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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-09-24

racidn del aumbrado por medic del gas accti'
lcno. III ayuntamiento dc este puebo amante
del progreso, ha instaado dos aparatos sistema
Alemany, con los cuacs a!umbra perleetamente
IL plaza piblica Ia casa municipal con reaul'
tsdos suptriorea todo cncomio. La instala
cidn la si!o dirji!a por den Jasiis 7. De Ia
Reguera, agcnte siero lie don Jose sorfat.
;Vaya IN aplaa-o para c! ayuutamento dc Co..
mprio'
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-09-24

Escrias lac anterioses lincas, llega i nuos-
ira mesa de redacci5n ia siguicnte hoia suelta
repartida csta malana por los amigos del
selor Niar:
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-09-24

Anoche ceebrdse una gran reunion puer-
tas abiertas en- las oficiaas &c SLa Integridad
Macdonald, asistendo alrededor de doscientos
Delegates de Ia ls!s e,itrs eilos personas lnuy
prestigiosas por sus antecedentes polfticos V
signifcacidn dentro del paftido Unconditional
En- las puertas de dchas otcinas reuniose IN
gentio immense. No Sc nego i nadie Is entrada
a Ia redacci6n, III aun 4 indiyiduos afiados al
partdo liberal.
Los presentes Sc constitnyeron en- junta pre-
psrstoris, pero fut tai la aliuencia de dele gados
presentes, que resolyier0n trasiadsr.e i la casa
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-09-24

Poeos momentos aesputs dc haber circuIa-
do esta hoja, deciase que los amigos del selor
Egozcue la aceptAban con lijeras modifcacio.
mes. En- cambio no sat .fscfa los cllalistGS,
quepretendcn Ia inamo,ilidad del iefe eI Stotu
gao que combatcn sus sdversarios FL asunto
era ell tema de discussion en- todos cfrculos de
la Capital.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
OBITUARY NOTES,
Death of One of New HaVen's Oldest Resi- dents, Probably the Oldest--An Aunt of GanaroI Tr ID RrndIay

Death of One of New Haven's Oldest Resi-
 dents, Probably the Oldest-An Aunt of
 General E. E, Bradley.
 Mrs. Jane Dibblee Merritt, daughter of William r. and Anna Hervey, born February [, 1900, died December IS, 1897, at(10:15 D, m., aged ninety-seven years, 10 months,11 days. By her first husband, James r. Barnes she had two sons, one of whom died in 1852, leaving daugh- ter. The other died in 1871, leaving a son. Mrs. Merritt, therefore, left no children, but did leave two grandchil- dren, Mrs Henry l.. Barnes of Fair Haven and Mrs. Jennie M. Potter of Philadelphia and six great-grandchil- dren. She also left three nephews, Al bert r. Bradley of Bloomington, H.; S. Isodore Bradley of New York city and General Edward D. Bradley of this city. The late Mrs. Erastus A. Doolittle was a niece and her daughter, Mrs Frank Thompson, a grand-niece of Mrs. Mer- ritt Her late husbands niece, Miss Aseuath Carpenter, had lived with her for many years, and since the infirmi- ties of age came upon Mrs Merritt, this niece has devoted herself exclusively to ministering to her aunt's comfort.
 At the time of her death, her daugh- ter-in-law, Mrs. Whidden, was also liv- ing with her. Mrs. Merritt was tender ly cared for and her death was painless. She was twice married, her last hus- band being the late Henry D. Merritt, who died in this city in 1863. She was a great granddaughter on her father s side of Rev Dr. Dibblee of Stamford, a | missionary of the Church of England perior and during the war of the Revolu- l ton, and whose services are commemo- rated by a marble slab located In St. Johns P T.. church, Stamford. Mrs. Merritt was member of Trinity P. B. | church when the present church edifice was erected. She ofte1f spoke of its | consecration and her sister singing in | the choir on that occasion. This sister was General F.. +. Bradley's mother | who died in 1891 at the ripe age of eighty-nine years. Mrs. Merritts facul- ties were generally well preserved, Her
 eyesight and hearing, however, failing
 to some extent of late years. She was
 born in New Haven and her memory of
 incidents in it's history during the frs;
 half of the present century, including | the time of the war of 1912, was excel | lent She was, it is thought, the oldest person in New Haven when she died
 Rev. S. Brinley Morgan will officiate al | obsequies on Tuesday afternoon at | o'clock at 7S Dickernan street
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
BICYCLE ACCIDENTS.
How Far Has the Wheel Made Life
 More Dangerous.

AASNA ~ANNNN
 More Dangerous.
 The bicycle has increased both the health and the hazards, the perils and the pleasures of life; but in exactly which proportion no one knows, and in the nature of things 1t is extremely ditfi~ cult to determine how far the bicycle has made life more dangerous.
 Accident Assurance, a Boston paper, has collected from the newspapers the bicycle accidents in the United States in August. They numbered 1450, and the journal which collected them reaches the conclusion that they are about 15 per cent. of the whole number, This Is, of course, not much better than a mere guess, though the paper from which we are quoting claims to have reached this conclusion after careful investigation" These August acci- dents consist of AS deaths, PA frac- lures, PA cuts and decorations, 420 con- tusions and bruises, A dislocations, S9 sprains and 297 injuries to the head.
 For an innocent recreation in a sim gie month this will strike most people as pretty fair list of casualties. Be- sides the 46 persons reported instantly killed in August there were AS persons reported as likely to die. Assuming half of them as terminating fatally, and there would be 70 deaths from bi- cycles in August. August is a favorite month for riding. Fairmount park had, for instance, 129,364 riders in August, against 163,675 in September Accident Assurance concludes that the average number of deaths for the month is 65. or 7S0 a year. Nearly all the deaths from accidents probably get in the newspapers, so that one may fairly say that the fatal bicycle accidents in this country are from 700 to 500, and nearer 500 than TOO. It would surprise no one who knows how much the newspapers do not get to learn that the fatalities reached 1000
 Taking even 500, this compares with 181 passengers killed in 1896 (year end ing June 30), 1900 railroad employees and .4,4O6 persons run over by trains. These thingse are, however, relative. About 5000, 900 bicycles are believed to be in use If there are 500 deaths, and this means a pretty fair proportion, there is one death annually for 6,25O bicycles. Among trainmen there was III 1SJO one uedtH TOT every I0I eUl- ployed. This indicates that it is fl times as dangerous to be a brakeman as to ride a. bicycle. No one can cer- tainly object to risk as small as this No one looks on a brakeman as fool hardy, and his risk of getting killed is forty-fold that of a bicycle owners Out of the passengers carried one out of 2,S27,47 was killed. These are not separate passengers as individuals, but as trips. Giving each bicycle owner in 5,000,000 five trips a week of all sorts long and short, and with 800 deaths there would be one to every 1,562, soc trips. This would make the bicycle just about twice as dangerous, trip for trip-not mile for mile, very different matter-as railroad riding.
 All this is mere approximation, but as far as the death risk goes one may safely say that the bicycle rider has g
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
RELIGIOUS CANVASS TAKEN
OF THE TENTI WARD BY THE CON-
 NECTICUT BIBLE SOCIETY.

Interesting Facts Deduced Therelrom- Church Denominations of the Families Visited and the Churches They Attend 945 Foreign Families in the Ward-Aid of Churches in the CanVaes Asked.
 The Connecticut Bible society has just completed the religious canvass of the Tenth ward, involving many weeks of labor and attended with many interest ing and profitable results, the moral and spiritual nature of which cannot be expressed in whatever tabulation of facts could be here appended, but it is hoped will make themselves known in subsequent fruit bearing for the well fare of the church and city. The vis- itors, through the kindest consideration and courtesy Of the thousands of people visited in the ward, are able to offer to the public the following information as to denominations, families, persons in them, church members, average to a family, those wishing to be known as non-attendants and their pc" cent. of the whole number:
 Denom. Fam. Per. Mem Fam. Att.p.c
 A tN NAn
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

IotalS ...0J liJl lJJ SJ 0l
 Of these 1491 church connected families the Adyents belong to the Beers street church situated in the Tenth ward.
 The 1855 Baptist families belong: 109, to Calvary; 29, to the First; 26, to Emanuel; 10 to Olivet; 4 to Howard avenue; ? to Hope; to German, 1 to Grand avenue, to Monto wese, no one of these nine churches being situated in the ward.
 The 5O1 Congregational families belong: 23s to Dwight place, s5. to Plymouth, (both of which churches are in the Tenth wardl, 49 to United 33 to Center, 28 to Church of the Redeemer, 21 to Davenport, 14 to Dix well avenue, 9 to Humphrey to Westyille. to Grand avenue, 6 to Howard avenue, 5 to College chapel, and to Taylor.
 Paul's, l6 with St. Thomas, 3 with Church of Ascension, 5 with St; Lukes, with St; Johns, 4 with, Grace, with Westville, l
 The 249 Methodist families are distributed thus; 49 to First church, 119 to Trinity M. Grace, to Westville, 6 to Bethel, 5 to East Pearl street, to Epworth, 8 to Union and to Four Corners.
 The 14 Lutheran families include the George street, families; Swedish Luther an, families; Dixwell avenue, 9
 The Presbyterian families are connected with the First Presbyterian church.
 The 197 Roman Catholic families are as signed as follows St. Mary's, 162; St. Johns, 6; Italian, Il; St. Boniface, [; French, 5; Westvile, 5; West Haven, |.
  tending the Orange street synagogue, and attending the Olive street.
 The Il Universalist families attend the Church of the Messiah
 The mingling of the different denomina- tons in our homes Is becoming more com mon in this generation. We find in the re- port there are 19 Baptist homes, with two Denominations represented; one with three, and one with four AS Congregational homes with two represented, and three with three denominations; 28 Episcopal homes with two; 31 Methodist with two Lutheran with two, and 6 Roman Catholic with two.
 There are 73 persons reckoned as board CTS. Of servants, there are Al Catholic, and 70 Protestant. Of these latter, 19 are American white and 23 colored; s German and 27 Swedish Norwegian and Dane.
 As regards nationality, of these ITS fam flies, 1923 are American. including S7 color ed, embracing (taking out the B colored and 37 foreign servants), 5366 white American persons, and 325 colored, an average of 3 3S7 to the white family and 405 to the colored.
 There are 245 foreign families in the ward, embracing 1916 persons, or an average of 5.37 to a family. The English averaging 3.41; Irish, 3.S0; German, 431: Swede 4.57 Scotch, 3.i5; French, 3.66; Norwegian, 3; Swiss, 3; Poles, 5.66; Chinese, 1.33; Italian, 433; Armenian, G50.
 These IT'S families are divided as to church connections, nationality, as follows: Nation Ra CIo Nn In M F, R c ,Je
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

very much less risk of fatal accident than a trainman, and that his risk is good deal greater, say, twice as great, as railroad passengers. So far there is some basis for calculation-no very good basis, but better than nothing. When it comes to mere accidents Acci- dent Assurance is at sea. It assumes that only one-siXth to one-seventh, or 15 per cent, of the accidents are report ed, and, taking the reported non-fatal accidents only 1,4O4 for single month, it concludes that the entire number is about 5000 per month, or 10S,00O a year
 No great trust can be put in a calcula- ton of this sort. If there are about 100,0 900 bicycle accidents in a year then about one bicycle owner in 50 is in- jured in each year. Among the train men one in ten is injured, so that while the bicycle owners chance of being killed is 40 times less than train mans his chance of being hurt is only one7fifth as great Again, assuming that bicycles are ridden on the average five times a week, about one bicycle passenger or tripper; So to speak, is hurt out of every 115000, while among pas sengers one out of 17S,132 is injured, so that the chances of injury on the bi- cycle to the chances on railroad train are about as three to two.
 The sound conclusion, therefore, is that while, bicycle riding is on the whole less safe than riding on a railroad, it has far less hazards than work on rail | roads. Hazards and perils bicycle rid | ing unquestionably has. This is one of the very best things about it. Our civ l ilization would be but a poor, weak and spiritless thing if 5,000,00O bicycle own CTS were not glad to face some risk for an invigorating sport-Philadelph Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

*-Includes ? Christian Scientists, 1 Dis ciples, 1 Evangelical, 1 Salvation Army families.
 With reference to churches and church re- lations we find as concerning, 1st, concern ing number of church, 2d, families connect ed with them either by membership in attendance and profession; 3d, families hay ing denominational preference, but to no particular church; 4th, families attending yet holding still to membership out of the city, and per cent. of same to the whole, and fifth, families attending other denominations than the one to which they belong.
 Mem. Att.
 Oh. Fam. Denom. outof other Den ren. cOnnec pref city. DC. denOm
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

Pacific Mail $. $. Co............. 29B 30 Peoria, Dec x Evansville ...... S 1 Phil X Reading Voting Cts..... 229s 22A Pitts, Gin, Chi. X St. Louis. ... 36 .. Pullman Palace Car Go ....1T2 173b Silver Bullion Cert's ........,.. 56 56M Southern Railway Co.,, Conn.,. 9A 95s
 Do Pfd ,................... 32B 33I Standard Rope & Twine Go ..,.. Al 4h Sus X West. .....,.,.......,,. 10 19A
 Do Pfd .....................3 34A 34la Tennessee Coal x Iron ........ 25 25H Texas & Pacific ......,....,..,.. 11A 1113 Tol., Ann Arbor & N. Mich. ..... 12 13 Union Pacific ................... 251a 255s Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf .. 71b 7A United States Express Co ...... 40 42 U. s. Leather Go .............. 7h
 Do Pfd .....................6 62 62h U. $. Rubber Go .,.............. 16 IT
 Do Pfd .....................6 CT 6S
 Do pfd ............. ~ 1874 1sN Wells-Fargo Express Co lie 120 Western Union Telegraph Co ... 901s 90A Wheeling & Lake Erie list Pfd.. ? 2H
 Do Pfd 10 12 Oregon R. R. & Nav. Go. .... 36 3S
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

Struggle, A Foil Song, Pilgrims Pairing Valley-ward, To My Mother on Her Seventy-sixth Birthday, Singing Brook, A Petal for You, etc. It is very pleas- ing collection of poems of more than ordinary merit and we bespeak for the little book a very kind reception from the public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
Chicago Market.

Chicago, Dec IS. o v ,Wheat-Dec,, new, 90; old, ss1aN; Jan, C(5orn-bec., 261s; Jan, 2e%@1s; May, 291E Oats-Dec, 219tm&; May. 225s. Pork-Dec., 7.65; Jan, S.60; May. S.S26S5 LardaDec., 4.42N; Jan, 4.52Q55; May 470072.
 Ribs-Dec., 437N; Jan., 437B; May, 452. N. Y. Wheat-Dec., 99BB; May, 93%. N. Y. Corn-Dec. 32B; Nav 341k
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

High grade cigars don't necessarily mean high priced. We have high grade cigars for Christmas presents at req sonable prices. Gilbert & Thompson, BIS Chapel street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
EimanctaI.

Following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince x Whitely, bankers and brokers, 16 Broadway, New York nnd 15 Center Street, New Haven:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

IUluls .III6 O5Z1 oI55 I.Ii HUI .ZI There might be added to the list of per sons in this ward the 320 men and 80 wo- men who are at present inmates of the jail, raising the total to 7272 persons. For the Sunday school we note the mem bership, all children between the ages of and Is, the same not attending Sunday school, with their per cent. of the whole number, and also families destitute of Bi- bles:
 Bet Not No
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
CA5ToRT.A., The fac- 1
 a!mile T <-----s is ch Signature / % AAXN,1N every Of IE&ZV ~LLLEIR/ wsapper.

REPORT of the condition of THE MA TIONAL TRADESMEN'S BANK, at New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, at the close of business December 15, 1897:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

At, Top. X s. Fe Ky, gen g 4s. s99s s9M At, Top. x S. Fe Ky Nad gen 4s.. 5S 5SiS Brooklyn El. 1st IT. Go. cts 6s. S2 S3
 Brooklyn Rap Trans g 5s...... 921a 93
 Central Ky of N. J. g mtg 5s... .112M 113A Chic, R. l. X Pac. extra 5s. ... .l0715 107A Ches X Ohio gen g 411as. ........ S0I S0h Erie 1st Con. prior lien g 4s.... 92& 92B Manhattan Ky Con. mtg 4s... 95 95N Mo, Kan. X Tex. 1st mtg g 4s.. S65s 86a Mo-, Kan X Tex. 2d mtg 4s..... 63 63i5 Mobile S Ohio gen mtg 4s. ..... 76 77
 N. Y, Ont. X W. gen mtg 4s.. 96A 97h N. Y, Sus. & W. gen mtg 5s.... 95s 95& No. Pac. prior gen mtg 4s......... s6B No. Pac. gen lien g 3s. ......... 60K 61
 Oregon Short Lne con 5s. ..... 9S1a 90
 Phila X Read. gen mtg 4s...... S5B S5A Rio Or. & West. 1st mtg 4s.... S2ia S3
 South. Ky list Con. 5s. ....... 9415 95
 St. l.. & Southw. 1st mtg 5s.... 725s 73h Tex. x Pac. list mtg 5s. 97la 9S
 Wabash Ky Go. 1st mtg g 5s. ..107A 107& Wabash Ky Co. 2d mtg g 5s.... S0A S1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
Government Bonds.
Quotations of Active Bonds.

The following quotations on bonds are furnished by Boody, Mcclellan X Co.,, bank CTS, 57 Broadway, New York. and ST Or | ange street, New Haven:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

LHt NlnIh WNrd nus SUO IOTeIgN IWIHIIItS' The Tenth ward was 245 foreign families.
 There are 41S colored families in the Ninth ward and S7 colored families in the Tenth ward.
 About 80 per cent. of the families in the Ninth ward are connected in some way with the church; in the Tenth ward, about so per cent. -.
 The connecticut Bible society has been to large expense in carrying on the work thus far unaided by any financial support of the city churches or individuals. The work has been universally commended and In many ways will be valuable in the results secured to the churches, It will be, however, lmpos, slble for the society to continue 1t without the substantial support of those who are thus interested. It is hoped the churches thls oy their financial cooperation and aid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

And one each or AllstTlan and WeIch {CongregationaD, Spanish, Canadian (Metho- distJ' and English (Presby.). Some comparison between the Ninth and Tenth ward as regards the aggregates are instructive:
 Ch. Av. to Non.
 Fla. Per. Mem. Fam. Att. pc. Ninth --.. .238f 10O2S 1859 2.08 2121 21 Tenth HTS 6922 3139 TIT 1461 .21 As regards the Sunday school:
 Av. to Bet Non No.
 Mem. Fam. 4-16 Att. pc. Bib Tenth 1909 90 105O 169 16 Is Ninth ........ .22I2 .95 2263 461 20 127 Concerning church relations;
 Num-
 Chr Fam. Den. out of
 rep. connec. pref city. p. c. Ninfh h-- 6S 1905 174 215 09 Tenth ....... 59 149l l9o SI .Oo itieS:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-03
Prot. Wsrren's Art Exhibition.

The visitors to Colby chapel attending
the art exhibition by Prof. Warren,
crowded the exhibition room. Saturday
afternoon. An unusually large number
of ladies attended,
he exhibit consisted Of several hun
dred imported photographs of the most
celebrated masterpieces of art in paint
ing. sculpture and architecture. and were
arranged according to the various
schools. per iods and styles illustrating
the history of art in its most important
and interesting development. The ex-
hihit was very fine indeed and greatly
appreciated. Memorial hall and library
were also open to the public, that after
noon. In Memorial hall was found a
large collection of casts of original size
illustrating Greek, Roman. Renaissance
and modern sculpture the gifts of sue
cessive classes of students. the Tanagra
igurines, presented last year by Mr.
Pepper, oil portraits of Mr. Gardner
Colby. eX-tiov. Abner Coburn and other
friends and bencfactors of the univer-
sity.
In the library were viewed the celc-
brated bust of Milton by Paul Akers
and an excellent collection of crayon por-
traits, among which were those of Or
S. r. Smith, DIR. Anderson. Hon. Timothy
Boutelle and Prof. Kelley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-03
There is Nothing Like Practice.

There are several ways by which we
can tell a regular church attendant. but
there is no way by which We can tell
man that thinks Of church service dur
ing the week and who is an attendant In
the regular routine of life the year round,
unless that way has been discovered in
z little incident that occurred Friday
morning a certain business man well
known outside Of his city. q gentleman
whom IL Is really "a delight In meet and
know. lost two days this week in some
manner-it may be that the absence Of
mis- wife from home for the past week
may have made the time seem long and
ne failed to keep tally on time Anyway
Friday morning he remained ia bed until
, % clock. then arose. shaved and changed
mis- business suit Tor his best Sunday-gp-
connecting apparel. the hired girl think
ng that her employer WIS going to JOIN
his wife in distant city. Sic then got
The prayer book took a silver dollar from
MS store clothes and transferred 1t To
mis- pocket. and AT the usual hour for
sunday morning church service. started
out alone for church after telling the
domestic not to prepare dinner fnr him
IS he would dine at the Elmwood.
somehow he could not fathom She mys-
cry surrounding the appearance Of so
many job wagons. delivery teams and the
untidy appearance OF several men that
he knew were regular attendants at
'hurch. He wondered at IL all but asked
40 questions but proceeded on his way
20 his church.
II required the noise Of the mcrriment
u the students Of Coburn Classical Insti-
ute celebrating anew the victory of the
school team over the CpIbys to awaken
lin to complete sense Of his surround
uEs and to the fact that instead Of be-
ng q day Of rest and worship il was
'riday a day Of work hustle and snap.
He arrived at the store at ll.30 4. NJ.