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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
BROKERAGE FIRM ASSIGNS.
Quite a Commotion Created in Wall
 Street.

Quite a Commotion Created in Wall
 Street.
 New York, July 13-Joseph S. Decker and William A. Williams, who com pose the firm of Decker, Howell & Co.,, brokers, at No. A Broadway, to-day assigned to Alanson Fisher, jr., without preferences. The announcement was made soon after the opening of the stock exchange and almost created a panic.
 The firm Is one of the largest In the city, and has conducted a purely brok craze business. The losses, If there be any, will fall on those who have specu- lative accounts with 1t.
 Decker. Howell & Co.,, was peculiarly a New York city firm. It had a large business and 1t is said that the firm speculated heavily for it's own account According to Mr. Fisher, the firm had no creditors outside of this city. It leased no private wires and had no agents or correspondents in other cities. MT Fisher added that he be- lieved the liabilities would prove small. MT Fisher, the assignee, was at one time connected with the firm and lately resumed this connection. He under stands the business thoroughly and a corps of expert accountants was at cree placed oh the books under his di- rection.
 Both the partners, MT. Decker and MT. Williams, were reputed to be multi | millionaires. MT. Howell died some l time ago. MT. Decker was the stock exchange member of the firm. Tha firm 1poc fhnndad in 1870 11D6er the name and style of Leonard, Shel- don x Foster, with unlimited capital and opportunities for speculation of the successful sort that had not been dreamed of before by the outside pub l lie. The firm soon had large follow ing
 The firm became known as Decker, Howell & Co. in 1881. It did large and profitable business until 1890, when 1t was compelled to make an assign ment Wall street was startled by the announcement that the liabilities would aggregate s12,O00000 This vast sum
 was paid In sixty days, as the firm had promised at the time of the suspension, and business was resumed.
 The street after this had the greatest confidence in the recuperative powers oi the concern, and there were few &C., counts withdrawn on account of the failure.
 j. s. Decker, the senior member of the firm, was seen at hts office to-day He said: Tt will be several days before any true statement of our finances can be prepared. As soon as the books car be gone over and an account rendered 1t will be made public.
 Until then, however. hardly think 1t would be fair to our creditors to make ] any statement whatever regarding oul 1 financial condition. Neither will I be able to say at present what our house will do in the near future.
 Our difficulty is due to the genera
 depression iii business in the street and certain fluctuations in the markets over which we had no control"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
OBFTUARY NOTES.
Columbus R. Cummings, Promiuent and
 Rich Chicago Pioneer.

Columbus R. Cummings, a Promiuent and Rich Chicago Pioneer. Chicago, July 13.-Columbus R. Cum
 mings, Chicago pioneer and million
 aire, died last night at his home, No. 1641 Indiana avenue, after an illness of
 ton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y, sixty one years ago. At the age of sixteen he was school teacher, and later worked as clerk in store in Ogdens- burg. N. Y., whence he emigrated to Chicago to seek his fortune. He ob- | tained g. place in Potter Palmers store, ! but soon left 1t for the Illinois liar vesting Machine comrhpy, at Pekin, | Ill, and there laid the foundation of ! his fortune. Twenty years ago he re- turned to Chicago to become actively 1 interested In manufacturing enter prises, banking and other lines of busi- ness.
 ] The town of Cummings was named after him, and he owned the greater | part of the place. He became presi- dent of the Union National bank, and | invested $600,000 in its stock. He was l also a large stockholder in the First | National bank, and held large interests | in several great jobbing houses. He
 was the principal owner of the Con-
 sumers Gas company, and belonged to
 the syndicate that sold the New York
 Chicago and St. Louis railroad. He
 was president of the Lake Erie and
 Western Railroad company and of the
 Peoria and Evansville Railroad compa- | nv
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
OH ESHI RE.

July 13.-Master Thomas E. Cornwall son of Dr. E. T. Cornwall, who went to Redlands, Cal, last fall with hls grandmother and aunt, returned home last week and received a hearty wei come. He gives a. goodly account of that most delightful country. The doc tor intends to take his family there in the fall and spend few months.
 Get the best" Is an old maxim which holds good about ice cream That can be found by calling at the telephone office at the center, by calling up Mrs or Miss Ives, who will put one In com munication with a plate of the best The weary bicycle rider can stop and rest and be refreshed for his or her Journey.
 The Village Improvement society has commenced work on the new sidewalk and relaying some of the old ones When the job is done Cheshire will have a good walk from the center tc West Cheshire, and 1t is hoped that the law will be enforced in regard to keep ing bicycle riders from making the walk a path for their wheels to the dan ger of pedestrians,
 MT. H. T. Moss has rented his cottage at Pine Orchard for the season.
 MT. J. P. Beach and family gre a their cottage at Pine Orchard for tht summer
 MT. Ernest Baldwin is a guest of MT Beach and family.
 J. R. Paddock and family have taker cottage at Indian Neck
 Next Sunday the Sunday schools will decide about going on their annual Sun day school picnic. which will probabl, be at Hanover park.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
AFTER MINI YEARs,
Interest in ". H. Bulls Disappearance
 Revived.

A travelling man, A e. Noble, who was in the city yesterday. is authority for the statement that William H. Bull, who disappeared June 8, 1880, fills sui cide's grave In Montreal cemetery. The story, when reported to Bulls rel atives and friends. met with no &C., ceptance. They could not, however, of fer any plausible explanation of his disappearance. Bull was pookkeeper at the National Savings bank of this city, member of the Quinnipiac club and well liked by all who knew him. He dread the approach of consumption, though there was no apparent reason for 1t. In the summer of 1880 he went away for a brief vacation, no one knew whither A short note dated at Buff falo, N. Y, was received at the bank couple of weeks later, saying that he would not return. A careful examina- ton of the banks account was made, but revealed no dedication or crooked ness, and no reason for Bulls mysteri- ous disappearance was found even after the closest search by police and rela- lives,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
A GREAT CAVERN DISCOVERED.
What Miners Pick Revealed in a
 Mountain Near Cripple Creek

What Miners Pick Revealed in a
 Mountain Near Cripple Creek
 Cripple Creek, Col, July 13.-A pho tographer named Yelton has returned from a trip to Cow mountain, about six miles east of this city, where he went to obtain views of a remarkable cavern, discovered by persons who were sinking a prospecting shaft on group of claims on the mountain. A mans pick suddenly went through the rock into what proved to be great cavern. Rocks dropped into the hole struck bottom in about two seconds. The men got rope, and, fastening 1t securely above, descended to explore the cavern, which proved to be a storehouse of ice. Stalagmites and stalactites of ice stood like cypress trees from the floor or hung in great fringes from the ceiling. Exploration was not carried far, as Q yawning abyss was encountered at @ distance of bout fifty feet from the en- trance. Pieces of ice thrown down could be heard rattling on the sides, but there was no sound of bottom being touched. Photographs were taken by fiash-light An effort will be made to open the cave to more thorough ex- ploration.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
RAILROAD NEWS.
Alfred Walter Elected P resident of Lehig1
 Valley.


 Philadelphia, July 13-At meeting of the board of directors of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, held in this city to- day, Alfred Walter was elected president of
 The reslgnations of William L. Coyngham, Charles o. Skeer, and George H. Myers, as directors of the company. were accepted, of T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia, c. H. Cos ter of New York, and the retiring presi- dent, E. P Wilbur. Messrs Stotesbury add Coster are both members of the banking firms of Drexel & Go. of Philadelphia, and J. F. Morgan & Co. of New York
 MT. Walter, the newly elected president Is president of Coxe Brothers & Co and of the coal-railway lines under their control, the Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill aud Its leased properties The corporation of Coxe Brothers & Co. Is largely interest ed In coal mining and selling, and does bu- siness on such scale that 1t Is regarded as a. factor In the so-called combination among the. leading coal producers. It has persist ently refused, however, to agree to the per centage allotted to 1t, declining to be bound by any percentage, but has maintained prices notwithstanding its attitude toward the agreement, Mir. Walter, the new presi- dent of the Lehlgh Valley. is fortyfiye years of age. and has been in the railway service since 1872, having been connected In vari- ous capacities With the Pennsylvania and Northern Central companies. From 1889 to 1892 he was general superintendent of the Baltimore and Ohio eastern lines and la ter general manager of the New York. Lake Erie and Westerns Erie division.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
GLOOM AT THE STATE CAMP.
Death of Corporal Mcconnell Cause.
 General Sorrow Among Soldiers.

Death of Corporal Mcconnell Causes General Sorrow Among Soldiers. | State Camp, Peekskill, N. T., July 13. Gloom marks the bearing of the sol- diers of the Twenty y-second regiment at | the camp to-day. The terrible accident l last night has caused general mourn ing, and nobody seems to have the | heart to propose any merry-making. There Is peculiar sadness in the death | of Corporal James J. Mcconnell of Company A. He was writing letter l to his fiancee, Miss Emily Merrigan of No. 1887 Amsterdam avenue, New | York city. and had just put the words | Yours till death" on the paper when the bolt of lightning brought the last l summons to him. He was to have been married to Miss Merrigan on Saturday. All of those injured with Mcconnell were seated in the tent of the Young | Mems Christian association, writing or reading. Crawford was seated at the same table as Mcconnell and was using the same ink bottle, The men In the tent were blinded and half stunned by the flash and the shock.
 | It was seen that McConnelPs case was the most serious though 1t was not known at once that he was dead. With unremitting zeal the surgeons l toiled for more than an hour to bring back life to their stricken comrade. As Major Beach entered the tent his eye fell on the letter the young man had just finished. He thrust it in his pocket, and his efforts to save the young man were perhaps more vigorous, if possi- | ble, than those of the others
 But 1t was all of no use. The young corporal had been killed almost in- stantly. No mark was on the body, and death was doubtless due to heart failure from shock. The body was re- moved to another tent and a guard placed over 1t.
 Corporal Schuessler of Company A paced back and forth before the tent. He was to have been McConnells best man on Saturday at the wedding. By orders from headquarters the flag that floats over the camp was lowered to half mast.
 Mcdonnell lived with his widowed mother, Mrs. Anne Mcconnell, at No. 447 West Thirty-fourth street He joined the regiment In May, 1893, when he was eighteen years old.
 hc li8ltlllIlS IdSu WHICH uIONS lAe life out from young Mcconnell spread havoc in the tent wher he and his con- rades were It first splintered tree standing twenty-five feet away, then two other trees in quick succession, and darted to the board floor of the tent The floor was splintered from end to end, and the leg of the table was split Thence it shot into the earth, tearing up the dirt and leaving wide space of ragged turf.
 The body of Corporal Mcconnell will
 be brought to this city to-day by 2 guard Of honor. and will probably be buried with military honors
 Miss Merrigan is seriously III from the shock. She had been making some purchases In preparation for the we'd ding and had just returned home, wher informed of the tragedy. She fainteG and has been very Ill since.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
ASSAULT Ar JupD's BRIDGE.

New Milford, July 13.-Meagre details have reached here of another assault case at Judas Bridge, in the town or
 Roxbury, last night. At 2 O'clock this morning Mrs. Jane Hinckley, a>Woman
 about forty-five years of age, was
 brought here from Judd's Bridge, to
 have wounds attended to. According
 to the story which came with her, the
 woman was involved in a quarrel with Ben Hoag at her house. In the course of the fight Hoag knocked the woman down and robber her of some money.
 She was seriously but not fatally in-
 jured Hoag, up to last accounts, had not been arrested.
 Hoag is the man who some weeks ago was arrested on a charge alleging the burglary of the house of Frank Whitney. He was held for trial, and Mps. Hinckley went bonds for him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
AT ELM CITY PARK TO-DAY.
The Edgewoods Will Tackle the New
 London Team.

The EdgeWOOQS VIII IdClSlS the ANSN
 London Team.
 Manager Greist in arranging TOT baseball attractions for this season has booked games with the New London Athletic club, one of which will be played this afternoon on the Hamilton park grounds.
 The New London team is strong one, having already defeated the Derby and Meriden clubs. the two leaders in the state league. Other games which are to follow and have been arranged for, are with some of the leading clubs in the New England states. For the Edgewoods, Hamlin of Yale 'sl ciup' and Robertson of Mt. Herman academy nine. will be the battery, with Beecher 1b, McHugh 2d, Fitzgerald ss, Cameron 3b, and Greist, Farnham and Cottreil in the outfield, the nine looks strong enough to defeat the best of them. Tn order to bring the game nearer to the public, Elm City park has been engag- ed. and should the attendance seem to warrant it, these grounds will probably be arranged for, for the balance or the season. The game to-day will be called at 3:30
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
DOG ATTACKS B1cYcL1sT.
Frederick Norcross Thrown and seri-
 ously Injured.


 ously Injured.
 Putnam, July 13.-Frederick Norcross of West Thompson, lies Tn a critical condition at the Day Kimball hospital, the result of injuries received In an ad- venture with a dangerous mastiff, Sun day night. Norcross was returning home from Providence on his wheel at a good speed. When nearing a steep hill above Thompson he was met by a large mastiff, who chased the wheel man down the steep hill and jumped madly at him, threatening at each plunge to tear his clothing from his body.
 Norcross decreased his speed, intend- ing to fight away the beast when the dog plunged forward and grasped the rear tire, securely locking and punctur- ing it. This threw the rider violently off the wheel onto bed of rocks by the roadside. Norcross was found a few moments later by a farm hand in an unconscious condition. He was car ried into farm house and cared for until a physician arrived, who found, after careful examination, that his collar bone was broken and he was more or less internally injured. He was taken to the -Kimball hospital, where he lies in critical state.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
THIRD BAND CONCEPT.
Programme for Tonight by Second Rep
 iuent Rand

Programme for Tonight by Second Regi-
 ment Band.
 The third band concert will be played by the Second regiment band on the central green tonight at s o'clock. Leader Fichtl has arranged the pro- granme as follows:
 Interlude-Hail Columbia. March--Austrian Army .... Ellenberg Overture-Maximilian Robespierre. '''-''' .'''' ''.-.-. ..... LllollI Piccolo solo-Wvill O the Wisp. Cox
 MT w. Hegel. Grand selections from opera Faust. ....... ..... ...........G Gounod Indian War Dance. Bellstedt Miserere from Il Trovatore. Verdi
 Messrs. Gould and Spanutius. The Racket at Gilligan's Dewitt Medley March-Hot Time ..... Berger
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
MISSING MAN AND BOAT.

An unknown man, about twenty-five years old, has mysteriously disappear ed with one of Merrill Whites sailboats. The stranger wanted to hire boat of MT. White last Saturday afternoon, but acted suspiciously and Mir White put him off, but later the man hired a boat of MT. Brown, deputy for MT. White. He sailed away and since then nothing has been heard from him or the boat, although MT. White has made a dii- gent search for both,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
SUICIDE OF NICHOLAS c. cREEDE
The Wealthy Mine Owners Trouble l With His Wife the Cause.


 Los Angeles, Cal, July 13-Nicholas c. Creede, the wealthy mine- owner, from whom the town of Creede, Col, took its name, committed suicide at his home In this last evening by taking morphine. It is supposed that his trouble with his wife is the cause On January 4 last Creede and his wife agreed to separate as far as possible without legal process Mrs Creede &C., cepted s30,000 cash and surrendered all claims upon her husband. It was un- derstood that after the necessary time elapsed, Creede would begin suit for absolute divorce. Mrs Creede took up her home In Alabama. About three weeks ago she returned to Los Angeles and proposed a reconciliation. Creede endeavored to avoid her, but she was persistent, and last evening he took a large dose of morphine The two- years-old child of Edith Walters Walk er the actress, adopted by Creede over a year ago. Is in the case of his friends at Escondido.
 Mir. Creede was born in Indiana In 1S43 and went with his parents to Iowa when a child. He became an employe of the quartermaster's department when he was twenty years old, and soon afterwards became a government scout. He had many stirring adven- lures in the Indian wars, being promot- ed to the rank of first lieutenant in the regular army. He then became pros pector, and worked for eight years In the Black Hills hunting for gold before he made a strike. Then he found the Bonenza mine, which yielded rich re- turns in short time, It was in silver, however, that he made his fortune While prospecting In Colorado he struck the Holy Moses mine, which with other silver mines, rapidly made him 8 many times millionaire.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
IN oAMP AT NrANTIo.

Five thousand tickets will be requir- ed for the transportation of the troops, caterers and attendants to Mantle Au- gust IS.
 The Second regiment will leave this city at 65O; the Third, New London, at 9;10; the Fourth, Bridgeport, at 6:2O; Battery A, Branford, at 6:50; Guilford at 7:05. All organizations will be under canvas before 10 o'clock
 Commissary General Albert P. Day of Hartford has made contracts for ca- tering at Camp Cooke as follows:
 First and Third regiments. Machine Gun battery and Brigade Signal corps, s. L. Terhune of New York. Second regiment, E. w. 6 J. c. Hicks or New Haven and Waterbury.
 Fourth regiment, First Separate com pany and Battery A, l.. W. Fox Of Har- winton.
 Terhune will also cater for the quar- termasteG generals staff of men and will probably cater for the governors staff and the brigade staff in camp. General Day has arranged the follow ing daily bill of fare for Camp Cooke. It Is practically the same as for Camp | Graham last year, except that veal, | which Is so likely to disturb the organs Of digestion, has been omitted: MONDAY. l9inner-Tomato soup, roast beef and roast lamb, potatoes (boiled), bread and 1 butter, pickles, melons, coffee, tea Supper-Cold ham, corned beef, hot rolls, bread and butter, coffee. tea stewed prunes. 1 TUESDAY. 1 Breakfast-Fried fish, corned beef corned beef hash, oatmeal and milk, DO tatoes. hot corn bread, bread and but. ter. tea, coffee. Dlnner-Bean soup, roast beef corneC beef and cabbage, sweet potatoes, DO. tatoes, pickles, catsup, bread and but. ter, melons, tea, coffee. | Supper-Hot oysters. cold meats pickles, crackers, bread and butter. Der ries and milk, tea, coffee. l WEDNESDAY. | Breakfast-Bacon end liver. baked fish, rice and milk, bread and butter tomatoes, tea, coffee. l Dinner-Pea soup, roast beef, pork and beans, mashed potatoes, sweet DO. tatoes. catsup, apple pie, bread and 1 butter, tea, coffee. 1 Supper-Chowder. cold meats, hot corn bread, crackers, bread and butter
 THURSDAY.
 Breakfast-Fried ham, steak, hot corr bread, bread and butter, potatoes, to. matoes, tea, coffee. Dinner-Tomato soup, roast beef corned beef and cabbage, mashed po tatoes, bread and butter, pickles, mel. ons, tea, coffee. Supper-Cold ham, corned beef, ho rolls, bread and butter. tea, coffee. 1 Supper--Cold ham, corned beef, ho ] rolls, bread and batter, tea, coffee.
 FRIDAY. Breakfast-Beef steak boiled blue fish fried and boiled potatoes, hot corr bread, bread and butter, milk and oat. meal, tmatoes, tea, coffee.
 Dinner-Bean soup, roast beef baked fish, pork and beans, mashed potatoes pickles, bread and butter, catsups, to- matoes, melons, sweet potatoes, tea coffee.
 Supper--Hot oysters cold meats bread and butter, cheese and crackers stewed prunes, rice and milk, tea, cof fee.
 SATURDAY.
 Breakfast--Steak, fried bacon ant ham, corned beef hash, potatoes, breae and butter, tea, coffee. Dinner-Barley soup, cold meats baked potatoes, pickles, bread and but ter, apple pie, coffee, tea
 Milk and sugar with tea and coffee at all meals
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
THE RAIN MADE HIM SLEEPY.

During the rain storm yesterday af- ternoon little tot scarcely four years old plashed along barefooted up Church street. Under his big cotton umbrella he carried a load of evening papers. Opposite the postoffice he noticed an inviting doorstep and seating himself there soon fell asleep. forgetting all about his papers until kind hearted individual espied him there. He shook the child gently and asked him for a paper, but the little fellow was so tired and sleepy that he could not find the paper asked for, and the man had to help himself and also make the neces- sary change.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
LINEMAN DORIAN SERIOUSLY Y
 HURT

Edward Dohan, lineman in the em- ploy of the Western Union company met with an accident that may prove very serious. He was at work near Norwalk on the line and either fell from pole, or was struck by one. Particu- lars could not be obtained The hos pital ambulance met the 4:30 D. m train yesterday and conveyed him to the hospital, where 1t was feared that his pack was broken. The physician in charge said that the full extent of Dohan's injuries could not be ascer- talned until he gains strength.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
First Fresh Air Excursion.

The first of the City Mission Fresh Air excursions" will be sent out tomorrow. The trip will be by the new Steamer Margs- ret rom Belle dock at 9:30 d. m. for an sIl uaE a outing at Pawson park. Boat tickets ana anu cream cards can be obtained this af- berpoon haIp and evening at the City Mission suDsHrlptlons to the Fresh Air Fund" are greatly needed and may be left at the mis- a slon t nall or at any of the city banks, or semu s oy mai to Rev. MT. Mossman, 475 Or Home Place " 1e' -f