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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
HYPNOTIC TEST A FAILURE.
BIacIssnake Buried with n Man at Wheeling, W. Va. Refuses to
 Remain Hypnotized.

5 A lhypnotist and his subject, James "Cannonball'' Morris, who have for several years given exhibitions at Wheeling, w. Va, have made one failure. The hypnotist used to hypno- tize Morris and bury him under ground in the local parks and resur- rect him the next day for the edi- fcation of public picnics, but these became commonplace. So the other night Morris was hypnotized, with a five-foot blacksnake, and buried with it, to be dug up the next day at the butchers picnic. About daylight the guard was reused by muffied cries for help coming up from the earth, and, through the air pipe Morris told him the snake had come from under control and was getting entirely too friendly Morris was released in a few minutes He was black in the face. The friendly serpent was thrice wrapped about his neck.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
WATERFOWL JoTTINGs
Horse Belonging to One of Our Local
 Men Broke a Leg

Horse Belonging to One of Our Local
 Men Broke Leg. ?, A horse belonging to Charles Gibson broke his leg yesterday morning. Just how the accident occurred IS not known The animal was shot last evening.
 Only a small attendance was pres ent at the meeting of the fire depart menr last evening. Owing to the warm weather it was decided not to attend the festivities of the Torrington nfe department.
 Any one having internal revenue staIaps can redeem them by calling al the place where they were purchased.
 The address by O. H. Hammond, counselor of the State League of Amer ican WheeImen. will be given at the parish rooms this evening. An effort will be made to organize a branch so- ciety of the league here.
 Garrett Lynch of Oakville. who was thrown from a load of hay July and several ribs broken, is now lying al the home of his son in Waterville in critical condition.
 A letter was received yesterday from the family of Ira c. Hotchkiss, who are at present visiting at Niagara Falls.
 Mrs John Galley leaves tomorrow for a weeks trip through Massa chu- setts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
MILITARY MATTERS.

Cigars are given to soldiers in the Italian army as part of their daily rations.
 In three months no fewer than 3s 0erman generals have been pensioned and their places filled by younger men.
 The French minister of war has or dered that all French troops elm ployed on foreign or active service are for the future to wear khaki.
 The board of ordnance has adopted new magazine pistol which fires 116 shots per minute, as against 40 fired by the best Colt revolver, which has been up to the present time the standard weapon of the army The new pistol is also said to fire more accurately than the Colt. It costs, however, $15 when bought in lots of 1O0O
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
LEGISLATORS WOES.
Members of Pennsylvania House
 Must Not Wear Shirt Waists.
The Speaker Declares That the Com- fortabIe Hot Weather Garments Must Not He Worn in the
 Legislative Halls.

The shirt waist is barred in the house vania general assembly. Speaker Will liam T. Marshall holds that it is be- heath the dignity of the members to work in their shirt sleeves, even if the weather be progressively hot, and the shirts of the latest style and approved cleanliness.
 Only one member, Mir. Emory, of Venango, has thus far attempted to transgress the rule. He wore baggy silk shirt waist affair, which looked we'll, and he escaped the eye of the speaker for some time, but Mr. Mar shalFs attention was directed to Mr. Emery by one of the clerks, and the mandate of the chair was thundered forth:
 "Gentlemen sitting in this house with their coats off will please put them on."
 It is difficult to say what might have happened if Insurgent Emery had led a revolt or moved for the suspension of the rules. He obeyed the speaker, but just to show that he didn't care who knew that he was the transgres- sor, he rose slowly in his seat, stepped out into the aisle, and put on his coat in leisurely way. Then he famed himself with his house calendar.
 The members Of the house sneak away from the afternoon sessions whenever it is possible. Most of them hunt cool spots, but many go to the baseball games and other places where an enthusiast forgets about the weather, rain or shine. On Thursday when Speaker Marshall wanted few sergeants-at-arms to close the doors against members who were trying tc play hockey" he could not find any ergeants-at-arms, and on Friday, be. fore going away, there was a genera. roundup of well-paid house employees and they were informed from the highest authority that they must at. tend to business. ol
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
STEAMBOAT IN THE WOODS.
Kansas Mans story of a Captain Who Cut Through the Timber Dur
 ing a June Rise.

Did you ever notice?" asked an observing man, according to the Chi cago Tribune, "that when an unusual event occurs anywhere there is all ways somebody who is reminded of an event which oyershadows the news of the day? I met Kansas man to- day, who, after he had talked about the great calamity in Texas, told me that it was nearly as bad as one of the June rises of the Missouri river
 Then he went on to tell me some of the experiences which Kansas and Missouri farmers had in consequence of great overfows that often changed the boundary lines of counties, and two states. In one case a Kansas town by reason of the shift of the channel of the river found itself in Missouri. But his capsheaf story was that of an old steamboatman who, during one of the rises of which he spoke, cut across a field in Kansas with his boat, hoping thereby to make time. The water was high and swift in the forests, and the steam boatman took the wheel and steered his craft right through the woods and across fields. He concluded to tie up to one of the big trees during the night and resume his voyage on the following morning. But To! when the morning came the waters had abated considerably, so that the steamer was stuck in the mud. The waters continued to abate, and by the second night there wasn't enough to drink. The river gradually re stunned its old channel, according to the Kansas man, and the boat was finally left there, right in the woods. The boat was dismantled of most of its furnishings, but there were the outlines of a boat just the same. A farmer lived in the craft one winter, and in the following spring the boat became the abode of crows and other things The moss gathered about the hull, the smokestacks rusted away, and at last there was a crash ln the stiffness of the forest, and the only dry land steamboat in Kansas, or anywhere, fell to pieces"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
ROBSON IS 0UTDONE.
Schwab, the Steel Magnate, Makes
 New Record for Kissing.
Pretty Women of BraddocI<, Pa, Demonstrate Their Appreciation of His Gift to Remove the
 Debt of Church.

Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the United States Steel corporation, sntered2the Lieut.. Hobson class the other night at Braddock, Pa., and kissed 200 women in 20 minutes. Both he and Mrs. Schwab, who stood by, seemed to like 1t.
 Mir. Schwab came to Braddock to attend the dedication of the Episco- pal church, which he built as 8 memorial to his mother-in-law, who is still living. The members of the First Presbyterian church thought this was a good occasion to thank Mir. Schwab for the $13,900 which he had given to lift the debt of the church. A reception was given MT. and Mrs. Schwab i'll the parlors of the Presbyterian church at night. The majority of the congregation consists of steel workers employed in the works of MT. Schwabs company and their wives and daughters.
 One of the women with a baby in her arms stepped up to the couple and shook hands with Mrs. Schwab Then she turned to Mir. Schwab. Mir. Schwab murmured: What pretty baby" and stopping down kissed the child. Then he took the mothers face in his hands and kissed her.
 There was great applause and cheers and when the next woman came up she also got kiss from the steel magnate. The women filed by and Mir. Schwab kissed 200 ot them. After he had kissed all the women, not disappointing one, he turned and kissed Mrs. Schwab, who was standing by, laughing heartily.
 After the kissing bee Mir. Schwat announced that he intended to dc something for Braddock that Brad dock would like. He would not say what it would be, but the people here believe he intends to give them . S5O0,0OO industrial school
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11

story window of the house at 313 Maxwell street, Chicago. Mrs. Celia Jacobs, owner of the dog, declares it was a clear case of self-destruction, and police officers at the Maxwell street station said they saw the ami mai leap from the window to the ground. ''Jack' struck on his head and his neck was broken. He was dead when police officers from the station hurried from across the street.
 The animal was an intelligent one. At times it found enjoyment in teas- ing it's mistress, and at breakfast the other day Jack" insisted on walking on top of the table. Mrs. Jacobs demonstrated and her husband chas- tised the dog. Jack ran about the rooms in a vain search for an avenue of escape. For several minutes the pursuit continued, and suddenly Jack leaped upon the sill of an open window. MT. Jacobs started towards t. s.Jack'' looked about and then leared f~c-r tho window
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
GIRL WHO SAVED THE MINE.
instantly the men on guard around the

instantly the men on guard around the mine made a rush in that direction.
 As they did so some 50 shadowy fig ures rose up from behind the rocks and, running swiftly and yet as silent Iy aG hounds, came dashing into Sono- ra on the unguarded side. They made straight for the fabled La Cananea, and with no one to dispute their prog ress soon would have been in pos session of the prize, when suddenly from the window of a little house that stood near the mine came the crack of rife, and one of the raiders went down.
 Then came bullets from the house as fast as the unseen person there could work the ejector of repeating rife.
 The raiders halted and opened a heavy fire in reply that fairly riddled the house which barred their prog ress. But by this time reenforcements had arrived to help the single person who was fighting back 50, and the raid CTS broke and ran.
 The girl who saved the La Cananea was Maria Proctor, the daughter of one of the contractors for the mine W. C. Greene, the man who was hold. ing La Cananea against almost over vhelming odds, was told of how one girl had fought from a thin board shanty to save his property. He fell in love with her, and though she was poor and had been forced to earn her own living setting type in printing office, the mine owner appreciated her beauty and her wit as well as her bray. : cry and devotion to his cause.
 When the mine war was ended, with Mr. Greene in undisputed possession of La Cananea and worth $20,0o0,ooo he married the little soldier girl.
 The other day Mrs. Greene returned to Tucson on visit to the printing of flee in which she had so long toiled. Every printer, including even the of flee devil, dropped his work where he stood and rushed to greet their former associate, whose hearty grasp ofstheir inly hands showed that marrying d millionaire had not changed her.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
Minister wu Is Particu1ar

Please use a small f. in spelling my name" This is in effect the ap- peal which Minister Wu sends broad cast to every printer in the United States. says the Washington core spondent of the St. Louis Republic Heretofore they have been spelling his last name with a capital F, but a few days ago he sent courteous note to the agents of the southern industrial convention in Philadelphia requesting that they print his name 'Wu Ting-fang" and not "Wu Ting Fang" Agent Kaufman, to whom the letter was sent, began an in vestigation, and discovered that the change from upper case F'' to low CT case f. makes all the difference in the world to the polished Chinaman. The fang" at the end of his name is a small descriptive part of his title, and not the full surname, as many suppose.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
LIST OF PATENTS.

J. R. Freeman, Providence, R. l., Hume screene; F. Gothier, Lancaster, N. H., stone litter; NJ NJ. Rowland, Providence, R. l., self-locking pliers; chine; W. G. Kendall, Providence, R. l., cushion tire; E. A. Libby, Keene, N. H., bedstead attachment; J. Pup pine, New Haven. adjustable support for chair backs; A. l. Mitchell, Rum ford Falls, Me, electric mandolin play CT; D. H. Mix, Stamford, combined time and combination lock; G. B. Thomas, Hartford, electrical rosette cat-Out; J. H. Toof, Concord, N. IT.. apparatus for treating starch; l.. c Werner, Broadbrook, wireless electri- cal railway signaling apparatus;
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES.
Regular Meeting Held at the Capitol
 Yesterday Afternoon

Regular Meeting Held at the Capitol
 Yesterday Afternoon
 A regular meeting of the state board of charities was held at the capitol yesterday afternoon, at which all of the members were present. It was decided to postpone the election of officers un- til the meeting of the board on Sep tember 4. Miss Rebecca c. Bacon re- ported that since the last meeting she had visited several of the county homes for children and found them to be in good condition and well admins tered. At the Naugatuck almshouse she recommended a better water SUD- ply. With Secretary Kellogg she had visited the school for boys at Meriden and they were favorably impressed with the manual training department recently introduced in that institution.
 Miss Mary Hall reported that she had visited the East Hartford almshouse and found it in good condition. The aImshouse in Glastonbury she report ed to be one of the best in the state. She had also visited the American School for the Deaf in Hartford and the Oral school at Mystic. Several i'm movements were noted by her in the last named school. Other institutions visited by Miss Hall were the Litch- field county and Hartford county homes. Dr VaiFs sanitarium at En- field and the House of the Good Shep- herd at Springfield. Mass. At the latter institution several young women from Connecticut are now living. Miss Hall recommended that in making commit ments to county homes the courts should make more careful investiga- tiOns in each case.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
porisIte. on the rgar Path.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Followers of John Alexander Dowie made an attempt to convert the citizens of Evanston last night and failed, as on former occasions. They visited the place in greater force than ever before, there being fully 200 of them, but their increased numbers only brought them a greater defeat. One-haif of the Dowieites were followers of s'Zion." and the remainder were mem bers of the paid bodyguard which Dowie maintains. The guards were intended to prevent any interference with the meet Ing, and when it commenced they formed around the Dowieites to hold back the crowd of fully 1,5OO people which gath cred rapidly as soon as it was known that another Dowie meeting was in progress As on former occasions. eggs and vegeta- bIes were quickly evident in the proceed ings, and Dowie guards and those whom they were trying to protect were soon sspatfered with yoIks and batter with r5d vegetables. Several fights resulted be- tween the guards and people of the town, generally with damaging results to the guards The entire police force of Evans lon was called into serrica
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
KING GROWING LIBERAL.
Monarchists by Praising the Ideas of Socialists.

The young king of Italy is causingl concern among the conservatives, who arrogate to themselves the title of emainstay of the monarchy" by his evident sympathy with the more ad-l vanced political sections. His predilec-l tions, however, may revolutionize' Italian politics and save the country from the economic ruin toward which, Italy, in the opinion of many observ1i CTS, is steadily drifting.
 King Victor Emmanueps frame of mind may best be judged by a short conversation which he recently had
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
Starving Is a Family Fad.

One of the most remarkable cases of fasting that have come under the observation of the Mercer county physicians is that of Ollie Reimer, an inmate at the Mercer almshouse at sharon, Pa. For eighteen months she has refused to eat. Tn order to save her life rubber hose is in- serted through her mouth into her stomach daily, and she is fed on milk. Her mania is to starve herself. Her mother starved herself to death in the Warren hospital short time ago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
Bellevue Hospital Condemned.

ALBANY, July 1.-The state board of charities at meeting i'll this city adopted resolutions condemning Belle vue hospital, which it. declared no longer fit for use. The resolutions recommended to the authorities of New York city to abandon the present. building and con struct q new hospital. Under the diree- ton of the state board Dr. Robert ". Hill investigated the hospitals and aims houses of New York city last September. His report commented with severity upon the condition of Bellevue hospital, and he suggested that the entire structure be torn down. He said that the buildings were inadequate and from foundation to roof were saturated with disease germs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11

with prominent conservative dep- uty, for the accuracy of which the Chicago American correspondent in Rome is in a position to vouch-
 ''I do not understand" said his ma jesty, ''the sorrow which you conserve, atives have for the extreme left have read the speeches of the members of that party; I have studied their po- litica1 and social programmes, and II have arrived at the conclusion that if those men were intrusted with the government they would do good work for the country.
 Ut is true that their programme com tains an antimonarchical plank, butt that does not prevent me from appre- ciating the value of their economics and social policy. If the socialists ops pose the monarchy, it is because the monarchical parties regard the social- ists as, ipso facto, enemies of modern society.
 ''I am certain that at the bottom the socialists do not bother themselves much about the form of government, whether it be monarchical or repub- lican. They would easily reconcile themselves to a monarchical form if the constitutional parties would take them by the hand and work together for social and economical reform"
 These remarks show true statesman- ship, and much broader view of mum dane things than the late King Hum- bert ever displayed. The ranks of the extreme left in the Italian parliament contain statesmen and patriots who might well be trusted with the des- tinies of the country. Instead they are treated like political mad-dogs, and the young king has the courage and sagacity, apparently, to see this.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
JOHNSON WON A POINT.
Ohio Democrats Allow His Ideas tc
Platform.

i {
 COLUMBUS, O, July 1.-The Demo cratic state convention here yesterday had more prominent men as delegates than any convention of Democrats Tn Ohio i'll many years.
 The nomination of Colonel kilbourne was appropriately called one of "sponta- neous combustion" Howells, Hidy, Al shire and Holman were favorites from the start. Young was sprung as sur prise and nominated over Shoots, who had been such a favorite that others would not previously enter the race for clerk of the supreme court. None of the delegates outside of Cleveland knew Ynnng, and he was nominated because Cuyahoga wanted him. Cuyanoga could get anything it wanted except the head of the state ticket.
 The ticket nominated is as follows:
 Governor, James Ililbourne; lieutenant governor, Anthony Howells; judge of su- preme court, Joseph Hidy; clerk of su- preme court, Harry E. Young; attorney general, M. B. Mccarthy; treasurer of state, R. F. Alshire; member of board of public works, James B. Holman.
 The Johnson men won on their fayorite views on state matters and the others or national issues
 Inefo IS no redflrmatlOn of the hanSaS City or any other platform. There is nc mention of previous platforms or of Bry. an. The subcommittee of seven that drafted the platform stood four to three in favor of the conservatives, but the fuE committee rejected both the majority and the minority reports and then Bicked out parts Of each, and these were voted on section by section. The full committee did not stand the same on all sections or blanks.
 The three blanks of the Johnson men on franchises, steam and electric rail- ways and corporation taxation were adopted as amendments.
 On the subject of taxation the platform says:
 The acceptance of free passes or other fayors from railroads by public officers ol employees shall be made adequate grounds for vacating the offices held by them. All public service corporations shall be required by law to make sworE public reports, and the power and duty o. visitation and public report shall be con ferred upon the proper state and local au- diting officers to the end that the true value of the privileges held by these cor. porations shall be made plain to the people.
 Steam and electric railroads and other corporations possessing public franchises shall be assessed in the same proportion to their -salable value as are farms ana city real estate'
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11
ARMENIAN INCIDENT CLOSED.
The United States Will Make No Fur
 ther Demands on Turkey.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The con troversy between the United States and Turkey over the claims for indemnity made by this government on account of the destruction of American property in Armenia, which has several times threat ened to cause trouble between the two countries, has been settled at last Sec retary Hay has received cablegram from John G. Ieishman, the United States minister at Constantinople, saying that the sublime porte had paid him $95,000 in payment of the Armenian claim and that he had deposited the mon ey in the Ottoman bank subject to the disposition of the state department.
 This amount does not quite represent the aggregate of the claims presented but the state department is satisfied and will declare the incident closed. The money is in payment of damage inflicted on the American college at Karput, Armenia, and injuries suffered by per sons of Armenian birth who had been naturalized ill the United States.
 1t covers also the indemnity demanded for the murder by Turkish soldiers of Frank Lentz of Pittsburg, who was mak- ing a tour on q bicycle through Armenia for Outing when he was killed.
 Five diplomatic representatives of the United States in Turkey have tried for nearly eight years to collect these claims. The first was Minister Terrell of Texas, under President Cleveland. He was sue ceeded by Mir. Angel of Michigan, who went to Constantinople for the exaSess purpose of securing payment. After q years residence in Turkey he came home without the money and was succeeded by MT. Straus of New York.
 It was Mir. Straus who made the en- tering wedge in the negotiations that have at last succeeded. He obtained from the sultan personally on three oc- casions the promise that the indemnity would be paid without delay The mon ey was not forthcoming, however, and MT. Straus came home and declined to return to Turkey unless the sultan made good his promise.
 During MT. Straus' absence Lloyd c. Griscom, the United States charge daf- faires who sailed yesterday from New York on his way to assume the duties of United States minister to Persia made a point to call every Saturday at the sublime porte to press for the payment of the claims. He was relieved recently by Minister Leishman, who had been transferred from Switzerland and whose success in securing satisfaction so quick ly is regarded here as little short of re- markable