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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
PRICES HOLD STEADY
Little Change in South St. Paul Quo
tations on Either Hogs or
Butcher Cattle.
Sheep Receipts Light and Prices
Quoted Stronger on All
Kinds. ati].... .sz4,

\, South St. St Paul MINI. April 1:--Estimated re-
;zcalyes, 400. hogs, 2,9oO sheep 300; cars,
1 Ihe f,odioowing ,dho table shows the receipts from
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

Sales. Stocks. High Low 1flI'fM BID: 5id
est.H[ est. IApril 11Mr. 81
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01

WHEAT MOVEMENT BY ROADS, MARCH 81.
Observation-Disclosures, Al cars; Omaha. It; St.
Louis. 2; Great Northern, o.; Burlington, 25;
CHICAGO GRAIN

Shipped-Milwaukee, 16 cars; Omaha. 6; st.
-ouis 12; Wisconsin Central J.; Great North
'rn, g.; Burlington 8; Chicago Great Western, 3.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
HAY AND BOWEN SIGN.
A Protocol Providing For a Conn.,
 mission to Meet at Caracas.

A Protocol Providing For COm-
 mission to Meet at Caracas.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The navy department has received formal notice of the lifting of the Venezuelan block atie
 Secretary Hay, for the United States, and MT. Bowen, for Venezuela, during the day signed protocol providing for the adjustment of United States claims against Venezuela by a commission to meet at Caracas.
 This commission will consist of two members, a Venezuelan and an Ameri. can, to be appointed respectively by Presidents Castro and Roosevelt, and in the event of disagreement an um- pire to be appointed by the queen of the Netherlands. It is expected that the minister for foreign affairs will be appointed as Venezuela's representa- tive and that either Mr. Bowen or MT. Russell, the United States charge will be named to represent the United States
 Following promptly the signing of the protocol for the settlement of the United States claims against Venezuela Mir. Bowen began negotiations with M. Jusserand, the. French ambassador, for the preparation of protocol for the adjudication of tue claims of citizens of France against the South American v.eayAr1IaIfo
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Bad spellins.

! When was the last spelling book pub 1ished? Have our youth outgrown the use of that once important text book? :? It would seem oftentimes, from their ignorance of the rules of spelling and their arrangement of the letters in words, that they disdained the practice of good photography. It is all very we'll to talk ab nut some people being natural spoilers and some being poor spoilers. There are faults of ear which are hard to overcome; but eyes can be trained to correct these faults; and de- cent spelling under all circumstances, at least from every graduate of the grammar grade, should be demanded. It is fact of observation, explain it how you will, that pupils who have talk en prizes for scholarship in grammar schools of good standing cannot write a letter free of blI7nders in spelling; another fact, that pupils in high schools, remarkably well read for their years, are guilty of gross errors in spelling; still another, that pupils who have the wit and brains and style to write charming letter, misspell abom- inably; and yet another, that boys seeking entrance to colleges of first rank, able to pass examinations in mathematics and science, spell after the fashion of witch. ."-Boston Tran script.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Barely steady, without further change; Minnesota patents, x.10I4. .S6: win ter straights, 8 50Q3. 65; winter extras, 2.S0 13.10; winter patents. B. e5G4
 WHEAT-Opened steady, but was weak ened little by easier late English cables, dation; May, s16slAe.; Julg, 7ses07s1sc. New York; No. western, 611sc., f. 0. b.. CORN-Held about steady on continued absence of contract receipts, steady ca- bles and covering: March, 56d56Ac; May,
 oATs-bul and easy; track white, state, 4384sc.; track, white, western, 4S0 :, ,PoRK-steady; mess, s17.75@1s.25; fam LARD-Firm; prime western steam, 10 10c
 BUTTER-Irregular; state dairy, 150 24c.; extra creamery. 2sc.
 CHEE9E-Firm; state, full cream, fam cy smell eolored fsIl made, made, 1.hc1 t late l4He.; late made, 1sNe.; large, colored. fall made, 1Ac.; late made, 13AAc.; large, white fall made, 14Ac. late made, t31ac.
 EGGS-Firm: state and Pennsylvania, average best zoe; western, fancy, 1sc.
 TURF Dull at 66A q66a4c.
 SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining, 34c.: 1: centrifugal 96 test. SNc.: refined firm: crTshed S9Se goWgdaeread as 4Soc cr,sans eea
 RICE Firm; domestic 4Aas7sc; Japan, nominal.
 TALLow- Quiet; city, ec.; country, sl4@
 fHAY--stead shipping, 55Q7oc. good to choice, S5c. 0s1.05.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
"Lunnon" Likes It !" 'ota

It may be that the quality of 1mag1- nation was lacking in the Boston and Salem merchants who attempted, in 1s42, to introduce American ice into London. One of them tried to attain this end by demonstrating the merits of American iced drinks. He hired hall-as the story goes-and trained a number of men to mix the cool bev- erages of his native land. The mem bers of the Fishmongers' association presumably as fond of turtle as, alder men themselves-were the guests. The walters made an imposing entry-but alas! the first sound that met the ear of the American promoter" expecting h chorus of approval, was that of an English voice calling for hot water, and saying: ''I prefer it, all in all.' The American completes the story: q made a dead rush for the door, next day settled my bills in London, took a train for Liverpool and the steamer for Boston, and counted up clear loss of $1,2oo."-M. A. De Wolfe Howe, in At lantic.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
NAV AL BILL IN HOUSE
A Clash Between Sulzer and
 Littlef1eld.
SENATE AGREES TO ARMY BILL REPORT
At Caucus of Republican Senator's It Was Decided to Take Up the Canal Treaty Daily UntiA
 Disposed Of.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1S.-The house yesterday began consideration of the naval appropriation bill under the op- eration of rule which made the new legislation relative to the increase of the personnel of the navy and for the increase of the Naval academy in or der. The general debate on the bill was without special feature. The para graph in the bill providing $250,000 for a naval station on the great lakes went out on point of order. MT. Littlefeld and Mr. SulZer had an interesting clash before the naval bill was taken up, the former charging the latter with having perverted the record.
 The Republican senators held a cau- GUS and decided to have the senate con- tinue consideration of the Panama ca nal treaty daily until the treaty shall be disposed of. This result was reached after an hour and a haIf's discussion of the legislative situation in the sen ate. The conclusion reached was unan- imous. The understanding is that the statehood bill does not lose its advan- tageous position in the order of busi- ness when the senate is in legislative session.
 The conferees on the army appropria- ton bill reached an agreement The senate amendment providing for the detail of retiring army officers to the number of twenty for service with organized militia was agreed to, but the provision for the assignment of re- tired officers as attaches at American embassies and legations abroad was omitted. The conferees agreed to the provision that citizens of Porto Rico may enlist in the regular army and that the Porto Rican regiment may be ordered for service outside of Porto Rico, with an amendment providing that all volunteer officers now in the Porto Rican regiment shall be mus tered out of service June 30, 1904, and their places filled by detail from the line of the regular army.
 The senate amendments making $25,- 900 immediately available for the pur- pose of equipping officers schools and making appropriations available for barracks and quarters in the United States and in the Philippines were agreed to; also the provision made by the senate for an annual appropriation of $2,000 for the purchase of na- tionai trophy and medals to be contest ed for annually by the army and na- tional guard. The appropriation of $2,- OO0,00O for equipping the national guard the same as the regular army was agreed to.
 The senate conferees receded from the amendments providing for the pur- chase and preservation of the Balls Bluff battlefield.
 The senate provision for $5O0,000 for army post buildings to take the place of the canteens remains in the bill, but it is provided that not more than $4O,- 900 be expended for any one post build ing.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Helping Him On.

Bobbie-Sit down. Sister'll be in as soon as she gets done primpin'. You're 'goin' to propose tonight ain't you?
 MT. Smithers-Well, I don't know about that, Robbie. I don't know that she would have me.
 ''oh, yes, she will. Don't you hang back for that"
 And so you think she loves me, do you?"
 Nope, but she'll marry you, all right. She says she's getting to be such an old maid that she's afraid to take any more chances. She let her best chan ces slip, and will have to take anybody she can catch now. You've got a cinch. h.''-Kansas City Journal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
WATERFRONT J0TTINGS
Shetland Pony Went on Strike When
 Shoveling Paths.

The small Shetland pony of B. H.. Heminway created considerable dis turbance yesterday while some of the Heminway children had him attached to snow blow with which they were making paths about the yard. The pony became frightened in some mys- terious manner and started down the road leading to the railroad station. When the animal neared the railroad station Thomas Dunphy, who hap pened to be driving along near there, captured and pacif1ed the frightened animal and returned him to his own CT.
 You get the 75c Mothers Friend shirt waists at U. s. & Co.'S opening sale; all new goods, fresh from the factory; your pick for 39c.
 nhe New Century circle, c. of F., held a regular meeting last evening and completed arrangements for their dance to be held in Town hall on Fri day evening. Several circles from out of town will be present and a thoroughly good time may be expected.
 William Baldwin. former resident of this town, who has been very i'll in a retreat for the insane, is rapidly growing worse and is not expected to live very great length nf time. ". l.. Kelley went to New York to- day in the interests of A. N. Woolson.
 John Downey has commenced nov ing his furniture to New Haven, where he will open saIne~ . the near fu- ture.
 Dr Peck was in Naugatuck to-day on business.
 The Crackeriack Juvenile minstrels are rehearsing diligently for their coming show in the Town hall.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
CASTRO THREATENED.

pIacards Posted I'm Caracas Demand
 ing Presfdent's Death.
 WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Feb. 1S.-- It is asserted in reliable quarters here that placards reading, Death to Cas- tso" and Down with Castro" were posted in the streets of Caracas on Sunday last.
 1t is further asserted that 800 men left Caracas Sunday to attack a force of revolutionists which occupied posi- ton three hours march from the Vene- zuelan capital.
 A presidential decree has been issued establishing a war contribution in the form of an extra duty of 30 per cent to be levied on all imports.
 The export duty on ecoffee is made bolfvars per bags weight, on cocoa 16 bolivars and on hides 4 bolivars per 100 pounds.
 The German commander at Porto Cabello has returned to their Venezue- Ian owners fifteen fishing craft and schooners which had been captured by the German war vessels.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
THURSDAY, FEB. lS

except that you would learn it from some one else. It was your own miss take in the beginning, you will req member, in taking for granted that my name was the same as that of my mothers sister. And, in self-defense, could not do less than leave you under the delusion, though my aunt strong ly disapproved. am sorry that the only time we are likely to meet, should seem to have been passing un- der false colors. But for the future, I beg you will believe, shall take as good care of your name as you shall yourself. Margaret Kennedy Powell .''t
 ..What a fool I must have looked!'N he muttered, the dark color rising In his face.
 Miss Lockhart was deep in the ap- prehensive delights of unpacdng herr bric-a-brac, when maid, entering, an1 nounced:
 "A gentleman for Mrs PowelI.v
 'It's the landlord" said Miss Lock-, Madge, if he asks for another cent, you go!"
 Her niece had risen from beside a trunk, with changing color, and putt her hand nervously to her hair.
 Every well, auntie," she murmured vaguely, from the door.
 In the hall below she paused before tke drawfng-room portieres; then, part ing them, stopped short on the thresh-l old.
 Capt Powell!" she exclaimed, in al low voice.
 He came quickly forward
 "Oh, you knew I would come,s ht said, unsmilingly, taking her hands. She laughed.
 You've made complete fool of. me, know" he said, flushing. Itmust. have been tremendously amusing.l Heaven only knows what said; but you've paid me out for it in the last two hours. I've been a victim of com plications from the first. But--oh, Madge-I needn't begin at the begin- ming, need I?'
 She drew away her hands, and lifted her head in the air.
 Certainly" she said. NationI Magazine. .4e----
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
wyoming Railroad. Blocked.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 1S.-The worst blockade of the winter is in force on the railroads entering this city. A strong wind filled all cuts, and trains have been unable to move. Seven pas senger trains and number of freights are snowbound on Sherman hill, the Cheyenne and Northern is blockaded between Cheyenne and Horse Creek and the Denver Pacific is impossible between Cheyenne and Carr. From Cheyenne east the Union Pacific and the Burlington are experiencing great difficulty.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
London Tramc.

London is frightfully anticipated in its traffic; and the Parisian, the Dub liner or the New Yorker is stirred to amazement when he sees the people contentedly accepting conditions which prevail in no other big city. We thing the great railway companies are largely to blame for the congestion o1 traffic. The links between the lines north and south of the Thames, and east and west also, are very defective and the result is that huge cross-city goods traffic results--Dublin Irish CycEst.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Blizzard In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Seyen inches of snoW, with a fall of temperature to abotM the zero mark and strong wind to make 1t more penetrating, has given this section the severest taste of win ter it has had this season. Traffic has been seriously impeded and all rail- roads are running belated trains. These low temperatures are reported: Cincin- nati, zero; Indianapolis, 6 below; St. Louis, 6 below; Kansas City, 6 below; i; Omaha, 10 below; Milwaukee, 10 be- low; St. Paul, 20 below; Duluth, A be- low; Huron, s. D., 2S below; Bismarck, N. D., 2S below.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
SUBURBAN ARTMENT
NAUGATUCk NUGGETS
Board of Education and Warden and

Board of Education and Warden and
 Burgesses Held Joint Meeting.
 The board of education and the board of warden and burgesses held a joint meeting last evening in the DOT ough court room It was the opinion of both boards that the scarlet fever situation is very serious and that se- we're measures must be taken to stamp mt tSe disease. The health officer has Received instructions to use severe measures to enforce a strict quaran- fine and everything will be done to stop the spread of scarlet fever. After the joint meeting the warden and bur resses held an adjourned meeting. The full board was present for the frst lime in months. Warden Schaffer pre- s1ded. The reports of the tax collec- tor and borough treasurer for the month of January were read and ac- cepted. The board voted that here after no charge for antitoxin or for fumigation shall be made; thaS is, the borough will hereafter stand the ex- pense.
 Henry Tuttle a student at the Hotchkiss school in Lakeville, is yis- iting his parents, MT and Mrs A. c. Futile of Terrace avenue
 The sale of seats for ''The Banker's S Daughter" opened last evening at s o'clock and there is hardly seat left by this time The rush at the open Ing was quite large, all of POO people crowding in and about McCarthy' news store waiting for chance to se- cure a seat. There will undoubtedly be a large attendance Friday evening.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Con- gregational church are holding SUD- per from 5:3O to 7:30 in the parish house this afternoon and evening.
 Basketball at the opera house to- night. Mohawk A. c. team vs Naug- Htuck Athletic club; Blue Front Social rlub vs Oriole Hammer club.
 The public schools are closed to-day, fo remain so until the spring term. ,co much scarlet fever brought about
 S action and it is now to be hoped
 epidemic will be gotten under con-
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Cold H, the south.

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 1S.-The sever est weather of the winter has pre- vailed over the south. Tn Atlanta all records for high winds were broken when the gale blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The temperature was 2 above at Nashville, at Memphis and g at Knoxville. In Birmingham the mercury fell 59 degrees in twelve hours and in New Orleans 43 Communicat ton with Jacksonville is cut off. Colder weather is the forecast for Florida.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
BUNKER HILL.

Mrs c. H. Hall of Bunker Hill ave nue has returned home after spending week out of town.
 The Gem Whist club met at the res idence of G. M. Beach on Aurora street Saturday evening. The first prize was won by Mrs T. Sunderland and F. A. Wells, and the consolation prize by Mrs George F. Bates and s. Engert. < The club will meet on Feb- ruary 28 at the residence of A. D. Hitchcock.
 H. T. Sperry has sold his house on Aurora street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
ca.1 rreieht Rnte. Adrnnced,

PITTSBURG, Feb. 18.-Coal freight eates have been advanced in keeping with the advance on other freight rates by the leading executive and freight traffic officials of the railroads Interested in the coal traffic from the Pittsburg, Ohio and West Virginia dis tricts. The rates agreed upon are: Pittsburg to Chicago, all rail, old rate s1.75. new rate $1.90; Ohio to Chicago, old rate $1.5O, new rate $1.65; West Virginia to Chicago, old rate $1.9O. new rate g2.05.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Cane Hr~ton storm syvept.

SYDNEY, 0. B., Feb. 18.-Advices received here show that the worst snowstorm in years has ragged over the northern part of Cape Breton the past three days. All trains on the Interco- lonial road between McKinnon's Har- bor and Point Tupper have been can celed, as the snowdrifts are on a level with the car windows. At Antigonisf
 and Cape North the snow is eleven and twelve feet deep, but the crust is so hard that travelling is easy in all places.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
severe Weather or Nevfoundland.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 1S.-The un- precedentedly severe weather contin- ues in these attitudes. The United States revenue cutter Seminole, which is on her way to the Bay of Islands to attempt to cut out the icebound Ameri- can fishing schooners, is still herself icebound in Channel harbor, and the prospect of her continuing the voyage is worse than ever. The mail steamer Bruce is fifty-four hours out trying to cross from Channel to Sydney, a dis tance of only ninety miles. She is still unreported and, it is feared, has been caught in the foes!
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Raa Tor rnth

An Irishman whose face was so plain that his friends used to tell him it was an offense to the landscape happened also to be as poor as he was homely One day neighbor met him and asked:
 How are you, Pat?"
 Mighty bad! Sure, 'tis starvation thot's starin me in the face"
 "Begorrai" exclaimed his neighbor, sympathetically, "it can't be very pleas. ant for either av yez. London Out. 1nnl2
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Compen.ation. of pastor..

In the ministry, service and salary, are not coequal terms. The high of flee was not created for the advan- tage of the holder, and the calling is degraded into mere profession when it made the subject of money equivalents. The work of the minis- try is more especially in the realm of the moral and spiritual, and there fore can never be financially com- pensated in any exhaustive conner cial sense" Nevertheless, the minis ter adapted by conduct and learning to his high calling ordinarily does have, and should have, salary pro- portionate to the demands of the field he is tilling, and compensations far more satisfying and worthy of con- sideration than salarics.-Century.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
Similar hut Different.

Brown--Hello, Jones! You don't mean to say this is really you?
 Jones-It certainly is.
 ''Why, I thought you were dead.s "No; never was dead.
 "Say, are you sure of that?"
 s.Of course, am." "Well, I read something in the paper some time ago about your funeral" {" "Oh, no, You probably read about my marriage"
 Perhaps that was it. know it was something aaA r Chicago Daily News
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-18
EXANINATION FREE.
DON'T FORGET THE DATE.

pers about that old millionaire who aeft half of his money to the son of one friend and half to the daughter of another, on condition that they'd marry each other, and not let any of his accumulations get fAto the hands of people he didn't know? We'll, I'm the man in the story. We'd never set eyes on each other, but we both want cd the money, so we compiled with the proviso."
 'sYou-married her?"' asked the girl, paling little.
 "Six months ago, in New York. It must have looked queer affair to out siders. One doleful morning my law yer and drove to the magistrates of- flee, and as we came in one door, an- other lawyer, with an old gentleman and lady and three girls, all in short skirts and shirt waists and brown veils, entered by another. We all bowed, and then the magistrate called our names, and and one of the girls it might have been any of them, for all I knew-went up to desk, and an swered few questions, and wrote our names. The lawyers gave us each Q deed of separation to go in force at the door. Then we all bowed again, and the family party got into carriage and drove off, and IT had two months furlough, you know-for the honeymoon-came abroad to get out of the talk"
 His listeners color had faded en- tirely.
 ''Her name was Margaret Kennedy, wasn't it?" she asked, slowly. T went to school with her. She"
 "Oh, you needn't hesitate" said Powell, with short laugh. "I've had several fetching descriptions of her. She's Jew at bargain, I know by experience. And her voice, and-er looks, impressed me even through the veil"
 'she wasn't pretty, certainly, or very popular; but she was well born, or course, and thoroughly we'll bred'' she was speaking with an evident eff fort now.
 "Oh, there is the steward" she said, rising. '"I-I must see if he hasn't something can coax auntie to eat"
 Powell gazed after her, his face rath- CT colorless, too.
 But in the morning Miss Emily emerged from her seclusion, probably against her will, and the\day passed quite unconstrainedly. When the last morning came Powell was silent and stern, and Madge was historically so- licitous of her aunt's comfort; but the final parting was conventional enough. As their cab bore the aunt and niece away from the docks, the girl drew a quick sigh.
 "A soldier and gentleman!" she murmured, with little laugh; but there was glow in her face, neverthe- less
 The city awoke under the weeping skies. Powell, in his club window, streets. The disgust that his whole ap- pearance bespoke, however, was not for the dismal prospect, but for the years thatwere stretching, in his imag ination, intcrestless and wearisome ahead of him. He was sick of the army, he told himself, and, worse, sick of civilization. As for that pile of money in the bank-he loathed the thought of it. One of the club servants brought him letter, and he tore it open indif- ferently; but his face changed as he drew it out.
 T would not write thissss he read