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south NOrwalIS and Others.

The home camp meeting, which is
being held at Grace M. e. church, has
been very largely attended each night,
almost every seat in the church being
occupied This kind Of meeting is diff
ferent from the usual meetings held in
| New Haven, and is attracting a great
deal of interest. On Monday and Tues
day evenings Rev Benjamin M. Adams
of Bethel delivered two very interest
ing and helpful addresses on 1.-The Holy
Spirit" Wednesday evening Rev. Ar
thur Goodenough of Bristol spoke very
earnestly on Moses and the Burning
Bush" Last night Rev. Frank A. SEQ
field of Brooklyn, formerly pastor OF
the Grace M. e. church, and very
able preacher, spoke to his former con-
gregation. Rev Mr.. Scofield is well
known and beloved by many New Fla
ven people. His sermon was strictly
an evangelistical one, and his text is
found in the Songs of Solomon, vi, 49,.
He began by remarking on the four
pictures of Christ as Saviour, shepherd,
priest, and king. He spoke Of Him
as father yearning for His children.
Men are always wanderers, and just
as in the parable of the prodigal son,
the father waited for his son, so our
Heavenly Father waits for us; the door
is always kept open, so that we may
return at any time. He spoke of the
three steps of neutrality-suspicious., will
ingness to do so now, and willingness
to forsake our sins, and if we do these
things, God will receive us. The SER
mon abounded in illustrations and ex-
hortations. The altar service was con-
Quoted by Rev. Arthur J. Smith, pas
tor of the church.
Tonight mass meeting in the in
terest of railroad men will be held at
which Engineer Fred Field of South
Norwalk will deliver an address on 1.-THE
Gift of Power" Rev. Mr.. Scofield will
also be present and will speak.
The weeks services will end Sunday
with an anniversary service in the
morning, with addresses by Henry III.
Benedict, president Of the Twentieth
Century Wesleyan league, and Rev.
James S. Chadwick, D. D., the presid-
ing elder of the Brooklyn South district;
a jubilee service at p. M, with adj
dresses by John T. Manson, Rev. John
E. Adams, and Rev. James S. Chad
wick, and an evening song service with
music by the choir and male quartet
and a sermon by Rev. James S. Chad
wick, d. d.
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shows that twenty-four men are dead,
including those who have died of the
effects of their wounds since the fight
ing and the missing, and that nineteen
are wounded, including Captain John
e. Morgan of Company l., Thirty-third
regiment. The total number of Ameri-
cans engaged is now announced as 1874.
The enemys casualties have not been
reported
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NO QUORUM PRESENT.

A Meeting of the Directors Of the Bus
mess Mems Association Postponed.
The meeting of the directors of the
New Haven Business Mems associa-
ton which was to have taken place yes
terday afternoon in the Chamber of
Commerce hall, was postponed un-
til Monday afternoon at o'clock,
There was no quorum present. There
will be some important business trans
acted at the meeting Monday.
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MRS. BETSEY A. UMBERFIELD OF
HIGHWOOD

Mrs. Betsey A. Umberfield, an old and
esteemed resident of Highwood, died at
her home yesterday afternoon, aged
seventy. She was the widow of the late
Loren Umberfield and leaves many
friends who will mourn her loss. Mrs.
Umberfield had had heart trouble for
the last two years and the stroke that
terminated with her death came less
than two weeks ago. DR.. Hotchkiss at
tended her and did everything in his
power to save Mrs. Umberfield, but to
no avail. She sank rapidly and died
late in the afternoon.
Besides a daughter, Mrs. w. c, Per-
kins, Mrs Umberfield leaves sister,
Mrs. Hill. and a brother Harvey N.
Alling.
The funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon.
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OBITUARY NOTES.
FUNERAL OF ALMERINE HAY
WARD.

The funeral Of Almerine Hayward,
ST., took place Tuesday afternoon al his
residence, No. 8 Broadway. Rev. Mr.
Burgess of Christ church, otliciated.
The interment was in Grove street GEM
etery. Deceased was a soldier in the
Mexican war when quite young, and he
also served In the Twenty seventh Con-
necticut volunteers during the civil
war. He was a shoemaker by trade,
and for many years he was the janitor
of the eaton school. He leaves wild
ow and four sons, namely, Almarine,
jr., William, Harry and Joseph c. He
was highly respected by all who knew
him.
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LIGHTNING DESTROYS REASON.
Sad Case of Young Man Formerly

Sad Case of a Young Man Formerly a
Resident of Guilford.
Clinton. Sept. ,20.-The following let
ter. recently received by William C.
Bushnell, one of the towns selectmen,
is from Miss Higgins, young lady
who is employed as a nurse in the
White Plains, N. Y, hospital, and who
about a year ago passed vacation
here. The letter explains itself 1t is
dated at White Plains and reads as
follows: 500
There is man here in our hospital
who was brought in last June, the 9Th,
unconscious. A diagnosis of the case
was made and pronounced lightning
stroke.
He soon recovered from the stupor,
but his memory had so failed him that
he was unable to tell who he was.
where he came from, or, in fact, any
thing pertaining to his life previous to
the shock He spoke of having visited
Clinton and speaks of several people
there whose names he has forgotten.
He says his own name Is William
but he cannot remember the last name
He thinks he has been a stone cutter
and has done work in Clinton and near
vicinities.
Nov, anything you can do to assist
in his Identification will be fully appre
cated.
Enclosed find photo Of the man,
and if you have a local paper, | wish
you would see that it, together with
the circumstances. is published.
VERY truly yours.
"A. NJ. Gasz'
On receiving the photo, Mr.. Bushnell
recognized the young man as being one
of the workmen employed by the Gull
ford Water company in running
steam drill when the company was en-
ployed in laying pipes about town, last
spring. The young mans boarding
mistress, Mrs. Samuel Dowd says he
went by the name of Howard Carter
while here, and she further adds that
he came from a town near Lawrence,
Mass.
He was engaged by President Joy of
the water company at Milford, this
state This is all that can be learned
about the man. His case is certainly
a very sad one.
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| DEATH OF COL. WILLIAM b.
| WOOSTER-A PROMINENT LAW

WOoSl Eft--A ffLCM EN- LA w
YER
Col William b. Wooster died at his
home in Ansonia at about eight O'clock
yesterday morning. He attended the
G.. A. r. celebration In New Britain
on Wednesday, and was feeling in APP
parent health. Yesterday morning he
was attacked with heart disease and
died in an hour. A physician was
called, but could do nothing for him.
William Burr Wooster was born in
oxford seventy-nine years ago He
graduated at the Yale Law school in
1916 and that year began the practice
of law, which he continued during the
remainder of his life. excepting during
the term of three years in the army
He was a member of the firm of Woos-
ter, Williams and eager, and formerly
Wooster & Townsend Colonel Wooster
was one of the Oldest members of the
New Haven county bar and was ante
dated only by the Ingersolls.
He was a member of the general as
sembly of 1853 and 1866 and of the SEN
ate in 1852 and was elected judge of
probate the same year. He taught
school when young man and was adj
mitted to the bar in 1916, locating in
Derby, where he has remained all his
life. He enlisted in the war of the re-
bellion, going out as lieutenant colonel
of the Twentieth regiment Of volun-
teers. Afterwards he was made colonel
of the Twenty ninth regiment Of volun-
teers, colored He was captured at
charlottesville and shut up in Libby
prison for three weeks. He was eX-
changed in three weeks, as was his
friend, Major Blakeslee, now deputy
collector of internal revenue in this city.
They were released in time to engage
in the battle of Gettysburg, when Colo
mel Wooster led the Twentieth Connect
icut and had many hair breadth es-
capes on the eVentfu days of the bat
tie.
The deceased leaves a widow. He
was a member of Kellogg post, G.. A.
r., of Derby. He leaves a brother, DR.
Samuel r. Wooster, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, regimental surgeon during the
war; also sister. Mrs. Joseph w. Mar
ramore, of Derby. He was a success
full lawyer and was able to secure a
handsome competency.
Colonel Wooster was at one time a
law partner of Hon. David Terrence,
and was one of the leading members of
the bar Of the state
Friends found him cheerful and con-
at his home Wednesday
evening, but he spoke of fatigue from
the day. About seven o'clock yester-
day morning he was seized with an at
tack of vomiting and died within an
hour. The funeral will occur at 1:3O D.
m. on Saturday.
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AUCTION SALE

The new two-family house BAL Ellis
worth avenue. near Whalley avenue
will be sold at auction this week Satur
day afternoon at $50. Some one I'M
doubtedly will get a bargain, as proper
ty does not bring much at auction.
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Her Heart Like a Polluted SPRING.

Mrs. James Srigley, Pelee Island, Ont,
says: II was for five years afflicted with
dyspepsia, constipation, heart disease, and
nervous prostration. | cured the heart
trouble with DR.. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart. and the other ailments vanished
like mist Had relief in half an hour after
the first dose Sold by Il. A. Gessner e.
Hewitt Il Co-14.
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WAS BORN IN sTON1NGToN.

New York, Sept. 1S.-Joseph w. Han
cock, who died at Asbury Park in his
seventy-eighth year, was born at Ston-
ington, Conn, and when twelve years
old began to work on steamboat. He
rose to be a captain and afterwards the
owner of several boats plying between
New York and Albany. Mr. Hancox
represented Hudson county in the New
Jersey legislature in 1852. In 1872 a
number of steamboats, which Mr.. Han
cox operated on the Orinoco river, Ven
ezuela, valued at million dollars, were
confiscated Two years ago Mr.. Han
cox compromised with the Venezuelan
government for one hundred and forty
five thousand dollars
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REV. SAMUEL CIRCUIT KELLER.

REV. SAMUEL CIRCUIT KELLER.
Rochester, N. H., Sept 20.-Rev. Sam
uel Crofut Keller, pastor of Bethany M.
e. church for three years, died Tuesday,
at the age Of seventytwo. after nearly
a half century in the ministry He was
born in Reading, Conn, and completed
his education in the Armenia seminary
of New York. He accepted a license to
preach in 1852 and Joined the New York
conference, of which he was member
for twenty-four years, twelve of which
were spent in New York and Brooklyn.
In 1877 he was transferred to the New
Hampshire conference, and had served
as pastor of churches in Suncook, Sun
apee, Laconia, Keene, Concord, Bethle-
hem, Epping and East Dorchester. He
was presiding elder of the concord dis
trict conference for a period of six
years, In 1852 he married Miss Lydia
Williams, by whom seven children sur
vive. The funeral took place from the
Bethany church yesterday.
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DEATH OF GEORGE S. BOLTON.

DEATH OF GEORGE S. BOLTON.
George S. Bolton, aged eighty-three
years, who was for many years a well
known engraver in this city, died sud
denly yesterday morning about six
o'clock at the home of his son, George
w. Bolton, of the New Haven Gas COM
pany He arose early and complained
of feeling cold. He went to bed again,
but grew worse and his wife summoned
two physicians, but their services were
unnecessary. 1t was decided that Mr..
Bolton had been attacked with a stroke
of apoplexy.
The deceased was a native of Hall
fax, Nova Scotia He married his wife
there Hex name was Elizabeth Walk
er. She is now eighty-one years of age.
Mr.. Bolton came here in 1890 and estab-
lished an office at 7S7 Chapel street.
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Manila, Sept. 20.-A corrected list of
the casualties sustained by the Ameri-
can soldiers Monday last in the engage
ment at Siniloan, situated at the east
end of Laguna De Bay, between a force
of one thousand Filipinos and detach-
ments of the Fifteenth and Thirty-sev-
enth United States infantry regiments
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FOR WANT OF COAT

The New Haven Rolling mill shuts
down to-day owing to the coal scarcity.
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THE HOME CAMP MEETING
HELD At THE GR4CEM. II. CHURCH
THIS WEEK.

ofBethel, Rev. Arthur GoodenOush of
Bristol, Rev. Frank "A. ScOfield of
Brooklyn, Engineer Fred Fl Id of
South NOrwalk and Others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-13
CHARGED WITH INSANITY.
Mrs. Clark's Ohense Appears to Be
That She Took Her Child.

Rernice Clark has succeeded in getting
before the district court again and will
probably be tried in the probate court
for insanity
Several weeks ago Judge Hazen d.
vorced her from Charles Clark and gave
Clark's father the custody of the child
rem. The grandfather took one Of them
to Mrs. Hunt at Twelfth and Harrison
streets to care for. Sunday Bernice
Cleark went to Mrs. Hunts to see the
child Helen. She asked to be allowed to
take the child out to the park and Mrs
Hunt would not allow her to. Mrs.
Hunt is a cripple and uses crutches. She
SAYS that Mrs. Clark attacked her and
shook her and then took the child and
left Mrs. Hunt appeared before Judge
Hazen this morning and he ordered a
warrant issued for the sheriff to secure
the child Mrs. Hunt and the child's
grandfather think Mrs. Clark is insane
and said they would have her tried for
in Oitu
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Bryan and Middle of Readers
Both Be Here.
State Convention to Be Held on
Day of Notification.
BARKER AND DONNELLY
Both esToe Path" Candidates
Will Be Present.
Mrs. Lease is Also Included in
the Programme.

The notification of William J. Bryan
by the Populists and the Kansas middle
of the road Populist convention are sche-
duled for the same day, August %, in
Topeka
The Populist state committee will ex-
pend all of it's energy in making the
Bryan demonstration a success, while
the managers of the middle of the road
movement are going to make an effort
to attract attention by having Wharton
Barker, Ignatius Donnelly and Mrs.
Lease present.
With this array of talent in attendance
at the middle of the road convention the
promoters of this meeting hope to at
tract many PopuliSts at the meeting
which is expected to nominate a state
ticket to oppose the candidacy Of John
w. Breidenthal.
The POpulist candidates, representing
the fusion wing of the party, profess to
believe that the middle of the road con-
Vent1on VIII be a frost The middle OF
the readers, or ''Toe-Path" party, say
that the convention which they will hold
will be a surprise to the fusionists In an
address recently sent out the '"Toe
Path forces called attention to the fact
that the fusion party is drifting away
from the Old-ume POpuliSt principles
and urged the necessity of a new ticket,
if the rank and file of the old Peoples
party desires to maintain political or
purpose to permit the swallowing of our
once great party by the new organiza-
ton OF office seekers and political pelf-
hunters, then we need no action. If our
existence as a party is continued, let US
be up and doing and nominate a ticket"
Bryan and Tom Patterson of Colorado
will be the star attractions on the noti-
hcation day. Patterson will make the
speech telling Mr.. Bryan that he is the
nominee of the Populists. Adlai Steven
son will not come to Topeka and there
Will be no vice presidential notification
in Topeka, because the Populists have
no candidate for vice president; but the
notification meeting will be doomed just
the same and all of the party workers
urged to come to Topeka and terrify the
opposition by the overpowering numbers
exhibited.
John w. Breidenthal told the national
committee in Chicago that 40, 900 people
would attend the notification meeting in
Topeka Since he has returned home Mr..
Breidenthal has not revised his figures.
He says:
This will be the greatest political
demonstration ever seen in Topeka. 1t
will be the banner meeting held in the
history of the state"
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MENSING WINS.
Awarded Valuable Lands Within
Limits of Kansas City.

Washington, Aug. Commissioners
Hermann, of the general land Office, in
the homestead entry contest of John H.
Mensing, for valuable land now within
the corporate limits Of Kansas City Mo,
but formerly an island in the Missouri
river, has decided in favor of the Men
sing heirs, permitting their entry for
all land within the old meander boun-
dairy lines of the island. The land is
ordered to be re-lotted for this purpose.
The remainder of the island, as it now
exists, consisting of the accretions, will
be re-offered for public entry. The land
has an appraised value of $1,000 an acre
and 131 acres were in dispute. The for
mer island is not shown in the plats
of a survey made of the land on the
Missouri side of the river in 1892, but
survey made thirty years later showed
the island to consist of almost 81 acres.
The island was for nine years a mill
tary reservation, and was turned over
to the interior department in 1894. In
1895 it was discovered that the island,
as such, existed no longer but, by accre-
ton, has been considerably enlarged
and attached to the mainland. Mensing
settled on and cultivated the island in
1858 and for years has sought to secure
the island as a bona fide actual settler
under the general land laws.
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COLORADO AFLAME.
Fires Visible for a Hundred Miles in
All Directions From GIenwood

Glenwood Springs. Colo, Aug. 13.-
For a hundred miles in each direction
from Glenwood, fires can be seen. So
numerous are the fires in the forest re-
serves that the chief supervisor, w. T.
S. May, of Denver, has caused to be
posted by the forest rangers notices
that hereafter no persons will be al
lowed on the government reserve near
the White river, or the battlement Mesa
without being provided with a stove of
some kind for cooking purposes.
The rangers state emphatically that
the numerous fires in the forest re-
serves have been caused by the care
less handling of camp fires. T. S. Ryan,
government timber agent for this por-
ton of Colorado. has notified the de-
partment that he must have an abund-
ance of men to save valuable timber
districts which are under his control.
He has already taken from Glenwood
all available men for the purpose of
protecting such timber districts as it is
possible to preserve by human means
If the dry weather continues the de-
struction of government timber as well
as that on private land will be beyond
the possibility of estimation, while the
destruction of the water sheds will
work severe hardships on those who
depend for their water on mountain
streams
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MORE WARLIKE.
Reply to China's Peace Overtures is
an Ultimatum.

Washington, Aug. 13.-The reply of
the United States government to the
peace Overtures of China was given out
at the state department today. 1t is as
follows:
''Memorandum-Tou the imper-
ial edict of August appointing Ii
Hung Chang envoy plenipotentiary to
conduct negotiations on the part of
China, with the powers and the request
for a cessation of hoStilities, pending
negotiations, communicated to Mr.. Adee
by Mr.. WI on 18th of August, 1900.
1.-The government of the United States
learned with satisfaction of the ap-
pointment of Earl Lii Hung Chang as
envoy plenipotentiary to conduct ne
gotiations with the powers and will, on
it's presentment enter upon such ne
gotiatiOns with desire to continue the
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Total

This shows a deficiency of $l9,95ll9
without considering the actual value of
the assets, which says Mr.. Breiden
thai, will doubtless fall below the book
value"
Mr. Breidentha1 says: 1.-THE true con-
dition of this company was not dis
closed by the reports made to thiS-de-
partment in June and December, 1899,
and in view of the fact that dividend
of s242551 was declared in January,
I was led to believe that the company
was perfectly solvent for our law pro-
hibits a dividend when company is in
solvent.
June %, 1900, this company made
special statement to this department, in
response to a request from me, which
showed on it's face insolvency to the ex-
tent of several thousand dollars Know
ing that taking possession of the COM
pany would destroy it's business, whether
insolvent or not, deemed it best to have
a thorough examination of the affairs of
the company made at once to fully pro-
tect all stockholders"
In the call for this examination Mr..
Breidenthal requested the directors and
officers to discontinue pay of agents and
soliciting Of stock until the true con-
dition of the company could be ascer-
tained.
I regret to say" says the commits
sioner in the report that the officers of
the company did not heed my notice, but
paid out the following sums:
G. L. Epps, secretary ......-..--.-.$ W
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DIFFERENCE AS TO BURTON.
Republican Organs Disagree as to
Senatorial" Health.

J. r. Burtons official organ says he
is not worn out and that his health is
not failing. The Kansas City Journal
says:
Topeka, Aug. 11-(Special.)-J. r.
Burtons health is bad and he will have
to 1ntrust his canvass for senator to his
intimate friends and take a rest. He has
been going day and night for the past
two months and it has begun to tell on
him. He was compelled to cancel an
engagement to speak at the Oklahoma
Republican congressional convention
the other day and it is likely that all
dates made for him for the next two
weeks win be declared off,
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British American Union.

San Francisco, Aug. 13.-The British
American union has been organized in
this city. Its purpose is stated to be
furthering in eveyy way of a better
understanding between both great
branches of a common race" 1t is
hoped thus to afford common ra1lying
ground not only for the $4,000 Britishers
in California but for all those who
recognize the mutual interests of the
British empire and the United States.
y board of fifteen directors has been
chosen under the presidency of William
Greer Harrison
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First Republican Convention Held
Outside of a Hall

The Montgomery county Republican
convention was held in a grove near In
dependence This departure is the first
one recorded in Kansas.
The following ticket was nominated: !:
Senator, w. H. Conrad; probate judge,
S1ii r, ooTi U6 sclTooIS
Dana; clerk of the district court, L. d
Withers; high school trustees, NJ. L Stew
ems and ]. N. Courtney; representative
from the Thirtieth district, J. 0. Whistler;
commissioner, F. E. Taylor.
Conrad was member of the last lower
house and served on the Parsons asylum
locating committee.