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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
FOR DRAWING BEER.
New Scheme Just Introduced at J. ".
 Hodsoris.

Hodsom's
 Onn of fine most novel and very Hs- oessary appliances ever introduced TOT tlae drawing of beer was infroduced intt, the cafe of J. W. Hods0n & Bro to-day. Bass and Burton ales cannot be drawn through pipes nor can the casks be placed in refrigeTatfrs De- cause of the cold chilling the beer and spofiing it. It is necessary to keep tth.e ales mentioned in casks in the cell lar and let the temperature of the eel lar cool the beer. It has been neces- sary heretofore, too, for attendants in cafes ito go down into the cellar and draw q glass or two glasses from the casks This took time and was great iapcony eniemce in many ways Many times it Happened that but one bartender was ait work when caat would come for some Bass or Burton a1e. TThnes order would have to be fiaaed ani inc saloon was left in the nossessfon of the customer while the barttender iourneyed to tine cellar. The neyv dnyenffon does away with all iOhat ar,d a bartender does not have to leave from behind the bar to draw the ale from the cealar, and what is more ne ran see 1t running from the caFk III fine cellar and knows just when he has a full glass. 1t is done in thas nlaal- ner. TIhe glass to be filled is placed ou smuall elevator and by turning a fan.dne the glass descenhs into the eel lar and when it reaches the bottom an eleGtr1c Tight is shown at the faucet of the barrel. You look down thromgh a tube and see the glass re- fiected in a. mirror at the bottom. You turn handle where you stard and the glass begins to fill and when it is full your narror tells you. You turn the handle once more and the filled glass ascem1s and tale customer is served. 1t takes but a few seconds to do all this and the one in operation to-day in Hodso1's has been viewed by hundreds of people who pronounced it a very clever piece of work There are but two in operatlon in the state at the present. time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
NUTMEG CRAVINGS

The stations of the New York. New Haven x Hartford railroad at Cos Csoh ana Riverside were entered by burg- lars Tuesday night, but the total se- cured IS said to have been less than S2.
 The grand jury which has been con s1der1ng the case of Michael Terrible Of New Haven, charged with the m11r- der of Patrick Coffey, returned true bill yesterday afternoon and Terrible will be put to plea for murder in the first degree.
 simon Rosenberg, tailor and oc- cas1onaI undertaken, who carted> in a dry goods box about the city the body of child which had died of diphtheria was yesterday fined $25 and costs for violation Of the Stamford city ordi- nances in that he had no permit for re- moving the body.
 After conference between National yice-P President B. c. Fitzpatrick of the Metal Workers union, the members of the executive committee of the Wal lingford union and the company repre- sentatives it was announced yester- day afternoon that the strike at the S. l.. & c. H. Rogers silver factory had been settled and that the men would return to work. The buffers and pol ishers struck because non.union men were employed. Concessions were made on both sides.
 Frederick Young, who was arrested on the charge of intimidating work man during the strike of the Warren woolen mill employees of Stafford Springs was found guilty in the bor- ough court yesterday of breach of the peace and intimidation, and fined S1 and costs. Hesentered an appeal and furnished bonds of $1OO. Young was accused of accosting John T. Wood and forbidding him from going to work. He told Wood he would "come to grief'' if he did, The strike lasted about a week and was settled by the company's agreeing to put new schedule of working hours in effect on Nav 1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
JOHN GAGAIN A THIRD VICTIM.
Died at the Hospital This Morning

Died at tfhe Hospital This Morning
 From Injuries dn Railroad Wreck.
 John Gagadn of New Britain died early this mourning at the Waterbury hcssptHal from injuries which he 1e- cedVed in the eoIlisinn on the Nauga- tuck division of the New York, New Haven. & Hartford railroad in South Brooklyn on Tuesday morning of last week. As already known, g. wildcat engine, 496, which was returning to Bridgeport from bhis ctty, had a head on collision with the regular passenger tr1ahn wthidh arrives in tjhis city from New York about 8:23 in the morning. The passenger train had the right of way. lit was a terrible collision. The reg1har train was going about 40 n1hbes an hioNr walile the wildcat engine was travelling along at the rate Of % nldles aa hour. As the engines co.lid- ed there wats terrible noise. The bodber of the wildcat engine had ex- paoded
 Two men were killed in the collision Engineer Chapman of New Haven and FHreman Neunlann of Bridgeport. About twenty were more or less in- jrafeA. Among the most seriously in- Jured were Brennan Gagtain who is now dead; Dennis FIaiherty of New Haven, fireman on the wdadcat engine, and Jo- seph Skelly, express messenger on the regular train. The condfhion of these tAhree was considered critical from the beginning. They have been at the hospital ever since. When SkeEly was removed to flle llospifiad it was thought tfhat he could not possibly live more than day nr two. His skull was fractured at tfle base he had a bad scalp wound and his ears were badly burned. But he showed wonderful strength and to the surprise of every body is gradually growing better. At the present. time 1lis condition is all that could be desired Dennis Fla lherty, whose fafe, head, hands and arms were badly sialded and hack badly burned and injured, and who was injured inHer-nally, is holding Ihis own. His condition is still serious.
 The injuries from which Gagain died consisted of fracture of the right femur, a compound fracture of the right hip, face badly cut, eyes burned with steam and cinders. At no time since his removal to the hos pttal has there been any hope for his recovery. Gagafn's story of the col Msion was as follows:
 T kTew nothing about our orders, except that I was to flag am approach ing trains I saw the 3traia as 1t rounded tEhe curve in front of us and tried to get out of the engine. I waved my hands but my coat caught and I fell just as the explosion came.''
 John Gagafn was aboant thirty years old and lived with his mother in New Bqiltlain He was unmarried. He was steady, industrious workman and was we'll liked by Iis fellow employees. II IS remains were removed to his home m New BIdtain this afternoon. They were dn charge of ". I. Dun'ay & Go, undeTta keE's, of New Britain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
STRIKERS DAILY STATEMENT.
Tells of Potter Palmer's Big Fight
 Against Labor Unions.

The strikers executive committee is- sued the following statement this after noon:
 This is the S9th day of our strike and finds our boys ill the usual good spirits characteristic of them since the commencement of the fight.
 That our fight is an honest one there can be no doubt. We again repeat that there is nothing wrong in asking for shorter hours, more pay and more courteous treatment at the hands of our employers.
 A good many employers complain be- cause the scale of their employees call for the same wages for all, while some are worth a good deal more than others. Employers are mistaken. They do not have to pay all men alike. The union makes a wage rate fair to the slowest workman and allows the matter or better wages to faster and better men to be decided between the employers and workmen. If one man IS worth one dollar a day more than another there is nothing standing in the way to prevent the employer from paying It. Wage scale declare the wage point WA1CA AC hAtLA1 SA1ttAA "N~~~b there is no limit above that po1nt- Higher the better.
 "For ten years," said Potter Palmer of Chicago, II made as desperate fight against organized labor as was ever made by mortal man. It cost me considerably more than million dollars to learn that there is no labor so skill ed, so intelligent, so faithful as that which is governed by an organization whose officials are well balanced, level headed men I now employ none but organized labor, and never have the least trouble. each believing that the one has no right to oppress the other.
 s'Labor is capital, Labor has the same right to protect itself by trades unions, etc, as any other form of capi- tai might claim for itself"
 We have had an addition to our ranks this morning. Brother DerW1n is the happy man; 'tis boy of course. Brother Joe passed around the cigars at this mornings meeting.
 Our boys are going to play ball ln Naugatuck tomorrow afternoon. Buses will be on hand to accommodate all who wish to see the game.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09

On account of the stormy weather the white goods and double stamp sale will continue at Turnbulls Friday and Saturday,
 Jones Morgan & Co.'S removal sale means a great deal to their customers. They will sell at almost any price rath- CT than carry old stock to new store.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
Redmond rnvors Lana n,,I.

LONDON, April 9.-John Redmond, the Irish leader, made an important speech at Dublin last night, in which he welcomed the Irish land bill, in spite of it's great defects, as the first measure proposed by an English minis ter having the avowed object of carry ing into effect the policy of Parnell and the Land league.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
Kentucky Desperado Fxi1Iea

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April e.-John H. Mullins, one of Kentucky's most fa- nous desperadoes, was killed at Blk horn, near his place, while resisting arrest Tn the affray Mullins is said to have killed two of the posse and wounded others.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
The Mississippt F1ood :.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The wealth CT bureau says there are no changes in the flood situation in the lower Missis- sippf. Stages at VicksbJrg and New Orleans are 5o.4 and POP feet respec- lively, fall of one-tenth of foot at each place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
ANOTHER FIGHTER DYING.

Butte, Mont. April 9.-In the second round of fight before the Butte A. O., last night, Harry White knocked out Henry Taylor, and the latter, who is at the hospital, is reported in a dying condition. Both fighters are colored.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
Ktna. Edward at C,,hr.,..r

King Edward at Gibraltar, GIBRALTAR, April 9.-The British royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with King Edward aboard, has arrived here. The fleet and forts fired salutes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31
A Look at the Los
OF Our ship of State

The amazing thing is the figure we
have cut in world politics. Few and
far between are the nations that have
not felt the pressure of American di-
plomacy backed by American guns and
by American money. There was bank
rupt Venezuela blockaded by three
great European creditors. A word
from Washington and Minister Bowen
was able to get the whole matter adj
justed by arbitration. The Russian
bear barred the Manchurian gateway
10 China until an American diplomat
led the way to an open door. Our voice
of protest against persecution OF Jews
in Russia was heard. The prestige of
the United States in the Mediterranean
was enhanced by the presence of ships
at Beirut and the sending of Skinner
to Abyssinia: England came closer to
us in the Alaskan boundary concession
through arbitration Finally in fulfill
ment of a great responsibility. however
opinions differ as to the method, the
Roosevelt administration paved the
way for the isthmian canal project by
extending the helping hand to the new
republic of Panama after Colombia had
let the Hay-Herran treaty, which was
signed at Washington in February, die
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31
THE QUALITY or GENIUS.
Its Practical Absorption of Mans
Best Faculties.

To be great lawyer is Incompatible
with being great poet. Nevertheless,
Shakespeare was fond of showing his
little legal knowledge, and Bacon has
written some verse. There have been
writer's of eminence, like Walter Scott
and Thackeray. who were lawyers By
profession. but they must have made
law quite subordinate to litera ture, al
though some of them. like Walter
Scott. have got money by following the
law. Hoffman. the author of The Pot
of Colo" and other imaginative stories.
was man of genius. who was also a
judge or a magistrate. | think, howev-
er. that his legal duties sat lightly on
him. His connection with the law
seems somewhat similar to that of
Walter Scott. 1t was neither absorb
ing nor permanent. Politicians turn
to literature. Literary men. like Cha
teaubriand and Lamartine. have held
high places as politicians. but they
never were real statesmen. and /
should not call them men Of great
genius. A man of action may be great
in more fields of action than one.
julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte
were statesmen and generals. but they
were not and could not be poets.
though julius Caesar was writer.
Among the ancient Greeks and later
Spaniards and Portuguese we find
poets who were soldiers and even gen
erals. They. however, were not wholly
military. Only part. and sometimes
a small part. of their lives was spent
in service. Horace's experience of war
was very short. and, although he was
a military tribune he was not a dis
tinguished soldier. A man may be
excellent in more ways than one. but
he cannot be man of genius in two
different ways. A few instances. such
as that of Sheridan, might be given
which seem to be exceptions to the
rule. doubt whether they are So
The same inclination made Sheridan
an orator and writer of comedy
Notes and Queries.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

we're retirement Of General Miles. ded-
lcation of War college at Washington.
appointment of Day to supreme court,
resignation of Secretary of War Root,
successful test of worlds largest gun,
launching OF largest battleship. the
Pennsylvania appointment of Cortel-
you secretary of commerce and labor.
ordered deportation of Anarchist Tur-
ner, nomination of Brigadier General
Wood to be major general. and women
inspectors of immigrants. : The no
table legal decisions were by the SUI
preme court against marginal trading,
by the court of appeals against North
ern Securities merger. the circuit court
in Minnesota deciding that the merger
wsts NOT IN violation or interstate com
merce law; by the supreme court up
holding the Kansas eight hour law and
declaring mental science healing legal.
The most notable criminal trials were
those of Tillman. acquitted of charge
of murder Of Gonzales; death sentence
for Caleb Powers on third trial for con-
nection with Goebel murder. death SEN
tence for Jet as murderer of Marcum
in Kentucky feud; eIectrocution of the
three Van Wormer boys.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

ber he decided to go it alone, and the
Balfour cabinet went to pieces. though
again patched up for a time with
nondescript material. Balfour himself
taking a moderate course for retalia-
tory tariff and the free trade war
horses snorting in opposition alignment.
$3.50 At the same time an internal sore
of long standing was healed in the his
toric passage of the Irish land pur-
chase bill July 81, piloted by Redmond
and Wyndham and sealed by the royal
journey through Ireland. England
has exerted new power through the
diplomatic personality Of King Ed
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

fellowship was TAX Lord Alverstone-
en- when Lord Alverstone. Oct. 20, cast
the deciding vote favorably to the
American boundary claim in Alaska
and swept away with stroke of his
pen that ever threatening casus belli.
. = England is believed to have dis
appointed Japan by neutral attitude
toward Russian aggression in China,
while India's year, started with the
splendors of the durbar. ends in a new
military movement against the hermit
realm of Tibet. also coveted by Rus
STA. y Australia granted full wom-
an suffrage. restrained government rail-
road strike and rejected the arbitration
bill. Canada had an era of indus
trial growth; was bitter over Alaskan
award. = South Africa placed under
10 per cent reciprocity First Trans
vaal parliament opened in May.
British captured kano.
RUSSIA in all her vastness and pow
er has pressed remorselessly toward
her goal in the far east while checking
with an iron hand the internal revolu-
tionary propaganda of socialism and
organized labor. Designating all prom
ises by the failure to evacuate Man
churia. the government of Car Nicho-
las stood dishonored in the pillory Of
world opinion. Great hopes were
raised by the czar's manifesto Of re-
ligious freedom and liberty for peas
ants March II, but the massacre of
Jews at Kishineff in May and their
persecution in other places with official
conniyance went far to discredit that
great proclamation. The continued and
increased restriction of liberty in Fin
land did not improve this impression.
THE ORIENT, take it all in all, has
had the front and center of the inter-
national stage most of the year, From
the newspaper mans standpoint it
would make a rather funny. zigzag
record suggestive of the famous gen
eral who marched his army up the hill
and marched 1t down AGAIN. anchu-
ria in this case substituted for the hill.
But the Russians never budged. They
rushed more troops thither and>on va
rious fiimsy pretexts frightened their
grip by reoccupying Mukden and Hal
cheng and by soaring Japan into fever
ish war preparations by land and sea
mobilization near Korea. War was ex-
pected almost daily for months.
The one bright spot in the oriental year
was the success Of American and Brit
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31
STRIDES TAKEN
TOWARD CHURCH UNITY
x =

The mills of God, which grind slow
but exceeding fine have brought into
use lenses of vision powerful enough
to conceive the ultimate goal of uni
versal religious unity for the human
race. This lofty aspiration was realiz-
ed in some measure when the death Of
Pope Leo. July 20. caused universal
wave of recognition and appreciation
of his personal character to seek ex-
preston regardless Of the barriers be-
tween Protestant and Catholic. Again
this note of wider Christian unity
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

the negro recognition policy, and the
opposition took advantage of the post
al scandal to begin the cry, sTurn the
rascals out!' The state elections in
November made new changes in the
political map. Tammany captured
New York city, Hanna overwhelmed
johnson in Ohio. giving new inspira-
ton to the Hanna boom, while German
made good in Maryland. Through the
year the Democrats were engaged in
still hunt for presidential timber. The
Cleveland movement gained considera-
Bile Roadway in tine east until the ex-
president formally denied his candi-
dacy. The Bryan faction scoffed at the
suggestion while considering Folk of
Missouri, Parker Of New York. Cock
rell. German. Harrison. Hearst. john
son. Garvin of Rhode Island and 9TH
ers. but could agree on none.
Vermont and New Hampshire aban-
doned prohibition. Kansas and New
Hampshire rejected woman suffrage.
Many states worked for direct election
OF senators. Pennsylvania adopted the
press mueller. but could not enforce
It. Other notable executive acts
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

was the progress made toward a fed
GRAFTON of Congregationalists Methodist
Protestants and United Brethren. while
the several varieties of Presbyterians
have cleared the ground for one com
munion. In all this the forces of lib
eralism have been necessarily domi-
nant. with an insistence on practical
mission work at home and abroad and
greater participation in the social
and political problems OF the day as
the true remedies for the waning pow
er Of the church The democratic per
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31
. IFE's minnie loom spins ceaseIess.

Y HE'S infinite loom spins ceaseIess
Iy the vast fabric of civilization,
of which the least of US human
creatures is factor. In and I'M
der and over and through flies the
great shuttle of history, while we per-
form the psychological marvel of being
at once actor and spectator by pausing
on the threshold of the new year to
take a quick, sweeping glance back
ward at the new strands which the
Great Spinner has added to the sum
total of world experience since year
ago.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

ward. who in a Sc
ries of royal visiting
has drawn France
and Italy closer in
bonds of amity and
arbitration, though
the partnership with
Germany in Vene-
zuela's blockade met
with popular re-
buke. A great stride
toward American
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

was struck in the ap-
peal of the Episcopal
bishops congress at
Washington for great
er charity toward their
brothers of the Roman
faith. and when Il great
movement for the fed
Grafton of all .Protes-
tant churches was def
initely started. Par
o1fal xyith fl,fS offowf
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

lain. 1t was after
the popular ovation
for his Boer settling
trip last spring that
the colonial secre-
tary proclaimed his
policy of a protec-
tive tariff on food
stuffs on a pro-
gramme of imperial
reciprocity and uni
fv T.afer in Sentem-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

by failing to ratify in
time. We continued
our general supervi-
sion of Central Amer
lean and West Indian
neighbors. Chile &C
knowledged the Mon
roe doctrine, being
the first South Amer
lean country to do SO.
= = y The features of
fho informal n0licV nf
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31
POLITICAL
CRISES IN OTHER LANDS
! + +

GREAT BRITAIN has been brought
face to face with an economic revoIu-
ton that rocks her very foundations
through one tenacious and magnetic
personality-that of Joseph Chamber
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

by not opposing the
Cuban treaty. = =
Around both the for
eign and internal pol
icies thus outlined the
party alignments were
begun in anticipation
of the national cam
paign of 1904. Al
ready it was clear that
the south was made
more solidly Demo-
cratic by its view of
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

lue lAlCkudl POAAOJ VA
the administration were the effort to
check trusts through the enactment of
the Ellzins law. the effort to expose and
punish corruption discovered in nearly
every department, chiefly in the postal
service; the insistence on the recogni-
ton of negroes in official appointments,
the open shop declaration in response
to labor's challenge in the Miller case
at the government printing Office, Gu
ban reciprocity at 20 per cent off the
Dingley rates, the reorganization of the
army under a general staff and the
unifying of the state militia. For the
thoroughness of the postal exposures
credit is due to Mr. Bristow. Other
important acts at the closing session of
the Fifty-seventh congress were for
free trade in coal. for Philippine gov
eminent, antianarchy, creating the de-
partment of commerce and labor and
appropriating total of 1,554, 108.51
for the two years. The ship subsidy bill
failed, and the statehood deadlock in
the senate went over to the present
session on D compromise. 1t was I'M
der the Spooner act that the treaty
with Colombia was made. The Fifty
eighth congress. summoned in extra SEES
sion for the confirmation of the Cuban
treaty, started in with new house lead
ers, Cannon being chosen speaker,
while Williams of Mississippi took
command of the minority and scored
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31
D. 0. watkins, John Boyd Avis,
Watkins g. Avis
Counsellors-at-Law
Pone 12s. 1888 8. Broad ST.. Woodbury., N.
TOHN A. BROWN
Auctioneer
Nov. %. 1sss-ly WOODBURY., N. J.
DR. b. KIRBY.
nR.C.T. BENNETT.
Dentist, Woodbury., N. j.

OFFICE on Broad Street, opposite the Court
House, second floor. Office hours, from 70 IL
g. m. and l TO 5 p. M. every week day. Resi-
denee, I03 South Broad street.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31

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