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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
DR.. CASTLES TESTIMONY.
he Says hmous Agent Told Him Chemicals
We're Used on irmY Beet.

Washington. April 10-The army
court OF beef inquiry resumed its ses-
sions today with Rear Admiral John G..
Walker president of the Nicaragua ca
nal committee. on the stand. He said
that canned roast beef mad been used
by the Commission's surveying parties
on the isthmus. He added that the men
did not like this beef, prererring bacon
and the fresh native beer; but that
while this was true the canned beef
had been found unwholesome.
DIR. Charles III. Castle, an assistant
surgeon of the First OHIO cavalry. for
"A time brigade surgeon, and one of the
men whose names were given by Lieut..
CAMPER as being present at Lake
wood, Fla, when Mr.. Morehouse, agent
for Armour & Co.. said that their beef
had been chemically treated, said that
on two occasions he had found the
meat spoiled after it had passed in
speCtiOn.
on the 10th of August he had met
the Armour agent In the presence OF
Capt. Carmichael and Lieut.. CAMPER
at the commissary depot. on this oc-
casion Dr. Castle had called the at
tention of the agent to some discolora-
tion of greenish character on the
meat. when the agent mad replied:
THE discoloration is Que to some
treated upon being put IN the refrige-
rator'
II asked him what the formula was,
continued DIR. Castle, but he replied
that he did not know-that the formula
was unknown To him. Describing the
odor emitted by the meat, DIR. Castle
said il was not OF a disgusting char
acter. but that it was an aromatic, ac-
rid. sour smell. He had reached the
conclusion that the beef had been
treated either with the gas formaede-
hyde or the kindred solution-formaline
used I'm a gas--as a bermcide and dis
infectant. and as iiquod, as mu-
scum fluid for preserving nnatominai
and pathological specimens. he had
made no report to any superior officer
concerning the agents statements, be-
cause he had supposed that the war de-
partment knew OF the process IL any
was used.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

Philadelphia, Pa. April 10.-The trial
of Cnlted states senator Quay and his
son. Richard II. quay. on charges OF
conspiracy in the misuse of funds of
the Peoples Bank of this city. was be-
gun this morning before Judge Biddle
in the Court OF quarter Sessions. Tn"
arrangements that were i'm effect on
the date the trial was last called, Feb
ruary 27 when IL was postponed at the
request of District Attorney ROthcr-
mel were again carried out. As a con /.
sequence but few except those directly
interested in the case, jurors and news
paper men, were able 10 gain admls'
sion 20 the court room.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Judge Biddlt
took his seat on the bench. Lawyer ~.
:. l.. Shields came first followed by eN-
Senator Quay and Richard r. QUAY,
Directly following them came Senator
Boies Penrose who took n seat in the
space reserved for newspaper men. He
Quay counsel. Rufus II. Shapley, David
II. Watson and j. NJ. Swearingen, the
last two from Pittsburg
District Attorney Rothermel and hi'
assistants. Messrs. Finletter. Clement
and Scott followed almost Immediately
Counsel for the ex-senator and his son
took seat alongside each other direct
ly facing Judge Biddle. Mr.. Quay hell
a brief conversation with Mr.. Shields
and then settling back in his seat lean.
Cd his elbow on a table by his side and
from time TO time glanced about the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
RIOTING At PANA.
Fight in the Street Between White
and COIored Miners.
A White Man Killed and Several HuTt---Ne-
gro preclpItated Trouble.

Pana. Ill., April f0.-A riot occurred
on Locust street this forenoon between
deputies. negroes and white miners. At
IL o'clock the shooting was still going
on. One white miner was killed and
several other persons injured.
Springfield H., April 10,--Gov Tan
ner this morning received message
from Mayor Penwell of Pana. saying
=that=there= WIS rfetiHg in the streets,
several shots had been fired and hun
dreds of armed men were paradng the
streets. The mayor wanted troops sent
at once. A private message from Pana
said that two men had been shot. that
miners were armed and trouble was
sure to come.
Adjt. Reese telephoned the sheriff.
who said the trouble WAS confined TO
the mine of the Pana Coal company
and that lie would be able to control the
situation. The trouble seems to have
started by a drunken cOlored miner
who ran wildly through the streets
shooting i'm all directiCsss. This pre-
cipitated the riot. Troops Will be sent
ff the sheriff determines them needed
81. Louis Mo. April 10.--A specia.
just received from Pana, H.. says: "In
riot that broke out here at 10:30 i'm
front Of the telegraph Office, two white
men, three negroes and one negro wo-
man were killed and eight persons seri-
ously wounded. Two or three of the
wounded win die. The riot is still in
prOgreSs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
MAZET COMMITTEE
CONTINUES PROBING.
Run1Ors OF Sensational Testimony
and Arrests to FOllOW--TOSteVin
TestifieS About "GreaSe."

Richard Croker be present TO testify
next Friday.
Mr.. Tostevin. of the firm of Tostevin
& HAYS, wGs then called as the nrst
witness. He made some comparatively
unimportant corrections i'm his testi-
mony of Saturday.
Mr. Moss interrupted Mr.. Tostcvln To
say that Con DAILY. the saloon-keeper
who Mr.. Tostevin alleged offered To
square" the building department for
$4,000, would not be put on the stand.
Mr.. Moss said he was informed that
DAILY denied Tostevin's allegations and
he wanted TO give DAILY the benehs Of
the denial.
But" he added. significantly: II ask
the committee when this Daily incident
Is completed upon the record. To send
TO District Attorney Gardiner the testi-
mony for hts use in any way that he
sees lit 10 use IT.
Mr. Tostevin said the building depart
that I'm conversation with a firm Of con-
tractors regarding the use of the Tos-
teVin- Hayes fire-proofng he had said:
1T was intimated TO us that Senator
Gradys Office was a good office for the
concrete fire-proofing companies 10
visit and II was morally certain that II
they did 20 there they would come out
with less money than they went in
with"
Mr.. Tostevin said the building depart
ment had adopted all sorts OF devices to
an endeavor 10 tire ont Tostevin a.
Hayes I'm their efforts TO get their sys-
tenn authorized by the city.
Mr.. Tostevin concluded by saying
somewhat YEARLY. in reference 10 the
officials that grease, properly placed
will accomplish great DEAL
In reply to question by Mr.. Hoff-
man. one of the members of the com
mittee. Mr. Tostevin said that of his
own knowledge he had never known
any representative Of the building de-
partment to be guilty of accepting
grease" from any one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

New York, April 10.-The second
days session of the Mazet investigating
committee commenced today. The
prob ng skill OF Frank Moss was ex-
pected 10 make todays session quite as
Interesting as the first sitting which
took place last Saturday. Rumors that
extraordinary revelations followed by
arrests OF prominent persons would en-
sue within a week or so were current
this morning, though IL was scarcely
believed that these would develop un-
iii the committee had gone consider
ably further with It's work.
When the members OF the committee
took their seats they fully intended To
adjourn the hearing in time TO catch
the $3.50 p. IN. train for Albany, ana
thus be able to attend the evening ses-
sion OF the body which appointed them.
Surprise was created when Mr.. Moss
rose and said that certain disreputable
individuals were going about extortins
money upon the plea that they had been
engaged TO serve subpoenas. According
20 Mr.. Moss their plan was to withhold
the spurious subpoena for a considera-
tlon. 81 am creditably informed" said
Mr. Moss, that quite number OF hum
dreds OF dollars have already been Sc
cured I'm that way. 1t has been told me
that "A man by the name Of Gibln and
a man named Grant are engaged in that
work Now I want 10 say for the coun-
sci and for the committee that IL we can
lay our hands on any individual who is
doing that, we Will devote ourselves To
his prosecution"
Dr. O'Sullivan, who represents the
city departments, then announced that
Frank Croker was in court and had
been served with n subpoena. lie created
little stir of excitement by adding.
MIR. Croker desires me 10 say that he
will be AT the disposal Of this invest-
eating committee at any time up TO the
18th OF April, when he is TO sail for Eu-
rope"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
STAGING FELL.
Two Painters Had a Very Narrow
EscapeF From Death Today.
'McDsrmott CIung TO Rope but Kerwln
Struck Porch and Then Ground.

Two painters had narrow escape
from being killed. while at work on the
Olney Street Congregational church.
this morning. Mr.. r. G. Mckay, who
attends that church. and who is mas
ter painter. volunteered TO paint thu
front of the edihce as free gift TO thc
parish.
He detailed Joseph Kirwin OF Lippitt
street and Alexander McDermott OF
Gano street. both expert hands. to do
the work. and before leaving them
cautioned Krwip to be careful and tn
take ten hours getting his tackle per-
feet. rather than that he should hurt
even his finger-nail.
The flying stage. 24-foot ladder,
WAS swung from the tower, so that IL
being over the front porch and just
under an oriole window, 30 feet from
the ground. McDermott crawled to his
end Of the ladder and kirwin took the
other end. and both began 10 haul on
the hoist. Instantly kirwin's enc
dropped and McDermott ran up 10 thc
coping just under the belfry. McDer-
mott club to the ropes and slid safely
10 the ground. escaping with blistered
hands.
kirwin fell. striking feet first on the
roof of the porch. smashing the slatinD
TO splinters. and bounding Off. struck.
feet first again, on the earth. he was
picked up perfectly conscious. but un-
able TO move. He had no cuts and no
bruises. but the force OF the impact had
been such as TO injure his spine at the
base of the skull He was taken home
and DR.. Hoyt who attended him, sath
that there were symptoms of spinal
meningitis. Kirwin's carelessnesa
caused the accident. Instead Of max
ing a light into which the hook OF tho
ball was 90 be inserted. he doubled the
rope. tied the loop by wrapping II with
a cord. and when he pulled the hoist
ing rope the loop pulled through the
string and down went the ladder.
This is the first accident which Mr..
Mckay has had in the 30 years he has
been in business His brother was
killed by falling from the roof OF the
American brewery, year ago. kirwir
has been a painter for IL years. He has
wife and two children.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
CONFINED AT POLICE STATION
Ninshsn Members Of The Eighth Massachusetts
Cone Home Under Arrest.

Boston. April 1o.-The nineteen men
of the Eighth regiment, who We're
brought home under arrest. have been
locked up at Station.l6 because of the
refusal OF the authorities at Fort War
rem TO receive the men. Superintendent
Eldredge on being appealed TO gave
permission 20 have the men locked up
at the station for the time being. Three
of the prisoners have terms OF impris-
onment OF considerable length To serve.
in addition TO being dishonorably dis
charged. The one with the longet
sentence must remain I'm Imprisonment
for the rest OF his term of enlistment.
The other sixteen were given various
terms as the result OF trials before
court martial, and the man with the
lightest sentence will be free In four
days more.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
PUBLIC REQUESTS
Made BY Rev. Joseph Coggin Foster In VIII
Filed For Probate al 0edham.

Dedham. Mass. April 10.-The will of
Rey. Joseph Coggin Foster, Baptist
clergyman of Randolph. was hled IN
the Norfolk county registry OF PROBATE
here today. The testator. after making
n number of private bequests, makes
the following public bequests: The AM
erican Baptist Missionary Union OF
Boston, $1,000; the American Baptist
Home Missionary Society Of New York.
$1,000: Conference of Baptist Ministers
of Massachusetts. $500. The following
named societies are TO nave equal
shares in the sum OF $4,000 upon the
death of the testator's wife: Conference
of BAPTIST Ministers i'm Massachusetts,
the Massachusetts, Baptist Charitable
Society. Massachusetts Baptist Confer
ence. Baptist Educational Society OF
New York and the Hamilton Fish Theo-
logical Seminary OF New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
Received by Mr.. Andrews, Who LOST His Life In
His Burning House.

Now York. April 10-The Evening
World states that 1--WE weeks ago Wal
lace Andrews, who was burned 10
death i'm his Fifth avenue home, with
his family on Friday last, received
through the mails an internal machine
containing enough explosives To blow
up the entire house and household. The
machine, according 10 the Evening
World. came through the mail, was an
ordinary box about five inches long,
containing a narrangement OF powder.
matches and sulphur. AR Andrews is
said 10 have handed this 10 the police
and II is said that they had been work
inf on the case up TO we day OF the
fire.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
JUSTICE FIELD DEAD.
Was More Than a Third Of a Century
on The Supreme Bench.
One Of (aItonia's Pioneers Story Of Life
Of The Famous JuTSt.

Washington, April lo.--Justice Ste
phen !. Field OF The United states SUI
this city at ESQ o'clock last evening of
kidney complications. About his bed
side were his wife and her sister, Mrs. j..
G. Smith. Justice Brewer. his nephew,
Mrs Edgarton Of California. Mr.. Lin
ton. his private secretary; Rev, Edward
NJ. Mott. rector OF the Church Of the Ad-
vent. and the family servants. He fs~l
been unconscious since Saturday morn
Ing. and death came painlessly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

We. The undersigned. sgrcc % refund tho
money on "a my cent bottle of trecne's
narrantod SyruD of Tar " ~ fails 90 cure
Your c0uxr of cold. We also guarantee Re-
fwenty.nyc cent bottle 10 prove satisfactory
81 no pay.
Banding a Handing. ~ veybosrct strcel.
". q Handing q North Main street.
". a. K.arning. s>O West Minister street
=. ~ fsrncr. Jr.. 80 Westminster street.
ke5 son. snsnh Co. q LAchaugc Place.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
JusliiisbIs Homicide.

Middletown. Conn. April l0.-Coroner
Davis with a jury held an inquest to-
day into the death OF Marcello Orsano.
the italian who was shot % death by
n posse of citizenS,at East Iiaddam on
Friday after nc had seriously wounded
by shooting John " Gelston. farmer.
The verdict of the jury held that ID
WAS a case of justihable shooting
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
Roosevelt al ChIoaqo.

Chicago April 10--Gov. Roosevelt OF
New York, who will be the guest OF
honor at the Appomattox day banquet
of the Hamilton club tonight. left his
hotel az 10 o'clock today with Or. W.
X. Harper and a delegation of promi-
nent citizens. for the Chicago UniVer-
sity. where he addressed the students.
He was repeatedly cheered during his
ride To the university and was greeted
with a storm OF cheers ami college yells
when ne appeared before the students.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
Glrpn 10 lha lun.

The case of William IL. Swcetland vs.
Globe Milling and Reduction company.
which has been on trial nearly a week
I'm Judge Dubois court. was given tu
the jury late this afternoon. The coun-
sci FOR the defendant submitted about
40 special requests To charge. the most
of which had been. MS To- subject mat
ter. carefully dealt with by His Homo.
I'm his main charge
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
WHEELER MAY LEAVE CORNELL

Ithara. S. y. April lo.-It is reported
among tho nrmbero " Coruo,ls faculty
ard ststrrt body that Professor r.. I.
WhceIet 30 Cornell university ia likely O.
BT -JTe- next president o. tho university OF
California Professor Wheeler refuse,
to say anything on the subject ana docs
net deny that hc has been aeked to ac-
capt tlc presidency o. is lh" genera.
uuinion chat hc is considering the propo.
sition and will decide within O short
time
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
Bar Association Dinner.

There will be a meeting OF the Rhode
Island Bar Association tomorrow even
ing In the Casino at Roger Williams
Park. The meeting ~ called FOR 6:45 pm.
and the time set for the dinner. which is
expected 90 be q very enjoyable one. a.
o'clock. Special cars viii leave Mar.
ket square in front of the Providence
Washington building az 6;l5.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
BARREN OF RESULTS.

Randolph. Mass. April 10 o-NePotia
tiors with the firm of Eradley. Hagney
a Leonard. where the strike OF the edge
Settlers and trimmcrs is IN progress. are
pending and there Is a hope OF a settle.
mtnt although the conference OF yester-
day did not yield results.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
URGED TO HOLD OUT.

Marlboro. Mass. April 10 The sirlk-
lng shoe workers here held "a largely at
tended mass meeting yesterday. All tL1
speakers urged The strikers to hold 4
theiI present position. and expressed thu
opinion tha, in the end victory would bc
thtlIs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
THrnsroN AN ANNEXATIoNrsT.

Philadelphia, April lc.-Senator Thurs.
ton of Nebraska, i'm an Informal address
~ the Union league here, said he had
changed front and was mi longer a con
changed front and was no longer n con
lievcd this country's attitude I'm the pres
ent Philippine situation was right He
regarded Aguinaldo's uprising as simply
reheu - and anarchy. Which must be
cruehpd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
Passengers and Crew Saved.

Port au Prince Hayti. April no. The
French steamer Manoubia. belonging 20
the Transatlantic company has been
wrecked of Ansc D'Aimault Tho pas
senEers and crew were saved. but the
steamer and her cargo were lost.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
Toslmss,sr Nurdeud.

North Enid o. r.. April 10 --po. s.
master v. M. Day was found murdered
today in The post office. The office had
been looted There is no clue t0 tht
murdcrcrs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10
srghl frs

Tho alarm from box g2 at 1850
O'Clock this afternoon. was for q chim-
ncy Gre 90 So 2s CGrCv street. in Tho
house owned by Michael Finucran. 80
damage was dom.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

Harrisburg Pa. April o. -Th. ,st
ballot Tor United etat s.aatue tudnN
resulted puay. d. J.li,s. 10, Irving. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

IF you want 10 Sell your
bicycle, put an ad. i'm
. the NEWS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

Advertise In The News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-10

The II. 1. Society Tor the Prevention
twenty -nineth annual meeting at Til
linghasts Parlors, 2S3 Westminster
street. Providence. II. L. on Tuesday,
April l1th. at 4 o'clock p. m.
JOHN w. ANGELL, Secretary.
(apr6-iD
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-09
ObltuarU--Reed.

Philip n. Reed was born in Lancas-
ter April 8, 1851. He was the son of
VIM. n. Reed. prominent citizen of
Lancaster and Grant county. Philip
Reed resided in Lancaster until grown
and after that in Virginia for seven
years, Washington for four years, Ne
braska and Dakota two or three years
and in Lancaster the latter wears of
his life until last Septem Der he went
to his sister. Mrs. Howdle's in Iowa
where he died.
He was an upright, conscientious
man; he had been a consistent mem
Der of the Baptist church for twenty
years or more. He was never mar
ried He leaves the following BROTH
ers and sisters: John H Reed of Lam
caster, DR.. Boardman Reed of Phila-
delphia. Mrs. Alice Howdle of Girls
void, Iowa, DR.. Edw. Reed of Red
Cloud, Neb., Mrs. May Hayes of Long
Beach, Cal.
Funeral services were held from the
residence of DIR. j III Reed last Sat
urday afternoon. Rev. L. j. Brown
preached the funeral sermon. A quar-
tette, Miss II. Blanche Hyde, Miss
Fannie Schmitt, II. f. Murphey and
c. X. Showalter furnished music
Burial was made in the Lancaster
cemetery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-09
Too Manu- TwentleS For SafetD.

The hearing of Paul Nevins of
Bloomington for stealing came up be-
fore Justice McGonigal last Friday.
Ed. Crabtree was the complaining
witness. Attorney WI. Brennan APP
peared for the state and Herman
Buchner for the defendant.
From the complaining witness and
three other witnesses Casper Auel,
VIM. Mulrooney, and John Brady the
facts seem to be these
Crabtree had rented room in the
village of Bloomington and was TAX
ing lessons from Nevins in sign paint
ing. He had paid Nevins small sums
of money at diifererent times in Jan
uary altogether not to exceed five dol
lars Nevns bad no business which
brought him in anything and Crabtree
though that all the money Nevins had
was what he, 'Crabtree' gave him.
On Jan. 30, Mr.. Crabtree had four
twenty dollar bills in his coat pocket
and in the presence of Paul Nevins
and perhaps one or two others he put
ten dollars with it and hung the coat
on the wall. He left the room for a
short time leaving Neyins and the
others in the room, some time later he
discovered that his money, the ninety
dollars, had disappeared.
This was on sunday. on Monday
evening Nevins began to blow him
self and got pretty drunk and made a
great show of money which was not a
usual thing for him to do He had a
twenty dollar bin changed at Null
rooney's saloon and another at Brady's
and the next morning had two more
changed at Auel's. The bills were OF
the same general appearance as those
missed by Crabtree except that Crab
tree thought his bills we're silver GER
tificates while these were not.
Tuesday Nevins took the stage for
Bridgeport A warrant was issued
and he was arrested in Prairie du
Chen.
Justice McGonigal deemed the evil
dence sufficient 10 bind the accused
over to appear at the circuit court
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-09
The Boys Are TramDlng.

The tramp question is causing our
local officers a good deal of concern
again. Last summer and fall we had
no tramps but with the advent Of
of severe weather they "come a rum
min" from every point of the compass.
Marshal Budworth has from six 20
twelve every night and they insist on
being committed to Jail. They even
threaten the safety of the city II they
are refused food and shelter saying:
If we shy a rock through one of
these plate glass windows guess you'll
have us committed.
Humanity no less than the peace OF
the city demands shelter for homeless
wanderers and as result the county
Jail is full to overlooking. From
twenty to twenty-five is the usual
size of Sheriff Fawcett's Gagged family
nowadays.
lt is NO solution of the question TO
give meal or two and make tramp
'.move on for, two to one, Potosi or
Platteville or some other town will
send him back committed for ten
DAYS.
The man who has practical solu-
ton TO the tramp question is wanted
right now.