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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
TRADE SUPREMACY IN ORIENT.
Alfred Stead Declares It yViIl be Com
 trOlled by Japan.


 Chicago, March 14.-"Japan will ir the near future control the commerce of the Orient. She will take away the trade of England and America in that portion of the globe and no power on
 earth will be able to compete with her.
 While the other nations are quarreling
 over China, Japan will rake the chest nuts out of the fire" So said Alfred Stead, youngest son of w. T. Stead, editor of the London Review of Re- views. MT. Stead is in Chicago with his bride.
 Mr. Stead is well informed on the eastern situation, having spent some time in the Orient four years ago for the purpose of making a special study of conditions in that part of the globe.
 With the rapid development of conn mercial enterprises which has been go- ing on in Japan during the last few years the other nations will soon find themselves simply forced out of compe- tition for the eastern trade said MT. Stead. "All the advantages are with Japan She Is nearer the markets, and that is an important factor. Then she AAe's' e'iA 'ao inW iiidlcIidiS loI tIie HdHu = factured goods that are needed in the East. Labor is cheap and the country possesses unlimited supplies of coal.
 And then the Japanese are Orientals themselves and they know what goods are wanted in the eastern markets. It Is absurd to think that England and America can supply the wants of the people better than the Japanese. Our goods may be better according to our standards, but it is the eastern stand ard which will count"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
STR EFT RAILROAD PETITIONS
 ACTED UPON LAST NIGHT.
Conditions Imposed on Granting Per- mission to Change the Layout on Chapel Street Between Church and Grannis Corner-A Discussion About East Rock Park.
East Rock Park.

The board of aldermen held an ad-
 journed meeting last night which lasted
 about two hours and in that time took
 action on a large number of matters pending. The matter of the contract for street sprinkling during the coming season on streets in which there are car tracks came up and resolution was adopted providing that committee of two aldermen and three councilmen be appointed to which the director of pub lie works should submit by April i all bids for such contract.
 The petition of the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company for permis- sion to change the tracks on Chapel street between Church and College streets and for permission to connect at various points of the Winchester avenue lines and the Fair Haven lines brought up lengthy discussion. The company asks for permission to take up all but two tracks on Chapel street between the points mentioned and per- mission to replace those tracks and re- lay the pavement subject to the ap- proval of the director of public works in case 1t should subsequently become evident that the tracks removed were needed.
 Alderman Corcoran, chairman of the railroad committee, said that it had been suggested that the company de- sired to take up some of the tracks in order to escape the payment of the as- sessment for the laying of the brick pavement soon to be laid in Chapel street. MT. Corcoran said that the amount of that assessment would not be one-fifteenth of the cost of taking up the tracks and changing the layout. He thought, therefore, that the perrhis- sion was not asked in order to escape payment of the assessment.
 Alderman Hall moved to amend the petition to provide that 1t be granted on condition that the company keep cars moving at the corner of Church and Chapel streets. He said that he thought that some action should be taken to prevent a blockade at the cor ner of Church and Chapel streets as at the corner of Chapel and State streets Tn answer to question by Alderman Alcorn, MT. Corcoran said that the pe- tition included a request for permission
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
STATE NEWS IN BRfEF,
South Norwalk Woman Arrested for
 Arson.

I
 1 South Norwalk, March 14-Mrs. Wik-
 man Bates, living on Main street, was
 arrested on the complaint of her land | lord, Thomas Ward, tonight, after a small fire in her house, on a charge of
 arson. The fire occurred shortly after o'clock and according to the story of Mrs. Bates was started by the over turning of lamp which she had car ried into a wardrobe. Mrs, Bates threw the lamp out of window and in so doing ignited a lace curtain, which spread the blaze until the services of the department were necessary. Ward, the landlord, states that Mrs. Bates was notified to leave the house ten days ago and that the time allowed her to com ply expired to-day. He further alleges that she has made threats to take ven- geance upon him. Mrs. Bates will be given hearing tomorrow.
 veteran of the civil war, aged sixty, was found dead this morning in the eel lar of his residence. He was subject to attacks of epilepsy. He was the fa- ther of William H. Oat, general man. ager of the Norwich Bulletin, who is doubly bereaved, his wife having also died early to-day of heart disease.
 South Norwalk, March A.-A meeting of a number of prominent business men was held this afternoon with reference to the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of South Nor walk next September and it was de- cided to hold the observances on the Sth, 9th, 10th and 11th of that month.
 Stamford, March 14.-The democratic ward primaries were held tonight for the coming city election on April i and the personnel of the delegates chosen for the nominating convention will as- sure the renomination of Mayor Homer S. Cummings.
 South Norwalk, March 14.-Norwalk Inn one of the oldest hostelries in the state, was sold to-day by the present owner, W. s. Hamilton, to Thomas Wetherell, of New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
FOUND DEAD IN 1OWER H0 USE.
Lehish Road Night Operator Accide nt-
 ally Kills Himself.

New York, March 14.-The body of w. w. Blackford, night operator in the power house of the Lehigh Valley raid road at Park View, near Newark N. J., was found in the tower house early to- day. It was at first thought that Blackford committed suicide, but sub sequent developments lead to the opin- ion that he shot himself accidentally
 He answered a message on the wire at o'clock, and at 2:25 o'clock he set the switches for an engine to go to the coal chute. When the engineer whistled for the return trip he could not arouse the signal man, and, going to the tower, found him lying on the floor dead with a pisto-shot wound near the right col lar-bone. It is known that Blackford always carried a target pistol, and the theory is that while he was stopping over to put coal in the stove the pistol fell from his pocket and accidentally made the wound that caused death.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
Telegraph and Cable Notes.

New York, March 14.--Coroner's Physi- elan O'Hanlon to-day made supplement- ary report to the district attorneys office on the cause of death of Herbert c. Wad- man. who died on March 5, 1901, at tue Manhattan State hospital. The report states that Wadman's death was not due to vlo- lence, but that he died from nephritis, in- duced by the excessive use of alcohol
 Boston, March 14-The all-out signal for the fire at the Union wharf on Commercial street, which started yesterday, was given this afternoon, just twenty four hours after the third alarm was sounded yesterday. The Ing Its buildings, platforms, sheds and oth- CT structures, amounts to about $152,300 in all, placed on blanket policy
 Queenstown, March 14.-"Kid" Mccoy, the pugiist, sailed for New York on the White Star line steamer Oceanic to-day af- the purchase and arranging for the ship ping of number of English hackneys for a breeding establishment at Saratoga. He does not propose to do any fighting In the near future.
 Washington. March 14.-The president has approved the sentence of the court-martiul in the case of Captain $. K. Schwenk. U S. A., retired and he has been dismissed from the military service on the charge of dupli- eating his nay accounts He was vet eran of the civil war and was retired in 1876. He was appointed from Pennsylva- nla.
 Mexico City, March 14.-Alarmist reports regarding the health of President Diaz and conspiracies here are absolutely baseless. These reports are believed to be fabricated by men who are hostile to the government and for stock speculation purposes. There is no political agitation here.
 Marseilles March 14.-There were several slight conflicts to-day between the strikers and the police at the docks, but nothing se- rious. The teamsters and bakers have de- cided to make common cause with the dock CTS, and settlement is not likely to be reached soon.
 prirceton N l., March 14.-'"rhe Ven ezuelan Boundary Dispute" will be the sub iect of Former President Clevelands lec- ture to the students on March 27 and 2S. The lecture is long and 1t will be finished on the second evening"
 San Juan Porto Rico, March 14.-The Snf Juan city council has decided to dishand the police and to petition Governor Allen to assign the insulnr police to city duty. The governor, who is COW visiting Hnmacao will probably comply with the request.
 Brussels, March 14.-A general chapter of the Domincans has been convoked to meet at Ghent June 25 for discussion of the sit uation of the Dcmlncans in the Philippines. France and South America.
 Boston, March 14.-Manager Selee. of the Boston National league team, signed John Barry. an outfielder. and George c. Brooks. of Baltimore, pitcher, to-day. Brooks pitched for Meriden last year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
PRO-POLYGAMY BILL VETOED
GOVERNOR WELLS, OF UTAH, ACTS
 AGAINST THE MEASURE.

Believes That if Passed It Could be Used as Most Effective Weapon Against the very Glasses 1t is Intended
 to Benefit Holds Out Only n False Hope-Invites Discord and Disaster. Salt Lake, Utah, March 14.-Governor Wells has vetoed the Evans bill, relat- ing to the making of complaints and commencing of prosecutions in criminal cases. The bill provides that prosecu- ed by those of blood relationship to the accused or the plural wife. The gover- nor says in part:
 ''In my opinion nothing can be clear CT than if this bill if passed, would be welcomed and employed as most ef- fective weapon against the very classes whose condition 1t Is intended to ameli- crate. Furthermore, have reason to believe It's enactment would be the sig nal for a general demand upon the na-
 
 amendment directed against certain so- cial conditions here, a demand which, under the present circumstances, would surely be complied with.
 "Is it not an odious thought repul- sive to every good citizen of whatsoever creed or party, that the whole state should be put under ban? Surely, there is none so selfish and unpatriotic as to argue that this is preferable to the endurance of few isolated instance of prosecution unbacked as they are by either respectable moral support or sympathy.
 q yield to no one in affection for those of my people who from the high est motives and because they believed it a divine command entered into the relation of plural marriage. Born and reared in Utah, myself a product of that marriage system, taught from in- fancy to regard my lineage as approved of the Almighty, and proud to-day, as I have ever been, of my heritage, it will be granted, I trust, that every instinct of my nature reaches out to shield my friends from harm and to protect them from unjust attack. But in that same heart which is filled with sympathy for them l find also the solemn feeling that this bill holds out only a false hope of protection and that in offering a phantom of relief to few it in reality invites deluge of discord and disaster upon a1l."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
New Triai for Mrs. Botlstn.

San Francisco, March 14.-The state supreme court to-d day granted new trial to Mrs. Cordelia Botlxin, who was convicted of the murder of Mrs. J. P. Cunning in the summer of 1898 and sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial resulting in the conviction of Mrs. Botkin was noted in criminal history. Mrs Botkin was tried on the charge of sending through the United States mail to Dover, Del, a Dox or poisoned candy which caused the death of Mrs Dun- ming, to whom it was addressed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
ROWE BILL IS RE. AFFIRMED
BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 AFTER STRONG OPPOSITION.

Colonel N. c. Osborn Said It Would
 Strike Terrible Blow at Small Prop-
 the Hill on Ground That It Would
 Establish the Market Value of assessed Property.
 The special session of the chamber of commerce held last evening to discuss the Rowe bill in appraisernent of prop erty was the largest attended in many years. Although the explanation given by MT. Rowe and other members of the committee who helped frame the bill was such that the chamber reaffirmed 1t by large majority, it was not until after much discussion and strong oppo- sition, especially from Colonel N. c. Osborn, Attorney George M Wallace and William Trueman. A resolution was also passed that the president of the chamber appoint committee of ten to confer with the mayor and corpora tion counsel with a view to securing their aid in the passage of the bill.
 Colonel Osborn, in opposing the bill, said that it was revolutionary in char acter, it's effect would be substantially to relieve owners of valuable property from paying their full share of the tax es, and would strike terrible blow at owners ofjsmall pieces of property. His reason for this opinion was that large owners could take advantage of the provisions of the bill to advertise their property at price below its value, knowing that large transactions do not easily take place, whereas the readiest sales are made of property of small value. He therefore offered an amend ment, which was defeated, that the bill be withdrawn in order that the question be allowed full time for discussion be- fore the community during the next two years.
 Besides MT. Rowe, among those who
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
The Go.as-you-please Race.

Philadelphia, March 14.-The fourteen men left in the six days go-as-you- please match are still wearily grinding out miles. Howarth, who was well up among the leaders, was compelled to withdraw from the race to-day on ac- count of his weakened physical condi- ton. The score at il o'clock was as follows: Click 347 miles, Hegelman 345, Harnes 341, Tracey 3S7, Cavanaugh 319, Dean 2S9, Golden 2s5, Hart 260, Clifford 21o, Shed 206, Loslin 1855, Noremac 177. McTague 176, Wintash 121.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
GILMAN INHERITANCE TAX
STATE TO FIGHT FOB ITS RIGHTS IN
 THE ESTATE.

1 Conference Between the State Treasurer
 Felt That the Dead Tea Merchants Residence Can be Legally Established as Having Been i'm Connecticut. 1 Bridgeport March 14.-A conference was held this afternoon between State Treasurer Gallup and Attorney Gen. eral Phelps in regard to the course of l action of the state in the hearing Mon day on the estate of George F. Gilman. MT. Phelps tonight declined to state his decision, saying that in general his position is the same as in the question of jurisdiction in the Plant will case.
 Treasurer Gallup in an interview said that the state would be represented at the Gilman hearing and that 1t would contend it's rights of jurisdiction, re- sorting to every point in Connecticut law to protect its interests in the pay- ment of the inheritance tax The bur den of proof of the alleged New York residence of the deceased, MT. Gallup
  said, would be thrown onto the heirs of half blood, to whose interest 1t is to take the litigation into New York, and he. further stated that he was confident that information was in the hands of the attorney general to establish MT. Gilman's residence in Con- necticut. Asked what effect the alleged agreement of the heirs would have on the situation MT. Gallup said emphati- cally that such an agreement would have no effect, but that the administra- tion of the estate must proceed in the usual manner, irrespective of agree ments, until the claim of the state had been paid.
 The belief is prevalent here that the estate amounts to fully the $20,000,000 estimated, and the solicitation of the officials is taken as an indication that this figure is accepted by them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
HOWE & STETSON.
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE BILL Sont Back to Secretary Thrashcr to bo t3 Item ixed.

Itemixetl.
 The board of finance last night took up for consideration the bill presented by Secretary Thrasher, of the Law and Order league, for fees of the league agents who made the pool-room and lot tery office raids here recently. The bill was for $32. At the previous meeting of the board when the bill was present. ed it was tabled until last night, when Mr. Thrasher was requested to be pres ent and explain it. Mr. Thrasher was unable to be present, but instead MT. Prince, the assistant secretary of the league, appeared. He said that there was no law requiring the city to pay the bill, but that 1t was customary for municipalities to pay such bills present- ed by the league. He was asked to itenliHe the bill, and said that 1t was for the services of various men employed by the league in making the raids. The bill was approved by Judge Bishop, of the city court, and by Assistant City Attorney Tyner.
 The board decided to send the bill back to MT. Thrasher with the request that he itemize by showing what agents ed for and that the bill for each officer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
ANTl- ESTIAN SCIENCE RTLL,
The Amended Bell Measure Before New
 York Legislature

Albany, March 14.--The Bell anti Christian Science bill as reported to the assembly in it's amended form reads as follows:
 Any person shall Joe regarded as practicing medicine who shall for re- muneration, charge fee, gift, bonus or reward, directly or indirectly, profess to heal or who shall give treatment to any other person by the use of any means or method whatsoever, whether with or without the use of any medicine, drug, instrument or other appliance for the relief or cure of any wound, fracture or bodily injury, infirmity, physical or mental, or other defects or diseases. The article is not to apply to any person giving treatment to another under the direction of a regular physician"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
PLAGUE IN CAPE COLONY.
Increasing Gravity of the Outbreak
 Soldiers to be R. stricted.

Cape Town, March 14.-Owing to the increasing gravity of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Cape Colony, the au- thorities here purpose confining the sol- diers to camps and barracks. The num- Der of European cases is increasing, four having been officially reported to- day. In addition to these there were eight colored cases reported. Thus far there have been thirty-seven deaths all told. Wholesale innoculation was be- gun in Cape Town to-day and 20OO natives were treated. The plague has made it's appearance at Malmesbury Cape Town.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
Didn't Ad djourn for Harrison.

Concord N. H., March 14-After an all day struggle the New Hampshire House of Representatives this afternoon passed the most important bill which has come before it for consideration at this time, an act to reorganize the state courts. As passed the bill provides for a supreme court and a superior court, each to consist of a chief justice and four associates. The House voted down a motion to adjourn out of respect to the memory of ex-President Harrison.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
For Shorter DaY,s Work.

Toledo, March 14.-The International Machinists Association of America on May 1 will enforce demand for a shorter work day. A decision has just been reached by the international or ganization. In towns where machinists are compelled to work ten hours they will strike for nine hours, and in towns where they work nine hours they will demand an eight-hour day. In every case they will attempt to secure the same wages as those now in force.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
FOsBURGH EVIDENCE LOST.
Destroyed in Recent Big Fire at Great
 Harrington.

Pittsfield, Mass, March A-It was learned here to-day that the notes taken at the inquest in the Fosburgh murder case were destroyed in the big fire which occurred recently at Great Harrington. It is understood that the evidence presented at the inquest was to be offered at the coming trial of young Fosburgh, in July. They had been transcribed and copies were placed in the hands of the district at- tonrey at the time the case was pre- sented to the grand jury. There ap- pears to be some question as to whether the transcribed notes may be offered as evidence at the trial.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
THE NATION CRAzE.
A Crowd of Michigan Women Destroy
 "JointD Fixtures.

Kalamazoo. Mich, March H.-News has just been received here of Carrie Nation" episode which took place at Fulton Village, this county, yesterday. Charles Sherman had established bil- Hard pool and card resort there. which was being frequented by many young men, The w. c. T. U. and members of the church planned a raid on it. A rescue committee was appointed and after a long barley persuaded Sherman to sell his pool and billiard tables and cards to them. At ? o'clock in the morning a crowd of over a hundred mostly women, took the entire outfit in to the public square, smashed the tables with axes and made a huge bonfire of them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
$1oo,ooO FOR PRiNcAaoN
Offered by Henry stafford Little for
 Erection of fDormitory.

Princeton, N T., March 14.-At the regular quarterly meeting of the uni versity trustees here to-day President Patton stated that Henry Stafford Lit tie, of Trenton, N. J., has offered to give $1OO,O00 for the erection of a dor mitory to be joined to Stafford Little hall. MT. Little is the donor of Stafford Little hall and the lectureship bearing his name of which ex-President Cleve- land is the present incumbent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-15
Yale Fresh m en Win.

New York, March 14-A game of hockey was played at the St. Nicholas rink tonight between the Yale and Co., lumbia freshmen teams. The Yale men won by the score of to 1. The Yale players were Bracker Gelshman, Warn castle, Mailman, BuckWater, Carpenter and Byers.