Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-31
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the treatment of conSumptiyeS was dedicated Saturday ut Wallingford, the services being ill charge of Dr Francis Bacon of New Haven.
 In the light of the increasing inter- est in international arbitration Yale university has established course of lectures upon the subject and invited Robert c. Morris of New York to de liver them Ut the ensuing term.
 Lord and Lady Dartmouth. who came over from England to attend the Dartmouth college. celebration, are wis iting Miss Boreham at her home ill Avon. She gave | reception for them at the Hartford Golf club Saturday afternoon.
 John NJ. Rankin. manager of the Corner Drug store, Meriden, was ar- rested Saturday on . charge of einbez- clement preferred by the proprietor, Henry D. Barrows of New London He alleges that Rankin has appropriated S1 GOO to his own use and that the ac- counts are in bad shape.
 During q moving picture show at the Majestic theater, New Britain. last night the. fuse in the machine flared up and many of the audience thought there was fire and made a rush for the doors. The police reassured them, however. and they all returned to their seats. No one was hurt. but it occa- stoned considerable excitement for a few minutes.
 Miss Elizabeth Chandler, aged 26 years, an unusually good looking girl, committed suicide at New Haven last night in the barn i'll the rear of her home. She was found by her step father. Near her was an empty bottle which had contained Ncarbolic acid. She is said to have been afflicted with an incurable disease and to have at tempted to take her life twice before.
 William Synott of the Rose Hill dis trict, Portland one of the most fa- nous rattlesnake hHnters, caught two big rattlesnakes last week which he has on exhibition at his farm. Each of them has about ten rattles, showing that they are ten years old. Last fall MT Synott had fifteen big fellows in q cage. The market was not brisk then so they were left caged up until finally they froze to death.
 James H. Akrigg, about 65 years of age, was arrested n New Haven Sat urday on information furnished the prosecuting attorney. Akrigg, who IS an insurance agent, has been concern ed in number of shady transactions i'll the sale of his wares and his latest effort is understood to have been counterfeit accident policy, which he disposed of to an Italian ice dealer in the Elm City for $5, premium which Akrigg is said to have claimed was marked down from $500. The amount of the alleged policy was $15,OO0, but there was no money coming when the policy holder tried to collect ST week for sickness.
 While ill unifornl and on duty Sat urday afternoon Policeman John M. Henry of Hartford struck Editor Charles H. Barnum of the Saturday Journal two blows i'll the face because he felt he. had been slandered in the columns of that paper and because q few minutes conversation with the newspaper man at the corner of Main and High streets had not afforded any balm for his wounded feelings. He then mounted his bicycle and went to the police station, where he reported the assault to Chief Gum, who tenn porarily Suspended him.
 While Mrs SComminsky of Hartford was pairing potatoes Saturday even ing in her kitchen Joseph Poress paid her $35, part for his board and part for her to sare. She dropped the mon ey into the pan of parings and forgot it. John Halupka, another bOarder, noticed the careless act, however, and hung around the ash barrel waiting for the parings. When Mrs Comminsky missed the money she remembered what she had done. Searching the bar rel without success she suspected Ha- lupka. Policeman Babcock took him to the police station. On the way the prisoner attacked the. policeman and was rewarded with several cuts on the scalp. Twenty dollars was recoy- cred.
 More than 300 railroad conductors from llNparts of the Consolidated and Boston X Maine systems gathered i'll New Haven yesterday to listen to an address by Grand Chief Conductor Clark of the Order of Railroad Conduc- tors, and to meet also President Charles s. Mellen and the operating officials of the New York, New Haven t& Hartford system. In the address of Grand Chief Conductor Clark reference was made to the recent rule which has gone into effect on the Consolidat- ed that no applicant for a place on the road who has passed his Both birthday will be accepted. The members of the order of conductors are said to be dis satisfied with this rule, which is simi- lar to one which has gone into effect on other railroads.
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