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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-22
urr. CARMEL cnrLDREN's HOME.
Special Meeting Held Yesterday-Ap-
preparations WIN be Made,

The Womans auxiliary of Mt. Car
mel children's home held a special
meeting yesterday afternoon at the Cen
ter church chapel. The meeting was
called for the purpose of raising funds
for current expenses at the home during
the year. The amount of money which
is used in covering the expenses is
raised by committee of two composed
of a gentleman and a lady, who go
about the state canvasing the different
churches and that way large amount
is raised.
This year, however, the committee
which was appointed has been unable
to fulfill it's duties and so other means
have been taken to raise the funds The
following churches We're represented:
Center, United, First NJ. E., ST. An
drew's M. E., Epworth, First Baptist,
Calvary Baptist Olivet, Howard avenue
Baptist, Montowese Baptist, and the
Westville Congregational. Each of the
ladies present pledged a certain amount.
There are eighteen children in the
home. and Mrs. Blake said yesterday af-
ternoon that the home was in -four
fishing condition.
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NEW HAVEN FACTORY
Mot Affected by the Failure of the Shear
Trust

Mot Affected by the Failure of the Shear
Trust.
The National Shear company, better
known as the Shear Trust, which pur-
chased the plant of the William Scholl-
horn company on Wooster street among
other cutlery manufacturing concerns
in September, 1898, was sold at re-
ceiver's sale Saturday in New York, to
u. Wiss & Sons of Newark N. j. 1t did
big business at first, but failed to get
control of the output of raw material
and became financially embarrassed,
An afternoon paper speaking of the
above mentioned facts added that the
Schollhorn company would resume con-
troll of their factory here. but the fact
is the Schollhorn company has been
operating its factory right along ever
since it sold out it's shear business to
the trust. In an interview with Frank
Schollhorn last evening, he said: When
the matter of forming a shear trust or
combine came up we did not care to go
into it, for various reasons, so we gave
the promoters our price on our shear
business for cash. which they accepted
Consequently we sold out clean to them
the shear department of our business
operated right along in manufacturing
pliers, nippers and tools under the Ber-
nard patents, which we own and control
exclusively"
The Schollhorn factory employs as
many men as ever, despite the sale of
its shear business.
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YALE FACULTY MEETS.

Nothing Given Out With Regard to the
Sophomore Society Question.
A special meeting of the Yale faculty
was held yesterday afternoon to take
action on the question of the abolition
of the three sophomore societies, Ha
Boule, Eta Phi and Kappa Psi. 1t is
understood that vote was taken on the
matter, but nothing was learned last
night as to the outcome of the meeting.
Dean Wright of the academic depart
ment said in an interview last evening
that nothing would be given out for pub
LEGATION until after the meeting of the
Yale corporation, which will be held
this morning in the treasury building.
Prof. Wright further said that the
faculty took decided action on the mat
ter. 1t is understood that the faculty
has forbidden the sophomores to hold
further limitations until some further
action is taken. The anti-society men
were jubilant last night
The faculty has received no end of
petitions from graduates and under
graduates, the largest of the alumni
petitions coming from Eliot Watrous
of the class of 1899.
The exercises of society week at Yale
will be badly muddled by the present
complicated situation Tonight the
annual parade of the junior fraternities
will take place in the usual calcium
light procession about 8 o'clock in the
evening. The sophomore society mem
bers who belong to the junior fraterni-
ties have threatened to sulk and to de-
cline to join the parades if the faculty
takes decisive action AGAINST them.
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METHODIST LAYMEN.
Convention of New Haven District in
Hartford Tomorrow.

Convention of New Haven District in
Hartford Tomorrow
The annual convention of the Metho-
dist laymen of the New Haven district
will be held in the North Methodist
church, Hartford, ON Wednesday. The
Rev. DR.. j. e. Adams of New Haven,
the presiding elder of the district, will
preside at the morning session. Devo-
tional exercises will be conducted by
the Rev. D. w. Howell, pastor of the
church Various matters of business
will be transacted, and at 2:30 adjourn
nent will be taken for dinner, which
will be served by the ladies of the
of the church. Judge George III.
Cowell of Waterbury will preside at
the afternoon session, which will begin
at o'clock. Devotional exercises will
be conducted by L. T. Wooster of Shell
ton and words of welcome will be said
by Howard A. Camp of this city The
response will be by Judge Cowell. The
Hon. Franklin Burton of Ansonia will
present the subject, How to Raise Our
Money for Current Expenses" which
will be discussed by others p. II.
Bowman of New Haven will deliver an
address on Loyalty and Fraternity In
Methodism," and will be followed by S.
c. McEwen of New Haven and others.
The subject, Have We Any Missionary
Grounds on the, New Haven District?''
will be presented, and a general discus
sion will follow.
Prof. Ralph G. Hubbard of New Brit
ain will preside at the evening session
and the Rev. E. A. Blake of the First
Methodist church will conduct the de-
votional exercises The general subject
The Outlook for the Year--What
Should We Undertake This Conference
Year for Methodism on the New Haven
District" will be discussed in a short
address from the lay, the ministerial
and the individual standpoint. The
chairman will introduce the subject with
a few remarks and John II Manson of
New Haven will present the side of the
1aymen. The Rev. DR.. A. H. Goodenough
of Bristol will look at the subject from
the ministerial standpoint and the Rev
DR.. G. b. Pitblado, formerly of this
city, now holding a passionate at Wind
sor Locks, will present the subject from
the individual standpoint
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WILL NOT INTERFERE
Continued from First Page.)

to our consul at Pretoria to be commu-
nicated to the president of the South
African republic. So far as we are in
formed, the United States was the only
government in the world of all those
approached by the South African repub-
lies which rendered its good offices to
either Of the epmbatants in the interest
of cessation of hostilities.
The Hague Conference.
"As allusion has been made to The
Hague convention, and as action has
been suggested based upon that instru-
ment, it may be as we'll to quote a
phrase from article III, which states:
"Powers strangers to the dispute may
have the right to offer good offices or
mediation even during the course of
hostilities,' and article v, which says:
The functions of the mediator are at
an end when once it is declared, either
by one of the parties to the dispute or
by the mediator himself, that the means
of reconciliation proposed by him are
not accepted This would seem to rem
der any further action of the United
States unadvisable under existing cir
cumstances.
Hns Gone the Limit.
"The steps taken by the president in
his earnest desire to see an end to the
strife which caused so much suffering
may already be said to have gone to the
extreme limit permitted to him. In
deed if, in his discretion, he had chosen
not to present to England the South At
rican request for good offices, he might
have justified his action by referring to
the following declaration which was
made in the very act of signing The
Hague convention by the plenpotentia-
ries of the United States:
=" Nothing contained in this conven-
ton shall be so construed as to require
the United States of America to de-
part from its traditional policy of not
intruding upon, interfering with or en-
tangling itself with questions of policy
or Observation-Disclosures of any foreign
state; nor shall anything contained in
the said convention be construed to
imply q REIMBURSEMENT by the United
States of America of it's traditional at
titude toward purely American ques-
tons
sympathy of the President.
"The president sympathizes heartily
in the sincere desire of all the people
of the United States that the war now
affecting South Africa may for the sake
of both parties engaged, come to a
speedy close; but having done his full
duty in preserving a strictly neutral po-
sition between them and in Selling the
first opportunity that presented itself
for rendering his good offices in the in
terests of peace, he feels that in the
present circumstances no course is open
to him except to persist in the policy
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of impartial neutrality. To deviate
from this would be contrary to all our
traditions and all our national interests
and would lead to consequences which
neither the president nor the people OF
the United States could regard with ia
Vor."
Lord Pauncefote called at the state
department while the Beers were con-
sulting with Secretary Hay. He was
shown into the diplomatic reception
room and there displaced General
O'Bierne, who had been waiting to see
the secretary. The ambassador was not
kept long for in the course of five min
utes the Beers left and he was admit
ted
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RATS ON SHIPROARn

Chatting with some friends last night
the captain of a big freight steamer
taking on cargo at New Orleans told
some queer stories about rats. II have
the ship cleared out by professional
rat catchers wherever we touch at
Liverpool" he said, land between
times we try to keep them down by
trapping, but it's hard work We don't
dare to use poison. If we had, the hold
would soon be full of dead rats and
the stencil would breed a fever. Our
traps are of the wire cage pattern and
considerable craft has to be used in
setting them, for ship rat is a very
cunning beast, and he will steer clear
of decoys that his land-lubber brethren
walk into with their eyes wide open,
If we simply baited the traps in the
ordinary way and left them about in
the hold, we couldn't catch a dozen
year.
"Our plan is this: On the first night
we open trap doors and tie them in
that position with bits of string, so
they can't possibly spring shut. Then
we put scraps of old cheese inside and
leave them until the following even
ing. That's to reassure the rats that
the strange wire contrivances are per-
fectly harmless and that they may en-
ter in with certainty of getting out
again. Next night we renew the bait,
and take off the strings, and, as a gen
eral thing, we catch all that the cages
will hold. I have seen them so full that
1T seemed impossible TO get another rat
inside, which is pretty good evidence,
as l take 1t, that they can't communi-
cate with each other and give the
alarm. There is nothing new about the
trick I describe-it is practised on all
big ships when the rats get too bad.
"As long as the creatures have enough
water to drink" continued the captain,
they don't give the crew any parti-
cular trouble, and keep out of sight
down in the bowels of the ship But
thirst makes them desperate, and then
they become an unmitigated nuisance,
and will so boldly anywhere in search Of
drink / have known them to invade
the fo'castle in such numbers that they
drove the sailors to the deck, and at
other times | have seen hundreds make
combined rush for the water barrel
1t would surprise most people unaccus-
toned to seafaring life to know that wa
ter is usually kept in the hold of cargo
ships especially for the rats. It's done
to keep them below, and If for any rea-
son the supply runs short there is sure
to be trouble. | said just now that
when the creatures were thirsty they
would go anywhere and | mean it to
the letter. They will climb the rigging
like monkeys, and it Is a common thing
TO rthem to go clear up to the topsails
looking for the rainwater that accumu-
lates on the blight or fold Of furled cam
as"--New Orleans Times Democrat
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THE POWER IN A POUND OF COAL

IL II ', w LIN LIN n ~ ~ Az - w NDfNi1
Let us take pound of what we will
call average coal, containing, say, 10000
heat units, This would be somewhat
smaller in size than a mans fist. A
pound of this coal, if expended in me-
chanical work, would give us 236 horse
power Imagine at the time Of the
Pharaohs two long lines of men, extend
ing over half mile, all pulling steadily,
at the command of the task-master, at
a great rope to raise some huge obelisk,
and as you see them sweating, Juggling
and straining, think again Of this small
lump of coal in which nature has placed
an equal amount Of power. In some
countries men who have been specially
trained as porters, to carry heavy loads
on their backs, will, as a full days
work, carry total of from $50 to 600
pounds distance of one mile And yet
each has expended but one-third of the
power stored up in this pound of coal.
An exceptionally strong man has been
known to do one-half horsepower of
work as his mightiest effort; but in two
and a half minutes work at this rate
eXhausts his muscular force. Let us
suppose one hundred such men putting
forth such evtreme effort at rope. or
crank, or crowbar; as they fall back,
red-faced and putting, to catch their
breaths, we might imagine this little
black lump saying to them: Il can do
as much as your whole company, and
then can stand 1t for fully two minutes
longer before / am exhausted!'
Let us now turn to another portion Of
spinning has been much-prized ac-
complishment of the fair sex. We need
look back only to our own grandmOth-
ers We can picture them, from their
own stories, told us when we were chill
dren, as rosy-cheeked damsels sitting
around the open fireplace and spinning
from early candlelight till bedtime, let
us say, possibly two hours, Let US then
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BOER RESOL U7ION DEFEATED.
Senate Declines to Give Envoys Priv
ilegcs of the Floor.


ilegos of the Floor.
Washington, May 21.-A pyrotechnic
discussion Of the status of the Boer
commissioners now in Washington was
precipitated in the senate to-day by a
resolution offered by Mr.. Allen, popu-
list of Nebraska, extending to the com
missioners the privileges of the floor
of the senate during their sujourn in the
national capital. The resolution was de-
feated by a vote of SO to q, but not
until after a sharp controversy between
It's author and Mr.. Davis, chairman of
the committee on foreign relations Mr..
Allen maintained that the resolution
was in line with presidents, while Mr..
Davis contended that in the peculiar cir
cumstances, the senate ought not to
take any action that might be consid-
cred a recognition of Boer diplomats
until the president, who alone had the
power to receive diplomatic representa-
tives, had taken action. The postoffice
appropriation bill was passed finally,
the amendment to appropriate 1925, 900
to carry out existing contracts for the
pneumatic tube service being agreed to.
An effort was made by Mr.. Morgan of
Alabama to displace the Spooner Phil
ippine bill with the Nicaragua canal bill
as the unfinished business, but it failed
by a vote of Fl to 2S
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AT WEST HAVEN TOWN HAIL

A May festival under the auspices of
the Children Of Mary graduates of st.
Lawrence church, West Haven, will be
given in West Haven town hall on
Wednesday and Friday evenings Of this
week. On Wednesday evening Miss An
ME Shannon, the organist of the church,
will make her debut at a concert direc-
tor. She will present varied musical
entertainment. On FRIDAY evening a
drama entitled Down by the Sea" will
be presented by the Rosemary Dramatic
society, Richard Maher. director.
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PAPER BY COLONEL E. E. SILL.

Read Before the Historical Society Last
Night.
Colonel Edward e. Sill read very
interesting paper last night before the
New Haven Colony Historical society.
1t was entitled "a Forgotten Connect
cut Patriot In the paper was a
sketch of the Rev, Stephen Johnson of
Old Lyme, who was the forgotten pat
riot Rev. Mr.. Johnson was pastor of
the First Congregational church in
Lyme for over forty years, and was the
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-22
STARIN'S
New Haven TRANSFORMATION G,
nAII.Y ExCEPT sITI1RnAx

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY.
Steamer JOHN II. STARtN, Captain Nc.
Allister leaves New Haven from Starin q
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steamer
ERASTUS CORNING, Captain Thompson,
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. The
North River at 8 p. m. Mondays, Wednes.
days and Fridays; the ERASTUS CORNING,
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Fare
rs cents; Excursion Tickets $1.2J State
rooms, S1.00.
Tickets and staterooms for sale at ]. &.
Judsons, 867 Chapel street; Peck & Bish..
the depot on arrival Of Hartford train and
from corner of Chapel and Church streets
every half hour, commencing at $3.50 .. m.
Through freight rates given and bills Of
west. c. III. FISHER Agent
Order your freight via Starin Line.
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Corset Covers.
Drawers.

AT-59 CENTS;
OF Lonsdale, cluster tucking above the law
hemstitched ruffle.
AT-9S CENTS;
Of Nainsook with deep umbrella ruffie.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Twin Screw Express Service to Plymouth
Uondon), Cherbourg (Paris), and Hamburg.
TWIN SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE.
Plymouth, Cherbourg, and Hamburg. Also
N. Y. to Cherbourg and Hamburg.
PARIS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
reserved If secured before departure
Hamburg American Line, 81 Br'dway, NY:
Thos. H. Pease & Son, 1O2 Church, M Zuns
der g. Son, 249-251 State street, NJ. y. New
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Elm City
Private
Dispensar,y.

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Skirts.

AT-$l,5 50 EACH;
OF good muslin, deep umbrella cambria
founce, rufile and insertion of embroidery
and cambric'd dust ruffle.
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AT-oS CENTS;
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STILL FOR SOUND MONEY.

A member Of the Gold Democracy
says: The Sound Money League is
not to be dissolved. The election
which Is about to take place involves
the election OF twelve United States
senator's, most of whom, If not all, are
in states which might be very easily
carried by the Populists or Democrats.
Two of these senator's will represent
Nebraska, one West Virginia and one
Montana. The Sound Money League
have work before them trying to pre-
serve these states as far as possible
for the sound money cause. There is
a great field for effort in the South in
the sta.es which have gone so heavily
into cotton manufacturing In fact
the league may do hard work in dis
tributing sound money literature in
those states in which the progress of
the manufacturing industries and the
subsistence Of the race issue give an
opening through which they may be
captured for sound money.
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HEADED FOR THE DITCH.

Don Quixote's combat with the
windmills was practical operation
compared to the contest that the Dem
ocratic party continues to wage, UNI
der its present leaders, against the
national banks. The infatuated
knight at least believed that he was
engaged with real monsters, and that
1t was his duty to attack them at any
risk to life or limb. The Democratic
leaders cannot believe that there is
anything appalling in the banks, and
they keep up their assaults chiefly be-
cause they think that a certain num-
Der OF ignorant voters will be attract
ed to their ranks thereby. And un-
questionably they grossly exaggerated
the number of these persons. This
makes a ridiculous situation. Men
who act on their belief as to the belief
of others, and do not even estimate
correctly the latter belief, are not safe
leaders. They are of the sort that
land themselves and their followers In
the ditch.-New York Times, Ind.
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BANKING ON BRYAN.

(From an interview in Chicago, on
April 16, 1900, with Lieutenant l.. w.
Dillon, of the 39tn Volunteers, who
has just returned from Manila
From what | saw and learned while
in the Philippines 1t is my opinion
there would have been an end of the
trouble there some time ago but fof
the belief, fomented from this coIn-
try, that all the insurgents have to do
in order to carry out their purposes is
to continue their fighting until the
election next fall 1t Is believed 10y
these people that Bryan is certain OF
election, and that on assuming control
of the government one of his first acts
will be to order the American troops
to retire from the islands. have
heard this time and again. This Is the
sole cause which has stimulated the
Filipinos to continue their resistance.
There is practically no fighting now;
the only opposition is that from bands
of Ladrones, sort of bandits. Follow
ing the election Of Mckinley / look to
see a complete end of all opposition to
the Americans.