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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-06
LIGHTNING STRIKES SCHOOL.
One of HartfOrd's Finest Institutions
Partly Destroyed.

Hartford, July 5.-A bolt of lightning
struck the cupola on South school in
Wadsworth street tonight at o'clock
and set fire to the building, doing dam
age that will amount to fully $25, 900.
The fire was not discovered until almost
$50 o'clock when an alarm was sent in,
but in the meantime a blazing automo-
bile in the center of the city brought
out portion of the department that
should have responded to the alarm at
the South school. This caused little
hitch in getting to the school house fire
and by the time the engines arrived
there the blaze had spread over almost
the entire top floor. A general alarm
was then sent in and the efforts of
nearly the entire department checked
the fire in remarkably quick time.
The South school building is one of
the finest in Hartford and was built at
a cost Of almost 100000. The insur-
ance on the building amounts to $780,
600, so that to-night's losses win be
fully covered.
On the third floor Of the school is a
large assembly hail which was Quilted,
the roof over it being burned off. The
lower floors suffered from water, but
the damage to them is not great.
Hoseman Michael ]. Mead of engine
No. / slipped ON the roof during the
height Of the fire, his foot breaking
through the charred boards. He was
painfully though not dangerously hurt,
and was taken to his engine house.
Two or three other firemen had narrow
escapes from falls.
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BECA USE DESERTED.
waterbury Woman Attempts suicide
| but Is Saved by Relatives.

but Is Saved by Relatives.
Waterbury July 81. Because she be-
lieved that her husbands absence Of
three weeks meant that he had desert
ed her for the society of other women,
Mrs. Edwin Butler, OF 10 Kingsbury
street, tried to swallow the contents Of
"a bottle Of carbolic acid this afternoon.
The poison only got as far as her lips,
however, before relatives wrested the
bottle away from her, and the appar-
ent attempt at suicide ended In nothing
worse than a badly burned mouth.
An effectual attempt at suicide by
the same means was reported tonight.
John F. Meah, aged fifty-two years,
died but half an hour after drinking
acid at his hotile, No. 44O North Main
streets The reason for the act was de-
spondency, among the causes of which
are the facts that he has been out of
work for some time and broke collar
bone several months ago, which was
Unusually backward in healing.
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ANOTHER BOAT LOAD
or NORGE SURFIYOgS
SEVENTEEN LANDED Ar ABER-
DEEM LAST NIGHT.
Rescued by Steam TrawIer After a
Pitiful E1perience-LIved on Two
biscuits a Day-Three other BOnts
started out with Them-vesseis
Now Searching for These.


Aberdeen, Scotland, July 5.--Another
boatIoad containing seventeen surviv-
ors of the Inflated Danish steamship
Norge, which foundered OF Rockan
reef, 2sO miles from the Scottish MAIN
land, on June 2S. were landed at Aber-
deen, Scotland, tonight by the steam
trawler Largo Bay.
Six hundred and twenty-seven souls
are still missing. The contingent now
being cared for at Aberdeen consists Of
twelve passengers, the third mate Of
the Norge, the quartermaster, stew
ard, lamp trimmer and one of the
crew. They drifted at the mercy Of the
Atlantic for six days When both WA
ter and food were gone, and when tile
occupants were almost too exhausted
even to hope. the trawler hove In sight.
This was on July A. when the boat was
about thirty miles off st. Kilda
Those rescued had eked out an exist
ence on two biscuits per day. When,
they started from the Inflated ship
there was only one small caslz Of fresh
water in the boat. Before the Largo
Bay fell in with them the biscuits had
been finished and the pangs OF thirst
and hunger had set in. They weather
ed a gale and continued as best they
might, striving to reach the coast Of
Scotland against the heavy seas. From
strips of life belts they constructed "a
Icrude sail. The men had scarcely
strength enough to hold the oars.
When the survivors were dragged en-
board the. trawler the fishermen were
obliged to forcibly prevent them from
eating and driking too much.
| Many of the survivors have severe
wouds sustained in jumping from the
decks of the sinking ship. The legs and
arms of others are swollen from expos
ure and from the salt water.
On their arrival at Aberdeen the SUR
vivors were taken to the soldiers hornes
The third mate states that three 9th.
er boats started with that rescued by
the Largo Bay One of these contained
thirty two persons, Including several
| women and children. Another boat
had fifteen men, with the second mate
in charge. The third boat had ten men
on board. The survivors parted COM
\ lpany with the three boats on July 81
For these boats the British gunboat
Leda the government fishing cutter
Jackall, steamer chartered by the
Danish consul at Glasgow and several
other vessels are diligently searching
The bodies Of three children rescued
from the Norge only to die on shore
were buried to-day at StornoWay
amidst pathetic scenes
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lightning Destroys stables.

Lancaster, Mass. July 5.--The Maple
Hurst Farm stable, owned by the
Thayer estate, was struck by lightning
this afternoon, the fire that followed
destroying the building at loss of
$4,000. 1T is covered by insurance.
Several horses were IN pasture, the two
that remained in the stable being res
cued. At one time the stable where
Wilkes Baron, stallion, was kept, was
threatened, but was saved by quick
work.
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FIRE COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Joseph B. Cunningham Elected Prezi-
dent Of the New Hoard.

dent OF the New board.
Last evening the new board of fire
commissioners was organized. Thomas
F. Gierding was elected president. but
declined the honor on account Of pres
sure Of other business. Joseph B. Cum
ningham was then elected president.
A petition for a private alarm box
was received from the New Haven
Pulp and Paper company, located at the
foot OF Greene street. It was referred
to the committee on fire alarm tele-
graph, which is TO be appointed.
A petition from S. Iannuci to erect a
rear tenement at 3S Greene street was
referred to the committee on rear tene-
ments
Petition for leaves of absence were
granted to w. w. Miller. Lieutenant P.
F. Redmond, Engineer Samuel o. Nash
and Captain s. Gesner.
The reports of the various commit
tees were read and accepted. An invi-
tation received from the Quinnipiac
Hose and Hook and Ladder company to
attend reception in honor Of their new
combination chemical and hose wagon
was accepted.
Notification was received from the
civil service board that no examinations
will be held during July and August,
except In case OF necessity.
"a request was received from the sec
retary of the International association
of Municipal Engineers that the super
intendent of fire alarm telegraph be
sent to the convention to be held Sep
tember 10 and IA, 1t was accepted and
placed on file.
The matter of No. 2's engine house
was then discussed.
After a vote of thanks to the retiring
president, Charles w. We'll, the board
adjourned.
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Shipping News.

4 Queenstown, July 5.-Arrived: Stearn-
er Oceanic, New York for Liverpool
s(and proceeded).
Oscar IL, New York.
Naples, July 2.-Sailed Steamer Pa
tria, New York.
Sagres, July 3.--Passed: Steamer Liz
guria, Genoa for New York.
Naples, July 2.--Arrived: Steamer
Napolitan Prince, New York.
Hamburg, July 3.--Arrived: Steamer
sBluecher New York via Plymouth and
Cherbourg.
Bremen, July 4.--Arrived: Steamer
Kronprinz Wilhelm. New York via Ply
mouth and Cherbourg.
London, July 5.--Arrived: Steamer
Mesaba, New York.
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SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFA1R.
Infuriated Man Fires Shot Gun Into a
Crowd Of Boys.

IrOWu Oh HOySs
Becoming infuriated with the noise
made by crowd of young boys near
his home. Frederick j. Kral, a cigar
maker residing at 119 Orchard street,
about $3.50 o'clock last night fired the
charges from both barrels of shotgun
into the crowd and seriously injured
two of them, one Of them perhaps being
fatally hurt.
Last evening band of over a dozen
boys were playing in the vacant lot
near to Krafs home. He came out of
the house and told them to go away.
He then went into the house and came
out again a moment afterwards with a
double barreled shotgun and fired both
barrels into the children, who were
seated In group on the ground.
Samuel Nixon, jr.,. colored, fifteen
years old, who lives with his parents at
So Greenwich avenue, received nearly
all the short from one of the barrels
in his face, eyes, body and arms. He
was taken to the New Haven hospital.
At the hospital late last night 1t was
stated that while his condition was SER
ious it is not thought to be fatal. It
is also thought that the sight of the
eye may be saved.
Matthew Phelan OF SO Orchard street
also received a large charge of shot in
his left fore arm which was very badly
torn. He was taken to Or. Flynns Of
fee for treatment. It was stated that
several Of the other boys were also more
or less injured.
Kral was arrested by officer Landy
and held under $4,000. His wife hid the
gun in neighbor's house, but later
gave it up.
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sLAUGHTER OF ACHINESE.
Thousand Killed and Many wounded In
Two BattIes with Dutch.

Amsterdam, July 5.-A dispatch from
Batavia capital OF the Dutch East
Indies) says that the commander of
the expedition to North Aehin (northern
Sumatra) attacked Likat on June 20.
The Achinese losses were 4s2 killed, in
eluding PSI women and IS children and
81 wounded. Seventeen prisoners were
taken. The Dutch casualties included
the commander. a lieutenant, two SER
geants and thirteen soldiers wounded.
On June % the Dutch troops attacked
Langat bars, when the Achinese losses
were 654 killed, including 1856 women
and 100 children, and 49 wounded.
Twenty-eight prisoners were taken.
The Dutch losses were a captain, %
soldiers and six coolies wounded.
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Russian steamers Pnss Bosnhorus.

Constantinople, July 5.-The Russian
volunteer fleet steamers st. Petersburg
and Sevastopol passed through the
Bosphorus from the Black sea tEis
morning. The Sevastopol was flying
the Red Cross flag and her hull was
painted white. The vessels took on
board a quantity Of stores and remained
in the harbor until this evening.
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MAN Iniured d .Noodmont.

Woodmont, July Robert Treat, of
this place, son Of Motorrnan Treat, was
seriously injured by the falling of an
automatic hay fork this afternoon
while unloading hay at his fathers
barn. While in the air and several feet
above Treats head a piece Of rnechan-
ism broke and the fork dropped on him,
one Of the prongs, it Is believed, pierc-
ing his lungs. Young Treat is very
weak, and the physician attending him
states that the injury may prove fatal
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swallow HAS NOT RESIGNED.

Prohibition Chairman Positively De-
MES Report--No New Convention.
Chicago, July 5--oliver w, Stewart,
chairman Of the prohibition national
committee, made a statement tonight
positively denying that DR.. silas @.
Swallow had declined the prohibition
nomination for president He was,
equally positive in denying the rumor
that party managers had re-engaged
Tonlfnson hall at Indianapolis and
that the delegates to the national con-
vention were to be reassembled.
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Moman is Demented.

Last night at $50 o'clock officer Cook,
of the Annex, arrested Augusta Peter
son, who had been wandering about all
day acting queerly, such as taking wa
termelons from the front Of stores and
covering them with sticks, inspecting
baby carriages for beets, and many.
others. The woman has been arrested
before, and this time the police will de-
liver her to Probation Officer Preston,
of the Organized Charities.
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NEGRO LABoRER LFNoHED.
Taken from Train and Literally Shot to
Pieces.

Charleston, S. c., July 5.--John Tay-
lor, negro laborer on the seaboard
line work train, was taken from the
train at Middsndorf, a station twenty
miles south Of Cheeraw, at O'Clock
this morning by mob Of over twenty
five men He was carried about half
a mile away where he was to be shot,
but he broke from his captors and ran
300 yards, ana there he was literally
shot to pieces by the mob.
Yesterday Taylor attempted an as
sault upon nine year old child of, Err
win Donehew and latter upon the wife
OF Noel G. Johnson, both Of prominent
white families Of Chesterfield county.
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A Suicide In salem.

Salem, Conn, July, 5.-osaias Vino
ker, a Polish laborer, fifty-eight years
old, committed suicide tonight by tax
ing large dose of carbolic acid. He
was found on his bed by his wife and he
had evidently been dead for few
hours. Family troubles are alleged to
have been the cause for the act. He
leaves a widow. q daughter and two
.sonss
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would XIII TWO Fathers.

Hopkinsville, Ky, July 5.MacE
Hern, Of Paducah, aged twenty eight
shot and killed his father, James Hern
aged sixty, a barkeeper. The dead man
had been divorced and married again.
and the son took offense at remarks
made against his mother and they exe
changed blows. Young Hern walked in
to the saloon and shot his father. I'D
kill two fathers if they talked about my
mother Z was his explanation.
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Haytien Insulters Punished.

Berlin, July 5.A dispatch from Port
au Prince, Hayti, says that all the SOL
diers Of the palace guard concerned in
the recent attack on the French and
German ministers have been severely
punished, and that as President Nord
in formal audience apologized to both
ministers, the incident is now closed.
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Trollex passengers !. scnred.

New York, July 5.-Frightened by the
burning out of a controller box, more
than score of trolley car passengers
jumped from a rapidly-moving car to-
night in West Hoboken,' N. j., and
nearly all were injured. Three women
and three men were SO seriously hurt
that they were taken to hospitals.
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HARBoR COMMISSIONERS
Annual Melting Last NIght--New ON
GERS ELECTED.

The annual meeting of the harbor
commissioners. held in the city hall last
night, was of short duration. The prin-
eipal business transacted was the cleo
tion of officers for the coming year.
All of last years officers were re-elect-
ed and are: President, Edward Gagel;
vice president, Joseph Porter: clerk, G.
al Ingersoll; auditors, Messrs. Burton
and Avery; harbor inspector, E. S.
Dow.
Z Several other matters of Importance
were considered. but their nature was
such that it is not desired that they be
printed at this time.
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JAPANESE DETERMINED
10 HOLD DALlN PASS
RUSSIAN ADVIcEs
FROM FRONT INDICATE THIS.

Lieutenant General sakarofF, Chief of
stan to General Kuropatkin, Wit
messed severe Fighting JuIy 3 at Lilo
Tien Pass-Desperate Nature Of the
Observation-Disclosures Forced Back
at One Polnt-Jups Fortifying IA
Pass.
st. Petersburg, July 5.-The fact that
Northumberland sakharoff, chief of
staff to General Kuropatkin, witnessed
the fighting near Mo Tien Pass is taken
here to indicate that he is in command
of the forces east of Liao Yang, which
include the army corps under Lieuten-
ant General Count Keller.
The desperate character of the fight
ing is shown by the reported bayonet
charges, the Russians ousting the Jap.
anese from the trenches.
The fighting around Senu Chen shows
that the Japanese are determined to
hold the ground to the south as well as
Dalin Pass until a favorable opportuni-
ty presents itself for an advance on Yin
Kow (the port of New Chwang).
The general staff has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Lieutenant Gem
eral Sakharoff. the chief Of staff Of
General Kuropatkin, dated July 4;
"on July 8 the advance guard of the
Russian force operating east of Lao
yang occupied a position at Lang-tse
pass. Towards evening the same day
our scouts ascertained that detach-
ment Of the enemy's advance guard,
1,56O strong. had occupied the villages
Of Ekhayuaf and Echa Kumen Ia on
our front, the main force having re-
manned at Fen Shut and Molten passes.
At this moment we discovered the
yrtfIs n.
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LIGHTNING CAUSES A O
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
GREAT GRAIN ELEVATOR 1S
CHARLEsTOWN MASS, GUTTED.

Owned by the Boston q Maine Road
and One of the Largest in the world
Three Freight Houses Destroyed
Upper Works of the Ocean Liner
Austrian Burned-ssO,OOO worth of
scotch whisl<ey Lost-Three sailors
Perish.
Boston, July 5.-The immense grain
elevator of the Boston and Maine Rail-
road company. one Of the largest in the
world. together with the companys S
freight houses No. /, and on piers
/ and 2. Mystic wharf, Charlestown,
were burned tonight, entailing loss
that win exceed $10OO,OOO
During the fire three lives are known
to have been lost. Eleven sailors of the
Allan line steamer Austrian, which was
lyin at pier No. /, jumped overheard to
save themselves from the flames which
had communicated to the vessel, and
Fred Mckenzie and James Gallagher
were drowned. The other men were
picked up by tugboats and removed to
the marine hospital at Chelsea, None Of
them suffered seriously. One of the
wharf employees was reported as miss
ing.
Before the fire on the Austrian could
be gotten under control by the fleet Of
tugboats that had hauled her out into
the stream, all her upper works had
been burned to her decks. The steamer
arrived yesterday and had discharged
a part of her. cargo. this portion, which
included $4,000 worth of Scotch whisky,
being burned in the freighthouse.
The fire started after 5 o'clock during
a heavy thunderstorm when bolt Of
Tightening struck the northeast end of
the freighthouse No. 2 in which was
stored quantity of hay. In an instant
the flames shot in either direction
quickly communicating to houses Nos.
land 8, and from the latter to the big
elevator building further west.
The larger part of the fire apparatus
of the city was summoned and efforts
directed to saving adjoining property.
The elevator and freight shed were In
close proximity to the bridge connect-
ing chelsea and this city, and SO in
tense was the heat that for several
hundred feet, along the side nearer the
burning buildings, the bridge was bad
Nv burned and its piers charred. Fortu-
nateiy, it was dead calm and the
great shower of sparks and smoke rose
almost perpendfeulariy thus failing to
reach the other freight houses of the
company on the adjacent piers.
The elevator, which was built about
ten years ago, was said to be the larg-
est in existence at that time, having a
capacity of 100000 bushels, but as
near as can be figured, it held not over
100000 bushels Of grain, chiefly wheat
to-day.
The buildings on the pier with their
contents are total loss and the wharf
itself is practically ruined. The loss on
the elevator will be at least $400, 900 and
On the contents 100000 more. Losses
on the freight houses, their contents,
their pier and to the Austrian n.will swell
the total to more than 100000
Among the steamship companies who
) will suffer losses on freight destroyed
are the Allan line, Scandinavian Ameri-
can line, and the Wilson line, the Scan
dinavian-American company losing 1O4
bales of goat skins. valued at $4,000.
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DBMOERATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION TO-DAY.
PARKER THE NAN WITH HARD
LY ANY DOUBT.

N-A-A -
feat Him Seem to Have Come to
Naught-NebrasIxan as Last Resort
Suggests Pattison Of Pennsylvania
and Then Judge Harmon of Ohio
Neither One Finds support-Fam-
many Comes out for Parker and Then
Turns TaiI.
st. Louis, July Son the eve of the
democratic national convention, in
which the struggle for the nomination
for president has been free-for-all
contest, the prospevt is that Judge Al
ton B. Parker, of New York. the candi-
date Of the conservative forces, will win
handily.
Though the result of the contest for
the presidential nomination seems to be
as good as settled. that spirit which
moves factions to war against each
other has not been so far removed that
the convention will be lacking in en-
thusiasm or interest. The changed po-
sitions Of those who are in power now
and those who controlled four and
eight years ago are attracting wide at
tention from delegates and persons who
are assembled as spectators. William
Jennings Bryan is the most picturesque
figure. Twice the candidate Of his par
! ty for president, but running on plat
form forced upon the nominating con-
tventions by his own compelling person.
ality, and which robbed him Of harn1o-
nious party fealty, he is in the position
| of fighting for recognition against the
element which has returned to power.
For several days Mr.. Bryan and the
hand-tied Tammany delegates oppos-
ed to Parker have been working to one
4 lend-the defeat Of Parker-but they
have not moved in unison. The Tam
many delegates are listed as conserva-
tives and the Bryan forces as radicals,
and in consequence their team work
has been poor. Bryan was believed to
be with Hearst before the contest open-
ed here, but after Parker's strength
was shown he suggested that the Penn
Esylvania delegation should put former
Governor Pattison in nomination, but
THAT failing to find favor he proposed
Judson Harmon Of Ohio. The Ohio
delegation, though loyal to Harmon,
looked upon the plan with some suspi-
cion and this idea fell upon barren
isoI.
Tamnany furnished one Of the few
sensational incidents Of the day by
4 swiftly ck-tracking on a semi-official
announcement that 1t had dropped its
opposition to Parker. During the fore
noon the organization allowed 1t to
become known through some of Its most
prominent representatives that 1t had
decided to join the Parker ranks. After
a period of silence and apparent polit-
ical idleness, late this afternoon they
renewed their warfare against his cam
didacy and Senator Victor Dowling,
Charles A. Towne, Bird S. Coler, and
Burke Coockran started to poll delega-
tions and ask for votes against Parker.
Senator Dowling on behalf of Charles
f. Murphy, made this statement:
Judge Parker cannot be nominated.
We have 400, more than one-third Of
the convention, pledged against him.
He cannot be nominated. Only this af-
ternoon we won three new states to our
lcausen
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Drink Causes Suicide.

Bridgeport, July 5.-Patrick Breen,
made despondent through drink, to-
night committed suicide BY taking car
bolic acid. He purchased the poison at
drug store, walked short distance
to a house which he formerly owned,
and, sitting on the front steps, drank
the acid.
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nr1 MeIl. XNins Rinh stnlre.

New York, July 5.--Ort Wells, win
Iner of the Commonwealth handicap to-
day added another stake to his list by
capturing the rich Lawrence Realiza-
ton stakes $2O.945 to the winner at
|sheepshead bay. The time, 2:47 S-5.