4bsulutely Independent.
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1895.
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'l‘ae Daily Gazette, established in 1890
The Weekly Gazette in 1800.
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JlIAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Daily, one year. $3; six months, $175: three
months, $l.00; one month 30c. .
H'cektg, one year. in advance. $1.00,
monts, 60c. three months. 30c.
1’ ()8 TA GE I‘RE -1’AID.
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Desire to Prevent it.
Several months ago a number of the
largest tax payers of Norwalk talked
over the town’s accounts, how they
were kept, who got the orders, etc".
Finally it was suggested, that an in-
vestigationfibe instituted and a resolu-
tion to that end was presented and
passed at the annual town meeting.
Selectman Daskam was present and
presented the annual report of the
town’s account, which when read by
the clerk was found not to have been
footed up, and the citizens present
knew as much then about the expense
of running the town for the past year
as they do now. When the resolution
for an investigation and another to
change the ending of the fiscal year
were presented, Mr. Daskam opposed
them most strenuously. They were
passed, however, against his protest
and he left the meeting.
The next day after the meeting it
was given out that the passage of the
resolution was illegal because they were
notincluded in the call. On the follow-
ing Saturday the Hour appeared with a
defense of Selectman Daskam and en-
deavored to stop the investigation,
charging that the resolutions were a
personal attack upon Mr. Daskam by
the editor of the GAZETTE.
The tax payers not to be defeated,
circulated a petition for a special town
meeting for the purpose of voting upon
the question of having an investigation
made. The petition when signed was
given to the Selectmen and pigeon:
holed by them until the issue of the
Hour on Saturday last, when the notice
of the Sp cial meeting appeared, to-
gether with another defense of Mr.
Daskam, and another charge that it
was a personal attack upon him by the
editor of the GAZETTE.
The Hour’s efforts to make it appear
that the contemplated investigation of
the town’s accounts is a personal at-
tack upon Selectman Daskam is nothing
more or less than an attempt to defeat
the investigation.
The result of the town meeting on
Friday next will decide whether or
not the tax payers desire to know
where their money goes each year and
who gets it.
But why does Selechen Daskam fear
an investigation, and why does he and
his champion, Maples, so vigorously
oppose it 1’ .
Cotton Mills Moving South.
A The tendency on the part of the own.
ers of New England cotton mills to
remove those properties to the South
is both logical and beneficient. The
present arrangement is essentially arti-
ficial. It originated in the sectional
prejudices growing out of the institu-
tion of slavery, and was maintained by
the disorders that followed the war as
features cfitheljera of reconstruction.
Sectional prejudices, however, are
now disappearing. They keep their
place only in the repertory of noisy
demagogues and pestiferous agitators.
The tumult of reconstruction, too, ‘has
subsided, and the restoration of the
governing power to the intelligent,
responsible, and tax- paying classes has
reclaimed the South to order and civi-
lization. There is no longer any
reason why the logic of commerce
should be ignored, and, consequently,
the readjustment to which we refer has
been inaugurated.
fiUnder normal conditions, there is,
of course, no comparison between New
England and the Southern States as
domiciles for the cotton manufacturing
industry. The mere difference in
freights would of itself turn the scale.
But there are other differences. Labor
is cheaper, living is cheaper, coal is
cheaper, and land is cheaper in the
cotton belt than in Massachusetts or
Connecticut.
belt the climate is singularly mild,
and, with a reasonable display of care,
one can be perfectly healthy as well as
perfectly comfortable at all seasons.
There are very f:w days when fires
within doors are necessary. Life in
the open air is possible from one year’s
end to the other. Moreover—and a
very important consideration it is—the
atmospheric conditions of the far South
are normally what mill~owners have to
produce by artificial means and at no
insignificant expense.
As for labor. the negroes are the best,
the most docile, and the most conser-
vative working population to be found
upon the continent. As a class they
have no sympathy with the incendiary
teachings of the Meets and Schwabs.
and furnish no material for the social
revolution. They are essentially pas.
torial in their inclinations, have a pro-
Throughout the cotton ,
found respect for society, and a sincere
attachment to the institutions; under
which they find freedom and protectg
ion. Whether they can be educated to
become expert artizaus is an Open
question. We think they can. Under
slavery they were excellent masons,
carpenters, coopers, bridge-builders,
machinests and engineers. They made
admirable cooks, they acquired musical
accomplishments very readily, and, in
general, exhibited a very high order of
adaptability and skill. We do not
doubt that with encouragement and op-
portunity, they will raise to the full
measure of the situation now develop-
ing for them, and we are certain that
nowhere in the world can employers
find more faithful, more conservative,
and more law-abiding employee than
the negroes of the agricultural districts
of the south.
Testing the income Tax.
E. E. Marvin, clerk of the United
States district court, forwarded Satur-
day a rescript of the case of Horace S.
Wilmot of Bridgeport, vs. the Trustees
of the Adams Express Company to the
United States supreme court. This is on
a complaint made by Wilmot against
Henry Sanford, Clarence A. Seward and
Levi C. Wier, trustees Of the Adams
Express Company, setting forth that he
and other stockholders of the company
are to be injured by the proposed pay-
ment of a 2 per cent. income tax,
amounting to $19,200, by the trustees,
said income tax being unconstitutional
and in violation of Section 2, Article 1,
of the United States Constitution. Judge
Townsend heard the case in New Ha-
ven Friday evening, and by consent it
was taken to the supreme court at once.
Stoddard, Bishop 8: Milton for Wilmot;
Bristow, Peet Sr Opdyke for the Adams
Express Company.
Raided by Burglars.
New Hartford was raided by a gang
of burglars Saturday night. Nearly
every store in the place was burglar-
ized, and the almsbox of a church was
also looted. At one of the stores bro-
ken into the burglars found a card
hanging from the door of the safe
which read “Turn the knob to the
right.” The safe was unlocked and
empty. When the store was opened in
the morning the owner found that his
card had been substituted for another
on which was written in a scrawling
hand “You have horse sense.”
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A New York Escapade.
Millionaire James S. Brown of Stam-
ford became provoked at a New York
cab driver because he did not drive
faster. Taking the reins from the
driver’s hands, he belabored the horse
with his cane. On Broadway, near
Fiftieth street, the cab collided with a
cable {car and was smashed and the
horse was badly hurt, but the men es-
caped uninjured. Mr. Brown was ar-
rested and is under bonds of $300 for
trial at the court of general sessions.
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McGann’s New Horse.
The “Percheron” horse, “Tim IIow-
ard,” was disposed of by raffle Satur-
day night, and was won by Smith
Northrop. Later, Thomas McGann
offered to stake $5 against the horse, in
a game of euchre, the winner to have
both. McGann proved to be the win-
ner. It is understood that he will pre-
sent the animal to Pioneer Hook and
Ladder company to be used in drawing
the Truck to fires. He has already re-
fused several Offers of $2 for his prize.
A Quiet Wedding.
Justice Austin Saturday evening. at
Attorney Walsh’s Office, united in mar-
riage, a young couple from Five Mile
River. For some unexplained reason
they did not desire publicity given to
their names. Attorney Walsh was first
called upon to tie the knot but being
' naturally bashful he turned “the call”
over to his more experienced brother-
at-law, Justice Austin.
The parties to the contract were Wal-
ter E. Armstrong and Susan E. Boerum.
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A Brutal Exhibition.
There was a fiendish exhibition Of
depravity in Bridgeport, Saturday,
which was no less than a prearranged
fight between a Thomas cat and a bull~
dog. The former won by scratching
the dog’s eyes out. The inhuman tor-
menters watched the battle with a
fiendish delight. Everyone of them
ought to receive a hundred lashes on
the bared back with a cat-o’-ninc-tails
and six months in States prison.
Cheap Telephones.
The Danbury and Ridgefield Tele-
phone Company, which is furnishing
telephone service for $36 per year, now
has eighty subscribers in Danbury and
thirty-nine in Bidgefield, and has es-
tablished four pay stations. Next spring
it proposes to extend its wires to Nor-
walk and South Norwalk, connecting
with the local company being organized
there.
Tin Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. George Denton cele-
brated their tenth wedding anniversary
Friday evening, at their home on
Franklin avenue. The rooms were
artistically decorated with palms, ferns
and choice flowers and apleasant even-
ing was passed and a sumptous repast
enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Denton were
in receipt of many useful presents.
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Brakeman Killed.
G. Frank Northrop, a fireman on one
of the extra freights running from
Harlem ltiver to New Haven, was
struck on the head by the Park avenue
bridge at Bridgeport Saturday after-
noon and received injuries from which
he died half an hour later in the bag-
gage room at the depot. He was 26
years of age and resided with his
parents in New Haven.
Unknown Man Killed.
The body of an unknown man was
found on the tracks of the Shore Line
road in Fair Haven Sunday morning.
The body was badly mutilated and had
probably been run over by a passing
train. Little to identify the man was
found on the body. It is believed, how-
ever, that he was a railroad laborer.
Safe Blowers Agaln.
Early Saturday morning burglars
blew open the safe in the depot Of the
Northampton road at Unionvill and
secured $35 in cash. Later the post
pfili‘ce was entered but nothing was
a en. ‘
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» DAILY- NORWALKsGAZETTE.
Gui wanna.
Almost a Murder in WhistleVllle,
Sunday Evening.
The Bow Started Over the Loss
of'Several Chickens.
Whistleville was the scene of what
might have been a murder, last even-
ing. About 6:30 o’clock Mike Demot
went to the barn of Charles Hanks,
where the latter was cutting feed for
his horse.
He began the Conversation about
some chickens that he had lost and soon
the two men were angry and talking in
a loud tone of voice.
Hanke finally left the feed cutter and
went 'into the stall to ,feed the horse.
Demot followed him and drawing a
knife made a lunge at Hanke. I‘he
latter threw up his arm and the knife
struck him on the back of the hand in-
flicting a wound six inches long. Not
satisfied with the first attack Demot
made another plunge at Hanke which
he dodged and the blade penetrated
the side of the horse for about six
inches. *
" Demot then made his escape, but was
focal after arrested by Constable Ire-
an .
The injured man went to Dr. Ken-
nedy’s, where the Wound in his hand
required six stiches to close.
This morning Demot was brought
before Justice Barrett and his case con-
tinued under $200 bonds until 4 o’clock
this afternoon, to allow him to secure
the services of a lawyer.
Recent Deaths.
Francis Ives, a well known lawyer
and wealthy resident of Bridgeport,
died Sunday night at his residence in
that city, aged 77 years. He was a
graduate of Yale University, class of
’45.
William H. Cousins, son of Thomas
and Emma Cousins, died at the Nor-
walk Hospital, last night, aged l7years
and8 months. He was taken to that
institution ’lhursday, and an operation
was performed for appendicitis. The
case was a serious one, and at the out-
set it was feared that the patient would
not recover. The deceased was a
young man of splendid qualities and
was well liked by all Who knew him.
The funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Mary Jones, relict of Elijah
Selleck, of Scotts’ Corners, died at the
home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Han~
ford Smith in this city, at 11 o’clock,
this morning, aged 84 years. She was
taken with aparalytic stroke lastThanks-
giving from which she failed to re-
cover. Two children, Smith Selleck of
Springdale, and Theodore T. Selleck,
of Scotts’ Corners, and two brothers,
Edward and Charles Jones of New Ca-
naan, survive her. '
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Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera. .and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is the best medicine in the world for
bowel complaints. It. acts quickly and can
always be depended upon. When reduced
with water it is pleasant to take. Try it,
and like many others you will recommend it
to your friends. 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
For sale by Gregory & Co.
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Awfully Kind.
Our several city officers have received
Keeley cure circulars. A case of well
meant but mistaken zeal.
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Amusements.
'Horr‘s OPERA HOUSE.
“ [‘he Tornado" has cleared the way
of every doubt as to the success of
Lincoln J. Carter’s second production
of scenic melodrama. “The Fast Mail”
was his first effort and before its pre-
sentation wise heads scoffed at the
things Mr. Carter said he could present
to make it n. novelty, but he did all he
Slid he would, and made a fortune be-
side. His announcements for “The
Tornado” were equally surprising, but
the fourteen newspapers of Chicago,
where he chose to launch his new work,
wereaunit in pronouncing it as the
perfection of melodramic work. It
will be presented at Hoyt’s Opera
House next Friday night. c
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TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES
Sec advertisement gold watch lost.
Next Saturday will be Candlemas
day.
The Barbers’ Union will meet to-
morrow evening. .
Ex-burgess Fillow is having quite a
tussle with the g'rippe.
Dr. Tracy, this morning received his
badge as City Health Officer.
Miss Sperry of New York city, is a
guest Of Miss Fannie Leonard.
~Sheet music that sold from 30c to
$1, now 20, at J. T. Hayes,’ 25 Main St.
1036 2t.
Mrs. Ida Kirby of Danbury is visit-
ing friends on Orchard street, this city.
Photographer North took a picture
of the old Phoenix steam fire engine,
this morning.
The quarantine at the home of Rev.
S. H. Watkins on Belden avenue, was
raised Saturday.
rJhe Thursday evening Whist club
will meet at the home of Prof. Hars-
trom, Friday evening.
-—Pictures framed'at‘ Hayes’ Main st.
1013 if.
Jesse Brundage fell on the ice Satur-
day afternoon and received injuries
that incapacitated him for work.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary Will hold its
regular meeting in the Y. M. C. A
rooms to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock
—Hale’s Itose Cream for harm.
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The funeral of Mrs. Caroline St.
John Chicbcster was held from her late
home on East avenue, at 2 O’clock this
afternoon.
Father O’Brien preached a powerful
sermon against the liquor traffic in
Norwalk, at St. Mary’s church, yester-
day morning.
The Jewelers’ and‘Opticians’ associa-
tion Of Connecticut will hold its second
meeting at the Allyn House in Hart-
ford, Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Aman considerably under the in-
fluence of intoxicants fell on the ice
near the Street Railway station, this
morning, and received an ugly cut on
his head.
A hydrant burst near Raymond &
Sons furniture store last night. The
water spread over the east side of the
street and quickly froze making travel
somewhat dangerous in that section.
The case of Mrs. Sophia Weed vs.
ex-Burgess James H. O’Reilley is set
down for hearing before Justice Austin,
today. Mrs. Weed seeks to recover
for rent of land. ' ' ‘
A communication was received .from
an anonymous correspondent, this morn-
ing, and was consigned to the waste
basket. The GAirETTE does not print
communications unless the name of
the writer is attached.
A horse belonging to George Van
Tassell fell down on Main street, Sun-
day morning, and all efforts to get him
to stand on his feet were unavailing.
He was finally placed‘on a stone boat
and dragged to Mr. Van Tassell’s barn.
A horse belonging to John Eagle-
hardt, the junkman, ran away on Me-
chanic street, this morning. The con-
tents of the wagon were spilled out.
The horse was stepped on Wall street,
almost completdly tired out.
One Of the bills now before the legis-
lature provides for granting licenses at
$10 each to societies to sell int0xicants
at entertainments. They have hereto-
fore been sold in many instances with-
out any license at all, and it has not
been customary for authorities through-
out the state to interfere.
A delegation from Georgetown,
numbering about twenty-five couple,
tendered a surprise to Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Snifl'en at their home on Fair
street, Saturday evening, it being the
occasion Of Mrs. Snifl'en’s birthday
anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Snifl'en were
the recipients of many handsome pres-
ents.
Grace Church Guild will hold a cake
sale and afternoon tea at the residence
of Mrs. W. F. Bishop, on Belden ave-
nue, Wednesday afternoon from 3 till
6 O’clock. These sales and afternoon
tone by the Grace church ladies are so
popular that they draw a large crowd
and will no doubt dojgthe same this
time. -
Carlton Cornwell, foreman Of the Gazette,
Middletown, N. J ., believes that Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy should be in every
home. He used it for a cold and it effected
aspeedy cure. He says: "It is indeed a grand
remedy; I can recommend it to all. I have
also seen it used for whooping cough, with
the best results.” 2-5 and 50 cent bottles for
sale by Gregory & Co.
—Money saved by buying drugs and
chemicals at Hale’s. 1019lf
When the Messiah Coma-o
Great diversity of opinion prevails
among Hebrew doctors-respecting the
time of the Messiah’s anticipated com-
ing. Many believe the event to be de-
layed on account of the sins of the
people of Israel.
Amost unique idea was put forth by
Rabbi Machir, who lived at the end of
the fourteenth century.
He predicted that numerous strange
signs and prodigies are to precede the
great event. Then he declared that
when Israel shall be gathered from all
nations and brought to the land of their
forefathers, and the Messiah shall have
rebuilt the city, He will celebrate at a
gracious reception, at which every one
will be seated at ii. golden table.
He will entertain himself and company
at this feast with a great battle between
Behemoth and Leviathan, Himself step-
ping forward with a great sword and
slaying them both. Many still look for-
ward to some such occurrence.
Lawyers Called Down.
Justice Gaynor of Brooklyn recently
delivered a well deserved reprimand to one
of the socalled attorneys in a divorce
case. The Judge said:
“The motion to set aside the summons
in this action, is granted. The time
when the action is to be tried is not
stated; neither is the name of the court
mentioned in which such action is to be
brought. Both the original papers and
the copy are so disfigured and sloveuly
that no one could surmise them to be a
grave process of the court. The copy of
the complaint is no better. Not even the
name Of the plaintiff’s attorney or his
address is decipher-able on either the
summons or complaint. These papers are
unworthy of the learned and honorable
profession of the law, which I still trust
is not to degenerate into a mere slovenly
business.”
All Run Dawn
In health and strength after the grim—I wu
advised to take Hood’s Sarsaparllla. Half a
bottle gave mo good sleep and toned my
nerves. my cough ceased and I gradually gained
flesh. Hood’s Sarnparilia made no a well
Inn. It hits the rlght spot. JOHN BAiux.
Groom-.498 Cholmsford Street. Lowell, Mass.
[100 d’sisi“ Cures
Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable, and do
lot purge, pain or gripe. Sold b! all ammo.
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SATOLLI’S MISSION. ‘
The Papal Delegate Explains His Position
‘ at the Gridiron Club Dinner.
.Wasumcrcu, Jan. Sit—The tenth an-
. noel-dinner of the Gridiron club, given
last night at the Arlington hotel, was one
of the most successful ever given by this
dining club. Among the prominent guests
were Archbishop Satolli, papal delegate and
secretary; Dr. Booker, ex-Speakor Rood,
Associate Justice Brewer, Major General
Schofield, the German. Hawaiian and Ar.
gentine ministers, William Edgar Nye,
Senators Teller, Dubois and. Gorman and
Representatives Hopkins, Weadook, Baker,
Caruth, Springer and Connor.
Archbishop Satolli’s address, which was
read by Dr. Booker. paid a high tribute to
~ the press and its power in molding public
opinion and concluded thus: -.
“ From the day Of my arrival in America
down to the present moment I have had
every reason to feel pleased with the press
of this country, to conceive that most ex-
alted opinion of it, to appreciate its great
importancq to nourish for it feelings of
sincere and frhperishable gratitude. If you
desire to know my mission among you,
you will find it expressed in the conditions
enunciated for my favorable reception here
by a. well meaning but misled writer in
The'Forum. two years ago. It is to help “to
tone the ignorant, to raise the fallen, to
load the guilty and penitent to the invisi-
ble and divine Saviour, who alone has
power to forgive sin, to console the sor«
rowing, ta edify the believing, to promote
righteousness, liberty, sympathy and the
spirit of Christian brotherhood throughout
the land. ’ - '
' “If you want to‘know what my mission
is not, you have it in the words Of this
some writer in which he explains what he
thinks it is. He asserts that I am here to
further the claims of the pope to ‘a. king-
dom ‘ of this world,’ ‘a kingdom which
embraces the whole world, ’ ‘all the king-
doms of the world and the glory of them.’
In my own name and in that of Leo XIII,
who sent me, I repudiate any such pur‘
pose. And when it shall please the pope
to recall me. trust-ing in the kindness and
rectitude of the public press, as Samuel of
old, in laying. down the government of
Israel, appealed to the assembled people to
express their satisfaction or dissatisfaction
with his administration, so I shall not
hesitate to present to the press of the
country the record Of my labors and say,
'Judgc me.’ ”
DEATH OF EIAJOR GILBERT.
He Set Up and Corrected Proofs of the
First Mormon Bible. .
PALMYRA, N. Y., Jan. 28.—Major John
Gilbert died last evening, aged 93 years.
Major Gilbert was known from one end of
the United States to the other as the man
who set up and corrected the proofs of the
first Mormon Bible. Major John Gilbert
was born in Columbia county in 1802, and
when a lad of about 16 years removed from
that place to Canandaigua, learning the
trade of a compositor on the old RepositOry,
and remained there until about 1837,
when he came to Palmyra, and went to
work in The Sentinel Office and assisted in
printing the Mormon bible, he doing most
of the composing and all of the press work
on that book.
Prominent Mormons from Utah have
made trips hero for the purpose of inter- _
viewing Mr. Gilbert and visiting what is
called Mormon hill, Whero Joseph Smith
alleged be dug up the golden plates from
which the Bible was printed. Mr. Gilbert
was until recently the possessor of the first
Mormon Bible, disposing of it a short time
ago to Hon. Pliny T. Sexon of this place.
Overturned a. Lighted Lamp.
BOSTON, J an. 28.——-Mary Arrico, 3 years
old, and Concottna Alito, about the same
age, daughters of Italian laborers, were
burned to death last night in the tenement
of Philip Arrico, father of Mary. Mrs.
Arrico, While trying to extinguish the
flames, was so badly burned that her re-
covery is doubtful. Tho chlldern over-
turned a lamp while playing about a table.
15 Bissel to Resign?
BUFFALO, Jan. 28.—It is rumored here
that Postmaster General Bissel is about to
resign and resume his law practice in this
city. Nothing more substantial can be
found as a. basis for this rumor than the
fact that he has given notice to the tenants
of his house on Delaware avenue to vacate
by May 1, as he intended to occupy it
himself.
Cost $600,000, Brought $70,850.
CAPE MAY, Jan. 28.—The Stockton ho-
tel has been sold at sheriff ’5 sale for $70,-
850 and the furniture for $3,000. William
C. Kean, J r., of Philadelphia bought it
for John F. Betz and Thomas Bobb of
Philadelphia. The house was built in 1869
at a cost of $600,000.
Receivers’ First Report.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28.—The Lombard In-
vestment company has, through its receiv-'
ors. filed its first report since its embar-
rassment. The report showed that of $34,-
000, 000 in round numbers of indebtedness
$8,000, 000 had been paid off since Nov. 1.
Marie Burroughs Robbed.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.—-Mary Bur-
roughs, the actress, was robbed of 3 dia-
mond brooch, two diamond pins and a
gold watch on Friday night, and, strangely
enough, did her best to keep the affair in
secret. Detectives are working on the case.
Minister Gray’s Return.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-—Hon. Isaac P.
Gray, United States minister. to Mexico,
who has been in Washington during the
last few days, said today that he expected
to return to his post of duty at. the City of
Mexico by the 15th of February.
Two hIore Bodies Recovered.
LOUISVILLE, J an. 28.—Tw_o more bodies
of negro men supposed to have been
drowned by the - sinking of the steamer
State of Missouri have been found in the
river at Wolf Creek, Ky. These make four
bodies recovered so far.
Abel-dean’s Kind Ofl‘er.
MONTREAL, J an. 28.-Lord Aberdeen
has offered to provide for the maintenance
of the late Sir John Thompson’s two sons
until ' such time . as they will be able to
look after themselves.
Arrested After Ten Years..
ROCKLAND, Mo, Jan. 28.—-—Ered Erskine
of Brockton, Mass, was yesterday arrested
by a. detective, charged with the larceny
of $300 worth of clothing at Waldbojro,
M0,, ten years ago. ..
Cumberland’s Public Building.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28,—The house bill
appropriating $75, 000 for the erection of a
building at Cumberland, Md, has been
favorably recommended. c
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A Child's Suicides-.- ;
WAYNE VILLAGE. Me,_ .Jan. 28.—John
Weeks, a 13-year-old boy, committed sul-
cldo by hanging last nigh‘t. The cause of
the act is unknown.
Newsboys minted,
- RIGHTS gr CAPITAL.
MAY A MAN CONDUCT HIS BUSINESS
AS HE PLEASESES.
Labor Commissioner Curroll'D. Wright’s
Thesis Upon the Labor Question—Capl-
tal and Labor Both Ameniablo to the
Laws of the People.
Labor Commissioner Carroll D.\Vright
in the Forum, says:
The great employer of to—day,when ask-
ed to make some concessions to labor, or
to arbitrate differences which have arisen
between him and his employees, declares
that in order to win success he must have
complete control of his own affairs; and
he asks, “Shall I not conduct my own
business in my own way?” Under some
circumstances the employes asks, “Have
you the right tojconduct your own busi-
ness in your own way?” ’
Society has long since answered these
questions in some important particulars.
It says'to the property owner, the manu-
facturer: “N 0 property owner can do
anything that will interfere with the
rights and privileges of his neighbor,
whether these rights and privileges come
under the head of right to freedom from
injury to property or the privelege of liv-
ing without danger to health.”
But the question,=which is more far-
reaching and which will inevitably be
answered by society, relates to their ma-
terial surroundings; and this question is:
“Shell 9. man or corporation who does
not, or is not able to conduct his or its
affairs so as to avoid public disturbance,
obstruction of trade, loss of wages, or the
lowering of the standard of living, be free
from the interference of society i‘"
All attempts of conciliation and arbi.
tration, whether they work under the
form of law through boards established
by the State or by the mutual consent of
the parties involved in an industrial dis-
pute, emphatically declare that society
has the right to interfere.
The stoppage of traffic, the hindrance
of business, the general disruption :of
peaceful relations, the violence and crime
which come logically in the train of an
industrial dispute, are menaces to the
welfare of society: and the State is in
duty bound to do all in its power to pre-
vent their recurrence. And, since the
power which the State has comes from
the people, it is bound to exercise that
power for the good of all, even if the in-
dividual suffers as a consequence.
The enactments of the Interstate-Com-
merce law, by which the Federal Gov-
ernment under certain circumstances,
undertakes to regulate freight rates, is a
clearly defined instance of Government
interference to prevent the disturbance of
trade. If it can interfere to prevent the
disturbance of trade, can it interfere to
prevent the disturbance of society? Can-
not the State say to both labor and capi-
tal, “You must so conduct your affairs so.
as to leave people at peace?”
Labor would not contend so savagely
against a. reduction of wages under bad
economic conditions if it felt morally
certain that, with restored conditions its
share of the profits. which it receives in
the form of wages, would be restored.
It should be recognized that the man
who works for wages has been taught to
realize the conditions of a higher civili-
zation, to appreciate, to understand, and
to desire still greater mental, moral and
social progress, and he now begins to
comprehend that the labor question
means simply the struggle for a higher
standard Of living. But, with all this,
he finds that he still keeps the position
of a. wagereceiver in enterprises in which
his skill as well as his hand is a neces-
sity. -
The answer (to labor questions) will not
come through revolutionary changes, but
by a. recognition of the ever-increasing
intelligence of the men involved in indus
try.
THE BELLOWS AT A SEANCE.
How Cold Drafts were Made to Order by
a Bibulous Individual.
Mrs. \Villiams, the medium who was
recently exposed in ridiculous fashion in
Paris, evidently neglected one of her
most successful schemes when giving
exhibitions to the French people. W'hen
she was in New York she was looked
upon as a. marvelous medium by the
faithful, and as one of the most skillful
and inventive tricksters in the business
by professors of legerdemain and other
devotees of the science of making people’s
eyes deceive them. . -
A gentleman of wide reputation in
business circles came dangerously near
becoming a. victim of Mrs. \Villiam’s
art. In speaking of it he says:
“The fault lay in the fact that she gave
me the shivers too often. It is a very
well known fact that the condition of
the body has an important influence upon
the imagination. It is prettv hard for
any man to keep his wits about him
when he is sitting in a. half-darkened
room, with his hands held out on either
side of him by nervous, excited women,
and all sorts of ghostly things going‘ on
in front of him.
“I do'not shiver easily, but I discovered
that I always shivered at these seances.
Itold Mrs.'VVilliams that I always felt
as though there wasa draft of cold air
on the back of my head. She replied,
very composedly, that this draft was
caused by the fluttering of the spirits as
they moved about the room.
“On the second occasion, however, there
was astrong element of whiskey in the
draught, and without meaning to be
hypercritical in any way, the scent of old
rye was too much for_my credulity. I
took my sOn with me after that whiskey
experience, and. we discovered the reason
of the chills.
“Mrs. Williams had a confederate in
the person of a quiet and dexterous
young man, who carried a well-greased
pair of bellows. He wore felt slippers,
and it was his duty to sneak around be-
hind the row of chairs, where the inquir-
ers sat holding one another’s hands,
with his bellows. '
“Ho filled the bellows with cold air,
at an Open window in another room, and
then gently puffed a. draft down behind
the necks of the seekers after truth.
Take any man, put him in a. dark room,
string his nerves up to a. high tension,
and then blow a. draft of cold air down
the back of his neck, and it will do more
to cOnvince him that there are spirits
about than anything else in the world.
Nobody could hear the young man as he
moved around back of the chairs, but
one night he was peering down, in a.
nearLSighted way, to locate my collar,
and as he had taken a drink of whiskey
before beginning ‘ his work, his presence
was revealed to me. This was a'trlck
that was-worth all the wigs and tights
that Mrs. \Villiams came to grief over in
France.” ___,_ -
Newsboys wanted.
. _ l ‘lowsbovs wanted.
lT WAS NOT SURPRISING.-
Everybody Understood Why Uncle Jenner
Did Not Eat Turkey.
It was after the Christmas dinner was
over that Uncle Jasper made his custom.
'ary movement of puShing the nutéifi‘bln
him and stretching his legs undérfiho
table, which was always the preliminary
to a. story.
“It was last night 25 years ago}: he be- ‘
gan, "that a circ'umstance,-happened to
me that I haveinever forgotten, and,” he
added, looking around the table as if to
settle all doubts upon the matter, “I.
never will.” ‘ ' » '
“Oh, tell it, tell itl”. everybody‘cried.
“Well, your aunt and I were courting
then, and her mother had invited me over
to spend Christmas with them. I had ar-
rived late on Christmas eve, and the
mince pies were just being taken from‘
the oven, all hot'and smoking. Nothing
would do your aunt but that I should try
them at once, and feeling a. little peckish
I consumed a. couple before I had time to
express my admiration for them. Under
heavy pressure from the entire family I
placed myself outside of four more and
afterward wrapped my adipose tissue
around an extra. large sized oneOn my
own account. .
“You see,” said Uncle Jasper, looking
around apol’Ogetically, “I had always pos.
sessed a. weakness for pastry, and when
that pastry enclosed mince meat that
weakness became a. craze.
“Well, after eating my fill I retired for
the night to my room, but being in a.
ruminating frame of mind I did not go
to bed at once, but sat and gazed at a
picture on the wall representing abarn
yard full of poultry, the predominating
feature Of the scene being a. large mule‘
turkey with his tail spread out, looking
very dignified-and very. proud. He was
a royal bird, and his outlines gave me
immense admiration. In fact, I became
infatuated with him, and try as I would
I could not keep my eyes off him. How
long I gazed at his magnificent propor-
tions I know not, but suddenly he ruffled
his feathers and still further extended his
tail.
“At the same moment the whole pic-
ture became animated with life. The
other turkeys in his rear began to strut
and gobble. The fowls Were clucking
vigorously, as if greatly agitated, and the
rooster crowed three times from the fence
with the most unearthly crow that, had
ever assailed my ears. It was blood
curdling, and I thought of all the super-
stitious stories I had ever heard con- '
nected with the untimely crowings of
that prophetic bird, and my flesh began
to fairly creep.
“Suddenly the gobbler, with stately
tread, stepped out of the picture, followed
by the entire barnyard population, and
slowly came toward me. I would have
retreated, but something seemed to chain
me to my chair, and I could not move
hand or foot. . '
“The turkey and all his following with
solemn eye and grave deportment came
nearer and nearer, until the whole brood
halted about a. yard from me, where they
stood surveying me with a. severegand .
threatening air. In an’extremity of fear
I strove to call outrfor help,‘ but my
tongue clove to the roof of my mouth
and the only sound that'fissued-from my
lips were guttural mutterings that could.
not have been heard-fiveyards aways-:2 34-95
"After gazing at me in'thiswvay'r'fOr a?"
few moments, the turkey opened his beak,
and what was my astonishment? to hear
him speak with a. clear accent, and in the
most rational language! ‘ _
“ ‘Sir,’ said he in a. contemptuous tone,
‘you cannot be ignorant of the purport of
this visit from myself and companions.’
“ ‘Indeed I am,’Imanaged at last to
gasp. ‘To what am I to attribute such
an honor?’ '
“ ‘You are lyiiig,’ was the cold answer.
‘You know well.’ . ~
“I protested my innocence of his accu-
sation, but he did not appear to be
convinced. However, he undertook this
extraordinary explanation:
“ ‘In solemn ccnclave assembled we
decided some time ago to arrange for
your invitation here today. Can you
not guess the reason?’
“ ‘I have not the slightest idea,’ I an-
swered, trembling, for the cold gleam in
his eyes sent a. cold shiver down my
back.
“ ‘Then I will tell you,’ was the re-
joinder. ‘We brought you here for our
Christmas dinner.’
“ ‘What do you mean ?’ I gasped.
“ ‘TO eat you!‘ they all screeched to-
gether in the most blood curdling voice I
had overheard.
“Again Iessayed, in agony of fear, to
rise, but a fearful weight upon my chest
pressed me down, and the more I strug-
gled the greater it became, until I could
feel myself slowly sinking to the ground
beneath it. I felt myself to' be swooping
and I should certainly have lost my
senses but for the stately turkey’s next"
words, uttered in a voice so strange and
cold that it froze the marrow in my
bones.
“ ‘I will take his eyes,’ said he.
rest ,of him dispose of as ye will.’
“With a. deafening flutter of the wings
the entire brood flew toward me, the
turkey, as he had intimated, making for '
my eyes. With a. scream of agony I made
a supreme eflfort and shook the load from
my chest, but not before I had received
innumerable buffetings from the wings'
of that bloodthirsty turkey. The next
moment the welcome voice Of your aunt’s
brother rang in my ears.
" ‘VVhat’s the matter.
matter?”
“ ‘The turkey! The turkeyl’ I yelled.
“ ‘Not ajbit of it,’ said be. ‘It’s the
mince pie.’
“Whether it was or not, I did not
eat any turkey that Christmas.”
And aunt bore him out in the assertion.
The Initials Fooled Him.
Initials may be made to stand for a
good many things which they were never
intended to indicate. Everything de
pendsupon the ingenuity of the reader
says Youth’s Companion.
An old negro servant who had noticed
“Washington, D._C.,” stamped upon en.
velopes received by his mistress, said one
day: ‘
"I jess like to know, Mis’ Hannah,
w’y dey allus put dem letters, D.C. after
de name of \Vash’n’ton on .dem envel-
opes?”- .
“What do you suppose theystan‘d for?” ~
inquired the mistress, who always en-
joyed the old man’s answers.
“W’y,” said Sambo, after a. moment’s
reflection, “I’se been tinkin’ dey mos’
likely stood for Dadd ob his Country, but
I wa’n’t ’xactly sure and sartin but w’at
dey might mean some udder ting, fer
Wash’n’ton he was a. great man and
’pears liks dere’s mons’cus deal to be said
’bout him.”
‘Tho
What’s the
Stag parties are so called, so it Is said, ‘
because the men usually stagger home
from them .—Oil may Blizzard. ‘ ' _
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