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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
WATCH The BOATS
Inspector Rosenblatt Spends
Sunday on the Piers at
Savin Rock.
HOLDS UP THE FRANCESCA
Fifteen Life Prcservers Found Unsat-
Acknowledgements Voyage
of the Cynthia.

Since the opening and development of
Lighthouse Point park, there has been
such an increase in traffic by the wa
ter route from the Rock to the Point
and back that at least five boats are
regularly employed In carrying the
passengers.
On Sundays the traffic is particular
ly heavy and as a result yesterday In
spector Max Rosenblatt was sent down
there from the customs office and in
spected the boats throughout the day.
From near Savin Rock proper one boat,
the Grace f., ran, and from Murphys
pier the "Whiz" ran and was well fill-
cd all day From the end Of the long
pier ran the Cynthia, the Arrow, the
Elk and the Francesca These four
boats did the biggest business and were
filled from 10 o'clock in the morning
when they started running until after
10 o'clock in the evening.
Except the cynthia, whichtis licensed
as ferryboat. the boats are allowed
to carry as many passengers as they
have life preservers. Following this
rule the Arrow, Elk, Whiz and Grace
f.. were allowed to carry 50 passengers,
The Francesca had fifty life preservers
but Mr. Rosenblatt found that fifteen
of these preservers were not inspected
and informed the managers that the
boat could carry but 35. During the
day he went from pier to pier to find
that the rules were being lived up TO.
The cynthia, since it is ferryboat,
did not come under Inspector Rosen-
blatts supervision, but he nevertheless
watched 1t every trip IL made to the
long pier. The Cynthia is permitted to
carry 100 passengers, and only once
yesterday did II carry a larger num-
ber. There is good deal Of room in
the cabin and on the forward and rear
decks, and many people prefer to sit up
on the roof which does the duty of an
upper deck.
Starting across the harbor from the
| Lighthouse at $3.50 o'clock the crowd on
the cynthia feared that the boat would
| tip over. The roof was crowded and
! the boat was so topheavy that the
captain asked many to come below, and
| he let the boat run for short distance
| toward the Sound rather than turn It's
point suddenly and run the risk Of an
accident. The large number of children
abroad made the outlook especially bao
as the boat rolled from side to side
Luckily however, the trip across was
made in safety and everyone aboard
was relieved one of the deck hands
| himself was fearful that the boat wouc
roll over. 1t was a dangerous trip anc
! is not likely TO be repeated.
The attention of the authorities vii
be called to the Cynthia and the man
agement may decide not to carry Sc
many passengers at time. 1t Is estl'
mated that on the several boats whicf
crossed the harbor there was a tota
of 5000 passengers.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
A D0-LITTLE PARLIAMENT
British Session Closes With But Two
Important Measures Passed.

London, Aug. 2.--Of twelve impor-
tant measures foreshadowed in the
Kings speech at the opening Of par
lament in January, just two had been
passed up to the adjournment Satur-
day for the summer vacation. These
were the Irish universities bill and
the old-age pension bill, neither of
which was opposed in principle by the
opposition, although the house of
lords amended some clauses of the
pensions bill, only, however, to have
them rejected by the house of com
mons and to accept the reflections
when the bill was returned to the
lords in its original form. The old
age pensions will become operative on
January 1, 1909, so that only three
months will be chargeable to the pres
ent financial year and no great in
crease in the budget will be neces-
STATED. For the first full year. how
ever, the ministers estimate that six
million pounds sterling (about $780,
000,000) will have to be found, and
other experts say that this is a full
two million pounds short Of what ac-
tually will be required
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
MISS NICHOLSON IN SCRAP
Manchester Young Woman Puts In
trudcr Down. But He Escapes.

Manchester Aug. 2-Early this morn
ing Miss Margaret Nicholson, of 34
E,ldridge street, was awakened by q
noise In an adjoining room and on In
vestigation found n strange man prowl-
ing about Miss Nicholson who is quite
athletic, grappled with the man and
threw him to the noor and sat on him.
Before her calls for help could be ans
wered, however, the man managed to
make his escape, From Miss Nichol-
sons description James Allison Of this
be brought before the court tomorrow
morning.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
FIRE WITH OWNER AWAY
Peculiar Blaze Badly Damages Small
Wooden Dwelling.

In the absence of the occupant,
Morris Berman fire broke out in the
upper story Of small two story
wooden house at SO Washington ave-
nue. about $3.50 yesterday afternoon
and before the fire department reach
ed the scene the fire was under con-
siderable headway. A still was turned
In to company ! but before the com
pany had reached the fire some one
sent In bell alarm also from box 127
and brought out two more companies.
The upper floor of the house, which
consisted of bedroom and kitchen,
was gutted and the lower part of the
structure was damaged by water. The
loss will probably be in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50. The cause of the fire
has not been ascertained as the place
was closed up and the occupant out
Of town
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
TUBERCULOSIS
IS ON DECLINE
DR.. Stephen J. Maher Gives In
teresting Facts on Records
of the Disease in
This State.
EVEN INDIANA HAD IT
Disease Not One of Civilization Purely
Some Conclusions Drawn by
Paper In the Medical
Record.

In the current number of the Medical
Record weekly Journal of the med
ical profession, DR.. Stephen J. Maher
of this city. the well known authority
on tuberculosis has an interesting and
losls In this state and especially in the
rural parts of the state. After starting
out with the statement that tuberculosis
existed here among the Indians long be-
fore the advent of the white man and
was In fact quite prevalent among all
the tribes, DR.. Maher presents charts
and figures of the death rate from the
disease in this state since careful sta
tistlcs have been compiled which show
that there has been a steady decrease
In the death rate from this disease
from the starting of the chart In 1S49
while the general death rate has in
creased. In 1S49 the table shows death
rate of 81 to the ten thousand against
12 as the general death rate per thou
sand. while in 1907 the tuberculosis
rate was II to the ten thousand and
the general nearly seventeen. OF the
ten largest cities In the state DR..
Maher shows that the tuberculosis
death rate is largest in Bridgeport,
where 1t is q and smallest in Water
bury and New Britain. which each
have l5. New Haven is midway be-
tween with Is.
The county tuberculosis death rate
for the year 1866 shows that New
Haven had Is, Hartford l6. Fairfield 10
New London I6, Mlddlesex "a, Wind
ham H. Ltchfeld IA. Toland L.
| DIR. Maher sent out questions ad-
dressed to resident physicians of the
smaller towns throughout the state
early in the year asking four questions
relative to the frequency Of cases In the
same house and the location OF the
houses which had the cases. In reply
TO the question OF cases occurring fire.
! quently in certain houses the physi
clans gave 1s1 noes to 80 yeas. From
the reports made to him by the residen
physicians who sent answers and case
DR., Maher concludes that human tuber
! culosis has occurred in rural Connecti
| cut, highland, lowland and plain, tina
there Is considerable evidence to SHOW
that In rural Connecticut the diseas
occurs most frequently in badly drain
ed districts and In houses with damn
cellars, that reports do not show fire
quent cases because house was in clos
proximity to unsanitary barns or coops
that while the preponderance of evi
dence Is that only minority of case
show that cases in the same house o
the same family have been followed b.
other cases there the evidence in favo
Of consumptive houses and consumptiv
families Is very striking and deserve
careful consideration, that the tubercu
losis death rate Is in no relative proper
tion to the density of population an
that there has been marked declln
in the death rate for the past fift,
years and that this decline was just a
steep, though not so regular, befor
the discovery of the tubercle bacillus a
II has been since.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
BOMAPARTE HELPS BRYAN
So Thinks Mr.. Bryan Regarding His
Oklahoma Banking opinion.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb,, Aug. AT
torney- General Bonaparte's opinion de-
livered yesterday, holding 1t to be IL
legal for national banks Of oklahoma
to contribute toward the guaranty fund
for the protection of deposltors, or to
avail themselves of the other provisions
Of the state banking act, was the sub
ject Of good deal of discussion here
today. Prominent democrats Of Lincoln
freely averred that, following so close
ly on the heels of the Standard OIL re-
versal in Chicago, and the contempt
cases against the labor leaders In
Washington, the opinion Of the attor-
ney general still further strengthened
the democratic party In the present
campaign.
Mr. Bryan himself gave expression to
the effect that the opinion Will have in
the coming elections. 1T accentuates
the issue" said he, land emphasizes
the necessity Of legislation framed from
the standpoint Of the depositor rather
than from the standpoint Of the
banker"
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
SAMOA SEES FLEET
Battlcships Steam Along Coast of
Misunderstanding New Zealand.

Suva Fiji Islands, Aug, 2,-The
United States Atlantic fleet at 8 p. m.
Saturday was in latitude 15.43 south,
longitude l72.4 west, being distant
from Auckland, New Zealand, l,500
miles.
At o'clock in the morning the fleet
passed the eastern end Of Tuitula is
land, Samoa and steamed close in
along the coast, giving the people of
the island an excellent view of the
ships The station ship Annapolis,
under way with its officers and their
families aboard, passed close to the
fleet off Pago-Pago. The usual honors
were rendered.
At 8 o'clock the fleet resumed its
course for Auckland.
The hospital ship Relief stopped at
Pago- Pago for coal and will follow
the fleet to Auckland. The weather is
fine though hot.
The Collier Ajax arrived at Suva to-
day.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
COAL TRAIN WRECKED
Nineteen Steel Cars Demolished, With
Loss OF 100000.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2.--What is de-
clared to be the greatest freight wreck
involving the destruction of steel cars
occurred on the Philadelphia and
Reading railway near Meadow Brook
a suburb, to-day when out of a coal
train Of twenty-elght cars, nineteen
were demolished entailing lsoss esti-
mated at 100000. The train, which
was running at the rate of fifty miles
an hour, was thrown from the tracks
by the breaking Of the llange on the
one wooden car in the entire train.
This car left the rails, dragging the
others after It, All are piled up and
bent and twisted out of shape and
the tracks were torn up for a distance
of 400 feet SO extensive was the dam
age wrought that service was tied up
for ten hours
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
Three Masted Schooner, Horace
P. Shares, Built Here in
1882, Utterly Dismantled
Off Cape Lookout.
CREW STANDS BY THE BOAT
Agent E. H. Weaver, Receiving
News by Wireless, Tele-
graphs Towing Company
to Set Out to Bring
Ship Into Port.

By receipt of a. telegraph message
from Charleston, S. c., yesterday
morning E. III. Weaver. the local shin
agent. was informed OF the wreck Of
the local three masted schooner Hor-
ace P. Shares, which struck off Point
Lookout on the North Carolina coast
during the storm which had come up
the coast the last of the past week.
The message which informed Mr..
Weaver, who is agent for the company
which owns the Shares, of the loss Of
the schooner was sent In to Charles
ton by wireless from the S. s. Apache
Of the Clyde line and was then sent
up to this city by telegraph reaching
here before noon yesterday. It was
dated from the Apache Saturday and
reads as follows:
S. S. Apache, Aug. l.. via Charles
ton, S. c., Aug a.
Il. H. Weaver: Schooner Horace P.
Shares totally dlsmasted and at an
chor five miles southeast by south Of
Lookout light vessel Schooner stand
ing by and wish to be reported to
owners. Captain w. J. Staples.
Immediately upon receipt OF the
message Mr.. Weaver sent telegram
to towing company in Wilmington,
N. c., which is the port to which the
Shares was bound. informing the con-
cern of the dismantling of the schoon-
er and giving instructions for the
company to attempt the saving of the
wrecked vessel The following tele.
gram was sent by Mr. Weaver:
Captain of Tug Alexander Jones, VIII,
minuton, N. c.
Schooner Horace p Shares totally
mismantled and anchored five miles
southeast Of Loodout light bound to
Southport If you get her will settle
salvage later E. II. WEAVER.
The Horace P. Shares is local
built schooner having been construct.
ed at the yards of the Hanscom COM
pany in Fair Haven in 1882 She Is
owned by group Of men interested
In the coast shipping trade Of which
the majority live in this city. She was
fitted and overhauled about year ago
at cost Of $4,000, and is valued to-
day as she sailed from New York at
$6,500.
Although the total dismantling Of the
Shares is taken by Agent Weaver as
levidence of the complete wreck Of the
building as far as value to the COM
pany is concerned, the fact that the
crew Of the vessel which consisted Of
eight men all told did not abandon the
ship however, when they had COM
munication with the steamship Apache
indicates that the hull Of the vessel is
little damaged and that she has been
able to outride the storm. Judging from
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
CHAFIN COMES HERE
Head of Prohibition Ticket to
Speak in New Haven Dur
ing Campaign.
PLANS OF THE PARTY
Meeting Held Yesterday in Hartford
Members Encouraged by
Outlook.

NSVVct"t W the JUurnnl-COuTIer.)
Hartford, Aug. 2.-An important
meeting of the state central prohibition
committee was held in Hartford yes
terday afternoon in conference with the
candidates on the state ticket Plans
were discussed at length for carrying
on the campaign in the state with un-
usual vigor. Encouraging letters from
persons In this state and other states
were read. One letter was from a
Massachusetts, man who has subscrib-
ed $4,000 to the national committee, ST.
900 OF which Is to be spent in New
England. Matthew e. O'Brien, candi-
date fol governor. delivered a charact-
eristic address during which he made
number of practical suggestions and
they will be worked out during the
campaign which will be largely one Of
literature.
Those at the meeting expressed them
selves as very encouraged over the out
look and also that they expected big
gains on account of the temperance
wave now sweeping the country. The
fact is, said one Of those present, that
all thoughtful voters today are pretty
good prohibltionists at heart and
would like to see the saloon and its in
cubus removed from American life.
Later on an enthusiastic delegation
from the national committee will visit
the state as will also the presidential
and vice presidential candidates, e. "
Chain and A. r. Watkins. Either one
of these will speak in New Haven.
r. NJ G. Hohenthal OF South Man
chester was In charge of the meeting
and j. r. Sheppard of New Haven at
tended.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
BISHOP OPERATED UPON
Brent Crosses Continent Hurrlcdly to
B0ston--In Weakened State.

Boston, Aug. 2.-It became known
to-day that Bishop Charles II. Brent,
Of the Philippine Islands, bishop-eect
of the Washington diocese arrived in
Boston Thursday, after hurried trip
across the continent from Vancouver,
b. G., to undergo an operation here for
a nasal trouble.
The operation was performed on Fri
day at the Mission House, connected
with the 81. Stephens church on Flor
ence street, where the bishop was rec
tor for ten years. Specialists are said
to have been In attendance, but the ut
most secrecy has been preserved as to
who performed the operation and re-
garding It's exact nature. 1t Is known,
however, that the bishop was apparent
ly IN a weakened condition yesterday,
when nc was removed from the mission
house to the home of one Of the prom
inent members of st. Stephens parish.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
BURGLARS GET GUNS
Small Center Street Store En-
tered Between Nine and
Eleven.
BOYS PROBABLE ACTORS
Entrance Believed 10 Have Been Gain
ed Through Gale Store. Which
May Be Riied, Too.

Another petty night burglary was
committed last night on the store of r..
II. Bassett, dealer in small guns and
materials OF that nature at IS Center
street. The burglary moreover was
committed sometime between the hour
OF nine and eleven In the evening and
the persons who committed II were
lucky that they did not get caught in
the act. The fact that his store had
heen entered was first discovered by
Mr. Bassett himself He had come down
to the store at nine In the evening and
had left a suit case and some other
things there until later In the evening
For these he returned shortly after
eleven and upon lighting up his store
he discovered that a small back door
leading from his store to that of the
w. w. Gale company and which only
bolts on the Gale side was Open al
though It should be bolted. Casting a
glance about the store which is a small
one he noticed four empty revolver
boxes which had contained small toy
revolvers such as used for Fourth of
July celebrations. Two were of thirty
two and the other Of twenty-five calibre
and they are valued at about sl75
apiece.
Examination OF the store showed
nothing else disturbed. 1t also gave NJ
trace to any other way of entering the
store except through the Gale store,
Whether the burglars committed any
thefts in the Gale store or not could
not be learned last night as there was
no one there to investigate the matter
Mr., Bassett reported his loss at once to
the police and they started work on
the case at once. They suspect that
the burglary was committed by some
boys who decided that they would like
these revolvers for playthings. No ar
racte had boon 1adn at nrace tin1o
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
INTERNATIONAL RIOT
Slavs and Italians at Frlck Plant De-
bate With Guns.

Uniontown, Pa, Aug, 2.-One man
dead and twenty-five others severely
injured, some Of them fatally, are the
results OF a riot early to-day between
Italians and Slavs at Gates, one Of the
II. c. Frick Coke company plants.
There have been factlonal differences
between the two parties for a long
time. Saturday was pay day at the
large plant and until midnight to-
night d large quantity of intoxicants
was consumed, Jacob Furnace, lead
er Of the Italian faction, went to a
Slav boarding house and delied Its
twenty-five inmates. This was the
signal for a general fight. Revolvers
began to crack and Antillo Romeo fell
dead, struck 1t is said, by misdirect-
ed shot fire by Furnace, to whose as
sistance he had gone. The Injuries Of
the twenty-five men consists Of bullet
wounds.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
CORONER IN SEYMOUR
To Investigate Death of Woman
Beaten by Husband.

Coroner Mix was called to Seymour
yesterday to attend a case of a wom-
an who died Saturday as the result Of
a beating given her by her husband
on Thursday night. The woman,
whose name was Marie Cuilinsfki, a
Russian woman, had some alteration
with her husband on Thursday night
and beat her with his hands only, he
claims, to the coroner. Nevertheless
he did so with sucn might that the
woman has died, evidently from the
effects. Coroner Mix talked with the
husband yesterday, and will start his
official investigation to-day.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
NOTABLE CATHOLIC CONVENTION.

Boston, Aug. 2.-Delegates represent
Ing two million Roman Catholics all
over the United States will attend the
seventh national convention of the
American Federation Of Catholic socle-
service In Holy Cross cathedral Sunday
August 8. 1t is expected this conven-
tion will be one Of the most notable re-
liglous gatherings ever assembled in
this country.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
SUSPICIOUS ABSENCE.

Hartford, Aug. 2.-The police are of
motorman whose clothes We're found on
the banks Of the Connecticut river here
yesterday, did not commit suicide A
search of his room at G Church street
revealed the fact that his other clothes
and various articles had been taken
away and the police think that the put
ting Of his uniform on the rivers bank
was blind to cover up his departure
from town.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
B0MBARDING TABRIZ
Shells Bursting In Foreign Quarter Of
Persian CITY,

London, Aug, 3-Teegraphing Sun
day from Tabriz Persia, the corre-
spondent of the Times says.
"Hostilities were renewed yesterday
and today there was shell fire again, a
considerable number of the shells
bursting In the European and Christian
quarter of the city. Both the royalists
and the anti-royaiets need money and
are making forced levies to obtain
funds. The business situation Is pitia-
BILE. The Turks are still advancing In
the Urrmah district and the re-occu-
patton of Slibrlak may occur at any
moment"
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
CAPTAIN BULLOCK DEAD
Greenwich Resident Prominent In
Early Steamboat Days.

Greenwich. Conn, Aug, captain
Sheldon f. Bullock, one of the Oldest
seafaring men In this vicinity, died at
his home here today after an Illness Of
four weeks. aged 70 years. He was one
of the prominent figures in the early
history OF steamboating In this coun-
try. He was In the revenue service dur
ing the civil war, and brought north
the first six blockade runners captured
in the war Until five years ago he had
been in the service of the Stamford and
Harlem Steamboat lines, commanding
several different craft He leaves a
widow.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
C. E. ATWATER DEAD
Had Been Living in Retirement Sew
eral Years OH Whitney Avenue.

Charles f. Atwater died at his home,
321 whitney avenue yesterday after an
illness of several months. He was SO
years old and had been retired for sew
eral Years. A widow survives him.
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
FIRE IN PEKIN LEGATION
Explosion of Ammunition Kills Two
German and One French Soldiers.

Pekin, Aug. 2.--Flre in the German
guard section of the legation quarter
Of the city at half past ten tonight
burned tho stables and messroom and
Two German and one French soldiers
were killed and eight German and five
French soldiers were severely and four
soldiers and civilians slightly wounded,
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
UNANIMOUS FOR oBALDIA
Ex-Mlnlstcr to United States Elected
President of Panama.

Panama, Aug. 2-The electoral cam
paign ended today when the electoral
boards met in the capitals Of the seven
provinces to elect a president whose
term will run from october of this year
until 1912.
Returns received to the present time
show that the election of Senior Don
Jose Domingo de Obaldia. formerly
minister to the United States, was
unanimous. This result, though 1t had
been expected has created great enthu-
siasm among his supporters.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-03
DEDICATION AT STAMFORD.

Stamford, Aug with impressive
ceremonies Right Rev, Michael Tierney,
bishop of Hartford, assited by large
number Of the clergy of the state ded-
icated st. Mary's church here today.