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Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
M'KINlEY'S MESSAGE,
All Flags In Washington at Half
 Mnst.

Washington. Jan. 23.-Four days of anxiety had in a large measure prepared official Washington for the news which was flashed across the cable of the death of the queen of England. So it hap pened that all things that could be de- gently done in anticipation of the sad end had been disposed of and all was in readi- ness for the execution of the formalities which are indispensable to such events. When the end came, it found appropriate measures of condolence framed and even orders ready for execution looking to the half masting of the flags over the execu- tive departments and the carrying out of the usual formalities. The half masting of the national ensign was an unusual tribute to the memory of the deceased sovereign. It is said that this has been done rarely on the occasion of the funera. of some great worlds ruler, but never be- fore in the case of the death of a mon arch.
 President Mckinley has sent the fol- lowing message of condolence to the Prince of Wales:
 "I have received with profound sorrow the lamentable tidings of the death of her majesty the queen. Allow me, sir, to offer my sincere sympathy and that of the American people in your personal bereavement and in the loss Great Brit. ain has suffered in the death of its ven erable and illustrious soy ereign, whose noble life and benehcent influence have promoted the peace and won the affec- tion of the world"
 The senate was in executive session when the news of Queen Nictoria's death was announced, but the bulletin announc' ing her death was passed around by the doorkeepers. Expressions of regret and of admiration for the virtues of the dead sovereign were heard on all hands. Sen, ators Allison and Morgan held a hurried consultation, as the result of which the latter drew II? resolution, which the former presented when the executive ses' sion closed. The resolution was adopted
 The house adopted resolution express Ing profound regret and sympathy for the English people on account of the death of Queen Victoria. The president was re- quested to communicate the expression to the British government, and as further mark of respect to the memory of the queen the house immediately adjourned The action of the house was particularly impressive in that the resolution was adopted without a word of dissent or de bate The resolution followed the prece dents and was in almost the identical Ian zuace of tho resolutions adopted upon the deaths of the president of France and the czar of Russia.
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whispered goodhy. All in the bedroom were in tears.
 No member of the royal family left Os- borne House during the day for custom ary drives. A changing group of corre- spondents and townspeople loitered about the gates all day long, but it never reach ed the proportions of the crowd of Mon day.
 The record of the last days of the reign of Victoria is not easy to tell. An inter view with Sir Arthur John Biggs, pri- vate secretary to the late queen, was the only official statement that had been giv- en out. For several weeks the queen had been failing. On Monday week she sum- moned Lord Roberts and asked him some very searching questions regarding the war in South Africa. On Tuesday she went for a drive, but was visibly affected. On Wednesday she suffered a paralytic stroke, accompanied by intense physical weakness. It was her first illness in all her S1 years, and she would not admit 1t. Then her condition grew so serious that. against her wishes, the family were sum- moned. When they arrived, her reason had practically succumbed to paralysis and weakness.
 The events of the last few days, de- scribed in the bulletins, are too fresh to need repetition. At the lodge gates the watchers waited nervously. Suddenly along the drive from the house came a horseman who cried 'The queen is deadn' as he dashed through the crowds.
 Then down the hillside rushed a myriad of messengers, passing the fateful bulle- tin from one to another. Soon the sur rounding country knew that king ruled over Great Britain. The local inhabitants walked as if in a dream through the streets of Cowes, but they did not hesi- tate to stop to drink the health of the new monarch.
 There is little doubt that the funeral of Queen Victoria will take place at Frog more, Hertfordshire, though nothing in regard to this matter has yet been an
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uun in the rnited States army during the Mexican and civil wars. He was col | lector of internal revenue under Prcsi. | dent Johnson. His father was the found CT of Lewistown, Ills.
 The oath of allegiance has been admin istcred in a church at Nigsn, northern | LuEon, to over 1000 persons who ac- knowledged they had contributed to the insurgent cause. Chaplain Fitzgerald addressed the natives in spanish. The parish priest translated his remarks into 1locano and administered the oath. At a secret meeting of the Omaha city council it was decided 10 offer a reward of s5,oo0 for Pat Crowc, dead or alive, irrespective of the suspicion that he may have been concerned In the Cudahy kid naping. The conditions make no refer ence to any particular crime. This makes n totnl price of SlS,oo0 on Crowe's head.
 William Greene Ward, brigsdier gem eral, N. C., s. N. Y., has died al hh home in New York city. He was born
 in New York in 1892. He was graduated from Columbia college In 1851 and was formerly banker in the firm of Ward & Co. He served during the civil war and participated in the defense of Harpers Ferry.
 Count Joseph de Susini. who once con. trolled the cigarette industry in Cuba and was accounted one of the wcalthiest men Il on the island, is dead in a tenement in New York city. His death was due to eczema. brought about by the outbreak of an old wound which he received in a duel in 1s3S, when he was one of the young bloods Of Havana.
 Michael o'Sullivan, ex-champion all around athlete and one of the most popu- lar men connected with amateur athletics Il in the past decade, has died in the Pres l byterian hospital, New York city. O'Sul- livan was born In County Cork, Ireland, | in 1855, and made his debut st the Kin sale sports in 1879. winning the seven pound winding weight with a throw of S7 feet.
 United States Senator William ]. Sewell has been elected by the New Jsr- sey legislature to succeed himself as United States senator Mir. Sewcll re- ceivcd 45 votes in the house to 13 for | ex-Congressman Alyah A. Clark, who was decided upon as the choice of the | Democrats in their caucus. General Sewell received 17 votes in the senate to 1 for Mir. Clark.
 | Samuel II. Warwick, aged 70 years in- ventor of a root beer and whose wealth | 12 years ago was estimated at over sl,- 900, 900. died penniless In the hospital ht- tached to the Philadelphia almshouse and was buried in Camden, N. J., by a relative, who claimed the body. During his prosperity 1t Is said he gave thou sands to friends in need and entertained in princely fashion.
 James r. Sterrett former chief jus- tice of the supreme court of pennsylva- mia, has died at his home In Philadel- phia from the effects of carbuncle. He was TS years old. After filling a vacancy as associate justice on the supreme bench he was elected to the position and in 1898 became chief justice. He retired in Jam uary, 1900, and was the first member of the Pennsylvania supreme court to com | pletc n full term.
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Another Postal Theft In Cuba.

John Sheridan, in charge of the money order department of the Havana post office. has been arrested and formally ac- cused of the theft of $1 300 sent from the postmaster at Gura;anamo Dec. 6, $1 ,235 in cash and SG5 in check. He has con fessed his guilt and admits having de- stroyed the check. Sheridan was ap- pointed from the Boston postoffice on the organization of the service in Cuba. He was made postmaster at Matanzas. About year ago he was placed at the head of the money order department in Havana, with a salary of S1,T00. He seemed trustworthy man. and the au- thorities considered the expediency of appointing him postmaster at the time former Postmaster Thompson was re- moved. An investment of $500 in stocks in Boston first attracted suspicion to Sheridan. He now offers to refund what he has taken.
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Bed as the Best Cure of Dyspepsia.


 Albu draws attention to the ire quency with which neurasthenia, anm- mia and malnutrition are associated and the great amount of Injury to the system at large that may be produced by such a triad. The deficiency in nerve energy and the consequent i'm perfect inervation of the tissues lead to a general lack of muscular tone which finds expression in different body affected. ,-
 In the abdomen the general relaxa- ton has for It's consequences viscer optosis and atony of the stomach and intestines, with their attendant evils and in proportion as the lack of proper nutrition increases, the somatic weak ness. the facilitating events move in a vicious circle of greater and greater circumference and constantly involves more remote regions in the disease. Under such conditions the evident in- dications are rest and feeding. But to be properly effective the patient must completely change his previous faulty mode Of life and be treated In a wholly allen environment.
 AS a routine for such cases at least three weeks of absolute rest in bed In some institution away from home Is to be advised. together with full diet, for. even though the state of the stomach may seem to contra indicate this overlooking. in most cases 1t will relieve the symptoms more quickly than the most carefully adjusted but quantitatively insufficient regime. By these means bodily waste of all sorts, nerve and muscle. is reduced to mini mum. and the depleted cells are en- abled to regain their normal tone and vigor.-Zeitschrift Fur Krankenphege.
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VICTORIES LAST HOURS
Queen Passed Away Quietly
 Surrounded by Family.
LAST WORDS TO ALBERT EDWARD.
The Dying Monarch Was Conscious Near the End and BRde the New King Farewell In Words of Great Moment.

The Dying Monarch Was Conscious Near the End and Bnde the New
 King Farewell In Words of Great
 Moment.
 Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 23.-Queen Nictoria's career, never equaled by any woman in the worlds story, came to an end in simply furnished room in Os- borne House. This most respected of all women, living or dead, lay in a great four posted bed, her aged face and figure gir- ing no trace of the fair girl who in 1887 began to rule over England.
 Around her were gathered almost every descendant of her line. We'll within view of her dying eyes there hung a portrait of the prince consort. It was he who design ed the room and every part of the castle. In scarcely audible words the white hair cd bishop of Winchester prayed beside her, as he had often prayed with his sov- ereign, for he was her chaplain at Wind sor.
 With bowed heads the ruler of the Ger man empire and the man who was to be king of England, the woman who was to be queen, the princes and princesses and those of less than royal rank listened to the bishops prayers.
 Six o'clock passed. The bishop contin- ued his intercession. One of the younger children asked a question in shrill, child ish treble and was immediately silenced.
 At exactly half past 6 Sir James Reid held up his hand, and the people in the room knew that England had lost her queen. The bishop pronounced the bene- diction, and those who were now mourn CTS went to their rooms.
 The Prince of Wales was very much affected when his mother breathed her last. Emperor William, himself deeply affected, did his best to minister comfort to his sorrow stricken uncle, whose new dignity he was the first to acknowledge.
 When the members of the royal family were gathered at the queens bedside be- fore noon, the bishop of Winchester and the rector of Whippingham read the prayers for those in extremis.
 The Queens Farewell.
 The queen is said to have bade farewell in a feeble monosyllable to the family. She first recognized the Prince of Wales. to whom she spoke few words of great moment; then Emperor William and the others present filed past and heard a
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I was perspiring all over. l LOOK OH my tie and collar and looked at my watch. It was 6:30. 1 was to have touched yet. l wiped them off. got the butcher knife and began to peel them, for I reflected I had no time to waste In cooking them.
 I would eat those microbes alive. Life at this crisis seemed of little worth anyway. I had read somewhere that tomatoes should be skinned, not peeled; but the more l tried to skin those pesky things the more the insides came too. A terrible expression came over my face. I did not know but my usu- ally kind disposition was ruined for life, but I felt sure of the biscuits and the oyster soup-what remained of 1t.
 Then 1 put the chops on the fire. It was about '. The chops immediately started to see If they could not beat the soup and sputtered and blazed to such an extent that felt desperate. I was watching them every moment when thought aloud: By love. there are the biscuits! Perhaps had better look at them." They were all there, but somehow they looked dejected. While I WIS finding out from the cook book (which immediately consulted that ought to have put baking pow der in them the smell of burned flesh made me rush to the stove, only to find my chops black and beyond rescue. I felt myself an unfortunate man. I be- &.> inc tn and I feared that 1t was all going to work upon my brain. With the astute- ness that characteriZes me as distin- guished from my fellow men l gave up all efforts. At this moment, because all hope was lost and was on the look out for misfortunes, cried out. "Blam- ed If haven't forgotten the potatoesp'
 I had the look of one of the early Christian martyrs. They, too, had suf- fered and loved and lost. Even the in- vectives had used were not sulphur ous enough.
 went out into the shed and brought back a pail. Into that I scraped the soup carefully. Next I dumped In the biscuit TheE I gently put the toma- toes and chops on top. This accom- plished, passed hurriedly out into the back yard. stopping only to get shov- el out of the wood shed. I dug hole and tossed the whole thing In. Then meekly returned to the house and re galed myself on some bread and butter which I found in the pantry. Just as was doing this the clock struck & and Maria came home.
 Hello. dearv' cried. for I was de. termined to forestall any remarks "I've been terribly busy. detained al the office, and just got home."
 "Oh. Thaddeus.' said Maria regret fully. And you have been without your dinner! I never should have Jeff you if'-
 By this time Maria had seen the kitchen.
 Maria" said solemnly, for I saw her pause. you have been invited tc join club for the subjugation of hus bands. You needn't join. I am subju gated already. You women are always talking of our sphere.' Encroach or mans sphere If you will, but for heav en's sake don't ask me again to en croach on yoursr-New York Herald.
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the oath or allegiance which transforms him into king of Great Britain, de- fender of the faith and emperor of In- dia.
 Before the new king will appear the ministers, who will humbly submit to him their resignations. This is only n symbol. for. theoretically, they gave up office the instant death claimed their royal mistress. to whom they had taken the oath of allegiance. The new king reappoints them on the spot, and they kiss the hand of the sovereign. Once more there is a cabinet.
 The venerable Lord Salisbury, the pre- mier, will not be present, but Mir. Bal four will act as his deputy and official representative of the government execu- tive. The legislative branch of the em- pire will not come into existence until the members of parliament meet to take a new oath of allegiance. The government then will be as it was before the death of the queen, except that in the place of Vic toria 1 all Englishmen are subjects of the king.
 Perhaps the king might be Albert l, but so closely has the name of Edward been linked with some of the most glorious pages In England's history that there is little doubt the new ruler will select Ed ward VII as his kingly title. Albert Edward In Osborne.
 Last night it was rumored that the prince had returned to Marlborough House, but at midnight Marlborough House and Buckingham and St. James palace were dark, with not a light at any window.
 The kaiser. who flung affairs of state aside to hasten to the bedside of his aged grandmother. will return only to be con fronted by another heartrending grief, for the Dowager Empress Frederick is re- ported worse. But his thoughtfulness has won for him warm place in the hearts Of thc English people. To them be is no lone. ;hc German ka ser, but a man of fi.-sh and hood, who has made no small sacrifice in leaving his country for a stormy voyage only to afford some small comfort to the dying queen. "God bless the kaiser" is the way the people talk. He may do what he likes but he's a good man."
 And it will be many day before they forget his part in one of the darkest hours this generation of Englishmen has known.
 Indeed the kaiser's name is heard more often in the clubs, in the streets and ir the newspapers than that of the new king. Wales is in the background.
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GenrraI M.rket..

New York. Jan, ",
 FLouR-ststs and western fairly steady and unchanged, Minnesots patents, s4at.2as winter straights. &s.s0asso; winter extras. t25oa2po; winter patents, sa.B5at
 wHEAT-opened easy owing to unsstisfsctory cables, but held steady all the forenoon ticipation of more export business, March 7pita 5aNc, May. fpAa7s i5.ioc RYE-Duii, state, bss5tc., C. l. l.. New York, cariots; No. western. 5sc., f. Q. b., Raoat CoRN-Duli but steady on absence of contract arrivals at Chicago and fsir clesunccs, Msy, uNc.
 oATS-Dul. but steady; track, white, stute, nlsassc. track. white. western. stlsssc. PoRK-stesdyi mess. si37ssit75. family, sisa 10.
 LARD-Dull; prime western steam. 7,Soc BuTTrR-astcadys state dairy, lta2oc cream cry, ies22c. CHEEsE-Fifml fancy, large, fall made, iiks lnIsc, fancy small, fsll made, liNai2c. -un.cttlcdi state and Pennsylvania, soitA rc.; western. losa on, 2oite. sUGAR-Rsw quisti fsir refining, sis'lec.. centrifugal. % test, t5.i6c. refined quiet crush. ,d, ec {; powdered, 6ooc. TURpENTlNE-Firm st Nsuhe. MoLAssES-Stesdy, New orleans. 32st0c. RlCE-Firms domestic, s7saeAci Japsh, sAa sNc.
 TALLow-Easyl city, 5c.. country, SAsbAc
 HAY stsadyi shipping, 77Assoe.l good ,o ,haiee Esspsc
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All In a Lifetime.

Don't you regret the time you vast ed In your youth?" asked the senti- mentalist.
 "I didn't waste any time in my youth," answered the self satisfied man. q flew kites and fished and at tended dances and learned to play the guitar and attended to all such mat ters, and If hadn't looked after them in my youth I am sure I should never have had opportunities to give them proper attention since then."-Wash ington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
Mrs. Nations Anti-aIoon Crusade.

Mrs. Carrie Nation, member of the w. C. T. II. of Wichita, Kan, was ar rested some time ago for demolishing the interior of a Wichita saloon. A supreme court order for her release was secured. but owing to a case of smallpox in the county jail she was held there in quaran. tine. On Monday she was set free and immediately returned to Wichita. where. with two other women, she started on q second crusade. Two saloons were en- tered, and damage to the amount of S1,- 500 to S2.0O0 was done. Mrs. Nation was arrested and taken to the city jaiI, but was released by the chief of police on promising to wreck no more saloons within 4S hours. She was at the rail- road station purchasing a ticket on which to leave town when the sheriff appeared and rearrested her. She assaulted the sheriff, who was forced to call a police man to rescue him. On Tuesday she was released on bail and at the head of a band of 800 women terrorized the town for several hours, but doing no further damage. Tuesday night she left Wichi- ta, promising to return and finish the rest of the saloons.
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Another Bank Teller Arrested.

I. Provost Mason. third teller of the Continental National bank. in Nassau street, New York city, in which he was employed for 2S years, has been arrested charged with having stolen S3.000. and held in Sl00o0 bail by United States Commissioner Shields. Officials of the bank said that the amount abstracted by Mason amounted in all to S12,0OO. but the loss to the bank would be only S2.O0n as the teller was bonded for S10,000 hy the Fidelity and Casualty company.
Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
Noted Inyensor Dead

Thomas Shaw of Philadelphia, a dis tinguished inventor and known in scien- tific and engineering circles as 'the Edi- son of Pennsylvania" has died from q stroke of paralysis. Mir. Shaw during his life had been granted 1S6 patents by the United States patent office and hum areds of patents in other countries of the world, covering 0l subjects in engineer. Ing.
Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
st,,s se,,tor o.bourn Dead

State Senator Frances X. Osbourn Of the Third Philadelphia. district has died from pneumonia. Ser ator 0sbourn con tracted a heavy cold during the United States senatorial contest at Harrisburg last week. and despite his illness he went to the senate chamber and voted for Senator Quay. He was brought home, and his cold soon developed into pneu- monia. Senator Osbouru was in his iifty-sixth year.
Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
Marcun DnIY'n VIII.

The will of the late Marcus Daily was filed for probate Saturday Ut Anaconda, Mon. It makes Mrs. Daily the sole exec utor of the estate without bonds, makes her guardian of the minor children and gives her one-thrd of the estate. The re- maining two-thirds is to be divided equal y among MT. Daly's three daughters and his son, Marcus.
Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24
Narrow Escapes Tn rhea,er Fire.

The Grand Opera House in Cincin- natl has been destroyed by fire. Al the time the fire was discovered below the stage the house was packed and the per formers ready for the first act. Many narrow escapes from injury are reported. Owing to the coolness of the audience the people on the first floor and balcony got out without much trouble, though minus many parts of their clothing. Those in the gallery had more trouble In reaching the outside, ns there was only one narrow exit from the gallery to tho main hallway. Had it not been for the quick arrival of the ladder truck many would have been killed. The ladders were hoisted up Co the windows. and many escaped in that manner. Al the time the fire was discovered the actors and actresses of the E. II. Sothcrn com pany were playing Hamlet" Mir. Soth- ern's loss is estimated at y50.oo0. The loss on building and contents, aside from Mir Sothcrn's property, footn up Co S2o0.- 900.
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Jobp ID ArcbboId,. Gen~ro.ity

John D. Archbold, vice president of he Standard Oil company, has given s400, 900 to the endowment fund of Syr- ,cuse university, conditional only upon | like amount being raised among other friends of the institution.
Connecticut western news., 1901-01-24

the name of the millions or Enlnsn speaking people encircling the globe.
 The privy council will hasten to Os- borne. where the Prince of Wales takes
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RESOLUTION

-AtSasA% When all the steady stars are lit And the light sleeps, for weariness, Night stands with pitying hands outspresA To give her pardon and to bless. Earth creeps to heaven then That scarcely may one watching mark Where they are twain--so potent is The benediction of the dsrki Arthur Ketchum in Ainslees Magazine.
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Repairing Beston Streets.
 To prevent obstruction 10 trsfic In the main streets of Boston In the day. time all the repairs are n&6s ss nksht