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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
PROF. HART'S FARM SCHOOL
4 UNIQUE IND HIGHLY USEFUL
 ENTERPRESE.

Professor Hart Tells at United Church,
 Before the Mems Club, Of His Work 1 DC.
 1 William H. H. Hart, Professor of Law in
 Harvard University, Washington, D. C.,
 gave a most interesting account in the Un- | tied Church last evening of his work for
 colored waifs at his farm school on the Potomac. In introducing him, Lewis s. Welsh, the president of the men's club, mentioned that Prof. Hart had met in the church after the morning service for the first time in over thirty years the husband Of the young woman from Connecticut who came down into Alabama after the war and was nls teacher and the chief means ot inspiring him to obtain an education. Prof. Hart told of his early struggles for an education and of his success in gaining the position of law professor in Harvard Uni
 yerslty in addition to a lucrative law prac-
 tice. His court business brought to his
 knowledge the fact that colored boys in
 Washington when convicted by the courts
 were sent to the jail instead of to the in stitutions to which white boys of the same age were sent. The charters of these insti, tutions restricted their use to white boys.
 Ill his effort to save these boys of his race from the evil influences of the jail, Prof. Hart began his farm school in which for several years past he has cared for 40 to 60 boys each year The expenses for the care of some of these boys have been met in part and some Prof. Hart has taken care of at his own expense. He has expended over $40,000, he said of his own funds and his school is in debt several thousands more. The boys, he said, were not locked up, but had yielded readily to kind treatment and were quickly made docile and obedient. In Washington Mr. Hart said, the people did not call him Professor but the "Picka- ninnies Daddie, because he was giving so much effort searching out these little colored waifs. The boys in his school are taught elementary studies four hours each day. They are also given agricultural training,
 including blowing, feeding and care of stock and like farm work; also instuction In blacksmithing, mending farm machinery etc. The boys are called to the school and to meals and from their various duties by the same bell which was used before the war to assemble the slaves on the great plantation of 15,000 acres of which the school farm is part. The former owner of 1t or about six acres to which he has been reduced He recently told Prof. Hart that he did not see but that the old bell was doing the same work as formerly, call ing negroes to and from work and treating them about as they were in the days before the war. Prof. Hart replied there was this difference, that of the man who rings the bell
 Prof. Hart was born a slave in family this state, and it is said that his master was his father, from which he has inherited the marked ability which he evidently pos sesSeS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
A RIVER OF LAND.
SOME FIGURES ABOUT THE AS-
 TONISHING
Amount of Land That Flows Down
 the Mississippi.

That capacity of the Mississippi for
 filing up canals and old channels is something awful. Government en-
 gineers have found that the amount of
 solid matter '''' annually carried past Vicksburg in supension is enough to
 make block of earth % feet high and
 mile square. Fifty feet off the top of | this is bread around on the valley be- | tween here and the sea, and the rest
 goes out into the Gulf of Mexico, to
 build up more continent.
 Think what that means. Instead of a
 river of water this is a river of land.
 It would make a solid stream of earth
 five feet and nine feet wide, flowing
 night and day as fast as man can walk-four miles an hour-al sliding
 down off the northern half of the coun- | try toward the sea. Year in, year out, | that endless line of earth goes on. It
 would take a force of more than 50,0O0 | men, working in eight-hour shifts, to | throw the dirt into the stream, suppos | ing the river bed were rigid and an in- | exhaustible supply of dirt on the bank. | It would make 5,000 900 wagon loads ev- cry year. But here-what Is the use of such figures? Below yioksburg-and above It. too, to an extent-we have the earth itself to speak for It. Except for
 the occasional fragments of the line of bluffs along the eastern edge below here-which bob up at Fort Adams, at Natchez, at Grand Gulf, at Baton
 Rouge, at Port Hudson-there is noth- ing about the level of the high-water river except the artificial levees. These are in places miles back-great earthen banks, sometimes thirty feet high or more, sodded and free from trees, which protect the wonderfully fertile region behind them. And all this level country which the river overflows and fertilizes is constantly increased by this river of dirt which the Mississippi brings down from the inner region, gathered all the way from the Rockies to the Alleghen- ies. Sometimes the river starts to eat away this land that it has made. In single summer, if it will, it eats away half mile of it out of some bend. It cuts it out sometimes an acre at a bite and takes with it forests, houses levees and all else. The river is not uni- formly moving stream. One side or the middle moves swiftly, the other parts are still or sluggish. Sometimes even these run up stream. The swift part Is the channel current and runs in the | deepest sections It makes crossings | whenever driven off shore by promon- tory, These crossings are dumping places for the surplus earth the river has picked up in the bend it is eating.- John Swain, in Ainslee's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
 YOU MEAT EATERS.o
The Baltimore Man Says Things.

You meat eaters who are ailing in any sort of way might take a valuable hint from the following;
 A gentleman in Baltimore writes, "F'or long time I steadily ran down because of an intense pain in my side, and also in the pit of my stomach. I was miserable and everything I ate caused distress. I fell away from 1855 pounds to 150. Lost my ambition for work. was drowsy all of the time, felt tired in the morning as did upon going to bed at night.
 I was steady meat eater three times a day for several years. Somebody told me that if I would change my diet and take Grape Nuts Breakfast Food at two meals in the day I would improve. I made the experiment and in less than two weeks began to improve very rapidly. My appetite came back, and I slept better than I had for months.
 I used Grdpe-Nuts both at breakfast and lunch and ate little meat for din- ner, but not much I discovered that a few teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts would furnish more nourishment than quan- titles of meat
 My improvement has continued until now I weigh 195 pounds which is a gain of about 45 pounds in five months and feel in magnificent condition. Please do not publish my name if you use this letter but I will gladly tell any person of the benefits received if self address ed, stamped envelope is sent" Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
CAUGHT ON BURNING SHIP
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 the youngest of the little ones was re- covered opposite Mound City.
 Another terribly sad circumstance was the loss of one of the children of Pilot Pritchard. The little one was tossed from the burning steamer to arms waiting to catch it in yawl, but it struck against the side of the boat and fell into the river.
 One of the surviving members of the crew gave this account: "The fire was discovered al 4:05 a. m. in the forward hold. In few moments the bow was a wreck The front stairways burned, cutting off any avenue of escape. We alarmed the sleeping passengers, burst ing open the doors to awaken them They ran out without putting on life preservers and were crowded. The off cers held them back while the one yawl was loaded with women and children.
 "The scene was awful. About twen- ty or thirty were taken off in the boat, and then those in the water were res l cued The water was very cold and the passengers were in their night clothing. Those who were not burned in the boat were drowned, all except those who were able to swim. I was l one of these
 When we reached shore we were un- able to stand and had to be helped out of the water. It seemed as though we were crazed by fright, for we were screaming with fright even after we were safe ashore"
 Captain Phillips said: "The fire caught in the hold. The night watch man claims to have been in the hold five or ten minutes before the fire was discovered. The pilot headed the steam CT directly into the bank and the sharp bow stuck in the mud. The boat lies quartering with the bank
 Mrs. Mulkey, wife of Judge Mukey of Metropolis, Ills, boarded the City P!ttsbur shortly before the disaster. She said:
 q got on the boat at Metropolis to take passage to Cairo All of the pas sengers were asleep when I went on board and I went at once to my state room and lay down with my clothes on. It must have been an hour or more before I noticed bright light shining into my stateroom. l immediately got up and opened the window and saw
  that moment the electric light went out. got life preserver and put it on, and managed to grope my way by the light of the flames to door opposite. It was barber shop Then | groped fur ther down to another door, which op- ened out into the guards. But few pas sengers were aroused at this time and l, with oars, climbed out over the guards and down the railing, hand over hand over the life boat which was below me.
 T hung suspended by my arms for a while and was caught by man who was seated in the boat. By this time others crowded into the boat and alled it to overfiowing, but as if prov!den- tially the flames reached the ropes that held the lifeboat, and we dropped into the river before others could push
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
Many KtIIed In Explosion.

Manogua, Nicaragua, Rpril 20-A se- were explosion of tons of dynamite oc- cured here the night of April 16 A large two-story barracks, situated neal the lake front and in the center ot the city, was blown to fragments. Be- tween 100 and 200 officers and soldiers are reported to have been killed and many soldiers and other persons are re- ported to have been injured.
 The present lowest estimate of the damage caused by the explosion in houses, furniture, cannon and war ma terial, is 5000 0OO pesos.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
Polls Wonderland v'henter.

A merry and high class bill of mod ern variety will begin the week at Polls this afternoon. As a top-liner Manager Poli presents a costly imported act, Kara, the king of jugglers, who is rated as being the real thing in that line now- adays.
 His bill is enticingly good in every re- spect. Jordan and Welch, the Hebrew comiques; Keough and Ballard, in "A Vaudeville Surprise" the Four Hills, in "One Christmas Eve" are all spe- cially good features.
 A. O. Duncan, the ventriloquist Ina Allen, the California contralto; Coakley and Heusted, in their lively melange, "A Man, Woman and a Dog" West and Lewis, and Rogers and Basil, with illustrated songs, are in the olio.
 Prices: Matinee 10 and 20 cents; even- ing 10, 20 and 30 cents; ladies at matinee 10 cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
SOUTH AMERICAN RELATIONS
THE COMMERCIAL ARRANG F
 IENTS
With Other Republics of This Hemf-
 sphere Are Not Satisfactory.

| ph
 sphere Are Not Satisfactory.
 The estimate of us held by the other
 republics of this hemisphere has not al-
 ways been free from jealousy or sus picion Neither are our commercial re-
 lations with them upon satisfactory
 basis There are several reasons for
 this, two of the leading ones being,
 first, the lack of frequent and direct
 communication, and, second, the ab- sence of satisfactory tariff arrange | ments Much might be done to over come the first off our government would | give greater encouragement to the es- tablshment of steamship lines. and the second if satisfactory reciprocity treat ies could be made
 Social intercourse is quite apt to fol- | low commerce. With Mexico, since the | opening of the various railroad lines, we have established not only a large commerce. but quite intimate financial and social relations; but with the other countries we have little trade and less social intercourse There are good req | sons for the latter. Aside from this | similarity of our systems of government we possess little in common with Latin America, They have different Ian guage. religion and historical associa tion Their government loans, financial exchanges and banking are with Flu rope their steamship communication is most frequent to the ports of the Con- tinent and the tide of travel turns thither.
 There is also a reason of a personal character which has operated to our disadvantage with the American countries. Too little attention has been given to the fitness of the diplomtic and consular representative sent to them by our government It is calum- ny to state as has been charged, that the Spanish American countries have been made the "Bottany Bay" of brok- en down American politicians; but it Is true that the diplomatic posts on this hemisphere are not so much sought af- ter, nor has the government exercised as much care in filling them, as those in Europe. This does not grow out of the fact of lower salaries, as congress has treated them on an equality. But it is a. rare instance that a person when appointed a minister or consul to the Spanish h-American countries has any knowledge of the language, and in all most any case he has had no previous diplomatic experience. Our country will not exert the influence in Latin Ameri- ca that it should until greater atten- tion is given to the appointment of min isters and consuls iitted for their posts John W. Foster in Atlantic Monthly
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
THE DANCE TONIGHT.

Of the Howe & Stetson Athletic Asso-
 ciatIon. The Howe & Stetson Athletic associa- tion employees dance and entertainment at Harmonic hall Monday evening, April 28 will be a great affair. The committee has just completd all ar rangements and will spare no pains to make splendid time for all who at tend.
 The programme for dancing is as fol- lows. An orchestra of ten pieces VII furnish music.
 Order of Dancing. 1. Two step-San Toy. 2. Waltz-The Strollers. 3. Three step-Buffalo Bellies. 4. Two step--Creole Belles. 5. Waltz-The Founders 6. Three step-One Heart, One Mind. z. Two step-Second Regiment. S. Waltz-Autumn Buds.
 Intermission. g. Two step-Gainsborough 10. Waltz-Burgomaste II. Three step-Singing Girl. 12. Two step-Linger Longer. 13. Waltz-Singing Girl. IA. Three step--The Yorke. 15. Two step-The Invincble Eagle. IS. Two step. three step and waltz The H. & s. A. A. Home, Sweet Home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
SOME ITEMS OF P ERSONAL INTER
 EST RECORDED.

InsuIased Wire Compnny's Affairs Not
 Disturbed by Rubber Compauy's Re-
 ceivership-The Grading of Center
 Street.
 Saturday morning Upson & Granniss of New Haven with a force of men and d ten ton steam roller began work on Center street hill and inside of week it is probable that the street will have a fine roadbed and be in the best con- dition that it ever was since the town of Wallingford was first settled. There were many spectators all day watch ing the road roller doing its work.
 An impression prevails among some that the appointment of a receiver for the Metropolitan Rubber company will offset the business now being carried on at the large brick factory at Parker street, by the New York Insulated Vie company. It will not affect it in the least.
 E. M Hubbard is in Philadelphia on a visit.
 Mrs. L. M. Hubbard went to Wilbra- Adlil, IhdsS', CdluiudS oli et NISit lo lcl son, Kenneth, who is a student at the academy.
 G. M. Hallenbeck is home from western trip.
 Mrs. E, A. Manning left Saturday for her home in Montclair, N. J.
 J. Alvin Scott of Everet, Mass, is in town.
 W. T. Collett begins work this morn ing at the Housatonic Manufacturing company in the shipping room.
 Mrs Albert Nerdrum will soon start on a visit to England for few weeks George McAneny of New York, secre- tary of the National Civil Service Re form league, will lecture before the Women's club Monday afternoon, April 2S.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
f their way into the hoat.

| their way into the boat. | '"rhe lifeboat commenced to drift back toward the burning steamer and we thought that we were to die after all.
 We had no oars, and the men used their hands for oars. There were peo- pie in the river all about us on every side.
 After we had managed to get to the
 shore, fires were lighted and the poor men and women and children, many of them in their night clothes, shivering with the cold and from their wet cloth ing, huddled about the fires. Many of them had lost those dearest to them and their cries and means were heart rending.
 Some were burned but more were badly bruised and cut by coming into contact with the wreckage. People chung to shutters and anything they could find to float on to shore, and on- ly a few succeeded. A physician who, with his wife was among the passen- gers, managed to quiet the suffering of some by administering morphine, of which he had a small quantity"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
Telegraph Briefs,

Cincinnati, April 2O.-The large brewery of the Christian Moerlein company was damaged more than S10O,000 by fire today, supposed to be due to spontaneous com, bustion. The entire fire department was engaged for four hours in getting the fire under control.
 Baltimore, April 20-Colonel Charles Marshall, military secretary of General Robert F. Lee during the civil war. and for many years one of the leaders of the Bal timore bar. died of apoplexy at his home here late last night He had been in bad health for about two years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
CHANGES AT MONsON S CO.'S.

The following changes have taken place
 in the staff at the Charles Monson Co. S store: MT. Herbert ]. Lane, former em- poyee, has returned to the service of the company, and will! take the position in the domestic department, held for so many wears by Charles Jones' chief trumpeter of the Second regiment. Miss Marzorii Scrim- geour, who was also with the company several years ago, has returned and taken up the position of head cashier, Miss Catherine Ryan, who has been clerk at the Underwear department for the last three years, has resigned her position.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
FREDERICK ERNEST KoEPcHEN

The funeral services over the remains of Frederick Ernest Koepchen, young est son of Rev. MT. and Mrs. William Y. Koepchen, took place Friday morn ing at the home of his parents in New York city. Rev. MT. Steup of New York officated. After the services at the house the remains were taken to Meriden, where Rev. Samuel F. Chaser pastor of St. Johns Lutheran church. officiated. The interment was in the Gethsemane Lutheran cemetery in that city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
YALE DRAMATTCS

The sale of seats for the Yale Dra- matic association's elaborate produc- tion of the two amusing comedies "The Critic" and High Life Below Sta:rs'' at the Hyperion Wednesday and Thurs day evenings, opens at the box office at 3 o'clock this morning.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
REACHED AN AGREEMENT.

Fair Haven Road Buys Slice of Kelly
 Land.
 Ansonia, April 20.-The Fair Haven and Westville Electric Read company has reached an agreement with James Kelly, the owner of the Quillinan prop erty, for so much of the land as it wants for it's roadbed, and the details of the matter are being fixed up. It is stated that the company now has secured all the property along it's route that it de- sides and is ready to push the line as far as it can. come, which is the Orange town line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
EN1 ERTAIN M ENIS.
Hyperion 'rheater,

MRS. FISKE APPEARS NEXT FRI DAY NIGHT. It is a matter of reorganization that this city is soon to enjoy Mrs. Fiske's new play, "The Unweloome Mrs. Hatch, which will be presented at the Hyperion next Friday night. The New York Her. aid, in it's review of the production of this play, said:
 'An audience, numerous, and with an excellent representation of the cultured class, among whom this actress has many followers, received the play with called Mrs. Fiske out many times-a tribute as spontaneous as it was pro- longed. Both from the attitude of the audience during the performance and what was overheard between the acts there seemed a general agreement that Mrs. Harrison has provided Mrs. Fiske with one of the strongest roles, if not indeed the strongest, in which she has been seen"
 "A Bit of Old Chelsea, in which Mrs. Fiske will also appear, concludes the performance. Seats on sale Wednes- day. Prices $2, $150 and $1.
 F. H. Sothern, in If I Were King" is announced at the Hyperion theater next Monday evening. The cast in- cludes George w. Wilson, A. R. Law renee, John Findlay, Norman Connors H. J. Carvill, s. c. Mather, Rowland Blackstone, Herbert Ayling, F. A. Thomson, w. J. Sorelle, F. Lotto, Helen McGregor, Fanny Burt, Charlotte Deane, Helen Logan Norma Hobson and others.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-21
WILLIAM s. o'DoNNELL-FoR-
MERELY OF THE TONTINE.

OLN
 William s. O'Donnell of Danbury died Friday after an illness of six months with stomach trouble He was twentytwo years of age and had been for four years bookkeeper at the Ton tine hotel, this city. He leaves many friends.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-01-22
ACKN0WL EDGMENT
BY REV. G0WEn

r. Boyd Wells, manager Of the
Artists Quartette Club. which has
volunteered lie services in behalf Of
Trinity church. today received the
following acknowledgment from Rev.
GOwen;
Dear w. Boyd Wells: Many
thanks for your kind and generous
offer which we shall most gratefully
accept and DO our best 70 make a sue
cess. The bright side II our calam-
ity has been the expressions Of
sympathy which has been unani-
rnousfy called forth and We shall all
DO our best 70 rise superior 70 adj
vereity and build better than before.
20 with the last strains ~ the or
gan In our ears from yesterday We
shall look forward 10 the voice ~ it,
successor and shall. trust in time
learn 70 feel oonsoled for our heavy
ioHs.
with many thanks 10 the mem
bers ~ the Artists Quartette Club.
aHd 10 yourself, am, yours very
sincerely.
f'HERBEHT " GOWEN."
Manager Howe. OF the Seattle the
alter. has rendered the use of HIS
house during any afternoon desired
for the entertainment.
The duartettc consists of Grace
Helen Bradley, soprano. Anna Sell
Kirk Norton cOntraito; Arthur Icons
ard Alexander. tenor. and q. Mag
nus Schultz. baHso. Boyd Wells ia
The acoompanish
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-01-22
0. M. MOVES
ON SATURDAY
New Location al Second and Union
Repairing the DIX

The offices og the United States
ousr'errnaster win be moved or Sat
urdsy next from the fourth door
Of the Pacific block 20 the second
floor o. the Denny building 81 the
corner Of Union street and Second
avenue.
The contract for repairs 20 the
transport nix has not been award
ed yet. The estimated cost Of the
work which provides for a gem
erai overhauiinR q the vessel. r. es-
timated At sl2.00O. OF this amount
ahouf 1000 worth ~ the repairs viii
be performed By iaborers In the en-
ployment Of the auartermnHters de-
partmenf. The remaining portion ~
the work Wan be on repairs 10 the
machinery.
The Marine Iron works ~ this city
were the lowest bidders for the work
20 be let 20 civilian concerns. but
yesterday they notified ouartermaa-
ter PenrOse that they would be I'M
able 20 comply with their agreement.
Accordingly the tender ~ the NEXT
lowest bidder 49, the Heffernan I'm
CINE works. was recommended for
acceptance 20 the department ~ the
quarterruaater. Advices from wash
ington are hourly expected and the
recommendation Of the quartermas-
ter VIII no doubt be approved. II
IL expected that the transport Will
be IN condition 70 sail within six
weeks.