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The morning times., 1896-02-03
FOUGHT WITH a CLUB.
William Newcomb Severely Cut by
George johnson.

George johnson.
William Newcomb, living at No. 70S
Princeton street northwest. sustained
several ugly scalp wounds yesterday after
noon at the corner OF Brigbtwood and
Whitney avenues, as the result of a fight
with George w. johnson of No. 322 Bright
wood avenue.
Johnson, who is the son of ex-Lieut.
Johnson, was out walking in the country
with several pet dogs as escorts. One
of the CANNES became lost, when his master
whistled for him. AT this moment New
comb, considerably under the influence of
liquor, came up, and anxious for a fight,
exclaimed I'm all the dog you're look
ing for"
Johnson, not wishing any trouble, evaded
the man and passed on. Ncwcomb turned
about and followed him. As johnson took
a car going toward his home Newcomb did
likewise. When the former aIighted the
latter got off too.
Newcomb approached him and i'm
mediately commenced 10 fight. Johnson
| struck his antagonists head, inflicting two
| deep cuts four or five inches in length.
Policeman Coffin took johnson into
custody. No s patrol wagon was tele
| phonedfor and Newcomb removed to Freed
mans Hospital.
AT the station Johnson was released or
| $500 bonds. Newcomb is still confined &c
| the hospital, but is reported to be improy.
! ing.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
PICTURESQUE SNAKE DEN.
Snbterranean Home of Myriadsof of Rep
tiles Accidentally Discovered.
dtapa poIiS News.

IDdfa Nh pOt1S NeNs.
RattleSnake Creek. small stream that
empties into the Wabash River from the
north a few miles from Lockport, Is one
of the most beautiful and picturesque
streams in Northern Indiana. One or the
descendants of pioneer settler 10 tiiat
region yesterday related the story that
oaye the name to this stream. Several
miles up from the mouth Of the creek near
where the two main branches which form
the stream meet. lived Mort Ellis. about
fifty wears ago. The pioneers cabin stood
on the brow of hong sloping Hill. at the
foot OF which was spring which supplied
the family with water. In those early days
rattlesnakes were quite numerous, and es-
specially so in the Ellis neighhorhood and
the father cautioned hi sfour little girls to
be very careful in their play lest they be
bitten.
One Sabbath afternoon, as the children
were playing in the yard. one of the little
girls, now Mrs. Alice Wilson of Kokomo,
suddenly broke through the ground and fell
into an aperture up TO her arms Her cries
soon brought out the family, and In drawing
her from the cave three rattlesnakes were
found hanging to her clothing. Down in
| Ille SI1tlt cave -SOuiu OC oSCh thuAJ ONHSA
poisonous reptiles. Although it was the
Sabbath and Mr. Ellis was devout Quaker
vet he deemed the occasion one OF moment
and he sent for several of his neighbors
and with them attacked the den OF snakes
and when they gotthrough with their wori
521 dead rattlers were piled up in the yard
| An examination disclosed the fact that the
spring at the foot of the hill from which
the family used water was connected by 6
| passage to the snakes den.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
SOUTH AMERICAN ARMS
Contlnued from First Page.


nlortaIly hurt. The towns people received
the insurgents with cheers, shouts OF ''N iva
Cuba Libre' were heard ON ali sides and
the invaders were surrounded by men and
women as well wlso wished them success
and told of thciT woes unGcr Spanish rule.
The poor people OF the town told Garcia
that they were without food. and had been
eating nothing but cane from near by plan
tationS for days. as there was no work and
no money.
The rebel leader then ordered the store
Keepers TO open their doors and told the
people to help themselves. oneshOp keeper
who resisted was shot. About twenty
stores were looted OF provisions. shoes and
clothing. The railroad station was burned.
Then the invaders left the town.
As soon as they were gone. the Spanish
volunteers issued from the church and fired
into the defenseless crowd OF people in the
streets. killing twenty -four, including sew.
eral women and children. 1t is claimed
that these people were among those who
looted the stores. but even the Spanish
papers say some were innocent OF the
crIIne OF taking food TO prevent starva.
don.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
ni.renntnhle House Rnided

A Adisrepptablehouse kept by Maria Hatley
on tn ird. bet ween + and g street southwest,
was raidcd last night and several inmates
captured. One OF the girls taken into
custody gave ler age as sixteen years.
Whites and blacks were found in the den
and the color line was not drawn. The
policemen who made the raid are Scra amlin
Knupfer, Hughes and Auguste.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
Advice to a Candidate.

81 know what III do said the young
candidate. "Fll lay in a big supply of
plug tobacco. and every time 1 meet one
OF the hayseeds I'll offer him a chew
s.You will do nothing of the Sort said
his manager. You will go out without
a bit and borrow chew from every man
you meet. Haven't you got sense enough
o know that the man you are under obli-
cations TO alwa SIS feels wa rmer toward you
han the man you have done fayor?''-
Indianapolis Journal
The morning times., 1896-02-03
ATTACKED HIM WITH RAzoRs
David Bcone Swears He Was Thugged
hy Three Men.

David Boone eolored. reported to the
police of the Fourth precinct at midnight
that William Newman, John Wallace, and
Harry Wallace, colored, had attacked him
with raZurs at Third street and Virginia
avenue.
He was breathleSs when he entered the
station, and several cuts in his clothing
bore has statement He was not niured.
but said that was only because he had
escaped by running
Boone is janitor at Mt Zion Colored
Baptist Church, and earlier in the night
had elected the men WHO assaulted him
for disorderly conduct. The police took
the scent at once.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
WHY He Was Surprised.

Chipper--I was surprised to see Skimper
smoking a cigar just now.
Lipper-I don't see why you should be;
he is an inveterate patron Of the weed.
Clipper Yes; but in this instance he
was smoking a cigar he had paid for
self-Atlanta Constitution.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
Policemnn's Son tured

Clarence BrenIerman. the seven-year-oid
son OF Policeman Bremerman, living at No.
932 Florida avenue northwest, fell and
broke his collar bone yesterday afternoon.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
For whining His wife

Sullivan Favor. a jeweler, was arrested
last night on the charge of having whipped
his wife Sarah. The woman was quite
badly hurt. Policeman Gibson made the
arrest.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
Violated the Utah Act

William Contee and Mary Tillman, both
colored, were arrested early yesterday
morning by Policemen Cochran and Morgan
and landed at No . station for the violation
Of the EdmundS act.
The morning times., 1896-02-03
One of the Crow Hill Gang.

julius c. Wilson, a member of the famous
Crow Hill gang, was locked up at No.
station last night by Policeman Cooper
for an alleged assault upon Cordelia Young
of o street alley.
The morning times., 1896-02-03

COLD IN THE HEAD. Catarrn,
af,i Headache iinmefiIarely relieved by
Capitol Catarrh Cure 20 cents.
now Suo-exa
The morning times., 1896-02-03
Thirteen-Year-old Girl Missing

Fannie Thornton. coiored. thirteen years
old. was reported to the police last night
as missing from her home, No. 926 street
The morning times., 1896-02-03
Badness
Falling Hair, Da druff,

Facial Blemishes and Skin Diseases promptly
and permanently cured. DIR. j. SEMMES
704 18th St /, near G,
Once and Residence
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
GR4Nr MON UMENT DEDIC4TION.
$4,000 Appropriated for the Purpose
AnriI 9th the Date Fixed

New York, Dec. 2S.-At the sugges-
ton of General Horace Porter and
President F. A. Grant of the Monu-
ment assoCia ton. the board of estimate
appropriated $4,000 to pay the expenses
attending the dedication of the Grant
monument on April 27 next.
In his statement to the board, Cen
eral Porter said that the association
would turn over the monument to the
city on the day of the dedication and
their official connection with the cere-
monies would cease. The general said
that the total cost of the monument
would be s6OO,O the largest sum ever
raised by popular subscription for such
a purpose.
All of this money except $4,000, he
said. had been contributed by citizens
of New York city in amounts ranging
from one cent TO five thousand dol
lars He further stated that President
elect Mckinley had agreed to be pres
ent at the ceremony and that all the
members of the cabinet, the diplomatic
corps, the Legislature, governors of
states and mayors of all large cities
ought to be invited. The government
would invite all nations maintaining
fleets in the Atlantic to participate in a
naval parade.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
ATTHEsronM1NG or Foar w4GNER
A Captured Confederate Flag Presented
TO the Historicnl SocintY-

Captured Confederate Flag Presented
| to the Historical Society
At the meeting of the Historical soci-
ETY. last evening ex-Judge Lucius p.
| Deming presented the society with a
| Confederate flag captured by the Sixth
Connecticut infantry at Fort Wagner,
| July IS, 1863 on behalf of DR.. Abel C.
Benedict, now of Syracuse, N. Y, but
| formerly of Connecticut. In an affida-
Wit Mr.. Benedict says
I'm 1868 I was in charge of General
| Hospital No. 2 at Beaufort, S. C. Bat
| ties were of frequent occurrence; the
attacks were brave, the resistance des-
perate, and the hospitals were crowded
| On July Morris Island was taken, and
on the 18th an attack was made upon
| Fort Wagner. The charge was led by
the Sixth regiment of Connecticut in
fantry. This regiment had been organ
lied by Colonel John L. Chatfeld, who
at this time was commanding a brig
ade. He resigned that command in or
| der to lead his regiment in the assault
upon Wagner. In the charge seven
color bearers We're killed as one after
another they seized the regimental flag
and pushed in on toward the front.
For nearly three hours, almost unaided,
| the Sixth held an angle of the fort be-
fore they were compelled to retire. The
! battle was terrific, and the regiment
lost So per cent. of the number engaged.
In the battle Colonel Chatfield was
mortally wounded.
"a few days after that battle Colonel
Chatfield was brought to Hospital No.
2 and placed in my care I had known
| him for a number of years and he was
| nv personal friend. Possibly that was
| the reason why he requested to be
brought to the hospital under my
charge He was suffering from gun
shot wound, from the effects of which
/ he died some two weeks after. When
| Colonel Chatfield was brought to Hos
pital No 2, he had with him a rebel
! flag, in regard to which he said:
Ion the 18th day of July, 1868, led
the Sixth Connecticut Regiment of In
| fantry in the attack upon Fort Wag-
ner. We captured two rebel flags, one
of which 1 turned in to our headquar-
ters The other is the flag of the Con-
| federate headquarters and l desire to
| keep it as a souvenir of the battle. DR..
! Benedict, give the flag to you. If
/ do not recover I want you to keep it in
memory of your old friend. If I do
/ recover and get around again I shall
| send for it, or I shall come for it my
SELF
THE colonel was removed to his
/ home in Waterbury, Conn, where he
died a few weeks later in consequence
of his wounds. ! took the flag from his
hands and it has been in my possess
sion until now"
Brief informal speeches were also
made by President Trowbridge and Mr..
Welles. who was present at the battle,
and gave an interesting account of the
capture of the flag.
/ An interesting paper was also read
/ by Mr.. c. L. Baldwin on his recent
! trip to Norway.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29

MjCEO MAY NOT BE DEAD.
Belief That He is Planning Coup d. Etat
in Matanzas

New York, Dec. 2S.-An officer of the
steamer Vigilancia, which arrived from
Havana to-day, said that while the
vessel lay at Havana he learned from
several Cubans that the belief prevail
ed there among the adherents to the
Cuban cause that Maceo was not mur-
dered, but was planning a coup d. etat
in Matanzas. They based their belief
on a story told by passenger on a
train which skirted the boundary of
the province Matanzas, who declared
that he saw General Maceo passing
nearby at the head Of his troops.
There are many other reasons" :"
continued the officer, why it is reas-
enable to suppose that Maceo is still
living. There has not been exhibited
in Havana one souvenir of the leaders
death The Spaniards might have
taken some part of his clothing as evil
dence. Then you may be certain that
would have been paraded before the
public"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
A LANDSLIDE IN IRELAND.
1t Occurred Near baltimore, County Kerry
and Caused the Death of Nine Persons

Tt Occurred Near baltimore, County Kerry,
and Caused the Death of Nine Persons
Dublin, Dec. 2S--A landslide has oc-
Cured near Baltimore, county Kerry,
doing great damage to property and
causing the loss of at least nine lives.
Heavy rains have fallen in that part of
Ireland lately, with the result that
some places that are generally dry
now resemble vast morasses. Near
Baltimore there is an eminence about
1000 feet high known as Boy Hill. The
rails through the ground gradually
loosened a huge mass of earth, and on
Sunday night a large part of the sur
face of the hill began to slide towards
the valley.
Gaining momentum as it moved it
swept downward with a roaring sound,
carrying rocks, trees and everything
before it for miles. In some places the
path of the landslide was a mile wide
and as it moved along it buried every
thing. The residence of Mr.. Donnelly,
steward of Lord Kenmare, one of
whose seats, Killarney house, is at Kill
larney, was enguifed in the mass OF
earth and debris and all its occupants,
Mr.. Donnelly, his wife, and seven chill
dren were killed. All the cattle, pigs
and horses on the place were also
buried.
The movement of the landslide was
to the southwest in the direction of the
river Flesk, into which a large portion
of the earth, etc, slipped, blocking it
up. The current of the river was en-
ployed in running dynamos which fur
nish electric lights for the Kerry luna
tic asylum, and some buildings in Kill
larney. The blocking of the river STOP
ped the current and rendered the dyna-
mos temporarily useless. All the build
ings using the light from this source
were plunged into darkness.
That part of the hill where the slide
began was a bog and much of the
earth that moved was very soft. Huge
quantities plunged into the river and
there is danger of the back water
flooding the country round about.
There have been no reports of any,
body being missing and on this is
based the belief that there was no loss
of life outside the Donnelly family.
The thatch which formed the roof Of
the Donnellys house was found in the
river. The bog was still moving this
afternoon, but no further damage can
result unless it be the more effective
damming of the river.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
THE vENKzUELAN INCIDENT.
II is Closed So Far as the United States is
Concerned.

Washington, Dec. 2S,-The interna-
tional incident of the Venezuelan boun.
Diary dispute is considered closed as far
as the United States is concerned, and
all further negotiations for it's adjudi-
cation lies wholly with the parties to
the controversy, Venezuela and Great
Britain. This explanation comes from
the state department, where it is fur
ther stated that with the acceptance
by the Venezuelan executive three
weeks ago of the heads for the propos-
ed treaty of arbitration, as signed by
Sir Julian Pauncefote and Mr.. Olney on
November q, the friendly intervention
Of the United States had been complet-
ed, and the only additional acts Of the
United States In the matter will be th3
publication of the evidence and reporta
collected by the Venezuelan high COM
mission and the eventful reference to
the United States supreme court of the
concurrent request of the two coun-
tries for the appointment of two jurists
as members of the tribunal as provided
by the treaty.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
MYsrERlOUs MUHDnH IN MIME.
Unexplained Facts Surrounding the Death
ofa Well Known Farmer and Guide.

Unexplained Facts Surrounding the Death
ola Well Known Farmer and Guide.
Portland, Me-, Dec. 2S.-Mark M.
Bachelor. of East Sebago, came to his
death in a mysterious manner yester-
day. To-day the sheriff and coroner
have been at East Sebago investigat-
ing. Bachelor was found by a road
side in a dying condition and expired
without being able to tell how he came
by his fatal wounds. He was farmer
fifty-five years old, and was also we'll
known as fisherman, hunter and
guide.
Bachelor left his home in East Sc
bago last Saturday morning with horse
and sleigh, driving towards Bridgton,
and carrying home a lady who had
been visiting at his house. On his way
back he called at a house known as
Kennistons sort of roadside tavern,
and a resort for low characters. Here
he found two men from Shapleigh, who
had been spending Christmas in a
carouse at Kenniston's.
The names of these men have not
been learned, but their identity is we'll
known. The weavers had a lot of
whiskey, and Bachelor Joined them in
drinking. The Kenniston people say that
/ Bachelder left there at noon Saturday
and drove homeward. Nothing more
| was seen of him until 8 o'clock that
night when he called at a house occu-
pied by a Swedish man of good repute,
At that time Bachelor was leading
his horse, but had no sleigh nor har-
ness The Swede saw that Bachelors
head was bloody He asked if BacheI-
der was in trouble, and the latter said
no and proceeded on his way.
The Swede was worried ana he
lighted a lantern and followed after
Bachelor, tracing him by the blood in
the road, but he did not overtake MIN.
Sunday morning Cassius White, who
lives near Sebago Pond, heard some
one feebly shouting and on searching
for the source, found Bachelder in the
bushes at the side Of the road His
horse had gone home. White took the
dying man home, but he died in an
hour without being able to tell how he
had been hurt. 1t is supposed ttat
Bachelor, who was a uuarelS1me
man. got into fight at Kenristun's :
with the two men from Shaplaigh. ana
that while on his way home he grad
ually failed from loss of blood. These
two men have not been arrested, but
are under surveillance.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
RECEPTION no C0MM0DORE PECK
Held Last Night i'm Celebration of His
Eighty-first Birthday.


Eighty-frst Birthday.
A reception was held on the steamer
Richard Peck last night in celebration
of the eighty-first birthday of COmmo-
dore Richard Peck. The hale and hear
ty commander was present and entered
into the spirit of the affair with all the
vigor of man Of much younger years.
The prime feature was the presentation
of a Hfe-sized oil painting of the COM
modore from the brush of Miss Eleanor
f. Peck, his granddaughter,
General George H. Ford in few well
chosen words called upon Congressman
N. D. Sperry, who made the presen-
tation speech. He recalled old time
campaigns, in which Commodore Peck
and himself took a lively interest and
wound up with a few happy remarks
which pleased everybody. Over one
hundred gentlemen and ladies enjoyed
the reception. Speeches were made by
the Rev. E. S. Lines of st. Pauls
church, Rev. DIR. Phillips of the Church
of the Redeemer. General S. E. MerWin,
Wooster A. Ensign and several others.
! David Callahan and Harry Ensign
contributed some pleasing songs. The
entire party was composed of happy
spirits and the Richard Peck never
presented prettier scene. William e.
Morgan, Frank c. Bushnell, Frank
Tuttle, Fred r. Tuttle, William Nicely.
John E. McHugh, T. G. Anthony and
Captain William E. Price furnished
considerable amusement in their usual
| informal manner. c. C. Smith and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs Rowland, Mrs.
Frank T. Lee, Mrs. S. S. Hamilton, j.
l.. Lindley and Miss Scranton were
also among those present.
e. A. Garrity of New York, general
superintendent of the New Haven
Steamboat company attended, and so
did Miss Lulu Smith of Brooklyn and
| Captain and Mrs. Fred Peck. Miss
Peck was sincerely congratulated on
her work. The painting probably
| eclipses all her other efforts in this
! line. The features of the genial com
modore are brought out upon the can
vas with splendid accuracy and alto
gether the accomplishment of the work
is worthy of the highest commentator
and will add new laurels to the artists
name. The painting will be hung at
the entrance to the dining room on the
upper deck.
Charles I. French, the local manager
for the Steamboat company, had charge
of all arrangements for the reception
and those present could not help but
thank him for the pleasant time they
had and call him "star" just for fun.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
TNTE RCOLLEGf CHESS.
Yale loses One Game-Another Yale Game
Infini, he'd. - 49,


Unfinit he'd. t."r
New York, Dec. 2S.-The fifth ANNUAL
Intercollegiate chess tournament open
ed in this city at o'clock this after
noon. Columbia Harvard Yale and
Princeton are represented in the tour
nament by two men each. The games
are being played at the Columbia gram
mar school. There will be six rounds
in all. On each day during this week
one round is scheduled to be played.
To-day's games resulted as follows:
Parker. Columbia, beat Ryder, Har-
vard in a queens gambit declined af-
ter twenty-five moves.
Seymour Princeton, beat Lehlbach,
Yale, in a Ruy Lopez after forty-two
moves.
Prince, Columbia, beat Young,
Princeton, in a French defence after
seventy mine moves.
The game between Murdock, Yale,
and Southland, Harvard, was adjourned
after forty-nine moves. 1t was a Ruy
Lopez, and is to be finished tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
THE ANGLo-AMERIc.4N TREATY.
1t VIII Probably be Signed by Representa-

~'~.ANN"
tives of Both Governments This Week.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-The latest in
formation respecting the Anglo-Amer-
lean treaty under the terms of which
all future disputes between the United
States and Great Britain not involving
the national honor the two govern
ments are to be referred to an arbi-
tration tribunal is that it will be signed
by the British ambassador, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, and Secretary Olney, rep
resenting the United States, this week.
The last point of difference between the
two gentlemen was settled a few days
ago and cabled to Lord Salisbury for
his approval. State department off,
cials believed that Lord Salisbury's re-
ply, which is expected to be favorable,
will reach Washington not later than
Wednesday, in which event the formal
signing of the treaty will Immediately
follow. 1t is predicted to-day that the
treaty will be sent to the senate within
a few days after the reassembling of
congress next week.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
VIII be BrOnrht Here.

William Ross and Lewis Leslie, the
alleged swindlers, will be brought to
New Haven from Providence this morn
ing by Detectives Cowles and Poronto
The latter saw Governor Coffin in Hart
ford at 1915 yesterday morning and
obtained his signature to the requisi-
tion papers. The Boston authorities
yesterday telegraphed Superintendent
Smith that they were willing that Ross
and Leslie should be tried in New Ha-
van. as a stronger case might be made
out against them here.