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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
KILLING CRoWHEAD DUCKS.
One Peculiarly of the Birds That Makes Them Easy Prey to
 the Market Hunter.

The last of the game birds to arrive Is the crow-headed duck.
 Every year when the first real snow- storm is on, up from the Atlantic, 800 miles away, comes the battalions of these curious birds Properly speaking they ara not ducks at all but are of the species known to ornithologists as Xema ridibundus, and to the fishermen of Labrador and the gulf as laughing gulls, says Lachine report.
 Thsy are now being shot in consider able numbers about the Lachine rapids and wherever the water is swift enough to create foam. The crowheads appear to spend most of their time upon the wing and alight only where dead fish and other debris of the water are gath cred. When feeding they are careful to post sentinels, and are hard to ap- proach
 To the knowing ones, however, they afford good sport, and large bags, dur ing their flight. They invariably trav- e1 in a single line, in extended order, the leader some 20 yards in advance of his company of from 9 to 75.
 So perfectly do they maintain their alignment that at times q good. quick marksman, aiming at one nearest to him, will find that he has covered the whole rank, and will bring down sev- eral of them at once. One experienced rifieman killed five with one ball last year.
 The men who know most about it, namely, those who supply the markets, try no fancy shooting of that kind. Their aim is directed at the solitary leader.
 Directly he falls, the two Hanks of the advancing line close in, circling to- ward their fallen captain, and the flock settle down in close bunch about him. There they will remain, floating down stream with his body, while the gum ners pour their shot into them. A young fellow who went out to try the sport with a ten-bore and cartridges loaded with No. shot, came in within five minutes of sighting his first flock with IS specimens. all he cared for. killed by four shots.
 The crowleads are exceedingly hand same birds, jet black, with snowy breasts. and are about the size of the ordinary gray duck. Tn their flight they resemble the duck rather than the gull family.
 When properly prepared they are by no means unsavory, and are said to be bought up in quantities by the ho- tels, where they are doubtless served out to guests as black ducks.
 Just why these salt water birds should travel so far inland at this sea son of the year is not easily explained One theory has it that the course of their migration is from east to west. and that by way of the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, they are on their journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.
 The long trip is by no means inn possible to birds of their strong flight, though so far as is known their return by the same route in the spring has NScaDed observation
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06

". but most lo sAes, l Iancy, slnc6 'tis now thy shoei.
 ..I'll lay you 40 crowns, then, that I know smaller foot than that of Madam Lawrence" said Law, suavely 'I'll lay you another 40 crowns that I'll try it on for the test, though first saw. the lady this very morning I'll lay you another 40 crowns that Madam Lawrence cannot wear this shoe, though her have never seen"
 These words ranked, though they were said off-hand and with the license of coffee-house talk at so late an hour. Beau Wilson rose, in a somewhat un- steady attitude, and, turning towards Law, addressed him with tone which left small option as to it's meaning
 'Sirrah!" cried he, ''I know n4 who you are, but I would have word or two of good advice for you!''
 '1'Sir, I thank you," said John Law, "but perhaps I do not need advice" He did not rise from his seat Have it then at any rate, and be civil!" cried the older man "You seem a swaggering sort, with your talk of love and luck, and such are sure to get their combs cut early enough here among Englishmen. I'll not tolerate your allusion to lady you have never met, and enc honor deeply, sir, deep- ly!''
 T am but young man started out to seek his fortune" said John Law, his eye kindling now for the first time, land I should do very i'll if I evaded that fotune, whatsoever it may be"
 Then you'll take back that talk of Mrs. Lawrence!"
 T have made no talk of Mrs. Law renee, sir said Law, "aad even had I, I should take back nothing for 9 de- mand like yours. 'Tis not meet, sir, where no offense was meant, to crowd in an offensive remark"
 Pembroke said nothing. The situa- ton was ominous enough at this point. A sudden gravity and dignity fell upon the young men who sat there. schooled in an etiquette whose first lesson was that of personal courage.
 ''Sirrah!" cried Beau Wilson, "I per ceive your purpose. If you prove good enough to name lodgings where ycn may be found by my friends, l shall ask leave to bid you very good night"
 So speaking, Wilson flung out of tho room. A silence fell upon those Jeff within
 "Sirs,'' said Law, 8 moment leter. "I beg you to bear witness that this IS 20 matter of my seeking or accepting. This gentleman is q stranger to mo. l hardly got his name fair.
 Wilson is his name, sir said Penn broke, "a very good friend of IS all. He is of good family, and doth keep his coach-and-four like any gentleman. For him we may vouch very we'll
 "Wilson!" cried Law, springing now to his feet. st Iris not him known as Beau Wilson? Why, my dcar sirS, hl5 father was friend to many Of my kin long ago. Why, sir, this is ono Of thoso to whom my mother bade me look to get my first ways Of Lcndon well laid out"
 These are some of the ways of Lon. don," said Pembroke, grimly.
 "But is there DO fashion in which this matter can be accommo6atedg"
 Pembroke and Castletpn looked at each other, rose end passed him, each raising his hat and lowing oourte- ously.
 Your servant, sir" said the one; and, "Your servant. sir" said the other.
 3g. (To be continued.)
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
Colon. Panama.

Colon is a mere sand pit a mile lona and mile wide. At an expense of about $5,000,o00 causeways have been built connecting the town with tho mainland
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
Malay state RaIIways.

There are $40 miles of state railways in the Malay states, and last years earn- :ngs were 5.ss per cent on the capital expenditure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
Electricity.

Electricity is fast ousting hydraulic power in the equipment of continental Europe. and slowly superseding t in Great Britain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
Shows Where the Poor Live.

Tire child mortality is three times as large in east London as in west, be- ing $50 per thousand
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-05

HABANA Is de Mario de
Sres. SCOTT & BOVINE, Nueva York.
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CATALINA PERAzA, VIDA MARIBONA.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-02-05

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COnttnu0rd
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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, Ill, June 21.-The Repub-
lican convention met at noon today
in the Coliseum and organized. Nom
nations will not be reached until the
third day. There was suggestion of
rain in the air, with cool breeze
from the northwest, but within the
weather was hot. There are five
acres Of seats under the arched roof
Of the Coliseum, and it began to fill
by half past ten. Old convention
goers regard the Coliseum as the best
proportional and arranged convention
hall in the United States. The out
side walls are of stone. It cost $780,
600. Back Of the seats behind the
chairman was a colossal portrait of
the Late Senator Hanna on canvas,
twenty by seventeen feet. Portraits
of the president with flags about them
were placed at regular intervals about
the amphitheater.
At II 80 Senator Allison entered
among the first delegates and re-
ceived an ovation.
Senator bolivar came after Alli-
son and he too was applauded. Ex-
Secretary Root, and Senator Fair
banks, were cheered on entering.
Chauncey Depew was also cheered.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
THE CHICAGO COLISEUM TODAY HENRY
PAYNE
HON. ELIHU C. ROOT TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Prayer Rev. Timothy
Frost n Detail.

but the doorkeeper did not recognize
him and followed him to get his tick
ct. Speaker Cannon's s arrival evoked
enthusiasm from both floor and gal
lery. A few minutes before II the
entrance of Henry C. Payne and Eli
hu Root was greeted warmly They
went to the platform. At 1916 the
convention was called to order and
the entire convention rose during
prayer.
Prayer by Rev. Frost.
The following invocation was Of
fered by Rev. P. T. Frost, pastor Of
the First Methodist Episcopal church
of Evanston, ILL.,:
"Almighty God,
Our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
We thank three for thy goodness to
the people Of this lanl. Our sins have
been many, but thy mercies have been
great. Thou hast poured out thy gift
without measure. The opening years
Of new century have been freighted
with wealth for hand and mind and
heart. Best of all though art giving
thyself in a perpetual offering of thy
life for the life of men. We do not
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
c. c. & |. ROAD
REFUSES TO PAY
FOR THE ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT
RAILROAD CROSSINGS
BILL WAS RETURNED
Bradford Said That Lights Had AL
ways Been Furnished and That
Road Was Not Liable.
BILL WAS RETURNED

Quite a little fracas is on between
the electric light plant and the c. c.
& L., and it promises to be a hotly
contested affair on both sides. For
some time past the electric light
company has been thinking that the
C. C. & L. should pay for the lights
at the railroad crossings. A bill was
made out and sent to President Brad
ford, but he refused to pay it and de-
MED the liability of the road on the
bill in question His stand was that
the c.. c.. & L. had never been requir-
ed to furnish light at its crossings,
but that they had always been lighted
without an agreement or arrangement
with the c.. c.. & L. Therefore, the
C. G.. & L. would not pay the bills.
The ground was thoroughly gone over
by council and the interested parties
and, it being the only way out Of the
difficulty, the committee was ad-
vised to negotiate some arrange
ment under which the railroad COM
pany would either be obliged to pay
for the lights at the crossings Or to
furnish adequate lights of its own.
His Honor, Mayor Zimmerman, said
that he thought the road should pay
for lights. At any rate, the city
would not longer furnish them gratis
1t is probable that some satisfactory
arrangement can be made whereby
the c. c. & L. will pay a fair price
for the lights.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
PARK EXPENSES
MUST Be CLOSE
MAYOR ZIMMERMAN SAID THE
BUDGET MUST BE SMALL.
OR 1T WOULD BE CUT
The Mayor is Making a Hard Fight
for Economy in All Lines
Good Thing.
OR 1T WOULD BE CUT

Mayor Zimmerman talked "straight
from the shoulder last evening
when the matter Of the increase for
park improvement came up. The
proposition was to raise the city taxes
one cent per hundred dollars valua-
ton for the purpose Of improving
the parks. The report was adverse
to the proposition and so the parks
will not be improved as much as they
would had the proposition been ac-
cepted.
Mayor Zimmerman is making a
hard fight for economy, in every line
possible, as the good results Of the
economy are seen in the annual re-
port of the city treasurer, and will
try to get the present council to adopt
the same policy. He has fought
hard against all extravagant expen-
ditures and the park improvement is
something that can easily be put off
until the city is in better financial
condition, or when there are not so
many improvements that are more
badly needed than those in parks.
He said that the park commission
ers, in making out their budget of ex-
penses must make it as small as pos
isble and must cut it down to the
bones, or council and himself would
try little cutting.
The mayor talked in a convincing
manner and when the committees
meet week from tonight, the budget
Of the park commissioners in the way
Of improvements will be as small as
possible, Or will be made so then
The mayor said that the commission
ers must stay within a reasonable
limit of the appropriation.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21

race prejudice will be asked by the
National Negro Suffrage League
which has held session here with one
hundred delegates, forty-fve of whom
are delegates to the National Repub-
lican convention: James FL. Hayes,
Virginia; j. R. Clifford, West Va;
James E. Dixen, Rhode island, were
appointed committee to wait upon
the committee on resolutions Of the
National Republican convention, with
above suggestion for insertion in the
platform.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
Continued on Page Five.)
JUNE MEETING
CITY Council
SEVERAL MINOR MATTERS ARE
BEFORE THAT BODY
BIDS FOR CREMATORY
Were Unsatisfactory - Contracts for
Coal Awarded to Mather Bros.
and Shera & Starr.
BIDS FOR CREMATORY

There were several minor matters
up before the council at it's session
last night. The session was not very
long nor exceptionally busy, the re-
port of the city treasurer for the
year being the most important item.
Nothing was done concerning the tax
ferret matter nor the Fifth ward pc
tition to have the ward declared a
temperance one. A transcript of the
appointment Of J. F. Davenport, Jes-
Sc Brooke, David Hawkins, A. A.
Curme and w. K. Young as city COM
missioners for the next year was
read.
tion to the bad condition of the side
walk On the west side Of North First
street.
A petition to extend the water main
on Southwest Third from it's present
terminus to the corporation limits was
presented.
The city treasurer's report for May
wa sread.
Balance, June l ......... .$33, ,597. .59
Receipts -......... ....... l7,573.63
Councilman Engelbert called at
tention to the bad gutter at North A
and Ninth streets. Desired it to be
reconstructed.
Councilman Drifmeyer called atten-
ton to the unsanitary condition OF
the slaughter houses.
A petition to make a cement curb
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
new PHILLIPS
TO Shine SOON
zoLLER & cRAIGHEAD BEGAN
WIRING FOR ELECTRICITY.
LIST OF ATTRACTIONS
Will Be of the Very Best to Be Had
Manager Murray Very Busy
Much Business Added.
LIST OF ATTRACTIONS

Manager Murray is one of the
businest men in the city just at pres
ent, having the duty of superintend-
ing the theater work added to his reg
ular business, but he enjoys this and
cipations to the time when he will not
be ashamed to invite the Richmond
public to the New Phillips and will
be able to show the people a modern
play house in every respect, and enc
that will be safe and comfortable.
The contract for the wiring of the
house has just been let to Zeller &
Craighead and they began the work
yesterday. The house will be wired
for electricity throughout and it will
be used not only for lighting ptrr-
poses, but for all the other purposes
in stage craft for which it is suit
able. The elimination of gas will go
long way toward making the place
proof against fire.
The decorating which will begin
July l, will be in the hands of the
we'll known firm, the William Eckart
Company, interior decorators, of Chi
cago. The auditorium is to be dee
GRATED in gold with trimmings Of gold
and ivory tints. The stage openings
will be artistically relieved with orna-
mentation and floral decoration. The
entrance to the theeter will be in rich
green. The whole will make a har-
monious combination at once pleasing
to the eye and betokening the skill of
the decorator. The Eckart company
is one of the best known in the Unit
ed States and the fact that it has tax
en- the contract is sufficient evidence
that the work will be we'll done.
Electric signs will be put up to an
nounce the attractions at the house.
| Electric fans will make possible at
fractions during the heated season,
and as before noted, handsome as
bestos curtain will be put in.
Mr.. Murray does not care to say
much about attractions at this time,
but he has plans on foot that will Sc
cure for the New Phillips some shows
that will be eagerly sought for by the
Richmond theater goers. He has
made arrangements with some of the
leading New York booking agents
that will secure a number of the
best attractions on the road and in ad-
dition he will get the best run of the
popular priced attractions. Later in
July Mr.. Murray expects to go to
New York to do some personal book
ing and he assures his prospective
patrons that he will be able to "de-
liver the goods
Mr.. Murray is especially pleased
with the large number Of kindly ex-
pressions that have been made him
since he undertook the renovating and
undermining of the Phillips. Many
business men and others have en-
couraged him in the work and he thus
feels that there is already a kindly
feeling toward the New Phillips that
assures it a liberal patronage.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
OPENED THIS AFTERNOON IN
FRIENDD' CHURCH
THE PROGRAM FINE
And the Talks Were Interesting
Delegates in Large Numbers
Arrived Today.
THE PROGRAM FINE

The morning trains today were all
packed to overfowing with delegates
to the state Sunday School Conven-
ton, which opened this afternoon.
It is estimated that there are fifteen
hundred delegates and visitors in the
city.
The task Of providing for them has
not been a small nor easy one, but at
last, it is thought that sufficient
rooms, ETC., have been secured so
that the prophecy Of the Indianapolis
Sun that the delegates had better
take hammocks to sleep in will not
be fulfilled. The hotels are we'll filed
and at noon today the restaurants one
and all did land office business
from eleven to two. The entertain
ment and reception committee was out
early at the depots greeting the new
arrivals and giving them directions
as to where to 60. Pages were in
great demand and made good deal
of money by plotting groups Of dele
gates to their quarters.
The East Main Street Friends
church is beautifully decorated with
flowers and bunting. The stages are
effectively draped and the visitors
received very favorable impression
of what Richmond provides for dele
gates and Of it's willingness to re-
ceive them.
AS to the homes. There are still
not enough homes, especially for del
egates who are not yet here, and
these must be secured. Only few
people have responded to the calls
and definite steps must be taken.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21
DAMAGES
Not Allowed in the Boyse Farm
Affair.

The committee of council which
had in charge the bill for damages on
the Boyse farm, reported that the bill
should not be allowed. The claim
stated that owing to the unfinished
condition of south. fifth street the wa
ter from the sewers was backing up
on the farm, filing the ravines, and
causing a very disagreeable smell. The
debris also washed back and filled up
the farm. After the investigation the
committee reported not to allow the
bill.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-21

and gutter on South Twelfth between
Main and r streets, was signed by
twenty-six residents as presented. 1t
was referred to the Board of Public
Improvements.
A remonstrnace was filed against
the erection of sidewalk from West
First to West Third, on the north side
Of Main street.
A petition for grading, bordering
Liberty avenue was presented.
Mather Bros. and Shera & Starr
were awarded contracts for coal for
public buildings. Winifrede $3.O5
Carbondale, $3.50.
An ordinance fixing the salaries
of public officials was passed, salar-
les remain the same as for the last
year. .;..,
Bids for the reconstruction of the
crematory were not satisfactory and
the clerk was ordered to readvertise.
1t seems as though no contractors
want the job.
The Water Works company said
that the six inch extension on Sheri-
dan street was completed June 3.