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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
TRAVIS IN STATE PRISON.

Hartford, Dec. 15.-William B. Travis, the burglar will hereafter be known as Adolph Birtschie. He was taken to the state prison yesterday morning by She,- if Smith and Deputy Jailer Connors and he was registered at the institution by that name. Travis was not talka- tive On the way to the state prison ha expressed the same opinion that he has at the jail several times since he was convicted, that the sentence of nine years, imposed by Judge Shum- way, was severe.
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NOTICE
NOTICE. To the Holders of the Bonds of the Southern New England Telephone Company, Issue

To the Holders of the Bonds of the Southern
 New England Telephone Company, Issue
 of March l, 1891.
 Notice Is hereby given to the holders of the Mortgage Bonds of The Southern New Eng land Telephone Company issued and dated March l. 1891, and due March 1, 1906, that the Treasurer of The Southern New England Telephone Company will pay all such bonds, and accrued interest thereon, at the office of the Company in New Haven, Connecticut, on the First Day of March, 1899, paying for the same at the rate of one hundred and two per cent of the face value of said bonds, in accordance with the terms of said bonds in Telephone Company reserves the right at the maturity of any coupon after five years from the date of said bonds to redeem the whole or any portion of such issue al one hundred and two per cent. and accrued interest upon giving three months notice in writing to the registered holders of such bonds and by ad- vertisement for not less than three months ven, Connecticut And notice is hereby fur ther given to the holders of said bonds that interest on the same will cease upon said first day of March, 1S90.
 The Southern New England Telephone Company farther gives notice to the hold CTS of the.aboye described bonds that they can, at any time between December 1, 1898, and February 1, 1899, exchange their pres ent bonds for bonds of the new issue, at the office of the company.
 The company in such exchange will pay one hundred and two and interest for the outstanding bonds, and will charge one hun dred and nine and interest for the bonds of the new issue.
 By vote of the Board of Directors passed October 26th 1898.
 A. H. EMBLER, Treasurer.
 New Haven, Nov. 2S, 1898. n30 cod to ia 1
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TRY GRAIN.O! '! TRY CRAIN.O 7!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you pack age of GRAlN-0, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drlnk it without injury as well as the adult. All who try 1t, like It. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but 1t is made from pure grains and the most deli cate stomach receives 1t without distress. 14 the price of coffee. 15c and 25 cts per package Sod by all grocers
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CASTLE ELECTS OF
 TIGERS

Luxembury Castle, No. 1. K. of G., elected the following officers last eN en- ing: Noble chief, George H. Priest; vice chief. A. F. Boyce; vice herald, Sylves- ter Chase: keeper of exchequer, Fred Strong; clerk of exchequer, F. s. Ham, ilton, Jr: master records, Richard F. Green; sir herald, H. M. Perry.
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POLO.

At New Britain-New Britain &. Springfield 6; rushes, Hipson 12, Russell 4, ties 8; stops, Burgess 50, Murphy SS; fouls, Bartlett 4, Hipson, Connell, Jean, McGilvray; referee, Lush; attendance, 800.
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Government Bon Iia,
Chicago NIal iKet.

Reported over prtvate wiro by II. O.. Friedman & Co.,, Bankers and Brokers, 10 Wall Street, N r.. and I63 Chapel Street. Room 7 and 3, New Haven. N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local Branch.
 Opening Highest Lowest Close
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ELKs AT POLO.
New Haven Defeated Hartford Last
 Night.

New Haven Defeated Hartford Last
 Night.
 The polo team representing the Hart ford lodge of Elks was defeated at Bowling hall last night by team rep resenting the New Haven lodge. The final score was Il to 3. The members of the two lodges occupied seats on op- posite sides of the hall and kept up, a good natured rivalry in the matter of cheering their respective teams, much to the amusement of the spectators. Each team was allowed to have two professionals. George Bone and Hobe Whiting of the New Haven team play ed for the local lodge, while Cotter and Parsons, the former of the Hartford team and the latter of the New Britain team, wielded the stick for the visitors.
 The New Haven team won by supe- rior team work, which was at times decidedly brilliant. The audience was furnished with plenty of enjoyment by the peculiar movements of the men, who are not used to playing polo.
 After the game the visitors were en- tertained in the lodge room of the local Elks in the Insurance building.
 The lineup of the teams were:
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At, Top. X s. Fe gen As. " 99 99H At, Top. X s. Fe adj. gen 4s.. 7sA 7e4 Brooklyn El. IT. Co. cts 6s ..... 94 04% Brooklyn Rapid IT. Co. 5s. :. .106 1o7 Central Ky of N. J. mtg 5s. .114A 114% Chic, R; l, X Pacific ext 5s. .106h 107 Ehesa ERis s con 0niG DeT ger sn 4 ls ssqA sl Manhattan Ky Con. mtg 4s.... 97 9Tb Mo, Kan. X Texas list mtg 4s 9s 90 Mo, Kan. X Texas 2d mtg As 67H esq Mobile X Ohio gen mtg 4s. ..... S2A S2M N. Y, Ont. & West. gen mtg 4s104 104lz N Y., Sus. X West. gen mtg 5s 94 % Nor. Pacific prior gen mtg 5s. .102I 103 Northern, Pacific gen lien 3s.. 69A 69& oregon Short Line Con, 5s. .... HOE . Phila. X Reading gen mtg As. .. 8619 S63t Rio Or. tS West. 1st mtg As. ... 92 923b Southern Ky 1st Con. g 5s. ..... .1O5 105I St Louis & Southw. 1st mtg 5s S4H S4;I Texas x Pacific 1st mtg 5s. .... .10Sh Union Pacific Is ......... -. .102& 103 Wabash Ky Co.,, 1st mtg 5.s. .113A 113% Wabash Ky Co.,, 2d mtg g 5s.... 94A 94A
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, Ex-dividend.

Active Quotations of Bonds. Reported by Boody. Mcclellan & Co.,, Bankers and Brokers. 57 Broad.-ay, New York, and ST Orange Street, New Haven
 Rid Aqknd
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MORE TROLLEY LINE EXTENSION

MORE TROLLEY LINE EXTENSION
 New Britain, Dec. 15.-General Man. ager E. H. Mather of the Central Rail- way and Electric company said yester- day that the company would ask the general assembly for an amendment to it's charter granting it the right to con struct and operate a line of railway from the soldiers monument in East Berlin southerly on Main street, thence over the public highway and private land to the Hartford and MiddleseX county line, thence to the tracks of the Mi sdletown, Meriden and Waterbury r. iIroad over the tracks above grade to N-estfeld Falls, thence parallel to Fall 7,rook to the Middletown and Meriden trnpile. It will also ask to have its nresent charter extended until January i 1903. This gives it the right to con struct a line from Berlin to East Ber- lin. MT. Mather said that the residents of East Berlin had sent petition after netition to the company to extend it's Berlin line to that place. The directors of the company had considered the mat fer but arrived at no definite conclu- sion. If the lien is extended to East Berlin it will be continued to Westfield Falls.
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Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On tie New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince < Whitely, Brokers, 15 Center street, New Haven
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LARD: Nay. 537 6,37 5.32 587 Now York Cotton Exchange. Reported over private wire by Fl. 0. Frled- man & Co. bankers and brokers, 10 Wall Street, N. Y., and 163 Chapel Street, New branch.
 OnenInu CIoainS
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Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reported by Prince X Wbito.y, Bankers and Brokers. 52 Broadway. New York, md i5 Center st., New Haven Did Asked
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NEW YORK STOCK MAERE BIT.
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Held in County Building in This City, Representatives of State Firemen,s Association and Oyster Growers Asso- ciation Heard-Fircmen's Peculiar Handling of State Funds-Taxution of Oyster Beds.
The herald., 1898-02-20
DEBTS OF THE WORLD
THE TOTAL, WITH INTEREST. IS
AN APPALLING TOTAL
The United States, Germany and Great
Britain Have Decreased the
Amounts They Owe

The debts of the world approximate
6 $3.50, 100000. 1t was estimated lust
twenty years ago that the eighteen larg-
est national debts amounted in the as
gregate to e4,553, 900, 900. A sum of e 1877.
100000 was allowed for the numerous
minor borrowers; and this brought the
total Indebtedness to about f4,75O, ,OOO-
900, which means that there has been an
increase in the two decades of as mucl,
as 91,0S0,000,0O0.
There have been few noteworthy de-
creases-thus, the debt of Great Britain
has gone down from 97S0,000,0 900 in 1876
to 9645, 100000 this year; that on the
United States from 9440, 100000 to e249,-
100000, and that of Germany from e2OO,-
100000 to GS5,00O,0O0 But the great ma
jority of the old borrowers have been
true to human weakness and have in
creased their obligations; while a host
of smaller peoples have appeared upon
the scale. France, an easy first in re-
gard to the aggregate, is also first in
regard to the increase, for whereas it's
debt in 1876 was the equivalent of $780,
100000, last year it was equal to G1,-
2S0, 1000, ,000-a rise of a3S0,0 ,0O0,O 900. Aus
tria- Hungary is second to France in
this particular, with an increase of
9222, 100000; Russia is third, with an in
crease of 916OOOO,0OO; and Italy fourth,
with an increase of G124,000,00O The
fluctuations in the principal debts in the
periods under discussion are shown in
the following table, from which the
millions (O00OOO are omitted
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FOR SALE
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HOUSES ron SALE ON INSTALL

HOUSES roR SALE ON INSTALL
MENT PLAN
sl5oO-s5o cash ans SO per month; six
room cottage on graded street in Boyle
Heights or will take vacant lot as part
payment If you want to buy a cheap
home, come in and let u5 show you this
property.
$2000--A house of rooms on W.-30th st. ;
5000 cash and balance terms to suit 7-3.
si500-Two houses and lots OH Budlong
street, near Goth; s1o0 cash and balance
easy terms This is a good buy for some
one wanting home in the southwest part
of the city, and ON easy terms. 7-23
very tasty, situated on Twenty-tirst ST.,
near San Pedro. street graded. cement
sidewalk. cement curb. and all paid for
lot 50x15o to 15-foot alley; you can buy
this on your own terms. Come In and let
us show you the property.
$1S00-$100 cash and the balance s1250
per month; new and modern Broom
up-to-date cottage in the southwest part
OF the city, on car line. 1896
$O0-A large lot on west side of Sher-
man street north of Westlake park; can
be sold on easy terms.
We have several customers for modern
hve and six-room cottages situated in the
southwest part of the city. II you have
houses of that description, and would like
to sell them, come in and give us men,
orandum of the same, and we will sell
them for you.
HOWE & O'BEAR,
3l6-317 Bradbury Block, Third and Broad
way. 20
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figures on it, and in marking off he uses
an awl instead of lead pencil. Tom is
neat, orderly, careful and exact in his
work, and rarely makes q blunder of any
! kind. His intuitions are so keen and
| his two senses of touch and smell, upon
which he depends, are so highly devel-
oped, that he can detect the slightest
variation from the model. If his work
does not match the rule and square per-
fectly he is miserable.
| Tom is a most successful driver of
nails. Every blow of the hammer falls
with unerring aim full upon the head of
the nail, and he can send it through
the thinnest piece of wood without split
ting it. Seeing the boys who smash their
fingers and splinter the wood in their
endeavor to drive nails look on in wonder
at Toms feat.
Tom began his woodwork with SIM
ply constructed little stool, in which he
used only a saw, hammer and nails.
Since then he has made score of arti-
cles, including boxes and other knick-
knacks suitable for Christmas presents
| for his friends. One of his most am
| bilious efforts, and one in which he
| manifested the greatest interest, was a
oiio houSe, III IlldklDS Wnlcn ne used
| twelve different tools.
ACUTE SENSE OF SMELL
When Tom is in doubt about the kind
| of wood he is handling he helps out his
| fingers by smelling the wood, and by
| this sense alone is able to distinguish
| eight different varieties. He is not only,
| painstaking and careful in his work, but
keeps an accurate and systematic record
of all that he does, describing each arti-
| Gle that he makes and setting down the
length of time he was occupied on it and
other details.
His mechanical bent finds expression
even in the summer vacation, which he
passes on farm. He spends consid-
cradle part of his time in fitting up con-
trivances which require skill and pa
tience. Last summer he rugged up an
elevator in the barn without assistance
or direction from any one, getting the
materials, consisting of rope, pulleys
blocks and chain, together himself, and
so adjusting them that he could pull
himself up and let himself down again.
He is extremely active and venturesome.
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Tommy Stringer is the kind of boy
who would sing merrily at his work if he
could, but that is one of the few things
that are out of the range of his accom-
plishment. In lieu of it his comely face
shines with joy and satisfaction when he
| takes a piece of wood in one hand and a
! tool in the other and begins to fashion
| some simple article of use or orna-
ment.
| Tom is deaf and blind, and his means
of communicating with other people are
confined almost wholly to the use of the
manual alphabet. Nevertheless, he has
been attending the Sloyd school In Bos-
ton for the past year, where he is taught
J with ordinary pupils, most of whom he
excels in the neatness and accuracy of
his work. He goes twice q week, being
accompanied from the kindergarten for
the Blind in Jamaica Plain by his
teacher, Miss Conley, who is his COM
panion, confidante, interpreter and pro-
tector, as well as teacher.
These days are as good as holidays to
Tom. He never has to be reminded of
them or coaxed or scolded into going.
The trip in itself is an event fraught
with as much interest as if he could
49, eAiS oit,ieo 1ioii6 lllC way eiIlu H6dT
the cries and the music of the street.
and, in way, Tom does see and hear
more than many boy would in passing
over the same route.
How many people are in the carp"
he spells with his inqusitive little fin
gers into the palm of his teachers hand.
What kind of a lady sits next to me
and what does she wear? What street
are we on now? Are the buildings high
or low? What is there in the shop win
dows?"
These questions go on from the time he
starts until he arrives at his destina-
ton. He knows the route so thoroughly
that he can make a diagram of it in the
sand he uses for his geography lessons.
naming the streets over which he passes
without mistake, and could doubtless
find his way alone if it were safe to
trust him without protection on the
crowded streets.
HIS SKILL WITH TOOLS
He uses the same kind of tools in his
workshop that the other boys do. ex
cept that his rule has to have raised
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but seldom gets hurt. He climbs trees
as nimbly as any other 12-year-old boy,
and has been discovered on the roof Of
the house measuring the chimneys and
making other Investigations to satisfy
his curiosity.
HIS INTEREST IN MECHANICS
One of the first indications that Tom
ever gave Of his mechanical ability was
IN connection with a mischievous prank
at the kindergarten a few years ago. 1t
was discovered that the water had been
turned on in the dressing room and the
faucet taken apart. The matron called
up the little blind boys and questioned
them about OF, but one and all denied
Knowing anything about it. Finally
she thought of Tom. He cheerfully con-
fessed that he was the author of the act
and produced the missing pieces of the
faucet from among his playthings.
The matron endeavored to impress
him with the sense of having done
wrong, and told him that he ought to do
all he could to repair the mischief he had
done. He responded to this appeal with
prompt alacrity and to her surprise re-
placed the pieces in their proper relative
positions with the celerity and deftness
of skilled workman.
On the lot adjoining where Tom lives
new building is being erected by the
kindergarten, and he has followed the
course of it's construction with the keen
est interest and enjoyment. AS soon as
lessons are over he wants to go at once
to the new house and he knows as well
as any of the workmen just what sort
of materials have been used and how
they have been put together.
His highest ambition at present, how
ever, is to travel. This desire was in
spired by the tales that were told him
by two of the teachers from the kinder
garten who took a trip to the Pacific
coast last summer. He manifested the
greatest interest in the places they had
visited and wanted to know about ali
the things that they had seen that diff
fered from his own experience and sur
roundings. Among other things, they
told him they had Travelled 5000 miles
since he had seen them last.
"Well," Tom observed, calmly, when
I am young man, 20 years of age, will
travel 5000 miles,
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TAKES ON INSTALLMENTS
Philosopher Thinks That Such a Plan
Would Lessen Grumbling

Paying taxes on the installment plan
is one of the happy thoughts of a munich
pal philosopher Why not pay them
that way? There is nothing particularly
sacred about the period of one round
year that would make it necessary to
tax by. that period rather than by any
other. Thrifty people might prefer to
pay by the year, but few people are
thrifty. Some men prefer to pay their
house rent by the year, but that is not
the rule. There is no absolute reason
why taxes should go by the year, either.
Furthermore, if taxes came into the
treasury by the month, it is doubtful if
so many wasteful expenditures would
be made by municipal governments.
The large figures in annual budgets
tempt to large appropriations. This
municipal philosopher may have hit on
a great idea. More taxes raised with
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tanned. Austria Hungary (the special
debts of each and the common debt of
both) has gone up from fifth to third
Italy is still fourth; Russia is fifth. in
stead of seventh, and Australasia is
eighth, instead of sixteenth Canada,
though its Indebtedness has increased
very materially, now ranks after Ar
gentina, with e74.000, 900, and is only lust
ahead of Japan, with G60,0O0,000. Mexi-
co, it may be well to observe, would not
show creditably, as the mere figures in
dicate, If we went into details of the way
in which the reduction of debt has been
effected. Among the minor countries
whose debts are interesting are miscel-
laneous British possessions, with G47,-
100000; Roumania, with a similar total;
Greece, with 933,00O,O00 Sweden and
Norway, e25O0O,OOO; Uruguay, with
&22,000,000; Servia, with e15,O0O, 900. and
Denmark. with eli, 100000
The obligations of the nations which
are not included in the above list amount
approximately to e452, 900, ,0OO which.
added to the sum stated in the table,
brings the worlds total to G5, $50 900, 900.
On this enormous amount of money
something like G220, 900, 900 is paid annu-
ally in the way of interest. Twenty
years ago the estimated payment in this
direction was G200, 100000, and the in
crease of over e1 900, 600. 900 is attributable
to the growing cheapness of money.
whereby all nations Of good credit NAV
secure loans on far more favorable
terms than in 1876. AS may readily be
imagined, France pays out the largest
sum annually in interest, and the aver
age runs to about 81 per head of the
population, against 12s. in Great Britain,
15s. in Italy, 15s. in Austria Hungary.
13s. in Spain, Is Cd. in the United States.
and Is. 4d. in Germany.-Pall Mall Ga
zette.
The herald., 1898-02-20
City Lots and Lands

CHEAP LOTS MOSTLY BELONGING tt
Klondke-goers.
$3.50 lot an da half, Ceres ave-, near 9th.
$3.50, Albany, close to Traction electric
cars.
$3.50. n. Pearl. close to Bellevue avenue
$500 cash for 3 lots Short street, fac
ing Mateo, each 40x140, to alley.
s400. 36th street close to Main
$3.50 each. . fine lots between Sentous
and Vernon, on best side of Girard; $500
can remain.
s425, lot on Girard, near Georgia Bell
25x150, to alley.
5000, 2 fine lots. one on West 11th one on
w. 18th, near Georgia Bell, each 50x1JO,
to alley.
$500, San Pedro, near 11th, 5Ox15O to al
ley.
$500, 90 feet San Julian, near 18TH, alley
in rear.
s1250, San Pedro, west side near 9Th, 40
feet front.
s11OO, for lots, together Central ave.,
near Arcade depot.
$3.50 for 8 fine lots In MEMO Park, corner
25th and San Pedro.
$1,000. corner Sth and Kohler
$500, fine corner lot, one block from
Westlake park; buyer to assume street
bonds.
$3.50 Santee, near Washington, east
front to very cheap lot.
The southwest corner of Boyd and
Wall. 10Ox6O, with cottage on Pearl. good
Tor flats or rooming house: cheap.
=. q. G. EDWARDS,
~ aSO w. First street.
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LEGAL NOTICES
49, ~--~~~@
Notice of Sale

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL ON SAT-
urday, the Goth day of February at the
hour of ten o'clock a. m. of said day. at the
auction sale stables of Charles Minehardt
at No. 1926 Also street, in the city of Los
Angeles, county of Los Angeles, state of
California, sell to tho highest and best bid
der for cash, lawful money of the United
States. that certain personal property here
matter described. which said personal
is now held by the undersigned
as a livery and boarding stable keeper,
under lien for board due on said horse
from the second day of February, 1898, to
the date hereof. at fifty (50) cents per day
Said property is described as one brown
mare, five years old, having two hind feet
white and a white spot on the forehead; (;
also one old Mexican saddle and one
American bit and bride.
Dated this 18th day of February. 1s9S
FRANK CLOS
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FOR SALE
Business Property

FOR SALE
CLEAR MONEY
IN IT INSIDE OF
- TWELVE MONTHS.
The GS feet on Broadway, between Third
and Fourth sts., at present occupied by
the First NJ. L. church building, can be
bought for $6S,00O. At that price (s100O
per front fooD 1t is the best buy in
Los Angeles today. But for the temporary
depression resulting from the uncertain
ty regarding the San Pedro harbor and
the delayed rains 1t would sell readily for
$4,000 more and be regarded as great
bargain. That it will bring 100000 within
the year nobody familiar with the trend
of things doubts for an instant. 1t Is the
finest chance for an absolutely safe and
extremely profitable investment that has
been known here for years. but of course
1t takes some money to swing it. Broad
way, II not so already, will soon be the
principal retail or shopping street of the
city Everybody now realizes and ac-
knowledges this. The leading stores are
removing to 1t as fast as they can be ac-
commodated. Within the past week, or
since 1t became known that the Coulter
Dry Goods company had eased the new
Laughlin building, at least six other large
establishments have arranged to Join
those already there. This church prop
erty is between the Laughlin building
and the Grant building. which w. h.
Cummings. the shoe man, will occupy.
With all these fine stores and the city
hall and the court house besides. 1t is
hard to say why Broadway Is not al
ready the principal street Its width, its
architecture, its I7-foot sidewalks, its
busy metropolitan appearance certainly
entitle 1t the distinction of being the
finest one. 1t will not be long before
every foot of 1t between Second and
Seventh streets will be held at double
what 1t is now; $4,000 a foot will be re-
garded as cheap for almost any of 1t. The
church property now offered at $1,000, is
for sale by S. X. LINDELY LOG South
Broadway 20