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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-10
WILLING TO BE AGENTS.
Danbury Banks Willing to Purchase Bonds
 for Private Parties.

Danbury, Jan. 9.-Here as elsewhere the banks are discussing an investment in United States government bonds. They have been invited to bid on the loan recently published by Secretary Carlisle. The Pahquioque National bank has advertised that they will ac
 cept bids from private parties who wish to make them through that bank. Some of the banks here are particular
 Iy anxious to invest in the bonds on their own account. Cashier M. s. Gris- sing of the bank mentioned said to-
 night that the purchase of the bonds offered no great advantages and that where banks formerly received per cent. interest on their Investments they now received but little over 3, after the tax on circulation had been paid. If tha government wanted the national banks to take this loan it should re- duce the tax on circulation from per cent. to one-fourth of l per, cent, and allow them the par value instead of 90 per cent of their notes. He said the
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RoosEHELrs TnREAT.
If Necessary, He Says, He Will Give tn Real Reasons for Byrnes' Retirement.


 IT Necessary, He Says, He Will Give the Real Reasons for Byrnes' Retirement New York, Jan. 9.-President Roose- welt was the only member of the police board at headquarters this morning. He had just finished reading published statement to the effect that eX-Chief of Police Byrnes might some day feel it incumbent to give the reasons that compelled his retirement from Mulber- ry street.
 President Roosevelt said:
 If MT. Byrnes deems it necessary to state at any time what, in his opinion were the reasons that led to his retire ment from Mulberry street, I shall in my turn, take the trouble to state what were the real reasons for his retirement from the force. I don't know what reasons he may fancy were the ones that caused him to be retired, but do know the reasons that were assigned for it, and in face of any statement he may make relative to his retirement, I can see no further object in conceal ing them from the public"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-10
Ftmamelal.
The Bears Seemed to be Anxious to Red uce
 Their Short Lines.

New York, Jan. 9,-The stock market was by no means active to-day. On the contrary the volume of business was smaller than on yesterday, but the dullness was more than made up by the strength of the saarket The bears seemed anxious to reduce their short lines and to this is attributed, by those usually we'll informed, the attempt made to smash Leather pre- ferred and Manhattan. It was said thialt the drive at these stocks was made with the view of demoralizing holders of the grangers and other leading shares. Instead of accomplishing it's object nearly the entire list ruled strong from start to finish and each slight reaction brought in buyers with the result of establishing the higher quotations ruling before the raids. Higher cables from London, the ease in money on call, the small withdrawals of gold from the sub-treasury and the belief that arrangements have been perfected to assist the treasury de- partment in case of further heavy with drawals were the important bull fac tors. There was also less talk of prob- able shipments of gold by Saturdays steamers
 The advance in prices was equal to 1s@1% per cent Lackawanna, Tobac- co, Sugar, Jersey Central, Louisville and Nashville and the grangers lead ing
 Among the speciaIties Rubber com- mon rose 2ss and Metropolitan Trac- ton 51s. Manhattan rose to 9S1s, fell to 96as and closed at 97. Rumors were afioat thlat the city taxes on the prop erty would be increased, but the mat ter is already before the court of ap- peals and a decision is expected at any time. Until this is decided it is hardly to be expected that any new effort will be made by the city authorities to put on more taxes. Leather pre- ferred broke down from 601s to 56ls and stories were af1oat that the com pany was trying to secure. a loan of $2, 900. It was also said that the pay menit of the dividend would in all prob ability be postponed, The stock closed at 57ss. Speculation closed firm in tone.
 Bonds were higher. Sales were $1,- T13,000
 Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway. New York, and 15 Center street. New Haven:
 Bid A skel
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We are calling special attention to-day to our Welsbach burners and Gas Radia- tors, because they are for lighting and heating ahead of anything that has ever been put upon the market We have them in practical operation in our sales rooms on Grown street under the main office. We have also fine line of plain and or namental ''gas portables' and banquet lamps with Welsbach burners from $500 upward. Kerosene lamps do not compare with these lights, (not to say anything of the many drawbacks attendant upon the use of oil.) We are very anxious that eY- cry one should see these goods, and extend a special invitation to the ladies to visit cur sales rooms-not that they should buy, but that they may see the beauty and range of these goods and know the quality Of light and heat
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-10

profit to the banks was now reduced to a minimum. and for that reason they would hesitate to hand over their gold as a premium of almost l6, Cashier Grissing ventured the above statements as his opinion of the national banks relation to the present bond issue
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CAPITAL, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL $I0O,0OO. S1,0O0,O00.
 The Union Trust Company,
N EW HAVEN,

NEW HAVEN. CHARTERED by tho State of Connecticut, N with authority to act as EXecutor, Ad- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee under win or deed.
 Is a legal depository of money paid into Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts as trustee for Municipalities. Corporations and Individuals. and administers trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar 0t stocks, bonds or other evidences of indebted ness, manag sinking funds and do all busi- panies. It also does a general Banking business, collecting checks, notes, coupons, and receive deposits. The principal of each Trust is in- vested by itselfand kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Company. This Company is by law regularly examin- Connecticut.
 HENRY l.. HoTCHKIss, WM T. BARTLETT,
 President. Treasurer.
 EUGENE S. BRISTOL, Asst Treasurer.
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X word about heating, etc. In additioa to the gas radiators, we have also the small gas cylinder stoves. plain and ornamental also large line of heaters, including th4 large and ornamental Trilby Heater gaa open fire places, gas logs. etc. The heating quality of these is being demonstrated in several large society rooms in this city. b. sides host of offices and residences. VI also call attention to our gas cook stoyeSk ranges and host of culinary and laundry attachments for same. For household con- yenience and economy at current price oi gas. (s1.25 per 1000 ft., these goods appeal to everyone. In our sales rooms we hass most of them in practical operation and can furnish and set up at once.
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Elected Directors.

Hartford, Jan. 9.-The annual meet ing of the shareholders of the American National bank was held at their bank ing house at il o'clock this morning, at the call of Joseph II, King, cashier. Di- rectors were chosen for the ensuing year
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-10
SPAIN, PORTUGAL.
SOUTHERN EUROPE.

Inclusive of on extended round of Southern France, Hhe Riviera, Italy, Greece, The Le- want, Turkey, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia, Herz- egovina, Austria- Hungary. Germany, France. and England; with visits to Venice, Rome, Naples, Corfu, Athens smyrna, Clnstantino- pie, Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Paris, Lon don, and scores of other cities. .3 Other Tours throug Europe--May Is, May 23, June 20 and July 4. N California Tollrs--Jan. [, Jan. 23, Feb. 6. Feb Il, Feb. IS, March 3 and March 5.
 Florida Tours--.Ia Ian. 9, Jan. B, Feb. G. I3,. cT. Mexico Tours--Jan. 3 and Feb. IS. Second Tour to Japan and China-- Feb. 24. Washington and Lakewood Tours--J Jan. 33 Eco. lS and March 5; for Washington onlyl April 6 and May 5. MS -''.s Independent Railroad tickets via the Dos- ton Albany and Other Principal Lines: also Steamship Tickets to all Points. I w Send for descriptive book, mentioning tho particular t, 1p desired. Special circular for European Tours.)
 RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, 2s6 Washington street. opp. School stroct, Boston. -4 iaB St
, 1896-06-03
JAMAICAN GEOLOGY,

1t will be within the recollection of our
readers that Jamaica was a few months ago
fayoured with a visit from Professor Hill of
the United States Geological Survey. The
Professor made a tour Of the island, collected
a large number of fossil and rock specimens
besides making observations with a view to
comparative study of the geology of Jamaica
and that of the other West Indian islands.
We understand that Professor Hill is at pre-
sent engaged in completing a report which
ne had been writing for some years upon the
Texas and Mexican region and will not be
able to his Jamaica report until
next winter. We are assured that the report
will be written and illustrated in a manner
, 1896-06-03
THE CUBAN G. CROP
(Loatsiana z onter, 1911 Man

In this issue will be found Mr.. Joaquin
Guma's circular reporting the Cuban sugar
crop up to April 80. 1t will be seen that the
receipts at the ports in Cuba to April 80, this
year, are about ll6, o74 tons, against 765,353
at the same date last year, or an actual def
cit in The receipts to date of 648,479 tons.
The rainy season ordinarily begins in Cuba in
the month of May, and, at any rate, the grind
ing season can hardly continue longer than
the first of June, so thlt it would seem now
to be practically certain that the total pro-
duction of Cuba for the current season will
hardly exceed 100000 tons, a considerable
portion of which will be required for the local
consumption.
This data at this late date in the Cuban
sugar season makes certain the practically
complete failure of the Cutan sugar crop, and
the imperative necessity of enormous pur-
chases of raw sugar in Europe for consump-
ton in America, with resulting better prices
for sugar throughout the world.
, 1896-06-03

proofs Of intrigue between Germany aud
the Transvaal Government.
London news states that the Queen is much
displeased at the neglect shewn i'll the mourn
ing for Prince Henry of Battenburg, and that
she has forbidden the usual Royal procession
at Ascot, and ordered the Royal stand to be
closed. Her Majesty also directs that Prin-
cess Maud's marriage shall be of a small cere-
monial description.
intelligence from Moscow reports, that at
the popular f6te held on Saturday of a BAN
quet and gifts for half a million, the people
commenced to assemble before being expected
by the police, who thus found themselves
unable to control The crow Is, whose excite
msnt and pushing developed into a serious
panic. So far it is officially admitted that
1,l38 persons were trampled to death, but
this number is known to be hundreds too
small. A trench one hundred yards long had
to be dug as a grave for the unrecognlzed
alone. It is announced that the Car will
defray all funeral expenses, and also give
one thous md roubles t. each bereaved family.
Notwithstanding this disaster everything
connected with, the coronation eremonles IS
spon 50 vast a scale that The festivities were
not interrupted otherwise. Popular lnSensl-
bility regarding the occurrence IS remarkable.
A despatch from Berlin states tina, The
General Electric Society announces the DIS
covery of further Improvement IN the Ront-
gen process, enabling the interior OF the he'd
the |larvnx, and The action Of the heart and
lungs to be observed on a huorescent
screen.
Other news reports that great rejoicings
are being manifested st the birth Of the first
grandson OF Prince Bismarck. md that among
the congratulations received by the latter IS
a cordial telegram from the Emperor Will
liam.
The Yacht Meteor has been locked at
Southampton 20 ascertain II any injuries have
been sustained, 1t is hoped She will be able
to start fer the Royal London Regatta on the
4th inst, afterwards proceeding TO hlel for
the Regatta there on the l4lh.
Colon, June lst.-A severe shock of earth
quake was experienced hsre at $50 this morn
n,g. No damage.
new YORK, June End.
FJonr. City Mills for ia. Nv-r Ioll~~ rer
batrrl. e4.OO-S4lO
Meal, best brandywine. per hrt 10
Heavy Mes pol~ Sof-s9
n. >. Pork S88-9
-" Musoovado 80 test per ID 81
English I,landa Mo.,,Se, pei
gnl. &c 27c
Excbon3e &c. New York and LouIr' ASIA
, 1896-06-03

that will do credit to the island which %
impressed the Professor with its great natural
beauties; the archaeological branch is to be
referred to a noted specialist and will he care
fully studied. The report is being looked
forward to with a good deal Of interest
by those who have a taste for the sci
ence. Cleaner.
, 1896-06-03

been given by all Of us chat on day of Aota-
ton you and he will leave. There must be
no departure from this as many subscribers
have agreed to Wake shares on this assurance.
Ii letter necessary it can still be sent but it
was agreed document left with J A. Stevens
was sufficient and that you are responsible
for Claimants departure. 1t is very i'm
portant to pat this rigat. Reply 10 Lionel
Phillips"
, 1896-06-03
Spectator. 2nd Mays

Events in Pretoria have advanced rapidly.
On the assembling Of the High Court in Pre-
torla on Monday a statement was read on be-
half Of the Reform leaders. Colonel Rhodes.
Mr.. L. Phillips, Mr.. Farrar, and Mr.. Ham
mond, which virtually amounted to a plea Of
guilty. The writers admitted that they had
invited DR.. Jameson, though they had en-
deavoured to prevent his crOSSinr the frontier
at the time he did, and that they had assum-
ed authority in job mnesburg; but pleaded
that they had not attacked the independence
of the Republic. and that their a;ciou within
the town was necessary to prevent anarchy
The cause of their revolt, they say, was tue
conviction hat the vote would not otherwise
be conceded To the Outlanders. There IS evi-
dence throughout tneir defence Of a desire to
throw the greater portion Of tile bume upon
a mistake Of DR.. jameson mot Il very
generous attempt, as they pledged themselves
that if admitted into Johannesburg he snouId
leave peacefully. Clearly an assumption On
THEN part Of complete authority over his
movements. Their advocate, Mr.. Vessels,
then made an eloquent speech on their be
half: bat the Cont held thai they we T.
amenable not to any statute, but to tire ground
law of the RepubII whicn Is honan Dutch,
and winch prescribes only death for treason.
They were accordingly condemned to death,
while tfty-nine Of their leading followers
were sentenced to Two years imprisonment,
a fine Of e.. 900 cich. and punishment, at the
expiration Of the seuten e., for three years.
The smaller neI ,~eutence | inclul1 the heads
and man gers Of me Of the Iugrst bust
nesses in the Transvaal many ot them. it is
stated, entirely gulItless OF actlle completely
in the instruction. The capital sentences
appear to have excited horror oven among
the Beers. The jny At NEE petitioned the
Executive Council ia commit and pray
ers to the same end flowed in from all 5 nth
Africa. Mr.. Chamberlain, upon receipt of
the news, at once teIegraphsd to the High
Commissioner to inform President Kruger
that "Her Maiesty's' Governments could feel
no doubt that his Honour would remit the
sentences, and had assured Parliament Of their
conviction that this was his l%Iouour's inten-
ton Whether IN consequence Of these re
presentations or of Their own view OF what
Justice and expediency required, the Execu-
tive Council 0" Tuesday RENTED The capital
penalties.
, 1896-06-03

Immediately after the sentences passed III
Pretoria the Government of the Transyaal
published a set Of CT her kilograms which
thew had seized, and which were deciphered
by aid of a key found in DR., Jamrson's bag
gage. These kilograms suggest that IN
December last the Reform leaders in
johannesburg were arranging for an invasion
from Mafeking, and that Mr.. Rhodes and Mr..
Belt at Cape Town were aware that his was
the case and consented to it,. The kilograms
from Cape Town 10 Johannesburg are signed
Harris, that is, as is supposed, the Secre-
tary to the Chartered Company, and the terms
used are those Of company promotion. The
most important Of them on December 23rd, a
week before the battle Of Krngersdorp, direct
ed to DR.. jameson, runs as follows
COMPANY will be foated next Saturday II
o'clock at night. They are very anxious you
mnst not start before 9 o'clock and secure
telegraph office silence. We suspect Trans
vaal is getting aware slightly" Thefe was,
however hesitation in Johannesbu G, and on
December Goth this message was cancelled,
and DR.. Jameson directed not to move, but
an officer. said in the kilograms to be Captain
Maurice Heany, was sent to Mateking to
consult with or inform Dir. Jameson. The
latter for reasons not explained In the tele-
grams. nevertheless moved, with what results
we know. With respecU to this knowledge
Of the invasion by the rulers OF the Chartered
Company, the following telegram IS I'M
nortant. It is dated johannesburg, Deem
her Dist, and is addressed by Colonel Rhodes
to eCharter, Cape Tow" -"Please inform
q 7. Rhodes that it is stated hat Chairman
TDr. Jameson? will not leave unless special
letter inviting him. Definite assurance mas
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Tom yTatson.s Wife.

A romatic story is told of the wife
of thomas L. Watson, populist nominee
for vice-president. After one of the
battles of our civil war richly dressed
baby was found among the dead and
wounded. No parents came to claim
the child. They say that father and
mother had perished in the strife.
1t was not known whether they were
on the Northern or the Southern side.
But Southern soldier and his wife
took the baby they had found and
cared for it as their own. The years
passed and the little girl grew to be a
handsome and cultivated lady. Then
young Tom Watson, farmer and lawyer,
married her and they have lived hap
PLY ever since.
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kinds. 1t is a trihe early for vege-
tables, but considerable of a showing
is made in that line.
A Persistent Spider.

In glass cone at Parkin's barber
shop is a spider that furnishes an ex-
ample of persistence that might well
be emnlatcd by human beings who are
discouraged by failures. Some three
weeks ago Mr.. Parkins confined a
large black spider in cone-shaped
glass about four inches high. For sew
eral days the spider DEVOTED his ener-
gies to attempting to escape from his
confinement by climbing up the sides
of the glass, but failing il this, he set
weaving q web to form a ladder by
which he might climb to the top. Day
after day he has been noticed spinning
his web backward and forth across the
glass until now he has it we'll up,
so that he can reach to within
half an inch of the top, and will soon
bee able to reach the freedom of the
outside world. During his confinement
the spider has diminished about one.
third in size, and has faded from q
dark black to light brown in color,
but his loss of flesh has not lessened
his energy and he is laboring laaE-
fully to gain his liberty.
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HOOKED A BEE MARrEN.
He Was Fishing for Trout, But Got Bite
of Another Sort

He Was Fishing for Trout, But Got Bite
of Another Sort.
"A strange thing happened to me
when 1 was trout fishing last year up
in northern New York" said Andrew
Bishop, of Bridgeport, Conn, to a
Washington Star man. ''The fish were
very wary, the stream was narrow. and
the pools were but lightly bordered
with bushes or cover of any kind. con-
sequently when would reach a prom
lsing looking spot 1 would get as far
from the bank as possible, and at the
same time be able to drop my fly over
IN the water. had followed this plan
with poor success, getting only one or
two strikes in as many hours, when sud,
denly my line began to run out with a
whirr. No trout had ever carried off a
ny for me in such way before, and I
was nonpiussed, hut In moment I saw
that 1t was not a fish that was making
my reel sing. Rising from the surface
OF the stream and flying above it was a
bee marten which had gobbled nv fiv
as L cast it over the bank, and he was
making away with it. The bird soon
had nearly all my line out, and not
caring to lose it, began to play him as
would play fish. He struggled gamely,
tell you, but the hook had caught in
MS beak and held him firmly. At last.
lfter full hour of fighting, the bird
iuttered helplesslv to the ground. and
released him. You may think that's |
nSE story. brit it's tr-ueo |
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PASSED THROUGH THE LOOKS
The Sadie B. and Two Scows Passed the
Big Gates.

The Sadie b. and Two Scows Passed the
Big Gates.
On Thursday, September Sd, the big
gates of the Cascade locks were thrown
open and the little steamer Sadie B.
and two scows were permitted to float
down through the canal to the lower
river. The gates worked admirably,
not hitch occurring to check the pro-
gress aud everything proved to be in
perfect order. There was no par
ticular demonstration or celebration
of the event, though about all the
residents OF Cascade Locks were out
to see the passage. The hydraulic
machinery that operates the gates
proved to be adequate for the work
they are Intended to perform, and
caused the ponderous gates to swing
around like toys.
From the experiment made Thurs
day it is evident that the work thus far
completed is in every way up to the
standard, and has been constructed in
accordance with the specifications of
the contract. 1t is the purpose of the
contractors to get a dredger from Port
land to dredge out the lower bulkhead,
and the Sadie B and scows were taken
to the lower river to assist in that work.