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tVOL. XVII, NO. 33. WATERBURY, CONK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1904, PRICE TWO CENTS. THEATER;'..." - MEN MOW. Will Sue Chicago For Losses. 1 Cases to be Talien to Fed eral Courts Managers All Have Licenses--De-tectives Hunting Evi dence For Grand Jury. ' Chicago, Jan 13. The Record-Herald to-day says: Stilts against the city of Chicago for financial losses caused -y the order which Building Commission er "William g issued January 1 closing 1 every theater in the city, will be brought by many of the. manager and owners of plays 'whose ' engagements 'were booked in Chicago during the last two "weeks. This statement is made oy men who are In intimate touch with, the local theatrical situation. Since all of the managers are non residents, the Vases will be taken be Lfore the federal courts, i The brief of the plaintiff s will be based on two doc uments, one the license to conduct a ; pi ace of amusement, coating, $300, and hlch has in no case been revoked by th authorities, and the other the cer tificate ct Inspection by the fire de partment which hangs, framed, neat the main entrances of the down-town '-theaters, and which states, over the signature of Fire Marshal Mwsham that .tha .house i certified to.be safe as to iflro protection. Chicago, Jan 13. Evidence to be Aosed against person held to the grand J Jury lias been obtained at the Iroquois theater by three detectives of the state's attorney office. Eight doors and one 'piece of drapery were re lanoved from the ruins and hauled to jthe criminal court building. ; S V' Most of the doors bore evidence of Saving been locked, v They are burned but one side, and in a number of in stances the doors Svere forced open ?and the locks broken.' The door w&ere the "bodies of so many dead were foun-. among the piece of evidence seized. Another piece off evidence is the dra ipery that concealed an exit on the first floor.5 Neither the door nor the dra pery was burned. YALE WAITERS SAID NO. fS7oldnt Peel Potatoes and Apples in Their Serving Clothes. - Kew Haven.- Jan 13. Because they ere ordered to wash dishes and Peel potatoes and apples in, their dress clothes, the fifty negro waiters of the Yale lining hall -Monday night threai- ened to go out on strike just before ! the 'dinner hour. '" Captain Samuel Smoke, TJ. S. A., the new manager, of the Yale dining hall and military in j structor at Sheffield school, told the waiters that, beginning! at once, he Bhoul ?eet ttiem to assist, in peel ' ing pt - pand washing dishes be- i tween hk ' i $5 a month less than they: are pver fr simply waiting on ' table. , "- .y.F'1-; The men, who were getting ready to serve 1,000 Yaje boys, stopped work and threatened to walk out . of the 'building at once if Captain Smoke in- , nistei on the new schedule. After some delay Captain, Smoke; agreed: to reconsider his action and the ,4 men , , i wenj 1 back to serve th e hungry stu tfonts. . ' . . - It is said that one of r the principal grievances of the Yale undergradu ates against the fare furnished , at the .rtlnin; hall when Mr Doshon, the pre. .ceding manager, was in charge, was that the boys never got any apple pie. ! When Mr Deshon's attention was called to this lie said that he-. couldn't afford to hire help to peel apples. -' Captain Smoke in taking . charge, promised the YaJe boys apple pie, it being his intention to make the wait ers peel the apples. The result of the ; clash between the waiteis.aud the manager 1 watched with interest by the Yale men. who see involved, in the jouteome the fate of their favorite des- "serf. HAN'S IDENTITY., STILL' A MYSTERY. Wilton," Jan 13. The identity "of the man who was found frozen to death In an Abandoned cow shed, near the resi ' dehce of Joseph Coley late yesterday , afternoon, has not yet been discovered. Medical Examiner Bt Gorhani who viewed the body,; gave it as ids opinion that the man had been dead at least three or four days. In one pocket of , 1 he coat was found a small bottle with fomo whiskey in it,1 and in another pocket wa found a bottle of clderi A clue bytwhich they hope to Identi fy, the body is a pawn ticket, No 1071, Tarlof, South Norwalk. Victim of CliUlMjn DJsnnter. ' VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 13. Two tugs have arrived here bringing the bodies fof six victims of the Clallam disaster. ;One has not besu identified. The oth ' ers are: N. P. Shaw of Victoria, Miss .Gill, who came from San Francisco to '.testify, in' the' Hopper-Dunsmuir case; Harvey Sears, brother of Captain ypars, owner and master of the Clal lam; a stevedore, Miss Minnie Murdoch of Seattle and Peter Laplante of Fri day Harbor. The beard of trade has re quested the department of .marine to establish a life saving station at Victo ria. Application has also been made to the Ottawa government for a commis sion of inquiry jirito the Clallam disas ter f?V- , V ' T' V HARRISBUEG;: Fa.rJaja. 13. Gov ernor Penny packer has respited Charles 5s?. ' Kniger, who Was .to have , been fcasged at Oreeneburg, for the purpose ef Inquiring iato.fhe mental condition t tie cmmv.-rjn' BECHTEL MURDER Weisenberger Acquitted EcKstein Now on Trial Sensational Case. ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 13. The se ries of trials to 1 fix the ' responsibility for the murder in October last of Ma-; bel Bechtel, the pretty twenty-one-y ear old silk mill girl of this city, was begun before Judge Trexler in, the Lehigh county ourt, and before adjournment had been taken David Weisenberger, one of the accused lovers of the unfor tunate girl, " was . foiinally arraigned and i acquitted ; of" the murder charge. Alois Eckstein, Mabel Bechtcl's fiance, also charged with complicity in the i . i lit in miP DAVID WEISENBERGER crime, was called to 'the bar of the court, and the. slow work of selecting a Jury to try him was in progress when court' adjourned. i , '" After Eckstein's case 3s disposed of the aged mother of the dead girl,; Myr tha, the seventeen-year-old ; daughter, and the two sons, Charles and John, will be tried for complicity in the sen sational crime.- Thomas Bechtet an other son who waa arresfed along with the above named persons, committed suicide in his cell the day after he was taken Into custody. Allentown, Pa. Jan 13. The trial of Alois Eckstein in connection with the murder of Mabel Bechtel,. last October, began to-day. The indictment charges him with being an accessory after, the murder. ; It Ig. expected that Eckstein will be acquitted and that he will be used a a witness against the members of the Bechtel family., District Attorney Eichtenwalner said to-day: y 'T must confess that our case against the JBechtelsila not as strong a. I ex pected it ; to ' b e. Fu rt hermor e, I must admit that our case against Eckstein was purely circumstantial and rather than take. the chanc of losing all .we decided to relinqtiish otir fight against him and give him freedom on condition that he would testify to what occurred in the home of the Bechtels the Sunday night; Mabel came home after she left Weisenberger. We have the promise of Mr Stile and Mr Groman that their client will take the stand when called upon to do so, and I now have hopes Of being able to solve tho mystery." Attorney Iflitz made the opening ad dress for the common wealth,. in. which he explained the V Indictments V upon which ; the' defendant would ;; be tried and outlined the case against Eckstein as the state would .prove it. The his tory of the crime was related but in nothing that the attorney said was there any evidence that Eckstein -was looked upon as ' one of the principals in-the tragedy; , . . . CHICAGO,' Jjn.' 13. Hundreds . of passengers bn incoming trains here were startled by a ; sudden plunge into mid night ; darkness. sThe transition from 'broad daylight seemed Immediate and complete as, if the rush. was into a tunnel under a moiintain.; ; The' black ness extended in a circle from the cen ter of the city, the radius' beingia; dis tance of several miles. The duration , was over an hour . Unusual atmos pheric conditions aggravated by smoke were generally accepted- as cause. vi Xoat of Hli Btintneu. ; , OTTAWA, Jan. 13.-Slr Wilfrid Lau rior' received, a cablegram from Pre mier Seddon of New Zealand asking the Canadian governtneat to joba with the NewZea land and Austmllan gov: ernments in a protest' to the British government against the employment of Chinese in the Rand mines.. Sir Wil frid in reply said that the matter was one which concerned South Africa alone, and he therefore cc-uld, hot see his way to interfere! gv - 1 ' ; Uentrorerw a a Ocn Goers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. That the destroyers comprising the first torpedo flotilla are able to cross the ocean un der their own steam with absolute safe ty is, in the opinion of Lieutenant E,! H. Chandler, commanding, expressed in a report to the navy department on the trip 'of the destroyers from Hampton Roads to San Francisco,' during which, he says, they clearly, demonstrated their seaworthiness and coal' endur- . . .r, , , r: Fire In hartoItln Mine. SHAMOKIN Pa., Jan. 13. Fire of a mysterious origin broke out in the No, S slope of No! 9 velu of the Cameron colliery, operated l?y the Mineral Rail road and Mining company, and gained so rapidly '-that ft '"fa impossible to fight the flames mlf&:&$tor; The burning portion is b&hg sg.d? In an attempt to smother tilr. '-'' " LONDOJ?, 3m. I3i0annany has no tified Groat .CrXtafr ncialiy , of her readiness jto .appofcjft cw,jalssl6ners to nesrotiate -r?r'!t:iar,-i.trearT., with AH. H. S. ANNUAL New YorR's New ' Police Commissioner Tallied to the Banqueters. ' New, York, Jan 13. Police Commis sioner William McAdoo was unani mously re-elected president-general of the American-Irish Historical society at its meeting last night at the Hotel Manhattan. The dinner that followed was the largest yet given by the asso ciation. Recorder Goff , Dr Henry A. Brann and Thomas F. Smith were among, the hew members elected. "' At tho head table with Comissloner Mc Adoo were John D. Crimmins. Justice O'Gorman.the recorder, Stephen Far relly, David McOlure and former Sen a tor O'Sullivan. Mr McAdoo said that the presiden cy-general of the society Was an honor greater than any the municipality could bestow upon bim, and added, in a humorous vein, referring to' some of those present: "If I seemed to be late to-night 'it was because I was kept at headquar terg by the receipt of a-general alarm from Boston informing us that Jeff Roche and Old Man Smith were about to invade our town. I've got the re serves ready for them if anything oc CUPS." On a previous occasion it ' took the Boston contingent three days to get home. , Mr McAdoo continued: "You know the objects of this society and it has been a great regret to me that these objects have not been for warded better. I believe that this so ciety should have many branches, and with such splendid material elsewhere all of us are anxious to see it grow ana have branches started in Boston,' Chi cago and 'San Francisco. If we take a hand now wa can. more than treble oru members. We owe it to our race to do this. ' Our object is to vindicate, illustrate and set forth the part Which the Irish have taxen in the formation, preservation and continuance of this American repuDlic. "The Irish have been more handi capped than any other race that ever landed uopn these shores. They had gone through 700 years of 1 struggle. ' Condemned! to txi illiterate, hampered in their conscience through enforced bigotry, libelled in literature and carr icatured on the stage, the poor Irish man put his foot on v the r American shorn armed with nothing but his vir tues and defended simply, by his eour- a ge. His first act was to preserve this country. He filled the army of Washington. An Irishman struck the first blow on the sea. But, un fortunately, in the history that fol lows, .Irish names have been obscured and lost. There are millions of names that haVe been Anglicized out of all recognition of their Irish ances try, and the glorious part their ances tors playedt has-been either forgotten or maliciously - destroyed. No coun try in Europe has given such glorious support to this republic as Ireland. ; "I: claim for the Irish this: That in tlie performance of thft; duties of cit izenship there arft none so undevlat ingly loyal to the principles of " the constitution as the IrisTi are. If you raise the moral issue to touch tbe con science' of the public there are no cit izens so quick to feel it and so ready to respond' as the Irish. . Gentlemen, the Irish are on trial now in this country. This is the first nge when Irish genius has had a chance to win on its merits. We will be judged by what we do here. We must not be allowed to suffer by the act of anv Irishman. ' The worst enemy of the Irish In America is an Irishman who proves unfaithful to of flcial trust. r;-'.;f -;,:v.;:;-' :0: . We are to preserve the true history of our people in the United States. We ar0 to teach tbe tbtrd and the fourth and the tenth generations that they are not only descendants of a proud and erlorious race of - the old world, but that in the new land from ; the days of O'Brien of Machias they may ibe-proud of their : forbears and 1 feel that the Irishman in the United States not alone stands for the flag, but that In his citizenship and in his fidelity to official obligations shall be accounted among those who have not only raised this country's , material greatness, but have also helped ; her toward higher moral ideas." o : , Dr Andrew M.. Sherman of JMorris town read a paper on Captain Jere miah O'Brien of Machias. "the ! first man to haul down a British flag upon the seas." Other speakers were J. I. C. Clarke, Thomas Gargan and John D. Crimmins. I'nkiiOTTu Schooner Svnk. -NEW HAVEN, Cnn.f Jan. 13. A two masted schooner of about 800 tbns burden, is resting at the bottom of the sound about three mHes off "Welch's point, near Milf ord, and what caused her to go to the bottom and what be came of her crew are shrouded in mys tery. s There are several peculiarities in connection with the sunken schoon er. She is perfectly upright in the wa ter, headed east, and all sails are set and in perfect condition. She carries a mainsail, foresail, two topsails and three j lbs. . The schooner was discov ered by Captain Hufih.es o the steam er William M. Merwin..,: ;, . Mm. TJodffe Wants New Divorce. NEW YORIC, Jan. 13.-Against the advice of her counsel and Charles W. Morse, her former -husband, from whom she was recently Separated by a decree annulling their marriage, Mrs. Clemence Cowles Dodge has taken steps to obtain a new divorce from Mr. Dodge, which further complicates the case and makes the motives that lie behind it more mysterious than ever. For Jba on Barire Canal. ALBANY,' N. Y,; Jan. 13. Examina tions of applicants for positions on the barge canal work are being held by the state civil service commission iu twenty-three Cities of tho state and in forty-eight cities ta twenty-three other states. Secretary Blrdaeye of the com mission said that 2,437 candidates had been notlfigdylp feJJftSttjrQPeXJKmJuationy ROOSEVELT TO HOWELL W ords of Praise For Gen. Gordon. Says He Was Gallant, Gen erous and Fearless Chaffee Also Sent a Telegram of Condo lence. Atlanta, Ga, Jan 13. The follow ing, message) from President r Iloose velt on the death of General Gordon was received yesterday by Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Consti tution: ' : 'AS'::-:i.'f "White House, , Jan 12. I was greatly shocked and grieved at tlie re port of General Gordon's death. I had the honor, to number him among my personal -friends and to have enter tained him at my house. A more gallant, generous and fearless gentle man and soldier has not been seen by our country. (Signed) , l ' "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Mr. Howell also received from Lieu tenant General Chaffee the following: "It is impossible to add anything to the well deserved tributes already paid the soldier and statesman, ' of whom Georgia is so justly proud. . "(Signed) A. W. CHAP1TEE." THE WORLD'S PEACE. Arbitration Assembly Wants Univer sal Amity.' WASHINGTON, jan. .13. A ' confer ence called to frame a- basis for an ar bitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain and for exten sion of arbitration throughout the world has opened in this city." There was a notable array of speakers, and mes sages were received from many, promi nent men,' including the governor of California, the mayors f Boston and Baltimore and John Mitchell,' president of the United Mine Workers. ; The " meeting was attended by An-;, ftrew Carnegie, ex-Senator Gray of Del aware, now circuit court Judge; Lieu tenant General ielon A. Miles, Presi dent David Starr Jordan of Stanford university, ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster, ' James Cardinal Gibbons, Francis Lynde Stetson of New York, Robert,1 Treajt Paine of Boston, presi-1 dent of the , American Peace society, and others- ' Bx-Seeretary Foster was chosen president and - Thomas Nelson Page secretary. ... General Foster reviewed the previous arbitration movements and said that no question o.n hereafter arise ' be tween th United States and Great Britain which will more seriously in volve the territorial integrity,' the hon or of the nation, its vital Interests or its independence than those which already have j been submitted to arbitration Without serious injury to our interests. He said there never was a time when the , two countries were more ' closely united. J. M. Dickinson, who ' was senior counsel before tho Alaskan boundary tribunal said that it was fitting that arbitration overtures should be made by this country, which always : had been successful at arms and had noth ing to fear. . Mr.; Caraegle was intro duced as "tha great apostle 'of arbitra tion and peace." He recalled that it ' was 'eighteen years ago'when he first appeared In Washington to urge arbi tration. ; He said he appeared again to labor in the same cause, which had risen phoenix-like and could not fail. . He said that Great Britain was longing for such a treaty as the conference con templated. He (Carnegie) cared less for the provisions, of the treaty than for the treaty itself. He said that never before had the English speaking race been so close together. The establish ment of an international tribunal would be ; the -twentieth -century's greatest achievement, Speaking on iri stance on points of honor, he declared that the most dishonorable word In the English language is honor. "We have abolish ed the duel," said he. "Let it be our race that takes .the first step to abolish international dueling."- ; ; DEAD IN HIS BED Danbury Conductor . Found With Chloroform By His Side. ' , Danbury, Jan 13. Edward Hinckley, a conductor on the Danbury and Bethel street railway, was found dead in bed this morning with a "piece of cotton saturated with chloroform at his side. Letters found' in his room contained the statement that he was going to commit suicide, but gave no reason for the act. It is believed that he wrote the letters yesterday morning. Hinck ley, who was 24 years old, had recently announced his1 engagement to' a young woman living, in iSharon. He was ap parently In perfect health and his friends have beetf unable to discover a cause for the suicide. ' ; GRANT LEAVES FOR CHICAGO. 'San Antonio, Tex, Jnn 13.G enera 1 Frederick D. Grant has relinquished command of the department of Texas and left last night with Mrs Grant for Chicago. Colonel Martin B. Hughes, First cavalry, took temporary commaud until the arrival of General Jesse Lee from the Philippines. ' General Grant was in command of the department thirteen months. WEATHER FORECAST Forecast for Connecticut: Snow or rain to-night; Thursday snow or rain, followed by celaring. colder Thursday, viP!Tvt 1ii nnrtlienst nortion : f I'ASh to jirisk northeast winds, incroasiug. : ANOTHER FIRE. Lowell Had Fourth in Short Time Police Now In vestigating. Lowell, Mass, " Jan 13. The police and lire marshal to-day began an in vestigation of the lire which last night 'destroyed the large department store of O'Donnell & Gilbridge, and adjoin ing property here. This was the fourth mysterious fire in tlie city : within the past few weeks and the third in four days. The first of the apparent series of fires was. in tlie Davis and Sargent building. The second was early last Saturday morning in Odd Fellows' hall, the third' in St.. Patrick's church, Sim day morning, and the- fourth last night's serious affair, which caused a loss, estimated to-day at $250,000. The losses from the other fires aggregated nearly $400,000. The total insurance on the property burned last night is about $175,000. , ' . DEMENTED PERSON. Same Han Who Was Malting Trouble For Wolcott People. The department of charities is now in possession of information which shows beyond .a doubt that the demented man taken into .custody in the Brooklyn dis trict yesterday and committed to tne Brookside home, Is the same man to whom attention was called about a week ago as living alone in a cave la Wolcott One of his countrymen called at the office to-day and said that the fellow's name is John Natkevczus and that, he lived here four or five j-ears ago.. Since that time his whereabouts has? not been known to his friends, and what seems more strange is that none of them appears to be able to tell how he came to be discovered in, the dug out at Wolcott or how he got out of the hole and found his way back to Waterbury. Enough has been learned, however, to satisfy . Superintendent Doran that he made no mistake yester day when he concluded: that the man wa properly a charge upon Wolcott instead of Waterbury and the authori ties of that town will have' to settle. BANK SAFE ROBBED. Blown Open With Dynamite Rob bers Got Considerable Booty! Pittsburg, Pa, Jan 13. The safe in the bank of Louis , Amsliel, at . Mc Kee's Rocks, a suburb of this city, was blown open with dynamite early to-day.' and it is reported that a con siderable sum of money .was . taken." The burglars escaped. Amshel jis a foreign banker. Shipyard Ca May CoUapse. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Immediate collapse of the shipyard scandal In quiry is expected. Counsel for the complainants in the receivership, pro ceedings will go before Judge Kirk patrick at Newark, N. J., today and ask him to direct Charles M. Schwab to answer a series of questions which he declined, under the advice of his counsel, to answer at the last hearing in this olttr. ... Bisr Fire at I-orrell. LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 13.The third big fire to visit this city within a week has gutted three business blocks on Merrimac street,' entni ling a , loss esti mated at $200,000. Five firemen were Injured during the fire,, which quickly assumed threatening proportions and proved the most stubborn that the fire men have had to do i with, hi years. Loss, $180,000. . 1 ITanna He-elected. , COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 13.-The Ohio legislature by a seperntc ballot of the house and senate has voted to return Marcus A. Ilanna to the United States senate fqr a second term. The result will be formally announced at a joint session today, a Joint ballot being un necessary by reason of Senator Ilanna having a clear majority in each branch. Kntier William' Gift. , WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Baron Speck von Sternburg, the ambassadoi of . Germany. . called on the president subsequent to the cabinet' meeting to ascertaifl . the wishes of this govern ment respecting the statue of Frederick the Great which is to be. presented to the United States by Emperor William. Secretary Root and the ambassador will select a site. - WARNED NOT TO COME. Vienna,.. Jan 13. -The minister of lhe interior has caused Austria to be placarded with a warning to intend ing! migrants against going to the United States, owing to the difficulty In obtaining employment, adding that the very unfavorable' conditions' to la bor circles tliero will probably con tinue throughout 3001.' 1 JAPAN IS SILENT. London, Jan 13. The foreign oflice has informed the Associated Press that up to tlie present time it has not re ceived the slightest information re garding Japan's course in connection with the last Russian note.- GOVERNOR INAUGURATED. Annapolis, Md, - Jan 13. Edward Warfleld was inaugurated as governor of Maryland to-day. A vast multi tude was in attendance from all parts of the state. ' . GROWING WEAKER. Columbus, O., Jan 13. Ex-Goveinor Bnshnell is steadily growing weaker, and In a statement by Dr Starling Lov ing he says there is absolutely no hope of recovery. ... BURIED YESTERDAY. William Fingelstein, aged 5S years, was buried yesterday afternoon . in Mill Plain cemetery. The pall bear ers, were xrcm'.the Young Meu's He brew BeuSt association. FOR ONE NIGHT. Ex-Congressman Driggs Has Served His Time Slept in Warden's Room. New York, Jan 13. At the Ray mond street jail, Brooklyn, It was said to-day that former Congressman E. II. Driggs. under sentence of one day and a fine of $10,000 for accepting 1 com pensation for procuring a contract with the government, had completed his term of imprisonment and left the jail at 0 o'clock to-day. It had been intended to release him at midnight, .but!. the sheriff decided that . the ' sen tence would not ibe completed unless Driggs remained in jail over night. It was also said that Mr Driggs wag assigned to a cell, but it is under stood that he spent the night in the warden's room. , ' IN DISTRICT COURT. Two Cases Were Disposed of There Baring the Day. . The case of Neiman vs Abbott et ux for $300 for.' commission on 'a sale of real estate went to the Jury in the district court this noon. The closing testimony was in reference to the im peachment of thft plaintiff's reputation for truth and veracity and a number of -witnesses testified for and against him. The Jury, after considering a short time, gave a verdict for the defendant , The next case on the list, ''the Bos ton Furnitnre Co against L; Fremont Parker, a dealer In second-hand" fur niture on Bank street, was called, but was settled in court, the defendant paying, the claim of plaintiff,. $35.53. This was . an appeal from the judg ment of the eity court, which award ed plaintiff' the above amount. A very, - interesting question , was In volved. The defendant bought sev eral articles of, furniture from parties who had purchased it from tho plaint iff on tho tlme payment system, but had not made full payment There1 being no business ready, the Jury.. was excused and court adjourned to1 to-morrow : morning, when the case of George Verbyla against the Gedl inino society will be put on. BOTH OF THEM WON. Brother and Sister Get Part of Kan's Estate They Befriended. TTtica, N. Y Jan 13. In December, 1S78, , George , w; Todd, a , peddler, reached the house of Georgei Craw ford, in this ? county, badly ' frozen. Crawford and hia. sister, then chil dren, cared for the man and when he left, in .-three weeks, he had', them write a contract in a ,book" in which he, Todd, was to pay each $.".000 on his death, making crosses as his mark each side of the signature. Todd died last year in Canada, leaving $56, 000 in cash. Recently Jennio Craw ford Yarwood . securod a vemict of $5,000 against the estate in settlement of her claim, and to-flay : her brother was given a verdict in like amount Nearly 10o distant relatives of Todd in the west united in opposing the claim. . ' LALLIER-BENOIT. Felix Lallier of Charles street and Miss Laura Benoit of River r street wer0 married at 8 o'clock Monday morning at St Ann's church; Father Grenier performing the ceremony. Th bride wore a beautiful gown of white silk, trimmed with chiffon and lace. The bride carried bridal roses. Mr and Mrs Lallier leffcon the 8:30 train for a trip to Hartford and Boston, On their return they will . reside on Bank street where a very handsome ly furnished home awaits them. The bride's irayeling suit was of blue silk. ThR couple received . a large number of beautiful presents. CITYJNTEWS William J. Schlegel has sold his store and tenement block and two-family lionse on "WhaUcy avenue, New Ha ven to Pearl I. Sjerry, Jr, who has purchased the property as un invest ment. k At a mecUiig of . the St Mary's Alumni association last night William Ryder was elected president to suc ceed Edward B. McElligolt, resigned. Mr Ryder lias already held the office for two termsi and has performed the duties of same In an eminently satis factory manor. . The Young Men's Cathoiic Literary association will give a delightful whist party and dance to-morrow night The sociable will be held in the v. club's rooms in the Meigs building and also in Fraternity; hall in the same building. Lanier's orchestra will furnish music for the dancing, which will be held In Fraternity Jhall. . - The first meeting of. the senior class of the Waterbury High school was held yesterday afternoon. Principal Stephen AV. Wilby presided. It was voted to leave the appintment of a committee on class pin to Principal Wilby, who appointed the following committee: Lewis Jackson, I. Skilton, Miss French, Miss Blether, .This year's class con sists of about fifty-five member. The following officers were installed for the ensuing, term by Court It. F. Phelan last evening at lYatemlty hall: C. R., William Fitzpatrick; S. C. R., Thomas Kinney; treasurer, M. D. Rns sell; financial secretary, M." Moore; re cording' secretary, Thomas Sullivan; S. W.; Dennis Leary; J. W M. Moriarty; S. B., Thomas Dillon; J. B., Morgan Dowling. After the Installation a gen eral good time was enjoyed - by the members and their friends. Linden's orchestra furnished the music, Re freshments were ' served. The court presented tbeir deputy, Elnmet F. Rior dan,witha beautiful meerschaum pipe and Hugh Keenan with a handsome gold badge. vThe good time continuetl until 1 o'clock, and .all pronounced it the finest smoker ever given in Water bury - v r . i . .. WILL NOT A;; CENT United States Talle; Decided Stand, Will Also Refuse to Go E fore Hague Tribunal-. ' Japanese Minister Ccr rects Wrong Impress ions. Washington ' Jan 13.-It can b stated Avith. authority that the admin istration does not contemplate the par ment of one dollar out of the Unit' -5 States treasury on account of the se cession.. of : Panama, nor "will it sro be fore the Hague tribunal as a party t any iroceeding growing out of that n cession. To do either of those thin would bo to commit the adminl?trariij to an admission that it has been guilt v of injuring Colombia. . Washmgton, Jan l.'J.-The Jananes -minister states that the report that ha been made, on the authority of 4h Japanese government upon the em peror , of Corea that he re.vogniacd tb v Japanese protectorate over Corea V without Toundatlon. 'Newport, Jan 13.- The members the board of inspectors and survey the na-y depai'tmenf who came lV to conduct the official trial of the v marine torpedo boat Trotectir, ha returned to Washington. '.'.'.Owing the large amount of ice drifting Nan-agansett bay It was decided practicable to hold the trial - at ti. time. .Washington, Jan 13. A commltte from the international arbitration con ference called on th?a president to-dav nJld' presented a. resolution adopted by the , conference regarding . the nc-go '. i:i -tion,' of a treaty wth Great Britain t submit to arbitration to a tribunal pr The Ha'uge or to some court esiK:c:;illv constituted for the consideration of tho ease, all differences between the T'nltci States 1 and Great Britain which tl -v may fail to adjust by diplomatic ncrj tlatlons.' ' . ' 1 ' . THE BOARD OF FII?ANCi: Dectxssin Ways to MaKe BaiiesLi t- er and Funds Safsr. The new: board of finance Las ..t about lightening the l;iWtr' of the comptroller and while they may suc ceed in. doing this, it is a quf--ii.;i whether they will make things pafer for tlie city than they are at tha ju-fs-ent time.Four years ago the work of the board of finance was curtailed con siderably by the introduction of a new system of signing tlie bills. Prior t that, the 'board had to sign every' bl "J large and small, which often took up a couple of aours' time; and: proioci i 1 , the -meetings.. until .' late.' into' ' the night.; Under the new arrangement all billa i chargeable to a' certain account n;" written on a long shet of piipcr anl, after comparing these with tho bill- and checking them off, the member append their names irnder Hie lit f bllls'on the sheet of paper-instead of on the bills. In this "way they cot out' of the job by writing their names aboii t thirty or forty times, while under ih. old plan .they had to keep at it so bmjr it required ,a good deal of physical strength to hold out to the end. Alt er a man bas written his name 300 or 4-' times in succession he feels like takln? a rest. But that is what the bound -finance would have to do torday if f.om. change has not been made after V town and center school districts wcj' merged into the city government nr. I all the bills came to one board. V man who knows something about the Uuti0 of tlie , comptroller says tk-at Li. can bo made lighter, but adits that ha is not aware how this can be done with out leaving the incumbent of tho oJUc open to some criticism lu the iimu-e which he may not be ajble to explain. He consiaered It a waste or time to u-. the journal, but was positive that dou ble entry could not be dispensed wiih. and insure accuracy. CROSSWALKS ARE : OUT OF SIGHT. There were a fewi crdssv-alks ojr , Ieaven worth1 street up to a few da.v; ago, when they seemed to have di. appeared. Two of them wer( nmr , tho. court boused one from Center1 i street apd , the other from the Friend ly league building to Kendrick avemie. ; A week ago half a dozen men with,' shovels were at work on the street, scattering the piles of snow that lined the gutters into the chuunel of travel, : and that was tlie seen of V,vs crosswalks. The fact. i. thoy woro : covered np by the workmen and they.' have been . covered up since, for ci'ossings were as plain as tlie side walks,." People, who have occasion tr use them are now obliged to wuds through a foot or more of snow. CONNOLLY GROCERY : STORE R03BED; i Myles Connolly's grocery store on ; West Maiu street was entered' by.. bur- i glars.; early this morning. About ; in change, .which wras in the drawer, ! was taken. Entrance to the store was , effected through the front of the store, s The burglary was discovered early this morning when Officer Allen found the ; front door of the store open. -, . MRS IIOBSOX'S CONDITION. ' Boulder, Col, Jan 13. Mrs Hobson. wife of Judge. Hobson of .'Alabama, 1$ somewhat improved and the 'physicians attending her express hope that the danger is passed. Her , son, Captain Blchmond P. Hobson. is understood t be now. on his way here from Wash ington and lier husband is expected in ft Cj" or twdw .... , v v vvm iti,