VOL. XIIT. NO 99. WATERBURIl CONN., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1900. PRICE TWO CE rl.DECISION RESERVED.GAS FIGHT AT AN END.EHILE ZOLA SAYS in ' 1HANNA SPEAKS.

length, probably constructed by Arabsrundreds of years ago.

It is possible that a runner maybring in later news to Adis Abeba,otherwise no further intelligence maybe expected before the middle of May.

TO FOOL THE BOERS

The Report About Roberts StayAt Bloemfontein.

Contract for the Building of a GiantPlant to Be Let.

New York, March 30. It is an-nounced that preliminary papers havebeen signed by the officials of the Con-solidated Gas company for the erectionof a large fuel gas plant on Berrian'sisland iu the East river.

The contract for the building of agiant plant is to be let to the New Eng-land Gas and Coke company, which isowned by Anthony N. Brady and hisassociates in the great light, heat andpower syndicate,. In conjunction withH. M. Whitney, president of the NewEngland Gas and Coke, company, andbrother of AVilliam C. Whitney. Bythe terms of the proposed contract theOtto-Hoffma- n patents for the produc-tion of cheap fuel gas from low gradecoal or slack are to be installed.

The carrying out of the plan will bethe first step toward the removal of allthe gas plants from Manhattan islandand is taken as evidence that the gasfight in the city of New York Is nowat an end, and that the new Amster-dam Gas company has been "harmon-ized" and will participate in the coali-tion of the fuel, power and lightinginterests of Greater New York.

ICE SUPPLY IN NEW YORK.

President of American Ice CompanySays Crop Is Short.

New York, March 30. Speaking ofthe ice supply for thez-comin- summerseason, Charles W. Morse, presidentof the American Ice company, says:

"We will have enough to supply thedemand even though the crop is short

not mbre than one-ha- lf the average.We have 2,400,000 tons of it housed,which is 2,500,000 tons below the nor-mal. In an average year we get 4.000,-00- 0

tons from the Hudson and 1,000,000from Maine, while this year the figuresare 1,700,000 and 700 000 tons. Theshortage will be made up from artificialice.

"As to the price there has been muchtalk, but the fact is that the consumerwill not suffer from the short crop.During short crop years, heretofore, theprice has been $1 for a hundred poundsand this year the smallest consumerwill get it for 60 cents. So the monop-oly will work no injustice. Owing totlie nature of the business we can giveice to the consumer cheaper than smallindividuaf dealers could. We employabout 10.000 men the entire year andduring the ice harvesting time have40,000 on our pay rolls."

WEIGHED 400 POUNDS.I

Died at Her Home Yesterday in New- Jersey.

New York, March 30. Mrs Julia AnnCortelyou died yesterday at her homenear Franklin Park, N. J., from therather rare disease in this country, ele-

phantiasis. She was about 52 yearsold. When Miss Cortelyou was 12 yearsold symptoms of the disease manifest-ed themselves and for forty years shesxiffered from her great size.

Her limbs were about as large asan ordinary person's body and her anusand hands were in proportion. At thetime of her death she weighed nearly400 pounds, although not tall. Shecould not walk and spent the last thir-ty years on a reclining chair.

ENGINEERS AT NEW HAVEN.New Haven, March 30. The spring

meeting of the Connecticut Civil Engi-neers and Surveyors association washeld in North Sheffield hall to-da- y. Themorning session began at 10:30 Presi-dent Edwin D. Graves presiding, andforty members being present. Thesession was spent in listening to thereport oftbe committee and water sup-ply and other technical matters of pro-fessional interest. The afternoon ses-sion began at 2:30 and consisted of anaddress on the general subject of wa-ter supply by Desmond Fitzgerald, ofBoston, past president of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers. He illus-trated his address with lantern slides.

"BIG PRICE FOR A BOOK.New York, March 30. A cable to the

Herald from- - Paris says that at theGuyot de Villenuve book sale yester-day, a "book of hours." formerly be-

longing to Marshal de Bousicaut, andcontaining miniature portraits, was putup for $3,000, and after vigorous bid-ding sold for $13)00. to M. EdouardAndree who also bought lot No 1, a"book of hours" of the fourteenth cen-

tury, for $3,G00. Lot No 7, consistingof sixteenth century manuscripts, withminiatures, realized $7,020. Lot No l.","Christianai." a manuscript by Jarry,10r2. bound by Legascou, was sold for$2 500..

WELL KNOWN ATTORNEY DEAD.Chicago; March 30.. Watson S.

Hinkley who as, general attorney forthe Lake Shore and Michigan South-ern railway, managed the purchase ofthe right of way for the road and formany years thereafter held a promi-nent place in legal circles, died lastnight, aged 85. Mr Hinkley was bornin Buckland. Mass. He enioyed the

with Horace Gree-ly- ,William H. Seward. Henry Clay and

other distinguished men.. ,

WORKING A SCHEME.Williinantic, March 30. John E.

White, who was arrested yesterday onthe charge of obtaining money oilfalse pretences, by means of a photo-graph scheme, was held for the super-ior court for trial to-da- y. It is be-lieved that AVhite has been operatingextensively throughout the state, andhe gave his address as Chapel sh-wt- ,

New Haven. ,5 ''..., - 1 . r.

, AMBUSH WON STEEPLECHASE.London. March 30. The grand na- -

T

In Full Dress Suits And AstrideSorry Looking: Mules.

Now on Their Way Into the Interiorof Abyssinia Plenty of Game andRare Specimens Found NativesGreet the Americans With Tokens ofGood Will.

London, March 30. The AssociatedPress has received the following ac-

count of the expedition under James J.Harrison and W. Fitzhugh Whitehouse,or Newport, R. I., who, according tolatest telegraphic advices, have ar-

rived at Menelik's capital and havestarted into the far interior of Abys-sinia. The last news comes from Zu- -

quata, on the Nawash river, a pointabout seventy miles southwest of AdisAboba, and report all well. It is notexpected that any further intelligencewill be had until the party, after hav-ing reached and left Lake Rudolf,about 500 miles southwest, come outat a point on the Sobat river or theNile, near Fort Nassa, an old fort southof Fashoda, and about 500. miles fromKhartoum; from this point they wouldproceed by water to the latter nlace.The distance from Lake Rudolf to theNile is about 500 miles through a coun-try largely unexplored, and the routeextremely difficult on account of natur-al obstacles and the probable lack ofbothwater and supplies, as the coun-try lfas been so frequently ravaged bynative raiding tribes. The party whichconsists of J. J. Harrison, W. F." White-hous- e,

Powell Cotton and A. Butter,left Zeila, on the Red sea, early in No-vember, with a caravan, consisting ofa large number of natives and abouteighty camels. They were accompa-nied by a competent surveyor, whohas had eighteen years' experience inAfrfca, and a taxidermist, while theheadman, a Comalo is the one who re-cently traveled with Captain Wellbyto Lake Rudolf. On leaving the coastthe party proceeded by an entirely newroute to Adis Abeaba, the capital ofthe emperor Kenelik, about 300 milesdistance, arriving on January 7. Therate of progress was about ten miles aday the march being largely made be-fore daylight to avoid the intense heatof the day.

This new route has been carefullysurveyed, and is likely to be of lareeadvantage. Four days after leavinglub iiib party reu in with abun-dant game and some very rare speci-mens were secured. Deer, antelope,hartbust and hippopotami were found!About four days before reaching Mene-lik's capital, a herd of about 100 ele-plan- ts

were encountered. Twentylarge bulls fell victims to the rifles ofthe party, after an exciting and some-what dangerous sport as the elephantshad been recently hunted by the nativesanu were exceedingly wary. Hundredsoi natives nocked to the spot to en-joy the feast, and many insisted uponshakfr hands with the white huntersin appreciation of a generous meal. Theivuiy was carried rorward and presented to the Negus, who. however ormvt.ously begged Mr Butter and Mr White-hous- e

to retain each a pair of tusks ofmen- - nrst eiepnant spoils.The caravan was left about fifteenumes i tue capital, to which theiMU.' piweeaea ana were most cour-teously received by Captain Harring-ton, the British resident, and his secre- -,n'J' .ouiru. xne residence. . rfKinp Menelik is a two-stor- v buildingwith extensive court yards, in the center or a large plain, through which arescattered an immense number of crudehuts, containing probably 20,000 peo-ple. The party, attired in faultlessdress suits, but riding sorrv mules into the court yard, were received in au-dience the next day. The king, throughan interpreter, conversed intelligentlywith his guests. He inquired particu-larly from what part of America MrWhitehouse had come, and remarkingon the very great distance, expressedthe hope that they would have a suc-cessful trip and carry away a good ac-count of his dominions, promising themguides and a safe conduct. The kinginvited the party to dine with him onChristmas day, old style, January 8,when he entertained thenJ right royal-ly with cooked meats, raw meats how-ever, being served to the several' thou-sand natives assembled at the feast."The Negus, who at the audience wasseated cross-legge- d on a divan, withpink satin cushions, was dressed likean eastern potentate. His head wascovered by white muslin tight on theskull and with many folds on the fore-head and at the side of the head. Hewore a. fine rose-- cut diamond stud inthe left ear, a plain gypsy ring on thelittle finger of the right hand; whitetrousers, a. coat of green and yellowstriped silk; a. black satin coat withgold braid and lined with pink. Theparty was hospitably entertained byCaptain Harrington in bis comfortablecompound, and by a dinner at tii.French agent's. Two days later, coursing after Jackal was offered by theking, who was present at the sport,which was novel, but not so excitingas was expected.' The party later returned to the cara-van when they marched south nimnffifty miles and after a halt for a dayproceeded to Zuquata. The caravanwhich then consisted of sixty-tw- o cam-els and sixty natives with the originalparty (except Captain Powell Cotton)will proceed by the chain of lakes to-wards the Walamo country,' whosechief has been advised of their coining.Along this route there will be seriouswork for the camels as the country Isvery hilly: but Lake Stephanie shouldbe reached without difficulty. The en-tire route isbeing surveyed, includingimportant hills as landmarks. On theton of one of these was discovered theruins of a city, which had been welland closely built with narrow street".About - three-Quarte-rs of a mile . in

Rumor of War Between France andEngland Is an Absurdity,

London, .March 30. The MorningvLeader prints an interview with EmileZola, the subject being the Transvaalwar, in which M. Zola says: "Thesight of a great, splendid' power, turn-ing all its forces against a little peo-ple who weren't doiug much harmmust move not only France but thewhole world.

"Yet the rumor of a war betweenFrance and England is, an absurdity,and the reality would be a catastrophe.France does not and has never desiredwar. v She showed that over Fashodaand in a hundred other incidents. '

"Warlike outcries may be used toproduce a change of ministry, but, be-lieve me, no French government willever voluntarily promote a war.

"Cannot you see the true state ofaffairs? The French people must havesome subject of excitement, and Eng-land at present seems a little inflatedperhaps a little overbearing. But sucheffervescence in France is not the goodsense of the country."

TWO OPINIONS GIVEN.

Consternation Caused By This Discov-

ery Among Senators.New York, March 30. Consternation

has been caused by the discovery thatCharles E. Magoon, law officer of thedivision of insular affairs, upon whoseopinion to the secretary of war the op-ponents of free trade with Puerto Ricohave- - been Telying for arguments, hadpreviously written another opinion in

'which he maintained a position exactly contrary to that assumed in the sec-ond document says a Washington dis-

patch to the Herald.In his first opinion Mr Magoon

that the constitution was ex-tended to Puerto Rico when the peaceconvention was ratified. In his latestproduction he insists that Puerto Ricois not a part of the United States andthat congress has full power to dealwith the island as it chooses.

This second opinion has been freelyused by senators in the preparation oftheir speeches on the tariff question.

It is anticipated that some senator,before the matter is disposed of, willintroduce a resolution calling for theearlier opinion, and that the argumentof Mr Magoon in support of the doc-trine that the constitution does extendto Puerto Rico will be interesting read-ing beside the declaration of Mr Ma-goon in support of the doctrines thatthe constitution does not extend toPuerto Rico.

A LOftG VOYAGE.

Delayed Ship From Philippines WithCostly Carso Readies Boston.

BOSTON, March 30. After a voyageconsidered to have been the longest onrecord from Cebu, Philippine Islands, tothis port the British steel four mastedbark Ancona was lowed across Massa-chusetts bay and was docked this morn-ing. She is laden with 18.300 bales ofhemp, the largest cargo of the kind shipped to this country. The Ancona sailedAug. 5, and her long voyage occasionedanxiety and reinsurance at Lloyd's, Lon-don. The rate advanced until she wasspoken near the equator in the Atlantic.She was next heard from at Barbados,where she put in to replenish her deplet-ed stock of provisions, resuming her pas-sage Feb. 23.

For the past week she has been off thecoast endeavoring to reach here. Headwinds prevented her from reaching herdestination, and for the greater part ofthe time she was hove to off Seal island.

Since the Ancona left Cebu with herenormous cargo hemp has doubled invalue and at present is quoted at 15cents per pound. This means a biff profitfor the owners. The total valuation ofthe vessel's cargo is placed at $800,000.

Two barks which sailed nearly threemonths after the Ancona have arrivedhere . and are now loading outward car-goes.

Peacock's Fast Trip.DENVER, March 30. With a special

train rushing across the continent theSanta Fe is trying to break its Nellie Blyand all other records in order that A. P.Peacoek, one of the directors of the Car-negie Steel company, may arrive at Pitts-burg in time to attend the annual meetingof the directors at noon on Saturday.The train left Los Angeles at 10 o'clockon Tuesday night and passed through LaJunta at 11:30 Wednesday night, makingthe run of 1,256 miles in 24 hours. Thespecial stopped at La Junta just -- longenough to change engines, made the runto Dodge City, Kaa., 203 miles, in 192minutes, reaching that point at 3:12o'clock yesterday. The actual runningtime between Dodge City and Emporia,Kan., 241 miles, deducting stops for wa-ter and fuel, was 242 minutes.

Bishop Anser In Berlin.BERLIN, March 30. Bishop Anzer of

Shangtung says that the unrest in Chinais largely attributable to the change ofrulers, as the present disturbers of thepeace have been incited by numerousedicts of the empress dowager to perse-cute foreigners and Christians: Theseedicts, however, were not intended pri-marily against foreigners, but, accordingto Bishop Anzer, their issuance was atactical step on the part of the empressto gain the support of the mandarins andother leaders of the old China party. Heconsiders her - an extraordinarily giftedwoman, with whom European powersmust reckon, whereas it is far otherwiseIn the case of the deposed emperor.

Fatal Case of Dynamite ThaWlng.SAXTONS RIVER, Vt., March 30.

The attempt to thaw oift dynamite in astove resulted in a terrific , explosionwhich. caused the loss of one life, the se-rious injury of a little girl and the wreck-ing of a small house. The victims wereFrancis Farr,-age- 50, dead; Gladys S.Btoodley, aged 7, may die. The explosionwas in the house of E. H. Stoodley. Farrwas terribly mangled, bnt not killed outright, death coming after several hours.

Case of Ida E. Strong Against Michael. Fanning.The rights of a dog were discussed

to-da- y by Attorney Kennedy, of Nau-gatuc- k,

before Judge Welch and a juryin the district court in a motion to setaside the verdict In the case of Ida E.Strong, of Southbury, against MichaelFanning, for $2,000 damages. MrKennedy and Attorney M. J. Byrnerepresented the defendant in this case,which was decided last week in a ver-dict for $000. The allegations setforth that the plaintiff, while riding toQnassapaug, on her bicycle, was at-tacked by the defendant's dog and per-manently maimed. Her defense con-tended that the plaintiff's machine col-lided with a stone on the road, that shewas thereby thrown and received theinjuries she complained of. To-da- y

Mr Kennedy argued that the plaintiffwas a frequent visitor at the defend-ant's house and was a great favoriteof his dog. On the day of the accidenthe held, the dog, seeing the plaintiff ap-

proaching, ran towards her, "as he hada right to do," said Mr Kennedy, "andto show his joy upon seeing her, leapedup, as he had a natural right to do.The dog had as much right on thehighway as Mrs Strong had. She wasnot attacked -- by the dog. She wascareless on this occasion, no matterhow expert a rider she may be. It isvery singular that she fell off her wheeljust where this large stone was in theroad, and that the dog barked and bither at that moment. The dog has aright to bound in the air. He had theright to bark and express his delight atseeing Mrs Strong, no matter how MrsStrong felt toward him." Judge War-ner, for the plaintiff, admitted the doghad certain rights, but no one or no lawever gave a dog the right to bite orscare anyone, said he. Decision wasreserved.

The arguments in the case of LouisOckerman against Al Ruso et al thenbegan.

INSULTED THE PRESIDENT.oEme, March 30. On the president

of the chamber of deputies taking hisseat for to-d- ay session of the house,the extreme lefts raised a tumult,shouting "Go out," and pelting himwith balls of paper. As the interven-tion of the ushers was fruitless thepresident was compelled to adjourn thesitting.

BANK PRESIDENT DEAD.Philadelphia, March 30. Benjamin

B. Comegys, president of the Philadel-phia National bank a director of thePennsylvania Railroad company and amember of the board of city trusts,died early to-da- y of pneumonia. Hewas in his 81st year.

CUT HIS OWN THROAT.Bristol. March 30. OlofC Johnson

made a determined effort to end hislife to-da- y by cutting his throat. Heis expected to die. .

Snttom Was Poisoned.NEW YORK, March 30 The coro-

ner's jury which heard the testimony inthe inquest into the death of CharlesSutton, , Jan. 21, at Netcong, near Dover,N. J., have brought in a verdict to theeffect that Sutton was killed by the ad-ministration of a dose of strychnine andthat his wife, Emma K. Sutton, gave thedeceased the, drug. Sutton was a brake-ma- n

on the Delaware, Lackawanna andWestern railroad, and Mrs. Sutton claimsthat her husband's relatives are responsi-ble for the prosecution because she re-

fused to give them half the money com-

ing to her from a railroad beneficial so-

ciety to whiah Sutton belonged.

To Try United States Coal.WASHINGTON, March 30 Minister

Bryan, at Petropolis, writes to the statedepartment in regard to the demand forcoal in Brazil that Dr. Argolla, the pres-ident of the San Francisco railroad inthe state of Bahia, will make an experi-ment with 5,000 tons of bituminous coal,to be followed by regular yearly ordersif the trial proves satisfactory. Dr. Ar-goli- a

believes that structural iron forrailroads and steel rails, if at once intro-duced by manufacturers in this country,would find an exclusive market in Braziland therefore solicits catalogues andprice lists.

Deerfoot's Remains Removed.BUFl?ALO. March 30 Through the

efforts of the NeT York Athletic club thebody' of Deerfoot, the renowned Indianrunner, now rests in the historic Indianplot in Forest Lawn cemetery beside thebodies of Colonel Parker, Red Jacketand other famous Indians of the SenecaNation. The body was brought to Buf-falo from the Cattaraugus reservationand was reinterred yesterday.

Persia to Be Represented Here.WASHINGTON, March 30. The shah

of Persia has appointed Mofakham EdDowleh minister plenipotentiary of Per-sia to the United States. The Persianmission here has been vacant for someyears past. United States Minister Bow-en-,

at Teheran, in communicating thenews of the appointment to the state de-

partment, strongly commends the shah'saction.

CITY NEWS .

Liberty lodge, No 71, A. O. U. W.,will give a jolly entertainment at Pyth-ian hall Monday evening, April 23.

The jury in the case of Louis Acker-ma- n

vs Al Russo et al returned with averdict shortly after 3 o'clock thisafternoon. They found damages of $50and costs against A. Russo and thesame amount against bis son. In thecase of Nick Russo- - he was allowed torecover his costs.

The funeral of John A. Gaviso willtake place from his late home on Mainstreet, Waterville afternoonat 2 o'clock. The interment will be inWaterville cemetery. Court Welch, F.of A., with which the deceased wasconnected, will have charge of the fu-neral arrangements- - ,

VICTORIA SENDS HER SYMPATHY

To the Widow of the Dead JoubertReport That the Boers Have Been

Reinforced Foreigners Coming to' Their Aid Mafeking is on Its Last

Legs Will be Unable to Hold OutMuch Longer General Joubert's Fu--

, nvral Held To-da-y.

London, March 30 (2:30 p. m.) Thereports that Lord Roberts will remainat Bloemfontein another month areprobably intended for Boer consump-tion, and the recent" movements oftroops and other indications point topreparations being well advanced fora forward movement. The entire silence of the cables this morning is re-

garded as significant.The fact that the Boer telegrams an-

nouncing the bombardment of Mafe-kin- g

Monday and Tuesday do notclaim any success, is accepted as proofthat they met with none and hopesare entertained that it may prove tohave been the final effort to reduce theplace before raising the siege.

It is now suggested that the appar-ent inactivity of the British at War-rento- n

is merely designed to impressthe Boers with the notion that theyare checking the Mafeking relief col-

umn, which in reality is advancing bya westward detour. Color is lent tothis view by the announcement that acolumn of 3,000 mounted troops, com-manded by Colonel Drummond, andaccompanied by three batteries, a pon-toon train and several wagons of am-

munition, passed Barkley West, March26, on an extensive march, the objec-tive of which is a strict secret.

Victoria's Sympathy to Widow.

London, March 30. Queen Victoriacabled to Lord Roberts to-da- askingHim to convey to Mrs Joubert, the wid-ow of General Joubert, the dead patriotof the Boer army, her sympathy at theloss of her husband and telling herthat the whole British people .regard-ed him as a gallant soldier and an hon-orable foeman.

Joubert's Funeral Boers Open Fire.Pretoria March 30. The funeral of

General Joubert took place this after-noon an was attended by all classes.

' The foreign attaches, attired in fulluniform, were among those present.The British officers who were prison-- .ers in Pretoria sent a wreath of flow-ers.

A dispatch from Fourteen Streams,north of Warrentown, Cape Colony,eays mat tne oers openeu uonioara- -. i . ill,, Ufificll. V , , I 1 , I'l. ..111,) , , 1UJCUl ill, i l ill, i i n 1 1 1 i i ill,British evacuated after making a fee-bl- e

resistance.

MAFEKING IN DANGER.

Been Seem Bent on Its Capture.Large Foreign ,

CAPE TOWN, March 30. The Boershave evidently begun a determined ef-fort to capture Mafeking.

Through Boer sources comes news ofthe town being furiously bombarded andthe garrison making what the Boers de-scribe as a spirited resistance, but asweek after week passes without the ar-rival of the long expected relief thelength of the tether of the garrison's re-sistance must be steadily diminishiug.

It is said that President Kruger has. gone to the front and is now reported on,the Boer firing line near Krooustad.

It .is reported that the Boers have; lately received foreign of

something like lc'OOO-men- ;

General Joubert's Illness.PRETORIA, March 30. General Jou-- -

bert was taken ill Sunday morning. He7" ivas at hispfiice the previous day. He

suffered great pain, but became uncon-seiou- ssome time before death.' The com-plai-

was acute inflammation of the- bowels. The body lay in stiite Thursday

and was then taken by special train tothe farm at Rustfontein, near Wakker-Stroom- ,

where it will be buried quietly,v M Joubert often requested, and withouty ; military honors.

at. Lord Metnaen's Return.v': KIMBERLEY, March 30. Lord lie-'s thoen has returned to Kimberley from

the Barkly district. The mounted troopsunder him are expected today. .Theywere at Likatlong when thoy received

(. the order from Lord Roberts to returnhere. It is reported that the Boers have

Campbell and that they areJb strong force near Warrenton, Barkly.West and Ta'unjrs.

I 6IX HUNDRED ARABS KILLED.f;.. Paris, March 30. An official accountfcas been issued of the victory of the

'4'sTrench troops over the Arab army atflnrabr. The Arabs left 600 men killedI Uld 100 wounded on the Held of battle.

Hewdee there were 4o0 prisoners taken.0Sie French losses were nine nativesvtMiers killed, thirtv-elch- t men andtwo officers wounded.

: .. FOUND IN 'A WELL.'iSeyxnortir,' March 30 The' body of

Walter Tiittle was fonnd early thismorning In a well in the yard of hisfcatwe in Southford. His pockets werefiled .with cobble stones, plaoU therejrobably to keep the bodf , 'Smlertruer. ? - . -

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. FAMILY ALL" DEAD. '-

He Says It Must Be Roosevelt orBliss.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHOICE.

The Boss of the Republican Party Said ,

to Boss Piatt Ninety Per Cent of theNew Y'ork Republicans in Favor of .

Roosevelt President Wants HimHe Thinks Roosevelt Can Save the

Day for Him. ,

New York, March 30. A special tothe World from Albany says:

Senator Lodge has informed Gov"- -ernor Roosevelt that Senator Hanna .

recently sent a communication to Sen-ator Piatt of New York, the substanceof which is:

"Roosevelt or Bliss; you can takeyour choice. The president wouldrather have Governor Roosevelt as hiscompanion on the ticket than any otherman in the country, and he hopes thegovernor will reconsider his decisionnot to be a. candidate for the

"This," says the World, "has. re-opened discussion and speculation,among republican state leaders and '00 per cent of the republican leaders '

of the state stand ready to present the",name of Governor Roosevelt as thechoice of New York for the

nomination if he will but givethe word.

"In discussing his administration asgovernor, the leaders of every sectionof the state praise him in public, butprivately express the opinion that heshould take advantage of the oppor-tunity offered to withdraw from statepolitics. The burden of their com-- ,

plaiut is that he is 'troublesome,' thatwhile he assures them of his

and sympathy he is persistently .

trying to pose as the master and censorof the party organization. They, admitthat he obeys 'organization orders,' butthey complain that he pretends that Itis he who is giving the orders and thathe is compelling the organization tofollow him.

"These bosses have received a "tipthat Senator Piatt is in thorough sym-pathy with Senator Hanna and Pres :

dent McKinley in their wish to haveRoosevelt's name presented as thechoice of New York for the vlce-pres- l-

dential nomination. They are doingtheir best in a covert way to promote ;

the idea that every republican in theUnited States thinks that' Roosevehand Roosevelt alone can save the re-

publican party from defeat, as hesaved S.in Juan hill at the supremelycritical moment of the Spanish war."

DIED IN INDIANA.

Remains of Former Waterbury Wo-

man Brought Here To-da-y.

The many friends in this city of 'Mrs Thomas Coleman will be pained tohear of her death, which occurred inMishawaka, Ind, last Tuesday even-ing. Her death is particularly sadcoming so unexpectedly. She was pre--paring the supper meal and was stand- - .

ing near the stove, when without warn-ing she fell forward and her fore-head struck the edge of the stove asshe fell to the floor. Her husband anda neighbor who were present ran toher assistance and picking her np,placed her on, the bed and summonedmedical aid. When the physician ar-- ,

rived he found her dead, and pro-nounced the cause of her death asheart disease. During her short resi-dence in the far western city she njademany friends who can sympathize with)the husband and children. The de-- .

ceased was formerly Bridget Grace,and was born in Canaan of this statethirty-thre- e years ago. She marriedsome years ago Edward McGou, wholater died, leaving her with two chil-dren. Four years ago she marriedThomas Coleman and two years laterthey moved from Naugatuck to Mlsh-- .awaka. where Mr Coleman was em-- "

ployed in the rubber works. She wa9 '

weil known in Waterbury, where shelived for some time. - She leaves be- - '

sides her husband and two chiMren,five sisters and one brother. The sis-

ters are 5irs William Kennedy of Wa-

terbury. Mrs Thomas Carney of .NewYork. Mrs William Carney, Mrs Wil- - .

liam Begley and Miss Jennie Grace of '

AnsoniaT The brother is PatrickGrace, who resides in Waterbury. Theremains arrived here on the 12:34 train '

this afternoon and were taken to theresidence of Mrs AVilliam Kennedy at .

365 Dublin street.

LOWERING OF RATES.

Seventy-Fiv- e Ter Cent of ChicagoGrain Contracted for by Rail, j

'

Cleveland, March 30. The loweringof the railroad rate on grain from Chi-

cago to New York to 10 cents, has re-

sulted in about 75 per cent of thegrain in Chicago being contracted forby rail. This releases a considerableportion of the Chicago grain fleet andmake it available for the 20,000,000bushels of wheat which will be readyfor shipment from Duluth by the open- -

.

ing of navigation. . .

J. Francis Lee, general passengeragent of the Canadian Pacific railroad,is in Cleveland arranging for the lakeconnections of bis road with this city.The Luke Erie Transportation companywill handle the railroad's traffic - be-- --

tween Rondeau and Tort Stanley inCanada and this city. A traveling pas-senger officer will be located in Cleve-land, y- The Canadian' government Is estab-lishing bureaus of information aboutthe northwest in this territory to help

'

the railroad company, the .firsf being .

located in Columbus.

BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.

Disruption May Be Adjusted By With-drawal of Carpenters.

Chicago, March 30. The Times-Heral- d

says: Disruption of the BuildingsTrades council and a consequent ad-

justment of all the troubles in thebuilding industry in Chicago may bebrought about through the withdrawalof the carpenters, which is the strong-est body affiliated with the council. Tosecure a settlement of the troubles inhis trade, P. J. McGuire, secretary andtreasurer of the Brotherhood of Car-penters and Joiners of America, andfirst vice-preside- nt of the AmericanFederation of Labor, arrived in Chi-cago last night. Speaking with fullauthority from the executive commit-tee of his order, he will tell the car-penters' union to either secure theabolishment of the arbitrary rules ofthe trades with which it is affiliatedin the Building Trades council or towithdraw from that body. The with-drawal of the carpenters would bepractically the death blow for theBuilding Trades council.

DAMAGED BY FIRE.New York," March 30. The steam-

ship Old Dominion, formerly of theOld Dominion line, now the propertyof the Joy Steamship Co, plying be-tween New York and Boston, was bad-ly damaged by fire early this morning.The steamship reached her pier at thefoot of Catherine street, East river, at8 'O'clock last night. The work of un-

loading at once commenced. Shortlybefore 3 o'clock some of the crew no-ticed an odor of smoke and reportedthe fact to Captain Durkee, who madean investigation and discovered thatfire was burning among the cargo nearthe engihe room. The crew attemptedto get the pumps to work, but the heatprevented them from getting at theblaze. The city firemen were thensummoned. Three alarms were turnedin which brought among other appa-ratus the fireboats New Yorker andVan Wyck. The firemen confined theflames to the lower deck, where theyoriginated, and in about an hour thefire was extinguished. The damage toship and cargo will amount to $15,000.

STUDENT TAKEN SICK.New Haven, March 30. Dwight M.

Wishard,. of St Paul, Minn, a studentat Philips Andover academy, AndoverMass, was taken to a hospital here to-da- y,

suffering from acute pneumonia.Mr Wishard. who is business managerof "The Phillipian," the Andover schoolpaper, came to this city several daysago on business. While in this city hewas the guest of W. E. Day, a Yalestudent from St Paul, who has apart-ments at Berkeley Hall. For two orthree days the young man had notbeen feeling well, but did not call formedical treatment until this morning.When a physician arrived and mac'.e anexamination, he at once ordered thatWishard be taken to a hospital.

SHOT HIS ASSAILANT.Chicago, March 30. In defendinghimself from an asasult made by two

strikers, Albert Goltcsehalk, a steamfitter at Swift & Co's, last night shotone of his assailants, William Gerlieh,a bullet striking him in the back ofthe neck, grazing the spinal cord andlodging in the lower jaw. Golteschalkis locked up. A murderous assaultwas made on James B. French, a non-union fireman at the Butler building,just after quitting time, four men at-tacking him. He was felled with ablow by a "billy" and kicked about thehead. He.was picked up for dead andwas unconscious for hours.

WAR CORRESPONDENT DEAD.London, March 30. Archibald

Forbes, the well known war corres-pondent, died in this city during thenight. He had been in bad health forsome years and during the last sixmonths had been unable to write ordo anything, owing to complicationsarising from rheumatism and paraly-sis. He spent most of his time at hishome in London. His wife was a MissMeigs, daughter of the late quartermast-er-general of the United States,General M. C. Meigs.

KATE CHASE SPRAGUE'S LACE.New York, March 30. The sale of

the household goods and art objects ofthe estate of Kate Chase Sprague,brought from Washington to a NewY'ork auction room, produced $44,448.The old lace worn by Kate Chasewhen she was presented at the court ofSt James was sold for $37.50 a yard.A "bust of Salmon P. Chase was pur-chased for $475 by Henry Villard, whoit js said will present it to the Congres-sional library at Washington.

FAILED TO APPEAR.South Norwalk, March 30. The bond

of $250. furnished by friends of MrsAnnie Schissel, the alleged shoplifter,for her appearance in court to-da-

were declared forfeited by Judge Greg-ory. Neither Mrs Schissel nor herfriends appeared in the court room.

NEW PULLMANN CARS.Cleveland, March 30. The Pennsyl-

vania company will begin toturn over its palace cars to the Pull-man company. They will be takenout of service and new Pullman carssubstituted.

" BULLET IN BRAIN.,Toronto, Ont, March B.

Whittemore. cashier of the ConsumersGas company, committed suicide yes-terday by sending a bulh t, lulo hiabrain. No reason Is asslgnfefl for the

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