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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05
THE TOWN REPORTS
Ready for Distribution at selectmen's Ofice-Ahstracts from Report.


 The annual report of the selectmen and other town officers summaries of which appear in our columns show an increase in expenditures during the past year over the preceding years. This is explained satisfactorily by the following facts: A county tax of So,6oo was levied by the legislature of 1901. That such a tax would be laid was unforeseen by the selectmen year ago and no provision for it was or could have been made in their estimate of expenses or in the appropriations made at the last annual town meet ing. This item is charged against the miscellaneous account. swelling that account away beyond the appropria- tion. The other appropriations eX- ceeded to any extent are those for elec- tion expenses, hospitals and roads not under contract. The increased ex- pense on account of election expenses | is due to the change in the system of registration. On the hospital account | it is due to the rapid increase in the number of hospital cases over which 1 the Selectmen can have no control. | With regard to the road account there would have been no excess had it not been for the unusually frequent de- structive rains of the past summer. As it is. the appropriation has only been exceeded by $1,933 and it will be ob- served that of the amount expended on this account S4094.27 was for bills outstanding October l. 1900. There will be no such amount found out standing against the year just ended.
 Below will be found q few abstracts l from the report:
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

MANAGER WANTED n every large county IVA to appoint agents for the famous Game O. Skill nickel slot machine for drinks or ci- gars; lawful everywhere; takes place of all forbidden slot machines Rented sold on easy payments. Secure territory quick. Pal- mer Billiard Table Works, Chicago, III. e-2-2n
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

Debit. Cash received on account of almshouse ....... ss5s.5o Cash received on account of burial of deceased soldiers. 21o.oo Cash received on account of hospitals ....... 2o5.9o Cash received on account of miscellaneous .......... 500 Cash received on account of outside poor .......... 469.4o Cash received on account of roads under contract ...... 175.oo
 $1,923.So
 <sredit. By cash paid treasurer ..... .$1, 1928 90
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

w E make speciality of repairing sewing
 w machines and typewrlters. Also do all kinds of grinding lawn mowers, knives, scis- Sors. etc. RazorS honed. Orders left tor piano tuning promptly attended to. Telephone 157-6. Spalding combination tandem wanted. Chas. w. Messer, l51 Phoenix avenue
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

o o o 0 0 0 o o o BARGAIN-$l 800 buys a cosy cottage o A and two lots, two minutes walk from 0 trolley Terms easy. Inquire at this office. o o 0 o o o o Q o o o
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

EMPLOYMENT BUREAU-Help of all kinds a1 furnished and situations secured for capa- ble workers in all kinds Of employment Mrs. Kelly. 78 East Main street s-25-tf
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

r OR RENT First floor. new house, 4s Dlke- man street Modern Improvements. Price 9l2 Third floor. same as above FLO. Inquire L. F. Haase, 2 Center street, or A. E. Du- haime. 2e Laurel street 10-2-6
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

FOR RENT-The Haase place on Sheffield @ street. Waterville. City water. Whole house. Price $1275 Inquire of l.. F. Haase, 27 Center street. or George L. Jenks. Water vile. 1o-S-6
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER. D. L Futile, Town Treasurer, in Ac- count with Town of Waterbury,.
 F Debit.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05
WantS-r OrS Sale-H Relt'

VOU ARE ALL INVITED to come and see the French Millinery Parlor. ModiSte de chapeaux Coincidence. 1S0 North Main street
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

7SO RENT-Five rooms. Modern improve
 ments. P Stone street. .1G-4-6
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

Miller & Peck offer a good line o1 specials for tonight and Monday Rainy-day skirt, $2.49.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05

T!ANARY BIRDS FOR SALE-Warranted V good singers. S225s Females 50 cents Mrs. Connor, l50 Watervflle street, 1o-4-6
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28

sickness, and other fntcrfeTences which
somewhat reduce the aggregate of his
earnings. while the salary OF a book
keeper or cashier Is invariabIe so long
as he keeps his place Moreover, the
profession is overcrowded. ike school
teaching. There are thousands of school
teachers in this land who do not re
ceive more than six hundred dollars a
year: in fact, the salary Of the average
teacher IS said to be about three
hundred and twenty-five dollars
It may be said that the cashier Of
bank is expected TO live in better style
than mechanic, but there Is ques-
ton about the truth Of this. The me-
chanic IN this country lives better than
in most otker countries 1t is not I'M
common for him to own a house. with
a piano in it, and send his children to
good schools. if he happens to be am
bilious. If he prefers to spend his sur
plus earnings on beer, table luxuries.
the theatre. or the races, he can do
that But that is no reason why the
bookkeeper, cashier, lawyer, doctor, or
journalist. who is supposed to have
finer tastes than the mechanic. should
feel that he must spend more money
to crafty them, and live beyond his
means in order to have something that
the mechanic has not got. IF he is
really Of finer clay than his neighbor,
the carpenter or bricklayer, he can
show it by his manners. his taste in
choosing furniture and books, and his
ability to make the most Of what he
has, quite as well as by increased lux
ury: and if he is the same sort of
man after all, it Will not hurt him to
know it. In any case, it is folly to
say, as this judge practically did, that
if a man is not getting enough money
for his services he has right to make
1t I'D by stealing
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
ARIZONA'S OIL BOOM.
Hope of Finding New Fuel for Use
In Copper Mining.

4
| PHOENIX. Ariz May 2s-The mineral
| oil boom in the Southwest. which started
| IN southern California two or three years
| ago, has been launched in Arizona. and
| a systematic search for oil is being made
| from one end of the Territory to the 9th
er. Oil indications and oil sand have been
encountered at various points. in an ex-
tensive area.
The most important discovery thus far
was made a few weeks ago in southwest
ern Arizona at what is called Texas Hill,
located on the great Colorado desert near
the dividing line of California and Arr
IONA The indications were prominent
enough to create a tremendous excite
ment, which has attracted men from the
scenes of gushers in Texas and CaIifOr-
MIA. In a remarkably short time more
than 10, 900 acres of what appears to be
mineral oil land have been located in the
Texas Hill country. \ strip four OF five
miles wide and more than twenty miles in
length is literally plastered with location
notices, and hundreds of prospectors have
thrown UP brush heaps and erected huts
where they are guarding their locations
Spectators and fortune-seekers are
crowding in now too late to take up
ground at Texas Hill, bat the stragglers
have located several thousand acres in
the Oatman fiat, near there, where the IN
dications are similar.
There is also an active search for oil
around Phoenix Drilling has begun on
the land of tn Arizona Standard Oil
Company, local organization, and rigs
have been ordered by other companies
Within A few miles of the United Verde
copper mine of northern Arizona, several
California companies have considerable
ground at Petroleum Hill $50 called be-
cause of the strong odor of petroleum
emitting from many cTevices in the hill)-
In Willow Creek basin, near Prescott. oil
formations and actual seepages have
been encountered
Although California oil for fuel purposes
has declined on the market, the prices are
still too great, when coupled with the
cost of haul. TO permit a general use OF
oil for fuel in the mining districts of Ar
iona. One of the greatest items of ex-
pense in copper mining could be reduced
by the production of mineral oil in Arr
IONA and the displacement of coal for
fuel The oil demand from mineral re-
gions and from every Part of Arizona on
account of a general scarcity of wood
would be immediate, and there is every
reason to believe that q local product of
mineral oil would soon find an enormous
local market
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
TO BEGIN THE CAMPAIGN.
MnryIand7s Democratic Committee
10 Meet Tnmnrrnw

BALTIMORE, May 2S.-The Democratic
State Central Committee will meet at
noon tomorrow at the Eutaw House.
which practically means tie Inauguration
of the fall campaign upon the part of the
Democrats.
The meeting is fraught with greater in
terest and Importance rnan any held in
years, and there have been hints that IN
expected developments may follow. In
addition to the members Of the committee
every Democratic organization leader in
the State has been invited, and ex-senator
German viii, in all probability, be present
The indications are that the feature Of
the meeting viii be the formal launching
Of Mr. Germans boom as the Democratic
candidate for the SenatorshTp- Many Of
the friends of the former Senator favor
this plan and urge that the wisest course
is TO make the announcement now.
Both Senator German and Chairman
Fandiver were in the city yesterday and
conferred with several Of the leaders at
the Hotel Rennert- Just now the plan is
said to be to have the State Central Com
mittee do nothing further than set the
date for the State convention and arrange
for the election CT delegates to that con-
vention, which viii nominate candidates
for State Comptroller and clerk Of the
Count of Appeals.
II IS said there viii be many new mem
bers of the next State Central Commit
tee, TCt 50 much IN the counties as in the
city, where nine members. three from
each legislative district, are to be selected.
The State convention IS slated for july
and the programme IS to have the new
cor:mittee meet after the convention to
make arrangements for the primaries.
stephen R Mason, Chairman of the Re
publican City Committee, issued call
Yesterday Tor q meeting Of the commit
tee at + o'clock this afternoon at Ren7Ib-
Ican headquarters in the Calvert build
ing The purpose of the meeting is to go
over the resolutions which are to be pre-
Sented to the State Central Committee
which VIII meet June 4 Arrangements
for the city campaign and the anticipates
primaries will also be discussed at the
TnrHfing -
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&c for DefauIters.

There is q judge Of the Supreme
Court Of Maine wfo is not gifted with
great common sense. Not long ago. in
sentencing a deIaulting cashier. he said
that he wished he could send with the
accused all the bank directors who.
through a long term Of years. had ex-
pected him to live respectfully and
bring up a family and be honest on a
salary Of six hundred dollars a year.
This IS the reverse Of Satan rebuking
sin. It is more like man on the perch
Of the AFchangeI Michael encourag-
ing It
The salary drawn by this cashier was
certainly not a very large one, but it
was not by any means too small for
him to live on honestly. if he wanted
10. It should be constantly remembered
ii discussing such matters that the
great majority Of the people Of this
country do not get salaries Of even this
size Of course. the average mechanic
in city gets Two dollars (. day or
theFeabouts, sometimes three or four
dollars which would make his yearly
earnings more than the sum reported to
have been received by the defauIter.
On the other hand, IN the country
wages are lower. and the mechanic is
subject to various vicissituGes IL the
way Of strikes, IockGuts. dun seasons.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
FUNERAL OF JOB H. JACKSON.
Immense Floral Car "a Tribute From,
His EMPLOYEES.

WILMINGTON. Del. May 2S-Tha fu-
neral of Job H Jackson. President of the
jackson * Sharp Company. took place
yesterday afternoon. and vas one Of the
most largely attended IL Wilmington for
many years.
The employees of the jackson & Sharp
Company. numbering loco men, attended
in body, as did the trustees of Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mt
jackson was president. Services were
conducted by Bishop Cyrus D Foss. of
Philadelphia; Rev John Y Dobbins, Of
MOutcIair, n J; the Rev Dr. William
Writ King, Of Grace Church. and Rev.
Charles b DubeII, Of St Matthew'S Pro
testant Episcopal Church The honorary
paIIbearers We're Dr. James \ Draper,
Alfred D Warner, E. TatnaH Warner.
George :, CapeIIe. Z James Belt. Charles
r Rudolph. and Charles S Gawthrop. of
this city, and George ]. Bodine. Of Phila-
delphia- The active paIIbearers were the
men at the heads Of departments in the
company S works.
Employees Of the firm sent a beautiful
floral tribute in the design Of a car six
feet long, standing on floral rails and
crOss-ties- It was No. IS, representing
the age of Mr. Jackson. and was named
President" after the favOrite private
car of the late manufacturer.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
MONTAGUE STILL IN THE LEAD
Bedford County Enstructs Delegates
for the Attorney General.

RICHMOND, Va, May 2S-Bedford
county Democrats elected twenty-five
delegates to the gUbeTnatoriaI convention
yesterday and Instructed them to vote for
Attorney General A J. Montague. \ teIe-
gram announcing the result in this county
Was received by the attorney general
secretary. this afternoon A large dele
cation of Mr.. 1fontague's friends were
awaiting news from counties scheduled
to elect delegates yesterday when this
news was received.
Mr. Montague is now considerably ahead
of his principal opponent, Representative
Swanson. Montague now has 1S2 delegates
pledged TO him, while only 152 have been
instructed for Swanson.
The political situation assumed an IN
expected phase Saturday at Lynchburg,
when Senator Daniel opened the cam
Paign by making a speech for Representa-
tive Swanson, at the same time vigorous
Iy repelling the insinuation that there was
scintilla Of foundation for the cry of
Ma chineI machine Senator Daniels
speech was a surprise to the anti-Swan-
son people, for on many occasions stress
had been laid upon the fact that Senator
Daniel was taking no part in the cam
pa!cn-
Delegates are TO be chosen in both Dan
Vile aud LynchbUrg tomorrow. 1t is
though that Swanson will carry DanviIle,
while I.ynchburg is conceded to Mon
tague.
w. ". Wood. President of the Old Do
minion Democratic Club has received a
letter rom Attorney General Montague
declining the invitation to address the club
tomorrow night. He has also received a
letter from Representa- tive Swanson who
accepts the invitation. and will address
the club in Old Market Hall tonight
Mr.. Swanson spoke in Danville last
night while Mr. Montague addressed a
large crowd in Lyuchburg-
A large and enthusiastic meeting OF
the Democrats of Stanton and Au-
gusta county was yesterday held in Co
lumbar Hall Resolutions unanimously
Edward EchOls for Governor
were passed. No further business was
transacted The delegates were elected
last evening. Stanton has six delegates
and Augusta twenty-nine- Mr. IEchOls re-
Ceived the entire thirty-five delegates.
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SCHEME OF TIE OIL TRUST.
Trying to Head on an Independent
Pipe Line.


STSTERVILLE W Va, May 26.-The
reason for the rapid decline in the Stand
ard Oil Company's prices for crude oil 10
the producers. which has been almost IN
precedented the past month, has been dis
covered by local producers. 1t is an effort
to head off and break up the new indie
pendent pipe line company which is build
ing a line to compete with the Standard
pipe lines from CoTaopolis. Pa, to Pine
Grove. on Fishing Greek, WetzeI county.
The independent company is rushing
work on the six-inch line and has 800 men
at work night and day. With credit bal
ances for crude oil at their present figure
there is very little profit in producing OIL
and none Of the operators is making a pre-
tence of seeking new production All along
the line of the independent company rep
reseutatives of the South Penn Oil Com
pany. which is the operating branch of
the Standard, are offering operators prices
which are far in advance OF the actual
value OF their holdings These are being
bought out, so that when the Independent
pipe line gets its pipe through there will
be nothing but Standard oil to be carried
Several operators in this city have al
ready sold production along the indie
pendentS surveyed line to the South Penn
Company at handsome prices
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
EDIsoN's CEMENT MACHINE.
The Inventor Building n Great Plant
ut sfexxartsxiIIe. n. j.

ORANGE. N. J. May 2S--FoT nearly q
year Thomas a. Edison has been at work
upon a new process for the manufacture
of Portland cement, and is said to have
at last solved the problem He erected q
large rotary furnace in the yard Of the
laboratory in West Orange, and has used
this in demonstrating to the capitalists
VINO were to take an interest in the
scheme that the process was a feasible
and practical one He is now construct
ing mammoth plant at Stewartsville,
near Washington, n. J., which is ap-
preaching completion
The cement is to be produced under the
same general conditions that have proved
such a great success in the ore separating
process. In other words, the entire pro-
cess Of calcining the material and grind
ing it is automatic, not a hand touching
it from first to last The roasting of the
rock is accomplished in q rotary furnace,
consisting OF castirou cylinders bolted to-
gethsr 50 as to make a cylinder several
hundred feet in length This is revolved
slowly, and the effect is to roll the rock
over and over, and, as the cylinder is set
on an incline. the rock as it is roasted
rolls slowly down to the lower end of the
cylinder Here it is received on endless
belts, which deliver it to elevators that
carry it TO the crushing rolls. These are
of immense power and size ana the re-
suit is that Mr.. Edison is enabled to turn
out a cement of a 200-mesh fineness, uni
form and free from Jumps. The advantage
of this extreme fneness is realized when
it is known that about 151-mesh is the
best degree of nneuess that has been at
tanned in ordinary commercial cement
Mr.. Edison said that he did not intend
to UndeTseIl the present makers, but by
producing 4 better article at q lower cost
of production there would be a big margin
in Il for his company He said that the
plant now being built 1t Stewartsviiie
run1lll cover rlaarIv forty acres.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28

The identity of the 7ne-looking gentle
man with long grey hair and beard who
always wears a slOUch h1l and is a mem
Der Of the Presidential party has been d
source of much speculation to many people
all along the route. It was decided that
Admiral Melville should accompany the
President after the official list of the
party had been made out and printed. and
so his name does not appear in the timer
airy booklet which contains the names of
the members of the party. 1t has thus
happened that he has been taken Tor Sec
rotary Gage and a number Of other men
IN public life while Colonel Moore has re-
peatedIy been thought to be Mark Hanna
by those not wei informed. So frequently
has this been the case that the latter is
now Familiarity addressed as Senator"
The other day Admiral Melville was driv-
ing out from the Palace Hotel, and two
men. who stood on the street. recognized
him as a member of the Presidents party.
who is that OLD gentleman rith the
long hair, who looks 50 much like Santa
Clause asked one
why that must be the Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court replied the other.
We'll. who is the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court?'
Why, 1 think his name is John Mar
SHALL
But these two men must not be consid-
cred representative Of California.
J. Il. L
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28

Lon the PhiIadsIplia Reeord.

T I0ITI IIIV 7 I-I-s-I-I T7IIII I8NI0I'-I
In the year ISIS Japan had 2G0 newspapers
and reviews, the total circulation Of which
statistics show that tn number Of daily news
papers and periodicals aas greatly increased dur
ing the past twenty years. and that the total
numbcr of both Is about 2c-F'. and that the COM
bIued circulation Is 9I,5I4.l5I copies OF this
number the daily newspapers form oue-ffth part
the city Of Tokyo alone has twenty daily neWspa-
peTs- And Vet this immense number increases
very fast and many 81 the reviews which appear
have but one days existence The journalists
Of the FIRST rank" earn only about from $50 to
500 per month, while the average editor earns
not over so
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
BLOCKS FRANK ROCKEFELLER
4 Judge Says He Must stop Having
Mr.. SiegeI Arrested

KANSAS CITY, No, May 2S-FTank
Rockefeller. who has lost nearly $780, 90
through the operations Of Frank Siegel
has been devotIng a good share of the
last ten days TO an unsuccessful attempt
to keep Mr. SiegeI in jail
The first warrant charged only a small
embezzIement and SiegeI was promptly
released on 300 bail He was Immediate
y rearrested on another warrant and was
released on light bail On his third arrest
SiegeI applied for a writ of habeas corpus.
charging persecution by Rockefeller. The
writ was granted
Rockefeller had SieCe, arrested again.
charging the embezzir ment of $3.50
Yesterday Siegel applied to Judge Wofford
again. who released him before on writ
of habcas corpus.
IN granting It, Judge WonOrd said:
This ought to be an end to having
this man arrested every little while. and
l am going to see that Ii is ended. so
fgar as this court IS concerned. Mr.. SiegeI
ought to be indicted or turned loose"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-28
BunaIo,s Painted Lions.


VTT"I- TGTI.-5-T
What principle Of the exposition color scheme
was it that required Grccu lions 10 ornament
the sunbeu gardeng II seems rather homogeneous
that "a sculptor should study carefully To make 4
model OF lion which stouid faithfully represent
nature on q somewhat 'Elargad scale and then a
painter should CONC rlong and give the lion
such an impossible c6ley as green. OF course,
it may be argued that green lion Is just As
faithful 10 nature as the white lion turned out
OF the staff shop, but then a white lion Is Just
"a plain cast, and a green lion looks like an at
tempt to surpaSs both AT and nature.
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CURRENT HUMoR.
just How 1t Was

from the Boston Transcript)
The Head Clerk-Did you go for that dogs
meat John2''
The Office Boy-YcS. sir.
What did the butcher Say2'
s'He wanted to know II it was for you or the
dog
The puppy!"
But / told him it was Tor the dog
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y Joke Nay sIatcrtnIIne.

ttrom the Baltimore News)
At Buffalo Senator Hanna was still testing about
has nomination for the Presidency That Is all
right, II IT goes no further but the danger Is ne
VIII become fond of the joke that he viii want
10 work it of, in practical form on the American
people as whole and that would be situa-
tou entirely devoid OF hunor for quite a nmber
OF people
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IFT0m Inc NHIC8g0 ITINunc-l
Now Jonah. after the termination of his three
days engagement with the whale, started for his
old home 10 tell the neiGhbOTs
4 thought struck him and ne stopped.
''No.'' he said I shall not say a word about
IL They would say it nothing but 4 fish
st0ryl''
But it leaked out in spite Of him.