The Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 1

mtfim AM Li 10 PAGES ruiiauisaiiaMiaiiiieiiAauaOTiNitMaMiMlN MERIDEN CONN WEDNESDAY APRIL 25 1900 PRICE 3 CENTS BOERS DODGE i SLICK SULTAN STILL THREE LIVES LOST Children Suffocated in New York Fire This Morning Report of Industrial Commission Presented to Congress Brilliant Wedding That Took Place in Litchfield To-day Players Will Report Here by Next Tuesday WHAT MANAGER PENNEY SAYS Team Will Have Week's Hard Practice Before Opening of the Season That Are Being Made for Exhibition Games A Penney proprietor and manager of the Meriden baseball team arrived in towh to-day on a short business trip He will return to Brooklyn to-night but will come to Meriden again next week He has ordered his players to report here next Tuesday and ail will come on that date with the exception of Pitcher Brooks and Catcher Ung-laub who have been excused until May 7 so they can play with the University of Maryland team who start on a southern trip May 3 Manager Penney says he will have a first class team in Meriden tills season all young men and full of ginger While the league season does not open until May 9 the players will report so as to get in a week's hard practice Manager Penney is endeavoring to arrange an exhibition game for Saturday May 5 The Wallingfords or some other club may be secured for that date He has arranged for an exhibition game between the Meridens and Cuban Giants for May 14 The colored Giants have only recently returned from a victorious trip through Cuba As last season Mr Penney is fighting the Meriden electric road company and endeavoring to do away with the extra charge of ten cents inflicted on people for entrance to Hanover park who do not ride on the cars MOST ELABORATE AFFAIR Groom Is Chief of Bureau of American Republics at Washington and Bride Comes of Prominent Connecticut Family Litchfield Conn April One of the most brilliant weddings in the history of Litchfield took place to-day when Miss Edith Howell Perkins of Litchfield was married to Hon Woodvillb Rockhill of Washington The bride is the only daughter of Hon and Mrs Deming Perkins Mr Perkins being one of the most prominent citizens of Connecticut She is a graduate of Miss Porter's school at Farmington and has traveled extensively all over the world T'he bridegroom is well known and influential in the social life of the capital At present he is the chief of the Bureau of American Republics Mr Rockhill is also a geographer of much experience He is one of three gold medalists of the Victorian order of the Royal Geographical society in London where he published two of his large volumes of research The ceremony was preceded and followed by most elaborate functions The Hawkhurst was filled to overflowing with guests and on the evening before the wedding the club house was a blaze of light and mirth during a dance given by the parents Music was furnished by the New York Hungarian band The marriage ceremony took place in Congregational church at 1 Rev John Hutchins th pas-tor officiating Professor Harry Jepson of Yale university presi eu at the great organ The ushers were: George Howard of Washington Curtis Patterson of Philadelphia Winthrop Dwight of New York and Deming Perkins jr of Litchfield Car- mony with these conclusions and recom-Miss mends that all or such of them as may oline Farnam of New Haven was be possible shall he embodied in the laws the maid of honor and the best man of the different states with such addi-was Major Charles McCawley of the tional provisions as to management as Marine corps of Washington may tc necessary to meet the prevailing The bride was exquisitely gowned social conditions IIP Ex-Lieutenant Gives Testimony IT CAPT iron at I My POSITION Relative to His Resignation Hartford Conn April 25 Special Captain wife wore a smart patriotic national costume at the National Guard court martial of her husband to-day Red white and blue were exemplified in her Eton shirt waist and flowing tie She also wore a black skirt black half-tone hat and canary colored kid gloves The reading of the record of Saturday occupied just an hour after' the sixth day's cession of the court martial opened at 9 and at 10 the first witness Private James Hourigan of Company I who was examined last week was called 'His examination was brief and unimportant having to do merely with the time of his hearing of reports concerning the alleged financial difficulties BUSCH HELPED DEFENSE The second witness ex -Corporal Walter A Busch proved to be more advantageous to the defense than any other witness thus far examined He gave a version of the Bradley-Kobs altercation differing somewhat from those offered previously 'He rehearsed the profanity with which the captain is credited omitting some of the more vehement expletives used by other witnesses modified the violence of the alleged assault Vy the captain on Ser- geant Kobs and refused to swear that 'Captain Bradley was drunk on that occasion adding that he was only the influence of liquor SEIZURE OF KOBS The witness described the trouble in detail and stated that while the captain did Kobs lie did not throttle him with both hands seized him with one hand by the shoulder the other by the said the witness Replying to questions by Attorney Danaher the witness announced himself as positive that the captain did not have both hands on neck and that he was "slightly under the influence of KRAMER TESTIFIES John Kramer former first lieutenant of Company 1 was next called He said that Captain Bradley was and that he (the witness) had seen him previous to the trouble and that he was drunk then When asked why he considered the captain drunk the witness replied he assaulted one of Captain Attorney Danaher objected strenuously but he was overruled whereupon he filed an exception to the ruling NOT ONE OF CLIQUE Witness Kramer continued to testify that Captain Bradley used a vile name to Captain Sypher and later admitted to him that he was drunk saying that if he had not indulged do free- ly he would have been ail right He a denied to Attorney Danaher that he floras one of the and while admitting that he had advised Captain kradley to resign denied that he wanted him to do so were the officer next in command were you asked the attorney and Kramer replied in the affirmative Attorney Danaher introduced a communication demanding that Captain Bradley meet him (witness) at 12:30 on a certain day and witness admitted the authorship When Captain Bradley met him he and Second Lieutenant Deno told him he had better resign CONFERENCE WITH CALLAHAN i London April 25 4:57 The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: April Pole-Ca-rew's division reached Roode kop yesterday evening without casualties "Its advance was covered by cavalry and horse artillery which drove back the enemy with heavy loss their dead being left on the ground mounted troops halted for the night at Grootfontein and at 7:30 thi3 morning were crossing the Modder river at Valsbank in accordance with my instructions to French to endeavor to place himself astride the line of retreat arrival near the Modder evidently however alarmed the Boers for they evacuated their strong position near dorp during the night and it was occupied by division this morning without opposition mounted infantry under Ian Hamilton drove the enemy off the kopjes in the neighborhood of the water works without casulties on our WHAT FRENCH WAS TO DO London April 25 1:55 The Indecisive actions and slow progress of Generals Hart and Brabant are relatively important when compared with the (progress of General French It is now evident that Lord Roberts wishes not only to defeat the Boers but to pen them in as at Paardeberg For this end 40000 British troops are concentrating in the southeastern portion of the Orange Free State and are operating according to carefully devised plans in which the delay may be as much due to strategy as to necessity The success of this important movement almost entirely depends on General French If he can sweep down from the north with the rapidity of execution which he displayed at Kimberley and Paardeberg he will effect the same swift sudden transformation which followed the cavalry evolutions two months ago LARGE CHANCES TAKEN Every day the Boers remain at Wep-ener improves General chances of success To put a girdle around the 25000 Boers estimated to be in the southeastern part of the Orange Free States Lord Roberts has evidently taken large chances The British critics differ regarding the result some declaring it is already impossible for the Boers to escape from the net while others differ in this opinion until more definite news of General progress is received There is a general impression that the main advance uipon Pretoria will be taken up without any reconcentra-tion at Bloemfontein as with more than half the British army stretched in echelon across the Orange Free State such a change in direction would indefinitely delay the accomplishment of Lord main objective GENERAL NEWS A dispatch from Lord Durban dated Tuesday April 24 reports that General Lucas is dead but that general is known to have been wel on the previous day A Boer version of the recent British attack at Fourteen Streams says that two Boers were killed and four wounded Little damage it is added was done to the camp though it 'was vigorously bombarded- War in the Ladysmith district is apparently still marked only by sniping and scouting A Boer dispatch from Glencoe Natal dated Tuesday April 24 says that four scouts surprised 300 British from Ladysmith April 22 put the whole body to flight and captured two of the British ANXIETY ABOUT MiAFEKING The arrival of Mafeking dispatches has renewed the interest and anxiety in regard to the fate of its defenders Lady (Sarah account of the slaughter of thirty-three natives who went out from Mafeking last Friday looted by the Boers and who while they were sleeping were surrounded by the burghers and shot without quarter apparently harshly misrepresented the action of the Boers A dispatch received by The Associated Press from Mafeking says that the natives in question were unauthorized raiders and that instead of being ruthlessly slaughtered by the Boers while asleep they beat back the burghers who were obliged to get reinforcements of Maxims and NordenfeMts The dispatch adds: was no question surrender! The leader of the natives tall spare man rallied his men to the last ahd the fight progressed from the rising to the sinking of the sun Those twenty-five men armed with obsolete rifles fought with grim desperation Machine guns and Mausers poured shot and steel into their midst Until their ammunition was finished the natives fought and then the Boers killed them who of barbarians numbers Baden-Powell author- a of their cat- Constantinople Tuesday April 24 In view of the steps taken by the United States government in regard to the claims arising out of the Armenian mas- sacres the embassies of Great Britain France Austria Italy and Germany have asked their governments for instructions as to their similar claims The promulgation of the irade author- izing the rebuilding of the American structures burned at Kharput and the enlargement of college is regarded as showing clearly the desire of the porte to be agreeable to the United States in the hope that the latter will not press for the payment of the indem nity The United States government! however has no intention of abandoning its claim The American legation has also sue- oeeded in obtaining permission for the continued operation by Ameriian mis- sionaries of the hospital at Kaisarieh which the authorities have been trying to shut up on the pretext that certain local religions had not been observed The American vice consul at Alexan-dretta Walter Walker was recently prevented by the poliee from shipping two naturalized American-Armenians who were on their way to the United States on the ground that they originally left their native country surreptitiously The legation to-day called the attention of the porte to the affair and orders were sent to Alexandretta to permit the embarkation of the Armenians The report of the vice consul is awaited at the legation in order to determine if there are grounds for demanding reparation MAKE HALF DOLLAR CHORAL CLUB ARE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ACCOUNT The Meriden Choral club did not make much money by their fine concert last evening neither did they lose any While ail returns are not yet in the receipts as near as can be figured were $22550 while the expenses were $225 The wisdom of not hiring an orchestral accompaniment is now shown as had this been done the club would have lost money and would have had to fall back oif the guarantors Fortunately this is not necessary On all sides to-day nothing but praise was heard for the Choral club for furnishing such an excellent attraction Tenor AlcKinley had been heard here on a previous occasion and his appearance last evening was the signal for a veritable ovation Air AlcKinley did not disappoint the expectations of his hearer which is certainly sufficiently high praise Aliss Anita Rio soprano and Aliss Edith Miller contralto made themselves warm favorites and need never fear a cold reception should they return to Meriden Their singing delighted both the trained musicians and the ordinary music-lovers alike Af Searles basso a pupil of Frank Treat Southwick acquitted himself admirably His voice is of excellent quality and he uses it with fine effect The concert was certainly a splendid affair The 'Meriden performers deserve the highest praise and Director Goodale may be excused should he be compelled to order a hat several times larger than the one he wore yesterday UP GOES COAL AGENTS -WILL MARK UP STEAM SIZES OF ANTHRACITE New York April 25-41 is learned says the Journal of Commerce that on May 1 the coal sales agents will mark up prices of steam sizes of anthracite ten to twenty-five cents per ton This applies to pea and buckwheat and is due to the active demand for these sizes resulting from the difficulty In obtaining bituminous coal Prices of bituminous coal it will be recalled were recently advanced twenty-five cents per ton to the basis of $280 per ton compared with a former price of $250 The cause of the advance was said to be largely labor troubles in the Pittsburg district and the facts that the agents of the bituminous coal companies had arranged before that for all the coal they could comfortably supply TO AWARD PRIZES IN CATHOLIC CLUB WHIST TOURNEY TUI'S EVENING The prizes will be awarded to the winners in the whist tournament that closed last week at the Catholic dub house this evening The secretary Miss Rose Kearney in figuring up the total scores finds the winners of the first prizes to be William Everard and Aliss Mary White and the second prizes Dorgan and Miss Nora Donovan Before the prizes are awarded this evening the first of the special whist sessions for the boiler fund will be started and preparations have been made for an unusually large number of players The committee would like to start the whist playing about 8 in order that as many games as may lie played before the time for serving luncheon The members have the privilege of inviting friends to this special whist tournament birch beer sold everywhere Say Jim 6ee wed rings OTHERS NARROWLY ESCAPED Blaze Was in a Forsyth Street Tenement-Many Inmates Were Rescued by Victims Were Members of the Same Family New York Three persons were killed and three severely injured in a fire early this morning In the six-story tenement at 74 Forayth street The dead: HANNA LIEBOW1TZ thirteen years old AMELIA LIEBOW1TZ eleven years old JOSEPH LIEBOWITZ six years old The injured: Simon Liebowitz thirty-eight years old father of the three dead children Dora Liebowitz three and one-halt years old Michael Rauschbaum sixty-three years old The Injured persons were burned about the face and hands while making their escape They are not seriously hurt The house in which the fire occurred is a typical East Side tenement four families living on a floor Th blaze was discovered at 3:30 by two policemen The- policemen tried to get up stairs through the hallway but the smoke was so dense that they wfere driven back In the meantime an alarm had been sent in and a hook and ladder true arrived Ladders were run up to th front of the building and many people were taken down by the firemen The flames which had originated in the cellar were going up the air shaft and spreading to every floor when the firemen arrived HOW OTHER LIVES WERE SAVED Liebowitz who is a mattress maker lived on the top floor with hie wife Fannie eight children and his wife a mother Rebecca Solomon Mrs Soloman was the first of fcho family to be awakened and she aroused the others Their apartments were already filled with smoke Liebowitz seized daughter Dora and tried to get down the stairway but the flames drove him back burning him and the child He managed to make his through a window out over a plank to the roof of the adjoining building! Mrs Liebowitz followed with Lizzie eight months old Close behind her was her daughter Celia seventeen years old and her son Nathan fifteen who was carrying his nine-years-old sister Fannie The children who lost their lives were overcome by the smoke before they could reach the window Mrs Solomon managed to get to the roof of the next building When the firemen succeeded in getting to the top floor they found the bodies of the children A11 had been suffocated but their bodies were blackened by the flames The damage to the building was about $10000 MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE Minneapolis Minn April 25j- -The exchange was badly damaged by fire at midnight The building ia occupied by several printing and puo-lishing establishments The loss is estimated at $75000 PLAGUi! SITUATION PROSPECTS AT HONOLULU RE- PORTED TO BE ENCOURAGING Washington April The surgeon general of the marine hospital service has received a report from Surgeon Carmichael in charge at Honolulu under date of April 9 He says that since his report of March 31 ona new case of plague has been discovered The victim was a white girl and the case was fatal The prospects Dr Carmichael says are encouraging Only one detention camp was open thera were two convalescents at the pest house but no other cases No new cases had been reported from the other islands Surgeon Carmichael denies the report that there had been a large number of deaths from plague on the island of Kaluhui Recent deaths there resulted from other causes No general crusade had been begun against the rats which spread the plague but bounty of twenty -five cents had been offered and a professional rat catcher appointed by the board of health CONTINUED FAIR WEATHER Washington April 25 Official weather forecast for Connecticut Fair to-night and Thursday fresh northeasterly winds car load am horses Consisting of farmmrses draft horse and good drivers that will be sold cheap They can bo seen at John ham South Colony street Arch Campbell The big dissolution sale of the Aleri den Furniture company is on and tho reductions in prices are very large To miss it is to lose money birch beer ia the best $20 Waltham watches $15 Journal wants 20 words 10 cent CONCLUSIONS ARRIVED AT nearest to Complete Remedy for Evils of Convict Competition Would Be Interdiction oflnteretate Commeroe on These Goods Washington April 23 The Industrial commission sent to Congress today its report on prison labor The commission after a careful consideration of the subject states its conclusions as follows Provision should be made in the laws of each state for the employment of all prisoners in productive labor The state should nave absolute control of the care punishment reformation and employment of the prisoners as well as the disposition of the products of the industry The employment of prisoners in productive labor does of necessity result in competition of some character with free labor and industry The employment of prisoners with the intention of producing revenue either for the state exclusively or for private individuals or corporations and the state jointly tends to the greatest competition with free labor A Bystem of employing prisoners for the purpose of producing revenue has a tendency to detract from the punitive reformatory and disciplinary features of the prisons The employment of prisoners in the production of supplies for the maintenance of state county and municipal institutions and the support of the inmates of the same or in work on the public buildings or roads tends to the least direct competition with free labor Of the various systems of employing convicts those under which private individuals or corporations are interested have resulted in procuring the greatest revenue to the state The commission submits general provisions of law mainly from the New York state statutes which are in har The commission is of the opinion that the nearest to a complete remedy for the evils of convict labor competition with the business and labor of the country wouldib the interdiction of interstate commerce on all goods minerals or materials in whole or in part the product of convict labor supplemented by state legislation But in the absence of such legislation by all the states and in order to protect such states as do adopt such legislation from the convict labor competition of others the most practical step would he an act of Congress by which goods in whole or in part the product of convict labor upon their arrival in any state would become fully subject to its laws Commissioners Smyth and Harris dissent from that portion of the report recommending an interdiction of prison-made goods CHICAGO LABOR TROUBLE SITUATION THERE WITH REFERENCE TO THE BRICKLAYERS Chicago 111 April President Gubbins of the and Stone union and a representative bf the Building council were in conference until an early hour this morning over the labor trouble The agent of the contractors sought to persuade President Gubbins to withdraw his union from the Building Tades council but without avail The conference however is expected to have an important bearing on future negotiations under the provisions of th statement issued yesterday by the Building council result of the conference last night may be that the contractors will receive assurances that a new policy will be adopted by the Building Trades council but will render that organization not only unobjectionable but of positive benefit to the employing organizations The bricklayers showed their confidence in the outcome by voting to demand an increase of five cents an hour in the wage scale after May 1 The preseht pay is fifty cents an hour and according to the statements of President Gubbins there is an increasing demand for union bricklayers each day which makes employment certain for every member of the union this summer union No 2 has pledged Itself to supply 1000 loaves of bread each week to the Building Trades council for idle workmen SALOON CHANGES HANDS Andrew Ofinger has bought the saloon of Dennis Alalloy on West Main street and will conduet that place hereafter He recently sold out his own business to Alax Stremlau IN CLEVELAND Canton April 25 President McKinley left for Cleveland this morning to visit his two sisters there He will return to Canton this evening Job printing of every description dtme By The umal press ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE SUBJECTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING SESSION TO-DAY New York April 25 Bishop Dudley of Kentucky led the opening exercises at session of the Ecumenical conference The devotional exercises were followed by the beginning of the regular work In Carnegie hall consisting of a programme for the consideration of education work I Rev A Barber head master of Leys school Cambridge England and William Harris United States commissioner of education both at length on the subject Place of Edudation in Christian Necessity for Training in was the subject of a paper by Rev John Conklin of the Bible Mission school of Springfield Mass These papers were followed by short discussions by those of the delegates who have been engaged in educational work abroad and those who were best informed along the same lines at home The discussions were limited to five' minute addresses During the afternoon five sectional meetings were held At the Union Methodist church the general topic was that of Relations of at the Madison Avenue Reformed church the topic was at the Fifth Avenue Presby terian church Native Church and Moral was discussed was the subject at the Central Presbyterian church and the Training of was discussed at Chamber Music hall Carnegie hall To-night two central meetings will be held one at Carnegie hall as usual and one at the Central Presbyterian church NAUGATUCK DIVISION Ansonia Conn April 25 Almost the whole body of directors of the Consolidated railroad headed by President Hall and Vice Presidents Bishop Merritt and Curtiss with a portion of the engineering force were here to-day viewing the changes which it is proposed to make in the Naugatuck division The changes contemplate the double tracking of the road from the present northern limit below Derby to Water-bury station and track changes in Ansonia and Derby and other improvements of large magnitude are also hinted at No decision as to choice of plans was made to-day The trip was not for that purpose but was for information only ROBERT CONDITION The condition of Robert Bowman was very serious this afternoon He is suffering with double pneumonia following an attack of grip A consultation was held yesterday by Dr Davis the attending physician and Dr Hall Both lungs are affected one being filled up Mr Bowman was taken ill in New York" last Thursday and returned to Meriden accompanied by his son Robert GOLD GOING TO EUROPE New York April 25 The National City bank will ship $260000 gold to Europe to-morrow by the steamship La Touraine You will miss a chance that will probably never occur again if you do not buy furniture during the hig dissolution sale of the Meriden Furniture company In white satin and point lace Orange blossoms surmounted a veil of old family point lace Among the ornaments was a heart of diamonds the gift of the groom and lilies of the valley made up the bridal bouquet Following the ceremony at the church came the wed'ding breakfast at the residence Two hundred guests were in attendance whue regrets were received from President McKinley members of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps and others prominent in the social life not only of Washington and other American cities but from many foreign cities In the afternoon Mr and Mrs Rockhill left on a driving trip previous to their departure for their home in Washington MEADE-CLANCY POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED THIS MORNING Miss Susie Francis Clancy and Thomas Meade were united in marriage at St church this morning at 9 by Rev Father McAlenney after which Father Guinan celebrated a nuptial high mass The bride and bridesmaid Miss Kate Agnes Clancy were attired alike in steel gray broadcloth with silk and pearl trimmings with hats to match and carried in their hands hunches of carnations The best man was John McMahon There was a lprge attendance as the young couple- are quite popular with the young folks in town After the ceremorty a reception was held at their newly furnished home in new house on the corner of Hillside and Springdale avenues Mr i and Mrs Meade are the recipients of a number of beautiful wedding gifts which serve to make their new home very attractive They have the best wishes of hosts of friends for a long and happy marital life HULL-MORRIS A very pretty wedding occurred at the home of the bride's parents 31 Twiss street at 8:15 last evening when Miss Lillian youngest daughter of Mr and Airs Thomas Aforris was married to Eber Hull of Glens Falls Rev Charles Helliwell of Old Concord Pa a brother-in-law of the bride performed the ceremony The friends present were: Mr and Airs Benton Air and Mrs 'H Bradshaw Mr and Mrs Dickinson Air and Mrs Furniss Mrs Charles Helliwell qnd daughter Marian Mr and Mrs Thomas Johnson Mr and Airs Herman Minkwitz and Aliss Mollie Minkwitz Oliver Alorris Mr and Airs John Shepard Alts Robert Thompson Airs Veillette Aliases Ev-ely and Anororo Veillette and Air and Mrs Francis Waldron After the ceremony the young couple received the congratulations of their friends which were suitably expressed both in words and by presents The presents were many and beautiful including many from the family in New York state A wedding gjjppjj was served and mirth and music held sway until late Mr and Airs Hull will make their home in Glens FaUs r4 Attorney Danaher asked witness about the conference between himself 0ne wouJMled and Colonel Callahan and upon objec- hldden in the reeds escaped tion by the judge advocate the attor- UNAUTHORIZED RAID ney explained that he ired to prove Snyman complained that the colonel of the regiment entered into negotiations with Lieutenant Kramer and seven discharged men to secure Captain dismissal from the service The court retired to consider the question and upon its return sustained the objection Colonel Baden-Powell employing who killed and wounded of Boers Colonel replied that the raid was not ized and pointed out that a number natives were destitute because homes had been burned and their rum) CONTIS CED ON SECOND PAGE) (COKTDrOTD (coatixued os skcohd page) I Sofia r-.