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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
WITH TIE WRESTLERS.
Big Crowd Attends g Match in
 South Manchester.

Oscar Johnson Throws Two Men in III
 TJour-No Referee Yet for the Jen- { kius and Bothner Match Frank Her
 r4uA and George Fisher in Training
 For Their Match.
 South Manchester. Dec 1S.-ihe largest crowd ever seen at al athletic meet at this place for several years was present in the Armory opera house last evening. The first event was a match between Joseph LOney Of St Mary's club and John Anderson of the Pierce Athletic club. They were evenly matched as to size and strength The first fall was made by Loney, who threw Anderson onto the mat i'll the re quired position at the end of fifteen minutes. Loney got the second fall about two minutes later. The match was awarded to Loney. Alfred An derson, known as 1.-The Terrible |Swede,'' gave an exhibition of club swinging and weight lifting and can- nonball Juggling.
 The star event of the evening was when Oscar Johnson of Hartford was to throw William F. Madden and Frank Hollisters once each in an hour. Johnson started in with Hollister, and after twelve minutes of the hardest kind of work he succeeded in throw ing HOllister. Then Madden and Johnson contested Madden showed great science On several occasions his shoulders were within half an inch of the mat, but he threw his body over his head freeing himself from his dan gerous position. At last after seven teen minutes of hard work Madden was gotten on his back and the great strength of Johnson forced the one shoulder which was on the mat down so that it would touch. It was i'm possible for Madden to wriggle from that position and the decision was giv- en to Johnson. David Nelson was referee.
 Henry. Hayes. a wrestler living at Hartford. challenged the man staying the longest with Johnson. Madden has not decided as yet if he will ac- cept.
 Leo Pardello. the heavyweight
 
 get on a match with Jack Mccormick.
 Efforts were made yesterday to name a referee for the JenkinS-B Bothner wrestling bout, but the representatives of the men. could not agree and the matter was postponed until Saturday.
 Frank Herrick and George Fisher have been training daily for their wrestling match at the New Polo A. A. tomorrow evening, and both men are in fine condition. The New York A. c. members are unanimous in their belief that Herrick will be the victor, and the members of the New Polo A. A. have the same confidence in Fisher. George Bothner was selected as refer lee, but as he is unable to accept an- other good man will be agreed upon.
 George Bothner is working harder for his match with Tom Jenkins in Grand Central Palace on Monday night than he ever did before for a wrest- ing match. Although Jenkins has agreed to put the New Yorker down four times within an hour, Bothner feels that he must be at his best to stand the champion off Butcher Boy'' Fleming tried the same trick, but lcould throw Bothner only twice. An attempt is being made to get Frank Herrick, the assistant instructor of the New York A. C.. and the Cuban Won der'' together the same night in a bout limited to thirty minutes, one fall to get the decision.
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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
BeIRiurn's Claims.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1S.-The Belgian claims against Venezuela amount to several million francs. They arise chief ly from the nonpayment of interest on venezuelan government bonds issued purchase money for the waterworks at Caracas, which was promoted by a Belgian company.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
WITH THE HORSES.
Jockey Johnny Reif Wins His Suit for
 Libel a"1.f @..j


 Paris, Dec 1S.-The suit of Jockey Johnny Reif against the newspaper La Vie au Grand Air for libel in publish ing an article, with his portrait which led to the withdrawal of his license, was called in court here yesterday. NJ. Caillault and other owners for whom Reiff rode testified that they had no fault to find with his work. The court found that NJ. Megnim, the editor, and the manager of the paper had slandered Reiff. They were each condemned to pay a fine of 16 francs and joint dam ages of 1000 francs. The court also ordered that the judgment be published in the Vie Au Grand Air and ten other papers to be selected by Reiff, the cost to be paid by the defendants. The cost of each insertion is not to exceed 100 francs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
Freight Rates Too Low.

CHICAGO, Dec. 18.-Members of the Central Freight association have met here with a view to obtain an agree ment to raise many commodity rates. Opinion is almost unanimous that great many rates are too low and that changes should be made.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
ROWLING

The Waterbury Y. NJ. c. A. bowling team defeated the Middletown Y. NJ. c. A. team at the local gymnasium last night by the score of 2.349 to 2O52. After the game a banquet as served to the two teams at Blanchard's cafe. The score.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
Yarane.e steamer Wrecked.

VICTORIA, B. O., Dec. 18.-The steamer Nagata Maru of Yokohama was wrecked during q storm forty miles from Taku, in Shangtung prov ince. on Nov. 20. The TOO Chinese pas sengers and crew were safely landed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
HDDsTRoM BREAKS RECORDS,
He Clips Off the Marks from Two to
 Eight Miles.

Eight Miles.
 Savannah, Ga, Dec 1S.-Oscar He'd gtrom yesterday attempted to lower the motor cycle record for ten miles. He failed to scale the first mile, but after that, np to and including the eighth mile, he clipped seconds from each record In the ninth mile one of his tires came off. and Hedstrom was thrown heavily. He was not seriously hurt. The time for the miles were: One, 1:13 1-5; two, 2:28 4-6; three, 3:43 1-5; four, 5:0O 2-5; five, SIS Is: six, 7:33 1-5; seven, $50; eighth, 10:06.
 But for the accident the ten-mile record would have been broken. The trial was official and took place at the Coliseum track.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
Italian Cruiser Ordered to vene1uer

Italian Cruiser Ordered to Nenexuela
 ROME, Dec. 1S.-The Italian cruiser Agordat has been ordered to proceed at once for Venezuela. The rejection by Venezuela of the Italian ultimatum was expected, consequently the an nouncement that this had been done created no sensation and no surprise. Frequent communications have been exchanged between Italy, Great Brit ain and Germany on the question of arbitration The friendly attitude of the United States is particularly ap- preciated here. Opinion generally ia yors arbitration, although it is under stood that Great Britain and Germany are the leaders in the matter by reason of their heavier claims and their priori- ty of action.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
ARBITRATION PLANS.
Government Sends Ala to Minister
 Bowen, Who Is OvervvorIxed.

Government Sends Ala to Minister
 Bowen, Who Ts OverwOrIxed.
 WASHINGTON, Dee. 1S-Oficials here are not surprised at the feeling which has manifested itself in Caracas of desire to seek termination of the unfortunate situation that now con fronts Venezuela. Our government Is anxious that some settlement may be found very soon, as it is realized that the present conditions cannot last long without climax being reached quick ly. With this end in view the state de- partment already has given permission to Minister Bowen to be the bearer of any messages that Venezuela may wish to transmit to the allies on the subject of the present difficulties, such request, however. to come from the Venezuelan government He already has been in- strumental in one capacity namely, that of transmitting a desire on the part of President Castro to settle the existing controversy by arbitration. Whether the minister would be permit ted to perform the larger function of exercising full powers toward effecting a termination of the difficulty is not stated. Indeed it would be question: ble whether such an arbiter as the Ameri- can minister would be acceptable to the allies in view of the natural proclfvities which he might have in favor of Amer ican countries.
 So far as can be ascertained here no reply has come to the state department fin answer to the requests of President Castro that the pending claims be sub. mitted to arbitration.
 The following cablegram has been sent by the navy department to Ad- miral Dewey, in command of the com. bined fleets, addressed to San Juan: . "Send competent officer with dispatch in torpedo boat destroyer or other ves- sel to Caracas as assistant to Amers. can minister"
 The following cablegram also was sent to Commander Diehl of the Ma rietta, now lying at La Guayra: "Send yandusen Executive officer of the Ma rietta) as assistant to the American minister temporarily"
 It is stated at thS navy department that one reason for sending the officers to Caracas was the fact that Mir. Bow en is almost overwhelmed with the amount of work imposed upon him by his many charges. He has nearly all of the English residents in Caracas domiciled in the American legation and is feeding them from his own table. As for the torpedo boat destroyer, 1t Is pointed out that it will serve as dis patch boat to keep Mir. Bowen in touch with the nearest cable station to La Guayra, which can be relied upon to transmit messages to Washington in case the La Guayra cable is cut as an incident to the blockade.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
Lnrre shipment of Gold Bnllion.

DEADW0OD, s. D., Dec. 18.-A shipment of gold bullion worth $185.- e04 has just been made by the United States assay office in Deadwood to the mint in Philadelphia. It was one of the largest consignments the Dead wood office has ever sent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18
PENMANSHIPl l PROF HOLLY
lust Remember

Teaches every pupil to write fine rapid, business hand, in course of 10 private lessons and no failures All kinds of pen work executed in the highest degree of art
 I67 BANK STREET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-18

It is now up to Governor Bliss to 'sar whether Young Corbett and Terry !1IcGovern shall fight in Michigan, for |everT other phase of the affair indi- |cates that the contest will go on with |ouf Interruption. There will be no Ichan1e of battle ground, either. from
 Ifhat selected by the representatives iIi New York last week 4 report has been started that the promoters in- tended to abandon the Metropolitan A. IC. and have the affair pulled off in the
 biz armory in Windsor, Ont, just
 across the river from the City of Straits. The fact is there is no con-
 Inecf5on between the Windsor club pro
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25

We hear a great deal about the enormous
prosperity Of the trusts and we hear II
especially from orators who tell the farmers
that the trusts are absorbing all the money
In the country. The census report tells
another story. however. 1t shows that there
are $4,000, 600, 900 Of capital invested in
farms and farm equipment. and that the
income upon this investment averages 1873
per cent. There is just one 1000, 600, 900
trust in the country, the much discussed
steel trust, and II would take fifty OF the
biggest combinations in existence to equal
this capital Of the farmers, while the trusts
whose dividends equal those made from
the farms, are denounced from one end
Of the country to the other as octopi and
various other indigestible and noxious con-
~traptiona. This prosperity is shown to be
a steady and rapid growth on a bedrock
foundation which all but a few Of the trusts
must envy. There are four times as many
farms In the country as there were half
a century ago, and there were a quarter
more in 1900 than in 1890, while for the
last twenty years the average size as we'll
as the number of farms has steadily in
creased. The value OF farm products has
grown even faster than the number Of
farms. The value is Eve times now what
It was In 1850, while the increase during
the last dozen years has been considerably
more than q quarter. The value OF farm
products for 1899 was almost IS, 1000 900, 900
and the increase over that reported for
1889 was over 81 900, OOo. oo0. although a
good part of that Is accounted for by the
more careful enumeration required under
the latest census. A detail which shows
the extent to which the American people
are meat eaters is the statement that
nearly $4,000, 200, 900 Of this output was Of
animal products. while a little over $1,000
600, 900 was Of crops; the percentage being
Sc Of animal products to GA Of vegetable.
These are mighty figures. This piling up
Of capital and product In billions would
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
MR. MERcUR HAs RE ELooa,

In the recent public discussion Of the
candidacy Of David q. Mercer for a
sixth term in congress his champion,
William +. Gurley. failed to answer GER
tain specific questions put 10 him in the
course Of the debate. Mr.. Mercer has
now fully recovered from the fatigue
incident to his journey from Atlantic
City to Omaha and, doubtless, will
cheerfully enlighten us on the points
that bafied Mr.. Gurley's ingenuity and
fertile
Calling Mr.. MERGERS attention to the
questions propounded to Mr.. GurIey and
his evasive answers, it may not besOut
of order to ask him to give us something
more definite.
Question-WM Mr.. Mercer live In
Omaha II he is not reelected. or will he
locate permanently in Washington and
resume his old business as professional
lobbyist
This question Mr.. Guriey parted by
declaring that he is not a mind reader.
Question-wm Mr.. Mercer be satisfied
with a sixth term In congress, or will
he want a seventh term, an eighth term
and as many more terms as he a all
during the balance Of his lifef
This question Mr.. Gurley met by the
bold declaration that the people Of this
district needed Mercer more than Mer.
Ger needed them. In other words. Mer-
! Ger needs them only two months out Of
the year and they ought to be satisfied.
Question-Is 1t true that Congressman
Mercer pockets the allowance OF 500
per month for clerk hire instead OF Civ.
ing some Nebraska boy or girl a chance
to earn the salaryl
About this subject Mr.. MERGERS cham.
pion seemed to be dazed and the people
still remain absolutely in the dark.
Question-Why does Mr.. Mercer make
political deals for West Point and An
napolis cadetships while other congress
men leave these appointments open fol
competitive examination 80 that ever
boy who aspires to such an education
can have an equal chsnce1
This also staggered Mr.. Gurley and
failed to elicit a response.
Question-Why did Mercer displac'
two Nebraska grand army veterans VIII,
were employed In the capitol building
and substitute for them men who ar
not old soldiers and moreover are re
puted to hail from Minnesota
This inquiry stirred MI. Gurley d
most profound, indignation and in re
Spouse he wanted 70 know Why tn
editor Of The Bee does not wear woOdei
shoes, dress in rags and go forth int
the woods to make penance for the res
OF his life.
When Mr.. Mercer cOndescends to en-
tighten the voters Of the Second distric
on all Of these points q few more ques
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
"KEEP-A-TRYIW" sIGNBOARDs.

Roy Farrell Greene IN Success.
my boy" said Uncle Hiram, you'll soon
be starting out,
To drive Ger life's long roadway, and oft
viii puzzle you completely. as to which
you'd best pursue
OF branching ways. when roads fork out
'as they're inclined to DO.
Each bears the equal marks Of wen-worn
travel, like as not,
And so, ones undecided which he'd better
choose TO trot;
thu much I'll confess
The Keep a-tryin' signboards mark the
highway to Success.
Success Is such a pretty town-to reach
II, all men strive;
You'll and the crowd, though. growing less
the farther on you drive
For many, seeking shorter cuts through
Dilly-dally lane,
Get so far of the highway that they md it
You'll be sIIured. as you go on. by nnser
posts that say
Take Chances road, past w~aitingviile. it's
But I this safer route would fain upon
The Keep ~a-tryin' signboards mark the
highway TO Success.
'sThe road that runs through WaitingvilIe
has prospects bright and fair.
When first your start. but farther on, It
leads through swampe OF Care,
And, AFTER that, you'll have TO climb the
weary hill OF Debt;
Then, gtiI beyond. there looms in view tho
toll gate of Regret.
And so, my boy, when starting on the road
The route your Uncle Hiram chose trust
you'll make your own,
And heed his plain directions. II you'd
quite avoid distress;
The Keep a-tryin'' signboards mark the
highway TO Success"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
personal AND OTHERWISE.

John willis Baer, for many years score
tary of the United Society Of Christian
Hndeavor, has resigned TO accept the post
of associate secretary OF the Presbyterian
Board Of Home Missions.
Alexandra Garland, who has Just been
elected by Peru as it's representative at
the st. Louis Worlds fair, represented
that country In the FIRST congress OF the
Philadelphia Commercial museum
There are 1ss Methodist Episcopal
churches in Chicago; ninety-eight congre-
cations are English-speaking, eighteen
Swedish, thirteen German. eight NorWe-
gian and Danish and two bohemian.
The report that comes from Washington
Of the resuscitation OF a boy who had been
under water at Anglesea, N. j., nearly half
an hour. shows the Importance Of not CIV
ing up in attempting to restore life to a
person apparently drowned.
Albert w. Payne Of Bangor, Me-, is pos
sibly the Oldest practicing lawyer in the
country. He is 30. still writes q lsgible
hand and docs his own once work. Be-
sides his regular law practice he is con
nected in an ofhcial capacity with many
corporations.
Prof. J.. H. Beale Of the Harvard law
school has been granted a leave Of abb
senee sufhciently long to undertake the
work Of organizing a new law school
founded at the Chicago university by John
d. Rockefeller. 1t will be on lines similar
to those Of Harvard.
Ralph voorhees,, the blind philAnthropist
Of Clinton, N. j.. has informed Coe col
lege. a Presbyterian institution at Cedar
Rapids, Mich. that he has SIS 5000 fol
them. He has also just closed a deal foi
800 acres OF land In South Carolina, OF
which he will establish an industrial
school for boys.
Trephining the skull is known as a prob
able treatment used by prehistoric sur
geons. The ancient practice still survive
In Helanesia, and Rev. J. A. Crump re
ports that natives of New Britain trea
fractures from s~lingstonea by t~rephinini
with a piece Of shell OF a nake OF obsidisD
In so per cent OF the cases recovery fol
lows in two or three weeks.
Secretary Shaw wal one Of the pioneer
IL the development Of the rice-grOwinl
Industry in western Louisiana and easter
Texas. The governor and his associate
purchased large tracts Of land in the vi
cinity OF Beaumont where be stu own
a half interest in a rice plantation o
5000 acres) aud when the oil boom cam
a year ago the land values increased b
leaps and bounds. Il is said that tn
boom has already brought Governor sha'
lie fortune Of more than tsoo.ooo
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
Prosperity of the Farmer
Brooklyn Eagle.

Eagle.
open the eyes Of farmers in amusement II
It we're mouthed forth in sounding periods
by a range orator about the trusts. The
design Of the ~demagogues to convince the
farmers that the trusts are crushing the
lives out OF plain citizens, ought to be made
dificult by this census report. There are
indications, indeed. that the facts which
these figures tell have made agitation un-
popular. Free silver Is dead, the popu-
lists are no longer prosperous enough to
divide into hostile camps. and agitation
against the rich 10 now more largely con-
fined to large cities and to regions where
many men are employed by corporations
than It was In either the campaigns OF
1896 or 1900. This is because the farmers
have felt this prosperity which the census
now records. When dollars were iingling
in the farmers pockets they AID not want
them Of the Mexican variety. lei good
crops killed free silver has been apparent
for some time, but the extent OF the pros
perity OF the farmers has not been known
in detail before. This census showing
only comes down to the year 1900, and in
cludes the dull years In the early part OF
the last decade. other reports indicate
that the growth since the census was taken
was even more rapid han in the years Just
preceding. III country IL passing through
An era Of unexampied prosperity and these
figures show that the farmers are getting
fully their share OF good things. q Is
as It should be, and the effect Of It upon
coming political campaigns must be great.
Change for the sake Of change is not popu-
lar in times like these. and h calamity
howls Of 1895 would be ~laughsble In the
face Of such figures. An antitrust cam
paign is foreshadowed for two years hence,
but these figures indicate that to be rue
cessful It should be a campaign for mend
ing rather than ending these combinations;
a demand for regulation rather than Sboli-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
Fun Ahead in Nebraska.
washington Star.

Mr.. Bryan is to take the stump in Ne
braska. He will add materially to the spirit
Of the campaign. He did right in declining
to mako the race for governor. but he owes
to his friend who was nominated the full
Of his name and eloquence.
Organism, In fact. b the issue. Through
Mr.. Bryan's influence the ~populists have
again cast their fortunes with the demo-
Gratis, and now II fusion has left in It the
power Of control the sage OF Lincoln must
bring It out. Mr., Bryan was not able to
hold his state in 1900, but he contends that
the situation Is more favorable now. We
shall see. II he fails again at home he
will necessarily suffer in prestige. His
greatest remaining strength is where
democracy is mixed with populism. II he
carries Nebraska this year he will take full
credit for the victory and may be expected
to lunge at the C~levelandites with more
vigor than ever. Meanwhile he is to tour
New England, and probably he will sound
in the enemy's country the note we shall
hear with variations later in the region OF
the Platte.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25

river mountains, sections of the great
Rocky mountain chain, stood the South pass.
the gateway to the Pacific slope. Through
that portal-made known popularity to the
world through Fremont's report Of his ex-
ploration Of 1S42. which had been visited
by many other white persons long before
Fremont's time, including DR.. Marcus Whit
man and Rev. H. II. spalding and their
wives In 1886, and which was probably trav-
ersed for the FIRST time By white men when
some Of Andrew Henry's trappers went
through 1t in 1s24-passed most OF the
human tide which surged from the east and
the Mississippi valley into the present states
OF Oregon, Washington and California by the
overland route In the early days, Most
persons who went over the Oregon, Salt
Jake and California trails knew Fort Lara
mie. Beyond 1t on the western course the
mountainous region began. 1t was the last
%htting-out place Of importance until the con-
tinental divide was passed.
Fremont, who visited It In his oxpiora-
tion Of 1912. gives a good description Of
Fort Laramie in his report. One OF the
other things which Fremont did in that
report was to destroy that myth Of a great
American desert, which was based on the
reports Of Pike, Long and one or two of
Irving's books. Fremont made a careful
record Of distances between fording places
in rivers, pointed out good places in which
to camp, showed that cattle could thrive
on the alleged American desert, and men
toned the physical advantages Of the To-
cation OF Laramie as a fur trading post on
the route Of immigration toward the Pa
cihc slope. The most vivid pictures In
Parkman's Oregon Trail. are those OF
Fort laramie as he saw It in 1886. Writers
Of Indian tales from Fremontis and Park
mans time often made this post q promi-
nent rallying point in their stories. 1t
was the center Of many romantic and
tragic events in the history Of the from
tier. some Of them more remarkable even
than the story writer's Of its day located
in and around It. 1t was the site OF a
reservation for many years, and this. too.
is soon to disappear. Fort Laramie has
dropped out with the buffalo and the In
dian, but the passing OF the reservation
at that point will recall to the memory of
the few survivors Of those who saw It in
its great days and to the memory of many
thousands Of those who read Of 1t when 1t
was the center Of the wild life OF the
plains, one Of the most interesting Of all
the landmarks OF the vanished frontier.