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-VOL. XVI, NO. 99.
WATERBURY, CONN, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
STRIKERS WILL STICK TO THEIR GUNS
The Daily Statement Says Right
Must Surely Win .
BACKED BY FEDERATED LABOR
Figures Given to Show What This Or
ganization Has Done for Other
Strikers New Men Dally, Going to
Work for Trolley Company Water
bury Men Among the Number
Strike Breakers are Leaving Town
Notes of the Strike.
The strikers' executive committee is
sued the following statement this af
' ternoon. V '-;
This the 83d day' of our strike finds
our boys standing together as. a unit
for justice, and will continue to do so
until such time as the company meet
us on an honorable and honest basis.
.We have shown a disposition to do the
tight thing from the start.
We are glad to be .ableto state that
We have received the endorsement and
Support of the American Federation of
Labor, and that we can continue this
fight as long as the company can. To
the uninitiated who do not know7 what
the co-operation of that body means, a
few figures may notv be put of place.
Wewill just quote a few organizations
out of thousands who responded to the
appeal on behalf of. the oppressed
'miners, here they are:; Carpenters and
.Joiners. $30,254; Bricklayers, $12,191;
Boot and Shoe workers. $5,789; Cigar
makers. $8,301; other fraternal organi
zations. $64,736. JV, .;::.; V ! ,
We have no fear as our cause is a
just one and truth and justice will in
the end triumph. We will continue
this, fight until '-ji31'.;. treasonable"? and
just' demands are acceeded to. Our
meetings are held twice a day, at 10
a. ra. and 4 p. m. ,
Observation 1 in the strike situation
has been removed, from the strikers'
headquarters to the police headquar
ters. ' Everyone is watching and wait
ing for the detective force to make the
next move, foraccording to statements
made , by Colonel Burpee, who seems
to be very busy pulling the wires that
make, the police force and the private
detectives jump, the next move is due
from them. Wednesday afternoon he
stated that arrests were liable to be
made at any moment, the principal ar
rest of all, the parties who are guilty
of, the death of Policeman Mendelssohn.
He also stated that certain disclosures
had been made to him and it was on
the' strength of these statements that
the arrest would certainly be 1 made.
Yet two days and nights have passed.
a 1 f 1 a. i . ',' '. i
uuu wuue everynoay is anxious tnat
the guilty parties shall be brought to
justice, nothing has apparently been
done,, at least nothing that was (appar
ent to thetpifblie eye. 'jThis is ; very
strange, for Colonel Burpee Is a .man
of his word. He certainly must have
made the statements upon some tangi
ble ground. Everything he has said
he would do or would be done by some
one ele since he appeared in the strike
situation, has been done.- If, his state
ments had . been faulty there I. would
h ave been no ; wonder expvrsed now
at the failure, to make 'irrest?
which were expected to l 1; been
made upon: the strength nfj v . own
words. Everybody hopes thnt ,'. he col
on 6l'.s words will be rea lizetl before
very long, 'lhe public, somehow; have
come to look upon him as the chief
pilot of the detetclves. He is the trol
ley company's representative in th'j
matter now and has been for some
time; and it is believed that he hiu
Tint 'full V RhAWTl liia hnnrl trof i',' Thoi-o
Is every prospect that he will appear
on the witness stand when the bound
over, cases are heard In the superior
court, r He has already " contradicted
some statements made by some of the
young men who have told all they are
said to know to sav their own skin.
and as their evidence will confront
them Jn the higher court, It naturally
follows that Colonel Burpee will be a
witness to contradict these statements,
which, if true, would tend greatly to
weaken their evidence. ' This 1 Is a
point, however, that is not of much
importance , at this stage of the case.
People are asking why has not Colonel
Burpee's statement that . the parties
guilty of the death of Mendelssohn, or
"closely connected with it. been car
ried out The public Is in a very fevr
ish state. The enormity of the rail
road accident that happened a few days
ego was lost sight of in the excitement
created by the arrests of some of the
strikers, otherwise , it would have
horrified the people, occurring as It did
at their very door. Every eye is cen
tered on the police department, and
will be centered there until the last of
these, cases are heard.
The arrests effected but little change
in the strike situation Itself. It is a
. fact -that many hailed them as an ex
cuse for patronizing the cars, but this
number is very small, hardly notice
able, in fact to what the number would
,be were the strike declared off to-morrow.;
The. increased patronage is
noticeable in the shop cars in the busy
hour? for the trolley company, but dur
ing the day. particularly in the after
noon, when the stores do the greater
, part of their business of the day. There
I also an Increase in the number riding
in the evening, but. as has been said.
It Is far from paying the company even
the running expenses. The people who
pa v the company's dividends are not
riding. ' These are the working people,
and no amount of argument can rrove
otherwise. Th company has not won
back the-people's favor. Every union
man and woman; in the city i well
aware that if the strikers are aullt.v or
the violence charsrpd ajrainst them they
ought to be punished, fo no oth?r rea
son than that rfiey should not ave vio
lated the public confidence. If ever a
strike had the svnipathv of th public,
thls'ptrlke certainly had. and It has yet.
And th arrest- of certain strikers in no
n-nr nffpeta th Issim. Tf t Tin 'men ovo
guilty they shall suffer, but-that is no
reason why their cause should.
.Colonel Burpee said the other day
that all of the men should not be
charged with the offenses of a few or
suffer for their rashness.
There was no apparent unusual ac
tivity at police headquarters to-day,
indicating that nothing unusual was on
the official mind of the police. Sheriff
Rigney seemed to be in very good hu
mor. His smiles were so many they
scarcely had room, on his face: He
was as communicative as usual, that
is, he had nothing to say. He held an
executive session with Detective Gillan
in his office in the court house building
in the forenoon. .
Colonel Burpee was out of town and
was not expected until this evening. '
Some of the strike breakers are leav
ing town and some new. hands , are
breaking in.
v A-fCTr, of the strikers have found
temporary employment, but are still
ready to return to work on the cars at
a moment's notice. s ; ! ; ( , ,
An employ of the trolley company
stated to-day that while the traffic on
the cars during the day time has In
creased considerably, there is very lit
tle traffic during the night.
; 'Many of the - strikers' 'buses have
been taken off their routes, the Water
bury Ice corporation, which owns the
horses, having taken them for their
use, as the ice consuming season will
soon open. . ; '
Frank Miller said this afternoon
that he expected to return' to work as
inspector for the trolley company in a
short time. During his sojourn in Hart
ford he worked: as a driver on a team
for a company in that city. "
; Friends of Sheriff Rigney claim the
reward will be paid to him. He it was,
they sayf who worked up the evidence
and shaped it for use in the courts.
While some ' of the detectives were
working on a north end gang - Rigney
was unearthing the plot in the west
end. He claims he did it all alone.
T. F. Lunny says he has been given
unearned notoriety in connection with
the arrests of the strikers and others
for the assault on the Waterville trolley-car
crew, He says he has had
nothing to do with the cases whatever,
and because a brother of one of those,
arrested happens to be in his employ
is no good reason why he had any in
side track on , the evidence. It is pre
sumed Mr Lunny 's reportorial friends
werfr anxious to see him get some of
the reward offered.
David O. Marsh, who was bailed out
yesterday af ternoon and returned home
last night, was seen this morning by; a
Democrat . reporter. , He said he ex
pected to be bailed out, but was pre
pared to make the best he could of the
situation if nobody came to the rescue.
Like all the others,' he didn't appear to
be much alarmed about the affair and
spoke like one who felt that he; had
nothing to fear. , f President'; Barrett
went down after Marsh wlith a bond
signed 'by Dennis Galvln, Joseph F.
Danisdvlcae, George Busavlage and
Maurice McCarthy. . . '";'; ;
Some of the strike breakers are get
ting a touch of the spring fever and
feel that they would prefer to spend
the summer in some other part of the
country, so that in . ail ' probability
many of them will bid goodbye to Wa
terbury about Easter. ; v "'Boss" Far
ley appears to like the place and may
decide to take up . a ; permanent resi
dence here, although there 'are people
who claim that no matter what way
the strike goes there will be some big
changes, in the make-up of the trolley
company's employes before things get
back to their normal condition. -' ; ',
After the trimmers went on strike
manufacturing concerns that use arc
lights would not allow the non-union
trimmers s that were brought to town
by the trolley company to trim their
lights. 1 It is said that they took this
course rather than provoke any inter
ruptions to their business with the un
ion men In their employ. : It will be re
called that in one . concern one or two
men quit work on that account. The
other day, however, the non-union trim
mers were admitted to some of the fac
tories and now they are Uimitted to all
of them. This explains why there are
so many trimmers in the company's
employ. Before the strike ; eight men
did all the work.
Three Waterbury men have joined
the ranks of the strike breakers.
They are Charles Eggleston "of Water
ville, formerly employed at the New
England Watch factory; Harry Bren
nan of , North Main street and an Ital
ian, who formerly resided in the Brook
lyn' district. The last mentioned, when
he started to work a few days ago on
the North ? Main street line, told a
friend that he was thoroughly familiar
with the streets of this city as he had
lived here for fourteen years. Brennan
started to work on Monday and is on
the Oakville line. Eggleston went to
work this morning. They are being
paid at the rate of wages which was
paid to the former . trolleymen, who
are now on strike.
A fellow representing himself as a
deputy- sheriff created consternation in
the Brooklyn district last night and if
half what he 1st said to have done be
true It was fortunate that someone did
not get into trouble -with him. He
collared people) on the streets and de
manded their names, followed men and
women Into stores, held up two fellows
on the sidewalk and got their names,
and was starting out to find out who
lived In all that part of the town when
someone called the attention of an offi
cer to his conduct. This is not right
There is trouble enough in the commun
ity now without having more made by
men who are paid to preserve the oub
lic peace. One of the police officers
and several private citizens know who
the man h and If It. can beshown that
he is .. one of Sheriff Dunham's men.
the sheriff should give hm a leave of
absence until he gets from under, the
weather.
It is said that commencing with the
first of April the ' strike breakers be
came regular : employes of the Con
necticut Railway $5 Lighting company
and that Boss Farley, has little to do
with them now and that it is only a
question of a short time when the lead
er of the professional strike breakers
will leave Waterbury. The men are
no longer receiving $2.50 nor $2.25 a
day, but are being paid at the rate of
wages in force before the strike was
begun, that is, from 18 to 21 cents
an hour. Some of the men are dissat
isfied with these wages and have been
known to give voice to their com
plaints to some persons who have been
riding on the cars. A .number of new
faces are seen handling the cars each
day and a number of new. men are be
ing broken in as motorraen and con
ductors. The professional strike break
ers are becoming sick of their positions
and are leaving town in no small num
bers each week. - .,
What New Usvveii . ., urn.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.; April 3.-11 "
learned that the feature of the sclu
ule on which the New York, New II
ven and ' Hartford railroad trnlnrrv
weret able to , adjust their differenc
with the company is a ten' and a ha
hour day, p&y ou a mileage basis a;':
an overtime allowance. The men wi
hereafter also benefit by a systciriat'
plan "of promotion. , Trainmen chii.
that they had been able' to reach th
adjustment, with only one concessit!
on their part, the concession of hsi.
an hour on the dav.
' Accept Call to Jerusalem.
ITHACA, N. Y., April 3. Professor
Nathaniel Schmidt of the department
of Semitic languages and literature at
Cornell has received news that he has
been appointed director of the Ameri
can School of Archieology at Jerusa
lem. ; Professor Schmidt will accept,
Isaving Cornell permanently in June,
1904. .
Never Xlode on a Railway- Train. . ,
GLENS FALLS, N. Y., April 3. The
oldest resident of this place, Mrs. Mary
Maloney,is dead here in her one hun
dred and first, year. She was born in
County Mayo, Ireland. She never rode
on a railway train, but last summer
was induced to take a trolley ride to
Lake George.
Attempted to Kidnap Wealthy
Banker of New Rochelle
Thomas Balletto Called to His Door by
Strangers at 2 O'clock in the Morn
ing He Thought Some One Was
Playing an April Fool Joke on Himr
The Police are Searching for the
Men Who Were in a Runabout.
New Rochelle, N. Y., April 3, The
police of this place are investigating
&n attempt by two men, believed to be
members, of the. Mafia society, to kid
nap Thomas Balletto, a wealthy bank
er. Mr Balletto was aroused about 2
a. m. by a loud knocking at his door,
Responding to the call, he found a run
about containing two men standing in
front of the house. The strangers wore
ulsters and slouch hats, which entirely
concealed their faces. When the bank
er appeared they sprang upon him and
ordered him to go with them. Bal
letto pleaded with the men to let him
go.
At first he thought they were some
friends of : his playing an April fool
joke. He was in his) night clothes, "and
as he had been ill, pleaded that he
would catch more cold. The strangers
tried vainly - to drag him toward the
rig. .Then one of them drew a long
stiletto and flourished It in his, face.
Mr Balletto realized that they were
in earnest. They told him that if . ho
did not go with them they would kill
him on the spot. He .succeeded in
breaking away, from them and ran up
stairs, where he got his revolver and
began shooting from a window, and
the strangers drove away, . ;
Later in the morning a general alarm
was sent out, and two men who were
driving without a light were arrested.
They' said they'; were Antonio Rafe'o
and Louis Roth of Mount Vernon. Mr
Balletto believes they are the men that
tried to kidnap him. They were held
for trial. The -banker Is at a loss to
understand why the Mafia should have
singled him out for punishment unless
it be that he Is a deputy ' sheriff and
has served many warrants on his fel
low countrymen. . ; -r : '
Closlns Stock Quotations.
Money on call firm at 8 per cent. Prima
mercantile paper, 5Vs6 per cent. Sterling
exchange steady, with actual business in
bankers' bills at $4.874.8712a for demand
and at $4.83754.83875 for 60 day bills. Post
ed rates. $4.84 and $4.874.S8. Commer
cial bills, $4.S34.83. Bar . silver, 49o.
Mexican dollars, 38c Government bonds
steady. ' Railroad bonds weak. Closing
prices: -i? r'-'' 1 "1 ":" ''
Atchison......... 80 People's Gas ...101
Ches. & Ohio.... 454 Reading 58
Erie.............. 34 Rock Island .... 43
Gen. Electric... 188 St. Paul .........161
Louis. & Nash. .117:. Sugar Refinery.,123
Manhattan Con 338 Texas Pacific .. 35
Missouri Pac,...106 Union Pacific .. 00V&
N. Y. Central..; 131 M. "VVabash pref. .. 45
Ontario & West. 9Ti. West. Union ... 84
Pacific MaU... .. 35i
v JTew Vorlc Market.
FLOUR Rather firm, with a fair de
mand; Minnesota patents, $3.85(84.15: win
ter straights, $3.503.60; winter extras,
J2.80fi3.10; winter patents, $3.704.
WHEAT Strong and active on bullish
Russian crop news, higher nothwest mar
kets and covering; May, 7778c. ; July,
7575c. -
RYE Steady; state, 5660c., c. i. f.. New
York; No. 2 western, 60c, f. o. b., afloat.
CORN Fairly active at a moderate ad
vance, following wheat and on higher ca
bles; May. 51rySlHa; July, 4949c.
OATS Sold higher with other markets
and on fears of lighter receipts; track,
white, state, 39ya47c; track, white, west
ern, 3947c.
PORK Steady; mess, $18.2518.75; fam
ily, $19.50.
LARD Steady; prime western steam,
10.40c.
SUGAR Raw nominal; fair refining,
3 3-16c; centrifugal, 96 test, 3 19-32a.; re
fined unsettled; crushed, 5.30c; powdered,
4.80c.
TURPENTINE Nominal at 6566c
RICE Steady ; domestic, 4V47c. ; Japan,
nominal.
TALLOW Dull; city, '694c.; country, 5
64c. '
HAY Dull; shipping, 5570c; good to
choice, 90c.$1.05. '
! ; Live Stoclc Market. '
CATTLE Market higher; choice, $5.503
6.60; prime, $5.355.45; good, $4.906.10; veal
real
caives. smt.bv.
HOGS Market strong; prime heavies,
$T.vurg;.'j& mediums. ?f.t)6jt)7.7u; heavy I
Yorkers, $7.55fo7.70: light Yorkers, $7.30
7.l0i uisa. lL2QttfAQ: xaish..iM9UJJJU.
SOU
PILES OF S
NO
Colorado Visited By Heaviest
Storm of the Year.
SNOW SLIDES IN MANY PLACES
One Railroad Blocked and the Alpine
Tunnel Closed One Train Stuck in a
Snow Drift and Another Held Up by
: a Washout.
Denver, Col, April 3. The snow
storm wlucn oegan yesterday was gen
eral over Oolorauo. Many snow and
iand slides have occurred in the moun
tains, doing much damage to railroad
and mining properties. The Golorauo
and Southern Gunnison line is blocked
by several snow slides and the Alpine
tunnel is closed.
A special from Durango, Col, says
a Denver and Kio Grande passeuger
train from, Denver was stopped at Pa-
gosa Junction by a washout a quarter
of a mile long. Another train is stuck
in the snow at Cumbres Pass. The
Kio Grande Southern is blockaded by.
snow slides in the vicinity of Ophir.
No trains have been run over that part
of the line for two days.
CHILDREN RUN DOWN.
Police Had to Guard Trolleymen From
the Mob. . '
Chicago, April 3. Walter Krueger,
8 years old, was instantly killed and
his 10-year-old sister Ella probably fa
tally injured by a ;Wentworthi avenue
car ; last night ' while on. their
iway V. to a grayer service.
Following the accident, . Herbert
Sanford and G. W. Lindbled, the motor
man and conductor, were , guarded by
the police from a clamorous crowd
which demanded" that they be lynched.
Afterward both men. were released.
BDUB JAYS HUNT SNAKES.'
The Birds Have a Strong . Antipathy
Toward Venomous Reptiles. .
i j.u iBcommoniy suppose u tnav'sll
birds, at least those of the small spe
cies, fall easy victims to snakes. There
are stories innumerable of the manner
!in which "th reptiles charm the feath
ered creatures and end' by swallowing
them at a gulp! . But there Is one bird
that is not susceptible to the fascina
tion of his snakeship's eye, and that
is the common' blue jay found in. the
woods all over the United States, says
the Chicago Chronicle. 1
. A gentleman who has lived for many
years in the country asserts positively
that the blue jay can speak at least
one word as plainly as a human being
and that word is "emske." i "When a
boy," he said; recently," "I killed many
snakes that would have escaped but
for the "sharp eyes of the blue jay.
Some species, of reptiles will climb
small trees and bushes and trap their
prey in that manner. They ,feed on
small birds principally. But they
never catch a jaybird.' He is the snake
detective for the whole bird family.
As soon as a blue jay sees a snake he
Bounds the alarm. ; You can hear him
squall a quarter of a, mile, and he ar
ticulates the word I'snake' as plainly
as I can. He will hop about on a limb
and j-ell 'snake 1 snake!' in such a
thrill, excited voice; that pretty soon
others of his tribe hasten to the scene,
and all join in giving the alarm. All
other birds, hearing this warning cry,'
fly awayj but the blue jay splits' his
throat with cries until the enemy has
disappeared. ,
"A snake once caught a blue jay by
charming him, The jay yelled 'Snake !
snake! at the top of his voice. Several
hundred blue jays flew to his-rescue
and pecked the snake's eyes out,, and
literally picked him to piecesthus sav
ing the life of their companion. Ever
since that time the blue jay, upon see
ing a snake, gives the alarm and all
blue jays within hearing will hasten
to the scent and lend their voices to
the warning. This may sound incred
ulous, but it's true," said the narrator
in conclusion, ."Not at all, but it's a
good, story to forget under the cir
cumstances' added the nervous young
man, who at once proposed the con
sideration of the relation of the jocund
grape to. the doctrine of metempsy
chosis. Congreis .Backs Up Castro.
Caracas, Venezuela, April. 3.' Con
gress in a secret meeting has author
ized ' President Castro to fulfill the ob
ligations embodied in the British, Ger
man and Italian protocols, but only
as an extraordinary act, without giv
ing them legal sanction, so as not to
stablish a precedent.
Warm Welcome For ICalaer.
COPENHAGEN, April 3. The popu
lation turned out en masse to welcome
the German emperor on his arrival
here. t He was met by King Christian,
who was accompanied by the princes
of the Danish royal family. King
Christian embraced the German em
peror, kissing him on both cheeks.
Fennell Inqnet Next Weelc.
BUFFALO, April 3 Judge Murphy
announces that the inquest into the
death of Arthur R. Pennell will be
held at the office of the" medical exam
iner at 3 o'clock next Friday" after
noon. The Pennell inquiry will be
brief compared with the Burdick in
quest. ' ' ,
BARGE LOST.
New London, April 3. The tug
Sweepstakes arrived here tq-day and
reported the loss of the barge Fitzpat
rick off Long Island last night. The
boiler on the barge exploded and the
barge sunk almost Immediately, taking
five men down with her.
FOUR MEN KILLED.
Dubois, Pa,44prir..-Four men were
killed and several 'injured in the Lon-
Arn iue n-dnv lw ths fill mooo
aon mine to-aay oy tne ran or. a mass
of rock and earth. .
TENEMENTJjOUSE fl.
Dead Body Burned Beyond Rec
ognition :
Woman Jumped from Second Story
"Window A FVeman Caught Her,
But She Was Badly Injured and Had
Both Legs Broken Fourteen Years
Old (Girl's ' Desperate Effort to
Save Man That Was Burned.
New York, April 3. At least one
person was killed and several people
were hurtto-day in a teUement house
fire In Henry street, on the east side.
Firemen found a dead body on the top
floor In the rear so badly burned that
they could not tell whether it was the
body of a man or woman. The twenty
four families in the , building were
greatly excited, , and 'one woman, Mrs
Greenfield, 60 years old, jumpedt.from
the second story. A fireman caught
the woman in his arm. s, but was knock
ed down. : The woman's legs were
broken and she was otherwise badly
hurt. A fireman was severely hurt
while carrying a .woman and ; children
down a ladder. '.' - . . ' ?
The body found .was that of Harris
Rothstein, 84 years old, an ; invalid.
The building was being renovated for
the. f e;st of the passover and painters
were at work inthe halls and rooms.,
A similar fire ; occurred on Rivington
street last night. : '
When the cry of fire was heard in
the house there was a 14-year-old girl
and the invalid in the Rothstein apart
ments on: the third floor. . The little
girl dragged the old man, her cousin,
up three flights of stairs and was try
ing to get him up the ladder leading to
the roof when she was scorched by the
flames : and forced to abandon him.
Men and women who were passing
them on their way to safety took no no
tice of their appeal for help.
THE FATHER OF TRIPLETS
Made Happy By a Letter From
President Roosevelt .
The President Says That Is the Kind
......... ( t f.
of Citizenship He. Believes in He
Sent Three of His Photographs for
the Triplets and His Compliments to.
Their Mother.
. Gloucester City, N. J., April 3.
George Cunningham of this city, who
recently became the father of triplets,
all ' boys, ; has received a letter from
President Roosevelt, congratulating
Mm,! The letter reads : " ' ' -
"Washington, D. C, March 31, 1003
"Mr George Cunningham i
"My Dear Sir: I ? congratulate oyu
and Mrs : Cunningham. That is : the
kind of American citizenship in which
I believe. I send you three photo
graphs . of myself for the three new
Cunningham boys and my complirents
to Mrs Cunningham. With my best
wishes,
' "THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
" President.'
The letter was written as the result
of ' a communication from the family
physician" of the Cunninghams, who
informed the president of the birth of
the triplets. '
A',Mamxnotli Coke Combine,
HARRISBURG, Pa., April S.-Arti-cles
of merger have been filed in' the
state department by all the large coke
companies in, the Connellsville region,
which have been absorbed by the. H. C
Frlck Coke company, with a capital of
$20,000,000. The officers of the new con
cern, whose headquarters are at Pitts
burg, ( are: Thomas Lynch, president;
D. H. Cobel, secretary," and Philip Kel
treasurer. DEATH OF AN ELECTRICIAN.
Meriden, April 3. Lyman T. Law
ton died to-day at his home here from
a complication of diseases. He was
well known throughout the country as
an electrician and inventor of "electric
light apparatus. He was 55 years of
age and leaves a widow and two sons.
He was formerly president of the AuT
tomajic Lighting company and of the
Conecticut Telephone and , Elecmc
company. ;
THE FIREMEN NOW.
New Haven, April 3. A committee
representing the firemen waited upon
the officers of th N. Y., N. H. & H.
railroad to-d&y ani presenited certain
propositions in reference to their work
ing condition. : At the close of the con
ference the spokesman for the commit
tee said: "Wo expect everything will
be adjusted "satisf actorily."
; Mrs. McKlnl'er In a Runaway.
CANTON, O., April 3. Mrs. McKin
ley's team started on a runaway as she
was driving to the cemetery yesterday
afternoon. At the West Fifth street
hill one of the horses fell, and the team
was stopped. Neither Mrs. McKinley
nor the other occupants of the carriage
were injured. x
Fatal Student Riots In Spain.
MADRID, April' 3. Student riots
have broken out at Salamanca as an
outcome of a quarrel between the stu
dents and the police. The civil guards
fired several rounds, killing three stu
dents and wounding many others. The
situation has become very serious.
Railway Collision. In Tennessee. -
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 3. Pas
senger train No. 15 and freight No. 01
collided on the "Southern railway at
Afton, Tenn., eighty miles - east of
Knoxville. Four passengers were in
jured. three Burned to Death.
NEW YORK, April 3. Three persons
were burned to death and nearly a
dozen were seriously injured in a dou
ble tenement house fire last night at
3.72 Rlvinston street
XPRESS TRAIN OVER EEllBADEfl
' MRS FARINA DIED.
Woman Who Was So Badly Burned on
Clock Avenue Yesterday. ,
Mrs 'Frank Farina, who was badly
burned yesterday at her home on Clock
avenue, died at ithe Waterbury hospital
about 6 o'clock last evening. She suf
fered much, but was conscious until a
short time before the end came. She
was thirty -eight years old and came to
this eouiutry with her husband and
three children last September. To make
matters worse it seems Mrs Farina had
about $80 In her possession when her
clothing caught on fire and it is said
she passed it to somebody, but to whom
has not yet been learned.
NAIMED BY GOVERNOR. .
Hartford, April 3. Governor Cham
berlain has appointed the following
persons as delegates to, represent "the
vtate at the convention of the boards
of charities and corrections at Atlanta,
Georgia, from May 6 to 'May 12: Ed
win A. Down, M. D., of Hartford;
George F. Spencer . of Deep River;
Charles P. Kellogg of Waterbury: Mr
and Mrs W. ,T. Fairbanks of Middle
town: Mr and Mrs C. M. -Williams of
'Meriden. . :.',';:-:-; ;.
MATTHEWS & WILLARD CO. .
New Haven, April 3. A report on
the condition of the Matthews & Wll
lard company of Waterbury, which is
in the hands of. a receiver, wa s pre
sented at a short calendar session of
the superior court before Judge Elmer
to-day. The w.sh on hand was re
ported as $4,679.75, and the appraised
value of the comp'any's assets as $1G3,
000. CITY NEWS.
The New Arabian Nights'.' wITl ap
pear in a few days. ; v ;
The Alummae association will meet
at the convent of Notre Dame at half
past seven on Monday evening.
Miss Mary M.' Abbott of this city
was among the speakers at the annual
meeting of 1 the Connecticut Congress
of , Mothers in East Haven yesterday.
A special meeting of the Senior De
bating club of lhe High school will, be
held to-night at 7:30. 'Miss Jennie
Freney will prWde In the absence of
President John Gaftoey. , 1
Ilenrietta, the four year old daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs 'Henry. Goss, died
this morning at 6 o'clock at the family
residence on the Bucks Hill road. The
funeral notice will appear later. ! ;V.
There la , nothing new in regard to
the new hotel which will occupy the
L. F. Haase building on Center street
or the new hotel which will be located'
on the old Henry Scovlll property oh
West Malnl street ' I y -
i- Tickets are selling rapidly for the
promenade which' will be given by the
homenset club In Leavenworth hall on
Easter 'Monday evening, 'j 'Music will
be furnished by Lallier's orchestra.
The tickets are twenty-five cents each.
The funeral of Henry Lezott took
place ; this morning from the family
residence on Wall street with inter
ment in new St Joseph's cemetery. The
noral tributes included a mound mark
ed "Our Darling," from the parents of
tne deceased; basket of roses, Mr and
Mrs ; George Adams; ! wreath lettered
"Friends;" bouquets, "George and Ed
na." Mr and Mrs James Hughes, Mrs
Watson, Joseph, 'Mary, Sylvester, John
and-.Jamies Farrell; . wreath lettered
" Friends." ... ,;, ; .-, s . ; 7 ' ,-. ; :.
'The A. B; O. Debating club of this
city, which consists of Benjamin Fair
brother, ; James Turley arid Clarence
Gardner, went to Bridgeport this af
ternoon where they ' will debate to
night with a team from the Bridgeport
'High, school. The debate, which will
be opened to the public, will be held in
tho. High school assembly hall. The
subject of debate ; will be: "Resolved.
That labor unions are beneficial to the
country." The negative side of the
ouestkm will be upheld by the Brass
City team.
'.''At the regular drill of Co G, C.rN.
G.. last night, it was announced that
William Shannahan of Laf avette street
had been the. successful candidate for
the position of corporal to succeed
John1 Bowe. who was promoted to
quartermaster sergeant to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Eu
gene Sullivan. A competitive exam in-
ntlon for the nositlon of cornoral was
held on Tuesday nisht before the ex
amining-board, which consists of Lieu
tenants Haipln and'.'Hallinan and Fim
Scrsroant Lawlor.
Thomas Leary was arrested yester.
day afternoon for evading responsibil
ity in injuring Dr McLJnden's horse.'
Leary was with two others in a team
who were driving about all day. V At
the corner of North Elm and . North
Main streets Dr MoLinden's horse and
buggy, driven by his father, came
along, and Leary and his friends col
lided with it, injuring the horse under
the left hind leg. , Mr . McLinden got
out and ,so did the others, and in the
confusion of the crowd that had gath
ered Mr McLinden asked a young fel
low, to hold the horse while he was
looking up a policeman. The young
man, it is said, happsned to be Leary,
who got into his buggy with his friends
and drove away the moment Mr Mc
Linden had turned his back.
Anyone desiring information about.
horses with corns can obtilu 't by at
tending th trial before Judge Cowell
and a jury in the district court. This is
the case of 'M.-.T. Daly of this city
gainst Richard: Bloomingthal of Hart
ford for $800. 'Some time ago the
plaintiff bought a horse from the de
fendant iipon certain recommenda
tions. It was supposed to be a first
class horse, free from all diseases.
Soon after it came into Mr Daly's pos
session corn's, it is claimed, broke out
all over ill and in time it was shown
to be a far different kind of horse from
what it was: represented. Mr ;Daly
claims to have expended considerable
money on .(trying to cure the animal,
which with the price of the horse
amounts almost - to . the amount he
claims, $800. .
Drop of Forty Feet The Fire
man Was Killed.
ROCKS ON TRACK THE CAT7S2
The Train Was the Regular Nighl
Express Between Boston and Mon
treal All ; the Passengers Wera
Shaken Up, But None Injured En
gine and Three Cars Went Over the
Precipice. -' ;. '.''''. -'
Northfleld, Vt, April 3. A mass 0?
rock i which had fallen onto the tracks
of the Central Vermont railroad, 011a
mile south of Northfleld, caused the
wreck of the northbound express run
ning from Boston to Montreal to-day.
The locomotive and three cars plunged
over an embankment 40 feet high,, but
only one man, Timothy O'Neil of
Northfleld, the fireman, lost hi8 life.
All on board the train were violently
shaken but none of the tralnhands ot
passengers were injured, beyond a few
slight bruises. ' '; v
The express, was the regular night
train which leaves Boston at 7:30 p.
m., and runs over the Boston & Maint
Central Vermont and Grand Truk
railroads, via White River junction.
Last night's express was made up oi
eleven cars, three of which were for
mail, baggage and express, Pullman
sleepers, day coach and second clats
cars. As the train was quite a heav-o
one there had been some delay A
points south. At 1 Bethel the regular
express locomotive , became disables!
and it was found necessary to order a
freight engine. .. ' , '
The train reached here fully an houp
late.y At a point about one mile south
of Northfleld in a narrow . cut, at a
speed or thirty miles, the train ran into
the obstruction. The locomotive struck
the pile of rocks with a terrific thud,
which seemed to lift the huge machine
into the air. The forward cars ex
press, mail and baggage left the 'rails 1
and would have .piled upon the loco
motive, had not the train . suddenl v
swerved from the road and tumbled -over
the embankment, the cars -sliding
ahead of the-engine in the descent
ANOTHER HOTEL.
Will Hie Managed By' Robert Molzc
an Lmploye of Farrel Foundry.
.! Waterbury is going to have another
new Jhotel, which wiJl s increase tli
nnrnber of new hotels to three. It will
be located In the new four story build
ing which F. ;.J. Ludington is havh' '
erected on .Bank etieet- adjoining tlw
building of the Southern New England
Telephone comrmnyw-mtelwiir
be managed by Robert Molzen, an eni-
DlOVe Of hft W-jtorhiiT
"dry and Machine compan3 who has
acawu. i um ennre Duiwing for a term
of 10 years.; The whole building will
be devoted to- h.otel purposes. On the
first floor are two stores, one of which
will be used as an office, while the
other, will be turned! into a dining room.
On the other three floors are the hotel
apartments. There Vnre 42 rooms in,
all, 14 on each floor. v They will be
equipped In the most modern .and up-to-date
manner. Mr andWirs Molzen.
who have, had much experience about
hotels, restaurants - a nd boarding
houses, are at present llvirX? at SO
Meadow, street, where they coWuct a
boardiing house. ; Thev , ImtenV tf
open their new hotel about the mt o'
ims monui. but Owing to the factST
there has been- a delay in the comp!. ;
tion of the iHiIldine: the hotl will n '
be opened probably until the first i
May- ' s '
INJUR JES MAY PROVE ATAL. ; 4
Two of the Men at the , Hospital la cH
Serious Condition.
The condition of John , Gagaln of
New Britain and Dennis Flaherty of ;
New Haven who were harHu- ith
iu the railroad wreck on the Naujra-i
tucii division on Tuesday morning, U
so serious to-day that thev mav du
any moment. The hospital authorltieai
reported this morninar that FlflhTtv'
condition -rrrra serious, but he was hold-i
ing his own, while ; Gagaln' s condition '
was worse. When asked if there was!
any danger of their dying to-day, thai
authorities replied that their cnnrHHnn.
their dvinsr at anv time. The pnnriin,n
of Joseph J. Skelly was reported as bet
ter. . Fireman Neumann, who wa?
killed In the collision, will be buried in
Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon with
military honors. "
elks Will install officers.
Ceremony of Installation Will Be Fol
lowed by a Social Sesslcwi.
The newly elected! officers of Water
bury lodge of Elks will be installed
this evening by the retiring exalted
ruler, P. J. Lawlor. ..It will be an im
portant meeting, too, because there are
many matters that will come before
the lodge for action. Applications for
membership are coming in rapidly and
where the lodge numbers now nearlv
300 it will double Itself in the next
year. Before this lodge year has
passed by also steps may be taken for
securing of the new lodge home. Al
ready offers have been made by many
real estate men to furnish the loci go--'
with a whole or part of a building, but
in all probability the lodge may decide
to build. . . ,
ness to-night a big Ko'cial session will'
be given, and the committee of arrange
ments has worked hard to make th
session a successful one. There will
be plenty of talent present and lots of
good things to eat. It will certainly
be a pleasant evening for the Elks aud
their friends.
Robert Louis Stevenson's "New
Arabian Night", ia interesting and
startling, and holds the reader to the
end.