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Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
Trading Stamps Mn.t Go.

Washington. Dec. s.-T The court of appeals of the District of Columbia. in an opinion by Justice Shepard, holds that trading stamps" are illegal with fin the meaning of the act of congress prohibiting lotteries and gift enterprls- es. The Trading Stamp company had arrangements with many merchants, by which trading stamps were given purchasers, and when a certain number of stamps were presented articles could be obtained for them at the Stamp com pany's store.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
s=s#a.a.- saHaasss AGAINST COAL TRUST.
Notice of Appeal Filed by the.Atsorney
 General.

Albany, Dec. s.-A vigorous prosecu- tion of the Coal trust case has been planned by Attorney General Hancock. and If the court of appeals decides against him the incoming legislature will at once be asked to amend the law. The attorney general has filed and served notice of appeal in the anti- trust cases from the order of the ap. pellate division.
 This appeal will bring up the consti- tutionality of the law and the methods prescribed under 1t for the examination of witnesses. The proceeding in which the appeal is taken was commenced immediately after the passage of the antitrust law by the legislature by the attorney general. with J. Newton Fiero IS special counsel to obtain the exami- nations of the presidents of the Dela- ware and Lackawanna, the New Jersey railroad, the New Jersey Central rail- road, the ontario and Western railroad and the Erie railroad. with the purpose of enabling him to ascertain the facts necessary to proceed in an action against the Coal trust.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
CHINA ON HER KNEES.
Ready to Pay an Enormous Indemnity to
 Germany.

London. Dec. S.--A special dispatch from Shanghai says: Captain Becker with 2l0 German marines. left Kiao Chau bay to occupy the surrounding villages. whence they proceeded to cap ture the city. The Chinese forts opened fire, and the Germans replied. killing three of the garrison, which thereupon fled in disorder
 The Chinese general in command was captured, but afterward liberated. Sew eral German sailors were injured by stones flung by the inhabitants Of the villages. In return for this the head men of these villages were beaten with bam- boo sticks by order of the German com mnnder.
 It Is reported here that China Is will ing to pay an indemnity of l,0oO,0o0 taels (about s7Si.250) and to grant all the German demands, including the temporary cesslon of Kiao Chau bay and adjoining territory.
 A dispatch to The Times from Picking confirms the report that China, hoping for the evacuation of Kiao Chau. agrees internationally to all the demands Of
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
SCHROEDER APPOINTED.
The Washington Prelate Gets a German
 Professorship.

Professorshfp.
 Berlin. Dec. 6.-Mgr. Joseph Schroe- der, late professor of dogmatic theolo- sy at the Catholic university in Wash ington, has been appointed to the fac ulty of the Catholic academy at Muen- ster. capital of Westphalia-
 Mgr. Schroeder's resignation of his professorship at Washington was placed In the hands of the directors of the Catholic university in the latter part of October last on the understanding that 1e would be permitted to remain at the university until the end of the scholas- tic year. when the resignation would take effect, unless he should sooner find another post. The period of grace was given him in order that he might com municate with the Prussian minister of education and arrange for a professor ship in some German university.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
Germany Humbles Haiti.

Port au Prince, Dec. s.-The contro. versy between Germany and Haiti has received a satisfactory settlement through the acceptance by the govern. ment of the republic of the terms con, tained In the ultimatum presented on the arrival in port of the two German warships. These conditions comprise the payment to Germany of an indem. rity of s30,0O0, the permission to Lued- CTS to return to the island without molestation, the saluting of the German flag and the presenting of the fullest kind of apology to the German envoy here.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
M,.. Hammond Arrested For Libel.

Dunkirk. N. Y., Dec. S.-Mlss Clara Hammond. editor and proprietor of the Fredonia Daily News. was arrested yesterday afternoon on complaint of Frederick J. Huntley. who charges her with criminal libel. The article on which MT. Huntley bases his charge res ferred to existing trouble between the Rev. J. J. Landers and the vestry of Trinity church. in which the writer espoused the cause of Dr. Landers and denounced the editor of the F'redonla Censor and F. J. Huntley.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
B,u Raiser Gets Ten Year.

Boston, Dec. S.-Albert A. Thomas. alias Litner, a professional bill raiser. has been sentenced to the state prison for ten years at hard labor and to pay a fine of $50 by Judge Aldrich in the United States circuit court. Thomas pleaded guilty in New Bedford. He passed Is s2 bills. each of which he had raised to s10. He Is a native of Indiana
 and has served . term In prison there,
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
snroastio whis,ler.

A postal card was recently addressed to Mir. James A. MaoNeill Whistler. the academy, London, by m Italian trades. man. ltwas taken to Burlington House and marked there. Mot known at tho Royal academy" When Mir. Whistler at last received it, he sent it to the od- itor of The Daily Mail with this char acteristic note, "In these days of doubt. ful Appropriations it is my good for tune to be able to send you an unso- lioited, official and final certificate of character,
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
VOTING IN MASSACHUSETTS
Results of the Municipal Elections In
 Various Cities.


 Boston, Dec. S.-Seventeen of the 32 cities of the commonwealth held their municipal elections yesterday. In ma> jority of cases the Republicans were successful in electing their mayor and securing control of the city govern ment, although the results show that the idea of independent or nonpartisan control of municipalities Is steadily growing in favor.
 Seven of the F mayors chosen won upon other than straight party nomina- tions. although nearly all had party in- dorsement. Six mayors were reelected. On the license question the contest, as usual was closely fought, but the ad- vocates of no license lost much ground and strength. Three cities-Brockton, Haverhill and Gloucester-went over into the license column. the former hav- ing been dry" for a decade and the others for two and one year re- spectiyely
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
Sensational Murder Case Begun.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. s-one of the most notable trials in the criminal an, nals of Fairfield county has opened here before Judge Elmer of the superior court, when Charles A. Bonai was plac- ed on trial charged with murdering George Marcus Nichols. an aged farmer of Daniels Farms, on the night of Iuly %
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
Railroad Granted Two Years Grace

Washington, Dec. 8. - The interstate commerce commission has decided to extend for two years the period within which railroads must comply with the act of congress requiring all railroads to be equipped with safety appliances for the protection of employees and pasSangerS
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
FortY-one Cnbans Releaaed.

Havana, Dec. 8.-Captain General Blanco has signed decree releasing fl persons who have been imprisoned on charges of complicity in the insurgent movement
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09

THIS MACHINE PRINTS RAILROAD TICKETS. of preventing any mistakes or fraud and of correctly registering every day the exact number of tickets sold and the amounts received for them.
 The apparatus is quadrangular in form. At the bottom of the box is small electric motor which sets n nickel plated wheel in motion, this wheel be- ing placed on level with the handle on the left side of the apparatus The long cardboard bands are rolled around three or as many wh1ls as are needed. situated above the motor and below the composing cylinder It is this cylinder and it's wheels and its teeth, located in the upper part of tho machine, which constitute the functional secret of the latter. In conjunction with tho large exterior wheel, which revolves against the outside wall on the right of the ap- paratus, tho mechanism works secretly in the interior On this large wheel are inscribed the names of the different sta tions and the prices of the various trips
 When ticket is desired for given point, the large wheel is set in motion until the name of the station asked for comes opposite small iron point Ono of tho buttons corresponding to the three openings is then pressed, and this sets the interior machinery in motion. and in less time than by tho old fash toned way of stamping, etc., the ticket comes out ready to be used. If moro than one ticket for the same plaoo is de- sired, continue to press the button as many times as there are tickets needed.
 While the machine is delivering tho tickets asked for tho same are being mysteriously registered in the interior of the apparatus An endless band un- rolls from the top of the apparatus and registers simultaneously with the deliv- cry of tho ticket it's number. its series. its destination and price.
 By means of this new machine an in- speotor need only present himself at tho ticket office, unroll the registering band and say to the ticket seller, You should have so and so in hand 1"
 The railroad companies of the north and west in France have adopted tho new apparatus. and gradually all tho roads running out of Paris are using them Of course for American use the machine would be less complicated, owing to the fact that we have no first, second aud third class tickets Now York Herald
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09

Washington, Dec. 1.-The president mas appointed John w. Griggs, present governor of New Jersey. to be attorney general of the United States, to auc- .eed Judge McKenna. who will be nom-
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
GRIGGS IN CABINET.
ASSERTED IN WASHINGTON HE WILL
 ACCEPT ATTORNEY YGENERALsHlP.

t Is Also Practically Confrmed by Friends of the Governor in Paterson. Sketch of the Career of the Now Cab met Officer.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09

mated to the United States supreme bench to succeed Justice Field. It Is understood that his appointment was urged by Vice President Hobart.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09

The captains of the Yale, Harvard and Cornell crews meet in Albany to- day to confer about next springs race.
 The president reached Canton and was recognized by his dying mother, who continued to grow weaker during the day.
 The French senate approved the gov ernment's declaration regarding the Dreyfus case and subsequently, voted the order of the day.
 Unexpected opposition to the Hawaii an annexation treaty has developed in the senate, and Hawaii will have to be annexed by a resolution or bill.
 A company was organized in Chicago for the purpose of maintaining a per- manent exhibition of the products and resources of western and northwestern states and territories.
 Secretary Gage recommended the col lection of $200. .000. 900 in greenbacks, to be paid out only for gold: the establish ment of a division of issue and redemp- ton and the issuance of refunding gold bonds. National bank notes were rec commended to i'll the vacuum which would be caused 1. the currency.
Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09

An Automatic Device That Saves Labor and Serves the Purposes of Convenience and AccurAcy-Ussd In France ~nd May He Adopted Here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-19
MINT DIRECTORS REPORT.

Average Commercial Ratio of Gold
and silver For the Year, to 81 "a.
Washington, Oct. 1s.-The director of the
mint has submitted to the Secretary of
the Treasury his report for the fiscal year
1897, covering the operations of the minis
and assay offices, together with the sta
tistics of foreign countries relative to pro-
duction, coinage, and the monetary con-
dition of each.
The value of the gold deposited at the
minis and assay offices during the fiscal
year 1897 Gents omitted was $129 los, 500.
OF this amount $S7, O03, 1877 were original de-
posits, and $42, 1872 1862 redeposits.
The coinage value of silver bullion re-
ceived during the year was $9725,022; of
this amount $9470,623 were original
deposits, and the remainder, $254,39S re-
deposits.
The purchases of silver bullion for sub
sidary silver coinage, under the provis-
ions of section 1925, Revised Statutes of
the United States. aggregated 259,24S fine
ounces, costing $171, 455
The silver dollars coined were from sill
yer bullion on hand, purchased under the
act of July IA, 1890
The total coinage of silver dollars from
bullion purchased under that act from
Aug. 49, 1890, date the law took effect,
to July l. 1897, has been 68,74S.477 pieces,
containing So, 172, $50 ounces of fine silver,
costing $51, $50, 154, giving a seigniorage of
$17,216 1922
The highest quotation for silver-0.925-
in the London market during the year
was 311b pence equal to $0.69051 per ounce
fine, United States money. The lowest
quotation was 271s pence, equal to $060357.
The average quotation for the year is
1886 pence, equal to $0.64794 per ounce fine.
At the average price of silver for the
year, the commercial ratio between gold
and silver was l to 81 "a; at the average
price of silver for the year 81 gold would
purchase TAI. 65 grains, equivalent to 1.A
ounces.
The net imports of gold were $4,000 SH,
as against $78,904,612 net exports for the
previous fiscal year.
The net exports of silver were $32, 636 S35,
as against 1913, 262, 25S for the fiscal year
1896
The product of gold and silver in the
United States for the calendar year 1895
was, gold, $685. 600; silver-coining value
ST, 069, 2S6.
The worlds product of gold and silver
for the calendar year 1896 was: Gold, $780,
396, 800; silver Commercial value), $109, 406,-
800; silver (coining value), S215, 700.
The coinage Of gold and silver by the
various countries of the world, so far as
reported, was: Gold, 1885, ,5l7; silver,
$15S, 1896, TAO
The director of the mint, in his report,
reviews the decline of silver since 1873,
and attributes the decline to the great in
crease in production.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-19
VACCINATION BY FORCE.
AtIanta's Doctors SwOOped Down On
the Police Court Audience.

AtIRntO's Doctors SwOOped Down On
the Police Court Audience.
Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 1S.-The doctors con-
Quoting the compulsory vaccination cru
SADIE stole a march on the Decatur street
rag-tag to-day.
Monday is always a red-letter day for
the negroes in police court They crowd
in there until suffocation seems imminent
When the crush was at its hight this
morning the doctors, accompanied by a
squad of policemen, swooped down and
took the whole concourse of prisoners. The
doors were all locked, and then every one
was forced to submit to the vaccination
process. 1t was a wild sight for a time,
as the average denizen of. Decatur street
would rather go to the rock pile than be
vaccinated and some of them bucked
worse than bronchos before they finally
submitted.
After the vaccination the entire build
ing WIS subjected to a disinfecting sui
phur bath. There have been several
cases of smallpox inside the police sta
ton and the fumigation was considered
necessary as an antidote.
One new case was taken to the pest
mouse to-day. a negro woman living on
Thompson street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-19
PROCLAMATION.

City of Savannah, Mayors Office Sept
10, 1S97.--On account of the prevalence OF
yellow fever in the cities of Mobile and
New Orleans, and the intervening and ad-
jacent territory, and for the purpose of
protecting the people of Savannah from
the said fever. rigid quarantine Is here
by declared against the said cities of Mo-
bile and New Orleans, and all other
places and districts which now are, or
which may from time to time, become
infected with yellow fever.
No persons, baggage, cars, boats. yes
sells, or packages of any kind, from said
cities, or any other infected place or
places, will be allowed to enter the citv
OF savannah, except after such detention
and under such regulations as. may be
prescribed by the sanitary board of sa-
vannah, Ga.
No mails from said places, unless and
until disinfected, under the regulations of
the United States postal authorities, will
be allowed to enter the city of Savannah.
The officers, agents and all persons in
charge of railroads. vessels, express COM
panies, and other means of public or priv
ate conveyance, are requested to assist in
enforcing this quarantine, and
All citizens are earnestly requested TO
cooperate with the authorities in main
tanning the present good sanitary condi-
tons of this city, and in enforcing a rigid
quarantine.
This quarantine shall continue in force
until further notice.
Any person violating any of the quar-
antine regulations will be punished in ac-
cordance with the statutes and ordinances
in such case made and provided
p. w. MELDRIM,
Mayor City Of Savannah.
Attest: VIM. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-19
SOUGHT PEACE IN DEATH.

Disappearance of j. ID. Thomas of
Columbus story With Two Sides.
Columbus Ga, Oct, 1S.-A strange case
of suicide, or disappearance, is causing a
sensation here. This afternoon, the mem
bers of the Thomas Drug Company Of
fered a reward of 800 for the recovery of
the body of their brother, ]. d. Thomas,
who disappeared from his home on East
Highlands Sunday morning, about l
o'clock.
Thomas left the following note with a
neighbor: "Oct. 16-Killed by lying. No
home no friends, no future, no character.
l will not endure reputation
of what have endured 1
am not fleeing from justice, but going
where I can get it. When the public gaze
of curiosity traces these lines, the fingers
that penned them win be Wondering in a
watery grave. Would like to have kissed
my wife but alas! Davis"
Thomas hat was found on the river
bank near the lower bridge. and his
brothers think he committed suicide
Thomas was charged with arson in Lee
county, Alabama, and was out on bond
His case was set for trial at Opelika,
Thursday.
The suicide theory is not believed by
every one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-19
GREATER ATLANTA HITS A sNAG.
The Scheme Recommended, But the
CITY Council Doesn't Approve 1t.

The Scheme Recommended, But the
CITY Council Doesn't Approve 1t.
Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 1S.-The scheme to
make a Greater Atlanta by extending the
corporate limits in all directions, so as to
take in every one of the adjacent settle
ments, did not go through, as expected,
at the meeting of the city council this
afternoon. It was strongly recommended
by the council committee, but in the
chamber it struck a snag that will delay it
some. though the council will ultimately
pass the ordinance.
BY the proposed extension, which de-
parts from the plan heretofore adhered to-
breaking up the systematical circular line
and leaving il in ZlgZagA shape, 6,OOO or
more would be added 10 the city's popu-
lation.
In some quarters there is violent oppo-
sition to the extension, especially in the
Peachtree district where many expensive
homes are located. By being outside the
line. they have heretofore escaped city
taxation. though enjoying practically all
the advantages of the city. When the
plan is finally completed, Greater Atlanta
will have taken in everything in sight and
win have no more suburbs to feed on until
a bran new crop is raised.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-19
Hoods Pma cure anuyer Ills. . cents.
IRwIN's COUNTY SEAT WAR.
Trouble with Registration Threat
ems bitter Personal Feeling.

Trouble with AeS1StrauOn Threat
ems bitter Personal Feeling.
Fitzgerald, Ca, oct. 18.-The county seat
fight in this county is now at white heat,
and the most intense interest is mani
tested in the result, which will be reached
by next Thursdays election.
During the whole campaign the Fitzger-
aid committee has been perfectly organ
lied, and the work planned on business
principles, that could not fail to produce
good results.
One feature of this committees work
has brought about the most bitter political
opposition, that bids fair to become per-
sonal in nature before the matter is set
tied. This Objectionable feature was the
committee of citizens appointed TO watch
the registration books. This committee
consisted of John Saenor, q. NJ. Wise and
IT. II. Kabrck, who went to the office OF
the registrar on the days appointed for
the registration of Fitzgerald voters, ana
quietly took the names of every man who
registered, making an alphabetical list of
the same Some time later an eXamina-
ton of the books of the county officials
revealed the fact that 146 names of citi-
zens of this district had in some mys-
FERROUS manner gotten lost or had stray
ed or been stolen-anyway, they were not
there. The officials We're interviewed
promptly, and promised to see that the
missing names were put on the books, but
as time rolled on and still these same
names were not on the books, the Fitz-
gerald committee once more began to
plan. The result of this was that early
this morning, in spite of a cold rain,
which made this the most disagreeable
day for three months, 100 men drove over
to Irwinville, taking with them the depo-
sitions of those who were unable TO go,
and tonight the 146 names are on the
books all right.
Much indignation is expressed that such
a course should have been found neces-
sary, and the few days intervening be-
fore the election will be faithfully en-
ployed in the good work, and a fair cleo
ton will insure Fitzgerald the county seat.