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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

Apropos of the present labor trouble in this city the following from the En- gineering Magazine will be of interest: "A large company should have a labor department in control of the labor question, with full authority to settle all questions that the men and foremen cannot settle. There should always exist the right of appeal to this depart ment on the part of either workmen or foremen. It should be its constant aim to- settle all questions before they reach an acute stage and assume an unwarranted importance. The ques- tions should be considered directly with the employees affected, no outside inf1u- ence being permitted to enter. The department should also investigate those practices on the part of the work men which are unjust to the firm and endeavor to have them corrected. Tn actual experience great good has been accomplished by Investigating and talk ing up with the workmen such matters as restriction Of output, opposition to improved machinery, unjust wage de
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
Rubber!

We are afraid our evening contemp- orary is going into the denial business trifle too fate in the day. The out side papers have lied about Waterbury from the very first week of the strike, and they were oftimes encouraged in their work by the silence of the home papers, and at other times they were helped out in the way of fake stories right in town. You remember the old saying about how hard it is to over take lie.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

It is believed here, by the people who ought to know, says Washington writer, that the recent visit to this cap- dtal by J. Pierpont Morgan and his call on the president means an extra session of the 58th congress, and that it will be called some time early in the month of September. It is believed that MT Morgan said to the president that he and the money kings of Wall street could not stave off panic longer than September unless there was legislation that would relieve. them. In other words, they want the Aldrich bill passed, so that the money now in the treasury can be placed ill the banks of Wall street and relieve the pressure on them. Thus Is this administration not only run by the Wall street gang, but it approves a policy that takes the money oNfspf gt1e pedple's pockets and places 1t in the banks of the country, so that they can loan it back to the people and make a profit out of them. The remedy is in the hands of the pen- pie.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
BURRowING IN THE HUDSON.

All subaqueouS tunnel construction is now done by means of steel shields. The shield in use in the North River tunnel is section of steel tube about twenty feet in diameter. strngthened by steel webs which divide it into compartments. The shield forms a solid bulkhead across the head of the tunnel. On its forward side the steel edges are sharpened to cut through the silt. On the inner side are steel doors for evacuating the silt removed. The workmen are in the tunnel facing these doors. This shield weighs twenty five tons. When a new piece of tun- nel is to be cut hydraulic jacks are put in place around the inner edge of the shield. The doors in the compart- ments are opened and the power is turned on Engines at the top of the construction shaft on the New Jersey shore pump the water through a pipe. now thousands of feet long, to the head of the tunnel, where the enormous wa ter pressure pushes the shield slowly forward with maximum driving force of two thousand tons AS the shield advances, the silt it displaces is. squeezed through the open doors in the diaphragm It falls into little iron cars in wait for it, and the loaded cars are then rum back on railway in the tunnel to the New Jersey shaft, there to be hauled to the surface and dumped.
 When yard of new tunnel has been dug out, the shield is stopped to await the construction of this bit of tunnel A ring of cast-fron plates, the lining of the tunnel, is slipped into place within the shelter of the tail of the shield. The plates are forced into place by hy- draulic pressure. They are riveted to- gether and the joints are calked to keep out the water. All of this work at the head of the tunnel must be done with extreme care, for, just outside, the silt, under the heavy pressure of the sixty feet or water above, is struggling to force its way into the tunnel. A sudden ingress of the mud would pre- cede an thrush of a flood of the river that would mean death to the men at work in the tunnel. Years ago, when other engineers endeavored to con- struct this tunnel, a frightful accident of that kind did occur, and twenty workmen lost their lives.-Frank Fay ant in. Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

A powerft American battle fleet will soon Nbe Ready to demonstrate to doubting nations that we have at last the ships, the men and the money to uphold the dignity of the republic in effective fashion, says writer in CoL Hers Weekly. About the last act of a dilatory congress was to temporarily clear decks for action and rush through naval appropriation amounting to the tidy sum of $80,OOO,OOO. The keels will soon be laid for five battleships and three additional craft to be used for the training of seamen and officers
 mont, Kansas and Minnesota-will be l6,OOO-ton monsters-the type of the Connecticut and Louisiana, now under construction; the other two-the Missis- sippi and 1daho-are to be of 13,OOO tons each. Provision is also made for doubling the number of midshipmen in the naval academy until 1913, and there will be an increase of 5000 sail ors in the enlisted personnel. A mil lion and half dollars is to be expend- ed for ammunition, one-half to be used in target practice, and $12O,OOO to be given in prizes for craftsmanship to the men behind the guns. A regular Trafalgar was fought over the tonnage of the proposer ships and resulted in a
 compromise treaty; the board of naval construction and the ajority of naval men favored the 16,00O-ton type, while Senator Hale put up a strong fight for smaller ships. Delay is anticipated in the construction of the new ships be- cause of exceptionally stringent gov ernment requirements and the unset tied condition of the steel market.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

mands, unreasonably high wage rates, unreasonable opposition to justidable discharges, etc. Many important mat ters bearing directly upon economy of production, efficiency of workmen, and discipline of the shop, have been amfca- bly, settled that would probably have ultimately resulted in serious trouble had they been handled in the custom ary manner. This work should not De undertaken in spirit of hostility to the workman. 1t should be carried out along the lines of justice to all con- cerned, coupled with f1rmness 1n de- handing and insisting that that which is right should be granted, and that which is wrong should not be tol- erated."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
SLANG IN THE MAKING.
Many of the Up-tO-Date Phrases Can
 not Be Traced to Their Origin.

The study of slang in the making has always been hampered by the fact that no investigator ever sees the iu- ventor at his work. In some college students room, behind the screens of a drinking hall, or among the rousta- bouts of the levee the words and high ly colored phrases taken up by the world so readily have probably first been altered. Where lived the man who coined word "chump?" asks the New York Evening Post. Who first thought of saying to his rival: "Go way back and sit down?" No one seems to know, and the inquirer has to be contented with inferior speci- mems for study. One of these has just come to light in Chicago. It is fancy and inspiring suggestions. But 1t has the merit of having been de- signed, as it were, before our eyes, like the wheat cakes which the white capped cook makes in the window of & dainty restaurant. It is the word "seg," which is applied to the young women now attending the University of Chicago. Since coeducation has been abolished it is obviously inac- curate to call them coeds. At the same time, the west does not take up the less complimentary terms which the young men in some eastern colleges apply to their feminine fellow stu- dents. The new word is certainly as euphonious as the old (more so, if any thing, because 1t has no hiatus), 1t is highly descriptive and not in the least uncomplimentary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In 1902 the Dardanelles were twice passed by Russian war vessels. This is in defiance of treaty rights.
 The anthracite coal field recently dis covered on Vancouver Island is now estimated to cover thousand acres.
 The oldest document on linen paper belongs to the year 1908. The first European paper mills were at the Castle of Fabriano, near Ancona, in 134O.
 It takes nearly 10000 horsepower to drive 2D,OOo-ton vessel at 24 knots an hour; 14oo0 enables the Cedric" the biggest vessel afoat, to travel at IF knots.
 The fiimsy paper called tissue paper was originally made to place between tissue cloth of gold and silver, to pre- vent it's fraying or tarnishing when folded
 The British empire outside the unit ed kingdom only contains some sh millions of people of British descent that is to say, only one in 40 of it's total population.
 England and the United States are not the only countries where towns are growing at the expense of country districts. Thirty years go France had an urban population of Il 50,OoO. Now it has reached 1o,00O,000. In thessame time Gernany's towns have increased by nearly 16,000,ooo.
 An official of tie state administfa- tion of Maryland is the commander of the state fishery board. He receives an annual salary of 1,5oo and has the appointment of E oyster measures chosen from the various Maryland counties on the Chesapeake. The duty of the oyster measurer is to prevent the marketing of very small oysters.
 Cremation within the past few years has made much progress in Europe, and still greater progress in the Unit ed States. San Francisco at the pres .ent time leads the world in the num- Der of its citizens who are yearly ere mated. Despite, however, that more persons are, year byAyear, subjected to this process, there still exists much prejudice aga inst cremation among the population at large.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

No one will blame President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers for expressing mild exultation at the decision of the anthracite commission. The men he represents score all along the line. And the victory was largely due to the good sense of their leader New Britain Herald.
 Yes, but just think what would have been said to him and about him had his case been lost. A lot of those who are patting him on the back now would then be calling him a bunch of names not to be found in the dictionary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
HEARD IN PASSING

Some unreasonable persoils are dis posed to criticise the Buffalo police, simply because no one seems to have enough civic pride to confess to the murder and keep up the standard of the press notices.-Detroit Journal.
 An Atchison widower rents house to widow. He has proposed to her twice, and upon being refused, ad- vanced the rent. A third proposal is now due. Will she accept him, move, or submit the matter to arbitration Boston Traveller
 ''Then you don't share the apprehen- sion which some people have expressed concerning the country's future?" Certainly not" answered Senator Sor- ghum. ''Me and the trusts have too much money invested in this country to let anything very serious happen to t."-Washfngton Star.
 By paying fares enough, one may now ride from Ansonia to New York by trolley. The last link necessary for this route was completed on Saturday New York is to be congratulated upon having become a suburb to so thrifty and industrious a community as that which nestles here in the Naugatuck valley. "4
 A hundred and fifty thousand persons are starving in the northwest provinces of Japan. They have eaten up their horses and other animals and are con- suming all available roots and rice straw. Energetic efforts are being made by the Japanese government to relieve the distress, and foreigners in Japan are contributing generously to the same end.-Hartford Times. ..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
Tbey are as good as fhe best and fhdt's good enough.

The additional equipment in the bottling department gives us ample facilities for prompt service in the family trade. Our bottled goods are among the handsomest on the market and will please both eye and palate. The Special Dark Munchner is nicer than ever. Telephone BIO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand sts.
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Go P9
 G--Cor Bridge and Magill sts.
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro P)
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts. 14-Cor East Main and Wolcott road. 15-Cor Cor High and Walnut sts. 16-Cor Fact Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm and Kingsbury sts 23-Burton street engine house.
 A-Waterbury Manufacturing Go P) 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke sts. 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine sts. 29-Cor Ludlow and N Willow sts. 31-Cor Bank and Grand sts.
 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34-Cor W. Main and Watertown I'd. 35-Conn By & L't'g Go, car h'se (P) 36-Waterbury Brass Go P) 5l-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 5e-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay sts, 43-New England Watch Go (P) 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg O. (P) 46-Waterbury Buckle Go. (P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington sts, 5l-Cor Baldwin and River sts. e 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. o3-Waterbury Clock Go, case fac.(P) o4-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No hose house.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone sts. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin sts l2-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 13-North Willow st, COT Hillside. l4-Cor Johnson and Waterville sts. l42-Wolcott st. beyond Howard. 162-Cor East Main and Welton sts. 212-The Platt Bros Go. (P) 213-Hammond Buckle Go. (P) Clock Co.m'y't fac (p, 216-Cor North Main and Grove sts, 2ol-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts. Cooke and N. Main sts 272-Grove, bet Central & Holmes avs N. E. Telephone Go building (Pl 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. & Cloves (P) e% 314-Plume & Atwood (Pl 915-American Ring O. (P) 316-Electric Light Station (P) 31S-Holmes. Booth x Haydens (P) 321-No Hose House. 323-Cor Washington ave S Porter sts. Charles and Porter sts. 325-Cor Simons st X Washington ave Lumber tS Coal Co. 1lPl 412-Tracy Bros CP)7@ SD4 'al'.@ 432-Cor Liberty and S. Main sts. 451--Steele x Johnson Mfg Co. 1Pl 5S2--Cor Baldwin and Rye sts.. Sees'f
 P) Private.
 SIGNALS,
 l. One stroke calls superintendent to the City hail.
 II. Two strokes. fire out, recall
 lii. Three strokes, 12 m, D. m.
 1~1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes quick will indicate general alarm and will call the entire force into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
JUST PLAY.

Come on and bring your blocks, and build
 them up;
 And bring just all your playthings, Eyes
 o'-Blue;
 Bring "Wags" and 'Nigger Baby'' and
 your cup, And ev'rything; and right down here with I'm going to sprawl right out and roll and play, a -# And build your blocks to a high pyra- mid; Now, this ain't peek-a-b boo, it's not, say: Now where has that wee mischief gone
 and hid? Where can she be? Well, now! she isn't
 there! And not behind the curtains-I-don't Oh! peek-a-boo! see you-I declare! Just sitting right down here plain as
 could be! But. with your hand before your eyes like How could I see you? I should like to Now let's take ''Wags" in ''Nigger Baby's"
 hat, And perch her on the blocks; there now.
 just so! Now, isn't that a picture? Cheops did No work to equal that, now, I'll be bound. When he erected his great pyramid. Which sits to-day on rods ana rods or
 ground, ,-a And isn't even good to make 8 shade; It's most too pyramiddy, don't you see? While this-the pyramid that we have
 made
 Is made for you to wreck with shrieks
 of glee!
 That's right; get on my foot; and we will
 ride Swift giddap around a fancied track: Whats that? You're hid again? Why.
 espied
 You here just now! Oh, Blue-Eye please
 come backi Come back to dad, or else he's going to
 cry! -@ Boo-hoo! boo-hoo! You've gone away so
 far That I'm so lonesome I could almost die Whats that? Why there, you little ras-
 cal! there you are! -J. M. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

Waterbury boys are selling old rub bers to pay for a trip up the Hudson. It might be well for them to take q few along with them.-Ansonia Sen tinel.
 Rubber!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-24
They Did Not Like the Way DR.. Per-
kins Instructed Them.
Two Warrants Sworn out Agai ust
Him This Afternoon Before
in lgo Sanders. 80 g
MAY BE MORE DEVELOPMENTS

DR.. A. P,rsins, a well dressed man
with red moustache, was arreste a
this afternoon on two warrants, one
for a breach OF the peace and another
for using obscene and insulting lam
guagc to three young lady pupils.
DR.. Perkins has beea In Paducah
for several days past. IL is alleged
that he prepares young people for the
stage, is a clsirvoyant, faith curist
ana other things, and he has several
here who came from distance 70 So
cure his tuition.
One Of the warrants against MIN
charges him with having committed q
breach Of the peace by placing his
hands on and taking other liberties
with Miss Gertrude Lynch, an attrsct-
i've young lady who came all the way
from Memphis TO take dramatic les
sons. Il IL understood he told her he
had 10 do this o. . necessary part of
her instruction.
He 10 also alleged to have used OBJ
scene and insulting language to two
other young lady pupils, Misses Ethel
Hubbard and Maud johnson. They
also came here to attend his school.
The doctor" was arrested this NJ.
ternoon and IL is possible some other
revelations may be made before the
case Is finished. II is said that since
he came here aud went to the New
Richmond hotel several young people
have come here TO BE- instructed. Il
IL also said he requires $500 for cos
tunes before he places any pupil on
the stage. Another young lady, 1t is
alleged, is Ell, cted from Omaha,
Mob, to go into the school.
Today he moved his school from
the New Richmond to a private board
ing house. The young ladies are all
well dressed, pretty girls, and do not
appear to like the manner in which
they have been treated. fes
Il 10 said that Dr. Perkins has an.
nounoed that he was to start Q medi.
cine show soon, and these were rome
Of those who we're to be In 1t.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-24
LENT TOMORROW
The Inauguration Of the PenitentiaI
Season Tomorrow.
For Forty Days 1t will be Observed
All Over the Civilized World.

Lent begins tomorrow. February %,
and lasts for forty days.
To the practice in the Catholic
church Of making the sign Of the cross
upon the foreheads of the faithful
with ashes the day owes its name Of
cash Wednesday" 1t may be in
tsresting to some to learn that the
ashes used in signing the people are
obtained from burning the palms
which are blessed on Palm Sunday Of
the previous year, and 1t is both an
impressive and touching sight to visit
any Catholic church on this day and
witness the crowds Of all sorts and
conditions of men, women and child
rem who in succession kneel to receive
the sign OF humility and penitence.
Side by side are seen the prince and
the peasant, the pauper and the mil
lionaire. the master and the slave, and
it is no unusual sight to see the high
bred patrician ladies and their CT
devant servants kneeling at the same
altar, as indeed they were accustomed
TO kpeel when they were in actual fact
mistress and slave.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-24
Citizens of 'Mechanicsburg Want
..'- Spur Track.
They Ask the Members Of the Council
to Reconsider Their Action Kill
ing the Measure.
THE OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Paducah, KY, February 23. 1908.
A mass meeting was held last night
pursuant to call at Broadfoot's hall
for the purpose of discussing the right
Of way for spur track Of the Illinois
Central down Meyers street to Glenn
ents street in Mechanicsburg. The
meeting was called to order by James
Beach. There was a large number
present. Lake Sullivsnt was nominat-
ed and elected chairman. OF. Yates
was nominated and elected secretary.
The chairman stated the purpose of
the meeting, which was discussed very
freely pro and con, mostly favorably
for the spur.
After . number of very interesting
speeches were listened to, tine follow
ing resolution was read and adopted
unanimously.
Whereas, The common council of
our city at called meeting last FRI
day night, failed to grant right of way
to the Illinois Central railroad down
and along the north or river side Of
Meyers street. from the Triple track to
Clements street, and,
Whereas, Such an extension Of track,
if permitted to be built would accom-
modate several eligible manufacturing
sites in this part OF the city which
would give employment to many more
hands than are now employed, thus
adding opportunity to the laboring
community to better its condition, and,
Whereas, We believe the honorable
members Of the council who voted
against the granting of right of way
are misinformed as TO the wishes and
desires of the people of this part of
the city regarding said right Of way;
therefore be il
Resolved, That the citizens of Me-
chanicsbutg and South Paducah are in
favor of the building Of a railroad
track down said street, as proposed.
2. That we ask the honorable COM
mon council to reconsider their action
of last Friday night, and grant the
right Of way.
The meeting then adjourned.
LAKE SULLIvANT, Chairman.
O. +. YATES, Secretary.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-24
One to be Held on the 5th of March
in Paducah.
Joint Meeting Of Miners ande Oper-
ators Here on the 10th of
Marsh.
ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE

Mr.. J. ID. Wood, of Central City
and Mr.. @. Barnsby, Of Sturgis, who
are ON Encouragement committee,
arrived this morning to arrange for
the miners meeting in Paducah next
month.
The first meeting will be held
March by delegation of miners.
They meet for the purpose of fixing
the scale and deciding on q constitu-
tion and laws tnat will govern the un-
lou during the ensuing year.
The place of meeting has not yet
been definitely decided on but it will
be either at the Central Labor. hall,
the Odd Fellows hall, or the city hall.
On the 10th of March q joint meet
ing Of operators and miners will be
held in Paducah. the place to be de-
cided on some time today, for the pur.
pose Of agreeing on . scale Of wages
Tor the kentucky miners.
Both meetings will be we'll attend
ed. An effort was made to have the
meeting taken to Louisville from Pa
ducah because Of smallpox here, but
the committee on arrangements made
an investigation and learned that
there is no more smallpox here than
in Louisville, and no danger, hence
the effort to have the meeting in
Louisville instead Of Psducah. which
came near being successful, will
amount TO nothing.
As yet nothing definite is known as
to the probable action of the delegates
to the two meetings. Messrs. Wood
and Bsrnaby have been quite busy al
the Palmer and do not expect to finish
their arrangements untilt onight.