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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
New York Prisons.

ALBANY, N. T., Jan. 20.-The annu- al report of the state commissioner of prisons will be presented to the legis- lature tonight. It shows that during the past year the commission has in- spected all the state institutions sub- ject to its visitation and many of the Jails and other local prisons. On Oct. l, 1901, the number of inmates in the state prisons was 3,323, decrease dur ing the past year of B and decrease since Oct. l, 1895, of 233. Tn the six penitentiaries there were 2,206 inmates. an increase of 20 during the past year and decrease of 2,402 since 1895.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
NAUGATUGK NUGGETS.
Ojeda Council Will Give Annual Con
 cert Friday Evening.

One of the principal social events of the year will be the annual concert and ballball to be given Friday evening at Columbus hall by Ojeda council, No 33, K. of c. 4 large number of tickets have been sold, and the present pros poets are that the affair will be a grand success.
 Miss Anna Shea of Cliff street spent Sunday with relatives in New Haven.
 David Pierce was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Malone for being intoxicated. In the borough court this morning Pierce, who said he hailed from NOrwalk, was let go on condition that he leave town.
 Eight Weary Willies were given lodging in the station house last night.
 The Salem Spring Ice Co. com menced this morning to harvest the ice on the new dam. The ice is about 12 inches or more in thickness and is of splendid quality.
 Thomas Sanford, the man who was arrested few days ago by Constable Butz of Beacon Falls, charged with stealing rubber from the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co, was fined $2 and costs Saturday afternoon by Justice Baldwin. Attorney Sweeney of Nau- gatuck conducted the prosecution and Lawyer Cassidy, of Waterbury, looked out for the interests of Sanford
 Mrs Stephen Sullivan, the Misses Catherine and Winifred Sullivan, of New York, are visiting relatives ill town.
 The board of warden and burgesscs will hold an adjourned meeting to-mor. row night.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
LONG TALK TO BEGIN
Tho Philippine Bill Likely to Be Discussed For a Month
FINAL PASSAGE GENERALLY ADMITTED
Democratic Senators Do Not Hope to Defeat the Tariff Measure, hut They Wish to Present
 Their Views.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Phil ippine question was precip:tated on the senate today when the committee on the Philippines, which has had the house Philippine tariff bill under con- sideration, reported the measure.
 A long discussion of the bill is ex- pected by the Republicans and prom ised by the Democrats. The Demo- cratic leaders say they do not expect to be Able to defeat the bill and dis claim all intention to delay q vote un- necessarily, but they say frankly that they consider that it affords an oppor- tLnity for the presentation of their view of the entire Philippine question which they cannot afford to let pass.
 Senator Lodge will open the discus tiun with brief speech tomorrow, in which he will discuss the merits of the bill and also the necessity for early action. He will be followed by some member of the Democratic representa- ton on the committee, who will outline the Democratic position. He in turn will be followed by other Democratic senator's Many of the senators on the Democratic side are expected to be heard before final action shall be se- cured Indeed, the prediction is freely made that vote will not be obtained within month.
 The calendar of the house of repre- sentatives is still rather meager in im- nortant bills, so that there does not promise to be heavy pressure of busi- ness during the coming week. Today is the regular suspension day, but there are few measures likely to be passed by suspension of the rules. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill will oc- cupy most of the time during the first few days of the week. It carries to- tai of $16, FOG, ,000, which is r;y8her larg for deficiency measure, and it is exg pee*ed that two days will be occupied in consideration.
 The Democratic members of the house committee on coinage, weights and measures have agreed on minori- ty report on the bill directing the sec retary of the treasury ito exchange gold for legal tender silver dollars" and the report was presented today by MT. Shafroth.
 The report takes the position that the passage of the bill is certain to pro duce financial disturbances.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
Retired United States Officer Suggests q Plan for Utilizing the
 National Guard.


 ssTninking men realize that the sized army" said retired officer, ac- cording to the New York Sun, "hut many people are opposed to it's mate rial increase, even though our pos sessions are growing very fast, and the needs for large military force seem imperative. l have what l think is plain that will solve the problem to the satisfaction of everybody. While our people as whole may be opposed to large military estab- lishment in time of peace, yet it is plain that our militia as now organ ized is hardly sufficient to meet the needs of the country in an emergency like that which confronted us when we declared war against Spain. Had Spain been a frst-class power we would have felt our need very sorely at that time.
 E'What I would advise," he contin- ued, lis the appropriation by the na- tional government of sum each year sufficient to make the militia strong in number and efficient in 0~SV be done by providing for 30 or even a 50 days encampment for the militia in each state each year, the national government paying the officers sand men taking part salaries equal to those paid in the regular army for the same period, each encampment to be under the command of some com petent officer of the regular army.
 Tn 30 days a man can learn some thing about soldering, especially as to how to take care of himself in camp and on the march. We would thus in a few ycars have great army of, say, 25O,ooo men, ready to mobilize on few days notice, and almost as effective as regulars.
 '.Iae encampments should be held during the school holidays, and this { would attract to the militia the stu dents from the high schools, acad- emies, colleges and universities, al ways desirable for soldiers. By adopt ing this plan the standing army could be kept at a minimum and the gov ernment would still have at it's call a large and well-disciplined force of citizen soldiers"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
Has Lnrge surplus.

YOUNGSTOWN. O., Jan. 20.-"The Amalgamated association went into the
 last strike with the United States Steel corporation with $72,0O0 in the treasu- ry and spent s200,000 in the fight. It will go into the next convention with S1o0.0O0 in the treasury" said Presi- dent T. J. Shafter of that organization in addressing mass meeting of the men here. "The Amalgamated associa- ton did not lose the strike,'' said Mir. Shaffer. Both lost features in the strike which they would not lose again in many years"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
Raxer steamer Wrecked.

MOBILE. Ala, Jan. 20.-The river steamer Frank s. Stone of the Bigbee & Warrior Packet company was wrecked by a floating log in Mobile river thirty miles above Mobile and lies careened in fifteen feet of water in midchannel. No lives were lost. The steamer carried twenty-five pas sengers, crew of twenty-five and a large general cargo
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
Eleven Prisoners Escaped

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 20.-Eleven prisoners, headed by Moriarity, the Counterfeiteg, escaped from the fed eral prison st McNeils yesterday by burrowing through cement floor into the air pipes. 4 large posse Is noW in pursuit.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
Cost1y Fire at FaIr Rtvsr.

FALL RIVER, Mass.,s Jan. 20.-Fire yesterday in the Globe yarn mills of the New England Cotton Yarn com pany damaged the plant to the extent of about $zoo,o0o- The cause of. the
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
JOHN EVANS, Florist, WATERTOWN

make speciality of funeral " ork. Orders promptly filled. Carnations, roses, violets anG all flowers in sea- son. Get my prices. Drop postal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
WHISKIES:
Gal. Ct Bot

RUNS from S1. 40 to $3.75 q gallon. CALIFORNIA WINES at T3c and S1
 per gallon an2 uL.
 Ladies entrance on Union street. Set Brass City sign on fence.
 Orders delivered to any part of the city. Orders by mail promptly attend ed toA "a .sAs s
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-20
The Barnes House. C. H. BARNES, Prop'r.

Taking Their Daily Outing With good, safe horse to drive would save the ladies many doctors fees. Fresh air is natures tonic. and you get your rig from this stable. 1. Y. PENNEY, scovILI ST.
 Horses given the best of care.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
Didn't Cure Him.

AT Ballygore Police Court, County
Galway, Ireland, a few days ago a
witch doctor" was charged with hav-
ing obtained money by false pretenses.
The accused was a small farmer in the
district and the prosecutor another
farmer named Moore, who had been
i'll. The accused met Moore and told
him If he carried out his instructions
he would be as sound as a rock AS
first installment he demanded about IL
ShlllingS from Moore to get through
the preliminaries and when he came to
the real "cure" he said it would be
necessary to have gold, silver and cop
per coins. The sick man provided a
sovereign, a 2-shilling piece and a pen
ny. The witch doctor then stripped
him, wound him up in a sheet and
placed him sitting in a chair in which
were two red-hot bricks. The patient
underwent terrible agony, but he bore it
patiently, while the witch doctor went
on his knees and uttered some unin-
telligible prayers. After the burning
the doctor put the coins separately
into the sick mans mouth, refusing to
allow him TO touch them with his hand
Then he buried the coins and told
Moore he was cured, but warned him
against looking for the coins, saying
that if any one dug the place up they
would very likely instead find a couple
of "dharkdiels"--ins credited by the
ignorant and superstitious with the
powers of evil. The police subsequent
ly dug up the ground where the coins
were supposed to have been buried, but
none was found there. The prisoner
was held for trial
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
sPOONER,s CHANCES.

Gov. Lafollette dominates complete
ly the Republican situation in Wiscon-
sin, a fact that was demonstrated at
the recent Republican convention. The
Governor permitted the convention to
give Senator Spooner a qualified en-
dorsement for reelection to the Sem
ate. The qualification was that Spoon
er should accept and support the whole
platform as adopted by the convention
1t chances that in the platform are
several notions of Gov. Lafollette that
are hateful TO Senator Spooner. He
had previously combatted and repu-
ditated these notions and endeavored
to get the majority of the party to
sustain his views. But Lafollette was
too strong with the people and car
ried his point. AS a concession to the
Spooner element of the party, however,
the Governor gave it out that he was
willing for Spooner to succeed himself
provided he would accept and stand
by the platform. This at first Senator
Spooner fatty refused to do, but his
friends persuaded him to remain in the
race for the Senate and keep quiet
and possibly the difficulty would adjust
itself. And the Senator has been keep
ing very quiet ever since on the sub
ject of the objectional planks, not
withstanding he has been making
speeches and advocating the election
of the Republican ticket.
Gov. Lafollette, however, is not sat
isfied with this silence on Senator
Spooner's part. He is apparently de-
termined to make the Senator swallow
the platform or lose his seat. During
the course of a speech a day or two
ago the Governor said: 81 will raise
my voice for the reelection of John
G. Spooner for the United States Sem
ate when Senator Spooner raises his
voice for primary elections and enact
ing into law the taxation bills that
were defeated by the last Legislature"
That is regarded as a direct challenge
to Spooner. and as notice to him that
unless he comes into line with the Gov
ernor he will have TO go.
Senator Spooner is an able man and
the Senate would miss him, but II
would doubtless survive the shock of
his defeat by Lafollette.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
when Poe Reeited ..The Raven,


81 became acquainted with Mr.. Poe
during his last visit 70 Richmond, in
1919. at Duncan Lodge, the home of
our mutual friend, Mrs. Jane Macken-
zie, and of Poe's sister, Rosalie." says
Or. John F. Carter in a paper in Lip
pincotts Magazine, for November, on
the American poets last night in
Richmond.
1T was at Mrs. Mackenzies that /
first beard Poe recite, at her request,
The Raven and 'Annabel Lee only
the family being present. From an I'M
usually lively mood he lapsed at once
into a manner, expression, and tone
of voice of gloomy and almost weird
solemnity, gazing as if on something
invisible TO others, and never chang
ing his position until the recitation
was concluded. 1t happened that he
had just before requested of Mrs. Mac
/ kenzie the loan of a sum of money,
which request she was for the time
unable to comply with; and she now
said to him, Edgar, what do you think
of giving a public recital of those
poems? 1t would probably prove a
financial success. The result was
that about week later there appeared
in the city papers a notice that on a
certain evening the poet would give a
recitation of his own two favorite
poems in the Exchange concert room,
tickets to be had at a certain book
store. Over two hundred of these
were printed, the charge of admission
being fifty cents each.
"On the appointed evening 1, then a
young man of "a, accompanied Mrs. Jul
liza Mayo CabeIl and another lady, both
warm personal friends of Poe from his
childhood, to the place of the proposed
recitation. We arrived some moments
after the appointed time, and, to our
surprise, found, instead of a full audi
ence, but nine persons assembled, we,
together with the usher. making thir-
teen in number. Some time elapsed
before Poe made his appearance, when
he took his place on the platform, bow
ed, recited The Raven and 'Annabel
Lee but in a mechanical sort of way,
and with a total lack of the weird
and gloomy expression which had Civ
en- them such effect at Mrs. Macken-
zie's. On concluding he again bowed
and abruptly left the platform"
THE proceeds of this experiment was
six dollars, in consideration of which,
Mr.. Boyden, proprietor of the Ex-
change, would make no charge for the
use of the hall, lights. and attendance"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-U Club; Dekalb
Lodge No. 1. o. o. F.; Ancient Land
mark Lodge No 321, F. and S. M;
Savannah Lodge No 1873, B. P. o. Elks.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Strach-
an & Co., Agents; Ship Notice, A
Stewart, Master British Steamship
Palattnia; Ship Notice, Williamson &
Rauers, Agents; Union Station Res
taurant; Physical Culture Class at the
Bowling Alley, is Broughton street;
Special Notice. Delmonico.
Business NOTES.-The Franco-Amer-
lean Products, A. NJ. & c. w. West
At the Theater-Quintan and Wall
Minstrel Thursday Matinee and night.
Bankruptcy Notices.. D. Parker Of
Ware; John W. Bugs of Glynn; Tur-
ner Brewer of Ware; Eugene Mccall of
Chatham; C. H. Deitrick of Chatham;
M Morrison of Montgomery; ]. E. Nc
Rae of Montgomery; Raymond H.
Screven of Chatham; James J. Walker
of Tattnall: Ellen Norton of Chatham;
w. S. Branham of Ware: w. R. Nc
Intyre of Chatham.
Dress Goods-Foye & Eckstein.
"Presto!" Nv
Beauty and F1tness-Gorham Silver.
Beers-A. B. G. Beers.
Mathematician Watches.
whiskey-Congress Hall Whiskey;
Murray Hill Club Whiskey; Green
River Whiskey.
Baking Powder-Royal Baking Pow
der.
Insurance-New York Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
MedioaI-Paines Celery Compound;
Vinol; Worlds Dispensary Prepare
lions: Hostetters Stomach Bitters; S.
s. s.; TUFTS Pills; Or. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy; Syrup of Figs; Dead
Shot Vermifuge.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cel1aneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
Personal.

David Rose, Democratic candidate
for Governor of Wisconsin, dedicated
the new opera house at Elkhorn the
other evening by delivering a Demo-
cratic speech from it's stage.
President William R. Harper of the
University of Chicago has won a final
victory over the advocates of co-educa-
ton in that institution. The board of
trustees has. by a vote of thirteen to
three, decided in favor of the plan to
separate the men and women of the
freshmen and sophomore classes. Stu
dents will hereafter attend recitations
according to sex.
Carson Wallace was recently ap-
pointed teacher of the school at Bra
denville near Latrobe, Pa. On enter
ing the schoolroom the other morning
he was informed by his biggest pupil,
burly young ruff1an, that he was GO
ing to be licked. Wallace brides him
self on being an expert boxer and in
about three minutes the school bully
lay in corner with a broken jaw and
ais eyes in deep mourning. Then the
teacher washeds his hands at the pump
and called up the first class in history.
Gen. DeWet, the sturdy Boer lead
er. carried his independence with him
to London and showed it in marked
fashion during his interview with CO.
lonial Secretary Chamberlain. The lat
ter addressed him as Mr.. DeWet. {"
whereupon the warrior from South
Africa corrected him by saying Gen.
DeWet. Almost Immediately after
ward Mr.. Chamberlain repeated the
mr." and DeWet said sternly, Gen
eral or nothing" Then the suave
Chamberlain followed Lord Kitchener's
example and recognized the military
status of his visitor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
WHY TAMMANY IS ATTACKED.

AS the campaign in New York pro-
crosses Mr.. Hill and other Democratic
workers are opening the eyes of the
people to the fact that Republican
government means bad and costly gov
eminent. Take the city of New York
for instance. where a reform ad-
ministration under Republican auspices
has been in power since the last cleo
ton. Every unprecedented person is
bound to admit the fact that the city
is worse governed under Mayor Low,
at greater cost, than it was under Tam
many. And for this step backward in
municipal administration the people are
paying millions of dollars extra For
thirty years or whereabouts Philadel-
phia has been under the rule OF a Re-
publican ring, which has grown so cor
rupt, and has so dulled the civic con-
science, that it has been said the ring
sters mo longer have to hide to steal"
In comparison with this Philadelphia
gang, Tammany Hall at its worst is
lily-white.
New York citys Democracy is a
power in the national Democratic par
ty. Attacks upon Tammany, therefore,
are made for the purpose of influence
ing national as we'll as local politics,
a fact which should be recognized by
Southern Democrats.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
CANAL PRosPEcrs.

The advocates of the Nicaragua
route for the proposed isthn1ian canal
raised four principal objections to the
selection of the Panama route, as fol-
lows:
First, that the new Panama Canal
Company had not the power to sell;
second, that the liquidator of the old
Panama Canal Company has not power
TO consent to such sale; third, that the
French courts have no power TO au-
thorize the liquidator and the new
company, or either of them, to enter
into the sale; fourth, that the United
States would take the property, if at
all, as a trust fund, subject to total
obligations to stockholders, bondhold-
ers and other creditors Of both COM
panies.
Attorney General Knox exhaustively
considered all of these points in his
recent examination into the status of
the matter, and has reported to the
President that in purchasing the canal
from the new Panama Canal Company
the United States would receive a good,
valid and unincumbered title. Thus
apparently a long step has been taken
in the direction of the contamination
Of this great engineering feat, in
which Americans have become so
much interested.
But the report of the Attorney Cen
eral does not entirely clear up the sit
fc al 20 ho
dealt with, and it is by no means GER
tain just when satisfactory arrange
ments can be made with that country.
At present Colombia is in the throes of
civil war; with the advantage appar-
emily on the side of the Instruction
lists. The Panama Canal Company is
now acting under the consent of the
Colombian government to sell to the
United States. But there is no means
of knowing what view a possible new
government-the government of sue
cessful revolutionists-would take of
the matter. The new rulers of Colon
bia might repudiate every agreement
of the old rulers respecting the
matter and wish to open nego-
tiations on their own behalf that would
give them more money and better adj
vantages. Until matters in Colombia
become more settled and a stable gov
eminent once more gets into control,
the canal matter cannot be brought to
permanent head. But once terms
have been reached and a treaty signed
we shall be in position to put diggers
and policemen on the isthmus.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
bright BITS.

They are making use of their
empty coal-bin; bought some hens and
use it for a coop" quite a scheme.
Maybe they think the hens'1l lay egg
coal in it. philadelphia Evening Bull
letin.
-He-T have proposed to at least
four Philadelphia girls in my life, and
each of them has said she would be a
sister to me-" She-"That accounts
for their calling Philadelphia the "City
of Brotherly Love- "-Yonkers States
man.
You don't have much to say on
public questions?" mo" answered
Senator Sorghum. 'I am very much
inclined to think that in modern af-
fairs public questions are of less con-
sequence than private understandings"
Washington Star.
Now, then, children said the
teacher who had been commenting up
on polar expeditions, "who can tell me
what fierce animals inhabit the re-
gions of the North Pole?'' "Polecats,"
shouted the boy at the foot of the
class.-Philadelphi Press.
-Consta ble-"What, siri Dae We
suggest that 1 wad TAX a bride? Dae
We dare to insult me, sir?" The Err
ring One-"Oh, excuse me, l really
-" Constable-"Bit now, supposin'
I wis that kind o. mon, how much
wild We be inclined to gle ?"-Glasgow
Evening Times.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28
Same Old Goods.

From the Denver Post
Same old battle, same old swords,
Same old heelers in the wards,
Same old brand of campaign lie,
Same old scramble for the pie.
Same old torches Pickering glare,
Same old blasts of heated air,
Same old promises of what
They will do and they will not,
Same old music by the band.
Same old spouters on the stand,
Same old banners floating high.
In the lurid campaign sky
Same old pledges gravely spoken
Pledges made but to be broken.
Same old marches through the streets
Same old slush in party sheets,
Same old flicker" swinging votes,
Same old FOUNDERS turning coats,
Same old projects, same old tricks,
Same old rotten politics,
Same old disconnected flops,
Same intimidating cops.
Same old bruisers on the rolls
Booked for duty at the polls,
Same old anything to win"
Same repeaters flocking in,
Same old keen official rods,
Same old registration frauds,
Same old bitter jealousies,
Same old hints" to EMPLOYEES
Same old pointers, same old tips,
Same old cracks of bosses whips.
Same old Judas smiles so bland.
Same deceitful outstretched hand.
Same old "Howdy? Howdy do?
Say, | want to speak to you!"
Just the same old bunko game
We're so used to-just the same.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-28

of studies that must at present be pur-
sued by the candidate for the bache-
lor's degree at Oxford is being serious
ly considered by the university author
tiles. Should this be done it Will mean
cation in England, where the exalta-
ton of the classical has been always
the distinctive feature. The purpose of
those who favor the omission of Greek
in the manner indicated is to offer
courses more adapted to the students
needs and better calculated to aid him
in his future life.