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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
DEWS CHOSEN
Phoenix Mill Creditors
Elect Him Assignee.
Lawyer COmStOck Nominated
Walter R. StineSs, Esq.
Mr.. Dews Had Votes OF Creditors
Representing Over $4,000.

The result of the meeting OF the credi- |
tors OF the Phoenix Wooden Company,
hell this forenoon at the office of Regis
ter in Insolvency Lorin M. Cook was
the election of F.. 5. Dews as assignee
with bonds fixed at s2o, O0O.
The election was preceded, however, by
considerable preliminary scrspping on
the part of Attorney Comstock, repre-
senting the Ceuterdale Worsted Company
and Attorney s. w. X. Allen, one Of the
creditors, hi nself and attorney for several
others.
At the outset MIR. Comstock said that
he understood that an assignee was to be
chosen whom he should object to and
then the reading of the list of creditors
whose claims have been proved. was called
for. In this list the name of the Phoenix
Electric Light and Coal company was
read and credited with s2421.5l.
Mr.Comstock objected and said that the
claim was ot a valid one.
The wooden company, when II was
known to be ,nsolvent, MIR. Comstock
said, had purchased the bonds OF the
Electric Light Company which it had no
rig ht to do under the charter and further
more both corporations were controlled
by the same parties and Mr.. Joseph Dews
as treasurer of the woolen company had
bought tho bonds of himself in his
capacity as tEe president of the electric
light company.
Register Cook allowed the claim to 90
in and called for nominations foi an
| assignee. MIR. 5. w. X. Allen, who is
creditor to the extent OF s3769.e6, nomi-
nsted Mr.. +. s. Dews.
| MIR. Comstock again objected and de-
| clared that Mr.. Dsws was not proper
person under the law, inasmuch as he wss
| q stock holder In the insolvent concern,
| secretary of the corporation ard treasurer
| OF the Electric Light Company in
| yolved. 10 appoint MIR. Dews would be
| Mr.. Comstock said,t to continue the affairs
| of the concern under the management of
| the very debtors VINO had brought about
the existing situation. Register Cook
| would not rule in the matter at all but
| held that the creditors could eject whom
ever they saw fit.
Mr.. Comstock then nominated Mr..
Walter X. Stiness in Opposition to MIR.
Dews. The result of the voting was that
Mr.. Dews received the signature of cre-
ditors holding bills amounting tc
S75, ,O32. so while the opposition interests
that were represented only secured
$2O29. .6s. Mr.. Dews was declared elected
and made the sworn statement that the
machin cry of the concern was wortf
sl17, 1862. His bonds were fixed atfS20, OO'
and the American Surety Company, o
which Mr.. Comstock 10 attorney, wal
named IS surety.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
Insurance Trouble.

Considerable time was taken up In the
Appellate Court today In the considera-
tion OF the case of Joseph F.Cook against
the National Lito Association. Tho plain
tin was insured fer 5000 and paid g
premium OF 1886. lie claims that the
sgeut made a mist axe in taxing down
important facts and the defendant COM
pany cIsims II carried The pu-fcT Tor one
year and that recovery oil the premium Is
impossible.
&. n. Salisbury represented the insur-
ancs company and {. slocum smith the
plaintiH.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
AFTER A NEW TRIAL.
Lawyer French Presents Arguments
in Behalf OF Mate Bran.

Boston, Jan. 2O.-Arguments on
motion for q new trial Of Thomas nj.
Bran, who has. been found guilty OF the
murder of Captain Nash OF the Herbert
Fuller we're offered before Judges Colt
and Webb in the United States Circuit
Court today.
The court room was crowded. Asa r.
French counsel for Bran, stated the
grounds OF the motion.
After presenting the grounds for new
trial several tilts between counsel oc-
CURED, which consumed tho time until
an adjournment for lunch until $3.50 pm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
TUE COWLEY DIVORCE CASE.

Domestics Testify to improper Reia-
tious of Earl and Mrs. Charrington.
LONDON, Jan. 20. When the hearing
OF the suit for divorce brought by Viola,
Countess Cowley against Earl Cowiey,
was resumed today before Justice Barnes
in tho divorce division Of nign court, a
long deposition by man named Lane, a
valet in the employ of the Earl OF Aoer'
deem, the Governor OF Cansds, was read.
Ii did not contain matter of much I'M
portsnce.
Several domestic servants testified 70
the intimacy Of Earle Cowley and Mrs.
Chsrrington the correspondent In the cas",
after which the hearing was adjourned
for week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
TORPEDO BOAT NO. 6.
Given Trial Over the Measured Course
In the Bay.

Torpedo Boat No. 8, steamed out OF
Bristol nsrbor this morning. steam was
passing from all the smoke stacks which
showed that for the first time all the
boilers were being used. The boat pro-
cesdec to Newport where IL was joined
by the Cushing with Commander Con-
verse on bosrn, after which the two boats
went to the measured course where the
new craft was put through its PAGES by
the builders and the workfwas wstched
with great interes; by these on the Cush-
ing. This afternoon the new boat re-
turned TO Bristol.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
Claims in a Replevin Suit.

In the Appellate Court today was heard
the case OF J. Albert Porter against Christina
G. Porter. The question before the court was
the amount due on replevin bond The
plaintiff claims that the materials taken in
the rcplevin proceedings were wrongfully
taken.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
Brown University Alumi Meeting.

rne uunusl meeting ot the Brown Uni
versity Alumi Association OF this city,
will be held in the Providence Athletic
Tub gymnasium, Wednesday evening,
Feb. "a. The preparation being made
would indicite that this dinner is TO sur
pas. all previous efforts. Tie committee Il
composed Of experienced members With
Professor Appleton 80 chairman and
John 4. Blodgett, secretary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
pcoples loan and Trnst O..

The Peoples Loan and Trns. Company. GO
North aain street. provide easy conditions
for its customers who desire Go secure money
advances for emergencies. and is low rates
and practical methods should be consulted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
Suit Over Insurance Policy.

Ann Clennn began suit this afternoon
against the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company to recover the value OF q policy
issued to Ann Duegan for the sum Of
$1,000. 1he case is penoine. Page q owen
for the plaintiff aud A. J. Cushing for
tsa defence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
Settled Out of Court.

The appeal case from the Sixth District
Court of Frederick Talbot against Moses
Bander, which was the calendar of tho
Appellate Court for trial today was settled
out Of court. The case involved only small
sum.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
Sentence Deferre d.

Arthur Bralsfori. OF Pswtu cke,, in
dicted for assault aud battery, pleaded
noio In the court OF common pleas this
AFTERNOON and sentence was deferred.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20

Cripple Creek, Colo.

The safest best popular LEGITIMATE investment in the
getting GROUND FLOOK
stock in THE GOLD DEVELOfMEN1
the
that this Home Company an sh
You don't have Cripple find all about All the
controlled strictly
will always receive his equa share OF
dividends shares These shares NON
4SSESSABLE sockhodr
cy1 rich in valuable assets
and ont telegram from Manager
THE GOLD informing found THE GENEVA
VEIN which he has prospecting Gold 500
the ton official made $S4
Cold make big (more than
shares of ground Our
Steam Plant working
ste,d;J
Prosoeus application
w H. ROVER, 44S Butler Exchange
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20

PARIS, Jan. 2O.--Mme. Carnoh mother
OF the late P.eslcsnt Garnet ~ dead.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20
TOO LATE roR CLASSIFICATION

EoR SALF-Confectionery store with set of
sTndy tools; established trade. ia sixth
Stroot, Providence, or l9College street, room
ID 'a@Vo'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-20

TO T.ET-Cot;arc house ON Homestead ave
nuc. apply John +. Pitts, WD snmmel
street. 9a@Jo'
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Mr.. MOody's arrival in Chicago was
very timely. He found four candidates
for mayor inquiring what they should
do to be saved.-Detroit Free Press.
If Mrs. Hetty Green insists on COB
bling Chicago, she should be warned in
time that two badly battered political
machines go with it.-Chicago Record.
An exchange says: "Japan's two prin-
cipal articles of export, tea and silk,
are produced chiefly by women, and it
might have added are also chiefly used
by them.-Boston Herald.
The New Jersey man who died at the
age of 105 this week did not marry un-
til he was IS. But some people do not
cut their wisdom teeth until long after
that time.-Baltimore American.
Il is announced that the Philadelphia
anti-Quay movement has completely
collapsed. Since Quay's encounter with
that Florida panther his enemies have
concluded that further opposition
would he useless.-New York Journal.
Abdul Hamid has ordered the arrest
of the officials of Tokat, where the last
massacre of Christians was pulled Off.
Very few were killed. and the Sultan
feels that somebody should be disci-
plined for gross neglect of duty.-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
The Blavatsky Besant Tingley
Watcnmeister cult teaches that the as
tral body is fed on the psychic ema-
nations of the food we eat. If we eat
cucumbers we absorb sunshine. This,
however, can be no excuse for smoking
cabbages York Press.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
Insect Conquerors.

A recent bulletin of the department Of
agriculture points out the fact that
within the past Is years there has been
a complete change in the chief insect
foe Of the cotton plant Previous to
1881 the cotton worm was not only the
principal, but almost the sole, insect
dopredator dreaded on the cotton planta-
tions. Since that year the cotton worm
has gradually disappeared, and a new
enemy TO the cotton plant the boil
worm, has taken its place. Such revo-
lutions in the insect world not infre-
quently occur, and sometimes they take
on the appearance Of actual couquests
effected by one species over others. In
the Sandwich Islands, for instance, a
species of ant introduced from abroad
is driving ont all other insects, the only
native species that seems able to with
stand it being the earwig,
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
Wales is INDIGNANT.

The diamond jubilee of Queen Vic
toria is soon to be celebrated with
great pomp, but what grieves the royal
family is that a syndicate of specula-
tors has purchased all the houses along
the whole route Of procession, or rather
has purchased them for use on that
particular occasion. The Prince of
Wales has returned from the Riviera
and found this condition existing, and
his indignation knew no bounds when
he found that every coign Of vantage
along the route was in the hands of
spectators, who were selling them at
fabulous prices and growing immensely
rich by the transaction.
Colonel Hay, our ambassador, has
leased Lord Caledon's house, which
will command superb view of the pro-
cession. The spectators recently call
ed at the embassy and offered the same
amount for the one week of the jubilee
that Colonel Hay pays for the three
months Of tenancy, but the tender was
refused. much to the credit of the am
bassador and to the chagrin of the
spectators.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
HI1NTER is HUNTED.

The Republicans of Kentucky have
their hands full just now, and the
party is involved in one of the great
est scandals of modern times. Several
of the most prominent party men of
the state are in danger of losing their
personal freedom by reason of the find
ing of indictments charging them with
conspiracy to bribe members OF tho
General Assembly to vote for DR.. w.
Godfrey Hunter, nominee for United
States senator. Unfortunately for the
doctor he is one of those indicted, and
1t is probable that the circumstance
removes him from the field as n po-
tential factor in the senatorial battle
which has been waged for so many
weeks without result.
He and his party friends denounce
the whole thing as a Democratic
scheme to prevent the doctor from be-
ing elected to the United States Sen
ate, but it is not one of the character
istics Of Republicans to plead guilty
to anything but spotlessness and scru-
pulous honesty. If a Republican is ac-
cused Of a crime against the public he
Immediately sets up the plea that he is
wholly innocent and that the other
side is guilty of the whole thing. In
short, that he is the victim of a Demo
cratic conspiracy.
But, unfortunately for these Ken
tuckians, their accusers are not con-
fined to the Democratic ranks by any
manner of means, and the promptness
with which the grand jury returned
true bills demonstrates that there is
something in the charge
Hunters forces may stand firm for q
time, but they can scarcely be expected
to stand by him with such a serious
charge standing against him. A mar
who is so anxious to go to the Senate
as TO be willing to spend $4,000 foI
three votes, will feel his non-electioI
keenly.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
Miss Noah.

The scholar should know his text
books, else he may have the mortifca-
tion of being outmGtched in his own
speciality by a layman, as in this story
from an exchange:
A child was brought to a Yorkshire
vicar for baptism. AS he was told that
the name was to be Noah he naturally
referred to the infant as che" in the
course of the service. Soon he felt his
surplice pulled by ono Of the women,
who whispered to him that "it was a
lass. 4"
"But Noah is not a girls name, "
said the parson.
Eyes, it is" spoke up the child's ia
ther
An adjournment was made to the
yestry to settle the point. The father
said that whenever he had a child to be
named he opened the Bible and chose
the first name Of the proper sex that
met his eye. The clergyman insisted
that in the present case a mistake haC
been made, whereupon the father opened
the Bible at Numbers XVI, 33, and
read, 1.-The names of the daughters Of
Zelophehad were Noah" etc.
There was no more to be said.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

DR.. and Mrs Wesley Mullin, Mrs.
James T. Mullin and Eugene Cham
bers, all of this city, attended the Hol-
Shoemaker wedding in West Ches-
ter on Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel r. Benson
went to Atlantic City yesterday to re-
main two weeks.
Miss Laura Stinson is visiting the
Misses Moulder, Of Chester.
Miss Gertrude Gheen, of West Ches-
ter. who is well-known in Wilmington,
having been a frequent visitor here, is
in London acting and reciting in fash
ionable drawing rooms.
William f. Griffith, Of Baltimore, and
Miss Clara Warrick, of New Castle,
were married at Union NJ. e. parsonage
on Wednesday evening, by Rev. j. ID.
c. Hanna.
John Guyer, of South Wilmington
and Miss Lydia Carey were married
Wednesday evening at the residence OF
Mrs King, No. 613 King street, by Rev
V. A. Northrup.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
KING-BRoUGHToN.

Pocomoke City. April 23.-At ST.
Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Pocomoke City, Wednesday, Miss Lii
liam b. Broughton was married to Dr.
John H. King. The bride was attired
In grey and green travelling outfit
with hat and gloves to match. The
page was master Francis Dryden, Jr,
the flower girl was Miss Louise King,
dressed in white silk. The ushers were
E. S. Hargis and Sidney Bolan. The
best man was J. Frank Lloyd. The
bride was given away by her brother,
w. Il. Broughton. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. o. II. Murphy pas
tor of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
Fairmount, Md.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
KNIGHTS AT WASHINGTON.

The annual convocatiOn of the Order
of the Knights of Columbus will be held
in Washington, beginning April 25. A
large number OF members from various
cities of the Union viii be present, as
the session will be a memorable one
and the proceedings will be especially
interesting. Santa Maria Council, of
this city, will attend in body and will
participate in the opening exercises.
The Santa Maria Quartet, composed OF
John Butler. w. r.. McNulty, Herman
Cossen, A. j. Butler and NJ. A. Shaw,
accompanist, who acquitted themselves
so acceptably on a recent occasion in
Baltimore, has been invited to assist in
the musical program. The Wilmington
members will leave here Sunday morn
ing from Delaware avenue station over
the B. & o. at 10.45 a. m. on a special
train, containing members from Bos-
ton, New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia
and Baltimore. The session will be
held at the Washington Light Infantry
Han, on Fifteenth street, near the
Treasury.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
QUEER WEDDING BANQUET.
Whore the Unbidden Cacsts Scrambled
For Eits From the Table.

Where the Unbidden Caests Scrambled
For Eits From the Table.
was married in India. writes Phil
Robinson, the author and traveller. ] en-
gagged for our honeymoon a little house
--l6 miles OF so from any other habita-
ton Of white man-that stood on the
steep whito cliff Of the Ncbudda river,
which here flows through canyon Of
pure white marble. Close beside our
house was little hat, where a holy
man lived il charge Of an adjoining
shrine, earning money for himself and
for tho shrine by polishing little pieces
of marble as inementos for visitors. 1t
was a wonderful place altogether and
while my wife went in TO change her
dress the servants laid breakfast on the
veranda overlooking the river. At the
first clatter of the plates there began to
come down from the big tree that over
shadowed the house, and up the trees
that grew in the ravine behind it, from
the house roof itself-from everywhere
"a multitude of solemn monkeys They
came up singly and in couples and in
families and took their places without
noise or fuss OH the veranda and sat
there, like an audience waiting for an
entertainment TO commence. And when
everything was ready, the breakfast all
laid, the monkeys all seated, l went in
to call my wife
Breakfast is ready, and they are all
waiting, / said.
"Who are waiting?" she asked in dis
m "a
alone, and was just coming out in my
dressing gown.
Never mind, " said. 1.-THE people
about here are not very fushionably
dressed themselves. They wear pretty
much the same things all the year
round. "
And so Try wife came out Imagine,
then, her astonishment In the middle
Of the veranda stood her breakfast table,
and all the rest Of the space, as well as
the ratings and the steps, was covered
with monkeys, as grave as possible and
as motionless and silent as if they were
stuffed. Only their eyes kept blinking
and their little round ears kept twitch-
ing Laughing hcartily-at which the
monkeys only looked all the graver-
my wife sat down.
win they cat anythinS?" asked she
Try Them" l said.
So she picked up biscuit and threw
it dmong the company. And the RESULT
About 800 monkeys jumped up in the
air like one, and just for one instant
there was a riot that defies description.
The next instant every monkey was sit
ting in its place as solemn and serious
as if it had never moved. Only their
eyes winked and their ears twitched.
My wife threw them another biscuit,
and again the riot, and then another
and another and another. But at length
we had given all that we had to give
and got up to go. The monkeys at once
rose, every monkey ON the veranda, and
advancing gravely to the steps walked
down them in n solemn procession, old
and young together, and dispersed for
the day S occupations. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVER-
SARY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. Carter cele-
bratei the fiftieth anniversary of their
marriage at their home, corner Cover
nor's avenue and Cecil street, Dover.
They had with them their eight chill
dren and thirteen grandchildren to
make merry the eventful occasion.
Their children are: Mrs. Hargadine, of
FELTON,; Rev. Herman Carter, Of Ohio;
Edward b., of "Tonten Field" L. NJ.
R., of Cordova, Md; Frank R., of Mas
sachusetts; Mrs. Buchanan, of Seattle,
Wash; Mrs. Dram Gregg, of Chester,
Pa; and Miss Julia Carter. The fifty
years of married life of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter have been spent at "TOnten
Field" the home Of the Carriers for
generations. No deaths have occurred
to mar their peaceful life save several
infaats at early marriage.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23

to meet the emergency. Austria. upon
whom Russia depended to assist her in
this emergency, was weaned away by
British diplomacy, and the only course
left open for Russia was to fight and
lose, or consent 10 the European conler-
ence at Berlin. This conference
framed the famous Berlin treaty, and it
is interesting TO note the treatment
which Russia received at its hands. The
independence of Servia, Montenegro
and Roumania was recognized; Bosnia
and Herzegovina were given to Aus
tria, and Bulgaria, north of the Bal
kans, was made an autonomous princi-
pality. Further than this, une bound
aries of Greece were revised
After all its fighting the Russians got
nothing, and several Independent states
and principalitles were placed between
her and Turkey in order that the fric-
tion between the two empires should
not be increased by actual contact on
the north. Thus British diplomacy tri-
umphed without the use of force, and
the buffer states placed Russia farther
than ever from the Dardanelles.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23
CONTEMPORARY OPINION
PRosPER1TY's ADVANCE AGENT.

PROSPERITY ) ADVANCE AGENI.
Mckinley has been inaugurated, but
the prosperity has not come. Now it is
said IL will not come until the tariff has
been revised and the government is
provided with ample revenue. 1t may
or may not come then, but ali hope that
It will.
All this is not mentioned for the pur-
pose of carping at President Mckinley
or to eXult over the fact that his cleo
tion has not changed the condition Of
affairs. 1t is referred to to draw atten-
tion to the fact that it is great folly fCS'
the people to think the election OF any
man as president Of the United States
can, ipso facto, create prosperity. As
hard times never come Of a sudden and
in cataclasmic form, SO good times
never come as the result of a fiat,
whether sent forth as the will of peo-
pie or a king Good and bad
times are the result of natural
causes. Legislation has relatively lit
tie effect upon them, though its power
70 affect them for evil is more than it
is for good. And it is this fact that
causes so much apprehension over
what Congress. in the extra session to
be called by the president. will do. I'm
til its work is finished any definite and
permanent improvement in business
any genuine return OF prosperity mus
be deferred.-Salt Lake Herald.
Evening journal., 1897-04-23

RUSSIA AND CONSTANTINOPLE.
The dream of Russia is to possess
Constantinople, and her only hope of
doing 50 is to bring about the dlsmem-
berment of the Turkish empire at such
time as will enable her to realize that
dream. The time is not yet ripe, and
for that reason we to-day see the car
backing the sultan both morally and
materially in its action against the
Greek kingdom.
Russia has not forgotten her exper-
ience Of twenty years ago when she
fought and defeated the Turks and
marched upon Constantinople. Before
her troops could enter the city the
treaty of San Stefano was signed 1t
gave TO Russia all that she desired, and
the car was happy. But that happi-
ness was soon changed to grief, for
Great Britain refused to assent to the
treaty. Russia tried bluster and en-
treaty, but Great Britain was firm
and began preparations for war. The
great feet was sent to the Dardanelle:
and the Indian contingent was sent tC
Malta, and within easy striking dis
tance of the Russians. Further thar
that, the appeal of the mother country
for support from her colonies brought
a hearty response. and thousands o.
volunteers were at her service if the
regular troops should prove insufficient