The Daily Metropolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1893 Page: 1 of 4
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DBVQTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS OP THIS SECTION AND THE PUBLICATION OP THE DAILY NEW8,
VOLUME I.
BROWNSVILLE, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER S 1803.
NUMBER 18.
Dr. Qravet Suicides
THE ALLEDGED MURDER-
/
ER OF MRS. BARNABY
FOUND DEAD IN HIS
CELL.
Denver, Col., Sept. 3.—The fa-
mous murder case of Dr. Thacher
Graves, formerly of Providence, R.
I., Has been settled. The doctor
was found dead in his cell in the
county jail this morming, where he
was awaiting a rehearing on the
charge of having poisoned Mrs.
Josephine Barnaby, a wealthy wo
man of Providence. The poisoning
is said to have been done to cover
up Grave's alleged defalcations as
manager of Mrs. Barnaby's estate.
In a satchel in the doctor's cell
were found five letters. The first
was written August 9, the last show-
ing that suicide had been contempla-
ted since then. The following is
the first letter opened:
"To Coroner of Denver: Dear
Sir—Please do not hold an autopsy
on my remains. The cause of death
may be rendered as follows: 'Died
form persecution, worn out, exhaust-
ed. Yours respectfully, T. Thacher
Graves.' "
The next lettei was directed to
Captain Crew, jailer at the county
jail, and is full of bitterness to Coun
ty Attorney I. N, Stevens, who se
cured Grave's conviction in the first
trial, and had been working hard to
again have the doctor convicted.
The other letters were left unopened
One is for Mrs. Dr. Graves, and the
other for the board of county com-
missioners. Neither of these had
yet been made public.
Mrs. Graves was informed of her
husband's death shortly before noon
and for a time was almost crazed
with grief.
\fyhen she regained composure,
she went to the jail, but the body
had been removed to the coroner's
office.
Senator Qoss' Position.
Teymour, Baylor Co., Tex.,
Aug. 31. —In your issue of Aug.
30 your reporter at this place
gives, not an interview, but what
purports to be a conversation had
with myself. Any conversation
we may have had was only casual
and not with a view to publica-
tion. The latter part of ssid com-
munication is entirely misleading.
It puts me in the false attitude
of making an unprovoked fling at
Gov. Hogg and his supporters.
I repudiate any such sentiment.
1 did not use the languague as
reported concerning what he is
I pleased to style the "oarshsd
„ I hat# never had nor
tova Í now any part of sympathy
rith the extreme partisan bitter*
that woukT permanently
the democratic patty in
state of Texas Before the
Hon I opposed
1 nomination, bat tot-
nominated for the state senate
and both gave me their united
suppOrt. Hence it would be most
unkind and ungrateful fur Bid to
single out eitheir-as the object of
my opprobrium; it would be unbe-
coming the position I hold and
strangely at variance with my own
personal feelings.
In the legislatary I supported
or opposed measures on their own
merits as I understood them, ra~
gardless of whether they were
administration. As to the split
in the democratic partv I hare
always regarded it as most unfor-
tunate, and as is well known to
my associates in the legislature
and at home, have all along
advised concilation. It has been
my hope, and desire to see the
chairmen of the two faotions (if
you will pardon the jterm) together
issue their call for a state con-
vention, and direct the county and
district chairmen where there are
two in the same county or district,
to unite in their calls for county
and district conventions. Let the
vote for Cleveland be .made the
basis of representation and let
the whole democracy of the state
in convention assembled adopt a
platform on which all democrats
can stand together, and thus re-
united, again move forward in
solid phalanx to victory.
1 D. F. Goss.
CLEVELAND SAID TO FAV
OR STATE BANK
TAX REPEAL.
Wasbiugton, Sept. ¡> —Sutrntor
Stewart took the floor to day i op-
position to the repeal of the nlurmau
law, and he is considered owe of the
longest talkers among Ibe silver men.
Very soon after the body went into
exeoutive session it adjourned. At
once there arose a buzz as to the t>ig
nifioance of the vote. The friends of
silver contended that it meant that
their side was much stronger in the
senate than they bad been lei to be-
lieve, aud they are mnoh helped up
by it. Some of them even go so far
as to say thsy believe the Voorbees
bill will be defeated. The oorres
pondent asked a half doseo scnttors,
both • silver and anti-silver men,
as to the signifioanoe of tbe voto,
and each one of them said no signifi-
cance could be attaobed to it. Among
tbem were Gorman. Voorbees, Ooka,
Barry and Ranson. Their interpre-
tation of tbe action of the senate was
that as Stewart bad not finished his
speech and it was late in the day, tbe
body followed its oastmary rale and
adjonrned to give him a breathing
spell. Jt was simply following tbe
rtlle of etiquette which bus baen fol-
lowed from time immemorial by that
body.
London, Sept 4— A. J. Swann,
missionary at Ujiji, now in London,
says that before coming hera be made
a oareful investigation, and found
true the rsport of tbe death of A. J.
Sehneitier, commonly known as Emin
Pasba. Re was killed by Arab chiefs.
' School Notice."
Notice is hereby given that the
Publio Free Schools of the City
will be opened on next Monday
the 11th. instant under the «ame
taaohera heretofore employed,,
of the Board.
Washington, D. O , Sept. 4.—
The much-wanted financial con-
ference, at wbich it is alleged DeWitt
Warner, Speaker Crisp and a few
silver congressmen from the west, to-
gether with tbe president and Seciet-
ary Carlisle, determined upon needed
legislation rturns out to be unimport-
ant.
Tbe gentlemen named, at the invita-
tion of Warner and not of Carlisle, did
viait tbe seoratary. Of course, tbe
prewdeut was not there. Tbe visitors
broached the subject of finance and
Secretary Carlisle listened The ques-
tion of coining the seignorage iu tbe
treasury wae dúcu&senl, aUo that of
repealing the state bank tax As to
the latter Carlisle said he favored it,
but could not speak for the president.
.Reports exaggerating tbe import-
ance of tba so-called conference were
quickly conveyed to some newspaper.
Warner, like Traoey, has taken
pains of to exploit himself.
Secretary Carlwia «aid to-day that
there w<¡ro uo conferences; that
Chairman Sprtuger, of the banking
aud currency committee called upon
him in regard to matters coming
within his jurisdiction, when the
aeoretary remarked that be had talked
with Democratic congressman daily
about finance, but these meetings were
not conferences. Several prominent
Democratic congressmen visited tbe
secretary and asked him expressly
abont tbe allegad conference. He
rep'ied, with emphasis, that there bad
been noqe aud added: "No more
thau there is between ns now."
Representativo Oates of Alabama,
who saw tbe president tu.day ,.asys be
is willing to have tbe tax on state
banks repealed Free silver Dem-
ocrats are the a««ertiug that.the pres-
ident is preparing to offer them ,ths
Itauk tax repeal as a compromise or
conoessien, boouuae be fears a split.
It can be stated upon the higest au
thority that no legislation will be re*
commended until the repeal of the
Sbermsn law shnll havs besn accom-
plished, with tbe probable exception
of .cqining the seignorage in the
tressury, It is not unlikely that
congress will be asked for authority
to coin this seignorage. It may come
in a communication from Secretary
Carlisle, 01- from the preaidont, and
even this would not be permitted to
disturb tbe progress of the repeal of
the Sherman law, were it not that the
treasury actually needs money and
the seignorage wonld be immediately
available. Secretary.
Osrlisls is anxious to havs this done.
With tbe exception of two or three
unrsssonably wild silver senator*, the
members of that body are unauimonly
in favor of coining the seignorage.
From the wild and inconsistent silver
qusrtette comes a tbrest that sa
amendment will be offered to the pro
posed resolntion providing for tbe
free Coinage of silver. Unless tbe
danger of such a move can be avert-
ed, the request foe. authority to coin
the seignorsge may be withheld nntil
after the repeal of tbe Sherman law.
The polioy of withholding all .ftaao
cial legislation and of putting all pos<
sible pressure opon tbe senate {or
the repeal of the Sbermsn law, hes
been agreed upon by the managers
of tbe house, es well as of the senate.
The bonis rales will probably be
adopted next Wednesday and the re-
peal af the federal eleetíoe lawe will
immediately be tskea up. Ii is fce-
lléfed that this subject Will
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" window glass. Burgeoua instruments and supplies. Druggists sundries. full line
Qf fine imported and domestic perfumeries. Toilet articles, combs, brashes, confectio-
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BROWNSVILLE AND POINT ISABEL.
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Smithwick, John P. The Daily Metropolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1893, newspaper, September 9, 1893; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178127/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.