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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
PHfLBIR'S POLICT.
Not to Make Ruthless Changes in New
YorE,s District a ttorney's Ofice.

New York. Dec. 23-Eugene A. Phil
bin. who has been appointed district at
torney by Governor Roosevelt to sue
ceed Asa Bird Gardner, who was re-
moved from office by the governor Sat
urday. in an interview to-day said the
first thing he would do would be to re-
sign as a member of the state board of
charities. and that he would take charge
of the district attorneys office as soon
as he received the official notification.
This he thinks will reach him some
time tomorrow. and if it does he will
take charge on Wednesday morning
Il shall not make clean sweep of
the district attorneys office / shall re-
move no man who is competent to fill
his duty. I have not been asked to give
any pledges as to the patronage of the
Office and nothing has been said to me
with regard to removals so | am free
to use my own judgment in the mat
ter, and / will certainly remove no man
who is capable and honest.
Il have no fixed policy as to the ex-
else violation or the subject which will
occupy the attention of the committee
of fifteen, but will deal with each case
according to its merits and the lows
which are applicable to it,"
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CANNOT BE SOLTED BY STRIKES.
Opinion of British Labor Lea der ON the
Social Problem.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-"You can never
solve the social problem by strikes;
that Is my opinion after twenty years
experience in the movement" said
Peter Curran, chairman Of the General
Federation of Trades Unions of Great
Britain, in speaking to the working
men Of Chicago to-day at meeting
held under the auspices of the Building
Trades council.
| Mr. Curran came to this country as
the fraternal delegate from the British
Trades Union congress to the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor convention,
and represents about 100000 organized
workers in the United Kingdom. He is
president and organizer of the Gas
Workers and General Laborers' union,
with general offices in London. Mr..
Curran said:
After spending more money in Eng
land during the last twenty-five years
on the industrial battlefield than would
keep seven hundred men legislating for
our interests in the houses of parlia-
ment we have come to the conclusion
that we must have something to say
about the making of the laws under
WHICH we nave 10 WOTk, anu we HluSC
get away from the old orthodox politi-
cal parties If we hope to secure what
we seek. The only possibility of our
securing labor legislation is by sending
our own men to parliament, not as our
masters, but as our servants. You
never can solve the social problem by
strikes-never remedy the social evils
of which you complain by muscular
force. You must do it through legisla-
tion.
II am not in favor of any laws which
would take away the right of the work.
er to strike, but L am not an advocate
of strikes. There is only one solution,
and that is in common ownership, for
as long as we allow the land and the
of the country to be held as
private monopolies by the few, so long
will we have industrial disputes and
upheavals.'
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MILF0HD HorEh BURNED.
The Park House Totally Destroyed
Loss Estimated at $4,000.

Milford, Dec. 23.-The Park hotel of
this town was totally destroyed by fire
this evening, the total loss being in the
vicinity of $6,OOO partially covered by
insurance. The fire was discovered by
guest of the house, in the third story,
shortly after o'clock, and an alarm
given, but the flames had gathered too
much headway and quickly spread to
other parts of the building. Most of
the furniture on the first floor and
nearly all the personal effects of the
guests We're, however, saved.
The Park hotel was the second of the
name to be burned. Its predecessor,
which was destroyed by fire three years
ago, was the Old Park a famous hos
telry, known to every Yale man of the
former generation as the mecca of stu
dents who had been "rusticated." BY
some of the society boys it was dubbed
"the Yale chapter.
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BUYING HORSES roR ENGlAND.
$4,000 More TO be shipped From This
Country Costly Job.

Kansas City, Dec. 23.-Captain Hey
gate of The British army is purchasing
$4,000 cavalry horses and mules for the
British army in South Africa He came
here more than a year ago to buy
horses and mules, but was ordered home
d short time ago But he unexpected
renewal of hostilities has made the
purchase of more horses and mules nee
essary. AS fast as purchased the ami
mails will be shipped to South Africa
on British transports. One ship load Of
the animals will be Ytaken to South
Africa by Lieutenant David Moberley
leaving New Orleans soon after Janu-
airy, Lieutenant Moberey said:
BY the time the horses and mules
are landed in South Africa they cost
the British government $3.50. That is
large price for an animal which will
be fit for service only six weeks Most
of the animals die because of the
change in climate. They must cross the
equator in going to South Africa and
the torrid heat of the tropics kills them
rapidly. The average death rate on
ship board is thirty-two to the 1000
Forty days after a horse is purchased
in Kansas City it is landed in South
Africa. So great is the demand for
horses at the front that it is impossi-
BILE to give them the needed rest after
landing before putting them into SER
vice. Consequently they go to the front
in a weakened condition and not get
ting q sufficient amount of food they
soon die. Since the beginning of the
Boer war England has purchased over
100000 head of horses and mules in the
United States. 1t required siXty-fve
ships to carry them from New Orleans
to South Africa. Government trans
ports will be kept very busy from now
on carrying the horses which England
will need in South Africa and which
have been ordered purchased in the
United States. Baden-Powell now has
25, 900 mounted police and 1t is proposed
to mount $4,000 of the imperial infantry.
has discovered that her sol /
diers must be mounted to be able to
cope with the Boer, who gets over the |
with alarming rapidity."
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F4THER PURBRICK TO RETIRE.
Head of the Jesuit Order In the Eastern
Province,

Washington, Dec. 23.-Advices have
just reached Georgetown university here
which indicate the appointment of a
successor to Very Rev. Edward Pur-
brick, S. j., provincial of the Jesuit or
der in the eastern province, shortly af-
ter the holidays. Father Purbrick is
now visiting Italy, where the superior
general of the order resides. He wishes
to resign owing to sickness and advanc-
ed age, but will not do so until the for
NAL appointment of his successor.
Very Rev. Thomas j. Gam of the See
of Boston is now acting head of the
Jesuits in this jurisdiction, with resi-
dence in New York city al st. Francis
Xavier's college, but other priests are
also eligible for the appointment. Be
fore making it the superior-g general con-
suits the wishes of the college presi-
dents and principal Jesuits OF the east
Grn province.
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SCRANTON CAR MEN STRIKE.
Three Hundred Go Out for an Increase
of Wages.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 23.-Eyery one of
the 300 car and barn employees of the
Scranton Railway company obeyed the
strike order which went into effect ear
| ly this morning and as a consequence
only two cars We're run in all of the
Lackawanna Valley to-day. These two
cars Were manned by superintendent
Patterson and despatchers, foremen
and clerks. No attempt was made to
molest them and although rain fell a
greater part of the day the two cars
seldom had a passenger. The tied-up
region extends from Pittston to Forest
City, distance of thirty miles, and
includes sixty-five miles of track on
which are run on ordinarily eighty
cars
The men of the Wyoming Valley COM
pany threaten to go on strike on Tues
day. With both companies tied up
there would be four big cities. Scran-
ton, Wilkesbarre, Pittston and Carbon
dale, seriously crippled within a radius
of eighty miles. An appeal to the local
public was issued asking that the cars
be not patronized. The men demand
20 cents an hour for old employees and
from Is to II 12 cents for new men. At
present the new men receive an aver
age of Is $40 cents an hour and after
four years service this is raised to
IL 3-4 cents. They also demand a ten
hour day instead of twelve hours as at
present. The company says it is not in
a position to afford any increase in
wages at this time.
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SITUATION Still SERIOUS.
Unofficial News Does Not Agree With
Kttchener's Hopeful View.

London, Dec. 24-Lord Kitchener
dispatches breathing a confidence hard
ly justified by their contents are almost
the only available news from the seat
of hostilities in South Africa, but tele-
grams from Cape Town depict the sit
uation in anything but roseate views.
Without believing the assertions of
the Transvaal agency in BRUSSELS that
5000 Beers have invaded Cape Colony,
it is quite evident that the invasion
was a serious and well planned affair.
In connection with this correspon-
dent sends an extremely interesting let
ter dated Bethulie, December 1, describ-
\ ing General DeWet and his doings
I ''DeWet has never been taken seri-
ously enough" says the correspondent
1T is of little use to pursue him as he
fights rear guard action and gains
twenty miles while he is being fought.
He is a born military genius, whose
wonderful powers have kept up this
Phenomenal resistance.
"Once he fails, the whole thing could
be crushed in a fortnight. He has
every single commando under his SUI
pervision All his patrols and columns
march and countermarch on his order.
The forces under his command have
been reduced by his strength of will to
properly organized army, moving at
mis- word The sooner the British rid
themselves of the idea that DeWet's
force is a mere rabble, wandering aim
lessly, the sooner they will grasp the
need Of the determined effort which is
necessary to capture him."
The Cape Colony cabinet had an inn
portant sitting yesterday Sunday. 1t
appears that the Beers have destroyed a
railroad bridge ninety feet long about
twelve miles south of DeAar and
that no Cape mails have arrived at
Elm for three days.
Further anxiety has been caused in
Cape Town by the discovery that dur
ing the last two months, public bodies
in out of the way places have
supplies of dynamite. The
colonial government is now endeayor-
ng to recover possession of these ex-
plosives and is removing all stores of
arms and ammunition from suspected I
lepots.
Other advices from Cape Town rep
'esent the Dutch element in Cape Colo |
~ as greatly eIated over tie south
ward progress of the Beers and as
]oastins that the whole district Of Vic
oria West will join the raiders. 1t is
inspected in Cape Town that the force
raVeling from Noutpans Drift is not a
'ody of Beers, but one Of colonials,
fastening to join the invaders.
The Pietermaritzburg correspondent
t the Daily Mail says: "The Beers are /,
ctive between Johannesburg and Pre-
oria, exchanging fire with the Brit
5h outposts and it is reported that par
les of Beers are lowering around Jo- !
II
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You will find our
advertisement of to-day
on Page 2.
Howe & Stetson.
MURDER rs SUSPECTED.
Young Man Found Dead at Road
House Near NaugatucH.

| House Near NuUSatuck.
| Naugatuck, Dec. 23.-The finding OF
the body Of a man with one side of
his skull crushed, early this morning,
in the yard of the Cotton Hollow Road
House, well known resort mile and
half south of this town, develops a
mystery that has some appearance of
murder.
News of the happening was first
brought to the local authorities by one
Martin, the proprietor of the establish
ment, who stated that the man. who
late tonight was identified as Jerald
Milberg, whose family lives about a
mile from Naugatuck, had come to his
house early Saturday evening, and was
assigned to room on the third floor,
retiring at once. About o'clock, Mar
tin said, he was awakened by a noise
in the third story followed by the sound
of something striking in the yard be-
low, and upon Investigating, he found
the body Further than this Martin
would not state, and his wife and two
girls, who comprised the other inmates
of the house, disclaimed any knowledge
of the affair. An inspection of the room
where Millberg went to bed, however,
reveals the fact that the sashes Of the
window from which he must have
jumped, according to Martins story,
when opened to their widest leave a
space hardly wider than mans body.
Further. the glass in the window was
completely destroyed, and even some
shingles were torn from the outer edge
of the sill, all indicating that either
there was a struggle, or else the sui
eide was particularly determined upon
his act Of self-destruction. And in adj
dition to this, the body, when found
was some ten or twelve feet from the
house, having cleared entirely the roof
of six foot piazza.
The fracture in the mans skull ia
such as could easily have beer made
by the fall, provided the victim pitched
head foremost, and making no effort to
save himself, struck on the upper right
hand side Of his head. 1t Is several
inches in diameter, but the skin Is not
cut, the external injuries being con-
fined to number of bruises directly
over the fracture. Aside from this,
there are no marks of violence on the
BODY
At 10 o'clock tonight a young fer
mer named Albert Milberg identified
the dead man as his brother Jerald,
who had left home about 3 o'clock last
night and had not returned since that
time He knew nothing of his brothers.
during the evening, and
lid not think that he was in the habit
Of going to the Cottol Hollow house.
Both Milbergs are reported to be steady.
young men, living with
heir parents about mile from the
,enter of the town.
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CUDAHY KIDNAPPING AFFAIR.
One Suspect Eliminated from the Case
Apparently Only TWO Bandits.

Apparently Only Two Bandits.
| Omaha, Neb., Dec. 23.-There was &
decisive development In the Cudahy
kidnapping case to-day. although the
disclosure is negative in kind. 1t has
been learned that there were two ban
dts three, implicated in the abduc-
ton One Of the outlaws has been elm
mated. The dark -complexioned man
with the black moustache and black
hair tinged with gray, so minutely de-
scribed by Miss Maud Munshaw, was
in the office of Chief Donahue to-day
and was there confronted by Eddie
Cudahy, his supposed victim. After
carefully scrutinizing him the boy said:
enough by an inch and a half, and he's
not broad enough. He's too small in
every way"
The mans name is Edward Johnhon.
He was released. There is still a dark
compleXioned man in the case, but he is
larger than johnson and younger. 9th
erWise he is very much like Johnson,
having a black moustache and dark
hair, slightly mixed with gray. If the
police have any idea who this man is
they will not admit it. So far as they
know he was seen by but one person,
and that is Eddie Cudahy himself. The
other bandit was the ,.ght-complexion-
ed man with the brown hair and long,
light moustache, slight of build, and
whose age is said to be somewhere be-
tween thirty and thirty-ive years. This
individual is described by three persons
besides the kidnapped boy, namely, B.
K. Munshaw, James Schneiderwin and
Frank Glynn., He liz the man who call
ed at the Schneiderwin home to engage
the cottage at Twenty-sixth and Grover
streets and who called up the Cudahy
from Glynn's livery stable to
give notice of the letters being in the
front yard.
The police are satisfied that they
know this man, and If he is the person
they think he is he will probably be in
custody in the next ten days. e. A.
Cudahy sr., still entertains the theory
that if Patrick Grove was not one of
the men who kidnapped his son he will
lose no time in advising him of this
fact, Mr.. Cudahy has befriended Grove
many times in the past. Why" said
the packer, Patrick Grove knows per-
fectly well that if he had come to me a
week ago and asked me for $25 he
would have got it. He has often ex-
pressed sense of gratitude for what /
nave done for him, and I can hardly
believe he would turn against me in this
way"
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IHROWN FROM HIS C4RRI4GE,
Michael Doherty of Fillmore Street
Painfully Hurt Yesterday.

Michael Doherty of 1913 Fillmore street
received a severe cash on the head yes
terday morning by being thrown from
wagon in front of his home. Doherty
was trying new and frisky horse on
the road in front of his house and when
he went to turn in the driveway the
horse started suddenly, the wagon
striking post. The driver was thrown
from his carriage heavily on the pave
ment and he was rendered unconscious
by the fall. When he was picked up
big cash was found in his head. DR.. j.
j. Cohane and DR.. Sullivan We're called
and dressed the wound.
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TeIegraphic and Cable Notes.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 23.-Thls section of
the northwest is experiencing the first biz
zard of the winter. The past week has
/ been extremely mild. To-day however, the
wind shifted to the northwest and changed
@ @thG ram TO snow. In 81. raul the snow
- i"ll J., hhs peeil 1Snl' put iiie herce wind blew
1t 1t IN sneets ana MADE thlngs very disagree
anle. Inc storm Is general throughout the
sta'e'
Yokohama, Dec 23,-IIosi Toru, minister
Oh coinmunlcations; ana formerly japanese
munster Ii 10 tne Unlted States mas resigned
ms ms p9rtlollo POI III cohsequehGe OF the persist
i eI tlohs OF nj, ms IN imnplication IN inan-
GIai seienuaIs. lie VIII pe succeeded ny Mr.
sih" thot tho stahiiit, " of tbo ~ ls pos
viii he y affecfed INC i'0 e"oiiie'
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81 Petefsoufs' eye, Dec; 25.-lhe correspond.
emu OF Inc ASSocllted Ifess was Informed
pGoU that n1nnra NinboIas Statd nG t.is M aiaer
ters Of fnanne war and foreign NON t'tG rils h
is conYalescing hefore t6e middIe o fe 1en enr
arv NV '"'O''ie Vi 'an"-
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CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
IN pRECAn1oUs CONDITION.
Treasury Clerk Who Murdered Auditor
Morris of War Department.

Washington Dec. 23.-Samuel Mae
Donald, the treasury clerk who shot
and killed Frank H. Morris auditor of
the war department, and then wounded
himself, is in a precarious condition at
the Emergency hospital tonight and
his death is expected momentarily.
Macdonald has been entirely con-
scious since his removal to the hospital.
His condition this morning seemed
more favorable, but tonight it took a
turn for the worse and he began to sink
He has constantly reiterated the hope
that he would die, declaring he did not
care to live. All day long there was
continuous stream of visitors to see the
wounded man, but the latter was par
ticularly anxious that none of his
friends should talk to the newspapers
about what he told them, and he even
took the precaution to tear up their
visiting cards so that their identity
might not be learned. Macdonald has
large number of friends in this city
and the opinion was expressed generally
that his mind was in an unsettled state
at the time of the shooting.
An autopsy was performed on the
body of Mr.. Morris to-day and develop
ed the fact that three of the five bullets
fired had struck him. The body will be
taken from here tomorrow evening to
Cleveland, where the interment will be
made in LakevieW cemetery. The fam
lily of the dead man was the recipient of
many kilograms and letters OF condo
lence, and among them the touching in
cidents was a visit of twelve children
of Mr.. Morris Sunday school class from
Faith chapel
Dana Grosvenor, deputy auditor for
the war department and the next in
line of rank to the late Mr. Morris.
was discharged on Saturday. Mr.. Gros-
venor received his discharge papers half |
an hour after the killing of Mr. Morris |
They were conveyed to him from the |
office of Secretary Gage, the discharge |
taking effect at once. Captain Cogaugh |
of the treasury watch took charge of |
the affairs at the Winder building
shortly after the shooting on Saturday
With instructions to report to w. w,
Brown, auditor for the navy department
and the predecessor of Mr.. Morris. who
has been reinstated in his old position
as auditor for the war department.
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and after some discussion, adopted by
vote of 1913, less than half dozen de-
clining to vote. All signed an endorse
ment of the platform, including Senor
Paterno, one of the most influential of
the former insurgent leaders, whose
real attitude toward American authori-
ty had been much questioned. The
principal discussion was with reference
to the organization of the government
of the party. A council of twenty-five
members was elected together with an
executive committee
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SHOT AT FLEEING BURGL1RS.
New Britain Man Awakened Fires a.
Them from Second story.

New Britain, Conn. Dec. 23.-An at
tempt was made at an early hour this
morning to burglarze Suncliffe, the res
idence of Il. Allen Moore, who Is super
intendent of the Stanley works of this
city, but the house breakers We're un-
successful as they We're discovered by
servant before they had succeeded in
gaining an entrance. Mr.. Moore, who
was awakened, fired several shots at the
men from a second story window, but
they made their escape and no clue to
their identity has yet been found by
the police.
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PURITAN BREAKS HER SH A E'T.
Goes to Newport for Repairs-Prisci1Ia
to Take Her Place.

Fall River, Mass, Dec. 23.--The
steamer Puritan of the Fall River line
arrived here this afternoon with a brok-
en- shaft, The break was discovered
yesterday in New York but as it was
not bad one it was decided that she
should make her regular trip to this
city. After the passengers and freight
had been discharged she proceeded to
Newport, where repairs will be made,
and it is unlikely that she will resume
her place on the line before next spring.
The steamer Priscilla will take the Pu-
ritan's place.
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40 KILLED: M1NY FOUNDED.
Ninth Cavalry Cuts Up Large Body of
Insurgents.

Manila. Dec. 23.-Advices brought to-
day by steamer from South Luzon
state that a lieutenant and sixty men
of the Ninth United States cavalry at
tackled a large body of insurgents last
Wednesday near Guinobatan, province
of Albay. After the battle forty dead
insurgents We're counted together with
many wounded.
The only American casualty was the
wounding of a sergeant, who was cor
nered by several rebels and struck on
the leg by a bolo. The rebel loss was
the heaviest recorded among recent en-
counters. The cutting of the wires has
delayed the official report of the en-
gagement.
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Hartford Conn, Dec. 23.-Lieutenant
FELTON, Parker. manager of the patent
department of the American Bicycle
company died Saturday n t the nome of
his mother in South Lancaster, Mass.
He was forty-three years old and grad
uated from Annapolis in 1882. He ac-
companied the first Greeley relief eXpe-
dition in the Yantic and later conduct
ed lanch of Colorado. Lieutenant
Parker was the first commander of the
second division, naval militia, C. N. G..
He was formerly with the Pope Manu-
featuring company and held his posi-
ton when the bicycle combine was ef-
fectede