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WATERBURY, CONN, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1904
PRICE TWO CENTS.
VOL. XVII. NO. 118.
THREE OF CAR BANDITS :
WENT TO THE GALLOWS.
Neidermeier, Man Who Tried to Kill Himself, Had to
Be Assisted Was WeaK, Smiling and Defiant
Hanging Was Executed QuicKly and Without any
Slip-up in the Pre-arranged Plan.
County Jail, -Chicago, April 22.
With execution so near as to be
awaited by minutes, Peter Neider
meyer, Gustave Marx and Harvey
Van Dine, the car barn bandits' to-day
after a practically sleepless night,
prepared for the end. At first it was
the intention of Sheriff Bardett to
hang the trio simultaneously on one
scaffold as the anarchists were exe
cuted some years ago. The plan,
' however, was abandoned mainly on
account of Neidermeier's attempt at
suicide which has left him in a weak
ened condition and made it advisable
that he should be. hanged alone.
A large crowd assembled at the jail
preceding the hour of execution and
sought admission, but were turned
away. Only ,a limited number proved
by' law were allowed in the jail to wit
ness the execution of the bandits.
Neidermeier continued to reject all
spiritual advice and it seemed that he
would carry out his idea of dying an
atheist. Jailer Whitman said Neid
ermeier would be able to walk to the
gallows without assistance.
Marx .and Van Dine who had joined
the Catholic faith recently spent their
last hours, in reading, writing and
praying, several nuns and priests be
ing with them constantly.
Marx asserted that he was feeling
fine. His sweetheart was the last of
his friends permitted to visit him. It
was announced that the men would be
hanged separately and in the follow
ing order: Neidermeier first, then
Marx and Van Dine last.
Attorneys for Van .Dine were trying
to see the governor 'to obtain a stay of
execution for the bandit the jailer
said,! and that was why consent was
given to hang Van Dine last. It was
regarded as unlikely, however, that the
governor would Interfere as 'he had
already refused clemency.
Dr McNamara, the Jail physician,
visited all three of the bandits and
said their condition under , the circum
stances was all that could be expect
ed. The death warrant was read to
Neidermeier and shortly after 10
o'clock the march to the scaffold be-
ean.
It was necessary finally , to carry
Niedermeier, leader of the car . barn
bandits, to the gallows. He was weak
and pale, but with a slight suggestion
of a smille thft (bandit failed to carry
out Ms oft repeated boast lhat bo
wld die before he r&IOTIethTPneep him In perfect physlcanmjrmen-
lows. The hanging of his associates.
Gustav Marx and Harry Van Dine,
quickly followed.
Although it was expected (at first
that Niedierhieier would be able to
walk to the gallows with no assist
ance, it was found at the last moment
that he wag too weak. Straps were
placed around his ankles and just
bove the. knees. He was then placed
en a truck and wheeled to one of the
lower floors of the jail. He was not
asked the customary question df . he
had anything to say and the rope was
quickly placed "about his neck. He
instinctively slipped his head Into the
noose and the, trap wa sprung. The
lltody shot through the trap and for
twenty minutes after St moved convul
sively". . The physicians at this time
were of the opinion that the rope was
not placed properly and that he was
strangling! to death. After an exam
ination later, however, they found
that his neck had been broken.
Niedermeier appeared on the scaf
fold without a coat and. wearing a red
rose. The other hangings were with
out any particular incident '
Hanging of the youthful car barn
bandits followed closely a period of
crime of less than six months. In
that time eight murders were commit
ted, ail attendant upon robberies or ef
forts to escape arrest. . ,
It was during an attempt to escape
on a stolen train after an extraordin
ary battle in the swainps of northern
Indiana, just east of Chicago, that on
November 27 of last year the capture
or the ganff was completed by the ar
rest of Niedermeier, Van Dine and
Emil Roeski, their associate, Marx.
having already been placed behind
the , bars to 'awatt trial.
The specific offense for which Van
j-nine, xvieaermeier and Aiarx were
tried and sentenced was the murder
of Frank Stewart a clerk in the Chi
cago City Railway car barns, during
a robbery there on the morning of Au
gust 30. 1903." James B. Johnson, a
motorman, was also Jellied, and two
persons were wounded. The bandits
escaped after haying secured $2,240.
Koeski wag not concerned In thist
crime, but after the conviction of his
leompanfions was tried . separately for
one of the murders in which he was
the principal, convicted and sentenced
to life-imprisonment,
Apprehensiion of the trio in Indiana
Wag brought about through the boast
ifulnesc of Marx, which also caused
nig own undoing.
While under the
he displayed a
Influence of liquor,
magazine revolver of the kind known
to have been used by the car barn
murderers Detectives . Quimi and
Blaul were detailed to arrest him. He
killed Quinn and was captured after
being wounded.
Several days later Marx, angered at
the failure of Ms compianions to carry
out a pre-arranged plan to dynamite
the police station in which he was
confined and secure his release, (con
fessed to the murders at the street
railway barn and implicated Nieder
meier and Van Dine. Marx told of
other desperate crimes they had com
mitted and involved Roeski. Until
thlg admission identity of the perpe
trators had remained a mystery.
On Thursday evening, November
i, less tnan a weeic arter tne conres- had been despondent over business af
kra of Marx, word was received that fairs. He was a widower, and leaves
three men, answering the descriptions a daughter and a $oa,
of the car barn ibandits, were In hiding
npnT Olnrl.- . Tnrl ' Scvpn Tvrvlirvmftll I
were Immediately gent there. They
surrounded the gang dn a cave and &
battle followed, resulting dn the death
of 'another officer and the serious
wounding of one. The bandits board
ed a Baltimore & Ohio freight train,
shot a brakeman to death and ran
some distance up the road where a
posse of farmers surrounded the out
fit and shot them down with fowling
pieces. ' ' ('
On January 6 the trial of Ndeder-
meier, Van Dine and Marx, who had
been indicted the day after the cap
ture, began. : But little testimony fa
vorable to them was offered. No de
fense at all was made for Nieder
meier. , ..
In the case of Van Diine evidence
was Introduced to show that he had
been snnce birth afflicted with a form
of epilepsy, which had made him ir
responsible. The state introduced ex
pert testimony to the effect that van
Dine was mentally responsible .when
he took part tin the deliberately plan
ned crimes. V;
A plea for clemency for Marx, was
made on the ground that his confes
sion had led to th0 Capture of his
companions.
The case went to the jury March 11,
and the next day Marx, Niedermeier
and Van Dine were found guilty.
Hanging was the punishment fixed by
the 3ulTv None of the bandits has
yet reached the age of 25 years.
CHITTENDEN ON FOOD.
Yale Professor Read a Paper at Wash
ington Last Night.
Washington, April , 22. Professor
Russell H. Chittenden, director of the
Sheffield scientific school,' is in Wash
ington for a few days . stay. Last
night he read a paper oerore xne
Academy of Sciences of the National
museum, giving a description of the
recent food experiments at Yale.
Professor Chittenden described his ex
periments with the soldier squad in
detail, and the result or the experi
ments, according to Professor Chitten
den, was the information that the av
erage healthy man eats rrom wo to
thfPA times as much as he needs to
tal health
Professor Chittenden said that three
classes of men were experimented
upon, several professors of the
school, including himself, several stu
dents and a squad of United States
soldiers. There was a gradual reducr
tion of meat and other proteid foods,
with little If any increase in starch
and other foods in nearly all the tests.
No fixed regimen was required in any
case,, the endeavor being to satisfy the
appetite of each individual. In only
one case was meat entirely eliminated
from the diet. . t
At the end of the experiments,
which lasted from six months to near
ly a year, and were concluded only a
few days ago, the entire Jot of men
who had been Professor Chittenden's
subjects were in the best of health.
Their weight was In some cases al
most exactly the same as when the ex
periments were begun and in others
slightly lower. Their bodily Aigor
was greater and their strength was
much greater, partially owing to their
regular physical exercises during the
experiments and partially owing to
tha less amount of food eaten, Profes
sor Chittenden believes. The daily
consumption 'of food at the eJose of the
experiments was much less than the
recognized standard, and from a third
to a half as much as the average man
eats.
Professor Chittenden has been In
consultation, with the officials of the
department of agriculture, and the
department will soon Issue a bulletin
giving the details and results of the
food experiments conducted at Yale.
BISHOP TIERNEY TO AS
SIST AT CONSECRATION
Providence, R. I., April "22,. The
Roman Catholic, ehurch : authorities
have arranged for the consecration of
the Rev William Stang, D. D., pastor
of St Edward's church here, as bishop
of the new Fall River diocese, to take
place at the Cathedral In this city on
Sunday, May 1. Right Rev Matthew
Harkins, bishop of this diocese, will be
the consecrator. and he will be assist
ed by Right Rev Michael Tierney,
bishop of Hartford, and Right Rev
John J. Brady, auxiliary bishop of
Boston. '
trnTUVD nir ATM
j A UlHlLif U,Alll
FROM SPOTTED FEVER
Windsor Locks, April 22. Karl Kal
lendeiv a farm hand, died to-dav of
spotted fever. He wag 23 years old.
j Kallender ate breakfast vesterdav
morning apparently in good health, but
about 10 o'clock he complained, of a
severe headache and in a short time
became delirious. Physicians who
were summoned pronounced it a well
defined case of spotted fever. He died
at 4:43 this morning. .
COLCHESTER BAKER
KILLED HIMSELF.
Colchester, April 22. Walter C. Em
mons, who kept a restaurant and
bakery here, was found dead in his
home to-day, he 'having put a bullet
into his brain from a thirty-two calibre
revolver. He had fired two shots, one
going wide, as -the ball was found in
the -plastering. Mr Emmons, it is said.
TEN MURDERS.
Han Sentenced to Be Shot
1 Malles a Confession
Before Dying.
Salt Lake, Utah, April 22. Frank P.
Rose, sentenced to be shot to-day for
the murder of his wife last Christmas
day, has confessed to other murders,
said to number no less than ten. Rose
declared ne had spent the last four
teen years committing successive
crimes, varying from robbery to mur
der. Robbery was his first crime, ac
cording - to his story. Prom that he
launched into murders of every de
scription, and related instances where
he had killed men for a little money.
In St Louis, according to Rose's con
fession, he was guilty of a number of
crimes, Including murder.
There is some doubt at the peniten
tiary about the truth of Rose's confes
sion, but he has furnished names and
dates and other details to such a de
gree that his story has gained general
credence with the prison officials.
Rose's crime was peculiarly atrocious
and cold-blooded in that it almost re
sulted in the death of his 2-year-old
son from starvation and cold. Rose,
who claimed his, wife was consorting
with other men, shot her on Christmas
day while she was lying In bed. He
sat and talked with her until she died
of the wound and then he went, away,
leaving his boy in bed with his dead
mother and soaked in her blood. Rose
said he returned four times in the next
.two days to feed the child, climbing
through a window and oyer the dead
body of his wife in order to get Into
the house. At the end of that time he
went to police headquarters and gave
himself up, stating that he had shot
his wife. - ,'. .,
Rose never expressed any sorry for
his deed and asserted a firm belief that
it all was predestined.
CONDEMNED LIQUORS.
Medical Association Would Turn the
Stuff to Good Use.
At a meeting of the New Haven
County Medical association yesterday,
Dr Anderson of this city 'introduced
a resolution to be presented to the next
session of the general assembly amend
ing the state law which provides that
all liquors seized by the authorities
shall be destroyed, and legislating so
that such liquors be given to alms
houses, poor houses or hospitals be
longing in the district where the
liquors shall be seized, that is, provided
the management of some such institu
tion calls for it within two weeks after
It has become the property of the state.
The resolution was passed unanimous
ly and passed on to the State Medical
society. This is in accord .with an ar
ticle printed in the Democrat a short
time ago when' a few hundred dollars
worth of liquors were turned into the
jgej&ers on Leavenworth street,, . al
though Superintendent Doran of .the de
partment of charities made a try to
get hold of it for the poor of the city.
Dr Anderson's amendment should re
ceive the vote of very sensible person
in the legislature. :
HOUSE, BARN, SHED.
Burned in Windsor LocKs--Fire WorK
of an Incendiary.
Windsor Locks,- April 22. Fire
thought to have been of Incendiary
origin destroyed the dwelling house,
a barn and a tobacco shed on the farm
of George L. Warner in the north
western part of Suffield shortly before
midnight last night. All the mem
bers of the family were away and the
fire was discovered by a servant jjirl.
She summoned the neighbors but "they
were unable to save any of the house
furnishings and had barely time to get
the. horses from the barn. The to
bacco shed was empty the stock of
tobacco having been removed some
time ago. The loss is estimated at
$5,000; insurance $2,700. -
SCHWAB IN CHICAGO.
The Steel Magnate Will Erect Big
Foundries in That City.
Chicago, April 2. A steel foundry
plant to cost between $600,000 and
$700,000 Is sonn to be erected in Chi
cago by Joseph , E. Schwab, former
president of the American Steel
Foundries Co, who resigned the office
April 16. The plant will cover fifty
acres and it is the intention to secure
a long option of fifty acres more, on
which to make extensions to the plant
when required. Plans have been pre
pared and the preliminary work is
well in hand.
The plant will give employment to
from 1,500 to 2,000 men and the ca
pacity will be from 2,000 to 3,000
steel castings a month.
MRS RADINSKY
WANTS THE REWARD.
Hartford, April 22. -Requisition pa
pers on the governor of New York for
the surrender of John Marx, charged
with murder, were issued to-day by
Governor Chamberlin. Mrs M. Rad
insky of. this city has engaged an at
torney to act for her in securing a por
tion if not all the reward offered for
information leading to the capture Of
Marx. Mrs Radlnski' claims that It
was on Information furnished by her
which was afterwards published, that
the capture was made.
LABOR MAN FINED.
Chicago, April 22. For the first time
in Chicago, it is said, an instance has
been recorded where a labor union
lined a member for assaulting a no n
union workman. A member of the
Carriage and Wagon Workers' union,
charged with assaulting a non-union
fellow employe, was tried before his
associates and fined $20.
DEAD IN BATH TUB.
Hartford, April 22. Mrs Robert
Garvile of 40 West street ; was found
dead in a bath tub at her home this
afternoon. It is supposed she
swooned while taking a bath and was
drowned. The medical : examiner
pronounced it accidental. The wo
man waa 53 years of agei
TUCJiER
CASE 0M
The Defense Scored
a Point To-Day.
District Attorney Wanted to
Close And Send it to the
Grand Jury -The Judge
Ruled Against Him.
Waltham, Mass, April 22. The pre
liminary hearing of Charles Tj. Tucker
on the charge of murdering Mabel
Page at Weston on March 31, which
began yesterday was resumed in the
police court to-day, the examinaiton
of Amy Roberts being continued by
the defense. It was expected that
the case would be finished during the
day. , '
Tucker's appearance to-day was
more serious than usual.. . He nodded
and smiled to his father and mother
when they came in,, slightly late,: then
gave close attention to the testimony
of Miss Roberts, as she began de
scribing the household arrangements
at the Page house. She said the mid
day meal was always served , at 1
o'clock. She stated that when she
and Miss Page were in the house, all
the doors except that at the back of
tho house were kept locked and when
either one of them was there alone,
all the doors were locked. On the day
of the murder when she went out, she
knew all the doors were locked. When
asked how much money Miss Page
had, witness said she did' not know,
but on the day of the murder she had
seen Miss Page take $11 from
a- drawer down stairs. So far as she
knew Miss Page's Jewelry consisted
only of a gold watch and chain and a
ring. She then described Miss Page's
clothing. . -X
District Attorney Sanderson object
ed to questions on minor details by
counsel for the defense and moved
that the court close the hearing and
hold Tucker for the grand jury. At
torney Valiey, for the defense, object
ed and the court, ruled that the case
should proceed. ,
KILLED HIS WIFE.
Man Captured in Philadelphia-
Only Married
Three Months.
Philadelphia, April 22. Joseph Fei--rone,
alias Joseph Thompson, who Is
wanted in New York for the murder of
his; wife, was arrested in the postoffice
here to-day. ' Ferrone was married in
Boston a year ago and on March 6th
last, shot and killed his wife in New
York. He fled to Bostoa and later
came to this city. .''.
Ferrone is 20 years ld and his wife
was 18. They had been married less
than three months when it is alleged
during a quarrel Ferrone shot his wife
twice. One bullet took effect in her
breast and the other in the abdomen,
causing , fatal wounds. Ferrone then
disappeared and be wag traced to sev
eral ' cities before . he was finally lo
acted in Philadelphia. ' . .
SMITH DIVORCE CASE
Mrs Smith Granted a Divorce And
Given $2,000 Alimony
Judge Thayer banded down Judg
ment in two of the cases he heard this
week. . In the suit of Hannah J. rs
Truman J. Smith for a divorce on the
grounds of Intolerable cruelty, custody
of a minor child Minnie, aged 20, and
alimony of $3,000, a divorce was grant
ed with the custody of the girl and ali
mony of $2,000. The court found the
defendant had an estate of $6,000 or
thereabouts.
In the suit of Attorney E. F. Cole,
as guardian of Mrs Bertha Forrest
Wood, daughter, ' of Belmont and Al
mira Forrest, against Mrs William W.
Jerman, administrator of the estate of
her deceased husband, for an injuncion
restraining defendant from interfering
with . a certain cottage at Walnut
Beach, for possession of said premises
and an accounting of the rents and
profits derived therefrom, and $2,000
damages, a permanent injunction was
granted with possession of the prem
ises, and damages of $200.
CASE ENDED QUICKLY
, IN BUTLER'S FAVOR
Marie Guiseppe . Sanehelli's case for
$800 damages against Thomas F. But
ler came to an unexpected termination
this forenoon. The case was heard
before Judge Peasley in the district
court. The question before was the
Identity of a dog which bit the plain
tiff and which -she claimed was owned
by defendant. Attorney Bauby repre
sented plaintiff and Attorney Russell
the defendant and before the latter
had uttered the first word of his ar
gument Judge Peasley - , decided the
case for Mr Butler, who must now be
paid his costs by the plaintiff.
KING'S DAUGHTERS
ENTERTAINMENT.
A delightful entertainment was giv
en dn Leavenworth hall last night for
the benefit of that most worthy organ
ization, 'the King's Daughters, and
was enjoyed by an audience which
packed the hall. A fliie program was
rendered. This organization, which
iconsists of women in all parts of the
city belonging to various churches, is
doing a vast amount of charitable
work. They do not boast of their
deeds, but perform their work quietly
and zealously. These charitable wo
men are deserving of much praise 'and
of generous support from the public
WEATHER F0UECAST
Forecast for Connecticut: : Fair to
night and Saturday; warmer In west
ern portion Saturday; fresh north &
east winds.
OFF FOR THE FAIR
Half a Ton of Connecticut's
... 1 Best Tobacco Crop
of 1903.
Windsor Locks, April 22. The Con
necticut tobacco exhibit, for the St
Louis exposition will be started on its
westward journey to-morrow in care
fully packed cases containing over
half la (ton of the best of this state's
1903 crop. Although last season
was an unfavorable one for tobacco,
the quality of the samples obtained,
by ' the commission is exceptionally
high. Many of the leading growers
of the state are represented in the list
of exhibitors and 'the samples include
all Varieties grown on Connecticut
soil. AH the samples were prepared
in Suffield under the personal super
vision of Edmund Halliday, chairman
of the tobacco exh(ibdt commission.
There are about 300 samples in all,
obtained from 137 farms. Connecti
cut broadleaf i8 the variety shown
most extensively, there being 176 sam
ples from 68 exhibitors. In tills va
riety there are sample leaves four feet
in length and of a line color ana tex
ture. A case of quality equal to
these samples would bring unheard of
prices. Other exhibits 'are as follows:
Connecticut Havana seed, 62 exhibi
tors, 100 samples; shade grown- Su
matra, 5 exhibitors. 20 samples; sun
grown Cuban, 1 exhibitor, 8 samples;
shade grown Cuban, 1 exhibitor, 12
samples. Most of the samples are
from Hartford county, v '
WEth the exbJibit of leaf tobacco
there Will be "shown also cigars with
different wrappings, and photographs
displaying the various stages of
growth of the tobacco plant and meth
odsof handling and cultivating the
crop from the time the seed 4s started
in the bed until the harvest
The exhibit will occupy spaces 108
and 110 in the Agricultural building.
It is in charge of a commission con
sisting:, besides Chairman Halliday, of
H. W. Alford of Poquonocls and
Jamea 8. Forbes . of Bvurnslde. This
commission has worked in harmony
with the farm -product commission, of
whdeh the members are: C. A. Thomp
son. Ellington, chairman; Seaman
Meado, Greenwich, and Walter C
Patton. New Haven.
Mr Halliday will go to Sit Louis
next week to superintend the arrange
ment of the tobacco exhibit, after
which the exhibit will be looked after
by I. C. Fanton of, Weston, who will
also have charge of. the Connecticut
exhibit of farm products.
OLD CASE ONCE MORE
BrennanIron Bridge Co Suit to Be
Argued Next Tuesday.
. The aljcase of William Br
of Naugatuck. against the Berlin Irion
Bridge Co will be argued, before the
united States supreme court in Wash'
ington next Tuesday. This, it is ex
pected, will be the final step in this
eventful case.
About ten years ago Brennan was
employed at the Naugatuck Malleable
Iron foundry and the Berlin Bridge Co
was, putting up a trestle for that con
cern, on morning the foreman found
himself short of help and Brennan
with others was put on the job, being
taken rrom the usual employment in
the factory for the time being. Bren
nan has not worked since that morn
ing, for a large beam fell on his right
leg, crushing it.
The first question before the , court
was, by whom was Brennan employed
when the accident occurred, the Bridge
company or the Malleable Iron I Co.'
Judges and courts differed on this
point for a long time. When it was at
last settled they differed In their decls
ions, and so the case went from one
court to another and made five trips to
the supreme court of the state, until
finally it was determined to award
Brennan $3,000 damages. The Bridge
company refused to pay then, for by
the time the final judgment was given
it was absorbed by the bridge trust. It
is now looked upon as the most famous
case ever heard in thjs state.
' And a peculiar feature about It is
this: Long ago Brennan's counsel
would, hare thrown up -the sponge, but
Brennan claimed to have seen his dead
sister in a dream or vision and that
she told him to prosecute the suit to
the last, for he would eventually win
And the lawyers continued winning
after that, though they paid no, heed to
the story of his vision. The costs now
amount to $150. Brennan's attorneys
are Kennedy and O Neill.
COG'S BARN DANCE
COMES OFF TO-NIGHT
All arrangements have been com
pleted for the barn dance which will
be given In the armory to-night by
Company G, C. J. G. It is the first
affair of this kind which 1 has been
given in this city in many years and
will undoubtedly attract an immense
crowd. The armory has been oeco'
rated in truly rustic shape, so much so
that if a typical Reuben should drop
in there to-night he would feel right
at home and would wonder how the
city folks could Imitate their country
bretheren in such fine style. The corn
husks and the cornstalks and pump
kins will be much In evidence, and in
one corner of t-e hall there will be a
barrel of swet cider on tap, while
pumpkin pie will be sold at a counter
nearby. Spring chickens will be raf
fled and everything will be done as the
farmers in Wolcott do It.
There will be many new and o?
styles of dress introduced at to-night's
dance. For weeks the boys and girls
have been arranging their costumes for
this dance and hare secured some
unique and amusing dresses. This
will be a feature of the dancet
BASE BALL CHALLENGE.
Editor Evening Democrat:
Dear Sir: Just a few lines to state
that the Young White Stars would
like to play any team under IS years
Tn line-up follows: T. McGrath. c
J. Shea, p; J. Allen, lb; P. Fiolat, 2b;
J. Burnes, 3b; H. Hackett, ss; J. Cos
grove, If; D. Moroney, cf; C. Williams,
rf. If any tGtaa wants a game call on
the manager, 3, Bhea, 13 Court street.
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS,
Democratic Primaries Are
TicRets in Every Ward Voting on
the New Rules.
The democratic primaries will be
held this afternoon and evening from
4:30 o'clock until 9:30. The booths
will be located at the following places:
ilrst voting district, lot on Phoenix
avenue; second voting district, north
side of green; third voting district, city
court room; fourth voting district,
South Main streetv opposite Scovill
street; fifth voting district, Scovill
street. Voters in the sixth voting dis
trict, which is part of the second ward,
will cast their ballots at Waterville.
; Some folks may say that there is
not enough at stake to warrant them
In going to the polls, but in this they
are very much mistaken. The simplest
election is of sufficient importance to
bring out every elector in the com
munity. It is to the stay at homes
and not to those. who go to the booths
belongs the blame for whatever there
may be discreditable in the conduct of
public bodies. The citizen who makes
use of the franchise regularly, even
though he gets on the wrong side once
n a while unwittingly, deserves more
credit than the one who thinks he
knows too much to take a hand in the
tussle one way or the other and leaves
the battle to be fought out by others
while he looks on from a distance. It
is the duty of every democrat in Wa
terbury to vote to-day, because upon
the result depends the future of i the
party to a great extent at least. Many
are anxious to know where their neigh
bors stand upon certain issues, and no
better way of hnding this out could be
determined 'than by dropping down to
your ward polling place and , casting
your ballot for either of the two con
tending elements,. If you are not satis
fied with one ticket you can pick up
another, and if you are somewhat sen
sitive and prefer not to be twitted
about being a follower of this one or
that one, you can get a ticket and vote
it without anybody knowing which
side you favored. -To be sure the best
way . to do .the, job would be to walk
right up to the booth, looking every
body squarely in the face, call for the
ticket vou want and vote it without
bestowing a thought upon whether
anybody was watching you or not But
it ig not at all necessary to make an
exhibition of one's preferences on such
occasions. What Is wanted is to get
the white slips of paper into the boxes;
the counters will do the rest.
The weather promises to be just
right for outdoor exercise, and Inas
much as it is too early for setting out
flower pots or doing V chores about
lawns and gardens, it is quite likely
that a big vote will be polled. The
Indications point to a fair fight so that
-v-e vanquished cannot consistently do
otherwise than take their medicine and
step in behind, the victors and work
with them. Come, now, ye warring ele-
enns2&&ti V forces and do
your. prettiest and -then have done with
contentions for the present.
Below will be found the tickets that
are being voted in the several ewards.
FIRST WARD.
Delegates. Edelbert Reichenbach,
Jeremiah . Delaney, Eugene Clarkin,
Daniel Sullivan, Charles Neuman.
Alternate. William Derwin. i
Tellers, Timothy Garren, John ; J,
Lynch. ' '. , . . ,:
FIRST WARD.
"DpWfltes. .Tampa C. Whitlnsr. Mar
tin J. McEvoy, . Thomas O'Donnell,
Patrick J. Lawlor, August Fiege.
Alternate at large, Peter Borst.
Tellers, Alexander H. Hauser, John
F. Garren.
SECOND WARD.
npiAB-ntes. Isadora Chase. Timothy
,T. Brennan, Hubert M. Rigney, Daniel
F. Dalton, Henry W. Minor.
Alternate at large, i-eter u . iveeiey.
Tellers, Thomas F. Lawlor, George
A. Gibson. ,V '
SECOND WARD.
Delegates, John Ash, Michael Hayes,
John G-alvin. Jr, James Delaney, Ed
ward R. Cook. 1
Alternate at large, William Dunn.
Tellers, Michael Scully, Patrick
Lynch. '; . ! - " ' .' v ..
Y ' THIRD WARD.
Delegates, Ambrose H. Wells. Fran,
cis P. Guilfoile, James L. Heuebry,
James Madden, William Stokus.
Alternate at large, Edward P. Joy.
Tellers, Florence Clohessy, Michael
J. Colloty. . ' " - -
THIRD WARD.
Delegates, James R. Lawlor, John
Treilla, Frank P. Sheridan, James
Mulligan, John P. Caffery.
Alternate at large, William H. Cul
len. ' . '
Tellers, Michael Hennessy, John R.
Corbett. ,
FOURTH WARD.
Delegates, Patrick Dunn, Philip
Reiley, Janies Murray, Peter , Rice,
Terrence Coughlin, James Dawson.
Alternate at large. Joseph Tracey.
Tellers, Michael Enright, Garret Sul
livan. O Actual
EXTEN. TABLES
SOLID OAK,
$3.75 to $38.00.
FINEST LINE IN THE CITY.
BENSON
O Furniture Co. O
On In Full Blast Tw
FOURTH WARD.
Delegates, Frank Ray, Thomas Ma?
ner, William J. Spain, Daniel E. Fit;:
Patrick, Patrick J. Reardon, Peter
Lawlor.
Alternate at large, John J. Siefen.
Tellers, Louis O. Archambault. Pete?
F. Quinn. -
FIFTH WARD. A
Delegates. John F. Hayes, Dani
McNamara. Michael Fitzgerald.-Jert-
miah Crowley, John Burgess, Jot i
Doran, William Fitzpatrick.
Alternate at large, John Gleason.
Tellers, James Dunn, Edward Fagn:
FIFTH WARD.
Delegates, P. W. Hatpin, John Hur
ley, Timothy Carmody, M. J. Keefe,
Patrick Brennan, William Gallagher,
John E. Maher.
Alternate at large, Frank Sheehey.
Tellers, P. H. Regan, E. McElllgott,
CHANGES IN THE FIRST.
At a meeting of the men behind ths
alleged Parker ticket in the first wm
last night a couple of changes we
made. Patrick J. Lawlor was name;
as one of the delegates Instead f
Francis T. Reeves and August Tier
stepped into Christian Hauser,'s shoe
The changes were made, so it is s;si.!
in the interest of harmony .and 1
prevent N the introduction of a th i
ticket In the district. J. C. Whiti
wanted to make room for somebo :
else by getting off, too, but the mo- .
ing turned down his petition and tr !
him he would have to step right i'f
the breach with his colleagues !.
fight his way to land or go down wk
the ship.
fire discovered
justintik::.
Patrolman Dowling and Jani;
Holland discovered a fire on the 5c
ond floor of the Irving block on Tit
Main street in the store 'oom of t;
D. B. Wilson Co this morning abo
1:20. Patrolman Dowling was ran'
ing his usual visit to the. differc ;
stores about the city when he fi
smoke Issuing from the, buildi.
He found Janitor Holland and bot
went upstairs to Investigate, TL
both heard the crackling of flames .
the storeroom. They broke open t : .
door and found that the fire had efu
a hole In the floor and was becorni
dangerous. After hard work by bos I
men, aided by Mr Wilson, the fire w
put out with the' fire extlnguiiK
with which the building is . equipp r ;
The . fire, which was caused ; by
lamp in an incubator overturning1, w -discovered
just in time to , prer ;
whatwould--Jhave been In all pro!
bility a serious conflagration.
CITY NEWS
James Murphy, 42 - JBridge ssttr ,
has started In the bottling busing
using the finest grade of ales and Pal
lida lager. Goods delivered at short
notice. : . .. , ,
It was whispered among the attor
neys at short calendar to-day that th
marriage of Judge. Lucien F. Burp-: ?
and Mrs Ina F. Brlggs, whose engage,
inent was announced two weeks ap
will take place next Thursday after
noon in New York. '
The drama "Robert Emmet," whkh
was to have been produced in Nan-ra
tuck by the A. O. H. Dramatic club "or
Uiis city on the night of May 6, h -:.
been postponed Indefinitely. It was 1
be presented for the benefit of
Francis's parish, but It was deeroc
best to postpone it for the present.
Chauncey II. Ford, an expressman
in the employ of the . Water bwry
Transfer Co. wa stabbed by .n Itoi
4an while on his way home from
work late Tuesday night. The Italian
is said to have made three or four
lunges at Ford, but the wounds dn
fiijeted are not very serious. Ford 1
laid up in bed and will not be able ;
work (for several days.
A Democrat reporter was inform'
to-day that the aldermen will appro--the
trolley conditions as they cai.
from the department of public work--.
Some of the aldermen were afrai ;
that the board of public works vaiiJ '
have been holding out for too mur
and wanted to look them over befo! :
voting on them, but after a caref? '
perusal of the conditions they i't
that the 'city could not have bee:
more generous unless they offered 1
furnish the company the rails ?r.
contribute something toward laylr,
them. One of the aldermen when nr
proached about the matter said th:-
the reason he was not: in favor ?
"swallowing" the conditions at tt
last meeting Aas because he wantc',
an opportunity to see them, addlr,,
that he was opposed to making leu
in the dark and taking anybody',
word for what there was ahead i '.
him.
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