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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
LIGHTNING.
Strips Just One Years Growth From
 Side of Tree

Strips Just One Years Growth From
 Side of Tree
 J, A. Fisk, secretary and treasurer of the Fountain Water company, and gang of men who were at work about the colnpany's reservoir Tues day afternoon, says the Ansonia Senti- mel, tell an interesting story about the pranks of bolt of lightning which struck a tree near where they stood under shelter during the storm. After sharp snap of the lightning and the almost simultaneous crash accompa- lnying 1t, they noticed that a hand some elm tree, some seventy feet high, which stood about one hundred feet distant from them, had been stripped almost its entire length, the bolt evil dently striking the tree, which was tall and straight, fairy on the top,
 The peculiar thing about the incident was that strip about six inches wide and seven- -eighths of an inch in thick ness, was stripped from top to bottom, the bark on the tree falling back into place just as If nothing had happened, and to all appearances the tree looked | just as it did in It's original condition. This piece which was stripped from under the bark was nearly seventy | feet long, and most remarkable thing was the uniformity of its thick ness. One piece, about fifteen feet long, which was presented at the Sen l tinel office to-day, did not vary a six teenth of an inch its entire length.
 As most exogenous trees have an an nular growth, as is shown by a cross section of the trunk, 1t would appear from the specimen taken from thds tree, that the lightning had peeled just a years growth from the side of the tree, which idea Is further strength ened by the uniformity of its thick ness.
 Mir. Fisk, assisted by his worlsmen got as far up the tree as they were able with ladders and chopped off sec. tions of the strip to preserve for curi- osity's sake. Incidentally there Is ar old superstition that tooth-picks made from wood stripped from tree by lightning are charms against tooth ache, and several of the Sentinel'c force have souvenirs from this partic- lular tree-though, of course, not be. cause they are supershtious,
 A similar piece of work was done re- Ioently by the lightning upon large tree at West Haven shore, off tho Sound near the Ansantawae clut house,
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MAY BklNGlT TO ITS KNEES
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NSO44llIluGQ 4AOll1 H ll5l db6s Lake Shore railway who have testified before the grad jury recalled. These witnesses inclue James L. Clark, west ern traffic manager, and c. A. Slauson, freight agent o Chicago; M. c. Fully, R. H. Huddleson, G. B. Wheeler and H. l. Meyer, aliempIoyed in the Cleve- land offices.
 It is known hat the government of tlcials are eagr to obtain one more Ink in the evidence already secured against the Stadard Oil Co. A most determined effot will be made to com piete the chain through Grammar and clark. What the government wants particularly is he names of the Stand ard Oil officials through whom, it is charged, rebatng arrangements were made With the Lake Shore and other railroads. Witi these names in their possession the government attorneys VIII be ready t( strike.
 It was said last night that any eff forts on the part of witnesses to with hold informatian or practice evasion would meet with prompt action on the part of the government officials. The attorneys are certain that some one of the witnesses to be called to-day knows the definite information so greatly to be desired. The plan is to force the giving of the names and facts by real sweat box examinations before the grand jury.
 District Attorney Sullivan gave no animation in his dispatch as to the Standard Oil company officials he will go after That the exact programme was mapped out down to the minutest detail with the attorney general was admitted in the government building here yesterday afternoon.
 The purpose behind the subpoena. ing of Grammar as a witness shows on its face, said Assistant Distric Attorney Garry The change in plans means that the grand jury will not conclude it's investigations tomorrow
 How long before the jury will be read! to make its report I cannot say. M. M. Villas, treasurer of the Stand ard oil company of Ohio, who has beer sought as a witness, did not put in ar appearance to-day"
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coNNEcT1cUT,s HEALTH.
Report of Dr. Townsend, Secretary o

Report of Dr. Townsend, Secretary of
 the State Board,
 Dr. J. H. Townsend, secretary of the state board of health, has filed his re- port for June, which sows that there were 1,2SS deaths in Connecticut in June, or fifty-one less than in June of last year
 The death rate was 161 for large towns, 11S fer small towns, and for all Connecticut 15.1.
 The deaths from infectious diseases numbered 1S6
 Owing to the lack of sufficient funds the board was unable to make regular examination of reservoirs, but it has made arrangements for analyses, be- ginning July 1, under the direction of Professor. Conn, of Wesleyan univer- sity. Professor Conn will have as his assistant James A. Newlands, who had been engaged in water analysis under Professor Andrew Smith at Beloit, Wis consin.
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ORATORS DEFEAT THE BLUES
O1RoURKE'SMEN TAKE CLOSELY
 PLATED GAME.

Waterbury Gives New London One of
 the Worst Wallopings of the Season
 Hartford Presents Norwich With
 Air-Line of GOOse-Eggs-springf
 Defeats HOlyOke.
 Bridgeport, July Bridgeport won by the narrow margin of to against New Haven to-day. Two hits and three errors gave Bridgeport a big lead of three in the first inning, and free hit ting increased the lead in the third. Wade then replaced Nolte in the box and the changed style prevented the To- calls from meeting his delivery. Young O'Rourke made two errors in the eighth that allowed New Haven to score twice, and Sherwood threw a scare into the crowd when he cracked out a triple in the ninth, scoring on Councils hit, but the run lacked one of tying. A disa- greeable feature of the game was the antics of some of the New Haven play CTS toward Umpire Knowlton. Hannifn called him a vile name and the game was called till Policeman Murphy eject ed him from the grounds. The usual rough-house scene followed, but the player finally consented to leave the grounds. The work of the umpire was fair, being faulty on strikes and balls, but he was just to the visitors in his decisions.
 The score:
 Bridgeport.
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ELEPHANTS 4 GREAT ACT.
Professor Miller Arrives fin Hurry and /, Makes Big Hit.

Professor Miller and his remarkable troupe of trained elephants got onto nhe White City grounds at o'clock yesterday afternoon, and started their performance at o'clock which was three-quarters of an hour late. No one hardly suspected the wonderful act that Professor Miller had. The ele- phants, as he claims, are the fastest moving in the world to-day It is sur prising to see the rapidity with which these giants of the jungle go through their various acts. Professor Miller does not allow them @ moment of rest, and there Is no moment where the in- terest of the spectators is allowed to lag The ladies and children were more than delighted
 The Mascot" parties this week promiseto be very numerous. This beautiful horse which understands over a thousand commands in different lan- guages Is proving great favorite with society people, who are coming down in parties and purchasing the combination ticket for twenty-five cents. which admits to the gate, to the scenic railway, the destruction of San Francisco, and to witness the per- 6oruanee of Mascot.
 Do not forget Speck's White City roller skating bargain. A twenty-five cent combination ticket bought at the gate will admit one to the White City, and entitle him or her to skates.
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TO RE GIVEN HERE.

Victor Herbert has composed many beautiful operas musical comedies and extravaganzas, and among these none rank higher than his latest effort "It happened in Nordland," which will be presented here in the early part of the coming season. The book is by Glen MacDonough, who was the collaborator with Victor Herbert in the Babes in Toyland" Tt Happened in Nordland" is fresh from its recent triumph at Lew Fields theater New York, where 1t played for nearly two seasons to enormous business. The costumes in this piece are said to be the most elaborate and beautiful that have ever been seen on the American stage, The complete original production will be presented here.
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EXECUTION OF FINE srA1ED.
Writ of Supersedas for Men Convicted of Granting Rebates.

Chicago, July 16.-Judge Peter s. Grosscup, in the United States circuit court to-day, granted the Chicago and Alton Railway company, John N. Faithorn and Frederick A Wann writs of supersedeas, staying the execution of a fine aggregating $6O,OOO assessed against the three defendants a short time ago by Judge Landis nthe United States district court on charges of granting illegal rebates to Schwarzs- child & Sulzberger, meat packers. At the same time a bond of s80,OOO, pending an appeal of the case to the United States circuit court of appeals, was filed by the defendants. This is a friendly proceeding, as both sides to the case are anxious to have decision of the higher courts on the rebate question.
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WIDOW OBJECTED.
Opposed Demand of S5O,OOO on Persia
 for Murder of Husband.

Washington, July 16.-In the Persian Correspondence, in the portion of the Red Book on foreign relations, which was made public by the state depart ment to-day, it contained a strong pro- test addressed by Mrs. Mary Sehauf- fer Labaree, formerly of Urumia, Per sia to American Minister Richmond Pearson, at Teheran, against the exac- ton by the United States government of an indemnity of $50,OO0 for the mur- der of her husband, Rev. Benjamin w. Labaree, a missionary, killed on Mount Ararat by religious fanatics Mrs. Labaree made the following declara- i tion:
 T believe that the great mission cause to which my husband and ded- icated our lives, and which has be- come dearer to me by the great sacri- 1 flee l have been called upon to make for it, may receive serious injury, if my children and I accept the indemnity for this murder. The matter would not be understood by the great mass of the people in this district, who would in- evitably know of it, and the Persian idea of blood money is so different from our civilized understanding of an indemnity. Thus serious and lasting injury might be done to the mission cause for which we have already sacri- feed so much that l prefer to waive my right as an American citizen rather than see this cause suffer"
 She further protested against the size or the indemnity, saying that while her husbands life could not be measured in value by the standards prevailing in that country which fixed the life of a Christian at 33 tomans (dollars) and the maximum value of life of a Moslen at 1000 tomans. yet the disproportion between the sum demanded in this case with that of sums paid in similar cir cumstances by other governments was too great. Mrs. Labaree asked that the strongest measures be taken by the United States government to see thai if any indemnity was in the end exact ed it should not be extorted by the Persian government from the innocent people of the province where the mur. der occurred.
 In spite of her protest $3O,OoO was actually paid to her by Persia before the thirty days period named In the ul timatum of the United States had ex pred This sum was three times greater than the maximum ever before paid by the Persian government for tn, murder of private person.
 | Minister Pearson obtained promise that the money should not be levied un der any guise of special tax from thu inhabitants of the province.
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STOCK MARKET FEATURES
Continued from Seventh Page.)

market, purchases being about 2000O,- 900 shares out of SO,0O0 deat in. The buying covered many of the active is- sues, including United States Steel and the grangers.
 It was the absence of the real liqui- dalton that gave the bears the most anxiety. There were plenty of indica- tions at the weekend that specula- tive liquidation had ceased.
 The chief bensfaiary of all of the stock market movements 5ius far has apparently beer the interests who own the largest amounts of the Hill stocks. They are credited with steady liqui- dation of them on each ''bulge." The statement of domestic exports ir June was rather better than antici- pated. There was an increase of $1,- 141,000 in breadstuffs and of $1,S12,00C in provisions, which includes canned goods, but falling off of 900 in cotton. Altogether the total vale was reduced S2,O5e, 46S, For the year there was an increase in total exports of s1S9, 11S,750.
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Local Weather Report,
Brief Mention.

High water to-day, S:21 p. m.
 The Metropolitan Magazine for Au- gust at the Pease-Lewis Co.'S
 Louis Begina, the railway clerk on the Northampton division of the New Haven road, and residing at S7 Shelter street, is i'll.
 Edward J. Nugent of 170 William street West Haven, who was prostrat- ed by the heat Saturday afternoon and taken to his home in & serious condi- tion, is rapidly recovering and Dr. Bar nett, the attending physician, states that he will be about again in a few days.
 The condition of James H. GrifFiths, of the firm of J. H, Grifflths & Sons, Grand avenue contractors, who was in- jured in a collision with a trolley car while riding on his motorcycle up >lChapel street Sunday afternoon, was reported as very favorable at the New t:aven hospital yesterday.
 The grand master of the F. and A. M. of this state has announced that every louB9 III LHe JuflSulCllOn must have at least one session during July and August. This order was necessary owing to the large number of lodges asking for dispensations to omit ses- sions for these two months.
 The savings banks in the state have filed In the comptroller's office the list of unclaimed deposits of twenty years or more standing. The New Haven Savings bank leads, with 149 depositors, amounting to $2O 2SoS6. The Society of Savings in Hartford is second, with 493 depositors with an amount of $2O, O43. 99.
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Books Added to July 11-Fiction.

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 Hume, F. Lady Jim of Cursor Street; HSS.5.
 Phillips, D. G. The Fortune Hunter; P541.S.
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 Tracy, L. Karl Grier; T671,6.
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 Brears w. H. Eloeution, its First IPriuciples 8OS5 B5O,
 Bridgman, R. L. World organiza- The Poetry of Life; So8i @.
 Cattell, J. M. American Men of Sci ence; Reference Room.
 Clayden, A. w Cloud Studies; 5515 lCL
 Connecticut Secretary of State Connecticut Register and Manual 1906; Reference Room.
 De Quincey, T. Joan of Arc and the English Mail Coach; edited by c. S Baldwin; S24s1 J. Dubois, L. L. Saint Francois of As | sisi; B FS41 F. I Egan, NJ. F. The Ghost in Hamlet and Other Essays; S04 E5.
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NEW HAvEN poLo CLUE.

Captain Louis F. stoddard of the New Haven Polo club has chosen Ray mond G. Keeney, one of the crack players of the Taconlc Polo club to take the place of J. c. Rathborne, the New Haven player, who recently went to Europe Mir Keeney will play with the teams in the finals for the Blizzard cup in the Rockaway Hunt club tournament at Cedarhurst L. I. By defeating the Squadron A team the New Ravens won their way to the final matches. Keeney lis an excellent player and will be able ito make the place of Rathbone good, The New Haven team will be composed of Stoddard, Webb, Keeney and Phipps. The Rockaway club team will meet New Havens in the finals, The game will De played at Cedarhurst to-nlor- row. Captain stoddard has accepted an invitation to play with the Great Neck, L. l., club during it's coming tournament next week.
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sAvIN ROCK ExCT7RsTONs.

The first popular excursions of this season under the management of the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad company, from Winsted and points south to savin Rock, will be on Saturday, July 31, and from Darien and South Norwalk on Wednesday, July IS, A special train leaves Water bury on Saturday at SEQ a. m, due New Haven at a. m.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

Berries-J B. Judson. Baseball-Savin Rock Grounds. Clearance Sale-Davis & Co. Canned Tomatoes-D. M. Weleh &, Son Clearance Sale-Chas. Monson Go. Domesties-Howe & Stetson Co. Discount-The Chamberlain Co. For Sale-Lot-86 Cassius St. pe-Nuts-Grocers Precious Stones-The Ford Co, Postum-Grocers'.
 S0rois Shoes-Sorosis Shoe Co. Special-Mendel & Freedman. -Gamble-Desmond Go.
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cHARGED WITH THEFT

Louis Williams, of Highwood, was ar- rested by Detective Dorman yesterday afternoon on a charge of theft of auger bits in Wallingford during the early part of this month. He was taken to Wallingford last night by Officer Daniel Reilly. of Wallingford.
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prc1sTRARs HOLD SESSION

Louis Knollmeyer and Francis W. Fo- lev. registrars of voters, held a session in city hall last evening to start their lists of voters as required by laws en- acted at the last session of the legisla- ture. A good number of citizens were present to put down their names.
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SUIT AGAINST M,CURDK.
called Upon to Account for s2,OOO,OOO
 og POlicxholders Money.

New York, July 16.-Richard A. Mo- Curdy, former president of the Mutual Life Insurance company, was served teddy through his counsel, Delaney Nicol, with papers in suit which calls upon him to account for about S2,OOO,0OO of the policyholders' money, disbursed through yellow dog funds during his regime.
 This is the second suit brought by the company individually against it's former president. and the fifth against him, his son, Robert, and his son-in- law, Lewis A. Thebaud
 In announcing the new suit the Pea body administration issued state ment, saying:
 "The complaint was to-day served in the second action brought against Mir. McCurdy under the advice of Mir. Jo- seph NJ. Choate"
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D. C., July 16, p. m.
 Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler Tues ! day in the interior; fresh south to southwest winds.
 For New England: Showers Tuesday cooler in west and south portion; "Wednesday showers; fresh south to southwest winds.
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HOLYOKE TO-DAY.

Holyoke and New Haven will cross bats at the Savin Rock grounds this afternoon, the game to be called at 9;45, Holyoke, under Tommy Dowd, is now playing gilt-edge ball, and a rattling contest should be witnessed to-day. Either Nolte or Tuckey will pitch for the locals and Dolan for the visitors
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EAGLES GETTING READY.
Making Arrangements for New Eng,
 land Efald Dau ..

IHdNIIIS AIIdIIStIH5IIls IUr N6W Eng~
 land Field Day.
 The Eagles of the state are making arrangements for a large representation at the New England field day, which is to be held in Worcester, August 2. Full ly 1000 members of the organization, together with half that number of friends, will go from Connecticut in spe- cial trains on the afternoon of August l and proceed to Worcester at once, where hotel accommodations have been provided for them. A special train will probably be engaged for Bridgeport and New Haven Eagles. A reduced rate has already been secured for the mem bers and their friends attending the field day.
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DoUGHERrY RE1NsTATED.

Cincinnati, July 16.-P. A. Dougherty of the New York and Chicago American league baseball clubs, will be reinstated on the payment by him of fine of $15O and by the New York club of $25, ac- cording to a decision announced by the national baseball commission to-day
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Whole Town Threatened.

Norfolk, Va, July l6-The mayor of Franklin, Va, in a message to the chief of the fire department of Portsmouth, says the whole town is threatened by fire and has asked for assistance. The Portsmouth fire department will go to the scene on a special train.
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THE FERocTous couA GAMBIA.

The Walter L. Main circus combin- ed with the Col Cummin's Greater Wild West and Indian congress comes to New Haven next Friday, There will be exhibited one of the largest menag- cries of trained wild animals in exist ence and which have been trained to appear in one cage, something unpre- cedented in the history of educated wild beasts. In this connection there will be seen the Cola Camba, the offspring of the chimpanzee and gorilla and which is more ferocious than either of it's begetters. This specimen of the Cola Camba is the only one in this country.
 With the geological exhibit will be seen also the celebrated Powers hip podrome elephants from the Hippo drome building in New York, where they were the sensation for twelve months. These elephants will do a bar Der shop act; a bowling alley contest, and will appear in farcical skit The Wedding of Princess Alive"
 Scores of circus and hippodrome features new, novel and fetching by imported talent, Magnificent street pa- rade on show morning,
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HURT AT SPRING STREET.

Michael Bracken Sustains Some Bad
 Wounds.
 Michael Bracken of 41 Putnam street, was injured near the Spring street crossing at 4 o'clock yesterday after moon, He was taken to the New Haven hospital, where it was found that he was suffering from a bad bruise on the right leg, another on the left leg, and his left ankle was spramed, He is fifty five years old.
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New Haven.

Earned runs-Bridgeport ?, New Ha- ven 2. Two-base hit-Ladd. Three base hit-Sherwood. Sacrifice hit Odell Stolen base-Odell. Double plays Phoenix to O'Rourke, ST.; Cornen to Phoenix to O'Rourke, jr., to O'Rourke, ST. Left on Bridgeport 4, New Haven 8. First base on balls-Off Cor nen 2, off Nolte l. Hit by pitched ball Ladd. Struck out--By Cornen 3, by Nolte ?, by Wade 5. TiI'se of game One hour and forty-five minutes. Um- pire-Knowlton
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SPRINGFIELD 5. HoLYoKE 4

Springfield, July 16.- Springfield won from Holyoke this afternoon, to 4, by hitting Stackpole hard in the fifth inn ing. Five singles and tumble by Southwell scored all five runs. The score by innings;
 RH 1t Springfield .....OOOO5OOO*-5 [ 1 Holyoke ...".1.O O8OOOOO-4 2 2 Batteries-Luby and O'Connor; Stack pole and Schincel
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RH,E New York .....,oOOOOO1O2-8 g l St. Louis ......O OOOO1 OO--1 8 l Batteries-Taylor and Bresnahan; Egan and Murray and W. Marshall