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.VOL. "..XVI, NO. 108. WATERBURY, CONN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS. V BRIDGEPORT MAY Trolley Affairs The All Absorb ing Topic To-Day. UNION TO MEET TO-MORROW.' ''An Early Morning Session Will Deter mine Whether There Will Be a Strike or Not Local Strikers Ask a Few Questions of , the Alliances It Also Relates a Few Other Newsy and Timely, Things. 1iriSirari A rvr U 1.. TllArA Is a likelihood of 'a trolley strike In this city T- Krt,-hiT. tnmr' to-day. There will be a meeting of the trolleymen's union at 2 o'clock to-inor- row morning for the consideration of a t,nn t (ion- Scut Railway and Lighting Co in imDorting o many men here to work on the trolley has aroused the old men and tfiey now believe mat the company does not Intend to grant them their re quests and that the postponement of the-settlement by the company has been done only to give the managers . , ,.: i. . It lrv r man tlirt I i wiw... " Vp,",.: car In case, of a , strike. J-iieie isj a feeling of discontent apparent ' . t A- .1 JM OTltT nf .among tnemen io-uy u--j - them fl.more tnan-injOTea oecaue tuey.Muere xne wue'J"u' " meant to be sincere, but was hoidin them off for purposes of their own Thev assert now that the request 101 i. ,delay by the1 company was 'to prepare to send in men who would De reaoy to take tneir places uomu iurjr - strike. At the meeting last evening ui ,fho BrideeDort Business Men's associa tion- no action" was idKen' to prevent ; the strike, although such action was expected , The attention of sympathizers with the local striKe ana an nienincrs ot or- - ganized labor is now. directed on r Bridgeport where it will be known probably this evening whether or not rTU Ha oti-lfro thoro This afternoon Manager Sewell went to Bridgeport with the answer or the board of directors to the men's de mands. ! To-morrow ; morning, accord Ing to program, the men should hold a meeting to consider this answer, but rs Manager Sewell will place the Answer in the men's hands this even Ing, it is supposed the meeting will be ........ .... I neia late to-nignt ana tne result win oe known ' : rnTnuBi Ttnmop en!,! .,in i inff thpt t)m w?n u iia kdded "if the men are reasonable." FTa nflmittori ho ua tQTxr -i,o We, k jaak ,1 Vnakfl it-known. He was the . information contained in the ' Bridgeport papers on the matter and the number of new men, about 100 they say has been brought to town by the company and he replied that he did not believe there were that many. He could not exnlain. he said, hecsmse it was in hia nrovlnre aa cohtiraI for thP companv. whv local men were not m- vxveA aa annpsir custom, if not the rule, of .-,th pom- pany. -' " Speaking on this the Bridgeport Standard says: "Ihere was a conference early this morning of a number of local trolley- men and it is agreed that the situation here is assuming a more serious aspect. "Just at the time when it appeared as if. the officials and the men -would come to an arnica Die settlement the I ' , . . . ... .' .. i bringing in here of stuaneers to "break' in" on the several divisions has naturally excited. the suspicions of . . I the men. i "The employes arcue that if the com- pany was not preparing. for and ex- pectingi trouble they would she the preference to BridizeDort men manv of .whom have asked for employment. "That they prefer to go outside and bring in strangers concerning whom little if anvthine is known is pnnaH n0,i by the men as an indication that the company prefer to be eauinned wfFli Btrangers rather than Bridirenort mm. 1 feeliner. no doubt, that mitKirUr Wftw .be less inclined to sympathize with the local men in event of a strike beine de- flared. xne situation may be Said to be more critical to-day than at auv time since the negotiations between the of-' ncers and the men begun." The strikers' executive committee is sued the following statement this af ternooh: . J . , "This is our ninety-fifth day out on , .strike, and we have a grist of interest ! ing news to give out to the public. I "There is more work to be done by i those local merchants who have held meetings to take action on boycotting. Despite the fact that laboring men like , ourselves are and always have been the mainstay and support and enrich ; pent of those merchants, they saw fit to band, themselves together, that is aome of them did. and decided to ride on the cars. Thu. they said, the bov rotting will be broken "up and we have saved our country. Those gentlemen "tondly proclaime'd that they were not unfriendly to labor. Thev simnlv took the action they did to show their disap proval of intimidation of any kind and to prove that here Is a country where men could do as they saw fit without . fear or favor. ."Now. gentlemen of the alliances. here Is a chance for you to show your sincerity in your-statement that you i were simply banded together to crush .' - nut Intimidation. A local paner as I published the statement that th Wa 4'tbury Clock Co hired a man and then ( -discharged him because they ascer i talned he had worked on the cars 'and ; beloneed to our union. What do yon rail that? Tntimidation? We shr-nM j sav if was deserving of a severer title. Again, gentlempn of the alliances, we v were informed this noon that lust be I fore the employes of the New England ;. Watch Co left the factory to-day at 12 . o'clock, word was sent out from the " office that any employe who rod"? on the' union 'buses vonld be dtschargpk'l. Think of that, gentlemen of th ajli- ances. and cinzens or warernury: Aim i ... W ... I A ... I this Is the factory that formerly gave: HAVE STRIKE. the employes fifteen minutes extra at noon to enable them to walk tojheir homes if they did not see ht to nue. Where has the pressure been brought from? How long will the people of Water- bury and of the state stand the imposi tions of corporation greed.' We nave seen our rill of it here in Waterbury since the strike, but we were given a further example in Harttord yesieraaj. A bill was before the committee where by cities could impose taxes upon trol- ley compailieS who occupied then streets And does It seem possible to believe? From, the state at large only two neoole aoneared In favor of the Dill. aiUev weie Mayor Kilduft am Attorney Kellogg of this city. They didn't say a word, however, lhey oon discoveredjh.t would have been ""J" ----- mittee room, arrayed against them they found a score or so of the brainiest lawyers in the state They were oo poration counsels. The bto tax the trolley companies is on its death-bed. i "We have seen nothing in any or tne papers about a shooting gallery in the central office of the trolley company. Perhaps there isn't any. Neither have we seen anything .about Superintendent Wales shooting a portion bt his hand cs of last evening. The affair seems shl.nt , ,at(lT. oithmiffli lit is k ' Va doctor, was showing a Portion of his knuckle about town last lagt The detectiveg are said to be working on the case, but so far hnplTM avt, w nrM(,nt ne-ainst Wrolmm as a result of the - , . , i - nVefl0. bnt tf ... jmust be the tnat ig circuiatmg fake stories about our men riding on the cars, going to work in pairs, etc, etc. There is about as much truth in any of those rumors as that. Supreintendent Wales applied lor admission into our union. By 1,J vay, some of the men under Mr Wales at the present time are more than anxious to .loin our ranks. The occupations are repulsive to many of them, but -we have so far not admitted any of them into our local. dv tue Uiue e issue vur utAi aiflic- 1T J.1 J.S ' . - av4- nf-ft-tsv mf.nt w.may be abl: to g'Ve t-s?Jn in Bridgeport. " 'Buses will e on hand to-night to take visitors to Father Traynor's fair." Is it true that the bosses in some of the shops have informed their hands that they; will, be discharged if, they iAfiriMo n fra In 1 ' miCioc nP fl HTftmn- ""'"" " - biles? This is what is being said on the streets, but. It will have to oe weii substantiated before the public will be- ueve u ims isgomg a fv "u- than tne U'oney company itseit nas gone. W hy. if it be true, we'll nave to have another injunction. Why not ,ooe OI. lue arcfiam1' . iyuL11 sJaiiaP broken some, iiwa.tlns morning and everyone is asking who did lt- The mattei" nas become of sucll moment that two detectives have been assigned to clearing up the ' mystery, detectives lvennaugn and u uorman Early this morning when people were soihg to work in the factories it is be lieved the lamp was all right. It was ut reported broken until the trimmer got around to it this forenoon. A num ber of men who were in the neighbor- hood say that when he touched it part of the glass fell to the ground and they are ui iju upiuiuu ma,i il was not uro- ton nn-f-11 -fV rvt-i uver-entuusiasnc advocates or 'tne trolley company appear to have carried their advocacy of the company's rights 4-' 4- J4- 1 Jil, I luu 1U1 tu BUlL BumB vwjiw,. wim lug result that many who took no notice of the strike at the beginning have how made up their minds that the strikers 1 1 i j. J J. J . l are nu rigut aiiu yvaiit io see mem iu They claim that if boycotting is un American on the part of the strikers, they cannot see how it can be Ameri rcau When resorted to by others, and have come to the conclusion that ne3ther Party i observing the rules of war .and feel that they cannot . take smes one way or tne otner. it is cer tair that there is no appreciable in case in the number of people riding on the cars and conservative citizens aim that there will iot be until it is settled in some way satisfactory to the iJeyin 1L UUL o me siruvers. .out set- before the company has the patronage it enjoyed before the strike, for large numbers of people have now become accustomed to doing business on the old plan and find that riding was more of a habit than necessit and as no body has much money to spare, all, will find other, and, more profitable invest ments for their nickels than turning them over for something which the can afford to go without. A girl who works in a store in thecenter savs she can pay the premium on si $1,000. In surance policy on her mother for what she has been paying for fares on-the trollev cars, although she doesn't live over fifteen minutes' walk from her work. She got into the habit of riding and thought she couldn't get there on foot, but since, the strike started she has footed it and finds that it pays. MRS MARTHA BREAZELA: Wife of Professor at Rutger's College Jumped Overboard. New York, April 15 Little doubt is entertained here that Mrs Martha Ham ilton Breazeale, wife of William E. Breazeale, associate professor of math ematics in Rutger's college, committed suicide by jumping overboard from .the Joy line steamer Tremont in the mid die of Long Island sound Monday night. Trof Breazeale and his brother-in- law, R. W. Prentiss, were at the Joy line pier to-day. when the Tremont ar rived. They identified the hat, cloak and other articles left in the cabin of the Tremont by a woman who gave the name of Mrs Brown, and who is believed to have jumped overboard from the toilet room window, as hav ing belonged to Mrs Breazeale. Mr Prentiss said : - "There is no ques tion that the woman . who disappeared from the boat was Mrs Breazeale. The letter received by her husband Mon day said that her body would be found in Long Island sound.' Mrs Breazeale was suffering from ill- health and melancholia. CHUB FRENCH DEAD. lyas a Millionaire Manufacturer of Seymour. Was in This City Yesterday Attending to Business The Dead Man Was One of the Best Known Citizens of the State Had Served as Congress man and as State Representative Sayeral Times. Ansonia, April 15 After a sudden and severe illness of only twenty min utes, death has claimed at. his home the lion Carlos French millionaire man ufacturer and foremost citizen of Sey mour, and one of the most prominent and best known men in the state. He spent the greater part of yesterday in Waterbury and shortly after his ar rival home last night he was seized. with heart failure. For many years he was one of the leading democrats of the state and several times was named for the nomination for governor, but always declining the, honor. He was a member of the fiftieth congress ana representative to the legislature several times. " He was one of the wealthiest manufacturers in the Naugatuck val ley, tie was prominently connected with many of the leading manufactur ing interests. He was director and stockholder in the N. Y., N. H. and H. railroad and also in the Colonial Trust Co of Waterbury. He was president and treasurer of the Fowler Nail Co and other concerns. He was 0 years of age and leaves a widow and one son, Raymond French. DID NOT KILL A LION The President Has Not Fired a Shot- He Is Returning to Headquarters. CINNABAR, Mont., April 15 Presi- lent Roosevelt has broken camp and is llowly working tiis way to Major Pitcher's headquarters at Fort Yellow- Itone. He is expected to arrive at Yan cey's today and to reach the fort some time tomorrow. , He will remain there one day and then will start for Norris, where the geysers are. There is a good deal of snow between the fort and Norris, and the. engineer corps is at work opening the road. Word received from the president is to the effect that he is in the best of health and thoroughly enjoying his out ing. In1 addition to horseback riding, he takes long walks over the mountain trails.. . . :' ,, . Notwithstanding reports to the con trary, tnepresiaent nas not nrea a enot at a moUntain lion and haa no Intention nf . n it i tHmM .that -there -re no of these animal in the Dark. and they are killing large quantities of deer" and elk." : A' determined effort is being made to -exterminate them,, and Buffalo", Jones, the game warden of the park, with his scouts, is slaying them on every possible occasion. Mr. Jones has offered to round up a lion or two for the president to shoot at, but the latter has declined the offer. The weather continues to be all that could be desired. The party left at Cinnabar are hav- ing , a . good .time fishing and riding through the country. i tnivi rnr ircc wv vu nnrwuiSTRtt N. Y.. Anril 15. Chief pine Tree of the Tu3carora tribe was Oi!loafl,1 v.v.iv.. 0 to oust him. He rested on the fact that he started the Kansas land claims agaiwst the government which result ed in , th e , distribution of 12,000,000 among the Six Nations. The ballot stood 31 to IT. His civilized name is Elias Johnson. -. Kansas Prosperous. TOPEKA, Kan., April 15. The bans deposits of Kansas now amount to $3,000,000 more than any previous high water mark, according to the quarterly statement of Kansas banking lnstitu tlons issued by Bank Commissioner Albauffh. The deposits are now more than $90,000,000, or more than $60 for every man,- woman and child In the state. Mk. Hooker Sails For Rome. NEW YORK, April 15.-Mgr. Fred erick Z. Rooker, for the past eight years secretary of the papal delegation here and who has recently been named as bishop of Nueva Caceres in the Philippine Islands, will sail tomorrow for Rome, where he will be conse crated bishop some time next month. Hotel Porter's Wireless Telegraphy. I have just made a discovery, knowledge of which may be of con siderable value to travelers and tour ists. It is that there exists among hotel porters on the continent a sys tem of wireless telegraphy by which the characteristics of a visitor in the matter of tips are communicated from one hotel to another. The me dium of communication is the hotel label pasted on the visitor's luggage, and the code is formed by varying the angle at which the label is placed. In one position the label means that the guest is worth cultivating and may be relied on for liberal ac knowledgment of services rendered; m another that special attention be stowed upon him will be entirely wasted: How far the system prevails I cannot say, but I am satisfied that it exists. Travelers, therefore, who find themselves treated in the hotels thev visit should lose no time in cleaning the labels off their trunks.. London Truth. Ills Predicament. Pa"rker What's wrong? You seem worried. Streeter I am. I wrote two notes one to my broker, asking if he took me for a fool, and the other to Miss Golding, asking her if she would be mine. While I was out somebody tele phoned "Yea," and 1 don't know which of 'em it was. Answers. IN THE LEGISLATURE. House To-Day Voted to Adhere to Its Former Action. Hartford, April 15. The compul sory vaccination light caime up ih the (house to-day again on the receipt of the action of the senate rejecting the repeal bilL Last week the house vot ed to reject the report of the commit tee, which was against the repeal, thus taking the opposite action to the senate. The house voted to-day to adhere to its former action and sent a committee of conference to the sen ate. A bill providing that every town having a valuation of less than $o00, 000 may annually receive from the state $25 for each child In order to assist the smaller towns to support the district towns if the town, has not already expended for sehoolg a tax of not less than four, mills on its grand list. This bill was feassed. The senate will hold no session to morrow as the members 'will attend in a body tho ship launching at Now London. YALE FRESHMAN MISSING. Went Off in Catboat on Monday Af ter noon With Friend. New Haven, April 15. Nothing had been heard thi.s morning of Lester C. Barton of Chicago, the Yale freshman who has been missing since Monday afternoon, When he went with a friend for a sail in the harbor. The identity of his friend, who is supposed to have been a fellow student, has not been learned. It is known that Barton in tended to return to the University Mon day evening, and it is feared that the boat capsized. ' The boat, which they hired from James1 A. Austin, was an eighteen-foot catboat, .named the TTnio. According to Mr Austin, the young men Intended simply to take a sail in the harbor, but late Monday afternoon a. craft answer-, lag the description of the Unio was seen laboring in the heavy sea off Mil ford. Last night the owner of the boat made a trip along shore to Bridgeport in search of the missing boat, but was unable to find any trace of her. . He fears that the Unio capsized and that the men have bien lost, although he says the boat.wa a seaworthy one and hafT twice made the trip to Boston and return. Classmates of Barton were endeavor ing to-day to ascertain the name of his companion. The fact that many men are absent for the Easter recess, how ever, makes it difficult to determine his identity. Beyond the fact tht he was tall and wore a red striped sweater, the description given by the boat owner is meaere. Efforts were made tnis morninir to -get some news of the boat hv communicating with points aiong the Connecticut, and Long Island shores of the Sound, i . ' RAIN FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE. Baseball Out of the Question in This Weather. New York, April 15. The National league wasi scheduled! to open the baseball season to-day with games in St Louis and BMladelphia, Chicago playing dn the foraner city and Boston in Philadelphia. Tihus the followers of the gaime hoped to 'gather a f ew lines on the conditions of the eastern land wiestern irepresentatlivles of tha old league. The enthusiasts of the metropolis have to wait a day longer for their opening game, the first game of the season in New York having been set for to-morrow, when the old (rivals, the Brooklyn and the New Yorks, will make their initial appear ance of the yesr at the Polo grounds It was well that a later day was set, tho weather condition's Siere being such that baseball would be out 1 of the question to-day. Tihe American league teams have a week longer : for practice, their season not opening until April 20, when Phil adelphia plays two games in Boston. The other teams of the league do not take the field funtil tihe 22d, -and the first game on the new grounds in New York is set if or April 30. Work on these grounds is now proceeding stead ily. ; . -: : : The Eastern league will start its serious work on April 30, and the New iorK state league on May 8. By that time, too, the western season will 'have opened and from ocean to ocean the American national game will be in lull swing. STRIKE INVOLVING 5,000 MEN. Differences With American Bridge Co May Be Arbitrated. New York, April 15 It is Iearne( that President Buchanan, of the Inter national Association of Bridge Sfruc rural iron Workers, has declared off the strikes Involving 5,000 men against the American Bridge Co, pending a settlement of the differences by arbi tration, , , The strikes ordered were for the recognition of the international asso ciation in this city, Albany, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago and other places. A representative of the American Bridge Co is quoted as saying that, al though the company had not as yet re ceived a visit from a local arbitration board since the holding of the last re cent arbitration conference, he expect ed the strike to be soon settled. A Doc's Fidelity. The proverbial fidelity of the dog is illustrated in a story which comes from England. Among the daily crowd of early morning bathers in Queensmere pond, Putney Heath, was a boy escort ed by a faithful little Irish terrier. It was the custom of the dog, while his master took his dip, to 6it on the edge of the lake and keep watch over his clothing. The little terrier was no ticed long after the bathers had gonet patiently keeping' guard. For more than five hours he lay there. The next day told, the story of hfe solitary watch, when the dead body of his young mas ter was recovered from the lake. He had been seized with a fit, and his feeble cries for help'were smothered by the myriad voices of the merry-making bathers. Golden Davs. 8UPT. WfljiTfiGCIDENT. Shot Through Left Hand While Cleaning a Rifle. ' Great Excitement . Around Trollev . Headquarters in Exchange Place Last Night Uuless Blood Poisoning Sets In the Superintendent WiRNot Be Laid Off Very Long. It was reported about town last night that a sihooting. affray took place at the office of the trolley, com pany an Exchange place in wnieu Superintendent Wales wraa seriously wounded and was in a dying condi tion. To give color to the rumor one of the strike breakers was seen run ning about the city hall building in quiring (for Dr Poore, but appeared too moich excited to tell' what he Vanted Mm for. The man entered the board of public works meeting and on, learning that the physician was not there but that he might find Mm at the meeting of the board of public safety, lie, made a wild dasii into the street and reached the city ihiall corridor in double quick time. While there was some trouble, it was by no imeans as serious as reported, the trouble being occasioned by an un ruly revolver which exploded while Mr Wales was cleaning it. A bullet passed .through the palm of tihe super mtendent's left hand, shattering the Joint of his little finger and, continu ing it course, came dangerously near entering mis left side eloss to the aieart Dr Poore. was found . at the meeting of the board of publlr safetv and dressed the wound. -ft was found iwwss'iu-y to remove a rcortlnn of thp bone. Tho physician A W6SI nnf an ticipate- any seriousi results. thnnrn. cases of blood poisoning to such cases are very commonr Mr Wales was pretty, well seared ovr the attain h,i,t jjui things consideredi heweht through cue waeai nte -a real soldier. CITY NEWS. Frederick Joseph, the six-weAks-niri son of Mr and Mrs John T. McNiff of Washington streetdied to-dav. Tim funeral will take place tomorrow af ternoon. The High school debatino- team nrm. Bisuiig or jsenjamm Iairbrother, James Turley and John Gaff ney will go to Bridgeport about the middle of Mav participate in a debate with the Girls' team of the Bridgeport High school, i List of 'letters remaininar nnlaimewi in the postoffiee: Miss Eunice Barber, Abrah R. Badger. Mrs Martha fl Miss Nellie Cormery (2.) Jerrv Donol k,i -u-uss -anna jonnson, Miss Mar euicb ixuiuiKau, lurs n rea i.reisrpi' i C. Laymond, William J. Morrissy, Mrs Auie ooutn, airs Hi mm a E. Wood. The debate which was to have he held by the Alumni association of St Mary s school in the Mulcahy Memorial building last night was nostoonerr un til Friday night owing to the inclement weather. The debate will he. on tho subject "Resolved, that the name of Lincoln is the greatest in American history." The speakers will be as fol lows: Affirmative,. George Coyle, Jo sephine wall, Jennie Freney: negative Joseph Havican, Catherine Casey and donn Jiayden. Julia, the f ourteen-years-old daugh ter Frank Graber, the South Main street shoemaker ' and bird fancier, who has been missing from her home for the past three weeks, was found last, night in Hartford by Policeman Hart. At first she tried to conceal her name and claimed that she belonged in New Haven, but she finally Owned up The reason she gave for leaving home was that her father would notallow her to remain out late at night. The authorities notified her father and he went there to-day and brought the girl home. At a meeting of the senior clasg of the High school yesterday afternoon Principal S." W. Wilby announced that a board of directors had been appoint ed to make arrangements for the publi cation of the class work, which - will be entitled "The Tattler." The. board consists of Clifton Heaton, Nathan Rockwood, William Slavin,' Walter Dallas and Clarence Gardner.. Arnong the contributors to the book will be the Misses Sadie Keenan, Margaret Hartnett, Ella Kilmartin and Miss Metheney. The members of the class who desired to write articles for the book wrere invited to do so and if I their articles meet with the favor of the di rectors they will be published. , It was also announced that the marks of the various members would be made up by May 1 and then it would receive di plomas. The class election wil be held shortly after. , Waterbury is surely having its share of strikes. On Monday twenty em ployes of the rolling mill of the Bene diet & Burnham Manufacturing com pany went on strike because their re quest for $1.50 a day was refused, and yesterday about fifteen young men who worked in Foreman Thunberg's room in the Scotill Manufacturing company. struck because they . were unable to make more than fifty cents a day, and to-dav at 1 o'clock twenty young men ranging from the age of from 16 to 20 years, who have been in the depart ment of the' Scovill Manufacturing company which Charles Monzain of 27 wall street has charge, went on strike because they were refused an increase of wages from 75 cents to $1 a day, On last Monday the young men asked for the increase of wages from John Lackie. who is on of the under bosses in the department. He told them to wait for a short time and he would see about it. This afternoon about o'clock they again ' requested the in crease of wages. This time they were informed that the increase would not be granted and that the men could de part if they did not wish to work for the wages. As one of the boys re marked they were told "Get out Ifyou don't want to work for 75 cents." And they got oat, every one of the twenty young asea. AFFIDAVIT vs HEARSAY. he Democrat Has Had An Average Daily Circulation Of Nearly 5,000 For The Past Three Months. The Democrat is not in the habit of blowing or brag ging about it's circulation, forthe reason that it has not in recentyears found it nec essary. The up-to-date mer chants and business men have longsince learned that it is at least as good an ad vertising medium as any in the city, and many of them have no hesitation in pro nouncing it the very best. If we didn'thave the circu lation this would not be so. The Democrat still main tains its claim to fully as many readers In the city as any other paper published1 here. In the outlying dis tricts our circulation may not be so large. For the benefit of advertisers and a few doubting Thomases we present the following sworn statement for 3 months ending Saturday, April 11. DAILY AVERAGE. January - - 4,485 - - 4,779 4,998 5,144 February March April Average for 3 months 4,851 State of Connecticut, County of. New Ulaven, ss, -Waterbury. I, Cornelius ,Maloney of- Waterbury, New Haven county, Connecticut, pro prietor of the Waterbury Evening Democrat, being duly sworn, do de pose and say as follows: ' The average daily circulation of the said Waterbury Evening Democrat from" January 12, 1903, to the present time was as follows: For January, 4,485; for February, 4,779; for March, 4,998, and for April 5,144. A daily average circulation of 4,851. CORNELIUS MALONEY,' 'Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of April, 1903. PATRICK J. M'MAHON, Justice of the Feace. . NAMES OF DELEGATES. Who Will Represent Foresters at Con vention in New Britain. The chief topic of interest among'' Foresters in this city at the present time is the grand court convention vention by 39 delegates-1 more than any other city in ine state. Bridge- arranged! to hold the convention in this city, but owing to the lack of hotel accommodations it was decided to hold (it in New Britain.- Water bury . will! be represented! in. the con vention) by 3 delegates 13 more than any 'other city n, the state. Bridge port will have 26 delegates'. This city. will also (have several candidates in the field for important office?. W. C. Kleinecke will seek a re-nomina tion as grand secretary, while James Freney will try to capture the omee of sub-chief ranger. There will be two or three candidates1 for the posi tions of delegate to the national con vention. The local delegates to .tne state convention are a loiiows: ioun Fruitf ul Vine, No 8, P. J. Cavanaugh, P. M. Bagley; Court Hancock, No 24, Luke Dowling, M. J. Keefe; Court Wolf Tone, No 28, D. F. Kelly, F. T. Smith; Court Shields, No 29, A. J. Stein. Alfred Dow; Court S. J. Meany, No 37, James Crean, M. J. Kelly, J. J. Connolly ; Court Falcon',' No 44, ' W. C. Kleinecke, Daniel O'Neill, Maurice Griffin; Court Linden, No 75, ,,T. S. Worsley, T. F Fitzgerald; Court Vigi lant, No 80, John McNulty; Court Welch, No 84.' Thoma McMahon; Court Martin Hellmann No 86, James Clifford, R. L. Weiss, Patrick Ken drick; Court Rose HIM, No 91, John Barry, William Manahan; Court America, No 98, H. C. Still man, W. S. iMosgrove; Court Acme, No 104, D. J. Murphy;. Court E. R. Crosby, No 120, Jamies Madden, W. B. Darby; Court R. F. PQielan, No 122, P. H. McKiernan, T M. Sullivan, William Fitzpatrick: Court Oregon, ' No 138, George McDonald, C W. Bagley, Pat rick Courtney; Court Richard Wag ner, No 139. W. II. Sie'fen; Court ChampLiin, No 146, R. L. Brand?ly, J. A. Rienveniie; Court "D. B. Hamil ton-. No 147, F. J. Debischopp; Court Guiseppi Verdi, No 151, R. A Bigniml. the case Dismissed. Not .Enough Evidea 'e to Hold Mark Holmes for Manslaughter. .j Bridgeport, April l.! The case of Mark Holmes, the fvaiig prize light rr, charged with man-laiglitir he cnisi ot the death o; Joseph Steirkcs of New Haven from the effects of In juries received in a boxing bout with Holmes on March SI, was dismissed in the city court this morning. Judge Comley nolled! the case. The state was unable to secure evidence which, would warrant a conviction. The of ficials of the East End club, - where the bout was held, and the seconds were also dismissed. ON THE BRIDGE. Several Tersons Injured in Trolley By Flying Glass. New York, April 15. In an accident on Brooklyn bridge to-day several per sons were badly cut by flying glass. A pole projecting from a runaway truck struck a bridge train filled with people and ripped along the side of the cars sending. a shower of glass among the passengers . ' 1 During the excitement following the panic several persons were caught in a crush and seriously hurt. They were v removed In ambulances to hospitals. 6,000 WHO PAY. The cash receipts from circulation of the Waterbury Republican during February, 1903, were the highest in the history of the newspaper. The amount 'was $1,541.95. For March the circulation receipts jwere only slightly behind, $1,504.15. When it is considered that February" was a month crowded with stirring events, and that there were receipts of over $150 from extra editions, .the record for the uneventful month of March is still better. It is the real high water mark." .;; ' ' .' . - .. -: - '.'',"'.':' Of. the Republican's average edi tion of' 6,000 copies,, one-fourth or 1,500, copies is sold direct to city subscribers at 2 cents a copy. The rest of the edition is, sold to dealers or carriers, or to the agents who han dle the out-of-town subscribers at the Wholesale rate of 1 cent acopy. If we take the circulation receipts, for March and separate them on this basis, one-fourth at the retail rate of two cents, and three-fourths at the wholesale rate of 1 cent, and figure up the number of readers required to make up the total of $1,504.14 ac tually received, we find ' - . - 1 , That during the month of 'March, 1903, 5,250 people bought the Repub lican every day and paid for it. - This 5,250 does not take account of accounts not collected on March 31.-' '.,;':-v; The aotual paid circulation of the Republican Is considerably. , in ex cess of 5,500 copies daily, which is what we guarantee to advertisers. The actual circulation is 6,000 copies daily. In Waterbury, Naugatuck and Un ion CItv. Watertown, Oakville, Thomaston, Torrington, Woodbury, Seymour and Beacon Falls, Prospect and Middlebury ; more copies of. the Republican are read than of any other Waterbury newspaper. More copies are delivered to homes and postoffiee boxes in these towns than of any other Waterbury newspaper. Proofs of tjhe above statement may be had in the books of the Republi can (the only set kept) which may be seen by any man for the asking. Waterbury Republican, April 14. WATERBURY MAN ON BOARD. Located To-day at the. Locust Grove . ' Excursion. Dock, Long Isiand. New York, April 15. The steam pf ; John H, Starin of the Starlh Transpor- " tation company, the non-arrival of which at New Haven had caused so , much anxiety to friends of the passen gers and crew, was locatea to-aay at the Locust Grove excursion dock in Huntington Bay, Long Island. The Starin left here at 9 o'clock Monday night and should have reached New Haven early yesterday morning. She put into Huntington last night. There were thirty passengers on the steamer, several of whom walked to Northport to-day and took a train for New York. . The steamer continued on her trip to New Haven. ' ..- , Three of' the passengers, W. S. Frampton of New York, J. S. Corcoran i of New Haven and F. J. Burns of Wa terbury, walked to Northport, arriving : last night. They covered the ten miles with great difficulty and were almost exhausted when they 4 reached their " destination. , This afternoon a party of studenti chartered a tug with the intention of searching for the boat along the Long Island, shores. It has been learned that Barton's companion was probably William Mason Duncan of Russeilville, Ky. Y.y - '- South Norwalk, April 15.-r-It was learned later that the vessel was the Middletown of the Hartford line. She appears to be east-bound and carrying both passengers and freight.. The steamer is perfectly .safe, and will probably proceed when the weather abates. . LATIN CONGRESS, Delegates Represent People of France,. Spain, Italy and Portugal. Rome, April 15. The - congress of the Latin people wa solemnly inaug urated at tihe capitol today. The delegates claim to represent the peo- pies of France, Italy, Spain and Por-.' itugal, the various Balkart states and1 th whole of Central aid South' Amer ica, aggregating 165,000,000 souls. Sig nor Nasi, minister of public instruc tion, delivered! a speech designed to show that the congress was not in tended as a threat to other races and that its-object wa9 merely to "defend the Latin world against the advance of other peoples wishing to conquer the -globe." M. Chanmie, French minister ot public instruction, said the union of the Latiin race must be along the paths of peace andi the diffusion of civilization. The Brazilian delegate, Senor Araaha, spoke of the Latin tendencies .of 'South,- America. ' The Argentine, minister, who was prevented from being present, tele graphed' his acceptance In the name of hiis government of all the decisions of the congress. - : DIED FROM WOUND. Son of Wealthy Parents Shot Himself at Sharon. Sharon, Mass, April 15. Nightingale Phillips, son of one of one of the most prominent families here died from a self-inflicted shot wound to-day. Phil lips, who was 21 j-ears old, participated in a reception given by his mother rrS sister last nierht. He wns In otpoI. ! lent spirits and retired late, apparently I happy and without a care. No causa j for his act is known