The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-07
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT.
EVENTS OF INTEREST IN MANT
 PARTS OF THE STATE.

Young Woman's Matrim pnial Agency
 Adventure and the Result-State Factory
 Inspector's Report-A Minionalre's S ait
 -on,y Flash Light-other News of
 Interest,
 Hartford, Dec, 6.--Caroline Ade, young woman about twenty years of age, caused the arrest of Fred W, Hofke to-day. The process ding arises out of one of the matrimonial advertising agency schemes, as result of which theyouns woman feels herself aggrieved Some time since there appeared in a New York newspaper an advertisement of the stereotyped character. It stated that young man, thirty years of age, good looking and having a good posi- tion, was desirous of meeting comedy young woman matrimonially inclined. Miss Ade answered the advertisement and she had S5 In her pocket. Hofke met her at a matrimonial agency and brought her to the home of his mother in this city, where he had room. There she staid eight days, at the end of which time trouble arose and the girl left Hofke had not married her To- day she turned him over ito the police, saying that she had been deceived; that Hofke was not only thirty, but fifty; that he was not good looking, on the contrary. decidedly commonplace, and moreover he is out of job. When arrested Hofke offered to marry Miss Ade, but the latter scornfully refused his offer. Hofke was given an opportu- nifty to raise money to pay her stated sum per week, and being unable to ac- complbsh this he was locked up.
 TT WAS A FLASH LIGHT. Hartford. Dec, 6-The fire department was called out late this afternoon in response to an alarm announcing an alleged fire in the Asylum street saloon of Sigmund Bondy. After the firemen had reached the scene 1t transpired that photographer had been taking | flash light picture in the saloon and passerby had ssen the flash and turned ! in an alarm. A great crowd gathered | anu liltr SdIOJIl uIu d luSilltl5 buSlItRef9s | STAMFORD MTLLIONAlREFS TROUBLE.
 Bridgeport, Dec 6.--Counsel for Tim othy F. Porter. the Stamford million aire, appeared before Judge Elmer of the superior court this morning and asked to have the famous Porter-Ritch case erased from the docket. The suit was instituted by MT Porter against his relatives, who, he claimed, unlaw- fully imprisoned him and restrained him from re-marrying and also depriv ed him of a large portion of his prop erty. In the allegations he declares i that he suffered to the extent of $250, l 000
 | To the surprise of the other side Judge DeForest, acting for MT. Porter, today asked the court to strike out the case he had himself instituted. He claimed the court had no Jurisdiction because in the papers no specific amount of damages is claimed. Attor- ney Goodwin Stoddard for the other side argued that the amount of dam lages suffered as stated in the allega- tions was really a claim for that amount. He said his clients wanted trial and a vindication, Judge Elmer so ruled, and set Wednesday of next week for the trial of the long delayed case on its merits. Judge DeForests attempt to kill the case looks as If he did not expect ito win.
 FACTORY INSPECTORS REPORT.
 Hartford, Dec. 6.--The annual report of George l.. Mclean, state inspector | of factories, was made to Governor Golf l fin to-day. The report shows 1,091 fac 1 tories inspected during the year, em ploying 93,647 persons. Six factories were found in good condition, and cha nges were ordered in 4S1. Twenty | five factories were found with nsuffi- | cient means of egress The sanitary conditions were bad in, seventy-nine fac- 1 tory buildings and seventy required l better ventilation Nearly 600 orders were issued for the protection ofappa- ratus to prevent accidents to employees.
 Mir Mclean calls attention to the diff | culty experienced in obtaining knowl- l edge of accidents in factories. There is
 no law to compel owners or managers | nf afp vi ta art te