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iVOL. XVII, NO. 63.
WATERBURY, CONN, - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1904.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
JAPAN WANTS UN
-RUSSIA'S SPACE AT THE
: ST. LOUIS w
Elussia Disgruntled Over War Gives Up Her t Exhibit Japs
Torpedoed Two More Warships and Got Away
Without a Scratch1 15,000 Troops EmbarKing
, from Nagasaki Heavy Storm Last Sunday Saved
the Russians Another Disastrous DefeatVessels of
, the Japs XJiiiable to MaKe Port Arthur on Account
of Gale.
j&t'ljouls, Feb 17. Upon the heels of
. he announcement from St Petersburg
'chat kussia -will abandon her proposed
exhibit to the Louisiana Purchase ex
position, Mr , Hajimeota, as commls-.
eloper general from Japan, has an
nounced that every foot of exhibit
space that is given up ' by Russia -will
; fee' applied for by Japan. , The Japan
se commissioner states that the com-
mission,- has ample ' exhibit material
here or on its' way from Japan -with
which to fill the additional space. In
fact, one of the difflcnltiea that con.
- fronted the commission from Ue urBt
swas .the question of not how largely
they could make their exhibit, but how
best to" confine it within the space .al
lotted. " . ; -. : ''''Xf'''l.
London Feb 17.- A ' dispatch to the
6t James Gazette from Kobe, Japan,
Sn reporting te Japanese naval attack
on Port' Arthur,; February 14, says the
Russian guardship dn the harbor and
another Russian warship lying outside
the harbor were torpedoed and , that
lift; tltXJVUUm?1f IVK'U nuui""
Ing any injury.
'.'-'. ;- t ,'-' '" '. -v '.
, Shanghai, . Feb 17. The following
.v telegram has been received from Na
Sasaki, -under dateof February 15:
i "Fifteen thousand troops are em
barking on transports to-day. ? Their
borers are in poor, condition. Two
damagediwarahips. are. here waiting
go into dry' dock.?? , . . ,
;Tokio, Feb. 17. A heavy storm
spared tie Russians from a desperate
.torpedo, attack: at Port Arthur on the
r marnjng of- Sunday, . the 14th - Inst.
. during the preceding night the, vessels
of the Japanese flotilla of torpedo craft
. were parted- by the force . of the' wind
and waves, in va blinding snow storm,
. so that only two of the largest destroy
ers succeeded in forcing their , way
through the fierce gale to Port Arthur.
Whsa they arrived there tliey attacked
separately, and the" facers of one of
the are confident that they succeeded
in'torpeodihg a" Russian warship.' The
: destroyer Aaargiri, in charge Of Lieu
ten ant-Commander Ishikawa, arrived
off Port Arthur about S o'clock in the
- morning and "was met by a sharp fire
from the fortress and' Russian ships
acting as scouts. The Asargiri dis
charged, Several torpedoes at a' big
warship, but the result is unknown.
'A cannonade was opened upon the
scouting .vessels .and maintained until
they 'withdrew. The destroyer Ileya
tory, ' Lieutenant-Commander . Take
houchi, ' arrived two "hours after the
'Asargiri and ran up close to the mouth
of .the harbor, where -she found two
wars hips, names unknown. She fired
a torpedo at one and 'the" torpedo ex
ploded. ' Admiral .Togo, in' reporting the at
tack, says although the results are un
.' known, be feels sure the moral effect
upon the enemy will, be, excellent. .
j Commander Nagai commanded, the
irntire torpedo : flotilla . '., The num ber . of
j the- craft in the flotilla and the point
! f .their departure is concealed.' -
- . pIPORTANT MOVEMENT. 4
Faris, Feb 17. An official dispatch
received here this morning from Toklo
1 announces that one of the most impor
tant , movements of Japanese troops
yet made Is occurring to-day. ' One of
the main branches of the army, con
sisting of three divisions and Including
a division of guards, is now going on
iboard transports. The previous land
ings of Japanese forces In Korea and
elsewhere are said here to have : been
small compared with this simultaneous
sailing of three divisions, aggregating
approximately r an armyof 30,000 or 50,
000 men. .: 'x he Japanese authorities, it
Is added, - had taken . every precaution
to prevent Information from , going out
In regard to the embarkation and the
destination of this army. It is believed
that the destination of this force is a
point near the mouth of the Yalu river
or a spot on the Liao-Turig peninsula,
flanking Port Arthur. ,
Another official dispatch says a Jap
anese transport has been sighted off a
town south of. the mouth of tue Yaiu
river. . This, it is added, Is not con
nected with the embarkation of the
three divisions referred to, but is con
sidered to be a confirmation of the re
port that -the town off which the
transport- was seen is to be one of the
bases of the land operations of the Jap
anese.' ; ' ' C.'
TROOPS ARRIVING DAILY
Port Arthur, Tuesday, Feb. 16
Troops are arriving here contihuously
arid the" mobilization, of the forces '.is
making excellent progress. The . f ort
tresS Is ' now thoroughly.' prepared' to'
withstand a siege and is regarded as
inaccessible. . v.'.; ;
i General Strossel has issued a reas
suring proclamation to the populace.
The reports that the Japanese have
concentrated about 60.000 troops at
Wohson, (on the east coast of Korea
with the object of .entering Manchuria
are confirmed.-- J v . !
; NURSES' OFFER ACCEPTED.
.Washington, Feb 17. The Japan
ese mfinister reoleved a cablegram to
day from hia government, accepting
the offer to go to Japan of Dr. AniJa
Newcomb McGee of Washington,
who ( will take a1 party of ; trained
nurses ;who have seen service in the
field arid in the hospitals of the' Unit
ed States. No one is eligible except
graduate curses who have been in the
jarmy. ' v
WlIIi'ATTACK RUSSIA. .
Vancouver, B. C, lb 17. Mattt
Kurriki, haad of the labor party in
Finland, Is in Vanocuver, and says tuat
Finland is supplied with munitions of
war and will rise in a body and at
tack. Russia, thus .aiding Japan in her'
struggle. ,.; ... : "
Shanghai, Feb, 17. Baron de Rosen,
late. -Russian, ministerto ; Japan, has
Just arrived here on the French steam
er Yarra. He is staying at the Rus
sion consulate. ; vr; 1 : ' -
Washington, Feb. 17. Mr Allen,
the .American i minister at Seoul, ca
bles the state department that Wiju
has been declared open to the com
merce of the world by the ; .Korean
government. - 1 ' '
' " ' " ',',' ' ' ' '
' USE OF RADIUM.
Rain Water Can be Turned Inte Min-
' eral Water.
Chicago, Feb 17. A dispatch from
Ann Arbor, Mich, says:
The possibility, of using radium to
convert ordinary f rain and well water
into mineral water, more highly medi
cinal than any known natural' mineral
-water, has been' demonstrated at the
University . of Michigan in a series of
experiments covering the , last ten
weeks.
Injected into cancers this water
stopped pain In ten minutes. Patients
now under the radium water treatment
Include one with a cancer of eighteeu
years' standing, t and some of the or
dinary nose and breast cancers. The
eighteen year cancer has had six
week- of water treatment and from
the first five minutes after app'yini?
water pain has been almost wholy ab
sent. In each of the other cases pains
stopped immediately and several suf
ferers were released from the mor
phine habit Which had been forced
upon them.
HEAVY GALES REPORTED
- New York, Feby 17. Steamers ar
riving ,; to-day all . report heavy . gales
and-very cold weather, - the steamer
Statendam, from Rotterdam and Bou
logne reporting almost a hurricane
yesterday. The steamers', decks were
covered with ice a foot thick aud the
winches and deck gear were heavily
coated. The steerage passengers suf
fered considerably while waiting for
the inspection at quarantine. , Te
transport Sumner, from Havana, the
steamer Priladelphia. from La Gualra
and the Herniation from China, also
showed evidence of severe cold weath
er. . '.; . - , DEGREE CUT OUT.
Chicago, Feb 17. The faculty of
the College of Liberal Arts has decld
Pd1 that the degree, of bachelor of phi
losophy no longer be - conferred at
Noi'thwestern university. The re
quirements for the degrees of bachelor
of arts and sciences have been.'
Changed SC ag to dema.ni ouiy out?
ancient lau;ruage, Latin or Greek. The
effect is to unify the requirements for
the arts and philosophy degrees and
the latter is discontinued.
FOUND IN FIRE RUINS
New York Feb. 17, After o"fire in
her room o-i East 42d street had been
extinguished, the body of Henrietta
Schwartz was found burned to a crisp
to-day. The police think the woman
may have been robbed and murdered
and the fire started to cover the
crime. - The - woman dealt in money
and Jewelry and was eccentric. A
safe in her rooms was found open butj
It sprevious contents are not known. J
LB S FAIR.
BOAT OWNERS.
Protesting Against Bill to
Regulate Small Power
v.-v;; Boats. -
Washington, Feb. 17. Protests are
being received by the dozen from pow.
er boat owners in Connecticut against
the bill to further regulate small boats
of all kinds. The bill 'proposes to place
all power boats under the same rules'
and regulations, which would practi
cally, compel them to use pilots and
engineers, no matter how small the
boat may be. The Hartford Yacht
club has sent down to the Connecticut
members a strong protest against this
bill, arid the owners of small craft
in Connecticut have protested Individ
uallyl. 't;::: " -,- , . -
A hearing will be held on the bill
on the 18th of this month. The New
York Yacht club and , the Atlantic
Yacht club have appointed committees
to appear against ''the bill at this hear
ing..V.:''. ' 'V;'-: V
The Connecticut members of con
gress have 'received the , resolutions
adopted by the Connecticut Sons of
the American Revolution, relative to
printing information to be gathered
from the Claims of revolutionary sol
diers. The resolutions are as follows:
; ;.".Whereas,there is a .mass .of .gene
alogicab data burled in., the laira pa
pers at Washington, of great value to
the historical student and especially to
the descendants of these soldiers, and
Whereas, it is desirable "that this in
formation should be printed;
. . Resolved, . tnat the Connecticut So
ciety," Sons of the American Revolu
tion urge its representatives in con
gress tor promote ,the enactment of
such legislation as will secure the pub
lication of the same."
All the members df the Connecticut
delegation are also in receipt of the
resolutions recently adopted by , the
Connecticut Lumber Dealers Associa
tion in behalf of the bill for the pur
chase of a -national forest -X'eserve in
the White Mountains The resolutions
set forth that the forests of the
White ' Mountain regions largely con
serve and control the water sheds of
several of the New England rivers;
natnely: the Connecticut, the Merri
mac and the Saco, thus directly link
ing this problem to vast commercial
interests in five out of the six New
England states. In the state of Con
necticut the interests of navigation on
the Connecticut river alone make It
proper that this bill should pass con
gress. , '
The resolutions also speak of the
benefits that would be derived from a
national sanitorlum in the White
Mountains, and It is also urged that If
the trees are continually being cut
year after year, the beauty and health
fulness of the White Mountains will
be destroyed.
FOUND TOE BONDS.
Grand-daughter of Late Thomas Wil
son Had Been Searching 12 Tears.
New York, Feb. 17.- A fortune in
high-class railroad bonds has been
found by the granddaughter and heir
ess of Thomas Wilson, of Westchester
after a search of 12 years.
When Wilson died no trace of his
wealth could be found although he
was known tohava possessed a con
siderable fortune accumulated in
building. Mrs Lizzie Pell, his grand
daughter, instituted immediate search
but without success until a safe de
posit box was found in his name in
a Long Island bank. It contained
$26,500 in bonds of high grade and pa
pers showing the investment else
where of a large sum, estimated by
some persons at $200,000. -
T0WNE SPEAKS OUT.
He Says the Silver Issue and Free
Coinage Are Settled.
, New York, Feb 17. In a speech be
fore the Democratic club, former Sen
ator Charles . Towne has declared,
in discussing the next platform of his
party, that the democrats of the west
are willing to relegate the silver issue.
The free coinage question, he is quoted
as having said, has been settled by an
increase in the world's gold supply,
and that while matters remain as they
are the people do not care anything
about it.
WEATHER "FORECAST
Forecast for Connecticut: Fair, and
continued cold to-night. Thursday in
creasing cloudiness and slowly , rls'ng
temperature. Fresh to brisk norther
ly winds.- ' . '
SENATOR BANNA'S ' .
FUNERAL HELD TO-DAY.
;; :i '' --T7T-- - -.
CasKet Borne Into Senate Chamber The President and
Cabinet and Many Visitors Present Mrs. Hanna
Leaning on the Arm of Her Son The Last to
Arrive-The Dead Man's First Meeting With
the Late President McKinley.
" Washington, Feb 17 The funeral
of the late Senator Marcus Ilanna was
held to-day in : the senate chamber.
Seldom has a more distinguished bouy
of people been collected in Washingtoxr
and scarcely has been instituted a
more impressive proceeding. Gath
ered about the bier were tne presi
dent and members of his vcabinet..
Near by sat the chief justices and as
sociate justices of the supreme, court
of; the -United States in their , black
robe8 of onice. xae desk of the late
senator was heavily draped.
The services began shortly after 12
o'clock. The casket was borne into
the chamber by a squad of the Capitol
police. Thfe casket was banked with
flowers which were sent In great pro
fusion. Senator Fryeland president
pro temporary stood in front of jthe
chair as the body was borne to Its rest
ing place; The senate was called to
order and the senators took their sats
at the fall of the gavel., Immediately
afterwards the house f representatives
with Speaker Cannon at its head "was
.announced and filed slowly in, taking
the seats assigned to them, v
President Roosevelt with the mem
bers of . his cabinet were then an
nounced, and "all present arose. The
presidential party was escorted by
Colonel Symons and Commander
WInslow in full ' uniforms. Twenty
minutes later Mrs Hanna, leaning upon
the arm of her son, Daniel R. Hanna,
entered and took a seat in the front
row. ''',
HANNA AND M'KINLEY.
, it is a curious fact that when Hanna
first met McKinley the men were on
opposite sides. Hanna, a coal . mine
owner, had . had some 1 trouble with
some miners. -Some of the strikers
overstepped the bounds of law and
were arrested. McKinley, then a young
lawyer, defended' them with marked
success. Hanna was attracted to the
man who could' oppose 'him and carry
off the flag of victory. He sought, him
out, became 'convinced of v. his worth
and ability and won him over:; The
men first liked then loved each other.
The business man in Cleveland watched
the man in politics in Canton, saw him
steadily rise in public life, kept always
in touch with him, encouraged and up
held him.' The two men complemented
ach other. Hanna" was , aggressive,
McKinley was; conservative. Hanna
could not utter a word in public, Mc
Kinley was a graceful, "persuasive,
forceful orator. Hanna kept close to
the hard, practical world,' McKinley
"occasionally dwelt among the clouds.
There were some points, too,' where
the men touched each other, and at
' these; points their friendship was Hce
mented by mutual feeling. v C
McKinley was also confident that his
opportunity had come. Twice before
he had seen the honor of a nomination
drifting toward him, but each time he
had stepped aside. In 1894 the field
seemed clear and the . elements pro
pitious. Hanmi, knowing how McKin
ley had steadily risen. a public esteem,
suggested bis candidacy for f the pres
idency. The Republican leaders, for
some reason, were averse to the sug
gestion. Hanna thereupon determined
to take the matter in his own hands.
McKinley was summoned to the fa
mous conference at Thomasvllle, Ga.,
Hanna's winter home, and went deter
mined to meet the tide of fortune at
its flood.'' .
Long before ; the convention assem
bled at St. Louis the result was a fore
gone conclusion. From almost every
state came delegates pledged to Mc
Kinley. Their duty was perfunctory.
They had merely to answer when their
names were called. When they ar
rived at St. Louis they went to a little
room in the Southern hotel to meet the
man who had marshaled ' them tinder
one flag. That little room, with Hanna
coatless and perspiring, lyas the focus
of the convention. i .The man who had
been a mere delegate In the ranks, who
had then risen to be the chairman of
his state delegation, was now the cen
tral figure of a great convention, the
general of a mighty army.
. The convention over ' and Hanna's
purpose being , accomplished, he pro
posed, to again return to his desk. As
he was packing up his papers in his
room at the hotel) Henry C. Payne,
now postmaster general, entered and
invited him to1 meet some gentlemen
upstairs. Hanna complied. He found
about fifty men assembled.
"Mr. Hanna," said one of them
abruptly, "we have elected you chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee." v
. In that sudden and almost startling
manner Mr. . Hanna was made ac
quainted with his selection. Mr. Han
na hesitated for a . few moments, then
accepted.
In this fashion Mr. Hanna went to
the head of the Republican national or
ganization. He became not only a new
figure in American politics, but the
embodiment of a new Idea. With his
ascendency all political methods were
revolutionized. Campaigns had been
previously managed oy professional
politicians, but with the advent of
Mr. Hanna the business man came to
the front. Practical ideas succeeded
theoretical issues. Of all the remarka
ble developments of the campaign of
1896, a campaign which includes a
most Interesting Chapter in Mr. Han
na's life, this fact stands out most
prominentthat under Mr. Hanna busi
ness finally dominated pontics. Nor is
there any likelihood that the Ameri
can people will ever return to their an
cient ways
rvitn me accession of President
Roosevelt Mr. Hanna's influence at the
White House increased rather than di
minished. He was regarded as the
new president's closest adviser. In the
course of time the president and Mr.
Hanna drew apart a little, through dif
ferences on public questions, but they
were never near an open break, and
recent talk of Hanna's opposition to
Mr. Roosevelt's nomination' met with
the most emphatic . rebukes from both
men. President Roosevelt was a' daijy
caller at the senator's hotel during his
last illness. -
THREE INJURED.
Panic Caused By Fire in
New YorK Tenement
House. ... .
New York. Feb 17. Three persona
were injured in a panic caused by
fleeing tenants, several families were
rescued from upper floors and a num
ber of , children narrowly escaped be
ing trampled to death in a lire In a
five-story tenement' to-day on West
Fifth Third street A large number
of fires have occurred in. the same
block . wtlthUb. the last few" weeks and
the oHgin of the fire will be investi
gated. ThS injured were taken to the
"hospital and .it is thought wjll all re
cover. - ; The damage was $2,500.
'. The fire was discovered by Mary
Haley, who carried her invalid mother
down stairs, leaving her just inside
the door while sbetvent back for
clothing. Before she returned her
mother had been trampled upon by a
rushing mob of escaping tenants and
seriously hurt. In the pan4c the nine
months old infant of John Hayes was
jostled from his arms, falling over the
balustrade from the third floor, where
it landed on the backs of some women
and was knocked unconscious. Mrs
Annie Walsh fell from the fire escape,
breaking several ribs and suffering In
ternal Injuries.'' ,'
MURDERED IN BOSTON.
Police LooKlng for Slayer of Han
Killed in Boarding House.
' Boston, Feb. 17. Maynor D. Trus
selle was murdered this afternoon in
a lodging house at 208 West Spring
field street.. . The police have, institut
ed a cearch for Eugene L. Stafford,
thirty years of age, who is supposed
to have done the shooting. Mrs Staf-
! ford, wife of the suspected man, was
i present when the murder took place!
The Staff ords have- - been separated
, and the discovery by the . husband
r that . Trusselle was in the apartments
j of Mrs Stafford is supposed to have
J lead to the shooting; Trusselle was
was twenty-four, years of age.-
CREW IS SAFE. ,
Hyanndsr, Massi. Feb 17. All doubt
concerning ,he safety of the crew oi
the British schooner Scotia Queen,
which has been In distress during the
past week was removed toni&y by the
arrival or the tug lhigh, which re
ported the men safe on board their
own vessel. The schooner is lyaig
four miles off - Bass river.. There is
much drift ice. but the - vessel . is in
no danger. She ha no water in her
hold as reported last night. A signal
for a, water supply was mistakenly in
terpreted as meaning that the craft
was waterlogged. The Scotta Queen
Is bound from River Herbert, NN S.,
for New York with lumber. '
DESTROYED BY FIREv
New York, Feb 17. All the minutet,
records, rules and other data gathered
since the beginning of,, the American
Athletic union in 1888 have been de
stroyed in the fire which has gutted .
Holbert's restaurant building at 16 tad
18 Park place. The records were on
file in the office of Secretary Sullivan
of the A. A. U., who is also a director
of sports for the St Louis exposition.
Besides this matter, which probably
cannot be replaced, Sullivan lost a ! val
uable lot of curios, photographs and
books collected during forty years by
the late Will' am B. Curtis, "father of
American athletics," who was frozen
to death while attempting to sca-e
Mount Washington.
TRANSPORT ARRIVES.
New York, Feb 17. The United
States transport Sumner arrived . last
night from , Havana and Pensacola
with sixty-seven men of the Seven
teenth company, coast artillery, the
last of the' United States troops to
leave Cuba. These men will be sent
to Fort Washington, Ad. The Sum
enr landed at Pensacola, the Nine
teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second
companies, coast artillery. "
MAY BE RECALLED.
London, r Feb 17. In a dispatch'
from Vienna, the correspondent of
the Daily Chronicle repeats the rumor
to the effect that Count Casslnrt, the
Russian ambassador at Washington,
ds to be recalled for failure to keep his
government properly informed of the
state of feeling in the United States.
BOILER EXPLODED.
New London. Feb 17. The explo
sion of a boiler used to heat the bar
racks at Fort Trumbull at 8:20 this
morning caused' damage to the extent
of 500. ; The exact cause of the ex
plosion is a csystery. The boiler .was
completely wr&s&e. -
ANOTHER OF THE EX-
TROLLEYMEM ARRESTEE
Willis Vandemartt Brought Down From Torrington
He is Charged With Perjurr Case Againist
James Wheelerv for Burglary: First, one Called
Up To-Day-Jury Found Him Guilty After
Deliberating Ten Minutes-He Was Given Six
Months in Jail.
Willis Vandemark was arrested lastr'
evening by Sheriff Gillette in Torring
ton, where he has been employed-for
some time. When arrested 'he said he
was Innocent of the crime charged and
that his conscience was clear. He was
Immediately brought to town and
locked up ia the police station. Marsa
was taken to jail last night, being un
able to furnish the $1,500 ball, and
was brought to town . this ' morning
with the other prisoners awaiting trial
in the superior court. -arsh was held
in the cells in the court bouse, while
Vandemark was kept In the police sta
tion. ,
, Promptly at 10 o'clock to-day Judge
Wheeler ahd the criminal jury pre
sumed business in the superior court,
taking up the case - agatfist James
v heeler, charged with attempting on
January 1 to break into the saloon of
Maituew Watts, situated at the cmner
of .brown and J2ast Main streets. s At
torney 'Mcurath, appointed to defend,
moved that the incuctmnt be quasued
on the ; grounus that it was defective,
inasmucn as that it merely alleged an
attempt rat burglary ' wltnout stating
the aiieged overt act The motion was
granted, whereup the indictment was
amended and the case proceeded. The
vital evidence was given by Policeman
Dodds. It was to the effect that in
consequence of ; what - a Chinese told
him, he stood near Watts's saloon and
heard the crash of glass in the rear.
He went around and saw a man jump
off the steps leading up to the saloon,
and hesCaught Wmiam Wilcox as he
was shouting "Come -on. He aiter
wards arrested Wheeler in a barn in
the, alley way Tear x; of v Poll's theater,
atter firing a shot, at . him. Wheeier
and" Wiioox were confronted with each
other in the police station and W ilcox
admitted that Wheeler was his com
panion, in the alleged crime.
Attorney MctJrath wanted the officer
to, dra w a diagram of the steps in the
back of the saloon, but he declined on
the grounds that he was no sketch
artist, though he , knew the buiiding
well. ? . ,;
vl Sergeant Cahey corroborated I the
above evidence regarding the identifi
cation in the police station, and .added
that at first Wilcox denied Wheeler
was his companion. In identifying
him Wilcox said, putting out his right
hand, "Jimmy, tne Jig is up. It was a
well planned job." -
Detective Keegan put another
clincher in the case by stating that
about 12:45 that night he saw accused
and ' Wilcox together on East Main
street.
Wheeler then took the. stand in his
defense. . He said his age is 20 and his
occupation hostler. : He got Wilcox,
who was drunk, out of a row in a lunch
cart and f was taking him across East
Main street when Wilcox suggested
breaking into, a store. , Wheeler tried
to argue him out of the idea, but "Wil
cox said he would be as well off in Jail
as out of it They parted in thefrear
of Watts's galoon and a moment later
Wilcox broke a window in the saloon
and Wheeler ran to the barn, where
he was arrested.; -;:TV. : .
; Wilcox testified that he had been
drinking for ten days before1 his ar
rest and remembered ' nothing whatso
ever about the case. - " ;
The case went to the jury at 12.30,
and after ten minutes' ; deliberation
brought in a verdict of guilty. He
was sentenced to six months in Jail.
The case of Martin McEvoy was
then called. He is charged with bur-'
glary, in stealing a silver watch and
a gold ring from the home of Jacob
ArbS.J- ; ..i.'1,... :,.:.:; !
The case against Willis Vandemark
it is expected will be called next for
the purpose of fixing his bond. I
No more arrests were made to-day i
In connection with the bench warrants f
Issued for the apprehension of a num-J
ber of the nime trolleymen who were .
found Innocent of the charge of com-;
mitting the Faber switch assault andi
who are now wanted on the charge of
perjury. It is said that warrants have
been issued for all of the nine strikers
with the exception of Brearton and 'v
Gulre.- The former did not testify at
the time of the trial. McGulre test!
fled but it is believed that he did not
commit perjury. All of the men want
ed, It is said.'are out of town and per
haps out- of the state. ' Clifford Van
demark Is reported to be out west
while Winnegar and Warren are said
to be working somewhere in New York
state. . ,..::......:
PNEUMONIA RAGING.
Chicago Hospitals Hare Many Pa
tients III With the Diseaso.
Chicago, Feb 17. Nearly every hos
pital' in the city has one or more cases
of pneumonia, while the less serious
diseases are even more prevalent.
Added to these are the far greater
number of cases treated at . homes,
making the list of sufferers a long
one. The situation is complicated iy
the fact that nearly every one of Chi
cago's big hospitals , is filled and un
able to take any more patients.
At the county hospital there are
patients, leaving but one vacant bed.
Conditions are similar In the other
large hospitals. Of the 661 deaths re
ported last week by the health depart
ment, 175 were from pneumonia while
thirty-seven were from cases of bron
chitis and influenza. ;
LOST A sum of money between Sco
vlll Mfg Co's and Cole st, Feb -17.
- Finder please return to No 873 Bank
street. , . v
AGAINST TAXES.
Albanians Bise in Revolt
Against Powers of Mac- :
' , 0 . .; "; ';;f ' , ,; edonia. '-p ''' . , 1
; Constantinople, Feb. 17 Sixteen
thousand Albanians are in revolt In
the district of Diakova against the re
form plans of the powers for Macedo
nia and obnoxious taxes. In conflicts
which have taken place between Al
banians and Ottoman troops the lat
ter 1 were worsted, Large reinforce
ments have been despatched to DLa-
lcova. The Albanians attacked tbjo
town of Diakova February 13 a and -plundered
and burned a number ' of
houses. Turkish forces subsequently
attacked the insurgent's-, main position
at BabajhosL but were repulsed wtb
heavy loss. ' '.
Feverish activity continues among
the Turkish authorities on the Bulgar-j
ian frontier, ih accumulating stores
and repairing roads for the expected
massing of troops. , ,
entered a Convent.
The Youngest Daughter of Governor
HcCalloQh of Vermont.
Benington; Vt, Feb 17. It is an
nounced here that Miss Ella McCul- i
lough, youngest daughter of Governor '
.ohn G. McCullough of Vermont, has 1
entered the convent of the Sisterhood j
of St Mary, an Episcopal order which
has its mother, house near Peeksklll,
N. Y. Although 'her family are Con.
gregationalists, Miss McCullough has
for some time been attacned to ' the ?
crrY news
Miss Lynch, of Bristol, who 'has beei
visiting the Misses Timms, of Summer -street,
has returned home.
The regular monthly meeting of tl.e
Queen'g 'Daughters will take place io-
morrow 'night at .St Patrick's hall
ni-ftmntlv ft -IS - ' '
Thex-e will ; be celebrated to-morrow
morning in the Immaculate Conc., ,
tion church at 8 o'clock. ; a' month's '.
uiujuu. umos iwr uie rai8 iwepu juiien.,
St Mary T. A. society will hold a
meeting In St Patrick's hall Thureday, ',
February 18. Every member is re- J
quested to be present as important
busdness'ls' to be transacted.
M. Ga vegan is la ' Waterbury on i
one of his 'periodical visits.' Mr Gav
egan is the Boston Pilot's represent
tlve and Is calling upon the numerous ,
friends of that publication. .
A large crowd attended the prom- j
euaire wxucu was given in uue Uiiiy naJi. -last
night by the "Waterbury Milltarys
band. The music furnished for the
dancing was excellent and was ' de-
cidedly pleasing to the dancers, i
This ds Ash Wednesday. the comsf
mencement, of the Lenten season. Tad
usual exercises were held in all th
churches and will ba continued in th
Cathollo , churches - "Wednesday and! , ;
Friday evenings for the next seven.
The fire department responded to an (
alarm of fire from box 74, corner- of
Johnson avenue and Waterville street,;
at 9:10 this morning. . Some ' plumbers
were thawing out frozen pipes in
W. G. Austin's house when a part of j
the woodwork became ignited and a,
small blaze started. It was culckly.j
. t ... . , ... I
A very pleasant evening was speutf
at the home of Charles Ryan,. 39 Wol-J
cott street, last evening. Many off
his friends were present. Songs were
rendered by several and games of all
kinds were played. Refreshments
were served after which tbe merry
funmaker8 departed, wlshSngiMr Byan
many retnrne of the day.
' George Zingl, manager cf Zingsrella, .
the aerial aTtist, who appeared at thi
Company G carnival ' last week, was
seized with a fainting spell yesterday ;
while sitting about the stove in the!
boarding house on Center street where)
he had been stopping during hi eo-i
Joum in this city. He fell against the
trv anri his face and hands were se-
verely burned. It la feared that be j
may lose the sight of cine of hi eyes. 3,
At the meeting of the board t of i
public works last night Superintend-j
ent Hotchkiss. to whom was referred!
the petition of Chester Chin for per
mission to place a sign In front of bis
place on North.. Main etreet. reported
that no such person tm Mving there.
Two weeks asro a Celestfai who pave
his name as Chin rent-d rooms there, f
but that was the last .they saw of ,
him. He, wss given leave to with- J
draw. The board voed to allow City .
hsll to be rented to the A. M. B. Zloa,,
Church for an entertainment to be
held April 15. , .
No man connected with the pre 'j
ent city administration can spring a
Bmarter joke than Commissioner Gosa'
of the department of public works, j
The other day when Mr Sewell of the
trolley company was talking about '
how anxious he was bo giet the plane .;
approved so that h could commence
operations, Mr Goss remarked-that he
supposed tlie company had the rails
on the ground. The rnb amused Mr '
Sewell because this was one of the
principal reasons "hy he argued for ;
speedy action on other plans submit-
ted aud approved long ago, although.!
nothS? ff - has yet been . done towards I
doing feh. work..