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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-28
ISSUANCE OF RECORD STOCK


NCNANAAANCN IlOAlA ~ ~ IaBS'y
ton of the stock until these dividends
have been paid. When redemption Is
made it shall be pro rata amongst the
holders of each particular series, Mr.,
Singerly shall remain the editor of the
Record and shall control its policy;
but It's business management shall be
controlled by a board, of which the
managers may be members, to be elect
ed by voting trust which shall con-
sist of the managers and of Mr.. Sydney
F. Tyler, president Of the Fourth
National bank. The plan is submitted
for the approval Of the creditors. The
document was agreed upon after an all
day conference between Assignees
George II. Earle and Richard Y. Cook;
their attorney, John C. Johnson, ]. H.
Jende, Mr.. Singerly's attorney. and
Director Loeb of the finance committee
of Pennsylvania.
1t was afterwards read by Deputy
Controller of the Currency George F.
Coffin. A local news bureau sent out
the following this afternoon:
From reliable source we learn that
Mr. Singerly's liabilities aggregate ST.
$4,000, divided as follows:
To Chestnut Street National bank seas, 900
To the Trust company ........... 652, 600
Mortgage on Record. ............. 1000
Bonds issued by Record Company $4,000
Borrowed from Widener, Elkins
and Kemble estate ............ Q,000
Other Indebtedness .............. $50, coo
Grand total ....................S2 81, $50, 600
Mr.. Singerly owned $500 shares Of
Chestnut Street National bank stock,
| all of which is pledged with the Trust
coml any for loans.
The books of The Record Publishing
company show that the net earnings
for the past seven years averaged $240-
900 per annum. Mr.. Singerly's most
tangible asset is The Record Publishing
company, which is valued at probably
| 81, 5000 900 to $4,000, 10000. The S450,000
| noted in the schedule of liabilities repre-
| sents money borrowed from the Wild
| ener, Elkins and Kemble estate several
years ago, when Mr. Singerly was in
volved in the failure of Lewis S. Cox.
1t is understood that about $500,00C
Record common stock is pledged for this
| loan.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-28

The league leaders will be at QUINN
piac rink tonight Only one game di-
vides Meriden from New Haven, and
doubtless the local team will put up a
great game in order to be able to stand
even with Meriden.
The League Standing
The morning times., 1897-02-03
FIGHTING ORGANIZED LABOR.
Two Brocton Shoe Factories Dis
cha rged Their Union Men.

Two Brocton Shoe Factories Dis
charged Their Union Men.
Brocton. Mass, Feb. 2.-The shoe fac
tory of Charles A Eaton 4 Co, which
yesterday discharged all of its employees,
opened this morning for the employment
OF help on d free shop basis. Very
few of the clio employees applied for work.
Applicants for work who were accepted
were required TO sign an ironclad agree
ment. Two hundred applicants werehired
during the morning. 7. d. Barry & Co. s
factory, which opened yesterday morning
as free shop has all the help re-
Quired, according to the firms story.
\ conference held this afternoon be-
tween the officers of the Boot and Shoe
workers International Union and T. d.
Barry & Co, the union proposed that all
men should be returned to work at exactly
the same price and under the same con-
ditions as when the strike was ordered.
Mr. Barry said that he could not accede
10 the proposition, as he had his factory
fun OF help and was getting along nicely
independent of the union, and that he
would so continue.
This lends color to the belief that the
present fight is against the unions in
general rather than against prices.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
BUTLER BETRAYED HIMSELF
The Australian Murderer Made Sew
eral Damaging Admissions.
Papers Belonging to One of His
Victims, Whose Name He Took,
Found in His Nalise.

San Francisco, Feb. Prank Butler, the
Australian murderer, who was arrested
and brought ashore from the ship Swan
hilda, from Newcastle, Australia, while
awaiting the arrival of the United States
Commissioner Peacock, before whom But
Ter was formally Identified this afternoon,
the prisoner incauuously remarked in
answer To a question: Yes ] knew Capt
Lee Weller very well indeed | met him
while mining and prospecting. found that
mining paid well in Australia
Here Butler checked himself and in
iorrned the officers and reporters that
he would say no more until he had Sc.
Wred an attorney. A few minutes later,
however, he again forgot himself and ad
nitted that he was obliged 10 leave Aus
Talia rather suddenly. He was aware,
ne said, that he was liable 10 arrest On
his arrival here, but would have no diff
Guilty in dispToving the charges against
iim. He did not lack opportunity TO eS-
cape from the Swanhilda while the vessel
was nearing port, and would have done so
had he not felt certain OF his ability to
dear himself OF the charge OF murder.
He acknowledged that ne had appropriated
the name Of Weller, but gave no excuse
for having done So.
Constable ConrOy, of Sydney, Identified
she prisoner as Frank Hood, who had been
introduced to him as a miner and pros
pector. At the conclusion of Conroy's state
nent Commissioner Heacock, at the re-
quest Of the prisoners counsel, adjourned
The hearing unit! Monday next, February
&, and Butler was taken back 10 the city
prison and locked up in steel cell
During his examination Butler was alert
and calm lie betrayed no nervousness, but
was very reckless in his speech and fire.
quently trapped or contradicted himself.
In Buffers valisc was found a small piece
of paper. which had been apparently torn
from a legal document, ana which bore
the following inscription. The original
OF the viii. together with other documents
belonging 10 Mr.. l.. Weller. are in the
possession OF MesSrs. Brown, Donaldson
q Marlborough, of No. Z Lincoln Inn Field,
London, solicitors"
Concealed within the lining OF Butlers
hat were founda number of small powders.
The prisoner claimed that they We're tooth
ache drops ana begged that he might be
allowed to keep them. They were eX-
amined 10y chemist ana found to contain
pure strychnine Late in the afternoon
Butler posed for several newspaper artists.
from whom he begged cigars and whisky.
seemed to have regained his spirit of
bravado and at times was quite facetious
Mrs Eta Butler, of Napa, Cal, claims
10 have been married to the prisoner, who,
she asserts, deserted her in san Francisco
f1ve years ago. Immediately upon hearing
Of his arrest, Mrs Butler left Napa for
Ean Francisco to identify her husband
The morning times., 1897-02-03
ONLY ONE FAvORITE WON
The Running at New Orleans Very
Heavy.

New Orleans, Feb. 2.-The cold spell
was broken today and bright, mid weather
drew out 5000 people The track was
very heavy and results were affected
thereby, only one favorite winning.
First race-Six fur!ongs. hillsboro, 1O5,
Morse, to l, won by length; Meddler,
lG7, Scott, 2 to l second by three lengths;
Hardenberg, 103, Warren, So 10 /, third.
Time, 1:21. Hailstone, Strathreel, Do
mineo, and Waterman also ran.
Second race-One mile, John Conrny, SS,
Songer, Z to 1, won by half a lergth;
Irish Lady, 1C6, Scherrer, 3 10 3, second
by head; Mamie LIS Sister, So, 7.
Burns, to l third Time, l.: 53 3-4
Loudon and Mollie b. also ran.
Third race-One and one quarter miles.
Linnette, los, A Barrett, 10 1, Won
by five lengths; Dave PuiSifer, l13, Tur-
biville, TO 8, second by twenty lengths;
A Miles, 100, Dorsey, 10 to /, third.
Time, 2:20 12 st. Leo, Echo, Terra
Archer, and Rupee also ran.
Fourth race-LeXington stakes, 81 ,0Uo;
wo-year-olds; half mile. Percy F, 81,
Hirsch, 10 to 1, Won, by n head; Lillian
Russell, 80, Songer, 10 to L, second. by Il
head; John Conner, los, l.. Soden, 10 to l..
third. Time, 0:54 Millstram, Van Ant
werp, Lupia, Miss Patrick, Floss, DR..
Blakely and Memo also ran.
Fifth race-SiX furlongs. Ida Wagner,
SO, j. Weber, = to 1, won, by four lengths;
Dr. France, 107, Hough, 6 to l, second, by
a head; Sligo, LOG, l.. Soden, 20 to J.,
third. Time, 1:21 1-2. Rcnaud, Play or
Pay, Fiction, Clarus, Commissioner Frank,
Billy Jordan, Prig, Glendaga and Ruth
also ran.
Sixth race-SiX furongs. Dawn, LOG,
Moore, l > to 1 won, by a length; Graefin.
9S, A. Barrett, 20 to /, second, by a
length; Break o Day, 112, Huisel, 3 to 2.
third. Time, 1:22. Princess Bonnie. Prov
ldent, Lady Louise, Redena and Necedah
also ran.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
QUEEN OF THE POPULISTS." +"
In This Role Mrs. Lount Proposes
to Create a Scene

In This Role Mrs. Lount Proposes
to Create Scene.
After an absence from this city of
several months, Mrs. Virginia n. Lount
has returned, and yesterday she called at
police headquarters to ask that Il squad
of policemen be detailed to accompany
her TO the Capitol Friday morning.
IL am going to visit the House and Sen
ate,' she told Inspector Hollinberger, las
the queen of the Populists. | will wear
a regal costume of white satin, with white
kid boots. My agent will precede me,
attired as Uncle Sam My purpose in
calling Oh the solons Will be Ia demand an
immediate appropriation for the poor-the
prisoners of poyerty'-for whom my heart
bleeds.''
Mrs. Lount figured to a considerable
extent in the last presidential campaign
When Gen" CoXey and his body of itin-
Grants were encamped near Washington
she created a stir by dressing in mems
clothes and visiting the camp, for the pur-
pose of Joining as a recruit. She has in
dulged in other eScapades here, including II
Summing expedition, when she was at
tired in knckerbock ers, as ii boy.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ON
IGNORANT PRETENDERS
10 MEDICAL KNOWL EDGE.

Ihey were ringing words that President
cleveland addressed to doctors at the
SeInl-centcHnIal celebration at the A Academy
or Medicine in New York last week.
words that VIII live and linger in the
memory or the profession:
You have demonstrated the peril
TO health of unwholes Ome water and
noxlous surroundings and vet much
remains To be done by way of protect
Ing our people. You have established
code of ethics which condemns
charlata nism In all its forms, and
yet Ignorant pretenders roam over
the nd offering tOperfOrm miracles,
OF are located In our towns and cities
preying upon the weakness of the
sick and afflicted.
II need not suggest thar such evils
are allowed 10 exist by reason of the
tnsufficiency of our laws or "A Iaxfty
in their execution. have inttmated
that for this condition you are not
Responsible in ii profes siOnaI sense,
but are you sure as citizens you are
doing ali in your power To remedy
the situation?
IF laws are needed to abolish
abuses which Your profee sioIal In
vesttgattons have unearIhed your
fraternity should not he strangers to
the agencies which make the laws.
III enactments already in force are
neglected or badly executed. YOU
should not forget that IL IL your
privilege ard duty % insist upon their
vigorous and honest enforcement.
For many years DR.. Mccoy has urged
IN the columns OF the public press the
vigorous enforcement OF such laws as we
have against the crime Of deceiving the
SICK That the public might be protected
words OF warning and denUnCiatiOn have
rung freely andfcarlcSsly in Doctor McCOy'S
published matter Now that the Chief
Executive Head OF the Nation takes up the
same tfeme and presents it almost word
for word, sentence for sentence, the same
thought, Doctor Mccoy trusts that his fell
low members or the profession and all
matchmaking men and women VIII heed
Tie message and that such a vigorous en-
Forcement of existing laws, fault as they
may be, VIII follow as VIII drive from our
midst bogus doctors, Irregular practitioners,
and men who trade and traffic upon the
Ills and mlsrortuneS of their fellow men.
Nor has Doctor Mccoy been COntented
alone with fearless words in the newspaper
Columns HIS ices have been 50 low as
70 draw closely the distinguishing line
between genuine skill and bogus preJentiOn-
The ignorant pretender Scares people into
paying big fees, often inducing them to
come to his office by free offers and relying
upon ms doctors 10 frighten or cajoIe them
into giving him large sums of money. The
regular practitioner protects the people
against that by giving genuine skill at
Tees which all can afford No greater
power for the pTGtpCt ION of the upoDla
from schemes of medical adventures has
been found than such an offer as this
which Doctor Mccoy makes IL an adJoiu-
ing column
The morning times., 1897-02-03
DOCTOR Mccoy
TEACHES A LESSON
The Renewal of the Rate of So Month to ALI
Patients and for ALI Diseases.
Given as the Illustration to Carry the Lesson Home What
He Considers the Proper Use Of the Word Free.
President Clevelands Words of Warning Against
Ignorant Pretenders.

Doctor Mccoy lad something to say
about offers of free treatment. The
essence of 1t was simply, that Ii is
not honest to lead people 10 IA medical
Office on free offers and take their
money.
When Doctor Mccoy established his
practice In Washington, for ii stated
time he treated everyone free He
would as soon thought of cutting his
arm off AZ of accepting ii cent from
anyone who responded TO his free
offer. When following this for ii
stated period he advertised So
month, ne stated that the So was to
cover the cost of medicines; that his
own services and those of his col
league were free. He would as soon
thought Of cutting his arm off as of
taking more than $3 from any pa
tient.
Doctor Mccoy made the word Free
popular because his use of II was
honest. His offer To treat patients for
S3 a month, the average cos of medf-
thousands because they knew Doctor
Mccoy told the truth, because they
knew his superb skill as IA physician
had never been furnished by deceit
or trickery as a man.
1t is not enough that this be once
stated in public print The lesson
needs to be brought home so hard 1t
viii never be forgotten. The public
must be protected from any methods
that are not perfectly sincere. The
sick ones of the public in any event
deserve protection, so Doctor Mccoy
teaches this lesson. giving the people
again his offer of S3 month and
promising to maintain this offer just
as long as the resources of his office
Will permit of il, that is, until the
number of patients under treatment
becomes 80 great as to prevent the
possibility of his persOual care and
attention. This IL the offer:
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ALL
PATIENTS APPLYING OR RENEW
ING TREATMENT AT DOCTOR Me
COY'S OFFICES WILL Is L TREATED
UNTIL CU RED AT THE UNIFORM
RATE OF So A MONTH. THIS AP-
PLIES TO OLD PATIENTS RENEW
ING TREATMENT AND TO NEW
PATIENTS COMMENC CING TREAT
MENT. II Is NOT CONFINED TO
ANY ONE DISEASE. IT MEANS
THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE
SICKNESS MAY BE IF \ DOCTOR,;
SERVICES ARE AT ALL REQUIRED.
THE PATIENT WILL BE TREATED
UNTIL CURED AT THE RATE OF
So \ MONTH. THE ONLY PEOPLE
REFUSED WILL BE PEOPLE WHO
CANNOT BE BENEFITED BY MED
ICAL ASSISTANCE. DOCTOR Nc
COY DOES NOT WANT AS PA
TIENTS PEOPLE WHO ARE BE
YOND THE HELP OF MEDICAL
SCIENCE
The morning times., 1897-02-03
BOGUS CHECKS TURNED UP
Two Young Crooks Floating the
City With Worthless Paper.
FOUR VICTIMS HEARD FROM
They Managed TO Swindie Brcn-
tano's With a Check Purporting
TO Be Signed by Mrs. Sarah +.
Spencer-WeII Supplies With APP
pIiances for Raising Amounts.

pair OF expert bank check showers
are working the business men of this city,
and several detectives have been assigned
by Inspector Hoiiinberger to run them
down. Four cases, IL is said, have been
reported to headquarters, i'll which the
forgers and swinGlers were successful
in getting off bad paper on business men,
and il is expected that others will be
heard from TODAY. The fellows are young
men, fluent takers, and well dressed, and
the detectives regard them as the most
dangerous crooks that have visited this
city for several years.
Tie first report of their doings was made
TO police headquarters yesterday after
noon by Mr.. William ii. Russell, repre-
senting the Brentano book-house, corner
of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest He brought To Inspector
Hollinherger d worthless check FOR $lf,
drawn on the Ohio National Bank, Twelfth
and 6 streets, in favor OF John b. Coleman.
The check was signed in pretty Spen-
cerian hand with the forged signature
of Mrs. Sarah L. Spencer, manager of the
Spencerian BUSINESS College.
The fellow who brought the check to
Brentano swas handsome young man, With
dark, magnetic eyes, as he Is de-
scribed, and wore a long blue ulster. He
claimed to be q business man who had
Just had a commercial transaction with
Mrs Spencer. He purchased 81 worth of
books and then rendered the bogus check
in payment. Mr.. RUSSELL the manager, had
had frequent business transactions with
Mrs. Spencer andas the signature appeared
TO be genuine, he converted the bad paper
into money, giving the Swindler $13 IN
change and the books Soon thereafter
when the check went TO the Ohio National
Bank it was pronounced forgery, and
later found its way TO police headquarters.
Last night the detectives learned that
the crook who is representing himself us
John b. Coleman, had passed another check
on Mr. william II Warner for SIS, and The
bogus paper was sent TO headquarters.
other cases were also heard from and il
is believed Coleman and his pail are trying
10 flood the city with their worthless
paper.
Trey are provided with numbering ma
chimes, perforators ana other apparatus
necessary to produce fac SMILES of GER
titled checks, which are easily showed, =
and the police expect to hear of other
victims within few da vs.
The swindlers are believed to be pro
fesSonals, and while the two checks re
ceived at headquarters We're drawn upon
the ONO National Bank, II is thought they
have secured a supply Of blank checks
from tie other banking houses and have
issued worthless paper on them also.
The fellow who goes by the name OF
Coleman is about twenty eight years Of
age, five feet ten or eleven inches in
height, with dark hair. and mustache.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
MORE MASS MEETINGS.
The Exa ample Set by the Bakers and
Confectioners' Union Contagious.

The mass meeting OF wage-earnerS, held
under the auspices OF the local Bakers and
Confectioners' Union, at Typographical
Temple, on last Saturday evening, has had
the desired effect, and other local unions
are arranging to hold similar meetings.
The matter was brought up last night
at the meeting of the Building Trades
Council, and representatives of the Anal
gamated Carpenters and Steam and Hot
Water Filters reported that their unions
We're arranging for open meetings, that
of the former to be held on Monday even
ngncxt, at Costello's Hall and the elatter on
the Friday following, at the rooms of
the Electrical Workers, No. b0S Eleventh
street northwest
In reply to IL communication from the
Building Trades Council, relative to the
unsafe condition of the Inter Ocean build
ing, the following reply was received from
the Commissioners yesterday, through
Secretary Tindall:
Relative TO your request that some
action be taken in the matter OF the Inter
ocean building, l am directed to inform
you that the Commissioners are advised by
Inspector Brady that he has notified the
president OF the company to proceed with
the work of reconstruction at once or to
appeal to the Commissionersfo for the appoint
rnent of a commission I o determine the issue
between the company and the building
department"
In his last report Inspector Brady made
an appeal for additional assistants, and
the council indorsed this appeal, and in
structed Its legislative committee to urge
Congress to grant the assistance requested
Credentials were received from the
granite cutters, and the delegates admitted
and obligated.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
vISCOUNT COUGHS AUCTION
Lot of Secondhand Furniture
Sold at Fancy Prices.

Sold at Eancy Prices.
Viscount Cough, first secretary Of the
British legation, is going to Berlin, and
on that account his household effects
were sold at auction by Sloan & Co., at
his late residence, No. 1871 1 street, yes
terday.
Even IN Washington, sales of the effects
Of real live viscounts are rare, and despite
the damp and disagreeablc day, there
was a goodly number Of persons, whose
chief desire is to have some relations with
nobility, even though it be by owning some
nobleman's secondhand furniture Mixed
with these was a miscellaneous crowd Of
secondhand dealers, boarding house keep
ers, and frugal housewives, looking for
bargains.
The viscount only sold those things
which, owing to dheir bulk and character,
he could not with advantage take with
him.
The bidding was brisk and theprices paid
ranged much higher than usual. The fact
that il has been owned by no plebeian dds
TO the value of an article and in some cases
the price paid was more than the original
cost of the article.
The total amount realized by the sale
was several hundred dollars.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
CITIZENS WANT SEWERS.
Meridian Hill Association Urges
Their CONSTRUCTION

The second meeting OF the Meridian Hill
and I.apier Heights CitzeEs' Association
was held last night at the residence of
Senator J. b. Henderson, corner Sixteenth
street and Florida avenue northwest. The
attendance was small on account of tie
disagreeable weather. Senator Henderson
was in tie chair. The business OF the
meeting was restricted 10 "a consideration
of a report urging tile District COmmis-
sioners TO impress upon Congress tie i'm
portance of constructing certain sewers on
Meridian Hill and Lanier Heights.
a NJ. McLachlin moved that the Asso-
citation express its approval Of an eXten-
sion OF the Metropolitan Railway from
Florida avenue to Eighteenth street, after
tile adoption OF which the meeting ad-
journed until next Tuesday.
The membership OF the association is
rapidly increasing and a lively interest
exists One of the main objects of the
association is to push the work Of i'm
provement of Sixteenth street extended.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCK SOLD.
The Syndicate That Underwrote II
Disposed of SOS, 900 900,

underworld the Northern Pacific Railroad
reorganization plan, has now sold all of
its stock, consisting OF So ,000, 900 pre-
ferred and S26,O00,0 900 common. The
price was about 15 for the common ami
about SO for the preferred.
The stock was taken partly by German
investors and partly by capitalists inter
ested i'll the Great Northern Railway. The
purchase by Great Northern interests means
amicable relations between that road and
the Northern Pacific. No bonds were
taken with the stock, but the members OF
the syndicate have disposed at various
times OF most OF the bonds allotted to
them.
The morning times., 1897-02-03
GEN. ALGER AS PLAINTIFF.
He Wants to Recover a Large Sum
of Money

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. "A cause
celebre, in which Gen Russell a. Alger,
the prospective Secretary of War to the
coming administration, appea RS S PLAINTIFF,
came up for hearing today in the United
States circuit court here, the case having
been removed from Justice Lurton's court
TO that of U S. District Judge Clark, by
special consent.
The style OF suit is Alger VS.. Anderson,
and is brought to recover S144 900 prin-
cipal and interest paid by plaintiff for
$4,000 acres of alleged valuable mineral
lands i'll Franklin county, Tenn, in 1884,
at the height of the boom period in the
South. Many of the most eminent counsel
In Tennessee are employed in the case
The sale was negotiated by Sheridan,
Green & Co., real estate agents of Chat
tanooga. The bill Of complaint alleges
that the agents received $4,000 COM
mission, of which $4,000 was paid to
Gen. Alger's personal representative, A. J
Prayer, Of Michigan, and makes further
allegations that the agents represented
the property as possessing the richest Ge-
posits of coal in the South. To deceive the
purchasers they washed the hillsides with
black paint, it is alleged and by this ruse
and Prayers advice, plaintiff alleges, lie
was induced to invest his money.