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Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
The Proceedings of Congress.

Washington, March 10.-The United States senate yesterday passed without debate the bill appropriating $50. .000.- GOO for national defense, every senator present voting for it. The Hawaiian annexation treaty was considered in executive session. In the house the day was occupied in the transaction of routine business.
 Washington, March 11.-Only routine business was transacted in the open session of the senate. In executive ses- sion three nominations of nonresidents for positions in the territories were re- jected, and 1t was decided to postpone debate on the Hawaiian treaty until next week. In the house the senate amendments to the Indian bill were nonconcurred In. and the bill was sent to conference after a lively debate.
 Washington. March 15.-The senate yesterday passed bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to have con- structed eight vessels for the revenue cutter service. A large number of bills of minor importance also were passed The house spent most of the day con- sidering District of Columbia business.
 Washington March 16.-The senate yesterday discussed the national quar- antine measure and passed a number of minor bills. The house began It's consideration of the postoffice appro- priation bill, which carries S98, ,962, 300 The debate @as not confined to the bill, but took a wide range. There were dis cussions, on cotton manufacture the financial question. the verdict in the Lattimer case and Hawaiian annexa- tion
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
The Weight of Brains.

Some interesting facts bearing on tho size and weight of the brain were given recently by Sir William Turner. In tho case of Europeans the average brain weight is from 49 ounces to 50 ounces in man and from A ounces to 45 ouncei In woman. It is interesting to note thai even in newborn children the boys havo bigger heads and heavier brains than the girls. The brains of a number oi men of ability and intellectual distinc. ton have been weighed and ascertained to be from 55 ounces to 60 ounces. In . few exceptional cases, as in the brains of Cuvier and Dr. Abercrombie, the weight has been more than 50 ounces,
 but it should also be stated that braini weighing 60 ounces and upward havu occasionally been obtained from persona who had shown no sign of intellectual eminence. On the other hand, it hal been pointed out that if the brain falls below a certain weight it cannot prop erly discharge its functions. This mini- mum weight for civilized people ex- perts have placed at 87 ounces for men and 32 for women.-Public Opinion.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Talk of Another Strike.

Cleveland, March 15.-Concerning the possibility of another great strike of coal miners, Thomas Young, manager of the M. A. Hanna Coal company, ex- tensive operators in Pennsylvania. is quoted as saying:
 "A strike involving about 20, 900 min- CTS will probably soon be in full swing In central Pennsylvania. The operators declare they will not pay the Chicago scale. and the miners announce their intention to strike. There will be tre- mendous rush for coal with the opening of navigation on the lakes.
 Tt Is probable that the Hooking val ley operators will sign the scale rather than lose their share of the spring busi-
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
General Markets.

New York; March Is FLOUR-State and western was we'll sustain tained, but lacked buyers; city mills patents, s5.75a6; winter patents. tAeja5.5J; city mills clears, 5.5oa5- e5; winter straights, s4.5oa4.65 wHEAT-No ? red was fairly active and stronger all the morning on bullish Russian crop estimates and of May shorts May. 0914al .0Oss; July, 89l 4a8o Is l0c. RYE = Steady; No. western, 5sISa50c., f. O. b. afoat. New York.
 CORNING. , wns quiet, but hrmer with wheat; May, 35c. r oAfS-No. dull, but steady; track. white. state, t3a3ec. track, white, western, ,9a3oc. PORK-Dull; mess, sl0al0.25; family. slls 1l.5Q
 LARD-Ste,.iy; prime western steam. s5.S71S nominal.
 BUTTER-Firm; state dairy, 1Salec- state creamery, l4als1zc. CHEESE--Duil; large, white, September, s1fc. small, white, September, s1zc. EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania, l01Ia llo. western, l015c.
 SUGAR-Raw barely steady; fair refining 8sSc. centrifugal, @ test, 41sc. refined quiet crushed. 5ssc. powdered. 5 5-l6c. TURPENTINE-Steady at 85J<a38c. MOLASSES-Steady; New Orleans, 28aSsc. RICE-Firm; domestic, 411a61zc.; Japan. 51< aS9zc.
 TALLow-steady; city, 1l-leass4c. coun- try, sssa874c.
 HAY-Dul; shipping. soas5c; good to choio. ssazooL
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17

10:05 o'clock. the jury coming In a few minutes later. When the jurors had taken their seats. the roll was called, each man answering to his name. The clerk then asked:
 Gentlemen of the jury. have you agreed upon a verdict?"
 The foreman replied. "We have" at the same time handing to the clerk the written verdict, which was passed to Judge Woodward.
 After Judge Woodward had discharg- ed the jury which had declared Sheriff Martin and his posse guiltless of the murder of Mike Ceslak District Attor- ney Martin asked that the defendants be required to continue their ball bond. as there are still IT indictments for murder hanging over them and 38 for feloniously wounding. The bond was continued as requested. District Att torney Martin says he has not decided what to do with these other cases. but will confer with the prosecuting com mittee. This committee. 1t Is said. will insist upon further prosecution.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Mrs. Thurston.s Sudden Death.

Washington, March 15.-Consul Gen. eral Lee has notified the state depart ment of the death at Sagua la Grande, Cuba. of the wife of Senator Thurston of Nebraska on board the yacht Anita.
 Senator and Mrs. Thurston were members of a congressional party wh oh left Fort Monroe on March for a trip to Cuba on the yacht Anita. The Anita first touched Cuba at Havana and aft erward went on to Matanzas and Sagua la Grande. The brief announcement of Mrs. Thurston's death was quite un- satisfactory to her many acquaintances In this city. and every effort was made to secure details. as the demise was most unexpected. Mrs. Thurston was In excellent health when she left this city. having taken an active part in the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which met here the week before her departure.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Death of General Roseorans.

San Francisco, March 12.-General William Starke Rosecrans, who has been in feeble health for some time. died yesterday at his ranch near Ro- .dondo. aged IS years. General Rose crans won distinction in the war of the rebellion and had also held a number of important civil positions. He served as minister to Mexico and as a repre- sentative in the Forty-seventh and For ty-eighth congresses. He was often fa- vored by his state for the presidency. In his lifetime he declined the appoint ment of superintendent of the Califor- mia branch mint at San Francisco, as we'll as the Democratic nomination for governor. but served as register of the treasury during MT. Cleveland's first
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
OH Film. For Decoration.

A new method of decorating surfaces with color has been devised by M. Charles Henry, which promises to have an extended development. Every one knows that if a drop of oil or of spirit of turpentine Is allowed to fall on wa ter it will spread over the surface of the water, showing iridescent colors as the pellicle extends and becomes thin enough to cause interferences in the light reflected from the upper and lower sur faces. Sometimes these iridescent col ors are very brilliant, particularly with turpentine or essential oils. but they disappear, of course, with the evapora
 tion of the volatile substance. M. Hen- ry's invention consists in adding to the volatile spirit some substance which as the spirit evaporates will remain fixed at the same time that 1t retains the properties of the spirit pellicle. For this purpose be employs bitumen or rosins of certain kinds, dissolving them in turpen.ine and allowing a drop of the solution to fall on the water. The solution spreads, as turpentine alone would do, but as the turpentine evapo- rates thin permanent film of rosin is left, which exhibits the iridescent col ors of the original liquid. This perma- nent film is then taken up on paper, to which it gives beautiful iridescence. Either black or white paper may be em- ployed, the former giving greater bril- lianoy and the latter greater softness.
 While the liquid solution Is spreading over the paper the colors may be arti- ficially modified by blowing on the film or by whistlirg near it or in other ways, and these variations will be per petuated in the finished work. It will occur to the scientific man that there might be a possibility of producing such variations by the action of colored light, as is done by the Lippmann process on film of bromide of silver and gelatin, and experiments are likely to take thai direction.-American Architect
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
No, an Absolute Necessity.

"Only IA quarts of milk for $l here afterr" exclaimed Ardup Well. we'll simply have to quit taking it, that's all We can't afford it People can live without milk
 And Ardup's indignation was SO great that he did not cool off thoroughly un- til after he had gone down town and spent 50 cents playing billiards. Chi cago Tribune
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
New York Legislature.

Albany. March 10.-The state senate yesterday, by a vote of 30 to IA. con- firmed the nomination of Cornelius V. Collins of Troy to be state superin- tendent of prisons. Senator Tibbits. the Republican representative of the Troy district, declared that 1t was an unfit nomination and voted with the Demo- crats against confirmation. The primary election reform bill was introduced in an amended form by Senator Lexow. and there will be a hearing upon 1t this afternoon before the judiciary commit tee of both houses.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Eleven People Earned to Death.

l New York, March H.-Eleven lives were lost within the brief space of one hour early yesterday morning during a fierce fire which swept through the three upper floors of the five-story brick building at 105 Bowery, near Hester street, occupied by the Bowery Mission and Young Mems home. When the flames were discovered. at 1:40 o'clock, more than 150 men were asleep in the building. So quickly did the fiimsy par titions and bed clothing burn that some men were caught in their beds and killed.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
FOR A BARGE CANAL.
ARGUMENTS HEARD IN FAVOR OF
 SYMoNDS' PROJECT.

It Is Proposed to Follow the General
 Line of the Erie Canal Except Between
 Syracuse and New York-The Need of
 the Waterway.
 Washington. March 1s.-In the house comm .ttee on rivers and harbors argu- ments were heard in favor of barge canal between the great lakes and the Hudson river. Arguments were made by William A. Mcintyre, G. s. Green. Jr., and E. c. O'Brien of New York and MT Counselman of Chicago. The plan advocated is that recommended by Major T. W. Symonds of the engineer corps of Che army, which proposes canal capable of carrying barges with freight capacity of 1.500 tons.
 It Is proposed to follow the general line of the present Erie canal, except that new route Is proposed between New York and Syracuse. 70 as to take out the depression in the line and give the minimum of lockage as we'll as to have the current of ,e canal the en- tire distance flowing ih the direction of the heaviest traffic.
 Another alteration proposed is to canalize the Mohawk river by building dams and locks. thus converting the river into a series of pools. through which the boats could move with great CT freedom and rapidity than through the canal along the valley of the river.
 In the arguments made 1t was urged that a ship canal was impracticable, not only on account of the cost, but also on account of the lack of sufficient depth in the majority of the harbors of the lakes 10 accommodate ocean steamers. It was shown that the pro- posed barge canal, which would enable grain and freight to be loaded at the lake ports and shipped without trans fer to New York. could be constructed for $50. 900 900, while a ship canal would cost $500. 900, 900.
 The Necessity For a Waterway.
 AS showing the necessity for this im- provement. MT. Counselman told the committee that he had been offered transportation for wheat from Chicago by way of Montreal at a considerable less rate than he could obtain trans portation by way of New York. and. while, as an American. he preferred to ship from an American port. he could not avoid taking into consideration the difference in cost. If cheaper rates to the seaboard could not be obtained. the Atlantic ports would lose much or tnelr trade, and the grain trade of the United States would meet more and more seri- ous competition in foreign markets.
 It was shown that the Russian wheat fields, as we'll as those of other coun- tries. are being brought into closer re- lations with the markets each year by the improvement of transportation fa- cilities, and if the United States was to be able to compete the cost of ship ping to the seaboard would have to be reduced. For this reason the proposed improvement was not only of impor- tance to the port of New York. the state of New York and the lake ports. but to every grain farmer in the United States. as the reduction of the cost of transportation was an addition to the profit which he would realize on his grain.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
A. w, PARSONS,
 Ashley Falls, Mass.
TdoeLeTs' Guide.
HoUsAToNIo R. R. ROUTE

HOUSAToNIC R. K. ROUTE Commencing Sunday, November 2s, 1877.
 oorso SOUTH Leave North Adams 6 90 am, pittsneld ' IS uanaan $ 26. Arrive New Haven 10 ss, Bridgeport IA 05. New York II 60. Leave Albany 10 am, State Line 3 70, Pitts. field s 10. Canaan s$o. Arrive Bridgeport IA 05 p. m.. NewHaven l2.t New York i.bQ. Leave Albany 10 % .. m., State Line n tb. North Adams IA ib P; m., Pittsneld l %, Canaan q A, Arrive Bridgeport \ 10, New Haven c s5. New York e.io. Leave Albany lo0 % a. m., state Line n th. Pittafeld IA 90 p. m,, Canaan t7. Arrive Bridgeport 72S. New Haven 500. New York Oo.
 Leave Albany 22o p. m., State Line 8 co, Pittsfeld 3 90. Canaan ( @. Arrive Bridge port 28. New Haven 8 %. New York 2 oo. (sundays only) Leave Pfttsfeld A5 D. m.. Canaan 2b. Arrive Bridgeport 10. New Haven 8 20. New York 8 70.
 oorNo NORTH Leave New York 10 a. m. Bridgeport o5, New Haven 10, Canaan 70, Arrive Pitts fold II 0b, State Line 10 t1, Albany IA 24 D. m. Saratoga 2 IS. North Adams IA 06. Leave New York Q co a. m., Bridgeport Q bb. New Haven Q S5, Canaan IA Ss p. m. Arrive Pittsneld 2 05 p. m., State Line 27, Al- bany 2 4s. Saratoga ( 70. Leave Now York % a. m, Bridgeport II od, New Haven 10 80. Canaan o.i0 p. m. Arrive Pittsfeld iu00 p. m.
 Leave New York g 90 ?. m. Bridgeport ( 2b New Haven co, Canaan c 30. Arrive Pitts |. field q 60, North Adams s bb, State Line s00. Albany 70.
 Leave New York 8 30 p. m., Bridgeport ( as New Haven co, Canaan 0a. Arrive Pitts field 30. State Line s co, Albany co. Sundays onlyl Leave New Haven 70 a m. Bridgeport I 06, Canaan 9 %. Arrive Pitts. field II 05.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Salary In Lieu of Fees.

Trenton. March 15.-The Republican senators caucussed last night and de- cided to pass bill placing county off, cers of the first class on salary basis in place of the present fee system. The rural senators opposed the extending of the bill to the entire state.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Disagrceable.

Gowper-I don't know how it is, but wherever go there is sure to be some thing disagreeable.
 Stickin-And wherever you go that's just what verybody else says.-Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
The Limit.

You are nice little boy said the kindly old gentleman at the hotel
 Thank you, said Tommie
 Have you any little brothers?''
 "Yea. ' sad Tommie, live got broth CTS to burn. but I'm rather short on papas We've only got one. :" Harpcrs $ Bazar
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
SHERIFFS ACQUITTED.

Martin and His Deputies Declared Guilt
 lw.s of Murder.
 Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 10.-The jury In the case of Sheriff Martin and his deputies. charged with the killing of strikers at Lattimer on Sept. 10, yester- day returned a verdict of not guilty. Long before the time for court to open there was a big crowd waiting to gain admission to the courtroom, and when the doors were thrown open there was a wild rush. but only a limited number were admitted. Judge Woodward did not take his seat on the bench until
Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17

s Trains stop only on signal, or when scaaae- ldditionai trains leave New Psitr and High- land fo~ Poughkeopeie every hour fom a TTains leave Poughseepsis [ 70 a m, sce q m hourly uoti % ?. m for Highland and Trains leave Rhineclln % mL, sn D n. sis D. m, arrive at sivcrnAim M m m, sh Tr,ins is.ve siivernsls il nA n ( oop n, <a p. m. arrive ct Rhinociins is m ? Fh, @ Trains leave roaghiespue for Hopswen 60 and S A m, h and W p m
 Trains leave HopeAweii for fsughkoc?sis ' bo and 70 G A m, 0 and tn p4
 Trains and 10 oArry thrvuFh cc@nh NesweSn wfnsfcd and Grand Central rtAtioa. Nsw f@h western K,press, Esin l; makes esrcct eee- oniarlo western Ny Dor thA West, sue Gtiesso following day aso ?. m also conneo. witA ngse riven to wcsscrn uavel kste< e fErs te a lower than any othsu itns Wrif fm refcn and pArsfeaiArs Ssaors puahAzsns tiokstx oS@ ksy
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do not care what you do with my body when my soul is gone, or whether you believe in cremation or inhuma- tion. I shall sleep just as we'll In a wrapping of sackcloth as in satin lined with eagles down. But my soul-before this day passes will find out where it will land. Thank God for the intima- tion of my text, that when we die Jesus takes us. That answers all questions for me. What though there were massive bars between here and the city of light,
 Jesus could remove them. What though there were great Saharas of darkness,
 Jesus could illume them. What though get weary on the way, Christ could lift me on his omnipotent shoul- der What though there were chasms to cross, his hand could transport me.
 Then let Stephens prayer be my dying litany. Lord Jesus, receive my spirit" It may be in that hour we will be too feeble to say long prayer. It may be in that hour we will not be able to say the Lords Prayer. for it has seven pe- titions. Perhaps we may be too feeble even to say the infant prayer our moth- CTS taught us, which John Quincy Ad- ams, 70 years of age, said every night when he put his head upon his pillow:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-04
UONESDALE..

Mr.. Charles Hand and wife, of New
York, We're visitors over Sunday at the
residence of their father Mr.. Horace
Hand
Mr.. Jacob Miller, superintendent of
Glen Dyberry cemetery, has taken pos
session of the beautiful new cottage
just erected by the Cemetery associa-
tion.
Miss Florence Wood, of the C. NJ.
Parker Concert company, is spending a
week with her family here, before leav-
ing to fill engagements in the South.
The heavy snow storm on Friday
caused a blockade on the Delaware
and Hudson gravity road. Trains all
day were very much behind schedule
time Conductor Pearce's train, due
here at 7.20 Friday evening did not
reach here until o'clock Saturday
morning.
Raymond Hardenburgh left on Mon
day to resume his studies at the West
Chester military school,
This (Tuesday) evening the third
number of the Christian Endeavor en-
tertainments will be given. II will be
lecture by Rev. Willis, subject Sun
shine"
Dr. Joseph Crandal returned yester-
day to Atlantic City, his place of busi-
ness.
Merchant Tailor Geseke has moved
his business up Main street, adjoining
Henry Friends store.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-04

of the Federal authorities. Even Pres
iden Lincoln was appealed to and
asked to commit the ardent southerner
to an indefinite confinement in order
that he might be curbed.
Lincoln listened to the statement Of
the case with more than usual interest.
Then he leaned back and began to
speak with e smile upon his face. "You
are talking about old man John Helm /?
Well, did you know that I used to
live, when i was a boy, in Helms
t1wn. He was kind tn me. He seemed
to like me as boy, and he never lost
an opportunity to help me. He seemed
to think said Lincoln, with another
of his almost pathetic smiles. that I
would probably make something OF a
man. Why, when 1 went out to I'LL
nois. poor and unknown, that man
gave me the money to pay my way
and keep me until / got a start. John
Helm? Oh, yes. i know him. 1 think
1 can fix his case.
And then" said Senator Mills,
Lincoln went to a desk and wrote a
few words. The bit of writing is treas
ured in the Helm household to this
day. This is what the president wrote:
I hereby pardon John l.. Helm OF
Kentucky for all that he has ever done
against the United States and all that
he ever will do.
Abraham Lincoln"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-04
ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY.
What lie Did For an Old Benefac.
tor.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post,
Senator Mills has a new story about
Lincoln. 1t was told to him by a son
of John l.. Helm. of Kentucky, who
lives in Corslcana.
"Old John l.. Helm" said the sena-
tor was a famous character in Ken
tucky. He was, if remember rightly.
governor of the state, but at any rate
his position was a most prominent
one. When the Civil War came on
Helm was a rabid secessionist. He
could not praise the south too highly.
and could not heap enough abuse upon
the north. He was too old to 90 into
the war with his sons. and remained
home, doing all he could to help the
Confederate cause and haTAss the Yam
KEGS who invaded the state. Finally
he became so obstreperous that the
Federal general who was in command
near Helms home put him in prison.
The old mans age. the high position
which he occupied In the state, his
wide connection. and especially his in
ability to do any actual harm, were all
pleaded in his extenuation and he was
released. Instead of profting by the
warning, the old man became more
persistent than ever in his course. Once
more he was clapped into Jail. This
happened two or three times. and fin
ally, while he was still locked up. the
matter was brought to the attention