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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
CITY NEWS.

All the union barber shops will close tomorrow. Decoration day, at 1l o'clock.
 The advance agent of Walter l.. Mains circus called upon City Clerk Ryan today and took out license, to exhibit here on June 19
 Among the parties confirmed at thd Immaculate Conception church to-day by Bishop Tierney were five who had recently embraced the Roman Catholic faith.
 All arrangements are completed for' the Merrfmac clubs excursion to Han- over park tomorrow The train will leave at l D. m. and it looks as though a big crowd would take in the sights at the park as large number or tich- cts have been sold.
 Lieut-Colonel Geddes, who will be grand marshal of the Memorial daY parade tomorrow says that he has nou vet heard from all his aids and thau on this account the list will not bd nublished today. The first division will be in command of Captain Fitz~ patrick and will be made up as lol< '! lows: Platoon of police, Major Bans non in commando; chief marshal ana and aids; American band; Companies G and A; Company E, Hibernian rifles: two companies of Spanish- American war veterans; Wadhams post. G. A. R.; Sons of Veterans; Mat~ tatucl drum corps; U. R. K. F.; Boys brigade; the second division which will consist of a drum corps and about 400 school shildren will be ill command o1 | Captain Keaveney. rM1
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
ALFARO DENOUNCED.

Guayaquil .acuador. May 29-The newspapers here this morning denounce former President Alfaro of Ecuador. who is residing here. for conspiring to overthrow President
 Plaza. his successor. who was inaugur- ated. in August last. asserting that Ali
 faro has called on the Colombian reh- els to suspend their operations in Co., lombia and come to Ecuador to help him. It is further asserted that the former president has promised that after the Colombians have been vic- torious in overthrewing President Plaza, Alfaro will assist them to de- feat the Colombian conservatives against whom they are now waging z war. The Guayaquil papers are ask 1 ing Alfaro to furnish an explanation of his conduct.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
IN THE FAMINE DISTRICT.
Peasants of St Petersburg Are Dying
 of Scurvy.

St Petersburg, May S-The situation of the famine stricken peasants con tinues to grow worse. In 241 villages of the Minzelinsk district, government of Cufa, 6,S15 cases of a hunger epi- demic disease (scurvy) were officially recorded on April IA, as compared with 2,723 cases reported on March 14. This is only sample of existing conditions in other famine districts.
 Siberian merchants are loudly com, plaining that Manchuria and adjacent ports of Siberia are doaded with Amer jean, German, Japanese and other for eign goods and that Russian trade is disappearing. Energetic measures are demanded, particularly frontier guard sufficient to prevent smuggling.
 About 3UO,0O0 poods "a pood is equiv a1ent to forty pounds) of Russian pc troleum have been shipped to Chris- tiania, Norway, where American oil has heretofore monopolized the market.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
GALLIvAN BROKE HACK DOOR.
He Refused to Ride With Wormsley
 to the Court.


 Norwich, May 29.-William H. Gall livan, who is being tried for the mur- der of Jeremiah Shumway in the su- perior court here, created a sensation al scene this morning while being ta- ken from the jail to the court house. He was to be carried from the jail to the court in a hack in which was also Thomas Wormsley, who is also indict- ed with Gallivan for the same crime. He refused to ride i'll the hack with Ssi ormsley and when forced. in he kicked the hack door to pieces aud punched Wormsley. He was finally quieted and rode to the court with Wormsley. The first witness to-day was George E. Pitcher, a civil engi- neer. He furnished plans of the Shumway and Galliyan homes. Dr NJ. D. Fox. medical examiner of Rock vile, testified to examining Shumway and he said that death was caused by q blow on the back of the head. Mrs Ida Williams and Walter Bur1ingame of Montville were the next witnesses. The former heard agonizing cries from the Shumway residence on the day of the murder. The latter saw a man running from the rear of the house about the time of the crime
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Frank AIcKenna Died at His Boarding House Yesterday.

Istlh 4ICAchlltt llCu ut lAiS coni NiA D House Yesterday.
 Frank McKenna, aged 49 years, q well known Waterbury man. was found dead ill bed at his boarding house at the residence of Michael Brady. corner of Union and South Elm streets, yes- terday afternoon. Acting Medical Elk aminer Crane viewed the body and pronounced death due to heart trouble. The deceased was a nephew of the late James Reynolds of South Elm street, and was employed for number of years on and off by the street de partment. He worked Tuesday and retired early ill the evening. The weather was rather untavorable for outdoor operations yesterday and it was thought that he had decided to remain at home. When it was decided to call him he was found dead. Un- dertaker Bergin removed the body to the home of his sisters, the Misses Annie and Bridget McKenna of g Cole street He also leaves another sister, Mrs Mary Mccormack. Mir McKenna was quiet. inoffensive man and was well liked by all who knew him. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock with a mass of requiem at the Immaculate Conception church and interment ill St Joseph cemetery.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
COAL FAMINE IN NEW YORK
Not a Cargo in Sight for the
 Markets To-day.

Railroad Companies Have Plenty of
 It Stored Away-To Charge Demur-
 rage at Philadelphia-Non Union
 Men Put to Work at the Cranberry
 Colliery = Coal Companies Near
 Pottsville Have Engaged Special
 Policemen to Protect Their Prop
 erty.
 New York, May 29.-According to retail coal dealers, this city will enter to-day upon the first day of its real anthracite coal famine, since the strike of the miners. Not cargo was in sight in the markets yester- day. The stocks of many of the yards are depleted entirely by the se- were drain of the last two weeks and nowhere, except In the yards of the railroads. where coal is hoarded by the thousands of tons, gould be had even q glimpse of the mineral
 Philadelphia, May 29.-The Pennsyl- yania railroad company has notified coal shippers that on and after June l. S1 per day demurrage will be charged upon cars detained over an average of four days at Greenwich Point, Perth Amboy, Hasimus Cove and Baltimore This action will inter- fere very seriously with spectators. who, taking advantage of the anthra- cite strike and the consequent ln- creased demand for bitum1nous coal, are buying the latter and using the cars for storage purposes, pending a market for it at high prices
 Hazelton, Pa, May 29.-Eleven non union men, brought here last night from, Philadelphia, were put to work to-day at the Cranberry colliery of A. Pardee & Co to fill the places of the striking firemen and pump runners. This is the first importation of non- union men into the district.
 The Lehigh Valley Coal company to-day made preparations for housing and boarding it's firemen and pump runners at the No 40 colliery. it's larg- est operation in the district
 Pottsville, Pa. May 29.-The coal com panies in this section are gathering special policemen to protect their prop erty, in the event of conflict on Mon day. The Reading company has sworI in 125 since Monday. These will sup plement it's regular force of fifty DO licemen. As a strike of the pumpmen engineers and firemen is considered in evitable, the Reading company expects to have a sufficient force to protect any non-union men who may be brought here to run the pumps.
 The Saint Clair Coal Go and the Buck Mountain Coal Go also had com missions issued to number of special policemen. The Lehigh Valley Goa Co and the Pennsylvania Go will eacl have sworn in fifty policemen before the end of the week, and q score oi other companies will take similar ac ton.
 Strike leaders are protesting against this action as unnecessary. They say there will be no violence on the par of the strikers unless they are forced to protect themselves.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29

for blood, but for something moro substantial. A short time ago there was a scramble for the franchise over an eight mile route. The city's repre- sentatives were equal to the situation and told the rival companies that the franchise would go to the parties giy- ing the highest bonus. The result of this was that the city got the munifi- cent sum of $6O,0O0 for the right to lay tracks along the eight miles of streets together with 9 per cent of the gross earnings of the road, a tax of $2 a car, the care of a certain portion of the streets and the sprinlling of tha same thrown In. The same tactics is resorted to with all corporations who want to use the public streets for any purpose so that while the whole city is kept in first class condition the bulk of the expense is borne by others than the property owners. In other words, a man who is trying to build and own q home for himself and family is not, compelled to pay for opening streets and maintaining them and then see them turned over to utter strangers to make fortunes out of them. And the fact that there is rivalry for these fran- chises in Baltimore and other places where the companies have to come down handsomely shows that there ia money in the business at almost any price
 l After MT Caswell had bowed him- self out and gone on his way, few of the officials and Democrat reporter who had listened to this short, practi~ cal talk on municipal affairs, looked at each other and the man from BaIti- more must have been half way to New Haven before any of them dared open his lips. When they recovered their senses they excused themselves by stating that it was none of their fault l if the trolley people had pulled the wool over the eyes of Waterbury off, clals. They claimed that they do not now nor never have held executive positions and therefore had nothing to do with shaping legislation. One of them requested the Democrat man to I Write up what the visitor had said and send marked copies of the paper cons taining the article to every man in Waterbury so that all might be put Ill possession of the fact tbat waterbury is an easy mark for pri4
  vate corporations who want to in- crease their millions at the expense of the public. This man was very anx- ions that the Hon George l.. Lilley and all the other nabobs of the republican, party who have something to do with state legislation should hear all about 1 what the trolley means to people who know their rights and refuse to see them invaded by others without mak- ing a fight Our neighbor up the road. New Britain. appears to be gets ting ahead of Waterbury in this res spect The lighting company has been getting the best of them for some time past But they were aware from the beginning that they were be- I ing Imposed upon and kept up an agi- tstion for better treatment and aften a. steady. persistent tussle they finally won their point.
 Let's see; who is this that said Was terbury was a jay town? Oh, neyer mind about that.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
INVESTIGATING EXPLOSION.
Seventy Eight Bodies Have Been Re
 covered to Date.


 Victoria, B. C., May 29.-Hon E. c. Prior, minister of mines, yesterday re ceiyed the following telegraphic report from w r. Robertson, provincial min erologist, who was sent by the gov ernment to Fernio to investigate the explosion in the Crows Nest Pass mines:
 'Seventy-eight bodies recovered to date, eight to-day. All parts of mine searched except Beaver Deep district. Probably six bodies there. Since Mon day I have seen no indication as to origin of explosion. Certainly not from machine holes. as popularly reported, as they were found intact and had not been loaded. Mine dusty, but no sign of coke in the dust to indicate dust explosion. All bodies probably out in next twenty-four hours except those buried under false roof through props being blown out of some places cover ing large areas. Search eing made is systematic and persistent
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29

k. Stanley Caswell of Baltimore, Md, was in Waterbury today and made a call upon the officials at the City hall building, and before leaving he had
 opened some of their eyes wider than they ever were before on the question of municipal government. It was q pity that he was not prevailed upon to remain here until q public meeting could have been called and let the peo- pie hear what he had to say about troll ley franchises and other things, all of which have, or ought to at least, q special interest for every man who lives in this town, it matters not wheth- CT he pays taxes or prefers to live in a house owned by somebody else and l plank down a handsome or. modest sum. as the case may be, for the priv | ilege.
 | But MT Caswell had to get out of town on the 10:50 train and the best l that could have been done was to get
 a few words from him for the press. He dropped in here to find out when yhe city's contract with the Connecticut | Railway and Lighting Go will expire. | next March. After learning the price
 paid here per light he said that he could furnish the same candle power
 per light dollar less, and perhaps by next year he would be able to do even better than that. He laughed at the simplicity of the people of this town | with reference to their dealings with
 the trolley company regarding street | fpnt lcnf fcnc
 chises given to the street railway com pany in Baltimore contained condi-
 ton that the company pay to the city I l0 per cent of it's gross earnings. and
 the company accepted the conditions
 Later this was reduced to per cent
 of the gross earnings, and the company
 Is paying that at the present time. The
 revenue from this source enriches the
 city to the amount of $5OO,0O0 a year every dollar of which is spent in mak- | ing public Improvements. beautifyine l public parks and attending to other things which go to render a city what 1 # ought to be without making owners of private property bear the whole of 1 the burden. Baltimore, 2e said. is dotted with parks, some large. others small but of great benefit to the pub lie. In addition to the per cent of its gross earnings the company pays to the city franchise tax of $z car. which l figures up something in the neighbor
 hood of $1.200. The company also paves the streets over which it's cars travel within it's rails and two feet out
 side of the rails. keeps that portion of the streets in repair and sprinkles them.
 Whenever the company wants to ex
 tend it's service the city charges then
 at the rate of $500 q mile in thickIy
 settled districts and $2 per mile ir
 rural or suburban sections. This in cludes the per cent of the gross earn ings and the other conditions already referred to.
 They must be wide awake people il
 Baltimore. They are not tied up tc
 any particular corporation and conse l quently they share in the profits that come from competition when capital ists throw down the gaunt let of battle to each other
 and enter the area. moi
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
MALCOLM FORD'S THREAT.
Asked His Brother for $25, ,000 Which He Said Was Due Him.

Failing to Get it on the First Visit
 He Said He Would Return in
 Week and Resort to Desperate Meas
 ures-He Kept His Word and as
 Everyone Knows Both Brothers Are
 Dead.
 New York, May 29.-In connection with the Ford tragedy, which occurred recently i'll this city, q story, hitherto unpublished, is in circulation regarding the cause of the shooting which cost the lives of the author, Paul Leicester Ford, ana his brother, Malcolm, the famous athlete. It is to the effect that Malcolm, who was not provided for in his fathers will, notified Paul, as eXecutor of the will, week before the shooting that he must have 5000 which he claimed was due because he had signed waiver permitting the probating of the will. He is said to have declared lie needed money badly and to have become much incensed when Paul replied that he did not have the sum at hand, adding that Malcolm should consult other members of the family. Malcolm is said to have re- piled that one of the heirs had kept the agreement but that he would not consult the others and departed with the declaration that he would return week hence for the money, failing to receive which, he should resort to desperate measures.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
ATTRACTED BY SHOUTS
Policemen Broke Door and Found
 Two Dying Men.

New York, Mary 29.-Policemen, at tracted by the shouts of alarmed resi- dents in an apartment building at 90 Second avenue, early to-day, broke the door of one of the flats and found J. s. Keldain, a dealer in cigarettes, lying on the floor with his skull crushed. In an adjoining room, lying on bed, was N. Caraman, a tobacco merchant.
 Caraman was shot through the head. In one hand he held a pistol and near him was a hammer The police believe he attempted to kill Keldain with the hammer and then shot himself. The cause of the quarrel is not known. Both were taken to Bellevue hospital and will die, the doctors say.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
PEACE CABINET.
Was in Session For More Than
 an Hour Last Night.
CHAMBERLAIN WAS THERE

.Balfour Says He Hopes to Be Aple
 to Announce Result of Conferences
 Next Monday-The Budget Was
 Again Postponed to Await the Final
 Verdict on the Peace Negotiations
 London. May 29.-The British cabinet was specially summoned last night anu sat for a little over an hour. It IS generally accepted however this morn ing that the session, though brief, sui iced to put the final touches on the argument which will terminate the war. The colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, was sufficiently recover ed ffcm his indisposition to attend what IS already designated as the peace cabinet
 The government leader, A. J. Bal four, announced in the house of com mons to-day that he hoped to be able, on Monday next, to announce the re suit of the peace negotiations in South Africa. A
 MT Balfour added:
 T cannot however be absolutely cer- tain of being in a position to do so, so that until the statement can be made l do not think 1t expedient to take up the budget"
 The government leader also said:
 "A recent phrase. hung in the bal ance,' has been absurdly misinterpret- ed as referring to divisions in the cabi- net on the subject of the budget. That is not a fact, and the only point is whether the house can properly be asked to discuss the budget until they know precisely where they stand in regard to the negotiations"
 In spite of MT Balfour's pretended uncertainty. there is no doubt whatever in the house of commons or elsewhere that full peace settlement will be an- nounced Monday next.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
COAL FROM GEORGIA.
Large Fleet of Vessels to Bring it
 Into New England.


 Ansonia, May 29-The Sentinel to- day prints a statement given out by c. J. Bushnell, treasurer of the com pany which represents the Brunswick $ Birmingham railroad, with offices at T Broadway, New York. This com pany proposes to have q large fleet of vessels carry coal from the company's Georgia coal fields to all New England states and New York state. Because of the small expenses necessitated in bringing coal in this manner, the com pany expects to be able to shove the prevailing prices way down so that it will effectually compete in this sec ton of the country. Mir Bushnell de- clares that the coal fields are inex- haustible and are run by a company with unlimited capital. The company is not member of the coal trust and it is expected that the fleet will be in operation before next winter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
THY COULDN'T LIFT HIM
Man Who Weighs Only 1O5, But
 Has Mysterious Power.

Some of the Strongest Policemen Gave Him Up-Celebrated Scientists Have Examined the Man and Give Yer
 sions As to His Power of Resistance. R. H. Mack of Brooklyn, the man who has the mysterious power, is i'll this city. He visited the police station this morning and several officers at tempted to lift him. Among them were Officers Goggins and Cronan and Door man Hickey. They were at first sue. cessful, but when he placed the middle finger of his right hand on their necks and his thumb on their wrists none of them could lift him, and he only weighs 105 pounds.
 A Democrat reporter met Mir Mack this afternoon and he was somewhat skeptical of his wonderful power. He lifted him two or three times, but when
 Mack placed the middle finger of his right hand on the reporters neck and porter's wrist all the newspaper mans
  | trying to lift him from the floor.
 In speaking of his wonderful power MT Mack says: T have no explanation to offer for my peculiar power. Vir- chow, the dean of the University of Berlin. calls 1t the force of nervous re- sistance Checot of Paris, the promi- nent hypnotist, called 1t scientific test of invisible strength. Dr Sargent of To nd of d l Dr Loomis of Yale would advance no theory beyond saying that it was prob ably the application of personal mag netism. I am not conscious, however of attempting to control mans will during the test. Of course my mind is always on the subject while a man is l trying to lift me, but I do not attempt to govern him in any way. My power has lessened very perceptibly during recent years and I should not be sur pissed to lose 1t altogether. After the tests are over feel tired, though it is
 hard to tell whether it is physical ol
 mental weakness"
 Mack not only possesses the power
 but is able to transmit it. He trans mitted 1t to Officer Hickey and Officer
 Goggins was unable to lift him. Gus | GdIuH0I, Iu0 UOAGI, Istll0Q to uIL HIT
 when he used his power. and so diG
 J. W. Hodson. Anton Muller of this | city, the we'll known masseur, followed
 him from Bridgeport to Ansonia and ! then failed to lift him. Mack discov cred his wonderful power accidentally ! when he was years old. His father l was punishing. hiIn@and Mack, then :
 mere boy, happened to put his finger
 on his fathers neck, and the latter ha6
 no strength to continue the punishment At 14 years the boy had the powei we'll under control. Since then he has
 travelled in all partseof the world, as tonishing everybody with his maryelou. power. Such men as Sandow and Johr
 l.. Sullivan have been unable to If him. few years ago four men at time couldn't lift him, but four car
 now. Two can't. A number of mer
 about this city attempting. to lift hin
 during the dayI Before he uses hi,
 mysterious power they were success fui, but all their efforts were baff1et
 when he did use it. His manager i.
 Victor Vass of Providence. They ar, stopping at the Savoy hotel. Macl
 Will probably appear at 4orest parl
 during the rest of the week
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
STRENGTHENING FLEET.

Victoria, B. C., May 29.-Great Britt ain is strengthening her fleet in Asiatic waters by sending vessels from the Pa- cific station. The torpedo boat de- stroyers yirago and Sparrow-HawE will leave shortly for the Orient to be added to the fleet there. The Arethusa which was sent from here at the time of the Boxer rising, is coming to convey the two destroyers. When the destroyers leave it will make three vessels that have been sent from here to China by the admiralty.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
'. & 0. MEN FINED.

Branford. May 29.-In the town court to-day Shadrach McClair, J. $. Harris, Cyril Harland and R. D. Hide brand. the four detectives from New Haven who were charged with breach of the peace. were each fined 8 and costs by Judge Doolittle and each ap- pealed. The men were in Branford conducting investigations in saloon law violations and became involved in a fight in one of the saloons and were all arrested.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29
WHAT AUTOPSY SHOWED.

New London. May 2s.-The autopsy on the body of Louis Boullett, found in Shaw's cove yesterday, revealed the fact that his death was caused by a wound on the back of the head that produced concussion of the brain. Cor oner Brown has no means of telling whether the wound was the result of being struck by train or whether foul play caused the mans death. The body was inferred at Montville this morning.