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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15

If half what some people are say ing be true regarding the strained rela- tions between the police department and other officials who are supposed to work hand in hand with the police officers ill suppressing vice of every name and nature within the limits of Waterbury, it Is a wonder that things are not far worse than they are now, nor will anybody who keeps his eyes open be surprised to learn that the board of commissioners of public safe ty has decided to take a hand in the game and get in out of the wet be- fore the boys get after them with their axes and hammers.
 The raiding of the Lotus club was the last straw and since that time the feeling between half dozen of Wa terbury's leading officials has been anything but pleasant. The police are standing between the devil and the deep sea and as a consequence of their perilous position none of them know which way to turn. The men who are trying to do their duty are in the worst box of all, for they are sure to get kicked if they succeed, and when they fail they are held up to the worst kind of ridicule. It is different with the officers who are en- deavoring to steer clear of trouble. Nobody finds any fault with them for doing nothing and if they happen to run afoul of some lawbreaker and es- cort him to the police station no par ticular notice is taken of it because it is well known that they would not have made the arrest if they could help 1t. Several rows have occurred over this matter during the last few weeks, but perhaps the liveliest of all was the tilt between Chief of Police c. M. Egan and Prosecutor Durant after the Lotus club incident. A Democrat reporter was asked to-day to get copy of Harry Durant's let ter to the chief which was on file in the city clerks office. The scribe in- quired of MT Ryan if he had in his possession q copy of a communication directed to Chief Egan by Prosecutor Durant. At first the clerk replied evasively, but finally admitted having it and after discussion as to the IiSHC Ol d ClllZtll tO see si DuDllC dOc- ument it was produced and copied by the reporter. It reads as follows:
 Waterbury, March 31. 1902. George NJ. Egan, Chief of Police, Wa
 terbury, Conn.,
 My Dear Sir-For some time past have had numerous complaints about the places which I enumerate below and through other trustworthy infor- nation which has been given to me by some of Waterbury's representative citizens. I am led to believe that these places have been in existence for over year. If this is true. then it would appear that some of the members of your department must have known of their existence. The police depart ment and myself have been criticised by the public for our lack of dili- gence in these matters and have gone far beyond my duty in collecting the material below in order chat we
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
No TRUST BEEF.
New York Lunacy Commission to
 Buy and Slaughter Cattle.

New York Lunacy Commission to
 Buy and Slaughter Cattle.
 ALBANY, N. T., April 15.-The state Eunacy commission has decided to pur- chase beef on its own account in order to avoid paying the price now charged by wholesale dealers. It has dispatch ed an agent to Buffalo to purchase Ca nadian cattle on the hoof and will have them slaughtered.
 The commission purchases nearly a quarter of million dollars worth of beef a year. It is confident that by buying it's beef on the hoof it will get just as good meat as 1t has been re- ceiving and will not pay more than it did last year and wiA pay good deal less than the trust prices.
 Attorney General Davies has had several talks with Governor Odell re- garding the commencement of an ac- ton against the beef trust similar to the one instituted against the ice trust. He has not decided on what action he will take
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
MELIcENT PORTER CHAPTER.
Met Yesterday at the Residence of
 Mrs Gilman C. Hill.


 Mrs Gilman c. Hill.
 The annual meeting of Melicent Por- ter chapter, D. A. R., was held yester- day afternoon at the residence of Mrs Gilman c. Hill on Hillside avenue. The reports of the officers were read, re- viewing the history of the year, and also the reports of Mrs k. t. Stannard. who attended the session of the eley- enth annual congress of the D: A. k. at Washington as alternate for the regent. Mrs o. $. Northrop. A paper was read by Mrs G. c. Hill concerning the ancient boundary lines between the towns of Derby and Waterbury, and the landmarks which have been placed on Andrews mountain from time to time to mark the spot where the two towns met. It was voted that the regent should confer With the regent of the Derby chapter with reference to placing q suitably inscribed stone, there as a permanent memorial. According to the new bylaws of the chapter, the majority of the officers can now hold office but two years .consecutively. The nominating committee presented the following names, which were acted upon. those who are now serving the second year being designated. The hsr is as follows: Honorary regent (pers manent office), Mrs s. W. Kellogg; regent, Mrs O. s. Northrop (second year); vice-regent Mrs J. H. Hart; reg istrar (permanent position), Miss Kath- crime Prichard; treasurer, Mrs Irving H. Chase (second year); recording sec retary, Mrs k. $. Wotkyns; corresponds ing secretary, Mrs R. +. Stannard tsec- ond year); curator, Miss Katherine l.. Spencer; auditor, Miss Florentine Hay den (second year.; historian, Miss Ida NJ. Lewis; program committee, Mrs Charles B. Everett, Miss Katherine D- Hamilton (second year., Mrs F. M. Stevens; social committee, Mrs Lewis A. Platt (second year,, Mrs c. l.. Dex- ter (second year), Mrs A. Melrose Bur ritt (second year); music committee Mrs Henry Rowland, Mrs George Lil7 ley, Miss Lillian l.. Davenport; press committee, Mrs Oscar w. Noble, Mrs J. s. Castle, Mrs Ervis D. Wright; board of managers, AIrz E. l.. Frisbie, Mrs G. w. Beach( second year), Mrs Charles Miller. An invitation was ax : tended to the chapter by Mrs o. M. Platt to hold the June meeting at her home. After the adjournment of the meeting refreshments were served anc social hour followed
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
UALLER'S DAY H HARTFORD
Scored Chairman Andrews and
 the One and Sixty Men

Claims That the President Has Ea-
 yored the Country Town Men In
 Every Way Walters Charges
 Caused q Sensation on the Floor or
 the Convention and in the Galleries.
 Hartford, April 15.-At the consti- tut1ona convention to-day q spirited debate took place during. which ex- Governor Waller fired hot shot into the ranks of the sixty and one crowu. The discussion was brought out by the unfayorable report of the committee on special legislatien. Waller took the chair to task for its attitude on several questions and particularly for it's partiality in naming the commit tee, every one of whom is opposed to constitutional changes. Walters ar gument created q stir of excitement among the members on the floor of the convention as well as among the spec tators in the galleries. The eX-goy- ernor was thoroughly worked up and he gave vent to his feelings not caring who was hit.
 The business before the convention was the report of the committee on special Legislation. This commEtee has had under consideration the reso- lutions and amendments presented concerning constitutional amendments, and recommended that none of them ought to pass. It was wiser, the committee thought, to have the mat ters involved therein under the guid- ance of the general assembly,. .Only 99 delegates were present at the ses- sion.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
Palisades Park ,BiI1 vetoed.

ALBANY, N. r, April Governor Odell has vetoed the bill of Senator Goodsell giving the Palisades inter state park commission the power to add to the state park lands along the Hudson river in Rockland county ly- ing between Piermont creek on the south and the state reservation of Stony Point on the north, beginning at and including Hook mountain, in Up per Nyack, Rockland county, and ex- tending along the west bank of the Hudson river to the state reservation of Stony Point.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
FOUGHT WITH BUTCHER KNIVES
The Chef and the Butcher of Union
 League Club Had Deadly Combat.


 League Club Had Deadly Combat. Chicago, April 15.-A savage duel with eighteen-inch butcher knives. which probably will be followed ny two deaths, occurred in the kitchen of the Union League club last night Tine principals were Emil Cotton, butcher, and Jules kuntz, chef. They cut and slashed each other furiously Colton's left hand was almost severed at the wrist. Kuntz received four wounds which severed eight arteries, and his skull was fractured.
 The combat lasted fully ten minutes and was witnessed by several other employees of the club, none of whom dare interfere. The men were ncr separated until both fell to the floor. weak from loss of blood and still try ing to strike each other. They were unconscious when removed from the kitchen.
 Colton had been discharged from the club and the trouble arose through his having accused rKuntz with being re- sponsible for his dismissal.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
CoUNTERFEIrED UNION LABEL
Fall River Man Was Made to Pay a
 Fine of S25 and Costs.

Norwich, April 15.-For selling ci- gars bearing an imitation of the label of the Cigarmakers' union. Thomas J. Kennedy of FaIl River paid fine of $25 and costs i'll the city court to-day There were four counts against him. but as he agreed to plead guilty, three of the counts were not pressed. Kenne- dy also agreed to take back all the ci- gars which he had sold at various Nor wich stores. The case has aroused much interest among members of the Cigarmakers union and is said to be the second of it's kind to be tried in New England.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
DYNAMITE FOR MILLIoNAIRE

Grand Junction, Col, April 15.-An internal machine was received at the postoffice here and was delivered to Isaac O. Wyman, the Boston million aire, to whom it was addressed. Mir Wyman is the owner of the Bookcliff railroad in this valley. He handled the package carefully and there was no explosion. The machine was in- serted in a pasteboard box in such manner that had it been forced, an explosion would have followed It was turned over to the postoffice au- thorities. but as it had no mark on it, 1t is not known where it was mailed
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
RONnSMEN WITHDRAW.

Cape Town, April 15.-The bondsmen of Princess Radziwill. accused of for gerry in connection with notes purpost- ing to have been signed by the late Cecil Rhodes, having withdrawn from her bail, the princess was committed to jail to-day while awaiting her trial, which is fixed to begin on Monday next
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
ELECTION IN NEW HAVEN.

New Haven, April 15.-There is but little interest being taken in the elec- ton here to-day. The election is for six aldermen at large, one alderman from each of the odd-numbered wards, selectmen and constables. Scarcely one-third of the registered vote had been cast at noon, that being mostly in the wards where the workmen live. It is said that the trades unions candi- dates on both the democratic and re- publican tickets are polling big vote.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15


 Smallpox appears to be gaining on us and if it keeps on we'll soon have to put another addition to the isolation hospital Three new cases were 'lis- covered to-day, two at 630, Wards Hats, Bank street, and one at 5S Alder street. The patients ill Wards Hats are two young men named Bircie, brothers, one about 16 years old and the other IT. This is the same family where child has been under the eye or the health officer for some time past. The boys will be removed to the hos pital tonight. The house Is quaran- tined. The Alder street patient is a l2-year-old boy of Hector Laurencelle's. a baker. The house is quarantined and the boy will be removed to the hos pital.
 - There will be something doing in Waterbury when the smallpox scare is over. After that time the lawyers will have their inning. The health authorities are fortifying themselves With evidence against those who are concealing the fact that the disease exists i'll their homes as well as the doctors who are assisting them, and intend to prosecute them as soon as they can get to it. Health Officer Kilmartin said today that he hoped to be able to cope with the malady with out resorting to law. but he is now convinced and in fact has been for some time that the strong arm of the law will have to be called upon i'll or der to convince some people that it is not optional with them whether they shall or shall not report contagious dis ease cases to the health board The spread of the disease is due entirely to the secretiveness of some of those afflicted with it and something will have to be done to guard against a re- petition of these tactics in the future. The health officer says that warrants can not be served upon the offending parties at this time. but that no time will be lost in bringing them into the court after the malady has been stamped out. if such q thing is possi- ble under existing conditions. The city ordinances and the state laws are plain upon this question and people who collide with them will find them selves i'll peck of trouble.
 Health Officer Kilmartin said this af- ternoon that all the patients are doing well. Diamond is up and around and will be discharged in a week or so. The scales didn't come off him as quickly as they did in some of the other cases <4nd on this account he was not among the half dozen released yes terday.
 The quarantine was lifted at the Di- vision street house to-day.
 The Barnard school was closed this afternoon owing to the case of small pox in the Laurencelle family on Alder street. brother of the boy i'll with smallpox was at the Barnard school this morning, while the boy himself attended the Barnard school last E'rI- day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
BREWERS STRIKE SETTLED.
The Trouble at Hartford Was Adjust
 cd Very Quickly.

Hartford. April 15.-The brewers strike was settled last last night. The official announcement of the settlement was given out by Louis E. Eisele, pres ident of the Central Labor union. The news of the settlement will come as relief to a number of saloon keepers whose supply of beer was getting de- cidedly low, and the decided. stand of their bartenders is what did much to settle the strike, although from the start President Eisele of the Central Labor union has worked hard to clear up the labor difficulty.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
King Edward Saw aBen-Hur.v

LONDON, April liking Edward witnessed the production of 'Ben-Hur at the Drury Lane theater last night and, remarkably enough, from the van- rage ground of the pit. His majesty was greatly pleased with the play and sat out the entire performance.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
ELECTRIC SIGNS DOWN.
New York Bureau of Encumbrances
 Making War on Signs.

New York, April 15.-Discontent reigns in the Tenderloin resorts which once were graced with a thousand lamps, for the immense cleo tric signs, formerly to be seen half mile distant, have been removed on or ders issued by the bureau of encum- brances. This is said to be the open ing of a war on the sign nuisance ana 1t is expected the proprietors of other establishments throughout the city will be required to take in the signs which trespass upon the breathing space Of the community
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
,HARTFORD's TURN NOW.
Two Cases of Smallpox Discovered
 Near Charter Oak Yesterday.

Near Charter Oak Yesterday.
 Hartford, April 1.-Two cases of smallpox were discovered yesterday morning in West Hartford, near Char ter Oak park While the physicians who examined the men believe that they have smallpox they will not be positive until to-day or tomorrow, when there will not be any doubt as to what the men are suffering from. The two men reached West Hartford Sunday afternoon and went there from Canada. They are French-C Canadians, do not speak English, and it was inn possible to get clear history of their cases from them. Since Sunday they have been in the house with the em- ployes of a brick yard and if they have smallpox at least forty men were exposed to the disease
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
INVITATION CAME TOO LATE.
Chicago Man Responded to Toast by
 Telephone to New York.

ItIepHUut tU 1NtW IUIh.
 Chicago, April 15.-Invited to attend a banquet in New York city, but re- ceiving the invitation too late, Tim othy W. LeQuatte responded to the toastmaster over 1000 miles of tele- phone wire last night, says the Tri- bune. While he sat at the transmit ter in the Rand-McNally building, 40 guests at the banquet board in the Hotel Rowland, New York, each SUD- piled with receiver, heard him re- spond to a toast. The occasion was a dinner given to Edward T. Page. After Mir LeQuatte had finished. the applause around the table was dis tinctly audible at the Chicago end of the wire.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
JUDGE CASES RULING.

He Denies the Application of David
 Callahan for Reinstatement.
 New Haven. April 15.-Judge W. I. Case of the superior court to-day rem dered a decision refusing the applica- tion of former state senator David Callahan for reinstatement as an at torney. The applicant was disbarred by Judge Robinson in 1899 after a hearing on the charges of alleged mis- appropriation of funds intrusted to his care in his capacity as lawyer At the time of the disbarment pro- ceedings Judge Callahan was state senator from New Haven. He had for merly been deputy judge of the city court.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
MINISTER sIp1AoUINE KILLED.

St Petersburg, April 15.-The minis ter of the interior, Nj. Sipiaquine, was shot at and fatally wounded at o'clock this afternoon. The shooting took place in the lobby of the minis ferIal offices and was done by man who held the weapon close to the per son of the minister. He died at o'clock
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
WILL ALL BE PROSECUTED?
Those People Who Conceal
 Smallpox Cases.

Three New Cases We're Discovered To- day-Two in Wards Flats and One On Alder Street Patients at Hos, pital Getting Along Nicely-Quaran- tine at Division Street House Raised To-day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-15
ATTORNEY DURANT GAVE POLICE THE TIP

In Letter to Chief of Police Egan He Gave the Names of Several voaors of the Law-He Told the Chief That Some of the Members of His Department Were Cognizan of the Fact That the Law is Being Broken-Asks
 the Chief to Gather Evidence So
 That the Lawbreakers Might
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24
Who is to Blame?

In one of the penitentiaries in the.
southern part of my state l spoke
one Sabbath morning to the prison
ers in the chapel, and while l was
eating dinner in the warden's house,
the chaplain came to me and said,
There is one of the convicts who
wants to speak with yOu," and af-
ter dinner l went into the guard
room and saw him sitting there,
and | sat down beside the poor fell
low. He said to me: Madam, you
talked to us boys this morning, and
some of them cried, but l did not.
l said, That woman don't know
what she is talking about, " and
then he went on to tell me his story,
and it was briefly this: When |
was five years old my father died.
He was a drunkard. My mother
married again-married another
drunkard." (And then l made no
comment.) Father used to beat
my mother, and made her cry. AT
ter my mother married again my
step-father beat not only my moth
er, but he beat me, and when | was
twelve years of age l could bear it
no longer, and threw my bundle
out of the window one night and
went out into the big world. l am
thirtytwo years of age, and | have
been in the penitentiary three times.
| never heard a prayer until | heard
it in the penitentiary; l never heard
a word of the Bible read until l
heard it read in the penitentiary; |
never was in a church in my life; |
was never in a Sabbath school, and
l want to ask you, with such a be-
ginning, in the absence of all train
ing and teaching, what else could |
be but crimina1?"
And l could not answer the man.
Then 1 thought of all the saloons
there are in the United States pro-
teoted by the law, whose work it is
to make just such criminals as that
man, and l pass that question on
down through all grades of society,
and on up through all grades of
society, and 1 ask every single official
in the United States who sits in the
halls of legislation, who sits in the
White House at Washington, What
have we to do as we look out over
this great nation; what have we to
say to the drunkards that are about
our streets?-Mrs. Loise Pounds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24
Summer Schools.

Summer schools, for the instruc-
ton and training of teachers, have
become an important aid in educa-
ton. These, in this state under the
name Of teachers institutes, are
under the direction and support of
the state. The best instructors, or
directors, are secured. Methods are
taught rather than the principles of
the text books. The attendance up
on these schools, which are held in
every county in the state, we be-
1ieve, is considerable and increases
year by year. One of the greatest
of advantages which these schools
afford is the possibility of securing
more of uniformity in methods in
the schools. The course of study is
prescribed, as a matter of course,
both for common and high schools,
but these institute schools bring the
teachers nearer a uniformity OF
processes of presenting the branch
es in the courses. Teachers of ex-
perience, ability and zeal, learn Of
better ways, and in conference these
better ways are more generally APP
propriated by others-the majority.
These summer schools, general in
the state, attended SO largely by the
teaching forces, are the strongest
evidence Of the interest in educa-
ton and an assurance Of it's prog
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24
Mother Always Keeps 1t Handy.

my mother suffered long time
from distressing pains and general
i'll health due primarily to indiges-
tion," says L. w. Spalding, Verona,
Mo. 1.-TWO years ago l got her to
try Kodol. She grew better at once
and now, at the age of seventy-six,
eats anything she wants, remarking
that she fears no bad effects as she
has her bottle of Kodol handy"
Don't waste time doctoring symp-
toms. Go after the cause. If your
stomach is sound your health will
be good. Kodo1 rests the stomach
and strengthens the body by digest
ing your food. 1t is natures own
tonic. r. S. Freeman & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24
Vacation DAYS

Vacation time is here and the
children are fairly living out of
doors. There could be no healthier
place for them. You need only to
guard against the accidents Incl
dental to most open air sports. No
remedy equals De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve for quickly stopping
pain or removing danger of serious
consequences. For cuts, scalds and
wounds. 81 used(De Wits Witch
Hazel Sa1ve for sores cuts and bruis-
es," says L. B. Johnson, Swift, Tex.
1T is the best remedy on the mar
ket." Sure cure for piles and skin
diseases. Beware of counterfeits.
r. S. Freeman & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24
The Same Old Story.

J. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which has happened
in almost every neighborhood in
the United States and has been told
and re-told by thousands of others.
He says: Last summer had an
attack of dysentery and purchased
a bottle Of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which l used according to directions
and with entirely satisfactory results
The trouble was controlled much
quicker than former attacks when l
used other remedies" Mr.. Kelly is
a we'll known citizen of Henderson,
N. c. For sale by r. S. Freeman &
Son.