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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
TENTH ANNUAL BANQU EFT.

Chicago, Jan "A special to the Record from Omaha. Neb says: Final
 preparations have been completed for the tenth annual banquet at the Jack sonian club tonight at the Willard
 hotel Among the speakers and toasts will be the following: vOUr Duty" w. T. Bryan: The Untelrified.' Congress man \. C. Shallenberger: '.'rhe Demo cratic party-1ts Duty and It's Des- tiny" Senator Benjamin R. Tillnian. In the afternoon the guests of the evening will be rendered d reception in the parlors of the new .Jacksonian club rooms in Farnam street. General Fitzhugh Lee will be guest of honor.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
THE Y. NJ. C. A. Nj BETTING.
MT Hilton's Address Was an Inter
 esting and Instructive One.


 Following the example set by it's eleven preueceSsorS, the twelfth Sun- day meeting at Jacques Opera house for men only, held under the auspices of the local |. Nj. C. A., attracted q large attendance yesterday afternoon. Wallace H. Camp, one of the !. Nj. (. A. directors, presided at the meeting. Instrumental music was rendered by the I. Nj. c. \. orchestra and Frank Knickerbocker rendered several pleas ing vocal solos. Reading of q scrIp- ture selection by President T. +. Hyde, Jr, was followed by prayer by the Rev F. Watson Hannah, of the First Methodist church.
 After MT Camp had introduced him as the speaker of the day, Major Hil- ton. of New York, who is q simple. though eloquent speaker, serious though at times humorous, plain but forcible, made the following introduc- tory remarks: II am to speak to you about Soul POison.' In the words of the Scripture, which have been read. it says. ''The soul that sinneth, it shall die There must be life before there can be death. You pluck up a blade of grass and lay it on the tblc. It withers It had life, but it dies. The life must be nourished. and the food suited to the life must be given
 A1r Hilton's address was very in. teresting and instructive one. fully showing that the sneaker was very familiar with the subject on which he spoke.
 In the evening Major Hilton deli@3 cred another equally as capable and forcibIe address on the topic. "Charac- ter and Capital" at the Second Con- sreeational church. He held the rapt attention of his audience throuehoOt He related several experiences of his during life. which were esnecially in tereStinc. He also stated that the one thing most needed at the present day fin all ranks of life was character.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
TRANSPORT IN X STORM.

New York Jan 1.-The |. $. trans port Ingalls arrived here today from Porto Rico and Cuba. She reports: January 1. off Fernandina, cncoun- tered tremendous storm from north. with enormous seas which boarded the vessel continuously. The storm lasted forty hours, during which the seas smashed in doors and port tights, broke ladders. damaged bridge, smashed and swept away hand steer ing gear and flooded the saloon and filled the state rooms with water. The special apartments on the upper deck aft were wrecked and the furniture ruinel
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
POULTRY AND PET STOCK.
First Annual Exhibition Will Open in
 City Hall Tomorrow.


 The first annual exhibit of the Nau- gatuck Nallt- Poultry and Pet Stock association will open in City hall to- MOTION morning and continue for three days. Most of the birds will be in their cages to-day and the sight that will greet the eyes of patrons of the show will he away and beyond the most sanguine expectations of Water bury people. none of whom thought when the thing was first talked of that such an exhibit could be gotten up hcre In this they were very much mistaken for it seems, that Waterbury and neighboring towns. WRtortOwn es- pecially, occupy q prominent place in the business of raising fowl, and one needs but a glance at the different birds already in the hall to be con vinced of the truth of this statement. The roar of roOSters of various sizes and the cacklng of hens. mingled with the eabblng of geese and oracking of ducks. make up quite a combination of inharm oniouS sounds in the City hall bui1din~. and cause people not aware of the show to wonder what it is all ahont It is tlc first exhibit of tho | kind ever he1d in Waterbury and the mana CCment is SOarino no pains or eN- i pcnSt. to make it g SrccasS. and it is | honnd that the public will show annra- ! ciation Of thp efort that is heinz made in t''is directinn by visiting inc | place in large numbers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
WAR CORRESPONDENT DEAD.
Dies in q Lodging House and Was q
 Friend of Bismarck.

New York, Jan I.-Alyin |. South worth, 54 years old. a newspaper cor respondent. was found dead in bed i'll d lodging house in this city to-day. He had been drinking heavily of late and his death is attributed to alcohol ism. Southworth was born in Lock wood. \. Y It is said he was q cor respondent for the New York Herald during the Franco-Prussian war. and that he was on friendly terms with Prince Bismarck, from whom he re- ceived a number of letters.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
WATCHING SUBMARINE BOATS.

. Cherbourg, Jan 7.-lmportant trials of submarine boats took place here to- day. The minister of marine, M. De I4anessan, and the minister of war, General Andre, came to CherbourS, specially to watch the experiments. After an examination of the submarine Ecat Morse. M De LanesSan bearded the Narval and proceeded to the Road sted. where a number of surface and submarine maneuvers were carried out. General Andre witnessing them from the Impregnable.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
EUROPEAN BIRTH RATES.
England Falling Behind Her Trade
 Rival, Germany.

New York. Jan "A well known European statistician contributes an Interesting article to The Mail on the question of European birth rates dur ing the last quarter of q century. says the Tribune's correspondent. He con rclusively proves that England is stead fly falling behind her great trade ri val. Germany. in the all-important mat ter of reproduction of the race, and is gradually following in the dangerous track of France.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
AMERICAN CONSUL'S ORDERS. Put q Stop to Several Seditious Chi
 nese Newspapers.


 Tacoma, Wash, Jan 1.-The steam ship Iacoma brings news from Hong Kong that the Amerlcan consul at Canton has required the viceroy of Nwang Tung to suppress several se- ditious native newspapers which were being circulated throughout Canton, advising the natives to rise against foreigners. Some objection was made when the consul first protested. He pointed to the coast defense vessel Monterey, lying in the harbor, as evi- dence that his wishes must be respect cd. The viceroy then gave orders to suppress the papers and arrest any one found selling them.
 The present serious situation in Canton is regarded as due largely to the influence of these papers. Every where there is a strong undercurrent of hatred to foreigners.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK.
The Peoples Choral Union of New
 York Will Entertain Him.

New York. Jan 7.-General O. O.. Howard announced at meeting of the Peoples Choral union. in Cooper Union, that President Mckinley will be one of the speakers at the celebra- tion of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. to be held at Carnegie hall the evening of February II.
 Governor Odell will preside. Col onel Henry Watterson of Louisville will deliver his lecture on Lincoln. One of the features of tine celebration will be singing by the Choral union under the leadership of Frank Dam rosch. The band of the Fifth United States artillery from Fort Hamilton will furnish the instrumental music.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
RAILROAD MANAGER RESIGNS

Norfolk, w. Va, Jan 1.-E. St John. vice-president and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line railway. has rendered his resignation. to take eff feet not later than January 10th. Dur ing his administration Mir St John has greatly improved the property, increas- ing the value of it's stock seven fold Mir St John declines to indicate his fu- ture movements. but his friends say that several important positions, one of them in connection with q leading railway, are offered him.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE.

Albany, x. Y., Jan Municipal civil service commissions throughout the state were today notified by the state civil service commission that they must file with it an annual report covering their work during the year just terminated. Heretofore the local commissions have not complied with this requirement of the state civil ser vice law.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
ANOTHER ROCKVILLE FIRE.

Rockville, Jan 1.-The Johnson block. three story brick structure was damaged to the extent of $3.0OO by fire this morning. The fire was caused by q defective fiue. The ground floor was occupied by two stores owned by Liebe Bros.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
DEAD. AGED 100 YEARS

New London, Jan Mrs Freelove Turner, who celebrated her tooth an- niversary in April. 1900, died Friday afternoon at the town farm in Ley yard. The funeral took place yester- day afternoon. She was born in the last year of the eighteenth century lived during the nineteenth and part of the twentieth century
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
BRITISH COLUMBIA SHUT OUT

Vancouver, B. C., Jan lowing to the demand of the imperial authorities that all mounted police recruited here for South Africa must pay their fare to Cape Town and submit to inspection as to fitness by English officers, all idea of raising corps ill British Col umbia has been abandoned.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
AMERICANS SEEK JUSTICE.
Natives in Venezuela Invade New
 York Company Plant.

York Company's Plant.
 Willemstad, Curacoa, Jan :, via Hay tian cabIe.-1 nE: tinted states minister at Caracas, Venezuela. r. B. Loomls, according to the latest advices received licre. has not yet succeeded in obtain ing justice for the New ! ork and Der nUda Asphalt company in its dispute with the local authorities. and the sit lIaton is regarded as critical. Three American warships are either at La Guayra or on their way there 0he Buffalo Hartford and Scorpion), and the Americans are complaining at al legged delay in obtaining protection for their interests. The local authorities, it is added. encourage the natives to invade the company's plant.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07

EMPEROR OoNaRArULATEs. :. Hambufg, Jan 7.-Tie shipping firm Of F. L4eiAs Of this city has placed an ofts fDt the hnildinK q | nYe.inAsted
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
RoosEvELTs HUNTING TRIP.

New York. Jan 7.-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt expects to leave his home at Oyster Bay to-Siy for his hunting trip in the west. The exact boundaries of tho hunting ground where he intends fo 1a0k for big game he has not re- yeh1ed, although he hints that they oxe 5n Colorado. On his way he may sN315f " WA4hin9ton for short stay. ss TT XfcespKestdent-elect will not make y n that city, however, until
 Arch. . few days before the
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
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SILVER REPUBLICAN, NAMND.
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
LONDON BOARD OF TRADE,

London, Jan 7.-The statement of the board of trade for the month of December shows increases of f5, ,707,- 800 in imports, and E1,573,5OO in ex- ports.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
Board of Relief.

The Board of Relief of the Town of Waterbury will meet in Assessors' room, City hall. January 10, II. 14. IT, IS, 21 and 24, from ? to 5 and to p. ln.; Saturday, January 26 from 9 to F q. In., ? to , and to D. m., for the purpose of hearing appeals from the doings of the Assessors and attending to duties of said office.
 JOHN J. SIEFEN,
 JOHN r. GARREN,
 I. A. SPENCER.
 Board of Relief. Waterbury, January z, 1901. 1-7-1S
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
Genuine Real Estate Bargails.


 The Store and Tenement Property, No PIG Dublin St.. the two-family house, with large lot, No 26S Dublin St., the two double houses with large lots, No 293 Dublin St.. the two-family house with large grounds, Nos 63 and CT Dublin street.
 At the prices asked and on the terms they can be secured ought to enable us to close a deal on all the said places within the next few days.
 The owner of the said properties means business, as he expects to make his home in the future on the other side of the water
 For the above bargains, Loans on Real Estate Fire and Plate Glass h. surance, Offices and Tenements. See w. !, SCHLEGEL, Tn Lewis Building, No G0 Bank street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07

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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07
WanS-F0rS Sale IORenl|

EsOR RSALE-Furniture Of two newly furnishf ca rooms. Inquire 275 South Main Street. MTS CarUef. 1-7-
The age-herald., 1901-02-06

been anti-Republican gave last Noyem- Der a Republican majority, electing a Republican Governor, and another Re- publican a member of Congress.
 It is said a bargain exists between tue Mormon Church and the Republi- cans of Utah, which involves the con trol of the State, and that this bargain aIso includes more or less protection to the church. including polygamy. Ger tain it is that the Mormon leaders have not bargained away the control of the State without at least asking for some concessions or advantages in return. The bargain between the contracting parties is of course secret, and it's scope and extent may never be known, but guesses are in order, and the guesses will be apt to hit the truth.
 The practice of polygamy in Utah needs watching, and .he extent of the prosecution against it will doubtless furnish a clue to the new bargain be- tween the Mormon Onurch and the Re- publican party.
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
EXPOSITION MONEY RAISED.
And the Government Will Now Assist
 the Enterprise.

Washington. February 5-The Secretary of the Treasury has written Representative Tawney, chairman of the Louisiana pur- chase exposition committee, that he has re- ceived satisfactory evidence that the Louis- jana Purchase Exposition company has raised the $10,00O,0O0 required as a pre- requisite to government aid
 MT. Tawney says the secretary's letter is conclusive and satisfactory assurance that the St. Louis authorities have compiled with their part of the programme and that It is now incumbent upon the government to comply with It's part in the last civil sundry appropriation act
 The committee today perfected the bill and by vote of 6 to 3 ordered 1t reported fayorably.
 Two Democrats, MT. Williams of Missis- sippi and MT. Otey oi Virginia voted against the bill. They have not decided whether or ot they will present a minority reported, and it was decided to give them two days in which to reach a decision. Chairman Tawney will not file the majority report until tomorrow or Thursday. During the afternoon eX-Governor Francis, ex-Rej,- resentative Cobb and MT. Charles w. Napp of St. Louis saw the speaker who promised that time would be given for consideration of the bill as soon as the condition of the appropriation bills permitted.
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
Justice Harlan Upon imperialism.

It is regrettable that full report of Justice Harlan's speech before the Vet erans' Loyal Legion, was not obtained. It is said he declared that the constitu- tion was the supreme law of the land, the territory and the people, and then he said: "The fathers of the Republic never intended or desired that Congress should have authority or any power over any part of the surface of the earth free from the letter and spirit of the consti- tution.'
 It is to be hoped these words reflect at least Justice Harlans own views. They may present the views of the great court of which he is a member If the justices speech has been correctly re- ported there is at least hope that the court will yet prove a bulwark against the advancing tide of imperialism, and that the pendulum will swing back un- til we again have the Republic as the fathers made it and John Marshall moulded it.
 No more interesting declaration has appeared than the report of Justice Har- lan's speech. Thus far he has not de- nied the report. and we may safely as sume that he stood by the constitution I and against the new doctrine of the ad- ministration, namely that the constitu- tion can se set up and pulled down at pleasure in the new territories. If Jus tice Harlan has been correctly reported he believes the constitution follows the fag-that where one goes the other goes at once also. Justice Harlan was appointed in 1877 by President Hayes He is in politics Republican, and he outranks in length of service any other member of the court.
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press. either a philanthropist or a fool al
 The only way you can convince a girl that kissing is dangerous is by showing her.
 Love is like the grip. Everybody in the world has either just had it or is waiting to get it.
 A thin woman can pad, but fat woman only wear tight clothes and look un- comfortable.
 Probably Jonah had no idea that his wife would believe him when he told her whc re he had been, anyway.
 Probably woman could never tell whether she dresses most to tickle the men or to make the other women mad.
 After he has been married three years the average man can fool his wife as easily as he used to fool his mother.
 Most men take comfort in the thought they really were until after they are dead
 If man could only make his wife sweet the way he can his pipe, by boiling her Ill milk, the world would be a lot happier. \ You can never judge a woman by what the other women say about her as well as you can by what she says about the other women.
 There are only two kinds of women in the world-the kind that won't be nice to you unless you kiss them and the kind that won't be nice to you if you do. q,
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
PR0SPICE.
By Robert Browning.

By Robert Browning. Fear death?-to feel the fog in my throat, ~S
 The mist in my face, When the snows begin and the blasts de- note
 I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of tho storm,
 The post of the foe Where he stands, the Arch Fear in visible form,
 Yet the strong man must go: For the Journey is done and the summit attained.
 And the barriers fall, Though the battles to fight ere the guer- don be gained
 The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so-one fight more,
 The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes and forbore.
 And bade me creep past. No, let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers
 The heroes of old. Bear the brunt, In minute pay glad lfe's arrears;
 Of pain, darkness, and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave,
 The black minutes at end, And the elements rage. the fiend-voices that rave. .--
 Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall change, shall become first a peace. then joy.
 Then light. then thy breast, o thou soul of my soul shall clasp thee again. se~ee-
 And with God be the restli
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
Some Sons of Fame.

''There were sons of fame amongst the thirteen in that old House committee on pensions of seventeen years ago. Crisp of Georgia, the most indifferent of all the members and the one of least importance at that time, afterwards became Speaker of the House, working what seemed to me, then far away, to have been miracle of politics. Knute Nelson was afterwards Governor of Minnesota and Is now a United States Senator, though a Swede by birth. Wolford of Kentucky, a general of two wars, is dead; so is old 'Richelieu' Robin son of New York dead. James of New York quit Congress to become the most respected private citizen of Brooklyn; Stockslager Of Indiana lost out and became a department attorney in Washington; Struble of Iowa, most lovable of men, also lost out; LeFevre of Ohio, almost the lazest man in the House. was living in Paris the last time l heard of him. a very old old bachelor; Ben nett of North Carolina, the politest man in the House, was retired; Evans of South Carolina became Governor of his State; Laird of Nebraska a sort of Bryan-like young man, lost out of politics; Lanham of Texas is still in Congress and last week bored the House with an intolerable speech not germane to the subject
 The chairman, whom all the members seemed to love as a brother; whom I cannot to this day refer to without affectionare and grateful emotion, and whom no man could know well and not love; who. all in all, was one of the bravest, truest, gen. tlest, most lovable and most admirable of all the million I have met the world around-knishtly and noble old Goldsmith Hewitt rests with his fathers!"
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
HE oKhY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
COnsllsaslOnaI Convention Apathy.

Comparatively few take much inter- est in the approaching election over the constitutional convention proposition, and the election of delegates to such a convention il one be called. This apa- thy is in marked contrast to he inter- est taken in the convention proposed in 1899, and some curiosity is felt as to the meaning of the change in public sentiment.
 The chances are that all regard the calling of a convention as a certainty, and they are not disturbing themselves over it. The people of this State have much business to attend to in the spring season of the year, and they are not in- clined to turn from that business when no reason for action on their part is ap- parent. A little more general interest in the subject is, however, desirable. The politicians and the corporations are, we may be sure, not bit apathetic in relation to the proposed convention They are at work beneath the surface, and the great mass of people should be wide awake also. They should send men to the convention who will stand for all
 AS things are going the election will go almost by default. A very light vote will be boiled at the best This is regrettable. There should be large vote, and much care should be exer- cised in the selection of delegates to the convention. The question of local taxation for public schools should alone call out full vote, for without it the public school system of the State will remain incomplete and sadly crippled, and the districts that desire better schools will be deprived of the right of taxing themselves for them. This means that Alabama will remain a backward State as compared with Louisiana and other States that encourage their peo- pie to provide better schools This State at present discourages better schools by prohibiting local taxation for them.
The age-herald., 1901-02-06
Trusts and Combines Supreme.

The reelection of President McKin- ley and of Mark Hanna as the power behind the throne is very naturally leading to saturnaia of trusts and combines, subsidies and extortionate prices. The many are to be robbed un- mercifully by the few-the few that hold special privileges, every one of which depend upon the Republican party of trusts is supreme, and the trusts and combines are preparing for a harvest.
 This footing of the people should go on, for it will furnish fine object les son against 1904. It will substantiate all the charges of the Democracy, and it will afford basis for the work that the people must do in that year if they are to remain free and independent- if they wish to avoid class rule-if mil lloudiIlSm IS IO De u0tuFOH0u anu Cue rights of the people restored.
 The recent railroad combinations are but an outgrowth of the saturnalia of the trusts. Within twenty months one-fifth of the railroad mileage in the country has been placed under the con- trol of the combines, controlled by per haps half dozen men. When the mile age of each great section is dominated by combine, it Viii then be but step to bring the combines together, thus presenting one centralized control of the 100000 miles of railroads in the country. This is what Hannaism means, as we shall see before 1904.
 Will the people resent this state of affairs? A people that will endure robber tariff will endure almost any, thing, one would think; but if the pres ent trust saturnalia goes on, as it prom ises to do, there may be an uprising, sudden and revolutionary. Railroads certainly have the same right to form combines that industrial plants have, but halt may be cahed as to all com pines and trusts.