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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-14
TRIPLE ALLIANCE ON CHINA
JAPAN NOW A PARTY TO ANGLO
GERMAN AGREEMENT
The Only Power Invited That Made
Special Inquiries as to the Understand
tng-Forma1Iy Declares Adherence to
signatory Power--Importance of the
Alliance.

London, Dec. 13.--The correspondence
relating to the Anglo German agree
ment has been laid before parliament.
| 1t reveals the fact that the agreement
is now tripartite.
Japan, alone of the powers invited to
join, made special inquiries Of Germany
and Great Britain concerning the agree
ment. Japan then replied that the i'm
perial government, having received as
surance from the contracting parties to
the effect that in adhering to the agree
ment in question they will be placed in
relation to such agreement in the same
position they would have occupied if
they had been signatory instead of an
adhering state, does not hesitate to for
mally declare that she will adhere to
such agreement and will accept the
principles embodied therein.
The assurances of Germany and Great
Britain alluded to are not given. The
replies of the other powers do not dlt-
fer from the previous announcements.
The announcement that Japan has
Joined the Anglo German agreement on
China is considered no less important
than was the announcement of the
agreement itself several months ago 1t
increases the importance of the diplo-
matte victory of Lord Salisbury, as it
has long been recognized that Japan
holds the balance of power in the east
and will make a formidable ally. 1t
does not seem possible now that any
policy of this combination in China can
be frustrated. These three powers will
without question have the support of
Austria and Italy, the latter two being
bound to Germany in the European tri-
pie alliance to offset which the Franco
Russian offensive and defensive alliance
was made. Japans action is undoubt-
edly a blow to the promoters of the ag-
gressive policy of Russia in China, but
will be a powerful factor for peace.
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DARING TRAIN ROBBERIES
ONE IN TEXTS and ONE NEAR NEW
ORLEANS.
A Postal Clerk ON the FORMER Ne"F5
KILLED and the Conductor on the
Latter shot Through the Bnck-Ih '"e
Texas Affair the Amount stolen IL
Thought to be Large.

| rovor,,ana. Ark. Dec. ia bold
robbery on the Cotton Belt railroad oc-
curred to-day at Bassetts, Texas, thlr-
+v rilas south of Texarkana, on the
train coming north, in which fostai
! Clerk John n, Dennis was almost Kill
ed and the mail pouches OF MS car
rit1ed of their contents. The amount
stolen is not known, but it is peleVed
to be large In the run to TeXafKaha
the coaches were uncoupled twice IN a
very mysterious manner. Upon the ar
rival oe the train here officials forced
an entrance to the mail car ana were
astonished to find the clerk stretched
upon the floor apparently dead. A hur-
ried examination showed that the reg
istered packages had been ripped open
and robbed of their contents, the most
valuable of which was the Waco-Mem-
phis through pouch, containing num-
Der of valuable packages.
Dennis was alive. but unconscious.
An ugly wound on the top of his head
told the story. At the hospital he re-
vived sufficiently to give the details of
the robbery. Just as the train parted
at BaSSettS. Dennis went INTO tne mali
car to stir up the fire. When he closed
the door he saw two men standing by
the stove. One of them dealt him %
heavy blow over the head with heavy
fire shovel and he was quickly beaten
into a senseless condition.
An examination of the car showed
that the robbers gained entrance by
crawling through a small trap door in
the floor of the vestibule. In the vesti-
bule is crank with which person
can uncouDle the car from another. 1t
is impossible to tell what the robbers
secured, but it is believed they made a
good haul.
New Orleans, Dec 13,-The south
bound Illinois Central fast mail was
held up a mile above this city tonight
and Conductor Kennebok was shot in
the back. The passengers were not
molested and the robbers got nothing
out of the express car as the company
had no money SAFE on the train The
robbers secured quite a number of reg
istered letters from the mail.
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Continued on Sixth Page.)
BRITISH DIsAs sTER RUMoRED.
Beers Reported to Have Captured a
British Camp.

London, Dec. 14.-The Daily Express
publishes a rumor of a serious disaster
to the British army. According to this
report, the Beers attacked the camp of
General Clements in the Barberton dis
trict, capturing the camp, killing a
number of British officers and taking
prisoners all the British troops, includ-
ing four companies of the Northumber-
land Fusileers. The story is not con-
firmed in any quarter and is not gener-
ally believed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-14

Washington, Dec. 13,-In accordance
with previous agreement the Senate in
executive session at o'clock this af-
tenroon took a vote on the Davis fortifi-
cation amendment to the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty authorizing the United
States to defend its interests in the
canal. The Senate did not close it's
doors until 2 o'clock, and there was
then left only one hours time for con-
sideration of the amendment. The
vote was taken by yeas and nays, 65
votes being cast in favor Of the amend
nent, and II against it. The negative
votes were as follows: Baird, Bever-
idge Frye, Foster Hansbrough, Lind
say, Mason, McCumber McEnery, Nc
Bride, Morgan, Money Stewart, Till
man, Wellington, Wolcott and Gal
llnger.
The committee amendment which
was adopted is a provision which is to
be inserted after Section article of
the treaty and is as follows
1T is agreed, however, that none of
the Immediately foregoing conditions
and stipulations in Sections numbered
one, two, three, four and five of this
article shall apply to measures which
the United States may find it necessary
to take for securing by it's own forces
the defense of the United States and
the maintenance of public order"
After the vote on the amendment to
the treaty a number of additional
amendments were offered. One by Sem
NIL fr,, hn oI
,of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty in its en-
tirety Another amendment provides
that the United States shall have au-
thority to acquire possession of terri
tory adjacent to the canal.
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THE CARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
THE BoARD OF FINANCE.
Authorizes the borrowing of 100000
in Anticipation of Taxes.

At the meeting of the board of finance
last night it was voted to authorize the
mayor and controller to borrow 100000
in anticipation of taxes Controller
Rowe will call for bids at once. The
notes will be taken up within about
thirty days. About $4,000 will be need
ed within week and the remainder of
the authorized temporary loan will be
placed when Immediate need arises.
The board also voted a number of small
transfers in various accounts last night,
the total amount transferred aggregat-
ing about $1,000. Among the transfers
was one of $11S from the interest ac-
count in the controllers department to
the election account.
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PORTUG UESE ENJOY RETURNS.
Trouble with Holland Evidently Ad-
tusted for the Present.

Lisbon, Dec. 13.-Count De Selir. Por-
tuguese minister to the Netherlands,
has returned to The Hague, which he
left temporarily owing to the difficulties
which arose in connection with the
withdrawal of the equatur of the Dutch
consul at Lorenzo Marquee, and has
been received by the president of the
council and the minister of foreign af-
fairs.
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CONNECTiCUT CREDITORS.
Bring Action Against the Rollins Gold
& silver Mining COMPANY.

New York, Dec. 13-Among the petit
tions in bankruptcy filed in the United
States district court to-day was one
asking that the Rollins Gold and Silver
Mining company, a corporation organ
lied under the laws of the state of New
York, with it's principal place of busi-
ness in this city, be adjudged an invol-
untary bankrupt. 1t was filed by the
following creditors: Charles w. War
ner, Middletown, Conn, s2,055; Mary e.
Warner, Middletown, Conn. 5,241, and
Frank Brainard, trustee, of Portland
Conn, $6,054 All the indebtedness is on
notes due on December 81, 1899, which
were refused. The petition alleges that
the corporation is insolvent and that on
December 5 last they admitted their
willingness to be declared bankrupt
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LAST NIGHTS POLO.
New Haven Defeated in Springfield by
Score of IL to 8.

Springfield Mass, Dec. 13.-The polo
rink was crowded to its utmost tonight
and the patrons saw Springfield defeat
New Haven by the score of IA to 8, The
leaders started in to play hurrican
game, but the superb passing of Pierce
and Curtis was too much for them and
they were outplayed at every point.
Bone was struck in the face in the first
period and was obliged to retire. Score:
Springfield IA, New Haven s. Stops, La
t1ons 40, Heffernan 80; rushes Curtis 12,
Jason 8, Bone l; tie O. Referee, Leahy.
Timer, Eugher. Attendance, 1000
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PRICE or 1oBACCo ADVANCED.
Evident Effort of the Trust to Force On {
Small Dealers.

Boston, Dec. 13.-Informatlon has Just
a week from to-day an advance of one
cent a pound will be made on all plug
and cut plug brands controlled by the
Continental Tobacco company. This
makes the fourth advance within twelve
months and it's effect, especially upon
the small dealers, will, it is said, be dis
astrous. According to one Boston deal
er, it is apparently the policy of the
trust to eliminate everything from the
business but the large concerns.
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Two Building Permits Issued.

Fire Marshal Gladwin yesterday af-
ternoon issued two building permits,
cne to Mrs. David Curtis for the erec-
ton of frame house on Hotchbss street
to cost about SO, 500. The other permit
was issued to the Celluloid Starch Co.
TO erect an addition 10 The company 5
shop on Winchester avenue, the cost
to be about 81 200.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-14
WINSTON CHURCHILL HERE
LECTURE List NIGHT BY THE
BRILLIANT YOUNG BRITON.
He Told of the Boer War and or Iffs
Escape from Pretorfa-He Thinks
That the Beers Possess Admirable
auaifties-A Large Audience at the
Hyperion En- tertained at the Gradu-
ntes Club Last Night.

Winston Churchill, the young Eng
lish lecturer and war correspondent,
arrived in New Haven yesterday af-
ternoon shortly after o'clock and i'm
mediately was made the guest of a
committee of Yale undergraduates The
committee that met Mr.. Churchill and
Mr.. Pond at the depot consisted Of the
following we'll known members of the
university: F. Gordon Brown, Sher-
man G. Coy, Arthur C. Ludington,
Lloyd D. Waddell and William M.
Fincke. The party was taken in open
hacks to the campus, where all the
buildings and other points of interest
were pointed out to the Englishman
and his friend. The party then went
to the New Haven house for a short
time and later Mr.. Churchill appeared
for his lecture, which took place at S:15
in the Hyperion.
The audience which greeted Mr..
Continued on Sixth Page)
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Hartford Woman Kills Herself.

New York. Dec. ia woman regis
tering as Pauline Foster of Hartford,
Conn, killed herself tonight at the
Grand Union hotel. She used a revoly-
er The police took possession of three
letters which were found sealed and ad-
dressed on the table In the room. They
were addressed to 'Mr. Ernest Feste,
500 Baroon street New Orleans, La, -
paul Feste, Crystal City, Mo- and
''Mrs. Gussie Pollock, Paris, France"
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says EMPEROR is 4 CHRIS1IAN
Cause of the Dislike of the Empress
Doyvaaer for Him.

Berlin, Dec 13.-During to-day's ses-
sion of the reichstag, the last before
the Christmas holidays, DR.. Stoecker
former court chaplain, remarked with
reference to the situation in China that
he had received private letters assert
ing that the reason the empress dow
ager hates Emperor Kwang Su is that
the latter has actually become Chris
tian, having been converted by British
and American missionary books that
came under his eyes.
At the close of the session DIR. Stoeck-
er was interviewed by a representative
of The Associated Press to whom he
gave number of corroborative details.
His informant is supposed to have been
Count Won Waldersee, with whom DR..
.Stoecker is on terms of intimate friend
Ship.
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Hit IA Candidate for Senator.

Washington. Dec. 13.--RRepresenta-
tive Hit, of Illinois, to-day made for
NAL announcement of his candidacy for
the United States senate. He sent tel
egrams to that effect to friends in Illi-
nois, who have expressed themselves in
his favor, and to state legislators in his
locality.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-14
Another Firo ON silver street.

The alarm of fire rung about $50 last
evening from box 147 at the corner Of
Silver and Cedar street, was for blaze
at 3S Silver street, house occupied by
Israel Halpin, and owned by Thomas
Fulton. It was caused by an oil stove.
The damage was slight.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-14

Hartford, Dec 13.--A voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy has been filed in the
United States court by James T. Halli-
nan, a tea and coffee dealer whose place
OF business is in Waterbury. Liabilities
81, ,06274, assets $3.50.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-14

Canton, Dec. 13.-The falling over
board of a man from a passenger boat
on .he West river near Ho Kau, led to
"a rush of some 400 passengers to the
side of the vessel, which caused her to
sink. ove~ 900 persons being drowned
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CANS PUT UP A FAKE FIGHT
KNOCKED OUT BY M'GOTERN IN
THE SECOND ROUND.
Referee Silcr Declares the Colored Man
Made Very Poor Showing While
Others Assert He Made n Deliberate
Fake of the Cont Work
Clean, Fast and Furious.

Clean, Fast ana Furious.
Chicago, Dec. 13.-Terry McGovern is
now the undisputed lightweight cham
pion of the world He knocked out Joe
Cans of Baltimore tonight after two
minutes and five seconds of fighting in
the second round. Cans put up a very
poor exhibition and was never in it at
any stage of the game McGovern start
ed rushing him at the sound of the gong
and never let up until Cans was count
ed out He never delivered an effective
blow during the fight, and for man of
his reputation he made a fight which
will gain him no friends among lovers
of true sport in the ring. George Siler,
the veteran referee who presided in the
ring, said after Cans had been taken to
his corner: Cans put up a very poor
fight. That's all / have to say"
McGovern put up clean, fast fight
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ARREST OF JOHN COLLIGAN
Thought to Have Set Fire to a Barn
Last Night Owned by Mrs. Beartisley-
Father of Frank G. ColIigan Who is
Now Awaiting to be Tried ON Charge

Father of Frank G. ColIigan Who is
Now Awaiting to be Tried ON Charge
of Arson.
One of the most important arrests in
the history of West Haven was made
last night when John Colligan was
taken in by officer French, charged
with setting fire to the barn last night
at the rear of the residence owned and
occupied by Mrs. Susan P. Beardsley,
1856 Savin avenue. Colligan's arrest,
about 9~o'clock or shortly after the fire
was discovered, will, it is believed,
clear UP many of the mysteries that
have been unsolved in the borough dur
ing the last year. Ever since the fire
of November 3, the one that almost de-
stroyed the barn at the rear of the par
sonage, which is next door to the place
in which the fire was discovered last
night, Colligan was kept under close
surveillance by the West Haven police.
His house at 1856 Main street is just
behind the burned barn of Rev. Mr..
(COntinupd on Sixth Popel
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London, Dec. 13.-Michael G. Mulhall, the
statistician. is dead. He was born in 1896
Standard, the first English daily paper
printed in South America. His principal
works were the Dictionary of Statistics -
''The Progress of the World" and 1.-The IN
dustries and Wealth Of Nations.'
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Limerick Honors Kruger.

Limerick, Dec 13-The corporation of
Limerick to-day conferred the freedom
of the city upon Mr.. Kruger.
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Washington, Dec. 13.-The following
fourth class postmasters were appointed to-
f%S GGSomis o0hhssch ' Savoy j. sher
man,
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Al The Howe } SteIS0D stores
New Haven, Friday,
the fourteenth day of December,
WOmen's Suits
Jackets and Capes
At Little Prices.

@ls ~ sh1~ ~ SAO - q 80 Os~s
Such price cuts as
we are making noqO
were never known
before until the end
of the season-this
has been a ry
b a c K W ard one.
Manufacturers were
demoralized e early
and lucky purchases
r { pl e n is h ed our
stocks at very low
prices and made this
additional reduction
still more emphatic.
Hig h grade tailor
Costumes, Jackets,
and Capes, are here for
you at the cut prices Of
January. A most un-
situation and one
you should profit by.
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TREATY AMENDMENT PASSES
THE SENATE F1YORS 1T BY YOTE
OF 65 TO II.

Fortification of the Canal by the United
states Now Provided For-The Amends
ment In Full Others introduced but
Not Acted Upon One Offered by Senn-
tor Eikins for the Abrogation of the
Clayton. Bulwer Treaty.
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THE SIX-DAY BICFCLE RACE.

Continued on Sixth Page.)
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-20
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.

l COUNI1. 1 Because the climate is perfect,
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is album iant and cheap.
 Because home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is a luxury in land where the sun shines every day.
 Because th,re are chances for a poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values arc increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does not require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral and material elements of the Territory.
 Because good land is becoming scarce, and if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of the Uuited States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives fair com. pensation for his labor, and the hustler has field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there are neither blizzards or tOrnadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-sto: ms nor cyclones.
 Because the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of its mines, it's farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet bull up great and prosperous county.
 Because man can make livelihood Ter. with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under its cloudless skies.
 Because the settler need not spend life time in felling trees and grubbiHg cut stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by growth of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture some, and health welcomes the afflicted. Because the country has brilliant future and you want to be in the "swim." Because in it's pure, dry invigorating air, epidemic diseases cannot live CT germinate Because its people are generous, liberal, ] hospitable and progressive.
The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-20
LANDS AND SOILS.

The lands of Yuma County comprise the river
 bottoms and valleys and the uplands or mesas The
 bottom ands are mOister and slightly mere fertile if, indeed, it is possible to make comparisons The uplands mesas are warmer and, perhaps,
 lightly for betterthe cultivation of the citrus fruits Yuma contains variety of soil The valley land
 of thel Gia and Colorado rivers have for the most part deep sedmentary soil of brownish, gray san1y loam, resting, in most places, upon a gray
 clay subsoil at depth of from ten to twenty feet
 below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard.
 pan which is imperviOus to water. These soils have
 been slowly formed by the decomposition of shales.
 sandstones, marls. limestones, etc., mixed with
 ganic and vegetable matter, washed down by the
 mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries. The fertilizing
 brownish mud held in the wat tlof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and
 it's quantity varies from O.1 to O.5 per cent, though the water hen even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water. chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent parts of each. That of the Colorado exhibiting triHe less potassa most phosphoric acid and car
 bonade of limestone beds through which the Colo r,do masses Tn other respects the sediment of the CoIorado is almost identical with that of the Nile. If will be noticed therefore, that when this water is
 sed for irrigation it is superior to artesian waters since it is constantly supplying the land with the fertilizing clements The soil of the valley ;s extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and uncombined carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases, such especially, as oxygen which en- tering the soil, dccomposes the organic matters that tbev can be taken up and>nourish the plants which may he considered leading featur; in it fertility. It also readily takes up and retains moisture while the rmness of its particles affords every facility for percolation and the activity of conllary action In ts mechanical composition it's nartielo Fare in a state of very fine division which renders it more productive than coarser soils l
 coiries heat readily in the daytime, and the loss of the heat at night is very gradual so that it re- mains alvavs warm and is not subject to sudden changes of heat and cold. Besides its essential con- st;tuepts of water, organic or vegetable matter, ,and and clay, chemical anal ysis shows that lime, zoda magnesia, iron, ammoria and available forms of nitrogen, phosphorc acid and potash enter into in the proportions best adapted to add to it's fertility though, of course, as is always th case in soil analysis, its composition varies in 5;esreutI celities and is not alwaSs constant