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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
A Law That Has Been a
Long Felt Want Here.
Wager on the Movement OF
Wheels of a Locomotive.
Murder Of Neal D0ugherty at the
Burning of Arnold Block.

1t should not take the General Assembly a
very long time TO pass the pili introduced by
Senator Woods yesterday providing for the
punishment Of persons who make, mend or
have burglars tools in their possession. The
State has for a long time been in need Of such
a statute, and in snacting the bill into law
tho Assembly will only be placing Rhode
Island in line with other States. Had such a
statute been in force when that gay cracks
man and crook who deposited his kit of safe.
cracking appliances az the Narragansett
Hotel, and was captured after taking them
away. he would never have slipped through
the hands Of the police as easily as he did.
There is little danger that this proposed law
will work hardship TO innocent persons.
Persons Of honest intentions and purposes are
not likely 10 engage in the manufacture or
mending Of iimmies or other burglarious de-
vices, or 10 bave them m their possession.
When a fellow is found with such instru-
ments. IL is safe to assume that he knows
what they are. and, what is more, Is ready to
use them on the first favorable opportunity.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
Court Calendar for Thursday.

ICommon Pleas Division
3i7i. Theodore Wellich q Company VS..
Charles j. Hackett. Attorneys-A. s.
Johnson for plaintiff; Cannon & Quinn
for defendant.
3i76. Fred Il. Harvey VS.. w. A. Murray.
Attorneys-S. 5. Laphom for plaintiff;
Cannon & Quinn Tor defendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
A Precious cargo.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-The 81 1900, 900 IN
gold which was brought over the Atlantic
by the steamship -. Paul was yesterday
transferred ia lighter, and reached this
city 1t . y. m. Ii was sent directly to o
safe deposit vault.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

Ex.Attorney General Willard snyles is 20 be
seen frequently on the street these bright
crisp days, and his eye is as bright and his
glance as keen as hen be served the State
IA its prosecuting attorney. and made those
m~asterly and convincing arguments which
sent so many law.breakers into merited con-
finement But Mr.. sayles had been a sue.
cessful defender OF persons accused of serious
crimes long before he was called upon to he
come q prosecutor q criminals. One Of rhe
noted cases IN this line IN which he was en-
gagged was the defence OF the men who were
charged by a coroner-s Jury of having been
concerned in the killing Of Neal Doupherty
during the nre at The Arnold block, on North
Main street. Ia that case Dir. Sayles was as
ISOLATED with that ether brilliant ornament
OF the Rhode Island bar, George Rivers. and
though some OF their clients were bound over
by tho court OF magistrates, they all ulti.
mately escaped punishment.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

Hon. Carroll ID. Wright OF WASHINGTON,
ID. c., lectured in Sayles Memorial Hall
lest evening on ~"IndustriRl Arbitfa-
tion, " 1t being the third ~Iectrre In the
course on "Studies I'm Social Economics. "
The e lectures sre very interesting and
the students attend in large numbers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
DIR. LEWIS

Wi not undertake a case unless . perHseeA
curr cnr De poEtttvety guaranteed.
DR. Lewis is frequently consulted BY many Who
have zen com ple tely discouraged Of ever being
cured after having experimental with various aG-
than good. O. every phase Of disease demands
dideront and special treatment. To those who ma,
have been disappointed Or. Lewis would say con-
salt him and he viii restore the disappsinted one
70 all the duties Of life, whether they be physical
klessednsss.
CONSULTATION FREE MEDICINE, assoc
Out Of town patients cerresPonded With untD
cured.
DR.. z. J.. Lewis 4. permanently located 81 l7s
STREET, PROVIDENCE. r. l.,
next door from Richmond street fod Woybossel
street, once hours all tie year round from . Ia
and s 10 Q. Sundays 10 TO 2; not later.
Rheuri ttism enectually cured
Female Corap&aists skillfaliy Treated
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

fellow did. and the chief and a few of the men
Of the Gsspee Company got Dougherty to the
other side OF the machine and told him TO run
for his life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
PUBLIC HEARING.
House OF Representatives;

House OF Representatives.
Providence. January %. 1896.
The Committee OF the Judiciary " the House
Of Rep escntatives will hear ali persons in
terested In an set TO rsgui ate the sale OF goods
marked "St.rKng" or "Steriing Silver" or
"Cuin" or COON silver" In the Committee
Room. on THURSDAY, Jan. 81. iSg6. upon
the rising OF the House.
w. W. KLODGETT. Chairman.
ARTHUR A. RHODES. clerk. tZ3-Gt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

the 10th OF October. 1858, and the brutal muir
Ger which took place on that occasion'led to the
slmost Immediate establishment Of a paid de-
partment. Arnold block at the time Of the
fire was nearing completion, and part of IL
was occupied by Thomas Whitaker 81 Son
who lost heavily by the confagraticn, which
broke out about @ o'clock in the morning,
and was not subdued until the structure was
destroyed. The murder OF DoughertY oc-
Cured heiwoen Q and 10 o'clock tbst morn
ing, and while the fremen were still fighting
the flames. Niagara Engine, No.. 2, had a
position on North Main street in front Of the
First Baptist Church, while tho Gaspee, No.
o, was back OH Canal street some distance TO
the northwestward Of the corner OF steeple
street.
Between these two companies there appears
TO havo been u feud, which broke out all the
more hercely on this occasion as the frempn,
according to the chronicles of that day, were
literally supplied with liquor by the store.
keepers in that vic nifty. Dougherty was not
a member OF the Gaspee Company, hut was
attached to IL. baying driven the horse which
pulled the engine To- the fire. CIptaiu Kenyon
Of the Gsspee saw two Of his men among n
crowd OF Niagara tiremcn, and he went To
them for the purpose Of getting them 10 60 b
their own macbine. When he told his men
what he wanted the NiagaTas became angry
and assaulted him, drawing blood from bis
nose. he retired 10 his own machine, and
Dougberty, who had witnessed the assault,
remarked that the man who had attacked the
c~aptain ought 10 DO either thrasbed or prose.
outed. This statement was carried back TO the
Niagara forces, aud in a few minutes 20 or 2j
OF them were seen advancing toward tho
Gaspec machine, near which Dougherty was
standing.
Dougherty was Immediately set upon, and
struck In the face and kicked without provo
cation OF any \ no. lie stepped back to the
machine. saying he did not want 20 nght
there, but would $50 the ringleador later.
AS Doughorty reached the engine some one Of
the Gaspee men hand,d him n wrench.
just then the Niagara crowd had made an.
other rush at him, and he knocked the fore.
most Of tho men down with lis weapon and
climbed up on tie tower Of the machine.
Then The Ni0gsras Logan 20 pelt him with
stones, aud after he had been struck 70.
~peatedly on III, head and face be was oblieed
10 abandon his position. To protect BIN.
self he seized En aN from the machine and
brandishing a. about him ordered his assail.
ants 20 keep on. While he lad this formidable
weapon In his band Dourherty kept the
Niagara crowd at bay. But Just then Chief
Engineer Joseph W. Taylor. who had been
notified q the ARRAY. came up and asked
Dougherty to give up the az. Ih,s the poor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

Debility. Inae-
tive Organs,
Physical and
Mental Decay
follows Narlco-
ee e. Nariooeele
Il n OF this
most serious
smtcuons that
cen lbefall 4
"A 1t rem
ders happy mar
riage i'm pOest-
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
A BRAVE RESCUE OF 4 BABY
THE LITTLE ONE SAVED FROM DEATH bf
A HEROIC FIREMAN.

rAs,sr u,rmes s'xtecn months old the youngest
child of John Harmes. streetcar cohouc'o''
rescued by a fireman Yesterday morning irouI "e"'"
in a Hre set by his elder brother. Bennie benn,s'
five years old his brother Willie. three years ou'
ard their sister were left alone yesterday morning
by their mother who went out Tsrketns' W..
Harness after fastening Lester IN MS paos '''
I'm an inner bedroom I'm their apartments III 'c ie"'
of the first floor Of the fahouse. NO ~ "es' o"e
hundred a nd -frst-st. locked the door ana went
away At 10 o'clock Benne got some ina'c"c'' '
and while lighting them to amuse the pa"s' "'''
dentally the bedclothes on IRE.
lie dragged Lester as far away from 'nr u, "
he could and then began beating on the nan ~ ~
and crying for help. Mrs. H. Apramwi'~' WIZ
lives on the floor above. was passing through 'ne
hall and hearing the boys screams. uroKe ',o
door open and, snatching Bennie and WINE up III
her arms ran out into the street foIo"eo " VIZ
little girl. Both children we're purneo Hoo"' '
face but not seriously. and Mrs Aorah'""~ III ~
rescuing them, had her hair badly sinseo' ne
flames spread quickly. and poured out 'h'oue" '"'
door as she opened IT,
The Fire Department reached the mousse III re-
sponse to an alarm In few minutes. ana 'nen u
was discovered that the baby was sun III ''e o"',
ing rooms While the other remsm sssr we're vbo q, acts
as driver for Battalion Chief Shea on learning G 'hSs M
hands and knees beneath the flames. which were were
pouring out through the upper par 'dronrn VI @ and
Eroped ABOUT unti he found the child still fastened
in his chair and unconscious. A., hir IN the
Schuser could not unfasten thr Cnnn, -. oynr
smoke so he turned It on its slde ann coSe, y,
Ing the baby with his own coat pusheu J, ,trs
him as he crawleG back 10 the haIIwd!. IL a. -
Abramwitz in her anxiety about the baby ts,ed re 90
e,rai1ad hy the nremen who kept two streams c!
waite playing the flames until schsuer he bnse Of
DR. Eirchrer at No II West One.hlin sns
first-st where he found to De sgh'y nu,u
JJc revived quickly under the doctor u'a'"'"''
and was found TO have escaped serious n>rSS forty
The fire created panic in the house. an" .o,. ~
tenants from tho upper floors were force1 10 Th re
scnnd IN tho street hv the front fre-escapes. ne
Harness rooms were wrecked and fhe 1ohteh's "''
stroved The damage is estimated al s0V''
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
PRIZES FOR VACANT LOT PLANTERS.

Another evidence that the cultivation Of vacant
lots by tho unemployed under the care OF the New
York Association for Improving the Condition Of
the Poor Is accomplishing vast amount Of good
among this class OF people is furnished by the
American Institute Fair. where several Of the
planters have competed for the cash prizes aggre-
eating 800 The fact that one OF the women plant
crs carried on eight h-st prizes three second prizes
and two special prizes. amounting to s55 and that
other planters took prizes amounting TO $t5 Is
tribute 10 the success of the movement. The ex-
pcnses Of the vacant-lot farms for ls9Samounted
"a 500 The receipts OF the planters. estimated at
tho current weekly rate. were 1856 In addition
the Association for Improving the Condition OF the
Poor received several hundred bushels OF potatoes
heets and cabba aces for distribution among Its bene
hciaries. AT the end OF the season the committee
finds itself with a debit balance OF 5000. The re-
ceipt OF 1885 was the value OF the planters crops
all of which they themselves received. II will be
glad to acknowledge subscriptions.
All checks should he made payable TO the order OF
he sent to hin: or to William H. Tolman. secretary
No 1O5 East Twcnty-sccond-s
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
PRESIDENT O'BRIEN SPEAKS.
yE REFt-TEs MR.. EINsTEIN's ALLEGED STATE
MENTs As TO DOCK BOARD EXPENDITURES
WHICH THE LATTER DENIES MAKING.

HE REFI-TEs MR. EINsTEIN's ALLEGED STATE
MENTs As TO DOCK BOARD EXPENDITURES
WHICH THE LATTER DENIES MAKING
President O'Brien Of the Dock Board nj yes,er-
DAYS meeting OF the Commissioners submitted a
statement regarding Mr.. Einsieins reported dec
iaratlon 10 Mayor Strong that the Board was liable
to Indictment II did not stop Its extravsgance in
connection with the proposed requirement OF GER
tain dock property by the city. The statement in
part was:
|, has been publicly charged by Commissioner
Einsein tAat ! have without consultation VITA my
colleagues ana ignoring the engnee chief,
Incurred liabilities which would ohgate the city -
the extent OF $3.50. gg 60 in excess OF the moneys
available for the and purposes - tne Depart;
menf for next eighteen months. me statement OF
Commissioner Einstein is based upon NJ, own mem
ora ndum prepared by his direction and represents
wnat ne Individually regards "a the prospective
estimated Liabilities OF the Department 'or the
The siaiomen: that the Board has obligated tsel'
20 the extent OF $4,000 FOR tho acquisition o. ne
property between Eighteenth and Iwcnty -ihrd fts.
or the Eas. RIVER Is in error Thc 'nsncct-ln-
Si,s sO The item Of Onc-haf or Per No. 81. Norm
Rivor and bllkheai adjoining. whirh commissioner
Einstein cites as llablit" 81 N"c, Is aiso Moor
rect This property was recently sofa al puD"c a"c-
ton for S"o@
The statement goes 10 explain that Mr.. Elm
s.ein made two more errors IN estimates, and then
continues: According TO the four Items alone men
,,onod there should be a reduction OF N.@55o In the
amount which the Department may be called upon
90 nav within the next eighteen months.
AIR EInS'cn. in reply 10 President - Sflen saii
,hat he hsd never gwen ont any Interview on tho
na,er trcated Of in tho alleged statement and char
acierized ali those which had appeared as false
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
IN FOREIGN MARKETS.

Liverpool. oct. 2,.-The wheat market advanced
at the opening to-day In response to the state OF
the market in America. The shorts covering
caused the market TO ease back slightly. but when
the demand was satisfied the market strengthened
upon renewed buying by big houses and reports Of
a better inquiry for cargoes at higher prices
frmer Paris advces and an improved general feel
ing advancing still further upon strong cables, and
closing at the best prices Of the day. The sales ag
gregated 10000 quarters
London. Oct 2e.-To-days Continental wheat
markets follows:
Antwcrp-Wheat opened frm on the strength Of
English and American advices, but the market
lfeless buyers being unwilling to meet higher
prices. The market closed dull but steady.
Paris-The market opened weak and lower. but
became strong the stimulation OF American ad
Vices and prices advanced. hut buyers were shy In
view Of the recent collapse. and the volume OF
business was small
BsrIIn-Thc market opened higher upon the
strength OF advlces from America. Wheat opened
firm at fully two marks Improvement. the bears
covering freely, and closed firm at 2ia to marks
above yesterdays closing Holders innu-
enced by the unfavorable adviccs regarding the
crops In India.
Budapest-Therc was a sensible advance In wheat
at the opening, which had the effect to restrict
business.
Hamburg aud Amsterd am Markets irmer hold
ers asking higher rates: business limited
The Danuban markets were quiet and without
movement The rates were upheld.
The Russian markets were unchanged.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
DIR. MCANNS DEATH IN BOSTON.
HIS RELATIVES CONVINCED THAT IT WAS DUE
TO AN ACCIDENT

HIS RELATIVES CONVINCED THAT IT WAS DUE
TO AN ACCIDENT.
Dr. Charles F. McCarn. who was found oead IN
his room at the Hotel Reynolds. Boston. on
"Wednesday. lived at No. i04 East One-hundred-and-
sjx,eenth-s. this city. His family are convinced
tha, his death was due to accident. He had SUI
fered from severe attacks of headaches Tor long
time About two weeks ago he took dose OF
morphine to alleviate the pain OF one OF the at
racks and when he awoke the next morning he
anneared 10 he entirely well. lie said al the t'Nle
that he had at last discovered cure for his mead
ache DR. Mccain went TO Boston on MONDAY 10
transact some business. His family hoped mat the
trim would do him good. and they were shocked on
receiving a dispatch on Wednesday night saying
thar he was dead The dispatch. which was sent
n Police HEADQUARTERS from Boston. said that Dr.
NcCann had died from the effects OF an overdose
~ n,ornhine taken TO relieve pain. W. H. Snarp.
hro,her-in-law OF the dead man, went 10 Boston
inn mmediatey 10 take charge OF the pody wnlch WI!
he Trough, 10 this city The burial VII! propap'y
be IN tadz. Ohio. ~ ,., -. 80.
Dr McCann vas born In Cincinnati. and was
.hirty-threo wears old He was educated III Men
Won college Gambler. Ohio. and 3elevue hosPitai,
,whcro no nnshrd his course In 1892. He was hrst
Intended for the ministry. but his close study oi
Hebrew brought on an afction OF the eyes, ana
he was compelled TO give UP the idea' nc t.e. h.
wont into the drug business In Cadiz. ONO. hut
nnally abandoned 1t for the study OF medicine re
succeeded In building mp good practice m tnis
city and both his business and social relatlohs
were OF the peasantcst character. lie Iea'es d
widow and two children
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
TREASURES ~ HER STOCKINGS.

JEwELRY AND MONEY FOUND ABOUT WOMAN
ARRESTED FOR THEFT.
Joseph Rronbora, cigar dealer. of No. 1870
Frst-ave was the complainant in Yorkville Court
Yesterday morning against Mrs. Fannie Rker,
thirty-fvo years old. who keeps n vegetable store
under Bronboras living apartments, and lives at
No 4oi East Seventeth-st. He charged her with
grand larceny.
on Wednesday morning Rronbora counted out
ten twenty dollar bills and placed them under his
pillow. with one hfiy-dollar bill He said nothing
TO anybody about having placed the 80 under the
pillow and when he left his sleeping apartments
ho told his servant. Mary Tastner. to stay in the
house and allow no one 10 enter his bedroom
Soon after he had Como the servant says mat
Mrs. Riker came into the fiat and. despite orders
to tho contrary went into Brorb bora's bedroom.
She then left the Nat. and did not explain TO the
servant why she had paid the visit TO the bedroom.
Bronbora returned home after this visit.
and the servant told him Of tlrs. Riker's call. lie
rushed into the bedroom and found that his
money was gone. Then hs FASTENED N the East
Sixty-scventh-st station ana told Captain John II.
Grant Of his loss Detectives Herlihy and Keatng
arrested MIS-. Rikor
When Mrs. Rike- was taken 20 the station shs
begged that she he released. She declared tnHt
her arrest WAS an outrage. Captain Grant ordereI
ihet she he searched. The matron found IN one oi
The womars stockings SIS in money and golh
bracelet. In the other stocking she found TWO me
gold watches rromissory note for *l". ana
check for 500 There no trace OF the $50 that
lronbora thought Shn had stolen from him.
Mrs Riker refused TO explain now sh' had come
by the watches and jewelry. and she was locked
suspicion
She was arrairned IN Yorkville Court yesterday
morning and held for trial.
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
THE VERDICT AGAINST IRELAND.

Tho verdict obtained against John B. Ireland in
Brooklyn court Wednesday has caused many
persons In this city to think that there was mis-
carriage of justice when the Grand Jury refused to
indict him along with other men who were indicted
for the loss OF life caused by the fall OF his build
ing at Third-st. and West Broadway. The archi-
tect and contractor in tine employ OF Mr. Ireland
were indicted. and so were inspectors OF buildings
who failed to report the faulty construction. hut
MIR. Ireland was not indicted The Grand Jury is
sued presentncnt In his case. stating that al
though he had been morally negligent he could not
be held criminally responsible for thA fall OF the
building.
Assistant Distrct-Attorney Battle said yesterday
that while the owner OF building could he neld
cvilly responsible for the negligence OF his crn-
ployes, he could not be held crimnally responsible
unless II could be shown that he had knowledge OF
such neglect An investigation Mr. Battle said
failed 70 show that Mr.: Ireland knew OF the nsgll
gence OF his architect and contractor. although
sskytoes ~ - sswSgt possible cost
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
accysrD or STEALING SILVER.

Patrick O'Connell. who was arrested Wednesday
~, Cen,ral Office Detectives Wade and Savage on
suspicion that no had robbed the house OF Mrs
Carrie Lowell. Of No. 4 Lexington ave. and had
taken 81 300 worth OF silverware. was again ar
raigned in Yorkyillc Court yesterday morning.
A pawnbroker by the name OF lsaacs. who has
his stor, at Second-avc. and Tw"nty-eghth-st..
vas I'm court as a witness and identified OConnell
nc tho man who had pawncd n large number Of
silver forks and knives and some plato AT his shop
OConnell acted as II he were mentally unbalanced.
as he refused to come to the courtroom except IN
his shirt sleeves. He also interrupted all tho wit
resses and made himself obnoxious by shouting
Isaacs said that on September Is oconneli
,avned the sllverware with him for Si5 Mrs.
Lowell identified all the property as hers In the
course OF the examination OF the witnesses OCon-
rolI n,crruptcd them. and finally he said that he
got the silverware from man named ODonnel.
Of whom he knew nothing
.J am willing 10 serve twenty years II ! took the
stuff "he said. "and only sorry that pawned
81 pO worth OF stuff for N5."
He was held in $3.50 bail for trial
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
"LITTLE DEL" GONE FROM CITY HALL

Little Delmonico' has been evicted from Wv
city Hall by the edict OF John c. Graham Wv
Superintendent OF Public Buildings. OF the rum,
Works Department. and bennett and polan WI, W.,
now rake In the shining shekels OF the oity no, no,
reporters who formerly patfonized 'Littie pu. ~,.
monico" Little Del' was known In prNa'e -" -,
az william H. Lamont. and for years. VII. a
white apron and basket Of sweets ana sanu"""u N
on his arm. ne has been familiar hsure 49,.
who have had occasion TO visit the Ci'y ns" IA
quently. He went about dispensing MS a. .. .nA
sandwiches to Judges. Jurors court attendants sns
witnesses. ..,,hsr AZ tho
q A. r. having belonged TO the 5fth Mas:st" MA, vet
sett. Infantry, Then, too. he was a navA ,~,ssts
having served upon the United Sars Ssa,s' old and
lives with his wife and family at NO. ]" Wv.
TWpnty -sixth-St
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
WHERE ERASTCS BROOhS SIOOD.

A LETTER SHOWING THAT He FOUGHT THE Sill
YER CRAZE IN 1878.
The following extract from letter from eS-Pres-
,hent White of Cornell University, written from
Stuttgart Germany. in 1878 20 Erastus BrooKs AT
that time Editor OF THE Express. and one OF the
most prominent Democratic leaders OF his day.
clearly shows where Mr.. Brooks would have s,ood
to-day on the financial issues Of the campaign:
Permit me to thank you most earnestly Tor your
admirable speech. which came TO me IN tne , New
York papers Nowhere have seen the argument
against the "silver craze" put so tersey ana 80
cOeenily | cannot but think that, had others
throughout the country done their duty IN the same
manner-not by abstruse reasoning ana llti Icd.o T
argument-but by plain. strong deductions lr1h s?T
ue1l-chose facts the result would have been on
ferent and the country would have neen spared
what seems likely 20 be the greatest dlSgrace @ anu
one OF the most serious troubles in her history.
rejoiced when heard that you consented 10 ~
Into the Assembly. but my rejoicing no" Is sun
greater.