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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-21

in the kitchen to have some dinner.
THE doc did all the talking, | found
that he had most exalted idea of his
abilities Said he was born doctor,
Didn't have to go to school all his life
| to know how to cure people. Admitted
that on a few things he would defer to
some of the critters that had been
through the other colleges. That was
the woman hadn't been the wife of
particular friend he would have taken
his chances, though.
But, gol darn it,, said he, eff she'd
a died and he'd a thought some other
Teller could have brought her out, he'd
always have laid it UP against me. Eel
Ter don't want to lose his friends, We
know
Il agreed with Doc that such a thing
would be hardly comfortable.
" i made a pretty thorough examina-
ton a week ago, said he, and l was
afraid then that | would need some help
on the case. / could see that though
there warn't much doubt about my be-
in able to git through with the case all
right, still / didn't want to run too
much on chances-he bein' my friend,
as | have said.
"'But got through the examination
first class. he continued, I took an an
aesthetic and
You mean 1 broke in, that she
took an anaesthetic.'
" No, no, said he. I took til took it.
was the one that was dom the exam
inin''
II didn't exactly understand what the
chap was drivin at, but ! let it CO. and
he kent on:
I" AS 7 was sayin', took the anaes-
thetic and held down her tongue with
it.
ST don't follow you for a cent l said
i wish you would make the thing lit
tie clearer For instance, what kind of
an anaesthetic We're you using?'
~ wish | had it here says he. 1
don't believe | can make you under
stand just what it was. You see, it
was sort of a homemade one-I'm cute
about such things. and / got it up my
self But speaking generally, it was
sort of spoon shaped, and you could get
the gol darndest grip on the handle you
ever see in all your life. If I could
have had good light there in the room
could have looked right into that wo-
mans lungs, blamed II I couldn't
Well concluded the doctor, II
decided that Doc Emerson was so far
ahead of me in the practice of medicine
that it wouldn't be advisable for me to
display my ignorance of homemade an
aesthetics any further, so we concluded
the consultation Lewiston Journal
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ON THE MOVING SIDEWALK.
Curious Sensations and Sights on New
Partisan Institution.

Curious Sensations and Sights on New
Partisan Institution.
On the south side Of the river the Ex-
position buildings stand upon three
sides of what in London would be called
square. Trapezium would be the
right word, but square is the more pop
ular. The longest side. measuring
quarters of mile and containing
the Avenue of the Nations, is formed
by the river The next longest is
formed by the Champ de Mars Palaces,
and the third and shortest by the Pala-
ces of the Invalides section. The fourth
side, open to the city, is bounded by
the Avenue de la Motto Picquet. 1t Is
obvious that under ordinary circum-
stances a visitor intending to pass, say,
from the Invalides to the Champ de
Mars must, without specially contrived
means of communicate ton, traverse a
large block of streets avenues and
boulevards. The rolling platform
"trottoir roulant," is the special contri-
vance, 1t is not a detached structure
like a railway train, arriving at and
passing certain points at stated times.
In engineers language, ii is an 'end-
less" floor. The "trottoiT roulaht' is a
narrow ribbon of a floor raised thirty
feet above the level of the ground, ever
and ever gliding along the four sides Of
the square-a wooden serpent with it's
tail in its mouth
The rolling platform is about two and
a quarter miles in length. There are
ten entries to it and as many exits from
it, distributed over the river face, along
the Champ de Mars and the Invalides.
1t never stops for passengers; you step
on to it or off it as you do on or off
London bus in motion, but with the
important difference that the rolling
platform is only two inches above the
level of your shoe soles, and that its
rate of motion is slower. AS it turns
the corners of the huge trapeZium, or
swerves rightward or leftward at some
point on one of its sides, its motion re-
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SOURCE OF INFECTED MEAT

A SOURCE OF INFECTED MEAT.
The police of Paris have Just lad
hands on a vast fraudulent organiza-
ton for evading the precautionary
measures drawn up by the authorities
for inspecting the meat distributed for
consumption in the suburbs of Paris.
|, Roth for Paris and the suburbs all ami
mails destined for food have to be Killed
in public slaughter houses, where the
strictest watch is kept by the munlcl-
pal veterinary surgeons, who forbid the
delivery to the butchers of any meat
which exhibits the slightest suspicious
signs, Elaborate regulations have been
laid down as to the various diseases
which render meat unfit for the food OF
man and naturally enough tuberculosis
is the complaint most vigorously
watched for
The swindlers who have been arrested
made up a vast organization which
used to buy up from the farms or the
eastern provinces and even in Germa-
nv such animals as, owing to disease,
would have been refused for slaughter
at the abattoirs and, moreover, they
bought them dirt cheap These animals
were then conveyed III leSuldl lci' o W
small place near Paris and killed IN
sheds built at the bottom OF an olu
quarry, Under cover of night the meat
was taken away by the accompllce
butchers and resold in the various su-
burban shops. In connection with thls
clandestine saughter-house the nrm
! had kind of cemetery where those an
imals were buried the meat of which
was too bad for even the swindlers to
risk its sale in the market.-The Lancet
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NAV POI. w. Holmes. who conducts
a restaurant on Broad street, has leased
the store in the Citizen block and will
omen first-class ice cream saloon this
summer
The annual state convention of the
Woman's Relief corps will be held on
Wednesday and Thursday, May % AID
"a. in Danbury. Mrs Alice Bucklng-
ham, Milford delegate, will atteid
both meetings.
The Riverside Athletic club will play
their first baseball game with The
Bridgeport high school nine ON Dec2rl-
ton day morning at the Milford Ath-
letic association grounds, The Athletic
club would also like to arrange games
with any nine ranging from eighteen TO
twenty-three years of age.
Robert Cowan has sold out bis inter-
est in the express business to Coles
Electric express.
Mr.. and Mrs John Shepard of Hall-
ford are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George
Booth.
The Misses Beckwith of New London
are stopping at Walnut Beach.
The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma
chine company have leased room Tor
an office in the Nettleton block.
Theron Ford's house on Cherry street
is undergoing repairs.
The household goods belonging to the
estate of the late Henry G.. Plat are to
be sold at auction before Mrs. Platt
leaves for the west.
e II. Bristol is visiting Mr. and Mrs,
w. Fl. Sinner at Morris Cove for few
days.
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A BORN DOCTOR.
He Used a Homemade Anaesthetic
Which was Spoon Shaped.

He Used Homemade Anaesthetic
Which was Spoon Shaped.
Says the doctor, Il was called down
into one Of the little towns on the coast
the other day to attend somewhat crit
lcal case After l got to the house and
the man had helped me off with my big
coat, he took me off to one side, and
says he;
7 don't suppose We have any objec-
lions to lettn' Doc Emerson into con-
sultation with We. do YEP
while was looking at him and Won
dering just what to say he went op:
''Ye see, it's this way: Doc is a
good neighbor of ours, and good Teller,
Some of these critters round here sneer
at him some because he haint got no
diploma but one from an eclectic col
lege. But | don't know why them COL
leges amt jest as good as some of these
other colleges What l want is to have
we let Doc come in and be with We when
we examine my wife. He's been tendin'
her some, but he says himself that she
amt been gittin we'll as fast as she
ought TO He was the Teller that eug-
gested bringing We down here. lie says
that we're the best doctor there is up to
the city, so | sent for We to come.
well of course that naturally molli-
fed me great deal in the direction of
the unknown Doc Emerson. l hate to
have any one fussn' round me, but l.
didn't see how l was going to shut the
doc out after that Endorsement of me.
i'm, 7
80 | was introduced to Doc Emerson,
He looked like a country horse doctor.
I believe he could cure bots and garget
quicker than he could measles or can
ker rash. But | gave him the warm
shake and we consulted
After the consultation we sat down
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AUROCHS AND BISON.
Strange European Cattle, Now Virtual
ly Extinct.

Dr. Nehrngs recent description of a
horn of the aurochs, or urus, discov
cred in Pomeranian peat bog, has
again attracted attention to a form of
big game which, since history began
has disappeared before the hunter
Popular report often confuses two spe-
cies of wild cattle, the one called in sci
ence Bos primigenus, and the other the
European bison. Their remains are
found under similar circumstances in
caverns and various superficial deposits
the bison also occurring in the forest
bed of Norfolk, and having, therefore
reached this part Of Europe before five
so-called glacial epoch began But
while the auroehs is extinct the bison
survives, leading protected existence
in certain forests of Lithuania, but be-
ing really wild in the Caucasus. Once,
however it roamed over Europe, and in
Asia extended as far as Siberia, while
its bones have been found in the frozen
soil of I1scholtz Bay, in Alaska.
These animals were not uncommon in
central Europe in the sixteenth century,
and about that time We're regarded as
royal game in Poland, not less than six
ty being killed in one great hunt so late
as 1852. Even then, however they APP
pear to have been restricted to Lithu-
ania, where, as We have said, they still
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-29
NEW QUEEN OF THE NAVY
BATTLESHIP ALABAMA WINS THE
TITLE IN SPEED TRIAL.
Constructed for Making sixteen Knots
She Easily Averages Seventeen
on Her Official Test.

Aug. 2S.-There is a new queen
of the American navy, the United States
battleship Alabama. which to-day won the
title in one of the most magnificent speed
trials yet held in the history of the navy.
Her average speed for four hours con-
tinuous steaming was seventeen knots, a
figure not quite as high as that made by
the Iowa, but notable from the fact that
il gave an idea of the yet undeveloped
power of this latest product of American
~ship-builders. The Alabama was built by
the Cramps. at Philadelphia, and while
of the first class, she is unlike any of the
earlier creations, both INTELLECTUALLY and
as a fighting machine. Built under a con-
tract that required at least an average
speed of sixteen knots per hour, she has
been turned out to do seventeen knots, or
better. under conditions that will not be
termed extra.
The day for the trial was an excellent
che. 1t was after 10 o'clock when the great
| craft was well down the coast towards the
starting line, which this time was five miles
southeast of Thatcher island. light. near the
extremity of Cape Ann. The course then
ran about north-northwest for thirty-three
nautical miles, divided, as near as triangu-
Iation could make them, into five legs.
The tr1al throughout, To use Mr.. z. s..
Cramps own words, was a success I'm every
| outward run the boilers made steam so fast
| outward run the boilers made stem so fast
that the surplus was allowed to blow off.
At the same time the men In both engine
and stoke rooms suffered no Inconvenience
from lack of fresh air and the temperatures
were not high. The maximum revolutions
of the engines were rs, and this figure
was only for half an hour, the
| mean being much below this. The highest
steam pressure was $50 pounds. or nine I'M
der the limit. The horse power developed
was supposed to be n,5C0. although this
figure, like those for the speed. will be Of
fcially given at Washington. Mr.. Cramp
further said that the run, i'm his opinion.
in which many of the naval men aboard
agreed, was not a forced trial, but a fair
days work, which, he claimed, can be
equalled at any time under ordinary con-
ditions. The Alabama will be ready for
delivery TO the government in six weeks.
when she will go into commission under
| Captain w. II. BrOwnson.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.-George NJ. AL
len passed a good night, having a sound
sleep of five hours, and awoke refreshed
and stronger. He passed a good day. Sleep
ing a part of the afternoon and taking
liquid nourishment. His condition is so
much improved that his brother, who has
been constantly with him. is now confident
of his recovery-a confidence shared by
the physician and nurse.
M. w. Barron was to-day appointed post
master at Null, Randolph county. vice
Mack Ludwick deceased. and Orville Jack
son at Pucket, Grant county, vice Weldon
F.. Lonfesty. resigned.
Rural free delivery service will begin
Sept. 1 at New Augusta, Marion county,
Henry Pollars carrier. Length of route.
twenty-four miles: area covered, thirty-two
miles: population served, SO.
The postoffice will be discontinued and
its patrons supplied by his service.
Herbert H. Evans, of New Castle; En-
cry G.. Telindy, of Fremont; William II.
Wigton. of Ligonier. and Joseph ID. Ham
bert, of have been admitted to
practice before the Interior Department.
Controller Dawes has approved the appli-
cation of Joseph A. Hires, Louis FEEDER
man, r. S. Taylor, j. w. Brockman and
]. B. Kidney for authority to organize the
Franklin County National Bank of Brook
vile, with a capital of $25, 900.
The American National Bank of Louis
vile has been approved as a reserve agent
for the National Bank of Orleans.
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HIS CONSCIENCE PRlCKED
SULTAN OF MOROCCO ALARMED At
SEEING A WARSHIP,
Thinks United States Is About Il En-
force Payment of Indemnity for
Murder of a Citizen.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-A special to the
this moment the Sultan of Morocco need
not be alarmed at the appearance of an
American man-of-war in the harbor Of
Tangier officials of the State and Navy
Departments say that the report published
this morning that an American warship
had put in at Tangiers for the purpose
of compelling Morocco to pay an indemnity
for injuries sustained by an American citi-
zen probably had its origin in a guilty con-
science. An American naturalized citizen
named Marcus Azaquite was murdered two
months ago, by a mob in the town of Fee.
The crime was Immediately reported to
the State Department by Mr.. Hummere.
consul general at Tangier. and he was in
structed by cablegram to request the
French consul at Fee to make an investiga-
ton. The report of the French consul has
not yet been received. but Mr.. Hummere
has reported that during the investigation
he made a demand upon the Moorish
authorities for the apprehension and pun-
ishment of those guilty of the murder.
mo report of the arrival of the Ameri-
can warship has reached the Navy Depart
ment, and il is presumed the vessel to
which the reference is made is the Massa-
chusetts State nautical schoolship Enter
prize. The itinerary of this vessel calls
for her. arrival at Tangier on Aug. "a and
her departure ON Aug. 20. If her presence
has stirred up the Moorish authorities to
compliance with the demands of Mr..
ummere the State Department will be
Notwithstanding the fact hat it had no
hand in arranging the itinerary"
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Fled After Suffering Great Loss, Leav-
ing Guns and Ammunition in
Hands of the British
REPORT FROM GEN. ROBERTS
THE OPERATIONS OF HIS
ARMY on MONDAY.
Bergendal Occupied by B~ul1er-Cas
uaIties Only Fifty Or sixty-NyIs-
trOon Taken by Baden-POweIl.

LONDON. Aug. ga dispatch from
Laurence Marques. dated to-day, says:
.'Heayv fighting is reported to have oc-
CURED at Machadodorp- The Beers are SAID
to have been defeated with great loss,
leaving their guns and ammunition IN the
hands Of the British.
A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated
Aug. q. saws: at is stated that Tight
ing with Botha's commanders was re-
sumed this morning. The Beers lines
were broken and the enemy is falling back.
The British casualties are reported to be
considerable
Lord Roberts reports, under date of Bel
fast, Aug. q, as follows: Our movements
are slow, owing 10 the extent and nature
of the country. To-day we made a sue
cessful advance. The work fell entirely TO
Buffers troops and resulted in the cap
ture of Bergendal, a very strong position
two miles northwest of Dalmanutha. /
met Butler at Bergendal shortly after it
was reached by our troops. Am glad to
find the occupation cost less than was
feared. on account of the approach being
across an open glacis for two or three
thosuand yards, and the determined stands
of the enemy. The Inniskillings and Sec
and Rifle Brigade formed the attacking
party. The later suffered most. l hope
the casualties will not exceed fifty or sixty.
One officer was killed and two were
wounded. A good many Beers were killed
| and a pompom Quick firing gum was cap
tured. French advanced on the left TO
Swartzkopjes On the Leydenburg road
and prepared the way for the movement
of Pole-Carew's division tomorrow.
"Baden-Powell reports that he occupied
| MUSHROOM without opposition. AS the
country where ne and Paget are operat-
ing is dense bush and veldt, 1t is not de-
sirable at the present to proceed fur
Their north and their troops are returning
to Pretoria"
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Prominent CoIored Men Here.

Among the many prominent colored men
who are here as delegates to the Afro
American Council are the following: Bish-
op Alexander Walters, of New Jersey,
president of the council; Bishop Clinton, of
North Carolina; Bishop Harris. North
Carolina; the. Rev. j. B.. Scott, editor
Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Or
leans. La; the Rev. NJ. c. 3. Mason, secre-
tary Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educa-
ton Society OF the Methodist Church;
Colonel John r.. Marshall, who went to
Cuba with the Eighth Illinois Regiment in
the late war with Spain; Representative
George II. White of North Carolina; John
Il. Green, United States stamp agent.
Washington, ID. c.; +. l.. Barnett, assistant
States attorney Cook county, ILL.,; j. Milton
Turner, ex-minister to Liberia, st. Louis,
Mo-; Judson w. Lyons, registrar of the
treasury, Washington, ID. c.; A. l.. Manly,
editor Daily Record. the only daily colored
PAPER published in this country, Washing
ton, ID. c.; 7. Thomas Fortune. editor New
York Age, New York: Major r. r.. Wright,
raymaster in the Spanish-American war,
president of the State Industrial School,, of
Georgia.; William III. Steward, editor Bap-
fist American, Louisville, KY: III. I. Keal-
ing, editor NJ. r.. Church Review, Philadel-
phia. Pa; John C. Dancy, collector of GUS
son., ex-member of the Illinois Legislature
l.. r. Anderson, assistant county attorney,
Cook county, ILL.,; the Rev. r. G. Ransom.
pastor Institutional Church., Chicago. the
only church of the kind among colored peO-
pie in the United States.
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGEo

flNONi A1E-
From the figures of the losses and gains
during the term ending June 80, 1900. it
appears that We have to-day a member
ship of sos. 800, with fifteen grand domains
yet to hear from. a net gair. for the two
years of 81 500. This is a splendid showing.
and with this increase in membership
comes also the gratifying thought that i'm
nearly all the grand domains those who
are casting their lot with us to-day are
sive. patriotic and have all the attributes
essential to make an up-to-date order. Do
not therefore at this convention let the
word go out that we are retrograding, but
let US rather push forward to a higher
plane OF usefulness and influence.
1.-THE betterment of the condition of the
Uniform Rank of this order is a subject
which should receive at your hands the
most careful consideration. They should
be given the widest latitude i'm the max
ing of the laws for their own government.
eff there be one feature of this order
the membership Ii should be the endow-
ment rank. | was afraid that the cause
less attacks made at the session at m
dianapolis in 1895 would greatly retard its
growth and prosperity. and il probably
did for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1898. but
since that time IT has gone on and in
creased In numbers and financial strength
The membership at the close of business
June 30. 1895. was 3.59. carrying ss9. 2sl 500
endowment. The number of ~rS AT
the close OF business June was
64.5l6. carrying S13. $40. 600 en- rhe
board OF control paid out /. IN
1895. TO June 20. 1900. x2.42o.s|
In his report l.. G. Wrigl.. xuanta
supreme keeper of records ana .sal. gave
the following Total number of subordi-
nate lodges Dec. 81. 1889. $40. Total mem-
bership. 1896. Net gain during lsos and
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GEN. WOOD vILIFIED.
Called a Hypocrite by the Organ of
the Blacks in Cuba.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Aug. &.-The
Cubano Libre, the organ OF the black party
and a fierce opponent of everything Ameri-
can, outdid itself to-day in an article re-
ferring to the utterances of Governor Gen.
eral Wood during his recent visit to this
city. This Cantor doctor. with pretensions
TO diplomacy" says the Cubano Libre, lis
a master of the art of hypocrisy. He ad-
vises us TO put aside all political divisions.
on the ground that the United States gov
eminent is about 10 give independence TO
Cuba. We charge him with being i'm collision
with the Republican party to ignore our
protests against the illegal registration of
electors and to incite us to a bloody con-
fiict, thus enabling the United States to
take despOtic measures and to continue the
American occupation indefinitely. We shall
maintain battle against this faction of
renegades until no American bayonets are
in Cuba to protect them. Then there will
be time to punish them as traitors"