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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02
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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02

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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
DOG OWNERS PAYING UP.
Clerks Have Some Fun Taking Down
 Names of Dogs.


 Owners of dogs are showing com mendable spirit this year, and if they keep it up the city will realize sonle- thing handsome out of the business. Whether the rush to pay the license fee is due to the work of Constable Pryor or some other cause makes no differ ence, so long as the money is coming in. That's all is wanted and if the presence of the constable IS responsI- ble for the additions to the dog tax, it looks as if the city could afford to keep him going around town all the time soaring delinquent dog tax payers and sending them into the town clerks or flee. The clerks have a hard time spelling the names of some of the pets, while mention of others causes them to look around to see whether the par ties are Joking or not. One youngster said his dogs name was Brett For the information of people who may read this item and who do not live ill Waterbury it might not be amiss to state that the town clerks name Is Brett, the Hon F. F. Brett. attorney at-law, office Irving block, East Main street. When the boy mentioned Brett" as the name of his cocker spaniel the lady clerks smiled, winked at each other, then looked over their shoulders at Mir Brett, ar tie same time asking the youngster wno told him to say that. One of ailen was sure that the boy must have been talk ing with some of the military boys be- fore coming in. But the girls could not get much information from the dog owner and finally the town clerk him. self thought he would make some in- qulrles regarding the why and the wherefore of his great namesake It takes limb of the law to get at the bottom of a case in short order. MT Brett looked serious as he came for ward to interrogate the youth outside tne railing, and after putting q few leading questions to him, returned 10 his desk satisfied that the dog had not been named for him at all, but for an Othef eminent man of that name. Bret Hafte, the well known author.
 Another little fellow said his dogs name was Weyand. In answer to q question as to whether or not the doe had been named for the plumber of that name, the boy replied in the af- 11rmatlye. But it would take toe much space to tell all the queer names one hears mentioned ill the town clerks office these days. While many of them are odd, still the old familiar cog nomens are heard once in while, such as Captain" 'sTowser," Ralph" Nero" Dick and others No enc need fear that the city will make any touble about the names. All the au- thorities look for is the liQense money, and lf you pay that you can let your dog run around without any name if you want to. But you must mention some sort of name when you call to register the animal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
DISCUSSED TROLLEY PROBLEM
Board of Public Works, Mayor, Engi-

Board of Public Works, Mayor, Engi-
 neer and Attorney Got Together.
 Mayor Kilduff, Engineer Cairns, City Attorney Kellogg and the mem bers of the board of public works spent over two hours discussing the Oakville trolley problem last night and after looking at it rom many standpoints itswas finally decided to ask represen- tatives of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company to meet them next Wednesday night for conference It was also voted to notify the aldermen that it will be impossible to report on the application next Monday night. The board of public works appears to realize that it has big job on it's hands. Nobody, not even the petition CTS would say that the conditions at the Oakville crossing are right for trolley tracks, but the company thinks that it would be good plan to allow the tracks to be laid so that the road can be operated pending tussle in the courts to determine whether or not the railroad company can be compelled to set off the highway at this point. Among the puzzling questions that came up was, supposing the trolley company got licked i'll the courts, how would things stand. It was agreed that the rails would not be taken up and the road abandoned. The board thought that eventually the road will be widened, but they thought tho lions share of tho expense should not be borne by the city
 This matter has been before the railroad commissioners for several months on appeal of the trolley people from conditions imposed by the se- lectmen. It seems that the railroad commissioners don't care to assume the responsibility of letting the com pany lay tracks under the bridge in it's present condition unless the aldermen signify 3 willingness to have them do so. It is said that if the aldermen should pass such vote the commis- sioners would consent to have the rails laid temporarily. The company rep resents that great pressure is being brought to bear upon them to set their tracks down and operate the road, but it is not likely that any one is taking much notice of this kind of talk. The largest petition ever pre- sented to a trolley company i'll Con- necticut was filed at the office of the traction company some time ago ask ing for trolley service on Baldwin street, but notsing has been heard from it. There is a big demand for the trolley in other thickly settled dis trictS
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

---"R "Rebecca'S Triumph afascfnatins. drama in three acts will be produced at the Third Congregational church on next Thursday night under the ans pices of the Daughters of the Cove nant. 1t was intended to give this drama almost three weeks ago bnt owing to the smallpox scare it was necessary to postpone it. The cast is good one and the play is said to be all right. Consequently a large crowd should attend the performance on next Thursday night.
 The constitutional oak was plant ed yesterday and it now occupies the place of honor on the Bank street school lawn. Only that there is a tag attached to it, one would hardly know where the tree is. It resembles one of the rods on the iron fence about the school grounds, but 1t is not so high. Owing to the small size of the tree, a friend of the writer had an amusing experience with an aged man last evening. They were standing on Bank street near the school grounds when the man asked him where the tree was Over in the lawh there was the reply. "Where?" "Near the gate.'' sI can't sec it.'' "Well, 1t is there all the same" The younger man tried to point out tho location better but the old man couldn't see the tree. Final ly the young man suggested that if his friend would remove his spec tacles he might be able to sec better. The old man then thought that he was being made the victim Of joke ard became angry and so did his fricnl. And thus they parted and as yet the old man hasn't seen tho constitutional oak. But he is not the only person who has looked over the lawn more, than once since the oak was planted and failed to sec it.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
ELKs' COMING ENTERTAINMENTS
Waterbury Lodge Is Preparing for Two
 Big Events During Summer and Fall.

Waterbury Lodge Is Preparing for Two
 Big Events During Summer and Fall.
 Another interesting meeting of Wa terbury lodge of Elks was held last evening and much business of inlpor- tance was transacted. The commit tees which have been out on various matters made excellent reporgs and some of the reports were adopted In all probability the lodge will not at tempt to secure new lodge rooms for some time yet. It was found almost Impossible to get the builders to give any satisfactory replies us to what ac- commodations and what terms would be furnished until the buildings are erected. For that reason in all Droba- bility the lodge will remain in the pres ent lodge rooms and will secure clnb rooms, consisting of parIors, smoking rooms and reception rooms.
 The annual field day of the lodge will take place on Thursday, August at the Driving park and the plans which are now under way will be elab- crate. It is intended to make this field day one in which every lodge in the state will participate. There will be ball game between two out of town lodges, tug-of-war matches between teams from every lodge in the state, running races, one yard sprints, fat mems races, peg races, balloon ascen- sions in which several of the members of the local lodge will participate, and host of other games not yet figured out An effort will be made TO deco rate every trolley car in the .:ity with purple the color of the order, and off, cials of the fair will all be attlred in purple suits. Ii will be one of the big gest days that Waterbury has eyer seen in the line of celebration.
 For the fair in the fall the dates se- lected are November Sth to tile 18th inclusive. This entertainment also will be conducted on an elaborate scale. The prize money this :ine will be $2,000. 1t will be divided different ly, too, for there will be eleven big cash prizes only. The first one will he $1,000 and the. other ten will be $100 each. There will be something aew in the fair line introduced and it will not be surprising if the plan as intended was copied by lodges all over the coun- try.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
IN A SORRY PLIGHT.
Venezuelan Government Cannot Ex-
 plain Defeat.


 plain Defeat.
 WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, May B. The Venezuelan government is unable to explain the disastrous defeat of it's forces near San Antonio on April 23, when General Castillo was mortally wounded. The officials appear to be dumb with astonishment.
 A force of 1,200 government troops, commanded by General Vicente Go- meg, the vice president of the republic and the new commander in chief of the Venezuelan forces, has left Coro to join forces with General Velutini, the minister of the interior, and General Velasquez at Barcelona and enter upon new campaign against the revo- lutionists, with about 3,400 men.
 The government is afraid of the situation in the center of Venezuela and is fortifying Tocuyito, near Valen- cia.
 New uprisings are reported every where.
 The Tiempo, leading newspaper of Caracas, has been suppressed. The rigid censorship and the reign of ter TOT prevailing have prevented the newspapers at the Venezuelan capital from referring to the great victory of the revolutionists.
 It is announced that among the pris- oners captured by the revolutionists at the battle of San Antonio was General Brito Gonzalez, president of the state of Cumana, who was in command of q brigade of government troops.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Strikes Unsetfle Confidence steel
 Construction Blocked.

Construction Blocked.
 NEW YORK, May 3.-R. G. Dun &s Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
 Two large strikes scheduled to com mence on May l were ayerted, at least temporarily, and a number of smaller ones were settled, but many new con- troversies have begun. This labor fac tor is the only seriously unfayorable one in the industrial situation, exert ing considerable influence over the voi- ume of transactions and also tending to unsettle confidence.
 Consumers of finished steel products are compelled to place orders subject to the convenience of manufacturers. and it is the exception when any near by deliveries are promised. An unprec- edented amount of railway work is being done, assuring greatly improved facilities and enhancing the value of the properties, while the erection of new buildings would be much more ex- tensive if material were available.
 Cereal prices have been less inflated by speculation than they were last week, yet high level was maintained and only slight reactions occurred. The general tenor of crop news was much more encouraging, aside from Kansas dispatches, which indicate that wheat needs moisture, although corn and oats haze good prospects.
 Commercial failures in April were S55 in number and S7, ,341 in amount of defaulted indebtedness, of which 220 occurred in manufacturing lines, owing $2,90S,S17; ESQ in trading branches, with liabilities of 4,447, ,455, and 55 in other commercial lines for S503, ,O69.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
TIMELY TOPICS

There will be prices at Castles to- buying.
 Another lot of those two-clasp gloves ill mode, gray and white, at Reid X Hughes, for 69c tonight
 The values of the children's shoes at Lucy & Fitzgerald's are appreciat- ed by parents, 25c to $3.
 Ladies' cravenette rain coats at Miller < Pecks for $69S; girls box coats $2.49; shirt waists 1Oc
 T. F. Jackson will finish monu- ments or tablets on short notice. One of the best stocks in the state.
 Ladies' patent leather Oxfords for S1.4S at Currans. Specials in the mus lin underwear and children's depart ments.
 Select the kind of furniture that lasts. J. NJ. Burrall has had an ex- perience of fifty years.
 Boys waists and children's hats are among the specials mentioned in Con- Ions bargains for tonight
 Austin X Woodruff will reopen Monday in the rink building and ev- cry roll of paper will go at half price.
 Ziglatzki-Marks Co is selling lots of those Pittsburg wall papers. Artis- tic and exclusive designs.
 A timely and appropriate subject is children's hats. l. Chase has them i'll every style and quality.
 Have you seen those suits marked $15 at Jones, Morgan X Co.'S? Equal any SIS suit in the city.
 Perfumes and toilet soaps, kid gloves, lisle hose, suits and silks, are some items from Grieve, Bisset & Hollands ad.
 Be your own landlord. Anyone with little money to invest should see J. T. Phelan.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
peeree ror Lord Kelvin.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 3.-Secre- tary Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., of the Yale university corporation announces that the honorary degree of IL. D. will be conferred next Monday afternoon upon Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) of Scotland The degree will be con ferred with the usual academic ceremo- nies in Battell chapel. The degree was voted to Lord Kelvin last autumn.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
4 National historical Museum.

NEW YORK, May 3.--In the pres- ence of a number of women and well known New Workers, interested in pre- serving the historic places of this city, the committee on public education of the board of aldermen unanimously adopted a resolution to make the old hall of records, now the registers off, flee, horne for the National Historical museum.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
morgan owns white stnr Line.

LONDON, May 3.-The Daily Ex- press asserts that the purchase by J. Pierpont Morgan of the White Star line of steamers is an absolute purchase of everything the company possesses, in cluding good will, real estate and all the vessels in the New Zealand and Australian service of the White Star company in addition to those engaged in the Atlantic service.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
CQrran Dry Goods Co
For TO-Nighf and
 Monday.
We present the following Extra Specials

We present the following Extra Specials
 FROM THE SHOE DEPARTMENT. Ladies' patent leather Oxfords, Sf.4S Ladies' velour calf Oxfords, fair stitch soles, Sl.4o Ladies' button and lace kid Shoes, straight and diamond cap, SSc Misses dongola kid ShGes, button and lace, medium and heavy soles. 9Sc
 A CORSET SPECIAL. 3atiste lawn and girdle Corsets, to~ night 5oc MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SPECIALS. Dainty Nainsook Corset Covers, ribbon trimmed, special tonight 49c A lot of Drawers slightly mussed, umbrella style, tonight 21c Empire Night Gowns, allover Ham, burg yoke and revers, muslin and cambric, tonight 75c Several styles in pretty Skirts lace and Hamburg trimmed, tonight
 Toe 9Sc $1 25
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
Encounter With Chinese Rioters.

PEKING, May 3.--A detachment of soldiers belonging to the troops of General Yuan Shi Kai, the governor of Chili province, recently lost sixty men killed while attempting to quell an anti-indemnity uprising near the bor- der of Honan province. General Yuan Shi Kai is, sending three regiments to destroy the towns in the neighhorhood of the scene of the fighting.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
Estate settled After a Century.

NORFOLK, Va, May 3.-It is said the family of J. w. Colbert of Ports mouth, Va, have just been notified through Attorney J. s. B. Colbert of this city that their share of the estate of the late William Bradford, who came to this country on the Mayfiower in 1860, amounts to between $T50,O00 and $1,000,000. The settlement has been pending for more than a hundred years.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03
HOSE SUPPORTERS

This week we are having a demon. 'stration and special sale on the Twin Anchor Hose Suppory.rs. this supporter is the most practi- cal one made, very easy to ad- Just and is perfectly secure after being once adjusted. they come in black and colors and in two qualities. 5Oc and 2
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Snow From a Clear sky.

The most wonderful snowstorms of
all that may bc seen every winter in
the A1irondacks arc those that prevail
when the sky is cloudlcss. OF these
there ere several varieties Livery week
OF two we would see what looked like
fog form about the distant hills and
then come drifting across the creek
valley Doubtless 1t was rcal SNOW
laden cloud thnt had been drifting
nlong until 1t struck our level (1.3OO
feet above the sen) In the Adirondack,
when the conditions became favorable
fer the release of its fcathcry burden.
We saw these clouds I'LL the mir with
flakes TINT We're driven along almost
horizontally by II strong gale. although
the tops of our old hcmlocks and
spruccs rose into the clear mir and un-
obstructcd sunlight above the highest
level of the show producing air strait
um. We even saw the snow so thick
In the ntr nbout us that the trunks Of
trees six feet above the earth were
not visible although the trcctops could
be seen. and the sun shone down
through the shallow storm with
strength enough to cast distinct shud-
ows
We have stood on quiet, sunlit hill
top and looked down into Il valley less
than 100 feet below us, where Il snow,
storm was raging with violence and
the temperature was frigld. - Scrib.
ner's
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Common sense In Law,

When we are told that every Law
must be enforced to the letter though
the heavens fall, it has brave sound,
but wise regard for the public good
demands that the laws be 40 executed
that the heavens may not fall The
maxim TINT 1.-THE extreme Of the law
may be the extreme Of Injustice
"summum Jus, summa injuria" Is Of
venerable age and has had the epprov-
al Of the best Jurisprudence Is we'll
as the best statesmanslip of many
centuries. 1t Is not mere "sophistry"-
as somewhat hastily, suppose. it has
been called-but 1t may we'll be quoted
In support Of the application of simple
common sense to complicated and per-
picking exigencics. think there Is not
government In the world. not even
the most conscientious, that does not
refrain from risidly enforcing to the
letter some laws standing on its statute
books, either because they are anti
Quated or because such enforcement is
practically impossible or, if beneficial,
would result In evils greater than those
which those laws are to prevent or re
press.--Carl SchurZ.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
rne Japanese Wax Tree,

Japan wnN." as 1t is called, is OBJ
tained from .rce. Rhus succcdanca,
which is found In Japan. China and
throughout the East Indies In general.
In the japanese language 1T is called
haje or haze The tree commences to
bear fruit when five or six years old
and increases its product every year
till mt the age of fifty years single
tree will produce $50 to 400 pounds OF
berries. from which seventy to eighty
pounds or wdx can be obtained.
The wax Is formed In the middle OF
the berry. between the skin and the
seed. like the pulp of grape. It is
extracted by boiling the berries In wa
ter and allowing it to cool. when the
wax separates from the skin and seed
sinking to the bottom of the vessel in
o solid cake. The specific gravity OF
this wax Is $40 and Its melting point
l3l degrees +. 1t is largely used, ell
ther alone or mixed with tallow, by
the Chinese IN the manufacture Of
cnndlcs.
This tree should not be confounded
with the "tallow tree" OF China, which
has plth of solid tallow In all trces
that have fully matured.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
Tho Fashion Of tho House.

A servant girl happened to be en-
gagged Mt n farmhouse where the mis-
trcss was known to have hasty ten
per.
On tho first Saturday night the gir,
was Mt the farmhouse sho was told by
the mistress to clean the boots ready
for Sunday.
The mistress, on coming into the
kitchen later on. saw that the girl had
cleaned her own boots first, SO she took
them up and threw them into tub OF
water that was standing by and bounce
ed out of the kitchen.
The girl said nothing, but when she
had cleaned the other boots she threw
them also into the water.
Whatever possessed you to do that,
girl?" asked the mistress on coming
again In the kitchen.
The girl simply replied:
"Well, ma'am. please ma'am,
thought 1t was the fashion of the
house. ma'nm!"-London Wt-Bits.