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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

house. / did not go out of the house
again until Mr.. Borden went out.
SAW no one about the house until Mrs.
Borden came down stairs by the back
way. Never knew ofthe family going up
the back stairs to reach the front rooms
up stairs, and never knew OF their going
up the front stairs to reaca the back
rooms. Mrs. Borden went into the sit
ting room and commenced TO get break
fast. Mr.. Borden came down and went
into the yard with pail OF slops, washed
the pail and came back into the house.
saw Morse at break fast. Remained in
the kitchen while they ate breakfast and
then saw Mr.. Borden lct Morse out the
outside door. He then went up stars
and put on his tie and came down, did
not feel well, and was sick at the stom-
ach and went out into the yard to vomit.
Came in at 8 o'clock; saw Mr.. Borden in
the dining room; she told me to wash
the windows as they were very dirty. l
left her there and never saw her alive
again.
/ don't know where Lizzie was ut 8
o'clock, but I left her in the kiCSh hen
when went out. She told me when she
first came down stairs that she did not
want any breakfast, except a cookie and
coffee. When / came from the yard I
don't know whether locked the door or
not.
Twas just coming up from the cellar,
where had been to get q mop handle,
when met Lizzie and she asked me IL I
was going to wash windows. l told her
yes, when got pail of water. Went
after the pail OF water, but told Miss
Lizzie that she need not lock the door
after me unless sha wanted to, as would
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BRIDGET suLLIvAN's TESTIMONY.

The Servant Girl Draws the Web Closer
About Miss Lizzie.
At 4:20 o'clock Bridget Sullivan being
called TO the stand said
"My name is Bridget SullivaD.a and was
known by the name Of Maggie Mt the Bor-
den house. ] was employed there for two
years and nine months. swept the front
hall every other week and had other
duties in the bedrooms. At the time OF
the tragedy Miss Emma was not at home
She had been out of town for a week,
aud when she was gone the family con-
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs. Borden and Miss
Lizzie. Miss Lizzie went away with
Miss Emma when she went away.
but came back. first saw Mr..
Morse between 1:30 and 2 o'clock on
the day he arrived. / saw him again
walking out In the afternoon and going
on the railroad. did not see him when
he arrived home that night. i got up at
6:i5 o'clock Thursday morning, and IL
was 10 o'clock the night before when
retired. locked the screen door and the
back wooden door before i went to bed.
When / came down in the morning
found the doors exactly as / had left
them. and opened them. i went out for
milk, and afterwards hooked up the
screen door. The back door remained
open. Nobody else came In or out that
can remember, except membess Of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27
A GREAT FIRE.
The Metropolitan Opera House
Is in Flames.
GOTHAM'S PRIDE GOING.
Two Big Blazes Keep the Fire.
men Busy.
DANGER IN THE RETAIL STORES.
The Record OF the Opera House-The
Home Of the Resplendent "New MIL
lionaires"-Its Artistic and Conven-
tional History Since Its Inception.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEWS,


NEW YORK, Aug. T.-Fire broke out
in the Metropolitan Opera House at 39th
street and 7th avenue this morning short
ly after o'clock.
The flames started on the 7th avenue
side. where large quantities Of costly
scenery were stored.
An alarm was rung In and q second and
third were followed quickly by fourth
and fifth. This brought out two-thirds
of the entire fire department of the city.
When the fire department arrived on
the scene all hopes OF saving the front
part of the building were abandoned.
The flames soou spread to the. whole
structure and were fast getting beyond
control despite the immense quantity of
water which was being poured into the
building from many lines Of hose.
Soon after the arrival Of the flremen q
call for an ambulance was sent In, and
three were hastened to the scene. An
engine, while on its way to the fire, was
overturned on Thirty-ninth street and
two men hurt.
At 10:45 the flames were raging with
great fury, and the Gedney house which
adjoins the Opera House was then in
danger of destruction.
When the fire broke out Hoyt's scene
painters were at work painting scenery
for the production of the Scarlet Let
ter" Apainter who was on the stage
bridge was compelled to jump to save his
life, and was badly injured.
In five minutes after the painters dis
covered the fire the entire stage was
enveloped and the iron curtain was low
cred This KEEP. the flames out of the
them up to the roof. In minute the
fire had made its way over the curtain
and into the auditorium of the house.
At noon the flames were still raging
and the opera house was plainly doomed.
The building was erected a few years ago
at a cost OF $2, l00, 900 by ten stockholders
who subscribed $50, 900 each.
The flames have also reached the dry
goods district and big fire Is raging at
11sll and 122 Prince streat, reaching back
to Spring street.
12noon-It is reported that Is firemen
have been killed.
At IL. 80 o'clock the roof fell in and n
with terrible crash.
The entire space covered by the stage,
the largest I'm the world, was a mass of
flames, and it was by persistent efforts on
the part of the fremen that the flames
were back on the Broadway side.
works and musical equipments which
had cost thousands of dollars and which
had taken years to accumulate.
All the new scenery, the property of
Mr.. Abbey, was destroyed, and the loss
will extend way up in the thousands.
During the summer the well-known
scenery painter Henry Hoyt, has super
vised the work. Some scenery and this
which was stored on the stage was
entirely consumed.
Hoyt's loss will be 500, 900 at least and
may be Sl50,000.
Some scenery also for the new ballet
at the Casino was also consumed. The
loss on this will be about $4,000.
CONTINUED ON PAGE Z
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BRIDGET CROSS-EXAMINED.
Testimony Throws Light on BurgIa-
ries at the Borden House.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEWS. Z,


FALL RIVER. Aug. A.-The evidence of
Bridget Sullivan given yesterday after
noon and the prospect of her cross-exami-
nation this morning did not bring the ex-
pected number of spectators to the court
this morning. OF the one hundred and
twenty-five people present at $780, only
ten were women. The regulars were on
hand as usual Bridget Sullivan's coun-
sel Mr.. Greene was on hand to guard his
client, though why she needed guard no
one knows. lie watched every movement
that she made aud listened eagerly to
every word she said.
The story OF the veied woman who
came in yesterday with Mrs. MclIenry Is
discredited and her value as witness Is
an uncertain quantity OF very small di-
mensons. The nervous strain Is begin
ming to tell upon Miss Lizzie and her
face is becoming more and more drawn.
Her movements become more and more
nervous.
During Monday she sat quiet and i'm
active. Thursday she exhibited signs Of
interest and yesterday her sullen starts,
slight though they were, the tremulous
look OF her lips, sitting with feet crossed,
qrasping her Jaw convulsively at times,
Fitting her lips, all showed that her won
derfui self control Is not unlikely TO yield
10 the ghastly disclosures Of the witnesses
or TO the more damaging evidence as IL
may come 20 light.
CONTINUED on PAGE z
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soon be back. This was half an hour
dows.
did not know that Mrs. Borden was
going to the spare room TO make the bed.
Went into the house after a dipper; at
ter getting through with brushing was
very near the end OF my work. Think
the sitting room door leading from the
front hall was shut; saw nothing OF MISS
around the house. Washed the sitting
room side OF the house first; started to
wash the parlor windows and did not
see Lizzie; didn't see any one from the
outside during the time I was busy.
Didn't sec Lizzie when returned first To
the house after washing the windows
outside; and began washing the upper
part OF the inside of the sitting room
windows. Had one part OF a window
done, when i won't to the front door;
had heard someone rafting with a key;
supposing IL to be Mr.. Borden went TO
lea him in; found the bolt across the
door and the kew turned inward.
While I was trying to open the lock
heard Lizzie laughing mp stairs In the
made an explanation which abe did not
want to repeat, and this probably caused
Lizzie to laugh. Mr.. Borden sat In a
chair in the dining room reading. He
had not finished when Lizzie came down
stairs.
She nsked him II he had any mail for
her. Heard her tell her father tbet her
mother had received q note and had gone
out. Was washipg the sitting room win
dows at that time. Mr.. Borden took his
room key from the msntel and went mp
stairs. He went mp the back way and
witness took the step-iadder and went
into the dining room. Did not see Liz 20
I'm the dining room or kitchen. Saw Mr..
Borden come back, place the key on the
mantel, take his book and chair and cit
near the window
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since her arrest has been that of one de-
mented-crazed it may be by crime or
grief. but crazed In some sense without
doubt. Expert testimony Of skilled ply
sicians il UNANIMOUS on this question.
the result Is obvious. II she is shown TO
be guilty. the plea of insanity must be
made. It will be made upon firm ground
and can be easily proven.
This is stated not as prophesy but
as description of the ultimate
issue OF this now world famous
case, an issue which the condition of
affairs and the developed facts warrant
an issue wherein the verdict must be that
the victims came to their death by viol-
ence on part Of some insane and therefore
irresponsible person.
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ANOTHER GREAT BLAZE.
Firemen Reported Buried in tho Del

Firemen Reported Buried I'm the Debris.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Fire broke out at
0 o'clock at the five story block at 100 and
124 Worster street, occupied by Richard
A Wagner's Paper Box factory.
One hundred and twenty girls were at
work i'm the building at the time and IL
was feared that loss of life would result.
The main stairway was a mass OF flames
when the firemen arrived, and IL was
with the greatest difficulty that the girls
were taken out safely.
AS far as can be learned all escaped.
The flames spread to the factory of the
United States Frame and Picture Com
papy and half an hour after the alarm
was sounded the front wall OF Wagner's
building fell In.
One fireman was crushed by falling
debris and sixteen others are reported to
have been buried in the debris. This ru
NOR has not been verified. Three ambu-
lances were called for The roof of the
sth precinct building caught fire, but 1t
was saved.
sparks from the box factory also set
fire to a tenement house near by. Here
the flames spread with great rapiditv and
the inmates bscoming panic stricken,
made n mad rush for the stairway. After
the excitement had abated one man was
taken out dead.
IN is supposed that he was tramp pied to
death in the panic which followed the
breaking out of the fire. Still greater
loss of life i'm the tenement house is re-
ported. At noon both fires were still
raging.
Two persons are known to be seriously
injured. One woman Mary Ellen Hanley,
a box maker, employed In the factory was
seriously burned and will die
John I.angwasser. fireman of Fire Com
many No. 33, was killed by n falling wall
The report that sixteen fremen were
buried In the ruins is believed TO be with
out foundation.
Mary Genynzo was also fearfully
burned about the head and arms.
llThs latest reports from the confiragra-
tion state that four fremen have been
killed.
The fire Is now under control and the
loss over 100000.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27
SENATOR DAWES DECLINES.
He 10 Not . Candidate for Re- Election ~
u. 3. Senator.

Hs is Not . Candidate for REELECTION ~
. U. 8. Senator.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. T.-Ths Re-
publican publishes today the following
letter from Senator Dawes.
PrTrsFIKLD, August 20.
To my fellow citizens Of Asssaohu-
sets:
deem IL proper that should
at an carly day make public my de-
termination not to be Q candidate for
re- election tc the Office Of United States
Senator. / cannot thus lay down the
commission with which have been 90
long intrusted without expressing my
profound gratitude to my native state for
the opportunity to serve her In the most
honorable position In her gift, and for
that uninterrupted confidence and sup
port which have sustained my every en-
deavor in the public service. shall take
with me into retirement an undated In
terest and abiding faith In the political
principles which have contributed so
largely to the prosperity and good name
of our commonwealth.
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Tn. Epv,,.b and C,.,.,cal school.

With every appliance for promoting the health
and progress OF the pupils. with q largo corps Of
successful teachers, with unsurpassed courses OF
study, with wise classification and thorough fn-
struction. with twenty-eight years OF successful
work In training more than two thousand boys.
this institution offers superior advantages. for is
stands In the front rank OF New England schools
We recommend this school 20 all who have sons
to be educated aud advise them to send for the
new cat alogue which gives clear account Of thu
plans and methods OF the school and the advantage
IL offers. See advertisement In this paper.
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street at the time. He said something
about some bequests at the time; witness
did not know what they were but under
stood that he would make public pc
quest. Some time in May OF this year.
while riding towards the farm In swan
sea, he said he would give the girls some
land IL he thought they would accept IL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

100000 yards OF borders all widths and quail ties,
worth from TO 20c. per yard. 1c per yard 10 close.
Il. ii. CADY. sos High street.
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/ White, Blue and Ecru Enumefed P01es,
for Laces, etc. +. II. CADY. 500 High street.
i We also haye the laces.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Aug. T.-Chsrlss
II. Hotchkiss, q wealthy resident OF this
city, has purchased nearly the entire
franchise of the old bridgeport Horne
Railroad Company, only 30 shares out
standing, on which he has an option
Mr.. Hotchkiss will probably adopt cleo
tricity az q motive power. The purchase
was made from q Rochester, N. Y, eyn-
dicate who some time ago purchased the
road for 100000.
Nottingham Lsces and Pole Complete
poc. F.H CADy. 9o5 High street. three stores
Brass Pole and Brackets and Rings boc.
Each.
" II. cADY. so5 High street. We I'll wsn
Paper. too
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Handsome Chenille Portierc.
with choice OF Poles and Trimmngs. ~ eompeeA
n. II. CADy, 305 High street. sells wall paper too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27
IriAh Point Lace

Irish Point Lace Curtains
and Poles with Brass Trimmings. for IS. II. II.
CADY 3o5 High street. We sell Picture Mould
ings, too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

Holland Curtains and spr ing Rollers
2oc. each. y. IL. CADy, sos High street. We sell
rings aud tassels. too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

Wall Paper Sc. Roll,
Warranted full length. y. III. CADY. BOO Hiah
street. We sell draperies and laces too.
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The Afternoon Sitting.


John v. Morse was next called TO tho
stand. He testified: Am 80 years old
and my residence IL here. Lived In Dart
mouth two years and In Hastings, Iowa,
20 years. Am q brother of Mr.. Borden's
fret wife. who died In 1853.
Defendant uas three yearl old at the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

,rapcry Poles with Brsss Trimmings,
15c. Each.
EH cADY. sos High street
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rho Housekeeper. Friend

Have you used the new stove pollshs Ironciad Is
what you want. Ask your grocer for Il and take
no other.
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Gilt Paper

with borders made 10 match. &c. q roll.
n. n. CADY. 3os High street. also sells nails.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

WASHINGTON PARK-THREE BRAN NEW
w ttages for sale at Washington Park two OF
rooms and one OF 10 rooms ali improvements; for
sale cheap and easy terms Call at once on
ISAAC l. GoFF, weybosset, corner Dorrance sts.
au27-5t.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

Muslins for sash Curtains,
eoc. yard Y. n. CADY. 300 High street.
We sell sash rods. too. &c. each.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27

CITY MARSHAL HILLIARD. DISTRICT ATToRNE
Evening journal., 1892-08-11

Nv lUWI M.
w NO. 10 SOUTH LAFAYETTE STREET,
Cape May City, n. j.; near new depot. En-
larged and renovated. Terms reasonable.
MRS. A. FOSTER.
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nnnet rhrongh bid. Henrt.

PRINcEss ANNE, Md. Aug liza
fatal accident occurred in Somerset
county, about six miles from Princess
Anne. yesterday afternoon in the store of
Orlando Furniss. Jr, Mt Vernon dis
trict. Four or five men had congregated
in the store and Arthur Green was care
lessly handling pistol, when IL was dis
charged, the ball taking effect in Isaac
Bailey, who was sitting just opposite The
ball entered Bailey's heart and he was
not able to take four steps before he fell
dead. A coroner's inquest was held over
the body with Justice Cantwell acting
as coroner A verdict Of accidental
shooting was rendered by the foreman,
Robert Ross Or. r.. w. Dashiell was
the examining surgeon 1t is thought
there are some facts in the case not yet
thoroughly revealed, and Green was
placed in jail to await their develop
ments. The pistol used was a s-calibre
ngle-acting weapon.
Evening journal., 1892-08-11


CHARLESTON, W. Va, Aug. 11.--"Up
Runaway" as the natives say, should be
changed to up the beautiful Kama
way" for if ever a river was beautiful
the Kanawha is. If ever banks were
green and tree crowned SUBMITS ro-
mantle, the banks and hills of the
Kanawha are. And the peoplel Gen
erous, warm hearted, hospitabIe-malS-
ing a friend and brother even of the
book agent, they creep into Your heart
of hearts and there abide forever.
wish l could make you all feel the
welcome which feel when visit any
of the beautiful farms between Point
Pleasant and Charleston. In that well
come forget that the carriage / ride in
is liable at any moment to lose a wheel,
that nothing under the sun which shines
there has ever been mended. Then, too,
l do so love to watch the people come in
from the hill country back of the river,
the women trudging barefoot until be-
hind some fence corner near the store
where they wish to trade they put on
the shoes worn only on such occasions.
Many of them, poor souls, never have
seen a town. many of them never hear a
sermon unless some circuit rider, once
in months. harangues them for an hour
at the school house.
remember seeing the spiritual ad.
wiser once of the entire region come
tramping down the road in his shirt
sleeves, with all his worldly wealth tied
up in n red cotton handkerchief sus-
pended from n cane over his shoulder.
The upper part of the valley has been
famous in history as the residence of
Daniel Boone and as a great salt pro-
lucing region, and is famous today as
the very home of coal. In spite of its
great mineral wealth the valley is poor
in cities-even in villages. Charleston
is yet among the ITO be's," but it has a
future, from the very fact of its loneli-
ness in the midst of wonderfully rich
area.
1t has a situation, too, which ought to
make it a Mecca for tourists. Sur
rounded by wood crowned hills, beauti-
full drives, and with the mountains in
the distance and the river creeping
lasily by, it is as charming as it can be.
The beauty of the entire valley is in its
trees. They are everywhere, making
ont of every level spot grove and of
every hill a small green mountain.
LOUISE MANETTE.
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water in an alb CoNhf ISLAND FAIRY
breyiated costume, as you will in the
higher priced places. She may be rough
coarse, loud and uneducated, but the lit
tie flower Of modesty blooms somewhere
in her heart, and has not been uprooted
or killed by society.
It is very much the same thing every
where. 1t is love in one form or other,
according to the location and the social
position OF the person, and vitalized by
the breezes that would put life into any
ono who had not, like Lazarus, lain five
days dead MATE LEROY.
Evening journal., 1892-08-11

LONG BRANCH GIRL. and it is less Of
custom to sit and chat under the wei
come privacy of n big umbrella. True.
the moon and stars-all lovers friends
shine just as fair and the murmur Of
the waves is just as sweet and melan-
choly, but it isn't the fashion down
here to sit around in coy, dark places
and tell pretty stories about eternal I'M
dying love, pre-existence in some bright
star where the two newly acquainted
ones had known and loved each other
icons and @ons ago. All the dark cor
ners are monopolized by naughty mar
ried ladies and their husbands-or some
one else's husbands.
Long Branch girls have their regular
hours for surf bathing, and this is gen
orally done in rather a perfunctory way
as n duty, solemn and often dangerous
duty to ones self The beach here is
narrow and the water deep, and bathing
becomes an imminent danger if one does
not give ones full and entire attention
to the business on hand. The vicious
waves destroy all sentiment as they
catch girl up and roll her over seven
or eight times.
The hotels at Long Branch, with their
pleasant porches and coy chairs, afford
the places where young romance is
hatched under artificial heat into life
that lasts from two hours to ten DAYS
and perhaps a lifetime. Here congre-
gate the greatest number Of actresses
and women whose husbands own fast
horses and men who love to see a race.
Their romance generally consists in see
ing all their hard earned, round silver
dollars transferred to the pockets OF the
foolsellers-or is it'pooi; am not very
sure, but one thing is certain, and that
is that the money is gone
Whose has not got a pocket full Of
money has no business at Long Branch.
Evening journal., 1892-08-11

King Henry VII of England wrote,
says a contemporary critic, a strong
hand, but as if he had seldom a good
pen. He seems to have written in all
the haste and vehemence with which he
spoke, aud hence the untimely destruc-
ton Of many an honest goose quill
New York World.
Evening journal., 1892-08-11

chiefly, Isuppose,
because theynev-
er did or expect
10 go to sea or
play tennis, and
if they bathe-
aud they gener-
ally do-it is in
clothes that are
not suggestive Of
the garments
worn by the bal
let in the ''Black
Crook" They go
in for pure, in
vigorating, if
rude fun. and you
will never see a
Coney Island girl
lying prone on
the surface Of the
Evening journal., 1892-08-11

Ma rragan sett
girls fairly live
on the sands and
in the surf, the
Long Branc h
girls go to the
races and on love-
ly long rides and
sit around in
gorgeous gowns.
One reason for
this perhaps is
that the beach is
not so fine and
there are fewer
flirting places
nln..D. IL. .I.--....
Evening journal., 1892-08-11

NJ. Ernest Guiraud, the clever French
musician, was renowned for his deferen-
tial courtesy. It is said of him that he
was once overheard, on leaving his
house, apologizing to himself for going
frst.-LOndon Globe.
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