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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
THE RAILROADS. AND POOLING.
All Hope Virtually Abandoned of Any
Satisfactory Legislation.

New York, Dec. 8.-The Mail and Ex-
press to-day says: ''It is stated on high
authority that the railroad interests of
the country have virtually abandoned
all hope Of the enactment Of the legis-
lation of pooling on such lines as will
be acceptable to all interests concerned.
If the court holds that the agreement is
contrary to law, steps will doubtless be
taken to modify the same so as to make
it keep within the laws requirements
and the roads will endeavor to live as
best they can, SO far as rate agreements
are concerned"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Liquor Law ViOIators Arrested.

The following arrests were made by
Grand avenue officers yesterday for
violation of the liquor law: Patrick
Clancy, 17S Hamilton street, selling on
Sunday; James Cavanaugh, corner of
Myrtle and Wallace streets, selling on
Sunday; Thomas H. Mallory, corner of
Water and Brown streets, selling on
election day. Giuseppe Legostino, who
keeps a saloon at 422 East street, was
arrested for having a sixteen-year- old
girl in his place. She was playing pool
and tending bar.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
STUDY AND CURE OF, F,INEBRIETY.
The American Association Meets and
Elects Officers.

Boston, Dec. S.-The twenty-seventh
annual meeting of the American asso-
citation for the study and cure of in
ebriety opened to-day in the hall of the
Washingtonian Home, this city. DR.. I.
D, Crothers of Hartford, secretary of
the association, opened the meeting and
gave his annual report. The annual
election of officers resulted as follows:
President, Lewis d. Mason of Brooklyn; !;
first vice president, Isaac NJ. Quimby of
Jersey City; second vice president, j.
w. Grosvenor of Buffalo; third vice
president, James T. Searey of Tuscaloo-
sa, Ala; fourth vice president, j. 7.
Bakridge of Denver; fifth vice presi-
dent, Henry ]. Hall of Franklin, Ind :;
secretary treasurer, ]. II. Hall of
Hartford.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09

Hartford, Dec 8.-Jeremiah Malone of
Webster, Mass, aged twenty-five, who
was charged with killing Mathew
Ryan by stabbing him on the 18th of
September during drunken fight on
Front street, was found guilty of man.
slaughter in the superior criminal
court here to-day and sentenced by
Judge Wheeler to eight years in states
prison,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Bows Are Sted for Burglary.

William Welch, fourteen years old;
Walter H. Nichols. seventeen years of
age, and Richard I1anson, ten years of
age, were arrested last evening for
burglarizing the store of Jacob Ruland
at 927 State street, last Sunday night.
They took cigars, cigarettes, frankforts,
cookies and other small goods from the
store Sergeant Hayes and Officer
wo.-7 o--~neted Nicholson and Lanson
Officer Wrinn arrested Welch.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09

Boston. Dec. S.--Hugh s. Mcguire of
Philadelphia was awarded damages of
s1S, ,454 in the United States circuit court
to-day in a suit against the New Eng
land railroad to recover for the loss of
the famous trick mare Mazeppa, which
was killed in a railroad collision near
Waterbury, Conn, october Is, 1895.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Sentencad 70 Wethersfield.

Middletown, Dec. 8.-The jury in the
case of Joseph Hughes, who was charg-
ed with assault with intent to murder
Patrick Campbell at his home in Es-
sex, October 8, returned a verdict Of
assault with intent to kill after deliber-
ating about an hour and half. Judge
Thayer, who is presiding over this term
Of the court, sentenced Hughes to three
years at Wethersfield.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Fell from Second Story.

Edward Greenwood, a carpenter en-
ployed on building on Greenwood
street, fell from g. scaffold on the sec
ond story yesterday afternoon and frac-
tured his left arm. He was removed to
the home of his mother, II Christopher
Place, where the fracture was reduced
by DR.. Sweet.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
CHAMBER or COMMERCE..
Matters of Routine Business Transacted
Last Night.

Last Night.
The regular meeting of the chamber
of commerce was held last night with
President Floyd in the chair. There
was little business transacted. A. r.
Bradley Walter Gilbert, G. G, Powning,
w. E. Weld, jr., and s. G. Hurlburt
We're elected to membership. A history
of the visit of the South American dele
cation to this city last June was read
by Secretary Gallagher and ordered
printed in the year book. A letter from
Professor Henry w. Farnham in regard
to the protection and preservation of
streets in the city was read and refer
red to the committee on town and city
improvement.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Railroad Fined $50, ,O10,

Austin. Tex, Dec. S.-The Interna-
tional and Great Northern railroad in
tthe district court pleaded guilty in
twenty cases Of violation of freight
rates fixed by the Texas railway COM
mission to-day and was fined total of
S2O, 900 dana ges.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Died Attending a Funeral.

Westfield, Mass, Dec. 8.-EdWin A.
lanes. seventy, dropped dead while
shoveling snow in front OF MS house
this morning. He came here from
Brimfield. Michael Kane, siXty-eight,
died suddenly in a hack while on his
way to funeral.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
CUT IN WAGES.
Thousand Operatives Effected
Depressed Cotton Market Responsible.

Fall River, Mass, Dec. S.-The Fall
River cotton manufacturers at spe-
cial meeting held this afternoon voted
to reduce the wages of the operatives.
The cut-6own will not be less than ten
per cent and will affect about twenty
five thousand employees. The cause of
the reduction is the depressed condition
of the cotton market, which does not
enable print cloth, it is asserted, to be
manufactured for the price now prevail
ing which is the lowest on record.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Mrs. McKin!ey's Condition,

Canton, O., Dec. S.-All day the chill
dren of Mrs. Mckinley have been at
her bedside watching for indications of
a hopeful change. She has been lying
in lethargic repose, as if in sleep, most
of the time. She is gradually but sure
ly growing weaker.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Against Pensions to Widows.

Washington, Dec. S.-Senator Calling
er to-day introduced bill prohibiting
the granting of pensions to the widows
of soldiers whose marriage occurred
subsequent to the passage of the bill
under which they make claim.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Has China Coded Kiao Chau.

Berlin, Dec SIT is rumored tonight
that China has ceded Kiao Chou to
Germany. Whether the report is true
or not there is every indication that in
the preparations for the expedition un-
der Prince Henry that long stay is
contemplated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09

Chicago, Dec. S.-Miss Frances E.
Willard, as president of the Worlds
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
has accepted the resignation of Mrs. Jo-
senhine Butler as superintendent of the
purity department
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
EitH Years Pastor of Church.

Newton, Mass, Dec. S.-A love feast
took place in the Congregational church
here this evening, the occasion being
the fiftieth anniversary as pastor of
the church of Rev. Daniel Furber, D. D.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Canernent House Fire.

Northampton, Mass, Dec. S.-A fire
in the tenement house owned by David
Cronin on Market street early this
morning caused loss of $24,5OO before
If was extinguished. The hook and
ladder truck tipped over in answering
the alarm and three men were thrown to
the ground, but escaped without serious
injuries.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Price of Silver Declines.

London, Dec. S.-The price of silver
declined here to-day on account OF the
India reports that the India mills VIII
he resumed on December 10.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
Polo Results.

At Waterbury. Waterbury 16, New
Haven 2; at Meriden, Meriden 13, Wal
lingford 2.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09

Athol. Mass, Dec. S.-The Goddard
and Manning Piano factory was par
tally destroyed by fire tonight. Dam
age about $4,000. The fire was caused
by the explosion of a lamp.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
SIX AMERICAN FIIIBUSTERS
VESSELS THAT NAVE REACHED
CUBA FROM THIS COUNTRY.

That This Number Only Out of 1885
Available ON Atlantic Coast for Filibus-
tering Purposes Succeeded in Avoiding
Revenue Cutters is Taken as Demonstra-
tion of Nations Law-AbidIng Spirit.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-09
SIX DAYS BICYCLE RACE
INDOMITABEE EIGHTEEN STILL
PEDELLING AWAY YATMIDNIGHT.

Miller's Marvellous Record in the Third
Day of the Contest-From Midnight to
Midnight He Puts $50 Miles Behind
Him-Rice is Second-The Score at 1:15
This Morning.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

The Army and Navy Gazette calls attention to a remarkable feature of the Queens reign, the enormous num- Der of wars, little and big" that have marked its progress. Scarcely a twelvemonth of this period has passed. indeed, without finding England at war in some part of the world. Here is a
 list of the principal campaigns and ex- petitions: Afghan war, 1S3S-40; first
 China war, 1S41; Sikh war, 1S45-46;
 Kaffir war. 1916; second war with Chi ma, second Afghan war, 1849; second Sikh war, 1S49-49; Burmese war, 1850; second Kaffir war, 1S51-52; second Bur mese war, 1S52-53; Crimea, 1854; third tiny, 1857; Maori war, 1S6O-61; more wars with China, 1860 and 1862; second Maori war, 1S63-66; Ashanti war, 1864; war in BhoOtan, 1864; Abyssinian war, 1S67-6S; war with the Bazootees, 1868: third Maori war, 1S6S69; war with LOOshais, 1871; second Ashanti war, 1S73-74; third Kaffir war 1877; Zulu war, 1S7S-79; third Afghan war, 1S7S- 80; war in BasutOland, 1S79-S1; Trans vaal war, 1S79-S1; Egyptian war, 1882; Soudan, 1SS4-S5-S9; third Burma war, 1SS5-92; Zanzibar, 1890; India, 1890; Matabele wars, 1894 and 1898; Chitral 1896; second Soudan cam- paign, 1896.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

The relations between the French Legislature and the French navy are considerably strained at the present moment. The other day, during the dis cussion of the naval budget, some of the radical politicians held up to ob- loquy Admiral Duperre, the senior of ficer of the service, for having, during the war of 1870, respected his word of honor not to take any further part in the conflict, after having been released on parole, the speakers holding that considerations of patriotism took pre- cedence of those of honor. The Minis ter of Marine thereupOn in an impas- stoned speech intimated to the mem berS of the Chamber of Deputies that they were not capable of understand ing or appreciating the conceptions and ideas of a French officer with regard to honor and to the value of a plighted word
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

It is all right to put ample confidence in an emplOye whose life presents a record of probity, because it encour- ages zeal and inspires energy. But when it takes the form of actual care leSsness the tendency is to incite rob- bery and the continuation is loss of money on one side and of character on the other. A duty of the employer is to maintain at ali times a keen scru- tiny into the affairs of the firm. Elm plcyers who fulfill this obligation rarely suffer loss from dishonest employees.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27
Protecting an Atlantic Cable.

The ''cOre" Is now finished. But as it now stands it is in no wise fitted to meet the shocks that await it at the bottom of the sea. It must be protected against the chating of sands and rocks and the possible wrenches of anchors. This protection lies in a sheath of steel wires
 separated from the soft gutta-percha of the core by a packing of jute. The jute IS spun about the core exactly as the eleven copper wires of the conductor are spun about a central wire; and about all, finally, Is spun the steel Sheathing in the same fashion.
 As one goes about among the spinning machines he notices that the sections of steel sheathing vary much in thickness. defe Is one woven of twenty-fOur wires, ore of thirteen, and one of twelve. And the wires also vary; so that the section of fewest wires Is the largest in diameter. Here is a section made, not of single wires at all, but of strands of three wires. In fact, one sees seven different varieties. The occasion for such diversity Is this: In the mid dle of the Atlantic cable is dropped to a depth of two or three statute miles, and as it is paved out to such a depth it must have a great burden to sustain in its own weight. To make the weight as little as possible, consistent with needful quality and strength, becomes therefore important. The deeper a ca pie is laid the less it's liability to disturb ance, and the deep-water sections there fore may be made much lighter than the shallow water sections. As the ca ble draws nearer the shore, where the dangers grow greater, a heavier and heavier sheathing Is adopted, until, in whatis knownast the shore end," comes the heaviest of all.-McClure's Maga- zine.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27
Millet's Wife.

The immediate cause of Millet's ceas- ing to be painter of the nude, which sOld-more or less-and kept his family from starvation, was converse ton which he overheard in Paris. But the support in this crisis of his life-Which sent him to Barbizon-and during the ghastly privations of the next twenty five years, came from his wife, peas ant of Normandy like himself. The anecdOte of the wife's cheerful decis- ion on the eventful night in Paris, has prominent place in Mrs. Henry Ady's recent book on Millet.
 Millet had lavished all his skill on the modelling of Hagars form, and intend ed the whole to be striking study of the nude. Suddenly, when the picture was almost finished, he changed his mind and stopped short.
 For one evening, as he stood before the lighted window of Deforge's shop, he happened to see two young men looking at one of his own pastels-a drawing of a woman bathing, which he had lately sold. One youth asked the other who had painted this picture. His companion replied, "A man named Nfllet, who never paints anything but naked wOmen."
 The words were shock. His friends had often admired his nude figures and praised his skill in fiesh-painting. But never until that moment had he real ized that his reputation as an artist depended on this kind of work. He went home that evening and said to his wife:
 If you consent, will paint no more of these. Life will be harder than ever, and you will suffer; but I shall be free and able to do what have long dream ed of"
 The brave woman replied, "I am ready. Do as you wills
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

There is no better illustration of the progress made by Egypt under British supervision than the transformation ot Port Said. A few years ago it was the most vile and repulsive town of the Le- vant. To-day it is connected by rail with Ismailia, Cairo and Suez, abun- dantly provided with fresh water, in --rsected in every direction by broad
 reets, lined with attractive and im- posing shops, while big hotels, con- ducted on the best lines, have taken the place of all the low cafes and res taurants which formerly abOunded. In oAe word. all the disreputable features which formerly contributed to render the place the plague spot of the Medi- terranean have disappeared, and to-day Port Said bears an aspect of dignity, prosperity, and, above all, of respecta' bility.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

Some idea of the difficulties that q progressive statesman has to combat in a land like China is revealed in the Tact that the railway which is to con meet Pekin with the coast-7OO miles long-will not be permitted to enter the capital Tradition, religion. what not. regards the purely industrious as de grading in the sacred precincts of the celestial city: the terminus must be put where the serene ears of priests and monarch shall never be disturbed by the shriek of locomotive or the screech of escaping steam.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27
,dlE 7z778 Z. 9,sss,@ sEss=s4z-@g A --~-zsssa=

George W. Cable expects to sail f T England in a few weeks He has made arrangements t0 give public readings from his works in London and the provinces.
 Dean Farrar quotes IenBysOn IS nav ing related tC him the remark Of a far mer who, after hearing iire-and-brim- stone sermon from 8u old style preach er' consOled his wife by saying: Never mlnd, Sally; hat must be wrong. No constitooshun cou'dn7 stand it"
 Mrs. Ernest Hart. who will be re- membered b. many Chicagoans as a visitor to the World Fair, has written a book entitled Picturesque Burmah, Past and Present" which she mas also illustrated. She writes fn q chatty way of the far-of country as she saw it.
 A movement has been started to rec ognize publiciy Herbert Spencer's ser wees to philosophy and science upon the completiou of his system of syn thetlc philosophy A committee has been formed at the Atheuaeum Club, London, to declde on he form of this recognition.
 Though site has been chosen for the bust of Sir Walter S-at-, there will yet be little deI05 Del,~1 .J is rna1y set up in Westninster abbey. This is due to several causes one, though certainly not the most important. being that the money has hot yet been fully suDscrib- ed.
 Says the London Daily News: "A new volume ot the poet laureateF" One forgets for the mOmeut that Tennyson is dead. Then one yawns at the recol- lection of NIr Austin's name and the announcement that his new book is to be entitled 'Tbe Conversion of Winckle- man and Othe, Poems
 There Is t. he published in Liverpool early in the gew year "A History of the Liverpocl Priv8teers and Letters of Marque," hy Conner Williams. The greatness of the city, says the publish CT in announcing the character of the forthcoming work. was suckled on the twin iniquities of slave trading and privateering, and the book is to consist of an account of both
 In some remarks on the promised Byron revival v E. Henley says That the public has had enough of fluent minor lyrists and hidebound if su- periOr) sonnereers. and is disposed in the natural course Of things to renew its contact with a great English poet who was also a principal element in the aesthetic evolution of that modern Flu rope which we know.'
 People who have seen manuscripts of W. D. Howell writing have been sur prised that the work of a man who is such a prolific writer should show so many changes "One little sketch of his that I happoned to sec says m ad- mirer of the author was crossed out and rewritten many times. And it was a simple sketch, not a st0ry-oue that I should have thought he would have written at sitting without charging a word"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

Chicago, with a population gathered from nearly every portion of the globe, is city of many surprises and sensa- tionS, especially in the matrimonial line One of the recent legal cases in that city is a suit for $2,500, brought by a real estate man against a former friend for introducing him to a widow said to be worth $5O0,0OO, and whom he subsequently married. The now prosecuted husband admits that he signed a note agreeing to pay the real estate man $2,500 should a marriage follow the Introduction, and to show that as lover, he was active, vigilant, brave and successful, it may be only necessary to add that the marriage fol- lowed one month and five days from the date of the introduction. The hus- bands excuse for now refusing to nay is that he looked upon the note as a joke. He did not imagine that the real estate man was in earnest in demand ing a brevet dOwry. Moreover. he claims that he did all the courting. and that demanding pay for an introduction
 is blackmail. The ''Satchen" or the marriage broker is a recognized fea- ture in some portions of Europe. But in the Chicago case the parties at odds are Americans, and cannot plead the customs of their former home. And as free and independent Americans. pub- lie sympathy will be with the man who won the widow. To demand pay for introducing couples who might possibly marry is striking blow at the court ship business, and may decrease the re- ceipts of the Marriage License Bureau. Besides, his wife advises him not te pay.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

Burglars are the great terror of Mime. Patti's life at Craig-y-nos Castle, and she has had all the window shut ters fitted with electric bells. which start ringing at the slightest touch, while by the same machinery a gun is fired and number of dogs are let loose in the grounds, we are calmly told in Casselfs Saturday Journal Special watchmen are told off every night on round" duty, it is added.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

New York is actually frightened over the diminishing proportions of her ex- port grain trade, and the trunk lines are about to take a hand in its restora- ton. AS to its contentious with Balti- more and Philadelphia the West cares but little, but the trans-Mississippi States have turned their traffic toward New Orleans and Galveston and what New York has lost from those grain growing States it will never regain. Commerce is certain to find the shortest route to tide water, and this is the route to the Gulf from the States which lie west of the Missouri.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-27

Mir. Edward Whymper, the noted mountain climber, has carried the alp enstock for more than thirty years, and has scaled ChimbOraZO and the Natter horn, besides hundreds of lesser peaks, and, although he has had numberless thrilling adventures. including a fall of 600 feet he never fractured a limb or sustained any serious injury. He did. however. tumble down a flight of stairs iii England and fractured his collar-hnnn