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VOL. XVII, NO. 36.
WATERBURY, CONN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1904.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
MEND OF
DEAD GIRL!
On Witness Stand In
Bechtel Case.
, Says Mabel Visited Her the
V Night She Was Hilled
Chief of Police Recall
' . ed and Exmined Again
w Yesterday. 1
' Allentowu, Pa, Jan 1G. Jennie Con
raid, a young woman employed at tli
St Obarles hotel, this 'city, was the
first witness to-day in the7 Bechtel trial
She testified that Mabel Bechtel and
: Welseberg visited her ; at the hotel on
Sunday night, ; October 25. The wit
ness stated that on that night .-label
wore a -brown skirt, white silk shirt
waist, black hat trimmed with black
plumes and a three-quarter length tan
coat. This outfit is entirely 'different
" rrom the on the girl wore when found
dead on the ...following- Tuesday morn
ing. On that occasion, witness said,
Mabel told her she; was going to bo
married to Eckstein. ; She. also said
her mother objected to her associating
with Welsenberg because the latter did
not intend to marry her.
Counsel for the defense asked the
witness concerning the character of
the hotel. The district attorney ob
jected and defendant's counsed 'said:
r "I believe we can show the reputa
tion of a house as well as that of a
person. We wish to do this because
f lr 1st part pi ine ueitMj.se uiwij uiu.
Mabel received her injuries iu a house
Of that character; We further wish
' to show the nature of the places Mabel
. visited at night" , ' V
,'Ae objection was sustained .and the
witness was excused.- '
. Chief of Police " Eastman was re
called and said Mrs Brobsf one of
Mabel's sisters, had told him "Tom"
. chewed tobacco in bed and that the
supposed bloodstains were' caused by
tobacco juice. - Tbe witness aid, Uq
ingrain carpet on, the floor of. the room
contained a damp spot and appeared
tp have been washed. The next day
; Jio visited the house and a rag carpet
had been substituted for the Ingrain
, carpet. 4-
MOItE MARINES.
Have Arrived at Corea to Guard Unit-
ed States Interests.
?' Seoul, Corea Jan 1C The Ameri
can guard at the United States em
bassy has .Been increased by ,the addi
tion of sixty additional jmarines, who
yrrived here last night and were quar
, tered I" the city at the' electric power
company's- building. The native press
is slightly offensive ,to the foreign
residents ana it ; is quite probable
there will ye be trouble with Corea.
Troops now guard all t foreign resi
dences, probably in sufficient numbers
to keep the natives Jn ' check should
thei be more trouble. A German
, warship hag just arrived at Chemulpo.
ki-n-n lina . hrnnin in fflvnr nf the
. Japanese and the people here are now
moi-e angry with the government
than with the foreigners. It is like
ly this change will amply i pacify
them. The American authorities
have taken' precautions to provide
male escorts for women and children.
8tl Mills Binm, Wrngtm Cut.
. NEWCASTLE, Pa., Jan. 16. The
McKlnley furnace of the Carnegie Steel
i company resumed after an idleness of
several weeks.- It is announced that the
steel mill will resume Monday. There
will be reductions in wages amounting
' to nearly 50 per cent on aome of the
.tonnage men. Laborers will be cut
from Jl.BO to $1.40 per day.
-Oramfi to Bvild Ne-rr Crulaers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. It has been
practically decided to award the con
tracts for both the new warships Mis
alssisslppi and Idaho to the Cramps'.
Veteran Charg4 With MfanslAnarliter
'. BATH, N. Y., Jan, 16. The grand
Jury of Steuben county has found an
indictment against Daniel McSweeney,
a civil -war veteran in the State Sol
diers' home here, for "manslaughter in
the first degree, charging him with kill
ing Edward News, a fellow inmate,
during a quarrel in a saloon last elec
tion night.
Uruguayan Inaurgrenta Beaten.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. 16.
It Is reported that a serious battle has
. taken place between the government
troops- and the insurgents, the latter
losing heavily.
Cleveland' Tnanlcs for Sympathy.
PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. 16. Grover
Cleveland has given out a letter of
thanks through the press in behalf -of
himself and his wife, expressing ap
preciation of the many evidences of
sympathy received after the death of
lis daughter Ruth. V
Will Have Wtaen Iavryere.
CHRISTIANIA, Jan. 16 The, upper
liouse by an almost unanimous vote has
adopted a bill authorizing women to
set as attorneys and advocates in the
Norwegian courts.
Liberator' Daughter Dead. v
. PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 16. Mrs.
Ruth Brown Thompson, daughter of
John Brown, the liberator, died at her
home last night, aged seventy-five
years. . "..
Murderer of Policeman Ilanced.
ATLANTA," Ga., Jan. 16. John Har
ris, a negro, who, while resisting ar
rests killed Folicemnn Prasbaeh, has
ftn rifrricrd' hfnv ,'. - , ' v
NOW IN PRISON.
Wealthy BanKer and Mer
chant Got Money Un
v der False Pretenses.
Burlington, Vt, Jan 16. Convicted
of obtaining 4 the money under false
pretenses by' impersonating a man of
the game name, a wealthy banker
and dry goods merchant of Atlantic,
Iowa, Joseph H. Marshall to-day was
sentenced to not less than ... five and
one-half nor more than six years in
state prison. , ;
It developed during the trial of Mar
sha'll that Joseph H. Marshall of At
lantic, Iowa, had been impersonated
not less than fifteen times during the
past three years, and that: in each in
stance be was victimized out of sums
ranging from. $200 to $600. ? It was
the contention of the prosecution that
the prisoner was responsible, in every
case. ' ' 4
Marshall made a plea for clemency
on the ground that his family. in New
York was destitute and that the Jury
had been imprbpery influenced to re
turn a verdict of guilty against him.
He appealed from the verdict of guil
ty arid the case will be heard In the
supreme court As the prisoner was
unable to furnish bail, it was decided
to ; pronounce sentence to-day and
take him to stat6 prison to begin his
term,' pending action by the higher
court.
DEATH OF COL.
BILL, RACE HORSE.
New York, Jan ' JO.-Colonel Bill, a
race horse owned by I -V Bell, and
valued at $25,000, Is dead from spinal
meningitis at Sheepshead Bay track.
He was injured in a race at Aqueduct
last fall and the weight he had up at
the time, was .the cause of a wordy
war between Mr Bell and Official
Handicapper Vosburgh which precipi
tated a wide discussion among horse
nien. '
Colonel Bill was the stable mate of
Hermis until the latter was sold to E.
11. Thomas for $60,000, and was be
leved by his owner to be only a little
the inferior of that horsa
BRIDGEPORT LIQUOR
DEALERS FINED.
Bridgeport, .Jan 16. Fifty-four of
the sixty-two ' liquor dealers arrested
last Monday on the complaint of the
state police, charged with selling liquor
on i Sunday.1 pleaded guilty in the city
court . this morning. Forty-two of tne
accused were fined $33 and costs each,
which ; fines were paid.; . Eight others
whose cass were ' more serious wwe
fined $75 and costs and two forfeited
their bail bonds of 150 each.
1 " ; ( -
Hanim Sy, "Ae." '
. PITTSBURG, ' Jan. 16 Senator M.
A. Hanna in an Interview here said;
"I have sent out 2,000 personal letters
denying that I am a candidate for the
presidency,; and I do not want td be
considered as such. , I consider all such
talk a 'closed incident.' The alleged
opposition 'to the nomination of Presi
dent" Roosey.elt has been overestimated
and magnified . greatly by Democratic
papers and others .. with Democratic
proclivities." Senator Hanna said he
would issue the call for the Republican
national convention in a few days. It
had been -delayed on account of the
talk about Chicago hotel keepers ad
vancing their rates. , : . ,
Troop Under Ami.
V SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Jan.
16. The trouble at Copper Cliff, caused
by a cut in , wajres by the Canadian
Copper company, still continues, ; and
the troops at the Canadian Soo are un
der arms - and ; ready o depart on a
moment's notice. Colonel Elliott of the
Ninety-seventh regiment, has sent a
upply of ammunition to Sudbury. One
Italian has .been wounded in the trou
ble, and ' the men are arming them
selves. The situation has now reach
ad a 'critical stage.
Bdlion to Be Honored,
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. In a few dayg
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the suc
cessful introduction and commercial de
velopment of the incandescent lamp
will be reached. To commemorate the
event the friends ' and ( associates of
Thomas A.' Edison are going to make
him the special guest at the annual
dinner "of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, which is to be
held at the Waldorf-Astoria.
' Buffalo Fire Cost 50,000.
BUFFALO, Jan. 16. George A. Ray
& Co.t three story factory at Niagara
street and Potomac avenue has ; been
badly damaged by fire. The loss is es
timated at $50,000.. Three firemen wer,e
thrown to the ' ground and' severely
hurt by the collapse of a ladder.
Mftuiolnm Damaged br Fire.
' TARRYTbWN, N. Y., Jan. 16.-The
mausoleum erected in Sleepy . Hollow
cemetery by the heirs of General Sam
uel Thomas at a cost of $100,000 has
been damaged about $15,000 by fire.
A Uweful Bill Reported. , M
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Senatoi
Hey burn has favorably reported from
the committee on manufactures Sena
tor McCumber's bill to iwevent, adul
teration, misbranding and imitation of
foods, beverages, candles, drugs and
condiments.
Free Trader Gained a Seat.
LONDON, Jan. 16. The by election
in Norwich for a successor to the late
Sir Harry Bullard resulted in fhe free
traders gaining a seat. The vote was
as follows: Tillett, Liberal, 8,576; Wild,
Unionist, 6,756; Roberts, Labor, 2,440.
Fatal Carbollo 'Agraln. ,
CORNING, N. Y., Jan. 16.-Jennie
Callahan, the sixteen-year-old daughter
of Alderman Patrick Callahan, swal
lowed ' a quantity of carbolic acid In
mistake for a headache remedy and
died within a few minutes,
DELEGATE TO GO.
Housesmiths Union Drops
ParKs, Devery and Mc
Carthy From Roll.
r - .
New York, Jan 16. Members of the
Housesmiths' ' and Bridgemen's union,
local . No 2, have voted unanimously to
drop the names of Sam Parks, Timothy
McCarthy and William S. Devery from
the membership books of the union, to
abolish the office of walking delegate,
and to make a last effort for peace
with their; employers. Two walking
delegates who succeeded Parks and
McCarthy resigned and then the office
was voted out of existence.
. There Will be no more walking dele
gates In Parks's old union, at least not
until the union hag made peace with
the employers and the men are at
work. Parks and McCarthy are now
serving terms for extortion. Devery
was an honorary member of the union
and had befriended Parks when he
first was'arrested by. furnishing bonds
for a large sum. '.. ' .
It is expected that within a few
days permanent peace will be declared
between the union and the Iron league.
The latter had. refused to make peace
with the workers until: the Parks fac
tion was completely eliminated, go that
negotiations will at once foe re-opened.
Murder Myatery Solved.
ERIE, Pa., Jan. 16. A murder mys
tery of three years' standing was clear-,
ed up when . Floyd Peckham, aged
twenty-two, was held without bail" for ,
the shooting of his father,' D' Alton'
Peckham, fon the evening of Jan. 18,
1901, at the family home, near Cranes
ville, in this county. On the morning
of Jan. 19, 1901, the elder Peckham
was .found murdered in : his home, and
his son Floyd was arrested on suspi
cion of havisg committed , the crime,
but at the request of the district at
torney he was not indicted because of
insufficient evidence. On Monday last
young Peckham - was rearrested and
committed on the testimony of Herbert
Guy, who swore at the hearing that as
he was passing the Peckham home he
heard a racket in the house, followed
by a shot, and then he heard old man
Peckham - cry out, "For God's sake,
spare my life, Floyd!" The shooting
continued, and the witness heard Floyd
say,' 'There, you - , you won't
go down cellar for any more cider!" ?
. Panama's First Parliament.
' PANAMA, Jan. 16. The members of
the constitutional convention, the first
legislative body in the history of the
new republic of Panama, met here and
organized, with G. B. Amador as tem
porary , chairman and Nicolas Victoria
as temporary secretary. It began its
work under the parliamentary rules of
the Colombian ; congress, i Inthe vote
for president of the convention Dr. Pab
lo Arosemena was Unanimously , cho
sen. After he had made an eloquent
speech of acceptance the vote for vice
president' was taken, and Dr. Louis
Deroux was elected. " y V
1 Electrocution. Seems Permanent.
ALBANY,- N. ; Y,, Jan. 16. Attorney
General Cunneen has received a com
munication from a man in Michigan,
who inquires whether electrocution is
an effective punishment for the crime
of murder. The attorney general in re
ply stated that so far as he was aware
no man who had suffered that punish
ment had ever again committed murder
or any other crime. , , '..
i Chlcaa-o Driver' Strike Ended. '
CHICAGO, Jan. 16. The strike of
the livery drivers," which, since its be
ginning some weeks ago, has caused
much annoyance to mourners and in
terference at f funerals, has been end
ed, and! the union men were ordered
back to work. A committee of owners,
and drivers, the latter headed by
President Young of the International
Teamsters' association, had a Confer
ence at. which an agreement . was
brought about which recognizes the1
"closed" tshop, one of the chief points
of disagreement.' It was agreed that
the matter of an increased wage scale
shall be arbitrated as soon as possible
by a committee of the union and em
ployers. . Soldiers and Polfee Fought Fire.
CALGARY, N. W. T., Jan. 10. Fire
starting from the furnace-of" the New
Normandie theater ; has gutted ' the
whole block, causing a loss ot $280,
000. . Six large stores in the building
burned. The Canadian mounted rifles
and Northwest mounted C police were
called out , to7 assist the fire " brigade.
,The chief of the latter was overcome
by carbide fumes.;, The theater was
new and . had net been used.
U Carpenter Torn to Pieces. .'
OSWEGO, N. Y., Jan. 16. William
Taylor, a carpenter employed at the
Pittsburg Oil Weir Supply company's
plant, has met a shocking death here.
He was tightening bolts when his apron
caught in a shafting, and he was torn
to pieces.' Portions of his body were
thrown about the shop,' hitting ! the
workmen and so unnerving them that
the entire force of nearly 200 men was
dismissed for the day.
Did Not Kotow to Patti.
PORTLAND, Ore;, Jan. 10.. Mme.
Patti was virtually invited to leaVe the
Portland hotel, in this city. Mr.Bow
ers, the manager, curtly told Marcus
Mayer that if he was not satisfied with
the accommodations the whole party
could get out. "If you don't like what
I give you in the way of accommoda
tion Patti and her whole party can
get out," said Bowers.
Car Barns Barned) Loss, $280,000.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Two men
were severely injured and several oth
ers slightly' hurt by a fire which de
stroyed the large building of the Brook
lyn and Coney Island railroad, De Kalb
avenue, Brooklyn. The loss was esti
mated at $250,000, .
PE0F. ELIOT
OMCEMOSE.
Reiterates His Form
er Statements.
Majority Rule as Now Ap
plied a Danger to Lib
erty Tribute to Stud
ents Labor Unions Re
ferred to Also.
New Yorki Jan'lO. In an address at
a club reception in Brooklyn, President
Eliot of i Harvard university has re
i terated hjs recent declaration ; u.at
modern uemocracy in the sense that
the majority, right or -wrong, should
rule, and labor unions and associations
of employers as - now constituted are
dangers to liberty. - ' . ,
Tracing the growth of the universi-J
ties, . he told, how- the students in the
continental luniversities V had wrested
freedom from f European absolutism;
and in his connection he paid tribute
to the students that went heart and
soul into the revolutions of lcr8, of
those that fought and worked for Ital
ian unity and to the students that are
now said ' to be endeavoring to bring
about freedom of speech and thought
in Russia. '
STILL HISSING.
Woman Who Left Her Home on North
Main Street Sereral Days Ago.
Nothing has yet been learned of the
whereabouts of Mrs John Dientz, who
disappeared ffm ver home on North
ain street Thursday night and her
friends f ear turn sue has carried out
the threat to kill ; herself., The people
in the block' vriiere Mrs Dientz lived
claim that the woman had a very
happy , home and state that they can
not understand how she could think of
going away and leaving her , husband
and, little girl. Of course if . the wo
man was mentally unbalanced, and
she must have been when she wrote
to her sister telling her that she . was
going to, kill herself, she didn'tTcnow
what she was doing , and probably
imagined that the family would , be
better off withoift her. , ' " , ,
To Clean Paint. , '
To clean ' paint 'smear it over with
whiting ' mixed to the consistency, of
common paste with warm water. , Rub
the surface to be cleaned briskly and
wash off with clean cold water. Grease
spots and grime of all sorts will quickly
disappear under-this trMitmentiuid the
paint -will retain- its fresh appearance.
Remember In washing paint to do only
a little bit at a time and to dry that
thoroughly with soft cloths before going
en further. '
Carried. His Money Ijoose.
: Reinhardt Zollikofen, a drunken man,'
passed along the Bowery in New York
the other day with ?1,300 in money in,
his possession several bills protruding
from his pockets. ; Luckily a policeman
took him in charge before the Bowery
toughs' "caught on" and took him to a
police station before his money, all in
$1 and $2 bills, had left his possession.
The saloons had secured but a small
amount when his capture was effected.
American Wool.
The steady improvement of recent
years in' the methods and processes of
American woolen mills has brought the
domestic fabrics to a standard of quality
Jind style which the English manufac
turer frankly admits is nearly, if not
quite, as good as his own. The hope has
been, that, the? trade lost in the United
States would be made up elsewhere, but
this anticipation has failed tp realize.
Care for Insomnia.
One of he best and simplest cures for
Insomnia is said to be the odor of raw
onions. They should1 be crushed to "a
pulp in order to free all the juice. Smell
this substance for ten minutes after re
tiring. It Is said to quiet the inost nerv
ous person and relax the most over
wrought nerves.") It is hardly pleasant,
but is said to be efficacious.
Kins Meuelek,
A recent letter from Abyssinia de
scribes King Menelek as a man of about
60 years of agej dark in complexion? his
face marked with'smallpox and his chin
covered with a slight gray beard. He
has ' a keen, thoughtful face, brilliant
dark eyes and through an- interpreter
converses intelligently with hi3 guests.
Draw Yonr . Own Conclusion.
A German doctor, who has been col
lecting Information about the habits
of long-lived persons, finds that the ma
jority of those whtti attained old age
Indulged in late hours. , Eight out of
ten persons over 80 never went to bed
till well in the small hours, and did not
fcAND YOUR WALKS,
A number of people are complaining,
about the bad condition of several
strips of sidewalk that have not been
sanded since the freezing weather set
in. A little sand or ashes thrown on
the- icy placesi .would not only be ap
preciated by the, public but might be
the means of saving our neighbors a
lot of trouble in mind and body, to say
nothing of the savings in doctors'
bills.
- Town Clerk John Blair will spend
Sunday with his daughter in WindsoV.
WEATHER FORECAST- ,
'. Forecast for Connecticut: Snow in
north, ' rain or snow in south portion
to-night and Sunday, followed by clear
ing; warmer to-night;, fresh, to brisk
east tq south winds, increasing.
FIRE IN STORE.
Five Persons Seriously In
juredLoss is $250,000
Street Cars BlocHed.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Jan 16. Fire among
the wholesale establishments and
warehouses in the triangual block
formed by the junction of Pearl and
Erie streets, early to-day caused ai loss
estimated at $250,000. . Five firemen
were Injured, one -seriously.
The; fire started, in " Julius W.
Georger's wholesale hat store and In
an hour was l burned " out and the
flames were spreading over the roof
to the "George Irish Paper-Co's build
ing on the south and to a warehouse
owned by the William ; Hangerer Co,
between Georger's and the D"un build
lug. Ali three buildings' were , Of
brick, five stories high, and extended
through the block from Pearl to Erie
street. ' .
Street car traffic in the lower end of
the business section of the city was
suspended for several hours and ' no
trains 'could pass the Terrace station
on the New York Central tracks. West
bound t trains were delayed , and the
belt line service was temporarily sus
pended. !
LOST HIS CLOTHES.
Former Well Known' Man Clad in
Overalls and Duster.
A man who said he used to "shine"
in Waterbury . fifteen or twenty years
ago, when he was one of the best brass
finishers in town was about the streets
to-day .costumed ' in a i pair of overalls
and dark linen duster. He said, he
was robbed of his clothing1 in one of
the local "bum" , boarding houses last
night and 'when : he opened his : eyes
this morning he hadn'a a stitch to ppt
on him. , He ' knew the contemptible
trick was the .work of some "snipe"
that was too lazy to take to the roau,
adding that in all .his " experience s he
never knew a fellow who , had sand
enough to dig out . when he saw him
self handicapped in an effort to make
a living in one place, to steal anything.
He was confident that people had more
to fear from the chronic loafers' ,at
never think of leaving their own towns
than from the Unfortunate fellows that
keep on - the move f and are thankful
for a bite to eat; a rag to wear and a
place to sleep, and never think of
stealing unless they -find themselves
in the last ditch. . He appeared to be
in a bad box. but' said , he had enough
faith in (humanity to trust that before
night overtook, him he would ."'strike"
some . good Samaritan who would give
him an old coat and pair of trousers to
replace the -'ones his room 1 mate had
"lifted" and exchanged for whatever
he could- get. for: them. v , ,
WORK ON NEW HOTEL.
Want of a Name Does Not Stop Its
i , Progress.
The side pieces for the steps of the
new hotel facing the green- arrived to
day and will be placed '.: in position
probably Monday. Each piece is a
huge stone block,! almost square, and
weighs" three tons. It required a spe
'eial scaffolding to be erected over the
truck on which they were brought, to
raise .and lower them to the ground,
and quite a crowd gathered to see how
this was done, and felt like applaud
ts when after a great deal of, shout
ing, twisting and; turning, balancing
and . swinging of the huge block of
marble, it was at last lowered to the
ground. Exercise of sharp; judgment
was necessary, for the slightest mis
take would. send the stone ; crashing to
the sidewalk and perhaps ruin it. v.
WILL HE LOSE
HIS POSITION?
A few passengers who left here for
Naugatuckday before yesterday, tell of
a case of absent-mindedness which
shows that it is hard to be sure of any
thing. The up trolley car passed the
one going south near City Corners, but
the man - in charge didn't see it and
when he reached Smith & Griggs shop
he stopped and remained there so long
that some of the passengers' got Out of
patience and asked what was the mat
ter., j They -were ,tld the cause of th
delay and immediately r informed the
men in charge of the car that they
had blundered; but it didn't go. They
were positive that ; the - Car : hadn't
passed them, but after hearing what
the passengers had. to say and. seeing
no sign of the car coming they moved
on, the motorman still bing in doubt
uutil he reached Platts Mills, when he
frankly admitted that he had made a
mistake, although he couldn't account
for it.
; Company G. Fair BooKs.
Company G has a hustler out selling
the books for the coming bazanr from
February 0 to the loth. ,W. IL Bell,
or better known as "Lucky Bell" from
the fact that in almost every fair or
bazaar he has canvassed for he has
sold the winning ticket, has placed
throughout the states of Connecticut
and Rhode Island over 5,O0p : books.
That is pretty good work for one man
and he has not completed' his task yet.'
He expects to land at least 10,000
books. He was : in Waterbury to-day
and he stated that of all the books of
fairs; that he has ever handled the
Company G book is the' most rapid
seller. Once a person gets a glance
at the amount of prizes and the num
ber of tickets for the price, the book is
eagerly bought. He will break all rec
ords for bazaar or fair books ever
made in this state. "
' PUPILS AT WEDDING. A '
One day this week a number of pu
pils in onft of the local schools were
absent. When they went to school
the next day and were asked the cause
of their absence they replied that they
had been attending a wedding. The
teacher was much surprised when sh0
was informed that one of her pupils, a
girl about 14. xears of a ge had been
married the day before. . '
: -' 'yj-' )' :
MAY BE SHAKE UP
Changes That Are Said to
be Slated For Police
Department. ' - -
The department of public safety has
got its thinkinjr Can dn find hv flip tim
it throws it aside one will hardly know
i the police force, and the countenance
I of the fire department will have under
gone a change, too. It is understood
mai me uoara win commence opera
tions next Tuesday night by dropping
Thomas O'Gorman from the detective
force and appointing William Keegan
to" succeed him. It is not , known how
Mr O'Gorman feels about this, but
perhaps he has' had all he wants of the
sleuth business arid is srl.qd to. cpt. nn
opportunity to return to regular duty
, again. There is talk of other changes,
out they look so much unlike what one
would- expect to see happen that, no
paper would care, to ; mention them
with the kind of evidence at hand. But
there will be changes galore and the
policemen and firemen are so well
, aware or , .this that they , cannot talk
j of anything else. ' , '
CITY NEWS
Police, Policy and Poker.. Sunday
Telegram to-morrow. ,
: The bakers and confectioners will
give a smoker at Congress hall ' to
night., - " - ; - ; y.'y
Miss Margaret .Lawlor,' 1 who has
been very sick for the pasitwo weeks
at her home on East , Main street, is
able to be out again. '
i It was said to-day that a couple of
the state police are now. in Wraterbury
and have already visirrJ' several
places in different parts of the town.
"There will be an old fashioned
kitchen dance given at Hamilton hall,
Mill Plain; next Friday evening. The
proceeds will go towards, the new hall.
P. II. Carroll has sold the Wheeler
farm on the Plank road to F. B. West
of Waterbury, also the house of Alice
West, Waterville, to John A. A Van
Hustene. ' -
An . important meeting of the
Scorcher club will.be held to-morrow
at 2:30. : Every member is requested
to attend as important business will
be transacted. . , ' 1
Thomas Ryan, who came to Water
bury about a week ago and was re
moved to the Brookside home suffer
ing with frozen feet, was sent to his
home in Bridgeport to-day..
All members of the Gaelic Literary
society, are requested to be present ju
their rooms in the 'G. A. It. buiding at
4. o'clock to-morrow "afternoon as matters-.,
of the utmost- importance are to
be passed upon.' , '
It is ' understod ' that Mayor Elton
will send the name of J. A. Sundin to
theboard'of-aldermen Monday night
as1 milk inspector, to succeed Dr Kee
ley. vMr Sundin is manager of the Wa--terbury
Drqg Co. . 1
!a short calendar in the . district
court to-day F, II. Humphrey ' was
given judgment in foreclosure against
Stephen; E. Cann. Law day was' set
for June 15 The amount of the judg
ment will be decided ly counsel, r
' F. v B. Rice yesterday afternoon
brought suit for foreclosure against P.
A. Patterson of Watertown for $2,
272.90. Attorneys Dalton ' and J. F.
Lawlor are interested, having a sec
ond mortgage for $150 On the property.
The continued hearing on the con
tested will of the late John O'Connor
was taken up this morning in the pro
bate court before Judge Lowe, trtia
will ; was approved and Attorney
O'Neill, counsel for the contestants,
gave notice, of appeal to the superior;
court, ,, i
The men's mission at St Francis
Xavier's church will close to-morrow
night. There will be no service this
evening, the fathers wishing to devote
the rest of : their timft to ! the confes
sional. JDne of the fathers will
preach the sermon at the 10:30 o'clock
mass to-morrow morning. , ; ' '
The funeral of ' Mrs- Lucy C. Smith
took place . this afternoon from the
family residence on Grove street, with
service by Dr Anderson ' and inter
ment in Riverside cemetery. The hon
orary hearers, sons and the son-in-law
of the deceased; ; were : J. Richard
Smith, John Clark Smith, Ralph Her
bert; Smith and Dr ,9. E. Munger.
The; game of quoits . between rthe
North End and Foley's teams, played
at P. W. Connor's place on North Elm
street last evening,- was won by the
first named club in a score of 74 f to
61.i Coddington r , was referee. The
highest play was scored by Kelliher of
the North End club. ; He made , thir
teen." Dunne, also of the North End
team, "was next with eleven. . v . ;
V The suit . of John ' J. Bergin against
the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Co for $5,000 has been settled for "a
good round sum," to quote Attorney
Phelan, counsel for the plaintiff, Ber
gin was administrator on the estate of
Matthew Kennerney. who , was killed
by the defendant's cars in "Bridgeport
some time ago, and it was to recover
for his death the suit was instituted.
Attorney Bronson represented the com
pany in the transaction. '
. Mrs Keough, 194 Baldwin street
Specials for January sale: Ladies'
flannelette -house , wrappers, were
$1.00, sale price C9c: ladies' outing
flannel skirts, were 25c, sale price 21c;
ladies' muslin underwear selling for
cost" price; gents' heavy double
breasted black 1 and ; white s.tripe
shirts 38c; boyji' knee pants, were 2oc,
sale price 19c; ladies' ; shoes at re
duced prices, from $1.25 to $3.00 per
pair; boys' shoes were $1.25, sale priee
$1.00.
. The hearing of cases in the district
court was arranged as , follows this
morning: Tuesday 'next, Braume &
Kiely ys H. M." East, Conlon Bros vs
M. - Curley; Thursday, Hannah Smith
vs Truman J. , Smith ; Monday, 25th,
State Bank corporation vs the Miller
& Te'ck Co, Catherine Daigle vs John
Cronan et ux; Tuesday, 20th, Isaac
Weinstine vs the Ziglatzkl-Marks Co,
Bridget . Doran, administratrix, vs the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co;
Thursday, 28th, Charles A. Jenner ys
Walter Brooks.. -
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THEY WAN
ABOBJB.
Watertown Selec
6 -
men to Act.
Will Declare B. II. UzV
t - toon's Office Vacant
Unless 1 He Furnish
One Attorney Hinrj'r
. Opinion.
The W"atertown selectmen bar
made a demand of B. H. Mattoon for
a satisfactory bond for the offices t, .
town, clerk, treasurer of. town depose
fund and town treasurer. Falling i.
this they"" will declare the office va-1
cant
On Monday First Selectman Skill-w
bf Watertown called on Attorn ey-G en-s
eral King to consult with him regaru
ing tlie validity of certain votes pas?r :
by the .town of Watertown in to'.
meeting a week ago. yesterday, pen
ticularly as to the effect on paymen'
from the state treasury to the tov
Attorney General lying yesterday se;
back word as follows; "If I,correctt
understand you, you ' wish lb be tu.
vised whether, the state, by virtue
these votes, will pay. to the seleeUuc- .
money which may become due to tb
town of Watertown for highway sj
school purposes, as well as Tinder t"
law relating to the tax of bank sire5 .
etc. . : The general statutes prescTibe i
relation to such payments by the stnt
Section 2257 provides that the moc
for schools paid by the state shall 1 .
paid to the town treasurer. Sccil
2333' says that the taxes collects-1 r
corporation stock by the state shall I
paid to the town treasurer. Kcctlc
1S74, djefining the duties of the tow:,
terasurer, includes among those dutie :
the folio wing : : ."The town tr e asur c :
shall receive all money belonging t
the town. " , .
The agents of the. Sun Insurance C
Lira invoRtlsrithifr thn '.affairs -.
their 1 company, of which B. II. Mat'
toon, wag the W'atertown agent.
LIBERTY STREET.
BaKer Kelly's Predictions rail: J: t
. i , Matte Good in This Cass.
i Thomas ; lielly, i the baker-fa rmc
has again taken hold of the Librtt,
street extension question and in -started
off by. inquiring what becnn
of the appropriation made some th
ago for that purpose. , One wov.V
thiuk'that a prudent man like
Kelly would prefer to leave this mat
ter in the shade instead of dragging i-
into daylight, because- the history ol
the whole' affair proves that wtilo
man may be veryt successful iu busi
ness it does not follow that you cv r.
place any faith in his predictions re
garding other-matters. When Thorns-,
D. Barlow was. elected mayor of Vn
terbury six yea ra ago Mr Kelly throv
his ha5 in the air and promised every j
body a bridge over. the' Naucratuc":
railroarl atLLiberty: street, opening v?
a . public way from Liberty street 1
Bank street before the close of ?T" ,
Barlow.'s administration. The TIsr-'
.low) administration came to a do
four: years ago, but the ''sharpest ey '
inl the community could not dicov '
any" indication that Kelly"s prophrcr .
had come true There was no bri.Ir 3
there at that time ana there is non -
there now. .J Before retiring, Kelly'-,
petl administration made a - recon
mendatlon that $10,000 be placed in r.
sinking fund, to be added to from Ve
to time, but after a year or so the re
publican members of the boanl of si- :
dermen cut this out, jnotwlthstandip'r
tha-ton motion of ; Mr Mahaney tl
city 'attorney ; was in stru cted to h a v, j
a bill passed authorizing the establlL- '
men?, of a sinking fund for tTiat nn :
similar ' purposes. The - bill wr
passed, but by that time the fund had
iboen knocked, in the head and nothing '
has been done to resurrect it since. If ;
Mr Kelly is goinff to niake another i
prophecy on the Question it is hope I,
he will do better than before.
Officers Elected.
; The annual meeting of the lilt
Street Improvement; association waa
held at the club rooms Thursday
night. Officers for. they ensuing yer.r
were elected as follows: President,
' Henry W. Clark; vice president, Peter.
Colfette; recording! secretary, T. J.
Coyle; financial "secretary, E. "vV Mat
son; treasurer, Albert Trinkel. The as
sociation was 5 organized on - January
11. 1902, and in the two 'years of it
existence has gained 'many conces
sions from the city officials. -. It is ex
pected that the work ordered don
last year will be carried to comply
tion during the present administra
tion. " ' ",; v
WATERBURY BURNS CLUB.
The members of the Burns club art
preparing for the nineteenth annual
ball, which will be held in City hall
on January 25. A new departure
the way of a comic singer will appear
in the person of Dan Lalley, who has
been one of the best comic singers in
Scotland. . Mr Sorleythe dancer,
been engaged, as the Scotch danclD:?
is one of the features and no one can
better illustiate it than Mr Sorley .
The best )ocal talent will be there and
the public may enjoy a pleasant even
ing. .
HARTFORD THEATERS.
Hartford, . January 16. An inspec
tion of tlw theaters of this city arstl
other public buildings was made this
afternoon by a committee of the coun
cil, the .building Inspector and the ffrp.
chief. "A report will be handed in t
the council at an early date, w .