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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
HER SHAFT BROKEN.
Steamship Corona Meets With an
Accident at Sea.
Towed Into Halifax by the Knight
Commander Early Today.

Halifax, N. s., Feb. 1.-THE steamer
knight Commander, from Norfolk for
Antwerp, having in tow the German
steamer Corons, which sailed from Char
lesion, s. c., January 80, tor Bremen,
arrived at this port this morning.
Tho Cor0na broke Der tErt shaft last
Saturday, whep she was $40 miles from
Halifax, aud had been in tow OF the
Knight Commander since Sunday even
ing. Tine diss bled steamer encountered the
Knight Com manuer on Sunday ind the
captain OF the latter offered to tow the dis
ab.ed ship TO New York, but the captsin
of the Corona objectef and requested to
be taken to Halifax.
The Knight Commanders captain
finally agreed to this proposition and the
vessels arrived Off this harbor at O'Clock
where they lay till Daylight.
The Corona will be compelled 10 dis
charge part OF her cargo Of cotton before
repairs can he made. and IL is thought she
will De detained here about month.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Shocking Case of Degra-
datiOn and Want.
Man, Woman and Five Chill
dren Naked and Starving.
Woman Found to Be In Critical Con-
diti0n From Paralysis.

saybrook, Conn.,, Feb. 1.-THE peopie
OF this town have been startled by a
horribls case of degradation and want.
List week the poor commissioners were
notified that their services were required
bv Jake Solder, a colored man, who lived
with q woman named Mary Louie and five
children in an eight by fourteen foot
hut In the WOODS, two miles from the
center. The selectman investigated, and
found the worssn completely helpless
because of paralysis and other disease.
1he children were naked and practically
starved aud tue hut presented an appear
auce OF filth utterly indescripa bic and
loa, hsome. DIR. GRAMS vas summoned
a1d pronounced the woman's condition
critical. The women was removed to the
hospital ct Norwich. The authorities
wiz care :or the rest OF the family.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11

Without preliminary business the house
today went into COMMITTEES of whole and
began considering the fortitcations ap-
preparation bill.
MIR. Haines, (Rep, Neb.) who had
charge of the bill explained its provi-
sions. The bill carried ty, 17S, 325 based
OH recommendations aggreRsting s1s,-
800, 256. Mr.. Haines called attention to
the comprehensive scheme for fortifica-
tions entered upon last year. The APP
propristions previous to that time for
nine years having averaged but S3ls, 56s.
IL il were not for the urgent necessity
for economy in expenditures he said the
committee would have felt justified in
bringing In q bill carrying the full
amount OF the recommendations.
The committee rose temporarily to al
low MIR. Cannon, chairman OF the appro'
priations committee to report the sundry
appropriation bill.
MIR. Bartlett dem. Ga on behalf oi
elections committee No. submitted the
report in the contested case OF Watsor VS.,
Black from the tenth Georgia district
The report was unanimous and In favor
OF the sitting member.
The fertilization bill was then agair
| taken -up.-Mr. Fisher lRep., N. Y.
offered an amendment to appropriate
| SIC, 200 for an investigation Of the feast
bility Of constructing f0rtifications ant
| coast defenses at the entrance OF New
York harbor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
ENLISTED MEN.
Senate Passes Bill for
Their Retirement.
Measure Will Apply to Both
the Army and Navy.
House Considers the FOrtifications
Appropriation Bill.

Washington. Feb. 1l.-In the absence
of the vice president, Mr.. Frye, president
pro tenn, occupied the chair in the Senate
today.
The house resolution appointing Gen.
srsl Joseph N. Marshall Brown OF Maine,
as MEMBER of the board Of managers OF
the national home for diss bled soldiers
10 succeed the late General Beale. was
agreed to. The Northern Psci fic resolu-
tion went over until Monday next on re
quest Of Mr.. Tburston. Senate bill pro-
viding for the retirement Of enlisted men
Of the.army and navy after 30 years con-
tinuous service at three.quarters pay was
passed. Tne diplomatic and consular
appointment Dill was then taken up.
At 80 p. m. the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session, probably on the arbitra-
tion treaty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Arms for Cretans.

London, Feb. ia despatch to the
Times from Athens says that the centra |
Cretan committee is preparing to support
the Cretans with arms, ammunition and
supplies on q great scale. The tirst in
stallment, 1t is added, sailed on Wednes-
day with 600 armed Cretans. The same
dispatcn states that the departure of the
Greek torpedo fiotilla to the island of
Crete was due to the aun ouncement that
Turkish torpedo boats had left the dar-
dennelles and that the Turkish troops
had embarked ct Salonika for Crete. The
despatch concludes with the remark "It
is posi- BILE that direct collision will oc-
eur between the Gssek and Turkish
forces"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Sundry Civil Appropriation Pill.

Washington, Feb. IL. The house CON-
mittee on appropriations today finished
the sundry civil appropriation bill for
the next fiscal year. The bill carries a
total Of $50, C64, 743. Ibis IL ss,14i,O less
than the estimates and s1s,644, 100 more
than the appropriations OF last year.
Among the public buildings provided for
are the following:
Brockton, Macs, 10000; Buffalo. $500,
200; Washington, DC, $4,000; included
in the provisions for hsrbor work are
Point Judith, X. l., $500, 600; Portland,
Me-, $4,000; Rocklsnd, Me-, saoo, 600,
Boston, s4oo,O0o.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
LIVE BIRD CONTEST.
Stuart Proposes to Run One in Con-
nection With the Big Fight.
Negotiations Are In Progress With DR.
Carver and Budd.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 1.-THE fight
between Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
not be the only attraction in Nevada for
sportsmen. Dan Stuart proposes TO have
q great live bird tournament open TO all
corners during the week before the fight.
His representative will meet Or. Carver
and Budd the eastern wing shots in Kan
sfs City within a few days snd complete
arrangements with them for a match.
The tournament will be Cpen TO sll
comers, said stuart. "It will be at live
birds and several prizes OF $1,000 or so
each will be offered. My agent will CON-
ple.s negotiations with Carver and Budd
at Kansas City ana they will be sent out
here for a match"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Consta ble's Sale.

BY virtue of an execution, No. 1917. issued
from the District Court OF the Sixth Judicial
District holden at Providence, in the county
of Providence, within and for said district,
on the 10Th day of February, a. ID. 1891, and
returnable 10 said court on the 10Th day of
MAY, 1897. wherein Michael g. Grogan of
Providence IL plaintiff, and +. f. Welcome,
ais Of said Provide ce, L. defendant.
Will be- sold at public auction on TUES
DAY, tie ga day Of February. lSN, nj IL
o'clock noon NJ 10. 755 North Main street.
in said Providence oil The right, title and in
rest the said r. r. Welcome hal n. the time
of the attachment on the original writ in
whicn said execution was Obtained, viz, De-
coinber a. lSG, ne ( ocloct aud 70 minutes
n. m . n and to the following described person
al property, viz: enc open ID mocra wagon.
levied on this lifh day OF. February, 1877,
nj 10 o'clock a. m, and will be sold to satisfy
said execution II sufficient,
ANDREW MCKENZIE,
fll-l0t Constable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
u. III. GIaddinS & Co.
BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Clinton Shippee Sues Thankful
Hopkins.
The Trouble Grew Out Of an Agree
ment to Sell Railroad Ties.

The only case tried in the common pleas
division Of the Supreme Court today was
that Of Clinton sbippee OF East Killingly,
Conn.,, against Thsnkful Hopkins of Fos-
ter. The suit was one to recover damages
for sn alleged breach OF contract. Judge
Rogers presided over the trial and jury
heard the testimony.
The plaintiff claims that In scpt. 1895,
be entered into a contract with the defen.
dant to purchase all the ties on a certain
farm in Foster, that she claimed to own,
for the sum of s75. After the plaintin
had taken about a435 ties he was stopped
by one w. A.Carroll, who owned the land,
aud to whom it had been decided by the
husband of the defendant in 1894. This
complication he says forced him to pay
for some of the ties over agsip and ais }
to lose other trees on the land the value
of which was about s75. The value of the
ties ne nsu 10 pay twice for was he says,
s7S.S7.
Mrs. hopkins, the defendants idea of
the bargain was entirely different. she
swore that all the plaintiff bought was 3s3
urge ties at Is cents apiece, and 500
small ties at 3 cents apiece, and this made
s75.29, but she threw of four cents, and
called the price s75,25. She also testified
that she could not read | u could sign
her name and reckCn.
The arguments were made this sfter-
noon. Dexter b. Potter represented he
plsintiff and Page q Owen the defendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.
Committee Votes In Favor OF Enlarging
Sixth Police Station.

At it's meeting this forenoon the commit.
tee on city property voted to recommend the
enlargement and alteration OF the Sixth po-
lice station on Chaffee street, and at the next
meeting of the Council will ask for an appro-
priation OF $500 1t was also voted to use
the King Winsor cement in the construction
of the new west side school.
The joint standing committee on police
made the tour of the stations today for the
annual ingpection.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11

youth. They interceded so persietently
in his behalf that McElroy WAS pardoned
after serving only one year of the ten for
which he was booked. The rascal did not
value liper,y very highly for he no sooner
got free OF prison walls than he began TO
look about himself for more serious mis-
chief, and he found il readily. !.
After various escapsdes the general
thief though that he would return to
bis native city to add something 70 his
national reputation. There is where he
mace q serious mistake, ana il oil signs
DO not fail his next pardon will require
more than a years time in earning.
There had beon several events in police
circles lately and the detective force was
on the edge OF nervous prostration over
the undiscovered perpetrators OF house
entering, robbery, hold ups and tricks
familiar to the highwayman. The dotec-
tives we're looking about, too, and last
evening Detective Parker saw McElroy
crossing Wey bosset street from Chestnut
street. lie recognized him and he was
taken to police headquarters. In fact,
the young thief had been watched with
out knowing it and the reason he was not
arrested before was that the detectives
had not completed the circle out OF which
IL would be impossible for MeElroy to
escape.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Suit for Slander.

Jncob Schmelz, wholesale grocer OF
this city, has begun suit for 5000 through
his attorney, James A. Williams, against
Moses A. Frank for slanoer. The latter
is a restaurant keeper and schmelz charges
Frank with having falsely and msliciously
accused him with steaIiig a case Of ssr-
dimes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Held on Charge Of Burglary.

Biddoford, Me-, Feb. ll.-Charles Price of
Springfield, Mass, who was arrested in
Portland Tuesday, was arraIgned this morn
ing in the saco Municipal Court for burglary
ut the cottage OF George Fletcher at Grand
Beach December 9. He pleaded not guilty
and after bearing probable cause was found
and he was bound over to the May term of
the Supreme Court in the IN Of $780, He
will 90 TO jail to await the action Of the grand
Jury mot being able TO furnish security.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Imprisoned for Ill-Treating Sailors.

Winchester, Eng, Feb. ll-At the winches-
ter Assizes here today two Nova Scotians
Frazer and Amos, mates of the British ship
George T. Hay, were sentenced respectively
10 six and two months imprisonment for
brutally illtreating and wounding two sea
men, Lemon and Dove, who Joined the vessel
Mt Mobile, Ala.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
WILL NOT NOMINATE HIM.
Councilman Grinnell Says He Will Not
Name M. Carpenter.

Councilman Joseph ID. Grlnnell Of the Fifth
ward denies the city hall rumor to the effect
that he will nominate Ward Clerk Samuel
Carpenter for registration commissioner in
the Joint convention next month I
Mr.. Grinnel! will support the present incum.
bent Dir. Charles K. Smith.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Sons of Veterans.

The annual meeting OF the Sons Of
Veterans Of Rhode Island will be held at
slocum Post hall tomorrow morning.
Reports OF the different camps will be re-
ceived and division officers elected. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11

The Peoples loan and Trust Company. "a
North Main street. provides easy conditions
ia. i;s customers who desire to secure money
advances for emergencies, and its low rates
and practical methods should be consulted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Boston Newspaper Man Dead.

Melrose, Feb. il.-Charles 8. Drew. well.
known Boston newspaper man, died here this
morning from pneumonia. Ho. was ~ years
old and had been n political writer on several
Boston papers at various times.t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Davis MAY Be Con lirmed.

Washington, Feb. -ii--Thn- Senate -tndici.
airy committee by a majority Of one agreed
today 10 report favorably the nomination OF
Henry r. Davis 10 be district attorney for the
District Of Columbia. Mr.. Davis Is a Demo.
cra., but bolted Bryan's nomination.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Dense Fog in English Channel.

London. Feb 1.-THE fog in the channel Is
the most dense in n long time. The 81. Paul.
bound from New York TO Southampton, is OF
the Needles waiting for the fog to lift.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
PUBLIC HEARING


Housc Of Representatives,
Providence. Fcb. ~. 1897.
Tho committee IN Judiciary Of The House
~ Representatives will hear NIL netsons in-
terCafrd IN House hiN entitled +" An Act 10
Regulate tie width of Tir on Vehicles
Using the Highways "a HI. state, ~ tie
committee room on TUESDAY, Feb. ID, 1851.
al o'clock ". n.
ARTHUR a. RHODES, Clerk. Gl.4t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Duffy Signs With Boston.

Boston. Fob. il.--Hugh Duffy, the captain Of
The Boston base ball team today signed a
contract to play with the home club another
wear.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11
Stock Broker Erwin Dead.

Philadelphia. Feb ii.-Spencor Erwin the
well. known stock broker, died today Of pneu'
monia at his home In this city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11

Last Friday David +. Kenyon was re-
lieved OF $50 by O sneak thief. The
money was taken from his trousers in
Mrs. Tanners house, 79 Goddard street
where Mr.. Kenyon boarded. Every room
in the uouse had been entered and nearly
all the clothing had been examined for
any valuables they might contain. Mr..
Kenyon's money was the only booty OBJ
tanned. Mrs. George ~. Aliens house,
30 Carver street, was entered the same
DAY and the onslaught on her property
was on the wholesale scale. The house
breakers took jewelry, silver tableware,
ciot ming and miscellaneous wearing APP
parel. When Mrs Allen returned 10 her
homes he found u light In the dining
room. and suspecting thst something had
happened took q hasty glance about and
saw that the robbers had been through
her household effects. Every drawer in
Continued on Page ID
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-11

Ths first question taken up by the court
10 whether the exemption clause thereof
4. broao enough to include the land In
qustion and IL is held to be verv clear
from the language used In the charter as q
whole. hat the General Assen hly Intended
to foster and lpromole the interests and
welfare OF the college as far as possi BILE.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-10-07
THE GRAIN CROPS.
Latest Estimate of Yield of Wheat
Corn and Oats.

Latest Estimate of Yield of Wheat.
Corn and Oats.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Orange Judd Farm
er, in its final estimate of the years
wheat crop, says that figures based on
actual threshing returns indicate to-
tai yield of $4,000 900 bushels, of which
373, $50, 900 bushels is winter and 215.-
100000 bushels spring wheat. With the
exception of Illinois and Missouri the
winter wheat yield represents the full
capacity of the soil. The spring wheat
yield in Minnesota and the Dakotas has
proven disappointment, the aggregate
being only 129,oo0,0O0 bushels. The
shortage there is in a measure counter
balanced by the good yield in Nebraska,
Oregon and Washington. The report
says the corn crop is exceedingly disap-
pointing. At the outside estimate tits
about $50 ,000, 900 bushels. The drought
during the past two months reduced
the average condition from 1913 a
month ago, to 1879 on October 1. The
average oats yield of 1877 bushels per
acre suggests crop of 81, 00o, 900 bush
els, loo, 0O0, 900 more than last year. =
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-10-07
EXPERTS DON'T AGREE.

DR.. Merrillat Persistently Contra
=, diets DR.. Airport 1t Luetgert Trial.
Chicago, Oct. THE expert anato-
mists for the defense in the Luetgert
case contradicted one anotherSa turday
in manner that made the state serene
~ happy. Drs. l.. A. Merrillat and JOS.
eph Hughes, professors in two veterin-
arg colleges of Chicago, were on the
stand until IL o'clock. Both positively
identified the bone which the state
claims is a human femur as the lower
part of the shaft of a hogs femur. DR..
w. H. Airport, the expert for the de-
tense, who left the stand Friday after
two days. examination, declared it was
the upper end of q. hogs femur. DR..
Merrillat said Saturday he knew it was
the lower part, because the foramel.
ran upward. DR.. Airport said he knew
it was the upper part because the fora
mems direction was downward. The
counsel for the defense realized the ef-
feet of such a contradiction, and en-
deavored to swing DR.. Merrillat around
to Allport's opinion, but Merrillat re-
fused to be swerved. DIR. Joseph
Hughes conceded with the opinion of
DR.. Merrillat.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-10-07
THREE PERISH,
Sad Result Of the Burning Of q Adasps..
Chu1etts Homo.

Sad Result Of the Burning OF 4 Mas,..-
chusetts Home. ~
Springfield, Mass, Oct. IA special
to the Union from East Long Meadow
says: Three lives were lost early Sun
day morning by the burning OF dwell
ing house in the center of this place.
The home of George Brownlee caught
fire from a chimney. Mrs. Brownlee,
her husband, and two sons, Thomas,
aged 81, and James, aged 10, escaped in
their night robes, but Mrs. Brownlee
and her son Thomas were few minutes
later burned in. the building, their
bodies being buried in the ruins. Mrs.
Brownlee, losing her head, rushed bacl,
into the house, thinking her sons had
not come out. Thomas rushed after her
to save her, and James after Thomas.
The mother and elder son were over
come while James got out, but was
burned SO severely that he died Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Brownlee himself was
badly burned on the hands and feet,
The bodies Of the victims were recoy.
cred.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-10-07
SEES ARMIES OF EUROPE
Gen. Miles RiDishes His Tour OF ln-
.uection and sails for Ho~e

Gen. Miles RiDishes His Tour o. ID.
.pection aad Sails for Home.
London, Oct. zen. Nelson "A. Miles
Mrs. Miles and Aide-de- Camp Capt.
Maus sailed for the United States on
the American line steamer st. Louis
Saturday. The commander of the army
has been in Europe since May on his
tour Of military observation and has
inspected everything of military inter-
est from the armies OF the great powers
in field action down to balloons and
bicycles" as he remarked. He has
looked over Notifications, barracks.
camps, ordnance works of all classes, and
in the intervals of this work has writ
ten three reports to the government,
covering different features of European
militarism. After his return he will
with the assistance of Capt. Maus, pre-
pare another and more comprehensive
report in which will be embodied
recommendations for the improvement
of the United States army.
To the question as to whether the
United States, under its present mill
tary policy, would be able to cope with
European power, Gen. Miles replied:
I'm any population 1t is estimated one
man out of five is capable of bearing
arms. That would give us an army Of H.
100000. Our people are strong physically
and generally intelligent and well informed.
besides that each citizen Is a sovereign and
personally interested in the welfare of his
government and serves voluntarily with
out being forced into service by military
despotism. We have many thousands OF
men still living who have seen more war,
participated in more battles than any man
in Europe But 1t Is another thing to
equip an army with modern appliances for
the defense Of coast where we would
have to use high power guns and modern
projectiles which it takes years to con-
struct. while small arms are not to be
made in few days or weeks. Modern
rifles are different from the squirrel guns
with which our revolutionary fathers
went to war. The range Of modern arms
is very great and projectiles weigh 100
pounds to a ton Of steel. The lrapidity of
the, rapfd-fire machine gun, the Maxim
and Calling. is 4OO to 600 shots a minute
Although these are American inventions.
they are largely used In the European
service"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-10-07
EXPERT ExAGGERATlON.

Gift of Munchausen Rivaled by Ro-
mantle Lady Middleton.
The nobility easily takes rank among
story tellers. Baron Monchausen, Of
course, stands first, with Sir John Fall
staff a good second, aud now comes
Lady Middleton, very good third.
The noble lady has written for an
English periodical publication an ac-
count of some remarkable discoveries
of lost property. In one case valu-
able ring was lost. Years afterwards,
when floor was removed, the jewel
was found wedged tightly around the
neck ofsthe skeleton of mouse The
ring had fallen through crack in the
floor. The mouse, half-grown at the
time, had thrust its head into it, had
thus been caught, and had grown until
it was strangled.
Another case: A gentleman shot and
wounded sand-pfper, which, futter-
ing across a pond, was seized and de-
voured by pike. That afternoon the
sportsman's brother, while fishing in
the pond, caught pike in whose stom-
ach was found the identical sand-piper.
| Another case: A lady who was visit
ing relative lost a ring. Six years
after, while visiting the same person,
then living in a far distant locality,
she slipped her hand thoughtlessly into
recess of the chair she was sitting in
and found the missing ring.
Another case: A lady supped at a
royal ball, and one of the golden spoons
lodged, unknown to her, in one of the
pockets formed by the plaits on the
front of her dress. The following year,
in presentation to the queen, she wore
the same gown. AS she bent in cour-
tesying the. plat opened and out fell
the missing spoon at her sovereign's
feet.-N. Y. World.