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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
CLAN-NA-GAEL OUTING.
The Rhode Island Association al Rocky
Point Today.

luS iNuOuS iSiduu ASooStaboh at AV>ny
Point Today.
The various societies OF the Gamma
Gael OF Rhode Island are at Rocky Point
Tor their annual union outing.
There was a short street parade this
morning, with Colonel James Moran
oificialin gas chief marshal, and the HI
bernian Rifles had the right OF line.
The following organizations participate
ed: Molr Tones OF East Providence,
Young Ireland Association OF Pawtucket,
Pleasant View Literary Club, James
Boyle O'keilly Club of Central Falls,
Sarsheid Association of Noonsocket,
John Mitchell Association, Providence;
Robert Emmett Society, Olneyyiile; and
William Orr Club, Elmwood The as
fociations from Newport and Bristol
juined the party at Rocky Point, where
the dinner was served by Manager Har-
rington. Music was furnished by the
National Band, the Continental Band OF
Woonsookei and the Young Ireland As
sociation rife and Drum Band.
The mem bers OF the outing committee
were: Henry A. McGuire, chairman; ;
John J.. Cannon, Philip Delaney, Mr..
Calvin, p. }. Quinn, George King and
joan Coughlin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
Y. NJ. c. A. Excursion.

Shortly alters O'Clock last evening the
steamer Caroline a. Poene sailed down
the. bay with tho mem bers OF the local
Y. NJ. {. A.. on board. The large num-
Der of young men and their friends did
not let the light raln interfere with the
success OF their excursion. 1he fair
friends OF the young men were, without
doubt, responsible for very large share
Of the enjoyment. a very agreeab BILE sail
was the lot OF the several hundred VINO
psrtici gated. Before they returned Pru-
doncc Island and hog Island .ightship
had been circlod. BurSes orchestra furn-
ishod musi- ponular selections were
rendered and refreshments were pro-
viied. Tho parry returned after four
hours sail.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

man on board. il seemed to come tc mo
explain, try as you may. The anxiety
end doub that followed the discovery OF
the murders almost exceeded the horror
OF the crime itself, and the presence OF
the murdered corpses In the cabin and
later In the boat astern.
al was rot ono whit relieved, can
assure you, when the full conviction
that Bran was probably the author Of
the diabolicai butchery dawned upon me.
Later followed the discovery that he was
playing fast and loose with US In sailing
the vessel. i DO not pretend TO know a
great deal about navigation, but Ii did
not take me long to discover what he
was up to, and with that knowledge
came the determination TO take things
wholly into my own hands and head
the bark for the nearest port.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

"At one time / felt sure We were at
least 100 miles from shore, one of the
seamen declared that he could signt land
ahead, but paid little attention TO this
and kept on my course. I'm afraid that
just about that time my loss OF sleep
and rest and the mental burden tnat lay
so heavily upon me mace me just bit
reckless, and | was almost ready to run
the risk of letting the Fuller run ashore
SO eager was j to end the awful agony
and once more place my feet upon dry
land.
"We held our course as we'll as we
could, all the time towing the boat with
its CHASTITY freight astern. II 1t all had the
effect on me II did what must II have had
upon the superstitious fears and fancies
Of the sailors themselves? AS tho time
wore on this feeling grew upon them,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
A Successful Camp.

At the Y. NJ. G. A. camp at Mount
Hope the junior ninc was again defeated
Monday afternoon ty tho Young AisCri-
cans, the score being is to ~. 1t being
the last night in camp, BIZ bonfire OF
ell refuse was made and aided hy hre
WORKS salntcs were received from both
New York boats. Tuesday morning the
last contest occurred, when Earl bowers
of the Univer,alist cadets Won the cadet
cap donated by Jerome Konnedy & TO.
Tho camp was IN every particular success
ful, far surpassing that OF last year. So
enjoyable has been tho time that good
slzod party are planning TO return for a
week with the PGwtuoket Y. nj. L. "A.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
Money Ordered Distributed.

In the case OF Warren II. Burt ct ale.
vs.. Nicholas $. Burn BAN ct ais, a de-
cree was entered In the Appellate Court
TO-DAY confirming the report made by
George II. Burnhsm, the commissioner
who sold the property described in tho
complainants bill, allowing the saio of
the same to Dennis L. Mccarthy. The
decree also directs tine payment of the
bill Of the commissioners. the payment
Of $50 TO >. >. Lapham, counsel for the
cOmplainants and Of $50 each to Henry
". Hayes and Edwin &, Pierce, counsel
for the respondents all out Of the pro-
cecds OF the sale. The remainoor Of inc
money, il IL directed, shall be divioed ss
follows: One-thlrd on the joint order
OF Warren f., Nellie a., and Sarah Burt;
ono-third on the joint order Of William
l., and Martha Burt; one-third on the
JOINT order Of Nicholas =. Burnham,
Candace Brrnham, Herbert Bnrnham,
Consider Burnhsm, Ids Burnham, Carrie
Clouoman and Frank Cloudman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
GOSSIP OF ADAY.
Undertaken Talks of Novel
Burial Devices.
Bomb to Discourage the Grave
RObblng Industry.
Some Kinds Of Burial CasketS That
Have Been Patented.

Burial appliances would not seem to
offer very attractive field for the labors
of the man OF inventive ingenuity, and
yet a leading undertaken tells the Cos
siper that the number of patents granted
such devices mounts up 10 many hund-
reds. lie keeps track OF all such matters
and says that the latest III this line is
what the inventor calls "coffin torpe-
do,n aesigned 10 discourage the grave
robbing Industry by blowing to smith
Greens any entcrprising ghoul who hap
pens TO open grave equipped with this
device. Living people, tho undertaken
went on TO say, DO great deal OF think
ing about death, and that the fear OF
being buried alive is more widespread
than is generally supposed Is shown by
the many devices called "lite signals,
by which il Is intended that the midi
vidual who wakes up to md himself tine
occupant OF coffin hurica five or six feot
under ground can G ye warning to the
outer wcrld and have himself dug out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
LESTER HAWTHORNE MONKS.

and some of them were In veritahle
panic over the imagined groans and
screams they heard at night"
81 an. not professedly a religious man,
but felt that IL was my simple duty, to
pay some respect TO our dead compan ions
as we lowered their dead bodies into their
temporary floating coffin, SO i read the
burial service from the Episcopal prayer
book, and l can tell you no more pathe-
tic scene was ever enacted on sea or land
than when we finished this rude service,
and committed the hacked and mutilated
corpses 10 he little boat. Even the rough
sailors were yisibly affected Dy the pathos
of the moment"
1t was hard to believe that such COM
parativeiy young man could have the
inherent strength of will and body to go
through sucn an ordeal and vet show so
little trace of II today. Just as ne
ascrlbes the demoniac deed of the murd-
erer TO the influence of whisky he had
been drinking, 30 young Monks ascribes
his own survival to the coffee he partooK
Of and the revolver he nad taken along
with him.
"These two agenciss," said he, "wer
sll that stood between me and death.
During all that Tong vigil / partook OF
nothing but hot coffee, which the faith
ful colored steward had prepared. could
not have eaten the daintiest OF morsels,
even II they had been SET before ms.
drank coffee'by the gallon, and never in
my life had | known the truo measure
OF its stimulating qualities.
"If had not had my revolver with me
when | reached the deck, after discover
ing the Staying OF Captain Nash, should
probably have been the fourth victim.
AS II was, my escape when the mate
threw the billet of wood at me, was al
most miraculous, for had it bat struck
me II would certainly have killed mo"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
MONKS STORY.
Nervy Student Talks of
the Tragedy at Sea.
Satisfied ThatS Mate Bran
Committed the Crimes.
Not Certain Whether Helmsman Had
aHand in the Murders.

had long interview with young Monks
at the city marshall's Office yesterday.
Young Monks is an exceedingly good
looking and frank-appearing young fell
low, and typical Harvard man in tone
and action.
His personal.opinion is that mate Bran
first killed the second mate, next the
captain and finally the captains wife,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
Died OF His Injuries.

Eugene Garrett. who fell from Paw
tGcket car tuesday evening, died from his
Injuries at the Rhode Island Hospital last
evening. Medical Examiner Perkins
viewed tho remains and found tnat
death IVES caused b. hemorrhsge OF the
brain. The remains were taken TO his
late residence, p Cednr street. Paw
tucket. The deceased leaves a widow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

Many Of the devices have one feature
in common that is n wire or ord attic led
10 the hand OF the supposed corpse, the
idea being that any movement OF the
body within the coffin shall set of an
alarm OF some kind. One device has a
red flag which, n the alarm being set
OF, is displayed ABOVE the grave. An
other, called ''graye annunciator,' is
un electric CONT ivance. Any movement
or disturbance within the coffin closes
the circuit and sets of an alarm in the
Office OF the cemetery. The attendants
make NJ te OF the number OF the grave
from which the alarm has been given.
and proceed forthwith to dig out the
BODY OF he rerson buried there. There
il still another which, by means of a
spring catch, throws open the lid OF n
tube extending from The coffin TO the
surface II the ground, thus admitting
air TO the victim buried alive, while at
ibe same time setting bell ringing,
which gives notice TO the cemetry at
tendants that that particular grave must
be opened Immediately.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23


the makeup OF the average jack tar, could
witness the commission of such an awful
murder and for two whole days give no
sign, almost passes belief
This would lead to the suspicion tha
Brown was either in league with mate
Bran, or that the latter, after doing the
work with his murderous axe below, had
come aft on reaching the deck, fearing
that Brown might have seen him, and
threatened the latter with death also IL
he said anything about 1t to the others.
"This reticence, 10 my mind eaid
Mr.. Monks, az could not possibly under
stand, and do not know how any man
coulu keep such horrible secret.so long,
and give no Indication that be was the
possessor OF IL.
cit may be, however, that the man was
simply a coward, and that bis fears OF
possible consequences to himself were
sufficient to restrain him.
~ do not. of course, know just how
long a period ella psed between the time
was awakened by what l believe was Mrs.
Nasl's screams and the time i reached
the deck and confronted the brst mate,
but Ii could only have been a very few
minutes at the very most, not more than
10. do not believe that in this interval
the first mate would have had time TO
reach The wheeiman ana hold communi-
cation with him. and IL he had done 30
4 would certainly have heard him while }
was dressing and cropping around in the
darkness; still, as / say, here Is seerl-
ing mystery that am not prepared TO
explain, aud at the present moment l
could not say definitely on my oath Just
who killed the three victims. although
morally certain Of his identify.
~ firmly believe that il was Bran, and
also believe that the superinduced cause
was whiskey.".
"There has been some talk OF con-
spirscy in which number of the men
were probably lmplicated,I understand,
said tho Globe correspondents.
'Ies, ] KNOW there has been come
thing said about the first mate represent
ing to the men that IL would bo a good
scheme TO capture the vessel and sell her
10 the cuban insurgents. ! doubt, how
ever, II Bran, who certsinly has some In
telligence very seriously considered the
feasibility OF such course. II would
have been very easy to convince the sea
men, VINO were a mixed and rather igno-
rant lot, that such scheme ColId 10
worked. but BrLm himself must have
known that the thing was practically
impos s bic. ~
Resuming bis rather disjointed narra-
tive OF the wcok OF horror, young
Monks dwelt with feeling upon he dread
uncertainty as TO the outcome OF the
afisir that rested upon his mind night
aud day. "Thcre was" said he, "in
the midst OF miscellaneous crew OF sea-
men, reprcsenting half a dozen different
nalionaliiies, one OF ;hem to my almost
certain knowledge a red handed murderer
OF the most hcnoish character ina tin
able, another whom ! nalf suspected OF
beiug ut least All accomplice, and only
one OF the lot whom J teit that could
ally trust, and that the colored stew
ard.
"As look back upon IL now. this lat.
ter fact seems one OF the most curious of
the whole train OF circumstances, for
there was no well-dehned reason wny |
should select D. ion as tire only trustwort by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
Wants 10 Find Mrs. Coleman.

CHICAGO. July 3.-Lap,ain Elliot re-
ceived n rcstsl card from Joseph E. Cole
man, box 2Si. Corning, n. ~, saving he
would pay liberal reward for the correct
address OF Mrs. Gertrude Coleman, who
he thinks is employed by some dress
maker, No such name can be found in
tho directory, hut ,ho police wi make
nm effort 20 lind the woman, as the writer
says he has fnncs In trust for her.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

List OF rstents granted July n. 1886, 20
citizens OF Rhode Island, as reported ty
the Tatent and law office 81 o. 4. Dufft,
Washington, ID. CT n. N. Lewis. Provi-
dance, cable clip n. v. Harvey, Proyi-
cencc, design for badge
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
A SMALL GRIST.
Only Two Cases Before the District Court
Today.

Today.
Only two cases claimed tho attention
of Judge Sweetland in the Sixth District
Court this morning. The first was that
of Alfred Peterson, Swede, who was
arrGigned on the charge OF stealing a
horse cover from George NJ. Humphrey.
lie pleaded not guilty and was held until
tomorrow morning for trial.
The other was Fred simpson, 10 years
old, who pleaded guilty to assaulting
Patrolman Martin p. Feeney. Word was
received at he Chaffec street police sta
tion Tuesday morning tnat there was..a
drunken row 1T the hcmo OF the slmp-
sons and 'feeney was sent to make an
investigation. When ne was going up
stairs Fred saw him, ran up, passed him,
and when he reached the top he turned
around and kicked the officer in the face.
lilo was cent To the county jail for 10
daVs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
FIRE In COAL BUNKERS.
Little Steamer Elliot Has Trying Ex-
perience al Sea.

perience al Sea.
NEW YORK, July 23.-The British
steamer Glenloig, which arrived hero this
morning from Hamburg reports that on
Tuesday, July q, South Shoal Light
vessel bearing n. n. W., 20 miles, the
litilo steamer Elliot of Charlottetown, p.
e. j.. was spoken. Captain Mcdonald of
the Elliot, said he was on the voyage
from Philadelphia for Halifax, n. S. that
on that morning, 2lst, at 10 O'Clock, a
fire broke out In the bunkers which ex-
tended 10 the main hold. Every effort
WAS made 10 check the progress of the
fire and the captain believed that he had
succeeded in getting II under control.
No assistance was desired.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

Iken there Gre iBfiommable ooftins
marc - higbiy comhusi ible materials,
designed for use IN cremalories and TO
promote the Iroco.s ses of com hust ion.
Glass cofilna, the unrettakor says, are
NOT nv any means novelty. AS they were
pa,enteI IN England IN 1877 and were
not new then. fer the EEyptiaus used
them over 2000 years ago. IBese EgnytIan
cctFins we're often stained 10 represent
rare woods just as is done at the present
dav.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

Monk considers the episode o; the
whisky drinking by the second mate and
the lRtter's subsequent illness as. very
suspicious. lie also thinks that Bram's
possession of considerable amount OF
money when arrested is another very sug-
pestive thing. ''IIe told me with his
own lips, /" said tue young man, "that
before he came on board he had only 30
cents in his pcssesstun. and that 20 cents
Of this mad reen paid the man who
brought his kit to tho vessel"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
AN IMMENSE CARGO.
Steamer Queen CITY Takes Aboard
202,OOO Bushels OF Corn.

-V-,VUV fbUs" UI NOIHs
CHICAGO, July %. THE big steel
steamer Queen City has again broken
cargo 70 ,ord. me amount given out by
the tally men when the spouts were taken
from the hatchcs wan %, ,O01 bushels of
corn. This exceeds all irevions records
by 81, COO bushels on a draft OF 10 feet
three inches forward and l6 feet nine
inches afi. Tho Queen CITY broke tho
Lake Superior iron ore record on her trio
from Tyo-harbors 10 South Chicago by
carrying f0o1 gross tons on a craft oi ld
and four-fenths feet. Bcr present cargo
vff7 hs 500 tons. and would have loaood a
hundred schooners ot the Old days. Five
years ago a cargo OF nalf tho sizs was
considered bic load. IL is without a
doubt the largest cargo ever carried on
the lakes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

At 1928 this morning Mrs. Anna Leon.
ard. who lives at Iij POtter's avenue,
heard no!Ee I'm her bsck yai6. enc went
TO window and saw a man run through
the gate. TN investigating she touDd
that screen had tcen removed from Q
window IN ths basem.nt vi her house. a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

Al awayisn season, Iiopkirs stemed
Hominy ittullei Corn). Elegant lunch
In milk. CT can l0c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

II. NJ. Coombs & 20. have boen APP
pointed binders TO the State for tive
years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
Much i'm Little

Is especially true OF Hoods Pills. for no medi-
cine ever contained 80 great curative power in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

There are many othor such devices the
undertaken sayS,-but he doesn't place
much confidence IN them. Indeed, he
says tho practical value OF many of them
Is greatly unim paired by TIE fact that the
bodies of people actually de ID frequently
move in their collins by RI son OF causes
that a,e entirely normal. Ii Is TO occur
rences of this kind thar the belief in
premature burials IS SO widespread.
Cofpses, the undertaken further says,
have often been found turred over rs IL
they had como 10 life and attempted to
escape from their narorw pdsoDs. In
other cases the tongue has been discov-
cred protruding from the mouth as III
from suSocation, and there have been
found stains from bleeding on the
cIot hes. but il IL now known that such
phenomena are due TO the expansion of
gases generated during the process OF
putsihca.ion.
One OF the most interesting parts of
the undertaker's chat was In relation 70
the astonishing variety of the materials
proposed 10 be used in the construction
of cuffins. Ono man proposes 10 make
csskets OF glass, the receptacle To Re made
In two halves, " hlcb are TO be united by
a strip OF rubber to render trio whole air
tight. Then there are cofiins moulded
out of raper pulp, cofiins of artificial
marble, collins OF wire coated with
asphaltum, collins lined with artificial
siore. roffins ot potter's clay. collins Of
coIiuioid. har.. rubber and cement, and
coitns filled ln with glycerine and excel.
sior as n pTeservEtivs. nc object Of all
tbesr ~ 70 preserve the body as long as
possible, but there are Cthors that seek
to romoto ard precipitats the processes
OF decay. Among these rorishnble
caskeis IS one composed OF glue, resin
linsee1 oil and whiting. The moisture of
the Garth quickly .lisintegrates the sub
stance and the corpse is then EXPOSED To
the full force OF nature's resolvent ac-
tion. Another style consists OF a skele-
to, frame with n ovcring OF plaster of
paris, daxtrlpe carnonate OF silver and
Other materials. This coating. while very
herd in the sir. is quickly dissolved when
srbjectej TO the undere round moisture.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

but like every body else he is still mysti-
bed a. TO the real part played In the
tragedy by belmsman Brown. That an
ordinary human being such as Brown,
with all the superstition that goes with
the makeup of the average jack tar, could
witness the commission of such an awful
murder and for two whole days give no
sign, almost passes belief
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
NEW BUSINESS INVITED,

Liberal arrangements made will, deposit
tors for interest oc CurrcLt Account or on
Certificates of Eeposit. Interest fror: date
Of de posit To- GA . D. wifluyEwsl.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23

OUR STOCK OF.sHOES IS TOO LARGE
for this season ofthe year. We take
stock Aug.1. Reductions have beer
vantage TO BUY NOW.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-23
REPORT.

REPORT
nF the corditlon OF this MERCHANTS Ma
" TICNAL BANK, st PsoyiG.noe. in tho State
Of Rhode Island. a. the cioso OF business su'y
L. 1880;
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-18
Up and Down the line.

The 500 line has just issued a neatly pre-
pared, comprehensive folder, containing a
quantity OF news regarding the trains and
steamboat connections, distances, rates, sail
ing time and names of the various ports made
by the steamers
The ST. Paul & Duluth to do its share of
the immigration work, is encouraging the
settlement of the fertile lands along its road,
and already several parties have taken up
General Manager A. B. Plough of the st.
Paul & Duluth rad, left last night for the
East to be absent fortnight, most of which
he will spend in New York.
Travelling Passenger Agent Frank Caldwell,
of the Pittsburg e Erie at Detroit, was one
of the visiting railroaders who spent yester-
day in this city.
The Albert Lea road has granted a reduced
rate for the meeting of Southern Minnesota
teachers, which will be held at Mankato March
20 and 81
A party of sixteen farmers and their families
left yesterday on the Northern Pacific over
land train, bound for the farms in and near
Seattle.
their fortunes there. Yesterday a train was
sent out with number of farmers, many of
them from other states, to look over the
ground.
Master in Chancery w. D. Cornish returned
yesterday morning from Omaha, where he
heard a number of railroad cases.
Five Cinnamon took passage for the West
yesterday on the Northern Pacific, bound for
Hong Kong.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent Charles
S. Fee, Of the Northern Pacific, is on the
coast
President James J. Hill, of the Great North
ern, sails for Europe today on the steamer ST.
Paul.
Omaha at West Superior, was in st. Paul yes
terday.
II. NJ. Pearce, of the Omaha freight DEPART
ment went to Eau Claire yesterday