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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-04
LA JEUNESSE ASSEMBLY.

Charming Reception in Insurance
Building Last Night.
The La Jeunesse assembly, recent
organization, composed entirely Of
young people, gave their initial recep-
ton in the Insurance building last night.
1t was genuine success in every par
ticular. The young ladies' invited their
gentlemen friends and dancing was the
feature of the evenings entertainment.
Among those present were: The Misses
Gallagher, Miss Cannon, the Misses
Miller, the Misses Valkenburg, Miss
Roach, Miss Dugan, Miss McGovern,
Miss Kenyon, Miss Nolan, Miss Mahr,
Miss Powers and Miss Grant, and
the Messrs. Ellis, MCLAUGHLIN, Greene,
Murphy, Basserman, Grover, Gordon,
Finnegan, Kenyon, McGovern, McKen-
zie, Ingoldsby, Stanley, Blake and
Moore.
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Yale Bicycle Team.

About twenty candidates for the uni
versty bicycle team met Captain l..
Tweedy '99 at the gymnasium at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon and began
preliminary training for. the coming
season. The men will be given indoor
work for several weeks and will also
take daily runs when the weather per-
mits Most of the coaching will be
done by George H. Collett of this city,
who won such splendid reputation on
the wheel last summer. He at present
holds the amateur championship of the
United States for one mile. Members
of former teams will also be present
frequently and assist Captain Tweedy
in the work of turning out a winning
team
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LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN CIR
CTJLAR

New York, Feb. 3.--The mana cement
Of the Lake Erie and Western railroad
has issued circular to preferred stock
holders announcing that it has decided
not to pay dividend on their shares,
as the earnings of the road are not suf-
ficient to pay dividends and the cost Of
betterments. The circular also states
that it will be necessary during the next
two years to expend over $4,000 for
rolling stock and improvements.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-04

The Harmony club entertained their
lady friends in their club house last
night. 1t was the usual fortnightly af-
fair and was not we'll attended because
of the disagreeable weather Those
present, however, had a pleasant time.
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RELIGIOUS SERTTCES.
TRINITY PARISH.


Services AMI Meetings Next Week
At the Parish Church.
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY-Februdry 9Th.
500 a. m.-Holy Communion.
1920 a. m.-Morning Prayer and Sermon by
Rev. Chas. d. Scoville.
1900 m.--Holy Communion.
T:30 p. m.-Evenng Prayer and Sermon by
Rev. 9. W. Bispham.
Week Days,
DNESDAY-February Sth.
1890 a. m.-Morning Prayer and Litany.
FRIDAY-February 10th.
500 p. m.-Evening Prayer and Teachers
Meeting.
At the Parish House.
February 9TH, 1899
2:30 p. m..-Sunday. School, Women's Bible
Class, Mems Bible Class.
MONDAY-February 9th.
1880 p, m.-Bibie Glass for Men and Women.
TUESDAY-February 7th
800 p. m.-Woman's Auxiliary to the Board
of Missions.
1880 p m.-Young Woman's Guild.
THURSDAY-February 9th.
1000 a. m.-Missionary and Benevolent So
1870 p. m,-Woman's Gymnastic Club
FRIDAY-February 10th.
1920 a. m.-Hospital Aid.
Office Hours for the Clergy,
At 100 Temple Street, 4 to p. m.
The Rev. Mr.. Scoville-Tuesdays, 1880 to
p. M. Friday, 4 to 5 p. m.
The Rev. Mr.. Blspaam-Monday, to pm
Daaconess' Office Hours, 3O1 George 81.
Tuesdays, 4 to p. IN. Wednesdays, to
p. IN. Daily, to a. N.
Davenport Church. Wooster Square, Rev.
Geo. Foster Prentiss pastor.-Rev. George
w. Moore of Nashville, Tenn, breaches at
1890 a. IN. Sunday school at noon. Pas
tors evening subject: '"rhe Gospel and the
Individual" EndeaTor meeting follows
evening service.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, cor
ner George and Dwight streets, Rev. Levi
Gilbert, ID. D., pastor.-7Preaching- by the
pastor at both services. 1920 a. M, the
Lords Supper and Reception Of Members;
address, Spiritual Inducements. 1880
p. NJ, Environment" 1900 M, Sunday
school $3.50 p. m, Junior league. $3.50
p. M, Epworth league. A cordial welcome
awaits all.
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, How
ard avenue and Portsea street.-At 1880
a. M, the Sacraments administered and
new members received. Preaching at 7:3O
D. IN. by Rev. DR.. Chadwick subject. He
is Waiting" Bible study at II III. Ep-
worth league Vesper service at $3.50 p. N.
United Church, Rev. T. T. Munger, pas
tor.-Sunday services: Morning at 1920; the
pastor will preach. Sunday school at IL M
Christian Endeayor at 6:15. Junior Christ
ian Endeavor at 400 Mems Club at 1880;
Myron I. Scudder of the New
Haven High School will speak-subject:
1.-THE Function of the High School in our
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NEW BRITAIN DEFEATED.

Springfield Feb. 3.-The Springfield
polo team defeated New Britain to-
night in a game so close as to call for
twelve seconds overtime. Hipson Gagged
the winning goal. Score-Springfield 6,
New Britain S. Stops-Smith 26, Bur-
CESS 81. Fouls-Connell, Bartlett, Bur-
CESS. Referee-Lush. Timer-Nelson.
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Death of Nathan IT. Ritter,

Nathan T. Ritter of Brooklyn, N. Y,
a former New Haven resident, well re-
membered by his many friends here,
died January 20 Of consumption, aged
f1fty-seven years.
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Hartford 2. Rushes-Roberts6 6, Wodtke
4, Mooney /. Stops-Sword "a, Cusick
38. Fouls-Holdernes Cotter. Referee
-Leahy. Timer--Leahy.
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MANHATTAN's STOCKHOLDERS

D1rectOrs DECIDE TO CaII Meeting Of
Them.
New York, Feb. Sat meeting to-
day of the board of directors Of the
Manhattan Railroad company it was
decided to call a meeting of the stock
holders for the 9th of this month, when
a report will be presented of plan of
a new motive power The stockholders
will then probably approve of the issu-
ance Of $1S,000,000 of new Manhattan
stock
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Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations
On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
by Prince & Whitley, Brokers, 10 Center
street, New Haven.
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GOyernment BunIin


Reported over private wire by Fl. G.
Friedman & Co.. Bankers and Brokers. 10
Wall Street, N. Y, and 1853 Chapel Street,
Room and 8, New Haven. N. A. Tanner,
Manager of Local Branch.
Opening Highest Lowest Close
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by Prince Il Whitley, Bankers and Brokers,
81 Broadway, New York. and 15 Center ST.,
New Haven Bid Asked
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-29

derers by fastening them in a chair and
choking them to death is pointed out as
barbarous enough TO make the proposed
French method seem by comparison a
feather-bed death, while the brutal hang
ing favored in England and in parts Of the
United States makes the French authori-
ties shudder Brunswick executions
where the old-fashioned headsman still
yields his AK over the head of the crimi-
nal who kneels at the block to receive the
butchers stroke, have received equally
sweeping condemnation, although the
Brunswickers are up In arms about il,
claiming that their method Is as humane
as the guillotine and is far more to the
taste of the criminal than the proposed
piercing of the brain with electric
needles" a piece of unconscious humor
that seems to have passed without due
appreciation.
Whatever the opposition element may
say about 1t, there seems to be every pos
sibility of the death helmet being adopt
ed as the national method OF execution I'm
France and the historical guillotine being
relegated to the museums as q relic OF the
mast
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-29

Paris, Aug. is.
Inc voice or the humanitarian IL heing
raised Just now in indignant anneal
against the new mode of execution that
rfehchhen propose to adopt In place "A
lhe sWi1t-kllling and mercifuI guiIlotiaa
ne new method consists of getting rid
Oh murderers by piercing their brains with
heedIe, sufficiently awful death it
"ouid seem at first sight 10 justify some
protest Inc criminal is placed in a chair
HIS hands hrmiy bound to the frame work
ana over his head, fitting down on the
shoulders. Is placed huge helmet resem-
Diihg IN shape and general appearance the
helmet that the deep sea diver wears
Nhere the temples Of the wearer coma
are TWO holes. through which penetrate the
points Of needles. these needles being con-
neeted with an electric battery. When tho
condemned mans limit OF life has been
reached. the eyecutiOneF touches button
instantly the two needles leap from their
sockets. and penetrate through the fem
pies INTO the brain Of the criminal Al
the same time an electric power is i'm.
parted 10 the two needles so that they are
really conyeyors OF powerful alternating
current flashes that Ii is claimed rend
asunder and destroy so large portion OF
the brain cells that death is instantaneous
Question of Humanity.
No man executed by this means will
ever be able to describe his experienced
so that the question Of the painIessnnse ar
brutality or the latest method of killing
VIII never be definitely settled, but az frat
glance this mode Of execution seems ery,aJ
in the extreme. The advocates OF death
helmet killing claim. however, that Il is
really the most humane in the world. and
that the objections 10 It's use are rureIv
imaginative and wholly ill-founded. They
point TO the eleetTocutiOn favored I'm the
United states as being less mercIfuI he
cause IL Is an electric killing that keeps
the condemned IN the grasp OF the current
Tor seme seconds. while the electric he'll
met method Is, IL must be admitted in-
Simultaneous. for with an electric needle
through the brain no one can live gor even
a fraction Of a second.
Inc objections raised by the hurnani-
tarlans have caused to be cited In the dis-
eusslon the methods Of execution In
vogue in various countries These are be-
Ing compared with the death neiu.et of
course with the object OF showing that
the latter Is in advance OF them al as a /
quick means of destroying life The worst
OF all the means OF furnishing wrong
doors by death IL that pointed TO as In
ias hion In Russia Certainly Catherine Of !
Russia abolished capital punishment az I
Tar back as 1867 except In the case OF those 4
traItOrous 10 the state. but the knouf. 1;
y shown. has proved the death weapon Of 4
thousands. IL Is fact, say the French
Zen VINO FAVOR the death helmet, that 4
Russian criminals are knouied 10 death
In frightfui numbers every year $50
there with your demands for more naerci- i
Ipl Ahhns, cry the advocates Of killing 1
by the electric needle method.
spains way Of Kidding the earth of mur.
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PROBLEM IN MlNERAl0GY.
Is MoIdavite a Human Product, a Kind Of
Lava, or - Metsorite?


From the New York Tribune
One of the problems that has excited the
curiosity OF mineralOgists, more particu-
larly I'm Europe. Is the origin of small
CLASSY objects that have been found only
In Bohemia, and are called moldavites.
Owing TO their general resemblance TO
obsidian. a volcanic rock found in many
parts of the world, moldavites have been
usually regarded as a species of that sub
stance. However, i'm Bohemia. where
glassmakng has been praeticed from time
immemorial, the suspicion has been enter
tanned, and supported with fine array of
logic. that these queer greenish. trans
parent objects are the products of hu-
man skill, though belonging to prehistoric
times. Prof. RZehak is one of the strong
est advocates Of this theory
But il has also been suggested that the
mysterious stones here referred to are
aerolites. and have come to the earth
from outer space. Two general classes OF
meteorites are recognized. one largely
metallic and containing iron In consider
able quantities., and the other composed
chiefly or entirely Of stone. Each of these
two classes sub-divides itself into many
species. distingulshable by differences In
chemical composition. Ordinarily the
meteorite shows the action OF intense heat
only on It's surface, and this effect Is pro-
duced' the mineralogists tell US, By fric-
ton with the earth's atmosphere. But
moidavites, like obsidian and some other
Kinds OF lava, show that their whole mass
mas been raised 10 a high temperature.
rms fact does not initiate against the
eXtra-teFrestrial theory, but suggests new
questions az TO the experiences through
when the material had passed before
coming 70 the earth. Or. F. r. Suess
VINO mas been believer in the cosupic ex.
pianation of moldavites, finds his cbieg
evidence in the peculiar surface sciIIDt,Ire
OF the stone. This Is not al ali wbst
would De expected OF pebble borne from
place TO place by water. as gravel a.
Herr j. Bares has recently Instituted a
set OF experiments which lead him - al
cara All other theories and independently
10 adoPt the meteoric hypOt tesis.
another contribution 10 the discussIon
comes from ]. n. WOldrich, a BoberoIsn
ne thinks that he has discovered a close
resemblance between the mO!javite and
certain hollow obsidian balls found il
fustfana- some Of the bohemian sneci-
mems are shaped like fragments ~ q
hciio% sphere. And on their conyaa
sldes these m0ldavites shoy a scnir.,,,s
IKE tfat Of the obs!dian ''boTnb . ~
WoldFich also notes that me noIAs,'tsLl
IS round only IN tertiary or earlv dii,,',t.J
SANDS And this circunnsianes l,, .s.ea "a.
origin. Vi cosmic
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Two Laughs for /. Dime.
rrnn the nr.rol. Free Pres.

IRON the Detroit Free Press.
4 weil-knOwn grOceryman on Monroe
avenue had a joke neatly turned on him
the other evening. 1t was jGst dusk when
Two men IN a buggy drove - IN trent 0f
his place Of business and got out OF ire
rig one proceeded TO tie the horse. when
the groeeFy-keeDer thinking the twO gesc
surely going 70 make a purchase from MS
store, stepped up and said:
Never mind tying the hose. I'll hell
him until you come out
His offer WAS accepted ana the ms a
proceeded. not 10 the grocery. bat % an
adjoining cigar store. After getting a
smoke apiece they came out and one -
Into the buggy, while che other handed
the grOcery-kerper a small coin aad ex-
presse,f his thanks. The grocer waa yisH.-
founded and ONLY fogHd his voice alter
being rallied b. some acquaintance = 10
saw the occurrence, % zay, Come In and
have d cigar on me
He put down the coin hat mad been
given HIN In psF1 payment tor nis smokcs
thinking 10 was dime. but vas dfsEustgd
when the clerk D0iated out that II was 4
er-plated penny. Then The laugh wss
EeoOuDled.
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AN AUTHOR At HOME.
Gen. Lew Wallace Accomplished and
Versatile.

Versatile.
From the Detroit Free Press
In all the records Of American versatility
there are few more prominent names than
that of the author of "Ben-Hur." Gen.
Lewis Wallace. He has been prominent
and eminently successful lawyer. has been
repeatedly raised in rank for his brave
and brilliant military conduct, Is a painter,
a statesman, and. by no means least, is
one Of the most successful Of American
writer's
Lewis Wallace was born In Fountain
County, Ind, in 1927. His father, David
Wallace, was one OF the foremost men in
the State and had been It's governor. After
a school educatio Lewis entered a law
office and studied for the bar, to which ne
was admitted as a young man At the
outbreak Of the Mexican war however. he
gave up the practice that he had gained
and went as lieutenant In the First In
diana Volunteers. After his return he vas
elected TO place in the State senate Of
Indiana. When the civil war broke out
In 1851 Wallace was adtuiant general OF
the State. He became colonel Of a regi.
ment of three months volunteers. the
Eleventh Indiana. and after q short sery-
ice succeeded In having the regiment re-
enlist. In September Of that year he was
promoted 20 the position Of brlgadie- gen
eral Of volunteers for brilliant action The
next year he rose 10 the rank OF major
general of volunteers. He served all
through the war, and at its close sat upon
the commission which tried the Lincoln
conspirators. He then returned to Craw-
fordsville and took up the practice OF law
once more He wrote The Fair God In
1873. and was later sent as this country'g
representative 10 Mexico In 1881 he was
chosen United States Minister 10 the sub
lime porte. He returned 20 this ccantry Ia
1855. In the meantime IN 1850. he asd
written "Bea-Hur." which al once made
him famous. The same year he was an
pointed governor OF New Mexico, and was
called from that Territory to the court OF
Turkey. The tragedy In blank yerHs.
''Commodus." appeared for the FIRST time
in lsss, and The Prince OF India eaFqe
out In Iss3. Gen. Wallaces home In Crag-
faTdsvilie is modest house on pretty
grca IDS. One big cedar tree. which Is
now coated With tar an attempt 10 save
It's life. marks the place where "Ben-Hnr'
was written. and platform has been built
under It's spreading branches In the
grounds IL fine study. whose light all
comes from skylights al the top there
being ne windows. The interior ~ beausi- /
fully and tastefully furnished and IL lined 4
with books. Here, before a great open fire. 4
place. Gen. Wallace IL fond OF sitting. +
writing or hls knee. He II fond In SIS i
leisure moments Of the company OF his 4
two little grandchildren. one OF whom 4
bears his nams
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-29

copvrishtei, 1894 by Barry Mohun)
copyright Legislation in this country
owes its existence TO the constitutional
provision which gives a Congress the
power TO promote he progress of Sci
-H'a and useful arts by securing for lin
Tied times 10 authors and inventors the
exclusive right to their respective writ
HFs and discoveries
PURSUANT to the above, Congress. on
May 81, 1880 passed copyright law, which
las since served as the Cornerstone uDon
which subsequent copyright leglsia sion
aas been built Maps, charts, AMI books
acre the only articles which then seemed
o''Agross as worthy ol The protection Of
'urET"nL The Term was hui for fourteen
gears which could, however, be renewed
.,- au equal term upon compliance with
..' requir-ments. The Jerk Of the Dis
-..' Court where the author or proprie-
."r resided recorded the ite aud claim,
N..- The Secretary OF STATE was nade
'r custodian Of every map, char, or
BOO" .epyrighled, the same TO lie pre-
served u his office" From this las, pro-
Vision Il would De inferred hat Congress.
% hose days. had little lea Of the destln-
.' -roWin OF copyrights. BY the act of
ING. ne Secretary of State was relieved
%. MS duty, the clerks Of the District
O.-Its acre ebliged 10 preserve me copies
e'I1siieo. and 10 transmit yearly TO The
department of State a list Of all sucn ar
-..F received. BY this act musical com
I.uEs, euErayinFs and cuts were add
,i IL" the list Of articles copyrisatsble,
~ the term was extended 20 twenty
o. Years, with right OF renewal for
.. File-n years more, tie same as We nave
rfoay
Pa h4s Congress provided thar the Lii
9ar.an Of Congress should receive enc
f'Hy 81 every article copyrighted. and the
smithsonian Institution in WASHINGTON
another each within three nohlhs from
me cate OF publication.
some ImpnrraHt Additions.
Dramatic compositions were recosrize.l
b. she iaw Of 1850 and Photographs and
Photographic negatives By The enactment
q ls65
In The Revised Statutes of 1870 We fsnd
Tie copyright law which urst imposed
upon the Librarian Of Congress tn- duty
VI recording copyrights and the entire
care and custody OF all articles pertaining
thereto.
TIE next important enactment was that
OF 1891, which extended the law 20 include
Ia'utUgs. drawings. chromOs. statues,
statg>Ty. and models or designs intended
10 be perfected as works OF The fine arts.
IL further provided that ali the require
msnts u the law must be complied with
mol later thsn the day OF publca lion II
tho work II excluded az non-c0pyrieh,-
able all books photographs, chromos, or
Autographs which were not produced
within the limits OF the United States.
The weekly bulletin nov issued by the
Copyright Ofllce VAS provided for b. Ibis
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smaeihInxIt Over.

Frsm The fnzisns sSila Joarnai
you said ! would not tell the truth n
had to-"
"Er-I was only Illustrating your uttsr
scorn Of eoerclSn."
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LAW AS To COPYRIGHT
Has Grown by Accretions of
Nearly aCentury.
SOME PECULIAR CONSTRUCTIONS

IL Spite of the Apparent Plainness of the
Law. 1t Has Been ysriously Interpreted
and stretched at Times to Cover a Great
Variety of Matter-Question of Pubiica-
tion as Applied to Plays and Statues or
Paimtings-LatestL Law on the Subject.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-29
sh. Wa.n,t the Girl.

From TIE Chicago NeEs
Denny-Th' gur-rui tho, Oh marry mist
be iol<e foine SIX.
Nora-An how Is shst2
Denny-Sot shrink whln 10 comes 10
washing.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-29
THE HELMET OF DEATH
Frances New Method of Exc
cutting Criminals.
TO REPLACE THE GUILLOTINE

BRAIN Pierced by Electric Needles that
Leap at the Touch of the Executioner
Through Holes in The Death HeIme,-
hnmaniiarians Protest Against 1t "a
Dr"'ai' Dnt Advocates of the Heime,
Claim 1t Is the Most Human Instrumen,
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fers far Copyright

The zee Tor recording the title Of a
lock or other article. the production OF
q e4Iizen OF the United States, Is % cents
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-08
MINISTER'S ARE JUBILANT.
They Will Keep Up the Fight at Mont
gomery.

The ministers are jubilant over the action
of the legislature in placing the dispen-
sary bill on the calendar by the large ma
jority of GA to rs.
James Vinson, chairman of the executive
committee of the Pastors Union, said last
night: Yes, we are all very happy and
we think before a great time we will have
the dispensary bill made law in Ala
bama.
I'VE will stifl keep our agents at Mont
gomery and we will not stop our labors
until the question is settled"
MI yinson was under the impression that
the bill as reported from the committee in
cluded Jefferson county and on being asked
if he thought it would pass in that form
said he thought it would so far as Jefferson
was concerned.
There is some question as to which side
has the house delegation, Mr.. Vinson said.
''but I think we have fully as many as
the whisky men,"
The ministers do not expect to have a
general state law passed but are struggling
with all their might to get as many counties
under the provisions of the bill as possible