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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-12
w. D. Howells on the Theater Hat.
 iFrom Harper's WeeklY.l

My transport of moral indignation naturally brings me to the subject of the theater hat, which am sure the ladies will wish to have treated with
 the same public spirit and rigorous inn partiality as I have shown in dealing with another abuse. At least, I feel sure that no woman of real refinement
 can be hurt by the most unsparing de- nunciation of this means of oppression.
 Fortunately the nature of the abuse is such that no one can enter fully into a consideration of it without sharing in the infliction of the injury from it, and I am disposed to invite the reader
 to a careful inquiry concerning the
 wearer of the theater hat. Cruel and
 tyrannical as I find her in effect, I do not find her so culpable in intention. think that oftenest she is a person of rather a simple mind, who thinks that to see her empty little head crowned
 with g. confection of felt, ribbons and feathers of the bigness of a half barrel will be consolation to those it keeps from seeing the play. Perhaps it would
 be hard to persuade her that it is not so. It is possibly, even probably; the only hat she has and she has seen her self with it on so often in the glass that she has naturally come to overrate it's
 worth and charm. She cannot imagine the trembling of a poor man who has the seat behind the one she is coming to take, his fluctuations of hope and fear before she appears, or the despair he falls into when she actually arrives and blots out the stage with her hat. She may be young and pretty, her hat may be picturesque, but he has not paid two
 dollars for the privilege of looking for three hours at the back hair of young and pretty girl in a picturesque hat He has bought a seat for the purpose of seeing the play, and the person whc prevents him from seeing it plunders | him and expresses him, however unwill- 1 ingly and unwittingly. I believe he 1 would rather the silly marauder in front ] of him were only artificially young and pretty, as she very often is, with a color of hair and cheek that cannot be
 mistaken for that of life any more than 1 the motive in romantic novel. Then i he at least can think his thoughts with out compunction, and can experience a 1 wrong which has no mitigat0ons: org l likes an injury to be complete. But when it comes to the fact of two large
 hats in front of one, the cup perhap.
 runs over. When the vast hats, the
 painted cheeks, and gildsd hair, arc tilted together, for the more intimate
 exchange of impressions, one suffers a superfluity of outrage which is wholly wanting in symmetry.
 There is really no more recourse from l the vice of the theater hat Git might be
 more specifically called the matinee hat
 than there is from the vice of public
 splitting, except in the civilization ol | the vicious. have sometimes imagined
 asking at the ticket office, when I buy
 my seat, Does this coupon guarantee
 me against the eclipse of the stage by a
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woman with large hat in the seat be- fore me?" But I know very well that if I asked such a question I should not be taken quite seriously; and yet I do not see why theater managers, who are putting up their prices higher and higher every season, should not sell certain seats with this guaranty. They might ask, say, half a dollar more for such seat and forbid any woman in any sort of hat (the most exlguous aig- rette in the simplest toque can blot out a heroine at the most important mo- menD entering the rows of chairs so reserved.
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Witchcraft in New England as Discussed
 by Justin Winsor

by Justin Winsor.
 The following paper was read before the American Antiquarian society and printed in the Boston Commonwealth:
 The sporadic and epidemic manifesto tions of witchcraft during the seven- teenth century in New England were but symptoms of belief in satanic agen- cies, world wide and pervading all ages. As psychological symptom it has cre- ated large number of treatises, learn ed or emotional, some confidently adher- ing to the belief, others corrective or sternly critical. Michael Dalton's Coun- try Justice Q619, etc.) was the authority for the English practice in such trials. Dr. Haven, in his report to the Ameri- can Antiquarian society, says of Dal- tons book: '"The tests, the manner of examination, the nature of the evidence, the processes of trial and the conse- quences of conviction, were laid down with clearness that admitted of no evasion or misinterpretation in Dal- toms Justice, the accepted legal guide of the provinces. No one can read these directions and legal prece- dents without being struck with | the scrupulous exactness of their ob- servance in the trials at Salem"
 When the executions for witchcraft | numbered 30,000 in the British islands and the number of judicial murders was still greater in the continental coun- | tries--it Is one of the curious hazards of history that the few score deaths for witchcraft should have made So
 extravagant an impression. After 164f | there were but twelve executed for
 witch-pact, till the fever of 1892 added 1 twenty more, making thirty-two in that
 century, and none before or since
 Hutchinson accounts for this promi-
 hence of the Salem story in this way "The great noise, which the New Eng l land Witchcrafts made throughout the | English dominions, proceeded more | from the general panic with which all sorts of persons were seized, and ar l expectations that the contagion would | spread to all parts of the country, than | from the number of persons who were
 executed, more having been put tc 1 death in a single county in England | in a short space of time, than have
 
 | suffered in all New England from the 1 first settlement to the present time"
 How the story, as told in a score o1 1 publications in which for the most 1 part, "the devil was an easy way oI accounting for what was beyond mans comprehension" affects the modern
 scholar, can be seen in the essay or | witchcraft by James Russell Lowell in cluded In his Among My Books" ant we may well remember his conclusions "The proceedings rat Salem are some times spoken of as if they were eXcep tionaly cruel. But in fact, if compared with others of the same kind, they were
 exceptionally humane. Whll in other countries the delusion was ex
 tinguished by the incredulity of tn
 upper classes and the interference o
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all armies and navies, and modify probably in the interest Of the yellow race which does not mind dying, all existing political combinations. Any means of employing electricity as @ weapon might also have great results, as the invention of gunpowder had, though, like gunpowder, 1t would prob ably leave the relative position of the nations very much where is was. It is in the struggle of classes that a new weapon would probably do most, all recent inventions having increased the strength of all regular governments against their peoples
 There are conceivable discoveries, too, in medicine, such as power of illuml- hating the human body, which would greatly help man in his warfare with disease; and there may exist means of destroying within the bodily system, or permanently preventing the generation of, the hostile microbes. We might learn, in the dominion of applied me chanics, how to utilize the colossal force of the tides, the greatest of all unused sources of power except the rush of the world through space; or We might find a new way of easily devel- oping heat so intense that, for instance, we could make of sand a magnificent and comparatively cheap building ma- terial. The uses of intense heat, if easily produced, would in fact be num- berless. To produce a cooling appara- tus, which should have precisely the reverse effect of fire, and make the tropics comparatively enjoyable place of residence for white men, is beyond the range of sane imagination; but a refrigerating process which shall add, say, five years to the durability of all food products, is not, and would greatly increase the comfort of the masses of l mankind-London Spectator.
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Assistant state Secretary,

Washington, Feb. 1.-The president to-day sent to the senate the nomination of William Woodville of Maryland, to be assistant secretary of state.
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EtnanCraI.
Tendency of Prominent Railroad Issues
 Was Downward.


 Was Downward.
 New York, Feb. 11--iWhile business at the stock exchange was on a smaller scale than on yesterday the tendency of prices for the prominent railway issues was downward. The change in senti- ment was not entirely unexpected as some of the plungers in the board have been reckless in their purchases. The first disappointment encountered by the bulls was the failure of American se- curities in London to respond to the pacific utterances of the queen iii par lament in the matter of the Venezuela dispute. Foreign houses reversed their position and sold, and sterling exchange developed little more strength. Again there was selling by traders, who in- variably even up on their contracts on the eve of holiday. The amount of stock offering was not large in the az gregate, but still 1t was sufficient to make considerable impression on prices Mf @ts Sugar was the most active stock and closed about two points lower on fears of hostile legislation at Washington. Manhattan scored the widest f1uctua- tions. The stock opened slightly high CT at 112, rose to 1131s and finally broke l to 10Saf on efforts to realize. The best 1 bid at the close was 10S.. Denials of the recent reports about leasing the prop erty to the Traction people had con- l siderable to do with the slump at the close. Tobacco was feverish and rang l ed between 78 and 80 with the final ] transactions al 795s. Leather preferred jumped 2 points to 67A, and later fell to 66. General Electric made a new high record, selling up to within a frac- l tion of 33 on rumors that the company l had secured important new contracts 1 The anthracite coalers were heavy l throughout on the introduction in the New Jersey legislature of an anti-trust bill which has special reference to the new coal combination. Tn the afternoon ! trading the early selling movement 1 which had been checked with the rise in certain specialties was resumed, and I near the close the lowest figures of the day were current in a number of in. stances.
 The market closed weak. Net changes show losses of 5a@3 per cent, Manhat- 1 tan and Delaware and Hudson leading General Electric was the only active stock on the list. which showed gain and the advance in this instance was only E per cent.
 Bonds were firm and higher. Sales were $1, ,527000.
 Following are the closing prices re. ported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway, New York and 15 Center street, New Haven:
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FOE THE Y. ". c. 4.

St. Paul's parish building was crowd ed by large and enthusiastic audience last night, when an entertainment was provided for those connected with the Young Women's Christian association. During the evening MT. Edwards played a number of selections on the autoharp, which were highly appreciated and gen. erously app1auded. Mrs. Sargent, wife of Instructor Sargent of the high school, gave several recitations in true dramat- ic style Her rendering of Ben Hurr'' was excellent, and the humorous selee- tion, "A Few Friends was alseNspecial- ly fine.
 Under the direction of Manager Blogg a number of young people gave the well known sketch of Box and Cox" and the manner in which they played their va rious parts was, to say the least of it, very creditable.
 The entertainment altogether was one of the best of its kind that has been given this season and was greatly en- joyed by all who had the pleasure of lis tening to it.
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1T PLYMOUTH HOUSE.

This Wednesday, evening occurs the second entertainment of the series of four at Plymouth house, corner Sher- man avenue and West Chapel street, at s o'clock. Tickets may be obtained at the door or of Dr. V. M. Dow, corner of York and Chapel streets.
 Some of the best talent Gin various lines) has been engaged for these en- tertainments, and if the first one given, not long since by the Ariel quartet of Boston, is a sample of those to follow, all who wish to pass an evening pleas antly and proftably and at very little expense, will do well to avail them selves of the opportunity.
 The church society does not expect to make money" but to simply furnish an evenings entertainment to the menl- bers of the congregation, their friends and all who maye be interested in the new church formerly College street,. These entertainments will occur Wed nesday evening, every three weeks. Remember the evening, ard come Feb ruary 12 March and March 25.
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The sixth of the Gang.

James Gibbons alias Toby Mcguire was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective Toronto. He is one of the gang which has been systematically rob. ping the Consolidated railroads coaches of the brass trimming. Arrests have been made from time to time for sev. eral weeks until the detectives have anded six behind the ebars. The amount of these stealings will aggregate severa
 hundred dollars. Much of this has beer located through the efficiency of the de. tective Ten cars have been stripped ir all; in some instances all the brass that could be loosed was carried away. Gib. bons was spare brakeman on the road
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JOHN DONOVAN DROWNED.
He Fell From the Spi.es Into the We
 Riyer


 He Fell From the Spiies Into the West
 River.
 The body of man was found in West river under the Derby road spiles yes- terday morning, which was identified later as that of John Donovan, aged fifty-eight years, of this city. Medical Examiner White made an Investigation and in short time gave burial per init, as the case was plainly one of ac- cidental drowning. The name of the deceased was first learned from a Y. M. c. A. reading card which, with a gold watch and $120 in money was found on his person. The deceased was iden- tified by his nephew, Jerome F. Dono- van, the lawyer
 Secretary Mcintosh of the Y. M. c. A. said he issued the card several days ago.
 Shortly after the body was fully iden- tified as that of John Donovan broth CT of Jerome c. Donovan, grocer, at 123 Day street
 The deceased was a man of quiet and eccentric habits. He was an industrious worker and 9 silver platter by trade. He 1 was born in Ireland and lived in New Haven for upwards of forty years. He was unmarried. He had a great fond- ness for reading and this doubtless led him to obtain the Y. M. c. A. card. l MT Donovan was a heavy man i weighing about 240 pounds. Some time ago he broke a leg and was at the hos pital for months, and although he re- covered it affected his walking some. Donovan secured $500 from the city as damages for the injury he sustained | and the money found on his person was probably a part of the indemnity Ii is presumed that he was walking the spiles Monday night. and that he fell when he reached the river. A slight cut on the nose and upper lip are the only marks His last place of residence was in the Jackson house, corner of Gen. ter and Gregson streets. The deceased leaves two brothers, Jeremiah and Michael, living at 123 Day street. l The body was taken to Lewis & May cocks, where it was prepared for burial Jeremiah Donovan, brother of the de- ceased, will take charge of the remains
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A Very Faithful Doc

remarkable illustration of dogs intelligence has occurred in Sutton. A
 married lady there has a small pet, and
 on her removal to a London hospital
 owing to ill health, the animal became
 greatly distressd, running hither and thither in search of his mistress, to whom he was greatly attached. A week two days later returned to his home footsore and weary. It subsequently | transpired that the faithful terrier had found his way to the hospital where his
 mistress lay. No one guided him, and
 he travelled the whole way alone. He waited about for hours trying to gain | admission, and finally after many re- buffs, succeeded in running into the
 hospital and finding the bed where the lady lay. With great delight he hailed l her, and after satisfying himself that she was safe, he trotted back to Sut. l ton-about fourteen miles distant l London Daily Telegraph.
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Eon,,s Coming Here.

The Connecticut Savings bank receiv- ed notice yesterday morning that they were awarded sao,0e0 of government bonds, which they bid for. They receive them at Ill, with interest.
 The Yale National bank has received notice that they have awaiting them $22, 800 worth of bonds, for which they bid at about Ill. They will also send the gold from their vaults which they have on hand.
 The New Haven Savings bank receiv- ed their notice Monday that they would receive $140O0 worth of bonds. They shipped the gold yesterday. Their bonds were obtained at Ill and a fraction.
 The Mechanics bank officials stated yesterday that they had not received a notice and that the transaction had not yet been consummated by them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-12
 MASTER PLUMBERS MEET.
Governor Coffin We ecomes Them to Mid-
 dletown--Other Speakers.

dletown--Other Speakers.
 Middletown, Feb. 1.-The annual meet ing of the Master Plumbers association of Connecticut opened at Armory hall this morning with 125 members pres ent. President J. B. Weiant of New Britain presided. Governor Coffin made an address, extending a welcome to the visitors to the city. This morning a number of reports were received in ex- ecutive session and discussion follow ed. The principal matter discussed was relative to the employment of ap- prentices.
 In the afternoon banquet was held in the Hotel Chaffee. R. H. Stothard of this city was toastmaster and addresses were made by Mayor Russell, ex-Mayor 'Vinal, Judge Elmer, Hon. John M. Doug lass, Judge Pearne, lDr. J. Francis Calef, of this city. James Ahern of New Ha- ven and s. D. DfbIble of New Haven.
 The association voted to hold their next annual session in Bridgeport in February, 1897. Delegates were also ap pointed to represent the state at the National convention of Master Plum bers to be held in Cleveland, O., in June, as follows: Edward Mahl, Will liam Vanderrlan substitutes, A. J. Glerkin of New Haven, w. T. Grisley of Waterbury, F. C. Booth of Bridgeport.
 During the early session officers were elected as follows: President, c. F. Flames of Bridgeport; first vice presi- dent, A. J. Clerkin of New Haven; sec ond vice president, J. s. Craig of Hart ford; recording and corresponding sec retary, T. E. Logan of Bridgeport; finan- cial secretary, F. J. Reynolds of Anso- mia; treasurer, James Donovan of Mid- dletown.
 A banquet was served in the Chaffe house in the afternoon at which Mayor Russell was present.
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Electric Energy.

Something which would make it cas- fer to store electric energy, and there fore to use it as a motor without fixed machines, would no doubt double or triple the force at the actual disposal of mankind, and therefore their power of wringing the means of comfort from the reluctant planet, which gives noth- ing but beautiful scenes except in re- turn for toll. 4 new means of levitation scarcely Onceivable-would send us all flying through the air, transform
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Hamden,s Ten-NriII rnr.

A lively town meeting was held in Hamden Monday on the matter of a tax in the consolidation of town and school districts. It was voted to lay tax of 10 mills. but that it shall not be paya- ble until November l, 1899.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-06

Unless the weather prophets who have
seen Mr.. Brynn's forthcoming great
speech are far out Of their reckoning,
that mighty effort Is to contain "a NUM-
Der OF new and pleasing mctaphorsncv
before used on any stage" This Is what
we have been waiting for in this country.
and now at lat 1t Is to come in the fad
,fng twilight OF the nineteenth century.
1f anything viii straIghtcn out the
tanglcs, put a stop 70 the greed of ava
rice and the avnrlcc OF greed. make the
rich let 80 their riches AND content the
poor with their lot. cause two blades of
grow where but pnc grew before,
make two dollars out Of one and double
the price OF wheat by cutting the bushel
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-06

If our nelghbor doesn't know. we will
endeavor TO cnllghtcn II. To begin with,
the decentralization Of silver in 10 was
effected by the English owners OF gold
through the agency Of one Ernest Sryd.
who acknowledged before his death that
he came to this country with SJ0.G9 for
the purpose. which he achieved by means
that have to this day never come 10 light
Congress, Itself. at that time being UNI
ware what was done in the secret Of II
committee room with the bill.-Wheclins
Register.
You can't enlighten anybody withany-
thing so stale and false as that. There
IS not a respectablSi free silver cham
pion who does not blush wien the Ern-
EST Scyd story Is revived. for that story
mas been shown to be the lamcst kind of
n-lie. 1t has been established beyond
dispute
That Ernest Seyd was not In the
United States later than 1856;
That Ernest Seyd never acknowledged
coming TO this country with money to
buy legislation which he do not APP
prove.
That Ernest Seyd was consulted az
other experts were and. In 4 letter OF
February Il, 1872, to the chairman of
the, coinage comIttce, he advised against
dropping tie silver dollar from our
coinage.
The Register Is 50 new to the free coin
age side OF the money question that II
is probably " of the history OF
the Ernest scyd fabrication. 1t would
be hard to find anything much more
d~isgraceful.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-06
Why He Can Do II.

Columbus Dispatch: a cigar dealer
In Cincinnati displays bright new MaA-
lean dollars In his window and an
noIncGn that to those who buy ten I'VE.
cent cigars and give him a United
States silver dollar. he will return a
Mexican dollar In way " change. II ~
said that the Clgnr dealer can do this
because the Mexican dollar Is not n
legal tender In this country. ThiS.linw-
ever. liz not The true reason. He IL able
to do It because the Mexican dollar IN
Mexico. whore It II D legal tender. ana
In ether countries where 1t Is nut. Is
worth but hfty-two cents. IT Il ciGaF
dealer IN the City Of 3IcXic1 should Ill
his window with United States silver
dollars and offer ten ive-ccnt cigars
and Il United States silver dollar 10.
those who would give him Il Mexican
dollar, his stock OF cigars aud dollars
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-06

Certainly" remarked Col. Goos+ber-
ny Tellers, the while beamlnS II heavenly
smile. We are always glad to explain
our cause and to make 1t plain to the
masses Of the people. Since the crime OF
1873"
You'll excuse me colonel" broke in
Jack Plane. "But I'm pretty well up on
the great crime. What | want to get at
Is what I'm to get for helping you to Sc,
your silver coined free. Reuben Hay Is
to get more for his wheat and his potn-
toes. I'm one OF Reuben's customers.
II l have to pay him twice as much as
pay him now. where nm | going TO get
the money? Have you arranged to have
my wages doubled right OF. or pretty
soon?"
"Ah. Mr.. Plane. you have been listen
Ing to some OF those Wall street agents.
Don't you know that we are lighting
Wall street and all its works? You must
not forget for u moment that the great
crime OF 1873"
What I'm talking about Is the cleo
ton of 1896" remarked Mr.. Plane In a
ton of voice hat indicated an absolute
grip on himself. II want 20 know how
I'm to get my wages doubled SO rs TO
keep up with the procession. and l want
to know when and where l am to get
hold OF the increase"
"Ot course you XIV. Mr.. Plane. that
since the crime OF 1855"