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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
BIG TELEPHONE TRUST.
Plans For a $Io,O0o,eoe ConsoIiGa- tion Nearly Completed.

tien Yearly Completed.
 BALTIMORE, Dec. 7.-Plans for the combination of the independent telephone companies of the United States are rap idly nearing completion. and details will be announced shortly. An agreement has been practically reached. Alexander Brown of this city is d leader in the movement.
 The proposition is to combine the Maryland Telephone and Telegraph com pany of Baltimore. the pittsburg> and Al legheny Telephone and Telegraph com pany of Pittsburc;. the Home Telephone company of Pennsylvania. the Allegheny County Telephone company of Henns5l- vania. the Dclmarvia Telephone coinpa- Ey of Wilmington. Del: the Erie Tele- graph and Telephone company of -Bos- ton. which controls the Cleveland Tele- phone company: the Northwestern Telc- phone Exchange company. the south western Telegraph and Telephone com pany. the Michigan Telephone company and the Wisconsin Telephone company. | The Telephone. Telegraph and Gable Company Of America. tGe largest of its kind in the United States. will be includ- ed. The Erie Telegraph and Telephone company and affiliated lines operate one sixth of all the telephones ill the terri | tory Of the American Bell Telephone company.
 Behind the proposed combination are some of the most influential capitalists and institutions in the United States. in ! cluding tho banking house Of -AlcXander Brown & Sons. Harry A. parr of Bulti-- mere. the Asters uf Now York. Henry t. Payne of Cleveland. Charles j. Gfidden.
 Navid 2. Grcenough, Asa C. Russell and Levi Spragtl:, eff Massachusetts. Tine capitalization will be about SJa, O00,u0. The mcw company will not iil- \ itr Il War with tn" Bell company. but iS determined to protect it's rights and will i be prepared to engage i'll hoStilities 1 should thc Bell company be disposed to harass it. The new company will have
 a total ii TO,000 subscribers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
TONNE FOR SENATOR.
Governor Lind Names the Si1vel Leader to Susceed c. k. Davis.

heaGef 10 succeed c. fS. Es.NfS.
 ST. PAUL, Dec. T.-Former Con gressman Charles A. Towne has received from Governor John Lind the otiicia documents which cntitie him to d seat 1T the United States senate unti! the statt legislature, which meets on the Sth O. January. can elect a successor to servt the rest of tho lIneXpired term of the latt Cushman K. Davis.
 AIr. Towne was the fusion nominee tC whom the honor of q party vote wa: given in the legislature two years ago and his Itlnhc has been prominent amone those mentioned for the appointmcnt from the time tho vacancy occurred. II, IS a native of Michigan, fl years oI lge and a graduate of the Michigan uni yers;ty academic and law departments For time he practicCti law in Chicago and later in Marquette and Duluth.
 AIr. Townc was elected to congress by the Republicans of the Sixth district in 1S94. In 1896 he left the Republican party because of his belief on the money question. He quickly hccame a leader among the Silver Republicans. As tht head of that party he was active in tht campaign of 1896. The PopuIi%t nutiona convention named him for it's vice prcSi dental candidate. ;ts also did the Siivcl Republicans, but Ee withdrew from hotl tickets i1 the interest of the straight Democratic ticket. later announcing him self as q regular Dcnlncrat.
 Mir. ToWnc left last night for Chicago where hi, mother will meet him and pro ceed with him to thc national capital |, see her son swo!n i'll as United States
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Presbyterian Creed Revision.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-The com mittec of Is ministers and laymen of the Presbyterian church, now in session here for the purpose of agreeing on :-,me rec ommendation to be made to the next gen eral assembly on the revision of the con fcssion of faith, made material progress yesterday. Action was taken by q sub committee of five, which provides for q vote today by the full body on each of five propositions contemplating some change or revision i'll the confessional. One of these, 1t is expected, will be adopted, thus bringing the question be, fore the general assembly in May.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07

Ties.)
 Peachpies and the Applepies. while to the north are the Cneedabiskits. The termination, pals, is the Apache term for people, so when we hear of the Havasupais, and We know that ha means water and vasu blue, we can tell that their name signifies the people Of the blue water" Walia is the Apache name for q tall pine, so tie Wallapais are the people of the tall pines. And many of them are tai people. The oldest chief of the tribe, Serum. generally known to the whites as Shrum. stands fully six feet three inches in his stockings (for he wears stockings and dresses like white man). while Sus-1uat-a-mi, gen. orally known as Wallapai Charley, stands nearly six feet high, is as straight as an arrow and has pres ence that would command respect anywhere.
 This tribe I have named the Bedou ins of the Painted Desert, for it is scattered all over the western DOT ton of that wonderful waste of eX- uberant color that arrested the at tention of those old gold-hunting SPaniards of 330 years ago, who were the first white men to see this re- zion. and led them to name it the Pintado dcsierto. From Cataract or Havasu canyon on the east to the territory Of the Colorado river tribes On the west. and from the Grand can yon on the north to Apache land on the south, wherever spring or pool of bitter alllali water even exists, there a band of Wallapais may be found, struggling to gain a living by stock raising, hunting CT helping in nearby mines
 They tell an interesting story of their origin. Long, long ago, there were two gods in existence, one Hokomata, the older. and Tochopa, the younger. Hokomat2 was mo good" ''all same white mans deviI,' as one old man told me. Yet in the earlier days he and Tochopa lived together in peace and harmony al a wonderful canyon, called atawiGditta. and which l. located on the northeastern portion of Wallapai territory. Here the two brothers grew lonely and Hokomata and TCchopa de- cided to make human beings. And they took sticks, some long, stout sticks, with which they made men; then some long. slender sticks. of which they made women; then short
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Eagnn Restored .1n,: ::1.::s

WASHINGTON. Dee. L. Brigadicr General Charles r. Eagan. .commissary general of subsistence, who has been un- der suspension since Feb. 9. 1899. by sentence of court martial for alleged in temperate and abusive language concern ing Lieutenant General Miles in connec- tion With the army beef investigation, has been restored to duty and immc- diatcly aftcrwar;l was placed on the re- tired list of the army. The story is told in two special orders which were balle- tined at the war department yesterday afternoon. They arc issued by commaMd of Lieutenant General Miles. command ing the army. The vacancy thus created will enable the president to carry out his purpose of appointing Colonel John F. Weston, assistant commisSary general of subsistence. to be conmiSsary general
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Whitney Offers to Introduce Moos.

ALBAN4, Dec. 1.-At the regular monthly meeting of the forest, fish and game commission q communication was received from MT. William c. Whitney of New York expressing a lively inter- est in the proposition to introduce moose into the Adirondack forest and offering to render any assistance possible to se- cure q successful result. Mir. Whitney advised the commission that he would very much like to see elk also introduced into the forest and offered to give num- Der of these animals to the state for the purpose of beginning the experiment.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Neu plnce For NJ. J. nounrs

ALBANY, Dec. Tt is q current ru- nor about the capitol that William J Youngs. secretary to the governor, will be appointed pardon and acquisition clerk by Governor Elect Odell. The position at present is held by Judge John Y Joyce of Buffalo, who has served in that capacity for number of years. The sal ary attached is $3O00.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
BRITISH LOSE AGAIN.
Boers Attack Convoy and XIII
 Fifteen Men.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-The war office has received dispatch from Lord Kitchener: dated Bloemfontei1i. Dec. 6. announcing that General Delarey, with 3OO Boers, at tackled convoy proceeding from Preto- ria to Rustenburg at Buffelspoert Dee, 3, burned half the convoy and killed lj men and wounded 23, including Lieuten- ant Baker The Boers, the dispatch adds suffered considerable loss, some of them being killed with case shot at 30 yards. Guns and assistance were sent from Rus tenburg and Commando Nek, and the Boers were driven off.
 The advices also say General De Wet crossed the Caledon Dec. , at Kareepout Drift, making for Odendal. General Knox was following him, the drift was held by a detachment of the guards, and the riv. CT was flooded.
 A blue book of the South African dis patches from Jan. 5 to Oct. 24 has beer issued It largely concerns the Cape Colo ny rebels and martial law. The conclu- sion to be drawn from the mass of docu- ments is the eagerness of the Cape Dutch to take up arms and especially the will ingness of the border Dutch to join the invaders without compulsion.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Goshen. III.

Goshen, III. Genesee Pure Food Co. Le Roy. N Y: Dear Sirs: Some days since a pack age O. your GRA1N-O was left at my office. 1 took it home and gave it q trial. and 1 have to say I was very much pleased with it. as a substitute for coffee. We have always used the best Java and Mocha in our family, but I am free to say I like the GRAIN-O as well as the best coffee I ever drank.
 Respectfully yours,
 A. c. JACKSON, NJ. D.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
TALL PINE N5l INDIANS.
Among sEthnologists They Are Known as the Wallapais.
All Interesting Tribe Whose History Goes Back Many Centuries-The Story They Fell of Their
 Origin.
TSDeciai Arizona Letter.1

r HAVE just paid a long visit to the Wallapai Indians of Arizona.
 A joking friend of mine, who knows something of this territory, says there are a number of Indian tribes here; for instance, there are the Wallapais, the Havasupais, the yamarais, the Pumpkinpies, the
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Locomotive work. so1d.

ROME, N. Y., Dec. 7.-The Compress ed Air company has acquired possession of the locomotive works here, which will be filled with new machinery for the manufacture of Hardie compressed air motors It is believed the Central Rail- road company figures in the deal, by which q large number of hands will be given employment, sss,
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

Sunday the Rev Mr Holden. of Nor ris. will ofticiate in the Union church.
 The Rev r. NJ. Fletcher preached in the Union City mission chapel last Sunday.
 r. C. Siade has just received two carloads of Milbourn wagons.
 Charles Missell has gone into the coal and lumber business at Water town.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
Big Price For Beef.

CHICAGO, Dec. Tone hundred dol lars apiece for steaks and S10 pound for roast beef was paid at the Fat Stock ei.x.~s xshen Schwart tsschild &r Sulzbefger Sse zssexeEY Yorl bought E. R. Pierce's Aber- 6S<~ xTl5<1s steer Advance for $1.50 a P; FEIa was paid for beef on the - s1S flae efeef tipped the scale at
 |zse sas $2s s145-
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
". c. T. U. Delegates vfs.t President.

WASHINGTON Dee. 7.-The presi- dent and Mrs. Mckinley gave recep- tion to the l 900 delegates to the W. c. T. U convention. The cla borate deco ration of the principal rooms which had been provided in honor of the commits sioners to the Paris exposition, who were the presidents guests at dinner the pre- vious night, remained in place. The Ma rine band furnished the music. The re- ceiving party consisted of the president and Mrs Mckinley, Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary and Mrs. Long. Atfor- ney General and Mrs Griggs and Secre- tary md diss " Tilaon. "
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
Prohibition of AmuseInents.

The Methodist Church is just now dis
turbed over the question Of removing
that clause In its discipline which con-
dennis dancing. theatre-g going, and card
playing. Three conferences have ap-
pealed to the General Conference 10
have this rule relaxed
1t is by no means certain that this will
be done in the near future. but that it Will
eventually happen there can be no qres-
tion. Already many Methodists practi-
eally disregard this clause in allowing
their young sons and daughters to dance
and play cards in their own and their
nelghbors homes. and to attend the thea
tire when an entirely unobjectionable pay
can be seen Continual practice Of this
kind Will inevitably create the impress
sion that such things are really of small
moment compared with the fundamental
principles Of religion.
At the time when this rule was made
by the founders of the Methodist Church,
there was really some reason for IT. To
understand thoroughly the way in which
his and other dissenting churches came
10 be formed one must know something
in the rural districts Of England. The
rise Of Methodism was in many cases sim
ply an energetic protest against a dead
Journalism shielding various iniquities.
The custom Of allowing younger CONS
of good families to go into the Church,
irrespective OF any special fitness for a
eleTgyman's work. naturally did not con-
duee TO any great earnestness and devo-
tion on the part OF the clergy as a body;
and IT was at one time by no means un-
common for the vicar OF a parish to be
= drunkaTd, a gambler. or some other kind
Of a scapegrace Without any question.
this condition Of things was bad for re-
ligion; aud when the Methodist preach
ers arose. and many of them were found
TO be men of earnest faith and thorough
devotion to principle, both in word and
act. the consistency Of their lives ap-
pealed especially to the hard headed. il
slowwitted north-couEtryman. AS in all
such movements, the reformers did not
stop with halfway measures. and seeing
that the members of the Church OF Eng
land allowed themselves certain amuse-
ments. the Methodists went to the other
extreme. Just as had the Puritans of a
former era, and denied the people any
amusements at all. There are many Meth
odists in this country who can remember
time when women belonging to that
Church were enjoined from wearing any
ornament. even so much as bright flower
or ribbon on the bonnet. That custom
has long fallen into disuse, and the
amusement-prohibiting clause is likely
soon TO follow IL.
The fact is that all churches. however
ascetic they may be. have sooner or later
to recognize the fact that human nature
cannot be healthy without amusement.
Strict churchmen deny their children the
privilege of playing cards with each other.
because there are gambling-hells in exist
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
GLASS BOTTLES BY MAIL.
II Properly Protected They Can II
Accepted.

II Properly Protected They Can He
Accepted.
y. NJ Brooks. Superintendent Of For
eign Mails of the Postoffice Department.
yesterday sent a circular letter to tire
postmasters throughout the country re-
garding the shipment of glass bottles by
mail IL follows:
United States postmasters are informed
that. by a recent decision OF the Inter
national Bureau of the Universal PuS. al
Union at Berne, Switzerland. If a thick
glass bottle Theoretically sealed and con-
tanning a liquid or fatty substance is
placed In a cavity made OF solid block
OF wood. the cavity being covered BY a
lid which can be removed without
Withdrawing nails or screws. and the
bottle being tightly surrounded BY spongy
matter sufficient to absorb all the LIQUID
if the bottle should break, the block need
not be enclosed in a second case in order
TO be admitted to international mails AT
the postage rate applicable to samples in
said mails; provided the wooden block
measures not less than oae-tenth of an
inch in its thinnest part
"Postmasters will cause due noti-e of
the foregoing TO be taken at their Offices
IN connection with packages of samples
OF liquids presented for mailing TO foreign
countries.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
FOR INDIAN CoNsTABLEs.
The Civil Service to Obtain N List Of
EIiGibIes-

EIiSibIex-
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces that on May -. 100,
examination viii be held in any city in the
Uaited States where IL has a board OF ex-
aminers for the position Of constable IN
the Indian service.
The examination viii consist Of the
third grade basis as a general intelligence
test. the Scone OF which may be found IN
section f3 Of the Manual OF Examinations
revised to January l, 1909, as well as ex-
perience and special qualifications The
basic part OF the examination viii be given
eaee and special qualifications Will be
given weight of 20 per cent.
The department has stated that the
qualifications required TO fill this position
are courage. honesty. cool determination,
a knowledge OF the country and people,
and especially knowledge OF the Usage
language
From the eIigibIes resulting from this
examination eertifeation viii be made 10
MI three vacancies in the position of con-
stable at the Usage Agency, Oklahoma. at
a salary OF $500 per annum each.
This examination is open 10 all citizens
OF the United States who comply with the
requirements and desire to enter the serv-
ice All sueh citizens are invited to ap-
ply. Applicants viii be examined and
graded with entire impartiality and wholly
without regard 20 any consideration save
their ability as shown by the grade at
tanned in the examination. In making
certiheation. preference nay, under the
rules. be given 70 eligibles who are resi-
dents Of the Indian district in which the
vacancies exist
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
TUESDAY. APRIL "a. 1900.
The Cuban Army scandal.

We are compelled TO withhold our sym
mountain out OF the molehin Of the Army
scandal in Cuba. We do so partly because
ii is not confined TO the military estab-
lishment. but mere because it is not wortI
talking about II an army of oSeupatiez
goes carpetbagging into a country unable
to resist It, the inevitable always follows.
What are carpetbaggers for but to loot?
1t would be a sorrowful thing il viceroys
could not maintain prineely state in gor-
geous palaces at the expense of the people
they rule. No one could expect them to
OF a general officer. Second lieutenaEts
who are on service in the Philippines may
be compelled to support families at home
and maintain themselves in Manila, but
that is their own lookout. L is different
with the occupants of vice-regal resi-
dences.
Altogether too much fuss Is being made
over a small matter. There are misguided
people up On Capitol Hill who seem 10
imagine that Congress has some business
to enquire how the Emperor President dis
poses Of the money he exacts from the IN
habitants Of Cuba No such right exists,
The executive branch OF our Government
has plenary power over the subject II il
wants to give an island postmaster six
teen thousand dollars a year, that is a
strictly private matter and is not subject
to review by the Legislature II the Ad-
ministration desires that its Crown Cover
nors should live as BELTS their station. and
gives them an unlimited privilege of the
till. who shall say it nay? The idea that
there are constitutional limits to the I'm
perio- Presidential authority exploded when
Congress passed the Porto Rican bill.
which abolished the Constitution as law
during the term of Republican party con-
troll in the United States
A carpetbagging system, whether inter-
nal or applied to Crown Colonies, is always
the same thing 1t devastated the South
ern States after the late unpleassntness q
thousand times worse than eonquering ar
mics had. 1t will clean up Cuba much
more thoroughly than a dozen Weylsrs
and revolutions could. As for Porto Rico
IL will do for that unfortunate island in
another six months. About the Philippines
awe are afraid to speak. The full story OF
the saturnalia un5er the regime of Otisism
out there is yet 10 De published. But i,
will only vary from the carpetbag history
of the others In being a great deal worse
The point we wish to make is that, if the
country is willing to tolerate the treatment
and government of American Territories
with constitutional rights as tie personal
appanages of the Emperor President, il
should remain silent in the presence Of
those things which normally and newt
ably occur as legitimate consequences.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-04-24
NO FLAG WAVED.
General Douglas Derfdes the Bar
bara Frietchie Episode.

NEW YORK, April 24.-There was a
shattering Of Ideals that have clustered
about Barbara Frietchie when Gen. Henry
Kyd Douglas. an officer on the STAFF OF GeE-
'Stonewall" Jackson, told last night At
Cooper Union the true story OF the great
cavalry leaders entry into Frederick. Bar
bara Frietehie lived. but General Jackson
never saw her. II she owned a United
States flag. General Douglas was never
able TO hFd il out. Certain he is she never
waved it from her easement in challenge
TO the Confederatss, for when General
Jackson's troops marched into Frederick
Barbara Fsietchie was ninety-six years old
and helpless as a child.
General Douglas was the commander OF
the '-Stenewail Brigade" after General
Jackson's death. He had been constantly
at bis side during all his great engage
ments His subject last night was Stone
wall Jackson" and apart from the lee
ture he had prepared he said that mas
much as there had been great revival
OF the Barbara Frietchie story in drama
and discussion he thought all would be
interested in the truth
General Jackson never even passed Bar
bara Frietehie'S house" said General
Douglas 1T seems hard TO believe that
al that beautiful poem is a fiction. but
the fact remains. Not even her relatives
will sanction the story.
General jackson, just before our entry
into Frederick had been seriously injured
by fall from a horse that had been pre-
scented to him by some Of his admirers
We were Obliged to place General Jackson
in an ambulance and stop at Best's Grove,
about three miles from Frederick.
General jackson. on the following Sun
day evening. Insisted on being taken into
Frederick in the ambulance 10 attend
church He did not return TO town again
until the morning OF the supposed incident
September 10. 1862. Then We again took
him into town in the ambulance We stop
ped ct the corner Of Patrick and Main
Streets, and there be asked some Of the
citizens misleading questions about The
surrounding country Then he directed
that | drive with him TO the residence OF
the Rev Dr. Foss, the Presbyterian clergy
man. whose church we had attended on the
preceding Sunday evening. II was still
so early Dr. Ross was not up, so we LEFT
a card.
We drove the ambulance past the pres
ent court house past the home Of William
Bantz, then down Mil Alley TO Middle
town Pike when We reached Ja.kson 5
column and rode up 10 the front. We did
not psss Barabra Frietcbie's house
Barbara Frietchie, have learned after
long and painstaking Investigation, was
ninety-six years old at that time She was
helpless and almost blind. No soldier OF
our army and resident OF Frederick saw a
flag at her window. Her relatives. with
whom / have talked. admit that there Is
no foundation for the story on which Whit
tier has written such a beautiful poem
Mrs. z. d. E. y. SOuthworth a novel
list, and consequently unhzmpered by facts.
is said TO have given Whittier the story !
was with Jackson all the time he was IN
the vicinity of Frederick, ard l can say
that the beautiful poem is ali myth