davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
Stiii Has . Few Dollars Left.

CHICAGO, Aug. 10. Over s37s, 900 has
been distributed among the creditors of
John Cudahy, being the first payment of
20 per cent made in discharge of the lia-
bilities scheduled against him when he
placed his estate in liquidatio N, two years
M
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
A California Murder Cnse.

OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. l9.-Jenn ME Lewis,
who was shot last Monday, is dead Will
lam Muller, the signal officer in the en-
ploy Of the United States weather bureau
who is accused of shooting the girl, is in
s.u
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
Committed to Free silver.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 19.-The Democratic
convention passed resolutions opposing
Calvin 5. Bricc ms United States senator
and favorinr the free coinage of silver.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
About the ChlIlnn Lnnn.

SANTIAGO, Aug. i9.-Thc assertion that
the proposed ioau Of fe,50ooDo for public
works and railways Is intended to provide
sneans in casc of war is denied.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
HOLMES HATCH.
Once Lived In Providence and De-
serted His Wife There.
HAD AN INEVITABLE RECORD
All-Round SwIndler and a Big
amIst as Well.

PROVIDENCE, Aug. 1o.-Inspcctors In
the Providence police department have
Just made the discovery that Hatch" tho
much-wanted. .accomplice Of the notorious
IL. Ii. Holmes, formerly lived In this city,
and that his wife Is living here at tho
present time. They have suspected for
some time that Hatch" and one Charles
Brace, formerly photographer here were
one and the same person, but were unable
TO verify their suspicious until within the
past few days.
Samuel l.. Kirk of this city is brother
in-law OF Brace. Kirk admitted that his
sister married Brace, and that the latter
deserted her. According to Kirk, Brace
Is "Hatch's" right namo. Brace was born
"a years ago In New York, and was edu-
Gated at Mooer's Forks, small place in
Clinton county, near the Canadian from
tier. While there he was model young
man, and was for time Sunday school
teacher.
Twelve years ago, while studying for
the ministry, he married Melissa Kirk, the
daughter of well-to-do farmer. Soon
after tho wedding DR. Mudgett came TO
board In the Brace family. Young Brace
and the doctor became fast friends. One
day, however, the elder Brace and Dr.
Mudgett quarreled, and the latter moved
Young Brace and his wife soon after
this went TO Boston, where Brace ar
ranged to go into partnership in a grocery
business In Cambridge. The firm was
known as Brace 81 Hull, but one day
Brace secured all the available cash and
disappeared.
Career Of Crime Begun Early.
The next heard from him was that no
was working for Rose photographers
here. He took charge Of Mr.. Roses Maria
gansett Pier office one summer, but after
collecting all the loose money, and kissing
his wife good-by, no left the city. He
never returned, but went TO Chicago,
where he was known as Charles hilbert.
His wife had brother In Chicago, and
through him she learned that he had
married l9-year-old girl, and was en-
ployed in one Of the Offices of the Standard
Oil company.
On learning this, Mrs. Brace went TO
Chicago and laid her case before her hus-
bands employers. They called i'm Gilbert,
and she at once recognized him as her hus-
band. He refused To give either his wife
or his employers any satisfaction and the
next day he and his second wife left Chi
caRo.
Mrs. Brace came back here, where she
has remained ever since. After her hus-
band left Chicago, she heard no was with
DIR. Mudgett, alias Holmes, at st. Louis.
While there, his second wife was not with
him, and Mrs. Brace is Of the opinion she
was put out OF the way.
Mrs. Brace states that her husbands
mother Is probably the only one of his
relatives who knows where he Is now.
She lives in Bellows Falls, VT, and is
known to have heard from her son re-
Gently. Mrs. Brace and her brother. Mr..
Kirk, are willing TO do all they can toward
bringing Brace to justice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
Talked TO Soldiers.

In the evening the emperor attended q
banquet at Potsdam, given by the First
brigade OF foot guards, TO celebrate the an
niyersary OF the war Of 1870. Replying to
toast To his health. the emperor said:
with full heart thank you for the
beautiful words which have given ex-
preston TO the feelings Of all comrades
here assembled. The ground where we
now are Is hallowed by historic memories
From this spot my grandfather of blessed
memory dispatched the battalions OF the
first regiment of the guards on their
march into the field, after addressing
them with inspiring words; here it was
that he assembled the first regiment of the
guards in order TO express, on the occasion
OF the 10th anniversary of his coronation,
his thanks and acknowledgements for
their services during the war
THE great successes whioh the army,
under the leadership OF Emperor William,
and more especially the Prussian Guards,
achieved, derived their origin from the
precepts instilled into US by the blessed
emperor. What was il that constituted
the great strength of the armyp Ii was
implicit submission To- the will OF its SUI
preme commander. Therefore, we ought
constantly to remember the three virtues
which he described as the main pillars of
the army-courage, honor and implicit
obedience. let us, with unremittng ef-
forts, maintain and strengthen these quail
tiles. Then will the army remain such
rs the great emperor created IL. IL will
then form basis for the peace of Europe,
and justify the saying of Won Moltke:
we are not only strong enough to main
tain the peace of Europe, but also to en-
force it,
with heartfelt congratulations TO the
brigade on the occasion of this glorious
festival, which IL Is enabled To celebrate in
company with many brave comrades who
fought the battle OF Saint Privat, raise
my glass ana drink To the health and well
fare of the first brigade of the whole body
Of guards and OF my army"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
The EMPEROR.
Germans Unite In Paying Trih::.e to
the Dead Rulers Memory.
HIS VALIANT DEEDS RECALLED
BY Erection of a National Mon
ument In His Honor,
us VALIANT DEEDS RECALLED

BERLIN, Aug. 1o.-The 25th anniversary
Of the battle Of Gravelotte. which had so
decisive influence upon tho Franco-Prus-
sian war, was signalized here by the layi
ing OF the foundation stone of the national
monument to the late Emperor William
by his grandson, Emperor William III, in
the presence of many Of the German SOW
ereigns and other dignitaries.
At O'Clock yesterday morning n -four
ishof trumpets announced the arrival OF
Emperor William, who was received by
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe. The emperor
lEter deposited under the foundation Of the
monument 20 his grandfather memorial
document, In which he referred TO the en-
thusiastic uprising of the German nations
under his grandfather, Emperor William
the Great, who had restored to the German
nations their ardently desired unity, and
had succeeded in securing for the newly
risen emperor Its proper weight In the
system of states.
Addressing the brilliant assembly, En-
peror William read aloud from the docu-
ment to be deposited In the foundation
stone, as follows: "The self-sacrificing
accord OF the German princes; the wise
counsel and energetic support of Won Bis
marck; the consummate strategy and
genius of Won Moltke; the unequaled
courage and ability Of the commanders Of
the army, and, before all, Crown Prince
Frederick William; the devoted fidelity Of
Field Marshal Won Room, and the disci-
pline of the people, rendered success GER
tain.
but, also, I'm the direction of works OF
peace, the emperor was untiring to his
last breath in active furtherance of the
welfare OF the working classes. The statue
OF William the Great should form testi-
mony OF the distinguishable gratitude Of
the princes and people Of Germany"
AT this point Count Won Lerchenfeld
handed Emperor William a trowel, re-
questing that his majesty would lay the
foundation OF a memorial which would
remind Germany Of the great period Of
her history, and which the entire nation
desired to erect to the founder of its unity
and greatness.
After the emperor had spread the
cement on the stone, Baron Won Buol-
Berenberg gave his majesty mallet, at
the same time declaring that the memorial
would be u bronze monument Of the mex
tinguishable gratitude of the nation. The
emperor then tapped the stone twice with
the mallet, saying: ''In memory OF the
A"iich' III ccoRnition OF tne nVlnS, anu
In emulation Of future generations"
The imperial and royal pcrsonages pres
ent then tapped the stone In succession,
while salute of 10l guns was fired and
the bands played. Superintendent Gen
eral Fabre delivered n short address, and
after the bcnediction the band played
"Nun Danket ALE Gott" Three cheers
for the emperor were then given. The
troops presented arms and the bands
played Hell dir Kaiser"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
Outing Shirts :: !: :: :: :: =: :: G.:
o,,~
1ruI 1IK hn New York Yacht
luUuuS Uupw Island New English and Stamford call andExams
Special Classified Directory.
TEACHERS AND COMPOSERS.

EIOCUTIOy, Physical Culture and Voice
5uilding taught by Miss saaie A. German.
503 Broad way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-19
TOURISTS
POLICIES.
ms TRANCE.

Insurance furnished on Wearing Ap-
parel, Jewelry and Personal Effects
to cover sane ANYWHERE in the
United States or Carada, in Hotels,
Laundries, Railway stations, Ira ms,
Boats-wherever they may be.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04
miscellaneous.

Independents manufacturers OK telephones
and telephone supplies are organizing N
.Pistshrrg for $ho purpose OF fighting the Bel
'.7:asc.sesfp,tt:cre z s.e Company.
=; The Southern Railway reports for May
gross earnings Of 1888, ,5e3. an increase OF
$50 S37: expenses and taxes, 81, ,lS4, ,27ss IL
crease. s45.S15; net. s205, ,224: increase, S47,-
O22. and from July Isl to May Sra, gross,
S15. .7S9.e25, increase, 1886, ,S06. expenses ana
taxes, SlO,9O2.6 .65S, decrease, S25S,4o6; Het,
81, ,sS7 ,256, increase, s645,2s2.
J. L. Eisenberg, OF South Bend, OEta.,
publisher of the Wave and the au!hoc OF the
scurrillous article that leadto the Aillng o.
REGISTER Patterson and Marshal Williams,
!eri towo to avoid being mobbed. The people
on reading the article, became so IncenseG
that threats Of mob were freely made and
had be been found he would nave been sun,
marilv dealt with. Threats are made against
the Wave Office and il was with great dlEn-
cultv that the crowd was kept from tearing
the building te pieces.
While this is about the du!lest season OF sne
wear for railway freight traffic, receipts show
q good increase over last years business:
The net gain of 50 lines in the first week OF
june was 1918 per cent. Only S. have se-
ported as yet for the second week, ana tneV
net increase IS about s per cent.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04

few sentences were stricken out and
the Declaration was then adopted. 1t
was at once entered upon the journal
of Congress; but the engrossed copy,
on parchment, was not prepared and
signed until August ..
During the first twenty-four years
of its existence the Declaration was pre-
served among the archives of the Gov
ernment at Philadelphia, and during
all or part OF that time it was IN
doubtedly rolled up, as it shows by the
cracks in the parchment that it must
have been rolled for long period,
and it is known that subsequent to
that time it was hung up exposed to
public gaze.
When, in the year 1900, the Ma
tional Government was transferred to
Washington, the Declaration was ca--
ried there and deposited in the De-
partment of State, where it remained
for forty-one years. In the year lo4l
a.. substantial building having been
erected for the use of the United
States Patent Office, which had form
erIy been in the State Department,
and the State Department being n
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04
COMMERCIALREPORT
THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING.
Business Improving Despite the Crop
Prospects.

r. G. DUMB Cos trade review for the
past week says: The half yearly report OF
failures next week will include about $500
against 7,O59 for the first half Of last year,
and liabilities of about s68,000,G00 against
s1O1, SIS, 152 las. year. But for the cordage
concern, the aggregate would be nearly %
per cent less than last year, and the manu-
featuring liabilities &c per cent. less but in
cuding it. the manufacturing liabilities will
be about $40 900, 900, 900 against s41 Ate, ,102
last year, and the trading s45, ,000, 900 against
s52, ,34J, 97S last year, while miscellaneous liza
bilities were only S2,70O,O0O against 1885,
072 last year. Failures for the past week
have been 256 in the United States against
214 last wear and % in Canada against 35
last year
Business is better, although the crop out
look, affecting prospects beyond the near fu-
ture, is a little less distinct.
Cotton has fallen three-SiXteenths to seven
cents, in spite of reports of serious injury by
rains in Texas and Louisiana.
A little buying by Northern spinners sur
prises the market for their takings have been
more than enough for the years consump-
ton. and British returns show a great de-
crease in exports of cotton goods. The labor
troubles are passing with frequent advances
in the rate of wages paid.
The closing OF the contract by the syndicate
raises the Treasury reserve about 500, 600 600
but the certainty that no more gold is TO be
imported by the bankers makes foreign ex-
change stronger, and il a large part OF the
bonds taken abroad have been re-sold to
this country. deliverable as soon as possible,
as some believe, the heavy merchandise I'M
ports for June at New York, 49 per cent.
larger than last year, against exports about
Q per cent. slaaller, will render exports Of
gold altogether probable. Money still comes
hither from the West in amounts aggregat-
ting $3.50, 900 daily, and commercial loans
are enlarging, particularly on iron and other
manufacturing paper.
The volume OF business represented by e1-
changes through the principal clearing
houses is, for the past week, IS s per cent
larger than last year, really surprising gain
and only to per cent. less than in 1892,
while the average for the month is % per
cent. larger than last year and IL per cent.
less than in 1892 The return is highly en-
couragins, in spite Of the comparative magni-
tude Of speculative importations.
There are a few evidences OF revival OF
general trade at the South, ssbut merchants at
almost all leading cities in that region report
that the demand continues very moderate,
and ecllestions are saw SSta2R aFa proso 11sos
We and the business outlook is reported
encouraging. Incessant rains in Texas have
hurt the crops. Increased shipments by
Galveston jobbers are reported due rather to
a railway freight rate war than to increased
demand.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04

archive has become hardly more than
blank and wrinkled sheet of paper,
solicitude for it's preservation has be-
gun to be felt, and at last it is cared
for as it should have been cared for
years ago.
It was my privilege some time since
"a privilege then accorded to few,
and now, under the strictest prohibi-
tion accorded to none-to see and
touch this precious document, says
writer in the Detroit Free Press. 1t
is kept locked up in steel safe in the
library of the Department of State.
It is spread out fat in a mahogany
portfolio, made to slide in and out OF
the safe, and over it is sheet of
thick paper and plate of glass. ltis
now never exposed to the light, and is
as little exposed to the air as is posi-
BILE without placing it in It vessel from
which the atmosphere has been ex-
hausted.
The document is single sheet of
parchment, thirty-six inches long and
and thirty-two inches wide, and bears
no scrolls or decorations such as are
seen upon many of the copies that are
SC common. The body of the writing
having been evenly and clearly written
when tie instrument was engrossed, is
still even, though badly faded, and
can hardly be made out, but the sig
natures. which were written perhaps
with O different ink and another pen,
arc faded and beyond recognition,
many of them being wholly gone, and
others partly so The heavy stroke of
the pen in the J of John Haucock,s
bold autograph is still visible, but
that is the only line that is distinct.
The history of the origin of this
great State paper is we'll known to
most Americans, but is always inter
esting. The story of the varied and
disastrous fortunes of the document
itself during the past lis years is less
known, and is here told.
On the 26th of June, 177G, o com.
mittee, of which Thomas Jefferson
was Chairman, was appointed by the
Continental Congress, then sitting at
Philadelphia, to draft declaration
setting forth the reasons why the thir.
teen colonies should become indcpen-
dent of England Jefferson was re-
quested by the other members Of the
committee to prepare the draft, and
this draft when presented was at once
approved by a majority OF the commit
tee, few verbal alterations only be-
ing suggested. On July I'd copy Of
this draft was laid before Congress,
and, after hot debate of three days, a
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04

document to the Exposition to be
placed on exhibition. The Secretary
OF the Interior, Hon. Zacharlah
Chandler, wrote a letter to President
Grant, setting forth the reasons why
this request ought not to be complied
with, but this request was granted,
and, on its hundredth birthday, the
great charter, faded and scarcely
legibie, returned to the place OF its
birth, and there was exposed to the
gaze of the American people, its pitt
full condition standing rebuke to the
National Government.
In 1877, at the close of the exposi'
ton, the Common Council of Phila-
delphia petitioned Congress for au-
thority to retain the Declaration and
to place it in Independence Hall. This
request was refused. and the docu-
ment was brought back to Washington,
but upon request of Hamilton Fish,
then Secretary of State-the Secretary
of the Interior consenting-it was
again returned to the State Depart
ment, where it has since remained.
While the Declaration was IN the
Patent Office an excellent photolitho-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04
The First OF Its Kind.

The State against Mack McE!voy
colored) aud NJ. C. Deaver, (wlite)
fox criminal negligence aua mansl&uSh-
ter, was the most important case Mt
the recent session of the court for
Chester county The prosecution was
brought by friends of Rev. Mr.. Ora
ham. who lost his wife and son cn
Broad river last January, while cross
ing on the fiat owned and operated by
Mr.. Deaver. This case YVES strange
one and nothing like it has ever been
known IN the courts Of South Carolina
before. The trial Of this case lasted
through most of Tuesday and all of
Wednesday and the jnry. after re-
naming out brt about .h:ee minutes,
returned verdict of not guilty.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04
DECLARATION INDEPENDENCE

graphic copy, reduced to about half
its size, was made by the Government
photolithographer. Later, g. full sized
copperplate engraving was prepared,
and the copies printed from this plate
are perfect fac-similes of the original.
It is believed that in making this en-
craving the original was seriously
damaged by chemical application to
restore the fainter lines; but it may be
said that if this engraving had not
been made there would not be an exact
copy of this most important document
in existence. A framed copy OF this
engraving may be seen in the library
of the State Department, and, what is
even more interesting In frame be-
meath it, is shown Thomas Jeferson's
original draft of the declaration, in
his own handwriting and with ali OF
his erasures and interlineations just as
it left his hand.
The singing of the Declaration Of
Independence was solemn act. The
singers were subjects Of King George,
and their act was treason. If the King
could have caught them he would have
hung them every one, and this they
knew; but according to the traditions
that have come down to us, this knowl-
edge did not deter certain of them
from relieving the solemnity of the oc-
casion with the natural flow of their
wit and humor. The remarks sttri-
buted to them are not exactly authen-
ticated by history, but they are too
good not to be believed. It is said
that when John Hancock affixed his bold
autograph he remarked: 'eThe Eng
lishmen will have no difficulty in read
Ing that ;" that when Franklin signed
he said: 'Now we must all hsng to-
gether or we will hang separately;;"
and that Charles Carroll, of Carrollton,
when asked why he wrote his s.place of
residence, replied that there was an
other Charles Carroll and he didn't
want them t. hang the wrong man.
The most enthusiastic advocate Of
the great measure, and the one who
led the debate in its support wasJohn
Adams, of Massachusetts,, and when the
Declaration was adopted he wrote to
his wife: :"This will be the most memoir
able epoch in the history of America;
celebrated by descending generations
as the great anniversary festival. COM
memorated as the day of deliverance
by solemn acts of devotion to God AL
mighty, solemnized with; pomps,
shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bon
fires, and iluminstions from one end
of the continent to the: other, from
this time forward, forever
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-04

brick building, and not ire-proof,
Daniel Webster, Secretary of State,
addressed letter to Henry L. Ellis
worth, the Commissioner of Patents,
and requested him to receive the Dec
claration and other valuable docu-
ments into his custody for safe keep
ing. This request was complied with,
and for the next thirty-dve years the
Patent Office retained charge of the
precious paper, ont it was while there
it suffered its greatest injury. It was
hung up, exposed to public view, be-
hind the glass in one end of a case of
Patent Office models. At certain hours
OF the day the sun shone directly upon
it, and, of necessity, it gradually
faded. It is amazing almost beyond
the power Of belief that of the dozen
Commissioners ofPatents who had the
custody Of this document during
those thirty-fye years, not one of them
saw that it was being ruined, and not
one Of them had the forethought to
tebe it out of the sunlight and put it
away in darkness. In England such
treatment of an important State paper
is unheard of. Magma Charta, the
death warrant OF Queen Mary ana
other archives in the British Museum
four or five times as old as our Declare
tion of Independence, are still kept in
a condition of perfect preservation.
In 1875 Congress woke up to the
outrage that was being perpetrated
and appointed a commission consist
ing of the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of the Smithsonian In
stitution-Professor Joseph Henry
and Ainsworth r. Spofford, the
Librarian of Congress, ''to have resort
to such means as will most effectually
restore the writing of the original
manuscript Of the Declaration of In
dependence, with the signatures ap-
pended thereto" Experts were con-
suited by this commission, and finally,
the matter was referred to the
National Academy of Sciences. 1t
having become known that the great
Declaration was fading away, the pub
lie became interested in the effort
made for its restoration, and the pub
lie press urged the Importance of
prompt action, but years went by
and nothing was done. The National
Academy Of Sciences reported to the
commission that portions of the
restoration was impossible. Mean
while, in 1876 George W. Childs, of
Philadelphia, and Frank NJ. Etting,
in charge of the historical department
of the Centennial Exposition, re-
quested the Government to send the