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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
SEEKS A NEW TRIAL.
Jury That Heard the Case Gave Verde
For the Defendant.

There was hearing In the Appellate Court
before Justices stiess, Tiliinehast and Rogers
today on the plaintiffs petition for new trial
in the case OF Stephen o. Randall vs. Rhode
Island Lumber Company. The pisintin
originally brought suit against the defendant
on promissory note for s362A8, payable 70
4. r. Randall and signed by Rhode Island
Lumber Company. Il. X. Randall. treasurer
and endorsed on the back OF tho rotcs were
the words "Pay to Stephen O. Randall. signed
X. II. Randall" A jury found for tho defend
ant.
Tho plaintiff claims that there was testi-
mony produced at the trial before the jury
10 show thar the note was given for valid
consideration and that this evidences was In
correctly WEIGHED by the jury and that shere
was much moro thsn the necessary testimony
70 Offset tho charge that such note wss abso-
lutcly void.
In behalf Of the defendant u was claimed
that the result Of the trial In the lower courS
was correct and that the note wss fraudulens
and void.
plaintiff and 4. 8. Laphsm and 4 4. Un1O
attorneys for the defendant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04

The scsndalous attack on the state
house. commission In the Journal this
morning. ia its desperate effort to defeat
tie appropriation askei for by the GEN
eral Assembly tn compile tie noble
building on Caritoi hill, has aroused the
thinking citizens in this community TO a
state of unprecedented Indignation.
Never before In all the history Of Jour
nal mendacity and venom in dealing
with public questions has ii gone SO far
or stooped SO low as in the editorial re-
ferrsd TO, In which the fitness and char
acter Of the memt ers Of the board Of state
house commissioners are Ieid up to pub
Tic cohtumeIy The article amazed and
confounded even those titizsns who usu-
ally lind themselves In accordance with
journal sentiments, and WAS cordially
yejected even by. such OF them as 90 not
6together favor the state house loan and
have never been fully In sympathy with
the state house proposition from It's in
ceL tion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
CAREFULLY

READ CAREFULLY.
Why pay eor loo. on Westminster street for
roast pork. when our highest price for any
part Of roast pork Is 755c. ?
Adams pure preserved fruits.
Adams or Columbia fruits. in glass jars.
only i2c. sugar cured hams, 7I1c. sugar
cured shoulders. 5lsc.: quarts best onions,
not sprouted. &c.; extra fine young turkeys,
highest price, l2c.
To the Public-we don't sell can ned goods
that come out OF a filthy heap after FIRE
IL the public had seen them before being
patched up, their appetite for canned goods
would be- gone. Also, we never buy cow
beef and inspector OF Markets Mr.. Goldricl has
never had occasion to order us TO ship hack
TO Boston snink veal not M for human use-we
never buy anything hut good articles. A word
10 the wise ~ enough. Come and SEQ the
crowds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
He CLAIMS $4,000.

Job 6. Carpenter has begun suit TO recover
$1,000 ON certain notes from George Tracey
of Webster, Mass, surviving member of the
firm OF John Chace g. Son, woolen manufac-
turers. An attachment was placed on the
funds Of Mr. Tracey in the Industrial Com
many OF this city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04

These Directories arc now being compiled
and any information later than tnat already
given 90 csnvss@crs, should be forwarded at
once TO the publishers,
"a No. Main St. PROV. = / sst ell'i3
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
SUITINCS
SIXTEEN |
DOLLARS.

Don't say that you would
like to accommodate us, but
$I6 is too low for a suit such
as you have in mind for the
Spring.
We know the requirements
of a good dresser and we
offer our Sic Suit with a full
knowledge Of the require
ments.
Our coats conform to the
breast, buttoned or unbut-
toned ; the sleeves swing
without dragging the entire
coat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04

If You Want the NEWS
Read THE NEWS and
'You viii Get What You
Want.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
A POPULAR ENTERPRISES.

AS matter of fact ard record, the
rev state houss has from the first reen
popular enterprise. For quarter of a
century the need of adequate quarters for
the state government, as we'll as sucn a
home rs wonld btflt its sovereignty and
majesty, has been ieIt. AS we'll known
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
INDIGNATION AT
OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK!
Assault on State House Commission
by Desperate Newspaper.
SENTIMENTS REPUDIAIED BY THE COMMUNITY.

Members of the Commission SuppOr ted Every Hand.
The People Are With Them and Will Vote Eyes" on
the Bond ISSUE Journal Will Find Its venomous
Attack Boomerang Commissioners Indig
nant, but Have Too Much Self
Respect to Reply in Kind
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
'FII77557IFHj,'1i';'j
] / II SLIP
AZ ~ OFF
i YOUR
| COAT

And let us measure you for
one of the new
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-04
fsoo. COO Is SUFFICIENT.

IL will bs remembered that Gooa
Government representative In the As
ssmbly, the Hon. Rsthbone Gardner, was
the trst co propose that funds be imme.
diutely provided for the state house work
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
Man Who Killed Family of fSix-Wantcd
 Dead or Alive.

Columbus, O., Dec. 27.-There is un-
 police have strong reason to believe is
 James c. Durham, for whom there is a
 reward of 1000 offered, dead or alive,
 at San Jose, Cal. He was picked up
 here by Detective Louis Dolf as sus- lot of goods for sale at about 20 per cent. of the actual value. He gave the
 but in court to-day he said his right name was Harry Church, and that he
 was born in Sacl amento, Cal, from which point he started out two years ago. At different places before his ar
 rest he gave the name of H. F. M.
 Harris, H. E. Ross, Harry Lewis, Har- ry Howard He has been in this city
 for about a month, all the time under surveillance. Mrs. Church is here, but she says she knows very little about her husband, having met him but two years ago, and does not even know his business. They were married in Illi- nois. The crime for which John c. Durham, whom Church is suspected of
 being, is wanted is a most atrocious one.
 At a lonely farm house between San Jose and Los Gatos, Santa Clara coun- ty, Cal, on the night of May 26, 1896, Dunham slew all the occupants of the residence, save one, his baby boy. His wife, her mother, her stepfather, her brother, a man and maid servant were sacrificed. They were all mem- bers of the family of R. P. McGlincy. Durham came to his wife in the night and gave her a chance to write a mes sage to those whom she believed would be spared Then he killed her. Then a servant was slain. Mrs. McGlincy shar- ed her fate The murdered men were at Campbell When McGlincy came home he was met by a bullet. He tried
 to escape and James K. Wells, his step son. rushed to his assistance. Wells was shot through the heart and in- tantly killed. Jumping over his body Dunham pursued the older man. He caught him at nearby cabin and end ed his misery Robert A. Frisco, who sheltered McGlincy, was also shot to death. Durham escaped, despite stren-
 uous efforts to capture him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
THE DISORDERS IN HAVANA
SPANISH RESIDENTS FEARFUL AND
 THE CUBANS RIOTOUS.
Three Persons Killed and Tventy-nine Wounded, Among the Latter Three ton Paid to the Order Against Dis charging Firecrackers.

Havana, Dec. 27.-The whole popula- ton is in state of unrest-the Spanish residents fearful, the Cuoans eager to do something to show they have galned their freedom. Bands of Cubans freely enter the residences of Spaniards, call upon them to hoist American and Cuban flags and to shout "Vive Cuba Libre" and terrify them with their machetes. A dozen such cases were reported to the American authorities to-day. Ill all such instances American guards were promptly sent to the houses in- missing when the patrol arrived. Nor was there such a thing as catching the offenders. No attention whatever is paid to the order against discharging fire crackers, while pistols are fired in the streets almost continuously. Three persons have been killed and twenty nine wounded, among the latter three women and two children. The shooting has been for the most part indiscrimin- ate.
 As General Ludlow was standing on the balcony of the Hotel Ingletera at dusk to-day, watching the scene in the plaza, man waved a Cuban flag. An other cried out An insult, an insult" whereat the man who was waving the flag fired upon the objector. A Spanish company that was retiring from Fort Principe was deliberately fired on from private residence. Lieutenant Blount the American officer who was escorting the Spaniards, broke into the house. but the occupants fled to the adjoining roofs. While Brigadier General Clous and Captain Hart were returning from the palace to-day after an interview with Captain General Castellanos, they met mob of Cubans carrying flags and shouting. A minute or two later the crowd would have encountered a detachment of Spanish troops. The sit uat'on called for prompt action and Captain Hart leaped from the carriage, faced the mob and ordered everybody to go home immediately
 crowd of negroes entered a Spanish cafe on the Gallo Villegas, corner of Bonfba street late this evening and or dered drinks. They refused to pay for them, and in the dispute which followed the proprietor of the cafe and his as- sistant were stabbed. Sergeant Adams with fifteen men of Company M of the Tenth regulars hurried to stop the row. On entering the -cafe, however, they found no one in the room, but minute or two later they were fired upon from room in the rear of the cafe, one bull let cutting the coat of Sergeant Ad- i ans. 2 The Americans then broke into the rear apartment, firing as they en- tered, and rushed the negroes out of the building and down the street, ar- resting four. Sergeant Adams says that none of the negroes was hit by his men, but according to other reports one was killed and six wounded.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
AMERIC.4N SCIENTISTS MEET.
The Papers Read-Dr. Edward Morley
 Elected President.

New York, Dec. 27.-The first days sessions of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science were held to-day in Fayerweather hall, Columbia universi- ty. Scientists from all over the coun- try are present. The chief work of the meeting is the reading of papers on special subjects. Those read this morn ing were as follows: Some Recent Cr.t- icism of Physical Anthropology,' by pr. Franz Boas of Columbia; "The Prob lem of the Negro Race in America from an Archaeological Standpoint" by Dr. Alexander Herdlicka; 'The Structural Peculiarity of the Esquimaux of Smith Sound" by pr. G. s. Huntington of Co., lumbia; Archaeological Museums
 Mode of Lighting, Effect of Glass Upon Light" by Dr. Thomas Wilson. At to- nights session Dr. Edward Morley of Adelbert college, Cleveland, Ohio, was elected president. Other officers will be elected by the council. A lecture was delivered by Professor Rault Pictet of Geneva, Switzerland, on Chemical Phenomena at Low Temperature" Dr. F. F. Ewell of Washington, chairman of the committee on standard icing chemical apparatus, read a report.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
FIFE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
INTER-CoLzEGIATE CHESS.
Harvard in the Lead-Yale Has Not
 Won Round.

New York, Dec. 27.-The second round of the seventh annual intercollegiate chess tournament was begun at the Co., lumbia grammar school in this city to- day. The pairing and the openings adopted were as follows: Falk, Colum- bia, vs. Cook, Yale, Petroff opening; Ely, Princeton, vs. Aronsberg,N Harvard, Petroff opening; Meyer Columbia, vs. Southard, Harvard, kings gambit de- clined; Webb, Yale, vs. Weston, Prince ton, queens pawn. Falk managed to win pawn in the opening, whereupoa he proceeded to exchange all the pieces and he finally mated Cook, who played rather stubbornly up to seventy one moves. On the second board, where Aronsberg conducted Petroff's de- fense against Cook, the latter lost pawn later on the exchange and finally the game after forty-two moves.
 Meyers venture of kings gambit against Southard did not prove a sue cess. The Harvard man won pawn in the middle game stage, and the game was finally adjudicated by Referee Helms as a win for Southard Webb on the last board played queens pawn opening. He allowed his adversary, Weston, to assume the attack and thus netted this player the exchange and some pawns, and after seventy moves Weston won. The record of the tour nament is as follows: Harvard, S1a won, F lost Columbia, 21a won, 11a lost; Princeton, won, lost; Yale, 0 won, lost.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
Cans Defeats Daily,

New York, Dec. 27-Joe Cans of Ball. timore outpointed Jack Da1y of Will mington, Del. in 25-round bout at 135 pounds before the Lenox Athletic club tonight and Referee Charles White de- cided in favor of the colored boxer from Baltimore. The referees decision did not suit many of those who watch ed the contest, but the conservative judges agree that the colored boy was entitled to favorable verdict. Cans forced Daly to do the leading, and throughout the fight he countered hard and often. He was always on the alert for a chance to knock out his oppo- nent, but the opportunity did not pre- sent itself. Cans was a favorite in the betting, but Daly's showing was big surprise to many of those who though that the colored man would have an easy mark in the Delaware boxer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
PLAYED COLT ON SUNDAY.
Three Prominent Society Men Fined by
 Il Darten Justice.

South Norwalk, Dec. 27.--Wilton l.. Baldwin, cashier of the Stamford Ma tional bank; Attorney James s. Jen- kins and Marion Phelps, business man and we'll known in society circles in Stamford, and members of the aristo- cratic Wee Burn Golf club, were ar raigned before Justice William Schildk- necht of Darien this afternoon, charged with playing golf on Sunday.
 The state was represented by Grand Juror Nathan Dauchy, while Attorney Kenneally looked after the defense. The trial was held in the town hall and cre- ated considerable interest. The pro- ceedings occupied the greater part of the afternoon. The various witnesses in behalf of the state were Daren in- habitants who practically knew nothing of the game technically. The defense took the ground that the accused were not playing a game, but were indulging in recreation, and recreation was not an
 
 offense under the statute. After nu- merous tilts between counsel and eX- animation and s-examination of the witnesses the justice fined the men $2 and costs each. The costs were $10.9G for each man. The case will be ap- pealed.
 It has been the custom to play on the Noroton links every Sunday, and the wealthy New Workers who had their summer homes at the place found much pleasure in the sport. Some of the ex- tremists among the church members at Noroton have expressed themselves in strong terms in opposition and main tained that the day was being scandal ized, though to the majority of the resi- dents the matter was not looked upon with disfavor. It is also noted as sin gular fact that no arrests were made when the summer visitors used to in- dulge in the pastime on Sundays.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
DEATH OF sEN4T0R MORRILL,.
Venerable Father of the Senate Passes
 AwnY-His Career.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Hon. Justin $. Morrill,, the senior senator from Yer mont, died at twenty five minutes past 1 o'clock this morning in the eighty ninth year of his age after an illness of less than a week. With him when the end came was his ister-in-law, Miss Louise Swan, his son James, Benjamin Durfee, for long time associated with the senator in the finance committee work at the capitol, and Colonel s. E. Chamberlain, an intimate friend. Sem ator Proctor was in the house at the time, as were also several other friends. The senator never recovered from the unconscious state into which he lapsed early yesterday and his death was calm and peaceful The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia, which developed from an attack of the grip contracted about a week ago.
 With the death of the Hon. Justin Smith Morrill, the senate lost it's senior est in age. He had served continuous ly in the senate for more than thirty one years and he was eighty-eight years of age on the fourteenth of April last With the single exception of, Hon. Ga lusha Grow of the house of representa- tives, he was the only man in congress whose congressional career began prior to the beginning of the civil war, and he had the honor over MT. Grow in that his congressional service had been continuous, covering, in the senate and house combined almost forty-four years. MT. Merrill was native of Yer mont. He was first elected to the house from that state as a member of the Thirty fourth congress, taking his seat at the first assembling of that Woody after the 4th of March, 1855. He was reelected to the Thirty fifth, Thir- ty-sixth, Thirty seventh, Thirty eighth, Thirty-ninth congresses, and was in 1867 elected to the senate to succeed Hon. Luke P. Poland. He had held his seat in the. senate since that date with out interruption, having been elected Six times successively. His present term, for which he was chosen in 1896, would not have expired until 1903
 PreVlOuS 10 entering congress MT. Morrill, had been engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits and much of his public life was devoted to the up- lifting of interests dependent upon these lines of business. He had receiv- ed in his youth an academic education and from his early days he was close reader and careful analysist of public affairs. It was at the beginning of the war that Mr. Morrills training brought him forward as a man of national rep utation. He was the author of the Mor Till tariff act of 1861 which was the basis of all the tariff legislation of war times. In 1864 he became chairman of the committee on ways and means, the principal committee of the house, and at that critical time of especial import ance. After entering the senate Mir. Merrill continued giving his attention largely to financial and commercial questions and during the greater part of his term of service he was mem Der of the committee on finance, which committee deals especially with this subject.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
4 posTMAsTERsHIp PRoBLEM.
Five Candidates Ina New Hartford-Idea
 of an Election Resented.


 Winsted, Dec. 27.--New Hartford, village six miles east of here, is the fourth town in Litch6eld county to have a disagreement over the choice of post master. Ever since the day after Presi- dent Mckinley was inaugurated there has been a merry war waged between the five rival candidates, but notwith- standing that the term of the present postmaster has already expired, he con- tinues in office awaiting the appoint ment of his successor. The candidates for the position are ex-State Senator George w. Smith, Deputy Sheriff Henry M. Gates, R. s. Foster and Jacob Wid- mer, merchants, and Clarence Jones, a railway postal clerk. Congressman Hill recently visited New Hartford and con- ferred with the republican leaders, urg- ing them to hold an election, such as is to be held in Norwalk for the candi- date. The leaders objected to this how ever, asserting that it was the congress- mans duty to make the choice. The re- publican party Is divided on local is- sues and it is believed that the post mastership will strengthen whichever faction wins it and therefore there is an intense feeling in the matter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
NO PLOT IN FRENCH ARMY
GENERAL SURLINDEN DENIES THE
 EXISTENCE OF ONE.
Declares Army Is Republican to the Core-Do Not Seek Dictator-Name of Napoleon Music to Ears but Army's Duty is to Frnnce-Duel Growing Out of Dreyfus Affair.

London, Dec. 2S.-The Paris corre- spondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs his paper the substance of an interview he has had with General Surlinden, mill
 itary governor of Paris, who denied the against the republic. According to the correspondent, General Surlinden said: 1T believe there is no plot and that there will be none, because the army is re- publican to the core. We seek no dic- tator The name Napoleon may be mu- sic to our ears, but we are the nation s servants and our duty is to France. The army, like the majority of the nation, believes Dreyfus guilty, but a declara- tion of his innocence would not induce the army to turn against the republic"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
AUsrRo-HuNGARIAN HONOR.
More Talk About Duels-A Result of
 Banffy- FfZzle.

Budapest, Dec. 27-The quarrel be- tween Baron Banffy, the Hungarian premier, and M. Heranszy, member of the lower chamber of the diet is likely to have further curious developm snts. Although owing to the inability of their seconds to agree upon the condit ons of the proposed duel, the encounter has been declared off, the affair may lead indirectly to several meetings on the field of honor. M. Heranszky and his seconds, having heard that the seconds of Baron Banffy have been animadvert- ing upon the conduct of M Heranszky, have sent challenges to both. Herans- zky's seconds are Baron Fejravary, min- ister of national defence. and M. Ga jari of the chamber of deputies. As each has received three challenges, there are six duels being arranged.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
SENIOR S.4GlSTl,S ILLNESS.
The Dangerous symptoms Reported as
 Passing Away.

London, Dec. 2S.-The Madrid corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: 'The dangerous symptoms of Senor Sagas- ta's illness are passing away. In the course of conversations with his inti- mate friends before the malady became serious he spoke bitterly of the anxiety which the peace negotiations and the lack of generosity on the part of the Americans had caused him. Regard ing the future, he said he thought that in five years he could effect radical re- forms in all branches of the administra- tion His plan would be to divide the ministry of public works, agriculture, commerce and education into two and perhaps three different ministries, be- cause the work of reorganizing the country would fall largely upon those departments"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-28
ADyICEs FROM HONOLULU.
Decision of Chief Justice Judd Per- hitting Certain Chinese to Land.

hitting Certain Chinese to Land.
 San Francisco. Dec. 27.-Honolulu ad- vices dated December 19 say Chief Justice Judd has decided that Chinese who secured permits previous to annex ation may land at this port. The ques- tion was brought before the supreme court on a writ of habeas corpus The petitioners were recently refused land ing by Special Agent Brown of the treas ury department. The decision is long and recites number of authorities bearing upon the case. Referring to the present political analogy the chief jus tice says: T feel constrained @ hold that the clause forbidding further Chi nese immigration has virtually repealed the Hawaiian statutes
 Special Agent J. K. Brown expressed himself to-day as follows: am an administrative officer; my instructions are explicit and imperative. Whether the instructions will be modified when the decision is made known at Wash ington I cannot tell. But until they are. l shall follow the present course" The supreme court is engaged on 6 similar case. Four Chinese who arrived by the Gauii sued out a writ of habeas cor pus. The steamer City of Columbia ar rived from Ffilo on the twelfth. Cap- tain Miller says he stands by his org inal opinion that she is total wreck. Captain Turner says that repairs can be made which will enable her to go to the coast The day after the steamer arrived she was attached by the crew for wages. In the meantime two addi- tional attachments have been made by men who had provided provisions dur ing the vessels stay in Hawaiian wa terc