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Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
No Woman Suffrace.

ALBANY, June 30.-Public discussion of the subject of woman suffrage has been closed before tho suffrage committee ol the constitutional convention, and the committee Is to report adversely on the proposition to abolish the sex line. The committee will ask that the subject be made a special order and debated at length before the convention. Only tiTe out of the l7 members arc in favor of abolisbinu the sex distinction
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
PhiIadeiphia Out of Meat.

PHILADELPHIA, July 3-Philadelphia is threatened with meat famine as a re- suit of the strike The ruling price for boxes of cattle at the slaughter house is now SA cents pound, while week ago 1t sold for 5 1 cents Prime cuts worth 13 cents last week now sell for Is, with pros poets of an immediate advance. Veal and mutton are advancing Pork and hams are booming, having moved from l0L4 to 12L and l3, with the supply limited.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
WE NEVER GROW OLD.

We never grow old, it isn't the mode, We have pinned our faith to a modern code And started out on the longer roadl Our grandmothers wore their dainty caps, Our grandmothers took little daily maps We take the air in our winter wraps. Our grandmothers aged at fifty or so; But. stemming the tide of the long ago. We wear our fifty years of snow.
 Boston Woman's Journal
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Sins of the Fathers.

Fair Girl-I am sure papa would not object to you, but I am afraid mamma will. She says your family have de- prayed tastes-
 Rich Grocer's Son-Good graciousl Where did she get that idea?
 Fair Girl-I think she judges by the butter that your father used to recon- mend as got,d.-Good News
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Troops at Trinidad.

TRINIDAD, Colo, July 3 United States Marshal Israel sent five more deputies to Pueblo Those disarmed here by the mob will also be taken to Pueblo, making a force of 300 at that point With the troops at Trinidad and deputies at Pueblo and La Junta, the railroad companies hope to be able to move their trains. The Denver and Rio Grande is pretty effeotually tied up at Pueblo and Salida and has not been able to run its trains west from Pueblo to- dav
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
ConvIc,.,, a Pension Agent.

TRENTON, July 3.-Josso Hensce, tho Ho. boken pension agent indicted for extort- ing illegal fees, was tried in the United States court on two indictments. He was convicted of one. The maximum punish ment is two years imprisonment. Han see is said to have become rich in tho busl.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Wrecked ny In,.naI.r,...

PINE BLUFF Ark, July 1.-Two miles south of Now Bewisvilie freight on the St Louis Southwestern railroad wont through high trrstle tho engine. ca. boose and as cnrs falling. knRineer Fer. puson and Head Brakeman Richardson were killed outright and Fireman O'Noit fatally realdod. The trpstle had been fired and burned poarly through.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
suicide ia Tanker.

SrRfNeFIELp, Mass, June 2a-Frd F. yandcuson. prominent merchant and tobacco deaior in Wostfleld, committed suicide hy shooting himself Ho was found dead on tho floor in the collar under his office. Business reyersus led to the deed He was q graduate of Yale and a direeto- of the First National bank of westfleld.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
PRESIDENT cARNor BURIED.
Ills Remains Laid to Hest In the Famous
 Pantheon.


 PARIS. July 2.-The remains of the late President Sadi. Carnot were deposited in tho Pantheon. The funeral WAS made the occasion f..r one of tho most remarkable civic and i-.ilitary displays in the history of France. By 3 o'clock in the morning the streets along the route were already crowded, and by o'clock the Place de la Concorde, situated between tho Champs ElyseeS and the Jar,lin des Tuileries was black with people. The housetops, win dows and balconies of every house were oo- cupied. All classcs~f people, young and old, rich and poor, crowded to the funeral from all parts of Paris and from every icpartmtTt of Franco. 50 great wcre the crowds that tho neighborhood of the Brit, ish embassy was sn packed with people that many of them who wished to obtain food were unable, and Lady nufferin. wifo of the British emhassador, instructed her servants to distribute rrofreshments Hcr example was followed hy the occupants of B number of adjoining mansions.
 The proccsSion reached the cathedral of Nutro Dame nt noon, where most Inn. pressive scene was witnessed. General Borius, surrounded by all the generals and officers of the staff, stood on the left side of the Place Gu Parvis. Notro Dame. As the casket was taken from the funeral car the officers all saluted together, the troops presented arms, the trumpets rang out a grand salute, the mutfled drums rolled like distant thunder, while the bells tolled mournfully, the whole filling the air with strange wailing sound which echoed far and wide.
 President Casimir Pcrier took his scat in the private inclosurr around the pulpit. The choirs of Noire Dame and the Con. servatoiro de Musiqus executed the II. turgioal chants and two numbers of Gou. mods "Murs ct Vita" NJ. Felix Fauro, the famous barytone, being tho soloist The plaintivo notes of "Dies Iraen were sung by the choir, and M. Faure's rcndcr- ing of Pic Jesu'' from the Saint-Saens requiem mass produced not easily to be forgotten impression. Before pronounce ing the absolution the archbishopof Paris delivered an allocution, and tho religious ceremony in the cathedral was concluded, The procession then reformed and proceed ed across the river to the Pantheon. The scenes witnessed during the passage of the procession from tho palace to Note Dame were repeated.
 The funeral car and the escort arrived there amid the booming of a salute of i0t guns fired by park of artillery stationed In the Hardin du Luxumbourg. and the body was placed away amid n trumpet salute and the dull roll of muftled drums,
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Blocked the Wabash.

TOLEDO, O., July 3-A special from Montpelier. Williams county. says that all trains on the Wabash railway are stop ped at that point by strikers. Sherin Bailey has been summoned
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Meat Scarce In Hartford.

HARTFORD July 3.-Owing to the strike there is a great scarcity of beef here, and prices are going up accordingly. The retailers have advanced the prices from to cents pound. Mutton and veal are also scarce
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Revenue Seizures at Fall River.

FALL RIVER, Mass, June 29.-The To- cal custom house officials seized two freight cars which had just como rum Canada Under bales of hay a dozen casks of Canadian gin and 200 pounds of spruce gum were found.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Gonfu IT. Ahaaa sslasaA

TOPEKA, July 3.-The Santa Fe shops in this city were closed for aie indefinite period. The responsibility fo.<their clos ing rests somewhat between the managers or the A. R. T. and those of the railroad.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
wonan,. nodr From the whlrInonI

NIAGARA FALLS, June 29.-The almost nude body of woman about a5 years of age was taken from the whirlpool, and from appearances 1t is the remains of d suicide
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Engaging Men In Hnston.

BOSTON, July s.-An agent of the 2T railroads having terminals in Chicago Is in a hotel in this city, where he establish. ed an office, engaging railroad men to i'll the places of strikers.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
S.,,t,ou.xa a.sn I.vnobed.

DENVER. July 3-It Is reported that En. Rincer Loftus and his fireman, both ai Denver. have been hanged by a mob south of Pueblo, Colo. '
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Men For strikers. Places.

BUFFALO. July 3-Two agents of tn. | Big Four railroad hired 500 men here tt replaoe strikers.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
RaItro.d xy.s.x p.ssar.d.

COLUMBUS, O., June aa-Tho Colnm. bus, Hooking Valley and Toledo railroad has restored the 10 per cent cut fin wages.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
SINCERELY NAMED.
Pennsylvania Democrats Nominate Him
 For Governor.

For Governor.
 HARRISBURG, June 2s. - The Demo cratic state convention put in nomination the following ticket: Governor, William M. Singerly of Phil. adelphia; lieutenant governor, John F. Killing of Erie; auditor general, David F. Magee of Lancaster; secretary of internal affairs, w. W. Greenland of Clarion; con. gressmen at large, ex-Judge Joseph B. Butcher of Lewisburg and Hannibal K. Sloan of Indiana
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05

CTS were those left on the other roads. More are expected to strike. and many men may be laid off by an order issued by the Northwestern system. It will throw out of employment 10, 900 men. It is in tended to strike from the pa.yoll during the continuation of the strike every man who is not absolutely necessary for the dispatch of what business the company would be able to handle.
 The order was issued by General Man ager Whimtan. It suspends track forces, leaving but the section foreman and one man on each section. Car repairers, coach cleaners, freight warehouselnen, checkers, yard clerks and all office forces in local freight stations in Chicago must 20, and all stations along the line have been re duced.
 Riots and Violence.
 A new fireman mounted an engine al Blue Island, but was immediately employ ell by the strikers to desert his post. H. refused and was promptly pulled off Other flrenen came to the mans rescue, and rough and tumble fight followed. The deputies interfcred and succeeded in running the strikers away from the tracks No one was seriously hurt
 \ passenger train on the Baltimore ana Ohio was ditched at Rock Island. The engineer was badly hurt in jumping. and the road was completely blocked by the derailed train.
 Strikers stopped the train on Nickel Plate road at Ninety second street and S;oney Island avenue. The engineer and fireman were compelled to leave their en. zine, leaving the train in the hands of the strikers.
 Twenty-Five deputy marshals were at once sent to the scene with orders to re cover the train and dispatch it on its way east A fight followed, in which the dep uties drove the strikers of.
 Federal Troops For Los Angslea-
 SAN FRANCISCO, Julp5-The First regi ment United States infantry. left Oak land mole on Q special train for Los An geles. They will be joined at Fort Costs by Company G. Two hundred and fifty United States soldiers will leave on the steamer Modoc
 The strikers appear to have the uppei hand. Their blockade of the entire South ern Pacific sysem Is practically complete.
 The western divisions of the Santa Fe road are in much the same condition. In fact railway traffic Is almost at & stand still at all points on the Pacific coast south of Portland, Or. North of Portland there is also much trouble, the Northern Pacific road being practically tied up and the Union Pacific involved
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05

Method is like packing things in a box; good packer will get in half as much again us bad one.-Cecil.
Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Injunctions Against Strikers.

Justices Grosscup and Woods, in the United States court, issued an injunction restraining the strikers, based both upon the mail laws and the interstate commerce act. It is a very sweeping order and aims to protect the roads as common carriers to transport freight as well as carry the United States mail. The injunction order names 23 roads, all within the member ship of the railway association, and the Union Stockyards and Transit compa- ny, which must not be interfered with. The order also enjoins the defendants from inducing by persuasion, threats, violence or by any other means the employees of the companies to leave the service of the companies or to induce them 70 refuse to perform their duties "
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

Rev J. H. Duggan will attend the de- dection services at the Italian Catholic church at Me1iden tomorrow.
 Protector Hose Co.'S house, No 4, is undergoing repairs under the manage ment of Edward Bergin.
 Maurice Hoard, aged IS years, died this morning at has residence, $40 Bank street. Funeral at s:3o o'clock to St Patrick's church on Monday morning. In- torment will be in Thomaston.
 One of Kelly the bakers horses put his feet through hole in the Bank street bridge yesterday, and the wonder is that the ssanimal did not break its leg. The DEMOCRAT has been calling attention to this matter for some time and it is evident that the place will remain in it's present shape until some damage occurs.
 pr Ward was asked to-day if he in- tended to do anything towards complying with the order of the road board in refer ence to putting down 8 fence around his property on Bank street. He..said, yes. He proposed to soon commence the work of putting up building there, some of the iron pillars to be used in it's construction being already on the ground. The re- porters might write him up as much as they pleased, he said, and even if they should all pile on to him some day and kill him he would again turn up and de- fend himself
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIES
Weekly Record of Real ,Estats Sales ant
 Recorded MOrtgags.

Weekly Record of Rea1.Estats Sales and
 Recorded NIortgags.
 The summary of the weekly record for the current week shows the following:
 Real estate sales-New Haven and West Haven 42, Bridgeport 22, Hartford 23, Waterbury 10, Meriden 3, New Britain 4, Middletown l, Norwich 2, New London 2, Danbury 8, Norwalk 10, Ansomia 6.
 Real estate mortgages-New Haven and West Haven $9S, ,485, Bridgeport $41 ,456, Hartford s44, ,O75, Waterbury 7$, 915, Meri- den $1O, $50, New Britain $15, 800, Middl- town $2, 400. Norwich $1 300, New London $4, 300, Danbury, $9,825, Norwalk $12,- 386, Ansonia $5,95O.
 The total number of sales this week is 135 as compared with 86 for the preceding week and 145 for the corresponding week last year, The total of recorded mortgages is S254, 542. against $193, 776 the preceding week and $281, ,676 for the corresponding week last year.
 For the corresponding week last year New Haven reported 24 sales, Bridgeport 35, Hartford IA, Waterbury 5,Meriden II |, New Britain II, Middletown 4, Norwich 2, New London 8, Danbury 5, Norwalk 8. nsonia 5, Shelton 3. ----,--., ----,
 The transaction of the New Haven clear ing house for the week ending last Satur- day amounted to $1 ,330, ,405, as against $1,- 681 ,O76 for the corresponding week of last year. Hartford's clearings for the week were S1 ,931 ,O50, against S2,399, SOY.
 Corn Starch, 5 pounds for 25c, W. N. LADD. 94 05 South Main street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
MINERS ARE MASSiNG.
Hundreds of Strikers Start on Crusa,
 That May Mean Trouble.

Hundreds of Strikers Start on 8 Crusade
 That May Mean Trouble.
 FRosTBURG, Md, May 12.-The outlook is growing more serious. A meeting of the United Mine Workers of America was held at Detmold grove. About 300 men were present. It was proposed to await the ar rival of 300 more men from Barton and then start for Frostburg.
 Recruits will be received all along the line, and perhaps ? ,O00 men will be massed when their destination Is reached. The ob- ject is to intercept the miners at Eckhart, Hoffman, Allegany and Ocean, who have been working for the past three days, and induce them to suspend.
 CUMBERLAND. Md, May 12.-Much ex- citement prevailed in Cumberland over the report that the miners of Homecoming favoring the strike were massing 800 strong to march to Frostburg and prevail upon the miners ;>t the Eckhart, Hoffman and Allegany mines to join them. No news of violence has yet been received The Con- solidation company's miners have been very firm for work, and it is hoped they will stand to their agreement with the company A train containing deputies sworn in by Sheriff King left Cumberland for Frostburg to be on hand if necessary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
Petition For, a Pest House.

The following petition signed by twenty two taxpayers was handed into the select mems office to. day.
 To the Honorable Boardi of xSelectmen of
 the Town of Waterbury:
 The undersigned, electors. taxpayers and inhabitants of the town of Waterbury, would respectfully represent that public necessity requires that a proper building to be used as contagious disease hospital, be erected on some suitable site on the town farm. to be used jointly by the town call special meeting for the purpose of taking such action as may be necessary to cause the erection of such building and to make such arrangements with the city of Waterbury for the use of such building as may be deemed proper.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
FAMILY MURDERED.
Four Persons Killed and Their Bodies Hid
 den Under Strawstack.

Four Persons Killed and Their Bodies Hid-
 den Under Strawstack.
 MILAN, Mo-, May 12.-A most atrocious crime was committed near Browning Gus Meeks, his wife and two children were murdered outright, and another of the Meeks children-a girl years old-was so badly injured that she may not recover.
 Meeks was an important witness in number of criminal cases against William P. Taylor and George Taylor, brothers, the former being banker of Browning and the latter a farmer. The charges against them are forgery. arson and lar ceny. It is said the Taylors had arranged with Meeks to give the latter wagon and team to get out of the country, so that he might not be present when the case against the Taylors was called for trial. From Meeks' mother it is learned that on Thursday her son received letter from the Taylors at Browning, telling him to be ready at 10 o'clock that night to go away: that Gus Meeks and children waited for Taylor until midnight, when two men whom Meeks said were George and Bill Taylor came to their home in wagon. Meeks and his family got into the wagon and started for Browning.
 The details of the crime, as near as can be obtained, were told by the little 7-year- old girl, who was suffering greatly as she recited the story. It appears that when the Meeks family and the persons accom- panying them reached point near the schoolhouse in Lynn county, short dis tance east of Browning, they were met by two other men lying in wait. Gus Meeks was first shot, and Mrs. Meeks jumped. She also was killed. The murderers then took stones and beat the brains out of the two children and left the other for dead.
 The murderers then, it is supposed, load ed the whole family into the wagon and hauled them nearly two miles to the Tay- Tor farm, where they were buried under strawstack. At half past o'clock in the morning the eldest child came to her senes and made her way to the residence of a MT. Carter near by. The Carter family then sent a boy to the Taylor farm, where he found the murdered family. The Car ter boy then saw George Taylor and inno- gently told him of the murder as described by the almost dying child. George Taylor immediately started for Browning on horseback, got his brother William, and both departed on horseback. Their de- parture from Browning was before the knowledge of the murder had reached there. .s>E
 At this writing the ,Taylors have not been arrested, but it is not thought possi- ble that they can escape. Great excitement prevails, and if the murderers are fully identified the law will have to be very strong to prevent summary punishment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
TIP IS DEAD.
The Bad Elephant Finally Swallowed Balls
 of Poisoned Bran.


 NEW YORK, May Flip, the rogue ele- phant, who has been the pet of the chill dren in Central Rark and the dread of his keepers, is dead. He had killed eight men and had his eye on another. This was his last keeper-a man na:ned Snyder. Snyder objected and protested, snd so Tip died.
 The first attempt to poison Tip was un successful. After great preparation car rot loaded with three ounces of cyanide of potassium was handed him. He tasted it and refused to eat it. The sagacious brute also refused apples in which poison had been hidden. He was finally induced to eat some balls of poisoned bran, and that finished him.
 MT. George B. Burns, assistant superin- tendent of the menagerie, told the story of the execution as follows: "All through the day we tried to administer the poison, cy- anide of potassium, b} one means or an other, but did not succeed. At last we de cided on blSp, using smaller capsules. Snyder made ul balls of wet bran, in each one of which was placed capsule contain ing five or six grains of the cyanide. They were placed in the ordinary pail in which food had been given him before.
 "He put his trunk in the pail and talk ing up ball of the bran blew it down his throat. Several others followed; then he stopped. Something seemed to affect him. He moved to the front of the cage and rub bed his side against the bars Then he trumpeted once or twice and at the end of four minutes seemed to go into convul- sion. His body swelled, and in his efforts to strain and retch he burst the chain that went around his body-the chain to which his. martingale was attached and extend ing up, his breast and to the tusks.y s-. He next seemed frantic, reared up and paved with his forefeet against the outer wall of his cage. Getting down on the floor. again, he walked toward the door until reaching the limit of the heavy chain which secured his foreleg to two of the front bars, when he stum bled and fell. He did not go down with crash, however, but went over on his side, front first, stiffened out and died in just 12 minutes from the time he took the first ball of wet bran.
 "We had at first decided to use hydro cyanic acid, but finally decided to use the cyanide of potassium not only because it was tasteless and inodorous, but chiefly for the reason that it was not dangerous to the operators making the dissection. The use of the hydrocyanic acid would make the wAole carcass a deadly poison. Besides we have now demonstrated that this is an easy and humane way of killing elephants"
 The dissectors, eight in number, under the direction of John Rowley, chief taxi dermist of the museum. at once commenc- ed their work, so that at sunrise today Tip had been divided up. His hide and skele- ton go to Dr. William Wallace to be placed alongside of Jumbo in the Museum of Nat ural History. His viscera will go to Dr. s. Huntington for the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, and his eyes go to the Eye and Ear infirmary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12

GENERAL FITZGERALD. spoons. The com monwealers number 53 in all. They had meeting in the hall last evening, will have another tonight and a third Sunday night. Monday morning they go south, and the police force will loosen it's grip on its locusts.
 BRISTOL, Pa., May 12.-The New Eng land aggregation of the commonweal army, which was recruited in Boston, re- sumed it's march to Washington after hay ing spent the night here. In the evening Fitzgerald addressed about 2,OOO people from the balcony of the Delaware House. He arraigned the capitalists for grinding down the workingmen. After the speech a collection was taken up. The party is marching under the title of the New Eng land industrial delegation. Fitzgerald car ries petition signed by hundreds of resi- dents of New England towns.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-12
Quarantine Against Cbicapo,

BUFFALO, May 12.-It is probable that a rigid quarantine against Chicago will soon be in force here. The board of health has sent the following telegram to Surgeon General Wyman of the United States Ma rine hospital staff: 'There being danger of an infection of smallpox by vessels arriv- ing here with the disease from the infected port of Chicago, we ask that the collector of this port be notified not to allow the en- try of vessels without clean bill of health from the Marine hospital service at Chi catrn D