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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
FATAL CUNNING ACCIDENT.
Frank Phelps of Stafford Springs
 Killed While Gut Hunting.

stafford Springs. Oct 2S.-Frank Phelps. aged Is. son or niwyn Phelps. of this town. was Killed in q gunning accident Saturday. He was sitting on a log with his gun beCween his knees when it was discharged. blowing the top of his head of. His companion. Henry Lodges. reported the tragedy, md the assistant coroner, after inves- tigation. declared that it was purely an accidental death helps worked as a spinner in the Phoenix wooden mill He was unmarried. put leaves fseyeral brothers and sisters.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
HE STOLE s1. 300.

South Norwalk. Oct 2S. State De- tective Cooney of the detective bureau of New York arrived here last night and took James A. Little, a prisoner here, back with him. He stole $1,500' in cash and a quantity of jewelry from Koch & Go of New York last Thursday. He was employed by the firm and was located at the residence of his intended wife. Miss Rose Soro- sis. in Brookside. He admitted his guilt.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
SUICIDE IN MERIDEN.
4 Nurse Kills Herself by Inhaling
 Chloroform.

A NuISe hiiiS f10TSGlI Dy IElallnS
 Chloroform
 Meriden, Oct 2S--A Miss Alice Ellis. . well-Enown trained nurse of this city. and graduate Of the New Ha- ven hospital, committed suicide in the rear of the residence of late Dwight r. Wilcox, where she was formerly employed as d governess, yesterday, by inhaling chloroform from . ,In pan. in which she had placed her head. She was discovered shortly after 6 o'clock. lying on the ground, her head in q black silk bag lying in the pan of chloroform.
 Miss Ellis was 41 years old and was born in Canada. The only reason that her friends can give for her act is that. she was greatly attached to q 6-years-l old son of MT Wilcox. whom she had taken care of from his birth up to last January. when he was placed wltA relatives in Westield
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
STRIKE AT STONINGTON.
Hours of Work Reduced, Men Wanted
 the Same Pay.

StoniDgton, Oct 2S. Ninety men, ,ein. pioycd by the Holmes Shipbullding Co struck this morning. The men, who have been working ten hours q day, were orCered to begin this morning on q schedule of nine and one-half hours. They demand that they be given ter: hours pa! under the new schedule or that the old schedule be restored. Ten caulkers are the only men who are now at work.
 Ih2 nien have been employed i'll con. struciing q five-masted schooner for the J. E. Futile fleet of which ]. D. DeWell ot New Haven is manager
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
RESULT Of 4 TROLLEY R|DE.
Young Girl Died at Reading
 Hospital To-Day.

She Was Found Bleeding and Bruised
 in n Lot Yesterday Morning
 Gorge Cans. Who Admits Taking
 Her on q Trolley Ride, Arrested on.
 Suspicion
 Reading. Pa, Oct 2S.-Annie T.tter, aged I5 years, was found in | lot early yesterday morning bruised and bleeu- ing. and died at the hospital today without regaining consciousness. \ young man named George Cans was arrested prior to her dearn on suspi- cion, and has made q partial comics sion.
 Cans admits that he met the girl on Saturday evening and took trolley ride with her. He then pretended to see her safely home, but. it is alleged. lnred her into the lot. She resisted his advances and was horribly beaten.
 Public feeling. is greatly wrought up against Cans.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
4 Rock 4 ..4.~ss.

LEADVILLE. Colo, Oct 2S-Mallsy and Chamberlain, Leadville rock drilling team. won first money. $750. and the worlds indoor championship as a result of a three days contest here. They drilled forty and one eighth inches in fifteen minutes. TL. second money goes to Ross and Me Nichols of British Columbia.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
TO SEARCH FOR MISS STONE.

Sofia. Bulgaria, Oct IS. Six young ,BElgar.ans have banded themselves 10 search for Miss Eilen -,i. sTone, the American missionary, ana her com panion, Madame k. $. Tsilka, and with the consent of the Bulgarian authorities have left Samakov for Me homia with this object in view. The absence of news about Miss Stone has led to q revival of the report that she has already been killed and that the brigands have dispersed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Q. ROGERS & BROS FACTORY

Meriden. Oct 2S.-Fire Saturday night damaged the bufing department of C.. Rogers & Bros silver factory to the extent of $2.000. On account of a rush of orders, the managers of the factory estimate that sthe fire will mean loss Of at least $S,OoO. through delays in finishing, work The burned building and contents were insured.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Mutattos Moi Heir..

CHARLESTON. $. C., Oct. 2s.-The court of common pleas in Florence county. this state, last week decided that marriage contracted in this state between white man and negro woman in 1867 was invalid and that the chil- dren born of such marriage do not in- herit from an estate left to the lawful grandchildren of the testatrix. The real estate in dispute is said to be valuable, aud the loss will be heavy to the mulat- to claimants.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Neck Broken Playing Football.

COLUMBUS, 0. Oct. 2S.-John Si- grist, center rush of the Ohio State University football team. is at one of the city hospitals with a broken neck. Sigrist was injured in the game with Western Reserve. An X ray examina- tion showed that the third cervical vertebra was fractured An operation
 will be performed. but there is little hope that it will avail. Sigrist's body Is paralyzed from the shoulders down.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
REMOVED FRoM oFFIcE.:

San Francisco. Oct 2S.---Advices re- ceived from Nome state that Judge Wickersham has removed from office United States Commissioners J. L.. Galen. F. \. Stevens. Archie Wheeler aud O. D. Cochran. The grand jury is said to be investigating charges which have been made against tfAese former officials
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
GOLD SHIPMENTS LARGE.

Seattle, Wash, Oct 2S.-The official records at the gold commissioners Of flee. where expert certificates for all gold going from he country must be obtaned. show that the gold shipments from Dawson for September amounted to $3.00O,O00. This brings the total. for the last four months to $21, GAO G1O.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
A Ducbesa E0rr

LONDON, Oct. 2S.-The Duchess of Zimmerman of Cincinnati, was ac- couched of q daughter Saturday, Both mother and the child are doing well. The infant will receive the names Mary Ava Montag,l
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
DANISH WEST INDIES.
Member of Royal Family Said to be
 Interfering With Sale.

Copenhagen, Oct 2S.-The slowness in the negotiations between the gov ernment and l.. <. Swenson, United States minister, with regard to the sale of the Danish West Indies. is at tributed to the Influence of member of the royal family closely connected with the commercial interests which started the agitation against the sale The efforts to resard the negotiations will probably be continued. in hope that something will turn up to prevent the transfer of the islands.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Willimantic, Conn, Oct 2S.-Eugene E. Winton, aged 59. who formerly con- ducted q meat market here, committed suicide last night by hanging himself He was Respondent because of ill health and business troubles. He served in the civil war and was member of the A. o. U. w.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Large Issue or Japanese Bonds.

YOKOHAMA, Oct. 2s.-The Japa- nese treasury announces the issue of bonds to the amount of 16,500,O0O yen. Of this sum S,O0O,0OO yen will be de- voted to the redemption of other bonds, while the remainder will be utilized in aefraying the cost of the Chinese ex- npdition
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Powers Convicted Again.

GEORGETOWN. Ky, Oct. 2S-Ex- Secretary of State Caleb Powers has been convicted again. of being accessory before the fact to the murder of Will liam Goebel in January, 1900, and for the second tiQe has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life. The second trial began Oct. s and has continued with three sessions daily, court adjourning late at night.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
CAPTAIN PRATT DEAF,

Middletcwn. Oct 2S.-Captain Ed ward N. Pratt, 6S years of age, dien suddenly al his home here this morn ing. The cause of death was cerebra, aponleSy. He came from seafariny family and for many years command ed the schooner which carried stone be- tv cen here and New York.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Roer Prfsoners Shat.

LONDON, Oct. 2s.-The South Afrf- can mail brings news that several Boers who were captured wearing kha- Xii uniforms were court martialed and shot. It seems also that Commandant Theron crossed the Cape Town lines west of Touwse river station Sept. 23.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
observation-disclosures Railway.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2s.-Ac- cording to dispatch to the Novoe Yremya from Vladivostok, the Rus sian general Grodekoff, accompanied by the Russian assistant minister of finance. aIF Romaneff. will soon open the Siberian railway.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
BODY TAKEN TO NEW RETAIN

Hartford. Oct 2S.-AIedical Examiner Fuller today gave out officially that tiic drash of Charles Faulkner of New Britain. who died ill cell in Hartford jail last night. was caused by apoplexy Tie body was taken to New Britain this afternoon.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
KuLEn,Rf A FALL

.<ew Haven, Oct 2s-Mrs Ezra B. Sanger. wife of the. veteran engineer of fire company No 5. who resided at S6. Exchange street, was killed by 8 fall from the front veranda of her home
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
-x sao.a Entanhx Wolra.

VIENNA, Oct 2S. Twenty-three persons have been eaten by wolves, says the Neues Wiener Journal. while working in the fields near Witebsk, Poland.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
Russian Town Burned

LONDON, Oct 2S.-..The town of Bobruisk, in the government of Minsk, has been destroyed by f1re,s says dis patch to The Daily Mail from St. Pe- tersburg. 'and sasA,'al lives have been lost"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
ANOTHER INsTALLMENT PAID.

Constantinople, Oct 2S-A further installment was paid yesterday on ac- count of the contract with the Cramps of Philadelphia for q cruiser. making the total paid in the neighborhood of fT0,OOO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
LOTS OF GOLD ARRIVING.

Seattle, Wash, Oct IS. The steamer City of Topeka has arrived from Skag way with $10O,O00 in bullion from Treadwell and $1o0,000 iii dust from the klondike
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28
MAX n.RELL COMING,

london. Oct 2S.-Max O'Rell .(Paui Blonetl will sail for New York on the
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-28

Buffalo. Oct 2S.-The body of Leon r. Czolgosz will be. reduced to ashes in the Buffalo crematory Undertaken Brady will take charge of the remains of the assassin when they arrive H this city. MT Brady said the. bof would not be cremated in all proba ity, before Wednesday. AM
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27
The Hon. John j. Hemphill.

Blacksburg correspondence Green
vile News: Quite an interesting polit-
ical rumor Is af1oat in this county. 1t
is here given for what it is worth.
While the Hon. John ]. Hemphill has
not been to this place, he has been IN
this section. 1t was at first supposed,
when taken in connection with the fact
that he had given up his home in
Washington, where he has resided
since his defeat for congress in 1882,
and returned to Chester, that he would
again be a candidate for congress from
this district which is at present rep
resented by the Hon. D. E. Finley. But
now. while his candidacy Is not au-
thoritatively announced, his friends are
talking about him as a successor to
the Hon. John L. McLaurin. They ad-
NIT that he has been in this and ad-
Joining counties, and when asked If he
will be a candidate for the U. S. SEN
ate against McLaurin, merely says
that while he has not said he would be
q candidate, he has been approached
on the subject and has not said that
he would not be. By some 1t Is claim
ed that he has the endorsement Of Till
man, but by Others not. Be that as 1t
may, the rumor that he will be in the
race gains additional strength from the
fact that he will be at the great pollti-
cal pow-wow at Union in August.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27

WHY SHE QUIT THE 'PHoNE.-The
Young woman employed as a stenogra-
nber had a beau named Will, to whom
she talked some 25 times day. Ihe
LAWYER who labored under the impress
sion that he was paying for the stenog-
rapher's time was not pleased tha'
Maggie should drop her work and rusn
frantically to the telephone every time
the bell rang and stand there for nj
teen minutes debating whether or not
Will ought to have told Clara tnat
secret which he knew we'll enough was
none of Clara's business. One day the
LAWYER left his office, and going to an
other telephone in the building, caiieo
up his own office. Of course, Maggie
rushed frantically to the phone ana
answered.
Hello" said the lawyer in a mumeo
Voice. '.This is a lineman testing the
wire. Kindly stand on one foot In
front of the receiver and say hello.
Maggie obeyed.
THANK you. Now stand two feet TO
one side and say hello
Maggie complied.
Thank you. Now stand TWO 1eet oi'
the other side and say hello" 1t was
done.
THANK you. Now stand on your
head and say hello"
Maggie seems to be somewhat pack
ward in answering the telephone now.
Detroit Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27

1.-TWO OF Us."-The subject turned
on the colored brother says Champe
Clarke in his cloak room stories. Judge
Griggs of Georgia said:
MANY Negroes are superstitious and
believe in haunted houses. They are
also very suspicious of cats. A cotton
planter in my district needed hands
to attend to his crop. A large, likely
colored man applied. The planter, who
was something of wag and ventrilo-
quist. said:
~ will employ you, but I have no
place for you to live in, except one
cabin, which is said to be haunted
"'Oh, Ize not 'fraid of hant, boss.
I'll take it.
$50 the contract was concluded. The
darky moved in, built himself a big
fire in the open fireplace and sat down
in front Of it to enjoy himself. The
planter approached the cabin and put
a large cat in. 1t started to the fire.
AS it got close to the Negro the fun
loving ventriloquist made the cat ap-
pear to say to the colored brother:
"'Howdy? There are two of us here
this evening"
Up jumped the darky, ashy with
fear, and said to the feline:
"'Foh, God, cat, git out from twiNt
me and de d'ah and dab wont be but
one OBJ us heah in a mint"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27

How HE SAVED HIS DINNER.-ln the
little town Of Arundel there Is taxer-
dermist who is gifted with wonderful
presence of mind. Here Is an instance:
Sometime ago a gentleman called at
his shop with a cock pheasant, whlcn
he desired to have skinned, stating tnat
he did not require the body. That
mite suited the taXerdermist, VINO
thought the pheasant would do for his
dinner on the morrow.
However, later in the day the gentle
man called again and said that ne
would take the body away. The taxer-
dermist replied that it was unusual Tor
customers to take the bodies away, but
that he had no objection and he fetch
ed the bird, which his wife had put on
a plate and covered with flour.
"Ah." exclaimed the gentleman. 1T
looks very nice. But what Is this white
powder with which it IS covered"
"Oh, that" replied the taxerdermist
quietly. "is arsenic. I always cover
the bodies with that until I can dis
pose of them"
"Ar-arsenic," stammered the gentle
man. why, I thought that the bird
would be good to eat. Thank you, l
won't trouble to take it away with
me. Good day."
The taxerdermist had saved his din
ner.-London Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27
Aumurous department.

AS REGARDS a WIFE.-"Have you
carefully considered all that I have
said, my boy?" asked the old gentle
man the day after he had given his
son a little fatherly advice.
"Yes, father" replied the young man
meekly.
You are getting near the age at
which a young man naturally begins TO
look around for a wife, and I don't
want you to make mistake
It'll try not to, father"
mo butterflies of fashion, my boy;
but a girl of some solid worth-one
who has some practical accomplish
ments.'
Yes. father"
Never mind the piano playing and
Delsarte lessons; never mind the danc-
ing and the small-talk. When you find
q girl who can cook. my boy, 1t Will
be time to think of marrying. When
vou find a girl who can make up her
own bed: knows how to set the table
without forgetting anything; is able 10
put up preserves and above ALL IS sooo
at sewing, go in and win her, my son.
and YOU will have my blessing
II have resolved, father, to seek such
a wife as you describe" said the young
man with determination. Il see the
folly of seeking a wife in society. 1
will 60 to an intelligence office this al
ternoon and see if I can find one that
will answer. And then I'll have MOTH
er can on her-and-
Young man, I'll break your neck III
about minute"
But you said"
Never mind what I said; I've chang-
ed NV mind."-Leslie's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27

WHERE THE CONSTITUTION Is MOULD
ED.-The United States supreme court
is the one tribunal in the world which
can give one judgment at one time and
an opposite one at another time-and
be right both times. For example:
1. 1t has decided Dartmouth College
case) that state charter is contract
which the state may not break, and
later that a state may break it.
2. It has decided that congress has
exclusive authority to regulate COM
merce on all our navigable waters and
later that 1t has not. Later yet 1t has
reversed that reversal and reaffirmed
it's first decision.
8. It has decided that stock certifi-
Gates may not be issued under a state
law, and later that they may.
4. It has decided that any state may
prohibit the importation Of alcoholic IL
quors, and later that no state may do
so.
S. It has decided that congress has
no power to make paper money leSdi
tender for debts incurred before its Is
sue, and later that 1t has unlimited
power to make paper money legal ten
der in peace or war.
6. 1t has twice decided that an in
come tax is constitutional, and once,
the last time-that 1t is not.
The unique thing about our supreme
court is its supremacy over all things
including it's own decisions. 1.-THE law
of the land is thus and so." said an en-
inent jurist arguing before it. 1.-THE
law is not thus and so," said the chief
justice. II beg Your Honor's pardon
but the law was thus and so until Your
Honor spoke. New York World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27

Reed has more power now than Sena-
tor McLaurin will have in December.
And there are other Republicans with
a backing equally as strong at WASH
ington, who will use it to see that they
get proper treatment, and to see fur
ther that the party in South Carolina
is not stripped of it's dues. Altogether
the situation is growing interesting.
Another Republican said yesterday
that the greater part Of the McLaurin
dictatorship in South Carolina would
be confined to the postofices. AS 1t Is,
nine-tenths Of the postmasters in the
state who are holding jobs are Demo-
Gratis. They managed, he said, to keep
enough Republicans to go around.
This applied more particularly to the
smaller offices, and in the filling Of
these Senator McLaurin would not be
hampered. The changes, in measure,
will mean that Democrats will have to
give way to Democrats, but the men to
go in will be stamped with the McLau-
rim stamp.
1T is human nature for the Republi-
cans to fight for the possession Of the
Federal offices in this state, said the
Republican yesterday. land they would
be foolish to sit quietly by and allow
the pap to go to the Democrats. The
party has stuck together for what
there was in 1t. and now take this away
and you will not have any party. Mr..
McLaurin cannot accomplish anything
in three years. He cannot deliver the
Republicans vote, and I am sure Nc
Laurin will not bear the expense of get
ting delegates to the next Republican
convention. In order to keep the party
together there must be some reward.
McLaurin Is not the sole dictator. He
Is not the master of the situation, and
you are going to find tremendous
sensation in politics when the senate is
asked to confirm his appointments. 1t
will never be done. Tillman will fight
this to the bitter end in order to show
his power over his bitter rival, and
Tillman will be supported by Republi-
cans at Washington, who are not will
ing to see the patronage removed from
their friends. Just watch the states
smashed; they will be knocked into a
thousand pieces.
1.-THE National Republican commit
tee doubtless heard the charge made by
certain South Carolina Republicans
that Senator McLaurin was more con-
cerned in his reelection next year than
in the formation or the establishment
Of a white Republican party. From
the way his Federal patronage has
been promised you can see that he Is
simply playing for reelection. The ad-
ministration certainly owes him a
great deal and is paying off old debts
by allowing him certain freedom in the
filling Of the smaller offices. Mark my
word, McLaurin has suggested his last
big appointment. He may fill all the
smaller postoffices In the state, but I
tell you the national Republican COM
mittee has more to say In the man
agement of these affairs than South
Carolina senator, who is masquerad-
ing between a Republican and Demo-
cratic faction. He got very decided
rebuke from the committee and his lit
tie wings have been neatly trimmed
and clipped"