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 solved.
 t THE OTHER SOLUTION OF THE ARMENIA,
 PROBLEM
 is that now being followed by tn, European pewers-protests agains the maccacres, pressure to secure re forms. Certainly the results have not been very satisfactory, but I doubt whether in the long run any other plan will bear more good fruit. Turkish promises in themselves are absolutely worth nothing. They must be followed up. If pacific pressure can terminate the massacres, secure some protection for the future and make possible emil grafton, as much will be gained as | dare anticipate; for the present at least.
 Many complain that the pressure brought to bear on the sultan must be slight, or he would have yielded long ago. Such would be the legitimate in. fereCce were the pressure on one side alone, but there is pressure on the other side, which few realize. We see Scylla and wonder why the mariner is not more fearful of the rocks, but there is Charybdia on the other side which he equally fears and shuns. The Turks are not Arabs, they are not Orentals; they came from the Caucasus, they were invaders like the Huns; they conquered Turkey, accepted the faith they found :; masters they are, but converts and aliens. They still are proselytes under sug- picion; they must show their faith by their works. Let them surrender to the Christians and millions of Moslems will abcount them towards and traitors. The fanaticism which will rush to the sultan's rescue in a stand against Europe would rage against him if he be. came subservient. Europe with her armies and fleets insists on one side, Asia with her fanatical hordes clamors on the other side. She seeks to satisfy the one with Christian blood, and calm the other with promises. His aim has been to let neither know what he is doing for the other, that Europe should not believe in the Armenian massacres, that Asia should know nothing of treaties and promises.
 I call attention to this fact, not in ex- tenuation of the merciless tryant, who values equally the parchment whereon his pen has written promises. and the book of blood his sword has written in Armenia, but simply to indicate why he is so stubbornly and surprisingly ire sponsive to E,urope's demands. Nor do say the Powers have been sufficiently insistent. I think they could have gone much farther without the catastrophe so much dreaded, but I speak thus because some fail to recognize the real situation.
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BROOKLYN IN THE CONGREGATIONAL- IST.
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DANBURT DIVISION

DANBURY-North,6 6.80, 7.45, SEQ, sL5, lO-55, 8. m, ,240. 45,5IS,555,6.5o 50 P. m.South, 60O 7-SO, s.4s a. m- 40, &, 45,7 7s3 p. m.Sunday, SOS m., G. 10 D. m.
 BETHEL-Sorth, 7S7, 1o.49 @. n-.i 2.34. 5.05, 549 6.S9 p. m. Sunday, lo.09 a. m, s14p: m sonth' 6!o6s ISI S:SS, 3, m IA REDDING-North, 7.22 a. m, 2.2S, 6SS p. m. Sunday, l0.o3 &. m., SOS p. m. South, 6I2 a. m., l-54 6-59, p. III. Sunday SIS 8. m., 6.z3 D. m.
 sANFORD-North, 7.l7 a. m.. 2.24, 6.2s p. m. Sunday, 959 8. m., S.04 p. m. South, e.l6 a. m.
 BRANCHvILLE-Nort 7.lo, 1os7 p. m., e.17r South 6.2I, 7.52 IOIO a. m., I2 O5 452 .7-10p. Sunday, SIPS B. m-, 6-S3 D. m. GEORGETOWN-North, T.o6 8. m-, a.1S, % p m. Sunday, 9.49 &. n-, 7-54 p. m. South, s 2 p. m, l2.09, 7.lS p. m. Sunday. s-31 &. m-, 6St
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BorsFoRD TO BRIDGEPORT.

BOTsFORD-North, 7-36, 1885 @. m l2.O5, 4-57.
 6-55 p. m. Sunday, sIo 6. III. South, 7.05, S-55, ll-36 a-m-, 4-36, 6-o5 pm. Sunday, CPS fEPNEY-North,7 |. 7.2s, ,IO.l6 ann. HAS m., AS, 6.t6 p. Sunday, 8. m South, 716, sos, LONG HILL-NOrth, 7-22, l0ll, 1l-65 a. nl-I 4-42, 6.4l p. m. Sunday, T.54 p. m. South. LA, 9.09, 1l.49 8. n1., 45SI 7.09 p. m. Sunday GAS rRUMBULL-North, 7.l6, lO.O5, n.22 8. m-
 4.36, 6-55 p. ID. Sunday, TAT a. m. South
 7.29, 9.l4 u.54, 8. m, 4-5S, Tl4 D. m. Sunday
 BRIDGEPORT-North, 7.o5. 9-55, !o6 &. m-,4 -25, 6.25 p. m. Sunday, 7.35 a. m- Arrive, l.Ao, s.25 a. m., l2o5s 5.lo, 7-25 p. m. Sunday 7oo
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sHEPAUG RAILROAD.
November 30, 1896.


 Sunday s12 a. m. Arrive 952 8. m., 40. p. m. Sunday 610 D. m- HAWLEYYILLE-Sort S.5S 6. n., 5S2 p. m. Sunday, S.S5 8. m. Leave for Bethel s-57 6. m., 4.25 p. m. Sunday, 5.55 p. m. SHEPAUG-North, f9.l4 a. m., f5.A p. m. Sunday, fs4S am. South. 1928 a.m.It 3-h p. m. Sunday, 5.56 p. m. ROXBURY EALLS-North, t9-S1 a. n1-, f5-52 pm. Sunday, tS.57 am. South, 1915 R-nn-. 1888 p. m. Sunday, f526 p. m. ROXBURY-North, 1910 a. m., 500 p. m. Sun day. 9-l0 8. me Souths 9.o6 6. m., S-26 p. m. Sunday, 5.l5 p m. JUDD,s BRIDGE-North, fIo.2o a. m., t6-o6 p. m. Sunday, f9.17 S. m. South. f9.0o B. m-s 2.5S P. m. Sunday, t6.06 D. m. WASHINGTON-North,1 II .00 a. m, 6.17 p. m. Sunday, 937 8. n. South, S4s 8. ms 2.40 p. 10. Sunday, 4.5l p. n. NEW WPRESTON-North,1 Il 10 a. m.t 6.2I p. m- Sunday, 943 8. ID. Souths s.44 6. ms 21s pm. Sunday, 4.3S p. m. RoMFORD-North, 1I.25 a.m., t6.s0 pm. Sun day, 9-54 8. m. South, 1885 8. m, f2oS D. m. Sunday, 4.26 D. m. MoRRIS-North. 1.s5. 1885 p. m. Sun day, 10.02 8. m. South. 1880 8. m., fl-5S D. m- Sunday, AIS p. m- BANTAM-NoIfh. l2.oo. o.p.m .8444 ?. m. Sunday, 1920 8. m. South, s.2z 8. m-, l-ss p. m- Sun LAKR-North, fl2ol p.m.. fe.47 p. m. Sunday. t10.2z a. m. South, fs.2o g. ms fi.zS p.ln- Sun LiTG HfFTELD-Arrive I2.Iop. m.. 6.52 P. m., Sunday, l0.30 B. ms South, SIS a. m-s LIS p. m. Sunday, $50 D. no.
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the residence of George Merwip, last Wednesday evening.
 The Misses Helen Bronson, May Hull, Bessie Jennings and Edna Warehouse, are home from Northfield for short va- cation.
 D. F. Brown led the Y. P. s. c. E. meeting, Sunday evening.
 The annual parish meeting will be held in the church, Saturday afternoon, April 3.
 Deputy s. c. Bradley installed the of ficers of Easton's new Grange, last Tues day evening.
 Mrs Georgia Jennings and daughter were guests of Mrs s. c. Bradley, Sun day.
 Mrs George Merwin and daughter are spending week with her parents at Purdy, N. Y.i
 Edward Hall of Amherst, Mass, is home enjoying short vacation.
 MT and Mrs P. Healion of Fairfield are going to move back to this place in few days.
 Miss Agnes Burns of Hartford spent a zII h~aaeAoaI
 Mrs c. IA. Palmer and family have moved back to Bridgeport.
 Mrs Mary Kelley of Bridgeport has been with her mother on Congress street for day or two.
 Hosmer Dowd lost g horse, last week.
 Mrs Lewis Burr has leased 8 part of the old homestead on Merwin's Lane for five years to Frank Aicha of Westport ; also the tenant house on Burr street to Fairfield parties, who will work for her by the year.
 Mrs Lewis Burr, who has been in the doctors care for three weeks suffering with grip and liver trouble, is slowly improving.
 Charles Nichols. who has been 3 great sufferer with rheumatism for years is gradually nearing the end.
 Mrs George F. Parrack of Easton is the guest of her sister, Miss Della HubbeIl Frank L. Sherwood is making needed repairs about his place. Capt Grummal 1 is doing the work.
 CAsToREA.
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Fairfield County News.
GREENFIELD HILL.

THROWN FROM A WAGON AND KILLED.
 James Burns went to Bridgeport. last week Wednesday. Returning he stop ped at George Lovers at about 9 o'clock for short time. On reaching home he drove by his own gate and turned around in front of Mrs Henry Gould's place. The wagon running over stone must have throw him out, and he probably struck on his head. The next morning as Berlin Whittiker was going to work at adout 30 he saw the body lying near the fence. On examination he was found to be dead. Selectman Jennings notified Medical Examiner ,Dr Don- aldson. The coroner fou Id scalp wound which caused his death. About 20 feet from where he lay was found 8 pool of blood which the doctor said had come from the nose. It was very evident that no foul play had been practiced as $9. i2 and bank book was found on his person. The body was taken to the house and given in charge of Uuder- taker Callahan. The funeral was held from the Catholic church in Fairfield on Saturday morning.
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The balance of the Norton stock Memo, Books, Butchers and small Account Books, two for one cent.
 Ladies Address Books, indexed, SC ca Leather Covered Memo Books, gilt
 edges oc ca Receipt Books. so leaves, sc" Rent Receipts. so leaves, 20" Long Day Books, 200 pages, well
 bound, 18c Office Day Books, extra good paper.
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would cease; that problem would be solved. THE OTHER SOLUTION OF THE ARMENIAN
 PROBLEM
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THE NEW ENGLAND E. R.

AWLEYYILLE-Easts. .2e Il 4, ,a.m. .7.12 ?. m.
 West S-54 a. m, 2.i3, 632 D. na. HEWTOWN-East 7-s4 am fl. .l7 pm. N est fsAi
 8. m, f2-38, fB.2 D. m. SANDY HOOK-EasI TAO, Il 56, a.ln. {. .x3 D. m West e.x3 g. ln, sz30, 6-21, D. m. sOUTHBURY--Enst7-5 7-50, 12.o1, 7.S7 p. m Vert
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CHURCH AND PERSONAL JoTTINGs.
 Miss Emogene Whitaker has been spending few days with her aunt in Stratfield.
 Ashael Grays who has been very i'll with the grip, is reported better. MT and Mrs Charles Besans welcomed a son, last Tuesday morning.
 The y F. 8. c. E. social was held al
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DEATa OF BENJAMIN cALIFF.

Benjamin Califf, who has been suffer CT for a long time with kidney trouble, was taken to the Bridgeport Hospital about 8 month ago, where he died satur day, March 20. His brother, Thomas Califf of Bridgeport, took charge of the remains. The interment was in the Mountain Grove cemetery.
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will undoubtedly follow at the proper
time. Such business enterprises cannot
but stimulate the commercial life and
almost as fountain heads they are dis
tributing the refreshing waters which
will nourish and perpetuate the re-
turned prosperity which has so long
been awaited.
Equally significant was the big deal
just consummated by the A. Booth
Packing company, which means much
to the real estate of st. Paul, as it
marks a turning point in the trade Of
business property. That immense con-
cern purchased a big block of land on
Third street, opposite st. Peter street,
and with the opening of spring will
commence the erection of a mammoth
building, ten or eleven stories high on
the railroad side and rising three or
four stories on the street side. This
building, together with its machinery
and equipment, will cost upwards of
100000, and will be occupied exclusive
ly by the Booth Packing company.
This concern will then double it's local
force of men and will handle all of the
business northwest Of it's Chicago
house, clear to the coast.
Those who look beneath the surface
of these deals can read another self
evident fact; these careful and sue
cessful concerns, before locating here
ana 1Q0nIlIy1HS themselves Will Sl
Paul interests, looked well to the rail-
road facilities of st. Paul as a ship
ping center. They had experts here for
that purpose, and the result of these
Investigations was even brighter than
they had hoped.
Another very important deal is now
pending, with every indication of it's
consummation at an early day-the
sale of the fine plant of the Northwest
ern Cordage company, at the corner of
Front and Mackubin streets. A syndi-
cate of Eastern capitalists are now
negotiating for it, and when the trans
fer is made, it will be put in immediate
operation. This plant ranks among the
finest of it's kind in the country; the
buildings are large and substantial and
the machinery modern. 1t cost $3.50 0G0.
The new lard pail plant of the Horne
& Danz company, on the West side,
has been completed The additional ma
ckinery is now arriving from the East
and being set UP. This increase in ca
pacity will add from thirty-ive to forty
operatives to the $50 now employed by
the company.
The closing of the contract for the
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REGISTRATION OF HALF A MILLION.
Bitter Strife Now on in Greater New York
TO Get the Votes.

in plainest terms that their fight is
against Tammany and Crokerism. The
Citizens Union speakers, a majority Of
whom are Republicans, inveigh most
bitterly against Mr.. Platt and his ad-
herents, While the latter call Low and
his followers traitors, diSorganizers
and hypocrites.
Abram S. Hewitt, ex-mayor and eX-
congressman, who returned today from
stay abroad, was not permitted to set
foot ashore until he had expressed him.
self regarding the political situation in
the city. When told that c. N Bliss,
secretary of the interior, is to be a
prominent figure at a Tracy meeting
Monday evening, Mr.. Hewitt said: "Mr
Bliss is most admirable man and
a most admirable citizen, but when it
comes to politics he is always a par
tisan. In 1886 he specially urged me to
run for the nlayoralty, and then, two
days later he helped to nominate Joel
B. Erhardt When the final time comes
he always stands by his party associ-
ates.
''The situation is simply that the ma
chine politicians are standing by each
other They always look with dis
pleasure upon any movement for the
good of the people unless it comes from
a boss What good citizens want is
simply to get good government from
the new municipality. National poll
tics have absolutely nothing to do with
that issue National politicians seem
to think otherwise. l observed while
I was in London that Mr. George says
that in 1886 l defrauded him of the
mayoralty. All I can say, is that if
l was able to knock out 10000 votes
must have been good politician. 1t
seems to have taken Mr.. George eleven
years to discover it. OF course, the
thing is absurd"
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TWO HUNDRED
LIVES LOST.
Spanish Troop Ship Triton
Wrecked Off the Coast of
Pinar del Rio.
BUT TWO SAVED.
Some of the Most PrOminentM Mer-
chants OF Havana Among
the Passengers.
But TWO SAVED.

HAVANA, Oct. 16-The coasting
steamer Triton, from Havana to Bahia
Honda, province of Pinar del Rio, has
been wrecked between Dominica and
Mariel, on the north coast of that prov
ince. The steamer went ashore this
morning during heavy weather,
grounding about eight miles from the
coast. The purser and one of the pas
sengers have arrived at Mariel. They
say they have no knowledge regarding
the fate of the captain, passengers, SOL
diers and civilians, and the thirty MEM
bers of the crew of the Triton. The
missing passengers include several
well known merchants. The Spanish
gunboat Maria Christina and the tug
Louise have left this port for the scene
of the wreck.
1t is said that the Triton had on
board over 200 passengers, soldie1M and
civilians, and it is feared that they
have all perished, in addition to the
thirty men composing the steamers
crew.
Owing to the heavy sea that was
running the gunboat Christina found
it impossible to reach the scene of
the disaster until tonight. Only the
purser of the ship and one passenger
were saved. Among those who were
lost were two navy and two army Of
ficers, commissary official and seven
ty-seven privates. On board the Triton
was $31, $50 in silver to be used for the
payment of the Spanish military and
naval forces. The Triton, it is stated,
was overloaded She carried large
quantity of groceries and ammunition,
and had on board ninety three rifles for
the government troops.
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cattle, only the ordinary stock being
purchased, while the fat stock was sent
farther on to Chicago. The difference in
freight rate in favor of the ST. Paul
weight, added to which is the neces-
sary loss by shrinkage by shipping to
Chicago and the extra cost of feeding,
all of which will enable Swift & Co.
to buy at fully 1-cent a pound below
the Chicago market. To this must be
added the saving of freight on the re-
turn shipment of the finished product
and it can be readily seen that the
other large packing establishments
trade; it was a shrewd move on the
part of Swift & Co., who will doubtless
reap the benefit of it,.
AS an evidence of the permanency of
the prosperity now within the grasp of
ST. Paul close upon the good news of
Swift & Co.'s coming comes the an
nouncement of the likelihood of Armour
& Co., also mammoth packers and buy
ers, of Chicago, following their busi-
ness rivals to ST. Paul It is generally
believed that this move must be made
by the Armour concern to keep pace
with their competitors, and it is an es-
tablished fact that the firm has already
begun the purchase of property suit
able for the erection of another large
StockyardS and packing house. Here
enters the oft quoted life of trade, COM
petition 1t means that more people
will come to ST. Paul, that hundreds
more will be furnished employment
and that the city within reasonable
possibility intimately become one of
the greatest stock markets and packing
centers of the country. 1t will add an
other tributary to the fas- rising stream
of local business. 1t means the build
ing of homes the sale of property and
an increased population together with
the other indirect advantages which
must come from the presence of the
two greatest concerns of their kind in
the United States. Already the effect
is being felt Real estate in the vicin-
ity of the Swift companys plant and
Arn1our's location is enhancing in
value Property that has been unsal-
able for years is inspected and is be-
coming the object of options by those
who have awakened to the new order
of things. 1t is an actual fact that
buildings have already been rented and
leased for hotel and boarding house
purposes at South ST. Paul in antici-
patton of the activity which will fol-
low Swift & Co.'S opening, while stores
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plant leased by the Swift people, and
in a comparatively short time the new
industry will be in full operation,
bringing into effect its practical ad-
vanta ges. These must be easily dis
cernable. Heretofore, with Chicago as
the cattle trade center and also the
Northwestern distributing point, live
stock passed through st. Paul, fur
nished employment to hundreds of
laborers in the slaughtering and pack
ing processes, only to be again reship-
ped here for consumption at prices
necessarily higher in proportion to the
cost of freight and extra handling. IN
der the conditions arising out of Swift
& Co. establishing themselves in St.
Paul, Chicago and Kansas City, will no
longer receive the toll of the Northwest
in addition to that of st. Paul citi-
Zens, but the business, with the man.
moth industry, will center here. Cattle
buyers and owners of stock will make
ST. Paul their headquarters, and while
business in general is receiving the in
direct benefits, the banks jobberS and
manufactures will undoubtedly quick
en- with renewed activity of former
years.
The plant IS valued at 100000. On a
tract of eighteen acres of land admir-
ably situated on the river front and
threatened by system of railway
trackage, are the substantial buildings
of brick, all four stories high, with
stone foundations. and occupying alto
gether between four and five acres.
They include a hog killing house, lard
refinery, sausage department, beef and
mutton slaughtering house, warehouse
and cold storage, large and extensive
smoke houses, ferti1iZing plant for
both the beef and pork house. ice
houses with capacity of from 10000 to
1000 tons, stock sheds, storage sheds,
etc. They are thoroughly modern
structures and completely furnished
with excellent machinery. The grounds
and buildings are lighted at night by
5000 electric lights, both arc and in
candescent. In the power department
are eight large tubular boilers for the
pork house and two fine steel boilers
in the beef house. The slaughtering
capacity is 5000 hogs, 500 head of cat
tie, and 1000 Sheep per day.
Heretofore there has been no market
in st. Paul or the Northwest for fat
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NEW YORK, Oct 16.-Today was
the fourth and last day of registration.
The local registration in New York city
is 24,S06, as compared with 1906 last
year. The registration in Brooklyn is
204,503. The total in 1896 was 207, ,272.
The registration of Long Island City is
S,572. The total last year was S,431.
The registration on Staten Island is
1856, 1,500 more than last year The
registration is only few thousand less
than last years.
The World has completed its poll of
the payoralty preferences of Greater
New York voters having obtained no.
45S ballots. Of these, Van Wyck, Tam
many, has $3.50; Seth Low Citizens
Union, 40,O17; Henry George, Jefferson
Democracy, 81, ,037;. Gen. Tracy, Repub-
lican, 7,7S0; Patrick Gleason, 1ndepend-
ent, 9,O44.
The events of the last orty-eight
hours seem to indicate that Gen.
Tracy is gaining strength, and not
few acute politicians are recorded as
believing that the contest will be be-
tween himl and Van Wyck. The
straight Republican organization, 1T is
pointed out includes veteran cam
paigners, who, as soon as they learned
definitely that no compromise would
be effected with the Citizens Union
recognized that the hardest kind OF a
conflict was before them. They took
steps to meet the difficulties. OF
money there is said to be no lack, and
the unique spectacle is presented of
contributions to the Tracy campaign
fund by bankers and business men,
who favor and will vote for Low-at
least a number of prominent men are
credited with thus giving and thus
intending
Nothing is more noteworthy in this
campaign than the internecine bitter
ness evolved. It is an 'uncivil strife"
and many of the prominent leaders do
not hesitate to apply epithets the most
opprobious to each other. George and
Dayton. Democrats. both announced
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rejuvenated by the bright prospects
and enthused with the enlarged indus
tries which mean so much to the peo-
pie of the city For months st. Paul
struggled with other cities against a
business depression, which closed fac
tories, emptied stores and made real
estate drug on the market, but it
was a valiant fight, and the battle is
won. The hardships of the past will
be forgotten in the promise of the fu-
ture. Once more the hum of trade
brings joy to the heart of the work
man; and, while the merchant smiles
contentment at remarkably increased
business, new enterprises being estab-
lished in the city reflect rainbow of
promise across the commercial horizon
wherein lies the assurance that the
financial storm has passed.
The revival of business is everywhere
evident People long idle have found
employment, merchants pressed to fill
their orders, and the condition of the
realty market steadily improving un-
der the stimulus of a number of large
transfers already made under the new
order of things. Never was the COM
mercial complexion fairer. or animated
with a healthier glow. Laborers and
artisans are in demand, manufactures
running full time, contractors rushing
their transactions, and new industries
springing up whose importance to the
city can at this time scarcely be real
lied.
Without doubt the most important
acquisition to the city's industries is
the establishment of a packing plant
at South st. Paul by Swift & Co., of
Chicago. That the resources for such
an extensive business as is contemplat-
ed by this firm are to- be found trib-
utary to st. Paul is the one fact re-
sponsible for Swift & Co. choosing the
location decided upon in preference to
establishing a plant in some other city.
With the new packing company in full
operation the benefits to st. Paul and
the Northwest generally can hardly be
overestimated. 1t will increase the vol
ume of business in the city, enlarge the
market for live cattle in the Northwest,
constitute st. Paul the distributing