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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
VARIOUS ITEMS.

In yesterdays New York Herald the name of Naval Cadet P. J. CronaE az pears in a list of heroes ss having done work for which they should be warmly praised. He is mentioned in reference to his work in assisting In the landing of troops at Siboney. Cadet Cronan is a son of P. J. Cronan, the manufac- turer of this city, and is a nephew of ex-Congressman James P. Pigott. He graduated from Annapolis in the class of '97.
 Miss Kathryn V. McMahon has sailed on the steamship Lucania to Ireland to be away for two months.
 The second annual retreat Of the Ro- man Catholic clergy of the diocese of Hartford opened yesterday at St. Johns seminary, Brighton, Mass.
 Rev. and Mrs. G. Brinley Morgan, during July and August will be at Chateau Vermont, Rueil, Seine ct Disc, France, says the Christ Church Chron- icle. They expect to pass the summer very quietly at Rueil, small town of about 5000 inhabitants, near Paris, chiefly known as having within it's bor- ders the Villa Malmaison, where the Empress Josephine lived and in whose parish church she lies buried.
 Mrs. Schley, wife of Commodore Schley is passing the summer at Saul gatuck.
 c. R. Knight of New York, a distin- guished painter of animals, has been staying in town visiting friends here. MT. Knight will sail on the 18th of July for Europe with the Kensington of the Red Star line. On the same steamer Dewell, jr. MT. Dewell will remain broad all summer.
 In yesterdays Westport news in the Norwalk Hour is the following: Rev. A. N. Lewis, who is spending part of his vacation in New Haven, ran down on the trolley Thursday for a few min utes to call on his daughter, Mrs. Mitchell and rand-children; just a lit- tie call, and took the next car back. Presently he will return to Montpelier, and resume the work of his parish there. The Vermont country attractions are beautiful, but somehow those of Westport with the Long Island sound air pure and bracing, have special charms"
 J. M. Kllboy of this city, who has been spending a week at the parental home in Norwalk, returned home yes- terdaY-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
TAXING OF MEDICINES.

Druggists Complain of Hardships In
 the Workings of the New Law.
 The druggists of Hartford as well as those of our city are fretting under the burden of the new internal revenue tax. They complain of over taxation all along the line. The Hartford Courant remarks on the subject: For instance, the latest interpretation of the law is- suing from the internal revenue bureau declares that patent medicines must be stamped according to the regular retail price as fixed by the manufacturer and not at the selling price. If the regular printed retail price on an article is $1.50 and druggists sell it at 95 cents, 1t would require a stamp of 3% cents or the tax on $1.50. Another feature of the rules which the druggists regard as a hardship is this Dealers may re- tai directly from bulk packages which have been properly stamped, but when the contents of such packages or ves- sells are drawn off into smaller vessels such contents are liable to seizure if stamps are not affixed to the articles thus offered for sale. This is evidently double taxation and may be triple or multiple taxation according to the num- Der of times which the druggist finds it necessary to remove the substance from one vessel to another.
 "The mere fact that medicinal uuali- ties are claimed for a liquid brings it under the revenue law. In this consid- eration one of the inconsistencies conn., plained of by the druggists appear. A bottle of Sparkling Londonderry Iithia Water" for which no medicinal uuali- ties are claimed on the label, pays no tax, but the plain lithia water, which differs from the sparkling only in that it is not carbonated, has to pay the tax because it is claimed on the la- bel that it will cure certain diseases.
 The wholesale druggists have suffer- ed considerable inconvenience already the new revenue law. The 1obbers. from whom the local retailers buy. have not be able to fill their orders promptly on account of not being able to get revenue stamps in sufficient quantities. One of our far-siehted wholesale druggists has overcome this difficulty and stolen a march on his competitors by buying stamps and stnding them on to his jobbers so that he has received his goods in advance of the others. It is estimated that the druggists of this city need for their use about 1000 square feet of revenue stamps' ''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
OBITUIRl-.
Funeral of AmeIin Msnns.

The funeral of Miss Amelia Menge took place yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the residence of her mother, Mrs. Marguerite Menge, 77 Sylvan avenue. A large concourse of friends assembled at the house and grave to pay their last token of respect to the deceased. Rev. William Koep- chen of Meriden, friend of the family, otticiated and paid an eloquent tribute to the sleeper. During his discourse he consoled the family by telling them that what Gods will is is always for the best, and exhorted all those present to benefit by the deceaseds Christian character and lead a God-fearing life. He also otficiated at the grave. The interment was in the family plot in Evergreen cemetery. The pallbearers were John Albig, J. Anton Dippold, Philip Huber, Paul Jahnige, Philip Lendroth and Henry Marzi. Keller &S Son were the funeral directors. The floral offering were very beautiful and consisted of the following: Wreath from her mother with Daughter" in- scribed pillow from her sisters with 'Millie"; standing anchor from her brother and his wife with Sister; Tyre from Paul Jahnige with "Friend"; wreath from MT. and Mrs. Fred Lem droth; standing wreath from MT. and Mrs. Bill with "Farewell'; wreath from Mf. and Mrs. J. Anton Dippold; star from Mrs. Madden and Miss Annie Madden; wreath from MT. and Mrs. Conrad Jaeger; wreath from MT. and Mrs. Marzi and family; laying bouquet from MT. and Mrs. Frederick Lutz; laying bouquet from MT. and Mrs. Huber and Miss Martha Huber, and a laying bouquet from MT. and Mrs. Dejon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12

more than fifty lustrous and devoted years has proclaimed the Pilgrim faith; who, while inheriting and malh- taining the traditions of a conservative ministry yet stretched his two hands to the tips of both wings" of our American board, Interpreting each to the other, and steadily uniting them, until the threat of division passed away, and he was able to lay in the hands of a successor of kindred spirit, 'suavitur in modo, fortiter in re-" the tested precedent and accomplished au- thority of a policy of Christian media tion, of union and of progress. (Rev. pr, R. $. Storrs of Brooklyn.)
 And yet, perhaps, we need little more of this mediatorial temper, for Jew and Gentle are with us stlll,-the Hebraic and the Grecian turn of mind, the wall of partition" yet too often divides neighboring pastors and differ ent schools. Do turn away from Christ or the faith when I say we must even go so far as to mediate between the spirit of the ancestral orthodoxy in the shurch and the spirit of intellectual inquiry outside the church? Who will so mediate from the Christian stand point if we do not? And some one must.
 Mediation is possible along the tops of things. And the results of such me- diation, what man can measure. Not only in happiness, but in power, in the increasing attraction toward the minis try of the higher order of students in our colleges, in the increased influence of the church upon educated minds, in that which is our instant necessity, the more cordial coordination and federa- tion of our benevolent activities, in freshened fire all along the home and foreign missionary line, in the larger and swifter assembling of the orches- tra for the final harmonies of the king dom of God.
 Honored brethren, this is our closing national council for the century What better preparation for the great coming international council at Boston in Sep tember of '99 than to strike this note of mediation now? With utter humility I have dared to suggest this Christian parallel between freedom and media tion. I cannot help believing that this is what is coming into the light among
 
 l am mistakfng the illusions of an ami- rable optimism for a heasonable faith. But this Pacific is an optimistic coast! And is not this higher mediation to be national ideal as well as Christian? With the lengthening radius of nation al interests and perhaps ambitions, di- rectly fostered, indeed, rendered almost inevitable, by the war, there must be kindled and there is being kindled, warmer glow at the center.
 In spite of the present war in spite of the ominous military armaments of Europe, it looks as though we were on the threshold of a vast movement to- ward fraternalism, toward federation, not only in the form of civil compact between English speaking nations, which if God will shall come, let us hail, but in the forms of more practi- cal Christian fellowship among all men. America must be the friend of the nations, not their foe. She must mediate; she must arbitrate; she must unite.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
SUICIDE IN NASHVILLE.

Mabel Van Housen Kills Herself Be-
 cause of Disappointment in Love
 Affair.
 Mabel Van Housen, an eighteen year. old girl of No. 24 Mechanic street, Westville, committed suicide Sunday night by taking arsenic. About 8 o'clock Sunday evening she called at the home of Alexander Dingwall, a clerk in Marsh's drug store, Westville, which had bene closed since early in the afternoon and get her an ounce of arsenic, with which she said she de- sired to kill cat. Young Dingwall walked with her to the store, got the arsenic and then walked back with her as far as his home, the girl continuing on to her home on Mechanic street. Miss Van ousen was then apparently in the best of spirits and gave no in- dication of the terrible act which she contemplated. She retired about g o'clock and an hour later was taken severely i'll and vomited. Her parents thought that she was suffering with gastritis with which she had been i'll about year before, and they sent for Dr. Anderson about 2 o'clock in the morning. This physician could not be communicated with and Dr. Marsh of Westville was called. The girl died a few moments after Dr. Marsh's ar- rival. He detected signs of poisoning and so informed the parents and yes- terday morning notified Dr. White the medical examiner. After making an examination, Dr. White notified the coroner that the girl had, in his opin- ion, committed suicide by taking poison. Although Coroner Mix is still Investigating the case and has as yet rendered no decision, it is thought that Miss Van Housen's act was caused by disappointment in a love affair. It is said that she was infatuated with a sixteen -year-old Westville youth, who did not return her affection, and that it was this fact that led to her sui eide.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
GERMAN OUTBREAKS.
Meeting of Clergymen in Meriden Yes
 terday

Meeting of Clergymen in Meriden Yes
 terday.
 Meriden July 1.-The state conven- ton of the Lutheran ministers was held at the German Immanuel Lutheran church to-day,
 The convention opened at 10 o'clock this morning Rev. MT Tappert read a paper on "Fhe Descent of Christ Into Hades" This was followed by dis cussion.
 At F o'clock the delegates repaired to the home of Rev. MT Tappert, where dinner was served. At 1 o'clock the discussion was reopened. The doctrinal part of the convention was brought to a close at 3 o'clock, after which the delegates took the trolley to Hubbard park, where pleasant afternoon was spent.
 A number of the ministers throughA out the state were unable to get to Mer- iden until the afternoon. Those who attended the morning conference be- sides MT. Tappert, were Rev. MT. Koep- chen of Mefiden, Rev. c. Brueckner of Hartford, Rev F. Lemke of Hartford and Rev. A. Anderson of Bridgeport.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
s'There is no Kodak
 but the Eastman Kodak"
 1898 KODAKS
 For sale by The Arthur H. Barnes Co. Drar n,!gasit Store. 159 Church St.

at the mission hall this afternoon and evening.
 The Milford Citizen says: The Citizen learns on the very best of authority that Principal H. I. Mathewson Of the Milford high school is seriously con templating resigning the position and will probably become the superintend- ent of instruction of the East Hart ford high school at the opening Of the fall term. ..-,.
 The regular July meeting of the Mil ford Tuesday Afternoon club Will De held at 'Morningside," the residence ot Mrs. Henry G. Thompson All persons whn Intend availing themselves Of the trolley must be on hand at Liberty cor ner or the postoffice by o'clock, as the extra car has to be run on schedule time The Rev. George c. Phillips, as- sistant rector of St. PauPs church, New Haven will address the club on Eng land as a ColoniZer and NCivilizer." '" Many honorary guests will be in at tendance and charming afternoon is anticipated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
ANGLO-SCOTS.
Coming Picnic and Excursion at Paw
 son Park.

son Park.
 The gathering of the British-Ameri- can societies of New Haven at Pawson park on July 29 promises to be a most successful affair. The lodges to be rep resented are the New Haven Caledoni- an club, Red Cross lodge, Sons of St George; Clan Mcleod No. 31, Order of Scottish Clans, and W. D. Gladstone lodge, Sons of St. George. The fine steamer Hildegarde has been chartered for the occasion and will make two trips during the day, one in the morn ing and one in the afternoon. At the park all kinds of games will be indulged in. There will be a tug-of-war between teams from each society, and hand some challenge cup has been put up for competition by well known local man. Football, cricket and baseball games will also be played as well as many oth- CT interesting sports.
 Tickets can be had from Stanhope H. Blogg, the secretary of the committee and from members of the various lodges.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
TO BUSINESS MEN.
An Urgent Appeal from the Connecti- n,,t Sn nritnr,r a nd Relief ASSnciat tinn.

An Urgent Appeal from the Connectl-
 cut Sanitary and Relief Association.
 The executive committee of the Con- necticut Sanitary and Relief association asks for donations of money to help them carry on their work for the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors of our army and navy, who are so bravely de- lending the honor of our country un- der the trying heat of tropical suns. The women of New Haven responded nobly to the call for work and stand ready now to make up all the material the people can furnish them Orders come every day from the front for pa jamas, surgical night shirts, etc., etc. The society has fifty chapters formed about the state, but they are embar- rassed for funds to carry on the great work.
 Business men of New Haven, will you not come forward and respond to the call? Help the women out, and in so doing help your country. Donations should be sent to Mrs. Russell Hotch- kiss, The Kensington, No. 2S4 Orange street
 A very largely attended meeting of the executive committee was held yes terday afternoon at the Colonial society building, when it was decided to make the above appeal to the business men of the city for much needed assistance. A list of a large number of articles needed at the front immediately was received from Lieutenant Colonel Woods of Tampa, and the women de- cided to send as many of the articles as their funds will permit. This is a most worthy cause and should meet with the heartiest response from every one Among other things asked for were 100 pajamas, 100 surgical night shirts, comb and brush bags, house. wives kit, containing needles, thread, etc, clam boullon and bed sacks.
 Mrs. Lynde Harrison presided at yes terday's meeting and she read several letters from army officers congratulat- ing and thanking the women for the noble work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
DIPHTHERIA AT MORRIS COVE

Diphtheria is raging in the family of Gustave Eybel at Morris Cove and five children of the family are now ill with the dread disease. It is thought that all the children but one boy will recover. They are attended by Dr. M. J. Sheehan. Dr. Sheehan is anxiously watching for development of the dis ease in the neighborhood from expos ure of persons prior to the knowledge of the condition of the Eybel family. At house a quarter of a mile from the Eybel home one case of diphtheria has developed in family of six chill dren. The children had been playing with the Eybels during the sickness of some of the family. No other cases have been discovered so far.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
THE KAISER WILHELMS FAST
 TRIP

New York, July n.-Messrs. Oelrichs & Co.,, the New York agent of the Ger man Lloyd Steamship company, an nounce that they received @ telegram to-day saying that the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm passed the Needles at 5:05, having made the run from Sandy Hook lightship in five days, 19 hours and 35 minutes, at an average speed of 2256 knots, over a distance of 3,146 knots This time is two hours and twenty min utes less than her best previous record to Southampton, but on her present voyage the steamer covered eighty-one more miles than she did on her record breaking voyage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
STATE SUMNER LEAGUE MEET.
 ING.

Arrangements are fast being com- pleted for the fourth annual meeting of the State Sumner league, which will convene at Savin Rock August 25. The committee, composed of members of clubs in various parts of the state, is working to make this the largest and most successful meeting in the history of the league. This organization is considered one of the most successful organizations in the country among colored men.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
sMOKELEss POWDER

Captain J. l.. Howard of Gatling gun fame, formerly of New Haven, who is supplying the government with fulmi- mate which he makes in Canada, says he thinks it has been shown in the land and naval engagements in this war that smokeless powder Is inferior to the old kind. The Spanish shot and shell have less penetration and apparently the smokeless powder deteriorates rap idly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
POISONING IN FRENCH ARMY.

Paris, July 11-In tn senate, to-day, replying to an interpolation with ref erence to cases of poisoning in the army through eating canned goods, the minister of war, M. Cavaignac, said the food partaken of was old and had been imported from America He added that he had given orders for rigorous sur veillance of the use of such foods in the future,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
Delicious Food.

Grape-Nuts, the delicious new food needs no cooking. It is ready for in- stant use and is a crisp toothsome dish of a decidedly new flavor. Its taste is likewise a hint of it's high value as a strength making food, welcome to ath- lete. brain worker and invalid.
 Grocers sell it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
JusTus F. BROCKETT.

Justus F. Crockett, who died at his home on Sunday morning, was one of the oldest residents of the town of North Haven, having been born and brought up in the town. He had held the position of tax collector for several years and was also prominent mem Der of St. Johns church. Tn politics he was a sterling democrat. He leaves a widow and two sons, Frederick $. and Ernest R. Crockett, and Mrs. Frances M,1neon
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-12
DIED IN DERRY

John Moran of Derby died in the New Haven hospital Saturday morning. He had been troubled with consumption for a number of years and had applied for entrance to the hospital week be- fore his death. His remains were talk en to Derby Sunday, the burial service being held the same day. He was sev- enty-one years old.
 JAMES LOWE OF ANSONIA.
 James Lowe, a we'll known Scotch- American resident of Ansonia, died at the Stillson house of that city yester- day morning. MT. Lowe had been in this country for ten years and was looking forward to a visit to his father and brother during the coming sum- mer. He had no relatives in this coun- try He had a number of friends and acquaintances and was much esteemed by all.
 MRS. MATILDA STEMPEL.
 Mrs. Matilda Stempel, wife of Gus tave Stempel, of 40 Quinnipiac street, died yesterday. The funeral will take place this afternoon.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Where the Maria Teresa is Thought
to Have Gone Ashore.
MARKS A STRANGE COINCIDENCE
Some Doubt as to Where the Great
Explorer Really Landed.
WATLINGS OR CAT ISLAND
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
1t having been argued and admitted that
| the interest attaching to the raising and
reftting of the Spanish cruiser Maria Terc-
| sa, Admiral Cervera's flagship, is in the
| main Il sentimental one, what shall VT say
| OF the new developments ir the case?
Was it simply fortuitous that the gallant
ship named after a Spanish infanta of the
seventeenth century should seek of her own
voiition-aided by the wind and v-aves-a
landing place en- the very point where, more
| than 400 years ago the great hero of the
fifteenth century is said to have made his
first landfall? To those sUperstitiously in
c!ired, aad dis posed to hold that even in
animate objects may be mbued with the
feelings and sentiments of salient beings,
there is here much food for reflection
But at all events it was a most singular
coincidence that the leading vessel in Ger
veraS aiIn1ass voyage across the Atlantic
after beng shot to death by Yankee shells
and reanimGt ted by American pluck and
genius, SnoulC retrace the course taken by
Columbus in his first voyage hithcrward,
and, safely rounding Cape Maisi penetrat-
ing the intricate channels among the Ba-
hamas through which the great admiral
sailed southwark, should be abandoned near
the very spot where first land was sighted
in October, 1922
Ii we we~e of the nationality of the in
faEta we should most devoutly pray that
the bones of the devoted craft might re.
main where they have sought final rest
lnS place, a perpetual reminder of the vicis-
situdes of time and the achievements of
Spain when her sailors We're venture some
ard great. Comparisons might be intro
duCed 10 be sure. not at all to the credit
OF Spain; but no American, We are certain
will deny a need of valor to the genial
sailor so recently our guest and whose mis-
fortunes were not of his own seeking.
On Cat Island.
Cat Island, where the Maria Teresa is re-
ported ashore, lies about midway the Ba-
hama chain and a thousand miles from
New York In general outline it closely
resembles Italy, being shaped like a boot,
forty-two mics in length. and from three
to four miles in breath. Columbus Point
which has been given to the world as the
first American landfall of the sailor after
whom 1t was named. lies at the heel of the
boot, ard a. its southeastern extremity
The eastern coast is described by sea-
Evening star., 1898-11-12


with kick. Each attack is met with it's
five or six scientific "parales:: and. as a
rule, the attack of the foot is met with the
hand. To continually jump back from the
advancing low foot" in the hope that an
opening will discover itself is more plausi-
Bile In theory than in practice. These
Frenchmen have a sort of dancing step, in
credibly quick, in which the advanced foot
Is lowered an instant to take the bodys
weight while the back foot hops up to meet
1t. 1t Is all done as in one movement,
spring that covers deal of ground and
the low foot" Is there outstretched again.
to tease and tempt and threaten. 1t is
true that a French boxer with considerable
experience OF our own pugilism will some
times draw the kicker on by ste piping back
Ward; put 1t Is considered much of a sport
ing tactic, neat thing to do in the securi-
~ OF the boxing academy. 1t always risks
the broken shinbone when the kicker wears
his heavy shoes.
l have dwelt ON the danger of the '1ow
Ioot because its Importance cannot be ex-
sggerated. To use it and to meet 1t is the