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Connecticut western news., 1896-02-13
Wreck of the Alliance.

GLOUCESTER, Mnss.. Feb. io.-Tbo three mnstcd schooner Allinnca, which loft New York last Sunday, went ashore on Plum ,slnnd and was stove to fragments. four of the crew being saved and three drowned
 The schooner had 400 tons of coal for St
 Johns, N. B., and was commanded by Captain Melons. The captain kept of shore in the teeth of a streakina northeast gale, but he soon heard the whistlinp buoy and sighted Plum island light Be- fore they realized it the schooner struck, 1oated and was driven a mile up tho beach through the breakers. She struck head on, the spnrs came out, and she went to pieces.
 Of the crew washed ashore the survivors are: Charles Campbell aged e7, single. of old Town, Me; Albert Collier, aged 22, of Corduroy, N. F. George Kcofe, agcd 21. of Newfoundland. all seaman, and Mate Andrew Nelson, agcd 29. of Brook lyn.
 The lost arc; Captain Melons of St. Johns, N. H., 90 years, unmarried: John Reed of Calais, Me, aged 2s, and Andrew
 -, cook, of Spring Hill. N. S., aged 70.
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General Markets.

NEW YORK. Eco Ill., FLoUR-State and western quiet and easy; city mills patents, $4.35 G4.5j winter patents. s}.S5It4: city mills clears s4.l5 L4.25 winter straights. &3.attt3.76. wHEAT-No. red psned steady on foreign buying and small official worlds shipments, but weakened under liquidation and absence outside trade: May, 7.Is U7zjac.; June. 7l94 G 72kc.
 CORN-No. was fairly active and easier in sympathy with wheat; February, s6ssc.; May, S6IAG3 Mc.
 OATs-No. 2 dull and nominal; track, white, state, .5 1.8c. track. white, western, 252t2oc. PORK-Dull: mess, Sllnl1.25; fauuily, sll. LARD-DuJl. prime western. steam. s6.eo asked.
 BUTTER-F Firm; state dairy, salsc.; state creamery, l3a. lie.
 CHEESE Steady: state. large, SGlozc. sInall. 6lGl0s4c.
 EGGS-Firrn: state and Pennsylvania, l5Ikc.; western. l41S tl5ISc.
 sUGAR-R.w firm; fair refining, 31Sc.; cen trifugal. e test. 35<c.; refined quiet; crushed, 51fc.: powdered, 5lsc.
 TURPENTINE-Quie at 29I4 2 2934c.
 MOLASSES-Quiet. New Orleans. =0ltS1c.
 RICE Steady; domestic, 3l416c.: Japan. Sss G4o-
 TALLOw-Dull: city, 33zc.: country. S5xc. HAY-Stesdy; shipping. 75aLsoc.; good tc choice 661soc.
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CANAAN. CONN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1896

hotel and daily spoke to him of going to call as friend At last the day be- fore he was to return to New Orleans got him down near Meals home. We passed it six or eight times, and I began to feel foolish at promenading up and down the street. Once he stopped in front of the gate and he put forth his hand to open it, but drew back like a young schoolboy. Then told him that had h. d enough of such fooling and that when we approached again we would have to go in. We came up. opened the gate and pushed him forward up the steps.
 Heavens, governor P" he gasped, "Ring the bell for meP'
 Tom Neal came to the door and greet ed us warmly.
 r "Jack," said he, 1T owe you an apology-have owed you one for years. found outwho did that work with the donkey and I'm syrry ever treated you as did,
 We began to chat of old times, and shortly Alice came down stairs. She was the same girl we had known, only ma tured. felt sure that she had seen us before we entered, for she was dressed in her loveliest. She met Jack not quite like sweetheart, but very tenderly. E It did me good to tell them of Jacks diffidence and what a hard time had to get him to come. They were little displeased that he did not come before, and when we said something about sail ing Alice exclaimed:
 Sailing! What! Are you going back?"
 "Yes," returned Jack demurely, "I start tomorrow.
 Alice hummed to herself moment, then going over to him and taking his hands in her own, said:
 "Well, don't propose that you shall go without me. I have loved you, and you me. You once asked me to be your wife. but we were separated. I know you are too bashful to ask me again, so ask you to be my husband.
 To say that we were surprised is put ting it mildly, but Jack turned to me and said, "Governor, you are @ matchmaker, ,after all "-Chicago News.
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FlFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Summary of the Proceedings In the Sem
 ate and House.

WASHINGTON. Feh. 6.--In the senate a resolution was offered by the committee on foreign affairs recommending the recog- pition of the Cuban insurgents as belliger- ents. Mir. Vest denounced Secretary Nor ton for not distributing free seeds as di- rected by congress. In the house a bill was passed prohibiting prize fights, bull fights, etc., in the territories of the United States and District of Columbia. The District of Columbia bill was sent back to the appropriations committee for amendment. Mir. Dingley opened the de- bate against the senate free coinage bill.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-In the senate yesterday the Catron bill prohibiting prize fighting and similar contests in the terri tories was passed without division. The appropriation bill was discussed. In tho house the silver discussion was continued.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The president approved the Catron antiprize fighting bill, which is now law. In the senate MT. Frye was unanimously elected president pro tenn. Mir. Allen spoke on the Monroe doctrine. The resolution to divide the work of the appropriations committee among several special committees was de- feated. In the house the debate on the silver bill was continued. A resolution was introduced by Mir. Barrett of Massa- chusetts charging Mir. Talbert of South Carolina with treason and sedition on ac- count of the latter's statement that his state had right to secede. The resolu- tion was referred to the judiciary commit tee.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-In the senate yesterday Mir. Smith spoke on the Monroe doctrine. Mir. Cameron introduced reso- lution favuring recognition of Cuban in- dependence Mir. Vest again severely criti- oised Secretary of Agricu ture Morton In relation to the distribution of seeds, claim ing that undue favoritism had been shown toward the state. of Nebraska. In the house the debate on the senate free ooin- age bill was continued and an agreement reached to take a vote on Friday. The nomination of Edwin F. Uhl to be em- bassador to Germany was confirmed by the senate in executive session.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-In the senate Mir. Blanchard of Louisiana spoke on the Monroe doctrine, urging a strong foreign policy. Messrs. Wolcott of Colorado and Lodge of Massachusetts spoke on the pow CT of patronage, denouncing the adminis- tration's civil service DO. Icy. In the house the seed distribution hill was passed. Sev- eral District of Columbia bills were pass ed. Debate on the senate free coinage substitute for the bond bill was contin- ued.
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wr~~s of sh. Florida.

NEwBuRyPoRT, Mass, Feb. i0.-Ths three masted schooner Florida went ashore at Salisbury beaoh, with seven men cling ins to the rigging. Soon sitter the masis gave way, letting the seven occupants Into the sea Two of the bodies were washed ashore-one that of a mulstto. The life saving crew could do nothing, as no boas could stand the seq. The vessel hailed from Belfast. Nc.
 She struck the snndbcd near where the schooner Jennie M. Carter was wrecked a year ago in treacherous spot When first sighted, had the life saving crew beon on the beach, ali could have been landed safe ly. Big bonhrcs were built on the beach and attempts made by fishermen to reaoh the schooner. Bombs with line attached thrown by the life saving crew were not caught by the men op the Florida, wbo wore in bonumbcd condition. Five Of them were on the mizzeninAst. one on the mainmast and the other on Che bowsprit
 Several hundred people saw Che wreck % Io Diccca
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THE BOND ISSUE.
Government Securities Readily Taken by the peopie at Good Premium.

the people at a Good Premium.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-The treasury off, oials have completed the computation of the bids received for the new bond issue. from which 1t appears that tbo amount Of the bids above that of I. F. Morgan and his associates Uio. 6s7l wns S66, 7ss. 6bo, md that the amount which will be award ed to the syndicate will be S83, 2l I $50, or approximately one. third ot the whole is. sue The number of successful bidders is 7sl.
 The fact that two thirds of the entire issue Is found to have been at rates rang. ing above 1i0. 6S7 is something of a sur prise to all who heard the bids announced, but there is no question of the accuracy Of the statement. as all of the bids have been again gone over, and all errors made in the hurry of the day of the opening hayo been corrected.
 Following is list of some of the bids higher than that of the Morgan syndicate:
 New York Life at III, ss 900 900; Han. over National bank, Now York. at no. 7s sl ,00o, 900; same at HOST, si.000. GOO; same at lll.o2. s2 900, GOO; same at lll.1o s1, 1,0o0, 900; Kidder, Peabody & Co.,, Bos. ton. at 1l0.89, sa,0o0, GOO; Kings County Trust company, Brooklyn. at III. 50, s2l0,- 900; Speyer & Co.,, New York nt HOPE. t2,0ou,ouO' same at lllsuO, *S, 5o0,unOi Lazard Freres. New York, nt Il0. 70, t4oo,- 900; Singer Manufacturing company, New York, at 11a75, sb0O,0oo; Seligman & Co.,, New York, at Ill b6, $500, 900; Kuhn, Loeb & Co. at 113, s6b0, 900; Williams burg Savings bank, Brooklyn, at III, $500, 900.
 A statement prepared at the treasury de- partment under the direction of Assistant Secretary Curtis shows that the govern. ment will realize from the new loan s1li.- SIS, ,S36. 97.
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USES OF OZONE.
Valuable For Artificially Aging Liquor or
 Seasoning Wood.

Seasoning wood.
 Ozone is now practically applied for several purposes. Experin epts with it have shown that it will artificially age brandy, whisky, sweet and hard wines and liquors. Ozone will also improve coffee ty rendering harmless oily beans. The aroma of tobacco is also cCnsidera- bly, improved by the application Cf ozone. The latest application of it is for rapid seasoning of wood for sounding boards of musical instruments, which for the purpose is left in hermetically closed, heated room from 12 to 24 hours, ozonifed air being freely intro duced into the room. It seems that this process will harden the wood, increase its resistance against the influence of temperature and moisture and give it considerably more acoustic or resound- ing quality.
 Another recent application of ozonified air is that of the tbickening of linseed oil fer the manufacture of linoleum, which ty the old process took several months. By the liberal use of ozone linseed oil is now thickened to the re- quired consistency within a few days. Most remarkable, however, is the ad- vantage of employing ozone for bleach ing linen, since the time employed is less than one-third cf the bleaching proc- ess by sunlight, not considering that this latter is dependent both upon the season and the weather. The ozone proc ess of bleaching renders the work abso lutely independent of outside influences. Ozone has also been found very valua. ble in chemical and technical processes, particularly in the production of pure derivatives of starch. for instarce, solu ble starch, dextrin, crystal gum, etc. Here the ozone is instrumental in tax ing away all the matter which causes ! the dark color, bad odor and taste. Philadelphia Record.
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any of his friends, and no one feels wor~e about the death of Robert Ross and the sorrow of his family and the gloom that Is oast over them and my own family than myself"
 There was no sensational incident d. tending the execution. The condemned man mot his fnte with oaimncss and with no apparent weakness. The current was turned on for one minute and 2i seconds, the highest voltage being l,s00.
 Speaking of the execution, Warden Thayer said:
 "The sentiment of tho prisoners on the subject of Sbea's execution was so decided iy in his favor that concluded not Co let the prisoners out of their cells until after the execution. So all the oonviota found themselves locked In their cells until after tho execution. If I had let them out, could not havo been responsible for the safety of my machinery or wires, for my one of them would have taken his life In his hand Co have saved Shea The re- sponsibility has been a vory aroat opc-tfe greatest in my scryice-and l am glad it fa ovar u
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PETER sTUYVEsANr
Ills Experience With the Nine Men of New
 Amsterdam.

When Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam as the director general be . strutted about like a peaeock. "as fl be
 were the czar of Muscoyy. as chroniclcr
 puts 1t. He was called "Pegleg Pete.
 from his wooden leg with its silver bands
 or "hard koppig Piet"-Peter the hnrd
 headed
 Stuyvesant had strict orders to give tho people share in the government Of tho
 town So be called an election of IS men by the settlers In Manhattan. Breuckelyn.
 Amersfoort and Pavonia. and of the IS he
 selected nine who were the first represent
 stives of popular government in thcso
 parts And hard enough time they had of 1t with hard koppig Piet.
 The nine grapplcd with the liquor prob lem. "Almost one full fourth part of the town of New Amsterdam" was devoted to
 saloons, which sold liquor to visiting In-
 dians and made of the little town Q sort of hell on earth Then, as later, white men | also sold firearms to the Indians as well as ! liquor. One of the nino did this. Even
 the agent of the Rensselaer. the patroon
 of Albany, did so until Stuyvesant sent | troops to persuade him otherwise. But 1 Stuyvesant did the same thing himself in | spite of prohibition by the homo govern | mont. Wnen ti1e nlue QuufFtltu Hltii Dhug osohs | about taxes there was trouble. They eleo- | tioneered from house to house against l Stuyvesant, and he retaliated by throwing ! their secretary, Adriaen van der Donck, | into jail. The nine sent m appeal to Hol' land, and good and wise was 1t In It's | terms. They asked:
 First.-Abdication of power by the | Dutch company In favor of the states gen. eral.
 Second.-A public school with at least two good masters.
 Third.-For godly, honorable and in-
 telligent rulers, because a covctous gov ernor makes poor subjects. | The states general fairly tried to remedy
 matters, but Stuyvesant was too far away
 to restrain. He drove the nine out of i their official pow in church, arrested Van
 Dincklagen, his vice director, persecuied
 the Lutherans and the Quakers, stirred up
 Indian insurrcctlons and in general con-
 ducted himself like the obstinate old man
 he was | Popular government began indeed with
 the nine, but 1t took more than 100 years
 and two revolutions to establish 1t thor l oughly.--New York Recorder.
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ELLIOTT ELECTED.
The Boston Man Succeeds wi1lison as
 President of the L. A. w.

The Boston Man Succeeds willison As
 President of the L. A. w.
 BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.-Sterling Elliott of Boston was elected president of the League of American Wheelmen, the off, cial vote being 104 to 80 for A. c. Willi- son, the present incumbent.
 Louisville was selected by the conven- tion as the place in which to hold the next annual midsummer meet.
 The second days session of the l.. A. W. convention was called to order by Pres ident Willison in Royal Arcanum hall. The report of the credentials committee showed that 110 members and 67 proxies were present.
 President Willison's annual report re- viewed the work of the league and strong ly recommended that the work of the ex- ecutive committee be authorizeL to take steps for the incorporation of the league. George A. Perkins, secretary of the execu- tive committee; Treasurer Mergenthaler
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HER FIRST PATIENT.
4 Beautiful Incident In the Childhood O
 Florence Nightingale.

Florence Nightingale.
 There is beautiful incident related of Florence Nightingale, when she was child. It shows that God had already planted within her the germ which was to develop so beautifully in after days.
 Her first wounded patient was Scotch shepherd dog Some boys had hurt and apparently broken it's leg by throwing stones, and it had been decided to hang it to put it out of its misery.
 The little Earl went fearlessly up to where he lay, saying, in soft, crossing ~tone, "Poor Cap, poor Cap" It was enough. He looked D with his speak ing brown eyes, DOW bloodshot and full of pain, into her face, and did not re- ser+ it when, kneeling down beside him, she stroked wiih her little un- glovcd hand the large, intelligent head.
 To the vicar, he was rather less amenable, but by dint of coaxing he at last allowed him to touch and examine the wounded leg, Florence persuasively telling him that it was "all right" In deed, she was on the floor beside him, with his head on her lap. keeping up a continuous murmur, much as a mother does over sick child. ."Well, said the vicar, rising from his examination, "as far as can tell, there are no bones bro- ken; the leg is badly bruised. It ought to be fomented to take the inflammation and swelling down." 'How do you foment?" asked Florence. "With hot cloths dipped in boiling water" an swered the vicar "Then that's quite easy. I'll stay and do it. Now, Jimmy, get sticks and make the kettle boil" There was no hesitation in the csild's manner. She was told what ought to be done, and she set about doing it as Q simple matter of course. "But they will , be expecting you at hone e." said the vicar. "Not if you tell them I'm here, ' answered Florence, "and my sister and one of the maids can come and take me home in time for tea, and" she hesitat- ed, "they had better bring some old fan nel and cloths; there does not seem tc be much here. But you will wait and show me how to foment, won t you?' "Well, yes," said the vicar, carried away by the quick energy of the little girl. And soon the fire was lit and tht water boiling. An old smock frock ot the shepherds had been discovered in { corner, which Florence had deliberately torn in pieces, and to the vicar s remark i "What will Roger say?" she answered ; "We'll get him another" Nld so Flor ence Nightingale made her 1irst com press and spent all that bright sprir: day in nursing her first patient-th' shepherd s dog. Everywhere.
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NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings of the Senate and Assembly
 at Albany.


 ALBANY, Feb. 7.-The senate passed tho Husted retaliatory insurance bill by q vote of 34 to le. The assern Sly. after heated discussion, passed Robbins resolution, similar to the one offered by Senator Can tor In the senate the previous day, relative to the attorney general making m investi- Ration of the report that a combination Is seeking to raise the price of coal.
 ALBANY, Feb. s.-The subcommittee on greater New York, headed by Senator Lexow, will report to the full joint com- mittee on Tuesday in favor of the passage of the commission greater New York bill. ALBANY, Feb. 11.--Asaemblymnn Butts introduced a resolution urging congress to make appropriations to fortify the Atlan- tic and Pacific coasts; to bring the navy up to first class basis; to complete the Nicaragua canal; to purchase Cuba, and to form m alliance with the South Amer ican republics. Senator Rainos has com. pletcd his excise bill, and it will probably pass without Republican caucus
 ALBANY, Feh. i2.--The street railroad Investigating committee report presented to the legislature urges a cent fare dur ing rush hours morning and evening In New York. A bill 10 abolish the coroner system in this state and create n system of medical examination has been com. pleted and will be presented to the logis. lnture
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lF.,l HAD THE TIME.

If had the time to find place And sit me down full face to face e., With my better self, that stands no Rhov In my daily life that rushes so, .. It might be then would see my soul Was stun bling still toward the shining goal, l might be nerved by the thought sublime,
 If had the timel If had the time to let my heart Speak out and take in my life part, To look about and to stretch hand To comrade quartered in no luck land; Ah, Godi If might but just sit still And hear the note of the whippoorwi1l, shs,k that my wish with Gods would rhyme,
 If had the timei If had the time to learn from you How much for comfort my word could do, And told you then of my sudden will To kiss your feet when did you ill., If the tears aback of the bravado Could force their way and let you know Brothers, the souls of us all would chime
 If we had the timei
 Richard E. Burton
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waller te U. nsl...sa.

wAsuTrorns, Fob. Is. - Embas~@dor Eustis has been instructed to accept the offer of the French government to release John l.. Waller. ex.oonsul to Madagascar. from Imprisonment and pardon his offcnss on condition that the affair be thereby ter. minated between France and the United states, and that the latter make no oiaim in behalf of tho prisoner based upon hts arrest. conviction or Imprisonment. Wal. Ter may, however, suo in the French courts for damages for lll treatment. Those facts, showing tllc amicablo termination of Che celebrated Waller incident appear in tho correspondence sent to both houses of con. press hy the crssident
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ps..rast,,s Tire .sa rspls..sn.

CAnBRTDag, Mass., Feb 12,-Apothsr destructive fire has occurred in the lumber districts. An explosion from unkDown causes started a fire ip the big 2bO by 70 foot four story brick building on Albany street. owned iy the CambridRs Improve. ment' company and leased by the Boston Woven Hose company ss a storage ware house. A gale was blowing. and soon the buiidtnR was raging furnace, and pieces of burning cmbcrs were carried in all di. rections The largo furniture factory of BadRor & Co, which caught fire on the roof. was completely burned and the val. uAble stock badly soaked.
 One of the walls of the woven boso build ing fell upon 20 of the nremcn. All but two escaped serious injury.
 Over 5000 rubber tires were iD the burned building, which were consumed. Tho loss will range between fio0, 900 and tt25, GOO; partially insured.
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s.irura of ninn.nd..

PHrLApkLTIITA, Feb l2.-Opc of tho largest diamond seizures ever known in tho United States customs service was made by special agents Of tho treasury on board tho Red Star steamship Rhynland, lying nt pier bs south wharyes A box containing e20, GOO worth of valuable gems was taken from Captain Losewitz, the master of the vessel. and locked up in tho seizuro room of the appraisers stores. They wero assigned to Herman Neck & Co. of Cincinnati Captain Loscwitz de- clares that he did not know the contents of the box, and that he Is innocent of in- tentlon to smuRgle the diamonds. He has been arrested. #
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M. Knew It. Gait.

A deputatlon of loading oitizcns oalled on Rubberneck Blll as soon as he struck tho village and said unto him,
 We want Co toll you before you opon mp that any projickin of yourn toward runnin this town will como to decp and lastin grief, as this here town can't be run.n
 oh, know that there to perfection. :" retorted William. This here collection of fossils don't stand to ever git out of a slow though not abidln'ly majestic walk. [" Indianapolis Journal
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Artist Murdered In His studio.

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Professor Max Eglau, a veteran teacher of drawing. widely known in this city. was murdered in his studio in the Institution For the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes. The police have arrested three mutes. students at the school, and there is a chain of cir cumstantial evidence against them which the detectives say Is strong. In spite of the arrest, the affair is attended by tho deepest mystery. There were several wounds on the head " hich had evidently been inflicted with a shovel. which was found Tn the room. One theory Is that a burglar killed him, as the artist was known to have had S1O0 ip cash fin his pockets. and only 60 cents was found.