Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-02

es in the West Indies as q practice yes- sel and has also sailed around Cape Horn. The present commander. of the Hartford is John NJ. Hawley.
 II have to report at 3 o'clock to-mor row at the Brooklyn navy yard, So l shall go out this afternoon or some time in the evening. Unless some thing unexpected happens, shall not be here again for at least four years, but intend to write frequently to my friends and sometimes, as often as I can, I'll drop line to the Democrat. Good bye"
 Edward G. Shea talked interesting ly to the members of the board of al dermen last night. He had good word to say of the Celestials and thought that there never would have been any trouble between them and the other powers had it not been for the interference of the missionaries. T fully agree with you in that" ;" said Alderman Callan 1T thought that way right along. If these people would let them alone l don't suppose they would meddle with them.'' "No," answered MT Shea. s'They are harmless, inoffensive people. In fact, there are easy and it is nothing but a game of pillage with many of those who pretend to be endeayoring to elevate them.''
 T think" chimed in Alderman Cross, shaking his shoulders, that we'd look prettily angrily at the Chi nese if they should come oyer here and try to force us to accept their way of thinking. We wouldn't do it, that s all, and if they tried to whip us into i it, we'd fight"
 l "Yes," said Alderman White, wink l ing at those about him, II know you'd l make n big holler if any one attempted : to make q good Christian of you, but l if you were built like BIakeslee and
 Kane and some of the rest of us, it would come easy to you.'' lGreat laugh ter.)
 l "Oh!.' exclaimed Mir Shea at the
 mentor of the name Blakeslee, Why, l MT Blakeslee, used to work for you.''
 MT Blakeslee: Good! I know you
 have always referred to me as first
 class boss" Iaughter)
 l MT Shea thought Alderman Kane had grown young since he last saw him
 nine or ten years ago, and wanted to
 know how he had managed to preserve
 his youthful appearance. The alder
 man could not account for it in any way except it was the result of his proverbial good nature and all the 1 sport he extracts out of the sessions I of the Hammer club and the board of
 aldermen
 After all hands had indulged in 3 laugh at this, Mir Shea continued as 1 follows:
 T have seen a good share of the world during the past few years, but ! no place suited me so we'll as Water- bury, and no matter what part of the world found myself in never forgot it. One may travel from one end te the other of the globe and see all its I beauties, but if he be Waterbury
 man he will always cherish the hope
 of some day visiting it again, and if
 you have noticed, no matter how they fare they invariably round up here al
 some stage of their existence. sup
 pose this is true of all peoples, but 1T any case know it is so with those
 who hail from Waterbury. 1t is 3 1 great pleasure to me to go about towT
 and talk with my old acquaintances l and form new ones.s'
 Mir Shea spent half an hour in con 1 versation with City Attorney John F
 Kellogg, brother to Lieutenant Frank w. Kellogg, another Waterbury boy
 who was with Dewey at the battle o1 l Manila