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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
BODY Of the Murdered Woman Found by
Posse al Noon Today In Pig Pen.
THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR,
Dogs Led 10 the Discovery Of The Remains, Which
Were Much Dscompossd-- They We're Posi-
ively Identified BY The Clothing

New Canaan. Con, Nov. l6.-Today's
developments i'm the suspected murder
and suicide case, which came TO light
late yesterday afternoon, has only CON
firmed the first belief, that Mrs. An
derson was murdered by her farm hand
Fred Hahman. who later fired the house
and barn and then hanged himself.
The body of the murdered woman was
found shortly before noon today by one
of the posse OF citizens who were
searching for the remains, i'm the pig
pen, where IL had been covered by
about a foot OF sod. The body was bad
ly decomposed. but IL evidenced that
the woman's throat had been cut from
ear TO ear. The remains were positive
ly identified.
Dogs were discovered digging i'm the
pig pen and they attracted the atten-
tion OF ID. Il. Osborn. He at once set to
work 10 dig in the spot Indicated by
the dogs and after removing about
foot of soft sod unearthed "A portion of
the body. Others quickly came To his
assistance and willing hands soon un-
earthed the body OF a woman. IL was
badly decomposed and the throat had
been cut from ear 10 ear. BY the cloth
ing the body has been positively iden
tilted az that of Mrs. Anderson. The
Halls morgue at New Canaan, where
the body OF the farm hand now lies.
The theory advanced IL that Mrs An
derson was murdered while asleep. or
drugged. She is reputed TO have been
worth 60 1000. .
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
YEARLY CONTRACT.
HenCke| Claims That Baker AIthans
Made One With Him.
He Was Discharged and Now He Is Suing
Former Employer For $54l Salary.

Two stories that decidedly differed
were told by the plaintiff and defend
ant i'm the case OF Robert IIenckel vs..
John IL. Althans TO jury i'm Judge
Wiburs court today. The plaintiff
claimed he came to this city in Octo-
bcr, 1897. for the purpose OF SELLING
baking powder and spices. he having
lust finished his duties as manager of
The Domestic chemical company or
Paterson, n j. He went 90 Mr. Al
thans' place of business and after md
ing that. though Mr. Althans had seN-
eral barrels of cream tartar IN stock,
and used about 20 year. he plaintin,
began talking about baking powders
and succeeded I'm interesting Mr.. AL
thans i'm the making or buckWheat
flour There was also talk about the
prices paid by Mr.. Althans for articles
used i'm his bakery. The plainun claimed
he showed defendant how he could buy
soda he then paid four cents pound
for at cent and five -eights. starch
that he paid four cents for for two
cents. and mace that 50 cents was be-
ing paid for could be purchased for 20
cents. As a result OF this ana other
conversations, the pialntin says Mr..
Aithans decided to go into the baking
powder business and hired him for
The plaintiff says he insisted on "A
written contract but when he moved
from Paterson, y. u, and started TO
work the defendant said What's the
use of writing. Ny word is as good as
my bond anywhere
The plaintiff had previously bought
a lot of things for the business, which
was started at different place from
the Brook street shop. The plaintiff
claims that Notwithstanding the bust
ness was moved 10 Brook street he
continued 10 make baking powder un-
Ill April 20, when the plaintiffs son,
who was his manager came To him I'm
the morning and said Il have pleasant
news for you. The old man has been
running behind on the bakery and you
are discharged"
Witness admitted he cid other things
about the bakery, but denied on cross
examination that ne had during the
last five weeks Of his employment been
simply a shipping clerk
The defendant claimed he hired the
plaintiff only from week To week ana
denied any engagement for year. He
said that there being no money in the
baking powder business ne had aban-
doned il and hired the plaintin simply
thereafter as shipping clerk.
The plaintiff sues TO recover $54l, ,35,
he having earned since he was dis
charged. 1927.
j. w. Hogan is plaintiffs attorney
and Frederick Ruercket, counsel for
the defendant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
RIVER PIRATES AT WORK.
Thsy Are looing Summer Houses on The East
Shore South Of Crescent Park.

River pirates are looting the summer
houses at Narragausett terrace. south
Of Crescent park, on the east bay shore.
\ few nights ago they broke into the
big hotel AT Bullocks point.an guam
tity of liquors was taken Several build
ings at crescent park were also entered.
Among the residences s"bbed are:
cana cottage. belonging To Eugene r.
Tacher OF Providence. Forest cottage.
owned by :. n. Waite OF Providence.
Happy cottage. belonging tu Thomas
McUOugh nL BrnXldence.- -kaheynn-c CAL
tage. occupied by John Case of ProNi-
dence. Rogers group. owned 10y p \.
Rogers of paWtueket. C0rinue cottage.
owned by \. -. Ross ~ Pawtucket also
the cottages ~ Mrs T.. 'has. of Proyi-
d.ncs Benjamin g Slack of Providence
and John Taylor ~ PrOviden.,. ACadia
cottage was also entered.
The robbers took their plunder. which
consisted ~ clothing and all sorts of
household utensils away in boats
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
SUCCESSFUL OBSERVATIONS.
Nearly -Four Hundred Meisors Observed al ladd
Observatory, Brown University.

The observations made at the Ladd
observatory under the direction of Prof.
Upton of Brown University. have prov
ed TO be very successful. for nearly 400
meteors have been seen. The largest
number i'm any one quarter of an hour
was %. The meteors were nearly all
small, only "A few being brilliant The
great majority of these came from the
constellation Leo. OF those seen yester-
day morning. more came from north Of
the constellation than south.
Forty-seven Photographic plates were
exposed. seven cameras and spectre
scope being used. These plates have
not yet been developed, but there is rea-
son To hope that they will prove to be
useful i'm arriving at definite calcula-
tions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
Troops Had Been Paid OF and Many Of
Them Were Badly intoxicated.
FIGHT WITH A CUBAN OVER A PIG.


Santiago dc cuba. Nov. 16.-Sergt.
Rafael Ferrcr, chief OF the provincial
mounted police; one of his men. a negro
belonging To. the Ninth Immune I,egi-
n,cnt; Jose Roman, planter. and
Emilio Bethan were all killed I'm
shooting affray with drunken negro sol
diers belonging TO the Ninth Immunes,
the 23d Kansas and Eighth Illinois
regiments, Monday night at San Luis.
Several soldiers were wounded and "A
Cuban and baby were each shot
through the body. The row occurred
between Cuban and two negro sol
diers over the ownership of a pig. Ii
was pay day for the troops, and num-
ber Of the soldiers in town were drunk
All Joined I'm the row. Sergt. Ferrer
took two men and attempted 10 Quell
the disturbance. The negroes were
armed and drew their weapons and
fired on the rural police, killing one of
them The crowd then dispersed. but
after a while between 10 and 90 negroes
returned To the scene. or the trouble
armed with Springfield rifles
Sergt Ferrer's men retreated into
their barracks and .barricaded the
doors. The sergeant himself remained
outside in order TO persuade the ne
groes to disperse. While he was talking
to them he was shot through the head,
but he did not die until he had ordered
his men to defend themselves from the
attack of the negroes.
The rural police then fired from their
quarters and wounded several of the
soldiers. one policeman made an at
tempt 10 escape from the quarters, but
was shot beforeNhe had gone any dis
tance Roman and Bethan were shot
while trying TO get the crowd of riot
ers TO disperse.
The officers of the negro regiments
Indignantly denied that any OF their
soldiers did the shooting, but their
statements were easily disproved. Gen.
Wood the military governor of the
province. and Col. Beacon, adjutant
general of the department. of Santiago,
went To San Luis and Investigated the
affair. II was found that the dead had
been killed by .45-calibre bullets. such
as are used i'm the Springfield rifle.
Gen Wood acted with his usual
promptitude and offered reward Of
81 900 i'm gold for the names of the men
implicated in the disgraceful affair
Upon his return To Santiago he cabled
the facts to Washington.
This Is the first disorder of any kind
among the American troops i'm the
province since the surrender. The Of
ficers feel the disgrace keenly. Every
one has been expecting trouble front
the negroes however. Gen. Wood has
had to keep them brigaded under Gen.
Ewers for fear of trouble. He told tha
correspondent that the negro troops
had been absolutely usless TO him, and
that he had never counted them as
part of the military strength OF tho
province. Because of their lack dici-
son duty.
Gen Wood indorses the action of the
rural police. and says that TO all APP
pearances they were doing their duty.
Sergt. Ferrer was an excellent man,
inwhom Gen. Wood placed much con-
fldence. He was a Spaniard. and had
formerly served as a member of thy
Spanish gendarmie. During the past
three years he had been a lieutenant in
the Cuban army.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
THROUGH BACK DOOR.
Thief Gained Entrance 10 Shoe Store and Looted
the MOnsy Drawer.

Some time during the night thief, or
some thieves. effected an entrance into
the store OF John Wilson. popularity
known as John. the Shoeman," on
was not hard to open. offered an oppor-
tunity for admittance to the premises.
and when "oJhn" arrived at his place
OF business this morning he found that
the drawer attached TO the cash regis
ter had been cleaned out.
Mr. Wilson does not state the amount
of his loss. but the matter was reported
to the police. and the detective bureau
is at work on the case.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
BUSINESS is POOR.
FarnumsvlIe Cotton Mil Shut Down For an In
definite peiod---140 Hands Affected.

Farnumsville, Mass, Nov. 16.-The
Fsrnumsville cotton mill has shut down
again. and there appears To be no pros
pect of business being resumed at pres
ent. The plant was shut down during
the past summer several times. for
week az time. on account OF the dull
state of the cotton business. About l40
hands are employed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE

Allow congh TO run until II gcts beyond the
reach OF medicine. They often say, "oh, A.
Will wear away" but IA most cases IL wears
them away. Could they be induced 10 try
the successful medicine called kemp's Bal.
SAM which IL sold on a positive guarantee
10 cure, they would Immediately see the ex
cellent effect after taking the first dose. Price
?5c. and soc. TRIAL sIzF FREr. AZ all druggists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16

\ mysterious individual named Tra-
Wis was recently arrested in Boston,
charged with numerous burglaries;
and he is To be defended by Hon. Jo-
seph l.. Barbour. of Harvard. Curious
ly enough. Barbour Is numbered among
his clients victims, his residence haY-
ing been robbed some months ago.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
The Harvard Yale Game.

Round trip tickets from Providence
TO New Haven and return are now on
sale at 81 each, for persons desiring To
witness the Harvard-Yale football
game on Saturday next These ticketa
will be good on regular trains of Fri
day afternoon, Nov. 18th, and for the
special trains of the forenoon of Satur-
day: and for return on the special
trains of Saturday, and the regular
trains OF Sunday. Nov. 20th. Special
train will leave Providence at 9.35 a.
m, Nov. II.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-16
A Few Reasons why You should Use
BINGHAMPTON CYLINDER OIL.

IL is the best cylinder lubricator made. II
saves your fuel. IL saves your engines. It
saves repairs. II saves steps for break.
downs. Tho best l. the cheapest Try the
A full line OF luDricating aud
Eliminating oils.
OLNEY BROTHERS, Eastern Agents.
10 South Water ST.. proyidence, II, I.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30
A STRANGE DISCOVERY
1t Accounts for the Universal
Failure to Cure Dyspepsia.
Physicians Admit the Inefficiency of Old
Methods and Predict a Great Sue
cess for New Treatment.

That ninety-four per cent Of all the grown
people In the United States are today suffer.
ing from dyspepsia is sufficient proof OF the
inefhciency OF all the old treatments in curing
this disease. The reason Is simple and the
medical profession are wondering why no one
has ever thought Of it before. For years they
nave been trying TO cure this disease with a
combination Of remedies given at once. Eyery
manufacturer of dyspepsia cures has follow ed
their lead. and although they all know that
there are three distinct kinds OF dyspepsia
each entirely different from the other, and
that the remedy for one completely counter
acts the effect of the other there has been
no attempt made to treat them separately;
but, instead, conglomeretion OF drugs have
been combined and given, the result being
most ab3ect failure to relieve the sufferer
Another great mistake has also contributed
% the non-success of dyspepsia cures TbsT
all seem TO be directed toward helping the
stomach digest the food-when 1t has been
olgested by the stomach at all; this organ
only prepares the food for digestion by the
bowels These two great errors in treatment
are certainly enough to account for the past
failure Of dyspepsia cures but there Is ps yet
another, which in itself would prevent the
cure OF this disease even If the other two
mistakes were rectifed; All dyspepsia Is
caused by germs or ssacilH, and although the
symptoms may be relieved for a short time
by different remediesz the disease itself can.
not be cured until fthese baciHi have been
destroyed: heretofore nothing has ever been
discovered which would do this without kill
ing the patient; consequently the physicians
nave nave been helpless. their only treatment beins
least portion of these germs. 1t was evi-
IDENTIFY hopeless task. for We are today
naSion OF dyspepticssI and viii continue so
unless the new treatment proves to be a
specific for the disease. All medical men who
have tested HYOMEIo DYSPEPSIA CURE
claim the most remarkable and permanent re-
suits. -
In the first place. 1t contains the only germi-
eide known which can be taken into the
stomach without injury III kills at once all
bacilh thus destroying the cause Of the dis
ease. which could not be done heretofore.
Then, again, unlike any other cure, 1t treats
each different phase of dyspepsia separately,
which insures Immediate relief and perma-
nent cure. Nothing like ii has ever been
placed on the market, and nothing Ike It can
be, as there is but one 'Hyomsi" without
which the cause Of dyspepsia cannot be re-
Remember, It is guaranteed to cure or
money viii be refunded. Sold by all drug
@sts or sent by mail Price so cents r.
T Booth Company. 1914 Auditorium Build
ing, Chicago. Ill
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30
FATE OF THE THIRD.
Gen. COrbin VIII Not Say the Reg
fment Is Going to Manila.


iment Is Going to Manila.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 2o.-Ad1t. Gen.
Corbin today confirmed the statement
that the Minnesota volunteers are to
come home from Manila at will take
some time," he said, "to replace the
volunteers with regulars, but we are
already at work, and considerable has
already been done" Gen. Corbin would
not say that the Third infantry wifi be
sent to Manila
There is no apparent reason why
Fort Smelling should not be enlarged
so as to accommodate at least 5000
men. Senator Carter, of Montana, said
today he will cooperate with the Min
nesota delegation for the enlargement
Of Fort Smelling.
In response to strong Endorsement
from Congressman Stevens, recon-
mending Miss Theresa Erickson, of st.
Paul, as trained nurse to Manila,
Surgeon General Sternberg today sent
the following letter to Mr.. Stevens:
Miss Erickson, st. Paul, was indorsed through
Daughters of the American Revolution in
July last and has already served acceptably
IN the army. She WILL therefore be emil
nentIy suitable for foreign work.
A considerable number Of nurses from Min
pesota have already been in service. In send
ing nurses to Manila or Honolulu the deputy
surgeon general at San Francisco had au-
thority to engage nurses there in addition
10 the ones whose names were sent from this
once: He has reported that seventeen nurses
sailed from San Francisco on the transport
st. Paul. Nov. Is, including Mrs House. of
Minnesota. The next transport to Manila
VIII not sail for month or six weeks The
deputy surgeon having sent so many on the
first transport, 1t is possible that only one
additional nurse from Minnesota can he senf
10 Manila until more are required there
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30
GOULD BLACKMAIL CASE.
Trial of Mrs. Margaret Cody Begun
at Albany.

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 2s.-Mrs. Mar
garet Cody's trial on Indictment for
blackmaH was begun in the ATbanv
county court before Judge Clifford d
Gregory today.
Mrs. Cody has been in the county
JAN since May, having been indicted
on the charge OF blackmafl. IT ia al
ieged In the indictment that she wrote
letters to Miss Helen and George I.
Gould on Feb. II, and March g. 1898.
respectively, asking them to call on
ner, and promising that she would give
them what was alleged to be valua b1a
information she had to enable them TO
erect compromise or discontinuance
OF the action then pending against the
nelrs or the late Jay Gould, to estab-
ilsh the dover rights OF Mrs. Angel. on
the ground that she was the first wife
Of Jay Gould.
Miss Helen Gould and her aunt, Mrs.
Eiizazbzeth Palm, was present at the
trlal today. After a jury had been
empaneled George Gould was placed
upon the stand as the first witness. He
identified two letters from Mrs. Cody
which were received by him in Febru-
ary, 1885, and September, 1895. These
letters suggested that Mrs, Cody had
means for discontinuing the case Of
Mrs. Angel against the Gould heirs
He never had a personal interview
with Mrs. Cody. Mrs. Angel, who al
legged that she was married to law
Gould when he was a young surveyor
and who afterward confessed she had
no basis for her statement, has been
summoned as witness on behalf Of
Mrs. Cody.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30
MARRIED IN HASTE.
Divorce and Wedding Takes PIao,
I'm Fifteen Minutes.

Divorce and Wedding Takes Place
in Fifteen Minutes.
ST. LOUS, Nov. PA romance
out Of the ordinary was brought to
light in Judge Withrow's division of
the circuit court this afternoon. Mrs
Minning Schilling, twenty-five years
old, and pretty, was divorced from Con.
rad Schilling.
Before she left the court room Harry
J. Holiness, of Balston, N. Y. rushed
up to her, renewed an old acouaint-
ance and proposed matrimony on the
spot. He was accepted, a marriage IL
cense was secured and the couple went
at once to Justice Haughton's court
where Mrs. Schilling promptly became
Mrs. Holiness. The couple became man
and wife in less than fifteen minutes
after the divorce decree was read
Mrs. Sohilling alleged in her petition
for divorce that her husband left her
two years after they were married.
A peculiar thing about the SchiIlines,
domestic infelicity was that every
time they settled down comforta b1y
their home was burned, and always
while the wife was absent.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30
WIDOW WILL WE'D.
Mrs. p. It. Barnum Is to Be Bride
of a Foreign NObIeman.

Mrs. p. II. Barnum Is to Be Bride
of a Foreign NObIeman.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 29.-
Once more the widow Of P. T. Barnum
will wed The bridegroom is a French
nobleman. The wedding will be in
Paris. The great showman's widow
took for her second husband Demetrius
Callias Bey, a Greek. who died in Sep
teInber, 1896, in Constantinople, after
a welded life of a year. Nine. Callias
has been IN Paris for more than two
years. It Is said that the Bey made
a big hole in the fortune Of the Ameri-
can Snowman.
The BaTnum country place, Marina,
at Seaside Park, near Bridgeport, has
been sold to strangers. The widows
interest in the landed property In which
he invested his enormous profits is
rapidly diminishing, as the executors
are turning 1T all into cash. The widow
still has a $4,000 annuity from the
estate.
While travelling IN Egypt to assuage
her grief she met Callias Bey. They
were married in this city. The Bey
would have gone to Marina to live only
that a bronze statue of Mr.. Barnum, Of
heroic size, stood in the park in front
OF the house. This could not be moved,
as it belonged TO the city Of Bridge
Ta(fPf
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30
LAWYERS LEFT OUT.
Litigants Settle a VIII Contest Mt q
Prayer Meeting.

ray CT uACCtAh&s
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Nov. 2e.-The
case Of Hoffmaster VS.. The Goucher
Estate was settled out of court. H. H.
Hoffmaster was suing to break the
will Of Jonas Hoffmaster, by which the
plaintiff was cut off with $1,000. The
settlement, 1t Is said, gives him quite
neat sum in addition to the original
allowance. The estate was valued at
$4,000, with three heirs. It contained
property on Federal street and farm
land at Hillsville, Pa, near here, and
at which place all parties to the suit
live.
Seven lawyers were engaged in the
proceedings, and were in court today,
when a messenger arrived to notify
them that the case had been settled
out of court. It seems that at a prayer
meeting Friday night the pastor, the
Rev. Mr.. Hoffmaster, who is interested
in the suit, suggested that the trouble
might be at once settled. Most OF the
witnesses and relatives connected In
the affair are members Of the same
church-the Methodist. 1t was decided
to arrange all affairs amicably, and
thus 1t ended.
The attorneys were greatly surprised
on learning what had been done, and
the Judge was also moved when told
that the affair had been taken up at
prayer meeting and adjusted. All par
ties to the suit feel elated, and the
only ones not satisfied are the attor-
neys, who came to the court house
loaded with copies of the law and
primed with all kinds of evidence.
The pastor, in his sermon Sunday,
dwelt upon the fact that it was better
that troubles be settled in the church
than in the halls Of justice" and he
pointed to the affair as a big, success
full undertaking, in which he said all
were treated justly.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-30

have quit the use Of coffee and taken
to Postum Cereal Food Coffee.
You may be sure that I have aban-
doned the use Of common coffee alto
Eether.
A number OF my friends IN Ohio,
Michigan and here in Canada have
been greatly benefited by discarding
coffee and using Postum. have known
cases where people disliked the taste
OF Postum. but upon inquiry I have
discovered that it is because they did
not allow 1t. TO boil long enough, and
know that this is always true in such
cases. No one can get a good cup of
Postum without 1t Is properly made
and that is simple and easy enough if
one will only follow the directions.