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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-01
DAMAGES CLAIMED FROM THE
CITY

Attorney Isaac Wolfe, acting as at
torney for Catherine McCfuinness, has
served notice on the city of a claim
for damages. Mrs. McCtuinness claims
damages because of q -dislocated wrist
she sustained in falling after tripping
over wire in Clay street on Octo-
Der 49,
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SUES FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.

Suit was brought in the superior
court yesterday by Thomas Ridge, an
ice peddler employed by ], 7, Newton
and living at 10 Philip street, against
the Fair Haven and Westvlle railroad
for $1,000 damages. Ridge alleges that
while attending to his lawful business
on State street, near Bradley on Sep
TENDER last, he was run into by a
car of the defendant company and
thrown from his ice cart, by reason of
which he was badly bruised and iniur-
ed, causing him great pain and loss of
wages. Lawyers Arvine & Beers bring
the suit.
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Edith-Yes; that is one of my ances-
tors->had his head cut off in the tower,
! believe. RegGy--Haw. elevator acct
dent / suppose Puck. t
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In the probate court yesterday morn
ing a hearing was to have been held
upon the account of Mrs. Gilke, exec
utrix of the estate Of the late Annie Il.
James Mrs. Gilke who Is in England,
was represented by Attorney Jason r.
Thompson. The case was adjourned
sine die.
Attorney Robert Stoddard appeared
for heirs of the estate who live in Eng
land. He objected to the account mas
much as it showed nothing in the way
of balance. He stated that he wish
ed to question Mrs Cilke about an
item Of 5000. This she took out of the
estate as a claim owed her Mr. Thorn
son said that the itom needed no expla-
nation, and that Mrs. CfilSe had to cut
her claims to save the estate from be-
ing insolvent.
The James estate consisted of an
equity of some $4,000 in a brick house
at the corner of York and Library
street, now owned by Yale university.
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HON. CHARLES r. RUSSELL SUES.
MiddletoWn, Oct, 3l--The Hon
Charles n. Russell has brought suit
against Lawyer Willard Eddy OF Had
dam, and Jacob S. Winslow of Port
land, Me-, claiming $4,000 damages for
Islander and false arrest. The papers
are returnable to the November term of
the superior court, and property be-
longing to both defendants has been
attached. This is a similar suit to one
That was decided in favor of ex-Consul
Russell a year ago, and grows out of
the arrest of Mr.. Russell at the Tontine
hotel in New Haven on the charge of
fraud.
This charge was based on real estate
transactions in which it was claimed
that Mr.. Russell had given a mortgage
on the family homestead in Haddam,
claiming 1t was free from any incum-
brance, when there was a mortgage
thereon. When this fraud case was
tried Mr. Russell won, and now he
brings suit for malicious Islander and
false arrest.
1t will be remembered that the case
was stubbornly fought on both sides,
Attorney z. w. Chase of thie city was
counsel for Mr.. Russell in the former
case.
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filed by Lawyer 7. F. Callahan, it is

filed by Lawyer T. F, Callahan, 1t is
argued:
Said civil service board is limited
in it's power and authority by the char
ter of the city of New Haven to pre-
seribing rules for ascertaining the COM
potency of applicants for certain posi-
tons OF promotions in the employment
of said city and to holding competitive
examinations as basis for recommen-
dation respecting any such position or
promotion.
because said civil service board has
no power or authority to pass rules
authorizing any officer of the city to
perform duties required by the charter;
that the rule, Section s, is in direct vio-
lation of the provisions of the charter
of the city and said civil service board
has no authority or power to pronlul-
gate such rule, and the same ie abso-
lutely void and no protection or author
ity to the defendant or those officers
under whom he claims, 'A
The demurrer will now go to the
short calendar for argument before
Judge Elmer.
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Nine new suits have been instituted
in the court of common pleas, return
able to the November term. They are:
A. Epstein of this city sues Max
Shulman, also of this city, to recover
$40 in common counts and claims $50
damages.
William c. Russell of the town of
Orange sues Frederick A, Archer of
Derby to recover on note dated
March 10, 1877, for $552.65 1t is alleg-
ed that the Unpaid interest on the nate
amounts to $21S.66 and that taxes on
the property covered by the mortgage
note amount to $3.50.
Leo Morris sues Coxeter & Son, the
tailors, for $3.50 in common counts
and damages to the amount of $15.
Justice John r. Booth, who tried the
suit originally, rendered judgment for
the plaintiff from which the defendant
appealed.
John c. Kebabian sues George Nc
Kenzie in common counts for $167 for
rugs furnished, etc.
Sylvester H. Poll sues Charles e.
Newberry and others, doing business
under the name of the Mercantile Ex-
change, Off $125 and $3.50 damages.
The Quinnipiac Brewing company
sues Patrick McDermott to foreclose
on judgment lien for $3Sl,29 on Bank
street property.
William A. Fellows of Ansonia sues
Andrew Clancy, also of Ansonia, for
judgment of foreclosure OF Judgment
lien for $31.46 on Ansonia property.
Howard n. Wakeman sues Louis
korff in two suits to recover on notes.
One note is for $3.50 and those in the
second suit are for $205 and $3.50, as
signed to the plaintiff by r. Fl. Russell.
Judge Hubbard of the court of COM
mon pleas yesterday rendered judg-
ments in favor of the plaintiffs in two
cases which were tried by him last
week. The cases are Rosa Levy against
Wilbur f. Beach, suit to recover for
rent. The Judgment is for $3.50, the
same as that rendered by Justice George
Fl. Hall, Catherine Tully of Derby is
awarded $75 damages and costs against
John Fender of the same town for ser
vices as a nurse performed for his wife
Lawyer M. A. Reynolds appeared for
the plaintiff.
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Few bic I'm Tasmania.

If the statement of Harry Benjatied'
a health officer in Tasmania, is exact,
that country must be conducive to long
life and its cities healthy to live in. He
says that the population of Hobart ana
its suburbs is 100000 and that in lS9S
the total number of deaths was ool' or
about II in every 1000. He says
further, that of the 561 persons VINO
died 3S5 were more than IS years DID,
representing 919 per 1000 of the deaths is
of children and all others under oo
years old. He believes he is justlfeu III
challenging any other city in the "oriu
to produce equally favorable figures
particularly the small figures ior
deaths under 60 years Of age las,
mania has been under British control
for about one century, and large pro- pro,
portion Of its population is natiVe s,
of British parentage.-NeW AorA iess'
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at $4,000. Lord Hope, who is tnan-
cialIy embarrassed, wanted to sell the
stone, but was enjoined by the other
heirs.
The Hope diamond has hitherto been
kept in safe a PARIS bank, London,
Lord Hope not caring to take the risk
Of loss by theft. 1t is a family possess
sion and asset, the member who bears
the title of Lord Hope being only
custodian Of the gem. Now that the
heirs have seen fit to enjOin its sale,
Lord and Lady Hope have determined
to utilize the big stone as an ornament
and let the DIRECTORS run the chance of
Its being stolen. 1t IS said that the blue
diamond was once 4 part Of the French
crown diamonds 1t was stolen from
Its valuable companions and recut. The
Hope family bought the prize from Da-
yid Eliason for $4,000, early in the
present century. Eliason was a noted
diamond dealer of London.
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From the time that she was crowned.
Queen Victoria has been in receipt of
an income from the Government
amounting to about 100000 wear.
From this she pays all the expenses
and salaries of her household. charities.
pensions and other charges imposed up-
on the sovereign, be they more or less.
She has 100000 per annum for pocl-
ct money, of which no account is ever
asked.
The salaries of her household amount
to about 100000, and the other ex.
penses to about $75O,0OO per year: $50.
600 Is given her for "bounties and
aims" and 100000 for annuities and
pensions.
In addition to this. the other members
of the royal family receive annuities
amounting to $S65,OOO.
From the Duchy of Lancaster tbe
Queen receives about S45O.OOO a wear
which she has no need to touch at all
and probably invests in bulk as fast rs
1t comes to her. This income of itself
since she has been upon the throne
with interest, would aggregate $40.
O,OOO.-Philadelphia Press.
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HERE'S A FLYER.

Torpedo" Bicycle Which, 1t Ts Claim.
ed, Will Go Over a Mile Minute.
Camille Jenatzsy, a Belgian, has in.
vented a torpedo" bicycle which. it is
said, will do better than a mile a min.
ute. The machine is pointed fore and
aft like cigar, with polished sides and
apertures at the top through which the
heads of the crew poke up as If rising
out of n coffin. The steel cone is fol-
the purpose of protecting the men who
guide the machine from the rush of
air, which at the pace the machine is
capable of is not only terrifying, bu.
dangerous. The pointed front pierces
the atmosphere as a projectile impeled
by a thirteen-lnch bore cannon, the
gradual broadening of its width con.
siderably lessening the enormous wind
resistance as well.
The motors are entirely concealed in,
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and plastered and covered with cedar
shingles. The pews in the church were
made of fir. The aisle was seven feet
in depth from the chancel to the door.
The city has gradually grown around
the old church, until to-day the Quick
and the Dead are in the same spot.
Amidst the hurry burly of life stands
this venerable old church with solemn
aspects silently bearing testimony to
the existence and piety of a generation
that has passed away forever.
Much time and labor have been spent
on the old church in an effort to restore
it to its former conditions. The wooden
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CHURCH 200 YEARS OLD.
AntIqunted Monument of Protestan
kpiacopa1 Faith In America.

Antlqunted Monument of Protestant
Episcopal Faith In America.
Right In the midst of the busiest part
Of Wilmington, Del, stands the grim.
time-stained old gray church, the old
est living monument Of Protestant
Episcopal faith in America to-day. 1t
Is the Holy Trinity Church, colloqulally
called Old Swedes, built 200 years ago
by the band of Swedish immigrants
who settled on the Delaware. The cree
ton Of the building was commenced
1866, and the edifce was formally dedi-
Gated on Trinity Sunday 1909. The
size Of the church inside of the walls
was 60 feet in length, 80 feet in
breadth, the walls being of hard gray
stone. There We're four DOORS two win
dows on the north and two on the
south. The roof was arched with logs
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whatever the historian Of the future
may have TO say ia regard to the
achievements Of our soldiers and sail
ors In the recent quarrel between the
United States and Spain. he will have
no difficulty In characterlzlng the con
temporaneous descriptions OF them.
The slush and gush which passes In
press reports and magazine pages for
war literature viii mud It's due level In
time. ana the strong common sense Of
the people may be trusted meanwhile
10 read between the lines and note
what actually transpired.
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piano the only damage sustained vos
lne breaking of one pedal and \ nanoI
~ Tue frame. Not a single hammer
was wa broken nor a string snapped and
~ IN. instrument can now be PLAYED on
as wen as if 1t had never been thror,,t
d cyclone with the exception of r.
cue S'.o,,i peu i'i mentioned. The photogranb
rom which the Illustration was taken
a was made on the morning after tho
cyclone The house in which the niono
stood was in the central path Of + thO
d IL r'0"e wv, where the most damage was
uoue' every building around If helms
entirely demolished, with no semh Terns
t Hon Whatever of their original conG,.
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side of the cigar only the lower pan
projecting on the under side. The
riders have pedals with which to start
the machine in motion. The motors
are electric, but what contrivance IS
employed to secure the necessary pow
er for the fearful speed at which the
bicycle travels is not made public. II
has gone at a gait of over sixty-hye
miles an hour The test was made on
a straitaway, level highway from St.
German to COnstans.
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IN an operation, but his condition would
not admit of an anesthetic being used
His leg was taken off while he was
fully conscious. He stood the shock
well, but died few days later DIV.
ing, he repeated his request that his
anvil should be his tombstone. In ac.
cordance with his wish the old anvil
was coated with enamel, topped with
a large horseshoe and set in base ot
solid granite. A few Sundays after his
death the monument was raised with
ceremony and ]. Nick Perrin deliver.
ed an eulogy. The odd monument Is
one Of the sights of the cemetery. and
to every stranger who pauses before it
the story of the village blacksmith is
told.
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PIANO WAS CYCLONE PROOF.
instrument Goes Through KirksvilI,
Tornado Unharmed

instrument Goes Through KirksvilIe
Tornado Unframed.
A curiosity in the way of a cyclone
proof piano is on exhibition in one Of
the show windows of a Chicago piano
firm. 1t is a piano that has been
through frst-class cyclone and come
out Of the experience practically unin-
Jured SO far as its musical mechanism
Is concerned, although the building in
which it was when the cyclone came
was leyeled with the ground as were
also all the other buildings around il
The cyclone was the one which devas-
tated hlrksville, Mo-, and the country
around It, The destructive character
OF the cyclone is well shown in the H.
lustration, and yet in the case of this
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About six years ago a German land
holder issued m appeal to the farming
class IN that country to save itself from
impending ruin by forming a political
party. Several thousands Of the large
landowners and country squlres re-
sponded to the call, aud the Agrarian
League was organized. The farmers
Of East Prussia had many grievances,
such as low prices for their crops, high
taxes on their land, and competing sup
plies Of food from America, Russia and
Hungary. The times had been bad.
Many landowners were heavily in debt.
BY acting together and carrying the
middle-class farmers with them, they
hoped by legislation to effect changes
that would favor their material inter-
ests. The leaders Of the movement
were the descendants of petty mobiles
of the well-born Junker class, who had
once been the real rulers of Prussia.
lnherlting old-time ideas Of privilege.
Il was natural for them to take the
view that the government should con-
fer upon them special benefits at the
expense of the working and mercantile
classes. The largest landowners re-
tanned control OF the Agrarian League.
but We're wise enough to popularize
the movement. They opened the door
for the poorest peasant proprietors and
cottagers to enter the League by the
payment Of a small fee over two hum
dred thousand farmers are now con
nected with the League. They have
fallen in behind the big country
squires, especially in East Prussia and
South Germany. At the outset the
League conducted an agitation against
the commercial treaties by which a
market for Russian grain was opened
In Germany. Subsequently It strove to
prevent the entry of American food
supplies, especially pork. 1t has aimed
to reduce foreign competition. ana to
control the market prices of farm prod
ucts and agricultural labor In Germany.
In the German Relchstag or Parlia-
ment the Agrarians have been able to
command about one hundred votes. or
about one-quarter Of the membership.
Their deputies belong to the Conscrva-
tive, Centralist Imperial, Liberal aud
other groups, but stand together on all
questions relating to farmers interests.
The Agrarlans have been described as
the bitter foes of America. They are
not more hostile to America than to
Russia and Hungary, which are also
competing with them for the control of
the home market. They are the enc
mics Of cheap food, and wish to tax 1t
heavily when it comes from any foreign
country. Unless all signs fail. they are
losing influence. The small farmers are
beginning TO see that the large land
holders are using them. not in the gen
eral interests of agriculture. but to ac-
eomplish their own selfish purposes.
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proprlately Inscribed, recounting her
courageous action; the citizens Of the
village, in mass meeting, passed resolu-
lions complimentlng Miss Watson,
and Governor Poynter has written her
letter in acknowledgment of the
services rendered the State, and thank
Ing her in the name Of the people.
Miss Watson was in her classroom.
on the fifth floor Of the university
building, late in the afternoon, when
she heard voices In the hall and dis
covered two men preparing to burn the
place. They were discussing the plan,
and suddenly discovered the girl. She
had a penknife in her hand. and at
tempted to escape, at the same time
attacking the men with her delicate
weapon. They caught her, though she
cut them both a number of times. At
ter binding her, they attempted to
make her take an oath not to try to
leave the building for several hours.
and to reveal nothing she had heard.
This she refused to do, and was told
that she would then be left to perish
In the flames. Both men were masked.
and at once disappeared. 1t was three
hours before the girl was discovered
by passing students and released.
Evidence Of the efforts of the firebugs
were numerous around the elevator
shaft of the building, but the fire had
been smothered.
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The Sloane divorce has been widely
commented upon by the newspapers of
The country, aud the general tone OF
The comment Is that OF sharp criticism
Of the action OF the court ln that case.
such criticism seems 20 be justlnable.
Publicity Is the one strong assurance
OF impartial justice; it Is perhaps the
greatest deterrent OF crime. The pub.
liclty attending the hearing OF a d.
Foree case has undoubtedly prevented
many divorces People have greater
dread OF exposure than Of actual pun
ishment.
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steps should be taken 10 protect chill
dren from themselves. A law forbid
ding bonfres except TO destroy rubbish
might be difficult to enforce strictly,
but the attempt to do so would soon
Impress on the young idea that bon
fire meant more dreaded danger than
mere fire. II the youngsters who built
the fires were the only ones to suffer
It would be sad enough, but It is more
frequently those who have had nothing
TO do with them except TO be attracted
by the blaze who have to undergo the
fortunes.
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rear. The name is very thick and meas
ures II feet in length. The tail is even
more remarkable than the name, meas
uring IL feet from tip to tip. 1t is, Of
course, impossible to account for this
remarkable freak of nature, and while
there are undoubtedly other cases of
similar abnormal growth on record we
do not know of any horse which has
been so bountifully blessed with such
a beautiful growth of hair
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ANVIL FOR a MONUMENT
lu;er Tombstone at the Graz
fcilevilie, ILL.,, Biacls.,,.ss,ee OF

lnser Tombstone at the crav.
feilevilie, ILL.,, Blacksmith, u a
Yolrath Moehle sleeps under NJ.
anvil at Walnut Hin cemetery IN ~ po o,u
vile, Ill. Moehle was a village NJ, .'s,l'
smith. For over thirty years no LACK 4,
toiled at the same anvil. which l aaa
been given to him by the old blaa ,a
smith to whom he was bound or y',,' <.
Pilot Knob, Mo. He became st+a., a,
to the old anvil and many tlmes '+ as
pressed a wish that he should NO. "a a
separated from 1t in death. but tbs, 10 :.
should be his monument. =
The blacksmith was never sic,, rr.n
his blood was poisoned by the use -
an unclean instrument by a cb,ron y
dist. The only hope for his lie ~.
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The betting habit is gaining a hold
'npon our people II undermlnes char
ncter and blasts business prospects.
Young men who are known to be
sporty are not placed In positions OF
trust which command the higher grade
Of salaries. They not only lose money
by their attempts to win money, but
they lessen their ability to earn money.
Credit Is often a stepping stone to for
tune. but the betting man rarely has
much credit. His friends may not
question his intentions to pay. but
they know that the betting habit I'm
pairs The ability TO pay.
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Canyons of the Great "es',

The grand canyon Of the le'io W,
stone River, with Its magnihcen' 600 ooo
gorgeous colorong, is only from I,-o Luz
to 1900 feet deep. The granu az ~ ~
of the Arkansas River, in Colo'% ,...
is 1000 feet deep and very narrow - '.,,
neither compares in size or granu '.,.,
With the grand canyon of ArlAona ,
which is about 200 miles ions' U Pms
of 1000 feet deep, and at some po'I pom,
from rim to rim. measures ten 10 '"e'' :
Miles I'm breadth.
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Making Their NOUNS w.

me ne method employed by Dutch ash
erhNn TO ensure "astopisbina " '1' lSn,
Is thus described by the Golden 'I n'l.
NJ NE fisherman puts number If liyo
en I'lH San, ana Insects in bottle partialIv
a.'eI with water, and then cork. rs i ~ ~
v v,, The bottle is dropped ln 7 , Sc
alongside. SINKING his line
glir IN appears oo.'. that the sight of the wrig.
s s,,us contents Of the bottle So $50 "t's
the appetite of the fnuy tri6o 50 ne, eAeites
'"'' easy victims to the baited hooks
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A REMARKABLE HORSE.

Has Sixteen Foot Tail and a Name
Eleven Feet Long.
This picture represents a remarkable
growth of name and tail on a horse.
His name is Linus II. and he is the son
of Linus, celebrated horse in his day.
No picture can do adequate justice to
his great beauty, for he has a double
name which sweeps the ground on both
sides, and tail which trails far in the
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art teacher at the
Cotner University,
who defeated the
plans of two deter
mined lncendiarles
who attempted to
destroy all tn e
s e mi n airy build
ings. The faculty
voted the you n &
W o m a n n hand
Cpua pna1o1 M
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Every European market has been in
Raded by the United States, and Great
Britain's trade has suffered In conse-
1uence. II is not difficult to supply an
explanation. A better article at low.
or figure has been furnished to consum-
ers by American manufacturers. The
English make many articles by hand
which we make 10y machinery. They
have thus fallen behind American man.
nfacturers In trade competition be-
cause Of Inferior skill and higher cost
OF production.