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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
ONE OF A THOUSAND.

The Y. M. c. A, Boys Inaugurate a
 Campaign for One Thousand New
 Members.
 Last evening at the Y. M. c. A. a very enthusiastic body of young men sat down to a bountiful repast, prepar- ed by the newly organized ladies com- mittee, Mrs, L. T. Snow, chairman. Af- ter the banquet the meeting was called to order by MT. Pierce N. Welch, presi- dent of the association, who introduced MT. Edward S. Swift as chairman of the membership committee.
 Mr. Swift outlined the object of the gathering and emphasized the import ance of securing at once at least one thousand members at five dollars each. He claimed that although the $5,000 was very much needed, it was of secondary importance compared to the value of the young men themselves. He then introduced the Waterbury general sec retary, Mr. T. P. Day, who told how they had increased their membership by HOO members at $7 each.
 MT. Day said that the business men and the worktngmen-in fact, every body in Waterbury-b interested in the effort, and it had been the means of calling attention to the work and en- larging their opportunities for useful ness.
 One of the incidents of the campaign was the adoption of an attractive but ton, reading '1 of 1,000," to be worn by the new members. The young men en- tered into this plan to extend the good work already being done by the New Haven association to much larger proportion of the twenty thousand young men here.
 A systematic canvass will be begun to-day by these young men in the fac tories, stores and offices, their watch word being lone of thousand,' and it is expected that many of these but tons will soon appear.
 Upon comparing this association with others in this state it is found that the privileges offered are greater for the money, and that in many lines of work such as gymnasium classes, lectures entertainments and religious work, il does not fall behind.
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nor mongers were not idle. Among other efforts to -depress the market, there was circulated an unfounded sto- ry that the United States minister to Spain had sought the protection of the British embassy at Madrid.
 Realizations of profits by larger in- terests aided the bear raid, uncovering stop-loss orders. The market closed at or near the lowest and-very weak. Man. haitian Elevated and Metropolitan Street Railway advanced early on man. ipulation, but the interests that engi- neered the advance in these securities later seemed to have changed their po- sition. Sales under the rule to-day for the account of the brokers who sus- pended yesterday depressed Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling and Tennessee Coal and Iron and some of the grangers.
 The senate finance committees ap- proval of the Teller resolution declar. ing for the payment of government bonds in either gold or silver was used by traders as bear card. The resolu- ton presented in the house in the form of an amendment for the recognition oi Cuban belligerency was not known un- til near the closing hour In the gen eral list the decline from the high point ranged from to points. but the losses in most cases were fractional.
 The net losses of over point were as follows: Burlington IS. Manhattan 13s Michigan Central K, Mobile and Ohio 1A, New Jersey Central 1A, New York Chicago and St. Louis second preferred ?, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago an6 St. Louis preferred 1As. and Tennessee Coal and Iron 11a. Among the gains were American Spirits preferred l, Den yer and Rio Grande preferred l, ant National Starch first preferred g. Easy money and favorable statements of rail way earnings had no influence on the prices.
 The bond market was well held, de spite the heavy liquidations in the stock market. Issues which have been con spicuous in the dealings of late contin ued to vibrate very violently. The tota sales were S3,S40.000
 Government bonds showed some hes itancy, with quotations for the fyes shaded. Following are the closing prices re ported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, 46 Broadway, New York and IS Center street. New Haven.
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RECITAL AT HARMONIE HALL.
Given by William H. Lee and Charles
 Meehan.

Meehan.
 The recital given at Harmonic hall last evening by William H. Lee and Charles Meehan was most interesting and enjoyable occasion and was attend ed by a large and appreciative audience. MT. Lee and MT. Meehan were assisted by MT. Isidore Troostwyk, MT. Harry Read and MT. Willis Alllng, who played in place of Mrs. Lines, who was unfor- funately absent. MT. filling played at a moments notice and acquitted him. self well of most ungrateful task.
 Mir. Lees numbers were ITO My Tur- tie Dove" by Henschel; The Quest, by Eleanor Smith, and the familiar "Evening Star" romanza from Tam hauser" All were most agreably ren- dered MT. Lees voice is of pleasing quality and it is used with uncommon intelligence. The "Tannhauser" aria, was sung with considerable feryor and in response to very hearty applause MT. Lee returned and sang "Nevin's "Madel, Vie Blichts." Mir Lee must be regard ed as an acquisition to New Haven's musical forces.
 MT. Charles Meehan, who Is familiar to those interested in musical affairs as male soprano, who has enjoyed con- siderable success in concert work, both in this country and in Europe, has not been heard in New Haven before in con- cert work MT. Meehan participated most enjoyable in the recent consecra- ton services at Trinity church and the interest which was aroused at that time probably accounted in large measure | for the numerous attendance last even- | ing Mir Meehan sang last night two German songs, ''Ich Liebe Dich," by Mildenberg, and a well known song | by Oscar Well, and later an English serrenade by Glider In addition l there were two encore numbers, Guy d' Hardelot's "Dit Oui, Mignon,' and the ancient and honorable Coming Thro' the Rye" It would have added to the interest of the programme if MT. Meehan had sung something from the coloratura repertoire in which there would have been an opportunity to show the flexibility and range which his voice is said to possess, He proved, 1 however, in the selections chosen, that | he is endowed with musical tempera- ment of no common order. He sings with great intelligence and the only linn itations proceed from the nature of the voice itself. The voice Is used with skill and some of the mezzo-voce effects l are remarkable MT. Meehan is pu- pil of Mr. Lee, and MT. Lee certainly l deserves credit for his excellent train ing. The audience was most enthusias- tic over MT. Meehan's performance, and there was no possible doubt of his sue. cess here
 Mr Isidor Troostwyk is always de. Iightful artist and his playing was a most satisfactory feature of the pro. gramme.
 MT. Read is an excellent accompanist whose merits are just beginning to re- ceive the attention they deserve. MT Read performed difficult task in g most praiseworthy and muslcianly manner.
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Personally Conducted Tour via Pennsyi
 vania Railroad.

Personally Conducted Tour via Pennsyi-
 vania Railroad.
 With its matchless climate, it's orange groves, it's rivers and lakes, it's boating and bathing, its fishing and hunting, and it's primeval forests, Florida pre- aents unrivaled attractions for the vale tudinarian, the lover of nature, the sportsman. and the explorer.
 The first Jacksonville tour of the sea son via the Pennsylvania Railroad. al lowing two weeks in Florida, leaves New York by special train Tuesday January 25. Excursion tickets, includ- ing railway transportation, Pullman accommodations Gone berth), and meals en route in both directions while trav- cling or the special train, will be sold at the following rates: New York $5o00; Philadelphia, S4S.O0; Canaudai- qua, $52.S5; Erie, $54.S5; wilkesbarre S5O.S5; Pittsburg, $5300; and at propor- tionate rates from other points.
 For tickets. itineraries, and full in formation apply to ticket agents; Tour ist Agent, ll96 Broadway, New York; or address Geo. w Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
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NOTES OF THE GAME.

Meridens have come and gone once more. But they are still unavenged.
 The visitors played their usual fast game and in the second period New Haven was simply not in it and things looked as if they were going Meridens s way this time. But, alas, it was not to be so, for New Haven put on her fight ing armor in the last period and waltzed around the Meridens.
 The Warner boys played an excellent game last night. Purcell and Kennedy also put in a deal of hard and useful work, while Kerwin excelled himself. The manner in which he brought up some of E. Gavitt's terrible drives were miracles.
 It was a case of plucking the brand from the fiery bush at the last minute. The crowd was well pleased with the way in which Meriden worked to gain a victory and it was just nip and tuck that they did not get it. Try again, boys.
 E.s Gavitt kept Kerwin pretty much on the jump last night. His drives were accurate and very hard to stop. Spencer worked like a natter but was not so successful in caging as the big fellow last night. Jordan and F. Cav it worked hard but were inclined to get too far up the rink to make Mallory feel comfortable. Several of Meriden's goals were scored owing to Mallory be- ing left all alone at a critical period.
 Mallory played his usual steady game. He, however, lost two goals by leaving his cage unprotected. The audience did not seem to approve of this method.
 Next game with Hartford on Friday night There is sure to be a big crowd.
 The games next week move up town.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
Revelation for Weak Women.

Weak, nervous women who suffer from female complaints, irregularities, discharges, backache, etc, get no sym pathy because they Hook we'll" No one but the physician knows what they suffer, and no one but great specialist in female diseases like Dr. Greene, 35 West 14th St.. New York City. the most successful physician in curing these complaints, has the knowledge, skill and remedies which never fail to cure Women should know that Dr. Greene can be consulted by mail free Write the Doctor You can thus get his opin- ion and advice in regard to your case free. Write now-it may result in your cure
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Of the Y. P. S. c. E. Met in This City
 c. E. News.
 About twenty-five members of the state executive committee of tine Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor met in the kenwclS house yesterday af- ternoon and last night The most im- portant business which came before the meeting was the proposed change in the constitution that the stat econven- ton be held biennially instead os annu- ally. The matter caused much discus soin, but the decision was not given out The committee will bring the mat ter before the next state convention.
 Reports of the work during the past year were read There were many ac- sessions ard the interest in the work has been steadily increasing, especially along missionary lines.
 This evening in the Grand avenue Congregational church there will be an unusually bright and interesting meet ing of the New Haven union. It is the regular monthly. Rev. J. Lee Mitchell will conduct the services and Rev Cort- land Myers of Brooklyn will deliver an address on the topic Defend Him at HIS lIidl. l5otiI6 SpCCiaI luuSlS VIII DG rendered, among which will be several selections by q quartette of young men from Ansonia.
 On February in the Dwight Place church c. E. day will be appropriately celebrated. The occasion will be one of great prominence in the history of the local union from the fact that William Shaw of Boston, member of the U nit cd society, will be present and address the meeting. After the meeting the so- ciety of Dwight Place church will hold
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a reception in honor of MT. Shaw. All the societies in the local union will be invited to be present.
 On the 10th of February there will be a rally in the Howard avenue Congre- gational church, at which five persons will speak on the subject of Models" The evangelistie committee, of which Charles T. Lincoln is chairman, has be- gun a new line of work. Last Sunday they held a service at No, S's engine house and will eventually visit all, of the engine houses and probably the po- lice stations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
THIRTY MILES FOR AN ACORN.
The industry of a Mexican Bird in
 Collecting Provisions.

Collecting Provisions.
 Down in Mexico there lives a wood- becker who stores his nuts and acorns in the hollow stalks of the yuccas and separated by joints into several cavi- ties. and the sagacious bird has some how found this out, and bores a hole at the upper end of each joint, and an- other at the lower. through which to extract the acorns when wanted. Then 1t fills up the stalks soldly and leaves it's stores there until needed, safe from the depredations of any other thievish bird or four-footed animal
 The first place in which this curious habit was observed was on hill in the midst of desert. The hill was covered with yuccas and magu- eys, but the nearest oak trees were thr- ty miles away, and so. it was calcu- lated, these industrious birds had to make flight of sixty miles for each acorn slowed thus in the stalks!
 An observer of birds remarks:  There are several strange features to be noticed in these facts; the provident instinct which prompts this bird to lay by stores of provisions for the winter, the great distance traversed to collect q kind of food so unusual for it's race, and its seeking in place so remote its natural abode a storehouse so remark able"
 Can instinct alone teach, or have ex- perience and reason taught. these birds that, far better than the bark of trees or crevices in rocks or any other hiding place are these hidden cavities they make for themselves with the hollow stems of distant plants?
 This we cannot answer. But we do know that one of the most remarkable birds in our country is this California woodpecker, and that he is well entitled to his Mexican name of Fl Carpintero- the carpenter bird-St, Nicholas.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
CLEVER ENTERTAINMENT
Given at the Church of the Ascension
 I.ast Nipht-rrn ha Rannatad

Last Night-To be Repeated.
 The Young Peoples society of the Church of the Ascension are deserving of much praise for the clever entertain ment given under their auspices in the parish house of the church last night. There was very large attendance and the coffers of the society were nicely replenished in consequence. The enter tainment will be repeated tonight and is certainly deserving of a liberal pat ronage. The Allegro Orchestral club, of which George Kessel is leader. rem dered several selections in very good style Miss Mabel Pratt was the ac- comDanist.
 The entertainment consisted of two farce comediettas, the one "Poppleton's s Predcaments' being given by request. | ''Dr. Baxter's Great Invention was given for the first time and proved very | funny.
 | The casts follow:
 | ''POPPLETON'S PREDICAMENTS. . Peter Poppleton.. ........... E. B. Beers | Arthur Hardup.. ........A. G. Gehanne Thomas. ....................H. R. Wood Mrs. Trappem. ....., Mrs. A. c. Gehanne Miss Georgiana Sparks. Miss Susie Coe Miss Jemima Singleton. on.......,......
 ............s..... :. Mrs. H. R, Wood Mrs. Walker. .... Miss Ella Flaherty Mrs. Handy. Miss Maud Purdue Mrs. Fanny Hardup.. ................
 Miss Alice FIaherty "DR. BAxTER's GREAT INvEN-
 TON"
 Dr. Henry Baxter.... R. Wood Peter Crawford. ..... William Allemar Samuel Wooley ...E B. Beers Miss Roxanna Tucker. R. B Lyon Miss Dorothy Tucker. A. C.. Gehanne Mary Ann O'Flynn.. nn................
 ...,............. Horace M. Sanford
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

Washington. Jan, IS. To-day's statement of the condition of the treas ury shows; Available cash balance, s239,S3S,417; gold reserve, s162, 1886, ,477; net silver. $15,s40,772 United States notes in the treasury, S33,217 ,o47; treas ury notes of 1890 $2,727,353; total re- cepts this day, $934,549; total receipts this month, s25, ,135, ,365; total receipts this year, ss232, ,S96, 4S9; total expendit- ures this day, s1 ,0O5, GOO; total expendit- ures this month. $23, ,147 GOO; total expen- ditures this year. $2s1. .351, ,211; deposits i'll national banks, s4S, 6GS, 9o3.
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Etnanctal.
Prices Slaughtered in Afternoons Trading
 in Stocks.

in Stocks.
 New York, Jan. 1s.-Prices were slaughtered in the afternoons trading on the stock exchange to-day, especial ly in those properties, including local traction lines, which were most bene- fited by the markets buoyancy yester- day. Prices opened with fractional ap- preciation in values In sympathy with London. which traded moderately both ways but buying slightly more than they sold. Large operators were not very active in the local market until the late trading. There appeared to be a general undertone of strength in the early transactions, but the temper of the market gradually changed and ru-
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OFF FOR GOLD FIELDS.

Southington, Jan. 1S.-Thomas Quin- Ian and Charles Davis will start for the Klondike gold fields tomorrow.
 They will leave here on the 12:4S train for Plainvi11e, where they will be joined by John Conlan of that place. They expect to be in Tacoma, Wash, in about a week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
MERCANTILES WIN TWO.

The Mercantlles won two games out of three in last nights city league bowling contest, the winning team in all cases putting up over 800 totals. Bron- son was high roller with 566, Vinal and Edwards also getting over the 800 mark. Bartletts 203 was high for single string.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
N. Y. Cotton Exchange.
Chicago Market.

Reported oyer private wire by H. C.. Freedman X Co.,. bankers and brokers, 10 Wall street. N Y, and Polls building, 23 Church street. New Haven. N. A. Tanner
 manager local branch.
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MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.
OuotatIons of Active Bonds,

Quotations of Active Bonds. The following quotations on bonds are furnished by Boody, Mcclellan & Co. bank. CTS. 57 Broadway, New York. and 87 Or ange street, New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
Government Bonds.

NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS Furnished daily by KtMBGRLY, Roor SDAY,
 Bankers and Brokers. l33 Orange street.
 BANK STOCKS.
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MERIDEN DEFEATED.

The Polo Game Last Night Resulted in
 Meriden Being Again Defeated By
 New Haven-Score. New Haven
 Goals, Meriden 6.
 Close on one thousand people saw the Meridens again defeated at Quinnipiac rink by the New Haven team. Purcell opened the scoring for Meriden in 3:1S. Slow work characterized the play of both teams for the next five minutes, when Spencer scored a clever goal and capitalized. In the second period Meri- den showed little more of their swift work and F. Warner scored the next two goals by fine play. It was not, however, until the last period that New Haven fairly settled down to work and played anything like their usual form, Up to this time the spectators were also cold and undemonstrative. Spencer capitalized seven minutes from start of last period and F. Gavitt put them one ahead twelve seconds later. F. Gavitt scored still another shortly after and the crowd went wild with excitement The game was still anybodys and Meri- den worked very hard and were re- warded with another goal just before the gong sounded. Lineup and sum- mary:
 New Haven. Meriden
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Of the Y. P. S, c. E. Met in This City
 c. E. News
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-19
Legislature.

The farmers in the House had an
other inning yesterday morning over
the bill to repeal the law providing for
the testing of cattle for tuberculosis by
the state board of cattle commissioners.
The strorg point made against the
present law is that it has cost the state
$40, 900 and that other states which have
had the law for time have repealed II.
Kinsley of Lowell demanded the yeas
and NAYS and the bill was ordered to a
third reading by vote Of ia to 33.
Delong of Shoreham moved a recon-
sideration of the vote refusing third
reading, to abolish the board of agri-
culture. After much discussion Whit
ney of Spring field demanded the yeas
and nays. The result was as follows:
yeas lis, nays 92 and the motion pre-
vailed.
On the question Of the third reading
of the bill Ballard Of Georgia demand
ed the yeas and nays. The result was
as follows: yeas 1903, nays 105 and the
third reading of the bill was again re-
fused.
On motion of Dunton of Poultney,
the bill relating to expert superlnten-
dency of schools, was ordered to lie.
The House took another turn at the
Governor Smith taxation bill after 1t
had been read third time and it was
passed by vote Of 12O to "a, tine fourth
yea and nay vote of tho forenoon.
Read third time and passed, amend
my charter of Barre; to incorporate the
Champlain Telephone Company OF
Bridport; to incorporate the Barre Flee
tric Co.. to amend the charter of the
village of Winooski; bill amending the
charter of the Chelsea. Tunbridge and
South Royaton Railroad company
legalizing appraisal and lists of Calais
Incorporating Montpelier and Northern
Traction company.
In the Senate, morning, Passed.-En-
larging powers Of states attorneys, as
TO @information." making salary of sup.
erintendent OF house OF correction
$1,000; compelling fences and guards
on street cars forbidding shooting wild
duCk6 ny Ihoohlk"St HAo0"6 ~
season for black bass, pike. white perch
or muskalouge; providing for exemr'
ton of property used for public library
purposes,
Special orders. rs.-Regulating sale o.
feeding stuffs to be further amended
regulating practice of medicine by
graduates of Canadian colleges. The
Bill was amended 60 as to exempt from
penalty experts called in consultation
then passed; relating to states attorney
salaries, refused third reading.
In the Senate, afternoon, the bill re
lating to mileage books, was reporte'
by majority Of committee with ex'en
sive anne ndmcnts,
Several Senators spoke against th