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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20

will havo team OF champ uionship candi-
dates at the Manhattan leld contests IN
New York tho coming season. The mOss
likely can liaatc among the southcrners IL
T.. j. Miltcnbcrgcr, who, from rs porform-
ances may Justly lay claim 10 tbs titl'
Of ali around athlete. Ere. years az
age, stands feet inch high and Is bulls
with tho classic uniformity OF "a Hcrcnlcs.
When In condition. he weighs 2I5 pounds
and has frequently upset oil theory In nih-
lctic calculation by carrying without much
seeming orOr, 'bis mass @. weight ana
avoirdupols c.stancc % 10 feet ~ Inches
In n standing broad jump and b feet Inch
In a standing hig1l jump.
IL Is Miltcnborgcr's intention 10 Try Tor
the all around athletic championship ON
July l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
New Policemen.

At the session OF The Board of Aldermen
this afternoon Charles w. Kirby and Pat
rick j. Fconey were appointed as MEM
bers of the police force
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
Injuries Resulted Fatally.

Thomas McGrail, struck by an engine at the
Union depot yesterday, died at the Rhode
lsland Hospital this afternoon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20

Fisc boys. inmrics of thc Connecticut
School for Boys Et Morldtu escaped some
time during the night by slinga board
fence 20 feet high. One OF them, Michael
U'Donnell. WIS captured at Berlin today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
MMEY.

Money on call nominally 3la(Gi per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 5l2(07 per
cent. Sterling exchange firm with actual
business In bankers bills at 4S7l2@1S73i
for demand and 1851 G9iS6lo for 80 days.
Posted rates 4S7(9lS7la and 4SSlo and 4S9.
Commercial bills 4S5l2. Silver certificates
9! 7-s@6Sla no sales. Bar silver, 673i.
Mexican dollars, 81. Government bonds
strong.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
FINANCIAL NEWS

The only feature of the market during
the greater part of the last hour was di-
minished activity. Prices, however, were
well maintained, until just before mid
day, when slight recessions occurred on
realizing sales. i he sales TO noon were
81. 800 shares, including 81, 400 listed and
IL, 900 unlisted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20

p The Eric IS ccompletoly booked. Two
trains are stalled just west of Leroy, ~.
V, and the snow plow and its engine i'm
rallied.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
WHEAT.

Wheat receipts, $500 bushels; sales, 45), :
COO bushels. Options opened steady on
a cold wave, better cables and reported
big export business yesterday, reacted
under liquidation. May, II 9-16@71 1916;
July, II 5-16fD7l 3-S.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20

Heavy shipping hogs, 90 75a4 12la.
Cattle, 300.
Sheep. 1900.
May wheat puts 6ias; calls 65asb.
May corn puts 30lsb; calls Bob.
CurU wheat 657sb.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
Yesterdays 8
Chicago Grain Market.

IOlaI saIes, -OZ, 20. MarheI CIOseu
steady.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Concerning Matrimonial Relations.

less violent verbal abuse" before the
husband Is justified in resorting To such
actions as will be regarded us mot dis
proporlionate 10 the provocatiOn?" And
again. will all judges In all the States
take the same view that was taken by the
New Jersey vice chancellor?
Under the old English Ia W husband had
the right TO administer a certain amount Of
corporal punishment to the wife of his
BOSOM In the United States, no wever, the
prejudice against such exercise of con
jugal authority is very strong, aud the New
Jersey judges reassertion of the husbands
prerogative is the only judicial delivery of
that sort that has come under our notice.
That is what makes it So perpicxing. Per
haps the august judges of the District
courts may some time grapplc the ques-
ton Meanwhile, all husbands will do well
not to place too great a reliance upon the
soundness of Jersey justice and be careful
that their counter actions are mot dispro-
portionate to the provocatiou."
The evening times., 1896-04-10

A New Jersey judge has rendered
decision which, if 1T establishes pre-
cedent, may cause serious trouble in
the domestic relations of husbands and
wives. not only in the State of mosquitoes
and ''tanglefoot,'' but all over the Union.
The case is this: A wife applied for a
divorce on the ground that her husband
had beaten her. On the trial of the
case IL was shown that she had given great
provocatiOn, and the judge held that "a
wife is not entitled to a divorce because
of verbal and physical actions on the part
of the husband. If such counter actions are
not disproportionate to the provocation.'
The trouble comes in on the construction.
of the last five words. When will the
husbands action he mot dispFoportionate
to the provocation?' Now, what con-
stitutes provocation for one man is
regarded as mere trifle by another, and
where one would pass by with laugh The
other might retaliate with blow. A gain,
how far may a wife go, with more or
The evening times., 1896-04-10
HEA!ksspr { i

IS II S SIlB9arded a car to como down to
the thcater last evening"" said an
Ayenlt business man. "a lady and
gentleman preceded me. Both / noticed
were handsomely dressed. That was. as
far as my observation extended at thattime.
When we enterei the car we both sat down
on the same .sile.
1.-TWO ladies were seated Immediately OPP
posite me. Presently both OF them began 10
snuff the air u little. Then they sniffled.
There was something displeasing tn their
nostrils in the car. Next they looked AT
each other ami smiled, and then both stared
ut me again. | began to grow nervous.
After twitching about i'll my seat FOL
awhile, looked in the direction OF the lady
and gentleman who had boarded the car
with me. The former sat nearest me. She
was attired in costume OF light silk,
heavily trimmed in rich lace. fur-lined
white gloves and it was very evident that
she, too. was going to tho theater. Three
or four heavy rings, we'll set with stones.
decked her hands, and two rather gaudy dia-
monds sparkled in her ears.
While was looking at her she turned her
head toward me. Such an odor OF onions
as caught never eminated from German
kitchen. The ladies' across the aisle looked
at me again. l was falstly accused, so
got up and left the car. The handsomely
attired lady and the smell OF onions was
left behind and must have been vindi-
Gated"
The evening times., 1896-04-10
SAKS
STRANGLED In A TRAP DOOR
Peculiar Death of Little Auguste
Karasch Near Hobok9n.
Had Climbed TO Their Cote to Feed
Her Pigeons, when the Lad
der Slipped.

New York, April IO.-Auguste karasch,
the eleven year-oh daughter OF Karl Ka
rasch, who lives III the village OF sccancus'
near HUboken, met deatn IN Il peculiar
manner Tuesday afternoon.
1t was AUgustc's custom when coming
nome from school each day to feed and
water her pigeons. She did that Tuesday,
climbing UP the ladder Jus, inside the stable
door, going through the trap-joor into me
oft, anI putting food and water into the
cote out on the roof.
The. pigeons were always there 10 meet
Augustc. They knew she would come and
sing as she made their tiny home Comforta-
bic She was singing Tuesday when she
turned to descend. There was Il lot of
snow at the loot OF the ia,der, which WAS
not fastened 10 anything.
The girl lifted the heavy traP-dJor aud
crept do wn two or three rungs OF the ladder.
Both arms were uplifted, rs her hands were
holding up the trap-donr. Then the ladder
began to slip. AuGuste clung tightly to the
side Of the trap-dOur. There was nothing
else to which she could hold.
Suddenly the ladder dropped completely
out from under her Auguste fell too, and
80 did the trap-donr. The Child's chm struck
on the flooring along the edge OF the trap.
At the same moIGent the door struck her
IN the back of the neck.
Size was pniuncd between the flooring
and the door. and she was >trangiiug. She
made 4 desperate struggle to save herself.
for when She WIS found her little arms
were thrust through the aperture, and were
badly bruised. At last. exhausted. 'he little
girls bold had weakened, and she died
in agony.
Both of her shoes were kicked off. 50 v!o-
.cnt had been her struggles. Tne elder mar
red sister. Amanda. discovered AuEuste
hanging through the trap, the ladder lying
oh the floor.
Sine ran shriekinE tn the ncighbors. Some
small boys took down the body. They say
there was Il Little life left. II there had
been a physician nearby the child might
have been revived. The girls mother has
not slept or eaten since the accident She
threatens To kill herself, and her husband
says she viii keep her word.
The evening times., 1896-04-10

two children 90 in their room, telling them
70 90 to sleep Then the mother would c,o>e
the double doors between. and she and Mr.
Harvey would sit up talking until late at
night.
All this time Mr.. Ryou was at his Work,
which kept him at the Department or a gri-
culture from O'Clock in the afternoon until
after midnight.
The man owed US $40 for hoasd.' said
the child, land papa aud mamma fre-
uuently Guarrcled about him. They never
fused before he came. hut mamma told
plpa she loved Mr.. Harvey. and then they
fused. Tuesday papa told the man that he
had better get out that he wanted the ROOM
and would not wait any longer for it. He
owed ten weeks board. and had better get
another boarding place. The man went
away, and papa and mamma had
another fuss. and mamma said she would
not stay home any more; that Mr.. Harvey
was gentleman, and that she WAS going
away to her people in -Leesburg-
Before this she told papa that the rent
was due, and asked him for the money to
pay it with. Papa let her have $50, and
now she is gone, and did not pay the rent
but took the money with her
soon after papa went to work Tuesday
afternoon the man came back, and when
ne knocked / went To the door. and he said
he wanted TO get some pictures he left
IN his room. He went upstairs and got
several OF his things and went out. Mamma
was not in the house md he did not see her.
That night, though. after dark, mamma
mt some OF her clothes in tablecloth
and went out In the back yard TO the
alley gate. That Is all we know about
her going away" she added.
DESERTED HER HOME.
When Mr.. Ryon returned home that
night he found his children in the care
of an old lady who boarded with the family,
and learned for the first time that his
wife had deserted him for the dark-eyed
stranger.
He made inquiries and learned that
Harvey met his wife at the rear gate. No
one seems to have any idea where they
nave gone. Mr.. Ryon does not believe
mis- wife went home To her aunt in Lees
burg He thinks her remark was merely
for a blind and believes she is Still in
this city.
Harvey did not appear to have any money,
and his clothes We're of the shabby genteel
type When last seen he was attired in
a black suit much the worse for wear.
There was another hoar,!er in the r. yon
home. and he seems TO know more about
Harvey than anyone else, though that is
very little. He is Bush EnSey. cousin OF
Mr.. Harvey. Enscy was employed as a
carpenter on the Lafayette Square Opera
House just Lcfore il wGs completed. aud
says that Harvey did some work there
painting for one week. Beyond this, be
knows nothing of the man.
Walter Harvey is said to be so dark that
ae closely approaches i mulattoin appear
ance. and il has been rumored that he first
arrived in Washington during the advent
OF the Coxeyitcs.
Mrs. Ryon. according 10 the statement
Of her child and the other boarders. was
very much Infatuated with the man. and
for many weeks the Ryon hcme has Eeen
in a state of uproar Lccause of their ac
lions. Mrs. Ryon is the niece OF Richard
and Jennie Green. of Leesburg. Va. Her
parcEts are both dead.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
DEVIL TOLD HIM To MURDER
Seventeen Year-Old John Smith
Confesses an Awful Crime.
He Had Killed Husband, Wife, Two
Daughters and u Hired Man and
Cut Up the Bodies.

Akron, Ohio, April 10.-Particulars OF
the confession dra wn by Detectives Doran
and Decelle or Cleveland from the mur
derer OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Stone have
been obtained
At 3 O'Clock on Wednesday afternoon
the detectives confronted Smith with the
evidence they had gathered against him.
''Jchn Smith, we are sent by the Lord
to have you tell US about the crime"
suddenly exclaimed Doran.
Smiths jaw dropped, his cheek bianched
and his face began to twitch. Then came
forth the Acknowledgement.
''The devil told me to do these murders.
! went TO bed at O'Clock on The night the
Stones were murdered, and after had laid
there little while the devil got hold of
me and told lie to go and kill the Stone
family. l got up and dressed and went
down stairs. I took an old pair of pants,
and tearing two holes in them for my eyes.
made n mask that covered my face and
hung down below my knees
Then took the baseball bat that was
in the woodshed and started for the Stone
house. 1 got TO the house and. taking the
ladder from the barn, placed 1t against the
house and climbed up and looked into the
room, where Flora and Hattie were in
bed. They were both asleep. 1 looked
through the window a moment, and then
went down the ladder and walked around
to the side door. Through this l entered
Mr.. and Mrs. Stones bedroom. 1 hit the
old man on the head TWICE with the bat;
then l hit Mrs. Stone. When they were
dead went up to I.a Stillson's room and
knocked him on the head.
Then l took stilson's jack.knife from
his pocket and went hack to the old peoples
room. / cut them up because the devil
urged me to do il. Tben l went back up
stairs and knocked Emma and Hattie in the
head. did not try to kill Flora hut don't
know why 1 did not do it. unless it was
because loved her.
John Smith is the assumed name Of n
seventeen-yenr- slav boy. His real name
is Romu!us Cottel. He ackno Wedges that
lie has always been addicted to beStial
practices. and many think him a maniac.
whose passion eliminated in a desire for
blood
The evening times., 1896-04-10
Trifling With a Serious Subject.

Six million dollars is what Congress Is in
a mood TO grant for system OF scaco1st
defenscs This, in spite Of the fact that
ten million dollars has been stated TO be
the very least with which even the most su-
perflCial fortirIcations could be constructed.
and that a board of expert engineers have
fixed upon So D 5,00o,t0o as the sum
needed for anything like a perfect coast de-
fense system. If Congress is laboring
under the impression that it is acting in
4 patriotic spirit, or even In the interest
of economy, when pursuing such a policy,
it is woefuliy mista ken. Indeed, 1t were
better to let the Whole scheme OF coast lie
fenses go by default than to throw away
six million dollars upon few temporary
earth works. for that is about all that could
be provided.
Ii is strange that Congress should either
fail TO comprehend or willfully oppose the
The evening times., 1896-04-10
vAGRASTs WITH STRONG NERVES
Typical Gases Encountered by Sani-
tary Officer Frank.

Typical Gases Encountered by Sani-
tary Officer Frank.
A vigorous-looking young man called up
on Sanitary Officer Frank this morning
and asked for free transportation to Ala
bama.
Mr.. Frank Informed his visitor that the
:ransportatio ion funds were so low he could
not grant his request and furnish such 4
long-distancc railroad ticket.
Then said the youth. could you pro-
vide me with a stout pair of brogan shoes,
and will start out and walk it,
The sanitary officer remarked that there
was nothing the matter with the young
mans nerve. He added that Congress had
failed to provide him with an appropria-
ton for brogan shoes.
This ease is on a par with the man who
called at the sanitary office last winter
and wanted Il railroad ticket to Florida.
He was without n topcoat, and informed
Mr.. Frank that it was too cold to be
hustlng about in this latitude without an
overcOat.
II either want ticket to the warmer
climate of Florida or an oyercoat," he de-
manded.
''If you don't get out OF here" said Mr..
Frank, IN give you a free ticket for q
berth in the workhOuse."
The evening times., 1896-04-10

peoples wishes in this respect. There
can be no mis,uking the drift of popular
sentiment with reference 10 the matter OF
coast fortifiCati ons. Numerous res olu-
tions and petitions have been sent to Con
eress from commercial, patriotic and other
organizations asking that ample pr O.
vision bc made for making our seacOasts
safe against attack from hostile fleets.
The President, the Secretaries of War and
OF the Navy, and the leading Officers OF
the army and navy have urged prompt and
liberal action All has been in vain SO far,
and the only thing that Congress has been
able 10 muster up courage and energy to
tio is To show willingness TO appropri-
ate So, ,OOO,0
This is mere trifling. 1t is inviting
disaster, defeat and humiliation IN case of Il
sudden emergency. -
The evening times., 1896-04-10
CRITICISED THE WARDEN
Mr.. Lipscomb Said Mr.. Leonard i.
Another Gen. Weyler.

u
Another Gen. Weyler.
Messrs Lpscomb and Turner, attorneys
for Frederick Nelson and Frank Lewis, the
alleged knockout drops men, now await
ing i'll Jail the action OF the grand jury, dp-
pcaTed before District Attorney Brney
shortly before noon today, and asked his
consent for Mrs Nelson 10 visit her husband
III Jail 1t was given.
Mrs. Nelson came on from her home in
New York yesterday 10 see her husband.
In company with one OF Nelson's counsel
she went TO the Jail, and was at first re-
fused admittancc 10y Warden Leonard in
person. il is stated. The warden finally
rc!ented. however. hut said the visits would
have to stop with the first one, or per-
mission must be secured from some one in
authority over the warden.
Application was made to Mr. Brney,
with the result above stated.
In connection with tCday'S visit of the
Ia W yers and Mrs Nelson to the prosecuting
attorney an Interesting order TasSed day
or two ago came TO light. Harris Green
stein. the young man who was acquitted in
the police court Monday on the charge "f
being u suspicious character, as told in The
Times. came on from Philadelphia
to see Lewis. one of the accused
men and n brother in law of
tireeHStein. He made repeated visits %
the Jail and held frequent conferences with
his relative until Detectives Horn ard
Weedon decided to arrest him as sus-
pitiOus character. There was no evidence
against him further than that he was ably
managing his own business and he was
d sChar rged.
At that time Warden Leonard, 1t is said.
decided that Greenstein's visits would have
To cease. Lewis friend applied To- the court
for an order compelling the warden to let
him see Lewis.
The application was made to Judge Cox
and the request was answered almost as
soon as made by the court directing the war
den To permit daily interviews between the
prisoner and Grccnstein.
THAT man at the head Of the jail is per
feet wcyicr.'' said Mr.. Lipscomb, in talking
OF the matter to u Times reporter. Those
men are not convicted or even indicted, and
to deprive them OF the right TO see their
friends is the highest injustice. If they
were wealthy. they might see who they
please and live on hotel bills OF fare"
The evening times., 1896-04-10
TO TAN THE ASiATlCS.
Everybody in Hawaii Over Fifteen
Years Must Register.

EyeryDOuN III hnWai over hlteu
Years Must Register.
san Francisco. April O.-(Correspoud-
ence OF the United Press, per steamer Mari
posa. Honolulu, April ga registration
act has nearly completed its passage by Tue
TWO houses with great unanimity. SIIni-
.ar act passed the legislature OF lo92, but
was lost on its way TO the queen by scme
unknown means.
This act compelS every male above fif-
teen years of age 10 be registered. with rull
description a ui thumb marks, also TO pro
iuce his certificate OF registration when
ever he removes to new location. Tue
object OF this measure Is to enabiethe gov
ernmenr to identify him and control the
great number OF Asiatic vagrants in the
country II is estimated that S45,OOO will
annually be collected from Asiatics who
nave hitherto evaded taxation.
While the whites generally favor this
.aw. a few are opposed TO it on senti-
mental grounds as savoring OF European
d,.spotism Such u law is generally con-
sidrrcd indispensable. to any proper con-
troll of the Asiatics, who are extremely
difficult TO identify.
The evening times., 1896-04-10
NOVELTY IN IRRIG ALTON.
Driving Tunnel to Drain Mine
and Water Il Desert.

Nor 1OTh SuN.
AN irrigation company, WIN mover
plan for getting water, has been formed
in Salt Lake. said James II. Bacon.
president OF the Bank of Salt Lake, while
at the Holland House.
Some bright Ie!!ow, who knew that the
soil at the foot of the mountains in what Is
know as the Yves; Mountain or Bingham
mining district was as rich as the best OF
Utah desert lands, learned also that the
miners up in the mountains had to keep
pumps running to proven, the lower levels
from becoming flooded with water. So
he said: Why not take water that is
a nuisance in the mines and put it where
it will do some good" Capitalists were
found to carry out Il combined drainage
aud irrigation scheme. A tunnel has
been started that IL will take about a years
labor to complete.
They propose to drain the Dalton and
Lark mines to the 1000 foot level for a
small royalty and TO turn the water loose
over 2 900 acres of land which they have
acquired. The land is worthless without
water, but if there is enough water in the
mines, and very likely there will he, the
land will become worth 500 an acre.
1t is certain that this tunnel scheme for
getting water might be prOfi,abiy applied
in a hundred places on the desert where
it never has been considered at all"
The evening times., 1896-04-10

TIE present Ohio Legislature Is not con
tent to rest its reputation upon crushing
theater hats aud putting stop to have
one with me- but has made its election
sure 10 the remembrance of posterity by
nassing law substituting the electric
chair for the gaIiows, and making the in
fiction of the death penalty an act of
sciculific precision and painless eXecu-
ton, instead OF an always inhuman, and
very often bungling process. Electro
cution has proved itself Il success from the
very beginning. Ii is true that at the first
execution by This means the current WAS
not sufficiently strong to completely ex-
iinguish the vital spark, but even in that
case il was conclusively proved by the
expert that after the first contact, all
consciousness had fled, and that the CON
demned man suffered no pain. In ali
subsequent executions death has been
practically instantaneous and even invol-
untary muscular action lasted but few
seconds, a striking contrast to the strug-
clcs of criminals condemned 10 die 10y the
royr, which continue sometimes for
nearly Il half hour.
So long as the death penalty is adhered
to, the means of inflcting il ought TO be
The evening times., 1896-04-10

The action of the House Committee on
Military Affairs i'll reporting the bill re-
viving the rank of lieutenant general i'll
order to besiow 1t upon Major General Mel
son A. Miles was taken in response TO 4
decisive expression OF public approval of
such Il step. and the promotio in store for
the commanding officer of the army, there
fore, viii receive very general approval.
Apart from all personal considerations, it
is proper that there should be distinctive
rank and title for the general commanding
the United States army. 1t is a distinction
that not only honors him, but also the
organization he has under his direction,
and the committee deems the rank of lieu
tenant general the most appropriate.
So far as Gen. Miles claims to the promo
tiun are concerned, they would seem TO
be as complete as need he. He has most
distinguished record as a gallant soldier
III battle, a record made not only during the
civil war, but in many Indian campaigns
and he has likewise distinguished himself
in the administration of the military de-
partments committed % his care at different
times since the close Of the war. His pa
triotism is as unquestoncd as his ability