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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
A HORSE STORY.

Speaking of animals cultivating a taste for alcohol,' said gentleman at the St Cl.-.Sies several days ago. Ere minds me of the fact thatI have known q few confirmed drunkards among the lower orders of life. I have frequently seen Robin Redbreast under the in fuence. Cherries are resofted to by the robin that is anxious to go on a jam boree, and I have seen these pretty songsters so full that they could not sit on limb without swaXing,s and oc- casionally 1 have seen them fall to the ground while in thsScondition
 ''But l had in mind story told by friend of mine, who has spent all his life i'll the section of Tennessee where great amount of whiskey is distilled. He is an honorable fellow and I am sure he would not tell a story about matter in question: He had certain horse that he was very fond of, and he was wild, reckless sort of an animal, but had nothing particularly harmful to his credit. There was a branch running through the place where my friend lived, and it started on the place adjoining where there was q distillery. The pasture on my friends place, where his horses romped and grazed, was. separated from the distillery site by fence. Just below the fence was small lagoon, that broke out from the side of the branch. The water was still, but clear and clean. My friend noticed that his favorite horse always drank out of this pool. For a while he could not understand it.
 'The frequency with which the horse went to the place aroused his suspicion. Remembering that the distillery was just over the fence from the pool, he diyined the reason of it all. and upon investigation he found that, at certain times every day, before the processes of evaporation got in their work. there was heavy whiskey odor,E and, in fact, considerable percentage of whiskey in the pool. The horse had learned to like the fiavorf and the effect of the drink, and hence he made his regular pilgrimages to the place. New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
ITS DAY OFF.

While the traction engine of J. L.. Porter was being taken to the creek Thursday for supply of water, in readiness to thrash wheat for J. c. Bid- dle that afternoon. the engineer lost control of the machine on a steep hill and it dashed into the corner of the mill, tearing away the corner of the office attached to the mill. Not being satisfied with that damage, it reversed it's course and ran across the road, plunged into the bank, tearing off the cab and the entire machinery of the engine and doing considerable damage to the owner. Mir Riddle had just cut his wheat Wednesday, and it being thoroughly ripened he intended to thrash it Thursday, take grist to mill, have it transformed into flour and have 1t transformed into four wheat cut the day before, but the plans were thwarted by the unfortun- ate occurrence mentioned above.-- Knoxville Journal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
HEARD IN PASSING


 Little Newfoundland has turned up a cabinet crisis as a bid for adyertis- ing.
 The automobileless man is in no danger of being scalded by one, as a college professor was the other day.
 Ithaca. N Y., has a frog pest, brought by heavy rains. If they'll let 'em alone they'll probably soon jump away.
 There will be considerable smut in that $340, 100000 soft coal trust, which figures on controlling the entire east ern output.
 some more fool talk about Me and God" and it has been published, not withstanding his orders against report ing any of his speeches.
 The Montana train robbers found it as easy to get away from the sheriff's posse as it was to hold up the Great Northern express.
 The attendance of the Pan-American exposition thus far exceeds 26O00 a day, and is almost exactly double the average attendance at Philadelphia in 1867. Of course it is far below the average which will be recorded at the close of the exposition, for ''the crowd'' will not go to Buffalo until autumn. The average daily attendance at Chica- go i'm 1898 was 153, ,112, and it is thought possible to bring the final Buf- falo average up to half that figure Hartford Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12

Referring to the presidents record for pardoning bank officials who have gone wrong and been imprisoned a New York paper says: The poor devil who steals a few dollars finds that the ma chinery of the law works in his case with marvellous rapidity. But the bank looters who have ruined financially thousands of depositors need not Wor- " themselves, as no prison doors open to receive them. Even if they should find themselves dressed in a conyicts garb they have every chance of being pardoned by a president who has shown himself extremely lenient to- ward this class of criminals. During the four years and half that William Mckinley has filled the office of presl- dent of the United States, forty-five bank wreckers. or one-tenth of the whole number sent to prison. have been pardoned by him. This is a rec ord such as no other president has made. It shows the ingrained respect the present occupant of the white house has for the possessors of wealth. The cartoonists always represent the Warwick of his administration as dressed in suit of clothes covered all over with the dollar mark. Mir Bryan, referring recently to this same War wick, said: '.He thinks in his pocket book and speaks with his money" With such q man for his chief counsel Tor it is not surprising that William Mckinley has displayed remarkable leniency to the worst class of criminals known to the law.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
A NOISY WRECK.

"Did you ever hear freight wreck?y P said a railroad man the other even ing. You mean did ever see one, do you not?" No; said hear one, and your not understanding the question shows that you never have been within earshot of collision between two trains of boxcars I was at little sta- tion on the Iron Mountain a few years ago, when a long file of empty cars rushed past, rounded into a deep cut and must have been half q mile away when We heard frantic whistle from the engine, answered by another in a different key, and then there followed a series of explosions as if fifteen or twenty dynamite cartridges had been set off in succession. We knew that something horrible had happened. manned a handcar and started for the scene. We found the freights tele- scOped, several dead trafnmen and as fierce looking 6 wreck as ever hap pened. What caused the explosions. you ask? 4 man on one of the cabooses fold me that as the engine on the down lfaln struck the first empty boxcar it pleW up Ike an empty candy bag popped by boy, and then each sue ceeding car went off with the poplpopi pop! we had heard away back at the station. The principal of the thing was the same; the air in the cars was con- pressed to the bursting point. Yes a hollow train is like hollow head: it makes more noise than full one Not always, however, for another wreck heard was hard to beat as a noise-pro- ducer. l was waiting for the Chicago limited on the Chicago and Alton road at Upper Alton station. Just beyond the depot Is the huge plant of the larg- est bottle producers in the world. Some one had left switch open. and the limited dashed into the glassworks switch and passed clear through six box cars loaded to the roofs with pre- scription bottles. A servant girl dropping q tray of new china can give you only faint idea of the resulting smash. New Orleans Times Demo crat.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
OVER $2,ooo,ooo TO LAWYERS.

After six and a half years of litiga- tion the executors of the Fair estate have filed a final account and asked the court to distribute the estate to ''the persons entitled to the same. v They will demand that the personal property be distributed to themselves as trustee. The heirs, however, will claim the entire property on the ground that the trust, which has been de- clared invalid sato the realty is also invalid as to the personal property As there is about $6,000,000 worth of personality it is well worth fighting for, and the executors, having lost the realty, will fight hard for it.
 There will probably be no prolonged fight over the distribution of fees. Part of this matter is settled by law. The executors are allowed by law one per cent of the estate and one per cent of the cash handled by them. They have petitioned for an additional one half of one per cent, which the law permits to be granted for .extra ordi- nary services. The executors will probably receive $100000 each, or $3O0,000 in all. -The attorneys for the executors expect to receive $300,000. The attorneys for the two daughters of Senator Fair hold a contract for 10 per cent of what they recover it is estimated that this will be about $1,200,O00. Of this Lloyd & Wood, and Garber, Bishop & Wheeler each assigned 1 per cent to Wilson x Will son. Knight x Haggarty, the at torneys for Charles L. Fair, are said to hold a contract for 6 per cent of what they recovered. This would make a fee for them of $360,0 900. James H. Budd is said to hold con tract with Charles L. Fair for $100, GOO as his fee. The attorneys for the executors will also be paid large fees.
 This makes total of about two and one-quarter millions to be paid out for lawyers fees in litigation over the trust will of James G. Fair. The es- tate is a rich one, but it could not stand much more of that kind of liti- gatieD No wonder that lawyers are in favor of dead-hand trusts. Such wills have made many of them rich. In fact, most of the legal fortunes in California have been built up out of dead mems money. One of the attOr- neys in the Fair case announced when litigation began that he was going to break into the case if he had to do it with q crowbar. There is one lawyer. in San Francisco who makes it his business to hunt up the distant rela-> tives Of rich bachelors dying here with -brevet wives; and when wealthy for. seigners die here, forgetting their Eu- ropean cousins and aunts, he packs his bag and starts for Europe, a new .Japhet, in search of an heir.-San Fran cisco Argonaut.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
SOME CENSUS FIGURES.

Bulletins just received from the Gen. sus bureau contain some figures for Connecticut. In the state. last year. Di- rector Merriam's enumerators found S92.- 424 white folks (655,O2S native-born),
 15.226 negroes. 599 Chinese, IS Japan csc. 153 Indians taxed, no Indians not taxed. Of the native born citizens ESQ., T56 were of the voting sex and 339, ,454 of the other sex; the figures for the for eign-born citizens are 123, ,53S and 114.- 672. The number of males of voting age was POT, ,696; of militia age, POT, ,696. The number of children of school age was 257. .1O1-127, ,962 boys, 129, ,139 girls. The enumerators found 1O,154 of these boys and 1O,126 of these girls in Hartford Hartford Courant.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12

A well known writer now touring through the old countries pays the fol- lowing tribute to the late Hon William E. Gladstone: One element only in England works against the Tory reac. ton, and that is the memory and the example of. Gladstone. i, It is true that England has turned her back upon him and all he did. and that xshe abuses him i'll nearly every organ of her opin- ion. But he cannot be forgotten or ig- nored. The one English statesman who put justice before British inter ests, who wrecked his career.in an ef. fort to secure fair play for Ireland, cue wars in which the passion of the people were enlisted, and who counted it d triumph to drag the hand of the Turk from the throat of the Christian, cannot be forgotten. Conscience will re- call him when pride and even memory refuses. This generation 'has no use for him. but the remnant cherish his memory, and they will succeed in get ting justice done him. He was Gods first gift of his country in the world of politics, and no such gift can go for nothing. To us there came gfander gift ill Washington, and he, too, will count for much more in the shaping of American character and policy than he has done as yet. The patriotic sagaci- ty and foresight of his farewell ad- dress are as distasteful to our imperial ists as are the bold utterances of the Declaration. 1t also has it's work to do as the political testiment'' of the great first president and liberator of his country. He was intensely an Ameri- can, intensely a lover of republican freedom, intensely opposed to the pol icy of aggression upon the rights of other people. He devised for his coun- try no prosperity that was not found- ed on justice, no growth at the expense of our fellow-men. The great men of both histories were no imperialists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
MERIDEN BRANCH.
BRIDGEPORT STEAMBOAT CD.

Popular Long Islana Sound Route. Between New York, Bridgeport and all
 Stations on Naugatuck Division
 of N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R.
 Steamer Rosedale-Leayes Bridge port daily Sunday excepted) at 7:4J a. m. on arrival of train leaving Wa terbury 6:45 a. m. from all stations on Naugatuck division, arriving New York Il a.. m.
 Steamer Allan Joy-Leaves Bridge port daily Saturday excepted 12 o'clock midnight, arriving New York in early morning, giving passengers ample time to connect with trains for the west and south. Passengers can remain aboard boat until 9 a. m.
 RETURNING FROM NEW YORK.
 Steamer Allan Joy-Leaves from Pier 31 (new) East river daily (Sun- day excepte6 at Il a. m., arriving Bridgeport 3 D. m., connecting with afternoon trains for the east and sta- tions on Naugatuck division.
 Steamer Rosedale-Leaves from Pier 31 (new) East River daily (Sun- day excepted) at 3 D. m.. and from foot East 31st street, 3: 15 p. m., con meeting with TAO D. m. train for all stations on Naugatuck division. Sat urdays this steamer leaves New York one hour earlier from both landings.
 Special excursion rates, every Tues day and Friday via steamer Rosedale, round trip 5Oc, other days regular rates.
 SUNDAY SERVICE.
 Commencing Sunday, June g, steamer Rosedale leaves Bridgeport at a. m., on arrival of Sunday morn inc train from all stations on Nauga- tuck division. for New York and 'Coney Island; returning leaves New York at D. m., arriving at Bridgeport 9 D. m.
 Tickets sold and baggage checked to all stations on N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R. Baggage transferred to and from railroad depot free.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
No il EAST MAIN ST.

WATERBURT EIRM ALAKM.
 4-.Cor South Main ana orand sts.
 5--Scovill Manufacturing Co. (P).
 6--Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7--Exchange Place.
 12--Rogers & Bro. (P).
 13 Cor East Main and Niagara stA 14--Cor East Main and Wolcott I'd. I5--Cor High and Walnut sts. Fi6- 6--Cor East Main and Cherry sts. 17--Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-.Cor North Elm and kingsbury sts 23-- Burton Street engine house. 24--Vaterbury Manufacturing Go. (P) 25--Cor North Main and North sts. 26- Cor buckingham and Cooke sts- 2S--Cor Hillside avenue and Pine st. oe-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow Sts. a1-Cor Bank and Grand sts. Ro-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. a4--Cor West Main and Watertown I'd e5--Conn. Light'g & Pow. Co. car
 house, (P).
 waterbury Brass Co. (P). 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. S8-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sta. 43-New England Watch Go. (P). z5-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Co. (P) Waterbury Buckle Go. (P). 47-COr 5. Mdlu duU iWdSQllIOD 5tA 51-Cor Baldwin and River sts. K2-Cor Franklin and union sts. E3-Wat'by Clock Go, caSe ract'y (Pl. 64-Cor Clay and Mill sts. 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 6T-No Hose House.
 ha-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin st. 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. T3-North Willow street. 74-Cor Johnson ana Waterville sts, 1e2-Cor East Main and Welton sts. o12-The Platt Bros 6 Go. (P). Buckle Co. (P). 214-Wat'by Clock Go, mvt fact'y (P). 01G-Cor North Main and Grove sts. 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. Cooke and N. Main sts. 272-Grove, bet. Central 6 Holmes avs Rl1-S. N. E. Telephone Go bldg. (Pl. R1o-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. 912- Randolph &s Gloves. (p) Q14-Plume and Atwood (P). Ring Go (P). R16-Electric Light Station (P). 212-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (P1. 9o1-No 4 Hose House. BPS Cor Wash'g'n ave and Porter sta 224--Cor Charles and Porter sts. Ro5-Cor Simons st and Wash'g'n ave. 271-City Lumber and CuaI Co (P1. Tracy Bros iP)- 432 Cor Liberty and South Main Sts. 451 Steele & Johnson Mfg Go (Pl 5s2- Cor Baldwin and Rye sta.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
RAILROAD DIRECTORY
HIGHLAND DIVISION.

Trains leave Meadow street station for Boston, Hartford and way stations at TOO and S:3S a. n.; 12:38; 4:05; S:07 D. m-
 Trains arrive at Meadow street sta tion from Boston, Hartford and way stations at S:05; 11:40 a. m.; 1:45; 5:13 and 7:45 D. m.
 Trains leave Meadow street station for New York. Fishkill Landing, Dan. bury and way stations at S:13 a. m., and 1:5O and 5:1S p. m.
 Trains arrive at Meadow street sta tion from New York, Fishlzill Landing, Danbury and way stations at 8:36 q. m. 12:34 and S:04 p. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Meadow street station at S:30; 1o:o5. a. m.; 200; 5:O5; TOO p. m.
 Arrive at Meadow street station at $50; 11:3o a. m.; 4:5O; 6:50; $50 p. m.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
SHE SAW THE MOUSE.

A leading oculist of Montreal, whose practice extends far outside the bound- aries of the city, relates that one day q young woman came into his office ac- companied by an older woman, appar- ently the mother. The young woman wore colored glasses, which one might have assumed to be superfiuous, as it was claimed that the girl was totally blind. What was wanted of the doctor was a certificate authenticating this claim of blindness, putting it beyond dispute and it was frankly stated that the object in seeking this was to obtain certain aids and advantages of a philanthropic nature, impossible of access otherwise The standing of the oculist was such that q statement from him would carry full weight wherever presented. On examination the surface, of the eyes gave no indica- tion of any defect but that might be so and blindness still exist. Apply ing tests of the strongest light, :he girl professed herself to be absolutely unable to distinguish between light and darkness. Other tests were re- sorted to trying in their nature, and some of them very painful, and these were all borne with patience and cour- age. The doctor was puzzled and baf- lied. Apparently the glrl was SloHe blind, but he was unable to solve the problem of those eyes, to discover the cause of that blindness, or say just where the defect lay.
 The doctor was more than half dis posed to grant the required certificate, when, as last expedient, he hit upon q novel experiment.. He dismissed his patient with instructions that she should come against a certain hour the following day, and this gave the oculist time to arrange for the carrying out of his plan When the girl came the next day the doctor had her se- curely blindfolded with heavy band age over her eyes. He then took a tiny mouse which he had secured, and held the lovely little thing by the tail before the girls face. though not touching her, while he ordered the bandage to be removed. No sooner was the bandage off than her screams rang through the place and her eyes were wide with terror at the harmless little rodent that had thrown her SO completely off her guard and exposed the imposture. Of course she saw it or she would not have screamed Needless to say the applicant did not get that certi1icate. Syracuse Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
THEY BOTH REMEMBERED IF,

Forty-one years ago Mayor W. $. Armstrong, of this city, was a school teacher at Russiaville. Wilbur Giles pie was one of his bright mischievous pupils, and for some trivial offense Armstrong gave him a severe fogging Last Saturday Gillespie was fined for intoxication. and as he turned to leave the court room he remarked to Mayor Armstrong: ssYour Honor, have you any qualms of conscience over that awful fogging you gave me many years agoY For a moment the kind hearted mayor was puzzled as he thought of an event almost a half-cen- tury old, and then grasping the pris- oner by the hand, he said: Yes, Will bur; recollect the circumstance, and have never felt just right about the matter, and I now gladly make repa- ration by remitting your fine. In dianapolis News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
The death of Pierre Lorillard. the to

The death of Pierre Lorillard, the to- bacco king, will cut up another big for tune-something like $25,000,O00
 According to the Washington Post, Tommy Lipton has been cruelty hoax ing Mrs c. T. Yerkes, wife of the street railway magnate, and keeping her in her rooms in Londos hotel every evening, by telling her that he was going to bring King Edward to call on her.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-12
The democrats who deserted Bryan

The democrats WhO ueSerteu bTyuH are just little scared, even now, that the Hon William J. will come to the front again and be candidate for presidential honors. They are aching to get back into the ranks, and they know that if Bryan is the candidate they will have to take to the woods again.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-13

Another victim of Dowie tactics has
been added to the list of that infa-
nous sect. At Allen Grove, Wis, a
woman was permitted to die in child.
birth. unattended by anyone except
Dowie. deacon and an elder of the
faith cure sect. Physicians at the in.
quest demonstrated that the woman's
life could have been saved by the sim.
plest surgical attendance and assist
ance, but the husband was of the
DOwieites and was assured that pray
er would carry the patient through
without the assistance of a surgeon
The state refused to make any ar
rests.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-13

The Canadian government will be
called upon to settle the bills for
taking care of the quarantircd Crees,
who are now under the guard Of
Flathead county officials. The partic
ulars of their detention in this county
were communicated to the Indian de-
partment at Washington which in
turn has telegraphed the Canadian
government of which the Crces are
subjects, that the Canadica cove: n.
ment will be held responsible for the
expenses of quarantining the camp
and treating the sick. The matter
will probably lead to ".ierable in
ternational parleying, bur as it is di-
rectly under the supervisor of the
state board of health. the Indians
will be taken care of unit! the disease
is suppressed, and the question of liza.
bility will be settled latcr. However,
Major Smead will be Called upon to
explain his alleged con ,ectirm witt,
the enforced exodus of the Crees from
the Flathead reservation.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-13
BRITISH BLUE BOOK,

The blue book was issued id Lon
don this week. containing report of
the Transvaal concessions commits
sion. 1t is clear, the commission
AYERS, that a state which has annexed
another is not legally bound by any
contracts made by the state which has
ceased to exist, and that no court Of
law has jurisdiction to enforce such
acts If the annexing state refuses to
recognize them. The commission rec
ommends that the government decline
to recognize dynamite and other con-
cessions, and adds that it is satisfied
that DR.. Leyds and others have receiv-
ed from certain directors shares and
financial considerations.
Regarding the Netherlands South
African railroad, the report. while ad-
hitting that the concession was le-
gally granted, considers it injurious
that trunk railroad lines should be the
monopoly of single company, cs-
pecially of a foreign country. The
concession should be terminated, even
il the company's conduct is not open
to complaint. But its extraordinary
action in the war precludes the posi-
bility of a continuance under the
British administration. Discussing
the position Of the shareholders, the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-13

report says the belligerent acts which
all of the shareholders were legally
responsible for caused immense DAM
age to Great Britain, both financially
and national. The British govern
ment, as an act of grace, may show
some consideration to shareholders,
but the commission considers that this
should be postponed until the modes
of procedure against the directors and
until the damage done by the company
is made good.