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Coal Train on Passenger Time.

Superior, Wis, Dec. 22.-The Great
Northern road today is making up
train OF 80 cars loaded with coal to sup
ply immediate wants in Grand Forks,
n. D. The train will be run on pas
senger time.
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His rescuers were talking to him and
had passed to him basin of water with
which to bathe his face. An improvis-
ed hospital has been set up in the tun-
mel, warm water to bathe the face of
Hicks, blankets to protect him from
the chill air.
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Both Indicted on 1856 Counts.

Toledo, O., Dec. 20.-A long list of
was returned here this af-
ternoon by the United States grand
Jury. The indictments around which
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VAST IMPORTATION Of RUBBER
United States Consumes Over Half
WORLDS Production.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The United
States will have imported an aggregate
of nearly $50, 900, 900 worth of crude
rubber at the close Of the present year,
according to statement made public
today by the bureau of statistics of the
of Commerce and Labor.
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Prairie Land Sinking.
Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 22.-Mining men
who arrived here yesterday from tho
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NO ENGINES TO HAUL CARS

N arIy 5000 Empties Are Idle in
Kansas City Yards.
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THREE STEAMERS TIED UP.
Unable to Buy Coal to CT Away
From Puget Sound

Seattle, Dec. 2O.-Three steamships
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Kansas City, Dec. 18.-The Journal
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ENDORSED Bf cLLrELAND.
Publicity Campaign Which Congress-
 6man Perry Belmont is Waging

Washington, Jan. 1l.-Congressnan Perry Belmont to-day received the fol- lowing letter from former President Cleveland:
 Princeton, N. J., Jan 9, 1906. My Dear Sir--I am very late in &C., knowledging receipt of your article on the publicity of campaign receipts and expenditures published in the North American Review, I have read 1t with great deal of interest. l am thor oughly convinced that the time has ar rived when this subject should be treat ed thoroughly and vigorously, and with an honest intention to arrive, through the means you suggest, at the point where the baleful influences of political corruption shall be removed from our national life. While l am so situated that l cannot give time or attention to the real work of this movement, I am entirely willing that my name should appear as one of those greatly interest," ed in its success.
 Yours very sincerely,
 Grover Cleveland. 'sHon. Perry Belmont, Washington,
 D. C."
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RE MYERS MEET.
Delegates fl Many Cities-New Ha-
 ven al Yale Represented.

Chicago, J 1. u.-Reformers from many cities adhered to-day in the rooms of thet City club to attend the opening session of a conference called by the municipal voters league of this city to discuss the subject: "The extenr to which municipal elections should be separated from national party politics and the control of national politica parties and the best means by which such separations as may be deemed advisable, can be brought about. Among those aresent was William S Moorhead of Nbw Haven, Conn.
 A few of tl1eA suggestions made by the speakers for3 the separation of ma tional and municipal politics are as fol, lows:
 That the elections should held upor different dates: that it should be i'm possible to vote straight party ticke by a single cross upon ballot, anC that the names of all candidates should be arranged upon the ticket in alpha betical order; the reduction of elective municipal offices as far as possible. An adjournment was taken after tht appointment of a committee on resolu tions and a committee on rules. The meeting will continue until Fri | day evening.
 The conference perfected organization at the afternoon session by electini these officers: Chairman, Charles R Crane of Chicago; vice president, R Fulton Cutting of New York; secretary William s. Moorhead of New Haven.
 A committee on resolutions was named, including Bruce Smith, of Yale university.
 The afternoon session was devoted tc a description by delegates of the con ditions existing in the different cities Henry Jones Gibbons and z R. Wood ruff, of Philadelphia, described the state of affairs in Pennsylvania. F. F Ingram, of Detroit urged a concentra- ton of administrative power and a re- duction in the number of elective off cers, and concluded with an appeal fol absolute home rule for cities.
 A, Leo Veil painted dark picture of political conditions in Pittsburg, and declared that the city was boss-riddet
 Mayor Sweet, of Grand Rapids, de- scribed the new Michigan election law as brazen piece of partisan legisla- tion.
 w. c. Moorehead, of Yale, described a plan to organize city government clubs in every university in the coun- try.
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guished success. His father for many years resided on West Chapel street in New Haven. Miss Fanny Ives, who has studied abroad for the operatic stage, will make her first appearace in New York in concert. She is not un- known in the state of her fathers na- tiyity. Many in old Litchfield county in particular will watch her career with avidity hoping for her the tri- umphs that are the goal of her ambi- ton.
 Another interesting civil war career has been called to mind this week by the death of Mrs. Byington, wife of United States Consul A. Homer Bying- ton at Naples, Italy. Mrs. Byington spent large part of her life in Nor walk and was in the neighborhood of eighty years of age. Consul Byington was the editor and proprietor of the Norwalk Hour for many years. Dur ing the war he left the newspaper field in this state to become one of the field correspondents of the New York Tri- bune In that line he displayed phe- nomenal traits and heroism. One of the greatest battles fought by the Army of the Potomac was reported by him exclusively, the news being in the Tribune office hours before any other New York paper received 1t. MT, By ington had private wire, which he connected successfully on the field with the only wire that could possibly be used in the neighboring country. In fact it was by MT. Byington's wire that the government at Washington re- ceived it's first information of the great engagement. Consul Byington was in the state legislature four years before the war correspondence was taken up, being a member of the House from Norwalk in 1858 and 1859, and in the Senate from the old Twelfth district in 1861 and 1882 He was one of the staunchest supporters of Senator O. H. Platt and it was mainly through MT. Platt's instrumentality that he re- ceived the European consulate. MT. Byington is now seventy-nine years of age, and the loss of his wife will be a severe blow to him. William H. Bly, ington of Norwalk is the son of Consul Byington, and Mrs. Byington F. An drews also of that city, is grand daughter. Immediately after the news of Mrs Byington's death was re- ceived on Hartford, Monday, Edward c. Frisbie of that city cabled his con- ! dolence and sympathy to the bereaved 1 veteran
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PARTY MANEL VERING.
Philippine Tariff Debate in the House
 Yesterday.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The Philippine tariff debate in the house to-day con- sisted more of party maneuvering for advantageous campaign material than of discussion of the question at issue. The tariff was the text of speech by MT. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who began the debate, and of an extended reply by MT. Williams, the minority leader. The speech of MT. Grosvenor was spiced with witticisms and enlivened with in- terruptions from Champ Clark, to whom MT. Grosvenor aimed most of his arguments. MT. Williams outlined again the specific tariff doctrine of the democratic party, and held that the re- publican tariff was not, as so often claimed, responsible for the prosperity of the country. To prove this he cited the prosperity of Canada, Mexico and other countries at the present time, and the business depression of those coun- tries during the hard times of 1893.
 The debate on the bill undoubtedly will close with the session of Saturday and the measure be put on its passage Monday.
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DECATUR A GOOD WITNESS
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 casions when Mailley did not bring him breakfast Decatur said that nothing was said or done to him. He contin- ued:
 T never gave any order for him to do it and did not understand it in that way at all. I never thought of punish Ing him in any way for failure, and supposed that he brought the food be- cause he liked me- as had befriended him in some ways. did not intend, by suggestion, an unWarranted assump- tion of authority over Mailley, or any exercise of authority over him at all. regarded 1t exactly in the light that did my own classmates doing the same thing. liked Mailley more than most any other member of his class, and gave him as many privileges as mem- Der of my class could. l told him to drop the sir to me, spoke to him when 1 passed and looked on him as a per sonal friend. l have never hazed him in any form whatever"
 The accused was the next examined as to facts alleged in the specification WulCH was Ll6 ullly UI4G uIlueT lu6 dCl of 1904, and in which encouraging or countenancing hazing" is made dis missal offense. Inasmuch as Decatur had already been examined upon this incident in his former trial and had made admissions which caused the academy authorities to believe that his conviction on this specification was probable, the accused started with a handicap. Decatur said T told Church to report to my room because he had laughed in ranks and I wished to reprimand him. When he came I was standing in the other part of the room talking to a number of midship- men, and 1 did not take any particular notice of him. do not remember that I said anything to him at all, but re- member that some one said something to him about getting in the closet Church went into the closet, but I don't know what he did in there. He stayed there about three minutes"
 Both the judge-advocate and the counsel for the defense announced that they would produce no more witnesses. The court then adjourned until to-mor- row.
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wood than paper mill and more draught than a blast furnace, mo that" as our colonial householder con tinues, "the door can seldom be shut; and the cold air so nips the backs and heels of those that sit before the fire that they have no comfort till either screens or settles are provided to keep it off,"
 By TAO it had become the fashion so to brick up the old fireplaces as to reduce them nearly to the modern type. For some reason or other the Ameri- can colonists, like the Englisman of today, had an invincible prejudice against the closed alright stove such as was in general use in Europe. On the other hand they were unable to adopt the open grate soft coal fire of the mother country, because, though coal had been discovered long before, and the Virginia fields had been worked as early as 1750, the distance of the deposits from tide water and the lack of roads made the price of coal higher than it has ever been since. In short, our forebears of the middle of the century warmed themselves as well as they could at open wood fires, ] and for the rest went cold.
 Such, therefore, was the state of af- fairs when Benjamin Franklin took up the problem People still call him Franklin the Philosopher, for the sake of the alliteration, but he was little of philosopher in the modern sense On the contrary, he was an especially | hard headed, practical man, who un- derstood equally we'll nature and human nature, and in the scanty leisure of life devoted to the service of the State made himself one of the ! first men of science of his age.
 He knew all that anypody knew in his day about heat, combustion and the theory of chimney draught; in fact some of his own discoveries had been in this very field. He knew his coun- trymen also, and he knew it to be equally impossibls to persuade them to adopt at once closed stoves or to satisfy their demand for comfort with open hreplaces. He devised, there fore, not so much new form of stove as new system of heating.-New York Sun.
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UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.
Strict Laws Should Be Very strictl,
 Enforced Just New.

Enforced Just New.
 A good deal of attention has recent ly been directed to the large immigra- ton. Foreigners are coming to these shores by the tens of thousands annual ly. Some of them are all right and some of them are all wrong. Those from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales are less in number than forma- ly, but there has been great increas- in those from Italy, Austria Hungary and Russia. Most of them are run ming away from bad conditions at theii old homes and all of them expect mate rially to better their conditions by com ing to this country. There is an in ereasing and indeed alarming propor- ton of ignorance and illiteracy among the newcomers. They have no ade- quate idea of our institutions, customy or laws. Some of them are without the clements of good citizenship under most favorable circumstances. They do more than their share to fill the jails and penitentiaries, the hospitals and the asylums. A certain class oi immigrants always has been and al ways will be welcome, but the time has come for great deal more restriction and restraint in this particular than has ever before been exercised. It was all well enough when Harrison was a candidate for the presidency to talk about the gatesof Castle Garden swing ing inward, but there Is no use in oil- ing the hinges and making them swing to easily.
 A feature of the immigration busi- more attention than it does Is the re- ception of the sick and the nuisance The latest that this country can demand is that those who leave their old home for new ones should be sound in body and in mind. It is the spirit of Ameri- can institutions to provide homes hospitals and asylums for those who need them in those institutions the ra- tio of foreign born is something ap. palling Then, too, there is the crlmi- nal class who are criminal at home and will be criminal here and not only a menace to good order but a certain source of large annual expense. Il costs money to maintain an inmate Of a prison and still more to maintain the inmates of hospitals and asylums It is said that New York State alone is supporting something like 5000 aliens in its state hospitals for the insane and every property owner is taxed directly or indirectly for that purpose. It is enough for Americans to take care of of their own and that they do very cheerfully, but in is too much to ask that this country shall be the dumping ground for Europe. There are about 1S,OOO insane aliens and and over 15,- 900 aliens cared for in almshouses homes, hospitals and institutions for Predetermined, idiotic, etc., and every one is dependent upon the public. The The bill this country pays in this way is something prodigious and is wholly without warrant. Stricter laws more rigidly enforced would save many mill lions of it.-Utica Press.
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RECEIVER ASKED TOR.
Voluntary Dissolution of Empire Life
 Recently Probed

ANAF
 New York, Jan. 11.-Direotors of the Empire Life Insurance company, through their attorneys, to-day filed a request in the supreme court that a receiver be appointed for the company in proceedings for it's voluntary disso- lution. The Empire Life Insurance company is a cooperative association with offices in this city. Several days ago Frederick w. Brewer obtained a judgment of $3,0OO against the compa- ny. Justice Davies held the applica- ton in abeyance until Brewers attor- neys can be notified.
 The Empire Life Insurance company was one of the companies investigated by the legislative committee recently. It was organized as a benefit concern in 1891, and reorganized as an assess ment company in 1895. During the in- vestigation it was brought out that the company possessed $5,000 in city water bonds, and about $3,O0O in cash, while it's liabilities, consisting largely of death claims, were more than $40,000.
 Stacey Wilson, secretary and acting president of the company, had about 1000 policies outstanding, representing a total of $4 100000. The companys re- ceipts in 1904, he said were $7S,S35, and it's disbursements $79,000. The company had been barred from Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio and several other states, MT. Wilson said, and was then doing business only in New York, Pennsyl' vania and West Virginia.
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shinninr Ne,rs.

New York, Jan 11.-steamer Baltic, Liverpool and Queenstown for. New York, in communication by wireless telegraph with the station at Siascon- set, Mass. at 2:55 D. m, when the ves- sel was sixty miles east of Nantucket lightship. Steamer will probably dock about 10 a. m. tomorrow.
 New York. Jan. 11.Sailed: steam CTS La Gascogne. Havre; Brandenburg, Bremen; Armenian, Liverpool Arkan- sas, Copenhagen
 Queenstown, Jan. 11.-Sailed: steam CT Majestic, .(from Liverpool New York.
 politan Prince, New York
 Cherbourg. Jans 11.---Arrlved: steam CT Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, New York via Plymouth for Bremen tand proeeeded)
 Ponta Delgada, Jan.1 n.10.-ArTived steamer Brooklyn, Genoa and Naples for New York (and sailed 11th).
 London, Jan. 11.-Sailed steamer Minnetonka, New York.
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PROMOTION NF BETTER
 ANGLO-GERMAN FEELING
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 depends to a great extent the future and the fullness of European civiliza- tion. We therefore call on British men of science, on Britain's artists and painters, as the guardians in England of this heritage, and on the British press as the leader of British feeling and opinion, to discountenanoe this prejudice which, automatically, casts suspicion on every act of German poli- cy; for we are sincerely convinced that if onl ythis fog of prejudice could be dispelled no step which the German government is likely to take and no feelings which the German people may harbor, can ever rightly endanger the friendship between the two nations.'
 The document is signed by the rectors and leading professors of universities and academies, and by other persons of great prominence.
 The covering letter which is signed by forty-one persons equally prominent in similar walks of life in Great Britain says:
 Tn welcoming this communication from Germany our only regret Is that any doubt should exist concerning the recognition in England of the essential solidarity of British and German civil ization. We accept without reserve and with warm qualification all the assur- ances of our German friends and col leagues. We beg them to believe that we and those for whom we speak are no whit less annoyed and misrepresent- ed than they themselves by the affect ed belligerency of some of our journals. For us, between England and Germany there is no frontier to be defended. War between the two powers would be
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petitlons or nehnlf of rc rleIs.

Austin, Texas, Jan. 11.-something over 100 petitions, each representing about 1000 names, will be forwarded from Texas the early part of next week asking executive clemency in the case of Albert T. Patrick sentenced to leath in New York for, the murder of Will liam Marsh Rice. Patrick formerly re- sided here.
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THE sovEs FRANKLIN MADE.
A Phase of Franklins Greatness Not
 Generally Known.

A UclSG Ol NlCthNlASSo ANSL
 Generally Known.
 Housekeepers in the American coll onies during half century before the Revolution were confronted by a problem quite as serious as any which the obstinaoy of Kings and Parliaments imposed upon their men folks-a gen. eral scarcity of fuel.
 The time had long gone by when one could cut unlimited quantities of wood in his own back yard, while the least fortunate towns had no adequate supply within 100 miles. Seven months of winter and no railroads made fuel, as one householder expressed it in 1745, a very considerable article in indeed have been one perpetual coal strike.
 Evidently, under these conditions the older style of fireplaces, which opened shoulder high and took in a four-foot stick, had become impos- sible The wonder is that they were ever tolerated at all. They took more
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William steinert Died suddenly.

Boston, Jan. 11.-William steinert, for many years identified with the piano business, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Brookline, to-day. He was forty-four years old and the third son of M. Steinert of New Haven, Conn.,. the founder of the firm of NJ Steinert &s Sons.
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New Milford, Jun. 11.-Another mad dog. the second within three weeks, made it's appearance in the outskirts of the village shortly after 1 o'clock to-day and before it was killed by Con stable Charles Planz late this afternoon had bitten three dogs, including a bird dog and valuable setter. A store keeper, Andrew Booth, narrowly es- capped being bitten, just saving himself by jumping through his store door and slamming 1t to, as the dog bounded against it. The animal Is said to have come from the direction of Washing ton and was apparently on its way back when shot by the constable.
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world calamity for which no victory could compensate either nation, and we emphatically declare our belief that the loyalty with which certain journalists occasionally discuss such a possibility is the measure of their profound ignor- ance of the real sentiments of the na- tion,"
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Washington Typothetae Firm.

Washington, Jan. n.-7At meeting of the typothetae of Washington every member of the organization was pres ent, and re-affirmed the decision to stay in the contest against the striking printers until the open shop is estab- lished.
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Explosion Causes Big Fire.

Greenville, Pa, Jan. 11.-Fire, start ing from an explosion. destroyed the works of the Carnegie Steel company here tonight, entailing loss of be- tween $4OO.OOO and $6OOOOO, Two men were seriously but not fatally burned.
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STEINERToNE PIANOFORTE. Remarkable Instrument at Manufac- turer's Price. It's Brilliant
 Qualities


 The superiority of the STEINER TONE pianoforte over all other makes in tonal power, action and dur ability is a fact so well established that it hardly needs repeating. It stands to-day as the most perfect in- strument on the market and is rec ing pianoforte instructors in many of whose studios it has been substi- tuted for their own
 The qualities of the STEINERTONE are grand. Its wonderful tonal power its remarkable rapidity of key and hammer repitition; the pleasing delicaey of touch and it's power and strength, durability and splendid finish of it's construction combine to make it the perfect in strument it is.
 By a simple business method the STEINERT0NE Piano Company is able to sell this wonderful instru- ment more reasonably than can any other first class piano. The com pany sells solely at it's warerooms at the factory and consequently at manufacturers price. By this method the purchaser is saved the extravagant cost that is necessarily added to a piano by estabelish- ments maintaining costly warerooms on main business thoroughfares This is a very acceptable offer and a careful inspection is earnestly solic- ited. Cars pass within half block of factory. Five minutes ride from cen ter. Remember the STEINERTONE Piano Company, 106 Park Street, New Haven Conn.
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MAD DOG SCARE.
Canines in Winsted to be Muzzled or
 Confined.

Winsted, Jan. 11.-On account of the made dog scores in this vicinity the justices of the peace met in the town hall to-day and passed an order direct ing that all dogs be either muzzled or confined after Monday next. The order also gave the police, constables and eight citizens living in different parts of the town, authority to kill whatever dogs they considered victims of the rabies.