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Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23
NUTMEG GRATINGS.
Items Boiled Down for the Benefit of
Our Busy Reaoers.

Our Busy Reaoers.
The body Of man struck and killed
by an electric car at MOhegan, be-
tween Norwich and New London, last
evening, was to-day identified as that
of John Reed, a sea captain of Bath,
Me.
The stockholders of the New York
& Derby road, which is controlled by
the Consolidated, held their annual
meeting yesterday. and Reelected the
board of directors WhoAinf turn re-elect-
ed the old board Of officers.
John Thompson, aged IL years. Of
Danbury fell under a freight car near
the Wildman street crossing late yes
so badly crushed that it was necessary
boys condition is serious.
The Farrell Foundry and Machine
company Of Ansonia has filed with the
secretary Of the state a certificate Of
increase in the par value of the shares
Of its capital stock from $25 to 500.
The increase makes the total capitali-
zation of the company $1,150,00O, di-
yided into 1000 shares. "A certificate
of incorporation has been filed by the
Bristol Motor Car company, capital
$4,000.
An inquest on the death Of Frank
Caicio, years old, an italian, was
held in Stamford yesterday before
Coroner Doten of Bridgeport. Four
boys testified that Cafcio had been
kicked in the abdomen October A by
Fred Oebinger, newsdealer, while
they were waiting in his store for pa
pers, and four local physicians testi-
fed that death was due solely to APP
pendicitis. Oebinger denied having
struck the boy. Decision was re-
served.
The motormen and conductors of the
Meriden, Southington & Compounce
Tramway company have received no.
tice that after November 1 they will re-
ceive an increase in wages from 16
and IL cents an hour to 1715 and 10
cents an hour The men petitioned
the Connecticut Railway & Lighting
Company, operators Of the Meriden &
Southington, for an increase amount
ing to the scale of wages paid on other
divisions Of the company, or 10 and 81
cents an hour. 1t is probable that the
concession made by the company will
| be acceptable to the men,
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23
AWARDED TO FINDER.
Litigation Over Diamond Pin Found
In New Haven Hack.

In New Haven Hack.
New Haven. Oct 23.-An interesting
decision involving the ownership of a
$500 diamond pin was given yesterday
by Judge Hubbard In the common
pleas court in the suit Of Leonard T..
Knox, colored hack driver, against
Henry D. Cowles, captain Of police de-
tectives. Knox found the pin in a
hack which he drove for a liveryman
on the day Of an important ball game
at Yale field in June, 1901. No claim
ant for the pin appeared and after
keeping it a year Knox sold it. The
police. learning of the sale, arrested
Knox on suspicion. He was dis
charged The question of the owner
ship of the diamond was decided by
Captain Cowles in favor of the livery
stable man who owned the hack in
which 1t was found Knox brought
Il repleyin suit against Captain Cow1es
and yesterday fudge Hubbard decided
IN the plaintiffs favor to recover 81
and costs and the diamond.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23
WILLIAM J. SCHLEGEL,

Foe this and other bargains in Water
oury real estate, in the Lewis building.
No 65 Bank street
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23
Be YOUR own LANDLORD

Collect your own rent from your
self and pay it down on the princi-
pal; then rent the other part Of your
house and with the proceeds pay your
interest, taxes, etc. $1,000 buys two
family house on Baldwin street. Why
not look this up?
j. L. PHELAN. S
~ Bank Street. Take elevator.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23
VantS-FO rSale- Torrent

WANTED Competent homework girl =
Wv quire Cooke street. 10-23-tf
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23

Boston. Mass, Oct Following is
the text Of the. letter sent by the presi-
dents secretary to the United Irish
league at its convention in this city:
.sWhite House, Washington. Oct 16.
"Dear Sir: Your communication Of
recent date has been received. and in
reply would state that while the
president very much appreciates the
cordial invitation extended to him by
your league. he regrets that his public
duties will prevent his being present on
the occasion to which you refer. Ow-
ing to the pressure upon his time Incl
dent to the preparation Of his annual
message to congress he is at present
unable to accept any invitations. Per
NIT me in the presidents behalf to
thank you and through you the mem
bers of your organization for this cour-
tesy. and believe me. Very truly yours,
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Sec"
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23

T OST-A oocketbook between Center street
- and the library or in the library. The
finder will please return to the Democrat ONCE
ndreceive suitable reward. lO-23-l
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23

yxYANTED-All kinds Of good second hand
w furniture at Lunny's, So Broadway.
10-24-5
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-23
FOR SALE.

The large fine brick residence with
lot of about 120 feet on North Main
street, being No 161. formerly occu-
pied by myself and family, and for
the past few years by the Union Club.
is now in the market.
This is to-day one or the pest Ioca-
IONS IN our prosperous city for a
uocIors home and offices, or can be
USED and improved for other profitable
purposes.
VIII give the right party one OF
ne best real estate deals that was
yer oTered in central property. WIN
make terms to suit purchaser. Call
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
NEW WAY or SNAKE MILLING.
Disco, cred b, an EntcrprisinE squirrel and
Pursued with Great Results.

OLD Town. Me. Nov. 27.-Owing to the
fact that a Maine lnt'ian never kills any
thing he cannot eat. new condition OF
animal life has been developed upon Indian
Island and chipmunks have multiplied so
rapidly that they have become AZ common
as grasshoppers and ~ unafraid Of man.
1t came about in this way. The natural
food Of the large striped snake consists Of
insects with now and then n plump frog
or toad for n holiday feas. As the In
dams DO not kill snakes-unless they are
very h ingry-,he reptiles increased 80
fast on tho island that all the frogs and
toads and most of the insects were extcr-
minated, compelling the snakes TO cat
chipmunks or starvo.
They choose the chipmunks. Though these
small squirrels are found all over the island
they are most plentiful in the little Gene
terry at the south end where they have
honeycombed the mounds above the de-
parted warriors with burrows in which
they live all the year and bring up their
great families
The big striped snakes soon learned
where game was thickest and began
TO make raids upon the undefended holes
OF the squirrels, catching them by the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30

legs as they passed in and out. swallowing
them whole "a they do frogs
For five or six years the struggle for
mastery between the chipmunks and the
snakes was a hard one. Owing to the fact
that the snakes were slow in their move
meuts the owls and hawks carried on many
of them while the more agile squirrels
escaped to their holes. Meantime the
surviving snakes restored the balance Of
power and kept the chipmunkS from null
tiplying by crawling among the burrows
and swallowing all they could catch by
patient waiting
The ratio between the two races of ami
mails was decidedly in favor of the snakes.
and the chipmu,ks were in fair way to
he wiped out hen an inventive squirrel
discovered a way Of killing the snakes with
out fighting them While snake will en-
| ter any hole in the ground that IL large
enough TO receive it's body, no snake has
| yet been able To dig hole for itself and
| whenever IA snake II plugged inside Of a
| hole that snake remains where Il is until
| il dies Of starvation.
Somehow the chipmunks learned this
weak spot in the defence Of snakes a2d
| they began offensive operations. Every day
they went leapng among the grave and
! -nutfing at the holes TO learn II there were
| snakes inside. As soon as one was dis
| covered, the squirrels carried earth in
their cheek pou, hes until the hole contair :
| ing the snake was filed with Garth and
| beaten down level With the grass.
They kept close watch for prying sna ke :
| for two or three years in succession, ard
last summer there was hardly large snake
to be found on the island, while the chip
hunks had increased 30 rapidly that the
ate up many of the grow ing crops upon
| which the Indians depended for cash boun-
ties from the State.
In digging among the graves of their
ancestors to rid the island from pest OF
chipmunks the Indians unearthed hun,
| olreds of dead snakes which had been buried
alive by the squirrels, Then the surprised
red men told their story to the profess orr
at the University Of Maine and the world
was enl ghtened rs to new way Of KILN
snakes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30

in any part of England, the powers given
the irish Executive by the Crimes act1
ireland j. practically crimeless. On
Dsc ~ last five county prisons in ireland
were permanently closed. Carrick -on Shan
non Droghpda, Enniskillen. Omagh and
wicklow Without wishing to make any
disparaging comparisons between Ireland
and England or Scotland, comparatiy"
statistics show steady decrease IN crime
ia Ireland, while in the other two Kingdoms
the cont rary il the case.
I'm England they arc building now
prisons and charging th" old ones. In
| Ireland a mighty army in the shape OF
| constabuary IL maintained al The eN-
| pense Of the nation, the meinbers OF which
| swarm in idlcness, except when called
| upon to do the landlords work. Settle
| the land question and "A dozen STABLES
| i'm each of the coultics, with small mu-
| uicipal police force in the cit les. would be-
ample TO keep ordinary criminals IN r"-
| straint.
lis il surprising then that Ireland il not
| pros porous, that trade languishes and
| Industries suffer? Give tho power to a
| hostile Executive to exercise tho dc+po'ic
| powers of the Irish Crimes act in London,
| Liverpool or Manchester, even for "A few
| months. and the merchants and traders
| of these cit les would no longer express
| astonishmcnt that business did not flourish
| in Dublin, Cork or Limerick. Their sur
| prise would be that there was the hum OF
any industry at all in those places after
| the years of coercion with which they
| have been cursed.
AT tho present time more than twelve
counties are proclaimed, and three of the
| principal cities, including the capital
are similarly distinguished. When ii is
borne in mind that these extraordinary
powers are nj present directed against
the United Irish League, the slight excuse
availed of for proclaiming the cities viii
be realized Section vi. empowers the
Irish Executive by special proclamation
| to declare an ASSOCIATE ion to be dangerous
and membership therein become ipso fdcft
crime; the publication Of the proceeding;
Of any meeting of such body becomes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30

II tho district where the publication is had
is a proclaimed one
1T surely is not remarkable that under
such circumstances Irishmen are dis
contonted and rebellious? Could they I've
human and be otherSise' Can England
hope by such means to crush the national
aspirat ions of a race 30 virile that II -four
ished even through centuries Of porseou-
ton? Tyranny in Ireland has certainly
had n long trial, with most disastrous con
sequences to her children and not with
entire advantage to Great Britain Might
not trial of fair treatment he at least
worth the experiment."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
BROOKLYN ADvERTisn MENTs.
BROOKLyN ADVERTISEMENT.
ABRAHAM AND STRAUS
RR00ELFN.
The News Of ToyIand.
Biggest a d Best We Ever Knew.

Biggest Best We Ever Knew.
No cards Of invitation. The welcome is just as
broad as we can make -inclu les every man. woman
AMI child especially every child-who can get to the
Abraham and SrauS Store.
such wonderful AMI interesting things as there are
to Sc. Such inexpensive things, too for this is not
only the biggest ana best but
The Lowest Priced Toy Store in Town.
The Chestnu Vender is popular fellow-the young
folks like to see the way he raps the boy, over the
knuckles when they try to steal his chestnutS he
is as natural As can be-and yet h.. is piece OF
machinery.
DOLL. Brother and Sister Dolls 2na box, value 20 at zoe:
Table Tennis Lawn Tennis ami Cot Players in box dressed
in their true costumes 75; values Acc s5o values %
Our special Hanwefk % inches long shoes stockings;
KID Dolls Is inches pretty faces shoes n stockings
Dressed Dolls - 24c. 4oc CSC and up to s24.0s
Dolls Straw Hats mary Of them worth 2j. AMI 35c our
Dolls Furniture Anne an make pieces n;e box
se Specs value 49, at 49, be, sr,iss a.. ~, IN
A. & s. Automobiles they are exact models OF our delivery
Automobile operated BY cloik work ana will run different
lions and they even have the au horn value 'o at 3'i
"''>''''N '''' sst 81 IS 81 os and up to $40 Oh
Baky Mules The general favore value so; at 90. S0
Nfi aan H. so, bas y.u. '' 'o' o." '"s
Harmless Pistols rubber tipped target 80:
Soldiers femenS and Po';emens Suits soc Dsc 40 up
t n Tfs Sis " "sS !" ana up
Games Pn,thel the amusing and popular the
Cokinoe largest size hard wool 81 80 Osc value
Table Tennis Table Tennis Sets Fine bats leather bound gooi
balls ana clamps value Sl.2j at ..... ... zoe
Cork handle Bat Sets. best nickel clamps finest English balls
with cork bats leather AMI c; @. =. n l., :. Ss So
Best English Balls value 4Oc at -'.. poe
Fourth noor Building
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
A Might Alarm.

Worse than an alarm of fire at night
is the brassy cough of,croup. which
sounds like the children's death knell
and it means death unless something
is donegquckly. Foley's Honey and
Tar never fails to give instant relief
and quickly cures the worst form OF
Group. Mrs. P. l.. Cordier, of Man
nington. KY, says: my three year
old girl had severeFcase of Group
the doctor said she conld not live.
gotta bottle Of Foley Honey and
Tar, the first dose.gave'iquick relief
and saved her. life. - Foley's Honey
and Tar Is best forsoroup and whoop
ing cough, contains'no opiates, aod
cures quickly. Careful mothers ttcf
in the house. Refuse substitutes. T.
q. Williams.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
PLENTY OF ICE.
Thousands OF Tens Cut and shipped
from Mountain Lake Park kThis


Never in the history of Mountain
Lake Park has there been known such
an ice harvest as is now in progress.
Thus far ia cars of Ice have been
ship ed to Baltimore, Keyser, Pied
mont Tunneiton, Newburg and Fair
mont. 1t is expected that within the
next 10 days that at least "A, 900 tons
more ice will be cut and shipped, and
yet not over one-third of the ice will
have been taken from the lake. The
ice is rs clear as crystal and from Is
to 20 inches thick. The ice cut for
he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company is 20 inches wide, Is inches
and over thick, four feet long. Three
of these cakes weigh ton, and lCn OF
them fill car. Manager kudisill. ras
housed 900 tons OF ice, and expects &c
put up 500 tons more. Mr.. Rr.sisili
is preparing to make ice shipping one
OF the great industries at Garrett Coun-
ty, in the winters to come. With
proper freight rates, hundreds OF cars
Of ice can be shipped to many points
in MARYLAND and West Virginia. The
daily shipment of ice is about Is cars.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
FIRE IN A BAKE SHOP.
4 Blaze In the Bake shop Of . III. Wild
Last Night Discovered In the Nick
ofTfme.

A fire broke out Wednesday about
10 o'clock in the bake shop OF j. IA.
Wild, Queen street, but it was no.
ticed and extinguished before it had
a chance to do anv damage to
amount 70 ANYTHING.
The blaze was caused by the heat
from the wood fire in the oven. The
North side Of the building was burn
ing when the blaze was discovered.
but by its timely notice 1t was extin-
guished before ii bad chance to get
beyond control A. small hole was
burned in the wall by the fire.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
DANCE IN FELLER'S HALL.
Successful Dance Last Night Attended
by Forty Couples.

by Forty Couples.
One of the most successful and
largely attended dances of the winter
was given Tuesday in Feller's Hall
under the direction of Messrs Elmer
hatcher, manager and Fred Sharff,
instructor. The grand march began
at 8 80 O'Clock headed by Mr.. Elmer
hatcher and Miss Daisy Bowen.
About forty couples participated. An
innovation on the program was the
dancing of the circle two-step and
waltz, which proved very popular.
The hall was tastefully decorated
with flags and bunting. Music was
furnished by Thompson's Orchestra.
At ten O'Clock there was an inter
mission for refreshments. after which
the dancing was resumed and kept
up until midnight.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
CHARGED WITH FRAUD.
A CoIored Man Arrested for Getting
Meat FrnndulentIy.

Lewis Williams colored, was before
Justice Snyder Tuesday on the
charge of getting meat from Vim.
Ettinger, a butcher in North Martins
burg, by fraudulent methods. The
complainant charged that Williams
appeared at the store on February s
and bought So lbs. of meat, stating
that it was for James Mosby, q Gus
toner OF Mr.. Ettlnger's meat store.
1t afterwards developed that instead
of getting tine meat for Mosby, Will
Jams had gotten it for his own use
and his arrest followed. Williams
owned ND to the offense and ageed to
pay for the meat and costs of the case,
which was satisfactory to the posecu-
ting witness, whereupon the prisoner
was released.
A WOMAN In THE TOLLS.
Rose Mercer was before Justice
Heller Tuesday on the charge of
abusing Mrs. Anna Moore and using
vulgar language about her aid her
daughter. After hearing the evidence
iii the case, the accused, for want of
proper and sufficient evidence, was
dismissed by the magistrate.
FINED S25.
Arthur McKeever. Who was arrest
ed by Chief of Police Freeze for rails
ing disturbance in the saloon of
Roach Bros, was given hearing be-
fore Mayor Henshaw Tuesday after
noon. He was sentenced to pay a
fine of So and to pay for the broken
glass.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
Virginia, Josie and Thomns @. Sessst.
PETER NEWCOMER.

| Peter :. Newcomer. retired lner.
chant OF Boonsboro. Washington conn.
ny, Md, and father of Mrs Oscar Nj.
Thomas of this city. died suddenly
Monday Of apoplexy. aged ~ years.
He arose from bed in good health.
and while winding clock fell over
unconscious. He lived retired tor
many years. He leaves the fol- ~.
ing children: W H. and I. f. New
conner, Miss Lizzie Newcomer. or
Boonsboro: Mrs. Oscar M. Thomas, Of
Martinsburg.
PROF. McMULLEN.
Shepherdstown. W. Va, Feb. ID
Prof Joseph McMurran died at his
home in this place this morning at &
O'Clock from general debility aged
about seventy-two years. He was one
of-the Oldest aud best known citizens
Of THE community. He was born and
raised hare and was CONSIDERED one of
the best educators in the State.
He was the first president OF Shop
herd College, State Normal School,
winch position he held for many years
until failing health compelled HIM to
retire For many years he has been
druggist at this place.
I. He served in the war under the Con-
federacy. He WIS a gentleman of
the old school. ripe in experiences
and highly cultured. bright CONVEX
sationalist and a man whose advice
wac sought ON all occasions.
He was CONSTANT christian. hny-
inS united with the Presbyterian
church lip early life. Few men IL
any are more highly respected than
lie III the Eastern Panhandle.
He never married and is survived
by one sister, Miss Lula. of this place
and a brother James OF Bristol, Tenn.
COL. W. W. ARNETT.
Wheeling W. Va, Feb. 2o--Col.
w. W. Arnett, probably the best
known lawyer in Nest Virginia, more
especially as pleader o. criminal
law, died yesterday. He WAS horn
i'll Marion county. this State about
sixty wears ago and was made Colonel
OF his regiment. the Twentieth Vir-
ginia Cavalry, Confederate Army,
recruited in and about Marion county.
when ne was 10 years old. hence was
probably the Youngest officer OF such
rank. His wife, who was Miss Sallie
Stephens, Bath county. Virginia, with
four sons survive him. In 1896 Col
onel Arnett was the Democratic can
dldate for Congress from this district
and he was figure at State Demo-
cratic gatherings.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
HERMAN SCOTT.

Herman Scott. son OF Edwin SCOTT,
died Monday at his homet on w
Kace street. aged 30 years. Death
was caused bv consumption, with
which the deceased had been a long
sufferer. Previous to his illness he
was an apprentice in the Southern
Railway Company's shops at Alexan-
dria, Va Last September he was
compelled to quit work ON account
of his condition and return home.
Since that time his life has been slow
ly ebbino away. He was conscious
of his approaching end. but he was
fearless OF death and passed away in
o peaceful and contented manner.
His father, one brother and four sis
ters survive him, viz Nellie, Mary,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
A WEST VIRGINIA PRODUCT

Two typical specimens of the West
Virginia wild cat, enclosed in an IRON
bound box, were received by the
Adams Express Company in Cumber.
land over the West Virginia Central
from Travellers Repose, near Huttons-
vile, where the aboriginal felines
were captured. They W ere being ex-
pressed to the National Geological
Park at Washington.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22
A Thousand Dollar. Thrown Away

my wife had lung trouble for nj
teen years, writes Mr.. w. W. Bak-
or. Of Plainview. Neb. I'VE tried q
number Of doctors and spent over .
thousand dollars without any relief.
She suggested trying Foley's Honey
and Tar, which did and thanks be
to this great remedy it saved her life.
She is stronger and enjoys better
health than she has know in ten
years. We shall never be without Fo-
le'ssHonev and Tar and would ask
those afflicted to try it," Il. Q. Will.
Jams.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-02-22

Silver's next Mule Sale will take
place in about 80 days.