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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
THREE STANFORD BOYS MISSING
Have Relatives Tn New Haven and New
York

Stamford, Feb. 1.-THE parents Of
three Stamford boys have asked the
police authorities to assist them in To-
eating their whereabouts. The boys
are Ralston Searles, aged fifteen, and
Alfred Wood, aged seventeen, of Maple
avenue, and Edward Russell. aged
eighteen of East Main street.
Young Searles goes to school here ana
the two other boys work in factory.
They have been missing since yester-
day afternoon. The boys have been
overheard planning a trip for adven-
ture, and it is supposed that their dis
appearance is explained in this manner,
but as they had very little money their
parents are considerably worried.
The boys have relatives in New York
and New Haven, and the police hope to
find them in either of these two cities.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
NOTE ON BALKAN TROUBLE
SUBMITTED By AUSTRIA AND
RUSSIA TO POWERS.

Reform Proposals Chiefly of am Ad.
mtnfstrative and Financial Nature
appointment of a Governor Provided
danger of Outbreak still Grave
Military Attaches leave conatanti-
mople. $
Vienna, Feb. 1.-THE Neue Erie
Presse announces that the Austro-Rus-
sian note was to-day submitted to the
cabinets of Berlin, Paris, London ana
Rome, and that it would be presented
to. the porte on February 10, unless the
powers require a revision Of it, in which
case its presentation wilt be delayed
until February 21.
The reform proposals are chiefly of
an administrative and financial nature,
such as the porte has heretofore prom
ised, but never executed. One new fea-
ture is the appointment of a governor,
not necessarily a Christian, who shall
have authority to act without referring
to the porte in every contingency.
1t is believed in diplomatic circles
that the porte will oppose the appoint
ment of such governor, and it is also
seriously doubted whether the reforms
will satisfy the Macedonians. The
good faith of the Bulgarian government
in ordering the recent arrests of Mace
domains is also questioned, in view of
the fact that the most prominent revo-
lutionists managed to escape.
formidable outbreak in the early
spring is considered as by no means i'm
possible. According to advices from
Salonica, the German, British and Ital-
ian military attaches arrived in that
city to-day from Constantinople.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
4 UNIQUE RECEPTION.
Aged Millionaire Entertains Over One
Hundred widows.

Syracuse. N. Y, Feb. H.-Alfred
Adolphus Hewlett, eighty-two years
old, millionaire, hale and hearty, en-
tertained with a reception this after
noon and evening at his palatial resi-
dence in West Genesee street, over one
hundred widows from all parts of the
country. The function was in celebra-
tion of his birthday. Aside from the
grandson of the host, and a colored
youth who was stationed at the door,
not man was about the place. Twen-
ty women served the luncheon and four
others, all experts, furnished the mu-
sic. Miss Florence Cowie, daughter of
exMayor William Cowie of Syracuse,
was in charge of the carriages and the
guests as they arrived.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
Beresford May Command Fleet.

London, Feb. 17.-It was said in the
lobbies Of the House of Commons this
afternoon that Vice-Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford had been informed
that he may be offered the command
of a fleet. Replying to inquiries the
subject, Lord Beresford was quoted as
saying that the matter was entirely un-
settled.
1t is stated tonight that Lord Charles
Beresford has accepted the command of
the Channel squadron. This will ne
cessitate his retirement from parlia-
ment.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
MONEY TO PAY CLAIMS.
Venezuela 60 Raise 1t by Levytng Extra
Duty of 80 pes cent. on Imports.

Venezuega TO Raise 1t by Levyimg Extra
Duty of 80 pes cent. om Imports.
Caracas, Feb. ia presidential de-
cree issued to-day establishes a war
contribution in the form of an extra
duty of 80 per cent. to be levied on all
imports.
The export duty on coffee is made
two bolivars per bags weight, on CO.
Goa sixteen bolivars and on hides four
bolivars per hundred pounds.
Paris, Feb. 1S.-The correspondent of
the Matin at Caracas telegraphs that
the establishment of the war tax of an
extra 30 per cent. duty on imports etc.,
had produced bad effect in CONNER
cial circles and the merchants were pro-
testing against the measure.
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Survivors Picked Un.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. IA special to
the Virginia Pilot from Suffolk says
that the crew of eight who embarked
in the lifeboat were picked up, after
rowing four hours, by the tug Gazelle
and landed at Tunis.
1t was learned tonight that a white
man named Wilder of Coleraine, N. c.,
is also among the drowned, making the
eighteenth victim. Work will be start
ed tomorrow to recover the dead bod
les and If possible raise the steamer.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
Missing Mali Pouch Turns Un

Indianapolis, Feb. 1.-THE missing
mail pouch containing money, checks
and drafts aggregating in value $50, 900
which has caused the postoffice depart
ment so much concern arrived here to-
day from Cincinnati. The theory is
that the mail clerks mistook it for a
pouch containing other empty ones
which were being sent back to the Gin
cinnati office.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
MALLORY LINER AFTRE.
Damaged $4,000 at Arer Dock-captain
aud Crew Escape.

New York, Feb T-Three alarms
were sounded tonight for fire aboard
the steamship Rio Grande of the NAL
lory line, docked in Burling slip. The
fire started in the forward cabin of the
ship, which had on board about 100 tons
of general merchandise and was to
leave on Friday for Galveston.
Captain E. D. Johnstone and eight of
the crew who were asleep ON board
gained the deck and found that they
were surrounded with flames, their only
means of escape being by sliding down
the bow hawsers to the pier.
The fire was confined to the cabin, the
damage to the ship being about $500.
Little damage was done to the cargo,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
@. N. L. GETS WAGNER FARM.
Famous Piece of Land Finally Passes
Into Roads Hands.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 1S.-The Times
tonight says that the famous East
CRANKY piece of land, over which there
has been so many suits and contests in
the courts and legislature of this state,
known as the Wagner farm" has been
sold to President Chapin of the Central
New England railroad. The railroad
will now be able to build across the
Garm without again appealing to the
legislature for authority to do it. The
price paid for the farm is not stated,
but it is said to have been moderate.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
The senate.

Washington, Feb T.-The senate to-
day agreed to the conference report on
the army appropriation bill. Discus
sion of the statehood bill was resumed,
and Mr.. Depew continued his remarks
in opposition to it. Toward the end of
the session Mr.. Teller declared that
himself and the country had been in
suited by some Of Mr.. Depew's refer
ences to the unequal representation in
the senate.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED.
Accident on she Danbury Branch of
Consolidated.

Danbury, Feb. ia passenger train
on the Danbury branch of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road was derailed at Branchville, ten
miles south of here, while on it's way
to South Norwalk this afternoon The
engine and baggage car was derailed
and traffic was delayed most of the
afternoon. Passengers were transferred
to another train just beyond the scene
of the difficulty. The cause of the acci-
dent was rather unusual and has not
yet been explained. AS the engine
rolled onto the rail nearest the station
it turned over, throwing the locomotive
and the car following it on to the
ground.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
IN CONGRESS.

Naval Appropriate" EiiI Taken Up la
the nOnse.
Washington, Feb. 17.-The house to-
day began consideration of the naval
appropriation bill under the operation
of rule which made the new legisla-
tion relative to the increase of the per-
sonnel of the navy and for the increase
of the naval academy in order. The
general debate on the bill was without
special feature. Mr.. Littlefield and Mr..
Sulzer had an interesting clash before
the naval bill was taken up the former
charging the latter with having per-
verted the record.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
CASTRO EXPRESSES GRATITUDE.

Also Sentiments of ue.erence to People
of United states.
New York, Feb. 1.-THE Associated
Press has received the following cable
dispatch from President Castro:
Caracas, Monday, Feb. 16-I charge
the Associated Press to transmit, to-
gether with my gratitude, my senti-
ments of Difference to the people of the
United States.
President Ciprano Gastro..a.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18

Philadelphia, Feb. 17.-Municipal
elections were held in all townships,
boroughs and cities in Pennsylvania to-
day. In Philadelphia John Weaver, re-
publican, the present district attorney,
was elected mayor by large republi-
can majofity over Francis Fisher Kane,
democrat,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
Venezuelan ships Returned.

Porto Cabello, Feb. 1.-THE German
commodore yesterday returned to their
Venezuelan owners fifteen fishing craft
and schooners which had been captured,
by the German war vessels. The -Vine-
ia is still here
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18

Philadelphia, Feb. I7.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, wife of the president, arriv-
ed in this city this afternoon and is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Will
liam Brock. She will remain here un-
til tomorrow afternoon. She attended
the opera tonight,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
STRIKERS GIVE UP EQUIPMENT
Waterbury Trolley Men March I'm Eody
TO Company's Office

Waterbury, Feb. 17.-No statement
was issued to-day by the strikers. This
afternoon the men met and marched in
a body to the office of the company and
there turned in all their badges, buttons
and what other equipment they had not
already surrendered.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
HONoRS FOR, MISS ROOSEVELT.
A Brilliant Debut Into New Orleans
Society. -5 4Es

New Orleans, Feb. 17.--Miss Alice
Roosevelt's debut into New Orleans So
ciety was made especially brilliant,
Tonight the Atlanteans gave their ball
at, the French opera house, and Miss
Roosevelt occupied a specially. decor
ated box. AS soon as the tabIeaux and
coronation was over a special escort
conducted her to seat beside the
throne, the King presented her with a.
handsome souvenir and she was made
a. member of the Royal party, special
honors being paid her by all the gran
dees of the mimic corut.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
Yale Easily EYcnte1B.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE hockey team
of the Queens university of Kingston,
Ont, easily outplayed Yale tonight,
winning an exceptionally fast game by
the score of to 2.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-18
GERMANY; MONROE DOCTRINE.
Emperor's FavOrite Poet Writes Poem
Favorimg Germnny,s Adherence.

Berlin, Feb. 17.-Ernst Won Widen
bruch, Emperor Williams favorite con-
temporary poet, and some times for that
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-20

by the Porto Rican before annexation
tv he United States. This great priv
ilege was conferred upon him, but. to
the surprise of many in our country, he
die not seem greatly elated thereby;
IN fact. hi had little use for it. for
some time; but in the last year this
mode of trial has become more popu-
lar, because, as the attorney general
says, acquittals are had in most of tn"
cases where defendants in criminal
trials demand juries. They are not re-
sorted to as a means OF obtaining
Justice or because the people recognize
them as the fairest means of settling 4
controversy but because an acquittal
is almost assured by recourse to this
mode of trial Attorney General Har-
Ian in his annual report says:
The year ended September 30,190s.
the district courts of the island dis"
uosed of S,1S3 criminal matters, in a
large number of which the defendants
had u right to demand a jury trial, bul
Only seventeen jury trials were held
IL the district of Arecibo there were
no Jury trials. and in San Juan there
was only one. Eight were held IN
Mayaguez, resulting in four CONVICTIONS
and four ecuuittals. In Ponce there
were four jury trials and two convlc-
tons, one for homicide. At Humacao
there was only m conviction to four
trials. The attorney general SHOWS
that after a year of such neglect OF Tn"
privileges Of the jury law, there has
been & sudden disposition to appeal to
it, and at MayagueZ, in the one month
of October, thirty jury cases were
heard nearly -four times as many "a
the whole previous year. OF these only
eleven. resulted in conviction, and Of
The total number of fo:ty-seven jury
trials III the island since n law went
into effect only eighteen verdicts OF
guilty have been found. This percent
ace Of acquittals is so large as to sug-
cfst u Mr. Harlan an explanation 81
the sudden popularity of jury trials.
Apparently offenders have discovered
that they can trade on the good nature
Of their neighborS."
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REVISING THE TARIFF.
Representative Richardson in m
Interview in Washington star.

In the interesting interview VITA
which Representative Richardson, Of
Tennessee. favored the Star yesterday
appeared this paragraph:
You will never have tariff reform
to suit the people, SO long as the manu-
facturer virtually sits in committee and
writes the schedule. The way the pro-
tectioniSts usually reform the tariff is
to stick on a few points more Of duty.
Then, when there is : clamor for a
change, they say, oh, leave the revis-
ion of the tariff in the hands Of its
friends"
MI. Richardson as an experienced
legislator understands that whenever
Congress undertakes a revision Of the
tariff the manufacturer presents him.
self in Washington, and is accorded a
most respectful hearing. Democrats
and republicans alike are very glad to
see him. He has a message for them,
and a very important one. They are
considering a subject with which he is
familiar and in which he is very much
interested. He has claims upon their
attention. He was here when the Mills
bill was preparing. He came again two
years later when the Mckinley bill was
preparing, and four years after that,
when the Gorman-Wilson bill was oc-
cupying attention, he made d prOtract-
ed visit. We shall see MIN still again
whenever Congress, whether under re-
publican or democratic control, takes
up the task of revising the present tar
if law.
This ought to be clearly understood.
And in adopting this course the manu-
facturer is not only within his rights
as a citizen, but is simply Obeying the
| customs of business. He wants all the
favor from congress he can get, and he
wants it as long as possible. He does
not hesitate to apply to either party
/ for it. The sounding defamation OF
! the stump does not materially influence
him. The fluent gentleman who in thu
! heat of a campaign challenges him to
| 4 struggle to the death is rarely ever
set to frame a tariff bill; but when he
IS a very different spirit possesses him
| from that which inspired his utterances
lille he was appealing for votes. This
| fact was clearly demonstrated in thu
! spring of 1894, when the perform
ances of congress were contrasted with
the promises upon which hat body had
been elected. The protected industrie;
Of the country had been challenged tC
the death, and yet they came here AND
the senate at their in3tance changed
many eatures of the house tariff bill
|, to which they objected.
But Of course it is one thing to hea
a manufacturer upon a matter of con
Germ to himself, and another thing II
i vote in his interests as against tn;
public interests. Congress is charged
with the duty of doing the creates
good TO the greatest number; n tina
duty presses heavily now in the matte
Of eQualizing the terms of the Dingle.
law to meet the prosperous condition!
which have followed its enactment
Washington Star.
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srIyyER FoR MIR. ROOSEVELT.

Before the negroes get through with
President Roosevelt he will wish With
all his heart. soul and mind tina he
had never said anything about OPEN
ing that door of hope" to them. They
are marching on the White house now
with a demand that will be a ~
TO the president. They demand that
he shall indorse the proposition for
pensioning ex-slaves by the federal
government. The National Industrial
Council has taken the matter up. Nor
ris. the president Of this ASSOCIATION,
and some other negroes called on Mr..
Roosevelt q day or two ago and urged
him to endorse and aid in securing the
passage of the bill now pending in
congress. which provides for the pen
sioning of ex-slaves. They got 90 en-
enlargement and do not seem to be
at all pleased with the reception they
received. Morris says the aged and
helpless negroes are h ones who need
aid from the federal government and
are the very ones who do not get it:
hat the appointment by the president
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4 MOVE

Congress is treading on dangerous
ground when It takes Up the question
of the right Of the government to seize.
the coal mines and the transportation
companies on the ground that the ne
eessity for the exercise of such power
has arisen. This cannot possibly come
under the principle OF condamning
property for public use under the
principle of the right of eminent do
main or of Confscating goods to the
use of the government in time OF war
or any other great emergency. 1t IS
entirely Il new principle-that OF the
government taking charge of private
industries and conducting them along
lines which the government officials
consider proper n for tie benefit OF
those people who are patrons o. thu
corporations. Such action would De es-
fablishing a most dangerous precedent
and would open the doOr to future
action by congress that might bring
greater ~hardships upon the people than
they now suffer. Were this precedent
established no private enterprise would
b. sesIrc from interference or seizure
By - government
= j. true tina 4 most deplorable con-
die OF affairs exists and that people
ara su1ai8s, some dying for the want
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EDITOR

The Columbia State of yesterday
morning does not publish its account OF
he shooting of Mr.. Gonzales by Lieu
tenan Governor Tillman. but, through
the courtesy OF the Charleston News
and Courier gives its readers the state
ment of the affair written by that pa
per's Columbia correspondent.
In The State Mr.. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr.,
Of the staff of that paper publishes the
following over his own signature:
1t is impossible for The State as a
~newspape to express itself upon the
foul deed perpetrated in Columbia yes
terday-for The State editorially has
always been N. G.. Gonzales and he has
been The State. Nov he lies at deaths
door. SDeechleSS.
But it is possible for n of his as
s~istants, speaking FIR the entire staff,
to say u word. Not to express our in
dignatiOn nor our grief, for that is be-
yOnd utterance. but to say that there
is not one of those Isho work under and
with him. who stood by him and sup
ported him last summer in his fight
for South Carolina honor, but YOU'D
have gladly in~terpoSed his body be-
tween the form OF our beloved chief and
the ASSASSIN ; PISTOL. but lHe dlldSh
was rs unexpected to his associates as
it was to Mr.. Gonzales. Five months
had passed since The State had said
anything about Jim" Tillman, and
eight months or more since The State
began its persistent efforts to keep
him out of the gubernatorial chair.
During all that time the assassin of
yesterday had abundant opportunity to
resent the truths which The State
published concerning him, but he did
not do SO. He waited for his chance
10 attack an unarmed, defenseless man
unawares. The deed justifes and
proves true every word The State has
said concerning the b~aseness OF Jim
Tillman'S characterized he is devoid
of principle and q thorough coward.
Mr.. Gonzales condition at this writ
ing is so serious as to give little hope
of his cover but the promptness of
the operation and the in which
the patient stood it are in his favor
a clean life and a determined will are
factors which count for much.
The flood Of messages and assurances
of sympathy from near and far are
deeply appreciated by Mr.. Gonzales
family and his associates on The State,
They know that if it is decreed his life
shall end il will be as he would have
wished-a sacrifice for the good of the
State he loves SO well-but they hope
pray he may be spared.
JAS. A. HOYT. Jr.
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of fuel and that something shor IA no
done for their relief, but this 10 not
the way to go about getting TT at relief
There Is an easier way to 6 c,r +bis
and one that is legal; in f. ~ the fail
ure to pursue it is a viz ,,ation of the
law by the officials Of + he government
and of the states WI ORC the trouble
lies. There are law Of these states
and of the United S a&es which, if they
had been enforce and the yislators
punished when sseir infraction had
first become d snatter of public noto-
riety. would , tive prevented the pres
ent deoiora bic conditions. 1t is not
too late y e to put these statut's
!, in force 2 &c thereby remedy the evil.
We ma rdls think the chairman Of the
house .udiciary committee is in earn
est III MS proposition. The course IS
take a either to draw the attention or
the people from the real cause of the
TT euble or for the purpose of delaying
'erenuous measures against the guilty
persons until matters right them
I selves and public indignation passes
away.
The government Should prolect the
people against these trusts and big
, CORPORATIONS. It is a crying shame
r. that it should nave allowed them to
>, get such control over the necessities
:. of the people, but it should not at
tempt it in an unconstitutional manner
Nor should the republican party
which is responsible for the conditions
now existing, in order to hoodwink the
- people, take up a measure for securing
that relief which they know will. neVel
be put into effect and could not bt
without violation of the constitution
and of the fundamental principles o
government. If these corporation
=. have forfeited their charters let tn
fact be declared by the proper tribu
nails in the proper manner.