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The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Mrs Fred Tongue of Danbury was a
Sunday guest of her father, Alfred
BrittOn.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Mrs A. P. Smith is making excellent
progress toward complete restoration
to health and expects to return to her
home by September l.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Mrs A. w. Fairchild, who has been
in New Haven for some time, has been
passing a few days at her home in
Taunton district.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Miss Anna Carlson has gone to
Brooklyn for month, accompanying
Mrs Wilson and family, who have been
at the Inn.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

The Ladies' Morning whist club
were very delightfully."- entertained,
Thursday morning, by Mrs J. W. Cor
don.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Mr. and Mrs Hollister Sage Of South
Britain attended service at the Con
gregational church on Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

C. S. Peck and wife of Hawleyville
passed Sunday with F. A. Warner, Jr.,
in New Milford.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

L. S. Mason has resumed his place
on the road, having accepted position
with Minor, Garrett & Reed.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Miss Clara Dickinson and Miss Ma
bel Jameson of Hartford are spending
their vacation in town, the guests of
their aunt, Mrs H. NJ. Smith.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

William A. Donahue is making two
weeks visit with his cousin in New
York City.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Dea y. w. Mitchell of South Britain
was caller, last Monday, on Dea and
Mrs William Fairchild in Taunton.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

G. w. Fairchild & Sons, the Bridge
port jewelers., invite the inspection of
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

The Newtown baseball team play
the Watertowns August 8, at New
town, and Woodburys, at Woodbury..
August Is. This latter game will at
tract big crowd.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

George B. Fairchild is visiting ir
Bethel the guest of Mrs Elijah Taylor
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Mrs Frank Cannady and children of
Bridgeport left, last Monday, for
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

Miss Larner of Buffalo, N. Y, is to
take position at housework with the
family Of Attorney w. J. Beecher.
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The leader of the Christian Endeavor
meeting on August 9 will be George r.
Wilson. The subject, lessons from
Paul: How may we get his passion fo1
SOulS.''
The Newtown bee., 1903-08-07
VACATION.

WRITTEN FOR THE BEE BY HELEN A.
TAYLOR.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
PRICES REACT SLIGHTLY
AFTER HIGHER OPENING
Losses Were Fractional Only, However,
and Quotations Develop Strength
IN Both Groups.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE stock mar
ket opened generally higher today, in
sympathy with the advances reported
from London. After a little hesitation
and some small reactions. there was
strengthening in quotations throughout
the list. In the railway list there were
advances Of I per cent and over in St
Paul Erie common and first preferred.
Pennsylvania. Reading. Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific
The Improvement was generally well
maintained. but Pennsylvania developed
slight heaviness.
In the industrials, United States Steel
preferred advanced IL per cent. and held
the gain well. Tennessee Coal and Iron
opened up rs per cent on more encour-
aging reports from the Southern iron
trade. and Colorado Fuel and Iron show
ed an initial gain OF a point. Sugar
was aggressively strong with an i'm
provement of nearly two points.
Among the electric stocks Westing-
house rose points and General Elec-
trio, after opening off 1 per cent. re-
covered the loss. American Smelling
advanced per cent. Amalgamated Cop
per was irregular and after gaining Us
per cent lost y a point. In the local
fractions Brooklyn Rapid Transit rose
10 pei ttIAf JUL ,hfNNAeA~tANAa
fraction. Metropolitan Street Railway
made an initial gain of IL per cent and
other issues in this class showed de-
cided strength.
Toward the close OF the first hour
prices in many instances suffered small
reactions and speculation remained mar
row with some uncertainty OF trading
sentiment. Government bonds I'M
changed. Railroad bonds firm.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING NOTES

Ninety-one thousand square feet of
ground at 81 per square foot have been
bought by Thomas w Smith, the lum-
Der dealer and president OF the Board
Of Trade, at Columbia Road and Nine
teenth Street. for the purpose. It is
thought. of subdivision. The property
fronts 237 feet on Columbia Road and
2S9 on Nineteenth Street. The sale was
made for the heirs of the estate of John
Little by Early & Hampton Another
tract in the same vicinity concerning
which negotiations are pending is that
owned by Lawrence Sands and of the
same size as the one bought by Mr.
Smith.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
MURDER IN THEATER
IN VIEW OF AUDIENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14-While a
play was on in a Washington Street
Chinese theater about midnight, before
an audience which packed the house, a
Chinaman, with n revolver in his hand.
stepped out on the stage from n side
door and fired four shots at Gee All
Gong. who was in the orchestra beating
the cymbals. Gong died half an hour
later.
Several hundred citizens who had been
enjoying the play made n mad rush
For the door when the shots were fired
The murderer disappeared.
The audience thought that the High
binders had entered the place to work a
wholesale destruction of lives The
police have no clue to the assassin, as
the victim belonged 10 no society and
was not involved in the feud now rag
ing in Chinatown
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
COTTON GROWING AIM
OF FOREIGN NATIONS
Want to Make Themselves Independent
of Supply of Staple by the
United States.

The steady reduction in the cotton pro-
duction of the United States IN recent
years is resulting in vigorous and sys-
tematic efforts by European countries
to establish a cotton-prOducing industry
in other parts of the world which snail
render them Independent of the United
States for this important staple. which
has for many years brought more money
into this country than any other single
product of the farm or factory.
The prime movers in the promotion
of an adequate cotton supply outside
of the United States are the British
Cotton-Growing Association. the Kolo-
Observation-Disclosures Comitee of Berlin,
and the Colonial Cotton Association in
France. Consul General Evans of Lon
don reports that the British Cotton
Growing Association is trying TO grow
cotton in West Africa and the West In
dies. He saws that about 10000 acres
will shortly be under cultivation on the
British West African coast. where the
movement gives much promise Of sue
cess. Free transportation. extensive dis
tributiOn of seed. and sdvice of experts
are among the means employed TO pro
mote the industry. Cotton grows wild
in many parts of the colony. and during
the American civil war large quantities
were grown and sold in England.
In India movement is also on foot
not only to increase the quantity (Which
is said to be capable OF an augment of
million bales). but also 20 improve the
quality. The Nile improv sI1ents. it is
said, will Immediately increase Egypt
crop about 100. 600. 900 pounds. while in
the Soudan there are said TO be millions
Of acres of land capable of producing
a fiber at least as good as Egyptian
The Germans also are attempting TO
secure a cotton supply from their own
colonies In 1901 Consul Albert. at
Brunswick. reported that graduates of
the Tuskegee Institute were engaged in
establishing cotton cultivation in Togo
land. ConsuIs Monaghan, at Chemitz, and
Hughes. at Coburg, have made more re-
cent reports on the subject. Consider
able quantities have been shipped from
Togo. where there is said to be as much
land suitable for cotton as in Egypt,
with favorable soil and climate
The French are investigating their
tropical colonies as to the possibilities
Covert. at Lyons. wrote that French
statesmen expected that in the future
they would be able to procure their
supply of cotton from Tunis. Algeria.
and Madagascar. Consul Manauer men
tons Madagascar. Indo-China. the Su-
dan. and the colonies on the west coast
of Africa as promising sources of sup
ply for France.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14

-Four of the row of nine houses on
Baltimore Street recently built by Frank
Jonas have been sold for $1,000 each
Capt. Henry McCrea. L. S. ~. has
bought the house 2iS9 y Street north
west for s14,C00. The boise was former
~ occupied by Captain Newcomer, As
sistant Engineer Commissioner.
Architects Speiden & Speiden have pre-
pared plans for suburban villa for G.
+. Kincheloe, at Alta Vista, on the
Washington and Rockville Railway. 1t
is TO be a two-story and attic structure.
containing eleven rooms, reception hall.
and bath.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Fort Saratoga Addition TO Brookland-
Edwin A. ~. Lawson. ct al. trustees.
TO Orrin r. Bailey, lot Is, block 81. SO
Bloomingdale-Afary r. Ewing 20
Joseph Paul, lot %. square Z. $40
Fairyiew-KObert A. Dove ct ux. TO
Real Estate and Improvement Company.
lots -. IL. Is. block IL. S2,1O0.
Bl0Omingd ale-Ida NJ Hamilton. ct vIr
Charles A, to Joseph Paul. lots "a and
90. block Z. $40
Deanwood-M. Elizabeth Browning et
vir. John w. 10 Annie Foountain, part
original lot 3. SO
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
RUSSIAN TROOPS sUFFER

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 14-Accord-
ing to the 'Novokraj," of Port Arthur,
Russian troops in the Far East are suf-
fering greatly from extreme cold Al
though ten degrees of frost were regis
tered at Talienwan, TIE soldiers are
still in tents, and the hospital facili-
ties are inadequate.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
NEEDS TIE MONEY.

PENSACOLA Fla. Dec. 14-Judge
Reeves. judge OF the circuit court for
the First district. has forwarded his
resignation TO Governor Jennings. 10
take effect on February J. He desires
20 practice his profession. believing that
the remuneration will be larger. He has
held the position for four years.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
AFRO-AMERICAN LEAGUE
TO MEET IN CHICAGO

The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Afro-American Congressional
League of the United States has decided
70 hold the annual convention in Chi
cago June 20 TO June 25. 1904.
All other leagues and clubs are In
vited TO send delegates to this conven-
ton. This invitation is also extended
to all leading politicians of the country
and TO the press.
Booker Washington and Editor Cooper
will address the convention.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
CRUISER SQUADRON
ON TRIP TO HAWAII

Read Admiral Cooper has passed the
Midway Islands with the Asiatic cruiser
squadron. which IS on its way f,om
Yokohama TO HoUolulu. Rear Admiral
Terry. commanding the Honolulu sta
ton. has advised the Navy Department
of Admiral Cooper's movements.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
TOY BALLOONS ExPLopF

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. IA lighted
match maliciOusly thrown into a cluster
OF toy balloons which bobbed and gy-
rated over the head or a peddler as nc
was jostied about by the shopping
tbrong at Eighth and Market Streets
caused n terrific explosion and a panic
Two women were injured in the rush.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
THE CORONER SITTING
BEALL MURDER MYSTERY
Continued from First Page.)

he would gladly have purchased it him
self.
The jury got their idea Of the situa-
ton from drawings made by Precinct
Detective Phil Brown, of the Ninth pre-
cinct.
Brown told of going to the house and
finding Mrs. Oelrich at the back gate,
the only entrance. and the bloody scene
in the kitchen. Also the position of the
body N the parlor. Oelrich was there
They told Brown of coming home and
finding Mrs. Beal dead. Mrs. Oelrich
had at once told him that Bun Wee
don did it
Bullet on the Floor.
Brown told Of finding a loose bullet on
the floor. which he produced. He also
told Of finding evidences that Weldon
had practiced target shooting in his
back shed. and produced the sections Of
the boards through which the bullets
had passed. He also produced a bullet
which he had dug up eight inches in
the ground outside the shed. All the
bullets were of .3S caIiber.
Detective Brown also had with him the
shoes taken off Weldon the night of the
murder. On the toe Of the right shoe
was a red spot. The shoe was shown
to the jury and placed in evidence.
Policeman d. ]. Cullinane. of the Fifth
precinct. who arrested Weldon, told Of
finding Weldon In South Washington.
Weldon was half drunk The policeman
shook hands with him and then told him
he was under arrest. Weldon had asked
for what.
For the murder of woman, north
east"
You're kidding" said Weldon.
Weldon Not Perturbed.
Weldon had manifested no excitement
neither had he, when accused Of MUIR
der, inquired the name of the victim.
Mrs Jessie II. Oelrich, daughter OF
the dead woman. In heavy mourning.
was then placed on the stand.
In describing her movements. Mrs
Oelrich told OF meeting Mrs. Minnie
Bibb, at The Drillery." Eleventh Street
and New York. Avenue. 10 inquire II
Weldon had made arrangements to pay
his rent Mrs. Bibb said he had not,
that this was but a ruse to get another
day. She then went 10 see Constable
Nash. Not finding him, she left word
she would return Monday.
Mrs. Oelrich told of the family situa.
ton as to the complicated property ar.
rangements. Mrs. Bib was collecting
the rents in the absence % Mrs. Kath-
crime Dryden. the executrix. When
Weldon got behind. said Mrs. Oelrich
Mrs. Beall had, a few days ago. gone
down 10 the home of Mrs. Bibb, IN thu
BeaiI Row, TO intercede for Weldon. The
family were waiting for good weather
10 eject Weldon She said the father
had not liked Weldon. and had intend
ed not 10 leave his wife any interest in
the property. For this reason the family
had not been on intimate terms with tho
Weedons.
Mrs. Oelrich told OF getting home al
noon and finding the body of her mother
Here she became hystericai. and wepi
violently.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Washington Gas Cert, 1ooa116,
3O0MI16. 1.oGOd119i5.
second National Bank, 6di50
Peoples Fire. SOQ61z -. .o---
washington Gas. 6a571s. 14qsg lVd0i-
After call-Greene Copper. ZVGiDss.
Washington Gas. 1105l.
Traders National Bank. 5q14S-
-
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

uary than they were in December. and
that. with money abundant for specula-
tive purposes, bear operators would find
il a good deal more difficult to get
prices down than they did last sum
mer. This. of course, is an observation
Of the matter from a market point Of
view strictly. Behind 1t lies the broad
and general consideration that the
standard railway stocks must. upon any
reasonable basis of estimated value. be
held cheap at present prices.
The renewal last week Of the bear at
lacks on the securities of the United
States Steel Corporation had as its
basis the fact that Improvement in the
steel business had not yet set in, and
the selling movement was accompanied
by a report that the dividend on United
States Steel common stock would be
passed. and that on the preferred re-
duced from a per cent to a per cent
yearly basis. This report may prove
true. but it should be said on the other
hand that the Steel Corporation man
agement is moving with energy to safe
guard its position and preserve the in
tegrity of its dividenes. as far as may
be. by expanding its foreign trade by
instituting sweeping economies through
reduction of salaries and wages, and
by closing its plants in rotation.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
Buoyaucy A,guzm Rules III Stock Market,
Improvement Maintained IN Both Lists
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

lReported by ". B. Hibbs & Co.. 1919
F Street; Members New York Stock Ex-
change, Chicago Board of Trade. Wash
ingto0 Stock Exchanged
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
NEW PARIS RouRSE.

PARIS. Dec. 1.-THE new bourse. re-
Gently built on the site of the old
building. was officially opened this
morning.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE following
prices were quoted on the cotton market
The Washington times., 1903-12-14

Especial 70 The Washington Times.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE following
prices were quoted on the grain market
today:
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

The market opened steady, ! to
points higher Noon steady.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14

A striking feature of the present finan-
cial situation is that there are hundreds
OF persons actively interested in Wall
Street affairs today where there were
only tens few years ago. These peo-
pie are habitual market operators,
though their ventures are of varying
size They speculate for the fall as
easily as for the rise-a phenomenon
that is noveI-and they can, among
themselves. make a pretty wide and
active stock market.
Exports of domestic products in No
vember were heavier than in any cor
responding month on record, amount
ing in value to s1O5 S26. 202, an increase Of
S34. sos, Asa, as compared with November
a year ago. The gain was due almost
entirely to the increase in cotton ex-
ports. which amounted in value TO
$T6 9S2. 2S4, an increase of $32, 653. 26O over
November, 1902. For eleven months of
the year total exports of domestic pro-
ducts show a gain over the same period
last year of So, 1S1, 617, of which over
$50 900 was supplied by the exports
of cotton.
'i,he weight Of speculative opinion has
clearly been recently that prices Of
stocks are likely to be higher in Jan
The Washington times., 1903-12-14
FINANCIAL.
FINANCIAL.
THE WASHINGTON LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY

OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND SITS.
PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION.
Loans in any amount made on approved
real estate or collateral az reasonable
rates.
Interest paid upon deposits on monthly
balances subject TO check.
This company acts executor admin.
- istratOr, trustee, agent, treasurer. regis.
trar. and N all other hducisry capacities.
Boxes for rent in burglar and FIRE proof
- vaults for safe deposit and storage Of va
- liable packages.
JUN Jul . rre8lCenl
JOHN A. SWOPE. President
ELLIS SPEAR. Second Vice President
ANDREW PARKER. .................T Treasurer
BRICE J. MOSES. Assistant Treasurer
THOMAS BRADLEY. -.......Real Estate Ofscer
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
Is prepared to assume the management Of your
real estate. Careful attention given to all de-
tails.
The Washington times., 1903-12-14

C.,,t.l fraction hi NJ I'a..... I15K IOI
NJ r n 5s. 1875. us 1884
Met r r. Cert indebtedness A.. ll5 ie9
Net. R. r. Cert. indebtedness Be- lOS I0o
Columbia r. R. o. 1914. .----- 10 ~
Columbia n Il. 81 mort. 6s-.. 403 'V4
City Suburban 5s--..--..-...- % 49,
w..h et,,oet Hallway fe...... 81
The Washington times., 1903-12-14

Wash. Gas Co., GER A. 6s ls0L-Zl.. us
Wash. Gas Co., ser d. 6's ls0a-2.. lv3 -
II q Eiec. Light, Deb. Imp 1902. lO2k 1903
y. S. Elec. Light, Cert Indebt-- igz
Ches. 4 Pot Tel Gem es.....-. WAY l0A
wash Mz-Set Co., lst 6s, 1872 ios
Masonic hail Assn rs. y. l9OS..- ioZ
Washington Cas..........-----.-- ltvSR ho
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
MILOVAR PATTROVICK.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec 26.-There ar
rived in New York on the Teutonc's last
trip Detectives McQuade and Kelly, of the
local police force, and with them NIilovar
Kovovick and Nilovar Pattrovick, the Gro
atians charged with the murder of Samuel
L. Ferguson, a contractor.
The men were arrested as they crossed
the gang-plank at Southampton, England,
by Scotland Yard detectives, who had been
notified to watch for them by the Pitts
burg police. Immediately upon notifca-
ton that the arrest had been effected the
officers left for England, where they sue
ceeded in extraditing the pair.
Several times while carrying large sums
with which to pay off his hundreds of en-
ployes working at New Middletown, Pa,
attempts had been made to rob Ferguson,
but he frustrated each effort.
On the afternoon of September rs, while
driving on country road with G. j. Mar
tin, and having in the buggy a valise
containing $500, a large quantity of dyna-
mite-was exploded under bridge just as
the rig was crossing.
The explosion was tremendous. Fer
guson's body was scattered over hundreds
of yards, the horse was killed and the
buggy blown to atoms. Martin was ter
ribly mangled, but he recovered. The
men who blew up the bridge gathered up
the So 800 and departed
When the news of the assassination was
received, employees of Ferguson hurried TO
the spot. A revolver lying on the ground
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26
NEW YORK RAPIDLY
BECOMING A CITY OF
PALATIAL STRUCTURES
Mother" Mary Baker Eddy.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26-The island OF
Manhattan is rearing itself Over $40 OOO,-
900 has been turned into good solid wall,
floor and foundation in this past year over
the dozen square miles of Manhattan is
land. With all the prosperity of the year
before only little over $80,000,0OO repre-
scented its annual building crop. In 1899
and 1901 it ran above the $l00,OO0,OOO
mark In 1900 it fell below $60,000,O0 So
you see Sam Parks at his worst couldn't
prevent year well up to the best. These
figures speak. Here's one that shouts:
$499, 849, 454 has gone into new buildings
on this little strip of Manhattan in the
last FIVE years. That's the kind of field
Sam Parks had to pasture in.
Besides their money totals, the numbers
of buildings erected this year and last
tell significant story. In 1872, $50, 1884 1875
was put into $50 buildings. In the first
II months of this closing year 1863, 9l4 300
erected 977 buildings New York is slack
ing on the palatial skyscraper and filling
in thick on tenements. Four hundred
and seventy-seven of these tenements-a
term which legally means anything from
a 900 apartment to $4,000 East
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1903-12-26

From sources which regard to be alb
solutely authentic, l might say indisputa-
ble," he declared further. 81 am justified
in the statement that Mrs. Eddy herself
does not practice what she breaches. One
instance which has come within my knowl-
edge is proof of this statement.
Mrs. Eddy had the toothache. 1t is a
fundamental principle with the Christian
Scientists that there is no such thing
as pain; that matter has no real exist
ence--the mind is all. If by following out
her theories she could prevent suffering,
why is it that she should not be able to
prevent such trivial thing as toothache?
When the tooth became troublesome Mrs.
Eddy despite her advertised beliefs, was
not disposed to deny its existence.
Instead she sent out for a dentist, and
sent out quickly. When he came she
agreed to be placed under the influence
of an anesthetic while the tooth was ex-
tracted. | make this charge as publicly
as possible, fully confident that it cannot
be disproved.
II have left no stone unturned to dem
onstrate to the world just what fraud
Christian science is. l have asked Mrs.
Eddy to try her absent treatment, which
is said to work at distance of over 5000
miles, upon the inmates of the Seney hos
pital, of which / have the honor to be
one of the board of managers. The offer
was never accepted.
have also placed at her disposal for
treatment by the absent method the par
tlents of one of the largest insane asyluns
in the country. This challenge was also
ignored"