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SOUTHAMPTON 70 LONDON
FOR BIG cAHAL CONSTRUCTION.
AaoDting ap American Transit PIas
scheme Kept Quiet-In Hasas Of
G. \. YeFies Of chieaGe-Mseh on
position Encounferea.

London, Oct 2l.-Tbe latest and most
important project on foot in England, 50
the Associated Press learns, Is the con
struction Of canal from Southampton TO
London. The surmise as to the far-reach-
ing consequences such step would en-
tail is scarcely less interesting than The
fact that il it Is accomplished it is ii--eiy
10 be through the fundamentally Of
American capital. Coming on top Of Lon
don's adoption Of the American transit
system and utilization Of American money
and brains, the latest project may well
be said 10 cap saie climax. No word Of
the new scheme has yet been mentioned
in the papers and few people know Of ats
existence. Nevertheless the route from
southampton " London has been care
fully surveyed by competent engineers.
ho declare tine canal is not only feasible,
but that il could be built al eoslpara
lively small expenditure. The whole mat
ten mas just been put an the hands Of the
same fiIm OF contractors v hIeh is landing
Charles 4. icrkes' new London railroad.
although the Chicago m.-..onaire himself
j. nsl known 10 he taking an active paT't an
II at pTeseaL indeed, the legal ana Other
difficulties which it he necessary to over
eOme before the construction VI the canal
Is assured are 30 great that some time
must eIapse before The financial part vi the
matter cOmes up prominently.
The opposition eneounIered by the pro
meters OF the Manchester and Liyefpooi
IN parliament and elsewhere would prob
ably be A. nothing To he Jealous efforts
Of other cities ia the same direction in
TINS case, ior since the American line OF
steamers made Southampton ats port OF
cali Southampton has 50 improved itself
and has so affected the trade OF other
ports that il already regarded with a
jealous eye. What commercial revolu-
lions viii ensue from a ship canal enab-
ling trans Atlantic and other liners 10
land their passengers in the heart Of Lon.
don many hours earlier than any other
route can be easily judged by the growing
popularity Of the smaller steamship line.
NOW sailing direct TO and from London by
the slow route II the Thames.
The underground system has at lasl
stimulated the Owners of district railroad
stock 70 buy those securities in the beliei
that an electrical installation must re-
place the present steam and smoke, which
make travelling on the oid underground
raiiroad such an obnoxious experience FOL
all foreigners.
Murray Griihths. probably the Largest
owner OF district stock, had conferencs
. iih Mr.. Yerkes' representative in Londor
Friday, but they both have denied thai
there is any expectation OF a necessity
that Mr.. Nerkes viii interest himself il
this new enterprise.
Grifiiths, whose buying sent up the stool
10 points, informed representative Of thu
Associated Press that he believed an cleo
trio installation could be satisfactorily &C
con;Lished il the directors could only b
brought 10 realize the necessity Of keeping
up it'll the times.
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WIN Defrna Ameraca,. Cur.

New York, Oct. 2l.--An officer of the
New York Yacht club is authority for the
statement that new boat will be built
to defend the Americas cup and that the
Herreshoifs win be the bnilders, This Is
tie first positive declaration that has beer
made in this matter.
Il Vas not said whether the new yacht
will be owned by an individual OF a syndi
cate, but the announcement Of the step
to be taken for the proper defense Of tn
trophy viii probably be made at the regu
lar meeting Of the club. to be held octO
Der ss. George Gould. it ID said, is willing
to undertake the task Of building sham
rock us opponent.
The meeting Of the New York Yaeh
club October % will be quite important
The committee TO nominate officers AM
committees for the year 1901 will be bal
losed for. The officers the committee vii
nominate viii be the ineumbents durin;
the coming races.
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ty-sixth and Thirty-seyenth congresses
and was the republican candidate for
speaker In the winter OF 1s59-60.
He was elected to the United States
senate In March. 1861. aud was re.
elected In 1866 and 1879; was appoint.
ed secretary OF the treasury In March,
1877, and served as such during Presi-
dent Hayes administration; was again
elected TO the senate In 1880 and re-
elected in 1886 and 1892. He was presi-
dent OF the senate from December z.
1856. until February 20. 1887. He re-
signed his seat In the senate 70 accept
the position Of secretary Of state In
President McKdniey's cabinet in March,
1897. retiring to private life In the
sans year. B4
John Sherman was for many years
regarded as one of the leading repub-
lican statesmen, and was on several
occasions a prominent candidate for
the presidential nomination.
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Poultry and eggs-Chickens. old, 10
Ole per h., live weight: springs. 50
@4.50 per doE.; ducks 81 per doz. /;
geese. dressed, lie per H.; turkeys. live.
100 l2c; eggs. fresh, $666.50 per case.
observation-disclosures, Coo per cwt;
onions, S5c per cwt-
Live stock-Beef, live steers, $50
&c; dressed, 6G7c; live cows. Sc; dress
ed, So 66hc; veal calves, dressed, "a
&c; mutton, ewes, Sc: wethers. SIC;
hogs, live, $4.75 per cwt; dressed, 81
per cwt
Sheep skins-Sheerlings, Toe each :
short wool pelts. S0Q5Oc; medium
wool, 5o675c: long wool, 75c6$I.
The local mills pay the following
prices for grain, delivered: Club
wheat, 4ic bulk. Acc sacked; blucstem
47c bulk. ACC sacked; red. 42c bulk. 44C
sacked.
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New YORK;. @. Dun & Co.'S Week.
ly Review Of Trade for last week says:
A settlement OF the coal strike salts
factory TO all interests having been ef-
feeted. business breathes more freely
in the east and distribution Of mer-
ehAndise is increasing slowly. though
the election keeps new buying in many
lines down 10 wants for immediate con-
sumption. In the west there is not
the same hesitation and there, as well
as in the south. the marketing OF the
crops is responsible for a feeling of
much confidence. Prices OF commodi-
ties are weaker and the caution SO
gratifying In q presidential year keeps
speculation at a minimum. Cotton fur.
Their declined, making the loss about
Sc a bale In two weeks Planters are
rushing work and picking is expected
10 progress rapidly enough to save
most OF the crop from an early frost
High prices make II possible TO pay
good wages to pickers and the move
ment at receiving points increases
largely. Domestic spinners are not
liberal buyers but exports are only
slightly smaller than q year ago.
Wheat has shown more weakness.
due in part to the greater activity at
Russian ports and Atlantic exports for
the week were only 26a7. 2S5 bushels.
against S,27O,226 a year ago.
Few fluctuations occurred in iron and
steel, but there were advances in Bes-
semer pig at Pittsburg and billets al
Philadelphia. Moderate gains are re
ported in the volume OF transactions,
although the tendency Is to delay large
contracts n few weeks. Implement
makers take near iron freely and or
ders for pipe are urgent, with severe
weather coming on. Structural shapes
are taken for foreign points as far dis
tant as Egypt and domestic builders
buy freely. More mills have gone into
blast and the general tone is improv'
ing. Production OF coke has increased
but prices are easy and many mills
are stIll idle. II declined again, max
ing q decline OF cents from the high
point in July.
Leather and hides are steady aud sell
very well. Jobbers are placing large
orders with manufacturers and the de
mand is no longer confined to fall
goods. Spring contracts are increas
ing at an encouraging rate, although
an EFFORT Is made to keep these sales
as quiet as possible. owing to the ef
feet on the market OF raw material.
While wooden mills are not workinl
at full capacity, more seasonabl'
weather has increased buying in this
line and purchases OF wool at the thre'
chief eastern markets are Sl60,00'
pounds. the best total for q long time
although stlll far below the amour
taken through speculative activity
year ago. Prices are steady and hold
ers show no less confidence.
Failures for the week were 200 Il
the United States, against 1l5 las
year. and % In Canada against 20 las
year.
Portland--Prices are nominally uu
; changed. at SSc for walla walla whea
and sec for bluestem.
Tacoma-Dull; nothing doing an
prices nomlnally nc lower. BluesteEr
55lkc; club. bsise.
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MAY BE PREPARING FOR WAR.
,ss.iean Government Bs,Inx Horse.


-
Omaha, Oct. ga special to the
World-Heralc from Cheyenne. Wyo,
says:
Senior Manuel Alvarez, an agent OF
the Mexican government, came 70
Cheyenne about two weeks ago and
since that time he has purchased sew
eral carloads OF saddle horses which
have been shipped TO the City Of Mex
90. Judging from words dropped nov
and then BY Senior Alvarez the MexE
can government is preparing for war;
either Q rebellion or a war OF conquest,
Alvarez viii say nothing as TO his real
purpose in Ouying so many horses and
animals that would readily be accepted
by the united States government for
cavalry service. The prices pad are
In some cases fancy. and Senior Alvarez
seems TO have plenty Of money. He
says that be was directed TO this sec
ton because OF the reputation made BY
Wyoming and Colorado horses in the
late Spanish war. He says ne wants
only the very best animals.
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Freideriehafen. wurtemburg. Oct 81.
Another trial Of Count Zeppelin's air.
ship was made today resulting IN =
series OF successful evolutionR The
ship, with Count Zeppelin and Herr
Eugene Wolf on boerd. asNended at s
O'Clock In the afternoon 10 an altitude
of fve-eights OF mile. where various
maneuyers were executed. It then des-
cended slowly to the water which IT
reached near the point Of departure at
IS minutes past 5 o'clock. The king
and queen OF wurtemb re witnessed
the trial. H
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-10-27
VOLUNTEERS COMING HOME.
VIII start November 4 In Batehen OF
sOOo-2s.0OO In AN.

San Francisco, OF. 24.--At military
headquarters here II is stated the first in
sialinent Of the volunteer army in tine
Philippines will leave Manila November l.
The transports will bring home abou; 25,'
90 men al the rate Of 5000 a month. The
sici1 win. II possible. be shipped on earlier
transports. that they may travel without
crow ding.
&c various regiments all be mustered
out and paid as soon as possible after
they arrive here by this agreement The
camps noW established at the Preside Will
army.
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BIG lEErBa n sEATTLE.
To Protest Against AIIowsns Ssps
ana Chinese 10 cosne In.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 2s.The Western
Central Labor Union, representing 900
organized laborers and tradesmen Of this
city, is arranging 10 hold next Friday
night a monster mass meeting and DEM
onstration against the Illegal importation
Of Japanese labOrers and flooding the
country with Chinese Iaborers, who are
coming under the prelense If having been
born in this country. The meeting will
be nosi-pclitical in character, and viii be
addressed by men Of all parties Action
win be taken to induce congress TO pass
stringent laws against Oriental immigra-
ton.
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London, Oct. 2l.--The terms Of the
agreement which was arrived at October
~ between Lord Salisbury and Count won
Hatfield, German Ambassador 10 Eng
land, are officially given out as follows:
The German government and her
British majesty's government, beng de
sirous 20 maintain their interests in ChiI8
and their rights under existing treaties,
have agreed 10 observe the following pTin-
eiples regarding mutual policy in CANA
--Eirst-it is a matter Of Joint Perma'
nent international interest that the ports
on the rivers and littorsl OF China should
reinAin free and open TO trade and L
every other legitimate form Of ecOnomi;
activity for the peoples Of all the coun.
tries without distinction, and the two gov
ernmenis agree ON their part TO uphold
the same Tor all Chinese territory as TAI
as they can exercise influence.
'Second-Both governments agree thai
the question viii not on their part max
use of the present complication to obtAil
for themselves any territorial advantages
in Chinese dominion, and will direct tiaei
policy toward maintaining undiminisheS
the territorial condition OF the Chinese EN-
pire.
"Third-In case of another power max
ing use Of the complications IN China il
Orier to obtain under any form whateve
such territorial advantages, the two con
tracing parties reserve to themselves tn
right to come to preliminary understand
ing regarding the eventual step to he takei
for the prOtection OF their own interest
in China.
~FOurth-The two governments vii
communicate this agreement to the othe
powers interested, especially Austria Hun
gary, France. Italy, Japan, Russia ans
the United States, and invite them to &C
cept the principles recorded in it"
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Fire PerI.hed.

Montreal, Quebec, Oct. ga fire which
broke out in small tenement house on
Arhambeault lane at l:30 yesterday
morning resulted in the death by suffoca-
ton Of five children. The father, Arthur
lie Blanc. shoemaker, was badly burned
but viii live, The mother was only slightly
injured. The children were in an upper
room and were dead before the fremcn
could get near them.
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The American Sheet Iron Trust has
secured the mills at Toledo, Ironton
and Youngstown, Ohio. and the plant
at Alexandria, Ind; also the big bar
mill at Canal Dover. Ohio. These mills
will all be closed and the machinery
moved. The closing down Of the Canal
Dover mill alone deprives the heads
OF 500 families Of employment
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KIIIrd hy Electricity.

Salt Lake, Oct. eO,--Jchn Mckee .
IA ysar.oId boy Of this city. met with
ha,,ihle death. While playing Ntth som'
compapions he climbed up an electric light
MOLE 10 get a rope that had been thrown
over The wires. lie thoughtlessly grasp
Cd A wire carrying 1000 volts, The shoe'
kIllcd the boy Instantly and hurled TN
NV 10 the ground When picked NJ
Mcx.s'. neck was broken. his head
crushed in and his hands burned to !
crisp
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situation aa Canton Quiet.

Hong Kong. Oct. e3--The situation at
Canton is comparatively quiet. 1t is re-
ported that the eonsuls have received let
tiers warming them Of danger.
Refugees from Hui-chow say that the
rebels are Welcomed everywhere. They
are treated as guests instead Of as enc
mics Their leadeEA are supposed to mum.
Der 10. each commanding separate band.
The surnames of four Of The rebel ehiefs
are Fong, HO, Ching and Chan.
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John Hawley died very suddenly last
week at the Soldiers Home. He snf.
Tered from heart disease. The deceas-
cd was 20 years Of age. He served dur.
ing the civil war in the FIRST Oregon
cavalry.
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James L. Warren. charged with the
murder of William Kirk. mate OF the
American ship Charles s, Bennett. was
found guilty Of murder In the second
, degree. Kirk was murdered on board
his ship In this harbor January Is last.
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The census bureau announced that
the population OF Alabama was 1.S2s..
es7 as against l.6lS.0if in 1850. an In.
crease Of a15.es0 or 2o.s per cent
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Fifty new unions and thirty-flve
branches have been organized by the
United Brewery workmen during the
last seventeen months.
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New York, Oct. 2I.-lThe total fegistfa-
tion in Greater New York isr 1900 \
0S6,l5A.
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John Sherman was born In Laneas-
ter. Ohio, May 10. 1898. OF Anglo-Saxon
ancestry. He received an academic
education. studied law and was admit
ted to the bar May IL, 1874, He was q
delegate in the national whig conven'
,Ions OF 1siS and 1852 and presided
over the flrst republican convention In
ohio. In 1885. He was representative
in the Thlrty-fourth, Thirty.nfth, Thir
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quantity and relation to the movements
Of the mystical force that agitdtes them
can alone account for such peculiarities.
The largest heads of peasants we have
ever seen were among the Cretins of
Switzerland, most of whom are but lit
tie above idiots.
The old school phrenologists with their
charts can produce many plausible CO.
medicines, and they will always have a
following, since those who have large
heads will be predisposed to believe in
their system; but it will always be
strongly opposed, since those who have
small heads have a constitutional OBJ
lection to their views.
The new views. which attach no i'm
pOrtance to minute divisions, maintain
ing that the quantity and quality of the
brain determine a mans intellectual
powers, and probably his predominant
tendencies, are being more and more
supported by post-mortem eXamina-
tons; and when applied to the complex
being known as man, more and more
will modify the views of psychologists
New York Christian Advocate.
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STIRRUPS, SPURS, HORSESHOES
Stirrups are about two hundred years
later than saddles, the first mentioned
being by the Emperor Mauritius to-
ward the end of the sixth century. In
earlier times the Greeks mounted by
means of a cramp iron attached to the
lance, while the young Roman leaped,
spear in hand, from either side of the
horse The younger Gracious adopted
the Greek method Of placing large
stones at intervals along the roads to
assist horsemen to mount.
Spurs were probably little earlier than
the first feudal times. The great im-
portance of the spur in the days of chiv-
airy seems to point to its having been
late invention. The barbarous goad-a
single spike, which was the earliest
form-was replaced in the fourteenth
century by the large roweled spur.
Horseshoes are of uncertain date, and
have caused some discussion among
military historians Nailed shoes were
not known by the Greeks, for xenophon
gives minute instructions for hardening
the hoof Nor did the Romans use
them. Nero had mules shod with a
plate of silver fastened by crossed
thongs to the hoof With Poppaea, his
later wife, it is said these plates were of
gold The earliest positive evidence of
nailed shoes is furnished by the skele
ton Of horse found In the tomb Of
Childeric / (45S-SD at Tourney, in 1861
Notes and Queries.
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NEW HAVEN DISTRICT


Ministerial Associations Meeting.
The eighty-fifth meeting of the New
Haven District Ministerial association
which is to be held in the Ansonia
Methodist church on Monday and
Tuesday, June II and IL, promises to be
a very interesting affair. There are to
be four sessions, Monday afternoon and
evening and Tuesday morning and af-
ternoon.
There will be, it is expected, from
twenty to forty ministers present, who
are to be entertained over night by
members of the local church and socie-
ty. Following is the order of exercises
for each session. j. e. Adams, the pres
ident of the association. Is expected to
be present and preside
Monday Afternoon.
200. Devotional Service.
2:15. Business.
2:45. Symposium on the Child.
Cd The Relation of the Child to
the Church .......,.............
Rev. A. c. Eggleston, Windsor
S:15. Gid The Pastors Opportunity.
Rev. J. P. Wagner, Simsbury
3:45. Gid The. Child and the Book . :.
Rev. A. ]. Smith, New Haven
AIS. Discussion.
4:30. Luther and Loyola" ..............
Rev. D. w. Howell, Hartford
SOC, Discussion.
Monday Evening.
7:45. Devotional Service.
500. Address; The Relation of Our
Church to Our Foreign Posses
SlonS ..,.,... .....................
Rev. j, Wesley Johnston, Meri-
dem
Tuesday Morning.
900. Devotional Service.
9:15. Business.
$50 Ministerial Courtesy" .......
Rev. C. B. Ford, WATERFOWL
1900 Discussion.
1920. Some Things the General Con-
ference Ought to Have Done.
Rev Henry BlatZ, Jr., Westville
10: so. Impressions of the General Con-
ference .....................
Rev. H. II. Burnes, New Haven.
11:20. Discussion
Tuesday Afternoon.
2 zoe. Devotional Service.
2:15 Business,
1880. Religion and Law in the Oldest
Hebrew Code" ...............
Prof. Walter NJ. Patton, Yale
University.
$3.50. Discussion
400. Rev H. Frank Rail- East Berlin.
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and a happy finale. The Providence
Telegram says of the booll:' Rarely
has a novelist produced first chapter
so striking, pathetic and engaging as
that which introduces to the reader
Philip Winwood, little Margaret Faring-
field and other actors in the thrilling
| past century drama. The interest thus
claimed is held to the last page, the
characters being drawn with sure ana
graphic touch while scenes of love,
peace and warfare receive mastery
treatment
Richard Harding Davis will have in
the August number of Scribner's Maya
zine most important article on the sit
uation in South Africa, entitled 'Preto-
ria in War Time and containing an in
teresting interview which MI Davis mad
with Kruger. This will be the third of
the articles that Mr.. Davis has written
for Scribner's Magazine since he went
to the Transvaal in January. These ar
ticles, which are Illustrated from photo
graphs, show Mr.. Davis at his best, and
as readers have known him in his cor
respondence from Cuba during the
Spanish-American war.
In al the history OIL lnOuern warfare
there have been no more picturesque
sieges than those of the Anglo-Boer war,
which now seems about al an end The
picturesque side of the three famous
sieges-Kimberley, Ladysmith and
Mafeking-is brought out with telling
effect by General Miles in an article
contributed by him to this weeks Col
lier's. General Miles is a student of
military science who has also the fac
ulty of presenting his subject in pop
ular and brilliant style. The noted
Klondike explorer, Mr. Tappan Adney,
begins his services as special cores
pondent of Golfers Weekly in an arti-
Gle which amounts to @ general survey
of the situation of to-day in Cape Nome.
1t appears in the current issue of Col
liers.