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VOL. XVII. NO. 143.
WATERBUKY, CONN. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
IT WAS A RUSSIAN MIME
TEN MILES OFF COAST
LOST M
MEW YORK
LEAVING TOWN.
YALE-HAIVAM) MEET
That Destroyed the Hatsuse Tollio Dispatches Say
Foreign Governments May MaKe Protest As Mine s
in This Place Mattes Navigation Dangerous Jap
' anese Squadron AttacKed By Shore Batteries While
Reconnoitering Near Port Arthur. .
Tokio, May 21 (noon). It is absolute
ly certain that the battleship Hatsuse
was sunk by a Russian mine ten miles
off the coast. The position of these
mines makes navigation dangerous for
neutral vessels, and a protest from for
eign governments Is expected. The
loss of the Japanese warships is felt
keenly here. No flags are flying In this
city and the nightly lantern parades
nurses will sro to the lleroshima . ; re
ceiving hospital on the 25th Inst. ; 1
London, May 21. A. dispatch to the
,.Tapanese legation from Tokio says
Vice-amiral Togo has reported to-day
as follows:.
"The gunboat squadron and -the tor
pedo boat destroyers and torpedo boat
flotillas approached Port .Arthur yes
terday for' the purpose of reeonnoiter
ing. which was successfully effected
with little, damage in spite of a hot
cross firb from the forts. There Avere
no casualties on our side." ' , !
' BLOWN UP BY RUSSIANS.
London, May 21 (12:58 p. m.) A dis
patch to the St James Gazette from
Kobe, Japan, dated to-day, after con
firming the report of the stranding of
the Russian protected cruiser Bogatyr
m the rocks near the entrance of
Vladivostok, adds that the Bogatyr
was blown up by the Russians to pre
vent .her falling into the hands of the
Japanese. ,
The- Bogatyr was a fine, modern
rruiser of 0.750 tons, built in 1902, and
was 416 feet long. The armament or
lue iJogatyr coiisistcu or i cut;
Inch guns, twelve three-inch guns, six
1.8-Inch guns, two 1.4-inch guns and
two smalelr rapid-fire guns, one nuu
nix torpedo tubes, her armored deck
was two inches thick and she had five
inches of nickel steel armor over her
gun positions. .The speed of the
Bogatyr, was estimated to be "'over
twenty-three knots, and her crew num
bered :'580 men. '
THE JAPS DELAY.
Muki.en Friday, May 20. The main
body of the Japanese forces, estimated
at 80.000 men. remains south 'of the
Russian troops who are covering Liao
Yang Thev have apparently suspend
ed their advance. This inaction causes
urpiise'; and ., some, satisfaction, as
every day's postponement of a decisive
engagement is considered favorable for
the Russians, who are dally increasing
lueir forces and are enabled by the de
lav to strengthen their positions. It is
su'nnosed . that the recent rains ham
pered the movement of the Japanese
artillery and compelled a temporary
halt. ; .,
The Russians still hold the: railroad
to Tchikiau. y
THE FIRST COLLISION.
Seoul, May 21 (11:30 a. m.)-The Jap
anese consul at Gen-San reports that
the first collision between Russian and
Korean troops nas laKcu pmi-e l "
Kow (Ham-IIeung). the recent center
of the northern Tong-Hak disturb
ances. Cossacks attacked the so-called
city castle at 7 o'clock in the evening
of May 19 and exchanged shots for two
hours Vith the Korean garrison of :mh)
meu, who lost one man killed. The
Russians are supposed to have retired
toward the northwest. Natives report
that several -of the Russians were
wounded. ! - ,. J .
Telegraphic communication has now
been established ' to a point eighty
miles north of Gen-San.
t aps T ORT1 1.000 THIS TIME.
St Petersburg, May 21, 6-8 p. m.
The government to-day received news
conrming the ; rumor that General
Stoessel has made a successful sortie
from Port Arthur, which resulted, in
1he defeat of the Japanese who suf
fered a loss of 1.000 killed and wound
ed. The Russian casualty list num
bers 110 killed or wounded.
RUSSIANS ROUTED.
Tokio. May 21, 5 p. m. The Japan
ese forces which landed nt Taku-Shan
Thursday (surrounded and routed a
force of' Russian cavalry at 7 o'clock
Frldav evening, in, the neighborhood
of Wang-Chi-Tung. seven miles north
of Taku-Shan. The Russian force,
which consisted of about one squau-
ron. lost many men killed or wounded,
as well as a captain, who was captur
ed. The Japanese sustained no loss
ea. .
CAPTURED KAI-CHOU.
Tokio, Mav 21, uoon. Although it
has not been officially reported it is
said on good authority that the Japan
nsn force have captured Kai-Chou,
'driving 'the Russians back to Tashi
' Chia, in the direction of New
Chwang, and preventing, the advance
of the Russian troops at New. Chwang
. in the direction of lval-t'hou.
The bombardment bythe Japanese
of the vicinity of KaCnou recently
was probably In preparation of v the
landing of the forces in, the northwest
1 corner of Liao-Tung peninsula for the
purpose of capturing New Chwang
, and co-opei'ating with the other armies
' in the march on Liao-Yang.
' Probably a slnall Japanese force has
been landed at KIn-Chou bay .
. Taku-Shan, where Japanese forces
were landed May 39, is at the mouth
of Dayan river, west of the Yalu.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Harbin, May. 21. The expected
meeting between Vice Admiral Skryd
loff and Viceroy Alexieff has been
postponed. The 'admiral arrived here
this morning and found awaiting him
the viceroy's orders to proceed to
Vladivostok without going to Mukden.
Admiral Skrydloff is expected to re
turn to Harbin. A portion of his staff
rernain3 here to supervise , the dis
patch of freight and correspondence
for the warships of both squadrons.
The railroad is free of Chinese ban
dits as far south as Mukden. , ",
St Petersburg, May 21. The expect
ed ukase regarding the duty on foreign
goods was issued to-day. It permits
the importation of such goods free of
duty into the government general from
the Armur territory through ports
south of the Amur and further south
as well as over the Manchurian fron
tier, with the limitation that duty will
still be payable on goods subject to
duty in Russia. The duty on Russian
cotton products imported Into t the
Amur terrltorv will be remitted. The.
hew regulatiQns will become effetcive
to-uay. .. i , ,
MORE MEN OUT.
Sympathetic StriKa Among Freight
, Handlers Tie Up Threatened.
New York, May 21. The strike; of
the freight handlers assumed more
serious proportions to-day than at any
time , since the strike began. , Unless
the strike Is settled thousands of men
will be ordered out on t sympathetic
strike and tl)e shipment of freight will
be seriously hampered.' Even as it is
now there is nwich delay and difficulty
in shipping freight, and piles of it are
awaiting shipment. The freight slips
are being gradually filled to their ca
pacity and the strikers say that it is
only a matter of a short time when
the companies will be obliged to accede,
to their terms or suspend business.
About 1.000 longshoremen employed
in the marine district of the New York,
New Ha,ven and Hartford Railroad Co
at the company's piers in the East
river, quit work in a body . to-day.
Work on the piers is now at a stand
still. . '
' The strike is a sympathetic' one,
originating from the strike at the Fall
River line pler on the aorth river.
During the forenoon between 500 and
600 trucks, loaded with freight, were
taken to the North river piers, but as
there was no one there to take, charge
of them they were hauled back again.
Business Agent. Thomas Healey of
the International Freight Handlers
union said to-day that on Monday 5.000
freight' handlers and drivers in Bos
ton, Fall River,- New Bedford, Provi
dence and NewjHayen will be called
out on strike, and that the firemen of
the New Bedford steamers will add
their strength to those of the , Fall
River. New Haven. Stonington and
Norwich boats. Thus far no disturb
ances have takenplace.
NO. DISTURBANCE.
New Haven, May 21. The strike of
freight, handlers employed by the ma
rine department of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad in
New York has , not thus far, caused
any disturbance among the freight
handlers at the docks in this city. The
officials at the general' headquarters
of the railroad had nothing to make
public regarding the . situation this
morning.
" COULDN'T UNLOAD FREIGHT.
Stonington; May 21. The Stonington
line steamer Rhode Island, which ar
rived from New York Friday morning
and -was prevented by the strike of
freight handlers from discharging her
cargo, left early to-day. It was said
that her destination was New London.
The " freight handlers were still on
strike to-day, and there wa's no change
in the local situation.
RAPID GROWTH.
Town Grows From 300 to 3,000 in
a Month.
Omaha, Neb, May 21. The town .of
Bonesteel in Gregory county, S. D.,
has grown in less than -a month from
a village of 300 to a city of 3,000.
Bonesteel is located at the edge of the
Rosebud reservation,' which the gov
ernment is preparing to open to home
steaders, and ' is the terminus of ' the
Clycago fc Northwestern railroad.
John A. Kuhn, iassistarit freight and
passenger agent of the Northwestern
railroad, hag dust, returned from the
reservation and reports that Bonesteel
is crowded with people awaiting, the
opening of the new homes. He said
that his road was being taxed to its
capacity to care for the suddenly in
creased business coming as a result of
the act of congress opening the reser
vation. A large number of people
are already going over the new terri
tory with "locating- parties, and all
have headquarters in the new city
SPOTTED FEVER.
Many Deaths in New TorK the Past
Two YVeeKs. ..
New York, May 21. In the past
fortnight there have been 150 deaths
In New York from spotted fever or
cerebro spinal meningitis. That the
epidemic is increasing is shown by the
fact that the week just past had 04
fatal cases. Stringent measures are
now being taken by the health depart
ment to stop the spread of the conta
gion "which has grown steadily since
March 1.
POOL ROOM CASES.
New York, May 21. By arrangement
with the magistrates in yll the city
"courts all the pool room cases result
ing from the raids of yesterday have
been continued until next week. This
action ' was taken at the request of
District Attorney Jerome. On Monday
the examinations will begin in the va
rious courts in which the prisoners
vere arraigned to-day.
JEROME BUSY
More Papers Served on Well
Known Capitalists and
Sportsmen.
New York, May 21. Agents of the
district attorney have served subpo
enas on a number of well known cap
italists and sportsmen, returnable
next Monday. Among ithose said to
have been notified are John W. Gates,
John A. Drake and Mortimer Schiff.
The recipients of the summonses are
divided ,in their opinions as to the
purpose of District Attorney Jerome
in calling them before a: decision had
been secured in the case of Jesse Lew
isohn, who was recently questioned as
to his knowledge of Richard Can field's
house and refused to answer.
The district attorney left the city
while his process servers were at
work and "will remain over Sunday at
his summer home near Lakeville,
Conn. When questioned by telephone
he refused to give any information as
to his intentions.
BIG FALLING OFF.
Tie Up of LaKo Commerce Will be
More Disastrous Than Coal StriKe
Buffalo, N. Y., May 21. Last year
the port of Buffalo had received up to
May 31, 31,657,596 bushels of grain.
Up to May 20 of this year the receipts
have been 694,300 bushels. Shippers
here say that the effects of the tie-up
of lake commerce due to the strike or
dered by the masters' 'and pilots' as
sociation and the decision of the lake
carriers' association to suspend all
lake traffic until a settlement is reach
ed will be more disastrous than the ef
fects of the' great anthracite ; coal
strike. The great water highway of
trade between the. west and the east
is practically closed. . ;
The smoke of a lumber craft or a
tramp steamer is occasionally seen on
the lakes, but that is all. No figures
are available showing the falling off of
ore shipments, but the same propor
tionate decrease prevails. It is esti
mated that there are in this port 150,
000 tons coal on board of vessels un
able to sail on account of the tie-up.
A number of grain vessels which have
arrived here have not been unloaded
beacuse of a strike of monthly men
in the elevators and consequently can
not even enter into the lumber carry
ing business. .
Passenger service between Buffalo
and Cleveland, and Buffalo and Detroit
has not been affected by the blockade.
AFTER MONTE CRISTI.
An Attach will be Made on Land and
; Sea To-Day.
Cape Haytien., Hayti, May J 21. A
courier of the Associated Press "who
has just arrived here from Guayubin
brings the' news that Monte Cristi, on
the north coast of Santo Domingo,
which is held by the Dominican revo
lutionists, will be attacked by land and
sea to-day. . ,
It was announced from Cape Hay
tien, May 10. that the Haytian author
ities bad authorized a Dominican cruis
er to disembark a strong contingent of
troops on Haytian territory f or the in
vestment of Monte Cristi, which ad
joins Haytian territory, this being
made necessary by the fruitlessness of
the many bombardments , of . Monte
Cristi by the Dominican gunboat Presi
dente. Monte Cristi is situated about thirty
miles east of Cape Haytien, near the
mouth of the Gran Yaque river, and
on the declivity of the mountain range
of Monte Cristi. It has a population
of about 5,000 souls. ' , . .
AT CLIFF HAVEN.
Catholic Summer School Will Open
" First Session July 5.
New York, May 21. The session
this year of the Catholic summer
school of America at Cliff Haven, N.
Y., on. Lake Champlaln, will begin
July 5 and close September 2. A
large and varied course of lectures h.ig
been arranged. - Special topics will be
treated, and among the lecturers will
be Mgr J. F. Loughliu, D. D. of Phil
adelphia, "tho Rev V. S. Kress of
Cleveland, O., Prof J. G. Monaghan
of the department of cenunecre and
labor, Washington, D. C, ilie Rev
Dr James J. Fox of the Catholic uni
versity at Washington, the .Uov- Joseph
M. Woods of Maryland, Prof J. D. M.
Ford of Harvard university, and the
Rev Johu P. Chadwich," former chap
lain in the United States army. ,
SHE WAS PENNILESS.
Alice Murphy, in a Strange Land End
ed Her Life.
. '
San Francisco, May 21. Alice E.
Victoria Murphy, daughter of the late
Captain Francis J. Murphy, of the
Royal Fusileerg (City of London regi
ment), sick and destitute, turned on
the gas in her room here to-day and
died from asphyxiation. Before at
tempting her life she had carefully de
stroyed all means of personal identifi
cation. It is believed that she had
been married in Ireland to a man
naihed Stauteigh, whose death in
Southern California had left her pen
niless in a strange land.
WOMAN SLEEPING FOR
TWENTY-FOUR DAYS
Monticello, 111, May 21. Mrs W. B.
Caldwell, wife of a local physician, has
been sleeping for twenty-four days and
nights, and all efforts to awaken her
have failed. The case is attracting
much interest among doctors. The
woman is much emaciated and little
hope of her recovery is entertained.
FIGHTING BOB ARRIVES.
New York, May 21. The flagship
Kentucky, with Admiral Evans on
board, which left Funcbal for New
York, May 12, arrived off Sandy Hook
lightship this morning..
Searching for Weal
thy Mine Owner
Disappeared About Two
WeeKs Ago He Had More
Than $3,000 in Bills
When Last Seen in Hotel
Where He Paid His Bill.
NVw York, May 21. Friends cf
Francis 7. Hennessey, a wealthy mine
owner with extensive interests m
Mexico and well known in Chicago
and San Francisco report his disnpear
auce in this city May 4. They have
been conducting u quiet search aided
by the police here and in New: Jersey
but absolutely no trace has been found
of the man after he paid las bill at a
Broadway hotel.' It is known that he
had more thai $3,000 in his possession
at that time. ?
Mr Hennessey came from Mexico
via Chicago, where his family lives,
in the latter part of April. HU errand
here was to investigate; a cyanide pro
cess for the extraction of gold. The
plant was located in a New Jersey
town "just -across the Hudson" from
Nf.- York. ' - : V;
On May 4 he paid his bill at the hQ
tel and left a letter there to be called
for by an old friend living at Leonia,
Nv J., saying that after investigating
the cyanide plant he would, go to Le-y
onia and remain there until May 14
when he intended Railing for Vera
Cruz. Hennessey failed to appear at
Leonia and did not sail or Mexico.
No trace of his whereabouts in' New
Jersey could be found and letters to
his son at 3,300 Union avenue, Chi
cago, brought the information that
nothing , had been heard from him
there since May 4. Fears of foul play
are -now felt. , ?
LOOK AFTER THE BOYS.
Parents Should Not Allow Them to
Despoil Gardens.
Tl
he arrest of a few vouncrsters to
day ror entering gardens and damag
ing .flowers should be a warning1 to
parents who take no stock in where
their children spend their spare mo
ments. At this season . of the year
children do considerable damage with
out; knowing that they ; are liable to
the owners If they want to take action
against them and unless parents edu
cate their children? as far ,assucli a
l.hing is possible with the youthful
mind, up to the risks they are running
when they enter upon private property
boys and girJs, too, , run big risks of
feettins into trouble, for the law is
plain on ; such questions and in older
to punish the offenders, ; you do not
have to run half a mile after them.
All that is necessary is to secure their
names and the evidence and the pros
ecuting attorney will, do the rest. : It
is a pity to see children of ten or
twelve years of age occupying cells in
the police station with the hardest
kind of criminals, but if their parents
or guardians neglect to keep track of
them others will do it as a matter of
self protection and as a consequence
youths that are given full swing in
variably wind up in the cooler. It is
true that such a thing might happen
even though the parents bestowed
great care upon him, but such cases
are rare. Chief Egan said this after
noon that the next batch of boys
brought in for annoying people will
have to go before the court". What oc
curred today was "a small affair, but
such things open up the way to worse
conduct and their parents realize for
the first time that they did not use the
rod in time to prevent serious trou-
TAKEN OUT OF HISTORY.
Account of Incident When Funston
1 , Swam Bag-Bag River.
Chicago, May 21. A dispatch to
me xriDune rrom xopeta, Ivan, says:
Pupils of the Kansas "High schools
will no loriger be, taught that it was
for swimming t the Bag-Bag; river in
the Philippines in-the face of a hot
fire from the enemy that General Fred
erick Funston Avas promoted from
colonel of volunteers tot be brigadier
general in the regular army.
'A sub-committee of the state text
book commission has ordered the ac
count of the incident expunged from
the history, which has been readopted
for use 'in the High schools for five
years.:,,-- V;' " '
When General Funston Avas pro
moted to the place he now holds his
commission declared in explicit terms
that his promotion was earned by his
action in swimming the Bag-Bag riv
er in the face of a severe fire from the
enemy, ' . -
"We will give credit to the privates,
Trembly and White, to whom it be
longs," said Commissioner McCray, a
member of the sub-committee.
"The misstatement that Funston
ever swam the river will be stopped
now while there are men living in the
state who know it is not true."
EXPEDITION TO GREEN
LAND HEARD FROM
Copenhagen,1 May 21. The Danish
scientific expedition to Greenland un
der the leadership of Krlckson has ar
rived at the Danish colony of West
Greenland after much hardship and
suffering. The expedition reports
hat it found the whaling ship Gjoa,
with Captain Ammundsen's magnetic
north pole expedition on board, at Dal
ryniple rock. All the members of loth
expeditions are well. . t
. . ' . ' '
WITHER JFOEECAST -
Forecast for Connecticut: ' .'Fair to
night afJWljjjjday; light to fresh wes-
More Carpenters Went To
Day Very Few Going
BacK Open Shop.
The Master Builders' association of
Waterbury mean business with refer
ence to the open shop and are bound
to make it go no matter how long
they have to wait for the right kind
of help. The strike was declared a
few week's ago and not being able to
get together the bosses finally conclud
ed to burn the bridges between them
and the union and go in for an open
shop. As a result of this, almost all
the local carpenters have secured posi
tions out of towrn and now the employ
ers say that thereis room" in, Water
bury for four hundred carpenters at
yoood wages and. steady work' without
union 'interference. As many of the
old hands as see fit to return will be
taken on and tJe places of others will
be filled as soon as possible. Tho
bosses talk' as if they felt pleased to
know that they are no longer subject
to the union rules and hint that more
than half the hands are delighted to
be at liberty to dispose pf their iabor
at a price to suit themselves.
. The men are taking things easy.
One man, a stranger, went to work on
a building this morning, but he hadn't
been there long when he quit. Tho
men say i t at he dropped it when ho
learned what was up. Fifteen ;iore
tytrpenters will leave here v Monday
moridng. This will be pi-actfcally all
the men available for out of town pur
poses.' Negotiations are under way
between the union and the Torrlngton
Building Co to have :. the men o to
work on the Manville shop at the cor
ner of Dublin and Bast Main street,
and if 'this happens every joiner con
nected with the union who d es not
care to leave home 'will have all he
can swing to.
Things are moving along slowly in
the building line, but the contractors
claim that from now on additional
help will be added from day to day
until ti.ty havo ull tney can handle.
It Is going tq be a fair test of whether
men want unions or not. If the join
ers prefer to deal directly .with the
bosses they will have a chance to do so
without let or .hindrance and on the
other hand if they -make up their
minds not to work unless the -"unions
win, the will have an oportunity to
wait and see what turn things, will
take. One good feature of the strike
Is that there is, no likelihood of any
disorder and so long as the public
peace is maintained it cannot ; be
charged that either party to the contest
is exceeding their rights.
It is expected thatnext week will
develop something new, in the indus
trial line in Waterbury so far as out
side work is concerned. The Carpen
ters' and Joiners' union ' declared a
strike three weeks ago 'and nowr the
employers have an opi shop. This,
so the contractors, state, leaves an
opening for four hundred carpenters
who want steady work at good wages
without union interference. Many
think that the bosses will experience
no trouble in securing lots of compe
tent men to accept positions here and
unless some of the employers are very
much mistaken a whole new working
force will be on In the carpenter and
joiner business In Waterbury within
the next two weeks. f
RAIDING FLOWER BEDS.
Three Boys Taken in by Officer Cav
anaugh This Horning.
Bright and early this morning a
raid was made. . It was not, on a pool
room or a gambling joint," for 'tis said
that Waterbury does not possess any
of these joints now. Neither drd the
police, take part in them. The raid
was made upon a number of flower
beds on Grove street, First' avenue
and other avenues in that district, and
the raiders were ; three small boys,
who were not old enough or sufficient
ly experienced to know that it is dan
gerous' to do such things in daylight.
The boys, who range from 12 to 3 5
years of age, had paid visits to several
flower beds, had plucked several lilac
bushes and had destroyed one or two
of the flower beds when some person
sent a telephone message to the police
station. Officer Cavanaugh in plain
clothes was sent to arrest the trio. He
was on the way to the scene of the
thefts when he saw the three boys
with their arms full of flowers com
ing down Central' 'avenue. He waited.
The boys walked along until they
reached the green. There they sat
down. While they were' discussing
the success" of their raid Officer Cav
anaugh approached in the rear and
had the -boys safely secured in his
arms before they knew what, wa's up.
The boys ai-e Patrick Mahaney, James
Connor and Dennis Leary. They,
were locked up on the charge of steal
ing flowers . , '
If the police should arrest ft few
more persons .Xho make a - habit of
raiding flower beds they will earn the
gratitude of a large number of people.
GOING BACK TO
OLD WORKING HOURS
Philadelphia, May 21. -Tapestry car
pet manufacturers have notified their
weavers that al ter June 1 they propose
to return to the old working basis of
sixty hours a week. When the textile
operators struck last summer the car
pet weavers were the only, employes
who gained any reduction in working
hours. On a compromise basis of 57.
hours a wreek they returned to work,
after six weeks of idleness. The textile
workers struck for a fifty-four hOur
week. ' ; , '
No decision has been reached by Uie
carpet weavers' union on the notifica
tion of a return to the sixty-hour week.
SENTENCED TO HARD I,ABOR.
Shanghai, May 21. -The two remain
ing members of the staff of the Chi
nese foreign newspaper Snpao were
sentenced to-day to two and three
years hard labor, respectively, dating
from their arrest last year, with ban
ishment from every foreign settlement
upon the expiration of their sentence.
They were avM?ed of publishing sedi
tious matter. , ,
Some Good Scores LooKed
be BroKen Finals: on the Worcester Oval Will
Also be Run OfT To-Day Ten Colleges Are Re
presented at the Meeting.
Cambridge, Mass, May 21. The pre
vailing op jnion that dual records pos
sibly would be lowered and certainly
that some excellent track events were
assured, led to unusual interest to-day
in the annual meet between 'Harvard
and Yale. The Yale team consisting
of 45 men were In the best of condi
tion this morniiiffi after their rest at
the hotel at Auburndale, to which they
went after their arrival in Boston late
y.esterday" afternoon.' ' The Yale con
tingent -which came heyW last night
and to-day seemed very confident that
their track team would win the honors
of the meet .. There were several
wagers placed at 4 to 3 in favor of
Yale, but such bets foundx acceptance.
From the Harvard standpoint the situ
ation was not so favorable: as it might
have been' owing to the slight injuries
received by several of their runners.
If records were to be broken it was
felt 'that they wrould occur in the shot
put and pole vault, the notable prepar
atory work of Lemoyne of Harvard
and Glass of. Yale, in putting the shot,
and of McLanahan of Yale in the pole
vault being the foundation for this be
lief. ", Among the other well known
track men .to compete were Captain
Clapp of the Yale team, the intercol
legiate champion hurdler, and W. A.
Shick of Ha rvard, the sprinter. ,
The usual thirteen events were' on
the program for the meet, five oh the
field and eight on the track. First,
second and third places in each event
were tocount five, two and one point
respectively. ,' ' ,
Weather conditions were . suitable
and the track was in fair condition.
Worcester, ' Mass, May 21. There
was expectations ainong the multitude
gathered here to-day to take part in
and to witness the finals in the eigh
feenth annual championship meeting
of the New England. Intercollegiate
Athletic association, on Worcester
oval, that some of the best1 perform
ances In the history of the association
would be seen. The fact that two as
sociation records were broken in the
trial events yesterday prompted the
feeling and conditions most favorable
for good work by the athletes strength
ed it. The weather was clear and
bright, -with a : cooling breeze. . The
track, thoroughly soaked by recerft
rains, had dried enough to offer splen
did footing. '
The performances in yesterday's
trials increased the confidence of the
Amherst supporters that this college,
which has been victor In the past two
years, would still lead , at the, conclu
sion of the games to-day.
The first event scheduled for to-day
was a base ball game between Amherst,
and Tufts, postponed from yesterday
on account' of heavy showers. Early
in the afternoon the trials in the high
and broad jumps and in the pole vault,
postponed from yesterday, were sched
uled to be finished, with the finals In
all events to ' follow.
The following colleges ' were repre
sented among the 300 'entries; Am
herst, Williams, Dartmouth, Brown,
Trinity, Wesleyan. Bowdoiw, Univer
sity of'Vermont, University of Maine,
and Tufts. . ""
ARRANGING FOR THE
CHARITY BAZAAR
- At a.largely attended meeting of the
Queen's Daughters last night arrange
ments were discussed for the mam
moth charity bazaar which will be
given for the benefit of the Sisters of
the Holv Ghost three nights during
the coming mouth. The representa
tives of many Catholic societies were
present end showed much interest in
the proposed plans. All are joining
heartily in the movement and promise
the co-operation of the societies which
they represent. If the same spirit
continue and there is no reason why
it shouldn't, the bazaar will be one of
the most successful ever given In' the
city.'' ''':''' ' ' '
J A EUT POTTS DETACHED.
Berlin, May 21. Lieutenant Com
mander Templin M. Potts, the United
States naval attache at Berlin, Vien
na and Rome, has received a cable
gram from Washington notifying him
of his detachment and ordering him to
join the Brooklj-n.Uhe flagship of , the
southern Atlantic squadron at Gibral
tar at an early day for a cruise on the
African . coast. He will leave Berlin
May 28. Ambassador Tower will give
him a farewell dinner. i ,
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CITY NEWS
' Work has been commenced ou tuS
trolley line to Cheshire.
Mr and Mrs C. E. Turner were occu
pants of the Russell house at Ottaw;
which was burned Thursday. Both es
caped without injury.
The quarter whistle didn't blow to
day and as a result many were disap
pointed and had to do some tall'hetl
and toe walking to reach their places
of employment on time.
On next Tuesday night Muleiby
council, Knights of Columbus, via
give another of the popular
events, known as ladies' uight. "The
committee in charge consists of Peter
B. Lynch M. Z. Teters and D. F. Law
lor. .. , ; . : .. : -
Brigadier General Russell Frost cu
the Connecticut, National guard bs-r
been granted a leave of absence from
May 20 to August 15. He Intjads ia
take a trip to Europe. During his a li
cence his place will be filled by Colo
nel Schultze of the First regiment
Horace and Hanford Betts, Brook
street liverymen, have purchased
livery stables of N. D. Baldwin of
Derby. Mr Baldwin has been in the
business for the past thirty or thirty
live yoars and is one of the best known
liverymen In the valley. The Betts
brothers came to. Waterbury from
Brewsters about three years ago.
The Condition of Orvllle Latta, nsrI
4 years, of 960 North Main street, who
was seriously burned yesterday is but
little improved to-day. The litt.!
child arose 1 early yesterday naorDimc
to get some matches. He lighted one or
them and his night clottie caught n
fire. Before his parents couki tearrin
clothes off the boy was badly bnriuu
about the head and body. Dr McLin
den, who is attending the child, stated
that his condition is serious.
The Mayflower Whist club is becom
ing one of the, social concerns of the
north end. One of its aims is to
a irivate party occasionally and last
evening the second of these gatlici iucs
was held. Whist was the predomin
ant feature" and the prizes were wvll
contested. The prst was won ,bv
Minnie -Mullhullen, the second bv A si nes
Downey and the third by Vjon.
vieve Guilfoile. ' Miss Margaret Ln tr
ior won the consolation prize. Follow
ing whist, there were other social fea
tures; .'.
It tbeiuV over a week since 'anythhi!,'
of any consequence occurred on Nc-rtu
square, 'someone decidetl la,st evening
it was. time to break the monotonv,
and accordingly a report was circulat
ed that ti burglary had been committed
in John G. Bauser's meat market, :s. :
North Main street. It developi, bnv
ever, that the report had very lit; Je
(foundation. Policeman Lawlor found
a roar wimlow open and suspectiu- n.
burglary had been committed li en
tered and found everything all 'right.
The window diad been left open iv
mistake , and thereby invited h burg
lary. '
V There was a large number of people
on the streets to-day and many expres
sions of condemnation were ioard be
cause no seats were on the park, .it
must be admitted, however, that tin
public is not of one mind on this ques
tion. One man aid to-day that it
the seats were on the gree'n. ji lecent
woman couldn't get room on fTe of
them, adding that there would not hf
enough to go rotind for all the loafers,
and another said that the authorities
had to remove the seats from the park
on account of the, conduct of rowdies.
This is all well enough,-but no sneh
condition of affairs ever existed here.
Because some unfortunate might s(:!;;
ger along and sit down on one of tin
seats and fall into a sound sleep before;
he knew where he was at, is no reason
why every man who would ,'find the
seats convenient would make a bl.u k
guard of himself if the city provided
him with a seat beneath the shade
of the umbrageous elms. , ,
TO MOVE INDIAN SCHOOL.
Helena, . Mon, May 21.It is ir
nounced that the agents of the interior
department, who have been In Helena
for some time looking over the ground
with a view of transferring the In
dian school at Carlisle, Pa, to this vl
cinity.vhave made a favorable report
to the government and that the gov
eminent has submitted a definite prep
osition to the owners of the lands de
sired, looking to the acquisition of that
property.
In solid Oak,
Swell Front,
i
French Plate Mirror,
Handsomely
Carved.
TThe Bargain of the
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