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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

merce that ought to be written in let ters of gold on the walls of every cor poration office and legislative or Coun- cil chamber where the relations be- tween a public body and any corpora tion enjoying monopoly or special privileges come up for consideration. He said to the business men of a city which he described as "the storm cen- Ire" of the system under his manage ment:
 You but handicap me in my efforts for improvement by distrust, doubt and 1 disnaragement. while. with a little en- couragement. now and then, you can spur to renewed effort and bring the desired result nearer accomplishment
 Tt is doubly incumbent upon the management of a railroad having practically monopoly. as have we, to serve you faithfully and efficiently. You should not Submit to unreasonable ex- actions. discourteous treatment. or in l sufficient and unsatisfactory accommo- dations. You are entitled to the best there is and the company is able and willing to give it.
 You should, however, remember that it is not easy to control and discipline S5.0O0 employees. The stock of angels has run rather low, and the wages paid are not attracting them to the extent we would like, but with the material available we mean to do the best we can and trust to make manifest a con- sctant improvement.
 T am hopeful to have at your hands honest, carefully considered criticism that may help toward the improvement we all so much desire, and assure you that it will be gratefully received and considered in the spirit in which it is given"
 There is no exc1se for granting spe- cial privileges or tolerating monopoly unless the public gets from it better ser vice at lower rates. This is recognized in all honest and high-minded corpora tions; that is, in all managed on busi- ness basis. When this spirit on the part of corporations is met by public bodies with disposition to remove every obstruction to economical service, and to exact return in lower rates to the public instead of bribes and favors to public officials, the best results for both stockholders and public are ob- l tained. Minneapolis Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
MAcAuLAY's WONDERFUL ENER-


 No life was ever lived at higher pres sure than that of Macaulay. He was not only Hike book in brooches" as Sydney Smith said of him; he was also like an intellectual steam engine. His thirst for knowledge was only equaled by his amazing capacity for retaining knowledge and by his passionate inter est i'll all the aspects of life. T wish I knew as much of anything as Macaulay knows of everything said Melbourne, and though the epigram may have been intended as a gibe it approximated to the truth. To the average dullard of the world it must have seemed that this tempestuous man was literally omnis- cient. He pluned into Italian like boy rejoicing in a new toy; he took up Span- ish with an appetite rowing by what it fed on, and then he returned to Greek with joy which he found indescribable He amused himself in going to India, by learning German. and mltigated the distress of a voyage across to Ireland by committing Paradise Lost to mem- Eory, eiaisning, doubtless with truth. that 1 if by any ineqn ceivahle nnischance the
 great epic were to be utterly destroyed
 he could from the tablets of his memory give it back to the world.-London News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
MATE BRoo. SEA.

MAZE 0IlOO4 lA4<2s
 It was in latitude. 54.1 th and lon- gitude 76.4f west. sixt lree miles northeast. half east. of Fying Pan lightship. off the North ca 3Iina coast, that Second Mate c. o. Br ks dropped the lead into twenty fathd of water. He stood upon the deck of good ship Berkshire. ploughing its to Phila- delphia from Savannah, le interests of the Merchants and Miners Trans portation company.
 A bitter wind blew and the sea froze as it struck the taffrail,
 Mate Brooks drew in the lead. Then he touched 1t and dropped it. "Hoti' he cried. "Hoti I'm burnedi' Crew and officers crowded around him. Captain J. s. Hudgins called for l the ships surgeon and approached.
 But the lead was hot. Too hot to be touched even after journeying through fathoms of water and a passage through freezing airs.
 It was hot every time they drew it UT until ten miles had been sailed. After that it wasn't. Captain Hudgins reported the phe- nomenon to the Maritime Exchange when he reached port yesterday. Experts say it shows seismic dis turbances; and point to the great Carolina earthquakes as an in- dication that the earth's crust is thin ir those parts.
 That lead must have gone through the roof of Davy Jones foundry says Captain Hudgins.-Philadelph Inquir.
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WALLINGFORD.

Rev. w. A. spinney of Newark, N.
 T., will preach at the Baptist church
 tomorrow. Kenneth Blair of Springfield, Mass, is visiting in town. There were sixty-one marriages in the year of 1903, seventeen of them being in June. A son was born recently to MT. and Mrs. G. Gibson. MT. and Mrs. Fl. H. Hawkins of Montclair, N. J., are the guests of Mrs Sarah Manning of Christian street. Miss Marion Norton has returned to Plainfeld. N. J. MT. and Mrs. F. s. Hall left yester- day for Washington, D. c. The total number of deaths in 1908 was 145. Miss Jennie O'Neil of Brooklyn. N, Y, is the guest of Mrs. W. E. DeMill of Curtiss avenue.
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HARMONIZING DEMOCRACY
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untried man, or one prominently iden- tifed with past differences.
 As to the issues, MT. Newlands said that the last campaign demonstrated that the masses of the people attached little importance to the question of inn perialism. Silver would yet be restored to it's old position as money metal, but the time was not now.
 The tariff would again be an issue; but the democratic party would not again present the kind of issue made by MT. Cleveland. It was safe to say l that the radical, uncompromising views of MT. Cleveland did incalculable harm both to the country and to the demo- cratic party.
 | Whatever might be the demerits of the protective theory in the abstract, there could be no question that the pro- tective system was now thoroughly in- terwoven with all our industrial condi- ions. Free trade was a myth. The tariff would always exist and what ever might be it's rates, it would serve as protection to domestic industries as against foreign importations. The question was one of percentages, not of principle.
 Congressman DeArmond of Missouri in responding to the toast What of tha Future?" said in part:
 I Gan the democratic party win the coming national election? Yes. will the \ victory be ours? That Is not so easily answered. for that depends upon what the party will say and do when next it convenes in national convention. If it | shall wisely address itself to the issues | of the day, asserting nothing offensive fly, apologizing for nothing and shall name for it's nominees men who ought
 to be and therefore will be acceptable to Tits rank and file, 1t will win. But fl
 in collet it it repudiates its past-its re-
 cent pastor if 1t needlessiy antago- nizes and drives away clements which
 were not with in or which left it in its
 recent past. the promise of the times and of conditions will prove delusive and we shall go down to defeat.
 T have no platform to suggest. nc candidates to commend to the exclusion
 of others. would welcome all who come to battle on our side now, for what now is in issue: and would repel none
 whose help we may have now, because we did not get It in some campaign oi
 the past. just as we welcomed those
 who came to us first in '96. after life time os opposition. None who were Iagainst us before but sincerely desire to be wits us now will come with words
 of denunciation upon their lips, or the
 'holier than thou spirit in their hearts 1 T am one of those who believe that nc
 man who did not support the ticket ir
 '96 or 1900 can be available for the presidential nomination in 1904"
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HOW CHICAGO FIRE STARTED
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(Contfnne6 from First Page.) from the head Of some victim of the disaster. He shuddered and removing the hair from his shoe, placed it on one side of the hallway and passed on.
 The mayor went out on the fire es- capes, tried the exits and finally mount ed into the rigging loft above the stage. The dressing rooms were visited and the whole interior explored. B. H. Marshall, the architect of the building, accompanied the mayor throughout the trip. When in the gallery the mayor paid particular attention to the exits and tried all the handles by which the doors are opened.
 The failure to comply with the ordi- nance requirement that exits shall be indicated bE printed signs struck the mayor, and when he noted that heavy danaslx curtains hung before some of these doors he inquired of Architect Marshall why they had been placed there. MT. Marshall replied that it was donf to improve the appearance of the i,ouse
 It wasl also noted by the mayor that the ordinance requirement which insists that galleries above the ground floor must ealch have a separate stairway leading lto the street had been disre- sardedM This circumstance excited the indignation of Alderman Mayor, who said.
 This tdeater should never have been allowed t0 open, because the ordinance on gallery stairways has received no attention and has been disobeyed. The occupantsl of the second balcony were compelled to use the same exits as those of the first balcony. The exits should lhalve been separate, and if they had been Iso think more people would have esFaped"
 Explaining the lack of a separate stairwaB kor the second balcony, Arcfi- tect Marshall said:
 There was more total space for the people to get out of the gallery than if separate stairs had been provided. The law requiees eight inches of stairs and more space for each one hundred per sons, and we had nearly three feet of such spsace."
 To this Mayor Harrison said nothing, but corTsnlented on the fact that damask curtains; had covered the doors and that there wIere no signs indicating the ex- its.
 "The signs were being made ready MT. Ma1Eshall said, "but temporary signs were noIt being used because it was not desired Ito mar the beauty of the inter- Tor oS tEhem1
 To thils Alderman Mayer rejoined:
 s'This stheater was opened on Novem. Der 2s. It has been running fully five weeks. jIn heavens name how long does it take flo make a few signs?"
 To thss Mr. Marshall offered no re. ply
 Retur.ling to his office the mayor said { q thilE1k exactly as thought yester. day. II could not see any explanation for thei disaster except the failure o the curdain to come down. tried a lor of the Floors and they seemed to oper and shU readily. got into the rigging loft which is of solid metal without z trace off combustile material about it I think VI 1t would have been wise, how, nvsSa if the management had not placed
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ENGLAND MAKES WAR MOVE
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(COnllnueu rom F1rSt Page.) their general advisory staffs, and com-
 manders are comforting daily. Full plans for the campaign of the army and navy have been prepared, and the scheme of land and water transporta- ton completed. The thoroughness of Japan's preparations is pronounced su- perior to that Of Germany prior to the
 Franco -Prussian war.
 It is anticipated that Korea will be the scene of the earliest large opera tions. The invasion of Chinese territory other than by Korea and across the Yalu river, Is it thought, will depend on the nature and extent of the Chinese ef- forts to expel the Russians from Man. churia. Saseho will be the principal base of the navy, and the main point for the authorization of troops It has not yet been disclosed what place will be the principal army base, nor whether the emperor and his war councillors will go to direct operations.
 It is now stated that Sir Claude Mac donald, the British minister to Japan urged the purchase by England of the Chilean battleships, the Constitution and Libertad.
 A significant and curious feature of the New Years festivities, now at their height is the revival of the old feudal battle songs by the people here.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02

heavy curtains in front of the exits. l gained better idea of the horror of things to-day than I had possessed be- fore. Just think of stepping upon a wisp of human hair while walking about 1 in the theater.''
 Such day Of mourning Chicago never witnessed as that which ushered l in the new year. In every portion of the city almost 1t seemed as though there were funerals going, or an under taker wagon arriving with dead who were being brought to their homes for the last time, while the funeral process sions were moving through the snow covered streets to various cemeteries, the throng about the various morgues and undertaking establishments seemed almost as large as ever. Many men ap- peared at the door of Rollstone & Jor- dar's inorgue this afternoon who had been on their feet for orty-eight hours | constantly searching for what they had 1 lost. The greater number Of dead are l in the two places and men who had viewed the ghastly rows of corpses be- l fore and had gone on unavailing search to every other morgue and undertaking room in the city to which the dead from the theater had been taken, came back once more to Rollstone & Jordan's all
 most in despair. but hoping against hope that they might have overlooked ! their dead in the great number that l had crowded the tables and floors on
 Thursday morning. In some cases they
 were successful, in many others they 1 were not. Practically all of the bodies which admit of careful identification have been carried away and of those which remain, the mapority are in such l a condition that only the most minute and careful inspection will be able to re-
 veal their identity to those who know them best
 It was absolutely impossible for the relatives to secure all the carriages | they wished to convey their friends and relatives to the cemeteries In many l cases it was not possible for all mem
 bers of the immediate family to ride in
 the funeral cortege because no carriages
 could be procured for them.
 The liverymen were simply over whelmed by the demand made upon
 them and earnestly urged that as far as | possible the relatives should content I themselves with a carriage for the pall- l bearers, the hearse, and one other car-
 riage for the family. Where there were
 more members of the family than could conveniently ride in the single carriage l they were compelled to make their way to the cemetery by other methods of 1 transportation.
 l This was the situation in Chicago to-
 day, and tomorrow it will be intensi- fed.
 l A pathetic incident occurred to-day l on the Cottage Grove avenue cable line. l This passes within half a square of
 Rolston's morgue. Late this afternoon
 a man, haggard and worn, walked up to a Cottage Grove avenue car and l climbed aboard, carrying in his arms the body of little golden-haired girl. The form was partly wrapped in a
 canvas cloth, but not so as to conceal
 it. AS the father took his seat with
 the child in his arms the conductor
 eyed him doubtfully and then, ap-
 preaching, touched him shoulder, saying:
 T am sorry, but the rules of the com 1 pany do not permit the carrying of bod
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ies in this manner. must ask you to leave the car"
 Without changing his expression in the slightest, without showing trace of excitement or irritation, the man rose to his feet, still holding in one arm the body of his child. With his free hand he thrust into the face of the con- duetor a large revolver and said, in a tone which betokened utter weariness and almost lack of interest in the pro- ceedings:
 s'This is my daughter. have looked for her all of last night and all of the day. have tried in vain to obtain a cab or carriage. I am taking my baby home to her mother and I intend to take her on this car. Now, go on." Other men on the car interceded with the conductor, and the latter. realizing the situation, gave way, and in the crowded car the father sat and carried the corpse of the child to his home. One of the saddest cases was that or Herbert and Agnes Lange of 1882 Barry avenue. Both children had attended the performance and after many hours of tireless searching. the heartbroken father finally found the daughter, Az nes, in an undertaking establishment. He identified body at one of the morgues which he believed was that of his son. He took it home and shortly after his boy alive and we'll arrived at the house. He escaped from the thea
 ter and had been cared for by unknown parties. At midnight only twenty-one uniden. tifled dead remained in the several
 morgues. The total number of bodies
 that have been accounted for is 5S2. O
 these. 561 have been identified.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
DECISION UNANNoUNCED.
Delegation of Wire Mill Employes Pr

Delegation of Wire Mill Employees Pre-
 sent Terms to Company.
 The disagreement between union em- ployes and the New Haven Iron & Steel Co. is as yet unsettled. National Organizer Pierce of the Iron, Steel and Tin Workers International union pre- scented the claims of the men to the company. A statement of terms is un- der consideration by the company and the decision will be announced later.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
"PARSIFAL.''

The real "Parsifal!''
 During the heat of battle, after Man ager Conried had announced his deter imitation to produce 'Parsifal," one looked vainly for some revaluation of the work itself. It was assumed gener- ally that it was a masterpiece. Some belated malcontents urged that a pro- duction of the work would be blasphe- n1y-not artistic, but arrant-an objec- tion of similar sort raised at the time when the late Salmi Morse projected to give his Passion Play in New York; but that "Parsifal might not be musi- cal jewel of priceless value was an opinion that never found it's way into print.
 Those among us who had witnessed the Bayreuth presentation knew the truth-knew that this much vaunted, much advertised work is weak, almost the weakest of Richard Wagner 's; knew that it's morale was nil, knew that it's music, despite the enormous cleverness displayed in it's fracture was impotent, was without invention; in a word, that "Parsifal'' was and is the biggest delusion of a delusion haunted epoch.
 Once thrown out to the world and forced to float or sink on its genuine merits, "ParsifaI would be doomed to Q short life.
 It lacks sincerity. It is theatric, bom- bastic, hollow. No matter how over towering it may be architecturally, it
 yet lacks the truthful note that is to be found at any Christian church. With all It's grandeur, it's theatric pathos, it's conjuring of churchly and philosophical motives, its ravishing pictures, it's mar moreal attitudes, "Parsifal' falls short of the one thing-faith, faith you can find in any roadside Bavarian wood-
 cutters hut. And if it be argued that 1t is unfair to compare church and the- ater, the question can be speedily put: Who makes the comparisons but Wag- ner worshippers? It is they who claim the sacred" the hieratic qualities of this overrated work.
 Verify, Wagner was in the twilight oi his constructive powers when he schem- ed the poem, though he was never SC sane as to the commercial potentialities of the undertaking. Yet by reason of his musical genius he was able to pro- pei to success this inorganic medley James Huneker in the Metropolitan Magazine
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
The Clergy
 Like It,

Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Cures All Creeds. It Relieves in 10 Minutes Here are a few names of clergymen of different creeds who are firm believers in Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder b3 Hive un to the preaching In all it claims: Bishop Sweetman, Rev. Dr. Llangtry (Episcopalf- an): Rev. Dr. Withrow and Rev. Dr. Cham bers (Methodist) and Dr. Newman, all of Toronto, Canada. Copies of their personal letters for the askine.
 Dr. Agnew's Ointment relieves piles in a
 day. 16 Sold by w II. Hull and Gillespie & Co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
ENGAGED IN A DUEL.

Louis De Marcello was arrested late last night and charged with breach of the peace It is alleged that he and another man had some trouble at the corner of Broad and Lafayette streets. During the course of events 1t is claim ed that both men drew pistols. The other man, for whom the polio are now looking, shot at Marcello and missed
 him. Marcello. it is claimed, tried to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
A DUTY OF A MONOPOLY.

President c. s. Mellen, who went from the Northern Pacific to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, made some remarks in an address be- fore the Providence Chamber of Com
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
AT MUSIC HALL.

The Independent Social club gave a most successful dance at Music hall last evening which was attended by several hundred people. A fine dance pro- gramnle was rendered and the affair was great success.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
AT THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRIcE

AT THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK
 Good fellowship reigned as usual at the Knights of St. Patrick club house all day yesterday. One house was kept and the large number of visitors were treated, as always, in a truly hospitable manner. Refreshments were served to all during the afternoon and evening. A fine musical programme was also rem dered.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-03-11
Jno. N. Arnold Dead.

Jno. n. Arnold died at his home
near town Thursday night of last
week about 1890 from lung troub-
lie. Mr.. Arnold was 50 years old
and had been a resident of this
community since his early boy
hood. At the beginning of the
civil war he enlisted in the Eight
Arkansas Regiment and was in
many of the bloodiest battles of
the war. The remains were bur-
ried Friday afternoon af the Ak
ron cemetery.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-03-11
nore Riots.

Disturbances of Strikers are not
nearly as grave as an individual
disorder of the system. Overwork,
loss of sleep, nervous tension will
be followed by utter collapse, un-
less a reliable remedy is immedi-
ately employed. There's nothing
so efficient to cure disorders of the
liver or kidneys as Electric Bitters.
It's wonderful tonic, and effec-
tive neryine and the greatest all
around medicine for run down
systems. 1t dispels nervousness,
rheumatism and neuralgia and ex-
pels malaria germs. Only soc,
and satisfaction guaranteed by j..
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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-03-11
WRONG DIAGNOSIS
Man Suffering From a Chill Re-
sentS Accusation That he is
q Jeff Davis Man.

An incident occurred over at
Texarkana a few days ago that
adds spice of humor to the uni
versal interest manifest in the gu
bernatorial contest.
At the depot while a number
were awaiting their trains, drum
mer claimed that he could pick out
every Davis man in the crowd,
though he was not personally ac-
quainted with any of them. A bet
of S. was arranged that he could
not.
The drummer approached a mar
who had quart bottle in his coat
pocket about half full of booze and
apparently about twice that much
inside of him, and said: This is a
Davis man." ''Betcher life," said
the fellow pointed out, Pm jest
that an | don't keer a - who
knows it. "
The drummer then passed on to
little dried up, weazon- vizaged,
weak, squint-eyed, dirt-pale man,
and said: He's q Davis man"
The man admitted it.
Next the drummer approached a
man half reclining on the corner
seat of the waiting-room. His
clothes were respectable looking
and the man, outside of his attitude
and the expression of his face,
seemed intelligent and well to-do.
But he was all Numbered down with
his coat collar turned up around
his face, his head drawn down be-
tween his shoulders, his legs cross
ed and his hands thrust between
them and his whole attitude and
expression was expressive of de-
lection if not misery. The drum
mer in tone of assurance pointed
to him and said: Another Davis
man."
You're liar, - said the man,
''I'm having chills is what's the
matter with me"