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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
CONNECTICUT DISPATCHES.

Waterbury, May 1.-Captain Van Nos- trand, of the Meriden police depart ment, to-day arrested Edward Merri- can in this city on a warrant charging embezzlement of goods belonging to the American Wringer company of New Haven, valued at S100.
 Bridgeport, May 1.-Virgil H. Hewes, asked the superior court here this morning to reduce his bond as receiver for the insolvent Waddell Enyz EIec- trical company from S1O,0OO to LOGO He said that he now had the affairs of the defunct concern virtually wound up. The court granted the request
 Miss Edith Goodyear of Providence, R. l., addressed the twentieth annual convention of the Fairfield County Teachers association in Bridgeport this morning or Primary Occupation ' Miss Alice E. Reynolds of Norwich. on Geography as a Factor in the Child s Education" and Dr. E. R. Shaw of New York on ''Verticle Writing There were 300 teachers in attendance.
 Hartford, May 1.-James F. Daily of No. S4 South Prospect street, formerly an enameler at Pope's factory, was found dead in d cell at police head quarters this morning. Daly was ar rested Thursday afternoon for drunk enness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
LOOKING FOR A BIG FORTUNE
STEPS 3TAYE BEEN TAKEN BY DE-
 CENDANTS OF PETER DE TRAY.

He Was a Bosom Friend of General La
 Millions of Dollars--Mrs. Pease's Por-
 ton Will he at Least Four Million Dol
 Iars-Papers in the Case Are Filed.
 Pomfret, Conn, May 1.-The descend- ants of Peter de Tray, the bosom friend of General Lafayette, have talk en legal steps to secure the immense fortune which rightfully belonged to de Tray The fortune is valued to-day at $30,o00000 and consists mostly of property in Paris, France, which has increased greatly in worth since the death here in Pomfret of de Tray a month before Lafayettes second visit to America.
 Peter de Tray was connected with the royal family of France and came here with Lafayette to escape the gull lotine which had ended the life of his father, mother and two sisters.
 The most active in the pursuit of the lost fortune is Mrs. Winnifred Pease of Marlboro. Her portion, if it can be proven that she is descendant of Pe- ter de Tray of Pomfret is $4,000,000 Mrs. Pease's grandmother on her fath- CTS side was daughter of Peter de Tray. Her mother was Mrs. Esther Mcintyre of Charlton, Mass.
 At the Mcintyre home were carefully preserved the papers and documents which Lafayette brought over at his friends request. These papers had been augmented by other proofs. One day while the family was away the house caught fire and the documents were destroyed. The two men who are working for the family are Alfred de Tray of Grand Rapids, Mich, a lenial descendant of Peter de Tray, and B. F, Carpenter of Worcester, Mass.
 The papers in the case are now on file in the office of the American minister at Paris, and the necessary legal docu- ments are nearly completed.
 MT Carpenter was here recently in the interest of the de Tray heirs. He received letter yestrday from Mrs. Pease saying that she would be at his office Monday to take decisive steps towards proving her claim. She is d young woman of twenty-three years, and works by the day for her living.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
Wrecked at woodmont.

Freight train No. 116, east bound, Conductor Spaulding, parted near the gravel pit in Milford at 9:30 o'clock last night, and when the two sections came together seven cars were thrown off tine track and piled up on both sides Two east bound and one west bound track were completely blocked. Three eastbound accommodation passenger trains were delayed an hour and half, also one express freight. The wrecker from this city was sent for, and two tracks were cleared up before o'clock, and trains transferred from the east bound to the hestbound tracks. Nobody was injured. The derailed cars were all heavily loaded
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
THE CONDITION OF TRADE
THERE IS RELATIYELY LESS mr. PR0YEMENT IN c GENERdL TRADE.

Bradstreets Report Says That Merchants in Staple Lines Look Ahead With Conti-
 dence-Shipments to South America Con-
 tinue-In Iron and Steel There Are Ad-
 yanees for Special Grades.
 New York, May 1.--Bradstrects to- morrow will say: There is relatively less improvement in general trade this week, the present partaking of be- tween-seasons character. Wholesale merchants in staple lines in many in- stances look ahead with confidence to the autumn and in such departments | as agricultural implements, building | materials and hardware there is re- ported moderate revival in demand. More favorable reports are received from Pittsburg, where merchants had the largest weeks trade thus far this 1 season. Buffalo where the feeling is one of more confidence, owing to increased activity in distribution of merchandise and from Atlanta and New Orleans, where requests in wholesale lines is more active. At Providence there is D slight increase in trade, but manufac- turing interests report no improve- l ment.
 | At Baltimore wholesalers announce only a fair business and that interior dealers have not disposed of stocks as rapidly as anticipated. The movement of goods from Galveston is not active, but in view of the large Texas acreage | nf anffnn i, q11 | fall trade will meet expectations.
 St. Louis houses find only a. moderate improvement, but report taking num- Der of orders for fall delivery The volume of business at Kansas City is not as large as last week and the like is true at St. Paul, where depression has followed continuous rains. Mean- while agricultural interests in Ken- lucky complain of lack of rain, which reflects itself in wholesale trade Dam- age by frost to California grape and peach crops amounts to about 30 per | cent.
 l Shipments of merchandise from San Francisco to Central America con- tinue heavy and stress is laid on the statement that Tacoma factory has received an order for 400 carloads of woodenware for delivery at Missouri river points. Salesmen traveling for Chicago report interior buyers pur- chasing with increased conservatism and no decided improvement in trade. Slight increases in distribution are re- ported in only a few lines.
 There is an unexpectedly small num- Der of strikes at this season. In iron | and steel there are advances for spe- cial grades of pig iron, due to the out 1 put of Lake Superior ores, required for 1 their production, having been practi- cally taken up by few interests. The so-called steel trust is reported extend ing it's territory. Quotation for south- l ern pig have been cut, as have those for the few sales of Bessemer pig and l billets made by middlemen.
 Weekly totals of business failures throughout the United States while av- eraging fewer than in weeks during the first quarter of the year still att tract attention. The total number re- ported is 254 this week against 206 in the last week of April, 1895. Business failures in the Canadian dominion num- Der 26 this week against 36 in the week a year ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
CANDIDATES EXAMINED.
Civil Service Commission Question Would
 be-POlicemen.

Civil Service Commission Question Woulds
 be-Policemen.
 Thirteen candidates for appointment to the police force were before the civil service commission last evening. The men were examined as to their qualifi- cations in the rudimentary branches of education as we'll as to their generax information. Specimens of their pen manship were taken. and they were given an opportunity to read both print and manuscript. They were also qucs- toned as to the location of we'll known local public institutions. The names of the men who will if their answers are satisfactory to the members of tho commission, be recommended to the board of police commissioners are: Michael Byrne, John D. Lynch, James R. Kane, John Carton, William H. Des- kin, John F. Lawlor, Patrick R. Cas- sidy, Willet F. Bradley, John F. Spang, Bennett W. Dorman, Edward Tallon, John w MolIoy, John F. Farrell.
 The work of last evening concludes all the intellectual work that the cand.- dates will be subjected to as the ap- pointments will be made upon tine rec concentrations of the commission. The report will be made at the next meeting of the board of police commissioners, and a physical examination of the suc- cessful men will be ordered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
Sentenced to Many Years.

Boston, May 1.-Judge Bond in the superior court to-day sentenced Rich ard A. Fredericks to the state prison for not less than eighteen years and not more than twenty-five years for felo- nious abuse of the -year-old girl, Mathilda Devine of Dorchester. The crime was committed February s as the child was returning to her parents home from the home of her married sister Fredericks is twenty-four years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
Verdict of AcauittaI.

Greenfield. Mass, May L-The jury in the case of Levi M. Fournier. charg- ed with manslaughter in causing the death of his wife by strangulation, reached a verdict of acquittal tonight after being out six hours, and the yer dict will be formally announced by the court the first thing in the morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
Atlantic League.
Pr Ct Won
DEAD AT 100 TEARS.
.ridgeport's Centenarian Had Never Been
 III.

Bridgeport, May Mrs. Catherine Judd, a colored woman, 100 years, months and days old, died this morn ing at her home on Whiting street, She had never been i'll during her long period of life. She went to bed and cx- pired last night as if she had simply fallen asleep. Until a few years ago this remarkable woman could thread a needle and sew with the aid of glasses.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
ON THE BALL FIELD.
Results of the Games in the Big League
 Yesterday.

Yesterday.
 At Paterson-New Haven was defeat ed by Paterson here to-day. The Pat and scored five runs in the first in- ming the local batters hitting Garvin freely. New Haven scored two in it's half. Neither team scored again un- til the seventh, when New Haven ad- ded two Paterson batted out three runs in the eighth. Attendance 300. The score:
 Paterson .....5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-S New Haven .2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-4
 Hits-Paterson 15, New Haven 6. Erors--Paterson f, New Haven 2. Bat teries-Cogan and Elton; Garvin and Hodge
 At Newark-Moran, the new pitcher for Newark, made his debut in the game against Hartford to-day and zeroed the visitors six times. The score:
 Newark ....3 1 0 3 0 0 0-10 Hartford ..0 0 2 0 0 l. Hits-Newark 12, Hartford 10. Err rors-Newark 4, Hartford 6. Batteries -MoFdn ana OtteH, IleHneHtS ana bot- tenus
 At New York-The Metropoltans batted terrifically to-day and beat the Wilmingtons with plenty of runs to spare Standish, an eighteen year. old boy from Vermont, pitched for the locals and was effective with men on bases. He also hit the ball in great shape Both teams fielded neatly. The Score
 Metropol 10 o 6 4 0 4 O-15 Wilmington % 4 1 1 0 o 0 0 l.
 Hits-Metropolitans 21, Wilmington F. rors-Metropolitans 20, Whining tons 3. Batteries-Standish and Eos ter. Amole and Welsh
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
Not Ready to DisgOrre

A demand, signed by numerous
prominent citizens of Sioux Falls, was
presented to the county commissioners
to give instructions to the states at
tOrney to commence suits against the
commissioners who had taken money
Illegally from the county treasury in
accordance with the recent decision OF
Judge Jones. Three OF the five com
m~issioners voted down the motion
made by the other two. They intend
70 keep what they have, but the people
declare they will be prosecuted for
m~alfeasance In Office at the next term
OF court. which sits April 2S. Chair
man Lee OF the board was compelled
to disgorge S175 in money besides tools
which he received from people sent to
the poor farm, the property, according
to law, belonging to the county.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
Probable Abduction,

\ case Of probable abduction is re-
ported from Centennial. Lawrence
county. Leila, the siXteen-year-uld
daughter of J. II. Williamson. Il prom
inent farmer. and Il Miss Miller, who
has been teaching the Centennial
school, have mySteriouSly disappeared,
ard the father thinks his daughter was
abducted by the SchoClmiStresS. of
when she was Il pupil. and taken to
m distant place. 1t is learned that
parties answering their description
went tu Speartish and purchased tick
cts over the Burlington ana left for
the East or South. one of the .adieS
told a OyStander that they We're going
To Arizona. this information doubtless
being intended as a false clew for eX-
Dected pursuerS. What motive the
woman could have in inducing the girl
to leave her home. where she was
kindly treated, is not known. Ii is
said that the teacher has acted rather
strangely for some time, and may be
deranged. Dn one occasion she Kept
school in session until after q o'clock
at night. causing the parents of the
younger pupils great anxiety. and then
took one Of them, Il child about Six
years old. to her home. unknown TO It's
parents. Thus far the strangely as
sorted couple have succeeded in elud-
ing the authorities. and have covered
their tracks SO thoroughly that 1t was
found impossible to trace them any
great distance.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16

Railroad Contractor Chamberlain OF
Rapid City is organizing his grading
outfit. preparatory 10 work on reser-
vOirs for the +. T.. 4 NJ. L railway
along the route followed by cattle to
their shipping pens at Belle Fourche.
These reservoirs are calculated TO
catch and store the water resulting
from the spring thaws and rains. for
the use of beef cattle when Ell route
for the point of shipment. While there
is an abundance of water in the creeks,
they are some distance apart: hence,
those reservoirs are built in low places
between the creeks. thus supplying
very frequent watering places. The
first of these reservoirs was built three
years ago. They have been such a sue
cess that the railway LAS built one ey-
cry year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
Mayor Browns Big Well.

Five and One-half miles northwest of
Springfield has just been completed Il
siX-inch %arteSian well designed for ir-
rigation purposes. Ii is on the big
farm belonging to John Brown. mayor
If Springfield. who commenced work
last fall, at which time he built Il four
acre reservoir with banks th2 feet high.
also 2ts miles If bitches q feet wide
ana > feet deep We're built At the same
time. The we'll is SO feet deep. u
inches the entire distance and throws
L stream 1 feet above the mouth Of the
pipe. The estimated tlOw is $500 gal
ions per minute with Il pressure of -
pounds per square inch. This will
give an abundance of water 10 irrig;tte
an entire section Of land which is al
ready in cultivation. Mr.. Brown hav-
ing 1.12D acres altogether in the farm,
more of which will be brought under
the plOw and irrigation ditch as ocCa-
sion will Justify it. Considerable diff
Guilty has been experienced i'll th" drill
ing of this we'll owing to the peculiar
and unexpected nature of the fOrma-
ton passed through. and 1t has been
feared several times that Il tirSt-clasS
we'll would not be obtained. but the
contractor. L. +. kearnS. was clear
grit, rs We'll as Il thorough arteSIan
we'll man. This il the first complete
irrigation plant in the county. and will
be watched with great interest by the
owners Of Bon HOmme county soil,
ard many believe hat IL will create Il
boom in real estate.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
HIGHER Prices for (ara.,.

New YORK. Aprii Il. - Bradstreet's
says: While there is no general in.
crease in business there are severa
encouraging features. First. the al
vances In prices Of -four. wheat, corn
oats. pork and sugar, together with
that for steel billets and beams and
other iron and steel products, including
No. = foundry pig anu for tin plates
The advance In wheat has continued
81 much longer than expected tina,
raiders are again discussing the like,
lihood or this being the beginning OF
n long for cereals which
they believe must come after the ex,
IRENE depression OF the past few
years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
supndHy school Association

The annual convention Of the South
Dakota Sunday School association will
be held in Parker. beginning Wednes-
day evening. May q, and closing Fri
day evening, the Sth. Prominent Sun
day school workers from all parts Of
the state will be in Attendance: also,
several from neighboring states. The
people Of Parker are making large pre-
parations for the convention and an
ticipate a large attendance. The Off
GERS of the association are President,
Rev. 5. d.. Works of Huron: vice presi-
dent. Prof. c. X. Waters of BroOkings
secretary and treasurer. Rev. III. NJ.
Springer Of WATERFOWL; scribe, J. w.
Smith of washington.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16

tgiacE Hiijs. VINO three years nEo Waue
4 GOOD sale and wen to ma To
live. returned n few days ago to Dead-
weed, and has since been experiment.
Ing with the ltoentgen rays, with Il
view of using it in locating ore bodies.
He is quite confident that he can make
at least Il partial success. A man
named Glover has located Il number OF
good ore bodies with Il mineral at
traction u forked witch hazel with a
combination of chemicals in u small
vial attached to II end; but 1t has
been all luck with him.
The date for the department en-
campment for the Grand Army and
associate organizations at Watertown
has been fixed mt JuEc 1-24. A one
fare rate from all points in the state is
given. The committee have arranged
for Il $40 rate ut the s. hotels, and Il
1J-cent rate at the 81 hotels per day
for all delegates. National Command
cr Walker of the G. \. r.. Of %Indianap-
oils. and National Commander Russell
of the Sons of Veterans. of Kansas,
have both accepted invitations TO be
present. Elaborate arrangements for
the entertainment of the guests are
being made.
Jud Grant of Lawrence county re-
ceived a horse from Fort Robinson.
the other day, to which is attached a
long and interesting history. The ami
NAL has been in Uncle Sans service
for more than fifteen years, during
which time it has participated in num-
berless engagements with the Apaches,
Sioux and other hostile Indian tribes.
Among the fights in which it played a
part was the battle of Wounded Knee.
The horse formed II part OF the famous
Ninth cavalry. White Horse brigade,
SO named because of the color of the
SteedS. The animal is Il noble beast.
and was given to Grant by Maj. Wright
Of the Ninth cavalry. The recipient
c-lnno dispose of the horse except to
its original owner.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
Rcnppsnrnncc Of Wnter.

Great interest is taken in the appear
anCe of water in the dry creeks and
wells of Northern Nebraska and South
DAKOTA, but the mystery remains uneN-
planned. In nearly all that territory
south Of the Chamberlain and Mitchell
line of the milwaukee, railroad, and
North of the Platte river in Nebraska.
these water courses. which have been
dry for five or six years, have been
slowly filling up without the assistance
of ram or o Where it was i'm
possible 10 find water two years . it
can now be found near the surface.
and is bubbling up all along the dry
creek beds. The temperance Of the
water dates from last fall. and can
not be attributed to rain or snow dur
ing the winter. because there had not.
up TO April l. been over two inches of
rainfall in this section.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16

suit NJ Pierre. to set aside certain tax
sal los and restrain the city from the
collection Of taxes On property iii that
city. Tie main question raised was
II a the city Indebtedness is in excess
of the statutory limitation. Judge
Gafry now holds. in effect. that, since
the bonds have gone into the hands OF
IN innocent purchaser. it is too iate
10 raise that issue; that Il remedy was
omen at the time OF the issuance OF the
bonds. and that il there was any ease
II should have been brought at that
time. The payment of thousands or
dollars of taxrs has been hanging on
the decision.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
GOV. MERRIiM'S LOSS.


DestrDyeN by FIRE.
st. Paul, April 12.-EX-Gov. William
X. Merriam'S beautiful residence ut the,
corner Of Cedar street and Sherburne
avenue was almost destroyed by fire
at an early hOIr this morning. Fortu.
nately there vas no n in the house.
the Merriam family being ut Thomas
Vile, Ga. and Gov. Merriam being
temporarily Quartcrod at the Abnr-
deem. The building was insured for
$4,000 and the furniture ANA fixtures
1T $l2.oon. The total loss can hardly
reach as high as these figures.
The Merriam residence occupies a
commanding site on the hill in the
square surrounded by Cedar. Sher-
burne. Jackson and University avenue,
AMI was built in 1880 AT IA cost Of $40
WO. II WAS the h~andsOmeSt Struc-
ture by far in the vicinity. ana with
its magnificent grounds, was the de-
light and admiration Of the out-Of-
town Sight-SecrS. The governor has
built additions from time TO time, and
1t was n of the finest houses in the
city. a defective tlue is supposed 20
have been the cause Of the fire.
The only thing l know about it,"
said Gov. Merriam to-day, lis that
the house burned down. How it hap
pened or what the actual loss is | an
not say. as there has been no time
FOR an investigation. | cannot tell
how much we have saved" The
house was sold by GOV. Merriam 10
the Capitol Investment company some
time <
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16

When an officer in the Russian armv
is insulted a military court sits on tho
matter, and he has to abide by the de.
cision reached. Not long ago two Rus
sian officers Quarreled while drinkjpr
together and IN slapped the other in
the face. They were infinite friend,
AMI, in his sober senses, the aggressOr
asked pardon of the II inSultnd and
was freely forgiven. The military
court, however. did not look at the
matter SC lightly, and it was decreed
that the two officers should fight
though both were averse to so doing
A duel was arranged at twenty PAGES
and the young officer who had received
the affront and forgiven his friend
IA shot in the hip and crippled for
life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-16
south Dakota Butter.

\. letter from Il we'll known New
York commission firm to whom was
consigned Il quantity of butter made
at the state agricultural college, says
the butter was of excellent quality,
nicely put up, gave excellent satisfaC-
ton and sold ut the top price. the de-
mand being greater than the supply.
1t is not the purpose of Prof. TrUeman.
of the dairy department, to go into the
butter and chcpse-makinG business to
any very great extent. bur to teach the
science of d~airying to students in his
department, and in this he Is meeting
with marked Sue.eSS \ number Of
creamery companies have been sup
piled with buttermakerS from the col
lcge. and other applications are on file.
indicating that home talent is being
appreciated.