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:'HE FARRIER: MARCH 1, 1909. SPRING HATS The new Spring Styles are now ready in all the various blocks and grades. We've some swell. Chic Styles for Young Men the very smartest. For Conservative ov Middle-aged Men we nave just the correct napes. RUB CLOTHING HOUSE, CORNER OK MALS A1 RANK STREETS. Bridgeport Public Market Branch SPECIAL Tuesday, March 2, 1909. Choice Lamb Chops 12 l2c per lb. Bridgeport Public Market Branch 781-737 EAST MAIN STREET. Spring Millinery 1 Deaths and Funerals. Mary BL, wife of Walter Warland, died Saturday evening: at her home, 168 Wllliston street, after a brief ill ness, at the age of 51 years. Besides her husband the deceased is survived by six children, Robert, Lucy. Eliza beth, Julia, Mrs. F. L. Thompson and Mrs. F. J. Kapmi yer. all of this city: her mother, a resident of Norfolk, and two sisters, Lucy and Elizabeth, and three brothers, George. Henry and Edward'. Hulda, youngest daughter of Urusula and the late ex-Selectman Albert Schaaf, died at the residence of her mother, 779 Ogden street, Saturday af ternoon, at the age of 18 years. The deceased was well liked on the East Side where she had many acquaint ances who will .b epained to hear of her demise. Besides her mother, the deceased is survived by one sister, Lydia, and three brothers. Marx, Rich ard and Albert. Funeral services over the remains of I j. Winthrop Abbott. M. who died at Dr. McFarland's sanitarium in Greens Farms, were held yesterday af ternoon. Rev. C. EL Barto, pastor of the Washington Park M. E. church, of ficiating. Services were held in that edifice. The. bearers were members of the church a-nd the interment was in Lakeview cemetery. Dr. Abbott was a graduate of Yale, afterwards practicing in the New Haven hospital and in other parts of the State. At the time of his death he held the po sition of house physician at the sani tarium. He is survived by a widow and one child. After sustaining a stroke of apoplexy Mrs. Mary Sheridan, of 188 CongTess street, while in a weakened condition fell down a flight of stairs in her apartments, Saturday afternoon, re ceiving injuries from which effects she died early yesterday morning. When Mrs. Sheridan was picked up from the landing at the bottom of the stairs it was found that she was seriously in jured, and Dr. M. J. Rowe was sum moned. The physician found that the unfortunate woman had a. bad contu sion of the right temple and was suf fering: from a cerebral hemorrhage, be sides evidences of the apoplectic shock which accounted for her fall. The pa tient lingered until yesterday morning: when death relieved her suffering. The deceased1 was nearly sixty years of age and Is survived by three sons, James and Michael of this city, and Thomas of Hartford; and two daugh ters, Mrs. William Bartram and Mrs. Robert Simmons, both of this city. POPE PIUS IN DANGER FROM ESCAPED LIONESS W. E. HALLIGAN, 989 Broad St. I FINE Wines and Liquors BRIDGEPORT DISTRIBUTING CO., 102 STATE STREET, NEAR PUBLIC MARKET California Port or Sherry, 75 cents per gallon. Port, Sherry, Tokay, Muscatel, Rhine Wine, etc. Full quart Sherwood Rye Whiskey, $1.00. Cooking Brandy, Liquors, Cordials, Ale and Lager Beer. Free Delivery. Telephone 264-3 Geo. B. Clark & Co REMOVAL SALE Now On Caroline, widow of the late John W. Tyrrell died at her residence in Long Hill yesterday at the age of 82 years. The deceased had been in 111 health for a number of years but her death was primarily due to a fall she received on last New Year's day. and from which shock her health gradually failed until death claimed her yesterday afternoon. The deceased was a well known and highly respected resident of Long Hill, where she made her home for the last sixty years. She is survived by one son, Robert R., of Noroton, well known in this city: five daughters, Mrs. Mari etta Smith, with whom she made h.r home: Mrs. C. W. Beach of New Mil- ford, and Mrs. C. D. Judd. Mrs. P. R. Clark and Mrs. B. L Andrews, all of this city; besides a number of grand children and great-grandchildren, most of whom reside in this city. Animal Broke from Cage and Sought to Enter Apartment Where He Was at Prayer. (Special from United Press. Rome, March 1. An authoritative story from the Vatican today says that on last Friday, while the Pope was in prayer at the Loudres Shrine, a lioness, which had escaped from its cage in the Vatican, approached the entrance to the Shrine and was only prevented from entering by the guards who fin ally captured the beast at the point of rifles. The lioness was one of a pair pre sented to the. Vatican officials a year ago by King Menelek of Abysinia. It escaped during: the removal of its cage to a different part of the Vatican grounds, the Pope having ordered the removal. When the Pope was told of the dan ger that confronted him he laughted and said: "Even the beasts living in the Vatican must have absorbed some of its atmosphere and longed for free dom. But I don't believe they would have eaten me on the first day of Lent." Pope Pius is taking an enforced rest today on the advice of rr. Petacci. The Pope has a troublesome cold which has made his chronic bronchial affec tion much worse. Dr. Petacci says there is no occasion for apprehension but the fact that the Pope has been more or less indisposed for -months is causing considerable public uneasi nees. BURSTING WHEEL ENDANGERS LIVES ....A Sale of.... EVERYTHING IN WHITE Dainty weart'iings, Snowy Fabrics, Sturdy Domestics,Exquisite Laces and Embroideries, at WONDERFULLY LOW PRICES Starts Wednesday Morning Tomorrow's papers and our show windows will be worth your atten tion for particulars. LADIES' HOME JOURNAL PATTERNS IN THE MOST DESIRABLE FASHIONS FOR SPRING JCeebcu?, & geemm 1138-1140-1142-1144 MAIN STREET Everybody's Store The Best for Less QUARTERLY STYLE BOOK 30c A COPY, INCLUDING A 15c PATTERN FREE MARCH FASHIONS NOW ON SALE Flying Pieces of Emery Wheel Break Peter Petite 's Nose and Render Him Unconscious. Shortly after work was begun at the Pacific Iron Works, Housatonic and East Washington avenues, this morn ing an emery wheel burst in the ma chine shop. The pieces flew in dif ferent directions at a high velocity. One of the fragments struck Peter Petite in the face breaking his nose, and making other wounds and abra sions. He was rendered unconscious by the blow and the ambulance was called with Dr. Ives who took his pa tionet to the Bridgeport hospital, fear ing that his injuries might be serious. At the hospital later it was said that Petite was not dangerously injured. AT SPORTSMAN'S SHOW. 30 TO 38 FAIRF IELD AVENUE We Manufacture HARNESS EXPRESS, TEAM AND FARM HARNESS A SPECIALTY PRICES RIGHT Hunting. Fishing and Shooting Camps To Be Seen at Madison Square Garden. Outdoor life is all its grandeur is be ing shown at the Sportsman's Show in Madison Square Garden. With its background of green grass, and hunt ing, fishing and shooting camps, the show is one of the most alluring ex hibitions of the season. Features of the show are the swim ming pool, in which the aquatic sports are held, the fly-casting tank, which is 250 feet long, the big pond for the wa ter fowl and the mammoth cage for the live game birds. There are deer and trout camps, from the Adirond-acks. and a moose hunter's hut from the province of New Brunswick: a coon hunter's tent from Virginia, and for the first time a dis play of the new sport "trekking on tires." or hunting, fishing and camp ing by automobile. From far off Af rica a gorgeous display of the trophies of the chase are shown. The Indian exhibit consists of an Indian village, with bucks, squaws and papooses and novelties. Arthur C. Holden. a profes sional high diver, is giving exhibitions every afternoon and evening of a nine ty foot dive, embracing a complete somersault. The bait cast'ng contests occur daily at 3. 5 and 8:30 p. m., and shooting and swimming events are held hourly. The show will continue daily from 11 a. m. until 11 p. m., until Saturday night. March 6th. HE THOUGHT IT WAS OPEN In walking along East Washington Ave. the other night about p. m. I saw a large crowd of men walking down William St Of course the first thought that struck me was that the new foot bridge across the river was open. So I joined the crowd and wa'k ed down to the corner of William St. and Sterling St. But to my surprise every one was turning to the left. So in looking over where I thought sure the new foot bridge had ought to be by this time I saw the same o'd sign Street Closed. So I again jofned the crowd and walked into Drew Bros, fondly wine and liquor store and after ha ng a nice drink ok that famous Gibbons United States bonded whiskey that they are selling there for $1.00 a full quart and 10 cents a drink. I sa'd to myself well it is no surprise to me now why people are walking blocks out of their way to see the Drew Bros, at 43 Sterling for they have the best of everything. Yours truly. Hereafter a Steady Customer. Capt. Arnold Victim Of Bold Conspiracy His Friends Provide a Handsome Desk Chair Built to Fit His Extraor dinary Anatomy. During the absence of Capt. George H. Arnold of the detective department to-day, Clerk Clayton Smith of the po lice department removed the decrepit and ill-looking old chair which has supported the big officer for so many years and recently at the risk of his safety, and substituted a handsome re volving chair built to fit the Captain's well known exaggerated proportions. The friends of the captain in the de partment were responsible for the change. It was a conspiracy pure and simple and ,the captain will have an opportunity to dfcercise his detective faculty in ascertaining the names of the donors. THE CRIME OF A KANSAS PRISON Oklahoma Uncovers a Bad State of Affairs in the State Penitentiary at Lansing An Investigation by the Charity Commissioner Starts a Reform Movement. LEWIS E. PALMER GAMBLERS ESCAPE BY SCOTCH VERDICT The Peck & Lines Co., 185-207 MIDDLE ST., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. HAND WORK of the best character done with laundry sent here. Try us with your wet wash. Low est prices quality of work considered. The Crawford Laundry 435 Fairfield Avenue Telephone 2910 ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER. ALL THE GOOD QUALITIES of Ely's Cream Balm, solid, are found in Liquid Cream Balm, which is Intended for use in atomizers. That it is a wonderful remedy for Nasal Catarrh is proved by an ever-increasing mass of testimony. It does not dry out nor rasp the tender air-passages. It allays the inflammation and goes straight to the root of the disease. Obstinate old cases have yielded in a few weeks. All druggists. 75c. Including spraying tube, or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 War ren Street. New York. Louis White and half a dozen other colored men arrested in a- raid in a barn on John street, Saturday night went free this morning on a sort of Scotch verdict rendered by Judge Fos ter in the city court. Sergt. Blaiisfleld, with patrolmen Cody, O'Neill, Ivers, Gerrity. C. Wheeler and Gregory made the raid. The police had information that the place was in reality a gambling house. All of the prisoners denied tnat there had been any card- playing in the place and Judge Foster found all of the accused not guilty, although he said there was strong suspicion that gambling had been going on there. White, who was charged with con ducting the place was one of the in formers on Lonnie Williams who was arrested! and fined some weeks ago for his connection with a club of col ored waiters on Bank street. Prose cuting Attorney DeLaney gave White a bad half hour on the stand when lie raked up his connection with the Williams raid'. BURNED TO DEATH (Special from United Press.) Cleveland, March 1. James Lee. aged 40. was burned to death, and Henry Kallen was seriously burned in a fire that early today destroyed their home. Lee's six-year-old son Edward, who was at first thought to toe a third vic tim, was located later at the home of relatives. The fire is supposed to have originated from the explosion of a lamp. Ask fur O'Kourke-ft union tobacco. PALOL. the palatable castor oil on sale at all drug stores. U l tf. TirF. PRFTTIFST FACTS, and the most brnutlful hands are of. ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed In a few days without pain by using Cyrus' Wart Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 263 Fairfield avti.ue and 186 Cannon St. CLEANEASY, THE BEST HAND SOAP. Guaranteed not to injure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust, Grease. Ink. Paint and Dirt. For ths hands or clothing. Large can 10 cent. Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn. 244 Stratford Ave. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See FaoSimile Wrapper Below. Sun rises tomorrow 6:27 a. rr. Sun sets today 5:42 p. m. High water 6:53 a, m. Low water 1:33 p. m. Moon sets 3:20 a. m. Farmer Want Ad, lo a Vary null b4 as easy to take t CARTERS ITTLE IVE i mm it rn pats I m I o-mumsi mm FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION NNRPN BNNNNNWNNNfc CURE SICK HEADACHE (Exclusive Service Charities and The Common Press Bureau.) If most county Jails are "free schools of crime" then there is at least one state prison that ought to be called the university. The Kansas Peniten tiary has for years been a "boarding out prison" for Oklahoma whose terri torial government, since its beginning; has shipped its convicts across the border to the Kansas prison in Lan sing. In the old frontier days crimi nals were aplenty in the territory and the contract with Kansas was highly agreeable to the Oklahoma settlers who were glad to free the territory of its "bad men." The further th. y were sent the better, and what became of them no one cared. That was in the old days. When Oklahoma came of age last year and was entitled to put "state" , In front of her name the same system j was In use and for forty cents a day l a man, Kansas ran its criminal board- ing house. Stories of how things were carried on in Lansing had drifted across the border from time to time but nothing definite was known about the real state of affairs until last fall i when Oklahoma's new commissioner of charities, Kate Barnard, stirred up an investigation tnat oisciosea an a.mosi unbelievable state of affairs in the Kansas Prison. It costs 10:9 cents a day to feed the prisoners in Lansing and by working them hard and long in the mines, at contract labor and in the twine factory, the state has clear ed up a hundred thousand dollars, "the blackest and dirtiest cr me or modern states," says Miss Barnard The state makes about forty cents a day on each prisoner. It s an Interest ing question what becomes of all the coal mined by the prisoners. Three tons a day for each man in the mines means a total of about 1,000 tons a day. The state institutions are sup posed to consume all of this out put. Do they? In her report Oklahoma's charity commissioner tells about a day spent In the prison coal mines "creeping and crawling through bending passa?s where the props and supports of the roof sagged under the weight of the dirt ceiling." There the prisoners do their days work which consists in min ing three cars of coal. Three cars there must be and Miss Barnard tells about a seventeen year old youngster from Oklahoma locked up in a black dun geon and chained to the wall "because he was unable to extract from th? inky depths those three cars of coai! He told me with tears in his eyes that he had gotten out a little over two cars but that he just could not get out any more, that . the coal was so hard and he never had dug any be fore and he did not know how to dig it. One big. strapping prisoner told me that he did not find it hard to get out his cars of coal because he under stood the job. but that he felt sorry for the younger and weaker men. He said that sometimes when the guards wore not looking he helped these boys get their cars full of coal so that they wouldn't be put on bread and water diet and chained up to the walls of the dungeon!" Some say that the stories of the "water hole" and "the crib" are iso lated instances that ought not to count too much in the condemnation of the Kansas prison. But there Is a "water hole" and there is a "crib and there are unprintable immoralities all of which have their uses in subduing refactory men. Miss Barnard says that while going througn tne mine a coai begrimmed prisoner "shot swiftly, sil ently, and steathly from the darkness, grabbed me by the arm and whsptyred these words: 'See the water hole, girl, for God's sake see the water hole.' I said, what is the water hole? He an swered. 'Where they throw us in and pump water on us. It's terrible, see it.' Before 1 had time to as?K wnere to find the water hole the convict was gone the Superintendent was return ing." And the superintendent said, There is no water hole. is mere i a. letter from an Oklahoma prisoner to Miss Barnard quoted in her report says. After you nad come ana gone we fell into the old rut ana oy Satur day night the 'holes' were all full and the crib and water played no small part, so official displeasure at your frankly expressed opinions vented it self in retaliation upon helpless convicts." That there are dungeons there is no doubt. Miss Barnard saw fourteen of them ill ventilated and unHghted. with iron hooks in the wall from which hand cuffs hung. The convict lies on the floor during the n'ght and whn daylight struggles in through the little openings at the tops of the cells, he is hand cuffed to the wall where he stands during the day. "On the second day of my visit." says Miss Barnard "I went down to the dungeon and there found a sixteen year old Oklahoma boy shackled up to a sprocket in th" dun geon wall. Upon inquiry I found that he had been placed in this dungeon the night before, and that he had call ed for the Warden at 7 o'clock ir the morn'ng when they lifted him from the floor to shackle him to the wall. Now according: to the prison rules and regulations, this guard should report immediately to the Warden and the Warden call on this little boy. As a matter of fact the guard did not re port that the boy wanted to see ths Warden, and as late as 3 o'clock, in the afternoon I found him still chained to the wall." One of the first principles of the "new penology" is to keep children awav from the contaminating influ ences of older prisoners. It is not at all unusual to And youngsters In coun ty Jails herded in with confirmed wrong doers, but it -is unusual to find a state prison locking up children w'th grown men and women. And yet Miss Barnard finds that from August. 1905, to the present time sixty boys from Oklahoma under seventeen y-ars of age have been incarcerated in the Lan sing Jail. They are cleaning things up now in Kansas. A committee has drawn up recommendations for prison reform that will in all probability be adopted by the Legislature. The state is aroused and little Oklahoma can put another feather In her new state hood cap. "Perhaps Oklahoma is a Title fresh," writes a man from Kansas City. "She's doing things though; there's no question about that." MISSING STUDENT LOCATED AT DONE OF AN UNCLE Poker Players Are Fined at New Milford And a Poker Room Was Raided at Hartford Yeste day Also. (Special from United Press.) Hartford. March 1. The prisoners who were gathered in yesterday by the police when they made a sensational raid on "Jack" Hayes' poker room in Asylum street, were arraigned in the police court to-day and their cases continued until Wednesday. Hayes was released under a bond of "ll.OOO and the eight men charged with fre quenting the establishment, were re leased under a bond of $100 each. New Milford. March 1. Montana & Simons, proprietors of a billiard room in this town were arraigned in court this morning charged with conducting a poker room and were fined $10 and costs. Eight frequenters of the establish ment who were present when the place was raided on Saturday night, were each fined $1. GAS FLAMED UP FIRE BELLS RUNG A gas pipe plugged with soap in the Yorkshire house at Wall and Water streets, caused the fire department to be called at 11:30 o'clock this morning. C. J. Conley. the proprietor in response to the complaint of one of the lodgers who smelled jas in his room started out to locate the leak with a lighted match. He located the soap plugged opening in the pipe and lighted the gas. The heat melted the soap and the flame shot out setting Are to the wall paper. The proprietor was not taking any chances and he sent in an alarm from box 31. The fire department shut off the gas. Conley says he has never used ?a3 on the side of the house where the leak was discovered and be lieves the soap was used to plug up the pipe when a social club that form erly used the floor moved out and its meter was disconnected. QUIET DAY FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT (Special from United Press.) Washington. March 1. President elect Taft is enjoying a fair'y restful day and has made no engagements ex cept that for the Philippine dinner this evening when he will break bread with the members of the party that accom panied him to the Orient. Senators Knox. Scott. Gamble and Hopk-ns and Representative Brownlow.of Tennessee were in conference with him during the forenoon. Hopkins' call was in relation to the fight he is making for his Senatorial district out in Il"lnois and it. is expected he is importun'ng the President-elect to assist him. Mr Taft will keep religiously aloof from the Illinois squabble, however, as he deems it his duty to maintain a hands off policy in such contests. WALL STREET TO-DAY- (Special from United Press.) 11 a. m. There was a stampede of buying in Reading that made that stock the most prominent feature on the floor. This buying caused a rap'd advance on the part of a number of leading issues. There was brisk de mand. The price movements all around the room were in nearly all cases to higher figures. Noon. The market continued actiye and strong all through the last half of the forenoon with Reading the nT"st active feature. After noon Reading broke two points on account of tb news that the commodities decision would be further deadlocked. Mrs. Augusta. Stahi of 28 Good sell street, received word late Saturday night by telegraph that her son Henry, who ran away from the Peddle Insti tute at Hightstown, N. J., last Thurs day, had shown up at the home of his uncle, Robert Felder, in Nutley, N. J. Mrs. Stahl went to Nutley yesterday morning to care for the boy who is ill after walking the 45 miles from Hightstown to Nutley. Homesickness and being badly pois oned by coming in contact with ivy led the youth to leave school and start for home without any money in bf clothes. FEWER LICENSES GRANTED IN 1908 This Attributed by Commis sioners to Activity of Pas tors' Association. The County Commissioners have is sued checks to the several towns in the county as part of the license mon ey obtained during the year as follows: Bridgeport. $9,827.10; Stamford, $16 0; Norwalk. $711; Danbury. $405; Darien, $180; County. $1,415.90. The commissioners have so far this year issued only 303 licenses, including both retail and wholesale, while last season at this time 327 licenses were issued, not including wholesale. This is due to the pressure brought to bear on the commissioners by the Ministers' Association of the city and the increased agitation against sa loons. It is the intention to keep down the licenses as much as possible. ENGINEER KILLED BY EXPLODING BOILER (Special from United Press.) Findlay. Ohio. March 1. The engine pulling a west-bound passenger train on the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton Railroad blew up this afternoon, ten miles south of here. killing the en gineer and injuring Ave others prob ably fatally. BABY'S TERRIBLE WATERY ECZEMA Itching Humor Broke Out on Tiny Mite's Cheeks Would Tear His Face Till Blood Streamed Down Unless Hands were Bandaged Spent $50 on Useless Treatments. CURED BY CUTICURA AT COST OF BUT $1.50 "When my little boy was two and a half months old he broke out on both cneeks with ec zema. It was the itchy, watery kind a n d w e had to keep his little hands wrapped up all the time, and if he would hap pen to get them uncovered he would claw his face till the blood streamed down on his clothing. We called in a physi cian at once, but he gave an ointment which was so severe that my babe would scream wuc.. it was put on. We changed doctors and medicines until we had spent fifty dol lars or more and baby was ge"mg worse. I was so worn out watcning . and caring for him night and day tnat I almost felt sure the disease was in curable. But finally reading of .the fod results of the Cuticura Remedies, determined to try them. I can truth fully say I was more than surprised, for I bought only a dollar and a hair s worth of the Cuticura Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Puis), and they did more good than all my doctors medi cines I had tried, and m fact entirely cured him. I will send you a photo graph taken when he was fifteen months old and you can see his face is perfectly clear of the least spot or scar of any thing. If I ever have this trouble again . I will never think of doctoring but will send for the Cuticura Remedies at once. As it is, I would never think of using any other than Cuticura Soap for my babe. You are at liberty to publish this, it may help some distressed mother as I was helped. Mrs. W. M. Comerer, Burnt Cabins, Pa. Sept. 16, 1908." Cuticura Soap (26c.). Ointment (50c ). Resolvent (50c). and Chocolate Coated P1IU (26c). are Bold throughout the world. Depots: London. 27. char terho isr Sq.: Parti. 6. Rn de la Patx: Australia. R Towni Co.. Sydney: South Africa, Lennon. Ltd.. 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