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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-03
VESSELS or LIGHT DR.AUGHT.
Dewey Again Pressing on Navy Deparf-
ment His Need of Them.


Washington, March admiral Dew
ey is again pressing on the navy de-
partment the urgent need of vessels of
light draught as a means of communi-
cation among the numerous small is
lands of the Philippine group. To this
end the gunboat Vixen, which figured
bravely for vessel Of her light salibre
at the outset of the Cuban campaign
has been ordered to be fitted out imme-
diately at the Norfolk navy yard for
sailing for Manila. This will take about
month, and it probably will be three
or four months before she joints Dew
ey's fleet. Besides the Concord, which
is perhaps little too large to be classi-
fed as one of the small craft, the only
light vessels now in the Philippines
available for running about those wa
ters are the Petrol and the Helena. The
Castine and the Prince ton, however,
are now speeding In that direction, but
the small craft equipment there will be
inadequate. The department Is anxious
to afford Admiral Dewey all the assist
ance possible. He has repeatedly called
attention to the great Importance of
this work and has emphasized the fact
that it is the light vessels to run in and
out of harbors where the larger ones
would be useless that he wants, rather
than the heavier vessels
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Paper Bag Combine.

New York, March "A combination
of the leading paper bag manufacturers
Of the country was brought about in
this city to-day, when the last of the
stock subscriptions were deposited. The
new company will be known as the
Union Bag and Paper company, and will
have a capital stock of $27. 000 OF
this amount $16000,000 is to be common
stock and $11,000,000 preferred. The
president of the company will be W. C.
Fisher, who was president of the old
Union Bag and Paper company of Chi
cago The negotiations were conducted
by William c.. Sheldon & Co., bankers
of this city.
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AGaINST CONSOLIDATION.
Action of New Britain Citizens nt Town
Meeting Inst NLght.

New Britain March "A special
town meeting was held here tonight
to take action on the matter of consoli-
dation of the town and city govern
ments, and the outcome was in opposi-
tion. A special committee was appoint
ed by the council about six months ago
to draw up a new charter, which was
done, and it is already filed at the capi-
tol for consideration by the legislature.
The matter of consolidation has been
under agitation for years and to-night's S
meeting brought out over five hundred
citizens. Representative Brady presid-
ed. Mayor Webster introduced a reso-
luton calling for the appointment of a
special committee of four to act with
the charter committee in getting the
new charter through the legislature
Many hot speeches for and against We're
made, and it was apparent that the
rank and file We're against the move
ment. By what seemed a unanimous
vote it was decided to indefinitely post
pone the mayors resolution, and reso-
luton was then passed instructing the
New Britain representatives to oppose
any attempt to get a charter favoring
through the legislature.
While there is a strong sentiment in ia
vor of consolidation of the city and
town, and has been for years, to-nights
action is the result of a feeling that the
matter was improperly handled by the
council committee and the charter pre-
pared was very unsatisfactory.
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Epworth League Cabinet Meeting.

Worcester. Mass, March 2.--The semi
annual meeting of the cabinet of the
Epworth league of the First General
conference district of the Methodist
Episcopal church, comprising the six
New England conferences and Italy,
was held in the Trinity M. e. church
to-day. Rev. Luther Freeman of Port
land, Me, presided. Rev. William War
ren of Plymouth, N. H., resigned as
third vice president and Rev. M. s.
Kaufman of BrocSton, Mass, was
chosen to take his place. A committee
was appointed to determine location
for the New England convention of
1900. Lynn and Springfield are being
considered. The committee on the in
ternational conference reported progress
and stated that arrangements were be-
ing made for a large delegation to In
dianarolis next July.
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n BABY BURNED no DEATH.
Children Left Alone In Their Homo ON
East Street

| sixteen n-months-old boy son Of Pats
rick Doty Of No. 25S East street, was
so badly burned late yesterday after
noon that death ensued in a short time.
The mother had gone out and left two
small children in the house alone. Both
children are boys, one sixteen months
old and the other four years old. The
mother had not been gone long when
the older child ran out and told the
neighbors that his little brother was
burning up. Nearby neighbors hurried
to the Doty house and there found the
baby enveloped in fire. The flames were
extinguished and DR.. Gompertz Of the
corner of Greene street and Wooster
place was summoned to attend the
child's injuries. DR.. Gompertz found
that the lower part of the childs body
and both legs were horribly burned, as
were also his hands, with which he had
picked at his burning clothing When
the mother returned home she was hor-
rified to learn what had occurred dur
ing her absence.
1t is thought that the children were
playing with the fire in the stove, when
the little ones clothes caught fire. Th0
child died at 1880 last evening despite
every possible effort made by DR.. Com
pertz to save its life. Medical Exam-
liner White was notified and after hear
ing the circumstances of the case de-
cided that death was due to accidental
causes.
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BOXING At HARTFORD.


Hartford, March 2.-"Kid" McPart-
land of New York received the decision
on points in his battle with Tom Brod-
erick of Yonkers at the Coliseum to-
night. The bouts We're given by the
Nutmeg Athletic club and were attend
ed by 1000 people. The exhibition was
very well managed, but the work Of the
referee, Sam Austin, was the worst ever
seen here. Broderick was clearly en-
titled to a draw. as he landed oftener
and the only advantage that MOZART
land had was that he did the most
leading. To offset this he committed a
number of fouls. The referee stopped
the bout between Tim Kearns of New
York and Jack Dwyer of Boston in the
fourteenth round and gave the fight to
Kearns. He had the better of the con-
test, but Dwyer was not groggy and
this decision also met with disfavor.
The boys We're to go fifteen rounds at
1873 pounds. Frank Sullivan of Hart
ford and Ed Bride Of East Hampton
had draw Of six rounds.
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i. II. ". RACING BOARD.
President Keenan, Announces Chair
men of Committees.


men of Committees.
Pittsburg, March 2.-President Keen
an of the l.. A. W. has announced the
appointment of the following chairmen
of committees of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen:
Racing board-Fred Gerlach of Chi
cago rights and privileges, Conway w.
Sans of Baltimore; rules and regula-
tions, David ]. O'Brien of Omaha, mem
bership, William A. Howell of Rock
vile, Conn.
Chairman Gerlach has had two years
of experience as a member Of the rae
ing board and is considered as we'll
equipped for the important position
which he is to fill, as Is any member Of
the l.. A. w. He has always been an
earnest champion of the racing men. 1t
is understood that he has promised
President Keenan, to spend a large ,por-
tion Of his time in the east and that he
will practically devote his exclusive at
tention to racing board business during
the coming year.
Chairman Sans of the rights and
privileges committee has been reap
pointed. Howell has been promoted to
the chairmanship from second place on
the membership committee. O'Brien Is
practically new to league committee
work, but is one of the most active
workers in the west. Sans, Howell and
O'Brien are respectively chief consuls
of the Maryland, Connecticut and Ne
braska divisions of the l.. A. w.
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SETENTH DAY ADTENTIsTS.
Worlds Conference at South Lancaster,
Mnss.--Oficers Chosen

South Lancaster, Mass, March g.
The worlds conference of the Seventh
Day Adventists was in session here
again to-day The following officers
were chosen; President, Elder G. A Err
win, Michigan; secretary, Elder I. A.
Hooper, Michigan; treasurer, Elder A..
G.. Adams, Michigan; executive COM
mittee, Elder G. A. Erwin and Elder O.
A. Nelson, Norway; Elder A. G. Dan
iels, Australia; Elder J H. Morrison,
Nebraska; Elder J. A. Breed, Califor-
MIA; Elder j. p. Jones, Michigan; Elder
J. M. Kilgore, Tennessee; Elder r. NJ
Evans, Michigan; Elder r. M. Adee
Tennessee; Elder S. HI. Lane, Illinois;
Elder Fl. W. Cottrell, Massachusetts;
auditors, Elders F. A. Place of New
York, G. A. Palman of Tennessee, r. A.
Kennedy of Ohio, Clarence Santee of
Iowa, j. w. Westphal of Kansas, H. w.
Decker of oregon and J. d. Gowell of
Michigan.
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Washington, March 2.-The funeral
services over the late Baron Farrer
Herschell will be as simple as possible.
The body will be removed from Gawal-
ler's undertaking establishment, where
1T now lies, to st. Johns church Satur-
day afternoon, and the services, which
will be commenced at 5:15, will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. Alexander Mac
kay-Smith, the rector of the church.
AT the conclusion of the services the
remains will be taken to New York, and
will be placed on board a steamer
bound for England, probably Wednes-
dayafternoon. Mrs. Herschell will await
the arrival of her husbands remains at
home Invitations to attend the funer-
al services have been extended the
president and the members of the
cabinet, the justices Of the supreme
court and diplomatic corps
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Days of Grace on Sight Drafts.

Boston, March BY a vote of 211 to
the house Of representatives to-day
passed over the governors veto the bill
restoring days of grace to sight drafts.
Days of grace were abolished on all ne
gotiable instruments by the act of the
legislature of 1898, but large number.
of business men petitioned for it's res
toration on sight drafts, and after q
number of hearings the Legislature two
weeks ago acceded to their request and
passed the bill. To-day, for the first
time in four years, the governors veto
was disregarded and the house stood
by it's former action.
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WRECK OF THE LABRADOR
SIX OF THE RESCUED PASSENGERS
ARRIVE At OBAN.
All Speak of the suddenness and Com
pIeteness of the Disaster-A Woman
Obliged to Leave 600 Pounds Behind
and n Man $3OO-TO Attempt to Sal
wage the Mails.
wage the Mails.

Oban, March "A half dozen of the
rescued passengers of the Labrador
have arrived here from Toboromy. All
speak of the suddenness and complete
ness of the disaster. One woman was
obliged to leave jewelry worth 5000
behind her, and another passenger, a
man, left $500 in cash. The lighthouse
steamer left Oban this afternoon to try
to take off the passengers imprisoned
in the lighthouse and to salvage the
mails.
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SITUATION IN PHILIPPINES.
Gunboat Clears Away Enemy at Guadn.

NODD-NFt1Es
Manila, March 3-10:20 a. m.-The
outposts beyond San Pedro Macat were
fired upon by the rebels from the walls
of Guadalupe church. A gunboat ad-
vanced three hundred yards beyond the
lines and cleared away the enemy with
Gatlings. No casualties are reported.
General Miller has been ordered to
quarter his troops in Iloilo in the GUS
tom house and other public buildings,
and has been authorized to make the
necessary changes at a cost not to ex-
ceed $4,000, the same to be met from
the public revenues collected in Iloilo.
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ARMY BEEF INVESTIGATION
1NIERESIING DEVELOPMENTS dT
YES1ERDAY'S SESSION.
Sensational Story Told by Volunteer
Engineer and Later Denied by NIaior
sewell-Question OF Counsel for CEN
eral Miles Before the Court f. SIN TX
Allegiance,

Washington, March 2.-There were
several interesting developments In the
beef court of inquiry to-day. 1t was !,
field day for the volunteer army OF the
service, the waiting room being filled
all day with members of the various
volunteer regiments which served iii
Cuba and Porto Rico. The first OF
these Clarence Walters of the First
volunteer engineers, told sensational
story of hardship and inhumanity sur
fered during his service, describing The
canned roast beef in Ilarsher terms
than have ever before been applied to
that discussed article Later II,
the day Lieutenant Sewell, U. S. A., who
was major in the volunteer battalion In
which Walters served, contradicted his
story completely, saying that there was
no canned roast beef aboard the trans
port which took the command to Porto
Rico. Further than that, he said Wall
tiers had come to him after landing and
asked to be discharged SO as to accept
a position as newspaper correspondent.
and on being questioned said that he
had been well treated while in the SER
vice and had no complaint to make.
An important development was the
denial of the story by one James Far
nan, and also attributed to DR.. Maxwell
Christine of Philadelphia, that they had
seen beef injected with chemicals in q
Omaha packing house. DR.. Christine
explained that what he had seen was
the picking of corned meats the brine
being injected into the meat to save sew
eral weeks time in the picking vat.
The question of counsel for General
Miles before the court is still In abey-
ance, some correspondence having pass-
ed between the general and the court,
but both sides decline to give out the
letters till a settlement is reached,
General Miles has not asked to be rep
resented by counsel, presumably be-
cause that would put him in the position
of admitting himself on trial by the
court, which up to date he has declined
to admit On the other hand the court
does not feel able under the articles Of
war to permit Major Lee or any one
else to cross-question witnesses unless
he can be recognized officially as coun-s
sci for the defense. 1t was stated that
this matter would probably be solved
tomorrow. The court expects to start
west on Tuesday or Wednesday Of next
week.
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s4OO, 900 Fire ut Charlotte, N. C.

Charlotte, N. c., March 2.-Fire hern
to-day destroyed the Southern Railway
depot, a cotton compress, the joint prop
erty Of the Southern and Seaboard rail-
roads, large storage warehouse, four
thousand bales of cotton intended for
export to England and Germany and
several hundred tons of commercial fer
tilizers. The loss will be about 100000
Insurance unknown.
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MORE TROOPS FOR GEN. Otis
HIS REINFORCEMENT BY SIX REGI-
MEN1S ORDERED.
Atlantic Coast, and the Ninth, Thir-
teenth, Twenty-flrst, sixteenth and
sixth Infantry Regiments Designated
To Proceed First to Sam Francisco.

Washington, March 2.-The secretary
of war has just ordered the reinforce
ment Of General Otis by six regiments.
These are the Sixth infantry, now at
San Antonio; the Sixth artillery, scat
tered along the Atlantic coast stations
the Ninth infantry, at Madison bar
racks; the Thirteenth infantry in New
York state; the Twenty-first infantry,
at Plattsburg, N. Y, and the Sixteenth
infantry, at Fort Crook and neighbor-
ing posts, in the Middle west. These
regiments have been ordered to make
ready to proceed to San Francisco and
thence to Manila.
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ENGLISH SPARROW IN BOSTON.
Mayor Quincy Gives Direction to RID
CITY of the Bird.

Boston, March 2.-In answer to pc
tition presented yesterday by prominent
citizens, Mayor Quincy has given di-
rections to the city superintendent to
begin the work of ridding the city Of
the English sparrow. What will be
done just now, however, will be in the
nature of an experiment. William j.
Kennedy, foreman of the department of
public affairs, will first try the method
Of dislodging and destroying the nests
of the sparrows.
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Taken Up to Santiago-May be Toyvcd TO
Havana.

Santiago de Cuba, March 2.--After
considerable delay the former Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes, which was
sunk in the channel of Santiago on
June 6, has been raised and pumped out,
the government tugs assisting the
wrecking company. She was brought
up to the city this afternoon. Such re-
pairs as can be readily affected will be
made here after which she will probab-
ly be towed to Havana, though final or
ders as to her movements have not yet
been received.
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H4RTARD-PRINCE DEBATE.
The Men That VIII Represent the For,
mcr University Announced.

Cambridge, Mass, March 2.-The
Harvard men who will represent the
university in the coming debate with
Princeton We're chosen tonight. They
are Wilbur Morse 1900 of Philadelphia,
H. S. Wolss '99 Of Buffalo. and S. B..
Rosenthal, l.. S., of New York. The al
tentative is r, c. Bowling 80 of Spring
field, III. Morse was also awarded the
Coolidge prize of $100 for the best speech
at the trial debate, Harvard has de-
cided to take the negative side of the
question as to an alliance between this
country and England.
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no RESTORE WAGES or 1897.
Action of AmOskeag MIL Directors
Employ 10000 IIands.

Manchester N. H.. March. 2.-The
directors Of the Amoskeag corporation
voted to-day to rsstore the wages of
1897 after Monday, April 3. The in
crease amounts to more than 10 per
cent. The company operates one Of the
largest cotton manufacturing plants in
the world and employs 10000 hands 1t
is expected that the other cotton mills
here will adopt the schedule of 1897.
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PRESIDENT SIGNS BILES.
One to Investiinte Leprosy and One to
Pay Spain 100000, 900.

has approved bills as follows: For the
investigation of leprosy in the United
States; also one approprating o,000,-
900 to carry out provision Of peace treaty
with Spain.
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story Pronounced Absurd.

washington, March 2-The war, de-
partment officials pronounce absurd the
Filipino story to the effect that Agui-
naldo has taken several hundred Amer
lean soldiers prisoners General Otis
bulletins have accounted for every man
in the American army at Manila, and
there s not on record single case of
,niSsing
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Mother and Children Murdered.

Clay Center, Kan, March "A neigh
Dor going to the home of John Gilbert
in Adhesion township this morning,
found Mrs Gilbert and her four chill
dren murdered. The family had not
been seen since Tuesday night. The
door was found locked and the husband
Is missing.
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Dewey's Promotion.

Washington, March 2--The commits
sion of George Dewey to be an admiral
in the navy has been made out at the
navy department and sent to the White
house to be in readiness when the bill
creating the office of admiral is signed
by the president.
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IN ALMOST IRREPARABLE LOSS
Lord Salisbury's Reference to the Den h
Baron HerscheH

London, March 2.-In the house of
to the death of Baron Herschell, said it
was an almost irreparable loss. He
added: His great popularity with our
kindred race on the other side of the
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Was for Eight Years Collector of the
Port of New London

George T. Marshall, one of the best
known citizens of New London, and
who was for eight years collector of the
mort of New London, died yesterday,
aged seventy-five. He had slight
shock of paralysis year ago and died
Of disease of the stomach.
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CONDITION or THE POPE.
Slight Increase In Temperature ia
Which Importance is Attached.

cheerful all day long and in an inter-
ested way asked the doctors from time
to time what they thought of his con-
dition. They reassured him. There has,
however, been slight increase in his
temperature, to which the doctors at
tach some Importance, although hoping
1t Is merely due to the nourishment he
has taken. DR.. Lapponi will remain in
attendance at the vatican tonight.
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MI. kipling Resttn z Easy.

New York, March AT $50 tonight
MI Doubleday stated that Mr.. Kipling
was steadily improving. At late hour
tonight Mr.. Doubleday announced that
Mr.. Kipling was resting easy and that
his daughter Josephine was out of
danger
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Monument to Maine Xictims

Washington March 2-The house Ii
brary committee to-day reported favor
ably the senate joint resolution author
izing the secretary of the navy to erect
at Havana monument commemorative
Of the Maine victims.
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Connecticut Postmasters Confirmed

Washington, March 2-The senate
to-day confirmed these nominations:
Postmasters: Connecticut-C. A. Keyes,
Southington; George w. Randall,
Rockville; w. w. Smith, Seymour; F.
Il. Tibbals, Milford.
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THE CARRINGTON PUBLISHING Cd

Atlantic had pointed him out for the
position which he lately occupied and
in which he showed great self-sacrfice
and deep interest and the work of
which he was carrying to a successful
conclusion. The Earl of Kimberly, the
liberal leader in the house of lords, paid
a similar tribute to the memory Of the
deceased statesman.
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FOR noBsoN,s PROMOTION.
Nomination Sent to Senate-Advnncc
ment for Extraordinary Hcroism.

Washington, March 2.-zThe president
to-day sent the following nomination to
the senate: Assistant Naval Construc-
tor Richmond p Hobson, to be adj
vanced ten numbers from No. of the
list of the assistant naval constructors
to be No. s on the list of naval con-
structors for extraordinary heroism.
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Kite EIying Record.

Readville, Mass, March 1.-The
worlds record for kite-fying was again
broken at the Blue Hill observatory on
February 2S. when 12,507 feet above the
sea level was reached by a recording
instrument carried there by string of
tandemS
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Lawrence, Mass, March 2--The Pa
cific mills, the largest corporation in
this city, is to restore the ,wage sched-
ule of its five thousand employees to that
of a year ago. This action Is voluntary
on the part of the management.