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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
BIG FIRES AT CHICAGO.
Several of Them Were Burning at One
 Time Last Night

Time Last Night
 Chicago, Aug 2T.-The local fire de partment was worked almost to the limit last night, there being more fires burning at one time than there have been in the last ten days put together The most serious fire of the night was that in the freight house of the Rock Island road, situated at Polk and Sher. man streets. It Is not known what started the blaze, but it is supposed to have originated in a carpenter shop in the building. The flames when discov- cred had made great headway and when the first engines responded to the alarm it was evident that the greater part of the structure was doomed. Special calls for additional engines werm made and all the fire boats in the service of the city were soon at work, but in spite of the ut most efforts of the department the building and it's contents were almost destroyed. The freight house, which was a block long, 200 feet wide and two stories high, was filled with out going freight and it will be impossible for several days to state the loss with accuracy. It is estimated, howev> that it will amount to $500, ,oo0.
 Just before the fire broke out t, store of A. H. Revell & Go, at Adams street and. Wabash avenue, was dam. aged by fire to the extent of $40. 9O, Five other. fires which were small af- fairs were burning at the time of the freight house fire They were for the most part within few squares of the freight house and compelled tke weak ening of the department in it's fight to save the Rock Island property. At the time the fires were in progress the heaviest rain of the season was falling.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
KAISER ANGRRs FRAU WAGNER
She Will Not Attend Celebration in

She Will Not Attend Celebration in
 Her Husbands Honor in Berlin.
 Berlin, Aug 27.--The family of Rich ard Wagner have decided to absent themselves from the celebrations in honor of the great composer in October for the reason that Emperor Wiilia n refused to sanction the use Of the Royal theater and Royal opera house for fortnight's production of Wag- merriam opera-dran1a.
 It appears that Frau Cosima Wagner wanted & complete cycle of her hus- bands works as the best memorial to his genius. The emperor said 1t would be preposterous to turn over both the royal houses for a fortnight for this purpose. Thereupon the Wagner fam fly decided to have nothing to do with the celebrations
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
GIRL KILLED.
Horse Runs Away Going Down a
 Steep Hill in Pawtucket.


 Steep Hill in Pawtucket.
 Pawtucket, R. l., Aug 27.-Jennie Montague, aged g, telephone oper- ator. is dead and her companion, John F. Bannon, p, is violently insane as q result of runaway accident in Sec ond avenue last night.
 Ramon and Miss Montague were driving down the avenue when the hold-back straps gave way and the horse ran down the hill Ramon lost control of the horse, and the carriage was flung from one side of the street to the other crashing into the curbing on either side until it was complete wreck. For half mile the two young people clung to their seat in the car riage.
 Then the girl jumped and 100 yards further her friend followed her exam ule. Miss Montague struck headfore- most on the pavement and her neck vas broken. Ramon escaped with nasnft1I bruises; but no sooner had he learned of his companions condition than he became insane, and his coudi- lion is likely to be permanents
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
SCHOONER WAS SUNK
Vessel Was Struck Suddenly and Five
 Persons Were Drowned.

Persons Were Drowned.
 Stonington, Aug 27.-The three. masted schooner, John Booth of New London, was run into and sunk last night by the Metropolitan line steam ship II. M. Whitney, of Boston, just west of New Haven harbor, and five members of the crew and one passen ger were lost. The captain of the Booth was rescued by the Whitney while one of the crew, Carl A. Hes seM, colored, was picked up by the steamer Maine, of the sStonington line Those lost were: >
 Frank Saunders, cook.
 Peter Bliden, sailor.
 William Alexapsier, sailor.
 William Fees, sailor.
 The mate and passenger of Salem, Mass.
 1Nhe news of the accident was brought here this morning by the steamer Maine, which left New York yesterday afternoon bound for this port. The Maine came in sight of the disabled vessels shortly after 1O o'clock and together with the steamer Pilgrim of the Fall River line at tempted to rescue the crew of the Booth. The schooner was stone la den and sunk in few minutes after the collision, carrying five of the crew and the passenger to the bottom. The Maine's boats craised about the scene of the disaster for about an hour, to- gether with boats from the Pilgrim and Whitney, but assisted as they were by searchlights on the steamers, aaa ,FsasS% ,11,0 La
 Hessell, the colored man, rescued by the Maine, says that he was on deck when the accident came, with out warning, while the others except ing the lookout and captain, were be- low in the forecastle. The lookout was killed at his post, and the schoon- CT filled SO quickly from great hole in the side, just about amidships, that there was no time to rescue those below.
 Hessell is in a bewildered state men, tally as the result of his experience and at present he is unable to give a clear account of the accident. He first said that the captain was at the wheel, but afterwards said that he had taken the wheel himself He says he has no idea how the collision occurred, but claims that he was knocked overheard, possibly by a boom. He remembers trying to swim and being hauled into boat. He claims the Booth was cut in two, but the officers of the Maine claim this was not so. for the schooner would have gone down instantly while as a matter of fact she was af1oat for few minutes. Hesseil says that the weather was clear, but dark. The steamer Maine saw the sinking schooner first when her searchlight picked it up. Captain Hazard of the Maine left for his home in Provi- dence as soon as the steamer. was docked. The other officers had little to say about the accident as their ves- sel was not in it
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
REFUSED TO MARRY COUPLE.
Father Duggan Required That They
 Should Have Parents Consent.


 Torrington, Aug 27.-Because they had not secured the consent of their parents, Rev Patrick Duggan, pastor of St Francis Roman Catholic church here, refused to marry young couple who drove from Litch6eld and secured a marriage license at the town clerk $ office. The visitors gave the name of Ambrose Devereaux, Philadel- phia dentist, and Miss Agnes H. V. Ryan of New Haven. After the re- fusal of the priest to solemnize the nuptials, the wo1Tid-be groom suggest ed a civil marriage, but Miss Ryan ob- jected and the couple returned to Litchfield.
 New Haven, Aug 27.-Miss Ryan is the daughter of MT and Mrs Dennis T. Ryan, of Ill Park street, and is IS years old. With her mother, she is spending a vacation in Litchfield, where Dr Devereaux has been for a couple of weeks. Her father, when interviewed about the wouldSbe elope- ment, stated that he had heard noth- ing about the affair. He knew that Dr Deyereaux was well acquainted with his daughter, and that he had frequently called at his house.
 Although Dr Devereaux gave his residence as Philadelphia, he is Dr A. H. Devereaix. of 111O Chapel street, this city. He has been away about two weeks and a sign on his door states tfrat he will return Tuesday. He is 21 years of age and Is the son of Mrs Mary A. Devereaux, of 326 Orange street, who has dentists of- flee at 800 Chapel street. Mrs Dev~ ereaux last night knew nothing about the affair. She could give no reason for the priests refusing to marry the couple without her consent, as her son is of age
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
REASON FOR LONG DELAY.

Story from New Haven That Derby
 Trade Is to Be Diverted. ~
 New Haven, Aug 2T.-A report is cur rent here to the effect that the Con necticut Railway and Lighting Uo has not been ill any haste to complete its portion of the Derby-New Haven trol ley line, and for purely seif1sh reasons. The story was thaG the company sought to divert trade which would naturaliy come to this city from Derby. if the line were completed, to Bridgeport, for the reason that ohat route would give it the far greater haul. That is, start ing passengers from Derby for New Haven, 1t would carry them but a DOT ton of the way and could collect but half of the fare, the balance would go to the Fair Haven and Westville road, which is to join theirs.
 The story carries with it also the statemenA that the Connecticut Rail- way Go will go so far as to reduce the fare from Derby to Bridgeport five cents below that from Derby to New Haven, although the distance will be about four miles greater.
 Here the rufnors were given some credence, for it has been a well known fact that the work from the Derby end has not been pushed as it has been from this end. The Fair Haven and West vile Go had by far the greater share of it's work done last year, and it had some exceedingly heavy grades to overcome. It then withdrew its men until the work was carried along to 8 corresponding point at the other end of the route.
 A Palladium representative talked with General Manager J. E. Sewell of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go last evening in regard to the mat ter. He stated emphatically that there was no truth in the stories. Manager SeweI1 stated that the Connecticut Go has big force of men at work at the Derby end, which is being constructed under the direct supervision of A. B. Hill of this city, and he expects that work will be completed on that end as soon as the Fair Haven gets its end done.
 Of the connection between this city and Derby, the Connecticut Lighting and Power Go had but seven miles to build altogether, and this. Manager sewell states, will be completed within three weeks or n month, or as soon as the Fair Haven and Westville expects to get its end done.
 Manager Sewell stated that he could not understand how any such report got into circulation, and he denied that there was any semblance of truth in it.
 Manager Sewell stated that he was unable to tell just how much of the work remained to be done. as he had not visited the scene of operations for 4 week. He said that he knew of no reduction in fare contemplated on the line between Derby and Bridgeport.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27

The schooner John Booth hailed from New London. She was built in that port in 1892 and was of the fol- lowing dimensions: Length, IA feet; breadth, 34.6; gross tonnage, 414.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
GENTLEMAN BURGLARY UP.
Three Charges Out of 80 Housebreak
 ings Against Him.

New York, Aug 27,-Harry W. Brooks. who is known as the gentle man burglar, was arraigned yesterday before Recorder Golf on three indict- ments chaging him with burglary in the third degree grand larceny in the first degree and assault in the first de- gree The recorder gave him until Friday morning to plead, holding him in $5,OO0 bail. The police say he has confessed to thirty-nine housebreak- ings in this city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27
CONFERENCE AT OCEAN GROVE,

New. York, Aug 27.-Five bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church and over one hundred deaconesses Of the same denomination are holding con- ference at Ocean Grove, N. J., in rela~ ton to the work of the deaconesses The bishops present are II. c. An drews of New York; Charles H. Fow- Ter of Buffalo, N Y; John M. Walden of Cincinnati; D. A. Goodsell of Chat
 tAilooga. and James N Fitzgerald of St Louis The conference will make 10 tne next general conference recon fnendatios as to Improvements to be made in the work of the .deaconessess
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19
GEOGRAPHY OF BEEF CUTS.

Information for Housewives About
Terms Used by Butchers.
Most housewives do not understand
the terms used by the butcher to de-
scribe the various cuts into which a
carcass of beef is divided. Therefore,
they do not always know what they are
buying. Here is some information on
the subject.
The whole beef is split into halves,
following the center of the backbone or
vertebral column from tail to neck.
Each half contains hind and fore
quarter.
The forequarter is then cut from the
hindquarter. These are the processes
of the wholesaler. The flores" and
"hinds," as they are called, are now
ready for the retailer.
The forequarter is cut into two parts
the rack, consisting of a set of ribs,
and the chuck or shoulder proper, up to
and including the eighth rib.
The eighth rib cut shows the blade
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19

cEOUDY sITUATFON CLEA RING.
It has been. sharply alleged and
strenuously denied that there is Beef
trust Judge Grosscup of the United
States Circuit court seems to think that
there is evidence that certain people en-
gaged in the meat business have been
doing unlawful things together. In
granting temporary injunction
against the further doing of these UNI
lawful things he says that there can
be no doubt that the agreement of the
defendants to refrain from bidding
against each other in the purchase Of
cattle is combination in restraint of
trade; so also is their agreement to bid
up prices to stimulate shipments, in
tending to cease from bidding when the
shipments have arrived. The same re-
suit follows when we turn to the COM
bination of defendants to fix prices upon
and restrict the quantities Of meat ship
pea TO their agents VI llell SuStoillGA@'
Such agreements can be nothing less
than restriction upon competition, and,
therefore, combination in restraint Of
trade and thus viewed the petition, as
an entirety, makes out case under the
Sherman act.
If there are such things as trusts, if
there are bad trusts, and if they can be
recognized and brought under the law
the situation is by no means hopeless
It will be interesting to watch the fur
Their proceedings in this suit against the
packers. Perhaps they will dispute the
facts upon which Judge Grosscup based
his decision. If they can't and don't
successfully do this long step forward
has been taken in dealing with the bad
trusts.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19

that to these 100000 must be
added the large number of workers
who would lose employment as the first
and necessary consequence of disturb
ance in the labor market due to war
between England and any one or more
of the great Powers. For more than
three-fourths of their supplies, says the
manifesto, this enormous population is
dependent upon food which is imported
from abroad, and liable to capture on
its way to England in the event of
such war. Unless the navy is suffi-
cient to protect the ships which bring
these vast supplies across the ocean,
the position in any such contingency
may become grave in the extreme The
document then proceeds to inquire
whether the fleet really is adequate and
to declare that the subject has never
received the consideration which its
Importance deserves.
When England's navy is bigger than
all the navies that are likely to be
brought against her, and when the navy
of the United States is bigger than that
then both England and the United
States can feel safe.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19
NOT BIG ENOUGH YET.

If it is intended that Britons shall not
be slaves it is evident that Britannia
must continue to rule the wave. One
of the great reasons why she must con-
tinue to rule the wave is that in case of
war Britons must be fed. This mat
ter is just now attracting a good deal
of attention in England. It is conceded,
of course, that no blockade could be
established until after the fleet had been
destroyed or crippled, but the alarmists
maintain that this supposition is not
one that can be safely disregarded. An
influential association, consisting large
ly of dukes, M. P.'s and admirals, has
been formed to agitate. In their pub
lie appeal they point out that out of a
population of 41,0O0,00 more than half
depend upon the wages they receive
from labor, varying from '18s. and I'M
der" to Sos. a week, according to the re-
searches of Mr. Charles Booth and Mr..
BroWntree. That the earnings which
support at least 100000 do not exceed
2Ss. week for the family, and are Of
ten less. That any considerable rise in
the price Of food would make it
impossible for any of these peo-
pie to support themselves, and
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19

Of course the coal famine was bound
to have serious consequences, and some
of them are showing themselves. The
Chicago Department of Health esti-
mates that 100000 residents of Chicago
are suffering from ailments of grave
character caused by privation and ex-
posture resulting from the coal famine.
Already, says the Chicago Bulletin,
these ailments are reflected in the enor-
NOUS increase of deaths among those
at the extremes of life--the young and
the aged-in both of whom the powers
Of vital resistance are at the lowest.
Since the first of the year there has
been an increase of nearly 20 per cent.
in the number of deaths among those
under five years of age over the num-
Der in the corresponding period of last
year, when this death rate was about
normal. Among those over sixty years
of age the increase is much greater-24
per cent. last week over the week pre-
vious, and 367 per cent. over the nor
NAL rate Of the corresponding period of
1902. This excess of increased death
rate among the aged is caused chiefly
by the effects of cold and exposure in
Fastening to a fatal termination many
of the chronic diseases, the sufferers
from which under ordinary conditions
might have survived for many years.
The statement that 100000 of the in
habitants of Chicago are suffering from
ailments of a grave character caused
by privation and exposure resulting
from the coal famine seems rather
large, but there is no reason to doubt
that many in Chicago. and elsewhere
are so suffering.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19

gristle only on one side. The ninth
rib is usually called chuck roast.
The rack is cut into prime rib, stand
ing on rolled roasts.
The chuck is complicated piece of
meat when cut into kitchen pieces by
the butcher. Its anatomy yields the
following pieces for cooking: Oven and
pot rOasts, homeless chuck steaks and
chuck rOasts cut free of bone and met
amorphosed into top and lower Sarato-
ga roasts. The lower cut is the more
tender 1t has the eye piece, which
somewhat resembles the eye of por-
terhouse rolled roast.
The chuck yields still more cuts to
the wizard of the cleaver. There are
the soup and stewing pieces, plate, ma
val and brisket pieces for corning, oven
and pot roasts, made by removing the
flesh from the shoulder bones, and
chuck steaks cut from the cross rib.
In the above DISCUSSES the word
chuck" loses all of its plebeian charac-
ter.
1ne n1ndquarter is less complicated,
but its dissection is interesting to the
culinary economist. This part of the
beef carcass is cut in two; the loin of
the beef and the round, consisting of
the leg, top and bottom round, rump
and flank.
Now comes steak rollcall. The loin
of beef is cut by the butcher into top
sirloin steaks and roasts. short sirloins,
roundbone sirloins fiatbone steaks, hip
bone steaks, homeless sirloin steaks,
porterhouse steaks and roasts. Then
there are la mode top round cuts, bot
tom round cuts for pot roasts and
corned beef. The rl1mp goes into
steaks and corning pieces, flank steaks
and rolled flank roasts or corning
pieces.
If the housekeeper is mystified by the
shop vernacular it is because she has
not learned the geography of the beef
cuts" os a Boston culinary student
puts it. By not knowing her alphabet
the purchaser is often imposed upon
and made to pay higher price for an
artistically arranged piece of very
cheap meat.-New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19
ANINrEREsrING REVIv4L.

Rev. G. H. Simmons, Baptist min
lister of Peoria, is giving dramatiza-
tions of the Bible in a big public hall.
He began with Patient Job. This un-
dertalking," he explains, lis not from
a feeling that the church is failure or
that the pulpit has lost its power, but
rather in the belief that the drama has
latent power and virtue far beyond its
present use. If We can successfully use
art. music, education and literature in
our teaching and church work, then
why not the drama?"
This revival by Brother Simmons is
interesting. The drama has played a
large part in religious teaching, and
there are some indications that its
value in such work is about to have
more appreciation than it has had for
some time. Those who have seen
"Everyman" have felt its power as a
moral teacher. Perhaps Brother Sim
mons plays will not be as impressive
as that is, but if he has the requisite
skill there is no reason why they
should not be useful
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19
DEFENSIBLE.

Brady-The grocer is going to tack a
Fresh Egg sign over his door. I sup
pose that will be another lie nailed"
Chicago Daily News.
Little boy, what have you tied that
tin can around that dogs neck for?
Aw, gwan. Can't you see he's bob
tailed?-Kansas City Journal.
Auntle-You know you ought not to
be playing shops on Sunday.
Marjorie-But, you see, auntie dear,
we were. just pretending it's Monday
Punch.
Mistress lin surprise)-Why did you
place the alarm clock by the buckwheat
batter?
Nora-So it would know what time to
rise, mum.-Chicago Daily News.
Nodd-Old man, really believe you
have stopped your worrying. What
brought about the change?
Todd (cheerfulIy)-My troubles are
more real than they used to be.-Life.
Judge Ito tramp accused of having
kissed the woman)-What have you to
say in your defense?
Tramp-Nothing your Honor. I de-
serve to be punshed.-san Francisco
Call.
Aunt Flo-Oh! Effie! You shouldn't
make the pussie spit and swear like
that.
Effie-Why! Auntie! She wouldn't go
to heaven any way, would she?-Brook-
Ign Life.
Waggsby-so De Wruyter says he
wrote 80 poems last year, does he?
Naggsby-I understand him to say
better than a hundred
Waggsby-That's what l meant by 80.
I've read his poems.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
TWIST should think you'd be afraid
to write in your novels of things you
don't know the first thing about.
Bluff-My dear boy, don't you know
that the people who read my books
don't know even as much as that?-
Boston Transcript.
At a small wayside station woman
gave up a ticket and half for her
self and a lubberly son. Said the COL
lector, thoughtfully: "a bit big for half
a ticket, amt he?"
Maybe he Isl said the woman with
| prompt directness, but he wasn't when
he left home. Yours is slow line
| London Globe.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19
tupid's Eyesight.

The poets Of all times have stated
That Love Is blind
To think Loves blindness overrated
| am inclined.
When first man loves he only sees
His sweetheart's charms, her power t,
please.
The faults that others see with ease
He cannot find.
But in the days that follow marriage
He's sure TO see
Inc traits that he must needs disparage,
So changed Is he.
Where charms he saw In days gone by,
Now only faults can he espy;
Her temper he must now deCry,
Though mild she be-
And so | hold that Cupid's blindness
They oyerrate;
In view of which 1t Is but kindness
To herewith state
A fact that's known to mortals bright:
Though Cupids foresight may be slight,
There Is no doubt his aftersight
Is very great.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-19

There exists among the cottage gar
deners of the village of Boughton- Mon
chelsea, Kent, England, an organization
which goes by the name of the Sparrow
and Rat club, the members being band
ed together for the wholesale slaughter
in the annual report that during the
past year the society had been respon-
sible for the death of 2,121 rodents, PSI
bullfinches and 1924 sparrows, yet there
seemed to be no appreciate diminution
i'm the number of the pests"