although he had
recently achieved the distinction of having
saved the remnant of Braddock's army
from annihilation, Washington was not
able to overcome the revengeful opposi-
tion OF one Lindlcy, whose license to
keep an ordinary had been opposed by
the young colonel. Washington was badly
beaten, receiving only forty votes to the
271 and 270 votes cast for his opponents.
Nevertheless, the next year Washington
again essayed to serve his countrymen at
Richmond. The election came of on
July ~, and Washington got $40 votes, or
seventy more than were cast for the next
highest candidate. IL In related that the
future father OF his country In this cam
palgn had to foot a bill of election ex-
penses OF e1e5, the chief items of which
were "a hogshead and barrel OF punch,
thirty-fve gallons of wine, forty-tj jrce
gallons OF strong cider and dinner for his
friends. kansas City Journal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
NEWS OF 0LNEYvILLE.
Night school to Open Sept. 20. I'm John

Night School to Open Sept. 90. I'm John
ston.
The school committee of Johnston held
a meeting at DIR. +. A. Twitchell's Office
last evening and considerable business
was transacted.
Ia connection with the night schools IL
was voted 10 open them Sept. Goth at the
same places ms in former years. The
teachers for the evening schools will be
appointed within the next ten days.
Briefs.
Sergeant Halbroad OF Johnston, left
this afternoon for Bristol Narrows where
be will remain for n week.
John O'Connell returned home yester-
day noon from his trip to Boston ana the
mountains which was most pleasant.
A moving team demolished "a lumppost
at the corner Of Stokes and High streets
last night, one side OF the wagon top
striking IL and breaking it of. The
stump was removed by the gas company
men.
Last night about 9 o'clock Patrick
Hayden fell from his team at the corner OF
Julian and Kossuth streets and sustained
a bad scalp wound. He was slightly in
jured otherwise. Surgical treatment
was rendered at his nome on Putnam
street.
Two teams became locked on Tar bridge
last evening, causing considerable excite
ment for a time, one of the horses, in
his antics, getting astride of the span
nearest the car tracks. With some diff
Guilty 1t was overcome and the blockade
raised.
An old Gold Worker Buried.
John Harvey, one of the oldest gold and
silver platers in this State was buried
this afternoon from his late residence on
Waterman street, Johnston. He had
been in the emplo7 OF the John Briggs
Sons Company for over twenty years.
The firin and employees attended the
services in body, the shop being closed
for that purpose. The floral offerings
from the firm and his late shopmates
were handsome and profuse. Mr. Har-
vey leaves u widow to mourn his loss
The interment was at Poccaset cemetery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
Nnfcd I,nrers.

The id-ntical horS 3, be used IN the
"poli-c Patrol" at Keith's Opera House
next week were originally employed by
the Chicago poles department and drew
the patrol wa son for the Desplaiues
Street station during the peri d of the
Anarchist troubles in that city. IL was
Tor heroic conduct at the Haymarket
riot when they dashed through the un-
ruly mob that they received the title Of
The White Patrol
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09

Maria Izzi. IA years OF age. living at II
Windcle street was badly cut last night.
She was going down the cellar stairs and
carried an open knife in her hand. When
half way dos the stairs she slipped and
,ell and the knife cut into her abdomen.
Sh screamed for assistance and her par
nts rGsiru to her d. The knife cut was
bad cash. penetrating the abdomen,
n I'M which the intestines protrudcd.
Drs. Black auu McCuskpr attended her.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
WHITE AND WARNER.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE L
DEMOCRATS DUMMY.

Cleveland's Trouble with Hill May Cost
Them New York.
WASHINGTON. Sept 9-Democrats are
greatly excited over the trip OF Mr.. Cleve-
land to New York.
There has been good deal Of despond-
ency among them on account of the atti-
tude of Hill aud Cleveland toward each
other.
A number OF prominent Democrats,
with whom the correspondent has talked,
did not hesitate to declare that II Mr..
Hill his defeat in New York is sure.
They hope. therefore. that this trip OF Mr..
Cleveland to New York may be made the
occasion for bringing about an under
standing between the two men.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
DROWNED IN THE BAY.
A Young Man Fell from the Barge Queens
County. =.

Soon after 9:45 o'clock last nightSH
young man named Donbravan, called
"Harry" by his comp lnions, seaman on
the barge Queens County OF South Am
boy, lying at anchor off Hills wharf
while rowing with the captain Of the
b ,rge, William p. Taylor. to the wharf,
was drowned by the boat tipping over
The captain was saved but the yoaig
man drowned. AT $40 o'clock this mosn-
ing, the body was recovered at PouGts
slip and WAS taken to the morgue.
Donbrahan shipped at South Amsny,
and has relatives at that place.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
GEORGE IVES DEAD.

The Brakeman Did Not Survive His
Injuries.
George Ives, a brakeman on the N. Y,
n. II. e. ii. r.. r., while engaged with
Others in making up freight train last
night about 10:45 o'clock, caught bis foot
in frog and was struck and knocked
down by an approaching car which he
was about TO couple.
The maa's relatives were at once noti-
fed, and were with him at the hospital
until his death. which occurred at IL
o'clock this morning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
rho"white squadron" No Moro

NEW YORK, Sept. 0. - The "White
Squadron" has ceased to exist as such
and tho ships so designated will be ANAL.
gamated with the North Atlantic Squad
ron under Admiral Walker. Admiral
Gherardi hauled down his flag on the
Philadelphia today and will soon go to
San Francisco and run 1t up on the San
Erancsco
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09

BosToN, Sept. 9.--Ebenezsr Martin, who
was arrested on tho charge OF smuggling
opium from Canada into this country,
appeared before United States Commis-
sioner Hallett yesterday. He waived ex-
animation and was held I'm f25O0 for the
Grand Jury OF the United States District
Court
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Tne directors OF
the Metropolitan Opera House held q
meeting and after a discuss OF the
subject decided 20 report to the stock
holders TO-DAY in favor OF imm lately re-
building the opera house. The stock
holders themselves must decide whether
they will bear the exccnee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09

Two Boston workmen Killed by the Fall
OF . Heavy Marble Cornice.

BosroN, Sept. "a fatal accident oc-
Cured yesterday at a building being
erected on Essex street. L,onard Van
Gelder, bricklayer and John Phillips, q
laborer, were at work on an outside stag
ing at the sixth floor.
Suddenly there came q crash like thun-
der and huge cornice, weighing 10 tons,
came down upon the staging, bearing ii
and the men to the ground. Both men
were terribly mangled and died soon az
terward.
Two teamsters who were passing, James
Hart and Patrick Doherty, received pain
ful but not serious cuts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
Sentenced for thirty Davs.

At n special Sc sion OF the Sixth Dis
trict Court he'd at IL O'Clock this morn
ing, Thomus Cooney and Charles McCabe
were tried. Cooney was charged with
assaulting Officer James +. Feeney, and
McCabe was charged with obstructink
the officer, while doing his duty. Both
were sentenced to thirty days at the
PROVIDENCE County jail
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09

1t was reported that 100000 hotel IL
to be built at the corner of Washington
and Dean streets by James Hanley. When
seen by News reporter to-day Mr.. Han
ley said the report was not true.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09

Englishmen will watch Mr.. Cleveland's
campaign with cordial sympathy, for his
tariff policy 10 In accord with the orthodox
GRAPHIC.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
SILVA MORA's FEAT.
She Jumped from Second Story Window
Last Evening.

Silvia Mora, II years OF age, living at
623 Charles street, attempted TO commit
suicide last evening by jumping from a
second story window. The girl WAS
badly shaken up but no bones were
broken.
She said that she did it through jeal-
ousy. 1t Is stated, however. that her
father ordered her to do something and
the girl objected, jumping from the WIN
dow rather than obey him. The police
are investigating.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
The FINANCIAL NEWS.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE q

Last Sales st New York.
IMPORTED ny MILLER q VAUGHAN.
Op<.ning Highest. Lowest. l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-09
Cotton Market.
QUOTED by A. p. wEEDEN.
Chicago Grain Market.

Total receipts. ii. 1885, spot price. SD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
The PugiIists.


NEW ORLEANS, Sept. The pres
ent carnival Of pugilism in this city
will end with the battle OF the giants
tonight. Both Sullivan and Corbett
aroused to their battle day in shape
satisfactory to their trainers and back
ers. Sullivan cannot imagine the pos
sible contingency Of his own defeat.
Indeed. he seems not to be able clearly
to understand how any man might have
the presumption to stand before him
with an idea of conquest. On the Cor
5ett side there is apparently equal con-
fiience and entire absence ofnervous
apprehension. The tall Californian is
Wei nigh clipper in h assurance of
succ, > tonight. Those who scarcely
expect Corbett to overcome the pres
tige of Sullivan's championship, say
that when Sullivan finally sees before
him powerful and shifty adversary
who has in his eyes the expression of
absolute confidence, there is no telling
what may be the result ON Sullivan.
If Sullivan, in addition, begins early i'll
the game TO feel the hurt of heavy
blows, it is held by some there may be
a weakening that will astOnish all. On
the other hand it is urged that exhibit
ton OF confidence by Corbett will not
phase Sullivan's nerve an atom.
NEW YORK, Sept. There was some
brisk betting up town last night on ;he
Sullivan-Corbett contest ut New Or
leans tonight. There seems 10 be some
Corbctf money about, but there was 4
demand of odds of two to one against
Corbett. The Sullivan men were moth
ing loath at these figures.
BALTIMORE, Sept. Jake" Kill
rain made considerable sum of money
by the victory of Jack" McAuliile.
He has placed it all upon Sullivan to
win.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
Foreign News.

LONDON, Sept. THE British
steamer Mona Isle, bound from Dublin,
ran on rock off the Isle of Man at
midnight last night. There were six
hundred passenger on board, and for &
short time there was every indication
of panic, but the officers succeeded in
reassuring the passengers. The life
boat men and the coast guards rugged
the rocket apparatus and soon succeed
ed in getting q line TO the stranded
steamer and every one of the six hun
dred passengers was taken ashore in
safety.
OTTAWA, Sept. The United States
seiner Hattie Maud has been seized by
the Government cruiser Curlew, Capt.
Pratt, for an infraction of the fishing
laws. She was caught fishing within the
three mile limit in the Bay of Fundy,
near St. Andrews. She will be li5ellcd
in the admiralty court of New Bruins
wick with view to her condemnation
and confscation.
LONDON, Sept. "A special dispatch
from Shanghai says that a European
missionary and Il number of native
Christians have been mastered in the
province of Shensi. The bodies of the
victims were mutilated by the mob.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
POWER OF LIeHrNING.-on Aug.

POWER OF LIGHTNING.-On Aug. /,
1S46,St. George'schurch, Leicester, Eng,
which was new building, was entire
" destroyed during thunder storm.
The steeple having been burst asunder
parts of it were blown distance Of
thirty feet in every direction, while the
vane rod and top part of the spire fell
perpendicularly down, carrying with
them every floor in the tower, the
bells and the works of the clock. The
falling mass was not arrested until it ar
rived on the ground, under which was
strong brick arch, and this was also
broken by the blow. The gutter and
ridge covering were torn up and the
pipes used to convey the water from
the roof were blown to pieces. Mr..
Highton calculated the power develop
ed in the discharge Of the lightning
which destroyed this church with some
known mechanical force. He discover
ed that hundred tons of stone were
blown down distance of thirty feet in
three seconds, and consequently a 49,
900 horsepower engine would have
been required to resist the efforts of
this single flash.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. I, 1892.

IN SPEAKING of the cruel treatment
to which Virginia negroes are subject
ed by their employers in the good re
publican State of Penns;lvania, tie
New York Herald says 1T savors more
of the worst incidents of slavery times
than Of I've present" Oh, no. TO
those better informed than the Herald
is about the condition Of affairs in the
South during slavery times, it savors of
nothing of the kind When negroes
were slaves they were worth money,
and their masters, having their own III
terest at heart, never did any thing to
iniure their health or permitted any
body else to do so. The writer of this
paragraph even now suffers an occa-
sional twinge from a blow he received
when a school boy while protecting one
of his fathers slaves from the attack of
a boy older and larger than himself.
Southern people when they owned
slaves were not such fools - to irlare
the value of their own property. The
great trouble with the people of the
North is their dense ignorance OF the
true condition of the South, present as
well as past, and The apparent imposss-
bility Of their having that ignorance
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
Three Ncgr oes LSnchcd.


PARIS, Texas, Sept. 7.-Thrce ne
croes named Jack Walker, Bill Armor
and John Ransom were lynched nine
miles east of here Monday night. 4
party of 30 or 80 armed and masked
men went to the house Of Gilbert Dam
iels at midnight and dragged Ransom
out with rope around his neck. They
proceeded at once 10 the house where
Armorand Walker lived, placed ropes
around their neclls and in company
with Ransom marched in the direction
of the woods. Walker shot at the
croWG and hit one of the party, but he
was overpowered and taken away.
The lynuhing is the outgrowth of the
killing of a negro desperate named
Jarrett Burns by John Ashley, July %,
and the subsequent threats of the ne
groes. In the pocket of one of the
dead men was found document sup
posed to be an oath signed by num-
Der of negroes in which they swore to
kill Ashley. A rumor has reached the
CITY that the bodies of three more ne
groes had been found in the woods.
The negroes are greatly stirred up
over the ollair and more serious trouble
is feared.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist E

DisliOp IlulSt, VI elC ulCIhONiSp LIN"
ccpal Church. and Miss Ella Root were
married III Bi'iI;.io yesterday.
Up 20 the present time the calling
out of the troops for Homestead has
cost the State of Pennsylvania about
$4,000.
There was powder explosion at
Keeneys creek, in Fayc,le county. w.
Va, yesterday, in which two men were
killed and six wounded.
The Car and Czarina Of Russia Wis
tied the cholera hospitals in st. Peters
burg yesterday Notwithstanding the
warnings Of the physicians and the
health officers.
Grenier, the French naval clerk, said
10 have sold important government
documents to Captain Borup, was yes
terday sentenced to 20 years imprison-
ment and then Punishment.
John p. Donohoe walked boldly into
q crowd at Il New York railway station
yesterday, robbed the same man twice,
was stoned by a ticket agents revolv-
e. and aftcrward made desperate at
t7mrts TO escape from the police.
Mr.. James G. Blaine has written a
letter to Chairman Manley ,ofthe Maine
republican State committee, in which
he discusses the tariff, reciprocity and
currency issue. Mr.. Blaine says he will
make no speeches in the campaign.
1t has been discovered in Washington
that Il law approved by Presto 10y
risen in 1880 gives authority to The
President to take any steps to exclude
diseases likely 10 become epidemic.
This law was entirely overlooked at
the time of tle sue Of the recent
quarantine order.
The Vermont State election yester-
day resulted in the republicans carry
ing the State by about 10000 majority.
The vote shows 4 republican decrease
of 20 per cent, and democratic de-
crease OF 2-l0 of per cent, compared
with 1883. Compared with the 1890
vote, the republican increase is 10 per
cent, and lie democratic decrease I
per cent.
Governor Tillman, of South Carolina,
III order TO consider an application Tor
pardon, committed the death sentence
upon Milly Brown, fourtecn-year-old
negro girl, until October I. The girl
brutality murdered a little child in
Spartansburg county and was sentenced
TO be hanged next Friday. Ifthe SEN
tcnce is carried out, she will be the only
girl and the only female for years that
has been executed in South Carolina.
There were seven new cases of chole-
IA and one death at New York quaran-
tine yesterday. 1t is proposed to use
the government station at Sandy Hook
as "a camp for cabin passengers OF
steamers held at quarantine. Precau-
tionary measures to prevent the intro
duction of cholera have been taken on
the Atlantic and Pacific coast lines and
the Canadian border, and the national
authorities feel satisfied of being able to
keep out the scourge.