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New-York tribune., 1900-03-04
THEY DIE NOT"
.l,,rnnE's MagaZIne.

-, BIackwood's Magazine
FI0I baftles' last avengers stand:
rnpeIial "a d, r,ba of fire and direful Fear
Death vim aim edge Of space; moaning and drear
on On S steep clouds roll rn9 IN 5rdg fbe Pand Iand
Like nun r,,,,,.. an odor sere, and Death,
comes go, - he smoke Of blood and failing breath
Catchlhs, ,, in ,,ult,Ire flight with eager hand
..,,,5 ,yi,,,s horne through the trembling
II 49, IKE bubbles from the muddy deep
HiTyilt / rrilt Of many spirits: a bloom OF sleep
CoInpeSl olires 5GU-n shall heaYe up from their
,,.ia who's. brightness Time shall never rust
New-York tribune., 1900-03-04
SPECIMENS or BoER JOURNALISM.
rom The Pail Mall Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette
An EnEiishwoman, writing to The Caps
Times from Barkly West by way Of showing
the condition OF things under Boer rule. says:
1t is really most irritating being cut Off from
newS-I mean news II the progress OF the cam
paign. The only newspapers We ever have .
chance Of reading (and that IS only very oCca-
sonalIy) the Boer organs The VolI1sstem,'
The Standard and DlSEers News and The
Bloemfontein Express ana the sameness of
their reports OF the different cnEagemcuts makes
very tired. Usually read of the loss
the Boer side of six. at the most ten, men,
while the British never seem 20 lose fewer than
two thousand. l have noticed that there has not
yet been single fight in which the British lose
has been computed at less than two thousand.
while at MOddcr River and at Coleuso we arc
told that the British loss on each occasion
certainly not fewer than five thousand men At
this rate, when Is the coronation OF KRUGER to
take place at Westminster Abbeyf These
papers have annoyed me so much that now
refuse to read them at all. As Englisli>
woman, need not say how dreadful il is to read
that the British soldiers are half hearted and
that they had To be fired by their own
officers to make them advance"
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Mr. John Sherman Dead

Mrs. John Sherman, wife of the former secretary of state, died at Mansfield, O., on Monday. She had a stroke of paraly. sis two days before and was unconscious for some hours before her death. She was 72 years old. Mrs. Sherman was Cecilia Stewart, daughter of Judge James Stewart of Mansfield, O., and was married to John Sherman in 1S4S, fouI years after he had been admitted to the bar and had entered politics there. No children were born to them, but they adopted a boy and girl, twins, of whom the boy died in infancy. Mary Sherman, the adopted daughter, grew up in Wash. ington and there became the wife of James Ives McCallum. Mrs. Sherman was long prominent in official society in Washington, her sympathy with her hus- bands public life being no less marked than his devotion to his home. In Mans field Mrs. Sherman was owner of consid- erable property inherited from her father
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
CANAAN, CONN, THURSDAY. ',
FIGHTING AT TAkU.
Admiral Kempn Lands Sailors From
 the Newark

Washington. June 6.-It is the belief of the navy department that Rear Admi- ral Kempf has called upon Rear Admiral Remey to send a battalion of marines and additional men-of-war to his assistance.
 This belief is based upon the following cipher message received by Secretary I~-~ Som Admiral Kempff, referring, apparently, to an engagement between the government troops and the Boxers:
 ''* Engagement has commenced. I have landed additional force of 50 sea- men. Battalion of marines"
 Secretary Long cabled Admiral Kempff directing him to report in plain text upon the situation and the action he has taken. Any action that Admiral Kempff has talk en has followed consultation between him and Minister Conger at Peking.
 The break in the admiral's dispatch is caused by an illcgible group of figures. Reading in one light it would seem that the Newark has landed 50 sailors to re- enforce the marines already ashore, and in another aspect the gap might be read to state that 90 sailors had been landed with another battalion of marines. How ever that may be, the admiral's news is regarded of the utmost gravity.
 Admiral Memphis statement that an engagement has commenced" taken in conjunction with message from MT. Conger, is construed in some quarters here to mean that the Boxers have at tackled the foreign guards either at Pe- king or Tien-tsin and that he has landed additional men as a reinforcement. The authorities say, however, that this is speculation only and that it is useless to attempt to determine what Admiral Kempff really meant in view of the mu- tilated condition of his dispatch.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Wireless TeIexraphy.

Electricians used to the older meth ods of telegraphy and business men in- terested in them are somewhat reluc- tant to acknowledge the possibilities of wireless telegraphy," just as gas en- glneers were slow to believe in electric lighting It is human nature. Unable to deny that Marconi has been success ful in a measure, some telegraph engi- neers are disposed to limit the wireless telegraph to short distances of a few miles and say 1t will only be useful for coast communication to lightships, etc
 Professor K. X. Fessenden, however, in the "Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers shows that Marconfs law for the range of signaling namely. that 1t is pro portional to the product of the heights of the vertical wires used at the send ing and receiving stations-has ra- tional basis, and therefore, with high enough sending and receiving wires as well as powerful sparks and slight i'm provements In the apparatus, the range might be carried 1000 miles or more London Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Death of Stephen Crane.

Stephen Crane, the American author and war correspondent. has died at Ba- den. Mir. Crane was born In Newark, N. J., in 1870. He went to Lafayette college. but did not graduate. He attended the Syracuse university. He was a member of the Delta Epsilon fraternity. He be- gan writing when he was only 16 years old and wrote short stories for the New York Tribune when he was IS. He was the author of three novels, a book of verse on "Lines," as he called them. and series of six or seven short stories. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets" was his first novel. It was privately printed by the author in 1891 and recently reissued. "The Red Badge of Courage" his sec ond, was published by D. Appleton X Co. in the autumn of 1895. Georges Mother" his third, was published more recently. "The Black Rider and Other Lines." the little volume of verse alluded to, was published in the spring of 1895.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07

oid man could not ne maue "a Ten where
 bis money was hidden. aud the robbers
 beat and burned him with n redhot shovel until he was unconscious, Then they gagged him, covered him with h feather bed and left him to die.
 Justice Gaynor of the supreme court denied the application for certificate of reasonable doubt in the case of William F. Miller of Franklin syndicate fame. convicted of grand larceny In the first degree aud sentenced by Judge Hurd in the county court on April 30 to ten years
 at hard labor in Sing Sing prison. Miller
 was taken Co Sing Sing on Friday. Official information of the death of Captain George ]. Godfrey was received
 in a cablegram to the war department from General MncArthur. The dispatch says that he was killed in an engagement near San Miguel dc Mayumo, Lnron. on June 8. Captain Godfrey was born in New York Feb. 14. 1892 and appointed from New York to the Military academy July 1, 1882.
 Chief of Police Ripley of Chicago has been notified of the theft of AS bars of
 bullion, weighing 100 pounds each. of
 gold. worth about S1 200. GOO. and silver valued at about Si2,o00. The bullion iH ] supposed to be in possession of the bur glars in the city. Tle bars were stolen from car on the Chicago Terminal
 Transfer Railroad company's tracks sev- | eral days ago.
 Four of the defendants In the famous | Lancaster revenue cigar stamp counter. 1 feiting conspiracy have entered pleas of guilty in the United States district court
 in Philadelphia. They are William M.
 Jacobs and William l.. KendiT, Lancas. | ter cigar manufacturers. Samuel B. Downey. formerly deputy internal reve-
 nue collector. and James Burns, one of Jacobs employees.
 Chief Justice Albert Frances Judd of the Hawaiian supreme court died on May | % of cerebral degeneration at the age of | 62. He was born in Honolulu in 1888. | graduated at Yale in 1858 and married l Miss Agnes Boyd of Geneva, N. N.. who. | with seven sons and two daughters, sur wives him. King kalakau appointed him associate justice of the supreme bench. His estate Is valued at S220,000
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Fflfufuo Iosaea

Secretary Root has sent to congress in response to a resolution of inquiry the fol- lowing report from General Macarthur: With reference to your telegram of the 22d ult., Filipinos killed, 10, ,1S0; wound ed, 2,104; captured and surrendered, 10,425; number prisoners in our posses sion about 2,000. No systematic record of Filipino casualties at these headquar. ters. Foregoing, compiled from large number reports made immediately after engagements, is as close approximation as now possible owing to wide distribu ton of troops. More accurate report would take weeks to prepare. Number reported killed probably in excess of ac- curate figures; number reported wounded probably much greater than reported. as Filipinos managed to remove most wounded from field. and comparatively few fell into our hands. Officers of high rank and dangerous and suspicious men have been detained as prisoners; most other men discharged on field as soon as disarmed. Propose to release all but very few prisoners at early date"
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
oensr.i Markets.

New York. June 6 FLOUR-Stato and western displayed mod. crate activity and steady tone without quotable change. Minnesota patenta, tgeoa ss5, winter straights. s13bas.tb; winter eKtraaL ss.b5as. 80. winter patents. sS0oa3sh
 wHEAT-Dull. but steady on reneetins strength in corn and lack of offerings July, 5saT2 3-i0o.. September. 79l4a79 7-i0o.
 RYE-Dull, state. b7absc.. c. l. f., New York. carlots: No western. 6it4o., L O. b. afoat. CoRN-Strong and higher support by provision houses and local covering; July. saa ssssc.; September. ssl1at3 a-ieo.
 oATS-Quiet, but steady; track. white. state. y7lfsStltc.; track. white, western. x7tta3tlfo. PoRR-Quiet mess, siLESAi2.50' family. si850aiAb0.
 LARD-Firm. prime western steam. 7.07lfe. BUTTER-Barely steady; state dairy. les lpo.; state creamery. iBlbas0o.
 CHEESE-StronR. large dead white. pssa pltc.; small white. slSass4o.
 E0GS-Firmer; state and Pennsylvania. ta al4o.: western. loss of. lslxAl3c.
 SUGAR-Raw strong; fair refining. Ato-l centrifugal, % test. tssc.: refined strong. crushed. oo.; powdered, h7oc.
 TURPENTfNE-Eaay at tsltAtac.
 MoLASSES-Ffrm; New Orleans, tta5So. RICE-Firm: domestic, tAaoSto., Japan. tAatySc.
 TALLow-woak; city. ss4asssc.; country. assatsEc.
 HAY-Easy; shipping, oSa7oc.; good to choice, soAsTl8c-
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Boer Enyoys In Chicago.

Chicago, June 6.-The Auditorium was filled last night by representative audi ence in a welcome to the three South Af- rican peace envoys. An admission was charged to the hall, and fully 5000 was secured for the widows and orphans of the Boers killed in battle. Judge k. F. Dunne presided at the meeting, and when he introduced c. H. Fischer, the dele
 gate from the Orange Free State, the i'm mense audience arose as one man and gave Mir. Fischer such an ovation as he said he had not received since coming to America. He said that the burghers lov- ed freedom as well as Americans and so long as there was an Afrikander alive so long would it be for Great Britain to stamp out the fight for liberty. Mir. Vol marans and Mir. Vessels also spoke.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
WORK OF CONGRESS.
House Passes Antitrust BIII-MiIes to
 He Promoted.

The house spent Thursday discussing antitrust legislation. each side accusing the other of playing to the political gal leries for effect. Mir. Sulzer and MT. Ray indulged in a heated debate on the ice trust. In the senate Mir. Jones attacked the administration, and Commissioner Peck's accounts were sharply questioned. The sundry civil bill, carrying an appro- priation of S5.0o0.000 for the St. Louis exposition, was passed. Senator Clark's case was definitely disposed of by an agreement.
 The house on Friday voted on the pro- posed antitrust constitutional amend ment. The vote was; Yeas. 154: nays. 131, 3S short of the required two-thirds in favor of the amendment. Five Dem ocrats-Messrs. Campbell of Montana, Naphen of Illinois. Scudder of New York, Sibley of Pennsylvania and Thayer of Massachusetts-and one Silyerite-Mr. Newlands of Nevada-voted with the Re publicans for the resolution and two Re publicans-Mr. Loud of California and Mir. Mccall of Massachusetts-with the Democrats against it. These were the only breaks from party lines. The sen ate passed the Military academy appro- priation bill with the amendment making Miles lieutenant general and Corbin major general.
 The house on Saturday passed the bill simplifying the provisions of the Sher- man antitrust law. Only one vote-that of Mir. Mann (Rep.) of Illinois-was cast against it. The senate passed the Nicely extradition bill.
 In the senate on Monday Senator Tel Ter in a speech on the Philippines an- nounced that he would not support the Republican party at the fall elections. He said the islands should be held. Sen ator Pettigrew asked for immediate con sideration of the antitrust bill, but on objection it went over. Senator Aldrich said it could not pass at this session. Senator Morgan presented a resolution favoring the abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty. The judiciary committee of the senate reported in favor of con firming the nomination of John R. Hazel for a district judgeship in New York.
 On Tuesday both houses passed the Military academy bill. which makes Ma jor General Miles lieutenant general and Adjutant General Corbin a major gem eral; also the Nicely extradition bill and the special river and harbor bill. In the senate the house antitrust bill was refer red to the judiciary committee by vote of 43 to 9 after an acrimonious debate almost unprecedented for bitter person alities and violent invective. The senate confirmed many nominations, including that of Major General Otis to be major general in the regular army, Joseph Wheeler to be brigadier general in the regular army and John K. Hazel of Buff falo to be United States district judge. The nomination of W. D. Bynum to be general appraiser at the port of New York was defeated by a tie vote.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
More Aid For India Sufferers.

London, June 6.-The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship company has donated S25,0O to the India famine fund. The vieeroy, Lord Curzon of Keddleston, tel. egraphs that cholera continues in many of the Bombay districts. The condition of the people there is deplorable, as a number of the large works are deserted. The Bombay government has authorized the opening of scattered village works, but it is reported that the situation is very difficult to deal with. Elsewhere the relief measures are sufficient generally in British India and are improving in the native states. About 5,770,o00 people are now receiving relief.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Blacks attacked part of the British relief expedition on the way Co kumaxsi and killed Lieutenant Slater and several men.
 The Prince of Wales Diamond Jubilee won the Derby stakes. Simondale was second and Mir, James R. Keene's Dis. guisc third.
 A portion of the embankmcnt of the Subcommittee river in India, on which An. medabad Is situated. cayed in while many men. women and children were washing clothing in the river. Thirty lives were lost
 The Canadian Pacific Employees ps, triotic Relief fund for the Ottawa fire sufferers amounts to S12033.04. It it estimated that this amount represents 100 per cent of one-half days pay fot the entire system at the present time.
 The statue erected by subscriptions opened In France and In the United States in honor of General Rochambeau. the French officer, born here, who in 11sQ was sent with 0,oo0 men Co the United States to take part In the Revolutionary war, has been unveiled at Vcndome, France.
 Memorial day was duly celebrated in the City of Mexico by the local Grand Army post, which decorated the graves of the American soldiers who died ot were killed in the war of the North American invasion and are buried in the American cemetery. A delegation of Mexican army officers assisted in the cer. emonics.
 Rural guards killed Juan Gonzales, the notorious outlaw, and four companions near Sagua Ia Grande. Cuba. Gonzalez had been arrested several times. but he always escaped conviction because wit nesses feared to testify against him. The Gonzalez band was the last of the well known brigand organizations In Santiago nruvince
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
The Day of Fancies.

We suppose there will always be some worthless fads or fancies In the world of live stock breeding, says The National Stockman. There have been many in the past, and every now and then a new one bobs up. But We are glad to say that experience has not been without Its lessons. Breeders are not taking things for granted these days. Every statement is scanned closely. The man with fad no lon ger finds an audience that swallows all his statements without the proyerbial grain of salt. The fads of the future must have some foundation in utility, or at least an appearance of 1t, or they will not live long enough to do much damage. It Is very gratifying to prac- tical men to see some of their number whacking away at this fancy foolish ness whenever 1t appears. They can not hit 1t too hard nor too often
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Prf.oner. of FfIipino..

Captain Charles n. Roberts of the Thirty-ffth infantry, who, with two of his men, has fallen into the hands of the Filipinos near San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, is a son of Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus s. Roberts. Thirteenth infantry. He was born in Dakota in 1873 and was appointed to the army from Wyoming. Of the two soldiers who were captured with Captain Roberts, Mcintyre is a na- tive of Baltimore. and his nearest rela- tive is Michael Mcintyre of 92I Valley street. that city. Private Akens was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., and his next of kin is James H. Akens of Liber- ty, N. Y. It is believed at the war de- partment that the insurgents will endeav- or to hold these captiyes for ransom, but the army will endeayor to run them down and recapture the men.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
New Jersey Democrats

There were over 1000 delegates at the Democratic state convention in Trenton on Friday, called to elect delegates to the national convention to be held in Kansas City on July f. The convention was characterized by enthusiasm and by strong Bryan sentiment so far as ex- pressions went, although the convention refused with less than 100 negative votes to instruct the delegates to Kansas City to vote for MT. Bryan. Colonel s. NJ. Zulick, formerly governor of Arizona, now a resident of Monmouth county, was chairman of the convention. The dele gates elected were Robert Davis of Hud- son, Thomas NJ. Terrell of Gloucester, Johnston Cornish of Warren and James F. Maritime of Union.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Memorial Day In New York.

More than 10000 men, veterans of two wars, made up the Memorial day pa rade, which passed between a vast throng or enthusiastic spectators who lined both curbs in Fifth avenue from the starting point at Forty-sixth street to Washington square. Memorial day has seldom seen more brilliant specta- cle, and never were the veterans, old and young, received with greater enthusiasm. All the national guard regiments of the state received an ovation at the review ing stand at the Worth monument-eyen the Seventh, though a few misses could be heard through the cheers for it. Fifth avenue was gay with the national colors and long before the parade began was alive with men, women and children seeking a good place to see the soldiers move hY-
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
pr. R. S. storrs Is Dead,

New York, June 6.--The Rev. Richard Salter Storrs, the venerable pastor emer. itus of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, died at his home in that bor. ough last night. The only surviving mem bers of his family, his three daughters, Mrs. Edward E. Coe, Mrs. Louis R. Packard and Mrs. Philip Washburn. were present at the time of his death. Dr. Storrs had been in an unconscious condition for about 24 hours. His death was due to complication of ailments incident to old age, his final illness dating from last October.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Important Decision on Strikes

New York, June 6.-That it is not ille- gal for workmen on strike to peaceably employ pickets outside a workshop is the opinion of Justice James Fitzgerald of the supreme court. He wrote this in handing down an order dissolving the temporary injunction granted by Justice Freedman restraining Nathan Rosen- stein and other officers of the Cigar Max CTS union from interfering with Kerbs, Wertheim x Schiller, cigar manufactur- CTS. Prior to the strike the plaintiffs employed more than 2,000 hands. The injunction restrained the union from picketing the premises.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Dewey Begins Second Tour.

Washington, June 6.-Admiral Dewey left here last night at 9 o'clock via the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for his trip to Columbus, Detroit and Grand Rapids. With him were Mrs. Dewey, Lieutenant H. H. Caldwell and Mir. J. H. Maddy, representing the railroad company. On the center window of each of the cars of the train was a miniature admirals flag. with it's four stars on the field of blue, the only decorative feature apparent on the train. A crowd of several hundred people saw the party off. The trip west is simply social one and has, the admi- ral said just before leaving, no political ,;,
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Fire m Scheufer.. IsIaud d

New York. June 6.-The machine shop of Townsend x Duryea on Scheuter's is land at the mouth of Newark bay in the Kill von Kull was destroyed by fire late last night. It was building newly erect ed, and only part of the machinery had been installed. The new building was part of shipbuilding and repairing plant which is to be established on the island, The cause of the fire is not known. The loss will be considerable, but the approxi- mate amount could not be learned last night.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
Cyclone Hits Winnipeg.

Winnipeg. June GA destructive cy- clone swept over this city last night from the southeast. Carriages were overturn- ed, boats on the river upset and several buildings demolished. A boathouse on the river bank was overturned, with the result that several young men and boys who had taken shelter behind it were badly injured, one of the number. Ed ward Hartwell, being instantly killed.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
AguinaIdo Probably Dead.

Major Peyton C. March, with his de- tachment of the Thirty-third regiment of volunteer infantry, overlook what is be- lieved to have been Aguinaldo's party on May 19 at Lagat, about 100 miles northeast of Vigan. The Americans kill ed or wounded an officer, supposed to be Aguinaldo, whose body was removed by his followers.