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NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1800
GAME TREE BATTLE.
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pidity Criticise I.
The first detailed description of the
desperate sortie made from Mafeklng,
December 26, which comes from the
Ileuter correspondents, pays:
"The day after Christmas we made an
attack upon the Boer lines. Our seven
', pounders under Major Panzera, had
been emplaced in the night on our left
front. As dawn broke a flash and a
cloud of white smoke .showed they were
in action. Shot after shot fell rapidly
around the enemy's position. As it grew
lighter the Maxim joined In rapping
automatically, and to the right the ar
mored train crept slowly like a great
black enake over the plain toward her
destination. The whole scene com
menced to unfold itself like a photo
which is being developed. The outlines
grew sharper, and we could see the
Union Jack floating proudly over the
leading truck of the train. The attack
developed with marvelous rapidity to
the east of Game Tree (the fort which
we were attacking), and Verona and
JTlitzclarence took up their positions pre
paratory to a final rush. Away to the
right flank Capt. Cowan with seventy
Xnen of the Bechuanaland Rifles, was
disposed to intercept reinforcements, or
the enemy's retreat. The armored
train, under Captain Williams, with a
machine gun and Hotchkiss, ran up as
fast as the broken state of the line
rwould allow.
"The whole of the right flank was
Commanded by Major Godley, at the left
rvi" lis and west were the enemy. The
Kuns. under Major Panzera, were es
corted bv a eauadron under Lord
Charles Bentinck, the whole, command
cd by Colonel Hare, were delivering a
rapid fire. As the sun rose we couia
Bee the khaki-cjad troopers of the Pro
1 Iteetorate Regiment rushing eagerly for
ward, . hardly stopping to fire, waving
their hats and cheering each other on.
It seemed Scarcely seconds before they
( plunged into the scrub, which surrounds
the bag fort, and some one exclaimed:
'They are swarming over the bags; the
position is ours." Meanwhile the firing
was continuing furiously, and we wait
ed for, it to cease, expecting that thg
enemy would surrender, or be bayonet
ed to a man. Then there was an anxi
ous lull. A staff officer said: 'Our men
are coming back.'
BOERS REPULSED ATTACK.
"It was only too true. Slowly, sul
len and sulky, the men fell back, those
that were left of them, turning to fire
in desperate defiance now and again at
the enemy's works. We could hear the
hoarse shouts of the officers as they ral
lied the troops under cover of a hollow
in the ground. Then there was a pause.
There seemed very few in the little com
pany which we could see gathering to
gether. An aide-de-camp came gallop
ing up from Major - Godley. Captain
i Vernon, sir, has been repulsed,' he said.
I'Ttifl TMiciHrtr wna nrnpHnnllv ImnrPE'-
nable to infantry, and Major Goodley
does not think it worth while trying
again.'
"For a moment the colonel hesitated
and we could see that the question as to
whether he should or should not again
attempt to carry the enemy's position
was being weighed in his mind. Then
he turned around to the C. S. O., and
eaid: 'Let the ambulance go out.'
"That was all. The battle of Game
Tree was over. How daring, (how des
perate, how gallant the attack had been
we were only to learn later on when the
tale of dead and wounded came to be
told. Out of the ' six officers who had
led their men so well three were dead,
ona wounded, and only two returned
unhurt, one of the two with his sword
hilt bent by a bullet. Of the eighty
men who formed the storming party
twenty-one were killed and four have
since died of their wounds. Twenty
eight lie to-day in the hospital fifty
three out of eighty.
"It was strange to think that merry
crowds were gathered in the theatres
of London hailing with delight the
. Christmas pantomimes. We have done
our best to break the cordon which sur
rounded us and raise the siege to com
munications with the north, and we
have failed, not for want of courage,
not because the attack was in any way
bungled, not because there had been
" mistakes, for there were none, but be
cause the enemy must have been in
formed of our intended movements and
had rendered their position practically
Impregnable to anything but heavy ar
itillery." NEW MANAGEMENT FELT.
Cape Town this week is especially
prolific In well-written reviews of the
war as seen from the main base. H.
Prevost-Battersby, who went out with
Xiord Roberts to represent the . "Morn
ing Post," writes:
"Already the force of new manage
ment ia felt. Lord Kitchener is reor
ganizing the transport and his methods
and standards are not those w hich have
prevailed. With him departmental in
ertness cannot be pleaded in excuse for
duties unfulfilled. The man to whom
work is intrusted is the man who must
do it or make room for one who will.
Fate with him is no defense of failure;
fate is only a wheel for the pots of
man's moulding, and those of whom he
makes potters have to know their trade.
As might have been expected of the
man who broke the Dervish power in
the Soudan by a iine of rails, the rail
way stands first in Lord Kitchener's
favor as a means of transport. The
fashion in which our advance has hith
erto been tied to the railway has proved
a source of weakness, offering the Boers
0 in advance a seiectiuu of positions cat of
which we should be compelled to turn
them. But the railway is not for that
reason to be forsaken.
"On the contrary, the near future may
see an unlooked-for development in
railway transport should the necessity
remain at Modder river."
HAMPERED WITH BAGGAGE.
Winston Churchill, in the "Morning
Post," writing from Spearman's Hill,
declares "the vast amount of baggage
this army taks with it on the march
hampers its movements and utterly pre
cludes all possibility of surprising the
enemy.' I have never before seen even
officers accomodated with tents on ser
vice, though both the Indian frontier
and Soudan He under a hotter sun than
the Southi African sun. But here to
day, within striking distance of a mu-
bile enemy whom we wish to circum-
vent, every private soldier has canvas
shelter, and the other arrangements are
on an equally elaborate scale. The con
sequence Is that roads are crowded,
drifts are blocked, marching troopa are
delayed, and all rapidity of movement
is out of the question. Meanwhile, the
enemy completes the fortifications of his
positions, and the cost jf capturing
them arises. It is a poor enemy to let
a soldier live well for three days at
the price of killing him on the fourth."
Few more brilliant stories have been
written than the account in the "Stand
ard" from.Ladysmith of the terrific as
sault upon that camp by the Boers, Jan
uary 6. It is now an old story in its
main features, but it takes time to get
copy out of Ladysmith, and many of
the details told by the "Standard's"
correspondence prove well worth wait
ing for. First of all, he gives a lucid
explanation of the mysterious way In
which the Boers managed to get so close
before they were discovered. "At 7
o'clock Friday night" he writes, "500
picked Boers rode from the laager be
hind Bulwana, and, fording the river,
came to a kopje south of Caesar's camp.
Here they bivouacked until 1 o'clock in
the morning, when they crept cautious
ly along the ravine and across Fourles
Spruit. Avoiding our pickets and pa
trols, one section moved up the ravine
to the eastern shoulder, and climbed
silently up the slope in the fold of the
hill. Another company moved along
the bowlder stream ascent toward the
plateau on the south. Three or four
thousand were in reserve among the
kopjes and broken ground. They were
ready to assist the storming parties,
and to occupy the hills In force as soon
as their comrades secured a footing.
BOER TRICK FAILED.
"In the attack upon Caesar's Camp,
one party of fifty Boers seeking to make
good their retreat were overtaken by the
Border Mounted Rifles, and escaped for
the moment by declaring that they were
the town guard. This trick has.however,
become too stale, and every man was
shot down as he came into the open.
The Boers, as I have repeatedly said,
appear to think that the white flag is
a legitimate weapon of offense, and 'nay
be used as a cloak for an v treachery.
A Boer officer with a dozen armed fol
lowers, advanced up the hill with a
white flag and shouted that, they were
coming to surrender. When called up
on to drop their . weapons they made
it clear that their intention was not
surrender, but treachery.
"When after many hours of fierce
fighting the Boers were almost .repulsed
from Caesar's Camp a storm came to
aid in dire .extremity. The volleying
musketry; of hail and the roar of thun
der added a dreadful note to the can
nonade, and sheets of flooding rain
turned the spruits into raging torrents
and the plains Into lakes. To see fifty 1
yards through this blinding shower was j
impossible. Seizing the moment, the
Boers pushed forward another force
from behind Bulwana. But they did
not get beyond the kopje east of Cae- ,
sar's Camp, where our naval gun threw
a few 'useful shells into their midst. !
The storming party made a dash from
the hillside, hoping to find protection in
the storm. Many were shot in flight, !
while others flung themselves into the
river and were swept out of sight. This 1
rush brought the fight at Caesar's Camp
to a close amid a fusillade that almost
drowned the thunder."
But it was at Wagon Hill where the
most dramatic features of the assault
occurred. Of this the "Standard's" cor
respondent write:
Colonel Edwards was leading his men
into position on the east of Wagon Hill
when a bullet struck him in the shoul
der. Though robbed of their leader at
a critical moment, the Light Horse nev
er wavered. Creeping forward to points
that seemed least exposed to the de
vastating fire from the front of the hill,
they fought manfully, often within
twenty, and even ten, yards of their
enemy. This duel went on for hours
without any manifi st advantage to eith
er side, though men were falling on ev
ery hand. Major Bowen called for vol
unteers among the Sixtieth Rifies. dVily
half a dozen came forward, and with
this handful of heroes the gallant officer
dashed at a strong position held by the
enemy. Not a man lived to tell the
story of their, valor. Lieutenant Tod,
with twenty-five men, made another
gallant charge. Thus the fight wavered
through the long and anxious hours of
the morning. ,
GORDON HIGHLANDERS RALLIED.
"At noon the Devons came to the res
cue. The Gordons, having no officer,
were again falling back, but rallied to
the call of Major Miller-Wa.llnutt,
whose gigantic figure was soon at the
head of a desperate charge. The enemy
left the emplacement, and, rushing up
the western ascent, took cover among
the rocks. Their presence here was not
less dangerous, and another effort was
made to dislodge them.
"A subalteran was in charge of a
working party of Sappers, Lieutenant
Digby-Jones, a youth of 22, who has al
ready won fame by the destruction of
the howitzer on Surprise Hill. When
the enemy first appeared on the crest of
Wagon Hill, Lieutenant Digby-Jones
engaged the storming party from a sun-
gar on the west front. Driven from
that position, he had been conspicuous
throughout the engagement for acts of
heroism that attracted the notice of
Colonel Hamilton, who had decided to
recommend him for the Victoria Cross.
Collecting a mixed company of Sappers,
Rifles, and Highlanders, he' led them
against the new position held by the
enemy. As they dashed up the narrow
path, the Boers, never imagining that
men could display such reckless cour
age, called upon them to throw up their
hands. Bullet and bayonet convinced
them of their error, and the position was
ours.
"But fate was holding the shears over
the thread of this heroic life. An hour
or two afterward, when we had, at great
cipriftrp rppnnnupred the western limit
of the hill, Lieutenant Digby-Jones was
in the gun emplacement with Major
Miller-Wallnut and one or two men.
The enemy had been driven back, yet
maintained a searching fire, and, hav
ing received strong reinforcements, was
preparing for another advance. Sudden
ly three of four great dark shadows
were cast over the parapet, in which
there were no loopholes. Van Wyk,
leader of the commando; Field Cornet
de Viiiers, and another brave Boer were
making their last desperate charge.
Major Miller-Wallnutt shot his man,
and fell himself from a bullet aimed at
the back of his head. A corporal of the
Sappers slew de Villiers, whose bando-
Jier was almost filled with explosive
bullets. Lieutenant Digby-Joms, run
ning out of the emplacement, shot the
(Commandant Von Wyk before he him-
self ended a short yet heroic career with
a Mauser bullet through the throat. His
I young and brave comrade, Lieutenant
Dennis, R. E., fell soon afterward while
going to the aid of the wounded.
BATTLE LASTED SIXTEEN HOURS.
"The hard-fought fight was nearly
over. Our men were again on the sum
mit of the hill, and the Hotchkiss gun
of the Natal Naval Volunteers was no
longer In Jeopardy. But there remain
ed a small and gallant hand of Boers,
who either would not or could not re
tire. They were hidden among some
sxilld rocks, about thirty yards from
the brow of the hill. Their fire was
deadly in its searching accuracy. One
man alone is credited with having shot
no fewer than five officers. Colonel
Hamilton asked Colonel Park whether
anything could be done to remove them.
'A charge,' suggested the commander
of the Devons. The order was given,
and the three companies went forward
with a cheer across the open shot-swept
ground. Lieutenant Field led his com
pany first, then came Captain Lafone,
and upon his heels Lieutenant Master
son. The enemy did not wait to receive
the cold steel, but threw themselves over
the hill in headlong flight, trusting to
speed and the flooding sheet of rain.
"Lieutenant Masterson having to re
1 turn with a message, tumbled into a
sungar with ten wounds upon his body.
Captain Lafone and Lieutenant Field
fell victims to a cross fire while the
Boers were in flight.
"The battle was over. For sixteen
hours it had raged, and the very heav
ens had been shaken with the roar of
cannon and the rattle of musketry.
Ladysmlth had not fallen. The enemy
had been repulsed on every side, and
the trail of their dead east, west, south
and north was heavy beyond anything
that they had suffered In Natal. Night
drew a sable cloak over the slain, and
we waited anxiously till dawn to count
j the dead and to rescue the wounded.'
The "Daily Telegraph's" correspond
ent at Rensburg, writing January 20,
savs:
"The day following that on which the
New South Wales Lancers' patrol were
cut' up we found two men bearing evi
dence of it. One was dead. The back
of his skull was completely blown away.
The other was a peculiarly sad case.
The bullet had carried away the lower
Jaw, tongue and other portions; he was
still alive, and wrote with his finger on
the sand the one word, 'Water,' but he
had neither tongue nor mouth to drink
by, and so he died. New York Mail
and Express.
WOMEN AS INSTRUMENTALISTS.
In an article entitled "Musical Ama
zons," found in the London Spectator,
women as instrumentalists are thus de
scribed: ' "Turning to the vital question of the
quality or efficiency of the women play
ers, one is first of all struck by the fact
that no woman of this generation has
exerted an influence comparable with
that wieldedfor many years, and In less
emancipated times, by Mme. Schumann,
who, as an executant, interpreter, teach
er and upholder of the noblest Ideals,
was worthy to be ranked with Dr. Joa
chim. Of living female pianists and-vi-
! olinstgK lhough tne nst includes many
superlative executants. It cannot be
said that any one possesses the mag
netism of a paderewski, the transcen
dental agility of a Rosenthal or the ex
quisite urbanity of a Saraate. Viewed
orchestrally the woman player of to
day has every good quality purity of
intonation, musicianship, intelligence
and is only alleged to fall short of her
brethren in breath and volume of tone.
The relative efficiency of the sexes, In
fact, seems to be very much what It was
when Plato said that men and women
differed not in kind but In degrees; that
the same natural gifts were found in
both, but that they were possessed in a
higher degree by men than women.
There are two facts, In conclusion,
which ought to be borne in mind in con
nection with the multiplication of fe
male executants. It Is a mistake i to
suppose, as we so oTten are told, that
the profession is going to be swamped
by the enormous number of accom
plished performers 'turned out' by our
leading academies. The truth is that a
very large number of girls go In for
what is practically a professional musi
cal training who have not the slightest
intention, or even need, of making a
livelihood out of music. The other fact
is the serious brawback to which all fe
male instrumentalists are subjected
from the enormous numerical prepon
derance of the female auditor at all con
certs. Even an incompetent boy prodi
gy will excite raptures where a first-rate
adult Amazon of the keyboard Is greet
ed with frigid approbation." I
ANIMAL PREMONITIONS OF
EARTHQUAKES.
When, in December, a woman refused
to remain more than one night at Amal
fi, saying she was sure that the earth
was moving, and when next day the
landslip occurred, it was said, "Here is,
at all events, one human being with the
premonitory sense of earthquakes, with
which most animals appear to be en
dued." I have been told of instance af
ter instance of horses, dogs, a monkey,
and even ducks, who showed unmistak
able signs of panic for a day, two days,
and even longer, before the last great
earthquake in the Riviera. Only to
nahie a few: A woman at Nice re
marked the miserable condition of the
horse she usually drove, and told her
coachman to take him home and order
a brougham from the livery stables for
her. The hired horse was as timid, and
seemed as weak, as her own. The
driver said all the animals were "off
their feed." A monkey, two tame ducks
and other pets, at a villa near Vllle
franche. on the Shrove Tuesday the
day before the shock which destroyed
so much life and property refused to
enter the house where they were gene
rally very happy. They were all spir
itless, dull and scared. A little white
lap dog, who sat on the wide arm of his
master's chair at meals, and was the
most sociable of pets at all other times,
refused alsj to "come home to roost."
Other dogs also evinced an unwonted
terror of being under a roof. Cattle be
longing to the dailies supplying the
winter resorts sickened and seemed ter
ror stricken the quantity and quality
of the milk suffering considerably.
The woman at Amalfl is thought to
owe her presentiment to hypersensitive
ness of nerves, which gave her a share
of this "sixth sense" which the animals
possess. London News.
CLAMMING ON MISSISSIPPI
lOli TI1E 1-EA11L SnELt MOVSDS
iit03i which nunoss
Anil Oilier Fancy Article are Madf,
ami W hich Now anil Then Yield a
Gem fur Hie Jcwolrr.
In less than three; years clam digging
in the upper reaches of the Mississippi
river has developed from an occasional
pursuit into a science. The bivalves
take up resemble- the salt-water arti
cle as mut;h as a hrlnoceroa resembles
an elephant. They are not nt to eat,
they look raw, even .when some adven
turous tenderfoot bolls them, and they
have a taste weirdly compounded of
catfish and musk. They are in reality
mussels, and they are wanted not for
their meat, but for the beautiful mother-of-pearl
linings of the shells, from
which buttons and hundreds of fancy
articles are made. A thousand men
are engaged in this new Industry, most
of them working on their own hook, and
they make from forty to one hundred
and twenty-five dollars a month, ac
cording to their facilities and applica
tion. The shells when dried are sold by the
ton to the local concerns that are known
as button factories, though they do not
often make buttons. They are in reali
ty polishing shops, and are fitted up
with a vast number of steam-driven
wheels and brushes, emery circles, etc.,
for smoothing the interiors of the shells
and grinding off the rough outer cover
ing. This material is shipped east to
factories where buttons are made, as
well as hundreds of other useful and, in
many cases, beautiful articles. Clam
shells from the upper reaches of the
Mississippi river are turned into shirt
buttons, the big buttons, sometinfes as
big as a sliver dollar, that are used on
women's cloaks, cuff buttons, mother-of-pearl
arabesques with which brushes
and combs are to be Inlaid, backn of
pocket-knives, shirt studs, cheap scarf
pins, buckles, earrings, bracelets and
even finger rings. It require:! close ex
amination by an expert to tell this
mother-of- pearl from tha genuine
South Sea article, and there is practi
cally no difference In structure or ap
pearance. Some of It Is dull, and re
fuses to show the opaline tints, no mat
ter what the amount of preparatory
process to which it may be subjected,
but much of It is exceedingly handsome
and primarily as useful aa any other
form of mother-of-pearl. Opportunity
to work In material of this sort has de
veloped a good deal of art among the
dwellers on the river's banks, and sime
of the household ornaments fashioned
from the Interiors of clam shells by
western men and women would not be
out of place in drawing-roims. There is
in the house of a Norwegian cattle
ralscr near Vlroqua,' Wis., a black wal
nut table inlaid Witfi 1 these clam bits,
and It is a marvel of taste and delicate,
painstaking workmanship. It was done
by a cobbler of Lynxvil'e, a crook-shouldered
fellow named Faluzzi, commonly
called Fuzzy, and Ita owner would not
take five hundred dollars for it. The
man put in the odd hours of one year
inserting the tiny bits, and got seventy
five dollars from his natron.
The most picturesque feature of he
Industry Is the' constant looking for
pearls. Thousands upon thousands of
clams are opeiled and examined careful
ly for every fair pearl that is discov
ered, yet a find of almost any sort is
apt to pay the searcher for his trouble.
The pearls are common enough, but
generally they are not larger than a
mustard seed, and are' valueless. Not
Infrequently one Is found that will fetch
in Its raw state from four to ten dollars,
and Instances are many of even greater
treasuro troves. ' Almost every man
who works at the business has a pearl
of some sort carefully wrapped In cot
ton batting and stowed away, and he
will pull this out when a stranger is
around and make believe to polish it on
his'handkerrhlef and blow on it and put
it away with an air of mystery.' He
will be found willing to sell It. if prop
eily approached, but it is not often that
he has any correct idea of its value.
He Is apt to get more by size than by
luster and color. For this reason the
ciammers are often victimized by pur
chasers sent into the district by jewelry
firms of Chicago and St. Paul, who have
come to know that a bargain may
sometimes be picked up at the base of
the Mississippi bluffs.
The most valuable pearl taken from a
clam shell In the Mississippi river was
sold ultimately to a New York jeweler
for $3,500, and is believed now to be in
a private collection. The man who
found it. Antotne Perrllat, a woodchop
per In the summer months, kept it se
creted for some weeks, realizing that it
was of great value, but having no ap
proximate idea of its real worth. Fi
nally, having gone to M.uscatlne, la., he
met a man from a Chicago jewelry
house whovwas prowling about for
pearls. To this man Antoine showed
his treasure. It was a large pure white
pearl, pear-shaped and beautifully pro
portioned,' of the purest quality, and, in
certain lights, showing a distinct rose
shade. First two hundred dollars was
offered to the French woodman, but he
refused it. though it seemed an enor
mous r.mount to him. He shook his
head at 5225. $2r0, $260, $300, $350, $400,
$450, $500, and closed at last for $C00 cash
paid in hand into his calloused palm in
the shape of thirty round, yellow, shin
ing double eagles, "mo' puttier," as he
said, "zen anny pairl." He bought two
additional teams and wagons with his
capital and is now prosperous on fire
wood, the only fuel used in this region.
He Is not the only lucky finder in
Iowa and Wisconsin, however, by a
hundred or so. It is not often that a
river pearl is valuable enough to make
it talked about In the little towns, but
it occasionally happens that in an in
s'gnificant looking mussel there is a
jewel that is worth thousands of tons
of shells. One white pearl, found near
here last fall, went to a St. Paul buyer
for three hundred and fifty dollars. A
yellow beauty, dug from a clam bed
fifte n miles up the river -brought three
hundred and thirty dollars. A negro
boatman, taking a holiday, and clam
ming for amusement, found a rose-colored
globular pearl for which he got
four hundred dollars in St. Louis.
There has been, so far as the records go,
but one black pearl discovered. It was
taken near Prairie du Chien. within six
hundred yards of the bank on which
Antolna found his thirty-five hundred
dollar wonder, and was sold for exactly
the sum he receivedjfor his, six flundred
dollars. Its finder- was an old Irishman
What Do The Children Drink ?
Don't give them ton or coffee. Have yon
tjled the new food drink called GRAIN-O?
It Is delicious uiid nourishing nud takes the
place of coffee. The more Gniiii-0 you
give the children the more heultli you dis
tribute tluotiKh their systems. Gruiii-0 la
""'de of pure groins, uud when properly
prepared tastes like the choice grades ot
uua.ee, but. costs about Yt us much. All
grocers sell it. 15c uud line.
named McGuffln, who has been a wan
dered up and down the stream for the
past forty years. The man who bought
it was from Milwaukee, and said to be a
private collector. No one knows what
has become of this pearl. Wisconsin
Letter In the New York Sun.
CONGRESSMAN TOWNE TO SPEAK
At a Meeting in Music Hall Wednesday
Evening.
Congressman Towne will speak at
Music hall Wednesday evening on the
political issues raised by Bryan and his
silver followers. Judge Joseph Sheldon
will preside at the meeting. The vice
presidents and secretaries of the meet
ing have been announced as follows:
Chairman Hon. Joseph Sheldon.
Vice presidents Dr. John P. Phillips,
George M. Gritiwold, Professor M. H.
Marble, Charles Gay, John H. Barlow,
E. M. Tlllinghast, John B., Foley, Pro
fessor Arthur M. Wheeler! George K.
Rose, John P. McCusker, Albert Wid
man, Austin B. Fuller, William J. Cro
nin, Edward A. Rourke, Roger M. Sher
man, James H. Bradley, Rev. William
F. Dickerman, A. W. Forbes, E. J. Don
nelly, Samuel R. Blatchley, Francis W.
Foley, Frank Gleason, Dr. AV. H. Minor,
Frank P. Cafferty, Theodore F. Lamb,
Edward Fertman, Philip Ryan, R. O.
Moody, Rev. H. L. Hutchins, William
H. McDonald, George W. Neal, David
F. Wiser, James W. Coyne, Seth Crut
tenden, Patrick Welch, James Daly, M.
F. McMahon, Hon. James P. Plgott,
Jonathan W. Chapln, Moritz Spier, Har
vey G. Shepard, James Clark, Daniel S.
Gilhuly, Seth W. Langley, Jam is Har-
hen, Patrick Kent, James P. Landers,
Frederick E. Dakin, Thomas I. Kinney,
Samuel A. York, Philip Hugo, James F.
, Donohue, Charles Spreyer, Henry E.
Norris, Philip Frederick, Charles J. An-
j derson, Walter J. Con-ST. John C.
Miles, Sylvester Chase, Thomas Keane,
! P. J. Tierney, Charles Havey, John Lo
gan, William F. Shannon, John A. Cole
man, Thomas Coady, Francis G. An
thony, John J. Brennan, Virgil F. "Mc
Neil, John C. Doody, Walter l?. Walsh,
James D. Hlckey, James E. Xelleher,
Adam Lutz, Joseph C. Kennelty, Thom
as M. Cronan, George R. Cooley, John
J. Hogan, Henry C. O'Sulllv'an, Feter
McKiernan, James F. Brannagun, Ed
ward S. Ryan, H. C. Bretzfelder, David
T. McNamara, Charles H. Miller, Ed
ward J. Maher, Hobart L. Hotchklsi,
Carleton E. Hoadley, Charles S.' Hamil
ton, Jonathan N. Rowe, John F. Shan
nahan, Joseph B. Cunningham, Charles
H. Fowler, Frederick B. Brill, A. F.
Hunie, John Clancey, Jacob P. Hunie,
John Garrity, Patrick Higgins, John H.
Flanagan, M. J. Powers, Willipm A.
Wright, James H. Webb, Edward C.
Dailey, John Beecher, Thomas J. Cof
fey, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Dr. James II.
Kelley, Edward F. Welch, Frank S.
Harris, Major P. Maher Edward Weh-
ner, F. W. Nottingham, Thomas F.
Fitzslmmons, James F. McGuIre, Thom
as K. Dunn, Charles Lutz, Joseph B.
Rourke, John F. Wynne, Conrad Weiss,
Paul F. Rausch, Franlt Hugo, John H.
Muldoon, John L. Foley, James Kelly,
Chailes F. Brennan, Char'es Peterson,
Edward Gillern, James E. O'Connor,
James P. Bree, Henry Werweiss, (las
tavuo W. Brandt, John Gallagher, Ed
ward Christie, Thomas M. Stanford, A.
E. Newhall, Henry W. Sanfcrd, Wil
liam F. Siiney, Peter Cars;rr, John
Conboy, Patrick Bree, William Weiss,
Michael Leonard, Hugh Plunftett, John
Maxwell, Charles Zapp, Edward F. Mc
Partland, Eugene S. Rowe,- Robert M.
Stevens, William W. Mitchell, P. F. De
Janey, Patrick Hanrahan, Robert F.
Mitchell, William E. Dunn, John H. Igo,
Andrew J. Clerkin, AVilbur T. Jefferson,
Charles Bernard, D. Burton Brown,
Patrick J. Collins, John F. Burke, Pat
rick Mortell, Martin Merriman, Patrick
Falsey, Andrew P. Smith, John E.
Doughan, Charles H. Harris, Francis
Tiernan James J. Carr, Jeremiah M.
Wail, Andrew W. Murtagh, Frederick
H. Brethauer, Harry W. Asher, William
Regan, W. H. Boyle, John T. Reynolds,
Sylvian Bunnell, William F. Moran and
Henry Voelker.
Secretaries Joseph Maynard, George
E. Cartior, Charles C. Spreyer, Philip
Troup, William C. Keane, John Magoo
han, J. Edward Miller, Martin Rourke,
Edward P. O'Meara, James B. Hinck
ley, William P. Lynch, William E'. Ste
vents, John M. Sullivan of the Yale law
school, Charles F. McNeil, Vincent P.
Maher, Frank I. Andrew, John E. Gar
rity, George Bohn, jr., Peter J. Conlin,
W. H. Burton, Edward Farren, P. J.
Hayes, Joseph E. Igo and M. E. Londri
gan. '
CANDY CATHARTIC
SAUCE
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ituiV 1 1 III.. 'TG
Beware of Imitations
John Duncan's Sons, Agents, New York
lEA&PERRlNS
11
gitacztttau.
THE DESSAUER-TROOSTWYK
SCHOOL OP MUSIC,
ili3 Chapel sn-eot,
will reopen ou THURSDAY, September 7th.
Office hours dully from 12 to 1 ami 4 to 5
P. ui. s2 tf
Alexander's Institutes for Languages
NEW (HAVEN. BRIDGEPORT.
Classes for Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Ger
man ami Flench. Terms moderate. Also,
BUREAU FOR TRANSLATIONS. Applv
or address. ALEXANDERS INSTITUTE
FOR LANGUAGKS, NEW HAVEN, 121
YORK ST.: BRIDGEPORT. MASONIC
1' E MPLE, ROOM 7. Ja4 tf
JPttvelevs.
Wells & Gunde,
Watchmakers and Jewelers.
All Kinds of French and
American Clocks
in Great Variety.
Two Old English Hall Clocks
788' Chapel Street.
We Do Honest
latch Repairing
Our head watch
maker has had
years of experience
and is exceptionally
skilled
If your watch
gives you any trou
ble bring it in and
we will gladly give
you our opinion as
to the cause.
Monson's
Jewelry Store,
857-S09 Chapal Street.
SEEING THINGS DARKLY may he due
to weakness ot tin- oyes. Almost all EYE
TUOl'BLES can be remedied by our Eye
glasses and Spectacles. Be wise take care
ot your eyes. We may be able to make
your sleht stronger and last longer by our
Improved EVE H ELI'S. It will cost you
nothing for examination and may be the
means of preventing years or minerlng.
J. H. G. DIjRANT, 71 Church street
' Opposite Postolllce.
Tb BMiBlMl, 'HI Cfl
Succeeding
The New Haven Steam Keating Co.
Manufacturers of ths "GOLD"
Sheet Iron (latliator and Ballsr-
Contractors for Heating,
Plumbing, Sheet Metal Work
83 COURT STREET,
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Sheahan &
Groark.
PUinf, Steam end Gis Fittl ij.
Tin Sheet Iron ;ni Copper Work
285 and 287 StataSt.
Ills
Lumber.
Rough and dressed,1 of every
description.
Also, COAL.
LOUIS A. MANSFIELD,
tacceuor to Auitln UanaOeld & Son.
505 GRAND AVENUE,
ffaltpboa No. 8U. (BuomtIII Brldf.
LUMBER
AND
MillWork
of Every Description.
Tie J. Gl Sum Kb.
CLEDPATBA"
Medicated
Complexion
Soaps
All Skin Troubles
Cure
PREPARED FROM
Ancient Egyptian Formula)
by JoIiq Mayher& Co., New Yorlt
Ask at counter for "Life of CleopatrO
For Bale by leading druggists. ot U
SANITARY PliUMBING
, And House Drainage a Specialty.
.1. IV.ixau ... luuauuuiu
Successor to The Rohert Morgan Plumbing
to., ou jrjixiixi oi LihK4 i , wmies mocu,
dealer lu Gas Fixtures, Burners, Globes,
etc.; Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Water
Heating. Estimates given. Special care In
testing by a 'pressure apparatus the sani
tary condition of the traps and .drainage
System cf buildings by smokesor peppermint
under pressure, at a nominal cost. Tele
phone call 287-12. . Jyl ly
CABINET AND HARDWOOD
WORK,
ALSO SAWING, TURNING.
And JOBBING IN WOOD of all kinds.
EDWARD P. BRETT, Builder,
16 ARTISAN STREET.
Telephone 233-12. , .
WAGONS,
TRUCKS,. .
HARNESS.
FARM WACONS, MIJjK, GROCERY, and
BAKERS' WAGONS.
DUMP CARTS, CONCORDS, RUNABOUT3
and TOP CARRIAGES.
HARNESS, BLANKETS, ROBES and COL
LARS.
Our Wagons were all bought previous to
the raise lu prices, but will be sold without
any advance.
S MEDLEY BROS. & CO., i
16 to 177 BREWERY STREET.
.Skates,
Polo Sticks,
-AND- ".
Gloves.
THREE REQUISITES FOR SKATERS,
at-
408 STATE STREET-
Plumbingf and Gasfittio;
j.ii. .buckley, 179 CburcA it.
I t t ) i A
A
New "
Heater.
Along with our Gas Grates,
Logs, Radiators and Backus
Heaters, we invite attention to the
new Omega Odorless Qas
Stove. .
Unique, convenient, scientific.
Perfect combustion makes it a
rigid economizer of coal, while
under its intense heat, germ life is
destroj'ed and poisonous gases are
consumed.
Might be a good time to do a
little advance looking at Gas
' Cooking Ranges.
May we show you ? '
Perfect
Gas
Light
'is impossible unless, you have a
Welsbach." Detect counter
feits by observing whether the
trade mark " Welsbach " is
st?.!T!"',d in both burner and man-
- tie. bf course we sell nothing but
Wclsbachs.
Thai buy our Instantaneous
Gas Lighter (see it in operation)
and Holophone Glass Globes, and
, you'll have exactly that light on the
' subject which you've missed.
THE NEW HAVEN
JGAS LIGHT CO.,
80 CROW ST.
Salesroom, 93 Crown Street.