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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
EVANS TRIAL EMDE1.
&Water Cure" Not a Torture, but 2
 Life Saver.

Life Saver.
 MANILA, July 12.-The court mar tial of Captain James A. Ryan of the Fifteenth cavalry on the charge of un- necessary severity to natives was con. cluded yesterday. It is believed he will be acquitted. The accused during the days proceedings made lengthy statement defending his actions, and Major Edwin F. Glenn, Fifth infantry, counsel for the captain, strongly plead ed for his exoneration. He contended that the water cure'' was not torture and asserted that its use had saved more American and Filipino lives than other expedients of the campaign. The major scored Judge Rhode for making a report that he was unable to substan- tiate and quoted q score of orders for the execution of guerrillas during the civil war to justify Captain Ryan.
 General Maxilon, who has been con victed of treason at Cebu, island of Cebu, has been sentenced to ten years Imprisonment and to 'pay a fine of $2 ,0Oo.
 General Noviso, who was jointly charged with General Maxilon, was sentenced to seven years imprison- ment and similar fine.
 General Davis has turned over the command of the American troops in Mindanao island to General Sumner.
 The two generals are visiting Camp Vickers, where the Americans face the Moros.
 The spread of cholera has slightly decreased, possibly on account of the rain. The totals since the outbreak are: Manila, 2,1S1 cases and 1,71S deaths; provinces, 12,476 cases and 9,357 deaths.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Chamberlain Not at Banaues.

LONDON, July 12.-In the absence on account of his accident of Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, the Earl of Onslow, undersecretary for the colonies, presided at the empire coronation banquet which was held ill the Guildhall last night. The brilliant company of over 600 persons included the colonial premiers, the Indian princes and other distinguished visit DTS now in London.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
strike conferenee rn chfcago

CHICAGO, July 12.-NIutual conces- sions by the freight handlers and by the railroads have paved the way for conferences between the managers and their employees which it is hoped will lead to the settlement of the freight handlers strike These conferences, whick will be the result of the work of the Chicago board of arbitration, will be held today i'll the offices of the respective general managers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Summer complaint is unusually pre-

Summer complaint is unusually pre- valent among children at this season. A well developed case i'll the writer's fam ily was cured last week by the timely use of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy-one of the best patent medicines manufactured and which is always kept on hand at the home of ye scribe. This is not intend ed as q free puff for the company, who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little sufferers who may not be within easy access of n physician No family should be without bottle of this med icine in the house, especially in summer time -Tansine Ia Journal. For sale by all druga.~.S.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
WATERT0WN J0TTINGS.
Large Attendance and Pleasant Time
 at Ladies Aid Festival.

Large Attendance and Pleasant Time
 at Ladies Aid Festival.
 Mrs Ellsworth of Danbury. who has been visiting with Mrs Jacob Blakes- lee for the past week, returned to her home to-day.
 Several of the farmers report the foxes as being very numerous. One farmer recently lost twenty choice fowls through their cunning work.
 Miss Donaghue of Boston is visiting with Mrs James Dunnigan of this place.
 Patrick Gallagher is on the sick list.
 Miss Annie Dunnigan, who has been spending some time visiting friends in Boston, returned home yesterday
 The St Johns Ladies' Aid society held an ice cream social and dance at the town hall last evening" A musi- cal program consisting of vocal and instrumental selections, mostly by out of town persons, was highly enjoyed by all. Guests were present from .Thomaston, Woodbury Waterbury and several other towns. Faulman of Waterbury furnished most excellent music and T. F. McGowan acted as prompter.
 F. M. Painter is on the sick list.
 A special meeting of the Watertown fire department will be held next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All the members are requested to be pres ent as business of importance will be transacted
 William Demarest of Thomaston visited friends in town last evening.
 John Lawlor of Waterbury is spend ing the summer with Leonard Oxley and family.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Office and Yard, 37 Brook Street.
EUGENE
 FIELDS
Views on Ambition and
 Dyspepsia.

Dyspepsia, wrote Eugene Field, "often incapacitates man for endea- vor and sometimes it extinguishes the fire of ambition Field was dyspep- tic himself. Though a great man despite this handicap he felt the blighting effects of the disease all his life. Thousands suffer similarly.
 A weak, tired or diseased stomach can't perform the process of digestion. It needs rest. If forced to work it will grow constantly weaker. If it gets rest it will soon growstrong again. Such a preparation as Kodol Dyspep- sia Cure will give it just such a rest. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stom- ach's work. It digests what you eat. Don't diet. Dieting is neither more nor less than partial starvation. Star vation never benefited anyone. If you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure you need suffer the bangs neither of indi- gestion nor of starvation. Equally good for children.
 II consider Kodol Dyspepsia Cure the su- perior of any preparation for the prevention Ogburn, Ante, Brunswick Co, Va. About three years ago suffered spells of the most excrutiating misery. I tried many remedies but gained only temporary relief until used tack since and whenever I feel symptoms of spell, a bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure sets me right"
 KodOl Dyspepsia Cure
 Cures all Stomach Troubles. Prepared only by E. 0. DEWITT & Go, Chicago. The S1 bottle contains 2A times the sec size.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
BLUEFIELDSs TAKEN?
Rumors of Revolutionist Vic
 tory In Nicaragua.
COLOMBIA IS STRIVING FOR PEACE.
Government Making Powerful Ef- forts, Says General Snlazar, to PacIfy Republic In Order to
 Take Up Canal Matter.


 Take Up Canal Matter.
 PANAMA, Colombia, July 12.-Pas- sengers who have arrived here from Costa Rican ports bring further re- ports of the revolutionary movement in Nicaragua. They are responsible for a rumor that Bluefields, Nicaragua, has been captured by the revolution ists and that after this success the lat ter advanced in the direction of the Chontales district.
 General Salazar in an interview said:
 ''The government is making power ful efforts to pacify the republic in or der that congress may meet and reach a decision In the matter of the canal bill, which is the most important ques- ition in Colombia today. The national government has issued generous de- cree offering guarantees to the reyolu- tionists, providing they surrender, in the departments of Boyaca, Cundina- marca, Santander and Tolima by the end of July. Those in the other depart ments will on account of the lack of rapid telegraphic communication have the time of their surrender extended until Aug. T. Hundreds of revolution ists have surrendered already, and more are coming in every day. I can safely say that the revolutionary ar my only exists on the isthmus because of the help given it by President Ze- lava of Nicaragua. He has violated all the rules of international law"
 Generals Sergio Camargo, Carlos Ar turo Torres and Manuel Jose Angarita and other prominent Liberal or revo- lutionary leaders have issued mani festo addressed to their followers urg- ing them to lay down their arms in or der that the nation may reach de- cision on the canal bill. This mani festo sets forth that the commercial interests of the world demand the prompt construction of the Panama canal. This declaration shows that both political parties in Colombia are in favor of the project.
 The terms of the decree of the gov ernment granting pardon to reyolu- tionists referred to by General Sala- gar are more generous than any of those which have been previously of- fered
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Did Not Know It Was Postponed.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-Copies of Honolulu newspapers received at the navy department tell of celebrations and rejoicings held there at the time when the coronation ceremonies of King Edward VII. were supposed to be taking place. Honolulu has no ca ble communication with the rest of the world, so the people there were in ig- norance of the postponement of the great event
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
oden Denied Application.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 12.-Governor Odell has denied the application of the Connecticut authorities for the extra dition to that state of Mrs Elizabeth Jennison and Mr. and Mrs George H. Massey of New York, accused of kid naping the four-year-old daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth Jennison from Greenwich. Conn.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
i. nenortea president Arrives.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Among the passengers on the steamship City of Washington from Cienfuegos, Santia- go and Nassau was Juan Jiminez, the deported president of the republic of Santo Domingo, who boarded the ship st Santiago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Lively would Finance cana..

OYSTER BAY. N. Y., July 12.-Pres- ldent Roosevelt has received an official communication from James Madison Lively of New York. proposing a plan to finance the proposed isthmian canal. MT. Lively suggests that his proposi, ton twill bear inspection and tests to the last ana lysis."
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
0AkVILLE HAPPENINGS.
Sunday Services at the Several Local
 Churches To-Morrow.

Churches To-Morrow.
 Mass will be celebrated at St Mary Magdalene's church at 10:30 a. m. and Sunday school will be after mass. Ser vices will be at 1O:30 a. m in All Saints and the Union churches and Sunday school at the usual hour to- morrow.
 Miss Edith Smith is on the sick list pin factory, has gone to housekeeping in the house vacated by MT Middle brook.
 Mrs Walter Kelly of Waterbury was in this place yesterday calling on friends.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Mayor by Four MniorftN.

ST. PAUL, July 12. Mayor Hugo, the Republican candidate, remains the mayor of Duluth. The supreme court has so decided. One vote counted for Truelson was thrown out, thus giving Hugo q majority of four. The court held that the neglect of the judges to place their initials on the ballots did not invalidate the votes of those east ing them
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12

LONDON. July 12.--Sir Christopher Furness, the well known shipowner and shipbuilder, has taken the entire 1B,oO0 shares of the Gulf Steamship company issued to raise capital for building steamers. Sir Christopher will hereafter control the manaS@ 'nent of this company.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Bridgeport Steamboat Company
 FOR NEW YORK. WILLIAM c. PAYNE

New Coastwise Steamer, Leaves Bridgeport daily (except Sun day) at 7:45 a. n. on arrival of early morning train from stations on Naug- atuck division, due New York Il a. m. Returning, leaves New York pier 31 b. R., 800 D. m. and foot East 31st street 3:15 D. m., due Bridgeport 6:30 D. m. Saturdays, leaves New York one hour earlier.
 STEAMER ALLAN JOY Leaves Bridgeport daily (except Sat- urdays) 12 o'clock midnight, due New York 400 a. m. Returning leaves New York pier 31 E. R. daily (except Sunday at Il a. m., due Bridgeport 800 D. n.
 Sundays, steamer William G. Payne leaves Bridgeport 800 a. m., due New York 12 o'clock. noon. Returning, leaves New York 5 p. m., due Bridge port S:3O D. Ill.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
rresh Fruption of Ment relee.

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique July 12. There was j fresh ele.p.... of Mont Pelee yesterday morning.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-12
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure

Prepared only by E. 0. DEWITT & Go, Chicago. The $1 bottle contains 2I times the sec. size.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-01

hama +o Moscow by wav of America down be-
low twenty-one days in the next decade
moro material reduction should be effected Id
Siberia At present the average speed there II
only about ten miles an hour. On one section ol
railway 6s5 miles long. il is necessary 10 spehu
fa,r DAYS Empire State expresses VIII prop-
ably not be seen in that part or the world Tor
quarter of 4 century If ever. But when the
Transsiberian road has been relald Win hea'-
ier rails and otherwise improved 1t shoula oe
feasible to double OF more than double the pres
ent speed. which is scarcely greater than thal
of the old fashioned stage coach. a full week
ousht to be saved here inside OF ten years ana
it NAV then be practicable to get down to foko-
hama a day quicker than now. y journey
around the world then might possibly De MADE
i'm half the time allowed by Jules Verne.
Few neople are ever likely to attempt con-
+;nuous trin of this sort. But the Improvements
i'm travelling facilities which make such short
entng of time possible are of immense practlcai
Importance. In the near future there VIII pe d
great increase in travel across lhe facLlc
merely for health and pleasure. The peculiar
charm which everything Japanese has for most
neople is only one of many incentives for VISIT
inc tbe Orient Hence the elegance and conf
fort of the new vessels going into service Oh
the Pacific is a matter of general interest a
much more serious consideration is the STEAD!
DEVELOPMENT which is taking place In the COM
nerce between the United States and ASIA 10
China, Japan and Siberia large quantities OF
American merchandise are already going. out
this traffic is destined to experience splendia
growth One essential TO such expansion is fhe
invasion of these countries by commercial traV-
elIers. After that preliminary step is taken the
time necessary for the transportation OF freight
and mail viii enter into the calculations OF
thousands of American business men. were
there no competition between the manufactul-
ers of this country and those of Europe fof ori-
entail patronage, the question OF speed might he
regarded with Indifference Hut ID cohtheFciai
tactics as in war. much depends Cd getting
there" ahead of your rival. The construction
Of such steamships as the Siberia. therefore is
q matter for national congratulation
New-York tribune., 1902-12-01
4 VENERABLE CASE.

We had almost forgotten that man named
Scannell existed, but in looking back over file
we were reminded of him. We found that on No
vember %. 1901, over year ago. grand jury
indicted him and his friend William L. Marks
for conspiracy TO defraud the city. Nor was
that the beginning of the scandal. They were
indicted for the same crime early last year, but
the indictments were set aside on O technjcality
of procedure On the present charges they
have been awaiting trial for more than year.
though Mr.. Scannell has frequently and earnest
ly protested his desire for speedy vindication
and anxiety for full investigation. His counsel,
however, apparently has had different views,
and he has managed to postpone the trial of the
case well on toward two years from the time
when the first revelations of the transactions
of Scannell and Marks were made
This is a which District Attorney Jer-
ONE ought long ago to have taken up. He took
office with loud promises of striking terror to
the Tammany corruptionists. This is the one
criminal charge which has been brought
against high Tammany office holder in the
last administration, and nothing has been done
with it. The indictment was secured by Dis
trct Attorney Phlbin and all the evidence
was at hand for Mr.. Jerome. 1t was highly i'm
portant that corruption in public Office should
be promptly punished, much more important
than was the prompt punishment OF. private
crime. II the charge could not be proved it
was also due TO a man conspicuous in public
life that IT should be promptly dismissed II
New-York tribune., 1902-12-01
DOES He T4LK TOO MICH!

District Attorney Jerome has been saying un-
kind things about Jefferson. He has even gone
50 far as to call him ''fakir." Is it not pos
sibIe that Mr. Jerome likes TO listen to hlmself,
to hear himself talk: In an after-dinner speech
last year he declared that he hated kepuplcan
as ne hated a rattlesnake- This amazing utter
apce came from his lips deliberately and with
emphasis. It may not be probable that the shade
of the Sage of Monticello is gravely perturoed
while he wanders about the Elysian helds py
anything which our explosive District Attorney
may say about him. 1t is certain that the mem
bers of the Republican party are not uneasy De-
cause our public prosecutor hates Repunhcans
as he hates rattlesnakes. They lose no sleep on
account of his hostility.
The wisest resolution which Mayor Van Wyck
announced and adhered to while he held the
place of chief executive of this town was that
he would attend no public dinners and would
make no speeches after the champagne glasses
had been filled and emptied. Might it not prott
our District Attorney to follow that example?
After-dinner talks are not always inJudicious;
but public prosecutors ought always to be dis
Greet and almost always reticent-
New-York tribune., 1902-12-01
CORNERS OLD IND NEW.

Was there ever before such city as Chicago
for corners since the days when Joseph
bought options for Pharaoh on the food supply
of early Egypt: The grain pit in which the
ancient patriarch handled futures and drove
the bears Of the Nile canebrakes to cover may
possibly have been In the neghborhood OF the
site of the Great Pyramid of Cheops Josephs
success In speculative operations and in real
estate and other property investments surpassed
all precedents up to his time. His crop pre-
dictions were wonderfully accurate. Jacobs
celebrated deal" In mess of pottage and his
breeding of live stock while he was drawing a
salary as a cowboy and sheep herder from the
unsuspicious Laban were not so farsighted as
were those of the ever famous overseer on the
banks of the Nile, who was graduated from
Potiphar's training school, and was set over the
entire land Of Egypt S
In the astonishing series of corners Of food
of various kinds which have been manipulated
in the West from time to time, wheat and corn,
barley and rye. oats and other products Of the
soil have been included. as well as live stock OF
many classes cattle and horses sheep and
lambs, calves and pigs. Chicago corners in
vast variety Of things have been so numerous
that only the stupendous memory of a Macaulay
or Mezzofanti could keep them all in mind
Is It not probable that Pharaohs Joseph
would be IN infant crying in the night, an in
fant crying for the light and with no language
but a cry, II he were alive in this era and
perchance came into contact with the Cook
County cornerers Of this generation? Joseph
never went so far as TO try TO corner potatoes.
The truth is, Pharaoh and Potiphar and Joseph
never saw potato. Until after the discovery
Of America by Columbus. whose uneasy ashes
have been carried back and forth across the
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home again, like a weaver's shuttle, that in
estimable escuient was unknown in Egypt, and
even IN Ireland. But there are now rumors Of
potato corner on the borders OF Lake Michi-
gan What next7 A corner IN clothes or
shoes, or hats? A corner in everything which
humanity uses. IN food, fuel drink. land and
even atmosphere?
New-York tribune., 1902-12-01
THE JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD.

The visit of the new steamship Siberia to this
city before entering upon her career Of useful
ness on the Pacific, and the remarkable record
which her sister ship. the Korea, recently made
for speed, naturally revive the question of the
time required for a journey around the entire
globe. The Korea crossed from Yokohama to
San Francisco Few weeks ago in fraction
under eleven days, and the best continental ex-
presses bring a man from California to New
York In four At present, it is not practicable
10 count reaching Paris in less than week
or 10 get 10 Moscow without spending about
four days more on the road. Thus making no
allowance for delay or missing connections
nearly three-quarters of the whole distance to
be covered now be fraversed in twenty
six days The remaining quarter takes nearly
or quite as long From Moscow to Irkutsk the
schedule time for what are called expresses is
nine days, but t is seldom that the trains ar
rive less than day or two late. while they are
sometimes seventy-two hours behind time. At
1rkutsk through passengers all change cars
snd the fast trains for the Pacific leave only
twice week. Supposipg that one can proceed
within a few hours after reaching the capital
Of Siberia, he could hardly get TO Port Arthur In
less than three weeks from the day he left
Moscow. Steamers do not leave for Yokohama
every day, but the voyage itself takes only
about four days. Under the most favorable
conditions imaginable, therefore, the entire Jour-
ney Just now would consume from ifty-one TO
ffty-fve days. and might easily stretch out to
sixty
II is comparatively easy TO foresee where the
chief economies in time viii be effected along
this route IN the next ten years. When COM
petition between British and american lines on
the Pacific leads 70 the adoption of steamers
<aet .1,1 x<la
be feasible TO reduce the time two full days
from that recently made by the Korea Only
very sanguine prophet would predict the saw
ing OF more than day in crossing the Amer
ican Continent but another may we'll be gained
or the Atlantic. and third on the Continent
OF Europe. It is not reasonable to count on
getting the time for actual travel from Yoke