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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-19
Not Guilty.

Boston. Dec. 19--The board of police
commissioners last night handed down
their decision on the cases of Patrolmen
Ryan and Smith, charged with receiving
bripes. The board finds them not guilty.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PRovI-
DENCE PLANTATIONS.
Adjutant Generals once.
Providence, Nov. 10, issL

Notice is hereby given that the First volure
Qnfantry Reeinentsl Of the Revised Report ot tbs
Adjutast General Of 1880 Is now ready ior distri-
baton 20 persons cities and towns. hieh schools,
libraries societies &c, entitled 10 receive copies
Of the same By act Of the General Assembly.
The PRICE Of First Volume un4antry Rryl.
ments) to persons desiring to purchase the sqas.
kLIsPA DYER
nevjtu saiutaat- - -aeral
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MERrDEN, Conn, dec. 1.-The Repub.
cans carried the city election. l.. r. Coo
beat l.. l.. sawyer for mayor. The Ro.
publicans got 10 out Of ID members Of ths
sity council.
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Mr.. Tupper,. Duty.

PORTSMOUTH Eng, Dec. l9--Sir Charles
Tupper, Canadian high commissioner,
will escort the remains of the late Sir
John Thompson TO Canada.
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A $4,000 Fine Imposed.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Dec. 19.-Dr. Kisscl, the
pension swindler, pleaded guilty. He
was fined $1,000
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Tickets for Subscribers now ready, at Infantry
Han Ticket Office See price TO subscribers
below.
Single admission, with reserved seat, $L25.
sale opens Monday morning, Dec. IL,
AZ . o'clock, NJ Infantry Hall Ticket Ofiice.
n b. -SubsoribeIs TO the three course concerts
TO follow will have the privilege of retaining their
course seats for The Messiah" performance, and
can make known at the time OF sale III they wish 10
do rhe price TO subscribers for messiah
tickets viii be 20 cents for each reserved seat The
III 81 regular course concert TUESDAY, Jan. 70.
"Arminius."
Full associate ticket which gives four seats to
each Of the three concerts, $40; half ticket
1.-TWO seatsJ. -.
subscriptions may be sent TO A. p. WEEDEN,
Treasurer, y. .. Box l52i
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MORTGAGEE's SALE OF Personal
PROPERTY.

VIII be sold at public auction, on THURSDAY,
December 2th. 1894, at ten O'Clock M, az Barn,
on the Chase Farm, so called, near y Norwood, Town
Of Warwick, Rhode island, by virtue OF power OF
sale .coutalned in certain Mortgage de,d, date
March 2sth 1890, duly recorded In the City II Prov
dence, In Personal Property ortgage Book No o.,
at page 257, TO which record reference Is hereby
ade, tor "A more particular description OF the prop
cry, the conditions OF said mortgage deco having
been brokep,-a lot OF wagons, reaches, carts aud
harnesses the Sein described
BY order of the Mortgagee. who hereby gives
notice of his intention to bid upon the same.
deci7-i0
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News office.
The morning call., 1894-02-04

Yesterday afternoon the place was in
spected, for the first time since Traverse
moved into it. by a represent tative of THE
CALL. accompanied by one of THE CALL S
artists. Mrs. Traverse was found In the
kitchen, seated on rough chair. evidently
enjoying her change.
The father and the mother of her hus-
band were with her, both of whom pro-
feSsed to speak not word of English.
MRS. Trayers although an Italian, can
speak English sufficiently well to be un-
derstood. When asked for the story of
her troubles her face saddened and she
was about to speak when Mrs. Traverse
Sr., at the top of her voice in her native
tongue, said something to her, at the same
time stamping her foot, and with look of
warning sealed her daughter-i -in-law's lips.
At the sound of her mother-in-law's voice
the woman quailed and with an imploring
look in her eyes said: ''Me no speak Eng
Iish." The place was then examined and
sketched by THE CALL artist aud the
story obtained from the neighbors.
The case of Mrs. Traverse was first
brought 10 the attention of Officer Perrin
nearly two years ago. when he was in the
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One man was carried about on the shoul-
ders OF the friends of the winning side.
The contest was concluded in lust six
teen minutes, thirty-fve seconds. so the
time-keepers announced after the din had
some what subsidized.
The match will probably be productive
of another to take place at an early day.
for r. S. Duncan addressed the crowd and
offered a challenge to the winners on be-
half of team of eight men from the
Mission. He said that the Mission boys
averaged only 153 pounds In weight, but
that they were willing to stand that handi-
cap for the glory of pulling Company b
over the bridge. Nor was he particular
about the stake, as be said the men for
whom he spoke would pull for a trophy
or anything else, the door receipts to 60 TO
tile fund for unemployed women.
The men of Company B have not yet
decided to accept the deh, but several of
them eX reSsed their willingness to try
their hand once more.
The pleasure of the evening was some
what marred by a little event not on the
bills. Frank Smith, shining pugilistic
light of the Olympic Club, and +. Carter.
one of the boxers of the evening. engaged
in an alteration under one of the galleries
and came to blows. Each said the other
struck the first blow, and there was long
wrangle over the matter. The only thing
about it that was definitely decided was
that Carter received severe blow on the
month,
The morning call., 1894-02-04

war, was contest between teams of nine
men each from the Naval Battalion and
Battery + of the Second Regiment. In
tense rivalry has existed between the op-
posing forces for the last four months
Last November Battery F had a high
Jinks at the armory and a number OF
the naval reserves were present. An
impronptu tug-of-war was pulled off, and
the soldiers won hsndily. The defeated
SIDE have ever since cOnteBded that the vic
tors took them at a disadvantage when
tney did not have their strongest men out.
and ever since then they have been train
ing team which they swore should turn
the tables on the armOry boys, who on
their side trained their men down TO a
very fine point to accept a challenge issued
some weeks since to pull for handsome
silver epergne. the door receipts TO go to
the Associated Charities. 1t was under
these conditions that the crowd gathered
with horns and rattles and improyised
college yells to cheer on the contestants.
Several preliminary events were offered
and 10 was after 10 o'clock before the bip
room was cleared for action. T. J. Me-
George of Company went up against w.
Turnbull of Battery T in a boxing bout OF
three rounds. The first round was a slug
ging match. and TurnbulI, much the
heavier man, sent the marine down with a
heavy Tignt-handeT. a halt was called to
that kind of work and the succeeding two
ROUNDS were comparatively tame. ). Carter
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munication with their neigh bors. and
little was known of them until the wife
and mother became deranged. The cause
of her hallucinatiou no one seems to know.
One night about four years ago, and Just
before the building of the prison in their
home. Mrs. Traverse, clad in her night
clothes, made her escape from her home.
She ran UP Gilbert street to Brennan and
proceeded west on Brennan. 1t was
about IL o'clock, and an officer on the
beat seeing the fleeing woman gave chase
and caught her.
She was taken to the Southern station,
where she remained over night. and on
the following morning was taken before
the Insanity Commission and was ad-
judged insane. A commitment was made
out and only awaited the signature of the
commission before transl orting her to one
OF the State asylums, when Traverse pre-
sented plea that he should be allowed to
care for his wife at his own home. At
that time, it not being considered that she
was dangerous. his prayer was granted
and he took her away. and from then on
no report on her condition has ever been
made to the commission.
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Danse du Ventre Stopned.

AT one of the Oriental dance exhibitions
last evening. whils the principal dancer
was gyrating in the m VASCULAR contortions
and genufeciions of the "ecstacy," the
lutte. tipbrel and the tomtom were max.
ing the air resonant with music C0 and the
crowded audience was worked up 10 the
proper crisis, an incident occurred that
effectuaily suppressed the dance for the
tlme Delng. Several young men in the
front row, sitting with their oyercoats
closely buttoned, at a signal from their
leader suddenly threw back their coat
fronts and displayed. TO the surprise and
wondering gaze of the dancers, plaza rd :
bearing the legend, "Do you wear pant Is ?''
whether they did or not, the show was
broken up. and the Plymouth Rock Pants
company, 1872 Market street. can explain
the aft ,lr property
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employ of The Health Department. One
day when going his rounds he called at 118
Gilbert street to make an inspection of the
premises. In examining into the filthy
rooms he came across the prison with its
wire gratlngs. in which the woman was
confined. He made inquiry of the old
people who were about, and was told that
the woman was their sons wife and that
she had been adiudged insane by the In
sane Commission, and in verification of
their statement produced certificate, Civ
ing the woman into the custody of her
husband. Perrin asked why she was not
sent to an asylum, and was told that they
could give her better care at home. With
this evidence before him and suspectipg
nothing wrong he left the place. and soon
the matter was forgotten, not TO be recalled
unlil Tuesday last.
On that day Officer Perrin was ordered
to arrest the scaveDger for obstructing the
sidewalk. and on going to the place the
incident of two years ago was recalled. He
asked If the woman was still there. but
could not make himself understood, and
so departed with his prisoner. He re-
ported what he knew of the matter to
Captain Short at the Southern station, and
was told by him to report it to the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
This he did yesterday. but was told by
Mr.. Sonntag, its president. that the case
would not come under its jurisdiction. but
that il ought to be reported TO the Insanity
Commissioners for their investigation.
This will be done tom orrow.
The Traverse family moved into their
present abode about five years ago, from
where no one knows. They held no COM
The morning call., 1894-02-04

Chicago at our street crossings" said Gen
eral Torrence last night, "whfle in London
they have not killed one person in twenty
four years. That is one of the arguments
ln favor OF the innovation, but there are
hnancial reasons which are quite as cogent.
Decisions Of the courts, both State
and national, have been given which
make 1t Illegal for city to vote away it's
streets to corporatons, and following that.
city ordinances have been passed which.
alter certain date, abolish car tracks at
grade. and all the roads will be forced to
take the elevated tracks, and we will then
have the same system as is now in vogue
In London aud Paris
The system of tracks that our company
VIII build will accommodate ten com
panles on the west and south sides. both
Tor freight and passenger business I'm
mense freight houses will be built. ten
stories high. into which the cars will be
run and elevated TO the different floors TO
be loaded and unlOaded, and all the work
VIII be done by hydraulic power. Such a
thlng as switch engine aud a crew will
be unknown.
We are at work now on the prelimipar
les, ana as soon as the big sanitary canal
is nnaliv located we will at once proceed.
building entirely on our own property. and
the streets Of the city will 60 back to the
people. their real owners"
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FOR FOUR YEARS.
Heart-Rending Case of
Mrs. Traverse.
HER HUSBAND HER JAILER.
Terrible Treatment of Poor
Insane Woman.
HER SHRIEKS FROM PUNISHMENT
The Neighbors Feared to Complain,
and the Discovery Made by
Accident.
HER HUSBAND HER JAILER.
Her sHRIEKs FROM PUNISHMENT

Seldom does there appear on the annals of
uDpunished crime case of more cruel or
inhuman treatment of wife by a husband
than that which has just been discovered
by Police Officer Al a. Perrin of the South
ern District station. To add to the seri-
BUSINESS of the outrages the woman was a
raving maniac while they were being per-
petrated. The discovery was made by
Officer Perrin accidentally while arresting
a scavenger in his home Tor dumping
refuse on the street. and bad it not been
for this the days Of torture of poor and
feeble-minded woman would not now be
drawing to an end.
Joseph Traverse lives with his father,
mother, vile and five children in a three
The morning call., 1894-02-04
he teams we're as follows:
Position.


F's average weight l62 pounds; BIS average
weight, I65 pounds.
When Referee Elliot fired blank shot
from revolver as a signal, the Battery +
men strained at the rope and succeeded IN
gaining about six inches of II, but the
heavier team at the other end soon put a
stop to that. and it seemed that the two
sets of athletes were aboutevenly matched.
The rope was at standstll for nearly a
quarter OF an hour, the Battery men
making frantic endeavOrs to pull
their opponents over. while the latter
contented themselves with holding their
own. They lay upon the rope patient and
immovaue while the battery boys began
to grow red in the face. and evidently to
suffer under the strain. Finally great
cheer went up from the crowd. as 1t was
observed that with a sudden and concen-
trated pull the marines had made the SOL
diers slip forward a notch.
1t was the beginning OF the end. Cap
tain WIsker motioned frantically to his
men to follow up their advantage, and
they did right nobly. Battery II were ex-
hauSte6, the rope dragged them irristibiy
along and could not be stopped uutil the
tive-foot mark had passed over 10 the side
OF the Commodores.
The referees pistol went off again. and
he vainly endeavored TO make himself
heard as he yelled that Company Il had
won the contest and the trophy. Battery
F's men rose from their recumbeut po-
sitions crestfalicn. but the Marine Reserves
leaped tn their feet aud had their arms
almost wrung from the sockets by entbu-
siastic admirers who pressed about them
and Insisted upon shaking their hands
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BATTERY F WAS TOO LIGHT.
1t Could Not Withstand Its
Heavier Opponents.
OVER IN SIXTEEN MINUTES.
The Entertainment for the Unem'
pioyed Women Proved Very
Spirited Affair.

A crowd of about 500 persons yelled
themselves hoarse last night in the armory
Of the Second Regiment. n. G. c., on Page
and Cough streets, where the tug-of- war
for the benefit of the fund for the relief of
unemployed women took place. The fund
is in the hands of the Associated Charities,
and will not be made very much larger by
last nights receipts as the paid admissions
by no means equaled in number the spec
tatOrs in attendance.
The armory was prettily decorated, and
the Fifth United States Artillery band
added 10 the life of the occasion with its
inspiriting strains.
The event of the evening, the tug Of
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IMPRISONED IN HER HOME

| the rain, did she go to the big gate which
| shut off the entrance to the stairs leading
| above and pleaded to be let in.
Traverse, however, turned deaf ear.
and finding her supplicati0ns were Of no
avail the poor tortured creature crept to
the dOghouse for shelter. There she re-
NAMED for several hours. until Traverse
bade her come out and return to her
prison. On her hands and knees from her
bed of straw within The dOghouse she
crept. wet and benumbed with the cold. in
which condition she was led to her rooms.
AT certain times Mrs. Traverse is much
more demonstrative than at others.
OfItimes in the quiet watches of the
night the neighbors in the block have been
awakened from their slumbers by piercing
shrieks proceeding from the wOman's
prison room. Night after night have they
lain in their beds listening to the screams,
until at last they would die away as from
exhaustion. All were afraid to make any
complaint. for fear of Traverso's ven-
geance, and so for all those years, without
a friend to raise hand in her defense.
the poor woman has suffered her torture.
not knowing why il was meted out to ner.
While in her prison two babes were born
to her, one of which died soon after COM
ing into the world, and the other, bright
little girl, now 2 years old, who lives in the
house.
A week ago Mrs. Traverse was taken
from her dungeon by her husband, who
in some way received information that the
case was to be Investigated, and now she
has the freedom of the house. Every
door on both floors, however, inside and
outside, is kept locked and the keys are
stored away where she will not be able to
get hold of them and make her escape.
Repeated knocks will seldom bring an an
swer to the front door. A face will ap-
pear at window. and, after taking a
look at the visitor, disappear not to return.
The morning call., 1894-02-04

and f. Carter. brothers. and boxers of the
Olympic Club. boxed three interesting
rounds. ana Paul Bernhard, also of the
Olympic, gave fine exhibition of club
swinging.
Then the teams were called out and in-
trOduced by CAPTAIN Charles f. Kiusman
OF Battery +. John Elliot, another Olym-
pian, vas referee; b. c. Deautreau and
A. G. Quinlan Judge and timekeeper for
Company B. aud Robert Duncan aud
Charles A. jerks judge and timekeeper for
Battery f.
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General Barnes, Ass.iy.nt

Charles Allen. recently convicted of
being one OF the miscreants who assaulted
General W. I'll. L. Barnes one evening as
the general was entering his residence
was sentenced last evening by Judge
Belcher 10 fourteen years. imprisonment I
In San Quentin. This is the extreme pen-
Allen was convicted 'o1
The morning call., 1894-02-04

twenty-five pounds OF c0ntrabrand opium in a
Onlhese store tn re. The officers expected 10
make big haul, but got the tip too late. finding
only zoo or 300 empty opium cans In the rear
OIL the store, the drug evidently having been
sold recently
The morning call., 1894-02-04
ELEVATED TERMINAL ROADS
The System of Improvement Planned
for Chicago.

General Joseph T. Terrence, one of
Chicago's wealthy railroad magna ates, ar
rived from the Windy City yesterday in
search of climate and few days rest.
General Terrence is at the head of the
Elevated Terminal Railroad Company,
roads into Chicago on elevated tracks and
thus forever do away with grade cross
ings.
1--WE Kill about 700 people a year in
The morning call., 1894-02-04

MEYERS WIGwAM THEATER TO the front.
hVe-rooster orchestra playing on brass AID
string Instruments; The Musical Ma.ons
Spider Kelly aud Young Cnoynsk,. Vernon
Sisters; Gilbert and GoIdie, etc., making one
OF the most sensational SHOWS ever given In
tnis city at popular prices Go early MONDAY
night, February 5, for good seat
The morning call., 1894-02-04

A. H. Goodrich, the convicted coin sweater
was taken before Judge Morrow in the
District Court Yesterday for sentence. On
motion OF counsel for the defense the date wa
postponed to next Friday at IL A. M.
The morning call., 1894-02-04

Mrs. Charles Peake. lady evangelist, will
spe ak this evening at the First United Presby-
terian Church, Golden Gate avenue and Polk
street, on "Tbe Young Man and His Mother"
The morning call., 1894-02-04

Denny and Van Haltren have both re-
covered from their attack Of la grippe, and
will surely be on hand.
The morning call., 1894-02-04
BASEBALL TO-DAY.

fIHdf Udme UI Tie BOStOnS and
Locals.
The Bostons will meet picked nine Of
local professional ball-players this after
noon at the Haight-street Grounds. The
locals are to be conceded five runs and the
bunt is to be allowed, so that lively,
hustling game may be looked for
This week the visitors from Beantown
leave for New Orleans, playing at ali the
principal cities ell route, including Los
Angeles, Ell Paso and San Antonio Fol-
lowing is the makeup to-day:
The morning call., 1894-02-04

On Friday Special Treasury Agent Phenix.
accompanied by Customs INSPECTORS Spragur
and Crowley, went TO San Jose and seized
The morning call., 1894-02-04
HAM AND EGGS.

Eastern Sugsr-cured Hams per 70 ............ l3
Best Picnic Hams per 10 o...........,........ 10
Best Mission Eggs, per dozen. ............... 25
Best Ranch Eggs, per dozen. zen.....,..,..... 90
Best Point Reyes Fresh Butter. .,,,.. so
Point Reyes Pickle Butter. r...........,,.,... 35
212 D0s Best Creamery Butter. ............ SO
IA Cans Best Tomatoes ..,.......... Al m
Best Silver Prunes per b fb................. az
Choice California Prunes, per 10 D.... 06
Large Cans Baltimore Oysters 80
Packages Breakfast Gem........... Ok
fsckaees 1 win Brothers Mush.. 20
70 IDS Best Rolled Oats s.................... l 90
81 IDS BEST hoiled W neat. .,........ 90
3-quart Cans Soup p..........,........ OK
Cakes Dinmore Soap. Ok
e-saioh Neg rIckles' ..,...--................. 75
S-sa0n keg syrup / 25
Soda Crackers. per box. ox.........,..... b0
The morning call., 1894-02-04

Samples sent free to any address.
The morning call., 1894-07-31
SHOEMAKERS ACT.
To ReorganiZe the White
Labor Union.
An Effort Will Be Made to Bring All
Members of the Local Trade
Into One Body.

An effort is being made to reorganize the
shoemakers' union of San Francisco, and a
meeting was held on Monday evening in a
room in st. AIMS building and definite steps
taken TO that END.
The purpose is to bring all the men employed
In the manufacture OF shoes into one union
A year ago the man at the he ad and front OF the
shOemakers' union drifted into olher business
and the union, which had been sturdy and
active agent In maintaining good standard of
wages, tell TO pieces. The same result that
followed the disintegratiOn of the painters and
the cigar-makerS' unions speedily overlook
them.
An instance is cited of a man who worked at
piece work in the factory Of the American Shoe
Company. After TWO weeks hard work he had
earned just 81. With the carfare he paid to
get 10 work and the accelerated appetite he Sc
cured through his work lie considered himself
financial loser and sought some other en-
ployment. The American Shoe COMPANY ad-
mlts says they have been paying very low rates.
but that they have recently increased them TO a
living basis
LAS it is now" said member of the craft,
yesterday. a. he shCemakerS are completely
dlSorganlZed ano We have to stand by and wit
ness a leading shoe manufacturing house get
ting It's shoes almost entirely made III Chlua-
town and newly finished up in the shop. White
labor has TO handle work of The Chlnaman. All
that sort of thing will be changed and living
wages secured-even in hard times, Tor peopie
must wear snoes-wben we are orgahiZeu