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Connecticut western news., 1897-04-15

The Public Service.
 Another reason why we should pray for those in eminent place is because they have snch multiplied perplexities. This city at this time holds hundreds of men who are expectant of preferment, and United States mail bags as never before are full of applications. Let me say have no sympathy with either the uttered or printed sheer at what are called "offlce seekers /" If had not al. ready received appointment as minister plenipotentiary from the high court of heaven-as every minister of the gos- pei has-and had at my back family foz whom 1 wished to achieve livelt- hood, there is no employer whose serv- ice would sooner seek than city, state or United States government. Those governments are the promptest in their payments, paying just as well in hard times as in good times and during summer vacation as during winter work. Besides that, many of us have been paying taxes to city and state and nation for years, and while we are in- debted for the protection of government the government is indebted to us for the honest support we have rendered 1t. So I wish success to all earnest and competent men who appeal to city or state or nation for place to work. But how many men in high place in city and state and nation are at their wits end to know what to do, when for some places there are ten applicants and for others a-hundred. Perplexities arise from the fact that citizens sign pe- titions without reference to the qualif- cations of the applicant for the places applied for. You sign the application because the applicant is your friend. People sometimes want that for which they have no qualification, as we hear Deople sing 1T want to bs au auRelo
Connecticut western news., 1897-04-15
JnO. C. Benton Great Harrington, Mass.
Who says you don't read ads. '
TrdneLers' Guide.

HoUSAToNIC R. R. ROUTE Commencing Sunday. November 20. isee.
 GOING SOUTH
 Leave North Adams 20 am, Pittsfield IS Canaan b 26. Arrive New Haven 10 6b, Bridgeport II 30. New York II Sl. Leave Albany 10 am, State Line 40 Pitts field 10, Canaan g 70, Arrive Bridgeport l2 05 p. m., NewHaven I2, A3 RewYork 400. Leave Albany 10 70 a. m., state Line II Ab. North Adams IA ib P. m., Pittsheld s0, Canaan 2 46, Arrive Bridgeport 5 10, New Haven c 90, New York GAO.
 Leave Albany Oo a, m., State Lino III sh, Pittafeld 12 b0 P m,. Canaan q s4. Arrive Bridgeport 2 25. New Haven 500. New York 900,
 Leave Albany 22o p. m., State Line 60. port . as. New Haven 5 %. New York 9 60. tsundays only) Leave Pittsfield 45 p, m., Canaan 8 2b. Arrive Bridgeport 00, New Haven 8 20. New York ss0.
 oorNo NORTH
 Lave New York 10 a. n. Bridgeport 06, New Haven un, Canaan 40 Arrive Pitts field II 05, spste Iire 10 q, AlbAry i2 M p. nG, saratoes q lb, North Adams IA co. Leave New York Q co a. m., Bridgeport 2 1, New Haven 80. Canaan l2 Ss r. m: Arrive Pittsheld 2 06 p. m., State Line ", AL bany 2 49 Saratoga 4 20.
 Leave New York 100 a. m, Bridgeport II %, New Haven 10 90. Canaan elU p. m. Arrive Pittsfield 1U00 D. m, Leave New York 80 D. m. Bridgeport ( 1b, New Haven o0 Canaan c 96. Arnve Pitts field 750, North Adams s b5. State Line 8 co, Albany 70. Leave New York 30 p. m,, Bridgeport 2o, New Haven 00, Oanaan 2 0a. Arrive Pitts field 8 30. State Line 100, Albany s40. lsundays onlyl Leave Bridgeport e5 a. m Canaan 10 ib. Arrive Pittsheld II 4b.
Connecticut western news., 1897-04-15

.. K. O. SHERWOOD, Receiver poUGHKEEPsIE BRIDGE ROUTE. In Effect Friday, Ocs. t6th, ISse.
Connecticut western news., 1897-04-15
Daniel Webster's Words.

The most of them are dead-those who ill 1851 moved in that procession that marched from the city hall of Washington down Louisiana avenue to Seventh street and then through Penn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Silver Certificate CounterseIt.

Washington, June 30.-The first coun-
terfeit of the new design of silver GER
tificates has reached the secret service
bureau. 1t is of the SIS denomination
and bears check letter B, plate No. 4.
1t is photolithographic production and
Is printed upon two pieces of paper, be-
tween which silk fiber has been dis
tributed, then pasted together. Much
of the work on the note is blurred and
indistinct.
Especially is this true of the face of
the figure representing America" the
imprint Of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing" right end border face of
note, most of the parallel ruling and
Series 1896" in scroll at the lower right
center face of note. The seal Is much
darker red than the genuine and badly
blurred. The numbering Is too large,
and the dark outlines OF the original
numbers can be family discerned be-
meath those stamped on the counterfeit.
The back of the note has dull, faded
appearance. The green ink is a lighter
shade than that used on the genuine.
The portraits of Grant and Sheridan
are fiat and do not stand out in relief as
In the genuine.
The note has the appearance Of hav-
ing been circulated owing in a degree
to the soft, fibrous character Of the
paper
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Must obey oOouzt Orders.

Cleveland, Kune 30.-at appears that
hcials of the United States govern
|eGt must obey the orders of courts
neither they are engaged in govern
amt business when summoned or not.
pme time ago Major w. B. Stockman
tie weather bureau was fined for
Hing to answer a summons to appear
a witness before Judge Ong. Fail
lg 1o pay the fine, he was committee
SEil, but was almost immediately re-
|ased. He appealed to Washington
hd Judge Ong suspended the fine until
foeRman could lheaE:frozn the govern
Tent. Stockm&n has just received a
|tter from Secretary Wilson advising
I'm 10 pay the fine. Judge Ong feels
Indicated and is disposed to let Stock
ian stf with the costs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02

TreMsan, June 90.-Governor Griggs
fs appointed william Nelson of Pat
|son, William S. Stryker of Trenton
pa Henry s. Haines of Burlington, a
PmmisHDn under law of the recent
|gislatue to examine the condition of
|e reconas Of the state and of the diff
rent counties and fctties. with a view
recommending necessary changes in
\ matter of preserving these records.
Pc law under which the commission
appointed recites that some walua-
Il records have been lost because of
II poor provisions for preserving them,
"a the recommendation that this
omission is expected to make are de-
fned to remedy this defect.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
SHE BLEW THE HORN.
Mrs. ObermiIler's Unique Burglar AlarT
Causes q Disturbance.

Mrs. ObermiIler's Unique Burglar Alarm
Causes q Disturbance.
Cleveland, June ga most extraor-
binary shooting ARRAY occurred in
Lakewood. For some time past Mrs.
Mary Obermiller has been troubled
with burglars. Two OF her neighbors,
Edward Radcliffe and William Beueke.
suggested to her that she obtain tin
horn and blow 1t when the burglars
came again. She blew the horn yes
terday morning.
Radcliffe and Beneke jumped out OF
bed and started for the house. Mrs.
Obermiller was very mueh excited and
shot off a revolver. Ratcfiffe and Bene-
Ike shot off theirs and made such
racket that they awakened the town
marshal, who came running to the scene
with a shotgun loaded with buckshot.
He emptied the contents Of the gun
into Radcliffe. The burglars existed
merely in theimagination Of Mrs. Ober-
miller. Thirteen buckshot were ex-
tracted from Ratchffe's thigh He Will
live
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
"A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Two Portions of an Unknown Mans Body
Found In DiffeFent Places


New York, June 2s.-The lower part
or the trunk of a man was found by
two boys in the woods at One Hundred
and Seventy-sixth street ana Under
'cliffe avenue, this city, yesterday after
moon. 1t was tenribly mutilated and
shows plainly that a murder has been
committed. 1t was wrapped in linole-
um oilcloth and MANILA paper, exactly
AS was the upper part of trunk found
in the East river off EleveNh street
Saturday. The two are paris of the
same body.
The two pieces were found more than
eight miles apart, one in the water, the
other on land. The PAM Hund yester-
day comprised the lower part of the
trunk from the fifth rib to the hips, the
legs having been severed from the body
at the hip joints. 1T was wrapped IN
three folds of paper and two of OH
cloth. The oiicloth was evidently cut
from the same uiece as that which in
closed the upper part of the trunk. III
was new and of n cheap pattern, bright
red with gilt figures on it. 1t Is like
that commonly used for tableclotfls liz
tenement houses.
The find of yesterday was in a bulky
bundle, lying agafnstawall next to I'm
fdercliffe avenue, where the shrubbery
was very thick. 1t had not been dis
sected, which does away with the be-
lief that It had been handled by medE
cal,students. Besides 1t had been terri
bly, hacked where separated from the
upper portion 1t was sent to the
,morgue, where It fitted the part found
Saturday exactly.
deputy Coroner dOf#anlon performed
an autopsy on the upper part of the
trunk before the other had been found.
He discovered two stab wounds, one
between the fifth and sixth ribs and
one between the sixth and seventh. in
the region OF the heart. There was also
stab wound back OF the left collar
bone that extended down,to the apex Of
the left lung.
The detectives hope to llacate the muir
derer and Identify the murdered man
through the oilcloth. which is of a pc
.ouliar pattern. If they can find the
purchaser of the oilcloth they think
their chase will be at an end.
A dozen or more theories have been
advanced as to the probable manner
and motive Of the crime some plausible
rtes are the following:
That the man was murdered as the
result of deliberate plot.
That he was lured to the place where
the crime was committed and killed aft
err a desperate fight.
That he was a victim Of the Malta or
some secret organization, whose laws
he had offended and whose Death as
That ne was murdered for whatever
money ne possessed.
That a woman figured In the case,
and that he was victim Of jealousy.
That iunatie committed the crime,
and the fact that two men who escaped
from Kings Park Insane asylum are
still at large is pointed out.
All of these theories are speculative.
as there are yet no developments in the
strange case upon which to base definite
conclusions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Colonization Scheme Aba.doned.

Milwaukee. June 29.-VietoT S. Ber-
ger, editor of a socialist organ, who
has just had conference with Eugene
V. Debs, says the scheme to plant a
socialist colony in the west has been
abandoned. and to take its place there
will be a small migration of unem-
ployed men TO the state of Washing
ton. They will look for homes there
the same as other settlers, and the ex-
pense of transporting them will be paid
through a per capita tax of Is cents
month on members of the Social De-
mocracy, Debs' new party. Debs will
remain in the east, and he and his as
sociates will devote themselves to the
cause of socialism through this politi-
cal party and the ballot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
LEAD PARAGRAPHS.
Disposed of by the Senate After
Short Debate.
TILLMAN AND CHANDLER ARGUE.
An Amusing Colloquy Between the Two
Senators-Senator GaIlingers Report
Upon the Pension BnI-One Con-
sul's Nomination Confirmed,

Washington, June 30.-After tedious
consideration of the tariff bill the sem
ate wound up with a half hour of live
ly and amusing colloquy between Sen
ators Tillman of South Carolina and
Chandler of New Hampshire.
The former had proposed an amend
ment to the tariff bill providing a $500
head tax on immigrants, and a restrc-
ton against all those not coming to the
United States to become citizens.
Mr.. Tillman made an earnest speech
on the depressed condition of labor. but
he was soon diverted from his theme by
Mr. Chandler. The latter. adopting a
style of mock gravity. directed the dis
cussion toward Mr. Clevelands admin
istration.
This in turn brought from Mr.. Till
man a vehement criticism of the late
president. while Mr.. Chandler droIly
protested against these assaults on Mr.
Cleveland by q member of his own
party.
When the fun had been fast and fu-
rious for some time, the Tillman amend
ments were defeated-yeas. 3; nays, As
The three affirmative votes were cast
by Messrs. Butler, Quay and Tillman.
the lead paragraphs. the committee rate
of 11s cents per pound on lead ore be-
ing agreed to-yeas, 30: nays, %. The
other paragraphs considered were OF
comparatively minor Importance.
The nomination of Soren Listoe of
Minnesota to be consul at Rotterdam
was confirmed.
The senate. In executive session, has
ordered that all the testimony in the
case of Hon. NJ. H. McCord, nominated
for governor of Arizona, be printed. The
order was made on the motion OF SEN
ator Berry, who opposes McCord's con-
firmation.
Senator Gallinger from the pension
committee has favorably reported the
bill providing mat upon the consid-
Grafton of any application for a pen
sion under any law of the United
States the fact that the applicant was
accepted and mustered into the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States shall be taken and held as prima
facie proof that such applicant was OF
sound body and mind at the time he
was so accepted and mustered"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
road at Eleventh avenue and Fifty
ninth street New York.
Friday, June 30


ninth street, New York.
Friday, June 10.
Charles A. Dana, editor of the New
York Sun, is ill at his country home in
Glen Cove, N. Y. He is suffering from
cat lrrh of the stomach.
Edward Dwyer and Michael Meow
ern two wheelmen, collided in Provi-
| dence. Dryers skull was fractured
and he will die. McGovern was slight
ly injured.
A terrific cyclone which passed Is
! miles northwest of Salina. Kan, did
great damage. AS far as heard from
three are dead and u number danger
ly injured
A woman was killed instantly, a man
was probably fatally injured and an
other received wound in a terrific ex-
plosion of naphtha in the French dye
ing and cleaning establishment of Mrs
Julia Martin at AIS Fourth avenue
New York.
Thursday, June -.
General John B. Gordon has been re-
elected at Nashville general commander
of the United Confederate Veterans in
| spite of his repeated refusals to serve.
The Schenectady Locomotive works
have received an order for IL narrow
gauge passenger locomotives for the
Kiusku Railway company Of Japan
The general design Is of American
type.
James L. Johnson, a painter employ
ed ON the Brooklyn bridge tower, was
hoisting a scaffold when the ropes
gave way, and he was thrown into the
well hole of the tower. 100 feet deep. and
killed.
Rev. Martin Hardin of Harrodsburg
KY, son-in-law Of ex-Vice President
Stevenson, has accepted a call to the
pulpit of Green Hill Presbyterian
church, Girard avenue, Philadelphia
and will assume the pastorate Oct. /.
Burglars entered the homes of DIR.
Edward Rave. William Braun and
John Maieck at Hicksville. N. ". chic
reformed all the occupants and carried
away money. jewelry and other arti-
cles aggregating over $1,000 in value.
There Is no cIew to the robbers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02

St. Louis, June 29.-Minnie Rose, aged
go, the only daughter of Louis Rose, a
prominent business man, has commit
ted suicide under remarkable cireum-
stances. The girls mind was unbal-
anced by the great tornado of May 81,
1885, The home Of the Rose family was
in the heart Of the tornado and was
wrecked by it. The fright and terrible
ordeal through which Miss Rose passed
developed a hysterieal mania, which
after the first attack never deserted
her. Sunday morning an attack work
ed her into a frenzy. as a result Of the
thunderstorms on that day. which had
been frequent and terrific, during which
she took a dose of. paris green. She
fingered for time, but finally died in
terrible agony.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Queen LII Visits tn. Senate.

Washington, June 30.-Ex-Queen ILL.,
uokalani of the Hawaiian islands spent
some time in the private gallery of the
senate yesterday. accompanied by three
members of her suit. She first APP
peared In the senate marble room and
sent her card to Senator Perkins of
California, who, after exchanging a few
words with her and Introducing her to
many of his colleagues. escorted her to
the gallery, where she took front seat
and appeared to be an interested lis
tener to the debate on lead ore.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Ra,lroad superintendsnt Arre.ted.

Providence, June 29.-Superintendent
Joseph Tetlor of the local railroad COM
pany has been arrested charged with
assault on several police officers The
police say he persisted in running a
trolley car so as to Interfere with cir
Gus parade despite the fact that the
policemen stood on the track to pre-
vent its passage. The officers were
forced off the track to save their lives.
The warrant was ordered sworn out by
the mayor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02

Providence, June Ex-Governor Dyer
has decided not TO sign the requisition
papers from Governor Black of New
York for the surrender of James Sher-
idan and William Smith, alias william
Connors, alleged fugitives from justice,
on the ground that no evidence has
been furnished him to show that the
two men are those who are indicted in
New York. In the absence OF such evil
dence, Governor Dyer says, he feels that
1t would be manifestly unjust to re-
quire them to be taken to New York
under custody to defend themselves.
Sheridan and Smith will now probably
be DISCHARGED
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
IRON MILLS TO CLOSE
To Remain So Until the Wage
Scales Are Settled
no SERIOUS TROUBLE EXPECTED.
The Question lie ito Be Taken Up and
Settled Definitsly-No General Strike
Is to He IOrdeFed-The Proceed
ings Are TO Be Friendly.

ings Are TO Be Friendly.
Pittsburg, June 29.-An the union
iron mills in the country. 1.-THE tin plate
plants and sheet mills will close to-
morrow night and remain closed until
the wage scales are settled. No serious
trouble Is expected, and the failure to
adjust the wage schedules before the
close OF the year is not an indication
that a strike is to be inaugurated.
President Garland of the Amalga-
mated association denies a telegraphic
report from Chicago that he will order
a general strike at the plants of the IL
linois Steel company If the sscale is not
signed for the Bay View mill before
Thursday.
He said the Bay View and all the
union iron mills in the country will
close on that day. pending a settlement
of the scale, but that a suspension is
necessary at this time for annual re-
pairs and that manufacturers are not
in a hurry to come to a settlement at
once
The iron scale WEI be taken up at the
conference at Youngstown tomorrow
AS the present agreement expires on to-
morrow night, all the tin plzte plants,
with the exception of four 'nonunion
concerns. win close at that time. There
will be no difficulty in arranging the
iron and steel sheet scale. 1t is practi-
rally settled now, hut the manufactur-
ers will not sign until the tin plate
scale Is adjusted at the mines at the
rates that are now being paid
Another meeting of the board will
lfbzely be called within a week pr two.
hut President Donan did not care to
venture prediction ON the resaIlt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02

Philadelphia. June 29.-The largest re-
ceipts In the history of the Philadelphia
custom house for any one day were
taken in by Collector of the Port Read
yesterday. The largest previous record
was made on March 81 last. during the
furry in the tobacco trade, when the
receipts aggregated $414.7s9 Yesterdays
receipts were made up largely of with
drawals OF sugar from bond. over $780,
900 In clearing h use certificates OF
$4,000 being paid in for these duties.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02

Monet, Mo-. June 3O.-Schweinfurth,
the so called Messiah of Rockford, Ills,
has returned from Benton county,
Ark. where 1t is reported he has con-
tracted for the purchase of 1000 acres
of land of Senator Blackburn, with the
view of removing his proteges from
Illinois and establishing one of his
heavens" there. People in that Sec
ton are wrought up over the matter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Denies a Reported railroad Sale.

Iaarnette. Wis, June SO.-vice Presi-
Int John Bagley of the Wisconsin and
I'nisan road, denies the reported sale
'ne road and car ferry line to the
L -FOUR and scouts the rumor that
|sntgo South Chicago route Is to be
'1,ihdoned, as this would render useless
,ne OF new track extending from
|sntgo to Fathom Junction on tn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
BooLkeepsr's Accomplish Arrested.

Louisville, June 30.-Louis Gallot.
who in conjunction with Individual
Bookkeeper Colomb distracted about
$500, 900 from the Union National bank
by juggling the balances SO as to al
ways show a credit to Gallot in the
bank. has been found guilty on about
go counts in the Indictment against
him. The discovery of the frauds led
to the closing of the bank, and Colomb
suicide before he could be
or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
ReoeixAr Re.nnuea

'aarleston, June SOW. F. Herbert
relieved of the receivership of the
una, Cumberland Gap and Chicago
',"ay by Judge C. H. Simonton. sit
Il IN the United States circuit court
rnis action is taken without
Iuuice to any of the claimants
Nnst the road now before the courts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Fell From = soaaold.

l'ome, N. Y, June 3O.-Evans W.
l.ly, painter, while working on
nslhs scaffold 40 feet above the
uhu lettering store front, was pre-
.'ated to the sidewalk by the slip
rs OF rope, which caused the scat
20 tall. 1t was first thought he
fatally hurt. but 1t is now believ-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
lssult of Butter shipping Experiment.

Washington. June 3O.-As a result Of
L recent experimental shipment of
Ihtslcan butter to England under the
Plrenage of the agricultural depart
fht an order has just been placed
London firm of merchants for the
ure daily product of the Iowa Agri-
i'ursl college. which was one of sthe
II Places from which the butter was
|hen. The product is 800 pounds
lly' and other merchants are attest
IN letters the good results achiev-
by the experiment
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02
Masked Burglars at work.

Titusville, Pa, June 29.-Four mask
ed men entered the farmhouse Of Hen
ry Buxton. near here, and after nrins
off revolvers to intimidate the family
they proceeded to bind and gag bux-
ton, his son and the hired man ana
hired girl. They then blew open safe