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LUSITANIA 18
1 QUEEN OF OCEAN
I , .
Cunard Line Captures from
! Germany Record for
Fleetest Ship on
Atlantic.
TIME, FOUR DAYS
AND TWENTY HOURS
VXVU1L VJlVCil IAJ IUC UUjwi
ority of Turbine Engines
Celebration on
the Boat.
Newport, R, I., Oct. 10.-With all
P trans-Atlantic records well within her
' grasp, the great turblner Lusltania
swung around the Nantucket lightship
!f at 5:25 o'clock this afternoon and head
' lng Into the sunset, began her dash
f5 along the home stretch 193 miles to the
A finish of her second westward passage
. at Sandy Hook lightship.
1 The Nautucket lightship is anchored
I forty-four miles southeast of Tom Nev-
er's Head, on Nantucket Island, and
!; far out of sight of land and as Is well
!i known, is the turning point qf all ves
i sola bound for New York from Euro
; pean ports. As the water is shoal
l north of the government vessel all
;j steamers turn the lightship close
if aboard.
(I Captain Jacobson, in command of the
3 lightship, which at present is Relief
1 No. 71, from the Hatteras station, notl
Jfled the Naval station here to-night of
I the onrush of the Lusltania. A shower
of spray was spurting high up her cut
I water, smoke was rolling out of all
f four funnels and blackening the sky, far
down to leeward while her wake
etretched miles astern. Passengers
could be seen crowding the decks and
a big siren shrieked in answer to the
salute of the lightship.
It was the . first chance those on
boaVd the lightship had of seeing the
Lusltania for on her previous trip she
passed In the night.
The sea to-day was smooth, the
weather clear, and the wind light
from the eastward, but although the
j breeze was astern the Lusltania left a
i trail of smoke as if she was speeding
fagainst a huVricane." At 5:25 as she
flcame up abreast of the lightship, the
(jLusitania's helm was put hard over
(!and her course changed from west
southwest to a little north of east, as
fishe headed for Sandy Hook lightship,
if the finish line 193 miles away. It
jlwas sunset as the Lusltania passed
Sand at 6 o'clock the lights in her after
gcabin disappeared into the darkness.
I The steamer passed the lightship at
"a distance of only a mile and a quaV
ter. The Lusitania reported all well
;jon board and that she expected to ar
rlve at the bar at .1:15 to-morh-ow
fmorning.
I On Board the Lusltania, Thursday,
jOct 10, via Siasc.inset, Mass., Oct. 10.
f Three thousand passengers crowded
ij'the decks of the Lusitania at 5:25 p. m.
to-day, New York time, to watch her
ifsteam past Nantucket lightship. We i
are making twerity-flve knots an hour.
I There is great enthusiasm on board
jlover this record-breaking trip. We ex
f'pect to finish the run off Sandy Hook
;llghtship at 1 a. m. to-morrow, four
jftiays and fifteen hours out. The en
gineers are making every effort to
maintain the high speed to the end of
the trip.
I Colonel H. I. Kijwalski of Ban Fran
fcisco was chairman of the concert to-night.
He made a speech that was
Received with enthusiasm. "Although
Jwe applaud the Deutschland as the
pacemaker," the colonel said, "yet we
jcheer the Lusitania for beating her in
jHhls herolo struggle to wrest from the
jjGerman giant the blue ribbon for
jtepeed. The Lion is again master of
i jthe ocean highway, and this English
fvictory is one in which the whole world
!joins. We Americans also are In on
Mthe victory."
I Continuing, Colonel Kowalski made
preference to Robert Fulton and the
founder of the punard line. "The
Sgreat record made with the turbine
jjenglne removes all doubt of its effi
ciency," continued the speaker, "so
ket us give three cheers for the build
lars, the engineers, the captain, the
Jofflcers and the crew of this gallant
Ivessel.1
S Captain James W. Miller, of New
'York, then made a short address, in
which he said in part:
I "When one remembers that barely
one hundred years have elapsed since
fihe first steamboat parted the waters
kf the Hudson river the wonder
arrows that man, in a century, has
Achieved this noble craft, which in
Jdesign, perfection and speed is une
quailed, and which is annihilating
f.ime and space and bringing into close
touch the land of Fulton and the land
fef Cunard
I The Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer, of
4Vew York, followed Captain Miller
knd said:
1 "It has been a marvelous perform
.nce. Ours is the noblest vessel
Afloat and this has been the finest trip
ever made.'
James Elverson of Philadelphia
laid this trip had proved the value of
pie tuVbine engine. He described the
Achievement as magnificent and said
:jthe Lusltania was the noblest and best
Appointed steamship ailoat.
I The weather is clear and the water
Jimooth. We will anchor off quaran
tine about 7 o'clock and dock about 10
;:o-morrow morning.
I Among the speechmakers was also
I
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1910 GERMAN COMMITTEE
Sophomores Clioose Five to Arrange
for Prom Week Event.
Following the election of the junior
promenade committee, the members
of the sophomore class in the aca
demic department of Yale met last
night In Osborn hall and elected a
committee of five to arrange for the
sophomore german, the second prin
cipal event of prom week.
Elton Hoyt, 2d, of Cleveland, was
elected chairman of the committee,
and Lyle Gillis Hall, of Ridgeway,
Pa., was elected floor manager. The
other members of the committee are
Stephen Merrill Clement, jr., of Buf
falo; Earl Trumbull Williams, of
Brooklyn, and James Ford Johnson,
of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
ROWLEY FOR STATION 2
MeGnnn Shifted to Howard Avenue
and Vatrous to Central.
Officer George L. Rowley, who on
Wednesday evening was appointed by
the police commissioners to succeed j
Sergeant Hayes, will assume his active j
duties this evening as a sergeant at i
the Grand avenue station. Sergeant
McGann, of the Grand avenue station,
has been transferred to the Howard
avenue station, and the shift has been
completed by adding Sergeant Wat
rous, of the Howard avenue station,
to the corps of sergeants at the cen
tral station. All these shifts become
operative this evening.
DEAD IN PRISON
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, Who
" Wrecked an Ohio
Bank.
STRANGERS AT BEDSIDE
Her Son Left Cleveland But
Could Not Arrive in
Time.
Columbus, O., Oct. 10. Mrs. Cassie i
Chadwick, whose amazing financial ;
transactions culminated in the wreck
ing of an Oberlin (O.) bank, died in
the women's ward at tle Ohio peni
tentiary to-night at 10:15. Mrs.
Chadwick has been in a comatose con
dition for some hours previous to her
death, and the end came peacefully.
No friends or relatives waited at. her
bedside, only the prison physician and
hospital attendants. Her son, Emil
Hoover, had been summoned from
Cleveland, but he was not expected to
arrive before to-morrow.
In November, 1904, she was sued, by
a man named Newton of Brooklino,
Mass., from whom she had borrowed a
large amount. Other creditors came
down upon her, and soon she was ar
rested by the federal authorities on
the charge of conspiring with Charles
Beckwlth, president, and IA. B. Spear,
cashier of a national bank at Oberlin,
O., which had been substantially loot
ed. Mrs. Chadwick had obtained from
this institution such large sums that It
was compelled to dose its doors, caus
ing heavy losses to the depositors and
ruining many of them.
Mrs. Chadwick, Beckwlth and Spear
were indicted for a variety of offenses
against the national banking laws.
Beckwlth died before coming to trial..
Spear pleaded guilty, was sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary, and
is at the Columbus, O., penitentiary.
Mrs. Chadwick was brought to ttrtal
March 6, 1905, and after a hearing,
which lasted two weeks, was found
guilty of conspiracy to defraud a na
tional bank, and was sentenced to ten
years In the penitentiary. Her health,
which was not good at the time of the
trial, failed steadily after its conclu
sion. Mrs. Chadwick left one son,
Emil Hoover, born of her first mar
riage. He is now about twenty years
old.
AT THEJHAGUE
Court of Justice Report by American
Representative Accepted.
The Hague, Oct. 10. The first part
of the proposition of Prof, de Martens
(Russia) suggesting a plan for obliga
tory arbitration in the form of an ad
ditional act of the convention was re
jected to-day by the committee on ar
bitration, whereupon the professor
withdrew his old proposition.
The report of James Brown Scott
(American) on the proposed interna
tional high court of Justice was adopt
ed by the committee by 38 to 3 votes,
three delegates being absent.
The resolution of Sir Edward FrV
(Great Britain) to the effect that the
governments institute the court so soon
as they have agreed on the method by
which the judges are to be chosen was
also adopted.
CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 10 The cholera
in Russia is spreading steadiiy. Every
day hundreds of new cases are report
ed. CHIMNEY FIHE CAM,.
Truck No. 4 was called out for a
chimney fire about 9 o'clock last even
ing to the house occupied by L. D. Kep
pler at 72 Gregory street. There was
no damage dime. I'll b house is owned
by Mrs. Bishop,
INJURED DIVING
AOALE POOL
Charles D. Griswold, Shef
field 1910, Sustains
a Fractured
Spine.
BELIEVED THAT HE
CANNOT RECOVER
Parents Summoned From
Wethersfield to His
Bedside at the
Infirmary.
Diving from the plank at the Yale
swimming pool in the gymnasium yes
terday morning, Charles Darrow Gris
wold of Wethersfield, was probably fa
tally injured. His head and shoulders
struck the bottom of the tank and his
spino was fractured. Beside this his
head and neck were, injured in such a
way as to make his recovery practical
ly impossible.
Griswold went to the pool with some
of his classmates about 10:30 o'clock
for an hour of swimming and diving.
As Griswold is known to be a good
swimmer no restrictions were' placed
on what he should do at the pool and
no one thought there was any danger
when he started to dive off the plank.
His companions watched for him to
swim up to the surface after the dive,
but in a very short time it was seen
that lie was unconscious in the water.
The trainers at the pool and his class
mates immediately took him from the
water and tried to revive him.
As soon as he was partially revived
and it was seen that he was badly in
jured an ambulance ws summoned and
he was taken to the Yale Infirmary.
Dr. Max Mailhouse and Dr. Willis H.
Crowe were summoned and as soon aa
the nature of his injuries was known
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.
Griswold of Wethersfield were eum
moned. The young man recognized his fa
ther and mother at times during the
day, but most of the time he was in a
semi-conscious state and in terrible
pain. His physician, Dr. Crowe, stated
last night that his chance for recovery
was extremely slight. ,
His enmnanions at the swimming
pool say that the student musi have
dived straight down and struck the
hard bottom of the tank at the base
of his neck. . The pool is not very
deep at the point, but it has always
been thought perfectly safe to dive
there.
Griswold Is a membe'r of the fresh
man class of the Sheffield scientific
school, entering at the beginning of
this school year. He rooms with Sam
uel Adams Griswold of Wethersfield
at 182 Wall street.
Frank A. Grl3wold, his father, Is
well known here, and is the state
agent of the Northwestern Life Insur
ance company with an office at Hart
ford. Mr. and Mrs. Griswold are at
the infirmary with their son.
BAY STATEPOLITICS
Statement Given Out by
General Charles W.
Bartlett.
Boston, Oct. 10. General Charles
W. Bartlett to-night gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"A great deal of discussion has ap
peared in the public press in regard to
the democratic convention held at
Springfield, October 5. In justice to
the people of Massachusetts, to the
democratic party, to my friends and
myself, I desire to make my position
in this matter clea'r.
"I have been seeking for several
months the democratic nomination
for governor at the hands of the dem
ocratlc'party. I did not attend the
convention, but when notified of my
nomination by the chairman of the
executive committee of the democrat
ic party state committee I went be
fo're the convention and accepted tho
same. My opponents through the press
charge that this nomination was pro
cured by fraud, by trickery, by illegal
and wrongful methods.
"My friends, on the. other hand, as
sert, and I have confidence In their
statements that there can be no Just
criticism of their action and that Il
legal and wrongful methods were used
by their opponents.
"The only tribunal that can settle the
legality of that convention and of my
nomination Is the ballot law commis
sion. This body will have before it all
the facts bearing on the question. It
would be unbecoming in me to discuss
the merits of the controversy while it
is psneding before the court. All fair
minded men will form their judgment
after that decision rather than be
fore." TRI-CHCKCH UNION.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 10. At to-day's
session of the National Congregational
council interest was centered in the
discussion of Trl-Church union before
the committee of twenty-e!ght. At the
afternoon session there were numerous
addrcpss from those interested in the
laymen's missionary movments.
NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL.
Lusitania Breaks the Record.
Kay State Gas Company Record.
Mitchell Will Not Aerain Be Candidate.
Statement on Bav State Politics.
Investigation of New Haven Merger.
Governor Hughes at Jamestown.
episcopal Convention s rrooiems.
Mrs. Chadwick Dead in Prison.
Loans of $20,000,000 Puzzling.
STATE.
Walling Man Goes Hunting at 84.
Missing Greenwich Girl Found.
Jtoptists Raising Money for Convention.
Waterbury Man Loses Foot by Train.
Farmer Held Un at Danbury.
Who Got Waterbury Political Cash?
CITY.
Police Estimates Reveal Raise.
Will Fight Reopening of Rrtad.
Street Extension Causes Skirmish.
Martin in New York.
Camper Shot in Arm.
Rowley Assigned to Grand Avenue.
Student Injured While Driving.
SPORTS
Vein Wins Hunter Handicap.
Bookmakers Barred in Kentucky.
Ella Ambruster a Victor.
N. E. CUnnhes Golf Chnmplonshlp.
Cornell Junior Eight Win.
Chicago Again Asserts Supremacy.
Roan Colt Tramp Is New Champion.
EVEXTS TO-DAY.
Illg Irish Fair Opens.
"The Tatooed Man" at the' Hyperion.
"Great Express Robbery" at New Haven
Souvenir Matinee at Bijou.
"It's Hp to You, William," at Poll's.
MR. BOLD FEETER"
. ON THE BIRCH
i'
With Banners Flying and
Horns A Tooting Will Bear
Down on Jamestown
With Song.
WORDS BY HEWLETT;
MUSIC BY JACKSON
Bound to Outsing the Fair
est Songsters of the
.Sunny South,
by Jove.
The Jovial Second company "Feet
ers," which earns a new reputation for
soldierly bearing and good fellowship
every time Uncle Sam helps to finance
an International exposition, leaves for
Jamestown Sunday afternoon. The
company goes, together with the First
company of Hartford, as Governor
Woodruff's bodyguard. .x ; ' '
In order that the standard may not
be lowered from the musical point of
view, Captain George T. Hewlett, of
the historic "Brownies," the Fourth
company, has written an original war
song, which, it is expected, will stir the
hearts of the Virginians when render
ed to original muaio by Arthur II.
Jackson.
It's bound to make a hit,
For it certainly is "it,"
When the Foot Guard sing it lustily
.and strong
When Smith G. Is on his horse
And yells, "Column right!" of course
When the Foot Guard's on the march,
on the march.
The following are the verses which
Mr. Jackson has enlivened by martial
music. Captain Hewlett will person
ally conduct rehearsals on the trip
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BAY STATE DEMOCRATS
Bartlett Leaders Condemned for Acts
at Convention.
Boston, Oct. 10. The Democratic club
of Massachusetts at a meeting to-day
condemned the Bartlett leaders for
their acts at the Springfield conven
tion. Among the officers of the club
are Arthur Lyman, president; Charles
J. Barton, chairman of the executive
Committee; former Governor William
L. Douglas, Richard Olney, formerly
secretary of state; Joslah Quincy, Wil
liam A. Gaston, Thomas J. Gargan,
James B. Carroll and Robert H. Bur
nett. POLICE BOARD
PROVIDED RAISE
General Increase of Twenty
five Cents a Day for De
partment is in Es
timates. CHIEF'S SALARY
PUT AT $3,000
Fire Chief to Have the
Same Building Inspector
Asks a $500
Raise.
The estimates "received last evening
by the board of finance at the weekly
meeting were largely taken up with
Increased salaries for the members of
the department and this Item alone
will be a great Increase in the amount
of money which the board will be ask
ed to grant for next year. It was de
cided last evening that the hea'rings
on the various departments which are
annually held in tho early part of
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TWELFTH WARD
MAY FIGHT ROAD
Attorney Fitzgerald Pre
pared to Oppose Re-Opening
of Shore Line
Cut.
STREET COMMITTEE
OFFERS WITHDRAWAL
On Strength of Report of
Daggett's Opinion Mat
ter Leaves Its
Control.
. i
The petition of several citizens of
the Twlfth ward asking that the old
Shore Line cut which was given up as
the main highway of that division of
the railroad company some thirteen
years ago be made into a public street
came up before the street committee
at the meeting last evening, and
Charles Gay, one of the prime movers
lp the matter, was present. Prac
tically nothing was done on the mat
ter In the committee hearing, how
ever. Chairman Homan announced
that ho had not yet received the
opinion of the corporation counsel on
the matter, which had been referred
to him, but If that opinion, as was re
ported, held that the city could not
use the property in question, and that
the railroad still held rights in the
land, the only course the committee
could pursue would be to -give the
petitioners leave to withdraw.
Mr. Gay coincided with the - com
mittee view of the matter. He an
nounced that, while the Twelfth
warders had obtained an opinion from
their lawyer on the matter also, they
had decided not to present it to the
committee, as they felt that would
give their ammunition away to the
railroad. He announced, however.
that the attorney whbm they have en
gaged, and whoso opinion they place
their fight in, is David E. Fitzgerald.
Mr. Gay further announced that the
citizens of that section of the city will
fight the matter strenuously if the
railroad company attempts to run any
freight .cars along "this line, as they
understood is the intention. Then
the information and law which they
have secured will be used and a great
legal battle is promised before tho
matter Is settled.
3LACKHANDERS PUNISHED
Twenty-three Sent to Penitentiary in
Pennsylvania.
Newcastle, Pa., Oct. 10. Twenty
three Italians, recently convicted of
Black Hand outrages, were sentenced
to-day to terms In prison ranging from
two to ten years. They were later
taken to the penitentiary at Pittsburg.
HELDlPJN STREET
Ridgebury Farmer Takes in
Danbury Fair and Loses
Forty Dollars.
Danbury, Oct. 10. During the carnl
var celebration here to-night, and
while several thousand visitors were
adding to tho numbers crowding the
streets, Peter McKlver, a farmer of
Ridgebury, was made the victim of a
daring highway hold-up and robbery.
He was standing beside his horse on
White street when he felt' his arms
caught from behind and pinioned to his
sides.
At first he thought it a joke of
friends, but realized differently when
he saw his arms were held by a col
ored man on each side of him, and that
a colored woman had possessed herself
of his pocketbook, which McKlver said
contained a hundred dollars, and from
which she took about forty dollars.
McKlver's cries bVought assistance
and while the man managed to es
cape, the woman was taken. She
gave her name as Anna Carmine of
Trenton, N. J. Some time afterwards
a colored man was arrested on sus
picion of having been connected with
the hold-up. To the police the man
said his name was Louis Carmine, and
his address, New York city. After
his arrest Ca'rmihe admitted having
been with Anna Carmine at various
times.
A detective attached to New York
police headquarters has identified the
latter as one known to the police In
New York city.
VREELAXD IX WATERBURY.
Waterbury, Oct. 10. H. H. Vreeland,
of Metropolitan Traction company,
came to this city after dark this even
ing. He and wife and chauffeur ar
rived in a big Packard car and took
rooms at The Elton.
RELIGIOUS LAW VIOLATED.
Paris, Odt. 10. The mlnlste'r of ed
ucation has signed decrees provding
for the dissolution of three Catholio
communities, including the Sisters of
Marie Joseph, for violation of the
law governing religious congregations.
DEAD IN PASTURE
Roderick E. Harrison, of Northford,
Dies Suddenly.
(Special to the Journal and Courier.)
Northford, Oct. 10. Roderick E. Har
rison, one of Northford's most promin
ent and respected citizens, died sudden
ly to-night. Mr. Harrison left the
house soon after supper, and when aft
er some time had elapsed and he fail
ed to return his family became anxious
about him, especially as it was thought
that he had heart trouble.
A search was instituted, the family
being assisted by neighbors, and the
body of Mr. HarriBon was found in a
pasture, where he evidently had fallen
when seized by illness. Death was
doubtless due to heart disease.
Mr. Harrison . was sixty-three years
old. His parents were Amos Harrison
and Harriet Hart Harrison. He leaves
a wife, and one daughter, Mrs. Caroline
Carter of Meriden. '
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed yet.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Amicable Settlement Reached on the
Wage Question.
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 10. Officials of
the Canadian Pacific railway arid a
committee representing the company's
railway telegraph operators met here
to-day and reached an arrjrable settle
ment on the wage question. The men
get an Increase of 14 per. cent, and
hours of work range from eight to
twelve houns, according to location.
Two weeks' holidays or double pay for
two weeks a year where substitutes
are employed.
TINNERSWEAKEN
Master Plumbers Say That
Strikers' Places Are
Being Filled.
ANOTHER FIRM FORMED
Said to Have Granted All
Demands Made by
Strikers.
The strike of th tinners and metal
workers in this city shows signs of
breaking, ' '
After the meeting of the master
plunibeis last night, at which thirty
five members of the association wero
present, it was given out that more
men are constantly comlAg to fill the
places of those put on strike. ' .,
While admitting that their work is
still moreo r less in abeyance they de-
clarethat it is only a question of a
short time when matters will be in
shape again. . . .
The State street building, which was
the most important work held up, has
been completed, and the hospital work
will not be hindered.
One featureof the strike has been the
establishment of a new firm by the
book-keeper of a large plumbing house
in this city, and a leading" Journeyman.
This firm. It is said by the masters,
has granted all the demands made by
the strikers and have several men at
work at the new wage.
LIVELY PAIR
i
Three Accidents at One Held in Clare
inont, N. II.
Claremont, N. II., Oct. 10. Throe
accidents, two of them se'rlous, occur
red at the Sullivan county fair to-day.
Prof. Bonnette, a balloonist, who
has appeared here for several years,
was badly Injured and had a narrow
escape from Instant death while mak
ingan ascension. Bonnette's balloon
burst as he was some 200 feet from
earth.
Bonnette fell dire'etly Into the midst
of the crowd on Fakirs Row and was
rendered unconscious. He was picked
up and taken to the Claremont Cot
tage hrfjpltal- where it was found he
had received serious Injuries to his
back.
At the race track in the fourth heat
of the 2:25 pace, H. O. Page of Ben
nington, N. H., was thrown, by his
horse Scoot and dragged a long dis
tance, sustaining a fractured skull and
other injuries which may prove fatal.
The victim of the third mishap was
Driver Bentley, who was thrown by
Blue Ribbon, which shied at a piece of
paper. The driver turned a complete
somersault as he was pitched over the
sulky wheel and received a badly
sprained ankle.
NO BEARS YET
President Will Go After Catamounts
Instead.
Stamboul, La., Oct. 10. The president
will discontinue his bear hunt to-morrow
and next day in order to go after
catamounts. A fine pack of dogs arriv
ed at Alsatia to-night, and will be
taken to the camp early to-morrow.
XEW YORK FUSION TICKET.
New York, Oct. 10. The Indepen
dence league and republican county
convention nominated a fusion ticket.
The following were the nomina
tions: Sheriff Maximillian F. Ihmsen.
Judges of court of general sessions
Charles S. Whitman, Melville G.
Palliser, Nathan Vidaver.
Judges of city court William H.
Wadhams, Douglas Mathewson, H. C
S. Stlmsen, James A. Donegan, Ed
ward S. Merrill, Isadore Wasse-bogel.
Supreme court judge M. Linn
Bruce-
ONE OPPONENT TO
STREETJXTENSION
Westville Citizens Appear
Before Street Commit
tee to Put Matter
Through."
WINCHESTER CO.
ASKS STREET CLOSED
Man Who Gave Land to the
City Appears to Op
pose That Re
quest. There was quite a skirmish before
the street committee last evening on the
petition which has been presented to
the board of aldermen for the exten
sion of Farnham avenue and Fitch
street from Blake to Whalley, wl)ifi!i
came up for a hearing last night '; A. N.
Farnham, Charles B. Canada, Frederic!
C. Reynolds and Edmund Zernitz ap
peared in favor of the opening of the
street, and several others arose and
spoke along the tame lines. They held
that It would be a great convenience to
a large number of people in that part '
of Westville, as it would give them a
much shorter and more direct route to
reach the trolley cars.
N. P. Hotchkiss was the sole strong
opponent, and he felt that the exten
sion was not a public necessity and
that he would be Injured, as part of his .
land would be taken. He said that it
was' only by chance that he learned that
the matter was up lasl night, and de
clared that some of the signers of the
petition were not seriously in favor of
it. N .. '
Some of the advocates of the scheme
declared that when the matter came
up before Mr. Hotchkiss was in favor
of it, and they could not understand
his change of mind on the matter. It
is probable that the petition will be '
granted. ;
There wag considerable opposition to
the call for a sidewalk on Jewell street
on the ground that It was not a real
necessity, and would work hardship to
those whose land it would He along. '
The petition, kw(ll be turned down as
ther was no one to appear in its fa-
VOr.,; -" " .. . .; ;
There were Just two persons present
on the petition of the Winchester Armn
company for the closing of one block ;
of Sheffield avenue, that extending from '
Mason to Munson street. Charles In
gersoll, who represented the company,
owned all the land on each side of
the street through that block, and said
that the street there was ungraded
and not used so that there would ba
no detriment to the publlo in having It
closed.
Mr. Ingersoll's opponent was an el
derly man, who spoke in a low, quiet
voice, but his opposition was veryd
termlned. Ho stated that he considered
that his own and all other property on
the street would be damaged by ,the
concession to the company. He went on
to state that he had been the original
owner of most of the land which would
thus become the property of the com
pany, and that he had given it to the
city for a publio highway and not to
be given away to any corporation or
person. He said that he did not be
lieve that the city had any right to do
anything with the property which be
longed to the public, except there was
urgent publlo necessity for It.
The committee decided that it would
visit the street and look more closely
into the matter before taking action.
AUSTRIA'S EMPEROR BETTER.
. Vienna, Oct. 10. To the evident re
lief of the public there has been an
nounced a marked improvement in the
conditio! ef Fiancis Joseph, the aged
emperor of Austria, and King of Hun
gary, who is suffering from bronchial
catarrh. ,
WEATHER RECORD.
Washington, Oct. 10. New England
and Eastern New York: Rain Friday:
Saturdav fair; fresh couth winds, be
coming west.
Observations at Unlt'jd States weath
er bureau stations, taken at 8 p. m. yes
terday, seventy-fifth meridian time.
Wind.
Tem. Di r. Vel. Pre. Weath.
Albany 84 8 6 0 Cloudy
Atlanta 64 NW 12 Oi Clear
Bismarck.... 60 NW 10 00 Clear
Roston 60 S 6 00 Clear
Buffalo 48 W 18 88- Rainy
Chicago 68 NW 24 00 Clear
Cincinnati... 58 SW 6 00 Clear
Cleveland.... 68 .6 20 00 Cloudy
Denver 70 NE 6 Oi Clear
Hartford 53 S 4 00 PtCldy
Hatteras G2 NE 12 T. Clear
Jacksonville.. 66 N 6 00 Clear
Nantucket.... 48 E 8 00 Clear
N.Orleans.... 72 NE 6 00 Clear-
New York 50 SB 8 00 Clear
Norfolk 56 SE 6 00 Clear
Omaha 66 N 6 00 Clear
Pittsburg.... 54 SW 12 OJ Clear
Portland, Me.. 44 SE 6 00 Clear
Providence... 50 S 4 00 Clear
St. Louts 66 W - 10 00 Clear
St. Paul 62 NW 8 00 Clear
Washington.. 58 S 4 00 Clear
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
New Haven, Oct. 10. 1907.
A.M. P.M.
Temperature 45 64
Wind direction NE S
Wind velocity 4
Precipitation 0 0
Weather Clear Clear
Minimum temperature. S6
Maximum temperature. R0
Minimum last year.... 45
Maximum last year. .. . 68
h. M. TARR, Local Forecaster.
U. a Weather SurMU.,
J