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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
TRACY IS DEAD.
The Noted Convict Outlaw Kills
 ed Himself.
WAS SURROUNDED IN SWAMP

Had Been Wounded After a Rifle Dua
 With Members of Posse-Knowina
 That Escape Was Impossible. He
 Killed Himself-His Warning t(
 Sheriff Cudahee Was One of Hu
 Last Utterances.
 Spokane, Wash, August 6.-Harry Tracy, escaped convict and murderer is surrounded in a swamp near the Ed dy farm, Il miles southeast of Cres> ton, Wash. Four hours before the special messenger left for reinforce ments a long range rife duel between Tracy and the posse of eight men in progress.
 A telephone message received from Davenport early this morning states that 25 armed men have already left in wagons for the scene of the battle
 Spokane, Wash, Aug 6.-Harry Tracy the outlaw, killed himself in wheat field near Fellowes at 4:3O this morn ing. He was surrounded by aA posss and in a fight with the sheriff's men laSC nlgnC ne was WOunueu Ill CHe Tlgnt leg, between the knee and the thigh. Twenty minutes later, Knowing that capture was certain, he killed himself with a shot from his revolver. The body was found this morning.
 SPOKANE, Wash, Aug 6.-The sheriff's office at Davenport received a message from Breston stating that Harry Tracy spent all day Monday at the home of l.. E. Eddy, a rancher, on Lake creek, 31a miles south of Fellows The outlaw made his appearance Sum day evening and took possession of the place. Pinned to the well on a farm about mile north of Odessa, where apparently Tracy had watered his horses, the following note, signed Harry Tracy" has been found: ITO whom it may concern. Tell MT. Cudi- hee to take tumble and let me alone or will fix him plenty. will be on my way to Wyoming If your horses are any good, woula swap with you. Thanks for 2 cc'
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
A s1o,ooo,ooo CORPORATION.

Carthage, Mo, August 6.-The South western Slate Manufacturing Go of Slatington, Ark, of which Curtis Wright of this city is president, has filed articles of incorporation increas- ing it's capital stock to $1O,000,000 The stockholders are principally eastern capitalists. The company has slate quarries at Slatington, and railroad is to be built at once from there to Hot Springs, 56 miles distant.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
.REHEARS|NG FOR CORONATION
Kings Aids Spent an Hour and
 Half at It To-Day.

The Big Event Will Come Off Satur-
 day-The Royal Yacht Bearing the
 King and Queen Left Cowes for
 Portsmouth This Afternoon-Jap
 anese Warships Fired Salutes at
 Portsmouth on Arrival of Kings
 Yacht.
 London, August 6-The first com plete dress rehearsal of the coronation ceremony was held in Westminster Abbey to-day. The participants in cluded the Duke of Norfolk, the arch bishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Roseberry, and in fact all of the chief actors in the ceremony save their mai esties. The kings company of the Grenadier guards was posted at the abbey annex, and the peers and peer esses and the royal pages all assumed their robes in the dressing room in the annex. The gorgeous coronation car pet and tapestries were uncovered and the procession and the entire ceremony except the annointing were gone through with. The proceedings lasted an hour and half
 London, August 6.-The royal yacht Victoria and Albert. wifa King Ed ward on board. left Cowes at 80 this afternoon for Portsmouth The har- shortly after 2 o'clock A special train to convey his majesty to London awaited his arrival at Portsmouth.
 The royal yacht bearing the king was moored alongside the dockyard jetty at Portsmouth. Two Japanese warships fired salutes and were fol- lowed by all the commissioned ships in the harbor. The king was officially received at the landing place by Ad- mral Sir Charles Frederick Hotham and General Sir Baker Greed Russell. A guard of honor was mounted on the dockyard jetty.
 Cowes, Isle of Wight; Aug 6.-The weather was gloomy to-day for the royal yacht squadron's racing. En- peror Williams Meteor III and Myles B. Kennedy's Sybarita started east ward over the Queens course in a match race. Both yachts carried jack yarders and every stitch of canvas was spread. A rain squall almost entirely hid the contestants from view soon after the start. The Sybarita led at first, but the Meteor won the race.
 The Meteor went to the front early and reached through Cowes at 11:3O ill grand style, apparently having win ming lead at that time. The Sybarita then was four minutes behind the Meteor.
 The chief race of the day was for the Emperor's cup, in which the Meteor was not entered. The contest ants were the Leander, the Cetonia, the Glory, the Cicely, the Brynhild, the the Lygia, the Columbine, the Fionia, the Leander II, the Fionia II, the Clara. the Palmosa, the Irex, the Namara, the Creole and the Bona.
 The emperor's cup is massive piece of polished silver with three handles Royal Yach Squadron Re gatta, 1902" Emperor William person. ally supervised the execution of the design. The yachts got away at 10:15 in a driving rain, with the Bona lead ing and the Navahoe in fourth position.
 Tn the race for the emperor's cup the Cicely, the Navahoe, the Clara. the Bona and the Brynhild passed Cowes, on the westward course, in the order named.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Diavo1o Falls Again.

} LONDON, Aug. 6.-Diavolo, the
 American bicyclist, sustained a terrible fall just after turning the loop in his act at the Aquarium last night. He
 was taken to Westminster hospital un- conscious and is believed to have con cussion of the brain. Diavolo's act was ''looping the loop" This is the third time he has fallen while perform ing this feat in the last ten days.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Three Pensions; Entitled to None.

< NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 6.-Richard Swinton of Milwaukee, who, was ad- mitted three months ago as an in- mate of the Hampton (va.) National Soldiers home, has been arrested, charged with drawing three fraudulent pensions from the government under different names until an application for fourth was filed and the fraud discovered. The prisoner, it is charged, was never in the Federal army, but served during the civil war with the Confederate forces.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Fire at Kalamaxoo.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. 6.-Fire last evening in building owned by the Michigan Central Railway compa- ny and adjacent to the tracks caused a loss amounting to nearly $70,000. The building was occupied by the American Carriage company in one wing and the Taylor Celery company in the other.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
LYING IN POOL OF BLOOD.
Coal Go Watchman Found With His
 Skull Crushed.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, August Giving in pool of blood on lonesome road in Nanticoke the body of Daniel Sweeney, watchman employed by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Wes- tern Coal Go, was found early to-day. Across the top of the head were two wounds and the skull was crushed at the base. There are numerous other bruises about the body Alongside the body lay a bloody pick handle.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
ONE ROBBER DEAD.
Express Messenger Shot Him $2, ,000
 in Silver Was Secured.

III SIIVtr WdS StCUTRu.
 Chicago, August 6.-The omcial ac- count of the robbery issued by the general manager of the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy railway, says that at least six men were concerned in the robbery and that so far as is known only $2,000 in silver was secured. One of the highwaymen was nllied, being. shot above the eve and also in the leg. He met instant death while in the en- zine and his body was dumped to the ground by his companions as they sped away. The express messenger, Rye, claims to have done the shooting. The deed was done quickly, the trainmen and passengers making no defence.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
CAPTAIN TANNER HELD.
Charged With Killing Woman-M Makes

Charged With Killing Woman-M Makes
 No Defense of $5OO0.
 Norwich, Aug 6.-The case of Cap tain Asaher Tanner who is charged with manslaughter in having caused the death of Mrs Sarah Goldberg on July 10 by striking her with stick on the head and body, was to-day heard in the city court. The case was contin- ued from last Monday at the request of Tanners counsel To-day Judge Comstock, counsel for Tanner, an- nounced that he would make no de- fense. Captain Tanner was bound over to the September term of the superior court. Bonds of $5,OO0 were furnished.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
FOR THE ASTOR CUP.
Fourteen Entries for the Race To- Day
 Off Newport.


 Off Newport.
 Newport, R. l., August 6.-Although the weather was dull and lowering, fine southeast breeze was blowing early to-day when 14 of the New York Yacht club squadron prepared for the great racing event, the contest for the Astor cups.
 For many successive years Captain Ogden Goelet offered cups for a schoo- ner and sloop race until the contests became not only memorable but prac- tically a club institution. Upon his death in 1897 Colonel John Jacob Astor came forward and since 1898 he has been the yearly donor, like his prede- cessor, of a $1,O00 cup for schooners and a $500 cup for sloops.
 Of the fourteen entries for to-day's race, five were schooners and nine were sloops
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Turks Kill Many Rrseands.

CONSTANTINOPLE Aug. 6.-Turk- ish troops have attacked a large band of Albanian brigands in the neighbor- hood of Okhrida, European Turkey The chief and thirteen of the brigands were killed, and others were captured by the troops.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
ALL QUIET AT SHENANDOAH.

Some of the Guardsmen Thought They
 Heard Shots During the Night.
 Shenandoah, Pa, August 6.-The sem tries on duty around camp and the sol diers stationed at different parts of the town on provost guard duty re- ported everything quiet during the night. Some of the guardsmen said they heard several shots during the night, but could not locate them.
 Captain Frederick A Snyder, aide de camp to Brigadier General GobYn, to-day completed co1hDrehensive mill itary map of this section of the anthra- cite coal region.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
ELMcITY TROLLEY SERVICE PARALY YzEO
Strike nauguated at Daybreak This Morning Succeeded in
 Stopping All Traffic By Nine O'Clock.
RAIN SCATTERED STRIKERS AND PREVENTED TROUBLE

Company Ready for it, and That Inside NThirty-Six Hours Been Brewing for Several DaysIt reached Climax Last Night When Officials of the Road Re- o a Committee of the Workmen-The Men That the Company Reinstate 27 Discharged Conductors-Mayor Studey on the Streets Advising People to Go to Their Homes and Avoid
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
New Way of Restoring Eyesfsht.

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-After years of blindness John Condor, race track owner and turfman, is recovering his eyesight. A new apparatus in which electricity and compressed air are used is responsible for the improved condition. The treatment is admins tered by Baltimore physician.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Royal Betrothn1 Broken or

MUNICH, Bavaria, Auga 6.-The be- trothal of Archduchess Marie Annon- ciade of Austria and Duke Siegfried Cf Bavaria, which was announced from Vienna June 15, has been broken off by mutual consent.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
TRAP sHOOTER NAMED.

Monmouth, III, Aug 6.-Thomas A. Marshall, the celebrated trap shooter, has received by exclamation the nom- nation for congressman of the demo- crats of the 14th Illinois district.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Earthauakes In Tuscany.

ROME, Aug. 6.-The meteorological bureau reports that earthquake shocks have been experienced at Carrara anc Massa, in Tuscany, and other places
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
Delegate to Manila

ROME, Aug. 6. Italia announces that Mgr. Guidi, at present in the Of flee of Cardinal Rampolla, the papal secretary of state, has been Rppointed apostolic delegate at Manila.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06

NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.
 Kapoka, Mo, Aug 6.-The first Mis- souri district republicans nominated Lee T. Robinson of Unionville for congress by exclamation
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-02

thronged tho parlors until the doors were
closed at evening
The window and interior docofe Ions Of
Mr. Fowler were exceedingly artistic. The
window devoted n millinery was q treat
70 the eye aud was greatly admired. a
double lattice work arch, IN white. With
white central pillar and o 'udieiouH nr
rangement Of potted plants. gave a most
pleasing effect The beauty % the back
ground was greatly enhanced by numbers
81 gorgeous creations IN crimson emerald,
black and white hats.
The millinery department itsclf vas in
Keeping with the handsome window, The
decorations consisted Of graceful lattice
work arches and drsperlcs " crimson and
white
The millinery styles shown were tho
latest shapes 81 the season mud there was
sn unlimited supply from which 10 choose.
Judging from Appearances choosars were
rot lacking From every case. every table
and every stand giImpses q emerald, Of
crimson. ~ black and white IN MINK,
squirrel skin and velvet could be caught.
one ~ the most beautiful designs shown
WIS 4 brown fur With pnnno velvet top of
brown let In with applique lace, WHIP
black lace scarf drnpery. bandcuu with
light blue aud brown Liberty satin A red
panne velvet with SET In crown. fhrye
ostrich plumes on handeau, taiictn sash b
back was worthy Of note A black viewer
hat with white paradise aiErette- TIVE
handsome rhinestone buckles and q sceff
~ white and black appIiaue was the eenter
or attraction Another handsome. deeign
was ~ black applique beaver, Will, TIVE.
largo black ptltnff, and velvet fipton
caneht With thsueetDne buckles
III chiidren's hats soma very handsome
things We're shown. while beayef,
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$425

Green. who Is nickRamed cold Innocence
Mr. Murphy was at his best aud showed
himself a genuine comedian IN n genulnv
comedy While Mr.. Murphy brought 4
new play 10 Houston, his curtain speech
WAS left over. or az least made over. from
last years. Despite this the audience was
very glad 10 hear bin make H. for behind
and before the curtain Mr.. Murphy has the
gift u personality sud magnetism, which
make for popularity.
Mr. n. Armstrong as Mr.. Flint Green, the
brother, showed himself q finished actor.
Mr. Albert Earle as Ben. the nephew, Is
q young actor Of great promise n Mr..
Earle continues as he has begun he has q
great future before him.
Miss Dorothy sherrod as May the wife,
was good.
Miss Louise Whitfield was pretty aud o
good actress, with a tendency which should
ana could be corrected toward adectaiion.
Misc Aubrey Powell "a Gladys the cook,
deserves especial mention.
The resi- u the cast vag coed
Altogether sold Innocence" may be
cordially recoinmended 20 piay-gocrs as a
good MAY well played
Tic next attraction Is tho Arnold stock
company, which open az today's matinee.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-02

nit drawings and the task Of selection win
probably be intrustsd 10 special commit
tee, appolnted for that purpose.
Secretary Bryan wiz not submit the
speolhcatlons 10 the council. but VIII mere
" give notice that they are IA his hands.
The call for bids requires that the plans
and specifications must not exceed a cost
u Sl00Wu, aud must also provide FOR using
all tho old material possible aud retaining
as q part Of the new building the vaults
which are still standing IA The midst OF
the old market house ruins.
Yesterday WAS a very busy one for City
Treasurer szabo and his assistant. The
work ~ paying on all the city officers and
employees. except the policemen and ore.
men. was begun but is progressing very
slowly as many failed 20 call FOR their
salaries Tho sum paid 10 the city officers
amounts 20 S20T4l4 each month. OF this
the larger part ~ stu In The hands Of the
city treasurer.
The oface Of tho city health officer was
scene Of hustle aud activity yesterday.
The monthly reports were being made out
and Assistant Bowen had bis hands full.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-02
IsRrAL,s ARMoR.

Isrears armor is spiritual, her weapon
prayer, weapon inherited from her an.
cestors, a weapon tried 10 thousand fur.
naces and never yet found wanting.
Our glance must he upward When
Moses held up his hands the Israclites pre-
vailed; when physical exhaustion forced
him To drop his hands the Amack
prevailed.
And let us never forget that the value Of
the words uttered with the lips is determ.
ined by the devotion OF the heart
Think Of Buddha, says the Indian pro
verb, and you viii be transformed into
Buddha. IL men pray to Buddha and do
not become Buddha It is because the
mouth prHya and not the mind.
In the middle ages every country and
every age produced It's religious poets.
Israel has produced few historians, but
many religious poets.
And prayer II today perhaps more nee
essary than ever We want reverence, we
want modesty, we want humility.
And the advantages Is not only moral ana
spiritual 1t Is also social. New YEARS.
Day is as much a pilgrimage day today as Il
was when the temple stood.
We meet cOreligionsts tonight whom we
may not meet for another year.
Md here the sorrowfnl shed their tears
and here the grateful give their thanks.
and let as never forget that we not only
pray on New Years Day for ourselves and
for our honEe. we pray for ali Israel. for
an humanity.
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COLONY LlEE-
S"'e' Of Climate Overcome by Proper
Food.

SS' OF Climate Overcome by Proper
Food.
ptees. necessity OF pleasant. nutritiye ana
ihlilnn,ssYoa Is highly Appreciated Ia the
used Y. "a, particularly by Americans un-
'hs. y climate and native custom In cook
An,y ~ oer soldier boys writes. ,qn this
nesri psp iopd ana disordercd stamachs.
egestion t satal attack OF malaria left my
M ~ Tor many months IN such a state
ID N ol any kind distressed mo terri
IA A,,ssslu eree fiom the effect OF drugs.
BIZ i,re not cat II was simply misery
i y aser., . o. so-eailed remedies only seemed
Sosse as9te my sufcrings.
( nd intnd suggested Grape.Nuts Food.
/ Raasrrs Eve Y a trial To my SURPRISE and
aainsd ~ ald all ami more than was
ioeg ~ Tor q, am now. after asmg tne
dieesti, y monthE IN good health: MY
/ have apparatus Ia perfect order and
.sci,fos, nl lost Az feeling Of min or MS.
eon,a aiier eating. In fact. / live again.
. 10 seri. MOI be Without IsrApr. \ nts Tor
+, isCt ~ II Is not only the excellent ~
N 4 OUT food that renders il valuable.
he nsro. eeltcious to tnr taste nossess-
uanF 70, w, q its own. aud can ~ prcbared IN
HAVEN ~. 49, 70 suit maay pnlatesH Nanio
Ioflqm CO., Battle Creek, Mich.
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MARKET HOUSE PLANS

Must Sc In City Secretary's Hands BY
~ M. October g.
Plans and specifications for the new mar.
ket house are due to be in Secretary Bry-
/ ans hands by y noon ortober Aren't.
tecti from all parts OF the State Will SUB.
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me HEBREW HOLIDAYS.
N Branches Of the Jewish Church
Celebrate the New Year.
ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND CEREMONIES
e.hhis Yaseour and 5arnsteln Preach
sloouent sermons-Praetioslly the
Entire Membership Present.

pofh branches OF the Jewish church, the
,,tbodox and the unorthodox, the branch
..h,cb adheres strictly to all the forms and
,oremonials of the ancient church. using
~ Hebrew language throughout the sery.
~ and the branch which has discarded
tt,abrcv almost entirely, as well as many
NOR traditional forms, using the English
language in the service. appropriately cele.
h,oted Rosh Hashonah eve yesterday even
Ing.
tseir service ut Turner hall, to D.
= Rabbi l.. Yasgour officiating. He
nreacned an eloquent sermon on the sub.
let "A Retrospect Of the Past Year"
The celebration proper begins th.a morn
,ng The orthodox jews will hold services
n Turner hall, beginning at n. m. aud
continuing throughout the day Rabbi
ysseour will preach sermon at 8 o'clock
,h,s morning on the subject, "The Three
Messages Of the New Year" Tonight at Z
o,clccl, he will preach on the subject. "The
Sounds OF the Horn an Admonishing
Voice teerman. There viii also be serv-
,ces Friday morning at s o'clock. The
music at Turner hail was excellent end the
ceremonies were impressive.
AT Temple Beth Israel yesterday evening
Rabbi Barnsteln preached an eloquent ser
NON on prayer The music was of a very
Nigh order and TO some extent traditional.
T6e service consisted of alternate reading
by the minister anu responses by tue choir
and c0nGregants. Mrs. Baltis Alien sang Il
beautiful solo before the sermon. MIS-
oliver presided Mt the organ, The altar
Vas decorated with cvergreens. Practically
fbe entire membership OF the church was
nrasent.
p Dr. Barnstcin's sermon, in part. follows;
~
stand I'm awe and sin not; consider In
your heart upon your bed and remain
Silent Oner the sacrifices of righteousness
and put your trust in the Lord. Psalms
w. 3.
The fourth Psalm belongs to that group
which may be somewhat roughly classified
Is psalms Of prayer in seasons of trouble
In them the Psalmist pours out his whole
heart before God and Que and all are NOV
ing in their intensity, pathetic in their
fervor, magnificent in their sublimity.
The king Of Israel approaches his Maker
as humble suppliant or as grateful sub.
ject; his kingship is forgotten; he is but
3 simple private in that great spiritual
army which was TO constitute Kingdom of
priests and n holy nation. j Just now said
that these psalms may be roughly charac-
,erlzed as psalms OF prayer in seasons OF
trouble
But we must not think Of individual
troubles. Of troubles shared by no other
person except the psalmist, his family or
his friends; the troubles are almost invarla-
bly, communal troubles, general troubles,
NStioDal troubles.
Intense and even personal ms many of
these prayers appear TO be upon the sur
face, II we examine them more closely we
shall ind that the prayer rs volcing the
wishes and tho sentiments of Il community
and not Of an individual.
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At THE THEAreR.

Tim Murphy at Sweeney & Coonbs
Opera House.
Tim Murphy ln "Old Innocence" wss the
bin ut Sweeney & Coombs opera house
last night
Tim Murphy Is an old fayorlte in this
CITY aud deserves the appreciation with
which large audience greeted him. He Is
an artist. a careful, conscientious player,
.,,geestive of Sol smith Russell In his
Methods although original. observing close
ir aud continually the Eulc OF repression,
Which Is the golden rule 81 good acting.
In the role he playeu last night Mr. j.
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nm IEW,s AspIRATInNs.


Whoever recognizes the fatherhood Of
God aud the brotherhood OF man is Out
brother. flesh Of our flesh ana hone Of oui
bone for our Judaism Is as wide as the
heavens. as broad as the world, as deer
as the sea
The poet. Southey, has beautifully voiced
our aspirations on New Years Day Four
things which are not IN Thy treasury, / lay
before Thee, Lord, With this petition my
nothingness, my wants, my Sins aud my
contrition.
And SO again, oh Lord, we approach Thee
with our petition
Grant as a yenr Of health and happiness,
preserve Us from sickness. from sorrow and
IRON strife
Bless our children aud so mold and fash
ion their hearts that they may not be un-
worthy 81 their rare and of their faith
keep us Ia the right path and preserve Us
from lifo's pitfalls.
Bless our country With peace aud pros.
neritg; bless this congregation; bless the
work 81 our hands.
Services will be held at Temple Beth
Israel this morning az 10 o'clock.