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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
NEW HAVEN c. E. UNION.
Round Table Meet Last Night-The Next Union Meeting-A Council Meet lng-New Officers Chosen.

Round Table Meet Last Nlght-The Next Union Meeting-A Council Meet ing-New Officers Chosen.
 The New Haven Christian Endeavor union held very interesting meeting at the Calvary Industrial Home on Wednesday evening, about fifty En- deavorers being present and nearly as many more from the home. The meet ing was led by James Anderson, chair man of the evangelistlc committee of the New Haven Christian Endeavor union. MT. Anderson announced an- other meeting at the same place on Wednesday evening, January 13.
 The Round Table of the First Bap- list Y. P. S. c. E. held a very profit able meeting last evening in the par lors of the church. Miss Susan Hoyt Evans gave a most intersting talk on biology. Mrs. Smith of North Haven and J. J. Jacobus rendered selections.
 The committee on the program for the next union meeting, which will be held in the First Baptist church on We'd nesday evening, January 20, 1897, con- sists of F. B. StatsOn of the First Bap- tist c. E. society, chairman; MT. Ev- arts, Davenport; Albert N. Bartlett, Church of the Redeemer. It is expected that Rev. Ichabod Simmons of Hart ford will deliver the address of the eve ming.
 The Y. P. S. c. E. of the Trinity Methodist church on a recent Sunday evening held a "council meeting" un- der the direction of the prayer meeting committee Four-minute papers were prepared and read on the following list of subjects: 1. Why we have 8 meet ing. 2. Preparing for the meeting. g. Taking part in the meeting. 4. Music g. Small ways of being helpful. 6 Pledge. T. Open parliament. How! short address by Rev. E. A. Dent.
 New officers have been elected since December l in many of the Christian Endeavor societies which comprise the New Haven Christian Endeavor union Calvary Baptist-A. I. Ward, president E. A. Wells, vice president; Miss Kate I. Donovan, recording secretary; II. M Hodges, treasurer.
 Plymouth-President Clarence D Holt; vice president, Ward Church; re cording secretary, Miss Nina Grant corresponding secretary, Miss Emma F Benedict; treasurer, Miss Daisie w Norton. 2
 Whitneyville Congregational-Mis: Nellie Wells, president; Rollin C. Hors fall, vice president; Miss A. F. Lowe recording secretary; Miss Minnie F Dickerman, corresponding secretary; Miss Lillian Burton, treasurer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
THAT MYSTERIOUS WRECK.
Off the Madison Coast-Various Re-
 ports.

Off the Madison Conscientious Re
 ports.
 Guilford, Dec 10.-The most mysteri- ous wreck in the memory of the resi- dents of this town and Madison is that of Wednesday, in which tWo-masted schooner is reported to have sunk six miles off the coast. There are plenty of people in this vicinity who are will ing to swear that they saw the vessel go down yet, yet nobody can be found who can learn the name or destination of the sunken craft. All day long the people along tine coast have tried to solve the mystery, and they gave up the attempt at nightfall, none the wiser.
 Miss Minnie Thrall, the daughter of the hardy fisherman, Captain Thrall well known all along the coast, says that she positively saw the schooner sink. The gang of carpenters employed by George W. Seward, the builder of this place, were working on the Madi- son shore Wednesday afternoon and they also report that they noticed the vessel in distress and later saw hel lurch and go down.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
POli's Wonderland Theatcr

The localviews shown by the biograph at Polls Wonderland theater this week have caught on speedily. and every one has a word of praise for them and the wonderful machine. Yale men show their loyalty to alma mater by their appreciation of the view show ing the football eleven at practice, and the Winchester armory employees mani fest their enthusiasm for their daily refuge when they see the picture show ing the factory at noon hour. The Elm pire State express and the other splen- did views awake much enthusiasm also The highest satisfaction is expressed for the vaudeville bill, particularly the acts presented by the three Macarte sisters and Ward and Curran. The b- ograph is shown four times daily, af- ternoon at and ,, evenings at S:30 and 1920.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
A. SENSATION

In the Porter-Ritch Trial Yesterday.
 Bridgeport, Dec. 10,-In the Porter Ritch trial this morning it was shown that MT. Porter in 1873 borrowed from his wife s100,000 which he had previous 1y given her as a marriage settlement This money he took to tide over Wall street firm, of which he was a member and which was embarrassed. He gave Mrs. Porter a promissory note in re- turn, and said it was a sacred debt, which would be regarded as preferred claim against his estate in the event of his death. To-day he repudiated the debt entirely, much to his sons aston ishment. He said it was "a. advised and intended fiction" made to deceive certain creditors who were harrassing him. The declaration caused a sensa- tiOn
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VAST POPULATION SERVED.

Interesting Statistics Showing the Inn
 mense Property of the Consolidated
 Railroad.
 Some interesting statistics have re- gently been compiled and published by leading Boston concern regarding the New York, New Haven and Hartford road. Among the other facts contained in the publication are following: Since 1880 the number of inhabitants or the cities and towns which the road serves has increased at least 1,25O,OOO. The business of the main line has about doubled during the past ten years and the general increase has necessitated the building of about 300 miles of branches besides 74 miles of sidings, all of which must have cost $l0,000,OOO.
 The reduction of grades and the strengthening of tracks permit an in- creased tonnage per train of cars and consequently larger earnings per loco- motive. The tonnage per freight train during the year ending June 30, lS96 increased 1872 per cent. over that ol 1895.
 By the consolidation of stations at the junction points on the New Eng land considerable saving has been made. Some twenty of these junction point stations have been consolidated.
 The article goes on to state that the New Haven road is so situated that its freight earnings are not dependent or the condition of any particular indus tries and that during the fiscal veal ending June 30, 1896, the business in creased S1a per cent. over 1895.
 The actual operation of the New Ha ven road for 1896 shows earnings of 1O.; per cent. on the capital stock, but aE $l, 223, 900, which was spent upon the property, was charged to operating ex penses, the earnings are brought dowr to a little more than per cent. Tht policy of the management is, however to devote all earnings over and above sufficient to pay per cent. dividend! upon the stock, to the improvement O the property, and as various better ments have been started on the Housa tonic and other branch roads, no i'm mediate change in the dividend rat may be looked for.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
NEW MILITARY LAWS.

An effort is to be made in the future to bring up the standard of the non- commissioned officers of the various companies of the Second regiment, and hereafter all such officers after they have received their appointment from the company commandant, must pass a satisfactory examination before Col Burpee.
 And another rule is to go into effect at once regarding musicians. Hereto fore the company musician reported on drill nights to the respective captains Hereafter they will report to the drum major one night each week for drill.
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9,rauellers' Guide. New York, New Haven and
 Hartford R. R.
NoNenher 2a. l8a6


 FOR NEW YORK-*405, s4:5o, x6:oo. A7:sO. "S:1O. S:SO, |9:35, x1O;SO am., *12:oO, i2:05, "1:3O (parlor car limited), a1:s5, l:45, *2;S0 %2:56, 800, *4:17, x4:20 S5:SO, 5:35. 6:3O, *7:10, %S1O (S:15 Bridge port accommodation, *9:10, 9:15 D. m. Sundays-"4:05. *4:5O, 500 a. m., x4:3O. x6:15, "7:10, "S:10, S:15 *9:1O D. m.
 FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem River-11:O5, :50 p. m. (daily)
 FOR BOSTON via Springfield-s1:1 10. %lo:lo, %ll;05 a. m., "12:46, %5:52 D. m. Sundays-"1:10 (night), *5:52 D. m.
 FOR BOSTON via New London and Providence-*2,10. *2:2O, *1l:35 (parlor car limited) a. m.. '12:05. *S:OO, *4:2O. '4'55, '6:55 p. m. Sundays-+2:1O. .2:2O. a. m., *4;55, "6:55 p. m.
 FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORD. SPRINGFIELD, Etc.-*1IO (night). 6:4o, S:00, x10:10, "11:05 a. m, #12:46 100. s:l5, 5:OO, *5:52 (6:15 to Hartford), s:o5, lo:V5 D. m. Sundays-*1:10 (night), "6;52, S:2S p. m.
 NEW LONDON DIVISION
 For New London. etc.-*2:1O, (nighty. T2;2O (night), 7:55, 10:OO (Guilford acc.). ll:o5. *l1;35 Narlor car limited) a. m., @l2:O5, *3:0o, 3:O5, *4:2O, *4.55, 5:15, 6:15 (Guilford acc), *6:55, 11:2O (Guilford acc) p. m. Sundays-*2:10 (night). *2:2o (night) m, "4:55, se:55 D. m. AIR LINE DIVISION
 For Middletown, Willimantic, etc., 7;43 a. III, 12:4S. *2:33, SOS D. m. Sum- days-&7:15 p. m. Connecting at Mid. dletown with Valley Division and at Wiliimartic with the N B. R. R. and N. l.. N. R. R.; at Turnerville with Col chester branch
 NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
 Tor Shelburne Falls. Turner's Falls. Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hart foro and intermediate stations-7:45 a, m. and 400 D. m. For Westfield and intermediate stations, 5:55 p. m.
 For Harrington. New Hartford and points this stde-7:45 a. m.. 12:04, 400. 5:55 D. m
 BERKSHIRE DIvISICN
 For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia, etc:-7:00, 9:35 a. m,, l2:00. 2:39, 4:00, 5:S5, 7:5o 11:2O D. m. sundays-s:1O a. m., 8:S0 p. m.
 For Waterbury-7:oO 9:35 a. m, 12:OO. 2:39, 5:S5, 7:50 p. m. Sundays-S:1o a. m, 6:15 p. m. (via Naugatuck Junc- tion.)
 For Winsted-7:00, 9:35 a. m, 2:39 5:3S p. m. Sundays-8:1O a. m For Shelton, Botsford, Newtown. Dan. bury, Pittsfield, State Line-9:35 a. m., 400 p. m.
 For Albany. Buffalo. Detroit Cincin- nati. na a st. Louis, Chicago and the West. Vla state Line-9:35 a. m, 400 p. m.
 TOT Lltchf1eld and points on s., l.. e | N. RR (Via Bridgeport)- a. m., 400 D. m.
 Express Trains. xLocal Express.
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A POSTAL CARD

Will bring us to your home whenever your shoes need re- pairing. You needn't bother about carrying the bundle to us. Simply tell us to call.
 We are the best and most prompt shoe 7 doctors in New Haven. We do artistic work. Our work is neat. You'll hardly recognize your shoes after we get through with them. We may charge a little more than clumsy workmen who use poor materials, but Our work is ever so much better.
 We are prompt too. We'll do repairing just when we promise to do it, and will deliver the work free. May we have one trial?
 A D cpEENJwOOD
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SENT TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Windsor, Dec. 1O,-The thirteen year old daughter, Martha, of the Rev. Seth D. Wainwright. colored, of Hayden's Station, is at the Industrial school for girls at Middletown. She was sent there Wednesday for unruly and vicious conduct. Rev. Mir. Wainwright has labored Unceasingly to cultivate good habits in his daughter till it be- came evident that he could do nothing with her
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
MEDAL OF HONOR

Awarded to John C. Curtis-He Has
 Many New Haven Friends.
 Washington, D. C., Dec. 10.-A medal of honor was to-day awarded Lieut.. John c. Curtis, late of the Ninth Con- necticut Volunteers, and now residing at Bridgeport, for most distinguished gallantry in action at the battle of Baton Rouge, La, August 5, 1862. Dur ing this engagement Lieut.. Curtis vol untarily sought the line of battle, and alone and unaided, captured two pris- oners, driving them before him to regi- mental headquarters at the point of the bayonet
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11
BERLIN POWER HOUSE.

Land Bought of the c. P. Merwin Es-
 tate.
 The Consolidated Railroad company has acquired plot of land in Berlin of the estate of the late c. P. Merwin, who was years ago State street mer- chant, in New Haven. The land is To- cated near the Berlin station, and is alongside the main tracks. It is under stood the new electric power house will be erected there. Work on the new building will soon be begun.
 Two car loads of building stone were taken there yesterday and seven more are expected in a day or two.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-11

New London Y. M. c. A. a few days ago. Mr. Bates came to his home on the train the day of the fall, but when he reached there the pain in his side became so great that he consulted a physician and found that he had brok- en one rib.
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Express Trains. xLocal Express.
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD, q General Passenger Agent. !
STARlN'S hLN fA.As .AIN liGAJS-
 FORMATION LINE.

Daily Except Saturdays.
 glE-A Str. JOHN H. STARIN, Captain McAister, leaves New Haven from Starin's Pier, foot of Brown street, ut l0:l5 p. m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thurs Spoor, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. The STARIN leaves New York from Pier 18 North River. at 9 p. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The Corning, Sundays. Tues days and Thursdays.
 Fare, ,75c; excursion tickets. S1.25. State rooms, S1.00.
 Tickets and staterooms for sale at E. F. Nortons, S5I Chapel street; Peck < Bishop, f02 Chapel street; Tontine Hotel. and A. Goodman & Go.
 Free stage leaves the depot on arrival Of Hartford train, and from corner of Church and Chapel streets every half hour, commence ing at $50 p.m Through freight rates given anG pills of lading issued to points west, south and southwest. 0. H. FISHER, Agent.
 Order your freight via Starin Line.
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ENTERTAINMENTS TS.
Hyperion.


 OLGA NETHERSOLE TONIGHT.
 In addition to Denise" tonight we shall see Olga Nethersole in her new play, "The Wife of Scarli," which is promised tomorrow night at the Fly perion. It is from the Italian. The plot Is simple. Scarli is an Italian at torney, a plodding worker, faithful and trusting husband and loving father. Fabrizio Arcieri Is a young ad- vocate He is the son of a libertine, of count, who has squandered his own as we'll as his sons money. The son, man of excellent qualities, makes con- tinual sacrifices that his father may be permitted to enjoy luxury and be spar ed exposure Scarli and his wife sym pathize with Fabrizio. Scarli gives Fabrizio business opportunities, and confides In him as he would in son. l The sympathy of the wife of Scarli gradually ripens into love. The love is l returned and the guilty pair are soon deep in the mire. Others suspect the | intimacy, but Scarli never. The eX- | posture finally comes, followed by the expulsion of thS lover from the house and the planning of elopement. The succeeding steps of the play are re- plete with interest and are very strong 1 ly brought out by Miss Nethersole and | her excellent company. Sale of seats | now open
 THE LILIPUTrANS.
 The Liliputians, who will make their debut in this city on Friday, Decem' Der IS, at the Hyperion theater, are not only finished comedians and art | ists, but excellent dancers and sing CTS. In Merry Tramps," the magniti" cent spectacular play which they will produce here, there are three grand pallets. In the course of the entertain ment the Liliputians will appear rid ing on their Shetland ponies, and, sur rounded by the coryphees and thous- sands of electric lights, will present one of the finest of stage pictures. The en- gagement is for two nights, with mat inee on Saturday.
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4 Ge,tson,rly Profession.

A city man was lately asked to recon-
mend nice, gentlemanly profession in
which quick fortune could be made
without risk. BE replied that he knew
Of only two such professions, and they
were both rather hard to get into. They
were the professions Of Kafar million
aire and American railroad reorgantzer.
The KafHr millionaire is not entirely
unknown to our readers. but perhaps
they are not SO well acquainted with the
railroad reorganiser. His native habitat
is New York, and he is only to be seen
IN London as bird Of passage BE may
honor Us With his company for = 1ow
days when On his way to tbs Riv.era OF
the upper Nile. but Ls%ould be @rak5og
himself too chespi e be we're to recSss
nize suoh Ting as business when n
chad onlysun over2oz shost holiday. "
His wogS, here Is done vScariously
through sympathetic agents OF public
spirited committees. he has also COM
mittees in New York, and nowadays he
finds it necessary to have syndicates and
underwriters as we'll
A playful professional fiction assumes
that these committees bav, been elected
BY the recognised baud and stock hold
ers to protect their interests. Anothes
pleasant illusion gives the syudicates
and the underwriters credit for stepping
into the deadly breach to save the reos-
ganisstion scheme from imminent peril
And they have to be paid accordingly,
OF, in professional phraseology, "con=
pensated. saturday Review.
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and in dying he would secure revenge.
A niece OF iron had been left under the
hammer. There vaR heard the sound OF
csashl crashl crash! as the mass OF IRON
rose and fell at regular intervals-snas
sounded above the nonotonous nu" oi
the machinery.
So tbousht each guard and each con.
yict-so thought the father. whose iees
seened chained to the floor and whose
s.os vas vhiter than the dead. One OF
Che guards could have touched button
and s;gnaled the engineer to shat on
steam. but be did not move hand.
Either guard had a fair mark to shoot
at but their pistols were not lifted: up
and down-up and down went the ham
mer, but suddenly the belt was thrown
over on the loose pulley and the mass
rested on the anvil It seemed to those
who looked as IL they had been looking
through q mist such mist as rises
from earth Of a summer morning. 1t
seemed to them that this mist thinned
out-cleared away before the influence
Of a rising sun, and by and by they saw
the child nesting on Big Toms hairy
breast, one hand smoothing his cheek,
and seeming to come from long dis
tance OF they heard her childish voice
saying:
"No, you wouldn't hurt Nellie-you
wouldn't hurt Nelliel What makes you
ory! Have you got little girl too:
Won't they let you go home to see your
little grip
And the convicts advanced step by
sep, and the guards crept forward. and
10! Big Toms tears were falling as ne
hugsed the child more tightly and kiss
ed her fair hair and rosy cheek. There
| was silence yet-silence as be walked
to and fro and wept and sobbed and
lifted the child till she could clasp her
tiny arms about his neck and rest her
cheek against his. Not whisper among
the convicts-not move from father OF
mother or the guards. By and by Big
Tom placed the child in its fathers
arms, wiped the tears from his eyes on
the sleeve Of his striped jacket. and
with a "God bless the little darlinS y
and q ''Thank ye. sirr' he returned te
his work, and the hammer was lifted
and held in waiting FOR the hot iron te
be placed on the anvil beneath.
The guards motioned for the Other
convicts to 60 back to their benches ane
4orges, and a minute later the visitor!
bad gone and work was in full blast
The long expected ousbzesk had come
and gone. For so seconds Big Tom hae
felt such a raging hate in his soul tha
he vas transformed into human devil
The child had smiled into his burning
eyes-her soft touch had lulled him
her words had brought back his reason
Was be punished? No! A year later b
was pardoned, and today another fai'
| haired, blue eyed, smiling child put
her arms about his neck and says:
"You are such a great, big papa, bu
you wouldn' t never hurt nobody. woult
u?''-Oetrois Free Press.
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sTEvENsoN's MoDEsTY.
The Novelfst's Opinion OF Himself as Ez-
pyosJe5 In Els Letters.

The Novelfss's Opinion OF Himself as EI-
pressed In Els Letters.
There is one passage in Louis Steven
sons correspondence which 1t would
have been thousand pisiss 70 miss. So
much nonsense has been written about
Stevenson's s work, he was made the VIC
tim while he lived of such an extrava-
CANT system Of putting, that those who
did rot know him were almost inevita-
bly, forced to associate him with his
datterers and TO believe that be must
SEQ himself with their eyes. It is clear
that he did not. His most exacting
critic can hardly have judged him more
ssernly than he judged himself.
"For the 1once my skill deserts me,
such IS it is, or was. Il was very lit
tie dose of inspiration, and pretty lit
tie trick Of style, long lost. improved
By the most heroic industry. So far I
have managed to please the journalists.
But I am fictitious article, and have
long known it. am read by journal
lists, by my fellow uovelists, and by
boys. With these, incipit ct explicit my
vogue. Good thing anyway, for it seems
TO have sold the edition. = : do not
think it is possible to have fewer lllo-
sions than I. I sometimes wish I had
more They are amusing. But I cannot
take myself seriously as an artist. The
limitations are so obvious
It is not often one finds popular au-
thor writing in such strain-an au-
thor, too, whom there seemed general
conspiracy among the reviewers to spoil.
What contrast it is to the following
extract from the touching epilosue add
ed to these letters by his editor and
friend:
''The fragment on which he wrought
during the last month Of his lito gives
to my mind, as it did to his own, for
the first time the full measure Of his
powers, and il in the literature Of ro-
nance there is to be found work more
mastery, of more piercing human in
sight or more concentrated imaginative
vision and beauty, 7 do not know it. I"
Macmillan Is2aZiue-
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Groely and Greeley.

"Do you know" said Representative
Aldrioh OF Chicago, meeting General
Greely recently reminds me OF day at
the Worlds fair, when We all stood
with open mouth wouderment and in
terest, looking upon that scene, DO graph
ically illustrated, Of Greely and his ht-
tie band Of surviving explorers strus-
Cling with death and worse At the
same time we were listening with sad
ness TO the eloquent recital which was
given to groups Of visitors every few
moments by the attendant, when sud-
denly, during a pause in the proceed
ings, an old granger-thas was his ap-
pearance-broke out feelingly, I allus
thought it was shame that Greely
want elected president and said so to
the Grant crowd to hum at the time. !"
Washington Post.
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
"wBEN ELys HAD HIS DINNER"

On long, hos Sunday afternoons,
When we've got homo from meesia'
An Eli's changed his pantaloons,
Hes awful set on eatin.
He's that outrageous cross 'swonIo osASo's
An uncocvertsd sinner.
have to stand heap OF blame
Till Ellis got his dinner.
An so I'm never very $40"
To get the kettle bihn;
call it duty, for know
His temper is q spiHo.
Iwarra the tatsrs as the meas
An don't let rothin hinder,
An then let the feller eat.
An Eli gets his dinner.
Now, Ellis not greedy Inan.
But somehow, come Sunday,
He'll eat bigger dinner than
Ee'd think OF on q Monday.
An when he's done he tips his cha!1
Back 'gainst the kitchen winoer,
An soon you'll hear sno-:n there
When EN's got his dinner.
But when he's dozed . little while,
Half wakin an half sleepia.
Ee'u wake up in a better style
For Sunday an deakio.
He'll talk SO piouS an 30 kind,
'Twould touch hardened sinner;
A better man you'd never and
Than Eli after dinner.
Chicago Inter Ocesn.