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OL XIV NO 11
AVATERBURY, CONN, TUESDAY, T)ECE3rBER 18, 1900.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
WRECK OF ALPHA
News Just Brought in Says it
Was a Bad One.
PLUCK OF ONE OF THE CREW.
Saved' the Lives of Thirty-four of the
Crew The Captain Was Drowned
The Ship Was Valued at $40,000
and Had On a Cargo of Salt and
Coal.
Vancouver, 15. C Dee IS. News of
ihe worst marine disaster of llie sea
Eon iu British Colombia waters lias
been brought here by the steamer Czar
from Union bay. on the east side er
.Vancouver island. The famous steam
er Alpha, whose unauthorized trip to
Cape Nome last May brought her into
trouble with ihe treasury department
Washington was wrecked on a reel."
neat the entrance to Union bay. a:;d
not a vestige of the steamer remains.
Her managing owner, captain, pur
ser, two engineers two able seamen
and a stowaway were drowned, and
the rest of the crew of thirty-four
were saved by the pluck of an un
known member of the ship's crew, who
gwani in a raging sea from the wrec
to a lighthouse with a line around IPs
waist.
Drowned :
Samuel Barboe, of Vancouver, man
aging owner.
"Captain F. X. Yorke, Victoria, mas
ter Engineer Dunn Victoria.
Second Assistant Engineer Murray,
.Vmcouver.
H. I.. Whit.?, purser. Vancouver.
Crosby, able seaman.
Sullivan able seaman.
Stcwawav. name unknown.
The ship Alpha was valued at !?!5.
"X0. Her cargo eomnriscd 750 tons
of salt, salmon and 3m tuns of coal
consigned to Yokohama and value 1 at
fcS i.ooo. The total insurance on the
shin and her cargo was !ro.0ii0.
li is two weeks since the Alpha, tirst
started from Vancouver for Japan.
Alter she had been four days eit slit
returned to Victoria partly i". Rallied
and accusations of tampering with her
engines were made. Seme of the crpv
and several of the olticers left the
steamer declaring that she had been
improperly loaded and one of the u ra
cers was tried and sentenced to six
weeks" imprisonment for desertion.
Last Saturday the Alpha left Victoria
for Union, to replenish her eoal supply.
A Urritic gale was raging and !aie
Sunday night the s Learner ran on a
rock at Baynes Sound at the entrance
to Union bay. She was quickly dashed
1 pieces and all would have perished
had not one of the cri w made the d;.'s
1 erate am! successful effort to swim
with a line to the lighthouse on Yel
low island. In the raging sea only
part of those on the ill-fated ship niau
aged to reach safety the officers and
owner remaining on board and fad
ing to reach the rock. The twenty
lie survivors remained on Yellow is
land, which is a rock 2C0 yards wide,
until Sunday night, when the sea mod.
praurt somewhat p.nrl a sloop was fible
ot call and ake them to Union. But
the storm which had wrecked the ship
had also prostrated all wires ami so
i:o tidings of the shipwreck readied
the outside world until the little
steamer Czar brought this story to
aVneouver last night.
The Alpha gained notoriety last
spring, when as a Canadian ship she
landed freight and pasesngers at Nome
in dtfianee of the instructions of the
tiasury department, and, it Is said,
r.gainst the advice of the British em
bassy at Washington as well. Sue
was chased on her return trip from
Nome by a United States revtnu cut
ter, but managed to shew her pursuer
a clean pair of heels. Sinpe that ex
citing experience- the Alpha has been
enensed in the British coaling trade,
until she started on her present disas
trous trip.
WRECKED FISHING SCHOONER.
The Crew Stuck To Her Although
Everything Was Swept Away.
St .Toiius. N. P.. Dec IS. Tiie Allan
lino steamer, Corean, Captaiu Stewart,
which sailed from Philadelphia. De
cember 12 for this port and Glasgow,
and which arrived hero last sight, re
ports that while off Sable Island, Saturday,-
she sighted the Gloueuester,
Mass fisherman Anglo-Saxon, with a
crew of fourteen men. flying a signal
of distress. She had been dismasted In
Wednesday's hurricane and had lost
spars, sails, rigging, deck gear, dories,
water cask and everything movable.
The Anglo-Saxon was on her beam
enila for six hours and every particle,
of provisions on board of her was
spoiled. The crew had been without
food or shelter for forty -eight hours
when sighteel by the steamer. The
Corean supplied stores sufficient to
last for ten days autl the requisites ne
uessary to enable the Anglo-Saxon to
rig up a jury mast and make for some
port on the Atlantic seaboard, her
t-rew having decided to stick to their
3hip. The Anglo-Saxon hails' from
lilouster, Mass. She Is of 104 tons
gross, and was built in 1899," at
Essex, Mass.
DEATH OF CADET BOOZ.
Being Inquired Into By ' a Court of
.' ' . Inquiry.
West Point, X. Y., Dec IS The
military court of inquiry, appointed
by the secretary of war to investigate
the charges or hazing at the military
academy two years ago, will arrive
here at 1 o'clock this afternoon to
. continue the Investigation which was
begun at Bristol, Pa, yesterday.
- Jnst what scope the investigation
.will cover or the length of time the
sourtvwillTemain in session here can
Dot be ascertained until after the ar
rival of the officers. -
So far the evidence heard by- the
;onrt was given by relatives and
friends of the former cadet Oscar L-.
Booz. who, it is alleged, died . two
weeks ago from the effects of hazing
and brutal treatment while he was at
the academy here two years ago."
ANOTHER BANK ROBBED.
Nitro-Glycerine Used to Blow Open
the Vaults.
Hope Ind, Dec 18. Kennedy's bank
was burglarized early to-day Ly three
men who destroyed the vault with a
heavy charge of nitro-glyceriue and
secured, it is said. $15,001.
So quietly was the job done that Ihe
robbers securd their plumler ami were
entring a carriage, which they had iu
waiting in,a elarkeneel part of the main
street on which the bank was locat
ed when their, actions were observed
by the operator in charge of the tele
phone exchange. The alarm was quick
ly spread and a posse of c:ti?.cns began
at once to scour the surrounding coun
try. No trae-o of the robbers has yet
be-e n found.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR RACE.
Yale's Secouel Crew Will Race in
Southern Waters.
New Haven. Conn, Dec IS. Man
ager A. II. Richardson of the Yale uni
versity crew and Manager Fisher ot
the Annapolis naval cadet crew, have
conclueled their negotiations for a
third aunual race in seiuthern wafers
between the second crew ef Yale and
an eight representing the middies in
the- United States naval academy.
The race is set for May 11. but the
hour of the day and place is not set
tled. It will depend on weather con
ditions prevailing. It will, however,
be either on the James liver or the
Severn.
The Yale crew will be selected rath
er earlier iu the season than usual ow
ing to a desire on the part of Captain
Blagden to induce crew work. The
men to compose the eight, will be the
first substitutes.
The univt rsity gymnasium is being
refitted with the tanks used for early
practice, and the new candidates will
bo called cut soon after January 10.
Head Conch Allen will not assume'
charge until the preliminary weeding
out work lias been finished.
KILLED II IS WIFE.
The Murderer Then Turned the Pistol
and Took His Own Life.
Hunting. Petiu. December IS. A. C.
Metztier, of Newark, shot ami killed
his wife this morning ana then com
mitted suicide with the s:-.iue- weapon.
The shooting took place at a hotel in
Hopewell, in Bedford county. Mrs
Metzger was the leading lady of the
Davidson Comedy company and way
playing in Hopewell. Last night sin
was escorted from the theater to her
hotel by Manager Davidson. Her i:.
bantl. from whom sht hael been sepa
a rated for some -time, had previously
concealed himself iu her room. Soop
after her entrance with Davidson, he
emerged from his hiding place and
shot his wife down. He- then ended
his own life with a bullet iu the brain,
falling dead across his wife's lifeless
body.
CLEVELAND LIKES IT.
Says Ex-President. Harrison's Speech
Is The Best Yet.
Princeton. Dec IS. Former Presi
dent G rover Cleveland was asked by
the Associated Press representative if
he hael seen Mr Harrison's speech at.
Ann Harbor. Mr Clevelanel replied:
"I saw a synopsis of it in the papers
and regard it as tiie best argument:
yet made on the subject which if dis
cusses. It seems to me that for those
who elesire to acquaint themselves
with precise cjuestions involved and
what territorial expansion means to
our republic-, and what it threatens, a
better means of enlightenment can
not be offered than Mr Harrison has
furnished.
SICK SOLDIERS RETURNING.
Over One Thousand Men On Their
Way From Philippines.
San Francisco, Dee IS. Within a
few days over 1.000 sick soldiers will
be on their way home from the Philip
pines. The transports Grant and
Sherman are now en route with 050
men and the Sherielan is sehetluled to
leave on December 22 with 000 more.
The convalescents will be mustered
out as soon as possible after thoy ar
rive and if the SOT available beds at
the Presielio hospital become over
crowded a tented annex will be built
to accommodate the overflow.
SHUTS DOWN ON FIGHT?.
Chicago, Dec IS. There will be no
more prize lights held in Chicago un
less Mayor Carter Harrison shall veto
an anti-light resolution almost unani
mously adopted by the council last
flight. The unsatisfactory ending to
the Gans-McGovern contest at Tatter
sails last Thursday night stirred up
such feeling that the council deeieled
all pugilistic encounters should be pro
hibited in the future.
31aaf Election Protest.
HALIFAX, Dec. IS. The political
parties in Canada seem determined to
fight the recent" Dominion campaign over
vgain through the medium of the courts.
Pour more elections in Nova Scotia were
protested yesterday, making ten in this
provuice alone. All the elections
Prineo. Edward Island are protested,
among them one against Hon. L. H. Da-
vies, minister of marine.
President to Be at Lnnncliins.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. President
Scott of the Union Iron - works, Sun
Francisco, the builders of the new bat
tleship Ohio, saw the president Tester
day and received hi3 assurance that if
nothing occurred to prevent he would go
to San Francisco some time next May
to witness the launching ot the big vessel.
The exact date has not yet been decided
upon. , ' s
A Kw Flag For Speaker's Desk,
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. A new silk
American flog was placed on tho speak
er's rostrum in the house yesterday. The
old flag, which has been there since 1SS2,
had ojily 38 stars in it. The new one
has a star for each state.
" Indian Appropriations.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. The Indian
appropriation bill has been completed by
the house committee on Indian affairs.
It carries something over $9,000,000, the
exact aggregate sot yet heics determined.
mm
The Consolidation Movement is
Merrily Booming-.
Very Little Known Y'et As To The
Real Merit of The Bill Now Being
Prepareel Another Meeting Was
Held Last Evening How To Handle
Suborelinates Seems To Be- The
Great Stumbling Block
The consolidation committee he hi a
meeting last night and discussed the
lites and cons of the draft of the bill
which will soon be presented to the
aldermen. It is not known whether
the committee is a unit upon what is
being done or not. but juelging from '
what i-; being said o nth... outside it is j
hard to st'e how they can be. for it is j
said that the Townspeople are to bo
made full Hedged citizens without pay
ing any mure taxes than usual. If llim
be true the city Is thinking of doing
something like the I!'--;;! wiio had his
nose chopped off to spite his face. The
end sought, it seems, is to get riel of
tile S: led men. no matter what sacri
fices have to be made to do if. The
residents of the town school elistricts
will vote at city elections and will be
o:t eeiua! fooling with those inside tln
old city lines so far as representation
is cone jrned. but they will be excused
from paying city taxes. Of course
they will not be entltleel to public im
provements from city funds unless they j
can muster up strength enough to get
it in the same manner as it was
snatched lor the people in the new
city lines at tiie meeting of the aleler
men last night, but they imiy be trust
ed to look out for that part of the
ante ihetiisclves. The- town school
districts will remain :is 1 lie-y are at
present until such time as they vote
to come into the city, a move which
they are ftot likely to make during the
lifetime of any one living to-elay. that
i provided they can get representation
l the city boards and a little assist
ance now aud men irom tneir ne'gn-
bors. When the city folks consider
what they have to face in the matter
of expenses for sewage disposal, which
iney can get an uiea ot by reaumg
Rudolph Hering's report in to-day's
Democrat. $1 SO .000 or more for an ael-
ditional water supply, a bond issue of
a quarter of a million dollars to meet
the Heating mdebteduess ot the center
school district, together with the regu
lar expanses of the several depart
ments, which is constantly on the in
crease, they will be able to appreciate
the wisdom of those who have fled to
the rural districts and made up their
minds to siav there and let the fellows
on the inside bear the burdens of city
taxation. The aspiring politician, who
is feathering his own nest by further
ing the passage of any kind cf legisla
tion that promises to give him a lease'
of office, is all right, but what about
the great army of citizens, republicans
as well as democrats, who never real
ized a penny out of a public office and
who do not look. for any revenue trout
that source? Thes people should take
a business view of th? question and
see to it that consolidation tloes not
come without an equitable, adjustment
of the matter of taxation, for heavens
knows every man has enouth to elo to
meet his legitimate demands without
shouldering burdens that should be
borne bv others.
ST JOSEPH'S HOME.
Has Been Newly Painted and Fitted
Up.
Workmen have been engaged for a
week or more in beautifying the in
terior and exterior of the Sj: Joseph's
club house on East Main street, by
making repairs, alterations, .etc. re
painting the wood work and re-papering
the Walls, anel it is safe to say that
when the repairs are completed the St
Joseph's society will have as oo;ey a
suite of club rooms as one could ele
sire. The exterior of the house is now
resplendent with a new coat of olive
green with white trimmings, thus ef
fect' ng a vast improvement to the
building and i!s surroundings. The
fence will in a short time receive a
fresh coat of dark jrreen so as to be
in harmony with the other improve
ments. Within, as one enters the library, he
at once perceives the changes that the
brush of a skilleel painter can effect.
All the wooel work has been repainted
of an olive color. As one leaves the
library and enters into the little room
off It." formerly known as the commit
tee room, he perceives a vast change.
Instead of a little roomjie sees rather
a large room. The partition between
the two committee rooms has been
torn down and the two rooms made
iuto one and henceforth will be known
as the blue room from the predominat
ing color cf the handsome paper which
adorns the ceiling and side walls. Two
new pretty carps ts have been pur
chased for this room and the library.
Leaving ihe blue room we find our
selves in thf reel room, which also re
ceives its cognomen from the beautiful
paper. This is the room where the
members gather to, amuse themselves
by playing cards, checkers or other
games. Some line new furniture con
sisting of tabies and chairs will elo ser
vice in th's room and the committee
room in ihe future. The wood work
of this room, aa that of the sitting
room, has been made beautiful with
a fresh coat of olive. The chandeliers
throughout the building have been
cleaned and reburni'shed. new curtains
have b' eu bought for all the rooms aud
everything possible has been done to
make the rooms as. cosy. as com
fortable, as cheerful and as beautiful
as possible. The members of the so
cietv feel proud and justly so of the
pretty home which they possess.
ELK POINT FIRE. ,
Sioux City, la, Dec IS. Fire nt Elk
Point, S. D., to-day destroyed the en
tire business portion of the, town, in
eluding a loss estimated at lof,000.
CONSIDERING THE TREATY.
Washington, Dec 18. The senatj nt
half past twelve to-day went into ex
ecutive session for the further consid
eration of the Hay-Pauncefote-trev.y.'
LANDLORD AND, TENANT.
West End Men Have a Slight Differ
ence As to Making Repairs.
An actual illustration of the expres
sion "frozen out" was given on West
Main street yesterday afternoon about
4 o'clock. The scene was the cobbling
shop next eloor to Michael Igo's saloon
and the actors were Igo aiul F. W.
Adams, the cobbler. The shop is a
part, of the building occupied by the
saloon and the whole is rented by lgo,
vlio sub-rents the shop to Adams. Ful
some time there appears to have been
considerable content ion between the
cobbler aud the saloon keeper over
making certain repairs in the shop, and
it is also claimed that lgo saw the cob
bler was making so much money he
wished to rid the place of him and put
it! a friend. Whenever it rained, Ad
ams claimed. die had to swim out. ami
when the Vind was unusually cold he
had to burn large quantities of eoal to
keep his blood warm. On , the other
hand it is e-laimed that, it Was 1o cool
off this same blood that lgo refused
to make the repairs askeel for by his
tenant. However, lgo was apparently
obdurate and the cobbler Was equally
so.
How to rid the place of Adams,
the it: tore, caused Igo many hours of
serious meditation. Adams was will
ing an el ready to pay his rent. $7, as
soon as Igo woulel make the repairs
in question, therefore he could not pro
ceed legally against him on that score.
The mouth's rent has been due for
some time and on every occasion th:'
men would tnet Adams would show
the money to Igo and tell him it wou"nl
be his when the cold blasts anel the
"wintry rains were shut out from his
working domain.
If was pretty cold yesterday after
noon, so cold that the cobbler could
not. 'stay in his shop. He demaneh-el of
Igo to know if he was going to make
tiie repairs anel lgo told him he was
not. Nevertheless. the cobbler re
paired to his shoii aud helpeel out the
e-oal trust some more, anel was settling
down to work when there was a crash
about his cars as if the whole build
ing was going away on the wings of
the wind. Crash after crash followed
in quick succession, and with every
crash a gale of wind wot"d enter upon
the now shivering cobbler. At length
when peace came and the cobbler
deemed it prudent te move, he looked
around anel saw that every light of
glass in the shop was shattered. The
shop has since been deserted by Ad
ams. He was actually frozen out
Mr Adams has retained Attorney T.
F. Lawlor to enter suit against Igo
for $1,000 damages for trespass and
loss of business.
IN FAVOR OF MR FRYE.
Cubans May Appoint Him Com
missioners of Schools.
New York. Dec IS. A cable from
Havana to the Tribune says:
A manifestation prepared against
the appointment of Lieutenant Hanna
as commissioner of schools.' was pro
vented by Mr Frye, iu whose interest
it was to be held. The office of com
missioner of schools is higher than
that of superintendent, which is held
by Mr Frye. The Cubans thought that
Mr Frye ought to have it. The move
ment was letl by the entire board of
education of Havana.
The Cubaii teachers will petition
General Wooel. anel teachers all over
the island will join the movement.
The controversy may result seriously
for the schools, but the episode demon
strates the great confidence the
Cubans have in Mr Frye.
BISHOP M'CABE'S TRIP.
Omaha Neb Dee IS. Bishop Mct'abe
of the Methodist church, at a reception
by the local ministers at the Commer
cial club gave out the itinerary of his
coming trip to South America. The
bishop will sail from New York .lan
ttary S, going first to leiuique in Chili,
to meet the West Coast conference
there. From there he will go to Val
paraiso anel by train to the summit of
the Oneler mountains and to Mtneloza.
He will then journey to Montevideo,
where a meeting of the ministers anel
teachers of the East. Coast mission
will be- held. Afterward he expects to
visit Buenos Ayres and Rosarie and
go up the river Platte to Asuncion,
Paraguay.
STRIK FENDED.
Shamokin. Pa. Dec 18. The strike at
the Natalie colliery :iieled this morn
ing, l.iitie) empleives returning to work.
Thy Shamokin Coal Co agreed to grant
tile employes the Id per cent increase,
to reiit.-t.Uo the dischargee! men. to
give tho non-union men two days in
which to settle their differences with
the union men, otherwise the former
will be discharged.
WEATHER REPORT.
Washington. Dec IS. For Connecti
cut: Fair, warmer to-night: Wednes
day partly cloudy and warmer, prob
ably rain or snow in west portion, var
iable winds becoming fresh south.
.Weather notes: The low pressure
area whie-h was in the extreme north
west yesterday morning is now central
over the western portion of the Lake
region. It will probably pass out the
St Lawrence valley on Thursday and
this vicinity will be on the southern
edge of it. At present it is ace.'ompa
nied with very little precipitation, but
has produced a decided rise in temper
ature In the central sections. Pleas
ant weather prevails generally in all
sections. The lowest temperature re
ported this morning was 14 degrees bs
low zero at Northfild, Vt.
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Aldermen Vote to Make an
Appropriation of $1,000.
The Action of the City Fathers Has
Set reople to Thinking and Talking
If the Suburban Residents Want
Lights, Police? aud Sewers the Tax
Will Also Have to Apply to Them.
The action of the board of aldermen
in appropriating $1,000 for electric
lights in the new city limits ought to I
hi; an eye opener for people in
side the old city lines who are talking
consolidation of the town and city-governments.
It was stated in the Dem
ocrat the 6ther day that, with consoli
dation, it would be among the possibil
ities to see men in the aldermanic
chamber wfth sufficient outside inter
ests over and above what they have on
the Inside to prompt them to appropri
ating large sums of money for the ben
efit of the outlying districts, although
the people might not have to contribute
a. cent to the fund from which this
money was to be taken. Some of our
neighbors considered this a pretty far
fetched idea, aud we desire to call the
attention of all who thought so to the
vote passeel by the aldermeu last night
appropriating $l.ot'u for electric lights
in the new district, more than has been
spent for that purpose inside the old
city lines during the present ye'ar. al
though people have been look
ing for lights in all parts
of tiie city. and at present
mere are in tiie neighborhood of twen
ty petitions for electric ligiits in thick
ly settled portions of the city which tlu
city officials would like to act upon
favorably if they hael the money to
pay for ihc-m. Imagine how these pe
titioners must feel when they learn
that the cannot have lights next year
cither, and that it has been decided to
light up property that is not taxed one
cent, for tliis purpose.
The matler was introduced by Al
derman White, who statetl that if ih
people on the outside are not paying
as much taxes as they .ought to that
was no fault of theirs. :inel that ne
doubt they would be ready and willing
to pay more if ihe law called for it.
He cited an incident that happened
recently near the terminus of the trol
ley line on North Main street, where
John Blair came near colliding with a
live wire that fell to the ground, but
the place was sei dark it was Impossi
ble to see it. Mr White said these peo
ple ought to get something anel mads?
such aa earnest plea in support of his
motion that he won all 1he members
to his way of thinking with the excep
tion of Aldermen Morris and Ooss.
men who are, too keen to be caught
napping.
"The outside people' ought to get
something." said Mr White. Of coursa
tliev ought. No one but a footpael
woulel try to gainsay that. But isn't
it a fair deal to give them all they are
i ntitled to'.' Tiny are paying their
school taxes; that's all it. amounts to.
no matter what way yon regard it.
Tiie school expenses amount to one
half the sum raised by direct taxation,
anel property in the new district being
taxed but one-half the amount assessed
against properly insieh? the old lines it
must be plain to everybody that all tiie
rest of the money is raised by the peo
ple inside the old lines. Resieleuts in
the outside distric ts have the same
school accommodations as those who
live in Exchange place, and inasmuch
as this is all they are paying for it
is difficult to understand why they
should feel aggrieved at not getting
more than that. Does any one suppose
that properly owners inside the eild
lines are so well lixed that they can
afford to donate $.1,000 to their neigh
bors.' Thai's exactly what it amounts
to. aiid the worst feature of it is that
the money is being wrung from people
who can ill afford to meet it. Think
of the man with a little home on one
of our city streets, mortgageel for prac
tically all" he can get cm it. paying full
taxes, and yet he must get along with
out an electric light, iu front of his
premises while the man who pays but
half taxes is enjoying this luxury!
These people woulel not dream of ask
ing their neighbors to pay their gro
cer's or butcher's bills, but they make
no bones of coming along anel setting
up the claim that they are entitled to
public improvements whether they cost
them anything or not. Porter street,
with a grade crossing that, is a men
ace to life and limb, other places in
the Brooklyn district, where there are
no lights, must wait: various petition
ers iu other districts, people who are
footing the bills, cannot be accommo
dated, but. forsooth, because a few
people who have 110 jnst claim upon
the city for such service have a pull,
the ligiits must go to them, no matter
who foots the bills.
There is nothing new in this theory.
It was publicly proclaimed by Mayor
Barlow when he was in ofliec who
openly stated that no administration
would give the outside district public
improvements of any nature under the
present system of taxation, and that
this matter would be straightened out
at the next session of the general as
sembly: but it was not. and we are
not aware that any one is looking to
wards an equitable adjustment of the
tnx question now. If the people on
the outside want public improvements
they have no right to get them at the
expense of their neighbors. The state
ment has been made by more than one
alderman during the past few months
that residents of the outside districts
would prefer to pay more taxes and
set the improvements. Probably that
Lis true, but judging by tho way the
giune Is neing woriceu mey win not oe
likely to make a move in that direction
so long n's'they can get the Improve
ments without a corresponding in
crease is Ihe size, of their rate bills.
There ..'Is n big howl on the part of
some peopl? on nccount of the hih rnt
of taxation in Waterbnry. but it should
be rempuibereil thnt the burden is not
felt outside the old city lines, and the
reason it weighs so heavily in this dis
trict ia tlue entirely to the fact that
In adelitiou to meeting our own obliga
tions we're held up. so to sneak, atri
innele to shell out our hare! earned
money to meet -obligatiw-, which do
not belong to us, ;, - .
TROLLEY MEN ACTIVE. -
Numerous- Petitions For Now Fran
chises and Extension of Olel Ones.
Judging from the number of appli
cations for trolley franchises and ex
tensions of franchises that are to come
before the next session of the general
assembly, it is doubtful if Waterbnry
will be able to get a hearing mi its
consolidation and sinking fund meas
ures, for no matter how important
other things may be it is safe to state
that the trolley men will have their
inning, no matter who gets left. The
Connecticut Lighting anel Power Co
will ask to have the franchise, over
certain streets extended. and the
chances are that the petition will be
granted, though there are many in
Waterbnry who hope that our local
representatives will enter a vigorous
protest against any extension of fran
chises for the Connecticut Lighting
and Power Co unless it enters into
some agreement to go ahead with the
work of giving Waterbnry the trolley
service it requires. It looks strange
to see The company spending fabulous
sums of money for surveys and rights
of ways through sparsely seitleel elis
tricts of the state1 while people arc
clamoring for the service in the crowel
ed districts of Waterbnry. The com
pany was granted these franchises
several years ago, but it has made no
elfort to use them, and it seems about
time that the people look a hand in
the matter ami made an effort to lind
out what it menus. Look at the north
end. the south end anil the whole dis
trict commonly known as Town Plot,
all crowded with working people?, who
have to travel long instances to and
from their work. ;ui,l not a word about
giving them trolley service. It woulel
be just and proper if the board of al
dermen should pass a resolution . re
questing the city attorney anel our rep
resentatives at Harttord to inquire'
iuto this question anil ascertain if the
company intends to give Waterbnry
any additional trolley ser ice in the
m ar future, and if not. instruct them
to endeavor to preve'nf. any further ex
tension of the franlH-ise. Other com
panies would jump at the opportunity
to step iu and occupy all our streets
where the trolley is needed, and if we
are1 going to have to wair for the trol
ley until the Connecticut Lighting ami
Power Co gets through in other parts
of the slate, and decides to attend to
us. it would be the part of wisdom on
the part of the public to secure legis
lation which will open the way for a
little competition iu the street railroad
business.
. BOERS' MASTERLY PLANS.
Entire British Force Narrowly Es-
capeel Capture.
Johannesburg. Monday. Dec IT.
Details of the defeat of the British a$
Nooitgeelacht indicate that Ueiieral
Clements" entire force had a narrow es-i-ape
from capture. The Boer plans
were splendidly hi id. If the main Brit
ish column hail tarried a little longer
there would have been a complete suc
cess for the Boers, who exposed them
selves undauntedly, yelling anel wav
ing their arms. Their lushes were
only stemmed by artillery. After the
British retreat the Boers helel a prayer
meeting. Their hymns e-oulel be heard
by the retiring British. All accounts
indicate a heavy Boer loss. Colonel
Legge exhibited splendid bravery. He
shot live Boers with his revolver be
fore he fell with three bullets in his
body.
PRIVATE SKINNER'S CASE.
Cause of His Imprisonment He
Quitted Ouard.
Washington. Dec IS. The war de
partment yesterday took official notice
of the report that. Leonard Skinner of
the Forty-third infantry hal been sen
tenced to be shot in the Philippines for
sleeping at his post. A statement of
the record of the case', showing the re
port to be untrue, was prepared iu the
adjutant general's office aud given to
the press for publication. The state
tntiit shows that Leonanl skinner was
sentenced to four months' imprison
ment for eiuitting guard in violation
of the fortieth article of war.
CIT1 NEWS
Attorney N. R. Bronson. represent
ing the joint owners of the property
known as South Park, has consulted
with City Attorney Kellogg regarding
the eonelltions upon which the city
will accept the property so that the
eleeel will be handed over to the city
any day now.
A meeting of the class of 1901 of the
High school was helel to-day and a
committee was appointed to arrange
for a soiree for members only, in the
High schoed building on Thursday
night of this week. The committee is
composed of the following pupils: Den
nis Murray. Joseph Flemining anel the
Misses Butler, Manville and Winship.
The ejectment suit of Thomas Clere
against Miss Margaret Joyce, neigh
bors on Scovill street, came to a sud
den termination in the district court
this afternoon. Judge Bradstreet ele1
terminiug in response to a motion for
non-suit thnt the case shoulel have been
brought for trespass instead of eject
ment. Tha point in contention was
a boundary line which has maele no end
of trouble for the parties iu the suit.
Clere -asked $130 .damages.
The case of Earl AVilmot against
James T. O'Brien aud Constable
George O. Booth for $1,000 for false
imprisonment was taken up this af
ternoon. Last February O'Brien, who
is a contractor living on South Main
street, started a relative named AVard
in business in Simpnsville. Warel
closed the , store without giving any
explanation to O'Brien anil, departed
for parts unknown. VA warrant was
issued for hie arrest, and this took
place in Xaugatuck , om night when
Wiluiot was it his company. - AVil
mot was also 'arrested' and detained in
the Naugatuck policf station one night
aud conveyed to the local police sta
tion the follovvinji morning without any
warrant or-.cars? for his apprehension
by Constable BoGth. The warrant was
for the arrest of O'Brien's relative
only. lut the constable seeing AVilmot
in his company anel hearing O'Brien
sav to him. 'You are the cause of it
all," he arrested him. Judge Root ap
pears for the plaintiff , and - Attorney
Ourant for the defendant y'.i
A CRUELMOTHER
Raised Welts on Body of Her
Step-Daughter.
JUDGE BURPEE'S WARNING.
The Father and Step-mother Given To
Understand That They - Must
Chastise Their Children Properly .
Small Boys Also In Court For Xot
Attending School After a Crying
Spell The Boys Were Allowed To
Go.
A story of great cruelty on the part
of a step-mother was told in the city
court before Judge Burpee this morn
ing. Mrs Alice Stepney of AVatervillt
was charged with cruelly beating her"
step-daughter. Gertruele. aged ! years.
The witnesses for the state were Mrs
Jennie Phihps, principal of the AVa
terville school. Miss Mabel Sullivan,
teacher in the same schoed. John D.
AVaelhams, an agent of the state boaril
of education and Carrie Stepney, a
sister of Gertrude. The principal
story was told by Mrs Philips and sub
stantially it ran thus:
Reports ot" the little one being
cruelly beaten by her step-mother, the
principal examined her last Friday
afternoon. On various parts of lier
boely were ridges made by a whip or
something of that nature'. but the -worst
indications of severe punish-,
ment were apparent on the child's
nether limbs, which were not only -black
and blue but were also full of
welts. The witness could not say
how many there were exactly, but wail .
sure there were tifteeii or twenty.
AVitness warned Mrs Siepuey against
cruelly beating the child. She- had
also heard that Gertrude was obliged
to run from tin? school directly home
at the noon recess aud this she found -to
be true oil. two occasions. This
she considered very cruel on account
of the child's tender age. Carrie
Sti'pnoy testified that she witnessed
the beating Gertrude was given last
Thurselay and that her step-mother
vnelressed the child and then, after
putting on her night dress, beat her
about the body and limbs with a "
switch. The cause of the- healing wa
that while her step-mother was out of
the house Gertrude brought in a
neighbor's little girl 10 play with.
Carrie testified that her step-mother
frequently beats her also for no rea
son, and Gertrude stated that she hail
no fellow playmates and she. has te
run home from schoed at noon to lay
the table for dinner. If she did not
she would get whipped. Mrs Step
ney's story was to the effect that she
is in elrcael of her life from Carrie, who
has tried live times to poison her. The
last attempt took place a short time
ago. Then she jioisoneel a kettle of
cabbages and aelmitted so to lr Rus
sell. She was aware that her neigh-
bors were forever trying to pry .into
her business auel she warned Gertruele
repeatedly to have nothing to do with
the neighbors' children. The older
girls told the neighbors that, they are
obliged to elo family washing Sunday
evenings and ihe neighbors came
around and peeped in at the windows
to see if this was so. She sent a note
to one woman that she need call no
more at the house. The court warned
Mrs Stepney against beating any eliilel
again as allegotl and warned her hus
band also that if either he or his
wife beat any of the children for
testifying in court they would be taken
care of by the law and he hoped that
if any of the neighbors hear of the
Stepuews disobeying this warning
they will be gooel enough to so in
form him. The case was then con
tinueel thirty days to se?e how matters
get alonf. -
Frank Smith, a resident of Water
ville, was charged with failing tri
send one of his chilelreu to school.
Miss Mary MeGowan, teacher in the
Wa'.erville school, testified to young
Smith's absence from school the greai-
er part of the present term. The ac
cuseel consielereel he was justified in
keeping the boy from school in order-
that he could attend his sick mother,
but the court tolel him what the coin
sequence will be if he fails to keep
the boy at school. " -
Another man complaineel ' to the
court that ho could not get his twrt
boy to go to school aud wanted them,
sent to the state school for boys.
.Tuelge Burpee showed the boys tnei
difference between their home and the
state school for boys and they critNl
their eyes out. aud promised to ha
very good boys. A complaint for
theft against Toney Blake and Paola,
D'Archi was uolleel without cost-1
They were charged with stealing S
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. '
St Louis, Mo, Dec 18. Members MS
the Pan-American exposition comnii
sion met here yesterday and dtcideit
to ask the legislature for an appropria
tion of $100,000. Already the eonimis
sion has secured thousands of dollars'
worth of valuable products, both min.
eral anel agricultural and it is desirei
to properly house aud elisplay them.
According to a member of the com
mission $100,000 will be an adequate
sum for this purpose aud a committee
will appear before the legislature to
urge its appropriation. - .,"
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APPLICATION DENIED.
Jefferson City, Mo, Dec IS. In an
opinion handed down by Judge Sher
wood, the supreme court to-tlay denied
the application of the St Louis Star
for a writ of jnanelamus against the
Associateel Press, with a view to se
curing the news service ot that asso
ciation. GOA'ERNOR AA'OLCOTT S CHANCES
Boston, Dec .IS. A bulletin . issued
to-day by Dr -Putnam, tx-Governor
Wolcott's physician, says tliat ex-Gov-.
ernor Wolcott is holding his own anil
at least doing .well this morning. o
crisis js expected to-tlay. , ;
2,000 TONS OF COAL BURNED. '
Providence. R. I.. Dec IS. Th
Wilkesbarre pier at East Providence:
the property of the N. Y., X. H. and
H. railroad, was burned to-day with
2,000 tons of coal. The loss is ti
siated at $200,000 - -
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