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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-04-24

Louis Fitzgerald,
Henry A. Hurlbut,
Henry q. Marquand,
VIM. A. Wheelock,
NJ, Hartley,
II. NJ. Alexander,
Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Charles q. Landon,
Cornelius n. Bliss,
August Belmont,
L. Boudinot Colt,
John Sloane,
S. Borrowe,
II. J. Fairchild,
Eugene Kelly
John A. Stewart,
The Press., 1893-06-15

There is every reason to expect that eastern railroads will soon make substan- tial reductions in the fares to Chicago. The passenger committee of the trunk lines will discuss this matter next week. Chairman Goddard of the Trunk Line commissioners says that the fares will come down, and that if the passenger agents recommend one-way rate it will be endorsed by the executive officers and put into operation.
 In the last number of Harper's Weekly was begun an illustrated serial story oi Chicago every day life, by Henry B. Fuller, entitled "The Cliff Dwellers." The action of the story takes place almost altogether in one of the big business blocks or "sky- scrapers' of Chicago, and ranges over the whole building-from roof to engine room, from bank presidents to lunch counter girls. It will be illustrated by M. de ThulstruD.
The Press., 1893-06-15

Hartford Courant: The whole country is watching with interest the great Borden trial. The Boston papers give to it not columns but pages daily, and editors else- where, though they chop out with blue pencil cords of immaterial details, still give to the case daily prominence. And what is the cause of all this interest :? Simply that two people have been killed and nobody knows who did it. Pray look at Washington, where more than twenty persons were killed last Friday. Nobody knows who killed them, but somebody is just as surely responsible for those deaths as for the deaths of the two Bordens Will the papers of the country give from columns to pages daily of inquiry into these murders? Would people read it if they did? Will anyone be tried? This is & queer world
The Press., 1893-06-15

FoRD's OLD THEATER, the building in and used by the government for many years as a part of the office of the surgeon general of the army, collapsed last Friday morning shortly after 9.3O o'clock, with a The building stood on Tenth street, north west, between E and F streets, not far from Pennsylvania avenue. It was con- demned years ago-some claim as many as 15 or 20-and had been repaired, prop ped up and renovated from year to year. There were 475 persons, mostly govern ment clerks, employed in the building, and nearly all of these were at work when the building fell. An excavation for an electric light plant was being made in the cellar of the structure, three-story af- fair, and according to the best informa- tion obtainable, the workmen had dug be- meath the foundation supports in the front of the building, weakening them to such an extent that the walls gave away before they could be lacked. The building was
 
 changed from theater, for adaptation to its present purpose, by making the two upper floors into galleries, supported by iron posts, the center being an open court from ground floor to roof. The upper floor fell first carrying those below in the crash, the evident cause being the settling of the. lower floor and consequent mis- placing of the iron posts. Twenty two persons were killed and about fifty injured, some of these probably fatally. These clerks were connected with the pension service of the war department. The build- ing in which they were employed was some two miles away from the main pen sion office, which is under the control of the interior department.
The Press., 1893-06-15
Died

Stafford Springs, 9th, Gertrude L., z months, days, daughtenof Henry Hoyle. Wilmington, 9th, Huldah M. Roswell, GA. Mansfield Center, 10th, Miss Jessie V. Farnham, 8.
 Stafford Hollow, 18th, Mrs. Margaret Black, 72, mother of w. H. Black, Esq. Willington, 14th, Mary Jane, AS, wife of Orrin H. Watrous.
 Stafford Springs, 14th, Ralph, months, son of Dana Gary.
The Press., 1893-06-15
CONNECTICUT N0RMAt-TRA|NFNG
 SCHOOLS.

These schools are for persons who intend to teach in the Public Schools of the State.
 The FaU Term beotns the first Tuesday 0f Sep- tefeber.
 ADMISSION.-Ap person must be at least s1s years of age, and pass examination in Artthme- tic, Grammar, United States History, Geogra- phy, Writing and Spelling. .r A DIPLOMA from College, High School, Academy, a State Certificate, or proof of three years successful experience In teaching, will be accepted in lieu of Entrance Examination. 2. KINDERGARTEN.-T is In each school a department for the training of kindergartnefs. EXPENSES.-Therea are no expenses for tui- tion or the use of text books. Y. 4e t:i. For particulars concerning the schools send for circulars to the principals - ~
 c. F. CARROLL, New Britain,
 A. B. MORRILL,, Willimantic, or to CHARLES D. HINE, Secy, Hartford, Conn.
The Press., 1893-06-15

Arrangements are being made for the annual convention of the State Firemen's Association of Connecticut, which is to be held in Danbury on July 8 and g. The convention will be held in the city hall and the local fire fighters are planning to give their brethren great welcome. It is expected a large number of firemen be- sides the delegates will be present. The convention will be followed by banquet.
The Press., 1893-06-15

That the worlds fair was not closed last Sunday, in accordance with the de- cision of the United States circuit court, was due to ruling made by Chief Justice Fuller granting stay in proceedings un- til the decision of Judges Woods and Jenkins can be reviewed on appeal. This is promised for to-day, when the United States court of appeals will finally dispose of the question. An appeal from that decision cannot be taken to the supreme court in time to be of any value, and prob ably neither party will be disposed to carry the case along further.
The Press., 1893-06-15

A convention of the Ashford Baptist association will be held in the Baptist church, Danielsonville, Wednesday, June 28, at 1O.3O a. m. and 1.30 p. m. The program will include: Devotional service led by Rev. E. Bennett of Brooklyn; ad- dress of welcome by Kent A. Darbie of Danielsonville response by Vice-Presi- dent J. D. Converse; reports from Sum- day schools and committees; address, "Weak points in our Sunday schools, and how to strengthen them, Rev. F. A. Hop kins, Putnam; open parliament; story, Mrs. Annie A. Preston, Willington; ex- ercise by Putnam school. In the after noon there will be reports, election of off, cers, exercises by Danielsonville and Will limantic schools and address by Rev. A. s. Gumbart of Boston. The meeting will, as usual, be largely attended.
The Press., 1893-06-15

WHEN the senate attached to bill cre- ating the office of attorney general of the
 state at a. salary of $7,O00, a clause mak- ing one of it's own members the first in- cumbent of the office, taking the appoint ment thus from the governor, the act ex- cited much comment, and the house is likely to refuse to confirm the bill with the appointee's name so attached. This action is made the more probable, as the democratic members from Holland county will oppose the confirmation for the reason that the appointee, Senator Pierce, though a democrat, was 8 chairman of the com mittee on contested elections, and report ed favorably to Senator Keeney's keep ing the seat contested by ex-Senator Pin
The Press., 1893-06-15


 No ONE is now looking for the convic- ton of Lizzie Borden. The question is whether the jury will agree in her entire acquittal. The boasted network of tes- timony that the prosecution assumed to have woven about the prisoner proves to be of the flimsiest cob-web material. When the case was new it looked as if the police of Fall River in their dire extrem- ity had made theory first, and then sought facts to support it. It has even more. that look to-day. The dress burn ing incident, if there wasa dress burned, has little significance. Concerning the hatchet head found, the handle of which was theorized to have been burned, one officer testifies that the now missing piece of handle was with the hatchet when found, while another officer swears that it was not. The states weakest point, how ever, is in the lack of motive, and the fact of previous good character of the prisoner is shown not only in nature of the testi- mony but in the character of the witnesses, and the lack of any evidence to contrary or of any effort to produce any. All the evidence of weight is that given by the police officers, and this is inconsistent and contradictory. The manner of tho defence of the prisoner by ex-Gov. Robinson has made him an undying reputation as a lawyer.
The Press., 1893-06-15

PoINDExTER DUNN, of Arkansas, a mem- Der of committee who is Investigating the New York custom house, on hearing
 of the Ford's theater disaster, said: ''Its too bad. I wouldn't have cared so much if they had been pensioners instead of the poor clerks" He had the decency to re- gard public opinion by denying that he said this, but evidence is indisputable that he used the exact words given above.
The Press., 1893-06-15

ANY citizen desiring to have dog shut up because of his annoyance in any way, has simply to have the owner warned by any officer, and if after that it is found running at large the owner can be prose- cuted by fine of $7 or ten days imprison- ment. This is new law, from which it would seem as if some of our merchants, who have goods exposed about their store fronts, would proceed to extract practical benefit
The Press., 1893-06-15
REeIsrERED at the Connecticut buile

REGISTERED at the Connecticut build ing, Columbian exposition, during week ending May 31: c. G. Newell and wife, Stafford; Albert Hall, South Willington Radcliffe Hicks, Mrs. Charles R. Hicks, Miss M. H. Hicks, Miss Elizabeth Hicks Holland; E. K. Leonard, M. P. Leonard Rockville; R. J. Leonard, Ellington.
The Press., 1893-06-15

Those in want of healthy, out door en-
 ployment for the summer will do we'll to
 read the ad. in another column headed "WOrk Offeredn
The Press., 1893-06-15
PEOPLE WHO ARE SHORT

PEOPLE WHO ARE SHORT Of money must be very short indeed if they can't afford to invest in Suit, Pant or Furnishings, or Hat. Per haps you=will be astonished to be told that the worse off you are the better you can afford to make an investment. Isn't it true that the less you have the more sharp-sighted you must be about your purchases, and the more you must getfor what you spend ? Those who have handsome balances at the bank can stand the strain of handsome prices without any difficulty whatever those who haven't must try to make
 Il. k
 one dollar do the work of two. Is that your situation ? If it is we've got what you want, and you want what
 7 we've got. Come and see.
The Press., 1893-06-15

Harry Pomeroy, son of Sheriff c. B. Pomeroy, of Willimantic, had the misfor- tune to sustain broken arm Monday by striking 1t against cultivator while in the act of stopping spirited horse which he was driving. He is one of the most noted young athletes of that city.
The Press., 1893-06-15

If you are run down and sall out oi sorts" go to Heald's and get bottle oi Sawyer's Dandelion Compound. It's a wonderful tonic.
The Press., 1893-06-15

COMMISSIONER BLoUNT, whom Presi- dent Cleveland sent to the Sandwich Islands as his agent to revise the work of Minister Stevens, and whose first acts were to undo all that had been done to- ward assuming an American protectorate over the Hawaiian kingdom, is now un- derstood to have most decidedly changed his views, and become the next thing to an annexationist. As he is, or will be, the U. s. minister, Minister Stevens having resigned, his change of base means some thing, and the papers which have backed Blount in his supposed attitude, are sad ly contemplating the enforced somersault before them if he shall proceed to do just what they have commended him for his supposed intention of not doing.
The Press., 1893-06-15


 The inquest over the bodies of the Ford's theater disaster was begun Mon day at il o'clock in Willard's Hall. Col. Ainsworth, chief of the record and pension division, who has been placed on the de- fensive by implied accusations that he was responsible for the presence of clerks in the old building, was present. About a hundred other persons were present, most of them the clerks of the record and pension division. Dr. Shaeffer, the dep- uty coroner of the district, conducted the inquest, which was held over the body of J. A. Chapin, whose body had been se- lected for that purpose. Half a dozen clerks were called, who testified to the insecurity of the building. One had been so impressed that he had obtained 8 leave of absence and had his life insured. Col. Ainsworth came nearly every day while the excavation was in progress. The old old employees, of the: building had told him that it was shell and & death-trap. One clerk said they were requested to go up and down stairs on tip-toe, and several testified that Col. Ainsworth was held in abject fear by all. During the hearing there were several outbreaks by clerks who had narrowly escaped death, as well as by friends of the deceased, beginning with denuneiatio1s f=Col. Ainsworth and threats against him. At one time it look ed as if he would be assaulted, but 8 calmer state of feeling finally prevailed. E It is only little while since it was quite the usual and proper thing to poke fun at Uncle Sam's navy, but that navy now commands the respectful attention of the world. We have the fastest cruis- CT and the most powerful warship afloat, and the most satisfactory thing in con- nection with our naval development is the fact that the stronger we become in this regard, the less likelihood there is that our men-of-wa will have any more serious duties than those which are incl dent to dress parade. And our big guns are more than keeping pace pace with our big warships. At Sandy Hook, the other day, a new mortar shell was tested with surprising results. It was shown that it would penetrate the deck of any ironclad and explode on the inside of the vessel. Lieutenant Whistler reports that in the late test of the four-inch Brown segmental wire-wound gun an estimated pressure of 78,O00 pounds per square inch was obtained. The gauges were capable of recording only 55, 900 pounds, but the pressure far exceeded what was expected, and the gun was not injured. It is easy to guess that such weapon will prove a terror to any thickness of armor that a vessel can carry.
The Press., 1893-06-15
EXAMINATIONS

For State Teachers Certificates and for entrance | to Normal Schools will be held in High School Building, Stafford Springs, June 16, at o'clock;
 | Normal School Building, Willimantic, June e4 and June 30.
The Press., 1893-06-15
Married.

West Wilmington, Eth, at the residence of the brides parentssby Rev. c. H. Brown. w. D. Shaw of rough, Mass. and Dora E., daughte a. B. Marble, of West Wilmington.
The Press., 1893-06-15

The relay ride from Rockville to New London by the Eastern Connecticut assO- citation has been called by Captain Royce for Tuesday, June 20. Teams from the Rockville, Willimantic, Norwich and New London clubs, will carry message from the mayor of Rockville to the mayor of New London. The start will be made from Rockville at 8.30 8. m., and three relays of two men each bring it to South Coventry, from there four relays of the Willimantic club will take 1t to Williams Crossing, the Norwich and New London teams to finish the run. The distance is 51 miles, with considerable bad road, and the scheduled time will be about four hOurS
The Press., 1893-06-15
RESTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pr

AISTKICT UF STAFFUKD, ss. Pro D bate Court, June 18th, 1893 =,
 Estate of Ellen Kelley, late of Stafford, in said district, deceased. . Upon the application of John Kelley, pray ed on said estate. as per application on file more fully appears, it is
 Ordered, That said application be heard and de- termined at the Probate Office inStaffOrd, in said district on the Ath day Of June, A. D., 1898, at ii o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given Of the pendency Of said application, and fishing the same once in some newspaper having 8 circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof oIf the public stgnpost In the toWn Of Stafford in said district.
 JAMES V. sQUTER, Judge
The Press., 1893-06-15

pLANTS FOR SALE Pepper, To 1 mato and Cabbage-best varieties, lowest prices. J. WHITNEY, Staff0rdville. ets
The Press., 1893-06-15
A Ia Court of Probate holden at Sta

ttn oa nd for h o,Sot m1ru af sa on the 9th day of June, A. D. 1893. s
 Present. JAMES v. sQUIER, Judge.
 On motion of Perry P. Davis. executor on tn ford, within said district, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months be al lowed and limited for the creditors of said estat to exhibit their claims against the same to tn, executor, and directs that public notice b given Of this order by advertising the same ono district, and by posting copy thereof on th public sign-post in said town of Stafford, ,neares the place where the deceased last dwelt.a Certi fled from record. JAMES V. SQUIER. Judge.i
The Press., 1893-06-15

GOOD PASTURAGE for. horses or OA cows to rent near this village. Inquire Of
 R, s. HICKS, Stafford Springs, Conn,
The Press., 1893-06-15
and ORGANS.

EOR SALE-CHEAP-2 good Horses, I 1 Concord Buggy, side- Bar Carriage. paaft Double Harness, Single Harness
 2tA A. J. TILDEN, Stanford Sprinps
The Press., 1893-06-15

FOR SALE CHEAP-Chamber Sett + Chairs, Tables and some Crockery.
 s. B. ME, Stafford Hollow.
The Press., 1893-06-15

A T Court of Probate holden at Staf. A ford within and for the district of Stafford on the 9th day of June, A. D. 1893.
 Present, JAMES V. SQUIER. Judge;
 On motion of Margaret Sullivan executrix on the testate estate of John JSullivan late of Staf ford, within said district, deceased.
 This Court doth decree that six months be al lowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the executrix and directs that public notice be in some newspaper having a circulation in said district. and by posting a copy thereof on the est the place where the deceased last dwelt Certified from record,
 JAMES V. SQUIER, Judge.
The Press., 1893-06-15

For the people of moderate means, in Secondhand House Furnishings, in de- pertinent entirely by itself. We are headquarters in this line of goods, and as we get overstocked at this season of the year the prices will amaze you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-13

Fort DODGE, Ia, July There are
seventy four people dead, al least five
more to die, and over 100 injured as a
result of the cyclone that started at
Quimby. south of Cherokee. and ended
with awful results at Pomeroy, last
night.
At Pomeroy forty-two are known to
be dead, and nearly 100 injured. Five
blocks of residences have been con-
pletely wiped off the face of the earth,
not more than kindling wood being left
Of them, and 200 families are home
less, many having lost their all
The business blocks were badly dam
aged and the new postoffice block and
drug store completely wrecked, and
seven churches, all there were, wiped
out of existence The pecuniary loss
in Pomeroy will reach fully $780,
900 All is chaos there yet. The
residents are in dazed condition, and
correspondents found it very difficult
to get information. The storm did its
terrible work in a few minutes time.
An immense amount of damage has
been done to farms, and the path of
the storm is strewn with horses, cows
and chickens dead. In every direc
ton one can look there is nothing but
wreck and ruin.
Immediately following the storm
the cries and means Of the injured and
dying were heard, and the willing
ones who went to work to help the
wounded met sights that were awful
to behold People were found with a
leg and an arm torn off, terrible
wounds on their bodies and faces, and
some with their brains oozing out
upon the ground. Many Of the dead
were terribly disfgured and multi
ated. The old postoffice building was
turned into a morgue, and at one time
contained twelve bodies. The injured
were taken to the Good Templars'
hall and two hotels. which We're con
yerted into hospitals.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-13
A BIRD STORY.

Will you allow me to add touch
ing instance of courage to your plea
SAINT bird stories. Early one morning
last summer l was called to the win
dow by a great noise among the bird
people of the garden, and saw the fol
lowing scene: A young blackbird was
standing fascinated by a cat, who was
crouched under bush ready to spring
on him. An old blackbird on an lex
close by was uttering loud and agita-
ted cries, and there was general
cackle OF anger and sympathy from
other birds all around. After a few
seconds the cat sprang on the young
bird and held him down. At that
instant the old bird came down on them
There was moments struggle, the
bird beating her wings violently in
the cats face, and, l think, pecking at
her eyes. Then the cat jumped back
to her bush; the young bird made off
with long hops and the old one flew up
to the lex, amid a jubilant chorus of
commentator which lasted quite
some minutes. I never saw this be
fore, though l have seen robin come
quite close to cat stalking another
bird and scold and flap her wings in
his face
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-13

MILWAUKEE, July William De
mus of Wauwatosa was placed In the
county jail. He is member of the
Soldiers home orchestra and lives
near the home Last night about s
o'clock he came to his house and, it is
said had some words with his wife.
During the quarrel, according to the
story told at the jail, Demus seized
his boy a haired lad of 3, and sat
him on top of the kitchen stove, which
was red hot. The poor little fellow
began to scream with pain, but the
rate father held him there until he
was burned in a frightful manner.
The screams of the child and of the
mother attracted the attention of
neighbors, who rushed to the place.
When they reached the house they
could even smell the burning flesh.
The child was snatched off the stove
and the unnatural father was taken In
charge by Constable Barnicoe who
brought him to the county jail.
The child was held on the stove
for several minutes, the officer says,
and was burned badly, but his injur
les are not necessarily fatal. At the
jail Demus would give no explanation
of his unnatural act. He will be held
until Monday afternoon when he will
have hearing before Justice McClin-
took at Wauwatosa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-07-13

BARDwELL, Ky, July 7. The suppos-
Ell negro murderer Charles Miller, was
hanged this afternoon, instead of being
burned, and now there is belief that he
was the wrong man after all. Up till
o'clock it had been intended to burn him
at the stake, and John Ray, the father
OF The dead girl. was to apply the torch
to The pile of wood that had been pre-
pared.
The SHIRT found at the scene of the
crime fitted him. The rings have been
identified by j. A. Porter as rings stolen
from HIM last Sunday night at Clinton,
Ky. The fisherman who set the fellow
across the river the night of the murder
says that this was the identical man he
clrried over.
The murder of Rays two daughters
resembles IN many respects the crimes of
Jack the Ripper" in London The elder
girl was only IS years of age and she and
her sister We're murdered within call of
their own home. They had gone to pick
blackberries. Their mother heard the
younger girl scream and hastened to the
tield. There she found the elder daugh-
ter dead. Her throat had been cut and
the girls body was hideously mutilated.
The body of the younger daughter was
found nearly in similar condition 1t
was partly concealed by the blackberry
bushes. A gang of railroad laborers who
heard the screams of the girls and the
mother hastened to the place, but the
murderer was gone The only clue he
left was a blue flannel shirt. The crimes
were supposed to have been committed
by tramp who had been seen IL the
neighborhood. He first killed the older
girl and then did away with the little one
10 put her out the way of testlfying
against him. The father of the murder
Ell girls. John Ray, is an officer of tie
county in which he lives and an esteem
ed.citlZen Of Kentucky.