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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-14
ELIG DAY

To-day is Flag Day, and the indica-
lions are that it will be generally and
appropriately observed in this region.
1t most certainly should be, for it is one
of the very best days we have. The
flag is beautiful to see and it Is glorl-
GUS to think about 1t is good thing
to have day especially devoted to it
and to that for which it waves. Pes
simists are fond of grooming that the
flag doesn't mean as much as it once
did, but the pessimists are, as usual,
wrong. Intelligent patriotism is on the
increase in this country, and the flag
was never more loved and honored. 1t
is more frequently and generally dis
played than at any time since the war.
1t waves daily over public buildings,
school houses, business houses and even
over some private houses that are the
homes of patriotic hearts. And Flag
Day has been instituted to do it honor
and add impressiveness to it's teaching.
Three cheers for the Star Spangled
Banner! "Oh long may it wave DER
the land of the free and the home of the
brave!"
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CONSOLIDATION,


Some "Reminiscences and Predictions
To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
The article in your Saturday issue on
the matter Of annexation of the Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth wards
turns my thoughts in a reminiscent
vein to the promises and prophesies
and the causes that led up to the
transfer of what are now the Four
teenth and Fifteenth wards from the
town of East Haven to New Haven.
l think it can be truthfully said that
at that time there were more double
faced promises made than were ever
before put out in political contest
over so small a territory and occupied
by as few inhabitants. That they did
we'll in not, being caught by the con-
flicting pledges can only be attributed
to the fact that a very short, though
active campaign, was conducted To
one section it was promised that an
nexation to New Haven would make
Tomlinson bridge a free bridge, to
duOlutI SeCLlOil mat IL WOulu De the
means of doing away with the bridge
altogether and having in lieu thereof a
ferry; to another class who had hung
cred for city privileges it was said DO
this and it will be a stepping stone to
your getting into the city," and to
still another class, to whom city taxes
were a terror, it was said, Come into
the town and then You are safe from
the dreaded city octopus"
The real root of the matter was mere
~ scheme to legislate certain men out
of office and incidentally help certain
others in, while from a New Haven
standpoint the sole object at that time
was to get control of the harbor. 1t
was a well authenticated fact that
many of the leaders of the movement
in New Haven did not want the land
annexed, but were willing to assume
all the debts that they did assume and
make the dividing line highwater mark.
History repeats itself" The citi-
zens of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
wards are now told that they are as
sured that they shall only have to pay
four-mill tax and at the same time
they are told that they must not ex-
pect any fire or police protection. We
are led to ask, What good is
, it then? And for how long will
this pledge hold good? We are
told that the pledge is good till
a certain number (say one hundred vot-
ers) petition to come into the city. I
am led to ask if that provision is under
the lines of either the state or national
constitution? Does not the state con-
stitution provide for a majority rule
and does not the United States consti-
| tuition guarantee a republican form of
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An ENGLISH dCHiEV EWFNT.

Where England's flag flies wide I'M
furled, all tyrant wrongs repelling" is
a part of the diamond jubilee hymn
written by Bishop Wakefield, and it has
excited some satire, but the truth re-
mains that England's services to hui
mainly while extending her own do
main have been magnificent enough to
warrant some poetic license to de-
scribing them, The story of the de-
struction of one of the greatest slave
trading organizations in Africa by Sir
George Goldie, the British administra-
tor of Nigeria, better known as West
ern Soudan, illustrates the character
and magnitude of some of those ser
vices. This territory extends from the
shores of the Gulf of Guinea to the
famous and mysterious city of Tim
buctoo, and is inhabited by the best
of all the tribes of that continent, the
Houssas, a race physically and intel
lectually of magnificent development,
who are at once brave and docile, and
have an Industrial capacity of a very
high order. They number about H.
900, 900, and occupy a vast empire of
incalculable wealth. Many years ago
they were conquered in a holy war"
by the Mohammedan Foulabs, semi
Arab tribe, and have since been held
in subsection, largely through religious
superstition The present emperor, the
eleventh of his line, has, like his prede-
cessors, carried on the slave trade, and
has kept it in force throughout his
broad domain. His raids upon other
African tribes have extended to remote
parts of the continent and his slave
traffic has amounted to more than that
of all the rest of Africa put together.
The system has been responsible for
countless horrible excuses and has been
the chief cause of preventing that part
of Africa from progressing to a high
civilization.
This slave system has now been de-
stroyed forever by Sir George Goldie.
He has crushed the bloody tyrants of
Benin and Nupe with a strong hand,
and has issued an edict which will be
obeyed, that there shall be no more
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FASHION NOTES.
Odn Two.Yicw nonnets.

Eccentricity is dominant in many of
the stylish small bonnets. Many a
headdress that in full-face view seems
only to be spreading and erratic bow,
set wheel fashion just back Of the roll
of hair, is really a full size bonnet with
crown and brim when you come to see
the whole of it, An aureole of tulle,
with a nodding rose above it, proves on
close inspection to have a center that
fits over the head through the loose
meshes of which the shining hair
shows. A rakish bow on one side of
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N VAS PROROGUHD.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
In your edition of Saturday / notice
that you used the word ''prorogued" in
reference to the adjournment of the
Massachusetts legislature. Was this
correct? Is there any power in Massa-
chusetts that can prorogue the legisla-
ture? VIII you please answer this in
your paper and so settle an argument?
AMERICAN
Our use of the word "prorogued" was
correct. There is a power in Massa-
chusetts that can prorogue the legis-
lature, or, as that body is constitution
ally named, The General Court of
Massachusetts. The Constitution of the
State of Massachusetts, says. 1.-THE
governor, with advice of council, shall
have full power and authority, during
the session of the General Court, to
adjourn or prorogue the same to any
time the two houses shall desire; and
to dissolve the same on the day next
preceding the last Wednesday in May;
and, in the recess of the said Court to
prorogue the same from time to time,
not exceeding ninety days In any one
recess; and to call it together sooner
than the time to which it may be ad-
journed or prorogued, if the welfare of
the commonwealth should require the
same"
So much for the power to prorogue.
What happened when the legislature of
Massachusetts, was prorogued was this:
At 1890 the following committee was
appointed to wait upon the governor
and inform him that the General Court,
having transacted all the business be-
fore it, was ready to be prorogued UNI
til the Tuesday preceding the first
Wednesday in January next: Messrs.
Irwin, Smith and Gallivan on the part
of the senate, and Messrs. Manchester
of Winchester, Bailey Of Plymouth,
McKenna of Boston, Coombs of Wor-
cester O'Rourke of Boston, Hayward
of Newton and Chapple of Salem on
the part of the House. The committee
returned at 12:45, and reported that
the governor and council would direct
the secretary of the commonwealth to
forthwith prorogue the legislature. A
few minutes later Colonel Olin perform
ed that duty.
And so the Massa chusetts legislature
was prorogued.
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
COOL.

Quericus-"Do you know why this is
often called a cold world?" Cynicus-
ITO distinguish it from the next,
suppose. New York Journal
Barling-Hasn't Miss Ottinger perfect
society manners?
HOskinsOn-Yes she can say IN
pleasant things more pleasantly than
anyone l know.-Puck.
First Villager-There's no telling how
a boy will turn out
Second Villager-No: but since we got
the curfeW law, We have the satisfac-
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An instance of the ignition of coal
dust by the suns rays is reported in
the Gluckauf, a German authority. 1t
appears that the surface works of the
Maybach colliery, near Friedrichsthal.
in the Saar district, are chiefly of iron;
and on certain Orders the floating dust.
due to the tipping of coal onto the jig
ging screens, becomes, in course of
time, deposited in a layer more than an
inch thick On a workman burning his
hand, while repairing a pipe running
through the corrugated iron forming
one of the south walls, the official in
curry showed that the layer of coal
dust had been formed along the whole
length of the wall, and although the
dust contained a proportion of pulver-
lied rock, the metal plates heated by
the sun had ignited it, the layer of
white ash on the top proving that it
had burned for considerable period.
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slave raiding OF trading in that eoun-
try. The Foulabs, who form scarcely
one-siXth of the population, will no
longer be permitted to tyrannize over
the Houssas, who will enjoy the bless
ings of freedom and good government
Such work as this win justify great
deal of the diamond jubilee boasting.
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Honor is honor in Germany. This is
illustrated by the case of young man
who has just returned from London to
Berlin for the purpose of fighting duel
with man whom he never saw and in
a quarrel in which he had no interest
whatever 1t seems that an army Off
Ger proposed to the sister of a friend of
the young man. The officer was reject
ed by the girl, and he avenged himself
by insulting her brother. The latter,
as it happened, was an invalid, and, be-
ing unable to fight a duel, summoned
his friend from London to do it for him.
Now. the friend regards dueling as
something as absurd as it is criminal,
but as it was his intention to live in
Germany, and as he did not care to face
social ostracism there, he felt compell-
ed to obey the summons, course which
the customs of that enlightened country
inexorably demand
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other smaII
advertisements, One Cent Word each In
sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(seven times).
Display Advertisements, per inch, one IN IN
sertion, $120; each subsequent insertion; ~
cents; one week. $500; one MONTH slo;
one year, $40 49,
Obituary Notices, In prose or verse, 10
riages, Deaths and Funerals. so cents each.
Local Notices Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to thSlr
own immediate business (all matter TO De
unobjectionable). and their contracts do not
include Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
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"A sad miscarriage of justice is that
by which William Jeffries of White
Plains was sentenced to Sing Sing for
twenty years for stealing forty cents,
but proved an alibi and good reputa-
ton, and was discharged after serving
three months of the twenty years for a
theft he did not commit.
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The circumstance affords fresh proof
of the ease with which coal dust may
be brought to ignition, also a possible
explanation OF fires at similar surface
works,
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the head and a tumbling down bunch
of flowers on the other, which Is all to
be seen in full view, is really only a
portion of an entire structure of straw.
It's tiny crown is just big enough to set
down over the two-knot of hair like a
snuffer on a candle, and the brim is
reduced to pair of side pieces that fit
close to the bow and bunch. At the
back is another section of "brim,' but
that is a mere foundation for the elab-
crate bank of flowers that is so COM
mon a feature of womans headgear.
Small bonnets are to be had, how
ever, that are stylish without being
fancifully designed, and tasteful with
out that almost omnipresent mass of
blossoms. One of this type was chosen
by the artist for her to-day's picture
1t was made of openworl1 fancy green
straw, its brim encircled with a band
of leaves and poppes In back was a
full rosette of mauve velvet, and up
right loops of wired lace gave the fur
Their garniture. Several loops of the
lace lay on the crown, and a paradise
aigrette completed the tasteful trim
ming. Wide strings of double-faced
violet satin ribbon were tied in a large
bow on the right side. Flowers We're
here, but they were not punched more
closely than they would grow in nature
"a point that is often overlooked in
the current copying of milliners.
Tailor designs appear this season
among summer hats, and the windows
of the swell mems hatters are bright
with feminine headgear, which includes
not only walking hats and severe sail
ors, but garden hats of much elabo-
rateness and street and seaside hats.
These cannot be classed as tailor-made,
yet they show a severity of detail and
outline that differentiates them from
the sloppy results of the cheap milli-
ner's fancy or the dainty frivolity of
much of the imported headgear
FLORETTE.
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A British Jury has awarded farthing
damages to a plaintiff whose former
wife had married another man after
having obtained a Dakota divorce.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-14

Nine tons weight of coppers are taken
every week from the London penny-in-
the-slot gas meters. 1t is proposed to
supply electricity on the same plan
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An educated Chinaman has been out
to see rock found in the State of So
nora, Mexico, and declares that the
characters written thereon are Chinese,
as reported. Whatever the hierogly-
phics are, it is said that they were writ
ten at least two thousand years ago,
and the Chinese have tradition that
over twenty centuries ago an exploring
party from China landed on the west
ern coast of Mexico.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 10
CENTS A WEEK, tnCENTs AMoNTH, s. FOR
Elk MONTHS. 81 a YEAR IHE SAME TGRAs
BYMAIL.
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THECARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
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SILVERWA
purchased Of

purchased Of
THE
GEORGE H. FORD COMPANY
is genuine. That goes
without saying. Their
stock is replete with
artistic pieces and carefully
selected, the same good
taste being displayed in
the purchase Of their
smaller articles as in the
larger and more expensive
pieces. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Better and Prettier LaceS

and more salespeople to aid the service. Arab
esque, Applique Point d'Arab, Point de Lierre,
Net Top Venise, etc. in white and the new ecru
color. Price begins at 12Mc.
And Lace beauty to match the lazy cloud
lands in the summer sky
complete stock of Ladies' Linen Collars.
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A French medical student of good
family has just gone to Jail for ten
years. He had failed in his examina-
lions and thereby lost his exemption
from military service. If obliged to
serve two years he saw no way of
making up his deficiencies in scholar
ship, but he knew that a widows son
would be exempt from the conscrip-
ton. He proceeded, therefore, to make
father, with whom he was on perfectly
good terms, twice in the head. The
father recovered and succeeded in get
ting his sons sentence reduced.
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Cashiers of banks and corporations
who handle large sums Of money daily
are to be protected by means of a newly
patented window, which consists of
steel plate hung over the window on
pulleys, with the ropes reaching down.
to the floor, where they connect with
lever which can be sprung by the foot
to drop the window instantly whenever
there Is danger without the action be-
ing seen by an outsider
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The French Canadians in some of the
big mill towns of New England have
appealed to the New Dominion govern
organized a French Canadian colonial
ton society. and has sent DR.. Brisson
branches in Manchester, Bangor, Bos-
ton, Lawrence and Lowell. To all who
go home the Dominion government will
furnish transportation, and will give to
each man one hundred acres of wood
land, and then pay him to clear it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-03-12
THE OLD STATEHOCSE

The statement has been made that the
Society of the Colonial Danes desire to
undertake the restoration of the Mary
land State House. This is a commendable
object, but just how it is to be done is not
explained. The State House is a colonial
building and doubtless the finest one in
America. The style Of its architecture is
so suggestive of Sir Christopher Wren
that 1t is generally conceded that the plan
was the work of one of his pupils, or else
of one who had made a study of the work
of the great architect of ST. Paurs. The
State House was completed Just two years
before the battle of LeXing tOn, and from
it's windows the burning of the Peggy
Stewart could have been seen. Various
changes have been made in the original
building. the most to be deplored being
the quitting" of the Senate chamber, in
1876. This, if taken in time, could be in
Il measure remedied, but it is difficult to
see how the other changes could be eiface,l
The hall of the House of Delegates was
made larger by the removal of :. partition
wall. The hall is still too small and it
would not do to make it smaller by rebuild
ing the wall. The old library was oryi-
nally used as the chamber for the General
Court. 1t is said this was an addition to
the original structure, but it harmonizcS
perfectly and appears to be the same age
with the other. This is more than can be
8 4 h, I,r,r at ;.I
not only out of harmony with the style of
the main building but constructed of a
different kind of brick and is altogether Il
blot and an eycSore, and aS bad in its in
ternal arrangements As it is ugly in its cx
terror. 1t should be torn down and Il prop
er wing substituted The State House is far
too small to accommodate the legislative
committees and the State offices. A prop
er addition might be made large enough
to supply the necessary space. The build
ing on the State House grounds which
contains the comptrollcr's, land commits
sioncr's and other offices is an eycsore. In
appearance it is something like Il feed
store. 1t presents to Maryland avenue,
the princlpal street Oh AnilapollS, Il great
blank wall with a warehouse door in it,
concealing the State House from the Naval
Academy entrance and the street leading
to it. Ifthe Colonial Danes could procure
the removal of this unsightly object, the
pcople of the State would arise and call
them blessed.
Horse Shoes at $3.l5 per kr%. 10
Monroe St Anacostia, ID. {.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-03-12
MARYLAND MATTERS.

Judge State has KNOCKED out the Hagers-
town dog ordinance,
4 survey has been made to increase the
water supply of Frederick city.
The funeral of Rev. James 7. Ward
took place in Westminster Monday.
EN-PreSident Montt, of Chilli, visited
the Naval Academy. at Annapolis, Satur-
day.
Mr.. II. b. Shafrcr, Il merchant cf Frost
burg. died of cancer of the stomach Mon
day.
Daniel E. Mitchell died suddenly in
Hartford county Monday aged tifty-siX
wears.
The dwelling house of H. r. Wolfe has
been destroyed by fire in Howard
county
The store of H. r. Mcrrikcn, at Ameri-
can Corner Caroline county, was destroy
ed by fire.
Governor Lowndes is in favor of employ
ing House of Correction prisoners on the
public roads.
The dead body of William Valentine
was found in a box car at WoodSboro,'
Frederick county.
The taxable basis of W ashn yt on county
has been increased by gains made on
Hagerstown property.
Several oyster planting lots located in
Choptank river have been vacated and
others are on trial in court at Cambridge
The colored republicans of Dorches-
ter county have held meeting to demand
equal political recognition with the
whites.
The Cumberland water board has de-
cided to remove Engineer Walker, and
Franklin Brinker has been appointed in
his stead.
Miss Ida Bonner attempted to kill her
self with butchcr-knifc in Hagerstown
Monday under very singular circum-
stances.
A wild man of the woods was found
leading hermit life in Frederick county
and committed to Montcvue Hospital for
treatment.
Superintendent Slack, of the House of
Correction, was in consultation with the
Governor Tuesday in regard to work
ing conyicts on public roads.
A county convention of 300 delegates
met in Elkton Tuesday and took action
looking to Kidding Cecil county of the
outlaw race-track gambling which has
been in existence there for some time.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-03-12
THE WEAKEST POINT.

The weakest point, says the New
York World, in President Mckinley 5
Cabinet is that no member of it-par-
ticularly the Attorney General-stanis
conspicuously for the anti-plutocratic
and antitrust sentiment of the country.
There can he no question that vast
majority of the voters of the country
believe that the combinations of CAPT
tai for the purpose Of monopoly are of
fensive and dangerous and should he
prohibited. All three of the party
platforms express this view with more
or less distinctness. Mr.. Bryan has
emphasized it since the election Prcsi-
dent Cleveland expressed it in his in.
augural President Mckinley adopts
it in pledging himself to 1.-The enforce
mcnt Of the laws now in existence and
the recommendation and support Of
such new statutes as may he necessary
to carry it into effect.
But. as we have said, no member of
his Cabinet. unless it be Secretary
Sherman, has been prominent even in
speech Oh the antitrust side. Mr..
Sherman did as Senator devise an anti
trust law and secure its passage; but
it has not proved neutrality-suspicious.
because no honest and determined eff
fort has been made to enforce it. Mr..
Sherman has furthermore declared that
he favored withdrawing tariff protec
ton from any industry that used it as
a means of eNacting monopoly prices.
But as the application Of this principle
would practically destroy the very OBJ
ject of high tariff. of course it has
never been attempted.