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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
BLOCkERS ON STRIKE.
Ten of Them Quit Work On Ac-
 count of Wage Dispute.

Tn Men Demanded Twenty-Five Cents
 a Day More Than They Had Been
 Getting-Two Employees Who Want
 ed to Sympathize With the Strikers
 Were Discharged.
 Eight Lithuanians and two colored men, ..blockers" in the rolling mill of Holmes, Booth x Haydens quit work this morning on account of as.differ- ence over wages. The men notified Foreman Knowles last night that they wanted an increase in wages from $1.50 day to $1.T5 and deslred some information on the matter at an early date. It is understood that the fore man consulted the superintendent and received instructions to tell the men that no advance in wages would be made at this time. As soon as they heard this they took their coats and left the premises. Two other employees one of whom is said to have been in the employ of the company for fifteen or twenty years, were ordered to take hold of the jobs the men had just left, but they hesitated and were promptly discharged. The men claim that the other shops pay $1.75 per day for that class of work and that they see no req son why they should be asked to do it for quarter less. So far as can be learned none of the men belong to or ganized labor bossies. Blocking is q particular job, though one might not think so by standing on the sidewalk and looking at haw it is done through one of the factory windows. The men stand at the base}1 of the rolls, catch the sheets of metal and fasten the mounts onto reel which puts the stock into the shape you see it piled away for the market It is not as much of trick now as it used to be, but all the same if the workmen do not know their business the metal is apt to run about and cause consider able delay in getting it under control 1t is also hard on the hands and mex perienced help often receive ugly cuts from contact with the sharp edges of the sheets.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
CITY NEWS.

Charles Reed and Miss Anna Byrnc of North Main street have left on an extended trip to Hot Springs, Ark, Mexico and the West Indies.
 Mrs Lucien Wolff, organist of the Sacred Heart church, gave the choir a whist party at her home on Laure@ street last evening. Mrs James Cassle dy captured first prize and MartiA Byrnes succeeded in winning the ccE- solation prize. Solos, choruses and in- strumental music was a pleasing s@1- ture of the evening.
 There was a large attendance at thA closing reception of Miss Nellye A. Reeds dancing classes, which was held in Leavenworth hall last evening. Lal- Hers orchestra furnished music for the dancing. The crowd was not too large and those present could enjoy the danc- ing without suffering my injury to tneir feet. It was q delightful recep- ffssss 4
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28

The Allied Powers Are Expected To Accept MT Bowens Rep
 resentations.
resentations,

seen cleared up involves the question of preferential. treatment of the allied powers as against France, Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden, Bel gium. Spain and the United States in the payment of indemnity. The point was made by Venezuela's representa- tive that were the dispute referred to The Hague tribunal all the powers would be required to stand on an equality and furthermore that as this question did not form a part of the al- lies condition precedent to the raising of the blockade it did not seem fair that it should be presented as essential, now that Venezuela had complied with the original proposition and offered . satisfactory guarantee.
 This answer was cabled to the for eign offices at London, Berlin and Rome, and it is hoped that favorable answers will be received. today. The
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
A Question Regarding Payments

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-The first joint conference of the Venezuelan ne- gotiators occurred during the afternoon by appointment at MT. Bowen's apart ments, the ranking diplomat, Signor Mayor des Planches, the Italian ann bassador, making the representation i'll French to MT. Bowen. The question under discussion was matter of the merest detail, the envoys wishing to know whether the monthly payments to the allies should be in proportion to the amount of the claims or whether Great Britain, Germany and Italy would receive the same amounts each month until the indemnity was paid. MT. Bowen said he was quite willing to leave this to the powers themselves to settle and that any arrangement they might make would be satisfactory to Venezuela.
 A=Sther detail which has not yet
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
E. H. BELDBN's FUNERAL.
Burial Was in Naugatuck Cemetery
 This Afternoon.

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 The funeral of Edward H. Belden took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late home, 15 State street, to Trinity church, where funeral ser vices were held. the Rev MT Buckley officiating. Many friends of the de- ceased, including a number of city officials, were present at the services.
 The interment. which was private, was in the family lot in the cemetery at Naugatuck The pail bearers were Charles E. Egan, representing Mag nolia lodge, K. of F.: James J. Clifx ford, Court Martin Hellmann, F. of A; Joseph A. Cullen, Waterbury lodge of Elks; Frank F. Welton, J. F. Collier and John B. Doherty. Among the many beautiful floral tributes were
 the following: Lilies. Mrs E. 1T. Bel. den; floral clock with hands pointed to il o'clock, Waterbury lodge of Elks; pillow. Magnolia sodge, K. of R; pill low, Court Martin Hellmann, F. of A.; pillow Knights of the Maccahees, wreath of lilies, Joseph O. Srahan, Joseph A. Cullen; anchor, William Me- Grath; bunch of lilies. MT and Mrs IL
 B. Sanderson; wreath, Charles Pratt
 bunch of lilies, MT and Mrs w. D. Richardson; pink carnations, J. T. Coll yer; white roses, H. A., Connor; pink carnations, Miss Barrett; violets and carnations, Julia Merz; pink carna- tions, MT and Mrs A. Hauser; pink carnations and white roses, Harriet Tompkins; basket of yiolcts. Mir and Mrs Oscar Rabe; pink carnations, Will liam Gillette; pink roses, MT and Mrs E. L. Carter; pink roses, MT and Mrs John B. Doherty, Mrs Buell.; wreath of violets, MT and Mrs Charles J. Griggs pink roses, MT and Mrs Will liam H. Wheeler: wreath of white roses and hyacinths, Frank Brett, Miss Carrie Eldridge, Miss Dora Egan.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
THE INGERsoLL FUNERAL.

Episcopalian Services Conducted BS
 the Rev Frank w. Baker.
 New Haven. Jan 2S.--As the mem bers of the family of the late ex-GOv ernor Ingersoll wished the funeral to be in private with the simplest cere monies, there was no funeral delega- tions at his late residence this after noon. Many distinguished represen- tatives of the courts of the state, of the bar and executive departments were present. All the court sessions with the exception of the supreme court were suspended for the day and flags were at half mast on all public buildings. Rev Frank w. Baker of Trinity church officiated at the services which were conducted in the full Epis' copal manner.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28

eorce of MT. Bowen's contention has appealed to the allies representatives here, and there is reason to believe that Great Britain and Germany and Italy will yield on this last objection and sign the protocol for the raising of the blockade. The blockade once lifted, the representatives of all the powers having claims against Venezuela will treat with MT. Bowen separately for the settlement of their indemnities.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
CRUSHED TO DEATH.

GuiIford, Jan 2S.-As the result of the breaking of an axle on freight car here to-day, Paul Cox, g years of age, an oysterman, was crushed to death and the east tracks of the Con- solidated road were blocked for several hours. Cox was walking alongside the track when the car fell on him and crushed him. He died in a few min
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
Blockade to Be Rnised.

Blockade to Be Raised.
 CARACAS, Jan. 2S.-The news ca bled yesterday that the blockade will be called off is confirmed by the semi official press here. It is a visible fact that only foreigners are suffering from the effects of the blockade. The Vene- zuelans themselves are not undergoing hardships, except because of the short age of salt
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
COAL STRIKE HEARING.

Philadelphia Jan 2S.-The anthracite coal strike commission heard additional testimony from the independent opera tors to-day. The examination of wit nesses by counsel for the miners was conducted with a view to ascertaining why the independent operators pre- ferred to permit their mines to be food
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28

TIVE KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
 Anniston, Ala, Jan 2s.-A boiler in the Southern Car and Foundry com pany plant exploded to-day killing five persons instantly and wounding sew eral The cause of the explosion is not known
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-28
sE PROMINENT IN THE VENEZUELAN NEGoTIATIONs

Mini m@ n ne srt aa v9n 4 g
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
SUPERIOR cOuRT.

In the superior court yesterday Judge Milton A. ShumWay handed down de- Cision accepting the remonstrated re- port of the committee in the case of
 State Attorney John Murdoch and oth-
 CTS against the trustees of the Morgan
 school in Clinton. The committee, At
 torney Henry T. White, had reported in
 his finding that the claims of the plain
 tiffs to the effect that the trustees had
 lost, through unwise investments, DOT tions of a $95,000 trust fund left the school by Charles Morgan, were not
 based on the facts. The court finds the fund intact and accepts the report of
 the committee.
 The long-heralded legal fight of Gil-
 bert S. Benham and other Hamden res- idents against the proposed use of $9.- 900 by the selectmen for new school building in Highwood was taken up vest er6ay afternoon by Judge William $. Case in the superior court and was continued until Tuesday. The principal
 defendant in the case is Burton D. Pot ter chairman of the board of selectmen of the town, to which body the last
 town meeting appropriate $9,00O for a
 new school to stand where the present dilapidated and urlsanitary Highland structure is. The town meeting also voted for the laying of tax of 19 mills,
 an increase of mills.
 At the short calendar session of the superior court yesterday Judge Shum-
 way allowed the motion for the pay
 ment of a 75 per cent. dividend on the preferred claims against the defunct
 Mathews & Willard Manufacturing
 company, of Waterbury. The court
 also accepted the report of the receiver
 showing the present status of the com
 pany's affairs. The debts are $199,000
 and the assets $165,OO0. Judge Shumway will not hold court during the week following Christmas. k. The suit of A. Nelson Lewis against
 Charles H. Trowbridge, trustee, came
 up yesterday on a demurrer in the su- perior court, where, in another form, the suit was instituted twenty-seyen years ago. It was originally the suit of l Theodore Futile, former tax collector, against H. B. Clafin, of New York. In the short calendar session of the superior court yesterday morning a motion to amend the order of sale was made by Attorney Wright, representing the plaintiff, in the matter of Higgins vs. the Lion Brewery company. The motion was denied.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
Loeai Weather Report.
lsris Mr"tt'n.
water at midnight.

High water at midnight.
 The Smart Set for January at the Pease-Lewis company's.
 The Charles w. Whittlesey company, 2S1 State street, photographic materials and supplies, will be open this evening and every evening next week.
 The fourteenth annual meeting of the Masonic Charity Foundation of Con- necticut will be held at the Masonic temple, Hartford, on Thursday, Janu- ary 21. ...
 The ladies of Mason Rogers W. R. C., of Branford, packed and shipped big Christmas box'to the veterans of the G. A. R., at the Soldiers home in Noroton yesterday. 5~.~ .~>
 Tn the town clerks office has been re- corded the sale of the Hynson Press on Pitkin street to William H. Harty. The latter was formerly employed by the Price & Lee company. MT. Hynson has left New Haven.
 The members of the Yale swimming and water polo team, of which Ogden Mills Reid, son of WhitelaW Reid, is captain, have presented Max Schwartz, the university director of swimming, with a fine diamond pin.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
FOR YEAST IN OLD TIMES.
Going to the Brewery Had a Charm fo
 CbildraY

i Going to the Brewery Had a Charm for
 Children.
 Unlike the most of the regular tasks of the properly trained, useful child of fifty years ago when the boy Ralph Waldo. like many of his class, filled the kitchen wood- box, set the table and. secured the steel knives and forks. daily going for yeast. to a brewery had an abiding charm for children who. but for the weekly errand, might never have entered the locality where the brewery was located. The old stone brewery. high up above a deep ravine, actualized my idea of "a giants castle. That beyond the vault-like. room in the cellar, where a big man in Ia white apron filled our pails with a long-handled ladle from great jars and ,tnopped up the counter and scooped in our coppers with impressive dignity. dungeons could be found, gave me an early drill in believing in believing. Z
 The saWdust on the floor, the griny window barred with heavy cobwebs, was fascinatingly associated with cer- tain story books I had been forbidden to read more It was the rule to lift your pail cover and take a sniff. Strange that what srnelled So good was so disappointing to taste, for taste we. did, once at least, satisfied with the sniff ever after. There could be no loi- tering on the way home, else the nlys- terious byways leading off the main thoroughfare had been explored; but it was something to see through the cracks in the sidewalk, fearfully close to our feet, the nadly rushing waters of raceways, to hear the idle hum of machinery, to watch for one thrilling moment a gigantic wheel that came up lcreaking and dripping from a back abyss to plunge headlong into blackness again.
 had only to make myself believe, as I easily could, that it was alive, that suffering wheel, to experience the sen
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
PRESENTS HELD UP.
Postal Authorities Find Merchandise in Innocent Looking Packages.

Postal Authorities Find Merchandise in
 Innocent Looking Packages.
 The schemes which have been resort
 ed to in the attempts to get presents
 through the mail are clever and deserve
 better success than that with which
 they have met Dainty packages have.
 been made up which, on the outside,
 do not lock at all suspicious, but which
 have been found upon opening to con- tain gifts of great value, the cost of sending which would amount to a con- siderable sum. The senders take the
 chance, which in former years has been about an even gamble, that their pres- ent will get through without being de- tected.
 The favorite way of trying to fool the government is to conceal gift in a newspaper. There are dozens of these
 kinds of packages in the office. They look like a plain newspaper which can go through the mail at a low rate. But a few days ago one of these newspapers was opened and far on the inside of the Sunday supplement was found enough l of an expensive and fine quality of silk to make a waist. Following this dis covery other packages were opened. Now they are all opened and the sur- prising thing about it is that in nearly every instance a present of some kind l is found tucked away in the big folds of the newspaper.
 Its unfortunate for the people at the other end,' remarked postoflice off, cial this morning, flor they not only | lose their Christmas present, but they l also fail to get the Eagle. Perhaps the copy of the Eagle is part of the pres ent, but that is what we can't tell. Most of the papers sent are Eagles | At any other time of the year it is probable that the packages would go ! through unopened, but the suspicion of | it is thought that hereafter every pack. age which looks as if 1t might conceal some merchandise will be inspected. If | this has been a favorite method of | sending goods to the European coun- | tries among the sons and daughters who camp out here for few years to | make their fortunes, it is pretty certain I that the usefulness of the scheme is | over, and that hereafter there will be
 no more smuggling of this kind through
 the mails.
 The postoficials officials have been
 surprisel at the revelations which have
 been made. They are satisfied that
 there is wilful intent on the part of a
 large number of people to deceive the
 authorities and to send merchandise 1 through the mails at lower rates than i is demanded. Every precaution has
 been taken to warn those who send packages of the risks they assume in | trying to defraud the government , Brooklyn Eagle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
A FAST1TRAfN.

There is a fast passenger train on the Missouri Pacific railway which
 Judge Samuel Davis contends cannot be wrecked. He has come to this con- clusion after having heard the evidence in several damage suites which have been brought against the road as a re- suit of the trains escapades. He re- gently tried suit for damages against the railroad for killing number of cat tle,'; says the Boonville Advertiser. "The evidence was to the effect that the train was running at the rate of sixty i've miles an hour. A herd of cattle was upon the track. The engineer never made any effort to slacken his speed, but cut through them like snow plough through drift. Tn another in stance suit was for damage for the wrecking of a traction, which had be come upon the track The owner sent his assistant half 9 mile up the track to flag the train, it's whistle having been heard some miles away. He followed. Both made frantic signals to stop. The engineer threw the throttle wide open and cut right through the traction en- zine without the slightest damage to his engine. He related another instance where man standing twenty feet from the track had been struck on the les with chunk of coal hurled from the tender as the train was rounding a curve. The man was one of section gang engaged in strengthening ths track, and though under slow orders the speed of the train was forty-fivt
 miles an hour. '-Kansas City Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
THE FRATERNAL BENEFIT
 IEAGITE

This Up to date and progressive order was the first organization of it's kind to pay to the widow of the late George A. Butler the amount of insurance due her as the beneficiary Yesterday morning the supreme officers called on the widow and although the funeral was only the day before, the proofs had been perfected and draft for the full amount due was handed to her in pay ment of the claim The following letter explains itself:
 55 Beers Street,
 New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. r. MT. Frank F. Tyler, Supreme Secretary of the Fraternal Benefit League. New Haven, Conn:
 Mir. Dear Sir: I wish to express to you and through you to the supreme of ficers, my sincere thanks for the very prompt and satisfactory manner in which you have settled the claim caused by the death of my husband, who was member of Israel Putnam . Council, No. .16, of your order.
 am to-day in receipt of the orders draft for the full amount due me as beneficiary under certificate No. 0352, class B, of two thousand dollars. Wish ing your organization the success 1t de- serves and with kind regards, remain,
 Sincerely Yours, # ALICE BUTLER. Mir. Butler, it will be remembered, died suddenly of apopfexy last Sunday i evening, He had only recently Joined ] this order, having made but two month- Gil, of which he was a member, was in stituted only last Saturday evening. The promptness with which this order pays it's claims is commendable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
WHEELS LSOFJUSTICEWE
 BUSY YESTLRDAK.

Supreme Court DscisIons-DseisIon in Morgan school Case-Ramden seisci- men Case-DIvoTces GFantsd-ApprIs- Ing Bennett Esiate-aIrs. DavIdson's Gase continued.
 The supreme court of errors met in this city yesterday and after an all- morning session handed down decisions in several cases argued in Bridgeport at the October term. Some of the de- cisions handed down were in the follow ing cases:
 Florence H. Plumb vs. John F. Ma her, defendants appeal; no error.
 Elvira Blakeslee, administratrix, ys. Egbert E. Pardee, reservation.
 Benjamin R. Kelsey ys. John c. Pun derford ct al., reservation; error.
 James D. Pickles vs. city of Ansonia, defendants appeal and motion for new trial; no error.
 James H. Campbell's appeal from probate; error and judgment set aside.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
A NOTRE DAME LADY

I will send free with full instructions some of this simple preparation for the cure of Leucorrnoea. Liberation, Displacements. Failing of the Womb, Scanty or Painfui Periods, Tumors or Growths, Hot Flashes. Desire to Cry, Creeping feeling up the Spine Pain in the Back, and all Female Troubles. to all sending address. To mothers of suf. fering daughters will explain Successfus Home Treatment. If you decide to continue it will only cost about 12 cents week to guarantee cure. l do not wish to sell you anything. Tell other sufferers of 1t, that is all | ask Address. Mrs. M. Summers, Box S75, N0tre Dame. Ind
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
HELENE LODGE.

HELENE LODGE. At the annual meeting of Helene Lodge. No. S2. D. O. H., the below named officers were elected: Ober Bardin-Mrs. Knecht. Ex-Bardin-Mrs. Minnery. b. Unter-Bardin-Mrs. Anna Salzmann.
 Secretary-Mrs. Elizabeth Kutscher.
 Financial Secretary-Mrs. Minna Reichel. Treasurer-Mrs. Louise Lutz. Trustees-Mrs. Emma Spiess, Mrs. ottilie Knoll and Mrs. Christine Her. picf. . Out Guard-Mrs. Elizabeth Pfanne- becker. -
 Auditors-Mrs. Lima Pieper, Mrs. Minna Woehlert and Mrs. Elizabeth Prince.
 The installation ceremonies will be conducted by Deputy Grand Bardin Mrs. Lima Pieper, of this city, on Janu- ary 5. .. At the conclusion of the ceremonies a banquet will be in order.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
DEBORAH LODGE

Deborah Lodge, No. 14. Daughters of Rebekah, I. O. O. F., have elected of ficers as follows:
 Noble Grand-Mrs. Marie Hermann. Viee-Grand-Mrs. c. Ploehm. Secretary-AIrs. Augusta Chadbourne. Treasurer-AIrs. Anna Endriss.
 Trustees-Mrs. John Hegel, Mrs. Katherine Berger and Mrs. Doretta Tommers.
 Two candidates were acted upon. The installation ceremonies will be in order on January 6. i
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19

To accommodate those who are par tial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for ca- tarrflal troubles, the propretors prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price ir1- cluding the spraying tube is 75 cents, Druggists or by mail. The liquid em- bodies the medicinal properties of the solid preparation. Cream Balm is quickly absorbed by the membrane and does not dry up the secretions but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St, N. I.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
EINIGKEIlT LoDGE.

At the annual meeteing of Einigkeit Lodge. No, 5. o. D. H. S., officers were elected as follows:
 President-Mrs. Helene ValImer. Vice. -President-Mrs. Josephine Sel- pold. ..-t-
 First secretary-Agnes Heinig.
 Second Secretary-Pauline Keil
 Treasurer-Johanna Schrader.
 Trustees-Antonie Kirmse, Hulda Weiss and Alwine Bergman.
 Representa- Emma Schulze. AL wine Gergmann and Antonio Kirmse.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-19
LOW RATE EXCURSIONS TO MON.

LOW RATE EXCURSIONS TO MON-
 TRIBAL AND QUEBEC VIA RUT- =.. LAND R. R.
 Tickets on sale December 2S, 29, 30 and 31, with final limit for return January 25. These tickets will be sold at all sta- tions of the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Co. to Montreal and Quebec and return at remarkably low rates. The most direct and picturesque route to these points is>via the Rutland railroad. Full information at nearest ticket office, New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, or at A. J. Simmons. N. E. P. A.. Rutland R. R., 29S Wash ington street. Boston. Mass.
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