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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
TURTLE WEIGHING 900 LBS
Monster Towed into Port by New
 Bedford Whaling Vessel.

Bedford Whaling Vessel. X
 J. L. Humphrey, Jr., who manages a cold storage plant at New Bedford, was here few days ago on business with F. Berry &S Sons. In the even- ing Police Commissioner Berry drop ped in at Long Bros. and introduced the New Bedfordite to John c. Long. Reference was made to the May brook. branch of the Long business, and the insidious mosquito fell under discussion. MT. Humphrey listened to the stories attentively, remarking finally that he didn't know much about mosquitoes, but he could show aswater nymph that would throw all their mosquito into the shade, declar- ing that he had at home a sea turtle that would tip the scales at about nine hundred pounds
 The "ohs" could have been heard a rod away as the party threw up their hands. Well, boys, you just wait and see. I'll send him to you direct ly reach home," was MT. Humph- rey'S comment. The conversation changed, none giving weight to MT. Humphreys statement beyond class ing it with the mosquito exaggera- tions.
 Yesterday morning Berry Bros were called up on the telephone from the Consolidated's freight office and noti- fed that a refrigerator car awaited their convenience. The morning mail was opened at the moment and among the letters was one from MT Humph- rey saying that he had shipped half grown specimen of such turtles as we catch off our docks" Mr Humphrey had chartered special car for the turtle, and the big fellow was the only occupant
 It seems that some five or six weeks ago one of the numerous whal- ing vessels that end their voyages at New Bedford had discovered the tur- tie some miles out and lowed it into port.
 The actual measurement of the tur- tie follows:
 Length, feet 10 inches; width, 4 feet Il inches; circumference at neck, 3 feet 2 inches; body circumference, feet; length ofgfins, ?, feet 10 inches. I-Hartford Courant.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
New York Markets.

WIIEAT-Firm and 1ac. higher; contract grade, July, HQ871sc.
 6aRs6Ss but but F@ ssady 5ulNE No gRSte,
 BUTTER-Creamery, extras. per pound, lal7HSG 3Srd. TTs6s Isae seconds l4 tras. 17c,; frsts, 15G16c.; seconds, 14@1415c. !;
 cHEEsE&state. full cream. co1ored. white smail fancy, 7c fair God to good s @714c.; small poor, 614Q6Ac.; colored, large, fancy, 71ac.; fair to good. 7@7Ac. Mhite large fancy, 7ase fair to good 70 choice, 6c:; prime. 5Aq6hc. part skins, fair, 21A03Ac: full skins, 1911ac. fancy, selected. white. 24c; mixed, extras extras, 22c.; hrsts, 19hQ20c.; dirties, 13150161zc checks 91aGl21fc.
 FRESH FRUITS--Apples, choice hand Soc 9$i. 50; per basket, 35c. .9$1; per bushel crate, 25@75c.: plums, per carrier, $1.6 .60Q 2.50: per. quart, 4G6c;; currants, cherry, rSeT Ser req per pn f s 9sPseg fa Sc; blackcaps, per pint, 39bc.: blackber- ries, up river, per quart, 9@11c.; Jersey, TO 12e huekeberriesz za56a P5snnsyIlyania, laTge TE PodTRpu and o%er gG fowls l5c; old roosters, 1Oc.; spring chickens, Is @20c.; ducks. old, 11@12c.; young do IF
 STRESSED PoULTRY-stsady; fair de- rhand; fowls, choice. fresh killed, 14c. do, fair to good, 1s@13hc.; old roosters, fair to good, 18922c; western do, choice, 20D22c.; do., fair to good, 15Q17c. sUGAR-Refined strong.
 COTTON-Unchanged
 4%c.; country do. in barrels. 415c; do., dark, 4c.; cakes, Sc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
strangS Now.

Maud-See this ring? Archie gave it to me the other evening.
 Irene-I thought recognized it. You'll find it has rough place just un- der the setting that will make your dn- ger sore. Chicago Tribuna-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
BUYING RUBIES IN BURMA.
Grips and Signs Used in Bargaining
 for Precious Stones

The peculiar business methods of Oriental merchants are illustrated by the manner of buying rubies in Bur nah. In the examination of rubies artificial light is not used, the mer- chants holding that full sunlight alone can bring out the color and brilliancy of the gems. Sales must therefore take place between 9 a. m. and p. m., and the sky must be clear.
 The purchaser, placed near a win dow. has before him a large copper plate. The sellers come to him one by one, and each empties upon this plate his little bag of rubies. The purchas- CT proceeds to arrange them for valua- tion in a number Of small heaps. The first division is into three grades ac-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
Live stock Markets.

CATTLE Supply light; market steady; choice, $. 6; prime sS, 7oQ6; fair. $40
 HOGS-Receipts light: market active; prime heavy. 5. .70@6.76; mediums, heavy Workers and light Workers. $6.3oG5.S6; pigs
 SHEET AND LAMBS-Supply light; market slow; prime wathers, $460G4. TO; common sheep. q ,50Q2; spring lambs, &5 .5Q
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
Not a Bit Vain.

Mamma-You shouldn't be so vain, Elsie. You are always looking into the mirror.
 Elsie (aged four) r)-I'm not vain, mann ma. I don't think I'm half as good-look- ing as really am. Chicago News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
Paul Kruger's Funeral Services.

THE HAGUE, July 22.-The family of the late Paul Kruger have arranged for public funeral here on July 26, when the body of the former president of the Transvaal republic will be taken with imposing formalities to the chap ell of the Ejkenguinen cemetery, where 1t will remain for two months pending the arrangements for it's transportation to South Africa.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
Br,ts.h Cruiser. at Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA, July 22. The British cruisers Furious and Venus have arr rived here. The remainder of the fleet ia expScted 10 reach this nnrk shaxtlr.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing stock auotatton..

Money on call easy; offered at per cent i; prime mercantile paper, 31z64 per cent; exchanges, $232, ,7s4 o74 balances. $17, ,o16,o17
The Western news., 1904-04-27
SOCIOLOGICAL
Negro AssaiIs Negro Race.

1t is certainly an unusual thing for a
negro preacher to tell congregation
of negroes Mt the capital of this na-
ton that the negro race deserves the
scourging 1t Is now getting in this
country. But precisely this happened
in the Second Baptist church Of
Washington last week. The Rev. w.
Bishop johnson drove home his thesis
by pointing out "a notable loss of
manhood" among those Of his race. by
charging that many were not chivalric
toward women and by saying that there
was disposition to scorn manual labor.
"rhe disfranchisement Of the negro,
he concluded, ''by which he Is reduced
to a political nonentity. is one scourge
with which God is whipping the negro
into acquiring property and education .
A Conservatory For a Prison.
In line with the current plea for a
corrective and educative prison envi
ronment comes the news from Pittsburg
that Henry Phipps, the millionaire
ironmaster. has offered to the prison
board of the Western penitentiary d
The Western news., 1904-04-27

for nothing. Neither did education
unless it could be applied. What
man was in himself, not what he had,
not who his relatives We're, was the
test. Ability and character We're ev-
erything."
In his old age leisure came to Sen
ator Hearst. and he interested himself
in public affairs. He gave to the Pa
cific coast it's first Democratic news
that received special dispatches from
the east--and so emancipated the news
from the editing of the Associated
Press, which, on it's political side, was
conducted in the interest of the Repub-
lican party exclusively. OF this news
paper, the San Francisco Examiner,
he made gift to his son, William
Randolph Hearst, when the latter left
Harvard, and from that beginning the
system Of Hearst newspapers. embrac-
ing the continent, has grown. Father
and son worked together for the De-
mocracy. The boys achievements in
Journalism We're the delight Of the
senator. He was proud Of his son
and fond of him as not many fathers
are. Their intimacy was close and
! loving.
! The son comes honestly by his De-
mocracy. Most men inherit their poll
tics as a sort Of unthinking party hab-
it, but Senator Hearts Democracy was
matter of living ideas and senti-
ments, which he transmitted by eX-
ample and instruction. He believed in
i the people-not that they had any
magical way Of being always right.
but because he had seen no set of men
who were so much wiser and better
than the majority that they should be
commissioned to rule.
1.-THE people," the old senator would
say, ''can make fools of themselves
sometimes, but they've got no monop-
oily on that weakness. If they don't
know what's best for them. they're a
good deal more likely to than others
whose interest it is to work them"
What he stood for, by instinct and
conviction, the newspapers of his son.
whom he admired as much as he low
ed, stand for-government of the peo-
pie by themselves, to the end that we
may have in this republic equality Of
rights and no privileged class.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
COMMERCE and INDUSTRY

the Western Federation Of Miners.
Moyer was confined in the military pen
on the charge Of desecrating the flag.
Judge Stevens. besides imposing these
fines. censured Governor Peabody for
unlawful usurpation of power. saying:
IF there is to be a reign of military
despotism in this state and civil au-
thority Is to have no jurisdiction, the
latter might as we'll go out of bust
ness
When Governor Peabody was told of
the courts action he declared that the
writ of attachment would not be rec
ognized, that the officers would not ap-
pear in court and that Meyer would not
be given up. He held that members Of
civil procedure while on duty. With
this he concluded, 1T is now up to the
court to make the next move"
General Bell said that il the sheriff
tried to arrest him it would be over the
dead bodies of the soldiers in his COM
mand. Serious trouble was expected.
Notes.
4 plan of settlement of the strike and
lockout which had tied up the lithog-
raphers' trade of the country for sew
eral weeks, affecting 10000 skilled
workers, was agreed to by the parties
at issue last week through the media
ton of the Civic federation at New
York. The striking railway labor
| crS and switchmen on the Panama rail
| way returned to work at their old
wages of 500 for Il ten hour day. Sol
diers protected the new hands.
Carroll ID. Wright. as umpire of the
ferred to him by the anthracite miners
refused to sustain the alleged griev
anceS.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
IN INTEREST OF PRODUCERS.
Hearst Bill to Prevent Railroad Dis
elimination In Favor
of Trusts.

Representative William Randolph
Hearst has introduced an interstate
commerce bill in congress which de-
signs to prevent unjust discrimination
by transportation companies in favor
Of trusts and against producers Of
farm products and manufactured arti-
cles. This bill Is Of the greatest i'm
portance to the farmers of the coun-
try in that it will limit the exactions
placed upon producers by traffic COM
binations.
The bill provides for the creation of
an Interstate commerce court" which
will have jurisdiction over all Ques-
tions affecting interstate commerce
and give effect to orders of the inter-
state commerce commission. Under
its provisions the interstate commerce
commission will. after investigation.
have authority to fix rates in lieu of
unjust and unreasonable rates estab-
lished by transportation companies.
One Of the important features of the
Hearst act is provision which will
effectively prevent discrimination in
the allotment of freight cars to ship
pers. The withholding of cars from
points and shippers not in favor with
the railroad managers and the grant
ing of adequate service to the Stand
ard Oil, the coal and the steel trusts
have been one Of the constant and eff
cient methods of unfair discrimination
The Hearst bill will stop this.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
Industrial.
Cast Iron May Be Welded.

1t is reported that the Schapp Bros.
machinists, Of Denver, Colo. have
found process for the successful
welding Of cast iron, a problem which
has long bafiled ironmakers. The COM
pound applied to the heated ends of the
iron so carboniZeS the material as to
make it virtually steel, the welded
point becoming stronger than any other
part Of the repaired article.
Big Ohio Oil Gusher.
Just south of Upper Sandusky, O., a
monstrous oil well was struck April
II at Il depth of nine feet in the sand.
In twenty-four hours the well flowed
1000 barrels and it was thought to be
the greatest producer in the state.
Largest Lake Freight Boat.
The largest vessel ever built on fresh
water was launched at Lorain, O.,
April 10. She was christened the
Augustus r. Wolvin and was built for
the Acme Steamship company for
$500,00O She is $50 feet long, SO feet
wide and 81 feet deep. She will carry
an equivalent to 1893 car loads.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
Household Brevities,

A chemist calls gelatine, milk ard on
ions scavengers Of the air. 1t is wise
plan never to leave them uncovered for
the attraction of germs.
Warm olive oil applied to the skin Of
q delicate person is an excellent tonic,
and rubbed briskly in SO that all OF. it
is absorbed it has most pleasant ef-
feet.
Tansy leaves were old before moth
balls were heard Of. Still there is moth
ing better today for keeping moths out
Of woolen goods.
Do not soak clothes too long. An
hour is long enough to soften and dis
solve the dirt, yet not long enough to
set it all through the garment.
Steamed potatoes are delicious and
much better to keep If left over from
one meal to another than potatoes that
are boiled or baked.
Hygienic fool killers are, like the
poor. always with u.s.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
SCIENTIFIC
Fatal to Typhoid Germs.

Fatal to Iyphoid Germs.
Tire department of agriculture an
nounces that DR.. George T. Moore,
head of the laboratory of plant physi-
ology, who some time ago devised
chemical agent for killing the green,
Shiny algae in ponds and stagnant bod
les Of water. has now found that the
action of the agent was also destruc-
tive to the germs of typhoid and chol-
era. The department is ready to fur
nish any information to local authori-
ties who can use it intelligently. The
solution is so dilute as not to injure
any one and is tasteless and odorless.
The method is applicable where there
are no filtration plants.
BaskerviIle's New Elements.
Professor Charles Baskerville Of the
University of North Carolina, after
twelve years of incessant search, has
announced the discovery Of two new
and distinct elements in connection
with the substance known as thorium,
which exists in the monazite sands of
North Carolina. The new elements are
pink powder, which he calls caroli-
mum, in honor Of his native state, and
green powder. named berZelium in
honor of the discoverer of thorunl
The elimination of these two different
colored and distinct elements leaves the
white powder Of thorium just as 1t
was.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
Miscellaneous

More Philadelphia Typhoid.
There was marked increase in the
number of typhoid cases in Philadel-
phia last week. nearly 400 new cases
being reported and thirty resulting in
death. All past records have now been
broken, and the health authorities are
taking radical steps to prevent a gen.
eral epidemic.
Accidents.
Thirty-two men and officers of the
five injured by the explosion of five
charges Of smokeless powder in her
after twelve inch gun during target
practice off Pensacola, Fla, April 13.
Only by prompt flooding Of the maga-
zines by order of Captain Cowles and
by the bravery Of Gunner's Mate Mon
son, who jumped into the magazine
and closed the door after him at risk
Of his life, was the ship saved from
total destruction. Officers said the eX-
| plosion was caused by a "blow back"
This means that the wind from off
shore blew portion Of the flame from
the muzzle back into the breech. where
a new charge was being inserted. The
force and heat of the explosion rem
dered the bodies of the victims entire
ly nude. The officers killed We're Lieu
tenant w. c. Davidson. Lieutenant T.
\. Weichert. Lieutenant ]. V. f. Grid
ley, Midshipmen Neumann and Ward
and Boatswain's Mate Peterson.
An eastbound passenger train on the
Great Northern left the track and
plunged into the Wenatchee river.
Washington, April IS, causing the
death Of three persons and $4,000
damage.
Deaths.
Vassili Verestchagin, the famous
Russian painter of war scenes, was
drowned on the Petropavlovsk at Port
Arthur April 13, having been a guest
Of Admiral Makaroff.
Isabella. former queen of Spain and
grandmother Of King Alfonso. died mt
Paris April Q. aged seventy-four years.
. Cardinal Pietro Geremia Michelan-
gelo Celesia, archbishop Of Palermo
and the oldest member of the sacred
college. died at Palermo April IA, aged
ninety.
The Western news., 1904-04-27

ing figure in the east, where men are
regimented and classified and conven-
tionalzed until they cease to possess
or shrink from showing individuality.
Senator Jones spoke of the friends
whom death has removed. especially of
his once colleague in the senate. George
Hearst, and Of John w. Mackay.
These two and Jones himself were
the three very rich Californians most
liked, because most characteristic of
their day. All made their money in
stead Of hardened by wealth.
The California pioneer was personi-
fed by Senator Hearst in perfection.
He began at the bottom, with empty
pockets, a pair Of willing hands,
pluck that nothing could discourage
and resolution to succeed that COM
PEELED success. When millions came to
him he remained the same man his fel-
low miners in the gulches knew-clear
headed. shrewd, direct. good humored
and warm hearted. The management of
vast and complex interests was as easy
to him as the handling of the rocker
at Long Tom, but he did not seem to
recognize that this talent differentiated
him from his comrades of the mines.
"Why should money change a man"
he would say in converse tional intima-
cy. Except to make him bigger and
better by enabling him to be his best
self? If you're poor you have to do
what you can, and somebody else gives
you orders, but if you're rich you're
free to be what you like"
| And this particular millionaire liked
to be democratic American.
That is what distinguished the sue
cessful Californians for the most part
their democracy. Assumption of su-
periority, pretension to being different
in kind from those around them. arro-
gance. aloofness-these traits We're for
hidden by their knowledge Of life and
sense of humor.
Senator Hearst confessed that he was
made humble by his good fortune.
II was nearly a middle aged man."
he related, "when l started from Cal
ifornia over the mountains with a
party for the new Washoe mines The
day was hot, the grade steep. and
fell behind. l got off my horse and
sat down in the shade. flicking the dust
in the road with my switch and Won
dering if I'd better go on to the Com
stock or turn back. I'd left little mill
behind-nothing much. but there was a
living in it. If l went ahead to this
untried field the chances were I'd go
broke and have to begin all over again.
But l started after the boys, just as
much for company's sake as anything
else. and inside year I'd made my
nrst million.
"Now, why did that happen to me es-
pecially? 1t could just as we'll have
happened to anybody else.
PUT on airs because you've struck
It rich? Oh, I've seen too many good
men go down who deserved to sue
ceed. and too many bad fellows get on
who ought to have gone down. to be
puffed up by my own good fortune.
I'm just thankful Those early days
tried men out. To be Of distinguish
ed family back in the states counted
The Western news., 1904-04-27
EDUCATIONAL
Catholic Chair of History.
+ + +

Catholic Chair OF History.
The knights of Columbus presented
to the Catholic University of America
ut Washington. April 10. q check for
$4,000 as the endowment of chair of
American history. The presentation
was made by Edward l.. Hearn, su-
preme knight Of the order, and Cardi-
nal Gibbons accepted it on behalf of
the university. Mr.. Hearn explained
that American history was chosen for
the endowment as it was high time
that Catholics should make some effort
to protect the church in history chron-
icles by non-Catholics. The check pre-
sented was 10 by feet in size and
drawn on the Union Trust company of
Providence, r. l.
Bible In Kansas Schools.
The Kansas supreme court has de-
cided that the Bible may be read in the
public schools of the state. The ques-
ton arose from the suspension of boy
from the Topeka schools because he
would not attend the Bible exercises.
His father sought to compel the au-
thorities to admit the pupil. This the
courts refused to authorize.
The Western news., 1904-04-27

- ~ eI Tie VI lhN
big transactions between him and Mr..
Rogers. in which millions were netted
without written contract, Mr. Law
son said it was a matter or mutual
safety. as the transaction would not
stand the light Of day. He frankly ad-
mits that all such transactions are IL
legal. He says it is a process of TAX
ing money away from the people with
out their knowing 1t and that this.
boiled down, means "modern finance"
"A Private House Incorporated.
a new wrinkle i'll real estate man
agement has just come to light in the
incorporation of the w. A. Clark Real
ty company of New York, with $780,
900 capital, as a holding company for
the new private residence of Senator
Clark of Montana at Fifth avenue and
Seventy seventh street. Mr Clark 5
secretary explains that this move is in
line with the senator's policy of incor-
pOr.. .ing all real estate interests as Il
matter of convenience in their ham
ding.
Are Prices Declining?
In view of the widespread clamor
for increased incomes on account of
the higher prices of the necessities. a
statement compiled by Bradstreets S
agency up to the 1st of this month is
of unusual interest. 1t indicates that
the wave OF high prices is subsiding as
compared with year ago. While al
Increase is shown in the cereals, pro
visions. leather, cotton. wool, petro
leunl, etc, Il decline is noted in beef
pork, sheep, horses, milk. lard, butter
cheese. rice peas, lemons. hides. union
and oak leather. Australian wool. pig
iron, steel billets, tin plates copper,
lead, coke, nails, glass, quinine, paper,
hay, cotton seed and other items. Out
of 1O7 staple articles of general con-
sumption taken for comparison. 40 are
found to be lower than Il year ago, Al
are higher, and II are unchanged
During March 40 staples declined. 90
advanced and 43 remained stationary
Notes.
The London Times dispatch boat III
the far east by means of its wireless
telegraph equipment has achieved tho
feat of witnessing the naval battle Il,
Port Arthur and transmitting re
port on the spot. +* Frank A
Munsey has announced his intention
of retiring from the daily newspape
field and will sell his three papers il
New York, Boston and Washington
All the independent telegraph
and telephone companies of the Unite'
States have been consolidated in tn
United States Telegraph and Tele
phone company recently incorporate,
at Springfield. III. A novelty in tn
service will be provision for eithe
telegraph or telephone in every publ
booth. The Federal bank o
New York failed April IA. with short
age Of $35O,O0O on deposits.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
To Make Law Elective.

Among the important bills before
congress is one restoring the imprison-
ment clause to the Sherman antitrust
act. The Elkins amendment eliminate
Ing Imprisonment for violation of the
law. which passed the Fifty-seventh
congress, left the act practically value-
less SO far as trust magnates are con-
cerned. House bill 1854, introduced
by Representative William Randolph
Hearst of New York, restores the Inn.
prisOnment clause.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
"4earst Against the Field"

William Randolph Hearsts candida
cy for president has advanced so far
that it's now a question between
"Hearst and the field" What a shak-
ing up Hearst has given lot of old
dry bones who jeered at the very sug-
gestion of Hearst's name nine months
ago!-Seattle Times.
The Western news., 1904-04-27
Trusts Fear Hearst.

The trusts and the SO called business
interests of the country are afraid of
Roosevelt because they DO not know
what he may do. They are afraid Of
Hearst because they know what he
will do; hence they are moving heaven
and earth to induce the Democrats to
nominate some man on whose favor
they may surely rely. This is the situ-
alton in a nutshell.-Tyler CTexD Dem
ccrat.