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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-11
nxpnNsIrE Jon TO RUN BOSTON.
Experts Report shows Extravaganza
 Compared With Other Cities.

Boston, Feb. 10.-The preliminary re- port of Expert Accountant Harvey s.
 Chase, employed by Mayor Collins to
 investigate the financial condition of
 the city departments. which shows that
 the total expenditures per capita. of
 Boston exceed those of New York by 1872 per cent. and exceed the average of ten other cities by 172 per cent, was sent to the board of aldermen to-day. The basis of comparison is the average of the cities of Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis Baltimore, Cleveland Buffa- To, Milwaukee, Providence, Indianapolis and Kansas City, the average popula- ton of which is practically identical with Boston for the year 1900.
 The expenditures for operation and maintenance, running expenses (omitting permanent construction and other capital outlay), per capita of Bos- ton, exceed those of New York by near ly per cent and exceed the average of the ten cities by 145 per cent. The ex- pendltures for operation and mainten- ance in Boston exceed the highest of the ten cities per capita by 60 per cent.
 If the amount paid for interest on the public debts be eliminated the remain ing expenditures for operation and maintenance of Boston will exceed those of New York per capita by 10 per cent. and the average of the ten by 145 per cent, and the highest of the ten cit ies by so per cent.
 The heaviest expenditure per capita in Boston is for schools, $5.31, against s4 "A in New York and $304, the average of the ten cities, or more than 70 per cent more per capita than the average in the ten cities
 The next heaviest expenditure, omit ting interest, is for police, the amount being s29S in Boston, against s2.03 in the ten cities, an increase of fl per cent.
 Streets cost $251, against 40 cents in the ten cities, a difference of more than six to one Water costs $2.23 against S5 cents, nearly three to one; fire de- partment $215, against s1.0S, or two to one; hospitals and other charities $212, against 31 cents, nearly seven to one; removel three to one; street and sprinklng, three to one; sewers four and one-half to one parks, olie and one-half to one, and fer ries and bridges, seven to one.
 Later schools, streets and water sup ply will be treated in a special report by MT. Chase.
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HINDOo TWINS, CONDITION.
Sleeping Quietly Side by Stde-Emaci-
 sted by Tuberculosis.

Paris, Feb. 10.-The condition of the Hindoo twins Radica and Dordica, who were united after the manner of the Siamese twins and who were separated yesterday afternoon by Dr. Doyen, was no worse to-day. They have been sleeping quietly side by side, watched by the Sisters of Mercy. The children are terribly emciated, due to tuberculo- sis. They have been nourished, since the operation, with champagne, rum and tea. Dr. Duyen, who is one of the first surgeons in Paris, cannot answer for the life of either of the twins. He took great pains to have all the details of the operation clearly recorded by a living picture machine. The doctor twice asked anxiously how much time was left before the films would be ex- hausted. The children were twenty minutes under chloroform, but the ac- tual operation lasted only twenty min utes.
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HOWE & STETSON.
; .--~A TWO REPORTS PROBABLE.
Special Committee Divided on the Water
 Contract Question.

Special Committee Divided on the Water Contract Question.
 The special committee on the water contract held an executive meeting last night and practically decided upon the reports to be made to the common coun- cl Thursday night. It was said by a member of the committee at the close of the meeting that there would prob- ably be two reports, one recommending the adoption of a continuous contract, with a clause permitting the purchase of the waterworks by the city at the end of twenty-five years, and the other recommending the adoption of a ten- year contract, with clause permitting purchase at any time. It was said that the majority report would favor the continuous contract, a twenty fve-year purchase clause and free water to the city, while the minority report would favor a tenyear contract, with clause permittin purchase by the city at any time, and the city paying for water used for public purposes.
 A member of the committee said that Aldermen Wright and w F. Walsh and Councilman Mason, of the committee, favored the majority report, while the other two members of the committee, Councilmen Frederick and Elliott, fa- vored the minority report.
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YOUNG ROOSEVELT WORSE
SERIOUS CHANGE AT 2;3O O'CLOCK
 THIS MORNING.
Goes Into q Dsiirium--His Cries for Water Heard Upon the Streets--The President and Mra. Roosevelt Spend
 the Entire Night i'm tho Infirm-

hty.
 Groton, Mass, Feb. 11-2:30 a. m.- The condition of Theodore Roosevelt, jr., at this hour apparently is very se- rious, for lights can be seen in the in- firmary and nurses and doctors are moving around. For the last half hour the voice of the boy calling for water could be heard on the street. Nothing could be obtained from the house, but it is believed the patient is delirious.
 The bulletin issued from the sick room 1t II o'clock last night was to the effect that the patients condition was unchanged The president and Mrs. Roosevelt spent the entire evening in the infirmary
 The condition of young Potter and Gammell last night was said to be much improved.
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 Continued on Sixth Page.)
YHF P.iJRICK TRiAL
Resumed Yesterday After a Lapse of Six
 Days.

New York, Feb. 1o,-The trial of Al bert T. Patrick, accused of causing the death of William M, Rice, was resumed to-day after a lapse of six days, caused by the illness of a juror.
 The most interesting part of the trial to-day was the move of the state in placing in the witness box, John R. Potts a lawyer and banker and at one time, at least, friend of the accused. MT. Potts said, among other things, that Patrick a few days before his ar- rest but after MT. Rices' death had re- tained him as counsel and that the tie had not been severed. MT. House of counsel for defense, objected strongly to the testimony being accepted by the court on the ground that MT. Potts conversation with Patrick were privi 1eged The court, however, allowed MT. Potts to testify to matters prior to Pat rick's arrest.
 The witness swore he had known Patrick since 1870, becoming intimate with him in 1890 He had never seen Mr, Rice in Patrick's office though the latter was in the same suite as his
 PottsD. Patrick had told him a rich client had died and made him residuary legatee. Patrick had also shown him many of the documents now in dispute among them the Patrick will and he told Patrick he did not think the will would hold. Patrick replied: That's all right; the estate is practically mine"
 MT, Potts also advised Patrick not to fill out and use the blank checks pur- ported to have been gwen him by MT. Rice and Patrick replied that he would use the money as MT Rice had in tended it should be used, Patrick had told witness MT Rice had named him as residuary legatee because of his per sonal regard for him. He also told wit ness the day before MT. Rice died that he had not seen him for a week
 Then MT. Potts swore that the day after the death Patrick had brought him a check for S25,O00 and asked him to get it certified. This he had done. as he did with other checks The de- fense confined itself to asking MT. Potts if Patrick had told him he was to re- ceiVe the estate as trustee and the answer was that he had. l
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Erne Failed to Appear,

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb, 10.-Frank Erne of Buffalo failed to put in an ap- pearance at the Penn Athletic club to- night, where he was to have met Joe Cans of Baltimore in six round box ing bout, Erne arrived here in the af- ternoon a ccompanied by his packers and trainers, and at o'clock the entire party left for New York without notify ing the club management or explaining their action ill any way. It is said that Erne was not satisfied with the pros poets of obtaining the money that had been promised him for the bout.
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THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING Cn.
STREET RAILROAD COMBINATION.
Syndicate Headed by Whitney May Cap
 ture Massachusetts.


 Boston, Feb. 10.-The present here of William c. Whitney, of New York, and the fact that he is in conference with prominent street railway h1en of Mass achusetts, is believed to confirm the re- port that the Whitney Elkins- Widener- Ryan syndicate, which is said to have in view a gigantic merger of street rail ways of Chicago, New York, Philadel- phia and Cleveland, is working to se- cure a consolidation of the Massachu- setts lines. MT. Whitney has refused to talk. One of the parties interested says that the local situation was thor oughly outlined to MT. Whitney, and that another conference will take place in New York soon.
 The street railways of Massachusetts are practically in the control of three corporations. The lines to the north and south of Boston are managed by the Massachusetts Electric companies The Boston Elevated Railroad compa- ny controls the lines in Boston, and the most important outside line is that con- trolled by the Boston and Worcester. It is believed to be an almost foregone conclusion that ultimately there will be consolidation of the Massachusetts Electric companies and the Boston and Worcester, as competitor of the Bos- ton Elevated company, and this is said to be the chief reason why it is hoped to induce the Boston Elevated to come into the plan for a merger.
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COLLEGE aTHIE1IC RELATIONS Harvard Hits Back at Yaic--Several Men
 QueBstoned,

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 10.-A liar ward man of athletic prominence to-day made one of the most important state ments that has yet appeared concern ing the future athletic relations be- tween Harvard and Yale. He said:
 There will be no five-year agree ment between Harvard and Yale. Har- yard has never asked Yale for an ath- letic committee, but if Yale had one Harvard would never question the eli gibility of Yale's athletes, and this would be by far the most satisfactory arrangement for all concerned"
 Harvard undergraduates were greatly aroused to-day by the story from New Haven that Campbell, Herman and Ris- tine were professionals. This brought out the statement that an alumnus in New York has offered to gave an affi- davit that Johnny Hart, Yale's half back, played ball professionally at As bury Park in 1900 The amateur stand ings of Weymouth and deSaulles also are said to be open to question. It is claimed that Weymouth played basket ball and football on varsity teams at Bucknell for four years.
 It is understood at Harvard that a conference of athletic authorities of the two colleges will be held within ten days and that a year-to-year agreement will be made,
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Promtnent Newtoxvm Man Ill.

Newtown, Feb. 10.-Aaron Sanford, aged seventy nine years, president of the Newtown Savings bank and one of the most prominent men in Newtown, lies critically i'll at his home here of stomach trouble. MT. Sanford has been prominent both in business and in poli- tics and has represented Newtown in the legislature and has held several town offices.
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MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT
OF BOTH BOARDS OFIHE COURT OF
 COMMoN COUNCIL.

To Receive and Act Upon the Report Q
 tho Special Committee on Water Con
 trsct-Printed Reports Must be Dis tributed to Members Twenty-fou
 Hours Before the Meetings- Brief ses
 siOMs of Aldermen and Councilmel
 Last Night.
 The boards of aldermen and council men held meetings last night, the for mer an adjourned session and the lat ter d regular meeting. The adjourned meeting of the aldermen was held be cause it was thought that the specia water committee would be ready to re- port but that committee not being ready there was not much business be- fore the session and it was brief one The board voted to adhere to it's for mer action in passing the ordinance for licensing journeymen plumbers which the councilmen did not act on at their last meeting. The mayors veto of the order for placing lights oil the Bouie- vard consideration of which was tabled for one week at the meeting week ago, was again tabled last night until the next meeting.
 After other business had been attend ed to Alderman Miller asked of the chairman of the special water commit tee if he could give the board an idea as, to when the committee would report on the water contract matter.
 In reply to this Alderman Wright, chairman of the committee, said that the committee would probably complete it's report in the main at a meeting last night but that there would be some de- tails to attend to and that he thought the final report would be ready by Thursday evening of this. week. He said that it would be impossible for the committee to report before Thursday evening because of the order passed at the last meeting of the common coun- cil providing that the committee report shall be printed and copies placed in the hands of members of the common council at least twenty-four hours be- fore the meeting at which the report shall be rendered. MT. Wright thought that the committee might have some difficulty in getting a report ready in time to print tWenty-four hours before Thursday night He suggested that the order be changed so as to provide for and distribution of the report ten hours before the meeting and said that this would give the committee more time. He offered motion to that effect.
 Alderman George Wallace of the Eleventh ward thought that ten hours would be too short a time for members to read over and understa and the re-
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seif-Exposed Smallpox Patient,

Boston, Feb. 10--Dr Emmanuel pfeif- fer, the self-exposed smallpox patient, was considerably improved to-day. and the very dangerous exterior conditions which were apparent twenty four hours before had somewhat subsided. The business offices of Dr. Pfeiffer were dis infected to-day and sealed up. Upon the same floor are the offices of q press association, and these were ordered va cated and were closed after they had been fun1igated
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Hendricks Beaten.

New York, Feb. 10-Charles F. Conk- lin of Chicago defeated John A. Hen- drick of this city in the afternoon game of the billiard tournament. Conklin's average was 6 4-66. / High runs 30 27. 20, 20 Hendricks average was 53-66. High runs 26, 23. 21, 15. 15. Referee L. A. SerYatius.
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Makes Third Trip and Ewoiutions Over
 Monaco Bay,

Monaco, Feb. 10.-Santos Dumont to- day made his third trip over the bay. Splendid weather prevailed. The aeronaut made evolutions with com plete success for thirty minutes and returned to his starting place amid the pIaudits of the great crowd assembled,
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small Fire T,'s Morning.

Fire alarm box No PA was rung at 2:30 this morning for d fire at Damn hauser & Shea's saloon, 425 State street. The awning caught fire. The damage was slight.
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$6.5O
 and $9.5O

and $17.5o; there being superb styles among them first choice will be most desirable at $o. 50 to $o.5o.
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F. c. Pingree, Ward l.. Andrus, Homer McGraW, Joseph Schulte, F. S. Osborne, W. T. McGraw.

The City Savings bank was the de- pository for the funds of the county auditors, their balance there being more than $150000, and F. c. Andrews was arrested this afternoon on com plaint sworn out by Auditor Christian after long conference between the au- ditors and Prosecutor Hunt. The war rant was served on Andrews, who is commissioner of police, by two of his detectives in the office of the Detroit Trust company, where he had been in consultation with officers of the banks holding his certified checks. The City Savings bank was also the depository for the board of education, which had a total of s456000 on deposit. Other local banks will temporarily advance funds to the board of education for salaries and running expenses.
 At meeting of the Clearing House
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Infants Wear Specials, l9c and 25c.

At loc. Infants white cambric slips, with ruf1e around neck and sleeves. You'll see the value and the under-priced saving at once.
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At 25C. Infants short dresses of fine cambric, tasteful1y trimmed with embroidery and fine tucking For months to years old.
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SAN7oS-DUMON1,S SUCCESS.

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-30
A Spiders Instinct.

A correspondent sends us n remarkable
instance OF adaptation OF instinct in a
trapdoor spider. SAYS the writer: "A
friend Of mine noticed near his camp a
trapdoor spider run I'm front Of him and
pop into It's hole, pulling the ia down rs
" disappeared. The I'D seemed 80 neat
and perfect circle that the man stop
ped tn examine g. ana found. 90 his as
tonishmont. that ia was a siXpence There
was nothing but silk thread covering tho
top OF the coin, but underneath mud and
silk thread were coated on and shaped
convex Gas usuaD. The coin had proba-
bly, been swept out OF the tent with rub
bish."
Commenting on this, a contributor 20
Nature SAYS AS Is well known. the
doors of trapdoor spiders burrows are
typically made OF fattened pellets OF
earth. stuck together with SILK or other
adhesive material The unique behavior
Of the spider In question showed no 1T
tie discrimination on her part touching
the suitability as 10 size. shape and
weight OF the object selected 10 fulfil the
purpose for which the sixpenco was
used. Sydney Bulletin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-30
CURRENT COrlrlENT.

II is altogether likely that Hill will have
to be relegated and there are many indi-
cations that Edward NJ Shepard will
come 10 the front as Democratic leader
in the ate.-Rochester Evening Times.
This doesn't appear 10 be Chairman
Jones time for speaking out I'm meeting
on presidential politics Mr.. Jones can
keep UP thinking. though. and perhaps
those who are postponing expression are
the wisest-C'incinnati Enquirer
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff like \.
Ward when the civil War broke out ~
willing 20 sacrifice "all his wifes rela-
tions." He is consenting 10 retire this.
that or the other dis.rici leader. in order
10 purify the Brooklyn machine Seem
ingly, he does not realize that the indc-
pendent Republicans are after larger
game. this time.-Albany Argus.
Santos-Dumont the flying machine man,
does not find Americans falling down TO
worship him as n great discoverer His
device Is believed 20 be nothing more than
a iov and incapable ~ development 10
pcals largely 10 intellectual people -
thins may bo accomplished by santos
Dumoni. however. hy exhibitions stim
ulaiing intcrest ia acronauiics.- Il tica
Press
Dr. Hills Of Brooklyn is spoken of as
a possible successor 20 the late Rev. Dr.
7. Dewitt Talmage. but we have our
uouoth. Inc people VINO nkcd Tnlmage' =
sermons will not like those OF Hills Tai
mege preached and wrote I'm a way that
every one could understand. He was elo.
quent In his simplicity. on the other
hand. Or. Hills. while equally eloquent.
IL more brilliant In his language and ap-
peals largely 10 intellectual people. -
Newburgh News
There was a peculiar dinner In Brook
lyn at the close of last week IN was
given by the Vegetarian society OF New
York and 10 members sat down 20 a ta-
bic on which no meat was served One IL
somewhat surprised 10 find that certain
plant products. which are considered es-
senfial 10 a heavy meat dinner were not
on the table. 10 wit, wines and ua-
u0rs. The meat eaters will not grudRe
the veeetarians their feast al they glance
over the items from olives 20 banana cof-
fee. bot they would turn green with envy
N every potent beverage from the Juice
OF the grape 20 the Juice OF the barley had
been set forth IN tempting array. The
vegetarians need not have tasted any OF
the liquors. OF course. but they might have
made a great show with them. merely for
the sake az the ausc.--Rochcster Post
xxpress
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-30
Swiss Watches,

The past few years have been busy
time for the watchmakers of Switzer-
land. This characteristic industry OF that
republic has always been centered in the
western part OF the country. The city OF
Geneva. the towns of lie Locle lie Chaux-
de-Fonds and other towns in the Jura
mountains have been the great centers.
Geneva's speciality was the finest gold
watches I'm elaborately engraved cases,
while lie Locle turned out pocket chrono-
meters. and the other Jura towns, though
making many fine and expensive watches.
also produced a great many of cheaper
grades.
The watch industry has now recovered
its prosperity after years OF depression.
The time came when Switzerland was
not able to compete with the machine
made watches which this country began
To produce in large quantities. All the
watches of Switzerland have been made
by hand. and though skilled labor there
is cheap, the Swiss workmen could not
compete with American machinery. An
other phase OF the American industry was
against the Swiss The work OF making
watch I'm this country is distributed
among large number OF artisans. each
of whom gives exclusive attention 10 the
production Of one part OF the watch. This
subdivision of labor makes flrst-Class eN-
perts. There was far less subdivision OF
work among the Swiss artisans, which
was "A disadvantage The best watches
made in switzerland, however, are still
among the finest i'm the world.
The Swiss lost about two-thirds OF their
export trade. They have at last regained
II by the Introduction OF machinery and
the manufacture OF the cheaper grades
Of watches which they produced by the
hundreds OF thousands every yean five-
siXths OF them being sold I'm foreign coun-
tries
The journal suisse dHorlogorie d"
which occupies high rank in watch
literature has printed an Illustrated vol
umc on the manufacture OF watches. The
book contains some curious statistics with
regard GO the distribution OF Swiss
watches I'm foreign countries. The secret
OF the very large sales IL that cheap wat
Ches are now sent 80 the markets. q very
large number of people who never bought
a Swiss watch before now carrying the
cheap tmepieces.
According to the statistics given. one
person in every 20 Inhabitants OF Great
Britain has bought Swiss watch during
the past five years In that time one
watch has been sold I'm Germany for
every 81 inhabitants. I'm Belgium one
watch 10 % Inhabitants: Denmark 20 SO
inhabitants: Scandinavia, TO "a: La Plata
countries. co: Austria 75; the Neither
lands. 81: Italy. ~. European Turkey. l92
Spain. ii9. Portugal 1856. France, li6.
Russia, 1S3: Greece. 2i9. countries " the
tower Danube. a6S Egypt -see,-tf ritrtf
States 25l: Canada. S75; Brazil. sS2 chile
and Peru t5S Australia. 499; Central
America. $50. Algeria and Tunis. 6S5 .
China and Japan. lies.
great many OF thes watches arc re-
tailed At a little over eight francs. The
gold watches are sold al an average OF 60
francs. the silver at u francs - cen
times and the metal watches at eight
francs t6 centimes. The average prices
az all the watches exported IL l6 francs
- centimcs. New York Sun"