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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
MUST SUPPORT THEIR WIVES.

Mrs. Dora G.. Peckham is seeking a
divorce from her husband, Irving w Peck
ham. who i boss nt the works OF tho
British Hosiery Company, Thornton. and
the case was before Judge Bosworth in
tho Appellate Court today on the petition.
er's application for an allowance and
counsel fees.
Mr.. peckham did not Geo iit 10 appear
either in person or by counsel ana oppose
the request of his wilD The latter was
represented by Counsellor Frank w.
lillinghGst
Mrs. pockham told Judge Bosworth
that her husband was a boss In the British
Hosiery Company works at Thornton
and earned els "a week and since they sep
arated seven weeks ago no had paid her
no higher sum than 80 "A week.
They have two children, ono l. and the
other II years old ana were married Ia
years ago Mrs Peckbhm asked for an
allowances OF so week and so iof coun-
sci fees
Judge Bosworth granted tho allowance
asked.
Mrs Elizabeth Gilbert Of PawtucSot,
who claims that her husband. Maurice w.
Gilbert put her out OF her home and told
her she was no longer wanted there and
who has begun proceedings fer ~ divorce
from her husband, asked Judge Ellsworth
ia the Apucllate Court this morning Tor
AN allowance for support and counsel fees
Mrs, Gilbert Mns represented by AttOr-
ney ~ W. Matnewson and she told the
court that her husband was employed at
the Eagle Dye WORKS and mnds 81 n day.
Tho husband who was unropresented by
counsel. claimed he worked but two days
tbs week apd three last wenk ON account
of illncss Judge Ellsworth directed Mr..
Gubcft 10 tas his wife's counsel - p
week Tor her support and SO for counsel
ices
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
TRAP SHOOTING.
R. /. Association Defeats III. Gen.
ttrja c { ub.

In yesterdays match between the Gen.
terdale Gun Club and the Rhode Island
Trap Shooting Association the score To-
suited in victory for the Rhode Island
Association. by score over all Of thirty
nine points. The day was not the best
as tho air was heavy which made 10 difli-
cult To sight the birds. One of Ithe men
on the Conterdnle Club was absont on ac-
count OF sickness and the entire club was
Handicapped bv lack OF practice on angles
aud flight of irds according to the rules
laid down by the American "A ssociation
OF trap shooters.
Rhode Island Association proposes to
hold n Labcr day shoot at their grounds
whicn will henceforth be open for
prastice nnd target work on Sstur
day afternoon. The Labor day program
is to contain many interesting features,
prominent among which will be the state
tenn shoot for n valuable prize and
sweepstake shooting. The latter will be
ontiOnal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
WAGES ADVANCED.
The National Tub, Company
Puts Them Up 10 Per Cent.

Pttsburg, Pa, Aug. 2L-Prosperity has
sirucS.westorn Pennsylvania. Yesterday tho
National Tube Works Company posted
notice at its mills I'm and around McKce-port
that wages will be- advanced 10 per cent In
all departments. Tho advance viii go into
effect August 30, when all wages wilt be- in.
creased 10 per cent. The increase will affect
about 900 emploses.
Tho company has plenty OF large orders,
and tho busincss outlook generally warrants
its making The advance. The increase will
rC=r0TU TrC Whgcs paid bofore Murch :, lah.
As stant General Manager Horace Crosby
rnid: Prices OF rirc have not yri ndvan cd
nough - warrant this increase. tout The ycn.
crai outlook is such that tto National Tub"
Works Cor pny tel ir-uhol 10 mlhi7g tho
advance AMI taking the ohau'"- of increased
rrices Tor ~ rrolurtin1 i1 tt" future. am
satisfied real prosperity B., hcrc.'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
Body Of a Man Found on
the Beach Near Boston.
Police and Residents Think
it a Case of Murder.
Seen the Night Before and Four
Shots Heard Near Morning.

Crescent Beach, Mass, Aug. 2l.-What
appears to have been murder was dis
covered between Oak Island and the Point
of Pines at an early hour this morning.
when the body of n man with several ugly
cuts and bruises OH his head and face was
found ON the sand with the incoming
tide washing over him. a bundle of
papers was found near as If they had
been washed out of his pocket. Among
them was n certificate from the Soldiers
Home, made out in the name of Patrick
Murphy, private of Company A, Forty
eighth Massachusetts Infantry, who was
admitted to the home March 2S ana dis
charged August 9.
An investigation started by the police
aS soon as the finding of the body
was made known TO them, resulted in the
disclosure that the deceased and tall
man called at the Windsor House here
last night about q o'clock and asked for
B. a. Bodgc, the manager. Both men
were intoxicated. The tail man was asked
tn come into the hotel, but refused To do
SO. remaining in tho shade of the porch.
10 was then learned that w. c. Howes
who lives at Crescent Beach, near Oak
Island. saw the men last night at the
band stand. lie states that he was
awakened between 3 and o'clock this
morning by the sound of four shots after
ward heard somo one driving by his
Eouss talking in loud and angry voice.
A peculiar thing about the affair was
that the dead mans trousers pockets
and the pockets OF his coat wero filed
with sand. He was apparently 90 or so
years Old had heavy gray mustache,
and was dressed in light trousers and a
dark cheviot coat.
Medical Examiner Stedman viewed the
body this morning and said that bo con
sidered tho cuts and bruises on tho head
~ suspicious ana stated that an autopsy
would have 10 be held 10 determine the
cause OF his death.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

Several OF the heirs Of the late Elizabeth
T. C0rIiSs who own shares in n lot AT the
corner OF Hopkins square nnd Plain street
ON which thoro Is a cottage house ana two
houses of two tenemcnts each have ap-
piled to the Appellate Court for leave to
sell at public auction or private sale the
estate
This morning decree was entered in
the court by Attorney II. a. Mckenney
making Gardner T.. I.add of Groveland
Mass, administrators of the estate of
Laura A. Fowler late of Haverhill Mass
"a party Co the bill ia equity filed by the
heiress referred to above
IL was the death ot Mrs. Fowler that
precir itnted action in regard To sale "a
the property mp 90 ths timo OF her death
was divided into sixtieths. Her death led
the other heirs % believe TINT "A sale
would DO for tho b1st interests OF all
uartieg
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
TO HIS DEATH
An AerOnaut Falls
!. 200 Feet.
Killed by ACcid ent TO His
Balloon.
Unfortunate Becomes Tan
gled in the Rigging.
Guy Rope Gets Wound Around the
Mans Neck.
Guy Rope Gets Wound Around the
Mans Neck.
Horror Str ckeu Crowd of 1000 People
Sc the Event.

Chicago Aug 2l.-Walter A. Allen. Of
Waterl too, Ia, an employe of Howo's
London Circus, wGs killed last night
while making Il balloon ascension at
Electric Park.
a crowd of 1900 watched the attempt
and was horror stricken when Allen
was CD erved TO become entangled in tie
ropes when the balloon had reached a
height of eco feet.
The guy rope became wound around
his neck, and as the big balloon arose
the soronaut was pulled from the per-
forming bar and fell TO the ground.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
AT WORK AGAIN.
Lowell Nils Which Have Been Shut
Down to Resume Monday.

Lowell, Mass, Aug. 9l-The Prescott Cot
ton Mill of the Massachusetts, plant which
has been shut down since August z will
resume Monday.
Tho Middlesex Woolen Mill will also
start on Monday. It mas been closed for
some timo during which extensive repairs
have beon made.
Tho cnrding room OF the Belvederc
Wooden Mills will start Monday providing
arrangements are completed today. Many
changes have been in progress in this
plant and the various departments Will
bo put i'm operation gradually as repairs
are completed.
Part of the Pickering Knitting COM
pany's plant will be put in operation next
wosk, the knitting rooms having started
work this week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
SUFFERED GREATLY.

Auckland. N. o., Aug 2l-Ths survivors Of
the Norwel ian bark Seladon, from Newcastle
for Honolulu, which was wrecked on Starbuck
Island in August, 1895, ha @ arrived here.
After suffering the creates piivations they
reached Sophia Island in boats. and remained
there 'cn months with the natives before they
were rescued. The captain, ratc aud carpen.
ter died on Sophia Island.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
VETS COMING.
Crowds of Grand Army Men and
Others Rushing Into Buffalo.

BufIalo. n. ". August 2l-The Influx oil
visitors TO tho national encampmont OF th
q. A. r. has begun in earnest. All the trains
and boats arriving here are crowded 10 their
utmost capacity.
Tho G0O guides who Will show visitors &c
their lodgings and 90 points 81 interest viii
go on duty this evening. and from then until
"Wednesday Bt noon 20 Of .thcm VIII lie On
duty all The Time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
REUNION ENDED.
Army OF The Potomac Closes IFS
Successful COnven tiOn Today.

Troy. y. y, Aug 2i.-The reunion Of
tho society Of the Potomac onus today.
Today the memters visited Oakwood
cemetery, inspected the Watervliet arsenal
and went for a sail ON the Hudson.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
ATTHE THEATRES.
Opening of the Season at Local
Places of Amuscmcnt.
ROCKEFELLERs MILLIONS.
REUNION OF WORKMEN.

Amesbury, Mass, Auy. si.-The Merrimac
Valley lodges n the Ancient Order 81 United
Vorkmen will hold grand reunion and con.
ven'ion NJ Salisbury Peach on September 4.
Judge Andrews a Maine will be the princi-
tsl speaker Of the day.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
FUN FOR EVERYBODY.

Comic Pictures, Accompanied
by Witty Sayings.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
THE GAME OF KINGS.

Weekly Article on Chess Pre-
pared by an Expert.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
THE JEWELRY TRADE.
Industry i'm which Rhode Island
Leads the World.
ALONG THE SHORE.
APAGE OF SPORTS.

All Glasses Of Out Door Rccrc-
alton Represented.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
FOR. ALL WOMEN.

Matters of General Interest to
the Fair Sex.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21

TO LET-Two tenements: 5 rooms: in goo
order: ~ and Sll per month Robert Muir, 3
klm street. au2i-Gt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
IN THE CHURCHES.

Good Works of the Religious
Organizations.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
BELLIES AND BEAUX.

AmuSemcnts of those who
Shine i'm Society.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
| 6,
Bright Pages
IN
EVENING", ';'; NEWS

1t will be read by every
body, because in no other
paper can be found SO
much news, SO cIeveriy
written and so well ar
ranged, while its assort-
ment of miscellaneous
reading matter is varied
and full Of interest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21

UNDER THE ROSE.
Secret Societies and Their Va
ricd Interests.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21

PARLOR ADJUSTMENTS.
Hints for Passing Pleasant
Evenings i'm the Family Circle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21

HAD SEVEN WIVES
And supported Them All On
600 a Month.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
BETRAY THEIR PATRONS.

In some instances the proprietors have
been known to act in this capacity for
their more wealthy patrons. 1t would be
hard to convince some of these young
men who were thus betrayed that the
man who had smiled so blandly on them
while they were emprying their poukets
into his Golfers was tho traitor. Such Is
the fact. however.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
The
Leading Features

THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
Local and General Happenings
Faithfully Reported.
LETTER TO GOV. DYER.
The News Addresses Rhode Is
land Chiefs Executive.
THE JEWELRY TRADE.
Industry i'm which Rhode Island
Leads the World.
ALONG THE SHORE.
What Is Going On Along Mar
ragansett shores.
PAGE OF SPORTS.
All Glasses of Out Door Rccrc-
alton Represented.
FOR. ALL WOMEN.
Matters Of General Interest to
the Fair Sex.
IN THE CHURCHES.
Good Works of the Religious
Organizations.
FUN FOR EVERYBODY.
Comic Pictures, Accompanied
by Witty Sayings.
BELLIES AND BEAUX.
AmuSemcnts of those who
Shine i'm Society.
THE GAME OF KINGS.
Weekly Article on Chess Pre-
pared by an Expert.
UNDER THE ROSE.
Secret Societies and Their Va
ricd Interests.
PARLOR ADJUSTMENTS.
Hints for Passing Pleasant
Evenings i'm the Family Circle.
BIG DEALINGS IN STOCKS.
Brokers of Providence Doing
a Land Office Business.
HAD SEVEN WIVES
And Supported Them All on
600 Month.
AT THE THEATRES.
Opening of the Season ut Local
Places of Amusement.
ROCKEFELLER'S MILLIONS.
The Great Oil Magnate and
His Immense Fortune.
REUNION or WORKMEN.
Amesbury, Mass. Au, ci.--The Merrimac
Valley lodges ~ tho Ancient Order 81 United
Vorkmen will hold grand reunion and con.
ven'ion NJ Salisbury Peach on September g.
Judge Andrews n Maine will be the princi
tsl speaker Of the day.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
TOOAANY POLES.

Alderman Surkey, chairman of the
committee on telegraph, etc, reported
adversely upon the petition of the S.
A. Gas and Electric Light company,
asking permission to erect twenty-five
poles on Soledad street. For the first
time. a committee of city council has
discovered that these poles are an OBJ
struction and a nuisance on the streets.
The report states that the streets are
already crowded with poles. What is
the condition of Commerce street? Up
and down, on each side, duplicated and
IMPLICATED until it looks like a forest
of unsightly sticks, marring the beauty
of the architecture and jeopardizing
the safety of the public. This report
of the council committee Will draw at-
tention to the pole nuisance. Our mar
row business streets If in any other
city. would soon be cleared OF the
overhead wires. AS the privilege OF
erecting poles has been granted by the
council, without exacting any compen-
sation for the privileges, the city
has the perfect right to refuse new re-
Quests or to annul old grants. Yet
the use Of poles to carry our electric
wires for light, telephone and railroads
seems positively necessary and since
some have been granted privileges
none should be refused. This revives
the policy and justice Of exacting a
toll or tax. for every pole erected in
the city limits, so that the public may
receive some remuneration for the
use of their streets by private corpor-
atoms. who are pursuing a profitable
business upon the franchises given
them to the city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
PROCEEDINGS STOPPED.

Washington, May 1S.-Following the
recommendation of Commissioner Her
mann, Of the general land office, the
attorney general instructed the United
States district attorney for Oregon to
suspend for the present the legal pro-
ceedings pending in that district grow
ing out OF the sheep pasturing within
the limits of the Cascade range forest
reservation.
The commissioner of the general land
office has submitted to the secretary
of the interior an elaborate showing
of acts regarding the Cascade forest
ries in Oregon, reciting its inception to
the present and the existing conditions
as to all forestries.
In his statement the commissioner
recommends that the former order of
the department forbidding pasturing
in the reserve has been revoked en-
tirely or so modified as to permit pas
turing under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the department.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
GRIEVED TO SUICIDE.

Joliet, ILL.,, May 1S.-Mrs. Eliza Sage,
of wife of the man who obtained a
$50 loan from his uncle, Russell Sage,
of New York, last February, has at
tempted to commit suicide from worry
ing over the debt. Mr.. Sage had saw
ed s45 toward lifting the mortgage up
on his homestead and his wife had So
Brooding over the affair caused Mrs
Sage to lose her mind and last Satur-
day she was found hanging from a raf4
ter in the shanty upon which New
York's millionaire Sage had a mort
gage for $50. She was found in time
to save her life. The money to can
eel the mortgage was sent last night to
Mr.. Sage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Washington, May 1S.-The comptrol-
Ter of currency has issued a call on the
national banks for a statement of their
condition at the close of business Fri
day.
Berlin, May 1S.-The German am
bassadOr at Constantinople has been
instructed to cooperate with other
ambassadors in their efforts to secure
armistice between Turkey and Greece.
Washington, May 1S.-The monthly
statement of collection of internal rev.
enue shows total receipts for April,
81, 1894, 539; decrease 1861 compared
with April 1896 For last ten months
receipts aggregate 1922, $50, 4O4, an in
crease as compared with same period
last year of $690,OS3.
Pineville, KY, May 1S-Henry Scott
and a man named Cornell were shot
to death in a four handed shooting af-
fair in Leslie county, where a primary
election was being held. Bud Wilson
and a son of Cornell are badly wound
ed, young Cornell being shot just be-
low the heart, probably fatally. The
cause of the shooting is an old grudge.
The Cornells are prominent people.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
A BIKE TEST CASE.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 1S.-James Neill
the we'll known actor, is the principal
in test case of a new bicycle ordi-
nance in this city. He is charged with
riding after dark without a lighted
lamp, on the forks or axle of his wheel.
The case went over until tomorrow
and will be carried 10 the higher
courts as Mr.. Neill holds that such a
provision was nonsensical and unreas-
enable and therefore void; and that it
is beyond the power of the council to
enact such provision The case will
be watched from elsewhere as similar
ordinances are very general in cities
throughout the country.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
CITY TOPICS.
THE BACK PAY BUSINESS.

THE BACK PAY BUSINESS
The matter of paying off the salaries
and wages due the discharged ofhcials
and employees, of the city came up yes
terday in the city council, on Alderman
Hicks resolution, presented at the pre-
vious meeting, which provided that all
obligations to city employees be PAID
in the order in which they were in
curred. Alderman Surkey offered an
amendment to prefer the claims Oh
those who had not sold their time
This amendment was adopted by a
vote of 6 to 4. A motion to suspend
the rules to put the resolution as
amended on it's passage was lost TOT
lack of a two-third vote. FROM tnls
we infer that a majority of the city
council are favorable to providing
method of payment that looks ootn
reasonable and just. For instance
should the present administration SKIP
the payment of its salaries ana WAGES
for two or more months, this resolu-
ton regulates the order OF payment ,
that is, that the oldest date shoulo
have precedence. To pay the ofhclals
and employees for May when their sal
aries were due for January, would be
had policy and ridiculous. AS long as
the city is unable to pay cash to It's
employees, its payments should be reg
ulated with such certainty as TO ala
the credit of the city in behalf OF It's
creditors. Mayor Callaghan has exer-
cised his prerogative as the executive
head of the city government to pro-
vide for the payment of his own peo-
nile. His object is to keep this up TO
the end of his administration, but he
fully recognizes the justice of the
claims of the old creditors, and hopes
to relieve them as seon as the taxes
for the fiscal year Of 1851 come In.
Mr.. Elmendorf's people having waited
so long. that is, most of them, 1t was
thought no hardship for them to wait
a little longer and besides, the Elmen-
dorfites had got used to waiting While
in office, the Callaghanites had got
tired waiting while out of office. I'm
der the charter, section As, the city
council have the exclusive power TO
appropriate and provide for the pay
ment of the debts and expenses of the
city" On their shoulders rests the
entire responsibility in the matter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
THE FAIR WILL TRIAL.

San Francisco, Cal, May 1S.-Prior
to the taking Of testimony in the San
gus Craven case Judge Slack heard
the application of Attorney McInerny
and Pearson & Mitchell for a further
allowance for counsel fees as attorneys
for the executors of the estate of the
late Senator James G. Fair. They
have already received $50, 1925.
George A.Knight, on behalf OF
Charles L. Fair, opposed the applica-
ton. Most of the session was con-
sumed by counsel in arguing technical
tiles which arose during the trial; but
number of expert witnesses were ex-
amined.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
INTERESTED IN pURANT.

San Francisco, Cal, May 1S.-Gov.
Budd is making a personal investiga-
ton of the features of the Durant
murder case He has visited the En-
anuel Baptist church, the scene of the
double tragedy, accompanied by Chief
of Police Lees, Durants attorney and
the district attorney and climbed from
basement to belfry.
The party also visited the houses of
Mrs. Leake and Mrs. Crosset, two i'm
portant witnesses for the prosecution,
in order that the governor might see
and hear for himself to what they had
testified and so be enabled to decide
equitably Durant's petition for execu-
tive clemency.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
rAMPER WITH THE MAILS.
VIEWERS Agents Open Official or Pri-
vate Letters Before They
Deliver Them.

Deliver Them.
New York, May 1S.-A special to the
Journal from Havana, says:
The opening of private letters by
postoffice employees has been made the
subject of energetic protests by more
than one local consul.
The representative of a leading
South American republic went person.
ally to the palace to complain that his
mail. both official and private had
been tempered with, while DIR. Brun-
ner. of the United States Marine hos
pital service, detailed here as sani-
tary inspector attached to the Ameri-
can consulate, received several letters
from his wife, the ends of the envel-
ones having been clipped off at the
postoff1ce before delivering. They were
delivered open, no attempt whatever
having been made to conceal the fact
of violation of the postal laws.
Upon the doctors complaint, Gen.
Lee sent back a sharp note q protest
to the captain-generals office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
HER GRANDCHILD BURNED.

st. Louis, Mo, May 1S.-Mrs. Ferdi-
nand Garesch received a telegram last
night stating that her great niece
Miss Madeline Leclerq, Is years old,
was among those burned to death in
the charity bazaar holocaust at Paris.
Miss Leclerq's mother was born in
st. Louis where the family is well
known. Miss Leclerq's grandmother
lives in Rue de Courcelles, Paris. Mad
cline was her only grandchild.
Mrs. Mary Garesch of New York re-
ceived the first information that Miss
Leclerq was among the victims and
she telegraphed Mrs. Ferdinand Ga
resch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-18
SILVERITES WIN.

Frankfort, KY, May 1S.-The fight in
the State Senate that promised such
bitter sensational results, is over so
far as the bone of contention-the flu
sion bills concerned. All agree that
the bill cannot now become a law be-
fore Friday although the attempt to
extend the session beyond the consti-
tutional limit has been abandoned.
The silver minority has won its tght
against the fusion bill not only by lts
good generalship but because part
of the Republicans were luke warm
in their support Of the gold Democrats
who originated 1t.