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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
5ENklNs sTNeMRseN
 tlNcoapoRATep) OPP THE TOWN PUMP NEW HAVEN. CONN,

between Olive and railroad cut, a two foot line Brownel street betweon Edgewood and Elm 20 foot line, Edgewood avenue between Brownell and West Park, a 30 foot line; Congress avenue, between George and Commerce streets a two foot line; Congress ave- nue between Arch and White streets, a two foot line; 1t corner of York and Chapel streets, 10 foot line; Gamer street between Livingston and orange, 20 foot line Olive street between Wooster and Water, two foot line; Irving street between Norton street and Boulevard, 15 foot line; Minor street between Cedar and Howard, a seven foot line DiXwel avenue be- tween Webster and Foote, an IS inch line Foote street between DlXwel and Winter, a 10 foot line except for 15 feet west from Dixwell avenue.
 The special committee appointed at the last meeting to consider the petit tion for the securing for the city of a site for sanitary and public purposes reported last night in favor of the pur- chase of the old Halstead and Har- mount property on Water street This site has been talked of by the alder men and the board of finance for a long time 1T the board of finance supplies the money the site may soon be bought,
 X petition was received from the rail- road asking approval of its plans for the connecting of the tracks on the new trolley yiaduct with those on New Union avenue This went to the com mittee on legislation.
 The agreement between the city and the Connecticut company for the use by the latter of disputed paving blocks pending q settlement of ownership was i passed last night.
 Al the conclusion of the regular busi- ness of the session a motion was made | to put all unfinished business over to | the incoming board and the board for ! this year adjourned after a little speech of thanks from President Allen and the presentation to him by Alder man Muvey on the part of the board of the gave with which he has ruled over the meetings of the past year.
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HOLIDAY BASKET Sparkling Wines. containing ? Pt Champagne, 2 Pt Burgundy, 2 Pt NosclIe,
 Complete S4,50.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
Destination of Battleship Sail ing from Norfolk Under Seal ed Orders Believed to
 Be Venezuela.
GOVERNMENT IS T0TTLING
Rear Admiral Arnold in Charge of the NcsscI--NashIngto Says the
 Ship Has Gone "On A Cruise"

Washington, Dec. 21.--CompIete mystery, so far as any official admis- sion can be obtained, surrounds the destination of the battlcship Maine, which left Norfolk to-day under sca!- ed orders
 Neither the state nor the navy dc- partment officials will make any s;ate- ment on the subject any more than to gay that the vessel has gone lon d cruise" They will not deny or af- firm rumors that were current to-day that the ship is bound for any duty at or in the vicinity oG Venezuelan waters The American government is without any naval representation in that immediate section and should an outbreak against the existing govern ment occur such American interests as may exist in the ports of La Gualra Porto Cabello and Mararaibo would
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
u,RnoR COMMISSIONERS MEET

The hoard of harbor commissioners held short session in City hall last night at. which they considered the matter of the placing of lights on jettlcs that run into the harbor. Il was decided to confer with the light house board on the matter and to try to have lights placed on these ietties The one especially mentioned was that at City Point
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
BARGE CAPTAIN LOSES LEG.

While walking along some railroad tracks at Belle dock yesterday after noon. about 2;30. Louis Summons, q middle aged man, captain of the barge B R. Dudley, was run down by a train and his left leg crushed. He was taken Co the New Haven hospital where the left leg was amputated be- tween the foot and the knee.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
They Enable the Prudent PLUM PUDDING.

 Mrs. Hardcastle's, lb tins. .. .''oc Franco American, 2-lb tins. o0c Franco American, lib tins. 3Oc MINCE MEAT (Brick's). s-lb nails 75c
 NUTS Gin the shell). Pecans. English Walnuts, Bra Zils. Almonds. Filberts, Mixed Nuts-all kinds, ID. 2Oc CE SEE Uarge AssortmcnD. I eaple, Edam, Camembert, RGIuefort, English Dairy, Old American. all kinds jar Cheescs Phil. Cream.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
su.kn-,rlN WASHINGTON

Washington. Dec, 2t.-By order of President Roosevelt Major Jay G. Nor row, the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia, was relieved of that office to-day and transferred to succeed Major Spencer Cosby, In charge of the Washington Aaueduct. who was immtdlately assigned to duty as engl- neer commissioner.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
Populaf Gift Pieces.

FOR EVERYBODY Christmas gifts for everybody in China, Cut Glass, Metal Wares--artlcles having assurance of merit, even in the low priced ones,
 FOR MEN, Smoking Sets, Ash Trays Shaving Mugs, Croton Sets Coasters, stcins and Tankards, Match Boxes.
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LEGAL BAR TO
 G0RHAM REPORT

Continued from First PageJ
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-22
RAISINS
PRUNES.

French Extra Large, ID. 25c German Stuffed. ID. 85c
 German Stuffed, E lib 35c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

IT is human life. We are blown upon the world :;
float buoyantly upon the summer air little
while. complacently showing off our grace of form
and dainty, iridescent colors: then we vanish
with a little puff. leaving nothing behind but a
memory-and sometimes not even that. l sup
pose that at those solemn times when wake in the
deeps of the night and reflect there is not of
who is not willing to confess that he is really only
soap bubble, and as little worth the making.
| remember those days of twenty-one years ago.
and certain pathos clngs about them. Susy. with
her manifold young charms and her iridesCent mind
as lovely bubble any made that day. and
youth and beauty and nothing of her is left but
heartbreak and memory. That long vanished
day came wildly back to few weeks ago. when.
for the first time in twenty-one years. found myself
again amusing a child with smoke charged soap
bubbles.
Susy's next date is November goth. 1885, the eve
of my fiftieth birthday. 1t seems good while ago.
l must have been rather young for my age then for
/ trying to tame old fashioned bicycle nine
feet high. 1t is to almost unbelievable, at my
present stage of life, that there have really been
people willing to trust themselves upon dizzy and
nstabe altitude like that, and that l of
them. Twiche and took lessons every day. He
succeeded. and became master OF the art OF riding
that wild vehicle but had no gift in that direction
and never able to stay on mine long enough to
get any satisfactory view of the planet.
Every time tried to steal look at pretty girl
any other kind of scenery, that single moment of
inattenton gave the bicycle the chance it had been
waiting for and the front of it and struck
the ground my head or my back before had time
to realize that something was happening l dldn
always go the front Way,-I had other ways
and practised them all; but, matter which way
was chosen for me there always one mOnOtOnOus
result the bicycle skinned my leg and eaped up
into the air and came down on top of me. Some
times its wires were SO sprung by this violent per-
Torrance that it had the collapsed look of
brella that had had misunderstanding with cy-
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Soap Bubbles and Child Culture

Mr. Clemens YOU can fall off a bicycle in more
different ways than any person | ever saw before.
dictated DECEMBER 81. Ioo6l
WISH to insert here some pages of Susy's biogra-
ply of in which the biographer does not
scatter according to her custom but sticks pretty
steadily to single subject until she has fought it
to finish:
Feb -. 80.
Last summer while We were in Elmira an article came
in the Christian Union by What ought he to
have done treating of the government of children
rather giving an account OF fathers battle with his little
of question whether the father disciplined the child
correctly not different people wrote their of the
done Mamma had long known how to discpln children.
for fact the bringing of children had been of her
speciaes for many She had great many theories.
but of them that If child big enough to be
nauty it big enough to be whipped and here all
agreed with her l remember one morning when DR.
came up to the he had long @ with
of important rule for Furnishing child She said
will suppose the boy has thrown handkerchief the
he refuses Then you must either pick the hand
kerchief have whipping My theory to make
child have whipping and pick up the handkerchief too
say If you do not pick it up must punish YOU he
doesn't he gets the whipping, but pick the hander
chief. he does he gets punishment tell him to do
thing he dsobeys he punished tor DONG but not
forced to obey afterwards.
When Clara and had been very nauty being
very nauty the would go and call Mamma and she
looking at when she dspleased she could
right through u.s. till ready to sink through the
say. This usually followed with Clara
Susy what do you by this! do you want to
to the bathroom with me-, Then followed the climax
for Clara and both only we'll what going to the
bath room meant.
But mammals first and foremost object make the
child understand that he being punished for his sake
and because the mother loves him that she allow
him to do wrong also that it hard for her to punish
him for him to be punished and harder Mamma
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allowed herself punish when she angry with
she struck because she enjoyed at and
felt like striking had been nauy and had enjoyed
that she thought she felt would show the least bit
of temper toward while FURNISHING she always post
poned punishment until she chafed by
behavior She humored herself by striking punish
because while she the least bit enjoyed with
the bath being whipped by the paper cutter
But after the whipping did not allow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

patient creature with pathetically grave face He
never smiled; he never made a remark; he always
gathered me tenderly up when plunged off, and
helped me again without word. When he had
been teaching twice day for three weeks. l
introduced gymnastic.-one that he had
never seen before, SO at last compliment was
wrung from him. thing which l had been riskng
my life for days to achieve. He gathered up
and said nournfully:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

NA teachin G
Jean a little natur-
al history and Is
making a little
collection of in
sects for her. But
mamma does not
allow Jean to kill
any insects she
only collects those
insects that are
foun d de a d
Mamma has told
us all, particularly
Jean. to bring her
all the little dead
insects that she
finds. The other
day as we were
all sitting at sup
per Jean broke
into the room and
ran triumfantly
up to Mamma and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
DANCY ON THE STUMP.
Recorder Of Deeds Working for the
Republican Ticket.

Recorder of Deeds John c. Dancy re-
turned from a weeks tour Of campaign
Ing in northern New York and left
last evening for Wilmington. Del. He
has been assigned by the republican
national campaign committee for work
from now until the close of the cam
paign. He Will be in Delaware. Mary
land and New Jersey this week TO re-
turn next Monday To Rochester. y. y.
for Il day. From there he Will go TO
New Jersey, jumping thence TO 1ndi-
ana. where he Will be engaged until
election day.
Mr. Dancy says he is satisfied that
Taft Will carry New York state by a
handsome plurality and that Gov.
Hughes appears TO be gaining daily, SO
much. indeed. that he is confident of
the governors reelection. Mr.. Dancy
also said that the latest reports from
Indiana are TO the effect that there is
no longer doubt OF Taft's success in
that state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Leave OF absence for one month is
granted Maj. Frederick Perkins, adju-
tant general.
Capt. Robert N. Blanchard. Medical
Corps. is relieved from duty 4, Fort Win
gate, \. NJ, and will proceed TO Fort
Sheridan. H.
Capt. Guy G. Palmer. 3Olh Infantry,
will proceed to the hospital at Fort Bay
ard. y. NJ. FOR observation and treat
ment.
Promotions in the Coast Artillery Corps
are announced as follows: Lieut. Col AL
bert Todd. to be colonel; Maj. c. p.
Townsley, to he lieutenant colonel and
Capt D w. ketchanl. to be major.
Leave Of absence for fifteen days is
granted Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Edgeriy.
First Lieut.. Maurice Buchsbaun. Med
ical Reserve Corps, recently appointed. Is
ordered to active duty at Fort D. A
Russell, Wyo
Care Robert o. Van Horn. Eth In.
fautry. is relieved from duty in the otiice
OF the chief of staff, and will join his
regiment in Cuba
BY direction OF the President. and upon
the application Of Cook Andrew J. Beck
Company G. I'd Infantry. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
Lieut. Col. Grin y. Mitcham ordnance
of the following named militia batteries
for the purpose OF inspecting them
First and I'd batteries. National Guard
of New York. New York city: I'D Battery
National Guard of New York. Brooklyn
\. Y; Battery a, Field Artillery, Ma
tional Guard OF New Jersey, East Orange
y. J.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. W. G.. Mitchell. from command
Of Stringham to command Macdonough.
Ensign G. 3. Wright, from Stringlsam to
Macdonough.
Ensign II. G. Fuller has been commits
SIGNED.
Ensign r. ]. Fletcher. from Eagle to
home and wait orders.
Asst. Surgeon NJ DonelSon, from
Stringham 10 Marlborough.
Capt. T. c. Turner. Us. NC. has been
commissioned.
Naval Movements.
The collier Justin~has arrived at Coro-
nado. the tug Rocket at Norfolk and the
torpedo boats Tingey, Thornton and De-
Long at Annapolis.
The gunboat Cugoa has sailed from
Manila for Hongkong. the gunboat Nan.
shan and collier Alexander from Manila
for Annoy the scout Salem from New
York for Qua ntanamo and the scout Ches-
ter from Newport on her final trial.
Return of Secretary Wright.
in favor of Taft and Sherman in New
York city Monday night. has resumed his
official duties at the War Department.
This morning he gave Il hearing to parties
interested in contracts for certain mu-
nicipal works in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
REDS CASE ADVANCED.
Soldier Suing for Pay
for Term of Enlistment.

shooting up" incident yesterday when
in the Supreme Court of the United
States a motion to advance the case of
Oscar W. Reid on the docket was filed
in Reid's behalf.
Reid belonged to the 18th Infantry.
and the President dismissed him with
out honor on the charge Of being impli-
Gated in the Brownsville riot of August
Il. 1906. The suit is to compel payment
Of Reds salary up to the expiration of
his enlistment. The Attorney General
concurred in the motion TO advance and
the case probably will be argued in De-
cember.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

CARROLL STREET SOUTHEAST be-
tween LIST and I'd streets-Walter L.
Collins ct uN. to Samuel B. and Mary
s: Johnson. lot 6s. square 49,: slo.
WHITTINGHAM-Rob II. Rutherford
to Samuel w. Rutherford, part lots
4 and Z; SO.
REPRESENTATIVES. Schmidt ct ux. 10
Carl W. Schmidt. lot 46. block Il: So
Mamie f. Grimm. lot a.. block II; so.
RANDLE HIGHLANDS-Cnited States
Realty Company to Samuel d. Ham,
mer. lot 80. square 1924: so.
MOUNT PLEASANT-H. Latane Lewis
ct ux: to Margaret \. Berckmann. lot
PLEASANT PLAINS-Edward j. Han
nan ct ux. to Raphael L. Shanafelt,
lots AZ and 40: SO.
NOS 45 AND A HANOVER PLACE
NORTHWEST AND VIRGINIA AVE
NUE. SOUTHEAST between ID and
Sd streets-Emil G. Schafer ct ux. to
Raphael L. Shanafeit lots 80 and so.
square 617. and lot Is. square 766; SO.
HOLMEAD MANOR-Delsie B. Appel ct
+ viz. Charles A. jr., to Mary E. Simp-
son. lot g. block 45; $40.
F STREET SOUTHWEST between Sd
and AZ streets-Sidney A. Sumby ct
ux. to Francesca A. PUGET, part orig
inal lot Z. square 53S: SO.
STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 14th streets-Frank P. Sheehy ct
ux. to Calvin H. and Martha E. Baker.
part lots =; -: 30 ; ssu Irre, los: $40
WEST-James a. Cahill ct ux. to
Mary z. Hay. lot 10, square 1875; SO
1900 1905 AND 160s STH STREET
NORTHWEST-Laura G.. Robinson to
Llewellyn Powell. lots 16. IL and TO-
square 1856; SO.
SAUL'S ADDITION-B. Francis Saul ct
al. to Roy NJ Hickman. lot "a, square
:S0S: 81 COO.
YOCNGSBOROUGH- c. Daller TO
Albert Pifferling. part: SlO.
624 T STREET NORTHW EST-Mary L.
Gibbs to Lee Heckinger. lot - square
AL: so.
V STREET NORTHWEST between 18th
and 18th Streets-W. Wallace Chiswe.1
ct al. to James H. Waugh, lot $50.
square 235: SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
TRAINS KILL FOUR.
One Girl Had Stepped on Rails to
See Carcass of Dog.

CUMBERLAND, Nd. October 21.-An-
thony Fliburn. miner. was run down by
a fast freight train and instantly killed.
In attempting to get out OF the way of
one train he stepped directly in the path
Of another.
Mary Premes. eighteen years old, re-
turning home after working all night in
Connel:sville restaurant as cook, stop
been killed, when a passenger train came
out of the fog. instantly killing her.
Writ Kirby. a miner. employed near
Fairmont, was run over by a Baltimore
and Ohio train near Valley Falls, w. Va.
and his body mangled. He was extremely
deaf.
Harry e. Logan, machinist in the Bal
timore and Ohio shops. was instantly
killed near Layton falling beneath the
wheels OF an eastbound freight on which
ne vas riding from Glenwood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
Toistoi Thanks Well wishers.

ST. PETERSBURG. October 21.-Count
Leo Tolstoi has addressed an open letter
Of thanks to all those who congratulat. I'd
him last month on the eightieth ami
versary of his birth. He expresses him
self as deeply touched at the many ex-
pressions of appreciation and sympathy.
and regrets that he is unabl. to reply
personally to his thousands of we'll wish
ers in all parts Of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
change investment: attorneys. Thompson

change investment: attorneys. Thompson
& Laskey.
Estate of Margaret A. Mexican; will
dated May %. 1895, filed.
Estate o: William H. hunter; viii dated
March Il. 1881 filed.
Estate of John A. Stewart: order to re-
tin unsold personal property: attorney.
w H. NARROW
Estate of frances Martha Able: will
dated June 90 1883. filed.
Estate O: Emily Boston; will dated
August 26 1905 filed.
Estate of Luther H. Posey; will dated
March 3, 1898, filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
Vermont Elects Senators.

MONTPELIER. VT, October 21.-The
two branches of the Vermont legislature
voting separately yesterday afternoon. re-
elected United States Senator William T.
Dillingham; FOR another term of six years.
and elected former Gov. Carroll S. PaS,
to fill the remainder of the unexpired term
of the late United States Senator Redfield
Proctor. Both are republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21
ARMY SURGEONS FOOT 1T.
Four Medical officers Doing Fifty.
Mile Walk.

The four medical officers Of the army
who started from this city Monday morn
ing TO walk fifty miles in three days COM
pletcd that task in the allotted time in
fairly good condition this afternoon. The
quartet was composed Of Col. Valary Ha-
ward. Maj. Charles r. Mason and Mai.
Charles Lynch. on duty in the surgeon
generals Office. War Department, and
Mai. William D. Crosby, on duty AT the
Soldiers Home. They walked an average
of seventeen miles u day over roads in
this vicinity.
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Desperate Criminal Dies in the Pen.

BALTIMORE, October ol.-When John
r. Williams died with pneumonia in the
Maryland penitentiary Sunday night there
ended the life of one Of the most desper-
ate criminals that ever roamed the east
ern states. man who had been mixed up
lin several murders and who was finally
captured with his pals by Baltimore de-
tectivcs in Pittsburg in 1886.
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Kern's Cousin Dies in virginia.

BRISTOL. Tenn. October 21.-Isaac T.
Kern. sixty years old. first cousin or
the democratic vice presidential candi-
date. died Monday at his home at Big
Stone Gap. Va. He was a confederate
soldier. He was a republican.
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Assigns to His Creditors.

George J. Davis. dealer in mems fur
nishines II 905 G street northwest, has
filed an assignment for benefit of credi-
tors TO Irwin Fl. Linton. He lists his
debts at s21J691 and claims assets Of
s. .22J0.03.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-21

Maryland and Virginia, fair tonight and
Thursday. warmer Thursday: fresh east
erly winds
Maximum temperature past twenty-f oul
hours. 81; year ago. 60.
The storm that has moved northward
over the plains states during the last
three days is now central north Of North
Dakota. with reported minimum pressure
%. IS inches at GU Appeue. \ storm de-
velopment is indicated in the Rio Grande
valley. Over the eastern portion Of the
country the pressure has continued high
and the temperature is somewhat below
the seasonal average Showers have been
followed by clearing weather in the Mis-
scuri valley and the Rocky mountain dis
tricts, and rain is reported this morning
in a narrow belt that extends from the
upper Mississippi valley over Oklahoma.
Fair weather viii continue during the
next thirty-siX hours in the middle-east-
ern and southeastern states. with rising
temperature Thursday.
The winds a'ong the middle and south
Atlantic coasts will be fresh northeast
erly, and on the east gulf coast fresh
easterIy.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northeas' erly Winds
and fair weather'to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation I'm
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Duluth. 10; Okla
homa. 1874; lola. 1.S4.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau tor the twenty-four hours
bertpninP at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures 20, pm, 50;
p M, %: II midnirht. 10. October q.
IS. Maximum. 81. at pm. October 20
minimum. 43. at am. October y.
Observation-Disclosures 70. f pm, 3O.26:
pm. 1898: l. midnight 3O.37. October
u. am. SO; am, 3O39; noon, 40
, pm, 30. 80
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition OF water
at s. am. Great Falls-Temperature. 60:
condition, T. Dalcecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature, c.: condition at north copnec-
ton, 10: condition at south connection,
TO- Georgetown distributing reservoir
Temperature. 81: condition at infiuent
gatehouse, 10; condition at effluent gate
house, 10.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. ia: am: high tide
5:05 am. and 5:e1 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1907 am. and
1928 pm: high tide. 5:5: am and 6:0>
pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today--Sun rose, G:1I am; sun sets
J:13 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. CHS am.
Moon rises 2:5; a m. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
| The city lights and naphtha lamps al
| lighted by thirty minutes after sunset
eXtinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescant lamps
| lighted fifteen minutes after sunset ant
extinguished forty-tive minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
| Special Dispatch TO The Star.
| HAMPERS FERRY. W. Va. October
| H.-Both rivers are clear.
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S15O.oOO Fire in Pottsville.

POTTSVILLE. Pa, October 21.-The
large furniture store. warehouse and audi
forum of Levi Hummel and the boiler
and stove works OF G. \. Schimpf on
North Center street here were destroyed
by fire today entailing loss of 100000
The fire started from an overheated CHM
ney. and spread so rapidly that only a
small amount of stock was saved.