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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
MAY BE A BIC STRIKE IN CHICAGO.
MAY BE MORE TROUBLE. Anti Foreign Movement in China Said
 To Be Inevitable.

New York, March 4-Rumors are again prevalent of approaching trouble ln China, says q dispatch from Lon don to the Trbbune. An anti foreign movement within the next few months IS declared to be inevitable. The SDandard correspondent at Tien Tsin sees in the entertainments which are being prepared at the palace for mem- bers of the legations, the treacherous Tr1endl1ness that preceded the Indian lnutlny. Tung and Tuan are declared 10 De the williams of the piece, and the standard correspondent thinks that tha Idea once again will be the powerless- ness or the court to check rebellion. me norrhern- hordes will come down unoer the two exiled leaders, and nom- anally overpower Pekin, and ait the same time swell their following with ail une forces in the capital and beoin grand march of exterminat;on against everything foreign. This time. hoWever,the Yangtse region and every port must rise simultaneously. and for rnls purpose all the Yangtse dafanoas are being brought to the highest stat oI enclency. Russia is very mucb alive to the situation. The latest in. Iormafion received at St Petersburr rom the secret emissaries of the Rns. sian legation at Pektn indicates hhat nearly the whole celestial empire fa ram1f1ed by a huge network of secrat
 boxer committees which only await an opportune moment and a given sipna1 10 sweep the detested white barbar- ians out of the country. -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
MRS MAVERICK TO BE FREED.
Report That the British Ambassador

Report That the British Ambassador
 Has So Notified Our Government
 Richmond, Va, March 4.--It was ret ported here yesterday that Mrs Flor-, ence O. Maybrick would be released from Ellsworth prison, England,
 May 1, 1904. The tiding were brought here by representatives of the iinpris- oned woman, who is party to suit. involving a million acres of land in southwest Virginia and other states. The information that she would be freed after spending thirteen years in prison for the murder of her husband came, it was said, from the state de- partment at Washington, having been communicated, it is understood. bya the British ambassador.
 The land in question was decided away by Mrs Maybrick on the evening of her conviction in sconsid iteration of $1OOOO. The suit pending here is toA upset the agreement, and, it is said by. Mrs MaybriclS's representatives that she will be released in time to appear as a witness
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

north and south. east and west, per vading both of the great parties will lash anybody into obedience to the right of the majority to rule. Majori- ties and minorities shift back and forth. An, says somebody, did that work in reference to the matter of statehood, and did it believe in state hood? I did not believe in statehood, and I am putting now the strongest case against my own party, but a majority of the people, voiced in the senate and in the house had the right its will expressed.
 Gentlemen, I have made my protest do it in sorrow and in humiliation, but there it is; and ill my opinion an- other body under these methods must change it's method of procedure or our body, backed up by the people will compel the change, else this body close to the people shall become mere tenderer, a mere bender of the preg- nant hinges of the knee to submit to what any one member of another body may demand of this body, q $ price for legislation. '
 Rrolonged applause and cheers,l
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
MERTON VOWED OFT ROCKS.

Queenstown. March 4.-Ishe Domifi- ion line steamer Merton, from Boston, February 20, for Liverpool, which grounded after leaving this port Sum day, near Roches Point, was towed off the rocks into deep water this morn ing and subsequently, anchored in the inner harbor. About 400 tons of her cargo we're removed during the night, which enabled her to be pulled off. The cargo is being reshipped and the Merton will proceed to Liverpool ac-5 companied by a tug. Although her bottom Is somewhat damaged amid ships, the injuries the steamer sus- tained are not sufficient to prevent the vessel from proceeding to her destina- ton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
ELEVATED TRAINS COLLIDE.
Heavy Fog Cause of Collision on
 Fifth Avenue Line.

No One Was Killed, Six Pas
 sengers Were Injured, Two of Them
 Seriously 1.-Two Ferryfboats Also
 Were in Collision, Nearly Causing
 Panic Among Passengers.
 New York, March 4.-In heavy fog which prevailed to-day two ralns OH the Fifrh avenue elevated line, Brook- lyn. collided at the 24th street Brook Iyn station. Six persons were hurt, two of them seriously. No one was killed. A few minutes later there was another collision on the same line at 2Oth street The passengers were bad ly frightened, but nobody was hurt
 The fog enveloped the city, the -rlv- CTS and the bay. The ferryboats Brooklyn and Montauk of the Ham1l- ton avenue lima coihded just as the Brooklyn was leaving her slip on the Brooklyn side. The passengers who crowded the Brooklyn were panic stricken, for the impact was severe and the boat was considerably damaged, although able to continue her trip to New York The ferryboats Easton and Bound Brook of the Central Railroad of New Jersey also collided, head-on. lust outside the Jersey City slip. There were 200 passengers on the Easton, but they were remarkably cool. Neither boat was seriously damaged.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
COMLEY GETS THERH.
Republican Majority in House Passe

Republican Majority in House Passed
 the Resolution Appointing Him. Hartford. March 4.-The house this morning. as expected, received the ac- ton of the senate yesterday, electinx William H. ComIey to the city court Judgeship of Bridgeport. Last Thurs day the house sent the Comley matter back to the committee To-day after a spirited debate, the republican ma jority passed the bill electing Judge Comley.
 The resolution appropriating $24,282 for the state expenses for the past two years was passed. This includes the payment of the delegates to the con. stitutional convention.
 The resolution incorporating the Naugatuck Valley road was passed.
 The payment Of $15,O0O for the cost of the state militia at Waterbury was N also passed.
 Hartford, March 1.-The senate re- ceived number of committee reports to-day, among them being the follow ing: Favorable from the committee on js,- dietary on the bill that no boy under ten years of age should be committed to the Connecticut school for boys, ex- Fcept under conviction for which the punishment Is prison or jail inprison- ment. <
 Favorable from the, committee on ap- appropriations providing for $25. .00O for the proposed New Haven county a1iti- tuberculosis association for the treat- ment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
TO MAINTAIN POSITION

Lynn, Mass. March 4-Division 236 of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway. Employes ended a midnight session of the Boston & Northern wage increase and of the un- ion demands byhvoting to maintain it's stand for recognition of the union and for the adoption of flat scale of wages at the rate of $2.25 per day. The further advocacy of these demands was left to the state branch of the as- sociation which is to meet March 20. The old employees voted to sacEifice a portion of the increase granted them under the new sliding scale adopted by the company March i to equalize wages for the younger men of the as- socia tion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

citizens and fraternal organizations for their generous financial and moral SUD- port, which keeps coming in daily and which affords the men great encOur- agement.
 We are glad to note a dropping off of lawless outbreaks within the past day or two. As we have often stated, these disorderly and criminal acts not only do not show sympathy for our cause, but on the contrary hurt us and 1t tremendously. Peace, we hope, will reign hereafter until the strike is end- ed, as well as thereafter. Act as the strikers themselves are and have been acting, friends, and our victory is as- sured for the greater percentage of the public is with us, and that being so we cannot lose.
 Many people have thought we were joking about those automobiles. They will not, however, when they see our first arrival in commission this after noon It arrived this morning and as soon as unloaded and set into shape it will be put on duty. This is only one of many others that is to follow, and we can assure the public that a gigan- tic undertaking is in process of forma- ton which will afford 'bus route run on schedule time, leaving the center on all the lines as regularly as the cars do, and on which transfers will be is sued and will be good anywhere along the routes. The public has generously borne the inconveniences of our bus line, but with a little more patience on it's part we are sure they will agree with us that the result was worth waiting for and worth being patient for.
 tomobile bus"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
NOW BECOMES A LAW

bolse, Idaho, March 4. 4.-The state de. posltories bill, an administration meas ure, has passed both houses of the leg stature and will now become q law Tn the provisions of the bin q board composed of the governor, auditor and atUorney general shall designate banks { IT when state money shall be deposit- ed These banks shall pay not less than two per cent on daily balances ana furnish security for the monev, The Dill has been bitterly opposed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
CONDUCTOR DAILY SAW THEM.

Canaan, March Alt has been learned that the burglars who footed the postoftice and bank numbered three. Conductor Tim Daly said that on the 5:3O train out of Winsted on the morning of the robbery three men boarded his train at Winsted and pur- chased tickets for Waterbury. Two of them he described as very thin, while the third was thick-set fellow and had dark mustache. He wore q short overcoat, the description cores bonding with that taken from the home of John Turner at Ashley Falls.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Strike. Award This Week.

WILkESBARRE, Pa, March 4.--Ac- cording to the statements given out here by some of the most prominent mine workers the award of the strike commission is expected to be in the hands of the district boards by Friday next, though none of the officers could be induced to give their opinion as to what the miners could expect.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
General Booth Hurt.

NEW YORK, March 4.-General Will liam Booth, founder and head of the Salvation Army, was painfully injured by a fall downstairs in the Salvation teenth street. The wonder is that, con sidering his age, his hurts were not more serious. The general escaped with sprained knee and an injured arm. He was to have sailed for Europe to- day, but he cancelled the trip.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our most s1ns cere thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors who sympathized with us in our recent sad bereavement, the death of Elizabeth Cunningham, and' sex the many floral tributes.
 ySSlIA CUNNINGHAM AND SIS~
 HERS AND BROTHERS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
snow Blockade I'm Texas.

FORT WORTH, Tex, March 1.-The country around Amerillo is wrapped in nearly two feet of snow, and the town has been practically shut out Railroad traffic is completely suspend ed. Not a train has moved in week. Two hundred passengers are held here awaiting the break of the snow block ade, which is the worst ever known In that section of the state.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
BALE COTTON ATTRN CENTS.

Montgomery, Ala. March 4.Farna- CTS of Montgomery county sold 2,S00 bales of cotton at 10 cents pound. The sum paid for the cotton appr0xi- mated $115, 900 in cash. The sellers of the cotton were Walter Bros of Sprague Station and w. s. Underwood, the same neighhorhood. The buyer was James F. Fafrall, local representa- tive of an English cotton agency.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Exciting Election mt Peekskirl.

PEEKSKILL, N. r., March 1.-The charter election held here yesterday was the most exciting ever held. James w. Husted Rep) was elected president by 45O snajority over Henry Lane (Dem.), the present incumbent. The en- tire Republican ticket was elected,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Aged Mason Dead.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March Apr. Charles H. Ohr, the oldest past grand master Mason in the world, is dead here today at the age of ninety three. He was at one time prominent physi- clan and was the author of several books.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
No Gift of Carnegie to Princeton.

NEW YORK, March 4.-Publicity was given yesterday to story that An drew Carnegie had given or promised $1, 100000 to Princeton university, at Princeton, N. J. President Woodrow Wilson is i'll. Treasurer Duffield of the university said that he knew of no such gift or promise and that he would be likely to know if any such gift was expected.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Turk. Clash with Insurgents.

SOFIA, March 4.--A collision has taken place between Macedonian revo- lutionists under the famous leader, Boris Sarafoff, and body of Turkish troops near the village of Vladinirovo. It is reported that ten of the insurgents were killed or wounded, while the loss on the Turkish side was much greater. The revolutionists succeeded in escap- ing to the hills.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

TO Retire Teacher at Eighty-thrce.
 TRENTON, N. J, March 4. The state legislature has passed bill per hitting Jersey City to retire on half pay Principal Lindsley of one of the public schools there. MT. Lindsley has been teaching in Jersey City for over fifty years and is eighty-three wears old
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Summoned Before strtaxe Gommissl

SummOned Before Str1lSe Commission X SCRANTON, Pa, March 4.Repre- sentatives of the operators and miners have been summoned .b by the mine strike commission for a conference in Washington to take place tomorrow morning at II o'clock. All the local lawyers who appeared before the com mission will leave tomorrow for Wash ington. The summons from the com mission simply states that the com missioners want to confer about the question of weighing coal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
nHE RuRDICK CASE.

Buffalo, March Acknowledgements fin the Burdick murder case so far to-day have not been given out by the au- thorities, but decisive steps are ex- pected within the next twenty-four hours.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Morgan Gives a Dinner.

HAVANA, March Al. Pierpont Morgan and party went for trip into the country yesterday. In the evening ME. Morgan gave dinner at the Hotel Telegrafo to Minister Sqnires. MT. Wadsworth and Mrs. Wadsworth, nee Hay, the members of MT. Morgan's party and a few prominent Cubans were among the guests.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
Potter Boycott or.

SCHENECTADY. N. Y, March 4.-s The trades assembly has declared off the boycott which had been placed against shafer & Berry, the employers of William Potter, the militiaman. At 8 meeting earlier in the evening the painters union took similar action.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04
CHOLERA INFANTUM CURE.

Baltimore, March 4.--Another great discovery, the anti-toxin which shall destroy the germs of cholera infantum, has been announced by Dr Simon Flex-I ner, director of the Rockefeller insti~ tute of medical research.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

The strikers executive committee this afternoon issued the following statement:
 "The fifty-third day of our strike finds our men hale, hearty and just as determined in their fight for what they believe to be justice as at the start, al- most eight weeks ago.
 ssOnce again we want to extend our thanks to the public for the various manners in which they have shown their sympathy for our cause. We also wish to thank tho local merchants.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

Washington, March 4.-The president arrived at the Capitol shortly after 10 o'clock and was conducted to the presi- dents room, where he was joined by members of the cabinet. The sundry civil and general deficiency appropria- stion bills were presented to him and after the approval of the cabinet he affixed his signature. The naval appro- priation bill was the last of the meas ures which he signed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

enthusiasm which had not been wit messed hafore in the house during this congress. s8
 The report was adopted, 1Sl to lo. At :5O a. m. MT Payne moved a recess until 10 a. m. The motion was carried, 147 to 3, and at 4:07 q. m. the house stood in recess until 10 o'clock.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-04

Washington, March Alt was after o'clock this morning when the house agreed to recess until 10 o'clock. The report on the naval appropriation bill was adopted, 153 to r. The confer enee report on the general deficiency bill. the last of the appropriation bills, was presented at o'clock by Mir Can- non
 The veteran chairman of the house committee on appropriations. late. as the hour was, in five minute speech protesting against the Legislative blaekmail,'' by which the house con ferees were compelled to yield to the dictation of single senator and to ac- cept the appropriation of SAT 900 to pay an alleged claim of South Carolina against the government, aroused the members of the house to Q bitch of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-08
UNDER WHEELS oF CAR.
W. J. Suits Horribly Tangled a
 Florence

Florence. Oct. 7.-(SpeciaD-W. J. Suits. a livery stable owner of this city and a candidate for County Tax Collec- tor, met death this morning under the wheels of a runaway freight car in front of the Southern depot.
 He had gone with his bus to meet the o'clock train and was standing near 1t in the small space between the spur track and the depot. when flat car loaaded with rails which was being switched near the bridge, became unmanageable and started to the depot down a steep grade, A switchman, seeing the danger, at- tempted to turn 1t into another track but in his haste. pulled the wrong switch.
 MT. Suits, seeing the car coming, at- tempted to save his horses which were in it's path, and was run over, the car passing over him just below the waist and mangling him horribly. Death was almost instantaneous. Two horses hitched to another bus were also run over.
 Had the car taken the track the switch man intended, the destruction might have been worse as that side of the depot was crowded with people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-08
COURT AT CoLUMPIANA,
Calcis Court House Mandamus Pr
 ceedine Continued.

ceed1ng Conr1n0Go.
 Columbiana, Oct. 7.-(Special)-Tho criminal docket of the Circuit Court was taken up Monday al o'clock p. m., Judge A. H. Aston presiding as judge, and s. licitor c. c. Whitson representing the State. The first case tried was the Stat, vs. Turner McGraw, charged with all assault with intent to murder McGraw was convicted of an assault and battery with a knife and was fined $500.
 The next case was the State vs. Virg Wooden, charged with the murder of Jake Sims. The verdict of the jury was guilty of murder in the second degree and sen- fenced to the penitentiary for forty-five years.
 Several other cases were disposed of, and at this time Jim Wood is on trial for robbery.
 There are other capital cases set for trial this week.
 Last night at 7:30 o'clock the mandamus proceedings against the Commissioners Court to compel the erection of the court house at Calcis came up for trial before Judge Alston. The relator Is B. A. Tur- ner. After some preliminary discussion as to the time necessary to argue the case, the case was continued until the next term of the court, and set specially for the first day of the term. Great in- terest Is felt throughout the county in the result of this proceeding. New and novel questions are involved in the plead- ings, one of which is the constitutionality of the ordinance of the Constitutional Convention providing for the new court district and the court house at Calcis. The fact that no enabling act has been passed by the Legislature, and that no court can be held at Calcis until future Legislature provides for the court. rem if that the nFnppP6iDC Is being continued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-08
GREENvILLE EVENTS.
Harvest Festival to Be Given at the
 Home of Mrs. Zealand.

Greenville Oct. 7-(Special) tions have been issued to ''Ye Olden Time harvest Festival. to be given at the home of Mrs. Clara Beeland October 9 and in response large crowd will gath CT at Mrs. Beeland's residence Friday afternoon and evening. At o'clock tn, ladies will assemble, and have a quilting bee. Coffee, ginger cakes, peanuts and popcorn balls will be served. At night a corn husking will take place, prizes to be given the couple accomplishing the most work. The quilt and corn will be auc- tioned of to the highest bidder.
 The corn husking is the result ofa plan devised by Mrs. Ida Steiner, mem ber of the society Last spring she made about l5o or more small bags, into which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-08

of the late Stirling Thrower, whose un- timely death by a switch engine some time ago was recorded in The Advertiser, promises to be success in every way. Many tickets to the game have already been sold.
 The lineup of the competing teams vii be as follows:
 Cast-Ons-Fritz. pitcher; Lauzcn. catcher; Langan, first base; Joseph. sec- man, shortstcp: verneuille. left field; Pen- ny. cectre field; Gottinger. right field.
 Mobiles-Duff. pitcher; Braun. catcher Martin, first base; Calametti, second base; Farmer, third base; Teuhy, short-stop; Wallace, left field; Rush, center field; Levene, right field.
 One of the most important movements in recent years among the people of Bald win county is now on tapis. A meeting will be held Saturday to organize the farmers into body for the purchase of fertilizers and supplies and to dispose of the products of the soil The man office will be located In Mobile. These indus trious people have decided that 1t Is best for them to have their own organization and thus do away with the middle man. Col. B. L. Hubbard of Monroeville. Mon- roe county. is in Mobile today. Col Hib- bard expressed himself as highly in censed by the new name gixen his coun- ty-the "Breathitt of Alabama" He says only eleven white men have been killed in that county in 31 years and Jefferson can double discount this figure. Monroe county. he says, Is law-abiding and the people are thriving as never before. ,
 Work of erecting the buildings for oc- cupancy by employees of the immense ce- ment plant on the Tombigbee river eighty miles north of Mobile, has begun thus giving evidence that the plant Is a certainty. It Is said that the Atlas Ce- ment Company Is at the head of the en- terprise though this is lacking of con firmation.
 Hugh McEldery, one of the leading Re- publican politicians of Talladega county, Is in Mobile today looking over the situ- ation and conferring with local republi- can politicians Mir. McEldery vas at one time a senator from Talladega coun- ty in the general assembly of Alabama.
 A meeting of the stockholders and di- rectors of the Lyons oil Corporation was held In this city today. There was noth- ing given out for publication.
 MT. and Mrs. Lee s. Metzger have re- turned from a pleasant visit with Mrs. Metzger's parents in Demopolis.
 The surprise this afternon in the contro- versy over the paving on Royal Street was an order ''on his own responsibility" by Chief Engineer Hazlehurst of the Board of Public Works. to the Southern Paving and Construction Company to