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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
CAPITAL STOCK RAISED

Chicago. Nov 23-At a special meet ing of the stockholders of the Illinois Central railroad yesterday the acticn of the directors in purchasing the Pc oria, Decatur and Evansville railroad was ratified by a unanimous vote. An other special stockholders meeting will be held here January 26 to act on the proposition to increase the capital stock from S60.0O0.000 to S6G. 100000. The purpose of this issue is 10 raise funds to provide additional equipment.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
BOTH HIS PARENTS KILLED.
Sad Bereavement of a Pitcher on Last
 Years Bristol Team

Sad Bereavement of a Pitcher on Last
 Years Bristol Team
 Bristol, Nov According to infor- nation received here yesterday. Dal Sayres, or known here as Sellers. who was a pitcher of the Bristol team last season, lost both his parents in a grade crossing accident last Saturday under very distressing circumstances. The young man is a student at the Ohio Medical university and he had notified his parents at Trumbull, o, that he was coming home Saturday night They were driving to the station to meet him when their carriage was struck as they were driving across the tracks. The train was stopped afte- the accident and among the number who alighted to see who were the victims was the son, and he was completely Drostrated when he identi fled the victims as his parents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
AN INTEREsTING suIT.

Middletown. Nov 23.-Roger Kenne- dy of this city has asked for an in- junction against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Go to restrain it from filling in under a bridge over Sumner creek, which runs through the center of the city. He alleges that the filling will prevent him from getting access to a dock which he owns. He has also brought suit for damages against the city. which will be tried at the December term of the superior court.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
NEW STEEL SHIPS.
When Completed Ship Will Be
 Launched as Two Boats.
When

Launched as Two Boats.
 Duluth. NIinn., Nov 23.-Arrange- mants are now being completed for the construction of steel ships on the lakes on q large scale for ocean ser vice. These ships will not be limited in size to the length of new Canadian canals. bat will be of any length want ed hy buyerS Six or seven large ana completely equipped yards on the lakes are in the scheme. The lake snip builders have HOW drawn plans for ships of from 35O to $50 feet ill length, but of no greater width than forty three feet. which they have submitted to ocean ship owners. They have also submitted their designs to the bureau of navigation and it has approved. The plan is to build ships of greater length than the present locks will carry. in sections. join them temporari- ly in the ship yard, run them down the great lakes and to Montreal and then put them together. Orders for several are understood to be in the hands of American ship building com DanieS The first ships to be built will be 35O feet long. forty feet beam and twenty feet deep. The hullS will ba built complete at lake yards with bulkhead both sides the center line. The space at the center between the will be framed. but the plates will be bolted temporarily. When completed these center plates will be taken off and the ship launched as two boats. Then the rear part con- taining the machinery will hitch onto forward end and one end will tow the other It is the expectation of lake builders that they can compete. not only with the rest of the United States. but with foreign builders.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA,
Inundate One City and Loss of Life Is
 Feared.

Anaheim. Cal Nov 23-This city is threatened with inundation by the rise of the Santa Ana river. Over 100 fam lilies already have been driven from their homes near the river and it is feared that there has been loss of life in the low lands below here. Anaheim is fifteen feet lower than the river, and when the water got over the banks there was no way of checking it's spread. During the night the Catl1o- lie cemetery was flooded to the depth of one foot. while the Peat lands, where large crop of celery is grow ing. has also been flooded.
 Along the Los Alamitos branch of the South Pacific railway. more than a mile of track has been washed out Santa Fe trains are stalled here by the flooding of 5000 feet of track be- yond Fullerton.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
KILLED BY INDIANS.

Ensenada, Lower California, Nov 23. A report has reached Here of the kill ing of three men near Juarez by In- dians. The report states that one Acuno, who had store at Juarez. was robbed of cattle by Indians. With the assistance of a neighbor named Sotello and a rurale, he gave chase. Subse- quently party taking cattle through to the Colorado river discovered the three men dead. Mounted police are being sent from Ensenada.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
WEATHER REPORT.

Washington. Nov 23.-For Connecti- cut: Partly cloudy tonight; Saturday fair; colder. fresh west winds.
 Weather notes: High pressure area is over the northwest and low pressure area is developing in Texas. The cold wave which has prevailed in the north west for several days is now moving slowly eastward. The conditions fav- or for this vicinity cloudy weather and possibly light showers this afternoon and tonight, clearing late tonight or Saturday morning.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
To Found n Model Town.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23-A prof ect has been put on foot here which it is hoped by it's promoters. will result in the founding of a great model industrial town near this city. The scheme was made public last night at q dinner given by Joseph J. Byers, formerly of New York, but now fnancier of this city. Among those present were many men prominent ill financial and industrial circles of this city and New York
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
Colombian Rebels Defeated

COLON, Colombia, Nov 23.-The rebel forces at Buenaventura have been com: pletely crushed by the Colombian gov ernment troops, who caDtVred three can non and two generals. General Alban. the governor of Panama, personally di- rected the operations from on board the British steamship Taboga seized by the Colombian authorities, and saved the situation there.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
TESTING THE R ATIONS.
Cavalry Will Now Be Used to Try the
 New Army Food.


 Fort Reno, Okla, Nov 23.-Captain Fountain and Captain Poster have re- turned to Fort Reno after an absence of ten days testing the emergency ra- ton which was compounded at PaSSaic. N. J. Enlisted men of the de- tachment say that the ration just test ed is not as good as that tested by the detachment. It is seasoned too high ly to be palatable any length of time. The tea ration serves well for q few meals but does not suit as well as the chocolate ration. A ration prepared in Chicago will be tested during the next ten days. The last test will be made December 1. The board will devote week to testing again the ration of the three which proves most satisfac- tory. A full troop of calvary consist ing of fifty men from Fort Reno and fifty men from Fort Sill will be used
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
CRIME COMMISSIONERS ARREST.

Berlin, Nov 23-The arrest is an- nounced of Criminal Commissioner yon ,rfesckow Thiel. who has been prominently connected with the case of Sternberg. the Berlin ba aniler on trial for some time past. accused of an of fense against morality. It was stated in court yesterday Sthat Thiel had ab- seconded
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
MERcHANr NICHOLS DEAD.

New York. Nov 223.-Francis A. Nichols, retired merchant of Lowell, Mass, was found dead to-day ill the bath room of a boarding house in East Eleventh street. where he had been stopping for a week. A physician who was called in said death had been caused by heart disease. The mans Yidow lives in Lowell.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
CITY EyANGELIZATIoN.

Pittsburg. Penn, Nov 23.-To-day's s session of the National City Evangeli- zatfon union was devoted to a discus sion of city eyangelization abroad and its lessons to us at home. Papers on ss 4 Study of Methods in England and Germany - by the Rev B. gJ- Helms. of Hoston, and Snapshots by Two Sec 5efarf<s fn Europe.s by the Rev Dr
 D. 4rave1lcf. ok Chicago, were also
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
ARRESTED MANILA.

Manila Nov 23h-Dorotion Karrag- dad. an insurgent lieutenant-colonel. and Manuel 0. Lazars, who, it is said, was General Torres's quartermastef, have been arrested in Bulucan pro- vince. Karragdad had previously been arrested and Daroled.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
Severe Electrical stor,,

LYONS, x. Y, Nov. 23-A severe electrical storm, accompanied by heavy 1ownpotlr of rain, came over this. city last night between and s o'clock. The thunder and lightning was as heavy and vivid as a July storm. The storm came from the south. The damage is greatest along the shore of Lake Ontario. where several buildings were struck by light nin0
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
STEAM WAGONS TRIAL.

Stamford, Conn. Nov 23.-The Ad- ans Express steam wagon, on a test run from New York. has arrived here. having climbed Byram hill and Dia- mond hill. with it's load of 5000 pounds These hills are of the steepest in this country and were considered impas sable with steel tires.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
A FAVORABLE BULLETIN.

Lavidia. Nov 23-The following fla vorable' bulletin was issued by the physicians of the cZar this morning.: The emperor passed q quiet day yes tarday and slept one hour. At , ln the evening his temperature was lo2.I and nulsn 80 He passed good night and at 9 this morning his temporal ture was 1C1.3 and pulse 1J.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
PIRATES ATTACK BRITISH.

Brisbane, Queensland. Nov 23. - X band of Tugeri pirates in Dutch New Guinea raided the natives in the Brit ish possession there. killing fifteen of the natives. The police attacked the Tugeris. thirty of whom were kille6 in the conflict
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
OREGON,s oFF1CIAL VOTE.

Salem, Oregon, Nov 25.-'The official count of the vote cast at the election November 6 shows the following re suit: Mckinley 4G.234. Bryan 33,067. Woolley 2.500, Barker 26I, Debs 1.470. McKinley's plurality, 13,22T.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
DUKE OF MANCHESTER
He Enters a Plea of Bankruptcy Be-
 fore a London Commission

London, Nov 23.-The Duke of Man chester who sails for the United States tomorrow. appeared before the registrar in bankruptcy today. The receiver told the court that the case must be adjourned. as the accounts were Tot yet filed, although. fully pre- pared.
 The liabilities disclosed amounted to G3I, TOO; assets. CT. .545. The receiver asked for time to examine the accounts and interrogate the debtor. and an ad- journment was taken until February next. the date of the dukes return from America.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
ARDIN OF STEAMERS.

Havre. Nov 23.-Arrived: Steamer La ChamDa"np from New York.
 New York. Nov 2:5.-The United States transport McPherson, from Ifa- vana. has arrived h2r2.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
Germans Mine Much Jro,

BERLIN, Nov. 23-Germanr's pig iron production for October was 142. .72O tons, the highest figures ever reached. the output being B, 52O tons above that of the previous month.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK:
The Battleship Kentucky on the Way
 to Smyrna.

to Smyrna.
 CenstantinOple. Nov 23.-The Porte has definitely rejected the request for an eNequator for United States con sul at Harpoot This refusal is re- garded by tbe United States legation as a direct violation of treaty rights; and consequently. despite the refusal, Dr Thomas H. Norton. who was ap- pointed by President Mckinley some time ago to establish a consulate at Harpoot. has been directed to pro- ceed to his post.
 The expected visit of the battleship Kentucky to Smyrna is believed to re- late quite as much to this matter as to the indemnity question.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
SOUTH CAROLINA POPULATION.

Washington, Nov 23.-The popula- ton of the state of South Carolina is. announced as 1.340,315. against 1.151,- 149 in 1890. This is an increase of 1S9, ,IGT, or 1G.4 per cent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
KRUCER'S TRIP
Attended With Big Demon
 strations Everywhere.
EXTRA POLICE TO KEEP ORDER.

Kruger Thanked the People of Mar
 seilles for Their Good Will-Contin- i ued Calls from Those Present
 Brought Him to Car Steps, Where
 He Delivered a Speech.
 Marseilles, Nov 23.-Though the en- thusiasm attending MT Kruger's de- parture from Marseilles was not so boisterous and there was no such crowd present as awaited him on the quay when he landed yesterday from the Gelderland, he had no reason to complain of. any diminution of warmth on the part of the people of MarSeilles
 Amidst the cheering of q large as sembly the former president of the TranSyaal entered his carriage at 5 o'clock and was driven to the station. He was accompanied by Dr Leyds and Messrs Pearson, Vessels, Eloff, Fisch- CT, Van Hammel. Rambaud and Hey mems. Just before the departure of the train MT Kruger appeared on the step of the railroad carriage in re- sponSc to the shouts of the crowd, and said:
 "Citizens of AIarseilles: I thank the population of MarSeilles for it's warm welcome. I trust I shall find the same enthusiastic sympathy in all the cities which I am going to travel through. and I hope it will be followed by ac- tions which will continue to assist us and result in abettin@ our cause.'
 Mir Kruger will sD3nd the night at Dijon. where l!p will arrive at 3:2O p. m-
 Extensive naI5ro r:o"a1tiaas were taken this nso!ri-'s. 5fe,a: hments of policemen were I-.'.:$r:! ;l!r-'@ tlla "2rt" from the hote! t'',, "+:p2. ;'nf AIr Eruger'S dtrr'--.s- -', - '.,lca N;tHG!l any di>accc''t.'' ! '---'-';
 rar-s N>.- -, ----.r.-,, .,e 1f,e welco,un Y, ~+ '.,5 tn f,.r.r" President T-.--e-.~ : 'o-; - .F,. va,~o for tl?n s,'--'t''---- "r -'', -.r2% ir;'::
 Exf"1c'si IT. ---- ''".' r-'et.:--*i havn he,9 teEnn :,u4~r th, i!utal ScriHc. i's '',a vi";-r;;v of which ar. many Trc,',.'s srrs whi n. t j: feared. t7'a c,'t!'-sjaSm of the cror-; mi@it in:.itH Horsons to in;ure.
 The wh~ia ": t!ie second floor of the Hotel Scr:I i:as been retained for the uSn of Nr Kruger and his suite
 It has been 1aci;lpd that the munich pal council will offer q reception for the Boer party.
 London. Nov 23.-The morning pa perS devote m unusual amount of space to Mir KrugerS arrival in Mar seilles and his doings, but are inclined to treat the matter editorially with comparative indifference. in the con- viction that nothing can alter the course of events in South Africa
 No resentment is displayed at what | is regarded as ''the harmless enthusi- 1 aSm of Frenchmen"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
EXCHANGE MEMBER ASSIGNS.

New York. Nov 23.-Chester B. Law renee. IT. member of the Consolidat- ed Exchange. made an assignment to- day to George Fl. Holburton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22

that Is good about Him and yet live
millions of miles away-so far, indeed,
that not at ray of His light penetrates
YOUR darkness. But If you follow His
example, make His precepts the basis
of your action, then you know with per-
feet certainty whether He has told the
truth. No one can ever appreciate
Christianity until he lives it. The world
has not yet lived it. and therefore
knows very little about it.
Let me illustrate. The earth is full
of pain, struggle with circumstances,
bereavement and misunderstanding Of
the purpose for which we are here. 1t
| is the misunderstanding which is the
cause of nine-tenths Of the misery and
! discouragement which exists. If 1
could make you believe as firmly as
you believe in the compass which
I guides the steamer from shore to shore
that God wants you to be healthy in
body and whole in soul. and that you
can be both when you and He work
and walk together, l should produce a
change in your whole outlook that
would seem like magic.
If l could come to you when your
dear one is closing her eyes for the last
time and convince you beyond the pos
sibility of q doubt, as you have beer
lconyinced that a stone thrown into the
air will fall to the earth. that the loved
one is simply going into another room
and that the love which binds you te
her will be untouched by death, YOU
eyes might be filled with tears, but be-
hind them would be the strong con
seriousness that death imposes a loss OF
you while it confers a, benefit on her.
That kind of faith this great worlC
: does not yet possess, and therefore {
tinge of despair mingles with ever,
hope, just a tinge, but enough to blu
the hope. What we need, therefore, il
less theology, less theory and NOR
practice. To say that we are Chris
tians Is not always equivalent to bein,
Christians. When Christ really rule
your passions, ambitions and energies
you will be surprised at yourself and a
your possibilities. You will have. tn
strength of the ocean and it's peaceful
; omnipotence when 1t is calm. Life will
. be discipline to which you will glad
,, ly submit, and heaven Will be such
! reality that you will die with a smile
: as though you anticipated the welcom
which awaits you.-George H. Hep
worth, In the New York Herald
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Famous Roman Catholic AstrOnOmu,

When astronomy and the Roman Cas-
lie Church are mentioned in The sam
breath the Protestant usually mEngts|
Calico" and even the ''liheral CathslR,
a; we know from DIR. Mivart, finds 4 I'll
easy to forget the great Florentine Az
other side of the church's relation to t
heavenly science is brought cut in II
Mentor Rom. Cath.). It says:
From the earliest times ustriaa
Catholics We're working in the fed
astronomy. st. Bede (673-735 A. d., 1eN
tor of the Church, wrote a treatise
astronomy and was one of the first
teach that the shape of the earth 20
gle hular; that the ebb and flow Of %
tides was due to the pull OF The noon
He showed the true cause OF the tcsls1
of the sun and moon, and CONDEMNED saF1
erstitious astronomy as false and n
nicious. Abbot Alcuin showed that "a
were thought TO be portenteus and era
movements of the planet Mars was
natural course, previously not underses-
Pope Sylvester H. better known as
was d ltoN''b
ltronomer of his day. Albertus Mas,1
the great Dominican theologian, be.a
the invention of the telescope, taught a
1.-THE Milky Way was a vast assemblags
stars, and that the figures OF the M.
were the ground-markings Of its OWE =
face. Copernicus was a monk, deai'4,l
his great work to Pope Paul III, ana u
lished it at the earnest entreaty o. )
friend, Cardinal Schomberg. The ~
observation of a planets transit 80
the suns disk was made by the Aope - =.
seEdi. The first of the asteroids was =
covered by the Able PiazZi. The -
names of Clavius, Grimaldi, Bosco'".i'
Mayer De Vico, and La Csille arc
Catholic priests -
''At the present moment the AM, i
Church possesses more astrononlic4 a.. :,
seryatories than any country or so'I n
mept. Beginning with the vatican !
servatory at Rome, founded our
lprivate purse of Pope Leo. MIL tue' :
found all over the world. even u 4
countries as China. Patagonia ai-
philippine Islands,"
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Rivalry of Religions in Japan. ~

The recent rejection by the Japanese
House of Peers of the government bill
for the regulation of religions is not re-
garded as a final settlement of that sub
ject; but the revelation that in progress
as in some European and American coun-
tries, an ultra-conservatMe religious par
ty strong enough to block the progress
of a government bill designed to bring
about absolute religious equality before
the law, has surprised both the japanese
and foreign observers. In reference to
this bill, The Orient (Tokyo, vol. 4. No. -,
said to be the only English paper publish
ed in that country edited wholly by Jap
aneSe, says:
1.-THE bill in question was regarded by
many as badly drafted and unsatisfac-
tory measure, and this was no doubt one
lof the reasons of its defeat. But it is
levident that a strenuous agitation set up
by a conservative and narrow-mlnded sec
ton of Buddhsts against it was most
powerful in bringing it down. Defective
as was the measure, the main object OF
the bill-namely, the placing of all re-
ligious on the same footing vis-a-yis the
law-was approved by the press, Chris
tians and progressive Buddhists. The
West Hongwanji of Kyoto especially did
nucn IN favor OIL the Dill ny opSuiS du-
vooating it. The believers belonging TO
the East Hongwanji and others, however,
did not like to have their religion placed
ons the same footing with foreign reli-
gions, and their champion, Rev. Shuntai
Ishikawa, set up a strong opposition. II
Is even alleged that he spent half million
yen in bribipg parliamentary members to
vote against the bill. At any rate, the
defeat of it means that there turks in this
country some powerful conservatism
Twenty or thirty years ago the prospects
of the Christian missions in Japan Were
brilliant, but in the opinion of many re-
cent observers the same cannot be said to-
day. The Japanese mind, eminently
analytic and rationalzing, after haltine
long in It's examination of the ethical an6
religious systems which contend foi
supremacy in the extreme Orient, Is ap
parently not convinced that Christianity
possesses either thanscendent superiority
over other religions, or, from the super
Natural standpoint, exclusive claims or
human allegiance. According to the lates
returns, there are today in Japan 1896
enrolled Christians, made up of 53,92
Roman Catholics, 25,231 Greek Catholics
and Al, sos Protestants; or-allowing 1O0,0e
more for their unenrolled children and
dependents-less than half of one per cent
of the whole population of Japan. Partl!
owing to the fact that higher education
! in Japan has UP to within few years re
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The Presbyterian Creed Rey,io,
France.

The National Protestant Chm.
France, which is of the Reform,
ECalvinistic faith, has hitherto has
wings, the liberal and the orthodov a.
loording to the well-known German ,..-
Chronik der Christlichen Welt hon..
third party, 1.-THE Independen, RrA i
has now appeared, and is likely n III
its influence felt in Protestant P,,,.
The new party advocates the aceer.,..
of the Reformed Confession of Fa;.s
a legal and historical document In, %.
tends that no disciplinary use sbopls
made of il, and that it should not he a,
led upon brethren whose conscieDe.. !
pose its various damnatory and prasz
tirarian clauses, as do the consciepss. 4
some of our American Presbyterian b,.s
rem in regard to the Westminster Cors,
sion. According, however, to The In,
Tor (Presb., Chicago, July l9), this IL
posal by no means pleases the hrstksI
who are grounded in the good old Csly,I
ism of other days. Says The Intero.
Professor Downergue, a conseryv,g|
man, declares such a proposal is utter
Subversiye of the Confession, and md
that in a national synod the faith Of Il
majority and the doubts of a minced
would have equal rights. The resu. i
that with three groups disagreeing ssa
the Confession, the government viii ri
coed. as it has done for thirty years \
withhold permission for the meeting 4
a Protestant National Synod The I'd
representative of all French PrOtes,sn|
is the Conference fraternelle,' whSA Il
its last meeting, besides twelve menAs]
from the three groups of the naten]
ichurch. chose three other represented
a Lutheran. a ree-Churchman. AID
Methodist -