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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
new ENGLAND ROAD eosslp.
Passenger Traffic Heavy at the Present

Passenger Traffic Heavy at the Present
Time.
In connection with the recent rumors
of the sale of the New York & New
England to the Old Colony, which, as
stated yesterday, seem to lack any basis
of probability, some facts of interest in
connection with the recent financial
history of the road have come out.
There is a certain banker in Boston
who has had his finger in more than
one New England pie. 1t is bis custom,
as reported by those who know his
ways, to hover about the New England
stockholders meetings with a bunch of
proxies in his pocket, which he bar
gains off for some consideration or other
to those who are likely to be able to use
them to the best advantage.
AT the meeting last March his proxies
were understood to be used on the side
of the present management. He
claimed that, in return for his services.
he was to have the naming of two of
the directors. That is as it may be, but
he didn't get his directors and as a re-
suit, he tried to work his revenge by
voting his shares against the proposition
to lease the Providence C Springfield
road. His protest was Intellectual, how
ever, and the lease of the road was ap-
proved.
w AOh v ASS ISSIueAI HASKELL, VINO
died last winter, come into office he
found floating Indebtedness of $780,
600. Instead of using the preferred
stock, which must pay per cent in
terest he put up 5000 shares of that
stock as collateral and borrowed the
$500, 900 on the a. per cent.
But the banker finally discovered this
arrangement and he forthwith raided
the preferred stock until it went down
to 95. When this point had been
reached the banks called for a wider
margin on their leans. This being the
situation, special meeting of the di-
rectors was called in June. The result
OF the meeting was as stated yesterday,
that twelve members of the board drew
out their check books and wrote their
names under large enough figures to
purchase 5000 shares of the preferred
stock at par. This cleared the indebted
ness, and the only difference now is that
the road is paying 2! per cent more on
the loan than formerly. This trans
action raises the amount of preferred
stock from S., 200, 900 to So, 800, 900.
With this stock in their possession in
addition to whatever they had before, it
is not likely that the directors are to let
their property go out of their hands,
without the assurance of liberal re-
turn. The condition of the New Eng
land is encouraging. Passenger traffic
is especially heavy.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Bach
DRUNK AND FOOLISH.

A Stranger Attempts to Board a Moving
Freight Train.
A stranger about 25 years of age at
tempted to board freight tram a little
above the West Main street crossing
of the New England railroad Just
before noon to-day, and was heavily
thrown to the ground, receiving a deep
cash on the side of his head, cutting his
right hand and severely bruising his
right leg at the knee. He refused to
give his name or where he resides, say
ing he did not wish his parents and
friends to hear about the accident. He
was intoxicated at the time of his in
jury.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Danger From Illuminating Gas.

Medical Examiner White has COM
pleted an investigation which was be-
gun at the time that John Brown and
Alice Evans were asphyxiated by illu,
minating gas in the Franklin house,
New Haven, last November. Some
blood taken from Brown has been sub
mitted to series of experiments by DIR
White, with the result that he concludes
less than one per cent of carbonic acid
is enough to endanger life. Illumi-
mating gas as now made is called water
gas, and is manufactured from petro-
leum. It is far cheaper than coal gas,
but contains II per cent of carbon oxide,
or nearly three times as much as in
ordinary coal gas. On this account it is
necessary that the most extreme caution
be maintained in the use of gas, particu-
larly in closed sleeping rooms.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
American Band Concert.

The American band will give their
seventh out door concert on the green
Thursday evening, July %. Concert be-
gins at 7:45. The programme is as fol-
lows:
March, Festival, Bach
BY Request,
Overture, Berlin wis es meint und lacht
By Special Request.
Piccolo solo, Aud Lang Syne, variations
Mr. John w. Parsons.
Selection, new Ye Olden Times
Concert Waltz, Sounds from Erin
By Special Request.
Selections from William Tell.
By Special Requesr,
Characteristic Piece,
The Ball of the Hen-Coop knights
Romance, Day Dreams
By Request.
Andante and Waltz,
Comrades and Beautiful Language
By Special Request.
Galop, new Fire
a mAriCa
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Reid 4 Hughes
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REDUCTIONS.

We have marked down our
Carriage Robes as follows {:
623c to soc, 75c to CSC, CSC to
zoe, $1.1O to 874c, 1925 to
$1.OO,$1.5O to $1.19 and 81. 624
to $1.25.
The seasons accumulation of
Remnants and short lengths of
Dress Goods at half price.
Dress Bingham, good assort-
ment, SC quality for 63c and
123c quality for 1Oc.
Ladies' Shirt Waists, white,
cream, drab, slate, old rose,
blue, etc, reduced to 75c flom
$1.OO.
Ladies' Summer Blazers re-
duced to $3.50, $1.62a, 1925,
$3.50 and S.. so.
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas
all marked down about one
third.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
MARTIN 3. WALLER EXPLAINS.
Prevented From Communicating Hi.
Address by Illness.

Prevented From Communicating His
Address by Illness.
Martin B. Waller, treasurer of the
Long Island Brick company, made a
statement last evening regarding his re-
cent supposed disappearance. He said:
GAS stated in the ridiculous statement
about me, most of my time since jan
uary last has been spent in Brooklyn,
but in the service of the company.
June 81 1 went to Brooklyn with the ex-
pectation of returning to Greenport in
few days. Business, followed by sick
ness. led to my prolonged stay. During
that time sent a number of kilograms
to Mr. Sage, president of the company,
but neglected to inform him of my ad-
dress. This oversight l can only attri-
butte to my illness and perhaps constitu-
tional carelessness. There was never
any suspicion on the part of Mr. Sage, or
of any one in the management of the
company that had embezzled the COM
pany's funds. On the contrary there is
balance due me on my salary.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
WHAT 1T COSTS.
The State Pays $4,000 For Tenting o
the Old Camn Grnnnd

The State Pays $4,000 For Tentins on
the Old Camp Ground.
Colonel Morgan of Hartford, the as
sistant quartermaster general, will to-
morrow or next day go to Mantle,
where he will superintend the work of
preparation for the encampment of next
month. Few people outside of those
directly interested know what this an
nual encampment costs the state of Con-
necticut. Suppose the entire brigade to
number $500 men, the wages alone
man receives 50 a day, to say nothing of
the extra thirty cents allowed for
rations. The item of transportation
foots up So 900 and other expenses make
the total not far from $4,000. Those
having the encampment in charge seem
to evince no nervousness as to where
the money is to come from.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
What the LAW Savs.

In reference to the payment of the
state troops who go into camp next
month, the question seems to be practi-
cally settled by section 1874 of the
statutes, which says:
The comptroller shall draw orders on
the treasurer in favor of the paymaster-
general for such sums as the adjutant-
general shall certify to him will, in his
opinion, be necessary for the purposes
specified in this section, which shall be
paid cut of any unappropriated money
in the treasury, and should there be
none when thus called for, the treasurer
may borrow the amount necessary for
such purposes.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
WORLD OF SPORTS.

New York has five pitchers under en-
gagement, and but one seems to be
earning his salary and that one is worth
more than the other four.
The Chicago club made the best
showing in the last four weeks of the
league clubs, having won 16 games out
of "a.
Arthur Upham, the middle-weight
pugilist of Galveston, who is we'll known
here, has received letter from the Cali
fornia Athletic club asking if he was
willing to meet Paddy German of Pitts
burg, for purse of 81 900. Upham re-
piled that he was agreeable to anything
that would make match with German
A few years ago match was arranged
between Upham and German, but the
latter drew his forfeit and the match
never struck fire.
While playing ball on Saturday in
Somerville, Mass, Daniel Harrington
collided with another player, their
heads striking together. Harrington
was dazed for a while but walked home.
He was found dead in his room on Sun
day with fractured skull.
Buck Ewing says all the soreness has
left his arm and that he experiences no
pain in throwing. The only trouble
now is that the arm lacks strength, due
to its long disuse. AS soon as it re-
covers its strength Buck is confident he
will be all right again.
The prize fight last night, between
Joe Flaherty of Providence and Tommy
White of Chicago, ended in a draw in
the fifth round. White had the best OF
the mill,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Broke Out of Jail.

Adam Lasoter, native of Portland,
who has been working for Arthur
Edwards of Cromwell, was arrested
Sunday charged with stealing S98 from
his employer. He was placed in the
Cromwell lookup, but while the con
stable was seeking evidence to convict
the accused, the prisoner used his jack
knife with such skill as resulted in his
escape. When the constable returned
the door of Cromwell's Jail was open,
and only the marks of Lasoter's knife
remained to indicate that he had been
confined there. At last accounts he
was still enjoying his freedom.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
TOWED TWO ROCKS.
Professor Bartlett and Mcmahon of the
"Democrat' Have Boat Race.

| Professor Bartlett and Mcmahon of thu
democrat Have Boat Race.
E. E. F. Mcmahon, the athletic bust
ness manager of the DEMOCRAT, is
catching it right and left these days.
Mac" is something of a fisherman,
knows how to row, and once swan a
river more than mile in width having
in tow hat-bottOm boat containing
two men. This is irrelevant to the
story. however.
Last week party consisting of G. F.
Hughes, Prof J. E. Bartlett, E. E.
Dewitt and Mcmahon went fishing to
Mount Tom Lake, twenty miles up
country. After they had tired of the
sport Professor Bartlett, who occupied
boat with Dewitt, challenged Nc
Mahon to have race back to the start
and the word was given. MAC" work
ed as he never did before and yet with
scarcely an effort the professor pulled
away from him. In his desperate efforts
the newspaper man broke a row lock
and almost overturned the boat. After
he had rowed a mile Mr. Hughes, who
occupied the boat with Mcmahon, sud
denly explained that he had forgotten to
haul in his anchor. "Aha, that is the
Pull 1t in, old boy and I'll overtake
Bartlett or die in the attempt" The
anchor, twenty-five pound stone, was
drawn in, and Mcmahon again bent to
the oars, but could not come within
gun shot of the other boat. Finally just
as the finishing point came into view
the defeated and thoroughly Inundated
oarsman gave up in disgust. 1t was
then he discovered that the boat had
been anchored with two stones, one on
either end, and that the larger one was
still drappinU on the bottom of the AXE
When the joke was told the victim did
the proper thing and pledged the others
to secrecy, but the affair was too good
to keep
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
The Boys are All Right.

The story of the arrest of S. w.
Smiley and Olin P. Shelton of Hunt
ington Center for ringing a church bell
on the morning of the Fourth of July,
has spread all over the country. 1t so
aroused the fire of patriotism in the
heart of George B. McLane, a Baltimore
lawyer, that he has written long letter
to one of the boys, expressing his sym
pathy and offering them legal or pecu-
mary services.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Narrow Escape of Railway Hands

WINsTED, July 21.-The pay-train on
the Central New England railroad
struck and demolished a hand car at
East Winsted yesterday. There were
eight or ten railroad laborers on the car
when the train came in sight and they
all jumped off, one man jumping over
the bridge and landing in the water.
No one was injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Action Against the Consolidated

Counsellor Keogh of New York has
mandamused the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad company to
show why they will not build a suitable
platform at New Rochelle for the &C.
commodatlon of east bound passengers.
The railroad officials refuse and DISPUTE
the right of any town through which
they pass to instruct them when and
what they shall build.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Unknown Man Found Dead.

NEW YORK, July 21.-An unknown
man was found dead in front of the
house No lat West Broadway this
morning. There is no clue to his iden-
tity. Death is believed to have been
from natural causes,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
TIMELY TOPICS

Five handsome Shoninger pianos have
just been sold in this city, to Mrs Kate
Mcknight, J. J. McAuliffe. Frank E..
Buell., Eliza McNeish and Miss Minnie
Ward,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
LOCAL LINES.

Cal at W. N.iLADD's for fine groceries
and provisions.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
We, the Pastime Base Ball club, here
by accept the challenge of the dry goods
clerks and would be pleased to see the
manager at room 95, Bank street.
P. B. B. c., H. SNAaG, Manager.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21
Kelly The Baker Says:

That owing to the low price of sugar, he
will begin July LIST to sell Two Dozen
Cookies for Fifteen Cents.
Kelly also says that he sells Flour, Sugar
and Bread Cheaper than any baker in this
country.
How is it that Kelly can sell cheaper
than other dealers? Because he buys di-
rect from the manufacturers and sells
strictly for cash.
If you buy Kelly's New England Bread
you will never bake. The same for his
Waterbury Cake. Ice Cream,
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-21

DR.. c. W. s. FROST, 1877 Bank st.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25

twice that amount. It is capable of doing
destructive work to an object eleven miles
distant and of penetrating 2615 inches Of
steel at the muzzle. 1t is interesting to
compare these details with the best work
of Folger's predecessor, Dahlgren, if only
to see what great advances in gun con-
struction have been made in thirty years.
The contrast between the Folger u of
1891 and the Dahlgren gun Of 1861 is as
great as is that between Maud S and a cart
horse. The former is shapely and beauti-
full to see; the latter, still preserved in
many of IL forts. clumsy and unwieldy
and closely resembling a huge cucumber.
Dahlgren did not build his guns of steel,
but of cast iron. His browning effort was
a gun of 15-inch caliber. This gun was
less than fifteen feet long and weighed
twenty tons. The weight of its powder
charge was eighty-fve pounds and of its
shot $50 pounds. Its effective range was
only a little over a mile, while that of the
12-inch Folger gun is over eleven miles.
The Folger gun is fired many times be-
fore it is finally accepted as fit for use
C250 POUNDS was the usual length of life Of
the Dahlgren and Rodman guns), and it is
fired by electricity instead of in the old
way. The four S-inch guns which are
mounted on the crack cruiser Chicago
throw at a single discharge 1000 pounds of
metal, or 800 pounds more than an entire
broadside of one of the forty-four gun
frigates with which Perry and his fellows
fought and won immortal honorin the wal
of 1872.
The firing of one of these s-inch guns is
a costly operation. The powder at thirty
cents a pound costs s37. so for one round,
and a forged steel she'll almost SIPS. The
gun itself, when completed, represents an
outlay of $16,SOO. In the mounting and
management of guns on board ship the ad-
vance has been almost as great in their
construction. The naval commander of to-
day can fight his guns by broadsides or
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25

y JUDE ~ T1ls
close of the war, began again. 1t was de-
cided that the manufacture of the guns for
the new navy should be divided between
private foundries and government shops,
the former supplying the forged and tenn
pered parts and the latter finishing the
parts and assembling them. At the out
set no domestic concern could furnish the
forgings, and the government was COM
PEELED for a time to purchase them abroad,
but the Bethlehem and Midvale steel
works in Pennsylvania are making them
now, and it is said are able to supply all
that may be needed in future.
The building of a man destroyer at the gun
foundry is a novel and in many respects
an interesting process. All of the guns
built by Commodore Folger are steel tubes,
which are first bored out and then
strengthened by having successive steel
jackets shrunk over them. The steel tube
for a CUR of l2-inch caliber weighs in the
rough ingot between sixty and seventy
tons. 1t is reduced by pressure, and it's
strength and elasticity carefully tested be-
fore it leaves the steel works. When the
tub reaches the gun foundry it is bored
out, a process which occupies about a fort
night, Inc then its steel jackets are put on.
These jackets are heated before being put
on and then are cooled with water until
they shrink tightly into place. Then the
bore receives it's rifing and the outside of
the gun is polished. Finally the trunnion
bands. the breech mechanism and the
sights are put in place and the gun is
finished. In few words this is the method
by which Commodore Folger builds guns
at the Washington foundry.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25
Mrs. Roscoe Conkling.

UTICA, N. Y, Sept. A.-The widow of
Senator Conkling lives in the most beau
tiful quarter Of Utica. Rutgers park is a
little Eden by itself and highly aristocratic.
The Conkling place is one of the most
attractive. 1t is a stately old fashioned
home, with beautifully laid out grounds.
Mrs. Conkling is a sister of the late Horatio
Seymour and is a woman of high bred ap-
pearance and a delicate, sensitive type of
beauty. When her famous husband rep
resented New York in the United States
senate, Mrs. Conkling was one of the lead.
ers of social life at the capital. She received
and entertained charmingly and was one
of the ladies who were ~oftenest invited to
receive with Mrs. Grant at the White
House. Miss Bessie Conkling was one OF
Nellie Grants bridesmaids.
Mrs. Conkling's life since her husbands
death has been very retired. Her devotion
to him in spite of all rumors which might
have weaned most women from their love,
was beautiful and complete. Mrs. Conk-
ling occasionally visits New York, where
she has a large circle of friends.
VIRGINIA CALTHORP.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25
OxfOrd'S Female Students.

The lady students at Oxford are very
proud Of their recent success. At Somer-
vile hall, out of seven students taking
honors, three have been awarded frsts-
two in natural science and one in modern
languages; two have gained seconds, one
third and one fourth in history. Lady
Margaret hall has seven honor students.
In addition to this Somerville hall has one
student taking the first classical examina-
ton QiterB humaniores). Miss Hodge,
who is the only woman who has previous
ly attempted this examination, was from
Somerville hall. Last year Miss Hodge
took a first class in classical moderations
and a second in the finals.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25

CRANE FOR NAVAL PROVING GROUND.
singly, as may be required. directing all
operations from an armed coming tower.
In this tower are buttons which send cleo
trio sparks to one gun or all the guns of
the vessel. Signal light bulbs at the CON-
mander's elbow show him when the guns
and what guns are loaded. An S-inch gun
requires a crew of sixteen men and a 6-inch
gun a crew of fourteen men for it's man
agement. Each gun is under the charge
Of Il petty officer and each pair Of guns
constitute a division commanded by a
commissioned officer.
The discipline instituteda and maintained
by Commodore Folger in the gun foundry
is almost perfect. He is not as noisy as
Admiral Dahlgren, who used to work out
results with an abundance of profanity
that was startling at times, but his inhu-
ence is felt in every part of the works.
Each department is under the direction of
a competent head, who is held to a strict
account for all the work that passes
through his hands, and in this way a
measure of personal responsibility is estab-
lished that insures perfection in the fin
ished articles. When visitors come to the
navy yard Commodore Folger, if he is too
busy to show them about in person, gener-
ally turns them over to Lieutenant John
G. Fremont, a son of the Pathfinder, who
displays all that is of interest. Every
where about the great plant energy and
activity abound, throngs of workmen busy
about lathe, drill, forge. plane and trip
hammer. One thousand men are now en-
ployed, and this number will be doubled
when machinery now ordered is put in
place.
The building of heavy ordnance is not
the only work performed in the navy yard.
Gun carriages, ~turrets, projectiles, shields
and other equipments are made there, and
Calling guns and secondary batteries also
mounted. At present a cannon ten feet
long is being built that is shot from the
shoulder the same as a rifle and discharges
with accuracy twenty shots a minute.
American ordnance in quantity does not as
yet equal that of other nations, but it's
superiority is calculated to make any in
vader pause before attacking. Commodore
Folger has good reason to be proud of the
work he has accomplished during the last
five years. RUFUS R. WILSON.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25

So rapidly and skillfully have the equip
ments of the foundry, which covers several
acres of ground in the navy yard, been in
creased that a 6-inch gun which two years
ago it took six months to complete can
now be finished in fifty days; an s-inch gun
can be completed in three months, a lU-inch
gun in five months and a 12-inch in about
seven months. One hundred and three
foundry and forty-eight are now in process
Of construction. mentioned the weight
of the rough tube of a Pinch gun. Two
of these guns have been built by Commo-
dore Folger, and eight more are under way.
Agun Of this size completed is thirty-six
feet long and weighs forty-ave tons. The
weight OF tsspowder charge is 425 pounds.
and Of the sproiectile ~ discharges inst
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25
Big Price for an Etching.

By far the highest price, presumably,
that has ever been fetched by a modern
print was realized in a London auction
room when what is technically known as a
first state" of Meryons etching, "L'Abside
de Notre Dame de Paris" was knocked
down to Mr.. Deprez for e125. 1t is we'll
within forty years since this etching was
executed; and about thirty years ago the
impoverished artist who had wrought it
wrote for his old friend, Monsieur. Wasset,
with the utmost gratitude, a receipt for
the sum of Is. 3d., which M. Wasset had
paid him for an impression similar to that
which has just sold for G125.