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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
GENERAL LILLY DEAD.
He Was the Congressman at Large Fro,
Pennsylvania.

He Was the Congressman at Large From
Pennsylvania.
MATCH CHUNK, Pa, Dec. 2-Geueral
William Lilly, member of congress at
large, died at his residence here, His death
was sudden and entirely unexpected. He
had not been in the best of health for the
past six months, but was able to attend
the special session of congress At the
time OF his death he was in conversation
with his physicians. Heart failure was the
cause. He had expected to go to Washing
ton next Monday.
General William Lilly, one of the best
known public men of the state, was born
in Yates county, n. Y, June 3, 1921. He
received only common schO6 education.
In 1888 he removed with his father to Car
bon county, Pa. and settled at Parryville.
He was a conductor of the Beaver Meadow
railroad in 1855 and was otherwise en-
ployed by the company for six years. Tn
til the autumn of 1862 General Lilly was
an active Democrat. In that year he be-
came Republican and remained one ever
after. In 1892 he was elected congressman
at large by an overwhelming majority.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
PLOT TO KILL A PRINCE.
Refugees and Students Plan q Revolution
In Bulgaria

Refugees and Students Plan q Revolution
In Bulgaria.
SOPHIA, Dec. 2.-During the past few
days many arrests have been made of per
sons suspected of being implicated in the
plot to murder Prince Ferdinand. 1t is
said that the murder was timed so that it
would be put into execution on the day
prior to the arrival of Prince Alexander's
remains in Sophia
The plot was divulGed, however, and
Ivanoff, the ringleader, was arrested after
long chase by the police, during which
he fired on his pursuers. After he was
locked up he made confession, revealing
all the details of the plot and stating that
he entered the Bulgarian service at the
instigation of the refugees Grueff and
Rendered., with the object of freeing the
country from the reign of terror estab-
lished by Prince Ferdinand and Premier
Stambouloff. Among the persons arrested
on the charge of being concerned in the
plot are Ivanoffs brother and several uni
verSity students.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
OPPOSED TO LIQUOR TAX.
Retail Dealers of the state Discuss the
Wilson Bill.

W IIsOU IBIII.
The meeting of the Liquor Dealers us
ISOLATION was held in Bridgeport yesterday
and was attended by delegates from An
sonia, Waterbury. New Haven. Meriden
Hartford and Stonington. The committee
appointed to arrange for the organization
of state association reported progress
with prospects of having the organization
perfected before January l.
Committees Were appointed to organize
local branches in the different counties.
Committees were also appointed to wait
on the congressman in each district and
| request the congressman's influence in the
ways and means committee against the in
crease in the tax on liquors as proposed in
the Wilson bill. The tax, they say, is
made more for the benefit of the brewing
and distilling syndicates than for revenue
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

GALVESTON, Dec. ,. Henry Schenck,
alias Hugo :. Schlitter, was arrested here,
having just arrived from the City OF Next
CO. Schenck is under indictment in Chi
cago for eight cases of arson and conspiracy
growing out of the part he played in com
pany with others, the object being TO de
fraud insurance companies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
AM USEM ENTS.


The Midnight Alarm which will be
presented at Jacques opera house next
Tuesday night. is unquestionably one of
the biggest and strongest productions now
on the road, and wherever presented plays
to the capacity of the house. The play is
not only an intensely interesting one, but
it is produced by AN exceptionally strong
company with car load Of beautiful seen
cry and some of the most startling reals
tic effects ever put on the stage including a
n genuine ere engine and horses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

NEw BRITAIN, Dec 2.-George Prentice,
aged 50 years. was assaulted and robbed
by tramp between here and Berlin at
$50 last evening. Mr. Prentice had been
to Meriden, bnt missed the evening train
at Berlin and was walking home when he
was overtaken, beaten and robbed and
thrown down a steep embankment. He
was found by men employed at brick
yard, who heard his cries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. The large wool
TN mill of James = Cochran \ Bro, Tenth
street and Columbia avenue. WAS burned
to the ground. The loss is placed ut S;.25,
no and the insurance ri >l5O,nOn Three
firemcn werc injured while at work on the
fire They are William Hetrick, Peter
Rittenhouse and Henry Peters
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

LONDON, Dec. 2.-The committal order
sentencing the Marquis of Donegal to l2
days imprisonment for debt to a tailor,
which was suspended, was rescinded be
cause of the fact that the marquis is sitting
In the house of lords as Baron Fisherwick
and that as peer he is exempt from i'm
nriSoDmaOt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

NEW YORK, Dec. 2-The Hcrald's Lon
don correspondent wires that the shortage
Of Frank Nuy, chief Cashier OF the Bank
Of England, amounts L. $4,000. but that
the bank authorities have taken no legal
step AID no wurran. has been issued for
his arrest. The late cashiers friends have
made good any deficiency.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

In to-morrows Sunday Herald will be
told the experiences of an ex-actress. who
spent seventeen days in Middletown mad
house. A story of thrilling incident.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

BROOKLYN, Dec. John y. McKane
and his associates-the inspectors of cleo
ton at Gravesend, Justice Newton and
Sergeant Murphy-were in the supreme
court to answer the charge of contempt of
court made against them The case was
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

MERIDEN, Dec 2.-Patrick DAILY, Jr, aged
10, was charged in the police court this
morning with burglarizing c. II. Fales
boot and shoe store, on Miller street, No
vember 25, and Judge Plat found prob
able cause. The bonds were placed at
x5O0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

NEW HAVEN, Dec 2.-The will of the
late Ezekiel H. Trowbridge. who died last
week, was admitted to probate to-day.
The estate is worth about 50. 900. 900, of
which $1e.0O0 is donated to public and
charitable institutions in this city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
Yes. You Can

Bay new season Tea for so cents per
pound which will astonish you. 1t is better
quality than some sellfor 50 cents per
pound and our Cream Java Coffee has no
equal Give Ms a trial and We will do you
sens good. PHELANS Tea Emporium,
Il East Main street, Plau's Block.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

NEW HAVEN. De-. 2-Nulr's defeated
foot ball players have not all returned to
New Haven yet. Thv players are duwncit>t
and heart broken. but they admit that
Princeton won the gam. ON its merits.
None "t the players j. badly injured, but
AL are uorv Ur less ~hahvu zap.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

WHIrEHAvEN. Dec 2.-There WAS a bad
collision on the Lehigh road early this
morning, Twenty-eight freight cars were
wrecked. The cars caught fire and one
block and five dwelling houses were
burned.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

WASHINGIu\. Dec Physicians in
Washington report thni Ih~ grip Is quite
prevalent The usual symptoms OF debi-
ity and nervous affection are manifest, but
the ailment seems 10 fix Oh the throat with
mart ocular virulency.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
AS YOU LIKE 1T.


Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
Book.
II was cold on Hampden park last Satur-
day afternoon and the Waterburlans who
went to Springfield to see the great foot
ball game between the crimson and the
blue-many of them-carried life pre-
servers in their inside pockets. One Yale
admirer from Waterbury wore blue but
ton which answered double purpose, and
on the way up talked temperance to
number of fellows in the smoker who had
commenced to celebrate early. Out on the
park the wind blew gale that seemed to
come from the north pole. The man with
the button stood it as long as possible, but
finally decided that nothing short of n long
draught out of bottle would save him
from freezing. 1t so happened that he
| was in a Harvard section of the field and
did not dare throw out hint to those
around him who were enjoying themselves,
while the despised blue nestled on the
lapel X his coat. Finally, when no eyes
| were upon him. he removed his colors and
posting himself alongside of a Cambridge
man who was dispensing hospitality with
a lavish hand began to yell for Harvard at
| the top of his voice. 1t was not long be-
fore he was invited to sample the stuff
that was going around. And now he con-
siders himself q diplomatist.
|
4 SoUTH MAIN street merchant stepped
out of his store for few minutes the other
day When he returned he was startled,
to say the least. on finding n countryman
back of the counter playing for all he was
worth on the cash register. Here, you
COMPOUNDED eight day idiot, what are you
tampering with that register for?" he
yelled. The granger let up on his type
writer practice and was profuse in his
apologies. He thought the register was
one of them new tangled electric boxes fol
calling up the boss
SOME of the New York papers are AGAR
trying to write Roger Common out of the
New York club. The management ha:
protited by the experience of two years
ago, however, when Common was trans
ferred to Philadelphia, to the great detri
ment of the Giants, and he will not be re
leased. A man who is always in condition
to play, whose fielding is good and Otter
phenomenal and whose batting average
never falls below the three hundred mark
cannot easily be replaced. That Is VIII.
Ward tells the kickers that Common is to-
valuable man to let go.
"DINNER TWENTY-FIVE cents; cigars free
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
FAIR, COLDER.

Official Weather Predictions For To-Day
and To-Morrow.
New York, Dec 2.-The following table
shows the condition of the weather in the
principal cities of the country at s 4. IN.
/ to-day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

Read tO-msrrow's Herald fer the expert
0Rss eff an ax-astxsss, who spent half .
Asnth in the AlddlsteWA insane asytzn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
Reid & Hughes
Special inICLOAKS.

J At 6 o'cIoek this even.
inc we shall put onL sale
IS Ladies TIGHT fitting
Jackets, made of extra
fine quality of Beaver
Cloth, in black, brown
and blue, cape, collar and
Waist trimmed with
braid, and collar cape and
front edged with fur,
Value for S51,75, but our
price tonight will be
5000. A great bargain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

"D1NHER, twenty-five cents; cigars free. -
is the way an East Main street sign reads.
That beats the Wilson bills free list all to
pieces. However. you must buy the din
ner in order to secure the cigar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

Earl of Warwick Dead.
LONDON, Dec 2.-Ths Earl of Warwick
died this morning,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
MILLER e. PECK.
For Saturday 6n'c1h
After " " OIA

At SIC.
Ladies' fine kid Gloves. piIue stitched
and four large buttons, regular price Sl.l9.
AT 39c
b inch India Silk in all shades, value
5Oc.
AT 374c.
Lot of mems heavy colored merino Shirts
and Drawers, value soc.
ATl9c.
Ladies heavy ieeced lined hose. regular
price 25c
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
CLEARING SALE.
Commencing Monday Dee. 18th We will
begin unloading. Big lots small lots and
all sorts Of lots will be put ont at the
quickest price vet.
YOU KNOW OUR METHOD.
We always study our customers interests
and make our clearing when they want
goods and not when their wants are sup
piled. The prices we viii make will he a
GREAT SURPRISE.
Even the great reductions recently made
by us are insignificant when compared
with the values To be offered Monday and
throughout the month.
HOW WILL WE Do IT:
You remember the 80 inch Illuminated
Broadcloth that made such a stir at 81 10
On Monday the price will be 79c. Tn,
Ladies' Coats that we advertised at Sll 9S
will be S9.9s, commencing Monday. Ther
we will offer those sc Natural wool Shirt.
and Drawers, for men. for soc. We nevel
before made such cut in Blankets at THU
time of year. we want you to look at tht
one We are selling at IS. 25.
THESE PRICES TELL TIRE STORY.
1t is so throughout the store. A visit t,
our establishment will incur no obligation
to purchasers. II will be instructive.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02

The report was aessPtsd and adopted
alnoat unaninsuRly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
Temp Weather
JUDGE ROOTS HOUR.

For Connecticut Fair, colder to-nigh
westerly winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02


| boiler house We consider that his charge
was very excessive. This contract was for
thirty-six hundred dollars t$3, 600 The
work could easily have been let for fifteen
hundred dollars Isl 500 We find six t6t
| rooms in the administration building that
are not wainscoted: specifications call for
| it four feet high. None of the ventilators
in the roof keep out the birds or the rain,
and are not weather proof. We find four
| flights of stairs that the plans call for are
left out entirely. Hand-rails are called for
on all the stairs; there are noEe in the
| building. The verandah at the west end is
left off entirely.
An expensive refrigerator and ice box is
| called for; there was none built The car
penter says he did extra work in place of
it. There are leaks in the roof that should
be repaired at once. Zinc-lined coal bin
is called for; there is none. There are no
ladders built to the bell tower as called
| for. There are no doors provided at the
bottom of the large air shafts as called for
| Although the selectmen, pending the in
vestigation, have paid the carpenter in full.
| he notified the committee that he was
ready and willing 10 do whatever of his
work might be unfinished as called for hy
the plans and specifications.
In regard to the architects bill, we con-
| slider that his charge of FIVE (5J per cent
| should cover all his work, and as the work
was done in the town he is not entitled to
his claim for extra pay or any travelling ex-
penses within the town. He has not yet
| rendered his bill except for the extras so
we could not judge of its correctness.
We find also a considerable number of
smaller items not worth while mentioning
separately that are not done as they should
| be- We would say that the selectmen gave
us all the information and help possible to
aid MS in our investigation. In making up
the amount for taxation required we
recommend that the sum of sixteen thous-
| and five hundred dollars ($16. 500 be APP
propriated for the purpose of finishing the
building. Although when the final settle
ment is made it may be somewhat less
than this amount.
Respectfully submitted,
F. d. RIcK,
JOS A. JACKSON.
The report was accepted and adopted
alHoat unaniAauR DIV,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-30
PURSUING A CONVICT.
ESCAPE OF LATlMeR, THE MATRl-
eide, FROM JACKSON JAIL.

Poisoned the Guards and Let Himself Out
with Their Keys-Perhaps He Was a
Patricide Too-A Whole Neighborhood
Alarmed.
JACKSON, Mich. March 2s.-This section
of the state has been up in arms for many
hours looking for r. Irving Latimer, the
prisoner who escaped from prison by poi
soning the guards. When Latimer made
his escape he had a rifle and plenty of am
muniton. He was known to be desperate,
too, but hundreds of men and boys turned
out to hunt for him. George w. Haight,
who was killed by the poison given him by
Latimer, had charge of one of the gates.
Captain Maurice T. Gill, the night
keeper, was arrested on charge of being
the indirect means of the escape of Lati-
mer About ll:30 o'clock he and Latimer
took lunch together in the hallmaster's
Office. 1t was against the rules for Gill to
take convict our of his cell.
Latmer, it seems, has been telling Gill
that there was SO, 500 buried on an island In
the state Of Rhode Island, where Latimer's
father lived when Irving was l3 years old.
Gill was taken with this story and had
Latimer out to lunch every night to give
him details. Gill expected to leave the
prison in three weeks.
Poison In the Glass.
Latimer had been In the habit of taking
up cup of chocolate nearly every night to
Gatekeeper Haight passing it through a
slide in the grating which Haight took
with his midnight lunch.
There is no doubt that Latimer had
planned to poison both Haight and Gill;
and the chocolate at night was only to gain
confidence until he could get some poison.
AT lunch last night Latimer carried up a
glass of lemonade to Haight instead Of
chocolate, and Haight died in 90 minutes
after drinking it. Gill also drank of the
lemonade and was attacked with spasms
almost instantly.
Latimer then took Gill's keys and es.
capped. The prison authorities have offered
a reward for Latimer, dead or alive, and
officers are securing the country
y Latimer is one of the shrewdest convicts
known to the prison officials He had en-.
gagged in several plots for an uprising of
the prisoners and once succeeded in intro
ducing a quantity of dynamite into the
prison. 1t was intended to blow down the
walls and free all the convicts The plot
was discovered, and Latmer, although the
leading spirit in it, was only temporarily
deprived of his privileges as favorite pris.
oner
The latest report was that Latimer had
been surropnded in piece of woods near
Concord by posse.
Latimer murdered his mother in Jack
son four years ago, and there was suspi-
cor that he poisoned his father He was
serving a life sentence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-30

confirmed them and advised him to al
least submit to an examination. and to un
dergo an operation should it he deemed
necessary. The colonel agreed to this and
an examination was decided on.
The Oxygen Treatment Fatal.
Before the arrival of the doctor be com.
planned of severe pains, and said he thought
he would go to bed. But be first went to
the telephone, called up the office of his
paper and gave number of instructions
about its future conduct in case anything
should happen to him. AS nobody in his
office knew he was i'll these instructions
caused considerable wonder.
Colonel Shepard then said that be was
ready for the surgeons. and they, with the
nurses, began the work of putting him
under ether. He had inhaled the drug
but two or three times when the physician
detected dangerous symptoms and stopped
the inhalation. Colonel Shepard sank rap.
idly, and it was feared that he could not be
rallied. Powerful restoratives were ad.
ministered. At the end of an hours work
with oxygen he was restored to partial con-
sciousness, and he continued apparently to
rally. Soon after. without warning and
for no apparent reason, he began rapidly
TO SINK. The oxygen treatment was re.
sumed, but it was of no avail, and be died
He was unconscious, and his death was
peaceful. The cause Of the death given by
the physicians was udema of the lungs.
Brief Sketch OF His Life.
Mr.. Shepard was born in jamestown, N.
Y, on Jnly 25, 1888. He graduated from
the New York University in 1858 and was
admitted to the bar in 1858
In 1861 and 1862 he was aid,de. camp on
the staff of Governor Edwin ID Morgan,
was in command of the depot of volun-
teers at Elmira, n Y, and aided in organ.
izing, equipping and forwarding to the field
nearly $4,000 troops. He was instrumental
in raising the Forty-frst New York regi-
ment, which was named the Shepard rifles
He was the founder of the New York State
Bar association in 1875.
In 1888 he purchased The Mail and Ex
press, and it was then that he came more
prominently before the public One of his
ideas was to print every day at the head of
the editorial column verse from the Bible.
He married daughter of the late Com
modOre Vanderbilt, being thus an uncle by
marriage to the present Vanderbilts. His
daughter married William Schieffelin, and
the report was current at the time that her
wedding presents were valued at half a
million,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-30
NASHVlllE'S PANIC.


the Bank
NASHVILLE, March 2s.-The streets in the
vicinity of the banking houses of this city
echoed all day the vociferetious of panic
stricken throng Never before were such
scenes witnessed here. The failure of the
Commercial National bank on Saturday
afternoon did not become generally known
until after dusk. Nothing else was talk ed
about, and it was known to half the town
that a raid would be made on the money
piles of the various institutions that would
make some of them tremble If not topple
over into financial ruin.
The First, Fourth, American National,
Merchants, Mechanics Savings Bank and
Trust company and the Union Bank and
Trust company, all of College City and
the City Savings bank, the Capital City
bank and the Nashville Safe Deposit Trust
and Banking company just around tho
corner of Cherry, on Union street, opened
up their doors.
1t was rumored later that the Me-
chanic's had been caught in the CONNER.
cial collapse. The officers soon saw that a
run which they could not stand was immi.
nent. The directors resolved to take ad
vantage Of the state banking law, which
gives banks organized under 1t the privi
lege to demand 60day notice from depos.
itors before they can withdraw their dc.
DOsitS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-30
Kansas Women VIII Vote.

KANSAS CITY, March 27.-Women will
play an important part In the municipal
elections in Kansas, April H. and the reg.
istratiou OF female voters has been unprece-
dented. There are few women candidates
The State Woman Suffrage association has
been actively at work in getting out the
women TO register. In Kansas City. Kan,
3,842 women registered and s,2s6 men. In
Topeka. 4, 900 women registered. in Wichita
2,462 and in Leaveuworth 1884 In Empo-
ria the women are in the majority. ss3 haV,
ing registered against COG meu
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-30
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
Four Women and One Child Perish In a
Fire at Cleveland.

Fire at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, March pa fire horror oc-
CURED shortly after noon yesterday, when
four women and one child were burned to
death in an apartment house on one of the
leading residence streets The fire occurred
at the Morgan, fashionable boarding
place at 5OS Prospect street. The building
was 3-story and basement brick structure
containing 45 rooms, and it had nearly 40
inmates. Mrs. j. H. Miller, one of the
boarders, discovered flames in the hall on
the second floor. Escape by the stairway
was cut off, and she jumped from a second
story window to the ground and gave the
alarm. The fire spread rapidly through the
halls, and the hundreds of people who con-
gregated on the scene at once attempted to
rescue those who were in the buildings.
Nobody thought, however, to turn in fire
alarm, and at least half an hour elapsed be.
fore steamer arrived.
The names of the dead are as follows:
Mrs. Mary E. Abbey, widow of Judge Abbey,
aged rs.
Mrs. Emma Somers, a blind woman, aged 45.
Mrs. Jessie Hunt, wife Of A. C. Hunt, aged q,
who was visiting her mother, Mrs Somers
Percy Hunt, daughter of Mrs. Hunt, aged
year.
Mrs. P. c. Somers, aged 20, stepmother-in
of Mrs. Emma Somers.
The injured are:
Mrs. E. 7. Clifford and Mrs. j. H. Miller, who
were badly bruised by jumping from second
story windows.