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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-12
ures have been rigidly adhered to or de-

ures have been rigidly adhered to or de-
parted from.
Precedent does not govern this case.
A life Is here involved. No prece ieat
unles. IL has received the sanction OF the
highest court OF this commonwealth
should be considered as such.
No such case has ever been decided by
that court.
We stand here today not upon prece-
dent. but upon the evident rights OF this
defendant.
We must not lose sight OF the facts at
tending these murders.
First when these murd ers were COM
mitted on August 4, the testimony Of the
defendant was taken on the 9th TO 10Th
and 11th OF August
The defendant was accused by the
mayor OF the city and the city marshal
accused her of the crime on the 9th OF
August.
Was Under Police surveiliance.
Every movement. night and day. OF the
defendant was under surveillance from
Saturday morning until her arrest.
She requested counsel, out was r.
fused, aud she was not warned by the
district attorney.
She was alone. woman, unprotected
she stood three days before the investi-
eating ofliters.
Mere than that the charge against her
was m de on the sixth of Au gust.
On the Sth of August warrant was
sworn out and placed in the hands OF the
city marshal.
That was on the day preceding the day
of her testimony
Never for moment was she free. She
was under the watchful eyes anu the
strong guard OF the commonwealth was
over her at every moment.
When she vas ushered into the inquest
that warrant was in the possession of the
city marshal.
lie stool practically at her shoulder,
empowered TO arrest her nj every moment
should any attempt be made to enable
her to guard herself.
For three days this went oh, aud TWO
hC uri alter she had ceased to testify.
She was arrested on another warrant
exactly similar.
Some o-e must have secured the first
wa rralt.
Was it the district attorney?
Some Que made way with that first
warrant.
Was 1t for convenience?
The officers or the law must have
known of it for three days. l say this
was continued, and for three days she
defenceless and unprotected woman
stood practically arrested.
She WAS called TO tue inquest to dis
close facts as To whom the murderer
might he.
she hal already been accused OF that
murder by the officers OF the law.
They did not seek TO find the culprit.
They found her.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-12
Chicago Grain Market.
STEAMER REPORTED LOST.
Had zoo People ON hoard and is Believe,
to Have Been Sunk

CHICAGO. ILL.,, June l2-It is rumored
that the steamer Nyack, an excursion
steamer from Buffalo to Chicago, via
Cleveland aud Detroit, has sunk In Lake
Erie.
She had 200 Worlds fair passengers
aboard and was due in Detroit last even
ing. The vessel has hot yet reached De-
troit and nothing Of It has been heard at
Clevela d.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-12

LAwToN, Mich, June 12.-The Ameri-
can bank of Dwiggins, Starbuck g. Co..
has been placed In charge of receivers.
The institution will not be reopened II is
expected that tho depositors viii realize
about 30 cents on the dollar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-12
The Farce Goes On.

NEWPORT, June 12.-Akain this morn
ing tbe. Newport representatives met,
went through a farce OF elec. ing a
speaker pro tenn and then adjourned till
tomorrow
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Ma..achusett. Man Chosen.

WASHINGTON, June 12-James III. Slade
OF Massachusetts, has been appointed as an
expert to properly render a complete ac-
count to the Cherokee nation of moneys
due them under the provisions of the act
of March |? 1893
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The Pr,n,er., Annual.

CHICAGO, June 12-The International
Typographical union Of North America
assembled in its 4ist annual convention
today
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sato,Ii Going West.

WAsHrNGToS, June 12-Mgr. Satolli,
the papal legate, has arranged an exten.
sive trip TO the Pacific coast which will
begin this week
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-12

ing with his fellow orncer VINO nao pre-
ceded him deeper and deeper into the
slough.
Every day in this trial has its own sensa-
tion and critical dramatic moment and
this was the contribution OF the last day
If the week. The excitement OF Sdtur-
days event was in some respects keener
than that attending any preceding episode
in the trial Everybody knew its signifi-
canoe and the terrible weapon II put in the
hands OF the defense So rapt was the at
.ntion that 1t was quite half minute
sfter the episode was over before the
audience got its breath. Then there was
a rustic and whispering and exclama-
lions uttered half aloud, which required
rap of the gavel from the portentous
sheriff to suppress.
Points of the Defense.
The counsel for the defense will argue
that the Ratchet now brought forward as
the weapon with which the murders were
done was pitched upon only after the
other hatchets on which they ha d at first
pinned their faith was discarded.
Assistant Marshal Fleet testified that
when he first went TO the cellar he found
two axes and two hatchets, and that one
Of these hatchets had suspicious marks
upon it; that he put it to one side behind
certain articles. where 1t would not be
found. On that same visit he found the
same hatchet now selected as the fatal
weapon, and after he had looked at IL and
found it part of a lot of dusty rubbish,
with no indication of recent use, tossed it
back into the box in which he had found it
as OF no consequence.
Then came the discovery that the spots
on the hatchet he had put aside were not
blood spots, and that the hair clinging to
it was a cows hair. Then 1t was that the
police fell back upon the dust-covered
hatchet with the bit of broken handle In
the eye. Yet this hatchet had in the
meantime been
Lying In Open Sight
from the Thursday on which Fleet first
saw it to the Monday following, when
Desmond and Medley took it away and
tell absurdly contradictory stories about
che way they took it away
The defense will ask the judge TO con-
slider II it is at all probable that, had Lizzie
done the deed, she would have left the
weapon she did it with lying there all this
time when she had had abundant oppor-
tunity to put it out of the way. 1t was
only when the first hatchet selected proved
worthless, it will be argued, that the little
Ratchet with its broken bit of handle be-
gan to loom into Importance. 1t would
not do to have the handle found, because,
maybe, there were no blood stains on it.
AS to whether there was handle in the
box with the hatchet head, you have your
choice of believing either one of two police
men who fatty contradict each other on
this point. One of them was a patrolman
who did as he was told and was not sup
posed to know all his superior officers
plans. He swore there was a handle. The
other was next to the highest officer on the
force and knew just what theories the
police were building up. He swore there
was no handle.
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The
Financial
Interests

Of Providence are larger in pro-
portion than those of any other
city in this country. It is the
rule, rather than the exception,
that our people have investments.
The NEWS makes Speciality of
Financial News, and any sub
scriber desiring information will
have his questions answered, so
far as we can get the facts, in on
financial columns.
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Mr. RobInson's Reply.

Governor Robinson rose TO repl,
Tnis il not - question, your honors. OF
81, neither the proper aud salutary meas
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Mr.. Moody rose TO reply. He referred
TO the ell quent address OF his d. edeces-
sor, but said he plagiarzed the famous
clarg, at Balaklava. "It is eloquent {;
u is no law"
Mr.. Mooiy laid stress on the fact while
Miss Borden was refused counsel at the
iIaurst her counsel, Mr.. Jennings, was
tod tn L. struct her as To her rights and
he did SO.
As To her bel " guarded she was not
guarded any more than Mr. Morse or
iirid ct Sullivan. A TO the warrant OF
arrest IT was Of no value,
She could have be N arrested without
IL and its existau,e or non-exis tance dld
not effect ner legal s.atus IN tue lease.
MIR. Moody den ell tuat Mr. Knowlt, n
NLsS Of It's existancs, aud the assump.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
B-ACKBURN'S AMENDMENT.

The Kentucky Senator Prepares n Finan-
 cisI Cocktail by Which Congress Can
 Brace Up.
 WASHINGTON, Oct I'm the senate yesterday Mir. Blackburn, of Kentucky, submitted an amendment to the bill re- peaNing the silver purchasing clauses of the act of 1890. It strikes out the Voorhees, substitute, leaving the bill as it passed the house and then provides for the free coinage of silver of Amer fear production. The secretary of the treasury is authorized on the first day of each month to esta blish the seigniorage to be charged for the following month, which is to be the difference between the market price of silver bullion and the minted value after coinage. This seigniorage is n ot to be coined, but is to be sold by the secretary of the treasury for gold to te used for the purpose of maintain ing the parity of gold and silver" This is the amendment which Mir Black- burn, in his recent speech, said he would propose with view of reaching compromise.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
M'CURTAIN'S SHORTAGE.
It Keeps Growing Larger as Investigation
 of His WOOks PrOoeeda.


 TUsKAHoMA, l. T., Oct. z. 9.-Ex-Treas- urer Green McCurtain has not been heard from since he left here Saturday morning. It now turns out that his shortage in the Lease district fund alone is over s1OO, O00 The treasurer of the United States turned over to him S1,545, 600. There were 13,749 Choctaws, registered to draw s103 per capita. Out of this number something near fifty failed to draw. If they had all drawn it would have taken s1,416,- 147 to pay them, leaving a balance of S129, 453 To this he has a credit of S24, 727, but it will take about s5,OOO from it to pay the balance of claims that are registered. There is slO4, 727 unaccounted for.
 No one knows how he stands on the general fund, as the committee has not examined the books yet. Some of his political friends are trying to explain the matter and ask that public opin- ion be not expressed until further in vestigation.
 The Locke men are loud in denounc- ing him and a number of the Jones men denounce him His bond is only s30,000. His shortage may reach S14O,- 900 or S150,000.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
COURT-MARTIAL ORDERED.
Capt. Stiles to Answer Charges of Fraud In
 Cherokee Strip Opening.

Cherokee Strip Opening.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-An order has been made by Secretary Lamont fo, the trial of Capt. Daniel F. Stiles, United States army, retired. The or der is the outcome of a little war being made upon this officer by residents of Oklahoma City through Delegate Flynn, and incidentally is connected with the opening up of the lands to settlement in Oklahoma territory. Capt Stiles is charged with fraud in using his position while in command of the troops near Oklahoma City last year to secure control of some of the best sites in the territory opened up to settlement, to the exclusion of others, who were forced to take their chances in securing homesteads An. other charge is that he purchased government buildings and other prop erty at the time of the breaking up of the camp which he commanded by col fusion with the auctioneer, at prices much below their actual value. These charges are made by citizens of Oklahoma City, who claim that Capt Stiles has grown wealthy as result of questionable practices in connection with the matter named. The war de- partment has been investigating the charges for some time past, but the evi- dence has been found to be rather con ficting, and in order to get right down to the bottom of the matter it was de- cided to-day to order a court martial for Capt. Stiles trial.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
VANISHING VILLAIN.
No Trace of the Negro Assaiiant of Agn
 Barr.

No Trace of the Negro Assailant of Agnes
 Barr.
 FoRT SCoTT, Kan, Oct. 9.-All sup posed clews to the hiding place of the negro assailant of Miss Agnes Barr have proven fruitless, and there is now little hope of his capture. However, the hunt is not given up. Hundreds of excited men took advantage of Sun day to seach for the flend, and the sheriff and chief of police, after days rest, have taken charge of posse and gone in pursuit of indefinite clews. It Is thought that the brute is reside of the city, and that he has so changed his appearance as to avoid suspicion. His apparent acquaintance with the surroundings of the Barr residence and the fact that the girl was the only per son at home when he committed the assault substantiates this theory.
 All night long fully 800 men remained in the timber surrounding the city searching for him.
 A faction of the negro population is threatening those who are talking of lynching. The girl is slightly i'm proved, but is still in a serious condi- tion.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
THE STRICKEN DISTRICT.
A Relief Steamer Goes to the Aid of Stori
 Sufferers Details.

Relief Steamer Goes to the Aid of storm
 sufferers-H Narrowing Details.
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct 1.-The Pica- yune's relief steamer, the Emma Me Sweeny, has returned from Grand Isl- and and Cheneri. Houses were lifted from their foundations and thrown sev eral hundred feet. The Grand Isle ho- tel, with its contents, valued at S75, GOO, is totally wrecked.
 The inhabitants of both islands are in need of clothing, water and provis- ions. The relief boat distributed all that it had; she took on cargo of pro visions yesterday morning and proceed ed direct to Cheneri Nine hundred dead bodies have been found floating in the waters of Grand lake. At Bay Caminda, family of six were washed to sea on a raft and washed back again when the wind changed. The property loss on both islands will be very heavy. The loss of life at Cheneri is not less than zoo, and may reach 1000. Only eighteen persons were killed on Grand isle, though the destruction of property there was great.
 On Cheniere Caminda a climax of horror was reached. Cheniere is one of that group of islands which extend along the lower coast, and to whicl belong Grand isle, Tembalier and Los, island. It was station for fishing boats. It contained one town Camindaville-of about 1,60O people, the majority fishermen. On Sunday evening there were 1,200 dwellings within it's limits; to-day twenty five only remain standing, and of these not one is uninjured. The very ground upon which they were built is torn and rent The pier has disappeared; only heap of oyster shells marks the spo where it stood.
 As one advanced the foot sank into an oozy slime that covered the paths. This was relic of the seas that had for many hours covered the island. Camindaville was renowned for it. luXuriant shade trees and lovely gar dens. Not leaf remains upon the branches, and the trees for the mo part are prostrated upon the earth Paths have been obliterated and the re porter was obliged to scramble through the bushes, mounting the accumulated rubbish from ruined homes. Fields had formerly existed in considerable numbers along this portion of the front, but they had been plotted from the face of the landscape. The plants, almost without exception, had been blown from the beds, and those which the gale had spared were dead and yellow.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
International Evangelical Alliance.

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-The international meeting of the Evangelical alliance convened yesterday. Addresses of well come were delivered by President Bon- ney of the Worlds Congress auxiliary, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Dr. J. E. Burrows and others. These were responded by Lord Kinniard, of London, Prof. Henry Drummond, of the Glasgow university, Scotland, Col. Rossmale Nepveu, who spoke for the Netherlands, Rev. Precinct, of Rome, and Gen. o. o. How ard, of the United States army.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
New York state Republicans.

SYRACUSE, N. r., Oct. 7.-The repub- lican state convention in session here yesterday nominated Judge William Rurlsey, of Bath, for judge of the court of appeals; John w. Palmer, of Albany, for secretary of state; James A. Rob- erts, of Buffalo, for comptroller; Addi- son Colvin, of Warren county, for state treasurer; Theodore Hancock, of Syra- cuse, for state attorney-general, and Campbell w. Adams, of Oneida, for state engineer
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
Nominations.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-The following nominations among others were sent to tie senate by the president: Stephen Bonsal, of Maryland, now secretary of legation at Picking, to be secretary of legation at Madrid, Spain; Charles Den- by, Jr., of Indiana. now second secre- tary of legation at Peking, to be secre- tary; Frank A. Dean, of Michigan, to be consul at Naples, Italy; Wilburn B. Hall, of Maryland, to be consul at Nice, France; P. B. Spence, of Kentucky, to be consul at Quebec, Can; Edwin S. Wallace, of South Dakota, to be consul at Jerusalem, Syria, and c. Marshall Force, of Kentucky, to be deputy first comptroller of the treasury
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
SILVER SOLUTION.
It Is Thought a. Decision Will Be
 Reached This Week.
THE PROGRAMME IN THE SENATE
Probable Compromise by Applying the Tall of the Rat Principle to Silver Purchases Speeches to Be
 Made.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.--The moment ous event in the senate this week, so far as can be seen, will be the attempt to secure continuous sessions of that body. That this attempt will produce important results can hardly be doubt ed by anyone familiar with the situa- tion. There is general desire as well as belief in the chamber that the pres ent week will bring a solution of the problem. The opinion is expressed that there will be compromise of some character agreed to and put through. The proposition to sim ply extend the Sherman law for definite period with. re- duced monthly purchases seems to be taking shape as the most likely of the various propositions to receive ap- provA Most of the suggestions so far made for compromise are very much alike in that they fix . time when the purchase and coinage of silver shall cease altogether, and that they de- crease the amount to be purchased per month by from S2, ,0O0, GOO to s, 900, 900 worth. The proposition to include a bond purchase is also still receiving at tention, and the present indications are that while great many democrats may not agree to such a proposition it may be put through with the assist ance of republicans.
 The senators from the silver-produc- ing states are constantly consulted And advised with as to the terms of agree ment, but they will not be allowed to dictate in the matter of compromise. There is not a sufficient number of them to continue the fight a great while if there should be an agreement against them. Their allies would not desert them outright, but if opportuni- ty offers for settlement of the question, the silver senators will be eX- pected to acquiesce in any reasonable arrangement looking to the continued recognition of silver.
 The elections bill will possibly reach the senate early in the week, but there will likely be no immediate effort to take it up. The silver men are prepared to keep up bold front until after the night session experiment shall have passed. Senator Allen, of Nebraska, had only fairly begun speech Satur- day when the senate adjourned, but he will to-day give way to Mir. McPher- son, who desires to speak on the repeal side, and Mir. Cockrell, who will op- pose repeal Senator Wolcott will probably make short speech dur ing the morning hour to-day. Mir. Allen will come in later dur ing the week to finish his speech, as will also Senator Teller to complete the speech begun by him over week since. Senators Morgan, Stewart, Du- bois and other silver advocates are un- derstood to be prepared with speeches when opportunity is presented for their delivery. Senator White, of Louisiana, may also speak during the week in advocacy of repeal. Senator Jones, of Nevada, is indisposed, but if his health should improve he will be- gin the delivery of speech. The sil- yer men say they will agree to do the talking if the repealers will keep the quorum intact
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
YELLOW FLAG.
The Russia Comes Sailing In with
 Sickness on Board.
MANY SUSPICIONS OF CHOLERA
Held at Quarantine by Order of Jenkins Eight Lives Lost in the Lake The Louisiana Dis
 

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.--The Atlantic liner Russia of the Hamburg American line of ships, which arrived at quaran- tine yesterday morning, has been de- taincd by order of Dr. William Jenkins, health officer of the port. The Russia came into the harbor flying the yellow flag and on being boarded by the health officer, Capt. Schmidt reported that six deaths-some of which were accompanied by choleraic symptoms had occurred on the voyage. The Rus sia sailed from Hamburg for New York on September 2S, and had on board nearly 800 passengers, of which twen- ty-seven were saloon, the balance be- ing steerage passengers.
 Capt. Smith makes the statement that when a few days at sea a female infant of twelve months old died after a short illness. Before her death she was subject to vomiting and diarrhea. Five deaths occurred subsequently,, four of them being steerage passengers and one a saloon passenger The latter was a young girl named Augusta Thomas 20 years old. Her death was not ac- companied by choleraic symptoms. Her brother states that she was subject to disease of the heart, and believes that was the cause of death. She died Co., tobcr 8.
 The Russia's doctor, Dr. Huanneman, is of the opinion that all the deaths were from natural causes and none of them attributable to cholera. The in fant, he says, died from cholera in- fantum and one of the four steerage passengers deaths was caused by cry sipclas in the leg One of the steerage passengers is at present in the ships hospital suffering from vomiting and diarrhra. The steamer will be thor oughly disinfccted.
 EIGHT LIVES LOST.
 DEER PARK, Mich, Oct. 9.-A disas- ter on Lake Superior. in which not less than eight lives were lost, came to light when drifting fishing boat was picked up by the crew of the Muskalon life saving station. The boat was found yesterday morning.
 The crew put out in their boat and found the wreck just west of the sta tion. The craft was a fishing boat which had left White Fish Point Octo- Der for Au Train, 100 miles west. There were on board crew of at least five men and w. H. Carpenter, his wife and one child.
 1t is reported that Carpenter had two children on board, but this rumor can not be verified. No one was found on the wrecked boat, and there is not the slightest foundation to believe that any escaped.
 rHp- r,oUrsIANA CALAMITY.
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 9.--This city has raised a relief fund of about s75, 900 in all, and steamers, luggers, skiffs and trains have been sent in every direc- tion to extend relief. The only new development is the intelligence from Bayou Sandress leading from Grand Isle district that there are 800 deaths along that section, making about l,6O0 deaths between Cheniere and Bayou Cook. It is safe now to number the deaths at 2,O00 and over, but the loss in property will be many millions It will now take several hundred thou sand dollars to repair the shell road to the resorts in the Mississippi sound.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
shelIed A Moorish Camp.

MADRID, Oct. 9.-The Moors fusiladed the Spanish gunboat Cuerva as she was leaving Melilla harbor aft CT having landed troops and ammunition. The gunboat put about and for twenty min utes shelled the Moorish camp. Twen- ty-four shells were sent into the center of the Moors' position and their fire was sileneed. One marine on the Cuervs was wounded; the loss of the Moors is believed to have been consid- erable
The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-12
 Killed in the Strip.

ATCHIsoN. Kan, Oct. 9.-Word has been received here to the effect that James Kelley, who formerly lived in Atchison, was shot and killed in a claim contest in the Cherokee strip Kelley was a shoemaker by trade. His family resides at DeKalb, Mo.