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The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
REDDING.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.

Notwithstanding the threatening con-
dition of the weather the Methodist
church was well filed on Sunday to lis
ten ito DR. Simons of Danbury on the oc-
casion Of the reopening Of the renovated
edjfice. The change which has been
wrought in the plain and gloomy inter-
ior was a surprise and delight to all who
witnessed it for the first time. The ina
provements consist IF a recess for the
choir back of the pulpit, new and
modern seats, new cushions, carpet,
chandelier and side lamps. The walls
and ceilings have been decorated in light
and cheerful colors. The impression
most prominent is one of perfect har-
mony and taste without gaudiness.
Great credit is duel to the ladies of the
church, and especially to the faithful,
indefatigable efforts under discouraging
circumstances in bringing about this
successful contamination. 1t is intend
ed at no distant date to change the old
windows for cathedral glass and then the
old church will be perfect gem. The
sermon was worthy of the occasion and
was delight and an inspiration. Let
US hope that this historic church will re.
new its life and take on some Ct the
vigor of the fathers and mothers which
rendered it auch power in 'sthe former
days."
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.

The new social committee of the Y. P.
S. G. E cf the Congregational church
are arranging for very pleasant course
of entertainments for the winter. The
first on the program will be an oyster
supper on Tuesday evening, November
26, as that will be the traditional week
for feasting it seems an appropriate en-
tertainment for the season. Tuesday
evening, November 26.
Our mail carrier, Edward Bradley, lie
on the sick list, and his father has taken
the reins till he can resume his dut es.
which we hope will be soon.
Miss Ada Nichols of Stratfield Is the
guest of her schoolmate, Miss Anna
Banks of West End. Miss Nichols and
her sister both attend the Colorado
avenue grammar school, riding in daily
on their wheels.
FL. S. Shaw is painting the residence
of bis sister, Mrs O. G. Banks, at the
West End.
The rains of Thursday night washed
the roads badly, except those portions
which had been fixed in a common sense
way.
Nearly enough moaey has been SUBJ
scribed towards the new road from the
Ridge to Putnam Park to make the ap-
preparation of $500 by the town availa-
BILE. 1t is proposed to begin operations
this fall if possible.
Commissioner Miller and family will
occupy furnished apartments in Danbury
this winter.
The new cider mill in Sanfordtown is
in operation machinery for.grinding feed
will be put in as soon as apples are out
of the way.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
LONG HILL.
AT GRACE CHURCH.

AT GRACE CHURCH.
Sunday next before Advent, November
"a: At $50 q. M, Holy Communion; at
1870 q. M, morning prayer, litany and
sermon. Sunday school after morning
service.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
BETHEL.
THE COOP OLD DAYS OF YoRE

Mr. and Mrs Frank Kyle are in a few
days expecting to take up their abode on
Gheir farm in the eastern part of the town.
The locality used to be called Long Boys.
It's part of Plumtrees and Emwood
school district. THE BEE correspondent
may be a little behind the times using the
old names of places, but we had rather
be called old fashioned than to leave off
using names of places that have so much
of the old history of the town connected
with them. Dea Benajah Benedict lived
on the street. His descendants are as
the sands of the sea. He owned the farm
now belonging to James Sterling. The
farm house now owned by Mr. Kyle was
built by the late Andrew G. Hickok,
well known old inhabitant of Bethel. Hi
hat shop was located near by. Timothy
Benedict built the house occupied by Mrs
Burr Edmonds. A hat shop was also To-
Gated near the house. Dea Ear Hickok
built the house now owned by Mr. Sur
ges at the four corners. This was the
place where one of Be6hers most illustri
Gus men was born and brought up and
attended the district school and after
ward went through college and became
one of the best educated men of his day,
l.. p. Hickok. This locality takes it's
name from narrow strip of boys which
extends down nearly mile, where the
waters empty into little stream called
Naseco brook, which name we find in
old boundaries of the land. When we as
sociate the name of Long Boys with
hose good old people that built the
dwellings and titled the land from the
earliest settlement of the town the name
sounds pleasant. Naseco ridge, once in
habited by a tribe of red men of that
| name, is one of the pleasantest locations
for a farm in town. The land is fertile
and brings forth fruit and grain in great
abundance. The Naseco brook that winds
through Plumtrees to Elmwood has al
ways been noted for trout fishing from
time immemorial. 1t was probably where
the Naseco Indians fished 300 years ago.
May the young people stick to old names.
They all have an appropriate meaning,
although the history may be lost. We
trust that our young friends will enjoy a
farmers life and may their housewarm-
ing be an event that will bring to mind
the good old days of yoIe.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

DR. Smith wrots many other hymns
which are incorporated into great num-
Der o. books Of worship. Among these
~ - known = TIE missionaty hymn.
'Sghs mornine light = brsaklns.p d
whisn ~ asIAes 80 w1ole m havs
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
WOODBURY. IN 1910.

The meeting of the Magazine club at
81. d. Curtiss' last week Friday evening,
was very enjoyable one. After supper
papers were read which were written by
the members. One by Judge Warner
was delightful, Woodbury. in 19l0'being
for our quiet town.
DIR Hartman has taken down his front
fence, which Is an Improvement.
Rev Mr. Freeman Of the First Congre-
| gati0nal church gave an interesting ac-
count, last Sunday morning, Of the meet
| ing of Christian Workers which was held
in New Haven, last week, which he at
| tended.
Mrs G. /. Barnes received fall, last
Sunday, which has laid her up since. No
bones broken.
at the Town hall, last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Leitch gave an illustrated lecture
in the North church, Sunday evening, on
mission work.
In town, the week past: George F.
jackson and son from New Haven, John
w. Rogers from Beacon Falls, Mr. Wright
and friend from New Haven.
Mr. CroNnshaw, from the willie, has
moved into the Sherman house on North
Main street.
Al. Woodward has bought the farm
owned by his brother, the late G. A..
Woodward.
| Mr. Todd, agent Of the Equitable Insur-
ance Co. Of New York, has paid Mrs c.
a. Woodward $500, the amount of in-
surance on her husbands life, which was
for her benefit.
Daniel Mallett can show fine lot OF
chrysanthemums.
Edison Atwood has moved into house
near his mothers for the winter.
Dr. Ketcham has been i'll the past week
In WAtertown, but is improving and lie
now back In Woodbury..
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

Next Monday evening Federal lodge.
No. IL, F. & A. M, will exemplify the
M. M. degree. All masons are cordial
iy invited to- be present.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
DEATH OF JOHN j. EVANS.

John j. Evans died at his home on
South street, Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Evans had been in poor health for a long
time, partly caused by an accident, being
thrown from vehicle and lnjuring his
head. The funeral services were held in
the Congregational church on Monday
afternoon, where the deceased had been
a member for ubout 45 years. Rev Ii.
L.. Sls OK officiated. He was also MEM
Der of the Grand Army, having served in
the late war. He was corporal in Com
pany g, 23d Regiment, Connecticut Vol
unteers. He was also bright light in
Eureka lodge, No. SO, F. and A. M. By
the request of the deceased brother, Eu
reka lodge turned out in large numbers
and folio wed the remains to the grave,
where the usual Masonic burial service
was offered. James E. Moore post, No.
Is, G. A. R., attended and marched in
the procession. The pail bearers were
Charles Bailey, S. S. Amber, Eli Ferry,
E. Romano Barnum, George w. Wheeler
and Ear Rarnum,a ALI members of the same
company, regiment, post and the Mason
ic order. Mr. Evans came to this coun-
try from the north of Ireland about 1850.
He learned the hat makers trade and
worked at the trade rs a journey man un-
Gil his last sickness. He was q remark
ably cheerful person wherever met. He
will be greatly missed by a large circle
Of friends and in his family, where he
was greatly loved. Mr. Evans, at the
time Of his death, was few days over 81
years old. He leaves wife, four sons
and three daughters to mourn his loss.
The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22

The quarterly conference was not held
in the Methodist church, last Sunday, as
was expected on account Of the stormy
weather, but was postponed for a week.
The attendance at the Methodist church,
last Sunday, we're startled by the faint
ing of Mrs Carrie Elwell, during the
hour of service. The room was very
warm. She recovered sufficiently in a
few moments to be assisted to her home.
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A IN HAWAII.
Natives Urged To Favor Annexation ns
n Means of OverthrovfnE Dole.

SAN FRANCISCO. April S.-Advices from
Honolulu by steamer Peru, dated March 90.
received this morning, are as follows: Tie
most important event of the past week was
a mass meeting of annexationists, under
the auspices of the American League. c.
b. Wilson, the ex-Queen's agent, ana e. l..
Hopkins, also called a convert TO the new
annexation movement, were among the
speakers. They advised the natives to ia
vor annexation as the only remaining
weapon to overthrow the present govern
ment. TIL natives were secretly warned 10
keep away from the meeting.
President Dole is expected ID issue a proc
lamation summoning the Legislature to
meet lay /. A special election for Repre-
sentative in the Fourth district mas been
called. The candidates are Deputy Attor-
ney-general A. G. NJ. Robertson (sssern-
ment) and Paul independently
The conservative element and the American
Union party split on Robertson, aId Neu-
mann may possibly be elected.
The military and the Cabinet, at a JOINT
meeting, nave agreed on The dasirioiiity of
obtaining a United States officer as colonel,
the recent revolt showing q lack Of military
skill on the part of the officers anu the
necessity for a trained leader. The sup
preston of the rebellion is ascrihcd to the
idiocy of the enemy rather than to the
skill of the government troops.
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THE INcoME-rAx DECISION.

The decision upon the income tax case
largely exempts people with great incomes,
but the manufacturer, merchant and sal
AIRED men must walk up to the collectors
Office and stle.-Cincinnatf Tribune.
And this is the outcome of the Popu-
listic-Democratic alliance! Landlords and
coupon-clippers escape and the producers
pay. The result would be laughable if
the sense of outrage was not so strong.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The value of the law as a revenue pro-
Queer is very much lessened. and as it had
no merit except from what it was expected
to do in the way of filing up the revenue
deficit, the best thing to do with it will
be to repeal it.-Loufsville Commercial.
The injustice of taxing the income from
a hundred thousand dollars invested in
manufacturing and not taxing the income
from the same sum invested in productive
city or country property is too glaring to
be overlooked by the next Congress.@Chi-
cago Tribune.
This new decision, as it stands, has con-
verified a bad law into a barbarous one
which will neither discourage the con-
centration of vast wealth nor supply the
government with adequate revenues. The
only possible course to be taken now is
TO repeal the odiouS law at the earliest
possible OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Record.
The very classes which the Southern
Democracy was most anxious to tax, the
rich landlords and bondholders, will escape
under this decision, and the tax will be-
come more ~ineQuitable and unjust than in
tended. and will provoke a public con-
demnatfon which will necessitate it's speedy
repeal,-Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
If there is any truth in the forecast of
the decision of the Supreme Court in the
income tax case it would be better for the
country that the entire law were declared
invalid. The exemptions which the court
is said to inject into the law relieve the
very class which the trainers of the law
intended to reach.-Detroit Free Press.
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STUPIDITY THAT REcoILs.

If anything could strengthen he pop
ular conviction that the last Congress
was the most stupid as well as the most
worthless one the country ever a the
decision of the Supreme Court on the
income tax law should nave that effect.
The law was an outgrowth of the popu-
listic sentiment in the Democratic party
and a sop to- the Populist party. It's
ostensible object was to raise revenue
but the necessary revenue could have
been raised without levying any direct
tax, and especially one so inquisitorial
and obnoxious as an income tax. The
real object of the law was to hit the
class v~ariously designated by those
whose chief business is to make wal on
capital as bloated bondholders,'
money sharks" gold bugs etc. The
income tax law was intended to hit al
capitalists, but especially b%ondholders
and large owners of real estate. The
populistic theory is that all rich men
are public enemies, but Of all classes of
rich men the most odious are those who
own interest-bearing securities and
those who IA large holdings of pro-
ductive realty. The requirement Of in
terest on borrowed money and the re-
quirement of rent for the occupation and
use of real estate is, according to the
populistic theory, a most ~rascally and
nefarious business. Hence the special
desire to catch these two kinds of fish
in the income tax net.
But they are not caught. The net
catches many other fish and some big
ones, but the ones that the trainers of
the law were most anxious to catch get
away. The Supreme Court holds that
the tax on income from rents on real
estate and from interest on State, u
ty and municipal bonds is unconstitu-
tionaI. The law breaks down at the
very point where it's trainers most de-
sired it to be effective, and instead of
bagging the game they were principally
after the game escapes and the Popu-
lists are left holding the bag. Senator
PETER is reported as saying that 'the
decision will result in a great spread of
populism." 1t ought to cause great dis
gust that Congress had only sense
enough to frame an income tax law as
full of flaws as a sieve is of holes. It
is likely to prove like guns (which,
though well aimed at duck or plover,
bear wide and kick their owners over
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of the reason. May i, 1906. President
Jefferson ordered a suspension of the
coinage of silver dollars, and no issue
of silver coin of that denomination was
stamped until ~1S36-thirty years. The
reason of suspension is given in Secre-
tary of State Madison's note to the di-
rector of the mints, dated May /, 1906,
which is as follows:
In consequence of a representation from
the director of the Bank of the United
States that considerable purchases have
been made of dollars coined by the mint
for the purpose of exporting them, and
expectations will be made, the President
directs that all silver coined at the mint
shall be of small denominations, so that
the largest shall not exceed half a dollar
Here, again, Professor Coin ignores
the facts of history and puts into the
mouth of jefferson other reasons than
those he gave for the suspension of the
coinage of silver dollars. In fact, he
ignores the order of suspension al
together.
These are samples of the misleading
statements and f~alsehoods of Professor
Coin found on a single page of his book.
There may not be SO many on other
pages, but these are sufficient to cast
suspicion upon the whole work.
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TWO INSANE SPINSTERS.
Sisters, Worn Out by Watching Their
Crazy Mother, Attempt Suicide.

NEW YORK, April SIN the insane pa
vilion at Bellevue Hospital there are two
spinster sisters. For twenty years these
women have tended their mother, who is
insane and bedridden. Their father was in
an asylum for five years. Yesterday, worn
out by the long and constant watch over
their mother and in the belief that some
day they would come to her condition. both
women tried to kill themselves. The women
are Mary A. and Harriet McArdle. The
first is forty years old and the other thirty
seven. Their father, James McArdlc, is
now eighty years old. He is a retired
builder. Shortly before noon yesterday the
father went to church. He had been gone
but a little while when Mary, going into
the kitchen. found Harriet pouring carbolic
lips; then she dashed it from her HAND.
After that there was a struggle between
the two women, for Harriet insisted that
she must kill herself, and tried to jump
out of the window. The cries of Mary
the place. After half an hour Harriet be-
came calm. All the ~neighbors left then.
stay during the afternoon. Mary. in tell
ing them about the troubles of her life,
became so excited that suddenly she jumped
have thrown herself to the courtyard. three
stories below, had not one of the women
present grasped her about the waist anu
dragged her back into the room. 1t was
the sister Harriet now who quieted her
sister. But Mary grew worse until Har-
riet. IN her efforts to calm her sister, be-
came hysterical. When the father got
home late in the afternoon he saw that
affairs were beyond his control and he
called in the police. AS the officers en-
tered the. room they We're beset by the
sisters, who begged to be given pistols with
which to kill themselves, and, being re-
fused. pleaded with the officers to Kill them.
When the doctor arrived the women be-
came calm. They said they know perfectly
we'll they were insane, and were anxious
to go to the hospital.
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to act as the introducer of new social ac-
quisitions. but this he regards as rather
gratifying than otherwise. Zone result that
! look for on account of the removal of
these two personalities. he says, 'is a re-
action toward exclusiveness in society. TAX
ing all the new blood that has found it's
way in during the past quarter century,
mingling it judiciously with our own more
ceralean fluid, we might do well to close
the doors against further accessions and
take stock of ourselves. as it were" Dear.
dear' But before they do close the doors
somebody ought to advise them to read
Nordap's Degeneration" and then con-
slider, in taking stock of themselves. wheth-
er the stock is not in danger OF running out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09
HARLAN's VIEWS.
Rents from Lands May BE Taxed, but
Not State or Municipal Bonds.

Justice Harlan, in his dissenting opinion,
said:
Passing by the question OF the jurisdic-
ton Of the courts of the United States to
enjoia the collection of the taxes or any
of them imposed by the act of Congress-.
/ am of opinion: e
.First-That upon principle as well as
tax on gains, profits and income derived
from rents of land is not a direct tax on
land within the meaning of that clause of
the Constitution providing that direct
eral States according to their respective
members.
"Se~cond-That under numerous decisions
of this court the interest of income derived
from bonds issued by a municipal corpora
ton of a State is not the subject of specific
by the United States any more than the
interest or income directly derived from
State bonds is the subject of national taxes.
The States cannot tax the instrumentalities
of the United States nor can the United
States tax TIE instrumentalities Of the
judged. This is not a question as to the
form of levying a tax whether direct or in
direct, but whether the thing proposed to
be taxed can be taxed at All in any way or
for any purpose by the United States.
Under the decisions of this court the United
States cannot, by any form of taxation,
impose burdens on the instrumentalities
employed by the States in execution of the
powers fully committed to them.
Upon the two questions referred to, and
which alone. so far as the merits are con-
cerned, the opinion of the chief justice
is directed, / am in entire accord with Mr..
Justice White. / say nothing about the
questions upon which the court is equally
divided, because in respect to those ques-
tons the opinion of the chief justice is
silent"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09

The ways of English courts of justice
are In some respects superior to those
prevailing here. A man sent to Jail, for
instance, on q criminal charge is not
permitted to hold a daily reception of
all his friends who may wish to call,
nor is he treated as the sheriff's guest
of honor. no matter how high his
previous social standing has been. Oscar
Wilde is allowed to see but one visitor
each day, and is granted no indul-
gences. This is as it should be. The
opposite course. SO common here. has a
tendency to tighten the stigma of pun
ishment in the eyes of saose who ought
to be impressed with a dread of it, and
makes OF a prisoner a sort of melodra-
matte hero. No tinsel halo will encir-
Gle Mr.. Wilde's head if the English
authorities can help Ii.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09

his public conduct is such that 1t Is an
insult to the Nation as well as a gross
libel to declare that he is a drunkard.
The Republican press. with all of it's
p~artisanship. would scorn to do what
that preacher did in Massachusetts,,
chiefly because the charge is false, and
partly because nothing but evil could
come from such a statement IL 1t were
true There is a class of reformers who
might take a few lessons in decency
from the partisan press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09

COLUMBUS. o., April 8-Governor Me-
Kiniey to-day sustained the three police
commissioners of Cincinnati who refused TO
vote for the removal of Lieutenant Hehean.
Tne story runs thus: A committee of the re-
form league asked Hehean to arrest GER
tain persons who were giving a theatrical
exhibition on Sunday. The lieutenant re-
fused. stating thai he had been instructed
by Mayor Caldwell to make such arrests
AT the close of the performances upon
proper proceedings. The officer being sus-
tanned by three police commissioners. the
league carried the case to the Governor,
who appoints police commissioners for Gin
nf the officer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09

The report comes from Pennsylvania
that ex-Postmaster-general Wanamaker
Is laying the wires to succeed Don Cam
eron as United States Senator, and that
he and Governor Hastings are working
together to relegate both Cameron and
Quay to the rear. Governor Hastings is
said to be an a%spirant for the presiden-
tial nomination. If Mr.. Wanamaker sets
out to get Cameron's place the latter
will have an opponent such as he has
never met in the past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09

Fair-minded people hold those men in
contempt who use a public platform to
declare that the President Is a drunkard.
as did a sensational preacher in Massa-
chusetts last week. Mr.. Cleveland is not
a drunkard. He no oub uses intoxi-
eating beverages, and has for years; but
he has never neglected his duties be-
aus Of his alleged convivial habits.
and he has never appeared in public
other than a sober a All the facts
fri connection with Mr.. Cleveland's1 life
were known when he was first elected.
and after the people made him Presi-
dent the Republican press never de-
meaned itself by printing the gossip
furnished by disappointed members Of
his own party. He is now the Presi-
Aant Of the United States. and as such