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VOL XIII NO 296.
WATERBURY, CONN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1900.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
In the Troubles of the Castel
lane Family.
SUPREME COURT INJUNCTION.
Issued To-day by Justice Fitzgerald
Restraining the Goulds and Castel
, lanes From Receiving or Paying Out
. Any of the Late Jay Gould's
, .Wealth.
New York, Nov 2G. Justice Fitzger
ald in the supreme court, oa the appli
cation of attorneys for Anthony J.
Dittmar, issued an injunction to-day
restraining Boni, Count De Castellane,
Anna Gould (Countess De Castellaue),
George J. Gould. Howard Gould, Ed-v.-in
Gould and Helen M. Gould, as
trustees under the will of the late Jay
Gould, from receiving or paying any
portion of the property left by Jay
Gould. The order also restrains the
trustees from paying to Countess De
Castellane or anyone acting for her,
any rents, issues, profits, income or
avails, under the will of Jay Gould, or
from applying any of her share under
the will, to-the payment of any debts
incurred by her.
TO INVESTIGATE VICE.
Meeting To-morrow in New Yorl;
Prepare to Cleanse the City.
Indications point to a hearty
to
re-
sponse to the appeal made by ten lead
ing citizens of New York for a meet
ing to be held to-morrow in the cham
ber of commerce for the purpose of de
vising some plan to repress flagrant
vice, not only on the East Side, but in
other localities in the city.
Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt, one of
the signers of the letter which was
sent out, will probably preside. Bish
op Henry C. Potter will be asked to
make an address and give suggestions.
It is not likely that the chamber of
commerce movement will be in sympa
thy with the committee named by
Tammany Hall to investigate vice and
proceed against those who are respon
sible for it in this city.
A DOUBLE SHOOTING.
Objection to a Marriage Was the
Cause of It.
Jacksonville, Ore, Nov 20. G. W.
Traynor last night shot and killed J.
Hardenbrook and then killed himself.
Hardenbrook was engaged to be mar
ried to Miss Sarah L. Beeson, a sister
jof Mrs Traynor, but Traynor objected
to the match and it is said had threat
ened Hardenbrook's life. Last night,
about 11 o'clock, Miss Beeson, Harden
brook and Mrs Traynor were Bitting
around. the fire when Traynor walked
out on the porch and a few moments
later u bullet came crashing through
the window. It struck Hardenbrook
in the head and he died in an hour.
Traynor was found shortly afterwards
near the house with two bullet holes
in his head.
SILVER STILL ALIVE.
Senator Teller Says the Question Will
Not Down.
Denver, Col. Nov 20. Senator Henry
M. Teller of Colorado, who leaves for
Washington to-night, speaking of the
effect upon the silver question the de
feat of Bryan will have, said that he
did not intend to abandon the silver
question because of the result of the
recent election.
'The silver question is not dead,"
he continued, "and will be a live ques
tion in American politics for years to
come, and I am firmly of the opinion
that we will ultimately return to the
bimetallic system, in my judgment the
only system that can secure stability
of peices and equity between the cred
itor and debtor."
CHARGES -AGAINST BRITISH.
Michael Davitt Says Kruger Will Pre
fer Charges Against England.
" New York, Nov 20. According to a
dispatch from Paris to the Journal and
Advertiser, from Michael Davltt. Pres
ident Kruger, the British press learns,
is likely to follow up the line taken in
-his pronouncement at Marseilles, by
formulating specific charges of the
breach of the code of civilized warfare
on the part of Lord Roberts in instruct
ing his officers to resort to reconcentra-
do methods in the effort to entirely.
crush Boer resistance.
FLOODS WERE FATAL.
Memphis, Tenn, Nov 20 Several
Jives were lost in the floods recently
in West Tennessee, north of Dyers
burg, and a woman and two children
in a buggy were thrown into a slough
by the crumbling of the roadway and
all were drowned. A mail carrier was
drowned In Caney creek, near Glymph,
I.auredale county, while attempting to
ford the stream. A section hand on
V the Illinois Central railway was
iirowned at -the south fork ', of the
Forked river. j
INSULTING LANGUAGE USED".
New York. Nov 26. Mayor Van
Wyck receiyed a. letter from Bishop
Totter to-day, saying that the state
ments made by the Rev Messrs Pad
dock and George regarding insulting
language used to them by certain po
lice officials would be sworn to and
forwarded to the mayor. These state
ments were requested by the police
board several days ago, presumably for
use in connection with the trials of In
spector Cross and Captain Herlihy.
. TWO THEATERS RAIDED. ,
New York. Nov 2C George Wintet
slf. manager of the Germania theater,
and Frank Erlaw. an actor, appearing
nf that theater, who " were- arrested
last nlgnt on the charge of violating
the Snndax law. were arraigned before
Magistrate. Meade, in police court to-
dar and were paroiea ior xurwer ext
smJnationv Police Captain Thompson
aid a play called "The Rich .Peasant"
was given In the theater last night. ,
JURY WOULD NOT CONVICT.
So Says the Sheriff of Lincoln County
as Regards Porter's Death.
Denver, Col, Nov 26.' X The Rocky
Mountain News to-dayprints the reply
of Sheriff Freeman of.Lineoln county
to the letter of District.Attomey McAl
lister of Colorado Springs, C01, concern
ing the prosecution of the persons who
lynched Preston Porter at Limon, Col,
recently. After alleging that he was
influenced into taking Porter from
Denver to Limon by the assurance of
leading citizens of LiucolM county that
he would be allowed to pass through
Limon unmolested to Hugo, where he
would be permitted to place Porter in
the county jail. Sheriff Freeman de
clares that it would be impossible to
get a. jury in Lincoln or any adjoining
county that would convict any one
charged with participation in the burn
ing of Porter.
CZAR NOT IMPROVING.
Condition LeiB Favorable, bat
Not
Considered Alarxninsr.
LONDON, Nov. 20. While the Iatesl
bulletin regarding the czar's condition
is much less favorable than its prede
cessors there is nothing as yet to con
firm alarming rumors. Queen Victoria
daily receives a telegram from the
czarina, and it is understood that no ex
ceptional anxiety is yet displayed.
According to the Moscow correspond
ent of The Daily Express, an examina
tion of water taken from the well used
for drinking purposes at Livadia proved
the presence of typhoid germs. An Odes
sa dispatch to The Daily News, dated
Thursday, says:
"Reports for the last two days indi
cate a serious decline in the strength of
the czar."
Russian censorship prevents any leak
age of news. It is understood that the
czarina will remain at Livadia for her
accouchement, and even under the best
conditions it will be impossible to re
move the czar before February.
A St. Petersburg dispatch gives tho
following bulletin, isrued Sunday at
Livadia:
"The czar passed a quiet day yester
day. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
his temperature rose to 103.0, the pulse
being 88. At 9 o'clock in the evening
the temperature was 102.2 and the pulse
80. His majesty slept well during the
night. This morning his general con
dition and strength are satisfactory."
Grave Rumors About tbe Crar.
BERLIN, Nov. 20. The following spe
cial dispatch, dated St. Petersburg. Nov.
25, has been received here: "It is per
sistently rumored in St. Petersburg that
the condition of Emperor Nicholas is crit
ical. Well informed people here declare
that the disease has made far greater
progress than the czar's physicians have
publicly admitted. A fatal issue is now
gravely feared."
OUR POSTOFFICES.
Mr.
Brlstow's ' Animal Report Gives
Some Interesting: Fignref,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General John L.
Bristow in his annual report recommends
an amendment to the interstate com
merce law prohibiting telegraph and ex
press companies or their employees from
aiding or abetting in the green goods or
lottery swindles or any other scheme car
ried on partly by mail and partly by com
mon carrier and in violation of the postal
laws.
There were 15,142 appointments oi
postmasters made during the past fiscal
year, 14,435 being of the fourth class and
707 being presidential, an increase of 033
in all over last year. There also has
been an increase in the number of resig
nations, especially of fourth class post
masters. Fewer removals "for irregulari
ties were made than last year. There
were 3,000. postoflices established during
the year, an increase of 005 over last
year, and 1,912 offices were discontinued,
an increase of 407 discontinuances over
last year, mostly due to rural free deliv
ery extension and public highway im
provements. There were 47 resignations and 45
deaths gf presidential postmasters and
919 deaths and 8,053 resignations of
fourth class postmasters. On June 30
last the number of postotliees was 70, OSS,
as follows: First class. lt)4; second, 852:
third, 3,187; fourth, 72,455. The total
number of arrests during the fiscal year
for offenses against the postal laws was
1,526, including 119 postmasters, 29 as
sistant postmasters and 144 postoffice
clerks, carriers and other postal employ
ees. Of the total number arrested 526
were convicted.
Fierce fire In Rocliestcr.
ROCHESTER, Nov. 20. A fire which
originated in a peculiar manner at 1:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon wrecked the
plant of the Citizens' Light and Power
company and destroyed the Washington
Flour mills, both situated at the coiner
of Factory and Mill streets, causing a
loss estimated at about 8175,000. When
the firemen arrived at the scene of the
fire, it was thought the blaze would be of
moderate consequence, but later, owing
to the action of the-water upon the elec
trie connections in the electric plant
starting numerous - blazes in different
quarters of the building, the conflagration
rapidly spread. After, the magnificent
electric equipment in the dynamo room
was destroyed the fire spread to the
Washington mills. N The mills are situ
ated directly north of the power house
and had a covered stairway extending up
from a. boiler house situated on the out
side, to the south of the power house,
The buildings were destroyed in less than
an hour. - : - - i '
Freshet Pleases Lumbermen.
: WILLIAMSPORT. Pa., Nov. 26. It
has been raining all along the watershed
of the west , branch of the , Susquehanna
river for the past 48 hours,, and the pros
pects for a freshet are , very bright. A
freshet is most devoutly, hoped, for by the
lumbermen here, as v there been no
flood - the entire season . on . which the
one hundred million, feet or so ,of logs
could be floated 'to the booms-here,
thing unprecedented in the history of the
stre&m. Iieports from ' Clearfield, the
point from which estimates of the height
of the water here are based, snowed a
three and a half foot rise there and still
raining.' The prospects ore that ..there
will be a 12 foot flood here before the
ttom ceased. 1 - ' -
Italians Vote Bows Army Reduction.
HOME, -Nov. (SO.r'-The Italian cham
ber of deputies has rejected a proposal
broueht Jorward by the Socialists to re
duce the arniy ' expenditure ; 100.000,000
francs and to cut down the army corps
from VI to. 8. . j ' ;.' '
Abraham S. Hewitt Says They
Are Blind.
Do Not Give Enough for the Suppres
sion of Vice and the Promotion of
Charity Ours, He Says, Is the Only
Country Which Enjoys Universal
Suffrage.
New York. Nov 20. At the annual
meeting of the Educational alliance
last night, in the building of the socie
ty, ex-Mayor Abraham S. Hewitt made
caustic criticism of the rich men of
New York city and of the country.
The meeting was presided over by
Isidor Straus, the president of the alli
ance, who in introducing Mr Hewitt,
said that he was the life-long associate
of Peter Copper, the man who had
founded the Cooper institute, which
was the only institution in New York
which afforded any ideas upon Which
the Educational alliance could be pat
terned when it was projected eight
years ago.
After speaking of refer Cooper and
of the foundation, Mr Hewitt said in
part:
"The whole east side needs reform
ing. To reform the east side is a big
work. It can't lie done for nothing.
It means sacrifice. Not .sacrifice on
the part of those who live in the tene
ments, but on the part of those who
own them.
"The rich are blind. There is not
one among them who is giving what
he would give if his conscience were
properly aroused. They do not seem
to realize that this is a government by
the majority. Ours is the only coun
try in which there is universal suf
frage. To be exercised rightfully and
righteously that suffrage needs be ed
ucated. The rich in contributing to
ts education are but building for then-
own protection. If they neglect so to
build, barbarism, anarchy ana plunder
will be the inevitable result.
"It is oulv bv the discountenancing
of commercialism and the spreading of
altruism that Ave can safeguard justice,
property and liberty."
KRUGER IN PARIS.
A Quiet Sunday In Spite of Outside
Demonstrations.
PAJIS, Nov. 26. Mr. Kruger passed
Sunday with his family at the Hotel
Scribe, observing the Sabbath in accord
ance with the customs of his fatherland.
His anartmcnts were closed to visitors,
and he remained within themV indulging
kimself in perfect rest.
At an early hour free circulation was
resumed in the streets about the hotel,
whose only guardians, two policemen,
stood on either side of the principal en
trance. The number of passersby was
not greater than the ordinary Sunday
crowd. Toward 3 p. m., however, pedes
trians increased, and along the boulevard
came 100 shouting and singing Doys.
Their advent increased tke enthusiasm.
which was rapidly worked up, and the
streets began to fill. Cheers for Mr.
Kruger began, and the police immediate
ly established a cordon about the hotel.
Several companies of Republican guards
quickly arrived.
In half an hour the scene resembled
that of Saturday. Responding to cries '
and plaudits, Mr. Kruger came for a i
moment upon the balcony, accompanied
by his granddaughters. Again at a o clock
the tumult was such that he reappeared,
but only for a moment.
During the afternoon and early even
ing there was no falling off in the num
ber of spectators. It was 10 o'clock be
fore the people had sufficiently dispersed
to permit the circulation of carriages.
Many cards were left at the Hotel
Scribe during the day, among them those
of M. Delcasse, minister of foreign af
fairs, and other high officials of the for
eign office.
Mr. Kruger spent this morning in con
ferring with the Boer representatives.
The afternoon will bo devoted to receiv
ing deputations and prominent people
who have made appointments. No deci
sion, it is understood, has been reached
as to when Mr. Kruger will leave Paris.
According to the best information obtain
able, he will remain here until Wednes
day evening or Thursday morning. It is
said that he will go directly to Holland,
not stopping in Belgium, where he may
go later on.
Misplaced Switch Causes Ruin.
SALEM, Mass., Nov. 26. A misplaced
switch on which the signal light had gone
out caused an accident in the Salem
yard of the Boston and Maine railroad
system here which involved a monetary
loss of $S,000-or $10,000, delayed traffic
for some hours and resulted in slight in
juries to the fireman of the Bangor-Boston
Pullman train and to an Armstrong
transfer agent.
Russian Railway Projects.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20. Pri
vate dispatches received here say that
companies have been organized at Kiev,
with the participation of British capital,
to build railroads from Briansk and
Czernizoff to Kiev and from Kiev to
Zlobin.
Pension Lnir Violator Sentenced.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26. General Theo
dore F. Brown has been sentenced by
Judge Kohlsaat to serve six months in
the Dupage county jail for violation of
the pension law.
Noted Golf Player Dead.
BOSTON, Nov. 26. WUlie Campbell,
the well known golf player of Scotland,
is dead in Dorchester of a complication of
diseases. He was 38 years of age,
Kxplodins Boiler Kills Three.
SAULT STE. MARIE, , Mich,, Nor.
26. While,lightering ore from the steam
er Ellwood in Mud lake the forward
boiler on the lighter Stewart exploded,
killing three men and severely injuring
seven others. ,
. " Divorce In Forty Minute.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. W. B.
Matthews of the Washington bar ob
tained a divorce for. prominent Washing
tomans at.Rockville, Montgomery eoun
ty, Md., in.,40 minutes from the-time of
filing the suit. - , V . '
. ' Tornado Sweeps Texas Town.
DALLAS, : Nov. '20. -f A tornado did
much damage to property at Flatonia, in
Fayette county. - Twelve places of busi
pess are reported wrecked, but no lives
wre lost. The damage is estimated t
f 50,000. - y ; . J ,
SUBDUING. FILIPINOS.
Recent Battle on the Island of Panay-
Insurgent Fortress Captured.
MANILA, Nov. 3S. The funeral of
Baron Dumhrais, the Frenchman who
was killed by the insurgents while within
their lines last year,' where he had gone
to- intercede with Aguinaldo for the re
lease of the Spanish prisoners, took place
yesterday in the great Church of San
Augustin in Manila. It was attended by
a distinguished concourse, including gen
erals, commissioners, consuls and hun
dreds of Americans, who were on each
e of the catafalque in front of the
altar. Archbishop Chapelle blessed the
remains.
Particulars have just been received
from Iloilo of the battle Oct. 30 at Buga
son, island of Panay, when 200 bolomen
and 50 riflemen attacked the Americans,
who lost three killed Lieutenant II. M.
Koontz, Sergeant Kitchen and Corporal tn ..' . ,
Burns, all of Company F, Forty-fourth i t0 lnSclt a uotlco abo"t "ie matter
infantry. nnd received inquiries from a dozen
It appears that Corporal Burns was . persons within twenty-four hours He
boloed while reconuoitering and Lieu-1 , , , . "
tenant Koontz and Sergeant Kitchen " alleauy 1,at1 !mlirie3 from a doz
were pierced by spears while going to re- ( il Persons, all of whom desired three
lieve an outpost. j ol" lour classes of addresses. One
When the garrison in force attacked j Moscow merchant -submitted a list of
the rebels, 40 of the hitter were killed. twelve classes of oxniters whose ad-
mone oi -tne otuer paruus or aitucKiug
natives made much of a stand, "and the
insurgents lost 103 killed all told.
Four natives will be hanged at Dagu
pan, - Luzon, next Thursday. They are
under conviction for arson and murder,
the victims of the latter crime including
two American prisoners. The miiitaiy
courts are now returning numerous death
sentences upon natives.
The fortress of the insurgent chief Ge
ronimo at Pinauran, which the insur
gents boasted was impregnable, was tak
en and destroyed Thursday by a force of
the Forty-second and Twenty-seventh
infantry and Troop G of the Fourth cav
alry under Colonel Thompson. Geronimo
and most of the rebels escaped. The
leader has long harassad the Twenty
seventh infantry, operating in the vicin
ity of San Mateo, Montalban and Nova
liches. He was finally located at Pinau
ran, 35 miles north of Manila. His ra
tion was considered the strongest in Lu
zon. It was a stone fortress surmount
ing a steep hill surrounded by canyons.
The Spanish forces lost heavily ia at
tempting to take it.
Colonel Thompson mobilized i,000 men
at Montalban. The nttack was made
upon four sides, the main body under
Major Carey of the Forty-second ad
vancing from the south, Captain Atkin
son of the Twenty-seventh from the east,
Captain Casteel of the Twenty-seventh
from the west and Captain Sloan of the
Twenty-seventh from the uorth. The
ascents were steep, and the men climbed
them by grasping the shrubbery. It was
impossible for the eastern column to
reach the summit, but the others arrived
after three hours' climbing under fire
from the fortress and the hillside in
trenchmeuts. The enemy's force, num
bering several hundred, fled before tho
attackers reached the top. The Ameri
cans destroyed 1,000 insurgent uniforms,
scores of buildings and large quantities
of supplies and seized a barrel full of
documents. " . . .
Private Hart? of -the Twenty-seventh
and Private Koppner of the Forty-second
and two native scouts were killed, and 12
of the attacking force were wounded.
The insurgent' casualties could not be
ascertained
PHILIPPINE FORESTS.
Vast Areas of Valuable Timbe
st In
Our New Possessions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The"divi-
sion of customs and insular affairs of the
war department has made public a sum
mary of the first'report of the Philippine
bureau of forestry, organized in its pres
ent form under an order of the military
governor dated April 14, I'JOO. Its first
work was confined to ascertaining the
condition of the records received from
tho Spanish government, under which
that bureau had not only had tho care
of the forests, but also the survey of the
public lands.
The laws in force at the time of the
American occupation are said to have
been in line with the most advanced for
estry legislation of Europe, but were not
enforced, the licensees cutting any and
every thing. The result was that valua
ble rubber, gutta percha and ylang ylang
trees were taken and even the most val
uable used as firewood.
Captain Ahern states that from differ
ent sources of information he is led to
believe the public forest lands comprise
from one-fourth to possibly one-half the
area of the Philippine islands, or from
20,000,000 to 40,000,000 acres. There are
fully 5,000,000 acres cf virgin forest own
ed by the state in the islands of Mindoro
and Paragua. The island of Mindanao,
with an area of some 20,000,000 acres, is
almost entirely covered with timber, and
even in the province of Cagayan, on Lu
zon,, there are more than 2,000,000 acres
of forest.
Captain Ahern mentions tracts of vir
gin forests to be seen on the southern is
lands where from 10.000 to 20,000 cubic
feet of magnificent timber per acre was
standing, with trees more tbtn 150 feet
in height, the trunks clear of branches
for 60 feet and more than 4 feet in diam
eter. He states that in these forests
there are millions of cubic feet of timber
which should be cut out in order to thin
this dense growth, so that the maximum
annual growth could be obtained. There
is a large variety of valuable gum, rub
ber and gutta percha trees, 17 dye woods
and the ylang ylang, the oil from blos
soms of which latter tree is the base of
so many perfumes.
' - Senator Davis Holdlnc Out.
"""ST. PALTL, Nnv. 26. According to re
ports from Senator Davis' home last
night the patient passed a fairly comfort
able day. His injured foot was dressed,
and he bore the operation very well. His
delirium was a trifle less acute, and he
iwas able to secure some sleep. The
wound in his foot appears to be healing
nicely. The kidney trouble, however,' does
not yield to treatment. Toward evening
the senator became restless .again, and
Dr. Stone was called to the house. The
' doctor does not issue a bulletin during
the day on Sunday,, so that any state
ment of the senator's condition is of an
unofficial nature.
' - - Antloaloon' Movement. "
- ALBANY, Nov., 26. In over a score of
churches in this.'clty yesterday temper
ance addresses were .made under the
auspices of ;the State Antisaloon league,
with the object of organizing a branch
ia this city to be known as the Citizens'
Union of Albany. Over 400 enrolled pe
titions have also'- been circulated to be
Dreseuted to the common council calhn
for: a curfew law. . Among those who
listened to the addresses were quite a
number of city officials.
IRCHlI JfflS Mi
American Exporters Looked Up
V By Moscow Merchants.
Colonel Yermaloff Speaks Highly of
Ameiicau Hospitality Winter Sched
ule of Siberian Railways Twenty
Seven Yersts Ter Hour to Be Made.
St Petersburg, Nov 14. The card
catalogue of American exporting mer
chants and manufacturers which was
sent to Consul .General Hoiloway re
cently has. already proven its utility.
Colonel" Hollowav n-(lf tile llPWtuniuil'O
mc-es lie desired.
Minister of Agriculture YermalofC
last year requested Ambassador Tow
er to procure for him an assortment
of American seeds for experimental
inn-poses. Ambassador Tower sent for
cotton, apple, corn, apricot, peach and
other seeds and plants. Minister Yer
maloff in conversation with Mr Tower
this week informed him that his ex
periments bad resulted far better than
hail been anticipated. The peaches
and apples are flourishing in the Cau
casus, the corn in the Caucasus and
Central Asia and the cotton in Turkes
tan. Colonel Yoimaloff, the brother of the
minister, has just returned from the
T'nited States, where he bad been re
cuperating since the close of the Cu
ban war. He spoke in the most com
plimentary terms of the American
commnndors whose acquaintance he
made as Russia's military representa
tive in Cuba, of tho hospitality of the
Americans.
The contract of the Paris Bell Tele
phone company with. -the Russian gov
ernment, which "gave it a monopoly
in the five-iiiost important cities of the
empire during the last twenty years,
is about expiring and lease-hold fran
chises will be offered at auction within
a few weeks, as has been stated in ca
ble dispatches from here. Tho charge.
hitherto 2a0 roubles or over $125 an
nually, will be reduced to 95 roubles.
There are in this city of more than a
million people now only 4.000 subscrib
ers. The "neighboring Finniah city of
Wiborg, with scarcely 23.000 people,
has over 1.000 subscribers. The an
nual charge is $16. It is likely thnt
the municipality f St Petersburg will
secure the franchise here. Odessa.
Riga. Moscow and Warsaw, which
have fared no better than St. Petersburg..-may.
also municipalize the ser
vice. The municipality does not let. itself
be heard from often. Colonel Hollo
way was reminded of the existence re
cently when he received a letter from
the inventor of a voting machine, in
quiring if he thought it advisable to
send an agent to work Russia. Colonel
Hoiloway recalled that the local mer
chants, or at least soiiie of them, elect
a mayor, which is about all the voting
done in Russia, if one except, the peas
ant communities, which elect their
own officials and regulate their own
affairs, such as the re-partition of the
common lands among the members of
the community at stated periods.
The winter schedule of the Siber'an
railway has just been jitblished. The
first 3.000 versts cast of Irkutsk will
be traversed by express trains at the
rate of 27 versts per hour, not count
ing stoppages, which are endlessly long
even in European Russia, and will re
quire five and a half days for the jour
ney of about 2.000 miles. Ordinary
trains are scheduled to make the trip
in six and a half days.
POLICE COURT DOINGS
Bound Over for Stealing Harness from
Denny Ryan.
The donkey owned by Denny Ryan.
the acrobat, came very near spendiu
Thanksgiving without his fancy har
ness. Any how he will be better off
than Thomas Sheehan. who will spend
the holidays in jail for his rashness
in entering the barn at 2S Pond street
belonging to Mr Ryan and his brother
John, and stealing the donkey's har
ness and other articles in that line
Sunday morning. John Fitzgibbons
testified to locking up the barn Satur
day evening and finding it broken open
the following morning. Ofhcer Mich
ael Sullivan testified to seeing the nc
cused pass along River street Suuday
morning with n bag on his back, and
when called upon to halt dropped the
bag and ran. La tor he was arrested
and the bag found to contain the sev
eral articles of harness, belonging to
Rvan brothers. Sheehan pleaded in
toxication as an excuse for his act and
was bound over to the next term of the
superior court under a bond of $0O.
Yito Mancini, who surrendered him
self last Saturday with his counsel, At
torney Kendriek, for assault, evaded
trial by settling for $10. There was
a man in court with his head wrapped
up- iii bandages and when he did not
hear the case against Mancini called
he was greatly surprised. Sometimes
the complainants in such cases' as th's
imagines that he should have some
thing to say in the disposition of the
accused, and when he has found out
that he has nothing whatsoever to do
with it he js greatly surprised. The
prosecuting attorney generally and
practically disposes of the cases in tha
court in which he officiates.
- Francis Grouden also settled a case
for breach of the peace for $5.
, HEAVY RAIN FALL.
Watkins, N. Y., Nov 20. The heavy
rain fall during the past forty-eight
hours has raised the streams to the
height of the Johnstown flood. .The
streets are submerged to the depth of
three" feet. Cellars are flooded and the
elecrrle cars are stopped. Back of
the hills the sleet has broken down the
telegraph wires and all the trees.
CITY NEWS.
A daughter was born yesterday to
Mr aad Mrs George W. Blacknall, of
Holmes avenue.
Mr and Mrs Leo C. Ilerr arrived
home yesterday after five months' ab
sence in Europe. . "
The weather forecast for Nev' Eng
land: Rain or snow to-night; colder
except in. Maine; Tu-estlay fair except
snow and colder, all eastern Maine;
northeasterly gales', becoming north
westerly during Monday night.
The Girls' Glee club of the High
school will give an entertainment at
Assembly hall to-night. Miss Dee, the
instructor ot the club, has prepared a
program of rare merit and all who at
tend are sure to be delightfully enter
tained. Judge Bradstroet appeared before
State Referee Newton in the federal
court of bankruptcy in New Haven
this morning and asked for a discharge
for Isaac Albert, a irroi or on Snrinsr
street, from his financial obligations.
Attorney J. J. O'Xeil! was pivesnt to
oppose the request. The hearing was
continued to next week.
There was no session cf the public
ov parochial schools to-day. Some
of the teachers claim that where it
lias been decided not to open the
schools in the forenoon the gong
should be sounded before 8:30 o'clock.
At that time many of the teachers are
in the schools or on their way to them,
and it is not pleasant to go out and
get soaked for nothing.
The Brass City Cycle company,
owned by Romill.ird & Yal!oU. on South
Main street, was declared bankrupt In
State Referee Newton in the federal
court of bankruptcy in ' Now Haven
this forenoon. The petitioner was rep
resented by Attorney Seery. Attor
ney Thomas F. Lnwlor was appointed
trustee, and Constable Thomas H. I'ry
or. Attorney F. N. Richmond and Ed
ward Wilson were appointed apprais
ers. At a meeting of tho members of the
St Thomas I., and D. society at their
rooms on North Main street last even
ing only a small number were present,
owing no doubt to the stormy weath
er. Consequently only matters of lit
tle importance were transacted when
the meeting adjourned until next Mon
thly night at 7:30. when it is hoped
every member will attend, as business
of importance will be laid before the
meeting.
The case department of the Wator-
bury clock factory will run to-night for
the first time in forty-three years. Ow-
ng to a failure to arrive at an under
standing between the clock company
and the insurance companies, the for
mer has for almost half". a century been
an exception in ihe country as the only
factory of its kind that has not run
niehts. The factory has been supplied
with an electric light plant and here
after it will work nights when occa
sion requires it.
There will be a special meeting of
the board of commissioners of public
works at 8 o clock this evening in the
mayor's office for the purpose of hear-
ng Attorney George E. Terry, for tho
Connecticut Lighting and Power com
pany, in- the matter of the action
brought by the city against said
company for laying tracks? across West
Iain street and on.lhe Watertown
road without the approval' of the city
or. an order from the superior court,
as the law provides.
A largely attended mooting of the
Tloly Name society of the Sacred
Heart church was held yesterday after
noon at 4:30 in the basement of the
church. President William J. Cassidy
presiding. Several new members
were received into the society. Mat
them Shannahan of Lafayette street
was present to describe to those pres
ent the model of a cross which he de
sires the Holy Name societies of all
the churches to adopt as an em
blem for designating the graves of do
ceased members. The cross is made
of iron and stands about three and a
half feet high. On the cross-piece there
s painted in large letters. ."II. N. S.
The cross appeared to tho members
to be verv neat in design and they
adopted it. Later on it will be laid
before tho members of the other Holy
Name societies in the city for consul
oration.
Mrs Bridget Cummings, aged 20
vears, wire or i tenuis jui!iimiigs,
Williams street, died Saturday evening
after a few hours' sickness with hem
orrhage of the brain. She was up town
in the afternoon and on reaching home
she was taken sick and not thinking
it would amount to anything she lay
down on the lounge, thinking that a
rest would relieve her. Her condition
scon became alarming and Dr Hayes
and Dr Castle were called and did all
in their power to save the woman's
life, but it was of no avail, death en
suing in about three hours after she
was taken ill. Besides her husband
and one child she leaves one brother.
Michael Dohertv. and three sisters
Tlio funeral took place this morn me.
with a mass of requiem at the Sacred
Heart church by the Rev Father Bray
nnd interment in Calvary cemetery.
The bearers were Patrick Farrell. Pat
rick Hackett. Matthew Bergin. Roger
Mfihei-i Michael Connolly and John
Finnegan.
The management of the St Thomas
Cadets is having the field at the Driv
ing park put in excellent condition for
the game on Thanksgiving atteruoou
The field will be roped and the grounds
will be properly policed so that the
plavers of both teams will not be in
terfered with by any enthusiastic- root
ers -nwoaching on the field. The best
of , trolley accommodation will be af
forded to those attending the game.
The ears leaving the center will run
direct to the grounds. After the game
there will be a number of cars waiting
to parry the large crowd, which is sure
to attend the game, to-the city. Word
has been received from the manager
of the Fifth Artillery-' eleven, that his
players have indulged in their last
hard practice before the game. 'From
now on light practice will be iu order.
All his players are in prime condition
and prepared to put .up the game of
their lives.. They -expect a hard game,
but are confident of winning. . Not
withstanding the. dismal weather yes
terday the Cadets practiced about three
hours. Thcv are confident of win
ning ' . '. '' V
TAillANYCHAHGE
Th3 Organization May Drop tha
Word Political.
FIREMEN AND POLiCEMEN.
Debarred From Joining the Organiza
tion Under the Old Rules The Lead
ers of the Organization Would Have
It Arranged so That Every Person
so Wishing Can Join the Club. v.
The Tammany political association is
thinking of amending its articles of
association by dropping the word "po
litical"' and making it read "The Tarn
many association" instead. While
nothing definite has been done -towards
bringing about this change, the
matter is under consideration and it is
probable that before the organization
receives its charter the articles filed
last week will be withdrawn and new
ones filed. The principal objection to
tho word "political"' on the part of
some of the members is that it debars -
he firemen and police officers, from
oinmg the association and inasmuch
as everybody is said to want to loin
lie club, they take the ground that it
should be left open to all good men
on the "police and fire departments as
well as others. Those who' do not
agree with this idea state that the Br
ides of association as filed are all
ight, and that in a very short time
Tammany will be in the ascendency in
own and city politics, and than all
obnoxious" clauses will be removed
from the rules and regulations gov-
ruing these departments. Be that
is it may. the fact still remains tha
he word "political" will be a hindrance
o some extent to the organization
when it starts out to bid on contracts.
hat is, unless it drops it on such occas
ions, wlncli could lie done witnout any
rouble, provided such a course would
not involve legal complications when
t came to the signing of the contracts
ifter it bad been declared the lowest
bidder and awarded the job.
THE EDUCATED NEGRO.
Large Audience Listened to Dr Merrill
Last Night.
The Rev Dr J. G. Merrill of Fisk uni
versity and the Fisk university jubilee
singers, were at the Second Congrega
tional church last night, and a large
audience turned out to meet them.
The singing was of a high order, and
Dr Fisk's discourse on "Some Hopeful
Features of the Negro Problem" was
full of interest. "Ten years .ago,"
said Dr Fisk. "the educated negro
called the north -God's country' and
turned thither to make his living. He
is learning his mistake. He is finding
out that those who need his services
as a teacher or lawyer, doctor or min
ister, live in the south: that big duty
and interest lie beneath the semi-tropl-
ical suns of the south. Another fac
tor induced by the higher education is
a growing race consciousness, rvo peo
ple can succeed whose brightest and
best men and women are ashamed of
their race or regret their birthright.
.AS nil- .lift u nil- Ul LU uuuec
man is becoming proud of his people
and glad. that he was born with a
black skin. And why not? The tri
umph of the American negro painter
Turner in Paris, such a triumph as has
been accorded to only two other Amer
icans, gives the negro race a great
artist. The literary success of Paul
Dunbar has shown the world what the
negro poet can do. A graduate of the
Fisk university is one of the leading
young sociologists of America: another,
a surgeon iu the late war. was hon
ored as the author of a paper before
a reunion of surgeons in the Spanish
war in New York last spring. - Anoth
er is a physician with a lucrative prac
tice in Nashville, a fact not to be won
dered at. as he carried off the honors
in Harvard medical school. Others,
lawyers, doctors and ministers, are not
only earning a livelihood, but are
demonstrating the fact that the edu-
cated colored people of the south are
commanding the respect not only Jof
their own race but of the white popu
lation also. And when it is remem
bered that each year from 15,000 to
20,000 black boys and girls are being
instructed by teachers who have re-
ceived their education at Fisk, it is
easy to believe that there is growing
up in the southland a cultivaated class
.of colored people, with whom the edu
cated negro can find no less congenial
companionship than were he to seek
it among those who as yet . are not
ready to grant him social equality.
Fisk's son. of whom she is proud, Trof
DuBois. has compiled the list of 2,500
negro graduates from colleges. He
finds them almost without exception
valued members of society, and to a
far larger extent than is true of the
white, graduates of colleges pursuing
vocations along the lines for which
they were educated." Dr Fisk's ad
dress was an able plea for the main
tenance of educational institutions for
the education of the negro race in
America.
DISMANTLED AND HELPLESS.
Portsmouth. N. II.. Nov 2G. The pa
trolman of Wallis Sands life saving
station sighted a heavily laden sehoou-,
er. dismasted and helpless,: drifting
ashore on the sands shortly after 2
o'clock this afternoon. There was no
sign of life aboard and it is feared.
that the heavy seas which swept over
the decks of the schooner took the
people who were cn Doara away witu
them. V
BRYAN WILL BE TIIEEE.
Chicago, Nov 2G. William J. Bryan
has given assurances that he will be
present- at the Jackson .day banquet
in this-city on January 8. It is thought
that on this occasion Mr Bryan will
declare himself on the future of the
party. -
. THE CZAR'S CONDITION. -"
Lavidia. Nov 2C The following bul
letin regarding the czar's condition has
been issued: The emperor passed a
good day yesterday., Iu the general
course of his illness a distinct improve
ment Is observable. , . - : '