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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
CH4RL III. COMSTOCK DEAD.
Conductor on First Passenger Train
from New York 80 New Haven.

Chicago. March 11.-Charles H. Com
stock. one of the oldest practical rail-
road men in the United States, died to-
day at his home in this city. He was
born seventy nine years ago, near SYRIA
cuse, N. Y. AS child he rode on the
first train run over what is now the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad. The train consisted of four
work cars and was drawn by horses.
He was passenger conductor on the first
railroad train to make the trip in 1853
from New York to New Haven. He
came to Chicago in 1856 and a year later
entered the service of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad company, He was pay
master for the corporation until 1882,
when he was transferred to the treas
arers department.
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GEN. HARRISON'S CONDITION
ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANGE FOR
THE HORSE NOTICED.
DIR. jameson, However, Stated That
There Was No Great Cause for Alarm
Last Night--Wttht the Other Physfcfans
He Is StilI Hop efuI OF Recovery but tho
PATIENTS Condition Is Stfll Critical.

indianapolis, March 11.-Dr. Henry
Jameson has been In constant attend
ance on Former President Harrison all
day, and, with DR.. Evan Hadey, has
alternated in close watch for the
slightest sign of improvement or re-
lapse. At 1880 o'clock tO-night DIR.
Jameson issued the following statement:
General Harrison got through the
night in excellent shape and in a man.
ner gratifying to myself and Drs. Had
ley and Dorsey. He held his own splen-
didly until 10 o'clock this morning.
when slight change for the worse was
apparent The inflammation In the left
| lung and the pains in his chest then
/ began to cause him q great deal of
trouble and produced a state Of nerv-
BUSINESS and restlessness which caused
| him much discomfort.
II found no great cause for alarm to-
night in the condition of General Har-
rison and attribute the change to-day
to the fact that he has been laboring
with his ailment one day longer. At
this hour he is more restless. His tenn
perature is now 1O2 As; his pulse 95;
respiration 35. / think he will have no
difficulty in going through the night.
AS to the definite time when crisis
will occur, / cannot say. In dealing
with pneumonia and kindred forms of
| illness a crisis is a quantity hard to
reckon with. In fortyeight hours there
will be a change of some sort.
with the other physicians, am very
hopeful at this time Of General Harri-
sons ultimate recovery. The chief
danger we fear from the illness Is an
extension of the inflammatory process
in the left lung. Unless there should
be an extension of that inflammation
involving the pleurae and some of the
lobules of the left lung, we are hopeful
of speedy recovery.
"At the residence I alternate with DIR.
Dorsey in close attendance and two
trained nurses night and day remain al
ways watchful for the slightest change
Mrs. Harrison spends large part Of
the night with the general. 7"
At midnight DR.. Jameson left the
Harrison home after having spent near
ly three hours with his patient. He
said: General Harrison's condition is
not changed from what 1t was early in
the evening. His strength is keeping
up well and his pulse Is strong. The
Inflammation of his lungs has not
spread any and there is no danger to
be apprehended unless the inflamma-
ton does spread. The talk about a
crisis in General Harrison's condition is
absurd. There is no crisis He will
either gradually grow better or he will
grow gradually worse and will in the
same way grow weaker. He is perfect
lv conscious at this hour and is now
resting easily"
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MORE BIG COMBINATfONS.
Largest of Southern Industrial Corpo-
rations May Consolidate.


Birmingham. Ala, March 11.-Ru-
mors Of the consolidation of the largest
industrial corporations in the south
with a combined capital of $100000,00O
are current in this city. The companies
are the Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail-
road company, the Sloss Sheffield Steel
and Iron company and the Republic
Steel and Iron company, which own
twenty eight pig iron furnaces, one steel
mill and two rolling mills in Alabama
and Tennessee, and make the bulk of
the iron in these two states. The COM
bined capital and bonded debt of the
three companies is $93,000,000, divided
as follows Tennessee Coal. Iron and
Railroad company, s23,0OO,000; Sloss
Sheffield Steel and Iron company, $780,
900, 900; Republic Iron and Steel compa-
my, $5O0O0,OoO.
New York, March 1.-THE Journal Of
commerce tomorrow will say that the
organization of the Standard Milling
company was practically completed yes
terday. An underwriting syndicate was
formed for about 81 100000 and enough
money has been raised to take the Unit
ed States company out of the hands of
q receiver and leave the Standard Mill
ing company working capital of about
81, 100000. The Standard Milling compa-
ny will acquire the plants originally
comprising the old United States Flour
Milling company and, in addition, those
of the Northwestern Consolidated Mill
ing company. The daily capacity of all
the mills, it is said, will be 52,600 bar
rels.
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PLAGUE INCREASING.
Fifteen New Cases Or ciaIly Reported In
Cape Town Yesterday.

Cane Town, March 1.-THE bubonic
plague is developing seriously in Cape
Town. Fifteen new cases were officially
reported to-day and seven other per-
sons were isolated because of having
come into contact with victims of the
disease To-day two colored persons,
who had been attacked by the plague,
died in the streets of Cape Town. A
European died while being removed to
the hospital The malady is reaching
the more prosperous classes, and it has
been necessary to remove to the hospi-
tai the entire family of a gentleman
The Malay priests are taking the side
of the authorities and it IS now hoped
that religious trouble will be averted.
The removal of several thousand KAT
frs from the city to the Kaffir location
will begin tomorrow.
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Permanent Injunction Denied.

Jersey City. March lin chancery
chambery to-day Vice Chancellor Stew
ems denied the application to make per-
manent the injunction restraining the
Stockholders of the American Smelling
and Refining company from increasing
the capital stock of that company from
$65,OOlOOO to 100,000,000, and restraining
the directors from purchasing the plant
of M. Guggenheim Sons in Mexico.
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All London Papers, However, show
Very Friendly Spirit.

All London Papers, However, snow
Very Friendly Spirit.
London, March 1.-THE morning pa
pers express approval of Lord Lans-
downe's reply to the amendment OF the
United States Senate to the Hay-Paun-
cefote treaty All repudiate any feel
ing save friendly desire to arrive at
mn amicable and equitable settlement.
mo country without sacrifice of
self-respect." says the Times, could
have accepted the travesty of a bargain
which President Mckinley and Secre-
tary Hay asked us to conclude. lnf1u-
entail men and newspapers In the Unit
ed States have admitted the reasona-
bleness of the British attitude and even
in the Senate weighty voices have been
raised against such petulant rhetoric as
Mr.. Morgan's.
1--WE have reason, therefore, to eX-
pect Lord Lansdownes despatch to
commend itself to the justice and fair
play of the Americans. He has left the
responsibility for further action where
1t ought to lie 1t Is for the Washing
ton government to make new over
lures. We shall be ready to assent to
reasonable notifications Of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty when there Is a fair
probability that the Senate will accept
our concessions in the spirit in which
they are offered. Until that time ar
rives we have no ground for dlssatls-
faction without legal position, "a posi-
tion we do not intend to abandon ex-
cept upon termA concerted in friendly
manner with ourselves
This extract from the Times falrly
represents general opinion.
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BOTHA WILLING TO GIVE UP
ASKS 4RMISTICE no OCOMMUNICATE
WITH DE WET IND STEYN.
A Belief That lie VIII Surrender Even
If They Decline Beers Said to Have
No Artillery or a IN nmunittOn-Bury ytng
Their Big Gums-Result of Peace Ne
gotiations Anxiousiy but Hopefully
Awaited i'm Pretoria.
Awaited tn Pretoria.

Lourenzo Marquee, March 11.-Gen-
eral Botha is willing to surrender. he
asked an armistice in order to COM
municate with General De Wet and Mr..
Steyn. Should they decline 1t is believ-
ed, nevertheless, that General Botha
will surrender. The Beers have no ar
tillery or ammunition and are burying
all their big guns. The railroad from
Lourenzo Marquee to Pretoria is practl-
cally clear of Beers.
Pretoria, March 11-9:3S p. m.-The re-
suit of the negotiations between Lord
Kitchener and General Louis Botha Is
anxiously but hopefully awaited. The
presence of Sir Alfred Miner in Pre-
toria to consult with Lord Kitchener Is
expected to hasten the change from
the military to the civil administra-
ton.
London, March 12.-The Times has
received the following from Bloekfon-
tein: "Boers who have surrendered
here say that Mr. Steyn, in recent
speech at Philippolis, admitted that
there now was no chance of regaining
the country"
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Name. for Harvard Memorial Tablet.

Cambridge, Mass, March II. = The
committee of undergraduates and grad
yates of the Harvard union this even
ing selected ten names for memorial
tablets in the hall of the new University
club building. The names are: John
Adams, 17E5; James Russell Lowell,
1898; Louis Agasis, 1870; Ralph Waldo
Emerson, 1921; Joseph Warren, 1859;
Cotton Mather, 1878; Joseph Story, 1898;
Benjamin Pierce, 1929; Edward Everett,
1911; Asa Gray, 1874; Charles Sumner,
1880, and Henry Dunster, the first pres
ident of Harvard college.
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IN IMPoRTANT SURRENDER.
Gen. Macarthur Reports Very Encour
aging Conditions in Philippines.

Washington, March 1.-THE following
cablegram has been received from Gen.
eral Macarthur, at Manila
General Marian de Dios, four Off
GERS, fifty-seven men, uniformed and
armed, surrendered at Naio. This is
regarded as very important and indi-
eating collapse of the insurrection. The
territory heretofore obstinately defend
ed. Conditions throughout the entire
archipelago very encouraging; captures,
surrenders of arms continue; 3,16S arms
surrendered since January l.
Macarthur"
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Il TR EASURER ESTED.
Accused of Shortage of S2,639 In His
Account.

Buffalo, N. Y, March III. l.. Tip
ton, secretary and treasurer of the
Switchmen's International union, was
arrested this afternoon on a charge of
petit larceny Upton recently complain
ed to the police that the safe in his Of
flee had been opened and robbed of ST.
S75. Grand Master Hawley. of the or
der with two members of the board of
directors, who have been investigating
the matter, said this afternoon that it
had been learned that the total shortage
was $2639. He added that the order
was fully protected. The arrest was
made at the instance of the United
States Fidelity and Security company,
who are Tiptons bondsmen.
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Hidden Money Found.

Middletown, N. Y, March 11-Sums
of money aggregating nearly 81, 900 have
been discovered hidden in various parts
of the old house occupied by the late
Benjamin Smith, an eccentric character,
who lived near Mount Hope. The exec
utors believe more will be discovered.
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Gilman Estate May Come Under Col.
lateral Clause of Succession Tax.

Bridgeport, March 11.-Judge Nobbs
tonight under the seal of the probate
court sent to the state secretary an
opinion in which the proposition was
made that the estate Of the late George
r. Gilman comes under the collateral
clause of the state succession tax. This
means that on the supposition that the
deceased died intestate, heirs of lineal
descent would have to pay to the state
one and one-half per cent. of their IN
heritance and heirs whose descent was
not direct would have to pay three per
cent. AS none of the claimants Of the
Gilman estate are Of closer relationship
than nephews, the three per cent basis
would be exacted. Estimating the Gill
man estate at s20OOo,0o0, the commonly
accepted figure, this tax, If levied. would
net the state of Connecticut some
$500. 900.
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Montreal, March 11.-Pons, the French
champion. failed tonight in an attempt
to throw Little five times in one hour,
Graeco- Roman strange hold barred,
for a purse of $500. Not only did he
fail to secure a single fall, but Little
was actually on the aggressive at the
end of the match. Pons weighed 270
and Little 16S pounds. 1t is claimed
Little is Farmer Mcleod. Six thou
sand people saw the match.
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A HARD STR UGGLE.
Widow of Lincoln's First Private Scores
tary i'm Want.

Widow of Lincoln's First Private Scores
tary i'm Want.
Elmira, N. Y, March 11.-Mrs, J. A.
Jenkins, widow of the first private sec
retary Of the late Abraham Lincoln,
was given lodging at police headQuRr-
tiers Saturday night. Mrs. jenkins left
this city to- day for Hornellsville. She
is on her way to Springfield, ILL.,. her
former home. Overseer, of the Poor
Daniel Mackey furnished Mrs. Jenkins
with s. ticket to Hornellsville Mrs.
Jenkins arrived in this city late Satur-
day afternoon. She called on Overseer
of the Poor Macley and told him her
story. Mrs. Jenkins said that she left
washington, D. c., several days ago.
She told story of hard struggle to
earn living.
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New Haveners Call on Mckinley

Washington March 11.-A delegation
of Christian Endeavorers of New Hav-
EN-. Conn.,, who are visiting in this city,
were received by the president in the
cabinet room. A number of prominent
leaders in both branches of congress
called upon the president to-day to
pay their respects before departing for
their homes.
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Cape Town, March 11.-A court-mar-
tial has sentenced to death two rebels
connected with the recent wrecking of
a train at Taaibosch. Others concern
ed in the crime were condemned to va
rious terms of imprisonment
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BILL
FOR RELIEF FROM UNJUST ASSESS
MENTs or REAL PROPERTY.

rb, councflmen Last Night Voted to
rn.truct tho Corporation Counsel to
Urge the Passage Of the Biil BY the
y.,,.,.tur.--Anthon CarroIIs Board
~ rinauce Decoration Came UP Again
Last Night-other Siattsrs before tho
CounciImen.
The hoard Of councilmen after a long
discussion last night voted to instruct
the corporation counsel to appear before
the committee Of the general assembly
and advocate the passage of senate Dill
No. 4. a bill concerning the assessment
of real property In New Haven, the Dill
heing the one endorsed by the Chamber
yf Commerce and providing a plan Tor
securing relief from alleged unjust as
sessment of real property, bill which
contemplates system whereby the ag-
griayed owner may offer his property
for sale at the price which he considers
the real value, and which has already
been published several times.
Councilman Minor last night intro
duced the resolution for such instruc-
tion to the corporation counsel, the Dill
being referred to in the resolution as
"Senate bill No. 4, bill concerning the
assessment of real property in New Ha-
ven" AS soon as the resolution had
been read a number of members jumped
up to ask what bill was referred to in
the resolution. Mr.. Minor Informed the
board that senate bill No. 4 was the
bill which had been endorsed by the
Chamber of Commerce, and briefly out
1SS -. 4I.,,,o., ~, rT,Lird Dopo
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Berlin. N. H, March 11.-A misplaced
switch turned a double-headed freight train
into the round house tonight A engine in
the house and the two on the freight were
wrecked, and Engineer Robinson was dan
gerously hurt.
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ALL FOR 1TISSIONARY WORK.
A yVfnsted Woman Leaves an Estate OF
1000.

Winsted, March 11.-By the will OF
Miss Sophronia Catlin, lifelong resi-
dent of this town, an estate aggregat-
ing $4,000 is to be given entirely to
missionary and religious organizations.
The Connecticut Missionary society re-
ceives $4,000, the First Ecclesiastical
society, Of Winsted, $1,000, and the
American Home Missionary society, of
New York, and the American Mission
ary society, of the same city, are made
equal participants in the residue,
amounting to $13,000
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WOULD NOT SEEK MISSING
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT or CHT-
CAGO Police AND FIREMEN.
Following Yesterdays Terrible Boiler
y Explosion Dispute Arose as to Whose
Duty 1T Was to Search the Ruins
Work Suddenly Stopped Eight KILLED
and Twenty-nine Injured In the Ex-
plOsiOn. .

plosion.
Chicago, March 11-By the explosion
of the boiler in the Doremus laundry
ass West Madison street this morning.
eight people were instantly killed, tWen-
ty-nine were injured and several are
missing. The cause of the explosion
has not been determined with accuracy
as vet. and it will probably require an
official investigation to settle the mat
ter. 1t is known that the boiler was
old, secondhand affair, and there Is
no record in the office of the city boiler
inspector of any inspection having been
made within the last year. Pending the
verdict of the coroner's jury A. l.. Do
remus the proprietor of the laundry IS
held in custody by the police, and 1t IS
the intention of the authorities to instl-
tute criminal proceedings against him
should the facts brought out at the in
vestigation warrant such proceedings.
The list of the dead and wounded was
difficult to secure. Reports of the num-
ber Of dead in the ruins run all the way
from six to twenty. 1t is known that
thirty-six employees of the laundry had
entered the place before the explosion
occurred, because the automatic time
keeper found in the ruins, and Wncn
was not damaged, showed that number
of registered arrivals Two or three
were entering at the moment of the eX-
plosion, making an approximate total
of forty employees in and around the
building. The list of injured includes,
+ however, several people residing In the
adjoining buildings, nearly all of which
were badly damaged.
The most conservative estimate by
the police comedies that at least three,
dead or alive, are still in the ruins; yet
the search for bodies in the ruins came
to a sudden end early in the afternoon
and the work of rescue was entirely
abandoned.
The cause of the cessation of the
search was dispute between the fire.
men and police as to who was respon-
eible for the recovery of any bodies
which might be concealed beneath the
debris. The firemen said they had per-
formed their whole duty, and, gather
ing up their hose, they retired from the
scene The police said 1t was not their
work to dig for bodies, and nobody else
volunteered to do the Work. Ine trou-i
BILE was brought to the attention OF Po-
lice Inspector John D. Shea, in whose
district the accident occurred, and he
held that the search properly belonged
to the fire department. While the fire
men and police were arguing Building
Inspector Kiolbassa sent deputy to
the scene of the catastrophe and no
tice was sent to Jackson Brothers, the
agents for the property, to immediate
" begin the work Of pulling down the
walls and clearing away the debris. The
real estate firm soon had number of
wreckers at the ruins and the work OF
pulling down the walls was immed1-
ately begun. This operation made 1t
Impossible to continue the search for
bodies, but the work say be continued
Tomorrow.
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NEEDS OF THE DEMOCRACY
STATEMENTS BY MR.. CLETEL4ND
and ID. B. Hill.
The Former Declares the Party Must
Truly, Honestly and Consistently
Democrattc-Hfll Hopeful of the Fu-
ture-The Darkest Hour Often-Times
y just Before Dawn.

just Before Dawn.
Baltimore, Md, March 1.-THE Cres-
cent Democratic club, one of the lead
ing political organizations of this city,
celebrated it's twenty ninth anniversary
tonight. The occasion was rendered
more than interesting by the receipt of
letters from former President Grover
Cleveland and former United States
Senator David B. Hill. Mr.. Cleveland
says:
Princeton, N. j., March 6, 1901.
C. T. Jenkins. Esq, Secretary, ETC.:
My Dear Sir: Your invitation to at
tend meeting of the Crescent Demo-
cratic club on the 11th inst in celebra-
tion of the twenty-ninth anniversary,
reaches me as I am leaving home, and
my absence will prevent my participa-
ton in this interesting work All the
political signs of the time indicate most
impressively the necessity of increased
activity and aggressiveness in the ranks
of democracy. There were days when
democratic principles advocated in dem
ocratic fashion, gave guarantee of DEM
ocratic supremacy-or at least, strength
and influence in our nations councils.
Why should there not be a return of
those days?
The answer to this question is not
found in less applicability than for
merly of democratic doctrines to present
conditions. On the contrary there
never was a time when they We're more
needed to cure evils which afflict our
body polite; and there never was time
when our countrymen would be more
willing to accept democracy as they
once knew it as a safeguard against ex-
listing and threatened ills. I am con-
WINGED, however, that if our party is to
regain it's old prestige and become again
a strong and vigorous organization.
feared by it's enemies and inspiring the
active devotion of its rank and file, 1t
must first of all things itself become
truly honestly and consistently demo-
cratic.
Yours Very Truly,
Grover Cleveland.
Ex-senator ELL in the course of his
letter says:
''In this time of dire defeat, when the
shouts of the victorious hosts of plu-
tocracy, commercialism and imperial
ism at their recent inaugural festivities
at the national capital are still ringing
in our ears, we should remember that
the darkest hour is often-ti just be-
fore the dawn of day.
II am sure that a majority of the
American electorate will not be salts
fed with the continued rule of radical
ism, extravaganza and corruption But
there must be no question of our inten-
ton to fearlessly maintain the national
credit under any and all circumstances.
Labor and capital should be equally re-
spected. Opposition to dangerous cor
porate combinations should not be al
lowed to degenerate into indiscriminate
attacks upon chartered rights.
II firmly believe the new century Will
soon witness reunited and victorious
party again in ascendancy in the af-
,;,,e ,,,,,- lalouad poT0trV ~
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ST. Petersburg, March 1.-THE condition
of NJ Bogoiepoff, the minister of public in
struction, who on February ~ was shot by
Peter Karpovich, continues feverish. His
temperature has reached 103.5 and his pulse
is 96 His rest is broken and grave fears
are entertained of fatal termination to his
injuries.