WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2G, 1900,
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New Officers of St Francis's T. A.-B.
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St Francis's T. A. B.' society, at its
annual meeting Monday night, elected
officers for the ensuing year as fol
lows: President. James Malier; vice
president, John Lawlor; financial sec
retary, Daniel Leary; recording secre
tary, Patrick Cleary; treasurer. Thorn,
us "Benton; trustee for four years,
Thomas Riley.
Martin Dunn of Main street spent
Christmas day with relatives in .New
Britain.
William Barrett, of Middletown, is
.Visiting with relatives in town.
Dr Stephen Cronin and wife, of
Bridgeport, spent Christmas day at
the home of the doctor's parents on
High street.
Edward Finnerty, of New Haven,
spent Christmas day at the home of
his wife's parents on Oak street.
The Misses Winnie and Kittie Sulli
van, of New York city, spent Christ
inas day at the home of their mother,
on Hillside avenue.
-: Joseph E. Martin, the popular tax
collector, spent Christmas at the home
Of his parents in New Britain.
There was a lively scrap on the trot
ting park last night between two
young men of the town. The fight
started in the bar-room of a certain
Main street saloon and was caused by
one man calling the other a hard
name. t
The train which passed through here
at 1:40 Monday afternoon was delayed
about thirty-rive minutes by the burst
ing of a pipe in the boiler of the en
gine, which caused the water to run
out and disabled the engine. A new
engine was procured and the train
started on its way.
Coroner Mix and his assistant were
In town yesterday investigating the
tragedy which occurred at Cotton Hol
low Sunday morning. The coroner
has caused all the inmates of the place
to be placed under surveillance and it
is expected that some arrests will be
made before long. Drs Tuttie and
Johuson vesterday performed an au
topsy on the body, under the direction
of the coroner. It is expected that the
Inquest will be finished to-day.
On Thursday night the big Nashville
Students and Gideon's Minstrel Carni
val will appear at the (Jem opera
house. People who saw it in Water
bury yeste-'-v pronounced it very
good. " Tickets 'went on sale at Mc
Carthy's news store on Church street
this morning.
A great number of Christmas jags
were seen around the streets yesterday
and the saloons did a lively business.
John Deegan and Fred Hodson closed
their places at 0:30 last evening for the
rest of the night.
Benjamin McDonald was before the
borough court yesterday morning,
charged with drunkenness, and Judge
Hungerford lined him 5 without costs,
which was paid.
A number of Naugatuck people at
tended the shows in Waterbury yes-,
terday a"hd a large number also went
to the basket ball gmae.
A large number of tickets have been
Bold for the ushers and stage hands'
dance at Columbus hall next Monday
night. Ford will furnish music and
Baxter will prompt.
Tli? commissioners on benefits and
damages are holding a session to-day.
In the' police court this morning
Michael Kelly, charged with intoxica
tion and breach of the peace, was dis
charged and John Bryan, charged with
vagrancy and begging on the streets,
was permitted to leave town.
Attorney William Sweeney, of New
York city," spent Christmas at the home
of his parents on Hillside avenue.
WATERTOWN JOTTINGS
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Services at the Churches Christmas
Trees To-night A Runaway.
The services at the churches were
well attended yesterday morning. Mass
was celebrated in . Woodbury at b
o'clock, in Oakville at 10 o'clock and
at St John's church at 11:15 a, m.
Father O'Dounell officiated at ail three
masses.
A Runaway.
A pair of horses hitched to a light
delivery wagon took French leave
from in front of the postoffice yester
day noon. The horses were driven by
a young farmer who evidently, judging
from the way he handled the horses,
did not know much about them. The
horses ran in the direction of Green
ville and were stopped when nearing
the Greenville factory. No damage of
Importance was done. '
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Several exciting polo games took
place on the Heminway pond yester
day. It was reported that the beer man
made another visit to our town Christ
mas eve. Judging from the report,
trade was excellent.
' Henry S. Frost has sold the timber
on his property near Bidwell's moun
tain to A. M. Hard. W. Peck and
Frank Hungerford have taken, the con
tract to cut it down. - . -
George Hoskins entertained friends
from out of town yesterday.,
To-night Santa Claus has volun
teered to make a return visit to pur
town and fill a Christmas tree for. the
Sunday school pupils of St John's
church. The tree will be held in the
Pythian hall. There will be recita
tions and singing. ,
Mr and Mrs Havens Heminway en
tertained relatives from New York
over Christinas.
Charles Kelly and John D. McGow-an-
were in Thomaston on .business
yesterday.
John Beatty of Waterbury was the
guest of Mrs Kelly yesterday.
All of the factories resumed work
this -morning.
Preparations for the coming fair of
the Watertown fire department are
Hearing completion. The firemen hope
to clear enough from this fair to give
their rooms a complete overhauling.
A rehearsal of R. N. Deland's" com
pany will be held this week. .
No freight train was run. here yes
terday. T - t , .
-Richard Cahill, who broke his Iegj
uue ui wort, m wateruury iubi sum
mer, is able to be out. . , - ' j
... ..A- large number from here attended
the 'shows in-- Waterbury ,jysteriay .
afternoon and evening. .
- The library' was not open yesterday1.
; A new- teacher -will be engaged bev
fore the' opening of the next term, Xo
fill the position recently left vacant by ;
XXiM Bidwell's resignation ' -i f
The regular meeting of the Hepta
sophs will take place to-night.
Messrs Curtiss and Strong of Wood
bury were in town, to-day. - "
Now the people here are talking trol
ley again. Some want the trolley on.
Watertown Heights, some want it to
run on the east side, but the majority
favor its running through Greenville.
Those who attend Monroe's Busi
ness college from here are enjoying
three days' vacation, the school clos
ing at 12 a. m. daily.
The advertised list of letters at the
postoffice includes: Mrs 1. M. Palmer,
Mrs George Anderson and the Rev H.
N. Cunningham. When calling for
these letters please say "Advertised."
Professor Turner's lecture, "St An
thony of Padua," will be given New
Year's eve at St John's church.
Mrs Samuel Dayton, who had one
of her valutble horses stolen from hex
barn last summer, never gained any
clue as to who took the horse. Other
things have been stolen from our
town since then.
A DAY OF GOOD WILL.
Needy Thousands Enjoy Cheer and
Plenty of Christmas.
NEW YORK, Doc. 213. All over the
city Christmas reigned supreme. Ricb
and poor held high revel, and there were
smiles in prisons and happiness in hos
pitals. Newsboys feasted like lords, home
less men were given a chance to eat to
repletion, and nowhere iu the city does it
seem possible that any person could have
gone without a dinner.
Never before was Christmas so geu
eraHy celebrated, nor so much done by
those who were able for others whose
holiday time would have been sad with
out them.
Society entertained in its usual way
with house parties and dances, but in the
homes of the poor there were-many hap
py families. There the shrubs cheaply
decorated brought as much fun as the
large tree loaded with expensive gifts.
Political leaders renewed their strength
with their constituents by furnishing a
banquet free to all, and societies having
rented halls set huge tables groaning with
good things for those unable to provide
for themselves.
Many out of town parties were given
by society leaders. Mrs. Howard Gould
gave an entertainment to 500 village chil
dren at Fort Washington, on Long Is
land. Mr. George Gould held a Christ
mas party at Georgian Court. Lakewood,
N. J. The Vanderbilt and Twombly
house party and dance was held at the
Twombly villa, Madison, N. J. Mrs.
Amos T. Preach kept open house in
Tuxedo and gave a house party in honor
of Miss Elsie French and her fiance, Mr.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
At Madison Square Garden more than
40,000 persons were the recipients of the
Salvation Army's Christmas cheer in the
form of a dinner.
Commander and Mrs. Booth-Tucker
were at the Garden as early as half past
8 o'clock preparing for the coming of the
crowd. Accompanying them were at least
150 soldier boys and lassies who immedi
ately set to work preparing the dinners
and decorating the amphitheater for the
festival.
Arranged on the main floor of the Gar
den were 54 long tables. On these the
dinner was served. One immense table
extending from the entrance on Madison
avenue to the exit on Fourth avenue was
piled with baskets. There were 3.200 of
these baskets, and each one contained a
chicken, four pounds of potatoes, two
pounds of vegetables, a loaf of bread,
half a pound of beets, half a pound of
sugar and a quarter of a pound of coffee.
Each one of the baskets was made up to
feed a family of rive. At 2 o'clock not
one of these baskets was left.
Seven hundred homeless and hungry
men were treated to a Christmas dinner
at the. McAuley mission, 310 Water
street, this being the fifteenth annual
dinner given by the mission.
Christmas In Paris.
PARIS, Dec. 20. Christreastide was
favored in France with bright, cheerful
weather, and Parisians celebrated it in
characteristic fashion. All the restau
rants and cafes were crammed Christmas
eve with festive supper parties, which did
not disperse until early in the morning.
At midnight masses with special musical
attractions filled the leading churches to
overflowing. The charitable side of the
festival was represented by numbers of
free meals and seasonable gifts to poor
families and outcasts. Mine. Loubet
gave 7,000 francs to be used for the relief
of widows in necessitous circumstances.
Convicts Katertaiiied.
SING SING, Dec. 20. The convicts
in the state prison had as merry a Christ
mas as the accommodations would per
mit, thanks to the kiuduess of George
Thatcher's minstrels and Warden Johu
son. Immediately after breakfast the
minstrel troupe gave a performance in
the Protestant chapel in the prison. The
stage, which had been erected at the
west end of the building, was handsome
ly decorated with the national colors
and holly and evergreen. In the body of
the chapel were seated 1.300 convicts,
all wearing the usual striped shirts, with
vests, but no coats.
Bryan's Christmas Greeting:.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 2G
William J. Bryan, wiring from Lincoln,
Neb., to The Evening Standard, states
the following: "Please present greetings
to my political friends of Leavenworth
and of Kansas. The principles of De
mocracy still live and the policies for
which the fusion forces fought will yet
be vindicated. We can enter the twen
tieth eentury with the confident belief
that the people will soon return to the
teachings of the fathers and to the tradi
tions of the republic."
fifteen Hundred Christmas Dinners.
CLEVELAND,' Dec. 2(i. The Salva
tioi4 Army fed 1:500 poor people in the
Grays' armory. Twenty-five long tables
were used, covered with paper and fur
nished -with tin dishes. A large squad of
police had a busy time keeping the men
and boys in good order. Senator Hanna,
who is a stanch friend of the Salvation
Army, was present and was greeted with
cheers. He made a short speech.
Christmas Dinners For the Poor.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Dec. 28.
The local corps of the Salvation Army
fed every poor person who" could be found
In the city, 518 Christmas dinners being
given away. The workers of the organi
zation, under Captain and Mrs. Draziell,
hunted up every, person who was too
poor to buy a turkey dinner and made
them welcome. .
David City, Neb, April 1, 1900.
Genese Pure Food Co, Le Roy,. N. Y.:
Gentlemen: I must say in regard to
GRAIN-O tliat there is nothing better
or - healthier, . We have nsed It for
years., My brother was a great coffee
drinker. He was taken .sick and the
doctor said coffee ; was the cause of it,
and told-us to use GRAIN-O. ' We got
a package but did not like It at first,
but now would not be without it. My
brother lias been well .ever since we
started to nse it Yours truly, .
, - - UTTLE SOCHOIt. '
REFORMERS; KILLED:
Surrounded by China's Impe
rial Troops, 1,500 Are Slain.
LIBERTY GAINED AT FEARFUL COST.
Tie Chinese Reform Party Forced to
R Battle While Maturing Plana
For a General Unrisinfl With .
With Disastrous Results.
VANCOUVER, B. C:, Dec. 20 The
foreign secretary of the Chinese associa
tion of Canada, stationed here, has re
ceived a cablegram from Hongkong stat
ing that the Chinese reformers, who are
thought to be getting ready to rise si
mull aireously throughout China, have
been forced into lighting their first big
battle with disastrous results. The ca
blegram, in cipher, says:
'While on a ' friendly visit to Chang
Chi Tung, governor of Chi-ehi-li, sup
posed to be in sympathy with the reform
movement, Chief Loder Tong of Ohi-chi-li
and 20 other leaders were seized
by Chang Chi Tung and executed, while
10,000 imperial troops attempted to sur
round and capture 5,000 reform troops.
"A bloody battle ensued, and 1,500 re
formers were killed before they could cut
their way through the ranks of the ene
my by charging them with bayonets.
"Hundreds of imperial troops were ei
ther killed or wounded.
"The imperial troops did not follow the
reform troops in their retreat."
CHINA WILL ACCEPT.
Foreign Ministers Sanguine In Re
gard to Terms Proposed.
LONDON, Dec. 26. According to a
news agency dispatch from Peking, dated
Dec. -4, the foreign ministers there are
unanimously of the opinion that China
will accept the conditions imposed by the
joint note of the powers within a mouth.
The note was started on its way to the
dowager empress and the emperor im
mediately after its presentation, the dis
patch says, but wire communication is
slow, and it probably will not reach
them until Dec. 27.
Vice Adm'iral Alexieff, says the St.
Petersburg corresDondent of The Times,
has issued orders to the men under his-
command in China to make detailed lists
of the Chinese property money, cattle,
provisions, etc. taken by them and
where such property now is.
The correspondent also says that de
tachments of Russian troops in southern
and southeastern Manchuria continue to
pursue the work of exterminating disor
ganized Chinese troops and brigands.
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Standard, telegraphing Dec. 24, says:
"The government has arrested Prince
Tuan and Prince Chaung on the borders
of the Shausi and Shensi provinces. l"n
Hsien has been ordered to return to Siau
fu forthwith to be executed, it is sup
posed. "It is inferred from these reports that
the imperial authorities are preparing to
concede the demands of the joint note for
the punishment of the instigators of the
trouble in China."
Joint Note Delivered.
PEKING, Dec. 20. The preliminary
joint note was delivered yesterday to the
Chinese. Li Hung Chang found that he
was unable to attend the meeting of the
ministers, and his credentials and those
of Prince Ching were presented by the
latter to the foreign envoys. Prince
Ching, replying to the Spanish minister.
Senor B. J. de Cologan, who presented
the note, said he would immediately
communicate its contents to the emperor
and assured the ministers that a speedy
reply was the desire of the court, as it
felt that all China wants peace and pros
perity. French C'lavh With Boxers.
TIEN-TSIN, Dec. 2C A French de
tachment of 100 men left here Dec. 20
for Huug-tsu, 20 miles westward, to
search for arms. Approaching a village
across a frozen creek, a force of Boxers
opened tire, killing Lieutenant Contul
and wounding another officer. The
French burned the village.
Sickness In Dawson.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dee. 20. The
steamer Danube brings news that on
Dec. 18 there had been live deaths at
Dawson from pneumonia. The epidemic
of typhoid was subsiding. Smallpox had
almost disappeared, and there were but
two cases in the district. Five thousand
vaccine points reached Dan-son Dec. 18,
and compulsory vaccination was imme
diately started. It is reported that dis
coveries of rich quartz mines have been
made on Bonanza creek aud elsewhere in
the Klondike district. Six automobiles
have leached Dawson and will be used
on the runs to the creeks.
Largre Shipment of. Cattle.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. A special to The
Record from Flora, Ills., says: "The lar
gest shipment of cattle from southern
Illinois and probably from the state of
Illinois within recent years left this city
on a special train of 27 cars over the B.
& O. S. W. railway for New York,
whence they will go direct to Liverpool.
The trainload of cattle, which numbers
over 400 head aud is sent by one shipper,
represents a market value slightly iu ex
cess of $40,000."
Bamed at a Christmas Tree.-
HANOVER, Mass., Dec. 20. While a
church festival was in progress at the
Baptist church in North Hanover a lad
der set against the Christmas tree fell,
knocking u chandelier to the floor. One
of the lighted lamps struck Mrs. Davis
S. Stoddard, setting lire to her clothing,
also spilling the burning oil over her 4-year-old
sou. Mrs. Stoddard is now in a
critical condition. Her little boy and
Frank Plummer were badly burned.
Russian People's Palace Open.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.-The
Prnice of "Oldeubourg, president of the
government temperance committee, at
noon yesterday declared the People's pal
ace open to the public. - After the inau
gural ceremonies the prince and 20 of the
higher army officers, including the: com
manding generals, along with high offi
cials, noblemen and ladies, dined side by
side with peasants and the families of
workingmen.
Captured an Haste. '
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. , Dec. 26.
Willis Ryan, a farmer of Claryville,, Ul
ster county, has a- golden eagle captive
in his barn. He caught the bird stealing
his chickens last week and captured it
alive. It measures six feet, eight inches
between the tips of its, wings aud is said
to be a very rare specimen in this coun
try. ' '
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome :
ROYAL BAK1NO KWfln
SITUATION CRITICAL.
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.Position of Cape Colony Hangs
- In the Balance. ;
DUTCH ON THE VERGE OF REBELLION.
General Kitchener Has Arrived at
De Aar and Is Taking Prompt
Measures to Stem the Tide
of the Boer Invasion.
LONDON, Dec. 26. A Cape Town
dispatch says that the Tegular railway
service between Cape Town and De Aar
has been restored. The report of the de
struction of a bridge south of De Aar
turns out to be incorrect. Only a culvert
was damaged. Trains are running from
De Aar to Kimberley irreguiarly. Theie
are considerable delays elsewhere as tha
result of heavy rains.
The position of Cape Colony is hanging
in the balance. . According to The Morn
ing Post's Cape Town correspondent ev
erything depends upon the quantity ol
ammunition in possession of the disloyal
Dutch residents, 1,500 of whom have
joined the Boers in he Philipstown dis
trict alone. Energetic measures have
been taken to stem the invasion, but
there is unquestionably danger that par
ties of Boers will get through into parts
qf the colony and gradually raise the
whole Cape into rebellion. Re-ent'orce-ments
can arrive none too soon.
Most of the dispatches from Cape
Town, however, describe the raiders as
doing little harm and as being rapidly in
closed by Lord Kitchener's combination.
Lord Kitchener is in the heart of the dis
affected districts. He has the advantage
of being personally acquainted with local
conditions. Last March hrsupervised the
suppression of the rising which occurred
then. He is bringing down thousands of
troops from the north.
The Standard's Cape Town correspond
ent says the loyalists demand that mar
tial law shall be proclaimed throughout
Cape Colony, but adds, "Such a step is
now impossible, owing to the lack of suf
ficient troops to enforce it."
The correspondent of The Daily Mail
at Cape Town says:
"The pro-Boer press are singularly
quiet. They have been made uneasy by
the promptness and thoroughness of the
nulitary action, but reports from various
parts of the western province foreshadow
perilous possibilities.
"A responsible colonist who recently
made a tour of the colony declares that
00 per cent of the Dutch are simply wait
ing for the appearance of a resourceful
leader to rebel."
Civil railway traffic has been suspended
largely in all parts of the colony, and the
movements of both the Boers and the
British are almost unknown in Cape
Town. It appears that one Boer coknnu
attacked Steynsburg, but was repulsed
and fled, intrenching itself in the moun
tains. Another Boer commando captured
a party of police at Venterstad. Mounted
colonial troops surprised 300 Boers 15
miles from Burghersdorp Dec. 23 and
after a brisk interchange 3t volleys re
tired with a loss of two men.
Lord Kitchener, telegraphing to the
war ofiice under date of Naaukpoort, Dec.
24, reports:
"Thorneycroft's mounted infantry have
occupied Britstown without opposition.
The Boers retired to the north in the di
rection of Prieska. They will be fol
lowed up."
A dispatch from Durban to a news
agency here announces that the Cape to
Cairo telegraph li.e is now in operation
to a point 50 miles, north of Kasanga
and a hundred miles beyond the southern
end of Lake Tanganyika.
The important news from South Africa
is the arrival of General Kitchener at De
Aar, where, it is stated, he is taking
measures to crush the Boer invasion of
Cape Colony.
All the newspapers, with the exception
of The Daily Mail, remain silent, on the
gravity of the situation. The Mail says
it understands that further reliable in
formation has reached London from Cape
Town fully confirming the bad condition
of affairs.
The invaders are still receiving much
assistance from the Cape Dutch. Rail
way communication between Cape Town
and the north has been almost entirely
severed, partly by the Boers, partly by
washouts and partly by Dutch colonists,
who are undoubtedly responsible- for
much marauding and railroad wrecking.
The paper adds that there is considerables
anxiety in military circles at Cape Town.
New Zealand Loyal.
WELLINGTON, New Zsaland, Dec.
20. The government has asked the gov
ernor, the Earl of Ranfurly, to inform
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary
of state for the colonies, that it does not
wish the New Zealand contingent in
South Africa to be diminished, that
drafts will be forwarded to nil the ranks
and that additional mounted men will be
sejit.
Brief Strike In Chicaso rosJoHee.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26. A strike among
the clerks of the registry department of
the postoffice here menaced for a time
the prompt delivery of thousands of
Christmas gifts. Extra hours of work
was the grievance of a score of opera
tives who during the holidays have been
compelled to labor 14 hours a day. The
trouble was quietly adjusted by the post
office authorities, y who suspended the
leader of the strikers. The rank and
file of the protesting clerks then returned
to their labors. Superintendent Marr of
the registry department said: "The mails
were flooded this year, and there is no
other way than to make the clerks work.
We are handling 10 per cent more work
this year than ia 1899."
Accidentally Poisoned Herself.
NEW YORK, Dec. . 2S. Mrs. Sarah
Prank of Brooklyn arose early to pre
pare the Christmas dinner for her fami
ly. She had a severe headache and, go
ing to a closet, got what she supposed
was a headache powder. Instead it was
a: small paper of paris green which she
got hold of, and without noticing that it
was poison she swallowed the stuff. She
died shortly after surrounded by he,r
children. ' Mrs. Frank was aged 00.
. Tlie Plssrue. Ueadly In India.
CALCUTTA. Dec. 20. Lord Curzon
of .Kedleston, the viceroy of India, in the
pearance of the bubonic plague in 1893
25,000 deaths from the disease have oc
curred in the Mysore state. .
Tatvn Badly Scorched.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. Dpi- 2(i 4 .in
structive fir in Eau Claire, 15 miles east
of this city, resulted hi reducing half the
business section into ashes. Tntnl
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marked so that we really believe their
equal isn't to be found anywhere for
goods of equal merit, and then you
know we sell on our easy terms of
payment. That means that you can
come here and make your selection,
get our prices, and after you have ob
tained everything you want, pay $1
down and SI weekly on the bill. We
make no extra charge for credit, either
in the shape of interest or by increase
of prices, and you need feel under no
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TROLLEY STILL TIED UP.
The Scranton Strikers Have Thicea
Their Own Way.
SCKAXTOX,' Pa., Dec. 20 Owing to
the successful work of the scouts of the
striking car men ten of tke 13 men
brought on from Syracuse to take then
places were - sent home yesterday, and
two others were induced to quit and
agree not to go back to work. One of
them was willing to leave town, hut re
fused to accept money from the strikers.
He said he would walk every step to
Syracuse before taking money out of the
strikers' treasury, lie also said he was
told that there was no strike here anil
that if things were not satisfactory when
he arrived he would be furnished his fare
home. The twelfth man decided to stay
and secure other work. The other man
could not be corralled by the scouts. Thr?e
new men were brought in from Syracuse
yesterday morning, but already two of
them have been won over by the strikers.
The other was kidnaped by a burly
striker who was made overzealous by
drink.
Only two cars were run in the whole
county. One of these, on which Superin
tendent Patterson was motorman, ran off
the track at 11 o'clock and was so badly
damaged it had to be taken to the barn.
No. other car was sent to replace it, and
at 1 :M0 the other of the two cars was
taken in and housed.
General Manager Silliman'was not
downcast by the successes of the strikers
in converting his recruits. He says he
can get all the men he wants after the
holidays, when the number of crews in
other cities will be cut down and hun
dreds of men thrown idle.
Grain KlcvAtor Darned.
HARTFORD, Dec. 20. E. P. Yates
& Co.'s granary, a five story brick struc
ture in the. rear of 1411 Main street, was
gutted by Are, causing a loss of about
$20,000,' which is partially covered by in
surance. The. fire originated in the base
ment and when the firemen arrived had
swept up the elevator to the top floor,
where there was stored 100 tons of hay,
and it was three hours before the blaze
was under control.
Fatal Cross Country Il!dc,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20. While
riding cross country to join the Chester
valley hunt yesterday Henry D. Wilbur,
aged 42 years, son of H. O. Wilbur, the
well known cocoa and chocolate manu
facturer of this city, was thrown from
his horse an killed on the farm of A. J.
Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania
railroad, near Valley Forge.
Dowascr Lady Churchill Dead.
LONDON, Dec' 20. The Dowager
Lady Churchill, senior lady of the bed
chamber and an intimate friend of the
queen, was found dead in her bedroom at
Osborne yesterday morning. On retiring
the night previous she complained of celd.
but no alarming symptoms manifested
themselves, and her indisposition was not
thought to be of a serious nature.
Cruiser Contract Slurned.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 2C. The
contract for the purchase of a cruiser for
Turkey was signed yesterday b the min
ister of marine, Hassan -Pasha, and Gen
eral Williams, representing the Cramps
of Philadelphia. ' .
., Our Kew Pacific Island.
LONDOf, Dec. 2G A dispatch to The
Standard from Berlin says that Captain
Saxegaard, a Norwegian, has discovered
and named after, himself , a hitherto un
known island in the Pacific ocean, lying
in latitude 2 desr. 4 min'.. north and longi
tude 135 dqg. 30 rain, east, between the
Philippine and Caroline groups. It is
stated that an American gunboat com
mander has annexed the island, which
seems to be ricliljr wooded and very fer
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Supposed Dead 5Tnn Alive.
SHAMOKIN. Pa., Dec. 20. After an
absence of 11 months, which followed as
mysterious a disappearance as though
the ground had swallowed him up, Alex
ander Buchanan of Centralia, former
collector for (Jately & Brittou of Potts
ville, was heard from yesterday, his
brother John receiving a letter from him
dated San l-'raucisco. Buchanan says he
took a sudden notion to go west. He
journeyed to Seattle and then tool; a
steamer for Alaska, where he spent the
summer. Later in the season he left
Alaska, going to California, where he
was stricken with typhoid lever and was
taken to a hospital, where he recovered
and was discharged a few weeks ago.
. SZOSCOST 1SOO-1901
The Greater New York Fur Co.';
Watch this space for the
latest styles.
The extreme mild
weather of the month
of October cut off the
purchases and the re
orders down to half the
normal trade, conse
quently we have a great
line of our own manu
factured Fl'Ii JACK
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LARETTES, NECK
SCARFS, STALLS,
MUFFS and TRIM
MINGS, of which you
can save money by buy
ins this month any of
these garments above.
We also have an Near
seal Skin Jacket, line!
with Skinner's best
quality satin, guaran
teed to wear for two
years. Regular price
50.00, for month of
November only S35.00.
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We are dyeing and dressing all kinds of Fur. .
ALL OUR WORK REPAIRED FREE FOR ONE YEAR.
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Actor Sotlier.1 Auain on tue Staff.
ST. LOL'IS, Dec. 20. E. H. Sothern.
the actor, who for some time was laid up
by an accident that necessitated the
cancellation of dates all over the coun
try, made his first appearance Monday
night since the accident, presenting
"Hamlet" at tha Olympic theater before
a crowded house. He was well support
ed, and the production was well received.
The interrupted tour will be resumed,
the company leaving for Chicago .-xf
week.
Bears the Kind Yoii Have Always Bougfit
Signature.
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the latest styles.
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