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CRUELTY AT SEA.
story of Starvation Told by the
Crew of a Clipper Ship.

SASN VI a Upper SNIP
NEW YORK, March PA story Of
alleged cruelty at sea, told by the sur
vivors of the crew Of the clipper T. F.
Cakes, is being put in legal form, by
representatives of the Seamen's union.
1t is understood that it will be used
in actions soon to be brought against
Capt. Reed, and the owners of the
clipper ship which reached his port
after being 259 days out from Hong
Kong. The emaciated seamen, now in
the Marine hospital on Staten island.
allege that Capt. Reed is directly re-
sponsible for the illness of all but two
Of the crew; that they were kept on
half ratiOns during the greater part
of the trip, and hat the vessel could
AVE made New York harbor much
sooner If the captain had taken advant-
age of favorable conditions which pre-
vailed during much of the MIN months
they were on the water.
I'VE have not decided just what
charges we shall prefer against Capt.
Reed" said James H. Williams, secre-
tary of Seamen's union, but we shall
make the most serious charges against
him that we can sustain by the evil
dence."
Joseph Robinson made the statement
which will be used by the union. and
the other eleven survivors who are
with him in the hospital, subscribe to
1t. Several were able to sign their
names with difficulty, n one, John
Benson, is still so weak hat it is a
question whether he will recover. The
other men are Gustav Anderson, Hans
Arrow, Christian Peterson, Henry Gus
lawson, S. A. Frazer, Andrew Sander
strom, Albert Larson, Frank ArtelIo,
Frank Weber and Edward Fromholdt.
w were forced to complain about
our food before we had been a week
out from Hong Kong said Robinson,
"and the entire crew went to Capt. Reed
on July z, only to be refused better
provisions. Our condition became such
that by the end Of July, that we de-
termined to make another demand. and
again the entire crew complained.
From July 81 to Sept. q, there was~an
Improvement, but on the latter date,
we were all placed on half rations,
and so continued to the end Of the long
journey.
The captain did not supply the ship
with enough provisions before leaving
Hong Kong. We had been out IA days
before we got any fresh meat, and we
told the captain that it was Illegal for
him to make no better allowances to
the crew. To this he replied: II am
not afraid of the law. The law cannot
do anything to me-" There was no
reason why we should have been so
Iona in coming to New York from Hong
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SCENE IN "MY FRIEND FROM INDIA,

properly fed seaman would nave done.
Il have been in some pretty hard
American ships, but / never was
starved as we were on this trip"
The six. men who died on the trip
were a Chinaman, named Cook, Thomas
King, Thomas Olson, Stephen G.. Bun
ker, George King and Thomas George.
George King was a Union veteran, and
belonged to Farragut Post in Philadel-
phia. The survivors are especially in
%dignant yer his case, and they declare
that he was starved to death beyond
any question. The twelve survivors,
although they have gained much
strength since they reached port last
Sunday, still show in their pinched
white faces the ordeal through which
they have passed. Benson, whose case
is most serious, is a living skeleton,
weighing little more than fifty pounds.
Robinson, who weighed 16S pounds
when he shipped from this port, now
weighs SO pounds. Anderson, who then
weighed 172, now weighs 104 pounds.
Carpenter weighed 1872 pounds and now
weighs but 1T.
DECIDE TO RAISE KAFFIR CORN.
LIGONIER, Ind, March 25.-Farmers in
Northern Indiana will experiment this year
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aSDramafIc


will essay the role Of Hamlet. An i'm
PRESERVATION of the melancholy prince
commanding respect may justly be ex-
pected, for Mr.. O'NeilI is not only an
able actor, but has received a thorough
schooling in the Shakespearean drama.
Mr.. O'Neill has played leading roles
with Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett
n Charlotte Cushman and has long
been recognized as a fully equipped
artist of pronounced ability. His i'm
PRESERVATION Of Hamlet has been COM
mended in other cities. His Monte
Cristo and Virginius are too well
known to require advance tribute.
The attraction at the Metropolitan
opera house for three nights, begin
ming Monday, April 5, will be Margaret
Mather, who will appear as Imogen
in S~hakespeare's "Cymbeline." Miss
Mather will be supported by a compa~
ny, including E. J.. Henley as Iachimo,
Albert Bruning as Cloten, William
McVay as Cymbeline, William Court
leigh as LeOnatus Posthumus, H. A.
Weaver as Belarius, Mrs. Thomas Bar
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gravity, in the center of the stage.
with his back to the footlights, and, at
n particular part Of my opening song,
lifted up his voice and gave a grew
some and most dismal howl. This went
on for several mornings, the dog al
ways bowling at the same place, al
ways paying the same tribute to my
Vo~caliZations. 1t was very funny, and
l thought we might utilize it. SO for
the performance we had a Toby frill
made for my appreciation. We went
on as the street singers, spread our
carpet, tuned our mandOlins, and
began to sing. Directly I began, dog
gy took up his cue beautifully, bowling
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
SECRET INSURANCE POOL.
Commissioner OF Kansas Believes He
Has ~Unearthed IT.

TOPEKA, Kas., March Reinsurance
COMMISSIONS Webb McNall
that under the 1889 Burton antitrust
law of Kansas, he will expeI all old
line insurance companies from the
state or compel them to leave the secret
pool, which he claims they maintain
by being subscribers to Harrison Clark
sons rate book. He claims hat he has
other evidences Of a secret pool Of
rates in the frequent summary re
moval Of agents for cutting of rates
below those IF other companies. The
Kansas statutes empower him to re-
fuse them licenses if they do not COM
ply with statutes and this will be his
weapon.
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ry as the queen, and Florence WaIlack
as Helen.

ry as the queen, and Florence Wallack
as Helen.
Speaking of theatrical men and mat
tiers, it will perhaps interest the many
telegraph operators to know that the
new play, MY Friend from India"
is the work of a telegrapher. who went
from his desk in the Tribune office in
New York on the opening night to see
the production and oun himself fam
Gus before he returned to his key and
typewriter. There is a suspicion in
some quarters that a telegraph opera
tor can do almost anything, and this
story seems to be given full oppOrtuni-
~ for proving itself in the production
of MY Friend from India" for, aside
from Mr.. Du Souchet, the author, Mr..
Perkins, a member of the producing
company, was an operator, Mr.. Rice,
the manager, was an operator, and Mr.
Fleming, the advance agent, whose
duty 1t is to go ahead of the show and
tell such interesting things as
this, also graduated from the task Of
taking Morse. Strangely enough, con-
sidering all this array of Geographic
coincidence, there is not a syllable
about telegraphy in the play.
The influence of the first night audi
ence has come to be so potent an ele-
AASi1L III q play > success, ana at the
same time first night. audiences have
got to be so capriciOus. that at least
one of the city theaters finds itself with
a more or less knOtty problem on it's
hands, says the New York Sun. Peo-
pie whose names are or the regular
lists Of first nighterS receive a notif-
cation that seats Will be saved for them
until a certain time, and some of the
theaters are very proud of the fact
that they ave succeeded in securing
a first night list that always assures
a crowded house, and one that is sup
posed to be in a measure representa-
tive. One of the theaters this year
happens to have BEEN the scene of
several very ambitious but unsuccess-
full efforts. and the first night audi
ences of these plays are believed to
have done a great deal to hurry them
into failure. So this theater will aban-
don its regular list of first nighters so
far as possible, and try to secure audi
ences of another class. The experience
ed first nighters are believed to be too
exacting and cynical, and, after having
labored to build up its present Glen
tel, the theater now fnds 1t necessary
TO refuse the early applicants for seats
IN the hope that future first night audi
ences may be of a character more like
~ to give a new play a chance. No
longer ago than last year the mood
or he first night audience used to be
one of riotous, unTeasoHing, and I'M
comfortable enthusiasm. But there has
been a change III the behavior and the
difference Is rot Of a nature likely 10
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with the cultivation Of Kafir corn, the great
Kansas product, by planting an Immense
acreage in this cereal. Experiments made on
a small scale last year proved that the new
cereal would flourish in this section Of the
state. Northern Indiana Is periodically
burned by blighting droughts, running tho
corn crop, and the introduction Of Kaf1r,
it is believed, will be q great boon to farmers.
The new corn Is not affected by drought, 1t ia
said.
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ray said the meeting was purely for
NAL, and routine, and that the ques-
ton Of the company's future policy
was not discussed. The members OF
the reorganization committee are: F..
7. Gates, George ". Murray, Colgate
Hoyt, Stephen Thacker, Robert Mack
in, n. w. r.. Forest and Frank B. Ross.
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ton of the weird theories Of occultism
Rnd the social aspirations Of an litter
hte pork packer present a highly
humorous conception, upon which fun
and laughter may be easily and natur-
ally piled. A hapless barber, who is
the result of a drunken freak Of q
scapegrace son of the millionaire pack
er, becomes endowed with the order
of the yellow robe" by being compelled
to wear a silken ~bed-spread to hide his
nakedness, and is introduced as MY
Friend From India by the son, TO
get the latter out of a scrape. To
make the deception more perfect, the
barber is invested with the yellow bowl
characteristic of the Order Of the Vel
low Robe in India, a most learned or
der Of Theosophists. Contrary to the
sons plans, his father suddenly con-
ceives h design to reduce the barber
to the condition Of the social lion and
proceeds to do so. The whole family
get the fever and are obliged to wear
yellow robes before the pork packer
finds out the imposition. In the mean
time no end of fun and comedy. plot
ting has been worked out.
The play has been finely staged by
Managers Smyth & Rice. who have
gotten together, it is said, a we'll bal
anced company. Not one of them is
unknown to the amusement world, and
several have regulations as the crea-
tors Of leading roles in recent popular
plays. Frederic Bond is one of the
best known American actors, and has
been identified with Charles Frohman's
companies. Edward Abeles, who has
been the Charley of "Charley's Aunt
ever ince that play was produced, is
another equally well known actor.
while Walter Z. Perkins. formerly Of
Frohman's stock company, and Charles
Arthur, Of last seasons E. A. Sothern
company, are competent men. Among
the ladies are Miss Marion Giroux.
Miss Kenyon Bishop, Miss Louise
Galloway, Miss Helen Reimer and Miss
May Vokes.
James O'Neill will appear at the
Metropolitan opera house during the
latter half Of the week, beginning
Thursday night. Mr.. O'Neill's repertoire
VIII be Monte Cristo," Hamlet" and
"Vfrefnius." As an interpreter Of
romantic roles Mr.. O'NeiIl ranks among
the foremost actors Of the American
STAGE. That ne possesses even greater
powers has been demonstrated by the
success which has attended his imper-
Eonation Of Virginias and other classic
roles Upon this occasion Mr.. O,NeiH
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
SUPERIOR STEEL COMPANY.
1t Is ReOrganized by the<ROckcfeIler
interests

NEW YORK. March 27. At q
meeting Of the reorganization commit
tee Of the West Superior Iron & Steel
company, held yesterday at the Knick-
erbocker Trust Co., the following Of
ficers were elected: Chairman, 3. T..
Gates; secretary, E. v. Carey; counsel,
George Wildwood Murray. Messrs.
Gates, Carey and Murray are also on
the ~bondholders committee. MI. Muir
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

her cheeks. 7 believe she is a goddess and
was born in Walhalla."
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At the Metropolitan Opera house to-
night will be produced for the first
time here, H. A. Du Souchet's laugh
able comedy entitled my Friend From
India" The theme from which the
playwright has extracted a string of
amusing situations, and a couple of
bright love stories. is the somewhat
novel n Of theosophy. The juxtaposi~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

Emily Soldene tells some characteris-
tic stories in her book of 'RecOllec-
tons" Here is one Of them: During
the rehearsal of La Perichole,' when
Mr.. Campbell and I made cur first
entrance. the carpenters dog, a fox
terrier, always accompanied US, and.
wagging his tail, sat down, with much
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

At last the Bostonians seem to be In
fair way to get away from the eternal
Robin Hood" Their latest comic OPP
era The S~erenade," by Herbert and
Smith, says the New York Herald, has
proved successful at the Knickerbock-
er theater. Large audiences have been
the rule all the week, and applause
without stint has been bestowed upon
the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

LIGONIER, Ind, March 25.-Farmers in
Indiana will experiment this year
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-31

is not unlike that operative in hydraulic mining. Thousands of tine powerful jets of water are applied directly to the place where the impurities are located. At the same time the sand Is washed by forcing the water upward through the bed of sand instead of allowing the water to penetrate from the top to the bottom. Of course this process renders 1t necessary for some of the water that has been rendered pure to be forced back, but It is filtered again and there fore nothing Is really lost.
 These jets of water that are used in cleansing the sand come through hori- zontal perforated arms, running from a central vertical pipe, which in turn is attached to piston in such a way that by admitting the water pressure from the mains to the piston the perforated arms referred to are forced downward and back through the Altering material. Thus the washing jets, each of which Is three-slXteenthS of an inch in diam eter, are directly applied under eighty pounds pressure to every grain of sand that is in the filter. The result of all this is that each separate particle of
 
 and ground until it has practically been | secured. Then, when all the impure matter has been collected and floats in the water at the top of the sand used for filtration purposes, it is forced back into the river again through a drain that is constructed especially for that purpose.
 One would naturally think that where all this was done constantly there would be no trouble about keeping the water pure. But no chances are taken, and in order that not the slightest impurity may remain, the filter and sand bed are sterllized. This is the last blow so far as the microbe and his attendant evils are concerned. The water is as pure as it Is possible for water to be, with the result that the little city of Davenport has the only absolutely pure water supply of any city in the United States, if not in the world.-From the Chicago Times-Herald.
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hospital. The funeral will be held this af- ternoon at o'clock from Holy Trinity church.
 Rev. J. J. Blair married Walter Pierpont and Miss Annie Millington Monday even ing.
 After to-day the fishermen can catch trout and try their luck for pickerel in the lake without violating the laws of Connecticut.
 I. F. Bullis received notice yesterday of the death of his sister Kate in Nebraska.
 Judge Hubbard arrived home last evening from a five days visit to Washington, D. c.
 The steel department at R. Wallace & Sons is running thirteen hours day with plenty of orders, and the management Is arranging to make room for more employees
 A delegation from Wallingford council, R. A., will visit Davenport council of New Ha, ven Thursday evening. The game between Company K and the Y. M c. A. team in Middletown has been postponed until tomorrow evening. Miss Mamie Rice has returned to Brook lyn, N. Y. Her mother is improving. The Baptist Sunday school teachers will meet at Mrs. F. R. Mansfeld's this even. ing
 Warden Hall is home from business trir up Boston way and reports that business seems to be improving and merchants are hopeful.
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NEWS FROM WALLINGFORD
LATESTNEWs FROM THISIND UsTRI.
 OUS TOWN.
Egg Eating Contest-&nniversary of the Cycling Association-Injured Railroad Man Dies-Council Notes.

Egg Eating Contest--Anniversary of the
 Cycling Association-Injured Railroad
 Man Dies-Council Notes.
 This evening at o'clock at R. W. Lynch's cafe George Washington Broadwell, colored will attempt the difficult feat of eating thir- ty-six hard boiled eggs inside of twenty-five minutes. There is considerable money up on the result. Wash" will have revolver on the table beside the dish of eggs and says If he fails to accomplish the gormandizing act he will use the gun on himself As "Wash' has already a record of eating twenty-seven inside the space of time Of the agreement it is believed he will succeed in getting outside of the three dozen this even Ing. There has been no agreement as to who will pay his funeral expenses, but it is safe to say he will be cared for if the eX- pertinent proves fatal.
 ". H. Russell and Allan Russell, who were arrested by Sheriff Booth and Officer White for assault upon their father down nt the scrub oaks just over the North Ha- ven line, were taken to that village yester- day and fined $1 and costs each by Justice Iinaley.
 The annual meeting of the Walingford Driving and Cycling association will be held sn the Republican league rooms Tuesday evening, April 6.
 The Rosemary hall team that was defeat ed by the Meriden team of young ladies Monday afternoon in the armory was the second team of the school and comprised the Misses Douglass and Lyon, forwards Bogue center; Hicock and Staples, backs. Miss Douglass scored both goals for Rose mary hall in the first half
 Michael $. Callahan, who was fatally in- jured while getting off the 1:47 train on Monday near the tin bridge below Cedar Hill, died the same night in New Haven
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-31
MTLFOR D.
Various Ente rtainments and Other Items
 of Interest to Milford Society.

Various Ente rtainments and Other Items
 of Interest to Milford Society.
 William Squres, who has been living at the Gulf has moved to Bridgeport to reside In the future.
 Arthur Halsey has decided to move to Bridgeport to reside.
 Mrs. George H. Ward of Middletown is spending q few days in town.
 Wapowage lodge No. 14, l. o. o. F., will hold a regular meeting this evening"
 Henry Ram and family, who have been occupying William Somers' cottage on La fayette avenue, moved to West Haven yes terday.
 The ladies of St. Peters guild will meet at the residence of Mrs. Henry Cornwalls on Center street Thursday afternoon.
 Miss Ella Luke, who is teaching school in Torringford, Conn.,, is spending d few days in town, the guest of her parents.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will give a supper in the chapel Thursday evening, April s, after which the sale of pews for the coming year will be held.
 An entertainment is to be given in the First Baptist church Thursday evening, April S. by Prof. George de Baptiste.
 The Woman's Relief corps gave turkey supper and entertainment in Gunns hall last evening. Quite large crowd attended and very nice program was carried out: A neat little sum was realized, which will toward a fair to be held later.
 The T. A. B. society will give a select dance in the tow: hall on Easter Monday evening. Music will be furnished by Clark's Orchastra Tickets. admitting gentleman with ladies, 50 cents.
 F. Ashman Stowe is having his house painted in very tasty colors.
 Miss Alice II. .taher is riding new wheel
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rHE roMNs oF cRErE.

A writer In the St. Petersburg Viedo- mosu gives the following account of the towns of Crete: "Candia, Retimo, Canea, are of the Crete of the hundred towns the only three cities existing, and in using the word city every at tenuation must be understood. Candid, situated at the mouth of little river, the Geofiro, was built in the ninth cen tury by the Saracens on the site or Heraklion, one of the ports of Cnossus. The distance between Cnossus and Candid is under an hours walking, and in antiquity the two places were con nected by walls, which recalled those between Piraeus and Athens. In the time of Venetian sovereignty Candid enjoyed great prosperity. To-day its aspect is essentially Turkish on ac- count of it's houses it's mosques, it's minarets and it's bazars, in which are exposed all the products of the east. It is surrounded by a bastioned wall, al- most triangular in shape. Within there is another wall separating the old town from the new, the latter being nearer the river. The Notifications date from the Venetians, but war and earthquakes have left little or nothing of the citys ancient splendor. Tourne- fort has called it only the carcass of a | city. It's chief monuments are the re- mains of the church of St. Francis and the old Latin cathedral to St. Titus. Its population is between thirteen and | fourteen thousand, mostly Mussul- mans. The port is protected by two moles, but the sand has been allowed to silt up so much that only very small vessels can enter. It's chief trade is with Trieste, which takes from it raisins and oil in return for soap. Ca nea comes next to Candid with a popu- lation of eleven thousand, equally divi- ded between Christians and Mohamme- dans. Canea is the ancient Cydonia. | The modern town dates from 1252, and is the principal part of the island, the commercial capital, and the residence of the foreign consuls Not far from Canea is the admirable anchorage of Suda Bay. Retimo, the third town, is fifty-five miles southwest of Candid
 It's population is not above three thou sand"
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Now is the time everybody is deciding what to take for spring medicine. That remedy should be taken which has the best record, gives the best results, makes the most cures. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy stands preeminent as the greatest medical dis covery of the age. It has demonstrated by its countless cures among prominent and famous personages whom every body knows, as well as among the common people everywhere, that its record stands highest among medicines, that it's results are unequalled and unrvalled, and that no other remedy in the world ever made so many cures, such wonderful restor- ations to health as Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. This is the reason Dr. Greenes Nervura blood and nerve remedy should be used now-first, because it is the greatest and grandest medicine on earth, and second, because eyeryb body needs e spring medicine, and Dr. Greene's Nervura is the best and surest remedy possible to take.9 Hon. Andrew L. Bowen of So. Dorset, Vt., stands at tho head of the Peoples Party of Vermont, being Chairman of the State Committee of the Peoples Party, and Chairman of the State Convention, where he was nominated as Rep resentative to Congress. This great statesman
 well known to everybody, gives a grand and