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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-20
CUNNING CITY FINANCIERS.
Board of Finance Has Matters OH Hand
70 Screcn From the Puhllc.

An attempt was made at the meeting
of the board of finance last night to
have the board vote to transfer money
from the contingent fund to pay fol
the erection on the green of the flag
pole purchased with money subscribed
by public spirited citizens. Controller
Rowe who knows the condition of the
contingent fund.- and states that there
is money there to pay for the erection
of the pole, offered resolution to au-
thorize the director of public works to
expend not more than $400 in putting
up. the pole.
Councilman O'Meara seconded the
resolution. Mayor Driscoll however,
ruled the resolution out of order on the
grnllnd that there was no specific ap-
preparation for the purpose. When at
the last meeting the board voted on
motion of Mr. Curtis to transfer s542
from the contingent fund to pay bills
contracted by ex-Corporation Counsel
Ely for expenses in court cases after
the appropriation for that purpose had
been exhausted the mayor was absent.
There was no specific appropriation to
pay bills contracted after an account
was overdrawn, but the, money was
taken from the contingent fund and no
question asked or raised. 1t is said
that Mayor Driscoll knew that Mr.
Ely's bill was coming up at the last
meeting and knew of the scheme on
foot to pay it. At any rate he was
absent from the meeting. 1t is now
charged that he is holding up the at
tempt to get money TO erect the flag
pole in order to force the common
council to rescind it's action in ordering
the pole placed in the band stand and
to vote to allow it to be erected in the
plot south of the stand.
Whether or not more schemes of this
kind are on foot which it is desired to
screen from the public remains to be
seen, but at any rate last night the
board voted by vote of to not to
allow citizens to be present at it's meet
ings and the question was raised that
as the meetings are to be strictly pri-
vate the city clerk, who is clerk of the
board, should not allow the rec
ords of the meeting to be seen nor give
out any information of what goes on
in the star chamber sessions. While no
vote was taken on this it was the opil-
ion of the majority that this rule should
prevail and the city clerk was given to
understand that it should be followed
Controller Rowe and Councilman
O'Meara voted in favor of holding open
sessions, but Alexander Dowe Charles
E. Curtis, Reuben H. Brown and W.
Fl. Atwood voted in the negative May
or Driscoll stated that he would only
vote in the event of tie.
A transfer was made in the accounts
of the department of education The
amount could not be exactly ascertain
ed but from a reliable source it was
learned that it was about $500, and that
it was transferred from the account for
the Oak street school to the account for
the Ezekiel Cheever school.
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Triple MURDER ON A BRIG.


Santa Cruz de Teneriffe, Oct 19.--The
brig Juliana Schlosser recently arriv-
ed here on her way to Brazil and re-
ported that during the voyage the
helmsman had murdered the captain,
the captains wife and the mate. The
Brazilian consul asked assistance of
the authorities and the Spanish cruiser
Infanta Isabel sent several boat crews
to the brig. They We're fired upon by
the briggs crew and the marines replied
finally boarding the ship. Eleven sea-
men then jumped overheard, but were
rescued by the cruisers boats and are
now imprisoned. The helmsman COM
mitted suicide. Another murdered man
was found on board
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s1RUCK BY 4 TROLLEY CAR.
A Bieyclis Probably Fatally Injured on
Elm street Early Last Evening.

Robert Minagh, young man twenty
five years of age, who works in the pa
per box shop of p. j. Cronan company
on State street, was struck by trolley
car NO 62. on Elm street, between Or
ange and Church streets. about 6:35
last night, while on his way home from
work and was probably fatally injured.
Minagh was riding his bicycle with his
dinner basket strapped on in front and
was going up Elm street. Car No. 62
of the State street line was also going
up Elm street just behind him and
stopped at the corner of Orange and
Elm streets. Minagh was just ahead
when the car started up and was rid
ing on the south side of the street. AS
he was approaching a wet spot in the
street he turned his wheel across the
upbound track and ran directly in
front of the approaching car, which
was running at an ordinary rate of
speed
The front of the car struck the reag
wheel of the bicycle and Minagh was
thrown to one side of the track. Po-
lice Captain Brewer happened to be
riding by at the time and after hasten
ing to the office of DR.. G. P. Lindsey,
near by, he hurried back to the scene
of the accident DR.. Cahill, who was
driving down the street happened
along about that time and alighting
from his carriage examined the injured
man and ordered him sent to Grace
hospital The police ambulance was
called by Captain Brewer, and in it
Minagh was taken to Grace hospital
There he was attended by DR.. Baldwin,
DR.. A. f. Cheney and DR., Butler. They
found that he was seriously injured,
having sustained a fracture of the
backbone and a fracture of the collar
bone. He was placed in plaster cast.
So serious is the nature of the injury
to the back that the chances of his re-
covery are slight.
The injured man is single and lives
at 221 Commerce street His brother
visited him at the hospital last night.
Car 62 which struck him was in charge
of Conductor j. H. Kelly and Motor
man M. Mcnamara. Captain Brewer,
who saw the accident, thinks that it
was unavoidable on the part of the
men in charge of the Ger and does not
think that they were in any way re-
SpOnsible
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Officers Elected-Action for Closer Re.
latiOn of Societies.

Binghamton N. Y, Oct. 19.-The bus
mess session of the American Mission
ary society at the fifty-third annual
meeting was held this afternoon. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Rev. F. A. Noble of Illinois; vice
presidents, Rev. Alexander Mckenzie Of
Massachusetts, Rev. Henry A. Stimson
of New York, Rev. Washington Glad
den of Ohio and others; corresponding
secretaries, Revs. A. B. Beard, F. P.
Woodbury. and G. j. Ryder, all of New
York; recording secretary, Rev. H. A.
Hesen of Massachusetts; treasurer,
Henry w. Hubbard of New York. audi
tors, Edwin HI. Baker Of Connecticut
and John e. Leech of New York; exec
utive committee for three years, Rev.
Edward Stead of Massachusetts, and
others; principal, Truman ]. Backus Of
New York.
1t was voted that a committee of five
be appointed to consider the relations of
this association with other benevolent,
societies of the Congregational denom-
ination and such administrative adjust
ment as may help toward their fedora
tion and toward the efficiency Of the
work of this association, said committee
to report at the annual meeting to be
held in 1900. The following committee
was appointed to carry out the resolu-
ton: Rev. D. S. Clark Of Massachu-
sets, Professor A. T. Cary of Connecti-
cut, Rev. S. M. Newman of Washing
ton, D. c., Rev j. S. Nichols Of Ohio
and r. D. Reddington of Illinois. The
concluding session of the association
was held this evening. The principal
address was delivered by the Rev. H. G.
Stimson, d. D., of New York city. In
vitations have been received to hold the
fifty-fourth annual meeting of the as
sociation in Cambridge, Mass, Cleve-
land, Buffalo and Detroit. They were
referred to the executive committee
with power.
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MISSIONARY WORK.
Meeting of Woman's Home Society of
the M. r.. church.

Pittsburg, Oct. 19.-The second days
session of the Woman's Home Mission
airy society of the Methodist Episcopal
church was devoted to the reports of
committees. The finance committee re-
ported total appropriations of $177,4H
of which $4s,S50 was for deaconess work
and $4,000 for oriental work in California
and Hawaii. The reports of the con-
ference corresponding secretaries show
ed an encouraging increase, as did also
the reports of the Georgia and Florida
bureaus. The afternoon session was
devoted to reports of the bureau of Inn
migrants and the bureaus of the east
ern central state, western southern
states and Texas.
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$4,000 Fire In Mtddletovn,

Middletown, Conn, Oct. ia fire on
the upper floor of a two-story factory
building at the foot of Court street
shortly after 10 o'clock tonight caused
damage of over $1,000; insured The
upper floor was occupied by the e. T.
Burgess Cut Glass Co., and the loss by
fire and water will be $4,000. The Kir-
by Manufacturing company on the low
er floor sustained about $1,000 damage.
wholly by water. The building is own
ed by Charles A. Pelton and $500 will
cover the damage. The Burgess COM
pany had a heavy rush of orders which
compelled the men to work until 9
o'clock at night and it is thought that
the fire was caused through the care
lessness of some workman as he was
leaving the factory at the close of work
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THE CURRENCY SITUATION
TRE4SURER ROBERTS SPEAKS BE-
FORE PENNSYLVANIA BANKERS,
declares 1t Has Some Features OF Reel
and Robust Strength-As "a Corner.
stone There Rests in the Treasury "a
Volume of Gold Greater Than Ever
Before Held.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 19.-The annual
convention of the Pennsylvania Bank
ers association opened here to-day. FL
lis Fl. Roberts, treasurer of the United
states, made an address on "The
treasury and the Currency" Among
other things he said: '"The currency
situation has some featuresr Of real and
robust strength. In the first place, as
the cornerstone Of all our money rests
volume of gold in the treasury larger
than ever before held. 1t is also true
that In the banks and the hands of the
people the yellow metal is held beyond
all precedent The gold coin in circula-
ton increased during the year ending
September /, by S42239,92s, and during
September, including gold certificates.
by further sum Of $3,e12,566.
"Stalwart health Is shown by the
fact that of the total money in circu-
lation at the beginning of this month
1924 per cent. was in gold, including
gold certificates. The strength of gov
ernment paper is proved by the guaran-
tee held against the legal tender of 60.44
per cent in gold excluding gold certif-
Gates, which stand dollar for dollar Of
the yellow metal. Another factor of
strength in the currency is the strict
limitations in the volume of all govern
ment paper. While these dikes endure
and imitation is prevented, peril is kept
at the minimum and the whole volume
of currency is maintained at level
SO that no dollar is worse than the
best.
Just now no inconvenient contrac-
ton would follow an increase Of the
gold reserve. A fund of $3.50, 900, 900
could be spared, and that would pro-
vide a ratio Of a little more than one
third of all outstanding United States
and treasury notes. BY definite statute
this could be rendered as secure as by
locks and bars. without additional Off
GERS or separate vaults in Washington
or other treasury offices this fund could
be provided and preserved. The mini
mum of $100,000,OO0 was touched upon
in the past years on several occasions
because no possible statute shielded it,
The certificates of June s, 1872, the gold
certificates and the silver silver certif-
Gates have always had back of. them
every dollar of the funds pledged for
them. By simple, clear, positive words
an increased reserve can be protected
absolutely. 1t can be made self-sustain-
ing by the requirement that notes once
redeemed in gold shall never be paid out
except for gold. That is President Nc
Kinley's suggestion, and it cannot fail
to be effectual''
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HEAVY BOER LOSS REPORTED
1900 SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
At M4FEKING.

Drawn Over Lyddite Mines by British
and Blown Up-A Refugee Snys Train
Has Arrived at Johannesburg with
300 Wounded-British War Office Say
Fighting Occurred at Mafeking Lasi
Friday or Saturday - Beers Were Re.
pulsed but No Loss is Mentioned
Vryburg Taken by the Boers-Flght-
ing in Natal
London, Oct. 2o-The Daily Mails
Cape Town correspondent says that a
refugee who has reached Grahamstown
from the Rand states that train ar
rived at johannesburg on Monday from
Klerksdorp with 300 wounded burghers.
Every available conveyance, the refu-
gee says, was called into requisition to
take the wounded men to the hospital.
The Daily Mail suggests that these
wounded were from Mafeking.
The Daily News Cape Town CORE
spondent says: "It is rumored here
that news has reached De Aar that the
Beers have attacked Mafeking in
force but were repulsed. The defenders
seeing the enemy retreating, pursued
them for some distance. Then feint
was made and they commenced to re-
tire on the town, allowing themselves
TO be driven in by the Beers, who,
eager to retrieve their position again
advanced to the attack and were drawn
over Lyddite mines laid for the defense
of the town. 1t is reported that 1,5O0
Beers were killed by the explosion.
1T is reported from Delagoa Bay
that the Swat King Bunu is collecting
his forces with the object. presumably,
of attacking the Beers. 1t is stated
that the Portuguese forces at Delegoa
Bay will be reinforced to war strength.
II Is announced from Pretoria that an
eccentric person known as Baron Deg
ninsberg has been court t-martialled and
shot as a spy. Plans of the local forts
were found in his possession - --5-+-
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BRITISH VAR OFFICE BULLETIN
Bocrs RepuIsed at Mafeking but Losses
Are Not Given.

London, Oct. 19.-The war office this
evening issued the following bulletin:
mo news of importance has been re-
ceived from Natal to-day. The caval-
nv attached to our forces at Ladysmith
and Dundee are engaged in observing
the enemy's movements. Steps have
been taken to secure Pietermaritzourg
and Durham against raids on the west
ern frontier There is no recent relia-
able intelligence from Kimberley and
Mafekng, both places being cut off
from railway and telegraphic commune
cation. 1t is believed however, that a
skirmish took place on Sunday six
miles south of Kimberley, and that the
Beers were beaten off with some loss
by an armored train There was some
fighting at Mafeking on Friday or Sat
urday, ending with repulse Of the at
tacking force Beers in considerable
numbers are assembled opposite Aliwal
North on the Orange river. Railway
communication with the Orange Free
Srate and the Transvaal has now
ceased, the remaining refugees having
been warned to leave by way of Della
goa Bay"
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Bridgeport, Oct. 19.-Clementi Nuzzi,
aged nineteen, who killed Louis Min
motif, aged forty-fve, last June, for
criminally assaulting the formers five
year-old sister, was to-day sentenced by
Judge Prentice of the superior court to
five years in state prison. Nuzzi had
pleaded guilty to manslaughter. In
rendering judgment Judge Prentice said
he was very sorry to impose sentence,
but he felt compelled to punish him for
examples sake as he took the law in
his own hands.
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Pittsburg, Oct. 19.-It was announced
to-day that the bridge combine under
the name of the American Bridge COM
pany had been completed and would be
in operation by the first of next month
The combine includes thirty-flve of the
thirty-seven plants in the country and
is capitalized at $67,50O,O00, of which
$33, 100000 is preferred and s34,500, 900
common stock. 1t will control about SO
per cent. of the output of the country.
The headquarters Of the company will
be in New York.
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BOERS TAKE YRYBURG.
Town Said to Have Surrendered After
Police Withdrew.

respondent of the Daily Mail, telegra phi
ing at 10 o'clock Thursday, says "Vry-
burg surrendered Sunday. To-night's
dispa tches from Kuruman, ninety miles
west by south of Vryburg, state that
the police, having withdrawn from Vry-
burg, the town surrendered to the Beers,
the inhabitants fleeing in all directions,
mostly toward Kuruman. When the
police withdrew the Cape Beers notified
the fact to the enemy, thus inviting
them to take possession. There was a
fearful panic. The British are wildly
indignant at this scuttling.'
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LAY ACROSS THE TRACKS,,


Charles Barry, who lives at Cedar
Hill, had narrow escape from being
ground under the wheels of passenger
train in the railroad cut between the
Chapel and Court street bridges about
midnight last night. Barry was intoxi-
Gated and lay insensible across the
tracks The train was running slowly
and the engineer saw the body on the
track by the headlight reflection. He
stopped the train and the conductor
sent for the police wagon, in which
Barry was taken to police headquar-
ters.
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TO BREAK HILTON WILL.
H. G.. Hilton Claims His Father Was
Incnpacttated,

New York, Oct. 19.-Henry G. Hilton
has begun contest Of the will of his
father, the late Judge Henry Hilton,
notice being filed to-day. Mr.. Hilton
asserts that at the time of the execu-
ton of the document his father was
mentally incapacitated for making such
paper and that he was under undue
influence. By the terms of his fathers
will Henry Hilton is cut off with a pro-
visional bequest of 5000 out of the $5,-
100000 estate.
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A Club Room Ratded.

Lena Wilson, married woman about
thirty-five years of age, was arrested
late last night by Patrolmen Cooney
and Streit in club room on York
street near oak, on the charges of
drunkenness and lescivious carriage.
Two young men about nineteen years
of age were arrested with her. They
are Joseph McLauchlan and John Bo-
han. Other young men who belong to
the club had been with the woman,
but they escaped the officers
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situation Grows More Acute.

London. Oct. 20.-The Ladysmith
CORRESPONDENT of the Times under date
of Wednesday evening says: THE sit
alton on the eastern border is develop
ing a more serious aspect. The Vry-
held and Utrecht commanders, after
1ooting on the Zululand border are re-
ported to be in the Umsinga district,
threatening communication between
here and Dundee. The situation at the
front is reported to be growing more
acute,
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THE Philippine QUESTION.
President tSchurman Praises Nj OK tnIey's
Handling oft.

New York, Oct. 19.-President ia
cob Gould Schurman of Cornell Uni
versity was the guest at dinner tonight
of the Aldine association. President
Schurman. who was one of President
McKinley's commissioners, made a
speech in which he tersely summed up
the troubles IN the Philippine archipel-
ago. While not directly speaking in
defense of the administrations policy,
every word he said was in appreciation
of the presidents treatment of the
question
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Queen Bids Troops Godsp eed. .

London, Oct. 2O.-The queen drove
from Balmoral castle to the Ballater
barracks yesterday to bid farewell to
the Gordon Highlanders, who are 60
ing to the Cape. After reviewing the
troops the queen addressed them as
follows:: II am pleased to see you
looking SO well and fit for duty. You
are going on foreign service, and wish
you all godspeed. l hope you will re-
turn safe and WELL" The officers were
then presented to her majesty, the men
cheering and the queen bowling.
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BRIGADE RIFLE MATCH DISP UTE.
A Board OF Inquiry Ordered--To Meet in
This city.

Hartford, Oct. 19.-It is announced
from the adjutant generals office that
a board of inquiry consisting of Brig
adler General James Fl. Jarman, re-
tired; Colonel Charles W. Hendrie, COM
mandlng Fourth regiment and Major
Samuel c. Kingman, retired, has been
appointed to investigate the protest
made relative to the award of the first
prize at the recent brigade rifle match.
The board will meet at the Second
Regiment armory, New Haven, and
will summon such witnesses as may be
required. Upon conclusion of their i'll
vestigation the board will report the
facts adduced, together with their opin-
ions and recommendations to Adjutant
General Van Keuren.
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Power House Roof Falls.

Norwich, Oct. 19.-The roof of the
new power house of the Montville
Street Railroad company that is being
erected at Thamesville, fell in this af-
ternoon and Engineer Lewis Marble,
Charles Seltzer, Bert Post and Frank
Gelnas were severely injured, though
none fatally despite the fact they fell
8 distance of thirtyf1Ye feet,
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Another Ga me for BROOKLYN.

Philadelphia, Oct. 19.-The Brooklyns
took another game from the Philade1-
phias to-day. McJames and Piatt were
hit hard and were relieved by Kennedy
and Bernhard respectively. The teams
will continue the series of exhibition
games at Brooklyn tomorrow. Score:
Brooklyn II, Philadelphia s.
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CAPT4IN M'CABE NOMINATED
For Alderman by the Second Ward
Republicans,

The republicans of the Second ward
held a caucus at the city supply house
at the corner of Oak and Spruce streets
last night to nominate a candidate for
alderman to be voted for at the special
ward election to be held November 8.
In a five minute session Charles r. Nc
Cabe, captain of Co. f (the Grays) was
nominated. The democratic ward eau
Gus will be held tonight.
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Popular Song Writer Dead.

New York, Oct. 19.-Jesse L. Davis,
a well known writer of popular songs,
died to-day at Whitestone, l.. L., of
heart disease. He was a negro, was
born in Cincinnati in 1868, and was a
graduate of Gains college. Among his
compositions are ''The Lighthouse by
the Sea-" wait Till the Tide Comes
In" why Don't You Write n Letter
Home" I'm the Baggage Coach Ahead, ;"
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Taken TO Wethcrs1ield.

Twenty prisoners, sentenced at the
last term of the superior court, were
taken from the county Jail to the states
prison in Wethersfield yesterday after
noon. One of the prisoners was a wo-
man. Flora Normandy, sentenced for
theft. The prisoners We're taken up in
charge of Sheriff Durham, Deputy
Sheriff Spiegel and Bookkeeper Adams
of the jail.
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DIED FROM HIS INJURl
William Lucas Who Was Struck by an
Express Train.

William Lucas, the young man who
was struck by an express train on the
Goodrich street crossing of the Canal
road last Tuesday evening, died about
o'clock yesterday morning as the re-
suit Of his injuries He was twenty
three years of age and was employed
as drop forger at Winchesters.
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Beers Capture Train.

London. Oct. 20,-The Ladysmith cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph un-
der date of October 10, afternoon, says:
The Beers fired on and captured a train
which left Ladysmith at 12::S0 near
Elandslaagte. 1t contained several Of