Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume], November 16, 1908, Image 1

About Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917

Image provided by: Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

                
:liiiilMfi
Biiiii
VOL. XXI, NO. 288
WATEIIBU11Y. CONN;. MONDAY; NOVEMBER 10. 1908.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
PATRICK LOSES
ROOT IS READY
DEATHS BY AUTO
UNION MEN STRIKE
HAS SIX SUITS
OCTOBER DEATH RATE
OUTSIDE SCHOOLS
Ccxiensed Murderer Will Nol
. Be Allowed a Writ of Bi
beis Corpus.
Says Office o! Scoilor ShtsM
Accepted Terms Proposed. Bat
Infections Diseases Took Oil
More People Than In tbe
' Previous Ifootb.
Board of Education Hay Uti
Over Torse Districts at To
Dlgbl's Meeting. -
New Haveners Startled at Num.
be r of Accidents From Care
less Drivers
Government Wants American
Socjar Settolog Co to Piy
Back Custom Duties
Not Be Given to Uiq Be
cause Be Wants If.
Kicked IVbea Some Uoloo
Ueo Were Dropped.
)
i
Washington, Nov 16. The petl
tlon oC Albert T. Patrick, who li serv
ing a life sentence at Sing Sing on
the charge of having murdered Wil
liam M. Rice, for a writ of habeas
corpus, was decided by the supreme
court of the United States to-day ad;
versely to the petitioner. Patrick
charged that the casq against him
was conspiracy and argues that In
commuting the sentence of death,
which the court Imposed upon him,
to one of life Imprisonment, Governor
Hlgglns had resorted to a more cruel
method of punishment. He asked to
be released from prison on the the
ory that the whole proceedings .had
been unconstitutional.
IlllOOKER NOT A CANDIDATE,
Authorized Statement That He is not
In Senatorial Contest.
Ever since it became evident that
there was serious opposition to tho
return of Mr Brandegee to the sen
ate, there has been talk of the pos
sibility of Mr Brooker going into the
canvass. His influential position on
the national republican committee
where he Is' one of the executive
committed,' his wide personal popu
larity and his high character and
standing in business and social cir
cles led the public naturally to think
of him as a' man who would admir
ably represent the state at the na
tional capital.
Mr Brooker himself has said very
Utile on the subject, and when he
has spoken at all it has been in a
noncommittal way; which gave his
friends little encouragement. It Is
they who have done the talking.
When the complimentary dinner was
given to him at the Hartford Club
after the. return from the Chlaago
convention, the senatorshlp had got
into tho newspapers, and, before ac
cepting the invitation to that ex
ceedingly agreeable occasion, he se
cured promises that it should not be
allowed to come up at the gather
ing and It was not mentioned.
Mr Brooker has, however, now
broken his silence, and yesterday he
said that he was not In the sen
atorial race ,and would not be, and
had not be 'i at any time. . His exact
words wery ! "
"If some representative should ask
me, 'Have you been asked to be a
candidate for the United States sen
ate?'. I should say 'Yes; but I have
not thouitht u wise hitherto either
to announca or deny such a candi
dacy, for I myself never entertained
ythe idea ;r.d T co not now entertain
it." I -
THEY JikAVE A MINUTE LATE
I'We're one mlnute'late In start
ing," observed a man to his seat
mate on an outward-bound train at
the Grand Central the other after
noon. "Either the train is late or
my watch Is slow. I don't think it's
my watch, for it s as absolutely ac
curate a -chronometer as tlfere Is in
America. I paid $700 for It,'; he
added prldefully, , '
"Tour watch Is all right, and so is
the train," replied his ftompanlon.
"It is something that is not known
to the public, but it is a fact that
most of the great railroads nowadays
make their published time-cards
those that it issues to the public at
1qpa avnfH nna ,- minnta - ranter
than those they furnish' their train
employes. For ' instance this train,
according to "the time-table, is due
to leave the station at 4:59, The
time card the engineer runs by gives
the leaving times as 5 o'clock, and
at 5 o'clock to the second he pulls
out.
','The reason for that Is this: I get
to the gate at exactly 4:59. I am
agreeably surprised to see that the
train I want to take is Btill there,
and slide through the gate just as
it is closing. I get aboard and in
my seat just as the train starts. I
look out the window. and see no one
hastening down the platform trying
to make a swift swoop and land on
thorear step at the last moment.
"If there is anyone left behind,
he is on the other side of the gate.
The railroads have adopted this plan
of having their public time-tables
C0 seconds faster so that the gate
lending to the train may be closed
ni the moment the train is scheduled
o start, and so that those who get
nside at the last moment can have
xactlv one minute to zet abo"
fvhich is ample if one is at all nlm
Me."
Paper Mills Start Up.
Berlin, N, H., Nov 16. Following
months, the mills of the International
Paper Co In this city were started
to-day with a reduced working com
plement. It is expected that the end
of the week all of the machines will
Ibe manned. The "open" plan will
(govern the employment of operatives
hereafter. .;,
WEATHER FORECAST.
1 Forecast for Connecticut: fair to-
right ami Tuesday, moderate wejt
erly wind.
An area of high pressure is cen
tral this morning over Wyoming and
It extends southeastward to the Flor
ida coast. Areas of low pressure are
reutitl north t' Lake Huron nd In
the British northwest.
Precipitation has occurred during
the past 24 hours over northern New
England,, the lake region aud the
north Pacific coast. At 8 o'clxk
this morning the weather waa irener
ally pleasant throughout the country.-
' '"" '. . '" ''
rir weather, for to-nlrht and Taet-
day. - ' j. ' ,: : ,
- i
Washington, Jfov 16. Secretary
Root said, to-day regarding the sena
torial situation in New York k "I am
not seeking the office of senator. I
do not think that great office ought
to be given to anyone, because "he
wants it, but if the legislature of
New York, representing the people of
the state, feel that I can render use
ful service in the senate, and call
upon me to' render that service, I
shall respond to the call and acoept
the office. ? ' '
AN INGENIOUS SWINDLER.
The Daring Sohsme That Was Worked
by a Qtrman Doctor.
Near a small village in one of tb
lake states lived a western millionaire
In seclusion with bis little daughter
and a few servants. The child waa af
flicted with a rare cerebro spinal com
plaint, a moat unpleasant manifesta
tion of . which was a frequent hie-
cough, and eminent physicians, both
in America and Europe, had pronoune
dine caae organic! and Incurable.
Later there came to live In the vil
lage a widow with a little girl affected
similar to the millionaire's daughter.
This child was a delicate, flower faced
creature, wistful, from the isolation
that must have betn her sad lot. and
the peculiar bark-like hiccough which
she made a.t once attracted the mil'
llonaire's attention,' and, being a big
hearted If rather ignorant man, he
gave the mother employment about his
home and showered the afflicted child
with presents.
Perhaps four months after the wid
ow's advent an eccentric German doc
tor settled In the village, and, bis serv
ices being sought by the widow, he
gave her child treatment, with the re
sult that it was completely cured.
. The ml lion a Ire Immediately sought to
place his own daughter under the
German's rare, but the latter flatly re
fused to take the case.i He was a
Socialist of a violent type and would
have nothing to. do with a man whose
wealth exceeded the sum that he had
fixed upon as the lawful limit of ma
terlal possession.
Finally, however, after the father
had patiently borne the grossest "In
suits the German agreed ta give the
afflicted,, child treatments m condition
rhattha other would-first deed over a
large tract of land In Texas for a So
cialist co'ToBy'ahd pay bint for his fee
a sum little short of SS0.000. This the
millionaire did. but, as soon as the doc
tor naa casbea tne check be disappear
ed with the widow and her child, and
the wealthy . man realised that, blinded
by paternal love, be had been made the
victim of an Ingenious swindle."
The flower fared girl of the widow
had been taught to simulate a 'disease,
and the German waa no. doubt her
father. . He was subsequently located
in Buenos Aires, but he injured man,
not. wishing his daughter's affliction
published broadcast, dropped the pros
ecution. Don " Mark ' Lemon In Bohe
mian Magazine.
EXECUTING MAZEPPA.
Petor the Great's Odd Way of Punish
ing a Dow-tor.
Peter the. Great, czar of Russia, pun
ished a traitor on. a notable occasion In
a way that the numerous victims of
the - present czar's wrath", might well
wish were still in vogue. .: ; i
Mazeppa, chieftain of the' Cossacks,
had deserted to the king of Sweden,
with whom. Peter was at war. Ma
aeppa was at once tried by court fnar-
rlal and found guilty of high treason.
Sentence of death was passed upon
him. ,t :
Mazeppa, however, was safely in the
camp of the Swedish king, . but this
fact was not permitted to stand In the
way of the carrying out of every part
of the sentence. ' A wooden effigy of
Mazeppa was made, and the punish
ments wore inflicted upon the Cossack
chieftain's substitute.
The effigy waa first dressed in Ma
zeppa's uniform, and upon Its breast
were pinned all of the medals, ribbons
and other decorations that the real cul
prit had worn.-
. While the commanding general and
a squadron of cavalry stood near an
officer advanced to tho wooden man
and read tne sentence. . Then another
officer wrenched off tho effigy's patent
of knighthood and his other decora
tions, tore them up and trampled upon
them. This done, he struck the wood
en gentleman a powerful blow In the
pit of tho stomach, knocking him over.
Next a hangman appeared. While the
soldiers snouted he threw a noose over
the imitation Maseppa's head and drag
ged the effigy to a nearby gallows,
where It was "hanged by the neck
until It was dead." Scrap Book.
Cauls' Handle a Shovel.
" The foreman 6f a Chicago iron mill
nee employed a tramp who had been
a college baseball champion. - Their
acquaintance began in a way that
ahowed the tramp still tq be game and
cheery. It was a cold autumn dawn,
and the tramp had alept In front of a
furnace on a warm atone. The fore
man, being short of .laborers, on his
morning tour of inspection spied the
fellow snd thought he would give him
Job. , ' . .
"My man.' he said, "can you do any
thing with s shovel r - 1 '
"Well, I could fry a piece of ham
n if Minneapolis Journal..
Try Drmecnt Wut,
3 DEATHS LAST WEEK
New Haven, Nov 16. The follow.
Ing statements were made by the
bead of the. New Haven police de
partment, the coroner of New Haven
county, himself an automobilist, and
one of the organizers of the New Ha
ven Automobile club, anent the re
cent automobile accidents:
Superintendent Cowles of the New
Haven police was the first man seen.
He said in part: "Many citizens
have come in here to-day to consult
with me upon this matter. I believe
that the only way to help to check
this evil is to restrain automobiles
from running at a speed within city
limits greater than eight miles an
hour. The present speed limit for
autos In this city Is twenty-five miles
per hour, providing the road is clear,
under the state laws passed at the
last session o fthe legislature, a law
which I understand cities cannot in
terfere with so long as we do not
prove a case of reckless driving. We
cannot, as I understand It, make an
ordinance here In New Haven to in
terfere with the state law. If this is
so, there ought to be some modifica
tion of this condition.
"I believe, that the speed limit in
New Haven is altogether too high."
When approached upon this topic.
Coroner Mix said last night: "I
have no hesitation in saying that
there should be an ordinance in this
city restraining the speed of automo
biles to as low as eight miles an
hour. The state- law should have no
bearing upon city conditions."
W. T. Dill, who was one of the or
ganizers of the New Haven Auto
club, said: "I should soy, off hand,
that a rate of speed of ten miles an
hour through this city would be ad
visable for New Haven." ...
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
Kev Dr Georee Brinlev Morean the
Victim.
New Haven, Nov' 16. Itev Dr
George Brinley Morgan, rector of
Christ Episcopal church, New Haven,
and one of the most widely known
Episcopal clergymen in the state,
died at 11:45 o'clock yesterday morn
ing at Dr Leonard W. Bacon's sani
tarium oh York street, this, city, as
the result of being run into-by an
automobile Saturday afternoon . in
front of his church. Dr. Morgan had
just left his church and was crossing
the street when the machine which
was driven by Sam Campbell struck
him. . He was thrown high into the
air and rendered unconscious and he
remained so until be died.
Dr Morgan was taken almost im
mediately to Dr Bacon's sanitarium,
310 York street, which is, but a few
doors from where he lives, at 324.
Mrs Morgan was in New York at a
hospital where she had had a slight
operation performed. She reached
the city late Saturday night. Two
daughters of Dr Morgan wefe on the
street and were attracted by the
large crowd that had gathered at the
scene of the accident. Inquiring the
cause they learned that it Was their
father who had been injured and they
reached the sanitarium shortly after
Dr Morgan was carried there. His
skull was found to have been frac
tured and though Dr Oliver P. Os
borne, NDr Leonard Woolsey Bacon,
Dr B. Austin Lheney and Dr William
H. Carmalt, .who were In attendance,
did everything in their power, it was
evident that there was little hope
and he died at. ll;4o o clock.
1 Lineman Killed by Auto.
New Haven, Nov 16. Frederick
T. Case, a lineman employed by the
Southern New England Telephone
Co, was struck and killed by an auto
mobile owned by County Game War
den David H. Clark of this city early
last evening; Case and his brother,
Herman, were at work in a manhole
at the corner of Temple and Grove
streets when Frederick was struck by
the car and dragged about 50 feet
His head was crushed and he died be
fore he was put on the operating ta
ble at Grace hospital.
Stories of the accident are con
flicting. The car contained beside
Mr Clark and his wife, Albert Lee,
the chauffeur, and Mr and Mrs E. T.
Hale. '
DEAD WITH THROAT CUT.
Mother and Two Children Found Bv
Neighbors.
Frankfort, Ky, Nov 16. Lying in
"pools of blood, with tehtr throats cut
from ear to ear, Mrs Agnes Lldner
and her two children, aged a and 3
years respectively, were found in
their home yesterday by neighbors,
who were attracted by the cries of
the children. A razor was found in
the clenched band of the mother. The
cause of the tragedy Is a mystery.
Landed on the COast.
Los Angeles, Nov 16. Late re
ports say that the balloon America,
which ascended yesterday for an at
tempt at long distance flying to east
ward, landed at 3:30 this morning on
the coast, after being In the air
twelve hours. -Another balloon, the
United States, started at 12:30 to
day to try and make the eastern trip.
To Postpone Hearing
San Juan, Porto Rico. Nov 16. A
Mrtrafn waa upt.t tfwtnY to repre
sentative Sereno E. Payne of New
York, chairman of the wavs and
means committee of the gouse ask
in him tn nnatnnnth heartnr nn
coffee vatll delegations front Porto
Rico can get la Washington. u
Rumford, Me, Nov 16. Between
auu ana UU employes of the Oxford
paper company struck to-day and
closed the paper mill because two of
their union officers lost -their -.positions
' a chang9 ln hours
Rumford, Me., Nov 16. Although
the employes of the mill had voted
to accept the change from a sys
tem of three tours of eight hours
each to a single tour of ten hours
duration with a five per cent increase
In wages when they found to-day
that two officials of the union were
Included in the list of those who
would be laid off by the new ar
rangement they took prompt action.
All the employes assembled In one
part of the mill and after brief tils
cucssion voted to strike at once.
The two officials, involved are
John Barnrt, president of local No
9. of tba Paper Makers and Stephen
Wagner, vice-president of Local No
16 of the -Pulp and Sulphite work
ers. ' It is thought that the strike
may not be of long duration.
The mill which Is independent of
the so-called "paper combine" has
been in operation all through the re
cently settled strike in the neighbor
ing mills of the International Paper
Co. When the Rumford workmen
voted to accept the new- schedule of
ten hours it was understood that the
action was only for a limited time'
as the workmen complained that al
though a five per cent Increase was
given to offset the extra two hours,
the new arrangement meant longer
hours with no increase for about two
thirds of the employes. ' They de
cided however to await a favorable
time for discussing this grievance.
DEATH A MYSTERY.
a..., .......
Wife of a Well Known Ball Plaver
Found Dead.
Boston, Nov 16. While the Bos
ton police were not Inclined to-day
to hold any person responsible for the
death late last night in a South Bos
ton doorway, of Mrs Julia. Harmon
Stahl, widow of "Chick" Stahl, the
baseball player, there were still sev
eal , mysterious circumstances to be
cleared up. The most Important of
these was the absence of a consider
able amount of jewelry. In seeking
to account for this fact and for the
reason for Mrs Stahl's presence in the
rather poor neighborhood in which
her body was found, the police sought
a man who was seen to cross An
drews square, South Boston,' with
Mrs Stahl, just before she entered the
hall in which she died. This man U
believed t bhave. helped :hed into the
doorway, but -was not seen to leave
the house.
The police waited for the result of
the medical examiner's examination
which was set for this forenoon be
fore attempting to make any arrest in
the case.
Up to the time that relatives of
Mrs Stahl noticed the absence of jew
elry early- to-day, the police had be
lieved the case to be one of heart dis
ease, but with the advent of robbery
as a possible motive, the case appear
ed to be one of murder. According to
Mrs Stahl's father, John Harmon, th(
jewelry worn by her when she left
home was valued at more than $2,
000. PEARY MYSTERY CLEARED.
Rudolph Franks Stnt . Horn at Hit
j , Own Raquast.
New York, Nov. IS. Reports that
Rudolph Franke of Dr. F. A. Cooke's
arctic expedition, , left at Etnh in
charge of arctic valuables, had been
sent home by Robert E. Peary and
that the valuables, consisting princi
pally of skins and tusks, hsd been
shipped to this country stul distribut
ed as presents among Peary's Wends
are disproved hy letters from Peary
and from Franke himself
ROBERT E. PEARY. .
Tne racts of the matter seem to be
that Peary sent Franke home disabled
at the la iters request and left the
arctic treasures where thev were
found.
From Limb te Limb. -Housewife
Why don't you get a job
and keep It? Hobo I'm like de little
bird dat keeps flyln' from limb to limb.
Housewife G'wan, you're only a bum!
Hot could you fly from limb to limb!
ffobo I mean de limbs o' de law
feumV-Kansas City Independent.
Criticism often takee from the tree
aftrrplllajs and 'blossoms together,
fcOt sr. . , . j . i v. . i ... i ; , , i
teJ Y .
4v; X '7'
THE TARIFF ON SUGAR
New ork, Nov 16. The United
States government has brought six
suits against the American Sugar
Refining company to recover forfei
tures and custom duties amounting
to over three and one-half millions
of dollars, on sugar delivered at the
Havermeyer and Elder refineries in
Broroklyn, during the last six years.
The government alleges fraud in
weighing and shipment.
Washington, Nov 16. Consumers
of sugar in the United States were
particularly interested in the hearing
to-day before the ways and means
committee of the house of represen
tatives for the presentation of argu
ments for higher or lower tariff uu
Bugar and its manufactures. The
fight for the free entry of sugar was
made before the committee to-day
on the claim that the consumer does
not get any benefit from the present
duty. It also was asserted by those
who are opposing the so-called si'gar
trust that the present rae of duty on
raw sugar no longer is required for
protecting the American sugar grow
ers on the ground that sugar is raised
ln this country as cheaply as abroad.
The United States consumes about
3,000,000 tons of sugar annually
while it produced 1,352,954 tons last
year, including the output of the
Philippine Islands, which enjoy a
preferential rate of 25 per cent less
than the duty provided by the iDng
ley tariff law. Cuba which has the
benefit of a 20 per cent reduction ln
the established rate of duty on sugar
in accordance with the provisions of
the reciprocal treaty, produces about
as much sugar as the United States.
The, Hawaiian reciprocity treaty of
January 30, 1875, provided for the
entry free of duty of sugar from the
Hawaiian Islands and those ln favor
of free trade with the Philippines
argue that the same privileges which
were extended to Hawaii should be
granted to the Philippines.
Institute of Agriculture.
Rome, Nov 16. The international
institute of agriculture which was
proposed by David Lubtn of San
Francisco to King Victor Emmanuel,
who gave the idea his sanction, in
augurated its labors ln this city to
day by a meeting attended by dele
gates from forty-six of the countries
that have signified their participa
tion. The United States Is represent,
ed by Ambassador Griscom, David Lu
bin. Dr C. C. Clark, W. F. Hill, G. K.
Holmes and William Stuart. After
the speech by the president Senator
Faina, Mr Lubin outlined the consti
tution of the institute.
Selling Price Too Low
San Francisco, Nov 16. Repre
sentatives of four firms which con
trol the whaling fleet of this port,
have decided that none of their ves
sels will set sail for the Arctic next
seasou unless th emarket price of
whalebone is materially advanced,
which atp resent seems unlikely.
While the season just ended has
been characterized by a catch unus
ually small, the market is said to
be glutted with bone through the
efforts of the Dundee whaling inter
ests.
King and Queen of Sweden.
Portsmouth, Eng. Nov 16. The
king and queen of Sweden, who have
come to England as the guests of
King Edward, landed here to-day
and took a train for Windsor. The
Imposing fleet of twenty-eight war
ships assembled In the bay fired a
royal salute.
Actress Operated Upon
Baltimore. Md, "Nov 16. Miss
Mabel Taliaferro, the actress who
was operated on for appendicitis at
the University hospital here yester
day was reported to be making ex
cellent progress towards recovery.
' , Dropped Dead at Station,
x Stamford, Nov 16. Dr Walter M.
Jackson, 66- years of age, dropped
dead at the railroad station here last
night. He was a son of Charles
Jackson, for several terms governor
of Rhode Island.
CITY NEWS.
A months' mind mass will be cel
ebrated to-morrow morning at 7:30
o'clock at St Francis Xaxier'a church
for the late Francis Flanigan.
Collector Reeves did better than
he expected with the water rents. Be.
tween Saturday and to-day he took
in $38,000. This added to what he
had been paid In before brings the
tatal up to $88,500, out of a possi
ble $92,000.
Word has been received In this
city by some of the local Elks that
the palatial home of the Elks of Wil
lismsport. Pa, was destroyed by fire
on Friday evening last. It was one
of the finest equipped lodge buildings
in the country.
Much speculation is being Indulged
in regarding the contents of the re
port which Mr Cairns Is to submit to
the aldermen to-night regarding the
water sheds at Prospect. It is gen
erally believed that considerable
water can be had out there at a small
cost, but whether it is so or not Is
something nobody appears to know
for a certainty. If it be true the city
should go there first and take up the
Branch project later, and on the
other hand, if It Is not so, what has
been proposed should not be delayed
any longer. . , .. ; ... . k
Hartford, Nov 16. According to
the monthly buletln of the -state
board of health, issued to-day, tbe
deaths during October reported from
Infectious diseases were 1S1, being
15 per cent of the total mortality.
For the large towns the death rate
was 13.8, for the small towns 14.6
and for the whole state 13.9 Tbe to
tal number of adthes was 1,026 dur
ing the month. This was 36 less than
in September and 128 less tban ln
October of last year, and it less tban
the average number of deaths during
October for the five years preceding.
Secretary Townsend calls the at
tention of the physicians to the bacc
terlologlcal laboratory of the state
board of health where free examina
tions are made for the purpose of
aiding ln tbe diagnosis of certain in
fectious diseases, adding: j
. "The sooner a diagnosis is made in
such cases, the quicker can measure!
be put in operation to prevent the
further spread of the disease, as well
as for the cure of a patient; so that
a more general use should be made of
the laboratory as an aid in diagnosis.
"The only certain method of deter
mining when a child has recovered
from diphtheria, so as not to infect
others, is by a bacteriological exami
nation of the secretions of the
throat."
Attention is also called to the ex
hibit from the international congress
which will be set up in New York
at tbe American Museum of Natural
History, .Seventy-seventh street and
Central park west, on November 20,
where ft will probably continue for
six weeks. It will be opened week
days from 10 in the morning until
10:30 at night and on Sunday after
noons. LIBRARY SLOW POKES.
Time Killing Methods of Offioialt In
Continental Europe.
"Americans who grumble about hav
ing to wait a long time for books when
applying to a public library," said a
Boston literary woman, "shoo id try to
work or study ln a foreign library, par
ticularly in Germany.
"The typical continental librarian
takes no account of time. The reader,
worker or student most turn In his or
her application for books at least a day
ln advance. : Tbe men who search for
the books applied for are Agadv totter
ing creatures who have been shuffling
around the dusty piles of books for
years, and tbe word harry Is not In
their vocabulary. '
- "Tbe most priceless books and man
uscripts are kept In places which are
perfect fire traps, and disorder pre
dominates in every department. When
tou sDeak about the imnosslble meth
ods employed tbe librarians tell you I
that they are too poor to Introduce any
modern indexes or catalogues. This Is
to some extent so, but as a matter of
fact they , would not change If they
had all the money ln the world at their
disposal.
"They do not wish to encourage the
common people to use books. Tbe
learned are among the aristocracy, and
tbe spread of tbe knowledge which is
hidden in those wonderful literary mu
seums is far from the purpose of tbe
men at the head of Europe's llbrartes.
"There may be some delay In our li
braries, but our people In the lower
walks of life are certainly ahead of
tbe common people of the old world tn
the matter of getting books when rhey
want them, and generally free of
Charge." New York Telegram.
Raef Wants a Change
San Francisco, Nov 16. Abraham
Ruef, who is' on trial for bribery
here, to-day asked for a change of
venue.
"Father says there's no stove made as
good as the Glenwood. He bought it
over twenty years ago and wouldn't part
with it for any other make on the
market."
We're always glad to extend time
payments to responsible parties de
siring to purchase a Glenwood Range
or Heating Stove.
Glenwood Parlor Stoves $11.25 to
Glenwood Ranges 925 to $125.
We furnish the prettiest Homes
The Hampson-Sellew Furniture Company,
" 1 16-120 Bank Streef.
It is very likely that tho board of
education will this evening lake thi
Initial step towards eliminating th
suburban school districts. For soma
time the board has felt that some vig
orous action Is' needed to make the
outside school districts more useful
than they have been for some years.
Each school district appears to be a'
little kingdom in Itself with the dis
trict committee " as absolute rulers.
Frequently tbe school routine is com
pletely set upside down by the actions
of the committee, and, while the
board Is practically responsible for
the proper maintenance of the dis
tricts, it is allowed very little to say;
in their management. '. For example,
the board must pay $400 toward the
salary of every teacher ln the outside
districts, but only the district com
mittee has the power or authority to
appoint the teachers. - ,
Until very, recently but few of the
outside districts were up to date ln
sanitary respects. In one district last
June tbe committee discharged three
or four of the half dosen teachers,
and those who remained resigned in
the end, fearful of losing their posi
tions before the summer was over;
for they got the Idea that they were
retained when the others were dis
missed because the committee could
not get teachers to fill their places.
All of this tends to keep the districts
ln a condition that Is ont for the ben
efit of the schools and it Is very likw
ily, Judging from what has been ru
mored to-day, that the board of edu
cation, if not at its meeting this even
ing, will at some early date take the
first step toward having the city
charter amended so that all of the'
suburban school districts may be
brought under the full jurisdiction
of the board, and thus put an end to
all this carping and quibbling that
seems to be forevfer going on ln them.
DOGS WOX RACE.
They Beat Horse Team Over a Ten,
Mile Course. '
Seattle, Wash, Nov 16. A special
from Nome sars: One of tha
interesting races ever witnessed on
sewara peninsula and perhaps the
most unique that has occurred ' for'
years, was a race between a horse
and dog team here Saturday, the dog
team, winning by. fifty, seconds tn a
ten mile -course. Ben Fremier nn
Jake Berger's mare Dolly, noted in
AiasJta ror ner speed, raced with
Coke Hill5s doir team from this iitv
to the mouth of Dexter creek and re
turn, a distance of ten miles. The
trail was in good shape and good time
was made by both horse and iino-
The mare slipped while running on a,
nine nuiKicie and lost some ground.
Within three weeks another race will
be run as a consequence of dlssatls- t
faction at the result and enough
money was in sight to-day to make
the side bets $10,000, which found
ready takers.
DEM0CBAT SELLS FOE 42 CEHT3
A MOUTH. ;
BAKING POWDER
12 c lb. can. '
Every can bears this legends Gnar
anteed under the Food and Drags)
act of Congress, June 30, 1906.
Best Teas 25 IK
Best Coffees ......... 20c lb
None higher. - - -
EASTERN TEA IMPORTERS C&-
89 South Main. St. Up One Flight;