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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
IROOKLYN BRIEFS.

Miss Hahn is i'll at her home on Bank street.
 ID. J. Mahaney of Bank street is i'll with an attack of rheumatism.
 Mrs John Almas of Bank street has returned from a visit with rela- tives ill Massachusetts.
 A healthy combination, maple syrup and pancake flour. We've got 'em E. P. Dunphy Grocery Go.
 The Misses Harrigan, who have been visiting Miss Agnes McGath of South Leonard street, have returned to their home in Plymouth.
 John Marro of South Leonard street, bod carrier, met with a pe- culiar accident yesterday. He is em- ployed on Mrs Grady's new brick block on Bank street. He was car rying a bod of bricks up ladder when one of the bricks fell out and dropped on his head, infiicting a deep gash Dr Russell dressed the wound.
 While one of Ralph N. Blakeslee's furniture wagons was coming down Washington avenue yesterday, the pole broke. Only the drivers presence of mind prevented the horses from running away and the wagon from being badly wrecked. He. quickly steered the horses off the steep grade of Washington avenue onto side street.
 You cannot find better spices than ours, nor can you get pure spices for less than we ask. Try us and be con- vinced. A. c. Walker, the druggist.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
TIMELY TOPICS

Ladies' tailor made suits, tourist coat. nine gore skirt, at Currans for $12.98.
 The Boston family shoe store has 6 good heavy sole walking shoe at S2.50.
 Double stamps on gcanulated sugar and all fresh meats at the Public mar ket.
 Castle has 1000 pounds of sugar cured shoulders for tomorrow at 100 a pound, hams 12c pound.
 Look up the Spearo Credit Clothing Co.'S big ad tonight and find out how to get clothing on easy terms.
 October brides should have a "Nancy Dodge or ssWaterbury Girl" while groon,s might have Waterbury Boy' or s'3D. ":
 Double amount of stamps with ev- erything you buy at Turnbull's to-nor- row.
 The Driggs & Smith Go have a big bargain in a Decker piano. Call in and see it.
 Brass City Liquor Go has removed it's Bank street branch to 213 South Main street { We have decided to give Hunt stamps with every purchase. !. G. Tackle & Sons, the shoe men, 75 Bank street.
 Select new suit now at J. B. Null lings X Sons. A good line from $660E up to BPS.
 Miller < Peck have line of hardy bulhs for fall planting. A large variety at low prices.
 Connecticut Boot & Shoe store have 1,600 pairs of women's shoes, were $2 and $3, now S1.1o-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
BOARD OF CHARITIES.
Medical Inspection of Schools to Pre-.
 vent Spread of Disease.

Action on two very important sub- Jects to the people of Waterbury was taken by the board of charities yester- day afternoon. They voted tlat Il meteorological service be esta blished. The committee, consisting of Dr B. ". Mcdonald and Dr 0. S. Rodman, of the health board. and Health OfYi- cer Kilmartin, who were appointed to consider the matter, reported that they have arranged for a service by which the bacteriological work of Waterbury may be economically per- forned through the bacteriologist of the New Haven health board. The following vote was then passed
 toIed--That free and unrestricu- ed meteorological service for the di- agnosis of typhoid, phthisis and diph- 1theria be established for the use of the registered physicians of the city, and that committee consisting of the physicians who are members of tl.is board and of the health officer be hereby appointed to carry this vote into effect, provided that the amount and reports shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20) month.
 This will give Waterbury service which it has long been in need, of and it will be of vast benefit. The other important vote passed was that pro viding for the medical inspecti.sl of schools. This is subject which is commanding much attention at the present time from school authorities 1 i'll all parts of the country. The fol- lowing vote was passed
 Voted-That for the purpose of pre- venting the spread of contagious dis cases appointing and defining the du- ties of two medical inspectors of the public schools be referred to the same committee with power to act. Provid- ed that no such inspector shall be paid more than thirty dollars ($30) per month or for more than school year of eight months.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
FAIR OPENS TONIGHT.
People of St PasricK's Parish VIII
 Meet Friends at the Parish Hall. su

The annual fair of St Patrick's par- ish will be opened in the parish hall tonight. For weeks various commit tees have been working earnestly and zealously in making preparations for this annual event and have arranged program of events which are bound to prove attractive and to draw large crowds to the fair. The entertainment committee has been hustling e'sary minute and has secured an abundance of good talent, who will provide q pleasing entertainment each night. Some novelties in the amusement line are promised. A fine entertainment program has been arranged for the opening tonight and it is expected that the capacity of the hall will be taxed to the limit with the crowd that is going to attend. The hall has been profusely decorated for the occasion and presents an inviting and attractive appearance. St Patrick's parish pos sesses a magnificent church and it should be the aim of every parfshioner to do all he can to assist in the suc- cess of the present fair that the church funds may be increased.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
BOARD OF ALDERMEN OPPOSED IT.
Request for Appropriation Voted Down Last Night Refused to Make Peace With West Main Street Property Owners-Bosiness Men Will Talk
 Trolley Matters Next Monday Night

to its agreement with reference to the completion of the Baldwin street troll ley.
 On petition of the Manufacturers' Foundry Go, Benjamin White was elected special constable to do duty on the premises of the concern. A pe- tition of the Eagles association. per w. J. Spain, that Thomas Quinn, the associations caretaker at the Audi torfunn, be made special constable to do duty ill and around the building, was challenged by the republican side of the house, who thought the club should be obliged to hire supernumer- ary officer, and went over for investi. gation.
 A petition was received from the Waterbury Business Mems association asking for a hearing on trCllay mat ters. 1t was decided to meet for that purpose next Monday night.
 John Clohessey was heard on an old disputed claim for damages which oc- cured when the grade of South Leon ard street and Washington avenue was changed. He was awarded $1.. dam. ages. Everybody considered it mis- take, because his house was left in the air and besides the cost of lower ing it he would lose the tenement in the basement. He appealed, but through representations made to him he allowed the appeal to lapse. A committee consisting of Aldermen Pil- ling, Holmes and Murray was appoint- ed to inquire into the situation. The several recommendations of the board of public works, printed herein before, were read and approved. Some new projects were received and suita- bly, referred The board adjourned for week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
CAPTAIN HARRINGTON.
He Is Now Making a Bis Hit in the
 Bis Cities.

Manager Jacques received yesterday a telegram which appears to bear out the statement that Captain Barring ton" the revolutionary drama in which William Bramwell is to appear at Polrs this evening, is a good play to witness. The telegram is appended:
 Jersey City Depot. Jean Jacques. Polls Theater, Water bury, Conn:
 William Bramwell in Captain Bar rington'' big hit. Star, company, play and production excellent. Standing room only here and in New York.
 HENRY ROSENBERG,
 Manager Metropolitan Theater
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
F NEW SILKS 59C Yard. NEAT, SIMPLE, ELEGANT.

A prettIer collection of Fancy Silks than we are now showing would be difficult to imagine. The new seed effects. the new print warp designs, the neat checks and hair line stripes. all in the various shades of browns, blues, dah- Has, greens and cockscomb reds, in plain and two-toned effects, to start the sale we are offering
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
2,50O Yards

Of newest silks in staple and fancy silks. 750 yards of Fancy Silks, including Taffetas and Louislnes in changeable and seeded effects. 800 yards Crepe de Chine, 24 inch wide. all piece silk in all the. new shades, regular ;89c quality. 300 yards Col ored Taffeta, new chiffon finish. 20 colors, regular 75c quality 500 yards of Black Silk ranging in value z5c to sl.oo a yard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
A Sure Cure

This is the season of the year when many people are suffering from colds, which will prove serious unless they are attended to at once. Don't let them hang on, but buy bottle of our White Pine and Tar Cough Syrup for 25 cents and cure them before the cold season sets in. It has never been known to fail. Fitzpatrick's phar- macy, corner East Main and Wall streets. Telephone 63-4.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
WITHOUT PERMISSION.

London, Oct Dispatches from the Lhassa expedition state that the Chi- nese ambassador signed the Anglo Thibetan treaty without having re ceived the necessary permission from the Chinese government. The expedi' tion. these advices say, is undergoing great hardships in its march towarda. India.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04
MILITARY BAND PROM"

The following program will be rem dered by the Waterbury Military band at the Auditorium tomorrow evening: T,wo-step ..... Rustling Silks Waltz .... May, Sweet May Tvwo-step, .I'se Got a Feeling for You Schottische, The Way to Win Wo-
 mans Heart.
 Waltz .......... Sounds From Efun Three-step Comforts of Home Tswo-step Big Indian Chief Waltz The Pillows of Despair Schottische Watermelon Vine Two s,ten Teasing Waltz Peggy Grady r,bree-step Fleeting Clouds Tswo-step The Goo-Goo Man Schottische, Kate. My Southern Rose Waltz .... Song Birds Singing to You Tswo-sten Canatlas
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-04

The next TOW 0ccuTTeu over iuc
 Baldwin street trolley, when Aldermen
 Bergen, Beach and Hewitt got after the company with a sharp stick about the Baldwin street line, and Chairman
 Blakeslee took up the cudgel for the
 company, his attitude prompting Mir Murray to remark that the chair | thought the city wrong at every turn, to which MT BlakesIee replied that he didn't want to be understood that way, but if anybody wanted to know his opinion on the question before the house he had no hesitation in stating that the city was in error. The fight
 got so hot as to whether the trolley or the city was to blame for the delay it was decided to call in City Engineer Cairns to hear /what he had to say. of the chair. He said that so far as he knew there was nothing to stop the company from going ahead.
 Mir Holmes said the company wanted the city to spend some money on that street so that they could get to the end | of the line easier, and added that the grade of Chapel street is as definite as l the grade of the highway to Nauga- tuck and similar places. Why con, ] tinued the alderman, yielding copy of the conditions in his hand, "we provided for that particular Ihlng oy
 section 6, which states that the grade
 shall be laid to the existing grade of the street so that the company would
 not have to wait for the city to do anything"
 On motion of MT Hewitt it was voted that the city attorney be in- structed to submit an opinion to the
 board at its next meeting setting forth what steps the city should take to
 compel the trolley company to live up
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30
Steel Cars for Mail

weight OF the train in the passenger
section of solid vestibuled sleepers
trailing at the end. In front there is
a mighty locomotive, built for speed
and Weighing perhaps 120 tons. Be-
tween there may be two, or three. or
four mail cars, built of the flimsiest
pattern of wood, lacking the vestibule
connections that make for safety, and
rolling there between the weight Of
the train and the might of the loco
motive, ready to crash into match
wood at the impact of collision.
No class of men in trains crew
suffers more from the average wreck
than do the postal clerks. No class
OF matter carried in car may cause
greater loss and inconvenience than
the destruction OF the first, class mail
matter Of one OF these through trains.
Fire as an element OF danger in one
of these wrecked cars is always para
mount. And all because the govern
ment has not exacted of the railroads
in their contracted service the SANS
economic consideration that the roads
interests to the travelling 'ic
The railroad postal clerk Ii
ing of more consideration than ne is
getting in the circumstances. The
efficient clerk is born rather than
made. lie is of material that is not
easily picked up in crowd. AS mere
material he deserves to be husbanded
more closely than his government is
disposed to do when it consents to
have him placed as a living buffer be-
tween the crushing possibilities of
100-ton locomotive and train of solid
sleeping cars. This is the logical age
of steel. Give him steel car that
will neither crush nor burn. Give him
a show for his life, even at the ex.
pense of little more governmental
RED tape.-ChicagO Tribune
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30
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Mrs. w. T. Kimball said to have
been resident of Chelsea, Mass,
drowned at Mentone, France.
BY an explosion of gas about 1870
miners are entombed near Cheswick,
Pa, and there is prospect of rescuing
Is alive.
Exchange Of communications over
far eastern situation still goes on war
preparations still keep up.
Col. Bryan visits Hanover, N. H., to
address the Dartmouth students.
Rev. Il. w. Sandford closeted with
attorneys at Shiloh headquarters of
Holy Ghost and US society; strong le.
gal battle to be made by him against
charges of manslaughter and cruelty.
President Roosevelt appoints Nor
mon, an exbishop, to be assayer of the
mint at Boise City, Ida.
American girl has terrible fall while
looping the loop in an auto in Madrid
Mayor Ashley and President Mellen
OF the New Haven road have impor.
tant conferences which end the grade
crossing litigation and will lead to the
establishment Of new Cape Cod line
OF boats to New York.
Deputy Chief Shaw of the Massa-
chusetts district police to have weekly
conferences of his men in Boston for
the purpose of comparing notes on
criminal work.
United Mine Workers, at Mitchells
suggestion, decide 10 depose any dis
honest officer.
No trace found of burglar who tried
to explode safe in postoftice at Row.
ley, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30
Schooner a Total Wreck.

Cape Porpoise, Melville trying to
make harbor in the binding snow
storm, the Beverly fishing schooner
Dorothy went ashore Oh Green island
and was totally wrool.od. Tho-ero~'
escaped in safety, but had no time to
save any of their effects. The schoon-
er has gone to pieces.
The Dorothy had been fishing off the
Cape and had several thousand pounds
of fish aboard when the storm came up.
Capt. Mckay made preparations at
once to reach this port for a harbor,
but in the darkness and heavy snow
he was unable to distinguish the Bea-
con lights and ran onto Green island.
The crew had no difficulty in reach
in shore. Capt. Mckay remained at
his home here while the members of
the crew returned to Massachusetts,.
The Dorothy was a comparatively
new vessel, having been built in Es-
sex, Mass, in 1901. She registered So
tons net.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30
Checked a Stampede.

Weymouth, Mass.-An alarm of fire
recently brought the fire department
to the Pratt school building and but
for the prompt and cool action of Supt.
of Schools Elmer r. Sherman there
might have been loss Of life among
the children.
Just as the program of the afternoon
was about TO be begun some of the
smaller pupils discovered smoke cons
ing up from the floor around the CHM
ney. They Immediately shouted fire ,
and many Of the scholars in the up
per room made dash for the stair
way which leads to the first floor.
Supt. Sherman ordered them back
and even used much force to prevent a
stampede. He then ordered the class
to fall in" and the pupils were march
ed down and out, without harm to
anyone.
An investigation showed that tha
WOODWORK about tne main chimney
had first caught fire and this had COM
municated to the SCOT in the chimney
The loss will probably not exceed $780,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30

panama--At recent session OF the
constitutional convention DR.. Amador
proposed that the following article be
included in the constitution of the re-
public:
SHOULD public peace or constitu-
tional order be disturbed in any part
of the republic of Panama, the govern
ment of the United States may inter-
vene to restore peace or order in the
event that the United States, by treaty
or convention, shall have assumed, or
expressed the intention Of assuming,
the obligation of guaranteeing the in
dependence and sovereignty Of this re-
public"
DR.. Amador spoke on this question,
and the proposal to incorporate the
article was approved by big majority.
Another measure, by which the con-
vention ratifies all the acts Of the pro-
visional governing junta, including the
ratification of the canal treaty, was
also approved.
This is considered to show the per-
feet understanding existing between
the legislative and the executive au-
thorities.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30

AS suggestive of the fact that gov.
erpment ownership Of monopoly can
not be always representative of the
best Of everything in the administra-
ton Of that monopoly, the United
States postal department on several
occasions has served as an illuminat-
ins example. That in one marked re-
spect at the present time 1t is falling
short of the commonest measures of
precaution and safety with reference
to both its men and its mails is to be
seen I'm the operation Of the railway
postal system.
Twenty-Five years ago the travelling
public began to realize from the net
showing of railway wrecks and COLI
sions that considerable element Of
safety lay simply in the solid, mas.
siye construction of the sleeping car.
AS compared to the ordinary day
coach in head-on collision, the pas.
senger in the sleeper had many
chances for life over the passenger in
tho other vehicle. When the vesti-
bule attachment l. sleener was
perfected the public safety again was
contributed to in marked degree.
and finally, when it was discovered
that fast train, vestibuled from end
to end, virtually could not be tele-
sUopod unhar ordinary conditions of
wreck the railroad companies were
quick to make every passenger coach
In the train thus imInune, so that to-
day the limited trains on railroad
virtually are made up of one coach
measuring from the baggage Car back
ward.
But forward Of the baggage car?
There is the example of governmental
shortsightedness which seems econ.
omically inexcusable. Under the or
dinary conditions of making up a
through train any where on tho conti-
nent there is, first, the reponderating
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30
Chicago University.

Chicago-"Th University Of Chica-
go is no longer a Baptist institution y
Almost in so many words President
William r. Harper announced to the
senior class that the university had
outgrown it's denominational charac-
ter. Most of the students and most OF
the professors. he said. were non-Bap-
tist. All the buildings on the campus
were paid for by people of other creeds,
he continued, and 800 out of every $lO0
except that given by John d. Rockefel-
er, who is Baptist, were contributed
by those not members of that church.
Religious denominationalism in uni
versities," he said, "is narrow minded
ness. and the fact that the university
of Chicago has broken away from this
is an evidence of it's mental progress.
Denomnationalism may apply to small
colleges, but not to large ones.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30

ways be acquired at the expense OF
somebody else. and painting the men.
tai anguish Of the somebody else in
moving terms. Little George listened
attentively and he uttered no protest
when he was forbidden to play
keeps" with other boys for marbles.
Even gum-in.the.slot machines were
prohibited as dangerous nearing OF
the gddy verge.
One noontime. however, little
Georg ecame home with bulging knick-
erbocker pockets. They were obvious
ly crammed with marbles, and his
mother demanded to know where he
had got them.
"I'll tell you, mother" he said with
sweet candor shining in his baby eyes.
won 'em from Dicliie Thomas. You
don't mind me playing keeps with
him, do YOU? He plays an awful poor
game"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1904-01-30

Pittsburg, Pa.--Even the elements
seem to be conspiring to prevent the
work of rescue at the Harwick mine.
| Almost zero weather, and bitt.r wind
late in the afternoon swept down over
the little valley where the mine is To-
Gated, and nearly added another list
of dead to the long black table already
measured Off
| At o'clock 16 men went into the
| shaft to do the work of removing the
debris that has barred their progress
into the workings where the men were
when the explosion came. Their shift
was supposed to be three hours only.
| Even at that it was hard task Be-
fore the bucket reached the bottom
| they were drenched in water, which
the cold draft through the shaft soon
turned to ice. Shortly after they We're
let down, two at time in the bucket,
temporary hoist was started down
| the shaft
Again and again efforts were made to
reach the men at the bottom of the
shaft, but the wooden sides of the
hoist, swollen by the water, stuck to
the iron guide slide, and then came
hours of maneuvering to reach the bot
tom. The men below had no way Of
keeping warm, and many of them were
standing in deep water. Every effort
was made to lower the cage, and final
ly it was loosened and got within ~
feet of the bottom. A timber, blown
across the way by the explosion, was
in the path. The men We're within
eaG reach of a rope, but their fingers
nulnbed and almost frozen by the cold,
We're unable to grasp the offered help.
1t was 8 o'clock when the first three
men of the party, who went down at
3 o'clock, were brought to the surface
Not one of them was able to walk, so
numb were they made by the cold,
Henry Beckett was one of the FIRST
men out of the cage. He was carried
to the boiler house and after he was
warmed and revived h" SAID:
at was d frightful experience. The
cold and hunger-and no good that we
could do. We were too cold to work.
There is apparently no one to rescue.
We had a harF time to find many or
the uoau. "A snred or clothing here ana
there, q jacket pair of overalls, but
only few bodies.
when we left the bottom of the
shaft there were 12 bodies lying there
ready to be brought up. There are
many others there and the bodies of
many will never be found"
The Allegheny Coal company, which
owns the mine, has declared it's pur-
pose of establishing a cemetery, half
acre in extent, in which to inter the
bodies of the men killed in the eX-
plosion.
Many theories as to the cause of the
explosion in the Harwick mine are ad-
vanced One is that the recent high
water had something to do with it.
Mining experts do not regard this as
probable Men who know the Hal
wick say that gas in dangerous quanti-
ty has been in it ever since it was
opened. Hence they say that probably
a careless miner exposed naked
flame to the gas