VOL XIII NO 290.
WATERBURY, CONN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1900.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
THECZAJTSHEALTH
Bulletins Issued To-Day Say His
Condition is Excellent.
HIS ILLNESS TO BE PROTRACTED
So His Thysicians Have Announced
To-day The Appointment of a Ke
gency Is Under Consideration Duke
.Yladiixiier Is Mentioned for the Po
sition. Lavidia. Nov 10. The report from
the czar to-day is that his condition
is excellent, and that he is recovering
his health.
Faris, Nov 10. The "Dix Neuzieme
Siecle" to-day prints a special dispatch
from St Petersburg, saying that the
physicians have announced that the
illness of the czar will continue for
some time, a regency is under consid
eration, to act until the czar's complete
recovery. The grand duke Vladimir, un
cle of the czar it is added, is men
tioned as the regent.
PORTO RICO BUILDINGS.
New York Capitalists Are to Erect a
Business Block.
San Juan, Porto Rico. Nov 12. Xow
that the elections are over, the people
are beginning to look for improve
ments.lt was announced recently that
a five-story building would be built on
one of the most important business
streets in the city, a New Yq: capi
talist is on the ground with plans to
build a 200-room hotel, and promoters
and men with capital behind them are
knocking at the door of the executive
council, asking for franchises to build
electric railways to control water pow
er rights and to erect docks and
wharves. Porto Itieo should jump
ahead with a rush she never had a
brighter future before her. The coun
cil is considered slow In granting
franchises and concessions. Many ap
plications have been handed In by men
with the necessary capital to com
mence work immediately, but to date
only one franchise of any Importance
lias been issued. The company secur
ing this franchise is to build a net
work of electric roads through the
coffee and sugar districts to the ports.
BETTER THAN OTHERS.
General Chaffee Says They Proved to
Be in the Ch'inese Rumpus.
Washington, Nov 19. Some dispar
aging criticisms upon the American
field gun as exhibited in the Chinese
campaign lead Adjutant-General Cor
bin to address the following enquiry
to General Chaffee on November 15:
"Asserted our light artillery guns did
not meet all requirements, compared
with arms of other armies. What are
the facts?" The following response
was received on November 1G: "Our
battery bet Br than batteries of other
countries in the campaign. The Ger
man battery just arrived in some re
spects superior to ours. Powder charge
in cases fired with trigger like pistol;
more rapid fire the result. The break
arrangement also better. Calibre of
gun not quite so large. Our battery
highly praised, particularly so by Gen
eral Lineviteh. who said he felt like
taking off his hat whenever he saw it.
No battery so effective as our In attack
on Pekin."
BIG TAX DECISION.
KTnited States Envelope Company .Wins
From Vernon Town.
Rockville, Conn. Nov 19. A decis
ion was rendered to-day by Judge
Ralph Wheeler in the suit of the Unit
ed States Envelope company vs the
town of Vernon. This was a suit on
account of alleged excessive valua
tion, the United States Envelope com
pany having appealed from the decis
ion of the town board of relief of
Vernon, which assessed the plant of
the White Corbin company, owned by
the Envelope company, for $303,350.
Suit was brought by the Envelope
-company in October, 1898. The de
cision calls for a reduction on mills and
manufacturing equipment from $300,
000 to $200,000. and wipes out an as
sessment of $350 on horses and vehi
cles, so that the total reduction is
$100,350.
ALLEGED RAILWAY THEFTS.
New London, Conn, Nov 19. The
trial of James P. Gallagher for alleged
theft from the Central Vermont Rail
way company was postponed " until
Thursday at 10:30. Prosecuting At
torney Freeman moved that the counts
in the original complaint be nolled and
substituted a new complaint, which
charges the theft of a harness and the
embezzlement of $9 at one time and $8
at another. The adjournment was at
the request of the defense. - .
CONGRATULATES M'KINLEY.
Constantinople, Nov 19. United
States Charge D'Affaires Griscom was
again at the Yildiz palace November
17. .attending a court musieale, after
which he remain! and dined with the
sultan, who charged him to transmit
to .President McKinley his warmest
congratulations upon his re-election,
adding that the result of the election
had given his majesty the greatest of
pleasure, because it asured the con
tinuance of the present exceedingly
friendly relations between Turkey and
the United States.
COWBOYS FIGHT A DUEL. ,
' Cheyenne, Wyo. Nov 19. John and
'Alderice and Tobias Berner. cowboys,
fought a duel in the mountains near
Otto, Wyo. T,hree horses were tilled
and the Alderice brothers "were seri
ously wounded, John receiving- a ball
In each- arm and Albert was shot in the
eymach. j-The two families hare been
af war for some time. Further-trouble
may. ensue. "
ERIE AND WABASH. ,
Systems May Be Absorbed By
the
New York Central. '
New York, Nov 19. From a high
English financial authority, who is
closely in touch with American rail
way affatrs, it is learned by a Herald
Loudon correspondent, that plans are
maturing for the absorption of the
Erie and Wabash systems by the New
York Central.
William K. Vanderbilt has been
quietly buying Erie in the open mar
ket and has also been gathering up
Pennsylvania's. Whether the New
York Central is to acquire the Erie
by purchase or by lease is not yet
known. One of those two methods has
be r n adopted.
The plans are so well matured that
the public announcement of the d":il
may be expected within a fornight.
For a long time the acquisition of the
Wabash has been under consideration
by the Vanderbilts. The chief obsta
cle has been the disinclination of the
Vanderbilts to take over the lines west
of the Mississippi, but negotiations an;
now pending for turifing over the Wa
bash lines between the Mississippi and
Kansas City to the Atchison system.
The Atchison now has lines out of Chi
cago to Kansas City, but not to St
Louis.
St Louis was lost when the St Louis
and San Francisco railway was taken
out of the Atchison system. By ac
quiring the Wabash lines west of the
Mississippi tile Atchison will again
have St Louis on its map.
The New York Central, according to
present plans, will take over the Wa
bash lines east of the Mississippi.
KENTUCKY BANK WRECKED.
The Old Story of Trusted Employee
ud Fast Living.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 19. United States
Bank Examiner Tucker has taken pos
session of the German National bank at
Newport, Ky., and posted .a notice that
the bank will remain closed pending an
examination. Examiner Tucker also an
nounced unofficially that Frank M.
Brown, the individual bookkeeper and
assistant cashier, was missing and that
a partial investigation showed that
Brown was short about $201,000.
Brown had been with the bank 18
years, was one of the most trusted men
ever connected with this old bank, and it
is stated by the experts that his pecula
tions extended back as far as ten years..
The capital stock of the bank is only
?100,000. Brown's shortage is double
Tim! amount and more than the reserve
and all the assets, including their real
estate.
Three weeks ago the bank examiners
made a good statement for the bank, and
the officers and directors allayed suspi
cion by referring to the report of this ex
amination and to their last statement,
in which all of Brown's defalcations were
covered up by him. Last Wednesday
Brown left, and it was announced that
he had gone on a hunting trip.
Brown was suspended last Tuesday
pending an investigation, and the experts
have been at work all the past week,
while the officers and directors have been
making announcement that everything
was all right. Last Friday the officers
and directors over their own names pub
lished in the papers .of this city a state
ment that the bank had been found to be
nil riglt and that the rumors about
Brown were false. They continued mak
ing these statements to the press as late
as Saturday midnight, but the statements
were not accepted by The Commercial
Tribune, which exposed not only Brown,
but also the bank officers, and caused a
panic in Newport, so that the bank had
to be taken in charge by the examiner.
The wildest scenes were witnessed in
Newport yesterday, and serious trouble
is feared today, when the officers and di
rectors will be confronted by people who
hunted them in-vain yesterday. Brown
Was living a fast life, with wine, women
and gambling in his repertory. His ca
reer was not cut short by any discovery
at the bank until a jealous woman gave
him away.
HAWAIIANS INCREASE.
Natives of tlie Islands tlie Larger
Property Owners.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The de
crease of the Hawaiian race has been
steadily growing less rapid for the past
several decades, especially the female
population, according to the annual re
port of ex-President Sanford B. Dole,
governor of Hawaii. The increase of
part'Hawaiians tends to keep down the
number of the pure Hawaiians. While
the figures show race progress, the cen
sus reports as to surviving children are
discouraging. In both the censuses of
1890 and 1896 the pure Hawaiian per
centage of survivors was the lowest of
all nationalities represented in the is
lands. An encouraging outlook for the
Hawsiians exists in the fact that out of
6,327 owners of real estate in 18915, 3,995
were pure Hawaiians and 722 part Ha
waiians. The facts are significant as
showing the ownership of holdings by so
large a number of pure Hawaiians and
'the evident tendency of the race to ac
quire homesteads.
The ex-president reports that there is
reason to expect that annexation is going
to influence Hawaiian character very fa
vorably through the changed conditions
effected. Their old dependence on their
chiefs has ceased, and they are forced
to rely more upon themselves, and their
footing with the white men in the future
will be equal. The political privileges
they enjoy in common with other Amer
ican citizens, he says, will tend to edu
cate them in public affairs.
- The total valuation of real and person
al property in Hawaii subject to ad va
lorem assessment in 1900 is $97,491,584.
The report says the present aggregate
area of the public lands is approximately
1,772,713 acres, valued at $3,569,800. -,.
V X Ran For Baldness.
VIENNA," Nov. 19. Dr. Kienbock says
he has discovered that lost hair can bb
restored by the use of the Xrays. Ht
introduced to the Society oi rtysicians a
man, aged 26 years, part of whose head
had been bald for years. He applied the
rays on six occasions, 15 minutes each
time, in the course of two months, with
the result that hair has grown thickly on
the parts treated, the rest of his head re
maining bald.
Stock Company Shut Down. 1
UTICA, "N. Y.f Nov. 19. The Empire
Stock company of New York, 'with of
fices in Auburn, ' Schenectady, Albany,
Utica and other places throughout "th
state, which suspended last week, an
nounces through its -manager, -Charles
:Eberlin, that the company-will not re
sume business, but will pay its creditors
25 per cent. - ' " -'
TROUBLE in REM.
Foreign Residents in China, Ob
ject to Withdrawal of Troops.
Large Body of Americans and Rus
sians Called Away from Northern
China Boxer Forces Are Without
Supplies and Equipments Li Hung
Says Chinese Are No Match for the
Allies.
Tien Tsin, Oct 7. The withdrawal
from North China of a large portion
of the American and Russian troops,
and repeated but unconfirmed reports
that Japan contemplates similar action,
iias caused much comment in military
and commercial circles. While it is
not teit that theis reduction ol the al
lied force is sr.iricient to render the
situation dangerous, the chief cause
of alarm is that this action on the part
of two of tlie powers might indicate
a general policy of withdrawal. There
is a large element of foreign residents
who insist that all danger of a re
newal of trouble is not past, and it is
truui this quarter that most of tile ad
verse criticism of the American reduc
tion comes.
Out of a mass of contradictory edicts
purporting to be from the court and
various viceroys and oliicials. which
have found their way tJ 1'ekin and
Tien Tsin. it appears that in the more
remote regions of North China there
is still au active restlessness and hos
tility among the people, llow many
of these edicts are genuine and how
many of the reports th:it are brought
in are genuine, no one can say. Most
of the rumors of massing troops at
one point and another are obtained
through native Christians, and there
is a rather general disposition to ac
cept them with some alarm for the dis
tortion and exaggeration which seems
to be inherent in the oriental. Scout
ing parties have covered a wide ter
ritory both around l'ekiu and Tien
Tsin without discovering any enemy
in force and but few instances of any
at all. October 4 a detachment of Ger
mans were recounoileriiig toward tlie
l'ao Ting Fu region when it was tired
upon from cover, three Germans being
wounded and. according to report, one
Japanese coolie killed. The Germans
kept the affair very secret and no offi
cial report of it iias been obtainable.
Admitting, however, that the boxers
are assembled in tlie interior, toward
Shan Si and back of Tao Ting Fu. mil
itary men are not inclined to regard
this as a menace. They point out that
as far as can be learned, whatever
boxer force may be massed now. it is
without supplies and equipment for
winter campaigning. Moreover, they
fecl assured that a force from the. far
intcriottr would receive no real assist
ance from natives near I'ekin or Tien
Tsin, who have had a taste of the fight
ing. Even Li Hung Chang candidly
says that he felt that most of the peo
ple now realized they were no match
for the allies and modern arms. As
has been indicated in the Associated
Press dispatches from China there has
been a pretty general disposition on
the part of most of the powers to hold
Germany responsible for some of the
delay in reaching a point of commence
ment in the settlement. With tne ar
rival of the large and splendidly
equipped force, there was almost im
mediately renewed talk of an expedi
tion against l'ao Ting Fu. Reconnais
sances in force became the order of
the day. and on every hand there was
apparent a renewal of military activi
ty. Field Marshal Von Waldersee has
been credited with a remark to the
effect that Germany did not regard the
time as opportune for diplomatic settle
ment, intimating that the part of wis
dom was a further display of military
power. Subsequent developments have
been practically coroborative of this
reported statement. In this respect,
so far as can be judged from move
ments here, the British are in full sym
pathy with the Germans. Practically
the entire military situation is in the
hands of the preponderating forces, for
it is generally thought that Japan is
not nt all desirous of maintaining her
present large army in China during the
winter and that she will accept any
policy which looks to a reduction of
troops. Russia's consent to a with
drawal of troops is felt here to be
based on the necessity for a large Rus
sian force in Manchuria, where, ac
cording to reports which reach here,
she has her hands full.
As cabled by the Associated Press,
the American residents in Tien Tsin
met at the announcement of the with
drawal of the larger part of the United
States forces and adopted resolutions
protesting against such action. The
sentiment of the English here is ex
pressed in an article in a local paper,
which, discussing tire importance the
American action will have among the
Chinese, says:
"The reason for the withdrawal is
perfectly understood, and allowance is
apparently made in consequence by the
powers. But the point which appealed
most strongly to American traders and
missionaries here is not what the pow
ers will think but what China will
think."'
It is then pointed out that the mass
es of the people are led to believe that
the Americans were afraid of the con
sequences of remaining in China Con
tinuing, the editorial says:
"America's action must inevitably
bear an enormous crop of misconstruc
tions by which all will suffer, and not
the lpast she herself. The apparent
leniency will'not enhance her prestige
in China's eyes, while we should say
it would tend to limit her votes in the
councils of nations in Fektn."
CHINESE DESTROYING RAILROAD
St Petersburg, Nov 19 A dispatch
from Yladizostock : says that the Chi
nese have destroyed. 300 versts of the
southern section of he Machrian rail
road. All the stations were burned
and a large amount of rolling stock
destroyed. k The loss wiil tie ten mil
lion rubles. '
UNKNOWN SHIP : IN DISTRESS.
. New York. Nov 19. The Oak Island
life saving station, nenr Fire Island,
reports that-an unknown ship -was off
shore at Short beaeli, about-twenty
miles west of Oak island, at this
morning. The ship was in' distress,
dismasted and ' signalling for ' assist
ance ,- -' -- ' '- - ' "
HOME OF THE "AVE MARIA."
Suffered a Serious Loss By Fire Yes
terday., ' Southbend, Ind.jNov 19 The Uni
versity of Notre llame suffered anoth
er serious loss from tire yesterday, the
second., with in ten days and the fourth
since the first of the year. That the
institution's most important buildings
were not destroyed this time is due
to a downpour of rain and heroic work
on the part, of the students, aided by
the firemen of the Southbend. As it
is. the loss probably will not exceed
.fl.-i.l!00.
While the students were at their de
votions tlames were making rapid
headway in the sacristy adjoining tlie
church and were seriously threatening
the latter, one of the most finely fin
ished houses of worship in the United
States, when they were discovered.
The worshippers filed out nf tlie
doors in an orderly manner, and soon
the university tire companies were tor
get her and efforts to quench the fire
were being made.
Little headway was made at first
and an appeal fnr aid was sent to
Southbend. Chief Kernel- ordered two
companies to the university and short
ly afterward, on a second call, two
more were hurried from the town,
however, a drenching rain set in. It
soaked the . woodwork of the threat
ened buildings near by and extin
guished tlie fire brands that were leap
ing through the roof of the sacristy
over the university grounds. The
workers redoubled their efforts, but in
spite of this combination of forces the
fire burned for two hours. It was.
however, confined to the sacristy.
The fire, it is said, started bv the
igniting of a surplice that hung above
the censor. Early this year the ice
houses near the university were de
stroyed by fire and shortly -afterward
the granerics. after having been partly
filled, were burned. These have been
rebuilt.
A week ago last Friday the famous
gymnr-s'iim of the universily was
ruined bv fire that caused a loss of
probably $20,000.
FOUR MEN CREMATED.
Fire Iii Osw'nyo, Pa.. Destroys Iloirl
and Opera Hocsc.
OSWAYO, Pa., Nov. 19. Four men
were burned to death in a Ere which yes
terdny destroyed the McGonignl House,
a three story frame building; the hotel
barn and the opera house. The three
buildings were burned to the ground in
half an hour from the time the Cre
started. The dead are: Arthur Fletcher,
bookkeeper for Penu Stave company,
heme in Boston; Michael Russell, em
ployed by Penn Tanning company, Os
wayo; William Mulhany of Itexford, N.
Y., and Hugh Jefferson of Alfred, N. Y.
The town has no fire department, the
only protection being a pump at the
tannery. The fire originated in the Mc
Gonigal House from an overpressure of
natural gas. There were 30 people in
the hotel, which was a flimsy structure.
Two men were seriously injured. Otto
Kauley,a gas. line walker of Couders
port, Pa., was burned about' the f ace and
arms, and Jerry Dailey sustained a bro
ken shoulder by jumping from the third
story of the hotel. There were many
narrow escapes.
The flames licked up the hotel building
as if it were built of tinder. Nothing
remains of the four unfortunate men but
a few charred bones. One man had a leg
brokfcn in jumping, and several others re
ceived minor injuries' and slight burns
in making their exit from the building.
''tip tannery employees connected a line
oiuose to the burning buildings, but on
account of Some' trouble with the punip
there was considerable delay in getting
a stream on the fire and the flames had
got beyond control.
Doers Very Active.
PRETORIA, Nov. 19 The Boers are
active. It is alleged that Commandant
Louis Botha has established a govern
ment at Rocsendal, north of Middleburg,
and that with the l;"i0,000 which he has
available he is paying the fighting burgh
ers a crown per day. Commandant Abel
Erasmus is said to be at Oliphant's river
with 2.000 men, 1,000 wagons and 12,
000 cattle. From Heidelberg it is re
ported that the Boers are compelling the
burghers who had surrendered to take
up arms again.
Tenement House Dynamited.
SCRANTON, Ta., Nov. 19. During
the night some vandal exploded a stick
of dynamite beneath a shanty adjoining
a large Italian tenement house in North
Ser;ntou, demolishing the shanty and
blowing in the end of the tenement.'. Mr.
nnd Mrs. James Payne and their 14-year-old
son, who were asleep in the wrecked
end of the apartment, were thrown out
at bed and for a time buried beneath the
debris, but outside of a few cuts a.id
bruises escaped injury.
DISABLED STEAMER IN TOW.
London. Nov 10. The Red Star line
steamer Friesland, from New. York,
Nov 7. for Southampton and Antwerp,
passed Scllly 'this morning, disabled,
in tow of the British steamer Cluden,
from Newport News, November 1st,
for Rotterdam. The Frieslaud's rud
der was damaged.
WEATHER REPORT.
' Washington, Nov 19. For Connecti
cut: Rain and colder to-night and
Tuesday; fresh to brisk north winds.
AVeat her t notes: A storm area this
morning is over the central sections
and the Lake region. ' Tins storm will
probably reach this vicinity to-night.
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ALLIES FEAR THE WINTER.
Supplies Are Short and Rail
roads Torn Up.
The Worst Damage to Contend With
Is to the Bridge xOver the Pie Tang
River Building Material Is Scarce
British, Germans and Japanese Hard
at Work, but Making Little Head
way. Tong Ku, China, Oct 2."i. The early
advent of cold weather is causing inucii
concern among the allies over the
question of winter supplies and com
munications. It is now practically
assured that the railway to Shan llai
Kwan from Tong Ku cannot be put
in running order for at least two
months and this estimate is based up
on the prompt delivery of necessary
materials.- A railway expert has been
sent over the entire lino on an inves
tigation and his reports show that the
road js in much worse shape than was
at first, believed.. In all it is said that
about thirty -eight miles of track have
been destroyed. The destruction has
been wrought in various places, a few
miles in some districts remaining prac
tically intact, while in others the whole
line has been destroyed. It is alleged
that in sonro localities even the road
bed has been torn up. the ballast re
moved and the sleepers taken away or
burned. Some few rails have been
found, but by far the greater portion
have disappeared.
The worst damage, however, was to
the groat bridge over the Pei Tar.g
river. This was a livo-spm iron struc
ture, with trestle approaches, and it is
reported to be damaged so badly as to
practically require reconstruction. The
stone abutments have been weakened
by explosives nnd the entire structure
is in bad condition. Tlie scarcity of
bridge material, as well as railway
srpplios. makes the task cf restoring
the line to Shan Hai Kwan a dillicult
one. and it is believed will necessitate
some effort to keep the port of Taku
open this winter. River men say this
will be extremely dillicult. owing to
the shallowness of the water over the
bar and of the narrow- and tortuous
channel. A boat of sufficient power
and draught to keep the ice clear of
the channel could hardly be navigated.
If it is found impossible to restore the
IVi Tang bridge it is now said that an
effort-will be made to operate the rail
way from both ends and trans-ship at
tlie Pei Tang river over tne ice. The
line from Yang Tsun to Peking is pro
gressing slowly. The British, Germans
and Japanese are at work on different
sections but hero again the scarcity of
materials is retarding reconstruction
and there is little prospect that oper
ations will be begun for at least two
months..
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB.
The Season Has Been a Busy One
With the (J iris.
The Girls' glee club was organized
last February, and owing to gradua
tions and the boys' conceit did not
give au entertainment last year. Sev
eral of the girls graduated last June,
so tJiat the alto part was specially
weaR. The club reorganized Septem
ber 20 and elected .Miss Editli Hender
son president, .Miss Kittie Kerg'm, sec
retary and treasurer; .Miss Leta Hai
comb, Miss Elsie Dickson and Miss
Alice Vaill. board of directors; Miss
Minna Storm acconnianist
number of freshman girls entered.
making about sixty members. Pre
parations for New Haven were made
and the concert work began at the
same time, so that the season has been
a very busy one for them. The follow
ing is a full list of the club: Misses
Bertha Bachuian. Carrie Reorbaum,
Emma Boyle, Kittie Bergin, Margaret
Corr. Murlii-. Clark. Emma Clayton.
Kathryn Casey, Margaret Courtney.
Katherine Bergin. Bernice Burtoii.
Jennie Freney. May Ganley. Mary
Grady, Anna Kirselihaum. Edith Hen
derson. Elizabeth Katie. Eleanor Kil
marfin. Nellie Kenney. Grace - Kane.
Molly Lord. Grace McCorinack, Jennie
MeKennerney, Mary McKeiincrney.
Mars-aret McDonald." Elsie Pollak. Jes
sie Place. Florence rritchard. Mary
Milton; Helen Noonan. Gertrude Row
ley. Margaret Slianahan. Leedwin Sin
caster. Agnes Slavin. Clare Sutton.
Emily .Twining. Alice Vaill. Myrtle
Wilder. Wimiifred Ward. Nellie Wein
or. Grace Sanford, Katherine Flem
ming. Edna Place. Dora Brandaim.
Loontine Blake. Beulah Boughton,
Minnie Barier. Helen Corcoran, Lillian
Courtmache. Mary Chrisinan. Elsie
Dickson. Lottie Egan. Kathryn Glvnn.
Lottie Logan. Jennie Lefevre. Leta
Holcomb. Sadie Ketnan. Anna Keiias
snff. Emily Mason," Anna Nagle. Alice
Packard. Irene Strain. Winona Russell.
Etta Lewiu. Minna Storm, accompan
ist. LAST NIGHT OF FAIR.
A Tretty Stage Entertainment Will Be
. Furnished To-night.
Saturday night City hall was filled
with the largest crowd that has yet
witnessed the St Thomas fair. About
uOO afforded themselves of the last op
portunity to partake of a turkey sup
per, this feature of the fair closing on
Saturday night. Tlie diamond ring for
selling tlie imost combination tickets
was awarded to John Sayles. The en
tertainments during the entire fair
were of a high order. Mrs Peter Fox
rendered a solo in a charming man
ner. A drill by little girls, of St
Thomas's parish under the supervision
of. Miss Loretta Hayes, was well re
ceived by the large audience. He
brew impersonations 'were rendered in
a pleasing manner bv F. Liebeck.
while Miss Margaret Delaney's rendi
tion of "Little Black Me" was vigor
ously applauded. The-standing of the
voting contest is as follows: Edward
Kane 307. F. Holland 342,. William
Reillv 200. Edward "McEvoy 127. Cap
tain Dodds 107. Captain Hall 94. F.
Hollywood 02. William Squires 02. The
fair will close this evening. The class
of 1901 of Notre Damewill furnish the
stage entertainment, vrnleu will be . of
a high, order. '. , .
SAM ROOT IS FIRM.
Refuses to Move .Building Encroach
ing on City Property. . ;".v
While it seems almost incredible,
still it looks as if the city is going tj
have a rnn-ia with Samuel Root over
tlie layout of the Wafertown road, a
work which was ordered done during
the regime of Mayor Barlow . and
which has been pushed almost to com
pletion by the present administration.
Mr Root owns the building on the cor
ner of West Maia strett and the Water
town road and was awarded about -f 1.
100 damages on account of the chang;
which carries the line through a por
tion of the building, necessitating its
ivmoal or the tearing down of it al
together. Mr Root took the money
and naturally the city thought .that h:
would proceed to the moving of tiie
build'ng so that the work of working
the street to the propi r width could
be carried out as quickly as possible.
Tlie job has been completed tip.-to this
pi, hit now and. curiously enough. Mr
Hoot lias made no move towards get
ting tiie building out of ihe way and
does not want it disturbed at present,
lie intends to put up a better building
there sometime than the one that is
there now and would like to have the
old one do service until he gets rcail.v
to reniace it with something more sub
stantial. Wh le tl-e rr s nt indications
point to a clash betwen the city and
Mr Root, still it is thought that the
difference wiil be settled without any
trouble, for Mr Root is a man who
knows better than tr tike the ground
that he can stand in the way of the
in nroveuient at ttiis hour of the -lay.
It is uuders-ood th-it Mr Root beiieve-s
that it would meet the case provided
he should take off Hi veranda, which
waidd leave the building between ";glt
inches or a foot on the street line. Mr
Root was awarded the $1.1 MM1 on condi
tion that lie would remove the build
ing. CHICKEN THIEVES AGAIN.
A Haul Made From a Hennery on
liiiigv Street. Last Nigut.
Chicken thieves pant a visit to
James l.eeiicy s coop oil Khigc street
last night and caineit a-.va., twelve
line, fat birds, 'mere is no clue to
the identity ; tile guilty parties nor
is it likely that anyone will make any
effort to locate tliein. The otner day
the people in that section who have
stiff red heavy losses from this kind of
business the past few years, petitioned
the city fathers for better police pro
tection and were rewarded with a re
ply to the effect that Chief Egan was
rendering as ellicient service as possi
ble with the number of men at his dis
posal. If that answer did not satisfy
those people who never have had any
police protection at all. it would be
hard to know what to have said on
this subject that would please them.
There is absolutely no police protec
tion in that part of liie town, and the
petitioners Mho received such au in
telligent reply to their rerfucst for n
small share of the attention bestowed
upon other places should renew their
petition and keep at it -right -along un
til they get what they "want.
CITY NEWS.
The Sixth division. A. O. II., will
meet this evening.
The new beginners class opened last
Wednesday by Prof Bailey will hvre
at'ter meet rtti Thursday evening at his
academy hall.
Sergeant Blakely was in charge of
the police department to-day. Chief
Egan being out of town at a funeral.
Not an arrest was made up to 3
o'clock.
Patrick Barton, while at work nt
Benedict fc Burnham's this afternoon,
received a severe injury to his right
hand which resulted in the loss of all
of the lingers.
. Judge Bradstrect has decided tiie
case of Mary Pappiano against Gaet
ano Ermo in' favor of the plaintiff, giv
ing her judgment for $S". This was
a suit for slander for $."00 damages.
The Crescent foot ball eleven defeat
ed an eleven from the East end at the
Rye lots yesterday, by a score of l."
to 0. The game, though a. little one
sided, was interesting and full of ex
citement throughout.
St Michael's fair in Waterville
opened Saturday night, a large crowd
being in attendance. St Thomas's
drum corps, of this citv. paraded
through .different parts of Waterville
before the fair opened. The stage
entertainment was an excellent one. as
will be the one to-night. Quite a few
from Waterbury will attend the fair
to-night. '
Thomas F. Mc Donald. 2S years old.
formerly a resident cf South
street, this city. died in
Iona, Mich, this morning, from
pneumonia. He leaves five sisters,
Mrs Telian. Mrs Kennedy. Mrs Moran
and Miss Mary J. McDonald, all of
this city, and Mrs E. ,L. -Simmons, a
resident of. Iowa. The remains will
be brought to Waterbury for burial.
Notice-of funeral later.
No lover of good basket ball should
fail to attend tlie great game at the Y.
M. C A. gymnasium to-morrow night,
at. 8 o'clock, between the crack Y. M.
C. A. flv,e:..aud the Yale 'varsity team.
Yale - has, -,'been beaten for the last
three years by the? local five and they
will co'me-here to-morrow night with
the purpbe:-of wiping out the stigma
of these defeats by "a glorious victory.
But:,the -Y.'. M. C. A. team is composed
of the sa me five "players who have
dtine the 'trick in the past and intend
to repeat iit "to-morrow night. Yale is
always.a-,drawing .card in Waterbury
and consequently a large attendance is
expected-"-; : .- ;
A meeting of the-mr tubers who com
posed, the "!7 Y. M. C. A. foot ball
tean' has been called for to-night- at
7:30 on the Holmes lot. on West Main
street, i in order that they may com
mence practice. The. team will prob
ably line- up as follows in their game
with Storrs's Agricultural college elev
en on Thanksgiving ' day; ('enter,
Thompson: guards. Doddw and Hotcli
kiss; tackles. Stout, and Kane; ends,
Bauby. Brinck and icPnrtland: quar
ter, E. McEvoy: halfbacks, Gatfney.
Burns, and Beardsley; fullback. Goss.
Brinck was formerly halfback of the
Central ntneky university team nnd
thas quite a reputation as a player, r
SCHOOL
Oronoke School Troubles Not
Nearing the End. . . i
SCHOOL OPENED THIS MORNING
Room Fitted Up in a Private Dwell
ingThe Committeeman Has Decid
ed to Run the School This Way for
the Present.
School was resumed to-day in the
Oronoke district under circumstances
compatible with the temper of the dis
trict, during tlie past few months. The
residents of the uortn end of the dis
trict without any warrant or apparent -power
installed the teacher who taught
last year in the school in the end of
the district, and school was resumed
this morning with very few pupils
present, and with the question con
fronting the teacher, where will I. get
my .salary at. the close of the term.
In the opinion of some .she will have
to tight for it in the courts, and in the
opinion of others, those who installed
her are responsible for her salary and
it is to them she will have to look for
it. but they are of a different franle
of mind. Any way, everybody be
lieves flint the foundation of a lengthy
lawsuit has been laid. Another fea
ture of the situation is equally unusual
end many would not be surprised to
see the school committeeman, William
Johnson. in a pock of trouble.
But this is only a matter of opinion
with the odds in favor of Mr Johnson.
Last evening, it is claimed. Mr John
son removed a number of desks and .
seats from the South end school to the
dwelling house of Henry Schmidt, and
rented one room from him to be used
as a school room. He then set out to
procure a teacher, and though he found
many competent, none were entitled to
teach, they lacking the necessary cer
tificate. In view of this situation then
it is claimed that he installed his wife
as teacher in this impromptu school,
with what success was not known this
morning. It is evident that the situa
I'on. as it now stands, will prevail un
til the town committee decides the
nt the meet!"-- - i bold on De-
(1It!iir. ,
ATTEMPT TO ENTER LAUNDRY.
Chinaman Chased Intruders With a
Revolver. But Shots Went Amiss."
About 1 o'clock Friday morning aa
attempt was made to burglarize the '
laundry conducted by Charles Wing
at U2 East Main street. The wotilct-
oe nurgiars were youths, four in mini.,
her. A "nile two of the youths attempt
ed to gain an entrance in front through .
the transom over the door, the othr
two went to the rear of the building
the plan no doubt being for one party
to attract the Chinaman's attention to
the front of the building while the
others would gain an entrance in the
rear. But Charlie had just retired
from finishing a long day's work and
he inini (ii -t -ly detected the noi.S3 made
by those attempting to open the tran
som in front. He in quick time
jumped out of bed. grabbed his revol
ver, a seven-shooter, and tired twice,
but both shots went amiss. The two
youths in front then scooted, closely
followed by the two who had gone to
the rear of the building, where they
had heard the shots. They ran tip
William street and about two minutes
later the; Chinaman followed after
them hot in pursuit. The pursuer and
the pursued ran up tlie above named
street, across Laurel and down Wall
street, the former now and then firing
at the fleeting forms in front of him.
But it was so dark and his aim so poor
that he did not succeed in hitting any
of them. After reaching East Main
street tlie Chinaman was so fagged out
that be bad to discontinue tlie chase
nnd the youthful burglars escaped.
The residents of William street and
vicinity were terribly frightened by
the shots and they hastily arose from
lied, thinking an awful tragedy had oc
curred, but happily they were disap
pointed. There are many peo
ple in all parts of the "
c:tv who wish one or more of the
Chinaman's shots had taken effect. In
that case it might be an example to '
the srangs of youths who are engaged
in the practice of burglarizing stores.
BROUGHT HOME GAME.
But Some of tlie Boys Say the Hunt
ers Bought It.
Great stories of prowess in the hunt
ing field are in circulation in the North
end. A few days ago Constable at
ter V. I.aniion went up to Winsted
with the intention of hunting home
ward. Anybody who has ever under
taken this trip will never forget it.
The prospect seldom fails to be prom
ising, but the results also never fail
to be greatly disappointing. - Until
lie readied Torrington. not a thing
worth shooting at showed itself.. But
at that point he had all he could do to
keep bis gun loaeled anel fire at birds
galore. He was so tired, however, that
he coiikl hardly lift the gun to his
shoulder, so that the birds had a great
time with the huntsman arid- they
seemed to defy him" to shoot. When
he readied Thomaston he made up- his
mind that hunting around the Nauga
tuck railroad was not what' It was
cracked up to be. so he- waited for the
next train, yot he returned home with
a bag full of game.
"Another story has It that a party of "
three young men living on Cooke street
above Pine street went out early last
week and remained away until Satur
day evening. Like. Constable . La n
non," they also had a bag full of game,
hares, and rabbits. Since then, how
ever. rumor, jealous rumor, no doubt,"
lias it. that they bought the game In
Naugatuck, and that they whispered
to their intimate friends that they
enme near being starved during the
cold snaps of last week. It Is said .
that all they caught." was one tinfortu
nate rabbit that did not. know enough
to get in out of the snow.