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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
STRIKE OF MILL OPERATIVES.
Efforts in New Bedford to Bring Trouble to
 a Cloae


 a Close.
 New Bedford, Mass, Feb. 21.-The attitude of the business men of New Bedford regarding the strike is clearly indicated from the result of to-night's meeting of the joint arbitration com mittee, composed of members of the city council and board of trade. The committee authorized the chairman to correspond with the state board of ar bitration looking to visits to this city of the board until the labor difficulty is adjusted and the mills are running. A letter to the state board was dis patched this evening. Since MT. Barry on his visit last week expressed the willingness of the state board to act when it considered it's presence might do some good, there is no doubt the re- quest will meet with speedy attention. A meeting of the secretaries of the va riolls labor organizations has been called for tomorrow evening. The na- ture of the meeting has not been re- vealed, but it is considered to be of importance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
WHAT sORRAL SAID.
The Spanish Captain Who it is Alleged
 Insulted American Navy.

Insuited American Navy.
 New York, Feb. 21.-To- day repre- sentative of the Associated Press call ed upon Captain Sobral, naval attache to the Spanish legation at Washington, and during an interview held in the Spanish legation asked if the reported interview held with him had been accu- rately stated. Captain Sobral speaks but little English. He said that the construction applied upon his remarks had led to an erroneous conclusion. He had not made any unkind or harsh remarks about the officers of the Maine. Senor Sobral had ventured the remark that accidents happened on ships and that perhaps the sentinel on duty had become careless. He also said that he was not aware that he was being interviewed. He had no unkind feeling towards the American navy and he had many friends among the per- sonnel and among the government off, cers in Washington. He greatly re- gretted the whole circumstance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
IRISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BILE PASSES FIRST READING IN
 HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Intro-
 duces the Measure Which is for the Bene-
 fit of the Poor-A Genuine Democratic
 Effort-Dnlon, Redmond and Healy Favor the Bill.
 London, Feb. 21.--The house of com
 mons was crowded to-day when the
 four, introduced the Irish local gov ernment bill. In doing so he said he
 thought it possible that the new order
 of things would seem to be a failure,
 but he thought it would be a success. The government, he said, proposed that the local administration be distributed between councils, urban and rural dis trict councils, and boards of guardians, the election of which would be by par liamentiary franchise, with the addi- tion of a few Irish people. Dublin, Bel fast, Cork, Limerick, Londery and Wa terford would be constituted in one council. The council would be respon- sible for half the expenditure.
 MT. Balfour said that the bill was for the benefit of the poor, which would
 cause readjustments of rents. He said he thought the bill was based on broad. democratic lines, adding that if extrav- aganceS occurred those responsible for them would bear the burden, while
 they reap the benefits of any economy.
 John Morley, formerly chief secretary for Ireland, in the late liberal adminis-
 tration, welcomed the. bill as being a
 genuine democratic effort.
 John Dillon, chairman of the Irish parliamentary party, said he thought the measure was an immediate ad-
 vance over the bill of 1892 and fulfilled the promises of the government, but he
 claimed that it was not equal to the English and Scotch measures. He
 pointed out that control of the police was not given to the councils. Never-
 theless he added the bill would do
 much good and his party would en-
 deavor to execute it in good faith.
 John Redmond, the Parnellite leader, also favored the bill, but he criticised some points of the measurer. He ad- ded that if it worked successfully it
 would be an unanswerable argument l in favor of home rule. Timothy M. | Healy, Irish nationalist, praised the bill, and Michael Davitt, Irish nation alist, threatened opposition to the part
 of the bill promising relief to the land- | lords in the shape of an agricultural grant. The Irish local government bill eventually passed it's first reading.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
IN COURT IN TIGHTS,
Two Dancers Prove to a Judge That Their
 Dance is Proper.

Washington, Feb. 21-Two Kouta- Kouta dancers who were arrested on complaint of the Watch and Ward so- ciety, charged with conducting an im- moral performance, were given a hear ing in private in the municipal court to-day upon the representation of their counsel that the exact reproduction of the dance would be given as their de- fense. Accordingly the girl defendant appeared in tights upon the witness stand and performed the dance. Af- terwards the judge said he could not see anything wrong In the dance and discharged the defendants. This is perhaps the first time in the history of the court that girl won her case by a dance in tights.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
PRESIDENT MULLIGAN DEAD.
President of the Connecticut River Raj
 road-Hfs Rise.

Springfield, Mass. Feb. 22.-John Mulligan, seventy-eight, president of the Connecticut River. railroad, and one of the best known railroad men of New England, died at his home in this city at 1;15 this morning. Diabe- tes was the cause of death. Mir Null ligan was man who rose from the comparatively low position of locomo- tive engineer to the presidency of the Connecticut River company. He was born in Hartford, Conn.,. January 12. 1920.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
DISAPPOINTMENT IN WASHINGTON
Owing to Absence of Startling Discoveries
 by the Divers.

Oy bHe 1ltoISs
 Washington, Feb. 21.-To- days de- velopments in the Maine disaster were of negative character greatly to the disappointment of a considerable num- Der of persons who were looking for some startling discoveries by divers. The state department, after learning that Lieutenant Commander Sebral was no longer recognized as an at tache of the Spanish legation, decided him, which it at first was disposed to resent. It is now learned that Secre- tary Long late Saturday evening called upon the acting secretary of the state department and laid before him news paper clippings containing the report ed interview. Acting Secretary Day agreed with Secretary Long that there was warrant for looking into the mat ter. and called the attention of the Spanish charge to the publications. The charge, however, promptly declar- ed that the naval officer was no longer an attache of the legation, his success sor having been appointed and gazet- ted December A last. He further ex- plained that it was owing entirely to the more important and pressing mat ters of business before it that the lega- tion had overlooked the sending of the proper notification of the change to the state department.
 For very obvious reasons Captain Sigsbee at Havana is making the most strenuous efforts to hasten the recov- cry of the bodies. probably nearly a hundred in number, still imprisoned in the wreck of the Maine. It was a knowledge of the captains desire that probably led Consul General Lee to mo- tify the state department of the need for more divers. This had the desired effect, for the navy department took action to send more help. Admiral Si- card telegraphed from Key West this afternoon that he had sent five divers to Captain Sigsbee and asked if that was sufficient. The acting chief Of the navigation bureau, Captain Dickens, directed the admiral to put himself in communication with Captain Sigsbee, and learn his needs at first hand. The business of the navy department is getting back to It's normal condition, as Is evidenced by the fact that an or der has been issued to discontinue the special telegraph service which was established with Key West. The com mandant has asked permission of the department to stop his daily bulletins, and this has been granted with an un- derstanding that he will report any deaths that may occur among the suf- ferers in the hospital there. To-day he reported that all were getting along nicely.
 To-day Secretary Long sent a tele- gram as follows to Captain Eulate: "Commanding Officer of the Spanish Cruiser Vfzcaya, Tompkinsville, N. Y. II have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of condolence for the loss of the Maine, and to thank you for the expression of sympathy" A similar response was also made to a cablegram from Vice Admiral Spann at Vienna, expressive of sympathy for the terrible disaster to the Maine,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
DESTRUCTION BY TIE STORM
REPORTS FROM LITCHFIELD AND WINSTED SHOW GREAT DAMAGE.

Large Trees Broken of Short and Orchards
 Partly Destroyed-Telcphone and Tele-
 graph Systems Prostrated-Traflc Stop
 ped in Winsted-Extraordinar Damage
 in Monticello.
 Litchfield, Feb. 21.-This town Is now experiencing the most disastrous storm In its history. For the past forty eight hours it has been raining and freezing, developing into an ice storm, and with
 the strong northeast wind that has ragged, the damage to fruit trees from branches breaking off will be very great. The town Is also shut out from any outside communication either by
 telegraph or telephone. The previous ice storm to do any great damage oc- cured quarter of century ago, but that was by no means as destructive to the trees as the present one, and old residence express the opinion that it is even worse that the memorable one of forty years ago. when 1t was thought that the trees throughout the town
 were almost wholly destroyed, and one of the great attractions of the town
 gone. The streets are so filtered with
 fallen branches that triffic is almost impossible Large trees have been
 broken short off, and one very large elm on Main street was torn up by the
 roots. The weight of ice can only be
 %rryfrr ntr inches long, weighed nine pounds with it's icy covering. Part of the rope of the flagstaff on the court house fell to
 the ground Sunday evening, and the
 coating of ice by actual measurement
 was four inches in diameter. The tele- phone and telegraph wires leading out
 of town are down for miles in all di-
 rections. Local service is not material ly interefered with, for the telephone subscribers as the wires in the borough limits are unharmed. The storm was so severe Sunday that there were no services in the Congregational, Meth odist and Episcopal churches.
 Winsted, Feb. 21.-An ice storm, the like of which is beyond the recollection of the old time residents, is in progress throughout northwestern Connecticut. Hundreds and hundreds of trees have either been felled or stripped of their branches, and telegraph and telephone wires were blown in confused masses in the streets and along the country roads and railroad tracks, thereby al- most entirely cutting off communica- tion with the outside world. Tonight the only place that can be reached by telegraph is Torrington, whiel it Is ab- solutely impossible to communicate with other places by telephone. Dam
 age aggregating thousands of dollars has already been entailed and the worst is not yet over. The fruit crop will suffer greatly. The trees are cov- cred with ice and are unable to bear the strain, are continually giving way. The electric light wires are crippled and for two nights the town has been in darkness. The fire alarm system is also disarranged and extra policemen are patrolling the streets. To run street cars would be placing linemen's
 lives in jeopardy and the authorities
 have compelled the company to sus-
 pend operations. Meadow street,
 which is lined on either side with elms of prodigious size, is filled with branch
 es of trees and is impossible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
SPANISH CRUISER YIzCAYA
Will Not Coal at New York-Fear Ex-
 plosives May be Secreted.


 Washington, Feb N.-The social courtesies which the government in- tended to extend to the officers of the Vizcaya have been abandoned on &C., count of the Maine catastrophe. The ship probably will proceed direct to Havana, not stopping at Charleston or other ports, as had been suggested during the earlier preparations. The Vizcaya will not coal at New York, ac- cording to the understanding here, nor will it be necessary for her take coal before reaching Havana. This deter imitation gives relief to the authorities here as the taking on of coal in time of public excitement is attended with more or less risk, the coal affording an opportunity to extremists for the se- cretion of explosives, despite the ut most precaution that may be taken.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
IN 4 CRITICAL STATE.
Brother of Rev. F. A. Scofield Terribly
 Injured.

Brother of Rev. F. A. Scof1eld Terribly
 Ipjured.
 Rev. F. A. Scofield, pastor of the Norwalk Methodist church, and for the past three years pastor of Grace church in this city, was called to Milton, N r., Saturday evening by telegram from physician announcing that his brother George had but few hours to live, having met with an accident Mrs. Scofield received a telegram from her husband Sunday evening stating that his brother George had been struck on the head by falling tub while he was at the bottom of a well. It also stated that a surgical operation had been per- formed and that there was very little hopes of his recovery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
After Fifty Years of Dissention It Is Finally
 Settled.

Winsted, Conn.,, Feb. 21.-After near ly half century of discussion Win sted's famous postoffice difficulty is settled. Word was received here to- day by Colonel S. B. Horne from First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath, that it had been decided to es- tablish one central office, with carrier stations in the east and west ends of the town. Free delivery will be estab- lished as soon as the consolidated gross receipts permit. Until then the carrier service will be performed by a detail of unclassified postoffice clerks. The decision is satisfactory to the citizens In general.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
THE SHELBY DINNER,
Indictments Against Seeley, Rich and
 Phipps Are Dismissed.

New York, Feb. 21.-On the recom- mendation of the district attorneys of- flee the indictments against Herbert Barnum Seeley, Theodore D. Rich and J. D. Phipps for responsibility for events at the "Seeley dinner" were to- day dismissed by Judge Fitzgerald The ground for the dismissal was that it would not be in the interest of public morality to go into a trial of the case and that 1t was doubtful if convictions would be secured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
SPECIAL CONSTABLE CANDIDATES.
Thirty Applications Considered by Civil
 Service Board Last Night

Thirty AppHcat1ons Consfdered by CIVIL
 Service Board Last Night.
 The civil service board met last night to consider the applications of thirty candidates for positions as special con- stables. Eighteen of the candidates had handed in their proper applications as required under the new rules. The applicants come under class D, section 5, of the new civil service rules, which require that special constables shall be citizens of the United States and of the state of Connecticut, shall have re- sided in New Haven at least one year previous to the filing of the applica- tion, shall not be addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, and shall never have been convicted of crime.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
No Confrmation,

Madrid, Feb. 21.-The government has received no confirmation of the. despatch to the Imparcial with refer ence to alleged extensive military prep arations in the United States. Admiral Bermejo, the minister of marine, vis- itod United States Minister Woodford this evening to confer with him in re- gard to the Maine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
GENERAL CUsqBR,S SISTER.
Margaret Custer Calhoun Granted Pen.
 sion of $50 a Month

Washington, Feb. 21.-At to-night's session of the house the private calen- dar was cleared. Thirty eight pension bills and two bills removing charges of desertion were passed. Among the pension bills was one granting pen- sion of $50 per month to Margaret Gus ter Calhoun, sister of General Custer This bill has already passed the senate. Three of the pension bills carried $50 a month. At 10 o'clock the house ad- joufned
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
Both Killed.

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 21.-Joseph Shumaker, chief of police of Lofoitte, Tenn, attempted to arrest William Rutherford who was drunk. The lat ter shot at the officer and in the melee both men were killed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
Yale-Harvard Games.

for the Yale Harvard baseball games were announced to-day. The fiEst one will be at Cambridge. June 2S, the sec- ond at New Haven June 28 and the third, if tie should result. at New York July 2
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
The Sale Confirmed.

Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-Charles B. Wright, principal holder of the stock of the Washington and Columbia rail- way, o-night confirmed the sale of the road to the Pennsylvania railroads
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
POINTS TO IT WITH INTEREST.
Secretary Gage Sees Improvement in
 Customs Receipts

Washington, Feb. 21. - Secretary est to-day to the fact that the cus- toms receipts for htis fiscal year at last have overtaken the receipts for the same period of the last fiscal year. Sec retary Gage sees in these receipts with income from other sources an early cessation of the government deficit,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22

Large Trees Broken or Short and Orchards Partly Destroyed-Telcphone and Tele- graph Systems Prostrated-Trsffic Stop ped in Winsted-Extraordinar Damage in Monticello.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-06
Shooting Hats.

Last Sunday afternoon, a real
estate broker and well-known con-
tractor who resides not many miles
from the Park, loaded their guns
and went out iu search of doves,
plowers, cats and other game.
When off Sans Souci they remem-
bered that it was Sunday, and holy
week, and being-at one time-good
little boys who went to Sunday
School they abandoned the "hunt."
Not wishing to carry loaded guns
into Sans Souci, they decided that
each should throw his hat in the air
and the other fellow fire. The real
estate man had new SIS hat on his
head while the curly locks of the
contractor were covered with 4x6
straw hat used when canoeing. Up
went the real estate mans hat and
bang, bang went the contractors
gun leaving the pretty hat a perfect
wreck. Up went the Axe straw mon
ster and in spite of the bang, bang
from the real estate gun it "dordg-
ed" the shots.
Two popular songs were merrily
hummed while "hunters" and wit
nesses went their way to Lycurgus's
hospitable resort. 1t being Sunday
it was sotte voce that the strains were
heard Of "Give us drink, bartender,
bartender" and "Where did you get
that hatW
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-06
A Full Party Scheme.

Representative Lewis OF Washing
ton introduced into the House at
the beginning of the session a
resolution calling upon the Presi-
dent to explain under what con-
stitutioual authority he negotiated
a treaty that binds the United States
to pay four million dollars to Ha-
waiian bondholders in the event
that the Sandwich Islands be-
come a part Of this country ON the
terms arranged between the Dole
cabal at Honolulu and the coterie
of American politicians representing
the New England bondholders.
:, The resolution was couched in
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-06
s. s. Olaudine Arrives.

The Wilder's steamship Claudine
arrived early this morning from
Maui and Hawaii; following is the
list Of passengers:
e e Richards, l. Rodgers, H r
Hitchcock, Cloud Kinney, T Wolff,
Mrs @ l. Hapai, Miss B Orbell, w j
Howard and wife, Young Yuen and
wife, G e Thrum, + @ Betters, @
McLennan, Mrs Eff Ward, w ID
Cares, Miss l. Lani, Miss E LAM, j
McAndrews and 81 on deck.
Her cargoes consist of 1910 bags
OF sugar, 235 bags of potatoes, lla
bags of corn, III bags of coffee, 5C
head OF cattle, 1876 sheep, IL hogs
65 hides, horse and las packages
of sundries.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-06

language that did not reflect upon
the integrity or the motives Of
anyone connected with the Ha-
waiian job. 1t made OF the Presi-
dent perfectly reasonable request.
There are very serious doubts Of the
authority OF the President to bind
this country to such a financial
obligation as constitutes part-and
the main part-of the Hawaiian
treaty now pending in the Senate
Major Mckinley ought to feel
morally bound to show that the law
is on his side. He should point out
the clause in the Constitution in
vesting him with the power to spend
the nations money for such
purpose. He should not wait for
Congress to ask him to do a plain
moral duty.
Yet hs has permitted his party in
the House to table the Lewis
resolution, thus not only smoe-
thering for the time an important
constitutional question, but also
completely shutting off debate by
which the whole matter could be
cleared up If it contains nothing
wrong
Speaker Reed was clustering
nightly a few weeks ago against
Hawaiian annexation, but the course
Of his henchmen in the House when
forced to act on the Lewis resolution
makes him full partner in whatever
wrong-doing may be contemplated.
A word from him would have
prevented the servile and oleaginous
Hit from sending the resolution to
the legislative morgue.-St. Louis
Republican.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-06
THE wAvERLEY CLUB.
The Quarterly Meeting to be Held
on Saturday Evening Next, and
the Concert on April 10th.


the Concert on April 10th.
The first quarterly meeting OF the
Waverley Club will be held on
Saturday evening next in the Club
Hall at 8 o'clock; the Committee Of
Management 6rst holding a short
meeting at 7:30,
The progress of this developing
Club has been very satisfactory; the
membership having grown from 36
to over $50 with applications for
membership flowing in gradually
and steadily.
At this meeting the report of the
Financial and Recording Secretary
will be presented showing the very
healthy condition OF the Club on
March 31st.
The grand Easter entertainment
will be given in the Hall, which will
be handsomely decorated under the
supervision of Committeeman j. A.
Mehrtens, on the evening of Tues
day, April 10Th. Tickets Of admis-
sion, ST. will be placed on sale this
week. For convenience sake three
family tickets will be sold for So 80,
and tickets for lady and her escort
at $150. The proceeds will be de.
voted to the establishment OF q
Library Fund to which Mr.. Alex
ander Young has promised to con-
tribute $3.50 when $1,750 have been
raised.
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The promoters are always around,
however, with persistency which
would do credit to aChicago drum
mer. We have reason to believe that
a cable scheme will be sprung on
the Legislature very shortly by a
syndicate headed by General Hart
well, who has "been there before"