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New-York tribune., 1900-05-21

Lydenburg, to which place the Boer Govern
ment is reported to be planning retreat. is
away up among the ranges Of the Drakensberg.
northwest of Delagoa Bay. There is no part of
the Transvaal in which guerilla warfare
could be more effectually carried on How
ever, it has the one disadvantage of being near
Delagoa Bay and the railroad from the latter
place to Pretoria, and therefore near a British
base or avenue of supplies. 1t is interesting to
note that the town Of Lydenburg Is almost ex-
actly upon that twenty fifth parallel Of south
latitude which was In 1914 made the northern
boundary of the British sphere of influence In
South Africa.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21
SOUS4'S BAND IN BERLIN.

Berlin. May 2o-Sousas Band gave a concert this
afternoon in KrolTs Garden In spite of the un-
favorable weather there a large attendance.
The American colony in Berlin we'll repre-
sented, among those present being Ambassador
White and Mrs. White. John B. Jackson Secre-
tary of the United States Embassy. and Mrs. Jack
son. and United States Consul General Mason and
Mrs. Mason At the request of Mr.. White the band
played THE Watch the Rhine" and there was
much enthusiasm. The band will play before En-
peror William upon his return from Wiesbaden
start on six weeks tour OF the principal German
cities. including Hamburg. Bremen. Hanover Leip-
sic. Dresden. Frankfort. Nauhelm and Wiesbaden
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21
FUNERAL OF CHARLES A. LEE

Pawtucket R l.. May 2o.-Fuly two thousand
persons attended the funeral Of Charles A Lee
late Editor of 1.-THE Gazette and Chronicle of this
city, who died suddenly last Wednesday In Port
land. Me-. while attending the convention of the
Grand Lodge of Maine. Knights of Pythas
The services were conducted by the Rev F. L.
Masseck, of Trinity UniversaIist Church. North
Attleboro; the Rev z. L. Houghton, of the Church
of Our Father, Pawtucket. and the Rev. ]. J.
Wooey. of the Park Place Congregational Church
Pawtucket The funeral was in charge of the
Knights of Pythias, of which organization Mr.. Lee
the oldest member of the Supreme Lodge.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21

Make SIRE of your TRIBUNE BY learning an
order for If at any conreniert ns1ps stand.
If The TRIBUNE is not found on sale on
any particular stand or any suburban
train, The TRIBUNE 1rHV be pleased TO be in
formed of the fact
Subscription terms. for Ne1U- Yorksrs in
the country or abroad, 1rA be found on
taee OPPOSITE
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21

Stealing red hot stove has been proverbial as
a most difficult exploit. But stealing hot
water boiler seems actually to have been at
tempted in this city the other day.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21

The Brooklyn people who used to think It a
libel on the police to charge that New-York was
wide OPEN are having some experience them
selves. and are charging the lack of police
activity to Manhattan All the boroughs. how
ever. are under Brooklyn man. President
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21

The difference between Mayor and a Cor
poration Counsel as tunnel opener seems to
be, partly that the fills his hat with dirt
and the other fills a loving cup herewith But
sometimes the contents of the loving cup get
into the hat, after all.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21

There is no occasion for any one to get into
a panic anywhere over the bubonic plague. But
IT is just well to be diligent In the good work
OF discriminating rats and cleansing slums
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY MAY 21. 1900.

York might at least keep his own home pro-
tected even If he is willing that the decent
people OF Manhattan should be afflicted with
blatant Tenderlon.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-21
Amusemenfs.

ACADEMY OF MUSIc-s:i5-womana and Wine
AMERICAN THEATRE-S:l0-u Trovatore.
CAS1NO-s-The Casino Girl
CRITERION THEATRE-s:I5-The Pride Of Jennico
DALY'S THEATRE-s;15-A Runaway Girl.
EDEN MUSEE-9 a. m. II p. m.-Waxworks. Grand
Concert and Cinematcgraph
0ARRICK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Holmes.
GRAND CENTRAL. PALACE TO IL p. rl.-Printing
Show.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-s-Mr Smooth.
KEITH S-Continuous Performance
ROSTER e. BIALS-S-Naudevile.
MURRAY HIII<-2-S-She Stoors Conquer
NETWORK TEEATRE-s-Quo Nsdis.
PASTOR S-Continuous Performance
WAll1ACK'S-S-Sephc
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04

dark blue travelling dress. Those pres ent were mostly relatives and included Mrs. E. w. Frost MT. and Mrs. c. l. Stone, MT. and Mrs. Howard Williams, MT. and Mrs. James Frost and daugh- ter Amy, MT. and Mrs. Lewis Frost, jr., and Lewis Frost, ST., Mrs. Mary Ann Andrews and son Albert, MT, and Mrs. F. c. Woodruff, Misses Grace and Der tha Beckley, Miss Aida Stannard, Miss Platt Mrs. Warren Williams, Misses Grace and Sarah Carroll, Mrs. Nellie Neal, Mrs. Jennie Pierpont, Mrs Rose Sperry and Mrs. E. s. Todd.
 Frederick A. Simpson of the United states steamship Iowa, well known in Branford, has been detailed to the Unit ed States gunnery ship Amphitrite at Norfolk, Va.
 MT. and Mrs Frank c. Bushnell who have beautiful shore cottage in Madi- son and always take possession of it in May, remaining until quite late in the fail, will leave their West Chapel street home for the Madison place in about a fortnight Their daughter, Mrs Charles Birely, and her husband will spend the summer with them, the two men com ing into town each day to business.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04

fingers, on butterfly clutch press, for reducing cartridge shells to desired size and shape. Judge Wheeler de- scribes the machine and its operation minutely. He finds that her operation of the machine on the day of the acci- dent was fin the ordinary course of her employment and in the exercise of or dinary care required by the circum- stances, While her hand was under the gate, it descended upon the two middle fingers of the left hand and smashed them so that they had to be amputated at the hand; it also severely cut the lit tie finger of this hand.
 ''The plaintiff had no knowledge nor reasonable means of knowing that the gate was liable to drop at the time it did.
 Upon the evidence it is very difficult to say exactly in what way the acci- dent happened" He finds that it may have happened in nine ways but that 1t is most probable that 1t happened in this way: "She may have accidentally got her chair, or her dress, or person against the treadle and moved It while her hand was under the gate"
 Judge Wheeler also finds that the defendant has not proved that it was free from negligence" and that "the injury to the plaintiff resulted from de- fendant's negligence to which the plaintiff did not contribute"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
REPLY TO ENQUIRER

As to What Single Taxers Think of the
 Req assessments, Etc
 To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Sir-Replying to the inquiry in your issue of May l as to what single taxers think of the new assessments in this city, I desire to say that we consider 1t the most important move in the right direction that has yet been made, as it will equalize the burden of taxation to a large extent.
 It will relieve the householder and collect more of our revenue from the land speculator-the man who wants to get something for nothing, The single tax Is a tax on land values, irrespective of improvements. and not tax on houses. The benefits of living In city like New Haven are all reflected in the value of the land in New Haven; the one Is always co-equal with the other, and all honest men are willing to pay for benefits received, but every one ob- jects to having large portion of his earnings taken from him, as is now done. It is this that has caused the fu- rore over the new assessments.
 When the people of New Haven decide to collect all their revenue from land value, industry will then be free; a man will not be fined for beautifying the city and manufacturers will compete with each other for locations to establish factories in a city where the product will belong to the producer.
 w. TRUEMAN, President New Haven Single Tax Club
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
Y. M. c. A,
Closing Exercises Were Held Wednes-
 day Night.


 Closing Exercises Were Held Wednes-
 day Night. The closing exercises of the Bible classes were held Wednesday night at the Y. M. c. A, rooms. At about 6:So the members of the different classes together with several members of the board of directors and other invited guests, gathered at the tables, beauti- fully decorated and laden with good things.
 After the inner maf had been satis- fled each man present was requested to tell in q few words what benefit the classes had been to him personally dur ing the past year. These expressions of opinion proved interesting In the ex- treme,
 The bon mot" of the evening, how ever, was the stirring address by Dr, Mckenzie of Bridgeport, who had been invited to make the closing address. pr. McKenzie's address was an elaborated Bible reading and his points were well sustained and punctuated by appropri- ate texts of scripture. t cpGuhIIB dl llTSL OI tIl6 HIlpOTIdnCe OI believing that the word of God was in- spired by the Holy Ghost and citing passages proving that the Old Testa- ment was so inspired and then demon strating that the New Testament was the direct result of the spirits iisfluence, he went on to say that in these days of so much criticism of the Bible we were apt to confound ntellectuality with spirituality, and urged his hearers to accept the Bible simply as it comes to them through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He drew some very apt illus trations regarding Bible study, Speak ing of properly masticating food before swallowing, the speaker said: No one but boys and fools bolt their food" A great many of us act this way in our Bible study. Take time. Use a refer- ence Bible and properly digest what you read.
 In closing pr, Mckenzie spoke of the importance of associating prayer with Bible study and making them insepara- ble,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
P1GOTT,s MOTION DENIED.

The supreme court has denied the motion made by counsel for William P. Nugent In the suit against the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad com pany, an action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by negligence, tried before Judge Elmer in the superior court in this city.
 Judge Elmer rendered judgment for plaintiff for nominal damages only. The plaintiff took an appeal for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court and the appellant, having ob- tained permission. filed a motion for an order In the nature of a nandamus, requiring the trial judge to certify the evidence and to mark the paragraphs of the proposed finds as proven or mot proven" but the supreme court does not allow this. James P. Pigott for the plaintiffs and George D. Wat rouS for the defendants.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
INTER ESTING DECISION BTJUDGE
 WHEELEL

In Winchester Arms Company Suit
 Allows No Special Damages to PlaiM-
 tifY Because of Her Alleged Diminished
 Chances of Niarripge-J Jury Disagrces
 in Suit ofAppei vs. Fowler.
 The finding of facts made by Judge George w. Wheeler of the superior court in the suit of Lillian c. Morris of Pittsfeld, Mass, against the Win chester Repeating Arms company, wherein he gave Judgment of $l'6O0 in favor of the plaintiff, is on file in the office of the clerk of the superior court and is interesting in that Judge Wheel CT found no special damges for the plaintiff because of her alleged chances of marriage. Her injuries, it was al- legged in her suit for damages, not only deprived her of continuing her occu- patton as a player of the piano, but that the disfgurement made her chances of marriage less.
 Judge Wheeler's memorandum Is ex- haustive of a case which promises to be of much importance and likely to be cited as S precedent in cases of a like nature. Miss Morris was an em- ploye of the company and operated on December T. 1898, when she lost her
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
CITY COURT CASES.

0II 1oohI bAoEIgo.
 The cases of theft against the Dixwell avenue precinct turf soldiers, charged with taking turf from the premises of w. Fl. H. Hewitt on Sherman avenue, were disposed of In the city court yes terday morning: William Murnane and Samuel D. Sullivan, cases nolled. Will liam Gwinnell and Henry Watts, con- tinued to May 4, when they will be nolled and complaints for trespass made out against them. There has been much complaint of turf stealing in that section of the city.
 Charles Reilly, tramp from Hart ford. who stole horse blanket from Charles A. Hooghkirk on Orange street, was fined 30 and costs.
 The case of David E. Williams, bot tier, of 259 Wooster street charged with a breach of the peace against his wife Julia, was continued to May 19.
 Mrs. Maggie Smithlock young wo- man with a determined manner and a sharp tongue, was arraigned for a breach of the peace against James Carroll, an elderly resident of IA Day street. Her case was continued to July 1 pending her good behavior
 The breach of the peace of Gilbert Dickinson, a house mover, against Thomas Donahue, was continued until this morning.
 George Criminovsky, a Pole twenty nine years old, was fined s5 and costs for stealing a gold ring from Mrs, Catherine Brien of 24 Locust street. He went to jail A charge of defraud- ing Mrs, O'Brien, his boarding mistress we' nolled.
 Mrs. Annie Faircloth of Webster street, a negress, was fined $15 and costs for throwing an iron at Mary Martin, another negress. She went to jail.
 The reform school complaint against John Curran of 271 Oak street, truant, was continued to July l pending his good behavior.
 Charles A. Snow. a one-armed vag- rant from New York, who was charged with drunkenness, was sent to jail un- til next Thursday to allow him to sober UT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04

THE APPLAUSE or THE WORLD Is due B. < K. Paint for its perfection in sat. isfying critical users. Perfect methods of handling best white lead, zinc and pure lln- seed oil, and combining them into paint . permanency of color, make 1t the host reliable Paint on the market, THOMPSON ,& BELDEN, 396-398, 442 State street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
If Coffee Poisons You,

ruins your digestion, makes you nervous and sallow complexioned, keeps you awake
 nights and acts against your system gen eraily, try Grain.o, the new food drink. t
 is made of pure selected grain and IS healthful, nourishing and appetizing. # has none of the bad effects of coffee, yet u prepared can't be told from the finest finest of of coffees. Costs about A as much.
 It is a healthfuI table drink for the child ren and adults. Ask your grocer TOT
 Groin-O 15 and o5c
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
THE JURY DISAGREED.

In the suit of Charles M Appel against G. T. Fowler of North Bran ford. for $5,000 damages, owing to an alleged default on the Sth of April, 1899, the jury of the superior court yes- terday, after being out two hours, came in at 3 o'clock and reported disagree ment. Judge Thayer asked them to re- tire and come to an agreement if pos sible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT.

Hartford May 3.-The state board of agriculture and representatives of the state grangers will meet at the capitol next week with the exposition' commis- soner, the Hon. Benjamin H. Lee, to make arrangements about sending an agricultural exhibit to the Pan-Ameri- can exposition to be held at Buffalo next year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-04
Whar Shall Ws Nave for Dessert {?

This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, delicious and healthful dessert. Pre-. pared in two minutes No bollng no bak- lng simply add boiling water and set to cool. Favors:-Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, and Strawberry. Get q package at your
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
THE CAT AS A VAMPIRE.
Experience of IA Truthful Man With II
Family Pet.

tEr1iH the Philadelphia E"LOra,)
Viii cats squat upon the breasts Of
sleeping babies and Kill them by sucking
their breath? Old coored women. nurses
Of the old school. and some persons from
the country Will answer this question in
the affirmative. Physicians and wise men
will say il is vain superstition, like that
of Friday being uuiucky Yet here is the
experience Of chemist OF Wissahickon, a
Harvard man whose word is above re-
preach: Il slept on Wednesday night with
nv door open-iI is usually closed. In the
middle OF the night awoke. There, in
the dim light saw our fat tabby cat Sit
ling on my breast. and her moist cool nose
was against my lips. 1 drew back my head
and the cat, without moving looked calm
ly in NV eyes. Scat, you beast ] said,
and she leaped softly off the bed and van
ished in the blackness of the hall. In the
morning | thought this ghsstly thing must
have been a dream. and TO verify 1t, If
possible, left my room door open the next
night. Well, what | remember first Is Il
kind of nightmare. was in closed roori-
and an enemy was pumping out all the air
from it. Then l seemed to awake. /
opened my eyes. The cats warm, soft body
was pressed close upon my breast and neck,
and this felt comfortable. like a mun. But
the mouth OF the cat was glued upon my
mouth in loathsome kiss. My life, my
very life, if you eau understand me. seemed
10 be flowing fast out Of my lips. | felt so
calm and Indifferent. | debated whether
ii was worth while TO push the cat away.
Finally, with an erort-my arms were
heavy as lead got rid of that sQuatting
incubus. 1t scratched me before IT would
go. and | have the scratch yet as witness
OF my story"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
PUBLISHED BY BLIND MEN.
A Paper Issned by the SiShtIess for
FeIlOw-I nfortunates.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Feb. 21.-This city
has weekly newspaper the editor of
which is a blind man. The publisher is a
blind man too and the paper is made by
none but blind men.
Its name is the Milwaukee Weekly Re-
view" to those who can read 1t, but in
order to do so you must be familiar with
the mysterious dots which cover the sur
face OF the otherwise blank paper. The
indentations are made by what is known
among teachers of the blind as the New
York point system. and. so far as known.
it is the only newspaper of its kind in the
world 49,
Joseph Gockel is the publisher and his
residence and office is at S34 Thirty sixth
Street. After months of patient labor he
has succeeded in making all the apparatus
needed TO get out the paper and. though
some of the appliances are crude, they
show marvellous Ingenuity for one who is
deprived of the aid of sight.
Blind persons in all parts of the country
have complimented the newspaper very
highly and warmly praise the perfection
OF its workmanship.
Il have thought for several years OF the
plan said MIR. Gockei. but ii is only
three or four months since | started to
carry it out. OF course there were many
difficulties in the way, but | managed to
get over them.
What do ! print? All the news. OF
course with laugh. But to be more
specific my aim is to give a review of the
events of the week. | have the daily pa
pers read 10 me and then | condense what
they contain and print it.
How do | write it? | don't write il;
put it directly into the point system as
compose the copy. OF course ! have to
condense. for space il limited There are
eight pages 10xl5 inches, and each page
contains about 300 words: so that ! have
TO figure on how to say the most l can in
the least space.
The New York point system is under
stood by great many of the blind people
and it is easy TO learn. That is why | Sc
lected it for my paper. FroIS the letters
have received l feel certain that was
right | have received subscriptions from
Maine. Ohio, Minnesota. and other States,
besides getting many already from Wis
consin.
The type" from which the paper is
printed are decidedly different from ordi-
nary type They are sharp pointed ard
instead of making an linked impression On
the paper they press into it and make a
slight elevation on the surface on the OPP
posite side There are ten of these points
to the inch, and by their arrangements the
different letters of the alphabet are iudi-
Gated The space between the letters is
just twice the space between the dots OF
the same letter and the space between the
words is greater.
Blind people acquainted with the system
can read it very rapidly. much more rapid
! ly than they could the old style raised let
ters There are several peculiarities result
ing from the style of printing. One is that
| the printing is done from the wrong side
| of the sheet Another is that the papcl
can only be printed on one side
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
ART OF DISPATCH WRITING.
Brcyii,. simpiicity. aud Facts the
Essential Features

From the New Orleans Times pemoorat)
Those who have been reading Sir Herbert
MaXwelrs Life of Wellington" and they
are many. will probably have noticed, not
without regret that the art of despatch
writing has not prospered since the days
of the duke, The bulletins of Bonaparte
were no doubt well calculated to please
those 10 whom they. were addressed and
the soldiers for whose Qualification they
were written. British soldiers have us
ually preferred more chastened style,
in harmony with the character of their
race and the feelings III, the public whom
they appealed to. Perhaps the model de
spatch from the English point of view,
a model both in respect of its lucidity and
completeness. was that written by the
naval officer commanding the British
forces on the Italian coast during the
Greek war; Sir. I.have the honor TO re-
port that ! have destroyed all the enemy s
ships along the coast. number as per mar
GIN He had, and there was really moth
ing more to be said. The dukes despatch
es. toe. were excellent examples of lucid,
restrained and dignifed writing. 1t would
be an eXaggeratiOn to pretend that all the
dispatches. telegraphic, or otherwise,
which have been received from our gen
erals in South Africa have been conspic-
uOus for their elevation of style or their
restraint. --' '- -'H-
Now. however, we are happily receiving
a series of reports, which are not only far
more cheering in their character than any
which have proceeded them, but which are
couched in language which. so far from
grating upon the ears of Englishmen, in
spires them with confidence and appeals
to the quality Of mind which is usually 10
be found in English speaking people
no ( RpheTfS writes
his own espatches; that is. in itself a
gaiIZ for they are likely TO be short, and
they are certain to be to the point. More
over, Lord Roberts is a student OF men.
and il is no eXaggeratiOn 10 say that the
terse. crisp dispatches which he has been
sending to the Government, with their
prompt recognition OF the services OF his
soldiers. whether British born or colonial.
and his clear appreciation OF the state OF
mind of English men and women at home
and throughout thu empire, have been an
invaluable tonic and most salutary in
SEPARATION for all us Britons wherever We
dwell.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
WORKSHOPS FOR THE BLIND.
Nnss Meetings Called to Further the
Project.

Mass meetings for Monday. March &c, at
s O'Clock. at the First Presbyterian Church,
Four-and- half Street, near Street. and
on Tuesday March y. at the same hour,
at the First Congregational Church, Tenth
and Streets, have been called in aid of
the project to establish workshops for the
blind of the District Of Columbia. An en-
tertainment will be given and addresses
rendered by DR.. II. y. Couden, Chaplain OF
the House Of Representatives. and by f. Z
Cleaveland, President of the American AS
ISOLATION of the Blind