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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
FOR SPECIAL CONSTABLES.
Nominations Made Last Evening-Ouess
tfon as to Appointing Power

Nominations Made Last Evening-Q
tion as to Appointing Power.
The committee on nominations LAST
evening recommended the following
candidates for the positions Of special
constables: Andrew Dwyer, Herbert
W. Donovan, James F. Crowley, Adam
Ambrose Donate Veci, Folke Roos,
lanes Barton, Miles Mclaughlin WA
liam O'Brien, Jerome Croteau, Joseph
Huffman, !. l.. Benjamin, T. r. Law
renee.
During the meeting the question arose
as to whether or not the police COM
missfoners have the power to appoint
special constables under the provision
of section 40 of the new charter The
question was referred to Corporation
Counsel Ely for an opinion The pro-
ceeding in former years under the old
charter has been for the nominating
committee to refer their nominations to-
the court of common council where the
elections were made.
The nominations made last evening
will be referred to the court Of corn-
man council after the usual custom, and
when an opinion is rendered by the
corporation counsel this will also be re-
ferred.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
SHAW MEANT TO MURDER
SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
AND ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

Deed Caused by Drinking and Marital
DifficuIties-Shaw May Die-His wife,
Whom He Shot Three Times, Will Prob-
ably Live-Daughter Only Slightly In-
jured.
Somerville, Mass, June 30-A tene-
ment house on Evergreen avenue was
the scene of an attempted double mar
der and suicide shortly before o'clock
tonight.
Robert Shaw, an Englishman, fifty
five years of age, fruit peddler, shot
his wife three times, attempted to shoot
his step-daughter and fired q bullet
from a SS-calibre revolver into his own
throat. Shaw and his wife are now in
the hospital, both in a critical condi-
tion, with the chances slightly more
favorable for his wife's recovery than
for his own, The daughter received
only flesh wound.
Shaw married the woman, who is his
second wife, about three years ago.
she having a family Of six children,
and the marriage, occurring within
sAAA ~ AAAOAAeAAS oAeS S&AO 0SotA u lllS nI0I
wife, caused great deal Of hard feel
ing toward him among the children.
For the past six months Shaw has not
lived with his wife. He was addicted
to liquor, and was under it's influence
when he called at the house this eve-
ming. 1t is supposed that his wife re-
fused his demand for money.
The woman went upstairs, Shaw fol-
lowing, and few moments after the
stepdaughter, Annie Cotter, heard al
noise, and rushing upstairs found that
her mother had been shot three times
Her mother screamed to her to get
help, and as the girl left the room for
that purpose Shaw sent bullet after
her which just grazed her neck, mak-
ing flesh wound. She rushed from
the house and notified the police, and
while the officers were attempting to
force an entrance to the house Shaw
shot himself.
At the hospital the ball that entered
Shaw's throat was extracted from be-
meath the eye. 1t is believed that his
wound will prove fatal, but there Is a
chance for saving the woman's life.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
SOUTH DAKOTA DIVORCES.
Their Validity Involved in d Case Pending
in Boston.

Boston, June 30.-The validity of a
decree of a South Dakota court, enter
ed in a divorce case, is involved in a
case heard by Judge Putnam in the
United States circuit court to-day, in
which Christine Hekking is seeking to
secure an order from the court which
will compel her former husband, Henry
Pfaff, to pay her $4,000, as ordered by
the western court.
A divorce was granted in 1892 at
Sioux Falls. There was no provision
for alimony, but later, after Mr. Pfafr
inherited a large property by the death
of his father, the wealthy brewer, the
case was reopened and the court or
dered alimony to the amount of $685.
0OO
AS Mr.. Pfaff was not in South Dako-
ia, Miss Hekking came to him and en-
tered, in the United States court in
Boston, the present suit, in which she
seeks to have the order of the South
Dakota court enforced.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
Yale Confers Nearly 700 De-
greeS on Her Sons and
Men Eminent in the
Arts and Sciences.
THE END OF COMMENCEMENT
5000 GRADUATES ATTEND THE IN
NUAL ALUMNI DINNER.

Historic March of Graduates Across the
Green-Exercises in Rattell Chapel
President Dwight Conferred Degrees
Professor Fisher Presented Candidates
for Honorary Degrees-The Deans of the
Respective Departments Presented Cam
didates for Degrees on Examination
Speakers at the Alumni Banquet-Lieu-
tenant-Governor Woodruff Dwells Upon
Yale AthIetics-Captain Mahan, tho
Eminent Naval Authority, Present at
Yesterdays Exercises-List of Persons
Receiving Honorary Degrees-Reception
ing for Their Homes.
The Yale commencement of 1897 clos
ed yesterday after the most inter-
esting exercises held in many years.
At Battell chapel in the morning the
graduating classes were presented their
diplomas and honorary degrees were
conferred upon a number of eminent
scholars representing literature, the
ology, medicine and several other sci
ences President Timothy Dwight pre-
sided
Professor Fisher presented the can
didates for honorary degrees and read
a brief and interesting biography of
each. The special ode writted by Pro-
facsor Gaorpa w Cbadwinlx was suDp
and made distinct impression. The
graduating classes membership num-
bered nearly 700 and all were in caps
and gowns.
The annual alumni dinner was held
in Alumni hall and is believed to be
the biggest ever held at Yale. Judge
Rowland Of New York presided in the
absence of President Dwight.
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FOUND INSENs1BEE ON YoRR sT.
A Bicyelist Meets With an Accident ON d
Broken Wheel.

Broken w n60ls
At about 1890 last evening officers
Walsh and Rowley Of police station No.
4 found Louis w. Reach Of Al Baldwin
street, annex, lying insensible on York
street. near Broadway. Beside Keach
was his bicycle minus a pedal, which
seemed to have been broken off. Later
the pedal was found in his pocket.
Reach was taken to the central station
and DR.. Gaynor was called. The ply
sician ascertained on examining the
man that he had been drinking and al
though there was cut on his chin
which indicated that he had fallen,
probably from his bicycle, DR.. Gaynor
thought that his state of insensibility
was due more to intoxication than to
the effects of fall. Reach was unabla
to give his name, which was ascer-
tanned from papers found in his pocket,
among the papers being credentials as
agent for the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance company.
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81 CINE HERE TO DIE.o
The Significant and True Words Spoken
by Mrs. Mary Haas.

New Milford. June 3O-Mrs. Mary
Haas. aged fifty-three, of Utica, n. Y,
died at the home here Of her son, Lewis
Haas. to-day, under circumstances
which have occasioned much comment
Mrs. Haas arrived here Monday
night, and as she was alightiag from
the train she had an attack Of dizzi-
ness and fell. She soon recovered, how
ever, but remarked to her sen as he
picked her up II am all right now. but
| came here to die" and this noon lust
after finishing a hearty dinrer, she fell
against the table and expired Instantly
from heart disease.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
MICUiEL TO MEET LESNA.
Match Arranged Between the Great Welsh
and English Cyclists.

Boston, June 30.-The managers of
Jimmie Michael, the Welsh bicyclist,
and Lucien Lesna, the English cham
pion, had a conference tonight and
practically agreed to match the two
men for a purse of $4,000 and outside
bets of $3.50 each, the race to be thirty
three miles at Charles River park, upon
some date in the near future, yet to be
named The conditions will probably
be about the same as those governing
the recent Michael-McDuffee race, ex-
cept that machines larger than tandems
may not be allowed by pace-makers.
1t is probabl that Lesna will ride an
American wheel
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
Charged With Incendiarisn,.

Detective Donnelly of the Grand ave-
nue. precinct last evening arrested two
boys, John Conway of A Haven street
and James Cullen of 441a Haven street.
charged with having set fire to the
storehouse back of the old distiIlery on
James street. in which a slight blaze
occurred last Sunday.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
VIII Affect 10000 Miners.

Joliet, Ill, June 30.-W. D. Ryan.
state secretary of the Illinois Miners
association, to-day issued a notice that
all work on Illinois fields would be
stopped at once and that a national
suspension was a certainty. The min
ers in the Wilmington field stopped
work to-day. The strike will affect 20,-
ono miners.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
| No Cause Assigned for the Act-Were in
| Comfortable Circum stances.

Owensboro, KY, June 30.-Mrs. Pau-
line Weitmier and her daughter, Miss
Maulin Weitmeier, committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid some time last
night. Both were dressed in handsome
clothes and found by neighbors this
morning. On table by the bedside
were two glasses which had contained
carbolic acid, and a note saying they
desired to be buried just as found.
They conducted dyeing establishment
and were in comfortable circumstances.
Mrs. Weitmeier has a brother, DIR. Hen
gler, who is prominent physician in
Paterson, N. J.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
A Grand Torchlight Tattoo.

London, June SO.-At Aldershoot to-
night ten thousand people witnessed a
grand torchlight tattoo, arranged by
the Duke of Connaught, who, with the
Duchess of Connaught and distin-
guished party, was present. Three
brigades were engaged in the evolu-
ton, and the spectacle was a. very fine
one
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
Prof. Morse Wit

Prof. Morse Withdraws His Resipnotio,
Amherst, Mass, June 3O.-It was an
nounced to-day that Professor Morse
of Amherst college has withdrawn his
resignation as a member of the faculty
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-07-01
CORNELL YOUNGSTERS WIN
DEFEAT COLUMBLA AND U. OF z.
FRESHMEN IN A GRAND RACE.

The Two Miles Were Covered in 9:21 Id
All Crews Row the American Stroke--
Anybody's Race Until the Finish-Fea-
ture of the Race the Wonderful Squirt
Made by Columbia In the Last Half Mile.
Poughkeepsie, June 30.-Cornell won
the freshman race by three-fourths of
length; Columbia second by one-third
Of length oyer Pennsylvania. The
official time: Cornell, 9:21 is; Colum-
bia, 9:22 3-5; Pennsylvania, 9:2S 1-5.
Table showing the number of strokes
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Thrifty to the Last.

An old Lancashire miller, noted 70,
bis keeuness in matters financial, was
once in boat trying his best to get
across the stream which drove his mill
Inc stream was flooded, and he was
taken past the point at which he
wanted to land; while, farther on.
misfortune still further overlook him.
to the extent that the boat got upset.
His wife, realizing the danger he was
in, ran frantlcally along the side Of
the stream, crying for help in piti.
1ul voice; when, to her sheer amaze
ment, she was suddenly brought to q
s sta! a by her husband yelling out !:
IF I'm drowned, Molly, dunnot for.
get that tlour's gone up two shilIin'
sack l"-Tit Bits.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
A City Without Who.,,

Catorce is Spanish for fourtes, q,
tradition is that that many so1a; y
de deserted from the Spanish naalf a ae,a's
MEXICO mexico some time in the last cent.,s s
climbed to this almost inacss a.eI &
spot turned bandits, discoyersa' 4 "a.
the 4, mountain under them was III 1 81
silver, began to mine and I i - IS S
course ,. became rich and respeet,sl.
according to the, St. Louis az.
Democrat. To-day Catorce epi a,s. h,
that goes to make life confo,t.ll..
and agreeable, save one thing.
IN the stores Of Catorce MONEY M
buy as many articles and as chas,, ~. y:
in any Mexican city of like Ill.,, Ill., q
ance. The hotel is better than ~ ~
in more pretentious cities. u gs'.' Z
market abounds IN fruits and a. I'D
tables. Nowhere are the shon ,, 49,
decorated with more elaborate ', M
torlai information of what is Is IN
found within. The church is ! m,.,;,s.
structure, towering above tke ,n ,.'
roundings. In every sense ~. NJ
one Catorce is motropolit.. !
as things go in Mexico. uato,s,s.I
has no wheels. Jatorce nk
only has no bicycles, but. il III, l ~
wheeled vehicles Of any kind. loe,,.I
is not SO much as a pushcart vim
the corporate limits. The back q ihsI
burro is Catorce's common carrier. I
ut is not strictly accurate, III !;
MIR. Kaufman, the leading druggist e
Catorce, and one Of the three Enqlial
speaking residents, 80 speak 81 ths.ss
city as never having known the p li,
ence of a wheeled vehicle. The oLle,
Inhabitants will tell you Of a tradition
that once carriage was seen Il
Catorce. The occasion was tie oels.s
bration of a certain very notable ann:
versary. The carriage was broughtS
up the mountain, after having bess
separated into as many parts as pms
ticab:e. The pieces were loaded ~
the backs Of burros. When theysss
reached the city they were pu. b.Ss
gether. The carriage was used al IN
chief feature OF a procession. Thels.
was only one street in the whole az
on which the carriage could be dram
That was the thoroughfare to ~
cemetery. After the celebration, IT,
carriage was taken apart and carried
down tho mountain in the same ~
that it bad been brought up. !" 5s
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15

kome. I do not know If he had my letter,
bet. like all the rest, this sad ono also re.
manned unanswered. Sometimes I asked
upon the wrapper that the letter should be
returned ifnot delivered. A few came back,
| while others did not appear, 50 that was
therefore left in doubt and could not tell
! whether my dear one lived or not; nor. il
he lived, where.
"Atter 1889 ! gave up writing, but not
hope: but until three days ago | have never
had word OF Arthur nor known Of his fate.
Only day before yesterday l received Il box
from China addrcsSe! to HE, containing all my
letters and some little keepsakes Of my dear
brother. There was also note from a friend
and companion Of his, Ned Bacon, which
told me OF my boys death in Lower Cali
fornia more than two years ago.
81 have been looking over and reading tho
old letters, and. dear Sir, I found two written
| by you to Arthur when he was so i'll, alter he
had told you that he had the marked guinea.
The coin itself was in the chest, and now
have it aud would IKE much to keep it rs 4
sacred memento of my poor brother. | have
written you all this because of your kind,
kind letters to the wanderer, and to thank
you from the bottom of my heart, both for
my mother and myself, for your great SYM
p&thy and more than friendly words to our
boy. Even when you wrote him ho was dy-
lnS alone in strange land.
"The guinea is now at rest with me. I'M
less yon desire it. Should you ever be in
Kent my mother would be greatly pleased to
see you.
again, expressing our warmest thanks
for your kindness to our beloved one, am,
very sincerely yours.
JESSIE JAMESON.
The American returned the letter
to his friend.
GLOW strange it all is, OF was, said
he, in q thoughtful tone; starting
from Australia the little coin was in
Africa, Siberia, North America, and,
finally, England, within the twenty
years OF it's journeyings. But, con-
tinued he, with interest, "this lady,
Miss Jameson, desired to keep the
gold. Did she afterward give it to
your"
"Ah," replied the host, smiling;
"that is the sequel to the story Of the
letters, and, like many sequels, the
best part OF it-Jessie is now my
wife. New York Independent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Voice Culture in America.

II think, said Jean Dc Reszks tie
tenor, "that we will sing in the Gerual
cities next season. There have besl.:
frequent opportunities and inyiA.'1
tons, but we are always busy els.ssl
where. Now there is q chance, and ~
rather expect to improve it.
"We have never sung at Bairensh
Nine. Cos;ma Wagner has desired ~
have us, but the long rehearsalsvonAI
conflict with the London season. S
''Do you think" Jean was asked,
shat there are no more exceptionally
good voices among the aspirauts fors q
musical career?"
"By no MEANS" exclaimed w. !.
Jean, quickly. "There are manygooaa 4.
voices, particularly in tie Unltsa.22
States, where there is the greatest
sible promise in TIT direction. va
constantly meet with most admirapae y
voices in this country, but they a.eiis
too great haste. The road to srtla 'lsgS
excellence is q, long one, and it W q
qulres great patience, persistentstna9y,s
and great teacher to make . ~
voice available" o.* "a
"And the necessity Of ContipenslllssS
train,ns?" u,
ut is not necessary" exclaimed w. Is
great Tristan with unexpected emp 4
SIS. cit is not necessary Of al. Y, &. q
know half o dozen teachers 10 49,
country, and there arc probably o' M
ers, who con develop the voice O. W. u
as any OF the European INSTRUCTORS So
"Then you do not favor this cls -
among American students to put snea..s 8
selves under the training OF Conline1s 81
tal teachers?"
II do not. 1t is quite annecessa IN
A fine voice we'll taught here has qu'aa
as good a foundation for career = III s
would have if developed in Eareps Il
New York Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Regarding q N!,IOsev Shave.

"What makes my face so dry and
dusty?" asked man in one of the
chairs at the 1otel barber shop.
''You shave too close" replied the
barber. ''You get down under the
skin and irritate it,"
"Well, I have to shave close. I
don't want to bother with shayino
every day, SO [ get a shave every
other day, and then get O. good, close
one."
"There's no need OF that" replied
the barber. "Ihere isn't so much diff.
ference between single goiny.over
and very close shave. After the
razor has been over your face once you
can still feel 6ne stubble. By a sec.
ond or third scraping you can get the
face feeling perfectly smooth, but in
three hours time the beard has grown
out to where it was after tho first 90.
UNCOVER. What I mean is that Won
save only about three hours by getting
what We call "close" shave, and for
q man who shaves every other day,
that isn't much OF On advantage. Be.
sides, it lrritates the face and is liable
to make the skin hard and scaly. A
man who shaves himself simply goes
over his face once, but in a barber
shop the customer thinks he is not
getting the worth of his money unless
the barber scrapes for about ten min.
utes to get rid of that extra three
hours n; growth Of beard. "-Chicago
Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15

R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., n brother of
Senator Boies Penrose, OF Pennsyl-
vania, who is citizen Of Arizona, says
OF that territory: II would not ex-
change Arizona for any part of this
Union. The man who goes out there
to take look at the country, as
did, generally becomes permanent
resident. I live in the extreme south.
ern section, close to the line OF old
Mexico. Two weeks ago we were eat
ing luscious strawberries raised in tho
open air. We arc away ahead of
Southern California in the matter of
raising fine fruits, and ours mature
three or four weeks earlier. In gold
mining l am confident that Arizona
is going to take conspicuous place. )"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15

The jackrabbit, long regarded
by the farmers OF the great San
Joaquin valley in California as
pest, may yet be esteemed for
his fur. The matters of the East
are discovering that this particular
kind of fur is excellently adapted to
the manufacture of felt of the best
quality, and in the near future we may
see big shipments of the skins to the
hnt-making centres unless in the mean
time we have the sagacity to utilize
the product at our doors and engage
in the manufacture of felt on our own
account.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
Facts About Animals,

The hog is very sagaoious beast.
No constructing snake is poisonous
The wolf is more cunning than the
fox.
Some species Of snakes are borr
cannibals.
The horse is more stubborn than
the mule.
No bad:tempered man can break g
horse to perform.
One baby elephant will boss a whole
herd Of big ores.
The white clover is rank poison tc
the hippopotamus.
The elephant con push many timer
more than be con pull.
The elephant is almost as am
phlb'ous as the hippopotamus.
The wild buffalo is often more than
a match for tho lion.
The giraffe is dumb and was neve,
known to utter any sound.
The hippopotamus can be accli.
mated to live in very cold water.
The polar bear is untamable.. He
is also partial to sun bath.
Panthers when taken young make
very docile and effectiouate pets.
The smallest mouse will cause the
biggest elephant to quake with fear.
The rhinocerous is the most formld-
able and pugnacious Of all wild beasts.
A snake would starve to death rather
than eat anything except living prey.
America is the only country in
which a baby elephant was ever born
in captivity.
The parrot is but one among many
species Of birds that can be taught to
speak.
Don't trust to the fallacy that wild
beasts can be controlled by the human
eye,
Lions born in captivity are more
dangerous and harder to train than
captured ones.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
1t Bore Apples Ninety Years. /.

A Winchester (Ohio) correspon.as...,
of the Cincinnati Commercial IllDs,,,y a
says: On the farm of Enoch Mep.
near Wrightsville, this county. esa.
an apple tree that has been pes. NJ
fruit for ninety years. It iss ysn ~,
bellaower, and was planted wnen "a. q
whole region was almost q SOLD TO- 80
Five feet from the ground IT mes.s 49,
nine feet six inches in circunlese.:.ysssts
and it would take q basket tofly e
feet wide to set under the tree 70 -. 49,
every apple that falls. The tree 49, : n
some signs of decay now, ~. -. 80
thought the year 1900 will ina Z 70 ss
ducing. If
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15
CLA1RvOYANcE I'M ~

letto n ?' S you n, the celebrated t9 Nine,
fo"r nJ askeu' after be had cI;n ~ !.
i iotr MI, nlgnts of stairs, and was adaGs''a
no~s aes' replied rep the bizaire.lool;,
parsonage rs OF who had received him
~ "Ihe great clairvoyant?" ~ q.
IA ID you yo !, forotsll the futassg,
"And read the minl?n
"Verl]y."
60" land n unfold u the past?"
"Then," said the visitor, o,,,.,
ne took large wad out Of ~ ,sss.ly, IA
please tell me what it was ,' J, p : s.
asked me to bring her home f. = y. 4 (!
Life. 0 'o.nlsatS
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-15

The chief proofreader of the Lon.
don Times is Cambridge graduate.
who has salary of $4,000; but then
he is great scholar, not only in the
English language, but in all ancient
and other tongues, not excepting Ash
attic ones. He is permitted to query
and suggest excisions or additions to
the work of the writer's and editors.