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WHO is THE ORIGINATOR
REPORTED RAIL STRIKES SEEM TO
HIVE NO FOUNDATION.

About Them--NIahy Startling News
paper Articles Have Appeared Recent
ly Saying Strikes Were Near at Hand
They Fail to MateriaIize.
The newspapers lately have been full
of railroad strike gossip. Column after
column has appeared stating that the
Goals Of some great strike were smoul-
dering and that they were about to
break out, completely stopping trans
portation on many lines Of the Console
dated road. First it was the freight
brakemen, then the passenger brake
men, then the baggage "smashers' and
doubtless within a short while state
ments will be published to the effect
that the president and all the officials
have been in secret consultat ton and
THAT they have determined to strike for
am additional fifteen tents an hour or
quit.
The inside facts of railroad news are.
hard to get and nothing short of the
officials strike has been published but
where the news comes from no one seems
to know
Superintendent Waterbury of the New
London division said last night: II
don't know where these stories originate
and l don't believe anybody else does
There is absolutely nothing true in
them, from the first one which ap-
peared long time ago to the ones re-
ported only yesterday.
1T seems to me that some one who
knows nothing about anything has
started the fake reports and of course
they have been padded and picked up
by other newspapers causing much talk
among the people in general. Every
thing is very harmonious as far as I
know
This seems to be the opinion of most
of the officers of the road.
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OBITUARY. NOTES.
Funeral of Martha Pardee of West
Haven.

The funeral of Miss Martha Pardee,
daughter of Judge Pardee of West Ha-
ven, who died Tuesday, will be held
from the Pardee home in West Haven
at O'Clock this afternoon. Rev. Mr..
Squres of the West Haven Congrega-
tional church will conduct the services
and the interment will be in Oak Grove
cemetery.
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STEAMER VICTOR.

The steamer Victor will not make her
usual trips on Friday, August 4, but
will leave Belle dock for ROTOR Point at
2 p M, if the weather is pleasant; fare
round trip so cents. au3 ct
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gtnutstums, &c.
e. sCHOENGERGER g. SONS.

Palace and Central Markets. Down with
high prices Quotations this week. Spares
lbs Steak 25c, Corned Beef 4c lib; Reef,
Veal and Lamb for Stew, Sc lb. Legs Lamb
10c Id. Vegetables of all kinds cheap, big
ripe Watermelons on ice. Prompt deliv-
cry Phone 120
92-96 George street. and 1923 Central
Market, Congress avenue.
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which was attended by the delegates OF
twenty-five countries. for the purpose OF
agreeing, II possible, upon the adoption by
the civilized world Of one initial meridian.
The delegates from France did not deny the
advantages OF common prime meridian,
but insisted that 1t should pass through
some point OF no largo political Importance
and suggested either the Azores or Beh-
ring Strait This suggestion was not
approved, because 1t is important that the
prime meridian should pass through an
observatory Of the first class. where the
observations made shall be always OF the
highest degree Of merit. The congress
adopted the meridian Of Greenwich, but
France. failing to recognize. as some critic
observed, that science Is Of no country and
has no political frontiers, has continued
ever since then to use its own meridian,
and has referred all questions OF time and
longitude to the meridian OF Paris.
There has been q growing demand for
some years among French scientific men
for the adoption Of the worlds standard
meridian, but this demand is still strangely
opposed In some influential quarters. as.
for example, by tho Astronomical and
geographical societies OF Paris. Belgian
wrltor has remarked that this is not the
first time that learned bodies, created to
serve science, have shown themselves to be
enemies OF progress. In 1895 the French
party favoring Greenwich introduced in the
Chamber bill to recognize Greenwich. 1t
was referred to a committee that reported
adversely but the bill OF 1898 to the same
effect was passed care having been taken
not to wound the susceptlbilities OF the
nationalists by mentioning the English
namo Greenwich. The friends Of the bill
assert that its consideration by the Senate
has been delayed only by the recent alb
sorbing interest in political matters, and
| they believe 1t will become a law next win
ter. Whether it does or not, there Is no
doubt that the submission of France to
the desire Of the scientific world is only q
question OF time
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Mr.. Reeds Successor,

The Republicans Of tho First Maine dis
trict have nominated the Hon. AMOS L.
ALLEN for Representative in Congress.
They passed a resolution OF regret and
compliment In honor Of the Hon. THOMAS
BRACKET REED. They are sorry, and
without doubt sincerely sorry, for his
retirement from their service. They wish
him we'll and admire his great political
career. They also show in this resolution
why that great political career has been
ended or interrupted:
I'VE tender to P. esidont MoKINLET our hearty
support in the task Of restoring order in our new
possessions leaving tho future status Of the people
OF those islands to be determined by Congress"
In accepting the nomination, Mr.. ALLEN
spoke earnestly in favor Of holding up the
hands Of the Administration In carrying on
the war and suppressing AGUINALDo, and
he was applauded enthusiastically.
The Republicans Of the First Maine dis
trict have lost great leader. He could no
longer represent them, because they and
he differ Ia regard to vital public policy
Mr.. REED, strong and self-willed nature,
goes his way as he has right to do. His
Republican constituents leave him reluo-
family and go on their way with the great
mass Of the Republican party and, We be-
Neve. OF the American people.
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France and the Greenwich Meridian

The French Chamber of Deputies, on
February "a last year, passed bill declar-
ing that the legal time in France and Algeria
shall be the Paris mean time retarded by
nine minutes and twenty-one seconds.
Action In the Senate was deferred, but a
vote will be reached at the coming session.
The present legal time is the mean time OF
Paris, and il the bill becomes law 1t means
that France, the last OF civilized nations to
stand by its own national meridian. has
abandoned Paris for Greenwich as tho
initial meridian OF longitude.
This consummotion IL greatly to he de-
sired, for then the whole world has n COM
mon basis forthe computation Of time scen-
tific work will be facilitated in various ways.
The French are among the leading map
makers, but no photographers OF other
lands utilize French map products without
first adapting them to the meridian Of
Greenwich. AS Frances time standard and
prime meridian are not those of other lands,
her men Of science who have to do with
astronomy, navigation, meteorology, geo
detic surveying and other matters into
which the elements Of time or position on
the earth's surface enter, do not speak the
scientific language spoken by their CO.
workers in other countries.
Since the days OF PToLEMY ten or more
prime meridlans have been In use. There
is no reason why the zero of longitude
should be fixed at Greenwich any more
than at any other place where there is a
first-class astronomical observatory, except
that all the nations but France have ac-
cepted Greenwich, and have thus been able
to coordinate all their work that Is referred
| to an initial meridian.
The United States have done more than
any other one nation to bring about this
desirable result. In view OF the confusion
resulting from the various national prime
meridians In use 1t convoked at Washing
, ton the international commission Of 1884.
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30 you can see that in 1890 the Democrats
carried the State. aud unfortunately elected
George Fred q Con Kressman. The next year
they carried the State. but q. Fred's influence
was fret beginning to be tst. for though the
Democrats carried the State. 1t was BY q do.
creased plurality. In 1892. while the State
went Republican on Presldep tial vote, II elected
Democratic Governor BY q still smaller plu-
rality. 2.435 and, strange to say. this loss was
principally In George Fred's district Whereas
at the previous election for Congressman In
1890 he carried his DISTRICT In 1892 the people
plainly showed they had had enough OF him.
and elected Draper. Republican. by 1857.
Thus from year to year George Fred manip-
ulated tho Democratic party and at the came
time the Republican majorities increased. In
1895 George Fred comes to the front a. the
leading man In the Bay State Democracy and
has himself nominated for Governor; and ON
the morning after the election George Fred
discovers that his Republican opponent has
been elected by the largest majority any Gov
ernor ever received.
And so 1t keeps on year after year-Georgs
Fred to the front and tho votes In arrears. The
present prospect Ia that It will not be long be-
fore the Democratic party in Massachusetts,
will be wiped out and George Fred alone loft
to mourn over It's ashes.
The following table shows the percent Res OF
the total vote as cast By the two parties since
George Fred's advent In 1890. the lowest Demo-
cratic point. namely 26.S per cent. being
reached In 1895 when he ran for Governor:
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Electrical Power from the Tides.

The efforts now making In Europe to pro-
duce electrical energy by utilizing the tides
are thought to be practical, and COM
plete success Is expected. The idea OF gem
Grating power by means Of the tides is old.
In fact. the method now being applied on
the coasts OF France and England to run
dynamos by utilizing the rise and fall OF
the shore waters is the same that was
long employed at few points on the shores
OF Long Island Sound and elsewhere to
grind -four In tidal mills" When the
Genesee Valley was still our greatest centre
Of wheat culture some millcrs on the sea
border made fortunes by using very sim
pie means Of making the tides drive their
millstones.
Within the limits of our city Is an
illustration Of this method that any OBJ
servant child may understand. Most
OF our wheelmen know the road from
the Coney Island cycle path 10 the dilapi-
dated red mill on the edge OF tho tidal marsh
little north OF the island. Tho stone dam
stretching across the marsh is yet we'll pre-
served und many visitors walk from the
mill along the top OF the wall. In the centre
OF the dam Is wide opening through which
the rising tide, al it covers the marsh, pours
into the area behind the wall. When the
mill was running there was a gate at this
, opening which was dropped as the lido
began to ebb, imprisoning the gathered
waters to q height of several feet above the
surface OF the marsh. The waters then
escaped only through the narrow runway
at the mill, and they paid toll for their
| passage by turning the wheel.
In the same way, the French have now
hemmed In the rising waters at Plouenan
and as they escape again to the seq, they
turn wheel that runs a dynamo. The
! English are treating the problem as
/ though its practicability for the generation
Of electricity on large scale was fully
demonstrated. 1t is said that the sea wall
and works that are to be erected at South
end, on the north side of the Thames's
mouth, will cost SO, 100000. The purpose
is to supply electricity to London, and the
advantage OF the site selected Is that there
the rise and fall OF the tide Is very great.
This enterprise will be by far the most
ambitious and costly attempt yet made
to harness the tides for Industrial pur.
poses. II it proves successful, the new
source OF power Is sure to be largely
| utilizad
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Messenger Routes Altered So rs Not 70
Cross Parade Lines.

Messenger Routes Altered SO rs Not to
Cross Parade Lines.
Special arrangements had to DO made By tho
Western Union Telegraph Company and the
American District Telegraph Company to
carry on their business yesterday. and for
twelve hours the delivery system OF both COM
panies was entirely rearranEed. The presence
Of such q crowd on the v est Side. from Grants
Tomb to Washington Square. doubled the bus
mess OF the telegraph company. This was ex.
pected. for the experience which the com panies
have had with parades and celebrations In the
past has taught them that there 10 always .
csrtain proportion OF men and women who
Tn on began to increase its fore, 81 operators
in the Coium BUS avenue Amstel dam avenue
and Broadway offices. Yesterday twice az
Side as under normal conditions; The bu ness
was handled without unusual delay and the
average perAon sendinR message did not re-
al 20 that extraordinary measures had been
" The Distrist Telegraph Com pany. which %;
another problem to face The parade route
cut through en- across r s,ery disiiver{ ais-
sen ps OF the COMPANY are usually permitted
to pass police lines without intertereIcs. but to
cross the line OF a parade causes delay. and
to resist the tenn ptation to watch the soldiers.
On account OF this the delivery districts were
entirely recast. 50 that no boy ,i was eomrelied
As soon as the parade was over the regular dis
trlct lines were re31tablishod;
Most Of the messages sent by telegraph were
from len and women who had altered their
plans and wished to notify their families or
had forgotten something. :,
rectinG the operations; He was In eohstnnt
communication with them. and Whenever
arose RI. s ont on ny
strument on h IS desk.
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men be protected against the night air by
being required to be early In barracks.
The use OF any sort OF alcoholic drinks
having been proved to be particularly In
furious in hot countries, Gen. LUDLowurges
that cantcens be not established. IL Is
particularly important" he says, where
large proportion OF the troops are recruits,
that nothing be done officially to create In
them any habits OF using intoxicants, and
this. it is believed, would be the result II,
US has been deemed desirable In some por-
tions OF the United States, canteens be
established In the posts, where light wines
and beer are regularly furnished In such
circumstances the temptations OF sociabii-
ity and companionship are practically ire
slstible, and tho habit Of drinking is readily
acquired" Evidently Con. LUDLOW Is
opposed to the canteen.
Gen. LUDLows final recommendation,
made first in March, has just been adopted
in part by the War Department.. IL was
that one battalion OF each regiment serv-
ing in his department DO ordered home'
leaving two battalions in Cuba, the nome
battalion" to serve as depot for recruiting
and instruction, and at the end OF Blk
months to take the place OF one OF the pat
tallons still on foreign service. With our
liberalization organization, TINS "ouiu
give six months service at home ana
twelve abroad. To some extent this plan
Is now in use. Only two battalions each OF
the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-tfth Imam
try have been sent to Manila, and one bat
TALON Of the Eighth Infantry has been
ordered homo from Cuba. On the other
hand, it Is to be noted, all three battalions
OF the new regiments are to DO sent to the
Philippines. The British, the only other
people that maintain foreign army OF
any size, adopted this plan OF depot
battalion" nearly twenty-five years ago.
and have found it to work we'll We might
well follow an example proved to be good.
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The Hero Of a New Era.

Why have we been celebrating with such
overwhelming energy the hero OF Manilat
Why does he stand out as the one great
figure OF the war with Spain, though 1t
was pursued with strenuous endeavor.
unexcelled galantry and unexampled
triumph throughout the field OF it's opera
tions ON sea and land?
The army has borne the great burden OF
loss of life, OF wounds and hardships. The
navy at Santiago destroyed the greater
and more powerful fleet Of CERvERA not
less completely than DEWEY destroyed the
feet OF MoNToJo at Manila, and to hold
what DEWEY won in the East great army
was requisite.
In spite OF all, GEORGE DEWEY maintains
his place as the one great popular hero OF
tho war He appeals to the imagination OF
the people as no other By the side OF him
there is no other comparable. Never In the
whole history Of this great American
republic has any other military or naval
commander received such honor as has been
bestowed on DEWEY in New York. and he
goes hence to-day to receive a sword Of
honor at the hands Of the President on the
steps of the national Capitol. Why is all
CnlS Z why ID tnlS unprecedented hioIihC-
tion conferred on GEORGE DEWEY?
1t is not merely because he won the VIC
tory at Manila, but because Of the splendid
consequences OF that victory. He gave a
new development to America. He repre-
sents American destiny and the proudest
aspirations OF the American people. He is
the hero Of new era for America. He has
carried the flag to new glory and demon
strated to the world that it is the symbol
OF nation which has taken its place In
the front rank OF the States OF advancing
and dominant civilization.
Inceebrating GEORGE DEWEY we are oele'
bratlng the development OF new and
larger and greater career for America in
tho affairs OF the world.
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with strenuous resistance from the Orange

with strenuous resistance from the Orange
Free State.
Both Lord SALISBURY and Mr.. A. ]. Ball
FOUR have denied that they are seeking to
secure the franchise for the OutIanders
with the Interior purpose Of Transforming
the South African Republic into British
colony. In that case, 1t Ia hard to see upon
what plea they could oppose the incorpora-
ton OF the Transvaal with the Orange Free
State, provided most Of the privileges upon
which Mr. CHAMBERLAIN insists should be
conceded. At present, Dutch is the official
language OF the volksraad at Bloemfontein,
as 1t Is Of that at Pretoria, but we presume
that no lnflexible opposition would be
offered to the request that the debates and
proceedings Of the Legislature should DO
bi-lingual, provided the Beers felt sure OF
their ability to control that body. About
their preponderance there would be no
doubt, II the suggested annexation were
carried out
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Our Troops in Hot Countries.

In his annual report Brigadier-Gen. LUD-
Low, commanding the Department OF Ha-
vana, makes several suggestions as to the
care OF troops on tropical service. and raises
questions to which the duties required Of
our army hitherto have never given rise.
These matters are discussed chiefly In a
part OF his report headed. The Care Of
Troops In Tropical Countries"
Experience shows us, says Gen. LUDLOW,
that for the conservation Of health In SOUTH
ern countries material notifications OF the
regulations obtaining In temperate coun-
tries must be made in the matters OF food,
clothing and shelter. In the first place,
tho flesh or heat-produolng compo-
nents OF the ration must be reduced in
quantity and a larger proportion Of the
ration than IL issued In this country be
made up OF lighter foods. fish, fowls. fruit
and cereals. This recommendation ia OF
course In line with the scientific knowl-
edge OF the time.
In the matter Of clothing Gen. LUDLOW
shows that we have not learned yet how to
meet the requirements. It is a matter
of record that in past years our troops
In Arizona and New Mexico have made
the uniform issued to them was based
on the requirements Of Dakota. Fortu-
nately, the service Of the past two years
in Cuba and Porto Rico has been carried on
in clothing not 30 obviously untitled for
the climate Of those countries We have
tried to uniform the men properly, and II
we have not succeeded it is because we have
not learned all that Is necessary. or GER
tain uniforms Gen. LUDLOW says: THE
khaki uniforms furnished by the Quarter
masters Department are Objectionable in
every respect. The material is poor and
the clothing ill-fitting badly made, and the
original diversties OF color are multiplied
with every washing. The material
ohrinks soaks and thickens with sweat,
and is fit for neither campaign nor garrison
purposes" Gen. LUDLOW is OF opinion
that a blush gray serge would be best
IN all respects; next to this he would
place white or gray duck or linen drill with
helmets OF the same material, and straw
hats permissible, The campaign suits and
leggings, OF whatever material, should not
be used in garrison. but be kept for field
service. The so-called khaki uniform used
hitherto is simply dust-brown canvas
working suit with facings that vary with
the arm OF the service. II the real khaki Is
obtained and issued. it will be interesting
to learn whether Gen. LuDLow's opinion OF
the merits OF the material changes for the
better or worse.
In the matter of quarters, it is important
that the men sleep on floors raised some
distance above the ground, that there
should DO ample bathing facilities, that
from II A. d. to 8 P. NJ. no unnecessary
work he done in the sun. and that the
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Quick Communication with Dawson.
From the Toronto MAI aud Empir..

OTTAWA. Ont. Sept 27.-The Department Of
Pub. ic Works has bern advised that the tele;
Rraph line from Lake Bennett 10 Dawson will
month. The Canadian Pacific Kallw way has
Just about completed arrangements tor send.
Ing Telepraphlc messages almost DAILY from
VancHuycr To- SERgway at which POI MT the
teSe nSh connection " IN Dawson is made.
The idea 10 10 have packages o! messages
sant every other DAY from Vancouver. and
evarv Intermediate day from Victoria and
Eanaino, ma ing as nearly a. p0sSin;sn dsily
re nDI,ced urou the ,no to Bennett. and a. tho
nttsr place they will he transmitted to the limo
which IS being built by the Dominion Govern.
msnt and forwarded to Dawson. BY the fastest
steomers to SkagwaV kilograms shOuli have no
difficulty at all in getting to Dawson the fourth
tbs same arrangement will be in effect The
steamsrs will br ne m nssaEes and at tho first
nor Of call whether ComoN, Nanalmo. NicLnr!a
or Vancouver. the messages III u" IelNereu 70
The Telegraph ONCE for transmission to the
various points to which they are addressed.
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wyoming County Democrats for Bryan and
tho Chicago Platform.

WARSAW. N. Y. Sept. 30.-Wyoming county
Democrats adopted at Warsaw to-day resolu-
tions renewing their faith in the Chicago plat
form: denouncing the imperlalistc ten dencies
Of the Mckinley administration; depioring the
growth OF trusts as q dangerous menace to
prosperity. and declaring as earnestly favorinR
the denomination OF the matchless orator and
fearless cham piou Of right, William Jennings
Bryan. at the next Democratic National Con-
ventlon, and pl"dging him their support. DIR,
William d. Martin. of Cowlesville. a relative OF
Grover Cleveland; was nominate for mn,mb her
OF Asssmb y. and Frank w. Brown and Edward
the Wyoming county bar. delegates to the
Eighth district judicial Convention at Buffalo
on Wednesday.