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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
ALEXANDER WHEELER, YALE 's7
Drowned in the Housatonic River Sat
 ,1rdav Afternoon.

Drowned in the Housatonic River Sat
 urday Afternoon.
 Stratford, Mach 31.-Professor Alex ander Wheeler aged twenty-six, in structor of English in the Bridgeport High school, was drowned in the Hou- satonc river here yesterday afternoon.
 Professor Wheeler with Albert Smith. aged sixteen, went down the river duck shooting yesterday afternoon, and when starting home rigged a small sail. When opposite Peck's mill an unusually severe gust of wind struck the small sail and capsized the boat. The occu- pants were precipitated into the water, but succeeded in getting a hold on the overturned boat. Professor Wheeler, who was an expert swimmer, attempted to swim ashore and procure boat with which to save Smith, but after swimming about fifty yards suddenly stopped swimming and disappeared.
 Meanwhile two boys, Harry Wilcox son and Lowney Speers who saw the catastrophe from the Stratford shore procured boat and immediately put out to rescue Smith. When they reached him he was exhausted, and but for their opportune arrival he would probably have followed his companion Smith was taken to his home in Bridge port, and pneumonia is feared
 Professor Wheeler was a graduate of Yale in the class of '97, and had been instructor in the Bridgeport High school since 1898.
 MT. Wheeler had in New Haven many friends W1n c1n t~ |. death. While in college here he ranked high as student and in his senior year won the DeForest prize, a gold medal awarded to that member of the senior class who shall write and pronounce the best English oration. In 1897, the year in which MT. Wheeler won the prize, the winning of which is esteem ed one of the highest undergraduate honors, there were six competitors.
 Soon after his graduation at Yale he was appointed instructor in English in the Bridgeport high school and had flll- ed the position with great credit. He was soon to have taken a position in the Penn Charter school in Philadelphia. | This winter he gave in Bridgeport 8 course of able and highly interesting lectures on the works of Shakespeare l for the benefit of the teachers fund He | was prominent in church work in the l church in Bridgeport and | was superintendent of the Sunday | school and teacher of the Bible class in | hat church.
 He leaves-6 mother, brother and | wo sisters. His mother visited in this ,ity last week at the home of Mrs. I. | N. Damn on Orange street. The broth- r is Lynde Phelps Wheeler, o5 s. s. S., md now an instructor in physics in the Sheffield Scientific school. His older lister is now in her junior year in Well esley.
 The remains were recovered yester- lay forenoon about 10:30 o'clock and he funeral will take place from his ate home in Bridgeport on Wednesday fternoon at o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
BIG COMING ATTRACTION AT THE
 HYPERION THEATER.

Society has taken long rest during the Lenten season which is near it's close, and will emerge therefron to par ticipate in the recreation provided for them in the amusement world. G. B. Bunnell, of the Hyperion theater, an nounces several attractions of the fln- est quality for the ediflcation and amusement of his patrons.
 On Monday, April 15. the Rogers Bros the Napoleons of wit and humor, will present the vaudeville farce enti- tied "The Rogers Brothers in Central Park; on April r l. H. Sothern and Virginia Harmed, who have just been supplied with an entire new outfit of scenery, a duplicate of everything that was destroyed by the fire that occurred In Cincinnati last January, which makes this massive production of Hamlet" if anything more elaborate than their original outfit. The scenery, costumes, and the electrical equipment are conn plete; April 18 the Casino success, '"The Belle of New York;" produced under Herald Square theater manage ment; April 20 the famous Sousa's band recently returned from it's triumpha abroad will be heard; on Friday, April 26 Richard Mansfield will be seen, fol- lowed on the 30th of April by the vet eran actor, Joseph Jefferson, and on Wednesday and Thursday May 1 and 9 Maude Adams will be seen in her tri- umphant success, "L'Aiglan."
 These are a few of the important att fractions to come in the near future. There are still big surprises in store, due notice of which will be given when the opportune time arrives.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
Polt's WonderIan nd Theater.

new farce and a new comic opera are featured as the headliners at Poli's this week. The farce is Flinders Fur nished Flat" in which Willard Simms the well known mimic and comedian is assisted by pretty Aimee Angeles. It is successful hit, having made it's rep- utation good throughout the east in a tour beginning this season, and is seen here for the first time. Another head line feature is Adolph Mayors produc- ton of the scenic operetta "Miyo San" The locality is Japanese tea garden in Tokio, and elaborate and beautiful scenery is employed. The story tells of 8 young New Yorker who imagines he would be fascinated with the Japanese girls, so he goes to Tokio in a very inn questionable mood. Two young women of his own set have heard of the inten- tion, and being also bound to the Ori- -ent under the chaperonage of an elderly aunt, they conceive the idea of disguis- ing themselves as Geisha girls to de- ceive the susceptible youth. The deed is done very prettily and of course he falls in love with one of the girls and continues to be in love even after the deception is disclosed. The operetta has made a great hit. A strong olio of high class variety will complete the bill, including Maud Nugent, a clever comedienne; the Carmen sisters in ban jo solos and duetts; the Brothers Mar tyne, comedy acrobats; Bixley and Hughes, tramp comedian and soubrette; Grant and Grant, colored sketch team; Dupree and Dupree German
 
 Matinee, 10 cents and 20 cents; evening" 10 cents 20 cents and 30 cents; ladies at matinee 10 cents. ........
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
$1,171, ,62S. 93 25,47O.63 s1,20S, 2

S1,171 ,62S. 93 s325,47O.63 $1,20S, ,2O5. 1. Decrease week of 1901, $36,576.49. Balances week of 1900, $313, ,021.S5.
 Difference, $1244S.7S
 Clearings week of 1899, five days $1,- 291 ,26742
 Clearings week of 1898. s1,5s5549.1s.
 Clearings week of 1897, $1,550. 364.1S.
 Dividends due soon are:
 Boston and Maine, 1%, payable April i; books closed March 1.
 Canadian Pacific 2h, payable April 1; books closed March 8.
 Berkshire, 21s, payable April 1; books closed March 20. | Boston and New York Air Line pre- ferred, 2, payable April l; books closed March 20.
 Chicago and East Illinois pref. 1H, payable April i; books closed March 15. | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul pref, 3, payable April 25 books closed, March 25. | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, common, 3A, payable April 25; books closed March 25. Chicago and Northwest pref, 1%, payable April 5; books closed March 23. Evansville and Terre Haute. 111s, pay able May I; books close April 10. Manhattan, l. payable April i books closed March 15. New York Central, 1A. payable April 15 books closed March 30.N
 Northern Pacific, 1 per cent, payable May 6; books close April 16
 New Haven County National bank, BE. payable April 10; books close April f.
 New Haven Gas Light company, 21a payable April 1; books closed March 25.
 Old Colony, 1&, payable April f. books closed March 20.
 Providence and Worcester, 21a, pay able March 30.
 Southern Railway pref, 2, payable April 9; books clgsed March 20.
 Southern New England Telephone. 11s, payable April 15; books closed March 30.
 Utica and Black River, 31s, payable March 30.
 Yale National bank, 9h, payable April 1: books closed March 2S.
 Amalgamated Copper, 3, payable April 20; books closed March 25.
 1hii'Ni iNe'i A'e,iih 4Notc, 12, pdydDle March %; books closed March 16.
 AmericanS heet Steel Co.,, 1%, paya- ble April 15; books close April 5.
 American Steel Wire, 1A payable April ?; books closed March 22.
 American Sheet Steel Co.,, 1S1. paya- able April ?; books closed March 22. American Sugar, 1A payable April 2; books closed March g.
 Boston Electric Light 8, payable April 15; books closed March 30 Contipental Tobacco pref, 1A. paya- ble April 2; books closed March 12. Mergenthaler, 21A, payable March 30: books closed March 16.
 Proctor & Gamble pref, 2, payable | April 15; books closed March 30. Singer Mfg. Co.,, 14, payable March | 30; books closed March 20.
 Swift & Co.,, 1%, payable April 1; books closed March 21.
 Union Bag pref, 1a4 payable April i; books closed March 21.
 United Shoe Machine, 50 cents. nav able April 15; books closed March 23. United Shoe Machine, pref, 371b 'ents.. payable April 15; books closed March 23.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01

pr. w. c. Vile, of Danbury, brother in-law of Charles H. Loomis, of this city, the piano dealer, has broken ground for two new houses in Danbury, on Deer Hill avenue. He has also pur- chased the Whittlesey farm adjoining his home, Tarrywile.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
c. Chester o'Connor, Danbury,s ne,

c. Chester O'Connor, Danbury's new auditor was born in Albany, N. Y. in 1862. His father, John T. O'Connor. was Q marine engineer, but twenty-gaven years ago he came to Danbury to take a position as stationary engineer MT O'Connor was educated in the public schools of Danbury, Bridgeport and New Haven. He is married. but has no children, and lives at 42 Balmforth avenue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01

cake and bouquet of pinks. Mrs. Cargill has taught in the Sunday school of the Grand avenue Baptist church for over twenty-five years and has the re- spect and love of all. Her home is now in Maine, but she has been here dur ing the past season visiting her many friends
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
A CRAP SHOOTER CAUGHT.

A Crowd of Young Gamblers Surprised
 by 2 Policeman
 Yesterday afternoon Patrolman Con- molly, of the Grand avenue police pre- cinct, esped a crowd of youths shoot ing craps at the corner of Wallace and Greene streets, and bore down upon the crowd. The young gamblers, seeing him coming, scattered and ran. All escap- ed except Vincenzo Denio, who was ar rested and locked up on the charge of gaming.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
LOCAL FINANCIAL NOTES
FEATURES OF INTEREST FOR NEW
 HAVEN IND OTHER INVESTORS.
Dividends on Local stocks-Swift SG Co. Stock-Boston Electric-Clenrings and Dividend List.

Yale National bank dividend is pay able to-day: also dividend on the pre- ferred stock Of the Boston and New York Air Line. A
 Checks for dividend of 21A per cent on the New Haven Gas Light company were sen. out Saturday night
 Checks for dividend on Swift & Go. will be mailed tomorrow. This stock had d sudden rise few days ago with one sale at 11O. but the market failed to take any more stock at this figure or even at 107. so it eell at once to 103, which has been the ruling rate.
 Boston Electric is quoted at 235 to 250. The gas commissioners of the state of Massachusetts are to allow the consoli- dation of this company with the Edi- son company of Boston.
 Clearings and balances of the New Haven banks for the week ending March 30 and for the corresponding week of last year, are furnished by the secretary of the New Haven clear Ing house by days, as follows:
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
CHAPEL STREET JEWELLERS.
The We'll Known Firm of Wells &
 Gunde.

Wells & Gunde, the well known Chapel street firm of jewellers, have an especially fine stock of goods in their line, and have just now a special lot of nice Easter novelties, unique and pret- ty, which are attracting much atten- tion. The firm has high class clien- tele and a good class of patrons, who have been attracted by the uniform satisfaction given by the firm to it's customers. One of the specialties of Wells & Gunde is watch repairing, and skilled workmen insure the best work on timepieces needing repair.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01

Adolph Mendel, the Chapel street merchant, has purchased land on Cali fornia street, and is to put up cot tage or two there this season.
The Conservative, 1901-05-30

day afternoons AS no opposed business
can be taken up after these hours, unless
a bill meets with universal favor, it can
make no progress. The opposition of a
single member is sufficient to prevent
even the discussion of a proposed statute
and if that opposition is exercised, the
measure is said to be "blocked" Twelve
o'clock at night arrives. Government
business, which occupied the attention
of the house till that hour, is postponed;
and the clerk reads the remaining
"Orders Of the Day." in which fully
fifty of the bills of private members are
sure to appear. The title of the first of
the bills is read-"The Crossing Sweep
ers Registration Act'. The member
who has introduced it, says "now,"
meaning that he wishes that the bill be
proceeded with, then and there I'M
mediately another member shouts out,
81 object" and the doomed bill goes
into the waste-p paper basket. 1t has
been "blocked" And so on, through
the entire list. By this method con-
siderable slaughter of 'the innocents of
legislation" takes place almost every
night of the session soon after twelve
o'clock.
BLOCKING has degenerated into
system of reprisals. The bills of liberal
members are blocked by conservatives;
and those proposed by conservatives are
blocked by liberals. Frequently pathetic
appeals are made at this time Of the
sitting "Oh, spare my lamb" the
author of the bill cries out, when he has
heard the dreaded words, II object"
from the benches ON the opposite side of
the house. "No, I intend to have my
revenge; your friends killed my BILL" is
the reply.
Of course, many of the proposed
statutes represent pernicious fads and
hobbies, OF quixotic attempts to make
straight the crooked things of tn
world-bills it would be unwise to pass
into law. Some members get so passion
ately attached to a hobby that, night
after night, session after session, year
after year-if their constituents do not
refuse to re-elect them-they continue to
strive, in face of the most exasperating
Disappointment, to get it inserted on
the statute book. An old and exception
ally eccentric member, who died three
years ago, vainly tried during nearly
half a century of parliamentary life, to
get passed into law a bill for prevent
ing persons from standing or sitting
outside windows, while cleaning them.
During his last session, this member
complained to friend that his object in
introducing the bill, had been quite mis-
understood by the house for fifty years.
lsT houo 1xpo xuicbo1 to Ynolxa law
The Conservative, 1901-05-30
II beg the honorable gentleman
pardon am not learned

read newspaper III the house, although
he may quote an extract from one in the
course of speech; but if he should at
tempt to peruse daily or weekly paper,
while sitting in his place, his ears would
soon be assailed by stern and reprov-
ing cry Of 'order, order" from the
chair. Some members are said to resort
to the deception practiced by the young
lady, who had "Trilby" bound like the
New Testament, and was observed read
ing it in a fashionable Episcopal church
in New York. The "Orders of the Day"
is parliamentary paper containing the
program of business, which is delivered
at each members London address each
morning. Inside this program, some
representatives often place part of a
newspaper, and read it while everybody
imagines they are studying some bill or
it's amendments.
In little matters, the house of lords is
less strict than the house of commons.
The upper house allows attendants to
pass up and down the chamber deliver
ing messages, and reporter Of the pro-
ceedings sits on the floor of the house
with the clerks at the table. In the
elective chamber, however, nobody ex-
cept a member is allowed to pass up and
down the floor. An attendant, even
when he has telegraph messages to de-
liver, dare not pass beyond the place
known as ''the bar" just inside the chief
entrance to the chamber. He gives the
papers to some member sitting near the
bar, and they are passed from one mem
ber to another, until they reach their
owner.
A curious custom is the performance
known as counting the house." No
business can be transacted unless a
quorum of forty members is present.
But when business has once started, it
proceeds, if only single member is in
his place. He, of course, must be ad-
dressing the speaker, who never takes
any notice of the paucity Of the attend
ance, unless a member rises in his place
and says: "Mr speaker, sir, beg to
call your attention to the fact that there
are not forty members present" After
that has been said, the speaker must
proceed to "count the house, He does
not, however, simply count the mem
bers who are present in the chamber at
that moment He sets going the electric
bells, which ring in every room of the
great building, summons to members
to return to the legislative hall. The
representatives of the nation then come
rushing in from all quarters, and after
the lapse Of three minutes, the doors are
closed-and locked. Then, and not till
then, the speaker, using his cooked"
hat (Which he never wears over his huge
The Conservative, 1901-05-30
Che Conservative.

the point at which it was interrupted.
But when there are not forty members
present, he simply leaves the chair with
out word, and the sitting is over.
A favorite resort for member who
wishes to secure an audience for col
league, is to move "a count" The OBJ
ject, however, is not always attained,
for members leave the house again as
soon as the speaker has reached the
number forty, and the benches are left
as deserted as before.
Some six years ago, member who
was to have resumed the debate after
the speaker returned from dinner at
$3.50, found, when the time arrived, that
the house contained nobody but himself,
the speaker and the clerks. Not liking
the idea of being obliged to talk to
empty benches, he called the attention
Of the speaker to the obvious fact that
there was no quorum, as required by
the rules. The bells rang out their
summons az usual, but only thirty-six
members responded, with the result that
the man who wanted to obtain an audi
ence, had the sitting suspended and lost
his opportunity to make a speech. A
member is occasionally counted out by
an opponent, who, after survey of the
precincts of the house, discovers that
there are not forty members in attend
ance; but this is the only instance on
record Of a member having counted
OUT the house to his own detriment.
The forms of the house of commons
throw difficulties in the way of mem
ber, who is desirous of relinquishing his
legislative functions. He cannot resign
his seat in the way a person resigns
membership Of society or club. If he
becomes bankrupt or insane, he ipsO
facto, ceases to be member of parlia-
ment; he may be expelled for Infamous
conduct. But if he, for some personal
reason, wishes to close his parliamentary
career, he can only do so by accepting
some Office of profit or honor under the
crOwn-such as the nominal steward
ship of the Chiltern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
he Can terminate his connection with
his constituents. And if he has, in any
way, disgraced himself, his application
for the Office Of honor or profit, will be
refused, and the house will proceed to
to expel him.
The forms of the house afford 'private
members" as the unofficial represent
atives of the voters are termed, few op-
portunities Of exercising their Legislative
abilities on their own account. Every
session some three hundred bills are in
troduced by "private members" but
less than three per cent. pass through
all the stages necessary for their inser-
tion on the statute book. The majority
The Jersey City news., 1901-09-25
DOOR or HOPE SERVICES.

Religious exercises. open to the public,
WIN be held at the Door Of Hope, No. A
Belmont avenue, tomorrow morning at
1915
The Door of Hope, it will be remern-
abered. is that institution started last
spring BY about thirty philanthropic
women OF the Heights, mostly members
Of the Jersey city Heights w. G. 7. ",
for rescue work among girls. 1t Is run
upon the same plan as Mrs. Whittimore'
rescue home,dn New York. The services
tomorrow morning will mark the fall
opening ofAthe home.
The Jersey City news., 1901-09-25
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The Jersey City news., 1901-09-25
Z ,,xv M, sF,v s1lpREME coURT.

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT.
sara, K Held vs. William n. Pringle, John
pringle Frank C. Pringle and Margaret Bird
q ~ heirs at law Of John Pringle, decd, and
heirs at law of John M. Pringle, deceased
On Contract Rule for absent defendant to
appear.
cause served on Frank c. Pringle on the
twenty-fifth day of May, 1901; and the Sheriff
OF Hudson County having returned the SUM
mons in said cause served upon John Pring1e
and Margaret Birdsall on the thirty-arst day Of
NAV 1901 and as to the other defendant,
William HI Pringle, that he resided out of the
state Of New Jersey and could not be found
said writ: and an affidavit in said cause hav-
ing been made BY said Sheriff Of Hudson
ro,,nfv and filed, in which he swears that be
ha : inauired for said William H Prinxle, one
4 ~ tbe defendants named In said writ, for the
X ,,,,rnose Of serving him Herewith. and has not
beei1 able to find him In said county, and that
~ Is crediby informed and verify believes
rat Is be cannot be found in this State. and that
be .loes not reside in the State Of New Jersey:
and an an affidavit in said cause having been
, -,aa3a hx. (,eorse J. Fermier that said William
Il T5rnrle does not reside In the State OF New
larsev ana cannot be found in said State to
x served with said writ and that said Will
liam H Pringse does reside IN the CITY OF
fsbicaro in the State Of Illinois; and the Court
pSr tIsird iav Of July, 1901. on motion Of Grouse
Per<ins attorneys Of said plaint1m. order that
said - absent defendant, William H. Pringles
II, appear 10 said writ on or before the tenth
gay q Ausoss' - GILBERT COLLINS.
J. 8. Q.
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