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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-22

ADJOURNMENT TUESDAY.
senator Freeman. from the committee
on judiciary. reported unfavorablv the
noust resolution for final Adjournment
,te 'Ss@ Wo,,id rIlset s today lie hoped the SEN
"" Nouih nor concur.
senator Kenyon. OF Richmond. wanted
~" Nlp" tne reason for such action
hra,,or h,or freeman explained that 10th
uIHhches had assed the police biIl for
me city OF Providence. and IN reoi,ired
ane appointment Of three commissioners
hnu auch appointment must be approved
pN me senate. The governor il iil al his
nome way down In Wexford and he
should be given few days TO think over
ans Wv, appointments and the senate could
Inc eNpla nation Of Senator Freeman
th aIcepteu, the senate non-concurred i'm
s,h Juint resolution OF adjournment and
mouse, subsequently "A reSol,tfou uas
received from the house to adjourn Tues
uaA next, IN accordance with law and
N'0 ieS"iu'loh passed IN concurrence.
BARBER BILL GOES OVER.
sena tor Crumb. of Westerly. called from
one tanie the act 10 regulate the practice
tba I.r",ns anI moved continuance 10
senator Kenyon opposed continuance 10
Sne January session, while Senator Cross
dNored such action.
After some remarks by Senator psrLor
lewis and others the bill was continued
10 the January session.
MT, Robinson. from the committee on
JudlclarN. reported favoraby the act TO
hnohsh thc grade crossings al Acorn
ruke ana Grove streets in the city Of
providence. The act was passed in CON
cuFrence. and the senate approved the an
pointment Of William r. Drake as a
member or the commission on state sides
paths
from the COMMITTEES on finance came
nsck resolution making an additional
AUTHORIZATION for the support or the state
government for the fiscal wear ending
Dec 81. 1901; approved
various other measures of minor
CHARACTER received from the house were
hisposed OF and At 1876 o'clock the SON
ate adjourned until Tuesday next
Continued on PAGE Two.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-22
FOR HOME RULE.

Mr.. sisson continued by declaring him
self In favor OF home rule. For home rule
| the heroes Of the Revolution commended
J III was Abraham Lincoln who espoused a
! government by the people. for the peo-
| pie and or the people. For that prin-
ciple the great American government
came TO the relief of stricken
cuba and ended Spanish domination and
cruelty For that principle Roosevelt
stormed bloody San Juan Hill: for that
principle the citizens OF New York arose
In their might and turned down Croker.
IL remained he said. for the common
council last Monday night 10 repudiate
nome rule; 10 bow In humble servitude To
the power beind the political throne
member OF the senate. to consider the
affairs Of this city, Is under indictment
now
Mr.. slsson wished his hearers 10 re-
member That home rule was SYNONYMOUS
with local scif government.
CHANGED His VOTE
Mr.. Son SoucI said that he was az
strongly I'm favor Of police commission
AZ he was last Monday night. such a hin
would be for the best interests Of the
city OF Providence. lie was not aware
however. az the time OF the presentation
81 the resolution that the bill did not
intend 10 provide that the appointing
po"tI Snouiu We vested IN the city Coun-
ell With that feature the appointp,ept
by the governor ne was not pleased
Mr. Peterson attacked the resolution az
a scheme for the nulifying of a home
government
Mr. Birmingham said that had he been
present at last Mondays meeting he
would have voted against the measure.
10 was an imposition upon tho CITY OF
Providence. and he hoped That wh0eVer
voted for u today. would ~ the Anal
Judgment DAY he declared Ia have been
weighed and found wanting
MT Rswson said that 80 far a. he could /
discern the gentleman from the Tenth |
ward Mr.. Birmingham. had been weighed !
ny the people OF that ward and found /
wanting To his mind the Efforts Of the /
gentleman we're somewhat of a nort j
nortem nature
referring 70 tho Infantry hall meeting
Mt ka"son said that all OF the speakers,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-22
NOTES FROM THE HARBOR.

The following vessels have arrived and
sailed during the past "a hours Arrived
steamers Connecticut Rowland, fremont.
Wilcox New York: Essex. Parker Balti-
more Warwick. Ricketson, Newport and
return; Rambler Lake, Fall River and re-
turn.
Sailed; Connecticut, fremont. New
York.
rugs Edward Luckenbach Fred T. Ives
Schoners H. g. Whitehead. New York.
Maud Palmer, Norfolk.
Barges Jenna Hughes Berklee.
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mas peeh appropriately celebrated In
France
one OF the stories told of him concerns
lady who sent word to him, Just before
he was going into the pulpit, that she
must see him. She confessed that she
was worried over a matter of conscience
ana after much circumlocution she came
10 the point.
vanity was her besetting sin. and that
very morning she had yielded To the
temptation OF gazing at herself in the
mirror and thinking she was pretty.
Pere Monsabre looked at her steaan,
Tor full minute. and then. ia his won
dertul, soft and musical voice he in.
quired kindly:
ls that ALL my daughter"
Yes, father, that is all"
Then, my daughter go I'm peace For
to make a mistake is no sin "-Manchest-
er Times
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-22
A Witty Priest,

witty priest is old Pere Monsabre.
whose 50 years service in the priesthood
has been appropriately celebrated In
France
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-10

Perez II. Newcomb. aged %. son Of 81
mon Newcnmb Of Biddeford. was drown
ed in the Saco river. Thursday. He had
been canoeing and The canoe upset. The
body has NOT been recovered.
Past Department Commander Southland
will preach the Memorial Sunday address
ut Winthrop. and Gen. \. :. Daggett vii
deliver the Memorial day address. Gen
Dagrctt has recently retained from the
Philippines
These are record breaking days al the
Bangor pool. The anglers are out in fore.
and they are tearing away past sea or
/. fish taken and. Wedne sday, there wert
10 Early Thursday morning. three NOR,
We're landed and judging by the nlmbe,
OF boats out the day will come for an
other heavy onc.-Elngor Commercial.
The Maine Condensed MIX Co. which
operates factories at Newport. Me. AM
Whitefield y. H.. met AT the West I'm.
ho'el Portland. Tt,-s dav. and elected the
70 lowing ofilce~s: Pr s dent. A. l. Brown
Belfast; clerk. William r. Haines Water.
vile: treasurer and general manager u
II. Dodge. Whitcfield. n. III. The genera
Offices of the company are at Whitefield
Paul Cyr is said to have been recently
injured whi.c At work on Chas. McNally :
drive near Pressure Isle. He claimed he
was sick hut for some reason left camn
and started for Ashland. IL miles distant
stances of his death were BROUGHT to the
attention of County Attorney Shaw of
Iioulton. on "Wednesday. but it is under
stood that Eo did not consider the mat
ter one requiring Investigation.
Charles r. Dimmock of Limington. who
ii is alleged shot Charles +. Emery, pro-
prietor OF the Limington House of that
town. 4 week ago. was arrested, WCdneS
dav night. nv State Detective Cote and
taken to Biddeford. He was arraigned
before Judge Il. f. Cieaves. Thursday, on
a warrant charging him with assault and
ba tterv. and the hearing was continued
until May Il. D,mmock furnished sure
ties in the sum OF 500 for his appearance
The case of Joseph Smith against the
the Lewiston, Brunswick a. Bath Street
Railroad for the loss of his wifes ser
vices on account of an accident in which
she was injured. has been referred TO
Judges Whitehouse and Savage Mrs.
Smith recovered. Tuesday. at Auburn. a
verdict of slil6 for this accident. AT the
April term a year ago Mr.. Smith recover
ed n verdict of 1916. which the law cour.
set aside as excessive. Judges White
house and Savage are to assess dana geS
upon the evidence brought out in the trial
of the case of Mrs. Smith against the
road at this term. Another case against
the road. that of James a. Parsons, was
opened before the second jury at the
court, Wednesday. Mr.. Parsons was driv-
ing on the North bridge in 1900 and his
horse was frightened at the rotary snow
pillow of the railroad and Mr.. Parsons was
thrown out and seriously injured.
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who claims to have had the bullet in
Ills possession ever since it was given
him hy Or. Swan said that while in
Lowell. At the request Of the defense.
.hc bullet never left his sight and nc
was sure that COL. Dimen never had an
opportunity to mark It. \ week ago
during the trial while in the side room
Cll. pimon examined the bullet and
said That he was under the impression
that ~ marked IL while iii Low ell.
Statc officer RhoaGs. the next witness,
also said h heard col. Dimon say that
h. was under The impression that he
marked the bullet. In his testimony
yesterday. COL Dimcn said positively
that he marked ii.
Photographs OF the bullet We're then
Introduced by the government taken
III Amos II. Sanborn Of Lowell. The
last witness Of the trial was Dr. f. ".
Draper, medical examiner for Suffolk
county. and the attorney general ask
ed him if he had not conducted an
cyperiment OF firing Il bullet into
ctjocc. This testimony was objected to
although the attorney general claims
that he did il to snow bullet could
be 50 fired ana vet not marked. After
the jury had heard this remark Of the
attorney general the court excluded
thi; testimony on the ground that it
was to meet some testimony offered by
tn" defense.
Tho court was then adjourned until
tomor-oW to enable the lawyers to
frame their arguments. The charge
Will lie made. Saturday morning. by
Judge Aiken.
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The many Oakland friends Of Mrs Mel
lie Bates Jackson were panied to learn of
her death. which occurred. Sunday night
nj her home i'm Norwich. VT. from n COM
plica'ion of diseases. Mrs. Jackson was
the Oldest daughter of +. W. Bates and
was. until her marriage about nine years
ago. resident of this place. She was a
most cstimablc young lady. beloved by
all who knew here. and the sympathy OF
the community goes out to the bereaved
husband and little daughter The funeral
services Were held. Wednesday. at Wis
casset, where the body was taken for
burial
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NEWS NUGGETS.
brought by the Wires From the
North, East. South and West.

Count Won Buclow. the chancellor.
has sent letter to the Rcichstag ask
ing that body to adjourn until Nov. &c.
The shirt factory of Morris & Co. on
South Gay street. Baltimore. Md. was
destroyed by fire. Thursday evening.
causing a loss of $4,000.
Elrly Thursday morning. the great
est part Of a block in the lower town
al ottawa, ont. composed of wooden
t, Moments and boarding houses and a
small motel was burned. Loss about
100000.
The cases Of several Chinese who
have crossed the border in an Illegal
manner were taken up before United
States Commissioner John Young ut
Newport VT. Thursday. Forty cases in
all are pending: 10 We're settled. today.
and IA individuals We're ordered deport-
I'd. Five were discharged.
The north wall of the Salt Lake thea
tire at Salt Lake City, collapsed. about
. O'Clock Thursday morning. So far aS
known no one was hurt. The building
which probably will have to be torn
down. was built nearly ~ years ago,
in the days of Brigham Young. and
was one of the landmarks of the city.
]. c. O'Hara. well-knoWn explorer
Of Duluth. Mimi, closed Il dc:'I AT
Winnipeg. Manitoba. Thursday. for
Is. 600 acres Of timber lands north of
tho Winnipeg country. The deal IN
cludes an immense find of coal made
by him while exploring for spruce.
Duluth parties are interested with him.
and it is said that the find is an i'm
rlcnsely rich one. The 10000 acres in
clude. so it is said, 800. 100000 feet of
spruce.
Private CumbcrlidGe while on senti-
mel duty at Fort Sheridan. Chicago.
Wednesday night. was killed by Smith
Wheeler. prisoner in the guard house
Wheeler crept UP behind CImberiidge
and snatched the sentiners rifle. In the
scutfle that followed Cumbcrlidge was
clubbe d to death with the rifle. Wheeler
escaped. Wheeler deserted during the
war while in Florida awaiting trans
portatiOn to Cuba. He was serving a
five years sentence.
Prof J. II. George of Montreal, has
been elected president of the Chicago
Theological seminary by the trustees.
The seminary has been conducted I'M
der a dual system heretofore. The con-
trolling bodies have been the board of
directors and the faculty. DR.. George
was born and educated in Canada. go
ing to Boston for the finishing of his
education. Three years ago he became
principal of the Congregational depart
ment Of the Montreal college.
A report on the enrolment and aver
age attendance at the regular Indian
schools for the quarter received. April
/. compared with the corresponding
quarter last year. shows the largest
annual increase in attendance record
ed in the last ten years. The average
attendance at the nOn-reServatiOn
schools increased S19: at reservation
boa riding schools. 1888: at day schools.
decreased 342 The net increase for all
schools was 1865. The total number of
pupils enrolled in all the Indian schools
was 1850.
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the BRITISH CIVIL LIST.
King Has No Personal Fortune Reasons for
the Irish Opposition.

London, May 9-Thc King said the
chancellor Of the cXchequcr. Sir Micha"I
Hicks Beach. today. IN discllssins ne
civil list in the House If Commons. had no
personal fortune. = fact which could n"'
II" too widely known. He was. therefore,
dependent on the revenues OF the DnchE
of Lancaster and Parliamentary grants.
The King was anxious Tor further m
vcst;;ation into the system Of manage
mcnt Of the royal household. III order 70
correct any abuses and wastes. Inc sum
of fIIOWu which. out OF the total Of
$40. 900 il was supposed to grant, was the
Kings priVy purse, out of which came
the sums expended as Il result of innum
cradle requests tor charities throGghoi;
the empire and even from foreign coun-
tries and out of which also came the sum
expended to keep up the private resi-
dcnce$ .
The Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman. supported the governments
proposals as reasonable.
John Redmond the Irish leader. in cN-
planning why the Irish members deciinei
to support the proposals. said it was for
three reasons: First. the insult to certain
of the Kings subjects in the accession
proceedings; second. ireland was paying
double. today, what she paid is years ago,
and England was paying - per cent. less ::
the third and real ground for the oppo-
sition. was that the people of ireland
were Knocked by Il freedom Whicn was
devoid OF substance.
Mr.. Labourcnere, Liberal. tried to maze
the allowance cut down from $4,000 to
Cii5O00, the amount granted to Queen
Victoria and the Prince Consort: This
motion was defeated by Il vote OF 81 to
2Gl. The civil list was agreed to, 90 to 81.
In the House of Commons. TO-DAY, the
under foreign secretary. Lord Cranborne.
confirming the dispatch to The Associat-
cd Press of May s. 10 the effect that Chi
ma has not approached the powers in re-
gard to a general opening of Manchuria,
said the British government had not re
cciyed any communication from the Chi
nese or American governments respecting
the opening Of China to the trade of the
world.
The colonial secretary. Mr.. Chamber
lain answering question in the House
of Commons. today. said Gen. DeWet'S
house had been burned. in June. as the
railroad had been cut near his farm.
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bally kenneber journal
THE EASTMAN TRIAL.
eiderce Is All In and the Arguments Viii
Be Made. Today.

Cambridge. Mass. May 9.-Aftcr an
hour spent in producing experts on
leaden bullets. chemists and army sur
Seons familiar with bullet wounds. the
defense in the E,as tman trial, this
morning, rested its case The last por-
lion Of the cases of the defense con-
sisted practically in putting expert
against expert and trying to refute
the governments testimony as to the
presence Of tin in lcadcn bullets.
William 7. Foster. an Old lead man
macturer of Boston. said more or less
TN could he found in pig lead. usually
in melted lead.
Lewis \. Olney Of Lowell. professor
oi chemistry at the Lowell Textile
School, testified that he had made nu-
merous examinations Of rim fire cart
ridges ana found in every instance
traces of tin. The testimony was intro
duced by the defense to contradict
mat of Prof. Wood for the govern
ment that he found no tin in rim fire
cartridges.
Cross-eXamined. Prof. Olney said he
could not say how much tin he found
as a result Of his analysis. Asked by
NY tStIAti al IL ilC tilch9iAt -
would find any trace of tin in SO small
portion of 1-20 of a grain of metal.
lie said it was possible, but he would
rather have a larger piece.
piece Of metal weighing 14-1G0 OF
" gram. which the attorney general
"a'a came from Grogan's body, was
SHOWN the witness ana he was asked
II ne would be willing to make an an
aiysis with Prof. Wood to ascertain
races of tin. He said he would and the
the attorney general ordered him to
do So
Inc last witness for the defense was
pr. Matthew Webb. He said that he
iiad mad three years experience as q
"seon in the Civil war. and saw
large numbers of wounded men and
1o'ed the effects of bullets on striking
ZONES. He said that in nearly every
instance where n bullet struck bone
.he bullet was mushroomed or flat
tened.
Asked if he had seen the so called
Murray bullet. which is alleged to have
oeeh taken from Grogan's body. he said
az mad and had examined it with a
",Shilying glass. He said that in his
piiiloh the bullet had never passed
through a rib, a vertebra. and lodged
ahotner vertebra. as claimed by the
soVernment. as the bullet showed no
Ha''enirg. The only question asked II
'oss-eXamnation was if he opened q
'ouy and found n bullet which had
sohe through bones and was not fiat
e" ne would not be convinced thai
'Uoa 4 thing might not happen. Wit
'eas said he would have to be.
At this point the defense rested its
.ase md the government began its cv.
enc" in rohrttal
me 'c""t'ai Of tho government We:
'''''3F"iiv short ani waS confined t.
it"1nt Z" Giecr, lit The testimony
Il 'fm' Of Lowell, IS to the iden
=! Il t-cI2t-l bullet Caicer Murra J
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A Baby Buffalo at Merrymeeting Park.

Brunswick. Ne, May "a very I'M
usual thing happened at the Merry
meeting park zoo, this morning. Inc
old buffalo. one of the prides OF the
park. gave birth to a baby buffalo, anu
at latest reports mother ana chii''
were doing we'll
In Maine. if not in New EnSianu'
this is the first of such an event 10 NC
recorded. Unusual, too. it is tiial
buffalo should thus increase its fanny
while living in captivity. The event
will give the children no end of fun
and next Sunday crowds propaui' WI
go to the park to see the .'bapy
life and happiness to the newcomer
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THE BARCELONA RIOTS.
Weylcr TeIegraphs: Reply With Arms Ia
Every Cry Of Death 10 SPAIN"

Madrid. May 9.-An enormous crowd of
people participated in yesterdays riot
ing at Barcelona. The rioters endeavored
to stop work from the factories, which
resulted in collisions with the troops. \
number Of soldiers are among the wound
ed over 100 arrests of anarchists So
cialists and extreme Catalinists have been
made. TWenty-one notorious Anarchists,
including Chiefs Bofarull and Foncuberta.
have been interned on board the warship
the Pelayo.
T ,a he nanei, vi W W'' a ,
You will reply by arms to every cry OF
death to Spain.
The latest dispatches. today, say order
has been restored. Troops occupy the
suburbs of Barcelona where the ma jority
Of the factories are situated and work
has been resumed.
The cabinet has decided that all the
agitatorS are to be tried by court mar
tial. The foreign Anarchists will be ex-
PEELED from the country.
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THE PARSONS TRIAL.
Argument Tor Defence Made ard Case will Go
10 Jury This Noon.

I:oston. May For nearly three
hours. this afternoon. Hon. James
\. MCCcuGEh, senior counsel for
the defendant. argued in behalf of
Henry T.. Parsons, who is on trial charg-
~ with the murder Of WIN. Z. Hammond
II is expected that Mir. McGcough wiil
occupy ahont one hour in the morning
ana hr vim he followed hy Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Micnarl j. Sughruc, who
viii pr":;cn the gr1vest side OF the case.
The charge 81 the jury will be pro0phly
made by Judge SAel'.on and the ease
ought Ia lC in the hands % thc jury be
fore tn" noon recess.
TO-DAY Was the first day since Tic trial
began that tho wife Of Parsons and III
widow pi Hammond were in the cour.
room M the same tine Mis-. Parsons,
being 4 witness for the defence. has been
compelled to remain in the corridor. To
day. when Parsons took IN" witness
stand. Ia, was face to face with tn" wife
who has stood by him ever since his ar
rest. and later. after Mrs. Parsons had
testified. she was allowed to remain in
The court room.
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Early Thursday morning. the greatest
part of a block in the lower town at OF
lava. Ont, composed of wooden tenemcst
and boarding houses and a small hotel.
was burned to the ground. Loss about
S.a,. 900. A search of the ruins revealed
the charred remains of three men, r. Lee
Plane. aged so. of st. Joseph's village;
lanes Maxwell. aged AZ years. of Point
Lewis. Que. and Edward Roy of st. Jo-
seoh's village. They were found in the
rims of Mrs. LeCompte's boarding house,
M 81 Clarence street. There are reports
nf others missing, but these are all that
can he verified.
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YOUTHFUL SPORTSMEN.
Boston Lads Stopped at Portland on Way to
WiIds OF Maine.

Portland. Me. May 9-On the arrival OF
the evening train from Boston, two boys
were taken into custody on request Oh
their parents. The boys arc Edward
Dwyer. aged l.. and Paul Sturgeon, aged
q. 10th belonging ut North Cambridge.
They were bent on denuding the forests
ana streams Of Maine Of the big gam
and the mammoth fish which they had
recently read about. The little 1eilo" ,
had $25 between them. which PAU cor
fesscd 20 taking from drawer III
mama's bureau"
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DOWN An EN- 3ANKMENT.
Train Wrecked Near E!gin. N. B.--TwO Pass.
engers Injured.

st. John. ~ f.. May 9.-This afternoon.
the passenger car of the Elgn. Albert
county. branch train left the rails at a
wooden bridge and toppled over lo-ioot
OF the few passo myers two
were injured, man named West of Al
bert county. and Or. r. n. Golfer of St.
John. post Office Inspector for New Bruins
wick who was On a business trip. West
was badly shaken up. DIR. Golfers back
was quite badly injured. He was taken
to Elsin and will be laid up some days.
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THE PLAT AMENDMENT
vii! &c Adopted by Convention According to
the Outlook

Havana, May 9.-There row seems to BE-
no doubt That the Cuban constitutional
INVENTION vii. accept the Platt amend :
IL some delay before n final vote is
reached Gen. Rivera. who is in Hondu-
ras on leave OF absence. has written TO
The convention advising the acceptance of
the Platt amendment.
The Democrats have nominated Senior
Carlos Garcia as their candidate for
MAYOR. the Republicans have nominated
senior Estrada MORA and the Nationalist
VIII nominate the present incumbent
Senior OsnpT.