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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mitchell, the prize fighter, has been re- leased on 300 pounds bail.
 Mrs. Sarah Sidman is dead at her home in Pomona, N. Y. Her age was 100 years, 4 months and 27 days.
 William Hayward Drayton, the well known Philadelphia lawyer and president of the Board Jf City Trusts, is dead. The fight between Stanton Abbott and
 Austin Gibbons at London, representing
 respecti ely England and America, is off.
 The Mormon Temple at Salt Lake, be- gun forty years ago, and which has cost $2, 800, ,000, will be dedicated April 4,
 1893.
 An unknown lumber vessel was sunk by the schooner F. B. Phillips off New foundland, and her crew of nine men
 were drowned.
 Destructive prairie fires are reported as
 raging in 8 number of places along the
 line of the Santa Fe in Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
 The large stable of T. w. Riley at
 Washington was destroyed by fire last
 night. Between forty and fifty horses
 were burned, Loss $15, 5000.
 The Irish mackerel fisheries are most
 profitable this season. The disappearance
 of mackerel from the American coast has
 created a heavy American demand for the
 Irish catch.
 The Wightman Electric Motor Com.
 pany, at Scranton, of which J. R. Mckee,
 President Harrison's son-in-law, is the
 president, has assigned for the benefit of
 it's creditors.
 The Parnellite convention in Dublin
 passed resolution in favor of placing the Paris fund in the hands of commit tee consisting of three Parnelliues and three anti -Parnellites. The Postoffice Department is advised that the port of Livingston, Guatemala, / has been reopened to United States mails . This port has been closed during the I prevalence of cholera. Thomas Cook, a brakeman in the Cox. | ton yards, Pittsburg Junction, Pa., | caught his foot in switch yesterday | and before he could release himself was | run down by a switch engine and killed Charles K. Baker, who has been deputy superintendent of State Prisons since l April 1882, has resigned. He has he lc | office under four governors and two superintendents of State Prisons in New 1 York.
 Hast evening Fred Bassett, farmer | near Lawrence, Kas., shot and seriously l wounded B. Higgins and Jack Gracoft l students of the Kansas university, because | they walked across his land, which h. l had warned all the students not to tres | pass on,
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AN ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
 BALLOT.

dates alphabetically. This is the case in Massachusetts, California, Kentucky, Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. In the other ballot-reform states the blanket ballot has the names grouped by parties and the straight" voter marks his cross at the head of the ticket he selects. The man who wants to scratch marks the squares opposite the names of the various candidates
 The polling arrangements differ ma terially and the time allowed voters in compartments is strangely dissimilar. Belgium has perhaps the best system in vogue. The electors are kept in wait ing room behind movable partitions, and as their names are called proceed into the voting room, receive the bal lots and prepare them in roomy com partments. They fold and stamp them and deposit them, stamp up, in the cleo tion urn. The counting of the ballots is as strictly guarded.
 Kentucky allows a voter three min- utes in the election booth, New York | five minutes, Connecticut five minutes and somon, laws varying all the way from two to ten minutes.
 In Greece the Australian system is ir
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tor is marked on the counterfeit. It is then taken into a closed compartment, marked and folded and placed into the ballot box, the official seal uppermost. The returning officer at the close of the polls counts the ballots in the presence of the candidates or their agents and at once declares the candidate or candi- dates receiving the largest number of votes elected. The returning officer casts a vote only in case of a tie. He fixes the day of election in case of a county or district borough not later than nine days after the receipt of the writ, and for other boroughs than that of the district, not later than four days after receiving the writ. The election hours are two and must be some time between ten a. m. and three p. m.
 Incidentally, it might be well to call the attention of the American voters to the ease with which a vote can be in- validated. The courts have decided that the following markings on ballot are illegal and make the ballot void: A cross in the upper left hand corner out side the space for names; a cross at the left and below; cross at both the right and left; cross on the back of ballot, opposite the name of the candidates; two crosses; cross with letter above or be- low; cross with additional marks of any kind; cross with the candidates name in addition; cross with another name written in; cross and voters sig nature on any part of ballot; cross in form of ornate script; cross with small lines running in several directions; cir cles or ovals; spiral designs; star or asterisk; lines not forming a cross single line instead of cross; blot or scratch in ink below candidates name straight line on the back.
 So the voter has numerous pitfalls tc
 Lvoid Let him make his mark in the
 ihape of plain cross and his vote will | count.
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fornia, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Hi nois, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota and West Virginia fol lowed the example which had been set. In 1899 those states, like Iowa, whose legislatures were in session, passed laws either conforming to the first framed secret ballot law, or at least took steps looking to that end. So that on Novem- Der but nine states will vote as of old, and even in these slight changes show the tendency of the times.
 Francis s. Dutton, the framer of the Australian ballot system, did not, per haps, in his widest fancies dream that the idea which he gave to the An tipodes in 1851 would circumnavigate the globe, be adopted alike by the voter of Belgium and of England, of Italy and of Greece and by Canada and the United States. While Cavour con sidered it the very foundation of the sanctity of the ballot, the statesmen of France threw it aside. Michigan, in 1885, felt that it was not wanted. But the idea needed comparatively little agitation. No session of state legis- lature passed in which some effort at reform was not made, and when Mas sachusetts and Kentucky set the exam pie the other states followed quickly with like legislation.
 And yet the old Australian system has undergone vast notifications in its legislative peregrinations. Its dis tinctive feature when first enacted in New South Wales was that providing for crossing off the names of all the candidates not voted for. These were on one ticket, and in red ink were ex- plicit directions as to the number ot candidates to be voted for. Under the New York and New Jersey law the so- called blanket ballot is set aside and each ticket is printed on separate form. For straight" voting no mark ing is required, and for the benefit largely of the blind and the illiterate the paster or 'sticker" ballot is per mitted.
 | Where the blanket ballot is in use the names of the candidates of all parties are Printsd on one sheet, the voter making his choice with cross. Many states follow the original Australian plan of arranging the names of candi
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effect, but the voting is by balls. In the polling place there are ranged in row ballot boxes equal in number to the number of candidates, and on eachs is the name of a candidate in plain let terA The right hand of the box is white, with the word "YeS" upon the front; the left half is black with the word "No' as prominent. Within are two bags, one placed to the right and the other to the left, with a partition between the two. A funnel about ten inches long and five inches in diameter projects at a slight upward angle from the front of the box. After the voter has given his name and proved his right to vote he approaches the line of boxes. An election officer attends him from box to box, at each one giving him small metal ball The voter holds this up between the thumb and forefnger to show that he has only single ball, and, thrusting his arm in the funnel, drops his ball to the right or left, ac- cording as he votes for or against the candidate, the movement of his hand being unseen. At the close of the polls the votes cast for candidate are sub tracted from those against him, and his total is thus ascertained. In Hungary, until few years ago, the electors voted with sticks, colored to represent the different candidates.
 In Italy two glass urns are used. The one contains the blanket ballot, properly stamped by the inspector, and | drawn out as each elector comes for ward. The second urn contains the folded ballot as voted.
 The manner in which a member of | parliament is nominated and voted for | may interest Americans who fol- lowed the announcement of the Eng fish election results few weeks ago with almost as much eagerness as the British themselves.
 A candidate for parliament is nomi- mated in writing. The signers must be a proposer, seconder and eight other registered electors of that county or borough. This is handed to the re- turning officer and if at the time of the election one hour passes and only as many candidates stand nominated as there are vacancies he at once declares them elected. In case of a contest each voter is given 'ballot paper" giving l names and description of the candidates like this:
 MORLEY
 | (John Morley, of 52 Piccadilly, London, journal l ist)
 Each ballot has a number printed on
 it's back and on it's face a counterfeit
 containing the same number. At the
 time of voting the ballot paper must be
 marked officially. It Is then delivered
 to the voter within the polling station
 and the registered number of the cleo
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WatHTbuTYFiTHAIaTnl
LOCATION OF BOXES.

LOCATION OF BOXES.
 4-Corner Willow and West Main streets 6-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro.
 14-East Main street and Wolcott road. 15-Corner Cherry and East Main. 21-Horse car railroad stables (private.) 23-Iron bridge, West Main. 4-Waterbury Brass Go (priv .Ge.) 25-Corner Johnson and Waterville. 26-Corner Prospect and Grove. 27-Junction North Main, Grove anu
 North Elm.
 Waterbury Manufacturing Go (private 32-Corner Washington and South Main Waterbury Buckle Go Cprivate.) 35-Benedict & Burnham Co (private.> Waterbury Watch Go (private.) 88-Corner of Grand and South MsiDy 42-Corner of Union and Franklin. 43-Scovill Manufacturing Go (private.) 45-Corner Clay and Mill. 46-No Hose house, Baldwin streeti 47-Corner Dublin and Doolittle alleyJ 12-Corner Meadow and Bank. 314-Corner Meadow and Cedar. 321-Plume & Atwood Go (private.) 333-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (private. 824-No4 Hose house, Brooklyn. 313-Randolph & Gloves.
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That Kind of SILK.

She was sweet young thing out on shopping expedition matching samples, and strayed innocently into the wrong fold-a big crockery store.
 At first she looked around appealing ly, then she approached the proprietor:
 "Can you match this sample of silk?" she asked, holding up wretched little dog-eared shred between her thumb and finger.
 My dear young lady," said the suave proprietor, ''this is not dry goods em- porium. It is china store" "Well, this is china silk,' said the sweet girl, as she dangled her sample on her finger.
 But the proprietor had fainted.-De- troit Free Press.
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supposed rata, Tenement Fire.

CANANDAIeUA, N. Y., Oct. 11.-A report reaches here from the Bristol road that the tenement house occupied by John Latting and wife was burned last night with all the contents, causing 8 loss of $3, 900. Mrs Latting, woman aged 40, is missing and it is supposed she was burned to death.
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Church Property Damaged at Scranton.

SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 11.-Surface set tling of the worked-out veins of the Central Mine, underlying the Hyde Park section of the city, has caused damages to St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Patrick's Orphanage and the parochial residence of the Rev. J. B. Whelan. There is great danger of the ''workings" spreading, and in such an event valua- ble property would be endangered. The St. Patrick's property is alone worth nearly $200, 900.
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Supposed Earthquake Shock in Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. Il. - At g o'clock last night what is thought to have been an earthquake shock was felt in point twidely distant in this city. The shock was not generally noticed, but it was accompanied by the usual seismic roar. Queries were received from Ches- ter, Pa., asking whether powder mills here had exploded.
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Minister Solomon Hirsch Resigns.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-When MT. Sol omon Hirsch, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to Turkey, called at the State De partment yesterday, he left with Secre- tary Foster his resignation of the office to be submitted to the President. The resignation has not yet been accepted.
 MT. Hirsch was appointed from Oregon.
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Horrible Fate of 8 Mine Boss,

M1DDLEBURY, Vt., Oct. 11.-Patrick Desmond, the boss at Joseph Battell's quarry near here met a horrible death yesterday while repairing a boiler. It exploded, while he was at work, blowing him to pieces. His head and trunk, with a large piece of the boiler, were carried 500 feet. Desmond was 35 years old and leaves family.
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DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, ss, Probate

IV Court, Oct S. 1899.
 Estate of Frank J. Emmett, of Wa erbury, in said district, assigning debtor.
 The court of probate for the district of Water bury hath limited and allowed three month ,, from the date hereof, for the creditors of said 6ibit their claims thereto; and has ap- pointed F. P. Brett and Linford T. Root, commissioners to receive and examine said claims and has ordered that said commission CTS meet at the probate office in said Water: bury, the sth day of November 1892 and also on the 9th day of January 1893, A. D, 1899, at o'clock in the forenoon of each of said days, for the purpose of attending on the business of said appointment.
 Certified from record, JAMEsJ CAssIN, Clerk. All persons indebted to said estate are re. quested to make immediate payment to
 J. F. HOL DIAN, Trustee.
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HOW WE'LL VOTE NOV. 8.
The Australian System In Effect in
 Almost Every State.
The Massachusetts Modification Time Allowed in Booths by the Various State Laws-How to Vote in New
 York and New Jersey.
[CoPYRIGHT, 1892. I

[CoPYRIGHT, 1s92l
 Tn no election since the formation of this government has secret ballot law been so generally in effect, in no year have the votes of the people been so sacredly guarded, at no time have the electors been so thoroughly protected in their individual views as in our coming election.
 On the heels of reform ballot in Massachusetts, in effect in 1888, came similar enactments by the legislatures of Indiana, Montana, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Minnesota, Mis- souri, Michigan and Connecticut In 1890 Washington, New York, Maryland, New Jersey and Vermont adopted laws very similar to that adopted in Mas Iachusetts, and in 1891 Arkansas, Cali
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A Wealthy Lumberman Killed.

CORNING, N. Y., Oct. 11.-While in specting the new mountain railway being built to his lumber camp from tue Fall Brook railway, near Cammal, yesterday afternoon, Francis Delay, wealthy lumberman, who resides at Williams port, Pa., was struck and instantly killed by Fall Brook passenger train, MT. Delay was 62 years of age. He was the owner of an immense tract of the finest land in the Pine Creek region.
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Newark Societies to Parade.

NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 11.-All the Cath olic societies of Newark will take part in a torchlight parade on the evening of Oct. 21, in accordance with the wishes of Bishop Wigger. This is Co be celebra- tion in honor of the discovery of America.
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W eather Forecast.

WASHINGTON. D. G., Oct. 11.-For New England: Generally fair: southwest winds; slightly warmer, except stationary tempera- ture on the Maine coast.
 For Eastern New York, Eastern PcnnsyI va mia, New Jersey and Delaware: Fair: warmer; southwest winds.
 For Western New York and Western Penn- sylvana: Fair; winds shifting to southerly, slowly rising temperature.
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One Killed, Two Badly Hurt.

HUNTINGTON, Pa, Oct. 1l.-Michael Mo- Quiggan, James Glenny and Miss Mari etta Stewart were struck by shifting engine on the Pennsylvania railroad here yesterday. McQuiggan was killed in- will die.
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Bound to be- District Attorney.

BATAVIA, N. Y., Oct. 11.-Wm. Web ster was yesterday nominated for District Attorney by the Genesee County Demo- cratic Convention. Ten days ago Web ster was defeated in the Republican Con- vention for the same office.
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JOSEPH A. JACKSON, ARCHITECT
DIR GILL;,

PHYSICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST. Humphreys Block. cor of South Main
 and Grand St, Waterbury, Conn. Office entrances 232 South Main street. ew Female Difficulties a Speciality. Free Consultation, except Sundays 9 to9 Terms moderate Advice byn
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Real Estat. at Real Bargains.

The following property will be sold on easy terms The Erwin property on Vine street, consisting of one dwelling house and four build
 ing lots 47 feet front by 6O feet deep, good loca-
 tion. and a special bargain; two houses on North
 street; a four family house on Kngsbury street;
 nice home on Abbott avenue; good business blocks near Center Square;on South Main street, block with three stories, also four houses; a cheap home on Ridge street: pleasant homes on North Main street. also "a three family house modern Improvements with a good barn, rents for $62 per month: ? houses on central avenue 1 block and house on High street; q new house on Nevil street, will be id cheap; beautiful
 houses on Chapel street; brick block lately built and one 4 family house with one or more build ing lots, fronting three streets. Money loaned and loans wanted on first mortgage. For further
 information call or addI ess J. S.. Fay's Real Ks l tate Loan and collecting office, No l5 South Man street. up stairs.
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A Tribute to Greatness. She-Who is your favorite herop He-Myself.-Chicago News Record
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N, H. & H. Railroad Time Table
June 5, 1899. NAUGATUCK DIVISION. Trains leave Waterbury for


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 S:ls, a. m., ao5, 4.4s pm Sunday 800 pm. LUCIUs FUTILE. General Manager. CT. HAMPSTEAD. General Pass Agent. NKER1pEN, WATERBURY & CONNECTICUT MI RIVER RAILROAD. IN EFFEcT JULY il, 1899. GOING EAST Leave Waterbury, Dublin Street). b oo daily except Monday 500 a.m.; 1.3O, 500 p. m.
 LEAVE MERIDEN for Cromwell-6.45. $40 a. m.;2.17, 545p. m. GOING WEST. LEAVE cRoMwELL-e,sO' sos a. m.; is'ls' | p, m. II,EAyE MERIDEN for Waterbury.?.02, 920 a. m.; 12.51. 6.50 p. m. Arrive Dublin street 7.4O, iO.l1 a m.; 1.3b, 7.56 D. m. \ CHARLES M. CRAWFORD Sup't.
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NEW YORK FITS.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1O.-Money on can easy al 4a5 per cent
 BoNDS-CLOSIN0 PRICES
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PRODUCE MARKET.

BUTTER-
 Creamery. State & Penn.. exGras 2f c.a2Af3 Creamery, western. tirSus .21l6c.a:5S 72o Creamery, western. seconds. ..2O c.a2l c State daIry, h. I. LuOs, eXLraS. c.a23 CHEESE
 State factory. full cream. fancy. 10 c.a10'%o State factory, full cream, me. 10 ca 1O4o State factory, common to tail 7kc.a $40
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GRAIN MARK ET.

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Evening journal., 1892-10-19
ForaIser In Now York.

NEW YORK, Oct l9-Hon Joseph B.
Foraker addressed a large and enthusiast,
mass meeting Of Republicans at Cooper
Union last night, He spoke for an hom
and half, chiefly on the tariff question
aud the declaration OF the Democrats on
state banks OF issue. His remarks were
applauded throughout. and when he finally
resumed his seat the audience would not
have it. Cries OF "Encorew "Encore!n
GIVE us the force billp' We're raised, and
the cries did not cease until Ex-Governor
Foraker got up and complied with the inn.
perious demand Of his auditors He then
spoke FOR half an hour longer on the force
bin and some of the minor ISSUES Of the
campaign.
When asked by reporter what he
thought Of the outlook IN the political cam.
paign Mr.. Foraker said: "The indications
point to the reelection Of President Harri.
son. i have just returned from a toug
Of some Of the western states dc
not think there is any doubt about Repub-
lcan success in Nebraska, Kansas. Iowa,
Wisconsin or Indiana. The Democrat.
who may be reckoning on some of these
states going for Cleveland will be mis-
taken -