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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-18
LIVERPOOL COTTON

Liverpool. July 1s-The market opened
firm today The demand for spot cotton
was quiet prices steady. 600o bales OF
middlings selling for III OF these acc
bales were American, The receluts were
ooO0 bales. OF these 100 bales were Am
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-18
TETIrI; Fixtures were selling as follows:
CHICAeO GRAIN AND WHEAT

Chicago. July 1S.-The market opened
today with wheat steady. corn quiet.
price Current says; Winter wheat thresh-
ing supporting calculations. Corn max
ing favorable progress. oats better In
some instances. but average not notably
changed.
Futures were selling as follows;
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-18
F INANCIAl
NEW YORK SToek MARKET

Reported for The NewsDemocrat over
the private wire of LEWIS II. TAPPAN
& CO. Bankers and Brokers. Banisan
Building
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-18
CREDITORS COMMITTEE
GIVEN FULL CONTROL

the Home company would help along or
not.
Judge Lyman suggested that the motion
should be made even broader. 40 as To
empower the committee 10 take such ac
.lon, bankruptcy or otherwise. as would
seem hest. This was agreed 20. and the
motion was adopted.
The meeting adjourned 10 the call OF
the committee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
DIED FROM SCARLET FEVLR
Graduate Nurse of Grace Hospital
 Contracted It From Patient.

Graduate Nurse of Grace Hospital
 Contracted It From Patient.
 Sarah Frances Fair, a graduate nurse of Grace hospital, 1906, died at that in- stitution yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock as the result of having contract ed scarlet fever while attending a pa- tient in Naugatuck. Miss Fair, who lived at S61 Grand avenue, went to Naugatuck about week ago to attend patient there. She had only been there couple of days when she con tracted the disease It was not known until yesterday that she had scarlet fever although she had been very sick. Yesterday she was brought to Grace hospital in this city, where she died at o'clock in the afternoon.
 Miss Fair was twenty-seven years old. She leaves two brothers in this city and a sister in Birmingham, Ala. Beecher & Bennett have charge of the funeral arrangements.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
Dm. SIMPSON AtoUITrtD.
Bitter Attack on His Wife. Who Would
 Have Hanged Him,

Riverhead, L. l., Feb. 7.-Dr. James w. Simpson, a Fifth avenue, New York dentist, to-day was acquitted of a charge of having murdered his father in-law, Bartley Harner, wealthy Northport contractor Horner was shot and mortally wounded in the kitchen of his Northport home more than year ago. The gun from which the fatal shot was fired was held in Simpson s hands, but the defendant always has maintained that the killing was the re- suit of an accident. This view appar- ently was accepted by the jury which returned the verdict of not guilty after deliberating less than an hour.
 The trial of Dr. Simpson furnished many sensations, one of which was the appearance of the prisoners wife as one of the principal witnesses for the pros ecution. Tn the closing argument for the defense Simpsons chief counsel made a bitter attack upon Mrs. Simp- son. He characterized the prosecution of Simpson as a conspiracy instigated by the prisoners wife to get him out of the way so that she would be free to accept the attentions of another man.
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WHITE ROUSE RECEPTION.
Given by Mir. and Mrs. Roosevelt to
 Army and Navy.

Given by MT. and Mrs. Roosevelt to
 Army and Navy.
 Washington Feb 7.-President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave "a reception to- night in honor of the army and navy. It was the final formal evening levee of the season at the White House and the most largely attended of the series. The brilliant uniforms of the army and navy officers and the diplomatic corps presented an interesting spectacle. The cabinet ladies who assisted the presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt in receiving the two thousand invited guests were Mrs, Shaw, Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Bonaparte, Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs Straus Among the out-of-town guests who were pres .ent in the capital blue room were Gov ernor and Mrs. Fletcher Proctor, of Vermont; Wilfred T, Grenfell, of Mont pelier, Vt; MT. and Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, of New York; pr. Philip Ogden, of Baltimore; Colonel and Mrs. Robert J. Lowry, of Atlanta, Ga, and Dr. and Mrs Wiley Cushing, of Balti- more.
 MT and Mrs. A. Lawrence Lowell, of Boston; Miss Tyler and Miss Christine Roosevelt. of New York, who are Mrs. Roosevelt's guests, were also in the blue room.
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BROWNSVILLE INQUIRY.
FIVE WITNESSES ExAMTNED YESTERDAY BY COMMITTEE.

All Members of the Discharged BattaI-
 ion of Negro Soldiers Except One Under the Impression That Barracks
 Were Being Fired Upon by People of
 the Town-Foraker Gets in Slap at President.
 Washington, Feb. 7,--Five witnesses were examined to-day in the. Browns vile Inquiry before the senate commit tee on military affairs. All were mem |sbers of Co. D of the discharged battal- ion of negro soldiers except the last on the stand, former Sergeant Luther E.. Thorton of Co. B. He testified that when aroused by the firing on the night of August IS he was under the impression that the barracks were be- ing fired upon by the people of the town, and that a similar opinion was expressed by some other members of his company. He said the reports of firearms sounded to his like revolvers and shotguns. He told of the call to arms, of the inspections, of hearing that Co. C's gun racks had been broken and of his understanding that these had been broken open upon orders of Lieu tenant Geer of Co, c, because the non commissioned officer having the keys could not be found He was cross-ex- amined sharply about the possibility of a soldier falling out of the reservation in the night without being detected and said this could be done but he did not think the man could get his arms and get out
 It was pointed out that the man al- ready had ammunition, and the witness replied that this ammunition had to be accounted for at inspection and if any were used the loss would be discovered. He said he had not heard that bullets from army ammunition had been found in the town until after the arrival of Major Blocksom to make an inspection for the war department. He will go on the stand at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow.
 In addition to the witnesses on the stand at the forenoon session of the committee Sergeant Fraser was recall ed and corrected his testimony of yes
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
EQUITABLE MUST ANSWER
Complaint That Surplus Has Not Been
 EquitabIy Distributed.


 New York, Feb. 1.-The Equitable Life Assurance society under a decision handed down by the United States cir cult court of appeals to-day must an- swer to the bill of complaint filed against it by J. Wilcox Brown that the society's surplus had not been equitably distributed among the policyholders. The Equitable has interposed demur- Ter, alleging that there was no cause of action stated and that the defendant was not entitled to the relief prayed for. This demurrer had been sustained by a lower court, but the previous decision was overruled by the court of appeals to-day. The circuit court held that as the bill of complaint contained allega- tions of fraud and mismanagement up- on the part of the society, the plaintiff is entitled to an answer.
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EVELYN NESBIT THAW
 TELLS HER SAD STORY
TO SAFE HER HUSBAND SHE UA- FOLDS SECRETS OF THE
 SOUL.

''The Incident of Her Life" as Regards Stanford White--Thaw, Himself, Overcome by the RecitaI-JurOrs and Judge Through Something Akin to
 Sympathy Turn Their Faces Away
 From Tear-Swept Witness-Certain
 Names Whispered tc Mir. Jerome.
 New York, Feb. 7.Evelyn Nesbit Thaw told her story to-day. To save the life of her husband, charged with murder, she barred to the world the in- nermost secrets of her soul-a portray al for which a sanctuary were more fitting place than the crowded, gaping court room. It was the same story she told Harry Thaw in Paris in 1903, when he had asked her to become his wife the confession of one who felt there was an insurmountable barrier to her ever becoming the bride of the man she loved.
 In the big witness chair she appeared but slip of girl. and she told the pitiful story of her eventful young life in frank, girlish way. When tears came unbidden to her big brown eyes and slowly trickled their way down scarlet cheeks she strove in vain to keep them back. Though the lump in her throat at times seemed about to smother her, she forced the words from trembling lips, and by marvellous dis play of courage. which took her will ingly to her staggering ordeal, she shook off depression which once threatened to become an absolute col lapse.
 As the young wife unfolded the mar rative of her girlhood and told the early struggles of herself and her mother to keep body and soul together; of how gaunt poverty stood ever at the door, and how she finally was able to earn a livelihood by posing for photographers and artists, she won the murmured sympathy of the throng which filled every available space in the big court room.
 Then came the relation of the wreck of that birlhood at sixteen years of age. It was the story of her meeting with Stanford White-the story of the sump- tuous studio apartment whose dingy exterior gave no hint of the luxurious furnishings within; of velvet-covered swing in which one could swing until slippered toes crashed throug the pa per of a Japanese parasol swung from the ceiling; the story of glass of champagne, of black, whirling sensa- tions and of mirrored bedroom walls. In short. she told all the story.
 Don't scream so. It is all over. It is all right
 And this was Stanford White?7
 The question came from Dolphin M. Delmas, now conducting the defense of Harry Thaw.
 Yes, sir"
 The stiffness of the crowd, which was big, bustling, showing and snarllng over some especially coveted seat when court convened, was it's own tribute to the effect of the girls story. Into the nar- rative there entered nothing of the woman of the world. A girl in face and figure, Mrs. Thaw was still a girl as she withstood an ordeal which might well have startled into terror woman
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
ABOUT 2,OOO MEASURES
 BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE
AVALANCHE STOPPED YESPER- DAY WHEN TIME LIMIT
 EXPIRED.

Exciting Debates in Both Houses Over
 Fairfield County Commissioners
 Resolution to Have Legislative fn-
 quiry of Their Acts Defeated-One
 Providing for Investigation by COun-
 fy Meeting Passed-GOvernOr Asks
 Power to Appoint Railroad and Tel
 ephOne COmmission--Teache Want Pension.
 Hartford, Feb. "A huge volume of new business was introduced in the general assembly to-day before the closure was put up, and the aggregate of bills, petitions and resolutions prob ably reaches close to the work of two years ago when about 1000 measures were sent to committees for considera- tion. In the midst of the avalanche came exciting debates in both branches over Fairfield county officers in which Senator Donnelly's resolution to have the investigation of the acts of the county commissioners investigated by a legislative committee was killed, and Senator Judson's resolution to have the county meeting hold the inquiry was passed.
 The senate refused to pass another resolution instructing the cities and borough committe to sit in Bridgeport to hear petitions for amendments to the city charter, and companion resolu- tion introduced in the house by Repre- sentative Boucher was also tabled. It Is understood, however, that the dis cussion in both branches on this matter will result in the committee giving the taxpayers of Bridgeport the opportuni- ty to be heard on this local matter. As to the investigation of the county com missioners' office, Senator Judson stated in the senate that the county meeting would be held within fortnight, when it seemed reasonably certain that a committee would be appointed to con- duct the inquiry.
 In the midst of the crush of business Governor Woodruff sent in a message pertaining to the railroad commission recommending that a power be given the executive to appoint a railroad and telephone commission of five members with greater powers than heretofore. to exercise supervision over railroad and telephone companies. Corporation and municipal bills by. the score went through the preliminary stage of legis- lation, and the scope of the 700 other bills, resolutions and petitions was of great breadth. Among others which stood out prominently were those. to amend the corrupt practices act, fixing salaries of county commissioners; to in- corporate two independent telephones; to pension veteran school teaches: to repeal the legislation ot 1905 which le- galized savings banks investments in debenture bonds of the Consolidated Railway company and the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company and re- quiring such banks to withdraw such investments within four years; to secu- larize the Sabbath. likewise to make its observance stricter; to authorize the disposal of public oyster grounds at
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
DANGER OF EAR.
Affairs in Central America Are Rather
 Critical.

Auairs in Centrni America Are Rather
 Critical.
 Washington. Feb. 7.-There is danger of an outbreak of war in Central Amer ica, according to advices which have reached Washington, although efforts at arbitration are being made in the city of San Salvador in the hope of preventing hostilities. To guard against any danger to American interests the state department has suggested to the navy department that one or more na- val vessels be sent to Central America The Chicago has gone southward from San Francisco, and the Charleston after receiving repairs in drydock which will occupy week or ten days, will follow the Chicago, stopping at either one of the salvadoreon ports on the Pacific or a convenient Nicaraguan port
 Senor Cordova, who occupies the pe- culiar position of representative of Sal vador and Honduras at this capital. called at the state department to-day to have talk with Secretary Root in regard to the situation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
WOULD LoWfR MORALITY.
Result of Triumph of Materialism
 Over Christianiwm,

Paris, Feb 1.-The first appearance of Cardinal Mathieu, archbishop of Tou- louse, in the Trench academy to-day, as the successor of the late Cardinal Perraud, was extraordinarily note- worthy on account of the church and state separation issue. The general ap- plause bestowed on his address, which was a plea for the preservation of the old ideals as against the materialistic tendencies of the present time, showed he had the sympathy of the majority of the "immortals." He spoke most pessi- mistically of the effects of the war up- on religion, declaring that the triumph of materialism over Christianism would inevitably result in lowering the standard of public morality.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
SAYS Pn4sID,Al HAD RIGHT
Opinion of Judge Parker on Discharge
 of Negro Troops.

of Negro Troops.
 New York, Feb 7.-The Maryland so- ciety of New York held its ninth an- nual banquet at Sherry's tonight. Among the 25O guests present was ex- Judge Alton B. Parker, who spoke on the ''State of New York"
 Referring to the Brownsville affair, Judge Parker said he believed the pres ident had the right to discharge the negroes, and was justified in using that power. He condemned the interference of the legislative branch of the gov ernment, and attributed it's action in the matter to political motives.
 It is not the first time the politicians have used the negro for their own pur- poses said Judge Parker. "They used them when they saddled upon those states to the south of Maryland these people as voters. Every intelligent man, I think. will admit that granting the franchise to the negro at the close of the war was a mistake, as great a mistake for the negro as for the white man. The negro was poor and not fit ted to exercise the right of franchise Politicians for their own selfish pur- poses told him he was fitted to rule. to take possession, and many well inten- tioned men ard women joined in the mistake"
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FRANCo-RU>SiAN ALLIANCE
Notable Demonstration in Its Favor in
 French Chamber.

French Chamber.
 Paris, Feb 7.-There was a notable demonstration in the chamber of dep- uties to-day in favor of the Franco Russian alliance. It occurred after an interpolation by M. Rouanet, socialist, relative to the so-called financial in- trigues of the French banks, as re- suit of which French savings are de- clared to have been diverted from the rentes and sacrificed to private money with which to "assassinate the emper- or of Russia and crush a struggling people,"
 M. Tichon, the foreign minister, re- piled to M. Rouanet amid repeated rounds of applause, saying:
 Nothing has occurred to warrant loss of confidence in Russian finances or Russian friendship. France and Russia are mutually supporting each other every day, thus contributing to the peace of the world. The attach ment of France to her ally is stronger than ever.
 M. Delcasse, the former foreign min ister, who seldom speaks in the cham Der, joined with M Tiohon in protest ing vigorously against this attack on Russia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
RnItImore citr Bonds under pnr.

Baltimore. Feb. 7.-For the first time in thirty years the city of Baltimore to-day sold some of it's stock for less than par. One million of the 91-2 per cent. -98O sewerage loan Was offered at public sale, and the best bid for the whole issue was $91.66 a share. This offer was rejected, but three small lots were awarded at S97 share or better The price was finally fixed at the lat ter figure.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
IsABLLLA Uh0UHARr DEAD
We'll Known Actress Passed Away
 Last Night.

Rochester, Feb. 7.-Isabella Urquhart, the actress who had been ill at the homeopathic hospital for two weeks, died suddenly tonight of internal hem orrhages.
 Miss Urquhart was playing the part of Aurora with Arnold Daily in How He Lied to Her Husband' when she was taker i'll. She was to have ap- peared here at the Cook Opera house but when she reached the city her con dition was so serious that she was talk en to the homeopathic hospital, where she was operated on for appendicitis.
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LINtOLA DAY BANoUkE
Young Mems Republican Club Arrange
 for Annual Event.


 The announcement was made at the Young Mems Republican club last evening that arrangements for the Lin- coin day banquet, next Tuesday even- ing, have been completed and the list of toasts prepared. Governor Rollin S. Woodruff will respond to 'The State;" Rev John Grant, to "Lincoln;" Mar GUS White. of New Britain, to "Un- adulterated Philosophy; Hon. Stiles Judson, president pro tempore of the senate, to Legislation and Rev. MT. Stockdale, of Meriden, to The Main tenance of the Square Deal"
 There is particular significance in each of these toasts, especially that se- lected by Senator Judson, who is one of the chief figures and one of the most striking debaters in the general assem- bly, As author of many of the bills to carry out the governors recommenda- tions, he undoubtedly will be much in evidence in the coming months. Club members and their friends should make early reservation of tickets, as year after year the accommodations at the banquet tables have been taken up to the full limit
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
Fatal Anto Accident.

Columbus. O., Feb. Mrs. Stillman
 wife of Dr. Frank L. Stillman of this city, was fatally injured and Dr. Still man was severely hurt tonight in a collision between an automobile in which they were riding and a street car. Mrs. Stillman was formerly Mrs. George L. Converse, her first husband being the late Congressman from Ohio.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
Beveridge Declares It Absurd.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Commenting on the report of the house judiciary com mittee on the child-labor bill, Senator Beve"idge, author of the senate child labor bill, said to-day: Tt is absurd as a matter of law. It deliberately ignores decisions of the supreme court, like the famous lottery decision; ignores the ex- istenee of dozen similar existing laws, such as the meat law and the food law"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
Rights. Etc.

New York, Feb. 7.-Lady Cook will visit President Roosevelt in Washing ton at noon Saturday to confer with him on the subject of women's rights. Lady Cook is the widow of Sir Francis J Cook, and has New York home. Lady Cook is strong believer in Wom- ans rights.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
D. S. DundN Buried.

New York. Feb. 7.-Elmer S. Dundy. who was connected with many theat- rical enterprises. including Luna Park at Coney Island, and the New York Hippodrome, and who died in this city last Monday, was buried to-day in the Old NToravian cemetery on States Is- land The funeral services were per- formed by the Rev. Ferdinand S. Will son of Bayonne, N. J.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
MAYOR CALLS MATING
Of Board of Aldermen for Next Mon-
 dny Night.

A meeting of the board of aldermen has been called for next Monday night through a special order issued by the mayor. The regular meeting of the board was to have been held last Mon day night, but on account of the cleo tion in the Fourteenth ward and the quarrel over the legality of the reor- ganization of the board it was post poned
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
~Puul Jones Day. Bill Introduced.

Washington, Feb. T-Representative Wagner of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to-day making September 2S Paul Jones Day" in the navy and providing that all American naval. vessels in United States ports shall dress ship on that day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
About SO,OOO Visitors in City to Wit
 ness Opening.

nesS OpcnAnB'
 New Orleans, Feb. 7-The Mardi Gras carnival week began tonight with the allegorical street parade of Menus, God of Mirth, The seventeen floats com- posing the parade moved through dense- ly packed street and were lighted by thousands of gas torches. The floats represented the places visited by Mo- mus In quest of the fountain of youth. and included among them were "the center of the earth" and a scene on the sun and the moon. The knights of. Momus accompanying the parade were all masked. After the parade there were taIbleaux followed by the usual ball at the French opera house, which was participated in by the masked knights and by New Orleans society and business leaders.
 About 5O,OOO visitors are in the city,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-08
London 1nterested in Thaw case

London, Feb. S.-The case of Harry K Thaw is attracting almost as much interest here as in the United States. The newspapers this morning publish ed many columns of the evidence given yesterday in detail,