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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-24
STRUCK BIZ "A TROLLEY CAR.


An italian Attempted to Cross in Front of a
whitney Avenue Car-Struck by the
Headlight and His Skull Fractured-In
Critical Condition--No Blame Attached to
the Motorman or Conductor.
AS car No. 27 Of the Whitney avenue
line, which left the green at 6:12 last
evening, was passing the corner of
Whitney avenue and Bradley street, an
italian suddenly darted out into the
street and tried to get across the track
in front of the car, but before he could
get across the headlight of the front
of the car struck him and knocked him
to the track. He then rolled under the
platform, but was kept from being
ground to death under the wheels by
the forward axle guard. The headlight
also rolled under the car.
AS the car approached the cross
ing it was slowed up to stop, the bell
having been rung for that purpose.
Just then two Italians who were walk
ing on the west side of the street start
ed to catch a ride on a passing truck,
one of the men q little ahead of the
other. The first man had passed in
front of the car and had reached the
truck~all right and the other was about
to cross the track to jump on with his
companion when he was struck. 1t was
nearly dark at the time. He was
picked up unconscious and taken to
the hospital, where it was found that
his skull was fractured at the base.
$27 in money was found upon his per-
son and an empty brown envelope
resembling a pay envelope with $3.50
marked on the outside. There was also
written ON it the name Josie Amato,
which is supposed to be the mans name,
but he was still unconscious at a late
hour last night, and no one had ap-
| peared to identify him. DR.. Stark
weather of the hospital said late last
night that the mans condition was very
critical and doubts are entertained as
| to his recovery. The passengers who
| were on the car say that it was i'm
| possible for the man to get across the
| udCh 81 Nlose " INC ihoHIilS Cal, anu
| say that the car was running slowly al
the time and was coming to a stop and
| the motorman did his best to avert
the accident, so that no blame can
be attached to the motorman or con-
ductor. Superintendent Donlan of the
Whitney avenue line arrived on the
scene shortly after the accident. The
| railroad employees summoned DR.
Wright, who soon came, and the am
| bulance also summoned and the injured
man quickly taken to the hospital.
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Formal Challenge Sent.

London, Sept. 23.-Charles Day Rose
who. recently sent to the Americas cup
committee of the New York Yacht club
an informal challenge FOR race for
the cup next year, was seen to-day by
representative of the United Press
Mr.. Rose informed the reporter that
formal challenge had been sent
through the Victoria Yacht club, but be-
yond this would say nothing. The re-
porter at Ryde, Isle of Wight, of the
United Press telegraphs that the pre-
liminary challenge was cabled by Percy
Thellusson, secretary of the Royal Vic
toria Yacht club. The purport of the
challenge has already been announc-
ed
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mrsrERIoU Us1r FOUND CHECK.


Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 23.-Michael
Francis has forwarded to the widow of
General George A. Custer, who was kill
ed by the Indians at the Little Big Horn
in 1876, check for 81, 500 which he found
in the street here last February and has
since retained, not knowing what to do
with it. The check is payable to Gen
eral Custer, is dated June 25, 1876, and is
signed by B. l.. Smith, the then assist
ant paymaster of the army. The check
is torn and soi1ed, but is perfectly clear
in the essential parts. 1T bears no evil
dence of ever having been paid. 1t is
thought to he a remittance on account
of salary from the war department to
General Custer. A singular coincidence
| is that the date of the check and the
| date upon which General Custer was
killed in the massacre of the Little Big
| Horn are identical.
| 1t is thought that the check must
have been mailed from Washington be-
fore the news of the massacre had been
received, but who received it and where
it has been since are, of course, mys-
| teries.
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MURDER IN STANFORD.
Mrs. Henry Dudley Killed and Then Her
Murderer Cuts His Throat

Stamford, Sept 23.-Mack Simplains,
a negro, about forty years of age, muir
dered Mrs. Henry l.. Dudley and then
committed suicide at $50 this afternoon
on Atlantic street. Simplains was a
widower with three children. He was
plumber, but got drunk and did not
work to-day. He talked about commit
ting suicide to his friends, but little
heed was paid to him.
Mrs. Dudley was walking up Atlantic
street with a bundle, when Simplains
met her. What passed no one knows.
Some think Simplains was angered be
cause she rejected his advances. 9th
ers say that he blamed her for scan
dalous talk concerning himself. DR..
Francis ]. Rogers was on the piazza of
his house near by and saw the woman
stagger forward. She ran about fifty
| feet with blood gushing from her throat
| and then fell.
| Simplains, holding a bloody razor,
watched her a moment and as soon as
| she had fallen he drew the razor across
| his own throat, severing the jugular
| vein. The woman died at her home half
an hour later. Mrs. Dudley was good
| looking mulatto woman. Her husband
is truckman and we'll known through
out the state, having appeared at coun-
| ty fairs as the artful dodger, letting
| people throw baseballs at his head for
lcigars Dudley and his wife frequently
quarrelled and have figured in trials in
the city court. Lately they have been
living in peace.
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Banquet to G. Edward Osborn.

The employees of the Register last
evening gave a complimentary banquet
to G. Edward Osborn, foreman of the
mechanical department. of the paper,
at the Sea View hotel at Savin Rock.
Mr.. Osborn has resigned his position
as foreman and will enter other busi-
ness A very pleasant evening was
spent. Colonel n. G. Osborn was toast
master and the following gentlemen
were present: City Editor James F.
Scott, Reporters William Sheffield,
William r. Clark, Augustus F. Maher,
Mr.. Starkweather. H. NJ. Sedgwick and
Thomas f. keenan,, Advertising Agent
Thomas Norman; also George F.
Booth. Sedgwick b. Page, StereotypeT
E. F. Young. Samuel Hallisay and Mr..
Schneider.
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the board of councilmen at its last meet
ing OF sheet asphalt or brick pave
ment for West Chapel street he said he
should prefer the latter,
w. II. Douglass and number of 9TH
ers Also favored sheet asphalt lie also
presented petition representing 5,O651
feet in favor of sheet asphalt as against
about 2,700 feet favoring vitrified brick,
and that property owners representing
| 1 ITS feet had been converted from vitri-
fed brick to eheet asphalt. One of the
principal men who had changed his
mind was L. A. Beecher, the father OF
the remonstrance against sheet asphait'
and a number of others.
In executive session the committee
unanimously voted to recommend sheet
asphalt for West Chapel street, and this
report will be submitted to the special
meeting of the board of aldermen to-
night.
| The signers of the late remonstrance
against the paving of Ashmun street
with vitrified brick sent communlca-
ton to the committee ton streets asking
the committee to grant to the residents
of the street and the parties in interest,"
a further hearing in the matter in the
hope and belief that the committee Will
reverse it's action in executive session
and will recommend that the street be
properly graded, that the street be paw
ed with vitrified brick, that the pave
ment be laid on a six-inch concrete
Foundation, and that the taxpayers be
permitted to choose whether to pay
Their share when the pavement Is made
| and the assessment is laid, or IN Ten
equal annual installments with interest
at 4 per cent. on deferred payments.
This conclusion was arrived at because,
as ex-Judge Sheldon stated, the street
was the worst in the city and the city
government had decided not to lay any
more Telford pavements or harden any
more streets in the city.
Despite the fact that some OF the re-
lmonstranits had changed their minds IN
Preference to a vitrified brick pavement
for the street, there Were still others
who held out In their objection TO the
| same. Among those were Theodore
Strecker Joseph Nett and Patrick Cor
bett, who claimed that the property
lowners on the street were in the main
poor people, who were unable to pay
l tOr any Improvement oS ShiS r. S1S--S
ttime.
| General e. E. Bradley argued in favor
of a better pavement for the street and
said that if vitrified brick was too ex-
pensive some less expensive pavement
lought to be laid or the street hardened,
At present, he said, Ashmun street was
either mudhole or a sandbank, and
1.-The citys business interests required
that some Improvement should be made
on the street and tn Immediately.
, In executive session the committee
, | voted to table both the petition and re-
, monstrance
II The petitions Of Francis Healy, Joseph
, Spring and William Floyd were grans-
ed, that Of L. j. Matthews referred to
the committee on manufacturing and
commercial interests. and the commu-
inica.tion of the mayor in reference to
street pavements referred to the fire
marshal.
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tween the two organizations In Kings
that both be admitted, the regular del
egation to have two-thirds of the votes
and the shepardites the remaining one
third. The committee resolved to rec
ommend to the convention the selec-
ton of five pointed black star as the
emblem of the democratic party In this
state.
The committee named Hon. Perry
Belmont of New York as temporary
chairman of the convention which is
to convene at noon. The committee
adjourned until tomorrow, when it is
understood the scheme for charging
the membership of the state commit
tee will be considered. After the COM
mitttee had adopted the preliminary
roll of the convention Robert Grier
Monroe and John Jeroleman, president
of the New York board of aldermen,
representing the state democracy or
ganization in New York city, appeared
| at the door of the room in which the
committee was meeting in executive ses-
sion and stated that they wished to
present the contest of their organiza-
| the committee had already adopted the
preliminary roll and proceeded to other
business and that their contest would
have to be presented to the convention
tomorrow. Herman Bidder of the
German-Americans is here and had
a look at the proposed excise plank
He thought it would satisfy the Ger
man voters. He said if the state democ-
racy were admitted the German-Ameri-
can Reform association would be fol
the democratic ticket.
John J. Jeroleman said tonight: ''We
| 0he state democracy will be seated
| in the convention without any doubt
We have positive assurance to that eff
feet. They dare not do otherwise, The
democratic party Of this state needs al
the votes it can get in this coming elec
ton and we have big following. 1
we were refused admittance our peopl'
would resent it at the polls. We wan
no pickering on city matters. If we arr
treated properly you will find the stat
democracy in line with the rest"
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Drlfted for Five Weeks.

New York, Sept. 23.-On board the
Columbian Line steamer Advance, which
arrived at her pier this morning from
Colon, We're Mate Thompson and four
seamen of the condemned schooner Ann
E. Valentine. The sailors told an un-
usual story of suffering and privation.
The Ann E. Valentine left Mobile, lum-
ber-laden, for Port Limon, Costa Rica,
on May Is. On July 13 she put into
Colon in distress. For five weeks she
had been drifting helplessly in the
caribbean Sea, buffeted by the waves
and weather. Provisions ran short.
and when she finally reached the port
of Colon both officers and crew were
in an exhausted condition. At Colon
the vessel was condemned and the cap
tain remained there to look after the
interests of her owners. The Ann E.
alentine was a certer-bOard schooner,
and was owned by James Stafford of
this city. She was of 244 tons burden.
and was built at Port Jefferson. L. l..
in 1866. She was afterwards rebuilt
at Quaco, n. B.
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Beaten hv Englisnm On.

Philadelphia, Sept. 23.-The Oxford
Cambridge cricketers beat the Gentle
men of Philadelphia in the match which
has been in progress since Friday.
The PhiladeIphians scored 230 runs in
their first inning and 1873 in their sec
ond-a total of 372. The Englshmen
made 1856 runs in their first inning,
and when they went in to-day for their
second inning they wanted 217 runs to
win. They scored 220 runs with two
wickets to spare. The heat throughout
the match was terrific and was serious
ly felt by the players of both teams,
but more especially by the Englshmen.
The spectators also suffered severely
from the same cause. Nevertheless
there were $500 persons present. From
the start it was evident the English
men were determined to pull out the
match if possible as from first to last
they all played on the defensive when
the ball was on the wicket and only hit
out when it was off.
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A SING ULAR CASE.
Swallowed Hornet and Badly Stung UpoI
the Tonsils.

Bridgeport, Sept. 23.-Mrs. Mary Wa
ters of Steuben street was Saturday
morning eating a pair. A hornet lit
on it just as she was taking a bite.
Rather than lose the fruit she swal-
lowed the insect, which stung her upon
the tonsils. Intense pain followed, her
throat became paralyzed and she lost
all power of speech. Her physician re-
lieved the pain, but her speech has not
yet returned The injury is not consid-
cred permanent, but it is most re-
markable case. Mrs. Waters is an ac-
complished vocalist and sings in a
choir here.
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Lumber Blown in the Lake.

Menominee, Mich, Sept. ga lorna
do swept over this city last night
blowing several million feet of 1um-
Der into the lake and river. Much of
trees were uprOoted, dwellings unroof-
ed, fronts of stores broken and wires
pros srated. The loss is 100000.
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To Confer with the dive

Constantinople, Sept. 23.-M. Nelidoff,
the Russian ambassador to Turkey, has
gone to Alexandria with the knowl-
edge of the sultan to confer with the
khedive.
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Continued on Third Page
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-07
MINES AND MINING.

Our total copper production in 1890
was 1860 tons.
The hyacinth is found in Maine and
the lake regions.
The moonstone exists in North Caro-
lima and Georgia.
Tin is known to exist in half dozen
different localities.
In 1891 the country produced S,279 $40
tons of pig iron.
Mica is found in North Carolina,
Georgia and elsewhere.
Obsidian exists in large quantities In
New Mexico and Arizona.
The turquois has been found in New
Mexico and Arizona.
Grains of platinum have been found
in Colorado and California.
Jasper is found abundantly in the
lake regions and elsewhere.
Labradorite has been found in North
Carolina and Mich gan.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-07

plain why Nebraska farmers and all
other farmers and all other people will
spend their time and money and mind
force in reaching out for reforms that
can come only by evolution, that are
beyond the reach of the individual,
while those practical reforms which are
within the reach of the individual are
overlooked and neglected from year to
year and from generation to genera
tion. 1t has always been true. not only
among farmers, but among all classes
q new system that changes radically
the detail of their business affairs, or
the everyday routine of their lives
If you ask me to prophesy as to when
all the farmers of western Nebraska
will be initiating these alfalfa farmers
of the Republican and Beaver valleys;
when they will shake off the environ
ment of l5-cent corn and 50-cent wheat
and inaugurate in their stead system
of meat production that will lift every
mortgage and put every farmer on his
feet financially, then l say, knowing as
l do the indefatigable grit and the pro-
gressive spirit of Nebraska people;
knowing that the record of this farm
ing state in the last twenty years for
progressive development, is not equaled
and is not excelled by any community
of farmers in the world, in ten years
from now our valleys will all be green,
our uplands will all be subsoiled, and
our $50. 900. 900 bushels of annual corn
yield will be consumed and converted
into meat on the farms where it is pro-
duced. The campaign against the
grain speculator is already begun, not
by the blathering politician, not in the
brawls of political jealousy, but at the
homes of industrious, peace-loving men,
where cows give rich milk, and where
white honey from the alfalfa meadows
is on the farmers table.
Now l can't talk alfalfa l don't
know the points. lam only u student
am trying to learn about it and in my
Investigations am simply recording
results as | find them where the indus
try has been inaugurated. lam not
farmer and do not presume to lecture
farmers or give them advice. But
love Nebraska and / believe in its fu-
ture. l believe that every man who
has farm home in this state and who
holds onto it, will see the day not far
in the future when there will be plenty
of buyers and few sellers of Nebraska
land and when the farmers here will
be surrounded with such conditions of
comfort that they will feel amply re-
paid for all the anxiety of these hard
times. In my next letter from this
point will relate the results of alfalfa
according to the experience of the DALI
brothers and the Ashton brothers here,
and I will try to give as have received
from them, some of the practical de-
tails necessary to success in the raising
of alfalfa and in making money on
western Nebraska land.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-07
self-E..lngulsment of Fires.

The several kinds Of automatic fire
sprinklers now in use in many large es-
Establishments afford familiar examples
Of self-extinguishment Of fires. There
Is, however, nothing unexpected about
their action; they are designed specially
to put out fires, and when the sprinkler
heads Of fusible metal let go, and the
flames underneath are deluged with wa
ter, we have simply the legitimate OUT
come of what was figured upon when
the sprinkler system was put In. But
there are a number of instances on rec
ord where the means of fire extinguish-
ment were wholly unlocked for and
Of purely accidental character. One Of
these was furnished several years ago
in q large church where fire, caused
by spontaneous combustion in store
room, melte1 the lead water pipes, and
the water issuing from them quenched
the flames. A similar instance happen
ed in tinsmith's shop. Some sheet
metal pals which had been made there,
were retul,.ed by the purchasers with
the complaint that they were not tight.
The maker lesoldered them, and, in orr
der to test his work, filed them with
water and hung them upon hooks
screwed into the shop ceiling. During
the noon hour, fire heated the upper
part Of the room so that the handle fas-
tening became unsoldered, and the
dropping Of the pals Of water put out
fire. Again, in the engine room of a
certain factory some oily cotton waste,
left on top Of steam pump, set fire to
the wooden tagging around the steam
cylinders and part of the steam sup
ply pipe, where it melted the soldered
attachment Of an automatic oiling de-
vice. The steam from this pipe es-
capped through the small tubes formerly
leading to the oiling apparatus, and
speedily extinguished the fames.-Cas.
sier's Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-07
THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
An Unassuming Young Man Who Makes
Erienda.

Everybody votes the Duke of Marlborough
a good fellow. He has made a very pleasant
impression In New York. The men and
women of society like him, the Willie boys
Initiate his garments and his manners, the
girls say he Is ga darling" and the report.
ers, who are perhaps the seyerest critics, and
whose verdict Is entirely dlsinterested, say
that he Is very agreeable, unassuming
young gentleman. He puts on no airs, put
for q boy of 3d. who has seen but little OF
the world and is placed in a most trying po;
sition, he has maintained quiet, well-bred
dignity that furnishes very favorable con,
trast to some Of the nobility who have come
over here to reinforce their titles with our
millions. His appearance is not Impressive,
and he is not very good looking, and ne
hasn't the bone and Drawn of the traditional
Briton. On the contrary, he is rather under
size but has fresh. healthy complexion,
frank and affable manners, and talks In a
pleasant. unassuming boyish way about his
experiences and impressions that Is quite
charming. The duke takes a sensible view
of his arrest In Central Park the other day,
when he violated the regulations about bicy-
Gle riding. He was ignorant of the rules,
and was quite unconscious Of wrong.doing,
and admits that the policeman was only per-
forming his duty.
His grace purchased four large white mules
during his recent visit to Kentucky, and In
tends to drive them four in hand to drag
when he returns to Blenheim. 1t was an
Idea of his own. and he thinks SIT will be u
great co.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-07
MISSING LINKS.

The maximum age assigned to the
pine is 700 years.
A cannon ball fired from one of the
great Krupp or Armstrong guns travels
nt the speed of 2,887 feet per second.
According to figures and statistics
prepared by the provost marshal the
wars of the past thirty years have
blotted out 2,5OO,OOO lives.
Observations recently made on .
criminal beheaded in France proved
that the heart beats continued for six
minutes after the ak fell.
The number of volleys fired over .
soldiers grave depends upon the num-
ber of companies in the regiment, each
company firing one volley.
Among every 1000 inhabitants in the
United States there is an average Of 381
who are under 16; in France there are
only 27O such to the 1000.
At the present time some 300 work.
men are engaged in overhauling Low
ther castle, in preparation for the visit
of the German emperor in August.
L'Abeille (the Bee), the French news
paper of New Orleans, has Just entered
upoh ehc oeSeHlietH year VI llS pun
lication. 1t is buzzing at lively rate
still
II the Atlantic ocean could have .
layer Of water 5000 feet deep removed
from its surface is would only reduce
the width of that great body of water
one-half.
A business firm on the third floor of
a Market street building in Philadel-
phia in which there is no elevator re-
joices in the name of swalkup Broth
ers."