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FORMERLY OF NEW HAVEN.

Cornelius Keeleher and his daughter, Miss Mary Keeleher and Mrs. John T. Collins of Norwich left on Tuesday af- ternoon for Providence, being called there by the death of MT. Kelleher's son-in-law, John William Miller, whose wife was Miss Annie Keeleher, form erly of Norwich. MT. and Mrs Miller resided in New Haven. and were in Providence on business, when MT. Mill CT died suddenly Monday night from apoplexy. He was thirty eight years of age, and besides his wife leaves son. aged ten years. The body will be brought to New Haven for burial
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CLOTHING STORE ROBRED

Southington, June 19.-Burglars ee- cured about $1OO worth of clothing, jewelry etc, at the store of J. H. Mar tin last night. They are believed to be members of gang which has been committing other breaks in this section recently.
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DEATH OF HENRY H1NcKLEY.

Henry Hinckley, the oldest resident of the town of Stonington, passed away Tuesday morning at his home in the village of Wequetequock. He was in his ninetysecond year. Mir. Hinckley was born in Stonington July 15 1909, and always resided in the town. He was a farmer all his life, retiring about five years ago, shortly before the death of his wife. He is survived by three sons and daughter, Judge Elias Hinckley of the Stonington probate court, Thomas Hinckley of Springfield, James Hinckley of New Haven, and Mrs. William H. Palmer of Stoning- ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-20
AMERICAN LEAGITE,I

At Boston-Boston 5, Chicago 3.
 At Baltimore-Baltimore 9, Milwau- kee 3. troit 2
 At Philadelphia = Philadelphia f. Cleveland 2.
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NATIONAL. I.EAGIrE

At Boston-Boston G. Chicago ?. Sec ond game; Boston ', Chicago 6,
 At Philadelphia-Phil ?, St. Louis & 6.
 At New York-New York 5, Pitts burg 5. Called in ninth inning on ac- count Of darkness.
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EA STERN LEAGuE.

EASTERN IEAEU ID. At Hartford-Hartford 9 Syracuse 2. Twelve innings. At ovidence-Providance 1, Wor- cester 0.
 Montreal-Rain. At ochester-Rochester II, Buffalo 1
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DERBY DEFEATS WATERBURY.

Waterbury, June 19.-SiX singles and q double in the first inning of to-days game netted Derby five runs and al- though Waterbury made grand rally in the seventh, Derby managed to hold the lead and win. Mccormick was re- sponsible for four of the six runs of the seventh inning on home run with three men on bases. The score:
 Derby .... ...5 0 o 2 o ? 0 2 0-11-16-6 Waterbury O o 1 6 1 o. B. S--3
 Batteries--W Whitlock and Scannell; Morris, Clancy and Luskey.
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NEW LONDON DEFEATS MERIDEN
 Meriden, June 19.-New London won to-day's game by all around snappy playing. Brown pitched gerat ball and Meriden was never in it. Tucker made his first appearance at first for the vis- itore. The score:
 New London 70 1 l 1 0 o 0-5-7-0 Meriden =. ...0 0 o 01 2-3-S--5
 Batteries-Brown and Somers Shu- man. Ferry and King.
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CHARLES l.. RUSSELL DEAD.
Was Once Consul-General at Liverpool Was Partner of Ex-Governor Wall

Was Once Consul General at Liverpool
 Was Partner of Ex-Governor Wall
 Ter.
 Middletown, June 19.--A cablegram received in Haddam announces the death in London, Eng, yesterday of Charles T. Russell of that town, Uni ted States consul-general at Liverpool, 1SS5-1SS9. His age was about sixty five. He was formerly captain of ocean going vessels. After his term as con- sul-general expired he engaged in bus mess in England and was associated with ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller of this state in the Globe Messenger Ser vice corporation. Of late he had been largely interested in granite quarries in his native town, Haddam. His wife, a daughter, Mrs Frederick Whitely of London, Eng, and son, Charles T. Russell, Jr., an attorney of New York, survive him.
 Charles T. Russell was frequent visitor to New Haven, where he had number of personal and political friends. His last visit here was a few months ago. when he announced to his friends that he was going to England to negotiate the sale of some western copper mines to English capitalists. He was sanguine at hat time that his mission would be successful. Mr. Rus sell was a prominent democrat of Mid dlesex county and has often been prom inently mentioned as an available can didate for congress He has a most oapial disnOsitiOn and was a most an- tertaining reconteur. He was thor oughly informed on political, financial and industrial affairs.
 His son, Charles T. Russell, Jr., stud jed law in the office of P. w. Chase and in the Yale Law school, from which he graduated two years ago. He is now in New York, as the Middletown dis | patch states.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-23

MS seat, the writer glanced UP at him
and, seeing that it was no one whom
he knew, returned to his study Of the
bill of fare. as iy
The young man languidly placed his
monocle in his eye. and. screwing up
his face to keep the glass in position,
treated the other guest at the table to
prolonged stare. {. So
The stare ended abruptly, however,
for suddenly the writer looked up.
Quick as thought he seized an empty
tumbler and, applying it to his right
eye, stared gravely through it's bottom
at his vis-a-vis. eEE a..
The monocle was, dropped in very
few seconds, and then the tumbler was
replaced on the table. But the young
Anglomaniac's face was crimson,
while that of the writer remained
grave and unmoyed, and through the
dining room rustled the sound of some.
thing that suggested repressed merri-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-23
: BETTER 4TAkN LAW.

Julius Was Stumped, So He COmclud4
;rs ed to Return the Property; &s.@
81 was in Mississippi during the ear
petbag days." said the Pittsburg story
teller, land one night at d hotel was
robbed of watch and money. found
out next day that it was one Of the
colored servants, and went to JUS
tice of the peace and swore out a war
rant. The justice was also a colored
man. and he didn't seem anxious to do
the right thing. think he was in with
the thief, though willing to give me a
show. When the prisoner took the
stand, he declared that if he had stolen
anything it was while he was walking
around in his sleep. The statement
caught his honor, and he said:
How yo' gwine to hold a pusson
'sponsible fur what he does in his
sleep? Oar amt no law bout dat. If
Julius dun took dat watch an money
an didn't know what he was .doin, den
he's got to be discharged from Gus
tody.'
II was pleading my own case," con-
tinued the Iron City man, land re-
piled to the judge that the rule ought
to work both ways. If Julius had TAX
en- my property In his sleep, he ought to
return it while he was in the same con-
dition. l wasn't blaming him for being
a somnambulist and was willing he
should go free, but should expect him
to enter my room in his sleep that very
night and leave my lost property on a
chair. That was stumper on judge
and prisoner, and after scratching their
heads and wiggling around his honor
replied:
Julius, dis yere case has dun got
mixed up. 'Cordin to law yo' got away
wild de stuff an can't be held, but cord
in to de white mans dreambook yo's
got to walk in yo'r sleep ag'in tonight
an put yo'r stealin's back in his room.
Dat will leabe everything jest as it,
was befo', an it pears to me dat yo'd
better tackle some older man an do it
wild yo'r eyes wide OPEN
Julius didn't wait to walk in his
sleep again, but handed me my proper
ty before we left the courtroom."-
Philadelphia Press.
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&. There was commander on British
cruiser who was concentrated energy
perSonifed. He was the man who
never slept. He was the bugbear. OF
the crew, all and sundry, hence the
point of McAlister's tale.
McAlister was boatswain who I'M
expectedly came into small fortune,
sWhereupon, quitting the service, he
bought snug little cottage as many
miles away from salt water as It is
possible for a man to get in England.
When he was comfortably settled, he
employed boy to come to his door
every morning at half past 5, knock
and say: IN
please, sir, the commander wants
you" 20 s
Whereupon every morning the now
free boatswain had the joy Of singing
out in his grandest voice:
'Tell the commander to go to thun.
dery'-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Very Particular.


Mrs. Morse had never used a tele-
phone until her husband had one put
into the house so that he might talk
with her from his Office whenever he
wished.
.''I do just love to talk through the
telephone! Mrs, Morse declared after
three days experience. 1.-THE time
doesn't seem half as.tlong from morn
ing till night as it used to when IneFer
heard from you"
"I'm glad of that, my dear,'. said her
husband pleasantly. give thought once
or twice from the number of times l.
had to ring. up before getting any
answer that you didn't enjoy it,
:. ooh, no, GEORGE said little: Mrs..
Morse earnestly 'ssbpt you know some
times when you ring me up I'm busy
about my houseWork with. my old
apron on, and of course, knowing how
particular you are, always like to
unpin my skirt and put on a clean
white apron before. begin to talk to
you, don't you ee?"-Youth's Compan-
ion
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Your Canary.

Don't forget to give your canary the
best of water and seed every day. See
that he has a good fish bone. Clean
his cage every day. Keep him out of
the hot sun and the glare of night
Lights and yet let him have sunshine.
Talk to him; talk to him with a kind
voice. Let him out of the cage occa-
sionally. We give crumbs Of bread
soaked in milk, lettuce, chickweed, a
little piece Of egg, sometimes a little
fruit, nut and lots of good things and
let him eat or reject as he pleases.
Remember he is a prisoner in con-
fnement, dependent on you every day
for health and life, and constantly
strive to make him happy. A little 10
cent looking glass will add greatly to
his happiness. Take care that neither
sun nor other light reflected shall daz-
Zle him.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-23
Hats I'm the House Of Commons.

Speaker Denison if he saw men,
Der wear any unwonted headgear other
than the regulation tall hat would send
for him and point out the irregularity.
In these days billycock hat has fire.
quently been seen in one particular
quarter Of the house, and the innova-
ton Is tolerated. What Speaker Deni-
son would have said or thought If he
had seen q few straw hats in the ex
tremely hot weather Of last session
the writer cannot venture even to con-
lecture.
A reference to hats recalls the curl
Gus custom which prevails, that when
a member wishes to interpose with q
point of order after the question has
been put from the chair he must speak
covered" On one occasion Mr.. Glad
stone wished to speak in this way, and,
rs he never brought hat into the
house, he was obliged hastily to bor-
row a hat. 1t happened that the hat
which he borrowed belonged to his
then solicitor general, Sir F.. HerschelI
(afterward the lord chancellor), and it
proved to be far too small for Mr..
Gladstone's head. lie was unable for
some time to address the house owing
to the shouts of laughter which his ap
pearance called forth.--Good Words.
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A CIVIL ENGINEER
WANTED.
BY NJ. QUAD...............
Copyright, 1901, by G. B. Lewis.

One morning in my bachelor apart
ments in London l read the following
advertisement in my newspapers:
f'The undersigned desires the services
of competent civil engineer for sew
eral days in a rather strange enterprise
and promises a most liberal reward.
He must be a man who can keep a
secret Address -"
was a competent civil engineer and
just then out Of employment. I was
man who could keep a secret. l was
therefore naturally interested in the
advertisement. 1t might possibly be
some job which would get me into
trouble with the law, but if so 1 had
Gnly to decline to take hold Of it after
an interview I was inclined to be-
1ieve that some land or mine owner
wanted a private and secret survey
made for his own satisfaction, as is
often the case. 1t is sometimes the
Qsse that where two neighbors quarrel
one of them builds house or barn on
what he believes to be his line, but
which is found to trespass by few
inches. I could see a dozen good rea-
SONS why the person should advertise
as he did, and FASTENED to answer
him and post the letter. He gave his
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-23
Where E1ouuence 1u Wasted.

1t might have. been supposed that
Addison. the most polished writer of
our Augustan. age; that Burke: with
his versatile. intellect and exuberant
eloquence; that Macintosh, with his
almost encyclopedia learning, or that
Jekyll who had set a hundred dinner
tables in roar, would one and all
have achieved conspicuous success in
the house Of commons.
But, as Macaulay has pointed out,
exactly the reverse was the case. Their
speeches produced no effect. They
wearied and bewildered their audience.
And their rising to speak was too often
the signal for general exodus; in fact,
as was said Of Burke, they acted as a
dinner bell. Even Maeaulay himself,
though on two occasions his speeches
changed the fate Of division, was in
no sense Of the word an orator or even
great debater. His voice was too
shrill and monotonous, and he poured
out torrent Of words with such head
long fuency as to confuse his hearers
as we'll as to battle the quickest Of par
liamentary reporters. Bulwer Lytton,
again, could recite an admirable essay.
but his delivery was bad. and the see
saw gestures which accompanied his
speech were as "grotesque as those of
an old fashioned postboy."
In our own generation no two men
probably have had more highly cult
waited minds than John Stuart Mill and
Mr.. John Morley, but as far as their
parliamentary utterances go their
names are "writ In BLACK.
woods.
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make my way alone from the nearest
station without asking or answering
questions might have seemed queer but
for the fact that we would both be tres
passers while making the search. /
had not a single suspicion. was to
arrive by a train which would enable
me after a walk Of three miles to ar
rive at the old house at dark, and he
would have provisions at hand and fix
up the best lodgings he could. was
especially warned not to betray my
destination to any one 1 happened to
meet en- route, and was to bring no
baggage.
All these things seemed all right to
me at the time. I reached the station
by the train named, but found the
distance to the house to be five miles
instead Of three. This brought about
my arrival quite a spell after dark,
and Bennett was waiting for me a
quarter of a mile up the road. The
first question he asked was if any one
had spoken to me, and when [ assured
him that even the people at the station
did not know where | was bound for
he was somewhat elated. found he
had provisions for a cold lunch, but
nothing very appetizing, while we
must sleep on the bare boards of the
family sitting room. It was while eat
ing supper that l noticed wild,
strange look in the mans face and be-
gan to doubt him. He was restless
and distract and watched me in a
furtive way, and it wasn't long before
l felt that he had some sinister de-
signs in Turing me to the lonely old
house. I put a bold face on the mat
ter and demanded an explanation, and
at that he attacked me and threw me
to the floor. From his savage manner
believed he was going to murder me
outright, but after growing in his
throat like a wolf he lifted me up and
showed me into closet and bolted the
stout door on me. Of course protest
ed, argued and struggled, but without
avail. l heard him laughing to him
self after he had locked me in, but
did not hear him leave the house. Fifty
times during the night 1 kicked. on the
door and called out, but l got no an
swer. Next morning, still failing to
arouse him, 1 began to cut at the door
with my pocketknife. 1t was of oak
and my task was a hard one. It was
almost night when reached up and
slid back the bolt, and as soon as out
/ found the house deserted and lost no
time in getting away myself.
I went straight to the police with
my story, and who do you think the
man proved to be? No more or less
than lunatic who had escaped from
an asylum three months BEFORE Hell
was under another name, lived far
from the address he had given me, and
his mania was the fear OF starVatiQn.,
Before going to. the asylum he had
locked up two different people in ten.
antless houses to see how long they
could live without food or drink, and
my capture was third experiment il |
that line. / bore him no i'll will, Of /
course, but insisted that he be. returned
10 the asylum. and believe he is living
today. In that old house, far from
help and a place never visited, he
would have wrought my death by
inches but for my pocketknife, and
months OF years might have passed
before my corpse was ever found.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-23
HOW Flaru Wear ONT.

1t costs money to fly even two small
flags every day in the year. The two
small ones or the east and west fronts
OF the capitol, each about three yards
long, which, is small for such an I'm
mense structure as the capitol, fray out
SO fast that It costs $1OO a year to re-
place them, They are dar1ed every
day land on windy days probably two
or three times Even with all these
economies $1O0 worth Of fine wool
floats off into the air in such fine parti-
cles that never. trace of it can be
found even at the foot Of tie two flag
STATS. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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A Dude Of 177o.

From a newspaper printed in the
year 1910 is the following description
Of dandy: "a few days ago mac
aroni made his appearance in the as
sembly rooms at Whitehaven, dressed
in 9 mixed silk coat, pink satin waist
coat and breeches, covered with an
elegant silk net, white silk stockings
with pink clocks, pink satin shoes and
large pearl buttons; a mushroom col
ored stock, covered with fine point
lace; hair dressed remarkably high and
stuck full Of pearl pins"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-23
HR ATTACKED ME AND THREW NE TO THE
81 FLOOR, s4

address as the Office of the newspaper,
but after four or five days received q
call from him in person. He gave me
his name as James Bennett and his
address as London and left me to infer
that he was a man Of leisure.
/ was not exactly pleased with Mr..
Benefits personal appearance. He
was tall, dark faced man of, troubled
countenance. His eyes had a furtive
look, and he was nervous and i'll at
ease. Had met him while travelling l
should have been inclined to look upon
him with suspicion. He told a straight
enough story, however, though rather
queer one. Being left an orphan at the
age Of IL years, he had been brought
up by an uncle living in Hartford coun-
ty. He had always been given to I'M
edeStand that he would be his uncle's
heir, and he was sure that a will had
been made to that effect, but three
years previous to his call on me the
uncle had passed away, no will had
been found, and the property had gone
to the next Of kin. While the uncle
uNAO AACAp AC W SAO SLAoO dSA CCCCASRACs 4OGe
ing a single man and living almost
alone, he had been almost a hermit.
The house he had occupied was ram
bling old structure at best and now
that it had been untenanted for several
years was in bad state. What Mr..
Bennett had come to believe was that
the will was concealed in the old house.
He had searched and searched without
avail, and he wanted my assistance for
a new search. There might be secret
closets he had passed over. If would
give him my faithful services for three
days, he would pay me E25. If the
will was found. he would present me
with f200 more. was to say nothing
Of ny quest, make my appearance at
the old house on certain date, and he
would assist In the search.
/ didn't like BENEFITS personal APP
pearance and actions, as have said,
but there was nothing out Of the way
with his story, and was glad to ac-
cept his offer. 1t would be combining
romance with business to come upon :
the hidden will and restore the ousted
heir to his own. His caution to me to
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HANCOCK.

|
Miss Ida snippen is staying in town fol
a time.
VIM. Stuart has been under the weather
! the past week.
Ovid Parks. of Cyrus, is the new clerk al
70. c. Caswe11's.
Mrs. John Atkins was on the sick. list a
few days this week.
! "A number of Bensonites were up Tues
day night, to attend the Organization OF
the Workman lodge. s@.,< - fss'
The w. c, T. U. will hold its. next meet
! ing with Mrs. Rankin next Tuesday after.
noon at three O'Clock. -
The Ladies' Aid will be entertained next
week by Mrs. Myers and, Mrs. Thos. Mills
at the home of the latter. ~
Mr. J, s. Erickson was. in bed again. a
part ct the week, the slight relapse being
probably due to the anxiety. over his
daughters illness. Mrs. Erickson is still
in Minnea polls. s9 - .~'"
The organizati5n of the United WoIk-
men was perfected Tuesday night in place
of last week as stated in that issue. Sup
per was furnished by the Eastern Stars
to the members and their wives.
News has been received that Capt. Geo.
C. Thorpe is. again in fine United States,
having arrived at, San Francisco on the
last transport from Manila. He has been
over the island for nearly two years, and
was suffering in health from the climate.
It was Impossible to tell at time. of writ
ing whether he would be able to pay
visit to his old home or not.
p
twas a jolly party of Stars who cele-
brated st. Patrick's eve, at the pleasant
home of Mr.. and Mrs, Neu, Stuart. OF
course the color scheme was green, which
was admirably carried ont, the parIor be-
ing already furnished in the desired color
Dainty favors decorated. with shamrock
and a magnificent jardinier of the same
plant were delightful reminders of the
day.
To say that the school entertainment
last Friday night was success In every
respect is almost unnecessary. The chill
dren played to a crowded house with the
nthusiasm worthy of emulation by their
elders, and every one came horne tired
but happy. Both teachers and pupils de
serve great credit for their perseverance
and careful work in the face of many dis
advantages.
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Tit For Tat.

The diners at a popular New York
restaurant are said to have had the
priyil""t VT assing an amusing lit
tie In ":lf one '"ening not long ago.
An : giicized young man seated
himseit a table at which there was
only one. other person, writer well
known throughout the country. but
evidently stranger to the newcomer.
The writer is man whose dress is
always fast'diously neat, but by no
means fashionable in cut or expensive.
In material. When the young man took
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The Height Of Clouds.

To determine the height of clouds
an observer at each Of two stations a
mile or more apart measures the angle
and altitude Of some point Of a cloud,
the identity Of which is ascertained
from conversation by telephone, while
synchronism in the observation is Sc
cured by the beating Of electric pendu-
lums. y This is the method used at the
celebrated observatories at Upsala, in
SMAden
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Adjustable Authors.

The most cheerful author-Samuel
Smiles.
The noisiest-Howells.
The tallest-Longfellow
The most fowery-Hawthorne
The holiest-Pope.
The happiest- Gay.
The most amusing-Thomas Tickell.
The most fery-Burns.
The most talkative-Chatterton
The most Observation-Disclosures Chi,
cago Times-HeraId.
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Lucky.

Blinks-Lucky man, that fellow
Jones.
WinksT don't see how you make it.
Blinks-Why, he took out life in
SURFACE policy for E1,o0O and died six
days before the company failed. FIX
change.