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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
WHAT AN ENGLIsHMAN SEES.

| Some of the Engishmen are not so | busy looking at the war in South Af- rica that they cannot see an attack that
 is being made upon them nearer home.
 A writer in London Engineering makes this outcry: Take a walk along the
 American docks at Liverpool, London or
 Glasgow, and you see cases and pack ages innumerable, not of hams and beef
 only, but of manufactured goods, in
 great part machinery that the general
 public will never see but which is an
 eloquent testimony to the way British
 machinists lag behind in the industrial
 race; and the great bulk of this ma
 chinery and these other goods are pro-
 ducte of superiority in invention. The
 electric light is literally turning our cities upside down, vastly to the profit
 of the Americans, who were the pio- neere; sewing machines are in every la borer's cottage, and find a place in all
 other houses to the highest in the land;
 electric traction seems to have sealed
 the doem of the tram horse: improve ments in weapons and munitions of war have raised acres of new factories. Eff teen years ago the useful and costly typewriter was almost unknown in Brit ain; this year the imports of typewrit- CTS and parts will probably amount to one million, every penny of their money value being dead loss to this country from the productive standpoint. In our engineering shops and factories, almost without exception American inventions meet the eye on all sidee.
 When England has conquered the Boers she may then try to find some way to prevent the industrial conquest | of her by the United States Just at | present she is very glad to have our | mules, our canned goods, etc., etc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
.ANOTH EH MEETING.

The committee, the intelligent com mittee, appointed by the Court of Common Council to investigate the sys- tenn of supervisors in the public schools of New Haven held a meeting last
 evening. The meeting was business meeting, and business was done in it. It was decided to have another public hearing, and though no date for the hearing was fixed a date can be fixed should be fixed and an effort made to meet and hear then. When the next meeting is held 1t ought to be an un- commonly polite and useful one. There has been plenty of time for the sub. sidence of whatever angry passions may have been aroused by former pro- ceedings and all concerned ought to be calm and reasonable at the next hear ing. There have been enough attacks on free thought and free speech in this matter, and there should be no more And above all there should be no ex- cuse for anybody to say that the edu- cators have squelched the investigation. Nothing worse for the cause of educa- tion in this city could happen than the prevalence of a belief that the edu- cators were successful in squelching the investigation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
 AN ALLIGATOR HUNT.

Tt Is not generally known that we
 have in this country a crocodile" said l a cocoanut planter of the Biscayne country q lived in Florida, near the
 Miami, for months before I knew 1t.
 met the Seminoles from up the swamp every now and then, and when I asked for game they always referred to what they called the sharp nosed gator, which, l supposed, was the common al-
 ligator. One day, however. I came
 across an Indian who had the skull of
 one Of these sharp nosed gators for sale. I bought it, and at once was struck with the difference between it and that of the alligator. One was pointed, with sharp teeth; the other flat and round nosed, with blunt. crushing teeth. Here, unsuspected-at least, by the majority of white people, I discov- ered-was as perfect a crocodile as could be found on the Nile, and I deter mined to capture one, if possible.
 "Alligators were fairly common, and 1t was difficult to distinguish them from the crocodiles; but I learned that the crocodiles were found near the mouths of streams, in salt water, and that the alligators were more at home up stream. About this time a party of friends from New York came down to my plantation so we organized hunt, and for several days secured the little bays and inclosed areas of the coast, went up Che rivers and CrdNied into the swamps, but never saw a large crocodile. We were in fact, hunting for giant described by the Indians as twenty or tewnty-one feet long, that had been seen and shot al a score of times, but no one had ever hit it. It was reported as taking to the rivers in winter, and being seen way up in the swamp, going down to salt water in summer.
 This monster was fully pictured in our imagination. We could see his big head, his enormous mouth, the corruga- ted back, in every submerged log or al- ligator. But days slipped by and he failed to materialize. One day I took the party out to the reef a mile from shore to spear turtle or any game that might come along, and the main sub-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
Hamdcn ana New Haven school Mnt-

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier: I have carefully read your communi' | cation from a citizen of Hamden, and
 fail to see wherein my own communi-
 cation was misleading. I will briefly
 answer his criticism.
 In regard to my expression fear oi
 litigation" he simply proves my case l This unjust and unrighteous law Is poorly drawn. It says that the town
 shall pay the whole or any part" ap- l parently leaving 1t to the town whether 1 it will pay the whole or part. But good | lawyers said that there was a chance for lawsuit, and that the fear of liti- | gation influenced the vote.
 It certainly seems to me true that twelve hundred dollars is to be spent
 on twenty favored pupils" six hundred | dollars is to come from Hamden tax payers and six hundred dollars is taken 1 by law from the pockets of those who | contribute the state tax, viz, savings | bank depositors. life insurance policy | holders stockholders in trolley and steam railroads and others.
 l Your correspondent is apparently pleased with what seems to me most outrageous feature of this law. The state will not give this six hundred dol lars to the town of Hamden to improve its elementary schools for the benefit of seven hundred pupils. but it will give it for the benefit of twenty favored pupils.
 This unjust law not only interferes with the sovereignty of the Hamden town
 meeting and its right to say how the
 money raised by taxation shall be spent, but puts the disposal of that money, not in the hands of the legal voters but in those of an oigarchy, the school vis-
 itors or committee.
 His argument about the widow and poor farmer is disproved by the history of the town of Hamden. Before this
 unrighteous law went on the statute book doubtless many a widow or poor farmer, if he thought his son was worth an education, paid for it like self-re- specting Yankee at the Hamden Hall, the Everett school or some other insti- tuition, instead of having his education paid for by those on whom he has no claims
 I have studied the subject of taxa tion many years, and I cannot believe that any man pays any large apprecia- ble amount of taxes indirectly in the shape of house rent or living expenses" In England. where the oeGupier usually pays the tax on the house, and not the owner, that may be so. but not in this country. Here the owner of the house is compelled by law to pay the tax whether his house is rented or not, or whether the tenant pays his rent or not If your correspondent claims that the payer of house rent is as much a tax payer as the owner he must allow that the lessee can easily cease paying taxes either by boarding or by leaving town, while the owner of the house can escape the demand of the tax collector only by selling his property.
 As to my statement of the inability of the Hamden school to fit for the Board- man school, l only know what was told me on good authority I said ill my former letter that 1 had been told that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

plain white silk edged with insertion and lace. while high collar, small revers and girdle pieces were hunters green velvet. The arrangement of the wais was odd, but its maker and the whit skirt lent it authority. The present fa- vor for white cloth is increasing and will last, so it is worth any woman's s while to study its many uses in trim mings and accessories.
 A tailor gown of heavy oxford cloth, homespun or cheviot will be very ser viceable throughout the winter. It's waist should be of habit cut loose enough to wear over a shirt waist or fancy waist. The skirt band must fit perfectly and be finished with narrow black ribbon. All belt is dispensed with Worn over a flannel shirt waist, this will be warm enough for any but fur cold day. A good companion for 1t in small wardrobe will be vicuna or broadcloth gown in delicate gray, mode color or shrimp pink, this made with hip-plaited skirt over silk, and bodice trimmed with lace or otherwise elabor- ated. With this have a cape to match, with lace at the collar and lined with silk to match the cloak. Cashmere plaid or striped silk is the latest when stuff to match is not used, With shirt waists one silk, one serge and a change of the wash sort--one will be well on to- wards and excellent outfit.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

l the first twenty who went to the Board man were taken i'll without proper and adequate examination. That state ment has not yet been denied by the
 school authorities. Until it is l shall | continue to believe that I was not mis- informed on the subject.
 If your correspondent really thinks that the twelve hundred dollars spent on twenty favored pupils contributes as much to the general good and conven- fence as the money spent by the town | of Hamden on it's different roads, there is no use in further discussion with him. | He Is beyond the reach of argument.
 On the point of injustice towards the proprietor of Hamden Hall your cor | respondent seems to me to beg the question entirely. He does not deny the injustice, but simply says that he is sorry.
 If the New Haven school authorities would follow the example of other cities of it's size, and charge at least so per cent. of the cost, if not the full amount, instead of 33 per cent, as has been the case, the parallel of the Standard oil company might be questioned a little; but the comparison seems to me abso- lutely' just as picturing the attitude of the New Haven school authorities to- wards the proprietor of Hamden Hall. It does not weaken the force of the comparison to remember that the build ing was given to New Haven by gen. erous woman, and they use 1t in unfair competition with single Individual who has no redress against this wrong.
 Your correspondent speaks as if there were no alternative except to pay this six hundred dollars for twenty pupils, or build a new High school building in Hamden. That seems to me mislead- ing The true way to do is to go back to the practice which prevailed before this unjust law was slipped through the legislature in the last days of the ses- sion of 1S97 Let the money of the town, whether it is six hundred or twelve hundred dollars be spent on the ele- mentary schools, where the education is given which the state requires the town to give. Let those who wish to give their children any further education pay for 1t out of their own pockets and send their children wherever they wish.
 My position on this matter Is well il- lustrated by story told of John Burns, the great English labor leader. When new municipal lodging house in London failed to pay, at a charge of ten cents per night, sufficient to pay running ex- penses and the current rate of interest on the amount invested, he moved in the council to raise the price to twelve cents per night, saying, T am a social vt. believe in the socialism that
 akes every man pay cost upon what
 Q gets" His motion prevailed, and since that time the lodgingho has been on a sound business basis. That Is the sound doctrine for Hamden to adopt concerning it's twenty favored pupils, and that is the doctrine which most all cities except New Haven adopt with regard to ~out-of-town pupils Here the school authorities prefer to tax New Haven taxpayers for the benefit of citizens of neighboring towns. But this matter I will discuss more fully in an- other letter.
 TRUTH AND. JUSTICE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
GLOOMY, YET NOT WITHOUT HOPE.

This isn't very cold winter, and therefore the exhaustion of the coal supply doesn't seem as imminent and terrible as it sometimes does. But an American scientist has recently as- serted that with the constant increase in the output of coal, the time when such an exhaustion of this. fuel will take place as to materially interfere with its use can be put at no very dist ant day-that Is, in his opinion, in fifty years from now we shall arrive at period when the diminution in the worlds coal supply will begin to make it's influence seriously felt in the in- creased price of fuel, and, with this, the increased difficulty of carrying on many industrial operations which are now based on cheap coal
 Fifty years isn't much, except to the young. who do not have to buy coal, and if the coal supply will last only fifty years longer the situation is al- ready very serious But it is not with out hope. Before the coal gives out the ingenuity of man may have dis covered some way by which he can keep warm and cook. Perhaps canned electricity can soon be supplied as cheaply as coal is now supplied or even more cheaply. If the promises of an advertisement which is now appearing in this paper are fulfilled 1t can be-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
FASHION NOIES.
The AII-Around skirt Returns.

Once more there is permitted a skirt that shall go with anything. Its color is white, it's material cloth Of course that makes it's field limited when the possibilities of the black satin skirt IS recalled, but, this white skirt idea has the best possible endorsement and will be more in evidence than may be thought at first consideration of 1t. All ready dealers in high grade waists are showing their wares in conjunction with dainty waists. Thus was the waist Of the accompanying sketch displayed, white broadcloth skirt being put With it. The waist was pale green taffeta, with front of white silk figured in red. Turn down collar and long revere were
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
The Tree.

Planted by the Masters hand Steadfast in thy place to stand, While the ever changing year Clothes, or strips thy branches bare; Lending not leaf to hold Warmth against the winters cold; Tightening not limb the less For the summers sultriness; Nay, thy burden heavier made, That within thy bending shade Thankless multitudes, oppressed, There may lay them down and rest. Soul, upon thy Calvary Wait; the Christ will come to thee.
 John E. Tabb.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertlon. Five Cents a Word for full week (seven tmes).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in, sertion, S1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week, $320; one month, $10; one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Brths Marrl- ages, Deaths, and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be unobjectionable), and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20
Sealskin Jackets
Tn Fashion of the Year 1900.

The sale of these garments during the month of December having exceeded any previous record for that month, Messrs. Brooks & Company beg to an- nounce that in preparation for Janu- ary's business they have obtained a great number of London Dyed Alaska they are prepared to make into Jackets at greatly reduced prices.
 The skins themselves bear our un- qualified recommendation. thus render ing the purchaser responsible warranty and intrinsic worth.
 Fur Trimmed Evening Wraps
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

Mrs Hoon-I have just been reading an article which contends that when person is afflicted with an incurable malady the doctors ought to help him to die. MT. Hoon-They will, if they are only called in.-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

The following advertisement recently appeared in the Church Times, of Lon don: "Strong bicycle urgently needed by a poor Vicar, who has not given up the ceremonial use of incense at Mass" :"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

An expert in New York says that during the last year and half there have been not less than one hundred fires in that city which were caused by the slow leakage of gas from street mains. The same writer adds the startling statement that there are miles of dwellings in the residence streets and avenues of the city which are dis tinctly unsafe for the same reason.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

An English boys periodical recently took vote on the recreations its read CTS preferred. The result gave this or der: Football, cricket, cycling, swim ming, gymnastics, reading. rowing, stamp collecting. Croquet came last in list of twenty-two pastimes and golf twentieth. Being English boys they knew nothing of baseball, the best game.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

Dr. William Calver, scientist of Washington, who claims to have dis covered method of utilizing the heat of the sun as a substitute for fuel and power, has a laboratory on the outskirts of Washington and is the in- ventor of number of devices that have been patented. Under his process of heat generation he can melt iron and steel as if they were fee and obtain a heat of several thousand degrees Fah- renheit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

A bill has been introduced in the New York assembly to provide sum mary remedy against the barking of dogs The proposed law would allow any person to lodge complaint with a magistrate against the dog which dis turbs the peace, and.if the magistrate sees fit he may issue an order for the killing of the offending. dog. The man who introduced the bill would exempt the counties of New York, Kings, AL bany, and Erie from the law.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

The Shantung railroad company in China, a German concern, has placed orders for most of It's supplies with Ger man works, thus keeping certain indus tries in Germany busy for some time to come. There are orders for 65,000 tons of rails, plates, etc. 5000 tons of bridge construction materials; twenty-four locomotives. of which fourteen are to be extra heavy, and 700 cars, of which 400 are to be employed for coal carrying The list includes orders for all build Ing materials, as cement, etc.. for tools, fool and building machinery, telegraph lines, etc. The entire value of the or Hers hitherto placed in Germany is es- kimated at $5,000,000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

Now that wooden "sleepers" are be- coming expensive, increased interest is taken by the railroad companies in metal crossties. They have been used in Europe to a certain extent, but till recently have not been thought suited to American traffic conditions. But this adverse opinion is being modified. According to the Railroad Gazette number of steel ties were recently laid iu the main track Of the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad on curve near Huntingdon, Pa. A report of the ser vice from October 12 to 2S inclusive, shows that during these sixteen days an average of 11,550 tons a day passed over the rails laid on steel ties with satisfactory results. Metal ties are particularly recommended for lumber and mining regions, where a portable track has to be laid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-20

Preparations are now being made for m international congress of photo graphy to be held in Paris next year. "A committee has been appointed for the purpose, under the presidency of M Janssen. This committee is sub divided into five b-commssions, of the work to be carried on in the ses- tions and will prepare the programme of the work to be carried out in the ses? Bions of the congress. These five sec- lions are constituted as follows: i, Physical questions relating to photog- raphy. 2. Photographic materials. B. Photographic chemistry. 4. Terminolo- BY and bibliography. 5. Legal and professional questions. The fee for ad- mission Is fixed at 10 francs ($2).
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
RUMORS ABOUT THE POPE
ONE SAYS AN OPERATION WAS PER-
FORMED ON HIS HOLINESS,
While Another Says Physicians Mere
Iy Dressed "A Bruise on Leo's Left
TOe-The Cars Condition.

ROME, Dec. 6---The Messagero to-day
says DIR. MazzonI, the Pope's physician,
performed a sligis operation yesterday on
tumor underneath the Pontiff's arm. The
Messagero asserts that the health OF the
Pope has not been altogether satisfactory
for some time past, and that he has oc-
casionally suffered in the part where he
was operated upon in 1898, which caused his
physician to perform a slight operation yes
terday. 1t removed the pain. The Pope has
merely been recommended to rest for few
days, according to the paper mentioned
On the other hand, semi-official state
ment says the Pope's health is perfect and
that he continues his numerous receptions
without fatigue. According to the semi
official statement the Pope, a month ago.
while examining heavy object, dropped it
on his left toe. He said nothing until this
week, when he told his physicians that he
felt pain in walking, and Drs. Lapponi
and Mazzoni dressed the bruse. The Pope
to-day is quite well, and it is incorrect to
say that the operation Of 1898 is giving him
trouble, as only healthy scar remains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Santa Fe Company Charged with Re
fusing to Make the Concessions
Demanded by the Men.
STATEMENT OF THE OFFICIALS
PROPOSITION OF COMPANY FIRST
ACCEPTED, THEN REJECTED.
Trains Run on Orders from Junction
POints-Shops Closed-Sympa-
thetIc Strike Possible.

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 6.-The telegra-
pliers belonging to the Order OF Railway
Telegraphers on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe road, extending from Galveston to Pur-
cell, I. T., left their desks at IL o'clock this
morning. Passenger trains are being oper-
ated on running orders from junction points
and through freights are also being handled
although there is considerable delay. The
strike has been expected for some time. A
committee Of the Order of Railway Teleg-
rapkers went to Galveston to hold q con-
ference with General Manager Polk, to
whom they presented their grievances. The
latter was in communication with President
Riley, and it is said by the men that the
latter official refused TO yield on every
point sxcept one. that OF ten consecutive
hours Of rest for the operators The op-
orators say they expect to gain the active
cooperation of other railroad organiza-
tions.
CLEBURN, Tex, Dec 6.-The Santa Fe
shops here were closed down to-day by
order of the company, on account of the
telegraphers' strike. The men were notified
at quitting time this evening not TO show
up until sent for. This throws 500 to COO
men out of employment.
1t is rumored here that unless the Santa
Fe management acquiesces in the demands
of the operators there will be a sympa-
thetic strike OF other employees A confer
ence of the leading organizations to-day
discussed this point but their decision is
kept secret.