WATERBURY, CONN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
VOL. XVI, NO. 47
TWENTIETH DAY OF THE TROLLEY STRIKE.
Attorney Byrne Appears at Strikers' Meeting With a Proposition That
He Thought Might Lead to Settlement
SAYS HE DIDN'T
His Proposition Was the Same Old One, However, and Was Rejected The Men
Demands Are Just and Will Not Recede Strikers Issue Daily Statement
Manager Seweil a Pointer About His New Hired Help.
At last night's meeting of the strik-1
lug trolleymen, Attorney M. J. Byrne
wHa Erlven lpa-re to "address them. He
said that while he was not authorized
by anybody whatsoever to say what
he had come to say, he felt sure that
the overtures he had In mind would be
acceptable by ' the company and he
hoped they would be adopted by the
men. Then he began his speech, cov
ering ground that has already, been
gone over and over without any pros,
pect of peace being arrived at. He
said he felt sure that if the men would
take the reinstatement of Barrett and
Kelly out of the question they could
return to work in the positions and at
the old rate of wages , they had when
the strike began. It should be agreed
beforehand, however, that Mr Seweil
and a committee from the men should
consider the question of granting them
the demanded increase in. their wages,
1 cents an hour, and that if they
could not agree during the ensuing
week the matter should ! be left to a
committee which should '-' be agreed
upon before their return to work.- Mr
Byrne repeated that be had no authori
ty to make this suggestion; that he was
not looking for any publicity or dis
tinction in making it. , He had no axe
to grind and he only represented him
self. - The men asked if be bad macie
this suggestion to Mr Seweil or any
representative of the company, and Mr
Byrne said toe had not. Hie men there
upon stated that by accepting such a
proposition they would be giving every
thing and " getting nothing: in return.
They would recall to Mr Byrne's mind
that Mr, Barrett has already been de-
against him by Mr Seweil, by two com
mittees representing jthe public, one
formed of clergymen and the other of
members of the.Business.Men's.assocl
ation. Why, then, should they elim
inate Barrett and Kelly from the dis
pute. ; Mr Seweil dn his letter ,of the
llttvthey said, claimed to "have grant
ed them some of the. demands they
made; that is, agreed to give all, the
barn employes 25 cent an hour and
allow; 25 cents an hour, for work on
the enow plow. These were very small
matters, hardly -worth any considera
tion at all, for some of the barn em
ployes are now paid more than 20 cents
an hour and work on the snow, plow Is
not done only two or three times each
' winter. Should the men then eliminate
Barrett and Kelly, throw them down,
cast - them, aside, in. fact. . for that is
what they should do by ignoring them
in any proposition of , settlement ' on
these terms? ' The concessions would
be unequal,' and the inequality would
be on their-side, if they withdrew, Bar
rett and Kelly from the issue. In this
way the matter was discussed, after
vhich it was tabled. ,
Manager Seweil apparently , b eli eves
that his nonruniori employes are little
angels. He would not: believe a -reporter's
story ... that he saw i men in
cha rge of a car on South Main street
make offensive gestures at some of the
strikers this morning. , In the opinion
of a great many people it is such con
duct as this that engenders bad feeling
and trouble. . - ' " . .
A young man employed ; as book
keeper in one of the factories had to
wait for his supper last night. He is
one of the many that never rode on
the cars before the strike, but since
then has ridden every day, it is said
on free passes.- The waitress in the
restaurant where he dines knew, this,
and as she and the restaurant em
ployes in general are strike sympath
izers, she determined to make her cli
ent wait for his meal. She kept him
on the frozen pond half an hour, and
he thought it so long that he was get
ting grey. 7',':
Last night was a quiet one in the
affairs of the trolleymen' s strike. The
rainy weather had the whole evening
to itself, keeping ' in doors those who
were inclined to make things warm for
the non-union men. Cars rah. on all
rnn rinon ot ravvr nur i i h i,ini' mi i n k
branch without any lnterierenee save
; in one place, West Main street. Glass
was broken in the windows, of one car
on that line, but the damage does not
amount to much. , A few dollars will
pay for it. The stone throwing was
done "by small boys, whose objection to
non-union men running the cars has
feot yet been subdued. They have
formed the only element of disturbance
in the strike so far. ; v ; .
Mr Seweil appeared to be in, good
humor this morning Yesterday . he
spent in Cheshire superintending the
starting of cars oer the new line there
and everything went satisfactorily. He
stated that all the non-union men have
accepted the schedule rate of pay be
ginning at 18 cents an hour for six
months, when they will be advanced
to 19 cents an hour, and so on.' He
also said that all the men now em
nloved in the strikers olaees will be
retained go long as they prove satisfac
tory and conduct themselves properly.
He was asked if he had received any
applications from the strikers to re
turn to work and he said he had not.
When asked regarding the accident on
the Oakyille line; yesterday in which
two" women, aul a, man were injured,
he said he had not inquired! into the
matter, that is for some one else to do.
Further ,than this he had no more t
r.ew in the situation.
APPEAR FOR THE TROLLEY COMPANY.
The executive committee ; of the
strikers to-day issued the following re-
port
'This is the twentieth day of our
strike, with no sign in view of the com
pany br the strikers getting any closer
together. Roll ; calls, hud our i men
promptly at their, posts with unabated
determination that they are fighting for
justice and to pursue the course al
ready mapped out. The desertion of
Milder, has acted as -a stimulant rather
than as a depression. ; ; ' '
"speaking of Miller, we notice he
had the audacity to come out in a pub
lie statement trying to square himself
for the position he took as a. deserter.
He says in three weeks be received but
$14- which was not sufficient to support
himself and family. As this is - the
twentieth day of the strike, it 'will be
seen that we have not . yet 1 been out
three weeks. Of course it was also un
derstood that the first week out we
would receive no pay. From this it
will' be seen that Miller's statements
are false. We should also think that
a person who performed the despicable
operation that Miller did in deserting
the ranks of his fellow workers during
a crucial test of their strength would
hide his face in shame 'p rather " than
come out publicly and state that; he
had taken one cent from the fund
raised by brother organizations to as
sist them in their battle. ' Is , it not
strange ' that out of eighty , men. on
strike, nobody found 'fault .with his
weekly allowance except Deserter Mil
ler, and there are some of us with fam
ilies six times the size of his? We
will simply add that after each pay
day we have had a good balance left
over and' above our salary list. ,Vi
"We have been asked time and again
within the past few days what our po
sition was in relation, to jour Bridgeport'
brethren and what they, of the ?. Park
city were doing toward coming out for
lis in a sympathetic 'strike. ' All we
have to say i8 that we have not asked
the Bridigepbrt trolleym en, directly or
indirectly, for moral or financial aid.
Should we desire it, we would have to
apply through the national organiza
tion, of which Bridgeport and Water-
bury are merely local divisions. ;
"We wish once more to sincerely
thank the public for the' unlimited sup
port they are tendering us by walking.
When people will come out of a. the
ater into the rain, as they did last night
at Poli's, and refuse to take advantage
of the cars awaiting there, and walk
home instead,, we feel greatly encour
aged and very thankful. We have
been warned by the company's coun
sel, by legal quotations given the press
concerning boycotting, and iiilimida
tion. There are people now riding on
the cars who would walk were they
hot 4n possession of a' generous allow
ance of free tickets. If the giving out
of these tickets by shop foremen to
those employed 'by them is not one
form of coercion and, intimidation, we
fail to know the meaning of those two
words. We also know of other forms
of. Intimidation that are not -being, em
ployed by us but by , the company
which may prove interesting reading
later.;-,- - ; - v -;.
'The car arriving in Exchange place
at 1:07 - this afternoon from South
Main street (brought in with it a strike
breaking conductor who was so intox
icated that he had to be relieved. In
order to hide him from the public he
was tucked "away inside the car. i It
would not do to scare away the few
who do ride by letting them see that
their lives had been in the keeping of
an intoxicated trollieyman, hence the
tucking away. We pointed out this in
cident to a well known "business man
and a newspaper reporter, however, in
order to prevent a contradiction of our
statement concerning it by the com
pany. . y:ry:.'- -::; . ',
"It is interesting to account for the
manner in wiiich some of the car win
dows have been broken. A young man
and woman were walking along one of
the streets a few nights ago when a
fresh motorman stuck out his head as
the car rolled along and shouted: "Give
her a squeeze for me, old man." It
took the young man addressed about
one second to find a .cobble, which he
sent with good aim through two of the
car windows. We know, of other in
stances where ike windows have, been
broken by the strike-breakers them
selves in changing the street signs on
the cars with the pole used for that
purpose. Yet Colonel Burpee, the com
oany'a counsel, clatais the city win
have to pay for all that damage. It
look's as if the company is trying to
make a grand stand play for svmpa
thy from the public, and the public ap
pears to Je lretrtv wise so far. -
"The 'overland' stage line is doing a
rushing . busineRS. Extra accommoda
tions wm.be here for use to-morrow
and Sunday. Several Sunday ; after
noon 1ms mrties are now in course of
formation."
The conduct of a young mai on one
of the cars passing through Exchang
e i
place at noon yesterday - was re
marked by many as deserving the at
tention of the police. . This youu
man stood on the front platform call
ing the attention of everybody to him '
self by shouting to those he knew on
the sidewalk to. ride with ; him. A
great many remarked that had be beer
on the sidewalk and shouted to thos?
on the car to walk with him he would
Fee! That Their
and Give
very soon have a policeman near giv
ing him advice, or Manager Seweil
would have been around looking for
a policeman to close the young mans
mouth. The situation reversed dis
closes the peculiarities v of the law.
This young man would have commit-
ted a breach of the peace had he shout
ed on the sidewalk as he did on the
car platform, but shouting on the plat
form an invitation to others to ride
was no breach of the peace. This is
one . of the inconsistencies of the law
that jar sensitive men and make rag
ing socialists of them. !
Every member of the . Central ' Labo r
union is requested to attend the meet
ins: of that body this evening. Busi
ness of great importance is to bejdisJ
posed or, and it as absolutely necessary
that every member should be present.
One of the conductors of the South
Main street line is said to have im
bibed too freely of the tempting glass
to-day and to have become Intoxicated.
It took him about an hour shortly alter
1 o'clock to change the trolley pole,
The motorman and f conductor who
had charge of the car which struck a
farmer's team on the Watertown road
yesterday morning . have , been dis
charged, it is said. ; At any rate they
are not working on any of the trolley
lines to-day. , 15
The executive committee of the
strifcpro wno nsked this morning for an
explanation of the vote taken yesterday
morning by the trolleymen in cnuge
port and they said the only explana
tion 'they could give was that the union
voted to give no assistance ror we biui-
ple reason, they supposea, , uwa
thov wwp -not asked for any. They
probably acted on the principle that it
would be time enpugn m give as
ance when they, would toe asked for it.
But so far they had not asked assist
ance from any ''union oif the Amalga
mated Association of Street Employes,
to which they belong, . '
Policeman Hayes last night report
ed a conductor on tne iorui
street line to Superintendent anssei
fnv rtisorderlT conduct. The con
ductor got into an argument with his
only passenger and things became so
warm that half a dozen small boys
athered around to see the climax.
The conductor invited the passenger
out of the car to fight. This occurred
at the switch above Hill streets The
passenger , did not accept the conduct
or's invitation to scrap for he saw the
crowd was not with him. The con
ductor then butted in among the boys
and Officer Hayes came along soon
after. v. After inquiring into the cause
of . the disturbance he warned the con
ductor against repeating his conduct.
But later . the boys got square with
the conductor. They met him in the
vicinity of the Klondike and where no
one could see them. They stoned the
car and the conductor.. ; There were no
passengers . aboard and the boys took
full advantage of this. .
CITY KEEPS RABBIT WARREN.
Torquay, England, 9llake Couldev
v gihlc Revenue Ont of Mb - -ntcipal
Land.
In 1896 the council of Torquay, DeV'
onshire, England witb. a population of
33.000, purchased the watershed to se
cure the purity of th water supply,
but 'was not satisfied that the four
square miles of Land should lie idle
Portions of the land are devoted to hay,
oats, etc., on which the .horses of the
city are fed, and on, other parts some
200 sheep graze. Mort profitable than
the shep are the rabbits which-abound
in all parts of the moorland.
Men: are employed as trappers to
catch these animals, and. durimg the
last 12 months over 16,000 rabbits were
sold at an average price of 13 cents
after paying expenses. The woodlands
are preserved and about 22 partridges
were- killed and sold during the year,
A nursery of more than 170,000 fir and
larch trees is maintained, and these
also add to the yearly income. ;
The land cost the city $500,000, says
the Municipal Journal and Engineer,
but it is very probable that the. returns
from the industries to which it is de
voted will soon wipe out this debt.
Wanton. Destruction.
The buffaloes of the west have been
treated almost as wantonly as the f or
ests of the east. Of course, it was nec
essary that-both should be thinned out
considerably toTmake room for an ad
vancing civilization, but it was not nec
essary nor was it Aviso tnat either
should be brought so near the point of
annihilation, says the Boston Tran
script. The contempt for and hostil
ity to the sublime primitiveness of
this country that have marked an ad
vance more resistless than any of the
old bufEalo'migrations have been pain
f ul and unpraiseworthy features of our
last century development.
Spotted Dok Oat of Style.
The old black and white spotted Dal
.natian dogs, better known as "coach
logs," that were so numerous and pop
ular throughout the United States
from 1869 to 1882, inclusive, appear to
bave become extinct in this country,
having, like the Newfoundland, which
has shared the same late, gone Out of
style.
I
He Is a Division Superintendent
of the P. & R. Coal Co.
Would Let Mines Drown Rather
Than Recognize the ; Union State
ment Prepared Showing the Pay of
the Contract Miners Last Year.
Philadelphia, Jan 30. Adam Boyd
of Shenandoah, a division superintend
ent of the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal and Iron Co, ,who was on the
witness stand yesterday, continued
his testimony when the coal strike
commission opened its sessions to-day.
On cross-examination by the miners'
counsel he said that . the company
would rather let its mines drown than
recognize the union. ' i ; .
Several of the company's mines
were flooded. If the steam men had
not been intimidated, he, said,, there
would have been no difficulty in keep
ing the workings free of water.
J acob , P. Jones of Potts ville., pay
master of the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal and Iron Co, presented to the com
mission a statement, showing-the an
nual earnings of .the contract miners at
the Reading Go's ; Bear,', Ridge. Good
opring, jiomnoor, Jt'ottsi Draper. In
dian Ridge, Preston No 3, Richardson
and ; Turkey Run collieries. These
were selected by the commission from
the 61 collieries for the purpose of pre
paring wage statements. ,The state
ment shows . that 24 men who worked
an average of 265; shifts during 1901
earned $1,000 and over; 32 worked 254
shifts and earned from ?t)00 to $1,000;
46 worked 249 and earned $800 to $IMJ0
86 worked 244 and
luO worked 230 and earned $000 to
$700; 188 worked 214, and earned $500
r,,f ?;i!0 ,worked and earned
$400 to $500; 136 worked 143 and earn
ed $300 to $400; 160 ; worked 103 . and
earned $200 to $300 and 901 who work
edan average of 28 earned less than
SKUNK IN . GARBAGE CAN,
Driver Burke Got Quite a Scare
on
Highland Park.
Frank Burke. an emnlmA re
hage Contractor Rigney, hadvt an ex
perience yesterday which he will not
be apt to forget for some time. While
making his regular call at the resi
dence of L. B. Williams on Highland
park he noticed something in the gar
bage can that looked like a dead 'cat
and as such finds are not unusual he
tuuiv no paracuiar ? notice of it and
started to empty the contents nf fh
can into his, own. tub.:.1 At this stage
of the proceedings Burke was treated
to quite a surprise.- The supposed
dead feline turned out to w :
which was very much alive and ob-
jecieu to Demg turned under swilL It
got out of the way and in going cre
ated considerable
the folks in the house blamed the gar
bage man for and 'the fellow was or
dered not to come around there any
more. tie tried to explain, but the
good ladies in the house would not al-
low, him to come . within hearing dis
tance and he was obliged to leave
without getting an opportunity to
place the blame where it belonged.
BOYD S
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JOHN T. M'DONOXIGH, 0FFEHED THE CHIEF
OP THE PHILIPPINES. -
Mr. McDonough has served two terms as secretary of state of New York
state. The chief justice of the Philippine Islands receives a salary of $7,C00
- a year. McDonouph is a native of Ireland and came to America when he
was seven years "old. He is an able lawyer and an ' authority on labor mat
ters and prison' reform. . .
HE WILL ACCE PT APPOINfTMENT. '
AUany, Jan 30. -The Hon John T. McDonough of this city, ex-secreiary
. of state, announced to-day that he would accept the appointment as justice
of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands, recently tendered to him by
Trcsadent Roosevelt.
POWER HOUSE EXPLOSION.
Much Valuable Machinery De
stroyed At Niagara Falls.
Trolley Lines at Buffalo Badly Crip
pled by the Explosion Fire Was
Caused by Lightning
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan 30. Fire
which was started by the explosion of
one of . the , big V transformers ' in the
power house of , the ; Niagara Falls
Power and Conduit Co last' night de
stroyed thousands of dollars' worth of
valuable machinery and will doubtless
mean great, loss to most of the big fac
tories here, r some of which, it is said,
must remain idle for .weeks, y . .
The officers of .the company were
not prepared to give an estimate of
the damage, but they admitted that
the situation was serious and would
badly cripple the many plants depend
ing .upon ; Niagara i Falls power, not
only in this city, but in Buffalo, Lock
port and Tpnawanda. 1 The fire Is
said to have been caused by lightning,
which prevailed v throughout this sec
tion during the night r ..: -
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan 30. The trolley
lines in this city, which get their pow
er from Niagara . Falls were badly
crippled early to-day, but by v the use
of storage batteries a number of lines
were operated. - But a limited num
ber of cars was run. On several lihes
no cars, were run, A number of plants
Employs Preseented Him With Dia
en, among them the city hall.
, k, JUMPED THEIR BONDS.
Four : Law : and ,' Order League Detec
, tives Have Skipped
New Haven, Jan 30. Four former
Law' and Order league detectives, who
were under bonds in the criminal side
of the common pleas court, charged
with breach of the peace, will not
stand trial. ? , Each man allowed his
bond to be called in the court yester
day. The state is richer $800 thereby,
as each man was out on bail fixed at
$200. ' .' ' ' - ;:Vv' :: '. :
George M. Cameron, proprietor ; of
the Sea View hotel in Savin Rock, was
bondsman for the quartet. The de
tectives who evaded "trial are: Shed-
rick McClair, of ,; 1,079 ; Chapel 1 street;
wno conducts , a detective agency at
82 Church street; Randall D. Hille-
brant, of 418 , Washington avenue
West Haven; J. S. Harris and Cyril
Harlan d, of New York city.
j-ne last iwo named young men
were specially imported , to get evi
dence against Russ' . place in West
Haven. S . . '
While in Branford with warrants
last, June the four detectives got into
a row with citizens in that town and.
a lively fight followed. The fight oc
curred in Toole's saloon. ;
The ' detectives- were arrested and
fined $5 each .in the Branfcrd town
court. .They appealed to the court of
common pleas and, were liberated in
$200 " bail - each. , As the detectives
showed no sign of standing trial Pros
ecutor Woodruff ordered . the bonds
called. . ' '
JUSTICESHIP
LANSDOWNE GETS
He Is Informed What
To
IF ENGLAND PERSISTS
He Will Tell Representatives of
Being Forced to Yield to Plans Which Will Be Against
Their Interests Foreign Office at Paris Re
ceived Official Notice To-Day of the
Allied Rejections.
Washington, Jan 30. The ' British
ambassador hero has sent a cablegram
to Lord Lttnsdowne stating what, may
be expected in case the allies insist on
preferential treatment, lor the blockad
ing powers. It informs the British for
eign office that .Minister. Bowen, in the
event of a refusal, would call upon the
representatives of other claimant pow
ers and state to them tha t Venezuela
was being forced by the allies to yield
to a plan which would severely affect
the interests of France, Belgium. Nor
way, Sweden. Spain,1 Denmark, Hol
land and the United States.. , .
Paris,, Jan 30. The foreign office
here received " lengthy official advices
to-day giving details of the rejection
by the allies of ; the ' proposal that
Franjcei and .other countries receive
equal treatment in the Venezuelan
settlement. -The French officials had
not doubted that , equaj treatment
would be recognized and this unexpect
ed turn of events has caused , much
surprise : and concern. ' For the;, pres
ent it does not appear to be the pur
pose of the French authorities to as
sume an Imperative position, but rath
er to set forth what they regard as the
manifest equities of. the French posi
tion, with the' view to induce, its fur
there ; consideration - and acceptance,
v After conferring with those in chief
authority an official : said , that the
French position is based on two es
sential principals:
i "The first is that a specific settle
mnt between two sovereign nations is
entitled at least to eoal treatment
with a war settlement. If not a pre
cedent would be established, the offi
cials say, which would be an incentive
to war, as countries first . adopting
force in the collection of claims would
MR WALKER RETIRES.
Employes Presented Him , With Dia
mond Ring and Gold-Headed Cane.
' Superintendent .Thomas. B. AValker
of the Holmes, Booth & Haydeng. Oo
retires . from his superintendency to
morrow after a long career of activity
in the company's service. Mr Walker
rose from the ranks,, but has never set
himself up as an example for other
men, This afternoon the power was
shut off at 3 o'clock and a gold-headed
ebony cane and a diamond ring, gifts
from the employes, were presented to
him. , : The ; cane bears an inscription
commemorative of the occasion of its
presentation, a reminder, to Mr .Walker
of ' the ' esteem : of his co-workers and
those who .; worked, under him. ' To
morrow he leaves for a long visit to
California. ' The presentation speech
was made by Foreman James Callan.
AGAINST KISSING.
Minnesota Legislature Now Wrestling
With Such a Measure.
Chicago, Jan 30.- A bill has been In
troduced in the Minnesota legislature
declaring that it shall be unlawfnl for
one person to kiss; another , unless , he
can prove he s is free from contagious
or infectious disease, says a, dispatch to
toe Tribune from St Paul. ,'.'
The bill declares the certificate of .
physician and declaring a , person to
hare a weak heart shall constitute a
bar tP the indulgence of kissing, and
violation f the bill Is accounted a
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of
from one dollar to five dollars for each
offense. , ,
SECRETARY LONG'S CONDITION.
Noon Bulletin Said He Had Passed a
Quiet Morning. . . ' ,
Boston, Jan 30. The condition of
Former Secretary John D. Long, . who
is critically ill at St Margaret's hos
pital in this ' city showed no change
for the worse this forenoon. At noon
to-day a bulletin was issued stating
that Mr Long . had passed a. quiet
morning, sleeping part of the time.
, NEW LINE FOR C. R. AND L. CO.
Derby, Jan 30. W. B. Gill, of the
W. B. Gill Co of Philadelphia, ' an
nounced to-day that his company was
siven'the contract for the building of
three and one-half miles of railway
track for the Connecticut Railway and
Lighting Co, from the Orange town
line to Derby. This is-, to complete the
line from New Haven to Derby. The
Fairhaven and Westville road Com
pleted the balance. The line will 'be
ready for operation on July 1.
ANOTHER LINE OPENED.
New Haven, Jan 30. The Connecti
cut Railway and Lighting Go's new
trolley line from Cheshire : to Mount
Carmel was opened for business to-day.
At Mount Carmel connection is made
with the Fairhaven and Westville
road. ' i . : .. - v
. ANOTHER DEATn. .
Plainfield, N. J., Jan 30. William M.
Clark of Plainfield, one of the victims
of the recent accident died at the hos
pital here to-day. The condition of
two others Is critical.. The death of
Clark brings the list up to twenty-two.
STORM SIGNALS. , '
New York, Jan 30. The local weath
er, bureau has received the following
from Washington: "To observer, New
York. Warnings for. high northwest
winds are displayed along the middle
and south Atlantic coast
IMPORTANT NOTE
Minister Bowen Proposes
Do
IN PRESENT ATTITOtft
Other Qaimanb That Venezuela ts
have superior rights to those obserT
ing the usual, pacific means of settle-;.'
ment., ;.-ric" . ':"'',':': :- -. '
The view is strongly held here that -the
United States. France and Bel-,
glum are in effect pacific allies, as they ,
did not resort to force against Venez
uela. It is insisted that the present
attitude of the allies tends not only to
prejudice the rights of the pacific al
lies,' but also establishes the danger
ous principle that, a resort to war is
preferable to efforts to maintain peace.
:"The second principle' of the French,
position Is that the France Venezuelan
settlement is in the form of a treaty
which entitles It to international re-
cognition.; This was formally execut
ed prior to the adoption of force by the
allies ' and while Venezuela retained
full independence in the exercise of her
sovereign right ; to , make a treaty.
Therefore it is maintained that this
antedates rights arising from a resort
to. force. . . . ' i,:-. :
But It Is not Insisted that this prior
treaty settlement entitles France to
priority, in the division of the customs
receipts for the officials hold that all
the ? powers having claim8 should re
ceive equal : treatment It was , at
first supposed that Great Britain,' Ger
many and ; Italy favored this view,
and that the occasion came for the
personal attitude of their representa
tives. But the latest advices indicate
the sympathetic attitude of the British
and Italian ambassadors att Washing
ton and the German charge d' affaires
there, who are restricted by their in
structions. Full recognition is given
of the evident fairness of Minister
Bowen. The subject is receivfaiff care
f ul consideration and there will prob
ably be further negotiations towards
.the presentation and acceptance of the
foregoing principles.
BETTIIAiNY HOTEL BURNED.
Fire Started Early To-day and Struc
ture Was Burned to the Ground.
Bethany, Jan 30. The Bethany hotel,
owned . by , William 1 Neville ' wis
tourned to the ground early to-day. Mr
Neville and his eon were alone in the
Tmifik Do-hen fH fi-rd rxl-rl- XT.?rV. .
,j v, iimuu twv i uav.u v
I bors came to their assistance, but it
was found impossible to subdue the
flames, ; as they had grained ton much
3 headway. The hotel was the only one
m iiue .rown ana was a ' two-story af
fair. The loss will be about $2,000.
CITY NEWS.
John Driscoll died this afternoon, at
his honie, 39 Orange street He is sur
vived by three daughters, the Misses
Mary and Margaret Driscoll and Mrs
Ella Murphy. The time of the Itinera 1
will appear later.
James, the three weeks old son of
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Ji McEvoy of
581 Baldwin . street - died last night. .
The funeral will take place to-morrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock with Interment
in St Josenh's pwnfttprr . , 1
The smoker . of the . Retail Drug
Clerks' association which was held
in Foresters' hall last night was large
ly attended ; and was a very pleasant
affait. ! vThe i. opening address was
made by President Carpenter. Pleas
ing piano selections were rendered by
Henry Harkey and an eloquent eulosry
on William McKinley, the annrversary
of whose birthday was celebrated, yes
terday, was delivered by Postmaster"
Guernsey, v Past President Smith told
of the difference between, pharnracy of
to-day and that of a quarter of a 'cen
tury a'go. g Lawrence W. Ashweil did
a clever monologue act while the bal
ancing act of Arthur Pratt was finely
executed. . .There were enjoyable mus
ical selections by the Race brothers,
fine singing by Charles Engiing and
interesting 1 speeches ;' by Andrew Mc
Collum, Joseph Sundln, William Mc
Namara, J. A. Somers and Frank Mor
gan. Letters of
, - - o "- t a-
from J. K. Williams of Hartford and
Mr Dickinson of Danbury, president
of the State Pharmaceutical associa
tion. An elaborate .. banquet wni
served. The affair was finely man-'
aged by Messrs McNamara, Holmes,
Sundin, Carpenter and McCarthy.
led Schmidt of 24 Seymour street,
who owns a barber shop at 788 Bank
street naa a ratner exciting experience
j this morning. About - 2:45 a. m. he
just left a reception given by the Con
cordia Singing society. , - At the Naaga
tnck depot a Wg, rough 2oong bruiser
of a man stopped him and asked him
for a match. Fred, being, of ? very
obliging nature, gave him. Wo or threa
matches, nrxS. renewed his joursey. H
was passing by the Parrel Foundry
concern when he heard some man run
ning after? him. The next thing he
knew the man toad seized hm by tha
bade of the neck 'and coat ; collar.
"Who's no good?" he growled out in a
bullish tone. Fred, who is somewhat
of an athlete, did not take tine to an
swer.'but quick a sa flash let his arm
swing forth and gave his assailant a
powerful Mow in the .face. The latter
released his hold and fled and Fred fol
lowed him. At the Naugatuck station,
however, the highwayman eluded hif
pursuer just as a man named Legge
and anoOier man named Klrschbaum
came upon the scene.' All three joined
in a search for the fnyn'tive. but the
search . wrt unsuccessful. The place
where MmS-chmidt was held up J? very
dark aiK' i numbnr of other persons
J have be' up there before. .