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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
GALL|NGER
MUST ANSWER,
investigation by Civil Service
I Commissioners Open.
THREE WITNESSES PRESENT.
Session Is Being Held at Eagle Hotel, Con.
cord, N. H., Behind Closed Doors.
ARE MADE BY Ex-G0V BUzIEL
i The Case Warrants Any Further Aclon The De- |
patmenl Of Justice VIII 70 Called
Upon BY the Commission.
Session Is Being Held at Eagle Hotel, Con.
cord, N. H., Behind Closed Doors.
CHARGES ARE MADE BY Ex-GOv BUzIEL

Concord, N. H., July 11.-Civil Ser
vice Commissioners j. Harlow and
Mark S. Brewer opened an investiga-
tion at the Eagle Hotel in this city,
this morning. into the charges made by
Ex-Governor Charles A. Buziel that
United States Senator Jacob ii. CAL
finger, as chairman of the Republican
state committee during the last cam
paign, violated the civil service law by
assessing United States office holders
for political funds.
The investigation Is held behind
closed doors, the attendance being lin
tied TO the parties involved, one coun-
sci for each. and the witnesses, who
are admitted one by one for examina-
ton. Attorney Gen. Edwin G.. East
man, OF Exeter. acts as counsel for
Senator Gallinger. and Edwin III. Shan
non, ESQ.,, of Laconia for Governor
Buziel. Senator William e. Chandler is
present as a party interested. though
wnether as a prosecutor or a defend
ant is somewhat uncertain, in view OF
thS Sharses ana counter charges made.
Inc witnesses who were asked To he
present, the commission hayins no
power TO compel their attendance wers
william r. Thayer, Concord, N. H: Ira
Z. Evans. Concord; John III. Walker
Washington; James o. Lyford. Boston:
James A. Wood Portsmouth. n. H. q.
ID. Knox, Manchester; Frank Gilman
Laconia; w. Il. Chandler. Concord; ed.
ward n. Pearson. Concord; Thomas f.
Clifford, Concord; Edward II. Carroll
Warner, Manchester; John A. Spald
ing. Nashua, N. H.; John T. Walsh
Dover, N. H.; Henry Robinson. Con-
cord, N. II.
OF these the only ones on hand when
the session opened were Postmaster
Knox. OF Manchester, National Bank
Examiner Carroll of Warner. and IT. r
clifford who was assistant secretary OF
the Republican state committee during
the campaign.
This investigation is held to allow
the commissioners to examine the evi-
dence ana to decide If il warrants the
iurther prosecution of the case. If they
decide that IL does, the United States
authorities of the department of Justice
VIII De called in. The charges which the
commission is Investigating were made
Dy Mr.. Buziel during the last cam
paign, and have been actively followed
up py MIN since that time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
Will Ask the People to Decide
What They Really Prefer.
President Believes Annexation is the
Best Policy Treaty of Paris Clause
Discussed at Havana.

Washington. d. c.. July 11.-Presi-
dent Mckinley is working energetically
upon plan to submit to the people of
cuba the question: "Shall IL be inde-
pendence or annexation? He believes
that they would vote for annexation.
Reports from Governor General Brooke
indicate a contrary view, but the presi-
dent has received confidential letters
from influential representatives of
commercial interest and from other
sources in and about Havana which
nave convinced him that Gen. Brooke
is mistaken, and that the people i'm the
western portion OF the island. as well as
those In the eastern portion would
gladly vote for territorial government
under the greater republic.
These confidential reports reveal. a
good deal more discord among the Am
erican provincial rulers than is usu-
ally believed 10 exist. The policy ap-
piled TO the government OF the prov
lnces In the western end of the island
Plnar del Rio, Havana and Matanzas-
which are directly under the super-
vision OF Gen. Brooke, Is, for instance.
radically different from that inaugu-
rated by Gen. Leonard Wood military
commander OF Santiago.
The government OF Santiago is looked
upon by the president as more desir-
able than that in the western prov
inces. Gen. Wood, while here recently
made a personal report to the presi,
dent, who indorsed his policy and
urged its continuance. Gen. Wood. IL
is learned, made many suggestions
which will be published for the guild
ance of the commanders of other Gu
ban provinces
The president inquired particularly
as TO the extent of the sentiment for
ard against annexation.
Il am firmly convinced" said Gen.
Wood. that annexation void be car
ried by four TO one in Santiago. The
people of that province. and / believe
of the majority of the other provinces.
do not want independence. They have
realized many benefits from the tenn
porary goyernrnent we have given
them. and are anxious to secure these
benefits permanently.
Il have encouraged American enter
prises in Santiago by giving Americans
the preference. / do not believe there
has reached you from Santiago the
complaints OF discrimination against
Americans that come from Havana.
Americans who have established them
selves in Santiago and endeavored to
extend their operations to other prov
inces tell me that they have been re-
pulsed by the American commanders
and that English enterprises have been
given the preference.
Complaints of the eunwarranted consid-
Grafton shown European enterprises in
Havana and other western provinces,
to the detriment Of American interests, |
have reached the President from many |
sources, and IL is not improbable that |
change in the administration of the |
Ctihan government will soon be made
II is stated upon very high author !
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WIFE MURDERER HANGED.


Harrisburg, Pa, July I.-Albert
Smith, middle aged negro, was
hanged today. in the county jail for
wife murder. Smith left a statement to
be made public after his burial. No re-
ligious services were held on the gal
lows. Smith was very nervous and
badly frightened while the officers were
preparing him for the execution.
Smith poisoned his wife about year
ago. and went to live with Annie Win
ston. who had killed her husband by
the same means. The Winston woman
was convicted of second degree murder,
and sentenced to 20 years in the peni-
tentiary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11

necessary for them to run their MILLS
nights 20 I'LL their orders that they
have contracts at the present time
which will require them to keep their
mills in operation at night until Sep
tember or October next: that these
contracts can not be broken without In
curing a very large pecuniary loss TO
respondents. probably $4,000. TO say
nothing of the loss OF trade which will
probably result IL they fail TO keep
their agreements: that In order TO car
ry out their contracts they have for
some time past been getting their helm
together. organizing IL into day and
night shifts. and now have, at consid-
cradle expense. so organized IL that
they are able to run IN two shifts.
Respondents testimony further
shows that n the operation OF said
mills OF night be restrained at tho
present. time irrepaiable damage Will
be done TO them. both by reason OF
the large sums Of money which slll be
lost TO them from failuss 20 perform
their existing contracts and also ny
reason OF the damage. watch Will BE-
done to their business. and that the
closing Of said mills will also work
great and irreparabie in.O'ry to az least
$50 operatives who are now employed
Continued on Page rvsL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
WEBSTER MEMORIAL.
Guild House In Memory Of a Beloved
Priest 10 be Erected.
A Victim Of La BouTgegns Disaster, the Rev.
Walter Gardner Webster.

Among those whose lives were sac
rificed in the disaster off Sable island.
resulting from the collision of the ship
Cromartyshire and the ocean liner La
Bourgogne. on the morning OF July 4,
1898, was Rev. Walter Gardner Web
ster who but a month before had been
ordained and was assistant priest IN
ST. Stephens parish.
The information OF Rev. Father Web
ster's death caused a great shock. not
only 10 the cominu/lcants of st Ste
phens, TO whom he mad greatly endear
ed himself. but was felt throughout the
community, for he had for several
years been an instructor at the Provi-
dence high school and scores of voune
men and women whom he had aided
in their travel along the path of know
ledge, felt that they had lost a warm
personal 1riend, almost near relative.
On Easter Sunday OF this wear Rev.
Father Fiske read a communication To
the parishioners, which had been ad-
dressed TO the vestry by the
father and brother Of the dead
priest, making tender of
$4,000, with which sum a memorial
guild house was TO be erected in the
name of Rev. Father Webster.
A committee was appointed and
lot OF land, just west OF the church
building, was purchased for $40 600.
This sum was raised by private SUBJ
scription that the original donation
might not be disturbed.
Messrs. Martin and Hall were COM
missioned to prepare plans and specif-
cations and these were completed some
time ago and the contract is TO be
awarded tomorrow.
The raaporiaI pufid he ,,.ttt
ed of brick with brown stone trim |
mings.
Its style OF architecture Is domesth,
gothic. with two gables on each eleya-
tion. While the guild house is separa-
ted practicasy from the church. the
two are connected by a clolster 10 feet
long ard one story in height.
Ordinary entrance TO the guild house
will be by a double doorway at the east |
end of the front elevation on George |
street.
On the first or ground floor there will |
be a choir room 1Sx36 feet a vesting |
room 13lsx21 feet. provided with fifty |
lockers. A guild room 22x36 feet and |
several offices and two lavatories.
on the second floor there will be a /
school room 36x55 feet and an |
ante-room 10x13h feet.
On the third floor there will be a |
reading room 22x36 feet and two guild |
rooms, one 22x32 and the other 1sx24 |
feet.
On the fourth floor there will be a |
gymnasium 20x30 feet. two curates' |
chambers. 10xl3 and llxl2 feet, a Gu |
rates sitting room 13x11 feet, a dressing |
room 6xl2lA feet, kitchen l11ax12 feet, |
a dining room 10x13ia feet a vergers |
room lOxl0 feet and a bath room Sx9 /
feet.
Lavatories are on every floor. The |
Did building on the site for the guild |
hall TO be known as the Webster Me- |
mortal, was sold last Wednesday and |
S IN process of demolition. Excavations
or foundations will begin on the oath |
nst.. and the building will be ready for |
next winter.
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ing through the gate He rushed into
the pavilion and helped Miss Able tear
down curtains and lift helpless men and
women out OF the burning cots. Their
work was successful, and not much
more than a cloud OF smoke was left
OF the fire when the patients through
out the entire pavilion realized what
was going on. Then there was a pan.c c
among the helpless and invalid in
mates. The whole neighborhood re-
sounded with piteous means and cries
FOR help. Miss Rickert, the seventeen
year r-old-niece OF the deputy superin-
tendent of Bellevue who had been
visiting her uncle was the first to rush
up the steps of the pavilion. AS she
aid so an old woman named Allie Cliff
ton. who for months has been a para
lytic in the hospital, crawed out OF the
door Miss Rickart. who Is only a slim
OF g.rl. picked the old woman up I'm
her arms and carried her into the gate
Keepers house. Then she made a wild
dash Tor the fire alarm box on the wall
near the corner OF First avenue. In
was only few minutes later when en-
gine 10 came Gathering down Twenty
rushc onto the pavilion. but there was
no ne OF them. The fire had been ex-
tingulshed. All they could do was Ia
catch Mss Abb2 as she fell fainting
ana exhausted to the floor after the aw,
fui ordeal and carry her to the hospital
Office. '"
There has probably besll no surgical
operation performed at Bellevue for n
lSng time In which the surgeons took
such n Keen personal interest as when
they dressed the brave nurses wounds.
she Will probably recover. although the
flames from which she saved hundreds
OF lives intrusted to her care may have
disngured her for life.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
BRITANNIA is READY.


London,July 1.-THE Prince Of Wales
cutter Britannia has been taken out of
dock and is expected to BE- ready by to-
morrow, when she may take trial
spln with the Shamrock. a few slight
aiteratfons are being made In the lat
ters sails. Her sailing master declares
he Is delighted with her. part lcularly
with the way she answers her helm.
and with her quickness I'm stays
while IL is impossible 20 fully gauge
the qualities OF the cup challenger al
present, her supporters believe shc Will
rultll all expectations unles she en-
counters heavy weather while crossing
che Atlantic and strains her exception.
ally Hight hull The course ut present
mapped out for the trial sail between
the Britannia AMI the Shamrock Ia tri-
angular. so as % test the challenger
"a varying conditions Of wind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11

SCHOONER GONE DOWN.
Ida |. Hull Totally Lost in Machias
Bay in Thick Weather.
Capt. Gabrslsen Msiook III, Libby IsIani
Whistle for Another.

Bangor, Me. July 11.--News has Just
reached here of the wreck Sunday
evening. at Two Brothers island. Ma
chias bay. OF the three-masted schoon-
er Ida l.. Hull. Capt. Christian Ga
br1elsen, from Boston for Windsor. n.
The weather was very thick at the
ume, ana the captain mstook the
wnlstle on Libby island for the one on
seal Island. The vessel is total wreck,
anu tne members OF the crew saved
only the clothes they stood I'm.
The Ida l.. Hull was a three mas,e1
schooner las feet long. 35 feet beam. ia
feet depth and 473 tons res ster. She
was built at Newburyport i'm 1852. She
hailed from Barnstable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
SUIT OVER A BUGGY.


Before Judge Wilbur and a jury was
tried the trover and conversion suit of
Paul Woods against Walter G.. Mich
OILS. to recover a buggy, valued at sl55,
that Woods claims he leased to one
walter F.. Barnes who is now some
where in Canada. Mr.. Nichols does no:
believe that there was any leasing Of
the buggy, and having come into the
possession Of the same by an honorable
purchase, In the course Of trade, insists
that the property is his and not Mr..
Woods. Henry Marsh, Jr. was attor-
ney for the plaintiff and John p. Bea-
gan attorney for the defendant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
Looking 'or Man snd Horse.

The police are looking for valuable
horse that was stolen Sunday evening.
from stable on Broadway. and also
would like to locate we'll known
young man that r missing from his
home on Atwell's avenue They think
that he knows thing or two about the
horse. or at least that is what they say.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-11
Ion. John Sh,rman Is Be,,sr.

Mansfield. o.. July 11.-Hon. John
Sherman's condition is much improved.
He takes ride daily. and since the ILL
ness OF three weeks ago he has rapidly
recovered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
MCSIC or FL ECTRI(TTr.
Prof. Elihu Thomson Plays II Tune and
sounds u Novel Whistle.

Prof. Elihu Thomson. the electrician. gave n
lecture on Electricity at HiGh Prcssurrs" be-
fore the New York Electrical Society ut its
ln6th meeting last Wednesday night. He he
gan by explaining some Of the earliest known
electrical phenomena in modern terms. Tho
charges produced by contact and friction
upon metal and rubber plates and by the print
tive elcctrorhorus were. he said. Of low
potential. or voltage. until the two sub
stances in contact were separated. The work
done in separating them was the first method
known OF raising potential. or increasing
the voltage Of an electrical charge. and the
charges obtained hy rubbing a stick of amber.
or on the elcctrophorus. which give a spark OF
from onc-half to thrcc-Qunrtcrs of an inch,
have pressurcs Of from 10000 to 10000 volts.
He mentioned here that the voltage Of Il
rlarE" or current had, in Itself. little to de-
with its dangerous character which depended
rather ON the amount OF the charge or current
RWnd its manner "l being received 10y til" body,
all dangerous under certain conditions. llu
volts. the current ordinarily used for an mean
deScrnt r2mn' might kt!l under others. d,
lrOt. Thomson mentioned his own artificial
production OF a ~ inch spark and Prof. Trow-
bridges srark OF % inches US rrprosrnting
approximately and Sprk" Of III" estimated
PRESSURE producing lightning as ranging be-
90 volts. He then explained III" theory
anu operation OF several static generators aud
current transformers.
The last transformer shown was n special
form of induction cnll operated without Il con.
dens"r, III" current l"iH- broken hv Il plari-
nun AMID" II the generator; With this he
produced Il iis"hHrg" Of So high frequency
that ia" train at. srarks, VIII ell assumed Il
Gnilcd form. produced q hrgh musical not.
The discharge. J." said, hal too high a voltage
10 b" used for til" production 81 y rays. unless
modified hv tn" !ntrulurtium Of r"~israur" coils
IN tho circuit. II" had Il SurirS Of these. which
w"r" thrown into connection hy Il mUiti-puiut
switch. and h" pylyrd II tuur ON rho apJaruius
by its means. He also showed an electrical
whistle, which consisted 81 n special electro
magnet, III" vibration OF whose H"maturn wno
pitch Of u common wooden box i'm which the
magnet was plar"d. TN" sound was similar
TO- TINT 0t II de"p-tOnol 'tcam whistle.
In closing tn" lecture, l'ruf, Thomson SPOKE
OF the increasing tendency to asrrihr many
meteorir and a"trOnunjrll Phenomena. IN
electrical conditions.
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WEBB.
nv ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.

,v,ors,s op PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

.y.orsis OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
,r. hail At the Sutherland mansion Agatha
-Jn,'Sn'Hd her servant are found dead. and Philemon
WeOp, asis,mented, is discovered asleep at the din.
tIpH,pIfs A trace OF blood on his sleeve points tN
per-" the murderer. Agatha Webb IL known
hlm So, lew "a a rich woman. MISS Page,
70 u us,. OF sutherland's housekeeper. persists In
the "a, about the Webb premises, and discovers
I'LL on The grass. Tho money drawer Is ~fnundto DO
bloou y. rGhbery ~ added to the mystery. Fred
emf, tan,herianG u maynard youth, calls his father
et.uH,nsss his determination to be a better man and
MNninass not To marry Miss Page, by whom he has
prom ss,inA,rd. Miss Page tells Frederick that she
btrn r y, Tim tho night of the murder and knew
InG....vys he had s"cretcd a thousand dollars. She
Nne.' An, , week TO decide whether to marry her
gNes ",r,rlamed ~ the murderer Of Agatha
MM.hW is learned that tho money was in. new
w ,ri the Keeper ~ a small store produces
MS nat A strange man gave. him late the
onr W. Tho murder for a loaf of bread. A
b.em' ,t, arrives from Boston and reports:
antstTwunie cas, Murdered for money, Find the man
NV" ,hai rrothrrs. Frederick visits tho hollow
,av TIE money "a gnn". Wattles. a Boston gam.
", ,,ycs and demands $500 uf Frederick in pay.
n'e,, ~ A gambling debt. Frederick secures a
~ Tor IN. amount from his father. The
,S..ee,.S brothers are found deal of starvation, one
GA stained Knife. The Boston detective declares
~. mvsterv solved, hut young Swoetwatcr aston
~ he company Ivy a new chain Of evidence
nnap,ttng 10 another perpetrator of the terrible crime.
btst,me Amahcl Page IL suspected. Sweetwater
tnmIs The money whore he has seen Miss Page
tn,,n0ss and Ulcers and tells what she saw the night Of
y, "r,urdsr Frederick ovorhears the talking and
, 4 The group Just as Miss Page is about to declare
tnr a srI~lCnS,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-09
ramon ~ 4 C0TEIN.
"Pollv Ivcs" Is Dead in New Haven and
VIII he Hurled with

NEW HAVEN. Conn, March IS Pol!v Ivca.'
aged X wears, the f]avor.tc parrot uf Dr Fnycttn
Is. Hall of this city. is lying in state at tn"
doctors rcsidenc" in a handsome cuskct lined
with royal purple, Polly died ON SUNDAY If
CONSUMPTION Of the throat The bird WAS a re-
markahlc linguist aud famous for lis learning
ID. Hall was very fond Of il. II was a gitt made
fifteen years ago 10 him'hy Dr. Robert Ives. one
of New Ravens old-time physicians. Dr. Hall
will give the bird n burial with n service. The
date Of The funeral has not yet been announced.
DR.. Hall is well known because Of some books
that he has written about AGraham Lincoln.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09
He VA Rewarded for N. Honssty.

In a small village just outside Not
tingham a farm labOrer went to the
general store, which was kept by an
old woman not overstocked with
brains, and asked for IA pahnd o ba-
con"
The old lady produced the bacon and
cut a piece off, but could not find the
pound weight.
ooh, never mind { pahnd weight"
said he; "me fist just weighs n pahnd,
so put Their bacon in t scales"
The woman confidently placed the
bacon into one side of the scales, while
the man put his fist into the other
side, and of course, took good care to
have good weight.
While the wOman was wrapping the
bacon up the pound weight was found,
and on seeing it the man said:
"Nah, you see if me fist don't just
weigh q pahnd.'
The pound weight was accordingly
put into one scale and the mans fist
into the other, this time just to bal.
ance.
The old woman on seeing this said
"Wha, 1 never seed aught so neal
afOre! Here's a red herrln' for thee
honesty, me lad."-London Spare Mo.
ments.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-06-09

Drinking and Vice Pay IL Prominent Part
To illustrate the vast amount o.
drinking that Is done, I mention the
statement made K me by the agent Of
an American company, who told me
that he had sold 5000 barrels Of beer
In one day to the various saloons, The
business done In one regimental can
teen, In drinks alone, was 81, 200 Mexi-
can, In n single day, and In another
regiment It was S1,1OO. 1t certainly is
= humillating thing to see a beautiful
street like the Escolta changed in two
months from a great retail show street
into a line Of saloons, and Il makes an
American feel that his country Is not
cutting much ice as a grand civilizlng
influence.
Manila is also becoming the Mecca
for dozens Of adyenturesses. who see
golden prospects here. A number Of
women have drifted IN from nearly all
the big cities Of the orient, and in one
or two instances, where their character
was discovered before they landed,
they were ordered by General Otie
away from the island. A saloon has
just been opened with Japanese bar
maids, and there are other evidences
that an era Of piety and moral refOr-
nation is not dawning in the Philip
pines. At the present rate Of moral
decline, Manila win In n few years
have Doodle aldermen and a political
machine.