Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-19

a. delegation Of about twenty en-
ployes of the Naugatuck division OF the
Consolidated road went to Woodmont
yesterday and presented to George w.
Beach, the recently retired superinten-
dent, a handsome diamond stud In 10
silver casket =. Al. Bradley, the COM
pany's agent at Derby, made the pre-.
sentation.g
Captain Samuel "a. Smoke has been
relieved from the University OF Ne
braska, and, on his own application,
has been detailed as professor OF MILF
tary science and tactics at Yale unlver-
sity. The assignment Of al Captain
Smoke will give Yale an officer of the
United States army for d military m
structor, to- make good. 81 void that has
existed for some time.
Lucius Smith, aged about IA, one OF
the Oldest, residents OF East Haven,
was struck and instantly killed By the
east-bOund Colonial express near the
passenger station at 4:30 yesterday.
Mr. Smith was crossing the track and
1T Is thought that he did not hear the
train approaching until 1T was too late.
His body was thrown almost upon the
platform of the station.
William Henry Schroeder of No 34a
Burritt street, New Britain, d polisher
at the Stanley works, believes that he
and two sisters and q brother are heirs
to So, 000, 900 from an estate of an uncle
in Australia. The other heirs are Mrs
Elizabeth Dickens Of Canarsie, L. l.,
the wife of a clam-digger; Mrs Dora
Gretz of Brooklyn, NJ Y, and John T.
Schroeder of East Northport, T.. I. Ac-
cording to the information received by
Mr. Schroeder he had an uncle by the
name of John Schroeder, who went to
Australia when he was a boy and en-
gagged in sheep farming and became i'm
mensely wealthy.
Arthur Hale Of West Hartford acct
dentally shot himself about $50 O'clock
last evening while on a hunting and
fishing trip. He and four friends, I'll.
A. Cook, II. @. Bruce, w. G.. Bardwell
and f. O. Cook. all of West Hartford,
were driving along the main street Of
East Cranky. Hale was sitting on the
front seat when his rifle, which he held
in front of him, went off, it is said
through the jolting of the wagon The
muzzle of the rifle was leaning toward
the mans breast and the bullet entered
the left breast about an inch and half
above the nipple 1t passed through
Lie uICttSL anu Itilt1 stIti SuOulueI DlsttiE
and came out of the back. His condi-.
ton is serious.
The Poles of New Britain who are
fighting their priest, Rev T.. BojnoWski,
have appointed committee of three to
wait upon Bishop Tierney at Hartford,
and insist that Rev E. Uminski the as
sistant priest, be retained there as the
priest in charge. The committee con-
sists of Augustyn Morris, Thomas Os-l
troski and StanislaIs Proleski. This
committee will go to Hartford today
provided an audience with the bishop
can be arranged, The opponents Of
Father Bojnowski are in a small minor.
ity in the church, but it is admitted
that they are good fighters. They have
been in other church rows. The chief
cause Of the opposition to Father.
Bojnowski is the charge that he is be-.
coming too American in his methods in!
the church. He is also charged with
affiliating with the Irish priests of the
diocese and adopting their IDEAS
Father Uminslxi Is a Russian Pole and
1t is claimed by his friends that he was
imprisoned in his own country and that
if he should be sent back now he would
have to 60 to Siberia ON account of his
activity against Russian governmental
methods. His friends say that they
bishop rules against them. Father
Uminski still remains there, although
he has been ordered away by the
bishop under threat of excommunica-1
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