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The evening times., 1899-07-08
SAVED BOYS FROM DROWNING.
Thrilling Rescue by n Rough Rider
and n COllegian.

4 New Haven, Conn, July S.-A thrilling
rescue from drowning was accomplished at
the Thimble Islands, fifteen miles UP the
Sound, Thursday evening. by Rough
Rider and a son OF Yale professor. The
Rough Rider was Jack O'Neil, twenty
FIVE years of age. The collegian was Clar-
ence Verrill, who has won fame at Yale
as a strong man.
Charles H. Hill, the proprietor of the
Margaret. small passenger steamer, was
engaged last evening by Professor Verrill,
of Yale, to carry new cooking range from
Guilford out to the professors summer
home on one Of the Thimble Islands. Cap
tain Hill loaded the .range, which weighed
more than 500 pounds, on small barge.
and started for the island.
Aboard the tow were O'Neil and two
boys, each of whom is about thirteen years
of age. One was the son of Rev. Mr..
Randolph, of Meriden, who has summer
home and little chapel on Money Island.
The other was a boy named Pech. whose
parents also reside on Money Island.
The little steamer had only gone out &
short distance when it was found that the
barge, which was too heavily laden, had
begun to sink. ONeiI yelled 10 captain
Hill. The captain is very deaf and could
not hear the calls for help. The steamer
went ON. and suddenly the barge careened
and sank The tow line parted. but still
the captain proceeded. Neither OF the boys
could swim, and both disappeared They
were held under by the suction of the
sinking barge. O'Neil dived down into
forty feet Of water and in some way man.
aged to come up with boy on either
shoulder.
BY this time Captain Hill had become
aware of the accident and reversed his
engine. When the steamer got up TO the
scene of the accident, both boys were grad
ually strangiing O'Neil. The latter called
out to Clarence Verrill, who was on thu
steamer, that he could not hold out an!
longer Young Verrill literally tore off hi
clothing and plunged in to assist ONeil
The two men, by strong efforts, managed Il
get both boys on the steamer.
Both were unconscious. Captain Hill
rolled them on a keg and finally restored
them to consciousness. Both ONeil an(
| Verrill were nearly exhausted. The boy
are in good condition today, and O'Neil i
more a hero than ever, while young Verril
has proven that he has right TO the It'll
OF champion strong man Of Yale.
| Professor Verrill's new range is lying IL
! forty feet of water, and half dozen mel
are dredging for it.
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SATURDAY, JULY s, 1899.
The RoundnrN Deadlock.

As might have been expected in view OF
the impossible attitude Of Canada our ne
sotiations with England, looking 10 set
tIement OF the Alaskan boundary dispute
are in the condition Of a deadlock. There
does not appear to be Any prospect OF
favorable change in this situation. With
the fixity of purpose displayed by stub
born infant squalling for the Moon, cur
provincial neighbors are determined to get
foothold on the Lynn Canal, and yet
they know, or ought TO, that they stand
as much chance Of achieving their purpose
as they would have of securing Canadian
port cn the Hudson River.
Matters were once on the eve of an ac-
commodation between the United States
and England. and a satisfactory provisional
boundary was about to be established north
of Klukwan. But Canada howled dismally
1T this, since il conceded the principle of
the American boundary position, and would
shut of all future hope Of the Lynn Canal
and Pyramid Harbor.
The difficulty surrounding the present
situation is a serious one. The Canadians
have encroached and established them
selves upon American territory in more
than one place and are trying to enforce
their laws and mining regulations and OPP
pressively to collect revenue from Ameri-
cans on the national soil of the latter.
This. and a disposition to increase the area
of invasion Will almost certainly lead 10
border troubles, perhaps extending TO the
condition of an unofficial war between
American settlers and the Canadian mill
Jary forces.
OF course anything Of the kind is to be
deprecated, in view of the bad feeling il
would eugender between the American and
British people Aside from that considera,
tion this country has submitted to the rus
tic airs and gaucherie of the Canadian:
100 long already. If the mother country i:
not in a position or is unwilling to spanl
her naughty colonial child into decency, i
is a duty which Uncle Sam will have L
perform on his own account. American:
generally, and particularly the kind Of
Americans who are TO be found in the gold
field of Alaska, are not well calculated
10 stand much foreign interference. The
provincial authorities at Ottawa MAJ
fancy that if hostilities were to break ou
at the head Of the Lynn Canal, or else
where. they would have the backing of th
imperial government. That may be doubt
ed, but there is not any question abou
the backing our settlers would get from tn
American people, and the same resstles
public sentiment that drove a decided,
pro-Spanish administration into war witl
Snain u-OuId cerfainlV drive II again =,
any length necessary to the preservation o
our national rights and honor in our Owl
Territory of Alaska
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SUICIDE OF A WEALTHY MAN.
Shoots Himself in the Head With Il
Rifle.

New York, July S.-John W. Dey,
wealthy retired citizen of Hightstown, y.
J.. committed suicide yesterday by shoot
ing himself. He placed the muzzle of an
oid-fashioned rife in his mouth and blew
the top of his head almost of. The sui
eide was planned with great care He a-e
his breakfast and then retired to his room,
and after closing the door sat upon the
side of his bed and placed the muzzie OF
the rife in his mouth.
From the fact that one of his shoes was
of his foot it was supposed that he at
first intended the pull the trigger with his
foot He, however. bent poker so that
the end formed a hook and pulled the
trigger with that.
The suicide left a strange note in tie
pocket of his trousers, which read as fol-
lows:
I have made mistakes for which can I
account. / hope the Lord viii have mer-
cy On my soul and protect my innocent
daughter.
He leaves only a daughter, who is q
young woman. His friends cannot under
stand the reference in the note TO mis-
| takes. He was an eStimabie and wealthy
man. He had no business relations. and
neither his daughter nor his many ffienis
can throw any light on the meaning of the
| strangely worded hote. He was sixty-nine
| years old.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
CHILD sLAsHED BY A MOWER
4 Farmer Unwittingly Rides Over
His Little Son.

Middletown, n. Y, July S.-A two-year-
old son of R. W. Stead, farmer, CT Gull
ford, died yesterday as result of being
moved down by his father, in charge Ct a
machine Mr.. Stead was running now
ing machine in field near his home yes
terday, when his little son left the house
to meet him. The father did not know OF
the child's presence in the grass until he
uttered a scream, falling before the
knives. which severed one of his legs.
Springing from the machine, the father
caught up the little mangled form and
hastened to the house. physician was
quickly summoned, but before he arrived
the child suffered such loss of blood that
he died soon after the amputation was
performed by the physician. The father
is nearly Frustrated by the death of the
child.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
STARVING, WITH CASH IN SIGHT
Police Rescue an Aged Woman In a
pftiable Plight.

New York, July s.-The police of the
West Twentieth Street station took an
aged woman out from the garret of No. 41s
West Twenty sixth Street yesterday after
noon, who Is likely to die from the effects
CT gradual starvation and general neglect
The womanois Mary Quinn. believed to be
about seventy years old. Her husband,
who is known ito be seventy, is under ar
rest charged with failing to provide for his
wife according to his means What
these means are the police may have some
trouble in finding out. That he had more
| than 500 lying loose about the house the
policemen who made the arrest know, be-
cause they say they saw him stick it into
his trousers pocket He admitted also in
court that he has a bank account in the
| Greenwich Savings Bank. About the
amount to his credit there he has told va
| rious stories.
The case was brought to attention of Po-
liceman John Lunny by boy. Lunny al
| lowed the boy to take him to the house,
and he there behald what he declared was
the worst sight that he had seen since he
| Joined the force, three years ago. When
| he first entered the room he saw nothing
| but dirt, and he was compelled to throw
| open the WINDOWS before he dld anything
else. Under the bed Lunny found woman
lying among lot of rags. When Lunny
I tried to make the woman talk he found
| that she was unconscious.
| Lunny first rang for an ambulance, and
DR.. Sally took the woman to the New York
Hospital. From there she was afterward
| transferred to Bellevue
| In the Jefferson Market Court, where the
| woman's husband was later arraigned
something like a comprehensive explana-
| tion of the case was adduced through Po-
liceman Lunny. The boy who told him oi
the case, he said, had been given the OPP
Iortunity to report the matter through ar
oversight of Quinn. Quinn, the boy said
had recently locked his door every time
that he left the house, but yesterday ht
went out several times, and finally neg
lected to lock the door. Then the boy
spurred on by several women. crept into
the rooms occupied by the Quinns anC
made the discovery of the woman's plight
As Mrs. Quinn could not appear agains
her husband. he was held in $500 bail
pending her recovery.
She may never recover" Policeman
! Lunny said, when Magistrate OlmsteaC
made known his decision.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
MARCUS DALY's COPPER TALK.
Purposes md Intentions of the ANAL
Samnted Company.

Butte Mont, July S.-Marcus DAILY,
President of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, who returned to Butte from the
East on Wednesday night, has made
statement OF his intentions, in which he
says:
q am president of the Amalgamated
Copper Company. Everybody living IN
these parts knows what the company
owns 1t will own more mines pretty
soon. 1t was not organized TO be trust;
it was got up for the purpose OF making
available the capital required in order 10
give Butte an overhauling the like OF which
was never before thought of. The work
of exploration is already started. l was
not elected president Of the company for
fun or for ornament or for compliment |
expect TO see this vast work completed
that is just beginning. Unless my asso-
ciates in this company want TO put me out
I shall keep right on being the president
of the Amalgamated Copper Company
own. myself, individually, as much OF the
stock of the Amalgamted Copper Company
as any other individual owns, and there
are several very large holders"
The evening times., 1899-07-08
Contest for international Honors.
(From the Boston Globe.)


It may be only temporary treaty of alliance
that Harvard and Yale have ratified. There
couldn't well be stronger showing, however.
Of mutual fellowship and good will than the
demonstrations both on the part of the Crimson
and the Blue in New York while the team which
is to confront Cxford's and Cambridge's crack
athletes on English soil is being organized.
The roll of American competitors to contest
for international honors in England on July q
has been nearly completed. Ii will be com.
pleted after the games at knickerbocker Field
have ended today, and the whole team will sail
for southampton tomorrow the st. Louis
Americas representatives sailing on an Amer
ican liner, beneath the Stars and Stripes and
with the echoes of great national holiday
still ringing in their ears, will carry with them
to the old country veritable host of good wishes
All signs indicate that they will have mosi
friendly greeting in England. and that the con
tests for supremacy will be well and honestly
fought, and that, in fine, the best men viii
win. And let US hope that the ''best men,
may prove 10 be Americansi
The evening times., 1899-07-08
Defence Against smokeIess Powder.


1t is hoped the report is true that experts
in the War Department have discovered
a means of locating an enemy who is using
smokeless powder. 1t is also hoped that
the War Department will not let the
''Cther fellow into the secret. Our SOL
diers have been at a disadvantage since
the outbreak of the insurrection in the
Philippines by reason of the fact that the
Filipinos have had an abundance of smoke
less powder. How and where they have
been getting this and other munitions of
war are questions with which the coming
Congress could concern itself with value
TO the nation. But the Administration is
not expected. to allow Congress to Ineddle
in such affairs.
The discovery or invention is described
as a very simple contrivance. and is cred
tied to Col. Charles Smart, Assistant Sur
geon General. 1t consists merely of the
application to an ordinary field glass or
telescope of a thin plate or film of violet
colored glass fitting over the object glass
OF the instrument used. The experts OF
the Ordnance and Medical Departments
claim that by the use of violet glass as
described it will be possible to Io,ate the
enemy within firing distance by the flash
of his rife. 1t has been demonstrated that
the violet glass dissipates all the colors
in the flash of the rife, and reveals, prin-
cipally, the color of the flame Itself With
its use there will be no confusion or
blending of colors as is the case when an
object is looked at by the naked eye or a
field glass from distance Of twelve 10
fifteen hundred yards, the range Of the
modern war rife. In some expert
ments made few days ago by War De-
partment experts, the utility of the violet
glass was demonstrated.
1t is hoped, however, that the Department
will not restrict the utilization of Colonel
Smart's discovery to the officers
alone, as is reported to be the
announced policy. That would make it oi
The evening times., 1899-07-08
OPPOSITION TO VACCINATION.
City of Danvilie. Vn., Sued fer $1,000
Damages.

DPmaGes.
Danville, Va. July S.-J. d. Rainey.
furniture dealer, has filed notice of suit
against the city Of Danville for $1,000
damages which will be a suit rather out
of the line of the ordinary. Rainey's COM
plant is that DIR. Trueman A. Parker one
of the young physicians employed by the
city to canvass the Fourth ward and vac
cinate people in accordance with the ordi-
nance which was recently passed
by the council providing for compulsory
vaccination, visited his house and in en-
deavoring to compel Mrs Rainey to sub
nit to vaccination so frightened and ex-
cited her as to cause her to go into convul
sions and to otherwise suffer greatly.
The recent smallpox scare developed a
great deal of opposition to compulsory vac
cination and Mrs. Rainey was one of the
many who declined to be vaccinated. DR..
Parker denies Rainey's charges, declaring
that he asked only the usual questions and
took down Mrs. Rainey's name to be re-
ported to the proper authorities.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
RIcE's APPOINTMENT POPULAR.
Many Men Who Served With Him in
Porto Rico VIII Enlist Again.

Boston, July S.-Colonel Darling and the
members of the Sixth Regiment that served
with Major Rice in Porto Rico are enthu-
siastic over his appointment as colonel of
new regiment, and many Of them will
volunteer for service under him in the
Philippines, 1t is probable that many Of
the companies will enlist outright. Com
pany L, the only colored company of the
Massachusetts service, has already an
nounced its willingness TO enlist, and infor-
nation has been received from the COM
panies in Worcester. South Bridge. and
Lowell indicating that they intend to do
so also. 1t is expected that Colonel Rice
will select many of his officers from Mas
sachusetts.. At meeting of the officers
held today congratulations were sent Col
onel Rice with offers of recruits whenever
he wants them II is believed that Colonel
Rice could raise regiment OF 1.200 men
in Boston alone in a very short time.
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be considered before any plan Of labor in
surance could be considered even probably
feasible in this country.
Comfort for Mr. MeKfn1ex.


The Hon. William Jennings Bryan is de-
sirous that we should "give IL the Filipi-
nos the same assurance OF independence
that we have given to the Cubans. He is
willing to let tie United States establish
stable government in the possessions it
first took by force and arms and then
bought from Spain. But after that he is
convinced that We shouil turn the whole
business over to the interesting Tagals who
do not constitute more than five or six
per cent Of the total population. 1t is
wrong for us to force the blessings of civ
| ilization upon eight or ten millions of peo-
pie, only an insignificant minority OF
| whom object to the proceeding; but 1t
| would be noble and right for us to help
! Aguinaldo and his comparatively insignih-
| cant tribe to dominate and enslave all the
rest of the islandersl
| Mr.. Bryan is more to be admired for his
rhetoric than for his logic when 1t occurs
| to him to discuss expansion. But he al
ways finds an appreciative audience among
| his Republican friends, who make no at
tempt to conceal their satisfaction with his
sentiments on this subject. They are, to
be sure, but the sentiments of an individ-
ual citizen, and in no sense those of the
! Democratic party as an official organiza-
ton, and, indeed, are contrary TO the
| Democratic faith, doctrine, and practice
of century. But the Republican leaders
who are grooming Mr.. Mckinley for the
coming Presidential race entertain a
fervid hope that Mr.. Bryan. aided by the
bunker provincial element in his party.
may fasten upon its back some denuncia-
tion of American territorial expansion al
| the next national convention, and thereby
render the work of re-electing the Repub-
lican President safe, easy, and cheap.
The evening times., 1899-07-08

no wide benefit. In such warfare as that
in the Philippines the enlisted man has
more need for the means by which to ac-
curately and quickly locate the enemy than
has the officer. II 1t is not already, 1t Is
only a question of short time when it Will
become a bushwhacking warfare. This
character of conflict will throw the burden
upon the enlisted mans vision as well as
courage. 1t will largely be individual hight
ing. The insurrectionist will be segre-
gated, and with the use of his Mauser and
smokeless powder can pick off our men.
There cannot be an officer with every squad
or accommodating party CT our soldiers on
outpost duty CT beating the bush for the
rebels. But if they all be supplied with
field glasses, improved according to the
Smart discovery, the location of the am
bushed enemy can be accomplished in time
to save life and preserve the morale OF
the ranks in skirmish line.
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a Hongkong newspaper.

A Hongkong newspaper, whose only
claim TO superior wisdom is based upon
propinquity, declares that the only way
we can suppress the Malay mutiny is by
waging war of determination. But when
We get an army of respectable size in the
Philippines. which will show the mutineers
that we are able TO exterminate the whole
tribe, events will so shape themselves as
to disillusionize our unhappy Hongkong
contemporary
The evening times., 1899-07-08
The First korean Master of Arts.
From the Roanoke collegian.)

(From the Roanoke Collegian.)
Our Korean graduate, Kiu Beung Surh (class OF
'9s), who took his A. N. at Princeton this month
issabout to return to his native country after an
absence of nearly six years. As he is the first
Korean to take A. B. and A. NJ. anywhere in the
world, we shall watch his career with the keen
est interest.
Chong Ke Ye, who student here in tht
winter and spring. will go to Europe with hi:
father, the Hon. Chin Pom Ye, who has beer
transferred from the legation in Washington tc
represent Korea as minister at Paris, Vienna, ant
St. Petersburg.
We expect Kiu Seek Kim to return as a mem
Der Of the next sophomore class.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
Miners and Safety Lamps.


The repugnance Of ccal miners to using safety
lamps is easy to comprehend, since these lamps
are much less satisfactory than the naked lights
They burn but dimy. and it is hard for the man
who uses them to see his work to detect danger
that may threaten him. But they are an abso.
lutte necessity in a mine that produces gas,
for it is only by their that 0plosions can
be prevented. The miners who striking
against the introduction of safety lamps in the
Dorrance collery really contendng for a
chance to commit suicide.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
Parisinn Character.
CFrom the Detroit Journal

(From the Detroit JouTnaI)
''Parbleu,'' exclaimed Francois. why is il
that the mob execrates HING
..Sapristi! Why not?'' he replies. To-day Is
Thursday. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur-
days he is execrated! II is on Mondays, Wcdnes
days and Fridays that lie Is hailed as the de-
liyerer OF the nation, Men D;eu. Ycs!''
Some think the Partisan mob utterly capri
ciu1iS Ah how unjust.
The evening times., 1899-07-08

The Hon. W. B. Hornblower has not yet
sufficiently recovered from the blight of
Clevelandism to see straight. He has jour
neyed ali the way from New York to Pitts
burg to inform needless nation that 1--WE
cannot govern the Philippines" Just let
Mr. Hornblower rest his perturbed soul in
peace little while, and he will see that
he is wrong.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
CURRENT HUM0R.
Suspicious symptoms.

From the Chicago News-J
doctor, my husband says back and red spots
appear before his eyes every night. What CO
you adviser
Il advise that he stop playing poker
The evening times., 1899-07-08
40 ReU-rd.
From the Chicago Tribune.) }

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
''At least" soothingly remarked his wife. ''you
have the satisfaction of knowing you have done
your duty 10 your constituents and your coun-
try
"Yes." bitterly replied the statesman. ''and
never iunket-never holiday excursion. When
there's nice, fat little Senatorial Investigation
ordered somebody else always gets it.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
The Heart of "a Hero.
From Harper's Bazar.l J

frOin ffaTptf biLAI-J
'.IIave You heard from your son in the Phil
ippines, Mrs. Parkins!'
''Oh. yes, indeed, Mrs Jones; he writes reg
ularly.
..And is his heart in this war?"
II don't exactly know; | judge from wliat
he says that it is in his boots most Of the
time
The evening times., 1899-07-08

The next Congress could, with profit to
the country and probably to our inteTna
tional relations, make searching investi-
CATION into the method and sources of the
supply of war munitions of the Tagal
rebels. But thorough investigation might
reveal some things which the Adminstra-
tion does not want revealed. Therefore
we cannot expect much from Congress
along this line.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
Questionable.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
That most famous Of canoes, the Cupid and
Psyche in the Marlborough collection, is under
stood to have been purchased for the Boston art
museum But will those frownng moral cen.
sors permit it to appear undraped?
The evening times., 1899-07-08
Exncnsiye Prncticc.

(From Meggsndorfer Battery
Barkeeper-well, Bobbie. what does this mean?
You have had about ten pitchers CT beer today.
What is up at your home?
Bobby-Papa has a toast to propose at the ban
nnIet tonight, and is practicing for it now.
The evening times., 1899-07-08
On Princfp7e.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.3
'Faugh. He is Of ze canalle! hate heen.
Louee hear-r-r mel will smash hees hiatt"
..No, Henri do not do eet. Zey 7il send you
to re prisone for four-r-r years!''
"Ah, zen, 1 will smash a hat Eat ees like
heesr'
The evening times., 1899-07-08
An Unfinished job.

From the Indianapolis Journal)
''Why the dickens don't You stop?" asked The
angry householder. ''Tle fire is all out.
Il allow it is admitted the leader of the vii
lagc hose company, but they is three windows
NOT hrokp vet.
The evening times., 1899-07-08

In his latest attempt to repudiate Pin
gree, Aiger said this: Il told Pingree
that / was glad he had made a good gov
ernor.'' Let us drive spike in this decla-
ration and riyet it down SO it cannot get
away from US, for it is almost certain Al
ger will soon avow that he never said it