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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
GRAND LODGr MEETING.
Senator Fuller of Putnam to be Next Gran
 rnsfor

Senator FuIler of Putnam to be Next Grand
 Master.
 The annual meeting of the Grand lodge, I. o. o. F., will be held at Nor wich in May, and there is already con- siderable interest expressed . in the order over the leading candidates for officers. The present grand master is David R. filling of New Haven who has filled the office we'll He has wis ited nearly every lodge of the order in the state, and has spent consid- erable time in these visitations Ac- cording to the usual procedure, MT filling will retire, and allow some other prominent member of the order to fill the office of grand master for the en- suing year.
 The deputy grand master is Senator l.. H. Fuller of Putnam, and it is gem erally expected that he will be pro- noted to grand master. If that is done, the vacant position of deputy grand master is likely to be filled by the grand warden, John Blair of Waterbury. These are the principal officers. For the minor offices not much has been said as yet
 The Sovereign Grand lodge of the order will meet in Dallas, Tex, in Sep tember. Grand Master filling of New Haven will be a delegate from this state, and possibly other past officers of the Grand lodge will attend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
Why Railroads Co Bankrupt.

Chicago, Feb. 18.-The thirty third annual report of the president and ,di- rectors of the Chicago and Alton rail- road company for 1895 was issued yes terday. The gross earnings for the year were $e,So2,4 ,4Se, and an increase compared with those of 1894 of $51O, ,249, or little over per cent.
 President T. B. Blackstone, in some caustic comments on railroad affairs, declares that the decision of the com- pany not to make further extensions was forced by the policy of the people seventeen years ago, and the present situation does not work any change in the company's stand in the matter. He adds that the legislatures have permit ted railroads to be built in excess of the necessity for them, so that the builders could make profit while the roads were under construction; then the peo- ple force the roads into bankruptcy by insisting on unreasonably low rates.
 The struggle of road to avoia bankruptcy and the inevitable receiv- ership only serve to demoralize the bus mess of competitors. The railroad problem was what the people had made it, resulting in four or five times as many competing lines as were needed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
HART HOMESTEAD; oLD SAYBROOK.
Some Additional Hncts Regarding Noted
 House.

Some Additional Nncts Regarding Noted House. 'S. H." of Hartford writes to the Hartford Times as follows: The story of the seven beautiful Miss Harts' of Saybrook has been often told, and with great variety of detail and disregard of historic accuracy. But never have I read the story in such an accurate form as in a letter copied from a New York journal into The Times of Friday last Many of the statements may be allowed to pass as harmless romance; a few of them, in the interests of both the dead and the living, ought to be corrected.
 Captain Elisha Hart was a son of the Rev. William Hart, the first of the name to reside in Saybrook. General (not Captain William Hart was an older brother, as was also my great
 grandfather. The Elisha Hart house
 was built by himself, and not by his
 brother, the general, whose mansion stood, and still stands. farther down the street. The only Harts born in the
 house of which the article speaks were
 the seven daughters.
 Of these daughters, Sarah, the eldest, married the Rev. Dr. Jarvis, son (the
 article says "a relative') of Bishop Jar wis. She could not have caused the
 cross to be cut upon the tombstone of Lady Fenwick, at the time of it's re-
 moval to the old cemetery, in 1870, for
 the reason that she herself died in 1863,
 In fact, the cross was cut on the stone long before the remains were removed;
 I have often heard of the person who
 caused it to be done, and it was not
 Mrs. Jarvis.
 And the story as to the barring of
 the front door of Captain Hart's house,
 after his dead body had been carried
 out. is pure imagination. He died in
 New Haven in 1S42; his body was
 brought to Saybrook for interment. but
 it was not taken to his house. It was
 not his wife, for she died twenty-seven
 years before him, but one of his daugh-
 ters, who desired to have the home
 stead made into a park or green for the
 town. But legal complications as to the ownership of the property led the town to decline this gift.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
TO sUlIMON CARLISLE.


 Secretary of Treasury to Testify at Brcck- ways sTrial-Countarfeiters' Paper--nues- ton as 10 Whether or Not It Was the Governments.
 Trenton, Feb. 1S.-The trial of Will liam F. Broadway. William E. Wagner and Abbie L. Smith, the counterfeiters trapped in West Hoboken last August by Chief Hazen of the secret service and his subordinates, was resumed in the federal court this morning. The room was thronged with spectators when the prisoners were brought in from the county jail. Broadway man. ifested less nervousness than yesterday given by the witnesses and frequently suggested questions for his counsel to propound.
 The first witness was Edward L, Mills, who is United States superinten- dent at the Pittsfeld (Mass.) mill where the paper used by the govern ment for the printing of it's obligations is manufactured. A quantity df the fibre or distinctive paper and some on- ion skin paper found at the counter feiting plant of the prisoners were shown to him, and he said the papers resembled those made at the mill for the government, but experts could see differences in them.
 Thomas P. Doran, assistant chief of the loan and cllcrnr,pIy 5ixyicinn of tbe national treasury, testified that he has held that position two years, and dur ing that time not Q sheet of the dis tinctive" paper used by the govern ment has been missed.
 The witness also stated that the counterfeiting paper resembled that used by the government. So far as he knew no one had authority to permit any of this paper to go elsewhere than to the bureau of engraving and print ing at Washington. The counterfeiting paper was thinner and stiffer than the real and the fibre was less thickly dis tributed.
 Counsellor Ross of New York, who is conducting the case for the govern ment, wanted to know at this point if tihC SpuISci lOI lllG pIlSOilSIS llltHdtL to contend that the paper found in West Hoboken was there by authority of government agents.
 Counsellor Guild said that in view of the fact that Ulrich, counterfeiter, was working in the house as a govern ment employe and using the paper with the knowledge of government agents, it would be held that the paper came from the government That was the presumption.
 Judge Green said that counsel had no right to raise such a presumption. There was no evidence to warrant it.
 Counsellor Ross said unless counsel for the prisoners would admit that the government had no part in the placing of the paper in the house in which it was found, he would be under the ne- cessity of summoning Secretary Car lisle of the treasury.
 Counsel would make no admissions of any kind and the clerk of the court was directed to make out subpoena for Secretary Carlisle
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
4 BROK EN R4TE.
Central Vermont Train Goes Down an
 Embankment.

Central vermont tratn toes DOWn an EInbankment. Bellows Falls Vt, Feb. 1S.-A passen- ger train on the Central Vermont rail- road went off an embankment here this morning, the cause being a broken rail- This was the third train which had been off the iron within twenty-four hours within mile of this place, the rails being damaged by the excessive cold. The train was in charge of Con- ductor Sexton.
 The baggage car, mail car and one coach all went off the track and went down the embankment being smashed in pieces. The engine was left on the ties. There were only six or eight pas were hurt more or less.
 T. J. Barker of Rutland, employed by the Central Vermont as carpenter, is badly injured, and probably fatally.
 Conductor D. B. Sexton of Rutland was cut in the head and bruised.
 Express Messenger E. O. Baker was found pinned down under the debris of the car and taken out through a small hole. He has many serious bruises.
 Mail Agent George l.. Fletcher of Chester was seriously bruised. He was pulled out os small space under the debris of his car. The other eight or ten persons on the train have painful, but not serious bruises. Surgeons from Ludlow and Rutland attended the in- jured.
 Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock freight train from Rutland and de- rallied above Ludlow, the same place where this mornings disaster occurred, and passenger trains in both directions were blocked until after o'clock last night
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
AN OPPORTUNITY.

A Fine Chance to Make Selections in Carr
 pets and Furniture--A Splendid Stock.
 H. B. Armstrong & Co. have a most excellent general line of furniture, all styles, very fine, and at prices aston ishingly low. Here also is to be a found a full line of new carpets, just arrived, which are just o. K. for adorning the homes in the spring, which with it's ethereal mildness" is now fast ap- preaching. One of the largest and best displays in the state of Connecticut in both carpets and furniture are shown. It is an interesting sight to see the big display. Now is the time to select from this choice and complete stock. The firms stock is credit to New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
State Normal school.

The catalogue of the state normal training school, New Britain, (forty- fourth year), has been issued by the state board of education. The cata- logue gives the calendar for 1S95-96, members and officers of the state board of education, list of teachers, govern ment of the school, terms of admission, course of study, notes on the course of study, model, practice schools, kinder garten, expenses, visitors, graduation, list of students, attendance, and an in teresting summary, showing the attend ance by towns. Forty-two towns are represented with floral attendance of 237 pupils There are four pupils from Waterbury.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19

The following is the Lenten circular of Bishop Tierney, diocese of Hartford, read by Father Mulcahy:
 Episcopal Residence,
 Hartford, Conn, Feb. 9, 1896. The Rev. Dear Sir-The Lenten reg ulations for this diocese are as follows: 1. All the week days of Lent are fast ing days of obligation on one meal only; custom, however, has authorized the use of Q slight collation. in the eve ming and cup of tea or coffee etc., in the morning. Though the fast also im- plies abstinence, yet by dispensation the use of flesh meat is allowed at all times on Sundays and at the principal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, except the second and last Saturdays of Lent.
 2. A long g-established custom has tol- erated the use of eggs, butter and cheese at the collation., provided the laws of quantity be observed.
 3. Besides lard, the fat rendered from any kind of meat may be used on any day in Lent and this dispensation is extended to the days of abstinence and fast days throughout the year.
 f. Flesh and fish are not allowed at the same meal, even on Sundays
 ,. Women pregnant or nursing, the sick, the aged and feeble, children un- der twenty-one years of age and those whose employment is of a laborious or exhausting character, are excused from the obligation of fasting and may use flesh meat more than once on the days when it is allowed, but must abstain on Wednesdays, Fridays and the second and last Saturdays.
 G. By virtue of late indult of the Holy See, working people and their families are permitted the use Of flesh meat on all the days of Lent, except Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Wednes" day and Saturday of holy week. This dispensation, however, allows the use of meat but once a day to those who are obliged to fast.
 '. The faithful should be reminded that they enjoy these dispensations by the favor of the Holy See, and that even the use of meat on Saturdays throughout the year is not according to the common law of the church, but a relaxation of it's rigor demanding on their part corresponding increase Of zeal and charity.
 The usual evening exercises of Lent consisting of the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin or Stations of the Cross ser mon, and Beaediction of the Blessed Sacrament, are recommended.
 You will exert every effort to inspire your people with a penitential spirit, urging them to fly from sin and it's oc- casion, particularly to abstain from in- toxicating drink, and to consecrate this holy season to prayer, charity, works of piety and the frequentation of the sacraments, without which the observ- ance of the fast would be of little profit.
 x MICHAEL,
 Bishop of Hartford. JAMES P. DONOVAN, D. D.,
 Chancellor and Secretary.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
BURNED TO DEATH.

Stamford, Feb. 1S.-Charles Gilder- destroyed by fire early this morning. The family were brought out in safety, but the wife went back into the house in search of papers and money and was burned to death. Her body was found in the ruins some hours later. The fire started near the chimney.
 The father was so badly burned while rescuing his five children it is feared he will die. He thought his wife was in place of safety.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
This new light they have discover

This new light they have discovered that enables one to take a photograph of mans bones without skinning him will be a terrible factor in the wars of the Suture," said Wilkins. "Take a bearer of message, for instance; he is captured, and after the old fashioned method, swallows the paper; out comes the photographer, takes his internal picture, reproduces the swallowed mes sage. and there's all the poor messen- gers devotion gone for nothing.''- Harpers Bazaar.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
NOTICE. Builders Exchange of the City of New Hayeu

Il the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut incorporating the Builders Ex- change of the City Of New Haven, approved March 18th. 1895, to receive subscriptions to received subscription. for not less than fifty t50) shares thereof, hereby, pursuant to the terms of said. Act, give pu5lic notice that they have called, and do hereby call, the first meeting of the stockh oders of said corpora ton, to be held at the rooms of the Bslilders Exchange, No 139 Orange street. in the City of New Haven, on the 10th day of February, 1896, at T:3l o'clock p. m.
 Dated at New Haven, this 18th day of Feb- ruary, 1896. J. CHER SMITH,
 ELIZUR H. SHERRY, f13 1t FRANK l.. STILES.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
Bond Payments Made.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Zimmerman & Forshay this morning withdrew S50O,0O( in gold from the sub treasury. Lazard Freres deposited S5s0,00O.
 Late yesterday evening deposits of gold aggregating $2,2OO,OOO were made at the assay office. J. P. Morgan & Go. deposited S1, 500, 00o, Muller, Schall & Go. s500,0O0 and Dent, Palmer & Co. s2OO,- 900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
MIR. TUTTLE BETTER.

w. B. Futile of the New Haven Shoe company, who has been very seriously ill, is now improving. He has gained considerably during the past few hours. SHERIFF WARREN OUT AGAIN.
 Deputy Sheriff Joseph R. Warren was in court yesterday after several weeks illness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
PERSON1L NOTES.
A Birthday Party Tonight.

Miss Sedonia Speh will give birth day party to her many friends this eve ming at her residence on State street. She will be assisted in receiving by the following young ladies: Miss Annie Belz, Miss May and Miss Lizzie Hugo, Miss Lou Tiechert, Miss Tennie Mallon, Miss Susie Smith and Miss Annie Lehr. Music and dancing will be a feature, and a good time assured to those who . may attend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
To Restrict Immigration.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The senate committee on immigration reported a bill to-day providing for the illiteracy test.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
LENrEy REG ULATIoNs
Of the Roman Catholic Church.

The following is the Lenten circular of Bishop Tierney, diocese of Hartford, read by Father Mulcahy:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-19
A PRETTY RECEPTION.

Present at the very pretty reception given by Mrs. Friend Brooks of Whit ney avenue were the following child ren: Alice Brooks, Hazel Merwin, Louis Robinson. Ruby Danks, Mabel Danks. Marion Munson, Maud Munson, Ethel Munson, Susie Kirby, Rita Kirby, Esther Craig, Jessie Craig, Ruth Jen- nings, Ruth Collins, Dorothy Betts, Lily Getler, Miss Marsh, Miss Heller, Miss Collins, Fred Holcomb, Stephen Whit ney, Fred Smith, Wilbur Smith, Ken meth filling, Robert Allen, Sherwood Guion, Royce Collins, Harvey Munson.
 A SAD BEREAVEMENT.
 The funeral of -year~old Frank Edgecomb, who died suddenly from membranous croup Sunday evening, was held yesterday afternoon at the residence of his parents, 97 Chapel street. His Gather is in the employ of the pLarkins company, builders, and all the other employees engaged in work on the Strong school went to MT. Edge combs residence at noon and viewed the remains. The dead boy was play ing around in perfect health last Fri day. It is a sad bereavement.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-15
time the counts callers continued. He

time the counts callers continued. He
grew in Importance apace.
What Is regarded as strange thing,
however, in that in all the time he was
here he did not call OH the Russian
Consul-General. Another strange thing is
that none of the Russians who arrived in
from Vladivostok can remember any
railroad contractor of the name of Count
de Toulouse Lutrec. They think, too, that
they would surely nave known him had he
held contract.
Consul-General Artsimovitch OF Russia,
who was seen yesterday, said:
'I think it quite probable that this man
is Savin. The latter has recently finished
his term and he would have about time
enough to comfortably get here" He de-
scribed Savin as very shrewd big Drained
man, who had swindled many people
throughout Europe. His manners, he
said were perfect, and he thought men
here were taking great chances with any
stranger who did not come well recon-
mended.
A colonel commanding the Cossack
brigade in the Amoor region, who arrived
here recently, had heard of the alleged
Count in Seattle, where he remained sew
eraI days prior to coming here. The
colonel was told on the train, near Ia
coma, that very distinguished country
man of his, namely, the Count de Tou-
louise Lutrec, had been there. The colonel
had not heard of any Count Lutrec in ST.
IBERIA other than Savin, whom he knew.
He asked for description of the Count.
convinced that it was the man who had
such strange course in Europe that he
told it all here. and advised his friends to
be on their guard.
A strange thing about this Count Tor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-15
HAS THE LIONS SHARE,
Railroads After Some of the
Southern Pacifc's Immigrant
Business.
Excessive Commissions Said to Have
Been Paid in the Securing
of Trade.

CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. 14.-Representa-
tives of the railroads in the Western I'm
migrant Clearing were in confer
ence to-day with Assistant General Traffi c
Manager Hawley of the Southern Pacific
road in Chairman CaldWelI's office for the
purpose of getting that road into the
clearing house. The combined lines had
made proposition to the Southern Pacific
for division of the immigrant business,
the lions share OF which, it is alleged, Is
being diverted across the continent via
New Orleans by the Southern Pacific paying
excessive commissions, if not directly then
through its immediate connection, the
Seaboard air line. Mr.. HawIey made a
counter proposition to-day, and as the
conference adjourned at a late hour with
out reaching an agreement it is presumed
the Southern Pacific Company, which has
a big natural advantage, wants q percent
age of the business the competing lines are
not disposed to grant. All the business
which passes through the clearinghouse
is being thrown to the Santa Fe at the
Missouri River, so as to drive the Southern
Pacific to terms if possible.
The Colorado passenger-rate war which
began yesterday was ended to-day by the
Union Pacific road giving notice to its
fighting connection, the Denver and Gulf,
that it would refuse to honor the cut-rate
tickets and the war is still confined to
Colorado. Officials of the Rio Grande and
Gulf lines are on their way to Chicago to
confer with President Ripley of the Santa
Fe to bring peace among the three fight
ing lines regarding coal rates.
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At TOM EDIsoNs MINE.
Practical Conclusion of the Ore-Separat-
ina Process.

tTuC~tCuC CONCtUStOh VI H0 OTc-bcpdTut-
ing Process.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 14.-Thomas
Edison has just brought to practical con-
clusion his great re-separating process at
the mine at Edison, near Ogden, n. j., on
which he has been at work for many years.
After overcoming obstacles that would
have conquered any less persistent expert
m inter-. the process has at last been fin
ished and the great plant Is in running
order.
The scheme is an interesting one, in that
there is no human intervention during the
entire process from start to finish. When
the cars OF ore or rock are dumped in
large masses into the massive crushers
that form the first step in the process the
rest OF the process in entirely automatic.
the crushed rock and ore being carried
automatically from one set of crushers to
another by means of endless belts and
bucket elevators, till the material is re-
duCed to the requisite fineness, and then
another series of belts and elevators carry
it to the separating house, where the ma
terial falls in line stream across field Of
large electro magnets, which divert the
iron from the direct line of fall and drop it
in one receptacle, while the refuse and rock
fall into another. This process is re-
peated a number of times, till at last the
resultant product is pure magnetic oxide
of iron.
Automatic carriers take the iron ore
thence to the bricking plant, where, by in
genious mechanism, over which the great
inventor has spent thousands OF dollars in
EXPERIMENTATION, the ore is mixed with
binding material and pressed into small
bricks for convenience in handling. These
are then baked and are ready for the mar
ket. The sole remaining work of con-
struction yet to be done is the building
rotary furnaces which shall bake the
bricks as they are delivered and turn them
out automatically. There are no mechan-
ical or scientific difficulties connected with
this part of the process, and these furnaces
are to be built as soon as the frost is out
of the ground in the spring.