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sbelton,s Annual Meeting.

Shelton, March 1.-The annual bor, ough meeting was convened in the towr hall at 2 o'clock this afternoon. War. den Bartholomew called the meeting tc order and appointed Andrew Dean box tender and Charles Kimberly checker
 On motion of William Holmes the re- port of the borough officials, as print ed, was accepted,
 On motion of Judge Tomlinson a tax of 8 mills on the forthcoming grand list of the borough, payable and to be col lected as last year, was voted.
 On motion of MT. Holmes the matter of making a contract with the Derby Gas company for a period not to exceed five years, and at price not to exceed the present price, for the lighting of the streets, was referred to the borough board with power to act
 Charles s. Sprague was by unani- nous vote admitted to the freedom of the borough on property qualifications.
 On motion of N. l.. Biever an arc light was ordered to be placed on the corner of Myrtle street and Huntington avenue.
 No further business appearing the meeting was adjourned.
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WARNER AT LARGE.
Escaped From the Insane AsvJuro.

Burton H. Warner, who in October last was committed to the insane re- treat at Middletown by a judge of the superior court, before whom he was tried for theft, has escaped from the in- stitution, and it was learned yesterday was seen around his home at Highwood in Hamden as late as Sunday after noon.
 Warner is a young man twenty-five years of age. He was arrested last fall on the charge of stealing a bicycle valued at $125 from Albert A. Hall, a bicycle dealer, 1S0 Goffe street, who re- ceived notice yesterday from Superin- tendent Olmstead of the retreat of War ner's escape from a second story win dow by means of rope made of pieces of his bedding.
 Warner succeeded in convincing the jury that he was insane, though the local police believe he was shamming.
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Many Patents Amectei.

Washington, March 1.-The supreme court of the United States to-day in an opinion read by Justice Harlan decided that the date of issue, and not the date of application for an American patent, determines whether or not it expires CO., incidentally with foreign patent granted for the same invention. The decision was made in the case of the Bate Refrigerating company versus Ferdinand Sulzberger ct all, certified from the court of appeals for the second circuit, which asked the supreme court to. decide, The decision affects adverse ly many patents, notably in connection with the use of the telephone, the cleo trlc light and many other valuable in- ventions, all told, 1t is estimated, rep resenting six hundred millions of capi- tai, which are by the decision held to have expired.
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Commotion in couch covers. The Roman silk kind selling at 69c.
 VALLEY, NELLY & co.
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COMMISSIONERS APPoINTED

Judge Cleaveland of the probate court yesterday appointed William R. Clark and Philip Pond, 2d, commissioners on the insolvent estate of Dennis L. Gar vey. the newsletter who made an as- signment a short time ago. On the es- tate of T. A. Wyre & Co.,, the Church street clothiers, Harry w. Asher and Isaac Wolfe were appointed commis- sioners.
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Trotter.

James A, McEnerney of Derby sold his trotter, Gratz, to D. S Gamble of New Haven yesterday. He purchased the animal at the Tattersall sale in Madison Square Garden last week. The price paid for the trotter by the New Havener Is not disclosed. Gratz was bred by H. c. Hutchcrof of Paris, Ky, and received the record of 2:17A last year. She was sired by Bourbon Wilkes and the dam was Kate Hen deson. The pedigree is a long one and the names of fast trotters appear on the document
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COURT RBoORD.

City Court--Crlminal side-Judge Callahan.
 Richard H. Williams, non support continued until April ~ Charles w Hawley, keeping gaming house, con- tinued until March 3; Alfonzo Frazier, Jacob A. Moore and Elias Hamilton, gaming, continued until March 9; Adol- phus D. Fuller, gaming, s20 fine, $2S4 costs; Maria Lane, soliciting, continued until March 5; Frank Murray. begging, thirty days in jail, $5.42 costs; Tony Rogers and Michael Ambros, breach of peace, $5 fine, $S.92 costs each; Daniel Cavanagh, breach of the peace, contin- ued until March g.
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St. Iohn,s Catholic olnh.

At the regular monthly meeting of the St. Johns Catholic club on Sunday last the several committees reported New committees were appointed for a fair to take place after Lent, and for an excursion the coming summer. The officers of the former are John Stars, chairman; Charles F. Hauser, secretary. and M T. Mckay, treasurer. MT. William Burke is chairman of the ex- cursion committee. The meeting ad- journed until p. m. next Sunday for g. special report of the committees.
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Conrt Nntea.

The March term of the common pleas court, criminal side, came in, yesterday morning and immediately adjourned to March IS, when a jury will be sum moned In and the cases disposed Of
 In the probate court yesterday Judge Cleaveland appointed E. M. Somers trus- tee and F. A. Southworth and Samuel N. Reed appraisers on the insolvent estate of H. M. Martin, the grocer Will liam R. Clark and Philip Pond, 2d were appointed commissioners on the insol- vent estate of Dennis l.. Garvey, the newsdealer, and Harry w. Asher and Isaac Wolfe on the estate of T. A. Wyre & Go.
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Tho Patent. Sustained

Washington, March 1.-The patent of the National Cash Register company was sustained in the supreme court of the United States to-day by Justice Brown. The judgment of the United States court for Massachusetts that the patent of the Boston Cash Indicator company was not an infringement was reversed.
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My son, I understand you went be- hind the scenes at the theater last night" "Yes, father; I wanted to see the play. The theater hats before the scenes were so big I had to do it."- Harper's Bazar.
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EDWARD BURGESS.

Wide Experience-Have you had much experience as cook? "oi hev, ma'am. Oi had seventeen places lasht year, ma m-Harper's Bazar.
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Ano,her Currency Hill.

WAsHINaToN, Jan 22--Iu Senator
Jones iaaDcial and currency bill, INTRO
duced today, authority is given to the
secretary of the treasury to Issue $780,.
0t0,0O0 bonds payable In coin of stand.
ard value for bearing interest,". The bonds
are to mature 30 years from date, and
may be redeemed In 90 years. The pro-
creds of the bonds are to be useo TO
defray the current expenses OF the gov
ernmeut and for the redemption of
United States legal tenders and irss.urs
notes issued under the act of July IA,
1890. The bonds are to be of the de-
nominations of $50 and $50, and mu ii :.
plies and be free from taxes. They must
be paid for in gold, or the secretary may
accept United States notes and treasury
notes under the act OF 1890. National
banks may issue circulating notes OF the
amount of bonds deposited With the sec-
retary of the treasury and the tax on such
circulation is reduced to one fourth of
per cent.
Section 8 provides that no national
hank shall retire Its circulation without
written authority fro;a the secretary of
the treasury.
Section says national banks desiring
to retiring the whole or any part of their
notes are required to deposl,
gold coin equal to the amount of the
notes to be rerired, and at all times keep
ou deposit with the treasurer If the
United States. in gold coin, sum equal
to 8 per cent Of their outstanding notes
to be used for the redemption OF such
notes
Sections g and Z provide for the dis.
placement OF all national bank and United
ates Treasury notes of denominations
ess than $40 with silver certificates.
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Japaues at Yuus Chang .

SHANGHAI. Jan. 24-The japanese
transport Sdbuaa Aaru. which returned
10 Uk'na yesterday. reports that she eft
the Gulf of Tallen~Wsn Saturday, JAM
uary 10. with other Japanese tr,nsports,
escorted by warships, and arrived of
Yuog Chang, not far from Sh.ug Tuue
peninsula. at daybreak Sunday, January
go. The Ya Yema and Other japanese
warshlps then landed detachments of
marines. who met with feeble res stance
from Chinese troops, supported bv tour
guns. mouuted ashore The fire of these
Runs was answered from the Japanese
boats. and -ths- -Caiaese- -wcrc c-vveuruaffy
disoersed when the guns OF the japanese
warships opened Ere upon them A
Japanese 'anding was effected without
any loss beng us'sined by the invaders
and the four guns previously mentioned
we're captured by marines landed from
the Ya- Yema. Immediately aferw rds
the la0ding OF the ,panese troops beeaD
and was yearly completed when the
Sabsma Maru left Yung Cnang Monday
ssi
Two Eeglish women, one German
woman and one Chinese wnmau. VIM
were found In charge of the Snan Tunp
lighthouse, we're placed un'ier the same
Day rs they have been receiving. and
weIe instructed 10 the interest of the
commercial and other traffic ut sea, tn
keep the light burning.
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Anxious Tor War.

CRY OF MEXICO, Jan 22-Af,er a very
stormy cabinet meeting last pight, Presi-
dent Diaz notified Guatemala through lite
minister, that he would not concede one
iota. Guatemala would have to give 10
to Mexico's demands OF suffer the G. pse.
quencss. Other Central American
representatives at the meeting made 0
statement to President Diaz that tbey
understood Mexico was trying to grasp
Central American Territory D az denied
The ass. rtion, and stated that Mexico
sould have her rights. and the boundsr,
tines should be as Mexico claims, but that
Mexico bad all the territory she needed.
1t looks as If the other Central American
republics were behind Guatemaia All
governmrn Students are marching In tn,
streets with bands. and shouting .Vlvs
Mexicop' Viva Disz!" and "On to
Guatemala"
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representative par. of our republic
government. Those who do not be-
l,eve in the caucus should exercise or
dinary decency and stay our; and not
60 into the convention to subver. its
objects and thus throw discredit upon
the patriotic duty of ob-dience
which is the cornerstone of all Assem-.
blies of free people.
1t is indicative of final victory for
Mr.. Dolph to hold his ~ votes. winch
be did in the had ballot today. Asw.l
be observed the opposition scatters and
are merely obstrpctionists, who are
willing to do anything to defeat Dolph.
If they would consolidate on any one
candidate they would be much
stronger, and the people might be in
duced to believe that they were vo,-
ing against the senior senator be-
cause they conscientlously preferred an
other man for the position. But the
scattering votes for different men
seems somewhat similar TO guerrilla
warfare on the caucus nominee, and
shows the absence of any motive ex-
cspt that of the disintegration of the
Republican party and the defeat of its
candidate.
There was a small revolution in
Honolulu the beginning of the year; but
it was boon quelled and quiet again
reigna Kanakas are not very difficult
to govern, and this ls the frs: distur-
bsnce that the new government has
been called upon to put down. Presi
dent Dole is man of great force of
character, and the monarchy will not
be restored while he remains in the ex
eoutive chair. He may not have q
large army at command; hut it will not
take many to maintain peace in the
islands. This revolution was of short
duration, and about dozen of the 200
rebels were killed, when the rest
either dispersed or were captured.
The leaders were white men and half
breeds, and without their mischievous
meddling the natives would never have
attempted any subversion of the uling
power.
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n araer aad snicide.

R"sEauRe. Jan. as-F'om legal papers
u appears that murder WAS committed
Smith river last week, and that the
nnrrerer afierwHrd COMMITTED suicide.
From the evidence taken it appears tina,
Jnnn N,btIg killed "Taarfoot" johnson.
Monday or Tuesday of iast werk, and r
ew dsvs af,erward k,Iled himself Nj
.-rR was Of peculiar disposition. Rep
VI Kinney went to N'berg's house Issr
Friday and knocked tor sdmittaBce se,.
raj times. BE heard Niberg moving
about the house and presently Q gun WAS
discharged. Mckinney did DO. stop t..
make any 'ur'her inquiry. but at ono.
gave the alarm. Af'-ra ards. r b.r
Buckney. special co.s'ahl- and Hcnr,
Winnes broke into N berg's house and
found him lying on the bed, dead.
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Blue Jackc1s ,n Che.koo

LONDON. Jan. 28-A dispatch from
Che Foo says that sailors from all foreign
warships have been landed to protect the
consuiates.
Advices to the Pail NaA Gazette, under
date OF December 4, published th after
0oon, report that a panic existed then
among the inhabrsnts of One. Foo, on
account of the profanity of Japanese sol~
diers to the city. The Chinese troops
were said to be upon the point OF mutiuy
IL Is added that owing to plomat,c OBJ
jectlons the pan Was not tv land any
"iu+jackeis from foreign wsrsbips With
out urgent necessity for 50 dong, bnr
slgDalmen ashore and afuat were to Re
uain on the lookout day and night.
The correspondent says: "A,l male
foreigners. numbering about 30, are
armed, and are able to hold the Chinese
10 check until help arrives, but God helu
outlying American misslons."
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Both Were Killed.

sPRAsUR. Wash Jan. 24-News of q
fatal. shooting sc:ape at Condon's Ferry
ON the Columtis river, 10 miles north of
Wilbur. yesterday. has just been received.
Willism Condon, better known as wild
Goose Bill" became involved in dis
pute with man regarding some cattle.
Both men pulled their guns and COM
mrnced shooting. "Wild Goose Bill"
tell dead at the first shot. His assailant
was fatally wounded, dying soon after :.
Word was taken to Wilbur by courier,
and r Reeves. Of that city, telegraphed
the facts to Judge Wallace Mount The
coroner has been notified, and will pro-
ceed to Wilbur at once. CondoD was u
pioneer il this part of the country.
having lived at his home on tho CO.
lumbia for more than Is years. He wss
possessed of considerable property, and
was orc of the most noted characters of
The northwest,
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SANTA Rosa. Jan :4-Reporrs of the
dsmage done by the recent f,ods COO.
lnue to come in. II ls beueved that tn 4.
'ast storm is the most damag ng of any
mad In Snnoms county for 80 years.
Mark West creek OVERT ,wed It's banks
nearly destroying two large Wagon
bridges and cutting up the roads so thar
they are i'm passabie for miles.
Com mdhunication with the unfortunate
town OF Guernville, has been re-es,ab
llshed by telephone. Il will be at leasr
10 days before train service can be re
sumed in that part of the country, ss
miles of track are gone.
The water in Guerneville. which is
higher than 1t had been in 85 years, has
uOt yet receded, and people are travelling
about the place in boats The Grand
C'ntral hotel Is the highest building 10
own, and the water Ia within eigbt
inches of the floor.
II Is Imposslo ole to tell the extent, of
damage done. TIE loss of household
goods and provisions alone Is very large
Fbe Sonoma Lumber Company 10
damaged by the loss of lumber fully
$4,000. A number of hou-es turn. d
over by landslides and the food the first
day OF the storm have swept away.
Three. quarters of q mile irum Guerne-
vile Sam Varner's fami had an almost
miraculous escape from death They
saw a landslide coming and rushed to the
barn for protection. Tney had bnr.' y
lett the house when it was struck. by the
slide and crushed intn hundred piece -.
Tho next moment the entire structure
slid into Russian river and flo tied away.
At Ri!ey's mill. five miles away, a large
hotel Was demolished by a landslide
The water is 10 feeet deep on the railroad
bridge and report has just neen received
'ha, it has broken away from the banks
and Is gong to pieces. The wagon
bridge is still intact, but may 20 at any
time.
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Commenced K,otip..

PAssAIo, N. j.. jan. 22-The striking
employees of the Algonquin mills, to the
number of 200, have commenced r,oting.
They marched around the streets, headed
by their leaders. carrying banners aud
followed oy crowd of sympatblzers.
When the new hands came to work, they
were .urroanded by strikers. A number
of Rirls were met on the Passaic street
brid se over the canal, and roughly ham
died. A group of rioters surrounded
nom union weavers 10 Passsic street, and
threatened to throw them isto the canal.
If they attempted to go to work. Only
SIX looms were running in the mill ves-
,erday, the other bands bavipg been
frightened away. At noon the came
scene was repeated. A weaver. who at
tempted 10 GET into the mill. was knocked
down with club and kicked in the face
and ribs. One of bis .yee was closed.
and his head was cut as though he had
been struck with hatchet. The police
are or guard at the mill. The chairman
of the state board of arbitration will .ry
to effect settlement. The cause of the
strike was ID per cent reduction in
wages.
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TELEeRAPH1O NEWS.
BEGINNING Of the End.

BROOKLYN, Jan. "a The beginning oi
the en1 OF the great trolley strike wai
reached today. The strikers played their
last card yesterday In ordering out the
electrical workmen ON all lines affected
They announced that the roads would be
paralJ zed today by the lack of men com
petent to repair trolley wires. Whole
sale wirecutting took place during the
night, and many lipemen obeyed the
order to quit work. Tnis gave the COM
panies more trouble, and several lines
which bave been operated for several
DAYS, were tied up for time in the early
morning. They were started after repairs
hsd been made BY new men and by those
wto refused to 60 out. The companies
started new lines today, and while nor
NAL traffic is not yet restored, cars are
travel, but smaller branches to outlying
districts and across town lines are still
idle.
GreenpOint today saw Its Hrst car for
10 days, and its protesting citiz.ns who
yesterday demanded forfeiture OF char
ters, are somewhat modified. Law and
order is net yet established, tn 'ugh cars
are able to run with some degree Of safety
to their eccupsots, It is definitely de
cided that no more troops now here are
expected to restore order.
Fifty non uoion men left Flushing
avenue stables this morning to open the
cross. town line The cars were guarded
by four policemen and the Eighth bat
talon. The first car which left the
stables was held up at franklin street
and Greenpoint avenue by strikers, Ali
the windows were broken, but the police
used their clubs freely and the car was
taken through the mob. The motormsn
was bit by brick sod flying glass. but
no one else was injured A. o'clock
the Court. 81 rect car was stoned ut Hamil-
ton and Court streets. The crowd was
by the police.
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A Second Avalanche.

sIss ms. Cal Jan 28-Sunday . south
hound passenger train is still Imprisoned
in the driits, numerous snowslides block
ing the track between Sissons anu Dups
muir.
While workmer were clearing the big
slide near Soda Springs. another avalanche
came down ths mountain. The work.
men escaped, but the tools were lost -.
Tne second slide is 1900 feet long. aver
aging 80 feet deep. and is composed of
.now, debris and big pine trees.
All wires have been down for the last
two days, bur Geographic communication
was re established this MOI oiLg Numer
ous slides throughout the day have
broken the wires 10 many places.
The imperia, japanese consul to Port.
'and with bis wife is among the snow
bound passengers.
Indications are that the blocks ade will
continue for four davs more. as anow Ia
Ia ling. 10 the last 80 hours 10 teet OF
snow fell, making 16 feet of snow now
IN level. The fall for The season il SO
feet. which Is unprecedented In this coun
try.
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AnOt her Man L. Shut.

BROOKLYN. Jan. 23-At least one life
has been acriced by the strike of the
notormen and conductors of the trolley
ines Henry Aims, who for disregarding
a command to halt, was shot by tn.
militia last night, died today. The in.
jured can be counted by scores. but mos,
have been kept under cover In order thai
they may not be prosecuted by the polio.
for creating disturbances.
This Is the tenth day of the big strike.
aud still the result hangs in the balance
The railroad companies can operate their
lines as far as mechaplcsl arrangements
60, but up to the present they have Sc
cured onlv about 400 new mss.
At 10. As o'clock car NJ. SO4. nf the
Court street line, and 800. of the II ,se,.
stree, Iiue, came down Third avenue TO
the Fifty eight street depot. There were
25 nop- union men on each car, drawo
from the Court and Halsey- street lines.
Four police officers rods on the cars.
while two mounted policemen rode in
the rear of each Car The cars we're e.-
corted by compau es l and F. of the
Second regiment, while two other com.
panies of the same regiment guarded the
Flfty-eight street depot. Both cars were
run into the Fifty. eighth street depot,
through crowds OF str kers, who j-ered
and booted the non union men. the
strikers were d iyen off by the troops,
end the windows and doors of houses IL
the vicinity ordered closed The police
drove workmen employed on q number
of new buildings. in course of erection on
Fifty sixth and FIfty-seventh streets from
tbe buildings, and placed guard of pc.
llcemen there TO prevent the strikers from
carry ing off the material used In con
srucrIou of buildings, for purposes OF
obs'ruc'ing tracks.
A committee of cit zens of the seven
teenih ward who were appointedst mass
ueeflnR, held last night, waited 90 the
mayor this afternoon and asked that I'M
mediate relief be afforded them. Rev.
DR. Lsven was the principal spokesman.
The following resolutions, which were
adopted at q meeting last night, were
presented:
Resolved, That We project agairst the
monster monopoly of the railroad systems
OF cur city, and that they he compelled
by the city authorities to run their cars
In compliance with their charters, and
that In the event of their oon-compl auce
the city authorities take control of the
roads so that the people may have I'm
me iiate and permanent relief. 1t is now
the moth day slncs any Car has been
operated In the Seventeenth ward, and all
business has been practically destroyed
at great loss to our citiz.ns. and we de
mapd immediate relief"