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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-14
LARGE DEATH ROLL.
Many Ex-Legislators Died in January
 and February.

Many Ex- Legislators Died in January
 and February.
 During the months of January and February the death list of ex-state of- ficers and members of the general as- sembly was largely in excess of that during the corresponding months of last year, the total being thirty-six, as compared with twenty-seven in 1902, and twenty-five in 1901. The severe weather was especially fatal to mem bers of advanced age.
 The roll includes a former lieutenant governor, the Hon. Francis Wayland of New Haven: two former members of congress, the Hon. William D. Bishop of Bridgeport and General Kellogg of Wa terbury, and three former senators l.. B. Plimoton of Hartford, Charles R. Pagan of Middletown, and Judge Ly- man D. Brewster of Danbury Follow ing is the list:
 January.
 Joseph Webster, Holland. representa- tive. 1868.
 Samuel R. Champion, Madison, 1854; aged ST.
 Thomas H. Delano, Greenwich, 1883. Francis Wayland, New Haven, lieu tenant governor, 1869; aged 76 Seldon s. Scovil, Chatham, 1887. Thomas R. Atwood, Newington, 1886. George B. Spencer, Guilford, 1874. W. I. Bartholomew, Pomfret, 1870. 1871. Lyman D. Baldwin, Plymouth, 1871, 1877, 1873; aged 7s.
 Charles H. Percy, Woodbury, 1878. Stephen w. Kellogg, Waterbury, sen- ator, 1853, representative, 1856, member of congress, 1869 to 1875; aged S2. Elias Williams Stonington, 1SS0 1897; aged "A.
 February.
 William k. Downes, Derby, 1855, 1882, 1883; aged 80.
 William D. Bishop, Bridgeport. sena- tor, 1866, 1877, 1873; representative, 1871; member of congress, 1S57-59.
 Frank Cheney, Manchester, 1883; aged S6.
 Henry c. Messenger, New Hartford 1857.
 Patrick Coughlin. Bridgeport, 1887. Charles B. Pagan, Middletown, sena- tor, 1877, 1878. 1879: representative, 1875 1876.
 Henry A. Kimball. Canterbury, 1869. Richard H. Condon, Pennington, 1889 Benjamin S. Boughton, Reading, 1858 1868: aged S5.
 Lyman D. Brewster, Danbury. senate 1880, 1851; representative, 1870, 1878, 1873
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COTTAGE BY THE SEA.

Subject of Litigation in the Superior
 Court,
 A seashore cottage at Attawan Beach, East Lyme, was the subject of discus sion in Hartford, March Il, by lawyers in the superior court. L.. P. w. Marvin, trustee, has brought suit against Aus tim L. Peck, to have q conveyance of the cottage set aside and the proceeds of the sale of the cottage to be applied to the accounts of creditors of Harry H, Peck.
 Counsel for the trustee, Arthur Ship man, said arry H. Peck transferred the cottage by the sea four months before he filed a petition in bankruptcy, and that it was done without consideration and for the purpose of delaying or hin dering creditors.
 It is also claimed that the cottage, which is valued at from s120O to $1,500, is not mentioned in the bankruptcy pro- ceedings, and Joseph F. Futile for the defense demurred to the complaint.
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CLEAR VICTORY FOR JAPAN
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Port Arshur Reported Afre

London, March 14.-The rumor of the evacuation of Port Arthur is repeated this morning from different points, but it is absolutely without confirmation.
 According to the St. Petersburg cor respondent of The Daily Telegraph vague rumors are current there that later telegrams describe the lombard ment of Port Arthur as much more serious than has been admitted off1ci- ally.
 Special dispatches from Tokio and Yin Kow also give reports of heavy Russian casualties.
 The Daily Telegraph publishes a dis patch from a correspondent at Yin Kow, who reports that the Russian bat tleship Retvizan at Port Arthur was hit five times by aJpanese projectiles, and that there were twenty casualties on board
 This correspondent declares further that the presence of Japanese at Feng- Huan-C -Cheng, Manchurian town about forty-five miles northwest of Wiju, has been confirmed.
 The Yin Row correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that serious disputes occur daily between the Russian naval and military officers at Port Arthur the latter representing the former with incompetency and cowardice. The cor respondent describes the floating of the battleship Retvizan, and says the dock at Port Arthur is too small to repair her. General Stoessel Gin command al Port Arthur has been ordered to the Yalu, the correspondent concludes, anC he will be replaced by Sergeant Smir. noff.
 In a dispatch from Cheefoo, dated March F. a correspondent of The Daily Mail, describes an inspection oi Port Arthur made on the 11th inst from boat. The new city seemed. tc be on fire, as three columns of smoke were ascending from it. The Bread Hill Fort appeared to have suffered terribly; the defenses were shattered and the earthworks torn up. No guns were visible. The line of forts on the Tigers Tail also appeared to have sui. fered damage. At sunrise no sign ot life could be seen anywhere, and Por Arthur looked like a city of death. The torpedo boat destroyers inside did rot appear to have steam up.
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CONNECTICUT OYSTER GROWERS
Step Forward and Help State by Con-
 tributing for Exhibit.

Step Forward and Help State by Con-
 tributing for Exhibit.
 An exhibit of oysters, consisting of numerous interesting and valuable specimens of oyster culture, and sam Hples of deep sea growth, showing the progress of the oysters from the first to the last stages, is being prepared by the Connecticut shell fish commits sion for the St. Louis exposition. It will be set up in the fish and game building by Charles H. Nichols, the commission engineer.
 The oyster growers are disappointed over the small appropria ton allowed by the state for the exhibit, only S1,000 having been appropriated. The amount is smaller than that allowed for the ex- hibit at the Buffalo exposition. The amount of the appropriation was not known by the growers until the recent division of the general appropriation made by the state, when the small sum for the use of the shell fish commission was set aside
 In the opinion of the commission the appropriation is too small to make an entirely adequate exhibit of what is one of the principal industries of the state. The oyster growers took the matter up materially and swelled the appropria- tion by contributions. They have rais- ed fund among themselves which in- sures a creditable display in which the contributors will participate. The com- mission is devoting much time to the work and is receiving interesting speci- mems from oyster dealers in various parts of the state,
 No state can. make better exhibit than Connecticut in the line of shell fish, and so important and unique an industry gives our state an advantage that should be pushed more powerful ly. However, the best thing possible will be done with the means allowed the commission.
 Arrangements have been made in the fisheries and game building at St. Louis for a very conveniently arranged ex- hibit. Engineer Nichols has secured ample space and a booth of an appro- priate design has been built for the display, which will be sent to St. Louis
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Linus B. Plimpton, Hartford, senator. 1897. 1899.
 Christopher A. Brown, Ledyard, 1S7s; Jagged .82. John I. N. Lathrop, Franklin, 1891. John Wizard, Pennington, 1855, 1856; aged S6.
 Solomon sackett, colebrock 1870, 1882; Jagged S1. David Emerson, Plainfeld, 1884; aged |79. William B. Atwood, Thomaston, 1889. Austin Allyn, Goshen, 1880; aged 77. Dwight Hall, Wallingford. 1858; aged 90. Serene S. Hurlbutt, Ridgefeld, 1878; aged 80
 Henry Tolles, New Britain, 1861; aged |s2. Charles A. Reynolds, Bristol, 1895. William B. Lester, Woodstock, 1891; Jagged 79.
 Allen T. Bixby, Thomaston, 1870; aged 79.
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men into the work of the American Baptist mission in Teluguland in India. besides contributing about s40,000 into the treasury of the society in Boston for support of the work. Thus there is a triangular fellowship in the work be- tween Russia. the United States and India. Vastly more may yet be hoped sor in and through the great empire of the north. Whatever the plans in war of either Russia or Japan God is using them both for His own spiritual pur- poses.
 As to the Philippine islands facts giy- en by Dr. Mabie were not less striking. The Baptists were slow to enter upon work there, waiting upon Providence to show the way. At length about year after Manila fell into our hands one of the Baptist missionaries in Spain, Rev. Eric Lund. a Swede by birth, offered himsele to the Baptist board, and with him offered a young native of one of the Visayan group of islands in the Philippines. This man was educated for a priest near Iloilo, but becoming con- verted in Spain to Protestant views he and MT. Lund translated the New Tes- lament into Visayan. Reaching the is- land Of Panay, strange to relate they sound themselves among a great num- Der of poor peasantry of the islands who for many years had cherished the mem- ory and preaching of one of their own devoted priests. Padre Juan, who had really become an evangelical Protestant. For years before his death he used to prophesy that in time God would send to she people white teachers from over
 the sea with the Bible which told him l of the way he had learned When, 1 therefore, Mr. Lund and his Visayan as- l sistant reached the islands and began
 preaching among this providentially
 prepared people they came in great
 number and promptly accepted the gospel, saying this is the fulflment of i the predictions of Padre Juan. Some hundreds were shortly gathered into the
 newly sormed churches, and thousands
 are in glad tutelage to the missionaries j in that region.
 pr. Mabie stated that in the past fourteen years over 170,000 Christian
 converts have been united with the va
 rious missions of the Boston society in 1 the twenty or more foreign countries,
 including Asia, Africa and Europe.
 Where the, 800 American missionaries
 labor about s7OO,000 is annually expend- ed in the work.
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Keith, with the government in January, road from Guatemala City to Fl Rancho This will insure through rail route from the Atlantic to the Pa- cific, and will also encourage the build- ing of the Pan-American lines to the border of Salvador.
 In describing the prospects in Nicar- agua, Commissioner Pepper calls atten-
 tion to the action of the government in
 reviving former projects for a rail route through to the Atlantic as soon as it
 was definitely settled that the canal
 was to be built across Panama, instead of through Nicaragua. Engineers are making the survey for what is known as the Atlantic route.
 In Costa Rica only 15 miles of rail- road are now lacking for through route from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The United Fruit Co, which has rail- way lines on the Atlantic coast, has Bocas del Tsro in Panama In South America, Commissioner Pep per gives significance to the treaty un- der which the Argentine Republic is ex-
 
 the frontier of Bolivia, but beyond as far as Tupiza.
 The commissioner also discusses the Argentine railway systems and the na- tional policy, which has been very suc- cessful
 The Argentine system consists of H. S60 miles. The net earnings on the to- tai capital, which is S539, 100000, were 3.71 per cent. last year. With reference to Chile particulars are given of the five per cent. guaranty on s500,000, for twenty years, under which the Chilean government is un- dertaking to secure the construction of tunnel through the Andes, thus com pleting the Uspallata pass route from Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres. An engineer has been designated to
 visit Europe and the United States in order to give information to prospective
 bidders.
 The report calls attention to the esti-
 mates and recommendations of the eX- ecutive recently submitted to the Chill
 can congress for appropriations of $93,-
 100000 gold for public works during the next fifteen years, one-half of which is
 to be spent for railways.
 The report refers to the exceptional
 policy of Chile in building a longitudi-
 nal line parallel to the coast. Much significance is placed by MT.
 Pepper on the payment of $10,O00000
 which Bolivia receives from Brazil as
 an indemnity for the Acre territory, and which is to be applied to railroad construction. Quotation is made from
 President Pando's message to the Bo-
 livian congress in which he recom-
 mends that this indemnity be used as
 the basis for securing further railway credit in the United States and in Eu-
 rope
 Special mention is made of the fact that Bolivia is the only country on the continent which has tin deposits In
 Peru significance is given to the rail- way movement now in progress and to the S10,000, 1000 investment of a United States syndicate in the copper mines of Cerro de Pasco and in collateral rail- way enterprises. Two general railway routes are indicated. One is toward Cuazco and the other toward the Anna zon. The first will insure ultimate through railway travel between Lima and Buenos Ayres. while the second, in time, will enable the distant Peruvian
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 port of Iquitos,. on the Amazon, to be reached by means of railways and wa ter navigation. The net receipts of the Peruvian state railways in 1903 were $1000,000, and in November the shares, which at one time were quoted at 36, had advanced to ST.
 With reference to Brazil, Mir. Pepper quotes the article In the Acre treaty under which that republic, besides pay ing Bolivia an indemnity of $10,00O000, agrees to build within four years a railroad 300 miles long from Santo An tonic to the Mamore. which will insure rail and water communication to 8 great tributary to the Amazon.
 A favorable opinion is expressed con- cerning the progressive railway policy of Brazil and it's 10000 miles of road. The ownership of the system is partly national and partly European.
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 es permanent railway guarantee fund of $1, 900 annually out of the pro- ceeds of the tobacco tax.
 5-The definite determination of the Panama canal, question, which is ex- pected to be beneficial both in the sta bility which will result from the infiu-
 ence of the United States on the isthmus
 and from the overflow of private capi-
 tai into railway enterprises.
 Commissioner Pepper pays high tribute to the intercontinental survey which was made by three corps of en- gineers, from Guatemala to Bolivia in accordance with the recommendation of
 the first n-American conference. The surveys were concluded in 1898, and the report says that they have been of very much practical value, having been util- ized in actual railroad construction in Peru, Guatemala and other countries. In reviewing the places visited, Com-
 missioner Pepper discusses the great
 progress in Mexico and the railway
 work that is still going on. Only 172 miles are lacking to reach the border of
 Guatemala. Reference also is made to
 the interoceanic lines from the Gulf of
 Mexico to the Pacific, and it is stated
 that within two years two through
 trunk systems will be completed. Pres
 ident Diaz is praised for the results
 which have been accomplished from
 the railway policy adopted quarter of
 a century ago. Mexico now has 9,700
 miles of railways, as against 335 in
 1878. Commenting on the investments
 of citizens of the United States, the re- port says that there has been an in crease since two years ago when the re- port of Consul General Barlow placed
 the capital of Mexican railways con trolled in this country at 80 per cent. |of the total Regarding the Central American republics, the commissioner
 says most of them have national poli- cies for building interoceanic lines to bring the Atlantic and Pacific ports into communication, and these will serve as feeders for the Pan-American route. He states that the demand for supplies which will result from the Panama canal construction will encour- age railroad enterprises throughout Central America.
 In Guatemala, the extension of the Central railroad in November, 1903, has left only 30 miles open from the capital to Ayutla on the northern border, and this section, it is expected will be built within the near future. Importance is
 given the contract celebrated by Sir William c. Van Horne and Minor F.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-14
ON A RANCH
woman Found the Food That EItted d He!


 A newspaper woman went out to a Colorado ranch to rest and recuperate, and her experience with the food prob lem is worth recounting.
 seThe woman at the ranch was pre- eminently the worst lnousekeeper I have ever known-poor soul and poor mel
 T simply had to have food good and plenty of it, for I had broken down from overwork and was so weak I could not sit up over one hour at time. knew I could not get we'll unless secured food I could easily digest and that would supply the greatest amount of nourishment
 'One day obtained permission to go through the pantry and see what I could find. Among other things I came across a package of GrapeNuts, which had heard of but never tried. I read the description on the package and be- came deeply interested, so then and there I got a saucer and some cream and tried the famous food.
 Tt tasted delicious to me and seemed to freshen and strengthen me greatly, so I stipulated that Grape-Nuts and cream be provided each day instead of other food, and I literally lived on Grape-Nuts and cream for two or three months.
 If you could have seen how fast got well it would have pleased and sur prised you I am now perfectly well and strong again, and know exactly how I got well. and that was on Grape Nuts, that furnished me powerful food could digest and make use of.
 Tt seems to me no brain worker can afford to overlook Cirape-Nuts after my experience Name given by Post um Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich.
 Get the miniature book, 'sThe Road to Wellyiile," in each. package.
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EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIGHT

Four Men Arrested on Water Street, and Charged With Two Offenses. Early yesterday morning four men
 engaged in a general fight on Water street, near Lafayette street, and all were arrested. They are Thomas Me-
 Cabe, John J. Donneily, James Quinn
 and Michael Dunn. and they all reside
 on the hill.
 It is alleged that they were all intox- icated, and they are charged with
 drunkenness and breach of the peace. It is not known what started the trou-
 ble, for when the police arrived there was a melee going on.
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INTER- CONTINENTAL LINE,

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"oh.,.,lanl,y Which Ha. Given Japan Her New Ideal. and EpergIss''-"Rs- suits of Christian nIIssions in Their Broadsst ssnsea-Atssmp,s Made to rucnIcate Chrsstian ntsy Into Russia.
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Special dispatches from Port. Arthur say there are rumors among the Chin csc population that the projected Ja- panese descent on the Liao Tung peninsula is imminent.
 The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Daily Chronicle reports that 10000 Ja- panese are nearing New Chwang.
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GRAND BENEFIT coNcERT.

There were about two hundred pres ent at the benefit concert and enter tainment given by New Haven aerie No. PAP, Fraternal Order of Eagles, at Eagle hall, corner of Chapel and Union streets, last evening, and a fine pro- gramme was successfully carried out, the work of Ralph Booth, the we'll known local character comedian, being especially fine.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-31

home and was put to bed exhausted a.
suffering to such an extent that sleen -
impossible. Every morning he "a ~
himself with heroic resolution Ia rssn-..
his work. But the days went by WITH,
bringing him any relief, until II bsesga
clear that even his remarkable viii nom.
could not long sustain such fearful oa8s
His good wife became alarmed and bots
began 10 look eagerly for assistance. Tbsv
found il at last by following the advice n
a storekeeper and a French weaver W.
sympathies had been aroused
Told in his own way, Mr.. Hickeyis a.
perience was as follows: any troubls
think, came from the strong draugbt Il
cold air that played about my feet Al nj
six looms. One foot swelled lust sboTs
the ankle, and the pain became something
terrible. ! forced myself 10 limp sboni
during the day, but it was worse at nrb.
when got home and, as soon as got py
SUPPER had to go to bed 10 get little y.
lief. Besides the torture in my foot would
have nervous jumping spells, shortnes. n
breath and pain near my heart
81 stood il as well as ] could for tbrss
months, trying many medicines but Al
the time getting worse, until two frehss
told me what wonderful virtue they la
found in DIR. Williams Pink Phi. h.
RAE ftople. One OF them said they bad
cured his rheumatism and that he con.
sidered them'the foremost Of all remedie.i
"Now, bless DR.. Williams Pink PTS
myself, for he first box ] took helped ne
and after ] had taken three boxes, TIE
swelling went down and the pain sna
lameness left me for good ! have 20
trace OF the dreadful illness since. NJ
wife and never fail to recommend thee
pills TO everyone we find afflicted win
rheumatism.
There is JOY in the Hickey cottage nos.
for the disease that logged the heels ms
marred the sleep and sought the ruin q
the weaver. has been completely mastered
by DR.. Willitms' Pink Pills. Obsiinss
cases OF neuralgia, sciatica and even
locomotor ataxia. have also yielded 70 IL
same remedy, which is a specific iof al
diseases OF the blood and nerves. The
pills are sold by all druggists thro1ghNi
the world.
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writer, in 1890, thought it inadvisable
to longer continue the regular practice
of promoting to the governorship is
no reason why he should now support
an even more foolish custom ofregard-
ing as ineligible men who have been
acknowledgements. This, we re-
peat, is wholly impersonal, is not to be
read between the lines, but means just
what it says. If we are to have rules,
let them be founded on reason. A
promotion rule is bad; nOn-promo-
ton rule is as bad, or worse.
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perry. especially, it holds to scorn. IL
anybody has accumulated anything 1t
presumes it was done unfairly and dis
honestly. Laws ought to be passed to
make great individual success impos-
sible. Clearing down" is the keynote
of this new order.
No wonder the old Democratic lead
ers stand aghast. Hearst's success
means the browning infamy of their
party. 1t means defeat foredoomed'
also. for these United States will not
pass over to the control of these wild,
insane elements of disruption and de-
struction.
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Not quite so strong. What many
prominent men in Addison county say
is that if the governor ofVermont were
to be named today that Mr.. Clements
chances in Addison county are equal
to if not better than any other candi-
date so far mentioned Vergennes
Enterprise.
It's early yet, and one persons guess
is as good as another's.
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Col. IL. +. Taylor will undoubtedly
make a splendid postmaster at Brattle-
boro, but it is unfortunate that circum-
stances attending his appointment bid
fair to create more or less i'll feeling
There were three candidates. A eau
Gus was decided on. One of the can
didates withdrew in Col. Taylors
favor, then he withdrew himself only
to have the place practically forced
upon him without any caucus what
ever. At least this is the way the
Brattleboro papers report it. Con-
gresham Haskins comes in for some
criticism, naturally.