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The Washington times., 1905-03-26

library it was in truth as well as In
name. From the floor almost to the
ceiling the book shelves stretched, each
bearing its burden of the best writings
of all ages For the Senator was a
scholar. He read his Virgil, and Homer.
and the great Greek dramatists with as
much pleasure as he had thirty years or
more before in his college days. But
this afternoon he sat in his great chair
without one of his fayorites in his hand.
A half hour he sat rnotionless. except to
raise "a cigar to his hps- The Maltese
Cross was uppermost In his mind.
When he had lived in ST. Petersburg
he had come in contact with this mys-
terious organization, as a spectator in
deed. but sufficiently close to realize its
tremendous power and something of It's
methods. That the society had turned
It's activities toward America in the
present crisis, knowing what he did of
conditions in the United States and in
Russia, did not on the whole surprise
him. That the society had been shrewd
enough 10 single him out as the key TO
the situation did not surprise him. One
thing however. he did not know, and
that was how powerful the Maltese
Cross was in this country.
He realized, as every leader must in a
crisis, how much depended upon the
course he chose. Up to that day he had
deemed it best to keep the United States
out of the muss Better TO lose trade
than lives, he held. In his heart he
sympa thized with those Russians who
were struggling to lift the yoke of OPP
preston from the necks of the peasant
He knew that there were many men
and women of the best blood in Russia
who had joined the Maltese Cross,
though they hazarded their lives to do
so He had paid no attention TO the re-
quests he had received TO meet repre-
sentatives of the society. although he
had made no objection to Billy Hale
doing so. But now Billy lounged up
stairs with bandaged head and
bruised body, with the doctors fnstruc-
ton not to leave the house for two
whole days. So he ~auld be unable TO
keep the appointment for the Senator al
| midnight AS hes took the last pun al
his cigar before throwing 1t away the
Senator decided that he would himself
find out what was IN the wind.
Upstairs in the Senator's own particu-
lar den Billy Hale WSt5 4yaflS III a Steam
| er chair watching Marjorie Lee as she
talked of what she had done and what
she planned to do during the busy Wash
| ington season. As she talked her expires
| sion constantly changed There was
nothing wooden about Marjorie.
| $50 you like coming out" said Billy
| as she finished q vivid description of the
! last reception she had attended.
yes, of cou,Ee- All girls do though
looking very 4vise-.'some of them say
they do not But 1 would rather ride
or swim or play goII than go 10 dinners
and teas and receptions, and-no. moi
dances 1 like to dance as well almost
i as to ride. The first ball Of the sea
| son is on Wednesday. l am SO excited
So are we ALL mean Tie. debutants
Don't You think you will be able tc
o''-wistfuIly- I do hope So
| Yes, indeed" replied Billy. Il could
go tonight. That old sawbones doesn't
know what he is talking about"
| Please promise me to do what tht
doctor says. Marjorie had come over
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

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4 am a poor nurse" she replied.

i am a poor nurse" she replied
Don't believe it. I'd like to try you. y
Do you think that all the women in
the world have nothing to do but nurse
YOU" petulantly.
Billy looked at her in panied surprise
but wisely held his peace. He had never
thought he understood women-at least.
not for many years. Was there ever a
man who at one tEslse in his life did not
think that he knew woman through and
through
Here we are at last" said Marjorie,
as the machine stopped in front of the
Senator's house II wonder if Uncle Jim
is in. Jesse, help Mr. Hale" And she
ran swiftly up the steps
Billy followed slowly. AS they walked
through the nall together Billy said:
Mar1orfe"-it was the first time he
had called her by name-.dfd you hon
.estly mean what You SAID TO that cav
alryman?''
What was that?"
'"rhat you were sorry the runaway
had happened"
His eyes held hers for moment. Then
The Washington times., 1905-03-26

BY the time Marjorie reached the scene
of action Mime Won ,Breunen had entire
command Of the situation.
''How dare you. you brute" she had
said to the bully, who was almost As
tall as She He skunk away before her
flashing eyes. and at the sight of still
further assistance to the enemy he took
10 his heels Nine Won. Breunen turn
ed to the small boy
Ibid he hurt you?"
Nom; not much,' said the latter,
who. boylike, hated to have woman
defend him, even if the odds were
against him
"Can We help, Nine. Won Breunen,"
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hastily upst

her long lashes fell and the rich red
stole over her face.
NO, Billy. l didn't" and she dashed
hastily upstairs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
IN MOROCCO LAND
A Country of Superstition and Bfi.
 gandage.

The capture of two British officers by Moorish brigands calls public at tention to race of whose customs and habits very little is known to the world at large. Men who have trav- eled in Morocco and seen the curi- ous festivals and celebrations as sociated with the Mohammedan year will be ready to admit that it is quite possible to have an interesting and even an exciting time in the realms of the last great African sultan, although no act of brigandage should have re moved the excitement from the plane of the commonplace.
 A festival Of great importance in Morocco is the Moolud, which takes place in the month that is called the Spring of Flowers" It is ushered in by singing and dancing and music, and seems to be founded on some old for gotten native festival. When the Moolud comes round, blue mark is placed between the eyebrows of young children, in order that the evil eye may be averted from them. At this season, too. country governors are ac- customed to make journey to the capital that the sultan chances to fa- vor, bearing gifts; and the festival is also notorious by reason of the per- formances of the Aisawi, the follow CTS of Mohammed bin Aisa of Me- Quinez, the patron saint of snake charmers. These Aisawi may be com pared with the dancing Dervishes who live and thrive in other Mohammedan countries, and when a company of them enter a street the scene is at once amusing and disgusting. At the time of the Moolud festival the Aisawi are accustomed to repeat aloud sen teuce that contains the master-word of their order, and they howl 1t until the sound is mt comparable to anything one has heard before. In moments of extreme frenzy the devotees are known to seize sheep or even dogs and tear them to pieces with their hands. Some may be seen devouring sheep before 1t is dead.
 Another feast of importance is the Aid el Kabeer, which takes place on the tenth day of the last month of the Mohammedan year. It celebrates the sacrifice of Ishmael (not Isaac) by Abraham on Mount Moriah. Ger tain prayers are said in the mosques, and after these the Kadl, standing in some prominent position, cuts the throat of sheep that is then carried in basket at headlong speed to the towns chief mosque. If the sheep be alive when it reaches the mosque, the ensuing year will be prosperous one for the town. By means of gun-ire and trumpet-call. all the city is in formed that the sacrifice has been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
SUSAN BR0NS0N'S WILL
Distribution of Estate Estimated to
 be About $7sp, 900.

The last will and testament of the late Miss Susan Bronson who some time ago sued her nephew, Samuel l.. Bronson of New Haven for $S0,0O0 of her estate, was filed' in probate to- day. It is brief document.
 To each of her nephews and nieces Charles, George and Mary Murdock, Meriden; Harriet A. Finch, Green efeld, Mass, and Dr Edward B. Bron- son, New York city, was left SOO00. To Miss Cornelia Maltby, Waterbury, was bequeathed $10.0OO and the Wa terbury hospital was left 5000.
 All the rest of what ever name and nature was left to her nephew, J. Ho- bart Bronson of Waterbury. The will was drawn up on September 10, 1901, and the witnesses were Nelson J. Well ton, Nelson A. Poneroy and Marion Bently. There are two codicils to the will. The first was drawn up May b, 1905, and reads thus:
 "Inasmuch as my nephew, Samuel L. Bronson of New Haven, who has taken care of a portion of my prop erty since the death of my brother, Dr Henry Bronson. who lived in New Ha- ven, and until my revocation of agency on September 10. 1904. now makes claim that he has rendered these ser vices without compensation, l desire him to be paid a reasonable sum for such services, and I give him $l00O0. ?
 The nephews Samuel and Nathan $. Bronson are given S1O0 each as a to- ken of love and affection. Their names" the codicil says. '-Nvere pur- posely omitted from my said last will and testament because of their large inheritance from the estate of my brother" The rest of the Will is ratified. This codicil was witnessed by Frederick J. ingsbury. Nelson ]. WeIton and Nelson A. Pomeroy.
 The second cOdicil was drawn up on May 1e. 1905, and says "Inasmuch as my nephew, Samuel IL. Bronson of New Haven. has the greater portion of my property stIll in his hands and refused to deliver 1t back to me. and claims that he shall be compensated for the management of my property since the death of my brother. Dr Henry Bronson, I. revoke article 0f the first codlcil to my last will and testament. expecting that his claim, in so far as it Is legal and just will be recognized in the final adjustment of his obligation to me"
 The rest of the first codicil and the will are ratified. This codicil was witnessed by Henry L. Wade. Archer J. Smith and Nelson A. Pomeroy. Miss Bronson's estate is said to be worth about S1J0.O00.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
ALEX. HAMILTON
Lawyer of Many Fees Has Been Located in
 Paris.

New York, Nov 29.-Andrew Hanil- ton, to whom the New York Life In surnace Co has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, charged for le- gal services, has been located in Paris. John c. Mccall, secretary of the New York Life and son of President Me Call. testified to this effect to-day be fore the insurance investigation com mittee. He said that 1t was his inten- don to sail on Saturday to see Hamil- ton and induce him to return, or if not to give an accounting of the sums received by him from the New York Life Insurance Go.
 Charles r. Mcclellan, former srate senator and assemblyman from West chester county, was the first witness before the insurance Investigating committee today. Since 1903 he had been United States general appraiser He said he had been doing business for the Mutual Life company since 1890 until 1903. He knew Andrew C. Fields for years and the two were close friends. Some years ago Fields was active in politics. but not in the idSI teu years. Ilc utipcu anu Hld! have contributed to McClellan's cam. paign for the state assembly in 1890 Fields supported him for the senate in 1891.
 He did not know whether Mir Burns of Yonkers was on the senate insur ance committee in 1896. 1897 -nd 1898.
 He had no talk with Fields about being made chairman or member oi the insurance committee of the senate in 1892 and 1893. He did not wans tt be member of that committee. but General Husted placed him on 1t 1T 1893 and he could not get of. Mir Mc Clellan did not know that Fields usei influence to place men on the insur ance commission.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
THE FRENzfEp A1sAwI.

killed. and then every householder kills a sheep on the threshold of his own home This sheep has been bought on the previous day, and tied up in readiness for the feast. The condition of the streets after the sacri- flee is better imagined than described.
 Of course. there are many other feasts in Morocco. and there are other religious sects that have their own superstitions The Hamadashi, for ex- ample. may be met now and again in the interior. Their speciality consists in catching heavy weights upon their heads. and beating their skulls with wooden sticks. They do these things in the name of Allah. who pardons sin. Even the Susi aerobats are the followers of a famous Moorish saint. Sid Hamed bin Musa: and beggars are under the protection of the Emperor of Saints" Mulsi Abd el ed Kader.
 The great game of the adult Moor is the LabeIBarood. or povder-play. This exercise Is taken on horseback. and to see a body of Moorish horse men come down at the charge with guns high above their heads to a given spot. where they fire their weapons and then pull their horses up on to their launches. is a sight that will never he forgotten even by those who have seen cavalry mznsuTers Ia Earope. 4 powdeF-play is often ar rznxsd for the special benefit of an ambassador Eho visits the sultan at his capital Moors are vsrT proud of thssr korzsmanship. and with reason /,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
VICTIMS
 OF THE SEA
Lakes Demanded
 Their Prey.
Futile Attempts to Rescue Crews of Vessels Beaten by Great Lake Storms.

Duluth, Minn, Nov 29.-Nine dead. including the entire engineering crew of the boat, is the terrible result of the wreck of the steamer Mataafa at the mouth of the Duluth ship canal yesterday afternoon. The life saving crew made desperate but futile efforts to get line to the boat. In the pres ence of thousands of people who watched the sceue the line was fired over the ship from the cannon three times. Once 1t caught and those on the forward end of the boat where it landed began to haul it in, but the rocks on the bottom of the canal cut the rope in two At midnight the of ficials of the company owning the boat advised the life saving crew to give up until daylight, saying that the men of the forward part were safe enough until morning. On the stern end of the Mataafa not sign of life had been detected since shortly after dark.
 When the storm died out somewhat this morning the life saving crew was able to hit the boat and the work of bringing the crew ashore began al once.
 Tn the forward end of the boat all were safe. but in the stern none was saved. all having succumbed to the cold and drowned In the first boat load seven men were brought to shore and later eight more. The saved include Captain R. F Humble and 14 members of the crew
 From these 1t was learned that not a sign had been heard ny those for ward from the rear end since early in the evening and the death of all there was certain. They gave their names as follows:
 William Most, chief engineer, Cleye | land.
 Second Engineer Claude Farringer Cleveland.
 James Early, Buffalo. W. Gilchrist, oiler. Winton, Ont. Carl Carlson, oiler, Chicago. Henry Wright, steward, Cleveland
 Walter Bush, second cook, Amherst | burg.
 Fireman and deckhand who shipped at Conneaut, names not known.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
SHUTTER FELL ON HIn
E. D. Morgan Had a Narrow Escape
 This Morning.

Edward b. Morgan, a tobacco deal CT and stationer, came near receiving serious injury on North square this morning about 8 o'clock. Mir Morgan's store is situated in Ladd's building on North square. He is in busniess with his brother William and he had just left him in the store to go to breakfast when the accident that came near costing his life happened.
 He had but left the store and was standing on the sidewalk waiting for car, when a window shutter fell from the third story and struck him exactly on the back of the neck. His coat collar somewhat broke the force of the blow. which almost felled him to the sidewalk. But in moment he had recovered himself and merely asked his brother if where the shutter had struck him was bleeding. It was not. but there was evidence of se- were blow.
 No more was thought of the matter until it was time for the next car to come along. Then MT Morgan went out on the street to catch the car He felt rather daZed at first. TheZ he felt himself staggering and q man who knew him and saw the accident, seeing that he was about to fall, told his brother and he reached him just as he was about to drop. He was helped back to the store and placed in chair where he rested a while It is not supposed that he suffered anything but shock. He had a narrow escape, however, for if the shutter had struck him on the head it would have seriously injured if not killed him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
ILLITERACY RECORD
 IN THIS COUNTRY
One in Ten Over Ten Years of Age Cannot WriteGirs More Illierate Than Boys Eut Proportion is Lessen- ingFewer Illterates Among Children of Foreign Born Parents Than Among Those of Natives.

Washington, Nov. 29-According to bulletin issued today by the census bureau; about 106 persons out of 1000 in the United States, over ten years old, are unable to write, which is equivalent to about one in ten. Of the native white population only 46 out of every 1000, or fewer than one in twenty; of the foreign born whites FPS out of every 1000 and of the ne groes 44J out of every 1000 are illit- crate. International comparisons, re- stricted as far as possible to cores bonding classes of the population, are on the whole favorable to this coun- try, indicating that ill most European countries illiteracy is much more prs valent than it is here, although the United States is still far behind Ger many, Sweden and Norway, Denmark and Switzerland. There is also ground for satisfaction in the statistics that illiteracy is steadily being reduced. In 1900 the number of illiterates per 1000 was 133 for the total population, 62 for the native white population, 130 for the foreign born whites and 56S for negroes, Indians and Mongol- ians.
 The female sex is shown to be more illiterate than the male, the illiteracy for females being 112 per 1000 and for males 101. But this contrast is less marked than it was in 1890 when the illiteracy for the two sexes was IA and 123 respectively.
 In explanation of the fact that the girls have caught up with the boys, if iy ssfs Al.aA Ject to parental control than girlj and more prone to play truant, and that they are also more frequently re- quired to contribute to the family income by becoming wage earners when they should be in school. In the country the illiteracy among children is S9 per thousand; in the city, using this term to designate col lectiyely cities of over 25,000 inhabi- tants, it is only ten per thousand. The contrast is least in the north Atlantic states. In this section child illiteracy In the city is eight per thousand and in the country five per thousand.
 In the south the difference is very marked; in the south Atlantic divis- ion. 32 and 193 for city and country respectively, and in the south central 45 and 1S1 per thousand. Illiteracy is in general greater in the south than the north for all classes of the popu- lation. Perhaps the fairest basis of comparison between the two sections is that for native white children living in cities of over 2J,000 inhabitants. In the north Atlantic division the illit- eracy for this class of children is 2.1. and fin the north central 1.9, in the south Atlantic division 1t is S.3 and in the south central 13.7.
 There are fewer iliterates among the children of foreign born parents than among those of natives, owing it is said, to the fact that greater portion of them live in cities.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-29
CITY NEWS

Daniel Horan of Washington street and Miss Nellie Connor of New York were married Sunday, November 26, in New York.
 The many friends of William Tier nan will be pleased to hear that he has left the Waterbury hospital. wbere he has been laid up for the past eight weeks.
 Special sale this evening. a nice lot of boys pants and sweaters. See our south window for the latest in ladies neckwear All new goods. B. Fin nerty, l72 Baldwin street.
 The St Jean Baptlste society will give their annual ball in Speedwell hall | this evening. The committee in charge has worked earnestly for the success of the event and large attendance is expected.
 The funeral of George Deestll, aged 76 years. who died yesterday at his home, @ Division street, took place this afternoon with service at the house and interment in Pine Grove cemetery.
 Mrs Katharina Groetzebach, wife of George Groetzebaeh of 17 West Porter street. died this morning. after a long illness. Besides her husband she leaves three children. Richard, Mrs NJ. Rutichauser and Katharina.
 The funeral of Susan Bronson took place yesterday afternoon from her late home on Prospect street. with ser vice by the Rev Dr Anderson and Dr Densmore. Suitable musical selec- tions were rendered. The bearers were all nephews of the deceased.
 The committee appointed to arrange for the reception 10 be rendered to Dr Hyde in this city. November II. will hold a meeting in the rooms of the | Gaelic Literary association at $ o'clock tonight. It Is important that every member should be present as all de tails for the lecture will be taken up and completed The committee con sists of stephen w. WIIby. Timothy Luddy. n. H. TIerney. John Moriarty and F. P. Guilfoile.
 The department of finance held an important meeting in the mayors office this morning and discussed the pros and cons of the report of the ex- perts regarding the back assessment | question. It was voted to instruct the comptroller to confer with the city at forney and see what he has to say on the matter. The comptroller was also instructed to call upon Colonel Burpee and find out what be Ia willing 10 ofier in settlement of the case.
 Mrs Annie Mcvery has brought suit through Attorney Lynch against Dr Myron L. Cooley for S5.0O0 damages | It fs set forth in the complaint. which is returnabIe to the superior court the
 first Tuesday In Janusry. that Mrs | McVery underwent an operation bF Dr Cooley in September and that he | tisloeated her Jeff shoulder and 1 Sprained and bruised the muscles and fragments Of ii. She claims that she wfn he unable to use her arm as she had been using it, ever again
 Mavor-elect Thoms was yesterday granted an onier by Judge Wheeler In f inc superi0r court in New Haven sum morning the candidates for aldermen In the first wAri to show why the halhot | box should not be opened and a re- count had The paper fs made refuru- able December and was served on | the elected candhisteS today by Con stable Carmoiy- When the boxes win hp opened Mr Thoms eouid not say That viii have to be deci5ef by ttr oaurt after a hearinE on the natter The hezrinE vlli take place hefs ca December 6