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WATERBURY, CONN SATURDAY, APRIL 11 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
STRIKERS CANNOT SECURE
BOYS FIGHT DUEL, F
SPEAKER KENEALEY WAS ROUT
VOL. XVI NO. 105.
WORK
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MILES
LETTERS
Because They Are On Strike
Th ey Have Been Refused
ALL QUIET ALONG LINES TODAY
Strikers: Give Out Their Daily State-
v, ment After Thirteen Weeks of Strike
Had a Royal Time in Naugatuck,
Although They Lost the Game Be-
lie ved That a Strike May Be Inaug-
There was no one in town to-day that
could give any official information re-
carding the trolley situation from the
company's side, sxceping ! Attorney
Meigs and he said he knew of nothing
new in it. There were no develop-
in ents -either from the men's side. A
few 01 tneni nave,iouuu ciuiiujiuvBv,
and the remainder are looking for It.
frB not as nlentiful as they
'.were said to be some time ago, when
the men said tnat it was vj "-" -
persons to gay' that they had, work for., only that there was? more than mineral
fltiv number of men, but none of them waters at. this one. One of the feat
came out and made any distinct offers, ures of the affair was the absence of
One or two of. the men did get work, Manager Sewell and Colonel Burpee,
but when it was found that they were Both sent their regrets and the latter
eHWthev were let go, so that it a box of cigars. ; ' 1
eem there is more .boycotting going
A-hi friends , Ttis now believed
tlmttlie men will 'strike in, Bridgeport
linles thev are granted the more im-
portant features or !x,ueir ieiiuw.
Ttiee requests were presented to the
board of directors at ' their . meeting
Thursday and In a week or so the men
exreet to hear from them.' f ) V
The alleged attitude una lemin-i, ui
the men-Is. based om report, some
Bridgeport parties ere here yesterday
visiting' friends and. they were of the
opinion that the men" will surely strike,
They had no authority 'or th5s "rther
than what they had heard, which they
said was general report in Bridgeport.
The 'reports regarding tne iocju mu-
Itla are humorous. : ims morning ui
ex-officer said that ; some men had
asked hlni what was the penalty roi
' refusing to drill, because they were
' thinking of declining to taKevparx i
the battalion drill next Thursday even
ing on account of one member of Com
pany AV Joining the - strike breakers.
Such talk as this Is ridiculous. ' It is
not optional wltlj the men to drill.
When thev nre commanded to drill
-there . is nothing left them to do but
' comply or suffer court martial and
probably be dishonorably discharged,
as well as fined, if not jailed.' : It would
be simply foolish for-members of the
'militia to even harbor tne idea or m
subordiantion. . The strikers executive committee
" Issued -the following statement this
afternoon:
Notwithstanding that the strike is
thirteen weeks old to-day, our men are
fn a lubilant mood, and as steadfast in
their ' battle against - the Connecticut
Railway ,& Lighting company as .ever.
The $100,000 turned aside to crush out
our existence has not even whipped one
eide of us yet.
Never has the public sympathy been
displayed for our causJe more openly
End sincerely than .yesterday w.nen i
; hundreds of our friends accompanied
tur baseball team to Naugatuck. Those
who were unable to ride on the 'buses
talked. The cars trundled along al
most empty. Our boys lost and won.
That Is, they lost the game, but won a
neat little sum In the proceeds of .the
"game J wj3ich we had turned into our
The company did not have an extra
tar out yesterday., Think of that for
Good Friday. Last , year not a man
could get off for the day for love or
money, and the cars were loaded with
miman freight. all day.
' Despite the defeat of our baseball
team in Naugatuck yesterday, and, by
the way, Naugatuck gave us a royal
'welcome, we are not discouraged at an.
We have good baseball material, and
are seriously considering, putting on a
' team to tour the state. A beautiful
. young Naugatuck heiress, who wit
nessed fee game yesterday heard our
committee talking about this project
and ventured the - suggestion that we
name our nine the "Shoulder to Should
er" team. We have adopted the sug
gestion.; After the game yesterday,
our executive committee tendered a
Ibanquet to our nine in a swell lunch
art in the south end during hich our
pitcher was presented with a base
ball diamond weighing about, a pound,
end .valued at $301 stage money.
The balmy spring weather evidently
was too great a temptation for Boss
Farley to resist, and he has left us
to get into closer proximity with sat
water breezes. Superintendent ales,
after a long tutorage at the hands of
Farley, now assumes charge of the
strike breakers. .; .
If, the general counsel really was
foolish enough to take any stock in
Cis own statement that there is no
strike on now, he could have discovered
yesterday that the strike is very much
on. The company Is not obliged to em
ploy extra clerks to count each day's
. receipts. ; ' .
We wish to sincerely thank our many
friends . in Naugatuck and Union City
for the very generous and courteous
treatment ' tendered to us yesterday,
which the boys will always remeniber
most pleasantly. To our local friends,
also, we tender our thanks and compli-
snehts.
Bchenectady trades assembly has
toted to extend its moral and financial
support to the strikers at Waterbury,
. says a dispatch from Schenectady. The
ctive support of all locals In that city
fe to be sought by the trades assembly,
and a canvass instituted to secure
tunds'for the strikers.
Two trimmers received a very warm
reception ftMs imorntag when they at-
' tempted: to trim sun electric light on
Washington avenue near, South street
Thev received a f usillaide of stones
from a crowd of young men, not boys,
who were standing a short distance '
away. The trimmers made a hasty
retreat and were fortunate tn escaping
(without serious injury. No deputy
sheriff -was with thein. The police
were notified of the stone throwing
and the detectives are now working on
Mie case. Detective O Gorman paid a
visit to several places op Washington
avenue this niiorning in 'search of 'the
stone . throwers, but the search was
fruitless.
ATE, DRANK AND GIGGLED.
Bosses, Supers, Strike Breakers and
v Reporters at Farley's Expense.
"Boss" James J; Farley announced,
his intention to depart to his
former haunts from this scene
of strife Thursday evening and
what supper are they not and what sup-;
gave a supper to the local officials of the
trolley company and some of his
friends and admirers: The supper was
served at the Exchange hotel and it
. ..Jt.v v,
given by "Ned" Murphy some years
ago to his friends and admirers, and
the newspapers that gave him "space .
On the front of the cover of; the menu
the. date of the supper and, on the ln-
side waVthe famous quotation from
Caesar "Veni, Vidi, VlciK" (I came, I
buw, j. wueicu ; au. v mo
of the cover was the popular old saying
"Satan still finds mischief for idle
hands." t . ' ;
Of course there were speeches. At
wnat; supper,are iuey uui, uuu. tvutu
per except it takes piace in uanoury,
is a success without speeches? Sheriff
Walsh, who was the star of the night,
burlesqued a verse of Tennyson's f a-
mous old "Six Hundred," the ast two
iineg , 0f v which went something like
thls: -
Right through the mouth of hell,
Rode Farley's Busters I
Tlie supper wound up with cheers for
Farley, Sewell and Burpee and all the
officials of the company.
The following is the official list of
those at the banquet as given by one
of the newspaper men present: Messrs
Wales, Neth, . C. J . Mooney ot jn ew
York, Grilley, Templeton, Cummings,
Hotchkiss, Wheeler, iNoonan, Attorney
Meizs. Connelly. French of New York,
Deputy Sheriffs Mallory, Walsh, Irv
ine. Booth and " Neely, J. A. .Somers,
Arthur Mlddleton and thitty-three of
"Farley's men,", as follows:, nscner,
Young, Oandage,- Ward.'1 Murray. Stein,
Stiuppe, Layton, Paterson, Reardon,
Dixon.! Hanson. Hebberd, Herwood,
Rrpnnnn. Ecrement. Slough," ,T. John
son, C. Johnson, Howard, Cotter, Fitch,
Gallagher. Gentil, Thompson,. Doyle,
Higgins, Chambers . and Taylor
Rnsla's Evacuation Delayed. '
LONDON, April 11. The Times , cor
respondent at Peking telegraphs that
the evacuation by. Russia of ; Niu-
chwahg and the second section of Man
churia is delayed, according to the Re
sian version, because the Chinese taota
nas not yet arrived, ana iormai resto-
ration is therefore impossible. The Chi
nese, however, declare that the Rus
sian" authorities are detaining the tao-
tai at Moukden, and the failure to re
store Niuchwang argues in favor of
Russia's intention to exercise pressure
ln respect of her forestry rights on the
Chinese Bide of the Yalu-valley and of
Russia's claim to establish an inde-.
pendent customs at. Dalny. .
' ' Wldener'i Art Collection.
PHILADELPHIA, April 11. P. ,A.',
B. Widener, the capitalist and traction
magnate, has offered to the city his en
tire art collection, providing an art mu
seum is erected at the Green street en
trance to Fairmount park. Mr.k Wide
ner says also that the collection of Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Wllstach will be add
ed, to bis. The proposal was made to
Mayor Weaver, who says he can see no
reason why the project cannot be ac
complished.. Mr, Widener has been for
many years one of the most extensive
buyers of paintings in this country. His
outlay in this direction ts calculated to
be nearly $1,000,000.
Venezuelan Rebel Victorious.
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, April 11.
News has been received here that the
Venezuelan revolutionists have defeat
ed the forces of the government in. the
neighborhood of Caracas and captured
two. cannon and' a large quantity of
ammunition. They have also captured
the city of Barquisimeto, which is the
key, to the western part of Venezuela,
takihg many prisoners. Heavy fighting
of an undecided character has taken
place at Coro. Direct cable communi
cation between this city and the Unit
ed States is delayed on account of the
revolution In Santo Domingo.
A' Fatal Quarrel Over Carda.
ALTOONA, Pa., April ll.-Herman
Henderson, aged twenty, and Samuel
Hamm, aged twenty-one, both colored,
quarreled over a game of cards in the
woods in the suburbs of the city, and
the latter was severely beaten. Re
turning home, Hamm secured a revolv
er and, meeting his antagonist on the
street, shot him dead. Hamm escaped
by boarding a westbound freight train.
Potatoes and Tomatoea Combined.
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 11. Attor
ney General Douglas has in his office a
hybrid plant which at the roots Is put
ting forth potatoes and above the
ground several well developed toma
toes.' It was produced at the state ex
periment station by grafting a tomato
vine to a potato plant.
Bond Receipts Heavy,
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds al
ready I received at the treasury depart
ment for exchange into 2 per cent con
sols is $20,826.1500
The Old Boat Won To-Day on
Time Allowance.
The Old Shamrock Was Fouled by a
Steam Yacht, But Kept Right On
The New Shamrock Crossed the
Line Six Minutes and Twenty-seven
Seconds Ahead of the Old Boat.
Weymouth,! England, April 11. The
first contest 'to-day oi the challenger
tor the America's cup unaer actual rac
ing conditions was distinctly, disap
pointing to those who exulted so much
at the result of the preliminary trial.
The Shamrock I won on her handicap
allowance, the new craft only beating
her six and one-half minutes over a
course thirty-four miles long. On the
first half of the course the challenger
outsailed the older boat handsomely,
but in the fresher wind on the second
turn she little more than held her own.
This was only partially explained by a
fluke Of the wind which favored tne
Shamrock I arid enabled her to make a
considerable gain. - V, .
After turning Lulworth cove in the
second round the Shamrock I was
fouled by a steam yacht when half way
through. Her spinnaker boom and the
steam yacht's bowsprit were both car
ried away, but the Shamrock I escaped
any other injury and continued the
race. -The accident was of little disad-J
vantage to her, as ( the Shamrock III
immediately doused her splnnAker in
order to make the conditions even.
The time at the finish of the second
round was as follows:
The Shamrock III. 1:48:38;
The Shamrock I, 1:55:05.'
THE BLIND CHAPLAIN DEAD.
Bev. W. H. Mllbnrn Wa For, Years m
.Fiffure at Wallnarton.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The Rev.
William Henry Milburn, the venerable,
blind chaplain ' of the United1 States
senate,; has just died in Santa Bar
bara, Cal. Word to this effeot has, been
received here by Colonel D. A. Rams
dell, the sergeant-at-arms of the senate.
Mr1. Milburn, accompanied by his two
nieces, the Misses Tiinley, - lef t Wash
ington for. the Pacific coast about a
year ago. The chaplain was in broken
health. The change brought no great
improvement in his i condition, and
when congress ; met in ' December he
forwaided his resignation to Washing
ton, but it was neyej acted on.- The de
ceased was a native of Philadelphia,
where he was born in 1S23.
When he' was five years of age, a
playfellow, accidentally struck him in
the left eye with a piece, of glass. For
two years he was confined to a dark
room ( under medicalV. treatment, and
when he came out one of his eyes was
entirely blind and little sight was left
In the other. He, however, pursued his
studies at school and college for about
twenty years, the sight growing dim
mer until gradually he became , totally
blind., In the spring of 1838 he. went
with his father's family , to Jackson
ville, ,111, and in , 1843 he became a
traveling .'preacher , of the Methodist
Episcopal church, serving charges in
Various sections of the countVy.
Mr. Milburn was twice elected chap
lain of congress, the first time in 1845,
when a little over twenty -two years of
age; was twice chaplalh of the house
of representatives and lastly chaplain
of the 'senate, to which office h was
elected in 1803.
' Th Rhode Inland Deadlock.!
PROVIDENCE,-R. I., April 11. The
deadlock in the 'house of representa
tives as the result of the attempt to le
galize the sale of liquor at Block island
has been made ' complete by two addi
tional members Joining the two who on
Thursday announced their intention to
prevent legislation until the liquor bill
was killed., With four members taking
an obstructive position all legislation
must give way, including the general
appropriation bill. If that fails to pass,
the various' departments will be left
without funds. The residents of Block
Island voted no on the license question,
but a bill was passed by the legislature
last year authorizing the sale of liquor
during the summer months., The repeal
of this law was demanded.
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Dr. Alexander's Trial Postponed.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 11. Prosecu
tor v Ruekelsbaus announces that the
second trial of Dr. J, C. Alexander1,
demonstrator of anatomy 'in the Cen
tral College of Physicians and Sur
geons, charged with connection with
grave robbing, has been postponed In
definitely. The trial was set for Mon
day, but the negro ghouls in Jail await
ing trial have announced that they will
not testify against him. The state will
proceed now with 'the trials of the ne
groes. Mr. Ruckelshaiis said after re
ceiving the ultimatum of the negroes':
"Dr. Alexander's trial is indefinitely
DostDoned. We have no witnesses
against him."
Blar Real Kstate Deal.
CHICAGO, April 11. One of the lar
gest deals in real estate ever made by
Chicaeo and New York capitalists, par
tial details of which were published re
cently, has Just been closed and the
final papers drawn. The East Chicago
company, vith a capital stock of $2,
500.000. has purchased the property of
the Lake Michigan Land company, the
Standard Steel and Iron company and
the Calumet Canal and Improvement
company, corporations whose combined
capital was nearly $4,000,000.
Increased Postal Receipts.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The gross
postal receipts for the month of March
at fifty of the largest postoffices of the
United States aggregated $5,720,200, a
net increase of $449,479, or 84 per cent
over the receipts for March, 1902. The
New York receipts were $1,203,738, ln-
' crease 9 per cent, and Chicago $939,
&sst&S Skiver c&t.
Two New York Lads Quarrel
Over Game of Marbles;
ONE MORTALLY W0UNDEP
Friends of the Injured Boy Wanted "to
Attack the One Who Did the Shoot
ing Were Restrained With Great
Difficulty by the Police.
New York, April 11. in a duel last
night between Jofeeph . Gossang, 14
years old, and Alihcael Tallaseo, 11
years old, both of whom live in Brook
lyn, Taiiasco was mortally shot in the
head. v ,, r
The revolver with which the wound
was inflicted had beeii given by Gos
sang's elder brother to' another boy,
Louis Vanderb.erg. . Vanderberg joined
Joseph Gossang, -Tallaseo and a cam
ber of other boys in a game of mar
bles, and white they were playnig Van
derberg drew the revolver from his
pocket. 1 . , . . . r
Gossang immediately recognized the
weapon as his and demanded It. Van
derberg handed it over to him and the
boyg resumed their playing. Present
ly lallasco drew a small revolver from
7 P??ket and PIntihg It at Gossang,
told him that the weapon was better
than his five-chambered one.
Gossang Invited Tallascoa to fight a
duel. : .. . ... ...
They moved back about fifteen feet
from ach other and then, pointing the
weapons straight at each other, Gos
sang gave the order to fire. Gossang
pressed the trigger and
Stered Tallasco's head behind the right
rear, wtii dAflotinr Am
lea cheek. With his own pistol clasped
in his hand Tallaseo fell to the side
walk.: ;" :': i.'.- t-
The other bovs Stood flrnn11a1 nrlf-K
fright. A policeman sent for an am
bulance and the injured hnv xvn a 4n Iron
to the hospital.
Gossang dlsaDDeared flnl it woo. Tint
until his parents' home x hnri
searched for a, third time that he was
concealed in the cellar under a
pile of coal. He still harl
it was with dlfficuitv -hnt
of policemen prevented, friends of the
"IaoL1' j-umny irom getting at the
Gossang boy. when he was dragged
from ; his ; place of hiding, . '
IHalf a himdred infnrijitpr! Ttoiioo
chased the patrol wagon containing the
boy to the police station. . The reserves
had to be called out to disperse them.
ROW IN BROOKLYN- -
Started Over a Game of Pool In a
' ' Saloon. J . . s v. '
There was Quite a. rnvr in AnVht,
Stazoki's saloon in Brooklyn yesterday
John Fellon and Charles . Karnoski
were -playing pool. They had a dis
agreement during the game and then
they .fell to fighting. Fellon . said In
the city court to-day before Judge
I'easiey that Karnoski knocked him
down and tried to choke him. Ther
were red marks on Fellon's throat: It
wag evident they had a.terrlble strug
gle, for- .when Fellon got to his feet
again he seized a" pool cue and knocked
down Karnoski with a blow on the
neaa, making a wound i that ren nlrpd
three stitches. Fellon then rushed to
tne ponce station and wanted Karhoskl
arrested, ana , while he was making
complaint ; another man entered a nd
said Jfenon had almost killed Karnoski
Karnoski's head was wrapped In band
ages this morning. Fellon was fined
$10 and costs.
WOLF TONES WINNERS.
Took a Game .of Gaelic Football from
New Britain Yesterday.
Once agalu have tne Wolf Tones of
Waterbury been honored by bringing
the laurels to this city of Gaelic foot
ball. Yesterday thev ' defeated New
Britain by-a seore of one goal and one
point to one point. The game was one
one of the best played in this state In
years and was witnessed by oyer 3,000
people. At the close of half time the
score was even. In the second half
hour Captain J. P. Sheehan scored a
goal in the midst of . six of hlg oppon
ents-which branded his team as the
victors. As they have defeated all
teams in ; the stat? Captain Sheehan
expects to arrange a match with New
York in the near future. , Referee T.
Murphy of Hartford made mention of
it being one of the best games he has
ever witnessed. . . : .
WATERBURY'S DELEGATION.
Thirty Foresters to Represent Local
Courts in New Britain. ,
OtVaterburv will be represented by
about tlilrtv-four delegates at the state
convention of the Foresters which wll
hs hold in New Britain during the
early part of May. A caucus of the
delefffltes isi said to have been held last
Sunday, when it was voted to support
William Kleinecke for the office of
grand secretary and James Freney for
the office of erand suo-chier ranger, it
was also voted to enter Waterbury men
for the positions of national delegates.
The Foresters are very strong In this
rttv and thev believe that they are en
titled to at least two of the state offi
cers. '
WATERTOWN NEWS.
The Juntar Aromatic dub of the
Tiaft .school will give an entertaininiient
in itflie parish room on April 25.
Miss Annie Dunnigian of New Haven
is spending the Easter holidays at her
mother's. - ,
Riicanaixli St George, aged mlne years,
diied at 3:15 this mosnndong of ocarlet fe
ver. ) He was taken lck last Sunday,
but ft was not at first thought that he
was lin a very serious coniditdon. He
grew gnaidiuiailly worise, however, and
wttis unicctmsiciions for two days. Ills
motChWr and two lsters are left to
mourn ihis toss. He was a very bright
boy ajwd very popular among ibi schocl
'jsces, who will foel Ms loss kea?.
Just Landed At New York By
the Teutonic. ,
There Were 527,270 LettersOn the
Steamer Were 870 Bags of . Second
Class Matter It Took Twenty Men
Thirty Minutes to Transfer the Mail
Matter to the Mail Boat.
New York, April 11. -An immense
amount, of mail was brought to New
York by the White Star imer Teutonic
which , nas just arrived. , There , were
57.270 letters alone. Allowine Ave
Inches as the average length of each
envelope this collection would make a
single string end to end of- 21,865 feet
or more tnan four miles.
The 870 bags of second class matter
would make a column oxactlv 870
reet nigh, allowing ' one foot as the
thicknesg of each bag.
It required exactly thirtv minutes for
the twenty men engaged indischarging
ims -niuu to put it au aboard the mail
boat Postmaster General of the upper
quarantine station.
E. D. KETOHAM RETIRES.
Employe of Scovill Co for the Past
- Thirty-one Years. '
A presentation occurred last .Thurs
day to E. D. Ketcham who has retired
irom tne scovill Manufacturing Co
after thirty-one years's faithful service.
xne f ollovlng articles were presented
tq mm Dy the employes with whom he
was connected: One gold vest chain.
one I. O. , O. F. gold chain, one signet
ring, two, Morris rockers, one. marble
timepiece. The presentation was made
by Mr Grannis in a neat speech and
who in the course of his remarks paid
tribute' to Mr Ketcham and voiced the
feelings of regret that were felt on his
retirement by his former employes and
associates. His reputation for honesty,
rectitude, pleasant; converse and big
neartedness won for him a friendship
by all who knew him. The character
istics he displayed stamped him as a
true gentleman; very modest, al
ways going straight with a single eye
to that which was right. He was very
successful in avoiding the unpopularity
and personal enmities which are gen
erally associated with the holding of a
position as an employer of help, and It
is safe to say that of the great numbers
that have been under his charge that
not one ever left his service without
having a good word to say for him.
His great gentleness that was con
sistent with duty, .his love for man and
horse, has established for him a certlfl
cate of good will that will be handed
down for all time. ' .
MANY SHOPPERS OUT.
Teaser . Boaiaaets of the Latest Designs
Will Be Plenty Tth-Morrow.
There is a big crowd of shoppers
taroiunid town this af tennioon and if the
stores are not doing a rushing bus!
mess tbhey (have nobody to biaane but
themeielvies. Almiost erry : girl you
meet bias a Targe: bundle Ida her hand
and eames u tm oautlousdy as if it eon-
tained something, very precloxis. v ' No
doubt It dioes. A peep ait the 'inside
wooil'd m taiost oases, ddcflo&e a beawtd
Cul Easter boninet, and: if there is any
tib&Ttig in 'tfae 31nie of weartog" apparel
TOra young woman prize's more
highly than a spring bonnet the men
foQks kntecw notfliitog about 'it. '
CLOCK COMPANY BUYING.
Will Soon Own Big Tract of Land in
i North End.
: The Waterbury Clock company is
gradually buying up all the land north
of their, factory. . Their most recent
purchase was the four-story brick
building on Cherry street. They are(ln
negotiation with the Hnnn family . on
North Elm street and the Moran f am
ily on Cherry street. When these prop
erties are bought, as it is said they
will be, there will only be a fewmore
in their way to owning all the land
bounded by Cherry street, Cherry ave
nue and North Elm street.
Educational Bills Dead.
ALBANY, April 11. Chairman Lan
don of the assembly committee on pub
lic education says that he thinks that
all the educational bills are dead. He
does not believe the committee on rules
will report; the Stevens unification
bill or any other measures before it of
similar import. This is the end toward
which Superintendent of Public In
struction Skinner Is working, and It is
believed generally that his influence in
the assembly is more potent than that
of the regents.
Severe Storm In Utali and Montana.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 11. A se
vere windstorm, accompanied by rain,
hail and snow, is raging throughout the
entire in termountain region. The wind
at, some points has. reached a velocity
of forty miles an hour, and telegraph
and telephone service is partly demor
alized. At Butte, Mont., and west of
there a heavy wet snow is reported,
and snow is also reported at many
points in Idaho. The weather bureau
has sent out warnings through the fruit
districts. . .! .
Disturbances In St. Petersburg.
LONDON, April 11. A Central News
dispatch from St. Petersburg says se
riovis disturbances took place in va
rious districts of the city Thursday
night, and nearly 2,000 individuals who
were not provided with passports as re
quired by the law were arrested.
Unseasonable WeatUer In Austria.
VIENNA, April ll.-r-Extraordlnarily
severe weather for Eastertide is pre
vailing in many districts of Austria
Heavy falls of snow are reported from
Prague, Semmerlng, the district of
CalzkarcHiergut and even as far south
as Cattare, on the .44riatic.
ATTORNEY HUNT CALLED IN.
Will Assist Judge Peasley in the Po
lice Officer's Cases.
Judge Peasly will be assisted by At
torney Hunt in prosecuting charges
against certain members of the police
force. This afternoon both of them
called upon Chief Egan for Information
regarding the rules and conduct of the
police' department and for quite a while
they studied the photo group of the
whole police force, special and regular.
along with the board of. safety taken
on the occasion ofthe firsf police in
spection last fall. This picture was pre
sented to the department by Franklin
A. Taylor a commissioner of the board
of safety. '
Judge Peasley said that notting has
yet been done regarding the drawing
up of the (charges and that he did not
think the information will be formed
for presentation to the board of safety
for .a week or so.. He was not brought
Into the matter until last Thursday
evening, -he said, when he was called
upon by Mr Sedgwick in his office ,
CITY NEWS.
Tihie estate of tliejaite John Dooig-
wttus settled up In 'probate court
rtKHday. : .
The Fifth division, A. O. H., will
hold a meeting at 10:15 o'clock to-morrow
morning. ,
The1 forty hours', devotion will open
at the Immaculate Conception church
at the last mass to-morrow. . , :
" Miss Anna- Giflihuly of New Have
wthio ims been , vdsditi'jnig ireiLaitflves In this
dflty, returned home .today. . y
,.A pretty ' representation of ,: "The
'Rock of Ages" in Hhe display window
of the Curran Dry Gotwis Co Is attract
ing much attentton. i-
There wilt be a month's .mind mass
for the late James 1 Strong at 7:30
o'clock Monday morning at St Patrick's-church.''
. :. "
Th, May civil term of the euperlor
oofurt promilsieis to be an umuOTally busy
one. Airoady twenty-five cases have
been cflatoed for the .trial list. ; '
The hanidlsiome new buflddng of Jones,
Morgan & Co on Bank street is rapld1-
ly Hearing completion land will be ready
for occupancy In a sihort ttoe.
The annual promieniaJde of tlie S&m-
renset efflub w!ill be heflxl 4n Leavenworth
hall on Monidiay night. Music will be
f urnlslhed by DaJlUer'a orchestra. . Tick
ets will be 25 cenit-s each, person.
Tlhe funeral of John P., the nlne-
monitfli.s'-oild son of Mr and Mrs John
T. McMahon of 29 Ntegara street,- who
diled this miorniinsg, iwilil takj plave- to
morrow JBifltternoon ialt 2:30 o'clock wi'th
Interment in St Joseph's cemetery. i.
The as?dignimenlt of caisies for the Jury
in itlhe diistrjdfc court next week is as
ifoPHows : Martin - P. -and MstrVy A. Law-
lor vs John IlHtchcock, ' Court
cases: ' Wodniesd'ay, ; J. E. Sper Co rs
Witllaim Tyler; ' Thjursdiay. Frank
Schilelpeff vs Ho-rrdet W. SieoviH; Mon
day, Awrill 20, George B. nifcfhcock vs
the. cl'ty. , x
Atiiwrney Carniody appeared before
Ju'dge Elmer In ithe snieiilo(r court at
Khiort cnleawlar in New Haven Thurs
day md askedi for an order of sale of
ttttue Matthews & WrtMard concern. The
otider wiais aillowed ; and the sale will
(bake pace on the piremisies of the fac
tory two, weeks .from to-day, April 25.
'.Lime (receiver, Frederick B. Farns
wwrth, wUi be the anctionwr. . .
The funeral of Mrs 'Margaret Gau
ghan took place this morning fiDm her
late home on East Main street with ser
vice at the Sacred Heart church by the
ev - j? atuer Fitzgerald and Interment
In the family plot in. Calvary cemetery.
The bearers were Michael Redding,
George Redding, Georere Corcornn
Thomas Mulcahy, James McAuliffe and
josepn smitn. a mass of reoulem
will be celebrated for the deceased at
tne sacred Heart church at 8 o'clock
Monday morning. . l .
At 'bar meeting in ithe district court
to-day the 'bonidiamian for Bardn Tor
komilan in Ms oas against Thomas J.
English wais cirdered to appear and Jus
tify In court Monday morning at 0:30
oioloick. The defenidiant'is djemurrer In
the case of Lizzie Kane aigalnst Chris
tJan Hauser was oveiumled, 'and an or
der for furtthor nctilce was allowed in
the suit of iSm Fdrst Ewlesdastilcal so
ciety of Woodbury, a gainst Catherine
Diiilliane. . ... ;v :.fx . v ...:.;:,'":;" ;
Mrs Keough, ; 194 ' Baldwin ' street:
Specialls for thds eveninig sindi Mondav-
On lot of boys' negligee . shirts in aU
coaors, wltih bands, for this sale. 25c:
one ot boys', caps, -were 25e, this sale
15c; one Jot boys' panbs, wei-e 25c, this
we ic; one lot boys' pants, were 50c.
tima sane 30c;. one Ibt of .gents' bow
ties, were 15c, 4IMs s'alo . 8c; one lot
genius' negligee shirts. were 50c, this
mie dic; one lot genits pox, were 10c,
this tms three paiims for 25c.
John Fitzgerald died this morning at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs John
Bynnott, 170 Bridge street. He leaves
Three daughters, Mrs John Synnott,
Mrs Maurice Gloven, Mrs Walter
Wright; one. son, Michael; a sister, Mrs
John Cleary,,and a brother, Michael.
The funeral .will take place at 10
o'clock Monday morning 'with' service
at the house. This is on account of the
forty hours' devotion. A mass of re
quiem .will be celebrated for the de
ceased at the Immaculate Conception
church Wednesday morning.
James Wimes died, at ihl late home
on Bucks HW late Friday afternoon.
Mr Wlmes was fcmnerls head farmer
for the late Israel Holmes. He bad
lived in this dty for 58 years. The
deceased is isnrvivei by n wife and
three d'aiugliters, Mrs Ghaiflles E. Mil
ler, Mlsis Lizzie Wlmes and Theresa
Wime, and two sisters, Mrs Mary A
Hayea and Miss Miargaret Wlmes. lie
wws a miember of the old temperance
socletv for thirtv yettrs ami a member
of the Holy Nama society. Funera
will take Tiiace fi'om U lat" home
, 'Suwda y . at 2: o'clock to St Thomas'
chuirch. Interment wild be In new St
Joseph's cemetery.
In His Attempt to Down Gov
ernor Chamberlain.
THE N0RWALK VETO QUESTIOH
Was the Issue Before the House Tha
Speaker Claimed That the Gover
nor's Veto , Came Too La:te Friends
of ibbe Governor Fliockecl: to His
Standand and His Veto Was Sustain
ed Other . Business Traoisaoted and;
Under Wjay. .- .
iHiartford. April 1L For the first
time in ithe legislative htotory of Con-
niecitiout the oonstjltutionality of a gov-.?
ernor's veto was questioned this week I
in the house, of representitlves. VSi
.was an interesting s question of v con-'
strucition that Speaker Kenealy raise!
in 'his sneech from the floor of tha
house on Tlhursdiay tas to the time limit
set by the constitution on ta veto. That
tliocument states merely that a veto
snail be reurned to the house In which.
che measure origiinated within "threa
cays, Sundays , excepted' from tha
time whien Ohe bill or resoJution w.is
received by the covernor.- t
Speaker KeneaSv's mlfllm ifhm thu ven
intended.Vto mean calendar days and
not session "days. There beinsr n p.t-
ciflcation as to tihla tyo,1t- nm
tution itself, a spirited 3ega I debate foi-
"vt in rai HOTise, ' ln which Leul-r
lianks amd Mr rw.rii. x- ...,..,
led an attack on the spesfc r's conFtrrri
im tn which tliey wei-e strppc-tvd b
vote of the -house. Had the vi:ov
oeen overpiifl mii m,. c...J.i. f
Incojporaifflon .resoln-tion . ov?
Vte veto this potot WOUlM undoubt0,di .
. ouiimw court If
final decision. Iss it ihm
KtCMie IFn 'h.a c,, . . .
er. emaroesL a ru . r
(howeTcr, as to thA Wi.-nM,' . '
polny which miay endure for some tr
-With the Souh Norw:
incorporation resiolutlon dofoo,4
MOW PTObablft fhm- -h. ,-hj.
Imtierestis to (that town will try to'
uinragn tums aMature a bill co'
diattng as one tfhe two cities of i
Norwak and, Nocrwalk.- tm m' ul.
teitwod, Is now likely to. ba the pur-
i It is expected thnf ha -,jti..
miS W1U i report to the senate ca
Wednesday. nrobahW hi
of the famous railroad reDeal hn?.
wmch do away with the present cenl
.ommitteeMs scheduled on this quest lo-i
,y aiieruoon at the Capitol.
, r otmesuay me nouse - will V
called' upon to take im th mr..f,-.,-
question Of -the - rri I atv tlr,
Haven into new wards. ' Whila ineni !n
S'ts Immediate nateresfc. 'Hihtia -hHi ,,,.
wide significance, Inasmuch as upon it
will depend the report of the senatorial
redistrlcting committeA an n
of the senatorial districts. Thl3 In turn
will be the basis for the rearran cement
or representation should the Chatflfl
plan become a; constitutional amend-
ment. : . ' . ' . ' .. . ,
Immediate progress on these iinpor
iam marrers to tne state at larpj
is to ' be expected Mn the no.tr
future. f Senator v, Wilcox of - th
senatorial redistrlcting committee sa ? .1
on Thursday that'his romm!tta to
would be Issued to the newspapers r f
lup maw.m uie ena or next week for
public distribution. A hearing wouI.i
then be held on the bill
On the result of that hearing "wonli
then depend further amendment and
nnal report, would . then be sent, to i
senate. On April. 22 the house vpnrr.
sentatlori amendment known as th ;
Chatfleld plan, wiir come up for action
In the house, and the legislature win
then be In a fair way toward an early
adjustment of these two Important
questions. The' defeat of the commit
tee on public health and safety this
week on their report ' rejecting the
compulsory' vaccination repeal bill
. " . . ' . i .
came as a genuine surprise , to tne
house. A public hearing will be given
the repeal 'measure this com in? Wed
nesday afternoon,- an another report
made to the house. '
ASSAULTED AND STABBED.
Torrlngton Man Roughly Handled Last
.;- '.. ; ' , .Evening.'.
Torrlngton, April 11. Patrick Din
nehan, a moulder, was murderously ?
saulted last night by three men wlxoss
Identity, has pot: yet been. learned by
theVpolice. After being pummeled b.r
two he was stabbed by the third in tha
neck and head, the blade of the weapon
breaking off in the skull, which wag
fractured. The police have clues.
FELL FROM A ROOF.
Bristol, April 11. John Falie, .
Italiaini iaborer, fel from Uhe roof of -i
new , binding which. Is being erof-U I
for tilue E. Ingaiahiam Co, (manufactur
ers, of. clocks, to .the basement,- a U.1--tance
of 65 feet. He Is ,45 years
fflige amj is believed to be fatally in
jured. - - . '' x . ; .
' PRISONER HUNG HIMSELF.
Hartford, April "11. John Seiers, wl
wras serving a term ' in the Hartford
county jail for vagrancy, stranglrl -;
himself in his cell last night. Ills bo.lr
was found this morning by one of tie
other prisoners. He made a' rope ou:
of towels and hung himself to' the bars
of the cell.
March Firt Month.
Until, the middle of the eig-hteeni'u
century March wiis" the first mrmth
of the year over in England. The yeivf
always began with March 85. We
have had'three calendars since Christ,
The first was the Roman calendar,
and March was made the first month.
The Romans ' named it March after
their god of war, Mars. The secoru!
was the Julian calendar, and th
third, which is now used throiihoa:
Hie civilized world, Is known as ih:.
Sresoriai calendar, Knowledge.