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Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12
7raoelcrs' Guide.
Berkshire Division
N. Y.. N. H. & H. RAILROAD.


 Commencing Sunday. June II. 1898.
 oorNo SOUTH Leave North Adams 6 20 am, Pittsneld ' IS OanAan S20. Arrive New Haven 10 b6. Bridgeport II 30, New York II 20. Leave Albany 10 am, State Line s 70, Pitts field 10, Canaan 70. Arrive Bridgeport l2 05 p. m.. NewHaven i2, ,Ab New York i.be. Leave Albany 10 % .. m.. State Line II 90. North Adame IA 10 D. m., Pittsneld l 90, Canaan 242, Arrive Bridgeport 0b, New Haven 6 S5, New York 6.i0. Leave Albany 10 oo a. m.. State Line II 20. Pittsfeld P,sld. IA asIP %,, Canaan as1; Arrive York Q co.
 Leave Albany 22o p. m., State Line sss Pittsfield 8 20, Canaan S7. Arrive Bridge port 10. New Haven 2 30. Hew York ' O0- Leave North Adams % D. m., pittsfeld 400 . Canaan 5 or. Arrive Bridgeport 7l0. New Haven 80. New York & CO., ts1Cndsys onlyl Leave Pit,sneld 30 D. m.. Haven 20. New York g. 3b.
 oorNo NORTH Lcave New York 70 a. m. Bridgeport 2 05 New Haven c 10, Canaan Q 70, Arrive Pitts field II 0b, State Line 10 4i, Albany IA II D m. Saratoga lb, North Adams II bs. Leave New York 02 a. m., Bridgeport bb New Haven Q S5, Canaan l2 10 ?. m. Arrive pittsfleld 20, North Adams 2 3s. Albany 243, saratoPa ( 20.
 Leave New York 9 02 n. m., Bridgeport . bb New Haven 0 3b, Canaan i2 8B D. m, Arrive Pittsfeld 9 0b p. m., State Line l 27, AL bany 4S Saratoga 420. Leave New York g s0l a. m, Bridgeport II co, New Haven 10 90. Canaan GOO ?. m, Arrive Pittsficld 1000 p. m. Leave New York 8 80 p. m. Bridgeport { 20, New Haven 8 57, Canaan c 2t. Arrlve Pitts : neld S0, North Adams Q 0s, State Line 8 %, Albany Q 70.
 Leave New York 8 80 p. m.. Bridgeport { 20 New Haven 8 b7, Oanaan ba. Arrive Pitts- field 8 70. State Line 60, Albany z 40. Sundays onlyl Leave New Haven atOA no. Bridgeport 05, Canaan 70. Arrivo pitis- field II 0j.
Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12
Cuban Fourth or JuIy.

Santiago, Cuba, Oct. 11.-There was general celebration here of the Cuban Fourth of July" the anniversary of the beginning of the first revolution against Spain. All business houses were closed, and the city was profusely decorated. Cuban flags were flown at half mast, be- cause yesterday was also the anniversary of the death of General Cespedes. The procession, half mile long, marched to the cemetery, where the graves of Ces- pedes and Marti were decorated. Thou sands of persons assembled on the plaza and listened to eloquent addresses deliv- cred from the balcony of the Cuban club. No American flags were seen in the pro eaucinu
Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12

In the Paris morgue 695 bodies were exposed last year Of these BAT had been fshed out of the Seine.
Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12
stHTRll KtR ENGLAND RAILWAY COlpAn.
I.AsrwAnD.

roUcHKEErsHE nrrDoE moUrn I'm Effect sunday, May osah 1see~
Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12
Trust Tn Christ.

Nothing but the furnace will ever burn out of us the clinker and the slag. I have formed this theory In regard to small annoyances and vexations. It takes just so much trouble to fit us for usefulness and for heaven. The only question is whether we shall take 1t in the bulk or pulverized and granulated. Here Is one man who takes 1t In the bulk. His back is broken or his eye sight put out, or some other awful ca- lamity befalls him, while the vast ma jority of people take the thing piece meal. Which way would you rather have 1t? Of course, in piecemeal. Better have five aching teeth than than an amputation, better 20 squalls than one cyclone. There may be a difference of opinion as to allopathy and homeopathy, but in this matter of trouble like homeopathic doses, small pellets of annoyance rather than some knockdown dose of calamity. Instead of the thunderbolt give us the hornet. If you have bank, you would a great deal rather that 50 men would come in with checks less than $10O than to have two depositors come in the same day, each wanting his $10,0O0. In this latter case you cough and look down to the floor and you look up to the cell ing before you look into the safe. Now,
 my friends, would you not rather have these small drafts of annoyance on your bank of faith than some all stag gering demand upon your endurance? But remember that little as we'll as great annoyances equally require you
 to trust iu Christ for succor and for daliverancs fram tnpatiepce and irrita.
Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12

Aoods PiIs cure liver ills; the non Irritating and only eathartic to taks with Hoeds sarsfpsriIIa.
Connecticut western news., 1899-10-12

Not each one of us?" you say. Yes, each one of you. Not to your ene- mies? Yes. The only difference would make with them would be that I would put a little extra gilt on their walls and little extra embroidery on their slippers. But. you say, "Why does not God give us all these thingsT Ah! bethink myself. He Is wiser. It would make fools and sluggards of us if we had our way. No man puts his best picture in the portico or vestibule of his house. God meant this world 10 be only the vestibule of heaven, that great gallery of the universe toward which we are aspiring. We must not have 1t too good in this world or we would want no heaven.
 Polycarp was condemned to be burn ed to death. The stake was planted. He was fastened to it. The fagots were placed around him, the fires kin died, but history tells us that the flames bent outward like the canvas of a ship in a stout breeze, so that the flames, instead of destroying Polycarp, were only wall between him and his enemies. They had actually to destroy him with the poniard. The flames would not touch him. Well, my hear ar. want you to understand that hy
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10
FIGHTING IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
Filipinos Defeated by
American Troops.
THOUSANDS OF NATIVES KILLED.
The Tennessee Soldiers Were in the
Thiclsest of the Battle, and Col. VIM. c.
Smith Died of Apoplexy on the Firing
Line.

The following dispatch from Maj
Gen. Otis received at Washington
last M onday morning, brought news
of the conflict between the American
forces in the Philippines and the ma
tive Filipinos: .'
Manila, Feb. 5-To the Adiutant-
General, Washington: Insurgents
in large force opened attack on our
outer lines at S:45 last evening, re-
newed attack several times during
night; at o'clock this morning, en-.
tire line engaged; all attacks re-
pulsed at daybreak advanced
against insurgents aud have driven
them beyond the lines they former
ly occupied, capturing several viii
lages and their defense works; in
surgents loss in dead and wounded
large; our own casualties thus far
estimated at one hundred and
seventy five, very few fatal. Troops
enthusiastic and acting fearlessly.
Navy did splendid execution on
tianks of enem"; city held in check
and absolute quiet prevails; insur-
gents have secured good many
Mauser rifles, few field pieces and
quick firing guns with ammunition
during last month. (Signed)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

the river front along the Pasig,
while the captured Spanish gunboat
La Guna, from the bay, swept the
rice fields along the river bank, fair
ly riddling the village of Santa Ana
with her Gatling guns.
Both sides cheered frequently dur
ing the engagement. The American
"hurrahs" were almost invariably
met by derisive "vivas.' Among
the natives the Ygorotes were espec-
tally noticeable for their bravery,
about 700 of these naked savagt 5
facing artillery with their bows and
arrows.
The burial Of the dead Filipinos by
our soldiers began this morning. In
one place $50 bodies were found, aad
in another sixty. Nearly every Amer
lean regiment engaged has reported
finding fifty or more of the enemy
dead along its front.
The first Tennessee Infantry has
been divided, one battalion reinforc-
ing Gen. Anderson and two bat
taliOns joining Gen. McArthur's CON-
mand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

THE President last Tuesday caus-
ed to be promulgated the sentence
in the case of Gen. Chas. P. Eagan.
The court-martial sentence was dis
missal from the army and the Presi-
dent has commuted this to six years
suspension from duty, which covers
nearly the remainder of the time
prior to Gen. Eagan's retirement in
Jan. 1905. Gen. Eagan's suspension
carries him to within few days OF
retirement under the age limit. He
will be reinstated in time TO retire
with the regular rank and pay pro-
vided I'm such cases. The sentence
of suspension does not deprive him
of any part Of his pay, but as the
sentence reads without rank and
duty" he loses his allowances
which include Communication OF
quarters, rations and fuel and nj:
horse allowance. This is quite a
large financial item.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

THE negroes whose Importation
from Alabama caused the battle at
Virden, H., few months ago, in
which several miners were killed,
are freezing and starving in a grad
er's camp on the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad near Cahokia. Their con-
dition is so desperate that at meet
ing of the st. Clair Board of Super
visers, Supervisor G. w. Droit, of
Cahokia, asked that relief be eX-
tended by the county. Unaccus-
toned as they are to cold weather
and very thinly clad, their condition
is said to be pitiable. The work OF
grading is finished, and there seems
nothing for the unfortunate negroes
to do but get back to the South the
best way they can.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

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Snd annlan.ar
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to cnntamrI,ta rba rondit,nn nf this
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n,,dar Iri,ninios and poIinias ,rhinT
hava haratof,ra n,ova,Ied tTLat
mre.,t Enolieh f,tasnan Mr. CIaG.
2tono onca' e,ia tbnt .,tha Unita1
Stoto, Lara. n,.,innal h,sa fnr tha
rreatest confi1 u,us ennire ever,
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low nrofession and mushroom
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10
SUIT FOR $1,000.

City OF Columbia Made Defendant In a
Damage Suit.
f.. s. Mulligan and wife have en-
tered suit in the Circuit Court at
this place against the Board Of May
or and Alderman of Columbia, TO
recover 5000 damages for injuries
received by Mrs. Mulligan by fall
ing into an open cellar in front OF
the Barker warehouse on Embargo
street, several weeks ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

THE sundry civil appropriations
bill, completed Monday by the
House Committee on Appropria-
tions, carries $2O,0OOOOO "to carry
out the obligations of the treaty be-
tween the United States and Spain"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10
TENNEssEANs IN THE BATTLE.

Col. VIM. G. Smith Dies of Apoplexy on
the Firing Line.
MANILA, Feb. G.-The Tennesseans
joined the firing lines at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning and assisted in cap
turing Santa Mesa.
Col. VIM. g. Smith, of the First
Tennessee Infantry, was in the thick
of the fight when attacked by apo
pIeXy and fell from his horse. This
was the only death or accident to
the Tennesseans.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

ANDREW CARNEGIE, the million
aire steel baron and philanthropist
has offered to give the city of At
lanta 100000 for a public library
He names only two conditions to
this gift: First, that the city shall
furnish the site for the building
and, second, that the city govern
ment shall appropriate $1,000 annu'
ally for the maintenance of the in
stitution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

AGoNCILLO, the representative of
the Philippine government at Wash
ington, fled to Montreal Canada,
when the news Of Sundays battle
reached him. 1t now turns out that
the Washington authorities were on
the point of arresting him when he
fled.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

THE House Judiciary Committee
has reported favorably Congress
man Gaines bill repeating the laws
disqualifying persons who served
the Southern Confederacy from
serving on Federal petit or grand
juries. 1t further provides that no
disqualification of any sort shall at
tach by reason of such service.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

THE next combination attacks the
breakfast table. The American Ce-
real Company, with $33,000,000 cap
ital, proposes to control the manu-
facture Of oatmeals and all breakfast
foods. A combination of American
potteries is also about to be per-
fected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

MAI. GEN. OTIS reported from
Manila last week that the illness in
his command is 8 per cent. The
principal causes of death are
typhoid, smallpox, wounds and
accidents, dysentery and malarial
fever. The sickly season begins in
March.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

PREMIER SAGAsTA is quoted as
saying that he will Immediately
submit to the Queen Regent decree
cOnvoking the Spanish Cortes, and
that he expects to have a majority
of thirty favorable to the approval
of the treaty of peace with the Unit
ed States.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

A BILL has been introduced in the
Lower House of Congress to give
Gen. Wheeler a Major Generalship
in the regular army. The measure
provides for an additional Major
General so long as Gen. Wheeler
shall occupy it, the objection to a
permanent increase being thereby
avoided.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Col. JAMES A. SEXTON, command
-in.chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, died last Saturday
morning at Garfield hospital, Wash
ington, d. Q.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

eMALLPoX is prevalent in anum-
Der of cities in the South. Orders
have been issued by the Board of
Health in Nashville making vacci-
nation compulsory.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

Or. NJ. A. simmons Liver Medicine by
expelling from the body the excess OF
bile and acius, improves the assimila-
tive processes, purifies the blood, tones
up and strengthens.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-10

Continued to Eighth PageD
The evening times., 1899-03-01
DESTROYING THE PALISADES.
Picturesque Region of the Hudson
Rent by Dynamite.

Rent by Dynamite.
New York, March AFTER silence OF
4 few months residents in the vicinity OF
Washington Heights and along the Pail
sades were again startled yesterday by a
tremendous blast at the Quarries of Car
penter Brothers, about mile north OF
Fort Lee Nearly four thousand pounds
of dynamite was discharged, and the rock
displaced extended over a hundred feet
along the face of the Palisades.
Two tunnels were drilled into the cliffs,
from each of which were sunk shafts in
which seventy-five boxes OF dynamite
were placed, each box containing fifty
pounds. the tunnels extending into the
cliffs for distance OF sixty feet, while the
depth of the shafts varied from thirty to
forty feet.
The work of loading the shafts was be-
gun early yesterday morning. and it was
exactly O'Clock in the afternoon when
Hugh Reilly. the boss biaster, appeared on
top of the cliff and sent men scurrying
alCng the roads warning pedestrians and
residents. A few minutes later cloud o,
brown smoke shot out from the cliffs fol-
lowed by a tremendous report, as hun
dreds of tons of rock tore their way down
the slope to the shore below. Huge bowl
ders were hurled far out into the river,
sending columns of water high up in the
air. The stone displaced by the blast will
keep the crushers busy for several weeks.
The evening times., 1899-03-01
MALARIA ON THE GRANT.
Soldiers En- Route to MANILA Victim
of the MaIaIy

New York, March Letters received
from Gibraltar written by persons on the
transport Grant which sailed from this
city for Manila on January 10, indicate
that the Fighting Fourth is having by
no means holiday voyage. These letters
assert that the regiment was in no condi-
ton to Withstand the long voyage so soon
after its return from the tropics
Malaria contracted in Cuba, which the
men would have shaken off if they had
been permitted to recuperate in the United
States, appeared in virulent form soon
after the vessel sailed. The hospital was
full of these cases all the way across the
Atlantic and the nurses were kept busy
all the time
The Grant is well supplied with medical
stores and supplies. which are being sent
to Manila by the Red Cross Auxiliary for
the establishment of a hospital there un-
der the direction of Miss Marjorie Han
SHE'LL who was at the head of the nurses
stationed at Fort Wadsworth during the
war. Four Red Cross nurses went in the
Grant, and others are following on the
Sherman and the Sheridan.
In addition to the malignant malaria the
men were attacked by measles, which made
its appearance on board before the Grant
sailed. This spread among the soldiers
and helped to crowd the hospital There
were also cases of pneumonia and cne
man died of meningitis on January q and
was buried at sea-
1t is feared that the malaria may be de-
yeloped still further after the troops ar
rive in the Philippines, as they will get
there near the beginning of the rainy sea-
son, when conditions will be favorable for
the development of the disease in cases
where it has already entered the system
1t was expected when the Grant sailed
that her voyage would occupy forty days
Besides the Fourth Regular Infantry she
carried one battalion of the Seventeenth
Infantry, under the command of Major
General Lawton, and the wives and chill
dren of the officers.
The evening times., 1899-03-01
TO RELIEVE THE TODD ESTATE.
Report of the Commissioncrs on Il
Legal Tangle.

lengthy report on H. r. No ll044.
which provides for the relief OF the estate
of the late William b. Todd, was forward
ed to Representative Babcock, Chairman
of the House District Committee by the
District Commissioners late yesterday aft
ernoon. 1t appears from the report that
on November ,, 1871. an assessment was
made on lots J. >, 8 and 4, in square 1880,
bounded by Thirteenth Street and Kentucky
and South Carolina Avenues southeast. for
the Improvement of Street The title
OF the property passed to Alexander R
f, Shepherd on June >, 1873. and the assess
ment was paid June >, 1873. The assess
ment was revised under the acts OF June
Is, 1878. and June 81. 1879.
John Morris, who was at the time at
torney for A. r. shepherd filed power OF
. attorney to collect drawback certificate
I 10 be issued upon the revision of the
assessments. In doing this Attorney Nor
ris presented the original assessment bill
and filed an affidavit of Mr.. Shepherd show
ing that he had paid the special assess
ment bill, and that the amount was not
| taken from nor applied as a part of the
purchase money. A drawback certificate
was then issued to Mr.. Morris as the at
torney for Alexander R. Shepherd.
Some time after the issuance of the
drawback certificate to Mr.. Morris, Charles
had been improperly issued to Morris. and
that it should have been issued TO him as
the representative of the estate of William
| B. Todd. Mr.. Wollard filed an affidavit
from the administrator of the Todd estate
to the effect that the assessment was paid
with money furnished Mr. Shepherd for
that purpose. and he asked that dupli-
cate certificate, which would be treated as
an original. be issued to him.
ha ref n \ d.
die. then Attorney for the District, who
rendered an adverse report. Mr.. Wollard
appealed directly to District Commission
ers Hine Douglass. and Robert, who de-
MED the request for the issuance of the
drawback.
THE sole question is says the report
of the District Commissioners 10 Chairman
Babcock, whether. in view of the issuance
of this certificate, upon all the facts pre-
sented with no formal notice that the
Todd estate had any claim to it. the Dis
trict should now be compelled by law TO
issue another certificate to the Todd es
tate. 1t is very plain that Mr.. Shepherd
was entrusted with the original paid
assessment bill. and that whatever might
have been the relations between Mr.. Todd
and Mr.. Shepherd. the latter was consti
tuted the agent of the former in the trans
action. There was an unquestionabie right
of action on the part of the Todd estate
against Mr.. Shepherd for the value of this
certificate if the latter improperly convert
ed the same to his own use. and the Dis
trict should not now, in the opinion of
the Commissioners, be required to issue a
second drawback certificate to the Todd
estate