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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-07
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4. o. .. ". sECEDERs ORGANIZE.
Form New couHeu of shs Fraternai
 Beasfit League.

The Ancient Order of United Work men has been losing many of its mem bers through dissatisfaction at the raising of the assessment for men over fifty-five years old to sS.40. The Work men have been trying strenuously to keep their members, and have an agent for that special purpose. He has been in New Haven for some time investi- gating, but has not been able to keep many of the members of Common wealth, Phoenix, Pyramid, Sterling and West Rock lodges from forming Elm City lodge of the F. B. L. The new lodge organizes with seventy-one mem bers, of whom fifty were present last evening. It was decided to meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in room 6, odd Fellows build ing.
 The following officers were elected for the balance of the year: Past presi- dent, Fire Commissioner Gierding; president, Daniel J. Allen; vice-presi- dent. William N. Russell; secretary, Charles s. Schappa; collector, P. J.. Race; treasurer, T. J. Hanlon; chap lain, George W. Beebe; counsellor. A.
 
 of Masons; guide, John Trowbridge; guard, E. c. Davison; sentry, Hiram Smith; trustees, Frederick Morse. John Trowbridge and Julius Miller; delegate to the Supreme council, Benjamin Bretzfelder. This Supreme council will hold it's second biennial meeting in room l of the Odd Fellows building in this city on April F.
 All dues and assessments of the asso- ciation are to be paid to the collector, F. J. Race, 64S Chapel street. The or ganization of the lodge passed smooth ly. It was under the charge of Su- preme Secretary Frank B. Tyler, of this city, and Dr. House, lately of Mill ford, but now spending his time in New Haven as an active organizer of the order. There were present from other local councils President Parmelee and Secretary Loveland, of Momauguin council, and T. F. Meade, of Putnam council.
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NAVY DIVIDED.
n squadrons Four of Which Are
 Watching Port Arthur.


 |pndon, April 7.-The Daily Tele- |ph's Seoul correspondent says he med from Japanese sailor who ticipated in the attacks on Port Ar E that the Japanese fleet is divided seven squadrons. Four of these |attacking Port Arthur, the fifth pa- Is the Corean coast and the sixth seventh cruise between Vladivos- and North Japan. The toroedo It's were much damaged in the en- -ements, but otherwise the fleet was / little injured. The damages to the anese cruisers Iwate and Yoshino been repaired and the vessels have ed the fleet.
 he Daily Telegraph's Wei Hai Wei Respondent, cabling under date of il 6, says Russian warships are pa ing the gulf of Pc Chi Lii, and that London Times steamer was stopped
 searched thirty miles outside of Arthur to-day
 ne Standards Tien Tsin correspond says Paul Lessar, assistant minis to China, has protested to the Chin government against the presence of anese instructors with the Chinese |y, which he regards as a violation neutrality.
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HELD UP BY THE BAYAN.
don Times Press Boat Searched by
 Russian Flagship,

bndon, April 1.-The Times corre- |ldent who is cruising in the vicinity Port Arthur, cabling with regard to |vessel being held up by Russian |ship, says 1t was the armored cruis- Bayan, flying the flag of Vice Ad-
 hl Makaroff, which chased and later Eched his ship. He says the Bayan |ws the scars of the damage recently |cted upon her by the Japanese, but she is fine ship and well handled. overhauling us" he says, "her off, and crew appeared little finely |wn. but they nevertheless were of Il material"
 he correspondent of the Times at foo, cabling Wednesday, says the Fsians yesterday captured two Jap- se spies at New Chwang, who were possession of the plans of the fortifi- |ons.
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AT AMERICAN EMBASSY.

Contract for Transfer of Canal to he
 Signed on s.Amertcan soiI.n
 Paris, April 6.--After conference be- tween Ambassador Porter and W. A. Day and Charles w. Russell (the as- sistant attorney generals who came from Washington to assist in the trans fer of the Panama canal property) it has been arranged that the signing of the contract whereby the United States will acquire the ownership of the Pana- ma canal shall take place at the United States embassy, which is nominally American soil. The date of the signing is not yet fixed, but probably it will be about April 25, following the ratifica- tion of the agreement by the stock holders of the company. The formal contract is being drawn up in conform ity with all the requirements of both French and American laws.
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THREE FIR ElfKN PERISH.
Bariea Beneath Gaa.nG Wall a, Fire
 in Yorh, Pa.

York, Pa, April 6-.Three firemen lost their lives, several others were in jured and a loss of about $250,00O was caused by "a fire this afternoon which destroyed the large plant of the York Carriage company The plant was consumed with it's infammable contents and much adjoining property was dam- aged. The firemen worl.ed late into the night Shortly before 10 o'clock a wall fell, burying beneath the hot bricks three firemen, Harry Saltzgiver. Hor- ace F. Strine and Lewis Strubinger. The bodies were recovered. Two other firemen, Ralph O'Shaughnessy and William Jones, were severely injured ut the same time.
 The origin of the fire is not known. The 26O employees barely escaped with their lives. The loss to the plant is about S200,O00; insurance $90,00O A number of adjoining buildings sustain ed serious damage.
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PROTEST FRoM UgAH PEoFLE.
Non-,I os mons caai for eoutinuasion of
 Invsssigasson.

Non-Mot mons NssiA Tor < ohtfh uoston Q !
 Investigatson.
 Washington, April g. .-senatoy Bur rows presented to the senate to-day protests from more than 500 of ''the law abiding people of Utah against the declaration of President Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon church, that they are broadminded enough to consent to the shocking violations of law and pub lie decency which he confesses to have committed. The protests declare that poIygamists have surrounded them selves with an impenetrable wall of secrecy in their perpetratlon of mis- deeds and that the veil has been lifted in part for the first time in the testi- mony given by church leaders during the investigation of the Shoot case be- fore the senate committee on privileges and elections. The non- Mormons call for continuance of the investigation and say that further disclosures equal ly startling may be expected.
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FOUND WIFE HANGING
Gruesome Homecoming for a Promi-
 nsns Putnam Merchant.

Putnam, April 6.-When Edward J.
 Cutler drove into his barn at the rear
 of his house in Grove street shortly be-
 Gore o'clock this afternoon he found
 the body of his wife hanging from
 beam. Mrs. Cutler had committed sui eide. probably in the early part of the afternoon, using pieces of sheet which she brought from her home, in hanging herself. She was fifty-two vars old and
 had been in poor health for years. This, her husband attributes as the only cause for he ract.
 The suicides husband is the senior member of the clothing firm of Cutler
 $ MacKachnie and is one of the lead ing citizens of this town. Besides him
 Mrs. Cutler leaves son Edward, of
 this place. and married daughter in
 Providence.
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NEW BRITAIN DEMOCRATS
Name City Ticket and state Delegation
 Latter for Parker.

New Britain. April 6.--In the demo- cratic caucus held here tonight the following city ticket was nominated: For mayor, Samuel Bassett, the pres. ent mayor; city clerk, Daniel Cashman; treasurer, M. L. Tuck: collector, Rich. ard o. Shaffer; auditor, John T. Sloan and sheriff, John Clauson.
 The following uninstructed delegates to the state convention were elected: Judge James Roche, Judge John Walsh Mayor Bassett. Patrick McCabe, John O. Brien, W. L. Damon, Albert Morton and John T. Meskll. The delegates, il is understood are for Judge Alton B Parker.
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NEARING TIBETAN CAPITAL.
British Expedition Expects to Reach
 Guangtse within n Week.

London, April s.--Indian Secretary Brodrick to-day received a dispatch dated April from Colonel Younghus- band, the political agent with the Brit ish expedition to Tibet, in which the colonel says he expects to reach Guangtse (16 miles from Lhassa, the capital Of Tibet) within week, and there meet the Chinese representatives and Tibetan officials and make a set clement by which further bloodshed will be prevented.
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No New Russian Embnsax.

St. Petersburg, April 6.-It is ex- plained that the elimination of the ap- propriation for the purchase of a. build- ing for the Russian embassy at Wash ington has no other significance than the sact that 1t is one of the expendi- lures which could be postponed in pur- suance of the general plan for cutting off all not pressing credits for the ex- tension of the public service. The em- bassy property of Washington is now held under lease.
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RoCKEFELLER GIVES $500, ooo.

Gift to Johns Hopkins Hospital Co Re-
 store Its Income.
 Baltimore, April 6.John D. Rockefel- Ter has given $500 ,O0O to the Johns Hop- kins hospital and the money has been accepted by the board of trustees of that institution. The income of the hos- pital was seriously affected by the de- struction of many houses belonging to 1t in the recent fire, upon which there was inadequate insurance. The ex- pressed purpose of MT. Rockefeller's gift is to restore that income to it's original proportions.
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TO STOP POLYGAMY.
Ohio Mormons Against tho Propogs.
 tion of the Practice.

Kertland, Ohio, April 6-The fifty first general conference of the reorgan- ized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints began here in the old Mor- mon temple to-day with nearly five hundred delegates in attendance. The conference promises to be one of the most important ever held in the history of the church, and as result unusual interest is manifested in its delibera- tions. There is a strong sentiment among the delegates in favor of stop ping the propagation of polygamy.
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LAMP MAN FINDS DEAD BABE.
New Born Infant Found on the Ban k
 of tt.e Qminnipiac

An Italian gas lamp lighter found the exposed body of a dead baby lying on the bank of the Quinnipiac river, at the foot of English street, last evening at about six o'clock while on his rounds. woman living near by was notified and call was sent to the Grand ave- nue police station. Policemen were sent to the spot and stood guard nutil Med ical Examiner Bartlett arrived. He ex- amined the body. finding corset string tied around the neck, but no other clues. It was decided to turn over the case to the coroner.
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PLURAL MARRIAGES ARE
 ONCE MORE FORBIDDEN
HEAD OF THE MORMON FAITH
 ISSUES 4 STATEMENT.
Polygamy Not Pracsiosd wl.h Consent of the chu-ch since ,hs sIansfssto of 1899 o9-Excommunica.ion Threatened 10 Any Officer Entering Into or soI- emnlz,ng a Plural DInrriags-members Endorsc tt,. k..teoeut
Endorse tho statement.

emnlzinS tIurni Marringe-mehDeFs
 Endorse the Statement.
 Salt Lake City, Utah, April GA not able feature of the closing session of the seventy-fourth annual conference of the Mormon church was the official declaration by President Joseph F.. Smith on the subject of polygamy. The statement follows:
 "Inasmuch as there are numerous re- ports in circulation that plural mar riages have been entered into, contrary to the official declaration of President Woodruff, of September 26, 1S90 com monly called the manifesto, which was issued by President Woodruff and adopted by the church at its general conference October 6, 1890, which for bids any marriage yiolative of the law of the land, I, Joseph F. Smith, presi- dent of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, hereby declare that no such marriages have been sol emnized by the sanction, consent or knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; and l hereby announce that all such mar riages are prohibited, and if any officer or member of the church shall assume to solemnize or enter into any such marriage he will be deemed in trans gression against the church and will be liable to be dealt with according to the rules and regulations thereof, and ex- communicated therefrom.
 fcipnadl fsJnsanh F Smith,
 President. of the Church of Jesus
 Christ of Latter Day Saints"
 This statement received the full in dorsement of the. church members as sembled, who unanimously adopted the following resolution, introduced by Apostle Francis M. Lyman;
 Resolved, That we. the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in general conference as sembled, hereby approve and indorse the statement and declaration of Pres ident Joseph F. Smith, just made to this conference, concerning plural mar riages, and will support the courts of the church in the enforcement thereof" :"
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TRINITY DEFEATS BRoWN.
six Frcshmen on Latter Team-s;ow
 Ball.

Providence, April 6.-The new Brown team. composed of six freshmen and three sormer members of class teams, lost to Trinity here in the opening base ball game of the year by the score of 4 to 6. Both teams played slow ball anw were weak in batting. Trinity gained her lead in the seventh on a timely two bagger by Allen, followed by a single by Hine. Score by innings:
 R.H.E. Trinity .. ....,.0 2 0 O I 0 70 1-6 5 Brown :. .......2 11O00000-4 6 5 Batteries-Grange and Dravo; Lift and Paine. Umpire, Gaffney. Time, 1:45. Attendance 300.
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trumiey n ssPro."

A dispatch received last night from Indianapolis says Pitcher Crumley of the Georgetown team played in the American league last season under an assumed name. Crumley shut out both Yale and Princeton in the recent games.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-07

Major Seely resigned from the house Iof commons March Fl because, he said, he could not conscientiously vote with the government on the question of i'm portation of coolie labor into South Af- irica.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-07
NO DRINK FOR LATE THIRsTS.

Mnssnchusetts House Agstnss salcons'
 RemaimtnG Open Until Midmight.
 Boston, April 6.-Both branches of the legislature held interesting debates to- day over several measures, all of which were finally rejected.
 The senate refused to concur with the house in passing a bill providing that all freight trains of more than twenty cars should carry three brakemen.
 In the house. the bill to extend to midnight the time in which licensed hotels may sell liquor was defeated by a vote of 132 to 57.
 A number of autonobilists appeared before the committee on roads and bridges and protested against the re- duction of the speed limit of 15 miles an hour.
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IOWA BANKS FAIL.
Tosa, Liabilities ol Over Half . Million
 Dollars.

Marshalltown. la. April 6.-The Ex- change bank of Dow City and the Bank Of Buck Grove, Crawford county, have Sailed with reported total liabilities of half a million dollars and assets of only S150,000. Both are owned by H. s. Greene oe Dow City. MT. Greene says the assets are between STE, 1000 and $100,- 900 greater than the direct liabilities and deaositors will be paid in full.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-07
Russian squadson at cherbours.

Cherbourg. France, April s.--A Rus sian naval division, including the bat tleship Oslbia the cruiser Aurora and four torpedo boat destroyers arrived here to-day and exchanged salutes with the forts. ~
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iPANESE FLEET SEEN
 NORTH OF PORT ARTHUR
GIFTED BY RUSSIAN WARSHIP
 IN KWAN-TUNG WATERS.

A Aireu ch menfs of the Czar's EOA ces Hong the Yasu and Tumen Rivers ot Compicsed-J -Japs wnI Gain Dis- tnct Advantage if They succeed in Rorc,ng Their Way Past First Line O I sefense-A Red Easter i'm Russia Port Arthur April 7.-The Russian ttleship Peresviet reports having bhted the enemy to-day in Kwan- Ing waters. All is quite here.
 kwan-Tung is a peninsula in the ex- me south of Manchuria and a short .tance northwest of Port Arthur in Gulf of Liao Tung.
 .hanghal, April 6.-It is not believed 1t the Russian troops between An Ag and Chiuten Chang (about ten aes north of Antung) comprise the fin Russian force and consequently { engagement which is looked for at linear these places probably will not z decisive, but only a forerunner of ger operations.
 The Russians are constructing en- nchments at several points on the 4u and Tumen rivers. These en- hchments, however, are not yet con- ted, and if the Japanese succeed in eing their way past first line of Hence it would give them a distinct Fantage and make it more difficult
 the Russians to concentrate to op-
 e them. The ice in the Yalu is melt q rapidly and the muddy roads make Emptiness in military operations mcst sicult.
 t. Petersburg, April 16.-The Eastern idays, the greatest religious festival HEhe Russian calendar, begin to-mor- M. All business will be suspended |l all the government departments |l be closed. The next three days |l be days of mourning for the de- lit Muscovites. Then there will be |r days of merrymaking and rejoic- . l holy Russia Easter is distinctly a Inocratic festival. The sautation .arist Is risen" levels all ranks. The Egar in the streets can kiss the em- Tor, who is head of the church. Ordi- lily his majesty goes to Moscow for
 occasion, but on account of the war
 will remain here this year.
 normous quantities of delicacies are
 ally consumed during the feasting,
 the war this year casts a cloud over
 rejoicing.
 their quaint, picturesque language
 people say:
 1t will be a red Easter
 ed sor the blood shed in the Far
 It. There is also a suDerstitious be-
 that the Japanese will make 8 des-
 ate effort to take advantage of the
 Bsian army and navy at this solemn
 od as the British and their French
 es did when they bombarded Odessa Master in 1855, but the authorities
 e anticipated such probability.
 eral Kuropatkin and Vice Admiral X 1aroff have taken special precau- Ns to guard against a surprise.
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HEARST, THE QUESTION.
His Followers Claim They wnI Win in

nis Followers Clnim They VIII Win iM
 Kamsns Democratic Convention.
 Wichita, Kan, April 6.-Most of the delegates to the democratic state con- vention, which will open here to-mor- row, have arrived and many caucuses were held tonight.
 The dividing issue is whether instruc- tions for W. R. Hearst shall be given to the delegates. The Hearst men give no figures but claim a majority.
 The Hearst men are said to have decided to attempt to stampede the convention tomorrow for former Sem ator William A. Harris.
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YALE AN EASY WINNER,
Defeats Maryland Athletic Club in Ho.-
 low Fashion.

Baltimore, April 6.-The Yale baseball team defeated the Maryland Athletic club to-day in hollow fashion. The score:
 R.H.E. Yale ........ O00O020S A. 914 ? M. A. c. ...101O013 O. e. 5-5 Batteries-Jackson and Winslow; Bullock and Brotheron.
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SQUADRON GAN CRUISE
 IN CHINESE WATERS
RESTRICTION REMOVED FRoM
 SHIPS IN PHILIPPINES.

Navy Department Sends Auihorization
 to the Ccmman ander-,n-rhief-A sig-
 nlficant Move Which May Have Rec
 suited from Indications of Unrest In
 thtua-Pacihc ,qaadron Ordered to
 HonOIuIu.
 Washington, April 6.-The following bulletin was posted at the navy depart ment to-day: The restriction of the battleship squadron of the Philippines has been withdrawn and the command er-in-chief authorized to permit his squadron to cruise at discretion. not go- ing north of Flu Chau on the Asiatic coast.
 Keen interest has been aroused in diplomatic circles by the announcement removing restrictions to an extent on the battleship squadron in Philippine waters, and it is not unlikely that sev- eral members of the diplomatic corps in the course of the next few days will asl1e the state department if there is any significance in the directions to the Pacific squadron to start the last of the month for Honolulu. It is said that advices indicate a state of unrest in China.
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JEROME WINS HIS FIGHT.
D. wiling Witness Biii Passed by New
 York Assembly,.

Albany, April 6.--The Bowling wit ness bill designed to compel witnesses to testify in gambling cases was passed by the assembly to-day. The bill was strongly advocated by District Attorney Jerome.
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ods.l sign.sa.skin Park B,l

|bany, April Ex-Governor Cdell to- signed a bill providing for the crea-
 of a state park in the Catskill Entains to be located at. Ulster, Sul- In and Delaware counties, and giv- the public the right to use it at all Es.
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Other Gnn,as.

At St. Louis-St. Louis (Nationals), G.; St. Louis (American), 3.
 At Philadelphia : Philadelphia (Na- tionaD, 16; Philadelphia (American), A..
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MAJoR SEELY REELECTED.

Returned 10 Parliament as an Indc-
 pendent oiembcr.
 London, April 6.Major Seeley, inde- pendent, was reelected without oppo- sition yesterday to represent the Isle os Wight division of Hampshire in the house of commons.
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DEADLY EASTER CANDY.

Two Children Die from Eating Cheap
 syveetmeats.
 New York, April 6.-Two deaths of children, and the probability of the ill., ness of third from eating candy, in the manufacture of which poisonous substances had been used, were report ed to the police and the coroner's office to-day. A number of similar cases have been reported recently.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-07

At the luncheon referred to in the foregoing dispatch King Victor Elm manuel, in proposing the health of En- peror William said:
 My people and I recognize and love in your majesty faithful and sure friend. The bonds which for so many
 years united our states to one common
 ally have been the strongest guarantee
 of European peace. The should so re-
 madn."
 In reply Emperor William said: My soul is filled with gratitude for this cordial welcome. The idea of the
 triple alliance is engraved in an inef- faceable manner on the minds of our subjects. The alliance contracted by our illustrious predecessors and by the venerated head of the house of Haps burgs has become for our peoples a blessing and for Europe a sure bulwark for peace. under the protection of which the peaceful development of the nations will continue without interrup- tion."
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TIRE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Monarchs so Meet aud Tighsen the
 Bonds.

Rome, April GA meeting which it is said will take place at Abbazin Ca watering place on the west side of the gulf of Fiume3 between Emperor Fran cis Joseph. Count Goluchowski, the Austrian foreign minister, Signor Tit toni, the Italian foreign minister, and Emperor William is much commented
 upon here as an event which will mean the growing of the triple alliance and the tightening of the bonds between the three countries. Additional weight is given to the efficacy of the triple alli- anoe by the toasts proposed by King Victor Emmanuel and Emperor Will liam at a luncheon on board the impe- rial yacht Hohenzollern at Naples March 26 last, on the eve of the visit to Rome of President Loubet of France.
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kwan-Tung is a peninsula in the ex- |me south of Manchuria and short itance northwest of Port Arthur in Gulf of Liao Tung.
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Port Arthur April 7.-The Russian ktleship Peresviet reports having shted the enemy to-day in Kwan- Ing waters. All is quite here.