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with table, chair, a thing called a
bed and few pots. These rooms are
sublet for 10 cents a night for two
size II by 10-where people eat, cook
and sleep l entered some of these
houses@if such a name could be given
of woman:
do you rent this?'' EYES," was the
reply: 800,
six ($1-0S) a week.
Have you the whole house?' No,
sir: only this room" (Size II by 100
do you sleep in here?'' Yes, sir:
we sleeps, eats, cooks and everything
here"
'.You have room above-up the
stairs:' NO, sir; that's another par
Can 1 go up?'' Eyes, dare say he
will let YOU
Before 1 go up would like to ask.
what do you do for living?" My
husband sells sandstone, sand and blue
rags, bottles, bones or old iron for
them"
what does he earn in a week?"
At this question the woman smiled.
"Well. it depends more,
sometimes less. One day perhaps a shil-
ling ga cents), another day 1 and 6
(36 cents) and so on
should say here that the agent finds
the pots, pans, bed and fire, such as
they are, for ] will not attempt to de-
scribe them This / will say-no dog
of mine should ever be allowed to sleep
The whole outfit was not worth 10
cents
ssEs,e you a back yard?'' "No, sir"
ssWhere is your closet, then?"
There, SIR" pointing to three closets
in the street
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to manufacture your goods and supply
lean marSet VAS IS t want sae maret
IN the world and during the time the
Mckinley bill was law our manufac-
turers were quite paralyzed."
There was exported from Bradford
during the last nine months of the ex-
lstence of the Mckinley law S4.47S.O00
worth of goods. This was from January
the corresponding period of the following
year from January I, 1895, to Septem-
Der 30, 1850, under the Wilson bill,
$21,111.0O0. Five times as much under
the Wilson bill as under the Mckinley
bill The total exports for the year 1898
from Bradford amounted to S27. 745, 900.
These exports include thirty-seven items,
but consist chiefly of card clothing. cot
ton. goods, iron and steel, machinery,
hosiery, stuffed goods, worsted goods,
Mr.. Meeker, United States consul at
Bradford. furnished me these statistics,
which were taken from his reports to the
state department.
We. manufacture similar goods in
America, but on account of the Wilson
tariff bill we have been deprived of the
chance to manufacture them and the
money which should have been paid to
our own working people has been paid
to the laboring people of Great Britain.
Our chimneys have ceased smoking,
working people are idle and deprived of
a living on account of this Ubiquitous,
free trade, Wilson tariff.
Business Thrives in Birmingham.
1 left Bradford on August "a for Biz
Sheffield, whose iron and steel works are
in full blast. Not only in these places,
but all over England, this line of in
dustry is prospecting And the factories
are running full time, and the greater
part of their product is shipped to the
United States. And while their works
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ground floor of this 1odginghouse is a
large room for the men to sit in. The
kitchen below contained a large closed
cooking range, which was red hot, and
the odor of the cooking going on made it
anything but envia BILE to be in. The lodg-
ers all cook for themselves and have a
variety of things to cook and they are
not very particular as to how many diff
ferent things are cooked together in the
same pot. We went upstairs and saw
395 beds, which are let at three differ
ent prices-6, s and II cents per night.
The 12-cent ledger has a place boarded
Off to himself-no water, no towel.
Wealth and Poverty Mixed.
Manchester, with her 5OO,OOO popula-
ton, boasts of her wealth and manufa c.
turing resources and one would suppose
that all of the people alike lived in pal
aces; but to examine into the exact con-
dition l find quite the reverse. Thou
sands of these people live on alcohol.
When they earn any money, it goes for
alcohol chiefly.
Coming back to my hotel, the Queens.
facing one of the finest streets in Man
chester, is the Royal infirmary, all along
the front of which there are seats which
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One pauper to every 81 persons. Twenty
eight paupers to every 1000 persons.
Cost to maintain these paupers
annually. .$57. s25. 475
the royal family. ......... s., sos, no
and his secretaries. ...... $4,000
The population of the British empire,
including India and the colonies, is 346.-
0OO.OOO. There are SO colonies and 40
distinct governments.
Life in London.
I arrived in London August %, and
made a visit to Whitechapel. I visited
a lodging house on Osborne street /
asked for the proprietor and was intro
duced to him. They call him 1.-THE gov
ernor" to distinguish him from other
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are occupied by poor people from the
slums. l was informed that many sat
there the whole night, so l arose early
the next morning and went across to the
seats and found that SO, II of whom
were women. one with Il child, had sat
there all night because they had not the
necessary cents for bed
The trade of Manchester is very much
depressed at present-awaifine the pres
idential election in the United States.
The merchants of the United States are
making very. small purchases now, be-
cause they fear a new tariff bill and
because American consumption is less
ened through the idleneSs of the people
and their inability to buy The manu-
facturers and shippers here do not want
any change in the present American
tariff But they say they would rather
an for if Bryan is elected and a silver
standard declared in the United States.
they cannot sell their goods at all to
America. Yet they despise Mckinley
for as the London Times stated few
days ago. his infamous tariff bill"
Trade Paralysis in Bradford
Leaving Manchester, L visited Brad
ford. which is the largest wooden and
shoddy manufacturing district in the
world. Trade is paralyzed there as far
as United States shipments are con-
cerned at present The manufacturers
are awaiting the election of the Presi-
dent of the United States. to know
whether he win be free trader or a pro-
tectionist. The merchants are very much
get but few orders from the United
States. l said to one of them: You
have now the whole British empire tin
Guiding India). with a population of al
most 350, 900. 900 controlled by her males
ty, to SUPPLY; why are you not satisfied
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There are SO friendly societies OF
trades unions in Great Britain with .
membership of ], O43, 600 taken from re-
port of House of Commons). SeveraE
of these societies are located in London
and include some of the trades enumer-
ated in the Booth table. The societies.
control the wages of their various trades,
and were it not for the stand they take
their wages would be reduced by the
manufacturer to a lower standard than,
they are at present, which is less than.
one-half of what is paid in America.
Higher Wages in America.
Our last census report of 1890 gave
featuring, the average yearly earning of
each person being $4SS. The average In
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are running full time our people are idle.
Today the goods that are being made in
Leeds and in Sheffield would, were it not
for the Wilson bill, be made in the
United States.
1 spent u day in Birmingham. which
is another thriving and prosperous manu-
featuring center. Here also the people
are very DESTROYS that no change be
made in the present American tariff
schedule which would result in depriving
them of our market for their goods.
The British Chain Gang,
After leaving here 1 went to Cradley
Heath-among the women chainmakerS
and women blacksmiths-to witness the
misery there which 1 had visited in
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1888 and in 1892. There are women
there by the thousands who make chain
for living in old, low buildings adjoin-
ing their houses.
One man, William Boxley, said he
was Sc years old and earned 60 cents q
day as laborer, when he could work.
He has five daughters and five sons.
Three of this daughters are chainmakers
and one works in q brickyard, carrying
brick. 1 went into his house. On the
lower floor was room with a stone
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ut the expiration of which time they are
discharged.
Nobody is allowed to come. to these
places more than once a month, and he
can stay no longer than the time pre-
scribed. The ward / visited accom-
modated fifty-five men and thirty-two
women The beds consist of a narrow
strip of canvas stretched like hammock mock
the floor. The applicants are admitted
after 6 p. M in the summer time ana
after 4 p. m. in the winter time AS
a bath in one of the six baths in the
ward and their clothes are fumi gated
and disinfected. After the bath they
and pint of Cruel. For their bed they
are given three blankets. For breakfast
they receive the same food as for sup
per For dinner, in addition to the bread
and Cruel they are given 115 ounces of
cheese The total cost for caring for
these people during the period of their
confinement. including the five meals, is
cents EACH
Advice to Americans.
Nv advice to every American working
man is. as 1 have said before. to pro-
tect his own rights ana the rights ana fi
low the whims cries and falsehoods of
the free-trade politician who seeks to
have goods, imported INTO the the United
In bor because he thinks the goods can be
sold cheaper than if they were made
IF the wages of the American working
men are not reduced to the standard of
those in England, and the goods are not
made in America, he has no money
70 nurchase these cheap goods with Be
ing deprived of work, where are they to
ref their money to make their purchases
with?
Labor in London.
Tho following statistics are taken from
eooth's Life and Labor of the People
- ondon'' showing the number of peo-
10 eInployed in the various lines in the
city of London:
,ai1 .
Root and shoemakers- 96.614
1atters 1927
Tnressmakers and milIiners- 43.I04
Sbirfmakers. 1926
Wachinists. 6,715
Drapers and hosiers- 3i-3I7
Clerks 1S1 $50
CSshn,eu coachmen, busmen, .tc.--. 261. 1876
fsaiIway service, labor, etc 92.S2S
SeaInen- 1889
Dock service. labor, coal beavers.
norters, gasworbe-r, ETC $500
f,e-e-x. labor, factory labor 215.465
Engine drivers and artisans 1890
Total. .2O1. 241
Al other classified labor not in
Guided above 1h,259
Grand total in London. ,o12, 400
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FREE TRADE MISERY.
Nathaniel Mckay Tells of His Tour
Through British Manufac-
turing Centers.
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.
Working Women at Masculine Labor
Stern Facts for Our Wage
Farmers
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.

Free-trade slavery still exists in the
British empire Notwithstanding the
duction of the American tariff, which
benefits the English manufacturer, but
does not reach the British workman.
Eight years ago I visited England for
the purpose of studying the condition of
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floor and an old-fashioned fireplace
with ovens on each side and a place for
coal in the middle Back of this was a
little space for a washroom where there
is room for only one person In the front
room all the cooking is done and it is
also used for a living room and dining
room Upstairs is room Sx12 feet
AS l entered here I noticed a woman
lying on one of the beds lthere were
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are no poorhouses in Brownsville staring
these working people in the face. They
make from six to eight times the wages
of the poor people at Wigan. and there
are no women at wolk wheeling coal in
the United States.
Paupers in the British Empire.
Population of Great Britain and
Paupers .................... 1.01S.02S
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Polls wonderland Theater.

Raymon Moore continues to attract
overlooking houses to Polls Wonder
land theater. The great balladist has
introduced several new ballads Of the
characteristic style that has made him
famous, and he will probably to-day
or tomorrow introduce his very latest
composition, 1.-THE Flower of Santa
Rosa" The excellent speciality COM
pany that appears with him has a
number of brilliant artists, among
them the four Luciers, Mr.. Barnes and
Miss Sisson, the Rice brothers, Mr.. and
Miss Reilly, the American Novelty Clog
quartet, Miss Victoria, the Nondescript
trio, and Mr. Emery and Miss Marlowe.
Next week Mulambarks Arabs will be
the feature in their daredevil aero
baltic feats. These Arabs have been
but six weeks in America, playing the
Keith circuit during that time, and
this is their first American appearance
outside Of Keith's houses.
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COURIER

fully. and Miss Mabel Bagley is a
good vocalist, The advance sale has
ben large for the remaining perform
ances, and big houses are assured. "a
Trip to Chinatown" fills out the week
with matinee Saturday
"Hogan's Alley will be seen at the
Grand Opera House the first three eve
nings of next week, with matinee
Wednesday,. The Shirley sisters, Gar
ner brothers trio, Misses Leslie and
Halvers, w. j. Hagan, Miss Gladys
Hayden, George Kaine, Fred Ward.
Cliff Mech and that funny yellow kid
are in the cast. The comedy is con-
structed especially for the fun-loving
public, the characters being true to ma
ture and not overdrawn. Micky Du-
gan, so widely known as the yellow kid,
is always on hand to lend merriment to
the occasion. This company is now
playing at Miners Peoples theater to
overwhelming success.
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Grand Opera House.

Hoyts seemingly ever popular farce,
"a Trip to Chinatown" filed the Grand
opera house last evening with one of
the largest audiences of the season. In
the action have been introduced some
new specialties since last seen here.
Miss Laura Biggar. as the charming
young widow from Chicago, is very
clecer. She made a decided hit in her
rendition of the new song :'She AL
ways Dressed in Black and in appear
ance and dress is all the part requires.
Burt Haverly, who assumes the role
of Welland Strong had the audience
with him all the time, and after his
song Put Me Off at Buffalo," and his
representations of Sullivan and Brodie
received merited applause. The COM
pany is well headed by Miss Biggar
and Mr.. Haverly, but their support is
noticeably weak at times, especially
from a vocal standpoint. The second
act opens with an italian opera bur-
lesque, and here the voices are made
quate. Miss Maud Myring as Flirt was
good and sang and danced with ap-
prevail, and Miss Jeanette Lilford does
some soft shoe dancing, which is well
received. John P. Drawn whistles skill
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Personal JOrTINGS

Mrs. Albert Angus has been very i'll
at llsr home on st. John street with
rheumatism about the heart, but is now
gradually gaining. Her case was at
one time deemed hopeless. Good hope
of her recovery is now entertained.
Some Of the most elaborate decora-
tons Tuesday night at the Mckinley
and sound money parade in Farming
ton were at the Country club, Elm
Tree Inn, III. N. Whittlesey's, Miss Por-
ter's school, F. L. Scott's, julius Gay S
and A. R. Wadsworth's A collation.
was served at the town hall after the
parade.
Miss Lottie A. Weaver of New Ha-
ven is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Leroy
Beach on Upper Main street, Stratford.
Miss Weaver was Mrs. Beachs brides
maid.
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ENTERTAINMENTS.



Prof. D. Neuman, the celebrated mind
reader. will appear, with his company
of specially artists at the Hyperion
this evening. This afternoon at 2
o'clock Prof. Neuman will give a pub
lie test of his skill by driving through
the streets blindfolded and attempting
to find an article to be previously hid
den.
Next Wednesday evening at the Hy-
perion theater, under the management
of Mr.. Horace Wall, formerly local
manager of the New Haven Opera
House. a new aspirant for stellar hon
ors will appear before New Haven play
goers and endeavor to win popular APP
prevail. Miss Margaret Fuller has,
during the past four years, won dis
tinct renown as the leading lady with
the most eminent actors throughout
England and the continent, and her ex-
perience with masters of the tragic
field, coupled with a natural born ge-
MUS, easily fits her for the trying Or
deal of an American star. young
woman OF great personal loVel1neSS,
possessing voice of such melodious
charm that the ear is grateful when
she speaks, endowed as she is with
ability that if not allied to genius is
high in the order Of talent, refined, ed
ucated intelligent, Miss Fuller has ev-
erything to qualify her for the work it
is her pleasure to undertake for her
engagement at the Hyperion. Miss
Fuller will have the assistance of a
thoroughly capable company, and the
play, 1.-THE Princess of Bagdad." by AL
exander Dumas, produced with every
attention to detail of magnificent cos
TUNES, will prove of additional inter-
est. 1t is announced that Miss Fuller
will close her engagement Thursday
evening with Camille"
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X " kNsS#
CONNECTICUT ENDEAvoRERs.

CONNECTICUT ENDEAvORERS.
New London, Nov. 12-The state con-
vention Of Christian Endeavorers ad-
iourned last night to meet in South
Norwalk in 1897. These officers were
elected: President, the Rev. c. H..
Buck, D. D., Bristol; vice president, the
Rev. Asher Anderson, Meriden; Ernest
E. Rogers, New London; the Rev.W. A.
Richard, Hartford; secretary and treas
urer, A. E. Kilbourne, East Hartford;
auditor, w. F. Waterbury, Stamford;
secretary of junior work, Mrs. Emily L..
Ely, Norwalk; California '97 manager,
J. F. Williams, Bristol
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A. o. u w

A meeting of all the members of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen re-
siding in and about New Haven viii be
held in Harmonic hall, No. 8 Elm
street, on Wednesday evening, Novem-
Der Is. The meeting will be addressed
by w. Warner Wilson Of Detroit, chair
man of the beneficial commission of the
supreme lodge, and he will explain the
classified assessment" plan, which is
at present being discussed in the order.
1t Is expected every member of the or
der in this city will be present.
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AT ST. FRANCIS ASYLUM.

Entertained the Orphans There Last
Evening.
At St. Francis orphan asylum last
evening an entertainment was given
to the children by the Davis family Of
1os Bradley street, who generously con-
tributed their time and talent for that
purpose. The entertainment consisted
Of instrumental and vocal music and
magic, and was much enjoyed by the
children. They and the management of
the asylum are deeply grateful to the
Davis family for their kind entertain
ment
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Total,

Balance on hand, 1927. 80
The committee to nominate officers
for the coming year reported the fol-
lowing names:
President, Mrs. Marie E. Ives; vice
presidents, Mrs. G.. B. Stevens, Mrs. r.
Fl. Jenkins, Mrs. Newman Smyth, Mrs
William p. Blake, Mrs Rutherford
Trowbridge, Mrs. Henry Rogers, Mrs
]. E. Twitchell Mrs. A. j. Dubois, Mrs.
Edwin HARDWOOD, Mrs. Edward Poteat,
Miss Rose Munger; secretary, Mrs.
William Blackman; treasurer, Mrs. G..
M. Duncan; minority committee, Mrs.
f. o. Brastow, Mrs. S. ]. Merwin, Mrs.
S. D. Gilbert, Mrs. c. H. Smith, Miss
Rose Munger, Miss Mary Shipman, Miss
j. Daggett; pew committee. Mrs. j. II.
Mason, Miss Harriet Bennett, Mrs. z.
L. Kitchell petition committee, Miss
S. j. Bennett, Miss M. DeForest SKIN
ner; entertainment committee, Mrs.
Schwab, Miss Joselyn, Mrs. Charles De-
Forest, Miss Quinsey; nominating COM
nittee, Mrs. Joeelyn, Mrs. Charles Ia.
Smith. Mrs. D. S. Gilbert; auxiliary
committee, Mrs. Charles Fabriaue, Mrs.
S. e. Merwin, Miss c. Bowman, Miss
M. E. Jan, Miss c. M, Galpin, Miss
STOW.
The report Of the committee was ac-
cepted and the above were elected Of
ficers.
Mrs. E. II. Jenkins gave a brief re-
sumo Of the years work.
Mrs. S. T. Kinney, president of The
state association, also spoke.
The speaker Of the afternoon was
Miss Annie S. Quinton of Philadelphia.
president of the National Indian asso-
citation, who spoke in general Of the
work among the Indians.
After the meeting an Informal recep-
ton and tea was given in honor of Miss
Quia+cn
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MIR. WOODRUFF0S RESIGNATION.
New York, Nov. 12-Lientenant Gov
ernor-elect Timothy l.. Woodruff this
afternoon sent in his resignation as
Brooklyn park commissioner to Mayor
Wurster. The resignation is to take eff
feet on December l.
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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
the MEALINE COMPANY.

We the undersigned hereby associate our
selves as a joint stock corporation under
the statute laws of this State by articles of
agreement as follows =
l. The name by which the corporation
shall be known is The Mealine Company.
IL The purpose for which it is consti-
tuted is to manufacture, buy and sell soap,
and generally to do all things incidental to
said business.
III The corporation is to be located in
the Town of New Haven, County of New
Haven, and State of Connecticut,
" The amount of its capital stock is
Ten Thousand $4,000 dollars. divided into
one hundred 100 shares of the par value
of One Hundred dollars each.
v Each subscriber to these articles
agrees to take the number of shares of said
capital stock annexed to his name, each
share to be of the par value of One Hun
bred dollars, and to pay 20 per cent thereof
in cash at the time of subscription and
balance thereof in installments as called
for by the Directors.
Dated at New Haven, this 10Th day of
A IN
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Upon application of Five of the Proprietors
Of the New Haven City Burial Ground, I
hereby give notice that a Special Meeting
of the Proprietors of the New Haven City
Burial Ground will be held at the Chapel
of said Burial Ground, on Monday, No
p m, to elect a Clerk In place Of Nathan
H Sanford, who has resigned, and to do
any other business proper to be done at
said meeting.
New Haven, Conn, November 18th, 1896
NIB st NATHAN H. SANFORD, Clerk.
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Premature
X Old Age

is deplorably prevalent in this
nineteenth century. Thousands
die annually - young in years,
but as completely worn out as
though the full allotment of their
time had passed over their heads.
The man who feels that he is
breaking down," experiences loss
of strength, sleep, and appetite,
should at once take
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MARINE LIST.

,NHkESs PORT OF NEW HAVEN. sERKTA
ARRIVED,
Sch Marshall Perrin, Scott, Bangor lum-
Der.
Sch Seth w. Smith, Martin, Bangor, ium-
Der
Sch Anna B. Jacobs Wilson, New York,
iron.
Sch Nettie Champion, Kendall, Phlla, coal
to railroad,
Sch Phoenix, Carlton, N. Y, iron.
CLEARED.
Sch Mary Ann, Collins, -.
Sch Bayard Barnes, Mehaffey, Newport
News.