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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
REACHED AN AGREEAIENTs

Chicago, Dec 3O.-After two weeks of discussion the local union of the United Garment Workers of America and the Wholesale Tailors' association reached an agreement last night and signed a contract, which went into ef- feet at once and continues until March 1, IoU4. By the terms of the contract the union gets full recognition; forty eight hours will constitute a weeks work, and the minimum pay by the week is to be $20 for suit cutters, SIS for trousers. cutters and S14 for coat trimmers. The workmen are given six holidays a year with full pay, and un- der no circumstances shall anyone be compelled to work on Labor day. Time and half is allowed for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays. The contract provides further for inn mediate arbitration of all disputes.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
COAL SIP A TON.
And some Local Firms Have None to
 Sell At Any Price.

$ 7 @ |, |
 The price of coal has jumped to s12 and the probability is that the price Will go higher unless the local mar ket is soon relieved. It is well nigh exhausted. Twelve dollars is the price quoted by the City Lumber and Coal company. No price is given by Frank Miller x Go for the simple reason that they have no coal to sell. This is the first time since the big coal strike, which has so seriously affected the peo- pie throughout the country began, that this company has stopped selling coal. When other dealers were out this com- pany was supplying the entire city one might say. At the City Lumber and Coal company's only orders for pea coal are being received. A represen- tative of the Frank Miller & company spoke as follows to a Democrat re- porter to-day in regard to the coal sit uatiOn: No, we are not selling any coal nor do we know when we will be- gin to sell to the public again. Of course we receive little coal now and then, but we have to sell that to the factories. We have to keep our con- tracts with the factories or forfeit the bonds. Anyway, the public can do without coal better than the factories. The people can use wood, while the factories must have coal or shut down If they shut down the people will be thrown out of work and they will have neither coal nor money. We have been doing as we'll as we could. We have been selling coal to the factories and the public while the supplies of the other dealers were exhausted. Yes. I don't see why the price of coal won't be raised. Anthracite costs SIP ton wholesale in New York to-day. One or two of the local dealers have been buy ina coal and selling it to their custom ers for less than it cost them. They won't be able to do this much longer. What is the prospect? Rather poor. I should say, at the present time. Coal keeps coming in only in small quanti- ties. far from being large enough to meet the demand
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
.HELD UP BY LONE ROBBEP
Robbed Conductor and Passen-
 ger and Made His Escape.

# # 85 5 '. i < f k C Y 8 a The Conductor Fired at Him With a
 Winchester and He Thinks He Hit
 Him-A Special Train Bearing Po-
 licemen Has Gone in Pursuit of the
 Man.
 Louisville, Ky, Dec 30.-An attempt was made by lone robber to hold up the New Orleans Cincinnati north, bound express on the Louisville and Nashville railroad as the train was en- tering South Louisville early this morn ing. He got but little booty and is be- lieved to have been shot by the conduc- tor, J. D. Keene.
 Keene was going through the sleeper in which were the porter, the Pullman conductor and one passenger, J. E. Moore. A masked man sprang at Keene from a dark corner and com handed him to throw up his hands. Keene grappled with him. Al bullet from the robbers pistol stunned him and the highwayman pulled the signal cord. While the train was slowing down he robbed the Pullman conductor and MT Moore, taking $26 from the lat ter. As the train stopped the robber left the car. Conductor Keene mean While recovered his senses, got a Win chester and left the train in pursuit of his assailant. He fired several shots at the latter and after one of them the robber uttered cry of pain. Keene believes his shot went true.
 A special train bearing police and of1c1als. left this city to search for the robber immediately on the arrival here of the express.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
FATHER rRAYNoR's WORK,
Good showng Made for the Nine
 Months He Has Had Charge.

Good showng Made for the. Nine
 Months He Has Had Charge,
 The following is the report for the past nine months of the Rev Matthew Traynor, pastor of St MichaePs church, Waterville. and St Mary Magdalene's s church, Oaxville: Receipts $5,922, con sisting of $4,519.50 from St Michaeps and $1, ,4O2.50 from St Mary Magda- lene's. The expenditures were S4,- 519.5O for St NIichaefs and $1,O02.5O for St Mary Magdalene's. For the former church there is no balance on hand, while there is a $4OO balance from the Oakville church fund. The expenses include the paying of $2,407.75 of the mortgage of St MichaeIs and of $2S9.5O on the mortgage of St Mary Magdalene's. The mortgage on the former church is now $2,0O0 and on the Oakville church is $3,000. The ex- penses also include about 5000 which was used to furnish the church and house in Waterville.
 When it is considered that there are only about 300. Catholics in Waterville and 217 in Oakyille this is q remarka- ble showing for the above parish, which has been only organized nine months. During that time the Rev Father Tray, nor has labored earnestly in his new field and he should feel proud that his 1abors have met with such good results The Catholics of Waterville and Oak vile are now well organized and may be expected to do even better during the coming year.
 The Rev Father Traynor has had plans prepared by Architect Jackson for the remodeling of St MichaeTs church and for a new parochial resi- dence. which will be erected on the property in the rear of the church. When the work on the church is com pleted it will be practically new church. It is expected that the work on the church and residence will be commenced during the latter part of January.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
JOHN W. MACKAY's WILL.
Several Employes of Postal Telegraph
 May Benefit By It.

Hartford, Dec 30.-It is reported that in accordance with a provision of the will of the late John w. Mackay, the California millionaire and president of the Postal Telegraph Go, employees of the company who have been in contin-
 uous service for ten years or more will receive cash remembrance on or about New Years. It is not known how large the sum will be ws1ch is to
 be distributed in this way. In this
 city there are four employees of the
 Postal Telegraph Go who have been in continuous service for more than ten years each These are: Manager Richard P Martin, thirteen years ser |vice; Chief Operator Otto F. Kroher, twelve years service; Lineman Thom- las F. Herbert twelve years service; Operator Georgianna A. Southworth, twelve years service.
 In New Haven there is but one em- lploye of the company who has been lfen years in it's service. He is Joseph l lCallagari Tn New York city there lare eighty-two employees of ten years service cx more
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
SCANDAL UNDERMINING THE THRONE.
ELDER CHENEY's DENIAL.
The Romantic Double Wedding of the
 Cheney Brothers.

sQ6u6y DEOluOISs
 South Manchester, Dec 30.-Charles Cheney, who was sent to Los Alamos, Cal, to prevent the marriage of his brother, Seth Leslie Cheney, to Miss Katherine Bell, the pretty daughter of John $. Bell of that place, instead fell in love with Miss Bells sister Mary, also very attractive, and the two couples were married Word has just been received here of the double wedding and the intended home com ling of the couples this week.
 The two bridegrooms are the sons of Colonel Frank Cheney of the firm of Cheney Bros. Seth was a sergeant in the Spanish war and is well known. He fell in love in Los Alamos with Miss Bell, who is of fine old family of Spanish descent. Opposition arose here because Miss Bell was a Catholic, and the brother was despatched in hopes of breaking up the match. On his arrival Charles not only ap- proved of his brothers choice, but was attracted by the beauty of the sister. On a horseback ride with her the horse which she rode fell She narrowly escaped injury, but was rescued by her gallant companion, and the affair resulted in an engagement and finally in double wedding. What the re- suit of the home coming will be is un- known among the friends of the Che neys here.
 The elder Cheney contradicts the ru- nor that he was opposed to the wed- ding in the following letter to the Hart. ford Courant:
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 'I wish to emphatically deny the truth of the statements regarding the marriage of my two sons which ap- peared in the New York Sunday Her. aid of December 2S, and in other pa- pers of the same date. My son, Seth Leslie Cheney, wens to California to be married, with my fuH consent and ap- proval, and his brother, Charles Che ney, accompanied him to represent the family at his wedding. Both mar rfages were entered upon with my knowledge and consent. All the state ments in regard to the matter are false, and are calculated to cause great an- noyance to persons whose private af- fairs do not belong to the public.
 FRANK W. CHENEY, South Manchester, Conn, Dec %. 1902.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
STEAMER FROM HAYTy

New York. Dec 30.-The Dutch West Indian steamer Prinz WiIlem IT ar rived today from ports in Venezuela and Hayti. Everything was quiet when the steamer left Porto Cabello. The town had been fired on. but very little damage was done. The blockade was in force when the steamer left. She took on cargo at La Guaira and Porto Cabello. At Port au Prince, Decem- Der B, the date of sailing, the people were having grand celebration in honor of the new president, General Nord.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
REPORT SUBMITTED.

Hartford, Dec 3O.-The annual re- port of the state board of directors was submitted to Governor Mclean to-day. The school of physical improvement and enlargement authorized by spec ial legislative appropriation in 1899 and 1901 was completed during the year ending September 30. 1902. There were only five deaths during the year. The average daily census of the con victs was five hundred against four hundred and ninety in the previous twelve months. The commitments during the year were 1S9.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
King George Has Ordered Offi- cial Account of Elopement.
FOR BENEFIT OF SAXON PEOPLE

The King Will Give the Real Reasons
 Why the Grown Princess Eloped-
 He Will Show to the Saxon People
 That It Had Long Been Planned
 The Crown Princess Gives Her Own
 Account of the Affair.
 Berlin Dec 30.-King George of Sax ony has ordered the preparation of full, official account of the eiopemenI of the Crown Princess Louise and the circumstances leading up to it for the Saxon people, among whom the most fantastic stories are in circulation, to the detriment of the royal house, espe- ciaIIy with reference to the future king. The scandal is undermining, ac- cording to some opinions, the peoples loyalty and respect for the throne. The dynasty being Catholic and the people Protestant, the affair is being utilized for sectarian controversy. The kings statement. doubtless, will follow the line indicated in the intimations, SUD- piled to the newspapers having court 1eanings, published to-day, affirming that the crown princess's sole reason for eloping was her criminal relations with Prof Giron, and that documentary proofs have been found showing that the elopement had long been in prepar- ation. The stories of i'll treatment on the part of her husband, of oppressive court ceremonia1s and of her fettered existence are classed as inventions.
 The crown princess's own account of the immediate cause of her fight from SaIzburg, written to an intimate friend, presumably the Princess Therese of Bavaria, was telegraphed from Munieh this morning. It says her father, tie Grand Duke of Tuscany, intended to imprison his daughter either in a 1unatic asylum or in an Ital- ian convent. He had already consult ed the court physician and several med ical authorities in Vienna with the ob- ject of obtaining certificates warrant ing him in shutting her up. Her father, the crown princess adds, was giving her no time for deliberation He demanded. first, that she be taken under guard to Dresden to apologize to the crown prince. and that she then choose between confinement in a con- vent or in a madhouse. The crown princess asks the Bayarian court to use it's influence with the court at Dresden to permit her children to rhoose their vocation in life freely.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
TRAGEDY AT THE DRAMA.
The Hero Shot the Villain During a
 Rehearsal.

Marion, Ind, Dec 3O.-During the rehearsal of a western drama il the opera house at South Marion last night, William Fogleson, aged IS years, the hero, shot and instantly killed Oliver Miller, aged 25, the viii lain. The shooting was witnessed by six other members of the company, one of whom was Miss Fogleson, sister of William Fogleson. She says young Foglesdn carried the revolver with a number of loose cartridges in his overcoat and that their nine year old brother may have secured the weapon and loaded in without the knowledge of his elder brother.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
IN FAVOR OF LICENSE.

,Sillimantic, Dec 30.-The question as to the. accuracy of the count of tne license vote in the town of PlainfieId was decided in the superior court here to-day by Judge Elmer. It was decid- ed in favor of license. The Sase was based on the claim of the no license people that the count of the votes cast at the last election, which resulted in a majority of one for license. was i'm accurate Judge Elmer said there was not sufficient evidence to listen to ar guments.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
FATALLY BURNED

Albany, N. Y, Dec 3O.- Elizabeth Smith, aged 70, and her daughter An na. aged 26. were fatally burned in their flat at 62 Division street this morning. The mothers clothing caught fire from gas stove and she was burned to crisp. The daughter was burned in trying to save the mother. A son, Mathew, was badly burned about the hands and face.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
PAPER SUES BoYCoTTERs.
Indiana Newspaper Files SuSAaor S1O,. 900 Against Teachers.

Bloomington, Ind, Dec 3o.-Julian Wentworth, proprietor of the Bloom ngton Qn0 Tribune, has brought suit against County Superintendent Payne for S10,O00 damages. for engineering an alleged boycott on his paper. The plaintiff alleges that Payne had reso- lutions adopted at teachers institute denouncfng the Tribune, in which the teachers pledged themselves not to pat ronize the Tribune or any merchant who advertised in that paper.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
AUSTRIA's PREMIER RESIGNS.
Emperor Francis Joseph Declined to
 Accept It, However.

Vienna, Dec 30.-The Austrian pre- m1er, Dr yon Koerber, was received in audience by Emperor Francis Joseph to-day and rendered his resignation, put his majesty declined to receive it. The emperor subsequently, presided at a conference between Dr von Koerber ana the Hungarian premier, Coleman de Szell at which the situation was considered
 Meetings have been held during the past week at Vienna between the Aus trian and Hungarian premfers in an en- deaVor to arrive at a compromise on the question of the Ausgleich tor the proportion of the cost of tle admins tratlon of common affairs to be borne by Austria and Hungary and have ended in failure, =,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

San Francisco, Dec 30.-Captain Se- bree, commandant of the U. s. naval station at Pago Pago, Island of Tu- tuila, Samoa, has arrived here on leave of absence. The principal reason for
 his home coming is the illness of Mrs
 Sebree, who met with a serious acci- dent some weeks ago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
POsTMAsTERs APPOINTED.

Washington, Dec 30. The following postmasters were appointed in New England to-day: Massachusetts, Barnstable, Marcus H. Howes; New Hampshire, East Grafton, Charles l.. Folsom; Rhode Island, Austin, A. E. Cummings; Vermont, Georgia Plain, Bert H. Wood; North Tunbridge, For est H. TaIlman.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
A BIG MORTGAGE.

Mobile, Ala, Dec 3O.-In the probate court yesterday morning a mortgage was filed by the Equitable Trust Co of New York, given by the Mobile and Ohio, and Chicago and Alton Railroad companies, the amount involved being SAYS, 900. This mortgage was given to secure payment for 800 cars purchased by the two railroads.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
WANTS GERMAN BISHOPS.

Rome, Dec 30.-Herr P F. Cahensl,, a member of the German reichstag and president of the Saint Raphael Society for the Protection of German Immi- grants in America, who for ten years past has been agitating ill favor of the appointment of German ecclesiastics to minister to German Catholics in the United States, is again actively urging the vatican to appoint German bishops wherever the German element predom- <nates.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
GOING TO GERMANY

Louisville. Ky, Dec 30.-Fred Eos ter. a we'll known turfman, has arrived here and arranged to take with him to Germany the stallion Dr Rice, winner of the Brooklyn handicap in 1894. The horse, which is now at the farm of Hiram Scoggan, will be placed in the stud of Baron Hans von Sleichroder of Cologne.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
SMALLEST PERSON DEAD.

Beaumont, Texas, Dec 3O.-Fatma Sing Hpoo, reputed to be the smallest adult person in the world, died sudden 1y here yesterday. She and her broth CT. Shaun Sing Hpoo, were on exhibi- ton, and after the afternoon perform ance Fauna became i'll and died before a doctor could reach her. She was g years old, weighed fifteen pounds and stood twenty eight inches high.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
COAL AT S8.

Springfield. Mass, Dec 30. Twenty five O rthirty carloads of coal from the Delaware and Lackawanna are arriv- ing here over the Consolidated tracks, to be sold at $S ton. It is understood that this is a s'break" price, the opera tors resorting to this method to break the high price that has prevailed here.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
HEARD GETS WARNING.

Chicago, Dec 3O.-Richard Heard, former manager of Pietro Mascagni, the Italian composer, has made public communication warning him to de sfst from his persecution" of the maestro. and closing with the phrase, s'A word to the wise is sufficient" The epistle was in a woman's handwriting and was dated Boston. December 27, and had been posted at Back Bay sta ton.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
S2oO. 900 APPROPRIATED.

Rio Janiero, Dec 3O.-The Brazilian government has made an appropriation of $2O0, 0,O00 to defray the necessary ex- penses of an exhibition at the St Louis exposition.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
CAPTAIN BEACH DEAD.
The Hero Shot the Villain During a
 porary liberation.

New Haven, Dec 30.-Captain Fran cis G. Beach, one of the most promi- nent citizens of New Haven, died at the General hospital at 7:45 o'clock this morning from pistol shot wound self-inficted at the Country club on December 4th, during fit of tempo rary alteration resulting from illness. Captain Beach was a graduate of Yale in the academic class of 1883 and he graduated from the Yale law school in 1885. During the second administration of President Cleveland he was New Haven's postmaster. He was well known in military circles, having been a captain of Connecticut volunteers in the late war with Spain.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
No WORD FRoM CHINA.

London, Dec 30.-The foreign office to-day received no word of information of the reported refusal of China to pay the semi-annual installment of
 the indemnity due January on a gold basis.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
SEALING SCHOONER LOST.

Victoria, B. O., Dec 30. Three of the four Japanese sealing schooners which hunted in Behring Sea have returned to Hakodate. The fourth, the Tenyu Maru, is overdue and probably has been lost with all on board.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
PROVISIONS scARcn

Tangiers, Morocco, Dec 3O.-For- eigners in the interior of Morocco have been advised to make for the coast as provisions are scarce and communica- tions are almost closed. The pretend CT himself is reported to be twenty 11iIes from Fez.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
T #.@ PLAYED TOPSY MANY. TIMES.
Death of a One Time We'll Wnown
 SOubrette.

New York, Dec 30.-Imogen Tracy. one of the best known of soubrettes of a generation ago, is dead as the re- suit of fall down stairs at her home in this city. Miss Tracy took LID the part of Topsy in Uncle Toms Cabin" after the role had been created by Marie Bates, and played it for many years. She was the one chosen to play the part in Europe at the time a fund was raised to have the play pro- duced there
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
GOING TO PETERSBURG.

San Francisco, Dec 30.-J. c. Ma NaIly, consul general to Guatemala, has arrived here. enroute to his former home at Pittsburg, on leave of absence. He hopes to be assigned to some other post ill the. diplomatic service.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
COUNSEL HAVE A SESSION.

Philadelphia, Dec 30.Consul for the coal companies and for the non- union miners before the coal strike commis- for their side of the case before that body when the commission meets next Tuesday in this place
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
PHIL SILvERTHAUS STATEMENT.
THE PRESIDENT HOPES
That on Receipt of Castro's Reply
 Blockade Will Be Raised.

Washington, Dec 30.-The meeting of the cabinet was very brief today, consuming less than one hour Sec retary Hay had little new to present on the Venezuelan question. 1t is un- derstood that it is the hope of the pres ident that upon the receipt of Presi- dent Castro's reply to the arbitration proposition the blockade will be raised.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
MORE THAN A MILE A MIN1rTE.

IOIl11 HAN A HILH "A MINUIE.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Dec 3O.-Train No 1, west-bound continental limited on the Wabash, has made a run of I12 miles, from Montpelier, Ohio to Lo- gansport, Ind, in no minutes. Be tween New Wayerley and Logansport. one mile was made in 39 seconds and one mile in 3S seconds, the latter be- ing at the rate of nearly 95 miles an hour. {
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
THE SULTAN FoILED.

<1adrid. Dec 30.-It is reported that the sultan of Morocco has been foiled by the rebels who are investing Fez in an attempt to break out of that city
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
pAssED B0TH HOITsEs

Rio Janiero, Dec 30. The protocol of the extradition treaty betwen Brazil and the United States has unanimously passed both houses here.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30

CAR DOWN BEREAVEMENT.
 Marion, Ind, Dec 30.-Thirty people were thrown down an embankment in a street car here to-day. Many were injured, two probably fatally.