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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
4 TIOLTN lrICHTNH.
Seattle Mans Machine With Which He
 Makes Riddles.


 {From the Seattle Post-Intelliuepcer)
 There is a violin maker in this city who has an altogether new theory in regard to this instrument, and one so new that it is totally at variance with the gener- al impression. It is that there is no ac- cident or luck in the superior tone of the violin, but that they can be made of a given tone one after the other with perfect assurance. It has been asserted that a good, honest violin maker may turn out fifty specimens of his best work, and yet only a few of these prove to be flrst-class instruments. The his tory of famous masters in the art would seem to bear out this assertion
 H. W. Oakes, who has been making violins in this city for eighteen months, and elsewhere for nearly twice as many years, brushes all this away like mouldy cobweb, and says he can insure a first-class instrument every time and that there is no secret about it.
 ''The trouble about all the makers is that they do all their work by rule of thumb and by the eye, I make mine by mathematical rules. Once having at tained a certain perfection I can dupli- cate the result with mathematical &C., curacy"
 And the tone?"
 "The tone follows as matter of course. It must. Now, there used to be secrets in the art, of course. It was long before any one could turn out an instrument that could compete with the old Cremonas. First, they thought the secret of the latters superiority lay in the varnish and many years were spent in attempts to find out that se- cret They found it out at last. or rather, that it was no secret. They discovered that the cabinet makers of Cremona used the same varnish as Stradivari used. Then they thought the secret must be in the wood and for some time they pinned their conf dence to that. They took extraordi- nary pains to get just such resonance from a fine violin and put it with other wood, but with all their efforts they made as many failures as successes.
 Now. Stradivari used the same ma terial for the whole of the 500 violins he made, and yet the good violins were the accident. Only fifty of all he made turned out to be good instruments, and yet you call him a master
 Are there any violins comparable with these fifty?"
 "CertainlY. Within the last fifty
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
AYH LETEs HOME AGAIN.
Princeton Men Return From Athens on the Spree-A Steerage Passenger Com mits Suicide by Jumping Overheard.

Princeton Men Return From Athens on
 the Spree-A Steerage Passenger Com
 mits Suicide by Jumping Overheard.
 New York, May 1.-The North Ger man Lloyd steamship Spree arrived this morning from Bremen and South ampton six hours behind her scheduled time, having been detained by the low tide in the River Weser at Bremen haven for that time. Captain Willie gerod to-day completed his 200th round trip across the Atlantic.
 Among the passengers on the Spree were the four Princeton members of the American athletic team which took part in the Olympic games at Athens, Robert Garrett, Jr., T. H. Colfeit, A. c. Tyler and r. A. Cane. They said that they had enjoyed glorious trip and were all in fine condition.
 Another distinguished passenger on tfie Spree was w. Delaney Ward, the painter.
 While the Spree was rushing along toward Fire Island at full speed at ? o'clock this morning Q steerage pas senger named Sebastian Grabenhauer committed suicide by leaping over board from the port side, forward of the saloon. Several officers saw him jump. and the ship was at once stopped and swung around in a circle, but it was so dark that nothing could be seen of him. He was laborer, fifty three years old, and lived at Marshalltown, la, but was not an American citizen. His wife was on board with him, but she can assign no reason for his act.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02

years just as good violins have been made as have ever been made"
 But age has something to do with tone?"
 Undoubtedly, provided the violin is played on. 1t might lie century, and if not used would not improve at all Violins are like everything else in the world; they have their birth, their growth, maturity and decline. l would say that at about seventy-five q violin would be at it's best. l know that af- ter 100 years they begin to lose their power, and finally become compara- lively worthless so far as tone is con cerned."
 And how, in making an instrument, are you so confident what it's tone will be, MT. Oakes?"
 By this little machine here" he re- piled, pointing to a machine that had the appearance of little turning lathe. If you take one of my violins and mark it into small squares you will find the thickness corresponds in each corresponding square. This machine will show the difference if it is only the thickness of piece of gold leaf. l spent twenty years Tn Studylng the de- fects of violins and how to remedy them before made one. Then got it down to mathematical nicety and I made this machine to insure it.
 "Why, here is shop violin, costing $1.50 that I have worked on for experi- ment. Because of it's correction of tone it is now worth from $50 to $100"
 How many violins could you make in a year?"
 "I could make about one first-class one a month; ten in the course of a year, and if I disposed of that number in Seattle I should be contented and happy"
 If they should all prove to be good?" was hazarded.
 There is no if They would be math- ematically perfect, and the tone would speak for itself, straight to the heart of those who know music"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
WILE VIsIr BArrLEEIElDs.
Second Heavy and Twelfth Considerin Plans for Dedication of State Mont inentg.

 Second Heavy and Twelfth Considering
 Plans for Dedication of State NIonu- ments.
 Hartford, May 1,-Secretary Dwight c. Kilbourn of the Second Heavy artil- lery and General L. A, Dickinson of the Twelfth regiment have had confer ence here in regard to the project that the two commands shall make a union excursion to the battlefields in the Shenandoah at the time of dedicating the state monuments that are to be erected in their honor. The project in- wolves the postponement of the Second Heavy's dedication from the last of June until September. Under the con tract with MT. Stephen Maslen of this city, for the monument, it is stipulated by Quartermaster General Disbrow that the work shall be ready by June 20
 The monument is to be erected in the National cemetery at Arlington, but the members of the regiment generally desire to postpone the dedication until September The monument for the Twelfth is also being made by MT. Mas len and will be placed at Winchester. Both regiments were in the Shenan- doah, and the plan Is to have them re- visit the memorable scenes i'll that val ley together
 The Twelfth will not dedicate until the middle of September at least. Pos sibly September 19 will be selected, as that is the anniversary of the battle ot Winchester. The day comes on Satur- day, and so a slight change in the date of the trip may be necessltated. The monument committee of the Twelfth consists of Captain James F. Smith of the Hartford Fire Insurance company Mayor A. c. Hendrick of New Haven who is also president of the Regimen tai association; Stephen Ball, secretary of the Hartford Life and Annuity; George Glover of Windsor Locks, and General l.. A. Dickinson of this city. It has been agreed to leave the project for union visit of the two commands to a subcommittee from each. The committee of the Twelfth will meet here in two weeks, when the sub-com- mittee from that command will be ap- pointed. This sub b-committee will re port at the annual reunion of the reg iment, which will be held in June on the east shore near New Haven. The arrangements for the dedication will be completed at that time, and the orato, selected. Judge Fenn of the supreme court will deliver the address at the dedication of the Second Heavy's mon ument at Arlington. The details for the union visit in the Shenandoah can not be given until the sub-committees have been appointed and have confer red together concerning the project which has so many features of interest for both commands,
 The monuments themselves will be exceptionally interesting, design and work being the best that MT. Maslen can give under the state appropriation,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
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CAPITAL, AUTHORIZED CAPITAL @IOO,OOO.S $1,OOO,O00.
 The Union Trust Company,

NEW HAVEN. THARTERED by the State of Connecticut, O with authority to act as Executor, Ad- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee under win or deed.
 Is legal depository of money paid into Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts IS trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and Individuals. and administers trusts of all stocks, bonds or other evidences of indebted ness, manage sinking funds and do all bisi- ness such as is usually done by Trust Com panies.
 It also does n general Banking business, collecting checks, notes, coupons, and receive deposits. The principal of each Trust is in- vested by itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Company. This Company is by law regularly examin- ed by the Bank Examiner of the State of Connecticut.
 HENRY l.. HOTCHKIss, VIM. T. BARTLETT,
 President. Treasurer.
 EUGENES. BRISTOL. Asst Treasurer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
Inrest s1o.ooo. .ooo More.

Chicago, May IA special from Butte, Mont, says that the Rothschilds, who recently bought for s7,50O,O0O quarter interest in the Anconia copper company, have now taken another quarter for S10,OOOO0O They had this option at the time of the original pur- chase, and a London expert has been here making additional examinations into the property.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
New York Cotton Exchange.
NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS

UT nished daily by KIMBnRLy. Roor & DAY
 Bankers and Brokers, l3 Orange street. BANK STOCKS.
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s' The New Haven! :"

"Right," cried the Sphinx, and our hero passed on, while the Sphinx, so enraged te think that his question had been answered threw himself over tine selfsame rock he hac cast so many, and died.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
The Question 0f the Sphinx.

 rTNHE city of Thebes was once afflicted with l d monster, who infested the roadway} much travelled by cyclists, which led to thel metropolis. It was called the Sphinx. It had the body of lion and the upper part was womanI The Sphinx lay on the, top of an enormou9 precipice and propounded a question to each traveller and bfcyclist as they passed by. If they answered correctly he allowed them to go on their journey in safety, but if theyI failed, he hurled them, wheel and all, off thd rock. Many and many poor traveller he had ac1 costed and asked his question, but up to this time all had failed to answer it.
 The question the Sphinx asked was: "Whad is the best bicycle nader" At last anoble hero came along the high1 way. just returning from m my adventured and heroic deeds.
 To him the Sphinx gave his question, tell1 ing him if he failed he should suffer the samd fate as his predecessors. The hero, nothinr daunted, knowing well what the answer was, replied, with head creed and melodiouS voice:
The morning times., 1896-03-25

All Washington athletes will be inter
eSted in the revival Of the OIynpian games
in Greece. not only Ou account OF the
historic interest which attaches TO them,
but because America Will be represented
there. The great republic OF the new
world sends her athletes with her greet
ings to the land that held the greatest
republic of the old. Princeton and Boston
Will contest for the olive crown. TO be
placed on the victor's head by no less u
person than the king himself.
To the young students who go to Athens
the scene cannot be otherwise than in
spring. In the very stadium where the
Hellenic youth contested two thousand
years ago. they VIII contend. From the
same marble benches that held the auditors
Of that time. Will thousands now witness
the sports of the centuries before the
Christian era. revived more than two
thousand years later. Where Alcibiades.
famous in the council and in the field won
the victories of the athlete, Americas
vigorous youth Will strive for victory.
For Il good many years it has been
attempted to restore the oIympian games.
The morning times., 1896-03-25
Nominate Outside the Ring.

ter OF our money is never questioned. Silver
and gold, greenbacks and certificates are
all the same in closing transactions, be.
cause opportunities for gold raids are inn.
possible. owing to the satisfactory state
of our Treasury and the activity of trade
prohibits the possibility OF not having
sufficient money in circulation TO meet
any reasonable demand. For that reason
1t would be best to compromise on the
money question until a more liberal and
conscientious administration can restore
public confidence and reinstate good times.
The election OF Mr.. Mckinley woud not
accomplish that result, nor would oon-
tihGancc OF tic present incumbency relieves
the Presidential nightmare that disturhs
our business somnolency. Mr.. Morton as
Chief Executive would practically be the
tool OF a powerful Republican ring, dedi-
Gated 10 the cause OF spoils and devoted
to the accumulation OF dollars from chuck
penny investments, ana the only way to
solve the problem is for each convention
TO nominate candidate not directly con-
nected with either the corporate inflt.-
encc or the sound-money ring. There
are dozens Of good men in either PARTY,
any OF whom would give the country q
successful administration. They might
not be greater than their party or become
creatures of special interests. but they
would execute such laws a S Congress has
provided. and IN that way gain favor
among the MASSES.
The morning times., 1896-03-25

There is nothing like naming can
didate and at the same time defining
his policy. 1t is better than making a
doing as he pleases, and In that respect
the Republicans OF New York are profit
Ing by the experience OF the last Democratic
ma tional victory. In convention yesterday
they declared for Levi p Merton, sound
money and reasonable protection. and the
chairman of that great body announced
that ii the Republican gold apostle was
excited he would cal a special session OF
Congress the day he was inaugurated 10
relieve the necessities OF a suffering people
This brave talk has a sort of tomahawk
enlphaSis 10 each syllable, but il is not
Eildcd with the right kind of lustcr TO
catch the silver Republicans of the West.
and Mr.. Morton stands rs little show OF
wearing the White House crown as he
does of decorating a cloud with his vcner
able and highly respectable person
Let il be distinctly understood that
should Mr.. Morton be the nominee at ST.
Louis, 4 Western Democrat VIII be nomi-
mated at Chicago. and the campai ign Will
become contest Letween tie two great
money factions. For Tie satisfaction of
those concerned, this would, perhaps, he
the quickest way OF setting the contro-
vcrsy. hut it would involve unnecessary
alarm in financial circles, aud be the cause
OF continual uncasiness in the business
world. Nor is such an adjustment neces-
sary. In times OF prosperity the charac-
The morning times., 1896-03-25

The Obstinate fight which the Com
missioneFs are making against the sewer
Dlil or the board of trade. viii .ie generally
understood in all It's serious phases should
they succeed in obstructing snch Iegfslat ton
The citizens have not forgotten that the
physicians or Washington assembled re-
Gently and demonstrated that the Two prime
essentials of the city were pure .slter and
sewage disposal. This moved the board
OF trade to direct it's best energies TO OBJ
tanning both or either
Since that time there has been a series
of efforts by the Commissioners to ma he.
everything subseryient TO the extension OF
streets in the suburbs, involving the fssu-
ance of fabulous amount of 1onds This
position or the Commissioners las begun to
trrItate the pIblie sense of tire Ctty's vel
fare, and there have been many ouISpoken
and caustic criticisms OF their conduct
1t Is admitted, certainly it comes from
the highest medical authority ia the Dis
trict, that last years record OF typhoid
fever was due TO bad water ana Insufficient
sewage disposal
or 436 Clearly typhoid fever .al5es in four
months OF 895. all were traced 10 defective
sewage disposal and contaminated water
DIR. KOBER's FIGURES.
The most reliable statistics relating TO
typhoid fever in the District Vt Columbia
are those which have been compiled by
DR.. Kobcr, the well-known typhoid fever
expert
This physician took the pains some time
ago, when the board of trade vas cndeav-
oring 10 have the sewer bill 9Gshed. to
compile the fever statistics of Washing
ton city proper. and of the remaining parts
of the District His table of alorsaifty was
so arranged that it exhibited rne cause
and results OF the disease in the period
beginning july l. 1895, ana ending on
the 31St of October. 1898. during which
season the fever would do its worst and
under the most favorable circumstances
DR.. kober had even gone TO the trouble
10 discover how many of those affected
drank we'll water and how many Potomac
water
tie noted 436 cases in the four months.
for which time the number OF cases and the
mortality We're greater in the District OF
Columbia than in any one OF the eleven large
cities with which Washington was COM
pared.
The value of DR.. Kober'S data is that the
cases were typhoid fever, pure and simple
80 that there can possibly be no fair criti-
cism ofhisconclusions of
A VALUABLE COMPARISON.
The statistics are also valuable. as they
institute 4 comparison between Was ashington
proper and its various subdivisions
The table is a = follows.
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WAITING

Close to the edge 0f the sObhins sea,
Gazing across tine billOwy f0am.
maiden stands with wistfuI eyes
To watch for the ship what viii never
come home
The sun goes down IN hi!l0WS OF gold
Tinting the clouds afar in the West.
But its gIeam cannot tighten the weary
brain.
Or ease the PAIN OF her aching breast.
Oh, for the sound OF voice that is
huShed,
By the choking waves OF the treaeherous
sea.
And her voice goes forth in an apguished
cry.
"0h, Iovs-my love, come back 20 mer'
Fast fan the scalding tears like rain,
AS Ger the sandy beach / roam
brOOding horror stops my heart.
As / watch for u ship that viii never
come home"
And thus she stands by the s0bbing sea,
Gazing across the drifting foam.
With burning eyes ami a reeling brain,
To watch for the ship that viii never
come home
SADIE z DAVIS.
The morning times., 1896-03-25
Druggists Who Have Offended.

The prosecution against druggists who
allow prescriptions to be compounded by
clerks who have not passed the eXamina-
tons required by law, and whose fitness,
therefore. has not been established 10 the
satisfaction OF the authorities, or Of the
public which these represent, cannot be
made too stringent nor the penalties in
case OF conviction too severe. The drug
gLst that employs an unregistered clerk
triflcs with the health and life of every
one who brings a physicians prescrip-
ton 10 be put up. He does it knowingly,
wilfully, for the purpose of gain, because
ne has to pay a registered clerk a some
what larger salary than the one that
has not been certified.
The registered clerks are not TO be
blamed for having entered complaint with
The morning times., 1896-03-25
THE DEATH RATE

In fSS0-S4 WaShington'S death rate wa
IS; Ia 1SS5-9O it rose to 81. There were
1000 houses which had no water ard
sewer connections. one-third of the houses
rot having connections furnished more
than one-half OF the typhoid eases.
or tue IS cases in the south f3 drank
Well water and 30 Potomac water In
the aggregate of 1876, 2S9 drank well
water and 1872 Potomac water. The NOR
tality was Il9.
Tue table showed that polluted water was
the cause OF the epidemic. The sections
were practically six distinct cities. OF
which the south section showed a NOR
tality OF go; the northeast, S.76; cen
trail 4: northwest, LII; Georgetown,
3.53; the county, SIT. The northeast
had bad water and polluted soil enough
to furnish eighty-nine cases of typhoid
fever in four months.
In BrigGtwUod there were eleven cases of
typhoid, all but two traceable TO polluted
Wells The cases on Gale and Seton streets
We're traced to the pump on Gale street
near Twentieth street. In AnaCostia the
cases were due To pump water. on Mime
sofa avenue it was a contaminated weil.
Twenty-Five cases were traced TO one well
in the northeast.
In the northwest the pump at Twenty
seventh and X streets WAS found TO bc the
cause OF several cases.
1t VIII be noted that III the northeast.
with n population 1000 less than the
county, tue percentage OF mortality was
greater In the northeast.
HAS LASTED LONG.
This condition OF things said a physi-
clan yesterday, has been going on from
year to year, and regret to see that the
highway act is again before committee
of Congress.
The practical affairs of the city and
county are ignored, and the Commissioners
are apparently devoting all their energies
TO bill that cannot possibly pass either
house OF Congress. | presume that the
committee of 100 viii not Yield TO the
pressure of the Commissioners and abandon
its sewer bill regardless of street extensions.
1t might be juS%r as well TO remember
that the Commissioners put a high cSti-
mate on tue opinions OF the medical men
OF Washington when those opinions were
sought to popularize the highway extern
sion scheme. The physicians are still con-
siStent, for at their last meeting With the
board of trade they recorded themselves
in favor of sewers and COED water. 1t is
evident that the Commissioners are not
in a hurry about getting either OF the two
latter necessities, unleSS, forsocth, the bill
for sewers shall carry Sf,500.oO9 in bonds
for wholesale street extension"
The morning times., 1896-03-25

When newspaper is compelled TO de-
clare its own dccency IS a means OF boil
sterins up waning popularity the declara-
ton sounds very much like the announce
ment OF a man that he holds a passport
10 heaven, because lie is possessor of a
receipt for a church pew Apropos of the
assertion OF the star that it is "A "clean,
decent family newspaper" For over
thirty years il has been published within
short stones throw OF the Division. and
until removed across the street to its
present quarters, The sisterly relations
OF our maidenly contemporary were so
close with the disorderiy houses that they
were all doubtless on speaking terms.
Tat is if a neiGhborly contact with
the social evil for so many years
is an indication OF that famil
iarity. In this connection it might be
added that it was not until The Times
took up tie question of aBolishing the
Division almost from under the caves
OF the Star, that our "clean, decent
contemporary ever printed a word against
its old-tine scarlet acquaintance.
But themanagers who operate the twinkle
OF our evening" contemporary are mad clear
through and tLey can be depended on TO
say anything but the truth concerning the
circulation of their charge. II is natural
that they should be discomforted under
the circumstances, for there is nothing
they can do to check the inroads The Times
is making on the income, circulation and
influence of the star. This is especially
tormentng since it is less than a year when
they boasted OF quickly destroying The
Times. But Notwithstanding their efforts
this paper has rapidly grown in popularity,
and is really the most influential and largely