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TRUSTS DISCUSSED.
Economic Association Thinks
Combinations Inevitable.
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The Trust Drives Out the Weaklings.
Real Monopoly Element :1. Monop-
oly of Genius—Future Suprem-
acy Depends on Trusts.
ITIIACA, N. Y. Dec. 29.—The morn-
ing session of the American Economic
association was devoted to a discussion
of t1usts. While recognizing the dan-
gcxs which might result from trusts and
accumulations and combinations of capi-
tal, all of the speakers thought a general
~ tendency toward combinations in the na‘
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ture of trusts to be inevitable. Perhaps
one of the most interesting papers on the
question was read by Pr'ofesso1 Sydney
Sherwood of Johns Hopkins university,
w hich dealt with‘ 'The Influence of Trusts
In the Development of Undertaking Gen-
ius.” After expressing the opinion that
the tendency toward Combinations of cap-
ital was natural and remarking that he
welcomed it as being but a step in the
complete organization of industry, he
said: ‘
“Successful industry today requires, as
never before, larger and more complex
organization. The costly wastes of mod-
ern production are due to a scarcity of
able leaders of the enterprise. It is a
function. of the trust to get rid of the
weak. It is the natural and spontaneous
effort of progressive industrial organiza-
tion to get the genius at its head which
has produced the trust. The stability of
the trust depends upon its getting and
keeping the highest of leadership. The
real monopoly element in the trust is the
monopoly of genius. 0111' futu1e economic
supremacy will probably depend upon
trusts. A wise policy is to increase their
possibilities for good, while diminishing
then' possibilities for evil, th1ough edectu-~
a1 legislation.”
Professor Sherwood defined his posi-
tion- as that of a capitalist rather than
an optimist. He said that he recognized
evils in the modern tendency of combina—
tions, but thought the tendency, neverthe—
less. so well defined that all that could
be done would be in the natureof re-
strictive legislation which would mini-
mize the possibility of harm.
Armor Plate Tested. .
\VASHINGTON, Deg. 29. ——In the
presence of officials of the Russian gov-
ernment, se1eral United States naval ofli-
cers and 1epresentatives of the Carnegie
Steel company an eight inch Krupp plate,
a part of a lot of armor intended for the
Russian battleship Retvisan new build-
ing at the Cramp shipyards.
phia, was tested yesterday at the Indian
Head proving grounds. The plate was
Philadel- ,
190 inches long, 93 inches wide and eight ,
inches thick and curved. The gun used in .
making the test was an eight inch rifle.
the projectiles being armor piercing shells
250 pounds each in weight. The 1'equi1e
ply injuring Mrs.
DAR-IEN.
Mr. and Mrs; George Oberlanderand
daughter of Jersey City are visiting his
parents, East MainStreet.
Alexander A‘babott and wife of Balti-
more arrived Saturday, the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lounsbnry.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Long of Rich-
mond Hill, I5. I., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Jell‘ifie, Christmas.
G. Dudley Tilley has just purchased
two pairs of golden pheasants and one
dozen mallard ducks to add to his fine
stock of poultry. ,
Among the many happy Christmas
events in DarJen were the Christmas
trees in honor of the young folks at
the Jell-iffe, Langdon and Ballard fam-
ilies.
The cantata given at the Town Hall
by the Congregational Society, Christ-
mas night, was well attended. It was
participated, in by 'all the Sunday-
schOol children, and was excellent.
While Dr. and Mrs. Noxon, were out
driving, the other day, the wheel of the
buggy collided with the railroad track.
[‘his frightened the horse, which ran
away, throwing bot-h out, quite serious-
Nexon.
There wasa family re-union at the
home of Mrs. John A. Stevens in Da-
rien, Christmas. It was the seventy-
third anniversary of - Mrs. Stevens’
birth. Thirty~two sat down at the ta-
ble and had a jolly time. The group
picture was taken in the afternoon.
EAST NORWALK.
Miss Clara Bell of Hackensack was
the guest of her mother, Mrs. George
Bell of Cove street Sunday and Men-
day. -
Miss Mary Parcelles and George
Stringfield of New York spent the holi-
days witli Mrs. S. A. Parcelles of Com:
street.
Fred Carr .of Gregory Boulevard is
visiting in New York.
Mr. and‘Mrs. Benjamin Bennett and
daughter of St. John avenue have re-
turned from a. short. stay in Newark.‘
Irving Finch of Van Zandt avenue
has taken his old position with the N.
Y., N. H., & H. R. R. in New Haven
again.
Irving Finch was home from Brook-
lyn to pass the holidays with his par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Finch of Van
Z 1ndt avenue.
The East No rwalk A1hletic club
11 elected the following officers W ednes-
striking velocity was 1,180 feet pe1 sec- 'day nigh1:
end. The Denetiation attained by the;
.shells ranged from 1%, to- 2 5/8, inches. The.
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plate did not (rack under the test and
was very little injured. The test was re- ,
garded by those present as entirely satis-
factory. _
Manila Railway Claims.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—-The directors of
the Manila Railway company,
limited, .
Chairman—~James Irwin.
Treasurer—Harry Fox.
Secretary—Frank Fox.
Mrs. J. S. Morgan and daughter
1 Mamie of Cove street, have been spend-
ing a few days in Stamford.
Capt. -Augustus St. Johnrof Van
announce the suspension of interest on ' Zandt. avenue is ill.
the pr'io1 lien bonds.
that no revenue is available, as the line
has been in the possession of the insur- avenue is seriously ill.
gents or the Americans since Februaiy
last.
States government is liable for the guar-
They point out;
They also ave1 that the Unitedl
Granville 3W. Benedict of Howard
He is not. able
tolie down but. has to be propped up.
Miss Mamie Dunn of Reynolds street
anteed interest, having assumed sover— is visiting in New York city.
eighty over the Philippines. The com—
pany has claims
against the United States. 6'
Prison Keepers Discharged.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Six keepers
have been discharged from the state
prison at Sing Sing. They are T. M.
Cronin, John Durkin, E. T. Smith, John
Corcoruu.
Crosk. They are all Democrats._
1eduction in the number of keepers is
aggregating £34,400 .
George Kirch and Martini
The:
necessary to keep within the appropria-g
tion. The number of comicts in the
prison has been reduced to about 1, 200
recently by transfers to other prisons.
and the need of so many keepers was
abolished.
Man and Woman Killed by Gas.
NE\V YORK, Dec. 29. —— Peter C.
Schroeder, a wealthy wholesale grocer,
with stores at 66am! GS VVallabout mar-
ket and in various parts of Brooklyn.
was found dead with a young woman at
'1 o’clock yesterday afternoon in a small
room on the third floor of the hotel of
Charles Wester. Boerum place and Liv-
ingston street Brooklyn. John C. Schroe-
der, a brother of the 1ne1chant. identified
the body. The room was filled with gas
escaping from a stove.
A Strike Not Favored.
PHILLIPSBURG, Pa., Dec. 29.—At a
mass meeting of several thousand miners
in Northern Cambria ‘Wednesday. a reso-
lution was adopted declaring opposition
to a strike until after the annual meeting
of the national organization of United
Mine workers at Indianapolis next month
unless ofiicially ordered out Jan. 1, 1900.
This action makes a general strike of the
30.900 miners in central Pennsylvania
next Monday highly improbable,
Sheriff Shot by a Negro.
MONTICELLO, Fla., Dec. 29.—Will,
German, a negro, shot-and killed Sheriff
T. B. Simkins at the Scurry place, six
miles north of town. Gorman was want-
ed for murder, and Simkins and a posse
went to arrest him. They closed in on
the cabin in which the negro was‘con-
cealed. As Simkins pushed open the
door German shot him twice in the
breast. The murderer escaped from the
rear door, but was shot down and killed.
Grover Cleveland’s Condition. ,
PRINCETON, N. J. Dec. 29.-Ex-
President Grover Cleveland, who has
been confined to his bed for several days,
is much improve1l.~ The attending physi-
cian at the Cleveland residence states
that the eat-president is up and able to
get about the house and will soon be en-
tirely recovered from his illness.
Mnrderer Unknown.
CORDEAL, Fla. ., Dec. 29. —News has
just reached l1e1e that Deputy Sherifi
McMulleu of Citlus county was killed
uesday night by an unknown person.
A posse is looking 1301- the murderer. On
. the same night Mr. McMull’en’ s barn at
-‘ 7.11113 place was burned.
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Alittle daughter was born to Mr.
and M rs. VVllliam Gray last Friday.
Louis Schmidt. of South Norwalk.
visited with his parents on Christmas
Mr“ and Mrs. F. S. Seltcck enjoyed
Christmas with relatives in New York.
William F. Weed of Philadelphia. is
visiting his parents 011 Prospect. ave-
nue. .. I V
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. HallspentChrist
mas with Mzs. Halls sparents in Tuck-
ahoe, N Y.
Fred White of Brooklyn was the
guest. of relat1ves and friends in town
over Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. O’Neil of New Haven
spent. Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.
Bryant. of East avenue. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bennett. and child
of Danbury are spending the holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmidt.
The Bartram family, who have been
residing in the house on the corner of
Railroad avenue and Park street, have
moved to Norwalk.
Henry Flynn, who has been away
from town for several months, return-
ed to this place last week. _
A scrap in Whitlock’s saloon Christ-
mas ended in one young man being
badly marked up and bruised, so much
so that he had to be taken home in a.
wagon.
A number of people were awakened
just after midnight, Christmas morn-
ing, by singing of Christmas carols
that echoed sweetly in the ears of
those who heard them. After the sing-
ing a Merry Christmas to all song out -
in the snillness of night. The surprise
was afforded by ladies and gentlemen
of St. Mark’s church choir, reviving an
old English custom.
BROAD RIVER.
Harry 'Comstock of New York and
Charles Comstock of Derby spent Xmas
with their father, George Comstock of
this place.
Kempton Alger of Bridgeport spent
Xmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Alger. . ‘
William Simpson of Brooklyn, N. Y.
spent the holidays with hihsister, Mrs. '
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WESTPORT.
The Westphrt Bugle and Drum Corps
expect their instruments this week.
On January 3, Miss Catherine Con-
wav and Thomas Glynn will be} mar-
ried- at Assumption church by the Rev.
Father Pyle.
The funeral of Wilson M. Harris,
who died Saturday, aged 75 years, was
held from the M. E. church Tuesday
afternoon, the Rev.Mr. Holmes officiat-
ng. Burial was in. ~Willo'w Brook
cemetery. ' '
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THE BUBONIC PLAGUE-
Apprehension on the Pacific Coast
Because of Recent Developments.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—The
news of the breaking out of the plague in
Honolulu brought here by the transport
Centennial has created some alarm
among the state and city health oflicials,
and every precaution is being taken to
prevent a possible admission of the dis—
ease into this city. The transports Cen-
tennial and Newpor,t which arrived
Wednesday night, and the Tartar, which
arrived from Manila yesterday, are now
at the quarantine station undergoing
fumigation and will be detained at An-
gel island for some time. The steamer
Gaelic, now due here from the orient via
Honolulu, will be sent to quarantine and
held there until all possible dangei is
passed.
News from reliable sources in the
orient is to the elfect that the disease is
prevalent in China and Japan to an unu
sual extent and that the officers at Ma
nila have taken p1ecautions to prevert
the plague from getting a foothold there.
News from Bombay is to the effect that
the plague is rampant in India, and in
view of these conditions the authorities
in this city and e1e1'y port on the Pacific
‘eoast will take strenuous precautions to
prevent the'introduction of the bubonic
plague on this coast.
A DARK PROPHECY.
Parisian Prophetess Predicts Early
Death of Queen and Pope.
P.AI{IS Dec. 29. «Apparently inspired
by the vagueness of Mme. de Thebe’s
predictions for 1900, Octave Uzannc has
sought mom precise details from a rival
charlatan—that is to say, cheiromancier.
She seems to flout Mme. de Thebe’s
declaration that Venus will be the ruling
influence next year by prophesying that
1900 will be a more terrible yea1 than
187 0, the year which the French know as
“1 annee terrible par excellence.”
Clouds of blood and mourning are to
burst over many points of the universe
within the year of the peace congress.
Formidablc battles will be fought.
Two important personages will die be-
fore springtime, Victoria and the pope.
The latter will be succeeded after two
days’ conclave by Cardinal 13—.
The United States will encounter in—
suunountable difficulties in the Philip-
pines and will be unable to overcome the
resistance of thel nat1ves
Strange Actions of Dore-mus.
LOS‘ ANGELES, Dec. 29.—Theron A.
Doremus of U p'pe1 Montclair, N. J who
disappeared from New York mysteriously
about ten days ago. leaving a note saying
that he would commit suicide by jumping
f1om a steamer, has been located at the.
Hotel G1ay in this citv. The old man is
evidently suifeiing from brain trouble
From remarks dropped during lucid in-
tervals it appears that he knows nothing
of his wanderings during the past ten
days. He does not know where he left
New York or how he came to Los Ange
les He arrive d here last Saturday, and
his pitiful condition appealed to the pro-
prietor of the hotel, who took him in,
though he had but $1. 70 to defray his
expenses. Doremus complains of a buzz
ing in his head and talks much of his
wife and children.
Rumors of War.
VICTORIA, B. 0., Dec. 2S.——1\Iail ad
vices received from the orient state tha.
Russia and France are conniving togeth
er in encroaching on Chinese territory
and against England and that Japan is
buying immense quantities of rice. It i:
believed that war will break out in tin
spring.
1 New Yon-IE Markets.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—FLOUR—State
and western dull and in buyers’ favor:
winter patents $3. 55113. 75; winter straights.
$3.35a3. «15; Minnesota patents, $3. 80114.05;
winter extras, $2. 55a2. 90.
WHEAT—No. 2 red opened weak and
was further influenced by disappointing
cables and selling for long account; May,
74 9-16a74%c.' July, 74%a74%c.
RYE—Steady; state, 56c.; No. 2lwestern,
610., f. o. b. afloat.
CORN——No. 2 was dull and weak un-
der bearish cables and moderate liquida-
tlon.
OATS—No. 2 slow; track, white. state,
3111341350.; track white, western, 313,341,110.
PORK-Steady; mess, $101110. 75; family,
$1221.12. 50.
LARD—Steady;
$5. 921%,», nominal.
BUTTER—Stronger; state dairy, 18a26c. ,
state creamery. 2221280.
CHEESE—Firm: fall made, fancy,
small 123/4a13c.; fall made, fancy, large.
l2§ia13c. '
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania,
23a24c.; western, ungraded, at mark. 153.
20c.
SUGAR—Raw steady; fair refining.
313-16c.: centrifugal. 96 test. 41,110.; refined
quiet; crushed, 5 13-160.: powdered. 51,4c
TURPENTINE—Quiet‘ at 5111511,/._.c.
MOLASSES—Steadyg New Orleans, 3211.
400
RICE—Steady; domestic 4216940.; Japan,
455411512.
TALLOW—Steady; city, 51).; country,
4%a5c.
HAY—Quiet; shipping. 65a75c.; good to
choice 8011850.
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CUHCURA RESOLVENT is so pure, sweet
and wholesome that all ages may take it with
pleasure and benefit. Its mission is to cool
and cleanse the blood in eczema and other /
torturing, disfiguring humors, rashes, and
irritations, while warm baths with Contains
SOAP cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, -
Bud‘- gentle anointing: with Cm Oint-
ment soothe and heal itching. burning skin.
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prime western steam, .
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styles of Upright Pianos, both ,pew
and second hand at great reduce
tions. Sold on easy terms of pay-
ment or liberal discount allowed for
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DANN’S HARNESS STORE,
River Street, Norwalk.
Miss Baird’s institute.
Boarding and Day School.
53 West Ave.
Miss Baird, having secured more
room and some very desirable advan-
tages through her recent changes and
add1tions, begs to state that she will
open her Schoo1
{Ill SEPT. 28th, l0 Ull PUPILS.
Academic and College Preparatory
Classes will be in charge of College
Women of ability and experience.
The ancient and Modern Languages
will be thoroughly taught by compe-
ent. teachers.
Two instructors, both Conservatory
Graduates, will be employed for Music.
There will.be specialists in the de-
partments of Art, Elocution and Gym-
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A Kindergarten and Primary De-
pirunent will be added to the school
and no etfort will be spared for the de-
velopment of these little ones, in all
the details of physical culture, as well
as in mind, morals and manners.
Miss Baird is at home to Visitorson
Thursday and Friday of each week.
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