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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.

Miss Janet Fitts of Goodyear ave nue, who has been confined to the house by sickness, is again able to be out.
 Beeman & Hatch's well known or chestra Of Hartford has been engaged to furnish music for the Knights of Columbus ball, which is to be held next month in Columbus hall.
 Emmet Baxter of Johnson street has entered the employ of the Connec- ticut Commercial Bulletin.
 A new club has been organized in this borough. It will be known as the Lafayette club and will occupy rooms in Hopson block.
 Clad Hall. formerly of this town but now employed as travelling sales man, was in town yesterday on busi- ness.
 An exhibition sale of china and wa ter colors, painted by Miss Gertrude M. Brown, is being held to-day and to. morrow at the home of Mrs Ellsworth on Meadow street.
 The class in science at the night school meets tonight.
 A large number of Waterbury and Seymour people are coming here S.ttur- day evening to attend the Starlight A. O. promenade and dance at Columbus hall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
HOW CASSATT KEPT WARM.
Ingenuity In Heating Railway Presi-
 dents Sldetracked. Train.

Ingenuity Jn Heating Railway Presi-
 dent'a SldetracLed. Train.
 When President A. J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad and a party of railroad officials, which included Vice Presidents Pugh and Rea and Superin- tendent of Passenger Transportation Sheaffer, arrived at Pittsburg recently tracked at Pitcairn, says the Philadel- phia Telegraph When the locomotive was detached the supply of steam which heated the cars ceased. As the night was cold and damp, the discom- fort, not to say danger, to the occu- pants of the coaches could not have been but marked.
 Now, while Mir. Cassatt and the oth- CT members of the party would un- doubtedly have accepted the situation with good grace, the Pittsburg train men would have considered any dis comfort suffered by the party as a re- fection on their ability. So the lack of heat was supplied by the laying of line of pipe 1,500 feet in length from the cars to an adjacent power house, from which was obtained an adequate supply of live steam during the night.
 The thing was accomplished so quick ly and quietly that none of the party was aware until the following morning shat anything out of the ordinary had been done to insure their comfort
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
GRleve. BlssET < HOLLAND

was 70 be Maggie and insisted upon calling me Annie and dozen other names that didn't fit before she could fall on the correct one. felt sure that she would be the cause of our down fall. Then she always giggled and act ed so silly. didn't laugh, but did something far worse. Our discovery was all due to me.
 "We got along beautifully with our work, and dinner proceeded as well as lunch. We had served the first course famously and were removing the dishes when we met our Waterloo.
 Miss Eddy was coming from the dining room with the gravy bowl in her hand when the swinging door struck it and knocked it to the floor. In my surprise I cried:
 "'Why, Florence EddyY
 Everybody understood then and laughed, and Mrs. Goldsmith said there was no use crying over spilled gravy. We asked to be allowed to finish the day as we had commenced it-as serv- ants and agreed to reveal our identity after we had finished the work. Mrs. Goldsmith and her daughter insisted on being allowed to assist with the washing of the dinner dishes and upon our spending the evening with the fam fly. And thus ended the first and last day of our search for our experience theme"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
DEMOCRACY IN EDUCATION.
An EngIishman Is Impressed by Our State Universities.

An EngIishman Is Impressed by Our
 State Universities.
 Hon. William Henry Jones, member of the English parliament, who is visit ing the United States with the Mosely delegation which has for its purpose the study of higher educational meth ods'in America, is much impressed with the growth of democracy in education here and declares that the state univer- sities are superior to the privately en- dowed colleges.
 Tn a recent statement MT. Jones said 1t would be difficult to name the first five great American universities, as we have so many institutions of unques- tionably high standing and large pur- pose, but that if he were to do so se- riously he probably would have to name them, following the sun, Har- yard, Cornell, the University of Michi- gan, the University of Wisconsin and the University of California.
 To name the first ten, he said, would be still more difficult, as that would put larger number of great institu- tions into competition, but that if he were to do so it would be almost inn possible for him to add any five to the first list mentioned that did not include the state universities of Illinois, Ne braska, Minnesota and possibly Kansas and Tennessee.
 He states that If there is any one col lege that would have preference with him it probably would be the Univer- sity of Wisconsin.
 s.This university" he says, "is strong in numbers. 1t Is democracy, where merit alone counts. It's standing in scholarship is of the highest; its de- grees are recognized by every univer- sity in the world, and its spirit and purpose are as broad and inclusive as the universe. Unlike the older colleges of the east, it is not circumscribed and hampered by a conservative, classic curriculum, nor is it intimidated by it's benefactors, as are some of the colleges founded by the predatory rich.
 ''It is the wholesome product of 8 commonwealth of 3,OOO,O00 people, sane, democratic, industrial and progressive, with ideals and unafraid of ideas. It responds to every need of humanity; 1t knits together the professions and la bor; it makes the fine arts and the anvil one There are many of these state universities that have much or all of this, but to- this must be added the natural endowment of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin--its location is sub lime"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
New Use For Te1epbon>

To apply for a position when you are out of work by telephone is one of the latest manifestations of the universal convenience of long distance talking, says the Boston Transcript. No need now to advise the inpecunious young man to borrow $25-of somebody else for a new suit, hat and gloves in order that he may give out the impression of not being poor. The man at the phone will listen only to the quality of his utterance and will not be affected by the color of the tie the youth has on. The net saving therefore of getting job over the wire, supposing that the young man has to call up fifty different business men, is S2o, tidy listle sum toward staving off the assignment of wages man. csroat is modern economy! 1!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17
counctI Cb.mber i. Redroom.

When the members of the town coun, cil of Hanover Pa, entered the coun. cil chamber the other night to hold an adjourned meeting they were surprised to find that their former meeting place had been converted into q bedroom, says the Philadelphia Press. The fire company at the last meeting had sug. gested the council chamber as the most convenient place for the drivers tc sleep and, receiving no answer. refur, nished the room
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-17

By trading morning between o'clock you get ! DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF TRADING STAMPS ON ALL FUR CEASES.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
SUPERB
W|NDWARD
WORK
Shamrock III Showed Up Finely
in Light Air Yesterday Over
so Mile Course.

Atlantic Highlands, n j. Aug a.
With all the luck against her Shamrock
III yesterday again proved herself a
splendid racer in light winds by beating
her pacemaker. Shamrock l.. nine min
utes and 81 seconds in a 30 mile windward
and leeward race off Sandy Hook That
the challenger Is wonderful boat for
windward work in light winds all her
admirers know, but today she outdid
herself. Beating out to the mark she
gained Big lead. only to lose portion
OF IL by a slant OF wind which temporar-
lily enabled the old boat TO oupoint her.
Although Shamrock /. had the better of
freshening breeze in the run To the nm
ish line. the challenger more than treb-
led the distance Of her lead over sham
rock l., but the yachts were sailing 60
much faster at the finish than at the
turn that the challengers gain in tine
was much less than in distance.
The course was Is miles south, a beat
to windwI I'd and a run back The wind
was no be ter than FIVE knots when the
boats crossed the line in this order:
Shamrock Ill, ll12I7.
Shamrock l., l1:12.37
Au' OpdAs xvi away on ulHerent taCkS.
Shamrock | heading of shore. while the
challenger started toward the Jersey
coast. The new boat came about after
few minutes and followed the other
seaward. After n half hour both tackled
for long leg along the Jersey coast
From position on the old boats lee
bow OF the cup hunter by outpolnting the
other. worked up to windward until an
hour after the start she was nearly a
mile ahead, though not to windword The
new boat seemed 10 he m nutes ahead
on West End Shamrock III made a short
tack or shore and fetched to a point off
ocean Grove. Shamrock 7 carrying n
more favorable slant. and thereby gain
until of Ocean grove. and then both
boats headed for the mark with the
challenger leading Shamrock l. from a
windward position. fetched the turn, but
Capt Wringe had 10 make two short
tacks
Both boats broke out spinnakers and
tibtopsails for the run back 10 the finish
line. All the way home the challenger
ran like witch I'm a freshen!ng breeze
Rarely before had she given such
splendid exhibition OF superiority In run
ming before the wind Shamrock I was
more than a mile astern OF the challen-
ger at the finish.
The summary:
Elapsed
Start. Turn Finish Tine
sham. III u1217 o.Oos2 4:ll:O 4.5s:43
Sham. L.. lll2:37 2:osO2 4:2l:17 5:os:4o
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
ART IN ADVERTISING.

II was Just about generation ago that
illustrations frst appeared ,,n,sdvertise-
ments At frst tho cuts were made on
wood and In the crudest form The line
or zinc plate ana h1lf-tone have done
much 20 develop the artistic I'm advertis-
ing
Great firms have done Their share in
giving 10 the public the result % work
and money. but no firm has spent more
morey IN ART than the makers OF Pears
Soap. Doubtless the picture Bubbles. 4"
by Sir John Mllals. viii W remembered
We have had submitted 20 us picture
appearing In the August magazines which
is worthy Of note. The subject ls the
study ~ head which appeals 10 all
lovers % the beautiful and is an exquisite
type ~ woman. No small praise IL due
this concern and It's representatives. the
LYMAN II. Morse Advertising Agency
who have worked mutually With tho
Pears concern IN the upbuiidlng OF art
In advertising.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
MONUMENT BEACH.
This Foisd Sumner He,o'i Is In the Height
OF Sslsln and & luY.rs | bsItal PaiIOlage.

Hotel Norcross which has made Monu-
mept Beach so famous. under the man
aGement Of j. ". & NJ. f. Dill Is just
now enjoying what may be termed the
height OF the season. and life az this hos
teliy during the remainder Of the season
Will be crowded with gayety. There ore
representatives here from various parts
OF the country. and from Providence there
are al present registered Perry NJ Sweet.
T. j. Rogers. Jr. Fred A Wareham.
George Heathcote and family. and r II
Eldridge. The Norcross has long been
favorite with many OF our Providence
families.
Monument Beach. which is really the
west shore of the old township of Sand
wich. Is situated al the eastern head of
Buzzards Bay. and here The Norcross rs
located surrounded on three sides with
water. and commanding a most interest
ing marine and forest picture Every
room In the house Is refreshed by the cool
balmy breezys OF the bay and the com
forts that the management provide FOR
their guests makes this one of the most
sought for places along the coast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
TO TEST
CAVALRY
HORSES
G;n. Miles States That Was
Reason for His RSCaNt
90.Miis Ride.

Washington. Aus t-Sinoe the return
of Lieut-Gen Miles from his western
tour he has received many inquiries as
to the exact conditions under which he
made hs rinety-mile ride from Fort Sill
TO Fort Reno IN nane hours Of actual rid
Ing and the real purpose of the record
breaking gallop. Gen Miles told for the
first time just why he took his long ride.
lie said
wanted 10 satisfy myyelf as 10 the
serviceabi.ty OF the horses with which
the cavalry is being suppl ed and the
effect OF different animals over different
roads on their riders. | wanted To com
pare The cavalry horses Of today with
those ot che past and draw conclusions
that might be a benent 10 tho army
There have been some complaints that
not as much care Is now taken I'm tho
selection OF cavalry horses rs formerly
ana that this has been cause OF Ge.
sert.cns IN that arm OF the service rs
rding nine horses selected at random
over rlne,y-mle stretch believe
could best secure an Of the information
wanted and ! cid
THE ride was made without specia.
preparation OF any kind Though have
been IN the saddle mere or loss since
was six years old, have ridden very
little durIrs the past year and role cnly
four or FIVE miles INC day before The
heat n the middle of the day was loi IN
IN" shade. but ! experienced no incoa-
venienco An of my mounts were not
OF the best, but they showed me what
the average calvary horse can DO and
what the effect is on the rider
Knowing that ! weighed 2n7 rounds
Two of the Officers who selected the
horses picked out frauRht horses for me.
ana the fret one was 30 clumsy when nut
10 a gai'op that hc fcll down ara rolled
partly over me. on n cool day ana with
good roads I Gould have ridden murh
turther IN the same time. I used neither
WHIP nor spur The ride did not tire
me az all"
ne Fort Sl'-Fort Reno dash v--s tho
ionseft ride Gen. Miles has ever male
put not the fastest. -Four years ago no
rode % miles in four hours and 3. min.
urTE, UHIfR Two horses Dure,V ~,
civh war. In 1855. he rode ~ miles ON ope
morse between sunrise and sunset
Nll of INC army officers agree that al
thougn Gen. M.les is within nve dsvs %
me ret.r rg age he is the best rite~ 4,
INC army and PROBABLY the best the ger.
vice has ever produced
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
Has Had Three Wives and Only
One Was Divcrcsd From Him.
CLIENTS WANT HIM ALSO
Is Accused Of kIsmanagsRsnt Of Funds
10 Gases He Eis cntruSt-
ed Nth.

New York, Aus. ;-Mrs. Marguerite
Wynn Mccormack Strauss. the third wife
OF Baldwin S. Strauss. a Brooklyn law
yer. who mysteriously disappeared In
April last. denied herself TO callers but
her sister Mrs. Kate Burns with whom
abe lives at No. OBI Ha.sey street. Brook
iyn, states that she was determined to
prosecute Strauss for bigamy II the de
tectiye in her employ can lind him.
Mrs Ida Perkins strauss. the first wife
OF the missing man, Is py no means Ia
easy circumstances, as has been repre-.
sented.
Her counsel. Minfield II. Angleman. in
Plainfeld y D.. where she nves. said
yesterday. That Mrs. strauss would begin
toGay TO wUtk loo hcF own ltNnIg. aue
does nut kHJ~ N"erc Der nuS ,an. -, ~.
Ansie''sdh Ie1i"'ed S~t s"c 3 mdklhS
ever! enort 40 nnd nln.
Nts. STRAUSS 40. VIII apply TO Judge
II. Cady he.Atk. n tie sd4,teme court,
Brookll n, this nlornInS ioI Ierh,ssion go
obtain seIVltc by pdsu,duuu IN an aCuon
tof uiNor'e dSdl.uSt 81 sess, atl Us ug MA
OF leading ,.u-i hie l"r a ioag penJd.
S,rilSS mas been a l1NNe ef ni DrOOkiNn
soi 80 yeais. anu at one ume was Coun-
sci iol tao 5rooklyn poard of health.
Ills Oussa.ss tcii.!ons villa las Cnents
cause of MS appearance la Apr.l. and
Inc poh,e have bcen Jlt the lOokout tor
min since then.
HAD lS CHILDREN
Eec cenuy =. S. Strauss No. dis oNereI
init ise l.d0 lI.Ise waves, I..V.nE ltc4l IA
vorced IfoM hdt one. aud tnat nc Was the
fa,i.e, VI l3 Cnliateli
In .0e P@.ets 80 se submitted this morn
Ing M tnc su.lte,"e coat. .a.s. strauss
gives tHese ua.d oi ner husJand : career.
ln l6ev ne nldr. !ea idd NJ. rerklns. a
Mount vernon. y. a.
nl0ht..s. ana lh June. 1892. went out of
In loSl he married Esteiie L. Ainsworth.
VINO oOtained a divorce IN ls,l
in l-yl ne married Marguerite Wynn
McCoranack at OTilla. ontario.
There are two wives living not divorced.
The divorced wife. Estelle l.. Ainsworth n.
had three Strauss children; wife No |
hld four and wife No. ) had SIX. Out OF
the IL six arc living.
Mrs. Strauss No. 3 was assaulted three
weeks ago IN front OF her home by two
men -xhn- -slnle- -AaE- -paeketbeek-H Her sis-t
ter yesterday intimated that the robbery !
was a ruse To obtain letters and legal doc
Al the time Mrs Strauss Was
returning home after an interview with /
ner attorney concerning her divorce suit. !
Mrs. Esteila L. Ainsworth Strauss. the 4
second and divorced wife of strauss. re
celved an award Of $1,000 and $50 a week /
as alimony when she obtained her de-
cree.
Early in 1902 she bought the residence |
NO. iS West End avenue near Ninety /
ninth street. II is three story building.
with brown stone front. and in becoming
It's posscsSor Mrs. Strauss assumed a
mortsage which represented large part
Of the purchase price.
She lived there with her sons for four /
month sand In June.-ia2 went cut OF 4
town. She allowed her equity in the \
premises TO lapse II has since been sold |
again.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
ECU IfuL NksEI.

Few seasho-e resorts possess the va
riety OF scenery that Onset Is blessed
with. The pine groves are counted a
foon "a. many who visit this place look
ing for better health and the islands and
curving shores ot Buzzards Bay form a
picture that Is unsurpassed anywhere IN
New England The season has been
backward on account OF the ex RENE cold
weather hu August ls proving the old
standby that invariably fills the hotels
To the.- utmost capacity. and during the
remainder of the month the groves and
campmeeting grounds will be filed with
people who come TO enjoy the meetings.
snd IRE az the public houses will be In
teresting
Al Hotel Onset the following people
are registered from Providence: r. II
watkins Charles \. Potter. T. X. Handy.
9. r. Butts Edward Wilcox Eta NJ
OAKS. NJ. J. Fiaherty and wife g. n.
Atkinson Or and Mrs Pond and Nr.
Bowels of Newport are here Tor n few
weeks
Providence people a. the Pine Tree I'm
are Mrs. T.. F Bateman. Mrs. william
Nallett and VI $. Harris and wife
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04

VIII Georg w Beavers Brooklyn surrender him
self 20 the officers OF the law the charge completely the
office scandal? B staying the island o Manhattan former
department head IS for the time Brook
yn authorities do show their aestng him
another district and hang him federal there.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
TO ENLARGE STATION.
The Government VIII Soon Increase Naval
Apprentice Accommodations il Newport.

The navy department is arranging TO
purchase land on Coddington point to be
be connected with the Coaster Harbor
island by a causway
The accommodations for naval appren-
tices are so limited that additional bar
racks must he erected
The Constellation is TO he removed
from her moorings 10 the stone break
water, making the entire apprentice sys-
tenn at one point
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
TERRIBLE TRAIN WRECK.
Thirty Killed and 81 Injured In Collision in
SlIssia.

Berlin, Aus. "A dispatch 20 the Volk
Zeituns from Breslau reports a serious
disaster on the railway between Sucha
and Kalvaria, Austrian Siles.a.
train consisting Of II cars heavily
loaded with stones broke their couplings
and ran al n terrific speed down a grade
for % miles until they colLded with
passenger train
Thirty persons are said TO have been
killed and ~ others severely injured
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
LANDING PLACE OF THE PILGRIMS

Popular excursion to Plymouth by
special train without change OF cars. on
Friday. August 7th. only sl00 for the
round trip from Providence and Paw
tucket, and 90 cents from Attleboro
Number limited.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-04
NO need
FOR HIGH
RENTS
New York Comptroller Shows
That Landlords Hava No RSa.
son for Rising Prices.

New York. Aug. ito prove that there
is no excuse for the raising of rents and
the evictions in all tenement districts.
which landlords say are due 70 higher
taxes under the fun valuation plan. Comp
troller Grout has had an official examina-
ton made.
| OF 2l6i parcels OF land 1869 show de-
crease in the amount Of taxes 10 be paid.
only 295 show an increase in this year $
bills
The examination OF these properties has
been going on for more than two months.
since II became apparent to the comp
troller that many were being turned from
their homes because they could not pay
the increased rents demanded by the land.
lords. These properties were included:
No OF
District Parcels
South OF Houston street. between the
Bowery and the East River. 60s
South of Nest Third street the
Bowery to the North River. 159
South Of Fourteenth street. Third
avenue, Bowery. Houston street, 20
the East River er........................ 4ss
Fourteenth street, north. 20 Eighty
sixth street. Third avenue. 10 the
East River. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 57
West Of Ninth avenue Forty-second
street. To Sixty-nfth street and the
North River ........................... Az
Total number OF parcels. .............. 21S4
The Comptroler's employees were d.
rected to make personal examination OF
the property and TO select only those
houses used as tenements The buildings
taken represented the types Of tenements
varying from the old style cold water
tenements OF four families to the modern
building, housing twenty-eight or thirty
families.
The examination of the books of the
department Of taxes showed that the
total valuation OF the pieces Of property
examined was In 1902 SO, ,245. 900 as com
pared with t46.542500 in 1903. an increase
of $14. 500
Figuring on this years tax rate II was
shown that the net saving in taxes
amounted 10 s75.lll, a reduction OF ten
per cent from the amount paid last year
In regard TO the 295 pieces on which
there will be an increase I'm taxes Il is
declared that these properties were for
merly undervalued
The result OF the examination Is thus
Number OF tenement properties
included I'm compila ton ........ 2l64
Total assessed valuation 1907. O.. .s32. .245 900 90
Total assessed valuation 1903. 1882 500 00
Increased assessed valuation
1893 over 1902 O2..................... l4297 800 20
Percentage OF increased as
sessed valuation (approxi-
mately) .,............,,......... a $40
Total amount OF 1902 taxes at
rate 227S S........................ 7s3,osol4
Total amount OF 1903 taxes at
rate 1il36I. 36I....................... s57. .s4s IS
Total net decrease 1908 taxes. 75,lll.7s
Percentage of total net de-
crease approximately. ....... lOI.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-12
TOBACCO GROWERS.

Annual Convention of Association to be
Held in Hartford January Is.
The twentieth annual convention of
the New England Tobacco Growers as-
sociation has been called by President
Edmund Halliday to be held in room
fifty, state capitol, Hartford, to-mor-
row (January 13) at 10 a. M. Professor
Milton Whitney chief of the bureau of
soils, department Of agriculture, and
Tobacco Expert George r. McNess of
the department will come from Wash
ingtOn to attend the meeting and make
addresses on tobacco subjects. The
state experiment station will be repre-
sented by DR.. f. H. Jenkins, the dlrec-
tor. who is one of the leading investiga-
tors of tobacco growing problems.
A meeting of the directors of the as
ISOLATION will be held at the same place
and date at $50 a. m. just previous to
the assembling of the convention.
President Halliday announces the an
pointment Of Paul Ackley as acting
secretary and treasurer Of the associa-
ton, to fill the temporary vacancy caus-
ed by the death Of Samuel G.. Hardin,
who had been secretary and treasurer
of the association for many years.