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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-23
TIE CITY on PROVIDENCE
RHODES STREET.

CITY CLEHK's OFvrC4. Oct. o. 1893.
The committee WHO wcrv. ON TIE eth day OF Sep1
tember 1885, appointed by the Board OF Aldermen
TO lay out khodes street. lr0T Eddy street 10 ALI
by map.
All persons Interested are hereby not fed to ap-
pear before said hoard, On THURSDAY Nov. III,
1893 at o. lock p M, ~ hey sheil see cause, and
be- heard for or a. hinst receiving said report.
b. order ol the Board OF : Id rmen.
itness: WILLIAM +. CLARKE,
octo-m-,t City Clerk,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-23

CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

no killed Parkman in quarrel. Web
ster's story was probably true. He had
nothing 20 gain BIZ Parkman's death; he
had everything 20 lose; his previous good
character: his scientific reputation; his
social position were not consistent with an
act of deliberate murder, while the
notoriously e1asperating tongue of Park
man was consistent with the story
that Webster, man of passionate
temper. had, in . moment of fury,
struck fatal blow. And yet Web
s;er was hung because his confess
sion came too late to be trusted with safety
to the cause Of justice. Told when he
struck the fatal blow, it would have been
believed; bu. told after he had tried to
destroy the body by acids and fire. the
courts could not take its truth or false
hood into consideration. The law fairly
infers murder when the homicide conceais
the body and denies the deed. until, stand
ing in the shadow of the gallows. he con-
fesses manslaushter rather than hang for
murder.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

EGAL COMMON SENSE.

Coy,> Massachusetts murderer. who was
executed on Friday last. and Holmes, an.
other murderer. executed q few weeks
earlier. both claimed they killed their
victim IN quarrel. True or untrue
their Confessions came 100 late, for thew
failed s. confess untii after conviction, and
IL" las is justified in Its presumption of
murder when the homicide conceals the
crime. sides the corpse and maintains IN.
nocencs until conviction has been obtain
ed and execution sure. On any other pre-
sumpti IN any foul murderer might, when
crowded TO the wall by proofs of guilt. save
his life ~ . plausible confession of man
slaughter. The common sense Of the law
Gays ths, the instinct Of absolute inno-
nence o. intended murder is to call the
su.horitses ut the time when your victim
is stili warm; that 10 Is the impulse of
guilt 20 conceal the corpse and close your
lips untsl the shadow of the gailows is so
near ,has You must speak plauslbly in ex.
senaatlon or die OF course i, is posi-
behave like guilty one, hu, 1.
Is not ssrobabls. and judicial common
sense res;s fairly upon the probabilities:
Is esnnos safely rest on the possibilities
any NOR. than hotel keeper could in CON-
mon sen:e frame his bill of fare for in
valils fashss than for well men. There
naay lie a. Invalid at his table, bus the fair
rresnnI< 81 Is taat his guests are in fair
health x they would hardly Re at his
taase, < with the law when IL says til 1t
cont-ssle1 OF maas.augh;er when not
made anIl murder i, fairly brought home
90 the accused Is al overture tale tod too
late.
Prof Webster, Of the Harvard College
Medical School. who WAS hung for the
murder 'ss pr. P.EknAa more ;han forty
ysass sss, confessed A.sss eoavieI.en u a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05
LONGFELLOw's DRY DINNER.

The 9th ult. was "Longfellow's Day"
Longfellow belonged to a class of literary
men who liked q glass Of wine with his
dinner, as did his friends Aggasiz, Lowell,
Holmes, Whipp!e, Emerson and Norton.
Not long since the New York Sun printed
the following story illustrating the dislike
that Longfellow felt for all absolutely
''dry" dinner:
The Atlantic Club, composed of contributors
70 the Atomic Monthly gave a special invitation
to Its monthly dinner to Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe. on the eve Of her sailing for Europe,
which that estimable lady accepted on the con-
dition that there should be no wine on the
table, she fearing that Prof. Stowe. being presi-
dent OF country temperance society, might be
disciplined for sitting at q table where wine was
drunk. This condition could not be refused, so
they sat down to table to the number OF twenty
at 3 p m. with the thermometer at 90 degrees.
and nothing but water iced to . degrees to drink
with Longfellow at the head of the table and
Lowell at the foot. Mrs. Stowe, of course, sitting
at Longfellow's right, and Miss Prescott &C.
cupying the same relative position to Lowell
The dinner was one of unusual gloom,
and water only served to increase the
thirst, when those at the center OF the table
In despair secretly appealed to the head waiter.
The sympathetic mental thereupon brought
them Scotch whisky and water, which for color
could not be distinguished from aqua pura, and
in the words of the New Highlander, cheerful
ness returned, and when the ladies rose and
left us, Longfeliow exclaimed with some pique,
what makes you fellows down there 90 jollyr
We explained that problem, and he calculated
with little Impotence. why didn't you let me
known"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05
sHlrrLE. SUNDAY. xAkCH. 8.


TEe coming week will witness the end
Of t:ae memorable contest that has been
wag,d at Olympia for the past two months.
Before another week has gone by all
DOUBTS - to the result will have been dis
psll6a. the smoke of battle will have
cleased away. and the successes and re-
versiis can be accurately measured. 1t seems
strange that there should be any question
- to "he result. There is certainly is only
one gical result, and that is the reelection
OF Sf:aator Alien. If the King county deli
egatkn stand loyalty by him to the end
he ce,not be defeated. II under these cir.
cumpsnces he is not elected, then the
yespa. lsibiiity will rest where il belongs
withS the minority that is willing to
sacritce principle to prejudice, and
parts feslty to personal devotion.
Tka people Of King county will sustain
then: representatives in doing what they
knox to be right and just. 1t is certainly
Sighs to insist that the majority shall not
yield 70 the minority. 1t is certainly just
that 4he man who incurred the enmity OF
thsos who are now opposing him by
reas,sa of his devotion to tho interests of
Kinfs county shall not be sacrificed 40 .
merf$ matter of expediency. 1t would
fores.r destroy the prestige that King
county at present enjoys if she were to
yieit:ap as peace offering to her enemies
the k.an who has always been her friend.
Bcttt. retire from the contest with honor
than With temporary success achieved by
iRno.se means.
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ton of 1903, but It Was this same O Council
that was the genius Of the struggle that
ended in the gran: of Catholic emanicpa-
ton in 1890 Parnell was but . modern
disciple of O'Connell's policy of cease
less agitation within constitutional
lines of action: Gladstone became Par
nell's coadjutor even as Fox helped
Burke and Grattan to the transient
triumph of home rule. Justin Mccarthy,
one of the abIest of the Irish home rule
leaders, points out that whenever Ireland
has been persuaded to abandon the peace
full policy of Grattan, Burke, O'Connell
and Parnell for that of physical force 30
recklessly resorted to by Tone, Fitzgerald.
Emmett and their feeble imitators in 1S4S,
and by the latter-day Fenisns and dyna-
mite and dagger nihilists, Ireland has
gained nothing and lost much; armed
instruction has only enraged or fright
ened England into increased brutality
and cruelty. while peaceful agitation has
made Ireland power within the British
parliament, 50 that today the Irish Ma
tionalist leaders, ninety years distant from
A<aiAACes o. uOAC w tuIu W Vic -
Ireland in the United States and Canada
and say:
The premier OF England, the leader of the gov
eminent and of the party ruling the British en-
pire. has brought in . home rule bill, which
forms. Is whole, broad, solid and enduring
plan of national self-government for Ireland.
The bill offers to the Irish people parliament
practically free to deal with all of Irelands local
affairs and an executive government responsible
to that parliament, and, in addition, the Irish
people have under tho bill the right to share by
. delegation OF eighty members in the govern
ment of the empire. In this, a. in many other
respects. the settlement Of 1898 places Ireland
on . higher national plane than that of 1856
The representatives of Ireland have accepted
without hesitation the constitution proposed In
the bill as q fitting contamination OF the sacri-
fees ard labors OF the Irish race for 80 many
centuries. They believe they could regard the
enactment OF the measure - final and
triumphant close to a long, bloody and sorrow
full struggle.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

Sotse 200 ministers Of the Presbyterian
ehur:h have signed . paper expressing
the o.'inion that in the interest of the true
cbjec@ Of the church's existence, which is
10 "h-inR the simple gospel home to the
hertz and lives Of men," the proceedings
ssaln.st DR.. Briggs and all others of the
sort should be dropped. Among other
thinks these ministers say:
We :sold firmly 10 the teaching OF the nrst
chaptt- OF the Confession OF Faith, and to the
Holy scriptures - the Word Of God, the only IN.
Sslibl. rule Of faith and practice. We do not
sxprs.s any individual opinion In regard TO the
theory.of the inerrancy OF the original auto
graphs OF Scripture In matters which are not e.
seuiis. 10 religion, but differing a. We may In
regard 90 the abstract truth Of that theory, We
rrotsss:unitedly and nrmy against making as
sent tost . test Of Christian faith or OF good
standiAg in tho Presby terrain ministry.
Tho signers include among New York
ministers Drs. Parkhurst. McIlvaine, Ros.
sitter, Charles l.. Thompson and Henry
Van Nyke; the clergy of Philadsphia are
represented by thirty-three names; Rev
Or. T.anis S. Hamlin and others are of
Washington City; DIR. Patterson. DR.. Bar
rows, Or. Hall and DR.. Wallace are among
those from Chicago; Cleveland. Cincin-
natl. l.etroit. ST. Paul. Newark. Brooklyn,
ALBANY. Troy, Rochester, Syracuse and
other s4tics are represented.
The:s are very respectable names. but
the gsaerai assembly has a plain duty to
perfor:a. The Cincinnati Presbytery
holds :hat belief in the absolute perfection
OF the; Bible Is an essential PRESBYTERIAN
doctriss. and IL has condemned Prof
Smith rs hereto because he teaches that
81 is n:s essential. The New York Pres
bytery;;s Of the directly opposite opinion
II ha3 acquitted DIR. Briggs of heresy,
thougF. his teaching Is the same rs DR..
Smiths The general assembly must de-
eide b,.sween these conflicting views. 1t
Ia quite probable that trials tor heresy do
not prilnotc harmony in the church but
that is: something to be thought Of before
the tri.(s are begun.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

OF the practical working of this mortgage tax
law. which was defended in interest Of the
farmer, the Portland Oregoaian said:
Suppose he has $40, 900 worth Of property and
owes 5000 He pays tax on 5000 worth of
property at its assessed valuation, and on 00
mortgage at its full valuation. Ii the assess
ment is 80 per cent, he pays on s. ,500 one-third
70 the assessor aud two-thirds TO the money
lander, or, on $500 more than his neighbor,
who has $4,000 worth of land free Of debt
This 10 not all His share of the total burden of
taxation is increased by the evasion of taxation
py the borrower on commercial security, who
deducts his Indebtedness at its assessed value,
without paying tax on it in any form. suppose
bus meas man in q town in the same county
has $4,000 worth of property, and owes 5000
not secured Dy mortgage. He pays commercial
interest on the debt. not including taxes, be-
cause the lender can conceal the evidence of
debt from the assessor. That is to say, he pays
no tax on his IS 600 debt, while tho farmer pays
the full rate on his debt of the same amount
under his agreement with the lender to pay
taxes or increased interest If the assessment
II 80 per cent the business mans property il
assessed at 5000. In most cases he may deduct
his whole debt, wiping out all his assessment
In some counties he may deduct only half his
debt, reducing his assessment to $500 SO at
most he paws only one-third the tax of tho
farmer owning $4,000 and owing 5000. and
One-half the tax of the farmer owning $4,000
and owing nothing
The wonder is that the law survived the at
tack Of this plain common sense argument Of
facts and figures 20 long.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

William Nathaniel Roach was born in vir-
ginia September Is, 1910. His parents removed
to Washington City, where he spent his early
life. being educated at the Georgetown college
He followed mercantile pursuits until 1879,
when be went to Dakota in connection with
mail contracts, operating route from Grand
Forks to Fort Totem. During this time he took
. homestead and tree claim near Larimore,
where he has since resided He was interested
in Larimore. plated in 1881. and agent OF the
townsite company: organised the city govern.
ment In 1888. and was the frst mayor and re.
elected for three terms. He operated his farm
meanwhile. He was the only Democrat In the
Dakota legislature in 1885; the Democratic
nominee for governor in 1859 and again in 1890,
when he was defeated by only GOO votes, with .
Republican majority the year before Of $4,000
He married the daughter OF Dr.. Liebermsuer, of
Warrington City. in 1872, and has three sons
and one daughter. Mrs. Roach died in 1890
Two of his sons are now in the Georgetown
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

The extraordinary public interest that
is now manifested in the sayings and do.
ings of pugilists would seem to indicate
that times and people are becoming de-
generate. Whenever the men who have
been champions, who are champions, or
who hope to be champions, are not fight
ing they are talking for publication. The
avidity with which people read whatever
they say is only equaled by the eagerness
with which they pay ridiculous prices to
see them exhibit their powers. People al
ways get what they want and are willing
to pay for. and so long as public interest
in pugilism continues to be so intense the
sayings and doings of Sullivan, Corbett
and Mitchell will crowd out anything
from sensational murder case to news of
a foreign war. and the sensible people who
care nothing for such things mnst suffer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

The Peoples party Central Club of Tacom.
has adopted these rssolutions, Addressed 70 ths
city council
Resosced That Ne do protest against thu mo-
posed purchase OF the plant OF the Tacoma Light
ana Watof Company tor the reason OF said Mani
being in . mora or less dscayed coudiriop' ne.
cessitating the expenditure of q large amor n,
in addition to the exorbitant purchase urics
named. said price being in excess of the actnsi
present value OF the said plant. We, Therefore.
petition your honorable holy that YOU reiee, n,
proposition as presented BY the TscomaLight and
Water Company. and pray tina, you Consider the
following proposition to-wit: That the city of
Tacoma os bonded for An amount suficisnt 70
construct an entire new plant for the pur pose of
supplying the said city OF Tacoma With light
ana gas. AID. BY means o: the gravity system.
WIKI an abundance of pure water, believing th AZ
cal in the end And. it is further
Raoseed, That in view Of the hard times and
unemployed men In tho city Of tacoma it is the
duty OF the common council OF the sa.d city 10
employ, IN the work Of construction, bona ode
rssadenn OF the city OF Tacoma only, aud a. far
as possible provide thai work b. done by the
day, thus insurnE the return OF proportion Of
sne monsy sxpsAosd into the Various channels
Ct iooAl EYoAA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05
The CUSTODY OF WILLS.

A Law to Make Their Secretion or De-
struction . Crime.
Following IL the text of house bill No LOG, By
Imam, approved BY the governor:
SECTION /. Any last will and testament in
writing, being enclosed in sealed envelope
or Wrapper. and having endorsed thereon
and his or her place of residence.
and the day when ard the person by
whom 1t il delivered, may be deposited BY the
person making the same, or by any person for
him. in the Office OF the clerk OF the superior
court in the county where the maker resides,
ana such clerk of court shall receive and safely
aud to b marked and designated a. the :.fiies Of
wills, ana shall give certificate OF deposit
thereof to the person so depositing the same,
ivered to the maker, or to such person a. may
be DESIGNATED BY the written order OF the maker
upon surrender Of such certificate.
Sec such will when SO deposited shall.
during the lifetime OF the testator or testatrix,
be delivered only to himself or herself, or to
some person by the maker authorised BY order
In Writing, duly signed, executed and acknowl-
edge0 before q notary public or other qualified
officer In the same manner a. 10 required by the
laws OF this state in execution OF instruments
Tor the conveyance OF real property. and upon
the surrender of such certificate: and after the
death Of the maker said will shall be opened in
pubic before witnesses BY the judge of said
court, aud may be retained therein for probate
II necessary.
Sec. 8 Any person having the custody or con-
troll OF any will shall within thirty days after
he shall have received knowledge o! the death
OF the testator or testatrix deliver said viii! into
the superior court which has jurisdiction, or to
the person named in said will as executor; and
any person who shall wilfully fail or neglect to
deliver any such will in accordance with the
provisions OF this section, shall be deemed
guilty of . misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by . fine not exceed
Ing $1,000. or BY imprisonment in the county Jail
Tor . period not exceeding six mOnths, or by
Sec. Any person who shall wilfully sup
press, secrete or destroy any last will and tesla
ment Of person then deceased. shall be deemed
guilty OF felony, and, upon conviction there
OF, shall be punished by imprisonment at
hard labor. in the penitentiary Of this state, for
q term OF not less than one year nor more than
more than 5000. or by both such imprisonment
and f1no.
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from down the Sound yesterday and 10 stopping
as the Occidental
G. W. Dwelly, . prominent ellison OF Port
Blakelsy, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and MIRA J. J. Kennedy. Of Columbia Falls.
Mont. are stopping At the Occidental
Nj. and MrA r. l. Stephenson. OF Pittsburg.
Pa, arc tourists stopping 1t the Rainier.
W. w. Ward and d. 6. Williams came over
from Olympia yesterday and ars stopping at the
Grand.
J. B. Kesnsy. superintendent Of the Califor.
MIA, Oregon & Idaho stage Company, Of Pendls-
ton, Or, 10 stopping at tho Grand.
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lotteries to continue unmolested. The
editor of the Capitol asserts that he can
prove every statement that the paper has
made and hopes an official investigation
will follow. He asserts that in the pres
ence OF witnesses Gov. Lewelling adj
mitted that money had been paid him, but
said it was for legislative purposes and not
to corrupt him. The governor Of Kansas
il having hard time
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The present legislature should not fail to

The present Legislature should not fail to
pass the Gilman bill providing for the
authorization by the secretary of state of
a reprint of the session laws prior to 1881.
The territorial legislatures enacted differ
ent laws on the same subject without one
referring 20 or repeating others previously
passed. With two or moro acts on the
same subject the supreme court is re-
peatedly called upon to decide between
them. and it frequently happens that cita-
tions are made from unrepealed laws
which are not mentioned in the code of
1881. There are but few copies of the
session laws prior to the date mentioned
available, and those do not contain . cor.
rect copy of many of the original rolls.
With the authorization of the old laws,
properly reprinted and indexed, the people
of the state would be saved much money
now lost by unwise litigation caused by
misunderstanding of the law.
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PEkSONAL.

Martin u onohan, OF Aonohan. Wa in th. c.sv
yesterday.
d. c. Adams. OF Salt Lake City, II Q xuess at
the Rainier.
n {. Aorehouss, of Orient, snohomish county.
10 in the city.
q. J. Fsrrandini, OF South Bead. II Q gusst q,
the Arlington.
J. l. 81. Pistt Of Anacortss, registered yssssr.
day al the Arlington
}. l. De Force and =. A. Mills. OF Spokane. are
gussts OF the Occidental
Lon Edwards and =. l. Wilson, Of Shelton.
registered at the Grand yesterday
Assissaniant General Superintendent C.,
balokA e ~ 0Book EegtAasn snfSoad xoRuensA
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Sparta was the steady foe of dsmocr.cx

Sparta was the steady Zoe Of democracy
ana popular government. Her watch
word was: "The majority shall not rule"
for the Spartans were small land-owning
aristocracy. savage in battle and supported
by the labor of their Helots or slaves. A
calculating seliishness was q marked trait
in Spartan character. Sparta seems always
to have put her own interests before those
OF Greece, though she claimed to be the
leading and representative Greek state.
In the olden days the term Spartan
band" was one of reproach. not Of honor.
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State Normal School In Whatcom Co.
House bill No. &c, approved by the governor.
iS an follOwa.

SECTION L Therosh be established in What
com county Q school to be called the Washington
State Normal school, for the training and educa-
ton of teachers in the art OF instructng and
governing in the public schools Of this state.
Sec 2 Tho governor and two others, to be APP
pointed by the governor. shall constitute q COM
mission to examine and locate said school site
In said county of Whatcom, a. said commission
may designate. said appointees to b residents
and citizens OF the state of Washington.
Sec. Said commission shall meet at What
com on or before the first day OF July, 1873, after
the passage Of this act to locate said school SITE
and the site selected by them shall b and re-
main the permanent site for the state Normal
school buildings: Prorided. that the citizens of
Whatcom county shall donate not less than ten
acres OF land, accompanied BY good and per-
feet title in fee simple, to the state of ashing.
ton. No discrimination shall be made in select
Ing said site by any proffsr of . larger grant,
donation or bonus, but shall establish said
school in the most suitable aud accessible lOca-
ton.
Sec. { Said school shall be governed in the
same manner and under the came rules a. the
state normal schools are governed At present
and laws that may be hereafter enacted for the
governments OF all normal schools OF the state.