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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
CITY MADE MONEY
 BY WAITING.

It does not pay municipalities any more than private corporations or in- dividuals to be too ready to come down with the dust. Not long ago the Mad River Water Co demanded about S10,O0O from the city for water pumped from the Mad river while the department was under the manage ment of the old water board. George E. Terry and others appeared before the board and explained the whole situation. The city was slow about paying the claim and finally the com pany threatened to sue. This didn't work, either, and now it appears that they have got out of sorts over. the matter and coscluded to let it drop. The city was too slow and the com pany was reluctant to go to the courts This is one reason assigned for the unexpected winding up of the snarl, while others claim that the thing is outlawed and could not be collected, anyway.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16

cott's reputation was bad. This rezl mark was made in a discussion in Dllnx cans drug store before the first trial.
 Attorney H. W. Miner knew Wolcott1 about twelve years and that his repu- tation was below par. He heard Afs; torney Thoms, Wolcott's counsel, sa 1 his reputation for truth was bad. Hal also heard M. F. Carmody say so. ThiA| was before the first trial.
 The next witness, Thomas E. Car ney, a druggist in WatervilIe, testified that accused's reputation was good.
 G. Leslie Dexter, also druggists took a large prescription book to the stand with him and testified he had a certain prescription in it from Dr Ben>' edict which was put up for Vande mark by the clerk, Mir Kilbride. The date of the prescription was February 26. Mir Dexter said he could not say at what hour the prescription was put up or delivered to the customer, for there was no record to show the time.
 A battle royal took place around the bottle, the state undertaking to sax the label on it was of no consequenca* Witness said he could not say that tho bottle was ever in his store, but appar ently it was, for it contained his label Yet it may have been that the labek was taken off some other of his bottles and put on this one.
 Witness finally admitted that the bots, tie apparently was in his store. The bottle, he said, comes made up and all is necessary for the clerk to dp is te5 remove the original label and put on another. Still the prescription is duly recorded like all prescriptions.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
THIS MAN WANTS
 NO INTERFERENCE.

Albany, March Ex-Governor O'Dell has received nfost extraordinary let ter from a man condemned to death for murder requesting the interference of the executive to prevent any attempt to delay his execution. Frank H. Bur- ness. q sailor, was convicted in Brook lyn for the murder of George B. Town send. He is, confined in Sing Sing prison and was to have been executed on February 8, but the execution was stayed by the appeal to the court of appeals taken by his attorney without the consent of the condemned man. The letter says in substance that the writer believes, himself deserving the death penalty, which he wants to be inflicted with all possible speed. The return of the appeal has not yet been made.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
RUSSIAN
 STUDENTS. Expelled From Ber-
 lin To-Day.
Women Among the Number - They Took Part in a Meeting Which Berlin Author itieS Did Not Sanction.

Berlin, March 16.--Thirty Russian students, several of them women have received yesterday and to-day from the police, notices of expulsion, in con- sequences of participating in a meet ing held Saturday to protest against the governments permitting Russian police agents to watch Russian resi- dents in Germany.
 The students have from three to eight days in which to leave the coun- try and may select the frontier to cross, the government not compelling them to return to Russia, as III some instances.
 The origin of the dispute between the government and the students, about five hundred of whom are at tending the University and Technical schools, was the socialist accusation that the government was permitting Russian spies to search the rooms, ex- anime the correspondence ana other wise interfere with the liberty of Rus sians living in Germany. Fore1gn secretary Won Richthofen, in defend ing the government January 19, said the Russians here were anarchists and that many of the women attending the university or other schools were really not students but lived in a state of immortality. A few days later from forty to fifty Russians passed resolu- tions protesting against these 1mpu- tations.
 Chancellor Won Buelow, answering Herr Rebel, the socialist leader, on the same subject February %, contempt uously alluded to the protesranrs as ''beggars and conspirators under the leadership of Mandelstamms and Sill berbaums.
 If these fellows do not keep quiet said the chancellor. i've will throw them out"
 About four hundred Russian stu dents met on Saturday and signed a statement reciting the utterance of Secretary Von Richthoren and Cham cellor von Buelow. Referring to the chaneellor's assertion that they were abusing the hospitality of Germany the Russians said that even guests had the natural right of resenting in- suits flung at them by their hosts.
 Besides this.'' the statement con- tinues, The undertook by referring to the Jewish origin of part of the Rus sian here to arouse anti-semitic pre- iudice against us. Count von Buelow, the highest official of the German en1- pire, has not scrupled under the pro- lection of his privileged position to call us beggars. The fact that most of the Russians living here are of Jewish origin is due, as Count von Buelow well knows, to the special op- pression to which excludes them from the higher educational institutions of their native country. We regret that the twentieth century, in the land of Leasing and Fitche, witnesses such disregard for the great idea of hu- manity as evidenced by these anti semitic sallies of the German chan cellor."
 From the 42S persons who signed the statement thirty were selected for expulsion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
BROTHERS DIE
 ON THE SAME DAY.

M1ddletown, March 16.-Rev Mich ael Minnihan, thirty-two years of age, died at the home of his mother here today from tuberculosis. A brother James Henry Minnihan died six hours before from similar illness. A double funeral will be held on Friday morn ing from the mothers residence, at half past ten.
 Father Minnihan was a native of this place and resided here until he went to college. He graduated from Niagara in 1898 and was ondained to the priesthood by Bishop Ryan. After his ordination he went to Paris. H. linois, where he spent five years. He returned to Middletown about six months ago because of i'll health.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
ARRESTED AT CATSKILLS.
Man Wanted in Taunton for Murder
 ing His Cousin.

Catskills. N. r., March 16.-A Greek said to be Pantilas Colevreitinas, alias Peter Caellas, wanted at Taunton, Mass, for the alleged murder of a fel- low, countryman at that city on March 8, was arrested at the Irving house here by Chief-of- Police Bates, and lodged in jail to-day. The prisoner re- fused to talk.
 An officer from Taunton is on the way here. Caellas yesterday entered Hoy's cafe here, and while drinking at the bar, the proprietor, Joseph Hoy, who is a former officer, noticed that he agreed with description sent out by Chief Dunbar of Taunton. In the clothing of the prisoner the sum of S115 was found.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
CITY NEWS

The 16-years-old daughter of AIr and Mrs William Thompson of Wood street . died to-day.
 The condition of James A. Johnson who was injured in a fight with a i policeman on Saturday night. was re- ported by the hospital authorities this afternoon as being slightly improved.
 However, he is not yet out of danger All the members of the A. o. H. and their friends in WateryiIle are plan@ ming to attend the St Patrrck's Day celebration in this city tomorrow
 evening. They will take in the Roberr
 Emmet production and the proInenada| that follows it.
 The city fathers have decided to abandon steam and return to horsa power. At the meeting of the board of public works yesterday Mayor EI-: ton was authorized to purchase sucfk[' road apparatus as in his judgmeit seemed best. This was after it la<I% been practically decided to dispose 0i3 the old steam road roller and purchased one which will be propelled by sise& horses. M
 At meeting of Go G, c. N. Gs@ last night, it was decided to make a trip to the exposition at St Loili8' some time in June. The trip will be
 of ten days duration. A stop will bal made at Buffalo for a half day and
 also at Niagara Falls. A week wilI
 be spent in St Louis, The date 0is: the old fashioned barn dance, whicIfs will be given by the company in tha, armory, was fixed as Friday nlghfs April 22. Louis Cronan whs apDofnf~ ed artifcer He will have genera K charge of the new guns.
 union service of the ConrreraA tional churches of the city will hal held in the lecture room of the Second.| Congregational church tonight. The service will be held under the auspicesI of the local branch of the CongreEa- uonal Missionary association, which conduct missions among the colore{1 people, the Indians, the Chinese. and have schools in the south and porto Rico. Miss Jennie L. Blowres of Port0a Rico will speak of the work on thnE3 island. Talk on the work in this island will be all the more interesting as Dr Davenport's son died there. and Dr Anderson's son is now residine3 there. The Rev A. c. Garner will speak about the missionary worIc ! among the negroes in the south. Tho service will begin about 7:45 ana everybody is invited to attend.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary McS< Cormick took place this morning 4roruI her late home, 154 Baldwin street. to the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception at o'clock, where requiem high mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Brennan. The pail bearers, were James Mccormick, Henry Mc>3 Cormick, John Mccormick, Michael Mccormick, David Mccormick ana l Thomas sHanlon. Among the floral l tributes were the following: Etandinml cross, Waterbury Aerea of Eagles, 879t 1 pillow from her children; basket of ! roses from MT and Mrs J. Geisle1., ] basket of roses. Margaret McCormick: wreath, MT Halinan; sheaf of wheat l and roses, MT and Mrs A. Phelan1 wreath of roses. MT Darling. MT Egau4 and MT Barley; wreath, MT and Nfret Roller: bouquets from the foIlowinR, employees of Clock shop, Miss MarysI AzcCarty, Mrs Katfe Fruin, Miss Mnf4 gsfet Hartnet. Interment m new Sf 1 Joseph's oemeteEys
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
STATE SCORED HEAVILY.

Bridgeport, March 16. The stat6 scored heavily in the cross exan1ina tion Of some of the witnesses for the defense in the Eardley murder trial to-day. Edward s. Nevin said that he thought Eardley was not all there. because at a smoker where there wac free beer he was bodsterous and be- cause on other occasions he had called the witness rather loudly when they; met. On cross examination he ads mitted that he might have said thatI Eardley was all right when he was sober. He also admitted that h. had expressed the wish that Joe might ge;< off with fifteen years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
A NEW INDUSTRY.
An Electric Loom Weaving Silk at
 Reid a Hughes's.

marvellous demonstratio of silk weaving is now being held i'll the Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Co.'S man. moth metropolitan store. A large and handsome loom. equipped with the latest and most approved appli- ances for silk weaving, has been erected in one of the aisles on the south side of the building and like a busy bee is constantly engaged in weaving numberless small strands of silk into yards of tho best quality of silk, making goods which will later be offered for sale at this store. This silk is known as the "Moneybalk Silk and has been on the market for less than a year, but during that tim it has acquired such q reputation that it's manufacturers are kept very busy in supplying the demand for it.
 The sight of an electric loom, show ing every stage of development in weaving from single thread to com plex pieca of merchandise is a novel, ty for Waterburians. It is not only novel, but very Interesting and is at fracting much attention from hun dreds of people every day. It is an object lesson 10 women. for they can See how long it takes the thousands of threads of pure silk in both warD and filling to make one yard of the famous ''Moneybak Silk" The great number of threads used make a yard of dependahle silk which the manu- facturer can stand back of and pro- tect the retailer and the consumer. It has a capacity of weaving a yard of the best quality of silk an hour It takes 94SS threads for a yard
 The demonstration is ill charge of A. Remington Smith. an experienced silk man. who will. Do glad to explain the workings of the loom to any per- son who is interested in the subject. The public is most cordially invited to witness the exhibit. which will sbe held every day during tho week and on Wednesday and Saturday even ings MT Smith showe Democrat reporter a skein Of raw silk that was raised and spun at Oxford, New Ha- ven county, by one Jane A. Perkins 52 years ago. 1t was presented to him by Miss Perkins brother
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
THE GOVERNORS
 ACQUISITION DAY,

Hartford, March 16. - Governor Chamberlain to-day issued requisi- tions upon the governor of Massa- chusetts for the surrender of Ephrain Drous on the charge Of seduction of minor child, alleged to have been committed in Hampton of this state
 A requlsition was also asked from the governor of New York for the sur renden of Robert Alexander, charged with burglary, alleged to have been committed in Greenwich.
 Governor Chamberlain has also ac- cepted the requisition of the governor of New Jersey for Douglas Golden, charged with grand larceny in Bergen county, that state.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
WAS SHOT
 AS A SPY.
Had Been Giving Secrets to .Japs.
Goods Were Found on This han-Stock Jobbing Scheme Says Russian Papers, Speaking of Re- ported Abandonment.

St Petersburg. March 16.-Captain 1vkov of the Manchurian commissariat service has been summarily courtmar- tialed and shot for acting as a spy in the pay of the Japanese Documents found in Ivkov's possession left no doubt of the truth of the charges that he had long been revealing secrets to the Japanese. The tragic story be- chme public through a simple an nDuncement in the army organ thls morning that Ivkov had been excluded from the service.
 St Petersburg, March 16--The re ports of the abandonment of Fort AT thur continue to arouse the bitterest resentment, the papers denouncing the story, as a stock-jobbing scheme. The government is building some armored trains. for use on the Man churian railroad. after the model or those used by the British ill South 5 Africa. They will not be employed 50 much on account of fear that the Japanesa may cut the road as for . their moral effect on the Chinese rob ber bands, who may become embold- ened by the war It is believed that when the bandits see the iron mon sters they will not come near the rail- road.
 The Russ prints a long leading ar ticle controverting a series of articles in the Novoe Vremya claiming that the war was brought on by the ma cllinations of the Jews in revenge for the Kishineff occurrences, declaring. that the Novoe Vremya's contention is absurd, and scoring the latter for sowing race hatred at such a caRtical time
 M. Komanroff. the leader of the Panslayists, in the SVet replies to the statements recently made by M. Ku- Tino. the former Japanese minister at St Petersburg, declaring that Japan is solely to blame for the war, .'the po- litical, savages of Japan having en- snared their country in this wild ad-l venture."
 RhA Novosti prints an article by an expert to prove the feasibility of the Baltic fleet making the northern pas sage, by way of the Behring straits, to join the Pacific squadron in the spring
 A military expert in the Russky In- valid contends that the action of the
  Ping Yang, and at their bases, Che mulpo, Chinhmpo and Seoul, means that attachments have moved out along the Vel-Lim- -Kang, which may be compared to miniature Tugelal river. A number of these detach- ments, it is added. have crossed the vel-Lim-Kang at Pan-Chen, eight miles from Aniie.
 
 Port Arthur, March 16.-Everything IS quiet here. There is no sign of the enemy Advices from Feng- Huan- Cheng. (about 45 miles north west of Wiju), say the Russian troops are showing an admirable spirit in surmounting the difficulties and hard ships of the march over the frozen tracts of east Manchuria.
 Seoul, March 16.-The emperor in tends to leave his town palace and re- turn to Yunbok, his palace in the out skirts of the city. It was here that the queen was assassinated in 1895. and from here that the emperor fled to the Russian legation in 1896. His present residence is situated ill the midst of the foreign legations, so that his removal will doubtless be more satisfactory to the Japanese govern ment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
JOHN IFS i. ANTAGONIST

{ New York, March 16.John Flood. who fought John L.. Sullivan on E barge in the East river near Hell Gate in 1880. died suddenly to-day in tllts Knickerbocker hotel Heart disease was the cause of death. He was 5Es years. of age. He was employed as 5
 detective by firm of horse dealers
 and was known to horsemen aIl over the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
CAMBRIDGE IS LOW.
Cousin of the Late Queen Victoria is
 in Critical Condition.

London, March 16.-The Duke of Cambridge, cousin of the late Queen Victoria, is in a critical condition. Re cent bulletins regarding the dukes health have been of a reassuring na- ture, but this morning his royal hign. ness, who has been sick long time, was seized with recurrence of hem orrhages of the stomach, and an official bulletin just issued admits that grave anxiety is felt regarding the outcome of the attack.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
CROSSED OCEAN 25o TIMES

New York. March 16-After 25 years service with the Anchor line, Captain J. Wilson of the steamship Astoria will retire from the command of that ship. upon it's return to Glas- gow. Captain Wilson has been ap- pointed superintendent of the line at Glasgow. Captain Wilson is a lieu tenant in the royal naval reserves and has made 25O round trips across the Atlantic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
] KuBelik Forced to FIy.

LINZ, Austria, March 16-Jan Kube- lik the Bohemian yiolinist, was the victim of a fierce anti-Czech demon stration here An infuriated German mob, in revenge for the ill treatment of their countrymen in Prague, storm ed the hall where he was giving a con cert, and, he was compelled to seek safety in flight.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
Our Trade with snain.

Spain now purchases from the United States $l5.500.000 worth of goods year; an increase of 50 per cent. since 1898. American ice cream freezers and rubber overshoes are seen in all Span ish villages.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Connecticut: fair to- night ans Thursday; colder tonight. Brisk to Es-h northwest winds, dinin- ishing Thureday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16
NO STRIKE.
Good News Coming in From the Mine Elections Held
 Yesterday.

Indianapolis, March 16.-The na- tional officers of the United Mine Workers of America say to-day that from reports that have been received from locals of the nine states, which yesterday voted on the subject of ac- cepting or refusing the offer of the operators, the two-year wage sched- ule has been accepted and there will be no strike. The ballots are com ing in on every mail and tomorrow morning the tellers will begin their count.
 Cleveland. O., March 16-Specials from the Massilon. Coshocton and Athens. Ohio. coal fields show an over whelming vote in favor of accepting the proposed reduction in pay and against strike.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-16

It pays to advertise in the Demo- crat's : sPenny-a-word'' column
Milford chronicle., 1904-10-28
The Lao Hope for parker.

Eastern Democrats. who. few weeks
since could not find words strong enough
with which to express their reprobatiop
and scorn Of Mr. Bryan. are now looking
to him, as their last hope, to carry In.
diana.
The complaisant Nebraskan has strin.
ped off his coat and plunged into the
task laid out for him. But the voice Of
the aforetime charmer can charm no
longer. lnsincority kills the most mighty
effort. No man can win votes under the
circumstances surrounding Bryan at this
time 1t must be a bitter pill for David
Bennett Hill to swallow. the last resort
10 Bryan to save a pivotal State to the
dying Democracy, and it cannot he n
very congenial task to Bryan. the affor,
he is making under the party whiplash.
And. blow high, blow low nothing can
stop Indiana from giving a solid Republi
can majority on election day.
Indiana is not going to join the choir
Of calamity howlers. repudiatioDists
idlers and anti-everythings.
Milford chronicle., 1904-10-28
Mr.. DAVIS FIGURES.
a Few Samples Showing Their Amaz-
ing Inaccuracy,

Few Samples showing lhelr AmaA-
ing Inaccuracy.
Assurance. without pronounced guile,
marks the acceptance letter of Hon.
Henry G. Davis. the octogenarian can
didate Of the Democrats for the Vice
/ Presidency. He expresses his opinions
on political conditions as If they were
original with him, as if he were not a
! human phonograph with a single cylin-
/ der that has caught the echo of Judge
/ Parker's echo of the Democratic stunt OF
Oratory. The times are prOpitiOus for
/ the reinstatement of the Democratic par
/ ty in control of the government" is the
| assertive way Mr.. Davis begins his po-
/ Htical sermon. The November ballots
| will be all 'amcns' TO that.
Who but the Democrats will agree
with him? "When the present admins
tration wen; into power there was a large
surplus" he declares. He imagined that.
/ The Republicans came into power in
| 1897 Is that the meaning Of his pres
eat administration % If So and he means
/ surplus Of revenue over ordinary eX-
/ penditures. he is in error Mr.. Clevc-
lands closing year Of his last term
showed EXCESS OF EXPENDI-
| TURES OVER REVENUE to the
amount of SIS ,052.254 The surplus was
the wrong way. The statistics were east
ly obtainable; why should Mr.. Davis
make such a misstatement? If be meant
Mr. ROOsevelt's term, beginning in 1900
with Mr.. Mckinney, there was an ex-
cess in that year of revenue over expendi-
lures amounting to $40, ,527,06 There
fore he is wrong again. In extenuation
it may be said that the Democrats never
were good nor correct figurers. As. for
instance again. when he asserts that the
revenues for the last fiscal year were
over S4OO0O.000 short of the eypendi-
lures. He must have been guessing
again, not having authenticated figures.
In 1903 the excess of revenue over OK
penditures was over SJ2,0J0.O0O. The
absurdity of Mr.. Davis computations
and comparisons could not be more forci-
bly, shown than when be quotes statistics
to show the cost Of running the govern
ment and the army under the Buchanan
regime from 1857 to 1860, when the pop
ulatiOn was 31.21S02l, and puts il as
an evidence Of his pariy's economy in
contrast with our S0,0O0000 population
OF to-day, into the estimate OF the lat.
ter, dumping pension accounts Panama
canal purchase and every outlay caused
by vast public improvements created and
carried on solely for the benefit OF the
people. The age Of Mr. Davis precludes
his compiling such figures himself: but
his anxiety for his partys success leads
him to issue them without the common
est revision as 10 their correctness. or
using his judgment as to their application
to the matter he is discussing.
No one should be deceived by the 6s.
ures which a Democrat offers him: for
IN about nine cases out of ten they will
oe' like counterfeit money, made to de.
ceive.