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BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,WEDNESDAY,MARCH 17, 1909
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NEW TARIFF BILL
MAKES MANY CHANGES
FROM PRESENT LAW
Reported in House of Representatives Today
by its Author, Mr. Payne.
MAKES SOME ADDITIONS AND SOME
DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FREE LIST
inheritance Tax Proposed Coffee Free, But Tea Will be
Taxed Eight Cents Per Pound Wood Pulp Free
and Duty on Paper Reduced Lumber, Steel Rails
and Sugar Reduced Hides Free, Shoes Cut 40 Per
Cent. Chairman Payne Makes Lengthy Explana
tion of the Bill The Most Important Changes from
the Present Law.
(Special from United Press.)
Washington, March 17. Congress re
ceived the new tariff bill today from
the hands of Representative Payne, of
New York, whose name it bears.
Payne presented' it as the product of
five months work by the Ways and
Means committee of which he is chair
man, and nearly a year of his own
labors.
During the deliberations of the com
mittee there was a continual shifting
of rates and chances were made until
almost the last hour. The 'bill eon
tains 100,000 words and is therefore
twice as large as the Dingley law. It
represent the judgment of the com
mittee based on 6.000 pases of printed
testimony, 30.000 letters and all known
statistics bearing on the subject. The
estimated revenue under the tariff du
ties prescribed in the bill count up to
5300,000,000. This is an increase of
about $20,000,000 over the Dingley bill.
Otis of the most important measures
is recommended by President Taft. It
provides for a tax on direct inherit
ance as follows: On inheritances of
from $1,000 to $100,000, one per cent.;
$100,000 to $500,000, two per cent., and
over $500,000, three per cent. Collat
eral relatives and strangers receiving
Inheritances will pay five per cent, on
all amounts over $500,000. It is prac
tically the New York. State law.
The bill algp raises the issue of
treasury certificates to the amount of
$250,000,000 for one year.
Coffee left on the free list. No
is made In the tax on beer.
of eight cents a pound is levied
, coming from the country where
ft Isproduced, and nine cents on tea
coming' from other countries. Tea is
on the free Met in the Dingley law.
Wood pulp, coming from any coun
try that does not have an export duty
on certain forest products, is to be ad
mitted free. Printing paper duty is
reduced 66 2-3 and 50 per cent, accord-ins-
to value.
The tariff on lumber is reduced 5 per
cent, and' the same is true of steel
rails and most of the steel products.
Coal is placed on a reciprocal basis.
Wool, of the first and second class, is
Unchanged. The same is true of oil.
A rediuctlon of five cents per one
hundred pounds is made in refined
sugar. Iron ore is placed on the free
list. Hides are free and shoes re
duced forty per cent. The tax is con
tinued on window glass of the large
size. The greater part of the in
creases have been placed on luxuries
and cats have been made where it was
thought they were best needed.
Introducing the hill in the House,
Chairman Payne presented a state
ment prepared toy his committee, giv
ing an exhaustive explanation and
analysis of the provisions of the meas
ures. It was in part, as follows:
'The minimum rates or duty are
contained In the. first section, and the
free list Is in the second section of
the WH. The third section contains
CITY COURT CONTEST
Unfavorable Report on the
Foster Resolution Made
in Senate.
fLaid on Table Until Hull
Resolution Shall Be Re
ported Increase of
Bridgeport Brass Co.
Stock Placed at Foot of
Senate Calendar.
(From Our Special Corres.)
Hartford, March 17. In the Senate
to-day, the Judiciary committee re
ported unfavorably the resolution re
appointing Judge Foster of the Bridge
port City Court. Chairman Searles
moved that it be tabled until the reso
lution appointing Hull should be re
ported; carried.
The resolution authorizing an in
crease of the stock of the Bridgeport
'Brass Co., as passed by the House,
was. on motion of the chairman of the
Incorporations and at the request of
Senator Manwaring, sent to the foot of
the calendar.
BROTHER-IN-LAW
SUES INVENTOR
In the Superior court today the non
Suit case of William C. Foote vs. Si
mon Lake was allowed. Foote. who
is a brother-in-law of Lake, the inven
tor of the Lake submarine, sued Lake
(or $2,000 for injuries received from
the bursting of a water back in a stove
in Lake's house which the plaintiff
occupied. Mr. Foote explained yes
terday afternoon to the Jury that he
and his wife shut ui the house in Mil
ford for several davs in December,
3906, so that they could spend the hol
idays in Bridgeport. He drew off all
the water from the boiler and pipes.
On their return to their home they lit
the fire and while he was tying his
shoe laces there was an explosion. He
was hit on the leg and in the face by
the flying pieces of iron. His doc
tor's bills alone amounted to $249.50.
Counsel for the defense ' claimed that
Mr. Lake knew nothing about the ;
dove at the time, as he was in Eur- J
ope. J
the maximum rate? which are gener
ally equal to the minimum rates and
in addition thereto. The maximum
rate does not go into effect in any
event until sixty days after the pass
age of the act. By the fourth sec
tion, the minimum rates are applied
to what goods are imported from any
country which gives the United States
as good terms by way of tariff as
given by the United States to other
nations. This section is self-acting,
making' it the duty of the executive
to collect the duties whether minimum
or maximum, in accordance with the
terms of the bill, leaving it open to
the courts to decide upon the legality
of the action.
"One problem that confronted the
committee was the question of reve
nue. The business of all the com
mercial nations has 'been depressed for
nearly two years and this has affect
ed our commerce and greatly reduced
our revenues, so that we have a large
deficit hut the revenues under the
present law are improving' from month
to month as business conditions are
becoming better.
"The last normal year of imports
was the fiscal year ending June 30,
1906, 1907, and an unusually prosperous
year, the revenues from customs ex-f
ceeding those of 1907 toy thirty-two
millions of dollars. The committee
have, therefore, taken the year 1906 as
the basis to form their estimate of
the revenue producing facilities of the
new bill. Should the next fiscal year
prove prosperous, arid the normal cbn
ditions of 1906 return, on account of
the large increase in population reve
nues for 1910 would shQAV a. consider
able increase over the estimates of the
committee. .
"With a return to anything like nor
mal conditions during the next fiscal
year, it is safe to predict that the defi
cit would be entirely wiped out, tout
in case it is not, the bill provides for
the issue of Panama Canal bonds to
reimburse the treasury for the $40,
000,000 paid out. This would more
than make up any probable deficiency.
There is also re-enacted the provision
for the issue of certificates to run one
year to replenish the treasury raising
the amount from one hundred million
to two hundred and' fifty millions, an
amount . sufficient to provide any time
against two or three years of depressed
'business conditions."
The tolll devotes a paragraph to the
custom administrative act providing
that the actual market value or whole
sale prices as defined by law, or any
imported merchandise, which Is con
signed for sale in the United' States, or
which is not actually sold freely in
wholesale quantities in the open mar
kets of the country for exportation to
all ports, shall not in any case be ap
praised at less than the wholesale
price at which such or similar import
ed merchandise is actually sold and
freely offered for sale in usual whole
sale quantities in the United States
in the open market to all purchasers,
(Continued on Secend Page.)
STRIKE IS STILL ON
Official of Malleable Iron
Company Defines Its
Attitude.
Says Plant Is Not Inconven
ienced In the Least and
Would Probably Have
Shut Down Anyhow.
Very peaceful is the strike of the 200
molders at the plant of the Bridge
port Malleable Co. The men made their
demands upon the company yesterday
afternoon after the strike and the man
agement told them they could go out
if they wanted to as the company
could not better the conditions.
William J. Grippen, treasurer and
general manager of the company was
asked to-day if any of the men had
gone back to work. He said: "We
don't know as we want to take them
back. We would have had to shut
down anyway and I don't know but
that the strike came at a pretty good
time for us. As for the statement of
the strikers I would say the figures
given were not exactly correct."
The demand of the molders was that
the price paid for piece work be placed
back at the former scale and that the
helpers be returned to the shop to per
form the sand cutting, the shifting of
forms and the pouring of iron.
The sentiment prevailing among the
strikers is that they do not care to
work at molding at the former prices.
They say they will endeavor to secure
other employment. They feel they can
get more pay at laboring than they
have been getting at their trades.
Police Headquarters
Cellar Flooded
A break in the pipes while connec
tions were being made in the basement
of police headquarters this morning al
lowed a foot of water to accumulate
before the water could be shut off. The
officers were barred from their lock
ers in the basement for an hour and
Terrence Golden, janitor of the build
ing impressed everyone at liberty in
the vicinity to bale out the water. An
hour of hard work removed the flood.
TWO KILLED
WHEN TRAIN
HITS DEPQT
Peculiar Accident in Mon
treal Station of Boston
& Maine.
Engineer and Firemen Had
Been Thrown from Cab.
Train Crashes Into Ladies'
Waiting Room Eight
Persons Badly Injured
Brakeman Tried Unsuc
cessfully to Stop Runa
way Train.
(Special from United Press.)
Montreal, March 17. Two persons, a
young Italian girl aged 8, and an
Italian interpreter, are dead; two oth
ers, an engineer and fireman, are un
conscious and will die; and eight oth
ers had legs and arms broken today
when the Boston & Maine train which
left Boston for this city at 8:30 last
night, crashed into the waiting room
of the local station. The train had
run about 20 miles with no one in the
caib and that the accident was not
even more serious was due to a brake
man climbing across the tender and
applying the brakes just as the big
bumper at the end of the tracks was
reached. He could not stop the train
tout checked its momentum to such an
extent that the entire nation was not
wrecked. None of the passengers
were hurt other than to toe badly
shaken up.
The train was running 45 mile; an
hour when a stay bolt of the boiler
broke, knocking both occupants out of
the cab. They were so badly hurt
that they are expected to die.
The head brakeman became alarmed
and clambered' to the tender to the
cab. He set the brakes which re
fused at first to work. The train
was running about 20 miles an hour
when it hit the station. The coupling
between the coaches and baggage ear
broke and the engine, tender and bag
gage car continued through the wait
ing room which was filled with occu
pants. The girl and terpreter were
instantly killed.
The passengers on the train had a
miraculous escape from death, the ac
tion of the brakeman being responsible
for their safety.
BREAKING UP GANG
OF YOUNG TOUGHS
Police Arrest Four Members
of Gang and Send Two to
Reform School Slept on
a Bake Oven Under a
Porch.
The arrest of four boys ransing in
age from 12 to 15 years will go far to
ward breaking up a gang of young
rowdies who were fast growing into
professional thieves. Sergt. Hackett
yesterday with the assistance of Pa
trolman Dempsey arrested Andrew
tKrul3ski. Frank Goiash. Charles Corso
and Stephen Corso for half a dozen
different thefts on the Eaist Side. The
last two are brothers. They have been
living on Church street, but recently
their father removed to Railroad ave
nue. Their mother is dead and the
father cannot give them the atten
tion they need. As a consequence they
remain away from home and seek the
company with the Rang on the Fast
Side. In the city court this morning
the Corso boys were sent to the re
form school to remain during their
minority. The other two boys will be
tried to-morrow. The father of the
Corso boys was in court. He felt sorry
to see his boys go away but was con
vinced that it would be much better
for them to be where they could be
taught how to become good citizens.
The boys were indescribably filthy and
bade fair to soon develop into danger
ous criminals if allowed to follow their
own inclinations. They were taken to
Meriden by Patrolman Coughlin. m
There are still several members of
the zang to be dealt with. The boys
have been in the habit of sleeping un
der a porch in the rear of a bakery on
Reilly street. The oven of the bakery
extends under the porch and the p'ace
is warm. From this headquarters the
gang separated daily and foraged about
the city.
The Kruleski boy has given his fath
er much trouble. He was sent to a
school at Deep River by his father but
escaped through a window and came
home. He afterwards passed two years
in the reform school at Meriden but
was released through the efforts of
his father when he promised to behave
himself. He is a bad boy.
Frank Goiash the third boy under
arrest works at the Brass Shop and
fell in with the gang when he was laid
off. The specific count on which the
boys are held is the theft of a copper
boiler from a junk dealer on Haliett
street. '
The residents of the East Side will
feel relieved when the gang- is broken
up for many petty crimes committed
in the last few months have been at
tributed to the members. The detec
tives have traced many delinquencies
to them.
Prof. Monaghan on
"Irish Character" at
Poli's Sunday Night
The lecture to be given Sunday even
ing at Poli's theatre under the aus
pices of St. Patrick's parish, will prob
ably eclipse anything of its kind ever
held in this city, as the speaker. Prof.
John J. Monasrhnn, who is to have as
his subject "Irish Character'", is one
of the foremost orators of the: country.
He is a professor in St. John's college
in New York. He has been the Uni
ted States consul at Berlin and head
of the Bureau of Statistics in Wash
ington. He has been heard in this
city a few times during the past two
seasons as one of the speakeis of the
English course at the Bridgeport High
School.
The concert in connection with the
lecture will be a treat, the St. Cecilia
quartette, consisting of Miss Margaret
Hogan. Mrs. John Fay. Joseph Wieler
and William Walsh, having volunteer
ed their services. Besides this quar
tette a. number of other inusicains of
well known ability will take part. Miss
Anna "Dial will nresiidft ajfc the rviano.
DYNAMITE BURIED
IN TRUMBULL TOWN
"Doc" Elwood and Joe Shapiro on Peri
lous Mission.
A LIVE CORPSE
Man With Rocky Back Yard Turned
Down Staff After Purchasing it
Monument Erected Over its Remains.
Anyone who would like a big pack
ing case of dynamite that is already
capped can have it if he has courage
enough to sink a pick into the ground
near Evers' quarry in Trumbull. A.
Elwood & Son, the auctioneers buried
it there ten feet beneath the surface of
the ground with the hopes that na
ture will corrode the copper percussion
caps and that the earth will eat sul
phur of the gross of dynamite sticks
within the packing case. There is a
marker over the reposing place of the
explosive which reads "Beware."
"Doc" Elv.ood and Attorney Joseph G.
Shapiro, trustee of the bankrupt es
tate of George W. Standish wake up
with a start many nights when a door
is slammed in their neighborhood and
fancy that it is the explosion of the
dynamite in the distance which causes
the noise.
Dynamite is a saleable commodity
when it is not capped. "Doc" Elwood
is not an authority on explosives so he
sold the whole case to a man with a
rocky backyard for $5. The man
wanted to blow away enough stone to
build a henhouse. The day after the
sale he entered the Auction Mart on
John street and asked for his money
back and told the genial auctioneer
that he must take back the stuff as it
was already capped. Doc gave the
stuff a ride to Trumbull on a feath
er bed in a rubber tired vehicle.
The Standish estate has just been
settled and the bankrupt given "a dis
charge. George W. Standish. the con
tractor was forced into lnvoluntary
bankruptcy. His scheduled liabilities
were $777.77 and his assets including
the dynamite were $1,472. When the
assets were disposed of at a forced
sale $165 was realized on them, hardly
enough to pay the legal expenses and
there were no dividends for the credi
tors. LACROIX PRESENTS
POLICEJEW FLAG
Ensign Destroyed During
Endurance Run East
Week Replaced This
Morning.
This morning a special messenger
delivered to Supr? Birmingham -at
headquarters a handsome American
flag, the counterpart of the one de
stroyed by Paul Lacroix the automo
bilist when he passed through the city
last Thursday on the endurance run.
The flag came with the compliments
of Mr. and Mrs. Lacroix. It is 14x22
feet and the best that could be bought.
This will probably end the incident as
far as this city is concerned. Instead
of feeling aggrieved at the action of
the police in this city Mr. Lacroix has
but the kindliest feelings toward them.
He regards the whole matter as a suc
cession of misunderstandings and un
toward events for which no one in
particular is to blame. The flag was
floated on the Police and Charities'
Building to-day for the first time, and
in honor of St. Patrick.
FOUR DUaT IN COLLISION
OF CAR AND AUTO
Auto at Great Speed Bit Trolley Cross
ing a Brooklyn Street.
(Special from TJniled Press.-
New York, March 17. In a collision
today between a huge automobile and
a trolley car of the Putnam avenue
and Halsey street line in Brooklyn,
Miss Mildred Hunter, daughter of Col
onel Albert Hunter, a mining engineer
of New Mexico, with offices in this
city, and Miss Ray Phillips, who lives
at the Hotel Martha Washington, were
badly injured, and Colonel Hunter,
John B. Gluck. treasurer of the Re
publican National League, and another
young woman whose name has not yet
been disclosed, slightly hurt.
Mis Hunter and Miss Phillips were
taken unconscious from a taxicab in
to the Hotel Empire shortly after the
collision occurredu
Colonel Hunter had taken the party
to Coney Island in a new car which
he was testing with a view to buying
it. The car was driven by Robert
Sloane. an automobile repair man. who
escaped with only a few scratches.
The party attended a. mask ball at
Coney and did not start back to town
until a late hour this morning. The
automobile is said by those who saw
it. to have been bowling along at a
good clip and had turned into Bed
ford avenue without any decrease in
speed. The trolley car crossed Bed
ford avenue just as the auto came in
tight and there was no averting a col
lision CITY TO SUE BULLEN
Well Known Boniface Pays
No Attention to Bills for
Business Tax.
Tax Collector Donnelly to-day placed
p bill for personal taxes against Fred
Bullen amounting to $189.30 with City
Attorney Cullinan with instructions to
bring suit to recover the same for the
city. The taxes date back to 1897 and
the collector states that has received
no response to a large number of
statements sent to Mr. Bullen. The j
tax is upon tne notei property ot tne
latter in Bunk street.
At the meeting of the Business Men's
Association held last nisht wh"re the
question of business tax was being dis
cussed some of the members asked the
collector why Mr. Bullen did not pay
his taxes.
Inauguration Day
Cold Causes Death
Special from United Press.)
Washington. March i7. Having con
tracted pneumonia while participating j
in the inauguration day ceremonies, i
Joseph A. Courtney, of Worcester, j
Mass.. captain of the Georgetown Uni
versity baseball team and member of l
the senior class of that institution,
rlio! earlv todav.
WILL TRY TO
STAMP OUT
BLACK HAND
Definite Plan Adopted by
Sfew York Police Head.
Federal aud City Authori
ties Will Work Together.
Utmost Secrecy as to Meth
ods Enjoined TJpon All
Warning Sent from Rome
that Petrosino's Fate
Awaits Others Who May
Be Sent to Italy.
(Special from United Press.)
New Tork. March 17. Definite plans
for stamping out the Black Hand and
Mafia outrages in this country brought
about through the co-operation of Fed
eral and state authorities, have been
adopted by Commissioner Bingham fol
lowing a series of almost continuous
conferences by mail and wire.
The secretive measures adopted by
Russian police hardly compare with
the seal of silence that has been placed
on the movements of the police de
partment, not only in New Tork but in
every city with which Commissioner
Bingham has been in touch since the
assassination of Lieut. Petrosini. The
necessity of keeping every action abso
lutely in the dark has been impressed
upon the chiefs of police of every city
arid developments are expected to be
sprung without even their preliminar
ies having been known to the publ;c.
It is known that two New Tork de
tectives sailed for Italy last Saturday
on a Black Hand mission. Such great
secrecy was observed that the two
men did not appear at the police head
quarters but all the negotiations were
conducted at the home of the commis
sioner or at some other rendezvous. It
is not known on what vessel they sail
ed or whether they wilr go direct to
Italy.
Any one accepting a commission from
the police department will be ho'ding
his life cheaply. Despite the fact that
the board of aldermen has not made
an appropriation to assist In the work
wealthy Italians and other have noti
fied Commissioner Bingham to go
ahead.
Rome. March 17. The same fate
that befell Petrosino the New Tork de
tective who was assassinated in Paler
mo by Black Handers. awaits anyone
who is sent to complete the work un
dertaken by the New Tork police de
partment, according to threats that
are heard throughout Italy to-day.
The announcement from New Tork
that "other detectives have been sent to
Italy to investigate the Black Hand
headquarters and to try to check the
immigration of criminal Italians to the
United States, has greatly excited the
members of the Mafia and other socie
ties. Twelve suspects were arrested to-day
at Palermo. They were taken in the
criminal quarters which had been oc
cupied by the New Tork detectives.
It is stated that a dozen police officers
of Palermo, who are suspected of be
ing intimate with the Black Hand
leaders will be dismissed but there is
no truth in the report that the Prefect
of the Police is to be removed.
STATE TREASURER
MAY BORROW MONEY
Act Authorizing Temporary
Loans Adopted in the Sen
ate. (Special from United Press.)
Hartford, March 17. The nomina
tions of the several judges of the Su
perior court and the district court of
Waterbury, Who were named by Gov
ernor Lilley last week were referred to
the judiciary committee by the Sen
ate in concurrence with the action of
the House. Among the business done
by the Senate was the passage of a
measure permitting the state treasur
er to borrow money in temporary loans
during 1910 and 1911; an act making an
appropriation of $22,000 for the State
firemen's 'Association; an act estab
lishing a board of estimate and taxa
tion in the town of Norwalk; and an
act providing that evening schools in
towns of 10.000 or over may teach the
High School branches.
The Senate rejected the following
matters on unfavorable reports; pro
viding that street railway companies
shall maintain waiting rooms at the
junction of points, providing for terms
of the Superior court to be held at
Meriden, making election day a legal
holiday, and establishing a life tenure
of office for deputy coroner of New
Haven county.
EARLY REPORT
ON TARIFF BILL
Read Onlv by Title and Sent
to Committee on Ways
and Means.
(Special from United Press.)
Washington, March 17. When Chair
man Payne of the Ways and Means
committee arose in the House shortly
after noon to-day with the famous
tariff bill in his hand, a burst of ap
plause echoed through the chamber.
The bill was read merely by title and
promptly referred back to the com
mittee. Pavne then presented a resolution
for the printing of 20.000 copies of the
bill and the committee's statement.
This precipitated a long discussion.
Finally the objection of Representa
tive James against printing copies at
this time was sustained.
"We hope to report the bill back to
the House at an early date." said
Payne. "The committee will meet to
morrow." This was all the comment
made nlthouffh he said in response to
a ouestion that he thought the bill as
reported would be almost identical
with the measure as introduced to
day. SUPT. COLGAN ILL
Supt. John H. Colgan of the street
cleaning department is ill at his home
in Nichols street and his physician has
forbidden him to leave his bed. His
illness is not of a dangerous charJiter.
OVERCAPITALIZATION OF
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS
GOES ON IN GOOD OLD WAY
Comparison With Public
Service Rates in Other
Cities Shows Probable
Overcharges in Connecti
cut. Freight Rates of New Ha
ven Road Said by Secre
tary Wells to be 90 Per
Cent. Higher Than Aver
age for the Country and
20 Per Cent. Higher Than
Average for New England
Governor Woodruff
Tells of Struggle With
Lobby .
It was an important night with
the Bridgeport Business Men's
Association, last night, at the
Stratfleld. In the three hours,
from 8 until 11 o'clock, they
elected officers for the ensuing
year, heard former Senator Fran
cis Atwater of Meriden tell with
some humor and much satisfac
tion how he collected the poll tax
in Meriden, and accomplished
the alleged certain defeat of the
present mayor of Meriden, Thom
as L. Reilly, by so doing; heard
former Governor Rollin S. Wood
raff tell briefly the story of his
straggle with the special privilege
corporations and the lobby to se
cure an abatement of some of the
evils of over-capitalization, and
heard Ralph O. Wells of Hart
ford, dissect the public utilities
hill, and incidentally the public
service corporations which are
now substantially beyond the
reach of any power in the state,
excepting for a brief period in
each two years, when there meets
a General Assembly operated and
managed as described by former
Governor Woodruff.
Mr. Atwater proved conclusively that
the poll tax can be collected by any
collector who is willing to defy sub
stantially the entire public opinion of
his town. The former Senator prov
ed also his ownership of the cold and
defying nerve which takes a man into
the cannon's mouth, or leads him to
back a hundred to one shot in a fixed
race with, his last cent.
Mr. Atwater it may be said was a
collector who enforced the tax laws
against the poor and not against the
powerful. He drove his express wag
ons up to store doors in Meriden and
got ready to take out the goods. When
the powerful escaped it was because
the' assessors had under assessed them,
not because the doughty collector was
not willing to do his part of the lb.
In the poll tax business he issued a00
warrants. This lfteant, "settle or go
to jail." Ml but 50 settled immediate
ly All but eight settled later. Ev
eryone settled finally. A town meeting-
abated the taxes due on polls. At
water said, "I wont take orders from
a town meeting." The ten who set
tled last appealed to the higher courts.
The higher courts decided in favor of
the collector. The man against whom
the decision was given was president
of the Poll Tax Payers' association.
Mr. Atwater described these as the
"Tax Dodgers' association." Atwater
is elected as a Democrat.
"There are no Democrats in Meri
den now," he said.
Collector John M. Donnelly of this
city was present. Somebody put it up
to Donnelly. "Why don't the Bridge
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Charter Amendment v
Hearing Today
In Hartford
(Special to Farmer.)
Hartford. March 17. The hearing on
all amendments to the Bridgeport
charter as printed in the Farmer of
yesterday was begun today before the
committee on Cities and Boroughs at
2 o'clock A large number of Bridge
port citizens are here including Mayor
Lee Alderman John H. Tague, Post
master William H. Marigold, Theodore
B Ford Alderman Robert Gould, Al
derman D. P. Bullard. Alderman John
H McMurrav, Harbormaster Charles
H Morris. Albert B. Lavery, Attorney
William B. Boardman, Attorney A. E.
Merritt, Attorney Sanford Stoddard.
Alderman Eugene Myers.
The tug of war will come over the
amendment proposed to the charter for
the establishment of a 'board of Public
Works to be known as a commission
of permanent paving, and over the
amendment giving the city permission
to purchase the water works.
PERSONAL MENTION.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Parsons, was visited last night bjthe
tork and a bouncing baby girl was
Teft. Mother and daughter are doing
weli.
TO RENT. Five rooms, improvements.
346 Benham Ave. S 17 spo
FOR SALE. 6 room cottage on Cot
tage St., all improvements. Watson,
S3 Fairfield Ave. a P
FOR SALE. 2 family house Iranistan
Ave., all improvements. Watson, S3
Fairfield Ave. a p
FOR SALE. 2 family house Laurel
Ave., modem. Watson, 83 Fairfield
Ave. ' a p
FOR SALE. 1 family house, all im
provements, modern. North Ave.
Watson, S3 Fairfield Ave. a c p
FOR SALE. 2 family house, Colorado
Ave., near Fairfield Ave. Rented,
$740. Watson, 83 Fairfield Ave.
a p
FOR SALS. 1st class 3 family house
on Linwood Ave. Watson. 83 Fail-
field Avi
a p
EGGS FOR HATCHING. From high
class bred to lay white Wyandottes.
75c and $1 per setting. C. A. Black
man. Paradise Green. Stratford.
S 17 d o
(UNCLASSIFIED.)
FOR SALE. Nice 6 room cottage, all
improvements, $2,450. Watson, 83
Fairfield Ave. a p
TO RENT. First floor, five rooms, gas
in kitchen, $11 a month. 167 Her
bert St. s 17 bpo
PHOTOGRAPHS, amateur supplies
and finishing, go to the Blackman
Studio, 57 Fairfield Ave. a
WANTED. At once experienced hand
shirt ironer at the Model Laundry,
109 Middle St. ap
TO RENT. Two rooms, furnished or
unfurnished. 48 Walter St., near Ea-t
Main St. S 17 sp
FOR SALE. A few organs. $5 a piece
to make room. The M. Steinert &.
Sons Co., 915 Main street. S 17 so
SMART SPRING STYLES for man
and woman have burst Into blossom
at Biradfs, 1294 Main. a p
BICYCLES. Good, strong, substantiaij
411 ' .... V. 4 X A n
.. .... .... p u 1 . wcc. '-f'- J yii uies 9
1130 Main St.
S 17 b o
FOR SALE. One Gabler uprifrht
piano in fine condition. Big bargain, j
easy payments. The M. Steinert &'
Sons Co.. 915- Main St. S 17
WANTED. A job of any kind in town
or farm by a carpenter, by trade.
Address, Stephen Toth, 871 Wordln i
Ave. S 17 sp
LOST. A chain of gold beads between
Maplewood school and Iranistan ave- '.
nue. Reward at 1186 Iranistan Ave. !
P
WANTED. Middle aged reliable man
as night man for lodging house.
Small bond and references required- j
Enquire 41 Water street. White
House Clothing Store. ap
FOR SALE. Upright piano, party has
left piano for me to sell on account
of death in family. Any reasonable
offer accepted. 844 Noble Ave.
S 17 u o
FOR SALE. One Jewett upright
piano, slightly used. Great reduc
tion, easy payments. The M. Steinert
& Sons Company. 915 Main street.
S 17 s o
WANTS D. Situation as working
housekeeper for elderly couple, or
with lady or gentleman living alone,
by widow with little girl of 8. Good
home for self and child wanted more
than high wages. No objection to
country. Can give references. Ad
dress, F. V., care Farmer. , ap
LOST. Wire hair, Irish terrier, 4
months old. Reward at J. E. Klley,
43 Arch street. S 16 bpo
WANTED. A girl to do light house
work and take care of baby. Call at
48 Poplar street any time. S 16 bo
FOR SALE. Top business wagon and
harness. Almost new. Inquire 359
Benham Ave. S 15 6po
TO RENT. Alcove and two connect
ing rooms, with board. 521 State St.
Phone 4912. S 16 u p o
WANTED. A teamster and general
barn hand. Apply W. B. Dauer,
Darien. Conn.. R. F. D. Box 48.
S 16 s p o
AUTOMOBILE BARGAIN 1907 Bulck
light touring car with top and wind
shield, fine condition. Boulevard
Garage, Connecticut Ave. S 12 dpo
MASS MEETING Lyceum hall. r
Cannon street, Wednesday, Marc:
17th, 8 p. m. A. J. Francis of New
Tork will deliver a lecture on "Th.
Tradesunion Question." Admission
free. S' 16 bpo
WANTED. Operators on power sew
ing machines to make ladies' waists.
Apply all week. Any operator on
sewing machine may learn. Apply
Murphy Suit House, State St. exten
sion, cor. of Ash. S 15 s p o
FOR SALE. Violin, cost $12, for So.
Violin, cost $60, for $25. 844 NobU
Ave. S 12 d o
TO RENT. Store suitable for grocery
and butcher market. Inquire W4
Brooks St. 3 9 t p o
TO RENT. 6 room flat with improve
ments, at $15, Randall Ave. No ob
jection if 2 small families double up.
Call 1294 Main. oP
GREAT RELIEF from headache an4
constipation. Casca Laxine tablets,
25 cts. B3o
JAMES J. SHEEHAN. popular hatter,
974 E. Main St.. has the goods. Call
and verify. H30tfol36
BRATWURST. pigs' hocks, country
pork a specialty. M. M. Nagel, 652
East Main St. G 7 tf 13 5
PRATT'S CAFE. 137 Fairfield Ave., is
rure to have what you want in ales,
wines and liquors. Do not forget
the fine free iunch served daily.
G 28 1 3 5 o
HOT LUNCH, daily at Norton's Cafe
158 Fairfield Avenue. Everhardt's N.
T. lager and Smith's Philadelphia
Ale on draught. T 9 tfo 1 3
SAUSAGE that's home made, also liv
er pudding and blood pudding can
be purchased to-morrow at Mark Na
gle's, 652 East Main street, and John
Porter's, 318 Warren St. These
goods are made by Biltz at 95 State
St. H 11 tf. 1 3 5 4
THE BOSTON CLEANING AND DYE
ING CO.. 187 Fairfield Ave. Our Vork
the best. Our prices the lowest.
I 16 tf. o 3 5
fWE DO THE RIGHT kind of pictura
framing at lowest prices. Standard
Art Store, 1219 Main St., Stratfleld
building. I 30 3 5
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to all our friends and neigh
bors, the employees of the Tool Roorr
of the U. M. C. Co., and to the repre
sentatives of the plant also to the
members of Steuben Lodge. No. 83 I. O.
O. F.. for their kind deeds and sym
pathy shown us in this hour of afflic
tion and by attending the funeral oi
our beloved husband, brother and un
cle, Peter Dusch, the bereaved widow
and brother.
MRS. PETER DUSCH.
JOHN A. DUSCH, and family
Bridgeport, March 17, 1909. ai