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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

There is a great deal in a name. It
is largely the name that distinguishes
giant firecracker from a dynamite
bomb.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The man Who proposes to court
fame by crossing the Atlantic in 49,
foot launch could save time by going
over Niagara in a barrel.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

Gold in paying quantities has been
found in Vermont. This will be glad
news to the people who left those
abandoned FARMS"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The University of Chicago professor
who declared that the devil is dis
appointed idealist puts Satan In the
class with the spring poets.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

They say that Mr.. Morgan is able
to juggle with the commerce of the
world. A man who can do that need
not be afraid of kings.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

Often mans patriotism becomes
of the disappearing type when the as
SCISSORS come around.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

How careless the kings doctors are
getting! They do not inform a wait.
ing world how many cigars day King
Edward smokes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The Boer and the Filipino wars
are over but the French chamber Of
deputies is still in session.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

An effort is being made by the vol
canoes and earthquakes to bridge the
Pacific with pumice stone.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

1t would be impossible to convince
the average small boy that it was
worth $4,000 to kiss a schoolteacher.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

1t is to be expected that the new
pump trust just formed will find it
natural to water it's stock.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The Yale janitor who stole Reginald
c. Vandeft1lt's initial embroidered silk
socks might have known he would put
his foot ia it,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

An Ohio paper speaks of recent
society function as an "Alice Roose-
welt tea" In the name ce the great
hcfnspoon, what's th&t2 -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The buffalo of the plains is fast be-
coming extinct. The urban variety,
however, is known to be on the in.
crease.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

The new premier of England is an
enthusiastic golfer. Perhaps the king
in selecting him wanted to make sure
of the golf vote.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
Poor King Alfonso! He may not
even choose his own wife.

It is easier for European govern.
ments to Cypress Tolstoi than to sup
press him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13
Minnesota creameries.

~, II. Minnesota Creameries.
The present prosperity Of Southern
Minnesota is due largely to the many
creameries which have made Mime
sofa the s butter State Of the
Union. x 5 @= S.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

81 q disregard Of appearances is q
lack Of sense Cor dollarsl 81, b: +
"a high collar is unbecoming to q
glass Of beer when one 10 thirsty. L. /
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

A wise man never takes a penny
for his thoughts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-13

1t is easy to make men measure up
by shrinking Gods standard down.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
PARSONS BANK RECEIVERS

Ask to be Discharged-An Claims Set
 tied and Balance of S12,0OO.
 New Haven, April 1S.-Judge Wil- Ham $. Case Of the superior court heard a motion in the short calendar session here to-day, for the acceptance of the receivers semi-annua1 report in the suit of Frederick A. Betts ys the Connecticut Life Insurance company of Waterbury. The report which is filed by the New Haven Trust com pany showed that there was $12, ,S63. 74 on hand.
 The petition of James +. Elton and Harry Chase receivers of the affairs of the c. $. Parsons banking company of Waterbury asked for the allowance of their account and for discharge. The hearing was set down for two weeks from to-day in Waterbury. The report shows that all claim shave been settled and that there is left $12,000. A total of forty-two per cent in diyi- dends has already been paid.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
NANY PEASANTS ARE DYING
Scurvy and Typhoid Fever Are Devastating Famine Districts

Starving People Have Eaten Their
 Last Grain-Houses Have Been Cn-
 matched i'll Order to Save the Lives
 of the Cattle and Horses The Czar
 Has Contributed 100000 Roubles
 St Petersburg. April 1S.-The reports received here from the famine stricken districts of Russia more than justify the anticipations of acute suffering ID those localities. Scuryy and typhoid fever are devastating the .peasantry throughout the whole of the Alfai, highlands of Siberia.) region. formerly the chief granary of Siberia. The starving people there have consumed even the last remnants of their seed grain and no spring crops have been sown. The last wheat sold in Altai fetched 2A roubles per pood, against the normal price of sixteen to twenty copecks per pood. In some places fle scarcity of fodder is so great that half the houses have been unthatched to save the lives of the cattle and horses. The czar contributed POO, 900 roubles to the relief fund and has remitted the taxes of the sufferers.
 The Red Cross society Is furnishing all the aid at it's command, in the way or fres Kitchens and medicines.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
HE C0LUNBIAN EXPOSITION
S45o,O0O Which Remains Will
 Be Divided to Shareholders

The Last Law Suit Has Been Settied
 and the Business Will Be Closed Ip
 There are 10000 Shareholders md
 They Will Get 45 Gents on Every S1o
 Share.
 Chicago, April 1S.-The $450,0o which remains i'll the treasury of the Worlds Columbian Exposition 70 probably will be divided next week among the 10000 shareholders. The last law suit against the company has been decided and the board of direc- tors has concluded to distribute slie money as soon as preliminary work can be accomplished. The dividend, 1t is estimated. will amount to about 4o cents share. Shares were sold for S1O. About one-fourth of the 2O,0oo shareholders held one share each. The city will get about S235. GOO as it's divl- dend on the S5.00o, 900 bond issue. J The funds have been tied up all these years by litigation against the World $ Fair Co. About 200 suits were brought for damages, the claims aggregating nearly S500,000 and the money was held to meet possible judgments. Most of the cases were decided against tl-e complainants however, Judgment being secured for less than S15,0o0 of the entire amount.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
FRIEND OF WILLIAM AHEARS,s
James Bradshaw of New York Looking
 up Facts of Death.

James Bradshaw of 169 wast Twelfth street. New York city. was in
 waterbury to-day, looking up some Iacts regarding the death of William Ahearn, who was killed on April I. Dy railing down the stairway at his boarding house on Brook street. Mir BfadshaW called at the Democrat office and was given such information as ap- peared in the paper regarding the ac- cident and also the death and burial. Mr Bradshaw is q good looking young man and appeared to be very much grieved over the sad fate that had overtaken his friend and associate. "Ahearn and I,'' said MT Bradshaw. were associates in Ireland and I also knew him well in New York. He was born in the city of Cork and worked in the dry goods business for T. Lyons X Co, firm that has large .ho,4ses on St Patrick's street, Grand Parade, South Main street and other places. He worked at the business in New York before coming to this town and had several letters from him after he left for this place, but for some req son or other I heard nothing of his death until the other day. He was a Sl education and was a beautiful singer" Mir Bradshaw said that he did not know whether or not anything would be done towards removing the remains to New York. He had no reason to be- lieve that there would be. He knew nothing about that. He was here to collect some facts about the mans death and burial with a view of send- ing 1t to his mother, sisters and broth CTS in the old country. Mir Ahearn was employed by Conlon Brothers in this city. After his death the firm had the body removed to the morgue of Bergin &5 Sons and paid all ex- penses The burial took place on April 8, with services at the Immacu7s late Conception church by the Rev Father Frederick. The interment was i'll Calvary cemetery.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
MURDER IN HE FIRST DEGREE
Pronounced on the Murderers Of
 Farmer Halienbeck

The Jurymen Were Out All Night and
 Announced Their Decision at $40
 O'clock This Morning The Judge
 Immediately Sentenced the Young
 Men to Death-This is the End of .
 Most Sensational Murder Trial
 Hudson, N. T., April IS. The jury in the case of Burton, Willis and Freder- ick Van Wormer, charged with the murder of their uncle, Peter X. Hallen- beck. returned verdict of murder in the first degree against all three of the accused The jury came in at $40 o'clock this morning, after being out all night. Judge Chester pro nounced sentence of death few min utes after the jury brought in its yer dict.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
MID-AIR CARTING.
Novel Mode of Removing Dirt from
 Excavation.

Excavation.
 Very novel ls tlle form of horseless carriage, or rather wagon, being used to remove the dirt and stone from q great cellar now being dug in New York. The contractors in charge of the excavation have discarded the use of horses entirely, except for draw ing wagons to and from work. 1n- stead, the heavy two-horse carts are picked up by. a giant crane, lifted higher than the average house and swung about in great arcs of half a block or more. Derricks have been used for such purposes before, but never probably on so extensive a scale
 This peculiar hauling or rather lift ing, operation goes on all day long on the west side of Herald square, between Thirty y-fourth and Thirty fifth streets. The excavation being made of this entire block is said to be the largest in the city. The floor of this cellar is 30 feet below the level of the street, making it very difficult to haul heavy loads upon an incline which could be built. The plan adopted is really amazingly sim pie and effective. roadway was built block in length, spanning the great excavation at the street level.
 We'll out in the middle of the great hole a huge crane 50 feet high. was placed and rigged with a powerful steam lifting apparatus.
 The empty double trucks are driven on one end of the elevated roadway, long line of them, and are hauled near the middle, where the horses are taken off. A stout chain is quickly passed under the wagon and at a signal the entire truck, wheels and all, is hoisted rapidly into the air. At another signal it is swung into space 40 feet above the ground and lowered to any point in the excavation.
 There are a dozen or more of these empty carts being loaded down in the hole at the same time. As soon as one has been filled with great powders it is again attached to the derrick, raised as easily as though it were a toy, swung about half a block or so and dropped on the elevated roadway, exactly behind the particular team of horses which are waiting for it. During working hours a cart is handled in this way on an average every five minutes.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
STOVES IN COACHES.
Band of Russians Made Big Time at
 Naugatuck Station

There was the liveliest kind of a time at the Naugatuck station this af- ternoon just before the departure or the PAS train. The band of travelling Russians that came in here the other day were leaving for Ansonia Before Conductor Tollies noticed what they were doing they had their stoves and other truck piled into the passenger coaches. The assistance of Sergeant Pagan and Officers NJ. Healey and w F. keegan was needed to dislodge the intruderS and even then it turned out to be a pretty hard job. No one about the place, with the exception of M. J. Brzezinski, could tell what the strang- CTS were saying aud while he did all he could to straighten out matteers still things became so tangled up that the train was late in going out and then left leaving most of the baggage belonging to the nomads on the station platform and two of the women who got crowded off the cars. It was the biggestf,ow ever seen at the station and created so much excitement that people ran from all directions to see what was up.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
WILL PASSUP0NIT 1T
State Board of Health is Com<
 ing to Waterbury.
WILL BEINSESSIoNTO-MoR

Those Doubling Thomases Can Cons
 suit Board in Aldermanic Cham-
 ber-Family In Quarantined House
 on Riverside Street Still Refuse to
 be yaccinated-No New Cases Rea
 ported To-Day and Patients Are
 Doing We'll.
 The family living on the second fioor of the quarantined house on Riverside street have positively refused to allow themselves to be vaccinated and the health officer is considering what can be done in the premises. This is the first case where the majesty of the law has been set at defiance and many will be curious to know what will be done about it.
 ESalth Officer Kilmartin said this afternoon that there was nothing new ID report in the smallpox situation. The Laurencelle boy on Alder street is very sick, but he does not consider his condition dangerous. He also stated that the state board of health will be represented here tomorrow af- ternoon and that business men or oth- CTS who doubted whether or not we have smallpox i'll Waterbury can con- suit the board in the aldermanic cham- Der at 2:30 o'clock
 This will give all doubting Thom- ases an opportunity to be heard on the question and people who believe that we are having q big fuss over nothing should be on hand and have d talk with the state officials Everybody will be anxious to hear what they will have to say and if people who have been telling us that we have no small pox can make good their contention they should avail themselves of this opportunity to set us right The board IS coming here at the solicitation of the health officer. This shows that he is not afraid to have the light turned on. It would be a big joke if the state board should decide that we have no smallpox If such thing should happen pr Kilmartin and Dr Frost would be i'll bad box But this is very doubtful. It is highly probable that the state board of health will find things as represented by the health officer. If they do, it should put a stop to all this talk about the doctors not knowing smallpox But will it? Not likely. It is question if the doubters are open to conviction on this question, so that the agitation is likely to be kept up. no matter what the state board of health may say.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
CHATFIELD READY TO REPORT
Has Given the Old Rink Building
 Thorough Inspection.

Building Inspector Chatiield has lis report ready relative to the petition asking that the rink building be or- dered torn down and will submit the same to the aldermen Monday night. He got peep at the looks of things under the structure by cutting a hole in the boards large enough to crawl Then he wandered on hands and knees through the whole place and took note of every bit of the building. He stumbled over more tn cans and paint pots than he ever saw in his life before and thinks that If there be any money in collecting them there is fortune under the building for some one. The place was not quite as unsanitary as one would sup pose, so that in all no charge can be brought against the property on this account On the return trip Mir Chat field missed the hole he had entered through and had partly made LID his mind that he was q prisoner in the cel- lar of the rink building when he saw daylight struggling through the dark ness and by this means found his way to the opening and got out with his life.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
DR LODGE STILL INSISTS. l
He Believes There is No Small
 pox in Waterbury.

Says He Requested Permission to See
 Diamond, But Was Denied the Priv
 ilege- He Claims That if Greenwood
 Had Acne, as His Case Was First
 Diagnosed, on "Wednesday, He Must
 Have Had the Same Disease Two
 Days Later, When q Second Diag-
 nosis Made It Out Smallpox
 Waterbury, April IS, 1902.
 Editor of the Democrats:
 Dear Sir: Some doctor suggested Tn the Democrat last evening that l ought to go back to college for year or two if l am not able to know q case of smallpox. He states that every other physician i'll the city is competent 10 pass upon such cases, and that I should not try to cast discredit upon those who know their business. Now, sir, If every other physician in town would know smallpox If he saw it, this is further proof that l am right in believ- ing there is no smallpox i'll Waterbury for the health officer himself called Greenwood's trouble in the Mccarthy block q case of acne. On Wednesday, March 5, Dr Kilmartin diagnosed Greenwoods case as acne. and on the following Friday, after very impor- tant consultation with Dr Frost. he was satisfied it was case of small pox. IL it was smallpox on Friday 1t was smallpox on Wednesday, and if it was acne on Wednesday 1t was acne on Friday, but at this famous consulta- ton on Friday the word acne was dropped, the word smallpox substituted instead of 1t, and the McCarthy block quarantined. At the same time Green wood, with some pimples on him. was walking about the house, smoking q cigar, and told Dr Kilmartin thar ne never felt better i'll his life. And again. how could l know case of smallpox without examining the patient. I made application in person to the health o1ncer for permission to see Diamond. put He fe1used me, notwithstanding that ne had issued an invitation the day before in the Republican for doubt ing Thomases to examine Diamond to the full extent. He told me I was the tenth physician he had already refused and that the man in charge of the nest house had positive orders to knock any man down with club that should at- tempt to visit Diamond. I asked fhe doctor 1T might not ride up with him 10 the pest house and after the visit iet us Doth go through the same pro- cess oI dlslnfection, and then there would De no more danger of me spread Ing the disease than there would of him spreading it. But the doctor couldn't see his way to granting nv request and the matter ended there. ! don know who the doctor in last nighrs Democrat is. and I don't care. nut q man ought to keep within the ines of truth whether he is dealing With an individual or with nublic question. Yours truly.
 F. CARTER LODGE, NJ. D.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
GERMAN GRocER's PENNIES.
Saved All He Got Hold of Until He
 Had 19.7OO.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 1S.-Herman Boyce, a German grocer at Goshen, Ind, has made fad of saving pennies for the last twenty years. The quan- t1fy became So great that Royce has on safe place in which to keep them and he has deposited them in bank. There were 19,700 pennies in the ac- cumulation and the bulk of copper was So heavy that he had to take 1t to the bank on dray.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
FLAGMAN TO BLAME.

Ansonia, April 1s.-After four hours Of testimony behind closed doors, the preliminary inquest of coroner Mix of New Haven, in the case of the rail- road accident In this city last night, In which two men were killed, was ad- 1ourned for further heantng to-mor- row. The coroner said that he believed he would have to hold Flagnan Bracho be would have to hold Flagman Brascho on the charge Of manslaughter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
An oId-TIme Document.

An extraordinary relic is possessed by Axel T. Lindholm, of Saltwater, Wis. It came from Norway, and is a verdict rendered by jury of 12 in June, 1853, at Oslo courthouse, where Christiania now stands. At the bot tom of this novel verdict hangs 12 strips of sheepskin with 12 pieces of beeswax the size of a small watch, which contain upon each the seal of enc of the jurors.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
DEATH OF A PUGILIST.

Chicago, April 1s.-"Wild Bill" Han rahan. the pugilist, died at q. m. to- day at the county hospital, after sev- eral days illness of pneumonia. Han rahan was about to enter the ring when it was discovered that he was sick. X doctor was called and discov- cred that the pugilist had temporal .ture of 1O4. He was sent to the hos pital
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
HIGHEST PRICE YET.

New York, April IS. Butter has reached the highest price for the year in this city, the fresh table article hav- ing advanced to 39 cents a pound wholsale, or within ? cents pound of the record price of the spring of 1898.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
SINNERS OUT ON STRIKE.

Rockville, April 1S.-Ten spinners employed in one of the wooden mills of the J. J. Began Manufacturing Co, went out on a strike this morning. They have been receiving $1.35 day and asked for $1.50. They claim the management gave them nc reply when they asked for the increase and hence the strike resulted,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
DEWEY INVITED TO DENVER.

Denver. Col, April 1s.--Admiral Dewey has been invited to come to Denver and be q guest of honor at q banquet which the First regiment Of the Colorado National Guard will give to General Frederick Funston, com mander of the department of Colorado, on May l. the anniversary of the battle of Manila bay.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
ARTIFICIAL LARYNx.
One of the Most Dangerous and Sue
 cessful Opera tions.

San Francisco, April 1s.-The life of Aaron Johnson has been saved at the City and County hospital through an operation never before performed on this coast, the complete extirpation of the larynx. on which was a cancerous growth. This will rank as one of the three or four successful cases on record in the world. for the danger point is now regarded as passed. An artificial larynx Is being made for the patient which it is asserted, will enable him to speak, though his voice will be con lined to a monotone.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Firrn and held at full prices. with the demand moderate; Minnesota patents, S3.s0Q3. 95; winter straights, $3.70Q 1885; winter extras, SS S1542.25; winter pat ents. $3. .8544.05.
 WHEAT - Developed activity and weather in the southwest where rains had been expected; May, 594 Q8o lS-lsc. 1;
 RYE~Steady; state, e6a61c C. l. f.. New York, car lots; No western, 64Ac., f. O. b., afioat.
 CoRN-Opened firm with wheat. but failed to show much advance owing to easy cables and less vigorous support; May, 675sQ68c.; September 66Aq67asc.
 OATS-Slow, but steadf: track, white, state, 50d55c., track, whihte, western, 50Q
 LARD-steady; prime western steam,
 BUTTER-Firm: state dairy. 27@s2c.; i; creamery 2SGl33c.
 CHEESE-Firm; state full cream, small. early made, fancy. colored, 1SQ1S14c.; state, full cream, small. early made. fancy, white. 13Q13Ac.; full cream, large, fall made, fancy, colored. 12Q12Ac.; full cream. large, fall made, fancy, white. 12ql2Ac.
 EGGS-Strong: state and Pennsylvania, 176l71zc-; western, at mark, 1634 Q1IIzc.
 SCGAR-Raw firm; fair refining, 2Hc.; 1; centrifugal, 96 test, Sssc: refined steady; crushed 5.25c; powdered. 4S5c.
 TURPENTINE-Du al 4514g46c.
 MOLASSES-Firn; New Orleans. S3Q RIcE-steady: domestic. zssGs1ac.; Ja- pi1'li TALLoW- Firm; city. ss4c-: country. sss V HfIzAsY-Quiet; shipping. sOGssc.; good to choice 859s0c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-18
PHILADELPHIA WON.

Philadelphia, April 1S.-The Phlla- delphia American league team badly defeated tle Jersey City team of the Eastern league here this morning by a score of IS to 5.