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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
WINE, WOMEN And CARDS.
High Rolling Of Army Officers
at Manila.
NO VERDICT ANNOUNCED.
Sergeant Meston's Conviction is Uncertain.
Some of the Testimony shows That
There Has Been Deliberate Stealing
From the Commissary Department..

There Has Been Deliberate Stealing
From the Commissary Department..
Manila, April 16..-The trial of Com-
niissary Sergeant John Meston.
charged with completely in the commits
sary frauds. is finished No verdict
was announced and Meston's convic-
ton is uncertain. Other trials of
those implicated will Sollow.
Captain james c. Reid. formerly de-
pot commissary at Manila, has been
arrested
1t is alleged that entries on the books
of Evans & Co, government con
tractors, indicate that the commissary
officers received the following sums:
Major George B. Davies, upwards of
$1,000: Captain James G. Read, 81, 900;
Captain Frank HI. Lawton. $3.50; B. l..
Tremain, Colonle Woodruff's chief
clerk, ss7OO.
1t also appears that Evans & Co.
furnished the handsome residence OF
Colonel Woodruff Harold NJ. Pitt.
manager of Evans & Co. who is now
under arrest. was notoriously lavish In
entertaining commissary officers. while
the depot commissa.y. Il frequenter of
the tenderlion district. occasionally
spent days at Pitts house in question
able society. Pitts house is bac-
chanalian rendezvous and prominent
/, officers frequently visited it, drinking
champagne and playing poker Wom-
en- of doubtful reputation have often
hnpN known to hn tEopo T.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
FOR ORPHANS OF SOLDIERS.
New Chapel at Davenport Home soon to
BE Re-Dedicated.

Des Moines, April 16.-The state
board OF control has received notitica-
tion that the new chapel of the home
for orphans of soldiers at Davenport
Is completed. and the board has set
April 26 as the day for the opening
and dedication The new chapel is u
fine building. capable OF seating LOCO
persons. and the basement hall to be
used for drill purposes will hold 500.
The pipe organ, which is the gift of
ax7Governor Larrabee. is now nearly
completed. The orphans home is one
of the finest institutions under the CON
troll of the board 1t was first organ
lied in 1863 and after consolidation
of some other societies was made a
state institution in 1866. There are
1S well equipped cottages, each one
capable of accommodating from 25 to
30 children. a school house with seat
ing capacity of 500. a two story hos
pital. a laundry and engine room. man
ual training buildings and barns. There
are about 45O children cared for at
the home nov, ef. which about 300 are
children of soldiers. s,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
-szcAsshur Appa.ntea CAPTAIN Of Guard.

Macarthur Appointed Captain of Guard.
Washington, April 16 Major Nc.
Arthur of Oxford, Kan, has been ap-
pointed captain of the guard and as.
sistant custodian of the government
building 3, ilt1in iatl the Pan-American exposi-
ton at Rpfaleaa Major Macarthur Ell.
tered the army from Iowa. becoming a
line officer of the Fifteenth Iowa vol
sunteers, and member of General
Belknap's stan.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
IN FAVOR OF NEWSPAPER.
Supreme Court Decides Case of Western
Uuion VS.. Liucoln Call n

t..ss., - SuioA vs.. LiHCOIn Call. es8
!: Washington. April 16.Ihe case of
the Western Upion Telegraph company
vs.. the Call Publishing company of
Lincoln Neb., was yesterday decided
in favor of the newspaper, by the SUI
,preme court, Justice Brewer delivering
the opinion. The Call is Il Lincoln
newspaper and the suit was based
upon the allegation that the telegraph
company has Disseminated againstsit
IN the matter OF tolls IN favor of the
Lincoln Journal. Yesterdays bpinion
affirmed the opinion of the Nebraska
supreme court. 1t was alleged in be-
half of the Call that while that paper
was taxed ut the rate of So per hun
dred word, the Journal was required
to pay only 81 80 per hundred words. y
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
Tax Ferrets In Luck.

Muscatine. Ia, April 16.-Tax fer
rets here have found GO persons and
firms owing this city a total of $780,
S0e9 back taxes. One law firm owes
S7I.GoO.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16

A strong now OF natural gas has been
encountered in a well sunk at Foun-
tain, Colo, in prospecting for, oil. 1t
Is said the flow is SO strong that the
gas can be lighted with match. i
Carrie Scott, aged s years, is dead
at Denver and her sister Edna. aged
4, is in critical condition from eating
!, candy Easter eggs which had been
4 colored with dyes containing arsenic,
The Arkansas senate passed bill
Monday making it unlawful for any
person to drink any Intoxicating liq-
uors as a beverage unless he shall have
first obtained IS license as a dram
drinker. I. ig n I
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16

Burlington. Ia, April 16--John
Boesch, pioneer dry goods merchant
of this city, is dead, ut the age of 62
wears
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.

Ell Paso, Tex, April 16.-Advices
from Chihuahua say a terrible dyna-
mite explosion occurred yesterday at
Minaca, Mex, $50 miles from Chihua-
hua, in the heart of the mining district.
Three men were killed, one is dying
and ten others We're seriously injured,
some of them fatally. The accident
occurred in the warehouse of III. Il.
Lawrence, dealer in mine and railway
supplies. Great damage was done to
the building and contents.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
: strike Lasts Two Hours.

Des Moines, April 16-The machin-
lists on the Great Western railroad
went out on strike yesterday morning
and came back two hours later with
the case won. They had made a de-.
mand for an increase in wages from
271A cents an hour to 20 cents. with
pay and a half for overtime and holt
days: The largest number of machin-
lists in the employment of the Great
Western is at Oelwein, where there are
$50. The number is smaller here, but
the demand was made by the machin-
lists over the entire system They
got no satisfaction and notified the
company that unless they received a
reply they would strike. They did so
and two hours later a telegram came
telling them to go back to work. as
the company had granted their de-
mands. Local officials of the company
say the demands of the machinists
were proper and they ought to have
been granted the advance without a
strike.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
Assured of a Hearing.

Washington. April 16-The commit
tee of the Cuban constitutional conven-
tion appointed to visit Washington for
consultation regarding the Platt
amendment are assured of an inter
view with the chief executive. They
will be compelled however. to hasten
their departure for Washington if they
hope to see the president before lie
leaves on his western trip. on which
h starts Just two weeks from yester-
day. The administration is anxious to
accord every facility to the members
of the convention for ascertaing fully
the intents and purposes of the govern
ment as embodied in the amendment,
believing that in the end the Cubans
will realize that its acceptance by
them will prove for the best interests
of both countries
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
CU]lNS SELECT ENJOYS.
sCcayention Appoints Commis-
son TO Go to Washington.
SET CHANGE In TERMS.
Committee of Five VIII Lay Before Presi-
dent Mckinley Desires of the New Re-
pubic Regarding Future Relations
With the United States.

: ! :
Havana, April 16.-At yesterdays
session of the Cuban constitutional
convention five delegates, Seniors Diego
Tamayo, Capote, Berriell, Portuondo
and Lorente, We're appointed com
mission to go to Washington to lay be-
fore President Mckinley the desires
of the convention regarding the future
relations between Cuba and the Unit
ed States. The commission was in
structed to confer with Governor Cen
eral Wood regarding the date of de-
parture and the best conditions for an
interview with the president.
At today's session the convention
will consider the advisability of adj
journing until the return of the com
mission.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-16
.M|HI CAUSE BIG STRIKE.
First Clash Of Organized Labor
and New Steel Combine.
STARTS I'm SMALL PLANT.

Possibility That Members of the Ama1ga-
mated Association In All the Mills May
Be Called Out if the Trouble is Not
Settled Soon.
Pittsburg, April 16.-As result of
the dispute that for week past has
involved the employees of the w.
Devices Wood plant of the American
Sheet Steel company at McKeesport
and the company, about half of the
men are on strike and the operation
of the plant is badly crippled. The
cause of the trouble was the recent
discharge of seven men, who, the men
assert. We're dismissed because they
were members of the newly organized
lodge of the Amalgamated associa-
ton
The event is looked upon as momen-
tous throughout the iron and steel
trade of the country. from the fact
that it is the first conflict between
organized labor and the new United
States Steel corporation. and because
of the announced intention yesterday
of President T. ]. Shaffer, the head of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron.
Steel. and Tin Workers. to tie up every
plant Of the new combine. steel, tin.
tube, structural iron, wire and all, if
necessary to win the fight. AS to the
chance that the, men in all the mills
Of the United States Steel corpora
tion will be called on to come out. no
one connected with the management
of any of the organized plants in the
new corporation will consent to be
quoted. The only underlying com
panies in the new corporation whose
mills are entirely independents of the
Amalgamated association are the Car
negie interests and the National Tube
company.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02
CARPENTER; NOW A PROFESSOR

The story of how Charles William Weick worked his way from a carpen- ter's bench, after he had married, to a good position in the faculty of Co., lumbia college, New York, is full of ln- spiration.
 If certain periodical had not come into my hands by mere chance" he said, recently, T suppose I still should be working at my trade. This paper contained an article entitled, From Workshop to College read and reread this article many times, and it proved the turning point of my career. The article gave de scrlpt1on of young mechanic, who, with only seventy dollars, with wife to support, and no one to aid him fi- nancially, was working his way through college, and was then in his third year.
 II decided then and there to obtain college education, handicapped as 1 was by marriage, and having only a small bank account. But with the encouragement of my wife, who prom lsed to aid me in every way possible, began to prepare myself in such studies as were required for entrance exanination. I wrote to a number of colleges for catalogues and for infor- nation as to the chances of obtaining work in order to earn money to pay my expenses. Hardly any of these institutions could promise me work. The president of one of them wrote me saying 1 was too old to think of going to college, and that should SUCK to my carpenters trade. 1 was not disheartened. A college president ln the middle west wrote me that if I was q good mechanic I could get work enough to defray my expenses. Alter some further correspondence I went to the college and convinced the authorities that I could do we'll the work of mechanic.
 During these weeks l had many misgiyings about giving up my good position as a mechanic to undertake what at times seemed to be only a leap in the dark. During these times or depression, my wife would invaria- ply come to my rescue, encouraging me and reminding me of the promise to aid me in every way possible. She pictured the grand future looming up before me, and at length persuaded me to pack up and be off, leaving her behind to join me later
 Early in my college days I was fortunate in making a stanch friend Of one of the professors, who aided me financially at times. My first work for the college was making a number of drawings for the laboratories The bill was sixty dollars and I had to wait month for my money. In the meantime, my friend came to my assistance, and saved me from embar- rassment. During the first year I did not make brilliant record, for was not accustomed to hard study, and be- sides, l was often exhausted by man. ual labor. But 1 kept up my courage and the next year made decidedly bet ter progress. As result of my grad uation, was given a good position in the faculty of Columbia university, and my success has been far greater than I dreamed of
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02
HEARD IN PASSING

Foreign advices tell of an angry camel pursuing an Arab boy into river and killing him. Those who have seen camels under the control of the average Arab will look on this oc- currence as another case of the worm turEing.-Proyidence Telegram.
 The New York Sun remarks that MT Maclay is ''the most distinguished liv- ing American historian" The Sun, however, failed to polish it's important paragraph. The word living should have been displaced and more em- phatic word substituted; lying for in- stance.-Lawrence American.
 It makes no difference how much the battle of Santiago is discussed it is q fact that the commander who is called traitor and coward took the brunt of the fight and that the commander who says he was all wrong was not there. Perhaps Sampson would have been pleased had Ceryera's fleet got away Norwich Bulletin.
 If makes no difference how much tlIe battle of Santiago is discussed, il is fact that the commander who is called traitor and q coward took the brunt of the fight, and that the con- mander who says he was all wrong, was not there. Perhaps Sampson would have been better pleased had Cervera's fleet got Norwich Bulletin.
 The New Haven preacher who in- weighs so bitterly against the Sunday newspaper. and complains because they attract more attention than his sermons, should wake up and get a move, on. People as a general rule are good judges of what interests them, and the preacher who cannot attract congregation by his own abil- empty Stamford Telegram.
 The New Haven preacher who inveighs so bitterly against the Sum- day newspaper and complains because they attract more attention than his sermons. should wake up and get a move on People as a general rule are good judges of what interests them and the preacher who cannot attract congregation by his own ability should talk to empty benches Stan ford Telegram.
 Occasionally an American blue jacket complains of his ration, but nothing that he has experienced equals what an English inspector reports of ratlons on British warship. Com made n personal examination of tho Mediterranean fleet, says a bowl of tea and q chunk of hard bread is the only food blue jacket receives be tween 12:30 in the day and 6:30 the next morning New Britain Record.
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 That was very nervy Westernel who commissioned about twenty stock brokers in New York and Chi
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02

Maclay. the man who has stirred up the hornets nest in naval circles, has quite history. The following is now being told about him: It was hard work for Maclay to write. Words came slowly to him, and it was diff cult for him to handle a pf ben ell. He wrote a small. q Ed, ir- regular hand, the lines being 50 cloSR as to make him unpopular with copy readers. At that time he had all his data for his first volume. 1t was while at Cornell that he conceived the idea of writing a naval history, having come to the conclusion that there was none in existence worthy the name. When he left the university he had a little money, and he went abroad for data. There he made use of what knowledge he had of French and Ger man and searched the libraries. One day after Maclay had learned all he could he found himself ill Germany with just enough money to pay his way to New York city on the steamer. He had three days in which to get the steamer. How to live without eating those three days was a question, and how to get to the steamer was an- other. Somehow he got on boat go- ing down the Rhine. and on that boat he found bags of unroasted coffee. The bags were of canvas and his knife was sharp enough to cut holes in canvas. He laid in store of green coffee beans, and he had not starved to death by the time he reached the steamship. Ever after that he liked German cooking and the Germans.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02
NOTICE.

The legal voters of the town of Wa terbury are hereby warned and notified that there will be held special meet ing of said town in the City hall, in said Waterbury. on Tuesday, August 9th, 1901, at s D. m., for the purpose of authorizing the selectmen of said town to improve the highways of said town pursuant to the provisions of chapter 175 of the Public Acts of 1899 as amended by chapter 149 of the Pub lie Acts of 1901. and to make an appro- priation of 5000 for said work.
 Also for the purpose of authoriz- ing the selectmen, if it be deemed, ad- visable, to build bridge on the Meri- den road between Munsons Corner. so- called, and the property formerly own ed by c. Art Ward on said road, and to make an appropriation therefor.
 Dated at Waterbury this 31st day of July, 1901.
 MORTIMER DORIAN,
 WILLIAM T. DISLEY. S-1-5 Selectmen.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02

caeo to sell wheat for him and sent along checks which were said to be without the proper certification. The brokers did not execute his orders, but if they had, the westerner would have won about $35,O00. It takes nerve to get along these days, to be sure. Bridgeport Telegram Union.
 Occasionally an American blue jack ct complains of his ration, but nothing that he has experienced equals what an English inspector reports of the rations on British warship. Com missioner Arnold White, who has made a personal examination of the Mediterranean fleet says q bowl of tea and chunk of hard bread is the only food blue jacket receives between 12:3O in the day and 6:30 the next morning.-New Britain Record.
 If Rear Admiral Schley was abso- lutely unable to do what the Washing ton authorities told him to do, he did not disobey-he simply was unable to obey. The disclosure made in the official letter of Assistant Secretary Hackett to-day reveals the small and ugly spirit which preyades the action of the Navy department in regard to Schley, when Secretary Long is not watching out with great care to pre- vent it. These venomous naval satraps are doing everything possible to make Schley a popular hero, quite regardless of his actual deserts.--Hartford Times.
 There is no doubt that it was ex- tremely annoying to w. Butler Dun- can to lose the Astor cup. For years, in international contest year, it has been the regular program for the cup defender to carry off the Astor trophy, and the Constitution is the first de- fender which, ill q fair race, with no accidents, has failed to take it. The defeat makes it necessary for her man. agers to take the would-be defender away to dry dock again, and make another bluff at getting her in shape for the races. It's all very funny Bridgeport Telegraph.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02
BRIDGEPORT STEAMBOAT co.
Popular Long Islan.. Sound Route

Popular Long Islan- Sound Route. Between New York, Bridgeport and all
 Stations on Naugatuck Division
 of N. Y., N. H. and IT. R. R.
 Steamer Rosedale-Leaves Bridge bort daily Sunday excepted) at 7:45 a.d In. on arrival of train leaving Waa terbury 6:45 a. m. from all stations Naugatuck division. arriving M York Il a. n1.
 Steamer Allan Joy-Leaves Brida port daily (Saturday excepted) o'clock midnight, arriving New Yorl in early morning, giving passengers ample time to connect with trains fora the west and south. Passengers cans remain aboard boat until 9 a. m. : RETURNING FROM NEW YORK.
 Steamer Allan Joy-Leaves from Pier 31 (new) East river daily (Sun- day excepted) at Il a. m., arriving Bridgeport 3 p. m., connecting with afternoon trains for the east and sta- tions on Naugatuck division.
 Steamer Rosedale-Leaves from Pier 31 (new) East River daily (Sun- day excepted) at 3 p. m., and from foot East 31st street, 3: 15 p. m., con- meeting with TAO D. m. train for all stations on Naugatuck division. Sat aurdays this steamer leaves New York one hour earlier from both landings.
 Special excursion rates. every Tues day and Friday via steamer Rosedale, round trip 50c, other days regular rates.
 SUNDAY SERVICE.
 Commencing Sunday. June 23, steamer Rosedale leaves Bridgeport at Q a. nl, on arrival of Sunday morn ing train from all stations on Nauga- tuck division. for New York and Coney Island; returning leaves New York at 5 D. m., arriving at Bridgeport 9 p. n;.
 Tickets sold aud baggage checked to Ill stations on N. Y, N. H. and Fl. R. R. Baggage transferred to and from railroad depot free.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-02
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