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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
BOILERS IN POOR CONDITION.


 ported Them So to Washington.
 Washington, July 21.-Acting secre- tary of the Navy Charles H. Darling made the following statement relative to the disaster:
 "The department has learned with the deepest regret of the disaster whici. overlook the gunboat Bennington. Nothing unusual has been reported to the department with respect to the holl- CTS in the Bennington. A detailed re- port on the condition of the boilers was made in March last and repairs were made in the following May. The boil CTS on the ships of our navy are receiv- ing constant attention, and are con stantly under tic supervision as we'll as the inspection of engineers .....-
 The Bennington was a three-masted schooner-rigged vessel She was built by N. W. Palmer & Cos of Chester, Pa. Her construction was authorized by congress on March S1, 1887, her keel being laid in June, 1888. L She was launched June 8, 1S9O She was com frlfssioned for the first time June 2o, 1891. The Benningtons engines were twin-screw horizontal triple expansion. She attained a speed of 175 knots on her trial trip. Her main battery con- sisted of six six-inch breech-load1ng rifles and her secondary battery of four six-pounders, four one-pounder rapid fire guns and two thirty-calibre Colts The Bennington had four cylindrical straightway boilers, commonly called locomotive gunboat boilers. Each boil
 CT was r feet inches long and feet 5 inches in diameter. They were origi- nally designed to carry t60 pounds of steam, but the last log received at the department shows that the safety valves were set for 145 pounds and that she carried from 1855 to 140 pounds of steam in cruising. The boilers were fif- teen years old, according to records in the department, but were retubed in 1903-1904.
 The admiral of the Pacific fleet in 1904 reported to the navy department that the boilers were in need of repairs, but that the repairs were not urgent. A report from the engineer officers of the ship received at the department about the same time was that the boilers gen. orally were in poor condition, but that the internal conditions of the boilers were good. A detailed report on the condition of the boilers was received by the department last March.
 In May last the Bennington was sent to the Mare Island yard, where tenn porary repairs were made on her boil- CTS to put her In cruising condition It is stated at the bureau of steam engi- neering that there has been nothing in the reports coming to the department to show that the boilers were in an un- safe condition.
 As soon as the news of the explosion reached the steam engineering bureau all the records and reports relating to the Bennington were reviewed by Ad- miral Rae, chief of the bureau, and lat CT he called upon Acting Secretary Dar- ling, when he advised him fully of all the facts pertaining to the boilers of the ship.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
AMERICAN YACHT WINS AGAIN
Manchester Takes Second Race In Con.
 test for seawanhaIa Cup.

Dorval, Quebec, July 21.The Ameri- can yacht Manchester, the challenger for the seawanhaka cup, defeated the Alexandra, the Canadian defender, in the second race of the series to-day. The Manchester's time was two min utes and f1fty-tWo seconds better than the Alexandra's.
 A stiff fifteen-knot breeze was blow ing and weather conditions were about the same as yesterday. The Nfanches- ter outfooted and outpointed the Alex andra and made better weather of it. standing well up to the windward. 2 At the start the Alexandra led the way by five seconds, but the Manches- ter worked through her lee and when the yachts split tacks to port the Man chester was leading. The Manchester made the first buoy forty seconds ahead of the Alexandra and made gains after that.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
YOUNG BARRETT HELD.
Coroner DOten Holds Him Responsible
 for Lillian Bradner's Death.

Bridgeport, July 21.-coroner Doten rendered finding of facts this after noon upon the death of Lillian Bradner, who was drowned at Seaside park on Thursday evening, holding Joseph Bar rett criminally responsible and ordering him held for manslaughter in bail of $500. Barrett is charged with having dragged the girl into the water against her will and by leaving her to her own resources she drowned.
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AUTOIST ARRESTED.

Upset Farmers Wagon and Refused to
 Stop.
 Hartford, July H.--Paul Townsend of Worcester, an automobile demonstrator, was arrested here tonight and held un- der bonds of $50 for exceeding the speed laws of East Hartford and South Wind sor. While irving party through the town of South Windsor at a terrific rate Townsends machine bumped into a hay wagon throwing out F. J. Jilson, an aged farmer, injuring him. Townsend refused to stop and word was tele- phoned to East Hartford where he again eluded the officials but was later caught as he was entering this city over the East Hartford bridge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
Miss Cram Slightly Stronger.

Lenox, Mass, July H.-Miss Ethel M. Cram, of New York, who was recently injured in a runaway accident, took considerable nourishmenr tonight, and tonight her general condition seemed somewhat improved She still remains unconscious, the brain tissues having been torn by the wound, but her physi- clan stated that she might regain con- sciousness at any moment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
Bridgeport Ellxs Win $500 Prize.

Buffalo, N. Y, July 21.-The cash prize of $500 for the lodge of B. P. o. E. having the most women in the pa rade at the reunion here, has been awarded to Bridgeport, Conn.,, lodge, Philadelphia protest was overruled.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
I'm Good Condition.

New York, July 21-State Bank Elk aminer Judson finished his examination of the Mercantile Trust company this afternoon and reported that it was in first rate condition and entirely accept able to the department.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
Prominent East 1Iaddam Mau Dead.

East Haddam, July 21.-Norman S. Boardman, head of the firm, of l., Boardman & Sons died to-day of heart disease, aged sixty-five years. MT. Boardman was one of the most promi- nent men in this place and leaves a widow and one son and daughter. His daughter is the wife of Burton Lawton of Meriden.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
ANOTHER ASSASSINATION.
Chief of Police of HelsingfOrs Shot
 Murderer Caught.

Helsingfors, July 21.-Colonel Krem- arenko, chief of police, was shot to- day by man named Procope, anl is in a critical condition. Procope was ar rested and has been identified as an accoplice of the man who recently att tempted to assassinate former govern or Missojodoff.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
BRITT STILL CHAMPION.

Gets Decision Over Sullivan at End of
 Twentieth Round.
 Woodward's Pavilion, San Francis co, July 21.-Jimmy Britt is still the lightweight champion of the world He got the decision over Kid Sullivan of Washington, D. C., tonight at the end of the 20 round contest. It was a stake horse against selling platter Britt gave a marvellous exhibition of scientific boxing. His generalship was perfect and during the whole time Sullivan never landed an effective blow. He did little leading and did most of his fighting in the clinches when he was playing for Britt's ribs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
CONTRACT LABOR FOR CANAL
Bids to Be Asked for Chinese, Japanese
 and Italians.

Washington, July 21.-The first at- tempt to secure laborers in large num- bers for work in connection with the construction of the Panama canal will be made tomorrow, when bids will be asked by W. Leon Pepperman, acting chief of the office of the Panama canal commission, for 2,OO0 each of Chinese, Japanese, and Italian laborers.
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E4roRIrEs YIN AT s4UGUs.
Six Heats Necessary to Decide the 2.17.
 Race.

saugus, Mass, July 21- The fayorites were in. evidence at the local track to- day, La Pointe being the only one of five who failed to win his event Six heats were necessary to decide the 2:17 pace, unfinished yesterday, Mixed Wood winning. Chestnut, W. J. Lewis and Oracle Kellar outelassed the fields in their respective races. A recess was taken tonight until next Monday, when the meeting here will be contin- ued. The summaries:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
NEW HAVENER IN CREW.

RichaTd Quinn of P0Ftsea street on Inc
 Bennington.
 Washington, July 21.-The list of the crew of the Bennington as given out at the Navy department tonight shows that practically all of the sail ors were recruited from far western states. Among those who were from the east, together with their next of kin, is Richard Quinn (M. A. Al, sec- ond class, Mrs. Anna Quinn, 2S3 Port sea street, New Haven, Conn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22
Fire in West Haven This Morning.

A barn in the rear of the residence of Godfrey Thumm, corner of Noble street and Peck avenue, was destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock this morning. :.@ ;.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22

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2.11 Pace--Pnrse Shnn.

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-22

London, July 22.-A despatch to a news agency says that Col. Kremaren- ko has died of his wounds.
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2.17 Trot-purse S5o0

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

woman she will rise up and defy him;
whereas IL woman is self-reliant and in
dependent her reasoning powers assert
themselves and she is far more liable to be
just and generous to a man in a crisis than
foolish hair-braned woman who makes
him feel until the crisis somes that he is a
big, strong creature by her dependence
upon him and by her apparently looking
up TO his opinion. There is no possible
future for men and women at this mo-
ment except one of absolute equality; equal
fty in education, equality in ambition,
equality in work Nature never intended
that woman should be what she is nova
parasite upon man. Nature has made all
animals and all birds, even the penguin
bird that is such a poor creature with its
wings--independent of each other. The
male penguin is an extremely vain and sell
fish bird, he Is always strutting around
Ii he were the lord of creation He has
great objection TO eggs. and he Will not
stop to feed the female while she is hatch
ing out her younger rather her young one.
Therefore, on her large webb splay foot she
travels about looking for food: If she feels
II is getting a little too cold she sits down
upon it.
Nature intended woman as well as man,
to work She intended equality between
the sexes But man, by false and arti-
fetal standard, is afraid to give woman her
rights!
If in marriage men treated women as
equals very soon they would ind women
put responsibility upon a human being the
intellect begins TO develop, the sense of re-
sponsibility steadies the character, and
there is an immediate Improvement. God
nature-never In this world Intended that
one human being should live through an
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WHY MARRIAGE ISAFAILURE
BY Mrs. T. p. O'Connor.

world knows that the women and the men
who are happiest in their home surround
ings and blessed by devoted fathers
and mothers and an agreeable, tranquil
home are less liable to marry than those
less fortunately situated. The great ques-
ton of the present moment which so often
agtates humanity is whether or not mar
rage as an institution is failure.
Looking at marriage from a perfectly i'm
persona! standpoint II seems to me that as
an institution it is failure. At the present
time l know one Ideally happy married
couple. l mean by this 1 know two people
who have been married twenty years and
who still remain lovers. They have attain
ed the ideal condition OF being one in heart
in hope, in love and in ambition.
great many married people are happy
In the ordinary acceptance of the term. A
great many endure each other bravely and
with courage. A great mary married peo-
pie wear a mask, and II you do not look at
ii closely 1t resembles a smiling face, but
only know this one couple who have reach
ed the dream of all our youth. They mar
ried when young on $500 year. They are
10th of them people with admirable char
acters. She was Industrious. sef-secr'fic
ing, Intelligent and a spendid manager
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has not a corporars guard. In his first
attempt to exercise his power vested in
him to call these ready men into service
he finds himself tied down by conditions
which render his power a nullity." The
closing observation in this comment re-
fers to the very common complication
arising over the placing of state militia
under federal command.
Twenty-Five British sail were sighted in
the Chesapeake bay on the morning of
August 10, 1914. Joining the fleet of
Cockburn In the Patuxent river, the com
bined fleets sailed on till abreast of the
village of Benedict, about forty miles
southeast of Washington. The troops be-
gan to debark on August 10, while Sir
Peter Parker with a squadron was dis
patched to make a demonstration toward
Baltimore, and Capt. Gordon with another
squadron was dispatched to the Potomac
river to operate against Alexandria and
Washington.
BY this time troops We're mobilizing at
Washington. The American authorities
could not tell whether the expedition
landed at Benedict would move against
baltimore, Annapolis or Washington, and
If against Washington, whether the Brit
iSh would move across country, take Fort
WarburtOn in reverse and cooperate
with GordOn's squadron, or march on
Washington by a direct route The Brit
ish moved northward from Benedict on
August 20. and the District troops and
some other commands marched out of
Washington on the same day.s
The British had advanced fifteen miles
by the evening of August n and en-
camped that night at the village of Not
tingham. The enemy was harrassed by
a squadron of Dragons. and on the 22d
the advance of the American army came
in touch with the enemy's skirmishers,
but the home force, acting under an
der from Gen. Winder. did not maintain
it's position but fell back to Long Old
Fields "A settlement near Forestville.
From Nottingham the British advanced
to Marlborough and on the morning of
August % pressed on to Long Old Fields,
but from that position the Americans had
also retired. The American force was
worn by its marches to and fro, and by
nights disturbed by alarms and calls to
arms.
Gen. Winder and his forces took up po-
sition near BladenSburg the morning
of the oath. Two lines of battle Were
thrown out on the side of the Eastern
branch nearer Washington. the center of
the line covering the Bladensburg bridge.
1t was about noon when the British
tered Bladensburg and the invaders adj
vance guard undertook to cross the
bridge A brisk fire from the American
batteries caused them to retire with some
loss.
The enemy. after delay, formed in two
columns, one fording the stream above
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foundation stone which is right-the rest Of
the institution is ricketty and needs strong
hands to rebuild 1t. In the first place, mar
riage is made too easy for everybody
man to become doctor has to study for
five years; to become barrister he has to
pass many examinations; to become cap
tain of a ship be often has to serve before
the mast. To get married he has only 10
meet woman!
Marriage is an institution of the state;
therefore she should put 1t out of the
bounds of possibility that people can marry
each other in two days or a week. HOW
many marriages would be broken off II the
state required three years engagement
before people are married. After all, If Il
woman wants to become a nun in two
months. no convent in the world will ac-
cept her. She must be a novitiate for two
or three years; during that time she has TO
make an examination of her conscience
every day and to find out IL she has a vOca-
ton for nun. But women and men marry
without the slightest preparation, without
the slightest thought of the future while
Dame Nature laughs at her most odd pair
ings She wants her world peopled, that Is
her part; the men and women who are Ill
suited to each other are not her affair.
Girls and boys at school should be taught
to look upon marriage as the most beauu-
full, the happiest. the most desirable and
the most possible thing in the world. Boys
their bodies pure for the state which they
will probably enter. and to have a sense or
protection and loyalty to gir.s. and gir-s
should be taught industry seif-s aerifice and
responsibility for the marJietl state.
And marriage should be partnership be-
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tween man and woman, where the woman
is on equal terms with the man in the DIS
pensing or the saving of money. AS
partner in the business the woman shouio
be equipped for her part. She should I'M
derstand economy, cooking, sewing, the
sanitary conditions of house, ana she
should be prepared to fulfill her half OF the
partnership. Every woman who marrles
should be absolutely compelled to go FOR
year to a thoroughly good cooking school;
for many married life that promises nap
piness has been blighted in the bud by in
digestion and consequent irritability OF tenn
per.
There are very few girls of the present
day who have any equipment Whatever TOT
marriage. What does it matter to young
struggling professional man If his wife can
skate, play hockey, tennis, croquet, cycle
and row, if when the cook gets drunk they
both have to go out and dine at a restau-
rant? l was lately staying at hotel in
Paris kept by two American ladies; the
cook was discovered very drunk few
hours before dinner. One of the ladies
rolled up her sleeves, got instantly to work.
and at O'clock a dinner cooked as well as
chef could have done it was sent in to
the entire dining room. 1t is needless 70
say that this lady and her husband are
very happy couple.
1t is very curious to me to see men who
are supposed TO be our masters and our
superiors in Judgment in sense and in dis
cretion steadily set their faces against
their own success and their own happ ness
as they do continually in marriage laws,
and in every other law which creates fric-
ton between men and women. a man is
so afraid that Ii he lessons his hold upon
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other. That is what the present marriage
system means
1t needs only a little observation-disclosures and
intelligent legislation on the part of man 10
turn marriage from a failure to success;
to make IL more difficult to enter into, 10
have people prepared for its estate when
they do enter il; and afterward to make
it a frank and equal partnership instead OF
the lopsided affair that II is now.
OF course the argument always is that
most men are fair-minded, and that al
though he is master in theory he is not In
practice-but there should be no master IN
theory God has not blessed men with
impeccable judgment. AS far as character
Is concerned, man Is not in the least super
ior to woman. His wider life and his con-
slant attrition with other people give him
a larger outlook and very often greater
sense OF Justice but with different condi-
tions a woman's character would be quite
as lust. as kind and as honorable as That
of a man. The more frank, the more 1ear-
less and the more Independent that men
make women and the more they can meet
them upon equal grounds. the greater hap
piness they will give themselves
The strongest argument mat we nave
against divorce is this: The people who
have made such terrible mistake in mar
riage as TO want divorce show such bad
judgment :hat probably. given freedom. the
next marriage would be even worse.
The mos: practical method to stop divorce
is not by legislating against it, but by max
ing the institution of marriage such bear
able condition that people will not want to
get II. II must be great comfort to many
people to be assured by the good book that
we cannot make the mistakes In HEAVIER
we make upon earth, for there at leaS
there is neither marrying nor giving Il
ma rage