New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
UHEELMEN And THE POOL Law.
4 PETITION FOR Az AMENDMENT IN CONNECT
CUT-TIIE STATE PRISON.

4 PETITION FOR Az AMENDMENT IN CoNNEcTI'
CUT-TnE STATE PRISON.
Hartford. April 20 (>pcclab The wheelmen OF
the stat" are up In arms ovM the AntiPool law ana
have laid out scheme which they think will bring 10
them the relief from lis operations which they desire"
They have formulated amendment to the law which
expressly gives them liberty to hold races and does
away with the m,apprcL"nslon that exists rs To the
application Of The word pool. II will be- signed
largely 10y all the league clubs In the state and
thousands Of riders who unattached, and II may
also receive signatures from the directors OF the az
rcultnrul fairs who fear that the law VIII stop
racing on their tracks. II Is likely that within the
next ten days the Legislature Will have before II II
mon,r petition and may have the effect OF getting
the amendment desired. As the law now stands
there (, constant liability to arrest If any prizes or
awards, are offered in contests where entry fees are
charged l., the participants. thus forming pool With
which prizes are bought or the money divided
The investigation into the affairs Of the State
prison still drags along with much the same sort OF
testimony has been expected mostly consisting
Of evidence from deputies who have been discharged
or from those who are presumably not Ill harmony
with the Chamberlain administration. The committee
entered into the old Carpenter scandal on Thursday
but at the request Of General Chamberlain concluded
10 take the testimony on that point with ,, closed
doors The general Impression Is that Warden
Chamberlain will not return 10 his Guues' even
though The committee should find that he had not cx.
r,,slrd his powers ward"n ana II Is rs frcely pre-
dictcd that General Iiavcns. who Is temporarily III
charge will become Il permanent warden 80
quite "a stir made last week by thc Punnc
renn,,t Of the committee OF the Church or the tnitv
In Major j. II. Wcstcot to refrain from attendance
mon The services I'm their house Of worship: Major
W,s,cott carries his denunciatiOn OF all forms OF
religion to the extreme In conversation IN pupic
nlncrs and In attending the church referred 10 maze
himself obnoxious to the people worShipWhg th'rc
hv coming In at unseemy hours ana making great
d,,l Of unnecessary noise. Major Westcott has az
tended worship once since the request, but u H.
should attempt attend again he Will probably be
arrested for breach of the peace. lie Is weKnown
LAWYER who does an attorneys business practising
before the courts but little.
rh. medical hill. which has been before the com
mittcc Of the judiciary and has been accorded more
hearings than other bill before the Legislature
hi, session. has ut last been reported Is some
What I'm the lines suggested In the first draft. III
require. that all practising physicians ana surgeons
.ball r, ciscr before October l. ana that Thereafter
nil I'm medical science shall be registered
under the authority Of the state. Tie act does not
npIy TO dentists who practise dentistry only or 10
nrr,2n, who temporarily aid or give surgical as.
sisance to cairvoyants. movement cure doctors ana
magnetic healers or Christian healers. where drugs
mr. comIunds are not prescribed Those who register
must pass an examination In the various branches OF
The ri, ,cian's aud surgeons art, and shall elect
whether they will be examined by the alopathic.
homeopathic eclectic commission to be named by
the State.