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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
A C0RTEGE OF 5O,OOO MEN
GENERAL FORMATION OF GRANT
 MONUMENT PARADE.

Time for Making Applications for Plnces
 in the Line Has Closed-Connecticut Will
 be Represented by 500 Men-1O,O0O vet-
 erans Will Form a Division in the Col-
 umn-Troops From Other States.
 New York, April 15.-The time for making applications for places in the line of the Grant monument dedication closed this afternoon. The complete and final order of march will not be made up before next Tuesday, but the probable marching order, with the nu- merical strength of the divisions, was given out as follows:
 Military grand division-First divis- ion, regulars, United States troops, 2,500 men; separate brigade of marines and bluejackets, 1,50O men.
 Second division-National Guard of the state of New York.
 First brigade, 5000 men; second brig- ade, 5000 men; fourth brigade, 2,600 men; third brigade, 2,500 men.
 Third division-Troops of the national guards of various states, assigned to line in the order of the entrance of the states into the Union:
 First brigade, Pennsylvania militia, 5000 men; second brigade New Jersey troops, 4,000 men; third brigade, Con- necticut troops, 800 men; fourth brig ade, Massachusetts troops, 800 men;i fifth brigade, Maryland troops, 900 men; sixth brigade, Virginia troops, 700 men;l seventh brigade, Rhode Island troops. 400 men; eighth brigade, Vermont troops, 800 men; ninth brigade, Ohio troops, HOO men; tenth brigade, Illinois troops, governor and staff, number not given; eleventh brigade District of Co., lumbia, 250 men.
 Fourth division-Uniformed armed and equipped cadets under Captain B. L. zalinski, U. s. A., retired, 4,0oo boys. Veterans grand division, Major Gen. eral o. o. Howard, U. s. A., retired, commanding, 10000 men. Civic grand division-Civic societies, etc., for the most part in uniform, un- der the command of Colonel Charles F. Homer, 10000 men.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
PLANS BEING PERFECTED
To Make Merchants Day success-Freo
 TranspOrtation.

Plans to make the Merchants carni- val on May 5 @ grand success in every way are being daily considered by the various committees appointed to look after the different lines of arrange ments. meeting of the general com mitttee was called for yesterday after noon, but not enough members for a quorum showed up and those present discussed informally various sugges- tions in regard to transportation. It is now practically assured than trans portation will be furnished to visitors to New Haven on the day of the car nival, who wish to take advantage of the exceptional opportunities to be given to purchases by the leading mer- chants of the city. A first class enter tainment will be provided free for the visitors at the Hyperion and a band has been already secured to furnish a part of the entertainment. Another meeting of the general committee will be called in a few days, probably next Monday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
WON THE DOWNES, PRIZES.
M. E. Fisher and Austin Rice the Winners


 in Yesterdays Competitive Readings. The readings in competition for the Downes' prizes were held in Marquand chapel yesterday afternoon. The first prize was won by M. B. Fisher of Oak land, Cal, and the second prize by Aus tin Rice of Danvers, Mass. There were several contestants, the names of whom were published in yesterdays Journal and Courier.
 The Downes' prizes were founded last year by William E. Downes of this city to be awarded to those two seniors of the divinity school who shall attain the highest proficiency in the public read ing of assigned portions of the scrip lures and of hymns. The first prize is $50 and the second prize $40. MT. Downes also established prizes of the same character to be competed for by members of the middle class. The mid- dle class competition will take place soon.
 The judges yesterday were Rev. Dr. George P. Fisher, Rev. Dr. T. T. Nun ger and Rev. Dr. Lewis o. Brastow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
s4oo, GOO FIRE IN NEw ORLEANS.
The Moresque Block Totally Destroyed.
 General Alarm Sounded.

The Moresque Block Totally Destroyed.
 General Alarm Sounded.
 New Orleans, April 15-The Moresqu6 block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was to- tally destroyed by fire this afternoon. The confagration broke out shortly af- ter one o'clock, and at half-past two the building had collapsed and upwards of $40000O had gone up in smoke.
 The Moresque building occupied an entire block bound by Camp, Foyrads and Church streets and Lafayette square, and it's walls were built entire ly of iron in a design known as the Moorish. The Montgomery Furniture company and Gauch Sons & Co, crock cry merchants, were the tenants of the building, and other firms carried full stocks.
 The fire is supposed to have originat- ed in the top floor of the Montgomery section. The flames were observed tu shoot out of the windows and later from the roof, and general alarm call- ed the entire fire department to tha scene.
 The heads of the fire department saw quickly that the Moresque building was doomed, and the efforts of the fremen were directed to keeping the flames from spreading to adjacent property. In this they were only partially suc- cessful, for two newspaper offices, tha' German Gazette and Evening Tele- gram, were completely gutted, their contents being burned, and several stores were also destroyed. Adjacent dwelling houses and business property were also damaged more or less by wa- ter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
KILLED CLEANING 4 PISTOL,
Untimely Fatc of Prominent New York
 Stock Broker.

Stock Broker.
 New York, April 15.-Wells Finch, g. flour broker, and member of the pro- duce exchange, accidentally shot and killed himself this afternoon while ap- parently cleaning revolver in his office in the Produce Exchange building. He was found dead late in the afternon bY g. porter. The body was discovered in a. chair at desk one hand clutching 8 revolver, of which one chamber had been emptied. On the desk was a screw driver and a bottle of oil. It was evil dent that the dead man had been tink- ering with the revolver. The bullet penetrated the left eye and entered the brain. Betweeen the teeth of the corpse was cigar holder containing par tially smoked cigar. Finch had been a member of the produce exchange for over thirty years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
Dr, Gilbert and His Work in Cleveland.

Dr. Levi Gilbert's pastorate in Cleve- land has been @ strong and fruitful one, and that in some extraordinary partic- ulars. His church is located far down town, where only g. strong pulpit could hold strong men and women in the pews. The temptation in such church is to strive to win hearing by cheap ening religion and appealing to the drift of church-goers by vulgar plat form arts. The only thing that this sort of stuff wins is numbers, but that suffices for some men.
 Dr. Gilbert will be remembered there as a man of high ideals, which he guarded with the truest devotion. He dwells in lofty world where it is his delight to contemplate righteousness and truth and holiness. He never fail ed to try to show these things to his people. without fear Of or favor to those who are intellectually or morally at ease in Zion. He believes that the sub- limities of revelation are for all men, and that they should not be satisfied with the husks of sentimentality or any other folly. He has shown his own views of the vital interests of humanity to be expansive and comprehensive. He has read widely, and has had the rare faculty of a sympathetic apprehension of the condition of widely separated classes of men. This has made him an authority upon the larger themes that comprehend the relations of social or ders and religious parties in our own and other lands. Whenever Dr. Gil- bert has spoken upon these subjects wise men have given him a respectful hearing.
 He has shown masterful knowledge of the religious needs of our own day. He has ever put Jesus Christ in the forefront of his teaching. and that in thoroughAgoing way, requiring not a little courage and faith. He has em- (Continued on Second Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
1O5 Postmasters Appointed.

Washington, April 15.-Still another record for this administration was made to-day by an aggregate of 1O5 appoint ments of fourth class postmasters. The appointments filled fifty eight vacan- cies caused by resignations and deaths. fl by removals at the expiration of four years service and six other remov- als for other causes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
Princeton's Debaters Chosen,

Princeton, N. J., April 15.-The speak CTS who will represent Princeton in the annual debate with Yale were chosen to-day as follows:
 R. F. Stirling of Blairsville, Pa, N. s. Reeves of New West Brooklyn. N. r., N. H. Youcom of Columbia, Pa, and Ivy Lee of Atlanta, Ga.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
To Eulogize the Late General Walker.

Washington, April 15.-Hon. Carol D. Drfght, United States commissioner of labor. has left here for Boston, where he is to deliver a eulogy on the life and character of the late President Francis A. Walker at Huntington hall, Friday evening, under the auspices of the the American Statistical association, of which MT. Wright is president.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
No Grand Opera Next Year.

New York, April 15.-The defection of Mime. Melba and the brothers De Rezske from the Grau operatic forces has evidently led to the resolve of the board of directors of Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau not to hold an operatic season next year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
HARTARD'S GLASS DAY.
eniors Meet and Vote to Change the Date
 to June 24.

Seniors Meet and Vote to Change the Date
 to June 24.
 Cambridge, Mass, April 15.-The sem for class of Harvard met this afternoon and voted to change the date ofsclass day to Thursday, June "A. in order that the seniors might witness the boat race at Poughkeepsie the next day. The corporation will be petitioned by the class to allow the senior dance, which was to be an innovation, to be held ON Wednesday evening. It is not probable that this request will be granted, and in such event there will be no senior dance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
Princeton,s Mott Haven Team.

Princeton, N. J., April 15.-The can didates for the Princeton Mott Haven team were taken to the training table to-day The following men will com pose the team: Tyler, Potter, Wheeler, Cregan, Jarvis, Jones and Garrett.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
Three Men Fall Seventy Feet.

St. Marie salome, Que. April 15.- While three men were engaged in repair ing the bell tower of the Roman Catho- lie church yesterday th, scaffolding broke and they were thrown to the ground, a distance of some seventy feet. Trepanier St. Benoit was dead when picked up and the two others, named hurt
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16

DTS. M. B. chapman ana Lew GliDert 70 Come to New Haven; Also MT. Chadwick Comes to Grace Church-Mr. Cheney to Fair Haven-Other We'll Known Men Sketch of Dr. Levi GIlbert's Career. New York, April 15.-The final session of the New York East conference, at St. Johns church. Brooklyn, was held to-day. The early hours were taken up with the reception of reports and vari- ous committees.
 The conference closed with the read ing of the following list of appoint ments and transfers:
 New Haven District.
 Ansonia, Fred Saunders; Ansonia and New Haven circuit, S. l.. Carlander; Bakersville, supplied; Beacon Falls, supplied; Bethelehem, supplied; Bloom field, supplied; Bristol c. H. Buck; Cheshire, T. N. Laine; Clinton, E. c. Carpenter; Copper Hill, supplied; Crom-
  Durham, H. l.. Glover; East Berlin, supplied; Essex, supplied; Forestville, w. T. Hill; Great Hill, supplied; Guil- ford and Madison, supplied; Hamden Plains, G. B. Dusinberre.
 Hartford.
 First church, Ichabod Simmons; North, D. N. Griffin; Parkville, G. w Co r1y A iah "a Swedish, A. P. Syveen; Higganum and West Haddam, A, S. Hagerty; Ken sington, J. F. Dunkerke.
 Meriden,
 First church, F. W. Hannah; Trinity W. D. Tucksy; Middlebury, J. c. Nun son; Middlefield, G. $. Thurston.
 Middletown.
 First church, J. w. Johnston; South Farms, R. R. Reynolds; Milford, c. B Pitblado; Naugatuck B. F. Meredith New Britain, J. w. Maynard. New Haven.
 East Pearl street, N. G. Cheney; Ep' worth, B. M. Triple; First church, M B. Chapman; Grace, J. s. Chadwick Howard avenue, H. F. Kastendieck St. Andrews, E. A. Dent; Summerfield J. B. Smith; Trinity, Levi Gilbert.
 Other Places.
 North Canton, supplied; Plainville, H c. Whitney; Pleasant Valley, supplied Rockland, supplied; Rocky Hill ant West Rocky Hill W. B. Pruner; Sey mour, J. T. Hamilton: Shelton, G. l. Thompson; Simsbury A. c. Eggleston South Britain and Southbury, supplied Southington, Frank Marsland; Soutl Meriden, w. s. Manship; Thomaston, J T. Langlois; Torrington, John Rippers Unionville, Henry Medd; Wallingford F. G. Richardson.
 Waterbury
 Chapel street, D. w. Howell; Firs church, G. S. Eldridge; St. Pauls, T. E Gilbert
 Other Places. Watertown, c. B. Ford; Watervlle H. D. Trinkhaus; West Granby, R. l Billman; West Hartland and Colebrool River, supplied West Haven, Nelso, Edwards; West suf1ield, w. H. Burg win; Westville, Harry Blatz, jr.; Wes Winsted, E. s. Ferry; Wethersfield, sup piled; Windsor, E. O. Tree; Windso Locks, w. M. Warden; Woodbury, Johl Brien; Yalesville, F. IN. Adams.
 New York District.
 John w. Beach, presiding elder Bantam circuit supplied; Bethel, c. A KnesaL,
 Bridgeport.
 First church, Joseph Pullman; Grace William McNicholl; Newfield, Samue Gurney; North Main, A. P. Knell; Sum merfield, R. w. Raymond; Washington Park, E. L. Thorpe.
 Other Places in This Section.
 Cannon and s. Wilton. l.. W. Holmes Cornwall Bridge and Ellsworth, sup piled; Danbury, W. w. Bowdish; Da rien, s. A. Sands; Easton, F. J. Curtis George town, G. L. Taylor; Greenwich B. M. Adams; Litchfield, G. c. Bos well; Mamaroneck, E. c. Hoag; Mianus F. w. Eggleston.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
TALES LUCK HOLDS GOOD,
Manages to Beat Out Georgetown In the
 Ninth Inning.

Ninth Inning. Washington, April 15.-Yale was more lucky than Georgetown to-day and just Score: Yale .........O 0 3 0 3 0 0 Is Georgetown I 0 0 2 1 0 ? 0-7 Hits-Yale 10; Georgetown, ,. Errors Yale, 5; Georgetown, '. Batteries, Feary and Deforest; Walsh and Malo- ney.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16

The steamer Florence is expected to- night from Davis Island with another large batch of refugees.
 There are reports of additional loss of life on parts of the island not yet visited by relief boats but as yet but one death by drowning is authenticated
 (For other reports see insde.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
A WIDE WASTE OF WATERS
MENACING CONDITION or THE MIS-
 SISSIPPI IND 1FFLUENTS.

Refugees From Flooded Districts Seek
 Shelter in Cities and Towns Above the Level of the Unconfned Rivers-Great
 Suffering and Number of Fatalities Re-
 ported-Confictins Reports.
 Omaha, Neb., April 15.-A rise of three inches in the river and strong wind from the north may complete the work commenced early in the week by the Missouri. The flooded district in north and east Omaha was to-day waste of tumbling yellow waves, driv- en ceaselessly against the hastily built dykes that yesterday checked their spread. The demolition of these dykes will turn the flood loose on the per manent embankment that hold pack Cut Off lake and then the cataclysm may be looked for. Cut Off lake rose more than a foot last night. It has established communication with the river by the eastern course and is now sending small stream over what was the upper end of the lake in the time when it was still part of the river. The hope that this will afford a sutfi- cient outlet to relieve the dykes at the lower end and thus prevent this ulti- mate transfer of several thousand acres of Nebraska into Iowa.
 The stream from the lake to the riv- CT runs west of the Columbia distillery and east of the Carter white lead works It has cut through the approach to the east Omaha bride over the Mis- souri river. The wind is driving more of the river through the breaks into Florence lake than would come through naturally, and the course from Flor ence lake to Cut Off lake is raging torrent The houses surrounded by water are still standing, but many are being slowly undermined and must soon fall There Is little change in the situa- tion down town. The smelter is still above water and the railroads have their threatened tracks well protected. New Orleans, La, April 15.-To-night the gauge ranges from 1S7 to 1S.9 ac- cording to the condition of the wind. | While there is no uneasiness felt local- | ly by reason of the present high water, | yet much inconvenience commercially is being experienced.
 | vicksburg, Miss, April 15-The pres ence of at least 1,500 flood refugees in | the city moved the city authorities and commercial bodies to-day to decide on | a course of action. Accordingly, the mayor called a meeting, which was at tended by representatives of the city council, the board of trade and the cotton exchange, which chose Mayor Trowbridge chairman and organized for the systematic relief of the needy by appointing committees and by send- ing request through Governor Me- Laurin to Washington for tents to shell ter 1000 persons.
 The steamer Florence is expected to- night from Davis Island with another large batch of refugees.
 There are reports of additional loss of life on parts of the island not yet visited by relief boats, but as yet but
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16

The house was called to order by by Chaplain Richard. The committee on appropriations reported a substitute resolution making an appropriation of S150 annually to the Anna Warner Bailey camp, Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, for the care and cus- tody of the monument, house and prop erty of the Groton Monument associa- ton.
 The committee on labor reported un- favorably on the bill requiring the street railway companies to build yes
 1Cnnhnnod np 1rnird PannN
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-16
LIST OF M. E. APPOINTMENTS
MADE BY THE NEW YORK EAST CON-
 FERENCE YESTERDAY.

Drs. M. E. Chapman and Levi Gilbert to Come to New Haven; Also MT. Chadwick Comes to Grace Church Cheney to Fair Haven-Other Well Known Men Sketch of Dr. Levi GIlbert's Career.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-14

eminent publication of merit and value. In
a PREDATORY note to the first volume he
says: In compliance with the authorize
ton of the joint committee on printing l
have undertaken this compilation" Con-
Guiding. he says: THE compilation has not
been brought even TO it's present stage
without much labor and close application.
and the end is far from view; but if it
shall prove satisfactory to Congress and
the country, l will feel compensated for
my time and effort" As Mr.. Richardson
compiled the work while he was a member
of Congress, receiving a salary from the
government. whatever time and effort he
gave to it was taken from time that be-
longed to the government. The work will
embrace several volumes, and besides the
electrotype text contains many steel en-
cravings. The gift Of a duplicate set of the
plates to Mr.. Richardson is a valuable one.
When the amendment was before the House
he frankly stated that if it should carry he
expected to publish a copyrighted edition
of the work for sale to persons who might
not be able to obtain d copy of the limited
government edition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-14
MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.
Harrison ON the Defeat of the
Humphreys Bills.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, May 13.-Mayor
Harrison has made a statement concerning
the action of the Legislature in refusing to
extend for fifty years the franchises of the
street-railway companies. in which he says:
THE defeat of the Humphrey bills leaves
the extension of the traction companies
franchises where it properly b~elongs-in the
hands of the municipal authorities of Chi
cago. In my opinion, speaking as al in
dividual, the next step should be TO bring
the extension of the franchises before the
proper civic authorities where, if they APP
pear with clean hands, Offering the munich
pality dequate compensation, the COM
panies will receive just treatment. Chicago
is a fair city, an honest city. a generous
city. It's people believe neither in destruc-
ton nor confiscation. Their desire is to
build up and not to tear down, to anchor
and not to cast adrift. We need the assist
ance of outside capital to help develop our
industries, and outside capital will flow into
our Golfers only on the guaranty of abso-
lutely fair treatment. The steadying of the
values of the traction companies stocks
will bring stability to the value of all our
local stocks and bonds. Our fight has been
mainly for the principle of home rule. We
have won the battle. 1t now remains for us
to prove our ability to protect the interests
of the citizens of Chicago and at the same
time accord justice to the corporations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-14

A recent decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States has been construed
by some newspapers as settling the law
that dogs have no money value, or rather
that the owner of a dog has no property
right in the animal. Closer examination of
the case does not sustain this construction
of the decision. On the contrary, ii estab-
fishes that a dog which has been listed
under a state law for taxation has a prop
erty value. The case came to the Supreme
Court from Louisiana, where the owner of
a valuable dog had not listed it for taxa
ton as the state law required. The dog
was killed and the owner sued those re.
sponsible for its death for its value. If
the law requiring the listing of dogs for
AVIATION was constitutional then the own
er of the dog could not recover because he
preme Court held the Louisiana law consti-
tutional. and that therefore the owner of
the dog was not entitled to recover. 1t fol-
lows that if the dog had been listed for
and thus the decision, instead of establish
ing that there can be no property in dogs,
establishes precisely the opposite. This rule
would not apply where "A dog is returned
for & per capita tax, which is simply a
police regulation, but only where it is listed
at a fixed valuation for taxation like other
PERSONAL uronertv.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-14

the purchase of new clothes for the sum-
mer or winter, as the case may be, is not 10
be thought of. 1t is the sisters, aunt's or
cousins visit. and what the sister, aunt or
cousin happens to wear during that visit,
that very largely decides the future fash
ions for that household. With this in mind
the disappointment of a certain suburban
New York relative suddenly presented her
self to them the other day in the same
clothes she had worn at her last visit. The
New Yorker had come off in a great hurry,
and she hadn't had time TO grid on her
new spring armor, as she otherwise might
have done. Wei. Julia, I'm delighted to
see you" was the greeting she received
from her sister-in-law; then, with involun-
tary ~frankness, even if you have got on
your old clothes.