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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
PRESS PARLIAMENT.
Editors Will Hear Secretary of State
 Hay Opening Session.

Secretary of State John Hay will de- liver the opening address before the worlds press parliament at the worlds fair OH May 19 The meeting will be presided over by Sir Hugh Gil zean-Reid of London, and more than 5000 newspaper representatives. from every part of the world will be ill at tendance.
 Forty editorial associations will hold sessions on the worlds fair grounds during press week. May 1G- 19. The press parliament will con- vene in Festival hall. Sessions of the National Editorial association will be held al the Inside lnn Meetings of tlle state associations will be held in the various state buildings.
 Governors Doekery Of Missouri. White of West Virginia, Nardeman of Mississippi. and Bailey Of Kansas will address the press parliament. Pres ident David k. Francis of the Louisl- ana Purchase exposition. Colonel Hen- ry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith and Edward Box, editor Of the Ladies Home Jour nal. are ol the program of tue Ma tiOnal Editorial association.
 Noted Journalists from England, France, Germany. Russia, Japan, Cen- tral and South America and Canada will be present and address the sew elal congresses Of newspaper men It is expected to be the largest and most important editorial gathering i'll the worlds history Many ot the foreign representatives already have arrived in St Louis.
 Other bodies than the two mem tioned which will be present in St Louis during press week are the American Newspaper Publishers assO- ciation. the Associated Press, the Nal tional Agricultural league. the Inland Daily Press association, the Canadian Press association. the Associated Press of the Province Of Quebec. LAS sociation des Journalist Canadiens- Francais. the Hooking and Ohio Val ley associations, the Illinois Woman's Press association, the Quoin club of New York, the Texas Woman's Press association, and press associations from nearly every state and territory in the United States.
 Elaborate arrangements have been made, both by the exposition and the city of St Louis, for the entertain ment Of the visitors. The freedom of the Pike as well as the worlds fair will be extended to them and special programs will be arranged for their special entertainment Automobile and tallysho rides about the city, steamer excursions on the Mississippi river and receptions by the foreign and state commissions are to be some of the diversions
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
HEARD IN PASSING

There is one watchword that Russia ought to adopt, Remember the mine" ," New York Mail
 A friend is going to give j. P Nor gan pocketbooll as present on his 67th birthday. Why not two or three safety deposit yaults.-New York Herald
 When Charles NJ. Schwab opens his New York mansion champagne is to be served i'll buckets. Why not be really prodigal and serve if with a garden hose2--KaDsaS City Star
 Perhaps while we are guying those funny Russian names we never think how outlandish some of the familiar names on the map of the United States may appear to foreigners. Take Massachusetts and Mississippi. pough- keepsie, Schenectady, Kalamazoo and some of those Maine lakes. for exam ple.-Atlanta Constitution
 \ The Board of Lady Managers of the St Louis fair have decided posi- lively to carry out the indescribably vulgar woman show that was recently the subject of so much ridieule through the country. They are going to ex hibit pictures of women of approved social standing for the admiration of their fellow citizens of less certain position. It is said that they have about 400 portraits already. secured, no doubt, from shrinking modest ladies to whom the whole thing is a dis tasteful duty. As we have said before the Bradstreet rating should be mark ed on each portrait. Hartford Cour- ant.
 Because of his habit of looking things up,'' Mayor Henney of Hartford has discovered that the committee on abatement of taxes has been illegally elected for d number of years past Mayor Henney stands in marked contrast to a number of other Connec- ticut mayors who have blundered ahead most willfuIly and ignorantly. taking everything for granted, allow ing others to do the looking up" for them, but finding in tue end that no one but themselves receives the censure There's outward indication that Hart ford has commenced thoroughly businesslike municipal administra- tion. Her mayor does not believe in guess rlS.-.-Ansonia Sentinel
 Experience is great teacher. have learned great deal in the past four weeks. I thought I knew some thing about the game Of politics, but I discovered that I was novice. It had been stated of Mir Hearst that if if it cost $25,O0O he wanted the Con necticut delegation. Mir Hearst's managers said to me if you have to l-buy the delegates. Mir Hearst wants Connecticut passed. He was not in the business of buying votes and I am lin position to know that money was only expended for legitimate expenses. Eff it had been contest of matching dollars there is no doubt what would have happened and that the opinion of the convention would have been changed. Alexander Troup
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
RIDING ASTR1DE.

The children of royalty are made acquainted with the saddle shortly after they become able 10 walk. Lit tie Princess Victoria of Wales. grand daughter of King Edward, is no excep
 tion to the rule; but she certainly is as to the method of riding. Sire is eing taught to ride in what is known in England as the thew style" which means that the cross seat has been selected for her. Royal patronage inn plies much in England, and the fat that it approves of the use of the mans saddle by women will evonf la iv count for snore in doing away with tile side saddle than if a dozen Of the most prominent horse-women in the country should adopt the former. Princess victorias riding cost.ma includes a kiiteC skirt and double breasted reef CT. and when she is astride of her pony the skirt hangs neatly on both sides. The Prince and Princess of Wales. are very sensible couple, and it is not at all likely that they would permit their daughter to ride astride if they did not wish it to be understood that the new fashion of eauesarianism had their hearty approval. Following so closely on the appearance oil Rotten Row Of the divided skirt, the latter S vogue is assured The Sportsman in Ihe Illustrated Sporting Newss a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
TOLD BY LITTLE ONES.

ssWhy do you drink so much water, Tommy" asked q mother of her 5- years-old son.
 ..So you won't have so much to wash me with replied the youngster.
 4.Can any one tell me what Christ ian is?' asked the Sunday school teach CT.
 ..Yes, ma am, I can answered Il little girl. A Christian is Il man who doesn't swear when his wife is clean ing house"
 s'Do you know the meaning of the word lazy r" asked the teacher, ad- dressing small pupil
 '.Surer' answered the little fellow, ''It. means that you'd rathe. sit down and watch the other fellow do it..
 aBoys." said the old lady who was on her way to church, don't you know that it is wrong to play ball on Sun day?"
 We ain't playin' ball. reDlied one of the youngsters, we're only practic- ing fer ter-morrer's game. Teacher-Does heat always expand and cold always contract?
 Bright Pupil-No. ma'am Some times cold expands and heat contracts
 Teacher Indeed! Please explain.
 Bright Pupil Cold expands coa bills and heat contracts ice bills- Chicago News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
COATS THAT FAINT.
They Live and Do Their Swooning
 Stunt in Tennessee.


 A senior student of the Veterinary Department of the University of Penn sylvania sprang surprise not long since by reading paper on 'Nery- ous Goats of Tennessee." The treatise read -
 There is nothing to be found in veterinary literature or elsewhere on this particular breed of goats. There fore. l feel I am giving to our pro fession some fresh material to put ill their notebooks. I think also that it would be worth your while if ever i'll Tennessee to make it Il point to see q flock of these remarkable goats, i'll order to wholly appreciate this strange phenomena. These goats also go by the name of .'stiffeIegged' or .'faint- ing. goats by the people in the neighborhood. where they are foInd, being viewed With considerable in- terest as we'll as curiosity.
 The true history of this goat is not Ut my command. but to the best Of my knowledge they originated in the counties of Giles and Marshall, in tue state or 1Tennessee. and have never been seen in any other part of the world. q point which should be of much interest to our profession. In appearance they are like any other goat, there being all the coIors com mon to goats represented among them. and weighing from sixty to eighty pounds when full grown. Yori could not distinguish them from the common goat except by the peculiar ties which l am now ready to state. The chief and interesting charac- teristies of these goats. above all, con- sist in the fact that they fall to the ground with their entire body Qegs. neck and lumbar muscles) becoming perfectly rigid and stiff. showing d typlcal picture of an animal suffer Ing from strychnine poisoning. These 'ralnting spells lasts for about ten to fifteen seconds, after which time the animal arises and walks off. showing slight, stiffness in the posterior limbs for distance of fifty or sixty feet after which time he walks and acts just like any other goat. These fainting spells can be produced or brought on by any sudden excite ment which will startle the animal III the least. or in case the goat at tempts to jump a bar or rail not nlgher than twelve inches from the ground. or say he attempts to jump tW0-foot ditch or stream he at once iaIls 10 the ground i'll n faint This strange phenomenon is seen in all the offspring without exception. being often noticed in kids, but as a rule Dot well marked until one year of age This is an exceedingly interest Ing point to veterinarians, for 1t shows that It is not pathological in origin put Hereditary condition. There are about 100 of these goats in exist ence, all of which tread Tennessee SOIL They are unfortunately de- prlved of the much-enjoyed sport of Jumping fences and walking barn roofs. so much enjoyed by other goats. Tor they will remain in an enclosure win any old kind of fence.-Phila- 1 deiphia Telegraph
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
CROSS-COUNTRY PROM
 ENADE IN FRANCE,

French people are always looking for something novel. They spend cer- tain months of theNyear ill the country because it is 'chic" to do so, or, rather, it is not ''cl1ic'' to be in Paris at such q time. The love for hunting and shooting. ill the strenuous English sense. is not ingrained in the French: they prefer amusements less fatiguing, less serious, amusements that include and promote conversation and which include, above all, women.
 Last autumn, during the huntine season at Chantilly. NJ Tardiveau, a well known sportsman and prominent member Of La Societe des Drags. or ganized q cross-coulltry promenade, and he is thus responsible for q new form of country entertainment that has stood the rigors of this especially hard winter among the French set who ex- tend their country sojourn until the opening Of the Paris social season. NJ. Tardiyeau's idea was for couples of young people 10 make q run across fields and ditches and brooks for four kilometers, including seventeen 'sobsta- cles," several of them serious ones.
 Partners were chosen as if for q dance. and fourteen couples started at the blast of a bugle. The course, in fact, was conducted quite as a dance would have been, every gallant holding his partners hand and supporting her waist over every obstacle" Some of the latter consisted of high jumps over running streams, others of.,a descent into rayines and still others of a brisk and difficult scramble up 8 steep .hill- side or over a hedge. No couple failed to finish the race. The winners, Mile Tardiveau and her partner finished the course i'll tWenty-seven minutes. Most of the guests who did not enter the contest arrived at the goal in carts or on horseback after cheering the competitors throughout the race
 This society innovation was nolsed abroad through all of fashionable France and is being initiated, wisai additions and complications of difficult ties wherever weather and other con- ditions permit It has been q find for country house parties and has brought rosy cheeks to many q closed i'll winter home. French girls take en- Enthusiastically to more vigorous forms or outdoor exercise than the last gen. eration did. It means emancipation in many forms for them They are tired Of being hothouse flowers, of spending the winter in going to musicales ol shopping in hot, perfumed carriages, and of playing tennis or croqnet or bat tIedore and shuttlecock With-their cousins The .cross-eountry eotillion' is but the carrying out. at another sea son of the year. of the gradual let down that is being effected in the prim life of Mademoiselle.-Ou Outing
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

Are there no lives of Washington or compendiums of American history in the offices of some of the great newspapers? How does it come about that several of these should regard some views upon the presidency, set forth ill q recently discovered letter of George Washington, written in August, 17s8, as relating to a third term? Washington was elected first president of the United States in 17S9, and his views in this letter are the familiar ones which he expressed in other utterances as to his proposed elevation to that office, says an ex- change. The newly discovered letter among some papers in the library of Columbia university, is interesting as emphasizing what has always been known, that he preferred private life to the presidency-longed for it as few men in public life ever have. The newly discovered letter sets this forth with characteristic dignity and sim. plicity 1T would not wish to conceal my prevailing sentiment from you
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

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 Draught. Fine Lunch e7 Eaws Main sE waterhury. Conn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

The typical American employer and workmen acting in harmony may add to the happiness of all the people, says one writer. A broad minded application Of generous spirit Of justice in all individual deal- Ings between capital and labor would do more for this country than all the laws which the ingenuity of man can devise. Under the just reign. of this true spirit of equitable fairness there woud be less clamorlng for judicial in- junction oil the one hand and labor legislation on the other
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
THE BOUNTY ON TROUT.

The state of Connecticut pays q bounty of $1 for each wild fox killed within its borders. and authorizes towns to pay $5 for each wild cat and $1 for each skunk. raccoon, weasel or woodcliuck. Has anybody ever thought of the bounty that the people of the state are paying for the extermination not Of a nuisance, but of choice and most desirable creature? Probably they do not look on it in the light here suggested, but ill fact when there is q standing offer of 75 cents pound for any trout that can be brought into market. that is equivalent to a bounty of that high figure offered by. the people for destroying those beautiful and delicious fishes.
 The inducement is too strong. The public have themselves to blame, but so surely as they set such q price on the trout just so surely will the trout be provided and that will before long be the practical extinction of that par ticular bit of game.
 It is q question how to presery @ game and at the same time prevent its pursuit from becoming the sport of the rich and idle, a condition which does so much to excite the animosity of poor against rich and without cause. The situation in England. where acres upon acres go to waste in order thiit they may yield sport for a privileged few is a standing injustice. But there is no denying that our own Jaws up to the present time have had very lit tie effect in preserving the trout. We are paying for their slaughter and talking about saving them; and it is the money that talks loudest and most effectively. ly.-Hartford Courant.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

Gold exports broke the record on Clews, the total shipped thus. far this season, or since April s. being over S40,000,000. This sum only partly GOV CTS the Panama canal payment, which is being made with a view of causing as little disturbance as possible. Other influences acting as an important stim- ulant to gold exports have been pres sure in the Paris money market, q less favorable trade balance, the transmits sion of Japanese payments to Europe across the United States, and of course the ease in the local money market, coupled with the enormous in- crease in our home supply of gold. More gold is expected to follow, but how much it is impossible to deter mine. Much will depend upon the development of the above-named in duences. The new local calls for cap ital are at present the only factors that seem likely to arrest the gold ef- fiux. If these continue higher mon- ey rates will soon check the foreign drain upon our gold. This week. the new Japanese loan. u large new issue of bonds by New York Central and several other important aotations were announced, which mean a very considerably increased demand upon our supply of floating capital. It is quite evident that this rapid growth of new obligations cannot go on indefn. itely without depressing the security markets.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
SATURDAY. MAY 14, 1904.

It is common thing for a Colom- bian boy of twelve to be thrashed to death with cowhide whips for desert ing from the army, says The Worlds Work, that is to say, running back home after he had been forcibly en- listed It is generally common for a mere child to be hung up by the thumbs until he dies, because ne will not-or cannot say where his father is hidden. Women have been cruci- fled because they have refused to be- tray their husbands. and others have been treated infinitely worse.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14
TAKE NOTICE

that the Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk Store, 153 Bank street. is still i'll the lead with it's grand mark-down sale of Umbrellas, Trunks, Bags and Dress Suit Gases. Our stock inclcdes the latest and best values ill the state. When you buy from us you buy direct from the manufacturer at rock-bottom prices. We guarantee to keep i'll repair free. 1t will pay you to see our line and prices Ask for the eight rib um- brellas, special. 65c. worth SIPS. Yes, we repair trunks, bags, umbrellas; also recovering in best manner at reasona-' ble prices; best gloria silk from 65c up.
 Telephone 1892; will call for and de- liver all repairs free. Speciality lace covered Paras0ls.
 Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk MT. 153 Bank St formerly cor Bank and
 Grand sts). Keys sold and fitted.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

An American lady travelling in Ja- pan, in writing of the famous baths, says that stour cooIies trotted off gayly with Us through n bamboo garden till We arrived at the Garden of Eden. It is called Ubago in the guide books, but nevertheless, I am sure it was the Garden of Eden. Anyway, the cos tunes, if so they may be called, were of that period. Our coolies dumped rs down and refused to proceed in spite of our embarrassed motion of the hands to wave them on. For we had reached ope of the famous bath vil- lages. q sight supposed toNbe of great interest to the unsophisticated globe trotter. In this village the. inhabi- tants spend most of their lives bathing in the hot springs which abound ill the neighborhood. All the village re- captions and afternoon tea parties take place in the public bath, and it was to one of these tea parties that we bashfully followed our guide. He re- moved a sliding panel ill the wall of a certain house and disclosed two large tanks of steaming water, filled with many hathers, whoN received us with much pleasure and many smiles. Some of them were placidly drinking tea and others were smoking their pipes. Over that scene [ would have drawn curtain, but there was no curtain to draw"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-14

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-27

When asked whether there would be
any favorable Interference on the part
Of the strikers Mr.. Hicks said there
would be none. for the men had agreed
TO make no such attempts to induce
strike breakers to quit. such plan
would gain nothing and would tend to
ALLEVIATE the sympathy Of the public.
lie added that he was conducting the
fight I'm a fair manner and intended to
do nothing but what was right In II.
The men are out on principles that are
right, and those principles are to be
upheld lie thought by tying up the
freight in a legitimate manner the com
pany could be more readily brought TO
some terms
This Is the plan along which the union
Is lighting. and all the means possible
will be used. When asked II the COM
pany was winning. he said that as long
as there was a blockade in freight hand
ling the company was certainly losing,
and as long as the green men would con-
tinue to send freight 20 wrong destina-
tions there was another loss
The company Is now employing more
men than the regular force Ia order 10
facilitate matters. But this. he said was
an additional expense and the company
could not stand that long. Last evening
several more men were pursuaded TO join
the ranks Of the strikers AID 1t Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-27

thought that in day or so there several
more will leave.
When asked as to the possibilities OF
sympathetic strike. Mr.. Hicks said that
nothing of the kind was contemplated
for the immediate future. but that all
the crafts closely related were ready
and had notified the local that each was
in sympathy with the strikers and when
orders came from headquarters for So
ing out they would all willingly do so.
The men here are kept in touch with
the situation along other sections OF the
road so as TO be ready to act. At the
meeting this morning it was seen that
the ranks OF the strikers had not been
broken at all while there were a few new
faces observed.
Tonight at the meeting Of the Provi-
dence Central Trades union the delega-
tion from the strikers will be on hand
to urge their case and 10 secure some
kind Of sympathetic endorsement At
several other points along the lines OF
the Consolidated road In this state there
Continued on page Ten.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-27

Toxic May 2NoonThe Japanese troops have swept all the
Russians from their defences of Taenwan bay
probable that the latter will be capable offering further
resistance in the territory north of Port Arthur.
After five ours of desperate fighting the Japanese
Knchou yesterday evening Nanquanng stronghold of the
taken after hot fight An artillery still
Russian gunboat bombaded the Japanese left flank from Tenwan
bay while the Japanese warsp worked with the army Kin
chou bay.
Vice Admiral Togo has established complete blockade
around the southern end Of the Lao Tung peninsula This
pey envelops Port Arthur from the seaward probably
opening the final of the
Continued Page Five)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-27
CHANGE N
STRIKE SITUATION

The strike situation in this city practically the
yesterday The conducted themselves quiet orderly
attempt officials
Consolidated road.
Last evening nothing done the picket duty
the who could be in
back At the various yards tho
work along well could be expected under the cir
cunstances
evening City of Fall River left her dock and
morning o'clock the Pequo steamed into port bringing
what freight could be loaded at New York