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HAIL. OF FAME SELECTIONS.

This is an extremely good list. Until Hhe additional twenty-one names are selected it will be entirely safe to criti- else the manner of selection. Whether or not, the list of tWenty-nirle aHFeady made or the list of one-hundred and fifty that our descendants will have the Opportunity of criticising, shall prove acceptable in every particular, several things are evident; first, that no possi- ble list will suit every one; second, that mo possible list can be scientifically and unquestionably correct; third, that the fpreparation and presentation of the list are very decidedly educational. The judges themselves must have especially realized how much ignorance there was af1oat in their own minds concerning the specific services of many of the dis tinguished men and women whose names they were asked to review; and If they probably had to do some cram ming for the occasion, what about the state of knowledge of ordinary nor tals? It would seem that the tendency will be rather to mistakes of exclusion than of inclusion, and that every name will represent a distinguished reputa- tion and a career well wirth the con- sideration of ingenious youth The very existence of this beadroll of fame will pique curiosity and interest, and be the occasion Of truly educational arguments, in the university and out, for all time.
 And this leads to the suggestion of query whether or not there might be way of getting at real greatness" than that adopted of allowing, for instance, chief justices of states as much voice in selecting scientists author and art fists, as in selecting lawyers, judges and statesmen. A board of authors for ex- ample, called upon to name a lit of the most important literary men of the country who had died before 1890, would not have omitted Bryant and Poe. A. board of artists would probably not, in the voting, have confused the position of really strong men in our early his tory with much less important men who achieved reputation during a rather barren period, though it should be not ed that no mistake was made in ad- uniting the one artist (Stuart) who did receive the requisite number of votes But, as we said, judgment must be sus- pended as to the plan of selection at least till the missing twenty-one have been added to the first group.-Decem- Der Century.
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Trancl1ers Guide.
New York, New Haven and
 Hartford K. R.
December 2. 1900

FOR NEW YORK-*4:O5, "4:5o. xs:1o. x7O0, S:00, *S:10, S:3O, "9:35. Al03O a. m., *12:10, 12:15. *1:3o (parlor car linn ited), +1:35, 200. *2:SO, 800, %4:O0. "4:17. 4:S0, %5:10 5:s5. 6:SO. "7:1O, ss:1o. S;l5 Bridgeport accommodation) +9:10. 9:l5 D. m. Sundays-*4:05, "4:5O, xS:00 a. m., *2:30, x4.30, "5:1O, x6:15, *7:1O, *S:10, @S:3O, *9:10 D. m.
 FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem River-*1:05, :5O p. m. (daily).
 FOR BOSTON via Hartford and Will limantic-*10:O3 a. m.
 FOR BOSTON via New London and Providence-"2;10, *2:2O, *11:35 (parlor car limited) a. n1., "12:o5, *2:47, "4:O5. "455, *6:55 p. m. sundays-"2:1O. @2:2s a. m., TYPOS, "2:47, #455, *6:55 p. m. FOR BOSTON via Springt1eld-"1:1 x10:10, *11:05 a. m., "l:45, "552 p. m. sunday+#1:1 10 a. m., +5:52 D. m.
 FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, etc-A1.1O, GAO. 500. xlO;0S (to Hartford) x1O:1O, *11O5 a. m., 12:oS, &1:45 3:10, 500. *5:52, .(6:15 to Hartford) 500, 10:0o. 11:15. (to Meriden) p. m Sundays-1:10 a. m., 12:0s, s5:b2. 8:2S D. m.
 NEW LONDON DIVISION
 For New London, etc.-*2:10. *2.20. 7:55, 1o:0S (to Guilford), 11:o5, 11:s5'. (parlor car limited) a. n., t12:o5, 2:15, *2:47, *4:05, 4:55, 5;15. 6:15, ito Say brook Junction), *6:55, 11:20, (Guilford acc) p. m. Sundays-"2.10. *2:ao a. nn.. l2:o5, *2:47, *4.55, 6:55 D. m. AIR LINE DIVISION
 For Middletown, Willimantic, etc., 7:46 a. m., 12:55. "2:S3, 6:05 D. m. Sum days-7:15 D. m. Connecting at Middle hn To11 Willimantic with Midland and Central divisions and c. V. R. R.; at Turner vtlle with Colchester branch. NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
 For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls, Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hartford ana intermediate stations-7:50 a. n and 400 p. m. For Westfield and in- termed1ate stations, 5:57 p. m.
 For Farmington, New Hartford and points this side-7:50 a. m, 12:O4. 400. 5:57 D. m.
 BERKSHIRE DIVISION
 For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia, etc.-6:15, ZOO, 8:OO, 995 a. m, 12:0o noon, 1:1o, 2:39 s57 4;4o, 5:3o, s:5o, E5O, 10:00, n:30 D. m. Sundays-S:25 a. m., 3SO. GAO. S:3O D. m.
 For Waterbury-7O S:0o, 9:35 a. n., 12:oo, 2;39, 5:30, 75O, 11:9O p. m. Sum- days-S:25 a. m., $40 D. m
 For Winsted-7:oo, 9:35 a. m., 2:3s. 5:SO p. m. Sundays-s:25 a. m, $40 D. m.
 For Shelton, Botsford Newtown, Dan- bury, Pittsield, State Line-9:35 a. m.. 3:57 D. m.
 For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin. nati St. Louis Chicago and the West via Bridgeport-6:1O a. m.; via Stats Iine-9:35 a. m., 3:57 D. m.
 For Litchfield and points on Litchfield branch-3:57 p. m. (via Derby Junc- tion), 6:l0 a. m. (via Bridgeport).
 @Express Trains. xLocal Express.
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD.
 General Passenger Agent.
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BORED BY sWELLDOM.
Why Many wer-Known Wits Dcclir

Why Many Well-KnoWn Wits Decline
 Invitations of the Fashionable World
 Persons of wealth and position in the fashionable world, who invite clever, all-round good fellows with reputa- ton in the world of art, letters, or some other calling, to attend formal dinners in their homes are often disappointed in their guests, says the New York Telegram. In other words, to use a slang expression, the geniuses do not deliver the goods expected of them in the way of entertaining nd their hosts afterward declare they have been great ly over-rated-
 The cause for all this is not always due to the guest, however, according to a well-known literary man, for at form al dinners with all the accompaniment of liveried servants, it is often impossi- ble for man to jolly up," no matter how clever he may be.
 Up in New Rochelle, where there Is a colony of clever men, including Freder- ick Remington, the artist; Tom Mason, the writer. Francis Wilson, the com medlan; George B. Mallon, editor and writer, and others of that ill1, society Is of different shade, and no one up there votes any dinner bore.
 Of course, none of these bright lights would openly say that dinners given by the ultra fashionable set bored them, for they receive many invitations to dine in New York, and often get great pleasure from them, but at the same time they frequently find it inconven- tent to decline, "because New Rochelle is so far away" Speaking for himself, a we'll known literary man said the oth- CT day:
 T hope to be delivered from many of the dinners among the so-called swell set this winter. Bohemianism of a cer- tain kind grates upon the sensibility of a refined man, but little of that spir" it is a good thing for cehtain wealthy entertainers to cultivate.
 "A man cannot feel or act In any thing but a frigid way when he is sur rounded by obsequious buffers and arti- ficial ice bergs. The wealth and fash lon are really not to blame always: it is the persons who are such eveva sting for stiffness and propriety that makes one think of funerals and padded cells. For me, give me less form and more good-fellowship.
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PREACHING PARROTS BY PHONO-
 GRAPH

"The photograph has been put o a lot of strange uses since it's invention" !" said bird fancier of this city, "but nothing queerer, believe, than teach ing parrots to talk, That is being done at present by dealer in Philadelphia, and as soon as I can get hold of the apparatus am going to try it myself. "A young fellow, who formerly wirked in his shop described the scheme to me in detail. It seems that he secured what is called a 'switchback' phono- graph, which was constructed as an eX- pertinent for a school of languages. It had simple attachment that pushed back the cylinder at the end and start ed it over again automatically, the idea being to fix certain foreign phrases in the memory of the scholars by con Etant repetition. The dealer now pre- pares record containing some senten- ces or expression which he desires to teach his birds groups several cages about the mouth of the horn and sets the thing going. It has an electric mo- tor, and keeps on grinding out that one phrase all day long. He uses a small vacant room for the purpose, so there is nothing to distract the parrots aten- tion, and merely locks the door and goes about his business, leaving the machine to do the rest The young man told me that the plan proved a perfect success, and the birds learned their lesson in about one-tenth of the time that Is usually required to drill anything into heir heads. Moreover they would pick up phrases twice the ordinary length, and the monotonous Teiteration seemed to fix the words thoroughly in their memory. He said that several parrots that have never be- fore been able to talk soon learned by the new method and that there was not single case in which it failed. I have the address of the man who made the 'switchback' machine, and I am going to ry to get him to build one for me. From the description it cannot be expensive. When I secure it I propose
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-05

Another Hearing Before the Special
 Committee Last Night

Another Hearing Before the Special
 Committee Last Night.
 The special committee on the charges preferred by Anthony Carroll against City Engineer Kelly held another hear ing last night and despite the storm there was a large attendance to hear the testimony and watch the proceed ings. MT. Nettleton, an employe of the city engineering department, who was on the stand when the last proceeding hearing adjourned was again called to the stand at the opening of last nights session. He was questioned by MT. Carroll concerning details of the work on the Grove street pavement and cross questioned by Attorney w. H. Ely, who appears as counsel for MT. Kelly.
 MT. Gillette, another employe of the engineering department, was called and was questioned along the same lines as was MT. Nettleton. The hearing ad- journed at 10:45 and the next session will be held next Tuesday evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-05
ELECTIONS 1N MAssACHUsErTs,
Continued from Third Page !

ICOntlnued from Ihlrd Page,J resulted in the reelected of Mayor John o. Hall, republican, over ex-Mayor Har- rison A. Keith, democrat, the vote be- ing 2036 to 1860.
 Springfield, Mass, Dec. 4.-The re- suit of to-day's election was landslide in the reelection of Mayor w. P. Hayes, democrat, over F. A. Blodgett, republican, F. T. Tifft and E. A. New ell, city treasurer and clerk, respective ly, were reelected, being on both tick cts. Of the eight aldermen six are re- publican. There are eleven republicans and seven democrats in the common council.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-05
MAILING FORD.

The adjourned meeting of the board of burgesses was called to order las evening at 7:3o o'clock. Warden Dick erman. Clerk Northrop and Burgesses Hodgkinson, Barber. Newton, Craig and Griffin were present. Burgess Backes came in later. The declination of J. w. Douglass | for second assistant engineer of the | fire department was received and ac- | cepted, and David Ross was appointed 1 to fill the vacancy. The resolution from the fire depart ment requesting power to appoint their own ianitors was taken up and was laid upon the table indefinitely after quite a discussion. At S:10 the meeting was adjourned for an hour and the regular monthly meeting was called to order and the regular business begun. The appoint ment of the various officers was post poned until later in the evening, when the following appointments were made:
 Jantor of Simpson Hook and Ladder company--George Bellows.
 Janitor of Wallace Hose company W J. Heineman.
 Janitor of Hubbard Hose company NJ. J. OReilly.
 Regular night patrol-Daniel O'Reilly and George J White.
 Special police-John w. Hurley, Frank Carrigan and James c. Daly.
 Special police at depot-John c. Mur- phv Dennis O'Brien, James Phillips and Charles Deming.
 Special for library-John W. Doug lass.
 Special for town hall-L. A. North TOD.
 Compass lodge No. 9, F. and A. M., has elected these officers:
 Worshipful master-Dr G. H. Craig.
 Senior warden-Edgar A. Russell.
 Junior warden-Willia Bertini,
 reasurer-Richard Talbot.
 Secretary-Wiliam Mcdonald.
 Trustee for three yaars-William Mo- Donald
 The following appointive officers were made by the master:
 Senior deacon-Ierman A. Delius.
 Senior steward-Henry A. Norton.
 Junior steWard-J. N. Graveline.
 Marshal-Wiliam N. Mix.
 Tyler-F'rederick F. Ebert.
 For junior deacon Frank c. Hill was appointed by Senior Warden Russell.
 Worthy Master Palmer c. Townsend will install the above officers Monday evening, January '.
 The state board has decided not to re- lease Martin Bridgett from state prison until his term expires, next May.
 Poultney Bigelow's lecture on China has now been arranged for March IS.
 There were ten deaths in town during A year ago there were eight.
 Court Windermere will nominate off, cers this evening for the annual election December 19.
 Arthur Fl. Dutton post, G. A, R., will elect officers Friday evening. A smoker and social time will follow.
 Henry David Gray will next Tuesday evening deliver his lecture on The English Poets of To-day" under the of the Woman's club.
 M. Douglass Munson and Mrs Della Mcclure will be married at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, December l2, at the home of the bride on East Center street.
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STARIN'S New Haven Transpo rtation C.

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY.
 Steamer JOHN II. STARIN, Captain Me. Alister, leaves New Haven from StarIn;a Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steamee ERASTuS CORNING, Captain Thompson- Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. Tho North River. at 9 P m. Mondays, Wednes. days and Fridays; the ERASTUS CORNINSy Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fars rooms, $1.00
 Tickets and stnterooms for sale at R JudsDn's, 8e7 Chapel street; Peck N Bisb. tie depot on arrival of Hartford train ana from corner of Chapel and Church streets every half hour. hour. commencing at s:30 p. m. lnding to all points West South. and Honth. west. c. Fl. FISHUR ATant
 Order your freight via Etnrin Line.
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POLICE AND FIRE BOARDS.
Regular Meetings Were Held Last
 Night.

Regular Meetings Were Held Last
 Night.
 The police commissioners and the ire commissioners held meetings last night but no business of special importance was transacted. The police board dis GUS sed some transfers in the accounts Of their departments which they will ask the board Of finance to make. Among the transfers which will be ask ed for Is one Of St50 from the heating account. The superintendent's monthly report was read and placed on file
 The fire commissioners signed the usual batch of bills and held brief session.
 Patrolman Phelps was to have been placed on trial before the police board last night on charges which have been prepared against him, but he was ill and the trial was postponed.
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At the Evangelical Lutheran Emanuel
 Church on Humphrey Street
 concert will be given at s o'clock this evening at the Evangelical Lutheran Eman- uel church on Humphrey street. The pro- gramme will be as follows: Piano Duet-Misses Brooks and Robinson. Tenor solo-Frank J. O'Connell. Violin solo-N1iss Florence Smith. Soprano soo-Mrs. Nora Russell Haesche-- Violin obligato by Mr Haesche. Piano Duet-Misses Brooks and Robinson. My Dearest Heart'-AIrs. Haesche. Violin solo--Cradle Song. Male Quartette-Messrs. August Eisenbart, Fritz Pleines, Adam ltosinns, Adolph Linkenbach.
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information of the congress, prelim1- nary report of the Isthmian Canal com- mission, dated November 30, 19OO
 William Mckinley Executive Mansion, December 4, 1900.
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to turn out some educated parrots that will astonish the eity.''-NeW Orleans Times-Democrat.
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RED STAR LINE.

NEW YORK-ANTWERP-P Southwark, De. 19, 9,noon Westland, Jag non Vaderland, De,26 noon Kensingt'n, Ja.9, mon
 SPECIAL NOTICE.
 NEW TW1N-SCREW s. S. VADERLAND, 12,000 Tons, 5S0 Ft. Long, GO Ft. Beam. International Aavigatlon Company 73 Broadway, cor. Rector street, NY; Peck & Bishop, 1U2 Chapel street, M. Zunder & Sons, 253 State st., M. B. Newton, S6 Or. ange st., T. H. Pease & Son., ,102 Church st., New Haven. d5 cod
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Richard w. Thompson, F. s. Thomas, Charles Stormont, S. Bailey
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AME REGAIN LINE,

NEW YORK-soUTHAMPTON---LoNDoN NewYork, De.12 10amI NewYork. Ja.2, loan Southwark, De 19, noon Kensingt Il Jas, non St. Louis, De 26, 10 am Noordland. Ja. 16 noon
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Last Nights Polo.
A CONCERT THIS EVENING.

At Meriden-Meriden 10, Hartford 9.
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FAVORS NICARAGUA ROUTE
PRELIMIN4RY RERORT OF CANAL
 COMPASSION.

at $20O, ,54O, ,OOO- -Basis of the Estimates Comparative Cost of the Panama Canai-DiGioulty of Acquiring Rights Over That Route.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-02

Maria Ratio OtaD. 1909 tons, Ramondo;
sid. Harburg, June ,.
Maria Adelaide QtaD, 46O IONS OHNdil'
sid. Genoa, June 8.
Stavager (Swd), $50 tons, Anderseh' pd'
st. Helena May 30.
Francesca OtaD. 1,OS3 TONS Guano; SD
Londcn. May D.
Pallas (Nor), $40 tons, Petersen; SID. Rot
terdam. May q,
Papa (Nor, 74S tons, Svendsen; pd.
Prawle Point, 3lst.
Passat CNor), GA tons. Aanonsen; SD LiV-
erpool May %.
Alexandra (Nor), 500 tons, Jensen; sid
London, May %.
Zafiro QtaD, 5S4 tons, Patuzo, SID Cette'
Paragon (Nor), 1853 tons, Busch; SID Rot
terdam. May 20.
Record (Nor), $50 tons, Johannsen; SID Ma
deira. May %. -
ST Croix (Br). $50 tons, Hines; sid. New
York, June -.
Freida Ger, 1,16i tons, Faik; at Antwerp
May 20.
Italia (Nor), 500 tons, Andersen; sid Ant
werp. June II. -,
Bristol, May %.
lanes A. Wright. sS7 tons (Eng) cid
Philadelphia, June q.
Carl Hsastad (Nor), Say tons OIsen' siu'
Table Bay. June q.
Sonora CNor). 534 tons, Tellefsen; SID Lon
don, June %.
Cvprian (Nor). $50 tons, Hansen; SID
Brunsbuttel, June %.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-02
BOOK NOTICES.

QUAINT Nuggets: Selections from Full
Ter, Hall, Selden. Herbert and Walton.
Compiled by Eveline Warner Brainerd.
New York Fords, Howard & Hubert"
Cloth flexible. gilt top. As cents. 1.-THE
Age of Elizabeth" is phrase synonymous
with the most brilliant era of English his
tory, at least down TO that OF Victoria: but
the men who made it so had a line of sue
cessors during the next fifty years, who
left the reigns of James, Charles |, Crom-
well, and Charles ii hardly less notable.
The authors from whom selections have
been made for this latest addition to the
friendly ana helpful Nugget Series" were
all born while Elizabeth was on the
throne. which she assembled in 1917. and
the latest survivor of them lived tin 1858.
only two years before the death of
Charles III. An excellent portrait of Full
Ter opens the book, and a discriminating
introduction by the compiler awakens an
interest which her intelligently gathered
nuggets more thas sustain.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-02
PROSPECT GOOD FOR COTTON.
The Outlook Favorable for Big
Yield I'm North Carolina.

The cotton crop in North Carolina pro-
misses TO be large one this sea son, says
an exchange. Merchants are feeling very
jubilant at the prospect Of the crop, which
will meet with an extraordinary demand.
The secretary of the Norfolk and Ports
mouth Cotton Exchange has received the
first blossoms of the new crop in Virginia
and North Carolina.
The blossom from Virginia was from
Brunswick county, and was picked June
q. The specimen from North Carolina
was picked June 2S, in BERTHE county.
Both blooms are big and beautiful and
such as TO make glad the cotton grower,
promising a heavy yield OF choice staple
that will. from present indications, bring
golden returns to the farmers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-02
WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW.
Cotton Strong but rreGuiar-Stocks
FIrmer-Wheat Weak

The cotton market was active and at
times excited. Fluctuations were frequent
and violent, and while mostly in favor of
the bulls yet even they had to submit to
some rude shocks Prominent features
We're the large spot sales in Liverpool
where rapidly reducing stocks cause evil
dent uneasiness; every indication of a
tight squeeze in summer months at New
Orleans, and continued poor crop reports
Latterly, however. ii was understood that
somewhat more favorable weather had
caused a rather more hope full feeling about
the crop. The strength was prime .pally in
the summer months; July sold as low as
SC on Monday and as high as 10c on FRI
day, closing al 9.5Sc August ranged from
S.@c to S.61c, closing 926c "a gain of 80
points. September touched $3.50. closing
IL points higher at S.67c. New crop months
closed six to eight points lower October
S.34c, after selling up TO soc. The market
closed weak.
The position is so abnormal, that fore
casts are of little or no ralue. Port end
interior stocks combined are less than 300
600 bales, against over 10000 last year
Statistically the situation is so strong
that ii is not easy to understand how any
one would care 10 sell short the old crop
months. 1t is claimed that Colossal
short interest in July and August already
exists; if so, il passes understanding how
the shorts can ever get out. Should the
weather in July prove favorable il would
undoubtedly go far toward retrieving the
present unpromsing outlook for the new
crop. but would not necessarily help old
crop shorts much. 1t does not seem I'M
likely that existing deals" may culminate
and the shorts be forced to settle some
time before the options mature, and many
outside "tailers" will be left in the lurch
high and dry.
Stocks were moderately active and main
~ stronger after some acute weakness en-
Monday. The Improvement was very gen.
orally shared by the whole Hst-ralroads
and industrials, being most pronounced
in the case of stocks which had previously
suffered the most. The market on Sat-
urday was dull, but firm, and the senti-
ment seems rather more hopeful.
Wheat was active but unsettled and
weaker. declining over Sc. There was very
little improvement in spring wheat re-
ports, but it was felt that the recent adj
vance had discounted great deal es-
pecially as a fair crop is assured for the
country as whole. This naturally led
10 realizing and the consequent reac ion
Provisions were variable. closing weaker
lard thirty points and ribs fifteen 70 TWEEN
ty points lower. II is said there is big
deal afoot In provisions; certainly present
small supplies afford tempting opportu-
nifty. and the big fellows seem to be I'D to
something or other. Would buy ribs and
pork on soft spots.
VIM. T. williams
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BANKER CLEws' VIEWS.
The Financial Outlook ms Seen From
Wall street.

New York. June 3O.-There are num-
Der of favorable factors i'm the situation,
such as easy money. good railroad earn
ings. and unusually large July disburse-
ments; but for the time being these are
entirely overshadowed by the approach OF
the Kansas city Convention, unfavorable
crop reports, the Chinese disturbances
and the diminished activity OF business
Evidences multiply that trade and indus
try are reacting after the phenomenal