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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1894.
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{lime-red in the Post-Office as a Newspaper.[
A Patriotic Proposal.
T he latest suggestion for the promo~
tion of a knowledge of the flag is that
of The Cincinnati Tribune that the
design of the American flag be adopted
by the post office department as a per-
manent design for the two cent postage
stamp. Mr. W. J. Lampton of Wash-
ington says: “To some persons this ex-
pedient may seem entirely unnecessary,
but it is a fact that in many parts of the
o’untry the flag is never seen, and
here are many people who would not
know it if they saw it.”
Such a statement may be readily be-
eved in this part of the country, says
the Norwich Bulletin, for after the last
legislature had passed the law requir-
ng that “the national flag should be
own from a'fiagstaff upon every school-
i ouse in Connecticut,” there were
several teachers of schools within ten
miles of Norwich who did not know
how to raise the flag properly, but had
it flying at mast-head union down un~
til a veteran called and instructed them
how the colors should fly from the peak.
There is nothing that would please
every true American citizen more [than
to see the “star Spangled banner’, on a
postal-mission of this sort. The flag
as an emblem
good influence, and as a thing of beauty
it has its claim to recognition as a good
design for the purpose proposed. This
recommendation is worthy the consid-
elation of the postmaster general.
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Civil Service Reform.
It is greatly to be doubted whether a
single honest tear would moisten the
«death bed of the Civil Service Commis-
sion. We are not yet sure, of course,
that there is to be a death bed at all.
but some candid and courageous Dem-
ocrats in the House seem to be arrang-
‘ing for one, and it occurs to us, says the
Washington Post, to speculate as to the
consequences in case they should suc-
ceed.
As we have said, it is highly improba-
ble that any great amount of sorrow
will be felt should the civil service es-
tablishment be extinguished. There
hasibeenmuch more humbug and by-
pocrisy than genuine enthusiasm in this
connection for some time past. We
can understand that when the reform
was first set on foot a great many earn-
est and patriotic men believed in it.
Unquestionably it is beautiful and al-
luring in. theory. It is more-than that
—it is unassailable. There is a fine
sound about the proposition of non-.
partisanship in the executive ofiices and
nothing is easier, on paper, than to
make such a system supernaturally
pure. Everybody knows, furthermore,
that there are many and serious object-
ions to the so-called “spoils system”
and that it is difficult, if not impossible,
to secure the highest efficiency where
office is distributed as a political re-
ward.‘ Regarded in the abstract, in-
deed, the plan of civil service reform
adopted some years ago was infinitely,
incomparably more attractive than the
methods which it superceded. But ex~
’ perience has shown us that the expect-
ations built on theory have not been
realized in fact, and that, whilst civil
Service reform has done something to-
ward improving certain details, it has
not done enough to warrant the coun-
try in holding it sacred and offering
oblations of love and reverence on its
altar.
, The defect of the system resides in
its operation. Under that operation
the highfiast and most responsible ofii-
cials in :the land are denied the privi-
lege of selecting their.own subordi-
nates. They have the right to discharge
those whom they find incapable or un-
satisfactory, but not the right to re-
place them with material of their own
choice. And so long as the officials in
nestion are held responsible—morally
or financially, or both, as the case may
be—for the proper discharge of their
public duties, just so, long will the pres.
ent system be irksome and obstructive.
Nor can its advocates point to any no-
table superiority of practical achieve-
ment as an effect to the serious disad-
vantages we have mentioned. The
country still remembers that the execu- -
live business of the government was
conducted through more than a gener-
ation under the “spoils system,” and
that the Republican party, at the end
of its reign of twenty-four consecutive
years, turned over the assets of the na-
tion to its successor without the most
infinitesimal record of loss by blunder
or misappropriation.
We are by no means disposed to ac-
cept Tuesday’s vote in committee as
ndicative of any serious danger to the
civil service establishment. It is not
an invariable rule that votes of that
kind are faithfully duplicated in regu-
‘ la: session and on coal] for- the yeas
and nays. But the demonstration cer-
tainly showed that the so-called merit
system is no longer regarded as a sacra-
ment, and it seems a good time to sug-
gest that there is no important reason
why it should be.
There are fifteen hundred doctors in
Connecticut, and President Edger-ton
of thefitatevMedical society makes the
assertion that the majority of them
have not diplomas. .
of liberty would have a.
Medical Journals Suggests lt§_:Use.
The many who‘live better than'others
and enjoy life more are, the ones who
more rapidly adapt .the best products
to the physical-needs. It is from this
large class you can learn“ of.E the great
good to be derived from the. use of Dr.
David Kennedy’s FavOrite Remedy. It
is presented in a most acceptable form,
pleasant to the taste and perfect in
action. It has given satisfaction to
millions, it is apprwed and prescribed
by practicing physicians and 18 used in
all hospitals and sanitariuvms. In dys-
'pepsia, neuralgia, kidney, liverand uri-
nary complaints and the illnesses. women
suffer from, it is a positive cure. For
constipation, nervousness or" loss of
sleep, it is unequalled. Dr. hennedy’s
Favorite Remedy is so generally pre-
scribed now that all dealers in medicine
sell it. ...
The income Tax.
If an income tax were an absolute,
imperative necessxty of our financial
situation; if we were in such a dire
strait that we had no other. means to
defray expenses and meet obligations,
the Democratic party, as a last resort,
might levy such a taxas a temporary
expedient. says the Washington Post.
But- such action would be undertaken
with great reluctance, and the Congress
undertaking it would do so apologeti-
cally, explaining to the country the ne-
cessity for so serious a departure from
the Democratic creed. .
Neither of the two great. parties in
the last campaign gave any intimation
to the country that such a tax was
dreamed of in the list of possibilities.
If an income tax plank had been sub-
mitted to the Democratic national con-
vention by the committeeon resolu-
tions, no one doubts that it would have
been booted out and. voted down. The
Populist party and the Social Labor
party casting but 1,051,662 'votes out of
a total of 12,102,850, supported an in-
come tax proposition. 'Without any
compulsion from necessity, without any
Visible excuse, the Democracy in Con-
gress accepts the instruction of a small
minority and attemptsvto- plant this odi-
ous graft from the Populist and Social
Labor creeds into ijoiir'fsystem of na-
tional taxation; _ j.” '
Not-only is it unlenmocratic, but it
is quite as sectional: as anything at.
tempted by any Republican Congress
in recent years. "It' is nostbfi'ensively
inquisitorial, and it is class legislation,
laying a penalty‘o‘n. thrift and giving
a: premium to impriJVi'de‘nc'e, Demo-
cratic Senators have declared that its
enactment will be fatalf‘to their party.
Democratic journals of _. the highest
character vehemently: denounce it. .
The leading independent papers, which
supported Mr. Cleveland :in- 1892, cry
out against it. But the fiat appears to
have gone forth th'at'it must be adopted,
and Senators who have led the way in
denouncing it are reported as getting
ready to gulp down the nauseous dose.
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Final Hearing.
The final hearing was had in the mat-
ter of hearing theclaimants to the per-
sonal property left by Mary Brennan,
who was burned to death at a fire in
Smith street, in November, 1892.
Among the claimants was a man named
Brennan from Holyoke, Mass, but his
stories of his kinship to the deceased
were so conflicting that he was not be-
lieved. There were other claimants
but with one exception the proofs of
their right to the property were not
substantiated. The one exception was
a woman who livesinEast Norwalk
and who is without doubt 'a relative.
The money left amountsto something
over $1,000 andisdcpositedin a bank
in this city to the ,creditof Mrs. Bren-
nan and Mrs. Ge,orge,.__Lowe. Judge
Woodward has no,t,_yet given'his decis-
ion in the case.
it will be remembered that at the
same time Mrs. Brennan had this mon-
ey in the bank shewasfalso drawing
money from the town. ' This money
will of course be repaid to the town
from the assets of theest‘ate.
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THEODORE BRUSH.
Theodore Brush'd’ied' athis home on
Maple street Friday afternoon in the
58th year of his'age'. Hi! wife and
three children—Edwin L., Anna and
Eva—survive him. v "
Mr. Brush for some months past had
been in poor health, but'not until in
March was he confined to the house.
The cause of his death was Bright’s
disease. He was a carpenter by trade
which trade he learned with Timothy
Fitch. At the outbreak of the rebel-
lion he enlisted in 00. F, 17th C. V.,
and did valiant service in defense of his
country. During his service he was
promoted to Lhc . auk of sergeant.
He was a member of St. John’s
Lodge, F. & A. M.,'Our ‘Brothers’
Lodge, 1. O. O. F , also of Bucking-
ham Post, G. A. R., members of which
organizations will act as pallbearers.
The funeral was attended from the
Norwalk Methodist » church, at 2:30
o’clock Monday afternoon.
Mother Have You afn'aby.
If so get from our dru 'st to-da for
25cabottle of Dyr. Hand’gColic gure.
Every baby often, has distressing colic.
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure gives" immediate
relief by removing wind from the stom-
ach and quieting thenerves, giving rest-
ful sleep. Mother think of, the worry
and anxiety this sayesyou. If your baby
15 teething Dr. Hand’s. Teething Lotion
for 25¢ soothes. and relieves all pain.
Sold by all druggists. ,. , . , .
Miss Lizzie Lambert; Miss Susie.
Hadley, of Pleasantville, '5 N._- Y. ,' and
Miss Carrie Griflin ,o'f Brewsters, N. Y.,
are the guests of Mrs. M. Weed.
A"
250 Will Buyfa Wife
or mother a bottle of D'ii'f' Hand’s, Colic-
Cure at any drug store.,-Mrs. S. W. Mer-
rill, of Fairdale,N, Y. says ; “Dr. Hand’s
Colic Cure is far .Iin advance, of an
remedy of the kind I: ever used. It wi l
quiet baby when she is "Screaming With
pain.” Ask some mother who has used
this remedy about it, ,, ,When your baby
is cross and fretful while ' teething. apply
Dr. Hand’s Teething Lotion tolthe gums.
Sold by all druggists. 25 cents.
Wills HEAVY DAMAGES
George Riley-Sues Reed and Mc-
Kibben for $30,000.
Struck in the Head by Flying:r Rocks
While Passing the Tramway
improvements.
On Friday morning, May 11th. Chas.
E. Whaley, mate of the schooner
“Two Brothers,” was walking from
Wilson’s Cove, where the vessel Was at
anchor, to South Norwalk for supplies,
in company with George Riley, one of
the deck hands. They were on the
Wilson Point road, where Reed 3; Mc-
Kibben, the contractors for the Nor-
walk Tramway company, were laying
the rails for the extensxon to Roton
Point. ,
As they reached a point opposite to
where the men were at work a blast was
set off and the air filled with flying
stones. Whaley managed to dodge the
fragments of rock as they fell, but
Riley was not so fortunate. He had
turned his back to the flying, missiles
and'started to run, when a large stone
struck him on the head, knocking him
down and rendering him unconscious.
Riley was placed in a wagon and
taken to the N orwalk Hospital. Here
it was found that he had sustained a
fracture at the base of the skull, a hole
oneinch and athalf by one inch having
been made. he also had a fracture of
the left arm just below the shoulder.
The operation or ll"cpaulllllg Was_per-
formed by Dr. W. J. Tracey, assxsted
by Drs. Burke and Allen. .
The patient has been getting along
nicely at the hospital under the care of
Dr. Tracey, and his relatIVes have VlSll-
ed him nearly every day. ,
On Monday Attorney John J. W'alsh
for Riley, brought suit for damages
against Reed & McKibben, the con-
tractors, for $30,000 and Sheriff Toner
attached all of that firm’s property
found in Norwalk. Mr. McKibben
offered to receipt for the property for
himself, but by the adv1ce of his coun-
sel, E. M. Lockwood, declined to re.
ceipt for the firm.
The attachment stopped the work be-
ing done by Reed & lVchibben for the
Roton Point Improvement company,
but does not interfere with the Tram-
way co'mpany’s extension to Roton
Point as that has been completed.
A Gazn'r'rn representative visited the
hospital on Monday and asked to see
Riley but was informed that he could
not be seen. A'telephoue message 'to
the hospital this morning elicited the
information that Riley was unable to
attend to any business, which would
indicate that his relatives have taken
the matter in hand and broughtsu‘it in
his name. ‘
New England’s Latest.
The New York and New England
Railroad has made an arrangement with
the New York Central by which it will
have facilities at all of the New York
Central depots in New York. Thedar-
rangement also provides for passenger
traffic. The Harlem division of; the
‘ Central issued a new. time table {Mont
.day in «which a page is devoted to rub ew-
England, giving 'ihe time of departure-
and arrival of trains to and from .New
York. Brewsters, Danbury, Waterbury
etc.
A Memorial Building.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Colt, of New.H_a-
ven has accepted plans for a memorial
building to her son, Commodore Cald-
well Hart Colt.
120x60, two stories, with ball. It will
contain a gymnasium and will be for
mission work in connection with, the
Church of the Good Shephard, which
Mrs. Colt built as a memorial to her
husband. The building will cost from
$75,000 to $100,000 and will be built ad-
joining the church.
in Honor of the Soldier Dead.
The handsome monument erected to
the memory of Danbury’s dead, soldiers
and sailors who lie in unknown graves
was unveiled amid imposing Ceremonies
Monday afternoon. : Business through-
out the entire city was suspended and
the schools were closed. Governor
Morris and staff were present. There
was a large and fine parade. Hon. Au-
gustus Fenn was the orator of the day.
Against Mrs. Silk. ., _
Judge Curtis of the court ’of common
pleas on Monday gave a'judgment of
$25 and costs to Timothy Collins and
wife against Mary Silk. The suit was
brought by Mrs. Collins for an assault
committed upon her by Mrs. Silk on
June 20, 1893.
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Burglar-s in Fair Haven.
Some time during Monday night
burglars entered the grocery store of
O. A. Rose in Fair Haven, and opening
the safe, which had been left unlocked
secured 3150. An entrance was effected
by breaking in the rear of the store.
but.
A snapping turtle weighing 133 pounds
was captured in, Essex last week. At-
tached to the great shell was a brass ring
and a check about the size of a silver
quarter, similar to a baggage check.
On this was plainly seen the words,
“Groton, 1864.” -
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The open cars on the Tramway are
with us again.
Miss Kate Cole lies at the point of
death at her home on Chapel street.
Dr. L. N. Phinney, who has been
sick for some months past, was able to
take a short ride on Sunday.
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Arthur Quintard, formerly, of'this
city but more_recently of Boston, is
sick with typhmd fever at Wilton. , ‘
Mortimer Downey, who is on the re.
tired list of the New York police force,
was a guest of Mr. J ohn- Hanlon on
Memorial Day. he and Chief Bradley
did service 1n the same precinct. -
Ccnnecticut ' Pensions : —0riginal——
Edward Pearl, Mansfield. Additional—-
Frederick A. Lucas, West :‘Goshen;
Lawns Suoy,, Middletown. Increase—
John McOauley, Concord. Original
wrdow—eHelen I. Corbin, Waterbury.
The Fourteenth Commencement of
the Norwalk Military Institute- -Will
take place Tuesday. J une 5th. Liter,
ary exercises, 3:30 ;---,-review- of cadet
corps, 5 o:clock; alumni meeting, 7 p.
m. and prmcipal’s reception, 8 p. m. "
The building will be.
the poorest class of laborers.
‘ ' lRTiS’lNSTiféifisT”
HOW GLASGOW HAS lMPFlOVED SOME
" OF 178 POOR DISTRSC'.'S.
The Influence of Municipal Teucments In
Brightening I'Iuman Life—Clean and
Comfortable Dwellings furnished to the
Poor at Reasonable Rent-.135.
Municipalities are not necessarily
wiser than other corporate bodies. Glas-
gow has by no means solved the human
problem. But she has mafia some notable
experiments in the direction of bright-
ening 1111mm life. But, with less than
half a dozen blocks of municipal tene-
ments, she is still far from pointing the
way to a beatific condition. She is also
far from having become a socialistic city.
She had the opportunity to make experi-
ments in the most wretched of her dis-
tricts. The experiments have succeeded,
and private enterprise here, as elsewhere,
has made similar experiments and with
similar success.
The municipal tenements or artisans’
dwellings, as they are variously called,
consist of blocks of flats on either side
of the Saltmarket. The buildings are
four stories in height. The ground floors
are occupied by Shops. The houses are
usually arranged so that on two floors
there are three tenements, a tenement of
two rooms being on clich side of the
staircase and a tenement of one room be-
tween them. There are also several flats
of three rooms each. The tenement of
one room is 14 by 13 feet. It is fitted
with a. bed closet, which is expected to
answer the purpose of a second room, a
scullery, a. large press or cupboard, a.
commodious dresser and a. ‘ tchen range.
Such an apartment rents for $40 a year.
The two roomed flat has a small lobby
fitted with a press, or closet. On one
side of the lobby is the living room,
which is completely furnished as a
kitchen. A scullery adjoins. There is
also a bed alcove in the room. On the
other side of the lobby and 'on the front
of the house is the sitting room, to which
is also attached a bed closet. Such a flat
rents for $49. 50 per annum. The three
roomed flats rent for $80 a year. Gas is
supplied by the city. at. the usual rate of
60, cents per 1,000 feet. There is a. laun~
'dry at the top of the house for the use
of thetenants. These artisans’ dwellings
are constructed in the most substantial
manner. The stairs are stone, and the
stairway walls are tiles or glazed brick,
which is easily kept clean. ,
'It has long been objected that these
dwellings do not meet the necessities of
The rents
were ‘too high for men who work in the
astreets or on the docks and at other kinds .
of unskilled labor. Glasgow had to con-
sider'ivhether it were possible for the
municipality to reach these men in any
wfay. If it had been aquestion of letting
rooms to single men, the arrangement
could have been made easily enough.
But the difficulty was to devise homes
“for large families, and it usually hap-
pensth‘at in; this part of the world the
poorer the man the larger is his family.
Houses could be built, of course, ' but
could the poorest class of laborers aflford
to pay a. rent which would return to the
municipality an interest of 2, 3 or 4
' ' per cent on its investment? Could the
municipality compete in that respect
with “the owners of rookeries, where
families live in single apartments?
Much deliberation was given to the sub-
ject. It was found that the municipality
could put up a block of substantial
buildings to meet the wants of the class
hitherto left untouched, but that it
would notbe practicable to provide any-
thing more than what are called “one
roomed houses’_’—that is to say, one
room to a family. To be sure, the rooms
could‘be divided by a. partition reaching
within two or three feet of the ceiling,
the sleeping quarter being thus separated
from the cooking quarter.
It was finally decided that a block of
single room tenements should be con-'
structed. A place was cleared at the
rear of a. block' of arthans’ dwellings,
and a plain building of three stories was
erected, with four single room tenements
on each floor, two in the front and two
behind. - These were let at rents well
- within the means of unskilled laborers.
Thei'building was opened, and it has
been filled ever since. ' The experiment
is financially successful, but in other re-
spects there is little to be said for it. Of
course the apartments are larger, lighter,
healthier, better built than any single
robin tenements in the old rookeries.
Nevertheless the objections to the herd-
ing of a family in one room are not there-
by removed. They are merely minimized
and in a very slight degree. It is not by
any means demonstrated that a munici-
pality is justified in doing anything to
perpetuate the single room tenement sys-
tem for families.
The construction of Glasgow’s munic-
ipal tenement houses, whether of the
better class or of the poorer, is admira-
ble. The stairways, being built entirely
of masonry, are consequently fireproof.
The stairs themselves and the hall floors
are of stone, and the walls of the halls
are faced with glazed tiles or glazed
bricks, as the case may be, and, as I hav
said, are easily kept clean. -
A very large amount of work yet re-
mains to be done on the municipal estate
which comes under the administration
of the improvement fund. Old heuses are
still being torn down, and crowded areas
are being cleared away. Of course all
this is a very expensive business. But it
is‘being gradually carried on so that the
coat may not fall excessively on any
single yeah—Glasgow Cor. Beston Her-
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A Duke Rebuked.
- When commanding the Galatea some
years ago, the Duke of Edinburgh called
in plain clothes on an admiral, who re-
buked him with the stiff greeting, “I
should have , been very happy to receive
your royal highness on any other .occa-
sion, but unhappily at this moment I
am expecting avisit from the captain of
the Gala " The duke went back to
his ship and put on his uniform—Son
Francisco Argonaut.
Read, the Gum-w,
ENCOURAGE HOME TALENT.
E. w. Rowe’s very Pertinent Stoxyof the
Man and the \Voolen Mill.
The citizens of a great many good
towns work hard to induce now indus-
tries to locate within the corporate lim-
its and wholly neglect to give proper
encouragement to homo talent. The fa-
mous western novelist, E. W.
Howe, hits this nail exactly on its very
head in his novel “The Story of a Coun-
try Town,” which made a great hit a
few years ago and received the enthusi-
mtic praise of such eminent literary
men as W. D. Howells and Mark Twain.
In a chapter headed “The Peculiarities
of a Country Town” Mr. Howe says:
“There was one thing I noticed of
Twin Mounds-which is probably true. of
every other country town—it was con-
stantly threatened either with great
presperity or great danger, but Whether
the event threatening the prosperity or
the danger came» to pass the town pro~
grossed about the same. There was no
perceptible effect from any of the events
the people were certain would prove
either very disastrous or of great benefit,
from which I am led to believe that no
one is famiilar with the art of town
building, although I have never known
a man who did not profess to know all
there is worth knowing about the sci-
ence'.
‘ ‘Towns seem to be the natural accre-
tion of years, and“although the people in
Twin Mounds often related how desper-
ate were their struggles with adversity
the facts probably are that the place
would have been fully as large without
the great number of public meetings for
public purposes and the endless worry
of individuals With reference to it.
‘ ‘Thcrc was a. very general impression
that manufactories were needed, and
this was talked about so much, and so
many inducements were offered, that
the people became discouraged, believing
that the average manufacturer had a.
wicked heart and a hollow head to thus
wrong Twin Mounds in the face of his
own interest. Therefore we were very
much surprised to learn once, after all
hope 'had been abandoned, that a. quiet
man was building a woolen mill down
the river, which he completed and after-
ward operated without the help of the
pommittees which had been appointed to
aid in such matters of public weal.
“The troiible was that the man lived
in Twin Mounds, whereas we had been
expecting a. man and money to come
from a. distant point for that purpose and
had never thought of looking about
home, but spent a. great deal of money
in sending committees away to make
arrangements for a woolen mill. This
circumstance, though humiliating,
proved a. good thing, for it taught the
people that if the town were to be built
up at all it must be by its own citizens,
which knowledge was afterward used to
good advantage.
“The people were always miserable
by reason of predictions that unless im~
possible amounts of money were given
to certain enterprises the town would be
ruined, and, although they always gave,
no sooner was one fund exhausted than
Mr.
it became nebessary to raise another. It
was said during the collection of each
amount that itwould never be necessary
again to give to this sort of charity, as
the enterprise then in hand would in-
sure the fortune of Twin Mounds, but
there was never an end to the ridiculous
business, and we were always in a. state
of dreariness on this account, as the
men demanding the charity for insig-
nificant enterprises threatened to go to
the rival towns and permit the grass to
grow in our streets.
“In thinking of the matter since I
have thought that. Twin Mounds would
have been a much better town but for
the fact that it was always expecting
improbable disaster, but which never
came, for the people were thus prevent-
ed from exercising their energy, if they
had any. ”
Although the above excerpt is from a
work of fiction, it is so true to life that
its wisdom is apparent. Three good
points to remember are the following:
Always encourage home talent when
it stands ready to establish an enterprise
that will build up the town.
Never attempt to raise more money to
secure new enterprises than the town
can afford to part with.
'Always look on the bright side of the
town’s outlook Never predict anything
but prosperity. Well men often die be-
cause they believe they am suffering
from some wholly imaginary ailment, ’
and a. good town sometimes retrogrades
simply because of .the creaking of calam-
ity bowlers. Say nothing if you cannot
say a good word for the town, but keep
on sawing the town’s wood. ,
Sanitation and Health.
From 1700 to 1750 the death rate in
London was so high that the population
stagnated. In the former year the in-
habitants numbered 665,200 and in the
latter year 653, 900. During this period
the deaths were in the ratio of about
one per 30 persons living. By 1801 the
population had crept up to 777,000, and
the deaths had fallen to one in 41 per-
sons living. This great improvement in
the state of public health in London was
not, except to a trifling extent, the re-
sult of sanitary legislation. People
were becoming more enlightened on
many matters affecting their health,
partly owing to a more general knowl-
edge of chemistry, physiology and other
sciences relating to man and his sur‘
roundings. When those intrusted with
the conduct of public affairs became
aware how much the health of the p -
ple was affected by bad water, by foul
emanations and even cesspools, and by
too great‘a density of population, they
began to secure supplies of pure water,
to construct proper house drains and
street sewers, to remove systematically
filth from houses and to widen streets.
The promulgation of the natural laws of
health preceded the enactment of laws'
of health by the state. J enner’s discov-
ery of prophylaxis in smallpox had for
its corollary the vaccination laws. The
chemical analysis of water was the be.
315 of acts of parliament relating to wa-.
ter and ri rem—Charles Cameron at
Sanitary Congress. ’ j . 0
Read the Gamma.-
DESTRUClW_E FLOODS.
Cloudbursts Play Havoc In the Little _
City of Pueblo, 0010.
THE WHOLE TOWN FLOODED.
Property Has Been Damaged, Travel Inter-
fered \Vith, and Loss of Life May Result.
One Place Swept Away -— The
Frazer Still Rising.
DENVER, June 1.—Late reports from
all parts of this state tell of great damage ,
by heavy rains. Streams running through
canyons have become raging rivers, and
many bridges have been swept away and
‘trains delayed. At Pueblo, where two
cloudbursts occurred, the latest reports
received here said that the Postal Tele-
graph company’s office was flooded to a
depth of six feet, and The Journal office
had been obliged to stop work. Several
bridges across the Arkansas river had been
swept away, the city was Without light,
and great alarm was felt for the safety of
a number of persons.
The flood was caused by the bursting
of the levees of the Arkansas and Foun-
tain rivers, which join just above Pueblo.
Thcrise of water was so rapld' that the
police and fire departments were called
out to help rescue several hundred fam-
ilies living on the bottoms. In some
places the water reached scoond story win.
(lows. In the business part of the city the
First National bank, the opera house and
the large dry goods and clothing houses
had several feet of water in them. When
the latest dispatch was sent, the flood was
reported as still rising rapidly, and direct
communication with the south, and card
had been cut off. ‘
Frazer River Still Rising.
Vancouvsn, B. C., J une 1.—The Fraz-
er river is still rising, and the indications
are that the flood will be more disastrous
than the great flood of 1882. The river
has already risen with‘ln eight inches of
the high water mark then. Though the
whole valley is under water, the Frazer
having spread out into a vast lake, the
tide is rising at the rate of an inch every
three hours. At Westminster the river
wharves are submerged. Many cabins
along the water front have , floated ed on
the tide, and many poor families have lost
all their belongings. Points farther up
the river report that the danger increases.
At Nicomcn island 44 fine farms are on-
tirely under water. No further fatalities
were reported yesterday. It is a week yes-
terday since the Canadan Pacific has run
a. train through to the west.
Annacis island, two miles above West-
minster, is submerged. Many fine farms
were formerly on the island. The ranch-
ers were rescued by. steamboats, but all
their stock has gone down the river. All
the river steamers have been commissioned
by the government for services in secur-
ing the imperiled persons. In the vicinity
of Ruby great danger is apparent, and
several steamers have been dispatched to
the district. The marks of the 1882 flood
have already been passed at many points.
Colorado City Threatened.
TOPEKA, June h—The SantaF-cvad—
:vlcesfrom Colorado Springs this after
" 110011 in relation to the ‘flood in Colorado
Springs say that three bents of the bridge
across the Arkansas river at Nepesta went
out at 9 o‘clock this morning; that two
more are going, and that there are indica-
tions that the whole bridge will be de—
stroyed. There is a big washout between
Colorado Springs and Colorado City, and
there is danger that the" shops and depot
in the latter city Will be damaged greatly.
It is still raining torrents in all points on
the western division and on the Colorado
Midland, and there are no signs of abate-
ment. Ii
Pueblo, Colo., Flooded.
PUEBLO, 0010., June 1.—-It has rained
incessantly for 30 hours. In this city the
Arkansas river broke the levee in six
places. From Union avenue viaduct to
the postofi‘ice, three-quarters of. a mile, all
cellars are fiaoded, and water rises two
feet above the first floors. The electric
street cars have stopped running, the
works being flooded. Hundreds of men
are out in boats rescuing families.
Bad “'estcrn Mail Service.
WASHINGTON, May ESL—Reports received
at the postof‘fice department show an in~
creasing number of serious washouts on
railroad lines on the Pacific coast. About
15 of these have been reported this week.
Most of them are in Washington and the
others in Idaho and Montana. , In some
places 10 days or a. fortnightwill be te-
quired before regular train? service can b
resumed. -
A Town Swept Away.
SPOKANE, Wash, J 11110 1.-—Word has
reached here that the town of ' Concunelli
had been practically swept avVay by the
flood. Every business house in town was
destroyed. Nearly all the dwellings have
also been swept away. Mrs. Almira
Keith lost her life.
Punished For Libellng Caprivi.
BERLIN, Juno 1.—Thc provincial court
today condemned Baron von Thuengin to
pay a. fine of 500 marks for libeling Chan-
cellor von Cuprivi. The same court sen-
tenced Herr Oberlander, editor of The .1,
Volks Zeitung, to pay a fine of 250 marks
upon conviction of the same offense.
Thomas Feeney Held.
LONDON, J uno 1.—Thomas Feeney of
Brooklyn, who is wanted by the police of
that city on the charge of felony, and who
was recently’a‘rrested at Queenstown, was
brought up today at Bow Street police
court and remanded, pending the arrival of
extradition papers. ' '
A $50,000 Blaze In Boston.
BOSTON, June 1.—An investigation to-
day shows that the .lomoaused by the fire
which destroyed the plant. of the-Addison
Gage Ice company last night will reach _
$50,000.. .Besides the icehouses, five. ice
cars, a dwelling, stable and carriage shed
were burned. ' ~ ‘
w... malignant. Appointed.
Wasnrxcrox, ‘June l.,—-The following
appointments have been .‘made of cadets at
'West Point: Louis Lattimer, Mlddletown,
:0.; Edwin Clifton (alternate), Easton,
Pa.; Hamid Hammond, Rushville, Ills;
'D. B. Knapp (alternate,) Bement, Ills.
A Trenton lawyer Found Dead.
THEN-TON, June 1.-'—Andrew .' J .’ Smith,
a well know lawyer of this city,was",foun‘d
dead in bed today at an institution hero
for: the cure of alcoholism. Smith had
‘not been drinking for‘ some time and was
taking thecure’as a preventive.
I Beadzthefihzxm,
Norwalk Chronicler