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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

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over the falls. Should this by the case. II
they do not find lod.m.nt on tine island or
at ;he Portland dixie. they NAV he recov.
cred down the river. Tie injured men
have been given whole ward in the new
part OF the city hospital, Coroner Nc.
Cu!ioush will make an immediate iuves-
iisation. The caroner at Jacksonville is
TO attend To the two cases a. Jefferson.
Vile. Frank Miller Of Buffalo is also
among the dead bodies recovered. The
list now stands six dead. sixteen injured
and sixteen missing. Reports from the
hospitals state that the injured men are
doing as well as could he expected under
the circumstances and that no new deaths
have occurred. Up to this hour no
more bodies have been taken from the
wreck.
says the Wind did Il
NJ. VI. j. Nilliken. superintendent ot
erection for the company says: 'The wind
DID II: We always contemplate wind pres
sure and brace for 1t apart from the sup
port Of the load line. but this gale was
too much for us. / have no idea when
work will be resumed. We shall care for
the dead and dying before planning fur
ther''
Superintendent Kirby Of the Bridge
company says: "The last span that fell
was weakened by the iaIi Of the other,
and the gust of heavy wind did the rest
OF course I cannot tell how grea; the
damage is and now much can he saved.
but We will manage TO get a great deal OF
it out all right
The loss to the Bridge company is esti.
mated at slJo. coo. outside Of the loss IN
CURED for Insurance on the dead men.
Most Of them had their lives insured for
various amounts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
MeIl knoMn Pckin M.n Suici,,e.

PEORIA, Ills. Dec. ls.-Horace 5. Mar
shall, one of the foremost citizens. former
member of the board of supervisors of
Tazewell county. and deputy revenue coli
lec;or for the Springfield district under
Collector Wilcox. took his own life, and
all the surroundings Indicate he had con-
templated this movement for some time
He killed himself with strychine Politics
caused the deed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

ST LoUIs, Dec. ls-Robertson, the last
of the three Sand Hill train robbers, has
been sentenced to a term of fifteen years
in the peniteutiary a. Herman, Mo. On
Sept. 5 last Robertson, Muncie Wray and
James Pennock held up Frisco train in
st. Louis county, directly east of Pacific,
and attempted to rob the Wells-Fargo ex-
press. but were repulsed and soon after
ward captured. Wray and Pennock nave
already received fourteen-year sentences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
The Hatch Auti.Optiou BilI.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lS-Representative
Hatch may not introduce his anti-optiou
bill until after the holiday recess. Il not
only want a quorum here TO refer the bill
to my committee" he SAYS, but I want to
present the bill AT the proper time of day
so that there may be . good attendance. !"
II the bill is referred 20 the ways aud
means committee instead Of the agricul.
tural committee Hatch will consider that
il has met its defeat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

UrrrxsAxpUsKY, o., DEC. is.-The Fem
sylvapia Railroad company. accofo'ng 70
= rcoort among railway men here mas
-;,... .n order ios ~. .OC0 tons oe steel rails.
Tsis. sbey sssers, - for double tracking
-. SsisssSurx. foes Wayne and Caicago
r.iivay tssweeu Crestlins and CnscaS0.
vSish = al sbat semains - ee oouose
exnnkn2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
An.,hcr rr,n.con,,nrn,ai Road,

>AN FgANCi>CU, Dec. l>.-Thc Call Is
9. authority for the statement that
.r.Iat viii bc broken inside Of sixty days
a-! work begun On N competing transcon-
tautl. railway ont Of san Francisco. The
Company l. said to be- the san Francisco
aua Atlantic, Frederick Homer prrsi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
A Valley ForEr Celebration.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec IS.-The ll6th anni-
versary Of the encampment Of the Amer.
lean army at Valley Forge was celebrated
at the fifth annual service of the Pennsy,-
vania Sons of the Revolution in Christ
church. The church, in whose pews sat
Washington, Franklin. jefferson and their
contemporaries, was crowded TO the doors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
SIXTEEN MISSING
Of Those Who Went Down with
the Bridge.
SIX OTHERS KNOWN TO Re nrAn

'sosred Also :Namber sixteen and Ar.
"'ns ~ Wen .. Could Be Expected
me wind SELL Blamed for the D,...,.r
rive Persons Killed and Siu wounJ.a
~" Train Going Through Tre.sl.,
LOUISVILLE. Dec. ls.-At the scene os
'ne bridge disaster everything is bustle
sna confusion. General Forman Mckee
mas large force Of men q. work and the
WORK OF taking out the dead will be
pushed as rapidly rs possible. The iron
ana timber. that cover the piling are fully
ten feet high. The general impression
prevails .h"s most OF the missing bodies
are IN the water and probably are down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

NASHVILLE. Dec. is.-.United states Cir.
In'. Judge sage, Of Cincinnati. delivered
4' lecture Way God Does Not Kill the
Ae'i.. To an immense audience at the
IdH.raacle for the benefit ot the Tabes-
lal, lGud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
Walked Up and FILLED Him with Bucl.hot

BIRMINGHAN. Ala, Dec. is.-While Con-
stable Childress was serving civil papers
at Guntersville. Marshall county, William
Bell walked up with gun and filled hin,
with buckshot, killing him instantly.
Bells only excuse was that he did not
want the papers served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
Resinond Charges Jury a.ack,ng.

DUBiIS. Dec. ls.-John Redmond. speak
ing a: n mass meeting ut Tuani, declares!
that jury packing. which Gladstone and
Morley had denounced in 1880. was prac-
ticed Hast week at the Cork assizes whep
fortyone Roman Catholics were rejccte.;
for jury duty and Protestant jurors werc
almost exclusively empauelled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
>he VIII Try Auot,.er rriace.

Falas Dec. 10 Mrs. winnereta Singer,
VII wa divorced two years ago from
ftiaee W Hired scey -Montbcliarti, has bet
mirr.r'.. according TO the civil law. TO
Fl.agl EIu oud Me.choir tlr Polipac.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

DETIo,T. Dec is.-.Aleck Burioin, an ex-
convict, was shot and killed while trying
TO enter a saloon for the purpose of burg
larizing it. Two othef crooks were ar
rested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
Lynchcd for an .ssntention. =.

HENDERSON. ny. Dec ls.-Herry Givens,
colored. was lynched near Nebo. Givens
was accused of an interation to poison y
schoo! we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

Boston, Dec. is-The two hundred to
scboouer Magare; a. McGreGor. Capta'
McGrrgor. from Cape Haytien, Hayti.
now fifty days overdue aud Is Thought
be Loaf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Dec. lS-A boiler 1t
the rod mill exploded, fatally scalding
Frederick Gettholtx. the fireman. and seri-
ously injuring Walker Gaseoo .asd Alex
|nn6er Kerr. The cause e t. axplosion i
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-18
POSITION STATED.
President Cleveland on the
Hawaiian Situation.
sends a Special Message to
Congress.
H. Does Not Think Stevens
Methods Proper.
The Government Took Ille-
gal Possession.
Hence it Should Make all
Possible Reparation.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Dec. Is
President Clcveland's message on
ptraf. va. submitted To- the senate
..iaya; ls.jD. The president states
t,t when the present administra-
tim entered upon it, duties the sem
q. baI the Hawaiian treaty under
.a.idrratiou. 1t appeared from the
tumtui the ownership Of the ISL
al. va. rendered by the provisional
rytrrmput which had not the sane
fr o. popular revolution or suf-
sl.a. The protest came - this gov
,ruDu. ir1m the queen. but had no;
a.a iu,c.ti gated at that time. and the
PRESIDENT thought il his duty TO with
|-lN .lr :rcafy. He believed the
,sats and President Harrison were
a..irl az the time. and that cx-arir-
..,- stevens desired that annexation
lttump.ished through his agency.
ll ;Llt he was not serupulous ~ to
q, mears employed. The prcsi-
l.a. quote. from stevens letter. in
which Hc SAYS: The Hawaiian pear
..fllg Fipc. and this i the golden
lHr fur the United States To- pick
&c." The president SAYS there is no
Isl. i,- thc preicnsc that the L. ;.
g.ap. were landed on the islands for
Oar .eruri;y Of American property
Ml .iIc.
E.p.rstion Dcrmn nslcd.
Hawaii. he says was taken possess
,uuf bv the United States forces
without the consent Of the govern
ua' NJ the island. and Stevens
t..a-u.lcd the provisional govern
l'a. in an hour after the overthrow.
After rccognition of the provisional
-7e-umcnt everything was deliv-
.-.i up by the queen. Believing
%. PROVISIONAL government owes its
existence 60 armed invasion by the
ta.t.d states. the president believes
ia.' -'ycrnment should vindicaic its
-a1r by making all possible rcpara-
t#a.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
CENsUREp BY THE JUDGE.
Poormaster Bockhop Imposed Upon b.
n New York Pauper.

Poormaster Bockhop Imposed Upon by
n New York Pauper.
Henry F. Bockhop, Overseer of the Poor
for the Town of Union, recently commit
ted to the Almshouse a woman who
claimed to be Honora McShane, of No. 27
Hudson avenue, Town of Union.
When Warden Ryan received her at the
institution he received information from
another source that the woman belonged
in New York, and he made an investiga-
ton which showed this result: On August
"a, 1884, she entered the New York Aims
house and had a child with her, and was
discharged September 10, 1886. She was
admitted again on May 5, 1887, and on May
90, 1898, became a inmate for a third time.
The woman was known in the institution
as Norah O'Keefe. She has a husband
who is employed on Blackwell's Island,
and her home is legally in New York
State.
When Warden Ryan learned these facts
he wrote the Poormaster to the effect
that he must take the woman from the
A~lmshouse. Bockhop replied that he
would not do so for his duties had ceased
in the case. The Warden yesterday com
municated these facts to Judge H~udspeth,
who sent for the Poormaster and censured
him for not having made a proper investi-
cation, and ordered him to at once remove
the woman from the Almshouse.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
OFFICIALLY STARVING
But These Sixty Moon-EYed
Waits Have Plenty to
Eat Alice Samee.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 90, 1S93.-
Sixty Chinese are unexpectedly starry
ing to death on board a steamer at Port
land, Ore, with plenty to eat at their dis
posai. This p~aradoxicaI state of affairs
has been brought about In this way
The Haytien Republic. a steam passenger
and carrying vessel. recently arrived in
Portland With u large number of Chinese
GU board. and as sixty OF these could not
produce evidence that they were entitled
TO reside In tbs United States, hey were
forbidden to land. AT tile same Lime the
Hayden Republic was libelled for SNUG
Cling opium aud Chinese subjects. with
the result that the owners abandoned
the vessel, leaving the sixty unfortunate
Chinese Oh board.
Believing that the owners had done
this 10 make the Government ca re for
the Chinese, TINS saving themselves the
expense of supporting aud deDorting the
latter. the Treasury Department refused
to interfere in The matter and the sixty
celestials were left on board the vessels
uncared for, foodlese. aud forbidden to
land.
A protest from the Chinese Minister
against allowing his fellow countrymen
TO starve, caused the Administration to
take action. and after a consultation be-
tween officials of the State aud Treasury
departments L the Department of
Justice. it was officially decided that
this Government has no right to inter-
fere, and that either the owners OF the
Hayden Republic must care for their
~contraband passengers (anG this they
will not do) or the Chinese must starve
to death in The midst of plenty pending
the DISPOSITION OF the libel in the courts.
This is the official decision, but it has
also been determined tina the Chinese
shall be fed three unofficial meals II day.
While tue United States Governmeet
is actually feeding the Chinese it shuts
its eyes to The fact, ana in order to be
thoroughly consistent the Government
maintains that the sixty men must go
without food until the court settles the
matter of the libel.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
STATE DEPARTMENT SKETCHES,

Interesting Personal Points in the Now
Rcglster-The Oldest Consul.
WASHINGTON, July 20. 1S93.-The De
partment of State has just issued a regis
ter containing some new features. One
of these is a historical sketch of every
Secretary and Assistant Secretary from
Thomas Jeffersoa down to til e present
day. Another Is a record OF tn Q persons
i'll the diplomatic aud consular service.
which is interesting from its exhibition
OF the number OF such off eel who have
remained for years in the service undIs-
turbed by the mutations of politics.
The Nestor of the consular corps ap-
pears to be William S. Campbell, who
was originally appointed consul at Rot
terdam April %, lS43. The new register
also ~incloses a reform that has been
effected in the methous of the State De-
partment itself. For many years tue
clerical force has been organized under Il
system which placed each clerk iu charge
of correspondence Oh certain specified
subjects.
AS q consequence 1t has happened that
some clerks were unduly taxed, while
Others were comparatively idle. Tue
register shows that this practice has been
abolished; that the various special
designations have been done away with,
and that all of the clerks in the diploma
tic bureau, for Instance. are subject to
assignment by the chief of the bureau to
any work in hand.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
MIDDLE STATES REGATTA.

oarsmen and Gre s Eho WIN Compete
In the Races.
The Middle States Regatta Association
TO be held on the Passaic River next
Saturday. will be the most successful
giyeu The crack apateuc oarsmen and
crews Of the New England and Middle
States will compete. Tne Attantics OF
Hoaoken have entered their four cared
shell crew. The en- ries are:-
JuDior Sing Z Scull-F. Cobura. Insti-
t9te Club, Newark; Stephen Smith,
Metropolitan R. c., New Yorx; James H..
Bowen, Albany Il. c.: T. A. BarkIls.
Passaic 3. C.; C. E. Variau. Atalanea
B. {.
intermediate Single SALTWATER
Goo Kind, Loue Star Club, New York;
anthony JaleDek, MetroDolltan Il. c.;
William MuIcaire, Daunsless K. c.; Jonn
I. QaiRley. ATLANTA r. c.; C. d. Dix,
Pennsylvania B, c., Phllad elphia.
SENIOR single scuil-Ed. Z. Hayes,
Riverside b. g.. Cambridge. Mass; VIII
liam Aman, yarmouth K. A., Phlla-
delphia; Charles e. Bnlger. Mutual b.
u, Albany; G. Donegan, Atalanta A.. G..
Junior double shell-lnstitute B. g.,
Union b. c., New York; Staten Island A.
c., ATLANTA B. G.
Senior double shell-Lone Star, Alta
lanta B. G.
Senior four, gig-Union B. c., Varuua
c.. Institute B., A%talania b. c.
Junior tour shell-Varuna Il. G.
intermediate four sheli-Astorl.t B.. c.,
Arthur Kuil Association, Elizabeth.
Senior foul snell-Atalanta b. c.. New
York; Ariel Rowing Club. Baltimore;
Atlantic B. C Hoboken: New York A.C.
Junior eight-Huoson Rowing Clu0:
Manhattanville, Institute b. C.
~ p ~
c., New York; Hudson B. c.; NnuhRt-
tanville, Passaic b. G.
Senior eight shetl-Malta. PHILADELPHIA,
Pali-ade B. c., Youkers, Ataianta B. C..
Claude Il. z tppoue, OF Washington.
will act as referee. Tn committee drew
the crews tor Position in The race, aud
also arranged the order of racing. The
first race will be the intermediate singles.
starting at eleven o'clock over the mile
n d halt straightaway course
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
THAT MICHIGAN FAKE.

VICTORIA. B. c., July 20, 1881. NJ. S.
Garnet returned from the BehrinR Sea
on Tuesday night. anchored in the Royal
Roads for the night, II came into
Isquimault yesterday. She reports hav-
ing been with the warahip Mohican on
Sunday. July 9. about fifteen days after
the date of her alleged encounter with
the sealing poacher Alexandria. Captain
hughes Hallett, Of The Garnett, speaking
about the reported Mohican-Alexandria
Incident. said
II do not see how it can be true and
know that it cannot be If the date gwen
in the press dispatches is to be believed.
On June 25 we met the Mohican at sea
and went into Sand Point will her. We
both came to anchor, and l remained
alongside of her on the 25th. goth and
9th. | met her again shortly after. and
when we left Dutch Harbor on Sunday,
July 9, She was alongside of a collier.
she was to resume coaling on Monday
morning ana could hardly finish on that
day. Up to that time she was not dis
abled by any means"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
DIAMOND CHIPS.
Loriilard and Cable Athletic Club Teams
VIII Meet.

Lorillard and Cable Athletic Club Teams
viii Nicer.
The Lorillard Athletic Clubs team will
meet the Gable a. C.'s nins next Sunday
at the inspection Grounds. The game
will be Interesting as the teams are evenly
matched.
The M~ontgomerys are making an envi
able record This season. The team is put.
ling up ii fne game.
III Oliver had not been ratified in tins
game in Hoboken and sent the ball just
where the JERSEYS wanted it in the Lwo
disastrous innings. the victory would
probably have gone to the Greenville
team
There is less of baseball this season.
The flats which were occupied daily Wit
tea rs in contests are now used by SCRUB
teams.
King Kelly. who was classed among
the 'has neens." played III superb form
YESTERDAY, He was the backstnp.
The Brooklyns are worse off for pitch
ers than any Of the League clubs.
The Giant are off TO Boston this morn
ing, where they play this afternoon, to-
morrow and Saturday.
The MISUNDERSTANDING series is The
first to be finished, and The Clevelands
won nine of the twelve games.
The Cinciun9tis have lost six games Ia
su C .ssion alter winning five straight.
Inc Phlladelphias made the best show
ing on the Western trip of all the East
err teams. They won fourteen games
and lost seven.
The BosIons go home with thirteen
victories ont OF twenty-five games played
OH their trip.
The Brooklyns have lost thirteen OF
their last fourteen games. There wilt be
no fireworks, therefore, at Eastern Park
10 greet them on arrival today.
The Washington Club has released
Pitcher Durvea and signed John Graft.
Stockdale. the Johns-Hopkins pitcher,
who has bsen playing with the Wilkes
harre club. will Din the Washingtons at
Philadelphia.
Owing to the great dissatisfaction with
the work of Umpire Mclaughlin in the
recent games in the West and at Balti-
more this week President Yourg has tenn
porarily laid him off aud assigned Snyder
to Washington. If Mr.. Young can secure
the man he desires Mclaughlin will be
released. The probabilities are that
Bobby Caruthers will take McLaugn-
Inns place.
Somebody from the grand stand loudly
accused Billy" Nash OF being a dirty
ball player. That aroused the ire of
Nash's friend, Digby Bell, who arose in
his tracks and offered to bat $40 that
Nash never had been a dirty" ball
player. AS everybody knew how loyal y
"rooter" Digby is, his defence of Nash
was cheered. These who know Nash
know that a squarer, more honorable
man than he Is not playing ball today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
BURNED TO A CRISP.
Two Year Old Josephine Wicke
Plays With Matches and Ignites
Her Clothing.

Two year old Josephine Wicke of No.
20 Laidlaw avenue met a horrible death
yesterday by burning. The child was
left alone In the sitting room
by it's mother. In some mex
plica61e manner she managed to
get hold of some matches.
He ignited them and set fire to her cloth
ing. Her screams attracted the attention
of her mother. who. rushing to her assist
ance, was Mortified to see The child en-
veloped in flames.
The woman was almost paralyzed with
fright, but recovering quickly extin-
gulshed the flames. The child's body
was terribly burned, the flesh in
places being burned to a crisp.
Medical assistance wal summon
ed and the child Immediately
removed to Christ Hospital. She lived
until late in the afternoon, suffering UNI
told agonies, before death relieved her.
The parents are heartbroken over the sad
affair
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
LIGHTER PURSES FOR PUGs.

An Abundance of ~scrappers Waiting for
Engagements.
Few prize fighters will in future realize
a fortune from a battle. When the So
called athletic clubs in their rivalry to
get talent were Offering fabulous purses
The NEWS predictedithat some of them,
a fter quitting a heavy loser would re-
cover from their attack of insanity. They
are couvalescing. The big purses have
attracted an army of figters and all the
clever scrappers from Australia are here
looking for engagements. Coney Island
is crowded with ''pugs'' waiting
Micaw Der like for something to turn up.
The agents of the Coney Island and other
clubs formed to exhibit fighters, are con-
stautly pressed for engagements by the
idle 'pugs" who are content to go on
how Tor II reasonable price. There is Il
glu t in the market, and fighters can be
employed at a figure near what the tr SER
vices are worth. Corbsrb and Jackson
will command II big price. but the purses
in excess of five or ten thousand dollars
Will be rare mex Season.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
LITTLE JOHNNY NEAR DEAD.
BE Was Not Used to Being Dragged t
Picnics. 8

He Was Not Used to Being Dragged to
Picnics.
A party OF women ana small children
were returning from a picnic last night
at about eleven o'clock. They got off a
G%reenville car at the junction of Grand
street and Communipaw avenue and
walked towards Summit avenue. In the
lead was a woman with a little boy who
looked as If he were about tour years old
and didn't care whether he ever went on
another picnic or not. He was so tired
that he couldn't drag his weary little
limbs after him, so his mother took hold
of his hand and pulled him along. Tn e
rest of the party brought up tie rear.
There were several childreu among them,
but they looked as il they might be five
or six years Old and had got used to being
dragged to picnlcs. They were able to
walk without assistance.
aiOne of the rear guard remarked to the
leader OF the procession that little
Johnny, the boy who was being dragged,
must be pear dead. Another spoke up
and said sure he, Johnny, is dead and
buried and she is looking for another,n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
AN UNLUCKY POLICY HIT.
Miss McDermott Won $40 on a Gig and
Now Has a Broken Arm.

Miss McDermott Won $40 on a Gig and
Now HAS a Broken Arm.
Miss Annie McDarmott played policy
on Tuesday last and won $40. Then she
went to her home in the tenement at No.
"a Hudson street and tried to make life
agreeable to all the tenants.
The beer and mixed ale which Annie's
$40 furnished, had az irritating effect
apparently on Miss Mary Malone. who
lives in the same house, on an upper
floor. Miss McDermott went up 20 see
her, and, after a short and sharp duel of
words, Miss Malone threw Miss McDer-
mott down the stairs with SO much force
that she nearly went down the second
flight below. Her shoulder and wrist
were badly fractured.
Miss McDermott swore out a warrant
before Justice F. T. Lockwood for Miss
Maloue's arrest and last night Miss
Malone was locked up by Constable
Meyers. She remained in cell at Head
quarters TODAY, in the absence OF 500
bail. Miss McDermott's injuries are
severe, and if Miss Malone does not find
bail she will have to stay in prison for
some days before Miss McDermott will
be able 10 appear.