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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-27
ELECTRICITY AND MATTER.

Remarkable Qualities Possessed By
 Newly Discovered Radium.
 Sir Oliver Lodge, principal of the University of Birmingham, recently gave a lecture at Bedford College on 'EIectricity and Matter" A quarter of a century ago he would have said that electricity had a property resembling inertia. Now he would not only say that electricity had real inertia just as real as matter, but that there is no inertia but electricity. and that the in ertia of matter had to be explained electrically. In other words, what we were now arriving at gradually was the electrical theory of matter. We were endeavoring to explain the pro- perties of matter in terms of and by means of what we know of electricity.
 Although it might sound a paradox to people who had not studied physics. more was known about electricity than about matter. This idea of electric in- ertia first took shape in mathemati- cal paper by J. J. Thompson, of Cam bridge, which. when 1t appeared, in 1881, was simply regarded as a mere mathematical curiosity. He should also mention that Sir William Crookes had called attention to a phenomenon he had observed of matter in 8 fourth stage, which was neither solid. liquid, nor gaseous. Further research sug- gested the hypothesis, not yet by any means completely evolved, that all atoms of matter may be composed of these substances-corpuscles or elec- irons.
 Passing rapidly through the various phenomena found. along the line of his subject, Sir Oliver referred to the in- portant developments made by M. and Madame. Curie, in France. Having be- come familiar with the remarkable ra- diatory powers of uranium, they then discovered polonium and, later, radium, which had the property possessed by uranium in a most remarkable degree. The rays given off by this substance had marvellous penetrating powers, even more intense than the X-rays, and would blister the skin. They will pene- trate not only aluminium or wood, but three-inch thickness of lead, and then be as strong as the rays of uranium. Sir Oliver Lorge finally endeavored to give some conception of the size of electrons, the smallest bodies known, by asking his audience to conceive of the atom as being the size of chunk two hundred feet long, eighty feet broad and forty feet high, and the eleetron the size of full-stop. Stand- ard. ~ ''r
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DOSES OF MUSIC EFFECTIVE.
Its Magic Properties Charm Away
 Plain and Banish Insomnia.

Its Magic Properties Charm Away
 Plain and Banish Insomnia.
 Few people are aware that music can be utilized to lessen very considerably the sufferings of patient who has to undergo a surgical operation, and 1t is only quite recently that it was first scientifically put into practice.
 Naturally enough, it was a society composed of medical men and musi- clans who made an exhaustive inquiry and various experiments. Of course the effect which music has is, directly speaking, on the mind, but the mind reacts on the body, and it must, there fore, be obvious that the patients who are most likely to be benefited by the judicious use of music are those whose complaints are of a mental character such for instance, as melancholia and hysteria.
 Guided to a large extent by the in- formation, one of the leading dentists of Paris, M. Donier, has been enabled to lessen the horror of tooth drawing He has three large establishments in the busiest part of the French capital, and he noticed that those patients to whom he was obliged to give an anaesthetic- no matter of what kind, even if it were only laughing gas-- showed very unfavorable symptoms when they awoke from unconsciousness, their condition being largely due to the effect of the noise of the trafic in the street outside. They suffered from very severe headache and interference with vision, but what distressed them most was that during the time they were under the influence of the anaes- thetic they had usually horrid dreams or imaginngs.
 The dentist saw that if he could keep the noise from the ears, and conse- quently from the mind also of his pa tients, great good would be done The only way to do this was to create a louder counteracting noise or sound which should be pleasant, not nerve ir- ritating. Obviously music was the thing. He tried a photograph, and still uses it. When a patient is seated in his chair he places the photographs tubes to the ears and allow the instru- ment to work for a little while. Then he administers the anaesthetic, and he uluS lldI IIle pdIiehI peColueS uncOu- scious much more quickly and easily, and requires much less anaesthetic than was formerly the case.
 Not only that but he can perform the dental operation without interruption. and when the patient recovers con- sciousness the after-effects are very slight indeed, compared with those which nearly always presented them selves before the phonograph had been
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among the dentists profes-

numbered among the dentists profes- sional instruments. gz
 Another form of suffering, more or less mental, which music has the power to relieve. is insomnia. At time when the great majority of people were quite unaware of this, the first Napole- on put his knowledge of the fact into practice. After his banishment, to St. Helena sleep was for long time all most denied to him, and the effect on his general condition became seriously alarmed. At last he said:
 T must have a couple of hours of mu- sic before going to bed" And night af- ter night he took the pleasant "dose'' he had prescribed for himself. So unex- pectedly good were the results that in- stead of the Hong wakefulness" that Lord Roseberry refers to In Napoleon; the Last Phase,' the fallen emperor slept comfortably for eight and some times eleven hours. .%. -s ..y.
 But perhaps the strangest use to which music can be put Is to stop the flow of blood from a wound. An army doctor noticed that when a wounded soldier was taken to within easy hear ing of music, hemorrhage was either greatly reduced or actually stopped. Neither he nor others who confirmed his observations understood how this r phenomenon was brought about, but it is now believed that the vibrations of the air produced by the music cause the patient to become faint, in which case the action of the heart is so considera- bly, lessened that the overflow of blood. from the wound is necessarily reduced. . It would almost seem that the day is not far distant when the phonograph or some other musical instrument will be regarded as almost as greata necessity to the medical man as the lancet or the stethoscope. pe.-London Answers. 'E !,
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VARIOUS ITEMS.

A mission will be open in St. Joseph's church next Sunday.
 Vice President Merrill, of the Consol- idated road, is on brief outing trip to Pinehurst, N. c.
 MT. and Mrs. Stanton, of 12s Carlisle street, are receiving congratulations on the arrival of ten-pound baby boy.
 Mrs. schoef, president of the National Congress of Mothers Clubs, will honor New Haven with visit on March 5.
 The Elks' state association has voted to hold the annual meeting at the Att lantic hotel, Bridgeport, on Wednesday evening, April 15. Officers for the en- suing year will be elected and a ban- Quet served.
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pTANOJA RECITAL.

At the pianola recital to be given in steinert's hall on Saturday afternoon a new feature will be introduced; the or chestrelle being used. F. E. Edgar will sing "The Palms. with orchestrelle &C., compartment.
 The other soloist of the afternoon will by Miss Harie Hugo, contralto. Miss Hugo has appeared before the public several times os late and always with success. She has a voice of good range and sings easily and artistically.
 The recital will begin at o'clock and all are invited. no cards being neces- sary.
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MAN OF MANY MURDERS
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Continued from First Page) After his confession Knapp admitted that he had repeatedly assaulted wo- men. He said:
 T met the Littleman child in the lum- Der yard and choked her to death when she made an outcry.
 T went into the room with the Eckert girl, sat down with her. She cried, and I strangled her with a towel and hur- ried from the house.
 T was mad at my wife, Jennie Con- nors Knapp. when I killed her. We were walking along Liberty street. I sat her down under the bridge and choked her to death. I deny that I poisoned her. ! never told any one I did. After s!:a was dead I threw the body into the canal
 Ida Gebhard killed but my memory is not clear as to what I did. cannot tell what made me kill these people. I could not help it. Some kind of a de- sire to kill took hold of me and I could not resist the temptation to kill. I am sorry for my crimes, but now I hope they will be easy with me-
 After the confessions g. formal charge of murder in the first degree was filed.
 A Cincinnati attorney was allowed to see Knapp. and told him to make no further statement. Knapp was sur- prised that his people had secured q lawyer for him.
 Knapp talks much of the Pearl Bryan murder and is afraid of being lynched.
 Alfred Knapp make long statement tonight at the jail. He adhered to his written confession and added some points. Of these, the most interesting relates to the fate of his first wife, Emma Stubbs, whose fate had been overlooked. Knapp declares that she is still alive and is now in Louisville, Ky, He says that she got a divorce from him. Another chapter was added to Knapp's list of confessed crimes to- night when he asserted that he was im- plicated in several hold-ups here last December. Knapp was asked why he committed his various crimes, and how he felt when he was choking woman to death.
 He said: q can't tell. was seized with an irresistible desire to choke them, and I can't help it. I could not let go when I once began, even if I wanted to. never feel any renorse, only feeling of satisfaction when I know that they are dead. used my hands in every case except that of
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MARRIED IN THIS CITY. John Knight, assistant manager of the Hartford division of the New York and Eastern News company, was mar ,ried Sunday in this city to Miss Rachel Cohnstein, of this city.
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A BOB SLED SMASH UP.
DOUBLE RIPPER ACCIDENT INA
 LITCHFIELD STREET.

Ripper Had a Load of Twelve Young
 People and Several Were Seriously In-
 jured-BIood Poisoning Feared in One
 Case-DOg Instantly Killed.
 Litchfield, Feb. 26.-A serious coast ing accident occurred last night on East Hill, when a double-ripper with twelve young people upon it ran into a bob sleigh driven by Aaron Crutch, jr. He did not see or hear the sled until it was close to him, and had barely time to turn his horses into the ditch, while the end of the sleigh remained in the road.
 The ripper ran into this, and Martin Monaghan, who was steering, had his collar-bone crushed and was seriously bruised. Edith Mason had ligament in one ankle torn and it will be several weeks before she will be able to use it again. Edith Crutch was badly bruised ard scratched.
 The most serious injury was that sus- tained by Reginald Hut, double com pound fracture of the arm, the bone protruding through the flesh. The arm bled all night, and grave fears of blood poisoning are entertained. The other occupants of the sled escaped with bruises and scratches. MT. Crutch's dog was caught between the sled and sleigh and instantly killed.
 There has been a good deal of coast ing on this hill this winter, but this is the first serious accident that has oc- cured.
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Mary Eckert. I choked that woman with a towel. but I could have done it with my hands. I got acquainted with Mary In Dayton, Ohio, through an ad- vertisement, and when she went to Cin- cinnati I visited her at her room and choked her to death one night"
 Every doctor who has seen Knapp here agrees that he is moral perVert, similar to ck-the-Ripper," except that he finds satisfaction in choking women and children.
 Cincinnati, Feb. 26.-The parents of Knapp tonight said that Albert was insane and his confession should not be believed. Albert had given them so much trouble that they believed he would be better dead. Mrs. Sadie Wenzel, his sister, on hearing of the confession, went to the Cincinnati po- lice headquarters and thence to Ham, ilton. She said her brother, when five years old, was kicked by colt and later was struck by lightning. and but for her parents she would have had him adjudged insane. She said Han nah Knapp was separated from her husband, who lives in Chicago. She denounced those who charged Albert with giving her jewelry that belonged to deceased wives.
 Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 26.-Alfred Knapp, who confessed to five murders at Hamilton, Ohin, formerly lived here. He was sent to the penitentiary for one year in 1884 for burglary. His first wife was Miss Emma Stubbs, a seven teen-year-old girl, whom he married few months she left him and obtained a divorce.
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be availed of only in the interest of evil. The church he founded has throughout its career been a church for the poor as well as for the rich, and has known no distinction of persons. It has been a church whose members, if true to the teachings of it's founder, have sought for no greater privilege than to spend and be spent in the interest of the higher life, who have prided them selves, net on shirking rough duty, but on undertaking it and carrying it to successful conclusion.
 come here tonight to greet you and to pay my tribute to your past because you have deserved well of mankind, because you have strfveu with strength and courage to bring nearer the day when peace and justice shall obtain among the peoples of the earth.
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 that it disqualifies from membership lawyers, bankers and professional gamblers. But none of your constitu- tions have connected gentlemen of my cloth with that combination. (Ap- plause.)
 do not hold in nly hand brief for the Standard Oil company. Neither am I politician seeking your votes, and prophesying smooth things to organ ized labor. I do not intend to discuss any scheme of socialism, for trades unionists generally are not socialists. Trades unionists may be socialistic in some directions. and not in others. shall seek to discuss trades unionisrn, it's objects, methods and conduct; what seems to me right in them, and what not to be tolerated. I have read some fifty of your constitutions and I shall quote one or two as specimens. He here read from the constitution of the stone cutters Of New York. There is much here to be commended and little in statement of objects to be criticised. All have one common economic error, or half truth, that labor creates wealth. This is often shown to be false by economists. Something besides labor time enters into value in exchange. He said trades unions have accomplished much and spoke of their history in England. The present effect of the ex- tent to which they are carried is doubt full on prosperity of England They have relieved many evil conditions; raised standard of wages. Some of these results might have come from general growth of humanitarian sent- ment. but probably have come faster through organization of labor. One fact should be fully recognized. Or ganized labor has become counter weight in the scale of social equity against the possible overweight of too great capitalistic monopoly. All the more reason why the public, who hold the scales. must not let this counter balancing power of labor to be thrown away by reckless leadership or ire, sponsible labor unions.
 Speaking of the methods and conduct
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NAOMI REBEKAH LODGE

Held Important Meeting-Whist and
 Refreshments Followed.
 Naomi Rebekah lodge No. l, I. o. o. F., held a largely attended meeting last evening and transacted considerable business of importance. After the reg 1llar business the members and many visiting Rebekahs enjoyed whist, suit able prizes being awarded to the win ners. Refreshments were served and a social period brought the affair to a successful termination.
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DR.SMYTH ADDRESSES LABOR

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SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

Mrs. Catherine Moran of Southington who has been under treatment for eye trouble in the New Haven hospital, has returned to her home. She withstood the operation well and her condition has considerably improved. She is still un- der trea tmeft and her eyes are kept bandaged, but it is believed she will regain her sight within short time.
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PI LEA SAINT OCCASION

Last Tuesday evening MT. and Mrs E. R. Smith of 6O7 Elm street enter tained Alpha conmandery of the Order of the Golden Cross in characteristical- ly hospitable manner being ably assist edEby Mrs. w. o. Staples.
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THE McCUEN co.'s FAMOUS
READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING.

nEHOI u O-WGAh OLO T1INO.
100 Mems Skeleton Coats and
Trousers, homespuns, Serges,
tweeds. These Suits are Alfred
Benjamin & Co.'S make none
better, and are the comfortable
and fashionable summer attire
for gentlemen. Prices were $40
to $22; sale price. =. $500 to $1,000
Mems All Wool Suits, former
prices $3.50 to $1,000; sale
prices. s...............$4 $3.50 to $500
A special lot of Young Mems
Suits, ages Is to 20 years, sizes
81 to 36 breast; prices were
$1,000 to $1,000; sale prices. 80.
................... 5000 to $500
Mems Worsted Cheviot All Wool
Suits, former prices $1,000 to
$1,000; sale prices. :. $3.50 to $3.50
Mems fine Black and Blue Serges,
strictly all wool; former prices
$1,000 and $500; sale prices.
.................... $3.50 to $3.50
Mems Fall Weights, double
breasted twilled cheviot and
worsteds; former price $500;
SAFE price ................... $500
Special high grade worsteds of
the correct, new mixtures and
patterns; former prices $3.50
to $1,000; sale price. ... $1,000
Large assortment of Dressy Suits,
in blacks and dark blues, fine
unfinished worsteds and Clay
and Martin weaves; were $500
to $4,000; sale prices. .$12 to $3.50
Fashionable Business Suits of the
proper mixtures; were $1,000
to $1,000; sale prices. $3.50 to $3.50
Motormen and Conductors Blue
SUITS .................... $3.50
One line Mems Grey Scotch Chew
lot Suits, all wool, high-class
makes; former price $780,
sale price ..................$ $3.50
Some fashionable high-grade Eng
lish worsteds, Suits in plaids,
mixtures and stripes; formerly
$40 to $22; sale price. ..... $3.50
Good Wearing Business Suits,
pure all wool, fashionable color
ings, at
1925, reduced from $1,000
$3.50 to $500, reduced from $1,000
$3.50 to $500, reduced from $500
$3.50 to $780, reduced from $1,000
MEMS SPRING AND FALL
oVERcOATS, TOP COATS
AND RAIN COATS.
Short Boxy Top Coats, former
prices $40 to SIS; sale prices.
................$750 to $1,000 |
Medium Weight Chesterields
former prices $12 to $22; sale
prices. $500 to $14.00 |
RAIN COATS.
The most popular garment now worn.
Absolutely waterproof.
A large variety of fashionable
mixtures, former prices $1,000
to $24O0; sale prices $500 to S1400 /
$40 Rain Coat for. 500 /
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HOSIERY.
SOME SPECIALS.

Mems and Women's Belts, half the
marked price.
Mems and Women's Stocks, half
the marked price.
Mems Brown and Tan Stiff and
Soft Hats. former prices $3.50
to $500; sale price .......... soc
Boys and Children's Soft Hats,
former prices soc and $1.00;
sale prices. ..10c and 25c
Ladies' Felt and Straw Hats. trim
med and untrimmed, half price.
Special lot of Mems Straw Hats.
none sold for less than s1.50.
and up to S400.............. 25c
Kaiser Stocks. for Ladies'. were
Sl.00 to $500; sale price. .... 35c
Kaiser Belts. for Ladies. white p
X; were 0................ 25c
Ladies Knox Sailors. .......$LOO each
Black Silk Kaiser Belts were
Mems Canvas Gloves .......... sc
Mems Shop Caps .............. sc
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FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of CongresS-Joseph G. Sibley
Member of SenGte-J. X. Z. Hall.
AsSembiy-C. A w. Amsler.
President JUdge-W. NJ. Lindsey.
Associate JWdges-R. b. Crawford, W.
ii. ii. Dotterer,
ProthonotGry, Register d Recorder, DC
j. C..Geist.
iSherif.-Geo. w. Noblit.
TredSurer-Fred.A A. Keller.
C0ntnliSSionerS-C. Burhenn- A. X
Shipe, Henry Weingard.
District AttOrney-S. d. Irwin.
Jury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
COroner-Dr. ]. w. Morrow.
County AuditorS-W. III. Stiles, Geo.
w. Holeman, b. A. McCloskey.
County Suveyor--D. w. Clark.
County Superintendent-E. e. Stitzin-
ger.
Regular Terms of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
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UNI BRELLAS.

Self-Opening Umbrellas. fine new
rain-proof cloth, 2Ginch ... soc
Self-Opening Umbrellas. fine new
rain-proof cloth. 2S-inch. ...... S5c
Mercerized Hercules, very strong
improved frame, cannot turn
inside out, 26 and 2S-inch $40
MerceriZed Hercules. very strong
improved frame. cannot turn
inside out, 30-inch ........... 1.55
Scotch Gingham Hercules extra
large. 80 and 32-inch. ......... 100
Fine Taifeta Silk Umbrellas. for
Men and Women. s1S9, $1.49 & 1.69
Finer grades reduced i'm proportion
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Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
M: M. E. Sabbath School at 1000 a. IN.
Preaching in M. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. o. Ii. Nickle
Preaching in the Il. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
McGarvy, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every sabbath morning and evening,
Rev. r. w. Illingworth, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. 2. L.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.
tr0eSs.-F. X. Lans0n.

BitrgeSS.-F. X. Lanson.
COqtRclLnlen.-Dr j. G. Dunn, G. G.
CASTOR, j. B. Muse, G. f. Weaver, j. W,
Landers, J. II. Dale, w. f Killmer.
Justices the PeGce-C. A. Randall, s.
j. Setley.
Constdbte-S. r. Maxwell.
COLlector-S. j. Setley.
School DirectorS-L. Fulton. j. G.
Scowden, j. E. WenK, r. l.. Haslet, e.
w Bowman, Geo. Holeman.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


WORK ONLY.
Made to your order in our own shop
by expert tailors.
Light, cool Crashes and Scotch
Cheviots, Sack Suits to order
former prices $4,000; now. $1,000
Scotch Cheviot Worsted Suits, in
medium to dark mixtures, for
mer prices $4,000 to $500;
sale price ............... $500
Black and Blue Worsteds, Meltons,
Thibets and Unfinished Worsteds for
Dressy Suits, former prices $4,000 to
s45,55; sale prices, Sack Suits, $500
to $1,000; Cutaway or Frock Suits
$500 more.
Some medium to Heavy Weight
Suitings carried over from last