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VOL. II. NO. 45.
HE STOLE TO PAY A DEBT
Moore's Defalcation Exceeds
Half a Million.
HE RELATES A PATHETIC STOUT.
Now lie Is In the Company's Hands and
A waits Whatever Is to Come He Says
He Had Plenty of Opportunity to Es
cape, but Scorned to Io So.
Indianapolis, Jun. UO. Mr. Joseph A.
Moore has uot yet been arrested, and no
rt iminal proceedings have been begun against
him.
V. O. Abbott, vice president of the Con
necticut Mutual Insurance company, is here
with un expert accountant, and it is through
their efforts that Moore's dishonesty was
made public - is thought his defalcation
will be considerably in excess of $500,000.
lis was also agent for the German-American,
Firemen's Fund, City of London and Im
perial of London insurance companies, and
is supposed to be shre in his accounts with
them. "7othuig definite is known about this,
however.
A reporter succeeded in obtaining an inter
view with Joseph A. Moore. II j is at pres
ent closely coulining himself to his residence
in the city. He talked with considerable
freedom, denying the rumors that depositors
in his bank would suir.tr. He stntod that be
had turned over to thj Connecticut Mutual
property worth $300,IXK). "When asked if he
knew what course the officers of the insur
ance company would pursue he said: "I have
no idea of their plans. I am simply waiting
for developments and am entirely in their
hands. I wont it understood tliat I have re
mained here to face the consequences of my
acts of my accord. When 1 was informed
that Mr. Abbott, the secretary of the com
pany, was coming out here to investigate my
affairs I bad plenty of time to leave the
country and save myself completely. I de
cided to stay right here, and when Mr. Ab
bott arrived I told him the whole truth about
the condition of my business. I did not con
ceal anything, however trivial, and then I
said to him that I proposed to remain here.
I told him that he could always find me if he
wanted mo, and promised him that I would
not commit suicide, either. So here I am,
waiting for anything that my come."
Moore said that his troubles dated back to
1880. "In 187," said he, "a law was passed
prohibiting foreign corporations from bring
ing suit in the Federal court. That de
stroyed my business. For two or three years
I did nothing at all and became very de
spondent. Just before that, a short time, I
had gone Into bankruptcy, and an intimate
friend who had indorsed my paper was a
heavy loser. I always considered that 1 was
in honor bound to repay him, and it was in
an attempt to do this that my present
troubles bqgan. I had no business, and yet
had heavy running expensos. At the same
time I was striving to repay my friend the
money he had lost by mo. I had loaned
great sums, of money for the company I
represented, taking real estate security.
After the panic the borrowers were .unable
to pay off the mortgages and the
property fell back iuto our hands.
"It had depreciated greatly in value, and
was naturally run down and in very bad
repair. I felt myself more or less at fault in
having placed the loans so badly, though in
reality 1 had done the best I could. I was
extremely sensitive on this point I saw the
company losing thousands of dollars on In
vestments that had been made on my judg
ment. All these things piled upon me, and
as time passed on grew more and more
burdensome. Many a time I felt as though
I should lose my mind. I was beset on every
side, and felt bound to do something to re
lieve myself, and yet there was nothing I
could da At this point I went to New York
and began to speculate in stocks. I had fair
success, too, and made some money, but
whenever I came back here I lost my head,
and everything went wrong."
Moore declined to say how much he had
lost in stock speculation.
Hartford, Jan. '&, In answer to a query
of a reporter as to the responsibilities and
powers, financially, of agents of the Con
necticut Mutual Life Insurance company,
President Greene said that they are very
clearly defined by the Instructions of the
company. He is preparing a circular letter
to all agents reiterating them, and this will
probably be communicated also to the stock
holders for their information.
Niw York, Jan. 28. On the application
of Pratt & Bowers, attorneys for the Con
necticut Mutual Life Insurance company in
this city, J ustice Patterson, of the supreme
court, yesterday granted an attachment
against the personal funds of Joseph A.
Moore, the company's financial correspond
ent at Indianapolis, who was recently found
to be a defaulter. He had $30,000 deposited
with Drexel, Morgan & Co. and Winslow,
Lanier & Co. in this city, $10,000 with each-
PANIC IN A BOARDING HOUSE.
Seven Boarders Seriously Poisoned by
Boarders Seriously
Oat Meal.
New York, Jan. 26. Eight of the seven
teen inmates of the boarding house at No. 29
Cottage place ate oatmeal for breakfast
yesterday morning, and before noon they
were writhing With pains in their stomachs.
None of the other boarders partook of oat
meal, and none of them were sick. There
fore it was believed that either the oatmeal
or the inilk which was used with it contained
poison. Some of the people are still seri
ously sick.
The first to eat the meal were four police
men, who had just come home after the
night patrol.. These are Norman Sheldon,
Martin Handy, Abraham Van Tassel and
Patrick O'Brien. Each of them partook of
a large portion of oatmeal and milk and of
the other dishes. After breakfast they went
to bed.
The other boarders went to the dining room
later. Tnoee who ate oatmeal and milk are
Mr. Low, Miss Reagan, Miss McCabe and a
man whose nam was not ascertained. Miss
Reagan hurried off to a Sixth avenue store
where she is employed as soon as she finished
her meal.
Miss McCabe was about to follow her out.
As she was walking up stairs she became
very sick and had to be helped to her room.
Mr. Low became sick before he left the din
ing room, and shortly after the other boarder
rang for a servant, and said that he had ex
cruciating pains in the stomach. During the
excitement following the sudden illness of
these people it was discovered that the four
policemen were suffering like the others.
Then Miss Reagan, who had gone to her
work, came home, assisted by two ladies.
A stomach pump and emetics were util
ized, and he shortly had all the patients on
the road to recovery.
Congressmen at Fisticuff.
Washington,' Jan. 86. Representatives
Barry, of Mississippi, and Crain, of Texas,
bad a regular rough and tumble fight in a
Washington hotel. The exact cause of the
trouble is not known. Barry has a pair of
black eyes.
A TIE UP IN BROOKLYN. I
lleacon Richardson's Hallways and the
Workmen.
New York, Jan. 26. All the horse car
lines of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad com
nanv. of Brooklyn, seven in number, of
which roads Deacon Richardson is president,
wore tied up yesterday by the employes.
This was caused by the deacon's edict of
Thursday. The deacon Is confined to his
house by illness, and is not able to confer
with his men. Thursday all day Deacon
Richardson had been holdiug conferences
with committees of his men, but practically
without any good result. The men then
threatened to tie up the road, but the deacon
would not yield his points or agree to the
terms of the men. When the men brought
their cars to the depot they left them there
with the determination not to take them out
aeain until some arrangement could be
agreed upon whereby they could have $2
day for ten hours' work.
The police have perfected arrangements for
keeping the peace. No trouble Is appreuendsa,
however, as the men are orderly and quiet.
The deacon said he was determined to carry
his rxint. and advertised for men to take
the places of the strikers.
The company has issued a circular notify
ing striking employes that those who re
port for duty before Monday next will be
allowed to resume their former places, but
that new men employed in the meantime
will not be discharged to make places for
those who have left the company's employ.
The company will attempt to resume opera
tion of then- lines with new men to-day.
A RATTLING FIGHT.
Old Sports Say the Go Hetween McCarthy,
of Jersey City, anil Walton, of Pbiladel
phia, Wa the Finest on Record.
Nkw York. Jan. 26. The very much
talked of prize fight between Cal McCarthy,
of Jersey City, and Harry Walton, of Phila
delphia, took place last night near Gloucester,
Burlington county, N. J., and was witnessed
by a erowd of Philadelphia and New York
club men. who probably represented the
ownership of $20,000,000 in one way or an
other.
The fight only lasted five rounds, but dur
ing that time the excellent showing made by
Walton, in loading, and the wonderful duck
ing of McCarthy, made all hands say, at the
conclusion of the battle, that the mill was
one of the best that any man ever saw.
McCarthy stood 5 feet 2 inches, weighed
114 pounds, and is but 21 years old. His
seconds were Tom Collins and Jack O'Mara,
both of Jersey City, and his timekeeper was
Joe Early.
Walton's seconds were Paddy McBride and
Jimmv McNale. Tom Ryan held the watch
for him. He weighed only 110 pounds, stood
an inch and a half over McCarthy, and con
fessed to 5:6 years. One of the most honorably
known sporting men in the country was the
referee.
When time for the first round was called
Walton was prompt in leading with his left
for McCarthy's stomach. It landed, but
McCarthy countered full on the stomach
with his left. There was no sound of a grunt,
and Walton reached for McCarthy's body
again. McCarthy got out of the way, but
immediately aftjr he ran up against v ni
ton's left, which touched the Jerseynian's
nose, and spilled the crimson. First blood
for Walton. Directly following McCarthy
sent out his left, landed on Walton's jaw, and
won first clean knock out.
Walton showed up eagerly for the second
round, and led his left twice for McCarthy's
face. Cal ducked both times, and laughed
as he regained his equilibrium. There were
a couple of clutches, in which both men fell
to- the ground, and the excitement that fol
lowed each run in am not cause a murmur
from the splendidly behaved spectators, al
though perhaps $10,000 had been wagered on
the result before the start at odds of $ 100 to
$75 on McCarthy.
Walton's offensive method made the bet
ters become quiet. None suspected that he
was such a leader, and while McCarthy al
ways came up with a great big smile on his
face, his friends began to think that he had
his hands full at last. So all kept quiet.
In the third round, however, McCarthy
resorted to his wonderful double handed
blow on jaw and neck, and after he started
in on those tactics, without an effective re
sponse from Walton, everybody knew it was
all day with the rnuaaeipnian.
In the fourth round Walton led off again.
but presently got a smasn on tne lelt eye
that made him stop and put up a hand to
the injured optic. McCarthy stood back and
laughed while Walton nursed the bruise.
The knock out punch in the fifth round
was remarkable, in that it produced
a show of pluck by Walton that
few of the spectators had ever seen
the like of. Walton led his left and followed
up with his right, but McCarthy ducked
both and wasn't hurt a bit. Walton soon,
cot in a full left handed face blow, but i im
mediately received a left banded swinger on
the right jaw that sent him down in a bunch.
He tried to stagger to his feet, but fell
against the ropes noar his own corner. Again
he attempted to stagger to bis pins and again
he fell Four times did he try this, and be
fore he got through ha had fallen through
the ropes on the four sides of the ring. His
alloted ten seconds were thus easily used up,
and he lost the fight
At the conclusion it was seen that Mc
Carthy had only a sore nose, a small scratch
on the right side of his face, and some red
marks on his body. Walton's left eye was
ruined, his hps were puffed, his jaws were
cut, and his breast and stomach wera very
rare indeed. The game Philadelphia boy
cried whan he regained consciousness and
was told he bad lost ths battle. McCarthy,
who had scooped in the entire 500 puna,
jumped to ths and of ths hall and demanded
that something for Walton should be put in
ths hat be held. Hs collected nearly $100.
Dudley's Libel Suits.
New York, Jan. 20. Several suits against
newspapers, brought by CoL W. W. Dudley,
to recover $25,000 from each for publication
of and comments upon ths "Blocks of Five"
letter, cam up before Justice Patterson in
supreme court, upon motions by the plain
tiff's counsel One of them was a motion to
vacate the order extendlne the time of The
Commercial Advertiser to answer, it was
denied. Then motions to vacate the orders
granted to The Times and World for the ex
amination of CoL Dudley before filing an
answer were heard. Upon these decisions
were reserved.
Weavers in a Predicament.
Cornwall, Out., Jan, 26. Forty weavers
brought here from Boston for the Canada
Cotton company, who allege that misrepresen
tation was used to entice them to come here,
waited on Mayor Hamilton, soliciting aid to
return to their homes. They state they were
unable to make a living at the w ork given
them here, $3 a week being the average of
wages. The manager of the works denies
that they were enticed here by misrepresen-
. . " svrti 1 f i . a . Al a. I
tations. a ne scruters tureaten to iaa acuou
for damages against the company. They i
destitute, and are being fed at the expense of
the town.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
The Senate Passes Three Ap
propriation Bills.
DISCUSSING THE TRUST BILL.
Penalties Frovlded for Those Who Com
bine to Control Trade Mr. Burrows Has
a l'olitieal Flea to Put in Gen. Harrison's
Ear An Kxtra Station Necessary.
Washington, Jan. 20. The senate passed
thaee appropriation bilk, pensions, military
academy and D is; riot of Columbia. It also
has under consideration the Sherman trust
bill.
The credentials of Mr. Cullout for a new
senatorial term were presented by Mr. Far-
well. Read and placed on file.
Mr. Allison nioved that the senate insist on
its amendment to the tariff bill, and ask for
a conference with the house on the bill and
amendment. Agreed to.
The senate proceeded to the consideration
of Mr. Sherman's anti-trust bill.
On motion of Mr. Hoar the first sacl.on
was amended by maKing it apply aiso w
goods transported into or from the District
of Columbia.
Mr. Hoar offered an amendment to come
in as an additional section. It provider that
if one of the purposes of such a combination
shall be to compel any person or partnership
or corporation to become a party to it, or
to cease from doing any lawful business, or
to sell or dispose of any lawful business, such
person, partnership or company may sue for
and recover damages; also, that any pur
chaser who has (on account of such combina
tion) to pay an increased price for the article
purchased may sue for and recover damages
from any party to the combination.
After a Bhort discussion the amendment
was agreed to.
Mr. Eustis offered an amendment providing
(as an additional section) that any person
who, thirty days after the enactment of the
law, shall act as a manager, officer, trustee
or agent of any such combination shall be
liable to the penalties provided in the bilL
Mr. Sherman thought that a longer
time
than thirty days should be allowed.
Mr. Eustis modified his resolution so as
to
make the tune ninety days.
After a brief secret session, the senate
at
4:15 p. m. adjourned until Monday.
The house considered the sundry civil bill,
and acted on several important amendments.
WHY AN EXTRA SESSION 19 NECESSARY.
"I shall toll President-elect Harrison," said
Representative Burrows, one of the 'most
prominent candidates for the speakership, to
a reporter, "that not to have an extra
sion will be to gamble with fate and court
defeat. An extra session is an absolute
necessity. To postpone the meeting of the
Fifty-iirst congress until December will
make it a physical impossibility to accom
plish the legislation which the country needs
before the campaign of The Republi
can party must meet the expectation of the
people. It has promised to legislate for the
soldier, revise the tariff and pass some kind
of an election law which will give us free
dom and security of elections throughout
the country. The taking of the census and
the demand of the territories for admittance,
together with tho settlement of tho thirty
contested election cases, must all be pro
vided for. and it will bo impossible to do it
all before the lefore the beginning of the
campaign. If we do not meet until Decem
ber tho result will be that we will go into
the campaign with our promises unredeemed
and subject to the just criticisms of the
people."
"Do you think tliat tno tar ill question will
have to be cone over again in the next
house J"
I do not. The extended discussion had
upou the question in the house, the debate in
the senate and the hearing which the senate
committee has given to the representatives
of the various industries sseni to nu to be
all that Is either necessary or desirable."
The Grand Army KiiCHinpment.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 20. The twenty-
third national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic is to be held in this
city the last week in August. The common
council and citizens have already organized
to receive and entertain in a manner equal,
at least, to any other city ' in the past on
a similar occasion. Heretofore some of the
comrades who served heroically and effectu
ally in the navy have had an impression
that the "land forces" received undue atten
tion, and carried off an unfair share of honors
at the encampments. No such criticism will
be made this year. Tne naval battle in the
harbor and in full view from the surrounding
bluffs wQI be made a special and most prom
inent additional feature, one that has not
before been introduced. The committee in
charge will spare neither effort nor expense
to make it fully up to expectation.
Woman Suffragists Klect Officers.
Washington, Jan. 20. In executive
sion the National Woman Suffrage association
elected officers for 1889 as follows: President,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton; vice president at
laree. Susan B. Anthouy ; chairman execu
tive committee, Mrs. May Wright SewalL
Indiana; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Rachel Foster-Avery, Pennsylvania; record
ing secretaries, Mrs. Hanuah B. Sparry, Dis
trict of Columbia; Miss Sarah Winthrop
Smith, New xork; treasurer, Mrs. Jane W.
Spofford, Washington. Action was taken
looking to combination with the American
Suffrage association, and a series of resolu
tions adopted asking congress to extend the
voting right to women.
Reduction of Wage.
New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 2ft The
block cutters' wages in both the large wall
paper factories of this city will, at the begin
ning of next month, be reduced 10 per cent.
The reduction is made in accordance with an
agreement entered into Dy tne wail paper
manufacturers of the United States, and
wages will be reduced in like proportion all
over the country. It is found necessary, it
is said, because of the low prices of block cut
ting work in Germany. In order to. keep the
work here, instead of sending it to Germany,
prices of work here have been lowered, as
many New York firms have cut under by
sending their work abroad.
A Bold Kobbery.
New xork, Jan. Bo. iwo men slipped a
padlock on the outside of the door of the
pawnshop at 59 Bowery last evening, and,
smashing the show window with a brick,
grabbed $500 worth of rings and watches,
and fled before the proprietor of the place
could get out to give an alarm. Une man
has been arrested on suspicion.
West Virginia's Deadlock.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 26. The Dem
ocrats will niiikx a final attempt to nominate
a caucus candidate for United States senator
on Monday night. Senator Keona undoubt
edly will get the nomination, if one is made,
which seems doubtful.
WATKKBORY, CONN., SATURDAY. JANUARY 26, 1889.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
A New Standing Cirminittee General Mat
ters of Interest.
Harrisburo, Jan. 20. In the house the
spf-aker announced that the committee on
rules had agreed to report a resolution pro
viding for a new standing committee, to be
known as the committee on health and sani
tarians. The resolution was agreed to. .
The committee ou credentials reported,
with amendment, the concurrent resolution
introduced by Mr. Fow providing for a
joint committee of twenty to represent the
state in New York city in April upon the
occasion of the celebration of the 100th anni
versary of Washington's first inauguration
as president of tho United States. -
The committee's amendment strikes - out
the provision for a coinmitu-e, and insarts a
resolution providiug that the joint centennial
committee of the legislature, together with
the governor and his staff, shall represent
the state of Pennsylvania upon that occa
sion, liie resolution, as amended, was
adopted.
The following bills were introduced :
Providing for the ejection of tenants of
rooms or parts of houses rented by action
on the part of the lessor before justices of
the peace and magistrates, in cases where the
tenants fail to pay rent or are disorderly or
disreputable.
The bills dividing cities of the state into
their classes, as legalizing the acts of councils
of cities incorporated under the municipal
act of 1874, which has been declared uncon
stitutional, were recommitted.
CHARM CURES.
Wonderful Things Guaranteed to Heading
l-t?rple Who Purchased Theun A Potts
town Baby Buried to Cure a Skin Disease.
Reading, Pa., Jan. 20. A stranger de-
Scribing himself as Dr. John H. Grate was
committed to jail hero charged with oper
ating among the poorer classes on the back
streets, selling them ail sorts of curious
charms to cure a variety of complaints.
District Attorney Grant has gathered a lot
of evidence in the shape of charms alleged
to have been sold with a written guarantee
that possession of them would bring about
wonderful results. One charm worn by a
sufferer would turn an offending witch into
a fish, and that fish would be eaten by the
woman who possessed the spell ; another was
to drive out an evil spirit that caused St.
Anthony's dance. All the charms had odd
characters written upon them. At some
places pieces of ordinary white paper cov
ered with hieroglyphics in ink were sold for
fifty cents each.
The man appeal's to be in earnest in his
work and says it is not swindling. It Is
claimed that reputable witnesses will ap
pear in court from other counties, who will
swear that the charms they bought operated
as represented. One woman w ill swear that
a charm she wore killed a witch in her stom
ach and cured her of dyspepsia that had re
duced her to a living skeleton. Dr. Grate
hails from Lehigh county.
PottstoWN, Pa., Jan. 20. A curious affair
occurred here illustrative of the superstitions
of the Hungarians. Several children were
seen running around on the frozen ground
barefooted in the liungarian quarter. They
were all beating tin pans with sticks and ex
ercising: their vocal organs in a manner in
dicative of considerable excitement.
A closer examination developed the fact
that in the center of the circle described by
the barefooted children in .their evolutions a
live baby was buried in the ground up to its
head, over which a light shawl was thrown,
and around which snow and ice were piled.
Inquiry elicited the information that all thfs
was being done in order to drive away an
affection of the skin wltn which the poor
little thing was afflicted, their theory being
that the ground drew the disease from the
child, and that the noise of the children, to
gether with their penance in running over
the frozen ground barefooted, propitiated the
evil spirit that caused the disease.
A HAPPY HOME WRECKED.
Duucliter Kuined, Mather Insane, Father
in Jail, the Guilty Man Free.
Chambersbcrg, Pa., Jan. 20. John and
David Rubeck, two well known faraers living
near Clear Spring, Md., were placed in jail
here for the attempted abduction and false
arrest of William Trogle, a wealthy farmer of
Mercersburg. John Rebuck's story is that
about a year ago Trogle, wh is a widower,
became engaged to his 17-year-old daughter.
Lulie Belle Rebuck, famous in the neighbor
hood for her beauty. Trogle and his fiancee
left the home of Rebucks Jan. 5 to come to
Chambersburg to procure a marriage license.
They were to be married that day.
The girl appeared at the home of her par
ents Jan. 13 a raving maniac, having walked
all the way from Trogle's home in the night
time. In her lucid intervals she told of her
abuse by Trogle; how he had failed to marry
her, and naa Kept ner in nis nouse lor a
week. She became insane from shame and
disappointment. The mind of her mother
also became unbalanced because of the girl's
treatment.
Yesterday the father and his brother came
across the Maryland line heavily armed to
compel Trogle to make reparation. At the
point of the pistol they compelled him to ar
range for the expenses of keeping the girl in
a private lunatic asylum, but when they
went to Mercersburg to let Trogle draw
money from the bank he had them arrested.
Both will be aoie to oocain nan, as tney are
large property owners.
Missionaries Murdered.
Zanzibar, Jan. 25. The Rev. Mr. Brooks,
an English missionary, and sixteen of his as
sistants and followers have bean massacred
near Saadani by some of the coast tribes
and natives of Zanzibar. Tho massacre has
caused a great sensation. The massacre
shows the extent of the hatred to the whites
that the Germans have aroused. Saadani
has long been the starting point of European
missions, the natives welcoming the mis
sionaries and assisting them. The question
as to what measures England will adopt to
punish the perpetrators of the crime is
eagerly - discussed here. It is thought the
massacre was in revenge lor the recent bom
bardment by the Germans.
Haunted by Reporters.
New York. Jan. Sfi, Mrs. Harrison and
party spent the day as quietly as they could
with a small army or reporters spying on
their movements. They drove out early in I
the day, and on returning to the hotel dined
privately in their apartments and went out
again in the evening, apparently to the
theatre. They were not at home to callers
at the hotel, aud only a few Ultimate friends
saw them.
Mew York legislature.
Albany, Jan. 2b. There was a long de
bate in the assembly Wer the necessity of
appropriating; 5",O0Q f r dredging the upper
Hudson. In the senate Mr, Llnsten intro
duced a bill for the building of six floating
grain elevators by the state. A few minor
bills were introduced and adjournment wai
taken until Monday.
MORE AND MORE LIKE WAR
The Triangular Quarrel About
Samoa.
AN AMERICAN SHIP FIRED UPON.
Germany IJeflant and Scornful, Kugland
Passive, and America Aggressive Con
gress Pushing tho Affair The Cabinet
Divided The President Firm.
Paris, Jan. 2C A dispatch to The Tbinps
from Zanzibar says:
"An American sailing vessel, bound from
Zanzibar to Madagascar, was fired on by a
German vessel, and one of her masts was
broken."
Berlin, Jan. 20. The National Zeitung,
referring to the action of t'uo senate com
mittee at Washington on the Samoau affair,
says that She measures for the protection of
the autonomy of the Samoan Islands are
superfluous, because it is not threatened by
any one. The sole interest of America, the
paper says, consists in not allowing the good
relations with Germany to be jeopardized by
a fow intriguing adventurers.
London, Jan. 20. Lord Salisbury had a
long interview with Count von Hatz'eldt,
the German ambassador. ' Germany's view of
the Samoa muddle and the Zanzibar question
cause distrust in admiralty circles. Mysteri
ous silence is maintained regarding her naval
re-enforcements. It is stated at the foreign
office that America means busiuess, and that
the American naval officers in Samoa express
confidence in their ability to hold their own.
Washington, Jan. 26. The Samoan con
troversy continues to bo the subject of gen
eral discussion here. The fact that the
senate committee on foreign relations will
probably report a seriea-of strong resolutions
at an early day, in addition to the amend
ments already placed upon the diplomatic
and consular bills which, by the way, are
looked upen as being in tho nature of war
"appropriations has served to keep up the
general interest in this topic.' Senator Sher
man secured the adjournment of the senate
over until Monday for the express purpose of
holding a protracted session of the foreigu
relations committee to-day, and it is possible
that definite action may be taken at that
meeting.
Representative Morrow, of California, who
is the chairtnan of the sub-committee of the
house committee on foreign affairs, intends
to call the sub-committee together and get to
work at the earliest opportunity. He says
that the status quo at the time the represent
atives of the United States, Germany and
England met must be restored. This would
necessitate the replacement of King Maliatoa
in the position from which he was so unjustly
removed by the German agents and sent to
the Marshall Islands. This step, Mr. Morrow
insisted, must be a preliminary to any further
negotiations on the subject.
It is stated by one who is in a position to
know that tfcio cabinet is far from harmo
nious in "this matter. Some insist upon
prompt action, while others prefer a policy
of caution. Secretaries Whitney and Dick
inson, it is said, would serve an immediate
warning upon Germany that further inter
ference in the internal affairs of Samoa
would be regarded as a violation of our
rights under our treaty with Samoa and our
agreements with Germany, aud that it
would be resented by the United States.
Their policy would be to say to Germany in
tho most unmistakable terms, "Hands off,"
and to send to Samoa a force sufficient to
enforce the decree.
But from the other members of the cabinet
Messrs. Whitney and Dickinson are said to
receive little encouragement Secretary Fair-
child inclines to Secretary Bayard's policy of
caution, and so does Secretary Endicott. At
torney General Garland's position is with the
secretary of state. Secretary Vilas, too, to
the surprise and disappointment of some of
his friends and admirers, is a man of
patience aud long suffering aud peace at aU
most any price.
The president is said to be more in accord
with Whitney and Dickinson than with the
others, and when he throws his weight en
tirely on that side, as it is believed he will
before long, numbers will not prevail. The
last two cabinet meeting days are said to
have been regular field days in the cabinet
room. Thursday the council lasted a much
shorter time than usual, and tne reason as
signed is that some of the members of the
cabinet had almost lost their tempers and
their patience with the others.
EDITOR O'BRIEN SENTENCED.
Ills Trial Completed, but He Was Not
Present to Participate.
Dublin, Jan. 26. When the trial of Will
iam O'Brien was resumed at Carriok-on-Suir,
Mr. O'Brien was absent. The trial, however.
proceeded in his absence, and he was con
victed and sentenced to four months' impris
onment, without hard labor. The police liave
as yet discovered no clew to Mr. O'Brien's
whereabouts. It is learue 1 that Mr. O'Brieu
refreshed himself at a house near tii police
barracks, and then drove into tho country
before the police cordon was formed, and
that he afterward diued with a select party
of friends a few miles from town.
It is estimated that eighty jhtsous were
wounded in the disturbance at Carrick-on-Suir.
Several of the persona who were ar
rested were taken to Clemnel, whore a crowd
attacked the police with stones and demanded
the release of the prisoners. After fwo hours
the police received re-enforcements, and suc
ceed in lodging their prisoners in jail.
A Jamp In OIL
New York, Jan. 26. Oil was quite active
yesterday, jumping up 8 cents in the morn
ing dealings to 83. The advance greatly
alarmed the shorts, and they covered heavily,
amidst great excitement. This bullish feeling
was attributed to the announcement that the
Standard Oil company had extended the
time on "call" oil to New York and Pennsyl
vania individual producers until July 1. In
order to get the latter to shut down the
Standard originally gave them a "call" on
4,000,000 barrels at 62 cents, This was about
sixteen months ago, About 600,000 barrels
have sinpe been sold, leaving 3,500,000 barrels
to the oredit of the producers. Now that the
call has been extended and this block Is prac-
tieally out of the way, the bulls are again
I tauungauous uu.
Howard D. Bees Kills Himself.
Newark, N. J., Jan. 26. Howard D.
Rees, of the firm of Hans Rees & Sons, 40
years old, who lived at Milburn sn.4. did
business in Ferry street. New York, com
mitted suicide n his room at his home by
shootng oimself 'in, the head, He was a
consumptive, and he oo bfe lit during; a
naianchol fit, a strong effort being made to
conceal the affair from the punuo.
The Mortgage Took It All.
Wausau, Wis., Jan. 26. A mortgage for
$17,000 has been foreclosed on the stock of
Schmidt & Schoenberg. general merchants,
doing business here. Other creditors wil
get nothing, it is reported.
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Happenings of Interest in Several States
Briefly Chronicled.
The annual meeting of the New York State
Intercollegiate Athletic association was held
last evening, and these officers were elected:
President, C. W. Culver, of Union; vice
president, J. H. Pardee, of Hamilton; secre
tary aud treasurer, F. C. Carroll, of Union.
M'l 1 I . r ..
i uere were no aeiegates irom UolumDia or
Hobart.
Wiliiam B. Rothschild, of Hartford, Conn..
called at th morgue in New Yor'and after
reviewing tno remains of the mau who com
mitted suicide in Central park, declared that
the body was not that of his missing brother
baniueL
Nearly a score of persons, including ten
women, mat at No. 1,6.10 Arch street, Phila
delphia, to take part in the anuual conven
tion of the Union of Societies for Ethical
Culture. J. here were - present twenty-two
delegates from New ork, Chicago. St
Louis and Philadelphia,' iu which cities the
four branch societies of the union have been !
established. -
Twelve switchmen in the Nickel Plate yard
in Buffalo struck because of the refusal of
the company to discharge a switch engineer I
wno was not a member of the union.
The recent sudden departure from Bloom.
field, N. J., . of ex-Ciiiel Mai su, of the fire
department, is still a ruling topic of conver
sation in the town. The friends of thj old
soldier, Myers, who loaned Marsh $ 1,000,
are indignant and talk of appealing t the
grand jury. Myers takes his lous very hard.
William S. Pierson Post No. 58, G. A. R.,
ol which Marsh was a member, itas a chat
tel mortgage on his furniture to tue amount
of $200, and will be unable to get the money,
as tne furniture is held in his wife's name.
Lawyer Howard MacSherry, of New
Brunswick, N. J., whose crookedness has
been mentioned, has disappeare t aud his de
falcation is growing to great proportions.
It is now thought they wili aggregate $15,
000, most of which comes from poor clients.
It is said MacSherry has Leon leudhicr a
double life.
The residents of Sea Isle City witnessed a
very unusual spectacle Thursday afternoon.
Swimming back and forth iu the ocean, a
snore uistance Deyona tne breakers, was an
object pronounced by some to be a whale.
It seemed about forty or fifty feet long, with
a head bearing a resemblance to a huge alli
gator, and its back appeared rough and cor
rugated. It is thought by some that the
creature is wounded and may finally be cast
upon the beach.
A trial is on in the Union county, N. J.,
court at Elizabeth, which is causing deep
anxiety to many prominent gentlemen.
Jennie Wiley is defendant on a charge of
keeping a disorderly house, and spicy revela
tions are promised.
it Is rumored in innur political circles at
Elizabeth that Governor Green is likely to
surprise the knowing ones in his appointment
of a successor to Supreme Court Judsre
Dixon. It is said that Leon Abbett could
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have the position, but his friends are saving
him for a gubernatorial Candida next fall.
Judge Kirkpatrick has been prominently
mentioned ; but the man Governor Green has
in his mind is one whom the others have not
thought of at all.
The senate has agreed to the house bill for
the establishment of a light ship, with fog
signals, at aanay ttooK, ri. j.
1 he senate has confirmed the nomination
of George Washington Hensel to be collector
of internal revenue for the Ninth district of
Pennsylvania.
uisuop w mienoaa, oi Pennsylvania, as
sisted at the consecration of Rev. Boyd Vin
cent as assistant bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the southern diocese of
Ohio at Cincinnati.
Two years ago the Knights of Labor held
a convention in Harrisburg at the beginning
of tho session of the legislature, and passed
Judgment upon the various bills that had
been introduced affecting the general interest
of tho wage earner. The disintegration of
the Knights has been so marked since that
tune that the order now finds itself both too
poor in membership and in finances to call a
convention for this legislature. There arc a
number of importaut measures pending
which doeply concern the workinjrmon of
the state, and particularly those engaged in
tne mining industry.
. Newark fears an ice famine.
; While on his way home at night, George
Rafferty, who lives near the Belleville.
X. J., poor honse, was startled by loud
cries for help On going to the pla.j he
found a woman standing in the road stream
ing and two wall built men fighting savagely
la the mud. Finally oue pulled a revolver
ad fired. Rafferty succeeded in separating
the combatants, when the uuder man got up
and ran. The other man pursued, and fired
again, without apparent effect. Then he re
turned, and was about to assault the woman.
but was prevented by Rafferty. It transpired
that he was tho woman s husbaud and the
other man was her lover, and they had been
followed by the suspicious husband. The in
jured man later applied to Rafferty for di
rection to Newark. He was badly pounded.
but the revolver wound was only skin deep.
Jersey City detectives are following the
suit of Philadelphia oilkwrs in looking out
for crooks. They arrested two men on sus
picion and discoverod that they had two of
the most expert all around i-roolts.
The meeting of the Central Baa. -ball league,
at umira, JN. v., was attended by repre
sentatives from Newark, Jersey City, Elmiri,
Hazelton and Wilkenlurre. Ellon's fran
chise was declared forfeited. Secretary C.
JK. Fuller resigned and J. M. Bra-leu was
elected to the vacancy. Appl catiom for
membership were received from Ha tford,
New Haven, Worcester, Lowell, Auburn
and Shenandoah. The next mting will be
held at Jersey City during the ilrst week in
March, at which vacancies will be filled.
About twenty-five clergymen from various
CouKrotrational churches in New ork, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey assembled in the
school house at Cedar Grove, N. J., aud the
new Congregational church orgauiz.nl in that
place recently was duly admitted into the
union of the Congregational society. Work
will be begun on a church edifice in the
spring.
The Hudson county board of health and
vital statistics reports 600 deaths during the
last month. Of these 880 were in Jersey
City, 86 in Bayone, 97 in Hoboken, 25 in
West Hoboken, 10 in Union Hill, 23 in North
Bergen, 17 in Harrison and 16 in the rest of
the county. The death rate in Jersey City
was 2a S in 1,000; in Bayone, 28.4; iu ttsbo-
ken, 27. U, and in West Hoboken, 36. (l
A movement is on foot among the Passaic
boat clubs to have the national regatta this
year rowed on the Passaic river course.
Samuel M, Felton. president of the Penn
sylvania. Steel company and the president of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad, died at his residence, No. 1,026 Wal
nut street, Philadelphia, in his 80th year.
The members of which there are many in
the cities and villages of Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Maryland of "The Order of
Financial Union," whose headquarters are in
Peterson, N. J., are greatly excited over
allegations of fraud that have been made.
The order appears to ba gigantic swindle
on working people.
Wsatha Indication.
ftllgfctly warmer; variable winds.
LOST.
Twas a summer ago, when he left me here
A summer of smiles with sever a tear.
Till I said to him, with a sob, my dear
Qood-by, my lover, good-by I
For I loved him, oh, as the stars love night I
And my cheeks for him flashed red and white
When first he called me his heart's delight
Qood-by, my lover, good-by I
The touch of his hand was a thing divine
As he sat with me in the soft moonshine
And drank of my love as men drink wine
Good-by, my lover, good-by 1
And never a night; as I knelt In prayer,
In a gown as white as our own souls were.
But in fancy he came and kissed me there
Qood-by, my lover, good-by I
But, now, O God! what an empty place
My whole heart Is I Of the old embrace
And the kiss I loved there lives no trace
Good-by, my lover, good-by t
He sailed not over the stormy sea;
And he went not down In the waves not he
But, oh, he is lost for he married me
Qood-by, my lover, good-by I
James Whitcomb Riley.
Actors Deaths.
A thing that strikes one in the Coleman
reminiscences, says The Stage, is the tragic
end of great tragedians. Edmund Keaa
exits in the middle of his greatest scene:'
" 'Get me off, Charles; I'm dying 1' His son
led him off, and all is over." G. V. Brooke
goes down In the ship London, declining to.
quit his sister to save himsaif. 'No, t.hw
lads, I can't leave my sister. When you get
to Melbourne, remember me to the boys.',
As they pulled off they saw him leaning over
the rail, his bare feet paddling in the rising
waters, a sad, sweet smile on his face,
Charles Dillon, while laughing and talking
in the street, "paused suddenly, put his hand
to his head, as he was wont to do in Beverly,'
and exclaiming, 'God, can this be death r
droDned dead without a srroan" !
Phelps, who had a superstitious horror of
tha vnni "farAwll w whila n .finer Wnlflmf
and actually uttering the ominous words,'
Farewell 1 a long farewell to all mv great
ness I" broke down, and the curtain slowly
dropped upon him for the last tuna.
Frodsham, the Garrick of the North,
having surpassed himself in the part
of Lord Townley in "The Provoked
Husband," came forward at its close'
to announce its successor "Ladies and
gentlemen, on Monday evening will be pre
seated the tragedy of 'Coriolanus,' to which
will be added" (looking seriously round and
placing his hand upon his heart), "what we
must all come to," and never spoke again.
The Mirror.
Losing Ideas of Proportion.
An architect riding uptown on the elevated
road said to a friend: "One disadvantage
sBsthetically of the erection of so many high
buildings In this city is that tho people are
losing old ideas of proportion. They can
scarcely Bee the beauty of a building which
is not eight or ten stories high. I have heard
numbers of people speak of tho city hall an
architectural gem as 'dumpy.' The new
Metropolitan museum is, of course, incom
plete, but it receives more criticism than it
deserves, because every one is disappointed
at not finding it several stories higher. If I
were to take a New Yorker blindfolded to the
front of a building and say, 'Here is a beauti
ful and imposing structure ' and then take
the bandage from his eyes, saying, 'Look at
the roof,' his gaze would instinctively be fixed
at some point in the air eighty or one hun
dred feet above the ground. The beauty of
a well proportioned building, forty or fifty
feet high, is scarcely understood. If every
one could spend more time among the palaces
and old buildings of Europe, the public taste
on this subject would be greatly improved."
New York Tribune.
Suspicions.
A wealthy and generous gentleman attend
ing one Sunday a church maintained by a
colored congregation, was so pleased with the
minister's simple sermon and the attitude of
the worshipers that he dropped five dollars
into the basket when it was passed for the
usual collection.
So large a contribution seemed to fill with
amazement the deacons who had passed the
baskets, and one of them, in a whisper, con
fided the fact of the unusual contribution to
the pastor, who arose and said to the congre
gation:
"Beloved fren's, de collection hab brought
f oth de munifcent Bum ob sixteen dolars
and forty-nine cents, purwided, bredren, pur;
wided ae nve dollar bin gib by de white gem-
man am 'not counterfeit." Youth's Com
panion.
A. ABU ASMV JUICBLU.
Years ago, when Charlie Adams, of ths
Jk Timing AT VBU, UHU IAS ft UAA 4 UVHV VtUW, I
he was obliged to open it on Sunday from o
a. m. until noon. One Sunday he closed up
about 18:80 and strolled over to State street
to catch a car for home. Professor Swing's
church was just out, and the car Adams
boarded was filled with members of the con
gregation, among them his old friend Charlie
Leonard. After exchanging the usual greet
ings Leonard asked Adams where he had been.,
"Oh, I've been at work," said the witty and
good natured passenger man. "That's just the
difference between us," said Leonard. "Now I
I've been to church." Adams took hold of
trap, leaned over to Leonard's ear and whis
pored: "Yes, and, judging from the smell of
your breath, I should think you had remained
to comknunion." Chicago Herald.
Eastward the Stars Took Their Way.
Mr. Hamm (the eminent tragedian) Yes,;
we opened our new play in Chicago on the
23d of April.
Friend And did you have a long runt
Mr. Hum well, no, we didn't have a
long run, but after the second performance
we had a long walk all the way from Chi
cago to New York. Harper's Bazar.
He Got the KickeL
Small Boy Can you halt
alp
a poor boy, sir,
whose fadder has been dead
for twenty
years 1
Old Gentleman Nonsense! How could a
10-year-old boy's father be dead for twenty
years I
Small Boy He was me fadder by me mud
dor's first marriage.
John TV. Alexander, the popular young
portrait painter, does all his work with his
left hand. Mr. Alexander Is thought to bear
a striking resemblance to Vandyck, with his
pointed beard and up curling mustache. That
master is not, however, the one at whose
shrine he worships. Velasquez is the painter
who receives the most of his admiration.
A peculiarly novel letter has just been sent
by an inhabitant oi atn, isngiana, to a
friend at frowbridgo. It was written in
shorthand on the back of a postage stamp.
the address being In ordinary writing. The,
missive was dropped into the letter box at
the general postofflce, and was duly delivered
at its destination.
The first Grand Army post was organized
l tOOa TUufn. Til. TV. n.Him.l
I encampment was held at Indianapolis in No-
vember of the same year. i
PRICE TWO CENTS.
D. - S - & - Co.
-o-
WE KNOW THAT
If you buy goods now there
must be extraordinary induce
ments.
THE
C. W. D.'s
Past record for bargains in and
out of season shall be beaten
this time.
Having finished inventory we
have 30 days to clear out all
heavy goods before Spring
goods arrive.
Low Prices Will Do It I
Extra Attractions Will Win !
When everybody says it is
we are going to clear out all
our stock better than ever be
fore.
When the C. W. D,'s $12.00
and $14.00 Suits are sold for
$9.00, your choice, there is a
bi losa somewhere.
When the C. W. D.'s $15.00
to si 8.00 Suits are sold for
$12.00, your choice, it's a chance
that does not often occur.
Past experience teaches us to
inventory goods under cost and
sell them all out so that the
coming season finds only new
goods on our counters.
It's a Way We Have That tne
Public Appreciate Every Time.
CALL FOR AN OVERCOAT,
SUIT AND PANTS BE
FORE YOURSTZE
IS GONE.
Respectfully,
Wide Awake C. W. D. Clothiers
THE
IIpson,Singleton&Co.
99-103 Bant St,, v
Waterbury.
183-185 8th Ave.
New York.
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