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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
PEI'OED.

Between the mayor, the doctors and
public sentiment the plan to build a
hospital on Springside farm for the care
of patients suffering from contagious
diseases is pretty thoroughly vetoed. 1t
ought to be. So had much other nom
sense that has been talked and written
about that hospital. The fact is that
such hospital could safely be located
almost anywhere that is convenient in
the city. But as nobody seems to want
it anywhere the prospect that it will be
anywhere is not bright. There seems
to be no place for it on dry land, and
probably if a move were made to locate
it on the mud flats in the harbor the
cells and the frost-fish would protest.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

the largest gun which has ever been
manufactured in the world will be com
menced the fore part of next month at
the Watervliet arsenal. Special ma
chinery has been placed at the army
gun shop at the arsenal preparatory to
commencing the work. The principal
forgings for the gun are expected to ar
rive within a few weeks from the Beth
lehem, Pa, steel works, and 1t is ex-
pected that the work will be completed
about June, 1899 The manufacture Of
the massive piece will be under the per-
sonal supervision of Master Mechanic
Alfred Christensen, who is considered
the greatest expert in the world at gun
making.
The gun, when completed, will weigh
1875 tons and will be manufactured Of
fluid compressed steel. The calibre of
the Krupp gun which was exhib-
tied at the Worlds Fair, Chicago, was
1854 inches, and was 45.9 in length,
while Uncle Sans new weapon will ex-
coed the weight Of the Krupp gun about
81 tons. The new gun will throw a
projectile weighing 96 pounds more
than its German contemporary, and its
range will be considerably greater.
In the manufacture of the large sea-
coast defense rifles in the past consid-
cradle trouble has been experienced ow-
ing to the tendency Of the guns to
"droop" at the muzzle owing to the
enormous weight. 1t is thought, how
ever, that this has been overcome, as
the number of hoops which will be used
in the manufacture of the gun has been
|, materially reduced, and the utmost care
will be exercised in the shrinking OF the
different parts Of the rifles.
The forgings, in the rough. will weigh
$4,000 pounds but when in a finished
state they will weigh 2S0,000 pounds
The forgings will cost about rs cents
per pound The science Of gunmaking
has advanced rapidly in the past few
years, and many of the improvements
originated with Alfred Christensen, the
master mechanic Of the arsenal.-Al-
bany Argus
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
ELECTRIC MAGIC.

What can be done with electricity and
what electricity can do are strikingly
illustrated in the case of a South Caro-
lima town. A few years ago Anderson,
the place referred to, was an ordinary
country village among the hills. 1t was
near to the railroads, and at length that
fact led group of cotton manufacture
ers to locate a mill there. The last i'm
provement of the town consisted of the
introduction of electricity. A river ten
miles away was damned, giving fine
fall, and this power was converted into
electric current. The town now receives
thirteen hundred horse power of this
motive force, and the cotton mill takes
the greater part of it. The concern tore
out seven hundred horse power Corr
liss engine to make room for the motors
There is enough electricity besides to
light the town, and to furnish power to
several smaller manufactures which the
presence of the mill has called into ex-
istence. The Anderson people are now
independent Of fuel from the railroads,
and their power costs them the mini
mum because they get it at price not
increased by the demand Of an electric
company for dividends.
This is not exactly lightning change.
but it is an electric change. There will
soon be many such changes.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

crave the indulgence of the audience
while repairs were being effected.
The performance crawled along some
what sadly, as if the escaping water
had washed the heart out of the actors
until 1t was known that the tank had
been refilled. Each member of the
company then played up to the great
abduction scene in the second act, The
part Of the heroine was filed by Miss
Maud Williamson. Her final escape
was to have been made across the un-
lacky tank, and up to this point all
seemed to be going off admirably. An
Indian war whoop rang through the
theater, and he heroine was dragged
shrieking across the stage, and finally
fitted breathlessly into a canoe moored
to the side Of the tank. Then came a
mighty splash, the canoe having cap
sized. Miss Williamson fell head over
heels into the tank.
The audience We're appreciative of the
realism of the situation for they did
not know that Miss Williamson had
been caught in the canoe, and was in
most imminent risk Of being drowned.
Some of performers kept the play go
ing, but Mr.. King Hedley and some
stage hands CROPPED anxiously and I'M
successfully for the leading lady. Then
the curtain was rapidly rung down, and
fireman and a stage hand plunged
in to the rescue Of the distressed heroine
in real earnest. Exactly how long she
was submerged cannot be said, but
when pulled out from beneath the canoe
she was unconscious. Though the shock
was reappearing, and audience, who
had by this time become acquainted
with her mishap, received her with rapt-
| urous cheering.
Then there followed a hitch in the
| bridge scene through Mr.. King Hedley's
alleged mustang refusing to face the
risk Of plunging down into the tank.
The star, however, seized the untried
horse and forced him at the bridge,
which collapsed exactly at the right
moment. and let him down with huge
! splash into the tank. The play was
thus converted by sheer courage and
| quick wittedness from a threatened
failure into huge success. -Melbourne
| Argus
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
LEFT ON TRAINS.
All Sorts OF Articles Are Forgotten BY
Absent Minded Passengers.

All Sorts OF Articles Are Forgotten BY
Absent Minded Passengers.
Recently d Chicago railroad displayed
in its unclaimed parcel room five bar
rels OF rubber overshoes and a box fun
of false teeth. All this property and
more diving a period Of six months had
been left on the suburban and through
trains by absent-minded passengers.
The general baggage agent, upon being
asked what was the oldest occurrence
Of this kind said that a woman once
left on a train a six months-old baby,
and she did not miss 1t until train
man overlook her with the little bundle
of humanity before she got outside OF
the train shed. 1t was not case of
abandonment. She had forgotten to
take up her own offspring.
Only one-half of the articles left on
trains are claimed and returned to own
ers, At all the railroad offices in Chi
cago there are to be found motley coll
lections Of about all the articles which
man or woman ever owned. 1t would
be impossible to list them in a whole
page of newspaper.
The article which figures most extern
sively among the lost and found OF the
big railroads is the umbrella. An Off
cial of the Illinois Central says he re-
ceived in the baggage department 1,500
umbrellas year. General Agent Sadd
OF the Burlington says his records show
about 600 year. and the other lines
report large collections of this service
able article, which is left on trains in
all kinds of weather. On a recent fine,
sunshiny day the Burlington railroad
showed on it's record whole page of
abandoned umbrellas.
Next come the overshoes, which are
daily found, singly and in pairs, and
oftentmes odd in size and kind. At all
the offices they are accumulated to the
extent of barrels and barrels. 1t is a
common occurrence to find upper. lower,
and partial sets of false teeth. Some
give evidence of long service, others
have been too new, and have been laid
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
F. M. BROWN & co.

his feeling Of envy toward his brothers
and sisters. who divided the real and
personal property. The next Sunday,
having nothing better to do, he took
down the Holy Word from the shelf,
and, turning over its pages. discovered
sealed envelope which bore his name
written in the we'll known hand Of his
father Tearing 1t open. he found
short but significant sentence upon a
sheet Of paper. In telling his story
Boggs said that he had faithfully fol-
lowed his fathers dying injunction, and
the theory which the old man had prac-
ticed so successfully had been equally
valuable to himself.
+ Then, Of course, everybody sprung up
and inquired what was written on that
piece of paper.
only this" said Boggs: Lots Of
good things are lost by not asking for
them Chicago Record
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
BoeGs, sEcREr oF succEss.

d "a f L,
There was once a man out west Of
the name of Boggs and everything went
his way He was so fortunate as to be
the object of much curiosity and COM
ment among his associates and ac-
quaintances, who asked him how he
played his game. Mr.. Boggs replied
that he worked on a theory that was
left him as legacy by his father, who
was one of the most successful men
he had ever known. He divided his
property among the other children, and
to his eldest son, John Boggs, he left
the family Bible as d token of his love
and confidence, and added that within
it's pages you will find the secret of my
success in life"
Boggs was a good deal put out but
he had philosophical temperament
and nobody discovered his chagrin and
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
ANT1poDEAN STAGE REALISM

Several unrehearsed and highly ex-
citing, incidents occurred at the initial
production of THE Prairie King" at the
Lyceum theater, Sydney The play is
one of the wild west order, and is full
of sensationalism, which the manage
ment have sought to make more in
tense by the introduction of a real
water scene and a collapsible bridge
effect. A mischance began just before
the last beat of the drum in the over
ture, when canvas tank, which fills
so many functions during the perform
ance, burst, and the water escaping into
the magazine below the stage, the man.
agement had to send an apologist to
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent Word each in
sertion. Five Gents Word for full week
tseven times).
Display advertisements, per inch, one In
sertion, $120; each subsequent insertion, 40
cents: one week, $500; one month, $40;
one year. $40. 49,
Obituary Notices, in prose or verse; Is
cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar
riages, Deaths and Funerals, so cents each
Local Notices Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business TALL matter to be
include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
FASHION NOTES.
TRICKS Done with Contrasts.

Sleeves contrasting with the rest of
the bodice are feature of the present
styles, especially II the bodice be cleft
in front to show a trace of waistcoat,
in which case waistcoat and sleeves
match. Many effects are gotten from
the use OF a dark cloth blouse, slit near
ly to the belt front and back and cut
low at the neck all around. over long
sleeved under bodice that shows In yoke
effect. The under bodice is of some
light material and is usually beautiful
~ embroidered or otherwise elaborated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
Another British institution, the do

Another British institution, the do
mestic servants right to fortnight's
notice of dismissal, has been over
thrown by higher law than that of
the Queens Bench, which rendered the
decision. The judges in giving their
=opionion stated that being in doubt as
to the existence of the custom they had
taken the opinion of their domestic
advisers on the point.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

At Salina, Kansas, travelling medi
cine show advertised to give one nights
proceeds to the churches. This called
out card from all the pastors of the
place in which they Indignantly de-
nounced the enterprise and declared
that not a cent would be accepted.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

There are two hundred thousand wish
tors to Maine and New Hampshire ev-
cry summer, says a Maine man, "and
they leave $4oo each or more. We Sc
cure $4,000, 900 a year from them. TAX
ing care of these people Is the largest
Industry in Maine at the present time.
1t pays better than farming or lumber
ing, or mining or fishing. And yet it is
In its infancy. The business has grown
SO rapidly that we have not been able
to build suitable hotels. In a few years
the palaces of the world will be in our
State
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

A novel system Of road construction
has been resorted to in Monmouth Illi-
nois. The ground was prepared for it
by grading or being allowed to SO re-
main for two months. 1t was treated to
an occasional scraping, so that it would
pack evenly, being thus rendered hard
and even for the laying of surface of
brick, the chief constructive feature.
The first thing was the setting of a
curbing made of two by six planks sew
en- feet apart, held by oak stakes eigh-
teen inches long and put down every
four feet. Inside of this was put five
inch bed of sand, all evened up, and a
single course of No. paving brick then
put down, a fine roadbed being thus OBJ
tanned. Outside of the curb two feet of
crushed rock were laid, graded up to
make an easy approach, this plan insur-
ing a way of eleven feet in width, and
as the earth on each side was graded
and worked, there was altogether a
width of some forty feet, affording
tracks on each side for use in dry
weather. Such brick road cost about
ninety cents per running foot.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

Al Topeka paper announces that
"Kansas is rich in gas" There's many
a true word spoken in earnest.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04
THE WORLDS BIGGEST GUN.

To Be Constructed at Watervliet Arse
nal Beginning Next Month.
1t is expected that the construction of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

Boston furnishes notable instance
of fraud that was not perpetrated on
the pension bureau. The same man
who applied for a position on the police
force and declared that he was in per-
feet condition and had never had a
sick day in his life, applied subse-
quently for pension because his suf-
ferings in the army had made him a
physical wreck. He got neither the
pension nor the appointment to the po-
lice force. One Of the pension examin-
ers happened to serve also on the police
examining board-and recognized the
applicant.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

+ The taxpayers Of New York are be-
coming interested in the expenditure of
money on the Erie canal Up to the
present time there has been expended
on the construction and improvement of
this artificial waterway about 1853 ,0O0,-
000;@and now the State engineer reports
that to secure the depth required in
certain parts of the system S16,000,000
more will be required. Two years ago
he said that s9,O0O.O00 would do the job,
and the taxpayers authorized the bor-
rowing of that amount. Nearly all of
this has already been set aside to meet
contracts made, and 1t is now discov-
cred that s7,OoO,OOo more will be needed
to complete the work.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-04

Paris papers report the discovery Of
what is considered to be a genuine
Rubens. 1T was found in the house OF
a citizen Of the town of Sandie, near
Havre, and is about four feet and a
half long by three and half high
Some people who have examined it are
said to have reported it to be one of the
chefs-d 'oeuyre Of Rubens, 1.-THE Death
of DIANA" that once belonged to Marie
de Medicis. Since the picture was found
the owner has been besieged by people
desiring to buy it, and representative
of the Fine Arts Department of the
Government has been sent from Paris
to examine the picture, which hitherto
the owner has refused to sell.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-23
TEST THE COTTON FABRICS
WANTS A TRUSTEE APPOINTED.
Action Made Necessary by the Death
of DIR. Willis

A bill in chancery was filed in the Law
aud Equity Court yesterday by J. Penn
broke Jones against the executors of the
late Francis T. Whsle. j. Willis and
John Dunlop. The object of the suit is
10 secure the appointment of a trustee
II place OF Elizabeth Willis now de-
ceased to hold in trust the sum OF $4,000
upon the terms and conditions of a GER
tain deed OF trust, dated June l. 1876
said trustees to be required to collect the
sum Of money from the estate of Francis
Il. Willis. deceased, together with any
interest accrued thereon from the list
day Of July, 1897 The deed of trust was
made by Francis T. Willis of the first
part: Elizabeth Willis, his wife, Of the
second part, and J. Pembroke Jones and
his wife, Of the third part. in considera-
ton Of the love and affection which
Francis T. Willis bore his daughter, the
wife OF j. Pembroke Jones.
The petition sets forth that Elizabeth
Willis, who signed the deed, and was
made trustee. died in the year 1883
intestate, and, being a married woman,
no personal representative was ever ap-
pointed FOR her estate; that Francis Il.
Wills during the lifetime of Elizabeth
Willis looked after and executed the
trust created, not only as agent of Eliza
beth Willis, but as trustee himself: that
the said $4,000 set out in the aforesaid
deed was Invested in Virginia consol
bonds at 66 2-S per cent, making the
par value Of said bonds $50 600; that the
bonds were sold after the passage Of the
Riddleberger bill by the Virginia Legisla-
ture al 50i4 per cent. netting the sum
OF $l5,O75; that after the death OF the ora
raFIfI Ar.f4o .l.f
beth Willis. In 1883, $5O75 was paid over
20 the orator. and that the interest en-
the $4,000 remaining was regularly paid
until July /, 1897: that since the death OF
Francis +. Willis January Is, 1899, the
orator believes and is advised that II Is
proper that trustee should be appointed
20 hold the said sum OF $4,000 I'm trust
upon the terms and conditions of the
deed OF trust.
The answer Of f. ]. willis accompanies
the bill, admits the truth OF the several
provisions. and adds: That being indi-
yidually interested IN the deed Of trus.
Tho respondent has beer advised that IL
would not be proper Tor him 10 represent
the estate, so he leaves Il TO his coexecu- /
tor. John Dunlop 70 defend the interest
of his testator's estate In the a,nieot 4
matter OF the controversy.
Suit was brought IN this conrt ID,
George A. Burnett against Lucy G. Trent
and Fanny Z. Burwet; damages. 81 Oo
tbs suit is filed on a contract for rent
81 q farm, A similar suit was brouehi
ny ne plaintiff some time ago, but was
ruled out OF court on account Of some
iresuiariiy.
10 the Circuit Court r. NJ. Johnson
qualified 70 practice.
AafFiage-iicenses were Issued yeslerday
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-23
Gossip of the City Hall.

Mayor TAYLOR has received a commune
cation from w. Il. Hearst, of New York
asking him to act on a committee for
the purpose of establishing a monument
fund TO erect memorial to the Inflated
sailors on the wrecked Maine. The Mayor
accepted the invitation
Mr.. James Caskie, President of the
Common Council, has appointed Mr.. T..
II. CARRIER, of the Common Council, to
the Committee on Light, TO succeed the
late Branch r. Allen.
The budget for 1898 viii be signed by
the Mayor this MOI ming.
The Finance Committee met last night
but no business Of Importance was trans
acted
No committees have been called for to-
day.
The City Clerk and court clerks were
all hard at work yesterday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-23
RUSSELL AND PosTMAsTERsHup.
Says the Status Is Unchanged, and
He VIII Yet lie Postmaster.

Mr.. Otis II. Russell has returned from
Washington sadly disappointed with the
result Of his trip. The action of the two
or three men who met on Saturday night.
and are believed to have agreed to
recommend Mr.. Wray T. Knight for
the Richmond postmastershp, will not,
he says. be allowed TO pass unchallenged
by. the department in the capital city.
The POstmaster-G General has always re-
garded his Russells) appointment as
foregone conclusion, and he says that
the action of the Waddill- Brady caucus
Will merely have the effect Of post
poning the appointment for a couple OF
weeks or so, while an investigation will
be made, the result of which will be his
ultimate triumph
He worked hard in the last campaign
for Judge Waddill, he says, and was over
and over again assured by the local
leader that his personal interests would
be well conserved when 1t came to the
time to dispense patronage In the light
Of this assurance, and of the confidence
with which the department in Wash
ington looked for his nomination, he says
that no doubt ever entered his mind that
when the time came Judge Waddill would
permit himself to be swerved from the
fulflment of his promise.
Mr. Russell says the influence of Colo
mel Brady has been responsible for the
sudden change on the face of affairs. out
he thinks machine politics" will be
forced to give way before the invesdga-
ton which will be made by the au-
thorities in Washington, and he still re-
CARDS his appointment as certainty.
THE Richmond post-oftice," he says, sis
like the one at Baltimore. 1t is I'm the
heart Of great business community.
ana for that reason 1t requires a practi-
cal businessman for postmaster"
Asked whether he had positive infor-
nation that Mr.. Knight is the choice OF
the local leaders, Mr.. Russell said the
matter had been decided at meeting
held on Saturday night. and had leaked
out. He expects that Mr.. Wray knights
name Will be presented I'm Washington
within the next day or two, and then the
matter Will be shelyed for two weeks
or so, while the department will go
quietly to work. and the existing status |
of affairs will be materially changed.
There have been one or two dark horses |
in the race" he said, but the influence |
OF Colonel Brady thrown into the scale |
in favor Of his deputy collector has been |
a determining force. The business people |
don't want a deputy collector for most |
master In Richmond; they want a bust |
ness-man, and have the assurance that
the wishes OF the merchants--which have
been expressed in petitions-will have due
consideration before the appointment IL
made.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-23
officers of Richmond Lodge.

At a large meeting of Richmond Lodge,
No. 42S, /. o. G. T.. held Monday night at
Lee Camp Hall, the following named ofn-
GERS were installed for the quarter ending
May LIST: Past Chief Templar, Mr.. William
Hall Crew; Chief Templar, Mr.. William
A. Stubs; Vice-Templar, Miss Lillian V.
Hutton; Secretary, Mr.. Joseph H. Shep-
herd; Assistant Secretary, Miss Pauline
Shepperdson; Financial Secretary, Mr..
John b. Newell; Treasurer. Mrs. John G.
Smith; Chaplain, Mr.. William Wagner;
Marshal Mr.. c. G. Fink Deputy Marshal,
Miss Lovely Smith; Guard, Miss Fannie
Fore; Sentinel, Mr.. John G. Smith; Super
intendent Of Juvenile Templars, Miss Fan
ME Fore.