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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
TO LOCOMOTIVE FIEEMEN.
Lecture Last Night Under Auspices of
 Brotherhood No. 2S4.

Brotherhood No. 284.
 The Grand opera house was filled last night with large audience to attend the free stereopticon lecture on "The Coal Industry" by George w. Carpen- ter, mechanical engineer of the Poca- hontas Coal company, with headquar- ters in Boston. MT. Captenter showed an unusually fine lot of pictures of the coal mining plants of Pennsylvania, and the scenery of the Blue Ridge mountains in that state. He was in troduced to the audience by William A. Pyle, of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Bremen, No. 2S4, of this city, under whose auspices the lecture was given. MT. Carpenter was for twenty years employed on the New England system as a fireman and engineer In his lecture he described the old and the new methods of mining coal with par ticular reference to the Pocahontas mines in Pennsylvania, the lecture be- ing fully illustrated by the stereopti- con. At the close of the description of the mines and mountain scenery of Pennsylvania, a number of pictures of cruisers, battleships, monitors and tor pedo boats in the United States navy were shown. Among these last pie lures shown was one of the battleship Maine and a picture of the explosion. While this last picture was on the scene the White Rose quartet, compos- ed of young men employed in the rail- road shops, sang song entitled Down in Havana Harbor." The pictures and the song were roundly applauded. The singing by the quartet was a feature of the evening, several songs being sung in the intervals between the three parts of the lecture. The lecture by MT. Carpenter and the pictures were greatly enjoyed by the 1,500 people present, and frequent applause attest ed their appreciation.
 Mir. Carpenter is well known among the railroad men of New Haven and is very popular with all of them. While he was engineer on the New England road he received a gold medal from a New York newspaper for having made the quickest run on record over the New England road between Hartford and Boston, speed of a mile in forty two seconds being attained on the trip. The lecture last night was attended not only by firemen, engineers and other railroad men, but also by many busi- ness men of the city and their fami- lies, s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
ENoUIsr DIES AT THE HosPITAL.
Shot by His Brother-in-iaw, John Erick-
 son, March 8.

Frank Enqufst, the East Haven Swede who was shot in the abdomen on the evening of March by his brother in-law, John Erickson, died at the New Haven hospital about o'clock yester- day afternoon. His ante-mortem state ment was taken shortly after the shooting by Coroner Mix, and the cor oner will hold an inquest to-day. Med ical Examiner White will make a re- port to the coroner this morning of the result of the post-portem examination. Erickson has not yet been captured, although officers have been on the lookout for him since the shooting oc- cured. Efforts to capture him will now probably be redoubled,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
EXTENSION OF THIRD RAIL SYSTEM
Its Operation on Watertown Branch and
 MerIden Road Cont mplated.


 Meriden Road Cont rnp,ated.
 Waterbury, Conn.,, March 20-t is freely talked among persons who are on the inside with regard to Connec- ticut railroad affairs that in the not distant future the third rail electric system will be introduced into Water bury. The probabilities are according to those whose judgment may be re- lied upon, that a power house will be erected in Waterbury and a third rail service will be established between Waterbury and Watertown, and also extended to Naugatuck, thus giving quick and frequent service between this city and the rubber borough. Moreover the scheme involves the the equipment of the Meriden branch with the third rail with power from Waterbury. No definite details have yet been made public, but it can never theless be confidently stated that ere long the third rail cars will be radiat- ing from Waterbury in several direc- tions. The project is one feature of the recently adopted policy of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road to meet trolley competition in To- cal traffic. 49E'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON.

General Moore, Command der-in- Chief of
 Her Majesty's Troops in North America.
 Boston, March 20.-General Mont gomery Moore, chief of Her Majesty's troops in North Amer ica, accompanied by Mrs. Moore, Miss Moore and his aide-de-camp, Captain Colborn, arrived in Boston to-day from Halifax. He said to reporter: am on my way to Washington to pay a visit to the British ambassador; there is no political significance to be attached to my visit. Of course it may seem to some that it is strange that I should visit him just at this time when the shadow of war seems to be over the United States, but it is only coincidence'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
4 BRIGHT COMET.
Another Discovery by Prof. Psrrine-Seen
 From Lick Observatory.

Cambridge, Mass, March 20.-A tele- gram has been received at the Har- yard college observatory from Prof Schaeberle at the Lick observatory stating that Dr. Perrin has just discov- cred a bright comet. March 20, d.O37 co. H. 53m. 52c) Greenwich mean time was as follows: Right ascension 31h Ism 36.6s; declination north 16 degrees 43m 23s. Daily motion is right ascen- sion plus 3m AS. Daily motion is de- clination plus l degree I'm. The comet is Pm in diameter of the seventh mag nitude, has strong central condensation and tail degree long.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
HARVARD-PRINCEroN DEBATR.
Subject is That Present Immigration Re-
 strictions Are Insufficient

strictions Are Insufficient.
 Cambridge, Mass, March 2O.-The following subject has been chosen by Harvard for the Harvard Princeton debate which is to take place at Cam bridge on May 6: Resolved, That the present restrictions on immigra ton in- to the United States are insufficient" Princeton is to have the choice of sides on this question. The Harvard com mittee on intercollegiate debates has instituted 8 new system of selecting the speakers for this and subsequent debates which will make the final se- lection as representative as possible. The number of candidates will be re- duced to six after two trial debates. These six will then be divided into two teams of three each, who will take part in a third trial debate. On the basis of this last trial the three speak CTS and alternates will be chosen.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
SITUATION IN THE ORIENT
CHINESE AMBASSADOR VISITS THE
 BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE.

French Demands on China the supposed
 Subject of fDiscussion-some Doubt IS to
 the Extent of the Demands-French For
 eign Minister Not Interested in Scheme
 for China's Disintergration,
 London, March 21.-The Chinese anl- bassador visited the foreign office Sat- urday evening by special invitation. n is supposed that the French demands in China were the subject of discuss sion. There are some doubts as to the extent of the demands. A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Nagasaki, Japan, mentions a report that the Yang-Tse valley is included, which tends to con- firm the report from Pekin that France has demanded that China shall not cede any portion of the province of wek-Chau, this province being within the valley.
 The Times has a dispatch from Pe- kin, however, which explains that the demands apply only to the three prov- inces Kwang-Tung, Kwang- and
 Yun-Nan. Discussing the matter edi- torially, the Times suggests as an ex- planation of these discrepancies that M. Dubail, the French charge daffaires at Pekin, has demanded more than he was authorized to.
 London, March 21-The Paris corre- spondent of the Times reports passages of a conversation with diplomatist, in the course of which M. Hanotaux, the French foreign minister, repudiated the idea that he desired to join any scheme for the disintegration of China. The correspondent represents that Hanotaux said that France had noth- ing to gain by taking Chinese territory; that Tonquin was enough for her; that she did not desire to settle in the Yum Nan province or to seize southern Chf- ma, and that M. Dubail had not been authorized to enter upon the important negotiations attributed to him..
 France is not jealous of the Chinese loan arrangement" said M Hanotaux.
 We think, on the contrary, it will i'm duce England to keep China in as good a condition as possible"
 Calcutta, March 20.-The fighting on the northwest frontier is now regard- ed as ended The rebels have given
 the seventy hostages demanded. The
 budget statement to be read to the leg s'alive council tomorrow is very 1 favorable. It estimates that there will be surplus of S9O0O0 rupees for the l coming year and it reviews twenty years of Indian finance though with out discussing the currency policy. sE
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
DEATH OF WILLIAM BISHOP.

in Westville Last Night.
 William Bishop, an aged resident of Westville, and father of Judge James Bishop of the city court, in this city, died at 10:30 last night at his residence at the corner of West Prospect and Fountain streets, in Westville. MT. Bishop was seventy-eight years of age and was cooper by trade. He had been i'll about six months and was at- tended by Dr. Marsh of Westville.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
A 325 Blaze,

A slight blaze occurred at the resi- dence of George Porter, No. $50 George street, early last evening. A hole was burned in the partition wall of a small room occupied by Arthur Collins. The blaze was quickly extinguished by the firemen. The cause of the fire was probably the explosion of kerosene lamp. The damage amounted to about S25.- ttsss
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY,
Gains Heavy Verdict for Damages in Libel
 Suit Against the Kingdom Company.


 Suit Against the Kingdom Company. Minneapolis, March 20.-Judgment for the plaintiff has just been given in the famous libel suit brought by the Amer ican Book company of New York and Chicago against the Kingdom company of Minneapolis for the publication of a defamatory pamphlet by President Gates of Iowa college entitled "A Foe to American Schools The jury in the United States court, Judge Lochren presiding, promptly brought in a yer dict against the defendants, awarding $7,500 damages. It was clearly proven that the libel waS instigated and circu- lated by competing firm of publish CTS,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
War Feelinr in the Transvaal.

johannesburg, March 2o.-The Stan dard and Diggers News in seeming iy inspired article says: War is al- most inevitable unless England abans done her claim to suzegainty." Nj
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
Col. Turner's Statement to Government.

Washington, March 20.-The depart ment of state is informed by United States Consul General Charles D. Fur ner at Ottawa, Ontario, that the same duties are imposed on goods destined for the Klondike region as are imposed on goods imported into any other part of Canada.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
A GREAT INDUSTRY MENACED

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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
NOSTALGIA IN THE PHILIPPINES.

! 1TH signing of articles Of peace there IS no \H| doubt the lingering glamour of war departed.
 The boys who sailed from this port last June shouting their enthusiasm are homesck now. They sigh for the cool, green hills of California, the breezes sweeping in from the sea- the banks of fog billowing in through the Golden Gate
 Nobody can blame them. They in unlovely land where the climate IS laden with maady the food not adapted to the needs of people of a temperate growth the work hard and onerous, devoid of glory remuneration hope They feel that they have done their full duty. One of the soldiers, ardent and patriotic American among the first to enlist and who with the other brave boys, faced Spanish fire and did not finch writes to friend the staff of this paper
 Get my discharge and transportation HOME Army life in the piping times of peace is several dis tnct and well-defned kinds sorts and conditions of hell"
 Without doubt this represents the general feeling, and as 1t does so there cannot be haste great in sending regulars to the relief of the volunteers. For the most part the regulars in some measure sea soned They are commanded by experienced officers and have acquired the knack of making the best of every situation. Moreover, few of them have gone into the service under the impulse of sentiment To them the army is a business and means Of liveli- hood They would go without repining wherever dered and stay without regret while their peril from disease would be minimum When men thor oughy homesicl the aiment becomes physical They are untted for resisting actual disease and they lose ambition.
 Perhaps little brush with Agunaldo would cheer the boys up but in the absence of definite prospect cf this the most cheering message possible would be one calling them back where friends and royal wei come wait their coming.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
OUR WINE IN MEXICO.

E publish this morning a story from the Two Mj Republics of the City of Mexico to the effect that thirty-three barrels of California wine consigned dealer in that city have been seized re- gently by the Government officials and condemned on the ground that the wine contained admxture of salicylic acid which the Mexican authorities regard as dangerous to health
 The story IS given by the Two Republics with con- siderable detail and need not be repeated here It suices say that the dealer in whose hands the wine was seized makes no complaint of unfairness on the part of the officials but the contrary declares that an analysis made at his own instgation after the seizure confirms the report of the officials and proves that they were right in condemning the wine
 It is to be noted that the Two Republics adds that the dealer who suffers in this case is not the first victim in Mexico of the contemptible business prac- tced by California shippers in docoring young wines with sacyc acid" It gives the name of another wine importing house that had similar experience about months ago, though not to so great all extent as ill the recent case.
 This is severe charge to be made against our wine shippers and it cannot be too promptly investigated The assertion that of our dealers make 'prac- tice Of doctoring young wines with sacyc acid coming from journal of such circulation as the Two Republics, will seriously inure trade unless it is refuted, the dishonest dealers so thoroughly ex- posed that they can no longer lnJure the general wine trade of the State.
 The importance of the issue can hardly be over rated. Our wine industry is an expanding one and there is urgent need for expanding market Mex co and the other Spanish republics to the south of us offer good opportunities for such market as their populations large consumers of wine. To sacrifice that market for pure wine for the sake of letting some dishonest dealers make profit out of doctored wines would be commercial blunder of the first magnitude
 The issue is another phase Of the old subject of pure food laws. California is large producer of the class of food articles known uxuries such as wine fruit preserves and olive oil that she is seriously in- urcd by every of food adultcraton and; unfor- trnately their name is legion. A multitude of oils preserves, jeies jams and wine, adulterated with every mixture that cunning devise and greed make use of are sent abroad bearing California labels Against these producers of pure foods and wines have to contend, and the contest is hard one
 However difficult it may be to deal with the prob lem as whole it clear that in the special case
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
BEYOND TIE REACH OF LAW.

EVERY day ntensifes the belief that in the
 School Board are who are rogues, whose - proper place would be the penitentiary, and fitting garb the stripes of felons. The wantonness and brazen impudence of their shining cause aston ishment to mingle with indignation, for they go about unmoested and in their faces is seen no blush of shame. They act those having no fear of conse- quenCcs.
 Perhaps this latter condition of mind is nothing strange When set of men elected to high office de- hberately and systematically begin robbing the munty which had trusted them; when the result of their vlainy IS made papabe through depleted funds unpaid teachers schools suffering for supplies; when there authentic tales of bribery and plain evidence first glance that the people would be given oppor tunity at least of securing the poor redress of seeing punishment meted out.
 There Is sign that the recrean Directors will be made to suffer to disgorge their loot. The Grand Jury body organized for the Encouragement of vice. tackled the goddess outfit, questioned, probed and dropped the matter. Now gravely informed that indictment under the one-twelfth act would not stand. Even so there no laws against theft? Is not bribery crime? Is conspiracy to rob no cffense to be dealt with? The public may accept escape punishment but it will decline accept with approving smile, to believe that larcenous School Director Is entitled to immunity than IS the footpad the burglar the pickpocke either of whom, member of the present board, would be in a congenial atmosphere, cheek by owl with those of his own kind.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
LESSON OF THE NEW YORK FIRE

n s a result of the great fire in New York, in / \ which were involved two tall buildings-those of the Home Life Insurance Company and of the Postal Telegraph Company-there has been extensive discussion in the East to the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the modern sky scraper in case of fire
 The test which the tall structures submitted in New York extraordinary The fire started in fve-story building which full of in 1ammabe material. The wind blowing tre- mendous gale, equal to a speed of sixty miles hour and the flames from the burning building red directly with all the erceness of blast furnace against the walls of the Home Life It appears the windows of the Home Life were not provided with iron shutters, and the flames were driven through them to the interior woodwork Yet the building stood the walls affected, and the iron work apparently not injured sufficiently to require any considerable rebuilding. The Postal Telegraph build ing escaped with very little damage.
 The day after the fire the Chief of the Fire Depart ment quoted as having stated that no building should be higher than I5o feet as is impossible to protect tall structures but on the following day after full examination, the Chief of the Building Depart ment of the city stated that if it had been for the two tall buildings the fire would have swept the whole block as far south as St Paul's Church
 The discussion that has followed shows that the WelBHl ol auoIiy agrees with the statement or the Chief of the Building Department Indeed the con- olusion seems to be that the Home Life was not an entirely upo date structure and that had it been so it would have stopped the flames at once The tall building seems in fact to be protector to all the property around it. It prevents the spread of flames and localzes any fire that breaks out adjoining it. The of Eastern authorities on the subject is that tall building modern in every respect, is vir- tuay freproof and, the Philadelphia Inquirer says Ito destroy one of them, judging by the New York fire, would be next to impossible"
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
Appreciate Good Service.

At the last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce two resolutions were passed showing that the members of the cham Der appreciate the heroic efforts of those who are in the revenue service. By one the Secretary of the Treasury and the Pacific Coast representatives in Wash ington are requested to have the Govern ment render suitable acknowledgment and practical reward to Lieutenant D. H. Jar wis and his officers and men for their he- roic efforts in taking provisions to and rescuing the starving whalers imprisoned in the ice at Point Barrow. The other resolution urges the same officials to nave Congress pass a bill providing suitable pensions for those in the revenue cutter service upon retirement from active ser vice. The suggestion is that they De placed under the same laws as govern the the navy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-15
EXCHANGE GIFTS WITH
 THEIR SCH00LMh TIES DENMAN SCHOOL PUPILS CLOS
 ING EXERCISES. Public School Children Prepare to Celebrate With Song and Reci- tation the Joyous Christ
 maStide.

The children of the public schools are busily preparing the exhibition for the proper celebration of the joyous Christ mastide.
 The Christmas exercises are always Of a high order of merit and the spirit Of the merry saint is usually over it all This year feature of the entertainment in many schools will be the Christmas tree on which the pupils will hang gifts for schoolmates and teachers
 The Denman School started the ball of the Christmas exhibition by giving de- lightful entertainment, in which the pu- pills of Miss McDonald's class played the principal rolls. A huge Christmas tree adorned the classroom and was gayly hung with gaudX trinkets, as well as the dainty offerings of classmates made to one another and to their teachers. The exercises began at l D. m. and started with an informal banquet, in which ice- cream and tempting delicate cake were the most important features.
 An informal entertainment followed, and the little ones entertained their as sembed friends with an impromptu pro- gramme of music, song and recitation.