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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27

proceeding on strictly western basis To begin at tho beginning and mako the whole case as clear as noon day, we were compelled to establish a private graveyard in connection with THE KICKER Our sec ond issue was hardly oil the press when caloric gentleman smiling along under the sobriquct of Montana Bill entered the of fee and began popping away at us with a gun. To this day we have no idea of the impulse that moved him. He might have taken offense at some item in the paper, or he might have suddenly decided that We were too good for this wicked world. We were taken by surprise and made no move until he had shot tho hands of the clock behind us, put two bullets Into tho stuffed owl on the shelf and split our left ear. Then We rallied and gently killed him with a bullet from an old revolver which we supposed to be unloaded.
 That was the foundation of our private graveyard, which for several months was only a sand lot without fence or ornament. Later on we had to remove Texas Jim and Arizona Joo and as the years passed away ahs mounds kept increasing until ia
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his bed, and n search proved that his money and watch were taken. You, there fore, proceeded on the theory that robbery was the mottve."
 Yes, mum, I am sure that robbery was the sole and only''-
 Silence, sir! You are but novice in this work and should hang on to your mouthi Did you dolve into the past life of the victimf'
 "Of course noti Had you done SO you would have discovered that 2a years ago he fell in love with his mothers cook and became engaged. The family opposed tho match, and he gave the girl tho cold throw over. Conscience could not be quieted, however. He married his typewriter. be- came rich, was elected to the legislature and was apparently content and happy. l say apparently, for his conscience ever ac- cused him. On the night of the supposed murder what happenedt"
 He was murdered, mum" .'Oh, he was! You had better go and saw woodl On that night the cook was in his garden. You could have found her tracks there. She threw dirt against his window. You will still find some sticking to the glass, When he opened 1t, she ac- cused him of heartlessnsSs in breaking his VOWS and of making her life dreary des- ert. She left him for the river. Conscience drove him to desperation. He dropped his watch in the soap grease barrel, throw his wallet into the open fire and then touk a Turkish dagger from the wall, stretched himself on the bed and deliberately plunged the weapon into his body behind the left shoulder and died with the name of Mary Ann on his lips" But, mum, you see''- Yes, sec it all. Imbecile, go look for the tracks and the dirt. On a Gooseberry bush you will find bit of Mary Ann's calico dress. On 0 bench Tn the summer house there still remain seven of tho scalding tears she shed that night. She flung herself Into the river from wharf No. 6, and ut tho present moment her body Is floating in tho Atlantic ocean exactly sl5H miles southeast of Sandy Hook"
 Then it was a case of suicide, mum!" | asked the veteran detective as he rose to go.
 "Certainly-a double suicide I could have told you SO six weeks ago had you como to me That is all, and you may now tako a skato am working on the great Cobble tragedy, wherc MT. Cobble is sup posed to have killed his wife and seven 1 children and then committed suicide. In two hours I shall satisfy the public that they were smothared by escaping gas or died of heart disease. No thanks-come l again-good morningt'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
"1cAxr RrAn ror NO Mnrr

board. Don't read any moro until laugh. By Georgel hut-hai ha! ha! You have struck it this time-struck it riohi Ho! ho! ho!''
 Sergeant, said MT Dundcr as he stepped hack in surprise. ''vhas you laugh ing'"
 "of course I am! bave1t been so tic kled over joke in five years-ha! ha, hal"
 But doan' read you sumo shokesl All dose vhas sadt und pathetic. invent dose things to make you weep"
 ''Weepi Why. you tickle me almost to death! Read me some more, Mir. Dundcr. I've been feeling dumry for a month or two, and a good laugh will do mo good. Select something even moro sad-some- thing with sobS in 1t. ''
 ''Vhell, by Sheorgcl-but I doan' sec how she vhaS." gaspci Mfr Dunder as he looked from his manuscript to tho sergeant and back. When I read you some shokcs. you weep; when I read you some pathos, you laugh. Howelfer, vhill read somo murH Listen:
 '' When vhaS a grcenhack like n singer! When it vhas u tenner.'
 "'Vhen vhaS a COW like drunkard sent to state prisons When she yhas de- horned
 "'Vhen vhas cornfeld like Charlie Mitchell' When it gets it in der ear
 You will please excuse me, sergeant, said Mir. Dunder as he pocketed his manu script with one hand and wiped his eyes with the other but can't read you no more. It vhas tuo affecting. It vhas oafer 20 y'ars before I feel like dis. Vhas you laughings'
 "Yes. I can't help it-hai ha! hal Why didn't you tell mo before that you had jokes in your comic almanacr'
 But I didi I come down hero more ash seex times und read you some shokes." 'I-I don't remember-hai hal hal We'll, of all the good things I've heard and read in the last ten years these take tho cakel Were Mrs Dunder and Jake tickled over themf''
 "Teekledi Sergeant, doan' understand how sho vhas. Didn't I tell you dot Shake und her oldt womans vhas all swelled cop und most deadt init grieft'' But what about-ha, ha, ha!' Why, aboudt dose sadt pieces 1 read you. You know dot ole man on Milk street who sharpens kniye0S Vhell, I goes by his place und reads dot pathos to him, und for a4 hours he doan' shtop weeping" Don't eh-ha. ha. hal If you have any more good things, don't keep 'em back. We'll, well. but who'd have thought you were so funnyr'
 Sergeant" said Mir. Dundor after a long look over the desk. "maype vhas ell mistooken. When l inwents a shoke, maype she vhas no shoke at all, but some thing dot makes you feel badtf" II think so"
 "Und when I inwents a piece to weep oafer dot vhas a shoke to make you laugh, ! shl'' That's it-ha, ha, hat' 'AVhell, doan' belief herl You vhaS no frendt of Ininei When I weep, you 1 laugh, und when yhas teekled almost to | death you yhas almost crying. It vhas shsalousy. Eaferpody vhas asking who | aus Carl Dunder vhas. urd dot makes you mad6 Sergeantr'
 "Yes-ha, ha, hal wish you had time | Co read some more of those iokesP' "Sereeant go by some grass, und doan' l you forget heri If my whole family dies ! und doa almanac husts oop, doan' come
 and sec you no moro. Hal Good dayl Ha,
 hai I sol Ha. ha. hal I vhas goner"
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He wnH SenxItaye.

An excited individual climbed three flights of stairs in great leaps and yelled: Where's the cditory'
 Nobody owned to the distinction.
 Show me the editorI" he demanded, shaking a paper In his hand at arms length.
 He's in there"' piped an indiscreet of flee boy. who had been hired to answ CT the telephone.
 The man with 6 grievance bolted into the room designated without knocking. He showed the paper under the editors nose, and pointing to a marked portion exclaimed:
 Read thatv'
 The editor read, Mrs. R.
 That's my wife, interrupted the an gry visitor
 Mrs. R." continued the editor, "gave a violet luncheon to her friends yesterday.
 What's the matter with that'" asked the editor.
 Whats the matterI Look at thatr' and he indicated tho word.
 The editor. with sinking heart, read violent luncheon" Apologies were not enough. Tho man could only be assuagcd by Q present of 0 yearly subscription, which included the weekly supplement- Indianapolis News.
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the pclioa. and Elattery was brought down. As he came out with eight policemen and the mayor there was howl from the mob. but the other military. charging bayonets. pushed 1t back in all directions
 Slattery was placed in the center of the military, and. headed by detachment of mounted police and with foot police on the sides, the four companies of infantry, amid misses and jeers, marched to the Pulaski House followed by hundreds
 SlAttery was so buried in the midst of the military that the mob could not sec him. Word had got among them that any assault would be promptly met with bull lets
 At the hotel a mob of 800 or 500 had gathered. The military made solid mass in front of the entrance, presented bayo- nets. and Slattcry walked in uninjurcd. /
 A large detachment of police was left at the hotel to guard him over night. Every door to the hotel was locked and guarded. At Masonic hall the other seven companies remained as guard for Mrs Slattery and to prevent further damage to property. Finding that Slattory had gone, the mob largely dwindled away. Mrs Slattery was placed in a carriage later in the night, and with Q strong force of police was brought to the hotel. The military was on duty all night.
 Mrs SlatteIy is bookcd for lecture to women this afternoon and Slattery for q lecture for men today. Threats are made that they will be driven from the city. Prominent Catholics and the priests are using their influence to quell the riotous clement and induce them to pay no atten- tton to Slattery's attacks on Catholicism. There is great fear that today may bring further trouble of an even more serious character.
 Several policemen were so injured that they had to be sent home. Several of the military were wounded by being struck by rocks. Slattery's manager was knocked senseless with n sandbag.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27

IT Is again suggested that United States cruisers steam across the ocean in company with liner in order to prove the speed of the naval vessels. It is suggestion that ought to be adopted. The government has been taking all it's vessels upon the SD sed indicated by a run over a smooth course. The actual speed of the vessels should be discovered. and in future every trial trip for the determination of speed should be from one side of the ocean 10 the other.
 THE news from the extreme south, ss far as the weather is concerned, does not indicate any abatement of the cold spell. Texas appears to have had its share of frigidity- Although one of the most south erly of the states. snow has repeatedly fallen and snow and ice have existed on territory to which both have hitherto. as far as the records show. been an entire stranger. It is & remarkable condition of things. for which not even science has been able to give satisfactory ex- planstion. True. theories in abundance 6 have been declared. but not one of sufa. clent clearness to be convincing. In other parts of the south the temperature still continues abnormally low, while in the far northwest the winter at present Is about normal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
.WARSHlP LOST.
Mexican Man-of-wAr La Llbertad Believed
 tO Have Been Lost With All Hands.

Mexican Man-of-war La Llbertad Believed
 tO Have Been Lost With All Hands.
 NEW ORLEANS. Feh 27. Tho Mexican consul, Senor Manquel Zamora, received a dispatch from tho marine department of the Mexican government stating that the Mexican man-of-war La Libertad sailed from Vera Cruz on Feb. for New Orle- ans, where she was to be docked, repaired and painted. She is now more than ten days overdue, and there is but little room to doubt that the steamer foundered in the gulf during the heavy mortimer which pre- vailed in the gulf of Mexico from the 10th to the 10th.
 In shipping circles the reported loss of La Iibertad is generally accepted as a fore gone conclusion, and Ssnor Zamora re- luctantly takes this view of the matter Her crew consisted of 50 officers and men, and 1t is feared thcy lsave all been lost
 The vessel was under the command of Scnor F. H. Saliva, and the officers were As follows: First engineer. Jose Benedos: second engineer. Theofilo Remessi; pay master, Pedro Rondcro; first officer, En- rique Bettram: second officer, Pedro R. Fuentea
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 selves to be the first on the fold in this revolution, Therefore. think the first show has been made from near Matanzas.
 ''I received a letter on Sunday from one of the prominent generals saying that his next letter would be from the field. The people generally arc well armed believe that the Spaniards will not attack our forces but will try conciliatory measures, I believe that they will hasten General Martinez -Campos from Spain. It was he who made the former treaty. and his gen eroSity made him popular with our peo- pie but do not think that he will be sue oeSsful in consolidating Cubans now.
 This is very serious revolution. The plans are we'll laid. The difference be- tween the former and this revolution Is that now we have chiefs and soldiers. and even if we arO not thoroughly equipped in arms we know how to take them from the enemy We can raise a drilled army from the start. The policy of Marti has been such as to perfectly organize the clubs and colonies throughout the exterior, so that the most harmonious and efficient work can be done In accord with those in actual battle
 II received a telegram Monday from New York saying that 8 mass meeting was held there on Sunday, and that 1t was enthusiastic. and large contributions were made | telegram was received from Key West on Tuesday afternoon inquiring about the outbreak. and have wired them that the uprising is fact
 Tampa will be very important news depot Tho Cuhans here are having a big celebration in West Tampa One hundred revolvers were fired at o'clock. The ohildran join in making the air resound with shouts of enthusiasm The cigar makers are to donate two days work to the cause this week. The Spanish torpedo boats Neuva and PAna went from here to San Domingo to watch the movements of Marti and Gomez
 Excitement runs high hara
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But No One Is More Surprised Than Carts and He Goes on With His Feelings Hurt--Never Again wm He Visit the Sergeant.
 [Copyright. 1895, by Charles B. Lewis.l
 The fat police sergeant was chasing an oyergrown cockroach cut of the top draw CT of his desk and whacking at it with a wooden ruler as the insect skated and dodged about, when a long drawn sigh caused him to look up. Some ono had the desk. It was Mir. Dunder. Tho ser geant looked at him for few seconds to make sure and then said:
 "ohi It's you, is its"
 Yes, sergeant" sighed Mir. Dunder, ''her vhas me. vhas on my way to sec dot undertaker, und call in to see you. Oxcuse my tears, but l vhas a sorrowful man-werry sorrowfulP'
 What's the matters' asked the officer as he made blow at the coch roach and broke the insects left leg.
 You know dot go oudt of der saloon peesness und invent a comic almanac. She vhas & comic und a sade almanac. Sometimes dose shokes make me laugh till falls down, und sometimes dose sadt pieces make me-me''-
 1eSs sSS 1ou HdN6 lnNSBIeQ sOIlc- thing very sorrowful, Mir. Dunder, and arc deeply affected. Sit down and get a brace for your feet and choke back your emotions"
 Mir. Dunder sat down and wiped the tears from his eyes and sighed and easped, and after q couple of minutes, during which the officer clipped the roach over the left ear and upset the ink bottle ut the same time, he got up and said:
 Sergeant, I vhas afraidt dot Mrs. Dun dor vhas a deadt womans before night, und my son Shake vhas no better ash a oOrpser'
 "Is that possible! What can have hap. penedr'
 II invent some sadt pieces und read 'em to Shake und der ol1t womans, und dey weep und sob und vhas almost gone cop. Listen to mo while read:
 "'Vhen vhas O rooster not a rooster' When she vhas n growing
 "'Vhen vhas q person like a window When he vhas full of collie
 Why doan' Gains hrudder shtrike him hacks Because he vhasn't Ahel.'"
 Hold on, Mir. Dundcr!' interrupted the sergeant us the cockroaeh made jump to the floor and got away under the base
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
LIoHT AND AIRY.
Down. Down. Downi

Down. Down, Downi ITennyson revised to suit the weather.l Down. down, downi
 To the small round bulb, you see, And would that my tongue could utter Tho thoughts thzt nriso in me. Oh. well for tho man at the desk That he sits by the steam pipes warm! Oh, well for the girl with the furs That she feels not the force of the storm And the frigid cars pass on To the barns from which they run. But, oh. for the touch of summer breeze And the warmth of the summer suDl Down, down, downI
 To the foot of the bulb, you sec. But the ear that froze in the last cold wave Is very annoying to me.
 -Tyhicae e,n p.a4
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Alarm
LOCATION OF BoxEs

LOCATION OF BOXES. The following are the Fire Alarm slwnal, 4nder the new system: I-8 Rogers Bro.s
 Is Cor East Main and Ninxsra ssrssea i-s Cor East Main and Woleos rosd. Is Cor High and walnut streeks I-e CT last Main and Aexry sexesea. i-G Cor East Main and oele ssre~ss. Fl Cor Noxth Em and Kinxsoury ser~ees. 9-s Cor EoTth I'm. North Main and 6ruv.
 streets.
 34 Waterbury Mannfaeturaax sonpanxs 9-s Cor North Main and North sereses- T. Cor Buckingham and Cooke serpsss. 9-7 Cor Grsve and Prospect strsses. as Cor Hillside sv~ane and Pine strses ss Cor Joi.nson and Waservills st-sses I-s Ths Piatt B~ss & Ons '' Sss*st1l. t4~e. company novsnss Exchange plAse.
 s-s Or West Main and willow ssr~Ses. st Cor West Main and watereown road s-s Horse Gar RAilroad ssahles a& ss Waterbury Brass company s-s Cor Cedar and Meadow serSees s-s Or Grand snd Field ssreees. '-i-a C1r Bank and Meadow ssreses -t-s Randolph 0owess '-i-s Plume | A.wood MaaufAssarssE sSn
 pany." sal No Hose House <4s Holmes Bcg<h 4 Haydens.s >a-t Cor hsries and Porter strssssL 2 a-S Cor SimonR street and wszARneesn nvs ( Cor South Main and 0ranA streesa- t-a Cor South Main and Gay sresas- s-s Waterbury Watch eenpany.s ta Benedict 4 Burnham MaAahsnnraaT
 eomrany!s =@ s-s waterhurs Buekls sompAaxs = Cor South Main and Wannane13a - secvili Manufaseurfng sonpaAy s-s Ger Franklin and unioa mresaa Gs Waterbury Ooek Go. tease Mrsrry s-s Cor Cay and Min sfreees ss Cor Idherty and Ravpr r<r~~aa s-F No. noee House. g-e Cor naAAwan nd Rsnn@ n4rsseN
 cas nr4AzNan1 MAwfFi ssreees s-a Cse nnsal3z1s snss aaA DAa1M emse Prsve&
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She Snake Her Piece.

Hattie F., t years old. is thought to give promise of elocutionary talent When Auntie May came to visit the family, therefore, and offered to give the little girl some lessons the offer was gladly ac- oepted.
 Hattie's preference for lofty sentiment prompted the first selection. It began: "Soe the eagle! How he soarsl' After 8 few rehearsals she was ready for a recita- ton before the assembled family. And there was great applause when she ex- claimed:
 See the eaglei How sore he isr'- Ynuthts Communion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
THE ARIZONA KICKER.

How GiIa Sam Joined the Other Ten In
 the r. c.
 No. il."-It is with moistened eyes and swelling heart that we sit down to write of the tragic event of Monday last. We realize that 1t is not considered good form In the east for an editors eyes to moisten or his heart to swell, but we are
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
F1L1BUsrER1NG PARTIES READY.
Martial Law Has Been Declared Through out the Island. and Spanish Gunboats Are Patrolling the HarbOrs Leader Jose Martrs Plans.

MartFs Plans
 TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 27.-Fernandina Figueredo has received tho following tele- gram from Gonzales Quesada, the secre- tary of the Cuban Revolutionary club, dated at New York:
 Revolution broke out on Sunday. Ths whole island is in arms"
 Your correspondent called on Mir. Fig ueredo in West Tampa and found the whole populace wild with excitement. Mir. Figueredo was colonel in the former rev. olution and a prominent agitator in the revolutionary party. His statement was as fellows:
 Jose Marti, leader of the party. left New York on Jan. 2s for San Domingo to meet General Gomez, Dominican general and one of the old leaders in Cuba. The people needed him there to take initiatory steps.
 The plan was to land with a small force of leaders. The entire island is perfectly awake 10 the situation, the result of the jealous work of Marti for tho past four years During the last revolution the Ha- vana and Vuelta Abijo provinces did not participate, hut they have found them
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My hand isn't as good as yours" oh- served the wayfarer. who. although he was being footed. never for a moment ceased to try to Do funny.
 "Vary we'll. " rejOined the robber, enter ing at once into the spirit of the remark, "I will order 1t up. ."-Detroit Tribune
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Cohen Recaptured.

NEWARK, N. J., Feb. e7.-H. Louis Cohen, tho New York rOal estate broker who is wanted in New York for allegoG
 swindling and bail jumping, was arrested in this city. The warrant upon which Cohen was arrested was issued last Sop
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
SHE IS ALWAYS RIGHT.

AnA osala nAys Told Him che Trush six
 Weeks Age
 Let him enterl'' . It was Mira Dr. Sherlock Holmes who received Old Sleuth in her laboratory, where she was closely examining the hris. tiea of . spotted hog under . powerful mi- orusoore Co sec wherein they differed from the hAira of hlnck COW.
 .Yea have come to tell me that you
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
ssa.u~ of General Grant.

WASHINGTON. Feh 97.-Another statue will soon be added to tho group now in StAtuary hall st the capitol. It is that of General C. .. Grant and will represent him as he appeared ct the close of the war In his drcsa as general of the army.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27

TRENTON. Feb. 27.-Mrs- Charlotte Au. guSta Drayton, whose husband, JAms Coleman Drayton. Is suing her in the courts of this state for divorce on the ground of adultery. through her counsel today filed 8 counter petition asking for a divorce on the ground of desertton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27

have failed in tho great Adamantine mur- der case," she said as the detective sat down on the edge of e chair and gasped for breath.
 "Yes, mum.''
 And you want my heipf YSl have so muddled the caso that I am disgusted with the whole matter, but as feel sorry for your wife and children I will help you out Mir. Adamantine was murdered in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
On Different ErrandA

''Going to a fashionable dentists. ehs'' "Yes. to get my tooth pulled. Where are you goingr
 Going to a fashionable physleian's to get my leg pulled. life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
Kllled His ss..er by AeoIdent.

EDESToN, N. C., Fsb. s7.-At KnOst's Island. \. C.. the l7-year-old daughter of Knolly Waterford was accidentally shot by her younger brother, a lad about 10 years of age who was oaraleasly handling his fathers gun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
rouna Nuraered on the rrack,

LONDON. Ont. Feb s7.-The terribly mangled body of Robert Huson. an om- ployee at the military barracks here was found on the c. P. R. tracks Foul play fn xusnpcfed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
Ginntn Go anuth.

NEW YORK, Feb, e7.-Thc members of the New York Baseball club, who wcre to make the trip south by water. got of on the Savannah line steamer Tallahassee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
Injured In a Trolley Car Collision.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 27-A Fifteenth Street line trolley car collidod with Vanderbilt avenue car at the corner of Ninth avenue and Twentieth street. Both caRs wore filled with passengers. many of whom wero women. and were going at a high speed. The motorman of the Vanderbilt avenue car, who was a green hand, jump cd in time to save his life. for his car was badly wrecked. All the passengers were severely shaken up. and several received serious injuries.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27

U-Ho Cough cure ls c eaRa that cures. Fifty cent bottles sold for 25c for . short time only. at the U-No Tonic Co.'S Water. bury ofaoe, SI South Main street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-27
ReaIt,ence Destroyed by Fire.

ORANGE, \. |, Feh. 27.-MrS John H. Meeker's handsome residence. situated about a quarter Of a mile from tho Ridge wood road, was completely destroyed by fre