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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
FATHER LEFT MILLIONS.
0LNeYVILlE.

Irons hall was well filled last evening
with the friends OF Miss H. F. Buffng-
ton when her pupils gsvo their first
annual social The program was an en-
joysble ono and most of the members
won an encore.
The patrolmen Of the Charee street
station have been requested 10 locate
the relatives OF one Thomas Miles, who
recently died ia Denver col
Mr. Banspach is repor.. 10 be get
ting along very comfortably and unless
something new develops ne viii recover.
At the meeting OF Woonssquatucket
Tribe Of Red Men last evening the chiefs
degree was given two candidates
NarraEansctt Lodge ~ Workmen held
pleasant session last evening n II did
rain.
There were two arrests AT the Sixth
station last night, both for drunken
ness
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
NOT IN OSHKOSH.
Bishop Grafton Thus Exp|odas
a Very Foolish Story.

Bishop Chas. c. Grafton OF Fon-du-I.ac.
Wis, who Is stopping at sSS Benefit street
was considerably astonished when he
read In yesterdays paper that he had
dehed Bishop Clark of Rhode Island I'm n
service at Oshkosh. Wis, Sunday, by
using the extreme high church Episcopa-
lian ritual. including elevation OF the
host and incense.
There were grounds for his astonish-
ment the most solid being that he has
not visited Oshkosh for month. and
the other that he was in Massachusetts
on the day he was said TO have conduct
ell the service in Wisconsin.
The op said that he knew OF the
service at Oshkosh in which some imag-
NATIVE news writer had found material
for q sensation.
II do not believe" he said, that Il
differed In any way from services held at
st stephens i'm this city or in n num-
Der Of churches i'm New York. Rishop
Clark and 1 are on very friendly terms.
] have the highest regard for him, and
would certainly do nothing against his
wisncs in anything over which he had
Jurisdiction"
DO Nou think" ne was asked. "that
we use hl incense ana elevation of the
host were made part OF the Oshkosh SER
vice referred tor
~ don't know" was tho reply II was
in Massachusetts Sunday"
hon BISHOP Grafton. gave the follow
ing formal statement IN regard TO the
news story I'm question n:eittc
"a am 80 accustomed TO misrcpresenta.
uen AMI abuse that II has long been INV
wont 20 make no reply unioss the inter-
csts Of others demand 10. There has been
pibllshed az account Of a service held hy
me at oshkosh. Wis. Gnder the flaming
headline. Bishop Clark Dsned
''T.TT me say that / have been for some
time fn the east, and on the Sunday re-
ferrsd 90 preached at the House OF Pray
er Lowell. The story about myself Is an
entire fabrication and. like others. has
proceeded from sources desirous of stir.
ring up strife In the church
II need not say that for the venerable
presiding bishop ] have very higH r.
gard and personal affection. aud should
ever conform 10 any command that came
within tbe scope Of his jurisdiction
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
USED A knife.
One Italian Slabs Anothsr After
a BaTrO0m Row.

Raffaelo Desancus of Is7 Dean street
and Euginio Cilanto or Barker street
became involved in a quarrel in saloon
on Barker street last evening and the
AFFAIR. which subsequently developed into
a fight came very near having fatal
termination.
Heated words passed between the two
men in the saloon and remarks not com
plimentary TO either OF the two combat
ants were soon flying thick and fast
At the request OF the dispenser Of the
fiuid which intoxicates. the Italians ad-
journed 10 the open sir where Dcsancts
suddenly becoming enragcd whipped out
knife and Made a desperate lunge at
Cilanto. which fell short. however by
several Inches.
lie made another attempt and wss
more successful. cutting Cilanto Just
above the left hip. The wounded man
walked ~ his house where q call Was
scent for the ambulance and he was con-
veyed 20 the Rhode Island hospital Al
though the wound bled freely an eNami-
nation showed that the knife had made
but SLIGHT cat. ana after n Wss dress
cd Cilanio was ssHt hofns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
sor over Finy wears.

MRS wTNsIows 8 SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething With perfect success Jt
soOthss The chld softeus the gums si-
isys Sll pain cures Wind collie. and is The
best remedy for Dlarruhea. IL viii re
leve the por little sufferer immediately
Sild bv druggists in. every part OF the
Uofid 1wcnty-nve Crnis bottle Re
sure snf ask Pr Mrs WiuaiN~'s ecoth.
ms E3rur' and take no other Kind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
A GREAT SURPRISE

r. IN store for all who use Kemp's Bal
sam for the Throat and Lungs. the great
guaranteed remedy Would YOU believe
that 10 ~ sold on is merits and aDy
druggist q. authorixed bv the proprietor
OF this wonderful remedy 10 give YOU a
sample bottle free ~ never falls 10
cure acute ~ chronic coughs All l-up.
s0a. 80
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
ACCUSES
BROTHER
and SISTER
Mrs. Corwins Says They Poi
soned Fathers Mind 50 That
HePractIcaIIy Oisinharited Her

New York, April 26-Surrogate Abbott
heard in Brooklyn today the objections
filed by Mrs. ELLA II. Corwine, of No. g
West siNty-fifth street, to the probate of
the will OF her father, Thomas c. Smith.
millionaire.
Mrs. Corwine charges that the will is
not the last will OF her father: that If he
signed il he was OF unsound mind al the
time, and that her brother, Charles
Smith, who is named as executor. is dis
honest and unfit TO manage the estate.
Mrs. Corwine also alleges that her
brother. Charles. and her sister. Mrs Pas
tora Chase conspired to poison her
fathers mind against her, and succeeded
10 such an extent that he practically dis
Inherited her.
She declares that her brother threaten
ed that he would cause her To be disin-
herited ten years ago. She saws she has
not been permitted 20 see her father
alone since 1897.
CAUSE or PREJUDICE.
The Misunderstanding was caused. Mrs
Corwine declares, by leading her father
To think that she caused him 10 be ar
rested and indicated for receiving navy
WIS NtAN iNlfl ~ MN nN hff
husband formerly Lieutenant Corwine of
the United States navy
She says That the fact is that she re-
fused to testify before the United States
district attorney. and that when she was
compelled by subpoena TO appear before
the grand jury her testimony was favor
able 80 her father
Mrs. Corwine alleges that this will was
executed only four days before her faith
ers death, and that Charles Smith had a
hard time getting q signed even then.
because OF the weakness of her fathers
mind.
FATHER LEFT MILLIONS.
Thomas c. Smith died on January
last lie was the owner OF the Union
Porcelain works, in Brooklyn. and WAS
president OF the Ophthalmic hospital I'm
this city. For many years he had been
the president OF the Seventeenth Ward
Bank. His estate is variously estimated
at from $4,000 to S600,0m
Under the contested will the bulk of
this property goes 90 his son. Charles.
most of what Is left TO his widow and his
daughter. Mrs. Chase. small annuity
TO another daughter. Ida and at the
death OF the widow, a small contingent
estate 20 Mrs. Corwinc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-26
ENCLISHMAN
GIVES VIEWS,
He Talks About AgulnaIdo,
Whom Hsl Knows Very Well.
IS MAN OF NOT MUCH MERIT.
Filipino Was Only a Puppet In The Hands
Of His Clever Compatrlois is Worked
on SupsrstilcS.
IS MAN Of NOT MUCH MERIT,

have spent no little time in studying
Emilio Aguinaldo. Arriving In Manila
bay with the first expedition to the Phi
hPpines in the spring eff 1S9S- ! SAW z4si-
naldo several times at Cayite and iu
front OF Ma0la as an ally OF Uncle sam.
says a writer i'm the London News
After the fall OF the latter city. on Aug
l3, 1885, until six or seven weeks before
the outbreak OF the new insurrection on
Feb. 4, 1899, repeatedly visited Agui-
naldo at Bacoor and afterward at Ma
lOlOS, where ne moved his government 20
Personally Aguinaldo made very poor
appearance tie certainly did not look
like man who had much brain power
one could hnd any number Of Tagsls in
Manila whose faces portrayed more, In
telligence than did that of the man they
had chosen us their leader
l was surprised 10 lind that certain
members OF Aguinaldo's cabinet spoke of
the facial characteristics OF their preSi-
dent In "a most disrespcctful manner
In fact. II was from few casual ~
marks on such subjects that ! obtained
my first inkling OF what ] later bcca mo
firmly convinced-that AguiHaldo was
merely n figurehe tool in the hands
OF clever men like Mabmi and the elder
Palermo.
KEEPS MS MOUTH SHUT.
Aguinaldo had learned from sorno
source that a stolid silence gave an Inn
nIfNNlhU hl uflln ana Keen perception. I
have been present az moro than one In
terView in which an attempt wss made
20 draw him out, but generally With little
or no success.
I am convinced that constant inter
course with AguinaldO was what oaised
tho braVest ana most popular OF his CON
erals TO desplGe him thoroughly. fhis
generals open statement regarding the
poor opinion In which he held Aguinaldo
subsequently led that worthy TO operate
successfully "a plot in which his obstre-
porous subordinate wa assassinated
That Incident lost tho insutgent prcsi-
dent many friends. but the true story or
the assassination was SO manipulated hv
Aguinaldo's supporters that few of the
Filipino people ever knew the truth re-
garding the matter
helisve u wa general named PiO
del Pillar. who was captured near Manila
I'm Nav OF last wear who first started the
story Of Aguina lido s supernatural powers
Pillars following chiefly crime rruTTT N
province called Cavlte which Law lust
south Of the city of Manila. and Was the
worst hOtbed u insuuectlon in tie Island
Of Lufou.
Pilsr commenced u work On tie isnor-
sBce and superstition " the natives cf
Cayits province which - peopled py Ia
gals. the dominant race IN the Philip
pines. by claiming familiarity with the
spirit world and making Druphecies
based on reveia lions which had come ~
him IN the form ~ dreams
During iht months immUdia folv prior
to the inSiIrgent outbreak whsf be- In
surgens were strsining every nerve 70
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
FOR WATER, $4,000, 900.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AUTHORIZES BIG
ISSUE OF BONDS-HARD BLOW
FOR RAMAPO-BRIDGE COM
MISSIONERS CENSURED
FOR DELAY.

The Board Of Estimate and Apportionmehl
yesterday authorized bond issues to the amount
of 100000 for increasing and improving tne
water supply Of the city. OF this amount ST.
100000 Is to be expended for the Brooklyn
water system in the completion of two reservoirs
at Massapequa and East Meadow Creek and
other improvements; s5OOO0O for the Croton
watershed and 81 600 for the general neces-
stiles of the water supply in Manhattan and
The Bronx. This would be of the largest
appropriations for water supply made in years
1t thought by some to indicate intention
on the part of Tammany officials to make the
city independent of the Ramapo other private
concerns.
The following are some of the to which
it is intended to put the money: Nine hundred
and eighty thousand dollars for the Cross River
reservoir 100000 for storage reservoir at Cross
River branch 100000 for mains connect
Jerome Park reservoir, $4,000 for 1OO.OOO feet
of fence and cost of putting it up in watershed.
100000 for wells and pumping station in
Queens, and 100000 for examination OF the
water supply in the city at large.
The Board also approved the appropriation
of $173611 for heating, ventilating and the IN
stallation of electrical apparatus for Public
School No. 123. and for the erection OF Pubic
School No. 1871 and S7.49O for additions to and
alterations in Public School No. 133, Borough OF
Brooklyn.
The expenditure of $469. .3S3 for the Peter
Cooper High School. at One -hundred-aEd-sixt
sxth-st. and the Boston Post Road, in the
Borough of The Bronx, was approved. and the
contract was awarded to Louis Wessler, the
lowest bidder. High school bonds for the
amount will be issued.
At the beginning Of the session Mayor Van
Wyck severely censured the Commissioners of
the New East River Bridge for the delay in the
completion of the bridge, and introduced
resolution, which was passed, providing that
land for the approaches should be acquired oy
condemnation.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
TO PRACTISE LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE "sI1.vER ToNGUED TOM" FITCH TO FLIT
ONCE MORE-DESPAIRS OF UTAH
SENATORSHIP-

Phoenix Ariz Jan. IS (SpeciaD-"Tom' Fitch.
the silver tongued is preparing 10 fit once more
Though sixty-three years old he will the Pa
ciflc to permanently take up his residence IT the
Philippines there TO aid in the establishment of
American enlightenment. Together with Joseph
Campbell. Of Phoenix. he will be established In Ma
nia within sixty days in the practice of law
Fitch has been in Salt Lake for the larger part
OF the last two years. and has aspired toward
Senatorship from Utah. But it Is apparent the
hope has been abandoned in a gltterinS dream OF
the isles OF the Pacific. II Is his second disap-
pointment in the place. In 1872 he was elected
Senator from Utah. which sought admission as the
State of Deseret but Congress repeled the Mormon
Territory at that time. Yet Fitch has not been
lacking in experience in office. He in Congress
from Nevada in 1865. in Nevada's CoHstitu-
tional Convention. has served in the California and
Arizona Legislatures and had a term as District
Attorney OF a Nevada county.
He Is a native OF New-York City. Since his tenth
year his life has been OF the rolling stone
Scores of cities have been selected by him
his permanent home" till fresh declaration of
the sort only provokes mirth In the West where
Pacific Coast State, his Western record home
builder extending even unto Sitka, Alaska Thrice
has he taken up his home in Phoenix Ariz,, Prac-
tising law with Campbell. who is of the leaders
OF the Southwestern bar. At divers times several
the larger F'stern cities have been hOnored with
his residence in them. For while of latter years
his shingle swung from the Tower Building. in
nounced that at last his ideal has been found be-
yond the
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
FAVOR FILLING IN THE CANALS.
OPPONENTS OF THE ENLARGEMENT AT
ALBANY PUT THE COST AT
NEARLY S79OOO,OOO.

Albany Jan. 1S.-Legisators opposed to the en-
largement OF the State canal system have set 10
work to sidetrack the S62,0OO,OOO Improvement
proposition that has been submitted by state Engi-
neer and Surveyor Bond, and upon which that or
fetal has been busily figuring for several months
past. Senator Amber. in the Senate, and Assem-
blyman Hatch. In the House. head the opposition
movement. They very bitter In their denunci-
alton of the Improvement scheme. and go so tar
as to contend that the States big ma.aral ditches
had better be filed In right away. and good Anerl-
can oats and rye along the route.
II IS the opinion OF the anti-canallers that pc
fore State Engineer Bond gets through with MS
figuring he will have 10 admit that the COST VIII
be nearer SO 900 than $62 100000. There is
gap In the proposed route, which. 1t is said the
State Engineer has not figured on at all as yet
1t Will depend upon whether rock. shale, sand or
clay is found along this gap TO be able TO
state how much than S62,OoOOOO the cost
OF the proposed waterway will be
Senator Amber this morning circulated an anti
canal statement in the Senate and about the corri-
dors that mas for its caption Shall the State OF
New-York Construct New Canal?' The circular
claims that the canals have outlived their useful
ness Traffic, Il points out. has steadily dlInln-
ishcd Canal transportation costs 80 per cent more
than railroad transportation. CanA men, the Ccu-
lar goes on 10 say. all admit that the waterways
must be- enlarged abandoned. The scandal OF
81 900 600 gone waste their recent so-ca4led
Improvement still HuEers
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
AUTOPSY on WEISB4RD;S BODY
NO ARRESTS IN THE MURDER MYSTERY
HAD BEEN MADE Up TO A LATE
HOUR LAST NIGHT

An autopsy was reformed yesterday afternoon
by Dr. Williams a Coro lers physician on the
body Of Meyer Weisbard. which found in a
trunk on Pier Il, East River Wednesday. The con-
dition of the body and the different injuries were
Noted. Death had been caused by the throat being
cut AS soon as the autopsy was completed the
body was taken No. PIP Henry st, where Weis-
bard lived. TO be prepared for burial in Mount
Sinai Cemetery.
After two days OF work by fifty detectives no
arrests in the case have been made and no clews
have been found 10 the murderer House after
house has been carefully examined without result
in the endeavor to find wall against which trunk
may have rested.
1t is believed by the police that Wesbard was
killed by member of organized gang which
has lately committed number of assaults and
robberies on the East Side. 1t is thought that
these desperadoes keep a constant eye upon itin-
Grant Hebrew jewellers. waiting for a favorable
moment for attack.
Three cases of assault and robbery which have
cry. On December Il Zacharah Frank, ieweller.
Of No. L Market-st. was set lpon by two young
Knocking him senseless. they carried away
all the portable articles Of value from his store.
On the day Julius ReiSneI. of No. 56S Second
ave, robbed of 81 500 worth CT jewelry after
Zagon, Of No. coz Delancey-st. suffered similar
treatment few days previous to that. Two men
named Murphy and Brown have been arrested in
connection with these cases. and the police are
trying 10 connect them with Other men OF the gang
that is supposed to have killed Weisbard.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
THE TRIBUNE.S CENTURY STORY.
Trom The DalIas News


The New-York Tribune issued recently edition
the world has made during the nineteenth century.
Some of the results reduced to brief ''nows' and
''thens," give a very clear idea Of changes which
have been brought about. Washington had been
buried weeks before the Of his dea h
reached Boston. At this time the result of even a
horse in England is announced IN America a few
minutes after II is actually over, and hours
mile Of electric telegraph line in all the world There
hundred thousand miles of tee-
graph lines in the United States alone From
NeW-York 10 Boston then q weeks journey.
The trip is made in f. e hours. While a trip
TO China and return then required something more
than year, such trip can now be taken easily
IN month. There then not a single mile o
steam railway in all the world. There is now
enough miles Of Steam railway to belt the world five
times and representing invested capital of bout
Sll,O0OOo0,et). Whereas there practi-
cable steamboat In all the world there are now
registered steam vessels of estimated total value
OF about 200 0O0000 Then the human voice carried
only far the lungs could force or the winds
bear it, Now the human voice carries from New
York 10 Kansas City by telephone and in a little
while man VIII be able to hold receiver
ear and hear himself talk around the world A
century back the agonies of the subject under the
surgeons knife were unalleyiated by anAsthefics
To-day there is painless surgery, thanks TO the
discovery OF more than "A dozen anasthetics. Then
woman was a chattel, all hor property belonging
TO her husband. who could beat her freely as he
might beast of burden. Now for all purposes OF
business, ownership of property and of her in
country as independent a man These are only
a few of the marked changes many others being
quite as wonderful. 1t has indeed been record
breaking century. %
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
ODELL TO MEET LEADERS.
SAID TO BELIEVE THAT RENlSlONlS1o
HAVE NOT CUT OFF ENOUGH UN-
NECESSARY PLACES-WHAT
NIGHT BE SAVED.

Governor OdelI is expected at Repuohcal 80
headquarters in this city this afternoon 49,
he returns to Albany he will confer Win 'e 80,
PIatt. State Chairman Dunn and some OF a tne ioe"
leaders about the Charter fNe'i9l
recommendations. -, ~,..-,,or
1t was learned last night that neither t,. ~,
Odeu nor State Chairman Dunn Is 1aVo[aoiy -.
pressed with the work of the Chai' ,o
Commission as a whole. 1t Is salo that , '
Csau 80 conc through Controller Coler's annuai
renor+ and the Charter Revision Commission ieo
concentrations and that he and Coionei Duii,i a,s
SURPRISED that a Republican Conrission - :
not have used the blue pencil on numerous u
useless departmental places. Colonel Dunh' Is VI
+ho ,ririor II was said last night that the saIaly
roll of this city could be cut S.Ooe9 without III
turing the public service. Fox TINS leaso", -
serted many of the recommendations ol t'ie
mission will If adopted ALL be amended SO DIS
To hiring about radical reductions IN expenses,
Senator Plat was expected home from Washlhs-
ton on late train last night. Governor Odell went
from Albany yesterday afternoon 10 WISH i'
mother in Newburg = 49,
State Chairman Dunn is bearing the brunt Oh tie
criticism for the radical cutting down of places IN
the State governrhent under the Odell admnlstra- a.
ton State Committeeman who receNeu Ol,0 -
place where they expected to get TWO Slo Pi<'
are venting their wrath on Mr. Dunn ne -.. 80 .ha+
friends at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night 'ha'
he was becoming pretty sore, but that ne was
more determined than ever to see the OoNei'4'
through with his retrenchment programme
How large a saving in the aggregate to you e1-
pect will be effected this year in the state > eN
penses?" Colonel Dunn was asked
Just about 81 900 OOO." he replied. Continuing ne
said
Thoughtful Republicans all over the state are are
iuSt beginning to realize that the pontcal peiou.
Ium which has swung Republican for II the las laSt y
seven years would just about be ready 10 S"lns
back at the end OF the next two years: II not not
sooner Under ordinary circumstances think yer, very
IkeI\, n would But Governor Odell has outlined
a policy that will make every taxpayer in the
State his friend. While taxes In TINS CITY @ are
steadily going ND the State taxes are going DOWN
That's an object lesson that will tend TO give the
Republican party more fun swing OF the Po-
ltcal pendulum
New-York tribune., 1901-01-19
4 KIND WORD FOR HERLIHY.
FRANK MOSS SAYS MARTIN ENGEL WAS
THE REAL CAPTAIN OF THAT
DISTRICT"

Frank Moss and James D. Clifford. IN ex-foreman
Of the Fire Department, made addresses before the
Lafayette Literary Club. connected with the
Bethany Congregational Church, Tenth-ave. and
Thirty-sxth-st. last night. F ]. Hamilton, pres-
dent Of the club presided. The subject was Civic
Righteousness Mr.. Moss said in part
Civic righteousness does not mean blue laws
and the unjust enforcement of the same. 1t means
common sense. Civic righteousness should be
preached from the church.
Among my visits to the East Side learned from
people there that in their opinion there no
difference between the government in Russia and in
NewH ork, except that il more here than there
TO bribe a police officer Captain Herlihy was put
in false position, because the real captain Of that
district was Martin Engel. Six hours after Devery
became Chief Of Police Herlihy sent up the
goats" because he had tried TO close gambling
house. 1t just happened that Herlihy had run
IN" with minister who belonged a powerful
church and be complained to his Bishop.
Ex-Foreman Clifford said that he had been SO
affected by the speech made by Mr.. Moss that he
could not talk much. He gave the reasons why he
had persisted in attending political meetings, and
told about his appearance before the Charter Com
mission 10 advocate shorter hours for the firemen.
He said that he had only done his duty a citizen
He repeated the incidents that led to his trial and
dismissal from the Fire Department and closed by
saying that he would continue the fight as long as
he able to do