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VOL. XVlI, NO. 53. WATERBURY, CONN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904. PRICE TWO CENTS. BANNA HAS TYPHOID. Bulletin Issued by Expert To-Day. Patient Rested Well During - the Night The Presi dent Called at the Sen 5 ator's Hotel ToDay to Inquire About Him. Washington, Feb 5. Senator' Hanna is officially pronounced jto have typhoid fever. The following bulletin Tvas Is sued by his physicians " immediately after the consultation at 9 o'clock this morning: ' - '. . "Senator Hanna has typhoid fever. The diagnosis is confirmed by the complete blood , examination reported this morning by Dr Edward Behron. The- senator rested farily well ," last night, and this morning his tempera ture is 100, pulse 82." President Roosevelt -walked over from the White House this morning to inquire after r the senator's condi tion. - He spent ten minutes, at' the hotel. UNDER JAIL PENALTY. Iter Conried Mulcted in "Parsifal" 7 " 'Litigation. MUNICH, Germany, Feb.' 5. The Judgment of. thb court in the Wagner- Oonried suit to restrain the production oUiiarsifal'V was ; against the defend- aht," Herr Conried, -who- was fined $40, as well as the amount necessary for the extensive publicatibn of the court's finding for a period of twenty days, or twenty, day, in jail. All ' court costs and lawyers' fees? were also entered against' the defendant. Commercial ' Councilor yon Gross of Baireuth, "representative of, the ; Wag ner heirs,' testified that , the Wagner family hd not received a cent from the Baireuth performances. All the receipts ' were devoted to paying the expenses of the festival plays. Frau Cosima Wagnr !was fighting ; solely from Ideal motives. She had repeated ly refused millions, particularly ' from the United States, for permission to produce "Parsifal." -: Attempts to give it there had failed for a long while be a use of ' the Impossibility cf securing an orchestrascore except, upon the personal pledge of the buyer. It was only after Herr Bchott, r musical pub lisher of ' Mayence, had, published a pocket edition, which, the witness said, Herr Conried reported he bad bought In Berlin through an elevator boy, that theproductibn in New York was ren dered possible. V; Herf von' Possart, general manager of the Royal theater at Munich, testi fied that Herr Conried said last sum mer that if. only five German man agers could . be found who ' would de clare they would not produce "Parsl- faP until after .1913, when the copy right in Germany expires, he would abandon his plan of giving It in New York. ' v Herr von " Possart defended Herr Conried, who, he 'said, had acted within the ' American laws and " had only offended the sentiment of rever ence toward Wagner. He also de fended , the German singers who took part in the New York production ex cept those owing special obligations to Baireuth. DEWEY'S SUGGESTIONS. r irisbtlBff . Ships an( 3,000 More Utn Fr Sn. I. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Admiral Dewey's suggestions in favor of heavy hghiing ships for the navy have pre vailed with the house commission on haval affairs over the recommendation Irf the general board submitted by Secr etary Moody. The naval appropria- ion bill was completed by the commit ee after a hearing granted Admiral ewey. It carries an aggregate ap- ropriation of $95,000,000. The ships authorised are one battle- hip, two armored cruisers, three scout cruisers and two I squadron colliers. he appropriation of $500,000 made last ear for two submarine boats was re- kpproprlated, the boats to be purchased in the discretion of the secretary of the aavy.' ; .. ' - -' :-. ' ; Provision was made for an armor alate factory to eost $4,000,000, which jtbe secretary of the navy is authorized o construct in cass he cannot secure rmor from private bidders at a 1 rea- onable price. For the Guantanamo Cuba) naval station an ' appropriation f $863,000 was made, and for that at '". -," . ! : : : . fa r MARCUS A. HANNA. Iongapo, Philippine Islands, $802,000 jvas authorized. An addition of 3,000 jnea is authorized to the personnel of !fca aary, ' ' - ' THREE ARE DEAD Early Morning Fire Caused by an Overheated Stove. Montreal, Feb 5. An early morn ing fire at 778 Cadieux street result ed in the death of three people and the possibly fatal injury of four oth ers. The dead are: Mrs Edward Crawford, 40 years old. Willie Crawford. 15 years. James Hogan, 23 years. : The injured are: Mrs Ethel Hogan,.' 22 years, burned on hands, face and arms cut, may die. . ' : James E. Hogan, 8 months, Infant son of Mrs Hogan, badly burned, may die. v Edward Crawford. , 40' years old, burned U over body, will probably die.'. . v ' Thomas Hare, 35 years, face and hands burned, may die. Three of the inmates. Mrs Hogan, with her infant; v and Thomas Hare, jumped from the second story of the burning house, rj The other occupant, Edward Crawford, was carried out after lie was badly burned. 1 The fire evidently started from' an overheated kitchen stove on the lower floor and spread to the sleeping apart ments. ' , - ''. :W AGENT SMITH TALKS. He Says Trades Unions Are Ready to fleet Any Emergency. . The board of education may bo the cause of -getting the city Into trouble with the labor unions of the city. In fact the , feolinci between the educa tional" board and the building trades council is already strained. This is due to the fact that the board is about to appoint two carpenters to the po sitions of school carpenters wlio are not union men. Agent T. G. Smith of the Carpenters' and Joiners' union said to-day: 'It looks as if the board of education was seeking trouble. If it is, we are' prepared for it. The rade unions in this city are well "or ganized and are very strong. They must '. not judge our strength by that of. the unions consisting of men ' who work in the factories." It is said that if , he non-union carpenters : are appointed, that no union man who is a painter, joiner, carpenter, plumber and so on, will do any work about the schools. , - ' . CROKER BACK AGAIN. New Yortt's Deposed Fire Chief Wins . ( His Case in the Court. New York, ' Feb 5.-Tbe appellant di vision of the supremo ., court KiJ"XtCf handed down a decision ' ordering "the reinstatement of Edward' F. Croker a-s chief of the fire department. Mr Croker was removed from office -early in the Ixwe administration.; He -is a nephew of Richard Croker. Fire Com missioner Hayes said when asked about the' decision: ' I will certainly obey the court's . mandate."; ANOTHER SUIT. Aunie Rudaiczute has entered ' suit against Gustaf Petschlog for the costs of the two trials1 of her case against th Rey Vincent Dlllonls, whom she has been keeping in jail for some time in default of the verdict of $300 award ed her in the district court. Petschlog was Dillonis's bondsman. She claims $100 damages. Six New Yovlc Theaters Cloned. NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Following a three hour conference with Corpora tion Counsel Delaney and Health Com missioner Darlington, Mayor McClel Ian ordered the following local thea ters closed as unsafe for public' per formances: Grand Opera House, Hur tig' & Seamon's, Huber's (theater parts), Madison Square, Princess . and Vaudeville. The reasonable requests of the departments for proper fire pre cautions were said to have been either resisted or Ignored. ' . ' . ' Sandford, the Pra.y jUadlam. . AUBURN, Me., Feb. 5. In the Sand ford trial here Rev. N. H. Harriman, formerly associated with Sandford, tes tified as to the conditions under which the members of the Holy Ghost and Us society lived. Ha said that all were compelled to acknowledge Sandford as the supreme ruler and obtained their daily food only through supplication and prayer, Sandford being the medium through which their petitions were, made. The witness said that when he Joined the church his authority over his own children, passed to Sandford. The defense called two witnesses in sup port of its contentions that medical aid was not refused the disciples and that Bartlett received proper care. Had Hcktt Laad of Sliver. ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 5. Two men giving the names of William Raymond and James Donohue have been arrest ed here by W. G. Baldwin, president of the Railway Special Agents' asso , elation, charged with cracking the safe in the National Bank of .Rocky Mount, Va., two weeks ago, when $4,000 in sil ver was taken. Eleven bags, contain ing $1,100 in silver, were found on the men. There is . still $2,900 missing. The money was buried near Rocky Mount, and the men are alleged to have gone there from Roanoke to get It Joaquin Vele to Be President. COLON, Feb. 5. The Royal Mall steamer Trent has arrived here from Savanilla and Cartagena and bring reports of great excitement at botb those places over the presidential elec tion. It is understood that General Rafael Reyes will carry the depart ment of Bolivar, but it is believed gen erally that the election to the presi dency i of Joaquin Velez is a positiv certainty. There is still much wai talk both at Savanilla and Cartagena, and it is asserted that Colombia will at ZZVli. X'&uauia ahAitbr. . - - CHARGE IS ROBBERY. New YorR Cabman In Trouble. Buffalo Woman Says He Tried to Rob Her Driven All Around the City and Then Tried to Escape. New York, Feb 5. A cabman known as Moffatt has just been held for trial on a 'charge of robbery made by Miss Clayborn Sheldon of Buffalo, who told 'Magistrate Barlow a remarkable story of heT arrival here as a stranger and her attempt to reach a reputable Broadway hotel through the medium of a cab. : . ... ; Miss Sheldon jcani from Buffalo January 15, she says, to seek a posi tion, having achieved at home some thing of a reputation as a vocalist. She had been directed to an up-town hotel, but,' at the Weehawken terminal of the railroad, took the ferryboat for Franklin street instead of West For. ty-second street, and landed down town. "I told the first cabman I met that I wanted to go to the hotel," said she. "Heisald it would cost $5, and I got into the cab. 1 f f ', , "I do not know how many miles I was driven, but hours passed, and it seemed to me as if I had made the circuit of the city several times. Every time I spoke to the cabman he said that we. were getting near the hotel.; .! '-v.v r ;.. "I , could not understand what the cabman meant and after we passed a familiar corner I stopped the cab, determined to get out. , " 'Where am I?' I said. '"You're near the hotel,' he re plied. "'Well, I, will walk the rest of the way, I said. "Then I tried to get out. The cab man seized me and forced me into the seat.v .-.. ; " 'You will not leave this cab,' said he, until you pay me $100.' I asked what for, and he told me to give up the money to avoid trouble.; "I screamed and he seized me , by the throat He told me to keep quiet for my own good, but I kept on fight ing ag well as I could. Then he threw a handkercuief over my face, il think it was 'saturated with chloroform. It made me sick. I ceased to struggle and do notreeall anything until some time afterward I found myself lying in a gutter. I was dazed and sick. After a while I was able to walk and found that I wag at Forty-ninth street and E4ghth avenue' nearly two ' miles tronr th e hotel." v i " ' The woman immediately sought a policeman to whom she told her story. She had been robbed of all her money, $45, a ring worth $175, her watch and many small articles. . Perhaps the most remarkable part of the affair which had occurred in a street which is crowded i night and day, then developed. From the wo man's description the policeman im mediately recognized the cabman ' and set out to find him. He has just aiv rested Moffatt in a distant section of the city ' and learned he retired from the cab driving profession "January 16, the .day after the hold-up. i.ae officer fully confirmed his part of -the adven ture and Moffatt was. identified In court by the complainant. , . . Stamford Town Hall Deatroyed. STAMFORD Conn., Feb. 5. Snow lying thick upon the roofs of adjacent buildings prevented a conflagration in the business section of this city as an accompaniment to the . complete de struction of the fine town hall on At lantic street. As if was, the blaz was so threatening to adjacent proper ty for a time that assistance was rush ed here in response to messages from Greenwich, Portchester, Norwalk and Bridgeport The town hall was con sidered, one of the finest in the state and when built in 1870 cost upward of $150,000. It is in ruins, and scarce ly any of its contents of any value were saved. The aggregate amount of the losses is not known, but it is placed at $175,000, and the chief item of in surance is $40,000 held by the town on the building. ' , Convreu Reception at White Honae. WASHINGTON, Feb. S.President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a reception at the White House in honor of the con-, gress. It was" the largest evening levee of the season thus far, and for almost two hours the president and Mrs. Roosevelt stood in line and wel comed the guests as they were intro duced by Colonel Symonds of the ar my. The other guests Included the supreme court, the diplomatic corps, who appeared in full court uniform; many well known officials and resi dents of Washington and members of the National Republican Editorial as sociation and the Republican Editorial association of New York state, who are holding their sessions here. Aoeel Taktn to New Tor le. WELLAND, Out, Feb. 5. Detective Collins has left here with J. N. Abeel for New Xori where Abeel is wanted to answer the charge of forgery in the second degree, alleged to have been committed while paying attention to Miss Eleanor Anderson under the name of J. Ogden Goelet. Mjaelc Greatly Improved. BOSTON, Feb. 5. Frank W. Mack, the newspaper man and lecturer, who was stricken seriously ill in Windsor, Vt., three weeks ago, has left Boston greatly improved for his home in Phelps, N. Y. WEATHER TOUECAST Forecast for Connecticut: Fair to night; Saturday cloudy, followed by snow; t warmer Saturday; light to fresh east to south .winds. , , O'GORMAN TO GO. Deposed Detective to Re signPolice Department TalK of . Town. - - Never has the police department of this city been in such a demoralized condition as it is to-day. Everything app-ears to be topsy-turvy. The men are disheartened and dlscouxaged. They do not feel liko working. They are not in the proper frame of 'mind to render the best of service to the city.i They are all, young and old, on the anxious seat. They, are worrying as to what will be the next move or the board . of public ' safety. ; What heads will be cut off next? is the ques tion that all 'are discussing when they happen to meet. This condition of aff alrs has been produced by what Baker Ielly, terms "the radical ' act of the board in dis missing three policemen' and retiring five others." Not only are the older, members of the police department worrying, but also the younger mem bers.' V ' One of the youngest and ablest po licemen on the force stated to a, re porter last, night that if he saw an op portunity of securing a fairly good po sition in a factory or store he will eagerly grasp it, though he should re ceive 25 or 50 cents less a day. The men are discouraged and disheartened with the criticism which they have been receiving from the city authori ties. They have hardships and di---cultles enough to encounter in tbe per formance of their duties without being summoned before the safety board every now and then. In connection with this demoralizing condition of affairs in the police de partment, it is stated that Patrolman Thomas O'Gornlan Is about to hand In his resignation. ; The primary cause of his rumored resignation is attributed to the fact that he- Is much displeased with the action of the safety board in reducing him from the detective force to the ranks of the patrolmen for no apparent reason. i When Sergeant Cahey resigned as detective some months ago, Lieutenant Dodds and Officers Kennaugh and O'Gorman were appointed as detec tives. They have done good work an. no complaints have been heard against them. The' three men worked hand in hand and there was no friction or eal ousy. It is doubtful if three other men could be found who would work so harmoniously, hortly after the new safety board was appointed, Oui cer O'Gorman was removed and ' Offl place. . The former detective Is consid ered one of the ablest men on the force and his retirement would be a distinct loss to the department. ' It is said that he intends to enter business. The safety board is being harshly criticised on all sides not only by demo ocrats but also by republicans. The statements of Baker Thomas Kelly in last;; evening's . Democrat ; appear ... to, voice the sentiment ot a . large major ity of the people in the city. ,' It was said to-day that at the meet ing of the board of safety called for 4 o'clock this afternoon in the tower, five ; policemen will be placed on the reserve . list, two discharged and one resignation received and accepted. There may not be any truth in this, but whether there is or not little else is being talked of and it goes with out saying, that, all the officers are more or less upset over what is going on, for no man knows from one mo ment to .another 1 when someone will come along and tell him that his head has been cut off. Many claim that when the board gets through with Its weeding out process it should make the fact known by issuing a card to the effect that for the present the axe had been buried. A"GAME:::"v: OF BLUFF. Cost England Good Bit, However. Sir v Henry Bannerman V Gives Inside Facts Away He Says That Cham berlain Thought Boers Were Only Bluffing. London, - Feb 5. An interesting lit tle bit of ante-war. history was re vealed by the liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, in the house of commons to-day,- in the course of the debate on the amendment to the ad dress in reply to the speech from the throne moved , yesterday by Mr Rob son, liberal, setting forth that the evi dence presented to the war commis sion disclosed grave mismanagement and negligence on the part of the gov ernment during the South African war. Referring to Joseph Chamberlain's jibes at the attitude of the opposition when Mr Chamberlain yesterday de fended the coutsc of the government toward the Transvaal, Sir Henry said that when Mr Chamberlain interviewed him June 20, 1899, prior to the war, and asked him if the opposition would support the government in sending out 10,000 troops to Cape Colony, he, Mr Henry, expressed surprise, whereupon Mr Chamberlain said: "You need not bo alarmed. There will be no fighting. We know those fellows won't fight Wo are playing a game of bluff." As a result, Sir Henry added, the opposition refused to relieve the gov ernment of any responsibility regard ing the course it chose to pursue. The statement of Sir Henry was greeted with mars of laughter from the opposition benches. Mr Chamberlain, In reply, said he did not remember using the word "bluff." His only object in approach ing Sir Henrwas to make sure that the South African ouestion should not oe treated In a party spirit, so that the Boers might be convinced of tho earnestness , of Great Britain. . JAPS ARE GOING. Steamers Loaded Ready to Sail. Russian Troops Ready to i f. Seize North Korea New Rule Regarding Sending of Telegrams Japan Well Prepared. St Petersburg, Feb S.Advices from Vtladivostock say that over a thousand Japanese girls embarked there for J apan yesterday and that three other . steamers are on the point of sailing for Japan with Japanese f ainiilies, including many who left tho Nikolskoye and Ussuri regions on Wednesday last. London, Feb 5.--A dispatch to the Central News agency from Toklo says that the newspapers there publish tel egrams saying that 20.000 Russian troops have been concentrated in the Yalu .valley, with the probable : inten tion of seizing North Korea. It is added that hope of maintaining peace has been abandoned. New York, Feb 5. Significant an nouncement, that telegrams for Japan and Korea can be accepted only at the sender's risk, was made to-day by the Commercial Cable company, which has received the following dispatch from its manager in China : "From to-day telegrams to Japan and Korea can only be accepted at the sender's risk." - London, Feb 5. Yuam-Shi-Kal, commander of the, Chinese imperial army and navy, and the vice presi dent of the war board, have , memori alized the throne, urgently insisting upon an offensive and def ensiv.e alli ance with Japan in regard to Man churia cables the Shanghai corre spondent of the London Globe this af ternoon. ; : The memorialists, the cor respondent adds, maintain that Japan is better prepared for war than Rus sia and Is more disinterested. London, Feb 5. Both the' Russian ambassador and the Japanese minis ter called -at the foreign office this morning. U The Russian ambassador was granted' the use of the telegraph of the -colonial office. , , 1 - , - ; .. crrYNEWs , Mrs C, Riley and son of Waterbury are visiting Mra Patrick , Judd ' of Port Jervis. 4 We Have Awakened an Interest IN THE BUYING' PUBLIC By the remarkable bargains on depend able merchandise we are offering dur ing this 10 DAY SALE of ours only a few days left. Sale closes Saturday At the prices we are offering on Clothing, ; Furnishing goods and Shoes it, will pay you to buy for future use. . . Men's Overcoats Full Silk lined.the $28.00 Mnd Now $18.50 Included at this price are a few long belted coats, made in plain black and fancy effects. Men's Overcoats, the $22.00 and . $20.00 kind now $14.50 Some made in regular cuts, others of the long belted style, in blacks and fancy cheviots. Men's Suits. Particular values at $9.75 The kind that sell for $15,00 , and $13.50. ,, Men's Suits, particular values $14.50 The kind tnat sell for $22.00 and $20.00, all the different cuts to fit all shapes. JONES, GIRL STUDENT. Insulted at College of Ken-tucKy-Guilty One Driv en Out. Lexington, Ky, Feb 5. The board of discipline of the state college of Kentucky Is sitting to-day to consider a sensational case which may go to court Miss Hargis. 18 years old, daughter of Judge J. H. Hargis, of Breathitt county, who ils a student in the college, charges that she has beau insulted frequently by ' . Luke Mil ward, a Lexington student, and sub jected to taunts because of her fath er's alleged connection with Breathitt county's turbulent politics. Judge Hargis is here and demands that the colleges take action. The mountain students took the girl's part, f and j ejected Milward from the grounds at points of revolvers Muward may i be expelled. . . ' DURANT IS OUT. Attorney Meigs WUr Now TaRe Up ',, ' Duties of Prosecutor. Attorney IL It. Durant and the city court of which for : seven years he ; has been1 prosecuting officer, parted company to-day. ' A week ago last Thursday he was to have retired, but, owing to the interposition of, friends, he was allowed to remain until he was ready to go south, his health be ing rather poor, i lie will be succeed ed by Attorney Charles B. Meigs, who has been identified" with Judge Bur pee's office for some time. . Mr Du rant has been a holdover for the last two or three terms of Judge Burpee's judgeship. Both Mr Durant and his successor ' are Yale graduates. The latter was born in Oxford, June 1. 1872. REGISTRARS ARE BUSY. Session Will be Continued Until Nino 0'ClocK To-Night. The registrars are In seslon to-day and will keep open until 9 o'clock to night,. People who have changed their residence since last election, "tfnd it would not be a bad, plan for every elector whether he has changed or not, who wants to make sure that his name is on the list to call upon them. The primaries to elect delegates to choose representatives to. the national conven - tions wlll be held in June, so that un less your name is on the books air you can do is look on at the scramble. If you cannot attend to, It to-day , don't let' it go over a week from , to-day, Avheh the registrars will have another session, which will be the last until next August, too late for the primar ies toT'Kfc-delegates to the national conventions. ' ' ., t MORGAN & CO ANOTHER ; . SHAKE UP. Charity Board is Getting Ready. " i' ' 1 ' " ": v , .', ' Mnran find Dnran C1nfM ft Go 'Tis Said Messrs Scofield. and Atwood , " Are to be the New Of ficials. What appeared to be a well found ed rumor was In circulation to-day to the effect that the department of char ities got together ; last night behind closed doors and did "something." It was said .that Mr Moran of the alms house was dropped 'and Wallace D. Scofield elected to fill the vacancy. An other resolution , said to have heen passed sent Superintendent Doran out and put Henry W. " Atwood ' at the helm.; The rumors could not be veri fied, . however, but. judging . by what has been ,v: picked up from " ; various sources, no session was held last night, but one will soon be called at which! such action as has been reported will be taken. Some of the most Influen tial men in 'the city, including leading republicans, have been conducting an uphill fight since last January to. save Mr Moran and Mr Doran; but the ma chine men have stubbornly; Tefused to, yield and maintained from the outset that nothing short of what they won will eatisfy them. It is admitted that Superintendent Doran is a valuable man in uis position, but the party lead ers want to gfVe Mr Atwood a show. Nothing Is alleged against the faith ful keeper of the Brookslde home ex cept, perhaps, that his family is too large and it is safe to predict, that this is the highest feather in the regent's cap, The new administration fotfnd very competent " men in every position and, to give them their due,' the re candid enough to acknowledge tbe corn.-;,:V ';'; '' . -'. ,;-,vv."-;, f.-; "'"",; '' SCHOOL; OF HOUSEKEEPING. , In addition to the two new evening classes in cookery whjch open Monday and Tuesday of next week, two uew classes in the use of the chafing dish are belnk formed at ! the Friendly league school of housekeeping. These classes i will open , Tuesday and Thurs day of ther week after next at 9:30 a. m. ! and will meet ' each Tuesday and Thursday morning during Lent Ap plication and. registration to be made in the office of the , superintendent , , v-k'V'fr.,.: , A farmer named Shaw, living in OakYllle;i joft; ,300, gallons of milk on North square this, noon his team Tun ning away and upsetting the sleigh. ill MEN'S, BOYS AND CHILDREN'S Shoes. Men's Shoes, the $3. 50. kind, Now $2,45 Boys Shoes, $2.00 kind Now $125 Children's Shoes, $1.50 1 kind, , Now $1.00 Furnishjhg Goods. Men's Negligee Shirts, the $1.00 kind' - Now 59c Manhattan Shirts, $2.50 and $2.00 kind ' Now $L39 f 'i : t s i