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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-01
VIEW YORK TILLAGE DESTROYED.
Fire destroys Many Houses in Turner
Lake Hundreds Homeless

Malone, N. Y, July 31.-The village of
Upper Lake was almost entirely wired
out by fire in few hours Sunday morn
ing. Save two hotels the opera house,
Catholic church and a few struggling
tenement houses on the outskirts not a
single block or house remains Not a
business establishment Of any kind es-
capped The buildings We're all of wood
and there being no fire protection in
surance rates We're well night prohibit
tive as far as the poorer class We're
concerned. Thus hundreds are left
homeless and destitute. The fire ubated
when nothing further was available to
feed on. The loss is estimated at from
$4,000 to $500 600 The Mutual Insur-
ance company of Ogdensburg is the
principal loser.
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STRIKE ON STEIMBO+1T FIVE
Sixty MeD offhe City of Lowell and New
Hampshire Quit.

New York, July 1.-About sixty fire
men, oilers and water tenders employed
on the Norwich line steamer City Of
Lowell and the Stonington line steam
err New Hampshire struck to-day for
an increase of SIS per month in their
salaries. When it became time for the
steamers to sail tonight the men re-
fused to go to work unless the COM
panies promised to meet their demands.
At about o'clock the officials of the
Stonington line engaged twenty-five of
the men to go to work on the New
Hampshire at the increase in wages
and that boat left at 8 o'clock, three
hours late. The officials of the Norwich
line refused to meet the demands Of
their men and the City of Lowell re-
manned at the pier during the night.
The firemen have been receiving $35 per
month, coal passers $50, oilers and water
tenders $40. Thirty men are employed
on each boat
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R4NKERS, INSURRNCE COMPANY.
Members Vote for Re-imcorporntion ON
the cold Ltnev Plan.

New York, July 31.-At meeting of
the members of the Bankers Life In
surance company to-day it was decided
by practically a unanimous vote to re-
incorporate the company, changing the
system of insurance from the assessment
plan to the old line. The company was
organized in 1869 and it's policy holders
include many of the best known bank
officials in the country. According to
it's financial statement of January ] last
the company had $12,235, $40 insurance in
force at that time and had since made
a net increase of 81, 1854 451.
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EXODUS FROM H44MPTON.


Hampton, Va, July 31.-This usually
tranquil town has been in a state Of
feverish excitement to-day since the
startling development of yellow fever
at the Soldiers home. Scores of peo-
pie took advantage of the first oppor-
tunity for leaving the place. Last night
a special train left Old Point with fully
300 guests of the hotels. The town Of
Phoebus, adjoining the Soldiers home,
has practically suspended business. 1t
is difficult to obtain accurate informa-
tion from the home. The entrance and,
in fact, all points from which escape
is possible, are carefully guarded. Late
this afternoon self-appointed guard of
fifteen Hamptonians with Winchester
rifles went to the home to assist in en-
forcing the quarantine regulations.
Chesapeake and Ohio trains have dis
continued their service to the city.
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SITU1TION IN PHILIPPINES.
Letter from mn Off hicer-Insurrection NJ
Vigorous Ever.

Vigorous Ever.
San Francisco, July 31-An officer of
one of the volunteer regiments in the
Philippines has written the following
letter to the Associated Press:
Manila, June 27.
The arrival of the rainy season finds
the insurrection as vigorous as it has
been at any time since the outbreak.
The insurgent armies are well recruit
ed, Notwithstanding their heavy losses,
and are well fed and clothed. They
have profited by their five months OF
warfare against the Americans. They
are fast adopting American tictics and
are becoming better disciplined and
more skiIful in the use of their weapons
every day over 100000 soldiers should
be here ready for business by the be-
ginning of the dry season in November.
Garrisons could then be stationed at
strategic points. A continuous warfare
cannot be carried on in this enervating
climate by the same trops. Frequent
reliefs are necessary. All are greatly
debilitated They are unfit for soldier
duty and recuperation seems slow and
unsatisfactory AS it is with them, 1t
is so likely to be with their successors.
The S,OOOOO0 people of the Philippines
are as highly civilized as the 100000
of Mexico.
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HARYARD TENNIS TENN WINS.
Captures Eastern Championship In
Doubles-TD Meet Yale Team.

Boston, July 31.-The Eastern tennis
championship in doubles was won to-
day at Longwood by the Harvard team,
H. Ward and F. Davis, who had no diff
ficulty in disposing of c. r. Budlong
and Beals Wright in straight sets.
Ward and Davis will meet during the
tennis week at Newport Fl. II. Hackett
and P. U. Allen the Yale pair, who won
the western championship at Chicago
and the winners will be entitled to play
Ware and Sheldon for the national
championship. Summary: Eastern
championship doubtless Ward and Da-
Wis beat Budlong and Wright, Ga, CO,
6-2. Handicap event. finals A. S. Lit
tie (scratch) beat Beals Wright (scratch)
6-2, 6-3.
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N1TTON1L GUARD CHA NGES,
Nom inatiOn of IA Lieutenamt-CoIOnel OF
the First Ordered.

Hartford, July 31.-Adjutant General
Van Keuren officially announces the
resignation and honorable discharge of
Lieutenant Colonel John Hickey, First
regiment G. N. G. Colonel Edward
Schulze has been notified to warn the
field and line officers to appear at the
First regiment armory to nominate a
lieutenant colonel. The following pro-
motions have also been made in the c.
N c.: Battery A, First platoon, Cor
poral John s. Daley of Guilford to be
second lieutenant with rank from July
IA, vice Honce, resigned.
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ELECTION IN STONINGYON.


Stonington, July 91.-The fall election
of borough officers was held to-day and
resulted in a democratic victory by
large majorities. The rival candidates
for warden were Major Hadlai A. Hull,
democrat, and Senator James Pendle-
ton, republican, and the former was
elected by a vote of 129 to 54. There
were six democratic burgesses also
elected.
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ADMIRAL SIMPSONS SUIT.
Brought for HimseIfan His Commands
for PTiz.. Money.

IOr PEiAt Money
Washington, July 31-Rear Admiral
William 7. Sampson has filed a suit in
the supreme court of the district libel
ling the Spanish vessel of war Maria
Teresa and miscellaneous stores and
supplies captured upon her and other
Spanish war vessels. In his bill he
says that he brings the suit in his own
behalf and also in behalf of all the offl-
GERS and enlisted men of the United
States navy who served with the Unit
ed States naval force and took part In
the naval engagement off Santiago de
Cuba on July 8, 1898, and in captures
made subsequent thereto. Admiral
Sampson says that the fleet OF the Unit
ed States was acting under his imlnedi-
ate command as chief;
that Commodore Winfield S. Schley
was the commanding officer of a diVi-
sion of the fleet under his orders and
Captain French E. Chadwick was fleet
captain or chief Of staff. He recites
the capture of the Spanish war vessels
and says that the captured property
has been or will be surveyed, appraised
and inventoried, adding: This will
show that the Maria Teresa was worth
100000 over and above the cost OF re-
covery" He asks a rule upon the Sec
retary of the navy to show cause why
the value of the captured property
shown, or which may be shown by the
survey, appraisal and inventory, should
not be deposited with the treasurer or
assistant treasurer of the United States,
subject to the order of he court in this
cause.
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PEARY RELIEF STE4 NER.
Signals "AlI Well" While Passing Off
the Labrador COnst.

St Johns, N. F., July 31.-The Peary
relief steamer Diana passed out the
straits Of Belle Isle on her way north
last Tuesday. She signalled off Cape
Battle Harbor, Labrador, "All we'll"
Judging from the report from North
Labrador of shipping. the Diana will
meet heavy ice packs in the vicinity of
the Greenland coast and this will prob
ably delay her return considerably.
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Il POLICEIT4N'S CRIME.


New York, July 31.-Thomas r.
O'Brien, the policeman who stole gold
watch and chain and two charms from
the dead body of Captain George B,
Rhoades of the Seventh regiment,
pleaded guilty to-day before Judge
Blanchard. O'Brien was indicted for
grand larceny in the first degree, but
was allowed to plead guilty to grand
larceny in the second degree. He was
remanded until tomorrow for sentence.
He cannot get more than five years un-
der this plea. Captain Rhoades was
struck by an electric car and killed at
One Hundred and Thirteenth street on
the evening of June 80. While trans
ferring the body to hospital in an
ambulance O'Brien robbed it.
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AMERICAN YfCIfT WINS.
Constance Defeats the Canadian Boat by
Small Margin.

Dorval Quebec, July 31.-The second
race for the Seawanhala cup came
off to-day on Lake St Louis and was
won by the American boat Constance by
fifty-five seconds. This makes two wins
for Constance out of five races against
Glencairn's nothing, and as the course
tomorrow will be to windward and re-
turn Constance should have a good
show. She showed marvellous wind
ward work in the first two rounds of the
triangular course to-day. Constance
pointed much higher and stiffer than
GIencairn against the wind while Glen
cairn made gains before the wind.
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TRANSFER OF FIRE CAprAINs.
At tthe Board Meeting sTo-night-TroubIo
Brewing I'm the pOItce Dcpartment


The board of fire commissioners will
| hold meeting tonight and some i'm
portant transfers of men in the depart
ment will be made. Three or four of
the firemen will be transferred, but the
principal transfers will be of officers.
Nearly all the captains will be trans
ferred to other houses than the ones
they now command and it is understood
that the reason assigned for the change
IS that it will be for the good of the SER
vice.
The police commissioners will also
meet tonight and the predictions are
that the session will be an interesting
one. Anthony Carroll will attempt TO be
heard on charges which he preferred
against Superintendent Wrinn some
time ago, and which were at that time
tabled 1t is thought also that the ac-
tion of the superintendent in transfer
ring Sergeant Thomas j. Dunn and Pa
trolmen John j. Flynn and George J.
Murphy from the central precinct to
precinct No. 4 will be discussed by the
commissioners. 1t is charged that the
changes were made for purely personal
reasons and that the transfers We're
made to take effect before the meeting
of the commissioners tonight because
the superintendent feared that if the
proposed transfers were first broached
to the board the commissioners would
veto them. While the patrolmen and
other members of the department will
say nothing concerning the matter to
outsiders there seems to be an UNDER
current of opinion in the department
that there will be before long some i'm
portant changes in the department
which will effect some of the higher Of
ficers.
1t is said that much jealousy exists
between some of these higher officers
which detracts from the efficiency of
the work of the department and that
the commissioners will probe the matter
and take measures to cure the difficulty
effectually. II is further said that the
transfer Of Sergeant Dunn and the two
patrolmen to the DiXWell avenue sta
tion was made because of this jealousy
and personal feeling. Sergeant Dunn is
one of the most efficient officers of the
department and has no marks against
him in the police books
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CROWDS INCREASE At RENNES.
Material Increase In Police Guard Made
to Protect Mime. Drcyfus.

Rennes, July 31.-Already the crowds
that gather daily about the home Of
Nine. Dreyfus and the prison where her
husband is confined, as she passes from
one to the other, have become so aug
mented as to demand a material in
crease in the force policing the route.
Gandarmes were, therefore, placed at
close intervals along the entire distance
from the Rue de Chatillon, where Nine.
Dreyfus resides to the prison in the
Rue Duhamel. Strict orders have been
issued to prevent persons passing from
the Rue Duhamel to the prison pre-
cincts. This has resulted in number
of conflicts between the people and the
gendarmes, none of which, however,
have been serious.
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ADVICES FROM PRETORIA.
The Political situation Continues to
Grow Clearer.

ton continues to grow clearer. The
government is awaiting dispatches re-
lating to the commission of inquiry
The volksraad held a secret session for
the purpose Of discussing President
Kruger's proposal to eliminate the
question of religious disabilities from
the constitution. Herr Fischer, replying
to an inquiry on the subject said that
not knowing the scope and constitution
ofth commission of inquiry he was not
prepared to expression an opinion and
would not until the actual terms of the
inquiry We're defined.
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MOB VTOLENCE IN GEORGIA..


Atlanta, Ga. July Ex-Governor Cand-
ler tonight issued an appeal to the
people of Georgia to join hands to put
an end to mob violence in the state
The governor believes that the only
way to restore condition cf peace and
tranquility and to bring an end to law
lessness that has been manifested in diff
ferent parts of the state is for the peo-
pie to uphold the courts and aid them
in bringing to speedy justice criminals
of all kinds.
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THEs4N DOMINGO UPRISING.
Report That n Revolution Will be
PrOcIaimcd VO-tlay.

Cape Haytien, July 31.-From a de-
spatch just received from a reliable
source it is learned that revolution will
be proclaimed tomorrow or the day af-
ter in the republic of San Domingo in
favor of Don Juan Isidro Jiminez Ac-
cording to this despatch the entire west
ern portion of the republic has declared
in favor of Jiminez.
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At Norfolk,

Norfolk, Va, July 31.-The excitement
over the discovery of so many cases
of yellow fever at the Soldiers home at
Hampton across the bay, has subsided
to some extent and the fear that the
fever would spread to this city and
thence abroad has been largely allayed
by the absolute quarantine against the
three peninsular towns adjacent to the
infected spot declared at midnight Sun
day and enforced rigidly to-day.
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CTTVETJN ND STREET- Oh X TRV TBTT
Effect of the RoyOOtt on the Big Con-
solidatcd Uncertain.

Cleveland, July 31.-Wbether the boy
colt upon the Big Consolidated COM
pany is having any effect is uncertain,
but the strikers are pursuing their way.
President Everett said the strike had
been incidentally discussed at a meet
ing to-day. rs it the intention Of the
company to move for a settlement of
the striker" was asked. No" said
President Everett. I'VE are going
ahead as we have been doing. We are
hiring new men all the time and we now
have nearly all we want"
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100000 rrRE w HozVoKE
Entire Fire Department of the CITY
Called Out.

Holyoke Mass, July 91.-A general
alarm called the entire fire departments
of the city to a fire in the Whiting
Street building on Main street about
1880 o'clock tonight. The firemen had
a hard fight but managed to get the
flames under control in about two hours.
The building was badly gutted and the
loss is estimated to be in the vicinity
of 5000, 900. The fire started in the up
per story of the building which was
occupied by the Parsons q Green COM
pany, manufacturing stationers An
open court in the rear of the building
aided the flames which gained great
headway.
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At Newport News.

Newport News. Va, July 31.-After a
day of intense excitement over the yell
low fever outbreak at the National Sol
diers' home, Newport News rests to-
night with a feeling of comparative Sc
curity The city officials have been
busy since early morning and it is hop
ed that no loophole has been left
through which the scourge may. find it's
WAY to this city.
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NEW TLESHIP MAINE.
Plan for Distribution of Armor Snnc-
toned by Navy Department..

washington, July S1.-The navy de-
partment has formally sanctioned the
plan for the distribution of armor on
the new battleship Maine, over which
the board of naval bureau chiefs have
worked for some time and to-day the
following order was promulgated: TT
is directed that the armor for the
Maine be for the main belt II inches
thick at the top, reducing to 71s at the
bottom, and for the easement and su-
perstructure inches in thickness; the
approximate weight of armor for the
said vessel being 2.492 tons,
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New York, July 31.-Matty Matthews
of New York defeated Eddie Connolly
of st, Johns, N. B., in a twenty-five
round bout before the Coney Island
Sporting club tonight They met at
1873 pounds and at the end of the bout
the referee decided that Matthews had
wen. The decision was hissed. but Mat
thew had clearly the better of it, hav-
ing administered twice as much punish
ment as he received.
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FLEET OF QUAKER YACHTS.
Cortnthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia
Anchored at Morris NnYe

The Corinthian Yacht club of Phila-
delphia, which is on a cruise through
the sound, anchored in Morris Cove off
the Pequot club house about II o'clock
yesterday forenoon. There are seven
teen yachts in the fleet They will
leave for New London about 8 o'clock
this morning. Many of the Philadel-
phia yachtsmen came up to the city last
night
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Disastrous Hail storm,

Hamilton, N. D., July 31.-A hail
storm swept over a stretch of country
to-day from Tyne to Glasston, twelve
miles long and five miles wide The
storm swept through great grain ter
ritory. The loss is almost total and will
amount to $250,000.
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Root Takes Hold To-day.

Washington, July 51.-Mr. Root has
notified Secretary Alger that he will be
in Washington and ready to assume
control of the war department at IL
o'clock tomorrow. General Alger will
leave at II As for Michigan.
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Trieste July 31,-Admiral Dewey
spent the day at the Hotel De la Vile,
while his flagship, the u S. cruiser
Olmpia was being coaled He will re-
turn to the ship tomorrow and will
sail in the afternoon.
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Not One Dollar M,sapproprinted.
Criticisms as to the amounts and
methods of expenditures which could
imply the wrong or careless use of mon
ey were also made by the London
Times. This charge is false. So far as
the conduct of the service was concern
ed, no person with any knowledge OF
the facts can ever charge truthtully
and no one ever show that dollar was
misappropriated, stolen or embezzled
out of the hundreds of millions of dol
lars that We're expended. The records
are an open book, and 1 will be glad to
have them rigidly examined and ask
my successor to open those accounts to
the country, whenever properly called
for in order that the entire truth may
be known. r. G.. Alger,
Secretary of War.
Washington, D. c., July 81, 1899"
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Dixon-Snntry Fight Postponed

st. Lou2is, July 31.-The Dixon -Santry
boxing contest, which was scheduled for
tonight, has been indefinitely postponed
owing to police interference.
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London, July 31.-The opposition in
the house of commons has decided not
to raise the Transvaal question again
during this session.
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Not One Dollar Misappropriated.

regiments were in service developed re-
| markable proficiency.
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"There were also ten regiments of i'm
mune infantry, of whose colonies eight
were graduates of the military academy
who were selected for special fitness to
command, and in the short time these