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Connecticut western news., 1894-10-04
loNpoN's WATER SUPPLY.
Economy In Its Use Compared Win
 American Experiences

Economy In It's Use as Compared Win
 American Experiences
 In London, the largest city in the world. tho wator is furnished by com panies and is charged for by the quan- tity. No one has a free faucet or can afford to waste his water Every fam fly bargains for as many gallons per diem ns it needs, and this amount is placed in tanks Then the water is shut off. If the family uses it up by noon, it gets no moro until the next day unless 1t can borrow of its neighbor. There is no waste. Tho water is all measured and paid for. With thrce times our population London does not use one third as much water as Chicago does, simply because the water Is not wasted
 In Chicago the city furnishes tho wa ter, and every one is frce to do with it what he plenses, and the result is an. archy in water. Tho man on the third story has no rights the man on the seo- ond Is bound to respect, and tho man on the first floor cheats both of them by running water via the sewers into tho river and lake. So long as there is dis. regard of human rights by human hogs this waste will continue. and those on tho uppor stories will suffer because those on lower stories arc running water all day to cool their rooms or to flood their lawns-in other words. arc letting millions of gallons run into the sewers without being used at all Chicago Tribune. N4
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FLOODS IN CUBA.
I've Hundred Drowned and Thousands
 Made Homeiess-

I've Hundred Drowned and Thoussnd.
 Mad. Homeiess-
 HAVANA, Oct 8.-owlng to the ex- cesslve rains. with a fall of 18T milll- meters on tho 23d and 2s2 millimcters on the 24th. the rivers Sagua Yabu, Yabu sito and Mayaneya have flooded the sur. rounding country and inundated the towns of Sagua, Cronoes. Lajas, Sitiesito and San Domingo.
 At Sagua the water Is from IS to 45 feet deep. and 5000 families arc home less, and the inhabitants have sought sal vation on the roofs of the two story build. ings. which alone are not under water The loss of life is estimated at goo. while the damage to property will roach s4. ooo.- GOO.
 Some 70 houses have bcen destroyed, and goo moro are badly damaged. Much furniture and merchandise wero swept away, and many head of cattle have bcen drowned The electric plant and the gas works have suffered heavily. Many sugar houses and cancflelds arc under water The sugar crop is seriously compromised
 Forty. seven houses have boen destroyed at Santa Cruz del Sur. and a pier there was also wrecked.
 Communications have been interrupted for four days. Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the floods are being or ganized.
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WHAT A CANNON eAll CAN DO.
Chance Shots Tn the Chilean War Thss
 Went Through IronnIads-


 Chance shots Tn the Chilean War That
 Went Through IronnIsds.
 In dwelling upon tho woadorful pow or of the guns of the Indiana Albrt Franklin Matthews, in m article on "The Evolution of Battleship' in The Century. gives illustrations from tho recent Chilean civil war. showing tho effectiveness of the smaller sirca of breechioading rife guns
 A shot weighing 2b0 pounds from an 8 inch gun of Fort valdivia in valparaiso harbor struck the cruiser Blanoo Enoa- lada above tho armor belt passed through the thin steel plato on the side went through the captains cabin, took the pillow from under his head. dropped his head on tho mattress with thump, but without injuring hair. passed through the open door into the mesa- room. where it struck tho floor and then glanced to the ceiling Thon 1t went througha wooden buikhead an inch thick into room 25 by 42 feet where 70 men were sleeping in hammooka It killed six of them outright and wound cd six others, three of whom died. after which 1t passed through steel bulk. head inches thick and ended it's course by striking battery outside, in which 1t made dent nearly two inches deep It was filled with sand. Had 1t released deadly gases no one knows what dam age 1t might have done
 A 45o pound missile from 10 inch gun in tho same fort struck the same vessel on its inch armor. It hit square on bolt The sholl did nos pierce tho nrmor. but burst outside tho vessel It drove the bolt clear through. and in It's flight tho bolt struck an 8 inch gun, completely disabling it Such is the power of the smaller sined guna
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HIDDEN FOR YEARS.
AOWGATE HAS BEEN A FUGITIVE
 SINCE 1881.

He Is Charged With Embexzling $500, 900
 From the Government While Chief of
 the Signal Service at wsshin ston-He Es-
 capped Once While Under Arrest
 NEW YORK, Oct 8. = After lodging detectives and the police for ls years Cap tain Henry W. Howgate, formerly chief of the weather bureau in Washington, md who was indicted in 1881 for the em- bezzlement of government funds said to aggregate S360, 000 was arrested in this sity by Detective A. l. Drummond ex- ohief of the United States seoret servioe On being arreigned before Commissioner Alexander he said he would waive exam nation and go back to Washington with out trouble. He was not in position, he said, to furnish ball. which was fixed by the commissioner at sl0, 900 on the sug- gestion of United States District Attorney Mac Farlane
 There are seven indictments pending against Howgate, and the total amount of his peoulation is said by Mir. Drum mond to be S360, 900. An order for his removal will be granted today.
 Escaped In 1880.
 Howgate was arrested in 1880 In Wash ington, but having obtained the pernis. sion of the officers to go his room to un- dress escaped through tho window and has since bafiied all efforts at recapture. The arrest then created great deal or excite ment and scandal at Washington, as 1t was charged that the other officials high in the service of the government were all SO implicated in the charges of fraud and smbezzlement.
 A. l.. Drummond was then superin- tendent ot the New York division of the secret service. He instigated search ev- srywhere for the accused in vain. When MT. Drummond was promoted to be chiof of the bureau in Washington, he continued the search and directed his men to look for Howgate in all parts of the country. From time to time word came to Mir Drummond to the effect that Captain Howgate had been seen at Seattle, Wash, and again at Newburyport, Mass.
 Every trail thus given was followed up without result, Although the detectives sometimes received positive information that ho had been seen at these points. When Mir. Drummond quit the secret serv- Ice and opened private agency in this city, he did not give up. the search. He received authority from Attorney General Olney to continue the work, as the cap ture of Howgate was still considered question of the greatest importance.
 Some of the information which Mir. Drummond received was to the effect that Howgate was now dealer fin old books and pamphlets in this city. Evory book store was visited by detectives without success
 l.. cated In New York. Finally Mr. Drummond decided to watch the auction sales. and a man who had thorough description of Howgate was tailed to do SO.
 About two weeks ago this man met with the objoot of his search at a sale at
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Broadway and Tenth street. He followed him and discovered that the man lived at l95 West Tenth street and kept the old bookstore In tho basement of so Fourth avenue, which he conducted under the name of Harvey Williams.
 Not being certain of the man 's identity, Washington clerk who knew him per sonally was sent here, and upon his rec ognixing Howgate O warrant was procur- sd from Commissioner Alexander, and he was arrested by Detective Drummond at the corner of Fourth avenue and Tenth street. Howgate acknowledged his iden- tity to the detective.
 Howgate was the originator of tho ..Howgate' expedition to the north pole, which attracted considerable attention "A number of years ago. He was also cap tain in the army during the war. He does not intend to engage counsel until his ar rival in Washington. Mir. Drummond said yesterday:
 When Howgntes arrest becomes known in Washington, have an idea that a number of people will pack their trunks"
 He Led a Double Life.
 The story of Howgate's exposure and of his relations with a woman named Nettie Burrill caused great sensation at the time, For several years he had led dou. ole domestic life in Washington. But a lew squares away from the home that con tained his devoted wife and tho daughter, who were to cling to him so determinedly In the dark hours to come, he supported a woman in luxurious style
 When the crash came and tho exposure of Howgato's dishonesty was soon follow. sd by tho discovery of his domestic du- plicity few of his old friends turned rom him. In the jail he was treated with more consideration than ordinary male factors. He was so utterly opposed to using the common bathtubs in tho jail that his kind hearted guardians relaxed the rules of the institution to the ex- tent of allowing the captain to visit his residence in Thirteenth street in order to indulge in layatory luxurianoe on April l2, 1882.
 The offievrs remained in the sitting room while Howgate went up stairs for lis bath. It is said that Miss Howgato, who possessed an exquisite voice, sang to he guardians of her father and made lime pass so pleasantly that m hour slapsed before they awakened to Q propor realization of what they werc thero for
 They asked Miss Howgate to call her father. She was gone long time and then came back pale and excited She sould find her father nowhere, she said. They searched the house and then rushed out and gave the alarm. Captain How gate bY this time had two hours the start of pursuit if 1t had been instituted imme- 1iately. 1t was generally believed thnt Captain Howgate went down the river immediately upon his escapa
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CANAAN CONN, THURSDAY OCTOBER A. 1894.
men violently Insane were captured mean

men violently Insane were captured mean the Union depot after midnight
 It is not known how many inmates were killed or injured, as many are sup posed to be buried in the ruins. Dr. Ja- cob T. lngate. who came here several months ago from Mobile to accept a posi- tion in the asylum, was killed. He is buried beneath the ruins of the buildings. A conservative estimate of the loss to buildings and contents at the asylum will reach s125, GOO. Mir. Newton of the West ern Union, with a force of men, Is clear ing the debris from the main office, not a wire working from that point Your cor respondent sent this dispatch over the wires of a railrosd entering here.
 Later reports received after midnight add the Valley route depot to the list of demolished buildings.
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ROBBERS GOT GOLD.
Report That They Secured sso,ooo Fro, .. Train.

Traiu.
 PHRS:x, A. T., Oct s. Tho east bound Southern Pacific train was held up A mile and half cast of Marioopa by thrcc men. One of the robbers rode on the blind baggage out of Msrloopa, while the other two Jagged the train. As 1t slack. sned up the fellow aboard passed quickly Into the engine, and at the point of two revolvors forced Engineer Holloway and Fireman Martin to descend, uncouple the engine and proceed ahead of the train for half or three quarters of a milo
 In the meantime one of the masked rob bers had entered the express car while the other stood outside. No shots wero fired, nor were the passengers alarmed while the robbery was In progress. The engineer and fireman then walked back ahead of robber No. l to the express car, where they arrived about the time the other two were ready to depart
 All thrre then mounted horses which were tied near by and struck out in a southerly direction toward the Mexican line which is 50 miles from the track.
 The amount which Wells Fargo's mes senger reports as having been captured is $l60, but thero is a current rumor that tho robbers got away with sa0. 900 in gold.
 Their trail was struck early the next morning by Sheriffs Drais of Pinal and Murphy of Marioopa- accompanied by Deputies Widomer and Brother.
 The posse. led by Sheriff Murphy of Marioopa, found the trail of the robbers at the point whore they had crossed the Gila river seven miles east of Phenix. Soon afterward they came upon camp which the robbers had hastily abandoned. There they found three winchester rifies and three horses.
 Not long after this they ovorhauled one of the bandits, whom they called upon to throw up his hands. Instead he turned upon the officers and fired, but a charge of buckshot from the sheriff. gun brought him to the ground.
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CHINA IN SORE STRAITS.
Her Army Disorgsni.sd and the J.paass.
 Pouring In.

SHANGHAI, Got. a.-The war council continues to sit but the disorganization of the Chinese is appalling. The corrup- tion In tho commissariat passes belief. There is no clothing for tho troops, food is scanty, and weapons and war muni. tions bought and paid for can neither be found nor traced
 The great Chinese camp between Tien. tsin and Taku is filled with raw levies. md disorder is rampant, although exeou. tons arc frequent The man arc without rifles Foreigners do not venture In the camp unless they are amply guarded. Most of the Europeans have gone to the coast towns for protection. Many Chi nese merchants have also migrated to the coast towns foolinv that they will bc more secure with the foreigners. Rom nants of the Chinose force from Ping Yang have reached Mukden. They lost everything and tell doleful stories of the fight
 LONDON, Oot 2.-The Times today pub fishes dispatch from Shanghai stating that 1t is reported that 30, 900 Japanese troops have Leon landed on the Shan TunR coast between tho Yellow rivor and Tien- tsln
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to put yer in jail fur maxim money CT whisky. And the moon travelled on. "He did it, that ther Dobson. And again she relapsed into silence.
 Soon she arose and shook herself, as if to throw off the chill of the night air. She lighted the dip of tallow and placed it on chair; then she reached up over the door and took long rife down from it's resting place on pair of tree forks. She extracted the charge with long rod, wiped the gun clean and reloaded it. Then she placed it back where she found it, removed her faded calico dress and went to bed. Her loud breathing soon told that she was asleep.
 In the morning she performed her household duties as if nothing had hap pened No word was spoken of Eph, except by the oldest boy, who asked once when ''pop ud be back" No one answered him. The sun came out again in all its fierceness. The children be- gan their play and the old people their talk. When all were busy, Mandy took the old rife down from the rack over the door. She shouldered the weapon with the strength and sleight of strong man and started off down the road. She seemed in hurry, for she took long strides like man. Her body swayed in tune to her step, either from the weight of the gun or habit. She passed several persons with the usual saluta- tion, ''Mornin!" She looked neither to the left nor to the right. Finally she reached lane where the hazel bushes skirted the road. She walked more carefully then. She peered iuto field through an opening, but did not seem satisfied, for she continued her walking. She stopped again shortly and looked through the bushes. In tho field, about 20 paces distant, was a man patiently hoeing his corn. She poked the rife through the bushes just as the solitary laborer strengthened up, took of his hat and wiped the precipitation from his face with his shirt sleeve. She glanced along the barrel of the gun. There was 8 sharp report, and the man fell over in a furrow The blood flowed from a hole in his temple.
 Then Mandy replaced the gun on her shoulder She walked off down the road without a word. When she arrived at her home, she put the rife in its resting place and went about her duties.
 In the afternoon the rumble of road wagon was heard below the house. It came nearer. All went to the door to see who it was. The wagon stopped before the house, All knew the driver. It was Bill Bucker, the constable. As he climb ed over the fence all in the house started out to meet him.
 Mandy, want yer ter go with me fur ther shootin of Dobson."
 The woman's face was as immovable as it had been when she sat at the win dow the night before. Eph's father and mother and the children looked at her fxedly.
 "All right, Bill, I'll go with yer," and with this she climbed into the wagon.
 Zach, she said to the oldest child, ''yer go over to yer Aunt Minerva's an tell her to cum round an look after yer all. :" The wagon rattled down tho road, and the children and old people looked after it-Will Withers Douglas in Louisville Courier ournal
Connecticut western news., 1894-10-04
A Shower of Feathers.

The eminent surgeon, Sir Astley Cooper, was fond of practical joke. On one occasion he ascended the church tower of avillage in Norfolk. taking with him one of his mothers pillows, and finding the wind blow directly to the next town he let off handfuls of feathers until he had emptied the pill low. The local papers reported this remarkable shower" of feathers and offered various conjectures to account for it, and the account was copied into other papers and was probably receiv- ed as perfectly natural occurrence = Notes md Queries.
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Addressing Envelopes.

A new notion somewhat in practice is to address aud stamp envelopes on the back. With the address written across the folds it can readily bs seen that any tampering with the contents of the en- velope could be detected. Now, If like the electric burglar mat. which on be- ing stepped upon not only sets all the bells in the house a-ringing, but also ex- poses the negative and takes 8 fashlight picture of the rascal, identity could also be coupled with knowledge in the cas- of the letter opener, absolute safety in the transmission of mail missives would be secured. York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1894-10-04
THE SClTUATE MYSTERY.
Blood Stains Found on the Carriage Drive
 by the Victim.

Blood Stains Found on the Carriage Driven
 by the Victim.
 PROVIDENCE, Oct. 1.-Two blood stains were discovered in the carriage which was hired from Franklin Brothers stable last Thursday by a woman who Is now suppos ed to have been the one whose body was found in the bushes near Scituate Friday and whose identity is still unknown. One spot is nearly foot in diameter and the other three inches long by one inch wide.
 It is now fully established that the ia tai shots were fired near Gilbert Spaul- ding's orchard about 10 o'clock Thursday night, and that buggy was rapidly driv- on from there in the direction of North Scituate. The team was returned by a Scituate farmer, who said he found the horse wandering in the road. and giving 1t free rein 1t returned to the stable.
 PROVIDENCE, Oct 2.-The mystery sur rounding the Soituate murder case was frightened a little by the positive identifl- cation of the body as that of Mrs. Emily Chambers formerly an employee of the Roger Williams hotel. It has also devel- oped that the woman paid a premium on life insurance policy on Thursday after noon. and from that time all trace of her Is lost The woman who hired the carriage in which the blood stains were found however, has not yet been recognized as Mrs Chambers by the stablemen, but the authorities overlook that discrepancy and are now centering all their efforts to dis cover who the woman's companion was on the fatal ride.
 PROVIDENCE, Oct. 3.-A man known as Martin Keegan is suspected of being inn plicated in the Scituate murder mystery. Mrs Thomas Whelan, with whom the murdered woman spent her last night, told the police that when Mrs. Chambers left her house she was going to Harris vile with Keegan, with whom she had been keeping company for some time and to whom she had given s2, 900 insurance carried by her deceased husband besides all her own earnings. They were going to Harrisville to complete the purchase of saloon for Keegan. It was for that journey that she hired the team from Franklin Brothers.
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HAvEMEYER INDICTED.
Other Sugar Trust Officials Must Stan
 Trial Also.

Other Sugar Trust omcIais Must Stand
 Trial Also
 WAsHINGToN, Got. 2.-The grand jury brought in indictments against Henry O. Havemeyor and John E. Scarles of the Sugar trust and Allan l.. Seymour of the stock brokerage firm of Seymour & Young for refusal to answer questions put to them by the senate Sugar trust investigat- ing committee.
 The indictments against Havemeycr and Searles each cover 2S pages of large type written sheets. The history of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill Is rehearsed in the contents. The indictments differ some what from the others from the fact that the pertinenoy of the questions is some what further removed, and that two mem bers of tho Investigating C. cmmittee held that the questions which Havemeyer and Searles refused to answer were not perti-
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WORK OF WRECKERS.
A Pa..enEer Train Dltohed by Misplaced
 Switch.

TOLEDO, Oct 1.-Train No. 4e on the Wabash railroad was wreoked st Maumse, small town i2 miles south of this oity. The accident was the result of a we'll laid plan to ditch the entire train. Happily the heavy Pullmans kept on the track. and the mail and baggage cars, although badly wrecked, did not contain any vio. tims
 r. N. Smith, engineer. Toledo, was kill. cd, and A. H. Day, fireman. Toledo, was fatally hurt The slightly injured ara wound; +. J. Proves. mail olerk, Toledo, slightly cut and bruised; J. w. Kremer, mail clerk, Disko, Ind, badly scratched on legs and body.
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IS IT TRUE I

Is it true that love flies out the window When poverty stalks in the door? Is it true that the heart of a woman Cares for luxuries and nothing more7 Is her heart so shallow and vapid2 Is her soul so narrow and mean? Is her mind so placid and depthless That it shows but the surface sheen7 Oh, rather was shallow the writer Of that libel on grand womanhood. Of the heart of her whom he slandered He knew not, nor yet understood. In the time of adversity's trials, When the heart is borne down in the
 strife,
 "Tis ever the love of a woman That brings back our manhood to life.
 Detroit Free Press.
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YREKA. Cal, Oct 3.-The stage run ming between this place and Fort Jones was held up by masked highwayman. Tho robber took Wells, Fargo & Co. s ex- press box which contained valuable trea- sure. The driver and eight passengers were not molested. Deputies are In pur- suit of the robber
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Relva Lockwond.. rrinmnh.

RICHMOND. Oct. 3.-Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood qualified to practice law in the circuit court here. Mrs. Lockwood's ap- plication to be allowed to practice before the Virginia court of appeals was refused last spring. She carried the case to the supreme court which sustained the Vir- ginia court.
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4 Mile In Les. Than Two Minutes.

CHrLLIcoTHE, O., Oct i.-Fiyinr Jib made wonderful showing here. Andy Mcdowell was working him out and had him hitched to high wheeled pneumatic wagon. with running mate hitched. The gelding paced away beautifully. He wont to the half in 1;00 and finished the last half in ;59IS. The performance has excit- ed horsemen greatly, as 1t was tho fastest mile evrr paced undor similar oiroum- srnncaa
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Nominated After Many Ballots

WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Oct 3.-The dead look in the Sixteenth congressional dis trict was broken by the selection of Fred eriok Leonard, one of the conferees from Potter county, as the Republican nomi- nee. The choice was made on the five hundred and seventy third ballot.
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who,. Family uur, Ip . cyo,o..

PAwNEE, Neb.. Dot 8.-A cyclone struck the home of John Nelson, sevon miles south of here The family of scyen persons wore blown Into an adjoining field, and little girl. 9 years old, had n stick drivon through her skull and can not live. Five others of the family were severely iniured.