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ure that time, and it has been conceded that ink would dry in half an hour. MT. Isbell had had the will ih his poses sion two hours between the time when itrwas drawn up and the time when 1t was executed, Professor Phelps had testified that t was impossible to tell how long after the instrument was written the interlineation was written.
 Counsel contended, therefore, that there was no evidence in the case that showed that Mir. Isbell did not write the interlineation before the execution of the will, and there were many indica- tions that he did write it before that
 that he had called tlhe attention of the court to many things that indicated that indicated that the interllneation was written beforethe will was execut- ed, and that there was the same ex- plantation for. all of the facts that he had called the attention of the court to, and contended that the probability that the interlineation was written before the execution greatly preponderated.
 Attorney John R. Booth, following MT. Arvine stated that there was no evidence of a reason for MT Isbell mak- ing Major Todd or his wife benefciaries to his estate, as Major Todd was not a relative, only a business acquaintance.
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not done at the time of the signing of the will on account of Theron Todd's property being in his Wife's name, then it was not done until after Theron Todd's death, and the fact that Theron Todd was left as executor in the will Tn favor of Mrs Todd shows that the change was made before Theron Todd's death because Isbell would not have left a dead man to be executor of the will when the same interllneatlon would have made Mrs, Todd executrix.
 Three witnesses have sworn that MT. Isbell had said that he had left every thing to Mrs. Todd. Finally, as the at torney claimed, Mir. Isbell. was shown to be an intelligent man, well acquaint- ed with business, and in the habit of drawing deeds and other documents, and it was extremely improbable that he would have altered a will in that way after execution, as the alteration would have been at least entirely void, and he must have known 1t.
 As to the expert testimony, Mr. Ar vine says that it mad simply shown this, that when fresh ink is written across fresh ink sometimes the ink spreads and sometimes 1t does not. When 1t is written across dry ink 1t Is not as like ly to spread as when it Is written on blank paper, as the gum which is used in the ink to hold the iron in solu- ton arrests the spreading, If ink Is thick, as it was in the case of this in- terlineatoion, it Is much less likely to spread than if thin. These facts did not prove that the Mrs when the ink of the original will was dry, He said that assuming that the first ink was not dry when the alteration was written, which crosses 1t in several places. that fact furnishes no clue as to how long after the first ink the sec ond ink was written. The experts from New York had furnished no clue to that question. They had given the court no means by which 1t could meas
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the performance given yesterday to crowded housees was far ahead of what might be expected in a popuar price theater.
 To say that the production was ar tistic and complete is but telling the truth. The most serious critic, accept ing the performance as it should be, could do aught else but admit the strength of the play as presented at the ahnds of the company headed by Law renee B. McGill and Gertrude Shipman.
 The production is a personal triumph for MT. McGill. The long preparation he has given the piece was amply re- paid for by the enthusiasm with which yesterdays audiences accepted the piece.
 Miss Shipman as Glory Quayle was charming. The character gives full op- portunity for display of her charming stage presence. She has been seen to advantage in other pieces but never to greater advantage than as Glory Quayle.
 The character of John Storm as in- terpreted by Mir, McGill was an ex- tremely powerful piece of work. The struggle between the love of the flesh and the duty to his work of reform ation, the desireto save to the church the beautiful creature who sought the other path, all were portrayed in strik- ing faithfulness.
 The leading characters of the piece were well taken. MT. Butterfeld, Mir Garfield and Miss Dorothy Lamb de- serve special mention for their work.
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sPALDTNGs BASKET BALL GUIDE.
Interesting and Proposed Illustrated
 Manual Issued.

Interesting and Proposed Illustrated
 Manual Issued.
 Spaulding's Official Basket Ball Guide for 19O6-7 has just been published in the spalding Athletic Library series. The editor is George T. Hepborn, sec- retary of the Amateur Athletic union basket ball committee, In addition to the newly revised rules the contents comprises articles on the game from every section of the country. The re- port on the Metropolitan A. A. U. Jun for championship has been written by Chairman Mitchell of the A A. U. tournament committee; the Central As sociation A. A. U. championship report by L. o. Gillesby, Athletic director Northwestern university; Basket Ball in the Public Schools of New York city, by Lee F. Hammer, Inspector of Public Schools Athletics; Church 'Ath- letic league (New York) Championships by John H. Piggi, Xavier Athletic as sociation; Inter-Settlement (New York; Athletic Association Championships, by Charles H. Warner, Clark House; Basket Ball in the New Haven Public Schools, by w. R. Pearson; Inter-City League (Jersey City Hoboken) Cham pionships, by J. Callahan, Jersey City; Church League of Cleveland, by H. E. Pearse; Southern California Inter- Scholastic Association, by Edward F.. Murphy; Southern California Basket Ball, by John r. Torrey; Basket Ball in the West and Far West, by E. P. O'Neil; Connecticut Valley Champion ship, by c, w. Hardy of Springfield; Syracuse Amateur Basket Ball league, by Vice President F. W. Knowland; Basket Ball on Roller Skates, by John H. Poggi. Suggestions for scoring and hints to officials are instructive chap ters and the records comprise the scores of every team of importance through out the country The pictures, as usual, are feature of the book and include the portraits of nearly 1000 players.
 Spalding's Official Basket Ball Guide will be sent to any address in the United States or Canada, upon receipt of 10 cents, by the American Sports Publishing company, 21 Warren street, New York city
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Of all the diseases known, with which women are afflicted, chronic kidney disease is the most fatal. In fact, unless early and correct treatment is applied, the weary patient seldom survives.
 Being fully aware of this, Lydia E. Pinkham, early in her career, gave exhaustive study to the subject and in producing her great remedy for womans ills - Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound-was careful to see that it contained the correct combi- nation of herbs which was sure to con trol that fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles Lydia E Pinkham's VeRe- table Compound is the only one espe- sially prepared for women, and thou sands have been cured of serious kidney arrangements by it. Derangements of the feminine organs quickly affect the kidneys, and when a woman has such symptoms as pain or weight in the Joins, backache, bearing-down pains, Bcalding or burning sensations or de- posits In the urine, unusual thirst, swelling of hands and feet, swelling under the eyes or sharp pains in the back. running through the groin, she may infer that her kidneys are affected and should lose no time in combating the disease with Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the woman'S remedy for woman's ills
 The following letters show how marvelously successful it is.
 Mrs. Samuel Frake, of Prospect Plains, N. J., writes:
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PoIi,s New 1heater.

Joe Welch, the Hebrew character comedian, opened at Polls yesterday afternoon before a crowded house, Welch, who was formerly star of 'The Peddler," is headliner of the big Poli bill and shares first place horors with Berth Leslie and company, who have an liproarious and fast and furious come dy skit entitled "Hogan's Visit" On the olio is Daisy Harcourt, the dainty English comedienne, the Kinsons in their musical skit, Crawford and Ford, Orletta and Taylor, the singing couple, and host of others. The electrograph will complete the bill.
 The show will be repeated every aft ernoon and evening this week.
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"PBTEiR PAN"

This years win be the last American tour of Miss Maud Adams in "ePter Uan" The manuscript of her next play, a comedy also, by J. M. Barrie, is already in the hands of her manager, Charles Frohman. In this piece she will open next season MT. Frohmans new London theater, and for the first time make her bow before an entirely British public. In the meantime she is to perform the famous role of ePter Pan in those cities where the theater possesses large enough stage for the usual requirements of this production. This citys performances begin at the Hyperion next Thursday, continuing Friday and Saturday with special mat inee on the last day of the engage ment
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ENTERTAINMENT
Hyperion Thenter.

Tomorrow and Wednesday evenings, Peter F. Daley will make his appear ance in the new musical comedy, ''The Press Agent" at the Hyperion theater. The story of the play is one dpicting the trials and tribulations of press agent representing one of our modern, up-to-date musical attractions playing one-night stands.
 Messrs. shubert Brothers in select ing the supporting cast for MT, Daley have used their usual conservative methods to make this attraction a suc- cess, and have given MT. Daley in reality bevy of beauties who are sup posed to support him in some of the latset and most catchy songs, as only the star knows how to present.
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ISDELL WILL ARGUMENTS
BEFORE JUDGE CLEATELAND IN
 PROBATE COURT.

Attorney Arvine Sums Up Reasons for
 Relieving That Interlineation in Will
 Was Made by MT. IsbelI at Time Will
 Was signed-No Evidence He Con-
 tends That InterIfneation Was Not
 Made Before Execution of VIII and
 Indications Are That It Was.
 The arguement took place in the Is- bell will case yesterday MT ArVlne opened for Mrs. Todd. He claimed that there was no presumption Of law either that the interlineation was WrItten De- fore the will was executed or after. He quoted authorities to the effect that slight circumstances could satisfy the court that the interlineation was made at the time the will was signed. He said that the case before the court was that of an alteration made by the tes- tator in his own will, in his own hand writing. and that the ito Mrs, which was interlined, and converted the will from one which was in Theron A. Todd's favor to a will in Mrs Theron A. Todd's favor, had been shown to be in MT. IsbellS handwriting, ana that there was no evidence to the contrary. That fact was practically conceded. That fact, he claimed, removed all sus- picion that the will had been tampered with by any stranger or any person claiming any interest under it. and went very far to show that the alter alton was made at the time of the ex- ecution.
 1t appeared that Lawyer Kenyon, who drew the will, handed it to MT. lsbell, and Mr. Isbell had it in his possession for about two hours before it was ex- eeuted. During that time he discussed it's contents with Theron A. Todd. Theron Todd's property was in his wife's name at that time, and the change from Theron Todd to Mrs. Todd, as Mir Arvine claimed, was undoubetdly due to that fact The will was written first in manuscript, and the manuscript copy was handed to MT. Isbell. Then MT. Kenyon prepared a typewrtten copy, which had the usual attestation clause, and was therefore the less de- sirable of the two. After Mir Isbell had discussed the will with MT. Todd he in- sisted upon using the manuscript in- stead of the typewriter copy. There was no explanation for that choice of the less desirable copy except that MT. Isbell had altered the manuscript and preferred the manuscript on that ac- count.
 One of the witnesses, Mr Watterson, testified that at the time that the will was executed Theron Todd called Mir. Isbells attention to something in the will, and the witness remembered that he noticed at that time that the will was not a neat document. The Mrs 1" is interlined in very heavy black ink, and has made blot in folding, the blot coming about where the witness would sign. There is nothing else ex- cept this interlineation Mrs" and this blot that in any way disfigures the will and make t in any way appear not to be neat and clean. There is no other way of accounting for the witness, Watterson's impression, except either the interlineation or the blot, or both.
 MT. Arvine contended that if the will was altered after it was executed, there would be no motive for doing it ex- cent at Theron Todd's death, If it was
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In the Fifty-eighth congress a certain committee tried to get possession of the papers in the investigation of the post office frauds. I find that you voted to withhold the papers, If you had not voted to suppress the information don't you think the perpetrators of the frauds would have been brought to jus tice?
 Voted in favor of the ship subsidy bill.
 Voted to force Arizona, against her will, into statehood with New Mexico.
 Voted to restrict purchases for Pan- anna canal practically to the tariff pro- tected trusts.
 Voted to pay MT. Roosevelt's travel ing expenses.
 I am in favor of reducing tariff taxes on the necessaries of life oftthe masses. Are you?
 I favor free raw materials for our manufacturers. Do you?
 I favor reducing the tariff taxes paid to the trusts by the people of this coun- try, where those trusts are selling abroad for less than in the domestic market Do you?
 Where the tariff tax Is over 100 per cent. I would reduce it. Would you?
 Corsets pay salaries to the manufact- urers running from $5,oOO to $2O,00O, and divide up $12O,0 ,00O per annum in one fac- tory among stockholders.
 The corset industry enjoys protec- tion under the Dingley bill of over 50 per cent, and labor, according to the Connecticut labor bureau, receives in this industry an average daily wage of $1.04.
 Does the Dingley bill do it? Numerous of your constituents are asking me what your opinions are on numerous of the great modern ques- tions now knocking at our loors. What shall say and where can direct them to look for the information? Have you ever done anything to un- earth land frauds, postoffice and other frauds? Have you ever introduced a bill to take the burden of the work oi the world off the little shoulders of two million five hundred thousand little American children now working n fac tories and on coal breakers?
 But let's be good-natured and the best of friends over it all, as heretofore, cn the hustings and everywhere.
 Very sincerely, GEORGE M. WALLACE.
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New Haven Theater.

A MGDokAGII rhO-A h&ALCos
 "A Message from Mars" Richard Ganthony's comedy, is not only said to be exceedingly rich in comedy, but there is most delightful love romance permeating the comedy from the be- ginning to the end. The play is re- puted to have quite number of im- portant and interesting characteristics
 As a novelty 1t is doubtful, yet the sa- tire is sunny. It Is pleasing and at the same time intensely humorous but never offensive. The love scenes are said to be exceedingly strong. An ego- tistical, vain and selfish man is trans fromed into the most considerate of men, thoughtful of others, particularly the poor and unfortunate. This les son is taught him by the messenger who comes from the planet Mars. Little is known except what scientists have fig ured out about the inhabitants of Mars, but MT. Ganthony, the author of the play, has no doubt contributed, without intending to do so, an instructive les son for the benefit of the people of the earth. This most successful of come des VII be seen here at the New Ha- ven theater Thursday, Friday and Sat urday nights next week and at the mat inee Saturday, which by the way, will be It's third presentation in this city
 "A Message from Mars" is described as being intensely human. No comedy, no matter how bright it's lines or novel its theme, can live if 1t is not a true pie ture of life. The average life as it is lived must efaithfully reproduced. If the story is well told, then it appeals to the multitude. This would seem to have been the case with the Message from Mars It ran three years in Lon don, and two years in New York.
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WALLACE ANSWERS SHERRY.
Asks Questions and Sums Up Congress
 sIonal Record.


 sional Record.
 Attorney George M. Wallace, demo- cratic candidate for congress, thus re- plies to Congressman Sperry's letter de- clining to meet him in a joint debate:
 New Haven, Oct. 13, 19O6 Hon. Nehemiah D. Sperry;
 My Dear Mir Sperry-Your open let- ter in the press, in which you decline to meet me in public debate, has been perused, hesitated about challenging you for a week, though urged by my friends, lest my motives be misinter- preted. but finally it was put to me as q public duty and I yielded. It is best to put the campaignlon a high plane, without personalities, and confine it to the great issues between our respective parties
 After forty years in office holding it would be surprising, indeed, if your fellow citizens were not, as you say, familiar with the opinions you have held during that time. Tn yours you say your letters, speeches and public debates have made your opinions we'll known. I am one of your ,000 con stituents not favored with your letters, and 1 am told of a debate with MT. Gallagher about seventeen years ago, one with Mir. Sargent about ten years ago, and a refusal to meet MT. Pigott in debate. This leaves us three main sources from which to learn your opin- ions, to wlt-your speeches and your votes and doings in congress.
 First, as to speeches. l find that in the Fifty-eighth congress you made no speech at all, except few remarks on the Panama canal matter.
 In the Fifty-ninth congress you con- fined your speeoh-making to few re- marks about, changing the name of a reservation, and a speech on the death of Senator Platt.
 Second-As to doings other than vot- ing yea and nay, l find you have, in your twelve years at Washington, in- trodueed measures as follows:
 Fifty-fourth to Fifty-seventh con- gress, forty three private bile, six of which became law; twenty-six public bills, one only of which passed both houses and was vetoed by the presi- dent,
 In the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth congress you introduced twenty-one public bills, none of which became law, and thirty-five private bill, fourteen of which were passed
 Third, as to votes
 Fifty-fourth to Fifty-seventh con- gress, find you voted yea on the Ding ley tariff act.
 Voted for restricting the scope of sec- ond-class mail matter.
 Voted against the resolution for the election of senators directly by the people
 Did not vote on question of govern ment having it's own armor plate fac tory.
 Voted to table resolution of inquiry as to the erection of Notifications by Great Britain along our Pacific coast frontier.
 Voted against amendment subjecting ! renovated butter to inspection and ! branding.
 Voted against taking of the differen- tial on refined sugar,
 Voted to table resolution of inquiry as to dismissal of Rebecca Taylor, dis missed from office because a woman and to let in a political boss.
 Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth con l gresGes-
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do all the time. I work in sub-cs lar, sixty feet below the street level.''- ! Judge.
 Jinks-''Do you believe that a masl becomes what he eats?''
 Blinks-"Yes, I'm inclined to think N do."
 Jinls-"Well, what kind of an animal is he after eating ox-taiI soup, cracked crab, roast turkey, spring lamb and a rum omelette?" ?"-Pacifc Monthly.
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" signifies win; l. a lose;D draw; two points are credited for a victory and one point for drawn game.
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'You are anaenlic" says the physi- clan, after much humping and prod ding. You should practice deep breath ing" Deep breathing?'' retorts the patient. ''Why, doctor that's just what
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DoNoVAN FoR sENAToR.

At the convention of the Eighth sen- atorial democrats last evening held at democratic headquarters in the old Palladium building on Orange street, eX+Alderman Henry Donovan was nom- mated as candidate for senator from that district.
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BijOu Theater.

"The Christian" as presented at the Bijou this week by the Stock company, Is a piece of work that reflects great credit upon the company, and no dis credit at all upon the play. Indeed
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'Werent you fired by the college spirit when at Yale ?'' ''No. By the pres ident Cleveland Press.
 twill they hang the prisoner" Not yet. His lawyers managed to hang the jury. Baltimore American.
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ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

The Connecticut League Standing-New Haven Rangers Lead.
 The New Haven Rangers were the only team to score a victory in the opening games of the league season on Saturday, the other teams scheduled to play scoring draw of one goal each. The standing of the clubs is as follows:
 Goals
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